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==Political== | ==Political== | ||
{{Main article|Political: Atropia}} | {{Main article|Political: Atropia}} | ||
| − | + | Gorgas is democratizing power, leaning toward the US, and attempting to maintain its political independence and internal stability in an increasingly dangerous environment. Gorgas maintains warm relations with Atropia due to the Atropian oil that passes through Gorgan pipelines and the greater interest of both nations in their independence from large and powerful neighbors. Gorgas faces its own regional threats from breakaway regions. | |
==Military== | ==Military== | ||
{{Main article|Military: Atropia}} | {{Main article|Military: Atropia}} | ||
| − | + | Gorgas has a history of irregular and regular warfare that is common throughout the region. The country remains unsatisfied with the tumultuous regional political boundaries over the last century, especially with Donovia. Like most countries, Gorgan military strategy reflects the country’s political agenda. The country uses the military for defensive purposes and to maintain territorial sovereignty that includes force against breakaway regions. Gorgas currently wants to join NATO and remains the most accepting of Western influence of the five countries in the region. | |
==Economic== | ==Economic== | ||
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The Caucasus countries that possess hydrocarbon resources will continue to depend on the oil and gas industries to drive their economies, while those that do not possess such resources will attempt to tie themselves to hydrocarbon-rich nations. Both Ariana and Atropia face geopolitical difficulties in exporting their oil and natural gas. Bordered by adversaries, the Arianians and Atropians must rely on tenuous routes to export their resources. For Gorgas and Limaria, which lack extractive or mature industries, transshipment of hydrocarbon products or providing other services to oil-wealthy countries will be their primary short- to medium-term means to achieve economic development. Donovia continues to recover from a collapse two decades ago that crippled its economy. All nations of the Caucasus have relatively high inefficiency due to corruption, government involvement in the economy, and/or lack of export industry development. | The Caucasus countries that possess hydrocarbon resources will continue to depend on the oil and gas industries to drive their economies, while those that do not possess such resources will attempt to tie themselves to hydrocarbon-rich nations. Both Ariana and Atropia face geopolitical difficulties in exporting their oil and natural gas. Bordered by adversaries, the Arianians and Atropians must rely on tenuous routes to export their resources. For Gorgas and Limaria, which lack extractive or mature industries, transshipment of hydrocarbon products or providing other services to oil-wealthy countries will be their primary short- to medium-term means to achieve economic development. Donovia continues to recover from a collapse two decades ago that crippled its economy. All nations of the Caucasus have relatively high inefficiency due to corruption, government involvement in the economy, and/or lack of export industry development. | ||
| − | + | Gorgas possesses a somewhat weak economy as it attempts to emerge from the chaos created by its former economic dependence on Donovia. The Gorgan economy shows signs of growth despite a small population, lack of any flagship industry, and an uncertain geopolitical landscape. Gorgas enjoys significant investment from the West while it diversifies trade and locates new partners in Europe as a means to wean itself away from previous dependence on Donovia. Gorgas’ largest exports include agricultural products such as wine, nuts, and mineral water. Gorgas also exports scrap metal, ammonium nitrate, and other industrial products. The country imports most high value-added products including medicines, vehicles, aircraft, and power production equipment. | |
==Social== | ==Social== | ||
{{Main article|Social: Atropia}} | {{Main article|Social: Atropia}} | ||
| − | + | A large majority of Gorgans speak the same language, practice the same religion, and claim the same ethnic heritage. Gorgas, however, does not contain the same type of homogeneous population found in Limaria. While 71% of its residents speak Gorgan as their first language and 83.9% practice the Orthodox Christian faith, 83.8% declared themselves as ethnic Gorgans. Unlike many other countries in the Caucasus, most Gorgans will call themselves Gorgan when asked their nationality instead of another ethnic group or tribe. The effects of two runaway republics—Zabzimek and South Ostremek—changed Gorgas, as it created many IDPs and forced the Gorgan government to provide additional social services or create new refugee settlements. The tension between Gorgas’ claim on Zabzimek and South Ostremek and the inability to bring them back under Gorgan control, largely due to Donovian support for the runaway republics, influence many Gorgans’ daily lives. | |
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==Information== | ==Information== | ||
{{Main article|Information: Atropia}} | {{Main article|Information: Atropia}} | ||
| − | + | Gorgas has a dynamic and relatively free media environment. Gorgan INFOWAR capability is growing, with training and equipment adhering closely to NATO standards. Gorgas will be limited compared to regional neighbors on the resources it will be able to expend to grow both information and INFOWAR infrastructure. | |
==Infrastructure== | ==Infrastructure== | ||
