Federal Republic of Rechart National Factbook, 2020 Edition

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Federal Republic of Rechart National Factbook, 2020 Edition


Liberté grâce à la Prospérité

The Federal Republic of Rechart is a federal constitutional republic that is situated on the northern coast of the Sudentor continent composed of seven provincial districts, three overseas territories, and a federal district containing the nations capital. With an official population numbering just over 3.8 billion people and a total land area of an estimated 16.4 million square kilometers, the country is the fouth-largest nation by population and fifth-largest in the world in terms of area which has contributed to it's status as an economic and industrial powerhouse in the global economic system. The Federal Republic of Rechart currently holds a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, the nation boasting a gross domestic product of 141.46 trillion standard dollars and one of the most advanced military forces on the planet boasting a combined 18.55 million personnel stationed across the globe. Formed in the early-17th century by a the five cities of the Grand Alliance that broke away from the Unified Kingdom of Rechilina, the country can trace it's roots back to 13th century merchants returning to the kingdom from areas such as the Kingdom of Revanan and the Arcaean Empire where they absorbed aspects of the local cultures.

Geography and Climate:

Located on the northern coast of the Sudentor continent, the five largest major metropolitan areas of the Federal Republic of Rechart are Port Prosperity, Havre de Grace, Calais, North Point, and Novomoskovsk.

Spanning both the Rechan subcontinent and the northernmost coast of the Sudentor continent, the Federal Republic of Rechart is divided into Northern and Southern Rechart by the Redàir Strait. The Federal Republic of Rechart is the worlds fifth-largest nation in terms of land area at 1.64 billion hectares and shares the largest contiguous land border in the world with the United Soviet Federation of Korolev. Spared the harsh northern winters seen by most of Korolev by the presence of the Northern Pacific Current and the Gulf Stream, the western coasts of the country enjoy a cold but relatively temperate weather throughout the year due to the warm currents. The climate of the Federal Republic of Rechart ranges from subarctic in the northwestern and southern areas of the country, oceanic and continental humid in the northeast, and even humid subtropical in the colonial territory of Avalon. The terrain of the Federal Republic of Rechart tends to be very mountainous with numerous islands off the coast throughout the western areas of the nation but gives way to a plateau area ideal for agriculture on the eastern coast.

Average temperature: 13.4 degrees (January), - 21.2 degrees (June)
- Highest recorded temperature: 34.7 degrees (Ashkelon, 12 August 1997)
- Coldest recorded temperature: -54.7 degrees (North Point Arctic Weather Station, 9 December 1932)
Climates: Continental humid, oceanic, subarctic, humid subtropical, tundra
Terrain: Mountainous
Islands: 1,276 recognized territorial islands, 31 recognized islands in international waters, 3 disputed islands.
Average elevation: 173 meters
- Highest point: Mount Altean (5,134 meters)
- Lowest point: Adattan Valley (- 234 meters)
Maritime claims:
- Territorial Waters: 17 nautical miles
- Contiguous Zone: 34 nautical miles
- Exclusive Economic Zone: 200 nautical miles

Demographics:

During the 2019 census, the Department of Economic Affairs reported the population of Rechart had shrunk to just over 3.8 billion residents including roughly 16.2 million illegal immigrants; making the nation the third-largest in the world behind the Arcean Empire, and Korolev. One of the few nations promoting a negative growth rate in the face of looming fears of overpopulation, the massive increase in the Rechan population is largely contributed to the expansion of agricultural production and the overextension of credit that led to an falsely inflated economy in the early 1930's. The population of the Federal Republic of Rechart is one of the most diverse in the world, with over twenty-six ancestry groups including one million or more members; additionally, over one million immigrants from over twenty-one of the world nations have lived in Rechart at one point. As of 2016, it is reported that 74% of the population lives and works within a metropolitan area.

