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National Entry

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FREE BIGTOPIA
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Map of Free Bigtopia

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Seal of Free Bigtopia

Political Information
Population:
5,632,450

Population Growth Rate:
0.279%

Government Type:
Presidential Republic with Unicarmel Legislature, local and federal governing branches.

Branches of Central Government:
Executive: President of the Republic, Vice-President of the Republic
Legislative: Great Congress
Judiciary:Great Court

Current Head of State:
President of the Republic General Vladimir Qing-Bashir

Current Deputy Head of State
Vice-President of the Republic Esmeralda Chang-Fahd

Economic Information:
Currency: Bigtopian Dollar (B$)
Exchange Rate: B$4.1286 = US$1
GDP: B$26,699,840,682
GDP Per Capita: B$4,740.36
Income Taxation Rate (Average): 33%
Government Tax Revenue: B$8,810,947,425.06

Government Budget Breakdown
Social Welfare: B$2,480,178,276.58
Healthcare: B$2,480,178,276.589
Education: B$2,480,178,276.58
Religion: B$2,066,815,230.48
Defence: B$1,860,133,707.43
Intelligence: B$206,681,523.05
Law & Order: B$3,100,222,845.72

Land Area
Total: 1,564,116 sq km

Area - comparative:
Slightly smaller than Alaska

Land Boundaries:
Total: 8,220 km

Border Countries:
Zhongguo People's Republic: 4,677 km
Imperial Malkoyavich Empire: 3,543 km

Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims:
None (landlocked)

Climate:
Desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)

Terrain:
Vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central

Elevation Extremes:
Lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518 m
Highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m

Natural Resources:
oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron

Natural Hazards:
Dust storms, grassland and forest fires, drought, and "zud," which is harsh winter conditions

History:

Extract from 'A Rock and a Hard Place: A History of Free Bigtopia' by Charles Maximillian, Professor of Political History at Oxford University;

'The area that comprised the newly-declared Republic of Free Bigtopia had been ethnically and culturally Bigtopian for thousands of years. What little is known of that early period suggests a migration of hunter-gatherer groups to the area that eventually turned into a group of agricultural economic bodies based around several historic 'city-states' within the modern borders of the country. The earliest references to Bigtopians as a people can be found in secular and religious scriptures of the 7th Century with the alleged revelation by God of the 'Book of Holiness' to the Prophet Bigtopha and the subsequent conversion of much of the regional population by his disciples. The city-states were then unified under the 'Holy Empire of Bigtopians' in the 10th century under a dynasty based on the Prophet Bigtopha's blood lineage. The family ruled the Empire until the 16th century when its northern neighbour, the Imperial Malkoyavich Empire, invaded and annexed the Bigtopian Empire into its ever-widening imperial borders, wiping all known trace of the Bigtopha lineage from existence. Bigtopia remained a reluctant and troublesome colony of the Malkoyavich Empire until January 2009, when financial pressures on its colonial master forced the Malkoyavich Empire to hastily withdraw a sizeable proportion of troops from many regional colonies in order to suppress dissent at home by anti-monarchic forces. Seizing the initiative, the indigenous commander of the locally-raised defence forces, General Vladimir Qing-Bashir declared the 'Republic of Free Bigtopia' and fought a short but bloody campaign against the remaining Malkoyavich forces, finally throwing them from historical Bigtopian territory in late March. On April 2nd, the Malkoyavich Empire formally recognised the Republic of Free Bigtopia and withdrew all territorial claims, far more concerned with internal economic and political issues that threatened the home borders of the Imperial Empire. General Qing-Bashir announced his intention to stand for government democratically and announced elections for April 9th for a Presidential Executive and a Unicarmel Legislative to be called the Great Congress. The elections saw a massive turnout of voters, with attendance rates in the high seventies by official figures. What would follow would mark Bigtopian history and politics for years to follow...'

The Constitution of the Republic of Free Bigtopia

As ratified via referendum by the Citizens of the Republic with two-thirds of the vote in favour

Preamble

We the People of the Republic of Free Bigtopia, of sound mind and fervent spirit, do hereby establish and ordain this Constitution to safeguard the freedoms and outline the responsibilities of citizens and government in the aforementioned Republic.

Section 1 – Rights & Responsibilities of Citizens

Article 1: The Right to Freedom of Expression – verbally, written or visually – for all citizens of the Republic will not be infringed.

Article 2: The Right to Free Assembly of citizens will not be infringed.

Article 3: No soldier shall in time of war or peace be quartered in any home without the permission of the owner except in a manner proscribed by law.

