The Royal Gansbaai Kingdoms [V.2]

[_marsh_ 1,117]

Royal Constitutional Republic of The Gansbaai Kingdoms

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Royal Gansbaai Kingdoms [V.2]

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This journal has been alive for a while. You can see updates about the previous city (Zukuraai) in the new CJ section. More specificly, herre >>> http://www.simtropol.../?p=toc&id=1490

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*wr means "World Rank"

General

Official Name: The Royal Gansbaai Kingdoms

Short Name: Gansbaai

Demonym: Gansbaaian

Capitol: *No official capitol*

Largest City: Al Aium

Currency: Moroccan Dirham (MAD) 1$ = 11MAD

Languages:

Arabic: 93.65%

Spanish: 3.21%

Portuguese: 1.59%

English: 1.11%

French: .08%

Other: .36%

Religions:

Christianity: 6.4%

Islam: 86.56%

Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.22%

Hinduism: .2%

Chinese traditional religion: .01%

Buddhism: .25%

Other: 5.56%

People

Total Population: 9,596,982 *wr-86

(all based on # per 1,000)

Growth Rate: 50.15 *wr-1 (Gansbaai Recently had a massive surge in population. Going from 500,000 to 4 million in less than 2 years.)

Birth Rate: 39.54 *wr-15

Death Rate: 2.49 *wr-222

Migration Rate: 37.34 *wr-1

Life Expectancy: 75 years *wr-78

Litercy Rate: 90.5%

Economy

GDP: $360.8 billion *wr-29

Most Exported Good: Oil

Most Imported Good: Food - Seafood, corn, rice, ect...

Current Acount Balance: $1 Billion *wr-3

Reserves of foriegn exchange and gold: $21,540,000,000 *wr-40

Communication

Phone Code: 111-111[111]

Phone Lines in use (land): 2,991,000 *wr-62

Phone Lines in use (wireless): 3,816,000 *wr-41

Internet Code: .rgk

Internet Users: 2,321,000 *wr-42

Transportation

International Airports: 5

Kilometer's of Railroad: 2,800

Kilometer's of Road: 8,000

Pipeline:gas 3,152 km;

liquid petroleum gas 220 km;

oil 2,310 km;

refined products 212 km

Location/Climate/Cities

The The Royal Gansbaai Kingdoms is located on the west coast of Africa and is south of Morocco. It is mostly arid lands being located on the far west side of the Sahara. Coastal areas receive plentiful amounts of rain, but the land gets very dry very quick due to rapid evaporation. A Mediterranean Style climate exists on the Northern coasts, but traveling inland the climate changes to arid desert very fast. Moisture here evaporates before it even hits the ground. Urban areas in the nation are Massive; with large diversions between urban and rural. The largest city is Al Aium. Other major cities are Nouadhibou, Zukuraai, Sidi-Sabi & Bir Moghrein

History: The Royal Gansbaai Kingdoms are a relatively new nation. In early 1990 the city of Nouadhibou in the disputed lands South of Morocco (West Sahara), goes into complete Anarchy, after the president of Morocco, (visiting the area on a "peace" mission) is killed by a roadside bomb. This put the entire disputed area of Western Sahara into turmoil, and is remained disputed, for a longer period of time. Later that year the conflict in Nouadhibou (&West Sahara) is resolved, and a ceasefire is issued. Problems remain in the area, such as famine and political instability.

History

In 1993; After much dispute over the lands in West Sahara, It was decided by the several West African countries disputed over the area, (Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, and Mali), that citizens in the boundaries would have independence as their own country, The Royal Gansbaai Kingdoms. This new country was officially deemed a country on June 21st, 1994

In 1997, Major Oil Reserves were found in lands disputed by Morocco, The Gansbaai Kingdoms, Mauritania, Algeria, Mali, and Songhai. The lands were originally disputed over Political issues and "Power". This gave even more reasons to want the area. Tensions between the countries grew over the years.

Recently in late 2008, the disputed lands were given to Gansbaai. The revenue from the oil soon made the population of Gansbaai skyrocket, and Almost every major city in the country is a commercial epi-center.

The Future... Gansbaai is looking for new land acquisitions. One is Antarctica, were it wishes to set up a research facility, and also is starting to fund a space program.

Conflict

The country is the most peaceful African country. This is highly due to its new formation, which sprang into existence only in 1995.

