Overview
The Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha is a massive multi-continental nation located in the Northern part of the Aeropia Amenasiano region. Spread around three peninsulas and more than a thousand islands, its people represent a vast collection of ethnic groups which despite their differences share strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties.
The geography of Nanban-Ha is extremely varied. Notable are the Norrskan, Foldenerian, Kalkaryian and Nordalend fjords, the Scanianskan Mountains, the flat, low and forestry areas in Dennska, Suebia, Dania, Hibernia, Vinlandska, Thule and Helveska, the dense pine forests of Boerelia, Hibernia, Helveska, Finlenska, Finnelia, Finnia and the archipelagos of Svenska and Norrska. Havonya as much as the First Nations territories are known for their gigantic Boreal forests and their harsh mountainous plateaus. The nation has many lakes and moraines, legacies of the ice age, which ended about ten millennia ago. The southern and by far most populous regions have a temperate climate. Nanban-Ha extends north of the Arctic Circle. In its most populated part, it has relatively mild weather for its latitude due several gulf stream and micro-regional climate. Many of the Nanban-Ha mountains have an alpine tundra climate, except in the northern part of the mainland where a subarctic climate dominates.
Ruled by the Statsrådet (State Council) since the beginning of the 1920s, the nation is a union of multiple national Soviet republics. Its dominant political party is the Revolutionära Fronten (Revolutionary Front), a coalition between, among the most important ones, the Revolutionärt kommunistliga of Scanianska, the First Nations People´s Coalition, the Communist Party of Novascotia, the Federation of Autonomous Committees of the Free Communes and the People´s Front of Havonya. Every five years, election are held to fill the one thousands delegates seats of the People´s Congress which is the legislative chamber of the regime. Theoretically, Nanban-Ha is not a single-party state as the Constitution recognize political pluralism as an inalienable right. Nevertheless, until now, the Revolutionära Fronten never encountered any real opposition. Since the 1930s, the coalition started slowly to be integrated as part of the state structure itself to the point where it seems today impossible for any political force to challenge its current position, at almost every level of the Nanban society.
The relative passive attitude of the multi-ethnic population of 587 millions Nanbans (Official count as for 2019) has a lot to do with the long thirty-years period of peace that the country is going through since the Winter War that ended in 1988. After four years of hard fought battles all over the three peninsulas, the invasion force supported by Tovarya and the Tetrarchy of Arkanya that intended to restore the old monarchical order which dominated the region at the end of the 19e century was heavily defeated. Large portion of the country infrastructure was heavily damaged. Millions of inhabitants were forced to flee the combat zone and lived in refugees camp, in harsh and difficult conditions. The economy, especially most of the strategic industrial and agricultural sectors, were almost brought to a dramatic stop.
The Union and the Revolutionära Fronten were saved by the new leadership that emerged from the war, especially Hernie Handers, Ingvar Tornquist, Aske Nissen, Eldbjørg Folkestad or Atle Helgeland. They understood the necessity to launched a wide range of political, economical and social reforms that would not only meet the need of the nation but provide its people with anything everybody needed to rebuild and overcome what have been lost. A large autonomy was granted to each region. Some changes were made in the Constitution as well as in the structure of the Revolutionära Fronten and the state apparatus to really implement collective leadership, especially in area where the war had lead military or political authorities to re-establish some forms of individual mandate. A significant effort was made to build comprehensive and efficient anti-corruption services that had full responsibility over almost all part of the state apparatus as well as new and strong legal protections for unions members, workers and employees.
With retrospect, the changes that had the largest impact on the nation were not the ones that the Statsrådet implemented as soon as the Winter War was over but the new political perspective that was set toward thematic like gender equality, ecology, new energies, climate changes, minorities rights and sexual liberation. Even some of the oldest institutions of the nation were impacted by the introduction of these new policies, like the compulsory military service which was made obligatory for women as soon as 1996. The armed forces themselves change radically their respective recruitment policies opening their own ranks, including the highest ones to women. In 1998, a third of the superior officers were already women, including combat and special forces units.
