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The United Autonomous Republics of Central Asia

UPDATE: Map and budget now up.

Right. This is still under construction. Brief factbook to come and then everyone can use this thread to do stuff with the UARCA, diplomatic and economic and such.

OOC Stuff
First of all, regading IC actions, news, and such. If you're not there as the event takes place or haven't TG'd me to try to work out permission to figure out/listen in on something, all IC posts, actions, and such are assumed to be secret IC. You will not listen in on secure diplomatic transmissions to other nations, you will not know I just produced WEapon X, and so on.

You will know everything the average citizen in the street in my nation would know- news, visits by other heads of state, announced projects, etc. If in doubt, ask me.

And to facilitate anything, here's contact info.

AIM: samtheuberman
MSN: samtheuberman@hotmail.com
IRC: I'm usually on #draftroom on Espernet. Under Samtonia. so you can find me there if IRC is your thing.
TG: Under Samtonia. Duh. ;)

Government

Persons of Merit
Premier of the UARCA: Tamur Navarbayevs
Minister of Defense: General Niyazov
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Alexi Akhmetov
Minister of State Affairs: Zharmakh Yeleusizov
Minister of Economics: Nursultan Baimenov
Minister of State Security: General Omirtai Bitimov

Legislative Structure
The UARCA is governed by a modified bicameral parliamentary system, owing much in its development to both past British examples and, oddly enough, the failed Articles of Confederation of the fledgling United States. Each individual Republic elects into office two types of representative- a single member that goes to the Upper House, and a number of members (proportional to population) that go into the Lower House.

Duties of the Lower House are generally more mundane than the Upper House, but the smaller regions represented by the politicians within the Lower House make responses to suggested laws a much more involved affair. Large voting blocs are common, as alliances of interest are created between members of political parties and independent politicians. The Upper House conducts its debates, often on matters of more international and UARCA-wide importance, in a bit less of a rowdy atmosphere. The small size of the Upper House ensures that the candidates elected to it in the often-rigorous elections are given a higher degree of influence in the government.

Laws passed by the Lower House may be changed and re-submitted to the Lower House by the upper House. Laws passed by the Upper House may only be voted for or against- no changes. If the Houses do not agree on a law (an action often characterized by the Lower House passing a law like the Upper House's but different, and said law promptly getting voted down by the Upper House) after two votes on changes (the Upper may self-edit their version of the law), the Premier is called in to mediate. His word on the law is final- he may make slight alterations to either form and there is no vote on the passing, should it come to that point. If the Premier wants the law, it passes; if not, it is struck down at this stage.

The Lower House,though slightly less powerful in the matter of lawmaking, has the power to confirm all appointees at levels below national level. In practice, this means all District Judges, Republic Supreme Court members, and appointed members of individual Republic governemnts are ruled on by the Lower House. The Upper House, meanwhile, is given the power to do the same for UARCA national-level appointments, including the Premier's cabinet.

The Premier himself has rather more power than a standard executive, though not nearly as much as dictators of yester-year. With previously mentioned abilities, the Premier also orders to dissolution and subsequent elections of the Lower House, presents all appointees for national-level posts, and is the head and decision-maker for the executive branch. He may commit troops to deployments in foreign nations if the deployment advances the sanctity and safety of the UARCA and he is allowed a certain amount of independence in amending the yearly budget. Certainly more powerful than a President, the position is similar to monarch in a constitutional monarchy, with the Premiership replacing the role of monarchy.

Embassy Section
Where?
Your embassy will be located on the beautiful embassy row, located about five minutes away from Independence Square, within the city of Tashkent. Building styles range from modern to more traditional Uzbekistani architecture, but tasteful elegance and refined construction are the norm.

What?
Basic Building, guards, etc...
Your embassy may have walls, it may not. It’s your choice. A small staff of guards will be allowed, with no more then 100 allowed at any time in both the embassy and residential quarters of staff and no explosive, full automatic, or non-man portable weapons allowed on the premises. No military vehicles will be allowed, however a helicopter landing pad will be as well as personal automobiles (purchased in-country) and any armored vehicles permitted to your nation. But remember, no weapons mounted! No secret underground rooms will be allowed, though since we’re providing the buildings, it would be very much impossible for you to build one of your own.

