Jipangunesia
20-06-2005, 23:42
"Totally legit government seeks arms, intentions entirely honourable...
...Yes, that reads well, the short form of, 'legitimate' makes it sound casual."
"Sort of nonchalant."
"Yeah. We're cool, everybody's okay, we just want some fighter jets and here's fifty kilos of rainforest-narcotics that'll knock your socks off, nobody's going to break anybody's laws or shoot anybody up, it's business."
Some governments had existed with greater resources and motivations for the vetting of staff than were enjoyed -or suffered- by the internationally unrecognised Syungma Santosoputra government of the Jipangunesian Republic.
Based in Samepeng on the island of Tingun, the Syungma Republic claimed to be the only legitimate governing body across the massive Pacific archipelago, beset by disease, poverty, politically and racially motivated violence, and new colonialism. It actually controlled around a quarter of the island chain's population on the single island of Tingun, and heavily influenced several other islands that it really could not claim to effectively administer.
With the Azazians and possibly more moving in, plus movements such as the ruthless Sula Rada cutting brutal spheres of influence from the Jipangunesian nation (which perhaps only existed in Syungma's rhetoric), the under-developed Republic was in dire need of modern armaments.
EXPORT/TOURISM SITUATION
*Lacking infrastructure, commercial ties, skills, and modern industry, Jipangunesia is in no condition to compete in the global market's high-tech domains.
*The Syungma Republic, however, has decided that there are other way to make money, and is prepared openly to engage in the production and sale of narcotics of traditional sorts and native varieties known only to the archipelago's many deep rainforest domains.
*It is also seeking to export timber cut from the same massive forests and jungles, with the government openly advertising the under-developed nation's lack of labour laws and its population's general low-standards and wide-spread ignorance so as to highlight the low costs
*Noticing that the trade in rare or exotic animals is in fact a multi-billion dollar industry, and aware that Jipangunesia's long isolation and composition of 1,807 individual islands has blessed it with thousands of unique forms of fauna as well as flora, the Republic is also hoping to enter into this trade, selling to collectors and researchers
*Syungma is also hoping to encourage high-class and adventure tourism to some of the tiny paradise islands scattered around Tingun, claiming that some small islands have never been walked by outsiders and are even today unpopulated and unspoiled... so the beaches are nice and there's plenty of rare things to shoot and be the first to taste. Aadvertisments indicate that plague-bearing vampire bats are hardly an epidemic problem, and that stories of small primates that enjoy eating the scalps of the sleeping are largely exaggerated.
*Certainly not advertised is the fact that the Syungma government is also supporting the smuggling of narcotics, timber, and rare animals into nations that will not officially sanction the trade.
IMPORT SITUATION
*The Republic desperately requires littoral-warfare vessels able to navigate coastal waters, narrow channels, shallow draft, and strong currents and to discourage incursion by superior naval forces.
*With no organised air force, Syungma's government is seeking aircraft with fairly specific requirements in mind:
-low initial cost
-low service demands through a long lifespan
-good rough-field characteristics
-both air defence and ground attack capability
-trainer variant
*The army requires equally flexible helicopters for transport of men and materials and attack capabilities combined
*Surface to air missile systems are desired, with MANPADS being a priority and longer range/higher altitude mobile systems also sought
*Requirement for heavy armour is limited thanks to nature of the environment (mountainous jungle-strewn archipelago), but does exist in a minor degree, with a view to urban deployment
*Mobile/man-portable anti-armour weapons are slightly more highly sought, along with extremely light artillery
*Finally, anti-shipping missiles based on small vessels, aircraft, and ashore may form an important part of Jipangunesian defence planning if acquired
...Yes, that reads well, the short form of, 'legitimate' makes it sound casual."
"Sort of nonchalant."
"Yeah. We're cool, everybody's okay, we just want some fighter jets and here's fifty kilos of rainforest-narcotics that'll knock your socks off, nobody's going to break anybody's laws or shoot anybody up, it's business."
Some governments had existed with greater resources and motivations for the vetting of staff than were enjoyed -or suffered- by the internationally unrecognised Syungma Santosoputra government of the Jipangunesian Republic.
Based in Samepeng on the island of Tingun, the Syungma Republic claimed to be the only legitimate governing body across the massive Pacific archipelago, beset by disease, poverty, politically and racially motivated violence, and new colonialism. It actually controlled around a quarter of the island chain's population on the single island of Tingun, and heavily influenced several other islands that it really could not claim to effectively administer.
With the Azazians and possibly more moving in, plus movements such as the ruthless Sula Rada cutting brutal spheres of influence from the Jipangunesian nation (which perhaps only existed in Syungma's rhetoric), the under-developed Republic was in dire need of modern armaments.
EXPORT/TOURISM SITUATION
*Lacking infrastructure, commercial ties, skills, and modern industry, Jipangunesia is in no condition to compete in the global market's high-tech domains.
*The Syungma Republic, however, has decided that there are other way to make money, and is prepared openly to engage in the production and sale of narcotics of traditional sorts and native varieties known only to the archipelago's many deep rainforest domains.
*It is also seeking to export timber cut from the same massive forests and jungles, with the government openly advertising the under-developed nation's lack of labour laws and its population's general low-standards and wide-spread ignorance so as to highlight the low costs
*Noticing that the trade in rare or exotic animals is in fact a multi-billion dollar industry, and aware that Jipangunesia's long isolation and composition of 1,807 individual islands has blessed it with thousands of unique forms of fauna as well as flora, the Republic is also hoping to enter into this trade, selling to collectors and researchers
*Syungma is also hoping to encourage high-class and adventure tourism to some of the tiny paradise islands scattered around Tingun, claiming that some small islands have never been walked by outsiders and are even today unpopulated and unspoiled... so the beaches are nice and there's plenty of rare things to shoot and be the first to taste. Aadvertisments indicate that plague-bearing vampire bats are hardly an epidemic problem, and that stories of small primates that enjoy eating the scalps of the sleeping are largely exaggerated.
*Certainly not advertised is the fact that the Syungma government is also supporting the smuggling of narcotics, timber, and rare animals into nations that will not officially sanction the trade.
IMPORT SITUATION
*The Republic desperately requires littoral-warfare vessels able to navigate coastal waters, narrow channels, shallow draft, and strong currents and to discourage incursion by superior naval forces.
*With no organised air force, Syungma's government is seeking aircraft with fairly specific requirements in mind:
-low initial cost
-low service demands through a long lifespan
-good rough-field characteristics
-both air defence and ground attack capability
-trainer variant
*The army requires equally flexible helicopters for transport of men and materials and attack capabilities combined
*Surface to air missile systems are desired, with MANPADS being a priority and longer range/higher altitude mobile systems also sought
*Requirement for heavy armour is limited thanks to nature of the environment (mountainous jungle-strewn archipelago), but does exist in a minor degree, with a view to urban deployment
*Mobile/man-portable anti-armour weapons are slightly more highly sought, along with extremely light artillery
*Finally, anti-shipping missiles based on small vessels, aircraft, and ashore may form an important part of Jipangunesian defence planning if acquired