According to a story reported by Reuters, the Bolivian government has filed a formal complaint with the French embassy condemning the way the nation is portrayed in Ghost Recon: Wildlands.

The game makes out that the South American nation is controlled by drug traffickers, the report claims. In the story of Wildlands, a Mexican drug cartel has managed to infiltrate the country's political and judicial systems and has taken over the country, keen on utilising Bolivia's status as the world's third-biggest cocoa leaf harvester for its own nefarious ends.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday March 1st, Bolivia's Interior Minister Carlos Romero stated the country had delivered a letter to the French ambassador and asked the French government to intervene, mentioning that Bolivia had the right to take legal action against Ubisoft.

"We have the standing to [take legal action], but at first we prefer to go the route of diplomatic negotiation," Romero said.

Ubisoft has replied that the game is "a work of fiction" and that Bolivia was chosen as the background for the game because of its "magnificent landscapes and rich culture."

"While the game's premise imagines a different reality than the one that exists in Bolivia today, we do hope that the in-game world comes close to representing the country's beautiful topography," Ubisoft stated to Reuters.

We doubt Bolivia's complaint will have any effect on the launch or distribution of the game, which is due for release worldwide on March 7th 2017.