Legal Terms
Embassies are extraterritorial. No member of the host nation may enter the grounds without permission of the Ambassador or representative.

Ambassadors have full diplomatic immunity. They may not be held or detained for any alleged crime; they may be restricted to embassy grounds or expelled from the host nation as “persona non grata” (the latter includes expulsion from the embassy itself).

This immunity covers the Ambassador, their direct family, and up to three staff members (and their direct families) selected by the Ambassador.

The remainder of the Embassy staff and personnel has limited immunity, meaning they can only be charged with felonies or greater. At the time of their detention, the Ambassador must be informed. The Ambassador may choose to have them detained in the Embassy. They must be released for trial by the host nation upon request. The Ambassador may petition for Pardon by the host nation. If this is not requested or is denied, the accused may select any member of the justicary for their defense, at the host nation’s expense.

All embassy personnel are considered representatives of their nation; their actions as such reflect upon their nation.

The Embassy may import 10 vehicles, which will also be considered extraterritorial. All vehicles must be accepted by the host nation, and may be searched by the host nation prior to their acceptance. The Ambassador may petition the host nation for additional vehicles.

Helicopters are allowed in addition to those vehicles, with same provisions applying, however, helicopters are not allowed under ANY circumstances to possess vehicle-mounted weaponry.

Security staff may consist of no more then 100 troops, with no weapons of explosive, fully automatic, or non-man portable nature.

No Chemical, Biological, or Nuclear weapons are allowed on the embassy grounds

In the case of conflict between the nations, the embassy staff will be allowed to leave unmolested, unhindered, and under guard from embassy grounds to their transport. Embassy grounds will be sealed by the host nation.

Embassy personnel may not carry weapons outside of Embassy grounds.

Diplomatic Pouch (size of a regulation briefcase) may not be searched or molested. It may be externally scanned to prove the nonexistance of radiological, biological, or chemical weapons or samples.

Standard Diplomatic Exchange Package from the UARCA

1 Ambassador + family
30 staff members + family
50 Diplomatic Services Protection Personnel operatives, armed with Simonov SKS carbines w/bayonets (50) and Saiga 12 shotguns (50)
2 Armored Limousines, 2 armored Sedans and 3 Armored SUVs for transportation of staff, guards, and ambassador.
1 Diplomatic Services helicopters (Unarmed)

Embassy to include double ten foot high walls (single if only one allowed), standard buildings.

Embassy Exchanges
Democratic People's Republic of Indochina
Kingdom of Kopparbergs
The Kingdom of the United Netherlands
The Federal Socialist Republics of Warta Endor
The Republic of India
United Caucasus Republic of Granate
The Emirate of Alif Laam Miim
Persecution and Hatred
The Technocracy of Sharina
Pakistan

Geography

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Economy

Budgetary Information
Administration: $253,472,517,147.88 USD
Social Welfare: $0.00 USD
Healthcare: $126,736,258,573.94 USD
Education: $633,681,292,869.69 USD
Religion & Spirituality: $42,245,419,524.65 USD
Defense: $1,309,608,005,264.03 USD
Law & Order: $1,013,890,068,591.51 USD
Commerce: $591,435,873,345.05 USD
Public Transport: $253,472,517,147.88 USD
The Environment: $0.00 USD
Social Equality: $0.00 USD

UARCA NEWS BRIEFING

Tashkent, Uzbekistan; AP Report
In an unannounced visit, Minister of Foreign Affairs Manmohan Kalam of the Republic of India was reported to have landed in Tashkent today and been quickly brought to high-level talks with the Premier of the UARCA. His arrival and itinerary were not announced ahead of time and speculation grows over what his purpose might be.

"Must be some kind of economic thing," a citizen of Uzbekistan who did not wish to be identified said. "Leaders always have these economic things going on and I bet that's what it is. Trying to make life better for the people of the UARCA."

Other guesses heard throughout Tashkent today ranged from military alliances to border incidents with the Indian military. Whatever the case, the government is being tight-lipped about the situation; the Ministry of foreign Affairs in the UARCA only replied with "No comment" when asked to explain what was going on.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan; AP Report
In what appears to be the first signs of reorganization in the UARCA military, re-deployments of troops throughout the Republics have been reported upon for the past week. Levels continue to grow near the capital, Tashkent, and the Uzbek capital of Samarkand. At the same time, units have been observed moving throughout Kazakhstan to as-yet undetermined positions.

