Gassasinia

Kingdom of Ghasasinah المملكة الغساسنة
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem:  "النشيد الملكي لمملكة الغساسينة (Arabic)" Royal Anthem of the Kingdom of Ghasasinah
Capital	Jabiyah
Official languages	Arabic English Hebrew
Ethnic groups	90% Arabs 5% Jews 5% Other
Religion	45% Islam 45% Christianity 12% Atheist 3% Judaism
Demonym(s)	Gassasinian
Government	Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
• King	Yousef II bin Al-Hashim
• Prime Minister	Ahmed al-Rashid
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	House of Senators
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Independence from [BRITAIN]
• Declared	1st of March, 1949
• Civil War	1972
• End of civil war	25th December, 1975
• First free General Election, modern constitution	2nd of May, 1979
Area
• Total	75,000 km2 (29,000 sq mi)
Population
• February 2019 estimate	14,729,181
• January 2015 census	15,103,000
• Density	200/km2 (518.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$567,948 billion
• Per capita	$37,605
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$380.611 billion
• Per capita	$25,201
Gini (2018)	37.5 medium
HDI (2018)	0.882 very high
Currency	Gassasinian Pound (GAP)
Time zone	UTC+1 (Gassasinian Standard Time)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+962
Internet TLD	.ga

Gassasinia, officially the Kingdom of Ghasasinah (Arabic Language: المملكة الغساسنة, Modern Hebrew: ממלכת רסניד) is a Sovereign State in northern [MIDDLE EAST] bordered by #### to the South-West and #### to the South-East. Notable for its' hilly and mountainous north and fertile plains, Gassasinia is home to a mainly Arab population with a small minority of Jews.

Although through much of the 20th century, Gassinia suffered from violent strife and even civil war along economic and religious lines, today Gassasinia is a [EUROPEAN]-styled Liberal Democratic parliamentary constitutional monarchy with one of the strongest economies in [MIDDLE EAST]. The monarch of Gassasinia is King Yousef II bin Al-Hashim of the House of Harith, son of King Hashim II, who has ruled Gassasinia since 1979 and proved essential in instituting a liberal democratic system and reconciling internal tensions, turning the country onto the path of recovery, stability and prosperity from the ruins of its' recent past.

Whereas many of its' neighbours rely on oil to fuel their economies, Gassasinia is completely absent of any oil and instead relies on exporting electronics, computer software and hardware, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, phosphates and refined materials to drive its' economy. Gassasinia is a developed industrialised country, with a well-educated population and one of, if not the highest standards of living across the nations of [MIDDLE EAST].

The Kingdom of Ghasasinah, and the House of Harith date back to the 14th Century, when members of the Al-Yaman tribe travelled from the hot deserts in the south to the fertile hills and plains in the north, forming the Jabiyah Kingdom which would eventually become the modern Kingdom of Ghasasinah.

Politics

Gassasinia is a three-party constitutional parliamentary monarchy with universal suffrage, subject to the 1979 Constitution of the Kingdom of Gassasinia. Under the 1979 Constitution, the parliament is made up of three houses: the House of Councillors, the House of Representatives and the House of Senators.

Military

Main article: Gassasinian Defence Force

As of 2020, Gassasinia has an army of 72,000 active-duty soldiers with 30,000 reservists on stand-by who can be deployed as needed to fill demands, along with 200,000 Defence League militia reservists who are deployed in times of war to defend the homeland while the highly mobile Regular Army carries out offensive actions against any invaders. Equipped with 600 tanks and 528 infantry fighting vehicles, along with 242 combat aircraft, the Gassasinian Defence Force is well-equipped, well-trained and well-organised. Military spending in Gassasinia is at about 2.5% of the national GDP.

Since the 1980's, the Gassasinian Defence Force has been highly active in foreign deployments for peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. A Quick Deployment Force is kept ready to be mobilised with Gassasinian Royal Air Force C-5 Galaxy and C-17 airlift planes to provide technical help, humanitarian aid and peacekeeping forces across the world.

Gun Laws

Gassasinian gun laws are based on a may-issue basis by which the Gassasinian National Police takes in requests for a firearms license and reviews them, and often rejects licenses requested by those who are considered to hold extremist political views. To acquire a firearms license in Gassasinia, one must attend firearms training lessons. Within Gassasinia and prove that they can properly keep the weapon stored safely and securely. In Gassasinia, there are three levels of licensing that one can acquire from the National Police.

• Level 1: A Level 1 license allows one to acquire simple hunting weapons such as bolt-action rifles, hunting shotguns and low-calibre semi-automatic rifles such as the .22LR Ruger 10-22.
• Level 2: A Level 2 license allows you to acquire semi-automatic handguns, semi-automatic rifles, pump-action and semi-automatic shotguns, allowing one to carry their weapon either concealed or openly.
• Level 3: A Level 3 license allows you to acquire fully-automatic weapons, high-calibre rifles and explosives, and they are generally only issued for entertainment purposes to film armourers, to firearms dealers and shooting range owners, and to members of the Defence League. Firearms purchased under a Level 3 license are also subject to approval and scrutiny by the National Police.

