Post by The Kau Commonwealth on Feb 6, 2012 0:49:34 GMT -5
The Commonwealth of The Kau Commonwealth
Brief History:
(writing this at the moment, will have it tomorow. story will be something about waring states, along time ago, finaly united by common interest, and passivly passing control over to a single person, which then continued the tradition until the current Head of office. will also have something about winning the southern tiny island off someone, and will futurely use that island in 2 or 3 rp arcs)
Government:
Benevolent Oligarchy Dictatorship.
Capital:
Kaulynn, mostly a highly industrious city, has large spans devoted to nature and natural living, being that the only buildings permited on those zones are research facilities and living quarters. There are no roads due to a general car ban, being that most of the public transportation is by monorail and underground speedways. Being a coastal city, it benefits a lot from the high tourism and easy fishing grounds, also has a port for commerce and trade, and a huge airport, as all the nations citys have, mainly because it's the main transportation method of The Kau Commonwealth. Population: A general census is being taken at this time.
Government Notes:
The current Head of The Nation is Santiago LeBlanc, which sets the nations priorities and needs above everything else, ocasionally it's own citizens if necessary. The government is comprised by LeBlanc as the Head, and several other individuals function as the Arms, each with power over a particular area of the nation. The power division is easy, The Head has the last vote in any and all matters, despite leaving most of the less important ones to The Arms. As per elections, there are none, The Head will eventually be succcedded by another Head, be it by revolution, assassination or other circumstances, despite at the moment, it is generaly acepted that the current Head, Santiago LeBlanc, will not be going anywhere in the new future. He firmly believes that what people really want is stability, and that is what he provides, which in turn keeps the people happy and therefor gives The Head room to do things as he sees fit, which for the past decade has brought The Nation peace and economical growth.
Political Parties:
Political parties do not exist, despite being legal, simply because there are no election, which defeats the purpose.
Flag:
Currently the National Flag is a white Palmtree surrounded by white stars representing The Head and The People, over a blue background.
Geography
Area:
(still not sure where i will be placed, trying to score a sweet territory on the TKI map, then i will update this section alot more)
Total:
Land:
The nation is roughly triangular in shape, with the botom of the 'triangule' being a long, saw cut coast. Not far from the coast is a small island, mainly covered by pamltrees, a small landing strip, and a research facility, also belonging to the nation.
Water:
Climate:
The Nation has a faily stable climate, around 20-28 Cº along the whole year, less the north of the country, which has recently in the past two decades gone from a dry wasteland to a hot, windy desert, notorious for it's high dunes, deadly scorgogs (like a jumping scorpionfrog) and vast mines of ores. The rest of the country is well covered with green zones, mainly big forests and woods, some of which do turn to lust jungles at the most western regions of the nation.
Elevation Extremes:
Highest Point:
The Nations highest point was The Sky Pillar, a relatively thin, high mountain, standing alone at the northen edge of the north desert. In recent years it has colapsed onto itself, leaving a perfectly circular, deep sinkhole in its place. The motifs for this disaster are still under investigation, althought it is thought that it's a possible reason for the rapid climate change in that area.
Lowest Point:
Funny enough, the incident with The Sky Pillar some 17 years ago, has made it the new lowest point, with the hole's depth estimated in 2-3 miles.
Natural Resources:
The Kau Commonwealth has a extreme amount of valuable woods, a big fishing industry due to the naturaly large coast line, several diferent ore mines, such as iron, cooper, some silver, not much gold, a huge coal deposit beneath the northern desert, a growing glass and derivates industry due to the clear, rich sands of it's desert. Around the former Sky Pillar, are also located two huge marble deposits. Recently, prospects have begun to find traces of a saphire deposit under the small southern island. There are also small and medium deposits of other prime maters, altought due to the lack of need, or the low profit from extraction, the majoraty of these smaller deposits havn't been tapped in yet.
Natural Hazards:
Due to The Nation's location, tehre are not many worries with sismic activitie, altought there are reports of incrising tornado apearances in the desertic zone. Vulcanic activity may be on the rise just beneath the small southern island. A massive coastal earthquake has been registered 127 years ago, but no activity has been registered for more then 100 years, so experts feel safe to dismiss a recurance.
Notable Geographical Features:
The Sky Pillar Sinkhole, the rugged edged coast, the semeanly near-instant passage from lust jungle to desert between the main country and the northern dersert.
People & Culture
Population:
8 million (as per NS) (gotta still see whats my population suposed to be and divide it between all the cities and the countryside.
