South African Coalition - Politics, laws, structure

Icelander · 07-12-2016, 04:37 AM

I've been reading the old Transhuman Space book I had and the number of PDFs I've purchased since my friend decided to run a cyberpunk game, but lacked a setting*, and I suggested setting it in a free city in a developing country in the THS, one with an unusually weak government and strong, unscrupulous transnational corporations using it as a base for various shenanigans that would not be allowed elsewhere on Earth.

My friend spent time in Dar es Salaam as a child and it seems to me that the city is an excellent fit, with free city status easily explained due to the in-setting political fragmentation of Tanzania. Dar es Salaam as a free city in mainland Tanganyika that has close ties with Zanzibar is, frankly, no less implausible than a Dar es Salaam politically and culturally cut off from Zanzibar.

In order to detail our new free city, though, we find that we need more information on how the South African Coalition actually works.

What I have found on my rapid read-through so far is that it's a cooperative to assist the development of Sub-Saharan African countries, historically led by South Africa. It has a Committee which governs whatever policy falls under the auspices of the SAC and there is a perception, in Kenya, at least, that being part of the SAC entails giving up national sovereignity.

The member nations do have local governments, however, including at least a head of state for all of them and a Finance Minister in Kenya. This implies that they have at least partial sovereignity or at least home rule, with some degree of independent fiscal policy.

I'm hoping some experts of the THS world will have more detail for me. I'd appreciate it if anyone could point me to a source which has more detail on the SAC or individual countries in it than the base Transhuman Space book, Fifth Wave or Broken Dreams.

1) How inter-connected is the economy of the SAC?

Member nations range from Dead Broke to Wealthy, so it's unlikely that it has anything resembling the Four Freedoms of the modern EU, as otherwise the teeming poor of the underprivileged SAC nations would flock to the economies of the successful ones.

On the other hand, it's not much of a cooperative for the development of the region if the richer nations do not provide any assistance to the poorer ones. So, what form does this assistance take?

2) What laws govern immigration, work visas and guest workers between SAC nations?

What benefits, if any, does Tanganyikan citizenship offer for someone who is trying to find work in a richer SAC country, like Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa or Zimbabwe?

*He had an adventure and wanted to use megacorps from a collectable card game, but needed detail on the world as a whole.

07-12-2016, 04:37 AM	#1
Icelander Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Iceland*	South African Coalition - Politics, laws, structure I've been reading the old Transhuman Space book I had and the number of PDFs I've purchased since my friend decided to run a cyberpunk game, but lacked a setting, and I suggested setting it in a free city in a developing country in the THS, one with an unusually weak government and strong, unscrupulous transnational corporations using it as a base for various shenanigans that would not be allowed elsewhere on Earth. My friend spent time in Dar es Salaam as a child and it seems to me that the city is an excellent fit, with free city status easily explained due to the in-setting political fragmentation of Tanzania. Dar es Salaam as a free city in mainland Tanganyika that has close ties with Zanzibar is, frankly, no less implausible than a Dar es Salaam politically and culturally cut off from Zanzibar. In order to detail our new free city, though, we find that we need more information on how the South African Coalition actually works. What I have found on my rapid read-through so far is that it's a cooperative to assist the development of Sub-Saharan African countries, historically led by South Africa. It has a Committee which governs whatever policy falls under the auspices of the SAC and there is a perception, in Kenya, at least, that being part of the SAC entails giving up national sovereignity. The member nations do have local governments, however, including at least a head of state for all of them and a Finance Minister in Kenya. This implies that they have at least partial sovereignity or at least home rule, with some degree of independent fiscal policy. I'm hoping some experts of the THS world will have more detail for me. I'd appreciate it if anyone could point me to a source which has more detail on the SAC or individual countries in it than the base Transhuman Space book, Fifth Wave or Broken Dreams. 1) How inter-connected is the economy of the SAC?* Member nations range from Dead Broke to Wealthy, so it's unlikely that it has anything resembling the Four Freedoms of the modern EU, as otherwise the teeming poor of the underprivileged SAC nations would flock to the economies of the successful ones. On the other hand, it's not much of a cooperative for the development of the region if the richer nations do not provide any assistance to the poorer ones. So, what form does this assistance take? *2) What laws govern immigration, work visas and guest workers between SAC nations?* What benefits, if any, does Tanganyikan citizenship offer for someone who is trying to find work in a richer SAC country, like Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa or Zimbabwe? *He had an adventure and wanted to use megacorps from a collectable card game, but needed detail on the world as a whole. __________________ Za uspiekh nashevo beznadiozhnovo diela!