Argaea
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Technocracy of Argaea
Argaea | |
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 Flag | |
| Nation |  Burgundie |
| Constituent Country equivalent | Burgoignesc Overseas Representative Assembly |
| Geographic Designation | Polar Burgundie |
| Capital | Le Havre |
| Government | |
| • Type | Technocracy |
| • Omega Engineer | Ryan |
| • Prime Engineer | Dave |
| Area | |
| • Total | 604,762.224 km2 (233,500.000 sq mi) |
| Population (2030) | |
| • Total | 214,390 |
| • Density | 0.35/km2 (0.92/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Argaeans |
The Technocracy of Argaea, commonly known as Argaea', is a small technocracy on an island in the south of the Audonian Ocean. The nation is lead by a team of engineers of which are lead by the Omega and Prime Engineer. Argaea is funded by Burgundie as a research expedition.
Due to the province's technological and engineering basis, it is the sole technocracy. The province is not lead by people who are elected but instead by those chosen by an algorithm that statistically tracks their technical ability to manage the nation and assigns, at will, the most appropriate leader. The head of these engineers is the Omega Engineer who is known only by Ryan. The second lead engineer is called the Prime Engineer, who is known as Dave.
Etymology
Geography
Argaea is a four island cluster above the Antarctic continent. In the winter it is common for these islands to be connected by pack ice.
History
Society
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Economy
Standard of living
Employment
Because Argaea's economy is a high-low mix of sectors from research to traditional agriculture, opportunities abound for Argaeans at all skill and education levels, which has helped the islands maintain a fairly steady unemployment rate of around X% for the last decade. Burgundie's high emphasis on education translates to a particularly educated and skilled workforce, leading to lower unemployment compared to less developed countries. The islands' economic diversity cushions against overreliance on any single industry, which has demonstrably made the island more resilient during downturns. Since Burgundie strives for Total Economic Engagement and espouses equal rights and opportunities regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, ability, or background, Argaea benefits from improved access to education and training, impacting employment prospects across various fields.
Agriculture
Tourism and hospitality
Resorts
Cruises
Recreation
Key tourism and hospitality companies
Logging/Mineral extraction
Paper milling
Mining
Drilling
Fishing
Fishing and fisheries
Distant-water fishing fleet
Local commercial fishing
Aquaculture
Main article: Aquaculture Aquatic life farming, in general
- Pisciculture- fish farming
- Mariculture- Saltwater fish farming
- shrimp farming
- oyster farming
- algaculture
Artisanal/heritage industries
Science and research
Manufacturing
Creative industries
Sports and leisure
Trade
| Port Nova Martillia | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Burgundie |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1949 |
| Employees | 550 |
| Statistics | |
| Vessel arrivals | 179 |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 805.219 tonnes |
| Annual revenue | ₮25 million |
Transshipment
Main article: Transshipment
Customs and tariffs
Main article: Customs
Infrastructure
Maritime
Lighthouses
Rail
Alcairet uses Standard gauge, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) for both freight and passenger rail.
There is no passenger rail in Argaea, there are about 1,384 km of rails used for freight for the research and industrial complexes. Due to the climate all power is provided by the locomotives, there is no electrification of the rails. 543km of the rails are double track, there are no lengths of high-speed rail in Argaea.
Roads
Air
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Energy and electricity
Agrinergie
Main article: Agrivoltaics
Phone service and internet
Research Expeditions
In the year 2016, Argaea released it's first finished project in the form of an international time database. The project helped synchronize time across all the nations in a standardized format and help synchronize all calendars that use the Argaean format. The calendar format was announced to Burgundie as the first finished project, and is now accepted by many nations as an acceptable standardized time format.
As of 2021, Argaea is working on a central database to store information over all countries in a unified format. The project is still ongoing as of 2027 but is expected to be finished within the next decade.
Argaean Seed Bank
The Argaea Global Seed Vault is a secure seed bank on Argaea. The technocracy’s directorate started the vault to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds that are duplicate samples, or "spare" copies, of seeds held in gene banks worldwide. The seed vault is an attempt to ensure against the loss of seeds in other genebanks during large-scale regional or global crises. The seed vault is managed under terms spelled out in a tripartite agreement between the Government of Burgundie, the Argaean Technocracy, and League of Nations.
The Government of Burgundie entirely funded the vault's approximately $8.8 million construction. Storing seeds in the vault is free to end users, with Burgundie paying for the majority of the banks operational costs.