Major Cities:
Pillar, the sinkhole city, population rising too rapidly to accuratly determine at the moment.
Rotor Ledge, the main ore processing city in the nation, grew out of a immense ore refining complex located at the edge of the desert, somewhat to the east. It is now the source of over 60% of the nations commodities, which sadly had the side effects of heavy smog and a somewhat polluted air around it.
Atica, not such as a major populational city, but it is the major research complex of the nation, being located in the middle of the wild jungle to the west. It's size is that off a small city, and all of it's citizens are state contracted researchers and their families.
Life Expectancy:
Around 72 years in the main cities, but varies alot from zone to zone, being that the mining communities experience 50 eyars in their max, and some peacefull, nature oriented communities reporting members with over 100 years.
Ethics Groups:
The Kau Commonwealth has always been about the people, ranging from genious educated minds to common and average miners, to some old tribes scattered around the deep jungles, or even a couple of ancient nomad tribes, still scrapping a living in the wild norths, now in risk of dying off due to the rapid desert degraditon.
Religions:
There is no state religion, and it does not effect the nation enough that any thought has been devoted to it. If any citizen choses a religion, he or she is free to do so, until the time it clashes with the nations interest.
Languages:
English, Kau (spoken and known by everyone in the nation), Yolk (the old desert dialect, mainly used by the miners and ore processores) and Verde (old language spoken by the western jungle citizens, lost alot of popularity some 40 years ago, now rising again between the research facilities located in the deep jungle.
Technology Level:
Modern 9, with countinuos research in the fields of avionics (military and civilian travel), and some inovation in the fields of optic lasering and deep ground ore extraction, mainly due to a huge glass industry and a gargantuan hole leading somewhere. (what can i say, the people just wana know where it goes)
Technology Culture:
Modern, with some areas seemingly more advanced then others.
Major Landmarks & Tourist Attractions:
Our coast is just excelent for tourism, with a nice number of hotels and small vacation instances scattered around. The Sky Pillar Sinkhole is another major atraction since it's formation, bringing in some very steady and rising income to the area, easly growing Pillar, the main city in the northern desert from the 8th biggest city in the nation, to the 3rd biggest, in just over 15 years. Altought less famous, the lust jungles are also of some tourist interest, despite being heavily protected to ensure their biodiversity lives on.
Economy
Currency:
The Taco, as we do belong to the region of TKI
Trade Philosophy:
Make what we can, buy the rest. The Nation is open to commerce, and does relly on it to keep it's citizens happy and with everything they need. Trade mainly consists of importing a small quantity of luxury items or prime maters needed, normaly high in value, and exporting alot of less valuable rescources, such as coal and glass affiliates, woods and marble, along with other, minor rescources. One of the new exports rising in popularity is Information, mainly due to The Heads efficient, if somewhat questionable information network.
Major Industries:
There is a big coal mining industry, fishing business, glass and wood too. The country has always been at the leading front of the air-naval travel industry, possibly due to it's decades long ban on cars and other poluting and ineficient modes of transportation.
Unemployment rate:
4%. The Head keeps the unemplyment under control by means of continuous public construction.
Military
High Commander:
Jake Leopold, age 47, made a carer as a excelent tank gunner, rising in the ranks rapidly as The Head and Arms are quick to notice his innovative tactics.
Size:
300.000 active soldiers ?
Nearly half of which are air forces, and air deployable forces, a quarter, naval forces, and the rest ground tank divions, with very few soldiers actually being footgrunts, being that The Kau Commonwealth, despite avoiding wars, when it is forced upon such a situation, prefers to work out the conflit mainly by bombing and air gunning the problem, because, as the Head says 'our citizen's lifes must be preserved at all costs, even if one has to resort to less honor bound tactics'
Notable Units & Special Forces:
Notable Weapons and Technology:
Due to it's history of avionics, we posses extremely efficient and huge air transporters, due to our industry and mining needs.
The Kau Commonwealth has also developed a special weapon, where it uses a mix of refined coal dust with some confidential extras, and a special laser trigger to point at and violently ignite the area which is targeted.
Awards:
Individual Breakdown:
I know i havn't writen everything needed, but this is still my first try, working on the rest at the moment, will update in some hours. Any tips and corrections would be welcomed, since i do have some questions about the population and the military section. What my population or do i go by the NS numbers? and about the army, how big, how much can i invent, and such?
Also trying to score a nice place on the map, so some geographical informations maybe changed later.
