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[|Landlocked country] in [|South America]. It is bordered by [|Argentina] to the south and southwest, [|Brazil] to the east and northeast, and [|Bolivia] to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the [|Paraguay River], which runs through the center of the country from north to south The terrain consists of grassy plains and wooded hills in the east. To the west, there are mostly low, marshy plains. Major languages consist of Spanish and in some areas Portuguese Paraguay is a [|developing country] with a 2005 [|Human Development Index] score of 0.755.[|[32]] It ranks as the second poorest country in South America with a 2007 [|GDP per capita] of US$4,000. Poverty index was 14.2% in 2007 according to the World Bank[|[33]], with a 23% reduction from 18% of the population living with less than US$2 a day in 2005.[|[34]] However, Asuncion in Paraguay is ranked as the world's least expensive city to live in for the fifth year running. Paraguay’s ecological footprint was around 3.2 by 2005. Many people of Paraguay suffer heavily from affluenza.