Nicaragua is a country located in Central America bordering Costa Rica and Honduras. The geography of Nicaragua is coastal plains rising to central interior mountains. The government system is a presidential republic; the chief of state and the head of government is the president. Nicaragua has a mixed economic system which includes a variety of private freedom, combined with centralized economic planning and government regulation.

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