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FWS updated Factbook.

01-06-2004, 06:43
Background: The nation was formed after Namibia and Rhodesia united on November 20th, 1965... They decided to annex Botswana to be able to have ease of movement. Also, many white settlers lived in Botswana... Whites from all over the world were encouraged to move to Namibia by the newly elected Fascist National Party in 1959, later they would move to Botswana and Rhodesia after the FWS was born. Most of the people who moved to the nation were Americans, English, and French... Many Russians later immigrated to FWS. FWS established a reputation for granting citizenship to Nazi war criminals that could no longer stay in South America, and Klansmen fleeing federal charges in the USA. The white population grew rapidly and eventually in the late 1960s, the blacks were all expelled from FWS. The current president, Hendrik Rhodes won a national election last year with 90% of the vote.

Recent political events have shown a degree on instability in FWS.

The Order of Governments in FWS was.

Hendrik Rhodes (president since 1990) who in early May 2004 abdicated in favor of Alexander Rhodes, who was toppled by the army. The army brought Hendrik Rhodes back to power for a short time. Hendrik Rhodes left again.

Then Donald Rhodes was named as president by Parliament. Fascists upset over the cease-fire in the war, assassinated Donald Rhodes.

Parliament then named Andrew Rhodes as president. Andrew Rhodes was assassinated in an attack by VX gas against the presidential residence in Rhodes City. Also, there was an attack against Parliament that killed him along with 121 out of 400 Parliament members.

Parliament named Peter Paul Rhodes as president. Peter Paul Rhodes was assassinated by a massive truck bomb as he addressed parliament. About 120-130 members of Parliament were killed in the blast.

Parliament named Henry Petain as leader. A parliament member shot him to death a short time later after he had announced he might relax immigration laws.

Parliament named Grenadier Guards General William George Chard as President.

President General William George Chard was assassinated by one of his own Grenadier guards after he declared that elections would be “postponed indefinitely”.

Hendrik Rhodes won the May 2004 election by about 90% of the vote in a write in.




Map references:
Africa
Area:
Total: 1,816,368 sq km
Water: 18,910 sq km
Land: 1,797,458 sq km

Area - comparative:
Slightly smaller than about 1/5 the size of the United States of America.

Coastline:
1,572 km

Rivers: Victoria River runs all along the northern border of FWS. Approximately 2,000 miles long and 5 miles wide... Rhodes river runs from the coast passing north of West Victoria, south of Gustavus City, north of Wilhelm City, and then North of Rhodes City, it then extends to the border of South Africa.



Natural resources:
Diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, hydropower, fish, coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, platinum group metals, silver, oil, rubber, and others.


Agriculture - products: Eastern Region
corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs . Note... There are 20,000 Commercial Tobacco farmers in FWS... FWS is renowned for having the best tobacco in the world.

Agriculture - products: Central Region
livestock, sorghum, maize, millet, beans, sunflowers, groundnuts

Agriculture - products: Western Region
millet, sorghum, peanuts; livestock; fish

Land use:
Arable land: 40.4% (Due to massive irrigation efforts and large grants from the FWS government, much land was made arable)
Permanent crops: 40.4%
Other: 59.6% (2003 est.)



Climate: For Western region.
Tropical; wet, rainy season (May to September); rainfall heaviest in May and monsoons are frequent.

Climate: For Eastern Region and Northern Region.
Tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)

Climate: For Central and Southern region.
Semiarid; warm winters and hot summers



Population:
68,000,000

Population growth rate:
25.15% (2003 est.)

Birth rate:
70.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate:
8-deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
Total population: 100.26 years
Male: 98.2 years
Female: 101.32 years (2003 est.)


Total fertility rate:
8.27 children born/woman (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.0% (2004 confirmed.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
0 (2004 confirmed.)

Racial composition. 100% white.

Ethnic backgrounds. 20% English, 20% German, 10% Dutch, 10% French, 10% Flemish, 5% Spanish, 5% Portuguese, 5% Italian, 5% Russian, 5% Serbian, 2.5% Croatian, and 2.5% Ukrainian. Note the English numbers count Americans and those whites from lands the UK used to control (South Africa, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to name a few)

Religion: 100% Christian. Specific branches: 50% Christian Identity, 15% Roman Catholic, 10% Dutch Reformed, 10% Eastern Orthodox, 5% Anglican, 5% Southern Baptist, and 5% Lutheran.


Languages. All people speak Fascians and English... Fascians is a blend of French, English, German, Dutch, Flemish, and Italian.