The geography of Nanban-Ha is extremely varied. Notable are the Norrskan, Foldenerian, Kalkaryian and Nordalend fjords, the Scanianskan Mountains, the flat, low and forestry areas in Dennska, Suebia, Dania, Hibernia, Vinlandska, Thule and Helveska, the dense pine forests of Boerelia, Hibernia, Helveska, Finlenska, Finnelia, Finnia and the archipelagos of Svenska and Norrska. Havonya as much as the First Nations territories are known for their gigantic Boreal forests and their harsh mountainous plateaus. The nation has many lakes and moraines, legacies of the ice age, which ended about ten millennia ago. The southern and by far most populous regions have a temperate climate. Nanban-Ha extends north of the Arctic Circle. In its most populated part, it has relatively mild weather for its latitude due several gulf stream and micro-regional climate. Many of the Nanban-Ha mountains have an alpine tundra climate, except in the northern part of the mainland where a subarctic climate dominates.
Ruled by the Statsrådet (State Council) since the beginning of the 1920s, the nation is a union of multiple national Soviet republics. Its dominant political party is the Revolutionära Fronten (Revolutionary Front), a coalition between, among the most important ones, the Revolutionärt kommunistliga of Scanianska, the First Nations People´s Coalition, the Communist Party of Novascotia, the Federation of Autonomous Committees of the Free Communes and the People´s Front of Havonya. Every five years, election are held to fill the one thousands delegates seats of the People´s Congress which is the legislative chamber of the regime. Theoretically, Nanban-Ha is not a single-party state as the Constitution recognize political pluralism as an inalienable right. Nevertheless, until now, the Revolutionära Fronten never encountered any real opposition. Since the 1930s, the coalition started slowly to be integrated as part of the state structure itself to the point where it seems today impossible for any political force to challenge its current position, at almost every level of the Nanban society.
The relative passive attitude of the multi-ethnic population of 587 millions Nanbans (Official count as for 2019) has a lot to do with the long thirty-years period of peace that the country is going through since the Winter War that ended in 1988. After four years of hard fought battles all over the three peninsulas, the invasion force supported by Tovarya and the Tetrarchy of Arkanya that intended to restore the old monarchical order which dominated the region at the end of the 19e century was heavily defeated. Large portion of the country infrastructure was heavily damaged. Millions of inhabitants were forced to flee the combat zone and lived in refugees camp, in harsh and difficult conditions. The economy, especially most of the strategic industrial and agricultural sectors, were almost brought to a dramatic stop.
The Union and the Revolutionära Fronten were saved by the new leadership that emerged from the war, especially Hernie Handers, Ingvar Tornquist, Aske Nissen, Eldbjørg Folkestad or Atle Helgeland. They understood the necessity to launched a wide range of political, economical and social reforms that would not only meet the need of the nation but provide its people with anything everybody needed to rebuild and overcome what have been lost. A large autonomy was granted to each region. Some changes were made in the Constitution as well as in the structure of the Revolutionära Fronten and the state apparatus to really implement collective leadership, especially in area where the war had lead military or political authorities to re-establish some forms of individual mandate. A significant effort was made to build comprehensive and efficient anti-corruption services that had full responsibility over almost all part of the state apparatus as well as new and strong legal protections for unions members, workers and employees.
With retrospect, the changes that had the largest impact on the nation were not the ones that the Statsrådet implemented as soon as the Winter War was over but the new political perspective that was set toward thematic like gender equality, ecology, new energies, climate changes, minorities rights and sexual liberation. Even some of the oldest institutions of the nation were impacted by the introduction of these new policies, like the compulsory military service which was made obligatory for women as soon as 1996. The armed forces themselves change radically their respective recruitment policies opening their own ranks, including the highest ones to women. In 1998, a third of the superior officers were already women, including combat and special forces units.
From a constitutional perspective, the Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha is a federation of constituent Soviet Republics, which are either unitary states, such as Scanianska or the First Nations Territories; federations, such as Novascotia or the Federation of the Free Communes; or autonomous region, such as Havonya. All of them have the status of "founding republics and territories" who signed the Treaty on the Creation of the Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha in March 1935.
Today, the Sovjetunion of Nanban-Ha consists of four soviet republics and three autonomous territories as follow: the Soviet Republic of Scanianska, the First Nations Soviet Federation, the Federation of the Free Communes, the Soviet Republic of Novascotia, the autonomous regions of Havonya, Skogsland and Noricumska.
Today, the Sovjetunion of Nanban-Ha consists of four soviet republics and three autonomous territories as follow: the Soviet Republic of Scanianska, the First Nations Soviet Federation, the Federation of the Free Communes, the Soviet Republic of Novascotia, the autonomous regions of Havonya, Skogsland and Noricumska.
While nominally a union of equals, in practice the federation is dominated by Scanianska. Technically only one republic within the larger union, it is by far the most populated, geographically largest, most economically powerful, most developed, and the industrial center of the Soviet Union.
