[CHAR] The Sun Will Never Set (Reboot)

[Voltus_Ventus]

Accepted Nations:

The Greater Republic of Avalia - Skepic

The Third Empire and Grand Commonwealth of Moravia - Cyclone

Kingdom of Setra - Gig

Kingdom of Zenovia - ZB1996

People's Republic of Kataylabinsk - Mihndar

Kingdom of Verendes - Isotope

Heavenly Empire of Yllendthyr - Willy Vereb

Empire of Fuso - ClocktowerEchos

Shogunate of The True Inheritors - Sigma

The Sacred Empire of the Ceresian Sea - Serpentine88

Great confederation of the Imperial and Republican realms of Vinculi - Wernher

Brusaleye - Combo move

[Skepic]

The Greater Republic of Avalia

Government and Economy

Type of Government:
The Greater Republic of Avalia is an indirect representative democracy, lead by the Chancellor of Avalia. The Chancellor is elected by the Avalian Senate every 5 years. The Chancellor is the head of both the government and military, and generally makes most of the major decisions of the nation. However, the Chancellor does not have the power to propose laws, only to approve of them. For that, the Chancellor must gain support of 5 or more Senate members if the Chancellor wants to push any sort of legislation through. As for the Senate, each member represents a region of the nation and holds office for 7 years and may be reelected.

Head of Government:
Chancellor of Avalia:
Helena Vortzeria

Economy:
Internally, The Republic has a Mixed Economy with various areas being either Market or Traditional economies. The Government does regulate various areas of the market, but ultimately it is a free market. The nation tries to create a "Balanced Trade" which goes by the motto "Do what you do best, buy the rest". Thus Avalian exports usually focus around the aviation industry, ranging from selling commercial airships, airship components, and most importantly, refined Kavuria. While the substance Kavuria is widespread in the world, Avalia's refining techniques have made it much cheaper to buy than attempting to produce your own, usually giving nations more options to focus on other aspects of their economy while receiving cheap Kavuria to float their airships.
Nation's Major Export:
Airships (commercial), Experienced Aviation workforce, Refined Kavuria (Grades A-F. This marks of the quality, thus efficiency of it. The higher the grade, the bigger your ship can be for less Kavuria), Aluminum Alloys, grain, and rice.
Nation's Major Imports:
Stronger Steel Alloys, Fyrurock, various refined fuel types, various food items, Furs, Jewelry, Naval goods(ranging from ships to machinery), concrete, heavy machinery, gold, copper, and exotic goods.

History, Demographics and Culture

Primary Species:

Valkyerians, Valkyeria

The native Avalians of the Greater Republic of Avalia are known as Valkyeria. Due to their races history, they have mostly remained in their homeland, unable to spread for hundred of years and now too afraid to migrate to other nations thanks to potential racism. In terms of their physiology, they are fairly similar to humans, but with very notable differences. First and foremost is their bird like features. All Valkeryia seem to posses feathered "wings" that sprout an inch above the ears. They also have short, feathered tails that match the color of their "head wings". Typically, they have icy blue eyes and white hair, but occasionally are seen with orange or grey eyes. Valkyerians have much denser muscles than humans, making them have a much higher average endurance, and stronger bones. Valkyerians also seem to naturally preform better at high, thin air altitudes, where normally humans would have difficulty breathing.

Population:
147,780,900 (roughly, but steadily increasing)

Culture:
Avalians present themselves as proud, optimistic people, with much faith in a better future. This is due to their relative prosperity in recent years and fast advancements in their technologies. However, they may also come off as arrogant, especially towards those of faith. With religious worship practically illegal due to social norms, they can be very harsh towards any god worshiping individual.

Religious and Other Beliefs:
Heavily Secular. While the government does not outlaw the worshiping of religion outright, the combination of their history as well as the social norms usually means those who have faith do not make it far in this nation.

History:
The republic of the region proudly points to its origins in the native people of Avalia. During the times before the industrial revolutions, the land was filled with theocratic monarchies. Various god worshiping, human nations that all enslaved the Valkyerians, or "sky people". These Valkyerians, according to the nations of the time, claimed that they were god's gift to the humans, the universal "servants" of the land. Various interpretations of this existed, ranging from enslavement, to outright purging of "lesser peoples". Communities were periodically raided or destroyed completely. Dark times for the Valkyerians continued for centuries until enough was enough.

The Valkyerians of various lands began to flee to a rumored promise land in the center of a high mountain range. An isolated bit of rough territory that no nation set foot in. This event became known as "The Great Defiance" when many Valkyerians fled their homelands to this place of freedom. At first, this was a minor, isolated settlement. However their numbers swelled and soon they began to rival their neighbors.

When the first hints of Industrial Revolution came to be, the Valkyerian nation of "Avalia" experienced an amazing boom in technology and industry. They soon developed an incredibly advance military in comparison to their backwards thinking neighbors.

Eventually the nation of Avalia invaded and annexed its oppressive theocratic neighbors in a series of wars now known as the Liberian Wars. At the end of this conquest, the new Republic was stronger than ever, now that all the lands of Avalia had been united. The second revolution of science and industry soon swept through, leading to a break through that allows the modern airships of today. An Avalian named Joseph Kraft was a former miner, now chemist. He took it upon himself to try to solve the main problem around creating a practical airship, lift. From simple hot air to explosive hydrogen, the airship seemed plagued with all sorts of practical problems. As a native Valkyerian, member of the people of the sky, he felt his natural duty was to find a solution. And he did.

After years of experimentation, he figured out how to turn a previously useless ore, Kavuria, into a usable "lighter than air" gas. It had a much higher weight capacity than Hydrogen and was much less dangerous. However, the substance was toxic to breath and refining it into a usable form took years to perfect. But now the nation the Greater Republic of Avalia has mastered the process of mining, refining, and using Kavuria. It caused a boom for the airship industry in the Greater Republic of Avalia, such that it is now as essential as any sea going vessels to their trade. With much of their shores being sheer cliffs and incredibly rough terrain, the airships were essential in connecting Avalia's trade with the rest of the modern world. With one of the most modern airship fleets in the world, the Valkyerians of Avalia have truly entered their natural realm. What will the future hold for the people of the sky?

Nation Relations

-"The Fuso-Avalian Cooperation Agreement"-
Many years ago, when The Greater Republic of Avalia was still a very young nation, it sent out emissaries in order to establish itself on the world stage. Their early airship envoys were escorted by the first of the Strike Witches, as the rising nation couldn't afford to have a more heavily armed airborne ships escort for these diplomatic vessels. They met many nations, but left a particularly lasting impression on their future ally, the Empire of Fuso. Avalia had come at the right time, as Fuso was in a state of happily accepting foreigners and their ideals. They were awe struck by the agility of the elite airmen that protected the lumbering ships of the sky that the strange Avalian foreigners arrived in. While they discussed the various trade routes and items to be established, representatives kept trying to steer the conversion back to the Strike Witches. Now, the Strike Witch and the technologies they used were one of the pinnacles of aviation technology in Avalia, so needless to say, their first response was no.

However, years later, Avalia was becoming more involved in global affairs, and thus, needed some friends across the world. They turned to Fuso and stuck up a historical deal. Avalia and Fuso were to become allies, watching each others backs and providing aid in their times of need. They both agreed that while they had the option to opt out in expansionist endeavors of either country, they had an obligation to protect one another from an aggressor. As part of this deal, two agreements where made to sweeten it for both sides.

Avalia would dispatch four squadrons of Strike Witches to Fuso to train and equipped Fuso's own special airborne infantry. These trainees are what make up the current Fuso " Arashi Kami"! Now, in exchange for such a significant gift, Fuso granted Avalia the right to construct four major military bases within their nation. This helped completely secure Avalian trade routes to Fuso and give Avalia a presence in the northern hemisphere.

This extraordinary agreement between two of the most unlikely allies was to be known as "The Fuso-Avalian Cooperation Agreement". Rather a dull name for such a significant alliance, isn't it?

Geography, Agriculture and Industry

Territories:
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Nation Geography
The north is experiences very cold winters, and cool summers with the weather rarely ever being agreeable. The weather becomes less extreme as one heads south, with the terrain turning from what was predominantly pine and fern forests to more regular north woodlands with strong redwood type trees. Near the northern coast, cold rain forests exist with towering trees and moss covered grounds. This is a major area for the lumber industry. Near the center is the fabled mountain range that shielded the Valkyerians from their enemies centuries ago. Here is were the capital is built, serving as the nation's major airship hub. To the southwest is the greater riverlands, where much of the agriculture comes from, naturally. To the direct west is another, smaller mountain range that stretches to the coast. It act as another airship hub, mainly in dry docking and construction. This is also the harshest range of coastline, with sheer cliffs being up to 200 feet. Finally at the far south, the lands become much less dramatic with the exception of the rough coastal section of sharp slate cliffs and crevices. Legend tells that these rough lands once sheltered fleeing Valkyeria as they made there way north.

Military

The Republic's military has a high focus on aviation and its airship fleet, but still maintains a strong, balanced ground force to support the air forces and vice versa. The military takes both men and women of the nation, and even has a female only squadron known as the "Strike Witches".
Population
6,945,710

Army Overview:
Despite the Republic's focus on aviation, the ground forces remain to be very rugged and flexible, so their equipment reflects that. The Army is handles most ground operations as well as paratrooper divisions.

Avalian Infantry
(Going from left to right)
Paratroopers:
Highly trained infantry that are dropped behind enemy lines. They use various select fire automatic rifles, marksman rifles, and pistols. They are usually equipped with sabotage gear and are dropped to either hold positions until main forces arrive or to create havoc in enemy supply lines.

Standard Infantry:
Regulars of the Republic, they usually carry semi-automatic rifles and service revolvers. They usually have one or two per squad equipped with specialized equipment such as machine guns or AT weaponry, and may be given sub-machine guns for urban fighting environments.

CQC/Special Forces:
Veteran combat units that specialize in urban warfare or remote combat operations. They usually carry their own personal equipment, ranging mainly from trench guns to single hand axes. They also wear heavier armor, yet despite this, can be surprisingly swift. Least common among the ground forces.

Avalian Armor:

E-76 Heavy Tank
This heavy tank is designed to be both a tank killer and an infantry support vehicle. Thick slopped armor and its large 90mm cannon mounted on an electric driven turret make it a terrifying behemoth. However, it's overall speed is slow and its great weight means it requires extra effort in logistics to move these large tanks around. Thus, they are not very common on the battlefield.

E-22 Medium Tank
This tank services to be the versatile backbone of the Republic's armored forces. It carries a 76mm cannon with decent armor and speed. It's flanking armor is a major issue at the moment, as it is fairly thin and easily penetrated. However, its speed and machine guns make it an excellent infantry support vehicle and it can be easily produced.

M-48 Light Tank/Tank Destroyer
This is one of the newer tank designs and it comes in two variations. One is the light tank version, with a 47mm cannon, and two heavy machine guns. It's great speed allows it to be a decent reconnaissance vehicle as well as support for infantry. The second version has a modified, high velocity 57mm anti tank round with specialized armor piercing rounds. In combination with its speed, it can be quite the terrifying hit and run tank destroyer.

Mk-4 Mobilized Armor
An odd/new edition to the Avalian tank destroyer family, this mechanical monstrosity and designed to ambush and destroy armored vehicles using its large 88mm cannon. While fairly nimble and fast, the user is very exposed and lacks majorly in armor in order to remain mobile. It also brand new, so don't expect to see these on the battlefield so much.

E-24T Armored Transport Vehicle
This armored vehicle uses a modified E-24 chassis. It was elongated and its internal components were moved about to make it into an APC for regular infantry. It is armed usually with a 20mm autocannon and a heavy machine gun, but other variations include an AA and self propelled mortar version.

C-34A Armored Car
This is a very fast armored vehicle armed with a 20mm autocannon. Its main roles are reconnaissance and infantry support, but it is very vulnerable to any sort of anti armor or high caliber weaponry due to its light armor.

Ryler's 2-22 Truck
From the "Ryler's Automotive Company", this is an example of some of the logistical support trucks used by the Republic.

Artillery:

N-6 Infantry Mortar
Standard heavy mortar used by infantry units. Crewed by three soldiers.

N-120 120mm Howitzer
This howitzer is the most common in the Republic, used both as an artillery piece, anti tank gun, and anti aircraft gun thanks to its wide variety of ammunition.

N-380 240mm Siege Gun
This heavy piece of artillery is used mainly as a siege weapon on fortresses and strong points. Not usually seen nor used in typical engagements as it often has to be specifically requested by the general in the battle.

-Navy Overview-
The navy is the branch that suffers most from neglect. While the quality of their ships is decent, their numbers are small and are mainly used to simply guard trade routes and the waters in the Greater Republic. However, the new leader of the Avalian Navy is ambitious and seeks to build the Navy into a serious naval force to be reckoned with.

Avalian Battleclass
A heavily armed and armored battleship type vessel, it is one of the more common ships. Its most notable armaments at its two 36cm cannons and four 26cm cannons. They are deadly heavy hitters, but are very vulnerable to submarines and aircraft.

Avalian Destroyerclass
This is the newest and now second most common ship design of the Avalian navy. It is a support ship that posses great anti air and anti submarine capabilities as well as very fairly swift in the water. Its dual 88mm cannons also help it its ability to engage medium naval targets

Air Force Overview
Now the Greater Republic of Avalia may have a decent ground military, but what they are truly known for is the massively impressive fleet that guards the skies above and rains hell down below. The Avalian Airborne Fleet is the main focus of the overall military, with great funding and research put into making the best airships they possibly can. Here are the current classifications of the fleet:

Typical Avalian Trade/Civilian Airship
This airship is the most commonly scene design from Arkil. They are produced to transport large amounts of cargo and sold to other nations. Speed varies based on cargo, but without all the armor and guns of military airships, they are typically much faster and more maneuverable. As they say, time is money!

Avalian Destroyer
The most numerous combat airship of the fleet, this serves as the backbone to the Airborne Fleet. These airships are commonly scene patrolling the airspace or escorting fleets. Main Armament consists of three 105mm cannons and a secondary armament of four turrets that house twin 7.7cm Flak cannons. They can reach a top speed of
150mph.

Avalian Light Cruiser
One of the older ship designs, these provide the more common "heavy muscle" in battles. Armed with six 150mm cannons and one single 38cm cannon as well as four 7.7cm Flak cannons, these ships are essentially stronger, heavier destroyers. They have a top speed of 110mph.

Avalian Battle Cruiser
Thanks to its lighter armor and more powerful engine systems, this newer addition to the fleet has mobility and heavy firepower. It carries three turrets with twin 20cm cannons, eight broadside 8.8cm guns, four 10.5cm turrets, and six 7.7mm flak guns as well as various light AA guns. With all this, they can still maintain a good 110mph.

Avalian Heavy Cruiser
An out of date ship, these used to provide the heavy firepower of the fleet They are armed with three turrets that contain twin 20cm cannons, four broadside turrets with one 8.8cm cannons, and two turrets that house quad 7.7cm Flak cannons. They can reach a top speed of 95mph. They are currently being decommissioned in favor of the newer Battle Cruiser design.

Avalian Fortress Class
Both the least common and largest airship of the fleet, it is said to carry enough ordnance to destroy entire cities. Exaggerations aside, it is still a terrifying ship. Armed with six turrets carrying twin 32cm cannons, eight turrets carrying 8.8cm cannons, and around twelve turrets carrying duel 7.7cm flak guns. It also has a bomb bay that can easily carry up to 10,000 pounds of bombs. Only two of these ships exist as they are a nightmare of logistical support. It could be even said that they serve as intimidation weapons more so than actual strategic weapons. The top speed of this ship is a breakneck 80mph.

Avalian Aircraft Carriers
As a newer ship with only four in deployment, they are multi-deck aircraft carriers that can carry a large number of fighter and bomber aircraft as well as soldiers and invasion forces. Strike Witches are also usually based out of these carriers. Top speed of around 95mph

Aircraft:

The Arkillian Strike Witch
Arkillian is the ancient term for the better land. Where the people of the sky could finally be among the clouds. The Witches are called "Arkillians" out of respect for this.
The Arkillian Strike Witches are a female only fighter squadron that use leg mounted flying machines known as "Strikers". They are an elite unit of aces, often tasked with unique machines for their qualities. They usually carry 20mm autocannons or heavy machine guns into battle, and while they are very much more exposed to AA fire, they are incredibly nimble and fast, climbing like a rocket and turning on a dime.

The AW-7 Multi Role Aircraft
This font engine aircraft is the most common strike fighter in the Empire. It is armed with four 30mm cannons and has a top speed of around 380mph at 10,000ft. It is well balanced with a great climb and dive rate as well as famed for its strength under high G maneuvers. However, it's turning speed is somewhat poor, thus pilots are trained around using "boom and zoom" tactics as opposed to conventional turn dogfights. It can also carry up to 500lbs of bombs. Launched both from Carriers and airbases.

The AT-40 Attacker Aircraft
This twin engine aircraft is slow but very maneuverable. It is armed with twin 40mm cannons and can carry up to 1000lbs of bombs. It's main role is to attack ground and naval forces with its powerful cannons and heavy bombs. Thus it is vulnerable to high performance fighters as it climbs slowly and generally does better at lower altitudes. For protection it also as a rear facing turret with twin 12.7mm machine guns.

The AB-77 Heavy Bomber
The main bomber of the Arkillian Airborne Fleet, it can carry up to 2000lbs of bombs and its protected by various strategically placed turrets armed with 20mm cannons. It is a lumbering aircraft of sorts, thus it is very vulnerable to fighter aircraft, however it has been known to be a "bullet sponge" thanks to its smartly designed fuselage and inline built rudder system.

[Cyclone]

The Third Empire and Grand Commonwealth of Moravia

Flag:

The Moravian lion has long been driven to extinction, yet still its imposing form symbolizes the Commonwealth and the great empires that came before. As such, the national flag is bears the mighty lion's image. The flag is usually referred to as the Pride.

Government and Economy

Type of Government:

The Commonwealth is a fascist state, headed by a dictator that is nominated (only nominally, in some cases) from among the leaders of the Nationalist Party and then elected through popular vote. No opposition parties are allowed in the political system, though there is a coalition of minor parties allied to the main one that are allowed to exist and often quarrel with one another over minor issues. Generally, these sub-parties only ever gain lower level legislative or judicial positions and seats in local governments.

Head(s) of Government:

Caesar Thaurissan

Caesar of the Third Empire and Grand Commonwealth of Moravia, Warden of Moravia, Curate of the Holy Imperial Demesne, Grand Archon-Protectorate of the People, Majordomo of the Commonwealth, High Imperator, Chairman of the Nationalist Party, and Admiral-General, Stefan Thaurissan is the undisputed leader of Moravia. Despite essentially being a dictator and a merciless tyrant, he is genuinely well-liked by the standards of most countries' leaders.

Wild nationalism and propaganda leave him with an incredibly high approval rating among the people, one so high that the government doesn't even have to tweak the poll numbers. He even felt secure enough in his position to recently hold an election. Needless to say, he was reelected with no notable candidate even attempting to run against him.

He almost always bears a cool expression and has a way of inspiring fear with a character icy, piercing, and yet thoughtful stare. Always collected, he rarely speaks, but when he does so his voice is quiet yet deep, commanding, and audible.

He is in his late thirties and came to his position approximately ten years ago, mainly because his grandfather was a well known revolutionary and the first dictator of the new Commonwealth. He didn't simply inherit his position though; he received a rigorous formal military and political education, was engaged in politics even before his father's death, and had a large role in his own succession by rallying the support of the rest of his party.

As far as international politics go, he is the Commonwealth and the Fascist government incarnate: he will put on a pleasant face, speak honeyed words, and proclaim good intentions, all the while being utterly pragmatic and an opportunistic vulture. Despite his own unfathomable ambition and desire to make his father's (and the Nationalists') visions reality by reforming the Old Moravian Empire and making the Commonwealth the golden jewel of the world, he genuinely does care for his country as well. Regardless of this sentiment, he does recognize that all of his people as individuals are expendable, and would not hesitate to sacrifice almost anything or anyone to for the perceived greater good of furthering the Commonwealth's goals.

While not much is known of his personal life, it is common knowledge that he is married and has two children. His only siblings died in their infancy, and both of his parents are deceased.

Imperator Geddon

Dwarves are represented well in the legislative and judicial sides of government, yet despite making up a good portion of the Commonwealth's military almost all Imperators are humans, and then almost all of those humans in office are Moravs rather than Machakans.

This makes Imperator Geddon somewhat notable, as he is a dwarf and also one of the Caesar's closest allies. He is the Caesar's official foremost lieutenant and something comparable to a vice-president. Aside from Imperator, he also bears the unique title of 'Master of Horse', an ancient office of the Old Moravian Empire that has been restored with the rise of the fascist government. Second only to Thaurissan himself in his military rank, Geddon is one of the military geniuses that has been responsible for the Commonwealth's rapid growth.

Geddon is tall for a dwarf at around five and a half feet and is famous for his constantly grim and humorless demeanor. This makes him a rather imposing figure, perhaps even more than the Caesar himself. Scars still adorn the dwarf's face from when he fought on the front lines as a youth; he worked his way up from the bottom to the top.

At around eighty years old he's only middle aged for a dwarf, yet he has been a part of the fascists government since its very beginning. For a good twenty years he has been High Imperator, under both the current and previous Caesar. His time in command has been the most peaceful and uneventful in all of the Commonwealth's history of the fascist state, with little to no expansion. This is largely due to the daunting tasks of integrating the large coastal region that was most recently annexed by the Commonwealth, suppressing a small but notable rebel movement, and his responsibility in seeing to fruition Commonwealth's newfound naval aspirations.

Still, he is by no means a pacifist and is beginning to bend to the pressure of both the people and the military to acquire new territory, for the glory of Moravia.

Imperators

Imperators are the heads of the Commonwealth's executive branch, directing the military force, handling most foreign relations, and generally acting as the faces and hands of the government. This title and designation is given to both provincial governors and the Caesar's appointed heads of the various executive departments and bureaucracies of the government.

Magistrates

Magistrates are some of the leaders and highest ranking members of the Nationalist Party (although the lesser coalition parties can technically submit candidates for this position, such nominees are rarely if ever capable of acquiring the this coveted position). They are the legislators of the National Government and are elected, although funding and endorsement from the Nationalist Party is almost always needed to actually win an election which means that some degree of nepotism is usually needed to gain power. The Magistrates form something of an oligarchy, doing most of the work involved in ruling the Commonwealth since the higher ranking executives are fewer in number.

Justiciars

Justiciars represent the judicial system and courts of law in the Commonwealth. They generally are subservient to and uphold the will of the Imperators and Magistrates, making them the weakest (but most numerous) type of high official. They are appointed to their positions, not elected.

Economy:

The fascist government has the ultimate goal of achieving economic independence for the country by minimizing imports and maximizing exports, an achievable goal seeing as the country is by far the most industrialized one in the world.

If something can be made, the Commonwealth most likely manufactures it and does so at least reasonably well, though the area in which they shine is the creation of heavy machinery and land-based vehicles. Their gnomish inventors and dwarven engineers are renowned around the world, and the formidable Moravian Army can attest to the brutal effectiveness of the Commonwealth's tanks and war machines while millions of families can attest to the practicality, reliability, and affordability of Moravian automobiles, farming tractors, and other civilian vehicles.

The Commonwealth's massive industrial engine naturally requires huge volumes of resources to maintain, but fortunately the country is blessed with huge amounts of arable land and exploitable resources. They are a large producer of various metals and fossil fuels, but despite all of that they are still forced to import vast volumes of resources mainly oil0 in order to supplement their own production.

Two of the Commonwealth's largest and most valuable trading partners are the Kingdom of Verendes and the Shogunate of Izuno.

History, Demographics and Culture

Primary Species:

There are three main species that make up the population of the Commonwealth: human, dwarf, and gnome. The humans are further divided into two broad ethnic groups, the Machakans that were the first inhabitants of the region and the far more numerous Moravs.

Humans

The Machakans are easily distinguished from their fellow humans by their skin tone, which ranges everywhere from olive to the brown of mahogany or pure black. They have inhabited general equatorial region of the continent for at least ten thousand years, existing mostly as primitive tribal communities until approximately 2,500 years ago when contact was established with pale-skinned foreigners from the north. These foreigners would later be driven by climate change to go south on a mass migration, where they would settle permanently and found the Old Moravian Empire. With the power of agriculture and permanent settlements they managed to surpass the natives, and with their newfound technological advantage they easily subjugated most of the Machakans.

Machakans would remain considered a slave race for the next millennium and then some after the rise and fall of the Old Moravian Empire. Throughout this time, additional mass migrations and culutural assimilation resulted in the original population of the Old Moravian Empire transforming into the group that identify as Moravs to this day. Despite claiming descent from that ancient empire, the modern Moravs' culture, appearance, and even language has inherited as much from barbarian invaders and foreign lands as it has from those that they claim descent from. Still, they carry a few drops of the blood of those first conquerors.

Dwarves

The second species, dwarves (or the Derro, as they call themselves) make their home mostly on the rugged foothills and mountains of the northern border or in the heartlands, specifically Qualia due to its large manufacturing industry. Modern dwarves as a species share common primate ancestors with humans, though they diverged long ago.

The idea of the dwarves being half the height of humans came about as their rugged homelands and extreme attitudes regarding temperance often meant food was scarce in ancient times. Nowadays, they are on average larger than humans in terms of weight, though this is mainly due to their bones being thicker and hardier and their bodies more stocky and muscled. They are on average around half a foot shorter than their human counterparts, but it is not unheard of for a dwarf to reach the height of six feet.

Another unusual aspect about dwarven physiology is that like the elves, they have lifespans far longer than humans; a working dwarf can often expect to reach a fair ways beyond the age of 100, and a few of the most robust dwarves in history have managed to reach the venerated age of 200. While their bodies might be far more durable, their minds are not; at around the age of 150 most dwarves begin to grow increasing mad, sometimes eventually reaching the point of outright insanity before they inevitably go senile.

Dwarven culture is somewhat alien, with it being hard for most other races to even grasp how much the creatures value productivity, hard work, and raw strength and grit. Like in the times of old, dwarves still live in great clans and they still work in the same time honored professions of their ancestors; however, where they once mined with pickaxes and wrought steel on anvils, they now mine with dynamite and gigantic boring devices of their creation and assemble everything from tanks to silverware in great industrial foundries.

Dwarves, like humans, have a variety of different languages and dialects that vary across nations or even individual clans.

Historically many dwarven clans have long existed in the wildest reaches of Moravia, living in their own solitary kingdoms and counties and largely being ignored by the Old Moravian Empire. When the new religion came and the Holy Moravian Empire formed this religion reached the dwarves as well, largely replacing their shamanistic traditions but not their ancestor worship. In recent times, large numbers of dwarves have flocked to the Commonwealth, where they are genuinely welcomed and already have a sizable population and cultural influence. The country's industrious nature and culture also appeals to the dwarves, and so many also visit if only to work temporarily.

Gnomes

The gnomish people are a diminutive and physically weak race, with the tallest of them struggling to even reach four feet in height. They further look unusual with their disproportionately large heads and hair that varies wildly in color from pink to light blue or mundane brown.

Gnomes are innovative thinkers and are responsible for a vast variety of inventions, including more than a few that are commonly attributed to dwarves. Although a diminutive people, gnomes think big, often producing designs far too complex to ever be realized. To gnomes, technology is a way of life. Even gnomes who take on other trades often tinker in their spare time. Because of their innate curiosity, they produce a wide variety of devices that are interesting or amusing but otherwise useless or impractical. While others might shake their heads at such folly, the gnomes value all invention, no matter how unimportant it might seem. A saying goes that the smartest of men are like the dullest gnome children when it comes to mathematics and the hard sciences, but of course this is a gross exaggeration. Still, the point remains that many gnomes have a higher intellectual capacity than almost any other species.

This, needless to say, has made them a valuable asset to the Commonwealth. Still, they have not always been present. After their homeland experienced a series of devastating natural disasters and political instability, waves of gnomish refugees came into the Holy Moravian Empire during its final days. When their new homeland similarly collapsed, many gnomes moved on but still others stayed.

While the Commonwealth's government proclaims equality and sees value in gnomes, they were historically persecuted not so long ago. Their arrival almost perfectly coincided with the downfall of the Holy Moravian Empire which led to several of the successor states banishing the gnomish populations or committing atrocities against them. Among some populations of humans and gnomes, the mutual hatred and distrust lives on. In addition, the gnomes have a long history of democracy and individualism that chafes somewhat with the Commonwealth's totalitarianism and collective mentality.

All of that has left the gnomish population divided: many vehemently support the Commonwealth and its visions of progress, whilst many others loathe the fascist government and are secretly dissidents. There is a small but growing gnomish rebel movement.

Population: The Commonwealth is home to approximately 250 million people in total. The demographics are as follow:

~70% Human (25% of the total human population belonging to the Machakan ethnic group, the rest being Moravs)
24% Dwarf
6% Gnome
<1% being other races.

Culture:

Religious and Other Beliefs:

Miaphytism

Summary of the religion

*It is very similar to modern Christianity.
*There are a lot of different sects, but technically they are all supposed to fall under the very broad Church of Qualia. Forcing them all under that church was a move that helped end the bloodbath of crusades that raged through Moravia since the fall of the Holy Moravian Empire.
*There is a Divine Prefect (formerly known as Divine Emperor during the time of the Holy Moravian Empire) that is similar to a Pope, but with little real authority either in matters of secular or religious in nature. He is just supposed to be the embodiment of a pure Miaphyte.

Miaphytism is the large, overarching name for the group of closely related religions that nowadays are adhered to by nearly all of the Commonwealth's population, dwarf, gnome, and man alike. This religion was once unified, though this is no longer the case.

Miaphytism is monotheistic and relatively simple, statng that life is a trial of sorts and that one's fate beyond death will depend very much on their actions in life. Hard work, producing offspring, and building a better world for one's children are all things that will be rewarded by the Creator, whilst sloth, thievery, and the like are punished. Traditionally the religion proclaimed that there would always by one Divine Emperor, a great leader and zealous man that would lead all Miaphytes in one united theocracy.

The paganism and shamanistic traditions of old gave way to the New Faith during the rise of the Holy Moravian Empire, and for centuries the land was religiously united. This all shattered apart during the Reformation during the latter days of the Holy Empire, when numerous sects splintered off. The decades to come led to religious persecutions, crusades, inquisitions, and general carnage on a scale never before seen. While this inevitably sewed the seeds of hatred and distrust among the various sects, the Kingdom of Qualia started its own official church. Unlike the other petty kingdoms that demanded strict adherence to one sect or another on pain of death, the only true difference between the Qualian Church and the formerly united one was a newfound emphasis on personal interpretation of the Holy Texts.

This emphasis on personal interpretation allowed the Church of Qualia to avoid taking a stance on contested issues and easily assimilate people of all faiths. While they did not convert everyone in Moravia, the Qualians through their clever state religion required all churches within the kingdom's borders to submit to the Qualian Divine Prefect (essentially a reincarnate of the Divine Emperor, renamed the Prefect so as to emphasize his separation from the secular state) and join the Qualian Church. This brought about at least some semblance of unity and peace, and resulted in far less protests than there otherwise might have been.

The schism is far from mended and it still seems that nearly every church has its own take on some verse or two in the Holy Texts, but Moravia has slowly mended and the people have grown back together. The Fascist government, seeing the wisdom in the continuation Qualian system, made minimal changes. Nowadays the Commonwealth is more or less tolerant of any orthodox sects of Miaphytism, and even other religions provided that they do not support anarchist or otherwise problematic viewpoints.

History:

Geography, Agriculture and Industry

Territories:

The Old Moravian Empire was based around the gulf and the modern-day Commonwealth's westernmost regions, and it included parts of northern Zenovia and almost the entirety of Kataylabinsk. Taking an aggressively nationalistic stance, the Commonwealth essentially sees their rightful territory as consisting of all the Old Empire's territories, from when it was at its greatest extent, as well as those territories of the subsequent Holy Moravian Empire.

As of the present day, the Commonwealth controls the vast majority of the Holy Moravian Empire's former lands (some were annexed by the Kataylan Imperium some two centuries ago, and to this day the Moravians still burn with outrage at that series of events) but only around half of the original empire's land around the gulf coast.

The Geographical Regions of the Commonwealth

Whilst freedom of travel and good transportation has naturally led the various races and cultures to diffuse throughout the Commonwealth, there are still regions that are still predominantly home to one group. The western region is almost exclusively Moravs, whilst the Machakan ethnic group still holds a majority in some of the more rugged central desert, savanna, and highland regions. The northern border has a huge dwarven population and dozens of great clans and the vast majority of dwarves, but southern highlands also are home to a few notable dwarven clans. There are large clusters of gnomes in the east, though they are still outnumbered by humans in those regions as well. Overall, the industrial heartland of Qualia is by far the most diverse region, with huge populations of every race, clan, and species.

Cities, Bases, etc.:

Climate:

Great savannas, scorching desert, verdant rainforest, rugged crags, rolling hills, and temperate woodlands are all present in Moravia. The land in general is hot, being close to the equator, and is much more fertile in the far east and west. The central south is badlands, and running through the central-east is a vast stretch of desert. Large portions of the north and south borders are along mountain ranges or highlands, creating something of a natural defense.

Agriculture:

The region's constantly warm temperatures make farming possible year round, especially in the wetter coastal areas. Still, for a nation of its size the Commonwealth has only a mediocre agricultural output. For every great grassland or floodplain of arable land the Commonwealth has a rugged highland or desert that is worthless for farming. In addition to this, a history of urbanization and industrialization has left the country focused much more on manufacturing as compared to farming.

Still, while the Commonwealth has a relatively small portion of their population living in rural areas and farming, their countless advances in heavy machinery and vehicles mean that farmers have easy access to superior equipment.

Industry:

The Commonwealth of Moravia has a great deal of infrastructure. Unimaginable amounts of labor and funding were invested in constructing what is easily one of the world's most extensive railway systems, and Moravia's road networks are large as well. While the Moravians have never historically been great sailors at sea, the many waterways that run through the land have been maneuvered by riverboats since ancient times.

Mainly as a virtue of its large population and occasional usage of child labor (while it remains legal, in past years the practice has been restricted and subjected to increased regulations) Moravia also has a large amount of cheap, relatively unskilled labor. This cheap labor combined with the solid infrastructure base has lead to a strong manufacturing-based economy, fueled to a large extent by the cheap mass-production of finished goods like textiles and furniture.

In terms of technology, the Commonwealth (with its large population of dwarves) leads the world in the making of heavy machinery. Tanks, farming equipment, automobiles, and the like are all manufacturing in vast quantities without sacrificing quality.

The Commonwealth has made smaller technological advances in other areas as well. Gnomish chemists are somewhat renowned and Moravia has developed its fair share of medicines and pesticides. They also have made some headway into the fields of electronics and aeronautics.

Main Imports:

The Fascists' goal of achieving economic independence means that strict tariffs and import laws are in place, and as such it is difficult for foreign countries to export their goods into the Commonwealth. Still, Moravia's industry has a voracious appetite for metals, oil, and coal, and so despite largescale domestic production of these resources they are still imported in massive quantities.

Notably, the Izuno Dominion and Kingdom of Verendes have reached a trade agreements with the Commonwealth and are suppliers of such resources.

Main Exports:

The supreme industrialization of Qualia, the region spanning the eastern-central heartlands of the Commonwealth, means that few countries can compete with the sheer manufacturing power of the Commonwealth. In particular, Moravia is known for producing extremely high volumes of quality heavy machinery and vehicles, both military and civilian in nature. Gnomish chemists are also world famous and concoct all manner of advanced pesticides, cleaning agents, and even chemical weapons. Aside from that, other finished goods such as textiles and furniture are also mass-produced. While not quite a forerunner in the field of aviation, maritime goods, or electronics, these are also created domestically.

Regulations on exporting goods are far more lax than on importing them, and so most nations (especially those on the same continent) would have relatively easy access to a huge array of Moravian products.

Military

The Peoples' Grand Army

The Moravian Infantry

Moravian Firearms and Standard Issue Equipment

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MR-2 Assault Rifle

The MR stands for machine rifle, and as its name suggests, it is the first fully automatic rifle to have been successfully created on any appreciable scale. Developed in its current stage within the past two years, with the program having only begun five years ago. Moravia has gone to great strides to keep this information out of the ears of other nations, ally and enemy alike, classifying all documents mentioning the program and ensuring that the designers and engineers responsible work in utmost secrecy.

The rifle is largely still a prototype, with work continuing to find the ideal specifications and manufacturing methods. The main details have largely been worked out, and some small units were equipped with the MR-2 rifles and the MR-1 predecessors for testing. By all accounts the rifles worked well, but it will still be most likely two years before the weapons begin to undergo large scale production and perhaps four years before they are commonplace and well integrated into the arsenal of Moravian infantry.

Moravian Tank Corps

Moravian Artillery

Chemical Deployment Corps

Mechgineer Corps

The Commonwealth's Wings

The Moravian Navy

The Eyes

Ongoing Military Projects

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Kingdom of Setra

History

History

Though the species showed some degree of intelligence there lack of any kind notable verbal or written language and there size made the idea of them being sentient a distant idea. Even upon the discovery of hollowed out trees and mounds that the Fay has constructed themselves didn't impress the settlers for many insect species where capable of equal or superior feats of construction. Even supposed accounts of Fay harvesting honey from Bee hives where explained away by other species such as hornets doing the same the very idea of the Fay raising the Bees as livestock was simply unthinkable. This lack of understanding possibly saved there culture from extermination for the settlers didn't see them as a rival that needed to be removed a fate that had befallen many other cultures that had stood in the way of this wave of migration. Instead the Fay where looked upon as a curiosity a potentially useful animal similar to a cat or a dog. The settlers had seen the Fays intelligence after all the Fay had taken advantage of the settlers. The towns and ports in which the settlers had made there homes had become perfect hunting grounds for small insects that the Fay favoured as supplementary meals in there diets, and the settlers saw some use in this small creatures. The settlers needed something to send back home, the promised wealth of the new world had been less than imagined and the settlers desperately needed something to have made the venture worthwhile and that something turned out to be the Fay. Capturing specimens had been relatively easy the creatures where small and numerous in the Americas and where more or less harmless due to there tiny size. The Fay where a hit in the homeland, the creatures cute appearance, practical function at removing small pests, low maintenance and friendly disposition made them incredibly popular pets especially among woman and children. In less than a century the Fairy had become by far the most popular pet among Elvish families even the Emperor himself had a small colony of the creatures living within the palace brought in at the behest of his daughters. Just how intelligent the Fay where was first discovered by the now famous scientist Hîr Tebaroah Bacitiuh, a lesser elven noble, who claimed that his pet Fairy Scarlet was capable of not only holding a conversation in elvish but also being capable of reading and writing Elvish perfectly. Marveled by his discovery he published his findings in the year 1531 with high hopes, his papers where universally slandered by his peers. It was a well known fact that the Fay where good at imitation it was one of the many novelties that had made them popular pets but the idea that it was anything more than imitation was preposterous and Tebaroah Bacitiuh career was all but over any respect he may have had stripped away.

1648-1650 was a dark time for the The Heavenly Empire of Yllendthyr, years of oppression and mistreatment by there elven master had caused the majority human population to break out in revolt chaos ravaged the empire as human rebels classed with the imperial military. Desperate for resources both sides began to viciously harvest the colonies vast rain forests, wood was an important resource it was used in the construction of the rebels muskets, imperial bows and arrows as well as ships, spear shafts and last but no means least construction of bases and camps. This ceaseless destruction of there home brought about a change in the local Fay, for over 200 years the Fay had welcomed the settlers for there settlements had brought with them value perfect safe hunting grounds for the small insects that the fey needed for protean. But this sudden aggression was unacceptable the settlers had leveled countless settlements and killed thousands of there kind without provocation, all attempts to communicate with the titans had been fruitless for they where incapable of understanding them. Even the few who could understand and speak the strange verbal language of the titans where ignored or where treated condescendingly like some trained animal preforming a trick. There was only one option left to the peaceful Fay violence descending from the rain forest like a swarm of locus. The vast swarm attacked both parties indiscriminately armed with nothing more than small spears crafted from the thorns of plants and coated in the poison of the most dangerous animal the rain forest had to offer. The sudden aggression of the Fay took both parties by surprise. At first both sides continued to fight, the Fay merely became another natural hazard of the forest and even with the sheer numbers of the creatures insects where still just insects. Neither side knew what they where truly dealing with the Fay where not mindless insects as the giants had assumed in there ignorance. For the Fay where just as intelligent and cunning as the best of the titans, Launching countless raids upon both the rebel and imperial forces had hit both armies hard seeing a hopeless fight against nature the imperials retreated to there ships a tactical withdraw until they could figure out what to do reports needed to be sent.

