Nation Name: The Confederate Empire of America.

National Flag:

Location: Southern United States.

Land Owned: Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, North & South Carolina, Tennessee, New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

Population: 30 Million.

Language Spoken: English.

National History: Created by a small tribe of men who came across an old memorial to the Confederate Rebels of the old world, these men have organized the areas that used to be states and have created The Confederate Empire of America, with an army of over 100,000 and quite a few pre-war guns they plan to soon expand their confederate empire into the northern U.S. and Mexico.

Leader: Confederate President, The Honorable Coleman A. Osburn.

Describe the Govt.: Although it says Confederate it is far from as most men and women don't know different types of government. It works very similar to the Federal government of the U.S.The states also have more power in government. The presidency is also different. Once a man is elected, he stays in there for life, but can be impeached or leave. Once he dies a new election is held. Also there is no electoral college, instead they tally votes from the voters. The citizens are given extensive amounts of rights and there aren't many federal type establishments or programs such as a central court.

Technological Overview: They are moderate, and due winds and rivers have managed to get some power from wind turbines and hydroelectric power sources previously set up there. Their weapons are mid 2000's style military at best, while many men have to fight with very old weapons, some even have to be cavalry. Only the richest of society can afford the few working cars that are available.

Cultural Overview: Much of the land is un-populated. Land that is though will either be ruins of a city that are being reconstructed (To the best of their ability) while the rest of the land is either desert or farmland where 90% of their foods are grown or raised. Due to the higher number of farms, and not a large calling for education they are not the brightest of people ion the world, though they still function. Since they are in very barren lands though they come across many deadly radiated creatures that they must fight off so just about everyone owns a gun and is shown how to shoot from birth.

Military Description: The military is 5,000,000 strong with 2 Battleships they managed to find unharmed, a few small motorboats and water taxis fitted with MG's for transport, a whopping 1000 Military land vehicles, 350 of which are tanks making up their armored division. They also have 12 helicopters and only 5 people who knows how to fly them. They have 12 bombers, 13 fighter jets, and 11 Troop Transports. They also have began taming the wild creatures from the barren wastes to use in warfare. Also, instead of having one central Military, each state has it's own military that it will combine into the Confederate Army, with most state armies staying together.

Nation Name: The Consulate of Rupert's Land
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Location: Canada
Land Owned: Alberta to British columbia, all of the territories, only stopping at Alaska
Population: 5.5 million
Language Spoken: English
National History: After the bombs were dropped all communication with the rest of Canada fell by the wayside. Those survivors had no way to talk to the government in Ottawa, and thus a new government was established in order to prevent annexation by any other countries. All of those in what was once Rupert's Land banded together to form an autonomous state, in order to appear strong against those who would challenge them.
Leader: The Honorable Lord John Harrison.
Describe the Govt.: The government is run by a group of persons in Vancouver who vote on matters between themselves, the Honorable Lord is the representative of the counsel, and acts as mediator during the meetings, the Honorable lord is voted upon by the group. Upon the retirement of a member of the counsel, a citizen may run a campaign to become a member, if they proves their worth, the Honorable Lord will appoint them to the counsel, based on other member's votes.
Technological Overview: Not very advanced due to most of the land being farmland, technological centers are Alberta and Vancouver.
Cultural Overview: The Country inherits the mishmash of cultures that was present in old Canada, farming is the preferred profession for most of the population, on what land is safe enough to plant in.
Military Description: The military is mediocre, 50,000 men are in active service, with another 200,000 available as levies. The armored divisions are mostly made of converted farm equipment, although there are vehicles being built in the near abandoned bigger cities. There are no airborne forces, although attempts are being made using modified crop dusters.

Nation Name: United Kingdoms of Europe Incorporated (UKE Inc.)
National Flag:

Location: Northern Europe
Land Owned: British Isles, Southern Norway and Sweden(as far north as Trondheim and Sundsvall), Denmark, Netherlands, Belgum, Luxemboug, Northern France and Germany(as far south as Paris and Nuremburg).
Population: 11.1 Mil
Language Spoken: English
National History: As parliament in London attempted to rebuild itself after the fallout, they were struggling. An eccentric pre-war billionaire, Nikki Webster who had kept her wealth almost entirely in gold emerged from her shelter and promptly bought a controlling share in the government and reformed it to her personal company state. Under her harsh, but effective regulations, the assets of UKE Inc. quickly grew.
Leader: CEO Hjordis Falk
Describe the Govt.: The entire state is for all intents and purposes a company with a CEO at it's helm and all citizens in it's employ. The CEO has absolute veto power down through the management trees of the divisions. The CEO makes decisions with the aid of his Board of Advisors composed of other higher ranking members of the company.
Technological Overview: The primary goal of UKE Inc. is reviving old trade values, as such they salvage and restore all transportation and raw material sources (Mines, oil rigs and the like) and production facilities (Pre war factories and refineries.) They have one working oil rig in Norway with a second scheduled to come online within two years. They have an active transportation fleet, now proudly sporting 8 commuter ferries, 3 large cargo freighters and a tanker. Their land transportation is similarly well equipped, with many old lorries and busses bringing people and cargo to and from it's destinations.
Cultural Overview: The media is heavily monitored by the company's media division, UKE Entertainment Network. UKEEN controls all publications and radio broadcasts to ensure that everything adheres to company values and ideals. Everything is very politically sanitized and awkwardly correct. Any infractions are punishable by Re-education Seminar.
Military Description: They hold a small, but well specialized PMC wing, UKEDef. The UKEDef branch employs roughly 50,000 people who are hand picked depending on dissension probability and brand loyalty. They are outfitted with body armor and typically with SMGs. They have an active naval force of 7 varying ships typically in use as escort for shipments. Their land forces are quick and mobile, employing little heavier than light APCs. They have a separate subdivision, UKEPol employing 5,000 similarly outfitted employees to enforce company regulation within their borders and to execute Re-education Seminars.
Other Notes: Anyone born in UKE Inc. territories is automatically granted citizenship and employment status, to quit or be fired is to lose one's citizenship and all the protections that come with it. Child labour regulations are lax at best, giving each emplyee an education period that lasts until they are 7. At that point they must seek gainful employ or be terminated. Despite this gap, they are remarkably open to other people. At UKE Inc. it doesn't matter what colour your skin is, or who you like to fuck, so long as you can earn your dues.
Each employee has an account with the company and all living fees are subtracted from their monthly pay during the month. At the end of the month the remaining value of their pay (positive or negative) is credited to their account.
Despite the poor conditions the populace generally lives in, they are kept complacent by UKEEN's advertising and propaganda.

The Russia that used to be here is ded. Feel free to retcon it out of existence with your own Russia, prospective Russianeer.

Location
Southern Europe & North Africa

Land Owned
France, Greater Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara), Portugal, Italy, Spain

Population
14.3 million

Language Spoken
Arabic, Berber (unofficially), French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

National History
Europe was spared the most direct effects of the nuclear apocalypse, but was scarcely prepared for the scale of the human crisis that followed. Mass migrations in Asia spilled over into Europe, and the old European Union struggled with how best to respond to the refugee crisis. Eastern nations wanted to address the refugee situation first; Western and Mediterranean nations wanted quick actions to guard against rising sea levels. Eventually the European Parliament found itself unable to control the actions of the member states or unify the confederation around a common course of action, and the "European dream" fell apart. While the old EU was no more, the individual nations still saw merit in maintaining close alliances, especially where there were shared priorities and shared crises. Spain and southern France, whose northern counterpart sought to side with Britain, were two of the first countries to form a political union, and Franco-Iberia was born a short 18 months after the formal dissolution of the EU. Both countries' ruling coalitions shared a common vision of widespread social reform in the wake of the war, innovative urban engineering projects whose designs could be used in new urban planning, and ecological engineering to restore the biosphere. This "techno-green" ideology would spread through Europe later, but the Franco-Iberian model is the oldest and arguably the most successful.

Since then, Franco-Iberia has extended across the Mediterranean ("The Romans are back" is a common joke) and down into North Africa. The Mediterranean Sea has turned from a threat to the greatest natural resource at Franco-Iberia's disposal, and the unification with North Africa brought Franco-Iberia a dynamic population and access to mineral resources. But perhaps the most striking aspect of Franco-Iberia was its focus on culture. Not only did the Union seek to preserve its past great works of art, but funded initiatives to encourage new generations of artists and authors to not only explore new art forms, but explicitly to continue the Renaissance and Enlightenment traditions. The Directorate-General for Education and Culture was aggressive in promoting and exporting European cultural works – especially through the media – to the rest of the world. For Franco-Iberians, their shared cultural history and the cultural infusion from North Africa has become a source of unifying pride. With such initiatives and stability, it is unsurprising that others sought to join Franco-Iberia in the face of a confusing and threatening world. Trésors de l'esprit is the byword; a citizen's riches should be carried in her mind and shared, not hidden away in a bank.

With its progressive attitudes, high standard of living, and thriving culture, Franco-Iberia has been a beacon for immigration. Highly-educated immigrants have flocked into its borders, not only to work in cultural fields, but on the massive infrastructure projects, such as Seventh Republic Paris and the Andalusian Solar Field Energy Project. The twin capitals of Lyon and Madrid gleam with new buildings. The restored Rome is a pilgrimage hub and world museum. Algiers' new port bustles day and night with a new class of low-energy cargo ships. Tunis is a shimmering resort city to the world, whose nightclubs and cafes thrum with the sound of a new generation of musicians. With such advantages, Franco-Iberians have admonished to conduct themselves in the best traditions of civilization and morality no matter the circumstances. After all, the guardians of Western Civilization could hardly do less.

Leader
President Cécilia María Sara Isabel Attias

Description of Govt.
Since its birth, Franco-Iberia has been governed by a President as head of state, serving terms of seven years. The actual business of national administration is handled by the Chamber of Deputies, whose seats are allotted to international departments based on population size. Franco-Iberia is one the world’s most democratic nations, having instituted universal suffrage within weeks of its most recent expansions. Although there are many political parties operating in this hothouse, politics have traditionally been dominated by the so-called Parti Gaulois, a nationalist (but strongly pro-Russian) organisation that have dominated both the presidency and the Chamber of Deputies for decades. Through their influence, Franco-Iberia has been officially allied to the Greater Russian Empire since its emergence into the post-apocalyptic world.