Population: 3,804,132,637
Population growth rate: - .011%
Population density per square kilometer: 188.32 persons per square kilometer (average)
Life expectancy: 91 years, 362 days (average)
- Men: 89 years, 259 days
- Women: 91 years, 292 days
HDI: 0.957
Literacy rate: 99.74%
Immigration rate: 1.32%
Median age: 32 years, 269 days
Religions (number of adherents of nine largest followings):
- Atheism: 1,677,194,572
- Nontheistic Christianity: 684,092,175
- Agnosticism: 366,038,543
- Unaffiliated Christian: 197,434,521
- Protestantism: 77,840,355
- Shintoism: 72,958,580
- Roman Catholicism: 63,184,499
- Sunni Islam: 12,488,959
- Judaism: 9,210,849
Languages (number of native speakers of five most prevalent languages):
- Rechan/Revanan (Official): 2,651,840,119
- Korolevan (Official): 197,212,092
- Sivarlian: 185,185,399
- Rechilinan (Official): 92,109,825
- Argive: 17,493,192

Culture:

The Federal Republic of Rechart is one of the the most multinational nations in the world, sheltering and even incorporation the traditions and values of a wide array of native and non-native ethnic groups. Today, the majority of Rechans draw their ancestry from an faction of the original Rechilinans that settled the Rechan subcontinent over two millennia ago while those remaining are descended from other world nations. The culture held in common by most Rechans —mainstream Rechan culture— is a Western culture that largely draws from the traditions of Sudentor immigrants in addition to other ethnic groups that arrived in the Federal Republic of Rechart over the years. Although mainstream culture tends to be held by most Rechans as the ideal culture, it is common for immigrants to retain distinctive characteristics of their culture which is often regarded to contribute to the uniqueness of the nations overall culture.

Entertainment forms a large part of the Federal Republic of Rechart's national culture, with popular forms of media such as music, television, motion picture, and interactive gaming forming some of the core industries that have long established themselves in the country. Rechan film studios have been responsible for what some consider the best movies in the world; films such as Star Wars, Citizen Kane, and Casablanca leading to the rise of Rechan media across the globe. Over the past century, Rechan musicians have gained global success including such bands and artists as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra Junior, Green Day, and Jimmi Hendrix. In recent years, traditional media has experienced a revival as the internet has allowed everything from independent music to homebrew games to flourish in mainstream culture.

During much of the nations history, the inspiration and rules of art and literature of Rechart came from those of the more established nations of Sudentor. Early writers and artists of the Rechan arts movements would struggle to find differentiate themselves from those of nations such as Vatea and Arcaea. By the late-18th century, the growing transcendentalism movement in the Federal Republic of Rechart in addition to later writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau would establish a distinct voice of Rechan literature and art. Within the next century the theater would become an important area of Rechan art, with Calais becoming a major center of the modern Rechan theater. Rechan artists would become an important part of new age medium such as photography, motion picture, and even comic strips; contributing significantly to the development and growth of these art forms.

Major Literary Figures: Henry David Thoreau, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, JK Rowling, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Major Cinematic Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Spielberg, Danny Boyle, Alfred Hitchcock, George Lucas
Major Cinematic Figures: Peter Sellers, Steve Martin, Olivia Wilde, Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, Humphrey Bogart, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Farley, Gene Kelly, Micheal Crawford, Sean William Scott
Major Musical Figures: Bob Dylan, Green Day, the Beatles, Weezer, Mumford & Sons, Jimmi Hendrix, Green Day, Blink-182, Modest Mouse, The Avett Brothers, Muse, the Rolling Stones, Paramore, Metric, The Killers
Music Centers: Havre de Grace, Calais, Ashkelon, Arzamas, North Point
Cinema Centers: Ashkelon, North Point
Theater Centers: Calais, Havre de Grace

Government:

Commonly referred to as Five Points, the political complex that houses the buildings of the federal government is located in the on the borders of Havre de Grace financial district.

Formed in 1631, the Federal Republic of Rechart is the oldest surviving federation in the world. A constitutional republic and representative democracy where citizens select politicians to represent them at the federal, district, and municipal levels. Below the federal government, the nation is divided into seven semi-autonomous provincial districts that are capable of passing laws and collecting taxes not in direct conflict with federal law. While each provincial district is structured similarly to the government at the national level, the federal government is divided into three branches under the Rechan Charter; the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch.

Lead by the President of the Federal Republic of Rechart, the Office of the Executive is tasked with enforcing laws passed by the legislature through the management of the federal budget allotted by congress and the nations military forces in addition to conducting foreign relations with outside governments. The National Assembly acts as the legislature of the Federal Republic of Rechart and is responsible passing federal laws, ratifying treaties, appropriating funds, declaring war, and impeaching government officials in breach of provincial and federal law. The Rechan legislature is composed of three hundred and sixty-four junior representatives elected by the citizens of voting districts across the nation and twenty-one senior representatives appointed by district governors that hold the ability to reject proposed legislation in addition to holding jurisdiction over military and foreign affairs. Established by the legislature, the National Supreme Court holds the ability to settle domestic disputes and declare acts of the Executive Office and the National Assembly unconstitutional when in breech of the Charter.

