The name Marquesas comes from the francophone word marche, meaning "The Frontier" in reference to the sprawling wildernesses explored by early Marquesan seafarers. The collection of independent kingdoms which became known as The Marquesas began in a now-abandoned region referred to as Sondria; there, a collection of volcanic islands, jungles, mountains and hillcountries were ruled by local kings whose kingdoms grew to protect and provide for their local populations with increasingly liberal policies over time, leading to a high standard of living. Early adopters of seafaring, the Marquesan people sailed between islands in the Sea of Curacao and the Sea of Arrack as early as 3,000 BC, and by 1,500 BC had explored the majority of Sondria. Expanding to other regions, Marquesan settlement eventually included land holdings in Gholgoth. Greater Dienstad and Esvanovia, with long sea-lanes between them, connected first by massive sailing catamarans and then in the industrial revolution by steamship, the Marquesan people have maintained colonies and alliances in many countries and regions.
Over time, industrial trades such as stonemasons and shipbuilders developed guilds to train new skilled laborers and to certify work. These guilds grew to provide regulation and management as Marquesan industrial power grew in the 1600-1900 period, and still exist today, acting in many ways as labor unions which ensure fair treatment of workers, safety of workplaces, quality of workmanship and adherence to regulations regarding environmental impact, international treaties, etc. The Marquesan royalty (La Noblesse Marquises) grew in the medieval period to find strength in collectives which were consolidated in 1192 AD by the first Marshal de Marquises, Louis I. Louis I was known as the Shōgun of Kyushu and Kanto, the two peninsular regions of Marquesan Sondria, and as Le Roi de Rois in Marquesan Esvanovia.
The Tripartite Crown was held by every successive Empereur des Marquesiens for 823 years, until the Assassination of Shōgun Akane Hyuga I, daughter of Yuri II. Akane I ended in 2015, with a violent revolution took place, ending more than 800 years of peace. Resulting in the assassination of the Shōgun, Akane Hyuga I, the dynastic rule of the reclusive Shōguns ended. A bloody civil war took place following the assassination, finally resulting in the 2015 Bay of Tears Accord, signed in the Elder Republic of Erjunhuf. The government that replaced the monarchical Shogunate was a progressive libertarian Republic, known as the Meritocratic Union of Marquesan States, which brought peace to the warring Prefectures of the former Shōgunate. Peace was to be short-lived; the outbreak of nuclear war in Sondria forced the abandonment of the Marquesan homeland. The people settled in Marquesan Gholgoth, a snowy, rain-soaked area nearest the Kylarnatian home territory until the outbreak of The Kraven War in Gholgoth forced the Marquesan people to move once more, with many settling in Greater Dienstad's Marquesan-Arvolken Regency, and the majority settling in Esvanovia, where the primary home territories of other powerful trans-regional empires have come to settle.
The Marquesan Empire Today:
The Marquesan culture embraced planned cities and symmetrical defensive star-type fortifications early. Beginning in 1192, building a new city required the permission of the Marshale's planning commission, which performed a detailed site survey before construction could begin. Each city would center around the Ducal Palace grounds, which in the medieval period was always fortified and in the Renaissance was often a sprawling palace. While Marquesan royalty in modern times prefer more modest accommodations, the Ducal Palace is still the political center of every city, containing the city's college and, below ground, the central hub of the subway system which connects hubs beneath the Palace of the Margrave in each of three Arrondissements. Today, the Ducal Palace University in each city centers around the Palace containing the classrooms and facilities of the university, and an Orangerie, which produces the food which feeds the students of the University in a public space which also feeds any who come for care, who can receive personal hygiene, food, shelter, and job training at no cost.
Cities are laid out around the Ducal Palace in standard-size blocks according to a plan which permits some allowance for terrain like mountains, rivers, beaches, etc, but has always limited the placement of metropolitan districts until a survey could be conducted with Royal authority. Each Metropolitan District has three Arrondissements, containing a Palace of the Margrave. In antiquity, underground tunnels connected the Palaces of the Margraves with the Palace of the Duke, allowing messages to be conveyed in secret and in safety during a siege of the city itself. In modern times, these tunnels carry electric subway trains, which transfer inter-city traffic which arrives beneath the Ducal Palace to a hub which exits out onto the surface at the Margrave's Palace grounds. Today, the Palace of the Margrave is the justice center of the city, containing the headquarters of the city Maréchaussée, and the city courts.
Within each of the three Arrondissements, ten Cantonments (governed by a City Canton, appointed by the Margrave) provided in antiquity small outposts at which the city's knights could rest, resupply, exchange horses or equipment, and receive medical care. Today, the Palais de Cantonment, 30 in a complete Metropolitan District, is working space for roughly 1,000 professionals, including a hospital with 540 permanent staff, a Gendarmerie detachment of 150 patrol officers, 150 firefighters, and a government administrative office with a staff of roughly 190. The Palais de Cantonment takes up a roughly 4,500 square meter area in the center of each city block, around which is always built a large city park, which is always free and open to the residents of the canton, and which houses markets, zoological and botanical parks, etc. A 260-bed hospital also serves drug 40 rehab beds and the Marechal has 60 detention cells at each Cantonment, served by the patrol officers who office from each Palais de Cantonment.
In older cities, these facilities are built into older castles with as much respect to the original building as is possible, however in many younger cities, the Cantonments are built from the steel frames of shipping containers, as all Forces Marquises aux Armes posts are, designed to be modular, repeatable, and if necessary mobile, with each Palais de Cantonment in each city conforming to the same rectangular form with an open square in the center, with fifteen containers on each side, stacked six high. Parking for the cantonment's motorpool of vehicles is typically along the outer perimeter, with facilities for helicopters and VTOL tiltrotors on the rooftops of the cantonment, and the center of each cantonment being inherently mixed-use.
In cities with a Maréchaux de la Côte or Maréchaux de Rivière station, a Médecin de Combat Brigade Headquarters or Le Fleur Noir Inspectorate, one of the three Palais de Margrave will house these facilities, one will typically house the home of the Duke, and one will house the headquarters of the city's Gardiens du Régime detachment, which is the national Gendarmerie and the country's primary law enforcement agency. Beneath each Palais de Margrave, a subterranean transportation hub links to the other two hubs and to the inter-city connections beneath the Ducal Palace. Electric trains
Le Maréchaussée: 189 Districts, 12,500 personnel ea. 3 Arrondissements per District, 10 Cantons ea. Palais de Cantonment: 1 per Canton, 30 per Metro 540 Hospital, 150 Patrol, 150 Fire, 190 Gov/Admin per (15x15x6 -360x- Container Square - 67m L&W, 16m H) - 260 Hospital & 40 Rehab Beds, 60 Detention Cells per 120x Castra.206RPQ - 10-Man Quarters 60x Castra.206RFH - Field Hospital 60x Castra.206LMC - Modular ConEx 60x Casta.206RRU - Refrigerated ConEx 15x Castra.206RFK - Field Kitchen 15x Castra.206RWR - Washroom 15x Castra.206RLF - Laundry Facility 10x Castra.206RCN - Commo Node 5x Castra.206RCC - C&C Bunker
Le Fleur Noir: 151,200 Operatives Total 16 Inspectorates, 9,450 Operatives Assigned per
When the Marquesans decided to embrace the railroad in 1790, primary city carriageways were replaced one-by-one by railroad loops. In 1837, electric trains began replacing steam lines, and as district power plants began being built in the 1880s, trains began connecting Marquesan cities with regional airports and seaports in a network which eventually reached every metropolitan district. Eventually, it became standard practice to lay out steel railroad lines while building out the boundaries of each new canton and arrondissement, easing the transportation of building materials. In 1964, the invention of high-speed welded rail began converting the railroads to the newer standard, and from 1969 onward, began connecting the capital cities of each Principality with a high-speed MagLev train system.
, leading to the majority of cities being laid out in standard-sized blocks of avenues leading inward to the city center, and boulevards serving as ring-roads traveling through each section across its width. Typical cities are laid out around a Ducal Palace and its surrounding manor grounds; this palace serves as the center of city government and many essential facilities such as military unit headquarters, justice system facilities (typically underground, often referred to as Oubliettes) and also hospitals, training facilities, in addition to the Ducal Orangerie which produces food both for the house of the Duke, but also to feed the city's hospitals and soup kitchens. The Ducal Palace grounds are typically hexagonal in shape; in older cities, a star fortification is common, however newer cities have often stunningly elaborate palaces in various styles, the newest of which were built in Beaux Arts style near the time of the city's founding. Marquesan cities are planned in standard, generally circular forms
A Marquesan city grows in organized, planned blocks leading in a spiral away from the Ducal Palace. Every city is built in three Arrondissements, each containing a central
When a new Arrondissement is built, a manor is built to contain the house of the Margrave, serving to administer the Arrondissement and most often housing a
Through the chaotic transition from Gholgoth to Esvanovia, the internationally-supported civilian government has found itself increasingly at-odds with the leading royal families who still own a huge percentage of the land and businesses in the country. With policies designed to redistribute wealth to the populace directly through taxation optimized to deplete royal cash reserves, the royal families began to refuse to pay their taxes until a resolution could be reached, eventually leading to the country's royal families stepping around the civil government to fund the country's institutions directly. In this deepening financial crisis, the outbreak of the Kraven War occurred in Gholgoth, leading to a mass evacuation of the Gothic Marquesan Zone, which began the 2023 Coup d'Etat. This document represents the Royal Government of the Second Marquesan Empire, its various components, and the country's armed services, in full detail.
National Defense Readiness Condition:Blue - Nominal Readiness Condition. No Alerts. Green - Enhanced Readiness Condition. DDR Alerted. Brown - Actionable Condition Exists. FMA Alerted, DDR Deployed. Orange - Active Combat Condition Exists. NDR Alerted, FMA Deployed. Red - Major Threats. Nuclear Authorization Issued.
Demographic Information
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:16 am
by Marquesan
National Statistics:
National literacy rate: 98% Percent of population with Secondary Education: 95% Percent of population with Higher Education: 87% Percent of population identifying as LGBT: 2.5% Human Development Index: 0.906
Gini Coefficient: 36.125 Time Zone: +3 - +4 DST observed: Yes Drives on the: Right Calling code: +65 Internet TLD(s): .mqs
Percent Water: 8.5% Most common climate classification: Humid Subtropical Total Population: 514,030,400 Total Area: 16,042,350 Square Kilometers Population Density: 32.04 per Square Kilometer
Government Budget: Ⓐ4,401,542,567,334.68 (17.98% GDP) Government Expenditures: Ⓐ4,137,450,013,294.60 Goverment Waste: Ⓐ264,092,554,040.08 Goverment Efficiency Rating: 94%
Exports: Ⓐ2,864,838,282,882.874 Imports: Ⓐ2,828,383,983,125.812 Trade Surplus: Ⓐ36,454,299,757.06 Rising Sun Profits: Ⓐ83,449,021,145 Revenues from Trade & Travel: Ⓐ176,929,557,835
Currency & Finance. ________________________________________ The Trans-Sondrian Aureus Cooperative is a supranational coalition of financial institutions and national governments formed to administer compliance with the Aureus Pact agreement. The Aureus Pact is based on mutual cooperation; signatory nations allow financial institutions to bid for government, business and personal loans, programs, initiatives and accounts on equal footing regardless of their nation of origin. Compliance with the Aureus Pact guarantees the integrity of a financial institution and adherence to strict guidelines and operational standards. A financial institution found to be operating outside the tenets of the Aureus Pact may be barred from doing business in any signatory country or could be fined or sanctioned by TSAC. The Trans-Sondrian Aureus Cooperative operates as a regulatory body for financial institutions in signatory nations with government oversight and assistance from all three compliant governments but without direct management from any government.
Competition between financial institutions for government contracts creates incentive to offer the most advantageous terms in order to secure contracts and encourages efficiency and integrity. Instances of corruption, mismanagement, unfair or unreasonable practices would cause an institution to be sanctioned or even barred from the Cooperative and excluded from the right to operate in any signatory country. In this way, peer review creates a stronger incentive for moral financial practices than any government could enforce by itself; institutions that operate with the lowest overhead and the most transparency, have the best customer service ratings, create the most advantageous contract bids and provide the best pay and benefits for their employees are given the most advantageous private sector and public sector contracts and consequently the most business, increasing their revenue and securing more market share. The merit rating of a given financial institution is not merely a measure of its standing with TSAC on its financial metrics but is also a reflection of public confidence and trust in the institution.
Three nations are currently signatory to the Aureus Pact; the Elder Republic of Erjunhuf, the Stratocratic Republic of Iohann and the Meritocratic Union of Marquesan States. All three nations eschew a central, national bank controlled by the government in favor of TSAC-compliant financial institutions which govern themselves. While this means there is no one "bank of last resort" in Aureus Pact nations, any TSAC bank with the wherewithal to print and issue specification-compliant currency may do so; the market governs the value of the currency and the interest rate and the credit rating of signatory nations governs their borrowing power from TSAC banks. Under TSAC, governments, businesses and individuals may open accounts, borrow money and make other financial transactions at the same banks. Because the free market controls both the demand and the supply of money, the Aureus Pact acts as a check against runaway inflation and unnecessary government spending since the lender may decline any loan that would be considered unprofitable or disadvantageous. Because of the plurality of financial institutions in multiple countries, large projects may be bid for and underwritten by coalitions of two or more financial institutions to mitigate risk and defray costs. Large coalitions of banks may be formed inside TSAC for extremely large accounts such as the Guaranteed Basic Income system in The Marquesas.
In The Marquesas, the Finance & Insurance Guild and thus also every financial institution in the country is fully compliant to the guidelines of the Trans-Sondrian Aureus Cooperative. The Guild enforces standards and governs transactions directly with government oversight but without direct government intervention, providing both incentives and sanctions to member institutions, underwriting banks and insurance companies and providing through natural competition better working conditions, pay and benefits for the employees of member institutions. All three signatory governments have direct supervisory authority to audit TSAC at any level at any time and for any reason. TSAC is required by its own charter to operate with full disclosure to Aureus Pact governments as each TSAC member institution is required to operate with full but confidential disclosure to the Cooperative, which does not share information about the operations of individual member institutions with their peers. This confidentiality protects the interests of banks and places them on equal footing, while the transparency between banks and TSAC and also TSAC to the AP governments allows each body to accurately evaluate its decisions, transactions and results. Full disclosure from AP governments to TSAC and TSAC to member institutions is also integral to the Aureus Pact's charter; transparent routine communication of key financial metrics in both directions dramatically cuts down on unfair business practices, corruption and inefficiency.
Each TSAC-compliant mint in the Aureus Pact signatory nations produces a single, agreed-upon standard currency, the Aureus, (Symbol: Ⓐ) which all AP nations use. The Aureus is a fiat currency, tied to an averaged Consumer Price Index report issued by all signatory countries. The value of the Aureus is targeted for zero inflation and is, in practice, a largely digitally-traded currency with over 80% of all transactions occurring electronically. The Aureus is issued in twelve denominations; 20mm discs are issued in .10, .25, and .50 denominations, 40mm discs are issued in 1.00, 5.00, 10.00, and 20.00 denominations, while 80mm discs are issued in 50.00, 100.00, 500.00, 1,000.00 and 5,000.00 denominations.
The physical currency is issued on thin (0.75mm thick) 20mm, 40mm and 80mm flexible discs woven from ultrafine IM600 (5 micrometer) carbon fiber filament. Each disc is comprised of 150 layers of the ultrafine woven fabric, laid bias-ply to the one before it, making the flexible discs extremely strong. Due to the asymmetrical, 6K, 5HS Satin weave, the pattern appears differently on either face of each note, the high fabric-density of the weave making each note very durable, while an all-robotic, all-laser process makes each note internally consistent to 99.9999%, with each cut and finished disc consistent to within 5 microns of any other. The ultra-high thread count, satin weave and ultrafine filament structure contribute to the flexibility and softness of the notes which can be folded like paper but retain their structure and display incredible resilience to tearing. The high-heat laser finishing process melts the edges of each note, sealing the cloth structure and preventing the layered cloth from separating.