Technological Overview
Despite not being the brunt of the nuclear holocaust, Franco-Iberia has used its recovery as a testbed for many technologies and practices that have proved advantageous during these turbulent times of human development. "The War Against the Sahara" helped stop the desertification of neighboring Sub-Saharan territories, "New City Algiers" became the standard for high-efficiency urban living with high quality of life, and the "Great Heavenly Dive" demonstrated that effective naval craft could be mass-produced with post-war refuse.

Cultural Overview
Each region of the extensive Franco-Iberian European Union possesses a unique identity and unique elements, contributing, thus, to the making of national culture and to the civilization legacy. Franco-Iberia has set among its top priorities the protection of its legacy and the preservation of its member states' cultural identity.

Military Description
Franco-Iberian military organisation retains many of the features that had sustained its member states prior to the nuclear holocaust, but the crippling aftermath of the Third World War has given rise to extensive changes in equipment and tactics. The core of the Franco-Iberian army is still its elite regiments of European infantry, although their composition and role have changed greatly since their extensive (and brutal) reorganization during the the country's formation. These soldiers are trained as riflemen and grenadiers, utilizing the large caches of modern weaponry reserved for this sort of situation. Regiments are totally self-contained organisations, and even include their own medical and logistic services. Alongside these elites, the bulk of the Franco-Iberian armies are made up of Douleur regiments – conscript light infantry given basic training and equipment, and which form the mass manpower of the President's armies. Lastly, Franco-Iberian armoured regiments are crewed by a special class of soldiers known as Utile. Originally irregular, almost exclusively immigrant, light infantry units who also serve as guards and watchmen, the Utile regiments have evolved to become custodians of the President’s war machines, and are busily building a whole new military tradition based on the resurgence of cavalry.

Alongside the regular Franco-Iberian forces, there are many irregular troops from various quarters, such as desert nomads, who fight more or less as guerrilla forces. North African commanders allow such troops a high degree of autonomy, understanding that they operate best when left to fight as they know best.

The Franco-Iberian Navy is a single organisation that also encompasses the Aviation Corps. Franco-Iberian warships are strongly built and well armed, designed to operate almost as mobile fortresses in confined waters where the risk of surface and air attack is considerable and expertly fashioned from useable refuse. The Aviation Squadrons, a comparatively recent addition to Franco-Iberian military strength, as yet mostly employ redesigned versions of farming equipment, but are said to be rapidly re-equipping with new craft originated by the government’s own naval and aerial architects. There are also persistent rumours than the country may be attempting to acquire technology from its Russian allies.

Nation Sheet:

Nation Name: Neo-Byzantium

National Flag:

Location: The Balkans, Anatolia, and the western edge of the Levant.

Land Owned:From Croatia in the West, Romania in the North, Modern day Turkey, stretches along the Eastern Mediterranean down to Jerusalem though does not extend east beyond the Holy Land. Close association with, but no official ownership of, the Isle of Malta.

Population: 10.5 million

Language Spoken: "Slava" (Lingua Franca of the western regions, a Patois of various Eastern European Languanges), "Byzantine" (Official language of the Empire, a hybridization of Greek and Turkish, used on all official documentation), local languages tend to be made up of slightly bastardized forms of the old world language spoken in that region.

National History:
The Land that became Neo-Byzantium may not have been ravaged by the initial exchange between the great powers, but this was to be a fate that was arguably worse than simply being swept away in a cloud of radioactive ash. A Thousand years of bad blood between the nations of what was once the Ottoman, and before that the Byzantine Empire once again bubbled over into overt violence of the most horrendous kind: Religious and ethnic conflict. The ethnic cleansing in former Yugoslavia at the end of the 20th century was to be nothing compared to the firestorm of hatred and violence that swept the Balkans after Armageddon. Governmental collapse brought on by the atomic conflagration and ensuing waves of refugees from more affected nations became a perfect powder keg for a descent into total madness. Violence in the streets was not so much common as a surety, units from the various national militaries simply broke away and became roving gangs of heavily armed bandits. Murder and Rape were daily occurrences. If there was a UN left to see it, they surely would have struggled to even classify the depth of inhumanity displayed in the Balkans in those first few post Armageddon years. This region would not see true pacification until the first Neo-Byzantine emperor would deploy his legions their more than a generation later.
In the East, the Nation of Turkey had been a direct recipient of at least half a dozen nuclear strikes and fared hardly better than the Balkans in the east. While there was not nearly as much simmering hatred between groups in turkey (save that between the Turks and the Kurds) the simple realities of total societal collapse would cause any hopes of staying afloat as a nation to come up short.
The Histories are vague on who the first Emperor of Neo-Byzantium was before he took the throne, but there is no ambiguity as to how he took the throne and the name Constantine XII. The Man who became an Emperor was the leader of a mixed tribe of Greek and Turkish Christians who had become a notorious thorn in the side of the last vestiges of the Turkish Government who had made Istanbul their capitol. It was said that before he laid siege to the city he was given a vision of the Lord, the very same vision that the first Emperor Constantine had been given. Despite the Turks' stockpile of 21st century arms, within a fortnight the city had fallen and the Chi Rho was flying on pennants all throughout Istanbul. After consolidating his power and renaming the city Constantinople, the Man who became an Emperor donned the name Constantine XII and declared the dawning of a new Byzantine Empire.
From new Constantinople the Empire spread out over many years to encompass the lands it now holds today, though not without bloodshed. The fiercest fighting came when Emperor Basil VI sought to claim the Holy Land for Christianity once and for all, the war would last the better part of a generation and see the destruction of half a dozen legions, but by the end Jerusalem was firmly in the grasp of Neo-Byzantium.

