Bredford
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Basic Facts:
Government Type : Union Goverment.
Capital : Bredford
Population: 601 million. (Capped)
National Animal : Bredford Lion.
Languages : English.
Ethnic Groups : 97.3% Bredfordians, 2.7% Other.
Major Religions : 100% nonreligious.
National Holiday : Union Day, Southshire celebrations, Battle of Bredford.
Internet TLD: .brd
Currency : BRD Credit. (equals 1.71 USD Dollar, Symbol : BRc)
Literacy rate: %99
Life expectancy: 81 years.
Infant mortality rate: 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births
HIV/AIDS: adult prevalence rate: 0.00
GDP per capita: 42,262 BRc
Median household income: 51,241 BRc
Unemployment: %2
Internet connections (per family): 2
Televisions (per family): 2
Computers (per family): 3
Newspapers (per family): 1
Provinces
Bredford, Jannisbury, Southshire, Bansbury, Oaktown
Ministers list
President: Lord Oliver Mosley IX
Minister of Defence: William Alberta
Minister of Transport: John Weckster
Minister of Science & Technology : William Chadwik
Foreign Minister: Lord Charles Hollan III
Minister of Commerce: Lord William Chabiot IV
Minister of Education: Duke James Lester V
Minister of Finance: Victoria Mackenzie
Minister of Health: Thomas Anthony
Minister of Interior: Stewart Mem
Minister of Enviroment: Elizabeth Merla
Minister of Culture & Sport: Henry Matfield
Minister of Justice: Marcus Haive
Minister of Energy: Robert J. Nux
Economy of Bredford
The economy of Bredford is mainly depedent on the sectors of automatic factories (Especially for Steel, Electronics, Arms, and Machinery), Consumer products and finances.
The BSM (Bredford Stock Exchange) is one of the biggest in Nova, and have a daily volume of 57 trillion BRc (97.47 trillion dollars), and by recent all-country poll it has been discovered that %94 of the people own some kind of stock, %87 own some kind of a bond, and %61 of the people own some kind of foreign currency.
In Bredford, the Median Household Income is, however this "hides the true". most of the people on the provinces of Bredford and Bansbury work for much higher wages then the national average, while around %46 of the people in Jannisbury, and %69 of the people in Oaktown work for much less then that, mainly in the agriculture or mining industries.
The unemployment is low (%2, 12.2 million people), and it is expected to drop in the future.
There is almost no industry that is not advanced in Bredford (Agriculture uses the newest tools, and factories are %90 automatic and their main workers are machine inspectors), as works that need alot of manpower are usually done in much cheaper countries (Alfegos, Weccanfeld).
Another growing sector is Aerospace (Civil & Military aircraft construction and development), which is mainly shared with other Novan countries (For example, the "Cornwall & Alfegos Aeronautical Alliance"), with the main companies in that sector are 'Cornwall Aviation', 'Crusader Civil Aviation', and 'Bredford Aerospace'.
Economic Information:
Bredford's GDP: 25.4 Trillion BRc.
Consumption: 15 Trillion BRc.
Currency: BRD Credit (equals $1.71 USD dollars)
Income Tax: %20 (State tax), %5-16 (Provincial tax).
Bredford export & import:
Bredford's main imports: Copper, Aluminium, Cotton, Timber, Rice, Cattle, Fish, Precious stones, Petroleum, Rubber.
Total import (in cash): $3.6 Trillion BRc.
Bredford's main exports: Soda, Iron, Corn, Chemicals, Steel, Vegetables, Fruits, Industrial & Agricultural Machines, Processed Food, Aircraft, Gas, Coal, Salt, Jewelry, Mineral Water, Plastic, Arms, Electronics.
Total export (in cash): $3.8 Trillion BRc.
Trade surplus: $0.2 Trillion BRc.
Loans given to Bredford: $1.8 Trillion BRc. (yearly interest %7, 126 billion BRc)
Loans given by Bredford: $2.2 Trillion BRc. (yearly interest %6.5, 143 billion BRc)
Resources: Uranium, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal, Iron, Salt.