Police

Main article: Gassasinian National Police

Civil Defence Force

Main article: Gassasinian Civil Defence Force

The Gassasinian Civil Defence Force is the government agency responsible for firefighting, rescue and emergency medical response in Gassasinia. Additionally, they organise and co-ordinate ambulance response through the National Ambulance Service, a child-agency of the Civil Defence Force which facilitates co-operation between the Civil Defence Force and volunteer aid organisations such as the Red Cross.

Geography

The al-Harith Nature Reserve, as seen from Mount Ghassan

Gassasinia's geography is mainly characterised by a Mediterranean-esque climate featuring long, moderately hot, dry summers and cold, rainy and snowy winters. To the south-east of the country are fertile plains, whereas the north and west is characterised by hilly and mountainous terrain bordering on the mountainous, arid Qaroun Desert to the very north of the country. The highest peak in Gassasinia's northern mountainous region is Mount Ghassan, a snowy mountain which from which Gassasinia lends its' name, and measures in at about 3,100 kilometres above sea level. Gassasinia is famous for it's vast forests of Cedar trees, which are the national tree of Gassasinia.

Economy

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Over-view of the capital city of Jabiyah.

Gassasinia's economy is a developed social market economy dominated by the services economy. The main exports and industries of Gassasinia include electronics, computer software and hardware, pharmaceuticals, phosphates and refined metals. Before the 1970's, Gassasinia was considered an emerging economy and many predicted that Jabiyah would become the centre of the [MIDDLE EAST]'s business world by the 1980's. However, this was disrupted by the outbreak of the Civil War in 1972. Regardless, after the end of the Civil War in 1975, the country quickly got back onto the road of recovery, and since the 2000's, Gassasinia has become the trade centre of the [MIDDLE EAST].

Although located in the [MIDDLE EAST], Gassasinia was thought to be mostly devoid of significant natural resources other than phosphates. As such, Gassasinia was forced to work hard to build up a diverse, industrialised economy with a well-educated population. Although Christian populace of Gassasinia is better off economically than the Muslim populace, it is generally agreed that in the past and even after the liberalisation period of the late 1970's, Gassasinia was at least partially built upon the backs of cheap labour from the Muslim populace. Most economists put the transition from a developing economy to a developed economy around the late 1980's to the early 1990's.

As of 2020, Gassasinia has an unemployment rate of 4%. Although generally considered a high-income country, Gassasinia has a history of stark economic inequality, and despite the measures instituted in the 1980's meant to even the disadvantage between the poor and privileged, even today Gassasinia suffers from income inequality.

Gassasinia has strong trade relations with Bakyern, amongst other developed nations. Gassasinia is home to a wide variety of modern high-tech industries including: Computer hardware and software, electronics, fruits and vegetables, communications equipment, tourism, medical equipment and technology, refined materials, phosphates, metallurgy, plastics and chemical production. On the other hand, Gassasinia's main imports are fossil fuels - particularly diesel and petroleum, along with natural gas, raw metal ores, motor vehicles, foodstuffs, meat and consumer goods.

Gassasinia is home to a moderate variety of major international and regional businesses including Zhayed Heavy Industries, Hacohen Microsystems, Al-Haddad Business Computers, SARACEN Industries, Bariq Communications, SuperSouq Supermarkets, amongst others.

Gassasinia is an emergent trade-partner of Neferheim, mainly in areas of mobile communications, with plans to expand into exporting computers, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, well-trained expertise, and to import iron ore and textiles.

With the recent election of the Labour Party to power, the Ministry of Economic Affairs plans to build a National Co-Operative Business Fund to provide government investment into worker-run co-operatives.

Healthcare

Healthcare in Gassasinia is a mix of private and public universal health insurance, which is paid in a ratio of 50:50 by the private individual and their employer. By law, all Gassasinian citizens and residents are required to have health insurance which covers all healthcare costs. Most citizens of Gassasinia have private health insurance provided by a non-profit corporation. Alternatively, poorer citizens who cannot afford private health insurance, orphans, individuals in state care, elderly over 65 and those with pre-existing serious health conditions are provided for by the National Health Insurance Service with costs being scaled based on calculations of one's disposable income after taxes, bills and costs of living.

Private for-profit health-insurance is generally only paid for by some middle-class citizens, along with most upper-class citizens. Private for-profit health insurance generally tends to get one seen quicker for less-urgent treatments and check-ups as private for-profit health insurance pays out much more, and often allows greater access to private clinics who often have a top-tier standard of care and shorter waiting lists.

About three quarters of hospitals and GP Practice clinics are run by non-profit corporations, whereas one in five are state-run by the Ministry of Health, often in poorer areas. On the other hand, about five percent of clinics and hospitals are privately-owned for-profit businesses. However, most of them are for non-emergency medical services as private ownership of hospitals is highly restricted.

The most common non-profit health insurance providers in Gassasinia are the Gassasinian Red Cross Health Insurance Initiative, Green Shield and the Gassasinian Health Coverage Society. On the other hand, the most common for-profit health insurance providers are Fupa Health Insurance, Gassasinian Insurance Services and TopStandard Health Services.

Ambulances, similar to hospitals, are run by the National Ambulance Service, which is a child agency of the Gassasinian Civil Defence Force which co-ordinates and sets standards for GCDF ambulances, along with ambulances run by non-profit health services. About three quarters of ambulances are operated by the Gassasinian Civil Defence Force, whereas the other quarter are operated by public organisations.