Leader: His Radiant Majesty Constantine XVI, The Emperor of Anatolia, King of Israel and the Holy Land, the Builder of Walls, and By the Grace of God defender of the Christian World.

Describe the Govt: Autocratic Monarchy.
The Sole ruler of Neo-Byzantium is and has been since its founding, the Emperor. The Emperor wields total administrative power over the runnings of the Empire, however any wise Emperor or Empress will keep a council of advisers, each experts in their field, to guide their hand in ruling. While for the most part the Emperor is a hereditary position there is no formal rule regarding succession and more often than not instead of going to the firstborn child of the previous Emperor, the title instead tends to go to the most cunning and/or ruthless. It is also not unheard of for an Emperor to declare their successor to be someone who has no blood relation, such as a close adviser or trusted companion.

Technological Overview:
The Greatest Boon to Neo-Byzantium's expansion can be attributed to the well kept libraries of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, which had managed to remain almost entirely intact through all the chaos of Armageddon. While lacking the ability to replicate even early 21st century technology, this is chiefly due to a lack of infrastructure and not ignorance. The vast array of knowledge gifted to Constantine XII after his conquest of Istanbul by the Patriarch of Constantinople gave him a leg up over his enemies and ensured Byzantium a place in the sun. While the cornerstone of Byzantium like most other major nations are stockpiles of pre-Armageddon technology, Byzantium has been able to also produce its own comparatively crude substitutes. The Pacification of Rumania also brought into the fold a functional oil well which supplies the nation with much needed lifeblood for ships and its ever growing cadre of aircraft.

Cultural Overview:
Given the highly varied makeup of Neo-Byzantium and its dominions, it is difficult to characterize what "Byzantine Culture" is. The strongest unifying thread of these far flung peoples would have to be Christianity. While the Orthodox Church is the denomination that has the official backing of the Emperor, all denominations are welcome to freely worship within Neo-Byzantium. While non-christians are tolerated to a certain extent they are generally viewed with distrust, especially in the western ends of the Empire.
The populations in Greece and Turkey tend to be wealthier and enjoy higher standards of living than those who live in the rest of the Balkans or the Holy Land. These discrepancies largely have to do with how long a region has been a part of the Empire as the older provinces tend to be the most built up. This tends to color the perceptions that citizens have about other members of the empire. The Slavs consider those closer to Constantinople to be weak and hedonistic and on flip side are themselves perceived as unwashed barbarians.
While the years since Armageddon have taken their toll, the echoes of past cultures are still visible in things like cuisine, music, and the arts. The Emperor and many of the wealthier families go to great pains to foster the arts in all their forms. Constantine XVI is well known for his appreciation for Pre-Armageddon films, and has dedicated what some would consider to be a truly foolish amount of resources to trying to resurrect the film industry.

Military Description:

