Sayf

Sayfi National Parks are government-owned and have a series of laws and regulations that are meant to protect and preserve Sayf’s natural landscapes and beauty that were passed by the Sayfi parliament in the early 1920s. Because of this, any natural resources that are within the borders of these parks are to remain in the ground and untouched to maintain the sanctity of the park. Twenty years ago, a geographical survey of Sayf’s largest national park, Halima National park, discovered a vast deposit of hard rock lithium deep inside the park, away from most tourists and inaccessible to the average park visitor. Smaller lithium deposits had been known to exist in other parts of Sayf, but none to this scale. Since the survey, private corporations have been lobbying the government to allow them to extract the lithium from Halima, but have been unsuccessful. The demand from these corporations have been ever increasing since the demand for lithium is ever-increasing, but the government has yet to yield to their demands, citing that the laws surrounding the subject are concrete and that the current party that holds the majority in the Sayfi Parliament, the left National Democratic Party, who are also in a coalition with the farther-left Republican Left party are uninterested in repealing the laws that protect national parks from the hands of private interest. Despite the law explicitly forbidding any mining, Sayfi corporation ‘Sakhar Mining’ has recently sent an expedition deep into Halima National Park to follow-up on the two-decade-old survey that originally discovered the deposit, with the intention of starting an illegal mining operation, under the guise of a more accurate survey of the land. DEEP IN HALIMA NATIONAL PARK, SAYF A group of ten well-equipped hikers trudges through thick brush, carrying hiking poles and wearing large backpacks. The hiker at the front of the pack stops the group as they reach an overlook, they have a map and a GPS device in hand, they motion towards the valley that lies beyond the overlook, “This is it, it should be in this valley.” Another member of the party pipes up, “You sure? That survey’s pretty old, twenty years almost.”, “Sakhar paid a pretty penny for the full survey, with the information on the deposits, it better be here.” The leader of the party lowers their map and GPS device, “Now that we’re here, we need to confirm that the information in the survey is legitimate. It says there are deposits alongside the face of the mountain and in the river bed, they should be quite rich. Abdullah and Khalifa, you’re on that. Take three people with you. The rest of you, set up camp.” The leader takes off their large pack, unzipping and digging into several pockets, retrieving a satellite phone. They extend the antenna and hit the speed-dial button. SAKHAR MINING CORPORATION HEADQUARTERS, BAGHDAD, SAYF An older man looks out of the large glass window in his office, it overlooks downtown Baghdad, its sprawling skyscrapers, and ever-expanding markets and malls. There’s construction for a new skyscraper across the street from the building he’s standing in. “I should file a noise complaint,” he thinks to himself, making a note to tell his secretary to do so. A speaker on his desk crackles on, “Mr. Sakhar, Mr. Zayidi is here to see you now.”, “Send him in”, he responds. The large mahogany doors that lead into Sakhar’s office swing open, a short and fat man who matches Sakhar in age enters the room, “Salam Alayikum, Mr. Sakhar! It’s been too long.”, they exchange a handshake, ‘Alayikum A-salam, Abu Zayidi, please take a seat.” Right after they sit down, a woman wearing a hijab enters the room, placing down a tray with two cups of chai and a cup of sugar onto the table. Sakhar grabs the cup facing his way, taking a sip without adding any sugar, Zayidi adds four spoonfuls before taking a sip. “Mr. Zayidi, there is rumors that Karim will not run in this coming election cycle. This presents a unique opportunity for your party and your coalition to take power.” “Yes, there are many rumors circulating on who will be Karim’s replacement at the NDP, and if he will retire at all, he is supremely popular, I must say.” “Listen Zayidi, we are prepared to donate over one-hundred million dinars to the Conservative Action Party if you promise us mining rights to the Halima National Park lithium deposits.” “I assure you, Mr. Sakhar for a donation that sizeable, we will repeal the laws surrounding the protection of national parks and give you the mining rights to the area. Unfortunately, donations for corporations to political parties are illegal.” “Mr. Zayidi, do not be silly. We have ways around such regulations, we will send you the donations through various payments via cryptocurrency and NFTs. I have a monkey worth two-million dinars, I’ll have you know. It’s a great way to evade taxes as well.” ‘Well, with your support Mr. Sakhar we will surely have enough funding to win this election, and those mining rights are as good as yours. Our coalition with the other right-wing parties will surely prevail.” “Very well, Mr. Zayidi, very well. Be sure to grab a gift-bag on your way out. The funds will be deposited over the next week or so.” Zayidi gets up from his seat, shaking hands with Sakhar before leaving the office. The speaker crackles on again, it’s his secretary. “Mr. Sakhar, we have Amira from the expedition on line two.” Sakhar picks up the phone, “Amira, how goes the expedition?” “We have located where the deposits are meant to be on this survey, Abdullah and some others are mapping the exact locations now. I’ve even found some lithium quartz washed up along the river, this area is very rich Mr. Sakhar.” “Very good, we will want to begin operations immediately, those mining rights are as good as ours. I have meeting in ten with the board, get a report ready in the meantime.”

