In each edition of the MSP Challenge, countries are coded by colours. This is to help users to distance themselves a bit from the real-life countries and assume a more playful mode - one where they are in control and can try out new things. The idea is to make plans for a managerial area without thinking too much about the how the real-life politicians and policy-makers from the actual country might think about it. Thus, the countries profiles are explained to the users for context and objective specification only. It is up to the users to decide what they want to achieve in MSP Challenge and how.
Click on the tab corresponding to the edition you are interested in and check the profile of the pink country in that edition.
Country Pink has a small area in the North Sea, but it's a vital one. The country itself is also quite small, but has quite a lot of power in the region and Europe, if only because the country hosts the EU's capital. A big chunk of the very small marine area is mostly occupied by big, heavy container, tanker and bulk vessels; the country is also host to one of the busiest shipping regions in the entire world. As the country's area is so small, the remainder is also more or less completely occupied. Big offshore wind farms to the north-east, fishing and protected areas more to the south-west, and electricity and telecommunication cables crossing throughout.
Country Pink's government wants to keep evaluating its (planned) use of the marine space, and make adjustments accordingly. This position is the result of the area simply being fully planned and almost fully developed. The offshore wind farm areas to the north-east are now almost completely developed. Maybe there are still some opportunities for multi-use of that space, though? And are the marine protected areas doing any good?
To that end, the country is looking for a scenario where adjustments are proposed based on thorough evaluations of what developments resulting from earlier plans are actually doing. Perhaps additional maritime activities can take place in the offshore wind farms. And perhaps marine protected areas should be moved and/or better enforced.
Internationally, the country needs to be conscious of the IMO breathing down its neck. The heavy shipping traffic needs to be able to use the northern/north-western part of this country's area safely. The country is also a founding member state of the EU as well as NATO. These relationships have been invaluable to this country for many many decades, hopefully for many more decades to come.
Country Pink has a rather small role to play in the Baltic Sea region. The size of its sea area is small compared to the surface area of the country itself. It has one major port along the coast, besides a handful of small fishing ports and villages of course. Because of this, shipping and fishing are the country's major maritime sectors. The country is part of a strong alliance with countries Purple and Red, although it's politically and economically the weakest of the three. The country also enjoys a reasonably strong and good relationship with country Yellow, resulting mostly from the shared concern for country Navy's enclave, just to the south-west of country Pink.
Country Pink's government wants to see the country grow economically. Things have improved a lot since the country's turn to the west over the past decades as well as its EU membership, but there are still too many people living on or under the poverty line. The government realises that this should come more from activities on land, but hopes the sea area can offer something too. More room should be made available for novel 'blue growth' maritime sectors: aquaculture? offshore renewable energy?
To that end, the country is looking for a scenario where existing shipping routes are maintained, but more room is made available for these newer maritime sectors, notably aquaculture. Surely this can be combined with marine protection? As long as the commercial fishing industry isn't bothered (too much).
Internationally, the country needs to be conscious of marine and maritime policies coming their way through the EU. Marine protection is one sector for which the EU has some clear and strong plans. The fact that this country is internationally not well-known, deemed by some to even be 'quite insignificant', combined with its proximity to country Navy's enclave, is actually ideal for many EU politicians. They want to know what the rather secretive country Navy is up to in that enclave, and they look to Pink for answers.
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