Article 4: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrants shall be issued expect upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.

Article 5: No civilian shall be held upon any criminal charge without indictment by a legally-established Court of Law. Military personnel are exempt from this Article and will be indicted according to the laws placed in effect regarding military personnel in times of war and peace.

Article 6: No civlian will be tried for any crime without a jury of their peers being the lawfully designated judges of their culpability. Military personnel are exempt from this Article and will be indicted according to the laws placed in effect regarding military personnel in times of war and peace.

Article 7: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Article 8: Citizens shall be required to provide finance and labour to the collective welfare and defence of the Republic, albeit not to exceed the levels of support determined by law.

Article 9: Citizens shall be required to provide support and assistance to the state in times of war as laid down under the stipulations of Article X.

Section 2: Rights & Responsibilities of Government

Article 10: The Government shall comprise a seperate Executive, Legislative and Judicial body at the Federal and State level. The Executive and Legislative bodies shall be elected regularly by popular vote once every five years at a minimum.

Article 11: The Government shall provide for the defence, welfare and prosperity of the citizens as required by legislatation lawfully passed and implemented.

Article 12: The Legislature shall provide for Article 11 through the utilisation of compulsory taxation of the citizenry as defined by lawfully proposed and implemented tax legislation.

Article 13: The Legislature will maintain the right to declare a State of War or Peace with a foreign body, organisation, nation or state subject to a majority of votes in favour of that desire.

Article 14: Members of the Legislature shall propose, debate and vote upon legislation that will pass into lawful enactment and enforcement upon a majority vote in favour of that outcome subject to Executive approval, apart from legislation that would defy any Article of this Consitution.

Article 15: The Executive may propose legislation to be debated and voted upon in the Legislature.

Article 16: The Executive may sign into law or veto legislature enacted by the Lesiglative branch, the act of which can be overturned by a two-thirds majority vote in that favour by the Legislative branch.

Article 17: The Executive shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic

Article 18: The Executive shall appoint a body of Ministers, subject to approval by Legislative majority vote, that shall undertaken the roles of policy implementation, management and administration under the relevent ministerial departments.

Article 19: The Judiciary at the level of Federal Government shall be comprised of five judicial officials proposed and approved by the Legislature by majority vote.

Article 20: The Judiciary shall oversee the legislature passed by the Legislative and Executive Branch and shall veto any legislation passed into law that violates any article of this Constitution. This act may be overturned by a unanimous vote in favour of this by the Legislative branch.

Article 21: The Judiciary shall be tasked with the legal interpretation of the articles of this Constitution in cases of dispute between Federal agencies, local agencies and individual citizens.

Article 22: States of the Republic, the borders of which shall be defined by law, are entitled to select a local government structure of their choosing, providing it meets the criteria of democratic government set forward in Article 10 and comprises separated executive, legislative and judicial branches restrained by law.

Article 23: Federal government shall be tasked with the management of defence, economics, foreign policy and issues of law and order deemed the responsibility of Federal rather than Local agencies as determined by the Judicial branch under the due process already set forward for the handling of disputes between agencies of government and individual citizens.

Article 21: The Government shall be granted the right to conscript citizens to the service of the state in times of War as legally declared by the Legislative branch.

Article 22: Amendments or additions to the articles of this Constitution will require proposal to the Legislature by either a member of the Legislative body or the Executive and be subject to a two-thirds majority vote in favour of that outcome to authorise said amendment or addition. It will then require signing into law by the Executive and oversight by the Judiciary to ensure its legality, and shall be subject to the lain-down procedures of legislative due process already stated.

[CENTER]Bigtopian National Army (BNA)
Military Information

Organisational sub-divisions:
Bigtopian National Army Combined Ground Forces (Communication Prefix 'Lion')
Bigtopian National Army Tactical Air Forces (Communication Prefix 'Eagle')
Bigtopian National Army Paramilitary Police (Communication Prefix 'Dog')

Commander-in-Chief:
President of the Republic of Free Bigtopia (Currently General Vladimir Qing-Bashir)

Members of the Senior Command Committee (SCC), High Command of the Bigtopian National Army:
SCC Chairperson (Currently General Vladimir Qing-Bashir)
SCC Member, Lion Command (Currently Lt. General Ahmed Al-Lio)
SCC Member, Eagle Command (Currently Lt. General Sergei Kahn)
SCC Member, Dog Command (Currently Lt. General Omar Il-Sing)
SCC Member, Intelligence Service Analysis and Communcation (ISAAC) (Currently Lt. General Gregor Li-Hwan)

