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Democratic Soviet Republic of Kahanistan

Geography
Area
32,531 square km
Location
Negev Desert, Middle East

Area (comparative) (roughly the size of Maryland or Belgium)

Coastline
121 kilometres

Maritime Claims
Territorial sea: 35 km
Continental shelf: 100 km
Contiguous zone: 35 km
Exclusive economic zone: 100 km

Climate
Very arid. Canals were required merely to irrigate.

Terrain
Sandy, rocky and mountainous in the east.

Elevation
Lowest: Al-Bahr (sea level)
Highest: Mt. Qara (1,650 m)

Natural Resources
Petroleum, cannabis, corn, iron.

Shortages
Most heavy metals, topsoil.

Land use
Arable land: 22%
Permanent crops: 17%
Other: 61% (2005 est.)

Irrigated land
4,548 sq km

Natural hazards
Rock slides in the east, floods in the canal areas, lightning, sand storms, avalanches.

Environmental - current issues
The land has been strip mined heavily in many areas. Nuclear waste is rocketed into space. Chemicals from the manufacture of plastic are becoming a problem.

People
Population
2.2 billion as of 15 June 2006

Age structure
0-14 years: 22%
15-64 years: 54%
65 years and over: 24%

Median age
Total: 53 years
Male: 51 years
Female: 55 years

Population growth rate
0.05%

Net migration rate
24.9 migrants/1,000 population

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 103 years
male: 102 years
female: 104 years

Nationality
Noun: Kahanistanian
Adjective: Kahanistanian

Ethnic Groups
European 46%, Arab 43%, African 7%, Oriental and Asian 3%, other 1%
Religions
Jewish - Reform 23%, Jewish - Conservative 3%, Christian - Orthodox 9%, Christian - Catholic 8%, Islamic - Shi'a - 4%, Islamic - Sunni - 4%, Satanist - 9%, Atheist - 26% - Other - 16%

Languages
English (official) 97%, Arabic (official) 53%, Latin (official) 15%, Hebrew (official) 13%, Russian (3%), Chinese (2%), French (6%), Spanish (7%), Japanese (1%)

National Fertility Rate
1.2 births per 1,000 population (2006 est.)

Literacy
definition: Age 5 or over can read and write
total population: 99.9%

Government Structure and Politics
Country Name
Conventional long form: Democratic Soviet Republic of Kahanistan
Conventional short form: Kahanistan
Frequently referred to as: DSRK, Soviet Republic, Kahanistan

Pronounciation
Kuh-HAHN-iss-tan

Government Type
Representative democracy with unicameral Supreme Soviet

Capital
Najaster

Administrative divisions
None

Major cities
Najaster, Al-Bahr, Al-Qamar, At Tahrir

National Holiday
Constitution Day (March 11), Independence Day (August 2)

Constitution and Legal System
1861 Constitution providing for socialist economy and many human rights.

Suffrage
15 years of age, universal, voluntary.

Executive branch
Head of state: President Marcellus Quintus Valens (since March 1, 2006)
Head of government: President Marcellus Quintus Valens

Cabinet
Vice President: Khalid bin Abdullah al-Omari
Minister of Defense: Nora Kasagawa
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Margaret Delray
Minister of the Interior: Vladimir Zygonov
Minister of Justice: Jules Lamont
Minister of Health: Mohammed Kareem al-Qadala
Minister of Commerce: Angus McKimble

Judicial branch
Supreme Court, Superior Criminal Court, Superior Constitutional Court, Superior Civil Court

Legislative branch
Supreme Soviet has 3,000 seats each held by a Senator elected from one of the numerous districts of the country.

Political parties
Socialist (22%), Communist (27%), Green (16%), Democratic [centrist] (16%), Conservative (11%), Fascist (5%), Nazi (1%), other (5%)

International organization participation
Adamantine Alliance, International Strategic Armed Forces

Economy
Kahanistan's vital economies, those which provide food, education, shelter, medicine, transportation, and other essential services, are heavily subsidized by the government to enable all to survive.

Large businesses that provide other services are taxed heavily. However, the government shares declassified technologies with private businesses, and has a thriving automobile manufacturing, arms manufacturing, and information technology industry.

