Confederate Factbook

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

Confederate Army - http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=11345
Confederate Navy - http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=11346
Confederate Air Force - http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=16827
Confederate Government - http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=11347
Patrician Families - http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=8901

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

Clipping From News Article (OOC: Jolt)

May 10, 2015

The Chancellor has just recently unvailed to the world what exactly that massive works project that had been going on in the Bay of Neptune is. Many have speculated that it is to control sea traffic, or even a dam of some kind, but these speculations were shattered upon the news coming out that it is actually a massive sea wall. The sea wall stretches across the entire Bay of Neptune, roughly 500 miles long, and maintains one mile wide gates for each city, which will be operated by the city with which it provides service. Cities with sea gates are Divinity, Redemption, Paradise City, and New Atlanta. The wall, which is said to be layered over in several feet worth of reinforced concrete, is expected to house a vast array of weaponry ranging from massive railguns to fifty caliber machine guns. Already, several guns have been installed, and over two hundred 152mm model 1938 howitzers are now in place. These are only a small taste of what is to be brought into the massive fortification, and their range of only just over twelve kilometers is expected to be dwarved by the railguns that are planned to be placed along the wall. Also thought to be included in the wall will be a small hanger and a heliport, as well as a dry dock for ships in need of emergency repairs.

This, however, did not come without a cost. The wall will keep Confederate military spending on the low for years to come with the estimated cost of the wall, as well as all of the weapons expected to be on it, have run up as high as three trillion credits. "Its all worth it if it is in the defense of the Confederacy" General Marcus Blueshield was quoted as saying in a press conference about the wall earlier this morning.

Forewall Armament:
Five hundred S-500 SAM/ABM systems
Two thousand Sea Zenith CIWS

Current Wall Armament:
One hundred 400mm railguns
Two hundred 152mm model 1938 howitzers
Five hundred Khan class missiles w/ launchers
One thousand 500mm torpedo tubes
Four thousand Sledgehammer II missiles w/ launchers
Five thousand Goalkeeper CIWS
Five thousand 88mm flak cannons

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

Most people just assume that the Confederacy is some weak nation under the thimb of Griffincrest. This is actually not the case at all. To start, the Confederate military is actually far more powerful than Griffincrest, using post-modern weaponry and very well trained soldiers.

The situation in the Confederacy is very delicate, and the slightest problem could explode into full out civil war amongst the various groups of civilians, the groups are as follows, listed in order of size.

Confederate Military - 30 million soldiers
Griffincrest Mercenary Force - 7 million mercenaries
Communist Workers Party - estimated 1 million guerillas
Confederates Against Foreigners (CAF) - 750,000 men
Confederate Farmers Society (CFS) - 650,000 redneck hicks with guns
Divinity semi-autonomous military - 610,000 troopers
Paradise City Police Force - 120,000 officers

Even the PCPD can pose a threat, and should not be mistreated. They have threatend before and are capable of full out open rebellion, one that would capture the capital city very quickly.

There are many, many other factions, but these are just the largest ones.

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It may or may not be known to the world that the Blackhelm Confederacy has been going through massive purges of the Muslim population of the nation. Immediately following the passing of the Sacrament Law, the Muslim population made up nearly 17% of the population of at the time over three billion Confederate citizens. As it stands today, the Muslim population is responsible for less than 3% of the population, almost all of whom are interned in government run slave labor camps scattered throughout the Confederacy, as well as in several Griffincrest run territories overseas. But why this hatred towards the Muslims? Where does all of this animosity stem from? Well, in this article, I hope to answer many of your questions.

The current situation that is being dealt with in the Blackhelm Confederacy actually stems from the Crusades that took place over a thousand years ago. For more information on the Exponential Crusade, please see The Blood Crusade. Although failing in their intention of reclaiming Jerusalem by meansof a press from the south, moving up into the area today known as Polarus (RL North Africa) and Egyptiansstan (RL Egypt) and hopefully sweeping across to European controlled ports where they would recieve transport to the Muslim held Holy Land with the help of several European nations, it did however leave huge swaths of Polarus in Exponential hands. At the same time, it forced Christian/Islamic relations on Exponential Africa to a boiling point, as thousands on both sides lay dead in the desert.

