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DEMoGorgon47 said
Heyo guys! Glad to see some progress has been made without me! That makes me feel good because I have a busy schedule and can't always hop on multiple times a day. I'm cool with the map decision, so number 6/3 it is! Also, @Kilo's remark of land picking: Territories get picked in the order of completed NS's. So seeing as you were third (I still have to look at your NS btw - though I am not too worried about it as I know you) you would get third pick. Which seems to have worked out perfectly so that is awesome, I just wanted to clarify lol.Also, I had another idea. Since odds are there will be some room left over, on the map, and I don't want some psychotic imperialistic land grab going on all the time, would you guys like to input some NPC nations/city-states/tribes/etc? This way you can't just colonize everything around you and it could add for some more interactions. These NPC states don't have to have crazy depth, I just ask that if you make one it doesn't become a puppet for your own gains. Treat them like you would any other nation that would be controlled by another character. If you want them say "yay" in your next post, if not say "nay." These NPC nations can also be influenced by anyone, so just because you invented it does not mean you are its god. I'm working on my nation NS now, still torn for a race idea... I don't want to be OP but I also want to be new and original so it is hard to come up with some cool stuff.

I perhaps should have asked about this already, but in my nation's history its lost a significant portion of its territory, I was intending to, when I get to select where my nation would be on the map, also put down some of those independent states. Sort of like what Meeky did with the Qalimeqi Puppet States (though these states and my nation would probably be somewhat hostile to each other). Even with that there would be lots of left over empty room in the world, which would already be populated. Though whether large imperial powers care for what these populations think remains to be seen.

I like the idea of the Goblin nation Meeky suggested too. It'd make sense that not all nations are industrialised.

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Tearstone said
So yeah, only two general questions... Wrong writing POV.. that's about it. Now, I know things will get shorter as we go along, so I'm not griping about the length, just telling you how it is as far as it's been written. Length is good and encouraged. The more people have to work with, often gets better results. As a note to others: Only the length is advanced.

Posts will probably get shorter when we start interacting with each others characters. Its very hard to write a longer sequence of events as all the introductory posts are, when you have to include the responses of characters especially in a shorter, or more tenuous situation, eg. a fight between walkers or another group of survivors.I know that for myself it will probably be hard to constantly write 2-3 word page documents asa post once the group of 6-7 people are all interacting at the prison.

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thorgili said
Okay i made my territory it is a bit big but i think around the same size if not less than qalimeq (land area wise but it sure does look alot bigger since it is less compact).Also I am going to start adding a bit more info on my military units.

Those Russian Dwarves.

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Those Ottomans. :p I don't think the nation size is too much, looks fine but it's not really my call. Also where I intended to put my Revolutionary Socialist Byzantine-inspired state is directly east of your Ottoman inspired state. I find that funny.

Also, did you make that map in paint? or some other program? Those border lines seem really smooth. Far smoother than I've ever been able to do in paint.

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DEMoGorgon47 said
So 2 for 2, 2 for 4 and 2 for 6... looks like a tie. If someone else joins and casts a vote for those (which are the only ones now), they could be the deciding factor. If not, I might have to be the one to do that.

Still working on my NS, but I'll change my vote to #6 (now the third one I believe in the updated OP) to break the stalemate.

Walking Dead - Miami, Florida

What's the distance between the exterior stone fence and the regular wire fence?

Walking Dead - Miami, Florida

Brant craned his neck, twisting his head left and right, while hoisting himself up onto the windowsill to get a good luck down at the alley. From the angle his eyes could see, their didn't appear to be any freaks milling about in the alleyway. He let himself back down, and stooped to grab the pack; slinging it over his shoulder. He tucked the pistol into a side pouch on the bag for easy access, and jammed a loaded magazine in with it, zipping the pouch closed so as to not lose anything while running. He put his hands underneath the lip of the glass pane, and pushed it up. A slight breeze and fresh cool air was sucked in from the alleyway. The normal noises of the city in Little Haiti were gone, some birds could heard chirping, crickets and other bugs could be heard making their noises. But the sound of people, and cars on the nearby thoroughfare were absent. It made Brant shudder, and reminded him of what was out there for him, and what was in here, albeit locked up stairs.

