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| |conventional_long_name = People's Heavenly State of Zwailand
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| |common_name = Zwailand
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| |image_flag = Flag_of_Zwailand.png
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| |image_coat = COA of Zwailand.png
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| |symbol_type = Coat of Arms
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| |alt_coat = <!--alt text for coat of arms-->
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| |national_motto = <small>Tashi, 'yan ƙasar!<br>''(" Arise, My countrymen!")''</small>
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| |national_anthem =''Waƙar Patriotic na Zwailand''<br><small>The Patriotic Song of Zwailand</small><br>[[File:MediaPlayer.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gczoXg9R90o|210px]]
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| |map_caption =Political Map of Zwailand
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| |capital = [[Bongoi]]
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| |largest_city = [[Matokpa]]
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| |official_languages = {{wp|Hausa language|Zwai}}
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| |demonym = Zwai
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| |government_type = {{wpl|Unitary}} {{wpl|dominant party}} [[Traditional Zwai Folk Religion|Folkist]] {{wpl|theocracy}}
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| |leader_title1 = [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]]
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| |leader_name1 = [[Akachi Chinonso Okonkwo]]
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| |leader_title2 = [[Commissar of the Supreme Commissariat of Zwailand|Commissar]]
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| |leader_name2 = [[Belonwu Okeke]]
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| |legislature = [[Supreme Commissariat of Zwailand]]
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| 88,456,000 {{increase}}
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| |population_estimate_rank = xth
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| |population_estimate_year = 2020
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| |population_census = 91,000,000
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| |population_census_year = 2023
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| |GDP_PPP = $547.013 billion
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| |GDP_PPP_rank = xxth
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| |GDP_PPP_year = 2018
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| |GDP_PPP_per_capita = $636
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| |GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = xth
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| |GDP_nominal = $123.506
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| |GDP_nominal_rank = xth
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| |GDP_nominal_year = 2018
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| |GDP_nominal_per_capita = $321
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| |GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = xxth
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| |Gini = 67.8
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| |Gini_rank = xth
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| |Gini_year = 2012
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| |Gini_change = decrease
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| |HDI = .492
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| |HDI_rank = xth
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| |HDI_year = 2011
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| |HDI_change = increase
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| |currency = Maira
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| |currency_code = MAR
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| '''Zwailand''', is the informal name for the the '''People's Heavenly State of Zwailand ''' ({{wp|Hausa language|Zwai}}: ''Jihar Sama ta mutane ta Zwailand'') a sovereign {{wp|nation state}} located on the continent of NOT|AFRICA. The nation borders, from clockwise, the XXXX to the west, XXXX to the south and XXX in the north. With a population of 91,456,000 million people, who live mostly in clusters along the coast, its the xth largest nation by population.
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| ==History==
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| === Pre-History ===
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| === Early History ===
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| === Menga Dynasty ===
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| === Colonial rule ===
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| === Independence and Civil War ===
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| {{Main|Zwailand War of Independence|Republic of Zwailand|First Zwai Civil War}}
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| [[File:ASC_Leiden_-_Coutinho_Collection_-_2_17_-_PAIGC_soldiers_in_Guinea-Bissau_-_Woman_PAIGC_soldier_playing_cards_-_1973.tif|200px|thumb|left|Photograph of female fighter of the [[Belonwu's People's Revolutionary Party|Zwai Revolutionary Liberation Army]] during the [[Zwailand War of Independence]].]]
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| === Era of Godfrey Belonwu ===
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| {{Main|Godfrey Belonwu|Socialism with Zwai Characteristics}}
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| [[File:Idi_Amin_en_1966.jpg|200px|thumb|left|[[Godfrey Belonwu]] pictured shortly after coming to power in 1960.]]
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| === Zwai Revolution ===
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| {{Main|Zwai Revolution}}
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| [[File:BPRP Flag.png|200px|right|thumb|[[Belonwu's People's Revolutionary Party]] has fought an insugency against the Zwai government since the declaration of the People's Heavenly State of Zwailand.]]
