Concrete Investors Spared Disaster
OFFICIAL STATEMENT Office of the Vice-President of the Central African Republic
Bangui—Tonight, Poland and Lithuania coordinated an attack on Central Africa and carried off a portion of our strategic resources. I will not dress it up. It was planned in advance, executed together, and aimed squarely at the productive heart of the Union.
This cowardly and performative attack was meant to cripple and discredit us. To frighten the companies that build on our soil and the workers who staff them. To make the investor wonder whether a foundry in the African Prosperity Union is still worth the candle.
The effect was the opposite. It illustrates exactly how our careful planning can prevent a global financial disaster. So let us consult the ledger, because the ledger does not posture.
At a current concrete price of 1.626, with every worker paid the same 0.120 net, Equatorial Guinea still turns a profit. A net benefit of plus 0.009 on the average worker, and a matured workforce would still clears a margin at every limestone price on the board, the whole range from market supplied limestone. Our limestone can climb as high as 0.0857 before a full-fidelity worker stops earning. That is headroom the thieves did not touch, because it was never in the ground.
Now look at Poland. They benefit from rising Concrete prices during the chaos, but the man who pays for limestone at 0.083 a unit, the going rate, makes nothing.
Read that twice. The nation that attacked us cannot manufacture concrete at a profit in its own regions. The nation it attacked can.
This is not luck. It is the policy and careful planning the African Prosperity Union was built on. We had set the rate low, not for ourselves, but for an unpredictable market. A strategic resource can be carried off in a night. A tax rate cannot be stolen, because it is a promise, and we keep ours.
To the manufacturers already building on African ground, we thank you, and for now, many a personal catastrophe has been averted.
Diplomatic talks are happening. A solution to this conflict will be found. We will keep you informed of our future plans for the sake of the Africa, and the world. Whether we continue to promote the production concrete, or change gears, know we have your companies and your best interests in mind.
By the hand of Colonel Muammar Marius Rogér al-Fortier,
Vice-President of the Central African Republic,
and co-founder of the Equatorial African Prosperity Union