Hope my writing and grammar are not too bad
Thank You,
The Kau Commonwealth Head,
Santiago LeBlanc
Brief History:
(writing this at the moment, will have it tomorow. story will be something about waring states, along time ago, finaly united by common interest, and passivly passing control over to a single person, which then continued the tradition until the current Head of office. will also have something about winning the southern tiny island off someone, and will futurely use that island in 2 or 3 rp arcs)
Government:
Benevolent Oligarchy Dictatorship.
Capital:
Kaulynn, mostly a highly industrious city, has large spans devoted to nature and natural living, being that the only buildings permited on those zones are research facilities and living quarters. There are no roads due to a general car ban, being that most of the public transportation is by monorail and underground speedways. Being a coastal city, it benefits a lot from the high tourism and easy fishing grounds, also has a port for commerce and trade, and a huge airport, as all the nations citys have, mainly because it's the main transportation method of The Kau Commonwealth. Population: A general census is being taken at this time.
Government Notes:
The current Head of The Nation is Santiago LeBlanc, which sets the nations priorities and needs above everything else, ocasionally it's own citizens if necessary. The government is comprised by LeBlanc as the Head, and several other individuals function as the Arms, each with power over a particular area of the nation. The power division is easy, The Head has the last vote in any and all matters, despite leaving most of the less important ones to The Arms. As per elections, there are none, The Head will eventually be succcedded by another Head, be it by revolution, assassination or other circumstances, despite at the moment, it is generaly acepted that the current Head, Santiago LeBlanc, will not be going anywhere in the new future. He firmly believes that what people really want is stability, and that is what he provides, which in turn keeps the people happy and therefor gives The Head room to do things as he sees fit, which for the past decade has brought The Nation peace and economical growth.
Political Parties:
Political parties do not exist, despite being legal, simply because there are no election, which defeats the purpose.
Flag:
Currently the National Flag is a white Palmtree surrounded by white stars representing The Head and The People, over a blue background.
Geography
Area:
(still not sure where i will be placed, trying to score a sweet territory on the TKI map, then i will update this section alot more)
Total:
Land:
The nation is roughly triangular in shape, with the botom of the 'triangule' being a long, saw cut coast. Not far from the coast is a small island, mainly covered by pamltrees, a small landing strip, and a research facility, also belonging to the nation.
Water:
Climate:
The Nation has a faily stable climate, around 20-28 Cº along the whole year, less the north of the country, which has recently in the past two decades gone from a dry wasteland to a hot, windy desert, notorious for it's high dunes, deadly scorgogs (like a jumping scorpionfrog) and vast mines of ores. The rest of the country is well covered with green zones, mainly big forests and woods, some of which do turn to lust jungles at the most western regions of the nation.
Elevation Extremes:
Highest Point:
The Nations highest point was The Sky Pillar, a relatively thin, high mountain, standing alone at the northen edge of the north desert. In recent years it has colapsed onto itself, leaving a perfectly circular, deep sinkhole in its place. The motifs for this disaster are still under investigation, althought it is thought that it's a possible reason for the rapid climate change in that area.
Lowest Point:
Funny enough, the incident with The Sky Pillar some 17 years ago, has made it the new lowest point, with the hole's depth estimated in 2-3 miles.
Natural Resources:
The Kau Commonwealth has a extreme amount of valuable woods, a big fishing industry due to the naturaly large coast line, several diferent ore mines, such as iron, cooper, some silver, not much gold, a huge coal deposit beneath the northern desert, a growing glass and derivates industry due to the clear, rich sands of it's desert. Around the former Sky Pillar, are also located two huge marble deposits. Recently, prospects have begun to find traces of a saphire deposit under the small southern island. There are also small and medium deposits of other prime maters, altought due to the lack of need, or the low profit from extraction, the majoraty of these smaller deposits havn't been tapped in yet.
Natural Hazards:
Due to The Nation's location, tehre are not many worries with sismic activitie, altought there are reports of incrising tornado apearances in the desertic zone. Vulcanic activity may be on the rise just beneath the small southern island. A massive coastal earthquake has been registered 127 years ago, but no activity has been registered for more then 100 years, so experts feel safe to dismiss a recurance.
Notable Geographical Features:
The Sky Pillar Sinkhole, the rugged edged coast, the semeanly near-instant passage from lust jungle to desert between the main country and the northern dersert.
People & Culture
Population:
8 million (as per NS) (gotta still see whats my population suposed to be and divide it between all the cities and the countryside.
Major Cities:
Pillar, the sinkhole city, population rising too rapidly to accuratly determine at the moment.