Literacy:
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 100.0%
Male: 100.0%
Female: 100.0% (2004 est.)

Country name:
Conventional long form: Commonwealth of Fascist White States
Conventional short form: Fascia or FWS
Former: Namibia, Botswana, and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)


Government type:
Fascist Dictatorship that was democratically elected.

Capital:
Rhodes City

Independence:
11 November 1965 (from UK) and 20 November 1965 when Namibia and Rhodesia unified into the FWS.


Suffrage:
16 years of age; universal to all white citizens.

Executive branch:
Chief of state: President / emperor Hendrik Rhodes (Since May 1990)


GDP:
Purchasing power parity - $307.41 billion (2004 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
80.2% (2004 est.)
GDP - per capita:
Purchasing power parity - $16,500 (2004 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
Agriculture: 15%
Industry: 50% (including 21% mining)
Services: 35% (2004 est.)


Currency: Fasces.
Exchange Rate. 1 Fasces = 3.25 USD.


Population below poverty line:
2%

Labor force:
35,000,000 formal employees (2004)
Labor force - by occupation:
NA
Unemployment rate:
.02% (2004 est.)

Industries:
Diamonds, copper, chromium, steel, iron ore, commercial farming, nickel, salt, coal mining, uranium mining, chemical production, weapons production, experimental medical research, livestock processing; textiles



Railways:
Total: 5808 mi
Narrow gauge: 5808 mi 1.067-m gauge (2004)
Highways:
Total: 11,621 mi
Paved: 9,423 mi
Unpaved: 2,198 mi (2004)


Airports - with paved runways:
Total: 122
2,438 to 3,047 m: 80
1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 20 (2004)


Airports - with unpaved runways:
Total: 376
1,524 to 2,437 m: 176
914 to 1,523 m: 120
Under 914 m: 80 (2004)

Military branches:
Fascian Defense Force (including Army, Navy, Air force, Reserves, Youth Militia, Fascist Grenadier Guards, Teutonic Knights intelligence services Counter-Terrorism Forces, Army Secret Police, and Rhodes Youth Divisions), Fascian National Police
Military manpower - military age:
15-18 years of age (2004 est.)

Military manpower - availability:
Males age 15-49: 31,043,867 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
Males age 15-49: 24,502,905 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
Males: 3,426,864 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$122.964 billion domestically provided... $450.25 billion foreign provided (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
40.0%

Disputes - international: Mobutoland and FWS still dispute who owns the "Disputed zone" It was along the border of White Western Province and Mobutoland... It was about 1/3 the size of Montana... FWS recently annexed the zone into FWS and ejected all non-whites from the territory.


Famous FWS Laws:

Racial Purity Act of 1960: Prohibited race mixing, cohabitation of different races, marriage of different races, etc.

Defense Of Consumers Act of 1960: Prohibited Jews from doing business with non-Jews.

Emigration Incentive Act of 1961: Offered each of Namibia’s 30,000 Jews about 20,000 in cash to move to Israel.

Immigration Control Act of 1960: Ended all non-white immigration and banned any future non-white immigration. Allowed the army, border guards, police, and deputized white citizens, to use lethal force to enforce the Act.

Defense of Christian Morals Act of 1960: Established Christianity as the state religion. Provided for taxpayer support to churches. The Act outlawed homosexuality, bestiality, adultery, bigamy, polygamy, prostitution, and a whole host of other sins.

Defense Of Children Act of 1960: Provided for death penalty for convicted child predators, homosexuals, bisexuals, and any other deemed a pervert.

Marriage Reform Act of 1961: Lowered the age of marriage to 17 without parental consent. The minimum age for marriage with parental consent was set to 16.

Large Family Incentives Act: Government provided massive subsidies to every white couple that had 4 or more children.

Voting Reform Act of 1960: Restricted voting to White property owning males over 18 years of age

Voting Reform Act of 1961: Dropped the property requirement for voting

Voting Reform Act of 1963: Dropped gender requirement and lowered age requirement to 16.

Land Reform Act of 1960: Provided massive subsidies to whites who would set up commercial farms.

Land Reform Act II of 1960: Allowed and paid for White settlers to move into the “Disputed Zone” and stake a claim of 5,000 acres per family.

Firearms Control Act of 1960: Banned the sale, loaning to, transferring ownership to, etc, of a firearm or ammunition to any non-white. Also banned the possession of firearms by non-whites. Non-whites were required to turn in their firearms to the nearest police station.