Geography of Bredford
the nation of Bredford is made up from three isles.
the Bredford isle, which is the main isle and contains the capital and all the important cities. the Bredford isle is also very resourceful, as its big eastren part is made of rich soil, the north contains big amounts of Coal and Iron, and the western sea include many petroleum reserves. there is only one mountain range on the Bredford isle, the Southport mountains, which are located near the city of Southport. most of the big cities and the population are massed on the industrialized westren shore (Bansbury, Jannisbury, Bredford and their suburbs), and the eastren shore contains Port Hollan and Oaktown. the south contains the lone city of Southport, and big Uranium mines. most of the isle is big flat grasslands, expect from the hilly south side and its mountain range.
the Allertown isle, which is a isle annexed by Bredford in 1969. it contains one important town, Allertown, which is the capital of the isle. one of biggest industries in the isle is tourism, mostly concetrated in the beautiful southwest shore. Also big industry in Allertown is Rubber producing, however the production hasn't met with the demand in Bredford, which forced the nation of Bredford to import Rubber from the rest of Nova. the westren-north side of the isle is filled with Gas fields, but no population expect few small towns. Allertown has major mountain dividing the isle in twice in the center, the north area is hilly, but the south is completely flat.
and the last, the Pernu isle, Which has no population at all, and is owned by "Bredford International Commerce", who perform nuclear experiments (allowed up to level of 0.05 KT) on the isle.
Bredford Armed Forces
[SIZE="5"]BAF (Bredford Armed Forces) : [/SIZE] NOTE: fighting men refers to the fighting personnal, and logistical personnal are various support people. (expect from naval forces, and fighters in airforce are pilots.)
Each Division consists of 3 Brigades.
Total Active Men: 523,547.
Brigade Types:
Reserve Infantry Brigade - 20,000 fighting men (5,000 Logistics personnal), used in emergency cases to defend the mainland, therefore low logistics. (relay on the civilian infrastructure then.)
Mechanized Infantry Brigade - 12,000 fighting men (10,000 Logistics personnal) , infantry mounted in vehicles, accompanied by small armored forces, medium logistics unit.
Armored Brigade - 7,000 fighting men (5,000 Logistics personnal) , most of the brigade is medium tanks, but also small units accompany, big logistics unit.
Blitz Brigade - 3,000 fighting men (3,000 Logistics personnal) , all of the brigade consists of light and fast tanks, with no infantry at all, big but mechanized logistics unit.
Airborne Brigade - 1500 fighting men (100 Logistics personnal) , this includes pilots and airplanes, logistics unit is small due to the option of bringing supplies from the air.
Marine Brigade - 1,000 fighting men (500 Logistics personnal) , equiped with Rigid hull-inflatable boats, logistics unit is small due to the option of bringing supplies from sea, considered commando unit.
[B]Standard Hardware: [/B] [B]Tanks[/B]: Leopold 2A6 MBT (3,500). Total: 3,500 active. [B] Artillery[/B]: PzH 2000 (4,000) Total: 4,000 active.
[B]Helicopters[/B]: Eurocopter "Tiger" Attack Helicopter (2,000), NHI NH90 Support Helicopter (2,500). Total: 4,500 active.
[B]APC[/B]: [URL="http://www.army-technology.com/projects/fuchs/"]Fuchs 2[/URL] (52,500). Total: 52,500
[B]Standard Rifle[/B]: FAMAS (Modified).
[B]Submachine Gun[/B]: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_P90"]FN P90[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP5"]MP5[/URL]
[B]Sniper Rifle[/B]: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M93_Black_Arrow"]Zastava M93 Black Arrow[/URL]
[B]Assault Rifle[/B]: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G36"]G36.[/URL]
[B]Infantry Systems[/B]: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%89LIN"]"F�LIN" [/URL]combat system (modified), Breiga 7E Communications Device, NS3 Night Vision/Infra-Red Binaculars.
[B]ATGM[/B]: [URL="http://www.army-technology.com/projects/gill/"]"Spike"[/URL]
===Land Force:=== (373,000 men)
1st Infantry Division: (66,000 total men.)
1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade 3rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade
2nd Infantry Division: (66,000 total men.)
4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 5th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 6th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
3rd Infantry Division: (66,000 total men.)
7th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 9th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
4rd Infantry Division: (66,000 total men.)
10th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 11th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 12th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
1st Armored Division: (30,000 total men.)
1st Armored Brigade 2nd Armored Brigade 1st "Blitz" Brigade
2nd Armored Division: (30,000 total men.)
3rd Armored Brigade 4th Armored Brigade 2nd "Blitz" Brigade
3nd Armored Division: (30,000 total men.)
5rd Armored Brigade 6th Armored Brigade 3rd "Blitz" Brigade
1st Airborne Division: (4,800 total men.)
