[ADV] Economic Intengrolation

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The Economic Integration and Reconstruction of the Former Imperial State of Tengrolhan

These series of documents will regard a various set of Post-Shfakien War economic projects, regarding the integration of the Former Imperial State of Tengrolhan and the realisation of the regions economic potential, the repair of the industrial and mining sectors of the Autonomous Socialist Tengrol Republic in the primary south of the country that had seen the vast share of fighting, and the allocation of Armed Forces units in the newly annexed regions for strategic uses or suppression resistance efforts.

This first document will regard the reconstruction of the Autonomous Socialist Tengrol Republic; because this region had seen the bulk of the fighting during the conflict within the Advocatian theatre, it resulted in the primary export of the Autonomous Republic, that being Aluminium, no longer being exported on mass and instead many Bauxite mines were closed, destroyed, captured, or reserved for domestic and military uses. As well as the industrial sector of the Republic.

 

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The Autonomous Socialist Tengrol Republic (ASTR) is an autonomous subdivision within the Socialist Federal Republic of Advocatius; it is structured differently compared to the upper 8 Socialist Republics through a series of colonial decisions through the regions governance. Prior to the Shfakien War, the ASTR was the only subdivision of the country that was predominantly Tengrol in population, with a total population of 3.4 million people, over 80% of which are Tengrol and 1.4 million live in the largest city and capital of the region, Hovd. The ASTR, significantly, was the primary theatre of conflict during the invasion of Advocatius, which has directly damaged local infrastructure and many economic projects underway; this document will detail the actions that the Socialist Federal Republic government in coordination with the Presidential office of the Autonomous Socialist Tengrol Republic will take in order to restore the regions economic potential.

The ASTR has by far the least developed infrastructure out of pre-war Advocatian subdivisions, most major infrastructure links such as rail and highways lead to Hovd's metropolitan area, or some of the sparsely distributed major cities; primarily located near bauxite mines. This was already an issue as many large towns unlike the north are mostly reliant on minor or unpaved roads, whereas the infrastructure links in the north are more easily able to lead through even smaller settlements. The ASTR is a highly mountainous region with a major chain leading through Hovd into the North, with the eastern tip of the Shfakien mountains, the highest in all, other chains leading in from the newly integrated territories of formerly Tengrolhan, and the regions general hilly and mountainous nature. Temporary infrastructure was put in place for military operations within the south which can be used for the local populations; over $100 million Adapton Soldidus' worth of Valorum has been allocated specifically for better road links in the ASTR, which further investment dedicated to transforming the region into the link between Tengrolhan and the North, which gives more reason for infrastructure improvements which should improve quality of life in the ASTR.

Hovd is the largest city and capital of the ASTR, with a population as discussed previously 1.4 million, making it one of the largest cities in Advocatius, sitting on the same river as western Victoires closer to it's source in the Briguul Mountains. The city was historically secondary to the city Ezekhantsaz on the other side of the river further south which was the capital of the Tengrol Empire; after the Empire's collapse it remained under the protection of the Imperial Guard Gravusaa in order to 'preserve the Khaganate'. Ezekhantsaz was closed off and as a result was slow to grow which lead to the settlement further north, Hovd gaining more prominence and growing to a larger settlement. Hovd primarily serves as the economic hub of the ASTR sitting close to a major bauxite mine and a deposit; though Hovd primarily specialises in the manufacturing sector serving as the primary source of most mechanical equipment used in the ASTR as well as New Worthing, it also has the Hovd Design Bureau of the Advocatian Armaments Group which aids in the military industry and especially during the war. The cities value lead to Tengrolhan air units and artillery not directly attacking the city, and because all risks in the region are over the city is able to resume normal activity.

Advocatius is one of the wurlds largest Aluminium exporters and second largest in Aurelia only to the Empire of Great Xio (which is the largest in the wurld), with numerous Bauxite mines almost all concentrated within the ASTR; which makes up  the regions primary economic output in the mining sector, with other ventures such as silver, gold, iron, and copper, but none larger than bauxite. Unfortunately, due to the destruction of the war, two bauxite mines, including the one nearby to Hovd were destroyed, with another that was closed and occupied which thankfully has resumed operational capacity. Fortunately on the other hand, Great Xio's bauxite mines were destroyed during the ongoing Sefesian invasion, and has lead to a glubal aluminium crisis, with two bauxite mines now resuming operational capacity and aluminium reserves being available and not under military control, mass export has occurred which gives the profit necessary to not only rebuild the destroyed/significantly damaged bauxite mines, but also fund other ventures in the integration of Tengrolhan; including exploring further aluminium based ventures.