The rebels thought it a victory, they had driven off the imperial forces and they could deal with the local wildlife and regain control, they where wrong despite there size the Fay had an overwhelming advantage. The imperial general Lerlebt Tagnett had quickly realised this the attacks of the Fay where not akin to a mindless swarm of wasps that had lashed out upon those that had disturbed there nest. The attacks where tactical the creatures where not only attacking strategic locations such as supply camps, and ports they also knew exactly where and when to attack. He had witnessed it with his own eyes as the tiny Fay brought down soldiers 50x there size threw coordinated teamwork it would have been awe inspiring if not for the circumstances. Lerlebt Tagnett knew he had been defeated he had been glad that he recognized the true threat his men faced in his report he emphasized that he believed that wasting resources fighting this new threat would be pointless. He believed that the Fay's hostility in the new world made the area dangerous and the resources required to even have a chance to benefit from the territory where well beyond the rebel's capacity to support. Over next 2 years the rebels in the new world where constantly harassed, there supposed hold over the colonies had done them little in the war in the empire. The war had become more or less centered upon the homelands in the east. Logging had become all but impossible even approaching the rainforest was incredibly dangerous as Fay ambushes could be sprung without warning leading to heavy casualties. The most disturbing thing for the men of the colonies wasn't the fact that the wildlife had become hostile it was what the wildlife was capable of there had been reports. Reports of the Fay doing the impossible making use of stolen or looted muskets and pistols, it was impossible the creatures where far too small to even lift the weapons to make use of them, they weren’t even supposed to be intelligent but they had all seen what the Fay had done. Mounting the stolen weaponry upon tiny carriages built by the Fay themselves they had created tiny makeshift Fay cannons which they had used to deadly effect against the rebel forces. The rebels had tried multiple times to flush out the Fay but finding the creatures was near impossible the terrain favoured them massively the Fay had evolved in the rainforests and where perfectly adapted to survival in this land something the humans where not. There none verbal means of communication allowed them to plan attacks in complete silence something the rebels where incapable of it was a war few could hope to win.

Eventually in 1650 the civil war in Yllendthyr ended with both sides reaching a compromise, and for another year the colonies remained under constant threat from Fay attacks. Any opposition to the species sentience had been dismissed as the reports from the colonies had begun to flood back home and soon the research of Tebaroah Bacitiuh had become a topic great interest among the scholar elite. War with the Fay simply wasn't an option for Yllendthyr the civil war had made her weak, she needed time to recover and the de-facto loss of the colonies was a blow, left with but option the elves did what the elves did best they resorted to diplomacy. Diplomacy hadn't been easy the strange Fay creatures language was beyond the elves ability to understand though they had learned the basics of the language and how it worked thanks to the works Tebaroah. It had still proven impossible for the elves to read it they simply lacked the means to differentiate subtleties in shades which they had learned could cause huge misunderstandings. Making use of a former pet Fay that had identified herself as Greeny Yellow house servant. A Fay that lived in Yllendthyr as the pet of a university teacher of Elvish language. The diplomat Hiril Sa'rea Goodnelh had discovered that the creature was capable of understanding every word in the elven language a feat her owner had been very proud of but unwilling to reveal fearing scrutiny. Greeny Yellow preformed admirably she had managed to quickly contact her kind in the rainforest the local Fay and had managed to persuade them to meet with the Hiril Sa'rea. Using Greeny Yellow Fay translator (name change due to job change) Sa'rea made incredible progress as she explained threw her translator the situation that had to current events to the local Fay lead by one Purple Princess queen to be. Purple Princess queen to be had been satisfied with Sa'rea's explanation of events, Sa'rea had used logic to point out the long peace with there peoples that had lasted over 200 years, and that hostility had broken out not due to the actions of the elves but of a rebel faction of humans. Sa'rea further emphasised how the imperial army had retreated not wishing to cause further loss of life among both parties Purple accepted the explanation for she herself had witnessed the retreat of the imperial army. After a day of negotiations both had parties had agreed to cease hostilities, and further negotiations where conducted Sa'rea had completed her objective of restoring peaceful relations with the Fay, but Sa'rea was ambitious like all elves she strived for success. Continuing negotiations for another 2 days Sa'rea secured exclusive fishing rights for Yllendthyr in the region, in addition she had persuade Purple to grant Yllendthyr co-ownership of a strip of land on the coast that roughly corresponded with the old colonies.

The deal had been a huge success in return Purple had requested three things:
1. Purple Princess Queen to be desired to learn more about the Elves and the world requesting that the elves send individuals to educate her people on various topics ranging from verbal language to science.
2. To allow trade with her people the Princess wishing to trade for the strange shiny material the elves used in the construction of some of there items.
3. That her people be allowed to continue to work within the boundaries of the empire free of discrimination, Purple had been pleased to hear from Greeny Yellow Elvish Translator of the kind and just treatment her people had received within the empire.

Hiril Sa'rea Goodnelh agreed to all terms of treaty and in year 1651 of the 17th day of the 6th month by the power invested in her by state of Yllendthyr on behalf of his holiness ruler and sovereign of the Empire of Yllendthyr the Emperor, Sa'rea signed the treaty. Hiril Sa'rea Goodnelh received near universal praise for her diplomacy armed but with words and her own intellect Sa'rea had regained much that had been lost in the civil war and brought an entire people under the sway of the empire.

Society, Religion, Government

The Fay

Appearance:
Fairy's look somewhat like tiny elves with beautifully coloured wings, and exotically coloured skin and hair with green, blue, pink, teal, red, purple, being the most common in that order and with it being most common to have matching skin and hair.

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Biology:
According to the studies of Charles Dwarfwin from the last century, Fairy, The Fay or Dolarpapilo are believed to have evolved from a now extinct species of Lepidoptera, there closest living relative being Morpho peleides. Fairy's are a unique strange species. They are by far the smallest known species that have attained true sentience a fact that had been originally overlooked upon first contact by Elven and human settlers of the Americas. Fairies have evolved very differently from most of the vertebrate races that inhabit the world the most notable being there minuscule size with the average height for both genders being a mere 4.6 inches tall with the largest known specimen being an exceptionally large male individual called Oberon who was documented to be just over 6 inches tall. The other major evolutionary feature of the Fay is there means of communication though capable of verbal speech due to an evolutionary trait that allows them to perfectly mimic around 72% of sounds they hear. This feature though had never been used for communication between individuals until the arrival of other sapient species to there homeland roughly 418 years ago. Until then the Fay used there beautiful wings and superior eyesight for communication, as was discovered by the famous Charles Dwarfwin the Fay are capable of seeing ultraviolet light which allows them to see colours that humans and even elves can't even comprehend. This combined with the Fay's ability to alter the patten and colouration of there wings allowed them to communicate with members of there species. It has been noted by observation that each possibly combination of colour possesses a completely different meaning, even the slightest variation in shade or order in which colours are displayed can cause what appears to be two identical pattens to mean completely different things altogether.

Fay breed normally happens during the summer a male will seek out the most beautiful object he can find traditionally a flower once a suitable object has been found he will create a nest on the object in question. (Some modern Fay may instead create an artificial nest) Once a suitable object is claimed he will sing by combining the most interesting sounds that he has heard in his life in an attempt to attract a female to his flower. Once a female responds and find him she will first begin by inspecting the male and his choice of nest this allows the female to determine both the males physique and intelligence. If he has selected a poor nest or is found to be lacking physically she will leave the male who will continue to sing until a female accepts him. If the female finds him and his selection of nest pleasing she will begin the courtship ritual by mimicking his song while using her wings to converse with him to learn as much about him as possible. After learning as much as she desires the Female will land upon the nest and will offer herself to the male and mating will begin. After mating has been completed the Female will lay between 40 – 60 eggs. After she finishes laying she will rest while the chosen male leaves to find food for his mate and young. The eggs take roughly a week to hatch into tiny caterpillars 5mm in size. In the days before the hatching the father will spend his entire time searching for food trying to amass enough too feed his young and mate for the entire pre-infancy period roughly 14 days. Over the next 14 days the caterpillars will spend there every waking hour consuming food growing constantly until eventually they will be ready to enter there chrysalis at this point the caterpillars will be around 1cm in size. The caterpillars will remain in the chrysalis for up to 3 weeks after which they will emerge as tiny infant fay 4 - 6mm tall. Once the last of her young emerges the mother will leave the nest with her young brood to find a suitable permanent home for her large family. Leaving the father behind who will either return to his home or will seek another mate depending on his mood.

Language:
The Fay language is based upon the use of colours every single colour and shade has a meaning within the Fay languagbusingd the written language is also based upon this. Many Fay roughly 69% are also capable of speaking New Elvish which is by far the most common verbal language known by the species despite it being so widely known it almost never used for conversing with another member of the species outside of use in the military on radio.

Naming:
Fay names are based upon colours which are approximate translations from there own colour based language Fay will normally also give a description of the colour in an attempt to differentiate themselves from other Fay. The reason for this being there aren't words to describe every shade of colour used by the Fay, for an example there are over 11'000 names in the Fay language which will translate into Pink which would make it the most common verbal name among the Fay.

Surnames are normally based upon the individuals occupation, and normally come before the given name examples:
Beekeeper Reddy Brown,
Chief Engineer Pinky Purple
Housekeeper Not to Dark Green,
Pair Farmer Navy Blue,
Elvish language teacher Light Teal
Innkeeper Not very dark Crimson

Troll Race

Society

Troll society is simple traditionally Trolls lived in tribes of various sizes which would normally consist of several closely related individuals numbering from 3 – 40 lead by an alpha who is the largest individual in the tribe which will normally be the eldest male, although it isn't unheard of for an exceptionally large female to assume the role. Unlike The Fay the other natives of the isles which trolls call home they weren’t so lucky when the waves of settlers first arrived. While the Fay managed to avoid enslavement or persecution due to the settlers ignorance. The Trolls where not so lucky there intelligence despite being inferior to that of both the Fay and the settlers was easily noticeable

Within the Kingdom of Setra trolls possess a role similar to those of the lower classes in human society generally doing hard physical work and other such tasks that are beyond the ability of there Fay countrymen.
Appearance:

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Biology:
Trolls are one of if not the last remaining Therapsid species (mammal like reptile) on the planet while most Therapsids evolved into modern mammals. The Trolls ancestor took a different path of evolution eventually resulting in the modern troll. Troll as Therapsids have rough scaly skin like most reptilian species and lay solid eggs, there similarities with reptiles end there. Like mammals Trolls possesses a warm blooded metabolisms which allows them to remain active threw out the entire day. In addition trolls also have a mammary gland which they use to rear there infant young. Trolls are a carnivorous species before the arrival of foreign settlers to the Setra isles they where the dominant apex predators upon the island. Physically trolls are stronger than most other species being roughly 1.5x as strong as the average human. Trolls are naturally sluggish creatures, slow to react but are incredibly patient being willing to sit and do nothing for hours sometimes even days.

Language:
Trolls within the Kingdom of Setra normally speak trollish a North Germanic style language, though recently the language has begun to decline in favour of Elvish the most common verbal language among The Fay, many trolls and even some of the more nationalistic Fay have begun to campaign for trollish to be made the official verbal state language due to worries that the language will eventually go extinct as Elvish grows in popularity.

Naming:
Trogg
Throgg
Trogzhor
Trollog

Setran Religion

The Fay worship a pair of deities known as the twins one male and one female, Setra the divine mother goddess of warmth, and bringer of life she is worshiped during summoner and spring by the fay who idolise her above all others her loving rays of light bringing great joy to her mortal children, the fay believe that Setra either reside within or is embodied by the sun itself.

Malacar lord of the cold night, is a deity who is worshiped during the months of autumn and winter, unlike Setra Malacar is a god feared and respected by the fay due to his cold indifference towards his children, Malacar is the opposite of his consort Setra for while she is a blazing beacon of life and hope he is a void of cold and despair, the fay believe that Malacar resides within the moon.

The Setran Monarchy

The Kingdom's government is a absolute monarchy lead by there queen, The current Queen Violet (her surname is unique as such she doesn't go into detail on her first name as most Fay do) has reigned for the past 22 years, she is a beloved monarch who has maintained the long peace with the Empire Yllendthyr, while simultaneously attempting to open trade and bring about good relation with the other nation states of the world despite the numerous difficulties other races have with taking the Fay seriously she has been successful in this endeavour so far. The Kingdom of Setra is divided into roughly 6,000 provinces of various sizes each province is ruled over by a designated Consul who are granted authority by the current reigning Queen. Each province is then sub divided into roughly 600 – 6000 prefectures (depending on size) ruled over by a designated prefects who are selected by the current ruling Consul. Further sub divisions are then up to the current ruling prefect who will sometimes designate deputies to assist in the ruling of his/her prefecture.

Each prefecture within the kingdom is given a Bocal value this value is determined by inspection of the land by the central bureaucracy under the control of the Queen. The amount of Bocal is determined by various factors historically it was used to determine the amount of Honey a prefecture could produce with 1 Bocal being equal to 1kg of honey enough food to feed 1 Fairy for an entire year. Now though other factors are taken into account such as production of other food products, or manufactured goods and there value in relation to a kg of honey.

This system is used by the central government to determine exactly how much tax each prefecture and in turn each province produces allowing the government to react on a yearly basis if this estimated tax isn't reached.

Demographics

Fairy: 7,138,740,000
Troll: 5,277,000
Human 1,914,000
Elves: 490,000
Total: 7,146,421,000

Economy/Technology/Industry

Currency

Most Fairy citizens are paid incredibly low wages by the standards of humans. The average yearly wage for a Fairy worker is 80 Bocal which is on average enough to feed a single Mother and her current brood for nearly 2 years.

Bocal = 1 kg of Honey = Enough to feed 1 fairy for a year
Nain = 1g of Honey
Petitnain = 1mg of Honey

Economics

The Fay economy is based primarily based around micro industry, such as the building of primitive computers and other electrical goods, Farming, the raising of livestock, Fishing.

Fishing:
A very large industry within the kingdom of Setra and once the backbone of the the state during the early modern period the fishing industry is primary located within the former Yllendthyr co-operation zone a small strip of territory on the coast of the kingdom that was once governed jointly by the Kingdom of Setra and the Empire Yllendthyr. The co-operation zone has the highest population of none Fay in the Kingdom with an estimated 470,000 elves and 1.4 million humans and 3.6 million trolls calling the region home which makes up less than 1% of the regions total population. The majority of the none Fay/troll population are career fisherman harvesting the fish for shipment to the Empire of Yllendthyr who rent the rights to fish in the kingdoms waters.

Farming:
The Fay are are an omnivorous species, who primary eat vegetation there diet primarily consists of sweet foods such as honey, fruits such as apples, pairs and oranges and nectar from flowers. The Fay are experts at growing such produce and raising Bees for collecting honey both for there own consumption and export. In the Fay society bees hold a special place taking on a role similar to that of domesticated sheep or cows within other society. It is almost unheard of for a Fay settlement that doesn't have its own Bee hive/ranch and honey is by far the most popular food within the kingdom.

Micro industry:
The king of Fay industries something that has set the Fay apart from all nations is there absolute mastery over producing of all things small. It is hard to find a technical device that doesn't have something built or manufactured in the kingdom such is there undisputed skill at manufacturing such items. While not necessary a unique skill other races are easily capable of building small moving parts but none are able to do it with the ease or as naturally as the Fay. Due to there small size it is natural for the Fay to build items at such sizes allowing them to create micro sized parts without the aid of the large machinery that other races must employ.

Electronics:
This is what has made Setra a recognizable power on the international scene while for hundreds of the year the Kingdom has been a second rate or worse. The invention of various electronics in the last 30 – 40 years has allowed The Setran state to finally find a niche that has given it some international recognition. The building of small commercial and military grade electronics has made Setra wealthy there primary species The Fay finding the assembly of the tiny components required in the construction of computers, radios, monitor, and other such electrical goods to be almost effortless.

Heavy Industry:
There mastery in the field of Micro industry has not come without its price while the undisputed master of making small moving parts and internal devices for items such as clocks. The Fay are severely lacking in any kind of ability when it comes to heavy industry there small size making very much unsuitable for preforming the tasks. Such industry is generally limited to the former Yllendthyr co-operation zone and is overly dominated by trolls.

Main exports: Electronics, small replaceable parts, various varieties of fruit, Fish, Honey
Main Imports: Raw materials, Iron, copper, Tin, Mithril, meat (trolls),

Setran Royal Army

Fay Mechanized infantry corps

Design philosophy/tactical use: Fay infantry units are some of the most advanced in the world while the state is known to make use of Troll auxiliary and militia to fill in gaps out of necessity. Trolls have numerous short comings that make them less than ideal there low intelligence being a key factor. Economically the loss of troll lives is also detrimental to the states economy trolls are valued labour force fulfilling a niche in society which is almost impossible for there fay countrymen to fulfil.

To solve these issue research and development have begun development on large (by Fay standards a bit bigger than human) mechanized armour or mechs for short these human sized battle machines though still somewhat experimental have proven incredibly successful on the few field tests that they have been deployed.

Mk2 Colossus was the first successfully developed mechanized armour armed with a powerful chain gun and a blast shield the colossus was built with the idea of forming an impenetrable phalanx that would advance upon the enemy laying down superior fire power. This though wasn’t the case the oversized armour the mech was equipped with made the mech horrendously slow on the move. Though this armour made them incredibly resilient to small arms fire an advantage that was enhanced even further by the phalanx there slow speed made heavier calibre weapons such as artillery absolutely devastating against them. Even the large blast shields that had been equipped to the mechs to protect against such weapons proved useless as artillery shells blasted off legs or made the ground too uneven for the colossus to advance threw effectively.

After the partial success of the Colossus research began on the next generation of mech taking what they had learned on the colossus it was decided that weight needed to be reduced to increase the speed of the machine. Reduction in armour along with improvements in power generation technology allowing for a smaller plant to power the mech made this all possible.

The next generation of mech MK3A Titan was born though less heavily armoured and armed than its predecessor the titan proved to be the far superior machine. Though it lacked the near immunity to smaller arms its predecessor the colossus possessed. The titan made up for it with a vast increase in speed and agility an increase estimated to be over 50% by the developers. Despite the decrease in armour the machine was still more than armoured enough to take several solid hits from the standard issue semi automatic riles in use by other nations. Armament on the machine was also changed from its predecessor the chain gun which had been deemed overkill, had been scaled down to a more reasonable 7mm machine gun with under slung grenade launcher and chain blade. The final innovation on the machine had been the development of a primitive clawed hand allowing the titan some ability to pick up objects an ability its predecessor completely lacked.

Now the Fay plan to capitalize on the overwhelming success of the Titan putting what they have learned from its development and go 1 step beyond. Development of the next generation of mechanized armour has already begun. Plans for a new machine code named Gigantes. The goals of the project are ambitious the team plans to again downscale the machine to increase agility while trying to maintain the same degree of protection the mk3a titan possesses. In addition to the above goals there are plans to develop mechanical hands similar to those of a human to allow the machine to make use of standard issue equipment something both predecessors are incapable of. Though the goals of the project seem impossible with present technology the research team feel confident that they can get out workable prototype within the next few years.

Name: Colossus Mk2A Infantry combat mecha
Size: 8 feet
weight: 6 ton
armament: 11mm chain gun x1, blast shield x1
power plant: classified
Crew: 50
top speed: 2 - 3mph
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Name: Titan Mk3A Infantry combat mecha
Size: 7 feet
weight: 3 ton
armament: 7mm machine gun, chainsaw bayonet, grenade launcher
power plant: classified
Crew: 32
top speed: 6 - 7mph
Appearance:

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Name: Gigantes Mk4A (very experimental, pre prototype/production phase plans still being drawn)
Size: 6.2 feet
weight: 2 ton
armament: variable
power plant: classified
Crew: 25
top speed: 12 mph (sprinting still less than half as fast as a human)
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Tank Corps

Design philosophy/tactical use: Tanks are considered the first in a long line of great military innovations by the Setran government. Before the first tanks where rolled out during the last great war the Kingdom of Setra was a militarily inadequate nation under the de-facto control of The Empire of Yllendthyr. This inadequacy wasn't a fault of Setran Government. Although The Fay are by far the most populous race in known world there fast rate of breeding, small size, and small demand on food resources giving them a titanic almost surreal population. This advantage also brought about its own problems due to there tiny size the fay are indevidually incapable of being armed in a way that would make them relevant on a battlefield.

But then came the Tank, The Kingdom of Setra was quick to adopt the tank for it offered Setra away to arm its people a way to forge there own destiny. Since the introduction of tanks the kingdom has produced and refitted 100s if not thousands of these war machines making them suitable for use by the Fay species. While tanks of other nations have small crews of around 5 men such crew sizes are impossible for the kingdom of Setra who instead employ huge 400+strong crews to man there Landships. Setran tanks while appearing similar to there foreign counterparts outwardly internally they couldn't be more different if one was to compare the internal schematics of MK2 Dune-Beetle to another tank they would find that it actually shares more in common with a battleship than a tank.

Tactical use: Setrans organize there tanks divisions similar to how other nations organized there navies, each tank will have a large crew numbering between 400 – 1000 and each vehicle will be commanded by a captain and his subordinate staff officers similar to a warship. Tanks will then be organized into fleets under the command of a senior captain or tank admiral who will rescide on the fleets flag/command tank.

Name: Dune-Beetle Mk2 landship (Light Tank)
Size:
Length: 6.69m
Width: 3.02 m
Height: 3.24m
weight: 24ton
armament: 45mm cannon x1, 85mm anti infantry mortar x1 9mm anti infantry machine gun x1
power plant:
Engine power: 330hp/1800rpm
top speed: 27mph
Crew: 450
appearance:

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Name: Stag-Beetle Mk3 landship (Medium Tank)
Size:
Length: 5.95m
Width: 3.35m
Height: 2.98m
weight: 38ton
armament: 75mm cannon x1, 85mm anti infantry mortar x1, 9mm anti infantry machine gun x3
power plant: classified
engine power: 550hp/2150rpm
top speed: 23mph
Crew: 500
appearance:

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Name: Stag-Beetle Mk3B tank hunter (Tank)
Size:
Length: 5.95m
Width: 3.35m
Height: 2.98m
weight: 40ton
armament: 85mm cannon x1, 45mm cannon x2, 9mm machine gun x1
power plant: classified
engine power: 550hp/2150rpm
top speed: 21mph
Crew: 500
appearance: Same chassis as the regular Hercules, the mortar and machine gun turret having been replaced with a pair of 45mm cannons, while the main gun has been up sized to a 85mm cannon.

Name: Tarantula mk1 anti air landship
Size:
Length: 5.29m
Width: 3.78m
Height: 5.10m
weight: 40ton
armament: quad 50mm flak cannons
power plant: classified
engine power: 550hp/2150rpm
top speed: 23mph
Crew: 500
appearance:

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Setran Artillery

Being armoured vehicles though specialized the roll of Artillery falls under the command of the tank corps and are normally deployed within tank fleets as long range fire support. Sometimes though artillery will be deployed together in a specialized fleet when the need for massed artillery bombardment becomes necessary.

Name: Mantis mobile artillery
Size:
Length: 7.08m
Width: 4.86m
Height: 4.38m
weight: 40ton
armament: 132mm cannon
power plant: classified
engine power: 550hp/2150rpm
top speed: 18mph
Crew: 300
appearance:

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Setran Royal Airforce

Planes

Design philosophy/tactical use: The Setran airforce is a major military branch of the Setran military, Cantered around the powerful Setran sky-fleet which is heavily based upon the successful The Avalian Airborne Fleet. While the majority of the fleet is made up of outdated Avalian ships refitted and commission for use by The Fay the Government has begun to start production on its own airships the first of these new airships is the mighty Avalon class sky-carrier a huge aircraft carrier designed to act as a mobile base and staging ground for military operations, 2 of these mighty vessels have up to now been completed SRN-Avalon and the SRN-Titania.

For aircraft the sky-fleet as access to 2 notable craft the Hornet mk3 interceptor is a small and nimble craft built to take advantage of space saved by having Fay pilots. The Hornet is a fast and agile aircraft but is lightly armed and armoured due to its small size.

The second of these craft is the MK1 Dragonfly a heavy bomber with 4 sets of twin 7mm machine guns housing a crew of nearly 1000 Fay the bomber built more like a small battleship with wings than a plane the Dragonfly has proven itself as not only an effective bomber but a capable air superiority craft with its impressive 360degree coverage of its anti air weaponry. .

Name:Hornet mk3 interceptor (light fighter)
Size:
Length: 6.32m
wingspan: 4.2m
Height:1m
weight:1.5ton
armament:1 nose mounted 7mm machine gun
power plant: tba
top speed: 350mph
Crew: 50
appearance:Has a machine gun in nose

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Name:Dragonfly Mk1 skyfortress (heavy bomber)
Size:
Length: 19.2m
wingspan: 24.6m
Height: 4.8m (with landing gear)
weight: 41ton
armament:Turret mounted Twin 7mm machineguns x4, 40 bomb payload
power plant:
engine power:
top speed: 310mph
Crew: 1000
appearance:The picture below isn't completely accurate the aircraft is propeller driven. The 2 propeller engines are located where the 4 jet engines are on the picture.

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Airships

Name:Avalon class Sky-Carrier
Size:
Length: tba
Width: tba
Height: tba
weight: tba
armament:16 × twin 77mm anti-aircraft flak cannons
transport capacity100 Hornet Mk3 Interceptors, 10 Dragonfly mk1 sky-fortresses
top speed: 100mph
Crew: 344,800 (Real life Lexington class aircraft carrier crew x100)
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Name: Midsummer class destroyer (Traded Avarian Destroyer refitted for use by Fay)
Size:
Length: tba
Width: tba
Height: tba
weight: tba
armament: three 105mm cannons, four turrets that house twin 7.7cm Flak cannons
top speed: 150mph
Crew: 15,000
appearance:

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Name: Oberon class Heavy Cruiser (Traded Avarian Heavy Cruiser refitted for use by Fay)
Size:
Length: tba
Width: tba
Height: tba
weight: tba
armament: Turret mounted 200mm cannons x3, turret mounted 88mm cannons x4, turret mounted 77mm flak cannons
top speed: 95mph
Crew: 100,000
appearance:

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Setran Royal Navy

Ships

Name:Sea-scorpion class cruiser
Size:
Length: tba
Width: tba
Height: tba
weight: tba
armament: two turret mounted 120mm cannons, four turrets mounted 90mm cannons
top speed: 150mph
Crew: 15,000
appearance:

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Mechanized Marines

Name: SeaTitan Mk3N Naval support mecha
Size: 7.2 feet
weight: 3.4 ton
armament: 7mm machine gun, chainsaw bayonet, grenade launcher
power plant: classified
Crew: 32
top speed: 4 - 5mph (Land) 9mph (water)
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Kingdom of Zenovia

Government and Economy

Type of Government

Zenovia is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Established forty years, under the new type of government the monarch is only a symbolic head of state. The Parliament of Zenovia is the ruling body, and its members are chosen from among the provinces. There are two houses in parliament. The House of Commons is the branch that governs, and are made up of officials. The other is the House of Lords, which is made up of landed nobles, who are appointed by the sovereign under the recommendation of the Head of the House of Lords, and are not elected. They can serve as prime minister or cabinet ministers, and although there have been those who have done the latter, none have done the former yet. They do not vote on policy, but can technically veto it, although doing such an act with major legislation would create a constitutional crisis. The number of members of parliament sent is dependent on the population. Each member of parliament is from a district, and each district has its own election to select their member of parliament. The head of government is chosen by a majority vote among the members of parliament, and he is popular known as prime minister. He forms a government by recommending a number of fellow parliamentary members to the sovereign, and the sovereign will then officially appoint them.

His Majesty, The King of the Zenovii, Mircea II

His Majesty Mircea II, the King of the Zenovii, in his trademark simple attire

Capital: Ilezabeta City

-Head of State: His Majesty the King of the Zenovii Mircea II (born 1898) since 1934

-Head of Government: The Honorable Nikolas Cinsti (born 1885) since 1935

-Head of the House of Lords: Inclestare Lewin (born 1892) since 1936

-Minister of Foreign Affairs: Lord Boris Perigord, 1st Count of Focregiune (born 1866) since 1925

-Minister of War: Adrian Brasab (born 1886) since in 1935

-Minister of Finance: Lord Alexandru Gheata, 35th Baron of Morte (born 1899) since 1938

-Minister of Law: Lord Dragomir Fierfa, 27th Count of Damizir (born 1888) since 1935

-Minister of the Interior: Sir Vali Radmridreu (born 1882) since 1937

-Leader of the Opposition: Frideric Checescu ( born 1868) since 1935

-Head of the High Court: Lord Mikel Danesti, 11th Duke of Strantivist (born 1870) since 1925

Political Lexicon
Conservative - referring to the now defunct Conservative Party.
conservative - Along with the usual meaning, it often can mean support things at odds with the Liberal establishment.
Liberal - referring to the policy or supporters of representative democracy, as supported in the Liberal Constitution of 1900.
Radical - Referring to the left-wing anti-revolutionary political party, who advocate sweeping yet gradual and democratic changes in society.
Patriot/Patriotic - referring to the political party that supports military build-up and tariffs.
Centrist - referring to the free-market right-wing Liberal political party.

Division of Parliament
His Majesties Government
Zenovii Patriotic Party: 262

The Loyal Opposition
Centrist Democratic Party: 181
Radical Party: 60

List of Prime Ministers since 1900
Boris Perigord 1866 - present 1900 Conservative Party
Radu Popescu 1837 - 1917 1900 - 1917 Liberal Party
Frideric Checescu 1868 - present 1917 - 1919 Liberal Party
Boris Perigord 1866 - present 1919 - 1925 Independent
Frideric Checescu 1868 - present 1925 - 1935 Centrist Democracy Party
Nikolas Cinsti 1885 - present 1935 - present Zenovii Patriotic Party

Political Parties of Zenovia
The ruling party is the Zenovii Patriotic Party. They stress support of the nation, traditionalism, building a stable economy, and espouses political organism (aka One Nation Toryism), as well as building up to protect again outside threats (i.e. Moravia). The Centrist Democracy Party stresses pragmatism and fewer economic regulations. The Centrist Democracy Party was formed after the Liberals split following the establishment of the Liberal Constitution of 1925, and were far more traditional, and controlled parliament from 1925 to 1935. The Radical Party was founded by the more radical part of the Liberals, who felt the constitution did not go far enough. The radicals support disarmament, establishing relations with the PRK, the disbandment of the House of Lords, the establishment of radical change to industrial regulations, and redistribution of wealth, but not socialism. The fourth largest party is the Zenovii Radical Nationalist Party, which is fascist, and has no representation. The closest it ever got was in the 1933 election, when they were 3 points away from winning a seat. The Zenovii Party of the Left, a united front sort of radical leftist party of socialists, anarchists, and communists, would be the fourth largest party, but is outlawed and remains underground.

Economy of Zenovia
The gold standard still remains in Zenovia. Economic policy leans towards demand-side economics. Zenovia institutes a relatively free-market economy, although there are tariffs and moderate protectionism to protect homegrown industry. Imports to the urban areas is essential for the still-incomplete industrialization process. The economy is dependent on imports, and the collapse of foreign economies would be disastrous for the economy of Zenovia.

History and Demographics

Race and Species
Most of the population are Zenovii, who are light-skinned, dark-haired humans who have settled this land since circa 700. However, there are number of the peoples from the south who have moved north into Zenovia. However, the largest and most prolific minority are the trolls from Setra, who immigrated to Zenovia for better working conditions, treatment, and to escape the social conditions of Setra. Although they faced many similar conditions, the higher pay and travel fatigue made most unwilling to move back or further. With nearly 80 years of immigration, discrimination has lessened to the level of life being noticeably better than in Setra, but there are still glaring issues with speciesism and discrimination.
93% Zenovii: 61,558,269
5% Troll: 3,309,584
2% Southern Peoples: 1,323,834

Population
66,191,687
Demographics
61% peasants: 40,336,592
27% urban workers: 17,853,901
6% independent farmers: 3,967,534
5% burghers: 3,372,404
1% Soldiers: 661,256

Culture
Ioan Sforarza (1840 - 1900), the premier Zenovii romanticist, said "Zenovii have two qualities: peace and vibrancy." What is meant is not the normal definition of peace, but that Zenovii love the peace that stability brings. They are generally conservative, but they are not puritanical, and their conservatism did not stop them from revolution in the 1920s. Zenovii society is still fiercely traditional and patriarchal, although women have achieved suffrage in recent times. Zenovii fashion has always been marked by vibrant colors, and even modern fashion is so. Zenovii politicians, even though they wear normal polite official fashion, will have suits which seem upbeat. There is a strong folklore tradition, and oral traditions are strong in Zenovia. Bards still exist in the Zenovian countryside. There is a strong music tradition in Zenovia of upbeat music and emotional music, and the latter is especially treasured. With the coming of the Trolls, a major cultural influence from Setra came. Modern, foreign musical styles have yet to dent Zenovia. There is a strong literary tradition in Zenovii, which started when the national epic of The Song of Zeno was written. The literary eras are generally broken into the eras of Epic (700 - 1000), Medieval (1000 - 1500), Renaissance (1500 - 1600) Early Modern (1600 - 1720) Gothic (1720 - 1800) Romantic (1890 - 1900), Realist (1900 - 1930) Modern (1930 - present). Modern has turned its back on the radical realist literature of the recent past and returned to the fantastical. Modern plays have existed in Zenovia since the 17th century with the advent of Gavril Nestarontic (1600 - 1643) and Liviu Sulita (1610 - 1678), and have existed ever since, generally following the literary trends. The 17th century is considered the Golden Age of Zenovii Theatre.

Life in Zenovia
Zenovii are stereotyped by other nations as being backwards, as a nation full of peasants, and unnecessarily aristocratic. The social classes are split between the rich, the burghers, and the lower classes. The rich are split between the established aristocrats and the newly rich industrialists. The burghers are divided by the old traditional classes, such as the merchant class, and the newer class that came from urbanization. The peasants of the countryside, who still labor under the employment of lords, are still a majority of the country, but their conditions have improved since the abolition of feudalism. About a third of the population lives in the cities. Working conditions are relatively good, but very poor nonetheless. The safety laws are holdovers from the 1890s, themselves only a reform of an 1855. About 70% of factory machines are approved to have fundamental safety features, but there are no reparations for injuries or any safety doors. Child labor is common, but is on the decline, with only 35% of urbanite children working, although it is 78% among Trolls. The work-hour limit for adults is 12 hours, and 8-hours for children. Trolls make up 18% of urban areas. Due to the demand for labor, industrialists rarely attempt to give trolls discriminatory labor, as this would only aid a rival who does not do so, and because labor in Zenovia is still quite valuable. The Trolls still face discrimination, as large portions of Zenovii society ostracizes and discriminates against them. The most open-minded section of society, paticularly the Radicals (as in the political party) engaging in interaction with the Troll community.The literacy rate is on average 51%. Literacy among men is 42% greater than women due to disparities in education. Among children literacy is greater in boys than girls, but the divide is far smaller, 10%, than their adult counterparts, and girls are more literate than men on average. Trolls in general have a literacy rate of 15%, with females in general having a literacy rate of 2%. A divergent study shows that this is misleading, as the literacy rate in Troll is 25% in Trollish, with Trollish women having s literacy rate of 8%.

History

Medieval Era
In 694, facing plague, a poor harvest, and an incoming Elven invasion, the tribal Zenovii people moved south. Despite tribal legends claiming they either displaced or exterminated the natives, geneticists and archeologists have proven they merely slowly merged to create a single culture. As far as the 12th century, two different cultures could be found in Zenovia. 699, when what is now Northern Zenovia was conquered. In 725, the religion of the natives, Aeonism, was adopted by the Zenovii. In 1078, Zenovia adopted a more stable for of government, feudalism. From 1224 to 1237 the Zenovii moved south, conquering what is now Southern Zenovia. Carol I, King of Zenovia from 1240 to 1276, known as Carol the Conqueror, brought Zenovia to its largest extent it had ever seen. When he died in 1276 his son, Sfaditor, kept a tight fist of the empire until his death in 1287. However, the empire was simply too big to sustain, and Sfaditor's son split the empire in three, with the foreign kings, the Zenovii who ruled abroad, having their dynasties fall in 1374 and 1409, respectively. The remaining kingdom was reduced to the current borders of Zenovia by 1467. However, it remained a sizable empire.

Early Modern Era
In 1425, a new royal dynasty began in Zenovia, which rules to this day. This new dynasty saw the rise of a sophisticated culture. From about 1500 to 1600, an era of unprecedented cultural sophistication, known as the Zenovian Renaissance. However, during the era Zenovia gained its reputation as an undeveloped peasant nation. Although a vibrant cultural tradition continues, a reputation of a peasant nation an era behind except in the arts was established. In 1767, with changing economic and social attitudes, as well as the influence of enlightenment philosophy, serfdom was abolished. In 1773, the monarch, wanting to organize his advisors in a more orderly fashion, organized a group of ministers to advise him, which in turn lead to the creation of bureaucracy.

Modern Era
In 1836, the first factory was built. Industrialization, however, was slow until the 1870s. Trolls, wishing to escape the virtual wage slavery in Setra, immigrated to Zenovia. Eager for willing manpower, Zenovii industrialists were willing to pay higher prices for labor than was available in Setra. Under Radu IV, Zenovia instituted a series of trade and military reforms which helped bring Zenovia into the modern world. In 1874, the Diet of Zenovia met for the first time. However, the sovereignty still held great powers, and parliament merely aid in governance and gathered taxes. The 19th century brought in nationalism and liberalism as well. For the most part, liberalism was not answered, and royal decrees in 1855 and 1875 declared the continuation of the traditional powers of the monarch. However, nationalism became a strong force, influencing society from politics to literature. The 1860s are considered when Zenovian nationalism finally met its height, coinciding not coincidentally with the height of speciesism against trolls. Nationalism unfortunately turned deadly in the 1870s, when the heir apparent of the throne of Zenovia, was assassinated while on a diplomatic visit to the kingdom of Qualia. During these years, Carol XV was King. He was assassinated by Zenovii radicals who had followed him to Qualia. Zenovia blamed Qualia, and demanded strong monetary reparations and demanded the proper Qualian culprits be found. When Qualia did not, Zenova declared war. The war ended inconclusively, destabilizing the region and proving politically disastrous for both nations. Carol XV died before the end of the war. While Qualia was overthrown by a fascist coup, transforming into the Commonwealth of Moravia. The process was slower in Zenovia, thanks to the abdication of King Radu X in 1891, a political masterstroke by the parliament and the Bishop of Campulung, Boris Perigord, then only 25. However, it only delayed the inevitable. Clamor for change in the political system shot up as liberalism replaced nationalism. Facing the possibility of a stronger reaction and the rebellion of parliament, a liberal constitution was created in 1900, and the king abdicated in favor of his son, Carol XVI, who still lives as King Emeritus Carol Andronicus, and serves now as an agent of goodwill at home and abroad, and is now more popular than he was in 1900. The leader of the liberals, Radu Popescu, the man they said even Kings feared, was made prime minister. Popescu, however, was surprising traditional after taking power, much to the ire of his former peers. The old regime had saw that their was actually a major ideological split between the Liberals between classical and social liberalism, and hoped they could split the Liberals and have an aristocratic party dominate parliament. However, the Liberals retained party unity under Popescu until his death in 1917. The Conservative Party, a purely agrarian and aristocratic party, serves as the Official Opposition. His successor, Frideric Checescu, was prime minister for two years, but did not have the same trust among the Liberals as Popescu and in 1919 the Liberals split into two parties. The free-market classical liberals became the Centrist Democracy Party, who had the support of the leader of the liberals, Popescu, and thus became the majority faction. The Social Liberals, wanting a radical change in society in the form of the end of a politically powerful aristocracy and aid to the poor, became the Radical Party. From 1919 to 1925, Boris Perigord led a bi-partisan coalition, where he depended on the Conservatives more than the Liberals, but could not join the Conservative Party since he knew it would eventually limit his political career. 1928, forming from a coalition of aristocrats, economic protectionists, and anti-Moravians, the Zenovii Patriots Party is formed. It replaced the Conservative Party as the Official Opposition, and in 1929 the Conservatives merged completely. Despite forming a powerful political machine, Checescu was voted out of power in 1935 due to the Opposition focusing on protection against Moravia and promises of an ambitious overhaul of the sluggish economy. Perhaps most instrumental was a number of MPs defecting to the Zenovii Patriotic Party. In 1933 it was discovered that King Dragomir VI had stomach cancer, and no doctor was able to treat him successfully, and he died in 1934. He was succeeded by the current king, Mircea II. Women's suffrage was the biggest domestic issue of the 1930s behind the economy, and had not been granted by the Liberal Constitution of 1900. The supposedly symbolic figurehead, seeing that the world was no longer the way it was when he had grown up, and Zenovia needed to accept change in order to preserve itself. In 1937, Mircea II came out in support of women's suffrage. The prime minister tried to have this create a constitutional crisis, so he could have the monarch discredited, but found himself out maneuvered, and in 1939 women's suffrage was achieved. A new, increasingly hot social issue is inter-species romance between Zenovii and Trolls, with a burgeoning civil rights movement led by the renowned Throgg Magog, President of the National Trollish League (NTL).

Religion

Religious Beliefs
The Zenovii believe in Aeonism. According to the Enneads of Aeons, Ilezabeta was a prophetess who was dictated the history of God, his general nature, and the true moral lessons. God's name to mankind was Aeon. It's holy books are collected in a holy text known as the Holy Scriptures of Aeon.

