El Salvador and Nicaragua supply the United States with basic natural resources and labor but have not developed any industrial base of their own. In Imanuel Wallerstein's world system theory, they would be classified as:

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In Wallerstein's world system theory, peripheral areas are those that provide raw materials and labor to core nations but lack a developed industrial base themselves.

El Salvador and Nicaragua Supply the United States with Basic