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The Kingdom of Lachenburg
Royaume de Lachenbourg
Königreich Lachenburg

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"Marteau d'argent ouvre porte de fer"

Lachenburg, officially the Kingdom of Lachenburg (French: Royaume de Lachenbourg), is a country whose territory is located in Western Europe. Lachenburg extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. Lachenburgian people often refer to Lachenburg as L'Hexagone (The "Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory.

Lachenburg is a constitutional monarchy that is organized as a bicameral parliamentary democracy. Its main ideals are expressed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It is a developed country with one of the largest economies in the world.

I. Geography:

Area: 595,566 km²
Area - Comparative: Roughly the size of Texas
Coastline: 3,427 km
Maritime Claims:
Territorial Sea: 12 nm
Contiguous Zone: 24 nm
Exclusive Economic Zone: 200 nm
Continental Shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate: Generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean and frigid winters in the Alps; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
Topography: Mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east
Natural Resources: Coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorspar, gypsum, timber, fish, hydropower potential, salt, arable land
Land Use:
Arable Land: 33.46%
Permanent Crops: 2.03%
Other: 64.51%
Environment - Current Issues: Air and water pollution in urban areas, soil pollution of farmland

II. People:

Population:
Total: 68,863,358
Density: 116 / km²
Population Growth Rate: 0.601%
Ethnic Groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, and Basque minorities
Major Religions: Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism, Islam
Languages: French, German, Italian, Luxembourgish, Romansch
Literacy: 99%

III. Government:

Political System: Constitutional monarchy and bicameral parliamentary democracy
Capital: Paris [48°52′N, 2°19.59′E]
Population: 2,153,600
Administrative Divisions: 67 Provinces ~ Île-de-Lachenbourg, Berry, Orléanais , Normandy, Languedoc, Lyonnais, Dauphiné, Champagne, Aunis, Saintonge, Poitou, Guyenne and Gascony, Burgundy, Picardy, Anjou, Provence, Angoumois, Bourbonnais, Marche, Brittany, Maine, Touraine, Limousin, Foix, Auvergne, Béarn, Alsace, Artois, Roussillon, Flanders and Hainaut, Franche-Comté, Lorraine, Corsica, Nivernais, Comtat Venaissin, Imperial Free City of Mulhouse, Savoy, Nice, Montbéliard, Trois-Évêchés, Aargau, Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus, Graubunden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich, Luxembourg
Independence: 843 CE [Treaty of Verdun]
Constitution: Charter of 1830
Legal System: Civil law system with indigenous concepts; review of administrative but not legislative acts
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Head of State: His Majesty Henry VII, King of Lachenburg
Head of Government: Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Cabinet:
Chancellor: Nicolas Sarkozy
Controller-General of Finances: Thierry Breton
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Bernard Kouchner
Minister of War: Hervé Morin
Minister of Marine: Samuel Schmid
Intendant of Commerce: François Baroin
Postal Superintendent: Hans-Rudolf Merz
Legislature: Bicameral
Chamber of Peers: Upper-house; 201 seats; Appointed for life, granted at the King's will
Chamber of Deputies: Lower-house; 577 seats; Elected by popular vote for 5-year terms
Judicial Branch: Supreme Court of Appeals (judges are appointed by the King from nominations of the High Council of the Judiciary); Constitutional Council or (four members appointed by the King, three appointed by the Prime Minister); Council of State or Conseil d'Etat

