Controlita

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The Dictatorship of Controlita

People & Culture

Official Language: English and Russian are the official languages and work as trade languages, since most Contros are native speakers of one Kantran dialect or another
Demonym: Contros, part of a linguistic compromise from the Reunification. The language would be called Kantran, after the northern word for person, while the people would be called Contros, the southern word for people. The national name is a hold-over from the Invasion Era; it was the early Surdran name for their southern colony
Appearance: Contros are similar to North Africans in that racial mixing has created a diver population. All Contros are darker than Europeans, the lightest having toffee-colored skin, and tend towards dark hair and brown or green eyes. However, Northern Contros distinctly show the effects of Central Russian intermingling. Some northerners have blonde hair or blue eyes; many have distinctly Slavic features. Southern Contros have a more Germanic or English cast to their features, but still maintain the general Contron tendency to darker skin. Central Controns were the least affected by the people of the Invasion Era. They generally have dark golden skin and almost always have dark hair and eyes. Lighter coloring is stigmatized as a record of your ancestors having aided the invaders; almost all such people have moved, either north or south. During the Ascendancy, all persons less than half-Contron who refused to marry someone greater than three-quarters-Contron were expelled from the country, so any other races are only barely present.
Population: 2.576 billion NS (02/17/14), 162.7 million RP
Major Cities: Sargobad, Yotrovask, Stuartstown; Narograd (mining center in the north), Port Mary, Jotogrant
Life Expectancy: 62 years
Ethnic Groups: Central Contro 37%, North Contro (Kantran Slavs) 33%, South Contro (Surdra-Contros) 30%
Religions: Traditional Tribal(88%), Eastern Orthodox Christian (7%), Talosian (5%)
Technology overview: Controlitia is still a developing nation. Cars are beginning to spread beyond the wealthy, and electricity is present to some extent in most homes. Most villages have a computer and a television, though both are more widespread in the cities. Radios are present in most households. Modern technology is much more prevalent in industry and among the wealthy, who have the money to import or create such goods.

Economy

Currency: Tear (TE)
State: Third World, Booming
Exchange rate: 8.95 Tear = $1 USD/ 1 Tear = $0.11 USD (Although the economy is booming, the Tear was heavily devalued until recently and is still recovering.)
Unemployment rate: 2.75%
Major industries (NS): Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing
Major industries: Mining, Timber, Arms Manufacturing, Basic Manufacturing, Agriculture, Utm Fishing
Exports: Metals, Minerals, Lumber, Bumper crops, small quantities of utm oil
Imports: Clothing, Gold, Chemicals, Plastics, Rice, Coffee, Toys, Automobiles, Tobacco, Electronics, Hardware, Most manufactured goods

Government

Invasion Era: Circa 1820 to 1923
Reunification Era: 1923 to 1996
The Ascension: 1996 to 2014
Union Era: 2014 to present
Capital: Sargobad, pop TBD
Government Type: Hereditary Dictatorship, Tribal Councils
Tyrant: Yartum
Other executive officials: Regional tyrs
Legislative body: Various regional councils
Political Parties: Hah, what are these?

Geography & Environment

Total Area: 329,724 square miles (853,981 square kilometers)
Climate: Controlita is located in a sub-tropical zone; however, the northern mountains create a polar effect. The lower quarter of the country would be considered sub-tropical, but the central section of the country, already rising in foot hills, has a temperate climate. This climate continues along the north-eastern and northern shores of Controlitia. In the northwest, the mountains regions experience subpolar conditions for most of the year.
Highest Point: Mount Rossiya, 22,816 Ft.
Lowest Point: Dartyr Valley, -29 Ft.
Natural Hazards: Earthquakes, Avalanches (Moskva Mountains), Landslides (Tosr and Trasm Hills), Flood (Marshes Wellington at the delta of the River Victoria, some rivers near the Moskva Mountains), Blizzard (Moskva Mountains, rarely in Hills)
Notable Geographical Features: Moskva Mountains, Tosr and Trasm Hills, River Victoria, Mount Rossiya, Dartyr Prarie, Lake Aleksandra, the Sherwood
Major Landmarks & Tourist Attractions: Mount Rossiya, Fort Bagration, Nelson's Rock
Geography Overview: The northwest of Controlitia is dominated by the Moskva Mountains. The mountains trail off into the grassy Trasm Hills in the north-central area, and the sparsely-forested Tosr Hills in the southwest-center. At the southwestern edge of the Moskva Mountains lies Lake Aleksandra, which drains into River Victoria. River Victoria drains off into the ocean in the midst of Marshes Wellington. To the east of River Victoria grows the dense Sherwood. The Trasm and Tosr Hills meet on the northeastern edge of the forest, and the rolling prairies of the Dartyr Valley lies in the loop they form.