Ilezabeta

Ilezabeta (225 - 150 bce) is the prophetess of Aeonism according to the Holy Scriptures of Aeon. Practically nothing is known about her life before landing in the land of Celes. Ilezabeta in scripture claims "from afar, I came by the sail. [advenientia 1:3]. It was generally believed by the Celians that she came from beyond the Ceresian, from the Ceresian Empire. However, this is unlikely, as her sermons reveal a mind highly trained in the philosophical tradition of Moravia. While the Ceresians had a strong philosophical tradition as well, it was quite unlike that of the Moravians, and of Ilezabeta. Whatever the case, Scripture details Ilezabeta coming to Celes. She claimed herself as a prophet, as well as the last there ever will be. She organized a ministry and quickly developed a local following of loyal worshippers. During the first six years of her ministries, she wrote the six holy books of Aeonism, as collected in the Holy Scriptures of Aeon. No other historical records other than the scriptures themselves detail her ministry when she wrote the Holy Scriptures of Aeon, but a plethora of historical records exist, detailing her rise to national fame and her claim to prophethood. In fact, it is by historians and not her own writing that details of her later life are known. Her later sermons are summarized and abridged in the last book of the Holy Scriptures of Aeon, Maxims. She married a former soldier, Saint Andros, and bore children. According to legend, her line existed until the Zenovii invaded, and the last of her holy lineage, Saint Cerberus Maximus, fought in against the heathenish Zenovii, ten thousand against himself. This is false; her line died out 123 CE when Remus Ilezabetianus died. He was finally accepted as a mythical saint in 1878 by the Church of Aeon. All her descendants had acquired the title of Blessed until 678, when the Council of Cassander ruled this was a type of unique nepotism. However, some of her descendants, such as Saint Lucidius Ilezabetianus and Saint Ruinus Ilezabetianus, kept their sainthood due to their own accomplishments. Later in life, Ilezabeta's religion of Aeonism became a national phenomenon. She was not an ascetic, but did not live a lavish lifestyle. She once met the King of Celes. Eventually, she died a natural death, surrounded by her closest devotees. Many biographies have been written about Ilezabeta, most hagiography, which have been mainly focused on analyzing what is seen as the saintly, holy, and perfect character of the prophetess rather than real biography. Several atheistic and agnostic biographies of her, which are more critical, have been suppressed in Zenovia.

The Holy Scriptures of Aeon

The Holy Scriptures of Aeon were written from 195 to 189 bce and organized by Ilezabeta herself in 187 bce.

Advenientia
Historia
Theologica
Annalis
Ethicae
Maxims

Advenientia
The Book of Advenientia is the first book of the Holy Scriptures of Aeon. It is written in the first person, and is written in Ilezabeta's usual dispassionate style. It details Ilezabeta first six years of her ministry. A number of encounters, with men and women who becomes disciples, are written in detail, as well as a number of government officials. Discussion in these encounters are dealt with in the form of a Socratic dialogue. Ilezabeta speaks of hearing the voice of Aeon, and recites the words of Aeon from memory. Ilezabeta draws on Moravian philosophy uses philosophy (Aristotelianism) to support and explain the words of Aeon. Aeon's speeches imply Ilezabeta's philosophy, but it would take one versed in philosophy to make the connection. To prove she not merely a philosopher and sage, she performs many miracles, at least according to scripture.

Historia
Historia is the first of four Sermon-Books. These sermon books are supposedly Ilezabeta's recalling of her sermons. They resemble philosophical lectures and books of that ancient era. Historia deals with a few things. First and foremost, the nature of God is made clear. His name is Aeon, and God is referred to as Aeon, but referring to the deity as God is also common, and both are used interchangeably. God is omniscient, but he is not omnipotent. Thus, the problem of evil is avoided. Despite having only one prophet in all of history, Aeon is a personal God. However, to mortals, Aeon's power is awe-inspiring and incredible. The cause of evil is Monad. Aeon is not responsible for Monad, and good and evil once existed in different realms. Aeon existed first, but he did not create Monad. Monad, like Aeon, possesses aseity, meaning he created himself. Monad's influence came later, and is referred to as a "piercing cloud of evil darkness." This book is concerned with theology. It very clearly uses monotheistic rhetoric and terms to describe Monad, and opposes polytheism and any possible attempts to characterize Aeonism as pagan or partly pagan.

Theologica
Theologica is the third book in the Holy Scriptures of Aeon, and appears to have been written much latter. Religious scholars, especially more liberal ones, speculate that this was the last written. However, the scarcity of historical records make it impossible to prove. Like historia, it discusses theology, but it is far more detailed. It delves into metaphysics as well. Ilezabeta writes that humans have complete free will, and decide whether they will follow Aeon or Monad. Most humans lean towards Aeon, but none have been able to follow him completely. Some lean towards Monad, but they are a minority. Unlike its opposite, some extremely wicked individuals have followed Monad completely. Ilezabeta confirms illuminationism, saying that thoughts, at least the good ones and especially the intellectual ones, are cause by Aeon and are his greatest daily gift to mortals. Angels are mentioned for the first time. Angelogy is mentioned in detail. There are nine orders of angels, who each has an assigned task, and is led by a certain angel. The fallen angels are mentioned for the first time, and are goven a similiar angelogy. The servants of Monad, the Monadii, are mentioned for the first time and are given their own demonology.

Annalis
In Annalis Ilezabeta goes into detail on the divine history. Aeon was the first being to be in existence, and is called the prime mover. His first creations are called the Angels, which are far more powerful than his later creation, and do not age. They exist along with Aeon in a higher plane of existence. Then he created the world, the animals, and the first man and woman, in that order. At first, Aeon created a paradise on the world, where there was no sin, hardship, pain, et cetera. It is declared that Aeon said that the mortals were the prize of creation. However, they are not the pinnacle of creation, as the angels are greater. This was the Era of the Patriarchs of Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. At the end of the life of Gamma, Monad entered the world, and with his corruption came sin, hardship, pain, et cetera. Moral corruption seeps in, and by the time of the death of Gamma, paradise on Earth ends. However, while Monad was powerful enough to end paradise, he was never strong enough to turn the tide of the divine battle, and would always be on the losing side. This means that the good in the world has always been greater than the evil. However, Monad briefly being on the winning side is not impossible, but will be brief. Then Aeon commanded the angels to serve as guides to the mortals, and fight in a holy war against Monad. In a symbolic gesture of their new position as guides, Aeon commands the angels to bow before the mortals. One angel, named Lux, who is described by Ilezabeta as being "quite noteworthy in his position in heaven, due to his high standing with Aeon and for heading the command of angels who did not subscribe to the divine army," defiantly refuses. He takes with him a third of the angels and rebels. Ilezabeta states that Aeon declared the doctrine of free will, stating that all the angels were free to choose their paths, just like the mortals. This is followed by the remaining 2/3rds of the angels, lead by the archangel Archon, throwing down the rebelling angels to Monad's realm, who are henceforth called fallen angels. Monad is described as welcoming them to his fold, and they accept. Monad is then described as possessing, like Aeon, the power of creation, albeit in a more limited degree. Monad creates legions of demonic creatures, known simply as the Monadii, who are made to counter the angels but are inferior to them. Then Aeon is described as having lead a siege to Monad's realm soon after, with Archon and his loyal angels turning it into a scorching lake of fire which lights up the darkness, which is known as hell. Ilezabeta does not speak much of hell, but calls it a place for the wicked, and it appears unpleasant for them. Then Ilezabeta speaks of the situation of the angels. While she speaks of how the rebellion in heaven changed it, her description of the angels mainly details the divisions of the angels, and who is notable among them. In regards to history, Ilezabeta continues. Gamma had two prominent sons, Delta and Epsilon. Epsilon is called "the false prophet, father of paganism," and forms the root of other religions, which the sons of Epsilon follows. The root of other religious traditions are attributed to Epsilon. Delta follows the true religion, but his descendants adopt the religions of the sons of Epsilon. Ilezabeta ties back to the ancient Kingdom of Om, a monotheist kingdom that existed from 1700 to 1300 bce. Ilezabeta claimed the Om followed the true religion. She details a long history, it is not history but appears to over a thousand years. Aeon revealed himself to a righteous descendant of Delta, Unum. Aeon tells him that he will grant him a nation. The descendant of Unum, Michus, is a beautiful man full of virtue, but his only vice is pride. Angry at his prideful manner and jealous of their father's favoritism towards him, they sell him into slavery to the King of Celes. In Celes, Michus has a son named Om. Om's descendant Jerome is taken as a boy as a slave for the King of Celes. As a prophet, Jerome is able to create a prosperous kingdom for the King. However, his people remain enslaved. Jerome's descendant Axxos lived like a brother to the prince of Celes until he heard the voice of Aeon. Axxos leads his people on an exodus, and forges a kingdom. The wisest and greatest of the Kings of Om is said to be Aran the Wise (1556 - 1490 BCE). However, after his death, the kingdom goes astray and eventually is conquered by an eastern kingdom. It was under the spiritual leadership of Anaseus that the Om receive genocide, and the religion of the one true god is lost. However, God is not erased from the world, and eventually Aeon chooses a prophet from a worthy woman from another people. This is of course Ilezabeta herself. This is the epic tale Ilezabeta said. As very little knowledge is known about the Om and its kingdom, next to nothing can be verified or disproven about Ilezabeta's tale. The kings she mentions in Om historically existed, and their reign lengths are almost completely accurate. Her kings of Celes have counterparts in historical record.

Ethicae
Ethicae is the last of the so-called sermon books. It details with the moral or ethical lessons of Aeon. Ilezabeta states that ethics is not an abstract thought, but a practical philosophy. This is the only book where Ilezabeta specifically uses the word "philosophy." Things that are approved of are called "good" and things that are disapproved of are called "bad." Charity is good, and the Church is to be a force of charity. The golden rule of doing unto others as you would want done unto yourself is mentioned, but it is also said that going further is an even greater good. However, it is acknowledged that men cannot be expected to do so always, as no man is perfect. Monasticism is forbidden. The best way to fight against evil is with what Ilezabeta calls good works. Retreat from the world is thus called a surrender to Monad. As the world is dualistic, no action is neutral. Therefore, Ilezabeta says that, monasticism being a surrender to Monad, is an evil action, as it does not aim towards good works.

Maxims
The last book in the Holy Scriptures of Aeon is called Maxims. Unlike the other books, it was not contained in the holy book Ilezabeta organized. It was organized after the prophetess' death, and contains the excerpts from her later sermons. Each quote is called a maxim, and are often less than twenty words. The quotes generally consist of quote-worthy words of wisdom. This book shows Ilezabeta's message remained the same throughout her life. Early in the religion's history, some Aeonists regarded the book as superfluous and invalid. After the clergy was properly organized, these views were declared heretical.
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Other Religions

It was only until 1900 that true religious tolerance was established. The Church still includes disapproval of "heathen" religions in its official doctrine.
The trolls follow their folk relion from Setra. The Church put pressure on the Trolls as a result. The capitalists and industrialists were opposed to the Church's medieval views on toleration. The industrialists, already disproportionately coming from non-High Church denominations, entered a conflict with the Church. This was seen as yet another extensions of the battle between the bourgeoisie and the traditional aristocrats. The Church called on their power as the ordained right hand of God, but like all traditionalist elements in society, they could not long resist against the growing forces of capitalism. The Church continued to rally against capitalism, however. In the end, it resulted in greater toleration for the animist, polytheist, trolls and a Church opposed to the excesses of capitalism. While the Church certainly did not have altruistic goals when they began their opposition of capitalism, some venerable bishops pushed the Church towards that direction.

Geography, Agriculture, and Industry

Territory


Climate
The climate is fairly moderate. Zenovia is ideal for farmland, and is filled with green pastures, hills, and prairies. The Vladistok River is the largest river in Zenovia, running almost entirely through it, and there are other rivers and lakes, such as Lake Visare. It rains often enough to make farmland across the country.

Agriculture
About 2/3rds of the population lives in rural areas. Although modern agricultural techniques cause the shrinking of farms, and many start to move to the city, farming is still done by a majority of the population. Sustenance farming still is the most common technique, so it isn't exactly a large export.

Industry
Zenovia has several large exports. There has always been a market for Zenovian tobacco and cotton, and although they no longer warrant the prestige they once did, they continue to have a market. Steel is both exported and used in the industries, although Zenovia does not have capacity to be a top exporter in steel in the quantitative sense. Other metals, such as iron and copper, as well as coal, can also be found. Silver and gold can be found in Zenovia and are essential to the economy, but if overseas economies collapse, Zenovia's economy will go with it.

Main Exports: Tobacco, Grain, Cotton, Steel, Iron, Copper, Coal, precious metals, Alcohol
Main Imports: Luxury Goods, Gas, Military parts, Industrial Parts, Foodstuff

The Press
Unlike the other sections of Zenovii business and industry, the press is competitive and monopoly has been avoided. This is likely because all the newspapers and magazines of Zenovia are politically motivated, and rich party supporters, interest groups, and the parties themselves pour money into the press.

The Newspapers
As a general rule, the newspapers contain less political analysis than the tabloids, but they are just as biased. They may be a little more subtle with their bias, or they may not. Yellow Journalism, sensationalist reporting with little regard for accuracy, is the norm. There had once been local newspapers, but they have all been fizzled out by the powerful publishing companies.

The Capital Journal: Founded by Cezar Sabie in 1895, and it is the most profitable of all the newspapers in Zenovia. It was pro-Liberal when it first premiered, but has always been pro-capitalist and anti-labor. Politically, it backs the Centrist Democracy Party. It is largely responsible for the rise of Yellow Journalism and helped sparked the Little War.

The Zenovii Tribunal: Founded in 1883 by Dragomir Vis, it currently plays second fiddle to the Capital Journal. It opposed the Liberal Revolution of 1900 as radical. Currently it supports the Zenovii Patriotic Party. It is anti-reform and protectionist, unless the Zenovii Patriotic Party is not anti-reform or protectionists. It is read by the Patriotic Party faithful regularly.

The Castelul Tribune: Found by Andrei Galca in 1870, it is based in Castelul, the second largest city in Zenovia. It has always been strongly pro-reform. After the Liberal split, it has supported the Radicals. However, they have always been the most neutral of the newspapers, and did not embrace Yellow Journalism.

The Daily Advent: Founded in 1904. The Daily Advent is often the go-to newspaper for clerics and the religious right, and was founded by a Cardinal of the Church.

The National Neutral Newspaper: Founded in 1901. Despite its name, it is far from neutral, and takes a pro-aristocratic viewpoint and worldview. It is widely appreciated for its promotion of the arts and has been praised by Radicals for its promotion of environmentalism. It supports the Zenovii Patriotic Party. It has the best writers.

The Times: Founded in 1911, the Times is politically moderate and supports the Centrist Democracy Party.

The Liberty Times: Founded in 1925. The Liberty Times in read by the left wing of the Radical Party and has been endorsed by the National Trollish League, with a strong focus on civil rights.

The Magazines
The Magazines, as well as focusing on gossip, society, and culture, offer a more honest and in-depth political analysis that the newspapers are unable to accomplish.

The Liberal Review: The mouth-piece of the Centrist Democracy Party. Formed in 1890 by Nikolai Cusa to help spread Liberal ideals, since the time of Checescu and Nikolai Cusa's retirment due to a stroke in 1918 (he died in 1921) it has since made a hard turn towards to the right, unless the Centrist Democracy Party wills it otherwise. Cusa himself actually joined the Radical Party, but was unable to regained his magazine.

The Dragoon: The magazine in support of the Zenovii Patriotic Party. It offers mainly political analysis, and often defends protectionism and militarization, along with eugenics and speciesism.

The Radical: A magazine which openly supports the Radical Party. It is anti-racist, both in practical speciesism and in scientific speciesism. Until its legalization, it was a strong supporter of female suffrage. Social Liberalism, of course, is a primary concern here.

Aeonism Today: A religious magazine which runs mainly religious articles supporting Aeonist Orthodoxy and reactionary political articles which oppose liberalism. Politically, it gushes on praise on the Zenovii Patriotic Party for being a party opposed to liberalism, which is at best 50% correct.

The National: Originally the official magazine of the National Trollish League, it has since then been adopted by others. It has been adopted by the non-Orthodox Aeonists as their magazine, as well as others who would challenge social conventions.

The Intellectual: A condescendingly-named magazine which is read by those interested in intellectual subjects. Politically, it will eloquently refute the policies of the main two parties, and supports the Radical Party. However, its main focus is the arts, science, philosophy, math, and education.

His Majesty's United Armed Forces

Commander in Chief: His Majesty Mircea (born 1898) since 1934

Minister of War: Adrian Brasab (born 1886) since in 1935

His Majesty's Army

Commander of the Army: General Adelbert Trimiscir

Commander of the Troll Legion: Brigadier General Dragos Focavis

By far the largest of the three branches. It was established in its current state during the reform of Vladim VII in 1604. Their uniforms have remained old fashioned. They fight in black and gray uniforms with a pinkelhaume helmet. The Zenovii Guards were originally meant to guard the King, but they grew in size, and served as elite troopers. In 1910, a section of the Guards was separated from them, and they became known as the Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers served as shock troopers and special forces. A section of the army is the Troll Legion, not actually designed to be legion-sized, which is composed entirely of Trolls. The Troll Legion is composed of ferocious fighters who serve as shock troopers and the vanguard of the army, who are justifiably feared. Their uniform is identical to the main army.

M-90 Masin Rifle

The standard-issue rifle for most soldiers in the Zenovii military. It is issued to both army and navy soldiers. A solid bolt-action rifle, it led Zenovii through a war, and could lead them through another.

M-2 Vladem Bayonet

Infantrymen, elite or regular, are still issued a bayonet with the purpose of use in close combat.

M-09 Hector Shovel

An entrenching tool is still in wide-use, and given to all regular infantrymen. It is used both to dig in and as a melee weapon.

M-1921 Vladistok

Manufactured in Zenovia ever since 1921. It is the mainline sub-machine gun in the Zenovii army.

Spadfra Gun

The first machine-gun of Zenovia. Even with new, lighter designs being invented by innovative foreign competition, this gun still has great killing power.

Layewn Gun

A heavy, stationary machine gun. It is not mobile and requires a squadron to move. It has been used to great effectiveness in defending in trenches and forts.

M1904 Hedwig Pistol

A revolver containing six bullets, plus one in the chamber. It is small, but kills as easily as any of its larger cousins.

V1900 Ashok Pistol

The standard issue pistol for officers and the elite of the army.

M10 pistol

A fully automatic pistol issued to some higher ranking officers and used by the Special Forces Stormtroopers.

V-16 Grenade

The so-called stick grenade. It is an explosive grenade which has kept its effectiveness since its invention in 1916.

Cavalry

Although high casualties in the Great War led to the disbandment of the Zenovii Cavalry Corps, cavalry continue to be used extensively in reconnaissance and especially in moving heavy equipment.

M-NV Transporter

A truck that saw production mainly in the 1930s. It is used for transportation of cargo and infantry, as well as the dragging of artillery.

NV1928 Cernyt Tank

The mainline tank of the Zenovii army, as well as the newest of the designs that the Zenovii army commissions. It is a modern tank, transcending the rhomboid prototype tanks. It has thick armor and a heavy cannon.

V32 Hellveir Light Tank

This is a light tank, designed to help infantry. It is armed with a machine-gun and a light cannon.

RT-AL1920 Danliu Tank

This was the last of the rhomboid tanks that Zenovia adopted. It mostly bypassed the earlier tanks inability to traverse tough terrain, and has thick armor, but its cannon is not as strong as those in newer tanks.

419mm Alban Death Guns

The infamous death guns of Zenovia. It could only be moved by horses or vehicle, which is what is used now.

15cm V-98 Frautzinger Howitzer

The Frautzinger Howitzer is a light, mobile and destructive piece of artillery. It requires less to move than the Death Guns by a considerable amount.

His Majesty's Navy

Commander of the Navy: Admiral Laguna (born 1872)

The navy controls the battle-worthy ships, which are sworn to the sovereign. It was first created in its current state in 1714. The sailors of the navy are equipped with a uniform lighter than the army, and with no pickelhaube. They are equipped with the same infantry weapons.

Borcenau SK-13

The battleships of Zenovia. Although the era of battleships has ended, they are still touted as the pride of the Zenovii navy.

RT-25 Agensthesia

In 1925, hoping to modernize the navy to protect against an increasingly dangerous world, a new cruiser design was put into place to replace the old Katalina cruisers. However, in the 1930s production slowed as the growth of the military slowed and focus on the army increased.

Katalina Cruiser

Although old, Zenovia has many of these cruisers. While not state of the art, they are still useful and quick. They are mainly reserved for reinforcements at the time.

V-32 Aeon's Wrath

The aircraft carrier of Zenovia. Also known as Wraths. Named after the the Zenovii deity, it has the same effect as naming something wrath of God. Zenovia is in possession of two of these powerful aircraft carriers.

Z-3 Radu Destroyers

The destroyer-class of the Zenovii navy. It is designed to escort larger vessels and protect them from smaller powerful short-range attacks.

Alan N-22

These submarines are intended to discretely sink enemy vessels and then retreat undetected, and avoid enemy missiles while underwater.

His Majesty's Air Force

Commander of the Airforce: Air Marshal Ion Pritienmanie

Created only in 1917, when Zenovia first acquired aircraft, it is the smallest and newest of Zenovia's military branches, and Zenovia has a weak air force compared to its powerful northern neighbors.

RT-33 Arius Bomber

In 1933, the King made a comment on how the kingdom needed stronger bombers, which led to a commission of a modern Zenovii bomber. However, it wasn't until 1935, under the Zenovii Patriotic Party, that they were built in notable numbers. It is heavy bomber, intended to strategically bomb cities and fortifications.

V-2 Ricimer

The light bomber of the Zenovii Airforce. It is intended to attack lighter targets and to aid infantry on the battlefield. It is made of wood.

RCP-1 Legate

The first fighter plane in Zenovia built, it is still in wide use by the Zenovii Air Force. Developed in 1917, it was intended to tip the war in Zenovia's favor, but did not. It is armed with a single Spadfra gun. There are two versions of the Legate, the Mark I and Mark II. Mark I is the version developed in 1917 during the Great War, and Mark II is the improved upon version developed in the 1920s, and both are in wide use. It was briefly mass produced during the war, and many of them go unused.

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People's Republic of Kataylabinsk

Nation Name and Basic Facts:

Proletarii Respublika iz Kataylabinsk (People's Republic of Kataylabinsk or PRK)

Demonym (describing an individual of or something belonging to the nation): Kataylan

Capital: Volodyna

National Motto: "No freedom without equality, and no equality without freedom"

Leader:
Premier Commissar Yekaterina Velikaya, Leader of the Working People, Hero of the Revolution and Empress of the Former Imperium

Nation History:

Before the collapse of an ancient empire that had unified almost the entire northern half of the continent, the land of Kataylabinsk was a group of northern provinces speaking a different language than the southern provinces, which had conquered the ancient Kataylan city-states and integrated them into their empire. After a series of internal catastrophes and a period of strife, this ancient empire was no longer able to defend itself and succumbed to both the invasion of barbarian tribes from the south and the rival Verenden Empire in the east. These northern provinces were the only areas that retained imperial authority in the face of widespread collapse, but they would prove unable to reassert authority over the southern areas of the empire due to the necessity of sending all military forces to deal with the Verenden threat. Over time, this nation, which now styled itself the Kataylabinsk Imperium, the true successor to that ancient empire, would stabilize and reform itself. After the defeat of the Verenden Empire roughly 750 years ago, the Imperium truly became an unopposed great power. This situation would not last for long, as the Holy Moravian Empire, also claiming to be continuous from the old empire, began to rise and absorb all of the neighboring states. This rivalry inevitably lead to a series of inconclusive wars between the two empires, but when the Holy Moravian Empire was torn apart by religious strife 200 years ago, the Kataylans liberated several large swathes of land that have been the point of contention between it and the Commonwealth ever since.

However, in the century leading up to present, following the loss of various colonies, the Imperium decayed politically and economically, unable to adjust to modern life. In its decayed state, the Kataylabinsk Imperium was an feudal monarchy in which the Emperor was merely a figurehead and the interests of petty nobles and a rising capitalist class took precedence. While the Imperium made great technological advances thanks to this partnership of state and industry, keeping pace with the rest of the world, and indeed surpassing it in areas such as chemical development, it was unable to function as an effective polity. Despite this progress, the workers of the Kataylabinsk Imperium became increasingly disillusioned with the state of affairs as their hours grew longer and safety regulations virtually disappeared. Very little would likely have happened, however, without the interference of the new Empress, crowned sixteen years ago, who quickly built up support among both the peasantry and the industrial workers for her sympathy towards their plight. With a great deal of diplomatic intrigue, she effectively performed a coup to end the feudal system and remove all capitalist influence from the government.

Having been secretly exposed to the books of Kalyrnan (the premier socialist activist in Kataylabinsk) by her uncle, the Empress became a dedicated socialist and upon achieving her coup announced the dissolution of the Imperium and the formation of a People's Republic, believing it better for the people to not have a monarchy at all. However, this decision firmly cemented her popularity and in a marvelous manipulation of events, she was elected the first Executive Commissar of the PRK. She has since then increased her nation's military forces to a significantly greater size, began an extensive spy network to support worker's revolutionary movements in other countries, and opened her nation's borders to refugees and dissenters from across the world as a refuge, bolstering Kataylabinsk's population to even larger numbers.

Race:

The People's Republic of Kataylabinsk is majority human, but it contains large minorities of various different races. Ethnic or species discrimination is banned and heavily enforced, but there is some underlying racial tension.

Form of Government:

Socialist Republic. The foremost leader is the Premier Commissar or Premier, and there is a Supreme Worker's Council made up of an upper house of the following:

Agricultural Commissar: Vasiliy Filatov
Industrial Commissar: Vyacheslav Starovolkov
Welfare Commissar: Angela Garanina
Energy Commissar: Leonid Marinkin
Political Commissar: Anton Chepurin
Foreign Commissar: Miroslav Yerkhov
Justice Commissar: Tatiana Mashir
Intelligence Commissar: Anjelika Adraneda
Treasury Commissar: Adam Aleyev
War Commissar: Vladimir Emin
Transportation Commissar: Daria Trufanova
Health Commissar: Irina Kilesso
Education Commissar: Aleksei Sadykov

All of these positions are elected by the people working in the various industries, namely teachers for education, soldiers for war, farmers for agriculture, in order to represent their interests to the upper house. The terms for these and for the lower house are five years each. The lower house is represented proportionally by population, and functions similarly to the government of the United Kingdom by which different parties or factions are elected to different proportions of the house. Parties which are labeled "anti-socialist" are not allowed to compete for office. Laws and decisions must pass with a majority vote through both houses, and must be approved by the Executive Commissar unless they have an overriding majority of 75%. This allows the Premier Commissar almost complete control over the final decisions.

Total Population:

267,110,000 (226,360,000 humans)

Nation Location:

Purple, left middle

Nation Geography:

The lands of Kataylabinsk are predominantly flatland forests, with some grasslands and hills near to the bottom of the nation where most of its agriculture is based. A number of small mountain ranges separate it from its southern neighbor, Moravia. In the northernmost area lies significant reserves of oil, which mostly goes into making petrochemicals and plastic.

Economic Overview:

The economic system of the PRK is a market socialist economy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialism) in which farms, factories, and industries are owned cooperatively by the workers that work in them, electing managers democratically. The Agricultural, Industrial, Energy, and Transportation Commissars make up a Central Planning Board that helps to coordinate these cooperatives towards the best interests of the nation, though the primary economic power is held by the workers. Certain of the highest-level industries, mostly those dealing with weapons manufacture, are handled exclusively by the state.

The People's Republic of Kataylabinsk is heavily industrialized, but its economy is primarily centered around chemical manufacture and processing and electronics rather than machinery or manufactured goods, being a prime exporter of plastic, helium, artificial fertilizer, various types of fuels, radios and other simple electronics.

Technological Overview:

The People's Republic has very developed chemical and electrical industries, but their mechanical industry still remains overwhelmingly coal-based and there are no cars on its streets. Kataylabinsk is, however, still crisscrossed by an extensive railroad network which performs most of the required transportation. Electronics such as radio, lights, and even simple household devices such as heaters, toasters and dishwashers are fairly commonplace, with a reliable if dirty coal-fired electric grid. The University of Volodyna in the capital is one of the world's foremost chemistry research institutions, attracting chemists from all over the world.

Special Material: Fyrurock

Important Info

Fyrurock is a combustible gas that is heavily compressible, allowing an extremely large amount of it to be packed into a small container. Its main application are Fyrurock bombs and rockets, in which the warhead opens up prior to reaching the target, spraying the gas in a large cloud, and then sets it on fire for a massive thermobaric explosion. It is also often used sprayed out of large nozzles and set on fire as a flamethrower of sorts capable of bathing targets in flames.

Military Overview

Army Overview:

The PRK, due to its notable lack of mechanized warfare technology, mainly utilizes other methods of remaining competitive on the ground. Most notable among these are their MPRPs (Man-Portable Rocket Projectiles) which are carried in small numbers by most infantry regiments for use if they come into contact with enemy armored formations. These help Kataylan ground forces achieve military parity with armor-supplemented forces.

A second unique aspect of the Kataylan military forces is that they utilize war-trained bear cavalry, armored and outfitted with a light machine gun on top. While they are unable to stand up to tanks, they are a menace to any infantry that cross their path and are much more maneuverable.

Their ground forces mostly utilize bolt-action rifles supplemented by the occasional light machine gun, which is carried by two people. They usually carry two of each of fragmentation grenades, thermite grenades, and Fyrurock grenades. There are a few remaining normal cavalry regiments, but they no longer play a vital role in the Kataylan ground forces.

The PRK primarily utilizes Katalusha rocket artillery for the ground support role, which is slightly less accurate but significantly more deadly thanks to the Fyrurock warheads each salvo contains. The other main drawback of these artillery is the long reload time between launches.

Active-Duty Military: 3,500,000 (35 main army groups of 100,000 each, split into ten regiments each of 10,000)
Reserve Military: 4,500,000

Navy Overview:

The Kataylan navy is the pride of the People's Republic, widely considered to be one of the strongest in the world. Though all of its ships are coal-fueled, they boast considerable power and speed, and are equipped with the latest in composite alloy armor. Every ship has installed radar and relatively recent sonar systems for detecting submarines, as well as depth charges to attack them. Though it is not listed here, the PRK navy also maintains a sizable amount of amphibious landing boats for deploying their land military to other continents.

Lysacek-class destroyers

Length: 112.8 m
Speed: 40 mph
Armament: 4 130mm guns, 2 75mm AA guns, 2 45mm AA guns, two heavy machine guns, 6 torpedo tubes

The Lysacek-class destroyer is the workhorse of the PRK fleet, performing its primary anti-air and anti-submarine functions while still carrying reasonable anti-ship armament.

Eyrosya-class submarines

Length: 97.65 m
Speed: 22 mph surface, 12 mph submerged
Armament: 6 forward torpedo tubes, 4 aft torpedo tubes, 2 100mm guns, 2 45mm guns.

The Eyrosya-class destroyer is primarily used offensively, to take out enemy submarines and warships from underwater. However, it can also defend itself in surface combat.

Aurora-class cruisers

Length: 140.13 m
Speed: 27 mph
Armament: 4 234mm guns, 8 190mm guns, 16 75mm guns, 4 45mm AA guns, 3 430mm torpedo tubes

The Aurora-class cruiser is the primary heavy firepower of the Kataylan fleet, and one of the main contributors to its naval superiority, dealing heavy blows to other enemy ships regardless of size.

Kyrnovet-class battleships

Length: 181.2 m
Speed: 22 mph
Armament: 12 305mm guns, 16 120mm guns, 2 75mm AA guns, 4 450mm torpedo tubes.

The Kyrnovet-class battleship, while with imposing statistics, is gradually becoming a more outdated ship in the Kataylan navy in comparison to more maneuverable and less expensive firepower such as the Aurora.

Katayla-class airship carriers

Length: 273 m
Speed: 22 mph
Armament: 4 75mm AA guns, two strategic Komyra Fyrurock missiles

The Katayla-class airship carrier is unique ship in the PRK's navy as opposed to other world navies in that is a sea-based carrier which fields airships, not aircraft. A single Katayla can serve to base four Tyrnovus or eight Volodynas, allowing the PRK to project air support far away from its borders. Experimentally, these airship carriers have been retrofitted with tubes from which to launch strategic Komyra missiles which are capable of reaching up to 100 miles inland (although with only enough accuracy to hit a specific city).

Air Force Overview:

Every Kataylan airship is powered by coal-fired steam turbines, which lessens their available loads but enables them to run for a much greater period of time than similar gasoline-powered craft. Each is made with Kataylan-invented Kievar plastic-based fabric, which is highly resistant to bullets and fairly resistant to anti-aircraft flak, but not entirely.

Volodyna-class multirole airships

The Volodyna-class multirole airship is designed both for anti-air and light bombing capabilities. It is equipped with two rotating 75mm antiaircraft guns, one at the front and one at the rear, although these guns are also capable of firing normal shells if necessary in a ground support role. There are three rotating heavy machine gun emplacements on either side to cover the areas where the two primary AA guns cannot reach, and each airship is outfitted with a full 2000-kg load of bombs, primarily Fyrurock, but also some chlorine gas and conventional bombs. Their top speed is roughly 45 mph.

Tyrnovu-class heavy bomber airships

The Tyrnovu-class heavy bomber is lightly armed for the anti-air role, only carrying four rotating heavy machine gun emplacements on each of the four corners. However, it carries a massive load of 5000 kg of bombs, with equal proportion Fyrurock and chlorine. These much slower craft only can manage a top speed of 30 mph.

Yakut-class reconnaissance airships

The Yakut-class recon craft is primarily intended for its namesake, boasting a top speed of 60 mph and carrying two rotating light machine gun emplacements, one each on the front and back, to at least be able to defend itself. These are not at all intended to participate in combat, however.

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Kingdom of Verendes

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Government and Economy

Type of Government:
While technically a hereditary monarchy Verendes has effectively been under the control of the noble parliament for the last eighty years. Represented by their respective heads each of the forty seven noble families all have the ability to propose legislature and debate it, with most issues being settled by a majority vote. While laws and government acts must be signed by the monarch in almost all circumstances the reigning head of state is powerless given the noble parliaments ability to vote no confidence and remove them from power entirely. That said, the monarch is still the face of the nation and often holds considerable respect and influence within the noble parliament itself.

One notable exception to this is in times of war, wherein the monarch is placed in direct command of the armed forces and becomes able to enact changes far more rapidly than what the parliament would have been capable of. While many argue this policy is excessive in terms of empowering the reigning monarch it has nevertheless provided vast centralization in times of war allowing vital resources to be redistributed more easily.

Head(s) of Government:
The technical head of the government is Her Majesty Queen Sanvila the Sixth, a woman of twenty four years. The youngest of monarchs in recent history Sanvila gained power when her father, a notable proponent of increased royal control, died overseeing an arms plant without leaving any other heirs seven years ago.

Other notable individuals would include Belvon Harns, the head of his noble family and the current leader of the largest block of nobles in the parliament. A hard nosed man Belvon has long advocated expansion of the colonies and was largely responsible for the Jesah war which saw the acquisition of several oil rich northern territories.

In direct opposition to Belvon stands Kenst Terou, a more idealistic family head who continues to advocate isolationism from the world and economic reform. A smaller black of nobles is in alignment with Kenst, though many highly influential families can be counted among them.

Economy:
The Verenden economy operates off a gold standard, wherein the nation must maintain a supply of gold equivalent to the amount of paper currency issued. Under this system paper currency represents a technical debt owed by the government to the individual, and this debt may be traded for goods and services. Exempt from this are silver and copper coins which hold 'true' value based upon the materials in them. Thus a one dollar note represents an equivalent amount of gold, and a half dollar of silver is silver worth a half dollar. The mint and gold reserve is commanded by the specifically appointed National Treasury which acts to control inflation and recession and is generally tasked to intervene in the economy when such action becomes necessary.

The Verenden economy however is mostly unregulated beyond the simple controls of the National Treasury and operates closely to what could be considered laissez faire. In this system manufacturing, particularly in the maritime sector, has taken an enormous role and heavy industry has become the staple of Verendes with mines and factories dominating the skyline. That said, agriculture has not been neglected entirely and enough is produced to limit the hassle of importing food though at times it has become necessary. Most oil is sourced from the many colonies of Verendes for domestic use though in times of surplus it is often sold.

Taxes are set to a flat rate, greatly favouring the rich over the poor and as a result the working poor fill the streets or find refuge in the large housing facilities many companies provide after complaints about the homeless problem began to surface.

History, Demographics and Culture

Primary Species:
Human beings make up nearly the entirety of the Verenden population with white skin and black hair being the predominate traits of the population. Notable shorter than most other humans Verenden men stand at a height of 5'7 with women usually making 5'4.

Population:
~47,567,820 As of last national count.

Culture:
Verenden culture is often said to be divined into two distinct sets of values and ideals, those of the working and that of the established elite. The truth however is nowhere near that clear cut, and the identity of both subcultures has intermixed greatly.

The first of these subcultures is that of the working classes. It is best said that the working value community above all and place enormous emphasis on family usually forming large multi family communal groups in the belief that separation causes a weakening of the spirit. These large communal groups have a tendency to develop their own deviations from the larger national culture of the working, but nevertheless they all share many basic traits. One of these traits is the commonality that change is considered absolutely paramount with stagnation is seen as the nearest thing to death. As a result of their belied many of the working class try to reinvent themselves in whatever little ways they can afford. This has evolved into a sort of sub class system, where various members of the working class differentiate themselves through trinkets and clothing, with the more flamboyant being held in higher regard. A side effect of this is that it has brought about a sense of competition that has long caused minor conflicts as communities of different means clash, even if it has provided a unique flair of colour to Verenden cities many nations lack. Even more, regardless of the conflicts the sense of appearance being related to means has fostered an enormous sense of cleanliness among even the poorest citizens, resulting in new industries forming around bodily care and inevitably medicine.

The second of the so called subcultures is that of the rich and established elite. The primary difference between these individuals and the working class is that rather than as a way to show status opulent clothing and ostentatious appearances are merely the norm. This results in the noble and rich classes generally being far more cohesive than than those below them and as such having far less value in family as opposed to solidarity as a tier of society. Still, one element spawning from family solidarity is true for both sides of the coin, there is little gender discrimination. It is not uncommon for women to lead families, nor is it rare for them to serve in any role traditionally reserved for men. In tight groups specific distinctions between gender become less important, and this has been the case in Verendes regardless of class. On the flip side, non humans are generally looked down upon, though those closer to Humans are seen with less disdain than more atheistically disparate species.

Religious and Other Beliefs:
Verendes still holds a highly polytheistic system of religion with an ever expanding pantheon of gods whose values rarely align. Depending on the community the god of choice could be entirely separate, with many miners holding the god of the Earth in high esteem while others in the factories might hold the god of industry above all else. This system may seem divisive, but it rarely causes issue as the highest god in the pantheon, the god of time, is largely respected by all equally and acts as a single thread holding the religion together.

The Verenden pantheon lacks a proper name but is generally spoken of as the Servants of Time, with the lord of history and the future having fathered all the other gods. This in part explains why the pantheon expands, the god of time merely has more children.

History:
For uncounted ages a single empire dominated the land, and in its shadow the many city states of the world trembled. In fear of this empire a loose confederation was born among the five great port cities of the east in a vain attempt to dissuade that old empire from marching upon them. Yet in spite of this confederation the fear remained, and when the old empire began to falter and the world started to reek of war that fear drove the port cities to a single conclusion.

They had to attack before whoever succeeded the failing empire did. Banding together under the name of their commonly inhabited land, Verendes, the city states made their move some fifteen hundred years ago. Taken off guard by the sudden attack of the peaceful cities and preoccupied by the barbarians and other states gnawing at it the empire was unable to respond, and soon Verendes became an empire of its own. Out of the ashes of the old empire only two great states remained, the Vereden Empire and the Kataylabinsk Imperium. The former represented the forces that brought the greatest era of stability in history to an end, and the latter held strong as an echo of those times and that lost empire.

Ideology, religion, fate. Whatever it was these two remaining states could never reconcile their differences and not long after the old empire fell they once more moved to war, this time on each other. Centuries of fighting would solve little and it seemed to both states that nothing could be done. Yet it was stagnation that history could not abide. After a frost destroyed the Verenden Empires crops some seven hundred years ago the Imperim struck once more. Faced with a new player rising in the form of the Holy Moravian Empire and besieged on two sides in the face of natural disaster the Empire in the east fell, reduced to the territory it had held all those centuries ago.

In hopes of quelling the riots and staving masses in the ruined empire the Verenden king declared its dissolution, and once more the five city states came to be. For five hundred years this would be the case, each city state becoming a nation and gorging itself upon the wealth of trade ignorant to the world passing by, until they could no longer ignore it. The Holy Moravian Empire that had once helped to ruin old Verendes collapsed, and once more it became clear the violent states that arose from its ashes would be the doom of the newly minted nations and their founding cities.