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When he'd first heard it on the news, that all around the world the sick were dying and then rising, he'd figured he'd skip work that day. He'd left his one bedroom apartment and made his way across the street and into the neighbourhood where his mother lived, at his childhood home. Letting himself in, it seemed no one was home. He took it upon himself to start gathering supplies, he'd wanted to take his mother and get out of the city. At that time in his mind, the goal was to travel north towards New York and meet his sister (whom he was estranged from). It seemed like the end of the world was going to bring about one big happy family reunion for the Harlow family, minus his brother who was in a Florida Correctional Facility for the past 17 years on charges of murder in the first degree. He'd gotten his mothers pistol, and a sledgehammer from the basement. He raided the pantry gathering up cans of non-perishables and stuffing them into bags. He looked around frantically for the keys to his mothers old beater, but it wasn't anywhere to be found. He waited there on that first day, watching the TV, sipping some cans of soda he found in the fridge. The hours from the early morning rolled on coming close to noon and his mother still hadn't appeared. The TV was telling him that things were only getting worse as the outbreak spread. The city was getting quarantined, the army was being called in, things were going from terribly bad to much worse.

At that moment there was thud coming from the upstairs bedroom, right above the living room. Brant had gone up, opening the door to the bedroom, his mother was face down on the floor. The curtains were drawn and the room was dark. Brant assumed she was just hopped on pills and booze as was her usual routine. He approached her only to find the situation much worse. Trying to roll her over, she awoke, which startled him, she made strange sounds,and her face and lips were pale shade of blue. Her mouth opened with a roar and she pulled herself up to try to bite him. Brant now knew his mother was infected, had died, and turned. She was like the shambling monsters on the TV. He pushed her back, her corpse tried to rise from the floor and give chase. But she was slow. He got out of the room, closed the door, and pushed a towel cupboard in front of the door. It seemed to hold, and had for the past month and a half. Brant in all that time couldn't bring himself to end her suffering, but he couldn't bring himself to leave.

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Brant fiddled with the window screen. He was trying to pop it out the frame, but the rusty old thing wouldn't budge, so he grabbed the sledge from its resting place on the ground by his side, and smashed it through the netting, creating a hole for himself. He hopped back up onto the windowsill, crouching his body so he could squeeze through and pushed himself out into the alley. The drop wasn't very far, about 8 feet in height, and he managed to land on his feet, but lost his balance and toppled over onto the rough cement alley.

He let out a coarse exclamation of "Fuck" in pain. His left leg had landed in a puddle of dirty old water, and his pants were soaked. Luckily he hadn't managed to cause any serious damage, bruises and scrapes perhaps. Placing the head of the sledge onto the cement, and using it as a kind of cane, he stood up. In front of him was the closed wooden gate leading out onto the front of the lot, and to the road. Looking over his shoulder, he could see the rest of the dirty alleyway, two old garbage cans, and the backyard, and the fences that separated all the small lots. Nothing to be alarmed about.

Brant walked up to the wooden gate, and gave the wrought iron latch a tug, pushing the door open with his other free hand. He immediately regretted that decision. Standing just a few feet from the door, was his neighbour who was now a shambling corpse. His hideous disfigured, rotted face right there, his pale eyes staring back at Brant. Almost immediately the monster started moving forward and making groans and grunts, attracting the rest of the monstrosities that were milling about in the road.

Brant let out another coarse exclamation of his displeasure at the current situation, and slammed the wooden gate closed. His neighbour turned monster, threw itself at the gate, thrashing about ratting the gate. Brant turned and took off running the other way, letting out a number of exclamations of various kinds indicating his displeasure. He figured by now there was a pileup at the gate, and perhaps it would give, perhaps not, but Brant wasn't going to be around to find out. He hopped the short wire fence separating the neighbours on the other side from him, and made his way out onto the small road in the neighbourhood. Looking up and down the street, there were no signs of the shamblers. Perhaps making it to his destination would be easier. He figured he'd move west, out of the city towards the suburbs, there was an old asylum there, that his construction company had been doing work on (though Brant himself had never actually worked on the site). He figured a large old hospital, with few to no people in it, in a small neighbourhood, far removed from the densely populated city centre would be a good place to hole up, and wait for this to all blow over.

