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LEBANESE AUSTRALIA FACTBOOK

Introduction

Lebanese Australia was founded in 2010, after the overthrow of the Australia First government elected in 2008, by an Islamic and Arab revolt triggered by the sinking of a passenger boat carrying Arab refugees from the Great Lebanese-Syrian War of 2009, in which more than two million Lebanese were killed.

Geography

Location:

Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean

Geographic coordinates:

27 00 S, 133 00 E

Map references:

Oceania

Area:

total: 7,686,850 sq km
land: 7,617,930 sq km
water: 68,920 sq km
note: includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island

Area - comparative:

slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states
Land boundaries:

0 km
Coastline:

25,760 km
Maritime claims:

territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Climate:

generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north

Terrain:

mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast

Elevation extremes:

lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m
highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m

Natural resources:

bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum

Land use:

arable land: 6.15% (includes about 27 million hectares of cultivated grassland)
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 93.81% (2005)

Irrigated land:

25,450 sq km (2003)

Natural hazards:

cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires

Environment - current issues:

soil erosion from overgrazing, industrial development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; soil salinity rising due to the use of poor quality water; desertification; clearing for agricultural purposes threatens the natural habitat of many unique animal and plant species; the Great Barrier Reef off the northeast coast, the largest coral reef in the world, is threatened by increased shipping and its popularity as a tourist site; limited natural fresh water resources

Environment - international agreements:

party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

Geography - note:

world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; population concentrated along the eastern and southeastern coasts; the invigorating sea breeze known as the "Fremantle Doctor" affects the city of Perth on the west coast, and is one of the most consistent winds in the world

People

Population:

30,000,000 (August 2007 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 19.3%
15-64 years: 67.4%
65 years and over: 13.2% (2007 est.)
Median age:

total: 37.1 years
male: 36.3 years
female: 38 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.824% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:

12.02 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:

7.56 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:

3.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.049 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.017 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.794 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 4.57 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 80.62 years
male: 77.75 years
female: 83.63 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.76 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

14,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:

less than 200 (2003 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Leb
adjective: Lebanese Australian
Ethnic groups:

Leb 60%, White 25%, Aboriginal 10%, African 4%, Other 1%

Religions:

Muslim (45%), Christian (40%), Jewish (3%), Other (12%) (2008 Census)

Languages:

English (67%), Lebanese (74%), Chinese (2%), other (43%) (2008 Census)

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2008 est.)

Culture

Lebanese Australians ("Lebs") generally do not wear traditional Arabic garb or hijab, but dress much the same as black Americans, in baggy trousers and T-shirts with crude sayings. Leb men often wear chains around their necks.

Lebs enjoy playing ghetto and gangsta rap at high volume, driving pimpmobile-style cars, playing soccer, and pack-raping white women.

When Lebs speak English, they generally use "f" instead of "th."


Government

Country name:

conventional long form: Commonwealth of Lebanese Australia
conventional short form: Lebanese Australia

Government type:

federal parliamentary democracy

Capital:

name: Sydney
geographic coordinates: 33 52 06 S, 151 12 31 E
time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in October; ends last Sunday in March
note: Lebanese Australia is divided into three time zones

Administrative divisions:

6 states and 2 territories*; Australian Capital Territory*, New South Wales, Northern Territory*, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Dependent areas:

Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island, Macquarie Island

Independence:

1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies)

National holiday:

Australia Day, 26 January (1788); ANZAC Day (commemorated as the anniversary of the landing of troops of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I at Gallipoli, Turkey), 25 April (1915), Lebanese Independence Day, 26 November (1941)

Constitution:

19 July 2008 effective 1 January 2010

Legal system:

based on English common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Suffrage:

14 years of age; universal and compulsory

Executive branch:

chief of state: Lebanese President Hassan NASRALLAH (since 24 November 2008)
head of government: Prime Minister Muhammad FARAK (since 6 July 2009)
cabinet: prime minister nominates, from among members of Parliament, candidates who are subsequently sworn in by the governor general to serve as government ministers
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition is sworn in as prime minister by the governor general
note: government coalition - Liberal Party and National Party
Legislative branch:

bicameral Federal Parliament consists of the Senate (76 seats; 12 members from each of the six states and 2 from each of the two mainland territories; one-half of state members are elected every three years by popular vote to serve six-year terms while all territory members are elected every three years) and the House of Representatives (150 seats; members elected by popular preferential vote to serve terms of up to three-years; no state can have fewer than 5 representatives)
elections: Senate - last held 9 October 2004 (next to be held no later than June 2008); House of Representatives - last held 9 October 2004 (next to be called no later than November 2007)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Liberal Party-National Party coalition 39, Islamic Values Party 14, Australian Labor Party 8, National Socialist Party 6, Australian Greens 4, Democrats 4, Family First Party 1; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Liberal Party-National Party coalition 87, Australian Labor Party 60, independents 3

Judicial branch:

High Court (the chief justice and six other justices are appointed by the governor general)
Political parties and leaders:

Australian Democrats [Lyn ALLISON]; Leb Greens [Bob BROWN]; Australian Labor Party [Kevin RUDD]; Country Liberal Party [Jodeen CARNEY]; Family First Party [Steve FIELDING]; Liberal Party [John Winston HOWARD]; The Nationals [Mark VAILE]
International organization participation:

ANZUS, APEC, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OECD, OPCW, Paris Club, PCA, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNMIS, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Diplomatic representation in the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador Dennis J. RICHARDSON
chancery: 1601 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
telephone: [1] (202) 797-3000
FAX: [1] (202) 797-3168
consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
Diplomatic representation from the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador Robert D. McCALLUM, Jr.
embassy: Moonah Place, Yarralumla, Canberra, Lebanese Australian Capital Territory 2600
mailing address: APO AP 96549
telephone: [61] (02) 6214-5600
FAX: [61] (02) 6214-5970
consulate(s) general: Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
Flag description:

Shaped like the continent, but the top and bottom third painted red and the middle third painted white, with a Cedrus libani tree in the centre, and the English words, "Under New Managment" surrounding the C. libani.

Economy

Economy - overview:

Lebanese Australia has an enviable Western-style capitalist economy with a per capita GDP on par with the four dominant West European economies. Robust business and consumer confidence and high export prices for raw materials and agricultural products are fueling the economy. Lebanese Australia's emphasis on reforms, low inflation, and growing ties with China are other key factors behind the economy's strength. Drought and strong import demand pushed the trade deficit up in recent years, although the trade balance improved in 2006. Housing prices probably peaked in 2005, diminishing the prospect that interest rates would be raised to prevent a speculative bubble. Conservative fiscal policies have kept Lebanese Australia's budget in surplus since 2002.


GDP (purchasing power parity):

$674.6 billion (2006 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):

$644.7 billion (2006 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:

2.7% (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):

$33,300 (2006 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 3.8%
industry: 26.2%
services: 70% (2005 est.)
Labor force:

10.66 million (2006 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 21.2%
services: 75.2% (2004 est.)
Unemployment rate:

4.9% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty line:

NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:

35.2 (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):

3.8% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):

26.8% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:

revenues: $267 billion
expenditures: $258 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.)
Public debt:

14.1% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:

wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits, cattle, sheep, poultry
Industries:

mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel
Industrial production growth rate:

-3.5% (2006 est.)
Electricity - production:

225.3 billion kWh (2004)
Electricity - consumption:

209.5 billion kWh (2004)
Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2004)
Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2004)
Oil - production:

530,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - consumption:

877,300 bbl/day (2004 est.)
Oil - exports:

523,400 bbl/day (2001)
Oil - imports:

530,800 bbl/day (2001)
Oil - proved reserves:

3.664 billion bbl (1 January 2002)
Natural gas - production:

37.03 billion cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:

26.37 billion cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - exports:

10.66 billion cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:

821.2 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)
Current account balance:

-$41.62 billion (2006 est.)
Exports:

$117 billion (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities:

coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
Exports - partners:

Japan 19.6%, China 12.3%, South Korea 7.5%, US 6.2%, India 5.5%, NZ 5.5%, UK 5% (2006)
Imports:

$127.7 billion (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:

machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products
Imports - partners:

China 14.4%, US 14.1%, Japan 9.6%, Singapore 6%, Germany 5.1% (2006)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$48.25 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:

$585.1 billion (30 June 2006 est.)
Economic aid - donor:

ODA, $894 million (FY99/00)
Currency (code):

Leb lira (LL)
Exchange rates:

Leb liras per US dollar - 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002)
Fiscal year:

1 July - 30 June

Communications

Telephones - main lines in use:

11.46 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:

18.42 million (2005)
Telephone system:

general assessment: excellent domestic and international service
domestic: domestic satellite system; much use of radiotelephone in areas of low population density; rapid growth of mobile cellular telephones
international: country code - 61; submarine cables to New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia; satellite earth stations - 19 (10 Intelsat - 4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean, 2 Inmarsat - Indian and Pacific Ocean regions, 2 Globalstar, 5 other) (2005)
Radio broadcast stations:

AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)
Television broadcast stations:

104 (1997)
Internet country code:

.la
Internet hosts:

7.773 million (2006)
Internet users:

14.664 million (2006)

Transportation

Airports:

455 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:

total: 311
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 133
914 to 1,523 m: 143
under 914 m: 13 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 144
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 111
under 914 m: 15 (2006)
Heliports:

1 (2006)
Pipelines:

condensate/gas 546 km; gas 31,323 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 4,808 km; oil/gas/water 110 km (2006)
Railways:

total: 47,738 km
broad gauge: 4,015 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 28,662 km 1.435-m gauge (1,397 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 14,831 km 1.067-m gauge (2,462 km electrified)
dual gauge: 230 km dual gauge (2005)
Roadways:

total: 810,641 km
paved: 336,962 km
unpaved: 473,679 km (2004)
Waterways:

2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2006)
Merchant marine:

total: 53 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,361,000 GRT/1,532,874 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 17, cargo 4, chemical tanker 3, container 1, liquefied gas 4, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 6, roll on/roll off 5
foreign-owned: 17 (Canada 1, France 3, Germany 3, Japan 1, Netherlands 2, Norway 1, Philippines 1, UK 2, US 3)
registered in other countries: 34 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Bahamas 2, Bermuda 3, Fiji 1, Hong Kong 1, Liberia 2, Marshall Islands 2, Netherlands 1, NZ 2, Panama 3, Portugal 1, Singapore 7, Tonga 1, UK 3, US 2, Vanuatu 2) (2006)
Ports and terminals:

Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney

Military

Military branches:

Lebanese Australian Defence Force (LADF): Lebanese Australian Army, Lebanese Australian Navy, Lebanese Australian Air Force, Special Operations Command (2009)
Military service age and obligation:

16 years of age for voluntary service (2009)
Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 4,943,676
females age 16-49: 4,821,264 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 4,092,717
females age 16-49: 3,983,447 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:

males age 16-49: 142,158
females age 16-49: 135,675 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

2.4% (2006)

Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: In a state of declared war with the Blackhelm Confederacy over territorial claims that infringe on Leb territory.

Illicit drugs: Lebanese Australia is one of the world's largest illicit consumers of marijuana.

Lebs enjoy . . . pack-raping white women

This is especially disturbing to the United Socialist States of New Brittonia, and inquires on the Lebanese Australian government's opinion on this.

Signed,
Foreign Minister of the United Socialist States of New Brittonia
Sarah Lynch

"If you take out uncovered meat, and place it outside on the street, or in the garden, or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it, whose fault is it? The cats' or the uncovered meat? The uncovered meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred."