Official name: Federal Republic of Rechart (FRR)
Political structure: Federal constitutional republic
Capital: Havre de Grace, Federal Distinct of Havre de Grace
Member states: Hastings, Aleyska, Oscela, Rechilina, Kalstadt-Ashiya, Caleston, Anhalt
- Dependent ares: Avalon, Redaii, Stavern
Independence: 14 June 1627
National holiday: Alliance Day (3 March 1631)
Constitution: Rechan Charter
Motto: Liberté Grâce à la Prospérité (Liberty Through Prosperity)
National anthem: Requiem of the Republic
Legal system: Distinct federal and provincial law systems based upon Revanan Common Law and the Model Penal Code.
Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal
Executive branch: Office of the Executive, multi-tiered executive departments and agencies appointed and headed by the President of the Federal Republic of Rechart and the Presidential Cabinet. (President elected every five years for maximum of three terms.)
Legislative branch: National Assembly, unicameral legislature divided into junior and senior representatives. (One-third of representatives elected every two years to a six year term)
Judicial Branch: National Supreme Court, consists of eleven judges and further with additional seventeen federal district courts throughout the nation based on geography and population. (Appointed by President for life term, authorized by the National Assembly)
Head of government: President Rachel Hathaway, Independent
Notable personages:
- Speaker of the Assembly: Tanner Geithner
- Secretary of Defense: Helena Rose
- Secretary of State: Joseph Tracear
- Secretary of Economic Affairs: Ross Calderon
- Secretary of the Treasure: Ronald Murphy
- Secretary of Education: Crystal Haro
- Attorney General: Matthew Yuan
- Director of ISO: Nina Robinson

Economy:

The Federal Republic of Rechart supports a capitalistic balanced economy which is driven by the nations abundant natural resources, high productivity, well-developed infrastructure, and next-generation hydrogen technologies. In 2019, the Rechan economy was the second largest economy in the world with a GDP of just over 130.74 trillion standard dollars just behind the Arcaen Empire; but maintains the highest gross domestic product with an estimated 45,368 standard dollars adjusted for untaxed income. With industries ranging from mining raw resources to the manufacturing of high technology products, the economy of the Federal Republic of Rechart is a post industrial with approximately 71% of the GDP contributed by the service sector. In recent decades, the Rechan economy has completely shifted away from the use traditional hydrocarbons to cutting-edge hydrogen technologies capable of drastically reducing costs associated with fluctuating oil prices. The Federal Republic of Rechart is the worlds largest producer and consumer of electrical and nuclear energy while also having one of the lowest costs per kilowatt hour on the planet due to the recent implementation of nuclear fusion for electrical generation in addition to national intelligent power grid.

Since the late-1980's, the Federal Republic of Rechart has seen a substantial increase in economic cooperation with then newly-formed Vatean Union; the nation now a member of the Unified Central Reserve Bank which has established the successor to former Rechan currency, the International Laurel. Forming what is commonly referred to as the Rechan-Vatean Economic Zone by financial organizations, the two nations have formed an unparalleled economic partnership that has effectively created the largest economy in the world. Both nations support high-tech economies, with the Rechan and Vatean governments supporting both continued scientific research with organizations such as the International Space Organization and expansion of new industry with projects such as the Diego Garcia Space Tether set to revolutionize already blossoming aerospace industries. Within the Federal Republic of Rechart, income tax and value added tax constitute the vast majority of government revenue, with the average citizen contributing approximately 19% of their yearly earnings to federal and state budgets.

Gross Domestic Product: 117,301,237,936,128 standard dollars
GDP per capita: 45,344 standard dollars
Currency: International Laurel
Exchange rate: 1 Laurel = 2.21 standard dollars
GDP (composition per sector): 3% (Agriculture), 26% (Industry), 71% (Services)
Income tax rate: 26% federal, 4-7% district
Value added tax: 8.5% + amount to nearest .10 laurel
Public debt: 11,369,291,352,831 standard dollars (9.6% of GDP)
Agricultural products: Barley, wheat, oil seeds, wine, grapes, cattle, corn, wheat, pork, poultry, sheep, fish
Industries: Information technology, electronics, arms manufacturing, semi-conductors, metal production, hydrogen production, food stuffs, chemicals, aerospace, military equipment, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, shipbuilding, power generation equipment, industrial equipment, machine tools, and tourism
Major Corporations: Hallard & Avett, General Motors, United Aerospace, Ford Rechart, Hitachi, Fletcher Agriculture, ENCOM, General Electric, Nashan Marine Dynamics, Isuzu, Samsung
Poverty: 9.14%
Unemployment: 2.88%

