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People's Heavenly State of Zwailand
Flag Coat of Arms
Motto: Tashi, 'yan ƙasar! (" Arise, My countrymen!")
Anthem: Waƙar Patriotic na Zwailand The Patriotic Song of Zwailand
Capital	Bongoi
Largest city	Matokpa
Official languages	Zwai
Demonym(s)	Zwai
Government	Unitary dominant party Folkist theocracy
• Supreme High Elder	Akachi Chinonso Okonkwo
• Commissar	Belonwu Okeke
Legislature	Supreme Commissariat of Zwailand
Population
• 2020 estimate	88,456,000 (xth)
• 2023 census	91,000,000
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$547.013 billion (xxth)
• Per capita	$636 (xth)
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$123.506 (xth)
• Per capita	$321 (xxth)
Gini (2012)	67.8 very high · xth
HDI (2011)	.492 low · xth
Currency	Maira (MAR)
Date format	yyyy.mm.dd
Driving side	left

Zwailand, is the informal name for the the People's Heavenly State of Zwailand (Zwai: Jihar Sama ta mutane ta Zwailand) a sovereign 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.

History

Early History

[1100 - 1500]

Menga Dynasty

[1600 - 1800]

Colonial rule

[late 1800s - 1950]

Independence and Civil War

Main articles: Zwailand War of Independence, Republic of Zwailand, and First Zwai Civil War

Photograph of female fighter of the Zwai Revolutionary Liberation Army during the Zwailand War of Independence.

[1950s - 1960s]

Era of Godfrey Belonwu

Main articles: Godfrey Belonwu and Socialism with Zwai Characteristics

Godfrey Belonwu pictured shortly after coming to power in 1960.

[1960s - 1980s]

Zwai Revolution

Main article: Zwai Revolution

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.

[1990s - present]

Government

Politics

See also: Politics of Zwailand and List of political parties in Zwailand

Akachi Chinonso Okonkwo addressing the Supreme Commissariat of Zwailand in 2021.

Zwailand is a unitary dominant party Folkist theocracy with most executive power residing solely in the office of the Supreme High Elder - who is the country's leading political and spiritual leader. The legislature is the Supreme Commissariat of Zwailand unicameral 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 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.

The Executive Commissariat is the cabinet level body in government. In recent decades the Supreme High Elder has de facto granted 'limited' executive and legislative powers to the Executive Commissariat when the 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.

The 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, 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.

Many analysts have described Zwailand as a dominant party state owing to the overwhelming domination of the Alliance for the Restoration of Freedom and Prosperity at the local and national levels. The party was formed Zwai Revolution and was promptly swept to power after defeating the Belonwu's People's Revolutionary Party in its immediate aftermath. While other parties exist, only political organisations in Zwailand loyal to or indirectly controlled by the Alliance for the Restoration of Freedom and Prosperity are allowed to compete in elections. However because they are beholden to the theocratic regime, foreign observers consider them to operate as satellite parties tasked with representing minorities and certain special interest groups, rather than overall alternative to the Alliance for the Restoration of Freedom and Prosperity.

Executive

Akachi Chinonso Okonkwo, the current Supreme High Elder

Belonwu Okeke, the incumbent Commissar

The Supreme High Elder - Akachi Chinonso Okonkwo - is the Head of State and the sole and absolute ruler of the People's State; his power regarded by adherents of Zwai Folk Religion as having a divine origin. The 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.

Beyond his ceremonial-pseudo-religious powers, the 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 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 also is supposed to receive foreign heads of state, however, for the past 30 years, the Supreme High Elder delegated such responsibilities to Commissar Belonwu Okeke.

The Supreme High Elder does have sweeping powers over the legislative, judicial, diplomatic and executive bodies of the nation - the manifestation of democratic benevolent leadership theory - which holds beyond the leader of the Vanguard party, a neutral divine man beyond moral reproach can only truly represents the needs of proletariat and prevent the corruption of the Vanguard party up until the establishment of full communism. The 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.

Military

Main article: People's Army of Zwailand

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Zwai special forces during military exercises in 2013.

The military of the People's State of Zwailand is the People's Army of Zwailand and is composed of the PAZ Ground Force, PAZ Air Force, PAZ Navy, PAZ Airborne Forces, PAZ Special Operation Force and the 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 - and Belonwu Okeke (as Commissar) serves as Commander-in-Chief.

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.

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.

Zwailand relies primarily upon XXXX and XXXX for the military equipment for the People's Army, using almost exclusively using weapons from those states. 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.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Zwailand

A picture of Bongoi's financial district.

Zwailand is classified as a highly centralised low income planned economy which in recent years has transitioned into a mixed state capitalist economy. The economy is administrated by the Ministry of the Economy; which prepares, supervises and implements economic plans every six years. The manufacturing and mining sectors provide an estimated about 70% of Zwailand's total export earnings.

