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In early 2004 (real life time) Allanea embarked on [[Operation Free Axackal]], invading Edolian Axackal and sparking the [[Fourth Edolian War]], which involved some 20 different nations] and ended inclusively.  Allanea was unable to retake Axackal, but found itself in control of [[-The Prophet-]], wresting it from Edolia's ally, [[Goobergunchia]].  At the end of the war, realizing that it was woefully short of allies, Allanea founded the [[Ali’Staan Accord]].
 
In early 2004 (real life time) Allanea embarked on [[Operation Free Axackal]], invading Edolian Axackal and sparking the [[Fourth Edolian War]], which involved some 20 different nations] and ended inclusively.  Allanea was unable to retake Axackal, but found itself in control of [[-The Prophet-]], wresting it from Edolia's ally, [[Goobergunchia]].  At the end of the war, realizing that it was woefully short of allies, Allanea founded the [[Ali’Staan Accord]].
  
Allanea was occupied by the Federation of [[Sentient Peoples]] following its bombardment by Martian nations known to Allaneans as the [[One Day War]].  The cause of this action is disputed: many describe it as caused by Allanean inability to compromise with the nations of Mars in a war, while Allanea holds that it was an concerted act of aggression.
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Allanea was occupied by the Federation of [[Sentient Peoples]] following its bombardment by Martian nations known to Allaneans as the [[One Day War]].  The cause of this action is disputed: many describe it as caused by Allanean inability to compromise with the nations of Mars in a war, while Allanea holds that it was an concerted act of aggression. It is to be noted that the Martians have ignored early Allanean attempts to negotiate.
  
==The Allanean Economy Guide, pre-One Day War version ==
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[[The Allanean Economy]]
 
