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Burgoletto

Friendly reminder friends! The National Motors Factory of Burgoletto is now accepting clients. If you would like to open a contract for sports, utility, passenger automobiles or military grade humvees/transports, please send a TG!

Burgoletto wrote:Friendly reminder friends! The National Motors Factory of Burgoletto is now accepting clients. If you would like to open a contract for sports, utility, passenger automobiles or military grade humvees/transports, please send a TG!

How is this a reminder if you have never announced it before?

Thuzbekistan wrote:Crazy since they're generally 6 italicized lines

Ok well I just don't need to extend my news story, I explain what's happened and that's that, I'm very straightforward.
But hey if you don't like that maybe I'll stop playing all together.

Menna shuli wrote:How is this a reminder if you have never announced it before?

Sssshhh

would it be 1.reasonable and 2.possible, to have a division of about 15,000 criminals to be used as frontal assault soldiers like bad company?

Carcinova wrote:would it be 1.reasonable and 2.possible, to have a division of about 15,000 criminals to be used as frontal assault soldiers like bad company?

I'm pretty sure that's frowned upon. Also, 15k is a division, way more than a company of "expendables".

Carcinova wrote:would it be 1.reasonable and 2.possible, to have a division of about 15,000 criminals to be used as frontal assault soldiers like bad company?

"frontal assault soldiers", I believe the term you're looking for is cannon fodder.
Also, nice flag

Miklania wrote:I'm pretty sure that's frowned upon. Also, 15k is a division, way more than a company of "expendables".

yeah thought so

Burgoletto wrote:"frontal assault soldiers", I believe the term you're looking for is cannon fodder.
Also, nice flag

yeah I tried to make it sound "professional", and thanks

Carcinova wrote:yeah thought so
yeah I tried to make it sound "professional", and thanks

Minesweeper irl?

Oturia wrote:Ok well I just don't need to extend my news story, I explain what's happened and that's that, I'm very straightforward.
But hey if you don't like that maybe I'll stop playing all together.

I've commented on your news stories before. You don't listen. I have also had issues with you pushing your empire on people despite it being EXTREMELY underdeveloped. If you can't take criticism and improve with time and threaten to quit when you get any, then I'm not sure what to say, mate.

Carcinova wrote:would it be 1.reasonable and 2.possible, to have a division of about 15,000 criminals to be used as frontal assault soldiers like bad company?

15,000 is a lot, but many countries with conscripts have penal companies and/or battalions, both France and Germany use to (not sure if they still do). These are made up mostly of men with minor infractions and discipline problems. Yes, historically they were used as assault units. But you wouldn’t want a bunch of screwups formed in a division.

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Post by Athara magarat suppressed by Ostehaar.

Athara magarat

Thuzbekistan wrote:I've commented on your news stories before. You don't listen. I have also had issues with you pushing your empire on people despite it being EXTREMELY underdeveloped. If you can't take criticism and improve with time and threaten to quit when you get any, then I'm not sure what to say, mate.

Prepares a long wall of text to explain the empire :P

Athara magarat

The Magaratis once had an empire. That was then.

Now they have lost every war they were a major belligerent since the Imperial War.

Now, they are bound to lose the Hornet War as well. Might as well change my flag to full white...

Domanania, San Montagna, and Almorea

Alteran republics

Thuzbekistan wrote:Alteran republics I can't say I'm a fan of the gif in your news post

I've been using it for a while and you've only just noticed it? :')
Did you try clicking on it too?

My master plan worked .... mwhahaha ....

New totzka and Thuzbekistan

Polar svalbard

You know, I really wish we could've played at Pagan Min's side in Far Cry 4. Dude was a good guy who had some problems and creative solutions to the terrorism problem in the country. Instead we have to fight with the bad guys under the guise of doing good. All I wanted to do was shoot guns with him after he helped us spread the mother's ashes next to her daughter that terro group killed.

Alteran republics and Carcinova

Alteran republics wrote:I've been using it for a while and you've only just noticed it? :')
Did you try clicking on it too?

My master plan worked .... mwhahaha ....