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| ==Geography ==
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| ==Government==
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| === Politics ===
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| {{See also|Politics of Zwailand|List of political parties in Zwailand}}
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| Zwailand is a {{wpl|unitary}} {{wpl|dominant party}} [[Traditional Zwai Folk Religion|Folkist]] {{wpl|theocracy}} with most executive power residing solely in the office of the [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]] - who is the country's leading political and spiritual leader.
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| The legislature is the [[Supreme Commissariat of Zwailand]] {{wpl|unicameral}} {{wpl|legislative branch}} of the government and is the body responsible for passing laws and debating policy. It is composed of 600 members who are elected for 5-year terms - although the legitimacy of the elections are often disputed by foreign observers - and is headed by the [[Commissar of the Supreme Commissariat of Zwailand]]; who also serves as {{wpl|head of government}}. It is superior to the judicial branch of government and is responsible for appointing all government ministers from members of the [[Supreme Commissariat of Zwailand]].
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| The [[Executive Commissariat of the People's State of Zwailand|Executive Commissariat]] is the {{wpl|cabinet}} level body in government. In recent decades the [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]] has de facto granted 'limited' executive and legislative powers to the [[Executive Commissariat of the People's State of Zwailand|Executive Commissariat]] when the [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]] is absence. Such powers have gradually continued to increase to the point that, the Executive Commissariat now holds control over all branches of government as de-facto head of each branch of the government; granting the Executive Commissariat to rule by decree.
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| The [[Executive Commissariat of the People's State of Zwailand#Executive_Commissar|Executive Commissar of the Executive Commissariat]] represents the government and carry the day-to-day running of the government policy in regards to both domestic and foreign affairs. According to the Constitution, the Executive Commissar officially functions independently from the [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]], although Executive Commissar is under the overall direction and part of its job to execute directives from both [[Heavenly Council of the Custodianship]] and [[Supreme Commissariat of Zwailand]].
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| === Executive ===
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| {{multiple image | width1 = 200| width2 = 158| image1 = Ooni_Ogunwusi_Enitan_Adeyeye.jpg| caption1 = [[Akachi Chinonso Okonkwo]], the current [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]] | image2 =Kagame_2012_Cropped.jpg| caption2 = [[Belonwu Okeke]], the incumbent [[Commissar of the Supreme Commissariat of Zwailand|Commissar]]}}
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| The [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]] - [[Akachi Chinonso Okonkwo]] - is the {{wpl|Head of State}} and the sole and absolute ruler of the People's State; his power regarded by adherents of [[Traditional Zwai Folk Religion|Zwai Folk Religion]] as having a divine origin. The [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]] has an enormous amount of ritualistic, supernatural, and mystic powers (at least, according to his people) and is capable of issuing a form of excommunication against whose violated specific taboos.
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| Beyond his ceremonial-pseudo-religious powers, the [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]] serves as the head of state and commander-in-chief of the [[People's Army of Zwailand]]. According to an official proclamation made in 1988, the [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]] has the right to declare war and state of emergency, to issue laws, to declare amnesty, to declare imperial proclamations, and to appoint civil servants and military personnel. The [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]] also is supposed to receive foreign heads of state, however, for the past 30 years, the Supreme High Elder delegated such responsibilities to [[Commissar of the Supreme Commissariat of Zwailand|Commissar]] [[Belonwu Okeke]].
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| The [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]] does have sweeping powers over the legislative, judicial, diplomatic and executive bodies of the nation - the manifestation of [[Socialism with Zwai Characteristics#Benevolent_Leadership|democratic benevolent leadership]] theory - which holds beyond the leader of the [[Belonwu's People's Revolutionary Party|Vanguard party]], a neutral divine man beyond moral reproach can only truly represents the needs of proletariat and prevent the corruption of the [[Belonwu's People's Revolutionary Party|Vanguard party]] up until the establishment of full communism. The [[Supreme High Elder of the People|Supreme High Elder]] receives counsel and gets briefed on key potential policy decisions by the [[Executive Commissariat of the People's State of Zwailand]]; which is done once a week, although it can be organised to be as common as several times a week, through briefings and one-on-one appointments with specific cabinet members.
