Honduragua is currently experiencing civil unrest, motivated by foreign domination of its economy. As such, this thread is now
CLOSED TO ANY NEW INVESTMENTS pending the outcome of the conflict.
CLOSED TO ANY NEW INVESTMENTS pending the outcome of the conflict.
It is the year 1903. After many, many years of instability, the Republic of Honduragua is safe and open for foreign investment!
Honduragua is a hispanophone nation located in the tropics. It is a former colony of the Kingdom of Maldonia which gained independence in 1805, but suffered from a series of violent changes in government. But, at last, it seems that the nation has achieved some stability. Unfortunately that means that the great riches of the land - deposits of copper and silver, forests of timber, and fertile soils for coffee, bananas, tobacco, and sugar - have been largely underdeveloped.
To become a modern nation, Honduragua requires a modern economy. President Jose Avellanos is willing to grant considerable concessions to foreign banks, investors, and corporations who can bring in the capital to make this dream into a reality.
National Information
The lowlands are where the majority of the people live. This area is a mixture of rainforests and fertile plains. The region is drained by the Colee River, which flows out to the Tempestia Ocean. The Cordillera is a mountainous region, with cloud forests of oak, pine, ferns, and orchids. It is less populous and less economically developed, though there is good soil for growing coffee. The Mosquito Coast in the southeast is a large area of swamps and mangroves, with inland savannah that is often covered by shallow water during the wet season. This is the least populated and least developed region.
The people of Honduragua are majority mixed-race, with heritage from the Maldonian colonizers and the indigenous Paztec people who they conquered. There are also two other indigenous groups in the country: the Bibaro, who live in small villages in and near the Cordillera, and the Arumbaya, who eke out a living in the Mosquito Coast. Catholic Christianity is the dominant religion, though often infused with elements of native pagan rituals and beliefs.
Opportunities for investment include:
The purchase of land for commercial use - Honduragua has fertile soils, dense rainforests, and rich mineral deposits. Foreign buyers can purchase land at low costs, so long as they promise to develop it. Honduraguans are hard-working people, so labor will not be a problem.
Potential uses for Honduraguan land include:
- plantations (coffee, bananas, oranges, sugar, tobacco, palm oil)
- farms (rice, maize, cassava, beans)
- mines (copper and silver)
- cattle ranches (beef and leather)
- lumber mills (tropical timber)
Potential opportunities for investment include:
- providing loans to the Honduraguan government
- investing in Honduraguan businesses and factories
- the construction of churches, schools, hospitals, and other facilities and institutions to help the Honduraguan people
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Viva Honduragua!
OOC: This is designed to set up a future RP, where these investments will come under threat. Making an investment does not mean you are obligated to participate in that future RP, but this way I hope to have at least a few people with pre-established connections to get involved.