I never look at the news on my computer. Lol it is hard to see on my phone. It's a cool effect.cit was just distracting:)

Alteran republics

Athara magarat

Polar svalbard wrote:You know, I really wish we could've played at Pagan Min's side in Far Cry 4. Dude was a good guy who had some problems and creative solutions to the terrorism problem in the country. Instead we have to fight with the bad guys under the guise of doing good. All I wanted to do was shoot guns with him after he helped us spread the mother's ashes next to her daughter that terro group killed.

In the beginning he says "stay here, I will be right back".

Wait for 16 or minutes and he will actually take you to the shrine where Ishwari's ashes can be placed next to Laxmana's.

"I am leaving you this country but taking the helicopter" ensues :P

New totzka wrote:Would anyone be interested in the foreign exploitation of Totzka's natural resources? Totzka has in abundance: lithium, aluminium, nickel, cobalt and bitumen. I would like for foreign corporations to hold a large sway of influence over the Totzkan government. At the bottom of this factbook a table about the various influential corporations operating within Totzka that I would like to fill out.
Economy and Government Budget of the Union
Categories: New Totzka | Economy

GPD Total (PPP) - $266,364,473,200
GDP Per Capita (PPP) -$7,811
GDP Growth - 4.9%
Taxable GDP - $213,091,578,560
Current tax revenue to GDP ratio - 18%
Current Government budget - $38,356,484,140.8$
USD ($) to Escurita (ES$) - 1$:67.5ES$
GDP by Sector
  • Agriculture - 42%

  • Industry - 47%

  • Services - 11%



Population - 34,101,200
Labour Force - 13,398,371
Per capita income - $2,117
Population below poverty line
(>$196 income per annum) -
9.9%
Unemployment - 7.8%


Main industries
  • Petrochemicals

  • Lithium

  • Steel

  • Aluminium

  • Nickel

  • Cobalt

  • Cement

  • Construction materials

  • Software


Main export partners



Main import partners



Sources of revenue
  • Income - 23%

  • VAT - 20%

  • Corporation tax - 18%

  • Borrowing - 15%

  • Excises - 10%

  • Non tax revenue - 8%

  • Customs - 4%

  • Non-debt sales- 2%

Government Expenditure by Section

  • The Interior Bureau - 13% ($4,986,342,938)

  • The Federal Treasury - 2% ($767,129,683)

  • Federal Justice Executive - 8% ($3,068,518,731)

  • Bureau for Foreign Affairs - 5% ($1,917,824,207)

  • Federal Security Central Headquarters - 14% ($4,219,213,255)

  • New Totzkan Defence Services -16% ($6,137,037,463)

  • Council Of National Resources - 2% ($767,129,68)

  • Executive for Labour and Citizen's Affairs- 3% ($1,1250,694,524)

  • Executive for Domestic Security - 11% ($4,219,213,255)

  • Executive for Special Intelligence - 4% ($1,534,259,366)

  • Provincial Budget - 23% ($882,199,135,220)

  • Unaccounted for - $767,129,68


The Economy of Totzka
The Totzka's Union is a developing mixed economy due to the access to power private commercial interests have to government through the Government Executive Section 7, the Council of National Resources. Section 7 is composed of representatives from Totzka's largest domestic companies such as CS Grão, Sao Tiago Corporação de Comida, Petroco, Petroquímica de Totzka, Ladrões de Crianças and Corporação Independente de Mineração along with representatives from foreign companies that operate within Totzka and the Totzkan government. The line between private and public enterprise within Totzka can be blurred and both the government and corporations are accused of being in each other's influence. Section 7 has been described as both a cartel where business and corrupt government officials dictate the future of Totzka and as a shouting chamber where the two groups try to force a compromise between each other.

On the other end of the market, retail and other private consumer-focused enterprises are typically handled through small local businesses. In 2010 Over 40% of all working Totzkan's were self-employed. Successive governments have maintained a policy of limited government regulation over over private enterprise and very little bureaucracy is involved in the creation of limited business. Provincial governments in South Totzka have attempted to stimulate the economy with grants to small businesses without any oversight of these proposed enterprises. As a result Totzka has developed a substantial and growing Underground economy dominated by the trade of small arms and drugs. It is also a well known source of cheap everyday goods that are of a higher quality than the average Totzkan can afford and Totzkans sometimes affectionately refer to the black economy as the "Pouco Comércio."