Every Aureus note includes a number of anti-counterfeiting measures that make the currency extremely challenging to replicate. Watermarks visible under ultraviolet light are displayed throughout each note, along with a specially-sequenced RFID signature recording each note's serial number embedded in the carbon fiber fabric. Extremely fine, wavy microprint is laser-etched onto the fabric medium and polychromic color-shifting toner is used to create the text and images on each Aureus note while a QR code is printed on the rear face of each disc, linking smartphone and tablet users to an interactive website with education available on the national government, economy, history and culture. Special colored blue and red microthreads are embedded throughout the notes along radial sequences, visible along the edge of each note, the fabric of which is satin-woven from raw carbon fiber fabric on special machines the design of which is copyrighted and closely guarded both by the Marquesan Finance & Insurance Guild and the Trans-Sondrian Aureus Cooperative. Land Value & Demurrage Taxation. ________________________________________ Revenue for the Marquesan Union is generated through a binary system of taxation in which the value of land and the value of real and liquid assets is subject to tax. The value of land is determined by the insurable value of the property, measured by its size, location, availability of resources and proximity to other properties which may increase or decrease its value. Commercial, residential, industrial and agricultural properties are held to different standards of valuation and assessed by a commission from the Level One council, where land is subject to quinquennial valuation or in the event of a transfer of ownership. Land Value Tax is paid annually to the Level One council of applicable jurisdiction. This tax is the primary means of revenue generation in The Marquesas and is assessed in place of any form of personal or corporate income or sales tax. Because the tax is on the value of land, it provides an incentive to utilize vacant land rather than holding it for the purpose of appreciation and provides a progressive means of taxing those with ability to pay rather than encumbering the poor.
The second primary means of revenue generation is a demurrage tax, or a negative interest. By this method, the Marquesan government charges a tax paid as a monthly transfer of funds from the individual's primary account to the Level One jurisdiction in which the person resides. This tax, charged as a percentage of the total funds accumulated in the individual's account over that month, provides an even-handed and equitable tax on all members of Marquesan society regardless of residency or citizenship status. The demurrage encourages investment rather than accumulation of money and increases the velocity of exchange in the economy. Physical Aureus notes are re-registered each time they are used; every time an Aureus note is exchanged, it is scanned by the recipient of the note and the scanner transmits a timestamp to the RFID chip in each note. The difference between timestamps determines the absolute value of the note and the amount of demurrage tax owed on the use of the note which is collected by the merchant receiving the note and paid with their monthly demurrage. This eliminates the possibility of evading the tax by dealing only in cash. Interest paid on bank accounts or liquid investments counters the demurrage and amounts to a tax break paid by the financial institution to the account holder.
The Marquesan taxation system serves to make the country a tax haven when compared to income tax-based economies. The total lack of sales tax or income tax in the country along with the nature of the LVT and Demurrage highly encourages capital investment in long term resources rather than hoarding the medium of exchange. It also encourages development of property rather than acquiring property for appreciation and leaving such land undeveloped. The financial structure of the country gives a great deal of real political power to the residents and citizens of The Marquesas by allowing them to control in real terms how their money is spent and by creating a fiscal environment inhospitable to usury, corruption and greed. Guaranteed Basic Income & Citizen's Dividend. ________________________________________ Each Marquesan Citizen or Resident, receives from the government a basic income of 2,000 Aureus monthly without regard to means testing of any kind. From birth to the Age of Majority (22 Years in The Marquesas) these payments are held in an interest-bearing escrow account which the young adult then gains access to and may spend it as he or she pleases. These payments continue until the death of the individual, upon which time any excess is given in grant to the individual's named beneficiary or next of kin if no beneficiary is named. If the individual dies before reaching the age of majority, all principal proceeds and interest are transferred to the parents, next of kin or legal guardian. This Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) is a check against poverty, allowing no Marquesan Citizen or Resident to fall into destitution. The GBI provides a basic standard of living without removing the incentive to work and supplement one's basic income. In this way, the burden of high wage minimums is removed from employers, encouraging small businesses to hire and freeing the population to work in whatever field they choose without undue concern for survival if a new venture bears no fruit in its infancy. In this way, the nation's youth is supported and the nation's elderly are provided for without a plurality of government programs and without leading individuals in lower income markets into a welfare trap.
In addition to the GBI, Citizens, Exemplars and Patrons are granted a special government-funded investment account upon recognition of their Citizenship into which 5%, 10% or 20% of their annual tax contributions are returned. This retirement account is free from additional tax on the principal and upon which 1%, 2% or 4% simple interest accrues for the life of the account. The Citizen's Retirement Account (CRA) may not be withdrawn from until 57 years of age is reached, however no required minimum distributions must be made at any time. The CRA may be re-invested at the discretion of the Citizen or an authorized representative broker managing accounts for the individual. Re-investments may be made to private business ventures, publically-held companies or in commodities such as gold, oil, copper, natural gas, etc. Account-holders also receive a dividend on all assets held by the Union of Marquesan States once per quarter, an equal percentage of the country's revenue distributed between all Citizens, Exemplars and Patrons directly to their CRA's. Account-holders may add to their account at any age, in any amount with their own funds and may also invest in the CRA of any Citizen, Exemplar or Patron to whom they are directly related (such as that of a son or daughter) but may never be compelled to withdraw funds. In the event of the Account-holder's death, funds in the account will be transferred to their chosen Beneficiary, spouse, children or next of kin if no beneficiary is named. Environmental & Economic Collective. ________________________________________ The Marquesan government's interest in maintaining a clean, sustainable environment is enforced by the Comprehensive Pollutant Standards Act. CPSA outlines four types of environmental pollutants; Airborne, Organic Aqueous, Inorganic Aqueous and Soil Pollutants. These four categories, outlined below, are all regulated in respect to emission by industries both large and small. Airborne Pollutants: Airborne Pollutants include but are not limited to such hazards as Sulfur dioxide, Nitrogen oxides, Ammonia, Carbon monoxide, Volatile Organic Compounds, (VOCs) Ozone, Persistent Organic Pollutants, (POPs) Airborne particles, Toxic metals and Radioactive pollutants. Air pollution can cause environmental problems like smog, and health disorders like asthma, coughing, respiratory diseases, etc.
Organic Aqueous Pollutants: Organic Aqueous Pollutants include but are not limited to such hazards as Insecticides and herbicides, a range of organohalide, Bacteria from livestock operations, Food processing waste including pathogens, Tree debris from logging operations, VOCs including solvents and hydrocarbons, Dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) such as chlorinated solvents and Detergents and chemical compounds found in cosmetics products. Organic Aqueous Pollutants usually include herbicides and insecticides which are used for agriculture. When food is processed, harmful pathogens are discarded as wastes from food laboratories. Similarly, the livestock industry produces poisonous bacteria harbored by animals, which can enter water in the form of waste. When unwanted trees and plants are discarded, they are not burnt but usually thrown into the ocean, leading to their decay and introduction of bacteria to the water.
Inorganic Aqueous Pollutants: Inorganic Aqueous Pollutants include but are not limited to such hazards as Heavy metals, Acidity caused by industrial discharges such as sulfur dioxide by power plants, Chemical waste, Fertilizers from agricultural use and Silt from construction sites, logging, slash and burn operations. Inorganic wastes from heavy industries and construction companies are led to the oceans in the form of Detergents, chemical compounds from cosmetics, chlorinated solvents, hydrocarbons, etc. Scientific research and development wastes are also usually thrown into the sinks, entering the oceans or rivers. Heavy metals from sulfur dioxide, chemical waste, silt from construction sites, and fertilizers used in agriculture are some of the common inorganic wastes.
Soil Pollutants: Soil Pollutants include but are not limited to such hazards as Hydrocarbons, Solvents, Pesticides, Lead and other heavy metals. Land or soil pollution is the third most commonly found pollution in the atmosphere. Soil is used for agricultural purposes, and due to the pollution of soil, there can be risks of impurities in the growth medium itself. There are discharges from organic and inorganic industries, heavy metals such as lead, plastic, glass, etc., which also contaminate the land around the waste lines. Construction sites also contribute largely to land pollution because they release solvents and silt into the soil around the construction sites. Fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and chemical compounds used to protect the plants from various disease and pests are also washed off in the soil causing soil pollution. Deforestation, could also lead to land pollution and soil erosion.
The four regulated categories of environmental pollutants and contaminants are monitored by the Marquesan Environmental & Economic Cooperative, a commercial organization funded and administered by the government to provide uniform work safety, environmental impact and standards coordination for a network of peer-review Industry Guilds. Each guild is a collaborative effort manned by experts in a given industry, analysts, government representatives and leaders in each industry along with high-ranking executives from Marquesan companies both large and small. The guilds are responsible for regulating their industries and providing common acceptable standards. Each guild drafts and modifies its standards as-needed while compensating for the size and economic impact of member companies both large and small. It is the responsibility of the guild to enforce environmental impact standards with government oversight and to ensure safe working environments, fair labor standards, impartial peer review and compliance with Marquesan law. All businesses operating in Marquesan are required to register with a guild within the first year of their operation or face economic exclusion, a law which is overwhelmingly obeyed in practice.
If a member company is found to be in violation of guild standards, the entire guild can be subjected to sanctions, penalties and restrictions on resource availability, while surpassing guild standards can result in special funding for R&D or Infrastructure projects directly from the national government. Many guilds have collaborative special funding accounts which can be used for emergency bailouts, for group infrastructure projects or for cost-sharing of advanced research. Companies and guilds researching advanced, low environmental impact, "green" or renewable energy technologies promoting sustainable renewable resources become eligible for special tax-free incentives from the government including special access to land, funds or material resources. A focus on minimizing the four categories of environmental pollutants and contaminants in all possible aspects is the primary mission of the Marquesan Environmental & Economic Cooperative and all its subsidiary guilds as a whole.
There are twenty one registered and incorporated Industry Guilds presently accounted for under the Marquesan Environmental & Economic Collective. These are as follows: The Accommodation & Food Services Guild The Administrative & Waste Management Services Guild The Aerospace & Defense Technology Guild The Agriculture, Hunting & Fishing Guild The Architecture, Construction & Civil Engineering Guild The Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Guild The Communication & Journalism Guild The Durable Goods Manufacturing Guild The Education & Academic Oversight Guild The Finance & Insurance Guild The Foreign Projects & Guest Workers Guild The Governmental Oversight & Regulatory Guild The Healthcare & Human Services Guild The Information Technology & Science Guild The Mining, Drilling & Natural Resources Guild The Nondurable Goods Manufacturing Guild The Power, Refinery & Utilities Guild The Real Estate, Rental & Property Management Guild The Retail & Wholesale Guild The Shipwrights & Vehicle Manufacturer's Guild The Transportation & Warehousing Guild
Each Guild receives annual incentives in accordance to their percentage of the Gross Domestic Product if the guild's environmental record for that year is without a penalizing incident or accident. If an individual company within a guild is found to be in violation of Guild standards, or if an accident is deemed by MEEC investigation to have been aggravated by negligence, willful disregard or lack of proper safety precaution with respect to its environmental impact, both the company and the entire guild become liable for penalties up to and including monetary or resource penalties and sanctions. Extreme incidents may require extreme measures such as the dissolution of a company and the sale of its resources to its peers or to the guild itself, but such extreme punishment may only be exercised in the most dire of situations and usually only in the face of extreme loss of life. In practice, the Guild system is self-monitoring and requires only supervision, not micromanagement from government entities; in combination with the Union's laissez-faire tax system, the peer-review network of self-governing guilds can be largely credited with Marquesan economic supremacy in the region and also greatly contributes to the nation's efforts at becoming a leader in renewable resources, environmental preservation and green energy.
While the focus of the Guild system is environmental impact, the Guilds also provide a self-governing peer review system that acts as a chamber of commerce for member companies, develops workplace safety standards, wage negotiation, job placement for skilled laborers, certification holders and subject matter experts within an industry, impartial workplace grievance arbitration, standards for pay, disability, workman's compensation, workplace hazard mitigation including creation and logging of Materials Safety Data, pension, bonus and benefits regulation and provides large-scale group buying power for various types of work insurance such as health, vision, dental and life insurance, or collaborative retirement options. In this manner, the Guild system provides a critically important resource both for employees of member companies and for companies themselves to increase their buying power and their outreach to the communities they serve.
Government Budget
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:17 am
by Marquesan
Government Administration: -Ⓐ15,190,445,970 567,000** Administrative Workers
Public Education: -Ⓐ3,185,680,000,000 - 14.97% 7,956,900 Educators & Personnel
Défense du Royaume: -Ⓐ2,506,920,000,000 - 11.78% 5,700,300** Assigned Personnel
Forces Marquises aux Armes* Funding Breakdown: Guerre Aéronavale: 108,960,000,000 NSD - 20.89% Commande Logistique 92,318,400,000 NSD - 17.70% Hussards Blindée: 69,249,600,000 NSD - 13.28% Grenadiers de Fusée: 60,211,200,000 NSD - 11.54% Corps Guerre Navale: 59,035,200,000 NSD - 11.32% Corps Dragons de Mer: 47,408,000,000 NSD - 9.09% Chausseurs Spéciale: 38,272,000,000 NSD -7.34% Guerre Sous-Navale: 23,572,800,000 NSD - 4.52% Corps Ingénierie Militaire 22,400,000,000 NSD - 4.3%
Infrastructure Information.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:17 am
by Marquesan
Technology Timeline:
- The Industrial Revolution, 1860 - 1920 - Army Focus: Development of quick-firing, smokeless powder, rifling, De Bange breeches lead to QF guns. Inf/Art/Dragoons/Hussars comprise land army Navy Focus: Sailing warship development climaxes, 1850 sail moratorium leads to 10 years of research & ironclad age, reciprocating engine codevelopment w/ rail Air Focus: Early air power focused on airships, helium reserves discovered 1903, radial engine codeveloped for army/navy use, first airplanes as recon fighters Civilian Focus: Locomotive steam leads to naval steam, modern steam leads to electrification, civilian coke-fired turbines electrify country ca. 1890, turbine research leads to modern age
1820 - 1840: Modernization begins - first trains, ultimate sailing ship. LVVT in general use during intra-city & inter-city buildout of rail networks LVVT "Sans Pareil" 1820 1860 L'appel du Vide 1828 1898
1840 - 1860: Industrial revolution in full swing; sailing ship development halted in 1850 after exposition of prototype Cr.506. LHPS / LCBS augment LVVT w/ cargo/passenger & first subways, LVVT to streetcar engine LHPS "Espérance" 1840 1880 LCBS "Sirène" 1860 1900
1860 - 1880: The Ironclad Age. Cc.486 & Cr.506 production for 2 decades, augmenting L'appel du Vide class, replacing all sailing frigates brigs and sloops Cc.486 "Magdala" 1866 1902 Cr.506 "Prince Tiberias" 1873 1921
1880 - 1890: Dawn of modern steam; 2nd generation locomotive replacing LHPS & transport ship replacing last sailing vessels (troop ships & cargo freighters) LCHP "Mercure" 1880 1920 Trt.870 "Macha" 1881 1921
1890 - 1900: 2nd generation high speed steam warships augment now 2nd line ironclads. First torpedo boat squadrons added. - Capital Cities express loop construction begins, first coke-fired steam turbine powerplants built to supply power to cities Tp.661 "Perkunas" 1895 1932 Cp.893 "Lusca" 1896 1936 Cc.729 "Zaratan" 1898 1928
1900 - 1910: The electric era dawns. LTET tramway engines replace LVVT's in all roles. LCHV express trains begin, first inter-city passenger & cargo electric service opens & first modern battleship sails. - Fast troop transports enable soldiers & artillery to travel intercontinental range. Tts.944 "Caturix" 1900 1950 LTET "Diamant" 1900 1960 LCHV "Hercule" 1900 1960 Cc.626 "Dauphin" 1902 1936 LECT "Ardent" 1910 1950
1910 - 1920: Dawn of flight. Three airship classes launched & first gen fighter aircraft accepted. Army modernization begins with F.I squadrons, horse & foot regiments evaluating vehicles Aéro-A.I "Asteria" 1916 1939 Aéro-F.I "Perun" 1918 1938 Aéro-A.II "Aruna" 1919 1939 Aéro-A.III "Aether" 1920 1939
Forces Marquises aux Armes in 1920:
L'appel du Vide 1828 1898 - retired Cc.486 "Magdala" 1866 1902 - retired LVVT "Sans Pareil" 1820 1860 - retired
LHPS "Espérance" 1840 1880 - SSR - Army x440 (personnel, brigade level) LCBS "Sirène" 1860 1900 - SSR - Army x720 (freight, brigade level)
Aéro-A.I "Asteria" 1916 1939 x60 - Navy Aéro-A.II "Aruna" 1919 1939 x40 - Navy Aéro-A.III "Aether" 1920 1939 x24 - Navy Aéro-F.I "Perun" 1918 1938 x6,930 (4,400 - Army / 2,530 - Navy)
Armee Royale Marquisienne, 1920 1.1 million soldats regulaire - 110 Combined Arms Divisions, 10,000 personnel each - 4 brigades per division, 2,500 personnel each - 5 regiments per brigade, 500 personnel each - 5 companies per brigade, 100 personnel each - 5 sections per company, 20 personnel each - 2x 10-man équipes (1x équipe leader, 3x 3-man fire teams) each
1st section: Headquarters - 1st équipe: EL + 3x 3-man (provost, command & signals) teams - 2nd équipe: EL + 3x 3-man medic teams (corpsman + 2x stretcher-bearers & mercy dogs)
2nd section: Quartermasters - 1st équipe: EL + 3x 3-man ordinance teams - 2nd équipe: EL + 3x 3-man (requisitioning, postal & bursar) teams
- 3rd section: Line - 4th Platoon: Line - 5th Platoon: Line
Army Flying Corps - Squadrons attached @ brigade level - 10x Aéro-F.I per squadron (company)
Army Companies:
Les Fusiliers - - Compagnie de fusiliers de ligne - line riflemen (FLi) - Compagnie de fusiliers légers - light riflemen (FLé) - Compagnie de fusiliers marins - marine riflemen (FMa)
La cavalerie - - Compagnie de cuirassiers - heavy cavalry (CCu) - Compagnie de dragons - light cavalry (CDr) - Compagnie de lanciers éclaireurs - scout cavalry (LÉc)
L'artillerie - - Compagnie d'artillerie de campagne - field artillery (ACa) - Compagnie d'artillerie de forteresse - fortress artillery (AFo) - Compagnie d'artillerie ferroviaire - railroad artillery (AFe)
Les ingénieurs - - Compagnie de pionniers - combat construction (CPi) - Compagnie de artificiers - logistics construction (CAr) - Compagnie de sapeurs - combat demolitions (CSa)
Les chasseurs - - Compagnie de chasseurs alpins - alpine/urban elite infantry (CAl) - Compagnie de voltigeurs - sharpshooter company (CVo) - Compagnie de armée volante - army flying corps (AVo)
Army Brigades:
Brigade du corps expéditionnaire - (Expeditionary Force Brigade) FMa - 5 companies marine riflemen CDr - 5 companies light cavalry LÉc - 2 companies scout cavalry ACa - 4 companies field artillery AFe - 2 companies railroad artillery CPi - 4 companies pioneers CVo - 2 companies sharpshooters AVo - 1 company flying corps
Brigade des forces d'assaut - (Assault Force Brigade) FLi - 4 companies line infantry CCu - 4 companies heavy cavalry LÉc - 4 companies scout cavalry ACa - 4 companies field artillery AFe - 3 companies railroad artillery CSa - 3 companies sappers CVo - 2 companies sharpshooters AVo - 1 company flying corps
Brigade des forces d'élite - (Elite Forces Brigade) CAl - 10 companies alpine/urban elite infantry CVo - 6 companies sharpshooters LÉc - 6 companies scout cavalry CSa - 2 companies sappers AVo - 1 company flying corps
Brigade de défense de garnison - (Garrison Defense Brigade) FLi - 8 companies line infantry CCu - 4 companies heavy cavalry AFo - 4 companies fortress artillery AFe - 2 companies railroad artillery CAr - 6 companies artificers AVo - 1 company flying corps
The war theorist Martin van Creveld identifies six main elements of maneuver warfare:[6]
Tempo: as illustrated by John Boyd's OODA loop. Schwerpunkt ('focal point'): the center of effort, or striking the enemy at the right place at the right time. According to van Creveld, ideally, a spot that is both vital and weakly defended. Surprise: Leaving the enemy unable to counter an action is central to any maneuver, and may be achieved by their remaining unaware for as long as possible Combined arms: the use of multiple means by which to attack the enemy creates an opportunity cost to any reaction. Should the enemy counter against one form of attack, they may leave themselves vulnerable to another. Additionally, different forms of attack may support each other through concurrent action (ex: Infantry supporting armor in such a way that the infantry has more available firepower, and the armor has protection from ambush) Flexibility: a military must be well rounded, self-contained and redundant. By maintaining different avenues of attack, either in method, movement, or any other factor, alternatives are always available, and opportunities can always be seized Decentralized command: rapidly changing situations may outpace the orders of a centralized command, leaving personnel with instructions that no longer apply. Lower levels of command must understand overall intent so as to adapt to a changing environment.
