Remember, Enalias, that there is also the APIRCA. They're a much bigger association: They specialize in weapons and technology development, but aren't strangers to being a PMC. Merrick's Rangers will more than likely see APIRCA as one of these two:
A major rival, or
Something everyone wants to join.

The APIRCA, again, are much bigger, better equipped, and are more mobile. However, the Bahamas would be a spot that one could see a APIRCA ship often enough, though certainly not the same ship for an extended time. If someone means to contact the APIRCA, do tell me. I still need inspiration for my first post, since I'm not very skilled with actual characters. I find my own characters... inadequate, lacking of real personality. That's what happens when I have to have more than one or two distinct characters.

Just because one big company exists doesn't mean it's the only one.

McDonald's hasn't eaten every other fastfood corporation. And Walmart hasn't been able to dominate their market if they still have Target and like, Kmart running around.

WilsonTurner said
Remember, Enalias, that there is also the APIRCA. They're a much bigger association: They specialize in weapons and technology development, but aren't strangers to being a PMC. Merrick's Rangers will more than likely see APIRCA as one of these two:A major rival, orSomething everyone wants to join.The APIRCA, again, are much bigger, better equipped, and are more mobile. However, the Bahamas would be a spot that one could see a APIRCA ship often enough, though certainly not the same ship for an extended time. If someone means to contact the APIRCA, do tell me. I still need inspiration for my first post, since I'm not very skilled with actual characters. I find my own characters... inadequate, lacking of real personality. That's what happens when I have to have more than one or two distinct characters.

Merrick's Rangers are what we used to call in Afgan shadow operators they got the job done quietly and efficently with what they had on hand and often operated deep behind enemy lines they know how to hold their own because when you're 100+ miles behind enemy lines evac isn't exactly getting to you if you mess up so you have to be a well trained operator there and yes while their tasks are small they are very much needed in war and it's what they excel as for your group i don't think any operator would want to join or hate you they know that if someone needs them then they will go they don't care about competition just results.

Holy run on, Enalais

Dinh AaronMk said
Holy run on, Enalais

Dinh AaronMk said
Holy run on, Enalais

my bad i haven't had much time to write today

Guys, can you drop me? Because I don't see any reason to for me to continue this RP.

K.

Name of Nation: New Cymru

Territories: Welsh coast regions of Snowdonia, Ceredigion, and Pembrokeshire.

Government Type: Feudal

Military: The Milwrol prides itself on its superb organisation, which partly goes towards making up for its lack of technology. Many sections use medieval weapons such as swords and bows, whilst many farmers and such have signed up for duty wielding guns and the occasional war-relic bombs.

Modern military technology has been recovered in abandoned bases, though there is still the problem that nobody has stepped forward with knowledge of how to use it.

New Cymru is currently in the process of setting up science divisions to investigate the possibilities of weaponising the scores of nuclear waste that litter the wastelands, though this may take some time.

Economy: Food and supplies are submitted to the local leaders which are then distributed as required. Due to a lack of trading with the outside world the nation finds itself learning to become as self-sufficient as possible, though many areas struggle to adapt.

Foreign Policy: New Cymru boasts of rebuilding the wasteland loudly and proudly. They are determined to conquer England and Scotland, and thus will regard any Anglos with intense distrust, however they are willing to negotiate and ally with non-English speaking nations.

History: In the final year of the war the United Kingdom found itself with more nuclear material than it could safely dispose of – years of testing and disposal had left them over budget, over supplied, and with more mouths to feed than they could. It was with a heavy heart that the people of England moved their nuclear waste to the eastlands of Wales; thus disposing of the danger, the land, and the people of Wales who were so much of a burden.
The people of Wales were divided, and waged smaller wars over what little they had left. It was in Snowdonia that one elderly man rose from the anarchy – a war reenactor, well respected by his community, named John Pewitt. Calling his three-hundred strong company across the region, and armed only with what weapons they had from the old days – swords, shields, and the occasional gun – Pewitt founded a new nation under strong leadership and old ideals. By the time he had amassed the forces and praise to establish dominance over Snowdonia, the people of Ceredigion welcomed organisation with open arms.
Pewitt’s vision of a unified Wales came to Pembrokeshire in 2040 and offered its people a place in New Cymru with open arms. When Pembrokeshire refused to submit, having found a leader of its own, New Cymru waged its first real war and won, albeit with heavy losses.
As his nation recovers, New Cymru currently only sends small expeditionary forces to Anglesey to scout what is a region relatively untouched by the troubles of the mainland.

Foes: New Cymru seeks to conquer the regions of Anglesey and Carmarthenshire, before finding a route to England and destroying whatever remains there.

And then the Welsh realize that the world hasn't gone to shit when their shields can't stop the bullets of the one bored British dude sent to quell the rebellion.

Are you entering this under the perception that this is post apocalyptic?