Nevertheless, the domination is not so absolute. For most of its existence, the country is commonly referred to as "Nanban-Ha". Above all, each republic retains a high degree of autonomy. The First Nations Territories have always refused the installation of heavy industries, with the exception of certain very delimited areas on which strict control is exercised, particularly in terms of pollution and the impact on the local population. The territorial unit formed by the Free Communes is largely dependent on other states, in particular because its decentralized character makes it an economically weak area. Almost 70% of its needs for basic necessities are met by other members of the Union. However, the Commons have never been the object of pressure to change their anarchic forms of government. On the contrary, their cultural and scientific dynamism is often hailed by the other republics as an essential contribution to the development and progress of the country.
Nevertheless, the domination is not so absolute. For most of its existence, the country is commonly referred to as "Nanban-Ha". Above all, each republic retains a high degree of autonomy. The First Nations Territories have always refused the installation of heavy industries, with the exception of certain very delimited areas on which strict control is exercised, particularly in terms of pollution and the impact on the local population. The territorial unit formed by the Free Communes is largely dependent on other states, in particular because its decentralized character makes it an economically weak area. Almost 70% of its needs for basic necessities are met by other members of the Union. However, the Commons have never been the object of pressure to change their anarchic forms of government. On the contrary, their cultural and scientific dynamism is often hailed by the other republics as an essential contribution to the development and progress of the country.
Similarly to many "socialist states", the Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha has endowed itself since its creation a centralized and planned economy or "command economy", whereby production and distribution of goods were centralized and directed by the government. The first experience of command economy was implemented in Scanianska after the Revolution. It consisted mostly, as a policy of nationalization of industry, centralized distribution of output, coercive requisition of agricultural production, and attempts to eliminate money circulation, private enterprises and free trade. Similar to what happened in many other "socialist states", most notably in the USSR or the People's Republic of China, these first attempts suffered some violent and costly setbacks.
At beginning of the 1930s, encountering some severe economic difficulties, the Statsrådet replaced what was called at the time the "War Communism Economy System" by a different approach which was a compromise to avoid legalizing free trade and private ownership of small businesses, like it happened in 1921 in the USSR. Instead, the state delegated to special representatives some economical and trades power in order to achieve full central planning. In this perspective, no forced collectivization of agriculture or the necessity to enact draconian labor legislation was needed as everything happened in a transitional way, by absorbing sectors after sectors of the economy.
The economy quickly recovered from the setbacks but it took more than 20 years to achieve a satisfying level of industrialization.
This slow approach regarding the implementation of a centralized and planned economy isolated the Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha from the rest of the "socialist countries" as the country was often consider not really making the political effort to achieve its own political goals. At the same time, it allowed the collective leadership of the nation as well as most of the economical sectors of the country to adapt themselves to a consensus type of political decision, strengthening the union and the internal process of economical cooperation and production of essential goods.
If a conflict of the magnitude of the World War Two had exploded in the 1940s in Aeropia Amenasiano, the country would not have been able to survive it. The extensive devastation of the USSR economy and infrastructure would have brought back Nanban-Ha to the stone age. As a result, the Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha was transformed from a largely agrarian economy into a great industrial power, leading the way for its emergence as a superpower in the middle of the 1950s.
Relatively self-sufficient, the country could rely on domestic products from its own internal centralized market instead of being forced to acquire goods internationally. To a large degree, the influence of the world economy on the Soviet Union was limited. Due to its centralized economy, the country could fix domestic prices as well as impose state monopoly on foreign trade. But the harsh climate conditions were sometimes threatening the fragile balance of the production. Especially, grain and sophisticated consumer manufactures were often impacted. The first directly because of climatic conditions, the second because of the difficulty in maintaining access to the natural resources supposed to constitute the base.
In the late 1950s, an effort was made to reach out to several nations with similar interests. In July 1959, the signature of the International Exchange Treaty Pact (IETP) with the People's Democratic Republic of Nihon-Ha and the Secular Heterotopya Of Massayiana allowed external trade to raise rapidly and relieved pressure on certain strategic economic sector. The signing of the treaty also allowed technological transfers, the establishment of scientific, economic and later military exchange programs.
Today, the political leadership maintain its grip on the economy. All critical economic decisions are in the hands of the Statsrådet. The latter can rely on the Statlig Planeringskommission (State Planning Commission), a sprawling administrative structure which coordinates over tens of thousands of experts responsible for analyzing everything relating to the economy and proposing solutions to all types of problems that may arise. Following its advice, resources are allocated and central planning adjusted to achieve economic goals which are themselves established according to reports by the Statlig Planeringskommission.
