Gataway

**Gataway**
	Flag of Gataway
	Motto: Work Harder Millions on welfare depend on you"
Region	Mediterranica
Capital	Gatawa
Official Language(s)	Gatawain,Hebrew,German,English,Russian)
Leader	Yakkov Melech Nadov III
Population	200+ million
Currency	Count
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Geography

Terrain Gataway is a small nation yet has a very diverse landscape with high mountains dominating the western part of the country plains and scattered patches of forests are found in the central portion of the country and gently rolling coastal hills lie on the west bordering the sea. Gataway's new frontier lands in the north consist of vast barren wastes following deforestation by the growing mining industry as well as long streches of steep mountains by contrast the frontier lands of the south consist of rich fertile grass lands and marshes criss-crossed by winding rivers and shallow valleys as well as pristine white sand beaches all along the eastern coast

Land area

Total: 4,951,380 sq km
Land: 4,628,751 sq km
Water: 322,629 sq km

Climate The northern territory experiances dust storms regularly while in the more mountainous regions freezing temperatures and frequent snow fall the central and southern territory enjoy a very temperate climate with no severe temperature changes from summer season to winter and recieve regular rainfall the coastal areas experiance a stable sub tropic temperature year round

Natural Resources Uranium,Coal,Timber,Rubber,Copper,Tuna,Cod,Crab,Gold,Oil

Natural Hazards In the mountainous northern and western regions avalanches and snow storms are common during the winter months in the central and southern plains an occasional thunderstorm and possible tornado although tornados are a rareity and along the east coast hurricains and the threat of tidal waves are a possiblity although the coastline is somewhat protected by several small island chains

Land Use Within Gataway's original boundries much of the land is devoted to agricultural development but is slowly changing as cities expand into the rural country side While in the northern territories the land has been stripped bare to make way for growing mining operations, oil drilling, as well as the construction of manufacturing plants. The southern territories are also largely devoted to agricultural development while there is limited oil drilling off the south western coast

Arable land: 19.25%
Permanent crops: 5%
Other: 92.92% (2003 est.)
Irrigated land 16,294 sq km

Neighboring Nations [IMG][/IMG]

History

Under construction

Economy

Gataway's economy after the fall of the republic has thrived with developments in the mining industry as well as arms manufacturing, information technology, and various food stable exports as well as petroleum and rubber products

Gataway's main imports include textile products auto-mobiles computer technologies, construction equipment and materials,luxury foods,

economic break down

Gross Domestic Product (Official): $185,429,460,195
GDP Per Capita (Official): $11,589
Income Tax Rate: 11%
Government Income (% of GDP): 16.3%
Private Consumption: $157,284,812,637
Government Budget: $28,144,647,559
Administration (15%): $3,883,961,363
Welfare (0%): $0
Healthcare (3%): $776,792,273
Education (10%): $2,589,307,575
Religion and Spirituality (0%): $0
Defence (26%): $6,732,199,696
Law and Order (38%): $9,839,368,787
Commerce (8%): $2,071,446,060
Public Transport (0%): $0
Environment (0%): $0
Social Equality (0%): $0
Government Waste (8%): $2,251,571,805

All numbers pend updates

Military

Military Service and Branches

Military Service in Gataway and her colony states is compulsory beginning at age 16 for males and females and all terms of service last 4 years conscripts are givien the choice of which branch they choose to serve in although the goverment has set stritc levels to ensure that no one branch goes neglected and when all other branch levels have been met all conscripts go straight into the ground forces branches. During the 4 yrs mandatory service all time is not spent on active duty as conscripts go through periodic cycles of active duty time lasting 6 months each before moving back to a Reservist status where they are allowed to continue a normal civilian life and are only required to take two weeks of Training exercises a month. The oldest enlistment age is 45 and following the mandatory 4 year service terms enlistment is voluntary, however during times of crisis any civilian between the ages of 16-25 may be called up for service and all citizens take mandatory training for firearms and explosives as well as training for use of gurellia and insurgent tactics

percentage of population in military 0.7%
Amount in Military:106400
Reserve Military:5600
Total Budget: $528000000000 per Year
Military Budget: $158400000000 per Year
- (results found using the colony calculator as listed in the International Incident sticky)

All Numbers pend next Census

Gataway's Military has the following Branches

Imperial Gatawan Army

Purpose- The IGA acts as Gataway's ground forces

Head of the Army- Emperor Yakkov Melech Nadov III supreme commander,
- Acting General- General Armee Empiree (general of the empires army)Kellick Vystok

