Terrana at War (Fantasy/WW2 Era Tech) (OOC) (OPEN)

[The Empire of Pretantia]

Technically deserts can be "arctic" too.

Parts of Siberia are considered desert because of how dry they are.

True, but what about deserts in the sense of the Sahara?

What about them?

Arctic is still desert.

[Raktio]

I noticed a lack of a desert nation, and the far north (if we're presuming that's the north up top) isn't usually a desert place

You couldn't be more factually wrong.

I was referring to blazing hot & sandy desert, not freezing cold & icy deserts (though that was my mistake, I forgot to specify that more clearly).

Also having a Dire Polar Bear cavalry could be pretty awesome (suddenly imagines some armored dire polar bears charging into an infantry formation) and then I could go the Biopunk route. (and if I go that direction... bad things are going to happen).
For kin and country!

But at the same time I really want to do a desert based dark elf nation.

[Charmera]

Nation Name: Peoples Republic of Zhai
Flag/Emblem/Symbol: http://img01.deviantart.net/beb0/i/2015 ... 959v1i.jpg
Government Type: Socialist Dictatorship
Ideology: Communist, Totalitarian,
Leader Name: Chairman Ying Cha
Political Party(s): The Communist Party of Zhai or the CPZ as it's coloquily known
Capital City Name: Zhang Song
Map Claim: https://imgur.com/a/xQHAU

Culture: Previously a very traditionalist and stoic nature, now Zhai is in a state of constant revolution.
Races: Human, Dragonborn, Orc, Elf, Halfling, Tengu and Deva.
Technology: The Republic of Zhai has made extreme efforts to advance itself technologically. It has made leaps and bounds in the ability to manufacture, due to their high population density they are able to produce a lot of goods, unfortunately most of those goods are of lower quality due to imperfect measure for quality control and the lack of competition. Their aproach to training is somewhat similar, though they do maintain elite regiments and groups within the military such as the Guerilla Corp and the Monzai Biker Units.

Zhai makes use of potion based chemical weapons often, sometimes to enhance their own troops or to kill their enemies. They also have a Brigade of skilled alchemists whom acompany troops with potions.
History:
Military Doctrine/Strategies: Overwhelming numbers, this applies to almost all the fields of war apart from
Military Branches: ZLA, ZLN, ZLAP, The Commissary, The Alchemy Brigade.
Military Strengths:
- Overwhelming numbers
- Insane devotion to the nation (High Morale)
- Strong Air Force.
- Skilled at Psychological warfare and propoganda
Military Weaknesses:
- Quantity over Quality
- Infantry are typically equipped poorly.
- Weaker Navy

Relations with other nations: Zhai is a relatively new nation whom is already making waves, having upset Albion for overthrowing the previous Zhai government they had favourable dealings with and the Federation of Steel is annoyed after they turned their Church of Alchemy into a more secular institution.
RP Sample:

Name: Dragonborn
Appearance: Dragonborn can swap between a humanoid apearance and one imitating a dragon. In humanoid form they still have wings.
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Lifespan: Eternal
Culture: The children of Dragons and humans, Dragonborn are proud and have an obssession with history and the past, and are very slow to change.
Demeanor: Dragonborn are either impulsive to the extreme or far too patient.
Physical Abilities: Flight
Magical Abilities: Dragonborn can manipulate the element their dragon parent could normally breath.
Drawback: They have a much lower birthrate and cannot procreate with their own kind, so they must forever dilute their dragon blood.
Relations with other races: Dragons hold themselves in high regard, so they tend to annoy other species.

Name: Tengu
Appearance: http://www.rpg-duelmen.de/images/pf-rassen/pf-tengu.png
Lifespan: 100 years
Culture: Tengu have been historically oppressed as a minority, even though they're very common on Essuran. Often they have no citizenship rights, and historically they have been unwelcome by most of the other powers on the continent.
Demeanor: Insular and tribal, Tengu tend to be private yet surprisingly talkative among other speicies.
Physical Abilities: Stealth affinity
Magical Abilities: Luck: Surprisingly some tengu seem to be favoured by fortune.
Drawback: Disliked, and their not as tough or hardy as other species.
Relations with other races: Tengu are wary of elves, especially snow elves from the Essuran Empire. They get along well with halflings. Humans they have mixed relations with.

