The Unified Balkan States wrote:OFFICIAL REQUEST OF MIGRATION TO ATLAS
A request made to the Founder, Executive President and Minister of Recruitment to allow the below nation to enter the region of AtlasGeneral National Information
Formal Nation Name: Greater Serbia
National Demonym: Serbian, Serbians
Nation Population: 39,000,000
Please give a brief description of your climate and geography: A humid subtropical climate. No mountains, but a considerable amount of hills. The temperature stays in the ranges of 32F and 80F. There are large swaths of forests.
Please give a brief description of your national ethnicities and culture: Serbian is the 'legal' ethnicity. The Serbian cuisine is relatable to Russian and Greek cuisine. The Serbian religion is Serbian Orthodox Christianity. Serbians are thought to have descended from Russian Slavs the Medieval era. The people are very involved in national service, and women typically join the military at the ages of 18-30.
Please give a brief description of your national history: The Balkan people have long inhabited the central areas of Casaterra. The first known groups of the Serbs were unearthed, and were found to be existing from around 1800 B.C. The Croats and Macedonians were unearthed and found to exist around 1500 B.C. The Serbian race, and both (Croat and Macedonian) sub races are from the Dinaric race category.
In c. 1250 B.C, all 3 ethnic groups by then had cooperated together to build societies, but however interracial marriage did not occur. The 3 sub races have had strong internal bonds, characterized by the need to stay together to defend themselves from nomadic raiders. Until about 1400 AD the 3 groups had begun interracial breeding, creating mixed ethnic groups.
Middle Ages
In 1046, the Balkan Territory was established. It was a collective government of merchants, farmers, laborers, and royalty. The Balkan Territory was essentially a continuation of the much smaller societies in the stone ages. The Balkan Territory was sparsely located and at the same time condensed together. The Balkan Territory since it's establishment had seen a large decrease in nomadic raids. In 1328 the government changed when nobility took hold of more political clout and wealth. The nation changed itself into the Balkan Noble Republic, a collection of nobility, each having their own varied autonomy in there regions.
Balkan Noble Republic
Established in 1328 by 7 large families and 12 smaller ones, became a nobility based republic, with legislation being passed by the noble families, not the lower classes. The process by which laws were passed, was complicated and unruly, as the government had no head, but a collection of many decision makers. In addition to this, there was no single army, just each families' hired mercenaries. The money was typically metal coins, all of varied measurement of weight, in gold, silver, or copper.
Kingdom of Balkan Counties
The Petrovich family climbed the ladder and became the most powerful family in the Noble Republic, leading them to hire large mercenaries, and assume control of the country. The Petrovich's exiled the 7 familes and absorbed their wealth. The 12 smaller families fell lower, becoming commoners. The 1669 Republican War forced changes into government, allowing commoners to hold the traditionally noble classes' senate. The monarchy has been disbanded in 1724 because of family infighting, though the Petrovich family is still around to current time, a family holding wealth and power. The Kingdom reformed in to the State Union of Serbs, Croats and Macedonians in 1902.
Republican War
In 1669 the wealthy aristocrats in the Senate continued to veto bills from the lower class controlled Congress, the bills would have ended taxes on farming tools, known as the Agriculture Tax, which the tax collected 3% on seeds and 7% on tools. On the 3rd time when the Senate vetoed, the lower class-held Congress left and refused to take office. The next week the Senate threatened to pass a bill with the remaining representatives in the Congress, drafted a bill. In response, the lower class Congressmen formed the Republican Army, 25,000 in strength, with pitch fork and bow mobs, whilst the government went into recess to mobilize the Balkan Army, 40,000 in strength, with pike and matchlock squares. The Battle of the Drina River ultimately decided the fate. 15,000 Republicans versus 10,000 Balkans ended in a startling defeat for the Army. In the next months, morale crashed amongst the Army and skirmishes became greater and greater in size. 1672 is when the Republicans stormed the Palace of Legislature, ransacking and burning it down. The Balkan Army surrendered and signed the New Tax Law, which ended agricultural taxes on farming tools and supplies, and lowered the tax on the sales of produce from farms and ranches. The year of 1673, was when the Senate Pay Law, which meant that senators would be paid a base wage, allowing all people who become elected to hold office. The new legislature was being built, and economic reconstruction began.
State Union of Serbs, Croats, and Macedonians
Established in 1902, the SUSCM is the predecessor to the UBS. At the time, the Kingdom completely fell apart in 1899, and the remainder of the 3 government's representative formed the State Union to bring stability to the region. Serbia, Croatia, and Macedonia then combined currencies, military, and bodies of government. Dissolved in 1925.
Unified Balkan States
The Unified Balkan States was a federation of 14 states, lead by a bicameral republican government. The country gave it's citizens a lot of liberty, allowed very free gun ownership, minimal government control on the free market, no speed limit highways, and very low taxes. It existed until 1977.Government & Economy
What is the name of your nation’s capital city?: Beograd
What form of government does your nation have?: Fascist one party state.
Please list your head of government/s and head of state/s: Jovan Milosevic.
How would you describe the political climate in your nation?: Stable, a very strong national pride in the country.
Please give your GDP and GDP per capita (nominal): 675 billion
What is your nation’s economic system?: Free market, defense industry partially managed by the government
What is Economic Stage (Depression, recession, growth, etc.): Stable growth
[b]Please give the name of your national currency and conversion into USD: Serbian Dinar 1.72 Dinars to 1 US DollarMilitary
How many active, reserve and of age (18-45 year old) personnel do you have?: 125,000 active, 50,000 reserve, and 17,500,000 18-45.
What percentage of your nation’s GDP is spent on the military?: 5%
How would you describe your military’s technology?: Yugoslavian, the whole lot. (e.g. 70s American)
Please list the branches of your military: Army and Air Force. (the naval arm of the armed forces is managed under the Army)
How many active personnel are in each branch?: 115,000 Army, and 10,000 in the Air Force
Please list in complete ORBAT form your army, air force and navy: Army - 580 main battle tanks, 1,000 armored fighting vehicles, 3,000 armored personnel carriers, 250 rocket artillery, 580 SAM systems, and 100 ASM systems. Air Force - 100 attack jets, 47 heavy attack helicopters, 55 attack helicopters, 20 transport aircraft and 25 utility helicopters. (if not possible, state the numbers and types of vehicles each branch possesses)Roleplaying
Please post at least one RP post (can be link or written out there, you only need to do one, but doing more increases your chances of being accepted):
Diplomatic RP: viewtopic.php?p=27050046#p27050046
Military RP: viewtopic.php?p=28572618#p28572618
Sports RP:
P2TM RP:OOC & Offsite Information
Is this a main, alt or puppet account?: Main account
How much time do you spend on this account and NS?: 1-2 hours a day.
Please describe your moderation history: Clean
Do you have an IIWiki page?: Yes
If so, what is the link?: http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Greater_Serbia (This is so you can be added to the region’s wiki)
What sort of position do you foresee yourself filling in Atlas?: I forsee me having ethnic conflicts with Slavic neighbors. I hope to have the same political weight as FR Yugoslavia. (geopolitical power and OOC contribution)
By submitting this application, it is assumed that you have read and agreed with the Constitution of the region. If you are a member of the World Assembly, upon entrance, please endorse the current Executive President. You further agree to provide a RP sample based on a prompt if necessary.
Hmmm, everything seems alright, there's just a couple of things I'm not sure of.
First off, having a IC name based off of a RL country in the way to do is frowned upon, so would it be possible for you to make up a new IC name?
Secondly, I'm not 100% sold on your rping based on the examples you gave me, so would you be willing to fill out a prompt?