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South Torbia
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Political

Main article: Political: South Torbia

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Military

Main article: Military: South Torbia

The Republic of Torbia (RoT or South Torbia) military is primarily a defensive force aimed at stopping the Democratic People’s Republic of South Torbia (DPRT or North Torbia) from taking over the entire country. Many years ago due to the fear of the DPRT, the RoT adopted a universal military service of short duration for all its male citizens. After leaving active duty, the military veterans serve in an active or inactive reserve role as a deterrence against external threats to the country’s independence.

Due to South Torbia’s defensive plans and the island terrain, most units in the South Torbian Army are infantry. There are a limited number of other type units including one tank division, one mechanized infantry brigade, and one airborne brigade. The infantry battalions, however, must move on foot or be transported in trucks available to the infantry battalions from a higher command.

Economic

Main article: Economic: South Torbia

South Torbia was able to transform itself in a relatively short period from an underdeveloped, poverty-stricken nation to one of the most advanced and powerful economies in the world. However, as the structure naturally transitions from that of manufacturing to services, the administration faces a number of domestic challenges, including the highest household debt level in recorded history, high youth unemployment, a rapidly aging society, and an alarmingly low birthrate. These challenges, coupled with declining trade with Olvana and a nuclear North Torbia, are immense.

Social

Main article: Social: South Torbia

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Information

Main article: Information: South Torbia

The Republic of Torbia, also known as South Torbia, has a thriving and relatively free media environment, with freedom of speech and loyalty to the country.  South Torbian Information Warfare (INFOWAR) capabilities will continue to grow in both equipment and training of personnel, and will rely on Western nations to help continue the modernization of this capability.  Internet and television are state of the art and the most important form of media in South Torbia.

Infrastructure

Main article: Infrastructure: South Torbia

The South Torbian infrastructure is stressed and outdated. Significant emphasis has been placed on the modernizing of the infrastructure in recent years but it continues to be stressed by the rapid urbanization. South Torbia has an emerging mass transit system.  Several bus companies provide transportation in major cities and to rural areas.  The country still uses converted WWII vehicles as taxis and mopeds as a means for transportation that release significant pollutants into the environment. Airports range from large international airports that can handle almost any aircraft currently in production to small-unimproved dirt strips.  Seaports are modern and can handle most modern cargo vessels and have several dolphin platforms for the offloading of petroleum. The country suffers from high levels of pollution in the urban areas and the government has made policies to combat pollution in urban environments and water supplies.

Physical Environment

Main article: Physical Environment: South Torbia

South Torbia is a small country located in an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean. It shares maritime borders with Belesia and Gabal, and a land border with North Torbia—its primary regional opponent. The country’s terrain varies from high, forested, rugged mountains to flat lowland plains used for agriculture; while the former create obstacles for transport, they are not insurmountable. Both vegetation and climate are tropical in nature. Troops must deal with extreme temperatures and humidity throughout the lowlands, and high altitudes in the mountains. Frequent rains will hamper operations and maneuverability, as will seasonal cloud cover. Multiple natural hazards exist, resulting from the country’s geology, weather, native wildlife, and human activity; these have the potential to complicate missions.

Time

Main article: Time: South Torbia

South Torbians have developed a two-tier approach to time management;  social events and business with friends or locals tend to be geared more to the polychronic (the tendency to perform several tasks concurrently) approach; Business with ‘outsiders’ is considered much more formal and every attempt is made to stick to the monochronic (the preference is to perform tasks in sequence) approach. One thing they do understand is that 'time is money'.

South Torbia sits within the the South Torbia Time Zone (STTZ) which is eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/Coordinated Universal Time (UTC); they do not observe Daylight Saving Time (DST).