National Projects

Department of Research, Development, and Infrastructure (DRDI)

Because of our plan to build the infrastructure of modern states within 5 years, it is necessary that there be a separate independent governmental organ whose mandate is to plan and execute the development needs. This organ should be staffed by engineers, doctors, scholars, academics, architects, economists, artcurial scientists, policy analysts, accountants, and other professionals who have distinguished themselves for their expertise and upright characters. It is very important that this department be given sufficient freedom to purchase equipment and pay for work that it finds to be necessary for our developmental goals. The decisions of the DRDI and the reasoning that led them to those decisions, the costs of all projects, and the salaries of all staff members executive and auxiliary must be made public. This and other measures should be applied to prevent, eliminate, and limit corruption.

Transportation

Transportation plays a crucial role in establishing a prosperous state. Stable and well-planned transportation is essential for moving commodities, mail, and people across the country quickly. Without transportation, our government's ability to provide services, as well as the military and police, is diminished. Furthermore, effective transportation is crucial for the growth of both small and large businesses. Inability to develop these types of businesses will negatively impact tax revenue for all levels of government. Good transportation strengthens social relationships and promotes cultural growth.

Our transportation needs can be classified into three types: (a) ground transport, (b) marine transport, and (c) air transport. Each of these three types can be classified into different modalities. Ground transportation methods include buses, trains, trucks, vacuum tubes, and cars. Marine transportation options include ferries, speed boats, military riverboats (Assault Crafts, Patrol Crafts, Light and Fast Interceptor Crafts), cargo ships, coastal trading vessels, river cruise ships, tug boats, cable layers, barges, and submarines. Air transportation options include blimps, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and commercial passenger planes for international and domestic travel. Modalities can be evaluated based on flexibility, cost-effectiveness, speed, and movement quality. We need to construct appropriate infrastructure for each modality, including inter-modal connections as needed. To assist our ports, we will need cranes, forklifts, and other supporting machines and vehicles. The same applies to airports and transportation hubs for ground transport.

Health Care

Every Ram mi Raan will receive free basic healthcare. None of the basic advanced healthcare services will be paid for out of pocket. Of course, there is opportunity for the establishment of private insurance companies so that individuals who cannot afford the costs of advanced treatment out of pocket can obtain these services. Only persons whose fathers were Nuer at the time of Nuer land independence will be eligible for free healthcare services. Persons who are citizens of the country but have non-Nuer dads but Nuer mothers must pay for basic healthcare, which will be subsidized. The same applies to non-Nuer or foreigners. The Healthcare system needs to be well-developed, but this does not have to mean that we mimic the Healthcare system of developed states. This is because most states are highly urbanized, meaning that a great number of their populations are in the cities, thus the attendant ills of city life cause many of the lifestyle diseases that result from sedentary occupations. We should not, therefore, push for the urbanization of our people. While the clear majority of our population is rural, our initial focus should be to provide basic healthcare to the rural areas. Since many of the lifestyle diseases that plague developed countries are not present in our people, the healthcare needs of our people are rudimentary: sanitation, poison management, traumatic physical injuries; malaria, water-borne diseases, nutrition, and natal and pre-natal care. All these needs can be met with the construction of simple but beautifully built birth centers that utilize local midwifery skills practiced in a hygienic birth arena. This will require minimal formerly trained medical personnel. Difficult cases can be airlifted to the city where the main hospital will be located. Of course, the rural areas will be connected to the city by well-built roads so ground ambulance will be a possibility for most cases. No Nuer woman should die in childbirth while the practices and technology to prevent her death are available. We are also experiencing a high infant mortality rate, so the healthcare system needs to be focused on the care of infants and children. This means that one of the heaviest sectors of investment should be in pediatric care.

Military

The creation of a top-of-the-line military is very important for our country. Our goal should be to, in less than 10 years, possess the most powerful military force in Africa. From the past 5 years of this war, we have had one of the best general fighting forces on the continent even though they are often ill-equipped and untrained. With proper training, supplies, and supporting equipment, Nuer martial valor will enable our forces to quickly and easily become the greatest fighting force in Africa. To facilitate this, national defense must be a priority for us. Apart from protecting our borders from our immediate neighbors, a strong military will increase our profile on the world stage. This will have a positive effect on our economic and general geopolitical standing. A strong military will also serve as a strong deterrent against states that may want to annex or bully us into selling our raw materials for prices lower than market value. In addition, a strong military will decrease the rise of externally funded warlords. Secondly, a strong military will help to secure our position as the most powerful Black African Nile Valley state since ancient times. The next great conflict for the state along the Nile Valley in the 21st century and beyond will be the control of the flow of the river, the largest freshwater source in the region. The Sudd wetland is the world’s largest freshwater basin, and most of it is in our territory. It is, therefore, imperative that we assert our control of it. Our military then needs to invest in a powerful Air Force equipped with a fleet of fighter jets, attack helicopters, bombers, and surveillance and attack drones. Because of our unique geographical position and the forecasted 21st-century challenges, we will aim to be a river military superpower. This requires that we invest in the purchase and development of military boats and communication and logistical technology to support such a military. We must also have a very high number of ground-to-air missile defense systems to better secure our airspace.