Are you implying a feudal system is an expertly crafted system of stability? Cause, it's not. It relies on the opinion of your underlings with little to no administrative oversight to check and balance the dukes and counts to reel them in if they get uppity. And medieval arms are impractical in this world. Not saying you can't use them, but when the armies of sheep-husbands move on the British I imagine they'll be gunned down, or will be gunned down by any ally of the British power. One helicopter could lay their armies to waste.

Dinh AaronMk said
Are you entering this under the perception that this is post apocalyptic?Are you implying a feudal system is an expertly crafted system of stability? Cause, it's not. It relies on the opinion of your underlings with little to no administrative oversight to check and balance the dukes and counts to reel them in if they get uppity. And medieval arms are impractical in this world. Not saying you can't use them, but when the armies of sheep-husbands move on the British I imagine they'll be gunned down, or will be gunned down by any ally of the British power. One helicopter could lay their armies to waste.

As a caveat to this, I have played a game of Civ IV where a knight sliced a helicopter in half with his sword.

Dinh Aaronmk said Are you implying a feudal system is an expertly crafted system of stability? Cause, it's not. It relies on the opinion of your underlings with little to no administrative oversight to check and balance the dukes and counts to reel them in if they get uppity. And medieval arms are impractical in this world. Not saying you can't use them, but when the armies of sheep-husbands move on the British I imagine they'll be gunned down, or will be gunned down by any ally of the British power. One helicopter could lay their armies to waste.

I am not. The implication is that the system is pathetically unstable and out of touch - when you have to fight a war with a region where the population density is a joke and suffer horrific losses, and when your leader has no political experience, you're going to get cut down the moment they pick a fight with anyone who knows how to operate any sort of war tech. I'm intending to roleplay as they slowly realize that, no, a feudal system led by an elderly country man whose main claim to power is 'got on his feet first' isn't going to do them any favors at all.

EDIT: Looking back, I should probably note that the application makes two assumptions:

1) The United Kingdom was a major combatant in the war.

2) Wales is seen as a joke by the rest of Britain - hence the readiness to dump huge amounts of nuclear waste in the middle of the country, and the fact that as soon as Wales is cut off from the world it immediately regresses a thousand years.

My main qualm with the app is how it takes a presumptuously strong voice of itself. It doesn't really stop to go, "Yes, this is actually a joke and here is how it works a year post-war".

In the modern scope of consciousness I doubt even modern Unitarians/Royalists would say a return to absolute feudalism would be good, unless also at that time most people's attention withdrew from the world and went immediately back to their local villages or towns, as it was in the middle ages. But education would make that very difficult to achieve.

Even if Wales is a joke in the UK, it's still part of it. Or was.

There was never any nuclear exchange because a nuclear exchange with all of today's arsenal would physically destroy the planet. This is not a post-apocalyptic scenario. Corporations are still there, North America has unified, lasers and railguns are a thing, and society is pretty much just as strong. Once people realize that Wales wants to kill all the English, they'll be stomped on easily by thousands of bombers, battleships, and tanks. And those battleships will be using railguns, you know, those things that go as fast as Apollo 11 on reentry. Although, that would be hilarious to watch.
"Sir, the Welsh seem to be on a genocidal rampage."
"Bleh, just bomb' em back to the Dark Ages... OH WAIT!"
And then the attack would be delayed because everyone would be laughing at how stupid the Welsh are. I feel like throwing them back a thousand years isn't the best way to make the point that the Welsh shouldn't be the laughingstock of the world.

Dinh AaronMk said My main qualm with the app is how it takes a presumptuously strong voice of itself. It doesn't really stop to go, "Yes, this is actually a joke and here is how it works a year post-war".

If you want, I can rewrite some time tomorrow to better illustrate the application, though it really depends on whether you're willing to accept a nation that is moderately tongue-in-cheek.

Keyguyperson said There was never any nuclear exchange because a nuclear exchange with all of today's arsenal would physically destroy the planet.

Benji said ...years of testing and disposal...

Keyguyperson said And then the attack would be delayed because everyone would be laughing at how stupid the Welsh are.

Benji said The implication is that the system is pathetically unstable and out of touch - when you have to fight a war with a region where the population density is a joke and suffer horrific losses, and when your leader has no political experience, you're going to get cut down the moment they pick a fight with anyone who knows how to operate any sort of war tech.

Hope time #3 is the charm!

Name of Nation: United Afghanistan*

Territories: Control of Kabul and surrounding provinces with expansion in the southern regions of Afghanistan. Rest of territory is warlord dominated despite constant intervention by the United Afghani Government.

Government Type: Dictatorship ran by the Grand Vizier of the Afghan people, Dorri Shayan

Military: The United Afghani government uses whatever weapons the mining industry can fund from whoever is willing to sell. As a result the military is very non-standardized and is not known for being that terribly organized beyond whatever the Grand Vizier Dorri Shayan demands of his armies from the Ministry of Harmony in Kabul. Overall the military is anarchic and not that well trained, although they are better trained than those the US left behind a few decades ago.

Economy: They got mines, and pretty much have made the mining of rare earth materials their specialty, willing to see to anyone who gives good money. Than they use that money to finance the military and a bit of that money to giving the people some bread and circus.