So they made an old idea new, and as the first hints of industry began to show themselves in the world Verendes once more became a nation some two hundred years ago. Industrialism bled into colonialism and a new Verenden empire came into the world, establishing outposts and resource colonies throughout distant lands. In the year eighteen hundred the king of Verendes sought to protect the trade lanes to his new colonies from the ancient enemy of the maritime human city states, the Sacred Empire. Spanning the vast Ceres sea the beasts of the deep had once instilled fear into all who called the land home, yet now it was declared that they would be the ones hunted. Setting sail mere moments after declaring war Verendes would fight the monsters below the seas for nine years and with all the weapons that could be brought to bear nefore it emerged victorious. A once invisible enemy below its foot Verendes would establish a dominance of the Ceres sea that would last for seventy five years.

Yet now that hold has been broken, and Verendes faces giants at every turn, beasts with which it cannot contend.

Geography, Agriculture and Industry

Territories:


Cities, Bases, etc.:
The capital of Verendes is Destun, a sprawling city of industry left curiously smog free by the constant sea breeze given it's coastal locale. The royal palace as well as the noble parliament are situated just beyond the cities limits and the main air, navy, and army bases for the nation all located within it.

Another notable city would be Esten, a city with the distinction of being closest to the PKK border. It is for this fact the city is the home of three tank divisions and even more infantry, a force large enough to back up the forces on the border in a timely fashion should worst come to worst.

Climate:
Just north of the Equator Verendes is a warm nation that gets the occasional snowfall in it's more northern regions. Much of the nation was home to large forests in times past but now few remain, with farms taking up whatever is not covered by cities and industry. Rain is a constant of Verendes with it expected in all seasons, though with extra fog on the coast during the fall and winter.

Plant and animal life is abundant in the nation though most of what could be considered dangerous is long hunted to extinction, though in the private reserves of the nobles near the costs there is a snapshot into the vast and unrestricted amount of life that once called Verenes home.

All together, Verendes is a mild climate with a proclivity towards rain.

Agriculture:
Agriculture in Verendes is highly mechanized compared to most other nations, feeding off the manufacturing sector. This however has not lead to a massive increase in production given farmers have very little space to work with in comparison with other nations. Nevertheless Verendes rarely has to import food, though it does happen. This is usually the result of farming magnates exporting food at a favourable price and leaving the nation with a deficit, an issue which the government has been incapable of preventing due to the power and often in person representation of those responsible. Still, this competitive environment has brought about many innovations and some worry that increased regulation would cause a famine due to many of the current farmers no longer having to edge out any advantage they can and becoming complacent.

Industry:
Verendes is built upon its naval heavy industry and its production of exemplary glass. Nearly every city is home to as many factories as houses, a state of affairs that owes itself to the free economic decree of the king many years ago. When all those years ago the economy was formally deregulated an industrial revolution followed that changed the very fabric of the nation. What once was an agrarian people operating a hub of sea trade changed overnight into a people bent on competition and profit. The nobility were the first to exploit the situation and quickly solidified their power by buying up vast swaths of land and clearing it of forests to build the foundations for future industrial empires, but they were not alone. Many formerly middle class merchants found themselves able to buy specific sites rich in resources to feed the new factories and joined the nobles as the new elite. Of course this all came at the expense of the common man. Industry forced the throng into the streets or cramped apartments, a trend that is only becoming less pronounced now that many factory owners are building on site housing for their workforce, if only because the streets look better free of piss and shit. Nowadays industry remains king and while Verenden factories cannot match the quantity of the other industrial great powers a large emphasis has been placed on quality and efficiency that few can match.

Main Imports:
Grains, Lumber, Oil, Cotton, Dyes, Sand, Refined Chemicals, Beef, Zeolites, Feldspar, Rubber.

Main Exports:
Large engines, Refined Metals, Large Machinery, Textiles, Electronics, Optical and other types of Glass, Mined Helium, Luxury Goods (Watches, Jewelry, Small manufactured items), Ships, Weapons, Maritime goods.

Military

Armoured Forces

Recently expanded as a response to the growing communist threat the armoured forces of Verendes have quickly grown due to the nations heavy industry and are now a match in quality for even the most advanced nations, though quantity remains an issue.

R-56 General Tank

The main tank of the Verenden armed forces the R-56 is a medium tank used to engage other armoured vehicles and support infantry in any number of roles. It is perhaps the most identifiable symbol of the Verendan military being utterly ubiquitous in nearly every branch.
The R-56 sports a high velocity 82mm primary gun on an electrically driver turret as well as a 50mm howitzer on the hull and a rotating cupola equipped with a 7.6mm machine gun.

R-12 Assault Tank

Somewhat slower than the R-56 but sporting a faster firing gun and more armour the R-12 is the assault tank of the Verenden military, built to support advancing troops with its short yet powerful high explosive firing gun.
The R-12 is equipped with a short 75mm gun designed to supress and eliminate enemy personnel on the front lines using its quick reload system. A 7.6mm machine gun is also mounted for dealing with ground forces that get too close.

R-19 Tank Destroyer

The newest addition to the Verenden military the R-19 is a low profile ambush tank prioritizing speed and firepower. Using its long 75mm gun the R-19 is meant to attack from the sides and rear immobilizing and destroying enemy vehicles while being well armoured enough to weather a limited few return shots as it makes its escape.

R-55 Light Tank

A fast and lightly armoured tank the R-55 is a mobile scout and flanking vehicle able to harass the enemy and distract them form its more dangerous allies.
The R-55 uses a 45mm gun to engage targets and a frontally mounted 7.6mm machine gun to ward off infantry attack.

R-34 Mobile AA

Built from the chassis of the now phased out R-33 medium tank the R-34 is the main AA gun used by the armoured forces. Armed with four 20mm guns few aircraft are capable of standing up to a sustained attack by these tanks.

RA-15 Mortar

A field mortar used by infantry companies the RA-15 is a fast and mobile 180mm gun capable of pounding enemy positions at a moment’s notice.

RA-22 Artillery

The main field gun of the Verenden military the RA-22 is a 140mm mobile gun used to bombard enemy positions and move with the front line in a way no static weapon could.

RA-12 Artillery

An immense 240mm self-propelled gun the RA-12 is a fearsome weapon meant to bombard enemy fortifications and formations.

Infantry

The core of the Verenden military the infantry serve as the fodder and the hammer necessary to win wars. Despite this, the infantry often finds themselves neglected in favour of the more specialized branches.

Machine Gunner

The Verenden military has long espoused the benefits of automatic fire and mandates every platoon of six men have two machine guns. To ensure this policy isn't needlessly draining of manpower machine gunners are trained to operate the weapons by themselves, but the position of loader can always be filled in situations where there is an extra available man. Given the weight of their equipment most machine gunners only carry a bare minimum beyond their primary weapon and its ammunition, many foregoing such basics as handguns. These men often suffer higher casualty rates but nevertheless the position never has a lack of volunteers given it represents an elevation in rank.

GMG-32

The GMG-32 is the latest service light machine gun in the Verenden Military, operating on an open bolt chambered for 7.6mm and built for simple and fast barrel change the 32 was designed for ease of operation and rugged durability in combat.

Rifleman

The core of the Verenden military riflemen are the front line soldiers in any war. Given a bolt action rifle, spare ammunition, grenades, and equipment to resist chemical weapons these soldiers are often the lowest members of society looking for an opportunity for advancement in the military.

Gesten Model 1921

The latest of the many Gestun handguns adopted by the Verenden military the M1921 is a toggle locking semi-automatic handgun firing a 10mm round. The firearm is notable for its iconic status in the military.

Vense Rifle Type 1919

A logn serving firearm the T1919 is a straight pull bolt action rifle that remains the primary service arm of the Verenden military. Firing a 7.6mm round like most Verenden military weapons the T1919 is an ageing design that is being considered for replacement on concerns of reliability and continued competitive ability in the age of semi-automatic rifles.. Notable candidates for the rifles replacement are the Ventian Vz.32 carbine and the domesticity produced Vense Rifle T1939.

Argos FGF Gas Mask

Built by the ARGOS company these general purpose gas masks can combat most chemical weapons that attack the body through inhalation.

Specialized Infantry

Plagued by the agents of other nations it eventually became apparent that a new division of the military was needed to counter this threat. Selected from the soldiers showing the least remorse and the most cool under combat the SI represents the elite core of the Verenden military. Little is standardized between the divisions disparate regiments and every soldier has some freedom in their loadout, save the mask that covers all their faces.

Vense Rifle T1939

A newer design being considered for standard military adoption the 7.6mm T1939 is a popular gun among the SI and is known to be an excellent marksmans rifle, though its use is limited by its nascent state.

Vz.32 Carbine

A Ventian .32 carbine the Vz.32 represents the militaries renewed interest in small calibre firearms and is also being considered for standardization. Opinions are mixed but the potential of the weapon is well known.

G.SG-22

A 10mm SMG the Gestun Sub Gun 1922 was once submitted for military trials but accomplished only limited adoption given the prevailing bias against small calibre weapons. Used by tank crews and the SI the GMG is generally liked if not regarded with some suspicion by the higher echelons.

Under Sea Corps

A unit under personal command of the sovereign these men and women were the knife that kept the Sacred empire under the Kingdoms thumb. However, times change and now the USC are a small part of the infantry whose few duties are the protection of the remaining Verenden assets under the Ceresian Sea. The USC use modified versions of conventional Verenden arms built from stainless steels that firing needle like bullets.

Air Forces

Flag of the VAF

The Verenden military has long lacked airships, largely due to the nations relative political isolation in the last hundred years. As such the air forces are a collection of attempts and experiments meant to level the playing field. In this role super props and push props have become the normal aircraft fielded by Verendes. While outmatched in firepower the airforce has always been a priority.

TY-77

The primary interceptor aircraft of the Verenden military the TY-77 was designed as the antithesis to the idea that the bomber would always get through. A fast climber with a heavy armament of 30mm cannons the TY-77 is meant to climb above a bomber formation and destroy them on the way down, turrets fighting off persueing aircraft.

TY-76

A snub nose and highly manoeuvrable fighter with respectable firepower the TY-76 is the main craft of the air forces and can be found deployed in all locations Verendes has stationed forces.

TY-82

A nation without airships or the know how to make them Verendes relies on the TY-83 to fight off the overgrown air whales of other nations. Armed with a copious number of defensive turrets the TY-83 is loaded with large unguided rockets to be fired at large airborne targets.

Flying Spear Rocket

Designed concurrently with the TY-82 the 300mm Flying Spear rocket carries on the analogy of whale hunting in a spectacular way. Rather than arming aircraft with large calibre guns to breach airship armour it was decided that rockets, similar to those used by the navy, would be the order of the day. Thus the Flying Spear was born.

TY-80

A response to the advent of larger bomber airships and aircraft the TY-80 can carry a respectable bombload over a long range to cripple the production facilities of enemies.

TY-64

The TY-64 is an anti shipping float plane designed to sink enemy vessels with it's two large torpedoes and speed to safety with its overcharged engine

TY-12

Once the main fighter of Verendes this venerable plane is now relegated to scouting roles.

TY-3288

The TY-328 is a strange beast, skirting the lines between light cruiser and airplane. Commonly named the flying whale this seaplane is arguably one of the largest conventional aircraft to ever be built and is used as a means to respond to threats anywhere in the Ceres sea or closer far faster than a normal warship could. Using hatches to hide its weapons and maintain seaworthiness the flying whale possesses a 228mm gun on each side with a 45 degree arc of fire when deployed and three forward 100mm guns as well as two 100mm rear weapons. Machine gun nests dot the aircraft to an unprecedented degree and torpedo mounts are set alongside all its deployable weapons.

Naval Forces

A coastal nation Verendes has long held it's navy to the highest standard, and even today boasts that it can rival the forces of far larger nations such as the Ceresian Empire. Something that seems less and less true every day in the face of the great powers of the day.

Surface Vessels

Guns above the water and 7.6mm needle machine gun bubble turrets below it surface vessels make up the bulk of the navy.

Retribution Class Dreadnought

The largest ships Verendes has ever put to sea the two Retribution class battleships each sport three primary turrets of four 381mm guns under the belief that a battle is best ended in a single large broadside. Beyond that three main secondary turrets each hold three 175mm guns alongside a number of duel purpose 90mm x2 AA/Secondary guns. An enormous investment these ships are the symbol of Verenden naval power.

Glorious Class Battlecruiser

Designed to protect the Verenden colonies and exert force wherever it becomes needed the Glorious class cruiser has three turrets of three 330mm guns. These vessels are battleships in all but name and make up a sizable portion of the Verenden navies tonnage.

Incursion Class Cruiser

The Incursion class is a fast cruiser with big guns and a large AA/Secondary gun bank. The main guns in use 228mm and are mounted in pairs on three turrets.

Advantage Class Destroyer

Armed with two turrets of two 120mm guns the Advantage prioritizes speed and the use of it's four tri torpedo mounts over larger guns.

Perilous Class Aircraft Carrier

Without military airships or the desire to construct them while so far behind the rest of the world the Verenden military elected to create aircraft carriers to project the countries airpower. The Perilous class represents the latest technology possessed by Verendes.

Submarines

Hunters of ships and defenders against all threats below the surface submarines are a vital part of the navy.

Engagement Class Submarine

A tried and tested design the Engagement class is the main submarine in the Verenden arsenal. Specialized for hunting commerce vessels and warships these are, like any good submarine, the scourge of the sea.

Pursuer Class Submarine

Small midget submarines armed with compact rockets the Pursuer class was built to provide a close range defence against Ceresian attackers. First proposed by colonial officers who'd been exposed to Elfish minisubs these vessels are short range and usually dropped from larger ships to ward off incoming attackers.

Vanguard Class Submarine

The Vanguard is a design that while increasingly dated remains relevant to this day after dozens of refit programs and new production runs with better technology. These vessels are designed to engage smaller targets under water with their high velocity 100mm needle guns making them powerful sub hunters. Additionally the Vanguard is capable of diving far deeper than most submarines and while this means the vessel possesses thick armour it also implies a sacrifice to torpedo load, meaning it has far fewer anti ship weapons than its competitor attack subs. They exist largely as a response to the threat posed by the Sacred Empire of the Ceresian Sea.

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Heavenly Empire of Yllendthyr

Political and Sociological

Nation Name:
Menel Ndor en'Yllendthyr (Heavenly Empire of Yllendthyr) - empire name
Nórë en'Yllendthyr (Country of Yllendthyr) - mainland name
Centautë en'Galhonore (Galhonore Commonwealth) - vassal via personal union

History:TBA

Territories:
Yllendthyr is situated at the upper half of the Sotoa Penisula, Verusa. The mainland occupies 5.28 million square kilometers. In addition 3 large islands at Yllendthyr's waters known as Nili Aiqua Archipeago. Down on the same Sotoa Penisula les the Galhonore Commonwealth which is in personal union with Yllendthyr for centuries (although the relation is closer to that of a vassal). As such effectively the Heavenly Empire of Yllendthyr controls all 8 million square kilometers of the Sotoa Penisula.

Of course as a colonial power that's not all where Yllenthyr's territories end. Around the equator they made a foothold in many worlds, owning sizable lands in both Usea and Osea, including the Syren canal, one of the two routes allowing ships to travel through Osea without making a long detour.

Climate:
Yllendthyr is generally in the tropical-mediterraean zone, blessed with fertile lands and lush forests. Albeit the latter is the recent victim of the Empire's accelerating industrialization. The Galhonore Commonwealth has similar conditions albeit the bottom of the country overlaps with the moderate climate zone more.

Population:
According to the last year's census the country of Yllendthyr has the population of 110,027,188. Majority of them are humans (62%) and then elves (27%) while the remainder are other races (11%: dwarves, gnomes, trolls and others). Due to their petite nature and massive fertility the fay are counted on a different scale measuring around 92 million within Yllendthyr's mainland alone. As fellow elvish country the Galhonore Commonwealth has similar demographics and the population around 42 million (again, not counting the fay).

The population of colonial territories have yet to be accurately measured. Instead the latest census recorded that there are over 10 million Yllendthyr and Galhonore citizens who asked for permanent residency in off-world colonies.

Elves

According to the studies of Charles Dwarfling from the last century elves evolved from the prehistoric birds and they're said to share a distant relation with the various Griffin species. Archeological finds identified one of the ancestors of Elfkind named Homo Auger AKA "bird-man". Other studies theorize a more complicated origin for elves potentially including crossbreeding with prehistoric human species. Their main argument is the fact humans and elves could sire a child from one another (even if with extremely low probability).

In terms of physical characteristics elves are slenderly built and tall, averaging at over 6 feet. In contrast their slim build and hollow bones make them weight only 60% of an average human. Compared to humans they are fast and nimble, further supported by their amazing sense of balance. This is partially because the elves are said to possess something akin to "organic gyroscopes" and indeed their kind can precisely position without assistance of devices. In addition the elves are gifted with senses akin to wild animals, most notably their sight and hearing. Lastly elves have tough immune system and can theoretically live up to 300 years. They are resistant to many toxins and can recuperate from wounds faster than humans. While these qualities may make elves seem superior their advantages come at a cost. Elves are thinly built and can only carry half as much weight as a human could. Also their lightweight bones are made to withstand strain only from certain directions. Bone fractures are common, especially for young elves. For this reason during their youth elves learn to move with precision and grace to avoid accidents. Similarly their fragility means that falls and vehicle crashes could leave elves with at least grievous injuries if not outright lead to death, lucky accidents are almost unheard of. The heightened smell and hearing also makes elves more sensitive to loud noises or repugnant smells. Their sense of touch makes everything feel rougher so a cloth of wool may as well be sandpaper to an elf. While elves can resist many poisons better than humans the ones which they couldn't are extremely dangerous to them. Elven immune system is more robust but less adaptable than a human's. Lastly elves are plagued with low fertility and more frequent miscarriages. while modern medicine aided them considerably elven population growth is still drastically lower than human's. In addition elven children grow slower with youths turning to adults only at the age of 30 (and even then they are only at the physical development of a 15 years old by human standards).

Half-Elves

Humans and elves are capable of interbreeding, siring a half-elf. Albeit 9 out of 10 such pregnancies generally result in a miscarriage and may even threaten the mother's life. There are several complications like the half-elven child being too much of a burden on an elven mother or in reverse the child requiring and producing chemicals which the human mother doesn't have. Yet scientists found out these problems are minor compared to what came down to simple compatibility. A percentage of elven population and a percentage of human population are capable of successfully siring an offspring. Even among them there are people with high chance of conceiving a halfbreed and those who may succeed but the risks are higher. Studies show there's no clear cutoff line. Since genetics are only at the developing stage Yllendthyr has no known means to identify an "ideal mate" neither the current government is interested in such research.

That is because the topic of half-elves is a sorts of taboo. Officially no half-elves exist in Yllendthyr. They're either classified as humans or elves within the records. Half-elves of noble birth retain their status while others are considered the same as humans, if not worse. Half-elves of low status are outcasts, often shunned by both humans and elves alike. Albeit there's a certain way to change that. Half-elves who marry into noble families or otherwise gain fame or higher status can earn the right to become "honorary elves" thus jumping straight up on the social ladder. As such many half-elves pursue military career and they're often rather good at it. Half-elves can randomly inherit the abilities of both elves and humans, they're a mosaic race of both. As such it's possible for a half-elf to inherit a human's strong physique along with the senses and physiology of his elven ancestor, albeit certainly not the norm. Half-elven lifespan is difficult to determine. In general it lies somewhere between that of a human and elf. Although it worths noting that their mixed genes make half-elves susceptible to some quite dangerous genetic disorders.

Culture:

Yllendor - the elvish language

Yllendor is part of the elvish language family specifically practiced in Yllendthyr. It's a difficult and melodious language with many depths and hidden meanings. The reason is because Yllendor is actually a simplified language developed to communicate with people outside their culture. Their original language (called in a simplified manner as Yllwé or Old Elvish) is lengthy and complex, with each name being unique as the speaker describes its features and past. Simple conversations on Old Elvish can last for hours because it literally doesn't leave anything to interpretation. Back in the old days elves could allow this luxury but as time went on they were forced to rely on Yllendor more and more. Many of the lower class elves don't even learn Yllwé and only know Yllendor. Nowadays old elvish is only used for ceremonial occasions and for honorary titles. Since the length of one's name in old elvish is directly equal to one's fame and importance elven nobles often make sport of comparing the length of each other's name. Of course no elf has longer name than the Emperor himself. Thankfully this habit doesn't translate to Yllendor at all.

Government:
Yllendthyr's governmental structure is rather complex and maybe even confusing for the outsiders. The mainland of Yllendthyr is a federal semi-presidential constitutional monarchy. Their ruler is technically the Ymheodr but effectively it's lead by the Chymanfa (Parlaiment) where the governors and representatives belonging to the 27 states of Yllendthyr meet. Colonial governors and Galhonore's representatives are normally not present in the Chymanfa but they could be summoned if a certain decision involves them. The Ymheodr's role in politics is minimal and save for rare circumstances his presence in the Chymanfa isn't required. His authority is limited by the constitution and his duties are divided to various Wleidyddion (ministers). The Chymanfa is generally led by the Cyntwleidyddion (Prime Minister) although due to his busy schedule it's often taken over by the Fyswleidyddion (Vice Minister). Also it worths noting that the constitution technically allows the Ymheodr to veto nearly any decision in the Chymanfa, albeit none of them lived with this right yet. Another interesting note is that as a federal system each state of Yllendthyr has its own governor with unusual level of independence. Some states switched to entirely republican management and their "governor" is essentially just another representative.

While effectively a vassal to Yllendthyr the Galhonore Commonwealth is still a politically independent body with its own government. Like Yllendthyr it's a constutional monarchy ruled by the same emperor. On the other hand they have their own pairlament and prime minister with an overall semi-republican government. That being said the Chymanfa's decisions in Yllendthyr can bear weight on Galhonore, too. Even though Galhonore's representatives are invited to any decisions involving them their inferior numbers mean they can be overruled by Yllendthyr's majority.

Lastly the colonies are similarly split to smaller bodies and lead by a governor each. While the colonial governor is the representative of Yllendthyr and its emperor these effectively end up being small kingdoms lead by an influential noble each. Aside from occasionally reporting back to mainland and upholding Yllendthyr's empire-wide laws they're otherwise given full reign.

Cyntwleidyddion Hîr Radidnahr en'Lóthien Gosodnelh

Cyntwleidyddion (Prime Minister) and thus effectively the leader of all Yllendthyr, Radidnahr is a well-dressed polite gentlemanly elf who will be holding his 182th birthday in the 4th of July. He's experienced, diplomatic yet also a rather shrewd politician who contributed a great deal to the current face of Yllendthyr. Radidnahr has been elected Prime Minister seven times and effectively governed Yllendthyr for over a century now. Unlike most high nobles Radidnahr has a positive opinion on humans and views them as the future for Yllendthyr. While other noble armies are practically all-elven, his Aramegyr has over 30% human soldiers and almost 4% from other races. His openness to human or cross-racial relations in general started a revolution in Yllendthyr's then isolationist politics and directly contributed to the large technological boom the empire was experiencing during the last century. In comparison Radidnahr is a a strong believer in Arvandor and views Yllendthyr's emperors almost like physical gods. He's also quite prideful and has his own channels to take revenge on anyone who dared to dishonor him. Given his degree of influence it isn't surprising that Noss Gosodnelh is currently the greatest noble family in Yllendthyr.

Religious and Other Beliefs:
Elves refer to the planet as "Arda" which (along with the universe) was created by Eru Illuvatar and its chorus of Ainur. Arvandor was originally a branch of this religion practiced in Yllendthyr but in the recent few centuries became the world's main elven faith. Its head are the ever ruling dynasty of the Empire and the organization is otherwise mostly reminiscent to Roman Catholicism. By using the excuse that Eru Illuvatar created Arda with the assistance of uncountable number of Ainurs Yllendthyr acknowledges the existence of all the other "gods". This effectively gives near-complete religious freedom within Yllendthyr. In spite of that 96% of the elves and in total over 78% of the population are following the Arvandor faith. As the head of religion within Yllendthyr the emperor also has complete authority to decide matters related to any faith. Albeit to avoid conflicts all emperors practiced this right with great care and only used it as the last resort.

Cities, Bases, etc.:

- Yllumírë: The Shining Star of Yllendthyr. Home to the Ymheodr (Emperor) this extravagant city was built by sparing no men or resources. It's a spiraling city built on a hill plated by brilliantly polished Mithril to shine even from hundreds of kilometers away. Yllumírë used to be the capital of Yllendthr and some still consider it as such but after 1650 the focus gradually shifted to the new capital Yllendthirith. In spite of that if anything the coming centuries made Yllumírë even more imposingly beutiful with the Royal Family now focusing much of their efforts into their beloved castle. As always Yllumírë is the symbol of Yllendthyr's might and glory, considered one of Arda's wonders.

Economics and Technology

Technology Overview:
The status of technological development in Yllendthyr is somewhat unique, to say. Elves live long and there are large gaps between generations. Any change in their society is slow compared to other nations. For example Yllendthyr haven't officially adopted firearms until 1728. Although with the increased involvement of humans since the uprising in 1648, this trend is on the decline. Given the radical changes which occurred in the last few centuries, if weren't for the humans Yllendthyr may had already lost its status within the world's leading powers. This is something accepted by even the most snobbish elf, if only begrudgingly so.

Aside from technologies borrowed from others the elves of Yllendthyr also developed their own unique creations. As it turned out the elven physiology gave them great talents as engineers. Nobody could understand motion and work with precision machinery better than an elf. This combined with their longevity meant elven scientists could work on their inventions for even hundreds of years. Elven clocks and watches are expensive and sought-after novelty item by nobles worldwide. Their experience in aviation is a well-known fact and recently they became pioneers in rocket engineering. They are also made various breakthroughs in electronics, especially in batteries and electric motors. Yet when people mention Yllendthyr's unique technology they usually think of two terms. Alchemy and Mithril. Unlike most nations, Yllendthyr officially acknowledged alchemy and uses it as an integral part of their industry. Mithril is the most well-known product of alchemy. It's almost comparable to steel yet weighs less than a third of that. Foreign nations attempting to reproduce mithril got disappointing results. As such outside of the borders of Yllendthyr, mithril is rarely used. On the other hand Yllendthyr have mithril replace almost any use of steel.

Alchemy

Ancient arts and workmanship combining artisan skill, science and mysticism. During the Early and Middle Ages the alchemists were found everywhere but with the industrial age their numbers rapidly declined. Yllendthyr rose from a tiny state to a giant empire partially thanks to the help of alchemists and this is reflected in their flag prominently. As such the alchemist earned special rights in Yllendthyr and their influence could be felt even now.

Alchemy is a secretive art which uses various codes, mystic symbols and rituals. On the other hand what they do is clearly methods of science, they just make a number of unnecessary steps on the way. Prime example is mithril, mithral alloyed with carbon-nanotubes and other elements. What they created is plausible by science but the way they did was a complete accident... which they then recorded and able to reproduce even now. An alchemist does everything in a strange and runabout way. As such their processes are slower than methods derived from real science but since they were lucky and kept their success a secret they have knowledge which people outside their clique don't. Of course the alchemists also have the way to keep their secrecy even if someone would attempt to interrogate their peers. As such nobody, not even a single person from Yllendthyr, outside their cult shares their knowledge.

Mithril

Based on Mithral ore the Mithril is a family of metal alloys and compounds popularly used by Yllenthyr. Its density is between 2.3-2.5 g/cm^3 yet its strength is comparable to steel. Mithril is naturally immune to corrosion, more ductile and conductive than steel and has better elasticity. On the other hand Mithril bends easier and can support less weight by volume than steel. Mithril gunbarrels generally can handle less pressure without than impacting the weapon's performance thus necessitating larger bore diameters for similar effect. High-strength steel alloys developed nowadays are also having an edge over mithril. The same thickness of military grade steel can resist a bit more than military grade mithril. Lastly due to its compoundish nature most types of Mithril cannot be just melted down and recast into different products. The heat would destroy the carbon-nanotubes. Albeit the alchemists have means to "heal" these Mithrils thus making the issue less problematic for Yllendthr itself.

Economy:
Yllendthyr has a rather stable economy maintained by their domestic products, trade and the abundant resources from the colony.

Agriculture:Yllendthyr is gifted with abundant lands thus their agriculture is rather decent. Albeit this is one of the reasons behind the country's growing deforestation. Another is the growth of industry.

Industry:
While somewhat late in joining the industrial revolution Yllendthyr caught up fast and became part of the leading powers in industry. Unique to them many factory lines are directed by alchemists which can have issues on their efficiency, given how ritualistic alchemy could be. This could reduce their output compared to similarly developed nations at times. special mention goes to mithril, until an experiment in 1820 mithril could be only made under the moonlight. Yet after a series of conclusive experiments it was proven that mithril could be made regardless the time of the day. Rituals which might be needless are still slowing down mithril production and in general steel in other countries' factories is produced twice as fast compared to mithril in Yllenthyr. Another interesting bit is that Yllendthyr relies almost entirely on biofuels. Their colonies have neverending palm fields dedicated to produce hundreds of thousands of tons of oil each year. The palm oil then filtered and refined into biofuels and other oil products. When used in engines biofuels smell cleaner but its association in other countries with fries and other boiled meals lead to further propagate Yllendthyr's reputation of eccentricity. Lastly, Yllendthyr has centuries long relation with Setra and its fairies, many of them even living in the country. Their small size allows them to work on small mechanisms and other miniature goods well thus Yllendthyr's industry relies on them.

Currency:
Physical money is still technically the chief currency in the Empire. Elen are small coins made of mithril, they are the smallest currency. Ithil are made of silver and worth 10 Elen. Anor are made of gold and as the most expensive coin they're worth 10 Ithil. Yet effectively coins are almost never used and instead they rely on banknotes which signify a prescribed amount. The biggest is currently the 100 Anor note. Signature of the current Ymheodr and various alchemical procedures are employed to make these banknotes almost impossible to copy.

Main Imports:
TBA
Main Exports:
TBA

Military

As expected from an empire with strange political structure, Yllendthyr's military is also strange and split into no less than five different organization bodies.

Drefgiad - Self-Defense Army

Each state of Yllendthr is allowed and even required to maintain their own militia. Drefgiad is sorts of a military police taske to maintain order during peacetimes and protect their home in case of an attack. The size of Drefgiads is limited by law albeit only the most developed states tend to afford to arm and pay so many people.
Colonies also possess Drefgiads albeit their purpose is different. They are basically the governor's personal army and some saw this as a loophole to surpass the limitation on Aramegyr sizes. Regardless, colonial and state Drefgiads are under the same regulations and it isn't likely to change anytime soon.

Brascad - The Common Army

Also referred as the Imperial Army or just the Yllendthyr Army by outsiders this is the main armed force of the Empire. Each state of Yllendthyr, Brascad and even certain portions of Setra are required to "donate" men to the Brascad who then be armed and trained by the Empire. Out of the 5 military systems of Yllendthyr the Brascad is the largest and perhaps the most organized.

Aramegyr - Noble Bands

In return for swearing to protect the empire the nobles of Yllendthyr are allowed to bear arms in public or even possess their own personal military units called the Aramegyr. The size of this personal military is limited b law depending on the noble's status. Low ranking nobles can only arm themselves while somebody like Hîr Gosodnelh en'Lóthien can have an entire division worth of troops under his direct command. It worths noting though that the law only limits the number of troops and says nothing of their equipment. Servants and assistants also don't count. Abusing these loopholes the Aramegyr is often heavily mechanized and carries high quality of troops and equipment. The strength of one's Aramegyr became a noble's pride and sign of status. Aramegyr in battle is commonly perceived as the "elite" albeit this is at times disputable. Unlike Brascad or even Drefgiad the equipment of Aramegyr fluctuates greatly. Since powerful nobles are also old they at times prefer now archaic military equipment like Griffin Riders, muzzle loaders and other seemingly eccentricities. One says there's no two similar Aramegyr unit and this claim has a sense of truth to it. During peacetime some nobles also travel overseas and offer their Aramegyr up as mercenaries.

Heruntirith - Royal Guard

Thandli - Galhonore Military

General Equipment:

Typical Infantry Weapons

- Gwydr 1908 Carbine - Standard issue bolt-action rifle shooting the then-new 9.65x9mm bullets. They are accurate and popular for their reliability. They're gradually being phased out by the new Gwyder P40 semi-automatic rifle.
- Gwydr P40 Rifle - Semi-automatic gas-operated rifle shooting the same 9.65x49 bullets. It has a 12-bullet box magazine which unlike its contemporary equivalents is inserted from right. This supposedly allows the soldiers to reload better while in prone position.
- Deyrith DP-36 machinegun - Submachinegun shooting 7.65x24mm bullets. It has an unusually long barrel which allows the bullet to reach full power and adjustable bolt mechanism which allows to set the rate of fire to 300,600 or 1200 rounds per minute. The newer models can also allow semi-automatic mode. DP-39 has an unique highly curved magazine capable of holding 50 bullets. The gun itself has the effective range of 250 meters. DP-39 is well-designed weapon cursed with the weak power behind the 7.65mm mithril cartridge. Due to its inability to penetrate armors the military prefers to field soldiers with rifles.
- Gwydr Ymesd-38 Heavy Rifle - Large gun designed to fire the powerfull 16.25x130mm bullet. The barrel is over 2 meters long but thanks to its mithril composition the weapon is still light enough to be carried by one person. The weapon has great range and some capacity to penetrate tank armors.
- VP-39 Light Machinegun - Belt-fed 9.65mm machinegun which was light enough to be carried by a single infantryman. To eliminate the need for a loader the 90-round belt was run through a box container which worked like a magazine. Thanks to the mithril cartridges the VP-39 can fire 1800 rounds per minute, albeit this made the weapon highly uncontrollable at full auto. Thus later models have adjustable bolt mechanism between 300,900 and 1800 rounds per minute.
- MB-36 Hand Grenade: Third-generation hand grenade developed from combining the variations from other countries. It's fragmentation grenade with 180g RDX explosive and a perforated mithril casing to allow more even distribution of fragments. The grenade was usually fixed to a stick to allow it to be thrown further but it was also possibly to separate the two and use the warhead alone. MB-36 has the typical fuse timer of 10 seconds.
- Ruxathand-40DV-2: Anti-tank grenade projector using recoilless gun mechanism to allow infantry to fight tanks. Its 160mm warhead has a 0.8kg RDX shaped charge and in skilled hands this can be projected for the effective range of 150 meters. The original version was designed to be a disposable launcher but the second variant was soon introduced with the capability to reload and the tube got reinforced to bear at least 10 shots.
- 84mm Mortar: Compared to actual artillery the mortars are short-barreled and light enough to be carried by a single infantryman. Maximum range is 4km.

Infantry:

Dyrdg - Common Infantry

Dŷrdg is an old elfish world and means "soldiers of the land". This used to be a honorable title but over thousand years its meaning changed into the synonym of "common soldier" or "infantry". They are the standard footsoldiers of Yllendthyr which makes them anything but properly standardized. Soldiers can belong to the Drefgiad, Brascad, Thandli, Aramegyr or can be just plain mercenaries. Each type has their own unique uniform and selection of equipment. Elven Dŷrdg tend to be unarmored and carry lighter equipment while humans and physically stronger races often issued to wear mithril armors to offer some protection against bullets.

Eithron - Stormtroopers

The name meant warrior, as in soldiers at the frontlines. In its modern sense they are storm troopers trained to assault the enemy's line of defense. They wear full body mithril armors as a standard, have higher quality equipment and overall better training than the usual Dyrdg. Yllendthyr generally employs them in mechanized infantry units and most of them can be found in divisions specialized for assaults. The above are the Eithron as defined by the Brascads, the other four military systems often draw parallel with this but especially in case of the Aramegyr their definition of Eithron could mean something completely different.

Seathwyr - Elite Light Infantry

Meaning shooter, they are riflemen that were the backbone of Yllendthr's military in the 18-19th century. After the new developments in technology as well as the increased reliance on human soldiers the Seathwyr was completely reorganized. Using the Ceidwad (Rangers) as a basis they became an elite light infantry unit asigned for reconaissance and skirmishes. They are excellent shots and when assigned to Dŷrdg platoons they are the designated marksman. Other units of Seathwyr are outright snipers operating in groups of two. Yet the majority of seathwyr are just light infantry with rifles and equipment to act as forward observers. Seathwyr are experienced and well-trained but when matched against a Dŷrdg in open combat their light equipment is a disadvantage.

Varnathwyr - Anti-Material Rifle Unit

Special unit of Seathwyr trained to use various anti-tank rifles in combat. The latest model is the Gwydr Ymesd-38 Heavy Rifle which can be a threat to light armored devices and even the side skirts of medium tanks. As such their role is not as much sniping people but to cripple armor from great distances.

Ceidwad - Rangers

Ceidwad, otherwise called the Rangers. They are veteran soldiers with over a hundred years of experience, specializing in stealth and skirmishes. Their skils, accuracy and especially their ability to blend into their surroundings defies all reason. Ambushes made by rangers on numerically superior forces are one of the most popular stories in Yllendthyr and they're rarely an exaggeration. Rangers are feared by the enemy and well sought after by nobles into their Armegyr. On the other hand while effective without a doubt Rangers are also bound by traditions and use equipment which is downright archaic in the battlefield.

Artillery:

HaV-34 Anti-Tank Artillery

Hadron an-Varnad 1934 (Anti-Armor Cannon 1934) was developed as a response to the increasing number of tanks employed by foreign nations. The purpose was to neutralize any armor from the range of 1000 meters or greater. For this purpose the HaV-34 mounts a 99mm L/30 cannon which was previously suggested for anti-airship defense. At first it used Drambor I shells that are made more massive with leaden core, later it got upgraded to the tungsten-core Drambor II shells. It can defeat anything but the latest heavy tanks from ranges of 750-2500 meters. HaV-34 weighs around 320 kilograms without the angled 25mm shield and 400 kg with it. Due to its lightness it could be pushed by the manpower of a few soldiers alone but for longer ranges it was usually carried by trucks or other motorized vehicles. Its light mithril construction has the drawback of giving it considerable recoil and it needs special measures to be fixed in place.

HaL-38 Anti-Aircraft Artillery

Hadron an-Lindcair 1938 was introduced as a much-awaited upgrade over the HaL-32 artillery. With more and more countries fielding airships and numerous heavy aircrafts Yllendthyr realized the need for a better anti-air defense. HaL-38 used the same 99mm shell as its predecessor but the similarities ended there. Its L/77 barrel was maximizing the power within the shell and it was equipped with a whole new auto-loader system allowing it to fire in bursts at 60 RPM. War experiences and test showed that at average fixed anti-air defenses only have 20 seconds to aim and fire on incoming aircraft. As such the HaL-38 has a 10-round magazine which was also determined the limit of weight which a 2-man loading crew can insert. For ease later variations also included cranes to lift up the ammunition-magazines but even with that reloading the HaV-38 would take anywhere from 30 to 45 seconds.

Arqwyen IH Self-propelled artillery

Name: Norollé en'Varnad 1924 Arqwyen I Vista H (NoeV.24 Vi. H, Argwyen IH)
Classification: Assault Tank (formerly), Self-Propelled Artillery
Rollout Date: 1935
Dimensions: length: 7.8m (12.7m w/ barrel), width: 3.2m, height: 2m
Armor: 30mm on the front and the sides, 10mm on the top
Weight: 9.86 tons
Engine: Biodiesel-electric Hybrid (300 horsepower)
Suspension: Rumabar Suspension (torsion bar suspension using Mithril)
Top Speed: 68 km/h, 30km/h off-road
Range: 900 km
Main Armament: 175mm L/45 Artillery Gun (0/+65 degree vertical and -3/+3 degree horizontal traverse)
Secondary Armament: VP-37 machinegun (that can be moved and quickly fit to 6 potential ports around the tank)
Crew: 6

Arqwyen was Yllendthyr's very first tank fielded in combat. It was inspired by the first generation tanks then used by Moravia thus the result was a relatively boxy design, had multiple machinegun ports and carried a field gun for support purposes. It was slow and relatively prone to mechanical failure thus the army never fully grew accustomed to them. After the introduction of the Arqwyen II the previous type of tank practically became obsolete. This sprang the modernization project to retrofit the existing hundreds of Arqwyen I tanks for a new role. Several new designs were made under less than a year but eventually the "variation H (Hadryn)" became the victor. Thus the Norollé en'Varnad 1924 Arqwyen I Vista H was born. It had new engines, improved tracks and suspensions and its main gun became the standard 175mm artillery fitted with a new electrical traverse. The old sluggish tank was reborn into a mobile artillery, giving the highly mobile forces of Yllendthyr the well-needed support. This extended the lifetime of the Arqwyen tanks considerably albeit its replacement as the Empire's new and even more mobile artillery is already in the works.

