NationStates Jolt Archive

With military and social relationships across the globe the Bedou have unprecedented access to one of the widest varieties of friendly relations as any nation in the world.

To those who have an understanding of the Bedou culture, know the Black market is a way of life. The Bedou government criminalized all private trade so as to foster an atmosphere for experienced and effective smugglers, the Bedou promote smuggling and money laundring. Not because of a love of criminality, but because of a love of traditions, traditions as old as the Bedouin themselves.

It is this service that the Bedou wish to impart to the generous host nations and allies who serve to make the Bedou people stronger, through their aid.

The Bedou will move, store, swap, ship and smuggle; goods of nearly any type, people, information, anything that has ever been moved or hidden can be hidden among the global expanse of the Bedou Empire.

This massive guild exists or offers service ethier to or from or both the nations shown below.

No longer will the nations who aid the Bedou be forced to allow prying eyes into their transactions, they may quitely pass what it is that needs moving or fixing* to the Bedou, who intern can dance the items to a thousand location until know one knows exactly where what or why it came from.

The benefit of this service is boundless, as well Bedou wil make weapons purchases from known markets for nation who wish to remain anonymous(only nations listed below).

Along with this the Bedou will hold and store large monitary sums in locations where no eyes would ever think to search.

BEDOU CIRCLE
Wazzu
Kopperbergs
Granzi
Daylam
Huzen Hagen
Roycelandia
Marimaia
Alcona and Hubris
Josh Dollins
Bretar
Kjata Major
Malkyer
Pantycellen
Hamptonshire
Theao
Ottoman Khaif
The Transylvania
Starenell
Abbassia

OOC: I intend to PM the nations listed above to this thread though not tonight.
Other nations may contact the Bedou for making their markets open to the Bedou Black Marketeers.
I know this RP seems awkward--and that is because it is--it just seemed boring to do just another war RP. So I will slowly expand it and see where it goes.

Bump

OOC: Hate to keep this OOC, but I can't think of an IC thing my country would say about this. What is left of the political leadership is a bit busy just now. However, this is looked upon very favorably in Wazzu by everyone who knows about it and there are a lot of people looking forward to trading through this circle.

This isn't limited to FT products either. For example;
-Wazzuians like guns. Not so much shooting, but guns. The art and handycraft of modern firearms are quite well appretiated.
-Food is always important to a densely populated nation with next to nothing of farmland.
-Wazzu is a manufacturing powerhouse, it is always looking for all types of raw resources.
-Wazzuians don't get out much (toxic smog and all). For those who can afford it, foreign travel is popular. Likewise, Wazzu public education is outstanding, but higher education (beyond tech schools) is almost non-existant...so there are a lot of students looking to go to foreign universities.

The list goes on...so ANYONE looking trade with Wazzu through this very efficient and specialized Bedou network would be quite welcome (whether they are facist, communist, or fellow anarchic capitalist messes).

Just letting everyone know the feelers are out there on some level or another....

OOC: Very Cool. I a certainly going to use this.

OOC: Bump,
I also have my first interested party for joint venture--so I must get around to tonight informing all the connected nations--
Much thanks to Wazzu who has been very accomodating to my occasionally odd RP ideas--first of which not having my own land but needing to be allowed into other peoples countries.

Second being Nomads-

-I tip my hat to you Wazzu.

To all others please bear in mind this is a Black Market unofficially sposored by a governement and supported by the other governments--those who support will remain unnamed--I dont godmod so I dont plan on outing people so crappy RPer can wage shytty "anti-smuggler wars" against them--you can bring your fight to me--and MY allies.

So if you are interested in Commerce with other nations through Bedou remember that essentially the sky is the limit.

ooc: How does it work if smuggling is 'strongly discouraged' in the host nations.

ooc: How does it work if smuggling is 'strongly discouraged' in the host nations.
OOC: It is strongly discouraged in my nation-kind of--it is also a tradition and practice passed from father to son--so much so that to maintain the tradition all private commerce in Bedou is illegal--it is still done--but it is illegal--creating the worlds largest Black Market.

The Bedou in each her respective colonies are expert smugglers and they live in the worst regions --which are patrolled the least.

So it is reasonable to assume that if your government wanted something or someone smuggled in or out they could and would use the Bedou colonists--who among being very proud smugglers pride themselves on confidentiality.

