02-12-2003, 18:54
Bigmenistan World Factbook Entry
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State Information-
Capital- Bigman City
State Animal- the Wolverine
State Bird- the Hawk
Population- 319 million+
Life Expectancy- 90.3 years
Landscape-
Country's geographical shape is relatively small, sort of a mix between Mongolia and Afghanistan (only about twice as big). The whole Southern area of the country borders the Sea of Bigmenistan with many beaches, to the Northwest run the Northern Hope mountians (by far the coldest area of Bigmenistan), many large citys lie in the center of the Country.
Area- 523,828 sq. miles
Location- GCON
Natural Resources- Gold, silver, tin, coal, copper, oil, natural gas
Climate-
Mild Summers, semi-Harsh winters. Lowest fahrenheit temperature recorded came in January of 1997 at 8 degrees in the Northern Whiskey mountains. Highest fahrenheit temperature came in August of 1992 at 92 degrees.
Culture-
Bigmenistan is a society where men are in charge. National pastimes are- Sports, Cars, and Women. Although women are allowed to work to support themselves, all major political offices are reserved for men.
Christianity is the dominant religion, with over 78% of the population practicing it.
Basketball, Football, and Baseball are the big sports here, Soccer is frowned upon as a sport for people who aren't good at anything else, and the people are fiercley patriotic.
Political-
Political Freedoms are allowed, things such as: free speech (to a point), free press (to a point), freedom of religion (although we don't go so far as to remove God from public), the right to peacefully protest and assemble, the rights of the accused, and basically every other right in the U.S. Constitution. However there are few to no laws regulating business, the enviornment, etc.
Presidents are elected every 8 years, there are no term limits (I.E. he can run for office as much as he wants). A large Senate governs all the Legislature, and the Supreme Court hears all cases deemed to be 'important', and justices are elected directly by the people every 4 years. A President's veto can be overridden by the Senate if 2/3 of the people agree.
The amount of Senators is determined by the population of each city (each major City autmotically gets 1 seat) and each City gets an additional Senate seat for every 50,000 people they have (which really operates like the U.S. House of Rep.).
The President of Bigmenistan at the moment is a man by the name of Alan Jones. He's a die-hard Republican who believes in a strong military, against abortion, against cloning, for nuclear powerplants, against raising taxes, against gun control, and he's against any kind of legislature that would provide a loophole for the Government to spy on the people.
Alan Jones has also been recently elected as the Head of the GCON Regional Assembly (the equivilant of the Secretary-General in the UN).
Economy-
Free Enterprise system, there are no handouts- everyone has to work for what they get. Anyone who is to lazy to get up and get a job is left to starve.
Taxes: 70%
Economy: Frightening
GDP per Capita: $35,000
GDP: $11,165,000,000,000
National Budget: $3,494,466,360,000
The 3 big industrys of the private sector are- Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.
Funding, % of budget to each area-
25% Defense- $873,616,590,000 (with nearly a $3 trillion surplus from unspent NS years)
23% Healthcare- $803,727,262,800
16% Education- $559,114,617,600
10% Police- $349,446,636,000
10% Social Security- $349,446,636,000
7% R&D- $244,612,645,200
4% Humanitarian- $139,778,654,400
3% Construction- $104,833,990,800
2% Science- $69,889,327,200
Major Citys- Populations and Locations-
Bigman City- 3,261,084. located in Central Bigmenistan
Bigmingo- 2,350,000. located in Central Bigmenistan
Hope City- 1,150,302. located in Northern Bigmenistan
Ashenville- 1,110,531. located in Southern Bigmenistan
Martin City- 850,342. located in Eastern Bigmenistan
Smith City- 650,421. located in Southern Bigmenistan
Larshonville- 311,002. located in Western Bigmenistan
Whitesfield- 75,000. located in Northwestern Bigmenistan
History and Major Events-
Nation founded on a Coup d'etat on a Communist regime. Rebel forces used guerilla and underground tactics to overcome the fact that they were severly outmanned and outgunned. Eventually the populous got tired of being oppressed by the Government and they rose up. The climax of the Civil war saw Rebel forces storm the Presidents building and hang him. Afterwards the first free elections in 75 years were held in Bigmenistan. After the Revolution the Country enjoyed a time of prosperity for about 46 years (in which a war against guerillas from the former regime took place), as a revitalized private sector now had an incentive to work for (more pay).