At beginning of the 1930s, encountering some severe economic difficulties, the Statsrådet replaced what was called at the time the "War Communism Economy System" by a different approach which was a compromise to avoid legalizing free trade and private ownership of small businesses, like it happened in 1921 in the USSR. Instead, the state delegated to special representatives some economical and trades power in order to achieve full central planning. In this perspective, no forced collectivization of agriculture or the necessity to enact draconian labor legislation was needed as everything happened in a transitional way, by absorbing sectors after sectors of the economy.
The economy quickly recovered from the setbacks but it took more than 20 years to achieve a satisfying level of industrialization.
This slow approach regarding the implementation of a centralized and planned economy isolated the Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha from the rest of the "socialist countries" as the country was often consider not really making the political effort to achieve its own political goals. At the same time, it allowed the collective leadership of the nation as well as most of the economical sectors of the country to adapt themselves to a consensus type of political decision, strengthening the union and the internal process of economical cooperation and production of essential goods.
If a conflict of the magnitude of the World War Two had exploded in the 1940s in Aeropia Amenasiano, the country would not have been able to survive it. The extensive devastation of the USSR economy and infrastructure would have brought back Nanban-Ha to the stone age. As a result, the Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha was transformed from a largely agrarian economy into a great industrial power, leading the way for its emergence as a superpower in the middle of the 1950s.
Relatively self-sufficient, the country could rely on domestic products from its own internal centralized market instead of being forced to acquire goods internationally. To a large degree, the influence of the world economy on the Soviet Union was limited. Due to its centralized economy, the country could fix domestic prices as well as impose state monopoly on foreign trade. But the harsh climate conditions were sometimes threatening the fragile balance of the production. Especially, grain and sophisticated consumer manufactures were often impacted. The first directly because of climatic conditions, the second because of the difficulty in maintaining access to the natural resources supposed to constitute the base.
In the late 1950s, an effort was made to reach out to several nations with similar interests. In July 1959, the signature of the International Exchange Treaty Pact (IETP) with the People's Democratic Republic of Nihon-Ha and the Secular Heterotopya Of Massayiana allowed external trade to raise rapidly and relieved pressure on certain strategic economic sector. The signing of the treaty also allowed technological transfers, the establishment of scientific, economic and later military exchange programs.
Today, the political leadership maintain its grip on the economy. All critical economic decisions are in the hands of the Statsrådet. The latter can rely on the Statlig Planeringskommission (State Planning Commission), a sprawling administrative structure which coordinates over tens of thousands of experts responsible for analyzing everything relating to the economy and proposing solutions to all types of problems that may arise. Following its advice, resources are allocated and central planning adjusted to achieve economic goals which are themselves established according to reports by the Statlig Planeringskommission.
How does the economy of Nanban-Ha look like ? All basic services are state-funded, such as education and health care. In the manufacturing sector, a strong emphasis is put into heavy industry and defence but consumer goods production continue be a very high priority.
The Statlig Planeringskommission follow carefully consumers consumption to allow change in the production, especially as growing incomes are resulting in rapid changes in demands of the population. A particular effort has been made over the last ten years to try to decentralize the production of certain primary consumer goods in order to allow the territorial confetti to be served as basic necessities as well as consumer goods. Due to the relatively unpredictable nature of consumption, this strategy of attempting to fragment part of production has led to the emergence of a massive unplanned second economy at low levels alongside the planned one. This unplanned economy is the one providing the goods and services that the planned economy can not.
The Statlig Planeringskommission follow carefully consumers consumption to allow change in the production, especially as growing incomes are resulting in rapid changes in demands of the population. A particular effort has been made over the last ten years to try to decentralize the production of certain primary consumer goods in order to allow the territorial confetti to be served as basic necessities as well as consumer goods. Due to the relatively unpredictable nature of consumption, this strategy of attempting to fragment part of production has led to the emergence of a massive unplanned second economy at low levels alongside the planned one. This unplanned economy is the one providing the goods and services that the planned economy can not.
Today, the Sovjetunionen of Nanban-Ha is internationally recognized for its extended social welfare system, a centralized government, a large array of state-owned companies that dominate a centralized and planned economical system. Average income is 86,674 Owleas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded and well-trained police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare.
The country is known for its vast national parks where Nanban-Ha's national animal, the Owl, soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.
The country is known for its vast national parks where Nanban-Ha's national animal, the Owl, soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.