For years, Exponent owned these portions of Polarus until the mid-1800's, when a radical Islamic cleric called for a jihad that would last for decades. For a record of one such attack, see Exponent 1873. By the close of the 19th century, virtually all of the land that Exponent had once held in Polarus was lost to the massed hordes of Muslim tribesmen, and once again, thousands of men lay dead in the sands of Polarus, and once again, Christian/Muslim relations took a huge blow.

Exponent would struggle with the rest of its colonies for years after the loss of the province of Polarus, but Exponentials never forgot that it was because of the jihad in Polarus that the rest of the colonies felt that they were powerful enough to rebel as well. After losing its final colonies, Exponent fell into a thirty six year isolationism, completely withdrawing itself from the world, only keeping minor communications open with the Soviet Union for the sole purpose of procuring arms, until finally bursting back onto the seen in 2006, when a civil war forced the nation to ask for outside help.

Immediately after the civil war, the nation of Egyptiansstan began a ridiculous campaign of destroying all privately owned businesses, starting with children selling lemonade. In response to the arrest, a peaceful protest took place in the capital of Egyptiansstan, which turned into a massacre as troops opened fire on the crowd. Simultaneously, the Minister of Education in that nation was executed in public for having too few pictures (10,019 as opposed to 10,031) in a school book. A group of the elite Exponential Honor Guard were deployed to the nation in order to attempt to create local rebellion to topple the obviously insane regime, but the children had already been killed, and the bullets had been charged to their families. To make matters worse, the Honor Guard were discovered, and a majority of them killed while engaging Egyptiansstani forces. The survivors were then captured, and subsequently tortured. Once again, public outrage against Muslims came to a head in Exponent, and Exponential military forces were mobilized into Egyptiansstan to topple the regime and rescue the surviving Honor Guard.

After the first Exponential forces crossed into Egyptiansstan, the Egyptiansstani government offered to trade the surviving Honor Guard, as well as 300 hundred children who could be used as propaganda, to pose for those executed, in exchange for nuclear technology. Exponent swiftly declined, and continued moving into the nation, capturing the capital city entirely unoppsed. As a detterent, the Egyptiansstani's detonated several nuclear bombs in their owns cities and towns to attempt to force the Imperial Army out. By the end of the conflict, Exponent had taken Egyptiansstan in its entirety, at the loss of only two soldiers. For more information, please see Egyptiansstan Breaking News Thread!.

The final blow came after one of the many anti-Griffincrest invasions to hit the nation, at this time rebuilt as the Blackhelm Confederacy, after the devastation of the plague.The war had crippled the Confederate military, and caused widespread outbreaks of disease in the city of Redemption, which was hit by a bilogical weapon. On top of this, Griffincrest was demanding increased rights, the Communists were expanding their operations in the countryside, and the city of Divinity was threatening seccession unless its many terms were met. In response, the Confederate Senate found a scapegoat to divert the nations woes away from the government and onto the Muslims.

The first law passed against the Muslims was known as the Sacrament Law, named after the city of Sacrament, in which it was signed. The Sacrament Law layed out the laws that said if you had all four grandparents of direct Exponential blood, you were a pure blood, and thus highest in society. Three or four grandparents of Muslim blood and you were classified as a Muslim, and those with one or two grandparents of Muslim blood were considered a "half-breed". Those found to be Muslims would soon find themselves stripped of their citizenship, and would have their homes and businesses taken away from them. Not only this, but Muslims were forced to identify themselves by wearing a crescent moon on their clothing at all times.

Anti-Muslim feeling hit its high on the Nox Di Vas Infractus. On this night, Griffincrest Internal Security personnel lead massive crowds of Confederate purebloods through the streets of cities throughout the nation, smashing Muslim run stores and destroying Muslim homes. When it was all done, millions of dollars in damages had been done to the Confederate Muslim community, and the Muslims themselves were forced to clean up the debris left behind. This was just the start of things for the Muslims, and soon Griffincrest factories were turning into massive slave labour camps, were millions of Muslims were being shipped every few months. These camps were spread throughout the world, and are responsible for the destruction of the Confederate Muslim Community. For more on these actions, see The New Confederacy.

