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| + | With a population of around 7.5 million Torrike is to all intents and purposes a small country on the periphery of Europe, but that is not how they see themselves. Even though they are well educated, sophisticated and prosperous, there is a sense of grievance that is subtly fed by the regime. Unemployment is low and GDP per capita at $41,342 is high. Over the last 50 years a technocratic and homogenous society has developed, one that is used to success and which is looking to build on that success. Engineering and associated industries are held in high regard and Torrikans see themselves as prospective leaders in many fields. | ||
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| + | Traditional extractive industries and timber still attract respect, but agriculture is seen as backward and as it is highly subsidized, a drain on the taxpayer. Not least because of their thorough exposure to the military through conscription and home defense training, the armed forces also enjoy considerable prestige. The contribution of the arms industry to the economy and to national pride through the development and production of a number of advanced weapon systems is also greatly valued. | ||
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| + | For the most part, the populace are ethnically homogenous, with only small populations of nomadic Sami tribesmen in the far north beyond the Arctic Circle; these nomads move freely between all the countries in the region. | ||
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| + | Torrike operates within a fairly rigid set of social norms, which are backed up rigorously by laws specifying acceptable behavior and standards. These include laws on personal hygiene, dress and grooming. For the most part, these are popular and well supported, although in the more remote regions of the country, they are perhaps not as strictly kept. A range of social penalties are imposed for infringements, most of which consist of some form of community service related to keeping habitable areas clean and tidy and disposing of rubbish. | ||
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| + | The crime rate is low. There are fines or other penalties for a wide range of transgressions, such as throwing litter on the floor, urinating in public, and engaging in politics outside registered political parties. | ||
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| + | The Ministry of Education (MOE) controls the development and administration of state schools receiving government funding, but which also has an advisory and supervisory role in respect to private schools manages education in Torrike. Meritocracy is a fundamental principle in the education system which aims to identify and groom bright young students for positions of leadership. The system places a great emphasis on academic performance in grading students and granting their admission to special programs and universities, though this has raised concerns about breeding elitism. Academic grades are considered as objective measures of the students’ ability and effort, irrespective of their social background. | ||
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| + | There is an efficient and widespread system of health care. Torrike has a universal health care system where government ensures affordability, largely through compulsory savings and price control, while the private sector provides most care. Many Torrikans also have supplemental private health insurance (often provided by employers) for services not covered by the government programs. Torrike’s well established health care system comprises a total of 12 private hospitals, 8 public (government) hospitals and several specialist clinics, each specializing in and catering to different patient needs, at varying costs. Patients are free to choose the providers within the government or private health care delivery system and can walk in for a consultation at any private clinic or any government polyclinic. For emergency services, patients can go at any time to the 24‐hour Accident & Emergency Departments located in the government hospital. Torrike’s medical facilities are among the finest in the world, with well qualified doctors and dentists. | ||
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| + | Social welfare is financed through the Greater Torrike Visionary Fund (GTVF), a public savings scheme. Employees under age 55 and their employers contribute a fixed amount of a worker’s salary into an individual account administered by the GTVF. This account provides financial security for old age and can be drawn on for housing, medical and educational costs. Charity is an important aspect of the financing of social welfare. Care of the old, sick, and disabled is a responsibility usually taken on by the families and relatives. Independent social work units carry out some social work. | ||
==Information== | ==Information== | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 17 April 2018
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| Capital | Tehran |
| Largest city | Tehran (12 million) |
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| Demonym | Arianian |
| Government | Theocracy |
• Supreme Leader | Ayatollah Mahmood Mekhenei |
• President | Ahmad Moudin |
| Legislature | Unicameral Legislature |
| Theocracy | |
| Area | |
• Total | 588,764 sq mi (1,524,890 km2) |
| Population | |
• July 2016 estimate | 8,372,373 (129th) |
• Density | 8,372,373/sq mi (3,232,591.3/km2) (167th) |
| GDP | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $85.77 billion |
| Time zone | EAT (GMT+3) |
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Social
With a population of around 7.5 million Torrike is to all intents and purposes a small country on the periphery of Europe, but that is not how they see themselves. Even though they are well educated, sophisticated and prosperous, there is a sense of grievance that is subtly fed by the regime. Unemployment is low and GDP per capita at $41,342 is high. Over the last 50 years a technocratic and homogenous society has developed, one that is used to success and which is looking to build on that success. Engineering and associated industries are held in high regard and Torrikans see themselves as prospective leaders in many fields.
