The following groups are pulled from the CIA world fact book 1992.
As long as we are throwing around real world stuff, I thought
thas some of you might be interested in some real world
organizations. The Hexagonal Group brought to mind the
Octagon Society...
Matt
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Four Dragons
Note - the four small Asian less developed countries (LDCs) that
have experienced unusually rapid economic growth; also known as
the Four Tigers; this group includes Hong Kong, South Korea,
Singapore, Taiwan
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Four Tigers
Note - another term for the Four Dragons; see Four Dragons
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Franc Zone (FZ)
established - NA
aim - monetary union among countries whose currencies are linked
to the French franc
members - (15) Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon,
Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo; note - France includes
metropolitan France, the four overseas departments of France
(French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion), the two
territorial collectivities of France (Mayotte, Saint Pierre and
Miquelon), and the three overseas territories of France (French
Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna)
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Hexagonal Group
Note - HG - the old Pentagonal Group plus one)
established - July 1991
aim - to form an economic and political cooperation group for the
region between the Adriatic and the Baltic Seas
members - (6) Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy, Poland,
Yugoslavia
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My day today? Nothing major, just Xenon base gone, Scorpio gone,
Tarrant dead, Tarrant alive and then I found out Blake sold us out.