[Charmera]

IC is here!

[Democratic East-Asia]

So, is the Trevoskan agrarian republic accepted?

Also, Chinese commies look like potential friends.

[Charmera]

So, is the Trevoskan agrarian republic accepted?

Also, Chinese commies look like potential friends.

?

Indeed they do.

[Democratic East-Asia]

Nation Name: The Democratic Republic of Trevoska
Flag/Emblem/Symbol: Here you go
Government Type: Council ruled socialist republic
Ideology: Agrarian syndicalist-socialism, highly influenced by People's Thought. This varies from town to town though. (Some are more conservative, others more liberal). A free market does exist, and is sought after quite often.
Leader Name: Peter Molotov
Political Party(s): Farmer's Labor Party (High majority, influenced by Orbis), Trevoskan Nationalist Party (influenced by Drusslav), Democratic Conservative party (influenced by Albion), Party of Action (influenced by the fact Dinkelberge is scary. Anti-foreigner), Party of monarchists (supportive to the Winter Empire).

Capital City Name: Karmasia

Map Claim: The two bits right bellow Orbis

Culture:

Trevoskans tend to be from all around, although Orbisian and Winter Empire culture is quite prevalent. The main languages happen to be those of the respective nations, although many smaller languages are also prevalent. People in Trevoska tend to be somewhat traditional, but are quite welcoming to all people and species. The nation prides itself on its farming, and large festivals dedicated to yearly harvests are quite common. Equality is taken quite seriously, and no one is that rich or poor. Trevoskans are firm supporters of People's Thought, although many other ideologies also exist.

Races: Basically everyone. (Even a large number of kitsunes, due to the fact Trevoska is rather rural and friendly to all)
Technology:

The technology of Trevoska is highly agriculturally based, and revolves around magic enhanced mechanical self-driven farm machines, as well as newer tech for improved efficiency in factories. Military tech is largely imported, and Trevoska gets most of its weapons from Orbis (and some from Drusslav and whoever it trades with).

History:

Originally founded by immigrants from the old Orbis Empire, along with those of the Winter Empire and other parts of the world, Trevoska has been the place of farming and living a quite life for hundreds of years, even into the modern day. They are well known for their farming, which is far more efficient than that of any other nation as of now. Rather peaceful and isolationist, Trevoska tries not to interfere with international politics, although its alignment with Orbis is beginning to drag it. It's population is only 30 million, some 10 times lower than that of nearby Orbis. The nation tends to trade quite often.

It's a diverse land of many species, which all live together in relative harmony. On the other hand, the nation is somewhat wary of the Dinkelberges to the North.

Military Doctrine/Strategies: Mostly guerilla warfare, as it lacks numbers.
Military Branches: The homeland militia, army. Lacks an air force and navy.
Military Strengths: None really. Other than the fact most people are quite determined to defend their homes.
Military Weaknesses:
-Very small
-Lacks air force and navy
-non-agressive

Relations with other nations: Heavily tied to Orbis, yet friendly to most. A bit wary of Hunkelburge.
RP Sample: ------

[Charmera]

Nation Name: The Democratic Republic of Trevoska
Flag/Emblem/Symbol: Here you go
Government Type: Council ruled socialist republic
Ideology: Agrarian syndicalist-socialism, highly influenced by People's Thought. This varies from town to town though. (Some are more conservative, others more liberal). A free market does exist, and is sought after quite often.
Leader Name: Peter Molotov
Political Party(s): Farmer's Labor Party (High majority, influenced by Orbis), Trevoskan Nationalist Party (influenced by Drusslav), Democratic Conservative party (influenced by Albion), Party of Action (influenced by the fact Dinkelberge is scary. Anti-foreigner), Party of monarchists (supportive to the Winter Empire).

