Resources of Annexea

Drugs

Annexea is best known in the international economy as a producer of drugs, due to its legalization of just about every drug and strangely positive emphasis on the issue. Just as some nations have subsidies for food farming, the Annexean goverment supports and fosters drug production. A large portion (relative to that of other nations) of Annexean agriculture is devoted to "agricultural" drugs (marijuana, poppies for opium, etc.). The drugs that are not traded wihtin the domestic economy are sold on the black market, whose workings are very familiar to the Annexean government. Though they will not admit it, the Annexean government provides connections to the black market in various nations to well-behaved drug producing companies.

The Black Meat is produced in small quantities, because of the intensive process of raising centipedes. Thus, it is extremely expensive in the international market, and has had little success. A kind of nationalism and social pressure drives many Annexean citizens to partake of the delicacy, a practice not as appreciated by outsiders. Black meat only comprises of about 3-8% of the total drug market.

Annexea also has, in its scientific community, a great emphasis on "pharmaceutical research". This includes research into "psychedelic therapy" and other treatments that would seem questionable to most nations. Synthetic drugs, especially hallucinogens, are created in government pharmaceutical labs as well as in private drug companies (whose compliance to government rules is ensured by black market incentives). Tests of drugs are usually completed on "human samples", i.e. drug addicts eager for something new.

Lumber

Lumber is produced through Annexea's massive deforestation efforts. This resource is considered Annexea's most likely for exporting, because they do not use it much and other nations seem to want to obtain it without destroying their own forests. The eco-unfriendly practices make lumber harvesting a cheap industry, and the vast forests of Annexea waiting to be cut down make it a massive one.

Power

Oil

A large part of the Annexean economy is centered around energy, specifically that from oil and uranium. Oil is drilled from offshore platforms mostly to the west of Annexea, and it is refined near the northwestern coast. The Annexean oil pipelines carry this oil throughout Interzone. The majority of oil goes to Interzone, where it is used for everything from machinery to vehicles. A smaller amount is transported to Bassa and Qezzef, mostly via ship (because there are no major pipelines in that direction). The Annexean oil industry operates without any regard for the natural environment, and little regard for its own workers.

Uranium

Annexean Uranium is obtained through mining in central Interzone. Much of the power in Annexea is supplied through nuclear power plants through a new nuclear energy program. Like the oil industry, the Uranium Industry has little concern for individual workers, and even less for the environment. Uranium mining is considered to be one of the most brutal jobs in Annexea. It is rumored that the Ectoplasmicon consumes uranium regularly (because a small amount seems to find its way to *slurp*), but such rumor should not be taken seriously, considering many of the same people believe he glows when you turn the lights off.

Imitation Crab

Why this is even considered an industry of Annexea is not clear, but it finds its way into every major report on major economic sectors. Its inclusion was a joke by some bureaucrat who snuck a declaration of its importance into a law. Imitiation Crab is, for that reason, the official food of Annexea, and Annexeans - and no one else - are proud of its quasi-fishy taste and vaguely-seafood-esque texture. Imitation Crab exporters hope to expand their market, which seems promising only because there isn't much competition in this particular food.