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The Principality of Belkaland
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Section 1: Government (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14563031&postcount=2)
Section 2: History (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14563032&postcount=3)
Section 3: Geography (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14563037&postcount=4)
Section 4: Resources & Imports/Exports (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14563040&postcount=5)
Section 5: Military (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14563041&postcount=6)

Full Name: The Principality of Belkaland

Informal Name: Belkaland

Government Type: Principality

Legal System: Procedural law

Monarch: Grand Duke Razgriz H. Demon; Formerly known as Donald von Banks
DoB: 05/18/67
Age: 46
PoB: Stier Castle, Royal City of Stier, Belkaland
Bio:
Born as Donald von Banks, Razgriz is the son of the late Hindreich von Banks and is the current Head of State & Government of the Principality of Belkaland.

Razgriz’s early life was that of a strict setting, he was trained early on in the ways of combat. From the usage of swords to guns to his bare hands, Razgriz was trained to be extremely proficient in all weapons. And not just his body was trained, but his mind as well. It was quickly determined that Razgriz was a sly child and would pull pranks on his tutors, something that was never really stamped out despite numerous attempts. This continued until Razgriz’s 16th birthday when Razgriz was enrolled in the Belkaland Luftwaffe.

Once in the Luftwaffe, Razgriz showed promised as a fighter pilot. He was then placed in the 5th Air Division, 32nd TFS with Captain Thorben ‘Falter’ Rehmer as his flight lead flying F-20A Tigersharks. They were rarely deployed into any ‘hot’ spots as to protect Razgriz, but when the Belkalandian War broke out, his squadron was forced to be deployed. The squadron was initially deployed to more stable fronts in the north, but on October 13, 1987, his squadron was redeployed to chaotic southern front where they participated in Operation: Dynamo, the recapture of the historic city of Tauberg. During the battle, Razgriz shot down 8 confirmed planes and another 3 unconfirmed, however, he lost his flight lead to a friendly fire incident with another member of 32nd TFS. After the battle, Razgriz was reassigned to 8th Air Division, 25th TFS flying the new F-15S/MTD, his flight lead was Col. George S. Hammond, the same man that would later become Razgriz’s Secretary of Defense. Razgriz’s new squadron was never deployed into battle, but rather assigned to defend Belkaland’s top secret military research facility, Avalon Dam, for the rest of the war. However, a month before the end of war with the launch of the V1, Razgriz’s father, Grand Duke Hindreich von Banks died of a heart attack. So Razgriz was forced to retire from the Luftwaffe with a rank of Major and take up his heritance, the title of Grand Duke and all responsibilities that come with it. Upon his crowning as Grand Duke, Razgriz casted off his former name of Donald von Banks and took up his current name of Razgriz H. Demon.

Ever since his crowning, Razgriz has supported the nation as he has seen best and as a result, Belkaland is prospering.


The Executive (The Monarch holds the position of Executive)

• Secretary of State [Detlef Fleisher]
• Secretary of Defense [Maj. Gen. George S. Hammond]
• Secretary of Foreign Relations [Lorenz Riedel]
• Secretary of Homeland Security [Jurgen Maier]
• Secretary of Media [Lord Helmut Schnellinger]
• Secretary of Education
• Secretary of Environment, Rural Sectors, and Agriculture [Meinrad Grimm]
• Secretary of Health [Lord Karl-Heinz Sammer]
• Secretary of Trade [Egon Strauss]
• Secretary of Transportation [Franz Speidel]
• Secretary of Labor [Griswold Veiser]


[B]The Senate

With exactly 100 representatives, 5 for each of Belkaland’s 20 districts, the Senate is responsible for the day-to-day running of Belkaland. The senators are elected every 5 years with a 4 term limit by the people of Belkaland. While it does act as the legislative branch of the government, at no time can it over rule the Grand Duke. It is for that reason that Belkaland is not a Constitutional Monarchy, but a Principality. Currently lead by Lars Gründer, heir to Gründer Industries.


The High Court

The High Courts of Belkaland is the Judiciary Branch of Belkaland. It possesses 7 members, 6 High Judges & 1 Grand Judge. The Court’s duty is to counter the Senate when they step out of bounds, and like the Senate, they can not overrule the Grand Duke.


Known Political Parties

- The Rald Party
An Ultra-Nationalistic party with the aims of expanding Belkaland’s borders, this party is smallest of the two major parties in the Belkalandian Government. Notable members include the SecLabor Griswold Veiser & Senate member Waldemarr Rald, founder of the party.