Capital City Name: Karmasia

Map Claim: The two bits right bellow Orbis

Culture:

Trevoskans tend to be from all around, although Orbisian and Winter Empire culture is quite prevalent. The main languages happen to be those of the respective nations, although many smaller languages are also prevalent. People in Trevoska tend to be somewhat traditional, but are quite welcoming to all people and species. The nation prides itself on its farming, and large festivals dedicated to yearly harvests are quite common. Equality is taken quite seriously, and no one is that rich or poor. Trevoskans are firm supporters of People's Thought, although many other ideologies also exist.

Races: Basically everyone. (Even a large number of kitsunes, due to the fact Trevoska is rather rural and friendly to all)
Technology:

The technology of Trevoska is highly agriculturally based, and revolves around magic enhanced mechanical self-driven farm machines, as well as newer tech for improved efficiency in factories. Military tech is largely imported, and Trevoska gets most of its weapons from Orbis (and some from Drusslav and whoever it trades with).

History:

Originally founded by immigrants from the old Orbis Empire, along with those of the Winter Empire and other parts of the world, Trevoska has been the place of farming and living a quite life for hundreds of years, even into the modern day. They are well known for their farming, which is far more efficient than that of any other nation as of now. Rather peaceful and isolationist, Trevoska tries not to interfere with international politics, although its alignment with Orbis is beginning to drag it. It's population is only 30 million, some 10 times lower than that of nearby Orbis. The nation tends to trade quite often.

It's a diverse land of many species, which all live together in relative harmony. On the other hand, the nation is somewhat wary of the Dinkelberges to the North.

Military Doctrine/Strategies: Mostly guerilla warfare, as it lacks numbers.
Military Branches: The homeland militia, army. Lacks an air force and navy.
Military Strengths: None really. Other than the fact most people are quite determined to defend their homes.
Military Weaknesses:
-Very small
-Lacks air force and navy
-non-agressive

Relations with other nations: Heavily tied to Orbis, yet friendly to most. A bit wary of Hunkelburge.
RP Sample: ------

accepted

[Remnants of Exilvania]

Aw come on! We both surely wanna grab some Albion

Hmm. It will be hard collaborating with you... you scary...

Also, can some of my citizens be people who have their ancestry from Dinkelberge? Orbis was right there to flee to after all. Plan to have some random goblin in charge of the "fortified" border on my side.

Just a note to everyone: I'd prefer to be refered as the Worker's Union rather than Orbis.

Goblins would have been the least likely to flee and are, as much as I know, still looked down upon everywhere else in the world.

Hmm, I think I'll go for elvish Nazis... question is where should I start up (thinking of doing that top area where Albion has part of the continent, make up some history of Albion's imperialism in that area).

We`ve had several apps for that area already I think...

[Democratic East-Asia]

People's Thought advocates complete equality between species.

While some are still looked at poorly (due to long time prejudice), some individuals will bypass this.

Also, said goblin is an oddball. Quite the pencil pusher.

[Remnants of Exilvania]

People's Thought advocates complete equality between species.

While some are still looked at poorly (due to long time prejudice), some individuals will bypass this.

Also, said goblin is an oddball. Quite the pencil pusher.

lel, have fun with him.

[Remnants of Exilvania]

Am I seeing this right?
Not a single IC or OOC post in all this time?
Damn, if this goes on I might have to actually make the first one after the OP...

[Democratic East-Asia]

Am I seeing this right?
Not a single IC or OOC post in all this time?
Damn, if this goes on I might have to actually make the first one after the OP...

I'm making a post today after dinner.

[Remnants of Exilvania]

Am I seeing this right?
Not a single IC or OOC post in all this time?
Damn, if this goes on I might have to actually make the first one after the OP...

I'm making a post today after dinner.

It`s getting late here but I`ll try to put something out.
Sending mah Goblins to Brianna

[Charmera]

I'm making a post today after dinner.

It`s getting late here but I`ll try to put something out.
Sending mah Goblins to Brianna

XD
I love your goblins.

[Shark isle]

Aclon will send a diplomat. Just make sure he does not sit next to Orbis' diplomat.

[Democratic East-Asia]

Aclon will send a diplomat. Just make sure he does not sit next to Orbis' diplomat.

Your tiny state is no match for glorious democratic commie regime.