I will not RP a smuggling operation in any nation that says "NO"--that would be a Godmod--even if they have allowed my people in their nation, I am not a rude guest.

But it would add color to your nation to say you had a smuggling hub--and thatthe Bedou aid your econmy by moving goods that your businessess would be able to export themsleves other wise.

ooc: The reason I asked is, the only things where smuggling is the only practical option, is the kind of stuff that few, if any nation want's, things like certain weapon types, narcotics, ect.

Bedou of the United Duchies

The Bedou within the borders of their own 'Parish' were allowed to 'illegalize' private buisness as much as they desired. The problem was that all of them were members of the United Duchies Milita, (or Marines) this being the requirement for any individual to own a weapon, which the Bedou did religiously. And their training in the art of 'illicit trading' was used exstensively by the International Investigation Service in setting up covert international operations.

Naturally this led to some young Bedou joining IIS. After all smuggling got to be a bit boring when nearby neighbors just went to town to buy it. (The Bedou smuggling problem was heightended by being basicly land locked in the middle of a continant with nothing valuable and a Marine Training Ground as your largest near neighboor.

OOC: Translation you can try to smuggle something into the United Duchies using the Bedou but it is offically quite difficult because the Bedou are inland and quite naturally curious about what you might want them to import.

As for exporting goods, well I don't think anyone else on the list is a priority focus nation so expect your expatriated populations to occassionaly increase by 1+ (and I won't do it without permission but you can swear at me for doing it although I won't)

The world's largest black market bazaar can almost certainly be found in Khartoum, in the Sudan province of Roycelandian East Africa. Everything can be bought or sold there (except slaves- the Roycelandian Authorities take an EXTREMELY dim view of slavery), and it stands to reason that the Bedou do very well selling everything from anti-tank weapons to stolen cars to camels in the Khartoum Bazaar...

OOC: Good idea. And it is good that I know I have it when I need it. So this is a good idea. And I’m like Wazzu; I have no idea what an IC post for my government would be like.

But if you do smuggle something into Georgia, you would have to use the Bosporus Strait to get in the Black Sea. And ships get searched there.

OOC: Like several others, I don't know how to phrase an IC response, but this looks really interesting and potentially very useful. I'll be sure to TG you if I need anything specific smuggled, purchased, or whatever.

ooc: The reason I asked is, the only things where smuggling is the only practical option, is the kind of stuff that few, if any nation want's, things like certain weapon types, narcotics, ect.
That is incorrect--Commonly smuggled Items:
CDs, DVDs, Brand Name Clothes, Tabacco, Produce(yes fruits and vegatables), People(One of the largest).

Essentially any consumer good can be smuggled--if you have ever heard the term "Contraband Smuggler" he is smuggling LEGAL items made illegal by their Tax Status or regional movement controls.
Absinthe is illegal to ship/brew/sell in the UNited States--but it is not a an Illegal substance to own--so it must be smuggled in(now that is very easy to do because absinthe is not real high on the intercept priority).

Smuggling can be done by business who wnat to avoid TAXES--if you have a High TAX rate --your people would love smugglers.

See--Bedou smuggled chocolates from Bedou Sweden, that kind of thing.
Drugs or guns I will do to, but that is so...boring. Imagine a war started over DVD pirating--that is cool.

OOC: I will put it like this--I cant smuggle anything without demand--smuggling while a tradition is also a business--it must profitable--
HUbris a military base is prime smuggling ground I have not met a soldier who didnt transport contraband, or want some.

I am doing this for a side bar--Like Alcoan HUbris has an embargo say on ROyce goods--yet there is a large market for ROyce Cigars--and people keep getting them--now everyone can guess where from--but it isnt really worth dropping a HAMMER of law enforcement.

Every nation has some trade restrictions, some taxation or tarriff that people try and do duck under.
I am simply offering that facet to your nation.

No real world nation is without smugglers, and the Arab is famous for this--as well taking care of dirty money.
For those of you unfamiliar with the Arab lending networks tag me and will explain that.

This voluntary--I mean for most of you MY Bedou are YOUR citizens--so we must be co-operative--like I said a NO means i wont do it--If you say YES and some nation says "Smuggle these commandos in for a terrorist attack" I will of course run it past you for an OK to go ahead--I am simply creating an RP tool.

You know the thread is here--use it at your leisure I will happy to be the smuggler--however before you discount it--you should read up on how much Black Markets bolster national economies across the globe.

