The Allied States of Tiboula Factbook (MT)
Factbook for
The Allied States of
Tiboula
Tiboula - Summary
Official Name: The Allied States of Tiboula
Common Name: Tiboula
Location: The North Pacific
Head of State: Chief Executive Minister Bronislav M. Orner
Government Type: Democratic Republic
Government Classification: Anarchy
Population: 426 million (est)
Civil Rights Classification: Superb
Political Freedoms Classification: Superb
Economy Classification: Powerhouse
Primary Industry: Information Technology
Official Languages: Tiboulian, English
Other Languages: Spanish, French, Japanese
Currency: Tibul (T$)
Official Animal: Huge Mutated Cockroach
Tiboula - Overview
The island nation of Tiboula was originally settled circa 300 BC by sailors of unknown origins. By 1300 AD the island had split into seven principalities, each with their own feudal government and all hostile to the others. This precepititated several centuries of warfare on the island, ending circa 1700 AD after making contact with other nations. This sparked many major changes to the socio-political structure of the island. By 1728 the seperate states had joined together as the Allied States of Tiboula. The Tiboulian Representitive Council was established as the primary ruling body, and the governments of all principalities was converted to a system of elected representitives.
Geography
Location: The North Pacific
Area (total): 713 628 sq. km
Land: 704 643 sq. km
Water: 8 985 sq. km
Land Boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 31 465 km
Climate: Cool temperate; temperate to tropical in extreme southern areas
Terrain: Mostly rugged; plains along coastlines
Elevation: Mount Kaddjia (Highest - 2 678m); Lake Udfenal (Lowest - -21m)
Natural Resources: Negligible resources
Land use: Almost completely urban
Environment: Large pollution problems, especially water pollution in the surrounding ocean. Virtually no natural habitat or wildlife remaining.
People
Population: 426 million
Age structure: 19.8% 0-14 years; 67.2% 15-64 years; 13.1% 65 years and over
Nationality: Tiboulian(s) (noun); Tiboulian (adjective)
Ethnic groups: Tiboulian (81.1%), Caucasian (14.2%), Japanese (3.2%), Other (1.5%)
Religions:None (27.3%), Catholic (14.3%), Buddhist (12.1%), Other Christian (11.9%), Muslim (4.7%), Pastafarian (3.9%), Other (7.9%), Unspecified (17.9%)
Languages: Tiboulian (61.2%), English (32.4%), Japanese (2.7%), Other (3.7%)
Literacy: 99.94%
Government
Country Name: The Allied States of Tiboula (formal); Tiboula (informal)
Government type: Democratic Republic
Capital: Syntyche, Paorae
Administrative Divisions: 7 total; Xurxo (XU), Maliais (MA), Shyam (SH), Anai (AN), Valentin (VA), Azazel (AZ), Paorae (PA).
Independence: 1 January 1726 - ratification of the Tiboulian Representitave Council
Constitution: 27 May 1725; effective from 1 January 1726
Legal system: Modelled after English Common Law
Suffrage: Universal and compulsory after completion of manditory military service.
Executive Branch:Bronislav M. ORNER, Head of state. Executive brance comprises of Inner Council and National Council. Elections are used to select representitives for both councils, but elections for the Inner Council can be overruled by the CEM and a majority of Inner Council Ministers.
Legislative Branch: Legislative Council comprised of 156 members plus the head of state. Members are elected, and are pooled from the administrative districts based on relative population.
Judicial Branch: High Court at national level; District and Community courts at state and local levels.
Economy
Overview: Tiboula has a strong capitalist economy with a focus on the services sector and high tech industries. Due to the enormious cost of land and a complete lack of mineral resources means an almost complete reliance of international trade for essential resources such as minerals and oil. Imports account for 12% of the GDP and include products and resources of all kinds.