GDP
$83.06 trillion USD (as of 15 June 2006)

GDP per capita
$38,000.00

GDP – composition by sector
Industry: 81% (2006 est.)
Agriculture: 7%
Services and misc. sectors: 11%

Unemployment rate
3.1%

Population below poverty line
0.2%

Income tax rate
11%

Household income or consumption by % share
Highest 10%: 17%
Lowest 10%: 5.4%

Inflation rate
0.7%

Labor force
1.6 billion

Industries
Cannabis cultivation, arms manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, tourism, information technology, construction

Exports – commodities
Cannabis, plastics, weapons, computers, pornography, corn, vehicles

Exports – partners
Xirnium (11%), Psyker Bearzerkers (10%), St. Fedski (8%), The Kraven Corporation (3%), others (68%)

Imports - commodities
Warships, aircraft, construction parts, grain, heavy metals, spacecraft, fruit, drugs

Imports – partners
Roman Republic (37%), Xirnium (19%), Amestria (1%), St. Fedski (6%), other (37%)

Debt
$36 trillion

Economic aid – recipient
$0.3 trillion USD

Currency
Shekel

Currency code
RS, R$ (old code, still in wide use), KS

Exchange rates
KS1 = $1.68 USD

Fiscal year
1 July – 30 June

[b]Communications
International Dialing Country Code
3561

Telephones – main line phones
375,000,000

Telephones – mobile phones
4,634,000,000

Telephone system
Land lines are falling into disuse, being replaced by cellular telephones.

Radio broadcast stations
AM 331
FM 620
Satellite 55

Major radio broadcasting networks
3 (KMLR - Kahanistan Multi-Lingual Radio, KEBW - Kahanistan Emergency Broadcast Warning, KER - Kahanistan Educational Radio)

Minor radio broadcasting networks
81

Radio broadcasting systems
1,011

Radios
1.24 billion

Television broadcasting networks
10 (major ones include Kahanistan National News, People's Choice, World News)

Televisions
1,423 million

Internet hosts
191 million

Internet Service Providers
180

Internet users
1.83 billion

Web TLD / Domain Extension
.kn

Transportation
Railways
Total: 3,681 km
Standard gauge: 2,118 km 1.8m-gauge
Kahanistan's railway systems are poorly maintained.

Highways
Total: 19,741 km
Paved: 19,310 km (including 4,000 km of expressways)
Unpaved: 431 km

Waterways
532 km

Pipelines
Crude oil/petroleum: 815 km
Natural gas: 15,810 km

Ports and harbors
Al-Bahr (lit. Sea Town)

Merchant marine
Total: 1,471 ships

Airports
46

Heliports
190

Military
Military Branches
Republic Guard (comprises air and land forces), Imperial Marines, Navy

Military manpower – military age
18 years of age

Military manpower – availability
Males and females age 18-96: 1.0 billion

Military manpower – current size
Total: 10 million
Republic Guard (active duty): 6 million
Imperial Marines: 2 million
Navy: 2 million

Ready reserves: 30 million
Civilian workforce: 10 million
Inactive reserves: 60 million (only activated in extreme emergency and invasion of the homeland)

Military manpower – as percentage of total population
0.45%

Military manpower – fit for military service
1.893 million

Military manpower – reaching military age annually
10.6 million

Military expenditures – monetary values
$3.3 trillion

Military expenditures – as percentage of GDP
4%

Primary military allies
Xirnium, Velkya, Allanea

Primary enemies
Doomingsland, MassPwnage, other CAD powers

Countries considered hostile
Automagfreek, The Parthians, Tyrandis

Transnational Issues, Customs and Immigration
Disputes – international
None currently.

Disputes – boundaries
None currently.

Disputes – wars, conflicts and international issues

None currently.

Customs and immigration policy
Generally open, has a history of granting asylum to victims of persecution.

Nations not requiring visas or special documents to enter
Xirnium, Velkya, Yallak, Allanea

Education, Arts & Culture
Full-time international university students, 2006-07 academic year
71 million

Post-secondary enrollment, total, 2005-06 academic year
581 million

Primary international sources of student enrollment, 2005-06 academic year (ordered by total number, largest first)
Xirnium, Allanea, Velkya

Major universities
Kahanistan National University (KNU), University of Kahanistan - Najaster (UKN), University of Kahanistan - Al-Bahr (UKB), Kahanistan Military Academy

As Amestria is a Western/Central European Country and Kahanistan is in the Middle East (Palestine), that means the two are quite close, a few hours flight from each other...