Similar strategies are also possible using suitably trained infantry. Napoleon I used preemptive movements of cavalry and fast infantry to interrupt the initial deployment of enemy forces. This allowed his forces to attack where and when he wanted, enabling force concentration, possibly in combination with advantage of terrain. It disabled effective coordination of enemy forces, even when they were superior in numbers. That was effective tactically and strategically.
During his time as a general and indeed his power base to become the head of France, Napoleon's reputation was based on a powerful and fluent campaign in northern Italy, opposing the numerically superior Austrians. He cited Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne as one major source of his strategy.
He trained a normal, if rather undisciplined, French Army of Italy into moving faster than most thought possible. That was partially because his army lived off the land and had no big logistical "tail." Both his ability to move huge armies to give battle where he wanted and the style of his choice would become legendary, and he was seen as undefeatable, even against larger and superior forces.
Napoleon also arranged his forces into what would be known in the present as "battle groups" of combined arms formations to allow faster reaction time to enemy action. That strategy is an important quality in supporting the effectiveness of maneuver warfare and was used again by Carl von Clausewitz.
Napoleon's principal strategy was to move fast to engage before the enemy had time to organize, to engage lightly while moving to turn the flank that defended the main resupply route, to envelop and deploy blocking forces to prevent reinforcement, and to defeat those contained in the envelopment in detail. All of those activities imply faster movement than the enemy as well as faster reaction times to enemy activities.
His use of fast mass marches to gain strategic advantage, cavalry probes, and screens to hide his movements; deliberate movement to gain psychological advantage by isolating forces from one another; and their headquarters are all hallmarks of maneuver warfare. One of his major concerns was the relatively slow speed of infantry movement relative to the cavalry.
It was that and subsequent defeats that caused a major doctrinal reevaluation by the Prussians under Clausewitz of the revealed power of maneuver warfare. The results of that review were seen in the Franco-Prussian War.
In the mid-19th century, various forms of mechanized transport were introduced, starting with trains running on steam power. That resulted in significant logistic improvements. Opposing armies were no longer limited in speed by the pace of march. Some train-borne maneuvering took place during the American Civil War in the 1860s, but the sizes of the armies involved meant that the system could provide only limited support. Armored trains were among the first armored fighting vehicles employed by mankind.
During the Franco-Prussian War, the Prussians, knowing that the French could field a larger army than theirs, made a plan that required speed by surrounding the French strongpoints and destroying or bypassing them; it was called the Kesselschlacht, or 'cauldron battle'. The remainder of the army could advance unopposed to take important objectives. If war was declared, Prussia could quickly mobilize and invade, destroy French field forces, and win before the French army could fully react.[original research?] That tactic was used to devastating effect in 1870 since Prussian forces surrounded and defeated French forces, captured Napoleon III and besieged Paris. The Germans' battle plans for World War I were similar. Germany attempted to repeat the "knock-out blow" against the French armies in the Schlieffen Plan. However, technology evolved significantly in the preceding four decades; both the machine gun and more powerful artillery shifted the balance of power toward the defense. All combatants were desperate to get the front moving again, but that proved to be difficult.
Germany introduced new tactics with infiltration and stormtrooper "shock troops" toward the end of World War I to bypass resistance. Russian general Aleksei Brusilov used similar tactics in 1916 on the Eastern Front during the Brusilov Offensive.
Division
Administration: General-Staff 1 Light Projector Company 1 Divisional Instruction Center 1 Quartermaster Company (1 requisitioning group, 1 administrative convoy, 1 livestock herd, 1 fresh meat resupply section) 1 Medical Group (1 divisional stretcher-bearers group, 1 medical section, 1 hospitalization section, 1 sanitary automobile section) 1 Provost Company 1 Train Squad 1 Automobile Convoy 1 Treasury and Postal Bureau Military Justice Bureau and War Counsel
Troops: 3 Regiments of Infantry (forming the divisional infantry) 1 Regiment of Artillery (3 groups of 75s) 1 Group of Heavy Artillery (155 "shorts" and "TRs") 1 Battery of Trench Artillery 1 Battalion of Pioneers 1 Engineer Group (2 sapper-miner companies, 1 park company, 1 telegraph detachment, 1 radio section)
Services: 1 Divisional Artillery Park Group (1 infantry munitions section, 2 horse-drawn artillery munitions sections (75 mm and 155 mm), 1 divisional repair team)
At the time of mobilization in the summer of 1914, there were 44 active divisions in "metropolitan" France -- 41 infantry divisions (1st-36th, 39th-43rd) and 3 colonial (1st-3rd). An additional three divisions were formed upon mobilization: the 44th DI (composed of 4 regiments reserved solely for the defense of the Alps), and the 37th and 38th DI constituted in North Africa. In the first weeks of the war, the Moroccan Division and the 45th DI are formed in North Africa as well. Therefore, in August of 1914 there were a total of 47 divisions. However, in early September the 44th DI is dissolved permitting the 76th and 77th DI to be formed. At the end of the year then the number of active infantry divisions stands at 49.
The infantry division was composed of 2 brigades of 2 regiments. An artillery regiment from the brigade of the corps artillery, with 9 batteries of 75s, is attached to each infantry division. Each active infantry division was to also have 2 reserve regiments attached to it. However, upon mobilization most of these were grouped into 25 reserve divisions (51st-75th). Additionally, some (but not all) divisions were bolstered by the attachment of 1 or 2 battalions of chasseurs.
Number of Effectives (When at Full Strength) Division: ~16,000* Brigade: ~6,000 Regiment: 3,000 *Note: Of this number, over 13,000 (or 85%) were infantrymen. August 1914
Division (active)
Administration:
General-Staff Troops: 2 Brigades of Infantry (2 regiments each) 1 Squandron of Cavalry 1 Regiment of Artillery (3 groups of 75s) 1 Company of Engineers (sapers-miners) 2 Regiments of Reserve Services: 1 Quartermaster Company 1 Medical Section (1 group of divisional stretcher-bearers, 1-2 medical squads) 1 Provost Company 1 Train Squad 1 Treasury and Postal Bureau Military Justice Bureau and War Counsel
There were also 25 reserve divisions (51st-75th), 4 of which are assigned to the defense of fortified regions (57th DR at Belfort, 71st DR at Epinal, 72nd DR at Verdun and 73rd DR at Toul). The other 21 reserve divisions were field formations. However, in September 1914, the 54th and 75th DR are dissolved. Thus, by the end of 1914 there are only 23 reserve divisions.
Reserve divisions were composed of 2 brigades of 3 regiments each. However, the reserve regiment was constituted of only 2 battalions (unlike the active regiments which had 3). Thus, both active and reserve divisions were made up of 12 battalions, although the latter was smaller in size.
Number of Effectives (When at Full Strength) Division: ~14,000 Brigade: ~6,000 Regiment: 2,000 August 1914
Division (reserve)
Administration:
General-Staff Troops: 2 Brigades of Infantry (3 regiments each) 2 Squandrons of Cavalry 3 Groups of Artillery (3 batteries of 75s each) 5 Munitions Sections (2 infantry sections, 3 artillery sections) 3 Companies of Engineers (1 sapers-miners company, 1 bridge-crew company, 1 park company) 1 Telegraph Detachment Services: 1 Quartermaster Group (1 requisitioning group, 1 administrative convoy) 1 Medical Section (1 group of divisional stretcher-bearers, 3 medical squads, 2 hospitalization sections, 1 sanitary automobile section)
1915
In 1915, the difference between active and reserve disappeared through the inter-division exchange of active and reserve infantry regiments. Additionally, a second company of sappers-miners, a park company and a telegraph detachment are added to each division, while the engineers are put under the command of the battalion leader. An amalgamation of non-divisioned formations and the incorporation of the class of 1915 allows for the formation of 26 new divisions (of which 4 are colonials), making a total of 98 infantry divisions.
1916
By 1916, the process of removing the reserve regiments and the chasseur group from the infantry division was completed and these were formed into their own respective divisions. In the summer, a battery of trench artillery was added along with a divisional depot. Another major reorganization was the dissolving of the infantry brigade. An infantry division was now to be composed of 3 infantry regiments. This reorganization allowed for the creation of 9 new divisions and, by the end of the year, their total number had risen to 107. However, the average number of effectives now rested at 13,000 men.
1917
In 1917, 4 divisions were formed from the transformation of territorial divisions into active ones, along with the creation of another 5 new divisions (of which 1 is colonial). The reorganization to a divisional infantry of 3 regiments (9 battalions) a gradual one. Though most had completed the change, by November 1917, 8 divisions had still not done so. At the same time, a further 14 divisions had either 8, 10 or 11 battalions. Divisional artillery was to now have a battery of 155 "TRs" (Rapid Fire) attached and the divisional depot created the year before became the divisional instruction center. This too was gradual and only 4 divisions contained such a unit in 1917 -- the change would be completed by the following spring. At the end of the year, 3 other divisions were dissolved (88th, 130th, 158th DI) and the total number of divisions would reach its maximum at 113.
1918
In 1918, a pioneer battalion was added to each division and the services branch was expanded further. In 1918, no new formations were created. The 55th DI was dissolved, while the 65th DI became the 2nd Morocan Division and the 63rd DI became the Polish Division. At the end of the war, there are only 109 infantry divisions.
Number of Effectives (When at Full Strength) Division: ~9,500 Regiment: 2,500 Summer 1918
Division
Administration: General-Staff Troops: 3 Regiments of Infantry (forming the divisional infantry) 1 Regiment of Artillery (3 groups of 75s) 1 Group of Heavy Artillery (155 "shorts" and "TRs") 1 Battery of Trench Artillery 1 Battalion of Pioneers 1 Engineer Group (2 sapper-miner companies, 1 park company, 1 telegraph detachment, 1 radio section) 1 Light Projector Company 1 Divisional Instruction Center Services: 1 Divisional Artillery Park Group (1 infantry munitions section, 2 horse-drawn artillery munitions sections (75 mm and 155 mm), 1 divisional repair team) 1 Quartermaster Company (1 requisitioning group, 1 administrative convoy, 1 livestock herd, 1 fresh meat resupply section) 1 Medical Group (1 divisional stretcher-bearers group, 1 medical section, 1 hospitalization section, 1 sanitary automobile section) 1 Provost Company 1 Train Squad 1 Automobile Convoy 1 Treasury and Postal Bureau Military Justice Bureau and War Counsel
marine volante
- The Modern Age Begins, 1920 - 1950 - Army Focus: V-twin engines developed from radials power first tanks, jeeps, V-8 powered halftracks revolutionize tactics around vehicle mobility Navy Focus: Modern steam leads to oil-fired turbines, naval Frigate program returns, 2nd generation cruisers & high-speed planing hull PT boat Air Focus: airship tenders & flying carriers launched, 1st generation bomber & 2nd gen biplane fighter appear. Naval Flying Corps & Army F.C. separate Civilian Focus: Major investments in research 1890 - 1920 transform the country, cities connected by rail w/ trams and subways, electric taking steam's place
1920 - 1930: Major naval update, first airship tenders (carriers) launched, final airship class (carrier) & final biplanes, Army modernization begins w/ jeeps, half-tracks & tankettes Fsr.104 "Hermès" 1921 1951 Fsr.104 "Anulap" 1921 1951 Fpr.116 "Tempestas" 1921 1951 Fpr.998 "Yopaat" 1925 1951 Cr.736 "Moryana" 1924 1951 Cc.943 "Huari" 1925 1951 Pal.664 "Tupan" 1921 1947 Pt.419 "Hiara" 1929 1979
1930 - 1940: Major advancement in monoplane design w/ 9 new types in 10 years. Army modernization continues w/ medium & heavy tanks, wheeled armor, trucks & motorcycles. Logistic ships & first attack sub Aéro-F.III "Anansi" 1931 1951
- The Atomic Age, 1950 - 1980 - Army Focus: Adoption of fast wheeled armor, tracks & helicopters forces synthesis of combined arms units Navy Focus: Air Focus: Civilian Focus: 30 kV grid complete, transition to all nuclear power, modern trains enter service &
1950 - 1960: Electrification of main rail lines begins, nuclear power reactors begin replacing coke-fired turbines, Elegua spyplane enters service, First nuclear submarines enter service, New units form around helicopters LEGP "Couronne" 1950 1990
- The Space Age, 1980 - 2040 - Army Focus: Typhos replaces Cipactli, bulldozer replaces Emperor Keiko's last role. Orcus, Amarok & Elpis enter service Navy Focus: Major naval upgrade, first arsenal ship, new attack sub, logistics. Air Focus: new generation of helicopters, Gede Nibo enters service, armed Archon drone Civilian Focus: Rising Sun Airlines open w/ Orisha/Carda, new motorcycle. Electra enters service in 1990 on inter-city passenger & freight. Rakinui maglev replaces capital cities loop
So the shape of the military at this time... army is centered around rail logistics, the QF75 field gun and the 250mm railway/fortress gun and the Perun fighter accompanying dragoons, hussars grenadiers and infantry which deploy on fast troop ships. Navy still has its coastal monitors at this time, but is centered around armored and protected cruisers to conduct long range missions and land-based airships to conduct maritime patrol, with its own complement of land-based Perun fighters Army owns the SSR trains and navy owns the ships, both share cost and use of the Perun which we build a literal shitload of for some reason this is not an impotent way to go into 1920. I don't hate this setup at all. Will make it easy to build squadrons Having that many Peruns makes me think the Army assigned a few to fuckin everybody probably on a batallion level I don't have that many Dauphins or Zaratans on hand, which makes me think you're not likely to see two of either of them in the same place, and they're likely capital ships for squadrons we build a lot of Machas to support what must be a fairly sizeable land army, but the Navy is investing heavily in lighter than air flight to cover tense waters near Nachmere and Pandora more effectively, trying to defend increasingly stretched colonial sea lanes from the air early The civilian trains would be in the golden age of steam with some electric train lines in the most congested areas. This is starting to make real sense and I'm glad it does
thoughts on modernization from the age of sail and horse to the age of steam and steel...