- The Grey Party
A corporate party with the purpose of expanding the influence of corporations, the Grey Party is ruled by a group of men which the party takes its name from, the Grey Men. The Grey Party is the larger of the two major parties in Belkaland. Notable members include the SedMedia Lord Helmut Schnellinger, SecTrade Egon Strauss, and Senate leader Lars Gründer.

- The Union Party
A Liberal Party who seeks to maximize individual liberty, they desire to see the Principality of Belkaland change to a democracy and the Grand Duke thrown out of power. However, due to the popularity of the Grand Duke, such a change is not likely and they hold only 2 seats on the Senate.


Embassies

Belkaland Has Embassies In The Following Nations:
The Glorious Republic of Neo-Erusea
The Holy Empire of Osea 747

The Following Nations Have Embassies In Belkaland:
Confederacy of Birkaine
United Socialist States of Strovlanistan
The Glorious Republic of Neo-Erusea
The Holy Empire of Osea
Allied States of Jalanat
The Western United Democratic States of the Soundgardens
The Republic of the Battlehawk
The Republic of Hirdonia
The Arnhem Federation
The Republic of the Emmerian Unions
The Dominion of Eternus Australis
The Holy Empire of Rolling Dead
The Aromatic Republic of Chateau Chevalier
The Commonwealth of Jacobiania
The Republic of Asiom

The Belkalandian-Birkainian War

723 years ago, the area that is now called Belkaland was a fractured & divided land. While there were many city-states, there were 7 Kingdoms that ruled a majority of Belkaland; Dinsmark, Waldreich, Glatisant, Sudentor, Tauberg, Heierlark, & Stier. In December 1285, the 7 Kings that ruled over the 7 Kingdoms came together at Stier Castle to talk about a war that was brewing to the east. A war against the Birkainian horde which, in 1283, was conquered by the Prostokian named Ivan Yulianov. Ivan had taken by force all of Birkaine and had set his sights on the divided Belkaland. The 7 kings decided that night to merge their families & Kingdoms into one with the 7 Kings forming a council to form a united defense against this threat. To determined who be the heir of the new family, the first child in the family to be born after the merger would be proclaimed heir and would be the new King upon coming of age. Within 9 months, Sigismund von Banks was born and proclaimed Heir to the Throne of the Kingdom of Belkaland

For 12 years Belkaland & The Council of 7 Kings prepare for the coming war and trained young Sigismund to be an intelligent King. Then after so much waiting & training, the Birkainian horde lead by Ivan Yulianov invaded Belkaland. With the training that the armies of Belkaland had been through for the past 12 years, the Belkalandians held the horde off for 3 long years. But in 1298, a new invention by one of Birkaine’s ally, Vihenia, made its way on to the battlefield and tipped the balance of power, that invention was gunpowder. With the power of gunpowder at his command, Ivan pushed into Belkaland, capturing the city of Dinsmark and killing 2 of the former Kings as they defended the city. For 6 months, Ivan and his army decimated the Belkalandian defenders. For 6 months, the Belkalandians retreated. For 6 months, the Belkalandians were drawing the Birkainians into a trap.

Ever since the Ivan introduced gunpowder to the battle, the Belkalandians had been stealing the secret to making gunpowder. And when Dinsmark fell, Belkaland obtained the secret completely. With the secret, the remaining council ordered the mass-production of gunpowder & the weapons that used it. With these new weapons, a plan was devised. Using Ivan aggressiveness against him, they would retreat until they were backed up against the Waldreich Mountains. Then there would be only 3 ways through the mountains; north through the seaside city of Waldreich, south through Sudentor, and through the center at Stier. At each city, 400,000 warriors armed with swords & clubs. Of the 1,200,000 army that had been formed, 30,000 of them had been equipped with Belkalandain Hand Cannons. With Ivan being drawn in, it came clearer that Ivan had set his eyes on the Royal City of Stier, something that made the Belkalandian plan much easier to complete. And at the end of 6 months of planning & retreating, Ivan’s army was in sight of Stier.

The battle that followed was a textbook perfect example of encirclement. With the Birkainian army surrounded on both sides by mountains, Ivan could only go forward or back. And to Ivan, retreat was not an option. After 3 days of laying siege to Stier, the 2 armies from the north & south approached Ivan’s army from the rear after marching for 3 days straight and pinched in Ivan’s army. From there, it was just a matter of destroying the Birkainian army. It was said that Ivan did reach Stier Castle, but died the moment of entering the grounds. However, recent evidence shows that Iran survived the battle and slowly made his way back to Birkaine where he settled down. Belkaland would not have another nation on their soil until 586 years pasted.