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While the region’s five countries have a significant number of rural residents, the majority of each country’s population lives in urban areas. About two-thirds of the Arianian (68%), Donovian (67%), and Limarian populace (64%) and just over half of the Gorgan (53%) and Atropian (52%) populace live in urban areas. All five countries contain a mixture of modern urban cities and almost pre- modern rural villages. Modern utilities can be found in most major cities but not in the rural villages and countryside. | While the region’s five countries have a significant number of rural residents, the majority of each country’s population lives in urban areas. About two-thirds of the Arianian (68%), Donovian (67%), and Limarian populace (64%) and just over half of the Gorgan (53%) and Atropian (52%) populace live in urban areas. All five countries contain a mixture of modern urban cities and almost pre- modern rural villages. Modern utilities can be found in most major cities but not in the rural villages and countryside. | ||
| − | + | Gorgas contains few natural resources and little industry and needs to find its role in the Caucasus region. This is true for Gorgan infrastructure, as the country possesses a negative urbanization rate of 0.6%. In order for some urban Gorgans to avoid starvation, they returned to their rural roots where they can attempt to survive through subsistence farming. Most rural Gorgans cannot access modern utilities (electricity, potable running water, and a modern sewage disposal system), and the same holds true for many urban Gorgans. Even with one-third of the Gorgan people located in one city, Gorgas remains almost evenly split between urban and rural dwellers. | |
==Physical Environment== | ==Physical Environment== | ||
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| − | ! scope="col"| Threat Actor | + | ! scope="col" | Threat Actor |
| − | ! scope="col"| Organization Type | + | ! scope="col" | Organization Type |
| − | ! scope="col"| OE | + | ! scope="col" | OE |
| − | ! scope="col"| Activities | + | ! scope="col" | Activities |
| − | ! scope="col"| Targets | + | ! scope="col" | Targets |
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! scope="row"| Salasyl | + | ! scope="row" | Salasyl |
| Insurgent | | Insurgent | ||
| Southeast Atropia with nation-wide capabilities | | Southeast Atropia with nation-wide capabilities | ||
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| Atropian government facilities and leaders | | Atropian government facilities and leaders | ||
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| − | ! scope="row"| South Atropian People's Army (SAPA) | + | ! scope="row" | South Atropian People's Army (SAPA) |
| Insurgent | | Insurgent | ||
| Focuses on eight provinces in the south with cultural ties to Ariana | | Focuses on eight provinces in the south with cultural ties to Ariana | ||
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| Atropian government facilities and leaders | | Atropian government facilities and leaders | ||
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| − | ! scope="row"| Bilasuvar Freedom Brigade (BFB) | + | ! scope="row" | Bilasuvar Freedom Brigade (BFB) |
| Insurgent | | Insurgent | ||
| Northern Vetlia and Erdabil Provinces | | Northern Vetlia and Erdabil Provinces | ||
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| Atropian government facilities and leaders | | Atropian government facilities and leaders | ||
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| − | ! scope="row"| Provisional Army of Lezgin (PAL) | + | ! scope="row" | Provisional Army of Lezgin (PAL) |
| Insurgent | | Insurgent | ||
| Southern Erdabil and Western Sirvaki Provinces | | Southern Erdabil and Western Sirvaki Provinces | ||
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| Atropian government facilities and leaders | | Atropian government facilities and leaders | ||
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| − | ! scope="row"| Bocyowicz Crime Family | + | ! scope="row" | Bocyowicz Crime Family |
| Criminal | | Criminal | ||
| Ungoverned Territories | | Ungoverned Territories | ||
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| Atropian police and security forces | | Atropian police and security forces | ||
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| − | ! scope="row"| Atropian Organized Crime (AOC) | + | ! scope="row" | Atropian Organized Crime (AOC) |
| Criminal | | Criminal | ||
| Baku | | Baku | ||
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| Police and security forces | | Police and security forces | ||
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| − | ! scope="row"| Al Iksir Cartel | + | ! scope="row" | Al Iksir Cartel |
| Criminal | | Criminal | ||
| Northern Atropia and Southern Donovia | | Northern Atropia and Southern Donovia | ||
Revision as of 20:10, 12 April 2017
| The Republic of Atropia | |
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Flag of Atropia Flag | |
| Location of Atropia | |
| Capital | Baku |
| Largest city | Baku (2.46 million) |
| Official languages |
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| Ethnic groups |
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| Demonym | Atropian |
| Government | Dictatorship |
• President | Salam Ismailaov |
• Prime Minister | Unknown |
| Legislature | Unicameral Legislature |
| Independence | |
| Area | |
• Total | 32,200 sq mi (83,000 km2) (54th) |
| 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 | WAT |
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The country of Atropia is ruled by a dictatorship with a dynastic approach to governance. It has a small Army, Navy, and Air Force with strong Donovian influence over its doctrine. The small size of Atropia's military limits its capabilities, so its primary focus is on defense of its borders and regional operations primarily directed at Limaria over disputed territory in the Lower Janga region. The military is able to modernize its equipment using revenue from the country's hydrocarbon industry, which it relies on heavily as the most significant economic influence. Most Atropians are Shia Muslim, and most are supportive of their government and its actions to protect territory from Limaria. All news to the citizens comes through government-controlled media outlets and government-selected religious leaders. Atropia is an ally of the United States and is threatened by Ariana, Donovia, and Limaria.
