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Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

I've not forgotten about this, Mihn.

I'll see about getting an app up over the next week.

@Chapatrap

Sounds good.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

Tomorrow I think I'm going to finally get around to doing my history section in the sheet as well. I know what's going on with Yamatai and I think Voltus and I have a rough idea, but @Mihndar do you want to have some history too?

Specifically, two things popped out to me about your sheet:

"...it contains large minorities of various different races... and small numbers of Tinites."

and

"an extensive spy network to support worker's revolutionary movements in other countries"

Incidentally, mine has the little quip:

"In the past Tin has also vigorously fought to push its faith into other countries, and where they succeeded the converts often rebelled and served as spies for the Tin, which has only thrown fuel onto the fire in this situation."

You can probably see where this is going. I think that we could work something out of this, if you want.

@Cyclone

I put that there would be small numbers of Tinites primarily to indicate that very few of them leave your nation, as you said you have very strict immigration and hence I presume emigration policies, but sure. The Kataylans have no religion and no policies surrounding that, and that would lay a groundwork for a lot of conflict in the past if you had been actively promoting your faith, and certainly now with the new government.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

I'd say that I have a really good understanding of history and warfare up about through the Napoleonic Era, but if asked to talk about the 20th century all I'd be able to say is that trench warfare was a thing and armored vehicles and airplanes started showing up. Oh, and some chemical weapons. Actually, if we're around 1940 wouldn't atomic bombs be just a short ways off as well?

@Cyclone

This is a pressing issue to me as well.

I threw up some nation sheet stuff on the character tab, I'll probably refine it and finish it by tomorrow sometime.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

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:

For about 1500 years, the Kataylabinsk Imperium stood as one of the proudest and most powerful nations of the West. However, in the century leading up to present, following the loss of their Hambrian 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 low population to reasonable numbers.

Race:

The People's Republic of Kataylabinsk is majority human, but it contains large minorities of various different races, including elves, Lindai, Khoren, Silme, Navari, and small numbers of Tinites. 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 80%. This allows the Premier Commissar almost complete control over the final decisions.

Total Population:

92,110,000 (56,360,000 humans)

Nation Location:

Purple, top left

Foreign Relations:

Relations of the PRK

Ventium:
Elective monarchy: -
Historical rivalry: -

Net opinion: Opposed (-2)
What this means: Kataylabinsk doesn't really have enough contact with Ventium to have an opinion of them, but they're biased against them both by the past and by their system of government.

Tin:
Absolute monarchy: --
Theocracy: --
Imperialist: ---
Religious tension: ---
Historical rivalry: -
Enemy of Yllendthyr: +

Net opinion: Enemy State (-10)
What this means: The Sultanate of Tin represents everything that Kataylabinsk hates most: absolutism, theocracy, and imperialism. Their attempts at spreading their religion in Kataylabinsk adds to this hatred. The PRK would never consider aligning itself with such a backward and barbaric state.

Yllendthyr:

Constitutional monarchy: +
Apartheid state: --
Theocracy: --
Mixed economy: +
Imperialist: --
Border tension: --
Close to Avalia: ++
Enemy of Tin: +

Net opinion: Opposed (-3)
What this means: Kataylabinsk is heavily biased against the "Heavenly Empire" for a number of reasons, but they are not completely opposed to them primarily because of their ties to Avalia and their opposition against Tin.

Yamatai:

Absolute monarchy: --
Imperialist: --

Net opinion: Greatly disliked (-4)
What this means: Kataylabinsk has a heavy ideological opposion to the Imperial Realm, so much that they almost dismiss them without even trying to increase contact.

Tiqsimuyu:

Constitutional monarchy: +
Native nation: +
Imperialist: -
Laissez-faire: -
Close to Avalia: ++

Net opinion: Benign (+2)
What this means: The Sun Kingdom is one of the few nations that the PRK has mixed feelings towards, due to their seemingly-contradictory behavior. However, they respect that they are close to Avalia and as such have fairly cordial relations.

Hambria:

Republic: ++
Native nation: +
Mixed economy: +
Historically imperialist: -

Net opinion: Friendly (+3)
What this means: Kataylabinsk has positive feelings about Hambria and would love to resume contact.

Eisenkreis:

Fascist monarchy: ---
Native nation: +

Net opinion: Opposed (-2)
What this means: Kataylabinsk knows very little about Eisenkreis, but what they do know disappoints them.

Avalia:

Republic: ++
Mixed economy: ++
Historical rivalry: -
Enemy of Tin: +

Net opinion: Very friendly (+4)
What this means: Kataylabinsk sees Avalia as a great potential ally against other, more imperialist and autocratic nations. There is some friction due to their proximity, but this is balanced by their opposition to Tin.

Dong Wei:

Republic: ++
Imperialist: -

Net opinion: Ambivalently positive (+1)
What this means: Kataylabinsk has not much contact with Dong Wei, but they would certainly be open to friendly relations.

KalMea:

Republic: ++
Theocracy: --
Laissez-faire: -
Imperialist: -
Close to Tin: --

Net opinion: Greatly disliked (-4)
What this means: Kataylabinsk views KalMea as the slightly less terrible pet nation of Tin, but it is not much of an improvement. Their republican government is easily outweighed by the numerous other misguided aspects of the nation.

Nation Geography:

The lands of Kataylabinsk are predominantly flat tundra, 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 neighbors. In the northern tundra 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 elephants, armored and outfitted with a small 40mm cannon that fires thermite rounds to disable enemy tanks. These elephants are resistant to machine-gun bullets up to .45 caliber, but tank rounds will quickly kill them, so their effectiveness relies on being able to shoot first.