GDP - Official Exchange Rate: $16 602 064 million
GDP - Per Capita: $38 971
Labor force: 272 million
Unemployment rate: 5.16%
Household income or consumption by percentage share: 4.1% (lowest 10%); 23.7% (highest 10%)
Budget: $8 242 939 million
Public debt: None
Industries: Information Technology, Book Publishing, Retail
Electricity - consumption: 5.631 trillion kWh
production: 5.672 trillion kWh
Imports: 0 kWh
Exports: 0 kWh
Oil - consumption: 14.83 million bbl/day
production: 1.058 million bbl/day
Imports: 13.78 million bbl/day
Exports: 0 bbl/day
Reserves: 10 billion bbl
Natural gas - consumption: 714.5 billion cu. m
Production: 1.9 billion cu. m
Imports: 713.1 billion cu. m
Exports: 0 cu. m
Reserves: 120 billion cu. m
Imports: $1 957 790 million
Economic aid - donor: 1% of GDP (fixed)
Currency (code): Tibul (T$)
Exchange rates: T$1 = NS$1.3410
Communications
Telephones - Main Lines: 135 million
Telephones - Mobile: 372 million
Telephone system (Domestic): Excellent service across entire nation; many state-of-the-art features and research into communications technology
Telephone system (International): Fibre-optic submarine links to major neighbours; 73 communications satellites total.
Radio broadcast stations: 197 AM, 122 FM, 3 Shortwave
Television broadcast stations: 371
Internet hosts: 90 million
Internet users: 407 million
Transportation
Airports (total): 561
Paved Runway, 3 047m+: 31
Paved Runway, 2 438-3 047m: 228
Paved Runway, 1 524-2 437m: 189
Paved Runway, 914-1 523m: 67
Paved Runway, 914m-: 14
Unpaved Runway, 1 524-2 437m: 2
Unpaved Runway, 914-1 523m: 7
Unpaved Runway, 914m-: 23
Heliports: 1 059
Railways: 57 926 km (total); 51 094 km (electrified)
Roadways (total): 3 384 684 km
Expressway: 91 565 km
Paved 3 099 577 km
Unpaved: 193 542 km
Waterways: 3 197 km
Merchant marine: 861 ships total (1000 GMT+); 14 612 608 GMT total
Ports and terminals: Syntyche, PA; Dougal, AN; Thibault, AN; Preeti, AZ; Dagda, PA; Charlot, PA
Military
Military Branches: Tiboula Defense Force (TDF): Naval Division (TDF-N), Ground Division (TDN-G), Air Division (TDF-A), Support division (TDF-S), Integrated Combat Groups (TDF-ICG1-TDF-ICG4), Rapid Deployment Force (TDF-RDF).
Service Age and Obligation: One year compulsory service integrated into education system; undertaken on the year of an applicants 18th birthday. Voluntary service after the end of this period.
Available Manpower: 96 million
Military expenditure: $1 253 868 million
Military expenditures - GDP %: 14.7%
Tiboula - History
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Tiboula - Geography
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Tiboula - Culture
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Tiboula - Government
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Tiboula - Economy
Transport
Tiboula has an extensive, state of the art transportation network connecting the entire nation. The public sector transport services consist of road, rail, monoral, maglev and shipping assets. Private sector transport consists primarily of road and air assets, with some maglev services between high population and commercial centres.
The road system in Tiboula is extensive, criss-crossing the entire island. 6 lane highways connect the capital cities of the states, with 4 lane highways going to large regional cities. A combination of 4 and 2 lane streets are used for inner-city use, with 2 lane roads for most residential areas.
Standard rail services connect the ports of Tiboula with the ware housing districts. These all use diesel trains due to the power required to transport cargo, and are the only railways in Tiboula that are not electrified.
The large population centre in Tiboula all use underground maglev services to provide extremely rapid public transport between the CBD and it's surrounding residential districts. These maglev subways are located approximately 20m underground in large tunnels with between 4 and 8 seperate lines. Average travelling speeds are reported to be 196 km/h for the system as a whole, with the longer lines capiable of an average speed in excess of 300 km/h. Government subsidisation has also allowed these services to offer low cost tickets, making them a very viable alternative to cars and other personal transport.
Large mono-maglev stations are located on the outskirts of the major population centres and are used as a rapid passenger service between these cities. Capiable of holding over 300 passengers and travelling at speeds in excess of 500km/h, this system has become the primary national passenger service and has all but eliminated the need for a national airline service for the general public.
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Tiboula - Military
Overview
Although Tiboula has no official military force, the Tiboulian Defense Force is responsible for the defense of Tiboula for both domestic and international threats, as well as internal policing efforts. It employs 3 million personnel, with approximately 80% of these acting in support roles. It is currently under the command of Commander-in-Chief Aroha Maata, who was a member of the Naval Division before assuming this role.