The final anti-Islamic action to take place was the recent Confederate Crusade that took place only a few months ago. In response to the ruthless slaughter of Christians in the nation of Mhoudia, a massive uproar swept over the nation, causing thousands of men and women to form a crusade. These crusaders began by raiding the small Muslim ghettoes still left slaughtering any in their way, before eventually moving out to sail far across the ocean, and lay the ongoing seige of Tel Aviv. For more information on the events, see The Confederate Crusade and the Siege of Tel Aviv.

Actual Document

SECTION 1
1. Marriages between Muslims and nationals of Exponent or kindred blood are forbidden. Marriages concluded in defiance of this law are void, even if, for the purpose of evading this law, they are concluded abroad.
2. Proceedings for annulment may be initiated only by the Public Prosecutor.


SECTION 2
Relation outside marriage between Muslims and nationals for Exponential or kindred blood are forbidden.


SECTION 3
Muslims will not be permitted to employ female nationals of Exponential or kindred blood in their households.


SECTION 4
1. Muslims are forbidden to hoist the Imperium and national flag and to present the colors of the Imperium.
2. On the other hand they are permitted to present the Islamic colors. The exercise of this authority is protected by the State.

SECTION 5
1. A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of section 1 will be punished with hard labor.
2. A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of section 2 will be punished with imprisonment or with hard labor.
3. A person who acts contrary to the provisions of section 3 or 4 will be punished with imprisonment up to a year and with a fine or with one of these penalties.

SECTION 6
No Muslim may hold the title of ownership in any business. The title of any Muslim owned business must be immediatly transferred to an individual of Exponential blood, or it will be taken by the Imperium.


SECTION 7
1. A citizen of the Imperium may be only one who is of Exponential or kindred blood, and who, through his behavior, shows that he is both desirous and personally fit to serve loyally the Exponential people and the Imperium.
2. The right to citizenship is obtained by the grant of Imperium citizenship papers.


Chancellor

Lucius Blackhelm

Chief of Army

Blueshield

Head of Senate

Cornelius Pureblood

Chief of Justice

Julius Glassdagger
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Blood Crusade - http://forums.joltonline.com/showthread.php?t=511111
Exponent 1873 - http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=504227
Egyptiansstan Breaking News Thread - http://forums.joltonline.com/showthread.php?t=483770
The New Confederacy - http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=511477
Confederate Crusade - http://forums.joltonline.com/showthread.php?t=545765
Siege of Tel Aviv - http://forums.joltonline.com/showthread.php?t=546976

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

Air Force Roundel - http://toddsmods.com/media/welsh_dragon.gif
Average Confederate Soldier - http://s5.tinypic.com/eq2joy.jpg
Confederate Flag - http://s5.tinypic.com/10saer8.jpg
Highland Tribes - http://i43.tinypic.com/o6z34j.jpg

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Maps:

Cities along the Sea of Neptune - http://i35.tinypic.com/9avejl.jpg
Former Nations of the Blackhelm Confederacy -http://i35.tinypic.com/t043sh.jpg
Provinces of the Blackhelm Confederacy - http://i35.tinypic.com/282t95.jpg
Geography of the Blackhelm Confederacy - http://i47.tinypic.com/6ohbwo.jpg
All Cities of the Blackhelm Confederacy -http://i49.tinypic.com/2rdcje9.jpg

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Since the mid 1700’s, Praetonian merchants frequented the ports of Exponent and partook in a profitable trade, being the only Havenic nations with access to the Empire. For decades, the two nations carried out their interactions in a relative peace, but as the years wore on, Praetonian ideas of liberalism began to take a more and more serious hold on many of the people of Exponent, particularly in the city of Albandaea.

Albandaea was one of the Western Provinces busiest ports, and also saw the most Praetonian ships traveling in and out of its harbor. It was this city in which the Praetonian liberal ideas took the most roots. Praetonians had long been spreading the notion of their own Bill of Rights, and of the great things that it could bring to the Exponential Empire, all the while pointing out the flaws within the Imperial government. On March 5, 1896, the citizens on Albandaea, as well as those in many surrounding areas, took up arms against the local Imperial forces. With Praetonian support, they quickly gained land, and by the middle of May had nearly reached Divinity. The rebels were finally met by a large Imperial force just outside of the town of Virerica, and were forced to stop their advance after a nearly three day battle that claimed almost three thousand lives on both sides.

