North Dovani

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North Dovanian Institute for Economic and Human Development releases bi-annual economic report: Minerals and Husbandry dominate

January 5706


Mining Community in the Hinterlands

Researchers of the Cibiyar Ci Gaban Tattalin Arziki da Dan Adam ta Arewa Dovanian /Ụlọ Ọrụ North Dovanian maka Akụ na ụba na Mmepe Mmadụ (Luthorian: North Dovanian Institute for Economic and Human Development), financed by international NGOs and from donations by a handful of rich philanthropists, has released its regularly published report on the state of the North Dovanian Economy. While Ogbannaya and his government have repeatedly stated that his struggle against the systemic issues of the Federal Republic have been beneficial to the economy and cite positive growth numbers gathered by the central government itself, the independent report is seen as a more serious and honest look at the state of the national economy of the impoverished nation.

For anyone reading the report for the first time, we’re going to explain some fundamental facts about the socio-economic reality of North Dovani. Generally speaking, as already stated above, North Dovani has to be considered one of the poorest nations on Terra, even among its Dovani peers, the Federal Republic is not looking like a very competitive national economy. 80% of citizens live in medium-sized rural communities surrounding sources of minerals, meaning that in the inland mining-towns do dominate the landscape.
The most important center of economic activity hails from its immense natural gas and oil reserves, its profitability has been dramatically diminished due to the widespread availability of cheap oil by both more developed suppliers as well as the decentralized oil-cartel of Vamaj, the most recent crash in oil-prices after the Trigunian entrance into Vamaj has halted growth of the industry in North Dovani. Accompanied by the political insecurity of North Dovani, neither foreign nor domestic investors have recently shown initiative in exploring the wealth of natural resources of the Federal Republic.  Not only oil but also other minerals like nickel, gold, lead and coal are extracted in the mining communities of the inland, while this could potentially have shown potential North Dovani suffers from a mistakes committed by both past and the present governments as concessions and extraction rights have been freely given to foreign companies, with many papertrails leading to Kazulia or Dankuk.

Additionally, local bureaucrats and administrations have notoriously failed to ensure infrastructure needs and safety. Experts explain that either budgetary constraints or straight-up corruption have been causes for these problems, a recently publicized legal controversy showcases the problem very well. Ndulu Diji, a federal coordinator for the Ministry of Economic Development, has been blatantly documenting his correspondence with a Vamaj aligned oil company in which he demanded “donations” for accelerating the examination of their application for a gas-facility. During the investigation of the Diji-case, prosecutors found that he had built a one-stop-shop system for foreign companies to acquire the necessary government approvals for starting economic operations within North Dovani while ignoring legally mandated priorization of domestic applicants for extraction-concessions.

Looking toward the coast and away from the petro-state, the few Urban Centers of the Federal Republic host the largest populations of Kyo inhabitants, the group which has put the majority populations of North Dovani under the yoke of a syncretic-authoritarian minority rule of the Supreme Doctor, it’s clear that they’ve been treated preferably, the Kyo-dominated urbs host impressive infrastructure – for North Dovanian standards -  and even has a minimal service as well as some heavy manufacturing industry to show off. Data shows the discrepancy between the ethnic groups very well: the average Kyo salary hovers around 50.000 North Dovanian Pounds while Keobi and Huhoa citizens have an average salary of around 20.000 NDP, while this is not news, the still stagnating developments on ethnic-inequality have strained the economic relationships between the rural communities and the urban centers also factoring into the political circus tent the Federal Republic symbolizes. The report outlines a system where the minority-dominated “urban” centers profit extremely from the laissez-faire exploitation of natural resources in the large landmass of North-Dovani with the central government clearly having difficulties of projecting control and enforcing many of its regulations away from a handful of seats of governmental agencies.

The furthest away from any political activity are the many peoples of North-Dovani living is herding and reindeer husbandry communities. They’re very dispersed and lead simple lives away from the troubles of the natural resources, some scholars argue that they’re intentionally steering clear due to age-old suspicions against both the central and local governments. Larger groups of these peoples sometimes referred to as the Tushen (Luthorian: The base) can be seen around lakes and rivers due to subsistence fishing remaining an important factor for the continued survival of the Tushen communities. Parts of the report dedicated to the primary sector have explained that the failure of connecting these communities into the national economy has completely alienated these groups from the political happenings, they’ve hardly profited from any public-works infrastructure projects or any regulations passed as political pressure rests and maintains around natural extraction and the institutional struggle of Ogbonnaya against remnants of Kyo predominance.

Lokutan Kasuwanci/Oge Azumaahia (Luthorian: The Business Times) is one of the few private news media outlets focused on economics and enterprise.