Galvez Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 [size="4"][b]NEWS[/b][/size] [img]http://www.sofiaecho.com/shimg/zx500y290_678527.jpg[/img] [left] The nation has experienced success at implementing a free market, fueling what has been deemed an Industrial Revolution for the region with new focus & rise of such industries as mining with the establishment of the powerful mining giant, General Mines. The drive to industrialize has entered in a new age of efficiancy and economic power surging also out of the agricultural sector that has refused to be left behind; cotton, cattle, & citrus lead the agro-economy of the new republic. While the various sectors of the economy skyrocket, new levels of production, innovation, profit, & all round success for the nation are reached. Mechanization has not yet reached a level of prominence in most industries & the nation is enjoying a time of mass employment. Large public works projects are in the planning stages now by the federal government; to be implemented in a time of low employment to face the projected onset of mechanization on a large-scale. Meanwhile, the market has been left largely to its own business in most sectors, while the government has shifted its attention largely to tourism as a major asset to the economy, leading to the protection & nationalization of various wild life areas. [img]http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/conservation-agriculture-1.jpg[/img] Water, as the lifeblood of the desert nation & its large corporate operations to small family farms has been seen to be in short supply. The many rivers of the region have long since dried, rainy monsoons wavering & water sources are limited with no direct access to any significant water bodies or channels in regards to growing necessity with the swift rate of growth in the regions' population. To combat the lack of enough natural water resources, a new endevour has been undertaken by the nation; a new industry entirely introduced: controlled environment agriculture. The construction of thousands of new, massive greenhouses to allow for precise environmental control & growing using a complete nutrient solution in the place of soil, called hydroponics. This is one of the few sectors where mechanization is a prime focus & a luxury that most sectors do not yet partake in, in such a degree. Traditional field crops would not benefit with this innovation, while being directed more practically in use for high-cash-value crops. Many farmers and ranchers have begun pursuing greenhouse hydroponics as a supplement to what is currently grown. This is encouraged because of its high food security and safety levels & has provided a way to grow fresh fruits and vegetables for family use or for sale at the farmers markets & the rise of community supported agriculture, an aggressive advance against the nations dependance on imports for much of its food. [img]http://blog.fabric.ch/fabric/images/970_1254171674_0.jpg[/img] [/left] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galvez Posted September 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 In an effort to combat water scarcity, the nation has placed a new focus on its conservation. Subsurface drip irrigation is now manditory as part of a statewide water code. Already standard implementation for greenhouse growers, drip irrigation is to replace wasteful watering methods of all aspects of its use nationwide; fieldcrops are amongst those under most pressure to assume this system. A system of water recycling has also been undertaken now by the nation. Controlled environment agriculture greenhouse growers already recycle their nutrient solution, & the entire agricultural sector is now responsible to follow suit. Thousands of water condensers are now seen in use in the fields & greenhouses across the nation, pulling water directly from the air for use back in the field or greenhouse as a method of water recycling. Also put into use has been aquaponics, the technique for recirculating water between fish and plants to create a sustainable ecosystem as fish are fed and in turn provide nutrient rich water from which the plants thrive and thus plants intake the nutrients they return clean water to the fish. The nation has invested largely into one specific fish already adapted to hot climates; Tilapia. The fish is now being used to grow specific crops such as basil & letteuce according to optimal plant to fish ratios provided by private & federal researchers who have opened direct dialogue & cooperation in endevour to excel in innovative & intelectual contribution to the nation. Water harvesting is a third innitiative to be undertaken nationwide, year long as all other recent innovations to be most practical. Rainwater is to be channeled from all buildings and collected to provide fresh water for crops as well as animal use & consumption. Channeled rainwater will be used in evaporative cooling systems to supplement water from wells or city water supplies & a system of efficiantly channeling it is planned as part of a new building code to be implemented nationwide. [img]http://www.socialearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/aquaponics.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galvez Posted September 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 The use of the immense amount of natural sunlight experienced by the region has become another prime focus of the new nation to be put to productive use, by the general code: [b]Practical & Efficiant[/b]. As the most abundant of all of the nations resources, sun light, its farming has taken great strides in advancement. The federal government now backs deep research efforts into creating more efficiant & economical Solar technology. Solar panels over equipment storage buildings and shops as well as crop processing facilities for farmers, to provide animal shade for ranchers, & every home & building arcross the nation is encouraged to all citizens & planned to eventually be written into building code. The era has been renamed the Innovative Revolution. [img]http://solarpowertucson.com/files/QuickSiteImages/solar_installation.jpg[/img] The military of the Southwest is also benefitting from the "Innovation Revolution" & peacetime as the Federal government invests heavily into the relatively small but enthusiastic force. Currently involved in border security operations with the influx of foreign travelers from southern protectorate regions. The construction of a southern border wall is likely not to happen, a simplified path to citizenship has been created. While plans for a technologically patrolled border are in the making, the nation is not currently able to maintain such a system at the projected costs & so the military has been called in to take hold of border security efforts. Travelers lacking proper identification &/or a Southwest citizenship or work visa will be provided information regarding the legal process of citizenship or visa & transported across the border at one of the several return points, of protectorate cities. In use by the military in various portions of their operations is solar technology to power many humvees & the popular, lightweight UTV's down to their computer & radio systems. In use lightly (mostly for the purpose of practice & testing) are new aircraft, aiding ground forces to spot & locate travelers. [img]http://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2010/05/bordersecurity.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galvez Posted October 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 The United Provinces has announced its support of its good friends in the Imperial States of America & J Andres, shifting our prosperous industry & agricultural surplusses to the valiant war effort as well as to the projected influx of refugee movement throughout North America. Temporary entrance & citizenship stations are being set up at major entry ways into the nation along the UP/US border. The military is providing the bulk of the effort in the processes of creating order & efficiancy out of the planned refugee exodus, patrolling the country side seeking any & all who need aid. Military action in the current conflict aside from refugee aid is none, the United Provinces have stated their neutrality in the conflict thus far. [img]http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00399/potd-horses_399429a.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galvez Posted October 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 OOC: My bad, shifting this to my new news thread. plz delete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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