During this time, anti-foreign sentiment in Paradise City and Redemption soared, and this, combined with the frustration of constant defeats in Polarus, led to a release of massive public outrage. Exponential men and women stormed into the Praetonian quarter in both cities, and reports were also coming in of attacks in other parts of the country, and massacred the foreigners found. Imperial soldiers joined in on the attacks, and the situation rapidly deteriorated as various atrocities were committed across the Empire. As the massacres were beginning, Imperial forces stormed the Praetonian ships in both cities, capturing them and imprisoning their crews, which for many saved them from the fate of their countrymen elsewhere in Exponent.

The seizure of the ships along with the massacres of civilians forced the Praetonian government to act, and they quickly deployed a fleet and an expeditionary force to reclaim their vessels. By August, Praetonian forces began to arrive in Albandaea to find the city under siege by Imperial forces. With Praetonian support, the rebels, now calling themselves the Healers, believing that they would heal the nation and make it stronger, were able to smash the Imperial army and once again begin a march down the coast, this time making it to the gates of Divinity, where once again an Imperial force, now along with a large loyalist militia, met the Healers and their Praetonian allies. The Imperial soldiers dug into a complicated series of trenchworks, and set up for a long defensive fight that would end up costing the Empire nearly ten thousand more lives, and an equal number on the Healer side, all in the time span of a month and a half.

Meanwhile, the Praetonian Navy had arrived outside of Paradise City on October 8, and fired off warning shots, demanding the release of all Praetonian civilians and ships. The Chancellor at the time, Marcus Coldstream, refused and called upon the Imperial Navy to remove the foreign fleet. During the ensuing battle, the antiquated Exponential fleet proved to be no match for the steam powered Praetonians, and they were devastated, losing dozens of ships. The Empire broke into a panic, as the possibility of the capture of both Divinity as well as the capital a very real possibility. By October 15, the government of Exponent invited the Praetonian admiral to meet with him at Angel Bay, a small town along the Sea of Neptune. A few days of debate followed, and by October 18, the Angel Bay Accord was signed. The Accord seriously embarrassed the Empire, but served to help bring the Empire into the modern world. All Praetonian vessels were released and all Praetonian civilians within the Empire were subject to Praetonian law only. Not only this, but the city of Albandaea was given to Praetonia as a permanent outpost in the Empire. Exponent would learn from this, and Praetonian engineers would work together with Exponential forces, eventually fully modernizing the Exponential army and navy by 1905, and by 1919 Exponent would have a fully operational air force.

Retrieved from "http://wikistates.outwardhosting.com/wiki/Praeto-Exponent_Relations"

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

In 1936, Decimus Brightglass was elected as Chancellor of the Empire of Exponent, under the feeble old Emperor Liberius XXI. He was a welcome, fresh face to the people of the Empire, promising a rejuvenation of the country following a state of decay which had lasted for more than eighty years. He promised to rid the nation of any foreign influence, and to once again make Exponent a competitor on the world stage. Mass rallies were held around the country as his popularity skyrocketed. In 1938, the secret Exponent-Pyeki Treaty was signed, sealing the fate of millions of lives in the coming years.

Playing upon ages old Anglo-Exponential rivalry, Brightglass sought to confirm his position on the global stage by striking out at the premier Anglo nation of the time, the nation of Walmington on Sea. On September 2, 1939, the Empires of Pyeki and Exponent launched a massive coordinated surprise attack ay Walmingtonian bases on opposite sides of the globe. The Exponential Fleet under Admiral Quintus Benenatus struck at the base of the Walmingtonian South Seas fleet at Port Mavis, smashing a Walmingtonian fleet and escort carrier as well as several smaller vessels, as well as crippling the a battleship and heavy cruiser. The Pyekan forces caused similar damage as they prepared to invade the Walmingtonian colony of Ceyloba.

The Walmingtonian reaction, however, was much quicker than expected, and caught Benenatus' fleet with its pants down, severely damaging several Imperial carriers. This threw a major wrench in the gears of the Exponential war machine, however, they soldiered on at a fraction of their strength to strike at teh Walmingtonian islands of St. Thomas and Prince's Island. The islands were quickly seized with heavy Exponential casualties, but the Walmingtonians continued to wage a guerilla war from the areas dense jungle.

