Chapter 309, Administration
The recovered western region of the continent was divided into three provinces, namely Baojun Province, Gushu Province, and Peninsula Province.
The names were actually chosen quite randomly. Baojun is the area where Blackbird City is located, and its name was taken from the name of the ruins of the city here in the pre-war era; 'Ancient Tree' is the northwest part of the continent, where there is a large ancient tree that is somewhat surprising, so it was simply called this name; Peninsula is the southwest part, where there is a protruding peninsula.
The three provinces have a total population of more than 13 million.
In fact, according to past records, it should be close to 20 million. But firstly, there may be problems with past statistics, and secondly, under the rule of Blackbird Heavy Industries, a large number of people were transformed into unconscious cyborgs, or died in past operations, died in labor, or died in the war with the Alliance.
As of now, only 11 million are left. The other 2 million were moved to the heartland of the alliance along with the supply convoys that came back during the war.
These relocated populations were mainly replenished in two places - Weixing City and Beiqinggu Province.
These are also the two regions with the greatest demand for labor.
Needless to say, Weixing City is an industrial center. The explosive development of the industry has created a black hole in the demand for labor.
The Beiqing Valley region is not much better. The per capita output value there is quite high, but this output value is brought about by the huge per capita cultivated area and heavy labor. Even though Beiqing Valley has almost achieved full mechanization and industrialization of agricultural production, the average agricultural worker has too many fields to take care of, and the working hours remain high.
Of course, the agricultural workers in Qinggu are fully motivated to do so. Their efforts are rewarded under the alliance system. According to their total working hours and total output in the past year, almost all of them who work normally get a personal promotion at the end of the year. It is common for their salary to be raised from E5 to E6, and even 30% of them are directly promoted to E7.
Moving from E5 to E6 means a 50% increase in basic benefits and allowances; moving to E7 is equivalent to doubling them.
The benefits and allowances of the E5 level were already far more than what they had when they were "serfs" on the plantation. They were already living like human beings. On this basis, an increase of half or even double would have a significant effect on improving living standards.
This is a reward for their hard work, but Gu Hang does not intend to let them work 14 hours a day or even more forever.
The one million people coming from the three western provinces will be able to relieve some of the pressure.
As for reclaiming more land, more people are still needed.
Currently, after the unification, there are more than 44 million people under the rule of the entire alliance, and the annual total output value has reached 52 million tax coins.
The per capita output value has exceeded 1, but it is just barely over it.
The main reason for this is due to the uneven development of productivity in various parts of the Angry Owl Star.
Beiqing Valley and Weixing City are very high, but other areas are basically not over 1.
According to the imperial tax standards, paying one-tenth of the tax is not only not stressful, but more than enough.
At present, the per capita living consumption level under the rule of the alliance is about 0.6 tax coins/person/year. Objectively speaking, this is not a particularly high living standard. It is just enough to have enough food and clothing, and it is almost a well-off life.
But people's satisfaction is very high.
Although we are not rich, it is much better than before when we were struggling on the survival line.
Happiness is created by comparison.
The current consumption scale of Quan Nu Xiaoxing is about 27 million tax coins, and theoretically there should be 25 million "surplus value".
The administrative efficiency of the alliance is very high. From the 25 million surplus value, 15 million can be collected and put into the alliance's treasury.
This is rare, just make a comparison and you will know.
Koroja III has a population of 40 billion, with an annual output value of at least 28 billion, and per capita consumption of 0.3, with a surplus value of 16 billion tax coins. It should be relatively easy to collect 4 billion in annual imperial taxes.
But the Koroja government simply couldn't do that. They could only collect about 2 billion a year at best, and the rest had to come from the surrender of the population.
This is the difference in administrative efficiency.
The alliance is strong in this regard, mainly due to two reasons.
First, it is a systemic problem. Under the overall planned economy, the rentier class between the government and producers has been largely eliminated. Factory owners, plantation owners, entrepreneurs... these are essentially employees of the Union government. The means of production do not belong to these managers, but to the Union. Work enthusiasm is supplemented by job promotion and additional allowances.
There is no "collection" link here. All outputs belong to the government and are allocated by the government.
But if that's all, it's not enough.
The number of administrative personnel in the alliance is not large, but they are efficient. Thanks to the persistent anti-corruption and anti-malfeasance efforts, as well as the incentive policies for administrative personnel, the entire society is currently operating in an efficient and clear political environment.
But even so, a large amount of output value still "disappeared". Ten million tax coins neither entered into regular resident consumption nor entered into the Union's treasury.
There are many reasons for this, the biggest one being the service industry, which is not counted in the alliance's statistics. Then there are administrative costs, waste, and spontaneous investment...
But no matter what, the current situation of the alliance is more than enough to deal with the imperial tax.
As long as one-third of the fiscal budget is set aside each year, some development investments are slowed down, and the pace is slowed down, the entire alliance will be able to enter a normal positive cycle of the imperial world.
But Gu Hang didn't intend to do so.
Under his instructions, the alliance's financial budget remained full and even had a significant deficit.
The main focus is on reinvestment in production.
Under the alliance system, although there is a certain amount of private investment and the government encourages such behavior, the overall development still depends on large-scale investment led by the government.
If we really want to slow down, the imperial taxes will take up a large part, and the military expenditures will take up another part, so the remaining money will not be enough for investment. Gu Hang does not want to slow down the pace of development.
On the one hand, the industrial center must continue to be built, and on the other hand, the economic level of other regions of the alliance must be improved.
Of course, another important factor that restricts the development of the entire planet is population.
For such a big planet, more than 40 million people is still too few.
It's too slow to have children by yourself. Although many policies have been introduced to encourage childbirth, they are for the future. As for the present, immigration is still the most important way.
The two largest immigration routes are Black Arrow and Koroja 3.
According to Gu Hang's plan, they will continue to introduce at least 10 million people from outside in the next two years.
This is also a big challenge for the coalition government.
Regardless of how Mr. Gu will achieve this, government officials must do a good job of taking over such a large population. How to arrange the economy, how to clarify the political identity, how to eliminate cultural differences...
There were many difficulties. As the Prime Minister of the alliance, Ossena could only take a deep breath and then make plans.
(End of this chapter)
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