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| === Foreign Policy ===
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| === Military ===
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| {{Main|People's Army of Zwailand}}
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| [[File:Niger's_special_forces_prepare_to_fight_Boko_Haram_in_Diffa,_March_26,_2015.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Zwai special forces during military exercises in 2013.]]
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| The military of the People's State of Zwailand is the [[People's Army of Zwailand]] and is composed of the [[People's Army of Zwailand Ground Force|PAZ Ground Force]], [[People's Army of Zwailand Air Force|PAZ Air Force]], [[People's Army of Zwailand Navy|PAZ Navy]], [[People's Army of Zwailand Airborne Forces|PAZ Airborne Forces]], [[People's Army of Zwailand Special Operation Force|PAZ Special Operation Force]] and the [[People's Army of Zwailand Strategic Rocket Force|PAZ Strategic Rocket Force]]. The People's Army of Zwailand serves under the command of Major General [[Chima Okeke]] - as the head of the [[Supreme Commissariat of Defence of Zwailand|Supreme Commissariat of Defence]] - and [[Belonwu Okeke]] (as Commissar) serves as Commander-in-Chief.
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| Zwailand claims that it has 500,000 active and reservists military personnel, however, modern estimates put the number closer to 300,000. Additionally, in the event of war, the People's Army of Zwailand is augmented by whatever reservists, ex-conscripts, militia and paramilitary forces the [[Belonwu's People's Revolutionary Party ]] can muster in an emergency. As, according to the [[Constitution of Zwailand]], the government reserves the right to "recall former service members during times of national emergency", oftentimes by force.
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| The [[People's Army of Zwailand]] relies heavily on conscripts, with slightly over half of its total troop strength being made up of conscripts. Eighteen months, if they have higher education or 32 months, if they do not, of mandatory military service is required for all men, aged 18 through to 33. At the end of the 18 or 32-month period, conscripts may choose to stay on as a voluntary soldier or be discharged into the [[Reserve Force of People's Army of Zwailand|Reserve Force]].
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| Zwailand relies primarily upon XXXX and XXXX for the military equipment for the [[People's Army of Zwailand|People's Army]], using almost exclusively using weapons from those states.
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| The military of the People's State of Zwailand has struggled to combat the dozens of secessionist/anti-government militias active across the country. Security in many areas is non-existent and the [[People's Army of Zwailand]] is estimated to have lost control of 1/3 of the country to local rebels faction. The People's Army of Zwailand is plagued by internal rivalries, promotion based on ethnic/party/religious loyalty and ageing, outdated equipment. As of 2012, about 7% of Zwailand's gross domestic product was devoted to military expenditure.
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| == Economy ==
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| {{Main|Economy of Zwailand}}
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| [[File:Abuja,_Federal_Capital_Territory_3.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A picture of [[Bongoi]]'s financial district.]]
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| Zwailand is classified as a highly centralised {{wpl|developing economy|low income}} {{wpl|planned economy}} which in recent years has transitioned into a {{wpl|mixed economy|mixed}} {{wpl|state capitalism|state capitalist economy}}. The economy is administrated by the [[Ministry of the Economy of the People's State of Zwailand|Ministry of the Economy]]; which prepares, supervises and implements [[Six Year Plan|economic plans]] every six years. The manufacturing and mining sectors provide an estimated about 70% of Zwailand's total export earnings.
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| In the early 21st century, the industry (mining and manufacturing) sector of the economy contributed the largest percentage of the GDP, followed by agriculture. The [[Central Bank of Zwailand]] is responsible for developing and maintaining the [[Maira]]; the country's currency. The government doesn't recognise trade unions other than the [[Zwai People's Labour Councils]]; which are subject to regulation by the [[Belonwu's People's Revolutionary Party|Party]] and the security services.
