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Official Information Compendium on the Confederacy of Eastern Asian States

Index:
§ 1 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14050592&postcount=2) - Geography
§ 2 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14050688&postcount=3) - Economy
§ 3 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14050688&postcount=4) - History
§ 4 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14050688&postcount=5) - Military
§ 5 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14050688&postcount=6) - Government and Political Structure
§ 6 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14050688&postcount=7) - People and Population
§ 7 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14050688&postcount=8) - Communications

Geography
Relative location: South of Russia, north of Australia

Absolute location: Beijing (capital) @ 39.9°N, 116.4°E
Northernmost point: Lake Uvs, Mongolia @ 50.18°N, 92.42°E
Easternmost point: Cape Nosappu @ 43.22°N, 145.49°E
Westernmost point: Wuqia, Xinjiang @ 39.15°N, 73.33°E
Southernmost point: Sanya, Hainan @ 18.15°N, 109.30°E

Area: ~11,840,000 square kilometres

Comparative area: Twenty-eight percent of the Asian continent; one hundred and fifteen percent of the area of Europe

Terrain: Plateaus and mountains to the west, tending towards lower lands in the east

Climate: Arctic winters and over-thirty-degree summers in the west, tending towards temperate in the east

Natural resources: Coal and iron ore in the northwestern counties

Environmental issues: Pollution from fossil fuels tending towards the upper extreme in the west

Economy
Gross domestic product: ¥2,053,942,084,987,500

GDP per capita: ¥1,320,014

Population below poverty line: 12.5%

Unemployment rate: 4.1%

Income tax rate: 21.1%

Household income consumption percentage share: Lowest 10%: 3.8%; highest 10%: 33.7%

Inflation rate: 15.23%

Labour force: ~900,000,000

Currency: Confederate yuan; switchover to eeasio by 2015

Currency code: CFY

Exchange rate: ¥306.30 = one World Assembly standard unit

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

History
The history of the modern Confederacy begins on July 21, 2008, when the rebel government group 真正的视线 ('True Sight' in Confederate Chinese) was founded, quickly becoming massively popular yet managing to remain secret. By December 2008, it had a cadre of agents in every Eastern Asian government, and on March 10, 2009, it pressed what was basically the equivalent of a large, red, unprotected button marked 'Destabilise'. At this point, every government in the area collapsed, mostly through economic concerns, leadership assassinations en masse, or uprisings.

The People's Republic of China, just beginning to adopt an expansionist policy, regarded this as the perfect opportunity to show off its military; thanks to True Sight efforts, however, it could only afford to deploy approximately one quarter of the military for stabilisation purposes - the rest of the military was tied up fighting off well-organised civilian vigilante groups funded by a number of ideological capitalists and socialists alike working with True Sight. While the People's Liberation Army was overstretched, True Sight forces struck Beijing, taking over from the government immediately - by June, thanks to well-funded propaganda efforts managed by cooperative yet mercenary propagandists, the new Confederacy of Eastern Asian States was the accepted legitimate government for all of Eastern Asia, and a very popular administration internally.

By September, the Confederacy was ready to face the rest of the world, and then-Foreign Affairs Director Hui Liu made the first move, broadcasting the Confederacy's existence loudly via an email sent through a mailing list of unprecedented size.

Military
Branches:
Confederate Eastern Asian Land Forces (Confederate Chinese: 东亚邦联土地部队 - Confederate Japanese: アジア土地東部連合軍)
Confederate Eastern Asian Navy (Confederate Chinese: 东亚邦联海军 - Confederate Japanese: アジア東部連合海軍)
Confederate Eastern Asian Air Force (Confederate Chinese: 东亚邦联空军 - Confederate Japanese: アジアの東南部連合空軍)

Manpower: 23,700,000

Percentage of total population: 0.15%

Expenditures: ¥65,708,425,530,000

Expenditures as a percentage of GDP: 3.1%

Annual nationals reaching military age: 22,700,000

Manpower fit for military service: 679,000,000

Government and Political Structure
Country name:
Long form: Confederacy of Eastern Asian States
Short form: Eastern Confederacy
Common reference: Eastasia

Government type: Federal republic

Capital city: Beijing (北京)

Administrative divisions in reverse order of size: Province; prefecture; county; district; township

Major cities:
Beijing (北京)
Hong Kong (香港)
Tokyo (东京 or 東京)
Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima (我们的法蒂玛圣母堂)
Ulan Bator (乌兰巴托)
Pyongyang (平壤 or 평양)
Seoul (汉城 or 서울)
Taipei (台北)

Date of founding: March 10, 2009

National holiday: Confederation Day - March 10

Constitution: Publishing difficulties prevent the Constitution from being displayed in this Short Guide at this time.