To be continued....

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

Reserved for Isolation/Sampeng

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

Reserved for Return/Plague

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

Reserved for the Current Confederacy

Still under Construction

Liu Na - Purchased from Azura. Pop = 534mil. Rice and fish are primary exports.
Capital: Gonglu

Section A, Alkoul
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=107646

Foreign business relations:

Medical
800 Branches of Pharmacorp Pharmacies out of Brewdomia (Nationwide)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=52442
5 CosmetiCare Facilities * (3 in Paradise City, 1 in Divinity, 1 in Redemption) and 1 EduCare Center out of Cruxium ** (Paradise City)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=227524#p227524
Nationwide Insurance Dealerships from Cera Bellis Insurance, 120 Cera Bellis Health Centers (Nationwide), 1 Cera Bellis Oncology Center (Paradise City), 4 Cera Bellis Rehabilitation Centers (2 in Paradise City, 1 in Redemption, 1 in Divinity) out of New Azura
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=201094&p=11099360#p11099360

Automobiles
Monteluci di Confederazione Blackhelm and Lepanto Blackhelm out of Van Luxemburg (Paradise City)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10732
Shaf Motors Inc out of Shaff (Nationwide)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=51619

Food
30 FastFish Restaurants out of FSM (10 in Paradise City, 6 in Redemption, 5 in Sacrament, 1 on Paradise-Sacrament Expressway, 4 in Divinity, 4 in Alexandria)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=60457
8 Clengin Family Restaurants (4 in Paradise City, 1 in Divinity, 1 in Alexandria, 2 in New Atlanta)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=190923
45 The Sweet Spot Stores (30 in Paradise City, 10 in Sacrament, 2 in Redemption and 3 in Alexandria)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=212101
45 Sérstakar Bederish Coffeehouses (40 in Paradise City, 2 in Sacrament, 1 in Alexandria, 1 in Divinity, 1 in Capula)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=208734
116 Worthington Soups Boxes (60 in Paradise City, 20 in Divinity, 15 in Redemption, 8 in New Atlanta, 6 in Alexandria, 4 in Sacrament, 1 in Golden Breeze, 1 in Kimberley, 1 in Paradise City International Airport)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=199917&start=25
Naturnalia Pet Food sold at PetCity stores (Nationwide)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=245788

Tobacco
Deutsch Kaiserlich Tabak (Available in most cities through 7 distribution centers in Paradise City, Divinity, Sacrament, Redemption, Alexandria, Albandaea, and Kimberley)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=244312

Electronics
14 Xzaerom stores (Paradise City)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=106602
Wide Format Technologies (Nationwide distribution and carrier service, subsidiary owned by Lucius Gildedhilt)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=227257
Kingston Wireless
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=66947
World Cellular
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=115612

Tourism
Paradise City Intl. Airport offers flights to the following locations:
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=110535&p=5538730#p5538730
Crystal Cruises ship Allure of the Seas also pulls into the port of Paradise City
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=102530
as does Phoenix Cruise Lines
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6450
and the 10 day Confederate cruise aboard the SuperStar Pleasure, offered by AuperStar Cruises of Arrentine
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=219162
The hotel Terrace Paradise City, built by Terrace Hotels & Suites out of ViZion also is in downtown Paradise City
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=3018655#p3018655
along with an Amethyst Jade Casino Resort, right on the beach
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=2333821#p2333821
Also, several ships from Columbia Cruises, from D Land and Isles, stop in the Blackhelm Confederacy. They are the DMS Shine, stopping in Alexandria and Paradise City as part of its World Voyage, the DMS Brigader stopping in Redemption, Paradise City, Divinity, Albandaea, and Alexandria in its Wonders of the Blackhelm Confederacy Cruise, the DMS Viceroy stopping in Paradise City and Divinity as part of it's Holiday/Summer Cruises, and the DMS Royale, pulling into Alexandria as part of it's Wonders of Astyria Cruise
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=240982
Highland Lodge from Bederich also has a resort in the Highlands
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=249818
and there is a Golden Eagle Resort in Paradise City
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=259442