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| In order to preserve the state's control, the economy remains heavily regulated by the government; having, in recent decades, increased subsidies and tightened trade controls to assuage domestic unrest and protect Zwailand's foreign currency reserves. With the ongoing market-oriented economic development reforms, the [[Ministry of the Economy of the People's State of Zwailand|Ministry of the Economy]] has implemented the limited {{wpl|privatisation}} of less "sensitive" sectors of the economy, including {{wpl|telecommunications}}, {{wpl|energy}}, {{wpl|ports}}, and {{wpl|transportation}}. The [[Ministry of the Economy of the People's State of Zwailand|Ministry of the Economy]] usually strikes strategic partnerships with foreign firms from allied countries such as [xxx] when privatising.
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| [[File:2011_Lagos_Nigeria_5909864550.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A slum in [[Matokpa]].]]
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| Despite this, state-firms have large ownership positions in key economic sectors; energy production ([[ZwaiEnergi]]), banking ([[ZwaiBank]]) and the main telecommunications provider ([[ZwaiTel]]). It's estimated that the government controls upwards of 50% of the aforementioned sectors of the economy in spite of {{wp|liberialisation}}. As a result of government reforms, Zwailand has grown to become a popular destination for foreign firms to invest their manufacturing facilities to counteract the labour costs in {{wpl|Developed country|industrialised countries}}.
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| While being considered one of the world's richest countries in regards to {{wpl|natural resources}}; Zwailand’s economy has continued to perform poorly for decades. [[Corruption in Zwailand|Systemic corruption]], extractive institutions designed to enrich the ruling elite combined with the fact that much of revenue generated through mining have been squandered through {{wpl|corruption}} has increased external debt and reduced national output. Whilst the government has repeatedly announced attempts reforms, no government has yet to take on the daunting task. The failure to address these issues has forced Zwailand to seek foreign patronage from "like-minded socialist foreign powers." Additionally, the export focus of the economy leaves Zwailand exposed to negative changes in the global economy and further depended on foreign assistance.
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| According to independent reports from [xxxx], nearly 85% of the country’s entire population lives on or below the poverty line, while Zwailand continues to experience longstanding ethnic and religious tensions exploding into violence. In 2009, [xxxx] announced that 70% of the Zwai population lived in poverty and 50.8% live below the poverty line. Unemployment, as of 2016, stood at 22.1%, and the unemployment rate for non-{{wpl|Hausa people|Zwai}} was almost triple that of the ethnic minorities. Other problems inflicting the economy include high youth unemployment, rising budget deficits, and increasing pressure on water supplies caused by its heavy use in agriculture, explosive population growth, industrial expansion, and water pollution.
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| === Agriculture ===
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| [[File:A_man_weeds_his_rice_crop.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A rice paddy field in Zwailand]]
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| According to recent studies by [xxxx], as of 2019, about 35% of Zwai are employed in the agricultural sector of the economy and agriculture is one of the principal foreign exchange-earners in Zwailand. Major crops include {{wpl|beans}}, {{wpl|sesame}}, {{wpl|cashew nuts}}, {{wpl|cassava}}, {{wpl|cocoa beans}}, groundnuts, gum arabic, kolanut, maize (corn), melon, millet, palm kernels, palm oil, plantains, rice, rubber, sorghum, soybeans and yams. Rubber, cocoa, and rice are the leading non-mining foreign exchange-earners.
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| Today, Zwailand is self-sufficient in food. However, all recent indicators point to agricultural production is beginning to fail to keep pace with Zwailand's rapid population growth. In 2018, for the first time in its history, Zwailand started the limited import of some food products. Since the 1980s, the Zwai government was a major proponent of the use of inorganic fertilisers. Unlike in most countries, large-scale agriculture is not common due to the regime's adherence to {{wpl|collective farming}}. Agricultural holdings in Zwailand remain small and scattered, and farming in most areas is carried out with simple tools.
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| === Manufacturing ===
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| [[File:Ajaokuta-factory.JPG|thumb|250px|left|A factory in the city of [[Matokpa]].]]
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| Since the death of [[Godfrey Belonwu]] and the rise of his successor, [[Chikelu Ihejirika]], the Zwai government has pushed through market-oriented economic development reforms and large-scale factory manufacturing has since become the second-largest contributor to Zwai gross domestic product (GDP) after mining. As of 2017, {{wpl|industry}} (including, manufacturing, construction, and power) contributed to XXth percent of Zwai GDP and occupied 30 percent of the total workforce.
