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The United Caucasian Republics

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Capital:
The United Caucasus Republics Capital is Baku. It is located along the Caspian Sea and is a major port in the sea itself. It is the second largest city in the UCR, after Tehran in the Iranian Republics.
Population: 2,074,300



Government
Head of the State: President Sevan Naveed
Secretary of Defense: Hovhannes Kevork
Secretary of Finance: Taniel Ari
Secretary of Foreign Affairs: Jordan Rupert
Secretary of Trade: Yuri Vasili
Secretary of Justice: Khajag Mikolás
Secretary of Industry: Stylianos Angelos
Parliament: 2 Houses
House of the Senate: 50 Members Elected by Popular Vote
House of the Commons: 150 Members Elected by Popular Vote

Population – 59.2 Million Approximately
Armenia: 3.4 Million *Including the Nakhichevan Exclave
Azerbaijan: 7.5 Million *Excluding the Nakhichevan Exclave.
Georgia: 4.6 Million
Tehran 12 Million
Qom 3.4 Million
Iranian Azerbaijan:5.8 Million
Zanjan: 4.2 Million
Kermansha3.6 Million
Kurdistan:4.5 Million (Semi-Autonomous)


Total Landmass: 494,903 sq km
Armenia: 35,300 sq km *Including the Nakhichevan Exclave
Azerbaijan: 81,100 sq km *Excluding the Nakhichevan Exclave
Georgia: 69,700 sq km
Tehran: 18,814 sq km
Qom: 56,205 sq km
Iranian Azerbaijan: 91,490 sq km
Zanjan: 69,111 sq km
Kermansha: 44,366 sq km
Kurdistan: 28,817 sq km


Big and/or important cities

G1. Armenia
Yerevan: 1,088,300

G2. Azerbaijan
Baku: 2,074,300
Shaki: 63,000

G3. Georgia
Tbilisi: 1,093,000

G4. Tehran
Tehran: 7,160,094

G5. Qom
Qom: 1,042,309
Arak: 511,127
Qazvin: 331,409

G6. Iranian Azerbaijan
Tabriz: 1,200,000
Urmia: 602,403

G7. Zanjan
Zanjan: 750,000
Rasht: 560,000
Ardabil: 340,000

G8. Kermansha
Kermansha: 822,921
Hamadan: 550,284

G9. Kurdistan
Sanandaj: 358,000
Saqqez: 151,000


National Holidays
Unity Day: July 22nd
Ramadan: Muslim Holy Month
Christmas: December 24th

Economy(ASOFAUG23) :
NS-pop (168 Million) / EV-pop (59.2 Million) = Factor 0.3524
Nation States Budget:
Administration: $68,152,941,722.25 11%
Social Welfare: $86,740,107,646.50 14%
Healthcare: $74,348,663,697.00 12%
Education: $105,327,273,570.75 17%
Defence: $167,284,493,318.25 27%
Law & Order: $49,565,775,798.00 8%
Commerce: $55,761,497,772.75 9%
Public Transport: $12,391,443,949.50 2%

Earth V Budget (As of Nov. 28th 06)
Admin: $24,017,096,662.9209
Welfare: $30,567,213,934.6266
Healthcare: $26,200,469,086.8228
Education: $37,117,331,206.3323
Defence: $58,951,055,445.3513
Law & Order: $17,466,979,391.2152
Commerce: $19,650,351,815.1171
Public Transport: $4,366,744,847.8038

Resources By Governorate

Governorate no. 1, Armenia
Conventional long name: The Republic of Armenian
Conventional short name: Armenia
Province capital: Yerevan
Governor: Robert Kocharian
Natural resources: Small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, alumina

Governorate no. 2, Azerbaijan
Conventional long name: The Republic of Azerbaijan
Conventional short name: Azerbaijan
Province capital: Baku
Governor: Ilham Aliyev
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina

Governorate no. 3, Georgia
Conventional long name: The Caucasus Republic of Georgia
Conventional short name: Georgia
Province Capital: Tbilisi
Governor: Mikheil Saakashvili
Natural resources: forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth

Governorate no. 4, Tehran
Conventional long name: The City State of Tehran
Conventional short name: Tehran
Province capital: Tehran
Governor: Kianoush Gulzar
Natural resources: Mining Resources. Highly Industrialized.

