Hallad

Hallad

Flag of Hallad
Motto: "Lets Work Harder, Comrades!"
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Region	Haven
Capital	Erse
Official Language(s)	Arabic, English
Leader	Premier Hasan Muhammad
Population	4+ billion
Currency	Halladi Utope
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Geography

Old Hallad

With the landscape largely being made up of desert, the north and centre of Hallad is covered by one contiguous landmass, the Halladi Desert. The south, however — mainly Erse and Erkshire — are classified as grassland type plains, which are filled with Collectives and Industry-Communes. A metropolis of fourteen million in population, New Dublin, is the largest of eight cities considered major.

Five province divisions exist throughout the land, named seperately as: the Haradrim; the Halladrim; Tier-Nano; Erse; and Erkshire. The Haradrim contains an area of land known as the Halladi Northlands, resembling the southern climate. Halladi Maxentius, an area of the Halladrim, is a former commonwealth and was seized as a result of the previous governments agression toward Hallad. The fascist nation known as Northern Maxentius was assimilated into Hallad after a regional referendum, in which the people voted for integration.

The Halladi Desert

The largest land form in Hallad. It streches from the northern provinces of the Halladrim and Ryydra to the northern one hundred (100) kilometres into Erse. It is actually a highly populated area and most land is farmed. The Halladi Federation uses highly advanced farming equipment based on Israeli methods and equipment. Also, the Halladi Desert is filled with oil wells, which are well miantained in Hallad. The Halladi Oil Corporation employs many of the desert dwellers in the production of oil. It is also rumoured that there are many secret government bases and bunkers scattered throughout the desert.

Neo Hallad

Neo Hallad is the off-world Halladi colony, located directly next to New Haven. New Hallad is an agrarian society, lead by Comrade Govenor Aiden O'Connell. It was origonally colonized by 50,000 Halladi colonists, which were brough to New Haven with the help of the New Haven Socialist Republic. They have several hundred kilometres of land in which they have formed collectives, and a few factories.

The colony is defended by a militia of ten thousand men and women. They have been equipt with HAP-1 pistols and HAR-1A rifles, and even have several vehicles. However, they are under the protection of the New Haven Socialist Republic and the Hermes Alliance. Hallad has done little with their colony, however there has been talk of more expansion in space, and possibly the urbanization and industrialization of Neo Hallad.

The Homeworld

The homeworld is made up of a large desert interior, dubbed the New Halladi Desert. There are no icecaps, however there are large rivers in the north and south which have created areas of rich farm land. There are many grasslands in the north and south. Most of the urban population has inhabited the less fertile so that collective farms may have as much land as possible to feed the ever growing population. The water is rich with fish, and the crust of the planet filled with oil for export.

History

The United Socialist States (1952-1973)

The Halladi Workers Republic started off as a small, economically weak Socialist Democracy with few allies. The United Socialist States of Hallad started with few allies and an unstable balance between the Socialist Party of Hallad (now The True Directorate) and the spiteful Fascist Party of Hallad. After loosing the second annual elections in Hallad, the Fasicst Party called for all Fascists to revolt. This lead to a seven (7) month civil war, eventually the government's forces prevailed. The First Halladi Civil War devestated the economy. Under the leadership of the unifier of the Halladi Federation, John Connolly, Hallad was able to recover.

Soon after this, Hallad joined the First Communist International . The Federation was one of the leading members of that alliance, until its disdanding. Commissar John MacDonald, of the Commissariat of Diplomacy, is now the Halladi emmissary to the First Communist Internationale. This alliance has greatly effected Halladi policy.

The origonal allies of Hallad moved on, and it was time for Hallad to become a leader. At that time the Halladi Trade Federation was born. It consisted of several, now non-existant nations. It consisted of Saint Sabbat, Scaetland, Arak-Zadar, the Sand Pebbles, and Ubootistan. This was a time of great prosperity in Hallad, economic growth was reaching an all time high. Hallad began to become a leader amoung other Communist and Socialist nations.

Conflict arrose between Hallad and the nation of Shildonia. Shildonia had allegedly aided Fascist rebels in the First Halladi Civil War. The Halladi government demanded Shildonia pay Hallad a small fee to help aid reconstruction of New Dublin, the Halladi capital at the time. The conflict ended in a bitter stalemate. In more modern days, however, the Shildonians and Halladis are making great strives to normalize relations.

