Serbovia
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| Region | Europe |
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| Capital | Petrograd |
| Official Language(s) | Serbovian Slavic, Serbian, Bosnian |
| Leader | King Vyacheslav III |
| Population | 16 million |
| Currency | Ruble |
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General Information
Serbovia is a relatively small nation located somewhere in the northern half of Europe. It is an ethnically and culturally diverse constitutional monarchy, which has also seen several internal and external conflicts over the years.
Currently Serbovia is ruled by King Vyacheslav III Romanov, who is part of the Romanov dynasty which has ruled the country ever since 1600's.
The Kingdom of Serbovia was first formed in the year 1355, when Peter Ivanovich, Grand Duke of Petrograd (he named the city after himself) united the country after years of warfare between competing noblemen.
Government
As said before, Serbovia is a constitutional monarchy, with a bicameral parliament, the National Congress, which is elected every four years. Every adult (over 18 years) Serbovian citizen is allowed to vote. The upper house of the parliament is called the National Council, and it has 50 members, two from each Serbovian administrative region. The lower house, House of Representatives has 500 members, with the number of representatives from each administrative region varying according to the region's population.
After election, the National Congress elects one of it's members as the Prime Minister, who is responsible for forming the government of Serbovia. Formally the King appoints the Prime Minister after National Congress' recommendation, but usually the King has chosen the candidate recommended by the National Congress, ie. the winner of the vote. After appointment, the Prime Minister leads the negotiations for establishing the government, which can last up to several weeks. After the government has been assembled, the National Congress votes for the approval of the government, and after that the King formally appoints the government. Current Prime Minister is Aleksandr Volkov of the National Coalition, a moderate nationalistic conservative party. The government is composed of the National Coalition and Serbovian Centrist Alliance. There are several major and minor opposition parties such as Social Democratic Workers' Party (moderate leftist party), Serbovian Federalist Party (right-wing federalist anti-monarchy party), Freedom Party (right-wing liberal party) and Slavic League (an extreme right-wing party). Communist parties have been outlawed since the assasination of King Vyacheslav II by communist terrorists in 1988. The King has limited executive power.
Prime Minister Aleksandr Volkov:
Society and Culture
Economy
Serbovian economy follows a capitalist, free-market model with government involvement traditionally consisting of mainly regulating monopolies, ensuring workers' rights and watching the products' health and safety standards are met. Government also provides subsidies for private entrepreneurs. Serbovian social security system provides extensive support for the elderly and disabled, while the unemployment subsidies system is mainly focused on getting the unemployed to work as soon as possible. Participation in government's employment programmes is a requirement for gaining unemployment subsidies. There is an extensive government-run education system, with knowledge and intelligence traditionally being held to high value in Serbovia.
Most of Serbovian economy is based on heavy industry, but the country also has considerable mineral deposits. Recently, international travel agencies have also begun organizing travels to Serbovia, and the tourism sector is rapidly growing in Serbovia.
Law
Serbovian judicial system
Criminal law
Serbovia has a strict criminal law, with death penalty in effect for high treason, 1st degree murder and terrorism, and severe punishments for various other felonies.
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Crime in Serbovia
Law enforcement
Royal Serbovian Militia/Korolevskiy Serboviyj Militsiya
The primary law enforcement authority in Serbovia is the Royal Serbovian Militia or Korolevskiy Serboviyj Militsiya, also known as KSM. It is divided geographically into 25 Militia Districts, according to the 25 provinces of Serbovia. These districts are in turn divided into departments organized after the municipalities inside the District's jurisdiction. The departments are usually divided into precincts each taking care of an area of the department's jurisdiction, and specialized divisions such as Traffic and Internal Affairs. Some larger Militia departments also have specialized Organized Crime squads that combat organized crime along with other authorities. Militia also investigates "ordinary" crimes, such as burglaries, robberies, rapes and murders. Uniformed Militia officers always patrol in pairs. They wear body armor and are armed with Serbovian-made handguns. Militia patrol cars always carry shotguns or rifles. In urban areas, foot and bike patrols are also common.
Royal Serbovian Special Militia/Korolevskiy Serboviyj Spetsialnoye Militsiya
There is also a special militia agency called Royal Serbovian Special Militia, or Korolevskiy Serboviyj Spetsialnoye Militsiya, which investigates organized crime, frauds and smuggling in co-operation with local Militia departments. In addition, KSSM assists local Militias when they face crimes spreading to several militia jurisdictions, such as kidnappings and bank robbery waves, and investigates special felonies such as computer crime. Most of KSSM's employees are plainclothes detectives, but the Special Militia also employs uniformed security personnel, specialists such as crime scene technicians and auxiliary support personnel.
Military
Armiya Korolevsko Serboviya or Royal Army of Serbovia, the Serbovian military, is composed of three branches of service: Land Forces, Navy and Air Force. In addition, there are paramilitary OMON troops responsible for internal security and also Border and Coast Guard Corps, which are under the control of Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The AKS is a mix of professional soldiers and conscripts. Each Serbovian male must serve 9 months-2 years in the Serbovian military, after which they'll be in reserve until 55 years of age. Reservists also regularly participate in refreshment courses.