Gataway people's Navy

Purpose- The GPN acts as Gataway's Naval Forces

Head of the Navy-Admiral-empiree- flote - (Admiral of the empire's fleet) Gustov Henrich

Gataway Air Defence force

Purpose- The GADF acts as Gataway's air and space defense force as well as being incharge of Gataway's strategic missle development program in coordiation with GAI(see below)

Head of Air Force-Air commodore- Empiree-( Air Marshal of the Empire) Yalda Hizim

Gataway Coastal Patrol

Purpose- The GPC acts as the coast guard of Gataway

Head of GCP-Admiral Nizjar Gelli

Gataway Peoples Militia

Purpose-The GPM acts as Gataway's border patrol force and makes up the military police divisons

Head of GPM-General Yzer Lumko

Gataway State Security

Purpose- The GSS acts as Gataway's intelligence gathering branch

Head of GSS-Feilder Guntenick

Had Jemzi

Purpose-The Had Jemzi or "Most Loyal ones" makes up the Secret police and acts as the personal body guards to the Emperor and other important Gataway officals as well as a super elite commando force

Head of Had Jemzi-Marshal Yusted Hinluch

Gataway Arms Industries

Government run military research and development branch of Gataway's armed forces

Army

Army uniforms

battle dress uniform-

battle uniform with land warrior system-

parade dress uniform-

army coat of arms and flag

Had Jemzi flag and coat of arms

Army background

The army of Gataway utilizes the most modern technologies avaliable and is a very well equipped force despite being small in manpower comparison to many other modern class nations it relies on its superior training tactics and equpiment to win battles the military is broken down into vojska grupa (army groups) and then subdivided into Razdors ( Divisions) Vojska Grupa are then combined into Armádní sbor (Army corps) which are used primarily during large scale conflicts Total Vojska Grupa- 10 standing subject to change in war time total number of Razdors-60 subject to change in war time

divisions and their purposes

Types of Razdors are as follows

infanterija- Basic Infantry divisons equipped with the latest Infantry equipment as well as the land warrior system allowing for easy communication and tactical information to be shared up and down the chain of command and with members of other units in the field allowing for quick real time information to be shared during battle as well as intergrating the solider with his weapon allowing for the weapon its self to compensate for breathing and movement thus giving the basic Gatawan infantry man a level of accuracy never seen before also all Gatawan Infantry are trained and equipped in the use of Night vision and are equipped with the latest in bio and chem attack defense equipment

mehanizirati infanterija-Mechanized Infantry equipped with fast mobile and well armed gujin (viper) fighting vehicles armed with 7.62 mm and 50 cal machine guns mounted on M151 Protector platforms as well as an internal 120mm mortar and TOW missle platform, capable of carrying 10 Infanterija or combat engenieers all Gujin fighting vehicles are equipped with Thermal and Night vision systems as well as air filtration systems to protect against bio and chemical attacks

oklop-Armored divisions comprising of Phenoix main battle tanks and supporting zmja (dragon) medium tanks along with Titan super heavy tanks

glavni stan- Mobile HQ units that handel all administrative functions for the vojska Grupa and Razdors as well as providing the moblie medical facilities to deal with casualties

Zrak Infanterija- Paratroopers armed with light equipment they are used to drop behind enemy lines and secure specfic ares or destroy specific targets They are highly trained and motivated, being able to make conventional 1,200 foot jumps and HALO 10,000 foot jumps with openings at 400-500 feet.

Zrak kalvarija- Air calvary divisions used to attack enemy positions quickly and move troops quickly or rescue cut off units they are usally more lightly equipped than other fighting divisions but are highly trained and are often supported by other more heavily equipped divisions

Morski razdioba- Gataway's Marine divisons basic infantry except trained in making amphibious assaults they are well equipped like basic infantry divisions and are trained in Night time operations as well after a succesfull sea invasion they can serve as regular Infantry forces

zrak kalvarija podrška- Air Calvary support units mostly attack helicopters and a few ground support air craft also consist of artillery spotting air craft and survallience here air craft

Had Jemzi-"most Loyal ones" The best of the best highly trained unflinching bravery and discipline acting as body guards to Gatawan officals they are also the elite units of Gataway's military and are very heavily armed with fast infantry support attack vehicles and an assortment of heavy machine guns and mortars as well as anti-tank weapon platforms non divisional units of the Had Jemzi carry out special operations counter-terror etc etc

