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Point of Departure: World War II

@mrambo90

I'd reduce the amount that's colored in your post but it looks pretty good to me.

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

@Aweirdgamer: The tech advance by post system works because it encourages people to be active. You post less frequently, you advance slower. Those with the greatest amount invested in the RP's story naturally become those who most influence its events. I'm very flexible on how you guys choose to approach time, but my position on tech is immutable, even though it's hurting me pretty badly at the moment.

I feel like an organized time system will work once we approach medieval-ish technology.

I'm thinking I'm going to cap it at 20 people, so yes, we're open.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

I'm planning on going America all over everybody's ass fairly soon.

@Byrd Man

And we'll be right behind you.

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

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A sort of system would absolutely be useful, but if I am not mistaken Mihndar did mention some sort of guideline of a year for each post or something along those lines, don't quote me on that.

@Raindeer

I said think roughly two years a post, but don't hold yourself to it.

Point of Departure: World War II

If you guys are going to use Yamatai and Yllendthyr, then I might as well...

Please discard my earlier nation sheet, I'll use this one.

+Nation Name: Proletarii Respublika iz Kataylabinsk (People's Republic of Kataylabinsk or PRK)
Demonym (describing an individual of or something belonging to the nation): Kataylan

+Leader: Premier Commissar Yekaterina Velikaya

+Allegiance: Communist International (Comintern)

+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.

+Economy: The economic system of the PRK is a market socialist economy (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.

+History: In their previous world for about 1500 years, the Kataylabinsk Imperium stood as one of the proudest and most powerful nations. However, in the century leading up to present, following the loss of their 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, barely maintaining pace with the rest of the world, 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 Premier 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.

+Culture: The PRK is a multinational state with a lot of diverse cultures, however the majority of citizens are Kataylan and so the majority of culture tends to revolve around them. They welcome communists and socialists from around the world, as well as any who feel persecuted for any reason, so their culture tends to be a little bit of everything.

+Military: The PRK lacks any tanks or mechanized warfare technology, and so 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, especially in the numbers of troops which the PRK is able to send at their enemies.
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 light machine guns, which are carried by two people. They usually carry two of each of fragmentation grenades, thermite grenades, and mixed explosive/napalm grenades.
The PRK primarily utilizes Katalusha rocket artillery for the ground support role, which is slightly less accurate but significantly more deadly thanks to the explosive napalm warheads each salvo contains. The other main drawback of these artillery is the long reload time between launches.
The Kataylan navy is the pride of the People's Republic. 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. However, due to their mostly landlocked position their navy is fairly small.
The Kataylan air force was primarily based on airships, but as the realities of modern warfare became clearer they were forced to purchase aircraft from other countries to supplement their currently existing forces, and so they now use a hybrid of the two. Their airships are however some of the most advanced in the world, utilizing a bulletproof plastic fiber called Kievar.

+Location: An exact replacement for the USSR.

Point of Departure: World War II

I'd also like to volunteer for co-GM, since I have a fair bit of experience doing that (three years) and a pretty comprehensive knowledge of history, though Willy will probably still run rings around me in science.

Point of Departure: World War II

Never mind all this.

Alrighty, this looks like a nice RP to feed my appetite for alternative history, so here goes: I would like to claim the Soviet Union.

I used the alternative nation sheet, but there are few differences between this Soviet Union and the actual other than leadership, politics and to some extent economics.

+Nation Name: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
+Leader: Leon Trotsky
+Allegiance: Communist International (Comintern)
+Government: Socialist Federal Republic
+History: After the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, Leon Trotsky managed to sideline Stalin and took control of the Soviet Union. His policies, re-adopting the principle of democratic centralism and invigorating discussion within the Party, lead the Soviet Union to adopt a modified version of the New Economic Policy or NEP over the following decades, which managed to avoid the famines of the 1930s but by sacrificing much faster industrial growth. Under the principle of the Permanent Revolution, the USSR has begun extensive promotion of communism around the world, especially in China where the disciples of Mao even now fight against the Kuomintang.
+Culture: The Soviet Union is very naturally rooted in Russian culture, however, under Trotsky's administration some concessions have been made, namely releasing documents in both languages in the other republics and only passively promoting assimilation of other cultures. The Soviet Union thus tries to preserve its reputation as a multinational union to its citizens and the world.
+Military: As a result of Trotsky's economic policies, the Soviet Union has a significantly higher population (to throw at the enemy with nothing but rifles) and more stable food supply, but was unprepared for the Nazi onslaught in early 1941, only possessing minimal armor and resources oriented towards war. However it began marshaling its resources and promoting war manufacturing much earlier, as early as 1937, and its T-34 tanks are much more effective than rival German tanks, though they tend to be overwhelmed with sheer numbers. Also, however, due to the lack of the Purge, the USSR possesses much more skilled officers (if unprepared for the realities of modern war) which to some degree counteracts its lack of industrialization. Now, the Soviet Union is adopting its age-old tactic: scorch the earth and retreat while taking as many casualties as you can.

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

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Oh, the Democracies are going to hate you guys with a passion XD

@SgtEasy

Let's be World War 2-style Allies and take them down only to fight over our ideological differences!



Also, I'm okay with you finding me. I don't have much of a plan for it, but we are fairly close.

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

Thank you all for shutting down Veoline better than I ever could have done myself.

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

Good to have you, Veoline. You're accepted.

I have a feeling you and Nerevarine will get along well, what with your language-making.