  Edited May 5, 2011 by _marsh_  

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Wow!I can't wait to actually see what it looks like!

[Mayorm 14]

Great start Marsh! very well done

[_marsh_ 1,117]

Noudhibou.... The "Oasis City". Noudhibou is an arising metropolis on long peninsula. For 200 years it has been a center of trade, a turn-of the century port, and now its becoming a commercial megacenter.

      People call Noudhibou the "Oasis City" for a reason. The original peninsula was a bank of sand stretching into the atlantic. Now, with the help of urbanization and desalination, the city is the second top tourist destination in Africa, with its warm ocean waters brought by the current, strong religious beliefs, quaint hotels, and rich culture, people from all over Europe and the Middle East come to the city to enjoy the lifestyle.



     Noudhibou is in a strange location. On the far-far edge of the Sahara, were the dunes meet the sea. No natural vegitation to be seen away from the small seasonal river, and what else? A small peninsula on which the city sits, protected by the eroding shore. The closest cities? The ancient walled desert city of Atar, and the flourishing megaopolis known as Zukuraai.




At night the city remains alive, but somewhat dead. Lights everywere, but utterly quiet. People sit in their homes spending time with family, and eating dinner. Mom & Pop stores still are prevelent here. No Wall-Marts in the entire city, mabey even the entire country.




     Noudhibou Central Station... Utterly dead at night. No trains in at the moment. Just a large empty building, with a lone person behind a counter.



As the sun rises off the ocean, the skys and the oceans turn bright orange, and people wonder... the people wonder... why? The sun rising in the west... A rare site indeed.



     8a.m, The city is already bustling. People walk and drive to work everywere. Small shops, hotels, construction sites, you name it. Tourists still eating breakfast, so the Bordwalk, (although its cement), is dead, and the beach desolate aside from a few Spring Breakers, who passed outin the lifegard tower from drinking too much Vodka.



    Central Station is now awake. A train is due in any minute. People wait inside on the benches and the ticket lines, for the 8:10 to Zukuraai.




     Slums... a sad sight to behold in any city. The Inner City slums, (as called by locals), is a large "Shantytown" of the poor. Very few people are actualy homelessin the Royal Gansbaai Kingdoms. Ganssbaai has an extreamly low unemployment rate.






     Islam is the National Religion of Gansbaai, and the largest as well. So ofcorse,  many mosque's exist in Gansbaai. All allowed to built wherever they want. Freedom of religion is not only a right, but a law in the country. The people here respect that. There were not even any protests about the New Catholic Churches being built next to that elementary school playground.






And Ill end part one with a mosaic

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[_marsh_ 1,117]

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     Welcome to part 2, and also this MD's first entry as a Best Seller! If your wondering howmany parts this will be... I dont know. I am trying to showcase all of the main city tile of the city, and theres alot. there will definitly be a 3rd part, but i want to try not to make it into 4. So... enjoy  

     As you can se Ive got some more built.    



     On the western side of central Nouadhibou, there is a small section known as "Little Europe". It is named for the large amount of European immigrants, who have moved to the shores of Nouadhibou in the past 5-10 years. A change in architecture is previlent along the main road through the area, and also around "Triangle Park". The area lies just south of the Lahqa Mosque, which is some of the europeans actual religion.





     The Pofedder Pilliar Is an ancient Historical Landmark of the city. Its been standing for over 2,000 years, but people are worried, as it may soon be consumed by the sea.
     Every year erosion tears away at the coastline, and the strip of sand seperating it from the pillar, grows narower. This historical structure, may not survive, even as long as 5 years.











     Near the beach some condo's are for sale. These are some of the newest buildings in the city and have amazing ocean front veiws. Prices start at 250,000 amarican dollars for a 1st floor one bedroom. There is some other housing along the beach, but they are bland and crowded.











     More twords the eastern portion of the peninsula, there is a small busness district. The Silom Palace Hotel is the "main building" of the area, but many people call it home, as well as work.
















 

[Sretamdet 11]

This is really a very original City Journal. I like Nouadhibou and its combination of North- African and little European architecture. It is a beautifull city.

I'm looking forward to the next update!

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

I have to say one thing:You better make your images smaller on ST because they are slow loading up.

[hijodecordoba 74]

no replies? thats impossible... your city looks amazing and your photoshop work is nice as well! and your beaches make me want to travel and i love your flag, it's really creative

[Benedict 3,119]

Wow, great introduction to your CJ. I love the rail station from update 1!

