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Posted by Tomar on February 27, 2000

Does anyone know why people refer to semi-civilized, kind of mismatched societies as "Banana Republics"? It seems odd, I heard it stated that it's because bananas are majorly consumed in lower class countries, but I would be hesitant to believe that.