I think the order of priority goes something like... 1830-1850: Bessemer process steel allows for creation of high speed steam engines High speed steam engines allow for central electric grid Central electric grid allows for modernization; factories, railroads, etc Inventions of smokeless powder, quick-firing De Bange breeches, time fuzes, autofrettaging etc give rise to new weapon classes
1851: Marquesan government halts all production of wooden-hulled sailing ships and for 15 years holds a technological symposium in which all monies normally allocated for production of traditional war materials is diverted to research; ancient military training academies are converted into war universities and all military units currently in uniform are disbanded and reformed as new units, first new formations appear on the Sea of Curacao in 1864 so, Naval squadrons go first beginning with Monitors, Protected and Armored Cruisers, Torpedo Boats and our first battleships between 1860 and 1900, the Army replaces its heavy and light horse regiments, heavy and light foot regiments with rifle infantry, cavalry, and artillery along with its first special forces regiments, its bronze artillery with 75mm carriage and 250mm static quick firing guns in this period, traditional wagon-based logistics is supplanted by train-based logistics and the military sinks an enormous amount of money into creating a separate echelon for more or less an Army Corps of Engineers which builds the railroads connecting all major cities and ports in that 40 year span. first airships are adopted by the Navy in 1916 and the first aircraft in 1918. Army's first wheeled vehicle in mass serial production is the Taniwha in 1924, which is the point the Army really modernizes. Truly modern warships begin appearing 1921, all-metal biplanes in 1924, half-tracks for the Army 1926 so 1920 is the critical point of technological maturity. All airship classes retire 1939 and that's the point where my Air Force forms from the prior-to-that separate Royal Naval Flying Corps and Royal Army Flying Corps the Navy stuck to their airships and the Army kept their Perun biplanes until the Kaira and Chandra biplanes take flight mid 20s, at which point floatplanes begin to arm the first warships to carry steam catapults for launching biplanes; the Navy adopts one final airship class, Arcus, carrying a mixture of fighter and bomber biplanes Army adopts its tankette in 1926 forms its first tank regiments around the Kerberos scout tank and Bete Noire medium tank in 1936, motor logisitcs around the Kimaris half-track would have completely obviated the need for horses in the military mid 20s, so Army modernization around its first generation of armored fighting vehicles is complete by 1940 The Navy ordered the Tupan class for 1921 as an airship tender, but by the time the Limokon fighter takes flight in 1936 the Tupans would being converted from airship tenders to aircraft carriers as the navy retires Arcus class airship carriers with the last hull overhauled in 1939, the Tupans serve until 1947 when the purpose-built Ahura Mazda class is commissioned some aircraft in fact most aircraft will be shared across all three major branches which is why there are so many Limokons, more than 21,000 are built it's really helpful to write all this down. I feel like I need to timeline all these classes somehow maybe I can get excel to build a graph So the thing I really wanna do is have individual units that I can show "had this from x to x, re-equipped with this, went to war then, re-equipped around new stuff in x date" I really want the units to have story and depth, at least on a divisional level so that when I deploy a division, they're named, they have their own little landing page in the factbook with history and strength, a unit crest etc I can say in an ORBAT "The following divisions are ordered to stand ready to deploy" and just rattle off a few with hyperlinks so that an ORBAT doesn't go on and on and on but you can delve as far as you want to
Am thinking of building a new nomenclature system. I’ve been categorizing the systems as I prepare to spreadsheet the platforms…
The Managed Energy Cycle:514,030,400 Marquesans require, as an average, just over 104 kilowatt hours of electricity and 1,244 liters of clean water per capita, per day. These same people produce generally 150 liters of wastewater per person per day, and generate nearly a ton of solid waste per year. To meet and manage these needs, the Marquesan government has built and maintains 10 nuclear power facilities distributed inland, fed with Uranium-235 supplied by Marquesan allies in Esvanovia. U235 is burned in pressurized water reactors (N4-312SC PWR's) with five 120 MWe reactors located on each power facility, contained under a hardened concrete sarcophagus. The PWR's produce stable 20 kilovolt power which can be shunted to ground at each transmission pole in the event of an electromagnetic pulse attack. The national transportation grid runs at 20 kilovolts, 60 hertz (20 kV, 60Hz HVAC) with AC/DC conversion taking place at the rail line for the Capital Cities Maglev loop, the national high-speed rail network, city subways and tramways. At each power station, high-speed shunts prevent an electromagnetic pulse attack from disabling the national transportation grid. Domestic power is either at 240 volt, 60 Hz AC or 480 volt, 60 Hz three phase, with domestic transformers all shunted to ground, protecting the entire electrical grid from EMP with Gallium Arsenide diodes by shunting excess power to ground within billionths of a second, able to absorb the enormous power of an EMP or solar flare while allowing for the continued functionality of connected equipment.
The pressurized water reactors have primary and secondary cooling loops, with the secondary loop exhausting non-radioactive steam, which is condensed and then pumped through insulated pipes, from the 10 power facilities to 30 District Thermal Plants. Warm water entering the plant is heated by passing the pipes beneath a Plasma Waste Pyrolysis facility, which is co-located with a wastewater treatment facility. Wastewater entering the facility on a separate loop from clean hot water is first treated to remove large solids and grit, then clarified to remove any entrained solids. Clarified water is treated by biomembrane reactors and then by ultraviolet and ozone and clarified in a final process before being released. Solids and liquid waste reclaimed in this process are mixed to produce methane and other gases, which are pressurized and then used to fuel the plasma waste pyrolysis process.
Solid waste from the wastewater process is dewatered using a silica introduction process; once in a dry-flake form, the solid waste is mixed with domestic and industrial waste shipped from nearby cities, which is burned using the methane gas produced by the wastewater plant. The waste heat from this process boosts the temperature of the clean water to 100° C before insulated pipes carry it to clean water processing plants. There, the hot water is passed through electrothermal heat pumps, which generate the power necessary to operate the clean water treatment plant, treating clean hot water with ultraviolet and ozone processes before sending it to domestic use in the nearly 190 cities of the Marquesan Empire. Wastewater from cities is transported away using sewage lifting and pumping stations, which transport sewage once treated to remove the largest solids, which are transported for pyrolysis separately.Domestic Transportation Grid:Outside each of the 15 principality capitals, an air-to-rail transportation superhub has been built, interfacing typically eight 5,000 meter runways on the surface with subway, high-speed rail and maglev rail lines below ground, allowing for the flow of people and cargo. All fifteen airports are built to an essentially standard layout with some individual variances between cities, in four terminals with 200 gates overall. Below ground, four levels of stations connected by cargo and general elevators permits the free movement of people and cargo from the surface without sharing space. Rakinui maglev trains have 10 gates underground in a separate terminal which emerges from the ground outside the airport grounds and continues on elevated track. High speed electric rail has separate levels for travel and cargo trains, and each airport is also serviced by local subway trains running a loop from the city center of the nearby capital.
All cities excluding local capitals with airports have Metropolitan Transport Hubs (MTH) built just outside the city, with an above ground section reserved for the interface of cargo from trains to local carriers who deliver anything from mail and cargo intended for domestic sale to furniture, industrial equipment, etc. from the railhead to its final destination. The sub-surface section of the MTH allows for the interface of high speed rail trains with local subway trains, with all lines terminating at the MTH, where train maintenance takes place. Inside each city, a typical metropolitan district is divided into three arrondissements, made up of 10 cantonments. A cantonment is typically a small town which largely covers all the needs of its residents, with typically 1,100 some 10-story residential buildings, shops and restaurants surrounding a large greenspace which contains a transportation hub, and a Palais de Cantonment, where each canton's public services are stationed. The transportation hub consists of a subway terminal below ground, linked to a tram station above ground. The tram makes a plurality of stops throughout each canton, with up to six two-car trainsets serving a canton of 90,000 people. The tram interfaces with the subway below, which carries people from canton to canton, or arrondissement to arrondissement, with all lines terminating at the local MTH or Air/Rail Superhub.
Vehicle ownership is rare in the Marquesan Empire, with less than 48 million privately-owned vehicles
Major Infrastructure Facilities: 10 Power Generation Facilities - 5x reactors each 30 Solid/Liquid Waste Pyrolysis Facilities w/ 30 District Thermal Plants 15 Airport / Maglev / High-Speed Rail Hubs 120 Clean water treatment facilities 189 Metro transportation hubs 5,670 Palais de Cantonment & Subway/tramway hub
Metropolitan Transport Hubs outside each city (-N.H.) Cargo section: above ground w/ crane facilities for loading/unloading Travel section: below ground w/ 4 Electra terminals & 4 Dame Blanche terminals
Palais de Cantonment: 1 per Canton, 30 per Metro 540 Hospital, 150 Patrol, 150 Fire, 190 Gov/Admin per (15x15x6 -360x- Container Square - 67m L&W, 16m H) - 260 Hospital & 40 Rehab Beds, 60 Detention Cells per Below-ground subway station & above-ground tramway station @ each
1,890 LHP.109 "Electra" 18-car trainsets in service - 10 per metro 945 EMU.150/270 "Dame Blanche" 7-car trainsets in service - 6 per metro 945 IET.33/36 "Guivre" 2-car trainsets in service - 6 per metro 90 TM-TGM "Rakinui" 12-car trainsets in service - 6 per capital metro
Electrical Grid: 20 kV, DC transmission lines, EMP-shunted 20 kV, 60 Hz AC transportation, EMP-shunted 240 V, 60 Hz AC domestic, EMP-shunted 480 V, 60 Hz AC three phase, EMP-shunted
Power Station Details: 20 kV AC power grid - 52,020,139 Mwe total capacity - (104.04 KWh per Capita per Day) Located on each PWW Facility: 5x N4-312SC (120MWe) Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR)
Wastewater: 150 liters wastewater per person per day 28,143,164,400,000 liters per year nationally 28,143,164,400 m3 30 wastewater facilities
Solid Waste: 30 plasma waste pyrolysis plants co-located w/ wastewater facilities dewatered sludge burned w/ solid waste from cities methane gas generated by solid waste burned in PWP process heat from PWP used to boost district heat from nuclear sites
District Heating: District heat by insulated pipe from reactor facilities secondary water loop to cities Boosted by plasma waste pyrolysis plants at each city Potable water treated to 100°C and sent to 120 clean water facilities
Clean Water: Grid negative, powered by heat pumps drawing electricity from feed water 1,244 liters per capita per day 233,405,138,618,000 liters per year nationally 233,405,138,618 m3 120 clean water facilities
Public Education: 3,185,680,000,000 NSD Budget 150,000 Students per Académie Métropolitaine 10x Écoles d' Arrondissement per Académie (4,210 Staff) 28,303,876 Students / 112,552 NSD per student Percent of population with Secondary Education: 95% Percent of population with Higher Education: 35% University Alumni: 179,910,640 National Literacy Rate: 98%
La Noblesse Marquises 903 Letters of Marque, Royal Commissions & Charters, Royal Warrants of Appointments & Precedence Available 1,357 Baronies (Ship Captains & 3x Baron d'Oubliette) / 215 Knight Wardships (BDE Commandants) / 115 Vicomtcies (Lance Commandants) 5,640 Comte/Comtesse (Cantons) / 564 Marquis/Marquesse / 191 Duc/Duchess / 15 Prince/Princess - 8,082 Royal Houses Overall + 1 Regnal House
- The Exalted Pathways: Noblesse d'extraction Nobility proved in each generation since the 16th century Noblesse d'ancienne extraction Nobility proved in each generation since the 15th century Noblesse féodale Nobility proved in each generation since the 11th century
Noblesse au premier degré First generation transferrable, for 20 years of service or death at one's post Noblesse graduelle Awarded for 20 years service each for parent and child - generationally transferrable Noblesse d'épeé Ennoblement by commission to Commandant-Lieutenant - single generation Noblesse chevalresque Higher ennoblement by commission to Commandant-Chef - single generation Noblesse militaire Highest ennoblement by commission to Grand Commandant
Noblesse de robe Ennoblement by appointment to public office - single generation Noblesse de chancellerie Higher ennoblement through 20 years of service in public office / armed forces - single generation Noblesse de cloche Highest ennoblement by appointment to administer a metro district - single generation Anoblis par lettres Ennoblement by purchase; 10 years revenue of fiefdom to be purchased (vicomte & below) - generationally transferrable
- Titles of Nobility: Écuyer - Hereditary Title used by those born to noble families and those who bear the crown's trust - children of royal houses not in line for their own appointments use this style ESQ. can be business/landowners foreign & domestic possessing marques, commissions, charters, warrants of appointment or precedence
Baronet - Non-Hereditary First generation elevation by de robe, au premier degré, Sponsors a baronetcy 20x estate size w/ community services & economic development from Manor de Baronet (1,000 ac / 4.0 km2 estate) Baronetcies awarded by commission to Commandant Lieutenant, Household is exempt from Royal Levee for one generation
Baron - Non-Hereditary By graduelle, de chancellerie, d'épeé, exempt from Royal levees, sponsors & administers a barony 40x estate size w/ community services & economic development (5,000 ac / 20.2 km2 estate) Typically by commission to Grand Commandant; also warship sponsors, (anoblis par lettres) or by service to a Duke (Chief of Marechals, Chief of Power, administer an Oubliette)
Chevalier - Non-Hereditary Elevation by chevalresque, de cloche, Knight Wardships are exempt from Royal levees, sponsors a wardship 60x estate size w/ community service & economic development (6,000 ac / 24.25 km2 estate) Armee brigade commandants & high public officials - family may reside in Manor de Chevalier during tenure
Vicomte - Non-Hereditary Transferred by Noblesse militaire, exempt from Royal levees - sponsors & administers a Vicomtcy 100x estate size w/ community service & economic development (9,900 ac / 40 km2 estate) Grand Commandants are ennobled as Vicomte upon appointment to Lance command, family may reside in La Palais de Vicomte
Comte - Hereditary Transferred upon death in d'extraction families to the eldest child, elevation from vicomte by graduelle/militaire, collects Royal levees - Allegiance to Margrave (24.71 ac / 0.1 km2 estate w/ 4,500 m2 cantonment) Comte administers a canton as maréchal de camp; primary judicial authority, Comte's household pays for DDR services & payrolls
Margrave - Hereditary Transferred upon death in d'ancienne extraction families to the eldest child, elevation from Comte by double patent - Allegiance to Duc (247 ac / 1.0 km2 estate w/ city park on grounds) Margrave administers a metropolitan arrondissement ("Marche") by lifetime appointment, Margrave's household pays for infrastructure maintenance in their Marche
Duc - Hereditary Transferred upon death in féodale families to the eldest child, elevation from Margrave by triple patent (féodale, militaire and graduelle) - Allegiance to Prince (494.76 ac / 2.0 km2 estate w/ Administrative Palace) Duke administers a metropolitan district as mayor; family may reside in La Palais du Duc; lifetime appointment, Duke's household pays for civic works in their Dukedoms
Prince - Non-Hereditary Princes elected from among a prefecture's dukedoms, lifetime appointment as Prefect, transferred upon death to eldest child - Allegiance to the Shōgun Prince's family may reside in La Palais du Prince during lifetime appointment, Prince's households pay for all remaining national budget items directly
Empereur des Marquisiens - Non-Hereditary Marshale de Marquises elected from council of princes, regal coronation w/ lifetime appointment as Empereur des Marquisiens; children of the Empereur are born to dukedoms All members of the household of the Marshale de Marquises are exempt from levee, family may reside in La Citadelle des Etoiles, Nuku Hiva during lifetime appointment
The National Policy Institute, Ministry of State.
