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The People's Republic of Guyana Island Factbook

Van Luxemburg
24-02-2006, 11:55
People's Republic of Guyana
We have prevailed!

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Introduction
Background:

Guyana Island was discovered 146 years ago by Van Luxemburgian ocean surveyors, And was immediately colonized by several ships from Van Luxemburg, and claimed a Grand-Ducal Colony. Since 100 years, a strong independence movement is active in the colony, which has attacked and terrorised the van Luxemburgian population. The Guyanans themselves see it as their rightful posession, and they always had almost no respect for their Van Luxemburgian colonizers. Since the 13th of January 2006, All Van Luxemburgian presence has been either retreated or killed, and Van Luxemburg gave up their posession in favour of the Guyanans. They left a destroyed nation, tired of battling the van Luxemburgians. Everything the Van Luxemburgians had built up in the past 146 years has been destroyed, except for a small piece of infrastructure and housing. The population has decreased from 1 million in the early 1990's to 600,000 in 2006.


Geography
Location:
The Atlantic Ocean, 100 km south of Kreuzbadinsel
Map references:
Atlantic Ocean
Area:
total: 66,700 sq km
land: 46,700 sq km
water: 20,000 sq km
Area - comparative:
Slightly large then Switzerland
Land boundaries:
none.
border countries: none
Coastline:
2,391 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 12 nm
Climate:
Rainforest climate all over the island, Designated Af by the Köppen system.
Terrain:
White sandy beaches whith rainforest and high mountains in the interior.
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pointe Guyane 2,871m
Natural resources:
petroleum, oil, diamonds, iron ore, gold, timber, salt, copper, silver, natural gas
Land use:
arable land: 6.41%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 93.59% (2001)
Irrigated land:
641 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:
heavy rainfall can cause earth movements, flooding
Environment - current issues:
Extreme illegal timber production

People
Population:
600,190 (February 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 57.5%
15-64 years: 41.7%
65 years and over: 0.8% (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 18.0 years
male: 18.0 years
female: 18.0 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.8% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
44.64 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
35.9 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 291.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 303.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 278.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 35.43 years
male: 34.28 years
female: 36.64 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.27 children born/woman (2006 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
3.9% (2006 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
23,207 (2006 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,000 (2006 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A/B, typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) are high risks over the complete nation.
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2006)
Nationality:
noun: Guyanan(s)
adjective: Guyanan
Ethnic groups:
Native population: 45%, Native Van Luxemburgians: (mixed) 51%, Van Luxemburgians: 3%, Other: 1%.
Religions:
Atheist: 31%, Native Religions: 51%, Christian: 18%
Languages:
French (Official), English spoken almost everywhere.
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.1%
male: 88.1%
female: 84.8% (2001 est.)

Government
Country name:
conventional long form: People's Republic of Guyana Island
conventional short form: Guyana
local long form: Republique Populaire d'Isle Guyane
local short form: Isle Guyane
former: Grand-Ducal Colony of Van Luxemburgian Guyana Island
Government type:
Communist state
Capital:
Cayenne
Administrative divisions:
8 provinces (Departements, singular-Departement); Cayenne, Port Boukhari, Nouveau-Luxembourg, Coloniale-Au-Guyane, Mont-Du-Castel, Region du Forets Nord, Region du Forets Sud, Region du Montagne
Independence:
13 January 2006 (from Van Luxemburg)
National holiday:
Independence Day, 13 January 2006 (Former: Grand-Ducal Birthday)
Constitution:
None.
Legal system:
None.
Suffrage:
None.
Executive branch:
chief of state: President Thierry BARKEL note - the president has absolute power, only advisors assist him.
elections: none.
election results: None.
Legislative branch:
President Thierry BARKEL
Judicial branch:
None. Self-appointed Judges mostly do their own thing.
Political parties and leaders:
Communist Warlord Thierry BARKEL, Democratic Warlord Reginault HYMEUR,
Socialist Warlord Henri GRIBAULT, Pro-Van Luxemburgian Warlord Hire MBUTU
International organization participation:
None.
Flag description:
Egally red flag with Hammer and Sickle in the center.