Transportation
Pere Marquette Ferry Line operates service between a number of Confederate cities. City of Midland 41 operates on the Paradise - Redemption Route (275 nm each way), Pere Marquette 21 operates on the Paradise - Divinity route (470 nm each way), Pere Marquette 22 operates on the Paradise - New Atlanta route(590 nm each way) and the St. Ignace operates the Paradise - Espis route (1280 nm each way)
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=250611

*LifeWyze CosmetiCare Facilities are the latest creation of the LifeWyze Corporation's MediCare Division, providing any form of cosmetic surgery desired by the populous, from breast enlargements to rhinoplasty, from skin grafts to gender-reassignment surgery. CosmetiCare Facilities possess state of the art technology to ensure that you look as beautiful on the outside as you undoubtedly are on the inside!

**In order to train the enormous amounts of scientists, chemists, pharmacists, researchers, doctors, nurses and surgeons required to work in the LifeWyze Corporation, the EduCare Center was developed. Each EduCare Centre is a University teaching various science courses that would be utilized by members of LifeWyze. It has a set grading criteria and provides certificates of education that are recongized world wide. Those who achieve high marks may be ear-marked for the LifeWyze family! One year of study at an EduCare Center costs $14,000 regardless of course, which does not include study guides, stationary, boarding or resits and regradings. The average course spans 3 years, however sandwich courses of 4 years are advised. On a sandwich course the student works for LifeWyze for one year in an appropriate field and is paid a wage appropriate to the position they work in determined at the time of employment. Each EduCare Center has a full compliment of teaching staff, an on sight PharmaCare Outlet, and a Cute Bunny Burger Corporation outlet. They have parking for 4,000 and year-round accommodation for approximately 2,500 staff and students.

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Griffincrest Yacht, Paradise City:


Yacht Passing Griffincrest Island:


Yacht, Close-up:


Story:

Claudius Griffincrest's yacht is his pride and joy. With, over a hundred and fifty guest rooms and suites, along with restaurants, bars, (thats right, more than one), a massive ballroom, a spa, a massive conference room, and a gym. This seven decked also has a number of countermeasures kept confidential spread throughout the ship. This is ranked among the worlds largest privately owned yachts, something which Claudius is quite proud of.

Claudius also holds property around the world. Some of his most notable homes are the Villa Giorgio in San Monteriano (viewtopic.php?f=6&t=93246) and the Villa Romban in Monte Mare (viewtopic.php?p=2560995#p2560995)

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

The language of the Confederacy is Latin, however a large portion of the nation also speaks English. This is due to a several hundred year long relationship between the Confederacy and Praetonia, and later Walmington-on-Sea. Much of the music of the Confederacy is American, with the lyrics substituted in Latin. Below is an example:

Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love (Non Adamare Non Possum)
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/page/0,,222067-2119562,00.html

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Confederate Cuisine

Confederate food is an odd affair by most standards, as that it lacks actual utensils save for an odd looking spoon, which looks almost identical to the ones used by the Japanese in their soups. Most foods in the Blackhelm Confederacy are served in either an edible bread bowl, or on a thick, crispy fried tortilla. Food is also usually served with some kind of cracker or smaller fried tortilla, which is used to scoop up the food in place of a fork or spoon.

Food is often in the form of a diced up jumble, or a dip. The average Confederate family living within the cities of the country will often eat a meal of a crab or fish spread, served with crackers and on a fried tortilla. If this is not the meal, another common meal is a melted cheese dish very similar to Welsh Rarebit. Both of these can vary from being very tasty to rather bland, depending on how the item is prepared. This is usually reliant upon the family income. If Confederate (or Exponential, from the nations former name, depending on the owner) restaurants exist in your nation, you are highly likely to be served urban style food. Another dish, more often enjoyed by the upper classes, and very common in restaurants, is a spiced and marinated diced steak, rice, tomato/cilantro type salsa, cheese, and sour cream served in on a fried tortilla, and usually with an additional corn/cilantro salsa mixed in, and also eaten with small pieces of fried tortilla or crackers.