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| The {{wpl|manufacturing}} {{wpl|consumer products}} in Zwailand includes {{wpl|footwear}}, {{wpl|toys}}, and {{wpl|electronics}}. Through government policies, such as government grants, subsidies and the use of revenues of rare earth mineral exports, Zwailand has gradually become a major destination for global manufacturing facilities. The rise of it's as a large manufacturing hub has contributed to a dramatic rise in incomes and employment in many urban areas in Zwailand.
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| In 2010, the [[Ministry of Industry of the People's Heavenly State of Zwailand|Zwai Ministry of Industry]] pushed the expansion of the country's domestic manufacturing industry to include {{wpl|leather}}, {{wpl|T-shirts}}, {{wpl|plastics}} and {{wpl|processed food}}, and {{wpl|textiles}} centred in the cities of [[Cano]], [[Matokpa]], and [[Bongoi]]. The following year, the [[Ministry of Industry of the People's Heavenly State of Zwailand|Ministry of Industry]] announced the development its own auto manufacturing company; [[Belonwu Automobile Manufacturing]] has part of the government's [[(2010-2016) Six-Year Plan|Six-Year Plan]] to increase domestic consumption of indigenous products.
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| === Mining industry ===
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| [[File:Child_labor,_Artisan_Mining_in_Kailo_Congo.jpg|right|thumb|210px|Child labours working at a {{wpl|wolframite}} mine in Zwailand.]]
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| Zwailand's mining industry is the single largest source of export income of the government and the country has large untapped mineral deposits of cobalt, copper, diamond, tantalum, tin, and gold. The country also has a wide array of underexploited mineral resources which include coal, bauxite, tantalite, iron ore, limestone, niobium, lead and zinc.
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| Most of Zwailand's largest mines are located in the centre of the country and are highly mechanised with a maximum capacity of several millions of tons per year of mineral resources. The country mineral resources are completely run by the [[Ministry of Mineral Exploitation of the People's Heavenly State of Zwailand|Ministry of Mineral Exploitation]]; although, foreign businesses from "allied countries" are allowed to operate within the mining sector. The government considers mineral extraction a valuable national asset, allowing the state-owned [[ZwailMin]] to hold a monopoly over the sector.
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| The economy of Zwailand relies heavily on mining. However, a large number of the country's mineral resources are believed to smuggled out of the country and help fuel the [[Separatist insurgency in Zwailand]]. Meanwhile, the recent rise of small artisanal mining operations in rural or remote mineral-rich regions of the country, often unregulated, have witnessed increasing levels of {{wpl|child labour}}, {{wpl|environmental damage}} and workplace injury in the last few years.
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| == Society ==
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| === Demographics ===
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| [[File:Population_pyramid_of_Zwailand_2013.png|thumb|250px|left|Population pyramid of Zwailand 2013.]]
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| === Education ===
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| {{Main|Education in Zwailand}}
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| [[File:Pupils_at_a_public_elementary_school_in_Kwara_State.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Students being taught at a {{wpl|Primary schools|early start people's schools}}.]]
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| Education in Zwailand is free of charge, overseen by the Ministry of Education and is guaranteed for all citizens by the Constitution. Primary education in Zwailand is compulsory and encompasses eleven years; one year of preschool, four years of primary education and six years of secondary education. The {{wpl|heuristic|heuristic technique}} actively applied in order to develop the independence and creativity of students. According to defectors, the school curriculum has academic, but also strong political content in order to preserve the "state control". In 2016, it was estimated that 48% of the Zwai population was literate, and the rate for men (55.7%) is higher than that for women (30.6%); though the government claims to have achieved 100% literacy.
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| Children attend {{wpl|Primary schools|Early Start People's Schools}} from the ages of 5 to 9. Then, from age 10 to 16, they attend {{wpl|secondary school|People's Secondary Start Schools}}. Zwailand provides free, government-supported education, but certain groups, such as {{wpl|fang people|Bulans}}, [[Irfan]]ic and other ethnic minorities are under-served. Local authorities take responsibility for implementing state educational-policy for state-controlled {{wpl|public education}} and {{wpl|state schools}} at a regional level.