IV. Economics:

GDP - PPP: €1.59 trillion EUR
GDP - Per Capita: €23,089 EUR
Human Development Index: 0.945 ( ^ )
Unemployment: 5.36%
Currency: Euro (€)
Inflation: 1.8%
Exchange Rate: €1 EUR = $1.36 USD
Central Bank: Banque de Lachenbourg
Main Industries: Banking and financial services, iron and steel, information technology, telecommunications, cargo transportation, food processing, chemicals, metal products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum, tourism
Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold: €100.61 billion EUR
Financial Index(ices):
- CAC 40 (Paris)
- SWX (Zürich)
- BX (Bern)
- Bourse de Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Income Taxation:
€0 - €5,666: 0%
€5,666 - €6,166: 5%
€6,166 - €7,000: 10%
€7,001 - €10,833: 15 %
€10,834 - €14,000: 20%
€14,001 - €18,333: 25%
€18,334 - €21,333: 30%
€21,334 - €25,334: 35%
€25,334 - €41,000: 40%
€41,001 - €58,000: 45 %
€58,001 - €67,166: 50%
€67,167 - €77,333: 55 %
€77,334 and upwards: 58%
Average: 29.85%
Revenue: €945.14 billion
Expenses: €937.03 billion
Administration: €56.22 billion (6%)
Commerce: €79.65 billion (8.5%)
Defense: €47.7 billion (2.6%)
Education: €196.78 billion (21%)
Environment: €10.31 billion (1.1%)
Foreign Affairs: €7.49 billion (0.8%)
Healthcare: €224.89 billion (24%)
Law & Order: €131.18 billion (14%)
Public Transport: €86.66 billion (9.25%)
Spirituality: €937.03 million (0.1%)
Welfare: €126.12 billion (13.46%)

Lachenburgian Armed Services:

I. Command-and-Control:

Chef des Armées: His Majesty King Henry VII
Ministre de la Défense: Hervé Morin
Général d'armée: Bruno Cuche
Amiral de Lachenbourg: Gabriel Bléhaut

II. Basic Statistics:

Military Age: 17 years of age with consent for voluntary military service
Availability: 15,112,577
Fit For Service: 13,676,509
Reaching Military Age Annually: 401,365
Active Personnel: 259,050
Reserves (Gendarmerie): 100,000

III. Organization:

A. Lachenburgian Army (Armée de Terre): 133,500 Personnel
* Marine troops, composed of:
o Marine Infantry (Infanterie de Marine, includes airborne and light cavalry units)
o Marine Artillery (Artillerie de Marine)
* Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère)
* Armoured Cavalry (arme blindée cavalerie)
* Artillery
* Army Light Aviation (ALAT, or aviation légère de l'armée de terre)
* Military engineers (génie militaire);
* Infantry, including:
o Chasseurs alpins
* Materiel
* Transport
* Transmission
* Commissary
B. Lachenburian Royal Navy (La Royale):
* Naval Action Force (Force d'Action Navale)
* Submarine Forces (Sous-marines forces)
* Naval Air Command (Aviation Navale)
* FORFUSCO (Fusiliers de Marine / Commandos de Marine)
* Coast Guard / Naval Reserve (Gendarmerie Navale)
C. Lachenburgian Air Force (Armée de l'Air):
* Surveillance and Communications Command (CASSIC)
* Strategic air command (CFAS)
* Tactical air command
[More to come]

[Reserved for Diplomatic Relations]

OK-Cote D'ivoire Official Communique

We would be most honored to exchange embassies with your great nation.
We are interested in finding a "Patron Nation" That would aid us in the utilization of our resources and help bring us out of our third world status.

President
Laurent GBAGBO

To the Honourable Laurent Gbagbo:

His Majesty's Government welcomes the establishment of said relations among our two nations and thus we extend, as per the proper protocols of Diplomatic policy, full Diplomatic relations with that of your nation. In addition, as a nation keen to endow its own prosperity upon those peoples less fortunate than its own, the Kingdom of Lachenburg is more than willing to further discuss matters of Economic Aid and Development at the behest of your representatives.

Signed,

Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Official Transmission from Gründer Industries

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To the Kingdom of Lachenburg
From the Gründer Industries Council of Executives on behalf of the CEO

We at Gründer Industries have expressed great interest in your fair Kingdom, and in an act of friendship we would like to propse a deal. We shall assist in opening mines and factories in your Kingdom, providing you with jobs, and you will promise to use our fine mercenary force in any conflict you become involved in. If Possible, we would like to set up a branch of our corporation in your country under the name of Gründer Industries-Lachenburg which will specialize in manufactured goods and mining technology. We patiently await your offer.

-Gründer Industries Council of Executives

IV. Economics:

GDP - PPP: $2.1677 trillion USD
GDP - Per Capita: $44,633 USD

OOC:
Very good job on your factbook!
But I think you miscalculated your GDP/capita, it should be around $31,508. Just take your GDP (2.1677 trillion) and divide it with your pop (68.8 mil) and it equals 31,508.