It took three and a bit hours of so of sneaking through the neighbourhoods to make it out to the more deserted suburb where the hospital was. The building was the the end of a long roadway, dividing itself from the rest of the neighbourhood. The gate at the road was blocked by a low stone fence, topped with iron bars and stone crenelations. The rest of the perimeter was surrounded by a nearly twice as tall chain link fence, topped with barbed wire. He could see the top of the old stone building, and some remnants of scaffolding around it. Brant was standing behind a bush on the side of the road, surveying the place, he figured he could get inside the fence by hopping in between the crenelations, and then pulling himself up onto one, from there it was just a matter of getting himself over the spear tipped decorations. What was once meant to keep patients in, was now making it hard for him to get inside, although this meant it was going to definitely keep the shamblers at bay.

Brant's indecisiveness was cut short, as the grunts and moans of one of the walking corpses was heard coming from behind him. He looked around at the thing, before taking off running down the long drive towards the hospital gate. He let out a few more curse words, as he tried to climb over the stone wall, as the creature kept coming down the road, closer, and closer.

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Is it safe to assume the Asylum is abandoned when we arrive? Or are there patients still in the building? Need to know for my introductory post.

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Meeky said
Where did you get your flag, Mouse? Did you make it yourself? ...If you made it yourself, could I beg you to make mine?

As Keia pointed out, I did not make the flag. I just googled communist flags, there are a few good ones there. If I had the technical know how I'd gladly make you one, but sadly, art's not my forte.

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Post WWI, so I decided I'd mantle what may be the only Communist state. All will fall behind the Iron Curtain!

My Nation

Name of Nation: United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland

Flag:

Demonym of Nation: Seratens

Race Description: Human

List of Race Perks and Nerfs: Negligible

Nation Location:

Description of Nation: The last Great War saw the destruction of many old empires, and gave rise to many new states. The advent of the wide use of steam technology was brought about having proven its effectiveness in the last Great War. Old ideas, and traditions were questioned, the ordinary man began to question why feudal lords, aristocrats and kings were the rulers of the lands. And the oppressors of the common folks. There were many that argued that the people themselves should rule, and that the people should be equal. There would be no hereditary privilege, no oppression by the supposed "betters". Every man would be a member of the state, and every man would labour for the state, and every man would receive from the states the means with which to subsist for himself, and for his family.

The fall of a great militaristic, and aristocratic state, the Grand Empire of the Seraten, located in the heartland of the western continent at the end of the last Great War led to a period of anarchy. A crippled government of lords retreated from its position of power, and the streets of the homeland were torn asunder by fighting. Brothers of this once great nation fought against one another, spilling each others blood in the name of their chosen ideology. This great nation could trace its heritage back to the founding of the great capital city, of Seraten, many thousands of years ago. The nation had gone through many phases, first a small republic, then an empire, a period of cataclysm, a reduced empire, and so on, until the founding and eventual fall of the previous administration. The nation had long been an esteemed international player, a place where a many great ideas, and people had been born, and from this nation spread. But that long and prosperous history was forgotten, as the beleaguered state collapsed, into a period of civil war.

Every part of the nation was engulfed in the civil war, the people had to chose whom to back. The Blue Faction Coalition, a group who argued for the re-establishment of the kingship, and old traditional values which had brought the nation this far. Directly opposing the Blue Faction Coalition were the Revolutionary Unity Party of the People of Seratenland. Caught in the middle of the conflict was a pro-democracy organisation. Their in-between stance, left with the least followers, with the Communists and Loyalist forces appealing to people the most.

The civil conflict lasted 6 years before the Revolutionary Unity Party of the People of Seratenland finally won the conflict. They had captured the capital, and controlled almost half of the original state. They executed the main generals and commanders of the Blue Factions forces, and having captured part of the royal bloodline, and many other aristocrats put on great show trials, condemning the entire bloodlines and all their ancestors for their horrible crimes against the peasantry, followed by gruesome executions of the worst kind. With this stage of the conflict come to its end, the Party declared the new state of the United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland.

But in the fighting many different peoples who had once been under the thumb of the Imperial Rule, had broken away. The great nation was composed of many ethnicities and various religions. Some had taken the period of disorganisation to establish their own independence, or to join other nations whom they felt more aligned with. But that desire for empire within the heartland has not changed, even though the government has.

Government of Nation: Revolutionary Socialism

The nation is a one party state, with the only legal political party being the Revolutionary Unity Party of the People of Seratenland. Though being a one party state, it is nominally democratic. The smallest subunits of government (town, district) elect directly their Representatives. These smaller subunits are organised into larger subunits all the way up the latter to largest Region based Council's which make up the government. Each Region Council is largely independent and self operating. Though the nation operates on the principal of democratic centralism.

