Free City of Casablanca

Casablanca, officially listed as the Free City of Casablanca is a city-state off the coast of North Africa towards the Atlantic Ocean. The country’s territory consists of desert coastline and the island of Jan Mayen to the far north within the arctic circle. The country is home to 4.2 million residents, 61% of whom are berber. Casablanca has 3 official languages of Berber, Arabic, and English, with English as the lingua franca.

## History

In 1956, as a token symbol of protest, Casablanca declared itself independent from France, paving the way for all of Morocco’s independence. This declaration was left unnoticed until 1982, when the Italian Fascist takeover of Morocco occurred. American expatriate Rick Blaine began organising a resistance group in Casablanca from his club “Cafe Americain”. Citing the 1956 declaration, Rick Blaine declared the City independent once again, this time against the Italian oppression over Morocco. With the help of American mercenaries who are in no way American troops in disguise and the Colonizer refugees taken in from the South-African Race War, Blaine secured the City’s independence on November 26 and founded the Free City that we know today.

## Geography

The Free City of Casablanca consists of a hilly desert on the Northwestern coast of Africa, just south of Franco-Iberia, and the island of Jan Mayen in the Arctic Circle, Northeast of Iceland.

## Politics

The Free City of Casablanca is a one-party Corporatist State where the various guilds, unions, and corporations within the city cooperate under the Rook Party, a former mafia group headed by Rick Blaine. All citizens are compelled to vote in the anonymous election of the Grand Mayor in charge of both the city and the party.

The current Grand Mayor of Casablanca is the country's fourth national mascot, a chihuahua named Mittens. Mittens was voted in by the citizenry following the televised infighting from the various members of the Rook Party over who is next to be in charge.

The Free City of Casablanca currently runs a Non-Governmental Organization named the Pawn Initiative to foster entrepreneurship to individuals who would not have an opportunity otherwise. the Pawn Initiative also funds various uplifting programs and infrastructure projects throughout Africa.

## Economy

State-owned enterprises play a substantial role in Casablanca's economy. Sovereign wealth fund Checkmate Holdings holds majority stakes in several of the nation's largest companies, such as the Casablanca Mercenary Group, Agrotech, Knight Runner Shipping and the Casablanca News Network. The Casblancan economy is a major foreign direct investment (FDI) outflow financier in the world. Casablanca has also benefited from the inward flow of FDI from global investors and institutions due to its highly attractive investment climate and a stable political environment.

Exports, particularly in electronics, chemicals and services including Casablanca's position as the regional hub for wealth management provide the main source of revenue for the economy, which allows it to purchase natural resources and raw goods which it lacks. Moreover, water is scarce in Casablanca therefore it is defined as a precious resource.

Casablanca has limited arable land, meaning that Casablanca has to rely on the agrotechnology park for agricultural production and consumption. Human resources is another vital issue for the health of the Casablancan economy. The economy of Casablanca ranks 2nd overall in the Scientific American Biotechnology ranking in 2014.

Casablanca could thus be said to rely on an extended concept of intermediary trade to entrepôt trade, by purchasing raw goods and refining them for re-export, such as in the wafer fabrication industry and oil refining. Casablanca's trade to GDP ratio is among the highest in the world, averaging around 400% during 2008–11. The Port of Casablanca is the second-busiest in the world by cargo tonnage.

To preserve its international standing and further its economic prosperity in the twenty-first century, Casablanca has taken measures to promote innovation, encourage entrepreneurship and re-train its workforce. The Ministry of Manpower (Casablanca) (MoM) is primarily responsible for setting, adjusting, and enforcing foreign worker immigration rules. There are approximately 243,000 non-refugee foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Casablanca.

## Trivia

* Casablanca has taken in refugees from most every conflict since 1980 as part of their Multiculturalism program.
* Jan Mayen was bought from Norway in a secret deal between them and the former Rook Mafia.
* The Casablanca Museum contains a special room dedicated to the movie *Casablanca.*
* Casablanca claims to own several secret Nazi bases throughout the Atlantic.