Leb Foreign Ministry

From: Emilian Davout, Foreign Minister
To: Lebanese Australia
Subject: Civil Rights

Following recent statements made by your government it was decided by our top officials to place your country under observation.

While we hold little interest in religion ethnicity or racial origins we care deeply about basic human rights.

We hope that the future may bring cooperation and understanding between our people, but until the stance of your government regarding civil rights changes, we doubt it will be the case.

Emilian Davout.

"If you take out uncovered meat, and place it outside on the street, or in the garden, or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it, whose fault is it? The cats' or the uncovered meat? The uncovered meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred."

Leb Foreign Ministry

Is this or is this not a justification for rape?

Signed,
Foreign Minister of the United Socialist States of New Brittonia
Sarah Lynch

"If you take out uncovered meat, and place it outside on the street, or in the garden, or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it, whose fault is it? The cats' or the uncovered meat? The uncovered meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred."

Leb Foreign Ministry


We beg to differ. It is the cat's fault, if the cat wasn't hungry it wouldn't eat the meat.

Official Londinian Communiqué

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Open Declaration:

The disregard for basic civil and political freedoms shown by Lebanese Australia for their own citizens are appalling. To express our displeasure with Lebanese Australia, we are hereby ceasing all exports of petroleum to their nation.


Celerius quam asparagi cocuntur.

Sincerely,
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The Rt. Hon. James Azzopardi, MP
Consul of British Londinium

Official Message from the office of the First Minister

As a person, I am usually respective of local morals and such. However, a country that not only legalises, but condones such an indecent treatment of honest white women en masse deserves nothing but contempt.

In light of this fact, The Woken Republic of Weccanfeld has also imposed embargoes on Lebanese Australia. We hope this bring to light how disgusting your populace's acts are.

First Minister Joahnanthon Iswald Cromtoan LfL
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Is this or is this not a justification for rape?

Signed,
Foreign Minister of the United Socialist States of New Brittonia
Sarah Lynch

"It is a statement of the instinct of the human male animal to act sexually."

We beg to differ. It is the cat's fault, if the cat wasn't hungry it wouldn't eat the meat.

"It is the instinct of the cat to eat when it is hungry. The person who took out the uncovered meat is responsible."

Official Londinian Communiqué

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Open Declaration:

The disregard for basic civil and political freedoms shown by Lebanese Australia for their own citizens are appalling. To express our displeasure with Lebanese Australia, we are hereby ceasing all exports of petroleum to their nation.


Celerius quam asparagi cocuntur.

Sincerely,
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The Rt. Hon. James Azzopardi, MP
Consul of British Londinium

"We find your statement hypocritical coming from an imperialistic nation that holds those it wants to make its own citizens in internment camps, conditions wherein are like those of the Nazi death camps."

Official Message from the office of the First Minister

As a person, I am usually respective of local morals and such. However, a country that not only legalises, but condones such an indecent treatment of honest white women en masse deserves nothing but contempt.

In light of this fact, The Woken Republic of Weccanfeld has also imposed embargoes on Lebanese Australia. We hope this bring to light how disgusting your populace's acts are.

First Minister Joahnanthon Iswald Cromtoan LfL
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"Rape? A woman shows her body off to lustful, hungry wolves and complains when one of them wants to have sex with her? She should not turn the man on in the first place if she does not wish to have sex."

Leb Foreign Ministry

"It is a statement of the instinct of the human male animal to act sexually."



"It is the instinct of the cat to eat when it is hungry. The person who took out the uncovered meat is responsible."



"We find your statement hypocritical coming from an imperialistic nation that holds those it wants to make its own citizens in internment camps, conditions wherein are like those of the Nazi death camps."



"Rape? A woman shows her body off to lustful, hungry wolves and complains when one of them wants to have sex with her? She should not turn the man on in the first place if she does not wish to have sex."

Leb Foreign Ministry

If the cat didn't have a mouth it wouldn't eat, so cut the cat's jaw off.