Governorate no. 5, Qom
Conventional long name: The Iranian Republic of Qom
Conventional short name: Qom
Province capital: Qom
Governor: Bahman Behruz
Natural resources: Mining Resources, Limited Farmland. Highly Industrialized.

Governorate no. 6, Iranian Azerbaijan
Conventional long name: The Iranian Republic of Azerbaijan
Conventional short name: Iranian Azerbaijan
Province capital: Tabriz
Governor: Shahriar Sahak
Natural resources: Farmland, and limited mining.

Governorate no. 7, Zanjan
Conventional long name: The Caspian Republic of Zanjan
Conventional short name: Zanjan
Province capital: Zanjan
Governor: Ardashir Baraz
Natural resources: Foresting, Tourism, during the Summer Months, and Limited Oil and Natural Gas.

Governorate no. 8, Kermansha
Conventional long name: The Republic of Kermansha
Conventional short name: Kermansha
Province capital: Kermansha
Governor: Arsen Mehrdad
Natural resources: Carpet Weaving, and limited supplies of Oil.

Governorate no. 9, Kudistan
Conventional long name: The Kurdish Free Republic
Conventional short name: Kurdistan
Province capital: Sanandaj
Governor: Jamshed Rustam
Natural resources: Farming.


Military:
Total Active Troops: 450,000
Total Reserve: 1,065,000
Total Reserve of the Reserve: 1,950,000

Equipment

Small Arms:
FAMAS Assault Rifle (950,000)
Ak-74 (150,000)
Jericho Pistol (700,000)
Makarov Pistol (500,000)
M60 Machine Gun (Unknown Amounts)
TOW-1 (Unknown Amounts)
RPG-7 (Unknown Amounts)

Armored Land:
3,600 Merkava MKIV
200 T-72
1,600 Namera APCs

Artillery
500 Heavy howitzers
400 122mm Artillery and Larger, included Self-Propelled Artillery
125 MLRS

Aircraft/Helicopters
108 Dassault Rafale Fighters (More Being Produced)
36 MiG Series Planes (Being Phased Out)
100 Lavi Multi-Role Fighters
4 Lavi Training Planes
124 Eurocopter Panthers (More Being Produced)

Naval Ships:
15 Coastal Patrol Boats
14 Mine Sweepers
12 Landing Craft
3 Landing Cutters
1 Special Purpose Warship
1 Special Purpose Cutter
4 Zinvanit Patrol Boats
2 Sa'Ar Multi-Mission Corvettes
4 Cassard Destroyers
8 Rubis Amethyste Class Submarines
1 Charles De Gaulle Air-Craft Carrier. *Flagship

Allied to the UCR:
The Emirate of ALM
The Revived Empire of Vineyard
The UARCA
The Kingdom of Kopparbergs

Neutral to the UCR:
Republic of the United Nations
The Phillipine Protectorated
The Great Sixth Reich and it's Protectorates
The Sharinian Technocracy
Great Romeo
CWAA
Maldorians

Enemies of the UCR:
None

OOC: Good work, looks nice!

We're interested in exchanging embassies with the United Caucasus Republic of Granate, and we offer you establish an embassy in our capital Tel-Aviv, Israel. If you want to, you're also welcome to open consulates in Algeria and Nigeria.

We thinks that the best location for our embassy is in your capital Baku.

With respect,
Åke Stålhandske, Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Kingdom of Kopparbergs

OOC: Good work, looks nice!

We're interested in exchanging embassies with the United Caucasus Republic of Granate, and we offer you establish an embassy in our capital Tel-Aviv, Israel. If you want to, you're also welcome to open consulates in Algeria and Nigeria.

We thinks that the best location for our embassy is in your capital Baku.