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OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. From the Office of the Primus Inter Pares, La Citadelle Des Etoiles, Nuku Hiva, îles Marquises.
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Dolor sit amet.
With Respect,
Court of the Empereur
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:18 am
by Marquesan
COURT OF EIGHT HUNDRED SPEARS
Etymology: The name Marquesas comes from the francophone word marche, meaning "The Frontier" in reference to the sprawling wildernesses of the Kanto and Kyushu Peninsulas and the rugged people who occupied them. The people of the country are known as Marquesan(s) and the country is formally The Meritocratic Union of Marquesan States, very often known as simply The Marquesan Union.
Geography: The Marquesan Union occupies some 420,000,000 square kilometers in the region of Sondria, divided into twelve Prefectures and is home to more than seven billion people. The eastern peninsula, once the ancient kingdom of Kanto before the great Unification still bears the name of that monarchy. Kanto is mountainous and tropical, with some terrain being incredibly rugged and stunningly beautiful. Kanto is home to deep, crystalline blue bays and dense jungles. Kyushu, the western peninsula is heavily industrialized and mineral-rich. Kyushu is much more subtropical and is home to several huge, shelf-like islands. Kyushu is much more populous than Kanto, though perhaps not as beautiful. The two are separated by the Sea of Arrack, which contains several islands of varying size and is heavily-trafficked by cargo vessels. The Sea of Arrack opens up into the Sea of Curacao, which extends to Somatochristo Island in the south and to Ngati Onekawa-Nukanor in the east.
Principauté de Lifou - 22,228,000 Population Alexandre de Kashiwa, Dauphin d'Lifou 8 Dukedoms, 24 Margravates, 240 Cantons Lifou, on the sea, is mountainous and beautiful. The verdant highlands bear great wealth in the form of gems, minerals and rich farmland. Lifan culture has always revolved around the sea and Lifan traders have been sailing the Sea of Arrack for time beyond reckoning. The great merchant cities of the Lifan coast are home to The Marquesas' bustling financial districts; the gem trade in Lifou has always attracted artisans who are renowned for their skill in cutting jewels. Diamonds, sapphires, rubies and emeralds from Lifou are known throughout the world, however the Lifan Daimyo was the last to bow to the Shogun during the Great Unification and her shores have often run red with blood. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Aprahi; also Barrigada, Dededo, Halina, Liomih, Rinca, Timun and Umatac.
Principauté de Coevity - 15,957,444 Pop Maxime de Montbelliard, Dauphin d'Coevity 7 Dukedoms, 21 Margravates, 210 Cantons The sunny, windblown islands of Coevity were, in ancient times, home to a fierce warrior culture that fought throughout much of southern Hellas and sailed as far as the western reaches of Aerus in antiquity. Coevitan longships raided shipping throughout the Sea of Arrack and the Sea of Curacao and its warriors still have a proud martial tradition. Coevity today is oil-rich; offshore drilling platforms ring its islands and deep sea fishing brings massive and exotic creatures up from the deep. Its shallow, crystal-blue cays are frequented by divers from all over Sondria who still discover sunken artifacts and treasure from ships that have lain on the seabed for hundreds of years. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Apolima; also Mano, Salima, Savai'i, Supola, Utele and Waie.
Principauté de Oléron - 21,276,592 Pop Darien de La Trémoïlle, Dauphin d'Oléron 8 Dukedoms, 24 Margravates, 240 Cantons Sunny, temperate, grassy and fertile, the rolling hills of Oléron, northernmost of the Marquesan prefectures, are renowned the world over as wine country. Oléron benefits from rich, black volcanic soil and gentle ocean breezes that bring frequent rainfall to the area. A geologically stable ridge of ancient granite mountains divides the prefecture from east to west, with many mountain summits above 8,000 meters elevation and few highways that run the snowy and sometimes treacherous passes. Oléroni culture centers around the region's equestrian heritage, as one of the few places that wild stallions still roam free on the hillcountry. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Triao; also Buon, Hekou, Lumphat, Muang, Namtha, Pleiku and Vanganh.
Principauté de D'Arros - 37,234,042 Population Émile de La Fayette, Dauphin des D'Arros 14 Dukedoms, 42 Margravates, 420 Cantons D'Arros, furthest east on the mainland is dominated by thick jungles and rocky, volcanic mountains. Rainsoaked and fertile, the peat bogs and rainforests of D'Arros have been home to diverse cultures and the southern steel mills and stone quarries today are home to tremendous industrial might. Great cities ring the D'Arrosian coastline, glowing with massive factories and steelworks. In the mountains, great veins of iron, coal and other minerals have driven mines deep into the hearts of the mountain ranges. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Lomai; also Aitutaki, Atiu, Banti, Kiribati, Mangala, Maoli, Rotuma, Sinklai, Vanua Levu and Viti Levu.
Principauté de Remire - 10,638,296 Population Charles de Borgia, Dauphin d'Remire 4 Dukedoms, 12 Margravates, 120 Cantons Remire, nestled in the heart of the Marquesan Union is lush, verdant and mountainous. The black rocky crags of the Remiri mountains jut up from the sea sharply, most the remnants of ancient volcanoes, many risen as the result of tectonic activity. For their size and geography, the twin islands of Remire are very densely populated, with living space at an absolute premium, Remiri weather tends to be notoriously misty, making the crystal blue water, black sand beaches and rich green vegetation all the more mystical and captivating. Remiri cities have given rise to commercial empires that span the globe, such as Myrmidon Tactical Design, Netane Kinetics, Papeete Steelworks and Fare Hei Mining & Technology. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Fatu Hiva; also Krimit, Kure Hiva, Maug, Moruroa, Tahuata and Tinian.
Principauté de Arue - 26,595,740 Population Gabriel Constant de Rebecque, Dauphin d'Arue 10 Dukedoms, 30 Margravates, 300 Cantons Hilly, lush and grassy, the loamy rolling farmland of Arue has long been the agricultural heartland of southern Hellas. From here, rich spices like cinnamon, saffron, sugarcane, vanilla, cocoa, rice, coffee and tea are sent to every corner of Sondria. The vast Areuic grasslands are home to colossal herds of livestock and wild game, while the sun-kissed beaches that meet the Sea of Arrack are popular tourist destinations. The glittering cities of Arue on the coastline are bustling commercial shipping centers, but their nude beaches are equally legendary. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Mangereva; also Huahine, Koror, Maui, Nihoa, Raoul, Takutea and Tuatomis.
Principauté de Ataa - 29,255,319 Population Louis de Poitier, Dauphin d'Ataa 11 Dukedoms, 33 Margravates, 330 Cantons The Ataani Archipelago was formed by the same fierce volcanism that raised the mountains that lay northeast of Ataa. As the plates beneath the Kanto Peninsula shifted, the islands that became Ataa broke away from the continental shelf. Today, the lush, fertile Ataani grasslands are home to beautiful cities and sweet-scented forests. The tropical climate of Ataa and the cool waters of the Sea of Curacao make these islands as idyllic as they are fruitful. The fruit tree forests of Ataa bear forth cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, almonds and pomegranites. Ataa is famous for the cherry blossom festival every spring and Sakura wreaths are given to visiting monarchs or dignitaries by Marquesan leaders according to a longstanding tradition. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Sarua; also Eho, Io'hua, Kaho, Kapiti, Lana'i, Lina'i, Lenoha, Ni'hua and Raiho.
Principauté de Amirantes - 53,191,480 Population Tristan de Valois, Dauphin des Amirantes 20 Dukedoms, 60 Margravates, 600 Cantons Amirantes, birthplace of the ancient kingdom of Kanto is as diverse as it is vast. From the high plains of the north to the deep jungles and forests of central Amirantes to the jagged mountains of the southern ranges, Amirantes has seen the rise and fall of great kingdoms. The caves of the southern mountains have been occupied as long as any other place in Sondria and the ancients that dwelt there left stunning monuments and cities carved deep into the mountains. Great pyramids rise from the misty jungle floors of Amirantes and its black sand coastlines have borne witness to great battles. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Lenion; also Alaien, Aguijan, Anatahan, Baisha, Chalan, Danran, Fadang, Garapan, Konoa, Rinogai, Singaen, Taga, Tanapag and Tinian.
Principauté des Desroches - 66,489,350 Population Lucas de Beauchamp, Dauphin des Desroches 25 Dukedoms, 75 Margravates, 750 Cantons The ancient and powerful kingdom of Kyushu has left its mark on the Marquesan Union in the form of the rich and diverse culture of the Desroches people. While ethnically Marquesan, Kyushu and Kanto in antiquity oft struggled and clashed against one-another. The great stonemasons of Kyushu constructed wonderful monuments that still stand today; ancient lighthouses and hanging gardens, great palaces, walls and bridges. Kyushu is believed to be the first place in Sondria where running water and flushing toilets were developed; it is also the birthplace of gunpowder and of modern steel. Today, the technological centers of Desroches are home to massive factories and shipwrights, the industrial might of The Marquesas spreads out like a web from these islands. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Madou, also Beimen, Dabi, Gukeng, Haiduan, Lugu, Mantai, Nantu, Nanzi, Qigu, Qishan, Shuilin, Shansang, Tainan, Xinfeng, Xinshi, Yuli and Zhouzi.
Principauté de Bertaut - 23,936,166 Population Thibault de Burgundy, Dauphin d'Bertaut 9 Dukedoms, 27 Margravates, 270 Cantons Furthest west, Bertaut is cool and dry. The climate of the prefecture is dictated by winds sweeping up from the southern reaches of Sondria and currents often carry icebergs near to Bertautian cities. Bertaut's islands are plainslike steppes, rising sharply from the sea with scenic high cliffs. Deep harbors in Bertaut are few, but where they exist, they have given rise to mighty trading cities. Due to its strategically-important location and largely flat terrain, Bertaut has often been an ideal choice for military installations and many mighty, sprawling bases exist throughout the prefecture. The cool, dry air makes for excellent and temperate living conditions while the near constant wind keeps the air exceptionally clean. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Rinshi; also Anping, Baish, Guren, Jiading, Magong, Manglio, Meinong, Nan, Neipu, Nerizo, Piti, Talofo, Vanuam, Wanluan and Yigo.
Principauté de Akola - 39,893,610 Population Lucas de Hyuga, Dauphin d'Akola 15 Dukedoms, 45 Margravates, 450 Cantons Rugged, very hilly to mountainous and classified as a dry tropical region, the ever-changing weather of Akola prefecture is both a source of legend and a source of strife. Most of the Prefecture's rainfall comes in the form of short, intense cloudbursts, meaning that vegetation in the hotter, lower elevations is generally low, coarse grassland. Higher elevations in the region's hillcountry support coffee, pepper, cinnamon, saffron and cardamom. The region is densely populated and heavily commercialized, with a monstrous textile industry and thriving financial districts. Major maritime ports along the coastlines are among the busiest in the region. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Ballari; also Eluru, Hansi, Kavali, Lathi, Memari, Nanpara, Palani, Patan, Pihani, Rajura, Saiha, Salaya, Shoranur, Silvassa, Solapur, Tarana and Tirora.
Principauté de Darjeeling - 50,531,906 Population Aubert de Faucigny, Dauphin d'Darjeeling 19 Dukedoms, 57 Margravates, 570 Cantons Cool, mountainous, rainy and often misty, clouds often obscure the countless tea plantations of Darjeeling prefecture. Still an agricultural center after thousands of years of human occupation, the terraced slopes of Darjeeling's mountainsides are home to some of the world's most well-known garden cities. Long-considered to be a place of great spiritual importance, Darjeeling hosts thousands of monasteries large and small. The cool, wet weather and highly mountainous terrain make it naturally defensible but difficult to traverse along roads; it was here that lighter-than-air travel is rumored to have begun in Sondria. Shrines, temples and tea houses litter the landscape of Darjeeling; its high rainfall levels and mountainous terrain lend well to natural springs and it is from these springs that the first fermenters and distillers began creating alcoholic beverages before the written historical record began. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Rae Baeli; also Adyar, Dhuri, Gohana, Kaithal, Kohima, Magadi, Nagari, Padra, Parasi, Patur, Rosera, Sankari, Sidhi, Sirohi, Surat and Thiruvalla.
Principauté de Shanti - 47,872,332 Population Yves de Courtenay, Dauphin d'Shanti 18 Dukedoms, 54 Margravates, 540 Cantons Shanti is the single most populous of the Marquesan prefectures; is is the technological heart of the country, with vast consumer goods production facilities that drive markets around the world. Here, textiles, electronics, machinery of every type, shape and size, plastics and other wares are created in massive factory districts. Shanti Prefecture is a massive consumer of electrical power and resources along with being one of the wealthiest areas of The Marquesas by demographics. While working conditions are very good according to Marquesan law, Shanti's cities never sleep and air quality is poor despite concerted efforts to reduce pollutants in the prefecture's skies. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Dosha; also Amroha, Assam, Gudur, Karaikal, Lakheri, Mariani, Nandura, Palai, Pasan, Pedana, Rajam, Sagara, Satara, Sihora, Sohna, Tanda, Talikota, Valparai and Zira.
Principauté de Orai - 42,553,184 Population Laurent de Bourbon, Dauphin d'Orai 16 Dukedoms, 48 Margravates, 480 Cantons Cool, hilly and idyllic, the temperate grasslands of Orai have a generous 280 days per year of sunshine. Weather here is dominated by warm maritime breezes with short, cool northern monsoon rains in the early summer. Mineral-rich volcanic soils make Orai bloom; its massive standing redwood forests and deep lakes make this garden Prefecture one of the region's favorite vacation spots on the northern coast of the Sea of Arrack. Orai's industries are driven by high technology with large supplies of rare earth metals and silica both refined in the prefecture and excellent natural uranium deposits mined here, Orai became an easy choice for hosting sprawling microprocessor and semiconductor factories which litter the Prefecture. Major cities are the prefecture's capital, Chandi; also Gaya, Jatani, Kochi, Lilong, Noida, Palitana, Patiala, Pipariya, Rayagada, Samana, Siana, Sira, Surandai, Thane and Tohana.
Principauté de Pandora - 23,936,166 Population Denis de Rohan, Dauphin d'Pandora 5 Dukedoms, 15 Margravates, 150 Cantons Operations Center Pandora is the name given to a large island which lies directly between the southern tip of the Alkharanian continent and the northern tip of Onekawa-Nukanor on the continent Aerus. It is the furthest-eastern point held by Marquesan in Sondria and is the central hub for all operations of the Union Armed Forces in Sondria. Pandora can, at any time, barracks four ready Corps of the Marquesan Army and four ready Corps of the Union Expeditionary Command with all vehicles, aircraft, ships, equipment and supplies. Extensively fortified and completely covered in military reservations, the only civilian population of Pandora lives on the island to service the needs of the military members stationed there. Pandora is the single largest military installation in Sondria and is home to expansive bombing and gunnery ranges, sprawling training complexes, maintenance facilities for every type of military vessels, vehicles and aircraft and massive intelligence-gathering centers.
Runways and (rumor has it) launch facilities for the Marquesan Assisted-Lift Vehicle (ALV) are said to be present on the island of Pandora, along with helium mining facilities for Warden-class airships and ammunition manufacturing facilities, the largest known to exist anywhere in the region. Every branch of the Marquesan Armed Forces has representation on Pandora and the island is a constant teeming hub of activity. It is, in a stroke, the crux of the Union's ability to project military power in Sondria and a wonder of organization and efficiency. Pandora's sprawling nuclear power complex, buried deep into one of the island's 4,000+ meter mountain peaks is said to be larger and more powerful than any other in the region with numerous reactors, fed by a naturally occuring deep vein of highly pure uranium on the island. Major cities on Pandora include the prefecture's capital, Suvi; also Levuka, Nadi, Sigatoka and Tavua.
