The Liberation Faction is a small, young, South American militaristic rogue state, and was first formed in the DR Amazon in early 1981 by Lieutenant Fian Nyong of the national army, after seeing the horrific abuse of human rights by the soldiers. Many main members of the international community refer to the LF as a small, petty, weak terrorist despotship. Nyong denies this, saying that he and his soldiers are "...the last beacon of hope for the oppressed Amazonian people...".