1st Airborne Brigade 2nd Airborne Brigade 3rd Airborne Brigade
1st Marine Division: (4,500 total men.)
1st Marine Brigade 2nd Marine Brigade 3rd Marine Brigade
Special Forces Division: (10,000 total men)
CLO (Covert Land Operations) ISS (Industrial Sabotage Services) NC (Naval Commando) HFR (Hostage Retrieval Force) ATU (Anti-Terror Unit) CAAU (Covert Amphibious Attack Unit)
===Navy:=== (63,000 men)
Zumwalt Group 1: (1400 men.)
Zumwalt 1-10 (Moon, Sun, Green, Red, Swift, Silver, Yellow, Gold, Strong, Hollan.)
Zumwalt Group 2: (1400 men, 10 Zumwalt Destroyers.)
Zumwalt 11-20 (Shiny, Quick, Terrible, Strike, Assault, Charge, Brown, Southport, Blue, Sword.)
Zumwalt Group 3: (1400 men.)
Zumwalt 21-30 (Axe, Bow, Shield, Lord Oliver, Viscount, Baron, Union, Edward, Prince, Black.)
Zumwalt Group 4: (1400 men.)
Zumwalt 31-40 (Lester, Blackburn, Enfield, Warren, Vampire, Jean, Matfield, Crown, Attack, Dagger.)
FREMM Group 1: (1080 men.)
FREMM 1-10 (Yellow, White, Black, Brown, Green, Purple, Silver, Blue, Orange, Grey.)
Barracuda Group 1: (600 men.)
Barracuda 1-5 (Blue, Bansbury Steel, Redstorm, Brave, Jannisbury.)
Barracuda Group 2: (300 men.)
Barracuda 1-10 (Green, Yellow, Southport, Oaktown, Bluestorm.)
Submarine Patrol Group: (6000 men.)
Barracuda 11-30 (Silver Patrol 1-10, Gold Patrol 11-20.)
Submarine Nuclear Attack Force 1: (675 men.)
Vanguard 1-5 (Blue, White, Black, Yellow Green.)
Task force 1: (14,150 men.)
1 Ford Class Carrier (Bredford). (equiped with 30 'Strawberry' and 45 MiG-35.) 4,660 men.
10 Barracuda class Submarine (White, Black, Silver, Grey, Quiet, Assasin, Wolf, Gold, Jack, Lion.)
8 Ticonderoga Missile Cruisers (Storm White 1-4, Storm Blue 5-8.)
1 Mercy Class Hospital Ship (Mercy White)
5 Zumwalt Destroyers (Norwich, Redding, Douglas, Newport, Lester.)
5 Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship (Red, White, Green, Yellow, Black.)
Naval Logistics Group: (17,567 men)
66 "Lewis and Clark" Cargo Ship (Lewis 1-33, Clark 34-66)
55 "Henry J. Kaiser" Class Oiler (Kaiser Gold 1-30, Kaiser Black 31-55)
General Ship Reserve: (455 men)
2 Mercy Class Hospital Ships (Mercy Blue, Mercy Green)
15 Ula Class Submarines ===Air Force:=== 2,340 Active Aircraft, 51,000 men. 12 Multi-Mission Squadrons (1,200 MiG-35) 2 Heavy Bomber Squadrons (200 B-73 Ravager) 2 Interceptor Squadrons (200 F-22) 6 Advanced Multi-Mission Squadrons (600 SU PAK FA)
General: 100 C-130 Hercules, 100 C-17 Globemaster III�s, 50 C-5 Galaxies, 30 B-52 Startofortress, 40 SR-71 "Blackbird", 20 Gulfstream V (Phalcon AWACS).
===[B]Orbital Command:[/B]=== (3,000 men)
2 Venturestars 1 Vanguard Missile Tracking Satellite 2 Vision Telescopic Satellite 1 Zeus Command & Control Satellite 1 Thor Orbital Weapon Platform Satellite 1 Genesis Communications/GPS Satellite
===[B]Nuclear Arsenal:[/B]=== (5,700 men)
40 20kt Sub-launched Nuclear Missile "White Star" (Armed on Hunter Groups 1 and 2.) 10 Tomahawk with 5-150kt Nuclear Warhead (Armed on Typhoon White, Blue.) 200 CSS-9 "Dong Fei 31" ICBM (up to 1 MT warhead) 150 "Helios" ICBM Classified number of "Black Star" Sub-launched 100kt missiles. Classified number of "Alcatel" Silo-launched 850kt missiles.