Contents
Political
Gorgas is democratizing power, leaning toward the US, and attempting to maintain its political independence and internal stability in an increasingly dangerous environment. Gorgas maintains warm relations with Atropia due to the Atropian oil that passes through Gorgan pipelines and the greater interest of both nations in their independence from large and powerful neighbors. Gorgas faces its own regional threats from breakaway regions.
Military
Gorgas has a history of irregular and regular warfare that is common throughout the region. The country remains unsatisfied with the tumultuous regional political boundaries over the last century, especially with Donovia. Like most countries, Gorgan military strategy reflects the country’s political agenda. The country uses the military for defensive purposes and to maintain territorial sovereignty that includes force against breakaway regions. Gorgas currently wants to join NATO and remains the most accepting of Western influence of the five countries in the region.
Economic
The Caucasus countries that possess hydrocarbon resources will continue to depend on the oil and gas industries to drive their economies, while those that do not possess such resources will attempt to tie themselves to hydrocarbon-rich nations. Both Ariana and Atropia face geopolitical difficulties in exporting their oil and natural gas. Bordered by adversaries, the Arianians and Atropians must rely on tenuous routes to export their resources. For Gorgas and Limaria, which lack extractive or mature industries, transshipment of hydrocarbon products or providing other services to oil-wealthy countries will be their primary short- to medium-term means to achieve economic development. Donovia continues to recover from a collapse two decades ago that crippled its economy. All nations of the Caucasus have relatively high inefficiency due to corruption, government involvement in the economy, and/or lack of export industry development.
Gorgas possesses a somewhat weak economy as it attempts to emerge from the chaos created by its former economic dependence on Donovia. The Gorgan economy shows signs of growth despite a small population, lack of any flagship industry, and an uncertain geopolitical landscape. Gorgas enjoys significant investment from the West while it diversifies trade and locates new partners in Europe as a means to wean itself away from previous dependence on Donovia. Gorgas’ largest exports include agricultural products such as wine, nuts, and mineral water. Gorgas also exports scrap metal, ammonium nitrate, and other industrial products. The country imports most high value-added products including medicines, vehicles, aircraft, and power production equipment.
Social
A large majority of Gorgans speak the same language, practice the same religion, and claim the same ethnic heritage. Gorgas, however, does not contain the same type of homogeneous population found in Limaria. While 71% of its residents speak Gorgan as their first language and 83.9% practice the Orthodox Christian faith, 83.8% declared themselves as ethnic Gorgans. Unlike many other countries in the Caucasus, most Gorgans will call themselves Gorgan when asked their nationality instead of another ethnic group or tribe. The effects of two runaway republics—Zabzimek and South Ostremek—changed Gorgas, as it created many IDPs and forced the Gorgan government to provide additional social services or create new refugee settlements. The tension between Gorgas’ claim on Zabzimek and South Ostremek and the inability to bring them back under Gorgan control, largely due to Donovian support for the runaway republics, influence many Gorgans’ daily lives.
Information
Gorgas has a dynamic and relatively free media environment. Gorgan INFOWAR capability is growing, with training and equipment adhering closely to NATO standards. Gorgas will be limited compared to regional neighbors on the resources it will be able to expend to grow both information and INFOWAR infrastructure.