Ground Vehicles:

Rhuiwe Armored Car

Name: Norollé en'Varnad 1928 Rhuiwe (NoeV.28 Rhuiwe)
Classification: Armored Car, Scout Vehicle
Rollout Date: 1928
Dimensions: length: 4.4m, width: 1.9m, height: 2.0m
Armor: 6-15mm Mithril
Weight: 825 kg
Engine: Biodiesel-electric Hybrid (50 horsepower)
Suspension: 4x4
Top Speed: 120 km/h, 50 km/h off-road
Range: 900 km on roads, 300 km off-road
Armament: DVP-28 16.25mm heavy machinegun
Crew: 2 (driver and a gunner)

Cheap and lightweight scout vehicle developed as an alternative to tanks during the interwar period. Seeing the cumbersome nature of tanks Yllendthyr decided to invest in light, fast and (at the time) decently armed vehicles. The result was the Rhuiwe, a four-wheeled armored vehicle equipped with a DVP-28 heavy machinegun. While old and close to outdated with Yllendthyr's cavalry tanks, it still serves a role as scout and patrol vehicle. Its DVP-28 machinegun also has decent power and can even penetrate the side armor of medium tanks.

Brogh APC

Name: Norollé en'Varnad 1931 Brogh (NoeV.31 Brogh)
Classification: Armored Personnel Carrier
Rollout Date: 1931
Dimensions: length: 5.91m, width: 2.33 m, height: 1.75m
Armor: 10-15mm Mithril
Weight: 2.54 tons
Engine: Biodiesel-electric Hybrid (100 horsepower)
Suspension: Lyncap Suspension (akin to the Christie Suspension)
Top Speed: 150 km/h w/ rubber wheels, 100 km/h on tracks, max off-road speed is 70 km/h
Range: 720 km on tracks on level terrain, 440 km cross-country
Armament: VP-36 or DVP-38 machineguns
Crew: 2 (driver and gunner)
Passengers: 11

Designed for the Brascad's competition to choose the army's newest assault carrier vehicle the winner was a surprising design. A tracked vehicle which could compete with its peers on wheels. Rychell Voron's Lyncap Suspension quickly changed Brascad's impression on tracked vehicles. With each wheel having its own suspension the APC could easily traverse difficult terrain and if required the crew could replace the tracks and coat the wheels in rubber in roughly half a hour so they could travel on roads. Overall the Brogh is a versatile vehicle and aside from its intended troop carrier function it's also the workhorse to tow guns, carry mortars or even function as a mobile anti-aircraft battery. The possibilities are great and the Lyncap suspension made the foundation for Yllendthr's next generation of tanks.

Arqwyen IIC

Name: Norollé en'Varnad 1934 Arqwyen II Vista C (NoeV.34 Vi. C, Argwyen IIC)
Classification: Light Tank, Cavalry Tank
Rollout Date: 1935
Dimensions: length: 5.58m, width: 2.1 m, height: 2.35m
Armor: 10-32mm Mithril
Weight: 5.76 tons
Engine: Biodiesel-electric Hybrid (250 horsepower)
Suspension: Lyncap Suspension (akin to the Christie Suspension)
Top Speed: 150 km/h w/ rubber wheels, 100 km/h on tracks, max off-road speed is 70 km/h
Range: 560 km on tracks on level terrain, 400 km cross-country
Turret: EGH-11 33mm L/35 chaingun (using variants of the 33x99mm shells, 3x120 ammo, up to 600 RPM)
Turret Drive: Electric (assisted by the vehicle's motor)
Secondary Armament: None
Crew: 2-3 (commander/gunner/loader and driver/radio operator, for better efficiency they need the third crew)

Second domestic production tank type built from the experiences and tests on the Arqwyen I. The predecessor was based on Moravia's first tanks from decades prior, a lumbering fortress-like vehicle designed to break through trenches. The elven nobility was never satisfied with the Arqwyen I and even doubted the utility of tanks in warfare. After over a decade of development and observing the tanks of other nations Yllendthyr created the Arqwyen II, a cavalry tank. It was partially based on their new armored carrier the Noev. 31 Brogh and its revolutionary Lyncap Suspension. The first model was equipped with a pair of water-cooled machineguns from the Arqwyen I but they soon upgraded it to the new 33mm anti-airship cannon. The basic idea was to allow the Arqwyen II to assist air forces in bringing down enemy airships which were often quite resilient in combat. The C variant further improved this by replacing the struggling gas-operated mechanism with an electrically driven chaingun, improving both reliability and firing rate. Although the lack of visibility and usually limited crew effectively hinders the tank in this role and can only be relied on in case of emergencies. The Arqwyen II is a cavalry tank as in it focuses on sheer speed to advance deep within the enemy lines. It's lightly armored and ill-equipped to handle any but the lightest tanks. Although reports indicate that repeated hits from the chaingun can sometimes have unexpected effect on armors of lower material quality.

Arqwyen IIF Feredyr

Name: Norollé en'Varnad 1934 Arqwyen II Vista F "Feredyr"
Shortnames: NoeV.34 Vi. F, Arqwyen IIF, Arqwyen II Feredyr
Classification: Light Tank, Tank Destroyer
Rollout Date: 1936
Dimensions: length: 5.58m, width: 2.1 m, height: 2.35m
Armor: 10-50mm Mithril
Weight: 6.22 tons
Engine: Biodiesel-electric Hybrid (300 horsepower)
Suspension: Lyncap Suspension (akin to the Christie Suspension)
Top Speed: 150 km/h on wheels, 104 km/h on tracks, max off-road speed is 78 km/h
Range: 500 km on level terrain w/ tracks, 400km cross-country
Turret: SH-39 99mm L/24 Gun (30 ammo)
Turret Drive: Electric (assisted by the vehicle's motor)
Secondary Armament: VP-37 Co-Axial 9.65mm machinegun (4x90 ammo)
Crew: 3 (commander/loader/radio operator, driver, loader)

As tank on tank battle grew to be an increasing concern, Yllendthyr began to convert some of their Arqwyen IIs into the new F variant, dubbed Feredyr (Hunter). Equipped with a 99mm L/24 Gun (the same as anti-tank artillery) it gave the tank the so-required punch to deal with armor. The tradeback was that without the mighty 33mm chaingun the Feredyr could not engage bunkers and entrenched infantry like its predecessor. To compensate Arqwyen II Cs and Fs are usually traveling in platoons in a 3:2 ratio.

Arqwyen IIG Gwarbilin

Name: Norollé en'Varnad 1934 Arqwyen II Vista G "Gwarbilin" (NoeV.34 Vi. G, Argwyen IIG Gwarbilin)
Classification: Light Tank, Self-Propelled Anti-Air Gun
Rollout Date: 1937
Dimensions: length: 5.58m, width: 2.1 m, height: 2.35m
Armor: 10-32mm Mithril
Weight: 5.25 tons
Engine: Biodiesel-electric Hybrid (250 horsepower)
Suspension: Lyncap Suspension (akin to the Christie Suspension)
Top Speed: 150 km/h on wheels, 93 km/h on tracks, 72 km/h max off-road
Range: 600 km on tracks, 410 km cross-country
Turret: EGH-12H2 33mm L/45 twin chainguns (using the 33x99mm shells, 6x120 ammo, up to 1800 RPM)
Turret Drive: Electric (assisted by the vehicle's motor)
Secondary Armament: None
Crew: 3 (commander/radio operator, driver and gunner)

Based on the Arqwyen II's hull this vehicle was designed to finally fulfill the original's other intended role. It's an open-topped anti-aircraft gun carrier which sports the then new EGH-12H2 twin chaingun system. Due to having more room and less heating issues both cannons operate at a higher rate of fire upping it to 1800 RPM total. In addition it has fire control systems designed to better engage airborne targets. The Gwarbilin is relatively expensive compared to other mobile light AA conversions but the vehicle offers nearly complete protection for its crew.

Aircraft:

Griffin Rider

Name: Gryffn (elven spelling), Griffin, Gryphon (foreign variant)
Length: 2.7-3.5m
Wingspan: 6.7-8.5 m
Weight: 380-550 kg
Carrying Capacity: 75-110 kg
Flight Speed: 71-90 MPH (114-145 km/h)
Diving Speed: Up to 190 MPH (306 km/h)

Griffs are unique creatures bridging the gap between birds and mammals. They are majestic animals with characteristics similar to a mixture between lions and eagles but with size comparable to horses.It has the wingspan of 7-8 meters and could travel at speeds above 80 MPH (130 km/h). Compared to that their body is surprisingly light with the average male Griffin weighing around 1000 lbs (~ 450kg). Griffins are traditionally bred and trained by elven nobles from Yllendthyr. This tradition exists for thousands of years. Similarly it's well-known fact that Yllendthyr elves can ride their Griffins into battles. These creatures were used to be fearsome air cavalries. Unfortunatelly advances in technology and weapons made this tactic far less effective. Notably during the 1648 uprising when human rebels used imported muskets to devastate the 1st Imperial Gryffn Cavalry in a single well-coordinated volley. Regardless, griffin riders are still serving the Empire, even if their importance dwindled severely. For various reasons (especially the griffs' limited weight capacity) only elves are able to effectively ride Griffins into battle. Modern Griffin Riders carry rifles, handguns and other infantry weapons to battle. There are also overconfident squadrons which carry Ruxathand-40DV anti-tank grenade launchers to defeat airships, even though they need to get dangerously close in order to use any of these.

YA-007 Gwalch Scout Jet

Name: YA-007 Gwalch
Type: Scout Aircraft
Length: 4.81 m
Wingspan: 5.11 m
Empty Weight: 225 kg
Fuel Capacity: 200L +125L via droptank
Standard Weight: ~ 450 kg (factoring in the pilot and other equipment, too)
Max Takeoff Weight: 800 kg
Powerplant: Turbojet Engine (3 kN)
Cruising Speed: 405 MPH (650 km/h)
Top Speed: ~ 600 MPH (966 km/h)
Max Operational Range: 900km, 1500km w/ external fuel tank
Armament: None
Armament Options:
- VP-39 Machinegun (900RPM, 90 rounds)
- 50kg Bomb
- SD-03AA 66mm Rockets x 4 (placed along the wings, carrying a 0.7kg TNT fragmentation warhead)

The tiniest aircraft in service of Yllendthyr's army. It's small, easy to make and extremely light which makes it ideal for scouting purposes. It has little to no avoionics aside from a radio, built on the assumption to be piloted by an elves whose natural senses can compensate. As a scouting plane it also has no weapons installed and even if it does the lack of gunsight makes these armaments unreliable. Still, as an airplane scout the Gwalch is invaluable in Yllendthyr's army.

YA-109 Tavr Fighter

Name: YA-109-T2 Tavr Ymesyd (the latest variant)
Type: Interceptor Aircraft
Length: 6.11 m
Wingspan: 9.77 m
Empty Weight: 575 kg
Fuel Capacity: 300l+2x200l via droptanks
Standard Weight: ~ 1060 kg (factoring in the pilot and other equipment, too)
Max Takeoff Weight: 1550 kg
Powerplant: Geared Axial Turbojet Engine (adjustable thrust, 6kN maximum, up to 12kN with afterburners)
Cruising Speed: 404 MPH (650 km/h)
Combat Speed: 575 MPH (925 km/h)
Max Operational Range: 500 km (at cruising speed, 375km at max speed)
Primary Armament: VH-133A anti-airship cannon (33x99mm, 60 rounds, maximum 600 RPM)
Secondary Armament: VP-37-A machinegun x2 (9.65x49mm, 360 rounds, 2400 RPM)
Hardpoint Options:
- 50kg Bombs x 8 (4 per wing)
- 200L External Fuel Tanks x 2 (using both effectively doubles the aircraft's range)
- AD-03AA 66mm Rockets x 10 (placed along the wings, carrying a 0.7kg TNT fragmentation warhead)
- AD-03AT 255mm Anti-Tank Rocket x 4 (likewise placed along the wings, has a 5.5kg hollow TNT charge warhead)
- 720mm Aerial Torpedo x 1
- any combination of the above

One of the iconic fighters of Yllendthyr, this aircraft is quick and deceivingly powerful. Built on a lightweight yet enduring mithril frame and an engine which runs along its entire length, the tiny fighter has surprising load capacity which later variations are now putting into good use with various wing hardpoints. In comparison the Tavr's cockpit is only has a compass, gunsight and a container for maps. The Tavr is small and was designed for elves thus it puts more emphasis on the pilot's natural senses than anything else. Another tradeoff for the Tavr is its short range which makes it often rely on air motherships and that its overpowered engine requires an overhaul after every 50 hours of flight. Due to its top specs and demanding attributes the Tavr is especially popular with nobles. Tavr, alternatively spelled Tavor, is an elvish word for woodpecker.

YA-220 Thorynn

Name: YA-220C2 Thorynn (the latest variant)
Type: Fighter/Bomber
Crew: 2
Length: 11.4 m
Wingspan: 13.2 m
Empty Weight: 1120 kg
Fuel Capacity: 2000 Liters
Standard Weight: 2700 kg (factoring in the pilot and other equipment, too)
Max Takeoff Weight: 6000 kg
Powerplant: Geared Axial Turbojet Engine x 2(adjustable thrust, 6kN maximum each, up to 12kN with afterburners)
Top Speed: 530 MPH (850 km/h)
Max Operational Range: 1250 km
Primary Armament: VH-133A anti-airship cannon x3 (33x99mm, 300 rounds, maximum 600 RPM each)
Secondary Armament: DVP-38 16.25mm machineguns x 2 (360 rounds, 2x600 RPM)
Hardpoint Options:
- 50kg bombs x 20
- 200kg armor-piercing bombs x 4 (2 per wing)
- Cluster bombs x 2 (one per wing)
- AD-03AA 66mm Rockets x 24 (placed along the wings, carrying a 0.7kg TNT fragmentation warhead)
- AD-03AT 255mm Anti-Tank Rocket x 8 (likewise placed along the wings, has a 5.5kg hollow TNT charge warhead)
- 720mm Aerial Torpedo x 3 (two wings and the fuselage)
- 66mm gunpods x 2 (120RPM,12 round magazines, 6 spare magazines)
- any combination of the above

Discounting airships the Thorynn is one of the largest aircraft used by Yllendthyr's military. Its main role is ground attack and to intercept airships for which it could employ a quite diverse range of arsenals. on the other hand the Thorynn is notably less mobile than the small Tavr fighters and engaging in dogfights is inadvisable with this craft.

YA220T3 Thorynn Ymesd

Variant which sacrifices its speed and mobility as well most of its loadout options for a single 99mm autocannon firing at 60 rounds per minute. The weapon has nine 5-round magazines which can be loaded and unloaded by a small elevator mechanism. The cannon is aimed by the second crew member and it's known to be extremely effective on both airships and tanks. T3 is a new type of aircraft which just recently began produced. It's 50% more expensive than an average Thorynn which is another reason why they're such a rarity on the battlefield.

AD-38 Flying Bomb

Rocket-propelled bomb guided by radio to reach a set coordinate from sufficient standoff distance. This is the third generation of flying bombs which cut back on the costs massively. In spite of that its cost is still considerably higher than a regular iron bomb thus ships only carry a full load of these when absolutely necessary. Another issue is that currently this design is simply not feasible or economical to adopt for smaller explosives which means in times of strategic bombardment they need to be picky with their targets. On the other hand that's exactly what the Brascad's airforce was aiming for as they believe in a cleaner, more civilized war. Ad-38 is a relatively small vehicle which combined with its speed makes the rocket difficult to intercept. On the other hand the rocket requires the distance of roughly 4 kilometers to reach maximum velocity so either there or preferably at the moment of launch these missiles could be easil intercepted. Another possible method is radio jamming which would hinder the rocket's guidance and perhaps even render it useless.

Dagracairwilth-class Airship

Name: Dagracairwilth-class
Type: Military Airship, Transport, Aircraft Carrier, Bomber
Length: 88.6 m
Construction Material: Mithril
Filling Gas: 44,000 cubic meters of Kavuria at 1 atm
Armor Thickness: 30mm Mithril
Standard Weight: 110 tons
Engines: Central Ducted Turboshaft, Biodiesel-Electric Engine Cars+Propellers x 4
Top Speed: 150 MPH (240 km/h) when unloaded and above 5000m altitude
Cruising Speed: 100 MPH (161 km/h) at above 5000m
Carrying Capacity: 200 tons
Aircraft Cranes: 24
Armament: VH-133 33mm chainguns x 6 (in armored turret cupolas, max 600 RPM)
Typical Loadout:
- 16 YA-109-T2 Tavr Ymesd Fighters
- 8 YA-163-F Emelin Fighter/Bomber
- 36 AD-38 Flying Bomb (640 MPH, 850 kg warhead, effective range is 200 km)

Military modification of the Cairwilth-class commercial airships, these are the the main type of airship for Yllendthyr. It served the Empire for decades and this is its latest retrofit. It's up-armed, up-armored and up-engined with most of its transport capability was changed to military uses like carrying aircrafts and bombs. Its latest weapon the AD-38 flying bomb is effectively a mini plane/rocket which is closer to an automated aircraft than something dropped from the cargo hold. Using the fighters as reconnaissance it tells the target's coordinates via radio designation to attack from safe distance which puts the expensive airship at far less risk.

Lindrhyn-class Air Destroyer

Name: Lindrhyn-class (Sky Serpent)
Type: Armored Airship, Air Escort and Destroyer
Length: 127.5m
Armor: 76-144mm spaced mithril armor
Weight: 448 tons at standard load
Filling: 32,000 cubic meters of Kavuria at 1 atm
Powerplant: Turboshaft Engine, 6 auxiliary cars
Top Speed: 300 MPH (483 km/h)
Cruise Speed: 100-180 MPH (161-290 km/h)
Armament:
- GDC-39 133mm L/96 Quick-Firing Turrets x 5 (w/ autoloader, 30RPM)
- VH-133Tu 33mm dual AA chainguns x 10
- DVP-38L Quad 16.25mm AA Gun x 4
Hangar:
Up to 8 single-engine planes or 20 flying bombs

The Lindrhyn class is one of the newest type of airships designed with the capabilities of Kavuria in mind. Its shape was inspired by the airships from Avalia which almost resemble naval vessels. In addition the engineers developed a gigantic propeller engine giving the ship almost aircraft-like mobility. Unlike other airships the Lindrhyn is designed almost solely for air combat and its role is to protect other airships. As such its cargo, bombing or aircraft launching capacities are only minimal. On the other hand its armor can withstand all but the heaviest anti-aircraft fire and its fearsome six 133mm cannons can lay waste to almost anything in range.

Ylweran-class Supreme Airship

Name: Ylweran-class (Emperor of the Skies)
Type: Supreme Airship, Airborne Super Carrier/Battleship
Length: 542.6 m
Construction Material: Mithril
Armor: 76-160mm
Filling Gas: 4,000,000 cubic meters of Kavuria at 1 atm
Standard Weight: 90,000 metric tons
Engines: Large Scale Ducted Turbopropellers x 4, Biodiesel-Electric Engine Cars+Propellers x 32
Cruising Speed: 100 MPH (161 km/h)
Complement: 4000-16000
Carrying Capacity: 20,000 metric tons
Aircraft Cranes: 368 (can carry even more bombs and planes within its internal hangar)
Armament:
- Belly-Mounted Quad-Barreled 288mm L/60 Gun Turrets x5
- Twin-barreled 133mm L/96 QF Gun Turrets x 6
- 133mm L/96 QF Gun Turrets x 12
- VH-133 33mm Chainguns x 48
- DVP-38L heavy quad machineguns x 80 (320 guns)

One of Yllendthyr's proudest creations the Ylweran is a gigantic class of military airships, effectively filling up the role of the battleship and mainline mothership within the empire. It's by far the largest vessel made in Yllendthyr and often used as the symbol of their greatness. They cost awesome amount of money, materials, Kavuria and manpower as such these colossal airships are only availible in limited quantities. Ylweran means "ruler of skies" and the shipdoes live up to this name. A single fully equipped airship of this class can perhaps fight a small war on its own. On the other hand they are rare, expensive and costly to maintain. Furthermore losing even a single ship of this class could be a major strike to Yllendthyr's morale.

Naval Force:

VL-38 Vëandur III PT Boat

Name: VL-38 Vëandur III
Type: Fast Gunboat, Speedboat, Patrol Torpedo Boat
Length: 21.5 meters
Beam: 4.75 meters
Draft: 0.45 meters
Crew: 14
Displacement: 8.5 tons (standard load)
Engine: Biodiesel-electric hybrid x 2 (2x2000hp)
Top Speed: 100 knots (185 km/h)
Range: 1000 km
Armament:
- 720mm Tropedoes x 2
- VH-133 33mm Chaingun (600RPM)
- DVP-38L Quad 16.25mm AA Gun (4x600RPM)

Third generation design of Yllendthyr's successful line of military speedboats. Vëandur are a class of fast gunships designed to counter destroyers and frigates attempting to flank the fleet or at times perform flanking maneuvers themselves. Their armament also doubles as light AA defense. They are small, cheap (by navy standards) and nimble enough to outmaneuver any other ship. On the other hand their armaments are limited and their armor is only good enough to stop rifles and shrapnel from injuring the crew. Vëandur III is the latest design made in 1938 and designed to look like a scaled up armed racing boat. Its trademark twin-engined catamaran hull pumpjet design was further refined to give it yet unparalleled speed on waters. Due to their low cost, little crew and high speed they are also preferred by the Drefgiad as coastal defense (albeit most of them still use the earlier models). Vëandur is an elfish word meaning "vigorous servant" but several hundred years before "vëa" meant the sea and the full word previously translated as "sea-servant".

Halatir-class Destroyer

Name: Halatir-class
Type: Escort, Anti-Submarine/Multirole Small Vessel, Destroyer
Length: 77.5 m
Beam: 7.7 m
Draft: 1.6 m (w/ standard load)
Armor: 80mm Mithril on the hull, 25mm on the deck
Displacement: 722 tons (w/ standard load)
Speed: 60 knots
Crew: 203 people
Armament:
- DC-32Ta 133mm L/55 Twin-barreled Gun Turrets x 2
- VH-133 33mm Chainguns x 4 (600RPM)
- DVP-38L Quad 16.25mm AA Battery x 4 (4x600RPM firing rate per battery)
- LDVP-33 16.25mm underwater machinegun x 3 (fitted in submerged ball turrets, 500 RPM, effective range is 120m)
- 4-tube 720mm torpedo launcher x 2 (port & starboard sides, 12km range, 24 torpedoes)
- Anti-Sub Mortars x 8
Compartment:
- YA-007 Gwalch Jet Scouts x 2-3
- GH-2C5 Gybryed Patrol Subs x 0-4

Halatir-class is a lightweight destroyer design, popular in the seas owned by Yllendthyr. Dubbed "pocket warship" the Halatir is surprisingly well-armed and well-armored for its size and combined with their speed it gives them unusual level of survivability even if they still have no chance against proper warships in direct combat. The Halatir was designed to fulfill multiple roles, anti-air defense, anti-submarine warfare and to protect against torpedoes and small raiding vessels. They're the most numerous ships in the fleet and thus form the backbone of Yllendthyr's naval force. Halatir is an elven word meaning "fish-watcher" implying the ship's original anti-submarine role.

Earráme-class Fast Cruiser

Name: Earráme-class (Sea Wing)
Type: Fast Cruiser, Escort Semi-Carrier
Length: 136.3 m
Beam: 22.4 m
Draft: 2.0 m (w/ standard load)
Armor: 50-100mm Mithril on the hull, 70mm on the deck
Displacement: ~ 1900 tons (w/ standard load)
Speed: 60 knots
Crew: 480 people
Armament:
- DC-29Ta 196mm L/60 Twin-barreled Gun Turrets x 2
- VH-133 33mm Chainguns x 4 (600RPM)
- DVP-38L Quad 16.25mm AA Battery x 8 (4x600RPM firing rate per battery)
- LDVP-33 16.25mm underwater machinegun x 4 (fitted in submerged ball turrets, 500 RPM, effective range is 120m)
- Anti-Sub Mortars x 10
Compartment:
- Single-engine Fighters x 8 (either YA-007 Gwalch Jet Scouts or YA-109 Tavr Fighters)
- GH-2C5 Gybryed Patrol Subs x 0-4

Light cruisers are the workhorse of Yllenthyr's military which includes the relatively new Earráme-class. These ships are only moderately protected and their main job is to patrol and escort the seas. Fast Cruisers like the Earráme-class is distinct for being designed with "destroyer-like" agility and consistently high cruise speed. For this purpose like most of its type the Earráme-class has catamaran design which while ore vulnerable is a necessary tradeoff for its performance. In addition like an increasing number of cruisers it mounts twin 196mm turrets, used to be standard for older generation warships. In spite of that the new tandem-charge shells can penetrate most warship armor (albeit their reduced explosive content weakens their punch).

Azrubel-class Battlecruiser

Name: Azrubêl (Friend of the Sea)
Type: Mainline Warship, Superheavy Cruiser
Length: 210 m
Beam: 25.0 m
Draft: 4.0 m
Armor: 280mm belt, 160mm deck
Displacement: ~ 7600 tons
Speed: ~ 50 knots
Crew: 1600
Armament:
- DC-34ca 288mm L/60 Quad-Barrel Gun Turrets x 4 (16 barrels total)
- DC-32ta 133mm L/70 Twin-Barreled General Purpose Gun Turrets x 10 (20 barrels total)
- DVP-38L Quad 16.25mm AA Battery x 18 (4x600RPM firing rate per battery, 72 guns total)
- LDVP-33 16.25mm underwater machineguns x 10 (fitted in submerged ball turrets, 500 RPM, effective range is 120m)
- Anti-Sub Mortars x 20 (mounted at the front)
- 720mm torpedo Tubes x 14 (7-7 on each side)
Compartment:
- Single-engine Fighters x 8 (either YA-007 Gwalch Jet Scouts or YA-109 Tavr Fighters)
- GH-2C5 Gybryed Patrol Subs x 0-10

Representative class of Yllendthyr's latest mainline warships the Azrubel is a fast and well-protected vessel with firepower sufficient to challenge even battleships. While most nations met with failure Yllendthyr succeeded at producing true battlecruisers. The Azrubel-class in particular was built like a battleship with the impressive battery of 16 main guns combined with a forest of secondary batteries and anti-aircraft installments.

Karphanto-class Carrier

Name: Karphanto-class Carrier (meaning: crafty turtle)
Type: Fleet Carrier
Length: 244.4 m
Width: 44.4 m
Draft: 4.1 m (w/ standard load)
Armor: 100mm Mithril for the belt and decks, overall 440mm on the twin underwater hulls
Displacement: ~ 14200 tons (w/ standard load)
Speed: 50 knots
Crew: 2700 people
Armament:
- DC-32 133mm L/60 General Purpose Gun x 3
- VH-133 33mm Chainguns x 8 (600RPM)
- DVP-38L Quad 16.25mm AA Battery x 12 (4x600RPM firing rate per battery)
- LDVP-33 16.25mm underwater machinegun x 8 (fitted in submerged ball turrets, 500 RPM, effective range is 120m)
- Anti-Sub Mortars x 8
Compartment:
- GH-2C5 Gybryed Patrol Subs x 0-10
- 80-160 aircraft (depending on which variants it's carrying, usual loadout is 100 fighters)

The mainline aircraft carrier of Yllendthyr the Karphanto has catamaran design in order to keep up with the rest of the fleet and has limited armaments mostly used to ward off enemy aircraft, airship and submarine threats. Its belt armor is insufficient to resist even cruiser-grade firepower but it can reduce damage sufficiently to take some battering. in comparison the ship is borderline invulnerable to torpedo strikes thanks to its underwater portion being disproportionally reinforced (thus also act as a ballast). This is a must since its catamaran hull would be otherwise the favored target for every warship. Overall the designers manage the impossible and created a large aircraft carrier with sufficient speed to more than keep up with the rest of the fleet. Hence its name Karphanto (crafty whale) signifying its misleadingly balanced design.

Forgwynn-class Submarine

Name: Forgwynn-class (meaning dogfish), GH-200A
Type: Light Submarine, Submarine Hunter
Length: 42.7m
Width: 4.8m
Height: 4.8 m (8.2m with the sail)
Crew: 33
Armor: 15mm/35mm double hull
Weight: 176.5 tons at standard load
Cargo Capacity: max 25,400 kg above the standard
Engine: Biodiesel generator, electric motor operated screw (max 3200 horsepower)
Top Speed: 50 knots
Cruise Speed: 28 knots
Armament:
- 288mm torpedo tubes x 8 (mounted at the front, max 64 torpedoes, range is 9km)
- VH-133 33mm Chaingun x 2 (ventral and dorsal ball turrets, max 600RPM)

Small, almost tiny submarine developed on the the Brascad's verdict that submarines are not adequate weapons for typical naval warfare. They're slow, costly and weak compared to their surface-floating peers. Still they had numerous practical uses in other areas as well as the fact their rivals use submarines at war, still. Thus the Shinya-Gaearhurin Project began to develop new classes of submarines specialized for different roles. One product is the Forgwynn-class, a compact and relatively cheap design made for raids and anti-submarine warfare. They are small compared to previous submarines and relatively fast, able to keep up with most ships of Yllendthyr for a sprint (and thus out-speed most if not all contemporary submarines), has relatively decent protection and its light torpedoes are just good enough to hit enemy submarines or other lightly or completely unarmored craft. Their small size allow the submarine to carry massive amount of torpedoes and there are enough space to shoot as many as eight of them at once in a volley. Its 33mm chainguns are turret-mounted and can be loaded with underwater use shells with the effective range of 200m or above depending on the target size. Overall the Forgwynn-class is a decent design and forms the backbone of the underwater forces. As said before their loadout is useless on any but the weakest warships but their design was explicitly to not fight any of these vessels. Forgwynn means "dogfish" in Elfish, a small type of shark which can live in the great depths of the ocean.

GH-2C5 Gybyrfed Scout Submarine

Name: GH-2C5 "Gybryed" (undersea bug)
Type: Midget Subarine, Patrol/Scout Submarine
Crew: 1
Standard Weight: 1120 kg
Top Speed: 25 knots
Range: 200 km
Armament: LDVP-33 16.25mm underwater machinegun (500 RPM, effective range is 120m)

A ball turret cockpit with an engine and oxygen tanks, that's what the Gybyrfed really looks like. Designed as underwater scout and escort against frogmen, torpedoes and other light targets the Gyrbryed is tiny and only minimally armed. Its LVP-29 underwater machinegun fires flechette-like 16.25mm supercavitating bullets up to the accurate range of 120 meters (with there being some leeway against larger targets), It has searchlights, a simple sonar and longwave radio but more or less poor speed (by elvish standards), next to no protection and limited armament. Gybyrfed are usually carried at the belly of warships as parasite vessels prior to deployment.

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Empire of Fuso

Government and Economy

Type of Government:
Absolute/Administrative Monarchy

On paper, the Emperor works with his Court of nobles and ministers in which they equal each other out with checks and balances. In practice though, the Emperor rules with complete authority, taking the Court as "suggestions" or "advice". This is due to a mix of nepotism and political favors, as much of the Court is friends or members of the Imperial Family. It can be best described as the Emperor doing all the big moves and the Court doing the paper work. Ironically, the minsters and nobles in the court simply force the paperwork to other people within their departments.

The Emperor is chosen from the royal family based on two filters: age and popularity. As in most places, the oldest child has the greatest claim to the throne, but unlike many other places, if a girl is the eldest child, she is crowned Empress. As for popularity, it seems from the old idea that the heavens grant the Emperor the right to rule and thus the Emperor must appease the heavens and subsequently the people. Of course, the entire rule of popularity is mostly a tradition as the eldest will typically get into some spot of power regardless of their favorability.

Head(s) of Government:
His Holiness, Emperor Tananao Shohu the Third

Economy:

The current economic status of the Empire is steadily increasing one, having boomed a century earlier. Its exports are usually light in nature, with its imports being towards the heavier side. Its said that foreigners can make a good deal of money as they are often recruited for expertise and training in various fields and industry.

The Fusan currency is the Jin, which is actually silver backed as gold is seemingly harder to find in the mountains compared to silver. It comes in 10, 100, 200, 500 and 10000 pieces, not becuse of inflation but due to a reason which translates to "because why the fuck not?"

History, Demographics and Culture

Primary Species:
Zensensashi

Zensensashi (often shortened to Zensen), are famous for their incredible cold tolerance, to them, what a human would consider freezing is what they'd consider a "nice day". It goes with obvious note that they do not do well in hot climates, although they do enjoy warm weather and are notable more relax in warmer temperatures.

Appearance wise, they look extremely human like, the only difference is their hair and eyes and some other unique body features. Black hair is the most common hair color and come with streaks of other dark colors like dark violet, navy blue, and crimson. Their eyes are also a notable "dual layered", having two colors to an eye in a way that looks layered, having a solid "base eye" and then a slightly transparent "overlay". Zensen also boast of two things which easily identify them from any human, a devil-like tail and geometric lines at dance on their bodies.

Mentally, the entire race are reserved and nice, but are mild airheads. They're smart, but also derpy. This is most evident in their military arms, of which are mostly copies of foreign weapons but the ones they designed themselves are... interesting to say the least. However, despite being a very humble and gentle race, generations of constant war has hardened them, making them aggressive and suspicious if they are provoked. This is only compounded by the intense adoration of the Imperial Family, of which may or not be a result of heavy propaganda.

TL;DR ver.

Zensensashi are basically Japanese people on ice with anime hair and hair colors, interesting eyes and lines on their bodies. They're a bunch of intelligent idiots but are kind at heart. While they typically are reserved, don't fuck with them outside of the bedroom. For all intensive purposes, calling them Fusan Humans are acceptable.

Population:
27 Million total
- 67% Zensan
- 19% Human
- 14% Other races

Culture:
Fuso is an interesting fusion of traditional and modern with the main values being of honor, modesty (behavior wise) and loyalty. Despite all three of these virtues being from ancient times, they have role in modern life. In most cases, the people do not lie but instead use ambiguous wording or lack of details in place of it. Through generations of Imperial reverence and propaganda, loyalty to the Emperor is the all important cornerstone of life. Zealous faith in their leader has lead to jokes about the nation being less of a monarchy than a theocracy. Sticking through out as people seldom double cross or betray. Modesty is not as much of a virtue, but something more in line with common sense, you act nice and you don't boast. All of these are somewhat flexible should the situation require it however, this sort of act is most notable in military and government.

There is another major aspect of Fusan culture which can be described as famous or infamous depending on who you ask, promiscuity. As part of the Golden Emperor's policies on increasing child birth rates after the Age of Strife, a complete change in fashion and soceity had ensued. Fusan fashion is famously known for its revealing looks while its laws about it is much more liberal and pubic displays of affection is a much more common event.

Religious and Other Beliefs:
Modern Fusans belive in the Imperial Cult, also known as Tengarashi which says the Imperial Family is descendant of gods and will rise to god hood upon death. Of course, the traditional religion of Inshingu is still practice in great numbers, being the foundation of Tengarashi. Inshingu is a polytheistic religion headed by the over-god Amaburi (that's literally what his title is). Think of real world Shintoism and you're basically there.

History:
The history of Fuso can be summed up as a violent one. In the early times, it was a land of several tribes who had all splintered off after the first ruler who brought them together died without an heir. Since then the tribes became clans which had fought a century before peace was once again restored. The people prospered and culture developed as a proud civilization grew. But, times got rough again. Mysterious droughts began to plagued the land for almost the entirety of the mid to late 1100, which would then continues to cause all sorts of food shortages and could suddenly turn to destructive floods for the next 600 years. People blamed the misfortunate them as acts of the Heavens showing the weakness of the current ruler. Despite being able to retain his position, the Emperor was loosing powers as more and more people began to have more faith in their local lords.

Then, in 1200, as the power of the Emperor waned, a three way feud between some clans erupted into a full scale civil war. A war that would go on almost endlessly for the next 500 years. With men dying off by the masses, women were eventually drafted into the military of the various lords to supplement manpower. This tradition would stay in effect even after unification as by the time the Age of Strife ended

It wasn't until the Saiyariharka Clan unified the lands under the golden bloom and Orisanio Shohu was crowned the First Golden Emperor. Orisanio quickly set about rebuilding the nation, taking the time to invite foreigners to develop and industrialize his country. Orisanio had enact policies like the Birthing Privileges Act which urged people to have more children, the Golden Crown Act that stabilized the national currency, and the Divine Iron Act which promoted rapid industrialization. Most of his ideas had been carried out with such great haste and efficiency, people overlooked the nepotism in his court and so of just decided it was only natural.

Now, Orisanio, enshrined as the Golden Emperor of Glory, has passed his leadership through the generations where it now lands on the Emperor Tananao Shohu. Stressing the traditional values built in the 500 year's war or "Age of Strife", the new Emperor Shohu looks to the horizon to live up to his great grandfather's legacy.

Geography, Agriculture and Industry

Territories:

Claims are in dark green with colonial holdings in paler green

Cities, Bases, etc.:

The capital city of the Empire is the Imperial Palace, otherwise known as "Satatsuma". Its an epic complex which has become a full blown city in the years since its creation.

Climate:
Being so far up north, its not surprise that Fuso is cold, its seasons being varying shades of cold from "nippy", to "freezing" to "holy shit the air is freezing". Of course, the native people have no qualms about it, they're used to it and find it actually pretty comfortable. The summer and spring are of course warmer, enough to encourage people to go out and farmer to plant crops.

Agriculture:

Being a nation of islands and oceans, Fuso uses both terrance farming and newer "Ocean Gardens", floating farms attached to land. Ocean Gardens are either small things that can float or grand man made islands.

Crops wise, the nation produces great quantities of Snow Rice which are able to grow in the cold climates well. Sparse amounts of barely and slightly larger amounts of wheat are also grown, but are considered a premium, nobleman's food while rice is seen as the staple food for everyone. Eaten with the staple rice are meats like fish, cow and goat along with a variety of vegetables as crisp and fresh as mountain ice. Of these, Fusan Kusa goat meat and Tachima mountain herbs are considered the iconic expensive food, like truffles or wagu beef.

Industry:

Industrial might of Fuso can be said to origin from everywhere else in the world. After the Age of Strife, people had mostly been educated in old style war and the likes, no one really knew how the ways of machines truly worked. Machines are often copies of other nations which people have procured one way or another. Of the most common things manufactured are advanced mechanical parts and off shore oil well provide northern oil to be refined.

Despite having a large industrial base, it is the entertainment industry which can be considered the most prosperous. An expected result of traditional theater and modern police cameras, Fusan movie stars are world famous as are the directors and producers which craft movies. Movies about the Age of Strife are currently the most popular, having a action packed adventures while stressing core cultural concepts about honor and vigilance.

Put in the same category is the arts of old times, everything from traditional wood block and ink to modern comics and costumes are considered hugely successful business ventures. There is also the (in)famous Fuso adult entrainment industry whose content ranges from adorably attractive to strangely kinky to "how the fuck is this allowed?".

As one would imagine, propaganda is spread through all these mediums in some way or form.

Main Imports:
Minerals and Ores, technology, machinery, cars, cultural and historical relics

Main Exports:
Oil, pornentertainment, movies, metal, goats, refined food

Military

The Empire's military is divided between the Imperial Army of Fuso (IAF) and the Imperial Navy of Fuso (IFN) with the Air Command (IAAC) divided between them. Appearance wise, they take after a very heavily western inspired uniform, although more elite troops and officers will have bits of traditional armor and swords are used in place of knives due to ancient tradition which lists knives as "dishonorable, hidden weapons" and a warrior should openly display what they plan to kill with. Another tradition that has still been going on is the use of females in the military, effectively doubling the nation's manpower.

Tier One Weapons
Basic weapons used by common troops and sometimes altered for civilian usage. By Imperial Decree, all weapons have to have the Imperial Chrysanthemum milled on the receiver, showing that it is the Emperor who owns the weapon and reminding the troops on who and what they should fight for.

Type 99 Saiga Rifle

Standard issue rifle of the military, the Type 99 is made by the Saiga Arms Company and is proudly boasted as "the best bolt action in the world", reloading using a 5 round internal clip, fed by stripper clips. The main feature of the Type 99 is the smooth, yet strong bolt, allowing trained soldiers to fire it faster than any other bolt action to date. Its often the poster boy weapon, seen in propaganda and recruitment drives as a symbol of Fuso's prowess with engineering these things.

Type 101r SMG

A mass produced 40-round SMG with an insane rate of fire and simple mechanisms for fast production. Unfortunately, that's all it has going for it; the Type 101r has okay accuracy, poor muzzle velocity and range and little killing or stoping power. However, its still in use as a tactical option, allowing troops to pin down and suppress without the need of a machine gun. Comes with a folding stock in most cases or no stock at all.

Type 38 Sniper Rifle

A high-powered, long barreled rifle, the Type 38 was once the Empire's standard battle rifle before opting for a new, shorter and overall better Type 99 rifle. Despite being replaced, the Type 38 still boasts higher muzzle velocity and accuracy, thus being a trademark favorite of marksmen and snipers alike.

Type 96 LMG

A light machine gun meant for squad support, the Type 96 currently uses a top mounted 30-round clip, although older models might still use the top mount disc-shaped magazines. Utilizes the same rounds as the Type 99 Saiga and provides a reliable hail of bullets to support and suppress. Air cooled and accurate, its a favorite of troops who call it "Nesei" in reference to its name.