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History of Controlitia

Pre-Invasion Era
Controlitia's history prior to the Invasion Era is poorly known. Although the Central Contros, as well as many in the north and south, had maintained oral records throughout the Invasion Era, the turbulent times of the Reunification distorted or destroyed almost every Contron oral traditions. The only thing that can be certain is that the P-IE Contrans mostly lived as semi-nomadic hunter gatherers, shifting between a few campsites and herding goats. Some tribes in the River Victoria delta did cultivate some swamp plants, trimming them to grow more fruit and clearing away nearby plants. However, no evidence of formal farming has ever been found.

Invasion Era
During the early 1820's, a Surdran fishing ship that was chasing the elusive oil-producing utm fish came across the island that would become Controlitia. The Surdran ship dropped anchor and sent a party ashore to search for supplies. As the ship's boat rowed into the Marshes Wellington, the JO aboard noticed schools of utm fish swimming upstream. The boat immediately returned to the ship, and the captain took an expedition upriver. He quickly concluded that this island was the largest spawning ground of utm fish yet to be discovered. The captain resupplied from trade with the natives, filled his hold with the carcasses of fish that had already spawned, and headed back to his home port. Word of the treasure trove slowly climbed the governmental ladder, and a Royal Expedition to the island was mounted. By the time the Expedition arrived in 1827, many Contros had already been killed by Surdran diseases. Though the Contros' goat herding had established some disease resistance, over 35% of the population had died. The Surdrans were easily able to build a fort at the mouth of the River Victoria and establish trade ties with the major chiefs of the southern coast. By the end of colonial growth in 1843, more than 75% of Contros (North, South, and Central) alive in 1820 had died of Surdran or Russian diseases.

By 1824, a Central Russian expedition had been launched to find the island. The Russians were not interested in the utm fish, but rather in the rust-colored rocks that had been observed in the River Victoria. These rocks told of a high concentration of iron and other metals in the northern mountain, materials in great demand in Central Russia. The Russians found the island in 1825, and established a colony on the island two years before the Surdrans, though Surdran men had first discovered the island. These countering claims paved the way for decades of skirmishing around Lake Aleksandra. Meanwhile, the Russians quickly built along the coast and into the mountains, trading the Kantrans a share of the ores-- useless without knowledge of blacksmithing-- in exchange for mining rights. By 1839, the Central Russians had built forts throughout the north coast and the mountains, culminating in Fort Bagration on the southeastern shore of Lake Aleksandra, where roughly one third of the utm fish spawned.

In 1843 the Surdrans built Fort Nelson to oppose the Russians' challenge. Both colonial powers had ignored the Tosr and Trasm Hills and the plains nestled between them; the land was too arid for cultivation with the technology of the time, and showed no signs of having useful minerals. However, both powers claimed the entirety of Lake Aleksandra. The two nations would sporadically skirmish along the shores of the lake, or would hire one band of Central Contros or another to raid their enemy. This state of affairs would continue for the next eighty years.

