Islam-stan
08-12-2005, 19:57
The Holy Republic of Islam-stan Factbook
Geographical Information:
Islam-stan is a large island nation in the North Atlantic, settled by Muslim migrants from Spain in the late 1400s following the decline of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula. Largely desert due to its position close to the Equator, there is little vegetation save for that near the rivers and the coastline, where the major settlements are seen. Temperatures average above 30 degrees Celcius most of the year, despite high average rainfall due to tropical storms.
Historical Information:
Islam-stan was founded in the late 15th Century during the decline of Muslim rule in what is now Spain. Islamic followers, fearing reprisals from the northern kingdoms, migrated to the unpopulated island and set up an Islamic nation, which survived for several centuries until it’s conquering by the Spanish Empire during the colonial periods of the early 18th Century. It was maintained as a Christian nation until the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, whereupon Islamic radical militants seized the government and declared a reformation of the Holy Republic, which has survived to this day.
Political Information:
Islam-stan, as an Islamic Republic, is loosely controlled by the religious groups of the nation. In practice, most of the national power is centred regionally in the three main areas of the country, known as Al Muqtad, Takrut & Muham. Each area is controlled by a regional militia headed by a particular family or group of individuals that maintain their wealth and power through black market narcotics growth. Central power is directed by the Islamic clerics of the nation, known popularly as the ’Twelve imam’s Council’; four religious clerics from each of the three regions of the country that make up and maintain the Balance of Power in the country and organises the defence of the faith and the nation.
Economic Information:
Islam-stan is a largely poor nation, its economic activity made up almost two-thirds by subsistence agriculture. 90 percent of the GDP in the nation is centred in the social and political elite that control the major black market activities of the nation, involving the growing and manufacturing of several types of narcotics. 80 percent of the population survive on little more than the starvation level.
Military Information:
No official military of Islam-stan exists due to a lack of centralised political and military organisation within the country. Each of the three regions maintains a militia force under the control of the prominent drug lords in the area, with some form of centralised organisation of military control negotiated by the Twelve imam’s Council where organisation is required between regions. Current military numbers stand at 240,000 militia men in total, armed with a variety of rifles and rocket weaponry dominated visually by AK-47s, M-16s, MAS 36 Bolt Actions and shoulder-mounted RPG-7s but with much variety due to the nature of militia providing their own weaponry.
Geographical Information:
Islam-stan is a large island nation in the North Atlantic, settled by Muslim migrants from Spain in the late 1400s following the decline of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula. Largely desert due to its position close to the Equator, there is little vegetation save for that near the rivers and the coastline, where the major settlements are seen. Temperatures average above 30 degrees Celcius most of the year, despite high average rainfall due to tropical storms.
Historical Information:
Islam-stan was founded in the late 15th Century during the decline of Muslim rule in what is now Spain. Islamic followers, fearing reprisals from the northern kingdoms, migrated to the unpopulated island and set up an Islamic nation, which survived for several centuries until it’s conquering by the Spanish Empire during the colonial periods of the early 18th Century. It was maintained as a Christian nation until the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, whereupon Islamic radical militants seized the government and declared a reformation of the Holy Republic, which has survived to this day.
Political Information:
Islam-stan, as an Islamic Republic, is loosely controlled by the religious groups of the nation. In practice, most of the national power is centred regionally in the three main areas of the country, known as Al Muqtad, Takrut & Muham. Each area is controlled by a regional militia headed by a particular family or group of individuals that maintain their wealth and power through black market narcotics growth. Central power is directed by the Islamic clerics of the nation, known popularly as the ’Twelve imam’s Council’; four religious clerics from each of the three regions of the country that make up and maintain the Balance of Power in the country and organises the defence of the faith and the nation.
Economic Information:
Islam-stan is a largely poor nation, its economic activity made up almost two-thirds by subsistence agriculture. 90 percent of the GDP in the nation is centred in the social and political elite that control the major black market activities of the nation, involving the growing and manufacturing of several types of narcotics. 80 percent of the population survive on little more than the starvation level.
Military Information:
No official military of Islam-stan exists due to a lack of centralised political and military organisation within the country. Each of the three regions maintains a militia force under the control of the prominent drug lords in the area, with some form of centralised organisation of military control negotiated by the Twelve imam’s Council where organisation is required between regions. Current military numbers stand at 240,000 militia men in total, armed with a variety of rifles and rocket weaponry dominated visually by AK-47s, M-16s, MAS 36 Bolt Actions and shoulder-mounted RPG-7s but with much variety due to the nature of militia providing their own weaponry.