Being a nation born of conquest and looking to expand, Neo-Byzantium has a well maintained military. The chief unit of the Byzantine military is the Legion. A legion is roughly analogous to a Pre-Armageddon Division and is composed of 10,000 men. There are 15 legions made up of professional career soldiers, but as military service is mandatory, in times of major conflict a further 10 legions could be called up from reservists. A legion is a self-contained combined arms force with organic armored and air support.
The crowning achievement of Byzantine Engineering comes in the form of the Legion's Aerial Maniple. Every proper legion has access to native air support in the form of domestically built aircraft of various makes and models. While some Pre-armageddon aircraft are available there is simply no one skilled enough to pilot them. Instead the Empire makes use of an aircraft known affectionately by their pilots as the "Bull." The Bull is an incredibly simple metal prop-driven mono-plane used by legions in both an observation and ground attack role. Bulls have a relatively slow top speed but can land virtually anywhere that has a flat surface. Bulls are armed with a single nose mounted light machine gun and a pair of wing pylons that can carry up to 250 pounds of ordinance with the machine gun removed. An Aerial maniple is made up of 3 aircraft and the crews needed to service and transport them in the field.
The arms that a legion employs are mixed. At Least one cohort per legion (roughly Battalion sized) is equipped with recovered ancient weaponry such as modern assault rifles, and body armor, though a lack of resources means these units have limited training in their use and so their effectiveness is suspect. The rest of a Legion's infantry forces employ domestically designed semi-automatic rifles which are more well known for their robustness more than they are for their accuracy. Weapon squads are equipped with heavier, automatic variants of the standard infantry rifle as well as Sub Machine guns and a single Pre-Armageddon Light Machine Gun or Grenade Launcher. An Infantry Cohort will normally have one special weapon squad per four standard rifle squads.
Proper armor is relatively rare in Neo-Byzantium. Most Legions employ "armored" maniples though these are normally made up of a few scavenged automobiles or tractors turned into technicals and gun trucks. While some tanks are functional there certainly are not enough to make a major difference as replacement parts and shells are only just now rolling off the assembly lines. There is one notable exception to this in the form of Legio XIII or as they are known in some circles: The Road Warriors. Legio XIII has been given the duty of Pacifying the Levant and defending the Holy Land. To cover such a large area Legio XIII deploys over half of all automobiles in all of Neo-Byzantium including several "Land Ships," 18-wheelers armored and up armed into mobile super heavy gun platforms. The tactics of making lightning assaults with mass amounts of automobiles was copied from the Empire's fiercest rivals in the Levant, The Caliphate, a group of mutant raiders who rule from their irradiated capitol of Damascus.
Several suits of Powered Armor have turned up in the underground bunkers under Constantinople. These Heavy suits of armor are distributed only to the elite Neo-Varangian Guard, the personal guardians of the Emperor whose ranks are made from Northern European Barbarian tribes paid handsomely out of the Emperor's own purses to ensure greater loyalty than any ideology can offer. The Veo-Varangians are very rarely deployed beyond Constantinople as their meticulously maintained armor is too precious to lose in anything but the most desperate struggles. One particular guardsman sticks out above all the others because of his incredible size and highly customized armor. The Guardsman known as Hercules is actually a mutant with incredible strength and stature that belies a frightening wit and intellect. Hercules is the right hand of the Emperor and his sworn executioner, only ever leaving his side to carry out orders that would be impossible of lesser beings.
Considering that they border the Mediterranean and the Black sea, Neo-Byzantium fields a functional navy as a matter of course. Byzantine ships are a mixture between new construction (the vast majority) recovered Pre-armageddon warships painstakingly restored(though without their precious cargo of guided missiles), and up armed and armored merchant ships. The fleet is large enough to exert some dominion over the Eastern Mediterranean, but were things to come to blows with another major Mediterranean power its anyone's guess as to who would come out on top.

Nation Name: The New California Republic
National Flag:
Location: North America
Land Owned: California, Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, and Utah.
Population: 16.7 Million
Language Spoken: English (Simplified), and Native languages in Utah and Colorado
National History: The NCR originates in California as a democratic, prewar esc government believing in such things as Rule of Law and the peoples choice.
President: Richard Nixon the 5th, who's been in a cryostasis-like state since the beginning of the war
Describe the Government: Democratic with 3 branches (Legislative, Executive, Judicial) and a 2-party system
Technological overview: Technologies vary from state to state. The technology in California, Nevada, and Oregon are advanced moderately beyond those in Utah and Colorado as Utah and Colorado's populous consist mostly of native tribes. Recently, those tribes have been integrated into the republic hence their technology is progressing rapidly. As for Oregon, California, and Utah, their technologies advanced beyond the atomic age.
Cultural Review: The 3 main states (California, Utah and Oregon) Have reformed to the social hierarchy that was in place before the great war. In the Primal regions, (Utah and Nevada) the culture is very superstitious and consequently extremely religious.
Military Description: 4.6 Million active duty, and 1 Million in reserve with 3 branches, The Navy (Currently 500,000 Active duty and 10,000 reserve), Marine Corps (Currently 2.4 Million Active Duty, 700,000 Reserve), and The Army (2.2 Million Active Duty and 290,000 Reserve). The Navy is armed with 2 Aircraft Carriers (Although no operational aircraft), 10 Submarines (3 of which are Nuclear powered), 4 Battleships, and 20 Landing Craft. The Marines are equipped with the latest firearms and equipment our science facilities have to offer. Our Army is equipped with 125 salvaged M1 Abrahams Battle Tanks, 100 Humvee's, and a mysteriously salvaged Russian Katyusha rocket system.

Nation Name: Gens sans Frontier
National Flag:

Location:
Central Africa. Marked in black.

Land Owned:
See: map
Population:
50 million
Language Spoken:
French, English, Swahili, Kituba, Tshiluba, Chokwe, Umbundu, Kimbundu, Ganguela, Kwanyama, and other assorted languages not necessarily local
National History:
Forged since before the war that ended the world, Gens sans Frontier has its origins in numerous NGO's, PMCs, and even small companies of the UN operating within Central Africa. Of the private armed assets active in the region was US-based Absolute Securities, a young private security firm; operating in Central Africa due in part from the spreading trend of African nations and communities to hire private security, as originating in South Africa. Though lacking the ultimate muscle of these South African or older American and Isreali firms, Absolute Securities was a leader in the Central African market. Not out of the size of its force or low contracting costs, but out of diversity in its contracting abilities.

