News in the Communion

[Lynneth]

[Short OOC: This OP will be modified as changes occur to the CoA.]
 
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The first thing that was done in the Communion was a Census. The Chairman and his Council needed to know how many people lived in the nation, after all. How many Workers, Children and Elderly.
 
It was completed with great efficiency, taking mere days.
 

 
The nation's total population thus came to 30,849,916 people, with the majority concentrated in the Colombian territories.
 

 

 

Communion of America

 
[Important Persons]
 
1st Chairman
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Fernando Restrepo
Appointed by the People

Councillor of Diplomacy
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Clemente Marroquín Rojas

Capital - Bogotá
Ruling party - Worker's Party of the Communion
National Anthem - Noble patría (Noble Homeland)
Official language(s) - Spanish
Regional recognised language(s) - English, Maya dialects
Government - Communist Worker's State

National Religion - None (Atheist)
Currency - Quetzal (QTL, Q), centavos/cents
Total land area - Approx. 1,664,127.00, km2
Current population - 30,849,916
Population density - 18.54/km2
GDP in Q - N/A
GDP per capita in Q - N/A
GDP in $ - N/A
GDP per capita in $ - N/A
Conversion rate - Q1 = 0.1284 $US; 1 $US = Q7.7855
Life expectancy at Birth - 63.7 years
Official Retirement age - 60 years
GNI/capita (PPP) in $ - N/A



[Treaties]

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[OOC Notes for myself]

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[Military Allotments]

Tech - 150 - 1940 Technology
Infantry - 120 - 1,200,000 combat-ready troops
Artillery - 110
Navy - 180
Aircraft - 140
Industry - 100

Total, 800

Artillery Subgroup:
-Artillery Pieces - 40 - 12,000

-AA guns - 25 - 7,500
-Armoured Cars/Vehicles - 10 - 1,500
-Light AFVs - 10 - 1,000
-Medium AFVs - 15 - 750
-Heavy AFVs - 10 - 250

Naval Subgroup:
-Destroyers - 55 - 110
-Cruisers - 25 - 25
-Battleships - 20 - 4
-Carriers - 30 - 3
-Submarines - 50 - 150
Carrier planes - A6M Zero

Aviation Subgroup:
-Bf 109 Fighters - 65 - 6,500
-Ju 88 Multirole - 40 - 4,000
-Bf 110 Heavy Fighters - 5 - 500
-B-17 Heavy Bomber - 10 - 1,000
-Ju 87 StuKa - 20 - 2,000

Edited September 22, 2014 by Lynneth

[Lynneth]

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Establishing a nation from nothing was difficult work, but many in the Chairman's Council were experienced in one way or another, allowing efforts to go more smoothly than they would have otherwise. Of greatest concern for now was creating a cultural identity beyond what the Communion's people currently had - that being mostly Spanish or 'Mayincaztec' heritage, depending on the region.

 

Much had to be done to make the communion a true Worker's state, and the first step was to work on how to best allocate manpower. One theory was that everyone should be equal in every way, and that all people should share power in government, though be free to temporarily 'lend' their power to others, chosen or elected agents of sorts. Another was that every person excelled at a certain task or combination of tasks, even without much training. Had there not been a great many well-known prodigies throughout history, and many more unknown but no less important? A blacksmith creating armour without peer, or a horse breeder who instinctively managed to find himself with a superior breed of horses?

Surely every person had something they excelled at beyond normal improvements through practise. It only needed to be found.

 

Further, to organise all this, new systems were needed. For this, engineers and scientists were set to the task of creating a computing machine inspired by Turing, von Neumann and Konrad Zuse's works. George Boole's works were taken into consideration as well, but it wasn't yet known whether it was possible to implement it in any way.