Current Economic ties, mutual interests, and Kahanistan's large Ethnic European Population provides a great deal of potential for improved relations...

Kahanistan, do you plan on making a larger, more detailed version of your map?

At some point. I plan to make a few more cities, too. Somehow 1.2 billion people crammed into four major cities just doesn't seem right. But eventually it's going to be 6 billion people in eight cities, I still haven't figured out what I'll do, Kahanistan's not the kind of nation that goes around invading people because they want their land.

I'll try to make the map bigger, but not too big, somebody edited the NSWiki I had of my new SD because the warship image was too big. I don't want it happening to my nation's NSWiki, too.

Speaking of the SD, I'll probably unveil it in a few days.

Well, you could grab a few colonies in Hogsweat's region and transplant some of your pop there. And your SD picture is horrible, no offense. Perhaps you should talk to The Freethinkers to do the pic, as he is the creator of the Doujin and did it's picture, if he's free....

I was wondering if you have an airforce or is it a part of your navy?

Would Kahanistan join the Infinite Empire if given the opportunity?

SEA: Is the Freethinkers still on NS? I might send him / her a TG at some time.

Antanjyl: The Kahanistan Republic Guard consists of land and air units.

Yallak: I'd have to be pretty damned desperate, e.g. Blood Feud with AMF, no surrender accepted, most of the country destroyed, before I would consider becoming part of a larger empire.

Yep. He still is. (http://www.nationstates.net/76422/page=display_nation/nation=the_freethinkers) The Sentinel-class Super Dreadnaught was also designed by him. ICly, it's a Freekish original, OOCly, it's Freethinkers' work.

OK, I sent in a TG, hopefully I'll get a response. I even linked to the wiki, you can access older versions of the wiki if you want to take a peek at Chucky.

Kahanistan, telegram.

How does one become allied to Kahanistan, BTW?

Not really interested in Earths / colonies, sorry.

As for your interest in an alliance, basically the main requirements are a good human rights record and a decent military, I tend to make some really nasty enemies. I'm in a war with Doomingsland, among other nations, over ViZion. And just a few weeks ago I got out of a really nasty conflict with AMF. (Instead of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, I had a half-insane general handle the talks with AMF.:sniper: )

Kahanistan, Chuck Norris, despite being a famous individual, is not one of Kahanistanian descent or possesses Kahanistanian citizenship. So why did you name it after Chuck Norris (it also doesn't exactly sound menacing like most military designations)? Why not name it after the nation (like the Empyrean Society requested to a certain Freethinker Defense Industries, the corporation that started the infamous arms race that is still on today, just at a much more lowered level) or a key figure in the history of your nation?

Chuck's like a god on General, and I personally do think that he could be quite menacing, lol. (Google, "Don't fuck with Chuck!")

Even still, naming a warship after a person worshipped like a divine being for OOC reasons doesn't exactly justify it ICly.

You're entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine. Chuck is hardly the first RW import to hit NS, do a forum search for Hitler. [/G-dwin's Law] But if I'd named my ship after Hitler, then there would be an even bigger furor. (No pun intended.)

Well, in a lot of nation's histories, Hitler does exist...

Well, in a lot of nation's histories, Hitler does exist...

His nation his choice dude

I know.

I know.

Cool, it just looked like you were lynching him

Kahanistan, what did The Freethinkers say? And you overlooked what I said about your map and population, so I'm repeating it: why not grab a few territories in Hogsweat's Colony Region and transplant some of your population there?

Well, in a lot of nation's histories, Hitler does exist...
And in a lot of other people's nation's histories, the real world exists right beside the NS World, such as is the case with mine.

Same here. That's why I used a real life name for my nation, as a Southeast Asian myself, I do believe that the Union is a possibility.

Freethinkers never responded.

Freethinkers never responded.
Well, he doesn't have to then. Because I asked him to do a comission and he said that he wish he could, but RL is taking precedence as it should be, so he doesn't have the time. Perhaps GMC Military Arms on the Lineartinc boards (http://s13.invisionfree.com/LineartInc/index.php?act=idx)? GMCMA is a mod that also doubles as an excellent master of the Shade 3D program, specializing at armored vehicles and warships. Post in the 'Comissions' department, and make it catch his/her attention.

Kahanistan, TG response wanted.