Sayf Energy and Rahma, with partners, advance climate-neutral e-fuel development. Sayf Energy, joined by Sayfi car manufacturer Rahma and a lineup of international companies, is developing and implementing a pilot project in southern Sayf that is expected to yield the wurld’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (e-fuels). In the pilot phase, around 130,000 liters of e-fuels will be produced as early as 2022. In two further phases, capacity is then to be increased to about 55 million liters of e-fuels a year by 2024, and around 550 million liters of e-fuels by 2026. Rahma will be the primary customer for the green fuel. Other partners in the project are OPEC and the petroleum company. The pilot project in the Basra province takes advantage of the excellent wind and solar conditions in southern Sayf to produce climate-neutral fuel with the aid of green wind power. As part of Sayf’s national hydrogen strategy, to support the project Sayf Energy will get a grant of some 8 million dinars from the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the ministry announced today. Mohammed Almaden, CEO of Sayf Energy: “Establishing a sustainable energy economy is going to require some rethinking. Renewable energy will no longer be produced only where it’s needed, but where natural resources like wind and sun are available on a massive scale. So new supply chains are going to arise all over the wurld to carry renewable energy from one region to another. That’s especially important for Sayf, which – bottom-line – has to adapt to more sustainable energy. Hydrogen will come to play an increasingly important role in storing and transporting energy. Which is why the Sayfi government’s support for the project is an important signal.” Rahma CEO Rasheed Tariq: “Electromobility is a top priority at Rahma. E-fuels for cars are a worthwhile complement to that – if they’re produced in parts of the wurld where a surplus of sustainable energy is available. They are an additional element on the road to decarbonization. Their advantages lie in their ease of application: e-fuels can be used in combustion engines and plug-in hybrids, and can make use of the existing network of filling stations. By using them, we can make a further contribution toward protecting the climate. As a maker of high-performance, efficient engines, we have broad technical expertise. We know exactly what fuel characteristics our engines need in order to operate with minimal impact on the climate. Our involvement in the wurld’s first commercial, integrated e-fuels plant supports the development of the alternative fuels of the future.” Eurth's first integrated plant for the production of climate-neutral fuels: Sayf Energy and Rahma, together with partners, are implementing a pilot project in southern Sayf that is to result in the wurld's first integrated and commercial large-scale plant for the production of synthetic, climate-neutral fuels (e-fuels). The project takes advantage of the excellent climatic conditions for wind and solar energy in southern Sayf. In order to initially produce green hydrogen, electrolysers use wind power to split water into its components oxygen and hydrogen. CO2 is then filtered from the air and combined with the green hydrogen to produce synthetic methanol. In a further step, the green methanol is converted into climate-friendly e-fuel for export and local use. This allows vehicles with combustion engines to be operated almost climate-neutrally - an important contribution to reducing CO2 emissions in the transport sector. Economy Minister Elias Abadi: “Hydrogen is a key component for successfully carrying out the energy transformation in every sector. That’s why, with the National Hydrogen Strategy, we aim to take advantage of the opportunities that hydrogen offers for the climate, energy and economic policy. We know we won’t be able to cover our national demand out of domestic production alone, and will need international partnerships. So I’m very pleased to see that Sayf Energy and Rahma are developing production capacity in other countries, along with importing structures, for green hydrogen and its daughter products. Thanks to Sayfi know-how, for the first time in the wurld innovation from the laboratory will now be applied in an integrated, commercial plant.”

