Point of Divergence V 5.0 : It's Alive! (OOC / OPEN)

[Speyland]

Nation Reservation
Name of country reserved: 'Regency of New Artorran'
Territory: On the map linked to in the OP, southern & central Britain (up to & including Yorkshire [in the traditional, pre-1970s sense] & -- except perhaps for the Furness district -- Lancashire), with associated smaller islands, except for northern & south-western sections of Wales.

This wold be an offshoot of my NS nation, several districts of which have found themselves translocated: Their former home did not have the same geography. so part of my RP would be their exploring & coping with the changes. I am also the player behind Bears Armed, and this nation -- like that one -- would be inhabited largely by sapient/anthropomorphic Bears although "Old" Artorran does also have human residents and a significant element of this offshoot's population would be from that stock instead. Technology is mostly equivalent to RL Britain in the first half of the 20th century, a bit less advanced in some respects (probably including the construction of warships: I do not envisage this nation as having Dreadnoughts, for example...) but up to more more-or-less modern standards in a few others (e.g. computers). There is relatively "low-key" magic (although, given enough time to prepare & conduct rituals, they might be able to close the seas -- & the air above those -- against prospective invaders...) , and some 'supernatural' beings are demonstrably real. A form of the English language is widely known.
Britain is an appropriate location for this location not only because it is the part of Earth-RL that I personally know best OOC but also because the Ursine founders of "Old" Artorran were largely interdimensional refugees from the fall of a sort-of "Arthurian Britain" that did have RL-like physical geography.

More to follow shortly.

Uh, I'm not sure about this. Not to be rude, but are you serious about this?

[Speyland]

Reservation App

Name of country reserved: The Czechoslovak Republic/State
Territory: https://i.imgur.com/ZeSOQvc.png

Accepted.

[Speyland]

Also, OP, we should probably add a “Universe of Origin” section to the app. This is an Isekai RP after all, so knowing stuff like that is useful.

I'll think about it.

[Speyland]

When do new players get added to the map? Also, the color orange is my preferred map color if it's available.

Rupudska is the one who adds players to the map whenever they're reserved or accepted. I hope this answers your question.

[Doje Islands]

When do new players get added to the map? Also, the color orange is my preferred map color if it's available.

Rupudska is the one who adds players to the map whenever they're reserved or accepted. I hope this answers your question.

It does. Thanks.

[Speyland]

Are you an OP or something?

I don't mean to butt in the conversation, but I'm the OP. NSCR is the Co-OP.

[Rupudska]

When do new players get added to the map? Also, the color orange is my preferred map color if it's available.

I edit the maps, and OP adds them to the OP every once in a while.

[Cybernetic Socialist Republics]

Full Nation Name: Levantine People's Republic
Short Nation Name: Levant/LPR
Flag / National Symbols:

Government Type: Levantine System, Unitary Socialist Republic, with Ad-hoc local governance by MegaCooperatives
Official Political Ideology : Levantine Market Socialism
Head of State: President Yago Hadar
Head of Government: Chairwoman Masira Farman
Government Description:The Levantine System manifests a unique form of government. There exists only one political legislature in the whole of the country, the Levantine Congress a bicameral legislature. It's lower house, the Worker's Council, is directly elected by proportional vote, hosting a variety of different parties. It's Upper House, the Cooperative Board, however is divided among the largest Megacooperatives in the country by a system that tracks the value of their assets, with the more valuable cooperatives getting a larger vote than the less valuable ones. It's President is elected by it's the Council and the Chair by the Board. While the president is the head of state and the Chair the head of government, the chair is generally recognized as the more powerful of the two positions. All levels of governance below this are handled by cooperatives that own land and set regulations where the Congress doesn't interfere.

Territory :
Territorial Ambitions : Being good socialists (and for the resources and labor it'd entail) the LPR ideally would want become a global government. In practice, they'd prefer to only share borders with other socialist republics, by annexation or overthrow, but would certainly not do so at the expense of the core republics,
Capital City : It's cultural capital and usual location of it's legislature in Jerusalem, though the economic capital is in Baghdad.
Population : 96,281,000

Majority/Official Culture: The Majority culture is Levantine, a unique culture that mergers hyperconsumerism with socialist rhetoric, fostered by the Levantine People's Republic in the aftermath of the second world war in an effort to erase ethnic differences and assimilate immigrants from foreign countries. The Levantine culture tends to carry a mismash of traits from Jewish, British, American and Palestinian culture. Non-Levantine cultures continue to echo, but are largely crowded out by the Levantine culture.

Majority/State Religion: The Levantine System involves a secular state, but the Abrahamic religions remain, though the state made efforts to promote sects and interpretations more suitable for alignment with the political left.

Major Industries / Economic sectors: From early in the Levantine People's Republic history and particularly after The Second World War, the state has made active efforts to ensure it's self sufficiency in regards to basic needs, using imports primarily to cheapen the cost of products that it exports outside of the country. It's needs based industries are, by now, a smaller part of it's economy compared to it's exports. As a result, it's main exports industries are Technology, Jewerly, and Transportation. Oil is a major industry, almost entirely in an export capacity and a diplomatic tool, as all transportation and nearly military assets are electric powered. This also makes electricity a exports suitable for it's neighbors are ready to import. It's economy is very rare earth materials hungry, largely due to a ban on exporting goods produced with recycled REE's so exported goods use imported REE's.