Legal system: Basic code of law prohibiting those crimes that directly interfere with another's ability to enjoy life for a significant period of time, "significant" being up to the judge.

Suffrage: Males and females over eighteen years of age.

Confederate Executive structure:
Executive Office
Directorate of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Confederate Quarantine and Inspection Service
Attorney-General's Directorate
Civil Justice and Legal Services Group
National Security and Criminal Justice Group
Information and Knowledge Services Group
Corporate Services Group
Financial Services Group
Directorate of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Confederate Reference Library
Directorate of Climate Change
Directorate of Defence
Capability Development Group
Chief Finance Officer Group
Chief Information Officer Group
Defence Materiel Organisation
Defence Science and Technology Organisation
Defence Support Group
Intelligence, Security and International Policy Group
Joint Operations Command
People Strategies and Policy Group
Strategy, Coordination and Governance Group
Vice-Chief of the Defence Force Group

Confederate Eastern Asian Land Forces
Confederate Eastern Asian Navy
Confederate Eastern Asian Air Force
Directorate of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Directorate of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Confederate Antarctic Authority
Supervising Scientist Division
Heritage Division
Confederate Parks Authority
Directorate of Families, Housing, and Community Services
Directorate of Finance and Deregulation
Directorate of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Confederate Agency for International Development
Confederate Trade Commission
Confederate Secret Intelligence Service
Confederate Export Credit Agency
Directorate of Health and Ageing
Directorate of Human Services
Confederate Service Delivery Agency
Confederate Health Insurance Commission
Confederate Child Support Agency
Confederate Hearing Services Authority
Directorate of Immigration and Citizenship
Directorate of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Confederate Infrastructure Authority
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
Confederate Transport Safety Bureau
Confederate Office of Transport Security
Directorate of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Directorate of the President, Vice-President and Cabinet
Directorate of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Directorate of the Treasury
Fiscal Group
Macroeconomic Group
Revenue Group
Markets Group
Corporate Services Division
Directorate of Veterans' Affairs
Confederate War Memorial
Armed Forces Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission
Office of War Graves
Repatriation Commission
Repatriation Medical Authority
Service Delivery Arrangements Review
Specialist Medical Review Council
Veterans' Review Board
Veterans' Counselling Service



Confederate Judicial Service order of precedence:
Confederate High Court
Confederate Provincial Courts
Confederate Prefectural Courts
Confederate County Courts
Confederate District Courts
Confederate Township Courts

Legislature: Confederate Parliament - a thirty-eight-member unicameral legislature with four members from each province. Directors are elected from among Members of Parliament.

Political parties, from left to right:
Interprovincial Communist Party (far-left)
Workers' and Labourers' Party (mid-left)
Democracy Prevalent (near-left)
Confederate Peace and Stability Party (centrist)
Confederate Liberal-Conservative Party (near-right)
Confederate Party against Compromise (mid-right)
Confederate Pride and Strength Party (far-right)

International organisation participation: World Assembly observer

World Assembly category: New York Times democracy

People and Population
Total population: 1,555,000,575

Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.13125%
15-64 years: 70.445%
65 years and over: 10.41250%

Average age: 38

Population growth rate: 1.02%

Net migration rate: 4.1 migrants per thousand population

Nationality: Eastern Asian

Languages: Confederate Standard Mandarin Chinese; Confederate Standard Japanese

Communications
Country code: EAC

Number of televisions: 592,907,000

Number of land lines: 459,557,000

Number of mobile phones: 743,762,000

Number of radios: 572,830,000

Radio broadcast stations:
847 AM stations
865 FM stations
122 shortwave stations


Major radio broadcasters:
China Provincial and International Radio Service
Radio Television Hong Kong
NHK Radio / NHK-FM
Radio Macau
Inner Mongolia Radio
Radio North Korea
South Korean Broadcasting System
Radio Taiwan International

Major television broadcasters:
China Central Television
Television Broadcasts Limited
Nippon News Network
Japan News Network
Teledifusão de Macau
Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System
North Korean Central Television
South Korean Broadcasting System
Confederate Taiwan Broadcasting

Major internet service providers:
Hong Kong Broadband Network
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau SARL
Boldsoft

Internet country-code top-level domain:
.ea