Traditional extractive industries and timber still attract respect, but agriculture is seen as backward and as it is highly subsidized, a drain on the taxpayer. Not least because of their thorough exposure to the military through conscription and home defense training, the armed forces also enjoy considerable prestige. The contribution of the arms industry to the economy and to national pride through the development and production of a number of advanced weapon systems is also greatly valued.
For the most part, the populace are ethnically homogenous, with only small populations of nomadic Sami tribesmen in the far north beyond the Arctic Circle; these nomads move freely between all the countries in the region.
Torrike operates within a fairly rigid set of social norms, which are backed up rigorously by laws specifying acceptable behavior and standards. These include laws on personal hygiene, dress and grooming. For the most part, these are popular and well supported, although in the more remote regions of the country, they are perhaps not as strictly kept. A range of social penalties are imposed for infringements, most of which consist of some form of community service related to keeping habitable areas clean and tidy and disposing of rubbish.
The crime rate is low. There are fines or other penalties for a wide range of transgressions, such as throwing litter on the floor, urinating in public, and engaging in politics outside registered political parties.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) controls the development and administration of state schools receiving government funding, but which also has an advisory and supervisory role in respect to private schools manages education in Torrike. Meritocracy is a fundamental principle in the education system which aims to identify and groom bright young students for positions of leadership. The system places a great emphasis on academic performance in grading students and granting their admission to special programs and universities, though this has raised concerns about breeding elitism. Academic grades are considered as objective measures of the students’ ability and effort, irrespective of their social background.
There is an efficient and widespread system of health care. Torrike has a universal health care system where government ensures affordability, largely through compulsory savings and price control, while the private sector provides most care. Many Torrikans also have supplemental private health insurance (often provided by employers) for services not covered by the government programs. Torrike’s well established health care system comprises a total of 12 private hospitals, 8 public (government) hospitals and several specialist clinics, each specializing in and catering to different patient needs, at varying costs. Patients are free to choose the providers within the government or private health care delivery system and can walk in for a consultation at any private clinic or any government polyclinic. For emergency services, patients can go at any time to the 24‐hour Accident & Emergency Departments located in the government hospital. Torrike’s medical facilities are among the finest in the world, with well qualified doctors and dentists.
Social welfare is financed through the Greater Torrike Visionary Fund (GTVF), a public savings scheme. Employees under age 55 and their employers contribute a fixed amount of a worker’s salary into an individual account administered by the GTVF. This account provides financial security for old age and can be drawn on for housing, medical and educational costs. Charity is an important aspect of the financing of social welfare. Care of the old, sick, and disabled is a responsibility usually taken on by the families and relatives. Independent social work units carry out some social work.
Information
Torrike has a highly developed telecommunications infrastructure; ranked among leading countries for fixed‐line, mobile‐cellular, Internet and broadband penetration. The Torrike Press Freedom Index is 136 of 178 countries. Although authoritarian in outlook, Torrikan information policy is open.
In the 90s, Torrike moved to the center right politically, aiming to build up the military so that the country could “hold its head high in the world” and to establish Torrike’s “rightful place in the region”. Part of this campaign saw efforts to identify common aims with Bothnia and to seek to influence its political direction. The relationship with Framland remained largely benign, not least because Framland’s politics were considered to be largely compatible with Torrike’s own. Relations with Arnland were far more intrusive and funds were channeled to various factions that were felt to be sympathetic to Torrikan aims. The initiative to set up the Skolkan Cooperation Organization (SCO) was the visible assurance of Torrike’s rise in the Skolkan Region and made a determined statement in the Global fora. Opponents of the regime were increasingly sidelined and dissenting voices muted.
