Zanoma Regional Administration
Zanoma Regional Administration
Zanoma Do-ro'ik Vong | |
|---|---|
Province of Varshan | |
 Flag | |
| Country | League-occupied Varshan |
| Capital | Tizro |
| Government | |
| • Regional Administrator | Nas Mecama |
| Population (2026) | |
| • Total | 41,752,004 |
The Zanoma Regional Administration - ZRA (Zanoma Do-ro'ik Vong), is a province of League-occupied Varshan located in the northeast region of the country. It is bordered by (Kiravian region) to the east, (Urcean region) to the west and south, and Daxian Xisheng to the north. It has a population of 41.7 million of mostly ethnic Varshani natives, and its capital is Tizro. Created under League of Nations auspices after the end of the war in Varshan it is governed by the native Party of Varshan Democrats with the military support of its Daxian benefactors.
History
The territory administered by the ZRA was previously known as the Daxian Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (COETA) and encompassed twelve Varshani districts captured during the Xisheng offensive, later merged and consolidated into just seven. The military occupation authorities handed over administrative control to the forces of the Party of Varshan Democrats in 2027. Since the city of Shimrra was too irradiated to be occupied, the city of Tizro was chosen as the alternative administrative center. Daxian ground troops mostly pulled back across the new border to Xisheng, handling security control to Cooperative Varshan Army units. They continued however to provide air support against the Army of the National Homeland insurrection.
Almost immediately upon taking over, regional administrator Nas Mecama ordered the closure of the regional borders citing security concerns and a lack of means to feed and house any further refugees from other parts of the nation. The Tizro Refugee Center built by Daxian military authorities was overflowing, housing at least twice the originally designated amount of people. Up to half a million more were eking out an existence in makeshift camps with no running water, electricity or sanitation services. The administration's top priorities are guaranteeing local food supplies by ensuring enough manpower is available for the seasonal harvest, restarting some semblance of an economy and taxation(currently completely dependent on Daxian financial aid) and sustainably settling the refugees already inside the region, while keeping tabs on possible radical arzalist and ANH supporters. Zanoma's regional administration has been accused by human rights groups of stacking its bureaucracy with figures linked to the old regime, supposedly after undergoing a reeducation course. This has been done to bolster and supplement the PVD's own lack of governing experience and experts.
Politics
Administrative divisions
| Name | Population | Fortified Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Tokoman | 6,580,250 | Rakata |
| Chachan | 15,235,942 | Tizro |
| Lah | 8,820,395 | Birule |
| Choka | 1,910,692 | Nokris |
| Peten | 4,552,894 | Shimrra 2 |
| Chalakum | 3,325,877 | Kulan |
| Dogido | 1,325,954 | Chakar |
Economy
The regional economy was completely decimated by the war and the emancipation of the slave population. The burning of millions of hectares of forest during the Daxian offensives hit the local timber industry hard. A League funded program of tree planting is in the initial stages of implementation, with a goal of planting three million trees by 2030, hoping to rebuild the timber sector in a sustainable way. The destruction of the city of Shimrra wiped around 45% of local GDP, so most new economic development is being planned in and around Tizro. Mimban Corporation has bought the concessions to several emerald and tin minesin the area, recruiting internal refugees to work in them. Daxian businessmen have also begun establishing many factories producing a range of products for export including garments and textiles, cleaning products and palm oil and derivates.
Zanoma region was a leading region of cardamon production before the war disrupted operations of most cardamon processors. Nowadays only around a third of prewar production levels have been achieved but the Alshar Development Bank is in talks with local producers to get involved in granting financial assistance to boost the sector. Other cash crops are bananas, melons, cabbages and legumes.
Society & Culture
The ZRA's society postwar is one that is currently in flux due to the devastation of the war and its deleterious effects on the people. While the vast majority of the population(over 95%) is ethnically Varshani, the large intakes of refugees from other regions have brought people of all classes and backgrounds from the rest of the country. Cultural influences from as far as Telonaticolan are also to be found in the ZRA. Some Daxian bureaucrats, advisers and entrepeneurs have made their way to the ZRA but tend to keep apart from natives and only interact with the upper governing crust.
The religious makeup is varied, authorities are half heartedly promoting the adoption of the sanitised State Arzalism as a sop to occupation authorities, altough without quite persecuting Orthodox Arzalism and those who practice it. Many refugees are followers of M'acunism, a religion some think to be more primordial in its origins than Arzalism. Christians also exist in the ZRA but due to worries of Urcean religious colonialism, it is ridiculed in media as a 'white man's religion' and anathema to Varshan.
Military
The ZRA as a subordinate and at least in theory an integral part of Varshan, has no official independent armed forces. However for the purpose of maintaining security and providing defence against threats the ZRA counts on the Cooperative Varshan Army-CVA. The CVA fought against the old regime first as a guerrilla force and later as a regular force outfitted with Daxian surplus gear and equipment. The CVA has a modest array of older Daxian wheeled and tracked fighting vehicles, artillery pieces and light arms that enable it to patrol the ZRA state borders and provide security to government installations. It has no combat air component, relying on the Daxian air force to provide support on this area. The CVA has incorporated many thousands of soldiers formerly under the Northern Command of Shai Malan-Zar; who himself as taken on a military adviser role under the ZRA.