Type 89 Grenade Discharger

More famously known as the Hand Mortar, the Type 89 is a hugely successful grenade discharger, well suited for close-in infantry fighting and even effective against armor should the situation be met. Its optimized to give infantry fire support if there is no local artillery battery or mortar team at the ready. Although it has specialized shells, it can fire just about any grenade with great effectiveness assuming the operator times it right and doesn't kill themselves

Tier Two Weapons
More advanced, experimental weapons used by only the Empire's finest. These often represent the pinnacle of Fuso's engineering and gunsmithing, and some of their most original pieces. Many of these are in the hands of officers or elite troops.

Type 1S-3 Assault SMG

A true and proper SMG meant for rapid fire death dealing, while more complicated than the 101r, its better than it in almost every way. Slight decreased fire rate for more accurate shots at its improved range (which can now effective kill too). It also uses a slightly larger caliber than that found in the 101r, making deadlier but a bit harder to supply.

Type OSU-4 Bolter Rifler

A high powered AT-rifle, the OSU-4 fires out what's basically a giant metal spike at incredible speeds to penetrate through armor, relying on the skill of the shooter to hit crew or ammunition of tanks. While some officer distain the weapon for its crudeness, pragmatic soldiers are able to take out otherwise dangerous armored vehicles with clean shots.

Type 9x96 Auto Rifle

A water cooled, automatic rifle used by only the strongest of troops, the Type 9x96 is unique to say the least. Undoubtedly heavy and fairly unwieldy, the Type 9-96 shines its its pure stopping power and surprisingly small amount of recoil. Its not uncommon for soldiers to strap multiple 9x96's to a rack and use them collectively as an AA gun.

Type 34m HMG

A powerful machine gun commonly found on vehicles, defensive positions and strong soldiers, the Type 34m is the standard heavy machine gun of the empire. Its actually based on a aircraft machine gun, downsized to infantry standards. It uses a high powered round, letting it shred through flesh and light armor.

Type 4k Kami Eihei

Meaning "Divine Guardsmen", the Type 4k is a by far the most unique weapon in the arsenal of the empire and dangerous. Closely guarded and in prototype phase, the Kami Eihei is more of platform for various weapons. Its standard model is a heavy machine gun and the giant sword (yes, its used as a sword), but it can also fit an auto cannon, a mortar or an experimental rocket launcher. Made light through the use aircraft grade alloy, these things are only available to the most distinguished of troops (don't ask how they use them since they don't really understand how it works either).

Infantry

The backbone of any army, Fuso's infantry is the same way but with its own differences. Infantry divisions still follow traditions, more than any other brach. Soldiers are expected to fight to the death and some do exactly that. Its said that they are less disciplined but have such high moral that they don't need it. While it does cause some to do stupid things to try and gain fame and honor to their name, generations of fighting and Imperial reverence keeps more of them in line to try and impress his highness.

Ashigaru -

Male Uniform Female Uniform

Standard foot infantry of the IFA, they for the basic unit of the military. They go through basic training before picking a specialization four months into their six month training. Well trained and drilled and very motivated, they fight with bravery and honor. At the signal of their officers, they can execute a zealous charge into enemy lines with their katanas. While some laugh at this practice, calling it suicide, it remains a core part of infantry tactics and is still very effective at closing gaps.

They are generally armed with tier 1 weaponry, most often the Type 99. Should they go for a specialization, they'll use that weapon instead.

Haiyagaru -

Male Uniform

Elite soldiers of the IFA, many of these men and women trace their lineages back to nobility or heroic warrior families. To them, the battlefield is not hell, it is a proving ground. They are even more motivated than standard troops, going into a fight seeking an honorable, glorious death, believing that once they die they can serve the Emperors of the past in the afterlife. Trained for nearly a year, they are the premiere combat troop of Fuso.

Kahari -

Female Uniform

Officers of the IFA, the term Kahari is more of an umbrella term, encompassing anyone who is not a soldier. These people range from the logistics corps, medical corps, hospitality corps, command corps, etc. but are most often used for officers of the command corps. They can be of any birth or walk of life as long as they have served valiantly and go through the officer academy. The Haiyagaru are lead by their own special Kahari called Haiyahari who must be of noble birth. They typically fight with tier one weapons and use a special spear to command troops called the Reyie.

Keishu -

Female Keishu Agent (?)

The special forces of the Empire and looked down upon with great distain, they are the black shadow which follows the Emperor's glorious light. Despite being a military unit, they aren't trained by the army, instead trained by previous generations of Keishu and hired to the army as PMC-like troops. Whatever is considered dishonorable or shady by Fuso's book, there's a good chance the Keishu will be the ones doing it as they are both special forces and spies. Only the top brass know anything of them and even then, the Keishu are known to lie to all but the emperor himself of which they remain intensely loyal to.

Arashi Kami -

Female Arashi Kami Recruit in training

The elite high flying soldiers of the Empire, their name means "Divine Storm". Flying with Avalian Stirker units, modified with Fusan engineering, they are armed with auto cannons, machine guns and swords to fight against airships and aircraft, often by getting close and using swords or explosives. As crazy as it might seem, this works exceptionally well as their small profile generally means its much harder to hit with normal AA. They can either be launched from ballista-like contraptions to drops from an airplane. Alternatively, they also double as paratroopers, replacing the Strikers with gliders.

Kamikaze -

If the Arashi Kami can be considered the glorious elite of the military, the Kamikaze are on the exact opposite of the spectrum. Plan and simple, they are suicide bombers, made up of people with mental or extreme unsavory physical deformities, criminals, and sometimes rebels or POW (it should be note that in most cases, POWs are treated well in accordance with military traditions). These people are either brainwashed or "convinced" that what they are doing is for the good of everyone and is clearly the darkest moral stain on Fuso's military, but its a widely accepted practice as nothing is a more accurate anti tank weapon than something that can run straight at it.

Ishin-Shishi -

Male Uniform Female Uniform

Personal guards and agents of the Emperor, the Inshin-shishi are picked from the most elite, distinguished Haiyagaru, their training and combat prowess are second to none. Like the other parts of the army, they serve a wide variety of purposes from the foremost guarding of the Imperial Family and officials, to preaching the glory of the emperor and rooting out heretical thoughts, to even acting as diplomats if the time calls for it. It should be noted that they leave the assassination of others to the Keishu

Vehicles

If its one thing that Fuso sucks at, its vehicles. They make decent trucks and their half tracks are up to scratch, but their domestic armor is a joke. Literally, instead of writing an F on a student's essay, some teachers write the word for "tank" instead. Still, what Fuso does make isn't half bad, just don't expect anything other than foreign built tanks or copies in their ranks.

Ho-Wu Armored Truck

While less like a single truck and more like a series of trucks with small modifications based on an original truck, the Ho-Wu fills the need of just about anything not directly related to combat. It has and armored cab to protect against small arms and some have caged or metal plates over the glass for more protection. All models have a machine gun mounted on a ring on top of the cab for protection. It can be a tractor, a troop transport, an ammunition carrier, a supply truck and an ambulance.

Ho-Nao Universal Armored Carrier

A newer model meant to replace the older Ho-Wu trucks but instead have gone on to serve next to them, the Ho-Nao is a full-tracked vehicle that can hold 16 men or roughly two squads. It has a small machine gun turret as a defense but good armor. Its also used as an ambulance, engineer vehicle, artillery tractor, recovery vehicle supply carrier.

Mechs

Ren-Sho Type 44 Calvary Walker

Small, fast two legged walkers, the Ren-Sho is considered to be the evolution of cavalry from times of old. Armed with auto-cannons or machine guns, riders valiantly charge into battle supporting infantry, often executing flanking attacks. Along with their modern equipment, riders are also given lances and halberds to support charging troops and to keep pesky idiots with grenades away.

Ren-Tang Type 104 Armored Transport Walker

Basically a foreign half track, copied and replaced with legs instead of wheels, the Ren-Tang has the advantage of being able to both carry more and also not worry quite as much as trucks do in rough weather. Despite being built as a transport, the Ren-Tang sees more use as a mobile gun platform, this model carry an AT gun.

Ren-Hu Type 61 Mobile Artillery Walker

Affectionately dubbed the "Spindly Little Bastard", the Ren-Hu is a small four-legged walker with a 155mm gun on it. Not the most stable, fast or even safest thing, its gun is its greatest assest, blowing away things that would other wise say the Spindly Little Bastard is just a Little Bastard. It gets the spindly part of its nickname from the fact that moving its turret while walking it can cause it to spin around, making the entire craft stumble around.

Ren-Garu Type 0 Divine Armor of Blessing

Female in a Type 0 in Mountain Camo w/ a Hari Lancer Unit as melee

Reserved for only the most dedicated and loyal soldiers, the Ren-Garu is a form of exoskeleton mech suit of prototype levels. Despite being a land based walker, its origin is traced to the Striker units of the Arashi Kami. The suit is armed with a deadly 124mm main cannon, leg mounted machine guns and a hand or melee weapon of sorts (often swords). The people in these suits often have more authority than officers due to their badges which they proud boast of.

Aircraft

Ki-43 Kankori Fighter

Name: Hayabusa Ki-43 Kankori Fighter
Type: Fighter
Crew: 1 (Pilot)
Length: 9.2 m
Wingspan: 12.5 m
Empty Weight: 1,450 kg
Fuel Capacity: 570 L of Diesel in an internal tank
Max Takeoff Weight: 1970 kg
Powerplant: Blue Steel Saiitake twin-row sixteen-cylinder air-cooled radical engine (1560 Hp)
Combat Speed: 643 km/h (400 mph)
Max Operational Range: 3290 km
Primary Armament: 4 x Type 108 Aircraft Machine Gun in the Wings (8x51mm, 650 rounds, 950 rpm)
Secondary Armament: 2 x Type 97 Mk. 3 Aircraft Cannon in the Engine Cowling (20x77mm, 180 rounds, 620 rpm)
Hardpoint Options:
- 2 x 70 kg (154 lb) bombs with one on each wing
- 1 x 818 kg (1803 lb) Type 42 Ariel Torpedo under the fuselage
- 2 x 330 L drop tanks, one on each wing
- 8 x 98mm General-Purpose Ground Strike Rockets, placed 4 on each wings (each rocket has a 34 kg Sakurite Charge)

Main line air-superiority fighter, the Ki-43 Kankori is a beloved plane with many uses. Like many Yamatai air planes, the Kankori is both a land based and sea based plane meaning and has high speed and maneuverability. However, it should be noted that they have weaker armor due to the fact much of it was stripped down to make the plane lighter, inadvertently making them vulnerable if not working in pairs or teams or if the pilot is unskilled.

Ranachi ASM-3 Float Plane

Name: Ranachi ASM-3b Yonoshi Recon Float Plane
Type: Naval Recon/Strike Plane
Crew: 3 (Pilot, Commander/Radio Operator, Back Gunner)
Length: 11.6 m
Wingspan: 14.7 m
Empty Weight: 2,600 kg
Fuel Capacity: 580 L of Diesel
Max Takeoff Weight: 4,000 kg
Powerplant: Ariado Kanmasu twin-row fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radical engine (1250 Hp)
Combat Speed: 390 km/h (242 mph)
Max Operational Range: 2,021 m
Primary Armament: 2 x Type 108 Aircraft Machine Gun in the Engine Cowling (8x51mm, 650 rounds, 950 rpm)
Secondary Armament:
- 2 x Type 108 Aircraft Machine Gun in the Rear Ball Turret (8x51mm, 650 rounds, 950 rpm)
- 1 x Type 97 Mk. 3 Aircraft Cannon in the Rear Ventral Tunnel (20x77mm, 180 rounds, 620 rpm)
Hardpoint Options:
- 4 x 40 kg bombs (Two on each wing)

Ki-51 Nagashi Intercepter

Name: Ki-51 Nagashi Intercepter
Type: Intercepter/Dive Bomber
Crew: 1 (Pilot)
Length: 12.1 m
Wingspan: 14.8 m
Empty Weight: 2,905 kg
Fuel Capacity: 680 L of Diesel in an internal tank
Max Takeoff Weight: 3180 kg
Powerplant:
- Blue Steel Saiitake twin-row eighteen-cylinder air-cooled radical engine (1860 Hp)
- Blue Steel Horito twin-row ten-cylinder air-cooled radical engine (1070 Hp)
Combat Speed: 691 km/h (429 mph)
Max Operational Range: 1342 km
Primary Armament: 4 x Type 108 Aircraft Machine Gun in the Wings (8x51mm, 650 rounds, 950 rpm)
Secondary Armament: 2 x Type 97 Mk. 3 Aircraft Cannon in the Engine Cowling (20x77mm, 180 rounds, 620 rpm)
Hardpoint Options:
- 2 x 70 kg (154 lb) bombs with one on each wing
- 1 x 818 kg (1803 lb) Type 42 Ariel Torpedo under the fuselage
- 2 x 330 L drop tanks, one on each wing
- 8 x 98mm General-Purpose Ground Strike Rockets, placed 4 on each wings (each rocket has a 34 kg Sakurite Charge)
Larger than the Kankori, it has larger engine and more armor, allowing it to go into combat while being faster even faster than the Kankori. Armed with four machine guns, it is also capable of carrying single torpedos or bomb thanks to the carrier rack under it. However, it still has less armor than similar aircraft in its size.

A4M Bomber

Name: Nagimaki A4M-3 Long Range Bomber
Type: Long Range Bomber/Cargo Plane
Crew: 11 (Pilot, co-pilot, Radio Operator, Bombardier, Commander, 6 Gunners)
Length: 23.1 m
Wingspan: 31.8 m
Empty Weight: 16,900 kg
Fuel Capacity: 820 L of Diesel
Max Takeoff Weight: 32,750 kg
Powerplant: Ariado Kanmasu Mk.2 twin-row 18-cylinder air-cooled radical engine (Each engine producing 2000 Hp each)
Combat Speed: 576 km/h (358 mph)
Max Operational Range: 7,237 m
Armament:
- 1 x Dual Type 108 Aircraft Machine Gun in the Nose Turret (8x51mm, 650 rounds, 950 rpm)
- 1 x Type 108 Aircraft Machine Gun in the Ventral Hatch (8x51mm, 650 rounds, 950 rpm)
- 2 x Type 4 Heavy Aircraft Machine Gun in each of the Fuselage Sides (13.2x60mm, 1200 rounds, 900 rpm)
- Up to 4,000 kg of Bombs, Depth Charges or Torpedoes on Torpedo Racks

S8HB-2 Maritime Flying Boat

Name: Nagimaki A4M-3 Long Range Bomber
Type: Long Range Bomber/Cargo Plane
Crew: 10 (Pilot, co-pilot, Radio Operator, flight engineer, navigator, 5 Gunners)
Length: 19.8 m
Wingspan: 30.1 m
Empty Weight: 9,124 kg
Fuel Capacity: 620 L of Diesel
Max Takeoff Weight: 32,750 kg
Powerplant: 2 x Blue Steel Sunami twin-row 14-cylinder air-cooled radical engine (Each engine producing 1200 Hp each)
Combat Speed: 249 km/h (158.4 mph)
Max Operational Range: 2,390 m
Armament:
- 1 x Dual Type 4 Heavy Aircraft Machine Gun in the Nose Turret (13.2x60mm, 1200 rounds, 900 rpm)
- 2 x Type 4 Heavy Aircraft Machine Gun in each of the Fuselage Sides (13.2x60mm, 1200 rounds, 900 rpm)
- Up to 4,500 kg of Bombs

A sea-plane that can land in water, used primary as a search-and-rescue plane and maritime patrol. It is also the main paratrooper plane of Yamatai, able to drop them from the rear hatch. It is much lighter armed and armored than the Ki-10, with only a single dual 20mm in the front nose with high caliber machine guns also in the nose, the rear hatch and the waister blister. It can carry up to 4000lb of torpedoes, depth charges and bombs for attack runs.

Naval Ships

Shimikyojin-Class Destroyer

Length: 130m
Beam: 12m
Draft: 4.5m
Armor:
- 35mm of Steel Plate on the hull
- 10mm of Steel Plate on the deck
Displacement:
- 2650 Tons (Standard Load)
- 3700 Tons (Full Load)
Speed: 40 Knots
Crew: 214 Sailors
Armament:
- Five 2x2 127mm (5 in) Medium Caliber Naval Guns
- Eighteen 2x2 25mm (1 in) Automatic AA Guns (400 rpm)
- Ten 4x3 70mm (3 in) Dual Purpose Guns
- Fifteen 3x5 610mm "Long Lancer" Oxygen Torpedo Tubes
- Thirty-Six Depth Charges
- Sea Plan Launcher w/ Ki-45 Kanokankori Sea Plane

Sasuda-Class Cruiser

Length: 205m
Beam: 20m
Draft: 6.1m
Armor:
- 127mm of Steel Plate on the Hull
- 39mm of Steel Plate on the Deck
- 85mm of Steel Plate on the Bulkhead
- 25mm of Steel Plate on the Turrets
Displacement:
- 10,000 Tons (Standard Load)
- 15,500 Tons (Full Load)
Speed: 35 Knots
Crew: 292 Sailors
Armament:
- Ten 5x2 200mm (7.8 in) Caliber Naval Guns
- Sixty 30x2 20mm (1 in) Automatic AA Guns (400 rpm)
- Ten 4x2 125mm (5 in) Dual Purpose Guns
- Six 13.2mm (0.5 in) Machine Guns
- Sixteen 4x4 610mm "Long Lancer" Oxygen Torpedo Tubes
- Fifty-six Depth Charges
- Two Sea Planw Launchers w/ Two Ki-45 Kanokankori Sea Plane

Namashiro-Class Carrier

Length: 270m
Beam: 29m
Draft: 8m
Armor:
- 137mm of Steel Plate on the Hull
- 58mm of Steel Plate on the Deck w/ 40mm of wood on top
Displacement:
- 27,805 Tons (standard)
- 33,050 Tons (full load)
Speed: 35.7 Knots
Crew: 329 Sailors + 94 Pilots
Armament:
- 20 × 125 mm (5 in) Dual Purpose Guns
- 32 × 20 mm (1 in) AA Guns
Aircraft carried: 72 +12 spares
38 x Ki-43 Kankori Fighter
10 x Ki-45 Kanokankori Sea Plane
30 x Ki-51 Nagashima Interceptors
2 x Ki-19 Tagima Maritime Aircraft

Anikagi-Class Battleship

Length: 241m
Beam: 37.3m
Draft: 10m
Armor:
- 150mm on the Deck
- 384mm on the Hull
Displacement:
- 40,070 tons (standard)
- 45,120 tons (full load)
Speed: 28 Knots
Crew: 521 Sailors
Armament:
- 4 × twin 410mm (16 in) guns
- 18 × single 140mm (5.5) guns
- 4 × twin 127 mm (5 in) dual-purpose guns
- 98 × 25 mm (1 in) AA guns

Nihonmaru-Class Super Battleship

Length: 300m
Beam: 40m
Draft: 12.6m
Armor:
- 700 mm of Steel Plate on face of main turrets
- 460 mm of Steel Plate side armor inclined 20 degrees
- 240 mm of Steel Plate armored deck (75%)
- 285 mm of Steel Plate armored deck (25%)
Displacement:
- 72,000 Tons (Standard)
- 78,759 Tons (Full Load)
Speed: 24 Knots
Crew: 821 Sailors
Armament:
- 9 (3x3) 500mm Heavy Naval Guns
- 12 (4x3) 195mm Naval Guns
- 12 (6x2) 170mm Naval Guns
- 24 (8x3) 25mm AA Guns
- 4 (2x2) 163mm AA Guns
- 24 (4x6) 610mm "Long Lance" Torpedo Tubes
- 72 Depth Charges
- Two Aircraft Catapults w/ Two Ki-43 Kankori Fighters & Two Ki-45 Kanokankori Sea Plane

[Sigma]

Shogunate of the True Inheritors
(Izuno Shogunate to Outsiders)

Government and Economy

Type of Government: A fusion of Absolute Monarchy and Oligarchy, The Shogun, or the "True" Emperor is the supreme authority within the Dominion, below him however is the Council of Nobles, the Clans that once allied with Clan Izuno centuries ago, and as such, these Nobles hold special reign over the Shogunate's realms, and are tasked with it's maintenance and security.
Head(s) of Government:
His Majesty Shimada Izuno II, Shogun of Izuno and "True" Emperor of Fuso.

Economy:

History, Demographics and Culture

Primary Species: Zensensashi
Subjugated Species:
Humans.

The Humans of the Mainland were among the first to be subjugated by the Exiled Clans, and by far make half the population, and as such, make up a large portion of Shogunate's Armed Forces.

Orcs.

Northern Orcs


Southern Orcs

Mesulids.

Descendants of Mesulid Refugees during the Great Shame, thousands of Mesulid had flocked to Izuno to escape their then-colonial masters. Now towards the modern times, the Mesulid people that remained after maintain a sizable population in the Shogunate.

Trolls.

Formerly of the Setran Isles, the Trolls of the Izuno Shogunate were descendants of slaves captured by marauding Orc Slaver Ships, centuries before the arrival of the Exiles, and after the Izuno Conquest, the Trolls were freed, much to the distaste of the then slavers. Now in modern times, Orcs and Trolls are now equals among themselves.
Population:
15 Million
Zensensashi: 25%
Human: 50%
Orc: 10%
Mesulid: 11%
Troll: 4%
Culture:
Religious and Other Beliefs:
History:
Three Centuries, during the Age of Strife, the Izuno Clan, the third faction in the war, had been suffering the most losses in the conflict, it and it's allies being slowly pushed to the shores, to the point that the loyalist Clans managed force the remnants of the Izuno Alliance to flee the shores, taking their fleet of boats far from the fighting, forever exiled from their home.

Geography, Agriculture and Industry

Territories:
Cities, Bases, etc.:
Climate: The overall climate of the Shogunate are relatively cool in the Summer and Spring, and border onto frigid in the Winter to follow.

The Izunese "Colony" of Pskovgorod is quite similar in climate, ranging from moderately cool to deathly cold.
Agriculture:
Industry:
Main Imports:
Main Exports:

Military

The Dominion Military is split between the Shogunate Army and the Shogunate Navy, and like their Fusan counterpart, have an Air Command Branch of which both share command. Like such, the Shogunate Military share some similarities with the Imperial Fusan Military, but of course, have glaring differences.

The Shogunate Army follows more traditional doctrines and equipment. Uniforms of the Army's foot soldiers taking on a more ancient and traditional look, soldiers appearing like the Samurai of old. None-Zensen races make up a large bulk of the military, with actual Zensen making up a mere 10%.

Infantry

Ashigaru

Ashigaru Infantrymen


Ashigaru Elite


Ashigaru Heavy Weapons Specialist
The Very core of the Shogun's Army, the Shogunate Ashigaru differ greater from the Imperial Ashigaru. The Shogunate Ashigaru are seen as more disciplined and regimented soldiers, lacking the fanatical zeal of their imperial counterparts. The Ashigaru, as per the Shogunate's admiration of the warriors of old, are equipped with combat armor similar to what was worn centuries ago, with some exceptions of course. Often the none-zensen members of the Ashigaru, mainly Orcs and Trolls, are assigned as Heavy Weapons Specialists, donning heavy encased armor.

Fuka Marin

Samurai

Zensen/Human Samurai


Orc/Troll Samurai


Mesulid Samurai
The Samurai once the Fusan Nobility, leading the armies of the feudal lords during the Age of Strife. Today, the Samurai under Izuno serve a new purpose, rather then Noble Lords, the Modern Samurai serve as elite shock troops of the Shogunate Army, with training and equipment on par with the Imperial Haiyagaru.

Shinobi

The Shinobi are another of the Shogunate's examples of holding onto old military traditions. In the Days of Old, before and during the Age of Strife, the Shinobi were and continue to be a class of master assassins and spies, their Clans serving the True Imperial Line faithfully to this day. They serve the Izuno Clan as its personal Enforcers, who are to keep the peace from the shadows, by any means necessary. In wartime, they serve as a Black Ops, going where others can not.

The Shinobi are also known to be the only group in the Shogun's Military to have women serving among their ranks, an exception made specially for them.

Uingu Samurai

A recent addition to the Shogonuate's Army, the Uingu Samurai are an Elite, and often described insane, uit of the Shogun's Aviation Service, their suits created and unit formed as a defense and counter to the Imperial Arashi Kami. The primary weapons of Uingu Samurai are their blades, rarely do they bring firearms when deployed.

Shinsengumi

The Shinsengumi are the Shogun's personal guard unit and, like the Shinobi, act as the Secret Police of the Shogunate. The Shinsengumi are a force to be feared throughout Izuno, both from civilians and military alike, no one is safe from their grasp. The signature dark uniforms and Masks of the Shinsengumi bring a sense of dread wherever they walk, the Shogun's Faceless Enforcers enacting his will.

Kahari

Ground Vehicles

Armored Truck

Armored Personnel Carrier

Calvary Walker

Armored Car

Jeep

Gun Carrage

Aircraft

Sukaigādo

Dagākurō

Naguru hito

Dai kunshu

Navy

Kongo-class Ironclad Dreadnought

Length: 300 meters
Armament:
3× Naval guns
6× AA guns
4× Torpedo tubes
Crew: 2907

Aashi-class Carrier

Length: 260.6 meters
Armament:
12x AA guns
51x AA Cannons
Crew: 1751

Izuno-class Battleship

Length: 202.7 meters
Armament:
6× Naval guns
16× 152 mm guns
5x AA guns
6× Torpedo tubes
Crew: 1193

Waka-class Destroyer

Length: 111.96 meters
Armament:
6× Naval guns
2x Machine guns
9x Torpedo tubes
Crew: 219

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The Sacred Empire of the Ceresian Sea

Shorter Form: Ceresia, Ceresian Empire, Ceres, The Sacred Empire
Denonym: Ceresian
Currency: Ceterii

Government

Type of Government: Theocratic Empire

The Ceresian Empire is a theocratic monarchy with the monarch holding absolute power and authority as a living god(ess). Due to the species and religion, the empire is heavily matriarchal, with males excluded from succession (A male cannot be Siren-Empress because the Siren-Empress is the mortal reincarnation of their goddess and by holy law and common sense, an emperor is not feasible). The position of absolute godly power is not just a title, the people take the position very seriously and very literally.

Rather than a conventional aristocracy, the empire has two main powerful groups. The Siren-maidenhood, the organized religious branch of the faith ruled by hereditary quasi-aristocratic priestesses and the New Ministry, a collection of foreigners brought in from across the world to become bureaucrats in the empires rapid modernization campaign. The Siren-maidenhood hold traditional power and prestige which they can influence society while the New Ministry are given no official power outside their designated roles and are disliked by the heavily religious common people. The Siren-maidenhood is divided between reformists and reactionaries, the former desiring to rapidly modernize the country with foreign help while the later wishes to remove all foreign influence and hand further people to the theocratic leadership. Both wish to modernize the military though with more divided political goals. The reformists wish to ally Yllendthyr and form a colonial bloc while the reactionaries want to either stay totally neutral or invade Verendes to remove them from Ceresia and vassalize their country in revenge. Both factions are wary of the PRK and Moravia, though the Reactionaries lean towards Moravia due to shared beliefs in nationalism and autarky. The Reactionaries are gradually becoming more fascist, and if this ideology continues to spread the Reactionaries may take a 180* turn and flip from wanting to invade Verendes and instead join a Moravian alliance to invade the PRK.

The nation is strictly divided with a religious and ethnic caste system as noted in culture.

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Government Persona Dramatis:

The Ruling Elite
The true Ceresian ruling elite is exclusively located in the underwater regions of the empire, deep in the Ceresian Sea from where they have ruled the empire for millennia. The vast majority are female Mesulids, most are furthermore Lamia Mesulus (Medusians). The ruling elites powerbase is religion, with most of its members being Siren-Maidens(Priestesses) or civil and military positions held together with religious office. The state and 'church' as such is essentially inseparable.

Sylvia Auphraxia XVII

Head of State: Siren-Empress Sylvia Auphraxia XVII

Species/Nationality of Origins: Lamia Mesulid - Ceresia
Age: 16
Position: Siren-Empress of the Sacred Empire of the Ceresian Sea
Faction: Moderate Reformist
Title: Her Imperial Divine Majesty (HIDM)
The very young and (relatively) inexperienced absolute theocratic ruler of the Ceresian Empire, Sylvia XVII is the next ruler of the remarkably long lasting Auphraxia dynasty which has ruled continuously for over 6400 years, and claims direct descent from the goddess Aepes. After the ritual suicide of her grandmother and ruling empress two years ago, Sylvia XVII was crowned Siren-Empress and embodiment of the Goddess Aepes after the brutal (And ritually sanctioned) succession battle between her sisters, half-sisters and aunts following the sudden assassination of her mother. With half her sisters and all of her aunts now dead from various causes, the rest have since surrendered.

The young Sylvia XVII has surrounded herself with extremely competent and innovative advisers and ministers with the goal of doing the impossible: industrializing an empire that exists beneath the seas. Following her grandmothers policy of daunting military power, Sylvia continues to also modernize the indomitable Ceresian navy, though unlike her predecessors looks to finally turn the air force and army into proper dedicated forces as well. Sylvia's ambitions are not without opposition, as there are powerful reactionary factions within the Ceresian Empire that deem the industrialization of the empire and the increasing power of merchants and human advisers/ministers to be an attack on the established order. The brutal succession battle that saw Sylvia's coronation was just the first clash of ideologies within the empires ruling caste, and other incidents are likely to follow.

Outside of the empires ruling caste, Sylvia due to her youth is seen as an unknown to foreign nations and common people, both still waiting to see how Sylvia XVII will rule. Some believe she is a Machiavellian genius like her grandmother, citing her ruthless actions during the succession while others believe she is actually a naive figurehead puppet for the ministers and advisers she is bringing in. While Ceresian policy by default has always been based around hegemonic and imperial power and domination of the seas and coastlines, the question remains if the current regime will favour the use of soft or hard power, and in what way will the nation interact with the world.

Like all Siren-Empresses, Sylvia believes herself to literally be a deity in mortal form, so rather than religious in the conventional sense she has a socially-endorsed form of god-complex. Because of this god-complex she believes (And has been taught to believe) that she is inherently superior to all other beings in existence and has divine right to rule over the universe. That said, unlike most, Sylvia has not yet shown signs of obvious megalomania and if anything is overly cautious.

Ada Auphraxia

Species/Nationality of Origins: Lamia Mesulid - Ceresia
Age: 24
Position: Heir-Apparent and Auphraxia Dynasty Member
Faction: None (Reclusive/Apolitical)
Sister of Siren-Empress Sylvia and survivor of the succession, she is currently under house arrest by said sister. One of the weaker and more docile Auphraxia dynasty members, she is terrified of social interaction due to a near death experience via poisoning as well as the constant assassination attempts against her. Despite her unimpressive shy demeanor and reclusive tendency, Sylvia has set her up as heir-apparent mostly to keep the throne out of the hands of her more reactionary or megalomaniac sisters.

While under house arrest she has put her incredible intelligence (One of those ridiculous prodigies, another factor contributing to being heir-apparent) to use for academic and artistic causes. A renaissance woman, Ada is a brilliant linguist, historian, artist, scientist, author and even a doctor. She is a omniglot being able to speak over 7 languages fluently (particularly Yllendor, the Auphraxia dynasties elvish tutor and Ada's personal mentor teaching it to her nearly every day) and is even able to speak Yllwé to a degree. Ada's interests are relatively diverse as such, and while completely secluded from the world she is simultaneously masquerading as the scientist Gregor O'Bran (An expert on machine technology assisting in computer programming) and the impressionist artist Anna Lovefield, using intermediaries and correspondence through letters, books and other means of communication.

Nix Indara

Supreme Commander of the Ceresian Armed Forces and Fleet Admiral
Species/Nationality of Origins: Mesulid - Ceresia
Age: 38
Position: Supreme Commander, Fleet Admiral
Faction: Moderate Reactionary

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The New Ministry
The new ministry is as the name suggests a recently created body comprised of foreign technical experts, scientists, political reformers, legislators, industrialists, military experts and bureaucrats. They have been brought in and given the mighty task of industrializing the underwater empire and modernize its military. Under Sylvia XVII's government, the New Ministry's influence is rapidly expanding and already has begun to transform the entire country, as seen with the total overhaul of the navy into one of the worlds finest.

Many of the foreign advisers are from four countries in particular; Vinculi which has taken financial interest in investing in the countries economy, Verendes which has been involved in Ceresia for over a century due to the Maritime War and New Destunopolis, Kataylan exiles which fled their country following the fall of the imperium and Yllendthyr, which initially sent foreign advisers to help modernize the country against Verendes occupation.

Minister Lev Kerensky

Species/Nationality of Origins: Human - Kataylan
Age: 51
Position: Minister of Industry (New Ministry)
Faction: Radical Reformist

Lev Kerensky is the embodiment of the New Ministry. An exile from the former Kataylabinsk Imperium, he fled his homeland after Yekaterina's coup. A genius entrepreneur and military bureaucrat with one of the best educations money could buy, Kerensky was one of the Imperium's budding technocrat-industrialists aligned with the bourgeoisie and so inevitably made enemies with the Kataylan Empress-turned-commissar.

After fleeing his homeland, Kerensky ended up in the Ceresian Empire and gained employment as a foreign adviser, eventually being put in charge of helping modernize the then still somewhat backwards navy. Kerensky did not just modernize the navy; he turned it into the unstoppable juggernaut it is today, and so his rise to true power had begun.

Greatly distrusted by the ruling caste and the religious leaders of the empire, Kerensky is now often accused of being the true mastermind and puppet-master behind Siren-Empress Sylvia XVII and her policies. Currently the Minister of Industry, Kerensky is simultaneously the most powerful foreigner, human and man in the empire. He has long since expanded from merely naval reform, and now is actively pushing the industrialization of the entire nation and has built a vast network of corporations, industrialists and fellow bureaucrats.

Kerensky's loyalty is actually not as low as most claim (That is to say, he has no intentions of sabotaging the country), though this loyalty is mostly built from the belief that he can't afford yet another teenage empress to throw him out of the country. Obviously, he is still somewhat bitter and some believe that Kerensky's personal grudge with the PRK leadership may end up shaping Ceresian foreign policy.

Minister Godrum Stonebrew

Species/Nationality of Origins: Dwarf - Vinculi
Age: 99
Position: Foreign Adviser, Member of the New Ministry, CEO of Ayllia-Stonebrew Arms
Faction: Moderate Reformist

Sondiel

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Species/Nationality of Origins: Elf - Yllendthyr
Age: 112
Position: Foreign Adviser, Family Tutor of the Auphraxia Dynasty, Mentor to Siren-Empress Silvia XVII and Miss Ada Auphraxia.
Faction: Moderate Reformist (Swears she is apolitical)

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The Colonials and Reactionary Faction
The colonials are represented by various lesser political figures in comparison to the underwater ruling elite and the new ministry. The colonial leadership (representing the majority of colonials) are militantly religious and conservative, the Mesulid colonists see allowing foreigners into the country and giving them powerful positions is essentially destroying Ceresian sovereignty while the colonies Terralid (Land-dwellers, humans, elves, trolls, etc) natives are so thoroughly indoctrinated that they follow the will of the more firebrand reactionary religious leaders and see foreigners as heretics that have not yet accepted salvation.

Reactionary colonial leadership has made an alliance with the Mesulid underwater ruling class that are also reactionaries. While the Mesulid reactionaries act as the political leadership of the Reactionary Faction and politik away under the sea, the colonial reactionaries are the rank and file troopers that spread the word, as well as act as the factions militant wing.

Colonial personalities also include the extreme opposite of the reactionaries, being the separatists and nationalists of former conquered nations and peoples who have held onto their old faiths and culture despite the extreme persecution and indoctrination. They are essentially rebels and resistance movements.

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Economy

Economy:
The Ceresian economy is despite being of a nation politically and militarily considered a Great Power is only recently industrializing properly. The Ceresian Empire’s existence as a mostly underwater empire with the exception of its land-based colonies has made it a very poor producer of manufactured goods and overall has lagged considerably behind other nations in industrialization because of it.

The Ceresian Empire is rapidly catching up with the other Great Powers, though this has mostly been done through importing technology and bringing over foreign advisers and experts on how to develop industry in a nation where such a thing is so difficult. The Ceresian is a capitalist economy overall, however it does have some powerful state corporations as well as a caste system that makes free enterprise difficult.

Ceresian trade is vast (even with lagging industrialization) though is mostly built around luxury goods and unique products that few others can export as well as its absolute domination of the seafood and naval supply markets. Ceresians typically import land-based food, lumber and various things needed for industrialization (machinery, experts, electronics, construction, etc).

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Nation's Major Export:
Seafood, Naval Supplies (Ships, Warships, Submersibles, Parts), Crude Oil(In abundance), Minerals(Copper, Nickel, Iron, Cobalt, Manganese, other minerals found under the ocean), Salt, Potash, Dyes, Perfume, Tropical Wood, Incense, Luxury Goods, Chemicals, Synthetic Rubber, Algae, Sand, Gravel, Tropical Fruit

Nation's Major Imports:
Agricultural Produce (Rice, Wheat, Corn, Vegetables, Fruit), Non-aquatic meat products (Pork, Beef, Chicken, etc), Lumber (Non-tropical), Helium, Mineral Resources, Jewelry, Fur, Clothing, Machine Parts, Aircraft/Airships, Non-naval military gear/vehicles/equipment, Paper, Cotton, Wool, Machinery, Building Materials, Electronics, Experts

Demographics and Culture

Primary Species: Mesulids

Species Description: A species of aquatic half-humanoid half-serpent like beings, the Mesulids are essentially a race of naga/mermaids. They are amphibious and capable of breathing both above and below water; however they are far more comfortable under water. The Mesulids excrete pheromones that are appeasing to the opposite sex, regardless of species. This trait along with their medieval tradition of “Siren-Maidens”, singer-priestesses has made them a racial stereotype of seductresses and sinister witches of the ocean.

Mesulids have a natural life expectancy of around 140 years, however after 100 years of age Mesulids begin to rapidly degrade due to mental disease and illness. Due to Ceresian societies use of religious ritual suicide (A kind of euthanasia), the vast majority of Mesulids die by their own hands at the age of 100.

Mesulids are surprisingly (and even regularly disputed by geneticists, who, much like the vestigial remnants of alchemy, still can't figure it out) capable of mating with humans, likely due to their supposed descent from the semi-mythical Lamian people (As well as humans, another genetic mystery is how the hell an essentially human upper body ended up with the lower body of a snake), who were said to be an ancient race of magical and psychic nomadic serpent women that preyed on the ancient human civilizations. The historical validity of these people are questionable due to the limited physical evidence (many historians believe they may have just been Mesulid explorers or exiles), however the evidence that does exist suggests that the Mesulids can actually crossbreed with humans, though these unions only create more Mesulids much like the Lamian legends of old. While this occasionally has become relevant due to ideas of political marriage alliances, this is usually shot down because it is considered taboo. Crossbreeding between Elves and Mesulid's is unknown, as no historical account has ever been made or tried.

Mesulid culture has a tendency towards beliefs of purity, including racial purity (Hence the uncommonness of interbreeding) and blood purity. This fixation with blood purity has made inbreeding relatively common. Mesulid inbred's are notable for having physical deformities that vastly alter their appearance towards that of appearing more like a draconian or obviously reptilian and losing their human traits. Inbreds are also usually physically larger, particularly males who are far bulkier and saurian-like. Inbreds are not a distinct member of the religious caste system as the blood purity beliefs are religiously inspired rather than class-based, with practitioners of arranged incestuous unions usually ultra-religious conservatives from anywhere from the working to ruling castes. While common, this subculture is considered the "extreme" side of the religious and usually viewed with disdain by moderates. Like other cases of inbreeding, inbred Mesulids are prone to obtaining recessive genetic disorders, causing various problems ranging from mental illness, rare birth defects, infertility and so on.

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Population: 112,000,000+
57,200,000 Mesulids
37,200,000 Humans
7,000,000 Gnomes
5,000,000 Elves
2,000,000 Dwarves
2,000,000 Draconians
1,000,000 Orcs
800,000 Other
200,000 Trolls
100 Dragons (Immigrants from Vinculi)

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Culture:
MATRIARCHY
The Ceresian Empire is a unique culture, its focus on submersed aquatic living aside. First is its political culture. Due to the Mesulids reversed gender hierarchy and religious belief, the empire is heavily matriarchal. Women traditionally hold political offices far more often than men and are exclusively given religious offices, which is overwhelming significant in the deeply religious and theocratic nation (The judicial is also entirely comprised of religious offices, so all judges are women). The military forces is more even, with the army and marines represented by both men and women (Since Mesulid females lose their martial advantage beyond water), though the navy has a higher number of female commanders than the marines, air force and army. Outside of gender politics, the air force has a large number of human and other species officers, since Mesulids aren't exactly the best fliers.

RELIGIOUS ETHNIC HIERARCHY
The ethnic social order of the Ceresian Empire is mostly enforced by religion, with the largest minority, humans, mostly taught from birth to understand that the Mesulids are their deities chosen people. Racism is relatively common in the empire, though humanity (And other common sea-faring species) has more acceptance than other minorities due to the extended presence in the ocean. The Mesulids cultural syncretism has also seen a number of human and other species cultural norms being adopted, such as marriage.

