Sakhaliya
From Ipon
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| Motto: "Коммунизм вытерпит для вечности"
"Communism will endure for eternity"' | |||||||
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| Capital | Khabarovsk [Хабаровск]
(Buriyagrad [Бурияград]) | ||||||
| Largest city | Khabarovsk [Хабаровск] | ||||||
| Official language(s) | Russian / Sakhaliyan Dialect | ||||||
| Government Premier of the Sakhaliyan People
Commissar Prime Generalissimo of the Red Fist | Urist Utopian State Uri Petrolanskya Buriya Nikolai Demidov Savlovich Lev Evgeniy Nikitin | ||||||
| Recognised Communist State Independence | 1948 from USSR | ||||||
| Area • Total • Water (%) | 180,000 km² 8.2 | ||||||
| Population • 2007 est. • 2006 census • Density | 1,350,000 (148) 1,200,000 34/km² (140) | ||||||
| GDP (PPP) • Total • Per capita | $42.00billion USD $1150.00 | ||||||
| HDI | 0.730 | ||||||
| Currency | Srou [Cpoy] (CP)
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| Time zone • Summer (DST) | Vladivostok Time (UTC+10) +11 (UTC+1) | ||||||
| Internet TLD | .cp | ||||||
| Calling code | +71
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Brief
Peoples Republic of Sakhaliya [Russian - Сахалинcкая Народная Pеспублика] is a small Nation that occupies the far easterly border of Russia and also lays claim to the Island of ‘Sakhalin’ which the country derives its name from. The country has coasts with the Pacific Ocean, Sea of Okhotsk, Sea of Japan, the Sakhalin Straight and shares its borders with Russia to the East, China to the South East and the KSSR to the North East. It is often described as 'Stalin's last resting place', due to a poignant history it shared with the dictator who was uncharacteristically benevolent towards it's people.
Sakhaliya has a Council Seat in the IPON, its main focus is the promotion of workers and Union rights amoungst the Pact members although it is occasionally critisized itself over the lack of Democratic establishment and poor Economic Development. Dispite this, it has well established Diplomatic relations with many nations, including the United States whom many still believe are trying to supress Communism from existance. Sakhaliya's two large Neighbours, Russia and China, both support Sakhaliya in many ways including Militarily and Finacially. This is seen as the main contributing factor to why the United States will not interfere with the developing Nation by any means.
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[edit] History
Main Article: History of Sakhaliya
Peoples Republic of Sakhaliya was formed in 1948 to end the disputing over who should claim ownership of Sakhalin; Russia or Japan. After a short 2 year occupation by Soviet and US forces it was decided that the Region should be free to Govern itself. Complications in the electorate procedure that conflicted with US demands lead to a military standoff between the Soviet Union and America. After a short non-violent stalemate, the US Army decided that the Region was a lost cause and all remaining US forces were shipped to Japan to help with reconstruction. The birth of the nation under a Communist banner is believed to have been a major catalyst that lead to the esculation of the Cold War in its early stages.
Sakhaliya had a brief relationship with Stalin's regime; both Sakhaliya and the Soviet Union had an open border and trade policy and goods moved freely between the countries. The line between what was Soviet and what was Sakhaliyan soils was so thin that borders were only drawn up following the months after Stalin's death in 1953 when newly appointed Nikita Khrushchev initiated a fierce de-Stalinization campaign; cutting off most ties to Sakhaliya.
During the 1960's Sakhaliya went into economic recession due to lack of trade and a series of crippling winters brought Agriculture to a halt. After some international assistance the nation was soon back on form, but not without a massive debt to pay. Come the discovery of Oil wealth on the island of Sakhalin and the appointment of Chairman (now Premier) Uri Buriya who loosened regulations on certain kinds of Commerce and Private ownership, Sakhaliya soon started to reap the rewards of homegrown business and used the majority of the new funds on Infrastructure such as Power Plants, Ports and Transit systems. Alot of money was also allocated to the formation of regional Councils who in turn built towns, managed roads and let large areas of landscape be de-forested.
In the early 90's Chairman Buriya reformed the Politburo from a unkept morass to an efficient council-based mock Multi-Party system where only high ranking Military Officials could get into power and council members are chosen Technocratically. Presently, Sakhaliya is persuing advances in Nuclear technology, much to the distrust of the US and the EU nations. Sakhaliya assured the UN on the 30th May 2008 that its intentions were purely 'Civil' and had no intentions to persue Weapons of Mass Destruction, although it is believed that Sakhaliya may already have at least 5 Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles with a range of about 2,000 miles.