Infrastructure:

Today, the Federal Republic of Rechart supports an array of highly advanced infrastructure systems intended to maintain the high quality of life its residents have come to expect over the last two centuries. Accounting for just over 77% of all daily commutes and routine travel, some of the worlds busiest intercity and innercity public transportation systems in the world exist in Rechart; metropolitan area rapid transit systems the most widely used form of transportation in the country with a daily ridership of approximately 1.4 billion people. Historically, large public transport systems were generally considered obsolete as the personal automobile replaced many intercity rail and streetcar networks, but would regain traction in the late-1970's in the face of rising fuel costs and an exploding population; the National Public Transportation Reclamation and Construction Act passed in 1986 by the National Assembly responsible for jumpstarting the creation of new public transportation systems and is responsible for the construction of roughly two thirds of the nations light rail networks. In recent years the nation has began replacing its aging rolling stock and transit vehicle fleets with next-generation railcars and buses comprising nearly the entire inventory of the Rechan public transportation system.

The Federal Republic of Rechart maintains an extensive network of over 5.4 million kilometers of national, district, and local roadways that run throughout the nation. While the majority of these roads come under the category of local roadways that exist to provide easy personal and commercial access to regional locations, over 340,000 kilometers of roadway fall under the National Highway System; a network of primary and secondary highways that interconnects metropolitan and rural areas as well as military installations to allow the armed forces ease of movement through the country. In an effort to bolster the nations stagnating infrastructure industry and replace the aging national highways reaching the end of their lifespans, the federal government would authorize over 2.1 trillion standard dollars for the construction of an intelligent road network utilizing new technologies developed in Rechart; the result being a revolutionary SmartRoad paving system that integrates solar panels and energy-efficient LED's to create roads capable of being reconfigured in a moments notice to respond to congestion levels in addition to generating clean electricity for the nation. Microprocessors embedded within the panels used to construct these roads send real-time data to vehicles in addition to local traffic control centers that are able to monitor and respond to road conditions.

Although the seventies would mark the beginning of a significant decrease in the use and ownership of private vehicles that would continue up until the last two decades, over 940 million passenger vehicles are registered across the nation. Just 278 out of every 1000 Rechans own a private vehicle, with 67% of all automobiles registered in rural areas compared to urban areas due to the decreased presence of public transportation systems in proximity to citizens; approximately 43% of vehicles falling under the category of light truck or van, 53% standard passenger cars, and just 4% sport utility vehicles. Petroleum fuels have been completely phased out as of 2018, replaced almost entirely by Clean Hydrogen Internal Combustion (CHIC) fuels that can be used in older vehicles with minimal modification or next-generation hydrogen fuel cells. All residents registering vehicles in Rechart must pay an annual tax on their vehicle of 1%, the collected revenue used by the government to maintain existing roads and to supplement new construction projects.

The largest consumer of electrical energy in the world, the electrical grid of the Federal Republic of Rechart is an intelligent power grid primarily maintained by private corporations with some support from the federal government. The majority of power consumed by Rechart is generated through the use of nuclear fusion and solar technologies with a small percent coming from wind and hydroelectric sources. Since 2007, all devices imported into or produced in the Federal Republic of Rechart are required to be compatible with the Rechan National Intelligent Electrical Grid through a small microprocessor capable of interfacing with regional control centers that are about to reduce the overall load on the electrical system by shutting off non-essential systems remotely or redirecting power during peak demand to prevent blackouts. Recent investments in superconducting intercity power links have drastically driven down the cost per kilowatt hour for the majority of the nation, with near zero loss of electricity despite its transmission over long distances. The Federal Republic of Rechart's state of the art intelligent power grid and electrical generation technologies has all but eliminated the harmful byproducts of traditional power generation such as pollution from burning fossil fuels and radioactive materials used in fission power plants.