On the streets of the Confederacy's cities, the most beloved food in the nation has its position. Similar to the hot dog of NY or Chicago, Paradise City is well known for its street food, the stuffed dormouse. The little delights often come stuffed with either beef, pork, cheese, or any combination of them, and sometimes chicken. They are served in a small cardboard container with a sheet of wax paper in it. Another type of food on the go is the Isicia Omentata. It is a white wine soaked french roll, sprinkled with some pepper, and a meat patty that has a bit of salt, white wine, pine kernels, and pepper corn. It is very common in the cafes of the major cities of the Blackhelm Confederacy.

Pancakes, made by mixing milk, oil and eggs together into a dough and then fried in a pan and topped with honey and a bit of pepper are also very common all over the country. Exponential rolls are also a type of food known throughout the nation. They are made by pouring some young wine or grape juice over the flour, then adding anise, cumin seeds, lard and cheese. The baker then forms this mix together until he has a reasonable dough, forms rolls, then puts one bay leaf under each of them. The result is wonderful, and is common in virtually all Confederate homes.

Desert varies widely, but a very common desert is a fruit with a bit of honey, or pastry. All of it is made with honey, as sugar is not terribly common in the Blackhelm Confederacy.


In the countryside, sorghum is the staple food, and in some areas there is rice. The people often are not very creative in eating this, and it is not very note worthy.

[Gc1mak]

What your peoples look like? Are they advanced africans or primitive african that export oil? I also wish to know the standard-issue weapon etc... (Espionage )

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What your peoples look like? Are they advanced africans or primitive african that export oil? I also wish to know the standard-issue weapon etc... (Espionage )

Well, the Confederate people are either white people of Roman decent who occupy the cities, or poor Sub-Saharan African types who live in the more rural areas, plus a large Egyptian population in Egypttiansstan.

The Confederate Army fields the AR-3, which is basically the Confederate version of the Vektor CR-21. The light machine gun is the Vektor SS77, and side arm is the RAP-440.

[Gc1mak]

I wish to ask what is the Confederacy Main Battle Tank, I know the MBT of GC is SX.26 Chariot, but I don't know your. May I also ask whether the knowledge of your main battle tank, or its existance in your military will be known? ( Maybe internet noobs from nations you invade that survived keep on spamming about the horrible tanks...)

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

I wish to ask what is the Confederacy Main Battle Tank, I know the MBT of GC is SX.26 Chariot, but I don't know your. May I also ask whether the knowledge of your main battle tank, or its existance in your military will be known? ( Maybe internet noobs from nations you invade that survived keep on spamming about the horrible tanks...)

Pythagrian made XM-1 Battle Tank

Height: 6 feet

Weight: 82 tons

Length: 18 feet

Armament: For a primary weapon, the XM-1 uses a "Bolter" 120mm smoothbore ETC to fling shells at incredible velocities. For a secondary armament, it uses two .50 caliber coaxial machine guns, two .50 caliber machine guns on the roof, and two AT missile launchers for... long-range AT purposes, of course. The top machine guns each have a bullet proof glass "bubble" over them, to protect against bullets, and the missiles can be reloaded from INSIDE the tank. All this uses third-generation autoloaders. It also has four Florernst turrets on top. These fire large bullets very fast at incoming missiles.

Armor: The XM-1 utilizes amorphous metal (metal with no discernable pattern in atomic arrangement), to full effect, sandwiching it between two plates of ceramics, and covering it with triple-hardness steel. This allows it to withstand all but the toughest of attacks, but it is a bit heavy. The armor is sloped 80 degrees on the front, 60 on the turret, 40 on the sides, but only 30 at the back. It's also 4 inches thick.

Sensors/Electronics: The XM-1 uses the Great Eye sensor system (cameras, IR, etc.), and the VIOLA supercomputer for targeting, emergency intervention, and stuff like that. It utilizes a radar also.

Engine: The XM-1 uses a 3,000 horsepower engine capable of pulling it along roads at 40mph. It runs on either biodiesel, ethanol, or normal diesel.

There would be about as much knowledge on this tank as any typical Western tank IRL. The Chariot, however, would be much, much more hush hush.