Infrastructure
While the region’s five countries have a significant number of rural residents, the majority of each country’s population lives in urban areas. About two-thirds of the Arianian (68%), Donovian (67%), and Limarian populace (64%) and just over half of the Gorgan (53%) and Atropian (52%) populace live in urban areas. All five countries contain a mixture of modern urban cities and almost pre- modern rural villages. Modern utilities can be found in most major cities but not in the rural villages and countryside.
Gorgas contains few natural resources and little industry and needs to find its role in the Caucasus region. This is true for Gorgan infrastructure, as the country possesses a negative urbanization rate of 0.6%. In order for some urban Gorgans to avoid starvation, they returned to their rural roots where they can attempt to survive through subsistence farming. Most rural Gorgans cannot access modern utilities (electricity, potable running water, and a modern sewage disposal system), and the same holds true for many urban Gorgans. Even with one-third of the Gorgan people located in one city, Gorgas remains almost evenly split between urban and rural dwellers.
Physical Environment
Over 200,000 square miles comprise the Caucasus, a mountainous region located between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. The Caucasus includes Atropia, Limaria, and Gorgas, as well as parts of Ariana, Donovia, and Kalaria. The Caucasus Mountains, consisting of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus ranges, traditionally form the separation between Europe and Asia. The Caucasus region contains two major parts—the North Caucasus and the South Caucasus—that are divided by the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The North Caucasus region is contained entirely within Donovia, while the South Caucasus contains Gorgas, Limaria, Atropia, and parts of Ariana and Kalaria.
Time
The Caucasus countries, for the most part, do not believe in the sensitivity of time, and do not view punctuality or the importance of time as the US and most other Western countries do. Most of the people in the region do not view time as a resource and do not feel any compulsion to effectively manage their time. The people in the Caucasus region do not make the connection between effective use of their time and production. This lack of time consciousness will likely frustrate US soldiers as they work with their allies, but it will also give the US a battlefield advantage against its enemies.
Threat Actor Chart
| Threat Actor | Organization Type | OE | Activities | Targets |
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| Salasyl | Insurgent | Southeast Atropia with nation-wide capabilities | Possible ties to transnational criminal and terrorist actors. Has engaged the Atropian regime in a lowlevel insurgency for the past 20 years. Promotes violent populace opposition to state taxation policies, unreliable public services, substandard medical preventive services, inaccessible state education programs for working class citizens, and a judicial system that illegally favors the ruling political party. Salasyl and South Atropian People's Army (SAPA) insurgents often clash violently over ideology, limited resources, and similar recruiting pools. | Atropian government facilities and leaders |
| South Atropian People's Army (SAPA) | Insurgent | Focuses on eight provinces in the south with cultural ties to Ariana | Primary goal is to create a separate country composed of southern Atropia and Ariana's northwestern provinces. Receives most of its training, equipment, and supplies from Ariana. SAPA and Salasyl insurgents often clash violently over ideology, limited resources, and similar recruiting pools. | Atropian government facilities and leaders |
| Bilasuvar Freedom Brigade (BFB) | Insurgent | Northern Vetlia and Erdabil Provinces | Donovia supports the BFB, creating political tension between Donovia and Atropia. | Atropian government facilities and leaders |
| Provisional Army of Lezgin (PAL) | Insurgent | Southern Erdabil and Western Sirvaki Provinces | Small insurgent group with limited regional activities. | Atropian government facilities and leaders |
| Bocyowicz Crime Family | Criminal | Ungoverned Territories | Acquires political power in poorly-governed regions, eventually gaining control of geographic space. These political actions are intended to provide security and freedom of movement for the criminal organization's activities. As a result, the third-generation criminal organization and its leadership challenge the legitimate state authority. | Atropian police and security forces |
| Atropian Organized Crime (AOC) | Criminal | Baku | The growth of illegal narcotics, smuggling, and even human trafficking conducted outside of established channels only began recently. Many of those involved in Atropian illegal activities live in communities of displaced Atropians from Lower Janga and persons who fled Donovia. Atropia serves as a transit point for narcotics travelling to Donovia and Western countries. | Police and security forces |
| Al Iksir Cartel | Criminal | Northern Atropia and Southern Donovia | The growth of illegal narcotics, smuggling, and even human trafficking conducted outside of established channels only began recently. Many of those involved in Atropian illegal activities live in communities of displaced Atropians from Lower Janga and persons who fled Donovia. Atropia serves as a transit point for narcotics travelling to Donovia and Western countries. | Police and security forces |