Funded and maintained by corporations and other private entities, the network infrastructure of the Federal Republic of Rechart is one of the most developed systems in the world. Since the early-1990's, the widespread availability of internet connectivity has led a revolution in every day Rechan life as the worlds devices becomes increasingly interconnected. In 2007, the last servers running IPv4 were switched over to IPv6 following the exhaustion of assignable addresses following government efforts to promote the switch at the turn of the millennium. High-speed wireless networks cover most of the nation with availability to an estimated 99.83% of the population in all but the most remote areas of the country. Apart from large-scale computer centers or for networks transmitting sensitive data, wireless interlinking has primarily replaced Ethernet cabling for connecting personal computer. In the vast majority of areas, technologies such as Enhanced WiMAX and Accelerated 4G providing internet connections of 2.2 Gbps to mobile devices and computers. For the most part, media streamed over wireless services have largely replaced traditional broadcasting methods apart from FM and AM radio which has remained popular despite a larger selection of stations online.

Length of rail system: 274,060 kilometers (21,474 kilometers of light rail)
Length of road system: 5,458,104 kilometers
Daily public transport ridership: 2,378,311,453
- Busiest public transport system: Havre de Grace Metropolitan Rapid Transit System (19.3 million daily riders)
Registered vehicles: 1,755,035,668
- Registered passenger vehicles: 942,841,290 (2.6 cars per family with registered vehicles)
- Registered commercial vehicles: 812,194,378
Annual power consumption: 22,320 terawatt-hours
- Cost of kilowatt hour: .9 standard cents
Internet users: 3,012,183,432
- Regulatory agencies: Rechan Internet Protocol Network Coordination Center (RIPNCC), Rechan Air Force Network Defense Command (NETDEFCOM)
- Country code: .rct
- Common domains: .com, .net, .edu, .org
- Censored material: None

Crime and Law Enforcement:


Members of the Ashkelon Law Enforcement Division's Special Response Unit run through a live-fire simulation during the 2019 National Special Weapons and Tactics Competition.

Primarily carried out by police departments established and maintained by municipal governments, law enforcement in the Federal Republic of Rechart has seen increasing standardization and regulation over the past thirty years. Well local law enforcement agencies are authorized to procure specialized equipment to meet the needs of specific regions in Rechart, most departments at the municipal level make use of weapons and equipment recommended by the federal government. In recent years, an increasing focus on maritime security has resulted in the expansion of patrol and special response divisions in order to operate on the water. Supplementing local police forces, provincial districts maintain specialized law enforcement agencies tasked with enforcing laws that require greater area of jurisdiction than municipal departments are unable to; among their duties the enforcement of laws along national highways.

At the national level, several divisions and bureaus within the Department of Justice serve to investigate and prosecute violations of law on federal property in addition to interdistrict crime, although often rely on the assistance of local authorities in most cases. One of the most well known divisions of the Department of Justice is the National Investigative Service with over a hundred thousand members with field offices in one-hundred and twelve cities across the Federal Republic of Rechart, having jurisdiction over ninety percent of crimes considered federal offenses as well as being able to operate anywhere in the nation as well as diplomatic missions established by the government across the world. Due to their unique capabilities and access to federal resources, the NIS has become an essential tool in the investigation and prosecution of government corruption as well as against transnational criminal organizations that operate in the nations borders. Alongside the Justice Department, several military units provide law enforcement services to military facilities both abroad and nationally in similar capacities to municipal police departments.

Since the end of the near decade of insurrectionist activity in the mid-1990's, crime in the Federal Republic of Rechart has since returned to a national crime rate of around 2,956 crimes per 100,000 people according to statistics published by the National Investigative Service. Well overall crime has been declining over the last few decades, the country still faces significant violent crime and sees one of the highest rate of crimes committed with a firearm of any country in the first world. The illegal smuggling of firearms into the country via the Rechan-Korolev borer has seen significant increase in the face of legislation passed by the National Assembly mandating the registration of all firearms manufactured, imported, and sold inside the Federal Republic of Rechart by the Bureau of Alcohol, Narcotics, Firearms, and Explosives otherwise known as the ANF. Additionally, white-collar crime is considered to be one of the primary concerns facing the country, estimated to make up nearly half of all crimes committed in Rechart while only accounting for only a third of all prosecuted offenses.