Power and Electric Grid

The entire country can be provided stable 24-hour electricity by only two or three coal-powered power plants. We can also supplement our power needs with solar, wind, and thermal sources. This will be more than enough power for the entire country. Along with an adequate power supply, we will work on supplying power to every city and every building within that city that requires it.

Clean water

All our cities will be provided with running water. In the first phase of development, every village will be provided with water, but the running water will go to a central water hub. Water solutions will depend on different regions of the country. For instance, the Eastern States may get their water from the Sobat River, Jokow River, Baro River, Gile River, and other streams and minor Nile tributaries. Central states may get their water from the Zeraf River, Nyirol River, Pibor River, Nyanding River, underwater aquifers, or canals dug to redirect water from the Sud. Western states may receive their water from, the Naam River, and the Sud water basin. In all cases there will need to be accompanying water purification stations and pumping stations.

New Cities

Our population is small relative to the size of our territory. On a generous estimate, the population of Nei ti Naath is approximately 5 million. This is probably the entire Nuer population both in Nuerland and abroad. Nuerland most of this population resides in Rɛy ciëŋ. This makes the construction of cities less of a challenge than it would be if our population were greater and largely urban. We shall, therefore, build a city for every Thok Duël. Because of the rural base of our population, the cities only need to be able to accommodate approximately 70, 000 people. Such cities would be comparable to small towns in more populous states. So, our focus here is not on the construction of grand metropolises that most people think of when they think of a city. We will, nevertheless, construct the equivalents of well-constructed modern towns in any developed country. These cities will have every modern amenity including but not limited to: sewage and other sanitation measures, a functioning 24-hour electrical grid, running water, asphalted roads, modern shopping centers, and shops.

These cities should be completed within 5 years. This will seem impossible to those who are not aware of current advances in building technology and who lack a sense of industry. We are in the 21st century. As such technologies such as quick-drying cement, modular building techniques, new brick technology, and path-laying machines provide
us with cheaper and faster methods of building. What is more, we possess a young motivated population which would make this work very quick. We must keep in mind here that our goal in this first phase of development is not to build the skyscrapers of New York City, it is to provide our people with all the amenities of 21st-century life as quickly as possible. Skyscrapers will follow in quick succession. For the time being, the tallest building in any of our cities in the first phase will likely be only 10 stories. Once we make a building of this height, our people will be skilled enough to create taller buildings so that with each successive project our need for external expertise will decrease until we are fully self-sufficient. That said, we will focus on utilizing the expertise of Nuer architects, builders, engineers, and skilled and unskilled workers.

Education

Our citizens' level of education has a significant impact on both the stability and economic might of our state. In light of this, one area of national life in which we must make significant investments is education. Therefore, our people should not have to pay for primary, secondary, or university education. We should preserve this system until our people's economic and social progress allows for the introduction of tertiary education fees. Private institutions should not receive complete funding. If students meet the national educational board's instructional requirements, they may qualify for government funding. We must approach situations pragmatically. This allows for flexible arrangements. While attempting to govern private educational institutions, it's important to avoid totalitarianism.

Private institutions must teach Nuer History and Civic Education, Music, Art, Mathematics and Statistics, Engineering, Logic, Philosophy and Critical Reasoning, Physics, and Biology. Students must also have adequate reading and writing skills. While mathematics and science are important, we must also prioritize creative disciplines like art, music, history (both modern and ancient), and the study of Nilotic, African, and World languages to build a well-educated population in Africa and globally. Additionally, artistic fields complement sciences in the same way that people complement tools. The creative arts shape how knowledge from the hard sciences is used, similar to how a person uses a tool to accomplish a certain task. Engineering knowledge can be used to create buildings that reflect the aesthetics of Nuer architecture. Without a focus on Nuer Classical Music, Nuer Art, Nuer Philosophy and Theology, and Nuer Poetry, Ney ti Naath's economic and cultural superiority would be jeopardized, since creativity is the engine of economic prosperity.

Tele-communication

One of the greatest indignities of any state is to have its telecommunication controlled by another state. In order to spare our people from this indignity one of the first things we will do is build our own cellular and radio towers, wire telephone towers, and fiber optic cables to connect the entire country.

Every Nuer person will have access to the landline services, mobile voice services, data services (Broadband internet, mobile data, Wi-Fi services), TV and media services (cable or satellite TV, streaming services) whether in Rɛy ciëŋ or Rɛk.