By 1910, over-zealous and slightly greedy Surdrans had over-fished the schools of utm fish, greatly reducing the value of the Controlitia colony. Though Controlitia had hosted a coal depot for Surdra ships trading with Kannex and other Far Eastern nations, the trade routes moved with the construction of the Puerto Oro Canal in 1914 and the coal depot was shut down, ending the last non-military purpose for the colony. It remained mainly as a strategic counter to the Russian forces to the north. However, the Central Russian Empire began to crumble in 1918, and support for the Russian colony had dried up by mid-1919. When the revolution began in 1922, the majority of the Russian armed forces on the island withdrew. The Surdrans attempted to push north and claim the mines the Central Russians had left behind, but the Central Contros and the Kantrans united in a guerilla force to prevent the Surdrans' spread. When the South Contros began aiding Central raids into the heart of the colony, the Surdran government decided that the land was more trouble than it was worth. By 1923, the Surdrans had abandoned Controlitia to find its own fate.

Reunification Era
When the last Surdrans left Controlitia, they left behind a land in chaos. Decades of disease had destroyed traditional political divisions, and a century of foreign rule had permanently changed both the North and the South. Both regions had accepted the political prejudice of their occupier, and so were put against each other. The Central region was extremely nationalist, and opposed all remnants of Surdran and Central Russian culture. The next seventy-three years would be spent in civil war after civil war, a bloody storm of chief after chief uniting a few of his regional allies, and being pulled down by those of other regions. Occasionally, diplomatic dictators would arise and unite much of the land, but they would soon lose the crowds' favor and be pulled down. Through out this time, the Contros barely survived on what they could eke out of the land before a warlord razed their village to the ground. Luckily, one warlord would arise that could unite the warring people.

The Ascension
In 1996, Richard Tchaikovsky-- the father of the current Tyrant-- became chief of a Central tribe near Lake Aleksandra. Tchaikovsky had an interesting family background: his father was a Northern mine overseer, while his mother was a Southern lake-fishing captain. When the two married, they fled to the nearest Central tribe, which was very cosmopolitan due to its proximity to the Lake conflict zone. This Central tribe held to the old ways of chieftains taking the post by showing their abilities that would benefit the tribe. Since Tchaikovsky was raised by two people who knew both opponents well, he naturally excelled at the tribe's line of work, raids on either the mines or the fishermen. Once he received the chief's spear, Tchaikovsky's fame and charisma brought three other Central tribes to his aid, giving him four out of the nine remaining. His ancestry allowed him to gather one tribe from both the North and the South to his side, the first multi-regional ruler ever. The other tribes would not raise weapons against their brothers, and no region alone could comfortably fight Tchaikovsky's alliance. Richard spent the rest of his life either wheeling and dealing with or fighting with dissenting tribes in order to unite the tattered nation. On March 2nd, 2014, he died of skin cancer at age 46. He left his 28 year old son, Yartum, a nation that was ready to burst at the seams, but that covered the entire island. Yartum had his work cut out for him: he had to unite the nation while also inducing industrialization and entering the world stage.

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History of Controlitia

Union Era
When Yartum took the throne, he ruled a nation with next to no infrastructure. Though rudimentary roads existed throughout Controlitia, few of them crossed the regional borders and none were suitable for any sort of heavy traffic. Plumbing was non-existant, and electricity was only established in the rich areas of certain cities. His nation was also clearly divided into three groups by geography and race; the anti-Surdra Communist-leaning North, the anti-Central Russia globalist South, and the xenophobic nationalists of the Center. By demanding utter compliance from the regional tyrs, and playing one against the other, Yartum managed to drive the entire nation into rapid industrialization. Now Controlitia is approaching the second world standard, with a booming economy and rising infrastructure. Surdran investment has rapidly improved the manufacturing and mining industries, and Controlitia is headed toward economic success.

Current issues:
Conflict with Gutan
Thrice-divided nation
Utter lack of workplace benefits
Slightly outdated military equipment

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Government

Controlitia's government chaotic at best. The Tyrant is technically an absolute ruler, having no other national bodies to control him. However, the regional tyrs are not opposed to ignoring or even rebelling against laws or decisions that do not suit them.