Principality Councils --> District Councils --> Regional Councils --> National Council

The National Council is the highest form of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the Government. From the members of the National Council, the President of the United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland is chosen.

Capital of Nation: Seraten

Population of Nation: 65 Million

Economy of Nation: Market-based Socialism, Syndicalism, Collectivism

The state doesn't control the means of production. Businesses, corporations and factories are owned in equal parts by all workers by law. All workers of any business share in the division of profits, but wages are not always entirely equal. Regional Councils make the laws regarding the how wages are operated, and benefits given to those who perform the higher order tasks.

Nation's Major Exports:

Basic Resources: Coffee, Tobacco, Opium, Spices, Dyes, Fruits, Grapes (domestic), Fish, Crab, Whales, Pearls, Goat (Wool & Meat), Ox (Wool & Meat & Milk), Horse (Transport & Military & Milk), Gold, Copper, Salt, Sulphur, Iron (low yields & low quality)

Industries: Glass (Domestic), Wineries (Domestic Glass & Domestic Grapes), Ammunition (Domestic Sulphur & Domestic Copper), Fertilizer (Domestic Sulphur), Explosives (Domestic Sulphur), Cloth & Textiles & Fabric (Domestic Wool & Dyes), Jewellery (Domestic Gold & Domestic Pearls)

Nation's Major Imports: Grain, Iron, Steel, Coal, Machine Parts, Small Arms, Artillery, Naval Supplies, Aeroship Supplies

Nation's Military Description: The Armed Forces of the United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland are charged with, in the constitution, "protecting the populations of all ethnic Seratens, the territorial integrity of the United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland, the civil liberties of the citizens of the United Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Seratenland, and aiding the cause of Revolutionary Socialism."

Total Strength: 1 000 000 professional soldiers in the standing army. 50 000 aircrew and sailors in the Navy and the Air Force.

United Revolutionary Army: The ground forces of the army, these combine infantry, armoured, mechanized, artillery, pioneer, and cavalry units. The army is divided into 15 Army Corps of 50 000 men. These Army Corp are further subdivided into smaller and smaller operation units to maintain strategic mobility and flexibility. Corp-->Division-->Brigade-->Regiment-->Battalion-->Company-->Platoon-->Squad

United Revolutionary Navy: is a small fleet, as most of the fleet was destroyed in the last great war. In the aftermath of the war the Grand Empire of Seraten went through many tumultuous years of instability, riots, and civil war until its absolute collapse and replacement by the current Revolutionary Socialist Regime. During these years financing to rebuild the navy was essentially zero as the Grand Empire had more pressing issues at home. As a result the current United Revolutionary Navy is very small, using outdated and cheap ships. The URN would eventually like to get more funding for a revitalization of the navy. Overall the URN is very, very weak. They number of vessels are very small in numbers, the vessels are either outdated, or are smaller coastal patrol craft. The URN is not a dominant navy on the high seas.

United Revolutionary Air Force:Similar to the navy, the Air Force of the URSR of Seratenland is very weak, in fact it is almost non-existent. The crushing defeat the Grand Empire of Seratenland suffered at the hands of its enemies during the Great War left in such a state of disrepair that it was unable to spend time building up an air force. There are only 4 prototype airships in the hands of the URAF. These vessels were constructed by the Grand Empire just after the end of the Great War, as the administration had seen the potential air superiority held, as it had been instrumental in allowing the enemies of the empire to win the war. However as it became apparent resources were needed to combat problems at home, and that building an expensive airship fleet was not a pressing issue; the funding was halted indefinitely. Now that the Revolutionary Socialists have won the civil war, they intend to make it a priority to modernise the airship fleet in order to protect the sovereignty of Seratenland, and to protect the regime from its many potential enemies.

United Revolutionary Army Units & Equipment

Infantry & Pioneer
Infantry of the URA are armed with bolt-action rifles, some proto-type submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles, standard military uniforms, hand grenades, a side arm, bayonets, signal flags, radio's for petty officers, and a sabre for all officers, petty officers and above. 10 cm Mortars are attached to Company's for use as the commanding Captain or Major see fit to distribute them. Heavy Machine Guns are likewise attached to specific Company's for use as the commanding Captain or Major see's fit to distribute them. Shoulder mounted anti-tank rockets and anti-tank rifles (the latter being far more common) are likewise attached to a specific Company for the use as the commanding Captain or Major see's fit to distribute them.