Straz- mountain division basic infantry divison especially trained and equipped to fight in mountainous terrian also serves as border guard units

Army Breakdown

Vojska Grupa I

commander- colonel General Bellor Zetsky
glavni stan I HQ (artillery brigade attached)
1st infanterija division (engineer brigade attached)
3rd infanterija division (artillery brigade attached)
43rd infanterija division (engineer brigade attached)
23rd mehanizirati infanterija division (anti-air brigade attached)
4th mehanizirati infanterija division (artillery brigade attached)

Vojska Grupa II

commander- major General Husten Livo
Glavni stan II HQ (artillery brigade attached)
5th mehanizirati infanterija division (artillery brigade attached)
71st mehanizirati infanterija division (engineer brigade attached)
2nd mehanizirati infanterija division (engineer brigade attached)
88th mehanizirati infanterija division (anti-air brigade attached)
6th oklop division (rocket artillery brigade attached)

Vojska Grupa III

commander Lt General Hast Hulch
Glavani stan III HQ (artillery brigade attached)
25th infanterija division (artillery brigade attached)
61st infanterija division (engineer brigade attached)
89th infanterija division (engineer brigade attached)
24th infanterija division (anti-air brigade attached)
55th infanterija division (artillery brigade attached)

Vojska Grupa IV

commander Colonel General Nija Lostrom
Glavani stan IV HQ (artillery brigade attached)
1st oklop division (artillery brigade attached)
2nd oklop "Nadov" division (engineer brigade attached)
54th mehanizirati infanterija division (anti-air brigade attached)
87th oklop division (engineer brigade attached)
62nd oklop division (artillery brigade attached)

Vojska Grupa V

commander Marshal General Otek Hunst
2nd Morski razdioba divsion
34th Morski razdioba division
20th Morski razdioba divsion
32nd Morski razdioba divsion
73rd Morski razdioba divsion
15th Morski razdioba divsion

Vojska Grupa VI

commander Lt General Gulst Julic
1st Zrak Infanterija
404th Zrak Infanterija
92nd Zrak Infanterija
201st Zrak Infanterija
3rd transportirati (air tansport squardron)
45th transportirati (air transport squadron)

Vojska Grupa VII

commander Lt General Pius Lyzer
1st Zrak kalvarija (attached helo brigade)
61st Zrak kalvarija (attached helo brigade)
29th Zrak kalvarija (attached helo brigade)
53rd Zrak kalvarija (attached helo brigade)
4th zrak kalvarija podrška (attached attack-helo brigade)
5th zrak kalvarija podrska (attached attack-helo brigade)

Vojska Grupa VIII

commander Marshal General Gurnet Hitzel
Glavni stan VIII HQ (anti-air brigade attached)
63rd Had Jemzi division (artillery brigade attached)
22nd Had Jemzi division (artillery brigade attached)
43rd Oklop divsion (engineer brigade attached)
1st Had Jemzi division (artillery brigade attached)
33rd Oklop division (engineer brigade attached)

Vojska Grupa IX

commander Marshal General Fredrick Hurtz
Glavni stan IX HQ (anti-air brigade attached)
2nd Straz division (artillery brigade attached)
3rd Straz division (engineer brigade attached)
5th Straz division (artillery brigade attached)
2nd Zrak kalvarija podrška (attack helo-brigade attached)
52nd Zrak kalvarija podrška (attack and survallience craft brigade attached)

Vojska Grupa X

commander colonel general Putov Gitzorky
Glavni Stan X HQ (anti-air brigade attached)
1st Had Jemzi division (artillery brigade attached)
2nd Had Jemzi division (engineer brigade attached)
87th Zrak kalvarija podrška (attack and survallience craft brigade attached)
99th Zrak kalvarija podrška (attack helo-brigade attached)
82nd mehanizirati infanterija division (artillery brigade attached)