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Introduction
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Every adult, sane person has the right to be free – that is, to do whatever he want unless he harms other people.
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The Allanean Covenant, Article I
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  The first thing to be noticed by any observer of the Allanean economy is that it is extremely unregulated. The country has no federal income tax (the government creates income by VAT, sales taxes, and an education tax of 100 ALD per person per month.) . No government regulations on insider trading, advertisement, the stock market or  hiring of adults exist, and it does affect the economy.
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    The Allanean free market has truly done marvels for the country. Two major train companies (the Phoenix-Durango and Taggart Transcontinental) exist in the nation, constantly competing with each other and smaller companies (such as AissuRail, LTD) for cargo and passengers, resulting with extremely low freight and ticket prices. Similar processes are taking place in other markets which have traditionally been thought a government monopoly. For example, both the Allanean National Bank and Mulligan Bank are issuing private currency (the Liberty Dollar and the Mulligan Dollar) which is used, respectively, in 10% and 5% of all transactions (and in fact, is accepted by the government in payment of taxes). Further, all products on countries that have not yet signed a free-trade agreement with Allanea are subject to a 15% import tariff, payable in gold or gold-backed currency '''only'''.
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    While no Federal investment exists in the road infrastructure (except for the building of large interstate highways, funded by the Department of Defense), most of the road-building is done on state budgets (on average, an Allanean pays about 10% in state taxes). It is local budgets that fund most city streets and roads. Further, the Allanean Busing Company and Connex LTD provide busing services in Allanea’s major cities. Subways have so far never been used in Allanea.
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  Allanea has no government regulations on working hours and wages for adults (repealed under the ''Freedom to Work Act''), nor any regulations on farming. No subsidies or produce limits exist on farms. Thus, Allanean Pharmaceuticals, inc., owns 4,500 square kilometers of fields and facilities in South-East Allanea which are used to produce thousands of tons of quality medical and recreational substances (most of Allanea’s production of industrial-grade hemp comes from Benavannin).
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  Allanea is a haven for tourism as well, and the gambling, brothels, and cofeeshops of Port-Allanea (especially those run by the Allanean Entertainment, Inc.) are famous world-wide. Bisonians, Menelmacari, and Fluffians mingle happily in the multi-million city.
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  For further info about Allanea and the wonderful economic opportunities it presents, read on!
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=== Chapter One: Labour Conditions ===
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Studies suggest that for every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage, a minimum of 100,000 jobs are lost.
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“The Ugly Truth About the Minimum Wage Law” by Jim Cox
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  Ever since the great protests of the Allanean NAACP against minimum-wage laws, and the ''NAACP vs. United States 203?'' decision (not forgetting the legislation that then followed,  no such regulations exists (except for children, see below). In fact, the ''Freedom to Work Act'' prohibits state and local governments from creating their own.
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  This does not per se mean that Allanean workers are wage slaves subsisting on substandard wages. In fact, as Karl Marx pointed out already in the 19th century, union activity and simple common sense (it is useless for a capitalist to pay workers below a certain level, and that level is constantly rising due to rising living standards) have fixed a de-facto ‘unofficial minimum wage’, which is at about two Allanean dollars per hour. The same thing also happened with work hours.
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  Under Allanean law, an 4 ALD per hour minimum wage exists for children. Also, children (people under the age of 16, the age of citizenship in Allanea) cannot be hired for manual or health-impacting labour.
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  Minimal health services are guaranteed to every Allanean by the Federal government, but employers have a tendency to include additional health insurance in their contracts to attract workers.
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=== Chapter Two:  Industry ===
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  The Gambling and Entertainment industry is the number one biggest industry in Allanea, and the total stock worth of Allanean Entertainment, Inc. is about twenty-five trillion dollars. The company owns countless casinos, brothels, and cinemas is Allanea. The biggest of these facilities are the Paradise Complex, several 100-story buidling all stuffed with the proverbial fun and games.
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Other major players include the Allanean Lottery Company, which is responsible for running the PowerBall and other such events. 51% of ALC stock is owned by the government.
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Minor gambling services are even provided by such companies as Allanean Airlines and Taggart Transcontinental, where you can bet your money as you enjoy the ride/flight.
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Second in line is the arms and vehicle industry, where the pilot and flagship is Allanean Arms, inc. Given that Allaneans are extremely safety-conscious, and given that Allanea has no gun laws to speak of. (Every adult, sane citizen is allowed to bear arms of any conventional kind), and given the Edolian threat, arms sales are flourishing. Recently, Allanea has, in fact broken the 1-gun-per-person line. Currently, there are 2.6 billion personal firearms in Allanea, making Allanea the most armed nation in the world – a title Allaneans will surely bear with pride.
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The recent Mycroft vs. EPA ruling has destroyed all environmental regulations in Allanea, save those pertaining to harming other people (water poisoning – unless you own the entire rives) and conservation of rare species. However, companies still limit gas exhaust on cars, simply to avoid the loss of public good will. On the other hand, oil extraction, mining and tree-cutting has increased.
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Allanean Arms also maintains a near-monopoly on oil extraction in Southern Allanea and Hestonia, since the 01-supplied oilextraction devices caused a destruction of Allanean Oil, Inc. and a jump of Allanean oil prices to 12 USD (still 2 USD below internatioal standard) per barrel.             
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=== Appendix A: The Currency ===
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Official Allanean Government Announcement
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  Due to recent fluctuations of the prices of the Allanean Dollar and massive citizen protest, the Allanean government will begin replacing it's (gold-backed) currency with gold one, as described below. There will be a one-year period duirng which Allaneans and others (OOC: yes, even those already holding 01 dollars) will be able to redeem their Allanean dollars in gold as listed below. After it ends, the paper notes will no longer have legal tender and will be perfectly worthless. Private currency may, of course, be used as definded by law. Enjoy:
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  The basic coin, the Allanean dollar, is a small transparent plastic coin. Inside the plastic, a thin sheet of gold rests. The gold weighs 0.165 grams of gold. The value of the coin is equal, at all times, to the value of that gold. The government stamp and denomination etched on the coin only serves to prove that is does, indeed, contain that amount. Small change is similar transparent coin, containing even thinner, 0.0315 and 0.0165 gold sheets.
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  Further in value is the 10-dollar coin, which contains 1.65 grams of gold. However, at the 20 dollar level, it starts getting interesting. Currency starting at 20 dolars is a piece of gold in a transparent card with the government stamp on it.
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The weight is as follows:
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3.15 grams = 20 Allanean dollars.
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7.95 grams = 50 Allanean Dollars
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16.5 grams = 100 Allanean Dollars
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31.5 grams = 200 Allanean Dollars
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One side of the gold piece inside the plastic features it's value and a unique number, the other, the face of a famous political leader (Alexander Kazansky, Richard Pipes, Ayn Rand and Thomas Jefferson). The faces of the leaders take one square inch of space each. The rest of the space is free for advertisements. On the coins, one side is free for advertisement, and the other bear the value of the coin.
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The advertisement costs are as follows
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On coins up to 1 dollar in value
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500 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 coins, 70 allanean dollars for each 1,000 coins thereafter.
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On 10-dollar coin
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300 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 coins, 50 allanean dollars for each 1,000 coins thereafter.
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On 20-dolar cards
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250 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 cards, 30 allanean dollars for each 1,000 cards thereafter.
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On 50-dollar cards
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20 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 cards, 25 allanean dollars for each 1,000 cards thereafter.
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On 100-dollar cards
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150 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 cards, 15 allanean dollars for each 1,000 cards thereafter.
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On 200-dolar cards
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100 dollars for printing the logo on the first 1,000 cards, 10 allanean dollars for each 1,000 cards thereafter.
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Those prices assume a logo of about 1 square inch in size. Larger logos = more money.
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One may also make advertisments (on cards) for 25% of the named price, but then we'll place several other logos on the same card, too.
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[http://www.olegvolk.net/gallery/album18/ingotcard Example of a card with a corporate logo.]
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The Allanean government will accept in payment only gold, gold-backed currency, and stock in active businesses. Fiat currency is not accepted.
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This Guidebook Funded by
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The Allanean Department of Commerce
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Allanean Arms, Inc.
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Mulligan Banking Corporation
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Taggart Transcontinental
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Allanean Pharmaceutical, Inc.
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Connex, LTD
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Allanean Entertainment, Inc.
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=== Events of the One Day War ===
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July 10th, 04:08 PM: [http://s4.invisionfree.com/The_Planet_Mars/index.php?showtopic=256&view=findpost&p=346962 Allaneans arrive at the North Pole]
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''At this point, the Allanean government has little space forces. A [[Der Angst]] ship is hired to send them to Mars.''
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July 10th, 04:10: [http://s4.invisionfree.com/The_Planet_Mars/index.php?showtopic=258&st=0 Allanean Government Claims the Pole]
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''Simply put, the Allanean government on Mars sends out it's first message.''
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July 10th, 04:30PM: [http://s4.invisionfree.com/The_Planet_Mars/index.php?showtopic=259&st=3 Ctan Ship Dead Air Arrives at the Pole] Allaneans agree to negotiate, but no actual negotiation occurs.
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''The ship 'parks' next to the colony's vessel, and the commander claims being there for 'arbitration'. The Allanean Governor send an envoy to go on board the vessel and participate in negotiations. They do not occur.''
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July 11th:
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[http://s4.invisionfree.com/The_Planet_Mars/index.php?showtopic=265 Zero-One shoots down Knootian civilian ships carrying Allaneans. Allanea does not retaliate.]
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July 12th:
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[http://s4.invisionfree.com/The_Planet_Mars/index.php?showtopic=271&st=0 A law is passed, claiming authortiy for the Duma to distribute the land of fallen governemnts] Rather obviously, if the law was passed on July 12, it did not exist on July 10th
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August 20th:
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[http://s4.invisionfree.com/The_Planet_Mars/index.php?showtopic=312 New-Detroit founded]
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''Allanean corporation founds city of [[New-Detroit]]. 100 Allanean troops are deployed on the pole.''
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August 20th, 10:25 PM:
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[http://s4.invisionfree.com/The_Planet_Mars/index.php?showtopic=312&view=findpost&p=395239]  Dwarves from [[Northwestern Liang]] claim disoriention from a raging blizzard and attempt landing on top of Allanean colony. This begins the One-Day War
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...which ends by a total occupation of Allanea. The details are already known.
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Revision as of 21:11, 2 October 2004