Zoning Reform Act of 1962: Classed all of Eastern Province, Central Province, Northern Province, Rhodes Province, White Western Province and Southern Province as “White Only”. Only the “disputed zone” remained racially mixed.

Media Control Act of 1961: Banned foreign media from operating in FWS without express government permissions. Also banned domestic media from broadcasting to the outside world without express FWS government permission.

Immigration Reform Act of 1962: Allowed for the government to pay whites from outside FWS to immigrate to FWS.

Immigration Reform Act II of 1962: Allowed for the 1 year residency requirement for citizenship to be dropped as to speed through the immigration and naturalization of would be citizens.

Victoria River Defense Act of 1964: Allowed for the laying of river mines in the Victoria River, and the beginning of a series of bunkers along the southern shore. Also in the northern shore, border outposts were set up.

Unemployment Assistance Act of 1962: Allowed for the government to find people jobs if they were deemed “Chronically unemployed”.

Forced Labor Act of 1964: Allowed for captured terrorists, insurgents, political dissidents, and others deemed “detainees” to be sold on the open market.

Intelligence Services Reform Act of 1962: Established the Teutonic Knights Intelligence Services and allowed the Army High Command and The President to set to procuring and allocating funds.

Judicial Reform Act of 1963: Disbanded the Supreme Court, allowed the President to make all the decisions that the Supreme Court would normally have made.

Mining Reform Act of 1964: Allowed Fascian Consolidated Uranium Mining Inc. To begin massive mining projects in the rain forests.

Environmental Protection Act of 1964: Permitted that mining could take place in forests but that damage to wildlife via pollution would be strictly curtailed.

Environmental Protection Act of 1960: Banned the dumping of industrial waste in rivers. Closed all open dumps, established pollution emission standards.

Mining Labor Reform Act of 1963: Set the work week at a maximum of 80 hours, set the minimum wage to $15.75. Banned the formation of unions, outlawed striking. Severely penalized companies who “out sourced”. Allowed workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid vacation to care for a sick family member, their job would be guaranteed to be there upon their return.

Mining Labor Reform Act of 1964: Allowed the formation of unions. Reaffirmed the ban on striking. Set the minimum age to work in a mine to 14.

Deterrence of Crime Act of 1960: Reestablished the death penalty, and granted judges the option to select public hangings: Allowed for capital punishment for those convicted of the following crimes; murder, rape, robbery, burglary, assault, religious treason, treason against the government, racial treason, heresy, political dissension, political agitation, perjury, drug trafficking, trafficking in child pornography, counterfeiting, assisting non-whites in procuring firearms, and libel against the FWS government or government officials.

Weapons Reform Act of 1964: Allowed any white male, being a Fascian citizens, to be able to purchase any firearm, military vehicle, military helicopter, military fixed wing aircraft, military artillery, explosive, chemical agent, etc.

Weapons Reform Act of 1963: Dropped the age requirement for firearms and other weapons purchases.

Education Reform Act of 1960: Mandated that all youths age 10-18 in public schools receive 2 hours of weapons instruction and training every school day. Also mandated all prospective teachers be members of the Fascist National Party. Established that all curriculums had to be government approved.

Emergency Powers Act of 1961: Allowed for that is times of emergency, if Parliament voted a ¾ majority, that the president could rule by decree to solve crises.

Act of Union of November 20th, 1965. United Rhodesia and Namibia into FWS. All Namibian laws enacted by the Fascist National Party would apply to the new FWS.

Act of Annexation of January 2nd, 1966. Annexed Botswana into the FWS. Granted Fascian citizenship to all whites in Botswana. Mandated all non-whites leave Botswana within 72 hours.

Counter-Insurgency Act of January 6th 1966. Allowed for army units in Botswana to take action to root out black radicals who disobeyed the January 2nd order to leave.

Military Reform Act of 1968: Allowed for all males in good physical condition between the ages of 13-65 to be considered part of the reserves in emergency times.

Military Reform Act of 1969: Quadrupled the budget for the army, tripled the air force budget, and doubled the navy budget. Established 12 new army bases, 4 new airbases, and 1 new navy base. Also established the funding for the SAMs and AAAs defense plans of all major cities.

Biological Research Act of 1978: Allowed for Gregorov Inc to operate without government scrutiny so as to avoid industrial espionage.

Immigration Control Act of 1980: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws.

Immigration Control Act of 1981: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws.

