Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:50 am
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: The Sheikhdom of Mudayrah (Khaleeji Alfashiri: المُزَيْرَع مشيخة; Mshīkha al-Mudayrah)
National Demonym: Mudayri
Nation Population: 572,476
Please give a brief description of your climate and geography: Mudayrah is an island nation, centered around the main and largest island of al-Dukhan, a flat and arid island in the ? Gulf. Mudayrah is mostly covered by flat desert, plagued frequently by periodic dust storms and droughts. Due to the low seas around the island, the summer heat causes the waters to heat up causing extremely high humidity and hot summers.
Please give a brief description of your national ethnicities and culture: Mudayrah is primarily made up of two distinct cultural groups, the Mohajeran and the Khaleeji. The Khaleeji are the native (!Gulf Arab) people and have traditionally worked in shipbuilding or as seafarers in the Gulf, while the Mohajeran (!Persian) are the descendants of migrant merchant families. the mohajeran and some khaleeji are shia and make up the majority of the population, but sunni khaleeji make up most of the ruling class. only 42% of Mudayrah's population are actually native Mudayari citizens, the rest are expatriates from poorer alfashiri states or !south asian
Please give a brief description of your national history:
- Subjugated by whatever empires in the region
- Islam arrives in the 7th century, native Arab / Bedouin tribes convert
- Trading and pearling settlements are established along the coast, mostly by migrants
- Trading port of Amwaj becomes an important city in the caliphate, a hub of Islamic civilization
- Multiple dynasties and tribes rule the island after the fall of the Caliphate
- Shia Islam arrives by trade
- Shi'ism takes hold of a large portion of the island's native bedouin
- basically a lot of pirates and bedouin tribes fighting eachother
- Banu Falasi tribe allies with a few Bedouin tribes and defeat some others
- Banu Falasi grows of importance and rule over the whole island
- Banu Falasi becomes a protectorate of < colonial power > to ensure protection of trade against pirates and rival tribal federations
- peace under protectorateship of colonialists, expansion of trade and pearling and growth of economy
> oil discovered in the 1930s
> rapid modernization
> leftist revolt, brief civil war but royalist victory in the 50s
> independence
> mudayrah grows because of oil $$$
> shia angry and a low-level insurgency is ongoingGovernment & Economy
What is the name of your nation’s capital city?: Amwaj
What form of government does your nation have?: Islamic absolute monarchy
Please list your head of government/s and head of state/s:
- Sheikh Humaid bin Saqr al-Falasi
- Crown Prince Saeed bin Rasheed al-Falasi
How would you describe the political climate in your nation?: Unstable. Tensions between Sunni and Shia are mounting and disdain towards the Sunni Khaleeji-dominated government are becoming more apparent in recent years. Politically, Mudayrah is right-wing, with the majority of the population being extremely traditionalist and adhering to a more strict form of the Islamic faith.
Please give your GDP and GDP per capita (nominal):
- $17.6 billion
- $29,805
What is your nation’s economic system?: Market.
What is Economic Stage (Depression, recession, growth, etc.): Recession.
Please give the name of your national currency and conversion into USD: 1د Mudayri dirham = $0.28 United States DollarMilitary
How many active, reserve and of age (18-45 year old) personnel do you have?:
- 1,500 active, 425 reserve
- 228,990 of age
What percentage of your nation’s GDP is spent on the military?: 2%
How would you describe your military’s technology?: (e.g. 70s American)
Please list the branches of your military:
- Amiri Guard
- Land Force
- Air Wing
- Navy
How many active personnel are in each branch?:
> Land Force (1000 personnel)
> Air Wing (400)
> Navy (200)
Please list in complete ORBAT form your army, air force and navy: (if not possible, state the numbers and types of vehicles each branch possesses)
Land Force
> 1. Motorized Inf. Squadron (325 personnel - 30x Land Rovers, 12x trucks - Lt. Colonel Said bin Rashid al-Falasi)
> 2. Motorized Inf. Squadron (325 personnel - 30x Land Rovers, 12x trucks - Lt Colonel Muhammad bin Salah al-Falasi)
> Rocket Launcher Battery (50 personnel, 4x BM-21 Grad, 4x resupply trucks, 1x command vehicle)
> Armored Car Squadron (25 personnel, 8x Ferret Armored Cars)
> Logistics, Signals, Maintenance Squadrons (100 personnel)
> Mortar Troop (25 personnel, 4x 81mm mortars)
> Palace Guard (100 personnel)
> Training Wing (50 personnel)
Air Wing
> Fighter Squadron (3x Dassault Mirage 5)
> Training Wing (2x BAE Hawk)
> 4x Bo 105
> 2x C-130
Navy
> 6x Ardhana class
> 2x Frankenthal-class minehunter
> several smaller vesselsRoleplaying
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:
Military RP: As Veliki Koperativni Kombinat, As Huraiyya
Sports RP:
P2TM RP:OOC & Offsite Information
Is this a main, alt or puppet account?: alt
How much time do you spend on this account and NS?: most of my time
Please describe your moderation history: clean, except 1 warning
Do you have an IIWiki page?: not yet
If so, what is the link?: n/a
What sort of position do you foresee yourself filling in Atlas?: i'm hoping to fill a spot of an arab nation in atlas since there aren't that many in the region. i plan that mudayrah can become an interesting player geopolitically as it can use its oil wealth to fund and even train fundamentalist islamist groups in the region which may be an interesting dynamic especially in terms of relations w/our neighbors (basically a qatar-type situation). OOCly, i want to be an active member of the community and encourage further worldbuilding in the mostly empty MENA region
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.