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Economy
Economy - overview:
Guyana Island always has been behidn on Van Luxemburgian standards. After independence, Only destroyed buildings mark Guyana Island, And no Economical actions have been made since, except for purchases of Military material.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$66 million (2006 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$77 million (2006 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
0.1% (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $500 (2006 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 8%
industry: 17%
services: 75% (2006 est.)
Labor force:
400,000 (2006 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 13%, industry and services 87% (2006 est.)
Unemployment rate:
extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than two/third the population (2006 est.)
Population below poverty line:
91% (2006 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
77.7% (January 2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
0.6% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $8.5 million
expenditures: $140 million, including capital expenditures of $9.63 million (2005 est.)
Public debt:
180.9% of GDP (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish
Industries:
petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, copper, silver, gold, Natural gas; cement; basic metal products; fish processing; food processing; brewing; tobacco products; sugar; textiles, ship repair
Industrial production growth rate:
-90% (2006)
Electricity - production:
16,000 kWh (2006)
Electricity - consumption:
16,000 kWh (2006)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2006)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2006)
Oil - production:
100 barrels/day (2006 est.)
Oil - consumption:
160,000 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
none (2006)
Oil - imports:
NA (2006)
Oil - proved reserves:
2500 billion bbl (2005 est.)
Natural gas - production:
5 cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
5 million cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
790.57 billion cu m (2005)
Current account balance:
-$40.484 billion (2006 est.)
Exports:
$0.8 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - partners:
Van Luxemburg 100% (2004)
Imports:
$80.165 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - partners:
Van Luxemburg 92%, Wingarde 8% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
None (2006)
Debt - external:
$900.879 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
none.
Currency (code):
Guyana Guilder
Exchange rates:
kwanza per US dollar - 9010.6 (2006),
Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications
Telephones - main lines in use:
96,300 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
130,000 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: System more Off-line then On-line, telephone service limited mostly to government and business use; HF radiotelephone used extensively for military links
domestic: extensive system of fiberoptic cable, wire, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter, heavily damaged by Military Operations. (2006)
international: country code - 981; satellite earth stations - 0; fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC) provides connectivity to Van Luxemburg and the outside world. (2006)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 21, FM 60, shortwave 700 (2000)
Television broadcast stations:
6 (2000)
Internet country code:
.gi
Internet hosts:
1 (2003)
Internet users:
1,000 (2002)

Transportation
Airports:
43 (2006 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 0
1,524 to 2,437 m: 0
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2006 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 212
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 30
914 to 1,523 m: 95
under 914 m: 80 (2006 est.)
Pipelines:
None, basics available. (2006)
Railways:
total: 2,761 km
narrow gauge: 2,758 km 1.067-m gauge; 3 km 0.600-m gauge (2004)
Roadways:
total: 11,429 km
paved: 5,349 km
unpaved: 6,080 km (2006)
Waterways:
1,300 km (2006)
Merchant marine:
total: 0 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 0 GRT/0 DWT
by type: cargo 0, passenger/cargo 0, petroleum tanker 0
registered in other countries: 0 (2006)
Ports and terminals:
Cayenne, Nouvea-Luxembourg, Port Boukhari, Coloniale-Au-Guyane

Military
Military Branches
Communist Warlord Military, Democratic Warlord Military, Socialist Warlord Military, Pro-Van Luxemburgian Warlord Military. (2006)
Military service age and obligation:
14 years of age for compulsory military service; Violently recruited and looted from villages and cities. (2006)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 17-49: 323,221 (2006 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 17-49: 174,548 (2006 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 1,254 (2006 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$1.58 billion (2006)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
410.8% (2006)


Transnational Issues
Disputes - international:
Van Luxemburgian forces and government refuses to contact or assist the Guyanan government, high-going disputes about the sovereighnity of Kreuzbadinsel.
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 140,000-160,000 (2006)
Illicit drugs:
used as a transshipment point for hard- and softdrugs to both Wingarde and van Luxemburg.


MILITARY, DETAILED:

The military is not much. Currently, the Communists have the upper hand and are in position to make the government, and have received weapons. A breakdown:

Communist Warlord Military:
100 T-55 MBT
100 T-62 MBT
9 BTR-152 APC's (Ex GDR)
2 BRDM (Ex-GDR)
1 BMP-2 (Ex-GDR)
10 MiG-15 (Ex-USSR)
1 MiG-19 (Ex-USSR)
1 MiG-21 (Ex-Ukraine)
40,000 men in the army, armed with: 4000 AK-47's, 9000 Lee-Enfield No4 (no munitions), 27,000 sticks, drums and other weapons.

Democratic Warlord Military:
3 M24 Chaffee Tanks (ex-Taiwan)
21 M3A1 White APC's (Ex-Taiwan)
1 SA-341 Gazelle (Ex-France)
3,000 men in the army, armed with 3,000 Lee-Enfield No4

Socialist Warlord military:
2 T-34 tanks (Ex-North Korea)
1 BTR-152 APC (Ex-GDR)
1,000 men in the army, armed with 100 AK-47.

Pro-Van Luxemburgian Army:
10 AMX-30b2 MBT
13 Leopard 1
54 AMX-10P
100 assorted trucks
9,000 men in the army, armed with 14,000 HK G3, 200 AT-4, 90 Starstreak
Supported by:
SSR Korps 4 (Van Luxemburg) (Secret IC)
50 men (Special operations) (Armed with HK G3, FAMAS, FN F2000/FAL/SCAR, Minimi, others)
2 Leclerc MBT
13 AMX-10RC
15 NH-90
2 Tigre Attack helicopter

Mostly, the Pro-Van Luxemburgian, Democratic and Socialist Warlords are hidden in the jungle, to come out only when an attack needs to be mounted, or new recruits are needed. Full-blown battles rarely occur.
Van Luxemburg
24-02-2006, 12:03
*reserved*
Greater Guyana
27-06-2008, 17:36
Bookmarked for future reference. I'll need to make one for the Greater Guyanan Dominion. Things shall be interesting...