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
BAF (Bredford Armed Forces) :
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: 535,547.
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.
Standard Hardware:
Tanks: Leopold 2A6 MBT (3,500). Total: 3,500 active.
Artillery: PzH 2000 (4,000) Total: 4,000 active.
Helicopters: Eurocopter "Tiger" Attack Helicopter (2,000), NHI NH90 Support Helicopter (2,500). Total: 4,500 active.
APC: Fuchs 2 (52,500). Total: 52,500
Standard Rifle: FAMAS (Modified).
Submachine Gun: FN P90, MP5 (Modified).
Sniper Rifle: Zastava M93 Black Arrow
Assault Rifle: G36.
Infantry Systems: "F�LIN" Infantry combat system (modified), Breiga 7E Communications Device, NS3 Night Vision/Infra-Red Binaculars.
ATGM: "Spike"
Land Force:
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:
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: (9455 men)
2 Mercy Class Hospital Ships (Mercy Blue, Mercy Green)
15 Ula Class Submarines
5 Iowa Class Battleships (Old Joe, Winster, Brave, Jack, Big Wave)
===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).
===Orbital Command:=== (6,000 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
===Nuclear Arsenal:=== (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.
Pacts & Agreeements
Trade Agreements:
Damirez- importing Cattle, Fish, and Rice.
Northen Halako- exporting Steel, Processed Food, Salt, Corn, Fruits & Vegetables.
Weccanfield- exporting Ethanol, importing processed copper.
Kansiov- exporting luxury food and Pharmaceuticals.
Alfegos- importing Aluminium.
Pacts:
Alliances:
AEFN - Alliance of Economically Free Nations
FWA- Free World Alliance
Other Agreement:
Recycling contract with Grasaland Recycling System. (Yearly recycle of Oil and Gas Tankers for $30 billion USD dollars.)
The "Theeb Accords" - International Agreement against slavery.
BAAFT - Bredford-Alfegos Agreement for Free Trade.
BACAT - Bredford-Alfegos Civil Aviation Treaty.
BAECT - Bredford-Alfegos Educational Cooperation Treaty.
BAFCT - Bredford-Alfegos Financial Cooperation Treaty.
BKFCT - Bredford-Kansiov Financial Cooperation Treaty.
BKAFT - Bredford-Kansiov Agreement for Free Trade.
International Projects & Investments:
Alfegos:
Eight factories of "Crusader Civil Aviation".
Six malls of "Wako Inc."
Buildings of "Bredford International Commerce", "Bredford-Alfegos Co-Operated Defence Command", "Lexus Motors", and "Newfield Industries Inc.".
Medicine research program.
"Mackenzie Mineral Corp." Iron mines at the moon mountains.
Kansiov:
"Breiga Civil Communications" provides phone services for over 700,000,000 people.
Weccanfield:
Ethanol factories of "Morgan Ethanol Inc.".
Binaria:
Building of "Vensu Finance".
Offices of "Hendrik Insurance Co."
Orange Juice factories of "Turtle Food".
Bredford Companies
Notes:xxxx is special notes. NW: xxx is networth.