[Raktio]

Okey, working on app (now that I've finalized what I'm going to do), and while I'm working on it I'd like to reserve that area below Orbis, Dunkelberge & Boral.
(making fast attack desert elves with a taste for messing with biology via magic)

[Democratic East-Asia]

Okey, working on app (now that I've finalized what I'm going to do), and while I'm working on it I'd like to reserve that area below Orbis, Dunkelberge & Boral.
(making fast attack desert elves with a taste for messing with biology via magic)

The two spots directly bellow Orbis are occupied.

[The Frozen Forest]

Expect a post today or tomorrow, probably tomorrow.

[Raktio]

Okey, working on app (now that I've finalized what I'm going to do), and while I'm working on it I'd like to reserve that area below Orbis, Dunkelberge & Boral.
(making fast attack desert elves with a taste for messing with biology via magic)

The two spots directly bellow Orbis are occupied.

Erg, why do people have to make this complicated...
That blank space in the middle of the continent center claimed byu anybody yet (if not I'm sticking a giant desert there and then I'll be a thorn in everybody's ass in that area, that's right, not their back their ass, seriously agitated donkeys are not pleasant).
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[The Great Korean Empire]

Nation Name: The Holy Seat of the Notzrim Faith
Flag/Emblem/Symbol: Flag of the Holy Seat of the Notzrim Faith
Government Type: The Holy Seat of the Notzrim Faith is ruled by a theocratic elective constitutional monarchy, in which the head of state and government is the Pontifex Maximus of the Notzrim Faith, who is elected from the Holy Synod (which is made up of all the cardinals of the Notrzim Faith), and checked by ecumenical councils. The Holy Seat is the center of the Notzrim Faith, and though it is the leader of a confederation of surrounding independent kingdoms, republics and city-states (many of which are dominated by a powerful aristocracy), they are largely semi-autonomous. Thus while the Holy Synod doesn't have any official temporal power outside of the Holy Seat, they do wield immense moral authority, and enormous political power, which the Pontifex Maximus does not hesitate to exert when necessary. His Holiness also has under his command vast, personal armies of religious soldiers, assassins, and of course the Tribunal of the Office of the Holy Inquisition, which consists of multiple special operations and intelligence forces, all of which have been in operation for thousands of years, defending the Notzrim Faith, and are drawn from the faithful world-wide.
Ideology: DEUS LO VULT!
Leader Name: Pontifex Maximus Celestine VII
Political Party(s): Whilst the Holy Synod has no political parties itself, there are many political parties on the level of local government divided into:
the Conservative Party (Traditionalist Conservationism), the Notzrim Democratic People's Party (Conservative Liberalism/Notzrim Democracy), the Social Democratic Party (Democratic Socialism/Social Democracy), the Notzrim Union Party (Free-Market Capitalism, Right-wing Populism, and Agrarianism)
Capital City Name: The Eternal City of Providence
Map Claim: Map Claim

Culture: The culture of the Holy Seat of the Notzrim Faith is based upon the notions of civic virtue, natural rights, and piety, mashed with Western European cultures. Science and thaumaturgy has flourished with support from the Holy Synod, as they believe that scientific and thaumaturgical knowledge are blueprints of the Maker's Creation, and thus should be practiced and controlled in the name of the God. They also hold great value over logic, reason, and rationality, viewing them as God-given gifts, and thus this had lead them to greatly value the importance of literature, the arts, and philosophy. They also greatly value the importance of a healthy body, mind, and lifestyle, which had lead to an importance of physical training, eating healthy food, drinking delicious tea (imported from Andeok and Parica), and listening to the classical music. The Holy Synod has also banned necromancy, due to what they consider is desecration of the dead, and the practice is considered treason. They also have a tendency to embark missionaries to spread the Notzrim Faith, but have been occasionally very enthusiastic in launching police actions and holy wars against other nations, in defending the Notzrim Faith.

