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**The Soviet Republics**
	Flag of The Soviet Republics
	Motto: "Great are the things of Earth... but none like the Soviets"
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Region	The Heartland
Capital	Moskva, Russian SFSR
Official Language(s)	English, German, Russian]
Leader	President (as of 03/14/2504)
Population	2,586,000,000(2506 Census)
Currency	Sovetskæ(CFS/ß)
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Revision as of 02:30, 10 February 2005

Background

Geography

Location: Northern Asia (that part west of the Urals is included with Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean

Area:

Total: 8,533,204 sq. miles
Land: 8,533,204 sq. miles
Water: 30,656 sq. mi.

Land Boundaries:

Bordering Countries: Afghanistan, China, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithiania, Iran, North Korea, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Turkey.

Maritime Claims:

Contiguous zone: N/A
Continental shelf: N/A
Exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
Territorial sea: 12 NM

Climate: Mostly temperate to arctic continental; winters vary from cool along Black Sea to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from hot in southern deserts to cool along Arctic coast

Terrain: Broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia, deserts in Central Asia, mountains in south

Elevation

Highest Point: Garmo Peak, 24,590 ft. above sea level
Lowest Point: Caspian Sea ??? ft. below sea level

Natural Resources: coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber

Land Use:

Arable land: 47.6%
Permanant Crops: 37.3%

Natural Hazards: N/A

People

Population: 2,586,000,000 (February 9, 2005)

Life Expectancy at Birth:

Immortals: indefinite
Elven: indefinite
Human: 170.72 years

HIV/AIDS – Adult Prevalence Rate: 0.00005%

HIV/AIDS – People Living with AIDS: 1125 (2003 Estimate)

HIV/AIDS – Deaths: Less than 30 (2003 Estimate)

Nationality

Noun: Soviet(s)
Adjective: Soviets

Races and Ethnic Groups

White 70.6%, Asian 16.5%, Black 4.3%, Amerindian and Alaska natives 3.5%, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders 2.1% other 3% (2224)

Religion

National Religions Atheist: 90.5% Agnostic: 2% Baptist: 2% Catholic: 2% Methodist: 2% Lutheran: 1% Other: 0.5%

Languages

English, French, German, Russian.

Literacy

Definition: Age 5 and over can read and write
Total population: 100%
Male: 100%
Female: 100%

Government

Country Name

Conventional Long Form the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics Conventional Short Form the Soviet Union, the USSR Local Long Form the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics Local Short Form the Soviet Union, the USSR

Government Type

Democratic Socialist

Capital

Moskva

Administrative Divisions

Twelve constituent republics

Republics:

Armenian Soviet Sovereign Republic, Azerbaijan Soviet Sovereign Republic, Belarussian Soviet Sovereign RepublicGeorgian Soviet Sovereign Republic, Kazakh Soviet Sovereign Republic, Kyrgyz Soviet Sovereign Republic, Russian Soviet Federative Sovereign Republic, Tajik Soviet Sovereign Republic, Turkmen Soviet Sovereign Republic, Ukrainian Soviet Sovereign Republic, Uzbek Soviet Sovereign Republic.

Dependencies

Three Dependencies.

Dependencies: Persia (Iran), Oman, Yemen.

Independence

1721 (Russian Empire proclaimed)

National Holiday

Independence Day, August 29; President's Day, September 18.

=== Suffrage === 16 years old (universal)

Executive Branch

Chief of State President/Potentate General Sharon M. Vassaretti (since November 19, 2500)
Head of Government President/Potentate General Sharon M. Vassaretti (Since November 19, 2500)
Cabinet Appointed by President with Parliament approval.
Elections held every five years on August 1. (or unless otherwise stated)
For State, Territory & Dependency Governors Every five years on August 1.
For Mayor Every year on August 1.

Legislative Branch

The Californian Parliament, dominated by the Democratic-Federative Congress of California. Members are voted in every 2 years by a general election. The Californian Parliament has 450 members, delegating each state, territory and dependency within the Sovereign Federation. On issues each state holds referendums and are voted on by the majority of the vote. When the votes come to a tie the Speaker Of The House adds his vote to tip the vote, otherwise the Speaker Of The House submits his vote.

