[NS]Arabicia
04-08-2006, 17:38
The People's Republic of Arabicia
Location: Saudi Arabia on Earth V
Capitol: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Currency: Dinaril
Population: 27,019,731
National Motto: "Live together, or die alone"
State Religion: None, Freedom of Religion practiced
Administration: $2,026,759,118.00 2%
Social Welfare: $0.00 0%
Healthcare: $0.00 0%
Education: $14,187,313,820.00 14%
Religion & Spirituality: $0.00 0%
Defence: $31,414,766,320.00 31%
Law & Order: $26,347,868,530.00 26%
Commerce: $28,374,627,650.00 28%
Public Transport: $0.00 0%
The Environment: $0.00 0%
Social Equality: $0.00 0%
Religious Groups: Muslim 67%, Jewish 21%, Agnostic/Atheistic 11%, Other (Christian mainly) 1%
Political Affiliations: Liberal League 42%, National Republicans 34%, Arm of Allah 14%, Socialist Party 10%
Secretary General: Abd al Aziiz
First Secretary of the National Republicans: Amir Ayman
First Secretary of the AOA: Taymullah Thabit
First Secretary of the Socialist Party: Ivan Slovitz
Current Prime Minister: Abdul al Nasir (progressive, moderate)
Current Viser to the Prime Minister: Run off needed
Interim Foreign Minister: Khaled Hosseini (moderate)
Interim Defense Minister: Ben Heitz (convservative)
Interim Domestic Minister: Abd al Aziiz (progressive)
Interim Transportation Minister: Alfred Kolatch (progressive)
Interim Health Minister: Haddasah Diamant (conservative)
Interim Economic Minister: Walter Johanson (moderate, conservative)
Interim Intelligence Minister: Sayid Jallah (moderate)
High Judge: Kahil Jawad
Judges: Mazin Aban, Wadi Raskin, Naji Ghalib, Essam Banah
Background and History
Before The Civil War
Before the outbreak of the Civil War, Arabicia was a fairly conservative monarchy that had been in power for literall centuries. The Saud family had been considered well liked by the people until the 1994 when King Saud III passed and his son succeded him. Saud IV began his reign much like his father had, by implementing Islamic law as the government policy. The theocratic state continued on as if no change had occurred. However within two years of his acension to power King Saud IV a new cabinet was appointed to advise Saud IV. The conuncil was lead by the Chief Adviser Shartif. Under the new cabinet Saud began implementing changes restricting the actions of the Jewish and Christian populations within Arabicia through laws that prohibited non Muslims from owning certain types of property and by implementing a Religious Taxation upon anyone not practicing Islam. At the same time Saud IV also began a transition to a command economy, upsetting large corporations that wanted to expand as quickly as they could and not have to pay the government a cent for it.
The Jewish and Christian communities had generally been left alone by Saud III, but now came under fire. The minority religions accounted for nearly 35% of the population. Christian leadership immeadiatly began protests and the Royal family cracked down upon them. Within six months of the mandates Christians had begun to leave the country in a mass exodus lead by Reverend Samuel Sumity. Time went on and in 1998 Saud IV created laws demanded citizens to practice Islam and stipulating a mimimum amount of visits to a mosque per week.
The new wave of laws brought forth a new group to Arabicia. The Agnostic and Atheist community began a boycott on the laws and were supported by several moderate Islamic groups that felt that the treatment of the minorities was wrong. By 2000 the groups were calling for the Advising Council to leave or for King Saud IV to step down from the throne. In December 2000 the palace in Riyadh was monitored by Jewish protestors at all times, making it impossible for Saud IV to leave without acknowledging demands. The groups also included the other minority religions of the nation.
In Feburary of 2001 tensions reached a boiling point as Saud IV formally refused to adhere to the protesting demands. Saud went to the Advising Council and they decided it was time to take military actions against the nay-sayers.
The Civil War
While it was decided in Feburary to take actions against th rogue groups, no actual shots were fired until March. On March 13th a battalion of the Royal Guard, a group under the direct command of the King, open fired upon the descenters outside of the palace. The Massacure at Riyadh is considered the incident that incited the war.