The Unknown War

In 1884, the now named Belkalandian Federation was invaded by a nation from the south whose name has been erased from time. The cause of the war is unknown as the land to the south had long closed the border to all. But when the nation attacked, it caught Belkaland completely by surprised. So much so that by late 1886, all of southern Belkaland had fallen to this aggressor and the Belkaland Reichswehr was pushed to the brink of destruction when the aggressor was finally stopped at the Waldreich Mountains. Afterwards, a peace treaty was forced on Belkaland that prevented her from taking back southern Belkaland for 100 years.

The 100 Years of ‘Peace’

During the 100 years of ‘peace’ that was forced on the newly named Principality of Nord Belkaland, the government poured massive amounts of funds secretly into weapons research so that when the 100 year treaty expired, Belkaland could take back what was rightfully ours. Among the more notable weapons that came out of this were the tank, the rifle, & the sub.

The Belkalandian War

On March 25, 1985, after 101 years of enduring the shame of losing over half of their nation, the Principality of Nord Belkaland declared war on the nation that had insulted Belkaland by destroying their nation as they had known it.

With the help of their former enemy, the nation of Birkaine, North Belkaland launched an all-out assault on South Belkaland. The war lasted 2 years with deaths numbering into the millions. No one knew who the aggressor was and who was the victim, and what was peace? All sides fought mercilessly until the Belkalandian Government decided to use their ultimate weapon, the V1 Thermo-Nuclear warhead. And on June 6, 1987 at 9:34AM, a single LGM-118 Peacekeeper tipped with a 25 Megaton V1 Thermo-Nuclear warhead was launched at the enemy capital. After 20 minutes of flight, the V1 warhead impacted the center of the capital and vaporized the city and the surrounding area. It was the first and only time that Belkaland ever used a nuclear weapon in anger.

Aftermath of the War

After the end of the war, Belkaland had 14 V1s in its nuclear stockpile. With the need of the stockpile in question, the Government & the newly crowned Grand Duke debated scraping the stockpile. However, a young missile engineer that worked on the V1 program named Anton Kupchenko had a suggestion, build a missile with a Throw-weight capable of handling 7 of the V1s and use it as a ‘Mass-Retaliation Weapon’. The idea was quickly approved and 2 missiles was designed & built. As it was considered part of the same project that developed the V1, the new MIRV missiles were deemed the ‘V2’.

Back in the unknown nation, with the destruction of their capital, the entire region fell into anarchy. This anarchy spread to the other nations and cause more governments to fall, including the Birkainian Government.

Revolution in Birkaine

With their ally in anarchy, Belkaland began to assist one faction that was quickly showing it to be a formidable foe to their enemies, the Bezuprechnyy Birkaina Party lead by General Victor Yulianov, the direct descendant of Ivan ‘The Terrible’ Yulianov. After 2 years of pseudo-civil war, Victor’s Bezuprechnyy Birkaina Party had gained control of Birkaine. While the style of government was not a favorable one to Belkaland, it was at least a stable government that Belkaland could deal with.

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Major Cities
- Dinsmark, Capital City
- Royal City of Stier
- Port City of Waldreich
- Sudentor
- Hoffnung
- Tauberg
- Glatisant
- Heierlark
- Lumen

Other Important Locations
- Port Aurick
- Tauberg Army Base & Testing Grounds
- Avalon Dam
- Grand Lakes

Terrain
Mainly a mixture of temperate grasslands used for farming and vast forests, Belkaland landscape is dominated by rolling hills. While roughly in the center of Belkaland lies the Waldreich Mountain chain, it separates South Belkaland from North Belkaland.

Climate
The climate of Belkaland varies depending where in Belkaland you are but for the main part, Belkaland is a temperate climate with reasonable summers and cold winters. However, in the northern Belkaland, it is cold nearly year-round due to the oceanic current just off shore. Because of that current, the area from the eastern shore of the Republic of the Emmerian Unions to northeastern Belkaland during winter is completely frozen over and icebreakers must be used to keep the sea lines open.

Tea [21% of National Requirement]*
Grain (Wheat) [350% of national requirement]**
Grain (Rice) [25% of National Requirement]*
Luxury Foods [87% of National Requirement]
Lumber [256% of National Requirement]**
Rubber [42% of National Requirement]*
Electrical Power [128% of National Requirement]
Oil [178% of National Requirement]**
Coal [102% of National Requirement]
Natural Gas [85% of National Requirement]*
Phosphate [78% of National Requirement]*
Limestone [81% of National Requirement]*
Granite [68% of National Requirement]*
Marble [38% of National Requirement]*
Silver [68% of National Requirement]
Gold [350% of National Requirement]
Platinum [75% of National Requirement]
Zinc [68% of National Requirement]*
Nickel [68% of National Requirement]*
Iron [125% of National Requirement]**
Steel [380% of National Requirement]**
Titanium [104% of National Requirement]
Uranium [2% of National Requirement]*
Weapons Grade Plutonium [Classified]***