When questioned, the Ministry of Defence replied that it was "the result of a complete re-organization of the military order of battle and chain of command. Troop movements will remain heavy for the near-future, especially in Uzbekistan, befitting Tashkent's new role as capital of the UARCA."

Diplomatic message to the United Autonomous Republics of Central Asia

The Kingdom of Kopparbergs welcomes the reorganization in Central Asia, and hopes that law and order, as well as democracy and peace, will follow this.

We would like to establish diplomatic connections with the UARCA, and we have reserved a lot for your embassy in our capital Tel-Aviv should you accept.

We're looking forward to having good connections with the UARCA, and hopes that trade deals and maybe some other cooperation will follow in the future.

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Åke Stålhandske, Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Kingdom of Kopparbergs

To: The Kingdom of Kopparbergs
From: The Office of the Premier
Regarding: Diplomatic Ties

Mr. Stålhandske,
We are delighted to open up diplomatic exchanges with your nation. We eagerly accept the offer of an embassy in Tel Aviv and extend the same offer to you- Tashkent is ready to accept your representatives. It seems certain to me that, in these troubled and stormy times, having ties- both diplomatic and economic- can only be of benefit to all nations involved. The UARCA, therefore, would like to set up a meeting as soon as possible with the appropriate representatives, regarding mutual cooperation in matters of both state and economics.

Yours,
Premier Nazarbayevs

UARCA NEWS BRIEFING
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; AP Report
Though many in Turkmenistan were at first wary of a new government being formed to their north, these feelings have idssipated in the rush of economic benefits to the small Central Asian nation. Over the last week, tourism has climbed by over 250%, as bus and trainloads of tourists from the UARCA pour into Turkmenistan. And locals in Ashgabat, one of the centers of this increase, are surprisingly not at all concerned in any way by the massive increase in mainly young men and women visitng.

"They're extremely well-behaved," said the 64-year old proprietess of a local inn, who declined to give her name. "Usually, with tourists the age of these young people you get rows in the streets and drinknig problems, but this batch of younger people is amazingly well-mannered. Haven't heard of any fights or trouble with the law myself, and the ones staying with me are all as well-mannered as can be. Very formal, show a lot of discipline. They often look to one member of their group for advice and I agree with that- those older kids have kept them in line."

Tourism is not the only thing that has increased- foreign-owned business have shot through the roof, along with imports from the UARCA, of which most of the new business are. Road and rail traffic is the busiest it's been in years, with warehouses filling up with UARCA goods and locals being hired to help move thousands of tons of property into newly-rented warehouses and shops. The din is tremendous and it seems that every second train pulling into Ashgabat is loaded to the cofferes with packing crates, steel tanks, and other assorted materials.

Meanwhile, local officials across the disjointed nation are involved in talks with key members of the UARCA, presumeably over the stimulus of both UARCA products and citizens flowing into the fractured state taht is Turkmenistan. Whatever the case may be, the national feeling is summed up by the proprietess of the inn in central AShgabat. "This is an amazing thing, amazing. When the USSR fell, I thought it would be the end of us as a nation that worked, especially with how bad it's been recently. But these kids give us new hope."

UARCA NEWS BRIEFING

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, UARCA; AP Report
Premier Navarbayevs announced today that, after a long summit with Republic of India officials, a mutual understanding had been reached in many different areas.

"Our mutual understanding and cooperation on issues at many levels will only benefit both our nations," the Premier said today in a live speech at Timur the Lame's tomb complex in Smarqand, Uzbekistan. "After our days of negotiations and meetings, I feel assured when I say to the people of Central Asia that a new era is dawning on our glorious region. For the first time in centuries, the two sides of a family once created by Timur, at whose tomb I stand, will reunite in matters economic, social, and political. Economic cooperation has been agreed to in many areas and the borders between our illustrious nations will be made easily accessible to citizens of both nations."

When asked after his speech what he meant by "political" matters, the Premier smiled to the assembled reporters before replying. "That is an area in which you'll all soon find out about. Rest assured, it will be as important in the long run as the economic agreements we have made."

Dear Mr. Nazarbayevs,
We're very pleased that you accept the diplomatic connections with us. We agree to the importance of diplomatic ties in these times of disturbances in our corner of the world.