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| [[Higher education in Zwailand|Higher education]] is not compulsory in Zwailand and the government has majority control of university education. Higher education is composed of two systems: academic higher education and higher education for continuing education. The academic higher education system includes three kinds of institutions: universities, professional schools, and technical schools. Graduate schools for master's and doctoral-level studies are attached to universities and are for students who want to continue their education In recent years, the number of institutions offering higher education has expanded rapidly, with a huge number of universities and colleges being founded particularly since 2000.
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| === Ethnic groups ===
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| === Religion ===
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| [[File:Babalawos.jpg|left|200px|thumb|[[Traditional Zwai Folk Religion|Folk Religion]] shamen work together to make spiritual medicine.]]
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| {{Main|Religion in Zwailand}}
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| |title = Residents of Zwailand by religious affiliation (2017)
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| |bars = {{bar percent|[[Traditional Zwai Folk Religion|Folk Religion]]|DarkSlateGray|52.1}} {{bar percent|[[Irfan]]|DarkSlateGray|25.9}} {{bar percent|[[Sotirian Catholic Church|Sotirian]]|DarkSlateGray|20.9}} {{bar percent|Others|DarkSlateGray|1}}
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| [[Traditional Zwai Folk Religion|Folk Religion]] is overwhelming the most dominant religion of Zwailand, with virtually all {{wpl|Hausa people|Zwai}} practising Traditional Zwai Folk Religion. Traditional Religion accounts for approximately 52.1% of the population. Traditional religion embody's and openly espouses concepts as {{wpl|nontheism}}, {{wpl|animism}}, {{wpl|vitalism}}, {{wpl|spirit}} and {{wpl|ancestor worship}}, {{wpl|witchcraft}}, and sorcery. Attempts at centralising the religion and its practices - which tend to widely among ethnic groups- under the theocratic [[Supreme Shaman of the Zwai Faith|High Supreme Shaman]] has worked with limited success.
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| [[Irfan]] is the largest religious minority in the country, with estimates putting the number at 25%. [[Irfan]] {{wpl|Christianity|Sotirianity}} was introduced and mainly spread by traders, merchants, slave raiders, and military incursions between the xxth centuries. Most followers of [[Irfan]] live on the outer-frontier regions. According to recent surveys, of which 50% of [[Irfan]] belong to the [[Irfan|Irfanic Sect Asha]] , whereas 37% are [Irfan|Hasawi Irfan]] and 3.1% follow smaller sects. Zwailand's [[Irfan]]ic population have made up of the bulk of the rank-and-file of [[Irfan]]ic separatists insurgents - the [[National Movement of Justice]] - waging a ferocious [[Separatist insurgencies in Zwailand|insurgency]] against the government since the 1970s.
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| {{wpl|Christianity|Sotirianity}} is the second-largest religious minority in the country, with estimates putting the number at 20%. Virtually all Sotirians are apart of the [[Sotirian Catholic Church]]. Zwailand also has a reasonably large {{wpl|animalism|animalist}} population, with the most recent census putting the number at 0.2% of Zwailanders practising.
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| === Health ===
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| {{Main|Healthcare in Zwailand}}
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| [[File:120823-F-AM367-028_(7895072640).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Foreign aid worker examines a child during a health fair in [[Bongoi]].]]
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| Zwailand has {{wpl|universal health care}}, but public health suffers from a chronic shortage of medical supplies, {{wpl|overpopulation}}, a lack of resources and not enough well trained medical personnel relative to population. Many medicines are in short supply or even unavailable in more rural/remote parts of the country. As a result of shortages of qualified doctors, many areas of Zwailand are dependent on foreign doctors to provide basic medical care or otherwise lack it completely.