Election Results

Federative Party: 249 seats.
Democratic Party: 107 seats.
Socialist Party: 58 seats.
Republican Party: 36 seats.

Parties and leaders

Republican Party: Kansas Senator James W. Jefferson.
Democratic Party: California Senator Andrew D. Voight Jr.
Socialist Party: Wasington Senator Eugene D. Jackson.
Federative Party: California Senator Eric W. Strauss.

Parliament Headquarters Saffyre Floor of the SCG Tower in downtown Greater Los Angeles.

Judicial Branch

People's Court for each State, Territory and Dependency.
Supreme Californian Court presides over the entire nation.

International Organizations

Host to the AEGIS Pact Organization

International Organization Participation

AEGIS; AU; EAA; FAO; IAEA; IBRD; IBTA; ICAO; ICC; IFC; IFRCS/ICRM; IFTA; IHO; IMF; IMO; IOC; IOM; ISO; ITU; OAS; OECD; OPCW; OPEC; Interpol; ToY; UE; UN note – voting member and regional delegate, tends to ignore resolutions anyway; UNESCO; UNIDO; UPU; WHO; WIPO; WMO; WTO; ZC (OOC: A lot of these are RL organizations, which may or may not have relevance to NS.)

Environmental Agreement Participation

Air Pollution, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling (OOC: All RL treaties, may or may not have relevance to NS.)

Economy

Economic Overview: California has made startling discoveries of oil deposits throughout most of the southwest and south in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, parts of Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Other discoveries have been of a nuclear fissile material called tetracassium that has been used as a replacement for the uranium and plutonium warheads in the thousands of nuclear weapons in the arsenal of California. Several overseas land acquisitions have been a boost to the Californian economy, stocks are selling at unprecedented record highs. Exports and imports of raw materials, metals, automobiles & electronics, agriculture, foodstuffs, textiles and medicines has seen a rise like never before causing the explosion of the Californian economy as one of the first world powers of the North American continent.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $105,748,000,000,000

GDP - Per Capita: purchasing power parity - $30,635

Population below poverty line: 0%

Unemployment Rate: 4.62% (Only those who are disabled or cannot work, all else are guaranteed a job)

Inflation Rate: 1.17%

Labor Force: 2,385,000,000 (includes unemployed)

Major Industries: One of the leading Industrial Powers in the Western Hemisphere, highly diversified and technologically advanced; Shipbuilding, Aircraft, Electronics & Communications Equipment, Metals, Chemicals, Military Applications & Equipment, Military Arms & Vehicles, Super-Computers, Petroleum Based Exports, Steel, Motor Vehicles, Aerospace, Telecommunications & Information Technology, Food Processing, Consumer Goods, Lumber, Mining & Extractive Industries,

Industrial Production Growth Rate: 1.317% (2500 est.)

Electricity Production By Source:

Cold Fusion: 61%
Hydroelectric: 18%
Nuclear (fission & fusion): 10%
Wind/Solar: 11%

Electricity Production: 98 trillion kWh

Electricity Consumption: 67 trillion kWh

Electricity Exports: 113 billion kWh

Oil Production: 52.350 million bbl/day (2499 est.)

Oil Consumption: 49.125 million bbl/day (2499 est.)

Oil Exports: 1.13 million bbl/day (2499 est.)

Oil Imports: 925,000 bbl/day (2499 est.)

Oil Reserves: 56.13 billion bbl (1 January 2499)

Natural Gas Production: 1.918 billion cu m (2499 est.)

Natural Gas Consumption: 1.762 billion cu m (2499 est.)

Natural Gas Exports: 30.69 billion cu m (2499 est.)

Natural Gas Imports: 313.78 billion cu m (2499 est.)

Natural Gas Reserves: 12.98 billion cu m (1 January 2499)

Debt: $0 CFS

Economic Aid: 30 billion CFS

Currency: Californian Sovereign (World Financial Currency)

Currency Code: CFS

Exchange Rate per US dollar: ß1.00 CFS = $1.6239 USD (2506)

Fiscal Year: January 1

Communications

General Assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system.

Domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic plasma-satellites carries every form of comm-screen traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile comm-screen traffic throughout the country.

International: Country Code: 1; 237 plasma fiber-optic ocean cable systems in use; vast network of several hundred advanced satellites also in use.

Comm-screens (Lines In Use): 3.23 billion (2499 est.)

Comm-screen Broadcast Stations: Over 75,000 (including nearly 15,500 being affiliated with the eight major comm-screen networks - CFNN, CNN, CSN, NBC, MSNBC, TCN, FOX and USA ; in addition, there are about plasma-sat TV systems) (2499)

Internet Country Code: .cf (Californian-specific top level domains include .csf, .kcis, .cali)

Internet Service Provders: ±350,000

Internet Users: ±2,735,000,000

Transportation

Railways:

Total: 799,624 km
Standard Gauge: 799,624 km 1.435-m gauge (2499)

Highways: 8,808,657 km

Paved: 8,187,734 km (including 102,985 km of expressways)
Unpaved: 620,922 km (2499)

Waterways: 30,756 km

Pipelines: petroleum products 195,696 km; natural gas 438,932 km (2499)

Ports and Harbors: Anchorage, Barahona, Bremerton, Cap Haïtien, Everett, Freeport, Gonaïves, Greater Los Angeles, Hamilton, Honolulu, Houston, Jacmel, Jérémie, Juneau, La Romana, Les Cayes, Manzanillo, Matthew's City, Miragoâne, Nassau, New Orleans, Oakland, Port Angeles, Port au Prince, Port de Paix, Portland, Prince Rupert, Prudhoe Bay, Puerto Plata, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Pedro de Macorís, San Tomas, Santa Cruz (Cali. Virgin Islands) , Saint Marc, Santo Domingo, Sommerset, South Seattle, St. George (Bahamas), St. Drake's, St. Matthew's City, Tacoma, Vancouver, Victoria.

Merchant Marine: 1,740 ships

Airports: 18,952 (2499 est.)

Airports - With Paved Runways:

Total: 13,128
Over 3,047 m: 7,188
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2,221
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1,375
914 to 1,523 m: 1,383
under 914 m: 961 (2499 est.)

Airports - With Unpaved Runways:

Total: 5,824
Over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 161
914 to 1,523 m: 1,714
under 914 m: 3,941 (2499 est.)

Heliports: 275 (2499 est.)

Military

Military Branches: Callfornian Federation Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, Strategic Missile Forces and Coast Guard (Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy)

Military Manpower:

Age: 18
Active Military Personnel: 4,487,600 (male and female)
Available Military Personnel: 86,300,000 (male and female 18-49)
Military Trained Manpower: 86,300,000 (male and female, 2500 estimate; compulsory basic combat training with firearms with elective advanced training)

Military Manpower - Based On Defense Condition: Note: these numbers are static and change with the population gain.

at DefCon 5 — .13% = 4,928,300
at DefCon 4 — .25% = 9,477,500
at DefCon 3 — .31% = 11,752,100
at DefCon 2 — .43% = 16,301,300
at DefCon 1 — .50% = 18,955,000

Military Expenditures: Dollar Figure - $20,145,000,000,000 (FY 2500 est.) (August 2499)

Military Expenditures: Percentage of GDP - 19% (FY 2499 est.) (December 2500)

Transnational Issues

International Disputes: California continues to seek a mutually acceptable solution with the Menelmacari and the Americans on the sovereignty dispute over the seven states of East Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, and Iowa that lie between the Californian border and the Mississippi-St. Croix Rivers which have been claimed as California's legitimate eastern boundary with the Federated Menelmacari States of America. So far nothing has been worked out and the dispute has continued since California's independence on November 19, 1999.

Illicit Drugs: consumer of cocaine shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean; consumer of heroin, marijuana, and increasingly methamphetamine from Mexico; consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center.

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 === National Holiday ===
-Independence Day, November 19; President's Day, August 29.
+Independence Day, August 29; President's Day, September 18.
 === Suffrage === 16 years old (universal)