Race: Humanity
Technology: The technology utilized by the Holy Synod is a mixture of diesel-punk and steam-punk, with a healthy dose of magitek. The Pontifical Air Fleets are built around heavily armored zeppelins, and sky fortresses which provide floating strong points for Pontifical pilots. They are supported by mass squadrons of aeroplanes, with the Holy Synod specializing in capable turbo-fan equipped long-range fighters, and tactical bombers, many of which are adeptly named "flying tanks" for their durability and firepower. Tesla weaponry serves as a multi-purpose weapon, being utilized to rain lightning down onto the surface, and as an anti-aircraft weapon. The Papal Legion utilizes massed rocket batteries (favoring incendiary rockets, with potent chemical warheads), and long-ranged artillery guns for massive bombardments. The Holy Seat is equipped with land-dreadnoughts, huge, heavy walkers capable of traversing mountainous terrain, and frighteningly agile for machines of their size, which are backed up by numerous regiments of heavy tanks equipped with automatic loaders, mechanized infantry utilizing armored transports, storm-walkers, and self-propelled artillery. Papal infantry are exceptionally highly-trained, and very well-equipped with semi-automatic rifles, sub-machine guns, and light machine guns, whilst wearing durable and light combat armor.
History: The history of the Holy Synod of the Notzrim Faith covers a period of several thousands of years, making it one of the world's oldest and largest institutions. At one point, the ecclesiastical and temporal authority of the Pontifex Maximus, once dominated the entire continent it was located on, and had spread to other landmasses, compared to the relatively small territories under their direct rule. Many kingdoms, republics, and city-states became vassals of the Holy Synod, and the Pontifex Maximus became directly involved in the choosing of many rulers, and served as judges and counselors in questions of marriage and succession among many monarchies. The Holy Synod continued to play a major temporal role in addition to its ecclesiastical role, and though the power of the Holy Synod has decreased since then, though they still wield immense moral authority, and enormous political power, especially over the faithful world-wide. The current Pontifex Maximus, His Holiness Celestine VII, has been applauding in renovating the defenses of the Holy Seat of the Notzrim Faith, and growing the Holy Synod's power, as well as, increasing agricultural and industrial output, due to increased funding of sciences, and benevolent taxation, combined with increased commerce, and improving foreign relations with several friendly nations. Now the Holy Synod looks across the world, at those who have perverted the power of science and thaumaturgy, and seeks to teach them the true meaning of divine retribution. The Holy Seat of the Notzrim Faith has a population of 42,800,000.

Military Doctrine/Strategies: The Holy Seat despite utilizing conscription and drawing volunteers from the faithful world-wide, still has a smaller military force, compared to some of their neighbors. Thus the military doctrine of the Holy Seat is built around force multiplication, through the usage of advanced weapons technology, and thaumaturgy, utilized by well-trained soldiers, who have a fearsome reputation of fanaticism. Thus, while the Holy Seat's military forces are smaller, they command offensive power out of all proportion to their numbers. In terms of offensive warfare, the Holy Seat emphasize the rapid mobilization and usage of combined-arms structure with the application of overwhelming artillery support, and aerial bombardment, followed by the usage of large amounts of fully mechanized armored forces and infantry, to create a breakthrough, and encircle the enemy, and either force the enemy to withdraw, or obliterate them in a battle of annihilation. In terms of defensive warfare, the Holy Seat will rely on the surrounding mountainous geography, choke points, and fortifications (usually consisting of a network of barbed ware, machine gun nests, artillery bunkers, and land-mine fields), combined with a high saturation of multi-layered, overlapping, mutually supporting air defenses, as they wage attrition warfare supplemented by the Fabian strategy, before attempting to transfer the conflict to enemy territory.
Military Branches: The Armed Forces of the Holy Seat of the Notzrim Faith are divided into the following branches:
-The Papal Legion (Army)
-The Papal Armada (Air Force)
-The Pontifical Notzrim Guard (Security Force)
-The Papal Gendarmerie (Military Police)
-The Tribunal of the Office of the Holy Inquisition
-The Pontifical State Affairs Special Operations Section Pax Dei
-The Assassins' Order
Military Strengths:

Military Weaknesses:
-The Holy Seat due to being landlocked has no navy, thus less power projection
-A smaller military force compared to other nations
-Attrition warfare is something to be avoided, as the Holy Seat lacks the resources for vastly, prolonged conflicts
-Military technology due to being more advanced is more expensive

Relations with other Nations:
-The Vakarian Republic: Relations between the Holy Synod and the Vakarian Republic simply do not exist. The Holy Synod opposes the necromatic regime as godless, and has publicly denounced the government of the Vakarian Republic for it's involvement of the usage of necromancy, declaring it Pariah-Among-Nations, and has ordered all Notzrim priests to either disavow the Vakarian Republic, or be excommunicated.