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| Zwailand has historically experienced poor public health with stubbornly high mortality rates. In recent years, however, there has been enormous progress in improving public health. Throughout the late-1970s, Zwai government focused on increasing funding for healthcare and asserted that universal health care was to become a priority of state planning. As a result, infections rates from diseases such as {{wpl|polio}}, {{wpl|malaria}} and {{wpl|tuberculosis}} have massively declined. Nevertheless, lower respiratory infections, {{wpl|measles}}, {{wpl|neonatal disorder}}s and HIV/AIDS still ranked the topmost causes of deaths in Zwailand. While {{wpl|malnutrition}}, {{wpl|pollution}}, {{wpl|meningitis}} and poor sanitation of water supply remain significant threats to public health.
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| The {{wpl|child mortality rate}} is one of the highest in the world to the organisation [xxxx]. In 2017, it was estimated the child mortality rate was at 200 per 1,000, generally because of poor health conditions and inadequate nutrition; especially in rural areas. Zwailand also has one of the highest fertility rates in the world - 5.09 births per woman according to 2017 estimates - but also one of the highest {{wpl|maternal mortality rate}}s in the world at 720 deaths/100,000 live births.
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| However, with the the outbreak of the [[Zwai Civil Wars]] in the 1990s and early 2000s, the Zwai healthcare system as all but collapsed in many areas. Zwailand is currently facing numerous health challenges related to growing poverty, malnutrition, the [[War in Bula]] and [[Separatist insurgencies in Zwailand]], and inadequate hygiene and sanitation; a direct result of decades of violence. In a 2014 study, Zwailand's health and development indicators ranked among the worst in the world.
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| == Military Doctrine of the People's Army of Zwailand == | | == Military Doctrine of the People's Army of Zwailand == |
| is a [[military doctrine]] that was developed by the People's Army of Zwailand for use in a possible war with [PLACEHOLDER]. The [[Zwailand|People's Heavenly State of Zwailand]] developed this doctrine in response to its changing {{wpl|geopolitics|geopoliticial reality}} and increased {{wpl|industrialisation}}. | | is a [[military doctrine]] that was developed by the People's Army of Zwailand for use in a possible war with [PLACEHOLDER]. The [[Zwailand|People's Heavenly State of Zwailand]] developed this doctrine in response to its changing {{wpl|geopolitics|geopoliticial reality}} and increased {{wpl|industrialisation}}. |
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| received additional training, closer to what would be expected of NATO light infantry forces, and are considered | | Strike infantry ({{wp|Hausa language|Zwai}}: ''Buge sojoji'') |
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| to be a skilled and valuable asset. A | | to be a skilled and valuable asset. A |
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| ==== Line Infantry ==== | | ==== Holding Infantry ==== |
| Line Infantry are {{wpl|infantry|infantry units}} with limited {{wpl|mechanised}} and possess limited offensive power, the holding corps' primary responsibility was to check any potental enemy advance.
| | Holding Infantry ({{wp|Hausa language|Zwai}}: ''Rike Raka'o'in Sojojin'') form most of the [[People's Army of Zwailand Ground Force|PAZ Ground Force]] active manpower and are generally formed of {{wpl|Division_(military)#Infantry_division|infantry}} and {{wpl|Motorized infantry|motorized units}} with limited {{wpl|mechanised}} units and possess limited offensive power. They differ from strike infantry in that |
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| [[File:Zwai Paratroopers.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[People's Army of Zwailand Airborne Forces|PAZ Airborne Forces]] are frequently used as [PLACEHOLDER].]] | | [[File:Zwai Paratroopers.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[People's Army of Zwailand Airborne Forces|PAZ Airborne Forces]] are frequently used as [PLACEHOLDER].]] |
| y are generally based on mechanised units | | Specialised Action Infantry ({{wp|Hausa language|Zwai}}: ''Ƙwararren Aiki na Musamman'') |
| | y are generally based on mechanised units and {{wpl|Rapid reaction force}} |
| ==== Single Use Troops ==== | | ==== Single Use Troops ==== |
