Gruenberg

Gruenberg

Flag of Gruenberg
Motto: Kab-sez Schialnach Brachtrauron ['There's Nothing Wrong']
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Region	Malibu Islands
Capital	Flurthwel
Official Language(s)	Rukialkotta
Leader	His High Holiness Grand Sultan Gardab Woltzten IX
Population	Unknown
Currency	Opst
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The Sultanate of Gruenberg is a medium-sized nation in Malibu Islands. An absolute monarchy ruled by the Woltzten family, power is centralised at the Court in the capital, Flurthwel. The country is devoutly Wenaist.

TRANSPORT

Civil Aviation

Gruenberg has six international airports, at Flurthwel, Gevenis, Moroschwegen, Sal-Siabi, Merlefurt, and Rohansas. At present, the largest is the Gelzien Central Air Hub at Rohansas, but plans are afoot to develop the Woltzten International Aerodrome at Moroschwegen. By The 735th Year, the Gruenberg State Civil Aviation Authority aims to have developed the WIA to be capable of handling over 17m. passengers per year. Gevenis Airport has been closed since The 729th Year, when Gelzien insurgents blew up two cargo planes, killing 87 personnel and badly damaging the main terminal building. It is scheduled to resume receiving domestic flights within 18 months. Most larger towns have small, internal airports.

Air travel was exclusively state-run until comparatively recently, the decision to allow limited domestic competition to GruenAir only being taken in The 718th Year, by decree of Gardab IX. Further deregulation came in The 724th Year under the terms of The Transport Development Act, and there are now several airlines operating from Gruenberg, although GruenAir remains significantly the largest, and continues to receive Court subsidies. Planes and air facilities have proved popular targets with anti-government rebels, and until assurances of greater security are seen to have an effect, it is thought by many economic commentators to be unlikely that there will be any significant degree of foreign investment in the air industry of Gruenberg.

Railways

Gruenberg's railways were at one stage notorious for being unsafe, poorly maintained and ignored by the Court. Increasingly, however, transport priorities in the wake of the reforms of The 724th Year have shifted back towards improving the rail network. A giant project to link the major cities of the Aszumba was begun in The 726th Year. As yet, only around 500km have been laid, at a cost of some US $500m. to Gruenberg Railway. In The 728th Year, work commenced on a US $650m. underground train network in Flurthwel (the 'Flurthwel Inter-Metro'). However, the devastating bombing campaign that marked that year's Day Of Blood saw much of the initial structure destroyed, and work has been discontinued. A combination of heavy flooding and terrorist activity left the Gelzien Nub without any running trains for much of The 720s. However, some limited services have now resumed, connecting several major towns and cities in the troubled province.

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