Another small conflict arrose with the former nation of Northern Maxentius. They were an agressive fascist nation which invaded a close-by nation. Hallad, along with a coalition of about six (6) other nations, counter-invaded Northern Maxentius. They defeated the Maxentian forces easilty and took a large portion of land that included their capital. The fascist forces soon surrendered as their government collapsed. There were several uneasy years of transition, as Maxentius made their move to Socialism. Eventually it became time for the Independance Referendum to be held. The People of Maxentius, seeing the prosperity brought to them under Socialism, voted for full assimilation in the Halladi Federation rather than independace or continuing to be a Commonwealth.

The Collectivist Union (1973-1977)

The Halladi Trade Federation soon disbanded, and Hallad's second leading party, the Collectivist Party won elections. The Collectivists were further left than the Democratic Socialists in the Socialist Party of Hallad, and supported by rural Hallad.

Another small war occured, a few years before Hallad joined the New Roman Empire. It was the Second Halladi Civil War, although many do not consider it a war at all. It consisted of an attack by the Fascist Party of Hallad, in which they took the capital, then New Dublin. The Halladi Military took the city back with ease. The Fascist had power in Hallad for one day. This is known as the Second Civil War, but many view it was a small coup with no real influence in Hallad.

Hallad soon began to have real economic and political power. The Halladi government had united the New Roman Empire under their leadership. The Halladi government set up the Roman Senate, the United Roman Military Task Force (URMTF), and a Roman Diplomatic Corps. These institutions would last for several months before the Roman Government collapsed.

The Capitalist Imperium (1977-1978)

Hallad soon came under new leadership. Mustafa Fenris, the Capitalism Now Party canidate for Premiership, won elections and turned Hallad into the Capitalist Imperium of Hallad. Elections were banned, and the economy boomed - however it did not reach its high under the Socialists. Fenris became "President-For-Life" and began ruling Hallad with an iron fist.

Soon nations such as Hattia and New Haven rallied to "bring democracy back to Hallad." However, it is often speculated that they merely wanted to return Socialism to Hallad. The Federation soon allied itself with former its former enemy - Shildonia. In addition to this the Capitalist Imperium enlisted the aid of Grunge-France and Shessara. The Halladi-Hattian Conflict began. James Cross was voted Premier of Hallad after Fenris's government collapsed due to war with Shessara and a Socialist uprising, lead by the Federated Directorate.

The Federation joined the UnAPS, or United Alliance of Progressive States. From that alliance, Hallad has also joined the Union of Socialist Republics, which includes the nations of the New Haven, Hattia, Edolia, and Jondera. After the UnAPS disbanded, the Roman government collapsed. Hallad soon became more involved in the affairs of Haven. Division within the USR soon lead to its break up, with frustration between the Halladi government and that of Edolia. Hallads relations with New Haven and Hattia did become stronger from that point.

The Halladi Workers Republic (1980-Present)

Unfortunatly, soon after this James Cross also died, and the Halladi people elected a new leader. Hasan Muhammad was young, idealistic, a great speaker, and offered everything the Halladi people wanted, and more. He was elected shortly after the death of Cross, and made major reforms in the military, economy, and educational system. He also purchased Neo Hallad from New Haven

The USR disbanded only recently disbanded, and Hallad became a member of the Concordat. However, after division with the Concordat, Hallad sided with their comrades in New Haven and Bryn Shander. The Republic split from the Concordat and joined the Hermes Alliance. The Halladi people saw this as a very good thing with recent developments. New Haven sold a space fleet to Hallad recently, and Hallad began expanding into space.

The New Haven Imperium helped Hallad to find its own planet, and system, to settle in. The Halladi Homeworld was soon settled into by over two billion Halladis. The planet was similar to that of Old Hallad, however it provided much more farmland, and had large ammounts of untapped resources.

Military

To see information about the individual branches of the military see their main articles; Halladi Red Army, Halladi Red Navy, Halladi Red Air Force.