Key Industries and Sectors
Agriculture


Around 45% of working Totzkans are estimated to be employed in the agricultural sector and, along with fishing and forestry, it contributes $142,646,683,648 (38%) to Totzka's total GDP. Until the Totzkan revolution of 1961 to 1979 many Totzkans, especially in Pamilya, Territorio de Leste and the Ilha de Totzka, lived off subsistence farming. After the revolution widespread urbanisation, combined with the impact of 18 years of conflict, saw the agricultural sector decline from 1980 to 2005. President Korrapati started an initiative in the mid 2000s to revive the sector through improvements in irrigation, technology, application of modern agricultural practices and provision of agricultural credit and subsidies.In mordern Totzka most commercial farms and fisheries have contracts with Totzka's two agricultural giants CS Grão and Sao Tiago Corporação de Comida who exclusively supply Totzka's agricultural exports. Farms that are not associated with eith company typically sell to local markets. Cattle meat, Goat meat, fish, rice, cotton and spices dominate the sector. There are an estimated 23 million cattle living in Totzka and in 2014-2015 over 19 million tonnes of rice were produced.

Petrochemicals


Totzka is estimated to have around 80 million metric tonnes of oil reserves concentrated in oil sands in the Yhaivan desert. Initially attempts to exploit Totzka's crude bitumen reserves where made in the 1920s during the reign of Viceroy Asygno Indra Amancio however the cost associated with extracting and processing made developing a profitable oil industry impossible. A second attempt was made under the second president of Totzkan Union, Suraj Chirapati, with a focus on developing a sustainable petrochemical industry that would add value. With this view the nationalised Petroquímica de Totzka was created. It was privatised in 1991 when the Partido de Libertação Unido, took control of the Comissão Popular. Although crude oil is extracted from the Yhai desert the largest chemical plants in Totzka are the PT Refinement Plant in Drijina and Petroco Complex in Ostrivica. Together they produce 2.1 million tonnes of petrochemicals a day, including Ethene, Propene, Butene, Xylenes and Synthesis gas. The Petrochemical industry accounts for $75,077,201,920 (20%) of Totzka's GDP and employs 31% of Totzka's workforce.

Mining
With vast mineral deposits in Eastern Totzka mining has been one of Totzka's economic pillars since the bronze age. The Totzkan government strongly supports foreign investment in the sector and has modified its mining industry laws and regulations to create a favourable investing environment for foreigners. Thanks to a large amount of lithium, nickel, tin and aluminium resources, pro-business legislation and a healthy investment environment, Totzka can be considered one of the mining giants of the Western Isles.

Lithium
During the 1950s the Pamil Republic discovered and began exploiting the vast deposits of lithium ore located in the former nation's south. Hundreds of Ethno-Unions, largely from the Magkawan branch, migrated south to begin mining and producing Lithium. in 1953, the height of the rush, over the 700 companies relating to the production of Lithium were created. Following the Totzkan Revolution and Pamilya's unification with the rest of Totzka many of these companies were bought under the umbrella of the state-owned Metais Unidos. Metais Unidos was opened to public investment in the 1991 when the Partido de Libertação Unido took power and, including the associated battery-producing industry today remains the province of Pamilya's largest industry. In 2017 Totzkan mines were estimated to have produced a little over 10,200 tonnes of lithium.

Cobalt and Nickel
Large deposits of Nickel can be found beneath the Yhai steppe in North-Eastern Totzka. In 2018 around 80,000 metric tonnes of Nickel were extracted from Yhaiva. Nickel ore extracted from Yhaiva is typically sent to plants in South Totzka and Pamilya where it is refined and cobalt extracted as a by-product with 25,625 tonnes of Cobalt being produced in Totzka in 2018.

