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East India Trade Co.

The EITC (East India Trade Company) is a merchant state, that is ruled by its elite class, merchants, bankers, investors and the like.

The main company is EITC, which is responsible for most of the commerce in the country (Importing\Exporting).

The Vitellians that live on the cities have very high average of consumer spending, mainly due to the citizens high life-style.

The major industries on the cities and their suburbs are ship buildings, commerce (especially naval commerce), arms manufacturing, consumer goods producing.

The major industries on the villages are Agriculture, Cattle, Fishing (on coastal villages), Gold mining and timber logging.

Area: Known as the "Tip of the World", the land has some of the warmest temperatures in the known world. Its plains is filled with grazing animals and streams filled with gold nuggets. Trees are rare, many settlers here build their homes out of Stone and Bricks, with straw roofs. Much of the land is flat, though hills are a common sight in the south of the country.

Info:
Languange: English (British accent on the cities, Russian accent at the villages.)
Government Type: The official leader is the head of state. The real power is in the hands of the merchants and companies.
Nationality: Vitellian.
Currency: Pound - ₤

Natural Resources:
Gold (Moderate)
Timber (Very rare)
Fish (Plenty)
Land Animals (Almost unlimited)
Good land

Statistics:
GDP: ₤7,044,367,800
Area (land): 27,900 km²
Population: 894,450
GDP/c: ₤7,875
Average Life expectancy: 65.2 Years
Population Growth: 0.5%
GDP Growth: 6%
NFP: 230%
Population living below poverty line: 27% (%19 in villages, %8 in cities)
Tax Rate: %35
Consumer Spending: ₤4,025,025,000 (₤4,500 per capita)
Main Exports: Gold, Consumer goods.
Main Imports: Iron, Glass.

Budget:
Government Revenue: ₤2,465,528,730
Administration & Maintenance: ₤300,000,000
Defence Budget: ₤500,000,000
Social Welfare Budget: ₤570,000,000
Education: ₤480,000,000
Law & Order: ₤400,000,000
Surplus: ₤302,428,730

EITC Armed Forces: (Total 32,000 men)


EITC Army:

The EITC land army is under the control of EITC, and is well equiped army numbering 10,000 men. Its small, but well equiped and well trained army. The army commander is Sir. Edward Jones, which is also major stockholder on EITC. The EITC Land Army is divided into ten divisions (one thousand soldiers each), nine are normal infantry divisions, and the last one is the famous 'Hawk Infantry' division. The EITC land army main use is mainly defensive, altough time to time it also makes attacks on bandits or petty rebels. The army just recently began using his first machine gun, Renter G (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_M1910_Maxim).

The EITC land army standard equipment is:

Pistol - Weffer Revolver Mk.2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webley_Revolver)

Standard Rifle - Venneir Mk.3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee-Enfield)

Shotgun – Bemar Renali Model V (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Auto-5)

Uniform – Standard Uniform (http://www.dgwauctioneers.com/photo/061607%20004.jpg)\Officer Uniform (http://www.replicaters.com/ww1German%20Army/ww1%20german%20tunic%20gold.jpg)

EITC Navy:

The EITC navy is under the control of EITC, and is the biggest part of the entire armed forces, comprising 18,000 men. Like the army, its small but well equiped. The massive shipbuilding industry in Vetalia provides the navy with top-tech ships, and a lot of experienced sailors. Big part of the navy soldiers are former fisherman or port workers. The navy commander is Sir. Jack Sparrow, which is majority stockholder on the EITC. The navy main propose is to combat piracy and keep Vetalia shores safe. 16,000 of the men are sailors and shipworkers, and 2,000 are forming two naval infantry divisions.

The EITC standard naval soldier carries the Venneir Mk.3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee-Enfield) rifle and Weffer Revolver Mk.2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webley_Revolver) . a sailor carries only the Weffer Revolver Mk.2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webley_Revolver) .

EITC Airforce:

The EITC Airforce is under the control of the EITC, and is the smallest part of the entire armed forces, comprising 4,000 men. The airforce is like the other parts of the armed forces, small but well equiped and well trained, however its still developing. There is not a big aircraft manufacturing industry in Vetalia, and the airforce uses mainly the Wexter Mercury III aircraft. As opposed to other branches of the armed forces, the EITC airforce isn't commanded by EITC shareholder, but rather by founder of "W.W. Aviation Co.", William Wexter. The airforce mainly do patrol tasks above the skies of Vetalia, but they are also used occasionaly for bombing. There are two hundred aircraft in the airforce, four hundred pilots, and three thousand six hundred maintenace men.

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