The King of Serbovia is the commander-in-chief of the AKS, while the Ministry of Defence takes care of administration of the AKS. Royal General Staff is responsible of directing the operations and administration of the AKS under the King and the Ministry of Defence. The Royal General Staff is divided into four branches:Operational Directorate, Personnel and Training Directorate, Materials Directorate and Intelligence Directorate. Current Royal Chief of Staff is general Jevgeni Voronin.
Royal Land Forces
The Land Forces are composed of both all-professional units and also of units in which officers and senior NCO's are professionals and lower ranked personnel are conscripts. The highest Land Forces command is the Royal Land Forces General Staff, commanded by general Vyacheslav Orlov and responsible for management and command of the Land Forces.
The Land Forces are divided into three military districts:Petrograd, Zelogorsk and Yakovlev. Air Force equivalents to these districts are the Air Defence Districts. Each Military District is commanded by a liutenant general, and peacetime the districts are responsible of administration and operational command of the army units in their area. Wartime the units are grouped into Army Corps.
As with all branches of the AKS, the Land Forces mostly use equipment manufactured in Serbovia.
Royal Guard
The Royal Guard is the all-professional elite force of the Royal Serbovian Army. It serves both as a bodyguard force for the royal family and an elite combat force. The most visible mission of the Royal Guard is the ceremonial guard of the Royal Palace, and Royal Guard soldiers standing guard outside Royal Palace are popular among Serbovian people and foreign tourists. Royal Guard receives the best equipment in AKS service, and it's soldiers are trained in various forms of combat.
Chevalier Guard Regiment
The Chevalier Guard Regiment is the finest unit of the entire AKS, it's responsibility being the protection of members of the Romanov family. Even though Chevalier Guard's most visible task is providing ceremonial guards for the Royal Palace, it's also responsible of protecting the Royal Palace and the Romanov family from terrorists and other threats. Members of the Chevalier Guard are among the best-trained soldiers in Europe, and they are highly skilled in both armed and unarmed combat. It is rumored that the Chevalier Guard maintains a special operations unit that acts as the King's personal commando unit, but the government staunchly denies this and no proof to these arguments exists. The Chevalier Guard Regiment is based at the Chevalier Guard Barracks near Royal Palace.
Two soldiers of the Chevalier Guard Regiment in ceremonial guard duty outside the Royal Palace
Royal Guards' Cavalry Brigade
Royal Guards' Cavalry Brigade is an elite armored unit of the AKS. It is equipped with finest tanks and armored vehicles in Serbovian use, and it's members are better trained than most soldiers serving in armored units. It forms a part of Serbovian Rapid Reaction Forces, and thus constantly trains for various scenarios and is prepared to defend Serbovia and it's people or venture overseas to perform peacekeeping missions. In addition to it's task as an elite combat force, it has a special mission to provide ceremonial guards to the Royal General Staff, and for this task it maintains a detachment in Petrograd.
Royal Guards' "Zelogorsk" Cuirassier Division
Royal Guards' "Zelogorsk" Cuirassier Division traces it roots back to year 1733, when King Vladislav II founded the Zelogorsk Cuirassier Regiment during the Great Army Reform. Soon the unit was sent to repel foreign invaders along with the rest of the Serbovian army, and it gained fame defending the city of Zelogorsk against numerically superior foreign invaders. Luckily the Serbovians sent soldiers to break the siege, and the Regiment survived after defending the city of Zelogorsk for months. Due to it's heroism in battle, King Vladislav elevated the Regiment into the Royal Guards status. In the 1850's several other regiments were merged with the Zelogorsk Cuirassier Regiment, and it became the Royal Guards' "Zelogorsk" Cuirassier Division. As the nature of land warfare changed, in 1910's the division abandoned it's horses and was reformed as Royal Guards' "Zelogorsk" Grenadier Division. Howewer, in the 1930's the division became a Cuirassier unit again, only this time it was equipped with trucks, halftracks and armored cars instead of horses. Today the division is one of the finest units in the AKS and forms a part of the SRRF. In addition it has a ceremonial task like all Royal Guard units, providing ceremonial guards for several military headquarters and bases in Zelogorsk Military District of Southern Serbovia. The Division is composed of Royal Guards' "Zelogorsk" Cuirassier Regiment, Royal Guards' "Kronberg" Cuirassier Regiment and King's Own Cossacks Regiment, along with various support elements.
Royal Guards' "Yakovlev" Cuirassier Division
Royal Guards' Mountaineer Brigade
Regular Army
Royal Air Force
Security and intelligence agencies
Sluzhba Bezopasnosti Serboviyj/Serbovian Security Agency
SBS or Serbovian Security Agency is the government bureau responsible for internal security of Serbovia. It reports to the Prime Minister of Serbovia, and is responsible of counter-terrorism, counter-intelligence and monitoring and disrupting revolutionary activity and any activity which could threaten Serbovian national security. It is also responsible for protection of the national leadership (excluding the king, who is protected by the Chevalier Guard) and the government buildings.