The nation then went to war with Shimdah over terrorist acts that that Country was carrying out on it's peaceful neigbors. The campaign was long, but the terrorists were eventually swept out of the Country and destroyed.
About 3 years after this a terrorist by the name of El Akaris (leader of "the Oppresors") detonated a biological weapon inside Bigman City. The weapon contained Small-Pox, which quickly spread and infected about 2 million people in the capital, and in the nearby city of Bigmingo.
Due to the lack of doctors and vaccines the disease spread out of control, and it eventually took an international humanitarian effort to provide enough medicine to treat and contain the virus. Shortly after this, the Oppresor launched an invasion of Bigmenistan. There was heavy fighting on the borders, but eventually the enemy was driven back, and their fleet was forced to retreat out of Bigmenistan waters (it was pursued and destroyed).
24/7 airstrikes began on the Oppresors, who wisely took refuge in their lush jungle areas and began a campaign of guerilla warfare. Napalm and dispersion mines were dropped throughout the jungle and bunkers were destroyed. Seeing the damage that the wide-spread airstrikes were doing, a General Azis took power from El Akaris and surrendered. Special forces went in and captured Akaris and he was put on trial and later executed.
About 1 million died from the Small-pox outbreak before it could be contained.
Military-
Total, 5% of population active- 15,950,000
33% Army- 5,263,500
28% Airforce- 4,466,000
26% Navy- 4,147,000
13% Marines- 2,073,500
Total, 1% of population reserve- 3,190,000
40% Army- 1,276,000
30% Airforce- 957,000
30% Navy- 957,000
Ground forces are divided into about 100 infantry divisions (for easier mobilization), and there are about 50 Army bases throughout Bigmenistan. With an additional 7 bases overseas (in various GCON nations).
Airforces carefully are divided into squadrons, and wings to make deployments easier as well. There are about 62 Airbases (10 of which are Naval Air Stations), with an additional 10 Airbases overseas (in various GCON nations)
Naval forces are divided into fleets and battlegroups. There are about 12 Naval ports throughout the Southern Bigmenistan coast.
There are about 100 PAC-3 Patriot SAM sites throughout the nation. Mobile field radar systems help ensure that the SAMs can be fired where they need to be fired at.
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State Information-
Capital- Bigman City
State Animal- the Wolverine
State Bird- the Hawk
Population- 319 million+
Life Expectancy- 90.3 years
Landscape-
Country's geographical shape is relatively small, sort of a mix between Mongolia and Afghanistan (only about twice as big). The whole Southern area of the country borders the Sea of Bigmenistan with many beaches, to the Northwest run the Northern Hope mountians (by far the coldest area of Bigmenistan), many large citys lie in the center of the Country.
Area- 523,828 sq. miles
Location- GCON
Natural Resources- Gold, silver, tin, coal, copper, oil, natural gas
Climate-
Mild Summers, semi-Harsh winters. Lowest fahrenheit temperature recorded came in January of 1997 at 8 degrees in the Northern Whiskey mountains. Highest fahrenheit temperature came in August of 1992 at 92 degrees.
Culture-
Bigmenistan is a society where men are in charge. National pastimes are- Sports, Cars, and Women. Although women are allowed to work to support themselves, all major political offices are reserved for men.
Christianity is the dominant religion, with over 78% of the population practicing it.
Basketball, Football, and Baseball are the big sports here, Soccer is frowned upon as a sport for people who aren't good at anything else, and the people are fiercley patriotic.
Political-
Political Freedoms are allowed, things such as: free speech (to a point), free press (to a point), freedom of religion (although we don't go so far as to remove God from public), the right to peacefully protest and assemble, the rights of the accused, and basically every other right in the U.S. Constitution. However there are few to no laws regulating business, the enviornment, etc.
Presidents are elected every 8 years, there are no term limits (I.E. he can run for office as much as he wants). A large Senate governs all the Legislature, and the Supreme Court hears all cases deemed to be 'important', and justices are elected directly by the people every 4 years. A President's veto can be overridden by the Senate if 2/3 of the people agree.
The amount of Senators is determined by the population of each city (each major City autmotically gets 1 seat) and each City gets an additional Senate seat for every 50,000 people they have (which really operates like the U.S. House of Rep.).
