Bactria

Bactria was originally founded by soldiers from Alexander the Great's armies, who mingled with the local population. The bulk of the population was converted to Shinto by missionaries from the Kamakura shogunate in 1302. Other religions are tolerated and fundamentalist Islam is making a comeback. The Shinto element and the rough terrain have combined to keep the tribes largely isolated from neighboring cultural influences.

The population is pretty mixed, about half Pashtun, 30% Tajik, some Kurds, and a variety of other ethnicities. Tajiks dominate in the government and their language (Dari) is the official language of the state.

Nation Information
Bactria is a small but growing and new nation at 15 days old with citizens primarily of Pashtun ethnicity whose religion is Shinto. Its technology is advancing rapidly. Its citizens enjoy a wealth of technology within their nation. Its citizens pay extremely high taxes and many despise their government as a result. The citizens of Bactria work diligently to produce Wine and Furs as tradable resources for their nation. It is an aggressive country that some say has an itch for war. (Not so - Ed.) When it comes to nuclear weapons Bactria has no definite position and is therefore considered opposed to them. Plans are on the way within Bactria to open new rehabilitation centers across the nation and educate its citizens of the dangers of drug use. Bactria allows its citizens to protest their government but uses a strong police force to monitor things and arrest lawbreakers. It has an open border policy, but in order for immigrants to remain in the country they will have to become citizens first. Bactria believes in the freedom of speech and feels that it is every citizens right to speak freely about their government. The government gives foreign aid when it can, but looks to take care of its own people first. Bactria will not make deals with another country that has a poor history of inhuman treatment of its citizens.