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Desera, once known as the desolate desert in the middle of the Atlantic, begins to blossom.

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nedal2001
Year Seven Year Seven was a turbulent one in the short history of the new nation – the first sign of trouble appeared when the leader of Torani tribe, Anwar Torani, challenged and insulted the rest of the Desera Council, which led to a flare-up that almost spiraled out of control. The Torani tribe, which resided in the Borkan Mountains in northern Desera and were known as the fiercest fighters in the land, then announced that it would no longer report to the Desera Council, and that the Borkan Mountains...
nedal2001
Year Eight It happened suddenly and in the dead of night; the village of Tarini, deep in the Borkan Mountains and with a population of 4,530 and growing, was awakened by the sound of mortars exploding and helicopters approaching. Led by Prince Diallo Mallam, the Deseran Armed Forces moved against the Torani rebellion, causing heavy damage to the infrastructure of the village and sending the overmatched Torani rebels fleeing deeper in the mountains. Conquering the area was one thing, but defending and...
nedal2001

Year Three

By nedal2001,

Year Three The biggest happening in Year Three was, bar none, the commencement of service by Desera Airlines. Having taken delivery of a brand new Airbus 320-200, the airline began flying to six destinations: London, Paris, Dakar, Abidjan, Accra, and Lagos. The European destinations were twice weekly non-stop flights, called flights NA0001 and NA0002. The third flight, NA0003, was Kafra-Dakar-Abidjan-Dakar-Kafra, operated once a week to the two francophone capitals of West Africa. The final flight, serving...
nedal2001

Seeds of a Rebellion

By nedal2001,

Thank you, TekindusT (Yes, as Kafra becomes richer, the shanty towns will continue to spread out of the center!), SimCoug, hammysonata, Mastof, and Mithrik! Your comments are very much appreciated! This update will focus on the storyline of the CJ - for those interested, the House of Council building is actually the CSX Palace of Justice BAT Seeds of a Rebellion Anwar Torani had heard enough. Merfil Hamana was at it again, babbling on about how his people were getting the short end of the stick when it...
nedal2001
So today, I just wanted to showcase some pictures from around Kafra. Lets call it a glorified teaser! Kafra’s most prestigious neighborhood, Akhdar. By contrast, the slums that surround Mallam Road as it enters Kafra from the south. Masjid Street, around the University of Kafra, is a great place to find Deseran Revivalist architecture. Kafra’s industrial sector is slowly starting to grow, situated around the western end of the town. The Bahr Mosque and the Church of Peace on Masjid Street, across from the...
nedal2001
GENERAL INFORMATION A forgotten land, once called a desolate waste by 16th and 17th century explorers on their way to the Americas, Desera (rumored to have come from the Twi words for calm and desert) has been the home to nomadic tribes for thousands of years. No documented history has ever been recorded from the island situated in the middle of the atlantic, although the oral history – told through generations by tribal storytellers – is as rich as any. Even in this day and age, Desera has been ignored by...
nedal2001

The Damas Seaport

By nedal2001,

Damas Seaport Desera has a new center for logistics – the brand new Damas Seaport, situated just a few miles west of the nation’s capital city of Kafra. After three years of work and an investment of E1 billion, Desera is ready to become a player in the trade and logistics sectors, positioning itself as a prime investment center in the West African region thanks to its modern seaport. The city of Kafra, which already has an international airport that directly connects the country with several capitals both...
nedal2001
Well, I had some time to play some Simcity - As I said before, the wife is pregnant (4 months now!) so all my time has been dedicated to being with her Here is a teaser of what is to come in the update before the end of the month!
nedal2001
Year Two In the first real test for the Desera Council, Royal President Sidebe Mallam’s delegates were to construct the Kafra International Airport, an E200 million project that would take all of the council’s resources to finish. The Royal President was nervous and worried that they might break under the pressure and responsibility of such a project – after all, it had barely been a year since the Desera Council had been established, putting together the tribal leaders of the new nation in hopes of...
nedal2001
Kafra International Airport (KIA) The Kafra International Airport was the first major project undertaken by the Deseran government after its formation. Overseen by the Ministry of Transport (MoT), the airport was completed towards the end of Year Two. It was built to the northeast of the settlement, and capital city, of Kafra – in order to get there, one had to take Mallam Road north up to the Mallam Roundabout, and from there head east on Airport Drive. Its location was chosen with future planning in...
nedal2001
Year Four From nothing to over ten thousand people in just four years – what an accomplishment. The Royal President Sidebe Mallam reflected back at the beginnings of Kafra, when ground was broken on the Kafra Powerplant and the Kafra Seaport. It had come a long way since then – granted, most of the growth was unplanned and chaotic, with shanty towns covering all corners of the capital city, but there was also beauty. The Independence Hall, which also served as the seat of the Desera Council and the Royal...
nedal2001
Year Five The decision to construct the House of Council was not a thoroughly planned one – it happened from the frustration of the Royal President after yet another long winded argument between departments over who gets what space. During a Desera Council meeting, the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Finance both declared they needed more space to operate efficiently, something the Independence Hall lacked. An argument over who would get the final two available offices in the building led to...
nedal2001
Year Six It was bound to happen – as with every other nation on Earth, those with access to money and power became corrupted by it. All over the southern coastline of Kafra, slums were destroyed to make way for the large estates and mansions of the politically powerful, mostly tribal leaders and other prominent members of the Desera Council. Money that was being given through the council’s welfare scheme to the different tribes was not all making its way back to their respective areas – some of it was...
nedal2001
Year One It had been one full year since Desera’s official declaration of Independence on January 1st, and what an eventful year it had been. The 45 year old Royal President Sidebe Mallam culminated the country’s first year as an independent nation by throwing a grand celebration at the newly built Desera Council Building, otherwise known as Independence Hall, inviting all the tribal leaders from around the country to attend. It was a fitting end to an equally grand, if slightly chaotic, first year. The...
nedal2001
Night Tour Around Downtown Kafra Today, we will be taking a tour during the night around the developing downtown neighborhood of Kafra! We will end the tour with a small mosaic of downtown Kafra, looking west (north is right, west is up).
nedal2001
Alright, so I don't know how many of you would be interested in this sort of things, but when I started this CJ, I decided to incorporate an information sheet for it that has slowly expanded. Basically, in my desire to make running Desera as realistic as possible, I created some excel sheets that showed what the country was making and spending, as well as some other tidbits. I know that my formulas are very, very basic, but for anyone with an interest in these sort of things, it might be worth a look! I...
nedal2001

Location of Desera

By nedal2001,

The Land of Desera is located off the western coast of Africa, to the north of the Cape Verde Islands and south of the Canary Islands. The climate is dry and arid, making for a desert like setting across the country. It is made up of one large island (also called Desera), and several smaller islands surrounding it.
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