We will send a delegation of 15 men from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, M.o. Trade, M.o. Tourism, M.o. Finance and M.o. Defense to Tashkent to participate in the meeting. Together with this delegation, there will also be a delegation of 20 diplomats who will begin the establishment of our embassy in Tashkent.

You're representatives are very welcome to Tel-Aviv, and we will be available with every kind of help with your embassy establishment.

I think that King Carl Gustaf XXI himself may want to participate in the meeting, but I'll have to come back to you about this.

Åke Stålhandske, Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Kingdom of Kopparbergs

UARCA NEWS BRIEFING
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, UARCA; AP Report
Announced today was a joint-economic development plan with the Republic of India. As of press time, details were still being released, but it appears that the project gives both infrastructure and production aid to the UARCA, a number of exports to the RoI, and the sharing of certain technical experts between the two nations.

"It's one of the most exciting economic developments in the last decade," Indian economics professor M. Saphurat said. "Minig and other mineral experts are coming to India and production, infrastructure, and agricultural experts are being sent to the UARCA. Businesses have started a frenzy of ivesting in the relatively open markets within the UARCA. And raw materials are already projected to more than double, with mineral and energy exports making up the bulk of the UARCA half of the economic package."

Sources also report of a number of military deals worked out, but a Ministry of Defense spokesperson gave no comment on the matter. Reports of a number of tanks being shipped to the UARCA were also met with no comment. But above the military packages that may or may not exist, the economic packages are a massive developmental aid to both nations, as in Saphurat's words, "Railroads going straight to ports in India and offloading goods, oil flowing in pipelines directly to Indian refineries, Indian companies investing throughout the area- the possibilities are limitless."

South Africa also congratulates the UARCA on establishing a regional power in Asia. we would like to start formal diplomatic relations between our countries if this is to your liking?

To: The Nation of South Africa
From: The Office of the Premier
Regarding: Diplomatic Ties

Your request is happily received and we accept. We invite you to establish an embassy in Tashkent- we would like to do the same in your city of choice for embassies.

Yours,
Premier Navarbayevs

[OOC- Politics section up.]

UARCA NEW BRIEFING
Osh, Kyrgyzstan, UARCA; AP Report
After two weeks of negotiations with regional leaders, UARCA officials announced today that the proposed oil and natural gas pipelines to the Republic of India have finally been approved by the sections of foreign nations that they pass through.

"This is an important moment for us all," Minister of Economics Nursultan Baimenov said at a press conference held to announce the assent by regional leaders in both China and India to the proposed path of the pipeline. "With this agreement, an important economic vein can be opened from the UARCA to the rest of the world. Construction is already underway in India and the UARCA, and construction crews are already being sent to the areas of China where the pipeline is to be built."

Economic analysts were astounded at the news that the project, long mired in controversy, was finally past its last hurdle. Confidence in the economy of the UARCA rose substantially in the international investing world following the announcement. "No question about it- this is a gem for the UARCA," Senior Policy Analyst Peter Fleischman of The Economist said. "In the last few weeks, we've seen a massive increase in FDI going into the nations that make up the UARCA, we've seen a number of economic deals with the Republic of India, and now we see this deal, which will be of immense value to the UARCA. With its complwetion, this pipeline will provide one of the largest sources of energy reserves in the world not tied up in the near-constant warfare in the Middle East."


Tashkent, Uzbekistan, UARCA; AP Report
"A moment of great impact," said Premier Tamur Navarbayevs today on the just-announced military deals worked out with the Republic of India. "With this multi-tiered framework, it is certain to me that the quality of life in the many nations of the UARCA will rise substantially."

The final framework's outline, released at the same time as the press conference, described multiple areas in which the UARCA and the RoI would cooperate on military matters. The most important results of the framework are as listed:
Purchase by the RoI of a number of components of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, to be repaid by direct economic aid to the UARCA
Production of an unspecified number of military vehicles in both the RoI and factories across the UARCA, with design help and production rights already provided to selected UARCA military procurement companies
Unspecified "Specialist Aid" by the RoI in matters of WMD proliferation and security
Designation of the UARCA-Chinese-RoI pipeline system as a strategic-level asset by the RoI, with select military benefits assigned to it by both the UARCA and the RoI; UARCA to receive infrastructure and developmental aid in construction of the pipeline


Tashkent, Uzbekistan, UARCA; AP Report
With the latest economic reports out, it appears that the government of the UARCA has made good on its promises to increase economic viability of the nations of the UARCA. Although stressing that the figures were still in the first stage of analysis, overall figures were greater than even optimistic earlier reports, with aid form the RoI and foreign investment accounting for much of the unexpected increase.