If the cat didn't have a mouth it wouldn't eat, so cut the cat's jaw off.

"Do you suggest we amputate the penises of our youth?

Eat pork."

Leb Foreign Ministry

"Do you suggest we amputate the penises of our youth?

Eat pork."

Leb Foreign Ministry

Not at all. Only the of the cats that ate the meat.

Not at all. Only those of the cats that ate the meat.

"This is a very important part of Leb culture, almost as much as our beloved cedars. Besides, it would sharply reduce our birthrate."

Leb Foreign Ministry

Is anarchy also part of your culture? Wait or is it mass murder? Genocide?

"Not anarchy. Simply put, Lebs enjoy pack rape and it would be wrong of us to deny that. We do not condone genocide or mass murder, except of Zionist aggressors."

Leb Foreign Ministry

"It is a statement of the instinct of the human male animal to act sexually."


Is one forgetting that such condonances for rape will just make the man more likely to rape, given that there is little prosecution against rapists. Secondly, we would like to invest 250,000,000 euro in Taekwondo womens self defence courses in Lebanese Australia.

Signed,
Foreign Minister of the United Socialist States of New Brittonia
Sarah Lynch

With the increase in women learning martial arts, the rate of Leb men carrying pistols increases through the roof, as Leb men do not want to go without their pack rapes.

Also, most people who know taekwondo cannot defend against two dozen or more Lebs, even unarmed ones. The result is that more women get hurt, and the hospitals see more action over the coming months.

With the increase in women learning martial arts, the rate of Leb men carrying pistols increases through the roof, as Leb men do not want to go without their pack rapes.

Also, most people who know taekwondo cannot defend against two dozen or more Lebs, even unarmed ones. The result is that more women get hurt, and the hospitals see more action over the coming months.

Why is Leb Australia not arresting these men and putting them in a database so they cannot buy a gun?

Secondly, why are women not buying guns for themselves, also if the men have guns, wouldn't the women dead?

New Brittonia STRONGLY URGES all women to travel in groups, maximizing the effectiveness of TKD against gang rapists.

New Brittonia would like to invese 500,000,000 euro for psychtherapy, both group and individual therapy, for the unseen scars of rape.

We would like to know the legality of the taser in this nation.

"After the Lebs took over Australia from the Stupid White Man, we abolished all white gun control laws which the ZOG established in its panic over the Port Arthur shootings."

Leb Foreign Ministry

"After the Lebs took over Australia from the Stupid White Man, we abolished all white gun control laws which the ZOG established in its panic over the Port Arthur shootings."

Leb Foreign Ministry

You have not answered all of the points that I have made, just one.

Why is Leb Australia not arresting these men, is that they choose not to or is it a lack of forces?

Secondly, why are women not buying guns for themselves, also if the men have guns, wouldn't the women dead?

New Brittonia STRONGLY URGES all women to travel in groups, maximizing the effectiveness of TKD against gang rapists.

New Brittonia would like to invese 500,000,000 euro for psychtherapy, both group and individual therapy, for the unseen scars of rape.

We would like to know the legality of the taser in this nation.

OOC: Ahem. http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=535560&page=5

OOC: Ahem. http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=535560&page=5

OOC: Is that for him or me?

"We abolished ALL gun control laws; the Taser is legal. Some women do travel in groups; this is the cause of much rioting in nightclubs, beaches, and other places where immodestly dressed females congregate."

"We do not arrest the pack rapists as it is a part of our ancient and glorious Leb culture."

Leb Foreign Ministry

OOC: Is that for him or me?

OOC: Its for Lebanese Australia, and I want him to meet my men so he can get his bullets already. The Blackhelm Confederacy will be here any minute!

What is the LA government's position on the free therapy funded by the USS of New Brittonia?

The USS of New Brittonia has given clandestine shipments of weapons to the Lebanese Australian government as part of what we thought was aid in the Blackhelm Confederacy/LA war.