Within days militant groups emerged from Jewish and Atheist communities, these groups even were joined by liberal Muslims that opposed the rule of the absolute monarchy. The mixed bag group of rebels took to the name 'The Liberation' and began a campaign attacking Royal family institutions throughout the country. The rebellion was funded by large corporations that sought to relieve themselves from the orders of the King's economic advisors. Such companies included oil giants like The Jeddah Group and West & Burke. The opposition to the rebellion was mainly composed of royalists, but they were also joined by a new group, the Arm of Allah. The Arm of Allah, or AOA was a group that vowed to establish an Islamic theocracy in Arabicia and they temporarily agreed to aid King Saud IV in his defense of the current institution.
The Liberation proved a difficult group to pin down. Because they possesed no formal army they were nearly impossible to just attack in terms Saud IV was familiar with. The guerilla warfare and small time tactics used by the groups frustrated Saud and he committed more and more of the Royal Guard to the defense of government installations. Soon Liberation Armies did start to pop up, and they were quickly defeated. However, by 2002 a new batch of more well trained fighters emerged and the Royal Guard was proven to not be large enough to fight the Liberation Forces. By the 15th of May Saud IV was forced to assign the Republican Guard to the task of ridding Arabicia of the Liberation. The Republican Guard was considered a final option in the battle as the Republican Guard is both the army and reserve of Arabicia. The King was out of options and the royal family finally understood that what looked like a small uprising was now indeed a civil war.
While the addition of the Republican Guard did aid the royalists in their cause, the AOA proved to be a much more valuable asset. The AOA was willing to play by their own rules and used espianoge to attain information on the Liberation. They also used tactics that many would deem terrorist, like using car bombs or using small pipe bombs on Liberation outposts.
For another year the fighting dragged on, resulting in heavy casulties on both sides and also many civilian casualties. The turning point of the war came when the Liberation appointed a new General to lead them. This man would prove to be the best tactician in the war and would lead them to victory. Benjaman Heitz, a conservative member of the Liberation was appointed to the position. Heitz had been a squad leader in a private military group that was hired by West & Burke to train resistance fighters. Heitz soon grew sympathetic to the cause and joined them as a volunteer fighter. Heitz quickly ascended the ranks and soon found himself leading the military fight.
Heitz determined that the Arm of Allah would be impossible to defeat due to their tactics and lack of a physical army. Instead, Heitz focused on eliminating the Royal Guard from the fight and attempted to convert the more moderate Republican Guard generals to join the Liberation. A total of 7 out of 10 generals joined the Liberation and what was once a simple protest was now a coup d'etat. Soon Saud IV was forced to consolidate his resources and put the Royal Guard in charge of the Republican Guard. Heitz now had pinned all of the forces into Riyadh and was able to launch a final blow. However, Saud IV and the rest of the royal family fled the country and escaped. While Saud was gone the Royal Guards remained faithful to him and prepared for a final battle to determine the victor. Heitz was able to gain the advantage in the battle by attacking with the main force outside of the city limits and by also utilizing the civilian support and attack from within as well. The Liberation had won.
The People's Republic is founded
The Debate
While the war was over the quset for a free Arabicia was long from being finished. Liberation leaders quickly readied for a temporary government to be elected and for that government to establish a constituion and to hold general elections after that. Yet once elections were held the conference was deadlocked on key issues in drafting a constitution.
The most important issue was the naming of a state religion. The National Republicans, who were made up of those that were Royalists or very conservative, upheld the belief that Arabicia should be an Islamic state. The opposition arose from the Liberal Leauge, a group that had the founding principle of free religion in Arabicia. The moderate Muslims proved to be the swing vote and it was decided after two years of debate that Arabicia should have freedom of religion.
The Three Branches
The conference also decided that there should be a three branch system in which everyone was directly elected other than cabinet members. The executive branch would consist of two elected officials, the Prime Minister and the Viser to the Prime Minister. The elected ministers would be voted upon every five years, but they could only hold two terms total. Both ministers were held in seperate elections and citizens were not required to only vote for one party. The Prime Minister would be able to veto legislation and would also be able to introduce a bill to the Parliment, but most of his power was implied. He did not have the right to call on the military, though he did have the right to call on a state of emergency and to initiate police actions. The rest of the executive branch would be appointed by the Prime Minister and approved by the Parliment. The ministry included the Foreign Minister, the Defense Minister, the Domestic Minister, the Transportation Minister, the Health Minister, the Economic Minister, and the Intelligence Minister.