Officers and detectives working with Rechan law enforcement agencies also have access to one of the most advanced real-time identification systems on the planet for use in tracking and prosecuting crimes that occur in their jurisdiction. Citizens are issued an advanced GPS-enabled and smartcard for use with the National Identification System capable of storing information such as a persons medical and financial records securely on integrated RFID tags. The last decade has seen widespread deployment of technologies designed to track citizens identification cards in real-time, allowing police departments to gather accurate data about suspects movements by accessing archives maintained by the federal government. The system has also proved invaluable for their use in the wake of mass casualty events such as natural distastes and terrorist attacks, allowing first responders to use handheld scanners that are able to catalog both casualties and survivors quickly in addition to being providing rough estimates of the number of people in the affected area. The NID System is primarily maintained by the National Investigative Service, while local and state police forces are responsible for purchasing and deploying equipment in their jurisdictions and are given access to the system.

National crime rate: 2,956 crimes per 100,000 people
- Highest crime rate: 12,405 crimes per 100,000 people (Dachaa, Rechart)
- Lowest crime rate: 743 crimes per 100,000 people (Avalon, Rechan Overseas Territory)
Common Police Equipment:
- Weapons: FN Five-Seven, HK416 assault rifle, Mossberg 500 shotgun, TASER x4 non-lethal device
- Vehicles: 2016 Ford Focus (International Version), 2017 Chevy Suburban, 2016 Ford F-150, 2017 Ford E-250 (International Version)
- Aircraft: Bell 407C, Bell 206E, Cessna 172
Largest law enforcement agency: National Investigative Service (87,429 employees)
- Largest municipal police department: Port Prosperity Law Enforcement Division (42,195 officers)

Military:

For more information: Rechan Military Factbook, 2020 Edition

Administered by the Department of Defense, the Armed Forces of the Republic of Rechart constitute over eighteen million personnel divided amongst the active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and is one of the largest military forces in the world. The President is the only member of the federal government that may authorize the deployment of military forces into combat under the Rechan Charter, although the National Assembly is the only body that holds the ability to declare war against foreign entities. Normally considered as part of the reserve component of the armed forces, the seven district guards maintained by the provincial districts are unique military forces that draw their history from the armies raised by the the cities of the Grand Alliance, with slight variations between each guards uniforms and even in the equipment utilized by guardsmen.

Military service in the Federal Republic of Rechart is voluntary, though the armed forces maintain the capability to institute conscription in times of war through the Selective Service System, with all citizens required to register upon reaching the age of eighteen. In order to promote enlistment in the military, the federal government offers benefits to it's soldiers such as vocational training and education in addition to providing services such as low-cost military housing and healthcare that most young adults would not receive as civilians in entry-level positions. Due to the size and strength of the nations armed forces, they have become an essential diplomatic tool for the Federal Republic of Rechart, allowing the country to secure not only the safety of it's citizens abroad but investments that have allowed the economy to flourish throughout the nations history. The Federal Republic of Rechart operates a combined total of 2,450 bases and installations both domestically as well as overseas that allow the nation to station forces across the globe in order to respond too threats in addition too four manned space stations that currently operate in orbit; a weather research station operated by the Navy, a rapid deployment platform manned by Marine personnel, a training facility maintained by the Army and Marine Corps that hosts the Orbital Defense and Security Leadership Course, and a multi-purpose platform currently under the command of the Air Force intended too serve as a major communications and repair hub.

Since the reorganization of the armed forces in the late-1980's, the Rechan military has become one of the most rapidly deployable forces in the world capable of operating anywhere on the globe through the use of the Air Force's fleet of heavy transport aircraft in addition to the twenty-six supercarriers and thirty-four amphibious assault ships currently maintained by the Navy. Rechan forces have capability to land on any almost coastline in the world in just hours of being ordered through the Marine Expeditionary Unit's that deploy continuously year-round with the Navy's four major fleet commands. The military's current doctrine focuses on a combination of the rapid dominance tactics developed in the early 1990's with the changing face of armed forces and the ancient maxims outlined in Sun Tzu's The Art of War which stress bypassing large enemy formations in favor of striking quickly and precisely behind an armies lines at vital command and logistic centers.

The equipment utilized by the Federal Republic of Rechart represents some of the cutting edge in military technologies, with the refined defense acquisition system set in place by the federal government intended to accelerate the deployment of technologies in order to get it into the hands of soldiers quickly. In recent years, the shining jewel of Rechan military has come to be considered by most to be the Battlespace Management System that became fully operational in 2017, a global network that connects ground, sea, and air platforms to allow all levels of the military too efficiently share and receive information about the battlefield. With the government stating it's commitment to remain ahead at the forefront of military development, the Rechan Armed Forces continue to be one of the most well equipped fighting forces with access too highly advanced weaponry while also upgrading existing equipment to current standards such as the M1 Abrams main battle tank which has seen service for almost forty years.