Nuku Hiva: Population, 2,779,000. Nuku Hiva is set in the beating heart of the Kanto peninsula. An island unto itself, the defining feature of Nuku Hiva is Tekao mountain, which rises 4,000 feet from the surface to the summit. Typical of weather in the Remire area, Nuku Hiva is often shrouded in mist and in raincloud. The black sand beaches of Nuku Hiva rise from vibrant azure blue water and the vegetation on the island is dense everywhere that either a building or an outcropping of rock fails to be. There is no substantially permanent population on Nuku Hiva. As the capital of the Marquesan Union, Nuku Hiva has few permanent residents. Lavish guest homes, hidden palaces and mansions are tucked away in the dense island forests and Tekao Mountain stands like a lonely watchtower over the rest of southern Hellas.
Set high on the crest of Tekao mountain on Nuku Hiva, the ancient Palace of the Ocean Throne , seat of the new Marquesan Republic is built deep into the mountain inside the walls of an ancient but formidable French fortification called Citadelle Des Etoiles or Fortress of the Stars because of the unearthly vivid nighttime view from the 4,000 ft. summit. While most of the actual Palace is hidden away under the solid rock, a number of large and expansive gardens sheltered from wind by the citadel walls and terraced alcoves have passageways that lead into the interior. A beautifully-paved, but twisting mountain road winds up the side of Tekao to an underground garage with an open-air reception area where foreign dignitaries are often greeted before being welcomed inside. At the base of the mountain is also the Garden Palace, a more public venue to receive large numbers of guests such as dignitaries or journalists. The Garden Palace is more commonly used as a guest house for important visitors to Nuku Hiva.
Forces Marquises aux Armes
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:18 am
by Marquesan
Forces Marquises aux Armes* Funding Breakdown: Guerre Aéronavale: 108,960,000,000 NSD - 20.89% Commande Logistique 92,318,400,000 NSD - 17.70% Hussards Blindée: 69,249,600,000 NSD - 13.28% Grenadiers de Fusée: 60,211,200,000 NSD - 11.54% Corps Guerre Navale: 59,035,200,000 NSD - 11.32% Corps Dragons de Mer: 47,408,000,000 NSD - 9.09% Chausseurs Spéciale: 38,272,000,000 NSD -7.34% Guerre Sous-Navale: 23,572,800,000 NSD - 4.52% Corps Ingénierie Militaire 22,400,000,000 NSD - 4.3%
Overall Defense Budget: 450,452,800,000 NSD per Annum Total Personnel: 1,183,632 in 4 Echelons (ARM, MRM, CL/CA, IM) Soldats Regulaire = 400,000 NSD per Citoyen Soldats = 200,000 NSD per
Corps Guerre Aéronavale (GA) Unit Organization:3,500 Lances, 350 Divisions, 35 Armadas Headquarters:Hijihari Kikusui Naval Aviation Academy, Kimo Yaguruma GEM Budget & Personnel Totals:11.200 Trillion NSD per Annum, 28,000,000 Personnel Marine Royale Marquisienne "Blue Devils" Guerre Aéronavale (GA-MRM) 272,400 in 24 Lances 2x BCR.889C ConRO to Sealift HQ Battalion 300,000 Gross Tons per Lance 1 Lance = 10 Ships, 11,350 Personnel Guerre Aéronavale Budget: 63,560,000,000 NSD Marine Royale Marquisienne "Blue Devils" Headquarters Facilities in: Chandi, Orai Aprahi, Lifou Sarua, Ataa Lomai, D'Arros Levuka, Pandora Apolima, Coevity Mangareva, Arue
Marine Royale Marquisienne "Black Sails" Corps Guerre Navale (GN-MRM) 147,588 in 14 Lances 2x BCR.889C ConRO to Sealift HQ Battalion Corps Guerre Navale Budget: 59,035,200,000 NSD 230,000 Gross Tons per Lance 1 Lance = 16 Ships, 10,542 Personnel Corps Guerre Navale (GN) Unit Organization:2,620 Lances, 262 Divisions, 26 Armadas Headquarters:Takarabune ni Nami Oceanic Warfare Academy, Kimo Yaguruma GEM Budget & Personnel Totals:8.384 Trillion NSD per Annum, 20,960,000 Personnel Marine Royale Marquisienne "Black Sails" Headquarters Facilities in: Chandi, Orai Aprahi, Lifou Sarua, Ataa Lomai, D'Arros Levuka, Pandora Apolima, Coevity Mangareva, Arue
Marine Royale Marquisienne "Eel's Bed" Guerre Sous-Marine (SM-MRM) 29,466 in 3 Lances Guerre Sous-Marine Budget: 11,786,400,000 NSD 290,200 Gross Tons per Brigade 4 Brigades + 4x HQ-CO per Lance 1 Lance = 76 Ships, 9,822 Personnel Corps Guerre Sous-Marine (SM) Unit Organization:2 Squadrons per Lance, 1,930 Lances, 193 Divisions, 19 Armadas Headquarters:Okagami Submarine Warfare Academy, Kimo Yaguruma GEM Budget & Personnel Totals:6.180 Trillion NSD per Annum, 15,440,000 Personnel Marine Royale Marquisienne "Eel's Bed" Headquarters Facilities in: Dededo, Lifou Kapiti, Ataa Rotuma, D'Arros Mangareva, Arue Jatani, Orai Nadi, Pandora
Armee Royale Marquisienne Headquarters: Aleki Kyoko Mémorial Grande École Militaire Location: City of Taga, Amirantes Prefecture, Marquesan States, Gholgoth Command Budget: 215,140,800,000 NSD NSD per Annum (Ⓐxx) Personnel: 537,852 Soldats Regulaire (58 Lances) Vehicles Assigned: xx Tracked & xx Wheeled Aircraft Assigned: xx Manned Aircraft Densely jungled Amirantes is home to the CGT School at Taga; surrounding the Aleki Kyoko Mémorial GEM is a massive complex divided into four self-contained campuses: The Hachiman Kabuto Armor School, headquarters of the Hussars, the Shishini Botan Maneuver School, headquarters of the Dragoons, the Maruni Hei Applied Ballistics School for Grenadiers and the Oni Kabuto Asymmetric Warfare School for the Chausseurs Spéciale. Each École de Guerre quarters students for generally one calendar year. During training, the details of maneuver combat are emphasized; a large percentage of the curriculum focuses on drivers training and gunnery ranges, with a focus on the technical aspects of modern vehicle-mounted weapons and urban dismounted infantry tactics. The Chausseurs' School at Taga is a highly-regarded linguistics academy, known for producing the finest fluent speakers and writers of foreign languages in addition to being an award-winning political science school. The Grenadiers School focuses on rocket ballistics and tracking systems, while the Dragoon's School and Hussar's School contain extensive instruction blocks on land navigation and formation movement. All servicemembers of Commande de Guerre Terrestre wear GREEN uniforms with GREEN epaulets and BLACK rank insignia. Each echelon is identified by lapel, shoulder and headgear insignia bearing the echelon crest the uniform and its wearer are assigned to. The four echelons of CGT are represented here, in order of funding percentage
Armee Royale Marquisienne "Sea Dragons" Corps Dragons de Mer (DM-ARM) 118,520 in 20 Lances Corps Dragons de Mer Budget: 47,408,000,000 NSD Corps Fusiliers Marins (FM) Unit Organization:2,620 Lances, 262 Divisions, 26 Armadas Headquarters:Ehara Kashiwa Littoral Warfare Academy, Kimo Yaguruma GEM Budget & Personnel Totals:8.384 Trillion NSD per Annum, 20,960,000 Personnel Dragons Voltigeurs (DV, "Dragoons") Unit Organization:25 Regiments per Lance, 4,300 Lances, 430 Divisions, 43 Armies Headquarters:Shishini Botan Maneuver School, Aleki Kyoko GEM Budget & Personnel Totals:13.76 Trillion NSD per Annum, 34,400,000 Personnel Armee Royale Marquisienne "Sea Dragons" Headquarters Facilities in: Pasan, Shanti Dosha, Shanti Gaya, Orai Kochi, Orai Madou, Desroches Lugu, Desroches Vanua Levu, D'Arros Lomai, D'Arros Raiho, Ataa Lina'i, Ataa
Soldier Artificers Battalion, 16 in 4 Brigades Headquarters: Mitsumori Ndeshiko Engineering Center & School, Omodaka Kikyo GEM 1,000 Men, 512 Vehicles (21,556t) in 4 CO, 4 PLT each: (Requires 7x LSA.710R2 to Sealift w/o HQ) 1x BCR.889D "Prosperine" class Auxilliary Ship per BN
Assault Pioneers Battalion, 20 in 5 Brigades Headquarters: Sangai Tachibanabishi Technical Academy, Omodaka Kikyo GEM 1,000 Men, 480 Vehicles (15,613t) in 4 CO, 4 PLT each: (Requires 5x LSA.710R2 to Sealift w/o HQ) 1x BCR.889D "Prosperine" class Auxilliary Ship per BN
Royal Sappers Battalion, 20 in 5 Brigades Headquarters: Kamashiki Kikyo Sapper Training Center, Omodaka Kikyo GEM 1,000 Men, 192 Vehicles (3,414t) in 4 CO, 4 PLT each: (Requires 2x LSA.710R2 to Sealift w/o HQ) 1x BCR.889D "Prosperine" class Auxilliary Ship per BN
OUBLIETTES: Oleron, S of Lumphat Darjeeling, N of Kohima Amirantes, N of Taga River
Forces Marquises aux Armes Military Overview: The Forces Marquises aux Armes is one of the largest professional military organizations in the world, with nearly 470 million servicemembers in both active and reserve capacities spread between five service branches and twenty one sub-branches, called Echelons. FMA is much more than a national military; it also funds (by static percentage line item taxes) civilian engineering works, research and development, all law enforcement duties in the Marquesan States, intelligence gathering, management of civilian communications and transportation networks, and many other tasks. All fire, ambulance and first response duties fall within the auspices of FMA inside the Marquesan States, a nation of fifteen billion individuals. The Armed forces are funded by 88 trillion Aureus (180 trillion NSD) per year, accounting for 84% of all actual government expenditures. The five branches, Commande de Guerre Terrestre, (CGT) Commande de Guerre Marine, (CGM) Commande de Mouvement, (CDM) Defense du Royaume, (DDR) and Corps de Réserve d'Inénierie (CRI) make up the Forces Marquises aux Armes, which is detailed below. The FMA is funded by a static percentage tax enshrined in law to ensure the continuity of public services. Of the five branches, three are full-time active duty branches of full-time warfighters and logisticians; two branches are staffed by reservist warfighters who live in the communities they serve and for whom service is a career path. The Marquesan people support the FMA with just under 12.4% of their gross domestic product, with the largest single funding draw being DDR, or Defense du Royaume. The five branches are presented here in overview, active duty branches first: Commande de Guerre Terrestre is exclusively a warfighting branch with no duties to national defense or infrastructure and no internal airlift, sealift or other logistical capabilities, (as those services are provided by CDM) the four arms of CGT are a full-time professional force with strict entrance and maintenance requirements. CGT employs 120 million personnel funded by a 23.6 trillion Aureus per year line item; there are more than 55 million armored vehicles registered to CGT, along with 7.8 million aircraft, the vast majority of which are attack helicopters. CGT is divided into Hussars, Dragoons, Grenadiers and Huntsmen, the four arms representing separate warfighting capabilities and doctrines. Hussars are the modern evolution of heavy armored cavalry; these forces are composed of tracked armor regiments which typically transport to the combat theater on RO/RO carriers and then move as independent formations. Dragoons are high-speed mechanized cavalry units which carry infantry for dismounted operations. Dragoons are often the first on scene in a geopolitical hotspot, deploying by armed landing ship to beaches near the conflict zone and operating as autonomous units, using a combination of light wheeled and tracked armored vehicles to maneuver on the battlefield at extremely high speeds. Grenadiers are dedicated to transporting and operating missiles and rocket artillery on the battlefield; their separate logistics from Dragoons and Hussars permits those units to move faster without the 10x10 trucks used by GF-CGT; the missile units operate in combat theaters as batteries which use their modern systems to produce accurate, high-speed fires on targets from locations near the active combat zones, using the standoff ranges of the missiles to dictate their positioning. The Chausseurs Spéciale, or Huntsmen, are elite light infantry which operate with complete autonomy in the battlespace and often cooperate with FN-DDR personnel to coordinate intelligence. CS-DDR accounts for 20% of the CGT force but a very small percentage of the military as a whole, and its status as an elite fighting force has hundreds of years of history. For hundreds of years, the Chausseurs were known as The Shogun's Own Elite Light Infantry, or TSELI, a highly-respected multinational fighting force which combines the art of statecraft with special forces training. This mission is carried on today, as all Marquesan diplomats are recruited from the active ranks of CS-CGT. Commande de Guerre Marine is the dedicated Naval Warfare arm of the FMA, with more than 85 million servicemembers funded by a nearly 17 trillion Aureus per year tax. CGM registers more than 260,000 warships, 700,000+ manned aircraft and more than 115,000 drones. The largest share of its funding goes to Naval Aviation and maintenance of its fleet of Huracan class aircraft carriers; GA-CGM squadrons are complete battle fleets with escort ships and more than 100 aircraft in each. GA-CGM has no duty to home waters defense, so it is exclusively a power projection force, as are the squadrons of Guerre Navale. GN-CGM is exclusively a long distance surface strike force, meant to conduct ship-to-ship, surface-to-air and ship-to-surface warfare primarily through the use of very long range missiles carried aboard Galeru class cruisers and Naga class Heavy Strike Cruisers in a more or less exclusively deep ocean patrol role. Fusiliers Marins is the Littoral Warfare arm of CGM; a force oriented toward the use of helicopters and VTOL transports to conduct over-the-horizion amphibious/air assault operations. FM makes extensive use of gunboats for riverine and coastal operations; its Shora class destroyers and Akurra-B SAM carrier Corvettes provide high volume air defense for clusters of small vessels which operate in waterways too shallow for heavier ships and make use of their Windigo-class carriers as bases of operations to dominate shallow water battlespaces. Corps Guerre Sous-Marine operates entirely as an autonomous fighting force, with an all-nuclear powered fleet of fast attack and strategic missile submarines, which operate in 26-ship packs called an "Eel's Bed" typically from purpose-built submarine pens constructed in remote areas away from population centers. Commande de Mouvement is a professional uniformed service of nearly 30 million personnel, funded by nearly 6 trillion Aureus per year. CDM has responsibility for more than 95,000 ships, 2 million aircraft and more than 23 million wheeled and tracked tactical vehicles. CDM has four arms; Corps Logistique au Sol, (LS-CDM) Corps Logistique Aéroportée, (LA-CDM) Corps Logistique Navale (LN-CDM) and Médecin de Combat. (MC-CDM) LS-CDM is divided up into Heavy Motor Companies, each of which is oriented toward a specific task. These companies deploy together as Battalions, deploying by RO/RO sealift to the combat theater and driving into the battle area as autonomous units which respond to demand by operating in areas where forces are concentrated, using response time as a metric to ensure that the logistics train never falls behind the forward elements, but allowing forward elements to operate unburdened of the supply of arms, ammunition, reinforcements and the supplies required for combat operations. Logistique Aéroportée provides airlift to the FMA abroad, transporting equipment, personnel, vehicles and all that is necessary to a modern military by use of transport aircraft developed bespoke to LA-CGM specifications. Logistique Navale is the backbone of Marquesan ability to project combat power; LN operates a fleet of more than 83,000 Qarin and Prosperine class cargo ships; these are reserved exclusively for military use, and permit FMA to move huge concentrations of troops and equipment without long delays. LN-CGM operates in every corner of the world, following the Armed Forces wherever their mission takes them, and the ships operate in all conditions, often serving as icebreakers when no civilian icebreaker is available. The Qarin class beachable ships operated by this arm are also shared by MC-CDM, or Médecin de Combat. MC-CDM is a unique branch of the military as it is entirely devoted to unarmed search and rescue missions. All vessels, aircraft and vehicles owned by MC-CDM are painted in bright (anti-flash) white, with clear MC-CDM markings on all sides. MC personnel are armed only for self defense; they operate primarily from Prosperine, Windigo and Qarin class vessels, which are converted entirely into floating hospitals. In the event of a natural disaster, MC-CDM Qarin class Amphibious Assault Ships beach themselves nearest the devastation, and bow doors allow people to be transported directly to the hospital without a helicopter flight over water. Prosperine class cargo ships in MC-CDM service are converted into large scale hospitals with 2,000 beds and full scale surgery and prosthesis manufacture facilities, with smaller trauma hospital facilities on Windigo class carriers, which operate Vulcan and Strider VTOL transports to transport large numbers of wounded simultaneously. Mobile field hospitals on 8x8 tactical vehicle platforms and ambulances using 4x4 Habu Scout Mobility Vehicles are used to transport and treat patients; MC personnel follow the combat operations wherever they are and conduct Search-And-Rescue (SAR) operations wherever disaster strikes as a military funded but non-combat arm of the FMA which has in many cases obtained extranational rights to traverse foreign airspace, territories and waters if performing in an emergency response capacity. Defense du Royaume accounts for just over 43% of all national defense expenditure, with 192 million personnel who are employed by the FMA as "Citizen Soldiers" serving a contract by term of years living in the communities they serve. DDR owns fifteen million aircraft, 33 million armored vehicles and more than 300,000 vessels registered, all of which is funded by 37 trillion Aureus per year. The Gendarmes Urbaine account for nearly 80 million personnel in 990 cities across the Marquesan States; other roles of DDR include long distance and high speed observation and maritime patrol performed by APF-DDR, which is built around a nuclear-armed deterrent force of land based bombers which perform regular airspace patrols, especially in hotly contested channels. Gendarmes Navale, (GN-DDR and Gendarmes Aéroportée (GA-DDR) provide dedicated maritime patrol and comprehensive ground-based air defense, distributed in small movable installations throughout the Marquesan States, centered around cities and high-value infrastructure. Le Fleur Noir, the national intelligence, research and development agency operates within the auspices of DDR, providing a common funding pool for covert and clandestine operations, intelligence gathering, and military research and development. Much of the operations of Le Fleur Noir are classified, but some details will be provided below on the national intelligence arm. Corps de Réserve d'Ingénierie employs more than 38 million personnel as Citizen Soldiers, serving a part time contract for a term of years and living in the communities they are serving and funded by 3.75 trillion Aureus per year. CRI is unique because 75% of its mission by funding and personnel is non-military in nature, with only one arm of CRI registering tactical vehicles. The Ingénierie Militaire operate 1,190 Lances which deploy with combat units to provide mine-clearing, bridge laying and engineering support. IM-CRI is oriented for high mobility in combat environments where units will without doubt be exposed to hostile fires. IC-CRI, CP-CRI and TP-CRI are nearly 29 million civilian personnel in total who coordinate to administer the national communications and power grids, water purification, waste disposal and other infrastructure concerns, large-scale public works such as highways, railways, bridges and dams. These arms of CRI are organized as military units and funded by military appropriations, however they are unarmed echelons which rely on the Engineer Corps for organization, funding, staffing and structure, but which concern themselves exclusively with civilian concerns inside the Marquesan States, and devote no resources to strategic matters. Conscription: The Marquesan government, throughout antiquity and continuing into the present day has held a policy of levée en masse, or national consciption, however compulsory service to the Forces Marquises aux Armes is different than any other nation. Historically, the îles Marquises and then later the Marquesan Shogunate have enjoyed the cultural significance of the nation's "Warrior Class" and polically, service is the most direct path to citizenship for those qualified. The FMA has a professional entrance standard which would be considered highly restrictive in many countries, however in cultural perspective, many residents of The Marquesan States meet the five basic service requirements, these are:
(One) A selectee must be male or female, not younger than twenty four (24) years of age and not older than fifty (50) years of age. (Two) A selectee must have completed a baccalaureate (Bachelors) level degree or above in a postsecondary institution of higher learning. (Three) A selectee must have a son or daughter born and a family capable of supporting the child in the servicemember's absence. (Four) A selectee must have received a satisfactory score on the Batterie de Sélection des Forces Armées (BSFA) Exam. (Five) A selectee must display a high level of physical fitness, healthy habits and an absence of major diseases or deformities.