Steel
Steel is one of Totzka's oldest industries, growing rapidly in the 18th century when the Viceregal government of South Totzka became dependent on the sale of steel to Portugal. Fears of iron shortages in the traditional mining areas of the Grand Interior prompted the invasion of Yhaiva, to seize it's rich in untapped mineral deposits, in 1901. The industry declined throughout the 20th century and today the industry only accounts of 7% of Totzka's GDP and employs less than 10% of it's workforce.

Construction
Totzka is a regional exporter of low-cost construction work. Construction workers from Totzka, called Mãos Baratas, are regularly sent abroad to complete the construction projects of other countries, typically be transported and living on large boats (because of this most construction work done by the Mãos baratas is typically on the coast). Occasional these workers have been known to settle abroad and have become to constitute a large amount of Totzka diaspora. Within Totzka there are two competing construction exporters Pessoal de Logística de Construção, the larger company that typically provides personnel for projects initiated and designed by a third party company, and Agência de Construção Profissional, a smaller company that actually provides planning for projects. Together they employ 8% of Totzka's workforce.

Information Technology
The small emerging IT industry us quickly becoming a staple of the urban coast and creating a class of educated professionals that stand out from the typical Totzkan labourer. This industry, attributed to the low cost to skill ratio of the workers, is coming to dominate the service industry, coming to constitute 5% of the nations GDP. although is still employs less than 1% of the workforce.

Exports

Export Revenue (USD) (2017)

% of export revenue (2017)

Meat (beef, goat)

$2,325,763,432

14%

Cotton

$1,495,133,635

9%

Spices (Ginger, Ajwain, Long pepper)

$1,162,881,716

7%

Lithium

$664,503,837

4%

Petrochemicals (Ethene, Propene, Butene, Xylenes)

$3,488,645,148

21%

Synthetic Fabrics (Nylon, Polyester)

$2,990,267,270

18%

Nickel

$1,993,511,513

12%

Cobalt

$1,164,881,716

7%

Steel

$996,755,756

6%

Other

$322,251,918

2%

Total

$16,610,594,946

100%

Council of National Resources
The Council of National Resources, or Conselho de Recursos Nacionais and commonly called CRN, is a government body responsible for coordinating government policy with the interests of Totzka’s largest corporations. It is the seventh of the nine Federal Section’s which make up the Federal Government of the Totzka Union and usually designated within the government as Seção Federal 7 or SF7.

The CRN is composed of representatives from the most significant corporations that operate within Totzka and is chaired by a nominee of the President of the Totzkan Union whose position is dependent on the confidence of the Council’s other members. The Chairman may enact law relating to the field of industry which is subject to the approval of Totzka’s legislature, the Comissão Popular. The current chairman of the council is Anupam Santana.

The CRN was formed during the early years of Suraj Chirapati’s presidency (1983-1991) and originally controlled almost all aspects of Totzka’s economy. The CRN also held responsibility over Chirapati’s ambitious plans to nationalise and redistribute every acre of land within Totzka. As Totzkan industry was increasingly privatised during the presidencies of Ado’Rosmakona Iagano (1991-1995) and Desidéria Lorena Sharma (1995-2003) the CRN became more democratic transitioning from a top-down structure to a cabinet-like talking shop and policy making body. Rampant cronyism saw many of the President Rohan Siva Amrit Korrapati’s (2003-2014) allies gain seats on the council and the Totzkan economy was carved up among a few individuals. Following Korrapati’s impeachment in 2014 many of his former associates, who retained their seats on the council, staunchly opposed his successor, Francisco Améro (2015-). To combat their influence Améro loosed up Totzka’s punitive foreign investment laws and opening up the nation’s domestic industries to foreign competition, allowing representatives from companies across Totzka to take a seat on the council.

Company

Industry

Headquarters

Rambutan Electronics

Electronic Manufacturing

Survunia (Negarakita)

SuvurOil

Energy Extraction/ Refining

Survunia (Negarakita)

Jahat Mineral Company

Mining and Refining

Survunia (Negarakita)

South Sanggaric Mining Company

Mining and Refining

Survunia (Negarakita)

Almorean Oil Consortium

Energy Extraction/ Refining

Almorea

Campinas Co

Metallurgy

Dragao do mar

Caju Inc

Beverage

Dragao do mar

Potência

Automotive

Dragao do mar

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(tagging Negarakita because he TG'd me about this like a week ago and I forgot to reply. sorry :p)

Companies from Nhoor may also be interested!