Total military spending by the Federal Republic of Rechart in 2020 is expected to exceed a combined fourteen trillion dollars, the nation currently ranks third in the world for largest national military expenditures behind the Soviet Federation of Kentucky and the Democratic Commonwealth of Vierlaude. Each citizen pays on average just over 3,800 standard dollars in taxes towards the armed forces which in comparison to other nations is lower than the global average. Since 2014, military spending has increased from roughly 49% increase, up from eight and a half trillion standard dollars prior to the acceptance of the federal budget at the end of 2013. The nation currently has recognized deployments of more than one hundred soldiers in over a dozen countries, and supplies a number of governments with military aid and assistance on a regular basis with one of the largest receivers of Rechan foreign aid funds being the Federal Union of Calaran.

Current military budget: 14,384,922,049,400 standard dollars (36% of federal budget)
Military age: 17-68 years old
Current military personnel: 11,410,000 active (7,140,000 reserve)
- Army: 5,370,000 active (1,450,000 reserve)
- Navy: 3,550,000 active (1,120,000 reserve)
- Marine Corps: 3,150,000 active (680,000 reserve)
- Air Force: 2,490,000 active (630,000 reserve)
- Coastal Defense 670,000 personnel
Average military pay: 36,912 standard dollars, with full benefits
Total Military Installations: 2,450 bases and facilities
- Domestic: 2,260 installations
- International: 186 installations
- Extraplanetary: 4
Ship Prefix: RNV (Rechan Naval Vessel)
Number of Naval Vessels: 1720 surface vessels
- Supercarriers: 26 Ford-class nuclear carriers
- Submarines: 247 Astute-class and Ohio-class nuclear submarines
Largest Military Facility Fort Harper (112,930 acres)

International Relations:

A photo taken from the eastern side of the Rechan Embassy in downtown Revana, one of the most important and largest diplomatic missions of the Federal Republic of Rechart thanks to the two countries closeness.

In the modern era, the Federal Republic of Rechart today holds considerable economic, political, and military influence on nations across the globe. The nation holds one of the three permanent seats of the United Nations Security Council as well as a number of important international economic and diplomatic organizations. Almost all nations have established an embassy or consulate in Havre de Grace, and by extension diplomatic relations with the Federal Republic of Rechart, and almost all nations host a diplomatic missions maintained by the federal government. Historically, the Federal Republic of Rechart has acted as an intermediary in global political affairs on numerous occasions due to it's status as a major international power and it's generally good relations with nations across the globe.

Under James Marshall, the federal government has worked to repair it's diplomatic relations with traditionally communist nations that have been generally hostile in recent decades, including bridging it's ties with countries like Kalluga and the Dredgian Union. In general, relations with the United Soviet Federation of Korolev have been generally good over much of the past century as a result of the two nations sharing one the largest contiguous border of any two countries, and as a result also the largest undefended border in the world. The Federal Republic of Rechart currently supplies more than a combined total of approximately 1.2 trillion standard dollars on official developmental assistance, making it one of the largest donors in the world in addition to relatively generous giving by private entities.

The Federal Republic of Rechart maintains extremely close ties with the Federation of Vatea, unanimously considered by political experts to be one of the closest working relationship between any two countries in the world. Numerous international organizations have been founded through Rechan-Vatean cooperation, among them the Unified Central Reserve Bank as well as the International Space Organization which tie the nations economic and scientific endeavors together. Since the 1970's, both nations have worked to ensure extensive interoperability between there respective armed forces, routinely participating in training exercises and military operations in addition to maintaining a number of joint-military installations such as Diego Garcia; a key military outpost that serves as the center of the nations Atlantic fleets in addition to a major international shipping hub with the presence of the ISO's space tether.

Number of Diplomatic Missions: 62 embassies and consulates
Nations with no formal relations: None
Notable Personages:
- Ambassador to the United Nations: Valerie Kallor
- Ambassador to Vatea: Elizabeth Davis-Ross
- Ambassador to Kalluga: Matthew Price
- Ambassador to the Spartan Empire: Alexandre Trent
- Ambassador to the Arcaen Empire: Christine Taylor
- Ambassador to Viperlord: Richard Adnnese
City with most diplomatic missions: Havre de Grace (37 embassies and consulates)