[_marsh_ 1,117]

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Sretamdet, hijodecordoba & Benedict: Thank you very much! I hope you like all the future updates I have! 

nathanthemayor: It's not the image size that is a problem, It's simply the large ammount of images. I make fairly large updates, so they will take a bit to load. For me they don't take long at all, and I have a pretty slow internet connection. The images here on ST I have already reduced to 800x600 to help, plus the mosaics are smaller than that with links instead of me making even more pictures on the page. I'm sorry but theres not much else that i could do.

mkay.... first today, an overveiw of the region.

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     The Nouadhibou Transit Authority (NTA) has worked in agrement with the Eurasian Multinational Group (EMG) To creat a mass transit system in Nouadhibou. The only current form of it is an old rail track up the coast, which is berly used today.

     The old Noudhibou Link Station, was torn down. Its central location is making roads in the area too conjested. The rail line will be moved to a different location, to be built at a later date. Many people protested the destruction of the historical station, but it was ultimitly decided that it would be dismantled and re-built in a new location. 

Old Station

New Station

     The new Station is for the newly constructed/under construction El-Rail/Subway System. Nouadhibou officials are trying to introduce Mass-Transit to the city. A private company financed the construction of the station, if they could build a mini-mall adjacent to the station. I goes upwardz more than anything else, contaning over 1,000 stores up 9 stories. Included is a Field atop the roof.

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     Going North the El crosses a major avenue.

Muion Station Was built inbetween Central Station And North City (Which you will see soon). It used to be an abandoned rail stop, but now is replaced by the El-Rail. Some shops were also built on the exess land.

     South of Central Station, the rail line that goes there has been abandoned for many years.

Almost the entire length of the rail, the El was built right over it to preserve money. A Subway is being planned for many other areas of the city, but in this case, an Elevated Rail would be signifintly cheaper.

     Were the main avenue used-to cross the abandoned rail, the avenue was ran on the ground and then the El was ran to the Wasbi Dstrict Station. A "poorer" area of the city, where a small powerplant was also built. Oficials were stumped on wether to run a spur here, but because of the powerplant, it was decided to be built.

[_marsh_ 1,117]

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Sretamdet, hijodecordoba & Benedict: Thank you very much! I hope you like all the future updates I have! 

nathanthemayor: It's not the image size that is a problem, It's simply the large ammount of images. I make fairly large updates, so they will take a bit to load. For me they don't take long at all, and I have a pretty slow internet connection. The images here on ST I have already reduced to 800x600 to help, plus the mosaics are smaller than that with links instead of me making even more pictures on the page. I'm sorry but theres not much else that i could do.

mkay.... first today, an overveiw of the region.

Click for full size

3737x1941

Click any image for full-size

     The Nouadhibou Transit Authority (NTA) has worked in agrement with the Eurasian Multinational Group (EMG) To creat a mass transit system in Nouadhibou. The only current form of it is an old rail track up the coast, which is berly used today.

     The old Noudhibou Link Station, was torn down. Its central location is making roads in the area too conjested. The rail line will be moved to a different location, to be built at a later date. Many people protested the destruction of the historical station, but it was ultimitly decided that it would be dismantled and re-built in a new location. 

Old Station

New Station

     The new Station is for the newly constructed/under construction El-Rail/Subway System. Nouadhibou officials are trying to introduce Mass-Transit to the city. A private company financed the construction of the station, if they could build a mini-mall adjacent to the station. I goes upwardz more than anything else, contaning over 1,000 stores up 9 stories. Included is a Field atop the roof.

'

     Going North the El crosses a major avenue.

Muion Station Was built inbetween Central Station And North City (Which you will see soon). It used to be an abandoned rail stop, but now is replaced by the El-Rail. Some shops were also built on the exess land.

     South of Central Station, the rail line that goes there has been abandoned for many years.

Almost the entire length of the rail, the El was built right over it to preserve money. A Subway is being planned for many other areas of the city, but in this case, an Elevated Rail would be signifintly cheaper.

     Were the main avenue used-to cross the abandoned rail, the avenue was ran on the ground and then the El was ran to the Wasbi Dstrict Station. A "poorer" area of the city, where a small powerplant was also built. Oficials were stumped on wether to run a spur here, but because of the powerplant, it was decided to be built.

