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Maraculand Factbook

Maraculand
04-05-2005, 15:31
The Federation of Maraculand Fact book

Capital City: Maracu.

UN category: Right-wing Utopia

Civil rights: Unheard of

Economy: Thriving

Political freedom: Some

National Motto: "Through hard work to power!"

National Animal: The Hawk

National Currency: The Maracus


GEOGRAPHY:

Area:
Total: 2.345.203 sq km
Land: 2.003.245 sq km
Water: 341.958 sq km

Maraculand lies in the north-east part of the "2005 Anti Communist Alliance". It is a small 14 million people country but it's growing rapidly due to a high-birth rate.
The climate is rather cool with temperature from 20-40 degrees Celsius in summer and -20 to 10 in the winter.

Most important cities:

Maracu (capital): Maracu, the largest city in the entire country is located in the central part of Maraculand, near the Surra River. It is without doubt the pride of Maraculand because of its population and wealth in comparison to other cities in the country. Its 4 million citizens are well educated, provided with good health care and law enforcement forces. Of all cities in Maraculand, Maracu has the smallest crime and death rate.

Alith: is a small 1 million citizen city which is located in the east part of the country. It is known in the whole region for its history and terrorist attacks. Alith lies in the Mira Mountains and near the Surra River. Its education, health and crime rate are average in comparison to other Maraculand cities.

Daygon: is a 3 million people city which is located in the south part of Maraculand. Its beautiful modern architecture is an attraction for tourists from the region. On the Outskirts of Daygon lies the biggest Maraculand military base. It lies near the Dirth Lake and the Dirth River. Education and health rate are slightly above average while the crime rate is lower then the average.

Bordering countries: The Armed Republic of Mayaldo, The Democratic States of Toltia.


Mountains:
Mira Mountains lie to the very east of Maraculand. Its highest mountain, "The Spike" is about 4,200 meters tall. The Mira Mountains stretch from the north-east to the south-east making the east side of Maraculand rather unfriendly.

Water Basins:
The ACA ocean (north Maraculand) is a very inhospitable basin. Its temperature in the summer is about 8-14 degrees Celsius and storms occur often.

The Dirth Lake is a big lake in the south part of the country, possibly a tourist attraction because of its acceptable temperature. A place where many Maraculans go to relax during their vacation.

The Lansha Lake is very similar to Dirth Lake. It lies near Dith Lake, a few kilometers west of Dirth Lake. It is connected to the Dirth Lake by a canal and is also an attraction during summer.

The Surra Lake is a small lake located in the Mira Mountains. It is known for its crystal clear water and freezing temperature.

The West Lake is quite a big lake near the west border of Maraculand.

The Surra River which stretches from east maraculand to west maraculand is the biggest river in the country. Its spring is in the Mira Mountains, where the river divides into 2. One part falls shortly after to the Surra Lake and the other flows through the entire country to the West Lake.

The Dirth River is a short river which arrives in Maraculand at the South border. It flows straight into the Dirth Lake.



Land:
About 10% of Maraculands lands are farms and homesteads.
About 40% of Maraculands land forests.
About 15% of Maraculands lands are mountains.
About 30% of Maraculands lands are plains.

Natural Hazards:
Hurricanes coming from the north present great danger to citizens. They usually occur once a year near July. During that time, the government supports in many ways citizens moving south to escape the storm.

Other:
Maraculand is currently cutting out large numbers of trees for the sake of economy, but this is to end shortly.
Maraculand has 2 National parks. The Evergreen National Park located in the north Mira mountains and the Maraculand National Park located south-west, near Daygon.
Maraculand
04-05-2005, 15:54
POLITICS:

Name of country: The Federation of Maraculand.
Short form: Maraculand.
Referred to as: Maraculand.

Maraculand consists of 4 provinces: Maracu, Danitha, Otheala, Alith.
Each province is governed by a group of 25 Provincial senators and a provincial president which are chosen by The Senate.

In The Federation of Maraculand, The Senate makes all the decisions. The Senate consists of 500 senators which are picked by political parties. The number of senators each party can vote into the senate equals the number of votes the party got from regular citizens.

The president is chosen by regular citizens every 10 years, but it is possible for the senate to decide to start new presidential elections at least 1 year after the president got elected.

Most important parties:
The Conservative Maraculand Party ( 53,5% votes, represented by 268 senators)
The Left-Wing Alliance ( 23,3% votes, represented by 117 senators)
The Strong Homeland Party (16% votes, represented by 80 senators)
The World United Party (5,2% votes, represented by 26 senators)

Justice:
Civil court
Provincial court
High court

Alliances:
The Federation of Maraculand is supports the following alliances/groups:
The Anti Communist Alliance
Conservative Defense Alliance
Capitalist Economic Organization.


Holidays:
New Years day (01.01)
United Provinces day (10.04)
Christmas (23-26.12)




HISTORY:

Quick tour:
1895- Civil war hits the Rogue Nation of Surra.
1915- The Rogue Nation of Surra Divides into 4 small dictatorships: Maracu, Danitha, Otheala, Alith.
1953- The provinces unite into one dictatorship country: The United Dictatorships of Surra.
1954- Name changed to “Maraculand”
1990- Maraculand is a dictatorship no longer. The Federation of Maraculand is born.