LANGUAGE
The Ceresian Empire and Mesulid people speak their own language, Ceresim which has no common roots with other languages or cultures, having been independently formed over 10,000 years ago in the ancient pre-Ceresian mesulid aquatic petty empires/kingdoms. Due to its lacking of any common roots with other languages, Ceresim is a difficult language for foreigners to learn without having grown up in the empire. Even for those who have learned Ceresim from birth, the language is difficult due to many sounds in the language being physically hard for humans and other species to pronounce. The difficulty of learning the language has caused some reformists and colonials to suggest a simplification of Ceresim to allow non-Mesulids to learn the language more easily.

LILLIUM HOLY LAW
The Ceresian Empire is ruled by the holy laws of the Abyssiasist Faith. The origins of the Ceresian Empires laws was created before the empire's existence at an unknown date, possibly as far back as 10,000 years ago. These original religious laws were modified and improved by the first Ceresian Siren-Empress Lillium Auphraxia I becoming known as "Lillium Law". Lillium Law has been modified throughout its 6000 years of usage, however its core principles and values have remained the same. Lillium Law is harsh and by modern liberal standards draconian, even abominable. Apostates(Coverts who convert from Abyssiasism to something else), heretics and sacrilegious defacers are punished with death by boiling water for example. Rapists are subject to mandatory castration (or female genitalia mutilation if female). Atheists may be imprisoned for life and if they proselytize may be executed on similar grounds as Apostates or heretics. Heathens are subject to state-sponsored persecution in the form of religious taxes and restrictions to public office or other jobs. Heathen proselytizing may result in execution.

LIBERAL CITIES
"Liberal Cities" are essentially "special areas" where Lillium Law is relaxed for the benefit of foreign businessmen, certain colonial minorities and tourists. These relaxed laws include special secular courts, religious tax exceptions in special housing areas and simple deportation for heathen or atheist proselytizing (unless deemed exceptionally blasphemous, in which case they may be arrested and tried by a Lillium Court).

RELIGIOUS CASTE SYSTEM
Socially, aside from race and gender there is also deeply ingrained religious castes. This caste system divides the “Lamia Mesulus” (Notable for having numerous extra heads in the form of snake hair) ethnic ruling class from the Mesulus and Terralids (Land-dwellers). The Lamia Mesulus are (usually) the only caste that may achieve the highest political and religious offices of the Empire. Terralids are considered the lowest caste and include both Mesulids and non-Mesulids (humans, etc). The Terralid caste is forbidden from such things as recreational swimming (Learning to swim and military training is not included), laying eyes on the Lamia Mesulus (They must avert their eyes in their presence or suffer the legal consequences) and observing certain religious ceremonies. Interestingly, the Lamia Mesulus ruling class is also forbidden from certain activities usually associated with the surface, such as farming.

POLYGAMY, MARRIAGE, PROSTITUTION, FAMILY VALUES
Unlike most religions, Abyssiasism never had any particular laws concerning chasity or abstinence and in fact actually advocated promiscuity (Seeing their goddess is also associated with fertility), not to mention the non-existence of the concept of marriage ensured the lack of any notion of adultery. With the eventual introduction of marriage into Abyssiasism and Ceresian Society through syncretic adoption of human culture during the empires colonial imperialism a few centuries ago, this lack of conventional marital piety or generic family values remained. Ceresian marriage is openly polygamous, concubinage (though usually gender-reversed) is legal and divorce is extremely simple as marriage isn't really considered overly sacred or binding and seen simply as an economic and legal state. Ceresian (Culturally, not racially) fertility rates are abnormally high however the lack of structured conventional family units means that poverty is higher than usual and there is a serious orphanage and STD problem. The notable exception to this cultural norm is the ultra-religious conservative blood purity subculture (See mesulid species info for details), who's obsessive dedication to blood purity usually means that they have very close knit family groups with arranged and permanent marriages.

INDOCTRINATION
The Ceresian Terralid caste is indoctrinated from early childhood into the faith to compensate for their lack of religious observation due to many ceremonies being forbidden to them. While the Lamia Mesulus mostly rule the faith and theological schools, the Terralid caste comprise most of the religious warriors and most zealous members of the faith, willing to kill and die for their goddess. Interestingly, humans are a actually a majority in these organizations and the ultra-religious Terralids in general, the strict and zealous organizations channeling humans natural tendency towards such 'greater' causes. Terralid suicide troopers were first devised by Abyssiasist humans, rather than their Mesulid ruling elite.

PHEROTRAILS
To further strengthen the obedience of the colonial people, particularly the other species, the Ceresian government and religious institutes regularly spread Mesulid pheromones over colonial cities. Typically the pheromones are even harvested (in the manner of literally collecting sweat) and then burning it in incense or spraying it into the air via airships and biplanes, this causing conspiracy theorists to call this "Pherotrails". The pheromones besides causing human (and other species) males to be more prone to tolerate female Mesulid rule also increase general fertility rates, keeping the colonies reproducing faster and raising the empires population and as such work force. Humans biological capability for sensing pheromones is limited however, so the pheromones are far more effective on more perceptive species such as elves. In these species, the pheromones are almost like a drug and in overdoses may cause them to become increasingly sluggish, nonproductive and may eventually cause a form of mental paralysis and death. Religious order members typically undergo various ceremonies that can be summarized as tripping on pheromones.

THE MOSTIAN TROUBLES
The south-western island of Mostia is the ancestral homeland of the entire Gnomish species which was conquered by the Ceresian Empire over two centuries ago, causing a mass exodus of Gnomes to the main continent. Today Mostia is a divided province of the Empire with the northern regions heavily Abyssiasist having eventually assimilated into Ceresian society through the powerful faith. The southern regions however remain more defiant with numerous underground resistance movements, secret societies and cultural preservation groups. While it is extremely difficult for the Gnomes to practice their religion or traditions publicly, they have continued for two hundred years in secret. Northern Mostian Gnomes like most Terralid Caste members are fanatically religious towards the faith they grew up in and despise their Southern brothers and sisters in a kind of low-intensity religious civil war known as the Mostian Troubles. While this continues, Continental Gnomes continue to campaign for the return of Mostia to the Gnomish people as an independent, Gnomish state.

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Religious Beliefs

Abyssiasism

The Serpent Goddess Aepes battles her dragon-riding (The dragon representing the sky) treacherous consort

OVERVIEW & CREATION STORY:
The Ceresian Empire is one of the most religious nations in the world, being the heart of the Abyssiasist faith. Abyssiasism is the worship of the Serpent Goddess Aepes of the deep ocean trenches, the creator deity of the Mesulids and patron goddess of life, fertility, the ocean, war, darkness and order. Like other faiths, Abyssiasism venerates the sun as a life-giving force. It is stated that Aepes together with her brother-consort and God of the Sky gathered the light from the sun in an urn and pored it over the ocean, gifting life and bountiful fertility to the ocean. however it is believed that the sun was then stolen from the Goddess Aepes by her brother-consort who then usurped control of the heavens with it, declaring the sky, sun, light and the world his dominion thus forcing the true goddess to retreat to the deep ocean darkness.

Since then, the Goddess Aepes rules from the Ocean darkness with her favoured children and chosen people, and is stated to rise every dusk from the ocean to attack and gradually maim her "Antithesis", the night being the period of time where Aepes and the "Antithesis" struggle for dominion of the sun. This great cosmic battle encompasses all Abyssiasist belief.

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COSMIC BATTLE AND DESTINY OF THE UNIVERSE:
It is believed that Aepes will eventually regain dominion over the sun and light after the defeat of her antithesis in the final cosmic battle wherein a great flood will see the oceans rise to consume the surface, foretelling the inevitable victory of the Serpent Goddess.

Once Aepes has regained control of the sun, it is believed that a paradise-on-earth will be created, all mortal life will be made immortal and perfect and all existence will become pure and without the Antithesis' taint. The nature of Abyssiasism's lore both explains the reason for the existence of evil in the current world (The Antithesis has corrupted the mortal realm and Aepes does not possesses omnipotence) as well as provide a motivational reason for continued faith (The quest for a paradise-on-earth).

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SYMBOLISM:
Aepes while considered a Goddess of Darkness, the sun is ironically often associated with her and her faith due to the belief that its return to her will signify the creation of paradise.

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CAESAROPAPISM:
The Siren-Empress is considered a mortal avatar of Aepes, a belief that started six thousand years ago with the beginning of the Ceresian Empire. The Siren-Empress is seen as an eternally reincarnating representation of their goddess in the physical realm, this belief drawn from the idea that after fleeing into the ocean, Aepes herself drank from the urn of living light (The Lifebringer Urn), enabling her to birth herself an avatar in the mortal realm and lead the Ceresian people directly. This caesaropapist belief is directly supported by the government and society at large, which has continued this imperial cult for millennia.

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SYNCRETISM:
Abyssiasism is a faith prone to syncretism, having absorbed and modified many local religious practices and traditions as the Ceresian colonial empire stretched out across the globe. Among Abyssiasism’s syncretic adoptions includes baptism (Which is only observed on the surface) and polygamous marriage.

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PRIESTHOOD:
Like the Ceresian Empire, the Abyssiasist faith is matriarchal and dominated by priestesses (Called Siren-Maidens). Religious-military orders do however allow men to join and even become commanding figures, as Aepes is a war goddess and is associated with the more gender-neutral army and marine forces. The Siren-Maidens travel the world as missionaries and singers, being simultaneously religious scholars as well as artists.

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History

History:

Timeline

ANCIENT ERA
6400 years ago: Ceresian Empire is formed, first Siren-Empress declares self mortal incarnation of the Serpent Goddess.

CLASSICAL ERA

EARLY MODERN ERA
325: years ago: Frightened by the increasingly advanced gunpowder weapons of the surface nations and their building of cannon-armed warships capable of killing Ceresian sea monsters, the Ceresian Empire looks to the surface for the acquisition of resources, particularly gunpowder to defend itself.

321 years ago: Beginning of the Ceresian Colonial Wars and the beginning of the first land-based Ceresian colonies as well as the conquest of human, elf, draconian, troll and other species civilizations. The Ceresian's above-water colonial empire is established and rapidly expands throught the Colonial Wars Era.

320 years ago: The Great Proselytization: The Abyssiasist faith rapidly spreads across the Ceresian's colonial surface empire though new practices and beliefs are merged into the faith via syncretism, including the concept of marriage. The first marriage between Mesulids occurs around this time.

275 years ago: The first invasion of Mostia (The Mostian Freehold, the gnomish homeland) begins.

273 years ago: The first invasion of Mostia ends with the first battle of Mirondal ending with gnomish victory. The Gnomes hold onto their citadel-city however lose 2/3's of the island nation, annexed by the Ceresia.

252 years ago: The second invasion of Mostia begins.

248 years ago: The Free Mostian Fleet breaks through the Ceresian blockade, enabling the Gnomish people to flee to the continent, beginning the Gnomish Exodus.

246 years ago: The second invasion of Mostia ends with the total annexation of Mostia after the Ceresians flood Mirondal with sea water from underground tunnels. The gnomish people that broke through the Ceresian naval blockade flee to the continent. The gnomish people ever since dream of the reformation of a gnomish state.

220 years ago: End of the Ceresian Colonial Wars.

140 years ago: Ceresian-Verendes War AKA: The Maritime War

131 years ago: End of the Maritime War with the "Destun Accord".

130 years ago: Neutral trade corridor formed, enforced by Verendes Navy and the Destun Accord's post-war "Neutral Corridor Treaty".

127 years ago: The Sacred Empire of the Ceresian Sea loses Great Power status.

130-55 years ago: The Verendes Kingdom becomes the domineering political hegemon of the Ceresian Empire with the empires defeat in the Maritime War and the Verendes navy occuping the Ceres Sea. Verendes would hold Ceres in its sphere of influence by threat of naval blockade and embargo for around 75 years. This a dark time for the Ceresian people and is typicaly known as the "Seventy Five Years of Shame". The Verendes Kingdom with its newfound power over the Caresian Empire enforced a vast monopoly, crushing the Caresian economy, sucking its resources dry and slowing down the nations modernization. Poverty in the Ceresian Empire rose sharply, causing the renewel in commoner interest in religious orders and Anti-Verendes terrorism

120 years ago: Haggaxopolis, an underwater city of the Ceresian Empire that was open to foreign trade is renamed to New Destunopolis or to the Verendes traders "New Destun City" after its concession to the Verendes Kingdom, becoming its primary trading hub in the underwater empire. New Destunopolis is directly ruled by the Kingdom and has remained its sovereign territory even today. Empryeanopolis also is turned into a Verendes trade hub however remains under nominal political control of the Ceresian Empire.

99 years ago: Ascension of Siren-Empress Lamillia V to the Sacred Empire's thrown.

90-60 years ago: First modernization phase of the Imperial Ceresian Navy by ???

55 years ago: The Sacred Empire of the Ceresian Sea regains Great Power status. During the chaos caused by the -Qualian-Zenovii War and the ensuing foreign policy cataclysm for the Verendes Kingdom, Lamillia V takes the opportunity to break away from Verendes influence by ignoring numerous maritime laws that the kingdom put over the Ceres Sea. She is unable to scrap the Destun Accord's Neutral Corridor Treaty without starting a war with the Kingdom, however the defiance is noted by the world community and the kingdom is powerless to stop her without resorting to a costly war.

60-13 years ago: Second modernization phase of the Imperial Ceresian Navy by ???. With less restrictions put on it by the Verendes Kingdom, the Ceresian Navy rapidly expands in size.

MODERN ERA:
42 years ago: Lamillia V wrestles control of Empryeanopolis from the Verendes traders there who have been seeing their wealth and profits steadily drop as the Verendes monopoly and domination of the Empire declines. Lamillia begins an extremely ambitious megaproject to turn Empryeanopolis into a "Modern city" following the designs of futurist architect ???

17 years ago: The modern underwater city of Empryeanopolis is completed and becomes a tourist trap and cultural/trade hub as well as the popular "face" of the Ceresian Empire. Empryeanopolis and New Destunopolis compete as the primary tourist and trade hubs in the Ceres Sea.

13 years ago: Numerous intellectuals, Bourgeoisie, artists and aristocrats from the fallen Imperium flee elsewhere, many of them being scooped up by the foreign expert-hungry Ceresian Empire, further jumpstarting its modernization and industrialization.

13-5 years ago: Final modernization phase of the Imperial Ceresian Navy by Lev Kerensky, the Kataylan exile and industrialist/bureaucrat foreign adviser. The Imperial Ceresian Navy becomes one of the most powerful in the world, rocketing the Ceresian Empire into a naval superpower, even with the vestigial Verendes influence remaining.

2 years ago: Siren-Empress Lamillia V commits ritual suicide due to suffering from increasingly severe mental illness. Her heir-apparent is assassinated shortly after, starting a bloody succession battle that ends with Silvia XVII as Siren-Empress.

1 year ago: Sylvia XVII's coronation as Siren-Empress is complete and she begins her reign after achieving ultimate victory in the succession battle.

The Maritime War

The Maritime War Written by Isotope and Serp
Belligerents: Kingdom of Verendes vs The Sacred Empire of the Ceresian Sea
Casus Belli: Continued Security of Verenden Trade Routes
Conclusion: Decisive Verenden Victory, Signing of the Destun Accord establishing a neutral corridor through Ceresian territory.

As historical traders and fishermen Verendes had long been at the mercy of the seemingly invincible juggernaut that was the Ceresian Empire, a state of affairs many in the nation had long lamented. However this would change dramatically one hundred and forty years ago. Emboldened by the sweeping success that was had in wrangling colonies over the last decade the military leaders of Verendes began to plot action to ensure the trade routes to those colonies remained untouched.

On the eighth of may of the year eighteen hundred a state of war was declared a mere hour before Verenden ships set sail with new weapons designed solely for engaging the denizens of the ocean. Armed with special depth charges for bombing the Ceresian cities the first strike from the Verenden navy shattered thousands of years of confidence among the Ceresian people as untold numbers fell victim to the first weapons ever able to destroy their homes.

Retaliation was swift and for nine years the Ceresian people would fight and kill thousands of their enemy. Yet against Verenden ships of ever increasing capability until it became simply too obvious that attrition had worn down the once great rulers of the waves and in 1809 the Destun Accord was signed that established neutral sea lanes to Verenden colonies and permitted unlimited Verenden military activity over the Sacred Empires waters.

The Mostian Wars

-The First Ceresian Invasion of Mostia
Date: 275-273 years ago
Belligerents: Sacred Empire vs Mostian Freehold
Casus Belli: Holy War
Victor: Sacred Empire (Annexation of 2/3's of the island)

Summary: 275 years ago during the second wave of the Sacred Empire's colonial invasions the island nation of Mostia, homeland of the gnomish race was in a state of political instability following a series of natural disasters. Despite an immense technological advantage, the gnomes were caught entirely unprepared for the endless hordes that emerged without warning from the sea. The Sacred Empire invaded the divided nation during its period of weakness and quickly conquered two thirds of the nation before a ceasefire was made following the gnomes'heroic defence of Mindoral, the underground citadel-city.

Despite its quick and relatively easy conquest of most the island, the Sacred Empire agreed to peace due to the combination of said defeat at Mindoral as well as the difficulty in controlling the land they had conquered due to the damage done by the various disasters that took place.

-The Second Ceresian Invasion of Mostia
Date: 252-246 years ago
Belligerents: Sacred Empire vs Mostian Freehold
Casus Belli: Holy War
Victor: Sacred Empire (Full annexation of entire island, mass Gnome exodus)

Summary: After a period of peace, the Mostian Freehold knew that its time was up, seeing as the Sacred Empire had repaired most of the damage done by the disasters and could now move supplies through properly to siege their great citadel. The Sacred Empire set up a naval blockade around the remaining Mostian Freehold and cut them off from foreign food supplies. The Mostian Gnomes knew they would not be able to hold forever so took the chance to break the blockade, which they did. This begun a mass wave of refugee's fleeing to the continent and further showed the Ceresians the need to modernize.

The Sacred Empire despite numerous setbacks still won, primarily because they eventually flooded Mindoral using tunnels they had drilled through from the sea, tunnels that they had secretly started making during the peace period after the first invasion.

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Nation Relations

Kingdom of Verendes Relations Detailed

The Kingdom of Verendes:
The Sacred Empire and Verendes have a long and bloody history competing over control of the Ceres Sea. Throughout antiquity the Ceresians dominanted the sea and terrorized the human sailors and merchants, the Verendes Kingdom payed the Ceresians back in kind during the early modern era where following the Maritime War essentially broke the Sacred Empire as a Great Power.

For 75 years (ending 55 years ago) during the "75 years of shame", the Sacred Empire was indirectly ruled over by Verendes in an economic hegemony, forced to open its cities to Verendes traders, its resources and trade controlled through a vast monopoly enforced and guarded by the Verendes navy which had unrestricted access and control of Ceresian waters.

The kingdoms domination of Ceres begun to slip after the ascension of Lillium V (The current Siren-Empresses grandmother) to the Ceresian throne, mostly due to a combination of crises back home (particularly the Qualian-Zenovii War), waning imperial power and Lillium V's own rebelliousness and desire to modernize her country.

Since then, Ceres has broken free from the Kingdom's control and achieved Great Power status again with the completition of its Imperial navy. Verendes' monopoly and navy control has ended, now restricted to just the original "Neutral Corridor Treaty" as signed in the Destun Accord, which itself may soon end in its current form, as the Sacred Empire is pushing for the treaty to be renegotiated. The loss of its hegemony in Ceres has further destroyed Verendes as a credible Great Power, however it still remains a major influence and competitor in the Ceres Sea. Destunopolis, Verendes' ex-Ceresian concessional trade city underneath the ocean remains under their control and a final stronghold of the kingdoms influence there.

Summary: Verendes and Ceres hold deep historical wounds against each other and a cold political relationship, however under the rhetoric is a extensive amount of economic connections and trade, vital trade that flows through the Ceres Sea which neither side wishes to stop. Verenden and Ceresian hatred is also starting to decline as the war between them and the occupation becomes less significant in today's political environment, particularly with Verendes' decreasing power on the world stage

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Avalia

Avalia:
Republic: --
Secular state: --
Anti-traditionalism/dangerous political ideology: --
Atheistic: ----
Intolerance of Abyssiasism: -
Religious Antithesis: ------
No diplomatic relations or communication: --
Historical enmity: --
Severe culture clash (everything, entire society, all values): ----
Xenophobic: -
Mutual racism: -
Bipartisan enemy: --
Proxy war: --
No interference in Ceresian Sea ++
Female leader: +

Net opinion: Absolute antithesis & evil incarnate (-28)
What this means: Avalia is Ceresia’s ultimate arch-nemesis and has been since its creation. It acts as a unifying force of bipartisan agreement for the Ceresian people and competing political factions who all agree that Avalia is Ceresia’s ultimate enemy. Hatred permeates across society from the ruling to working castes and tourism and business between the two people is virtually non-existent. In contemporary Abyssiasism, Avalia is considered the servant of the Sky God (Despite their own atheism) and will become the evil god’s army in the final apocalyptic battle. Ceresia’s right-wing ultra-conservative/reactionary/fascist opposition faction regularly rally behind the warcry of “Avalia must be destroyed!", though this is considered socially acceptable. Calls for the extermination of Valkyerian people are also common, though this is considered "too far" for the majority of the populace and the current ruling government, which is attempting to distance itself from racial purist and genocidal rhetoric of its opposition faction.

Fuso

Fuso:
Absolute monarchy: ++++
Caesaropapism: ++++
Aligned to Avalia: ------
Realpolitik Enemy: +
Proxy War: --
Izuno Mesulid Minority Community: -
Heathen Religion: -
Traditionalism: ++

Net opinion: Unwitting pawn of evil and realpolitik enemy (+3)
What this means: Ceresia has no personal beef against Fuso and sees it as a righteous nation misled by the promise of security from the great antithesis. Ceresia backs Izuno purely because Fuso is backed by Avalia, and if this was not the case Ceresia would
not even be involved in the civil war and may have even attempted diplomatic relations.

Izuno

Izuno:
Absolute monarchy: ++++
Opposed to Avalia: ++++
Realpolitik Ally: -
Izuno Mesulid Minority Community: +
Heathen Religion: -
Tolerant of Abyssiasism: +
Traditionalism: ++
Not particularly hostile to Fuso: --

Net opinion: Righteous nation and realpolitik ally (+8)
What this means: An ally made due to the alliance between Fuso and Avalia, previously having little relations, Ceresia suddenly found itself a close military ally in Izuno's civil war. Overall, Ceresians don't really see that much difference between Fuso and Izuno except the fact that one is backed by the forces of evil, therefore the other must be righteous by default. This distinction is relatively important though, since Ceresian people take their apocalyptic cosmic battles seriously.

KalMea

KalMea
Republic: --
Theocracy: ++++
Heathen Religion: -
Official policy of neutrality: +
Threat to isolated colony: --

Net opinion: ??? (0)
What this means: ??? (need more info and the sheet)

Moravia

Moravia:
Heavily religious: +
Heathen religion: -
Dangerous political ideology: -
Opposed to Avalia: ++++
Aligned to Verendes: --
Official policy of neutrality: +
Opposition factions fascist alignment: --
Gnomish Question: --
Patriarchial: -
Mutual racism: --
Mutual religious extremism: -
Potential trade partner: +
Potential source of industrialization: ++
Traditionalism: ++

Net opinion: On the fence (0)
What this means: Moravia and Ceresia have had little relations historically and despite both
being great powers with a common enemy in Avalia, Ceresia has no interest in joining the “fascist bloc” currently. This hesitation to join up is due to a multiple of issues ranging from the current Ceresian governments opposition factions becoming increasing fascist and Pro-Moravia, the Moravian gnomish communities support of Mostian resistance groups as well as Moravia’s alignment with Verendes.

PRK

PRK:
Socialist state: --
Secular state: --
Atheist leader: --
Anti-traditionalism/dangerous political ideology: --
Aligned to Avalia: ----
Opposed to Verendes: ++
Official policy of neutrality: +
Female leader: +
Influence of Kaytalan exiles: -
Naval threat: -
PRK's olive branch: ++++

Net opinion: An inconvenient, unwanted but probably inevitable enemy (-6)
What this means: The PRK is seen overall as an ideological enemy however politically Ceresia has no interest in fighting them, mostly due to its official neutrality in the Moravian-Kataylan conflict and continued distrust of the Verendes Kingdom. The PRK's relationship with Avalia and anti-religious leaning ensures that no alliance will ever be made, unless something very drastic occurs which enables some kind of "Unholy Alliance".

Venitum

Ventium:
Elective monarchy: +
Traditionalism: ++
Culture clash (Social policies, modesty/promiscuity, morality): -
Colonial competition: -
Strategic interests: +++
Potential future ally: +
Potential future enemy: -

Net opinion: Possible ally, otherwise neutrality (+4)
What this means: Ceresia's views Ventium as a neutral and uninvolved in the two primary political blocs. Due to Ventium being a monarchy and colonial power, Ceresia is willing to overlook its liberalistic social policies and conflicting morality much like it does Yllendthyr in the name of realpolitik. Its drive to get Ventium on its side is based more around its desire to keep it out of the other two blocs, as the alternative will likely mean a war on the new continent between the colonial powers.

Verendes

Verendes:
Monarchy: ++
Female leader: +
Historical enmity: --
Former hegemon and tyrannical rule: ----
Interference in the Ceresian Sea: --
Neutrality Corridor Treaty: ------
Continued Verendes rule of Destunopolis: ----
Thaw emerging from cultural exchange and trade made from Destunopolis: ++
Return of Empyreanopolis to de facto Ceresian rule: ++
Mutual racism: -
Important trade connections: +++
Potential source of industrialization: ++
Thaw due to Verendes hegemony collapse: +
Traditional social hierarchy(Thought not traditionalism): +
Culture clash (Changing traditions, worker upward mobility): -
Colonial competition: -
Verendes Mesulid minority: +
Mesulid ghetto's: -

Net opinion: Historical archenemies with gradual thaw (-7)
What this means: Verendes and Ceresia are historical enemies for millennia, the maritime trader city-states constantly fighting with the underwater empire that would terrorize them. Following the Maritime War 130 years ago, this suddenly changed with Ceresia's defeat to the Verendes Kingdom and its old navy crushed by Verendes' modern(for then) one. For 75 after Ceresia would be in Verendes' sphere of influence and under its economic hegemony. Verendes enforced numerous treaties on Ceresia which they have not forgotten. Today, Ceresia has broken free of Verendes rule and surpassed it in numerous area's, particularly its navy. While historical hatred and distrust remain, a thaw may occur due to increasing trade relations (that does not involve crippling and expolitive monopolies) and cultural exchange through Destunopolos (the city ceded to Verendes after the Maritime War). The Neutral Corridor Treaty, which enforces corridors where Verendes may pass through Ceresian waters without authorization is the largest barrier to normalization of relations.

Vinculi

Vinculi:
Confederation of states that contains at least one monarchy: +
Confederation of states that contains at least one republic: -
Interference in the Ceresian Sea: --
Mutual racism in some states: -
Extremely Important trade connections(Industrialization): ++++
Primary source of industrialization: ++++
Source of arms/technology: ++
Industrial economic patron: ++++
Culture clash (Many different societies and cultures): -
Potential ally: +
Strategic Interests: +++
Fears of foreign monopoly: --
Heathen religion: -
Tolerance of tourists: +
Gnomish Question: --

Net opinion: Patron of the New Ministry and modernization of Ceresia (+10)
What this means: Vinculi has since become the Sacred Empires greatest economic ally due to its corporations and foreign advisers intense interest in modernizing and industrializing the Ceresian Empire. The sheer importance of the undertaking of the industrialization and modernization project has made Vinculi an invaluable asset to the Empire, and this is acknowledged by the empires people who treat Vinculi foreigners and tourists with respect, in comparison to Verenden counterparts. The reactionary and fascist opposition despise Vinculi however and many hold fears that Vinculi will be a repeat of Verendes.

Yllendtyr

Yllendthyr:
Constitutional monarchy: ++
Heathen Religion: -
Tolerance of Abyssiasism: +
Neither aligned with Moravia or PRK: ++
Strategic Interests: +++
Potential future ally: +
Potential future enemy: -
Aligned to Avalia: ----
Islands in Ceresian Sea: -
Important trade connections: +++
Potential source of industrialization: ++
Potential source of military arms/technology: +
Ruler's Yllendthyrophilia due to tutor: ++
Traditionalism: ++
Possible naval threat: -
Culture clash (Liberalism, religious freedom, morality): -
Yllendthry Mesulid minority: +
Protects Mesulid apostates: --

Net opinion: Strategic alliance target, potential greatest ally or enemy (+8)
What this means: The Heavenly Empire is a mostly neutral Great Power with a similar political situation as the Sacred Empire; both being colonial powers on the fence and not particularly committed to either fascism or communism's victory. Ceresia's goal is to join or form a "Third party" faction independent from the two existing blocs with the goal of defending its naval and colonial interests beyond the old continents politics. Yllendthyr is the best choice for this partnership also because of its potential economic relations. The greatest obstacle to any form of alliance is Yllendthyrs cordial relationship with Ceresia's ultimate archenemy, Avalia. So long as Yllendthyr seeks positive relations with Avalia, no true alliance can be formed. The Ceresian government seeks to isolate Avalia, as it worries that should Avalia succeed in allying Yllendthyr, it will force Ceresia to join the Fascist bloc instead.

Zenovia

Zenovia:
Constitutional monarchy: ++
Heathen religion: -
Culture clash (Social policies, personal liberties, morality): -
Official policy of neutrality: +
Neither aligned with Moravia or PRK: ++
Potential future ally: +

Net opinion: Neutrality with potential for alliance under certain circumstances (+4)
What this means: Ceresia doesn't care all that much about Zenovia. It has no real relations with the country. Zenovia is also unaffiliaited with the fascists or communists however at the moment Ceresia is not seekign any form of cooperation with them. This may change in the future depending on the situation.

Geography, Agriculture and Industry

Capital City: Aepesopolis
Nation Geography and Territories:
Ceresian Sea:
Map of Territories
The largest part of the Ceresian Empire and where the vast majority of Mesulids live. It is mostly located across the Ceres sea floor, typically in areas closer to sea level and as such more stable to build on and gather light and abundance of resources and food. The Ceresian Empire also has built into sea trenches as well as light reefs and small islands. The more heavily developed infrastructure built underwater must be built in the higher areas due to the difficulty of bringing materials down and then building under the ocean.
Region Capital: Aepesopolis
Largest City(Population) in Region: Aepesopolis
Racial Majority in Region: Mesulids

Central Osea:
Map of Territories
Region Capital: Apophanum
Largest City(Population) in Region: New Empyreanpolis
Racial Majority in Region: Humans

North Osea:
Map of Territories
Region Capital: Myrmidarium
Largest City(Population) in Region: Myrmidarium
Racial Majority in Region: Humans

East Anea:
Map of Territories
Region Capital: Sirencoast
Largest City(Population) in Region: Sirencoast
Racial Majority in Region: Humans (Trolls notable minority)

South Osea:
Map of Territories
Racial Majority in Region: Humans

Mostia:
Map of Territories
Region Capital: Mindoral
Largest City(Population) in Region: Mindoral
Racial Majority in Region: Gnomes

Wellow:
Map of Territories
Racial Majority in Region: Humans

South Verusa:
Map of Territories
Region Capital: Aeneasopolis
Largest City(Population) in Region: Aeneasopolis
Racial Majority in Region: Humans

Locations of interest

Locations of Interest

EMPYREANOPOLIS: The New Face of the Empire

Empyreanopolis is the sole submerged city under Ceresian control open to non-business/political related foreigners (That is to say, tourists) and was built with the intention of being a tourist trap. Empyreanopolis was originally a Ceresian tradehub open to Verendes traders which was then taken over in all but name by Verendes after the Maritime War (Though unlike New Destunopolis it was not officially annexed). Control of the city was wrestled away from Verendes control by the previous Siren-empress who then started a program to build a modern city under the ocean, similar to New Destunopolis. The program was recently finished. Empyreanopolis is tailored to be PR-friendly, presenting familiar niceties of foreigners own cultures as well as various foreigner-friendly aspects of Ceresian culture. The more severe elements of Lillium religious law of the Empire are watered down here to give more incentive for foreigners to come, return and of course spend. These relaxed laws and general cultural uniqueness has made Empyreanopolis one of the most liberal cities in the entire empire, competing with some of the more open colonial cities.

Military

Population
1,600,000 Active personnel
3,600,000 reserve personnel
200,000 paramilitary religious military order personnel
16-24 million in total war full mobilization conditions

Army Overview:
In comparison to the navy and its marines, the army can be considered lacking. The army while acceptably trained and a sizable force is outdated and in need of modernization. The Mesulids use of older tank models and horses is notable. Recently the new administration desires to modernize the army and air force properly; however this is a work in progress. On the other hand, the army is notable for one exceptional thing: Most army personnel are "Terralid" caste members. These lower caste members are indoctrinated since early childhood to compensate for their lack of ability to observe the sacred rituals. This indoctrination for those destined for military service is extreme, and as such many religious fanatics inhabit the army. Backed by fanatical zeal and hatred of heathens, Ceresian soldiers have a tendency to suicide bomb enemies and fight to the death.

WEAPONS
Ayllia BA-Model 1903 Rifle
Ayllia Company(pre-merger) bolt-action rifle and standard use rifle of the Ceresian Army. Known commonly as the Ayllia'03 or the Ayllia Rifle.

Ayllia-Stonebrew SA-Model 1938 Rifle
Ayllia-Stonebrew Arms Company's new semi-automatic rifle, seeing increased used as the army modernizes. Known as the Stonebrew'38 to distinguish it from the Ayllia'03 Rifle.

Halstrum AT-Model 1922 Heavy Rifle
Halstrum Industrial Conglomerate's heavy rifle, designed for anti-tank/armour/material purposes. Known as the "Little Halstrum" or "Lil'Halstrum" due to the gun being HIC's smallest caliber weapon produced and considered it checking the waters of the small arms industry.

Imported GMG-32
The GMG-32 is the latest service light machine gun in the Verenden Military, operating on an open bolt chambered for 7.6mm and designed for simple and fast barrel change the 32 was designed for ease of operation and rugged durability in combat. It is a weapon commonly found in the Ceresian Empire through the Destunopolis and Empryeanopolis arms trade. Verendes economic activity in Ceresia while declining is still ongoing, with the arms trade being one of the few still strong Verendes industries due to their high quality machine guns.

Ayllia UW-Model 1886-31 Spear Rifle
Underwater spear rifle, designed by Ayllia Company a year after the fall of Verendes Hegemony over Ceresia (1885). Functions essentially like a bolt-action rifle but fires spears underwater. Was recently updated in 1931 to improve the firing mechanism, range and reload time.

Ayllia UW-Model 1934 Ascension Gun
Specialized underwater gun specifically designed by Ayllia Company to be used by Marine forces in boarding missions, essentially rapid ascension onto enemy ship decks.

Ayllia "Trident" M2
Harpoon cannon designed to fire armour-piercing harpoons into submarine and ship hulls. Can be used both as a turret and as a mobile weapon moved by a team of 2-3. Harpoons can have explosives attached to more seriously damage target.

Argustide AA-Model "Witchhunter" 1899-39
The Argustide Company's finest work, the handheld Gatling cannon. Due to the impracticality of the weapon (Weight and excessive rate of fire compared to limited ammo), it isn't commonly used in typical battles. It is sometimes used as a 'special weapon' armed by troll storm troopers during trench assaults and its most famous purpose: A specialized handheld anti-air gun used to take down Avalia's strike witches. This role has become so universally recognized that the gun is referred to as the "Witchhunter". It is a favorite of certain religious military orders dedicated to the extermination of Strike witches as demonic servants of the sky god, particularly the appropriately nicknamed "Anti-witches" or "Witchhunter Amazons", an all-female religious paramilitary order intentionally designed to contrast the Strike witches in every way.

Kerensky Gun
Highly experimental assault rifle with underwater firing capabilities, designed by the Imperial Ceresian Navy under Commission from Minister Kerensky, hence its name. Currently a prototype weapon being used by the Marine forces. Possibly the Ceresian Empires most advanced infantry weapon.

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INFANTRY
Mesulid Infantry

Human Stormtroopers

Human Conscripts

ARMOUR

Armoured Technical-Car

AA Armoured Car

Model 13 "Exemplar" Tank

Model 19 "Legion" Heavy Tank

ORDNANCE

Infantry Gun

Light Howitzer

Mortar

25mm AA Tri-Machine Gun

88mm Flak Cannon

200mm Super-heavy "Avaliabane" Flak Cannon

Halstrum 132mm Heavy Artillery

Stationary/Coastal Cannon Battery

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-Navy Overview-
The Ceresian Empire is the exemplar of the pursuit of naval supremacy. For millennia the Mesulids have ruled the ocean waves as they have its bedrock, however recently with the age of industrialization this rule has come into doubt. No longer can sea monsters ridden by armies of trident wielding Mesulids conquer the waves, not against cannons, torpedo’s, depth charges and machine guns. So the Mesulids did the only thing they can do, adapt and modernize. The slowest of the Great Powers to industrialize, the Mesulids put great effort into its indomitable navy, now once again restored to its former glory. Dreadnoughts, floating fortresses and colossal submarine-carriers supported by heavily armoured Myrmidon marine elite, the Mesulids continue to strive to be the ultimate masters of the waves.

THE IMPERIAL CERESIAN MARITIME NAVY

Argus-Class Super-monitor Dreadnought

Hecate-Class Battleship

Argent-Class Carrier

Vela-Class Battlecarrier

Eos-Class Battlecruiser

Vesta-Class Cruiser

Gladius-Class Destroyer

Helot-Class Corvette

Submersible Navy
Argonautilus-Class Imperial Dreadnought Battlesub

Scylla-Class Carrier Submarine

Chimera-Class Hunter Hybridsub

Enyo-Class Attack Submarine

Deimos-Class Midget Submarine

Model 33B Submersible Tank-Walker

Ceresian Marine Corps

Ceresian Marines

Ceresian Myrmidon Heavy Marines

Landing Craft Assault Landship-Walker

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Air Force Overview
The supremacy of the Mesulid navy and its zealous well-trained but outdated army is finally completed by its lackluster air force, known officially as the "Aeronautical navy". Most in need of a serious overhaul and modernization, the Mesulid air force consists of mostly purchased foreign airships, lightly armoured zeppelin-based airships and biplanes. The sections of the Air force that are actually well equipped and trained are almost exclusively naval support or the experimental modernization wing that has recently been given funding boasts by Sylvia XVII's government. Overall, The administration needs to seriously modernize and reform the air force, which is a work in progress.

THE IMPERIAL CERESIAN AERONAUTICAL NAVY

Lamilla-Class Cruiser Battlezeppelin

Lamilla II-Class Cruiser Armoured Battlezeppelin

Sylnavia-Class Battlecruiser Airship (Retrofit)

Ceresian Biplane Fighter

Ceresian Biplane Bomber

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[Wernher]

Great confederation of the Imperial and Republican realms of Vinculi
Grande confédération des états Impériaux et Républicain de Vinculi
Großen Konföderation der kaiserlichen und republikanischen Reiche Vinculus
Gran confederación de los reinos imperiales y republicanos de Vinculi
Grote confederatie van de Keizer en Republikeinse rijken van Vinculus
Grande confederazione dei regni imperiali e repubblicani del Vinculi

OR! The GCV, Confederates, Vinculi, etc...

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Government and Economy

Type of Government:
The confederation officially has very little power since all its decision are non-binding and are followed only voluntarily, but while on paper it is a virtually useless act of good will, its inner working are a sophisticated web of intrigue, blackmail, debts and intimidation that allow Vinculi to more or less work in the same direction.

Head(s) of Government:
-Emperor Julien II of the Enlightened Empire of Marianne
-Primarch Hellion of the realm of Drakosir
-Antemarch Krubus of the United States of Ergozir
-President Andre Riviel of the republic of Elysium
-Lord Chancellor Fabian van Ryneveld of Laslö
-King Blanchi of Veluca
-Prince Kowalski of Jagellion
-Stadholder Karl von Guno of Zubern

Economy:
The economy varies from country to country and the federation is known to be hypocritical with its trade, giving advantages to certain nations regarding certain things to be competitive with foreign trade. Overall, it follows a doctrine of Laissez-faire capitalism along with the 'invisible hand of the state' intervening from time to time. Behind the curtain however, it is cronyism where the leaders grease the wheel of a well established military-industrial complex in exchange for other forms of returns.