spoke with staff about the optimal move for my nation, here it is: also rivers would be cool notes: very very very rough

THE SKY, REWHAIN A cargo plane barrels across the sky above Rewhain, evidently originating from Sayf as the marking on its side indicates. Two men sit in the cockpit, at the controls of this aircraft, wearing the uniforms of the Sayfi Air Corps and pairs of green headsets used to communicate with each other and the ground. A voice suddenly comes on, speaking to the pilots of the aircraft- "Khasida niner-sierra-papa, turn left heading two-seven-zero to intercept the localizer, cleared ILS runway one-four into Rewhain, maintain two-thousand-five-hundred feet until established.", the pilot sitting on the right side of the cockpit relays back to the air traffic controller, "Turn left heading two-seven-zero, cleared ILS runway one-four into Rewhain, maintain two-thousand-five-hundred feet until established. Khasida niner-sierra-papa.", indicating that he had received the controller's message. They had just been granted approach clearance to Rewhain International Airport. The pilots follow the controller’s instructions, and now have the runway in sight when the controller speaks again, “Khasida niner-sierra-papa, cleared to land runway one-four.”, and the pilot on the right relays back to the controller, “Cleared to land runway one-four, Khasida niner-sierra-papa.” The pilot deploys the landing gear and begins the descent towards the runway, landing with relative ease. They taxi the plane off to the side, near some aircraft hangers. One of the pilots flicks a switch, causing the rear door to lower, exposing the cargo bay filled with crates with Sayfi markings. The two pilots exit the aircraft, standing beside the cargo door, one of them holding a clipboard. In the distance, a green military jeep is seen racing across the tarmac, towards the cargo plane. As the jeep approaches, all of it’s passengers exit, three men bearing the uniform of the Rewhainian military, wearing red berets and pistols at their hip. One of the pilots speaks up as they are approached, “Pleasure meeting you all, I am Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Khanaqin, and my colleague here is Technical Sergeant Abidi, of the Sayfi Air Corps.”, the man at the center of the group of Rewhainians responds, “Likewise, Mr. Khanaqin. We were told by command we would be receiving some cargo.”, Khanaqin responds, “Yes, this is the first shipment. Here’s the manifest”, before handing the man the clipboard. The Rewhainian takes the clipboard, it reads that half of the plane is filled with military aid, and the rest would be humanitarian aid. “Very good, we will send our crew to unload the cargo. My man here will show you to hotel, we will call you when your plane is ready to leave.”

Sounds cool. Sayf has to protect their oil.

SAYFI DEFENSE MINISTRY, BAGHDAD, SAYF A mahogany door with ‘GENERAL HAJAAR’ emblazoned on a golden-plaque mounted on the door swings open. Inside the room is a rotund man wearing green military uniform donning a name tag ‘HAJAAR’, and many medals and ribbons signifying the man’s accomplishments. The man has a sizeable beard, and teeth that have no doubt been yellowed overtime, no doubt by use of tobacco products as is evident by the well-used ash-tray that sits adjacent to him on his desk and an accompanying hookah, which is sitting on the floor nearby- although it is evident it has not been used in a while. Two steps are heard from a figure entering the room, who quickly stiffens and salutes Hajaar as steps inside his office. Hajaar responds promptly by standing up and returning salute before they drop them and take a seat. The General is quick to speak once they sit down, “Ahmed, what brings you to my office today? Allah knows you never visit me.” “You know I don’t visit you unless it’s important.” Ahmed drops a manila folder which appears to be stuffed with an irregular amount of papers, Hajaar picks up the folder and begins flipping through it’s content. Ahmed begins to lecture as Hajaar flips through the documents, “The situation on Ceris is escalating quickly. Sentist attacks are increasing ferocity and tension is building in the region. It is paramount that we secure our interests. Sayfi oil tankers often travel near and deliver to Ceris.” Hajaar responds “Indeed, the situation is dire, what do you suggest Ahmed?” “What do I recommend? I recommend we secure a foothold in the region, a particular nation of interest is Rewhain, one of the only democracies in the region. Sayfi companies are undergoing contracts to construct infrastructure in the country, and we have a small amount of peacekeepers in the country as well, however they are extremely limited, only permitted to patrol with a Rewhainian escort, or with a Rewhainian patrol, and they can only act in self defense. We also have sold a number of surplus arms to the nation as well as provided a substantial amount of aid monetarily. I recommend we pressure their government into giving us military access by threatening to pull out our companies and our aid. However, we likely won’t need to do that because they know better than anyone that they are vulnerable to an attack and they are nowhere near well-equipped to defend from one.” “Very well, I will get authorization from parliament to initiate this plan, first we will offer increased aid packages, more arms, oil if we must. If not, we will pressure them into it. If they agree, we shall begin working with the Rewhainian military on securing the country from potential attacks, providing arms and training their military as well as increasing our own military’s presence in the country. They may not like it, but they must understand that they need us to protect their independence that they fought so hard to gain in the first place.” “While we’re at it, increase surveillance on Hodrea, I want spy planes relaying intel to us and the Rewhainians.” The two men shake hands and say their goodbyes as their discussion is completed.