Rotor Ledge, the main ore processing city in the nation, grew out of a immense ore refining complex located at the edge of the desert, somewhat to the east. It is now the source of over 60% of the nations commodities, which sadly had the side effects of heavy smog and a somewhat polluted air around it.
Atica, not such as a major populational city, but it is the major research complex of the nation, being located in the middle of the wild jungle to the west. It's size is that off a small city, and all of it's citizens are state contracted researchers and their families.
Life Expectancy:
Around 72 years in the main cities, but varies alot from zone to zone, being that the mining communities experience 50 eyars in their max, and some peacefull, nature oriented communities reporting members with over 100 years.
Ethics Groups:
The Kau Commonwealth has always been about the people, ranging from genious educated minds to common and average miners, to some old tribes scattered around the deep jungles, or even a couple of ancient nomad tribes, still scrapping a living in the wild norths, now in risk of dying off due to the rapid desert degraditon.
Religions:
There is no state religion, and it does not effect the nation enough that any thought has been devoted to it. If any citizen choses a religion, he or she is free to do so, until the time it clashes with the nations interest.
Languages:
English, Kau (spoken and known by everyone in the nation), Yolk (the old desert dialect, mainly used by the miners and ore processores) and Verde (old language spoken by the western jungle citizens, lost alot of popularity some 40 years ago, now rising again between the research facilities located in the deep jungle.
Technology Level:
Modern 9, with countinuos research in the fields of avionics (military and civilian travel), and some inovation in the fields of optic lasering and deep ground ore extraction, mainly due to a huge glass industry and a gargantuan hole leading somewhere. (what can i say, the people just wana know where it goes)
Technology Culture:
Modern, with some areas seemingly more advanced then others.
Major Landmarks & Tourist Attractions:
Our coast is just excelent for tourism, with a nice number of hotels and small vacation instances scattered around. The Sky Pillar Sinkhole is another major atraction since it's formation, bringing in some very steady and rising income to the area, easly growing Pillar, the main city in the northern desert from the 8th biggest city in the nation, to the 3rd biggest, in just over 15 years. Altought less famous, the lust jungles are also of some tourist interest, despite being heavily protected to ensure their biodiversity lives on.
Economy
Currency:
The Taco, as we do belong to the region of TKI
Trade Philosophy:
Make what we can, buy the rest. The Nation is open to commerce, and does relly on it to keep it's citizens happy and with everything they need. Trade mainly consists of importing a small quantity of luxury items or prime maters needed, normaly high in value, and exporting alot of less valuable rescources, such as coal and glass affiliates, woods and marble, along with other, minor rescources. One of the new exports rising in popularity is Information, mainly due to The Heads efficient, if somewhat questionable information network.
Major Industries:
There is a big coal mining industry, fishing business, glass and wood too. The country has always been at the leading front of the air-naval travel industry, possibly due to it's decades long ban on cars and other poluting and ineficient modes of transportation.
Unemployment rate:
4%. The Head keeps the unemplyment under control by means of continuous public construction.
Military
High Commander:
Jake Leopold, age 47, made a carer as a excelent tank gunner, rising in the ranks rapidly as The Head and Arms are quick to notice his innovative tactics.
Size:
300.000 active soldiers ?
Nearly half of which are air forces, and air deployable forces, a quarter, naval forces, and the rest ground tank divions, with very few soldiers actually being footgrunts, being that The Kau Commonwealth, despite avoiding wars, when it is forced upon such a situation, prefers to work out the conflit mainly by bombing and air gunning the problem, because, as the Head says 'our citizen's lifes must be preserved at all costs, even if one has to resort to less honor bound tactics'
Notable Units & Special Forces:
Notable Weapons and Technology:
Due to it's history of avionics, we posses extremely efficient and huge air transporters, due to our industry and mining needs.
The Kau Commonwealth has also developed a special weapon, where it uses a mix of refined coal dust with some confidential extras, and a special laser trigger to point at and violently ignite the area which is targeted.
Awards:
Individual Breakdown:
I know i havn't writen everything needed, but this is still my first try, working on the rest at the moment, will update in some hours. Any tips and corrections would be welcomed, since i do have some questions about the population and the military section. What my population or do i go by the NS numbers? and about the army, how big, how much can i invent, and such?
Also trying to score a nice place on the map, so some geographical informations maybe changed later.
Hope my writing and grammar are not too bad
Thank You,
The Kau Commonwealth Head,
Santiago LeBlanc
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