[Benedict 3,119]

Great new update.. i love the region map - once it's finished it will be amazing.

[Benedict 3,119]

Great new update.. i love the region map - once it's finished it will be amazing.

[stocktons_pimp 10]

that coastline looks awesome... i look forward to seeing where this goes

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[stocktons_pimp 10]

that coastline looks awesome... i look forward to seeing where this goes

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[Follarch 326]

You've put a LOT of effort into this city. It looks absolutely fantastic, especially with the modern African design and style. You don't see many of these so it's always a treat.

Great job developing the city, placing the flora and adding all the details in. Wonderful work.

[Follarch 326]

You've put a LOT of effort into this city. It looks absolutely fantastic, especially with the modern African design and style. You don't see many of these so it's always a treat.

Great job developing the city, placing the flora and adding all the details in. Wonderful work.

[The Duke 11]

As always: Stunning, Amazing, Fantastic, you name it. It's just great!!

[The Duke 11]

As always: Stunning, Amazing, Fantastic, you name it. It's just great!!

[hijodecordoba 74]

nice update, i like the influence of some higher buildings and of the trees popping up in some places. good mixture

[hijodecordoba 74]

nice update, i like the influence of some higher buildings and of the trees popping up in some places. good mixture

[_marsh_ 1,117]

Benedict, stocktons_pimp, Archean, The Duke, & hilodecordoba, Thank you all so much!

NOTE: Links to re-sized pics are below each picture.

     Djado airport is the only airport in Nouadhibou. Djado airport is highly congested, from planes coming in and out all over Northern Africa, Southern Europe And even some locations in the Middle East. The major congestion is not only from congested airspace, but also due it being a one-runway airport, and also the fact that a 4-lane boulevard crosses it. Which means traffic must come to a complete stop when planes land and takeoff.

     A new airport is in the planning, to be built further out into the desert. This will significantly reduce congestion at the airport.

(Ive based this airport off of 2. The first is some Caribbean airport were planes takeoff/land right over the beach. Another is Gibraltar Airport, were a avenue crosses the runway. Why not build a tunnel? Cause this is so much more kick-ass.  )

     Planes land primarily on the eastern side of the runway. Easterly winds from the ocean help the plane slow-down on the approach, making for an easier landing.

The runway was made on a artificial strip of land, for various reasons. The open ocean and also the large bay, both on each side of the Nouadhibou Peninsula, mean almost no buildings are going to be in the way. Another issue was land conservation. If the runway was parallel to the ocean, a lot of land would be used for nothing.

     The Airport Terminal can only hold 8 planes, another reason for the heavy congestion. And even the small amount of un-used tarmac for waiting planes becomes a problem.

     The Air Traffic Control Tower is located near the runway, away from the terminal. It was built just this year.

     There is a small cargo terminal across the runway. It only has 2 small warehouses, and 2 fuel tanks.

     Traffic always has to wait when planes cross the runway. "Stoplights" are at the intersection to hold the cars, along with many guards. Today the wait isn't that bad. Some days the traffic gets held up for 2 blocks.

Ill leave today with a teaser for something else in the city.

[hijodecordoba 74]

this is style of airport i've never seen before. fantastic! (and i can't believe this crossing does exist in real life)

[Benedict 3,119]

Intriguing airport design. But I'm much more interested in seeing the Crescent!

[Evillions 552]

Can you give me links to those cargo planes? Another thing, how do you make those runways? Did you lot them to match the concrete / taxiway texture?

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

I think the cargo planes are:

AC Cargo planes 1 on the lex(Internet connection slow-can't provide a link)

[_marsh_ 1,117]

 

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The Planes are cy joleyboy and are MM ploppables. The LEX is'nt working for me right now, so if you have trouble finding them PM me and I'll send you a link.

Evillions: Yes It's photoshopped. Wasn't that hard either. Just use the stamp tool.

 

 

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Not an update, but just a teaser of something I've been working on.

Click the link for full-size. (1920x1080) (png)

^^ Believe me It's worth it. 

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/9211/waterfall.png

edit: changed 800x600 pic to jpg.

[The Duke 11]

Amazing pic Marsh! The photo editing s perfect, not to overpowering, just right! Also I love the river itself, it seems so, real!

[hijodecordoba 74]

this is beautiful, i would like to see the sourroundings

[Evillions 552]

As I said in the CJ section, you never let me down. That image is too good to be true! O_O