Stock Indexes:
BFT10 (Bredford Top 10): +%2.11
F25 (Finance 25): +%4.17
F100 (Finance 100): +%1.26
FRC50 (Foreign Companies 50): +%0.21
E10 (Electronics 10): -%0.66
R5 (Resources 5): +%1.24
CP15 (Consumer Products 15): +%0.72
M15 (Manufacturing 15): +%3.79
Celliom (Diversified): +%1.81
===Light Drinks===
"Super Soda Coala (SSC)" NW: 360 billion BRc
"BeBe Soda (BBS)" NW: 500 billion BRc
"Vexel Silver" (VXS) NW: 350 billion BRc
"Mellon Drinks" (MLD) NW: 600 billion BRc
===Finance===
"Vensu Finance" Notes: holds 50,000 shares of General Resources Conglomerate (Leafanistan), %40 owned by Network Investments. NW: 1.7 trillion BRc
"Caecius Safe Investments" Notes: holds 50,000 shares of General Resources Conglomerate (Leafanistan), %40 owned by Techno Aquisitions. NW: 1.4 trillion BRc
"Nova Finance" Notes: Subsidiary company of "Caecius Safe Investments". NW: 75 billion
"Appex Investmens" Notes: new company, %50 owned by Techno Aquisitions. NW: 650 billion BRc
===Conglomerates===
"Lexus Motors" (LM) Notes: highly-growing company, %35 owned by Techno Aquisitions. NW: 2.1 trillion BRc
"Bredford International Commerce " (BIC) Notes: holds shares at noteable foreign companies. NW: 14.7 trillion BRc
"Newfield Industries" (NHI) NW: 3 trillion BRc
"Wako Inc." (WK) NW: 3.5 trillion BRc
===Electronics===
"Newfield Electronics" (NFE) Notes: Subsidiary company of "Newfield Industries" NW: 1.2 trillion BRc
"Teor Electronics" (TRE) NW: 2 trillion BRc
"Genius House" (GNH) NW: 1.7 trillion BRc
===Cars Manufacturing===
"Commonwealth Automobiles (CWA)" NW: 720 billion BRc
"Newfield Car Industries Inc." Notes: Subsidiary of "Newfield Industries". NW: 1 trillion BR
===Agriculture===
"United Farmers LTD" (UDF) NW: 1.2 trillion BRc
"Terra Farming Company" (TFC) NW: 800 billion BRc
===Food Production & Fast Food===
"Turtle Food" (TLF) NW: 2.5 trillion BRc
"Willy Cox" (WCX) NW: 2 trillion BRc
"Packed N Ready" (PNR) NW: 2 trillion BRc
===Arms Manufacturing===
"Commonwealth National Arms Ltd." (CNA) NW: 2.9 trillion BRc.
"Alfegos & Cornwall Aeronautical Alliance Ltd." (ACAA) NW: 800 billion BRc.
"Bansbury Shipyards" (BSBS) Notes: also builds civilian ships. NW: 1.3 trillion BRc.
"Southport Gruman" (SPG) Notes: also builds civilian ships. NW: 900 billion BRc.
"Jannisbury Tanks & Ammo" (JTNA) %20 [300 billion BRC] NW: 1.5 trillion BRc.
===Airways===
"Tampa Blue Airways" (TPB) Notes: %30 owned by Network Investments. NW: 3 trillion BRc.
"Bredford Airways" (BAW) Notes: recently privatized. NW: 2.1 billion BRc.
"Nis Airways" (NSA) Notes: new company. NW: 2 trillion BRc.
===Natural Resources===
"North Gas Corp" (NGC) Notes: %50 owned by Network Investments. NW: 2.2 trillion BRc.
"Western Petroleum" (WTP) NW: 4.1 trillion BRc.
"Kelle Oil & Gas" (KOG) NW: 650 billion BRc.
"Mackenzie Mineral Corp" (MMC) Notes: owns platinum mines in Akimonad. NW: 3.4 trillion BRc.
"Dwindel Gas Corp" (DGC) NW: 700 billion BRc.
"Bredford Minerals" (BFM) Notes: Subsidiary company of "Bredford International Commerce". NW: 1.2 trillion BRc.
===Information Technology===
"Snake Corp" (SNK) Notes: %50 owned by Network Investments. NW: 650 trillion BRc.
"PowerSoftware" (PWS) Notes: %50 owned by Techno Aquisitions. NW: 1.1 trillion BRc.
"DellTech" (DLT) NW: 2 trillion BRc.
"Breiga Civil Communications" (BCC) Notes: subsidiary company of "Breiga Communications. holds most of Kansiov mobile phone market (over 700,000,000 clients just in Kansiov). NW: 3 trillion BRc.
Real Estate
"Chabiot Real Estate" (CRE) NW: 1.2 trillion BRc.
"Kiel.RE" (KRE) NW: 500 billion BRc.
"Forell Green.RE" (FGRE) Notes: Owned by "Forell Green Bank". NW: 800 billion BRc.
===Banking===
"Forell Green Bank" (FGB) NW: 1.5 trillion BRc.
"Wall & Bien Banking Services" (WBBS) NW: 3.3 trillion BRc.
"Vellion Bank" (VB) NW: 2 trillion BRc.
===Tourism===
"Red Carpet Tourism" (RCT) NW: 200 billion BRc.
"L.R. Tours" (LRT) NW: 150 billion BRc.
"Bredford Tours" (BFT) NW: 300 billion BRc.
"X.L.M Exotic" (XLMT) NW: 100 billion BRc.