The next body of power established was the Parliment. Parliment woudl be once democratically elected group of officials. The country would be divided into voting districts based on size and the district would have one respresentative in the Parliment. It was decided that based on the current size of the country only 100 Representatives would be needed. Each member would run under the banner of a political party. Each Representative would hold office for three years and would have no limit on the ammount of terms they could be voted in. Each party would have a Party Secretary and the current majority party would hold the position of Secretary General. The Secretary General would moderate debate and generally administrate the Parliment. Parliment would be able to pass the actual legislation and would also be able to override a Prime Minister's veto with a 2/3's majority. Parliment could also declare a war and mobilize the Republican Guard.
The third and final immeadiate branch was the Judiciary branch. A group of five elected officials would hold the collective title of The High Court. During an election voters would vote for their five favorite canidates and in this way the judges were decided. The judge with the most votes would hold the position of High Judge. All judges would hold five year terms without a maximum limit on the amount of terms. The High Court has the power to rule on cases that will affect the constitutional rights of the citizens. The High Court can also find a piece of law unconstitutional.
The Other Arms of the Government
The Police function as the peacekeepers and crime prevention in Arabicia. The police force has a robust budget and currently is growing steadily in numbers and the crime rate of Arabicia has reduced substantially since the writing of the constitution. Also, the police function under both the executive and judiciary branches. This was written into the constitution so that the legal system would have better communication between police and the government's legal system.
The Aman is the intelligence office of Arabicia. Instead of having two seperates branchs of intelligence, Arabicia has streamlined the two departments into one large organization. The Aman is a mysterious organization led by the Intelligence Minister. The goals of the group are to gather intelligence about the world and the AOA. Currently there is a large push on foreign intelligence due to the new status of Arabicia.
The Republican Guard is the military of Arabicia. The military is largely run by the generals, though the Defense Minister is the policy maker of the group. The Guard is split into several groups within itself including, The Guard, The Air Guard, The Navy, and the Reserves. Several special forces divisions are rumored to exist, but plans have failed to materialize due to the lack of them or due to the Aman's quieting of the rumors.
Location: Saudi Arabia on Earth V
Capitol: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Currency: Dinaril
Population: 27,019,731
National Motto: "Live together, or die alone"
State Religion: None, Freedom of Religion practiced
Administration: $2,026,759,118.00 2%
Social Welfare: $0.00 0%
Healthcare: $0.00 0%
Education: $14,187,313,820.00 14%
Religion & Spirituality: $0.00 0%
Defence: $31,414,766,320.00 31%
Law & Order: $26,347,868,530.00 26%
Commerce: $28,374,627,650.00 28%
Public Transport: $0.00 0%
The Environment: $0.00 0%
Social Equality: $0.00 0%
Religious Groups: Muslim 67%, Jewish 21%, Agnostic/Atheistic 11%, Other (Christian mainly) 1%
Political Affiliations: Liberal League 42%, National Republicans 34%, Arm of Allah 14%, Socialist Party 10%
Secretary General: Abd al Aziiz
First Secretary of the National Republicans: Amir Ayman
First Secretary of the AOA: Taymullah Thabit
First Secretary of the Socialist Party: Ivan Slovitz
Current Prime Minister: Abdul al Nasir (progressive, moderate)
Current Viser to the Prime Minister: Run off needed
Interim Foreign Minister: Khaled Hosseini (moderate)
Interim Defense Minister: Ben Heitz (convservative)
Interim Domestic Minister: Abd al Aziiz (progressive)
Interim Transportation Minister: Alfred Kolatch (progressive)
Interim Health Minister: Haddasah Diamant (conservative)
Interim Economic Minister: Walter Johanson (moderate, conservative)
Interim Intelligence Minister: Sayid Jallah (moderate)
High Judge: Kahil Jawad
Judges: Mazin Aban, Wadi Raskin, Naji Ghalib, Essam Banah
Background and History
Before The Civil War
Before the outbreak of the Civil War, Arabicia was a fairly conservative monarchy that had been in power for literall centuries. The Saud family had been considered well liked by the people until the 1994 when King Saud III passed and his son succeded him. Saud IV began his reign much like his father had, by implementing Islamic law as the government policy. The theocratic state continued on as if no change had occurred. However within two years of his acension to power King Saud IV a new cabinet was appointed to advise Saud IV. The conuncil was lead by the Chief Adviser Shartif. Under the new cabinet Saud began implementing changes restricting the actions of the Jewish and Christian populations within Arabicia through laws that prohibited non Muslims from owning certain types of property and by implementing a Religious Taxation upon anyone not practicing Islam. At the same time Saud IV also began a transition to a command economy, upsetting large corporations that wanted to expand as quickly as they could and not have to pay the government a cent for it.