With respect,
Åke Stålhandske, Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Kingdom of Kopparbergs

To: Åke Stålhandske
From: Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Albert Stropka
We agree to the Embassy Exchange. We also agree to opening consulates in Algeria and Nigeria. We also have to warn you due to recent hostilities with Our Neighbor to the south your embassy may come under attack during a time in the future. We encourage you to have a Helicopter prept and ready until the tensions are resolved.

Sincerely
Albert Stropka

To: Albert Stropka, The United Caucasus Republic of Granate
From: Åke Stålhandske, Kingdom of Kopparbergs

We will send over a delegation of about 20 diplomatics to Granate, to start the establishment work. We're aware of the current situation, and we ask for your permission to have a small, armed platoon at the embassy to ensure our safety.

Sincerely
Åke Stålhandske, Secretary of Foreign Affairs

To:Åke Stålhandske, Kingdom of Kopparbergs
From:Albert Stropka, The United Caucasus Republic of Granate

We agree to having the armed Platoon there. It was actually expected that you would provide troops of your own. Safety of the Embassies themselves is very high on our diplomatic agenda. Our delegation to you're Governorates shall be arriving in a couple days time. The one in Tel'Aliv numbers around 30 with a 6 squads (10 Men in Each Squad) as a security team. The others will be 15 men with 3 squads. I hope to meet your delegation soon.

Sincerely
Albert Stropka

To; The United Caucasus Republics of Granate
From; The federal Socialist Republics of Warta Endor

Greetings!

We would like to strengthen the ties between our nations. If possible we ould like to open an embassy in your capitol and we invite you to do the same in our capitol Singapore.

Marshall Kung Hao

To:Marshall Kung Hao
From:Foreign Minister Albert Stropka
We agree to your placement of Embassies within our nations. We also ask that since hostilities between Us and Sistan seem unavoidble that you keep a helicopter prept and ready for immediate evac from Baku. Once out of Baku try to get to Shaki or another Airfield in the north. That is all we can do if Hostilities get really hot.

Sincerely
Albert Stropka.

To:Marshall Kung Hao
From:Foreign Minister Albert Stropka
We agree to your placement of Embassies within our nations. We also ask that since hostilities between Us and Sistan seem unavoidble that you keep a helicopter prept and ready for immediate evac from Baku. Once out of Baku try to get to Shaki or another Airfield in the north. That is all we can do if Hostilities get really hot.

Sincerely
Albert Stropka.

To; Foreign Minister Albert Stropka
From; Marshall Kung Hao

We will welcome your staff with open arms.

As for the threat of Sistan, we are not afraid of anything. The Embassy Staff and our guards will stay in Baku whatever will happen. If Sistan does anything stupid (for example they attack the embassy or staffmembers) it will result in an all out war against Sistan by Warta Endor and her allies.

ps. if things really get hot, remember Warta Endor is a friend, and we are always happy to help friends...

Marshall Kung Hao

ooc. if you want I can send a few "advisors"...

To: Marshall Kung Hao
From: Albert Stropka

Safety is pre-eminent in The UCRG embassy program. While we understand that you will stay we wish for casualties against to be kept at a minimum.

We thank you for friendship as well.

Sincerely
Albert Stropka

OOC: We would like that, since I am speding around 20,000 per soldier when some people are spending 200,000 per.

ooc. heh, I spend almost 500.000 USD per Combat soldier and 100.000 per Support Soldier :D

To; Foreign Minister Albert Stropka
From; Marshall Kung Hao

We will send the 3rd battalion of th 1st. Marine Infantry Division (1000 men) to Baku to "train" your personell. Within two weeks at least an entire brigade (5000 men) will be in Baku.

We also offer you the following:
-The G36 Assualt Rifle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G36) and the SAR-21 Rifle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAR_21_Standard_Singapore_Army_Weapon) (and all configurations) for a sharply reduced cost (which will be paid by our own Aid package, so they're actually for free ;) )
-90 Hawk 200 series Fighters as a "gift".
-Training of Air Force personel at the Warta Endorean Flight Combat School in Bontang, Borneo.

To: Marhsall Kung Hao
From: Albert Stropka

We agree to your aid package and eagerly await your troops in Baku. We will have a special barracks set up for them. We would also like to have 100,000 of the G36 Rifle and 50,000 of the Sar-21.

