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Republic of Madagascar

 * Government: Semi-Presidential Republic
 * President: Andry Rajoelina
 * Prime Minister: Christian Ntsay
 * Laws:
 * Anti-Discrimination Law: Discrimination against any person in any public and private institution, commercial enterprise, or public place based on race, gender, sexuality, religious or political belief, or social standing, is deemed illegal and made punishable by a fine of 1 million Malagasy ariary (roughly equal to US$272.36) on the first offense, and a fine of 5 million ariary (US$1,361.18) and/or 1 month in jail.
 * Legalization of Marijuana: Marijuana is legalized.
 * Funding: Even more funding is granted to education, healthcare, and law enforcement.
 * Economy: Our economy is growing at an increasing rate, with 7% growth from last year (up from 5% growth between 2019 & 2020). Our main industries are agriculture, tourism, textiles, and mining. We expect the economy to continue growing due to ease of business, as well as securing foreign investment into our country.
 * GDP: $11.871 billion (up 7% from last year, factoring in the annexation of Comoros)
 * GDP per capita: $457
 * GDP (PPP): $44.316 billion (up 7% from last year, factoring in the annexation of Comoros)
 * GDP per capita (PPP): $1,705
 * HDI: 0.527 (+0.06 from last year)
 * Gini: 42.8 (-1.3 from last year)
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 25,989,300 (factoring in natural population growth and the annexation of Comoros)
 * Religion: 40% Christian, 50% indigenous beliefs, 10% Islam
 * Ethnicity: 87% Malagasy (26% Merina, 15% Betsimisaraka, 12% Betsileo, 7% Tsimshety, 6% Sakalava, 5% Antaisaka, 5% Antandroy, 24% other), 3% Afro-Arab, 10% other
 * Military:
 * Army: 21,600 troops, 12 light tanks, 35 reconnaissance vehicles, 38 light armoured vehicles, 30 APCs, 33 towed artillery
 * Navy: 8 patrol boats, 1 aviso, 1 tank landing craft
 * Air Force: 5 transport planes, 11 training aircraft, 4 helicopters
 * Diplomacy:
 * China, the USA and Canada: Invest in us please. Your companies can set up shop in Madagascar and we’ll charge you less tax and not interfere with your affairs.
 * Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, eSwatini, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia: Free trade, shared market, military defense pact, open borders, and shared currency. Agree?
 * Whoever controls Britain at this point: We remain neutral on the British Civil War.
 * Events:
 * Integration of Comoros: Comoros is given autonomy as the Comoros Autonomous Province. They are given power to govern themselves and pass their own laws, as long as said laws are not contradictory and/or do not violate federal Malagasy law.
 * Subsidies: After giving large tax breaks to foreign companies and corporations to entice them to set up shop in Madagascar, we also begin subsidizing certain homegrown businesses in order to have them remain somewhat competitive against the new foreign companies.
 * Plan 2040: The bold Plan 2040 initiative continues to be developed nationwide. Schools and clinics are built in remote, rural areas without easy access to them. The salaries of teachers, doctors, government workers and law enforcement is increased, and electricity, plumbing, and paved roads are built in areas that don’t have those amenities. Slum clearance also begins in the cities of Antananarivo, Toamasina, Antsirabe, Fiararantsoa, Mahajanga, and Toliara, with the slums replaced with housing projects providing safe and adequate housing with electricity, plumbing, running water, and in some cases even Internet access, with artificially low prices. These housing projects will also boast businesses on the ground floor, ample green space, and solar panels on the roof capable of supplementing the building’s power needs with the power plants.
 * Economic and Military Sphere of Southern Africa: We meet with all member nations to decide on the terms of the alliance. We offer a free trade agreement, shared market, and mutual defense to all members of the EMSSA. We also float the idea of open borders between EMSSA members, as well as a shared currency, the Azani (which would be pegged to the South African rand at 1 Azani = 10 Rand).