The first year of military service is compulsory for all Tiboulian citizens. It is roughly comparable to the last year of schooling in most other countries, with the addition of some basic military training. As well as the standard choice of school subjects, citizens are also required to complete a set amount of units in the domains of Civil Responsibility, Weapons Usage, Military Tactics and Guerilla Warfare.
All military service beyond that is on a voluntary basis. Training after the first year is usually geared to a specific role, and can take anywhere between 9 months and 10 years. Depending on role, this training can include undergraduate and postgraduate degrees as well as specific training. Personnel undergoing military training outside the military are excused from active duty, but are listed in the reserve units.
The largest branch of the defense force is the navy, which is roughly half of the total force available to Tiboula. It is comprised primarily of large carrier groups, submarine groups and patrol groups, a well as various support ships. The navy is capable of deploying to any part of the world if required, and is frequently sent of peacekeeping and aid missions.
The air force and army both comprise about 25% of the total defense force each, and are designed to defend Tiboula. The air force consists primarily of air superiority fighters, with attackers and bombers in anti-ship configurations. It also has a large number of electronic warfare craft. The military is split between costal defense emplacements, anti-aircraft emplacements and mechanized infantry trained for urban warfare. As Tiboula is almost entirely urbanized, armor assets are non-existent, and artillery is focused on anti-ship efforts.
Part of the original charter of the Defense Force prohibits pre-emptive strikes and other agressive actions. Tiboula can not officially support a country militarily. This means that altough highly trained and with access to excellent equipment, the bulk of the forces have no combat experience.
Navy
The Tiboula Navy is sentered around its massive Super Dreadnaught fleets, with supporting carrier, submarine and logistics fleets. Its lighter vessels are centered around hydrofoil technology and hovercraft, with the larger cruisers and above having a more traditional design. This allows it to rapidly respond to threats with Frigates and Destroyers while the larger ships move in.
The fleet itself in based around Super Dreadnaught groups, each under the command of a Grand Admiral, are comprised of 144 ships total. These all have a massive Super Dreadnaught and three Super Carriers as their core vessels, with mixed vessels of other classes providing escorts. As Tiboula is a peaceful nation, it has very few of these; however it has recognised that fleets of this type are essential for defense.
The navy also has carrier, submarine, hydrofoil and logistices groups. Carrier groups have 24 ships total, with two carriers at the centre. Submarine groups are comprised of three squadrens of 12 subs each, for a total of 36 ships. Hydrofoil groups are also 36 vessels in size and consist of 12 destroyers and 24 frigates. Logistics groups do not have any set size, but contain warships, escort vessels and transports is roughly a 1:4:3 ratio.
Tiboula - Politicial Information
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Tiboula - Persons of Note
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Pierrick Paol, International Trade Minister
Aroha Maata, Commander-in-Chief
Bronislav M. Orner, Chief Executive Minister
Desiderio Raymund, International Relations Minister
Tiboula - International Corporations
Azure Falcons Mercenary Company
The Azure Falcons Mercenary Company was originally founded in 1976 by Adlai Goodwin, a former Captain of the TDF-N. After being dismissed from active service due to a minor violation of the non-agression clause he convinced the Inner Council of the need for a small, highly trained force capiable of agressive action. They were willing to loan the newly formed company funds, and from there it has grown into the highly capiable strike force it is today.
Altough originally funded by the Tiboulian government, the AFMC has since evolved into a fully independent group. It's members are recruited from ex-military personnel that had completed training beyond the compulsory service period. It has also established a payback policy for any recruits that have an outstanding service debt with the TDF, allowing it to recruit from the brightest cadets and active servicemen as well as retirees.
Despite this, the TDF supplies almost all the work the AFMC undertakes. This gives the TDF some small offensive capability whilst allowing the politicians and senior staff a level of plausiable deniability.
The AFMC today comprises of approximately 60 000 personnel, roughly split between it's Naval, Ground, Air and SpecOps divisions. It uses state-of-the-art equipment from the best manufacturers in the world and is capiable of rapid deployment to any point in the world.
Tiboula Defense Contracting Inc.
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Tiboula - International Relations
Established Embassy in Bakey - Ambassador Martine Edyta
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