The President of Bigmenistan at the moment is a man by the name of Alan Jones. He's a die-hard Republican who believes in a strong military, against abortion, against cloning, for nuclear powerplants, against raising taxes, against gun control, and he's against any kind of legislature that would provide a loophole for the Government to spy on the people.
Alan Jones has also been recently elected as the Head of the GCON Regional Assembly (the equivilant of the Secretary-General in the UN).
Economy-
Free Enterprise system, there are no handouts- everyone has to work for what they get. Anyone who is to lazy to get up and get a job is left to starve.
Taxes: 70%
Economy: Frightening
GDP per Capita: $35,000
GDP: $11,165,000,000,000
National Budget: $3,494,466,360,000
The 3 big industrys of the private sector are- Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.
Funding, % of budget to each area-
25% Defense- $873,616,590,000 (with nearly a $3 trillion surplus from unspent NS years)
23% Healthcare- $803,727,262,800
16% Education- $559,114,617,600
10% Police- $349,446,636,000
10% Social Security- $349,446,636,000
7% R&D- $244,612,645,200
4% Humanitarian- $139,778,654,400
3% Construction- $104,833,990,800
2% Science- $69,889,327,200
Major Citys- Populations and Locations-
Bigman City- 3,261,084. located in Central Bigmenistan
Bigmingo- 2,350,000. located in Central Bigmenistan
Hope City- 1,150,302. located in Northern Bigmenistan
Ashenville- 1,110,531. located in Southern Bigmenistan
Martin City- 850,342. located in Eastern Bigmenistan
Smith City- 650,421. located in Southern Bigmenistan
Larshonville- 311,002. located in Western Bigmenistan
Whitesfield- 75,000. located in Northwestern Bigmenistan
History and Major Events-
Nation founded on a Coup d'etat on a Communist regime. Rebel forces used guerilla and underground tactics to overcome the fact that they were severly outmanned and outgunned. Eventually the populous got tired of being oppressed by the Government and they rose up. The climax of the Civil war saw Rebel forces storm the Presidents building and hang him. Afterwards the first free elections in 75 years were held in Bigmenistan. After the Revolution the Country enjoyed a time of prosperity for about 46 years (in which a war against guerillas from the former regime took place), as a revitalized private sector now had an incentive to work for (more pay).
The nation then went to war with Shimdah over terrorist acts that that Country was carrying out on it's peaceful neigbors. The campaign was long, but the terrorists were eventually swept out of the Country and destroyed.
About 3 years after this a terrorist by the name of El Akaris (leader of "the Oppresors") detonated a biological weapon inside Bigman City. The weapon contained Small-Pox, which quickly spread and infected about 2 million people in the capital, and in the nearby city of Bigmingo.
Due to the lack of doctors and vaccines the disease spread out of control, and it eventually took an international humanitarian effort to provide enough medicine to treat and contain the virus. Shortly after this, the Oppresor launched an invasion of Bigmenistan. There was heavy fighting on the borders, but eventually the enemy was driven back, and their fleet was forced to retreat out of Bigmenistan waters (it was pursued and destroyed).
24/7 airstrikes began on the Oppresors, who wisely took refuge in their lush jungle areas and began a campaign of guerilla warfare. Napalm and dispersion mines were dropped throughout the jungle and bunkers were destroyed. Seeing the damage that the wide-spread airstrikes were doing, a General Azis took power from El Akaris and surrendered. Special forces went in and captured Akaris and he was put on trial and later executed.
About 1 million died from the Small-pox outbreak before it could be contained.
Military-
Total, 5% of population active- 15,950,000
33% Army- 5,263,500
28% Airforce- 4,466,000
26% Navy- 4,147,000
13% Marines- 2,073,500
Total, 1% of population reserve- 3,190,000
40% Army- 1,276,000
30% Airforce- 957,000
30% Navy- 957,000
Ground forces are divided into about 100 infantry divisions (for easier mobilization), and there are about 50 Army bases throughout Bigmenistan. With an additional 7 bases overseas (in various GCON nations).
Airforces carefully are divided into squadrons, and wings to make deployments easier as well. There are about 62 Airbases (10 of which are Naval Air Stations), with an additional 10 Airbases overseas (in various GCON nations)
Naval forces are divided into fleets and battlegroups. There are about 12 Naval ports throughout the Southern Bigmenistan coast.
There are about 100 PAC-3 Patriot SAM sites throughout the nation. Mobile field radar systems help ensure that the SAMs can be fired where they need to be fired at.