| | Line Infantry ({{wp|Hausa language|Zwai}}: ''Rundunar Sojojin Layi'') are considered by foreign observers to be nothing more than {{wpl|Cannon fodder|single use, disposable troops}} due to their reported use in highly atrittional {{wpl|human-wave attacks}}. These troops are sign short-term 6 to 12 month contracts with the [[Zwailand#Military|Ministry of Defense]] and receive only between 4-to-6 weeks of training before deployment. Line Infantry regiments recruits are drawn from three principal recruitment sources: {{wpl|Soldier#Enlistment|professional soldier}}s who are those unable to speak {{wp|Hausa language|Zwai}}, those who recruiters consider to have low mental aptitude or minor physical impairments, those who are {{wpl|obese|slightly over}}- or {{wpl|underweight}}, conscripts from the [[Bula|Bula region]], {{wpl|prisoner}}, {{wpl|Alcoholism|alcoholics}}, and {{wpl|Opioid use disorder|drug addicts}} drafted to fill out the ranks of line Infantry regiments in the event of war. |
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| [[File:SANDF_G5_artillery_Lohatla.jpg|200px|thumb|left|{{wpl|Zwai G5 howitzer}} during military exercises.]] | | [[File:SANDF_G5_artillery_Lohatla.jpg|200px|thumb|left|{{wpl|Zwai G5 howitzer}} during military exercises.]] |
| {{wpl|Artillery}} is used an as {{wpl|Anti-access/area denial|area denial}} for enemy infantry.
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| Zwailand is believed to produce around 3 million Artillery shells a year. The importance of {{wpl|artillery}} is written in official [[People's Army of Zwailand]] which calls for a 3-to-1 advantage in [[People's Army of Zwailand]] while on the defence and a 5-to-1 advantage on {{wpl|military offensive|the offensive}}.
| | Zwai use of {{wpl|artillery}} differs from most other militaries as it is not only used against {{wpl|defensive position|fixed position}}s, {{wpl|Outpost (military)|outposts}} {{wpl|fortification}}s, and {{wpl|infantry|enemy ground troops}} but is considered an additional way of restricting enemy movements through its used an as {{wpl|Anti-access/area denial|area denial}} for enemy infantry. One of the main roles Zwai artillery plays is in its use to disrupt {{wpl|Main supply route|enemy supply routes}} and {{wpl|Military logistics|logistics}} by targeting and continuing shelling at irregular intervals {{wpl|Main supply route|roads used for enemy logistics}}. |
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| Each division has a Artillery Regiment and Corp several artillery brigades. | | Zwailand is believed to produce around 3 million artillery shells a year, with a war-time capacity to increase that number to nearly 5 million according to several military analysts. The importance of {{wpl|artillery}} is written in official [[People's Army of Zwailand]] documents which calls for a 3-to-1 advantage in [[People's Army of Zwailand]] while on the defence and a 5-to-1 advantage on {{wpl|military offensive|the offensive}}. |
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| | The importance of {{wpl|Zwai artillery}} emphasised in [[People's Army of Zwailand Ground Force|PAZ Ground Force]] order of battle. Each division has a Artillery Regiment and Corp several artillery brigades. |
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| During the battle of [PLACEHOLDER], the [[People's Army of Zwailand Ground Force|PAZ Ground Force]] is believed to have fired up to 800 shell a day. | | During the battle of [PLACEHOLDER], the [[People's Army of Zwailand Ground Force|PAZ Ground Force]] is believed to have fired up to 800 shell a day. |
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| The role of armour is more cautious according to Zwai military doctrine. | | The role of armour is more cautious according to Zwai military doctrine compared to other [[military doctrine|military doctrines]] owing to [[Zwailand#Education|poor literate rates]] among soldiers making {{wpl|Combined arms|combined arms warfare}} with {{wpl|Main battle tank|tanks}} leading a break through {{wpl|fortification|defensive lines}} impossible. The [[People's Army of Zwailand Ground Force|PAZ Ground Force]] attempted such maneuvers during the [[Second Zwai Civl War]] with the use of armour in regimental groups to punch into operational depth but suffered massive losses at battles such as [[Battle of Coufra Pass]]. The [[People's Army of Zwailand Ground Force|PAZ Ground Force]] shifted its tactics of using armour for attempts at breakthrough and instead... |
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