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The emirate of Nejd-Asir
Al'Imaratti Al Nejdayyah-'Asiriyy

Flag of Nejd-Asir
Motto : Allah Forgives, But Does Not Forget
Anthem: [Ishy Bilady]
Capital	Jedda
Largest cities	Jedda (+ 3,600,000), Mecca (+ 1,700,000), Ta'if (+700,000), Abha (+450,000)
Spoken Languages	Arabic
Government	Federal Constitutional Monarchy
Emir	Abdul Ibrahem al-Rashid ibn Nouri
Vizier	Ahmen Jafir Aziz al Malaki
Area  - Total	1,253,000 km²
Population  - Total	13,605,971 (3.19 people per km²)
GDP (FY2006/07)   - Total (USD)   - GDP/capita (USD)
National animal English name	Falco pelegrinoides Barbary Falcon
National flower English name	Rhanterium epapposum Arfaj Flower
National tree English name	Phoenix pacitalophyra+khadrawy Khadrawy Date
Currency	1 Nejdi-Asirian Riyal (naR) = 1000 Halalat (hl/)
Constitution	The Qu'ran (Shari'a Law), Nejdi-Asirian Laws of Governance (1983)
International abbreviations  - sport  - government	NA ENA
Naval craft classification   - Military   - Civilian	ENAN
Pronunciation (IPA)	/Nij-d A-zer/
Stats: NSEconomy </font>

Nejd-Asir is a nation in The Arab League. It was created on May 19th, 2007. This factbook, unless specifically noted, refers wholly to the IC nation.

History

Nejd-Asir in it's current form did not form until well into the beginning of this history, because without the introduction, the rest of the history makes no sense.

For centuries, Arabia consisted of innumerable warring tribes. Most tribes were dominated by one or two dynastic families. In Nejd, the Sa'ud family and the Rashid family were the most dominant and A'shir was totally dominated by the Mehitabel family. By 1902, The Rashidi family came to dominate the Nejd and began expanding to the al Qasim and al Mekkah regions. Al Mekkah had recently been effectively annexed by the Mehitabeli 'Asir. After much squabbling and warmongering, the Rashid and Mehitabel families agreed to co-operate to dominate the entire area jointly.

In apporxomately 1933, Abdullah Mohammed bin Talal, the Rashid patriarch, declared the Emirate of Nejd. In 1940, The Emirate of Nejd became the Emirate of Nejd-Asir as the Mehitabel family joined the Rashid family. Since that time, Nejd-Asir has come to dominate all of there surrounding regions, with the exsclusion of the Jizan region.

In 1961, the Emirate nearly collapsed into civil and family war after Abdullah bin Talal died. The Rashid family wanted his son, Sa'ud ibn Mitab to become the new emir, while the Mehitabels wanted Mut'eb bin Aziz, the Vizier of the Emirate to recieve the throne. In the end, they chose to jointly rule the emirate for 12 years, at which point a joint meeting of the Rashidi and Mehitabeli princes would elect the new emir. That system has served ever since.

Only once, in 1974, has the dominance of the Rashid and Mehitabel families been truly resisted. A civil uprising in Jedda, the capital, denounced Mehtib Azeez ibn Sa'ud as the rightful ruler of Nejd-Asir. He was nearly assasinated, but the military was able to put down the remainder of the uprising.

Government

The government of Nejd-Asir, while constitutionalised, is a complex matter defined mostly by tradition rather than law. The government has a three-in-one type stucture in that, while their is officially an Executive, Legislative, and Judicial arm, they all are focused on and are dependent of the Emir and his government.

The Emir is elected by the Grand Council of the Princes. Once elected, an Emir rules as long as he lives or until re resigns. While the Emir does not legally have to be a member of the Rashid or Mehitabel family, all have been. The Emir (de jures) carries out all administrative, legal, political, and international duties of the state, however (de facto) he may appoint the Vizier to do many or most of these tasks.

There are no official political parties, though they are not outlawed and there are very rarely public elections other than local elections.

Legislation is carried out by the Grand Council, a council of all the princes of the Rashid and Mehitabel families. All legislation must be in compliance with the shari'a and must be approved by the emir. Justice is administered according to the Shari'a by a system of religious courts whose judges are appointed by the king on the recommendation of the Supreme Judicial Council, composed of twelve senior jurists. Independence of the judiciary is protected by law. The king acts as the highest court of appeal and has the power to pardon. Access to high officials (usually at a majlis; a public audience) and the right to petition them directly are well-established traditions.

Legal system

Nejd-Asir does not have much of a formal criminal code, and thus much of its law is derived from an ultra-conservative form of Islam, Salafism. To that end judges are free to impose capital punishment or corporal punishment, including amputations of hands and feet for certain crimes such as murder, robbery, rape, drug smuggling and for various forms of sexual behavior such as homosexuality and adultery. The courts may impose less severe punishments, such as floggings, for less serious crimes against public morality such as drunkenness.

The punishments, especially the executions, are carried out in public in order to add humiliation to the convicted person and also to act as a deterrence. Judges are generally given a tremendous amount of discretion in deciding how to punish a particular individual, and will make such decisions based on the particular school of Islam that they follow. For example:

• Theft is punishable by the amputation of the right hand, unless the thief is poor and the stolen money is from public sources or a company (i.e. the thief is a well-off adult who stole private, secure money). If the right hand has already been amputated, the left hand is chosen instead.

• Drinking, selling, or buying alcohol and sniffing drugs or injecting drugs is punished by a sentence of eighty lashes. Smuggling heroin or cocaine into the country is punished by death (beheading with a sword).

• Fornication is normally punished with 40 lashes. During flogging, the face, head and vital organs of the person are protected.

• Adultery can only be proven by the testimony of four reliable witnesses. It is punishable by death by stoning.

• Murder, accidental death and bodily harm are open to punishment from the victim's family. Retribution may be sought in kind or through blood money. The blood money payable for a woman's accidental death is half as much as that for a man.

Military

Nejd-Asir has a weak military in relation to other Arab states. Active peace-time troops have been set permanently at 20,000 since 1992. Equipment mostly includes old Soviet or French equipment. The Emir derives all his power from the military and is the supreme commander of all forces.

Army

The Nejdi-Asirian Army recieves the most funding by far. Active army forces are approx. 7,000 strong.

Light Arms

• Tabuk
• Maadi
• RPK
• M4

MBTs

• M60A3
• M728 CEV
• T-54
• T-55 Enigma CV