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The Socialist Republic of Jipangunesia

Jipangunesia
19-05-2006, 17:46
Introduction

SR Jipangunesia is a nation of almost countless islands lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans. It is a troubled place of many cultures, faiths, and races, beset with natural hazards and socio-economic problems.

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Brief History of Jipangunesia

Jipangu, meaning Land of Gold, was the name that Marco Polo initially gave to Japan, based on rumors of its inexhaustible wealth. The name Jipangunesia, then, describes the lands lying some way to the south as, "islands that are near Japan". In history the name was used as a general reference to a large cluster of island groups that included many internal divisions including native kingdoms and imperial territories of various classes and names, but it was only after the Second World War -which had brought Japanese occupation to all the islands- that the name Jipangunesia became official, adopted by independence fighters across the islands as they sought solidarity in opposition to Japanese and European forces attempting to restore western domination.

Soviet aid added to the weapons captured from the Imperial Japanese Army (including weapons previously taken from thousands of surrendering British, Dutch, and American forces) as the Jipangunesian movement took on revolutionary as well as anti-colonial aims, leading ultimately to the creation of the Socialist Republic of Jipangunesia across the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Papua New Guinea, Sarawak, North Borneo (Sabah), Brunei, and the Philippines.

Problems facing the SRJ

Today that state is often described as anarchic. Catholicism, Islam, Shamanism, secularism, and a range of other Christian and indigenous religions cause much conflict, as do ethnic differences and the political legacy of the Sino-Soviet split and the later collapse of the USSR and Chinese abandonment of Mao Tse-Tung Thought.

Illegal logging, poaching, and the cultivation and smuggling of drugs, along with an illegal arms trade and rampant corruption in local government, infrastructure difficulties presented by the nature of a vast archipelago featuring so much jungle and related regional differences in economic prosperity and the difficulty of paying and supporting government workers and military personnel across the nation make life even worse for the Jipangunesian people and state. The claim to Socialism in action seems ridiculous, and it is no longer even possible to see whether the multitude of problems are sufficient to prevent its realisation or whether the modern government simply lacks the will to pursue the noble aims of its predecessors.

Diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever, hepatitis, rabies, and countless others contribute to a mountain of problems. At least HIV and AIDS are not as yet widespread, though increasing drug addiction and booming sex tourism are likely to change that for the worse, especially in light of likely governmental inability to act and provide treatment or advice.

Flooding, droughts, landslides, forest fires, active volcanism, earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons also afflict the troubled nation with varying degrees of severity across its vast area.

Statistics and economy

Jipangunesia stretches across 3,000,000 square kilometres (including recognised territorial waters but not the full extent of claims nor exclusive economic zones).

Natural resources are significant, including 7.5bln barrels of oil proven along with 5 trillion cubic metres of natural gas with more of both suspected, and other resources including massive quantities of timber along with coal, gold, silver, tin, copper, iron, nickel, cobalt, bauxite, manganese, salt, fisheries, and fertile soils with significant agricultural potential.

Unfortunately, the level of corruption, utter lack of investor confidence due to instability, and poor infrastructure seriously limit the proper exploitation of Jipangunesia's economic potential, and per capita GDP remains at little more than three thousand dollars. Agriculture occupies a large portion of the population, as does a fairly inefficient industrial sector. Services also employ many in the state sector, but moral here is poor thanks to unreliable wages.

A wide range of agricultural products includes rice, peanuts, sweet potatoes, corn, bananas, pineapples, mangoes, rubber, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, pepper, coconuts, tea, sugar, vanilla, timber, poultry, pork, fish, and shellfish.

Major industries are in petroleum and natural gas, mining, logging, wood products, construction, cement, chemical fertilisers, textiles and clothing, footwear, food processing, and fishing. Potential for tourism is ruined by instability, though there are bare plans to develop relatively stable minor islands for this industry.

Government

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The Socialist Republic of Jipangunesia is lead by President Syungma Santosoputra at the head of a government that appears strong in its frequent use of force, but which is riddled with corruption at lower levels, limiting the real influence of the central authority -based at Ujung Pandang on Sulawesi- on a day to day basis.

Syungma is an authoritarian and harsh character of relentless ambition, while his de facto deputy, Prime Minister Setiawan Dianputra, has a more mild reputation and is believed to be idealistically true to the Socialist Republic's roots. Setiawan's appointment is believed to be something of a concession to moderates likely to be tempted to extreme factions were Syungma's policies undiluted.

It should be noted that an underground movement called Ban Kingdom asserts that native cultures should return to dominance over western and Maoist influence in Jipangunesia, while self-proclaimed Emperor Ban Xuande, A.K.A. Xuande the Incredible, claims to be the right master of the jungles. He is known as a bloody xenophobe famous -or infamous- for having gold fangs. The sway of the Ban is uncertain, but it is sufficiently powerful to be an official enemy of the Socialist Republic and the subject of frequent security operations by the military.