To call Absolute Security back then a strict mercenary would have been a misnomer. Not heeding the foreboding fate of rapid liquidation as often suffered by new outfits over legal costs stemming from employees committing accidental war-crimes in the field Absolute Security's then-CEO and self-proclaimed Field Commander Andrew Saxsen diversified Absolute's model and operating procedures. As opposed to strictly operating as hired-guns, Andrew plied his company to the unique demands of operating in Central Africa, and frankly the African continent in general.

By the time of his beginning operations the western world was undergoing an economic revolution the likes of which last seen during the industrial revolution. Manpower as an economic carrier was being replaced with mechanized work, automating the entire - or nearly entire - process of manufacturing. As 3D printing became the standard of building manufacturing industries themselves shifted hard. And like-wise, low-skilled work across the spectrum of western economies were being replaced one-be-one by automated processes. It became required that for one to have any hope, they needed to be educated. And it was to this class, Saxsen lived in, and it was in it still he found no suitable work.

Trained academically by the US army, Saxsen took what loans he could he took himself, some friends, and his capital to found Absolute Security. Soon, they were hired out by Kinshasha to safeguard the vital mineral routes of Central Africa and their infant modern manufacturing. From Kinshasha, Andrew grew his company fast. Capitalizing on an international class of the disenfranchised Andrew advertised his company out to the adventurous and the wanting, promising a place to work and to have an identity and to have value for one's self. He offered jobs not only as guns-for-hire, by local area medical practitioners, logistical experts and caravan drivers. In effect, he began incorporating the activities of the local NGOs and absorbing further PMCs into his outfit to create a trans-national economic outfit. By the time of The War, Andrew's outfit was diversified to the point that it was considered too broad to fail with a diverse range of subsidiary branches. It was not uncommon for parcel deliveries to be carried out by the armed personnel of Absolute Risks, and many of the continent's western-born adventurer truck drivers were registered to the company, forming a logistical framework that spanned from South Africa to Morocco with the administrative know-how to cut the deep and confusing African Red Tape.

By the time the bombs fell and the world went to ruin the ripples brushed Africa in a chilling wind. The world outside the Congo went black. And soon, the people came.

Through the network established by Absolute Securities refugees from Northern Africa fled the pollution and devastation of the north to Central Africa. Likewise they came from the south. To the point that even though they could afford it, it stressed the local NGOs and the remaining UN operations. For security and efficiency of operation they - and Absolute Security - laid down their original names and banners and became a people with a nation. Gens sans Frontier.

The native governments of Central Africa could do little. The DRC and RoC having largely surrendered their own armies to Absolute Security and the other PMCs now dwarfed by the young and energetic company. And though they did not go peacefully, they too folded.

The surreal and awkward refugee crisis indirectly caused by Absolute stressed local resources past the breaking point and in the panic to distribute food and medicine many died as old tribal tensions bubbled and the patchwork of tribal and ethnic groups settled already in Central Africa began to react violently against the foreigners from afar. It took considerable muscle and significant blood to bleed the tribes into submission and to disarm their people, and disband their militias.

Andrew Saxsen however wouldn't live to see his company became a quasi-state in its own right, with a border too blurred to really control. He passed at the age of 57 to complications caused by Malaria. And with his passing the dubious role of leadership was passed to Joseph Zubata, a South African by birth.
Leader:
Joseph Zubata
Describe the Govt.:
Autocracy disguised as an old Corporate Hierarchy.
Technological Overview:
Scattered. Many of the arms possessed by the regional militias under Kinshasha's control are beyond dated AK74 and even AK101. However Gens sans Frontier's fundamentally cosmopolitan identity has had immediately pre-war weapons in the hands of the soldiers on the ground, tools such as anti-missile lasers and ballistic ceramics. Drone capabilities exist within its arsenal for recon and light-duty offensive operations.
Cultural Overview:
There is no specific cultural identity of the people under Gens san Frontiers. Much of its population are descendants of foreigners who had fled the devastation proper of the western world and the mishmash of interwoven identities of Central Africa. The 'cultural' identity of the region is therefore something more akin to a "salad bowl" of human identity with each tribe now living alongside another, but with no purposeful, out-of-the-way contact with the other.
Military Description:
Varies. Semi-trained militia groups drawn from local tribes form a rudimentary backbone of the "army". But they're little more than an odd collective designated tactically as defensive ground troops and auxiliaries to the better-armed and better-trained PMC and UN descendants. Outfitting and gear can vary greatly between unit, with little-to-no standardization.

Some mechanized units are still in operation, maintained studiously through the generations and fueled from bio-fuel to supplement the difficulties of acquiring oil in Central Africa, let alone any other material. It's thus believed that these "modern" regiments are on par with upkeep and ability with other post-war nations given the collapse of economic globalization and the already drawn status of some natural resources.

