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====Modernization efforts==== | ====Modernization efforts==== | ||
The loss of territory and prestige in the 1960s deeply wounded the Varshani psyche. Once the dynastic civil war had concluded, Varshan in the 1980s and 1990s began to heavily turn to modernization and Occidentalization of its armed forces. Due to its diplomatic isolation, Varshan required an extensive system of money laundering, shell corporations, so-called "talent scouts", and other methods to contract with Occidental experts and bring in Occidental technology and manufacturing capabilities. Foremost among these efforts were attempts to modernize the navy, resulting in a number of Occidental-style shipyards being fully operational by the mid-1980s. Significant amount of [[Second Great War]]-era surplus small arms were imported into the country, and new factories were constructed to refurbish and modernize equipment procured abroad. Domestic arms manufacturing also began in earnest in the late 1980s. Throughout this decade, attempts were made to use {{wp|Varshani_caste_system#Free_Caste|free caste}} labor on an experimental basis. Most of these experiments ended by [[1992]] when protests from various religious authorities and a new ruling Zûrg reinforced the use of industrial slavery. | The loss of territory and prestige in the 1960s deeply wounded the Varshani psyche. Once the dynastic civil war had concluded, Varshan in the 1980s and 1990s began to heavily turn to modernization and Occidentalization of its armed forces. Due to its diplomatic isolation, Varshan required an extensive system of money laundering, shell corporations, so-called "talent scouts", and other methods to contract with Occidental experts and bring in Occidental technology and manufacturing capabilities. Foremost among these efforts were attempts to modernize the navy, resulting in a number of Occidental-style shipyards being fully operational by the mid-1980s. Significant amount of [[Second Great War]]-era surplus small arms were imported into the country, and new factories were constructed to refurbish and modernize equipment procured abroad. Domestic arms manufacturing also began in earnest in the late 1980s. Throughout this decade, attempts were made to use {{wp|Varshani_caste_system#Free_Caste|free caste}} labor on an experimental basis. Most of these experiments ended by [[1992]] when protests from various religious authorities and a new ruling Zûrg reinforced the use of industrial slavery. | ||
An unlikely source of significant technical expertise and skilled foreign labor was the [[Veltorine people]], an ethnic group native to [[Sarpedon]]. The [[Veltorine_people#Life_Abroad_Movement|Life Abroad Movement]] relocated many Veltorines from their former homeland, now ruled by [[Caphiria]], to good-paying jobs in [[Crona]], particularly in [[Quetzenkel]] and [[Varshan]]. As the Veltorines were a stateless people, the Varshani government had an easier time procuring their services; the Veltorines could not be sanctioned by the [[League of Nations]], as they had no nation to sanction. The settlement of Veltorines occurred more heavily in Quetzenkel - in the former Brudxaan Province - but they also established a presence in the far northwestern part of Varshan during the 1980s. | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||