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ESR Factbook - Bungussi and Djanvallaland

Bungussi-Djanvallaland
06-05-2008, 07:24
The Republic of Bungussi and Djanvallaland

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"Exemplo Ducemus"

History

Consisting primarily of former French colonial territory plus Spanish Guinea, the modern Republic of Bungussi and Djanvallaland is still dominated by a white elite. British support for Free French operations in the Second World War brought a limited return to the region for English speakers, and in the years after the war English settlers and others from around the British Empire began to take up residence on the coast as France struggled to recover from the war and neither France nor Spain sunk significant resources into their Equatorial African possessions.

The German invasion of France in the late 1960s corresponded with Spanish abandonment of its African holding, and the collapse of French power inspired wealthy Anglo-Saxon settlers to issue a unilateral declaration of independence in 1971.

Initially the Djanvalla Republic covered coastal territory from the border with the Cabinda enclave in the south to the former Spanish Equatorial territory in the north, but an invasion of the newly independent Equatorial Guinea was almost immediate. With the world's attention on France and the Netherlands, again falling under the domination of an aggressive Germany, the Djanvalla victory was swift and little noticed.

Following France's final defeat, the status of that nation's African colonies, many now isolated by the creation of an independent Djanvalla Republic, was unclear. To avert German intervention in the hinterland, the Djanvalla Republic turned its forces east, even accepting French and Dutch expatriot help in securing what is now called Bungussi.

Political and Diplomatic Overview

The Republic of Bungussi and Djanvallaland calls itself a democracy, but continues to practice racial segregation. A white minority of around one million in an estimated population of 6,005,609 dominates the nation's agriculture, industry, commerce, military, and international diplomacy, and a system of dual representation is in place. White and black elections are held, while other minorities, including several thousand Indians, are totally disenfranchised.

While black representatives have nominal power in various rural seats and slum districts, their mandate is weak and rampant poverty makes corruption endemic. The white establishment uses this perception of failure to justify further paternalism and points to low voter turn-out at black elections (not above 26% since the turn of the century) compared with white votes (over 60%) when arguing that the native neither needs nor desires sophisticated [democratic] government.

On the other hand, Kircherstadt (the Republican capital, formerly Libreville) views itself as a just and upstanding member of the international community, and has still refused to recognise German sovereignty in France and the Netherlands. Franco-Dutch exiles constitute a large part of the white population, and governments-in-exile are supported by the Republic, which officially anticipates an end to German occupation and a return to the prior status quo at some unspecified point in the future.
Bungussi-Djanvallaland
07-05-2008, 07:01
Facts and Figures

Geography

Location: Western Africa, boardering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator
Area: 637,718 sq.km
Comparative: Almost the size of France
Climate: Tropical, hot, humid
Terrain: Volcanic islands, coastal plain, savanna in parts of east, hilly interior
Elevation Extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m, highest point: Pico Basilé 3,008 m
Natural Resources: petroleum, natural gas, gold, diamonds, uranium, copper, iron, bauxite, lead, zinc, tantalum, niobium, phosphates, magnesium, manganese, potash, sand and gravel, clay, timber, hydropower
Natural Hazards: Flooding, windstorms

People

Population: 6,005,000 (Jan. 2008 estimate)
HIV/AIDS Rate: 1.5%
People living with HIV/AIDS: 90,000
Nationality: Djanvalla, Bungussi
Ethnicity: Bantu, Kongo, other African, European including mainly French, English, Dutch, some Spanish
Religion: Christian, mainly Roman Catholic; animist, some Muslim
Languages: English (language of government, commerce, diplomacy), French, Spanish (official), many Bantu and other African languages common

Economy

PPP GDP: US$59.75bln (2007 estimate)
PPP GDP Per Capita: US$9,950 (2007 estimate)
Real Growth Rate: 7%
Agricultural Products: cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, cassava (tapioca), bananas, rice, corn, peanuts, vegetables, yams, livestock, timber, fish
Oil Proved Reserves: 4.5bln barrels
Natural Gas Proved Reserves: 135bln cu m
Bungussi-Djanvallaland
08-05-2008, 08:52
Diplomacy

The Republic has many detractors in the international community, put-off by Kircherstadt's racial policies.

Still, Bungussi and Djanvallaland has significant trade relations with the Austrian Empire and the Pan Oceanic Alliance amongst others, and the nation's status as one of Africa's richest nations and control of natural resources including oil, gas, gold, diamonds, uranium, and timber make it harder to ignore.
Bungussi-Djanvallaland
08-05-2008, 09:13
Defence

Overview

Personnel: 56,000 (40,000 Army, Air Force 8,000, Navy 8,000)
Budget: US$2.9bln (2007 estimate)
Aircraft: 160 (125 Air Force, of which 60 combat jets including Mirage III, Mirage 5 variants)
Tanks: 120
Honako
08-05-2008, 20:47
OOC: Sorry if I'm cutting in with you. Though I'm the neighbourhood terrorist sponsorer, not that I've done much yet... ;)

India, under the National Order for India (NOI) was widely perceived as a quite xenophobic, and some might say anti-Western. They welcomed people of the white race of course, and were quite morally correct since the death of former leader Visha Patel who many feared quietly held views like Mugabe's regime, but they were fed up in this world of seeing the black man on trodden on, and thought in one case they would care little if it was flipped-reversed. Bungussi-Djanvallaland was that such nation. They had done some mild investing into revolutionary black armies in the country before (OOC: you can shoot me down on this, its up to you whether you allow that in your history), but the Indian terrorism task force felt it was time to go more serious. In the 21st century the idea that a nation like Bungussi-Djanvallaland was around sickened them, and even more that it was supported by the "white supremacist" Austrians in Europe.

And so, the Terrorism Task Force aligned itself secretly to any black underground movements, but they this time, in dead secret of course using their intelligence resources in the nation, looked out for organized groups, so if armed they would know where to target - the government and military. And back home the Generals waited for the call telling them they had found the right organization to fund India's pro-revolution millions into.
Bungussi-Djanvallaland
09-05-2008, 06:07
OOC: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=556339 A new thread that might interest you, Honako. It will start to explain the security situation in the RBD, where white-lead security forces are waging a long-running low-intensity counter insurgency campaign against various black rebel factions.
Bungussi-Djanvallaland
12-05-2008, 04:12
Government

Key Officials

President: Lumboldt Kircher (since 1971)
Prime Minister: Tanneguy Letourneur
Minister of Defence: General Buster Acland