Allanea
allanea.jpg
Flag of Allanea
Motto: "From our cold, dead fingers"
None available
Region Greater Prussia
Capital Port-Allanea
Official Language(s) Unknown
Leader Alexander Kazansky
Population 2.904 billion
Currency Allanean Dollar 
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The United States of Allanea was founded in May 2003 (real life time) by political refugees from the United States and the Russian Federation, who wanted to create a nation on the principles of individual liberty. The man behind the concept was Alexander Kirillovich Kazansky, who became the first and only President of Allanea. After several re-elections, a grassroots movement sponsored a constitutional Amendment to make Kazansky President for Life.

Early in its history, Allanea sponsored an intervention, in the First Edolian War, to support Christian rebels in Edolia from what the Allaneans perceived as oppression. That spurned an invasion and short, unsuccessful occupation of Allanea by Pilot, an ally of Edolia. Allanea gained its independence in the Second Edolian War, in which the Allanean government-in-exile fought against Edolia and its allies. Eventually Edolia was forced to withdraw after the Empire of the Eternal Dawn and Der Angst threatened intervention on behalf of Allanea. Under the terms of the agreement, however, Edolia remained in possession of the Allanean territory of Axackal, which would later play a major role in future Allanean history.

Later on, Allanea engaged in many foreign intervention efforts with the stated goal of protecting civil rights. These actions resulted in varying degrees of success. One of Allanea's most notable actions was the unsuccessful intervention by members of the New Conservative Alliance in Gore-2004. Edolia supported Gore-2004, sparking the Third Edolian War.

Allanea has successfully combatted communist adversaries in Aissur and Daikatana, that now form part of Allanea. Furthermore, Allanea was part of the Yurkan Slave War, a controversial conflict that saw Allanea cooperating with its old enemy Edolia, and ending in the almost complete destruction of Yurka and [[Zenti] after an Allanean general used a nuclear weapon in Zenti City. By the end of the war, Allanea came out clearly the victor (Edolia and most of the other participating nations had withdrawn at the start of the nuclear exchange) with some 1,600,000 Yurkans killed for every Allanean casualty.

In early 2004 (real life time) Allanea embarked on Operation Free Axackal, invading Edolian Axackal and sparking the Fourth Edolian War, which involved some 20 different nations] and ended inclusively. Allanea was unable to retake Axackal, but found itself in control of -The Prophet-, wresting it from Edolia's ally, Goobergunchia. At the end of the war, realizing that it was woefully short of allies, Allanea founded the Ali’Staan Accord.

Allanea was occupied by the Federation of Sentient Peoples following its bombardment by Martian nations known to Allaneans as the One Day War. The cause of this action is disputed: many describe it as caused by Allanean inability to compromise with the nations of Mars in a war, while Allanea holds that it was an concerted act of aggression. It is to be noted that the Martians have ignored early Allanean attempts to negotiate.

The Allanean Economy