Cairngormia

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Cairngormia : Historical Context.

The nation of Cairngormia was formed when an alliance of feuding tribes banded together to fight off the invading forces of Feets Ville. After the invasion was repelled, the damage done to the country by the war effort and WMD, left the once awe inspiring land baron and inhospitable – a sad reflection of its former self. The mostly indo-cairn population deeply troubled by their actions, took an ecological stand and have guided the economy and future of the country by putting environmental concerns at the forefront of their decision making process. Outsiders have difficulty in understanding the complex relationship between the land and the people and often feel that ecological concerns over-ride the priorities of business. The Head of the tribe assumes the role of head of government in an ancient but respected ceremony where those who wish to be selected must walk the walk of 1000 snakes. The first to complete the walk and not die an agonizing death shortly thereafter is deemed to be ordained by the gods and rules for life. Needless to say there are few elections for Head of the tribe.


Economy

The economy of Cairngormia is geared mostly to keeping everyone happy and the environment safe. There are few heavy industries although the government spends a large portion of GDP on the development of weapons defense systems, making future attacks by rouge nations unlikely and unattractive. Tourism is non existent thanks to the fact that it is impossible to get a visa to visit main islands as the government found it impossible to protect visitors from the hyper-xenophobic population who treat all foreign nationals with suspicion and derision. Commercial visas are freely available to the free trade zone island (which now has no indigenous population), and many international companies safely operate trade offices there.

Main Exports

  • Fruits, Vegetables and other foodstuffs.
  • Rare and Exotic woods for furniture manufacture.
  • Uranium Ore and refined uranium products.
  • Commercial and Military Aircraft.
  • Small Arms and electronic warfare equipment.
  • Oil and LPG
  • Textiles

Main Imports

  • Steel
  • Coal
  • Platinum
  • Consumer Electronics
  • Computers

Social

Cairngormia is geared to hard working people and the population is considered by most as being right wing when it comes to social policy. Education, Healthcare and Social Services are free to hard working citizens, but people suspected of being “lazy” quietly disappear to later return after “re-education” with a paranoid enthusiasm for hard work. Human Rights groups are careful not to question the government lest they too be re-educated. The UN is widely despised by the population, and most comment is limited to “keeping that bloody UN’s noses outta here”.


Military

Not much is known about the Armed Forces of Cairngormia and any information printed on it tends to be speculation. Conventional land forces seem to have been replaced with an armed police force due to the absence of foreign military policy but the police force is vast, well equipped and funded. The Air force was once the largest in the region but has mostly been replaced with small unmanned drones that appear hover over most parts of the country protecting or watching everything nobody is quite sure which. The navy is the most visible enforcing a 250 mile exclusion zone for all un-licensed shipping and an outlying island is used exclusively for foreign trade, and well defined shipping lanes exsist to guide visiting vessel's through the dangerous waters as Cairngormia refuses to release maps to foreign shipping. Cairngormia has several commercial airports but only the one in the free trade zone deals with international flights.

  • Recently sources indicate Cairngormia is developing a commerical space program, mostly funded by private enterprise. Neighboring countries are keen to see if this marks the start of an era of exploration and friendship to all nations, or hides a darker more sinsiter purpose.
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