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Contents
Introduction
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| Flag of Tshwane | |
| Motto: Per Angusta ad Angusta | |
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| Region | Best of Bookcrossing |
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| Capital | Menlyn North |
| Official Language(s) | English (100%), Tshwani (90%), iXhosa (50%) |
| Leader | Pumla Mokwena |
| Population | 7 million |
| Currency | Geekmark (GK) |
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The Democratic Republic of Tshwane is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, located in the Best of Bookcrossing region. Notable for its absence of drug laws, its compassionate population of 6 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Healthcare, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 60%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Automobile Manufacturing.
Voting is voluntary. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control. Tshwane's national animal is the one-legged pigeon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the geekmark.
Tshwane is ranked 3rd in the region and 84,125th in the world for Largest Public Transport Department.
Noun: Tshwane Adjective: Tshwani
People
Racial diversity
Religious diversity
Government
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Ministers:
Minister of Foreign Affairs - Jared Grant
Minister of Culture - Agatha Ikatekit Mnisi
Minister of Agriculture and Industry
Minister of Commerce
Minister of Justice
Minister of Defense
Minister of Labour
Minister of Education
Minister of Internal Affairs
Minister of Energy
Minister of Transportation
Minister of Health & Welfare
Minister of the Treasury
Minister of Domestic Security
Minister of Housing & Urban Development
Diplomats:
Sarah McDonald – Ambassador to Maraque
Lynn Petersen - Ambassador to the United Nations
Symbols
Flag
A black square with two parallel white lines, a white box with a red box in the center. The red box represents Tshwane's geographical positon, within South Africa (much like Lesotho) and the bloodshed that occurred in its fight for independence, the bloodiest war the nation has ever seen.
National Anthem
This land is mine but I let you rule
I let you navigate and demand
Just as long as you know…this land is mine
So find your home and settle in
Oh, I’m ready to let you win
Just as long as we know
This land is mine
After all the battles and the wars
The scars and loss
My pride, my freedom and my mind
Are becoming stronger now
The walls are down a little more each day
Since you came, finally…finally things are changing
You can hold back the rain, bring on the wind.
Knock us right down, we`ll get up again.
We`ve dug in deep, made our stand.
Tshwane, our homeland.
(adapted from Dido's "This Land is Mine" and Kenny Rogers' "Homeland")
History
Culture
Music
Education
Cuisine
Religion
Main holidays
Economy
Tshwane has a large agricultural sector and is a net exporter of farming products. There are almost 500 agricultural cooperatives and agribusinesses throughout the country, and agricultural exports have constituted 8% of Tshwane's total exports for the past six months. The agricultural industry contributes around 30% of formal employment, relatively low compared to other parts of Africa, as well as providing work for casual labourers and contributing around 8.6% of GDP for the nation. However, due to the aridity of the land, only 13.5% can be used for crop production, and only 3% is considered high potential land.
Although the commercial farming sector is relatively well developed, people in some rural areas still survive on subsistence agriculture. It is the seventy-eighth largest wine producer in the world, and the twentieth largest producer of sunflower seed. Tshwane is a net exporter of agricultural products and foodstuffs, the largest number of exported items being beef, dairy products, sugar, grapes, citrus, nectarines, wine and deciduous fruit. The largest locally produced crop is maize(corn), and it has been estimated that 9 million tons are produced every year, with 7.4 million tons being consumed. Beef-based Agriculture forms a large sector of the economy, with the country producing 95% of all meat consumed. The dairy industry consists of around 4,300 milk producers providing employment for 60,000 farm workers and contributing to the livelihoods of around 40,000 others.
Currency
Currency: Geekmark - G$
Main Imports
Main Exports
Beef, dairy products
Gross National Produce
Beef, milk, dairy products
Transport
Airports
Sea ports
Railways
News services
Newspapers
Television
Radio
International relations
Allies
Enemies
Nations with embassies in Tshwane
Maraque - The World Soviet Party - Surdun - Camgo - New Bonzawaniia
Nations in which Tshwane has embassies