Full story:

In the 1890ies citizens of Surra were growing restless by the way Markus II (the dictator of Surra) ruled their country. He was clearly in no way a good leader. Surra was for many years a poor nation oppressed by its leader. In the next years nothing had changed except that Surrans were now openly claiming the will to overthrow Markus II’s government. After people who opposed him started vanishing in unknown circumstances, the protests began. The most important of them took place in 1895 near the dictator’s palace. Nearly 1000 Surrans gathered to show their opinion of their government. When a group of protesters got too close to the palace, Markus II’s guard opened fire. As firearms were quite common in Surra, many citizens answered with fire towards the palace. The civil war has begun.
Markus II was exiled the same day, but this was not the end of the war. Representatives of each part of Surran wanted to become the new dictator. 4 main parts of Surran fought each other for power. They named themselves: Maracu, Danitha, Otheala and Alith. The war continued till 1915 and each part considered it best if they stay as 4 separate nations. Each of them signed a declaration of independence in 1915. From that year the 4 nations lived in peace.
In 1953 because of the terrible economical status and poor security, the dictators of the 4 countries decided to make their nations one bigger, safer place where they will rule together. They called it “The United dictatorships of Surra”.
In the next year the dictators of Danitha, Otheala and Alith died mysteriously and Tomas Crednio (dictator of Maracu) became the only dictator of the Country. Soon he changed the nations name to Maraculand, after his former nation. The Danithans and Othealans offered no resistance to this being already tired of war. Though Alithians considered themselves independent and Crednio had to use force to make them a part of his country. Through 1954 to 1980 Maraculand was doing very well. Crednio, now quite old, had gained the support of the entire nation but had no heir to be the next dictator. He decided it would be best if after his death the entire populace could affect their Homeland.
So after Crednio died in 1990 Maraculand was a dictatorship no more. It was no “The Federation of Maraculand”. The new elected government gave people more civil rights and political freedom. The economy was also making progress. The same year the government was elected, a referendum had place. The Alithians were supposed to decide whether to be a province of Maraculand or an independent country. 76% of voters voted for the province option. From that day Alithins fighting for their independence are considered terrorists.



ECONOMY:

GDP: $347.250.000.000
GDP growth: 5%
GDP per capita:$24,803
Population below poverty line: 15,4%
Unemployment rate: 7,8%
Agricultural products: Potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat, poultry, eggs, pork
Industries: Machine building, Iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, glass
Electricity production: 104.3 billion kWh
Electricity consumption : 93.2 billion kWh
Oil production: 340,320 bbl/day
Oil consumption: 423,204 bbl/day
Natural gas production: 4.245 billion cu m
Natural gas consumption: 5.321 billion cu m
Exports: 60.4 billion f.o.b
Imports: 69.6 billion f.o.b
Currency: Maracus
Currency code: MAR
Exchange rate: Marcus per US dollar – 1.5


COMMUNICATION:
Telephones - main lines in use: 10.3 million
Telephones – mobile cellular: 13.401 million
Telephone system: cable, open wire, microwave radio relay. 2 cellular networks.
Radio broadcast stations AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1
Internet country code: .mr
Internet users: 9.43 million




POPULATION

Population: 14,435,231
Age structure:
0-14 years: 20 %
15-64 years 70 %
65 and over: 10%
Population growth rate: 0.12%
Birth rate: 15.24 births/1000 population
Death rate 10.01 deaths/1000population
Life expectancy: about 75 years
Ethnic groups: 89% Maraculonians, other aren’t higher then 1%
Religion: Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 37%


MILITARY AND SECURITY:

Crime problems in Maraculand:
Terrorism:
Main terrorist organizations are run and sponsored by Alithians, who wish their province to become independent.
Latest attacks: Presidential Palace, Maracu. 04.02.05. Suspect approached guard post near the Presidential palace and opened fire on two nearby guards. A third guard opened fire killing the terrorist instantly. The Attack resulted in the death of one guard and the attacker. The attacker was also armed with explosives which he failed to detonate.
Senate, Maracu. 08.24.04. Suspect passed the senate guard post and proceeds to the Senate main entrance. A guard noticed the suspect and warned him to stop. Suspect runs into the Senate and detonates explosives. The attack resulted in 5 guards, 1 senator and the attacker killed.

Drug dealing: Drug dealing is a serious problem in Maraculand. Large amounts of drugs flow through the Maraclund black market during a year. Drug smugglers often choose to smuggle drugs to different countries through Maraculands borders.

Police, Military, Other Security Forces: about 840 thousand people employed.

Most of the equipment was purchased from the USA.

Branches:
Police
MADF (Maraculand Anti Drug Force)
MATF (Maraculand Anti Terrorist Force)
MIS (Maraculand Intelligence Service)

Military:
Land Forces
Air Force
Navy
Special Forces
Mykonians
04-05-2005, 16:26
OOC: Ace! Nice, loads of detail, plenty of evidence to suggest you thought about it a lot :p
Roach-Busters
04-05-2005, 16:27
Fantastic.
Serpent Country
04-05-2005, 16:45
Looks pretty nice. You've clearly shown some effort.
[NS]Naveland
04-05-2005, 20:25
Thanks guys :D soon I'll make a map and a new flag :)