Alteran republics

Alteran republics

Polar svalbard wrote:You know, I really wish we could've played at Pagan Min's side in Far Cry 4. Dude was a good guy who had some problems and creative solutions to the terrorism problem in the country. Instead we have to fight with the bad guys under the guise of doing good. All I wanted to do was shoot guns with him after he helped us spread the mother's ashes next to her daughter that terro group killed.

You do know about the *secret* ending, don't you?

Athara magarat

If anyone would like to submit people for my RP, go ahead. It's actually gaining interest. I need 4 more guys and 3 more girls.

Alteran republics wrote:You do know about the *secret* ending, don't you?

I like any game I can win simply by sitting at a dinner table for a little while.

Athara magarat, San Montagna, Alteran republics, and Ter natiour

Oturia wrote:Ok well I just don't need to extend my news story, I explain what's happened and that's that, I'm very straightforward.
But hey if you don't like that maybe I'll stop playing all together.

Oturia wrote:Sometimes I wonder if you guys even like me being here

Posts like this aren't endearing. They don't help your case. If you want to be here, then stay and play, but know that we have certain standards we hold everyone to. You've been here long enough to understand that you aren't getting dunked on because we don't like you but because we ask all of our members to hold themselves to a certain level of quality. If you want to leave, then leave, but that's your decision. Don't try and guilt trip us by acting like a drama queen.

At the same time...

Thuzbekistan wrote:Crazy since they're generally 6 italicized lines

I actually went back and read Oturia's news posts. For the most part the dude at least writes a few paragraphs. They're just as long as some other people's, they just have less formatting. They're not quite one liners, so it's fine.

Menna shuli wrote:Posts like this aren't endearing. They don't help your case. If you want to be here, then stay and play, but know that we have certain standards we hold everyone to. You've been here long enough to understand that you aren't getting dunked on because we don't like you but because we ask all of our members to hold themselves to a certain level of quality. If you want to leave, then leave, but that's your decision. Don't try and guilt trip us by acting like a drama queen.

At the same time...I actually went back and read Oturia's news posts. For the most part the dude at least writes a few paragraphs. They're just as long as some other people's, they just have less formatting. They're not quite one liners, so it's fine.

yeah, I was an arse about it. I do apologize Oturia

So... as soon as I get the internet connection at my new flat up and running, I'm going to begin a new arc for my nation, which would hopefully include many - if not all - of my current active involvements (Lovsk, ARRF stuff, Gael politics, Thuz, government corruption, nuclear business, San Javier...). It's not a Noro-Style (TM) crisis but more of a change in national interests or posture.

The leading figures of this story will be Ostehaar's politicians, senior clerks, giant corporations and high-ranking officers - starting with the current head of opposition in Ostehaar. As with similar RPs, you'd all get the chance to influence the events, if you'd like, and I'll open a formal OOC thread soon. There I will also include a rough "map" of political, cultural, or economical ties in my nation, so you'd all be able to consider your involvement through different aspects.

Dormill and Stiura, Athara magarat, Thuzbekistan, and Almorea

Ostehaar wrote:So... as soon as I get the internet connection at my new flat up and running, I'm going to begin a new arc for my nation, which would hopefully include many - if not all - of my current active involvements (Lovsk, ARRF stuff, Gael politics, Thuz, government corruption, nuclear business, San Javier...). It's not a Noro-Style (TM) crisis but more of a change in national interests or posture.

The leading figures of this story will be Ostehaar's politicians, senior clerks, giant corporations and high-ranking officers - starting with the current head of opposition in Ostehaar. As with similar RPs, you'd all get the chance to influence the events, if you'd like, and I'll open a formal OOC thread soon. There I will also include a rough "map" of political, cultural, or economical ties in my nation, so you'd all be able to consider your involvement through different aspects.

I can't wait!

I've also been rethinking my arc, so if you have any questions about that, send me a tg.

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