 

Edited June 8, 2024 by Advocatius (see edit history)

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Development of Infrastructure in the Newly Integrated Territories

The primary economic challenge with the integration of Tengrolhan would be the develop of infrastructure, as the nation prior to annexation would constitute a Low Income Country (LIC) which made the government poor compared to Advocatius, leading to an incredibly underdeveloped infrastructure system. However, due to the regions economic value this ables the Newly Emerging Economy (NEE) of Advocatius to be able to properly afford the new construction of a proper infrastructure network connecting Tengrolhan to the rest of Advocatius. Advocatius due to how cramped urban centres often are such as Victoires, and Port-Louis, the prior often called 'the city of the metre-wide streets' (though often an exaggeration), and how in many rural areas it was cheaper to purchase tractors because of excessive import resulted on the nation being reliant on public infrastructure such as trains or trams; which allows an industry well capable in the mass construction of new major infrastructure links via tracked transport.

Around 2018 during the 5 Year Plan of Modernisation under the Conservative People's government a huge amount was invested din modernisation which included that of replacing older tracked transport models with older ones, where because of the new demands in the rail sector these old models which most sit in storage as can now be refitted to work with rail connections being build now; older models will be prioritised for shorter distances and secondary lines not large or important enough to be shown on the map below. This will take a long period of construction due to the territories having both poor rail and road connections outside of urban centres; though a benefit of the region is it's location, which links Advocatius for the first time to Ionio which connects a direct infrastructure link Advocatius as far as the Kingdom of Greater Zaxar passing through incredibly large markets such as Anatea and Ionio. The hypothesis proposed here is that because of this it should attract foreign investments in the development of infrastructure.

There is a very noticeable divide between Tengrolhan and and Northern Advocatius, as everything leads to Hovd which now stands as one of the most important rail connections not only to the ASTR but to the whole nation, which provides a great economic benefit to the major city as most trade leading from land-based routes will pass through Hovd to major cities such as Orléans, Portrun, Victoires, etc. Another rail hub, Khabökümüüs is the centre of trade leading from southern Ionio, which should bring economic prosperity to the otherwise small town of roughly 20,000 people and should help the region develop as it has a population too small to constitute a Republic and is thus a territory. Rail connections in the South East should help the low lying basin prosper between it's two major urban centres, Henin and Kahram; additionally, the disconnected Port-au-Ambroise Federal District which was previously an exclave administered by Advocatius now finally has a rail connection, but this will be expanded upon in the document of Ports.

 

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Agricultural Opportunities in the Newly Integrated Territories

The newly integrated territories of the former Imperial State of Tengrolhan are very notable as they bring forth a large region of flat, very arable land that hasn't been largely overtaken by urban areas unlike the prior 8 Republics in the North. The general region lies on the Törnuud river basin which is the second longest river that runs through the country partly shared with Ionio; the region is relatively underpopulated as it never has mass scale industrialisation aside from Kahram and Henin. This allows for a great expanse of agricultural industry in Advocatius which has always suffered as the industrialisation project undertaken after the Advocato famine in the early 1900's which caused the collapse of the agriculture industry has always meant that even though agricultural products for export has subsisted the country lacks the necessary resources for a self-sufficient agricultural industry in order for the country to be able to feed itself, of which the country now has the opportunity to expand.

Advocatius has always struggled with developing a self-sufficient agricultural industry as a result of the industrialisation projects taken up by the Lysian government after the Great Advocato Famine which resulted in much of the arable land useful for farming being transformed for use in urban constructions. The Törnuud River basin alongside the major Bana river within it create a large area of flat arable land which has yet to be significantly taken up by urban sprawl, the only areas being isolated such as Kahram or Henin. The region is home to roughly 5.4 million people meaning that it's very sparsely populated but the region has been self-sufficient for a while under the regime of the Former Imperial State of Tengrolhan; so with new investments from the SFR Governance the hope is that these farms can be expanded and brought to modern standard with induction of better machinery can have these regions produce better crop yields for feeding Advocatius, primarily products such as millet as grain, chicken, mullet, beef, etc, as well as products also used for export.

The agricultural industry has since the 20th century has been focused on exporting more profitable and expensive produce often consumed by high income countries glubally. Of course the most notable of these products is the fabled Advocato, of which Advocatius is the wurld largest exporter and this can be expanded as the Former Imperial State of Tengrolhan was the wurld's second largest, so now that these are combined it means that the nation could potentially monopolise the trade. Sugar cane can also be grain and on a much larger scale than more cramped farming regions in the north, as sugar cane is an incredibly profitable product which can help fund further development in the region, it can also be useful for alcohol companies with rum products.

The new space also allows for the expansion of the increasingly profitable coffee market which can only be grown in the North within the 'coffee belt' region. Coffee is consumed in large amounts high income countries because of capitalist work culture in those areas, so these can be a viable asset for future agricultural produce. Bamboo has also been earmarked as a potential export that could yield profitable results in the further as the Eurth moves to more climate-positive sources, and the rapid ability which bamboo can be grown can able the country to be able to quickly profit from the trade; it's also incredibly cheap so poorer rural schools can benefit from more bamboo based equipment.
 

(Primary Agricultural Regions as now established.)