The Jewish and Christian communities had generally been left alone by Saud III, but now came under fire. The minority religions accounted for nearly 35% of the population. Christian leadership immeadiatly began protests and the Royal family cracked down upon them. Within six months of the mandates Christians had begun to leave the country in a mass exodus lead by Reverend Samuel Sumity. Time went on and in 1998 Saud IV created laws demanded citizens to practice Islam and stipulating a mimimum amount of visits to a mosque per week.
The new wave of laws brought forth a new group to Arabicia. The Agnostic and Atheist community began a boycott on the laws and were supported by several moderate Islamic groups that felt that the treatment of the minorities was wrong. By 2000 the groups were calling for the Advising Council to leave or for King Saud IV to step down from the throne. In December 2000 the palace in Riyadh was monitored by Jewish protestors at all times, making it impossible for Saud IV to leave without acknowledging demands. The groups also included the other minority religions of the nation.
In Feburary of 2001 tensions reached a boiling point as Saud IV formally refused to adhere to the protesting demands. Saud went to the Advising Council and they decided it was time to take military actions against the nay-sayers.
The Civil War
While it was decided in Feburary to take actions against th rogue groups, no actual shots were fired until March. On March 13th a battalion of the Royal Guard, a group under the direct command of the King, open fired upon the descenters outside of the palace. The Massacure at Riyadh is considered the incident that incited the war.
Within days militant groups emerged from Jewish and Atheist communities, these groups even were joined by liberal Muslims that opposed the rule of the absolute monarchy. The mixed bag group of rebels took to the name 'The Liberation' and began a campaign attacking Royal family institutions throughout the country. The rebellion was funded by large corporations that sought to relieve themselves from the orders of the King's economic advisors. Such companies included oil giants like The Jeddah Group and West & Burke. The opposition to the rebellion was mainly composed of royalists, but they were also joined by a new group, the Arm of Allah. The Arm of Allah, or AOA was a group that vowed to establish an Islamic theocracy in Arabicia and they temporarily agreed to aid King Saud IV in his defense of the current institution.
The Liberation proved a difficult group to pin down. Because they possesed no formal army they were nearly impossible to just attack in terms Saud IV was familiar with. The guerilla warfare and small time tactics used by the groups frustrated Saud and he committed more and more of the Royal Guard to the defense of government installations. Soon Liberation Armies did start to pop up, and they were quickly defeated. However, by 2002 a new batch of more well trained fighters emerged and the Royal Guard was proven to not be large enough to fight the Liberation Forces. By the 15th of May Saud IV was forced to assign the Republican Guard to the task of ridding Arabicia of the Liberation. The Republican Guard was considered a final option in the battle as the Republican Guard is both the army and reserve of Arabicia. The King was out of options and the royal family finally understood that what looked like a small uprising was now indeed a civil war.
While the addition of the Republican Guard did aid the royalists in their cause, the AOA proved to be a much more valuable asset. The AOA was willing to play by their own rules and used espianoge to attain information on the Liberation. They also used tactics that many would deem terrorist, like using car bombs or using small pipe bombs on Liberation outposts.
For another year the fighting dragged on, resulting in heavy casulties on both sides and also many civilian casualties. The turning point of the war came when the Liberation appointed a new General to lead them. This man would prove to be the best tactician in the war and would lead them to victory. Benjaman Heitz, a conservative member of the Liberation was appointed to the position. Heitz had been a squad leader in a private military group that was hired by West & Burke to train resistance fighters. Heitz soon grew sympathetic to the cause and joined them as a volunteer fighter. Heitz quickly ascended the ranks and soon found himself leading the military fight.