Total Amount of Soldiers in Military: 8,500,000

• Soldiers in the Red Army: 2,500,000 (ACTIVE: 1,500,000 Non-Combatant Logistics, 300,000 Combatants; RESERVE: 600,000 (Non-Combatant Logisitcs), 100,000 (Combatant))
• Soldiers in the Hawks (Red Air Force): 4,000,000 (ACTIVE: 2,400,000 Non-Combatant Logistics, 600,000 Combatants; RESERVE: 700,000 (Non-Combatant Logistics), 300,000 (Combatant))
• Soldiers in the Red Navy: 2,000,000 (ACTIVE: 1,400,000 Non-Combatant Logistics, 200,000 Combatants; RESERVE: 200,000 (Non-Combatant Logistics), 200,000 (Combatant)

Active Service:

• 6,400,000 (Total)
• 5,300,000 (Non-Combatant Logistics)
• 1,100,000 (Combatants)

Reserves:

• 2,100,000 (Total)
• 1,500,000 (Non-Combatant Logistics)
• 600,000 (Combatant)

Paramilitiaries:

• People's Militia: 500 million-1 billion (estimate)
• Federal Border Guard: 600,000
• Halladi Coast Guard: 5,000
• Civilian Defense Corps: 675,000

The Halladi Military has three branches; the Red Army, the Hawks, and the Red Navy.

The Halladi Military has often been criticized for the use of ranks. However, it is generally accepted that the military is around the defend Socialism, not practice it. New recruits should understand this, as the Halladi Armed Forces are voluntarilly joined. And, the sheer number of men shows that there is a huge sense of patriotism in Hallad.

Government and Politics

National Politics

See Main Article: Government of Hallad

The nation as a whole is fairly decentralized. The political system is directly democratic when it can, and heavily involves people down to the local level. Within a city are the official City Council, but also smaller councils to direct activities with various neighborhoods. The national government is a federal republican, semi-presidential system. Each Republic has its own assembly, which is subordinate to the national parliament, the National Workers' Assembly.

There are executive elections every four years, for the position of Premier, and parliamentary elections every two years. Hallad works on a multi-party system, which generally results in the creation of coalition governments. Generally the Solidarity Bloc, a coaltion of the Halladi Socialist Party, the Halladi Workers' Union, and the Collectivist Party, will take the majority of seats in the National Workers' Assembly. Under them is ussually the Spartacist Party, a communist party which follows Luxemborgism. The largest capitalist coalition is the Freedom Alliance. The Freedom Alliance only has two parties -- the Capitalism Now! Party, a conservative party, and the Liberal Democratic Party, a liberal capitalist party.

Seats in Parliament are proportional to the population of each Republic.

International Politics

The Halladi Workers' Republic is often considered the strongest socialist nation on earth and a leader of the leftist movement, by leftists. Other leftists believe that Whittier has more importance and influence. Despite ones view, Hallad is a power. Throughout the Middle East and Islamic world, it has great say being the homeland of the Arab people and of Islam. Although Hallad is secular, there is no ban on religion and people practice Islam (and other religions) freely.

Hallad is the leader of the pan-arabist movement, and frequently advocates Arab unity. Hallad is suspected of doing operations in Minnesotan Sahara, before its independance, and in many other Arab nations. It has openly declared that it will send arms to leftists militants if they desire them, as part of Operation Freedom Fighter, which is meant to combat similar right-wing programs for right-wing groups.

Statistics

Domestic Statistics

Government Category: Democracy

Government Priorities: Education, Defence, Social Equality

Economic Rating: Strong

Civil Rights Rating: Superb

Political Freedoms: Very Good

Income Tax Rate: N/A

Major Industries: Arms Manufacturing, Oil Refining, Mining, Publishing

National Currency: the Utope

National Animal: the Hawk

Total Population: Over 3 Billion

Exchange Rate: N/A

People

Population: Over 4.5 Billion

Age Structure:

• 0-14 years: 15.7%
• 15-64 years: 70.2%
• 65 years and over: 14.1%

Birth Rate: 16.7 births/1,000 population

Death Rate: 9.3 deaths/1,000 population

Life Expectancy at Birth:

• Total Population: 83.96 years
• Male: 82.26
• Female: 88.63

Total Fertility Rate: 2.6 children born/woman

Ethnic Groups:

• 95% Halladi
• 1.1% Dakaran
• .9% Shessaran
• 1% Edolian
• 1.5% Hattian
• .3% Yasmarean
• .7% New Havenite

Religions:

• 88% Muslim
• 6% Atheist
• 3% Unitarian Universalist
• 2% Catholic
• 1% Other

Literacy:

• Definition: age 12 and over can read and write
• Total population: 100%
• Male: 100%
• Female: 100%

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