Immigration Control Act of 1982: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws.

Immigration Control Act of 1983: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws.

Immigration Control Act of 1984: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws.

Immigration Control Act of 1985: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws.

Industrial Incentives Act of 1985: Lessened Industrial Tax. Relaxed Industrial Standards.

Protection of Domestic Industries Act of 1985: Established high protective tariffs.

Tobacco Subsidy Act of 1985: Provided massive government subsidies to tobacco farmers.

General Farming Subsidy Act of 1985: Provided massive government subsidies to all commercial farmers.

Irrigation Act of 1985: Allocated 100 billion dollars over 5 years to make massive amounts of land in western FWS arable.


Immigration Control Act of 1986: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws.

Immigration Control Act of 1987: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws.

Immigration Control Act of 1988: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws.

Immigration Control Act of 1989: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws.

Immigration Control Act of 1990: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws.

Defense Of Borders Act of 1990: Reaffirmed the earlier Immigration laws. Allowed navy to sink ships containing non-white refugees that were headed for FWS.


Chemical Reform Act of 1978: Allowed for all Fascian Chemical Companies to sell any chemical to approved countries.

Immigration Reaffirmation Act of 1978: Reaffirmed FWS immigration law.

Legislative Reform Act of 1990: Allowed for the presidential term to be extended to 14 years… This was enacted shortly after Hendrik Rhodes won the 1990 election.

Divine Rights Act of 1991: Affirmed that President Hendrik Rhodes ruled by mandate from God.

Dictatorial Powers Act of 1995: Established that Hendrik Rhodes may rule by decree.

Coronation Act of 1995: Coronation of Hendrik Rhodes as Emperor of FWS. Established that he was a prophet of God and should be granted rule over FWS.

Annexation Act of May 18th, 2004. Annexed the “Disputed Zone” along the Mobutoland border with White Western Province into White Western Province. Mandated all non-whites leave the zone within 72 hours. The zone became part of FWS; in particular, it became part of White Western Province. The Zone was 1/3 the size of Montana.

Counter Insurgency Act of May 21st, 2004. Allowed the army to root out black radicals from “The zone” who had disobeyed the May 18th order to leave.


Annexation Act of May 31st, 2004. FWS declared Mobutoland to be the 7th Province of FWS. It is now being called White Coastal Province. The 4 million white settlers in the Province were tasked with setting up police forces and reserve units to keep the 36 million blacks in line. Eventually the 36 million blacks will be sold off or allowed to move to Angola.







5 Richest Citizens in FWS:

Hendrik Rhodes: $502 Billion
General Walter Kruger I: $216 Billion
Dr. Ivan Gregorov I: $123 Billion
Dr. Ivan Gregorov II: $108 Billion
Gustauvs Rhodes: $87 Billion


Largest Companies in FWS:

1) FWS Defense Corporation
2) Rhodes Standard Oil Inc.
3) FWS Gregorov Inc.
4) Rhodes Consolidated Commercial Farm Holdings Inc.
5) FWS Steel Trust Inc.
6) Rhodes Chemical Inc.
7) Fascian Carbide Inc.
8 ) Rhodes Airlines Inc.
9) Rhodes Motor Corporation Inc.
10) FWS Advanced Biological Research Inc.
11) Northern Province Carbide Inc.
12) Southern Province Carbide Inc.
13) Fascian Consolidated Chemical Development.
14) White Western Province Advanced Chemical Research Inc.
15) Fascian Chemistry Inc.
16) Fascian Airlines Inc.
17) Fascian Consolidated Tobacco Farming Inc.
18 ) H Rhodes Tobacco Inc.
19) Gregorov Tobacco Inc.
20) Rhodes Firearms Inc.
21) Fascian Consolidated Uranium Mining Inc
22) Kruger Tobacco Inc.
23) Rhodes Natural Gas Trust Inc.
24) Rhode Central Bank Inc.
25) Rhodes Energy Trust Inc.
26) FWS Chemical Inc.
27) FWS Coal Trust Inc.
28 ) FWS Copper Trust Inc.
29) Rhodes Consolidated Mine Holdings Inc.
30) Fascian Construction Trust Inc.
31) Northern Province Consolidated Tobacco Inc.
32) Eastern Province Consolidated Tobacco Inc.
33) Central Province Consolidated Diamond Mining Inc.
34) Fascian Consolidated Slave Holdings Inc.
35) Rhodes Consolidated Slave Holdings Inc.