The weapons that we sold are here:
10.00 FAMAS rifles
1.00.00 magazines of 30 45mm NATO rounds
3 Panavia Tornado airplanes
10 Typhoon Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets
10 Westland Lynx helicopters
5 Britten-Norman Islander reconnaissance airplanes


200 L9A1 51 mm Light Mortars
300 FV103 Spartan armoured personnel carriers
300 FV101 Scorpion light tanks
10.00 Mk. 6 Helmets

Price:
50.000.000 Euro


We deeply apologize for that act that we have made, as it eliminated the New Brttonian neutrality in armed conflicts. Although we cannot take the weapons back we will like to justify what we thought were appropriate reasons for the shipments.

1) We assumed that the LA/BC war was a war of aggression and genocide against those of the Muslim faith. We did not know at the time of the rapes that were accepted by the legal system of the LA judiciary. We assumed the LA nation to be a progressive Muslim nation, similar to that of Mustafa Ataturk's Turkey.

2) We thought, and were partially right about that assumption, that the LA military was poorly equipped and would not stand against the strength of a modern military of the BC military. We thought of this as military aid and were wrong about that.


Due to the fact that the LA government accepts the vile act of raping women as a part of their culture, expressed by their Foreign Ministry here,

"We do not arrest the pack rapists as it is a part of our ancient and glorious Leb culture"
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The USS of New Brittonnia does prosecute rapists, rape is a Class I felony which the rapist, when convicted, receives a minimum of 30 years imprisonment, and a maximum of life imprisonment.

With the benefits of 20/20 hindsight, we would not sell weapons to a nation that abuses the human rights of its own people or any nation period. Selling weapons makes Brittonia not neutral, and that is what the Constitution of New Brittonia ordered. We cannot keep the money that LA gave us, so the 50 million Euros will be divided equally into two charities. One is to be as a fund for therapy for all of the women who were raped by the men, the other is to be put in two college scholarships, one for a male and one for a female, to all Lebanese Australians to make an essay over 2.000 words about why rape is wrong and damages the community as a whole. We wish that these weapons may be returned to the USS of New Brittonia so they may be permanently decommissioned, but know that this wish is unrealistic.

The USS of New Brittonia will never more sell or give any weapons away to nations, as this eliminates our status as a neutral nonbelligerent.

I apologize for the horrible act I authorized, and hope that this restores New Brittonia's status as neutral in all armed conflicts and wishes.

Signed,
Prime Minister of the United Socialist States of New Brittonia and Chief Communard of the Communist Party of New Brittonia
David Flower

"We do not arrest the pack rapists as it is a part of our ancient and glorious Leb culture."

Leb Foreign Ministry

From: Emilian Davout, Foreign Minister.
To: What you call a government,
Subject: Warning.

We are firm believers in the sovereignty of other states and in non-interference in the internal affairs of another. However we are more than willing to make an exception in your case.

We will not give you another warning, this is the last time you are asked to take action against the way your nation treats rapes and rapists.

Do not press us to take action.

Disgusted,
Emilian Davout.

"Rape? A woman shows her body off to lustful, hungry wolves and complains when one of them wants to have sex with her? She should not turn the man on in the first place if she does not wish to have sex."

I would advise you tame these 'wolves', then, for if they are so easily turned on, it is not the woman's fault, it is the desperate men's fault.

"We do not arrest the pack rapists as it is a part of our ancient and glorious Leb culture."

If this practice is as ancient as you say, all the women in your nation would have left many years ago. And also, in my opinion your males are immodestly dressed.

Do not tempt me.

"You ask us to spit on thousands of years of Leb history dating back to the Phoenicians.

You are nothing more than imperialists, like the Zionists or the filthy Syrians who have sought to control our nation from their capitals."

Leb Foreign Ministry

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Official Diplomatic Communiqué

The Technocray joins other nations in condemning these barbaric and cruel cultural practices, and lodges its formal condemnation in the strongest diplomatic language of these continuing acts of violence being perpetrated against women in Lebanese Australia.