Army Ranks

Army Ranks-

Vojnik (Private)
Razvodnik (Private First Class)
Desetar (Lance Corporal)
Mlađi vodnik (Corporal)
Vodnik (Sergeant)
Vodnik 1. klase (Sergeant First Class)
Stariji vodnik (Senior Sergeant)
Stariji vodnik 1. klase (Senior Sergeant First Class)
Zastavnik (Sergeant Major)
Zastavnik 1. klase (Sergeant Major First Class)
Potporučnik (Second Lieutenant)
Poručnik (First Lieutenant)
Kapetan (Captain)
Kapetan 1. klase (Captain First Class)
Major (Major)
Potpukovnik (Lieutenant Colonel)
Pukovnik (Colonel)
General-major (Major General)
General-potpukovnik (Lieutenant General)
General-Ludentz-(Marshal General)
General-pukovnik (Colonel General)
General armije-Empiree (General of the Empire's Army) uesd only in times of war

Navy

Navy Background

The Gatawan Navy is the newest addition to the Gatawan military because Gatawan's original borders made it a land locked country,however following the conquest and assimilation of Silvasnia and Asgradia the need for a naval force became necessary alothough Gatawan's fleet is not a major high seas fleet it does a more than able job of defending Gatwan's territorial waters

Imperial Fleet breakdown

Major Surface Combatants

CVN-21 Carrier
Type 45 Destroyers
LCS-class frigates
Charon-class Frigates
Zumwalt-class Destroyer

Amphibious Forces

GAI-class landing platform docks

Mine Warfare Forces

Bartleby-class mine countermeasure vessels

Patrol Vessels

Antarctic Patrol ship
River-class patrol boats

Submarines

Astute-class submarines
Ohio-class submarines
Vanguard-class submarines
Los Angeles-class submarine
GAI Bulldog-class submarine

Air Force

Air force background

The Gatawan air force has currently undergone a major over haul in structure and in equipment and is now comparable to any other modern nations air force

Air Forces breakdown

*Fighter Aircraft

F-35 Lightning II
F-22 Raptor
Eurofighter Typhoon
Tornado GR.4
Harrier II
Super Hornet

*Bombers

B-2 Bomber
B-52 Stratofortress
A-10 Warthog
Tu-160
F-117 Nighthawk

*Survelliance Aircraft

Global Hawk
SR-71 Blackbirds
MQ-1 Predator

*Electronic Warfare Aircraft

EF-11A Raven

*Airborne Early Warning Aircraft

E-3 Sentry

*Cargo Aircraft

C-17 Globemaster III
Modified Airbus A380
Airbus A400

*Tankers

KC-135 Stratotanker
Airbus A330

*Helicopters

Chinook
Apache Helicopters
Ka-50 attack helo
Eurocopter Tiger

Government

Offical Name

The Imperial Kingdom of Gataway, Gataway, Empire of Gataway

Government type

limited Monarchy although there is a supreme high council of elected advisors and provincal leaders are elected as well but require approval by the emperor

Sufferage

18 years of age, Universal

Executive Branch and figures

The Executive branch consists soley of the Reigning emperor and his family Reigning Emperor currently Yakkov Melech Nadov III

Legislative Branch and figures

Supreme council consisting of all elected officals acts as a board of advisors to the emperor, forms laws and then proposes them to the Emperor for approval. The current Supreme council members and their titles are as follows

Colonel General (ret.) Yustev Hienkle-Defense Minister
Deputy Julard Kimmel-Finanice Minister
Deputy Nigel Lums-Minister Foreign affairs
Deputy Brutus Gelst-Minister of Intelligence
Deputy Victor Cras-Minister trade and commerce
Deputy Lenorad Tillman-Minister Internal Affairs
Deputy James Lustend-Minister Social welfare and Education
Deputy Robert Destund-Minister of Justice
Deputy Garred Vost-Minister of Immigration and customs
Deputy John Hall -Minister Transportation
Deputy Antwone Gursa- Minister agriculture
Deputy Giulio Mauretto- Minister of Labor
Deputy Luciano Yosev-Minister of public communication
Deputy Carl Lurch-Minister of culture and heritage
Deputy Fredman Zypha-Minister of Energy and Resources

Judical Branch and figures

Supreme Imperial Court(1 judge for each provience)
Internal affairs ministry courts
Local city and town courts

current Supreme Imperial Judges

Judge Matthew Kilshenko (North provience)
Judge Gustov Berlin (North West provience
Judge Picard White(North East provience)
Judge Richard Fellows (Central provience)
Judge Isac Looten (Central East provience)
Judge Tiberius Lucius (Central West provience)
Judge Samuel Hertz (Southern provience)
Judge Qwanzi Mallic (South East provience)
Judge Determin Lustole (South West provience)

International Organisations

Gatway is not a UN member
Member of the LARC alliance