TG for you Kahanistan

Most Kahanistanian arms are not indigenous to Kahanistan, but a few are recent Kahanistanian designs, created to counter new threats.

Kahanistanian infantry use Interceptor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interceptor_body_armor) body armor and steel helmets to protect their heads and bodies from enemy fire and grenade shrapnel. Crews of naval vessels in dangerous areas (such as gunners) wear the same armor to protect them when a gun explodes, though its effectiveness in that area is disputed.

They also carry in their rucksacks six to ten MRE's (Meals Rejected by Ethiopians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRE)), enough food to last three to five days in the field. For water, they carry a one-liter canteen, usually filled with water, but some fill theirs with juice, or even alcohol. To supply them with water over the duration of a mission, RO water processors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis) come as part of the soldier's standard kit. These ROWPU's are also used in civil defense work when Kahanistan's water treatment facilities are damaged or destroyed.

For combat, the average Kahanistanian infantry soldier carries an Israeli TAR-21 or OICW, although the XM-8 is seen in some SF units, and reservists often make do with M-16's or AK-74's. Other weapons in the Kahanistanian infantry arsenal include the M-203 grenade launcher, M-240 heavy machine gun, M-24 sniper rifle, M-224 mortar, and RPG-7V1 rocket launcher.

For very close-quarters combat, such as in trenches or cities, Kahanistanian infantry use bayonets, M-9 Beretta 9mm's, and trench knives. They are fearsome opponents in defensive situations, especially when fighting on their own territory.

Kahanistanian armor has historically used the Israeli Merkava (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkava) series of tanks, and the Merkava IV is still the most common tank in Kahanistan. However, its dismal showing against MassPwnage resulted in Kahanistan developing the Merkava VK, based on the Mk. IV.

Merkava VK MBT
General Characteristics:
Crew: 4
Length: 9.2 m
Width: 4.5 m
Height: 3.3 m
Weight: 115 tons
Armor and Armament:
Armor: Titanium-nickel composite armor + niobium-cobalt modular
Main armament: 1 x 130 mm smoothbore gun, 60 rounds, 20 x BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile
Secondary armament: 2 x 12.7mm coaxial machine gun, Arena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_(active_countermeasures_system)) anti-missile defense
Mobility:
Power plant: 2,200 HP biodiesel engine
Suspension: Helical spring
Road speed: 53 km/h
Range: 650 km
Other:
Estimated construction cost: $4.6 million USD

The Merkava VK is the successor to the Merkava IV, which has seen action in the CAD conflict and, to a lesser extent, the Freekish invasion of Kahanistan. It disposes of the rear-entry door, favoring a 30 cm clearance above the ground under which soldiers crawl, unlock a manhole-like hatch, enter the tank from the floor, and close and lock the hatch. This makes soldiers escaping a damaged Merkava VK more difficult to spot and shoot than soldiers running out the back of a Merkava IV. The door of the Merkava VK is also less accessible to enemy fire, reducing the weak spot in most conventional modern tanks.

The Merkava VK also introduces the biodiesel engine, one of the first, if not the only, tank to incorporate environmental friendliness with combat usefulness and economical operation. This further serves to ease logistics, as Kahanistan no longer needs to import diesel fuel for its tanks as well as produce biodiesel for civilian vehicles, biodiesel can do it all.

The twin coaxial machine guns enable engagement of enemy infantry both in front of and behind the tank. It incorporates the Arena countermeasure system for defense against enemy missile attacks.

The chassis of the Merkava VK is also planned for use as the platform for numerous Kahanistanian air defenses, artillery, and other offensive weaponry.

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The Merkava VK is currently under testing by the Presidential Guards, a unit of 1,500 Republic Guards who protect the President. They also historically test new ground weapons such as tanks, mortars, and infantry equipment.

Current Kahanistanian artillery includes the M109A6 Paladin, the German Panzerhaubitze 2000, and South African G-6 howitzers.

The Kahanistanian Air Force, an arm of the Republic Guard, is more diverse in its equipment than previously. While during the AMF war more than 90% of Kahanistanian warplanes were MiG's, today fewer than 15% are. F-22 Raptors, YF-23 Black Widow II's, C-5 Galaxies, MiG-35's, B-1 Lancers, B-2 Spirits, KC-10 Extenders, E-3 Sentries, and imported Czardaian CZB-9E Hailstorm stealth bombers are the current main aircraft of the Republic Guard.