OOC:
Very good job on your factbook!
But I think you miscalculated your GDP/capita, it should be around $31,508. Just take your GDP (2.1677 trillion) and divide it with your pop (68.8 mil) and it equals 31,508.

OOC: That figure was actually just the average of France's, Switzerland's, and Luxembourg's RL GDP per capita's. I did not know that I had to undergo a specific method to determine GDP per capita and, if need be, I'll edit it.

OOC: That figure was actually just the average of France's, Switzerland's, and Luxembourg's RL GDP per capita's. I did not know that I had to undergo a specific method to determine GDP per capita and, if need be, I'll edit it.

OOC: Yeah, per capita means per person. So, your GDP per capita is your GDP / your total population. It's ok, I thought you were supposed to do it the way you did it too until I looked it up.

To the Gründer Industries Council of Executives:

As a nation which rigidly adheres to the principles of the Free-Market, the Kingdom of Lachenburg welcomes any and all investments from burgeoning enterprises, whether domestic or foreign. Thus, so long as said industries comply with Lachenburg's standards of labor, saftey, and finance, they are fully permitted to compete in our nation's 21st Century economic environment.

Signed,

Thierry Breton
Controller-General of Finances

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Official Diplomatic Communique

The Kingdom of Donaghadee would like an embassy exchange with your country

To the Gründer Industries Council of Executives:

As a nation which rigidly adheres to the principles of the Free-Market, the Kingdom of Lachenburg welcomes any and all investments from burgeoning enterprises, whether domestic or foreign. Thus, so long as said industries comply with Lachenburg's standards of labor, saftey, and finance, they are fully permitted to compete in our nation's 21st Century economic environment.

Signed,

Thierry Breton
Controller-General of Finances

[SEAL]

We are pleased to see your welcoming of us within your nation, and we are happy to say that Gründer Industries-Lachenburg is a go. See our Website (My Factbook) to observe the benefits of this venture.

Official Diplomatic Communique

The Kingdom of Donaghadee would like an embassy exchange with your country

To the Court of the Kingdom of Donaghadee:

His Majesty's Government shall facilitate such an exchange, and with it, initiates the extension of full Diplomatic relations between said Kingdom and the Kingdom of Lachenburg. Arrangements shall be made to establish an Embassy of His Majesty's Government within the Kingdom of Donaghadee shortly.

Signed,

Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Official Imperial Message

The Imperial Kingdom wishes to engage in an embassy exchange with you in order to help build relationships outside of our own area of influence.

Communiqué officiel du Royaume de Lachenbourg:

His Majesty's Government shall facilitate such an exchange, and with it, initiates the extension of full Diplomatic relations between the Imperial Kingdom and the Kingdom of Lachenburg. Arrangements shall be made to establish an Embassy of His Majesty's Government within the Imperial Kingdom of Gataway shortly.

Signed,

Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Communiqué officiel du Cote D'Ivoire

(In French our nations diplomatic language)

In an effort to increase our nation's economy and build relations with like language nations. We propose a economic trade aggreement from our Food product industries.

We Have
Cocoa (#1 world producer), Coffee(#1 World Producer), Pineapples, Palm oil,fish

We would enjoy the ability to trade with you.

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In todays world, good relations with each other are vital to maintaining stability. With that in mind, we would like to request permission to establish an embassy in your capital.

In return, we are willing to allow you a plot in London and Brussels for an Embassy and Consulate respectively.

Yours,

Camille Lafayet
International Affairs Secretary

Designated Ambassador: Allen Thompson

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To Bernard Kouchner,

We would like at least cordial relations with our Northern Neighbours and therefore request that we exchange embassies. You can have one in Barca if you wish.
Signed,
Commissioner Modesto Vega

To the Honorable Laurent Gbagbo:

The Kingdom of Lachenburg is certainly interested in the potential benefits of said Economic Trade Agreement for both parties and shall thus endorse its creation; however, as details regarding the goods and services desired to be exchanged, the amount & cost of said products exchanged per annum, as well as the duration of said Agreement have yet to be firmly established, we await further clarification before moving forward.