[edit] Government and Politics
The Peoples Republic of Sakhaliya is officially a Single Party state. Leaders are chosen democratically in National Elections, but thre are no limits to term times so elections can only happen when a leader abdicates or dies. There have only been 2 Elections in Sakhaliyan History, 1948 and 1972. The Politburo is divided into two separate Soviets (councils) forming a mock Multi-Party system. The official Ideaology is 'Urist Utopianism', a Socialist Ideal unique to Sakhaliya where the Premier holds the majority of the power over the two Soviet cabinets of the Politburo; The Industry Soviet and Military Soviet. The Cabinets are not seperate Parties as such, but have idealogical differences within the single party which they settle over debates, usually daily. This leads to more effective Governing by the Premier, who in a normal Single part democracy, would not be challenged to his decisions for fear of puishment. The Urist Ideaology surfaced after the collapse of the Soviet Union, with the prospect that China may be next to collapse economically, Premier Buriya outlined Sakhaliya's first State Constitution, officially known as the Proletariat Reformation Bill [ Zakonoproekt Reformirovaniya Proletariata / Законопроект реформирования пролетариата]. It outlined the basis of a new form of Government wich would see the formation of two Soviets within the Politburo.
[edit] Krai Provinces
There are 5 Krai in Sakhaliya; Amur Dolnya, Khabarovsk Krai, Komsalomsk Krai, Sakhalin and Vostov Krai. They are controlled locally by Commissar Councils that can act by themselves but only under the strict guidance of the Politburo. The Councils generally look after local happenings such a road maintainence, Education and Healthcare funding and stablisation of the local economy. The National Government tends to take care of the more major tasks in the Krai, such as Construcion (usually done by Army Engineers), Resource extraction and Mining. The Krai are devided up usually into the Township areas of any surrounding built up area, but apart from that, the Krai tend to be considered whole and without any devisions.
[edit] Geography and Climate
The geography of Sakhaliya is made up of rugged hills and vast marsh lands wich is particularly hard to construct on. The largest of the marshlands is the Komsalomsk Area which is widely thougth to have been the Amur River's pre-historic flood plain. Much of Sakhaliya sits roughly over half a km above sea level, and consequently suffers from high winds daily, the wind erosion has made Sakhaliya's soils very thin and useless for farming except in some of the sheltered valleys away from the sea. Sakhaliya's climate makes for sandless beaches and rocky shorelines, yet, although the climate is harsh, Sakhaliya's mountains are thick with Coniferous Tree's and the many wate from melted glaciers and snow make Sakhaliya's rivers and lakes some of the cleanest in the world, despite the rapid deforestation and huge amounts of factories. Most lakes are used to distribute water straight to urban centres as well as out-lying towns and villages with very little filtration going into the process. The largest Filtration plant in Sakhaliya is on the edge of Khabarovsk that removes mainly Iron and Nickle from the Glacial waters that run down the side of Mount Dakov.
Throughout much of the territory there are only two distinct seasons — winter and summer; spring and autumn are usually brief periods of change between low temperatures and high. Winter in Sakhaliya is longer the further north you go. In Khabarovsk it snows about 10 days out of the year average, compared to 30-40 in the Northern most Sakhalin town of Potemkin-Sakhalinsk. Max summer temperatures can reach a 25 Degree's Celcius in the south as opposed to only 10 in the north due to the Subarctic conditions while the lowest winter teperatures can dip below -20 all over the country in some years, although the average is -12.
[edit] Nature
Sakhaliya's thick forests are a haven for Animals large and small; more noteably however, the 'Amur Tiger'. There are said to be no less than 350 wild Amur Tigers in Sakhaliya, and although nobody has died from a direct attack from one, the Government keeps a close eye on their numbers. Police have strict instructions to incapacitate or kill any Tigers that stray into Urban area's. The Amur Tiger has become the unofficial Sakhaliyan National Animal and the Politburo has considered plans to make it Official, but conservation of the Animal seems unlikely for the forseeable future.
[edit] Economy
Sakhaliya's main industries are Coal Mining and Machinery Building, although Garment Mills are on the rise as an increasing amount of Women are leaving the household to find work. In 2003, oil and natural gas deposits were found beneath Sakhalin Island and Sakhaliya's Territorial Waters; extraction began in early 2008 by the government owned 'Commission of Sakhaliyan Oil Reserve Drilling' [Комиссия сверлить нефтяного запаса Сахалинcкая].
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