Their ground forces mostly utilize rifles supplemented by submachine guns and 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: 2,500,000 (25 main army groups of 100,000 each, split into ten regiments each of 10,000)
Reserve Military: 2,750,000

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. 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.

115 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, 25 depth charges.

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.

40 Eyrosya-class submarines

Length: 97.65 m
Speed: 22 mph surface, 12 mph submerged
Armament: 6 forward torpedo tubes, 2 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.

65 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.

12 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.

3 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 two Tyrnovus or four 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.

85 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-pound load of bombs, primarily Fyrurock, but also some chlorine gas and conventional bombs. Their top speed is roughly 35 mph.

30 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 pounds of bombs, with equal proportion Fyrurock and chlorine. These much slower craft only can manage a top speed of 20 mph.

20 Yakut-class reconnaissance airships

The Yakut-class recon craft is primarily intended for its namesake, boasting a top speed of 50 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.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

<Snipped quote by Mihndar>Greek fire is a pretty common knowledge by this period.
Production of mustard gas and its derivatives are also actually an important step for industry so pretty much any up-to-date nation should have them.
As for the last two, my nation is among the leaders in aviation and rocket technology.
I didn't plan to steal your thunder. I just tell you the current status with this game.
Of course you can be the leader in chemistry but you need to think on other developments. Nappalm instead of greek fire, nerve agents as poisons and being the world-leading nation in helium production can help to establish that.
I leave the rest to you.
BTW, there are a number of nations with airships in this setting so if you produce the most helium you can fill your pockets with that business pretty well. By just plain memory there are at least 3 nations who would buy it from you, including mine.

@Willy Vereb

The chemical formula for greek fire has been lost to time, actually, so nobody truly knows what it was made of and the nations of this RP probably don't have napalm yet, considering the first synthetic napalm was developed in 1942 and that is rather late.
Just an example. I'm mainly meaning that we're going to be moving towards more chemical-based weaponry, and potentially might invent something like VX as the RP goes on, with all the ethical ramifications therein.
Well then we're another leader, that's simple to resolve.
Fair enough.

I'll probably think of another creative technological thing to throw in to differentiate our nations a bit.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

A challenger to Eisenkreis' technological edge? Come at me, ya filthy commie! =P

@Alfhedil

Unlike yours, however, I intend for Kataylabinskian technological advances to be chemical rather than industrial in nature. Greek fire, chlorine and mustard gas, helium airships, and potentially V-2 esque primitive missiles.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

Behold your USSR.

The People's Republic of Kataylabinsk (or PRK for short)

This is my preliminary claim, let me know if I'm overstepping on anything. I'm going to be going for a technologically advanced and industrialized (for the time period, so like 1940) but low population nation of various species that is attempting to foment worldwide revolution both actively and passively by presenting an image of itself as a worker's paradise where all races can get along. In reality, it will be more authoritarian.

@Raijinslayer
I just used Paint and drew lines.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

Map of Osetia

@Voltus_Ventus

I see what you did there... Kerbin.

Other than calling your reference, I'm quite interested in this RP concept, so I will put up a claim and a nation sheet shortly for your viewing pleasure. Should it be posted here or in the character tab?

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

The Cindorayi, Population: 114, Year 12 IL (Inland), Age of the New Moon

Picture-Makers from the East

@Cuddle Pot
One of the strange creatures quickly took the necklace and put it on itself, prompting slight laughter from the two Cindorayi since it was far too big for any of them. They then curiously came together facing each other, which the Cindorayi couldn't make heads or tails of.

One of the other creatures picked up a stick and started making what looked like drawings, a picture of a gathering of their two species centered around the crystal. There was the noise of pounding paws behind the two, and Ekatyrina and a few other females arrived, passing between them to examine the drawing.

"It appears that they place the same emphasis on the crystals we do, and I think they mean to name themselves, as the Gui, either that or they mean that there is some sort of connection between us." Ekatyrina pointed to herself and the others, now numbering five, saying "Cindorayi." repeatedly.

She also pointed to the crystal, and said "moon crystal" in the Cindorayi language.

---

With the advent of rice-based agriculture, the amount of space taken up by the Cindorayi civilization has greatly increased. Andrei, the councilor of agriculture, recommended that they begin construction of a new village to the west, which Ekatyrina quickly agreed with. The simple construction of a new village was not all that happened, however, as some Cindorayi chose to build dwellings and farms farther away from the new village center, preferring to remain mostly isolated. As a result, the third, western village is becoming a sprawling, unplanned farm town which provides a great deal of food to the other two villages along the roads connecting the three. The western village has also begun experimentation on domesticating different types of plants, such as fruits and vegetables. It is difficult work, but many choose it for its relative solitude.

The expansion of villages has also raised the critical question of how to conduct votes, as Ekatyrina usually does whenever a divisive issue comes up. A messenger could count opinions and remember them while taking them back to Lunysvet, but this would be unreliable and the messenger could decide to change his message for his own benefit. As a result, the two villages have taken to hammering stone to leave indentations indicating the number of votes for each idea, but these are extraordinarily heavy and require several Cindorayi to carry.

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

<Snipped quote by Valkyr>

Time in this RP is a strange animal. It's really just whatever time of day or season that it needs to be in the post. In cases of player interaction, whoever states the time of day, season etc first would, I figure, establish it for that period.

@MangoJuice

Posts in this RP should logically span years, so the above would be best.

I plan to post tomorrow morning at noonish.