OOC: I did not make this tank. I have been using it since my original nation, Exponent, back in '05, when Pythagria gave us the DPR. Also, good find on the Chariot my man. Nobody ever actually bothers to dig that up =)

[Gc1mak]

OOC: I suggest you to change your tank to a more advanced one if possible, since its information are very lacking to allow easy comparing of XM-1 to LY4A2/MCA-7G/M-21/Whatever MBT that you are going to meet in Sahara. Let's see what it lack:
1. Armour Thickness
2. Penetration of gun, but well, I guess it is more crappy then the Chariot
3. Well, just way too many things, but the above too is more than enough to spark a 180 hours Smoke on the water OOC thread argument.
4. What kind of ATGM
5. What kind of .50, there are way too much

Well, SX.26 Chariot's information will be easily revealed once we managed to destroy a few platoons/capture 2-3 examples of it from your army.

It appear that he wasn't a very experienced designers, or was 05 the era where the 'serious ' designers didn't came out yet?

* I dug into your Griffincrest Corporation page, so I can find information on how to beat you. Then I go to the Jolt Page, finding your armed force page and smiling when I know my troops is better equiped then your, and then looked to the most down part of the page, discovering the MBT. Well, the SX.26 Chariot is a good enough design to be used in serious rp. But I am afraid that XM-1 will get bashed.

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

OOC: I suggest you to change your tank to a more advanced one if possible, since its information are very lacking to allow easy comparing of XM-1 to LY4A2/MCA-7G/M-21/Whatever MBT that you are going to meet in Sahara. Let's see what it lack:
1. Armour Thickness
2. Penetration of gun, but well, I guess it is more crappy then the Chariot
3. Well, just way too many things, but the above too is more than enough to spark a 180 hours Smoke on the water OOC thread argument.
4. What kind of ATGM
5. What kind of .50, there are way too much

Well, SX.26 Chariot's information will be easily revealed once we managed to destroy a few platoons/capture 2-3 examples of it from your army.

It appear that he wasn't a very experienced designers, or was 05 the era where the 'serious ' designers didn't came out yet?

* I dug into your Griffincrest Corporation page, so I can find information on how to beat you. Then I go to the Jolt Page, finding your armed force page and smiling when I know my troops is better equiped then your, and then looked to the most down part of the page, discovering the MBT. Well, the SX.26 Chariot is a good enough design to be used in serious rp. But I am afraid that XM-1 will get bashed.

Er...wut? 4 inches is almost twice as thick as a Leopard MBT, a 120mm ETC cannon has an incredible amount of penetration, the fifty cal is an M2HB, and the ATGM is the Ingwe. Just what exactly are you fielding that gives you such confidence?

Also, what makes you so sure you will even get to shore. The Griffincrest Security Force has literally thousands of ships to oppose you, and millions of missiles to help.

[Gc1mak]

The LY4A2 and LY6A1 etc.. How many tanks you have? I have over half of my force being armoured so it won't be suprising in case my armoured outnumbered your.

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

The LY4A2 and LY6A1 etc.. How many tanks you have? I have over half of my force being armoured so it won't be suprising in case my armoured outnumbered your.

The Confederacy maintains two million XM-1's, Griffincrest maintains about eighty thousand Chariots.

[Gc1mak]

Since you have 40 millions in military, I doubt you have enough men left for other vehicles, your force are focused on number and no infantries support?

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

Since you have 40 millions in military, I doubt you have enough men left for other vehicles, your force are focused on number and no infantries support?

I am being invaded, there is a draft, that number is peacetime. There are over a hundred million men and women ready to take up arms against the invasion, so many of these tanks are being hauled out of storage and all. There is plenty of room for other duties and other vehicles.

[Gc1mak]

Oh.... * Summon Sumer *

Bye bye to your tank horde.

Anyway, off with the joke ( I mean fact ). I want to know is the SX.26 or the XM-1 better? According to what I know, the XM-1 is better. What is the speed for XM-1, the engine that power it, and all the important thing. Your tank really have alot of thing miss out, and alot of its feature don't even have explaination, I suggest you switch to full SX.26, avoiding alot of argument.

Since you said hundreds of millions, how many total men are being in your military now? I am going to make sure I understand the average quality of your troops, I don't think your quality could be maintained at half the US's quality with so many draft and troops, while the first LCAC will probably arrive in a year or so.