A brief summary of the report's findings includes the following economic indicators:
A 32% increase in infrastructure for all major urban areas within the UARCA
12% increase in manufacturing capabilities in non-essential sectors
42% increase in manufacturing capabilities in essential sectors
Increase in GDP by 8.4%
78% rise in consumer confidence
45% rise in investor confidence
13.7% increase in domestic food production

To: The Nation of South Africa
From: The Office of the Premier
Regarding: Diplomatic Ties

Your request is happily received and we accept. We invite you to establish an embassy in Tashkent- we would like to do the same in your city of choice for embassies.

Yours,
Premier Navarbayevs

Yes we have allocated you an embassy in Pretoria, its an ostentatious dutch 18th century townhouse.

we hope we can continue down the path of International solidarity and friendship...

-Union of South Africa-

To: The Leadership of The UARCA
From:Foreign Minister Albert Stropka, The UCRG

Due to the end of Hostilites in the region due to the Political Breakdown of Sistani Iran, we believe now is the time to stabilize the Caspian Sea Region. With this in mind we wish to form a Trade and Mutual Defense Alliance with the UARCA and Great Romeo. We will work together to stabilize the region due the fallout of Sistan. We will also work together to stop Terrorist attacks in the region, among many other things that will be ironed out with the Treaty should it come into being.

We hope to here from you soon on this matter.

Sincerely
Foreign Minister
Albert Stropka
The United Caucasus Republic of Granate.

[OOC- Map is now up. Will be updating geographic information as I find time.]

SIC SIC SIC ALM intelligence has reported suspicious characters arriving in Port Sudan - all Chinese. Our agents have rounded the characters into detention and recovered photographs of what we believe to be sensitive sites in the UARCA. None of these men have any formal relations to the Chinese in Shanghai, but their very presence and their possessions tried some concern that your state may be the target of something very soon. If it offers any consolation, our intelligence officer reported that the Chinese dialect spoken by all members in the group were distinctly "Manchurian" - whatever that happens to mean. His expertise is not the best, but in the Emirate, it is among the best that we can have available. We have submitted a record of these photographs to you, in hopes that your forces can be better prepared against actions. Perhaps we have already stopped it, but we aren't taking any chances, as this is a new development that has only happened recently. We will update you when we receive details later.

[SUBMITTED are photos revealing mountainous terrain in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and some military sites in Kazakhstan; in addition, troop movements from an Uzbeki air base were noted - the age of the photos is set to be about at least 5 years but no greater than 10 years.]

[ooc: this is something random that I think can be useful - just an FYI, so that this cannot be used against me later, there is absolutely no direct relation between this report and Asian China; in fact, I explicitly state that there is no way to connect them to Asian China, so don't give me that BS later on when it matters. This is not something set up to start a war between UARCA and Asian China; just something that I thought was interesting...]

IC: In lieu of recent developments, the Emirate Ministry of Charity and Hajj wishes to increase our current offers of aid to $500mil. We hope that this increase in aid will help the UARCA recover better from these strange meteorological events that are currently plaguing the UARCA.

In addition, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while in consultation with the Sharina Technocracy, has decided to offer a mutual bilateral pact with UARCA, seeing an apparent and dire need to improve our bilateral relations more so than already exist. With a bilateral pact, we can better manage the affairs of our border territories, and while not officially an RSA-affiliate, the UARCA can benefit from the added stability of cooperating in maintaining the balance of order and stability in the Middle East.

We hope that you accept this proposal in the interest to advance our relations and thus to lead to many lucrative ventures in the future.

The UARCA happily accepts the proposal of the Emirate of ALM and suggests that representatives from the two nations gather at the earliest possible time to lay out the particulars of a bilateral agreement, though preferably in ALM territory owing to recent nuclear attacks upon the UARCA.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Republic of United Nations hereby wishes to establish Diplomatic Contact with The United Autonomous Republics of Central Asia (UARCA) for the benefit of trade and peaceful relations.