Testing and selection occurs as a graduation requirement for any post-secondary degree obtained in The Marquesan States. In practice approximately the top 3% of the population as-scored is selected. If selected, service is mandatory for the initial period of five years, but anyone who chooses to re-enlist at the end of their five year term may do so with significant advantages such as signing bonuses, increase in rank and choice of duty post. An enlistment served in the FMA awards academic credit to the Servicemember, who is awarded a graduate degree in their specialty after completion of their first enlistment, which is paid for entirely by the FMA. Servicemembers must continue to attend classes during the course of their enlistments and must perform academically to maintain their qualification status. Selectees are profiled to different branches of the FMA based on their result scores from the BSFA and their physical profile. In the case of a Conscientious Objector, these individuals may choose to serve in one of the non-combat branches such as the Medical Corps, or Engineering. The highest-scoring BSFA-takers and physical profiles are directed to the elite branches such as Chausseurs Speciale and Le Fleur Noir, with the scores closest to the minimum being directed to the unarmed branches, in Civil Engineering, Public Works or Communications. A dominant theme throughout Marquesan history has been the warrior class, which historically has led the Marquesan people through wars, disasters and migrations. The country has always effectively been governed by its military; national service through the Forces Marquises aux Armes is seen to be the most honorable path to citizenship, which cannot be conferred through familial ties. Because the Marquesan people have always supported their warrior class, the social pressure to qualify for service and citizenship is great and qualification is far more widespread than the top 3% of the population the FMA selects for service. The Forces Marquises aux Armes choose the branch a selectee will serve in, but ultimately each selectee is allowed to choose their specialty from among those they qualify for.
The Marquesan Elite Light Infantry.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:19 am
by Marquesan
Entrainement Armee/Marine - (A/MES) - Eleve Sous-officier (OR-D) Armee/Marine - (A/MSO) - Eleve Officier (OF-D) Armee/Marine - (A/MET) - Aspirant Officier de troiseme classe (OF-D) Armee/Marine - (A/MAD) - Aspirant Officier de deuxieme classe (OF-D) Armee/Marine - (A/MAP) - Aspirant Officier de primiere classe (OF-D)
Militaires du rang Armee/Marine - (A/MST) - Specialiste de troiseme classe (OR-1) Armee/Marine - (A/MSD) - Specialiste de deuxieme classe (OR-2) Armee/Marine - (A/MSP) - Specialiste de premiere classe (OR-3) Armee/Marine - (A/MSC) - Specialiste-Chef (OR-4) Armee/Marine - (A/MCP) - Specialiste-Chef de premiere classe (OR-4a) Armee/Marine - (A/MGS) - Grand Specialist (OR-4b)
Space Launch Systems: TLC.1186 "Sky-Dweller" Trans-Lunar Carrier Rocket OLC.1266 "Sojourner" Orbital Launch Carrier Rocket
Satellite Systems: Liberty Ka/Ku/V-Band Internet Sat MicroEye MultiSpectral Imaging Sat MicroSAR Synthetic Aperture Radar Sat Advanced Wideband SATCOM Sat MEWSAT-Low Missile Early Warning Sat MEWSAT-High Missile Early Warning Sat STARSCAN Space-Based Radar Sat TRS-1A Hyperspectral Imaging Sat Sealink Submarine Communication Sat OCULUS Optical Imaging/SIGINT Sat VORTEX SIGINT/ELINT, Missile Early Warning
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:55 pm
by Marquesan
Défense du Royaume = 6,267,300 Assigned Le Maréchaussée Personnel: 5,840,100 Gardiens du Régime Personnel: 84,600 Le Fleur Noir Personnel: 151,200 Médecin de Combat Personnel: 191,400 Défense du Royaume Budget: 2,506,920,000,000 NSD
Défense du Royaume Small Arms: ZL-PDW "Vydra" - 6.5x25mm PR338 - 8.6x63mm Sniper Rifle
Le Maréchaussée: 189 Districts, 12,500 personnel ea. 3 Arrondissements per District, 10 Cantons ea. Palais de Cantonment: 1 per Canton, 30 per Metro 540 Hospital, 150 Patrol, 150 Fire, 190 Gov/Admin per (15x15x6 -360x- Container Square - 67m L&W, 16m H) - 260 Hospital & 40 Rehab Beds, 60 Detention Cells per 120x Castra.206RPQ - 10-Man Quarters 60x Castra.206RFH - Field Hospital 60x Castra.206LMC - Modular ConEx 60x Casta.206RRU - Refrigerated ConEx 15x Castra.206RFK - Field Kitchen 15x Castra.206RWR - Washroom 15x Castra.206RLF - Laundry Facility 10x Castra.206RCN - Commo Node 5x Castra.206RCC - C&C Bunker
Maréchaux de la Côte: 12x Squadrons per Station 5x Stations - (Pandora, Orai, Lifou, D'Arros, Arue) MC-DDR Squadron: 450 Sailors Assigned (5,640 per St)
Satellite Systems: Liberty Ka/Ku/V-Band Internet Sat MicroEye MultiSpectral Imaging Sat MicroSAR Synthetic Aperture Radar Sat Advanced Wideband SATCOM Sat MEWSAT-Low Missile Early Warning Sat MEWSAT-High Missile Early Warning Sat STARSCAN Space-Based Radar Sat TRS-1A Hyperspectral Imaging Sat Sealink Submarine Communication Sat OCULUS Optical Imaging/SIGINT Sat VORTEX SIGINT/ELINT, Missile Early Warning
Water & Waste Treatment. ________________________________________ The Marquesan Government operates 640 Nuclear power plants throughout the country. These sprawling complexes output enormous amounts of energy, but each one also creates enormous amounts of heat which, in most nuclear plants, is wasted in enormous outdoor cooling loops. In the Marquesan Union, this energy is used to assist in the operation of water treatment and solid waste disposal facilities, located on the land reservation of each Nuclear Energy Plant. With consideration to the country's massive population and high demand for both energy and fresh, clean drinking water, a solution to both problems was found. Each of the 640 Nuclear Energy plants also hosts a water treatment facility and solid waste processing facility. These facilities, which in total create almost nine thousand cubic kilometers of potable water per year are the result of an innovative design process that has been successfully replicated throughout the Union. Regulation of these energy parks falls under the National Infrastructure budget orchestrated through the Marquesan Environmental & Economic Cooperative and the Power, Refinery & Utilities Guild, along with the National Policy Institute on Domestic Affairs.
Beginning with the influent stream, the source head of each plant takes in water from a variety of sources, where it undergoes pretreatment and blending. Seawater, reactor coolant water, wastewater from domestic, agricultural and industrial sources, water pumped from underground sources and collected rainfall enters the pretreatment facility where any large solids, debris, rags and grit are removed from the influent water. The influent then travels to a series of clarifiers where the water is slowed down, providing an opportunity for suspended solids, oil and grease to either drop out of the blended influent or to float to the surface, where these impurities can be skimmed away. Following the water past the primary clarifier stages, water now passes through a Membrane Bioreactor, or MBR where it undergoes microfiltration and ultrafiltration. The middle treatment stage is through anaerobic active basins where the treated water is processed and then fully disinfected with ozone, ultraviolet irradiation and a final electromagnetic pulsed power system. The now clear water enters the final treatment stage where it is allowed to rest in a final clarifier before undergoing reverse osmosis and thermoionic desalinization. Final chemical processing of the water to bring the PH balance, color and clarity within balance is done before the clear, fully disinfected fresh water leaves the plant for general use or, if used in the on-site nuclear reactors as coolant, the water undergoes an additional laboratory-grade double distillation process to produce chemically pure water.
Throughout this process, the byproducts of the water processing, including debris, ocean salt and metals, oceanic organisms, domestic, industrial and agricultural waste, scrap metal, plastics, biomedical and hazardous waste, rags, hair and grit are pre-sorted and then fed into a Plasma Gasification Arc Reactor. Once inside the reactor, an inert gas is heated by passing it through a powerful electric arc. This gas is ionized under tremendous pressure and the superheated plasma (between 5,000 and 14,000°C) is used to form a "torch" which incinerates all combustible waste and liquefies non-combustible waste into molten slag. In interacting with the plasma, molecular bonds in the waste products are broken down and molecular disassociation occurs, transferring nearly all solid waste into a gaseous phase. The carbon monoxide gas that results from pyrolysis of waste solids (in excess of 99% conversion) is then burned in on-site turbine engines which power the plasma arc torch and provides a safe, constant auxiliary power supply for the rest of the plant. The non-combustible and chemically inert slag byproduct is completely safe to handle and undergoes a secondary smelting process to remove and refine metals which are sold on the open market. Once relieved of its metal content, the inert slag is sold for construction materials, most often for road construction. With the PGAR, there is no atmospheric offgassing and no production of smoke or soot. Any exhaust from the facility is treated with air scrubbers to ensure a near-zero ecological impact, while cleanly destroying enormous amounts of solid waste as an alternative to the presence of landfills anywhere in the country.
The 640 such Energy Parks in place throughout the Marquesan Union are situated in such a way that they are minimal safe distances from major population centers. On average, each sprawling plant consumes several hundred acres of land, however their collective benefit in terms of energy production, creation of clean, potable drinking water and disposal of liquid and solid wastes while simultaneously refining metals, a theoretically unlimited supply of salt and production of safe, inert slag for construction, all while remaining an ecologically responsible and viable clean energy production method is invaluable to the country. Each cogenerative energy park produces 27.3 Million Cubic Meters of clean, potable drinking water and 1.3 Terawatt Hours of stable nuclear power per day. While these plants represent a massive initial investment, the model has been proven viable as the country has grown in population and expanded its borders. The energy surplus and ecology-friendly disposal of waste is a net benefit in a country where land is at a premium and landfills would be an unsightly specter among the mountains, forests and coastlines of the country.
Communications Infrastructure. ________________________________________ The Information Technology & Science Guild and the Communication & Journalism Guild regulate a national communications network carried on a highly secure intranational Wi-Fi system. The network of towers, nodes and cables is operated by a variety of companies offering a variety of service plans and equipment to end users, operating on cooperatively-maintained infrastructure. The Marquesan National Data Infrastructure network, or MNDI, employs a tandem communications network across the entire country, based on an ultra fast underground fiber optic cable network with an average throughput of 125 Megabytes Per Second. This signal is carried on armored, EM-shielded cable buried below ground across 80% of the network and carried above ground on earthquake-proof, wind-proof, tsunami resistant towers for the remaining 20% of the network. The network employs an array of hundreds of thousands of distribution nodes with one node for every roughly ten square miles. These nodes also serve as bases for the country's national "Super Wi-Fi" network, transmitting Voice over IP and data connections across the country with 99.98% coverage of the entire land area of the Union.
The "Super Wi-Fi" system, formally named the Marquesan National Data Infrastructure, or "Mindi" for short has an average throughput of 10.5 Megabytes Per Second download speed and 5.5 Megabytes Per Second upload speed. These towers use 60KW amplifiers to transmit overlapping coverage across the country to which all cellular phones, computers and wireless devices may freely connect without contracts or fees. This combined network allows users to connect to the hard fiber network for faster internet or television connections with higher clarity, but gives Marquesans the flexibility to connect and make voice calls or connect to the internet anywhere in the country. With no terrain or atmospheric obstructions, each tower is designed to be able to transmit unaided over 100 kilometers in line-of-sight, though throughput will suffer at such distances. This Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) is said to be usable as far as 20 kilometers out to sea from any populated Marquesan territory, with voice calls made as far out as 40 kilometers and simple text messages sent and received as far as 60 kilometers. In many areas, wireless repeaters and secondary amplifiers are used to boost signal into deeply congested areas or urban environments where buildings may present a significant obstruction to the wireless signal.
The MNDI network is highly secure, carrying 2,048-Bit SSL Encryption certificates and passworded with a 26-character ASCII password, double encrypted with B-SPEKE Cryptographic Key Exchange and two-way verified with SHA-2 512 Cryptographic Hash, ensuring a secure connection on both sides. The password is unique to each user and matched to their Personal Credentials Card, which when verified to a new computer or wireless device, will allow each user to access their personal cloud storage and home network from wherever they are. VoIP is carried on the G.722 Codec, which transmits voice full duplex on two dedicated channels simultaneously at 64 kbit/s, allowing for a 50-7,000 Hz. bandwidth and crystal-clear audio quality. Data is transmitted on the 802.11ad Standard in the 8MHz range over the wireless network and utilizing unused "white space" bandwidth for backhaul of information, allowing for excellent data connection with an average of under 8ms latency for both voice and data. The MNDI network is considered to be the safest wireless data transmission system in Sondria while routinely winning awards for speed and reliability. In emergencies, extremely remote areas, rugged terrain or highly congested urban environments, MNDI can be backhauled over a satellite connection, though inclement weather can cause latency issues, so this failsafe system is rarely used. For high-security voice connections, VoIP calls can be made over the hard fiber network for a hard, essentially unhackable connection.
