Adygea's economy has traditionally revolved around Black Sea tourism, cultivation of citrus fruits, tea and grapes; oil and natural gas drilling; mining of manganese and copper; and output of a large industrial sector producing wine, metals, machinery, chemicals and textiles, but has in recent years swung very quickly to a more diversified economy. The country supplies much of its own economic needs, primarily oil and natural gas. There is also a significant energy resource in hydropower. Despite the severe damage the economy has suffered due to civil strife in the years of the country's stabilization, Adygea, with the help of the IMF and World Bank, made substantial economic gains since 1995, making increasing GDP growth and slashing inflation top priorities. In contrast to most other pos