Military

The People's Defence Forces include Army, Navy (with Marine and Naval Aviation elements), and Air Force.
Azazia
19-05-2006, 18:07
ooc: welcome back
Jipangunesia
19-05-2006, 21:23
OOC: Thank you/bump!
Madnestan
19-05-2006, 23:23
OOC: Me likes! Compact, easy to read, well written, highly informative. Based on this alone, I look forward RP'ing with you in the future.
Jipangunesia
20-05-2006, 01:22
OOC: Thank you, too! I will, in time, add to the military bit and add something about international relations, but at the moment I haven't really got either to write about :) If anyone wants more information or thinks that I've missed something fundamental, do say. Likewise, IC approaches are fine while I try to figure out how Jipangunesia can possibly reach out to the world, given her current condition and situation.
Jipangunesia
24-05-2006, 04:46
OOC: For views! Some more detailed history may be on the way, but parts require some confirmation from others before finalising.
Southeastasia
24-05-2006, 10:08
OOC: It's a WIP article, but looks good Jip! Damn it, too many more NS players filling into Southeast Asia....
Todays Lucky Number
24-05-2006, 11:27
ooc: Nice country.
Alibek
24-05-2006, 13:13
My greetings to this state and its head.
info. is Very intresting!
respect!
Jipangunesia
05-06-2006, 10:10
Jipangunesian People's Defence Forces

- Work very much in progress -

Air Force

Shenyang F-8IIM Fighter
Single-seat twin-engine multirole fighter J-8 derivative fitted with JL-10A fire-control multi-mode radar capable of tracking and attacking multiple targets.
Armament includes Type 23-III 23mm cannon with 200 rounnds, one under-fuselage station, and six under-wing stations. Free-fall 50, 100, 250, and 500kg bombs; 55 and 90mm unguided rockets; PL-5 and PL-8 IR-guided air-to-air missiles; and PL-11 semi-active radar guided air-to-air missiles can be carried, as can droptanks.
The fighter is capable of Mach 2.2, has a ceiling over twenty thousand metres, and typical combat radius of 800km, but has no active-radar-guided missile armament, may not be the most agile fighter in the sky, is not stealthy, and makes up only a minority part of the Jipangunesian PDFAF and PDFNAF.

Shenyang F-6 Fighter
A Chinese version of the MiG-19, built for export, this was acquired by the SRJ in the 1970s, and continues to be the most numerically important fighter in PDFAF and PDFNAF, though it is now under limited domestic production with minor detail changes.
Armed with two 30mm cannon and six under-wing stores stations for two drop-tanks, two rocket-pods, and two PL-2 AAMs, the F-6 in Jipangunesian use has a maximum speed around Mach 1.5 clean (less with stores), a ceiling of 17,600m, and range of 2,200km with droptanks. Its radar is a primitive ranging set for night combat, gunsight is optical, and other avionics include basic radio and navigation equipment.
FT-6 two-seat trainer and FZ-6 reconnaissance versions also in use.

FBC-1 Flying Leopard Fighter-Bomber
Chinese two-seat twin-engine all-weather supersonic fighter-bomber. It has Type 232H Eagle Eye multi-role fire-control radar. Considered amongst the military's most valuable assets, the FBC-1 is a rare sight in Jipangunesia.
Armed with Type 23-III 23mm cannon, wingtip rails, and four under-wing stations for weapons including YJ-82/C-802 anti-ship missile, YJ-91 (Kh-31) anti-radar missile, free-fall and laser-guided bombs, unguided rockets, and PL-5 AAM.
Maximum speed is Mach 1.69, ceiling is 16,000m, and combat radius 1,650km.

H-5 Hong Light Bomber
A Chinese licenced copy of the Ilyushin IL-28 (Beagle) twin-engine daytime bomber, this quite basic machine has a crew of three and is still pervasive in Jipangunesian skies, deployed often to discourage and punish rebellions in a less than discrete or precise manner.
Armament is of a twin 23mm tail turret gun and 3,000kg of free-fall bombs carried internally.
Ceiling is 12,500m, range 2,400km, and speed 900kmh.
HJ-5 trainer, HZ-5 reconnaissance, and HD-5 maritime surveillance and electronic warfare versions also in use.

H-6 Tanker
Chinese version of the Tu-16 Badger developed for air refuelling duty. It serves Jipangunesia's F-8IIM fighters on some of their missions around the large island nation, refuelling two aircraft at the same time, and six in a mission. Relatively few of these tankers serve with SRJ forces.
Montegrande
05-06-2006, 11:12
OOC: Excellent posts. Nice country Jipangunesia.... The montegrandean would like to cooperate with the current government...
Jipangunesia
05-06-2006, 14:31
OOC:Very good, the SRJ is much in need of trade, and the Syungma government much in need of friends! Feel free to approach them, or direct me towards any RPs you'd like Jipangunesia to stick its big rotting oar into.
Azazia
05-06-2006, 14:49
Ooc: I think it would be an interesting idea to develop the economic relationship that exists between the SRJ and the UK... as there'd likely be numerous energy companies that would invest in safer regions as well as mining companies and such things, mind you they'd bring lots of security and such.
Jipangunesia
05-06-2006, 16:13
In respect of investment from the Azazian lot in particular, Ban sympathisers looking at Timor fear Oceanian cultural influence and a return to imperialism still in living memory, Muslims are in a severe grump with the UK at the moment, Setiawan feels that Jipangunesia is on the same counter-revolutionary road taken by China, and Syungma just thinks that successful private investment will challenge his power and limit his freedom to do whatever the hell he likes.

The UK has something of a foothold, but, as others have found in the past, making inroads against Jipangunesia's full body sickness means over-coming a lot of resistance.