[War] World REport Volume 3

[Patrick B]

AR: World Report

- For all actions since Volume 2, advancing the timeline to Mar 1- Mar 
10th, 2014

United Nations Security Council (Permanent Members): United States,
United Kingdom, France, China, Russia

United Nations Security Council (Non-Permanent Members):
Until September, 2007:  India, Egypt, Norway, Mexico, Venezuela
Until October, 2007:  Canada, Chile, Italy, South Africa, Japan

Pending UN Security Council Actions: None
Pending UN General Assembly Actions: None
United Nations Secretariat: No news.
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Ok there was more then a bit of delay as your dictator rebuilt his computer.

Thanks John for the help.

Olympics will start in next WR so teams leave this WR....


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ACTION RESPONSES
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CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)

Population Approval: 55%
Government Approval: 57%
International Favor: 45%
Economic Growth: 9.7%, high
Inflation: 3.0%
Unemployment: 10.1%

Things are not exactly good for China. No, correction: They aren't good 
at all.

China's international image takes yet another beating with the human
rights violations in Korea - being added to by smuggled out cellphone
video of the beating of a monk in Tibet by PLA soldiers. Human rights
education? Foreign concept, it seems, no matter how often Beijing
tries to convince them otherwise, or so human rights advocates have
been despairing.

The situation doesn't look likely to get better. Rising inflation has
led to protests in many coastal cities, which have quickly turned to
violence...Which have been crushed, brutally, by People's Armed
Police. And yet again, videos have gotten out of the Chinese State
firing upon unarmed civilians. Including by PAP armored vehicles.

Meanwhile in Korea, 30 soldiers died in the ambush of a convoy by
insurgent forces. 10 trucks and 2 tons of small arms and ammunition
are now missing. The common grave of the soldiers, neatly buried in
wooden coffins, was found by patrolling Chinese forces, along with a
sign: "These soldiers died in honorable combat against the forces of
the Korean Liberation Front, Western Command."

JAPAN

Population Approval: 55%
Government Approval: 55%
International Favor: 59%
Economic Growth: 2.8%
Inflation: 0.6%
Unemployment: 4%

The Japanese people, still wary of participation in peacekeeping
operations, are nervous of JGSDF deployment to the Abkhazian
peacekeeping operation - and Georgia is also less than pleased.
However, the rest of the international community is appreciative of
the Japanese participation in world affairs.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Population Approval: 60%
Government Approval: 56%
International Favor: 58%
Economic Growth: 2.5%
Inflation: 5.6%
Unemployment: 6.2%

Georgia bristles at a Russian-led peacekeeping force on its territory,
but they accept it with reasonably good grace in the end. However,
memories of Russian, then Soviet, occupation are not entirely gone -
the Georgian authorities are holding back annoyed locals, especially
the elderly. Some pretty hard situations have been held in check only
through really careful diplomacy on the part of the various forces
involved, and its a credit to the Russians' recent professionalization
that they've proven themselves to be very effective at people to
people diplomacy in this case. It's not easy, but it's working.

However, there is very little trust in the recent warming of relations
with China - it's brought a lot of criticism to the President,
especially given that it marks yet another zig-zag between NATO and
China on Russia's part, and while the xenophobia of the Russian people
leads them not to trust the West much, they trust the "Tartar" Chinese
even less.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Population Approval: 55%
Government Approval: 50%
International Favor: 62%
Economic Growth: 2.9%
Inflation: 3.1%
Unemployment: 4.2%

It's been one of those up and down days for the Williams Administration, 
the President's swift actions against the riots in Detroit are met with 
approval.  The ACLU has filed several suits arguing the National Guard 
and the Military have acted with reckless disregard against citizens of 
the United States and violated their first amendment rights, Talk Show 
Host Rush Limbaugh is Williams' biggest supporter mocking the ACLU 
loudly on his talkshow.  The Washington Post is running a story on how 
anonymous sources report that Williams bullied and intimidated the 
govenor of Michigan and the Adjunct general of the Michigan National 
Guard to agree to the riot act.  Several members of the Michigan 
Congressional Delegation have begun calling for hearings.

The two young men pled responsible to misdemeanor offenses and agreed to 
community service, though their obvious fake names and their good humor 
has made them fans on the internet and they recently appeared on the 
Daily Show.

Williams handling of that incident has been less recieved, several 
Federal Employees Union delegates have criticized Williams for spying on 
the Secret Service, while late night comics have called Williams 
'President daddy' for his actions and legal scholars have argued that 
the President has no business interfering with the Justice Department's 
decision to prosecute or not to prosecute.

However several copycat comedians attempted to duplicate the experement 
with everything from Adolf Eichmann, to Osama Bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein.

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ECONOMIC INDICATORS

NOTE: Initial indicators were gleaned from as recent sources as
possible, for the most recent term possible (annualized). In some
cases, the numbers used are published estimates, but the English-
speaking nations' data is more or less right from the source.

Depression: Economic forces retracting uncontrolably and at a
dangerous pace with little end in sight.

Recession: Economic forces retracting, but more shallow than
Depression and more controlably. Sometimes necessary and part of
regular economic trends, although prelonged.

Revision: Economic forces retracting slightly and short term,
associated with economic systems refitting to accomodate new
industries, concentrations, etc.

Zero: No movement one way or the other.
Low: Comparatively low Economic growth/activity. (miniscule to about
2%, depending)
Good: Average economic activity (ranging from 2%-5% normally)
High: Above average performance (Greater than 5%) Sometimes
dangerous if in excess of 8% continuously.

SITES OF INTEREST

WAR Website: http://war.dagarcia.net/
Nova Horizon Simulations: http://www.novahorizon.com
United Nations: http://www.un.org/
Central Intelligence Agency: http://www.cia.gov/
CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Federation of American Scientists: http://www.fas.org/
GlobalSecurity.org: http://www.globalsecurity.org/
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/
BBC: http://www.bbc.com/
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/