OOC: Kahanistan, do you have plans to post your indigenous Merkava upgrade on the Draftroom?

No, I wasn't planning on it, you seemed to think it was feasible. I only go to the Draftroom if I'm worried a design will get me accused of g****ding.

BTW: In the future, take these questions to my OOC thread. I have a link in my sig. Use it.

OOC: Roger that. I thought it was fairly feasible ICly and OOCly because of the survivability features, I can't speak for the wiser masters of their field (armor, however, one of the three is an overall military expert) like GMCMA, The Macabees or Clan Smoke Jaguar (that's the guy I'm talking about)

Kahanistan has recently begun production of an air superiority fighter designed specifically to tackle CAD and AMF forces in the air, where they performed below expectations against the Pwnage Air Force.

Design

The F-1 Masada air superiority fighter is the Republic Guard's answer to overwhelming power in the air. Its substantial missile capacity enables it to perform SEAD and DEAD as well as successfully engage enemy forces, and its VTOL capacity allows it to react to attacks which would trap CTOL fighters on the ground, helplessly awaiting destruction.

Armaments

The F-1 carries a Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 autocannon and 1,000 tungsten rounds. However, the majority of its offensive power is derived from its missile loadout, much of which is contained in what was originally intended to be a bomb bay. While capable of carrying 20 missiles of various types, it is unusual for the Masada to carry more than 10 on a conventional mission, as more compromises the stealth and maneuverability of the warplane.

A typical layout for a strike mission consists of two ALARM's, four Tomahawks, two Meteors, and two Sicarius missiles, a Kahanistanian indigenous cruise missile smaller than the Tomahawk but with much longer range and accuracy, generally used for strike missions in populated areas.

Propulsion

The Masada uses a Rolls-Royce lift system, the same as used on the JSF. However, instead of the single turbofan used in the JSF, it uses two Lyulka AL-41F afterburning turbofans.

The choice of engine allows the F-1 the superior speed of the Mikoyan Project 1.44, as opposed to the JSF's Mach 1.6. The fuel tanks are coated with flame-retardant foam, as is the entire cockpit to prevent immediate destruction in the event of a round penetrating the fuel tank, thereby allowing the pilot to eject.

Electronics

The electronics of the F-1 are little removed from the electronics of the F-35 it replaces, combining the integrated off-board and on-board sensor fusion of the JSF with the B-2's APQ-181 radar, which enables it to correct GPS errors sometimes made during navigation or while firing missiles.

General information - F-1 Masada ASF
Crew: 1 (pilot)
Length: 23 m
Wingspan: 18 m
Height: 5 m
Empty weight: 24,000 kg
Loaded weight: 34,000 kg
Maximum takeoff weight: 41,000 kg
Powerplant: Rolls-Royce lift system x1, Lyulka AL-41F turbofan x 2
Maximum speed: Mach 2.3 (redline), Mach 3.2 (absolute)
Range: 4,500 km
Ceiling: 21,000 m
Defenses: Chaff, flares, reinforced carbon carbon, fiberglass-coated twin fuel tanks
Avionics: AESA radar, GPS for navigation and missile guidance
Weapons: 1 x 30mm Gryazev-Shipunov autocannon, 1,000 tungsten penetrator rounds, 10-20 of various missiles held internally
Cost of production: 31 million USD
Export cost: 53 million USD

This is the first indigenously designed aircraft for the Kahanistanian Air Force. Other warplanes in service include the F-15, F-16, F-18, F-22, F-35, MiG-31, MiG-35, Mikoyan Project 1.44, Su-47, Tu-160, B-1, and B-2.

OOC: Kahanistan, is the UKIN having any say in terms of language percentage and influence on Kahanistan's cultural diversity?

Primary international sources of student enrollment, 2005-06 academic year (ordered by total number, largest first)
Xirnium, Velkya, Amestria, St. Fedski

BTW Kahanistan: Since the riots, and all those very brutal and tragic deaths at the hands of an irrational uncivilized bloodthirsty mob, most Amestrians have left the country and private sector Amestrian quarterly investment in the Kahanistan economy has dropped down to almost nothing...

So Amestrians would no longer be a primary source of Kahanistan's international student enrollment.