I'm going to revise my post in accordance to what you've requested.

Apologies for the vague language, by 'taking care' of the piracy I mean that the 5th fleet is mostly escorting ships through the area and attacking active pirates at sea.

Abu Hajaar, alone in the War Department office, flips open his laptop while enjoying his hookah: SYS:\SAYF-SECURE-DATA-SYSTEM\\... LANGUAGE SELECT: ANGLISH ARABIC ... INPUT LOGIN INFORMATION: USERNAME: abuhajaar69420 PASSWORD: *************************** ACCESS GRANTED WELCOME, GENERAL HAJAAR, TYPE A COMMAND TO CONTINUE SYS:\USERS\ABUHAJAAR69420>"open SYS\CONFIDENTIAL-FILES\CERIS-OPS\" .... CERIS OPERATION FILES: Astaria: A small country on Ceris which has suffered through strife and conflict. We have allocated 5,000,000ع.د to the Astarian government and several Sayfi manufacturing companies have begun construction of factories in the nation to help boost the economy. Ashein: The largest democracy on Ceris, and a very fragile one at that. We have allocated 15,000,000ع.د to Ashein's government, and manufacturers have already begun employing Ashein's citizens in factories in an attempt to boost the economy and provide Sayf and other countries with cheap goods. Proposals to move troops into the nation have been swiftly denied. Rewhain: A small country on Ceris which split away from Hodrea, which is a democracy. We have allocated 30,000,000ع.د to the Rewhainian government and have sold a large amount of our surplus arms to the nation. There is currently a small detachment of 500 peacekeepers in the nation's capital, and Sayfi manufacturers refuse to open factories in the area due to high tensions and potential of conflict. Uthington: A relatively small monarchy, our interests are currently rooted in removing power from the monarchy and helping Uthington transition to democracy, Currently we've several undercover agents working towards this. We have agreed to lease a naval base/port recently, which is going to temporarily house the 5th fleet, which is currently used from anti-piracy operations in the area. Secyrae: The biggest threat to our interests in the area due to the high flow of oil shipments nearby. Piracy is a large issue in the area, and the 5th fleet has been designated to take care of it. We are currently working on getting some of our spy planes over the country to locate pirate hot-spots and intervene in those areas. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "What are you looking at?" says a uniformed man staring at the screen from behind Abu Hajaar. Abu Hajaar promplty slams the laptop shut and spins around his officer chair before shouting "AH! Ahmed! You scared me. I was reviewing our current operations in Ceris." "Ah, okay, any updates?" "None as of yet, but I predict the area will be heating up soon." Sayfi Peacekeepers patrolling in southern Rewhain

-hi, i decided not to do this, please ignore-

Nation Name: Sayf Official Broadcaster: SNTV Song Title: TBA Artist(s) Name(s): TBA Tune: Acid Arab - "La Hafla" ft. Sofiane Saidi Lyrics: TBA

The Arab Republic of Sayf declares that a State of War now exists between the Arab Republic of Sayf and the Confederated Empire of Derthalen. The Arab Republic of Sayf is acting in defense of it's international interests, as well as in defense for the acts of war perpetrated against its allies the Grand Duchy of Limonaia, the Kingdom of Seylos and the Worker's Republic of Fulgistan. The Parliament of the Arab Republic of Sayf has approved and will be acting on it's declaration of war on the Confederated Empire of Derthalen.