Nation Name: The Long Grass Confederation (Often called the Buffalo or Cow Tribes by outsiders)
National Flag:

(The people of the Long Grass do not use flags, but rather painted buffalo skulls, to tell each other apart.)
Location: Their unofficial capital is Yellowstone Park, which serves as a spiritual center.
Land Owned:

Population: Roughly 1 million, though it is difficult to count since the government is so loose.
Language Spoken: English and bad English.
National History: The Great Plains is a poor location for farming, but the sudden drop in human population caused the cattle population to expand and mix with the rebounding American Bison. With very little else to interest the outside world in this region, people fleeing the violence of more crowded areas mixed with surviving natives and created small, peaceful communities of hunter-gatherers. Inter-tribal war has been scarce, mostly consisting of small honor-feuds that smoulder over the years in small skirmishes rather than explode in true wars.

A mix if peaceful close-to-nature spirituality and vestigial Christianity defines the peculiar religion of these people. They believe in the skeleton of the christian myth, but with an added emphasis on simple superstitions and strange proto-pagan nature rituals. It is through their belief that God is alive in their land and way of life that they have been brought together into a simple proto-nation, bound by honor to each other and the knowledge that all who encroach or offend on their collective way of life are employed by the forces of demons and deserve no mercy. Those tribes that live further to the east know this the most, and often raid the neo-industrialist nations and city-states when they sense weakness.
Leader: Father Boiled-Beef
Describe the Govt.: Tribes are allowed to handle their own affairs. The "Father" is a position more akin to a religious patriarch or Pope. It is the duty of the tribes to make sure that their religious father is taken care of, and they carry out his will so long as it seems reasonable and just. The only way their religious father can collect anything at all is through voluntary tribute, meaning that there is no tax code or even feudal contract.

The tribes prefer their autonomy, but it is widely accepted that any attempt from the outside world to bring their people to heel would result in a temporary unification of all tribes.
Technological, Cultural, and Military Overview: Their love of nature makes them technologically simplistic. They have modern convienences but rarely have the means to properly use them. Guns are kept for the purpose of warfare, and gunsmithing is considered a sacred art. It is considered inappropriate and wasteful to use firearms on other members of their Confederacy, however. Guns, in the eyes of the People of the Long Grass, are for slaying demons and their servants. When hunting or fighting among each other, they use bows and hand-crafted weapons.

Agriculture is rare, though farming communities have sprung up along the Missouri River. These constitute small towns who's lifestyle blends the ways of the Long Grass with sedentary city-state lifestyle. These places are the most powerful amongst these people, though they are not particularly common.

An early belief among these people is that the heavy technology of the outside world caused the devestation, so they not only avoid pointless convienences like cars and electricity, but they have actively set out to destroy the remaining oil-producing facilities in their lands that they can find. Cars are only ever seen rusting on the praerie, or part of make-shift fortifications.

Nation Name: Appalachian Confederation
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Location: Former USA
Land Owned: Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, Eastern Ohio, portions of western Pennsylvania
Population: 1.4 million
Language Spoken: English
National History: Ever since the Scots-Irish settlers first colonized the rugged hinterlands of the North American continent, the hardy men that inhabited the hill country running from the Blue Ridge Mountains in Georgia and the Carolinas up to western Pennsylvania have been a restive and unruly people. They defied the British Crown's demands to remain east of the Proclamation Line of 1763; they rebelled against the rebel government of George Washington after the Revolutionary War, refusing to pay duties on their whiskey. The Appalachian people bore no allegiance to the Confederacy, breaking from Virginia to form the state of West Virginia at the height of the Civil War. And in the 1920s, when the United States outlawed the sale and production of alcohol by constitutional amendment, industrious Appalachian whiskey makers worked by the light of the moonshine to whet the nation's thirst. Appalachia's history is therefore one of resistance to the demands of outsiders.

Appalachia is also a depauperate region. The rugged and mountainous terrain hampered agricultural development of this land, and in the latter half of the 20th century, the region's mining industry died out when demand for coal withered. For decades, Appalachian society was synonymous with abject poverty and backwardsness. As the United States pressed onward into the future, it left Appalachia behind.

And so when nuclear war ravaged the Earth, the Appalachians were largely unscathed. With no worthwhile targets in the region, Russian warheads spared the area. The high mountains and hills shielded the hollers and valleys from the blasts that rattled the surrounding regions, which also served to diminish the effects of windblown fallout.

In the aftermath of the apocalypse, where nuclear detonations and EMPs have ruined much of the energy-producing infrastructure of the nation, Appalachian coal is once again in demand to power the furnaces of North America. And in such hard times, strong drink is needed now more than ever. What little corn that can be grown in the Appalachian lowlands is made into white lightning. With demand for the produce of the Scots-Irish in full swing once again, a modest tax is collected to form a loose government responsible for building and improving transportation infrastructure and providing for a common defense.