National Identity Credentials. ________________________________________ The Marquesan Personal Credentials System is the central method of identifying Marquesan Citizens and Residents and verifying their credentials. MPCC's are produced by contract through Trans-Sondrian Aureus Cooperative (TSAC) compliant production facilities regulated by the Finance & Insurance Guild used to manufacture the Aureus currency. This single national Identification Card is the primary method by which Marquesan citizens make payments, are either allowed or disallowed entry into secure environments, move throughout the country and abroad and represents a massive investment and a coordinated effort by both government and industry to standardize the card and universalize its usage. MPCC's serve as a vehicle operator's permit, proof of vehicle and health insurance, they operate as a passport and a secure environment credential and can also serve as a bank and credit card for its user, offering an extremely high level of flexible functionality while being an extremely secure, verifiable method of identification. Marquesan PCC's are a biometric credential, which do not supply a picture of the owner but rather rely on a passive sensor and embedded electronics to verify the identity of the owner.
The card is made from a composite of different materials; the core of the card which gives it rigidity is a 0.5mm thick plate of Grade 12 Titanium, backed on either side with woven layers of ultrafine IM600 (5 Micrometer) Carbon Fiber Filament, in a tight satin weave. The card is 1.5mm in overall thickness, with fifty layers of interwoven filament on either side, each layer laid bias ply to the one beneath it. This combination of materials creates an extremely rigid, durable card with very high corrosion, heat and abrasion resistance. Due to the asymmetrical, 6K 5HS Satin weave, the pattern appears differently on either face of the card. The high fabric density of the weave is interwoven with special colored filaments at various intervals to increase counterfeiting difficulty. No user information is displayed on the face of the card itself, only the user's name and the PCC's serial number, with all other information being carried by the card's NFC Chip, an embedded 13.56 MHz Smart Card Chip and an encrypted QR code printed on the back face of the card. A special 6D Hologram of the Marquesan flag is printed on a thin metal foil is embedded in the front face of the card, which responds both to changes in light and the viewing angle and is used for verification of the authenticity of the card. The all-robotic, all-laser process of creation makes each card internally consistent to 99.9999%, each cut and finished card consistent to 5 microns of any other. Extremely fine, wavy microprint is laser-etched onto the fabric medium and polychromic color-shifting toner is used to create the text and images on each card, which is then finished with an aliphatic clearcoat which exhibits outstanding wear and abrasion characteristics.
Each PCC, or Personal Credentials Card includes a number of high technology anti-counterfeiting measures that make the cards extremely challenging to replicate. A 6D Hologram of the Marquesan flag is displayed on the front of the card, along with watermarks visible under ultraviolet light are displayed on both sides of the card. A Near Field Communications (NFC) one-way antenna programmed with an asymmetrical 512-bit encryption is used to store financial information. The PCC's serial number is 26 characters in length, containing letters, numbers and ASCII symbols. The NFC antenna can only be enabled by a special passive sensor on the face of the card that responds to the thumbprint of the person it is registered to, powered by transferred heat and pressure from the thumb being pressed against it. A thin, flexible red or green OLED is built into the top edge of the card, which lights when the thumbprint sensor is activated and is also powered by the transfer of heat and pressure from the user's thumb. A 13.56 MHz Contactless Smart Card chip embedded in the card provides secure sign-on capabilities, with this chip carrying security clearance information which only responds to specially-coded frequency sensors. The Smart Card chip also stores a high-quality .jpg image of the user's right iris and a full image of the owner's face which, when scanned, allows a secondary and tertiary method of biometric verification for high-security areas or access to classified information. Each card also contains a 1,264-character 177x177 pixel encrypted QR code containing the owner's vital information. The QR Code, NFC Tag and Smart Card chip are all encrypted with a B-SPEKE Cryptographic Key Exchange protocol attached to the user's 12-character minimum ASCII password, which must be changed yearly. Secondary verification of the user's password is acomplished with SHA2-512 Cryptographic Hash, used for two-way verification, both of the card's identity and the security of the reader.
This two-way standard means that only the authorized user with a thumbprint verified and activated NFC tag and the proper passcode can access the information stored on the card, and only an authorized NFC scanner with the proper encrypted code matching the password can read the tag. This passcode is used when making a financial transaction using the card and is thought to be an excellent guard against brute force hacking. Each PCC owner has the option of using this secure card to link to up to 20 bank accounts and credit accounts including his or her Government Health Savings Account, Citizen's Dividend Account or Military Pension Account. Marquesan PCC's are considered extremely difficult to tamper with as the biometric security sensor responds only to the correct thumbprint. The double-encrypted password requirement in addition to biometric identification provides a failsafe and the combination of all security measures associated with the physical card and its digital encryption makes the MPCC extremely difficult, if not impossible, to accurately replicate. While the PCC contains a great deal of sensitive information and represents an item which needs to be secured at all times, the multifunction credentials card does not contain any two-way antennae and cannot be passively tracked.
Adoption of the Marquesan Personal Credentials Card has been widespread throughout the country. As the card is contactless and does not carry a magnetic stripe, security of the card is much higher than a traditional magnetic card, and the card is much less susceptible to fraud or accidental demagnetization. All foreign governments in Sondria recognize the MPCC as a passport and the Union Armed Forces were an early adopter of the card as a primary identification document for its members. The most unique feature of the PCC is that it requires two way verification to be read, with special encryption required of the reader to unlock the stored information, dramatically reducing identity theft. MPCC's are expensive to produce, but have a life cycle of roughly 20 years before they generally need to be replaced. The PCC is mandatory for all Marquesan Citizens or Residents of school age and older, as the card is used to identify students as they enter and exit their schools. If one is lost or stolen, the card's QR code, NFC sensor and smart card chip can be blacklisted on all databases by verifying one's identity at a Gendarmerie post or abroad at a Marquesan Consulate or Embassy with two of three biometric methods. The card may then be replaced at owner expense, (roughly 500 Aureus) though the first card and its regular replacements are paid for by the government. MPCC information such as account numbers, contact or personal information can be changed by the user at any Gendarmerie post or Marquesan Consulate or Embassy after verifying the holder's identity. The government recommends, but does not mandate an electronically-shielded wallet containing a metal mesh to protect the card from unauthorized scanning and also from the effects of electromagnetic pulse. This recommendation, while not mandated, is widely followed by an estimated 97% of the population. National Healthcare System. ________________________________________ The Marquesan government regulates the healthcare industry through the National Policy Institute on Healthcare and the Healthcare & Human Services Guild. A "must fund" annual per capita allocation of roughly Ⓐ3,000 per capita is funded from the national budget and distributed equally to each Marquesan through a government-funded Health Savings Account. The Marquesan HSA is cumulative, demurrage-free and interest bearing and can be added to by individuals from their regular pay up to 5% of their annual income without penalty. The MHSA is usable to cover medical costs for all types of prescriptions, medical equipment and supplies and fees from doctors, nurses and other medical practitioners for visits, testing and procedures. Excess contributions to the MHSA are subject to demurrage tax at the standard rate for static accounts. The cost of medical care is regulated by the Healthcare & Human Services Guild which functions as a central negotiation and buying power to ensure a high level of quality control and price regulation; individuals may purchase health insurance on the open market if they so choose or may use MHSA subsidy funds to pay directly for healthcare. The cost of healthcare related equipment, prescriptions, supplies and procedures is monitored and regulated by the National Policy Institute on Healthcare and the Health & Human Services Guild to ensure that the MHSA subsidy remains greater than the average expenditure for healthcare per capita.
Utilizing the HHS Guild and the NPI-H to regulate the industry but not micromanage it has resulted in a wealth of providers of all types and a booming healthcare industry which, by virtue of natural competition, has remained a productive and viable asset to the Marquesan people. Price-Cap Regulation maintains affordability for the end user, indexed to inflation and to the Consumer Price Index report, while central negotiation ensures that providers remain profitable and Guild self-policing enforcement ensures fairness among the various providers. The Marquesan healthcare industry centers around Primary Care doctors for lifetime care with emergency response services provided by the Marquesan Gendarmerie. Secondary and Tertiary care is provided by military and civilian hospital, clinic and urgent care facilities throughout the country. The Marquesan government retains a Lassiez-Faire stance, ensuring safety and commonly acceptable standards, but not interfering with the industry in terms of restricting research, procedures or available medications. Abortion in specific, while culturally frowned-upon, is legal throughout the Union and stem-cell research continues to be an active component of ongoing medical technology development. Controlled Substance abuse treatment is a primary focus of the national healthcare system, which is always provided without charge to the user. Research & Polytechnic schools throughout the country work constantly to further the fight against chronic illnesses and infectious diseases while providing a wealth of innovative new ideas and products designed to ease the lives of people everywhere and prolong quality of life.
The Marquesan Healthcare System is ranked among the most cost-effective and high-quality providers of medical care in the region. The MHSA Subsidy Budget accounts for 21.375 Trillion Aureus in annual government spending, which equates to roughly 110% of the annual per capita expenditure on healthcare. With few restrictions on what care may be provided and highly effective enforcement of how said care is provided, the healthcare industry is a source of pride on the national level, with a whole-person wellness approach culturally pervasive among providers. National Education System. ________________________________________ The Marquesan Government regulates and partially administers an education system that receives its funding from both public and private sources. The National Policy Institute for Education is headed by a coalition of government officials and officials from the Education & Academic Oversight Guild who regulate the entire educational industry within the nation as a whole. While all schools in the country are privately held, they receive a mixture of funding from various sources and budgets in accordance to each school's charter. The Education system is decentralized, with oversight from the MEEC Guilds and the government providing cooperative oversight, guidance and standardization in terms of pay, curriculum and organization, but leaving individual schools to decide on how to apply these guidelines efficiently and in such a way as to foster innovation and individual growth. A tiered system of progressively more and more advanced testing incorporates a holistic approach to education, emphasizing a "Whole Person" mentality that strengthens students across a broad band of academic and physical disciplines focused to deeper conceptual understanding and problem based non-cognitive learning. The Marquesan system does not rely on "Grades" or "Years" that move in lock-step, but rather in application of constructivist open education and flexible learning of core curriculum categories which are divided into levels of mastery. Classrooms are mixed-age and are divided by the concepts being learned in those classes, rather than by the age or status of the Students. A given Student may be applying basic Sciences and advanced Mathematics while attending introductory Linguistics courses and advanced Critical Thinking courses on the same school day. Part of the minimum Secondary School graduation requirement is a Class A-1 Writing/Reading/Speaking fluency in no less than three languages and students often receive extensive education in the Classics and in higher-order thinking skills like problem-solving, critical thinking, analysis, teamwork, creativity and interdisciplinary studies.
According to Marquesan Law, attendance in school is compulsory through the Secondary School level and, while Tertiary education is voluntary, the cost of attending school is fully subsidized for all Marquesans. Regulation of the costs that can be passed on to the Student or the Student's family mean that no Educational Institution may require more than Ten Thousand Aureus for any Student for any given School Year from Early Childhood Education through the furthest extent of Tertiary education. In addition to this funding, Institutes instructing through Elementary and Secondary education receive funding through the national Educational Grant Program. Tertiary Education Institutes can also receive funding through the Military Research & Development budget in addition to public and private Educational Administration funding. On a broad average, a Marquesan student receives 35,000 Aureus per year in overall funding for his or her schooling from the year the Student enters the Educational system to the year they complete schooling, an average of roughly 700,000 Aureus over the 20 years of the Student's Educational lifetime. Crosstraining in multiple disciplines can allow the Student to tap into Developmental Scholarships from multiple Industry Guilds.
Throughout every level of the educational process, charter schools exist as Partner Institutes to the standard infrastructure. These Partner Institutes receive additional funding through a per-student Scholarship/Subsidy from the national Healthcare budget with additional resources and staff on hand. The Partner Institute system is designed to accommodate for students with special educational needs, developmental or physical disabilities. Partner Institutes are often utilized for hands-on training of students in a number of fields from biomechanical engineering, medicine and so on. Partner Institute students compete frequently in collaborative events designed to harness each student's ability while serving to dispel stigmatic stereotypes. With access to full time care and very frequently with dormitory living under the assistance of specially trained Fellows, the Partner Institute system uplifts Special Educational Needs students throughout their educational lives and equips them with the tools they need to compete and succeed in the global marketplace.
Research and Polytechnic Schools are the standard in the Marquesan Union rather than the exception to the rule; the vast majority of Research & Development Institutes throughout the country are affiliated with Universities to the near exclusion of any non-affiliated such centers. Encouragement toward the development of Specialty Charter Schools at all levels has created a vibrant and unique educational system whereby consistent and individualized regular testing that focuses on application of lessons into usable, real-world skills and comprehension rather than test scores drives students to become well-rounded and thoroughly educated. Universities flourish due to the concerted effort both by the government and the people of the country into funding higher education and research. Due to the high standard of living and the strength of the Marquesan economy, the Marquesan people cannot be competitive with their neighbors in terms of raw labor due to the high standard of pay and living in the country, so the focus of the country's economy and educational system has been on performing high technology research and performance of work that could not be accomplished efficiently in other places. The Marquesan industrial and educational machine produces highly-trained skilled workers and products that simply could not be made elsewhere. Part of this specialization can certainly be credited to the massive effort in funding the Marquesan educational system. Educators of all types enjoy widespread economic and cultural benefits including an average pay as a market sector that is nearly double the National Average with incredibly strict employment standards.
At the conclusion of Secondary School, ten years of regular testing provides a long-term picture of the personal development of each student and allows the Student to apply to specialized schools that play to the Student's strength and where the talents, preferences and abilities of each student can be truly allowed to develop to their fullest. Every level of the Marquesan educational system culminates with testing and certification that is applicable in the real world. Scientific Literacy, Numeracy and Linguistic Literacy are focal points along the entire educational life of the Student, while thoughtful and innovative application of technology has given rise to the integration of Virtual Learning Environments for application of classroom lessons in a representation of the physical world. Homework is de-emphasized in the Marquesan system; rather deep comprehension of the concepts and application to real world problems is the focus of learning with regard to the varying learning styles of students. Educational certificates in Linguistics, Martial Arts, Academic Levels and specific Career-driven fields are attainable throughout the educational process. In determining what school to send a Student to, the Student's family has the ultimate decision-making authority, with no geographical or socioeconomic system in place to determine which school a child should attend. Rather, individualized testing throughout the Student's educational life identifies strengths and weaknesses, providing recommendations as to which schools to attend, which portions of the curriculum require more or less focus and what special accommodations can and must be made to round out each Student's knowledge profile. Each school receives funding on a Per-Student basis, which is simply deposited into an account with total discretion for its usage in the hands of the School's Board of Directors. While this hands-off approach gives "front line" leaders the latitude to accomplish their goals as they see fit, oversight both from the Government and from the Guilds ensures that this money is spent wisely and appropriately and to ensure that standards are maintained.
The Marquesan school year is carried out all year and school is in session five days per week for half the year and three days per week for half the year. The relaxed school system allows Students to take classes in multiple schools, while the Open Learning doctrine also does much to encourage electronic or distance learning. As a cultural norm, Marquesan school buildings are generally simple and without frills. Class sizes throughout the Student's educational life are rarely above fifteen or twenty students per Instructor. There are generally no cafeterias; Marquesan students take the meals from the kitchens and serve them to their classmates in their classrooms. Marquesan students are expected to clean their classrooms, hallways and washrooms. In Marquesan classrooms, students who are ahead are expected to help those who are behind. One might expect that this would hold the best students back, but research has shown that those who teach learn at least as much as those who are taught in this peer tutoring scheme. Marquesan families view a student's success as a success for the whole family, while the failure of a student to do well causes the entire extended family to suffer. This cultural position has meant that learning disabilities are aggressively pursued in order to prevent children from falling behind or struggling with subjects that might prevent them from progressing in other countries. The aggressively meritocratic approach toward academic excellence that permeates the Marquesan educational system sees parents spending vast sums of money to ensure that their children receive extracurricular training and tutoring in a wide variety of disciplines, providing reinforcement for twice-exceptional and learning-disabled students in addition to ensuring that most Marquesan students receive deeply insightful, enriched educations.