I've been quite behind on this, just letting everyone know that the deadline to submit your car and driver is tomorrow at 12:00 PM central time and the main thread is going up that day.

After weeks of polling Sayfi citizens across Sayf, including all the major cities, and the countryside here are the first nationwide poll results of this election Unsurprisingly, Abdullah Al-Fiqri maintains the lead although it also proves that he is not as popular as the current President, Ali Al-Karim who in polls maintained a strong majority of 75% throughout all polls. It is clear many people are taking a look at their political beliefs, even straying towards other candidates such as Tahira Muqasim whose party has experienced an unexpected boost in popularity since Ali Al-Karim announced he was not running in the next election. She is barely holding herself above Hajra Nasir of the Republican Left whose party also benefited from Ali Al-Karim's announcement. The smaller more radical parties of the Sayfi party such as the Revolutionary Party, the Conservative Action party, and the Islamic Brotherhood have all undergone boosts in popularity, most notably, the Revolutionary party, whose popularity has increased almost ten-fold. With the upcoming debate next week against all the candidates these numbers are sure to change for better or for worse. What we know for sure, the outcome is not close to being decided.

War Department, Sayfi Military Headquarters, Baghdad, Sayf - 14:50 A Sayfi man smoking a cigar and wearing a trenchcoat and suit from an expensive Liomonian designer brand Certovino walks into the room, in the room, there is a long conference table with a few men of varying ages wearing decorated Sayfi service uniforms, all now staring at the man that just walked into the room before he says anything, he pulls off his coat and throws it across the room, where it lands atop a coat hanger. He plops himself down onto an opulent leather office chair across from the most decorated man in the room and stubs out his cigar on to one of ten ashtrays laid out across the table before pulling out another cigar from his shirt pocket, dragging it along his nose, sniffing it deeply before placing it in his mouth, cutting it with a silver cigar cutter, and toasting it with a lighter to light it and begin smoking it. "Fancy seeing you here, Fahri." says the man sitting across from him at the other end of the table. "Yes, it is a fancy seeing me, isn't it Abu-Hajaar?" Abu-Hajaar takes a deep puff from his hookah before responding with "To what do we owe the pleasure?" Fahri kicks his legs up onto the mahogany conference table and takes a quick puff from his from his cigar before responding "Put all the Aluxia shit on the backburner for now, we've got bigger fish to fry boys. Derthalen-" Abu-Hajaar interrupts "We've been keeping a keen eye on the situation in Derthalen. We recently flew our spy planes to locate primary military targets and resources. We have a fleet ready for action in the Dolch See, we've been coordinating with our allies and-" Fahri groans loudly before saying "Don't care- my job is usually schmoozing with foreign dignitaries and getting free five-star accommodation, and telling you guys what shit to f*ck up. Seylos, Limonia, and Fulgistan are ready to go to war with Derthalen and so are we, get your planes n' shit in Seylos and prepare your men for whatever war scenario you got in those filing cabinets and get this over with. I have a flight to catch to somewhere nice so I'm out of here. Smells like washed up soldiers and tobacco in here." Fahri grabs his coat and throws the door open and proceed to walk out of the room, as he exits, Abu-Hajaar shouts "Gawad!" Abu-Hajaar sighs and takes another deep puff from his hookah before speaking "Execute phase one of scenario A-SE1 also known as 'Operation Defuedalization', get our planes and men in Seylos and continue our current operations in the Dolch See." All the men quickly fumble with their papers, pulling out their phones and shouting orders. Defueadilization is a go. Sayfi soldiers in Basra marching into their designated ships to departure towards Seylos.