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Nationstates Name - Speyland
Nation Name - Republic of Madagascar
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Capital - Antananarivo
Type of Government - Semi-presidential republic
Head of State(s) - Andry Rajoelina
Image of Leader -
Party in Power - Young Malagasies Determined
Executive Title - President
Religion Breakdown - 55.8% Christian, 4.5% folk religions, 3% Muslim
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Public Goals - Prevent political corruption and build infrastructures to improve the economy in the hopes of escaping poverty.
Private Goals - Control the Comoros and Seychelles via military occupation.
Total military size - 13,500 active personnel, 0 reserve personnel
Breakdown of ground sector - 12 tanks, 103 armored vehicles, 25 towed artillery
Breakdown of naval sector - 7 patrol
Breakdown of airforce sector - 6 helicopters
Major foreign military suppliers [IF APPLICABLE]- France, China, EAF
Currency - Ariary
Currency and value of currency compared to USD - 1 ariary = 0.00027 dollars
Major import/export partners - France, China, EAF
Major Domestic Issues - None as of right now.
Major Foreign Issues - None as of right now.
Pre-2024 History - The archaeological evidence of the earliest human foraging on Madagascar may date up to 10,000 years ago. The human settlement of Madagascar occurred between 350 BC and 550 AD by Indianized Austronesian peoples, arriving on outrigger canoes from Indonesia. The social and religious situation of Indonesia during those times was that of Hinduism and Buddhism, along with native Indonesian culture. These were joined around the 9th century AD by Bantu migrants crossing the Mozambique Channel from East Africa. Other groups continued to settle on Madagascar over time, each one making lasting contributions to Malagasy cultural life. The Malagasy ethnic group is often divided into 18 or more subgroups, of which the largest are the Merina of the central highlands.
Until the late 18th century, the island of Madagascar was ruled by a fragmented assortment of shifting sociopolitical alliances. Beginning in the early 19th century, most of the island was united and ruled as the Kingdom of Madagascar by a series of Merina nobles. The monarchy ended in 1897 when the island was absorbed into the French colonial empire, from which the island gained independence in 1960. The autonomous state of Madagascar has since undergone four major constitutional periods, termed republics. Since 1992, the nation has officially been governed as a constitutional democracy from its capital at Antananarivo. However, in a popular uprising in 2009, president Marc Ravalomanana was made to resign and presidential power was transferred in March 2009 to Andry Rajoelina. Constitutional governance was restored in January 2014, when Hery Rajaonarimampianina was named president following a 2013 election deemed fair and transparent by the international community.
Presidential elections were held in Madagascar on 7 November. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second-round involving the top two candidates, Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana, was held on 19 December. On 27 December Rajoelina was announced as the winner with 56% of the vote.