Heitz determined that the Arm of Allah would be impossible to defeat due to their tactics and lack of a physical army. Instead, Heitz focused on eliminating the Royal Guard from the fight and attempted to convert the more moderate Republican Guard generals to join the Liberation. A total of 7 out of 10 generals joined the Liberation and what was once a simple protest was now a coup d'etat. Soon Saud IV was forced to consolidate his resources and put the Royal Guard in charge of the Republican Guard. Heitz now had pinned all of the forces into Riyadh and was able to launch a final blow. However, Saud IV and the rest of the royal family fled the country and escaped. While Saud was gone the Royal Guards remained faithful to him and prepared for a final battle to determine the victor. Heitz was able to gain the advantage in the battle by attacking with the main force outside of the city limits and by also utilizing the civilian support and attack from within as well. The Liberation had won.
The People's Republic is founded
The Debate
While the war was over the quset for a free Arabicia was long from being finished. Liberation leaders quickly readied for a temporary government to be elected and for that government to establish a constituion and to hold general elections after that. Yet once elections were held the conference was deadlocked on key issues in drafting a constitution.
The most important issue was the naming of a state religion. The National Republicans, who were made up of those that were Royalists or very conservative, upheld the belief that Arabicia should be an Islamic state. The opposition arose from the Liberal Leauge, a group that had the founding principle of free religion in Arabicia. The moderate Muslims proved to be the swing vote and it was decided after two years of debate that Arabicia should have freedom of religion.
The Three Branches
The conference also decided that there should be a three branch system in which everyone was directly elected other than cabinet members. The executive branch would consist of two elected officials, the Prime Minister and the Viser to the Prime Minister. The elected ministers would be voted upon every five years, but they could only hold two terms total. Both ministers were held in seperate elections and citizens were not required to only vote for one party. The Prime Minister would be able to veto legislation and would also be able to introduce a bill to the Parliment, but most of his power was implied. He did not have the right to call on the military, though he did have the right to call on a state of emergency and to initiate police actions. The rest of the executive branch would be appointed by the Prime Minister and approved by the Parliment. The ministry included the Foreign Minister, the Defense Minister, the Domestic Minister, the Transportation Minister, the Health Minister, the Economic Minister, and the Intelligence Minister.
The next body of power established was the Parliment. Parliment woudl be once democratically elected group of officials. The country would be divided into voting districts based on size and the district would have one respresentative in the Parliment. It was decided that based on the current size of the country only 100 Representatives would be needed. Each member would run under the banner of a political party. Each Representative would hold office for three years and would have no limit on the ammount of terms they could be voted in. Each party would have a Party Secretary and the current majority party would hold the position of Secretary General. The Secretary General would moderate debate and generally administrate the Parliment. Parliment would be able to pass the actual legislation and would also be able to override a Prime Minister's veto with a 2/3's majority. Parliment could also declare a war and mobilize the Republican Guard.
The third and final immeadiate branch was the Judiciary branch. A group of five elected officials would hold the collective title of The High Court. During an election voters would vote for their five favorite canidates and in this way the judges were decided. The judge with the most votes would hold the position of High Judge. All judges would hold five year terms without a maximum limit on the amount of terms. The High Court has the power to rule on cases that will affect the constitutional rights of the citizens. The High Court can also find a piece of law unconstitutional.
The Other Arms of the Government
The Police function as the peacekeepers and crime prevention in Arabicia. The police force has a robust budget and currently is growing steadily in numbers and the crime rate of Arabicia has reduced substantially since the writing of the constitution. Also, the police function under both the executive and judiciary branches. This was written into the constitution so that the legal system would have better communication between police and the government's legal system.
The Aman is the intelligence office of Arabicia. Instead of having two seperates branchs of intelligence, Arabicia has streamlined the two departments into one large organization. The Aman is a mysterious organization led by the Intelligence Minister. The goals of the group are to gather intelligence about the world and the AOA. Currently there is a large push on foreign intelligence due to the new status of Arabicia.
The Republican Guard is the military of Arabicia. The military is largely run by the generals, though the Defense Minister is the policy maker of the group. The Guard is split into several groups within itself including, The Guard, The Air Guard, The Navy, and the Reserves. Several special forces divisions are rumored to exist, but plans have failed to materialize due to the lack of them or due to the Aman's quieting of the rumors.