Foreign Policy: They see the outside world as a source for weapons in exchange for lithium and other mineral sin the mines. Some foreign corporations operate in United Afghanistan, but many companies refuse to work with the UA due to their lack of legitimacy and instability, as well as rampant corruption. Dorri’s government once considered united with Tajikistan, but put such idea on the back burner due to the ideological pursuit of a united afghanistan instead.

History: The history is simple. There was a long civil war that resulted in near dominance of afghanistan by the Taliban that quickly fell into three factions on the eve of WW3 as a result of mass economic disruption. Ethnic nationalism from the Pashtuns made them want to unite Afghanistan under their ethnic and the Taliban who once were the dominant power of Afghanistan wanted to return to power, and unite Afghanistan under strict adherence to god.

But from the eastern parts of afghanistan where the Northern Coalition once was came a idealist known as Dorri Shayan who wanted to united afghanistan into a cosmopolitan republic. However, he saw military force as the only way and using experience from the ten year’s war he managed to take Kabul by the 2030’s. From that base his government which has been more of a military dictatorship than a republic started a mission of grand unification. Of which has proven to be difficult due to the other two factions in the way of the great vizier’s dream.

Among this dream, the grand vizier commissioned the construction of a underground city not far from Kabul named after himself that rooted itself in the caves under the premise of being a self-sustaining under ground mining colony. The experiment however hit many road blocks as the city of Shaya quickly became a target of terrorist attacks and was poorly built in the first place. There is not much more to say of their history other than that the conflicts of the thirties have been ongoing for the past five years, but with the end of world war 3 foreign powers have begun to take interest in the region once again due to the rare earth resources the Afghani region possesses.

Foes: The Taliban and Pashtostan. The United Afghans generally play nice with outsiders, if only to get weapons and money.

Demographics:No too different, although a few ethnic groups have suffered ethnic cleansing on the part of each faction. The UA itself contains 12 million people, not even half of the whole.

Other: Afghanistan at this point is not a nation, but a region with multiple unrecognized tinpot states and ongoing intertribal warfare. Due tot he resources afghanistan holds however, there is known to be some level of foreign involvement in the regions especially as WW3 came to a close. However limited it is due to the chaotic state of the region.

There is three major factions;

United Afghanistan [shown in green] - a dictatorship that is heavily theocratic that is ran by a very idealistic pan-tribalist who believes in a united afghanistan through god’s will. Their policies are relatively pragmatic, but follow PRC-esque repression wherever applicable and while shariah law is observed, is not as influential in their actions as various sub-factions demand it to be. The grand vizier also is a bit of a loon, but is kept around due to his cult of personality.

Pashtunistan [shown in purple] - a monarchal, caste-based supremacist dictatorship that claims rule over many regions of Afghanistan. The official ideology of Pashtunistan views Pashtuns as the correct race to rule afghanistan and blame the failures of their region on not letting the pashtuns run things. They effectively have anyone not declared a Pashtun work in the grass fields under watch by some crude drones they scavenged from what was left of the pakistani armories after the nukes hit [which suffice to say, wasn’t much]. They’re not that theocratic, but have utter faith in their absolute monarchy and observe shariah law. [theirs your damn feudalism aaron]. Of the three factions they’re the weakest, and they for the most part have been fighting a defensive war against the other two factions.

The Pashtunistani king initially worked with the Taliban organization, but Pashtunistan's relatively more secular imperial consitutuion and partial pakistani heritage caused a major split between the Taliban and Pashtunistan that resonates to this day. The Organization for the Islamic State of Pashtunistan declared themselves a state in 2035, of which the leader of the Taliban saw as a betrayal for not having strict shari'ah law.

Taliban/True Islamic Republic of Afghanistan [shown in black] - Like in the 2100's, the Taliban still is extremely theocratic, believe in state islam and hatred for the west and the rest of the world. They’re a resurgent Taliban that has gotten to the point of regular use of genocide in order to ensure religious conformity among their provinces. The Taliban has also gotten extremely xenophobic, seeing the rest of the world as lost to god and the leader of their organization sees the other two major factions as secretly controlled by infidels.

Historically they were among the two sides in the ten year’s war that followed a year after the US left Afghanistan and for a moment were winning until WW3 destroyed their rise to power again. Their military currently rivals United Afghanistan’s. The Taliban despises United Afghanistan due to the UA being seen as the puppet of western imperial pigs and god hating communists. While they have once had a alliance with Pashtunistan, in 2035 a big split due to ideology happened thanks to the relative secularity of Pashtunistan's constitution.



There is known to be underground criminal organizations that have taken refuge in parts of Afghanistan that do regular weapons trade with whoever is willing to buy.

*Is not United and doesn’t control much of afghanistan, just the more urbanized eastern regions.

Good by me.

Though I wonder about the underground city part.

It's just a elaborate stunt done to try emulating the Kushans. Think of a bunch of settlements crammed into a cave.

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