The Internet has cast new light on a long‐running debate about the politics of journalism: when there are so many sources, does political objectivity become less important? News becomes more social, participatory, diverse and partisan, it is in many ways returning to the more chaotic, freewheeling and politically charged environment of the era before the emergence of mass media in the 19th century.
Infrastructure
Torrike enjoys a well‐developed and modern infrastructure, which is adequately funded and maintained in good working order. The transportation system is good and serves the whole country. Only in the extreme north does it become somewhat sparse. The country is well served by an integrated road and rail system and a regular and efficient inspection system ensures that the bridge systems on the main arteries are kept in good order. The major road north runs very close to the border with Framland and Framland has an agreement with Torrike that allows their vehicles free use of this system (and easy cross border travel), with an annual “fee” paid by the Framland Treasury to Torrike. This fee is deliberately kept low as a way of binding Framland closer to Torrike and as a diplomatic tool.
Torrike has an extensive network of regional airports, all of which are also used periodically by the military. The country also possesses a range of modern and efficient ports that handle the full range of imports and exports. Torrike generates more than 70% of its energy requirements internally through a combination of nuclear and hydropower. Oil is still imported for fuel purposes, but the refining is done in country and Torrike’s refineries also process crude oil for other nations like Arnland and Framland.
The power distribution network is robust in the southern and more heavily populated part of the country and has considerable redundancy. A major investment program in smart grid networks is being contemplated after a successful pilot in Tyr. The telecoms and broadband network throughout the country is both modern and well maintained. Considerable investment has been made in fiber‐optic cable networks for telecommunications and the majority of military communications already use such networks. Mobile phone coverage is extremely good throughout the country and considerable redundancy is built into the system. Much of the country’s infrastructure is dual use military/civil and all military infrastructure is required to be available for civil use when circumstances dictate. Potential military use is always considered during the planning of major infrastructure projects. For example several stretches of motorway are capable of acting as aircraft runways and shelter areas suitable for use as a Forward Operating Base (FOB) are provided.
The military infrastructure is both extensive and well maintained; during the recent economic downturn, an element of the Torrikan stimulus package covered the refurbishment of a number of facilities that had been in “care and maintenance”. One of the basic tenets of Torrikan military doctrine is that of redundancy, with “more at an acceptable quality” being regarded as better than “less at a higher quality”. The Torrikan Air Force, for instance, possesses few hardened aircraft shelters, but a large number of dispersal points and bare bases/runways of varying capabilities.
Physical Environment
Torrike borders Norway to the north and west, Donovia, Otso and Bothnia to the northeast, Framland and the Baltic Sea to the east, Arnland to the south and the Skagerrak to the south west. Its capital is Tyr. It is in a strategic location along Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas. Torrike has an area of 347,400 square kilometers bordering Norway to the north and west, Donovia, Otso and Bothnia to the northeast, Framland and the Baltic Sea to the east, Arnland to the south and the Skagerrak to the south west. Its capital is Tyr. Having missed out on the oil boom for geographic reasons, Torrike has sought to gain access to other potential areas of interest and is deeply interested in gaining access to the Arctic. When Norway declared independence in 1905, the Empire had initially tried to retain northern Norway as this gave it an opening to the Norwegian Sea and an ice free outlet to the wider world. Skolkan was unable to sustain this claim, but it has not been forgotten. Torrike is desperate to benefit from what it believes will be a natural resources bonanza in the Arctic region. Currently physically blocked by Norway, Torrike may consider radical plans to guarantee access. Although there is no tradition of hostility with Poland, there have been several disputes with regards to fishing rights, overfishing, and the exploitation of natural resources in the Baltic Sea during the last 20 years.
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