It was a normal day for the dones in node RC-7 (Resource - Computational, section 7 aka Ministry of Trade/Finance in any othere nation) evaluating various suggestions on how to redistubute resources for maximum effect. When the suggestion to put some Bedou smugglers on permanent retainer came up next the entire subnode sat numbly in shock for almost half a second.

Upon reviewing the plan it made a certain kind of sense, they where excelent for inserting covert ops teams. Giving them a bonus for each person wanting to be assimilated that they brought to the Borg would actually give someone an economic incentive to try and convert people to the right side. Plan of action formulated and approved it got forewarded to node RO-9 (Resource - Operational, section9, aka Department of Foreing Affairs) to handle the actual implementation.

OOC: I don't know if you are at all interested to be part of future tech if you are not simply ignore this. As for smugelling things in and out of the collective the primary good would be data, incoming mainy music and video-games, and outgoing being mostly software. All incoming and outgoing data is carfully inspected, but not even the borg can monitor everything all the time, and routine contact with a drone should allow for some times of exchanging datacrystals.

There wasn't much of a black market in Wazzu...most every service or commidity was legal, trade was almost completely free, and taxes just about non-existant. But that didn't mean Wazzu didn't have need of a black market.

As any good capitalist system would, Wazzu had supply and demand. With so many evacuating Wazzu's Northern European territory, that area now had a very large demand for foreign labor. Foreign labor was legal in Wazzu, but perhaps it wasn't always legal for that labor to leave it's origionating country.

Many buisness managers were looking to spend good money on the "Bedou Trading Company" to "import" foreigners looking for jobs.

so you will be willing to vend our goods to other nations?

that will be much appreciated

Edrich Swainsea secretary for the armaments council

Message to the Bedou Smugglers:

My organization contacted you earlier. Now we have finaly secured control of the island of Ceyolia. We have a business proposition for you: The Republic of Siap is switching much of its income taxes to consumption taxes, so many of the goods they purchase are subject to heavy taxes. We both can profit from this. Our island is only a few hundred miles from the Siapian coast. Our merchant marine would be willing to ferry you and your goods to our island (Our markets are completely open, so long as we approve), and for a 20% commission on your profits we could aid you in bringing goods into Siap.
-Papagori Illiani Romanokovski

***CODED TRANSMISSION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF DANMARC*** Tell me, does this trade organization also work in the realm of removing suspect leaders from power? There could very well be an interested buyer..

Message to the Bedou Smugglers:

My organization contacted you earlier. Now we have finaly secured control of the island of Ceyolia. We have a business proposition for you: The Republic of Siap is switching much of its income taxes to consumption taxes, so many of the goods they purchase are subject to heavy taxes. We both can profit from this. Our island is only a few hundred miles from the Siapian coast. Our merchant marine would be willing to ferry you and your goods to our island (Our markets are completely open, so long as we approve), and for a 20% commission on your profits we could aid you in bringing goods into Siap.
-Papagori Illiani Romanokovski

Dear sir,
with great pleasure we will seek to provide any available good to you, or directly to the Siap if we may work from your coast as we seem to perceive this messege suggests.
--unnamed Bedouin

***CODED TRANSMISSION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF DANMARC*** Tell me, does this trade organization also work in the realm of removing suspect leaders from power? There could very well be an interested buyer..

To our most honorable intersted party,
We avoid vesting into the trade of assassination or kidnapping, however should you require us to aid in removing your men and whatever cargo they have(be it men or material, co-operative or not) we could accomodate.

So we would be willing to transport your team, but we will keep our hands clean of anything more dirty then that.

Though this does not preclude agents from another nation we might help arrange and connect to you.

--unnamed Bedouin

so you will be willing to vend our goods to other nations?

that will be much appreciated

Edrich Swainsea secretary for the armaments council
Most assuradly and we will do this without naming names if this is preferred.

Officially, the theocracy of Monsteria is very harsh on their peoples trying to run industries that might threaten the haunted jungles that are home to the demons the nation worshiped. However, many items these industries produced are of course in high demand. It is also notable that Monsteria has a complex system of slavery, with different levels of slaves depending on their freedom at birth, their level of genetic alteration (because the idea that altering life from its "natural state" is considered anathema in most strict religions it is therefore "good" by the Church of Monsteria's standards), and the slaves willingness to remain indentured. Monsteria also has a wing of its military for use as mercenaries open to any nations that are willing to pay for their use.

