Arghan
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| Motto: Our Women Smell like dogs! | |
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| Region | Pineapples |
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| Capital | Cassieva |
| Official Language(s) | English, Arghani |
| Leader | President Donald Scotland (Arghani Party) |
| Population | 45 million |
| Currency | The Dong |
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The Free Land of Arghan is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed population of 45 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Social Equality. The average income tax rate is 44%, but much higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Uranium Mining.
Children are raised bilingual from an early age, hundreds of thousands of convicts work as slaves in Arghan's many privately-owned prisons, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Arghan's radio stations, and long arduous trials are held for the most trivial of offences. Crime is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arghan's national animal is the arghanic rooster, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the dong.
Arghani History
Arghan is quite a new country and was made by reclaiming land from the sea of large mountains in the Pineapples region, where it was placed. People flocked to the new island to live a better life. Elections took place for the first time in 1998, where the ruling Donald Scotland beat off a strong challenge from the Democrat candidate Bob Sutherland, who attracted the youth vote, offering free booze and drugs for all. Rehab officers were incensed at this, complaining it would make their jobs harder, and trashed Bob's offices.
States
Arghan initially had 15 states, but President Donald Scotland got bored with 30 state governors who never agreed with each other, so he cut the number of states to 5 and their governors to 10- having the 20 he didn't particularly like or agree with executed.
Major Cities
All 5 state capitals play an important part in state and federal government although all Government Headquarters are located on the shore of Lake Cassieva in the capital. Cassieva itself is the 9th largest city in Arghan, and Lake Cassieva is the largest lake in the country. The biggest city is Hobb's Bay in the north, which has grown extensively in recent years thanks to the location of the international docks there, with regular connections with Japan, USA, Canada and Australia. Fairford was traditionally the largest city, within Mudjvayah, the largest state, however Hobb's Bay has knocked the city into 2nd (The state is still the largest).
Transport
There are six main airports in Arghan, Gold Bayland Airport, Fairford International, Gardner International, Turleck Airport, Lake International (servicing the capital Cassieva) and Cliffside State. All major cities are connected by an extensive motorway system. There are also three docks in Arghan, Hobb's International Port, Thunder Bay Port and East Bay Trading Int'l (which is only for trade with other nations, with no commercial travel).
Future Developments
President Donald Scotland is keen to make the country more powerful by investing in a strong military to help the region Pineapples invade other regions.