History, Demographics and Culture

Primary Species:
-Humans (48%, rising)
-Gnomes (12%, rising)
-Dwarves (15%, declining)
-Draconians (20%, steady)
-Others (4.98%, declining)
-Dragons (0.02%, declining)

Population:
129,187,000

Culture:
While all have different elements to them, Vinculi culture seems to be slowly evolving together and merging, forming what philosophers call the 'Zeitgeist', the 'Spirit of our time' if you prefer. It puts incredible emphasis on social darwinism, that people somehow get what they deserve and that anything socialist would just help freeloaders. They are overall extremely enterprising and ready to risk everything on the most insane of adventures, or to live under a bridge to somehow make money of a genius creation and some would think this would make them eager to leave their resource depleted country to immigrate some place else, this is not the case because they are becoming increasingly xenophobic. Understandable since the governments like to blame everyone else for their current situations, blame the socialists for wanting to destroy them, blame the elves for the colonial disasters... All in all, how the Confederation work is simple: You are in direct competition with your fellow worker until another company wants to crush yours, then suddenly you'll work with him without a problem. Likewise, all countries within the Confederation compete with one another until a foreign problem arises, causing nations that seemed on the brink of war to mobilize and fight together to the bitter end.

Realm of Drakozir
For centuries, Drakozir was a decentralized feudal realm united under the Primarch only based on the idea that the Primarch was the biggest and meanest dragon around that could beat to a pulp anyone that refused to follow it, it was only after the formation of centralized human realms 200 years ago that seeing the change, the dragons began to go against their enormous egos and unite for the notion of a greater good. The inhabitants of Drakozir are mainly Draconians, lizardmen claiming kinship to the prestigious wyrms above them, but there are also many humans who's ancestors were slaves or subjugated that still live there. Martial duty is considered the highest calling of a Draconian and even in civil duty, one's worth is often determined as to what it can provide for the warrior elite of the nation. It is a nation based on the right of the strong to trample that of others, this also means there is very little sympathy to be found for the meek and indeed, it is considered polite for anyone working the medical field to offer a misery killing to anyone that is maimed or crippled enough to prevent living normally.

DRAGONS: The idea of military life being the best of life is especially true for dragons, who judge each other's worth around their physical abilities and lineage. This historical tendency to want to breed the strongest possible offspring and wipe out the weak bloodlines has however led to some bad cases of inbreeding. Dragons so muscular and with scales so imposing they are unable to fly are not all that uncommon, although they are often seen as freaks. While dragons have historically been violent creature, one of the essential trait for dragons to have is, in a paradox, self control. It is easy for dragons to completely destroy a marble floor just by clenching their claws, start a city wide fire or rampage through hundreds of people in a fit of rage and while Dragons are considered above punishment such as prison or death, they must still pay for the damage and losing control even once can place one in a blacklist of mentally weak individuals.

The Federal Counties of Zubern
Long considered an exile ground for the weak drakes of Drakozir to hide rather than being canibalized by one of the fire breathing titan outside of the mountain range, the willingness of the dragons to abandon their old ways contributed to make this country one of the earliest form of democracy in Vinculi, dragons establishing themselves as feudal lords and voting for laws together. It was spared a lot of the unrest during the socialist revolutions but at the cost of officially removing draconic rule over politics by giving the right to vote to every intelligent being residing the counties. As the dragons had generally been fair and benevolent however, business went on. Of all countries in the Confederation, Zubern probably has the most collectivist attitude of them all, although this is seen more in the form of 'Good neighbor' agreements among the citizens as well as a tendency to give everyone a chance rather than strict economic policies.

DRAGONS: Zubernite dragons are for the vast part the weak and the failed of Drakozir. Indeed, physical success, while still important, is hardly the sole mark of success for dragons. For where the Drakans value honor at the cost of dueling and killing your mentor to take his place, Zubernites value loyalty, honesty and remembering the good someone did to you... as well as the bad. As dragons are naturally inclined to dominate, dragons will generally try and start ventures, small or big, but most of the time remember their mentors and colleagues from before, trying not to undercut them or at least, give them a warning and play fair. The reverse is also true, Zubernite dragons can be bitter to the point of refusing to ally with an enemy at the cost of their lives.

The Empire of Marianne
The prime power in Vinculi for centuries, it has a tradition of knighthood and courteous chivalry and even today, people aim to be good, although sometimes this comes hand in hand with an annoying 'Holier than thou' rhetoric they apply to others and each others. Indeed, Marians can be some of the most patronizing individuals in the world and unsurprisingly, their words are rarely backed by actions to help others, encouraging them to 'Help themselves' rather. This tradition has been further corrupted by the belief that those who are good are also those who are fortunate and somehow deserving of what they have, thus making a lot of people in the Empire extremely superficial, forcing even the low income working poor to have some class since omnipresent unemployment asks that people have many interviews and making the lives of ugly people a nightmare.

United States of Greater Ergozir
IMPERIAL CULTURE: Vastly inferior in numbers than other cultures, the Draconians and humans that form this culture, which was the center of Ergozir when it was an empire, finds itself divided between the old 'Benevolent Ruler' culture where they see themselves as victims of the burden of civilization, having to make other minorities leave their savage and primitive ways and the new 'Defensive' culture where they believe that working in a democracy is impossible since savages outnumber them so greatly. In particular, the former is often synonym of well entrenched elites that have yet to feel the cultural shift as they have well paid jobs with benefits, while the later are the youth and poor, that saw their prospects for the future endangered by democratic laws forcing multiculturalism on them.

PROVINCIAL CULTURE: The majority of Ergozir's population if formed from minorities gained during previous invasions more than centuries ago and that failed to assimilate in the empire. Most other countries had such minorities at some point but their genocided or absorbed them. Ergozir didn't have the will or the ability to do that, which left a 'flourishing' culture of barbarians that have nothing in common with their northern overlord. With the new democratic system in place following the revolutions 13 years ago, minorities become the dominant political forces... but the only thing uniting them is their resentment for their previous overlords who still hold key industrial positions.

DRAGONS: Ergozir is ruled by the Antemarch, line of dragon that formed its own empire away from the Primarch in Drakozir. Those who weren't important enough to have a position within the 'New Order' of democracy have fled north, leaving only an elite that both despise the Antemarch, but at the same time are dependent on him to keep their lives of luxury going.

Duchy of Laslö
'The Supreme Being made the world... but Laslen made Laslö.' Entrepreneurship is what makes a Laslen Laslen, and here people have seen a unique 'Democratization of Capitalism' where the little people invest in companies and ventures as to diminish individual risks, and have done so for centuries. Until recently, Laslan working tradition had developed around finances and artisan work where there was no competition to be found since their only colonies had several spice monopolies, insuring their exports gave their money a ridiculously high value, making exporting anything but spices or something they were the only producer of impossible. They are not bitter for the lost of their colonies as they see this ruin as the possibility for new found prosperity and have begun to enthusiastically going for new ventures. This state is mainly populated by gnomes, but there are many people from many creeds that come here, as the ambient xenophobia in Vinculi seems not to be present here.

Kingdom of Veluca
Veluca is living a many decade long reality check about having lose their power as the prime colonial power of the world. Their monumental empire brought this tiny nation never ending wealth of gold and other precious metal, but they found that this mainly financed the industrialization of other countries around them as it was cheaper to buy from others and now... now they have nothing but old monuments to their former glory. They are paying the price for their shortsightedness and the king, 13 years ago, decided to focus the revolutionary fervor and hate of his people toward the outside and the foreigners who took everything from them. All in all, Velucan culture is dominated by nostalgic romantism of war and conquest of territories beyond the sea to exploit and plunder the wealth of far away land, looking at others to blame for their misery.

Principality of Jagellion
Its popular culture is constantly being propped up to counter a the rising popularity of returning to Kataylabinsk as an option rather than being a puppet regime to dragons in the west. This renaissance of nationalism long suppressed makes Jagellonians less prone to accept Vinculi unity and especially the crushing superiority of foreign industry, its people giving the extra money to Jagellian industrialists to have local products. In the military, the soldiers believe the bombastic claim that Jagellion alone can face Kataylabinsk, making them unwilling to work with other forces from Vinculi.

Republic of Elysium
Elysium was until 13 years ago the longest standing empire in the known world, having stood for thousands of years, unyielding despite dragons invading when they were barbarians, the Marian knights taking over as defenders of the faith and so forth. The revolutions however placed a final stake in the heart of the Empire. No one really believed it was possible for the legions to be defeated and so the old peasantry is either uncertain or uncaring about this change. An emperor, a president, what does it change at the end of the day? As long as the taxes aren't too high and their sons aren't called to war too often it's the same for everyone. As such, despite being a democracy, the republic as an abysmally low participation rates to elections and, at the same time, increasing reactionary unrest every time the president does something the people doesn't approve of, as historically walking up to the emperor's palace with tens of thousands of people demanding change was the only way to get them.

Religious and Other Beliefs:
While extremely religious a place less than a century ago, Vinculians now mostly forget about religion unless it's a holiday. Nowhere is this more visible than in Draxmark where dragons used to be seen as gods, but now are more of huge lizards that are smarter than most people and jack off thinking of gold.

History:
WIP
Each nation used to have its own prestige and colonies before they got their might obliterated war after war, their individual population too small, industries lacking of all resources and their militaries forced to stay behind to make sure another tiny nation wouldn't invade while it was at war with a foreigner. After a nearly catastrophic global revolution almost made them part of the PRK, the old countries formed a temporary alliance to stabilize everything, rebuild and make sure this revolution business was over for good. Afterward this simply kind of stuck. People of power (Considerably helped my mercantile interest of the industrial giants) agreed that war among themselves was going to be their end if they were to continue down the path they were going. Arguably, it was too late: Vinculi is deprived of almost all resources and lost all its colonies to foreign powers, but it was still left with some things, like a vast military and industries that alone were admirable and together are now crushingly powerful... as long as they were able to feed it raw material somehow.

Geography, Agriculture and Industry

Territories:


Cities, Bases, etc.:

Climate:
Temperate to Cold, 4 seasons.

Agriculture:
Could possibly be capable of self sufficient if most of its resources weren't dedicated to animal feeding crops and the production of vast quantities of meat destined to domestic use. Vinculan are some of the world's biggest meat eaters and dragons have a purely carnivorous diet, the largest ones eating herds of cows every week.

Industry:
Machine parts, chemicals, weapons, automobiles, ships... there is barely a thing in which Vinculi can't outproduce other nations... as long as it has the raw materials to process. Lack of resources is indeed a frequent problem, even in time of peace since other nations simply can't send resources fast enough. Money however is rarely what is lacking (Especially since unemployment makes hiring super cheap) and many factories have multiple gear and tools available to quickly shift production to something else if what they are currently making can't be produced anymore.

Main Imports:
Iron, coal, steel, petroleum products, wood, natural gas, rocks, sulfur, ANYTHING you can sell in term of raw material they will probably buy if you can export enough at a cost low enough for the business to be competitive.

Main Exports:
Cars, clothing (Luxurious or mass produced), airplanes, small arms, artillery, air ships, planes, submarines, military ships, civilian ships, processed chemicals, ball bearings, machinery, trains, zeppelins... if there is a demand, someone somewhere has factory floor he's willing to convert to produce your goods. The prices are pretty average, but the quality is good and above all, they can produce whatever the quantity you want in record times (Unless there is a shortage).

Another important thing would be the service industry. Indeed, dragons have always had a large pool of wealth through the ages and the few that discovered 'Loans with interests' have become insanely wealthy through the centuries and have made sure to be able to insure complete and total discretion on banking matters and have expended their influence to any country that contains individuals looking to put money away from the tax collector, no matter if their government approves or not.

Military

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Brusaleye

Government and Economy

Type of Government

Brusaleyans or Brusians, operate a self identified "Socialist republic" but in reality, more of a Kratocrocy.

The government is obsessed with "equality". all things are shared and personal liberties aren't enforced and in most cases, ignored. There is in fact a ruling class, the 'Bradoks' or 'Rightfuls' as they are the descendants of the original Socialist leaders. These 'Bradoks' lead the armies and control nearly every aspect of people's lives.

There is freedoms of expression but to commence a rally or focus group (let alone a demonstration) a full written request must be made, passed by local and lesser federal leaders, and ratified in local courts. There are very few demonstrations in the nation.

The government does its best to be fair when delegating professions at birth, be it army or factory worker. The idea is for one to be as productive in their field as possible. And so far it has worked out for the most part.

The following individuals are the de'facto leaders. Even though control is "shared" by the people, these figureheads make the nations real choices.

Grand High lord for all eternity, His majesty, Lamarr LaChance.

Lamarr was an early immigrant to the continent and was very unimpressed with the backwards populace of modern Brusaleye. He went on to teach the native inhabitants the ways (of that period in history) of modern society. By the time of his death, Brusaleye had grown into a continental powerhouse.

Lamarr has a complete cult of personality. Massive monuments of his breaking mountains in half to portraits depicting a single, amazingly buff manly man pushing a tall building upright.

In reality, he was of moderate build with a short receding hairline. Most of those pictures have since been destroyed.

His official cause of death was stating that his time to ascend was here and wanted to watch over his people for eternity, so he passed on.

In reality, he had contracted syphilis shortly after his son was born. Over time, it started to drive him mad due to the brain damage it was causing. His son, 23 at the time, decided it was best to have Lamarr killed peacefully so that he didn't tarnish his image with potentially devastating orders.

Lord General, President Sydney LaChance.

A direct descendant of the legendary Lamarr. He is the current head and is still forced to deal with the ever increasing strength of foreigners near his lands.

Sydney is of moderate build with an aged, chiseled face. He isn't very unique in build or tall but he does possess a very deep, smooth voice. Deeper than a man of his build would suggest.

General Madugnya

General Sahid Salem

Economy:

Brusaleye's economic position is strong considering its relative seclusion from the major land trade capabilities of the western nations. Regardless of this, they have made their own fortune with the bounty from their own fertile lands.

Metal working and certain cheap yet reliable products are their major trade export capacities. Other than that, their products are rather lackluster.

History, Demographics and Culture

Primary Species:

Humanity makes up the majority of the population. There hasn't been a real census in over a century due to the varying races that make up the nation.

Most any race and prior nationality could exist due to their history of welcoming war refugees and other mass immigrations.

Population:

Roughly 110,000,000.

A recent population boom has begun due to laws demanding every family unit to produce at least two offspring.

Culture

Official culture portrays a life devoted to family and honor. A place of which heroes and saints are born.

Behind the gold laden facade is a place of content workers and little opportunity. The people are generally caring and polite but few have aspirations in life aside from being better in their government mandated fields.

The military does have a somewhat heightened dedication than the other classes just by the perceived aggressive expansion by neighboring colonies. This perception hasn't exploded into hate or fear but it is definitely a thought that lingers in the back of many a soldiers mind.

Religious and Other Beliefs

Any religion could exist within the borders but the country does not recognize any. The nation requires a life pledged to it, which some say is nearly a religion of its own.

History

Long before the nations of the west began developing into full communities, humans on the eastern continent were starting to sail their immediate seas. They possessed strong organized religions and advanced technology for their time. Somewhere along the way, things just stopped progressing.

By the time the west caught up, the easterners had actually begun regressing out of what is most likely the absence of a challenge. Eventually some of the western pioneers landed on the eastern nations shores, they found a complacent land with disorganized communities.

Lamarr was one of these pioneers. He saw the potential of the native people. Their ingenuity was intense and devotion to ideals were extreme. Had they found their identity and pushed as they had before, they could've been a true contender in that time,possibly rivaling any nation in existence.

Lamarr couldn't have that, he wanted a nation of his own that would stay devoted to his will so he hoarded the existing wonders of the eastern native and made it his own. The natives saw these feats as a gift from a blessed man rather than ideas stolen from their ancestors.

There were conflicts along the way but his rise to power was generally peaceful. He finally stopped in the south along a mountain range and in the west by another region of natives that he didn't have the immediate strength to conquer.

By the time Lamarr got the delusion that the west was coming for him and pillage his lands, he fortified his new nation and filled the inhabitants with ideals. His ideals.

Over time, more immigrants from the west brought ideas and technologies, giving his nation a fighting chance in this quickly shrinking world. Gone was the time of exploration. When Lamarr passed, his nation was still progressing rapidly and by some miracle, was still able to keep up with his new rivals.

The colonies of the west gave the nation chances to examine technology from afar and gain ideas. Airships confounded the people and after many attempts to replicate the majesty of air battleships, simply gave up. They decided to find cheaper methods to counter them.

Enter the rocket.

And with it, the modern age of Brusaleye had begun.

Geography, Agriculture and Industry

Territories


Glorious pink on the map.

Cities, Bases, etc.:


Capitol city Lamarstus

Will add, TBA

Climate and Agriculture:

The coastal regions are temperate and usually breezy. The Dee interior is more plains than anything. A month long wet season fuels a year of mild dry lands. These areas aren't very capable of real crop growth so the majority of the agriculture is done along the outer parts of the nation.

The majority of the ground is dense, allowing heavier vehicles to drive over without the fear of sinking. However, the mid region is very soft ground. Anything heavier than 15t would find it difficult to traverse.

Industry:

Industry is strong in Brusaleye. Many factories pour tons of black soot into the sky every day. Metal working and mass production is common place. Many speculate that the nation produces stuff to produce stuff as there are fields that have rows of empty turretless tanks and engineless aircraft.

Main Imports:

Oil and other flammable materials to fuel the fires of the many foundries of the nation, (they do not want to use their considerable reserves.) Precious metals.

Exotic foods are quite popular as well as ships of both civilian and military use.

Main Exports:

Anything that the nation has the capacity to build. Mostly mass produced furniture, machine parts and smelted metals.

Tanks, cars, cheap rifles and aircraft are the primary military exports.

Military

All pictures are not exacts, just similar aesthetically to what they represent.

They never tried to be the best, but merely good enough.

Brusaleye's military might is centered around practicality and mobility. Where others deploy combat walkers, Brusaleye will trample with rows upon rows of tanks.

What they may lack in super exotic armor and the highest caliber death projectors, they make up for with effective simplicity and sheer numbers.


Soldier scouting with a scoped Ar-9

Modern infantry uses a variety of weapons and tactics when on the field, most in conjunction with armored vehicles and/or air support. These soldiers are broken into small squads of ten that possess a single simple radio. These squads are trained to communicate and not break discipline under stress.

Though this isn't a guarantee for every situation, commanders all agree that communication is necessary for any conflict and the more precise that communication is, the more lethality can be brought against ones foes.


T-a38 tank on parade.

Lethality doesn't stop at squad level either. Brusaleye armored forces are just as adept as their infantry brothers. Be it simple cars to the most modern T-a38 tank, all are crewed by the best the nation has to offer.

Many vehicles in operation are made for mobility and ruggedness. The unforgiving plains can wreak havoc upon machines of all shapes and sizes. Brusaleye machines are made for those conditions. Well protected and ventilated tanks and easy to clean motors give the best protection during the sand storms of the summer and easy attach points for tank plows give them the ability to literally pave the way during the unforgiving winters in the northern parts of the nation.

Armored vehicles are fairly fast for their class and boast decent firepower on that platform. Most vehicles have slightly lighter than average armor (though they are efficiently sloped) to protect against sinking in soft ground which is abundant in the interior of the nation.


T-r13 airship killer

Artillery exists in many shapes, from simple squad mortars to heavy 180mm howitzers and the fierce 125mm rocket battery.

Artillery was also developed to counter the every increasing threat of aircraft, be it low flying or high altitude. The biggest issue though was the airship.

When Brusaleye saw its first airships, they were confounded by them and scared of their potential. Leaders quickly issued an order to build their own versions but none except small observational blimps were effective. They just couldn't grasp the technology and materials necessary to build these behemoths.

So they took to the drawing board. Conventional artillery shells could be effective but judging from the big guns on those ships, mobile cannons wouldn't be a threat. Air forces would be a threat for airships but there couldn't be sole reliance on one platform.

The army went to the drawing board once more and reflected in whaling techniques as a last resort. An seemingly idiotic thought led to a cheap but effective defensive measure. Fire a big rocket with a shaped charge right at the damned thing.

These rockets are high velocity and while nearly impossible to use against aircraft, these had a high probability of hitting an airship and with the length of the projectile, it could punch far into the craft.

This measure was put into full production and is readily seen in every city on static mounts and mobile on platforms like the T-r13, sometimes lovingly called the 'popper'.


Soldiers loading aboard a F-c19 Sky Hopper

The Military is not without advancements though. Soldiers needing deployment along the vast plains could not always rely on trucks. New technologies had to be made in the form of the turbo prop.

Rockets as aerial propulsion had promise but proved to be less effective than they hoped and the jet engine never left blue prints.

The turbo prop led to many fixed winged aircraft designs. however many didn't out perform the supercharged propeller engines of existing models.


Fm-x1 flying prototype. The grandfather of the modern F-a21 Saber.

It wasn't long before a young aviation designer, Yadon Mokunga developed the variable angle engine platform, or more easily titled 'tilt rotor' was born.

This gave life to the mighty turboprop. After a few decades, tilt rotor prototypes evolved into fighters and bombers that could fly as fast and high as any conventional aircraft but with the added benefit of not needing a runway.

Cargo transporting took a similar path as larger designs were pushed through which led to modern variants like the 'Sky hopper'.

The nation never put too much stock into a strong navy aside from submarines so the surface navy is primarily purchased vessels. They are updated and customized to fit Brusaleye's needs but are still very lackluster in today's navies.

Brusaleye has long sought to be the best but they know all too well that every other nation desires that as well.

Characters and relations will be added here.

Private POV; a new character that was born sometime and somewhere. Will likely resemble Rambo because... Rambo.

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The Doyism Revolutionary Army

Government and Economy

Type of Government:

The Doyism Revolutionary Army is a loose connection of individual cells that follow the rules and guidelines set down in their religious text, the Doyiac Codex. The Codex was written by Godfrey Lennox, prophet of the goddess Doyia, who's recent death has rocked the Revolution's hierarchy of leadership. The Codex sets out the type of government the followers of Doyia are meant to establish. In name, this theoretical nation would be a theocracy. In reality, it would be much closer to a dictatorship - with the prophet, unsurprisingly, at the head; he would relay the commands of the goddess and all would follow his words to the letter. But with the prophet dead and no line of succession spelled out within the Codex, the various sects of Doyism are left to pick up the pieces. A dozen different bishops, each a leader of all the churches located within a region, claimed to be the next prophet, chosen by Doyia in a vision from Her Majesty. These contradictory declarations have led to verbal and armed conflict between the Army's extreme groups. The more moderate Doyism followers have voted to create a council made up of the bishops of Doyia who have allegedly received visions from her. The new system, declared an Oligarchical-Theocracy by historians, would be the temporary form of governance until the true prophet could be determined.

Head(s) of Government:

Archbishop Kepler Barons (Speaker of the Bishops) of Avalia [Valkyerian] [Currently living in neighboring Morovia due to religious persecution]

Bishop Pipp Fungusfoot of Zenovia [Troll]
Bishop Nikolai Markov of Kataylabinsk [Human]
Bishop Fredrick Henderson of Verendes [Human]
Bishop Lilian Silverwood of Yllendthyr [Elf]
Bishop Timothy Yves of Fuso [Zensensashi]
Bishop Ganon Black-Iron of Moravia [Dwarf]
Bishop Kaito Nakamora of Izuno [Zensensashi]

Cells that support the Revolutionary Army:

Bishop Gerald Lenin of Brusaleye [Human]
Bishop Kivia Pearl of Cerseia [Mesulid]
Vice-Bishop Taknul Bloodkip [Orc]

Economy:

The Codex looks to establish a world-wide free market, using a singular type of currency. While this dream seems far off, the Revolutionary Army is optimistic that their dreams will be obtained in time. For now, followers of Doyism are forced to work under the economy of their home country until such a time as Doyism becomes the majority religion across the face of the planet. The DRA practices a free market economy and mainly works off a barter system established by the locals. When trading with established nations and trade companies, the DRA uses precious metals such as copper, gold and silver.

History, Demographics and Culture

Primary Species:

Humans, although Doyism teaches the absolute equality of the races and sexes.

Population:

112,090,506 overall followers of Doyism

Humans: 56,045,253 (50%)
Elves: 11,209,050 (20%)
Trolls: 4,483,620 (8%)
Orcs: 1,120,905 (2%)
Dwarves: 5,604,525 (10%)
Zensensashi: 3,923,167 (7%)
Mesulid: 1,681,357 (3%)
Other: Unknown (less than 1%)

Population of Port Tornaga:
15 million

Population of Fort Sentria:
11 million

Culture: Doyists have no culture of their own, but rather conform to the culture of the region they live in. The Doyiac Codex teaches acceptance of local cultures and urges Doyists to tolerate non-religious individuals within society. The Codex also teaches, however, that the followers of Doyia should strive to change the culture of their homeland for the better. They are taught to spread equal treatment and tolerance by any means necessary. Whether this means merely lobbying for new laws or forming political parties of their own and gaining the power to make this change, or going so far as to take up the sword and force their leaders to become better people, is up to the personal interpretation of the reader. The Revolutionary Army, considered an extreme sect of mainstream Doyism, is willing to use violence to obtain social and political equality.

Religious and Other Beliefs:

Doyiac Codex:

The Codex was written by Godfrey Lennox nearly two hundred and fifty years ago. Godfrey, a high-born Elf from the Empire of Yllendthyr, received a vivid hallucination at the age of thirty whilst meditation on top of Mount Yaelrig. An all-powerful being calling itself Doyia contacted Godfrey through a vision, enlightening the man with knowledge from the divine. Doyia taught Godfrey many things: how she created the world and the stars, and all people of all religions and creeds. She had left the world alone for thousands of years, thinking that they did not require her guidance. Yet she watched in silent horror as the world tore itself apart. As man invented such travesties as war and racism, and families were split due to clashing ideologies and beliefs. Doyia say these things and ripped her cloak in anguish. She mourned her creation's fall. Briefly, Doyia considered destroying it all and starting over again. But that would not do. For she saw glimpses of good in these mortals. So Doyia sought out the most pious man in the world, whom she would use to bring about change. And lo, the prophet was born.

Godfrey Lennox lived on Mount Yaelrig for a decade and five years. He spent every day in prayer, learning the will of Doyia. He wrote all of her commands and beliefs to the letter. When the visions stopped coming, Godfrey knew his book was complete. It named it the Doyiac Codex, and set about spreading the truth of Doyia to any who would listen.

"I am the bringer of life and peace. The conqueror of the wicked and destroyer of iniquity. I am Doyia, the beginning and the end." Doyiac Codex, Chapter 5, p. 1520, verse 67.

Doyism spread like a wildfire. The teachings of this book attracted people of all walks and nations. Godfrey's personal wealth grew to disproportionate levels; The Codex quickly became the most purchased book on the market. The prophet invested every penny of wealth he earned from the book's sale into printing more copies of the Codex, as well as establishing places of worship and organizing the training of priests and bishops. It was hard, grueling work. Yet it brought Godfrey much personal passion and joy. He was devoted in body and soul to Doyia. He would live, breath and die in her name. His devotion proved a powerful means of gaining new converts. For hundreds of years, Godfrey and his disciples traveled across the globe, spreading the word of Doyia to any who would listen. They suffered much persecution; many died in the name of the goddess. But Godfrey pressed on. He would not be silenced by mortal hands.

At the ancient age of 325, Godfrey passed away of natural causes. His death was mourned worldwide. It wouldn't be long before the bishops began bickering and fighting to be the next prophet. The council was eventually formed to stop the infighting.

History:

The Doyism Revolutionary Army is a recent construct, invented by Kivia Pearl and Taknul Bloodkip about a hundred years ago. They have rallied the most passionate, loyal and extreme followers of Doyism to the idea that armed conflict is the only means of spreading the faith of Doyia. Kivia and Taknul took their upstart army to Mount Yaelrig, located on the Sotoa Peninsula, in Verusa, between the nations of Yllendthyr and Moravia. They set about turning the monastery located atop the mountain into an impenetrable fortress. The newly formed Revolutionary Army recruited followers of Doyism from nearby nations to join their little expedition. They constructed a port of their own, accepting refugees and supplies from across the ocean. The port grew over the next three decades into a city of its own. Kivia and Taknul saw that their small operation had grown significantly and began reorganizing the guerrilla force into a legitimate military. The port city of Tornaga, governed by Kivia personally, would soon develop an independent trade industry of its own. Mount Yaelrig became the home of Fort Sentria, controlled by General Taknul Bloodkip.

The Revolutionary Army declared itself capable of self-governance without the aid of outside sponsors by the end of the century. Port Tornaga and Fort Sentria grew into moderately sized city states. Kivia and Taknul, proud of their work, set about trying to convince the other bishops and their cells to join the DRA. So far, they've had little luck. While most the bishops would support an armed force under the name of Doyism, there is little proof that the Revolutionary Army will be able to see their goal of a world under Doyia through. The DRA has yet to attack any of Doyism's prominent enemies, or prove itself effective in any way. With that in name, Taknul Bloodkip has a plan..

Geography, Agriculture and Industry

Territories: The DRA controls two cities located on the Sotoa Peninsula, in Verusa, between the nations of Yllendthyr and Moravia. Their region of control is relatively small, but Kivia Pearl and Taknul Bloodkip have very ambitious plans for the tiny nation.

Cities, Bases, etc.:

Port Tornaga: With a population of 15 million people, Port Tornaga's population has skyrocketed in the past year. Researchers project that another 50,000 children will be born before the end of the year, with that number guessed to grow as the years continue to pass. Tornaga is seen as a hub of free trade and equal treatment. It isn't uncommon for the city's governor to allow international pirates safe haven here in exchange for a portion of their captured goods. Immigration to the city is at an all time high due to the lax laws, especially on subjects such as prostitution and drug use.

Fort Sentria: The fort has a total population of 15 million. Unlike its neighboring city of Tornaga, Sentria is home to the most disciplined soldiers of the Revolutionary Army. Every man, woman and child in the fort is expected to join the military whenever Taknul drafts them. The city's cutlure is Spartan in nature; the most alluring reason to immigrate to the fort being free housing, food and an above average pay.

Climate: The region the DRA populates has an above average temperature, due to its proximity to the equator. The area is also rather hilly and a large mountain range dominates the coast. The planes to the north are dominated by farm lands; while the land to the east and west contain thick forests and fauna.

Agriculture: The DRA has its own farming community built up in the north. Small villages have begun popping up in that area due to the soil's increased fertility. The majority of the area's farmers are known for growing corn and barley, although tobacco and various plants used in the making of alcohol are quickly growing industries.

Industry: The Doyism Revolutionary Army is a self-sustaining group. They have major weapons industries, especially firearms. Mining is big within the mountains, with coal and iron veins being numerous. The farming community located to the north grows most of the food; with the fishing industry in Port Tornaga picking up the slack. The only industries really missing in the DRA are automobiles and aircraft as well as oil drilling. Tornaga is known for its flourishing naval construction and exportation businesses.

Main Imports: Automobiles, aircraft, airships and oil.

Main Exports: Fish, grain, beer, tobacco, coal.

Military

Personnel:

The Doyism Revolution Army requires all citizens over the age of 17 to sign up for a draft. This means that, technically, the entire population of both city states could be called up to defend the DRA if necessary. The people in Fort Sentria especially are liable to be called upon in moments of dire need; all citizens of the fort are considered active military personnel, though many of them work for logistics, who only leave the Fort when absolutely necessary.

Overall: roughly 10 million

Active Personnel: 1 million (Most of whom are from the Spartan-like society of Fort Sentria)

Army

Personnel:

500,000

Vehicles:
500 light tanks
70 heavy tanks

Guerrilla Volunteers: The most numerous units in the DRA. They are moderately trained in stealth and guerrilla warfare tactics, given decent firearms and told to wreak havoc on the enemy's lines. These Guerrillas are dangerous not for their tactical abilities or their advanced weaponry, but for their absolute devotion to the cause. Fanaticism is the name of the game in the Doyism Revolutionary Army. It's not uncommon for volunteers to use suicide bombing tactics, bayonet charges, or fight to the death. Guerrillas are indoctrinated during their three-year training regime to do whatever is necessary to move forward the cause of the goddess. There are few forces on earth as devote as these men and women.

Standardized Infantry: The Standardized Infantry force of the DRA is considered more elite than the Guerrillas but more numerous than the Special Forces. Most of the active personnel are part of the Standard Infantry division. They receive an extra two years of specialized training, and generally have served at least a year and a half as a Guerrilla. Standardized Infantry are equipped with better weapons and tactical training than the Guerrillas, especially in the area of city defense. Every Standard Infantryman has the layout of Tornaga and Fort Sentria memorized to the letter. Once Standardized Infantry complete their training, they are given the option of continuing their training as an armored vehicle operator. Armor Vehicle Operations training lasts anywhere from 6 months to a year and a half, depending on the trainee's past experience and natural skill.

Special Forces Units: The elite of the elite. Soldiers must have at least ten years of experience in the Standardized Infantry or equivalent unit from another branch under their belt before they are allowed to even sign up. Taknul looks over each individual's resume personally, judging whether or not they make the cut. He only accepts the most devote, expert warriors into the training program. The SFU training program lasts roughly four years and contains some of the most mentally, emotionally and physically grueling activity that any man would ever be put through. Most sign ups don't make it past week two. The very few who do are given the highest honors and treated with respect similar to that of General Bloodkip. The Special Forces troops use only the most advanced technology available in the DRA and are nothing short of tactical geniuses.

Kynil Light Tank:

The most produced tank in the DRA. Light, fast and maneuverable, the Kynil is one of the most effective open-area tanks of the time. It has the firepower to threaten larger tanks and the armor is light, but capable enough to go toe-to-toe with any other nation's own light tanks due to its revolutionary slop design.

Armor:
13–51 mm (0.51–2.01 in)

Main armament:
37 mm main gun, 174 rounds

Secondary armament:
3 × .30-06 MG, 7,500 rounds

Engine:
Continental W-670-9A, 7 cylinder air-cooled radial, 250 hp (190 kW)

Power/weight:
17.82 hp/tonne

Suspension:
Vertical volute spring

Operational range:
74 mi (119 km)

Speed:
36 mph on road
18 mph on road

Weight: 32,400 lb
Length: 14 ft 2.4 in
Width: 8 ft 1.2 in
Height: 7 ft 6 in
Crew: 4 (Commander, gunner, driver, co-driver)

Trollborn Heavy Tank:

A heavier variant of the Kynil, this time designed by Elves to mimic the toughness of the Troll race. The Trollborn are only ever rolled out in times of dire need, due to their inefficient use of gasoline and expensive shells. They do their job well, however. A Trollborn Heavy Tank can stand up to any armored beast brought up by more powerful armies.

Armor:
hull front 4 in
gun shield 11 inches
turret front 7 in

Main armament:
105 mm gun, 63 rounds

Secondary armament:
2 x .50 machine guns, coaxial
1x .50 flexible AA
1x .30 machine gun, bow

Engine:
1649 cubic inch (27 liter) GAC V12
650 hp (480 kW) net at 2800 rpm

Power/weight:
9.2 hp/tonne

Transmission:
GAC CD-850-1 crossdrive, three speeds (two forward, one reverse)

Suspension:
torsion-bar

Operational range:
100 miles

Speed:
22 mph

Weight: 64.2 t (combat loaded)
Length: 37 ft 11.5 in (gun forward)
Width: 12 ft 5.5 in
Height: 10 ft 6 in
Crew: 6 (driver, commander, gunner, 2 loaders)

Air Force

The majority of pilots in the DRA Air Force are Elves, though anyone is allowed to join the AF if they can pass the rigorous flight training. Trolls and Orcs are unable to pilot most fight craft due to their increased size, but some airships exist that specifically cater to these taller and heavier races. Most pilots are trained for anywhere between 2-4 years, depending on the vehicle their flying. All pilots receive basic training alongside their specialized flight training.

Personnel:

250,000

Vehicles:

300 aircraft
200 Biplanes
100 Fighters
100 Bombers
2 Leviathan Battleships
1 Behemoth Dreadnought
1 Herculean Aircraft Carrier

Vladimir 122d Biplane: One of the most common planes in the DRA Air Force. A Two-seat biplane that is equipped with a single 360 degree rotary machine gun, a pair of stationary machine guns mounted to the front and a bomb bay attached to the bottom. The Biplane is quick, agile and fast but lacks much firepower or armored protection.

Air-Shark 66b Fighter: The most common-non biplane fighter in the DRA Air Force. The Air-Shark is very agile at low and medium altitudes but suffers due to lack of power at higher altitudes. At medium and high speeds it was one of the tightest turning monoplane designs available at such a cheap construction price. Its chassis is made of a combination of mithril and carbon steel, designed to be light and flexible but still able to take a hit. The plane has two .50 inch (12.7 mm) guns in each wing. The B version of the Air-Shark had armor installed around the engine and the cockpit, which enables it to withstand considerable damage, especially from the front.

Skullgap 122d Bomber: The Skullgap was originally an Orc plane designed to be a heavy fighter, but eventually was developed into a bomber capable of fulfilling multiple combat roles if needed. The Skullgap is a twin-engine long range bomber capable of launching ground strikes, maritime strikes and night attacks. The Skullgap uses a fixed four-cannon weapon array to fend off other aircraft. It also has a dorsal machine gun bubble attached to the back to prevent enemy fighters from overwhelming the Skullgap from behind. A bomb spotter and navigation seat are located on the bottom of the aircraft, next to the bomb bay. The Skullgap can drop numerous bombs and torpedoes from the bays. The Skullgap is one of the slowest and least maneuverable war planes used by the DRA, but packs the most armor and weapons of any aircraft except the airships.

46r Leviathan Air-Battleship: The third largest Airship used by the DRA. An outdated craft bought from military surplus organizations. The Leviathan is a heavily armored flying tank, capable of dishing out massive amounts of damage as well as soaking up tons of enemy fire. It's speed takes a major hit, however, being one of the slowest craft in the entire Air Force. The Leviathan is armed with ten 14 inch Mark 12 cannons, 16 5.25 inch mark 1 cannons, 32 1.575 inch anti-air flak guns, and six multi-rocket projection systems. Powered by coal and steam engine turbines.

Behemoth Air-Dreadnought: The largest airship used by the DRA. Even heavier armor than the Leviathan, the Dreadnought is the most powerful piece of military technology used by the Doyism Revolutionary Army. The Behemoth is an outdated airship, but still considerably powerful. It can absorb the fire of an entire aeronautic fleet for a brief time. The Behemoth has enough guns to challenge any modern airship in a one on one duel, or even multiple smaller airships. It suffers from a turtle-like speed, however, considerably slower than the Leviathans. The Dreadnought is armed with 12 16 inch Mark 30 cannons in four triple-barrel turrets, 20 5 inch mark 2 cannons, 40 1.5788 Anti-Aircraft flak guns, and eight multi-rocket projection systems. Powered by a combination of gasoline, steam and coal engines.

Herculean Aircraft Carrier: The second largest airship used by the Doyism Revolutionary Army. Lighter than the Battleships and Dreadnought, but heavy enough to take some hits if things get too dicey. The Carrier comes equipped with 4 twin 5 inch guns, 4 single 5 inch guns, 8 quadruple 1.5748 inch Anti-Air guns, and 46 single 20mm Anti-Air guns. The Herculean-class Aircraft Carrier can hold up to 120 aircraft.

Navy

The newly formed DRA navy is still in its developing stages. It uses specially trained members of the Standardized Infantry as makeshift marines when needed. Most of the naval personnel are sailors and ship construction teams.

Personnel:

250,000

Ships:

1 Griffin Ironclad Dreadnought
3 Gargon Destroyer
8 Vennir Patrol Corvettes
36 Chimera Patrol Boats

Griffin Ironclad Dreadnought:

Gargon Destroyer:

Type: Destroyer
Displacement:
2,050 tons (standard)
2,500 tons (full load)
Length: 376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam: 39.5 ft (12.0 m)
Draft: 17.5 ft (5.3 m)
Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW); 4 oil-fired boilers; 2 geared steam turbines; 2 screws
Speed: 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range:
5,500 miles at 15 knots
(8,850 km at 28 km/h) [1]
Complement: 329 officers and men
Armament:
5 × single 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns
6–10 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (early ships carried 4 × 1.1 inch (28 mm) automatic cannon (1 × 4))
7–10 × 20 mm Oerlikon autocannons,
10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 × 5; Mark 15 torpedoes)
6 × K-gun depth charge projectors
2 × depth charge racks

Vennir Patrol Corvette:

Type: Corvette
Displacement: 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length: 205 ft (62.5 m) o/a
Beam: 33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught: 11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion:
1939-1940 programme
single shaft
2 × fire tube Scotch boilers
1 × double acting triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
1940-1941 programme
single shaft
2 × water tube boilers
1 × double acting triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed: 16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range: 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement: 85
Sensors and
processing systems:
1 × SW1C or 2C radar
1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament:
1 × 4 inch BL Mk.IX single gun
2 × .50 machine guns (twin)
2 × .303 inch machine gun (twin)
2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges
fitted with minesweeping gear

Chimera Patrol Boat:

Weight 144,000 lb (65,000 kg) (72 tons)
Length 82 ft (25 m)
Width 22 ft (6.7 m)
Height Draft: 4 ft (1.2 m)
Crew 10 + 8 passengers
Main
armament
4 × .50 machine guns
Secondary
armament
4 x 90 mm anti-tank rocket launchers
various hand held weapons
Engine 5,200 bhp
Payload capacity 11,000 lb (5,000 kg)
Operational
range
750 nmi (860 mi; 1,390 km) at 25 knots
690 nmi (790 mi; 1,280 km) at 30 knots
Speed up to 45 knots