Signed,

Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign Affairs

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To the Honorable Camille Lafayet:

His Majesty's Government, after limited debate, has agreed unanimously to the establishment of permanent Diplomatic Relations between that of the Kingdom of Lachenburg and your peaceful nation. Your representatives are welcome to establish a base of operations within Paris' famed La Défense Quarter. Furthermore, arrangements shall be made to establish an Embassy of His Majesty's Government within the boundaries of London as soon as possible.

Signed,

Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign Affairs

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To the Honorable Modesto Vega:

His Majesty's Government shall facilitate such an exchange, and with it, initiates the extension of full Diplomatic relations between your nation and the Kingdom of Lachenburg. Arrangements shall be made to establish an Embassy of His Majesty's Government within the Republic* of Honako shortly.

Signed,

Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign Affairs

OOC: *Honako, I apologize, but I'm afraid I don't know your nation's official title (I understand it is some sort of Socialist establishment). Assuming it was some type of "Republic" seemed the safest option to me.

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Official Diplomatic Message
[Written in French as that seems to be a common language between our countries.]

The Naashan Canadian Union would like to open diplomatic relations between our nations with an embassy exchange. We invite you to establish an embassy in Ottawa (and a consulate in Toronto if you wish) and respectfully request an embassy in Paris.

Communiqué officiel du Royaume de Lachenbourg:

His Majesty's Government, after limited debate, has agreed unanimously to the establishment of permanent Diplomatic Relations between that of the Kingdom of Lachenburg and your peaceful nation. Your representatives are welcome to establish a base of operations within Paris' famed La Défense Quarter. Furthermore, arrangements shall be made to establish an Embassy of His Majesty's Government within the boundaries of Ottawa as soon as possible.

Signed,

Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign Affairs

OOC: It's the Socialist Republic of Honakon, so you were close enough. :)

To the Diplomatic Corps of Royaume de Lachenbourg

From the Foreign Service Offices of the Armed republics of Skibereen

Subject: International Relations

Body:
The Republic seeks to establish full diplomatic ties the Hexagone.

Cultural and Trade to the fullest extent are most welcome.
As well, we would seek to establish "Fast Pass" traveling papers for qualified civilians traveling between Austria and your respective regions.

As well as the same for subjects of the Hexagone traveling between your respective regions and Austria.

As well we would make available to your Diplomats the offer to establish their embassy in Austria rather then Iceland.

From the Office of Foreign Services Europe Reykjavík, Iceland
Signed
With Respect
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
President of Iceland

Ministry of Trade Cote D'Ivoire

Cocoa is a 7 billion dollar export.
We would like to do a trade package for

We dont know cost to determine amounts of each we will let you decide how many.
AMX 30 D: repair tank
AMX 30 AuF1: 155 mm self-propelled howitzer
AMX 30 EBG: armoured engineering vehicle
AMX 30 ROLAND: Roland ground-air missile system
AMX 30 EBD: armoured minesweeper
AMX 30 BRENUS MBT: Improved version with reactive armour
Improved version with new onboard computers
Improved version with new onboard computers
Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé or VAB
FAMAS Assault Rifle
Mirage III inteceptor

or any extra aid u might see fit to aid us

To the Honorable Ólafur Grímsson:

His Majesty's Government, after limited debate, has agreed unanimously to the establishment of permanent Diplomatic Relations between that of the Kingdom of Lachenburg and your peaceful nation. Your representatives are welcome to establish a base of operations within Paris' famed La Défense Quarter. Meanwhile, arrangements shall be made to establish an Embassy of His Majesty's Government within the boundaries of Vienna as soon as possible upon your request.

In addition, His Majesty wishes to express his interest in the "Fast Pass" concept proposed by that of your office and shall thus present it to the Chamber of Deputies for their approval with his sanctioned endorsement. Until the results of said proceedings have been made public, all travel between the Kingdom of Lachenburg and the Armed Republic of Skibereen will be processed under established protocols.