* = Looking for imports
** = Available for export
***=Not needed but is for Export to Approved Nations/Businesses only

Trade Routes: Primary: Sea (Port City of Waldreich & Aupick Bay Tri-Port Area)
Secondary: Land & Air

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Heer

# of Bases: 22

# of Personnel: 10,000,000 (# of Active War Fighters: 3,500,000)

Type & # of Small Arms & Man-Portable Heavy Weapons:

4,000,000 Colt Government Model M1911A1
1,000,000 Barrett M82
500,000 M8A2 Sniper Variant
1,000,000 AA-12 Automatic Shotgun
4,000,000 M8A1 Assault Variant
250,000 M2HB-QCB
100,000 Gatling Guns
650,000 MG43 (MG4) SAW
750,000 M8A3 SAW Variant

Type & # of Vehicles:

7,200 AMX-60 Hellfire Missile Tank
400,000 T-11 Sao Paulo Tank
700 Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV)
5,000 Bradley Linebacker Short Range Air Defense Vehicle
25,000 Medium Armored Vehicle (Stryker)
25,000 M2A3 Bradley
6,000 M119A2 105mm Howitzer
200,000 M777A1 155 mm Howitzer
10,000 M270/A1 MLRS
30,000 M109A6 Paladin SPH
15,000 Mi-28 Hind
100,000 AH-64D
16,100 M-1074/M-1075 Palletized Load System (PLS)
10,000 M1117 Armored Security Vehicle (ASV)
5,000,000 Eagle IV
2,000 Shadow: Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Targeting Vehicle (RST-V)
1,500 Cougar 4X4 MRAP [Mine Resistant Ambush Protected] Vehicle
35,500 M985 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT)
30,000 M1084 Standard Cargo Truck

Superweapons:

Excalibur II Laser-based Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense System
2 V-2 MIRV Missiles carrying 7 25 Megaton Thermal-Nuclear Warheads each.

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Luftwaffe:

# of Air Bases: 31

# of Personnel: 6,000,000 (# of Active War Fighters: 2,000,000)

Type & # of Aircraft in Service:

360 Exterminatus D/F-28 "Sabre" Advanced Defense Fighters
60 Exterminatus A/F-29 "Vulture" Advanced Atmospheric Fighters
1750 Hy-1
1000 Hy-3
200 Hy-7
500 A-10 Thunderbolt II
475 F-22A Raptor
256 F-35A
140 B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber
450 B-52H
750 Hy-5
1400 Tu-95 Bear
85 SR-71 Blackbirds
5 Boeing E-4B "Nightwatch"
15 U-2
25 E-8C JSTARS
1080 C-130J-30 Hercules
1080 Hy-9
125 C-5B Galaxy
115 C-17 Globe-master III
2000 V-22 Osprey
3000 T-6B Texan II
3000 Hawk Mk 128 LIFT
2050 RQ-11 Raven
500 RQ-4A/B Global Hawk
1500 Watchkeeper 450
1000 MQ-9 Predator

Superweapons:

4 P-1112 "Aigaion" Aerial Aircraft Carrier
16 P-1114 'Gyges' Fire Support Platform
8 P-1115 'Voidanoi' Light Aerial Aircraft Carrier



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Kaiserliche Marine

# of Naval Bases: 10

# of Personnel: 8,000,000 (# of Active War Fighters: 3,000,000)

Class & # of Ships:

2 Triumvirate-class Supercarrier
12 NQA 1 Farbanti-class stealth carrier
4 Ford-Class Super-Carrier
12 Typhoon-Class SSBN
2 Krasnodar-class SSBN(5 planned)
20 Vanguard-Class SSBN
32 Winston-Class Cruisers CGN
24 Zumwalt-Class DDG
40 Type 45 Daring-Class DDG
30 Virginia-Class SSN
45 Tatum Class SSCN(Planned for 100, has been canceled in favor of the superior Tatum II-Class SSCGN in Development)
28 Horizon-Class FFG
100 F100 Alvaro de Bazán-Class FFG
10 Type 214-Class SSK
128 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Corvette
20 San Giorgio-Class (LPD)
26 Shadow Harbor-Class (LHD)
48 Landsort-Class MHC
14 Towada-Class AOE
12 Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC)



Type & # of Planes:

1240 X-02 Wyvern
250 F-14D Tomcat
500 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
500 F-35C
250 F-35B
12 T-45 Goshawk

Superweapons:

2 Bahuvirhis-class Underwater Attack Carrier
1 Bahuvirhis II-class Underwater Battle Carrier

Naval Jack:
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War Ensign:
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