Chapter 91 The First Army of National Defense Overseas
Holding a coin with Joseph's head, Rupert, the Minister of Commerce of the Nord, asked, "Your Highness, are you not satisfied with this design?" ”
All Euro coins are engraved with the CEMU logo on the obverse, while on the reverse side are custom designs for each country, as is generally the case in monarchies, such as in such monarchies, where the head of the king (Grand Duke) is the first choice.
Joseph's original intention was to put up the portrait of his grandfather, but it was unanimously opposed by the cabinet, and the Principality of Nord is all up to Joseph today, and in any way the portrait on it should be Joseph and not Ragnar I.
The cabinet is against Joseph and no longer insists, he himself does not care much about this matter, whose avatar is on it is important? If one day in the future he is no longer the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Nord, will the avatar remain?
Joseph was a practical man, he just had to hold the power in his own hands, and everything else didn't matter. Of course, this is only Joseph's own opinion, and in fact it is wrong to think so, after all, the coin side is his head, which is also a manifestation of Joseph's status.
"Discuss it with your Ministry of Commerce! I have no problem with this, but the coins need to be circulated as soon as possible, and the exchange of dollars and euros should be carried out as soon as possible. ”
It has been more than a month since the formation of the European Union, and the euro has begun to circulate in member states, but it has not yet completely replaced the original currency.
The reunification of the two Germanys and the formation of the European Union made Germany begin to become the center of Europe, although France still holds the posture of the boss of the European continent, but everyone can see that it is a matter of time before Germany replaces France, just like the powerful France during World War I and World War II was vulnerable to Germany.
Britain is also very strong, of course, but it has always been excluded from the European continent, and perhaps the disadvantage of being separated by the sea is here.
The relationship between the Principality of Nord and Germany has grown rapidly, the two sides not only have a good cooperative relationship in economic and trade, but also share half of the alliance politically, there is no way, who makes Germany not have too many allies in Europe and Nord is not valued because of its weak strength!
Germany is like a big tree, especially attracting the attention of European countries, which allows the Nord Principality to hide behind it and develop slowly, and when the countries pay attention to the Nord Principality one day, it may surprise them.
The development of the Principality of Nord has begun to enter a period of stability, and what the Principality of Nord has to do in the next period of time is to develop silently and try not to let the eyes of all countries pay attention to itself.
The Chinese New Year of 1983 is a day worth celebrating, because on this day, the population of the Principality of Nord exceeded 30,000, and the number of laborers from all over the world living in the Principality of Nord reached 200,000.
In 1982, the Principality of the Nord not only made a big leap in the economic field, but also made some territorial breakthroughs, Joseph quietly acquired some of the surrounding islands in his own name and expanded their land without attracting attention, and the territory of the Principality of the Nord reached 280 square kilometers (470 square kilometers (including French leased land)).
These islands were undoubtedly deserted islands without administrative officials, and some of them were even in private hands, because of international relations, in fact they were not in the name of the Duchy of Nord, but the private territory of Joseph.
A large number of laborers were arranged by the Nord cabinet to clear the land, and Joseph used the system's ability to improve the fertility of these territories and increase some metal, oil, gas, and coal resources.
There are five of the larger islands, which are called the Royal Overseas Second Island, the Royal Overseas Third Island, the Royal Overseas Fourth Island, the Royal Overseas Fifth Island, and the Royal Overseas Sixth Island. There is no doubt that the first island was also reinstated by the Nord cabinet under the name of Joseph, because some citizens were still dissatisfied with this incident and were ready to march in the streets.
The Principality of Nord is a country of freedom of speech, but freedom of speech is only for the government and life, once it comes to the Nord royal family, then the matter will rise to a national matter, and it will not be tolerated. As a result, the citizens of the Nord who were dissatisfied with this were quickly deported from the country and were never welcomed by the Duchy of the Nord.
The influence of the Ragnar royal family in the Nord Principality is too great, the entire Nord Principality has always been run in the way of a business, Joseph is the chairman and the cabinet minister is the president of the company, you are an employee of this enterprise and you are not satisfied with the president, but you are not satisfied with the chairman......
No one stood up to speak for this poor reckless group, and although they had some opinion on such an act of the Cabinet, who would dare to speak out lightly now?
Any place and any country has its own bottom line, and the bottom line of the Principality of Nord is undoubtedly the Ragnar royal family and Joseph himself!
Most of the Royal Overseas Islands have been developed in the direction of the tourism industry, including the first overseas Royal Islands at the beginning, the genetic farm still exists, and the oil wells have not been canceled, but some tourism projects, ornamental buildings, beaches, etc. have been added to the original foundation.
In fact, this is also the case for several other overseas royal islands, where genetic farms and oil wells and resource extraction are carried out, and even they can be visited as viewing spots...... It is limited to genetically modified farms and pastures.
Several islands are far and far apart, so it is not practical to connect them all by bridge, and most of them still need to be connected by water and air. Of course, such a distance will not be a passenger plane, but a helicopter and a hot air balloon.
Audi AG is now engaged in new helicopter business, including the production and assembly of military and police helicopters in the Principality of Nord.
Because of nuclear weapons, there is no threat of war in the Duchy of Nord, and the reduction of the Praetorian Guard is also one of the urgent things at present, after all, it is also a lot of budget to support such a large number of troops.
The Royal Janissaries have decided to reduce the number of personnel to 1,000, and most of the personnel who have been cut will be placed in the police department, because the number of islands increases, the number of security personnel also needs to increase, according to the standard of five police officers per town on each island, this is also a gap of hundreds of posts.
Each island in the Duchy of Nord will have a town index of one to five, the six islands are naturally four or five towns, the smaller ones also have three, and the other islands are generally one town.
According to the standard of more than 100 citizens in each town, plus hundreds of tourists every day, five police officers are actually not a lot, so the work of the Marine Police will be very busy, they need to patrol the islands of the Duchy of Nord from time to time to see if there is anything in need of assistance.
In addition to the security police, the Principality of Nord also has the Marine Police, the Anti-Riot Police, and the Anti-Terrorism Special Police, except for the Public Security Police, the rest of the police are not much different from the army, and the training intensity and salary are the same as the army.
Although Joseph decided to reduce the Royal Janissary, he increased the establishment of a Norger First Army, but this army was not in Nord but in South America, the Middle East, and Africa, and they were active in these war countries in the form of mercenaries to feed the war.
Of course, these mercenaries will not recognize the affairs of the First Army of the Nord Principality, and even on the desk of the Minister of Defense of the Nord, the First Army has only a few civilian personnel.