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 Party and the security services.

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 has implemented the limited privatisation of less "sensitive" sectors of the economy, including telecommunications, energy, ports, and transportation. The Ministry of the Economy usually strikes strategic partnerships with foreign firms from allied countries such as [xxx] when privatising.

A slum in Matokpa.

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 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 industrialised countries.

While being considered one of the world's richest countries in regards to natural resources; Zwailand’s economy has continued to perform poorly for decades. 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 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.

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-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.

Agriculture

A rice paddy field in Zwailand

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 beans, sesame, cashew nuts, cassava, 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.

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 collective farming. Agricultural holdings in Zwailand remain small and scattered, and farming in most areas is carried out with simple tools.

Manufacturing

A factory in the city of Matokpa.

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, industry (including, manufacturing, construction, and power) contributed to XXth percent of Zwai GDP and occupied 30 percent of the total workforce.

The manufacturing consumer products in Zwailand includes footwear, toys, and 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.

In 2010, the Zwai Ministry of Industry pushed the expansion of the country's domestic manufacturing industry to include leather, T-shirts, plastics and processed food, and textiles centred in the cities of Cano, Matokpa, and Bongoi. The following year, the Ministry of Industry announced the development its own auto manufacturing company; Belonwu Automobile Manufacturing has part of the government's Six-Year Plan to increase domestic consumption of indigenous products.

Mining industry

Child labours working at a wolframite mine in Zwailand.

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.

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; 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.

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 child labour, environmental damage and workplace injury in the last few years.

Society

Demographics

Population pyramid of Zwailand 2013.

Education

Main article: Education in Zwailand

Students being taught at a early start people's schools.

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 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.

Children attend Early Start People's Schools from the ages of 5 to 9. Then, from age 10 to 16, they attend People's Secondary Start Schools. Zwailand provides free, government-supported education, but certain groups, such as Bulans, Irfanic and other ethnic minorities are under-served. Local authorities take responsibility for implementing state educational-policy for state-controlled public education and state schools at a regional level.

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.

Religion

Folk Religion shamen work together to make spiritual medicine.

Main article: Religion in Zwailand

Residents of Zwailand by religious affiliation (2017)
Folk Religion			52.1%
Irfan			25.9%
Sotirian			20.9%
Others			1%

Folk Religion is overwhelming the most dominant religion of Zwailand, with virtually all 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 nontheism, animism, vitalism, spirit and ancestor worship, witchcraft, and sorcery. Attempts at centralising the religion and its practices - which tend to widely among ethnic groups- under the theocratic High Supreme Shaman has worked with limited success.

Irfan is the largest religious minority in the country, with estimates putting the number at 25%. Irfan 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 Irfanic Sect Asha , whereas 37% are [Irfan|Hasawi Irfan]] and 3.1% follow smaller sects. Zwailand's Irfanic population have made up of the bulk of the rank-and-file of Irfanic separatists insurgents - the National Movement of Justice - waging a ferocious insurgency against the government since the 1970s.

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 animalist population, with the most recent census putting the number at 0.2% of Zwailanders practising.

Health

Main article: Healthcare in Zwailand

Foreign aid worker examines a child during a health fair in Bongoi.

Zwailand has universal health care, but public health suffers from a chronic shortage of medical supplies, 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.

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 polio, malaria and tuberculosis have massively declined. Nevertheless, lower respiratory infections, measles, neonatal disorders and HIV/AIDS still ranked the topmost causes of deaths in Zwailand. While malnutrition, pollution, meningitis and poor sanitation of water supply remain significant threats to public health.

The 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 maternal mortality rates in the world at 720 deaths/100,000 live births.

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.

Culture

Traditional Zwai masks on display in a market.

Main article: Culutre 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 People's Heavenly State of Zwailand developed this doctrine in response to its changing geopoliticial reality and increased industrialisation.

Role of Branches

Infantry

Break-through Assault infantry

received additional training, closer to what would be expected of NATO light infantry forces, and are considered to be a skilled and valuable asset. A

Line Infantry

Line Infantry are infantry units with limited mechanised and possess limited offensive power, the holding corps' primary responsibility was to check any potental enemy advance.

Specialised infantry

PAZ Airborne Forces are frequently used as [PLACEHOLDER].

y are generally based on mechanised units

Artillery

Zwai G5 howitzer during military exercises.

Artillery is used an as area denial for enemy infantry.

Zwailand is believed to produce around 3 million Artillery shells a year. The importance of 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 the offensive.

Each division has a Artillery Regiment and Corp several artillery brigades.

During the battle of [PLACEHOLDER], the PAZ Ground Force is believed to have fired up to 800 shell a day.

Tanks

The role of armour is more cautious according to Zwai military doctrine.