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| Pataki Peoples' State | |
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| Introduction |
| Geography |
Location: South-eastern old continent, bordering Yellow Bay and Begral, the PCS is an autonomous state within the borders of the Peoples Republic of Rovens, between 0 and 15 degrees South, and 60 and 75 degrees East, of the planet Vexillium.
Geographic coordinates: 7 00 S, 68 00 E
Map references: Old Continent
Area:
total:
182,000 sq km
land:
~181,000 sq km
Area - comparative:
The purile, chest-beating comparison of land areas is of little interest to the Pataki People.
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Cambodia; OR
Syria; OR
Uruguay; OR
Florida, OR
Virginia plus West Virginia.
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Land boundaries:
total:
775 km (Approx.)
border countries:
South Bay 300 km; Begral 425 km
Coastline:
None
Climate:
tropical; temperate to frigid in mountains
Terrain:
Valley of lowland jungle and plains protected by the high and rugged mountains in east.
Elevation extremes:
lowest point:
Far-western plains at ~485 metres
highest point:
Mount Ararak 6,031 m
Natural resources:
silver, rubber, gold, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower
Land use: Estimates only
arable land:
17%
permanent crops:
12%
permanent pastures:
10%
forests and woodland:
43%
other:
18% (301 est.)
Irrigated land:
Unknown
Natural hazards:
Flooding, snowslides and landslides, earthquakes
Environment - current issues:
deforestation; overgrazing leading to soil erosion perpetrated by the capitalist
land-owners before the time of freedom of the people.
Environment - international agreements:
party to:
None
signed, but not ratified:
None
| People |
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Population:
7,792,524 (according to Rovenian government census)
Age structure:
As yet unknown
Population growth rate:
4% (estimated)
Birth rate:
45 births/1,000 population (estimated)
Death rate:
17 deaths/1,000 population (estimated)
Net migration rate:
+12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (estimated)
Sex ratio:
Unknown
Infant mortality rate:
29 deaths/1,000 live births (estimated)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
65 years
male:
62 years
female:
68 years (estimated)
Total fertility rate:
4 children born/woman (estimated)
Nationality:
noun:
Pataki
adjective:
Pataki
Ethnic groups:
Pataki 88%, Kpothan 7%, Utani 5% (estimated)
Religions:
Are of no interest to the state.
Languages:
Basala-Pataki (official), Ingallish, and Utani
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write in any of the above languages
total population:
99%
male:
100%
female:
98% (estimated)
This is the proudest achievement of the Pataki people: the education of the
population providing an excellent standard of education.
| Government |
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Country name:
conventional long form:
Pataki Peoples' State
conventional short form:
PPS
Data code:
(under application)
Government type:
Peoples' state; The people rule their destiny, not through the corrupted and discredited
method of the ballot box, but through their instrument, the Pataki Peoples' Army and its
institutions of popular reform and administration.
Capital:
Patak, population 2.1 million.
Independence:
15 June, 278 -- The victory over the Guwimithian 15th Heavy Infantry Brigade in the streets of
Patak provides the population with their greatest national holiday
National holiday:
Independence Day, 15 June (278) and Pataki Liberation Day, 3 March (261)
Legal system:
Based on military code
Executive branch:
chief of state:
The concept of a singular leader is a imperialist construct that has no parallel in the Pataki
Peoples' State. The administration of the country's resources is managed by the various
departments, which are lead by the Secretariats of the various departments.
General Esyanna KENOTTA (Commander in Chief, Pataki Peoples' Army)
Piers K'NOSSA (Most Senior Secretary, Dept of the Interior; Justice, infrastructure maintenance)
Jahsn BABATTA (Most Senior Secretary, Dept of Security; intelligence and home defence)
Magoya NATOSYA (Most Senior Secretary, Dept of Resources; management of fair resources)
Leena KOSSIPEU (Most Senior Secretary, Dept of Foreign Relations; links to true-peoples' states worldwide)
Lanyei SRATOSSA (Most Senior Secretary, Information Secretariat; provision of the Peoples' message at home and worldwide)
...etc...
Legislative branch:
New laws are written by the Pataki Peoples' Army, and administered by the Department of
the Interior.
Judicial branch:
Peoples' Courts
International organization participation:
International Communist Forum
Flag description:
Red top-half of the flag, representing the blood of the Pataki martyrs who forged
this very nation with their own blood; white bottom-half of the flag representing
the purity of the cause for which they fight, and, in the centre, a yellow star
representing the pledge of the Pataki Peoples' Army to keep the population safe
from the ravages of unfettered exploitation by the ruling classes of the capitalist
world.
| Economy |
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Economy - overview:
Economics is a tool of the bankers and capitalists to explain in what way they can indebt
the people, and so make them a slave to this system of exploitation. The very resources
that the working classes produce is then taken from them in exchange for a fraction of
their worth to the capitalist land-owners and bankers, and must be bought back from the
same at an inflated price.
The Pataki Peoples' State will have no part in providing ANY statistics that might
enable these bankers and capitalists to salivate over the productiveness of the Pataki
people, so as to heighten their desire to take what belongs to the Pataki people, and
sell it back to them at inflated price. Therefore, in this section we shall describe the
TRUE worth of the Pataki Peoples State, the achievements that demonstrate the true worth
of the state.
Currency:
All goods a provided to the population on an as-needed basis, consequently, there is
little need of money. However, the PPS does produce some small value "coins" called
Oma which may be used by tourists and foreigners.
Exchange rates:
None
GDP:
The TRUE wealth of the Pataki Peoples' State is demonstrated in the following ways:
| Communications |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
3.7 million estimate
Telephone system:
<tech: Antiquated and poor.>
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 9, FM 1, shortwave 6
Radios:
5 million estimate
Television broadcast stations:
None
Televisions:
Not permitted by law.
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
None.
| Transportation |
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Railways:
total:
Unknown
standard gauge:
Unknown
narrow gauge:
Unknown
Highways:
total:
Unknown
paved:
Unknown
unpaved:
Unknown
Waterways:
Unknown
Pipelines:
Unknown
Ports and harbors:
None
| Military |
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Military branches:
Army
Military manpower:
85,800 (302)
Military manpower - military age:
16 years of age
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49:
N/A million Estimate
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49:
N/A million Estimate
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males:
N/A Estimate
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
N/A
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
N/A
| Transnational Issues |
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Disputes - intranational:
The Pataki Peoples' State occupies approximately 35% of the Peoples Republic of Rovens, and as
it represents a shining example of the benefits of a non-capitalist structural system, it is
opposed by many within the Rovenian government. The Pataki Peoples' Army is negotiating with
the government to establish a final peace, and an acknowledgement of the right to existance of
the Pataki Peoples' State, of the rights of the Pataki people. Until that time, there will
always be disputes with the Rovenian state.