Pioneer's are equipped in a similar regard, but take on the role of combat engineers. They have other explosive devices and tools useful for the set up of defensive fortifications, or the destruction of enemy fortifications, or other strategic assets such as a bridge or building. There are entire Pioneer Regiments, but are seldom seen as a whole. Usually attached in smaller units to sub-units for minor battlefield fortifications. The entire regiment will only operate as a whole when there is a specifically large demolition or defensive task at hand.

Armoured
Armoured Regiments of the URA are made up of steam tanks. Steam tanks are used as mobile fortresses and gun platforms to break enemy positions, and move over enemy lines. Breaking stalemates and swarming enemy positions en masse is where they are best utilized. These beasts can also be used to support infantry positions.


The Mark I. Light Tank, a steam powered tank. Faster than the heavy tanks but not packing as much armour, this tank boasts a rotating turret and two 30mm Autocannons. It possesses no machine guns, or other means of defence. Best used for supporting infantry pushes.


The Mark I. Heavy Tank, a steam powered tank. Slow, heavily armoured, with a big gun. Main gun is a swivelling 88mm Cannon. The two side guns are 47mm cannons, and it has a top mounted heavy machine gun for improved defence.

Artillery
Artillery Batteries operate on the same level as their infantry counterparts, a company. They are assigned by the Lieutenant Colonel of their Battalion, and their Captain makes on the ground strategic decisions for them. Crews are generally armed with bolt-action rifles, side-arms, and bayonets to defend the Battery should it come under assault. Batteries are outfitted with significant signal flags for the reception and dispersion of information.


The 15cm Type I Multiple Rocket Launch System is the URAs premier siege equipment. Used mostly to support infantry, these weapons are less useful as siege equipment.


The 155mm "Revolution" Type IV Howitzer. Towed by horses, these gunsare big and heavy. Less mobile then the Type I Rocket Systems, they boast longer range, and more potential for bunker busting and sieges.

Mechanized

The 10cm Type 1 Mobile Flak/Anti-Personnel Gun. Attached at the company level. These guns are used by the Captain or Major to lay smoke to cover movements, fire flak shells at airship targets, or use 10cm explosive rounds as an anti-personnel weapon. Towed by horse or a crew of several soldiers.

Cavalry
Cavalry are attached at the Battalion level, meaning there are Cavalry Company's. Used for fast movements to capture strategic objectives and to support infantry with rifle fire and constant mobility on the battlefield. Routed enemies or breaks in enemy positions can be used by these troops speed, to deliver charges to break the softened enemy positions, or to push through and force a reposition.

United Revolutionary Navy Vessels

These are the small naval vessels of the URN. They are known as "Ironclad Galley's". Their main role is to patrol the territorial waters of the Republic. Although seaworthy these vessels do not have the strength to challenge the largest and most advanced navies of the world, due to their small size and low number. These ships are fast though, relatively light and small with a large and powerful steam engine, they can move quicker than the heavier ships employed by the more advanced navies of the world. The vessel sports 2 modified Type I multiple rocket launch systems, a triple 47mm breech loading main gun, and a small 15mm twin breech loading flak autocannon for air defence.

United Revolutionary Air Force Vessels

Heavy Airship of the URAF. Dubbed the "King" after the deposed monarch, but officially designated Heavy Class Multi-purpose Aero-ship Model I. There is only one of these vessels in the Air Force. The front guns are twin 360mm breech loaders. There are 2 twin breech loading 133mm cannons along the top, and 2 more twin breech loading 133mm cannons on the sides of the vessel. There are five of the 40mm Flak Autocannons, one located on the top, one on the back, one on the undercarriage, and two on the sides. The undercarriage also has a bomb bay, for attacking ground targets.


The other 3 prototype vessels of URAF are the "Workers" Class Light Aero-ship Model I. Armed with one twin breech loading 133mm cannon along the top of the dirigible. The rotating turret at the bridge sports a 20mm Autocannon. The undercarriage sports a bomb bay, and small 20mm cannon. These ships are lightly armoured, but are quite fast. Their large and powerful steam engines combined with the light weight give it an edge in speed and mobility over other airships. Whether that speed and mobility will be a deciding factor ont he battlefield, or whether the future or Aero-ships in heavily armed and armoured vessels remains to be seen.