-The Federation of Steel: Relations between the Holy Synod and the Federation of Steel are often described as "complex" as previous military conflicts between the the Notzrim Faith and the Church of Alchemy, fanaticism between members of both institutions, and accusations of godlessness, have soured relations in the past. However both nations have recently expressed high regards for the values of science and technology that each other holds.

-The Empire of Essuran: Relations between the Holy Synod and the Empire of Essuran is one of polite neutrality. However the Holy Synod has stated it's disapproval of the Essuran Empire's hatred of dwarves and there is a unstated disapproval of the Emperor-worship of the Snow Elves, as well as their reverence of the kitsunes.

-The Democratic Worker's Union of Orbis: Relations between the Holy Synod and the Democratic Worker's Union of Orbix is... mixed. The Holy Synod is weary of the "revolutionary ideals" of Orbis, and their attempts to spread the "Popular Revolution" to other nations.

-The Winter Empire: Relations between the Holy Synod and the Winter Empire are considered to be positive. While the Holy Synod has balked at the internal strife caused by the Prime Minister of the Winter Empire, Saul Nikoravich, it has outright opposed the the Blackguard Republic, for opposing the Divine Right of Monarchs and the Mandate of the Seven Heavens that the young Empress Mariya holds. The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Kharkov is second in political and ecclesiastical prominence to only the Holy Synod which is the central government of the Notzrim Faith.

The Albion Empire and Commonwealth: Relations between the Holy Synod and the Albion Empire and Commonwealth are considered to be complex, but positive. A long history of the Notzrim Faith has lead Queen Brianna Karth to be considered a friend of the Holy Synod, and missionaries are often sent to Albion and its off-shore territories, though the Holy Synod has made it's disapproval of vampires in general known, and their necromatic abilities.

The National United States of Drusslav: The Holy Synod has publicly denounced the United States of Drusslav, and is aggressively opposed against the Druss political ideology of fascism, and the genocidal tendencies it holds against dwarves, elves, and thaumaturgy. It has recently been declared Pariah-Among-Nations, and the Holy Seat has ordered all Notzrim priests to either disavow the United States of Drusslav, or be excommunicated.

The Grand Duchy of Dunkelberge: The Holy Synod has declared the Grand Duchy of Dunkelberge, Pariah-Among-Nations, and is hostile against Dunkelberge for it's usage of necromancy, and the fact that goblins have ended up establishing a caste system over mankind, in Dunkelberge.

-The United Kapkani Commonwealth: The Holy Synod maintains positive relations with the United Kapkani Commonwealth, and has worked with the Commonwealth in attempting to stop the massacre of dwarves. The Holy Seat sees the United Kapkani Commonwealth as a nearby and potent ally against the Vakarian Republic, should conflict arise.

-The Democratic Republic of Trevoska: The Holy Synod maintains neutral relations with Trevoska due to its isolationist tendencies, and small military forces.

-The People's Republic of Zhai: The Holy Synod is very weary of the People's Republic of Zhai, being opposed to the communist ideologies it holds, and the close proximity of Zhai to the borders of the Holy Seat. The Holy Synod is however aggressively resisting any attempt of the People's Republic of Zhai to have a breakaway of "independent Notzrim faithful", and is prepared to declare the People's Republic of Zhai, Pariah-Among Nations.

RP Sample:

[Democratic East-Asia]

Moar posting!!!

[Remnants of Exilvania]

Moar posting!!!

DO IT!
JUST DO IT!

[Democratic East-Asia]

Moar posting!!!

DO IT!
JUST DO IT!

The double post feels weird though...