We will also begin to send Pilots to be trained to Borneo but we will have to make by using a round-about route around Sistan air-space.

Sincerely
Albert Stropka

To; Foreign Minister Albert Stropka
From; Marshall Kung Hao

The Battalion is underway, while the rest of the Brigade prepares to leave Warta Endor. Student-Pilots can travel to and from Warta Endor with our Transport Planes who deliver troops and supplies to Granate.

The Weapons will be ready in 3 months.

Marshall Kung Hao

-To Foreign Minister Albert Stropka-

Emergency contact between our two nations has resulted in our sending of an entire battlegroup to aid in your defence. As such, we find it prudent to remain in constant contact. Therefore, we humbly request that we begin an Embassy in your Capital, and invite you to do the same in ours. We would also like to station a platoon of our own Military Poliece in the Embassy for security, and we offer you our entire Military Poliece force of 200,000 men to partol your capital for the duration of the war.

We can also offer your nation 100,000 AK-47's, ready made for our TO's, that can be shipped immediately.

-Regent Windsor

To: Regent Windsor
From:Albert Stropka UCRG Foreign Minister

We agree to the exchange of Embassies. We are in desperate need of friends in this hostile world. We also accept your 100,000 AK-47s. They can be put to good use in the Reserves. Your entire Police force is alittle much though. 200,000 to patrol the city during the war? It's almost too much. We would gladly accept 50,000 or so troops to patrol during the war, but 200,000 is too much. It would be almost too easy for you to stage a coup. Pardon my harshness in saying that. We just don't trust something such as our capitol to other people very lightly.

We also await the arrival of your Battlegroup.

Sincerely
Albert Stropka

Project “Due Course”

Project “Due Course” has been shrouded in secrecy ever since its rumors were first heard by the world. Speculation abounded as to what the UCR could be doing that was so big and yet was so small that no one could figure it out. But it is after many months that the UCR is proud to finally reveal the truth behind Project “Due Course”.

The Truth:

Project “Due Course” is a collaborative effort undertaken by the Governments of the UCR and UARCA to build a canal across the Caucasus. It would be the longest man-made Canal and waterway in the history of humankind. The total distance for the canal is somewhere in the range of 460 Miles, though the final numbers will not be known until the end of the project due to land conditions along the route. This plan was designed to link the Caspian, and its valuable Oil and Natural Gas resources, to the rest of the world.


Planning:

The “Due Course” Project began back near the tail end of Operation: Thunder Strike. An influx of impoverished people came from the south to try to find jobs in the more industrialized north. Here, they found very little work for them and most of them were forced to steal and rob for their food or money. The Government of the UCR found this most disturbing. It needed a way to relieve its nation of these problems. Many ideas were researched, but the Government decided to settle on Project “Due Course” due to its very large nature and scale. The President quotes “That is was something to show the world that the UCR isn’t a pushover country”. Initial plans were drawn up and some early models were shown, but it was all put on hold for Operation: Lightning Bolt.

After Operation: Lightning Bolt the UCR government began to work Project “Due Course” again. Revisions were made and a good portion of the former idea was revised to make it more efficient or better suited for its goal. It was soon very apparent that the project would be very expensive. The only options available were to: A) Give Up. B) Get Help. C) Try and do it themselves. The UCR decided to call on their new friend across Caspian, the UARCA. The UARCA was more then glad to help and provided engineers, money, and even equipment for the project. With their help, the project finally took shape.

Implementation:

UCR and UARCA engineers with dredging equipment will begin at the port city of Neftcala, on the Caspian Sea coastline. They will begin by widening the opening of the Kura river there and deepening the cities’ harbor. From there, they will begin a slow crawl up the Kura River as the dredge the river and widen it to allow for Oil Tankers and other large ships to be able to pass through it. They will keep on doing this until they reach the Mingacevir Reservoir. In the reservoir they will deepen it and add a harbor to the city of Mingacevir.