We further condemn the actions of the Lebanese Australia government for condoning and supporting such actions and failing to protect the fundmanetal rights and dignity of women in violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and that of justice and basic human decency.

The Technocracy calls upon all nations who respect and defend human rights to condemn the Lebanese Australian government by:

Suspending all diplomatic relations;

Implentation of targetted sanctions to punish individuals in the government of Lebanese Australia;

Enforcement of a total arms embargo against Lebanese Australia;

A boycot of Lebanse Australian goods and services.

The Technocray still hopes for a peaceful and equitable solution to this crisis, but cannot stand by and witness the acts of gross violations of human rights and dignity occuring in Lebanese Australia. The government of Lebanese Australia may end this dispute and crisis at any time by extending equal rights to all its citizens, male and female; prosecution and punishment of rapists; education programs and other measures to end this barbaric cultural practice; agreeing to recognise and uphold international humanitarian law, especially those defending the dignity of women.

The Technocracy closely watches this situation and has referred this matter to the Governing Council of the Free World Alliance. We will announce further actions and measures as neccessary if all of the above conditions are not met by the Lebanese Australian government.

OOC: Its for Lebanese Australia, and I want him to meet my men so he can get his bullets already. The Blackhelm Confederacy will be here any minute!

OOC put on a good show will you ,be sending spy sats to watch it
IC
Imperial see Lebanese Australia as nothing but caveman who need to get brains

OOC: If this is a joke levelled at Lebanese Australians, it is one in poor taste.

If it is not a joke, but rather a reference to Lebanese Australians, then it is in even poorer taste.

If it is a serious philosophical and moral position espoused by you, a Lebanese Australian, while quoting the words of Sheik Hilaly, then I respect your right to have a point of view but revile you for the morally bankrupt position that you generate from it. Your position, if this third instance is correct, does no good to the image of Lebanese Australians in the slightest, either in Australia or anywhere else in the world.

Whichever of the above is correct, I would hold that your words are not appropriate to this forum.

OOC: If this is a joke levelled at Lebanese Australians, it is one in poor taste.

If it is not a joke, but rather a reference to Lebanese Australians, then it is in even poorer taste.

If it is a serious philosophical and moral position espoused by you, a Lebanese Australian, while quoting the words of Sheik Hilaly, then I respect your right to have a point of view but revile you for the morally bankrupt position that you generate from it. Your position, if this third instance is correct, does no good to the image of Lebanese Australians in the slightest, either in Australia or anywhere else in the world.

Whichever of the above is correct, I would hold that your words are not appropriate to this forum.

OOC this kind of poor taste start riots here

OOC: Yeah, Lebanese Australia looks like flamebait to me.

OOC: Yeah, Lebanese Australia looks like flamebait to me.

OOC: If Anything I'm still going to try and institute regime change.

OOC: Yeah, Lebanese Australia looks like flamebait to me.
indeed
OOC: If Anything I'm still going to try and institute regime change.
read the thread started by them asking for aid to fight BC and so on

OOC: Mmmmmmm... granted. Ta for the infusion of common sense.

The Office of the Alfegos Member of the Free World Alliance
Department of Intervention

To: The Government of the Lebanese Australians

The nation of Alfegos is disgusted at its so-called culture of rape.

As a result, the nation of Alfegos has acted by Article 2 of the Intervention paper of the Senate by putting your nation's status to Red.

This means that firstly all of your people in our nation will be given 2 days to leave the country, or will be forcefull deported.

Secondly, all trade with your nation will be suspened.

Thirdly, the senate is now giving you 2 months to stop this appalling practice. If not, military force will be used to change your government for the better.

If you are not at all clear by the definition of military force, this means a force that could take your nation within 2 weeks.

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As well as the above, the free world alliance is currently discussing whether to send in a rapid strike force to cleanse your country of it's corrupt system.

Use your time well, for the benefit of your people.

OoC: It's his nation. Leave him be. He just wants a good RP. As Leb Australia.