Official Name: The Armed Republic of Falke262
Common Name: Republic of Falke
Commonly Used Name: RoF
Government Type: Benevolent Dictatorship
Leader: Supreme Commander Derrick J. Falke
Population: ~281 Million
Approximate Military Size: 50 million Strong, however 75% of the population is in the military reserves.
Language(s): English, German, Scottish-Gaelic
Religion: None
Racial Majority: Scottish
Literacy Rate: 71%
Currency: Marke
Website Address Extension: .flk
Capital City: New Edinburgh
National Animal: Hawk
National Motto: “Fortune favors the bold.”
Geographic Need-To-Knows:
The Republic is made up of alpine mountains and high altitude alpine valleys/forest. It is peppered with small lakes, and at the highest point snow caps the mountains.
-Provinces:
-Aberdeen
-Glasgow
-Dundee
-Stirling
Political Need-To-Knows:
-The Nation is ruled by the supreme commander, whose word is law. He is the political leader, and the nationalist leader of the Falkese people. Elected for life, he has extremely loyal subjects. Leaderships transfers power by election.
Defensive Need-To-Knows:
-The Government trains and issues all civilians with GP-5 gas masks, and Falke-1 handguns.
-Cities maintain blackouts after 9:30 PM Lonaran Standard Time.
-The Military forces of Falke are trained to take prisoners when it is practical, however the norm is to leave no opposition.
-All Provincial Command Cities house the Provincial Protection Garrison, a military force consisting of Federal Military units proportionate to the size of the province.
-Law Enforcement is dealt with by the Falke Military Police
-Every major city (100,000 pop or more) maintains an anti-aircraft screen, and anti-missile system.
Other Need-To-Knows:
-At the age of 13, every citizen is trained to use a handgun. At 16, they serve a mandatory 4 year term in the military. Citizens are then in the military reserves until the age of 45.
Miscellaneous Laws and Other Random Info
Drinking Age: 16
Driving Age: 16
Age of Sexual Consent: 16
Voting Age: Mandatory at 16
Legal Adult: 16
Drug Usage: Drugs are illegal.
Gun/Bow Ownership: Mandatory.
Official Country Name: The Armed Republic of Falke262
Informal Name: Republic of Falke
Adjective: Falken
Death Penatly: Yes.
Speed Limit:
Porn: Legal
Prostitution: Legal
Polygamy: Illegal
Homosexuality: Illegal
Stem Cell Research: Legal
Cloning: Legal
Animal Fighting: Illegal
Slavery: Illegal
Hunting: Legal, with permit. (Bag limits maintained)
Fishing: Legal
Literring: Illegal
Assisted Suicide: Legal
Euthanasia: Legal
Abortion: Illegal
Nudity: Illegal (Public)
Freedom of Speech: Legal as long as the government is not put in a poor light
Freedom of Media: Media Heavily Influenced by Government
Right to Petition: Legal
Right to Protest: Legal
Citizenship: Native born. Foreigners are not allowed to hold citizenship unless directly granted by the government. The only exception is military service for a four year term, this grants citizenship. Only citizens can hold office.
International Travel: Outward travel is legal to all NordoSlavicia countries, and otherwise on a case by case basis. Inward travel is unrestricted.
Falken Armed Forces
Falken High Command
Comprised of the heads of the various departments, the FHC is the highest level of military organization in the Empire.
Members:
Supreme Commander: Derrick J. Falke
Minister of Defense - Artair Mclaughlin
Aerial Chief of Staff- Hanz Mueller
Director of the Military Police - Brian Ross
Supreme General of the FAF- Field Marshal Conan MacTavish
Director of the FIP- Dietrich Strasse
Director of Foreign Affairs- Ryan Douglas
Falken Army
The Falken Army is the main ground force of the Republic of Falke, it consists of their armored and infantry divisions. It also contains their airborne paratrooper divisions, and special ground operations groups.
Commander- General Eric Schultz
FIS Intelligence
The Falken Intelligence Service provides logistics for security and military actions on behalf of the Falken government.
Director of the LIP- Sean MacGregor
FSK Falken Special Kommandos
The FSK are the special operations and quick reaction soldiers of the Falken Army. They deal with covert operations, counter-terrorism, scouting, and hostage situations. They are used as hit squads when necessary, and different platoons are trained for different objectives, but all have a foundation in small group tactics, under water demolition, and urban warfare. Trained to be the best of the best, FSK soldiers are all male, and once recruited to the FSK, they are career soldiers. Falken FSK members are extremely fit, and have an extremely high amount of endurance. They are also expert shots, and very competent marshal artists. The Falken government believes in quality as opposed to quantity, so the FSK training lasts two years, and costs over 5 million marke's per soldier.
Commander - Alexander Hartmann
Falken Navy
The Republic employs a small Navy, with a single giant carrier, and her escorts. She also employs four nuclear submarines.
Falken Airforce
The FA maintains a large and varied fleet of aircraft of many varieties. Its main purpose is to protect the airspace over the Holy Empire, and to provide support for the LHA in times of war. Their main fighter is the SU-47
Commander- Sky Marshal Brennan Hertzler