After the Reservoir they will begin to dredge the river again. They will soon enter the Republic of Georgia (Note in the UCR all States are called Republics, just clearing that up). The dredging operation will go very close to the city of Tbilisi, once the operation is near the city they will add an Artificial Harbor to the city to allow ships to refuel and rest in Tbilisi. A series of locks will be added at Tbilisi, to enable to continued use of hydroelectric stations along the Kura that power the city of Tbilisi and, to a large extent, the rest of Georgia. From Tbilisi, they will continue to dredge till they reach the city of Khashuri. This will be the point that the operation will leave the Kura River and begin to build a canal towards the Rioni River. The operation will enter that river somewhere between the cities of Kutaisi and Samtredia. Once they are on the river they will do as they did with the Kura, dredging until they reach the port city of Poiti on Black Sea coast. There they will expand the harbor to allow it to hold the amount of traffic it will be expected to see.

After the all that is done, final preparations will begin and engineering teams will sent to points along the canal to watch over it. From here they will give the canal one final assessment and check for both the continued sanctity of the passage and the environmental impact of the project. Once the all clear is given, the canal will be opened to the public. No major environmental impacts are expected, though the reinforcing of certain lengths of the rivers that the route runs along will be necessary to prevent any harm from the new access to the Black Sea. Steps will be taken to ensure that no foreign flora or fauna will intrude on the Caspian and the water levels of both bodies of water will be strictly monitored as the project is underway to verify that no net loss (or gain) results from the project.

Project “Due Course”

Project “Due Course” has been shrouded in secrecy ever since its rumors were first heard by the world. Speculation abounded as to what the UCR could be doing that was so big and yet was so small that no one could figure it out. But it is after many months that the UCR is proud to finally reveal the truth behind Project “Due Course”.

The Truth:

Project “Due Course” is a collaborative effort undertaken by the Governments of the UCR and UARCA to build a canal across the Caucasus. It would be the longest man-made Canal and waterway in the history of humankind. The total distance for the canal is somewhere in the range of 460 Miles, though the final numbers will not be known until the end of the project due to land conditions along the route. This plan was designed to link the Caspian, and its valuable Oil and Natural Gas resources, to the rest of the world.


Planning:

The “Due Course” Project began back near the tail end of Operation: Thunder Strike. An influx of impoverished people came from the south to try to find jobs in the more industrialized north. Here, they found very little work for them and most of them were forced to steal and rob for their food or money. The Government of the UCR found this most disturbing. It needed a way to relieve its nation of these problems. Many ideas were researched, but the Government decided to settle on Project “Due Course” due to its very large nature and scale. The President quotes “That is was something to show the world that the UCR isn’t a pushover country”. Initial plans were drawn up and some early models were shown, but it was all put on hold for Operation: Lightning Bolt.

After Operation: Lightning Bolt the UCR government began to work Project “Due Course” again. Revisions were made and a good portion of the former idea was revised to make it more efficient or better suited for its goal. It was soon very apparent that the project would be very expensive. The only options available were to: A) Give Up. B) Get Help. C) Try and do it themselves. The UCR decided to call on their new friend across Caspian, the UARCA. The UARCA was more then glad to help and provided engineers, money, and even equipment for the project. With their help, the project finally took shape.

Implementation:

UCR and UARCA engineers with dredging equipment will begin at the port city of Neftcala, on the Caspian Sea coastline. They will begin by widening the opening of the Kura river there and deepening the cities’ harbor. From there, they will begin a slow crawl up the Kura River as the dredge the river and widen it to allow for Oil Tankers and other large ships to be able to pass through it. They will keep on doing this until they reach the Mingacevir Reservoir. In the reservoir they will deepen it and add a harbor to the city of Mingacevir.