These factors in mind, the Holy Republic of Monsteria, through non-official channels, sends word to Bedou smugglers that it is willing to supply items normally difficult to get a hold of in exchange for commercial goods and captives for sacrifice to their dark gods. Items offered for trade include slaves, usually pleasure slaves and attendants rather than any of military application; drugs, which are fairly easy to produce in the large Monsterian jungles and are legal in Monsterian culture; and mercenaries, which would then be used by Bedou smugglers to keep their own operations safe and being middlemen for mercenary brokering to other nations looking for troops not tied to their own governments. Other items that would normally be illegal due to their highly immoral nature are probably available in some form in Monsteria and would therefore be available to Bedouin (assuming that’s the right adjective) smugglers for sale elsewhere.

Dear sir,
with great pleasure we will seek to provide any available good to you, or directly to the Siap if we may work from your coast as we seem to perceive this messege suggests.
--unnamed Bedouin

We open our markets for your trade, but the Siapian markets are not as open. We will allow you to use our island as a staging point and our various contacts in Siap to allow you to reach their markets. All we ask in return for this is 20% of your profits from the Siapian market.
-P. Romanokovski

Some of the Bedou Population are enjoying the ability to work and have been aiding in the transportation of equipment to build a massive multi-million ton aircraft carrier.

Though most have been doing amazing work with farming and have basically attained all upper-middleclass wages. Yet, they don't ask for much, though our people are curious of why they don't take the advantages of what they gain when they can afford it. It seems that this questioning has lead a small conservative group of Kjatans to live near the Bedou and create a small state.

This area is being called the "Protected State of Kjata Major" and is still within the state, but it is more under the duel control of the Bedou leaders and Kjatan leaders. While the rest of the nation prepares for an ever increasing population growth that could make the new state more of a life supporting massive farming area then ever before.

Kjata at this time has no plans to trade with outside nations as it currently is only supporting itself and it wants to also protect the Bedou population from enslavement and being taken advantaged of by foreign businesses.

Some of the Bedou Population are enjoying the ability to work and have been aiding in the transportation of equipment to build a massive multi-million ton aircraft carrier.

Though most have been doing amazing work with farming and have basically attained all upper-middleclass wages. Yet, they don't ask for much, though our people are curious of why they don't take the advantages of what they gain when they can afford it. It seems that this questioning has lead a small conservative group of Kjatans to live near the Bedou and create a small state.

This area is being called the "Protected State of Kjata Major" and is still within the state, but it is more under the duel control of the Bedou leaders and Kjatan leaders. While the rest of the nation prepares for an ever increasing population growth that could make the new state more of a life supporting massive farming area then ever before.

Kjata at this time has no plans to trade with outside nations as it currently is only supporting itself and it wants to also protect the Bedou population from enslavement and being taken advantaged of by foreign businesses.

OOC: Excellent understanding of the co-operative idea I had for Bedou colonies--they are 'Our' people--nice inclusion, into activity benefitting your nation while maintaining the cultural difference.

IC: The subject of the traditions of moving goods without anytype of government approval is a tradition several thousand years old.
However long before the 'Bedou Tribes' had formed of the old Bedouin tribes, the tradition had shed one thing, the drive to wealth. The Bedou maintain enough profit to continue the practice and of course make purchases of equipment for technical items, as the Bedou take great pleasure in work in the IT field.
--Note: the official name of the Bedou is "The TechNomads of Bedou" --Or occasionally "The TechNomadic Peoples of Bedou"--

So while a protectionist attitude is appreciated it is beyond the nature of the Bedou to not attempt to circumvent it, under any regime the Bedou instinctively apply stress on borders, this practice is also what ensures they do an excellent job of defending them--they constantly seek weak points.
The act of smuggling is as popualr a practice among Bedou as Camel racing, and poetry.

OOC: The Bedou relationaship with any authority is always --tense--as the Bedou have no intention of being malicious, a state which ussually developes is one of friendly adversity. On more then one occasion throughout the globe Bedou have sentenced to prison for a year or two, or even deproted fro their province for being caught too many times breaking laws which are not overtly detremental (s/p?) to society, are still crimes, the Bedou, of course have a very low incidence of Rape, or theft, over all and a low incidence of Murder and assault outside of their people.