The Phoenix Milita

The Phoenix Milita

Flag of The Phoenix Milita
Motto: Lo Que Sea, Cuando Sea, Donde Sea
2004 MAP
Region	Johnified States of America
Capital	Phoenix, AZ
Official Language(s)	English, Latin
Leader	Field Marshall Maximus Seville II
Population	5.1 billion
Currency	Shell Casing
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The Superpower of The Phoenix Milita

Government

Head of State 

Field Marshall Maximus Seville II

Leader of the Senate 

John Piazza

Admiral Of Navy 

Fleet Admiral David Vrelck

General Of The Army 

General Jonathan Stubbs

General Of The Air Force 

Sky Marshall William Seville

Head of War Dept. 

Marshall Arcturus Walker III

Head of State Dept. 

Edward "Eddie" Perez Jr.

Head of the Energy and Economic Dept. 

Jennifer Peterson

Current Status

UN Category 

Father Knows Best State

Civil Rights 

Some

Economy 

Frightening

Political Freedoms 

Rare

Location 

Johnified States of America

The Superpower of The Phoenix Milita is a massive, safe and economically powerful nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.65 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator(Field Marshall Maximus Seville II), who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and the Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 60%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by Arms Manufacturing Phoenix Dynamix INC and IS followed by the the Automobile Manufacturing industry and Uranium Mining industries. Several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, it's a common sight to see angry commuters with grenade launchers mounted on their vehicles, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities, and manual labourers must be willing to have cybernetic limbs to get a job.'Mountain Doobie' is widely regarded as the nation's favorite drink, newborns are being raised as mindless killing machines, people who are terrified of needles are torn between their phobia and free health care, and gun ownership is compulsory. Space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are sold freely by the government, and military service is compulsory. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Phoenix Milita's national animal is the Red Fox which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Shell Casing.

Background:

The Phoenix Milita was formed July 4th, 2001, by 5 million Tyradorian military hard-liners and thier families. In late 2004, TPM finished what it started, conquering Tyrador in just 2 months. Today TPM is one one of the world's great powers and makes an impact on international trade with its massive and active aircraft production facilities.

Conflicts

War of Independence

Islamaisbad-American Alliance War

War of Insanity

Blacktower Incident

Geography

Location 

North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean.

Geographic coordinates 

38 00 N, 97 00 W

Map references 

North America

Area:

total 

29,631,418 sq km

land 

29,161,923 sq km

water 

569,495 sq km

Land boundaries 

total 

72,034 km

border countries 

Tyrador 8,893 km, JSA

Coastline

23,924 nm

Maritime claims - as described in UNCLOS 2003 (see Notes and Definitions) 

territorial sea 

12 NM

contiguous zone 

24 NM

exclusive economic zone 

200 NM

continental shelf 

not specified

Climate 

mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains

Terrain 

vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii

Elevation extremes  

lowest point : Death Valley -86 m

highest point : Mount McKinley 6,194 m

Natural resources 

coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber

Land use  

arable land : 19.3%

other : 80.5% (2001 est.)

permanent crops : 0.2%

Irrigated land 

214,000 sq km (2001 est.)

Natural hazards 

tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development

Geography - Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent

People

Population :

2,209,000,000 (July 2004 est.)

Age structure :

0-14 years 

20.8% (male 31,122,974; female 29,713,748)

15-64 years 

66.9% (male 97,756,380; female 98,183,309)

65 years and over 

12.4% (male 15,078,204; female 21,172,956) (2004 est.)

Median age 

total : 36 years

male : 34.7 years

female : 37.4 years (2004 est.)

Population growth rate 

0.92% (2004 est.)

Birth rate 

14.13 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Death rate 

8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate 

3.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Sex ratio 

at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years : 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years : 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over : 0.71 male(s)/female

total population : 0.97 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate 

total : 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births

female : 5.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

male : 7.31 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth :

total population : 79.93 years

male : 78.63 years female : 80.36 years (2004 est.) Total fertility rate : 2.07 children born/woman (2004 est.) Nationality :

noun 

Phoenix(i)/ Militant

adjective 

Phoenix / Militant

Ethnic groups

white 77.1%, Amerindian and Alaska native 12.9%, Hispanic 4.2%, black 1.5%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.3%, other 4% (2001)

Religions :

Pagan 8%, Roman Catholic 6%, Jewish 2%, Muslim 0.01%, other 4%, none 72% (2001)

Languages :

English, Latin (spoken by a sizable minority) Literacy :

definition 

age 15 and over can read and write

total population : 97% male : 99% female : 99.6% (2003 est.)