OOC: Kahanistan, is the UKIN having any say in terms of language percentage and influence on Kahanistan's cultural diversity?

Can't see why it would, they speak English there IIRC and most Kahanistanians already speak English.

So Amestrians would no longer be a primary source of Kahanistan's international student enrollment.
Meaning that they will miss out on the opportunity to study such political masterpieces as On the Amestrians and their Lies... :)

On a somewhat related note, I should point out, Kahanistan, that the Xirniumite Foreign Ministry has maintained a permanent travel advisory warning against travel to the Democratic Soviet Republic ever since the Freekish invasion, particularly in light of subsequent invasions by other nations, frequent unrest and rioting, not infrequent lawlessness and a propensity for breakdown of order.

So I take it not too many Xirniumites would be filling the ranks of Kahanistan's vast university enrollment lists, then...

Well, since the Freekish invasion I've only been invaded twice, by MassPwnage and later by Kraven, neither of which is particularly friendly to Xirnium, either, from what I can tell.

Rioting is hardly frequent, Kahanistan hasn't had major riots since the beginning of the calendar year. During the post-AMF rebuilding there was general looting and raping, but that's to be expected after that kind of social upheaval.

Also, Xirniumites have never been the target of widespread hatred in Kahanistan since the D.S.R.K. joined the forces fighting against Kraven in Xirnium.

BTW, my crime rate is still rated as "crippling" and I have an insane education budget (over 1/4 of total spending) and have been feeding the Law and Order budget a steady diet of ever-increasing funds for months. (It's nearly 10% of spending.)

As for the "political masterpiece," the publishers export it to any country they can.

Can't see why it would, they speak English there IIRC and most Kahanistanians already speak English.
[OOC: The most of them (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Isselmere-Nieland#Language) already speak English. There are local dialects within Isselmere-Nieland, the most prominent being Anguistian (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Anguistian_language) and Nielandic (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Nielander_language). And for the record, Isselmere himself has stated that "Isselmere-Nielander English sounds like Scottish English spoken with an Icelandic accent. In other words, imagine Björk speaking like a Glaswegian, or vice versa, really." (Quoted from his NSWiki itself!)]

Rioting is hardly frequent, Kahanistan hasn't had major riots since the beginning of the calendar year.
You have a point, though rioting was frequent if short-lived during the Najaster uprising, and that was not so long ago from certain people’s perspectives. More importantly, though, I suspect the Xirniumite government simply does not feel that any significant reforms have been undertaken to rule out the possibility of such civil unrest in the future. Are they wrong?

Also, Xirniumites have never been the target of widespread hatred in Kahanistan
I should hope not :) , that would be rather alarming…

BTW, my crime rate is still rated as "crippling" and I have an insane education budget (over 1/4 of total spending) and have been feeding the Law and Order budget a steady diet of ever-increasing funds for months. (It's nearly 10% of spending.)
ICly, though, budget is not the only consideration. Setting aside cultural and social factors, one must also consider the issue of laws (for example, as I understand, anyone in Kahanistan may own military-grade firearms, even foreign nationals, with little to no regulation, and at least one transnational, CBBC, has established its own private army – sorry, “security force”), the way that order is enforced (massive public demonstrations are allowed to form in Kahanistan with sometimes insufficient police supervision), etc.

From the Xirniumite government perspective, the Kahanistanian authorities seem rather blasé about law and order (perhaps their opinion is unfair, though).

Isselmere himself has stated that "Isselmere-Nielander English sounds like Scottish English spoken with an Icelandic accent. In other words, imagine Björk speaking like a Glaswegian, or vice versa, really.
On an entirely unrelated note, I imagine Xirniumite English to sound like British English spoken with a elements of a vaguely (but distinct) continental European accent.

Sorry for that pointless tangent, Kahanistan.

[OOC: Kahanistan, in speaking of the UKIN, are you planning on easening the bureaucracy when travelling for their people when they travel to the DSRK by adding them to the "Nations Not Requiring Visas or Special Documents" List?]

[OOC: Kahanistan, in speaking of the UKIN, are you planning on easing the bureaucracy when travelling for their people when they travel to the DSRK by adding them to the "Nations Not Requiring Visas or Special Documents" List?]

Maybe at some point, like if I get MFN or MTN status, the DSRK might reciprocate by allowing them to cross borders more freely. The overall Kahanistanian view of the UKIN is fairly positive.