Signed,

Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Communiqué officiel du Royaume de Lachenbourg:

In return for domestic goods, including: foodstuffs, cocoa, coffee, and rubber, totaling an equivalent value of €7.35 billion EUR, the Kingdom of Lachenburg, with the approval of the Ministry of Defense, in conjunction with that of the Chamber of Deputies, has approved the following military ordinance be prepared for export to the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire:

GIAT FAMAS F1 Assault Rifle [300,000 Units]
AMX 30 D Repair Vehicle [75 Units]
AMX 30 AuF1 Self-propelled Howitzer [87 Units]
AMX 30 EBG Armoured Engineering Vehicle [75 Units]
AMX 30 ROLAND Ground-air Missile System [102 Units]
AMX 30 EBD Armoured Minesweeper [75 Units]
AMX 30 BRENUS Main Battle Tank [380 Units]
GIAT VAB Armoured Personnel Carrier [311 Units]
Dassault Mirage IIIE Fighter Aircraft [60 Units]
It has been intended that the Agreement last for a total duration of five years, with the final shipment of ordinance scheduled for September of 2012. In the event said goods cannot be provided at set cost, His Majesty's Government is willing to accept a payment of funds (preferably in Euros, although USD is acceptable) for the most recent ordinance provided to off-set the balance. Failure to deliver payment, either in funds or goods, within ten weeks of delivery by either party will result in the immediate termination of said Agreement, incurring with it an additional €1.7 billion EUR penalty upon the party in violation.

If deemed necessary by the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, an additional €5 billion EUR in aid is available for use at your behest, financed in part by both CreditSuisse, Lachenburg's largest private Banking entity, as well as the Banque de Lachenbourg in the form of long-term, low interest loans.

We certainly hope these terms are acceptable and eagerly await your reply.

Signed,

Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Communiqué officiel du Cote D'Ivoire

We Accept the agreement and are pleased to add you as a trade partner.
We also would agree to the Long Term AID/Loan as we are begining a project in both San Pedro and Abidjan to reconstruct our ailing ports. We expect a long future of growth and trade.

President
Laurent GBAGBO

Minister of Trade
Pierre MUGATU

To: Bernard Kouchner, Foreign Minister of Lachenburg

I send this message on behalf of two departments, my own of the foreign ministry and on orders from the Jaredcohenian Air Force.

First, I would like to extend a peaceful arm and request an embassy exchange between our two nations. Both of us share a common language branch as Romance language speakers, but that has nothing to do with embassies. So please write back if you would like to exchange embassies.

On a second note, my nation would like to purchase variants of the Dassault Rafale aircraft from the corporation. We would like the following:

100 x Rafale M
100 x Rafale C
6 x Rafale B

Of course, if you would give us a limited/full production right to the Rafale M, C, or B it would be very generous.

Please contact me back and thank you,

José Salazar
Foreign Minister
The Union of Jaredcohenia

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ATTN YOU

To: Bernard Kouchner, Foreign Minister of Lachenburg

I send this message on behalf of two departments, my own of the foreign ministry and on orders from the Jaredcohenian Air Force.

First, I would like to extend a peaceful arm and request an embassy exchange between our two nations. Both of us share a common language branch as Romance language speakers, but that has nothing to do with embassies. So please write back if you would like to exchange embassies.

On a second note, my nation would like to purchase variants of the Dassault Rafale aircraft from the corporation. We would like the following:

100 x Rafale M
100 x Rafale C
6 x Rafale B

Of course, if you would give us a limited/full production right to the Rafale M, C, or B it would be very generous.

Please contact me back and thank you,

José Salazar
Foreign Minister
The Union of Jaredcohenia

To the Honorable José Salazar:

His Majesty's Government shall facilitate such an exchange, and with it, initiates the extension of full Diplomatic relations between your nation and the Kingdom of Lachenburg. Arrangements shall be made to establish an Embassy of His Majesty's Government within the Union of Jaredcohenia shortly.

As per your request for Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft, the extention of limited production rights shall be brought under consideration by members of both His Majesty's Government as well as the Dassault-Breguet aviation firm for their approval. If granted, a contract shall be provided detailing the aforementioned proposal.

Signed,

Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Offical Diplomatic Communique

The Kingdom of Donaghadee requests an exchange of embassies with your great nation. This will no doubt be of great use to relations between our Governents.

Kingdom of Donaghadee Foreign Office

Official Diplomatic Communique

The Kingdom of Donaghadee would like an embassy exchange with your country

OOC: You already have.

ooc sorry i need to update my factbook:eek:

We formally invite Giat Corporation Famas division a new factory to be built in our country in africa with our growth in our new merger with Burkina Faso we see dynamic economic stability.

OOC: when will I know if I can get PRs to the Rafales?