Government

Country name 

conventional long form : The Superpower of the Phoenix Milita

conventional short form 

Phoenix Milita

abbreviation 

TPM or PHX

Government type 

Constitution-based federal empire

Capital 

Phoenix, Arizona

Dependent areas:

American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, Hispanola, Somilia, sections of Yemen and Afghanistan

Independence:

4 July 2001 (from Tyrador)

National holiday:

Independence Day, 4 July (2001)

Constitution:

17 September 2001, effective 4 March 2002

Legal system:

based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

Suffrage:

18 years of age; universal;

Political Parties: Liberal Party, Green Party, Liberty Party, Republican Party, Imperial Party

Flag description: A black phoenix on a red background

Economy

Economy - overview:

TPM has one of the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of 32,055.83. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. TPM business firms enjoy considerably greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to entry in their rivals' home markets than the barriers to entry of foreign firms in TPM markets. TPM firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits.The year 2001 saw the end of boom psychology and performance, with output increasing only 0.3% and unemployment and business failures rising substantially. Moderate recovery took place in 2002 with the GDP growth rate rising to 2.4%. A major short-term problem in first half 2002 was a sharp decline in the stock market, fueled in part by the exposure of dubious accounting practices in some major corporations. The war in March/April 2003 between a TPM-led coalition and Islamaisbad shifted resources to the military. In 2003, growth in output and productivity and the recovery of the stock market to above 10,000 for the Stock Industrial Average were promising signs. Unemployment stayed at the 6% level, however, and began to decline only at the end of the year. Long-term problems include inadequate investment in economic infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable trade and budget deficits, and stagnation of family income in the lower economic groups. The Phoenix Milita Gross Domestic Product

<<< Dec 2004 >>> Economy: Frightening GDP per Capita: $35,425 GDP: $97,626,967,097,400 National Budget: $38,887,700,919,721 Percentage of GDP Spent on Defense: 20.71% Percentage of Budget Spent on Defense: 52% Military Budget: $21,054,369,844,872

GDP - real growth rate: 9.1% (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 2% industry: 28% services: 60% (2002 est.) Population below poverty line: 1% (2004 est.) Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 30.5% (2001) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.1% (2003) Labor force: 941.8 million (includes unemployed) (2003) Labor force - by occupation: managerial, professional, and technical 31%, sales and office 28.9%, services 13.6%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 24.1%, farming, forestry, and fishing 2.4% note: figures exclude the unemployed (2001) Unemployment rate: 4% (2004) Budget: revenues: $1.946 trillion expenditures: $40,489,172,778,600 (40 trillion), including capital expenditures of NA (2004 est.) Industries: one of the leading industrial powers in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining, arms manufacturing Industrial production growth rate: 2% (2003 est.) Electricity - production: 5.719 trillion kWh (2005) Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 40.4% hydro: 6.6% other: 12.3% (2001) nuclear: 40.7% Electricity - consumption: 3.902 trillion kWh (2001) Electricity - exports: 998.17 billion kWh (2001) Electricity - imports: 600,000 kWh (2001) Oil - production: 28.154 million bbl/day (2003 est.) Oil - consumption: 19.95 million bbl/day (2002 est.) Oil - exports: 8.2 million bbl/day (2002) Oil - imports: N/A Oil - proved reserves: 29.45 billion bbl (2004) Natural gas - production: 548.1 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - consumption: 640.9 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - exports: 11.16 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - imports: 114.1 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - proved reserves: 5.195 trillion cu m (1 January 2002) Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, marijuana, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish Exports: $14.5 trillion f.o.b. (2003 est.) Exports - commodities: aircraft, wepaons, capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products Exports - partners: Tyrador 23.2%, JSA countries 14.1%, Japan 7.4%, Antarctica123 4.8% (2002) Imports: $1.26 trillion f.o.b. (2003 est.) Imports - commodities: crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages Imports - partners: Tyrador 23.2%, JSA countries 14.1%, Japan 7.4%, Antarctica123 4.8% (2002) Debt - external:

$4 billion (2001 est.) Economic aid - donor: ODA, $6.9 billion (2002) Domestic Statistics Government Category: Father Knows Best State Government Priority: Defence Economic Rating: Frightening Civil Rights Rating: Average Political Freedoms: Rare Income Tax Rate: 41% Major Industry: Automobile Manufacturing National Currency: shell casing National Animal: red fox Total Population: 2,409,000,000 Government Budget Details Administration: $817,924,252,809.60 3% Health: $817,924,252,809.60 3% Education: $545,282,835,206.40 2% Defence: $13,904,712,297,763.20 51% Law & Order: $6,543,394,022,476.80 24% Commerce: $4,362,262,681,651.20 16% Social Equality: $272,641,417,603.20 1% The Phoenix Milita Economic Statistics Exchange Rate: 1 shell casing = $1.4689 Gross Domestic Product: $64,184,324,564,894.80 GDP Per Capita: $29,055.83 Consumption: $37,050,496,680,000.00 Government Budget: $30,293,490,844,800.00 Government Expenditures: $27,264,141,760,320.00 Exports: $7,674,860,692,574.80 Imports: $7,805,174,568,000.00

Currency:

shell casing (SC) Currency code: SC Exchange Rate: 1 shell casing = $1.4689

Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September

Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 186,232,300 (2002) Telephones - mobile cellular:

140,766,800 (2002) Telephone system: general assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country international: country code - 1; 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2001) Radio broadcast stations: AM 4,762, FM 5,542, shortwave 18 (2001) Television broadcast stations: more than 2,500 (including nearly 1,200 stations affiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS TPN; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (2001) Internet country code: .tpm Internet hosts: 155,311,958 (2002) Internet users: 959 million (2005)

Transportation

Railways: total: 194,731 km mainline routes standard gauge: 194,731 km 1.435-m gauge note: represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads including an estimate for class II and III railroads; excludes 135,185 km of yard tracks, sidings, and parallel lines (2000) Highways: total: 6,406,296 km paved: 4,148,395 km (including 74,898 km of expressways) unpaved: 2,257,902 km (2002) Waterways: 41,009 km note: navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes Pipelines: petroleum products 244,620 km; natural gas 548,665 km (2003) Merchant marine: total: 566 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 12,436,658 GRT/14,630,116 DWT by type: barge carrier 8, bulk 69, cargo 75, chemical tanker 12, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 1, container 100, multi-functional large load carrier 3, passenger 12, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 81, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 83, short-sea/passenger 3, vehicle carrier 12 foreign-owned: Antarctica123 2, Canada 7, Tyrador 17, Malaysia 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 6, Singapore 3, United Kingdom 5 registered in other countries: 670 (2003 est.) Airports: 14,807 (2003 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 5,128 over 3,047 m: 188 2,438 to 3,047 m: 221 914 to 1,523 m: 2,383 under 914 m: 961 (2003 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1,375 Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 9,679 under 914 m: 7,796 (2003 est.) over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 1,714 1,524 to 2,437 m: 161 Heliports: 295 (2003 est.)

Military

Military branches:

Army and Militia, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Corps.

Military manpower - military age:

18 years of age (2004 est.)

Military manpower - availability:

males age 15-49: 773,597,731 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:

"in excess of $20 trillion per year"

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

53% (2004)

Active military personnel: In excess of 15 million as of Oct 2004

See Also: The Phoenix Military

National Anthem (Changes frequently) (adapted from "The Dolphin's Cry" and "Overcome")

Even now the world is bleedin' but feelin' just fine all numb

in our castle where we're always free to choose never free enough

to find i wish somethin' would break cuz we're runnin' out of time

and i am overcome i am overcome

these women in the street pullin' out their hair, my master's

in the yard givin' light to the unaware, this plastic little place

is just a step amongst the stairs

and i am overcome i am overcome this water in my lungs i am overcome

so drive me out out to that open field, turn the ignition off

and spin around your help is here but i'm parked in this open space

blockin' the gates of hell

i am overcome

beautiful drowning this beautiful drowning this water

this water is in my lungs

and i am overcome, i am overcome

Life is like a shooting star

it don't matter who you are

if you only run for cover, it's just a waste of time

we are lost 'til we are found

this phoenix rises up from the ground

and all these wars are over, over over oveeeeeer