Leader: Deputy Eli Snodgrass
Describe the Govt.: The Appalachian Confederation is very much a laissez-faire government. The people of Appalachia are historically independent and skeptical of most government. However, most Appalachians recognize government of some form as a necessary evil. To this end, the numerous autonomous communities elect a Deputy to oversee the construction of infrastructure and security endeavors.
Technological Overview: Minimal technological advancement. Even before the war, Appalachia was known for being relatively backwards.
Military Description: The Appalachian Confederation has no standing military to speak of. This is not to say that the region is defenseless to foreign incursion - firearm ownership in Appalachia is very high even by American standards. Many Appalachians are seasoned hunters, and in the deep hollers where lawmen are few and far between, it is occasionally necessary to take the law into one's own hands.

Nation Name:Imperio Eterno
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Location:Parts of Central America, And South America
Land Owned:Central American locations:Southern Nicaragua,Honduras,Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba. South American Locations:Venezuela, Peru, Colombia And Brazil.
Population:23.6 Million
Language Spoken:Spanish, Portuguese,English,French
National History:South America was relatively safe from the nuclear hellfire that took the world by storm, but what followed was almost a little ironic in the eyes of South America a massive surplus of people slipping in from The North led to minor border disputes and eventually the claiming of Mexico. What followed was the collapse of most of the governments in Central and South America, drug lords became warlords and leaders of pseudo governments, most countries collapsed under this weight.

Enter Adan Oro, a rich drug lord who took advantage of the crisis by offering support to the local governments to fight the various drug lords. With their support he proceeded to outsmart and outmaneuver the warlords and he became kind of a hero in the eyes of the local populations, they were more than happy to throw their support in with him. This inevitably led to fear from the governments who sponsored him but it was too late the public was on his side, he overthrew these governments in a swift and brutal coup and established a new regime one that he believed would reign eternal.

His Empire though relatively young became quite powerful due to the possession of Panama and it's vital canal. This led to the power hungry leader setting his sights on Cuba and in a very brutal 6 month war The Eternal Empire won the day, and it's said that the great emperor himself led the assault on Havana earning him the nickname El Ángel de Cuba. Adan Oro was pleased for once in his life. He owned a vital trade port, Cuba's tobbaco, and the cocaine and drug industry of South America leading to him becoming a very powerful player in the world stage. But lately he has been turning his eye northward.
Leader:The great emperor Adan Oro
Describe the Govt.: A massive dictatorship with the emperor doing everything for his people, only taking advice from a trusted few people, Adan himself is worshipped as a saint among his people.
Technological Overview:By no means is the Eternal Empire well armed, old weaponry the United States no longer wanted makes up the brunt of their armory, as well as some old and out dated Russian arms from the cold war. They have recently tried to break into robotics and drones due to Brazil's rise to power some thirty years ago, but have failed due to the lackluster Research and development crew they have.

Cultural Overview:Like the days of the old they are still heavily based in Catholicism, they are also steeped within drug culture leading to a rash of addiction and depression. This is one thing Adan is trying to stop.

Military Description:Their military is nothing to behold, mostly they try to make up for their lack of technology with fanaticism most people underneath Adan are almost incorruptible due to the power, reverence, and fear of their great leader. They also keep a large section of children soldiers known as "Adan's Ninos" who are so hopped up on drugs they barely feel anything.

Nation Name:Nova Deutschland

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Location:South America

Land Owned: Based around Buenos Aires and stretching South to Puerto Mont In peru and North into Southern Brazil through Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia with some skirmishes over Peru.

Population:36.8 million

Language Spoken:German, Spanish, Portuguese

National History: In the aftermath of the war the South american governments which had escaped largely untouched by the nuclear fire were falling apart as governments and Cartels fought over control of the northern states and nations looked to settle old scores. As the Argentine government which was barely holding onto power was overthrown by a militaristic group of ethnic Germans who set themselves up as the new government and begun to consolidate power in the military. With the chaos of the change of government Southern Argentina broke away and allied with Peru to retake the government the following war which ended in a cease-fire agreement in 2048 after The ND captured Peru’s secondary capital of Puerto Mont. Shortly after the ND begun mass conscription of it’s new territories and launched a war against its neighbors to unit South America. Despit the ceasefire minor skirmishes are common along the South border .
In order to maintain order the largest portion of the army consists of military police which also is used as local police. The laws are fairly harsh with most crimes punishable by service in the punitive battalions which forms the first wave of any offensive. Dissenters are forced into hard labor along with their families.

Leader:General Ulfric Von Kessel

Describe the Govt.: A military “Democracy” in which only senior officers can vote.

Technological Overview: With most of the world a flame the ND began producing older designs to outfit its armies the main service and policing weapon is the Steyger Aug and standard gear includes kevlar vests. Civilian tech is mostly around the early 2000’s level.

Cultural Overview:Culture has become severely neglected since the Germans took over and as time passed with the increasing military presence in most towns and cities, many people have adopted the regiments stationed in their cities taking in the army customs and traditions.

Military Description:With over 2 million active personnel of which half are military police which use concentrated tear gas and heavy riot gear to put down any disorder. Of the million other troops 700 thousand are infantry, 50 thousand are marines, 50 thousand work as mechanized infantry, 200 thousand work as logistics and support. The Navy consists of one aircraft carrier that has been refitted to act as the marines base of operation and two museums battleships .
This is just a rough draft.