History:

The Bigtopian National Army (BNA) traces its origins back to the Imperial Army of the Bigtopian Empire, raised initially by the Prophet Bigtopha after he assumed power with the mandate of God, in accordance with the historical recordings of the Holy Book. The Imperial Army was once a formidable power that fought viciously against both the Malkoyavich Imperial Army and the forces of the former Zhongguo Empire, now the People's Republic. At its height, the Imperial Army held territory on both sides of the country that it maintained as 'Colonies of the Empire' before being brutally decimated by forces of the Malkoyavich Empire. However, the origins of the modern armed forces of Bigtopia start with the establishment of the Bigtopian Colonial Defence Forces (BCDF) in the 1950s, mandated by the Malkoyavich Empire to relieve the deployment strain upon Malkoyavich forces during a time of significant expansionism. The force was raised from local Bigtopian subjects to defend the territory of the colony, and was initially headed by Malkoyavich officers and answered to the Imperial Army High Command. Over the next few decades, this was gradually changed to an officer corps comprised of whom the Malkoyavich colonial administration regarded as loyal to the Empire. By the late 1990s, the BCDF was staffed entirely by ethnic Bigtopians and answering to its own localised BCDF High Command. This would inevitably prove to be a mistake for the Malkoyavich Empire when BCDF High Command Chairperson General Vladimir Qing-Bashir launched a war against their colonial masters in early-2009 and declared the Republic of Free Bigtopia.

Following on from the Bigtopian Revolution, General Qing-Bashir officially declared the BCDF dissolved and replaced by the Bigtopian National Army. In reality, little changed in the organisation of the military forces apart from a change of logo, although the civil policing agencies of the former colony were incorporated into the BNA as a paramilitary security force under the BNA High Command. This controversial decision was motivated by General Qing-Bashir's distrust of the civilian enforcement agency after the semi-indigineous Bigtopia Colonial Police Force largely sided with the Malkoyavich colonial government during the Revolution, with its large numbers of armed officers proving to be a severe thorn in the side of the rebel forces. The newly-renamed BNA High Command was headed by the Senior Command Committee (SCC) and reported to the President of the Republic through the SCC Chairperson. General Qing-Bashir was controversial for being both President of the Republic and simultaneously Chairperson of the SCC.

The BNA is currently a largely infantry-based force, the small population and budget constraints of the Republic not allowing for a large mechanised force. Consequently, the BNA ground force element focuses on infantry-manned weapons in light, medium and heavy categories, and focuses on a doctrine of limited defence and guerilla warfare in the event of invasion. In support of this, the air forces balances air interdiction and ground support as its primary roles, and the BNA maintains stockpiles of weapons across the country. With a former colonial master to the north and a neutral neighbour to the south, the BNA focuses on a primarily defensive doctrine, creating a seige mentality in military culture.

Order of Battle

Bigtopian National Army Combined Ground Forces ('Lion Command')

2 Infantry Divisions comprising a total of 12,000 Combat Infantry and 8,000 Command and Frontline Support Personnel
--- 1st Infantry Division; "The Fighting First"
--- 2nd Infantry Division; "Bigtopia's Own"

Both Infantry Divisions comprising the following in total: 7,120 AK-47 Assault Rifles with GP-25 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers; 20,000 'Makarov' PMs; 1,200 RPK Light Machine Guns; 1,200 RPG-7 Rocket-Propelled Grenade Launchers; 1,280 SVD Sniper Rifles; 600 2B14 'Podnos' 82mm Mortars. Personnel mounted in locally-produced TV-01 'Ivan' Transport Trucks with a total of 1,200 TV-01s in service.

2 Artillery Companies comprising a total 50 2S19 'Msta' Self-Propelled 152mm Howitzers with 250 Crew
--- 1st Artillery Company "The Hammerdown Kings"
--- 2nd Artillery Company "The Battle Royales"

2 Armoured Companies comprising a total of 50 T-72 Main Battle Tanks with 150 Crew
--- 1st Armoured Company "The Gatekeepers"
--- 2nd Armoured Company "The Peacemakers"

1 Air Defence Company comprising a total of 25 ZSU-34-4 'Shilka' Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Weapon System with 100 Crew
--- 1st Air Defence Company "The Sky Burners"

Bigtopian National Army Tactical Air Forces ('Eagle Command')

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Bigtopian National Army Paramilitary Police ('Dog Command')

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