The Tyrant has created a body of ministries to advise him and help oversee the actual operation of the country. They are:

Ministry of the States, responsible for internal politics and led by Tarkut Tovam, the offical heir of the Tyrant
Ministry of the Border, responsible for foreign affairs and led by Alec Fritchey
Ministry of the Sword, responsible for the armed forces and led by Norin Makarovich
Ministry of the Club, responsible for first responders and security and led by Yenin Kirillovich
Ministry of the Gear, responsible for industry and led by Kalim Gotar, the only female minister
Ministry of the Stalk, responsible for agriculture (including the utm) and led by Wyatt Naytr

The balance of ministers is very important for maintaining peace among the regions. The Center has command of the States, as fits the region that owns the capitol, and the Gear, which suits the manufacturing area. The North is pacified from its lack of economic ministries by receiving the two armed ministries. As the agricultural capital, the South receives the Stalk. The South also gets the Border, in order to allow it interregional influence.


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Military

The Controlitian military is a strange one, made of veterans who are strangers to anything but guerilla warfare. They've basically been embroiled in a three way Vietnam for the past eight decades, and so have little concept of modern tactics. In addition, constant combat has prevented the development of an experienced air force, while a lack of need prevented a true navy from forming.

Total size: 1,963,035
Active size: 289,710
Reserves: 1,672,325


Active Army: 145,870
Reserve Army: 842,525
Active Marines: 8,990
Reserve Marines: 51,925
Vehicles:
1,230 M60A3 Hunter (Patton) Main battle tank
100 LAV-25A2 Amphibious reconnaissance vehicle
300 AAV-7A1 Tracked amphibious landing vehicle
2,500 HMMWV Military 4WD motor vehicle
500 M35 2 ½ ton cargo truck
1,500 Ural-4320 medium cargo trucks
450 M198 155mm Howitzer
760 2A18 D-30 122mm Howitzer
50 BM-21 Grad 122mm Multiple Rocket Launcher
40 M247 Cheetah (Flakpanzer Gepard)
12 M1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle UGCV

Reserve Vehicles:
1,950 T-64M main battle tanks
1,700 BMP-1 mechanized infantry combat vehicles
1,900 BTR-60 armored personnel carriers
11,000 UAZ-469 utility vehicles


Active Navy: 37,990
Reserve Navy: 219,425
Vessels:
1 Reliance class littoral combat ship
4 Hawke class guided missile destroyers
24 Wendell Owens class guided missile frigates
2 Island class dock landing ships
43 Archer class patrol boats
4 Ula class Diesel-electric attack submarines
6 Avenger class minesweepers
Law Enforcement Vessels:
108 Svetlyak Class patrol boats


Active Air Force: 96,860
Reserve Air Force: 559,450
Aircraft:
231 F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighter
126 Tornado GR4 strike fighter
34 C-130 Hercules transports
1 Tu-134 Crusty VIP transport
6 E-2 Hawkeye AWACS
12 P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft
75 AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter
120 UH-1N Huey multipurpose utility helicopter
40 Mi-8 Hip transport helicopter
4 MH-60L Pavehawk transport helicopter
6 CH-47 Chinook heavy lift transport helicopter
80 MQ-2 Pioneer UAV

Reserve Aircraft:
36 MiG-21 Fishbed fighter
18 Su-17 Fitter fighter-bomber
14 An-12 Cub Transport aircraft
43 Mi-8 Hip Transport Helicopter
30 Mi-24V Attack helicopter

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Economy

The Controlitian economy is largely based on the terrain. In the South, commerical farming is the main economic workhorses, although a burgeoning shipping industry has begun to push its way to the fore. Utm husbandry and logging in the Sherwood also occupy a fair amount of the Southern workforce. In the Central region, the capitol's construction has attracted many factories to the area, causing manufacturing to completely replace goat-herding as the region's source of cash. In the North, the Central Russians completely focussed the economy on mining. The region does produce sufficient food to feed its inhabitants, while the rest of the workforce is focused in mines, using recently updated technology to quickly extract precious or useful minerals. Though some foreign companies have bought mining rights, the Surdrans' attempt to economically boost the country has led to a significant number of Kantran-owned mines.

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