After the Reservoir they will begin to dredge the river again. They will soon enter the Republic of Georgia (Note in the UCR all States are called Republics, just clearing that up). The dredging operation will go very close to the city of Tbilisi, once the operation is near the city they will add an Artificial Harbor to the city to allow ships to refuel and rest in Tbilisi. A series of locks will be added at Tbilisi, to enable to continued use of hydroelectric stations along the Kura that power the city of Tbilisi and, to a large extent, the rest of Georgia. From Tbilisi, they will continue to dredge till they reach the city of Khashuri. This will be the point that the operation will leave the Kura River and begin to build a canal towards the Rioni River. The operation will enter that river somewhere between the cities of Kutaisi and Samtredia. Once they are on the river they will do as they did with the Kura, dredging until they reach the port city of Poiti on Black Sea coast. There they will expand the harbor to allow it to hold the amount of traffic it will be expected to see.

After the all that is done, final preparations will begin and engineering teams will sent to points along the canal to watch over it. From here they will give the canal one final assessment and check for both the continued sanctity of the passage and the environmental impact of the project. Once the all clear is given, the canal will be opened to the public. No major environmental impacts are expected, though the reinforcing of certain lengths of the rivers that the route runs along will be necessary to prevent any harm from the new access to the Black Sea. Steps will be taken to ensure that no foreign flora or fauna will intrude on the Caspian and the water levels of both bodies of water will be strictly monitored as the project is underway to verify that no net loss (or gain) results from the project.

The Emirate would be glad to offer assistance to make this project work, as we can see the many benefits of an economically strong neighbor and ally.

[ooc: and a question - where's the list of your diplomatic contacts?]

The Emirate would be glad to offer assistance to make this project work, as we can see the many benefits of an economically strong neighbor and ally.

[ooc: and a question - where's the list of your diplomatic contacts?]

IC: We would be glad to receive any funds from our Allies as this project will be very expensive. Any amount you could spare would be helpful.

OOC: The Contacts are being redone. Due to my laziness and negligence they will be done by tommorow. I am redoing them because I feel that most what was written there isn't true anymore, like Vineyard's Warm Relations with me.

IC: We would be glad to receive any funds from our Allies as this project will be very expensive. Any amount you could spare would be helpful.

OOC: The Contacts are being redone. Due to my laziness and negligence they will be done by tommorow. I am redoing them because I feel that most what was written there isn't true anymore, like Vineyard's Warm Relations with me.

IC: The Ministry of Charity and Hajj would like to offer $500mil to start our contributions to this project, and if possible, we also offer engineers and manpower from our own Qattara Project to help in the construction of this canal. We hope that you will accept these offers.

IC: The Ministry of Charity and Hajj would like to offer $500mil to start our contributions to this project, and if possible, we also offer engineers and manpower from our own Qattara Project to help in the construction of this canal. We hope that you will accept these offers.

We accept you offer of $500 Million. We ask that you keep your engineers for now. If we reach an impass and could use the extra manpower we will ask you. But for now the money will do.

UCNN: United Caucasus National News.
The President is....

The Winner of the heated presidential race was decided today. Early favorite Horus Langley was nowhere to be found when people went to the voting stations around the UCR today, with his two counter-parts taking almost 98% of the vote. This obviously means a shift in power away from the current Party in Power. Next year's Parliamentary Elections could enforce this.

Now, to the real reason you're reading this. The winner of the Election was none other then Sevan Naveed. He is known as a firm Liberal and says he will enact economic and educational reforms while he is power. The UCR Capitalizt Party, the one he belongs to, see this as a coup for them. They are usually the third rung in most races.

The voting indicated that Sevan won by a slim majority. Sevan held 51% of the vote, while his opponents together held 49%, with 2% belonging to Horus Langley. Most of the Southern Republics voted in favor of Sevan, whilst the northern ones voted for Stamatios Yiannis. Horus received a majority only in Yerevan, in the Armenian Republic.

Sevan will be sworn in next month, the current government is doing all it can in it's final month, whilst preparing the groundwork for the new one.

Official Message

The Republic of United Nations hereby wishes to establish peaceful relations and the opening up of trade with The United Caucasian Republics.

As a good gesture between our nations, the Republic hereby offers it's technical support and the sum of 6 billion Euro's to the Project “Due Course”. If, there is anyway we can further strengthen the relations between our nations, please let us know.

On behalf of all nations of the Republic, we sincerely wish your nation the best.

The UCR Thanks you for you kind words and the money. We are more then willing to open trade with you.