Amount of Industrialization: Highly Industrialized and suburbanized, with few very large cities (erasing the distinction between town and country) in favor of multiple smaller ones connected by rapid mass transit.
Economic Description: The Levantine Economic System is built on the pillar of the Free Three, Free Needs, Free Trade and Free Markets. As a Pure guarantee, all those who live in the Levantine People's Republic are Guaranteed housing, healthcare, shelter and food among other necessities of life. But everything beyond that must be bought, sold, or acquired as being a member of a cooperative. Which brings one to the other two "frees". The Levantine System puts utterly minimal regulations on it's economy beyond a requirement that all property must be held by cooperatives, which must give their members an equal vote in their governance. To be a citizen, is to be a member of a cooperative and only one cooperative at a time at that, while overlapping jurisdictions are allowed, of course, provided they are negotiated between cooperatives. As a result, every inch of land not held by the state (which usually aims at holding as little as possible) is held and governed by one cooperative or another. Sometimes entire cities will be under the control of one cooperative, sometimes only parts. All of this is governed dynamically, by the cooperatives democratically maneuvering themselves within a free market economy. Trade regulations are also, with some exceptions, usually on national security grounds, governed by cooperatives and what they can carve out within the market. Such regulation includes the total ban on personal automobiles, along with the provision of free mass transit. Poverty is non existent, but inequality is rampant.

Technological Level: Alternate Postmodern Tech (Anti-Gravity/Railguns/Fusion)
Magic and other shenanigans? : N/A

Military Description

The Levantine People's Armed Forces (Ground Forces, Navy and Aerospace) is a highly trained and completely mechanized force with a core of professionals alongside a larger group of active reservists and a large still group of in active reserve. The LPR has always been a highly militarized on account of constant fears of being a victim of invasion and domination by other powers, alongside what became a growing appetite for international interventions on behalf of it's interests. While the numbers for Manned vehicles can be estimated, the number of unmanned vehicles is more difficult to estimate as it varies over time on account of the 'drone swarms' that can be deployed out of them.


Army:

The Levantine People's Ground Forces

2,000,000 Active Personnel,

6,000,000 Active Reserve,

12,000,000 Inactive Reserve

~100,000 Manned Ground Vehicles

Navy:

The Levantine People's Navy

150,000 Active personnel,

150,000 Active Reserve

300,000 Inactive Reserve

~1,000 Manned Ships

Air Force:

The Levantine People's Aerospace Force

500,000 Active Personal

825,000 Active Reserve

1,650,000 Inactive Reserve

~15,000 Manned Aircraft

National Goals : Establish ties with socialist countries with the intention of making the LPR first among equals. Get capitalist countries to allow Levantine Cooperatives to create subsidiaries in their home countries to enrich the state. Secure it's the LPR from ever fighting a war on it's own turf or coastline.

History :

The Levantine People's Republic formed out of a regional revolt in Levant that occurred soon after the fall of the ottoman empire. Rather than be suppressed by European powers, it served as a location from which revolutionary exiles in the interwar period could flee to as an alternative to the Soviet Union. During the rise of Nazis German, it took in yet another wave of refugees. When War finally broke out, the LPR played an important role in the North Africa campaign. At the conclusion of WW2, it took yet another wave of refugees and more still in response to the red panics in the west. As the Cold War came along, the LPR decided to pursue a third world path as neutral between the two blocs, benefiting from trade in both directions. In finding a way to incorporate ways of refugees, the first pillar Levantine system begun to develop, which started mostly as a focus on creating a new, socialist culture to unite immigrants and natives alike. However by the 60s, efforts to address bottlenecks in central planning lead to Cooperatives playing a larger and larger role.

In a response to the United States' escalating interventions in both Latin America and Asia against socialism, the LPR being throttling oil exports to the west. As prices roles, even after the throttling started ending after the US pulled out of Vietnam, lead to the LPR having a massive surplus in foreign currency. This currency was then loaned to domestic cooperatives, who went on huge buying spree of technology from the west, in addition to paying to attract the brightest minds from around the world, creating the second pillar of the Levantine system By the end of the 80s an economy that had already seen dramatic growth grew even more, even as both the USSR and PRC faced significant difficulties. The LPR, wasn't untouched by these difficulties, which lead to a need for political reform Both the masses and these new MegaCooperatives needed to be heeded, to avoid them turning to the old threads of capitalism and nationalism. This lead to it's current form of government, replacing the soviet inspired system of old and constructing the third pillar of the Levantine system.

RP Sample: viewtopic.php?p=38372189#p38372189


#POD 3

[Speyland]

Full Nation Name: Levantine People's Republic
Short Nation Name: Levant/LPR
Flag / National Symbols: (Image)

Government Type: Levantine System, Unitary Socialist Republic, with Ad-hoc local governance by MegaCooperatives
Official Political Ideology : Levantine Market Socialism
Head of State: President Yago Hadar
Head of Government: Chairwoman Masira Farman
Government Description:The Levantine System manifests a unique form of government. There exists only one political legislature in the whole of the country, the Levantine Congress a bicameral legislature. It's lower house, the Worker's Council, is directly elected by proportional vote, hosting a variety of different parties. It's Upper House, the Cooperative Board, however is divided among the largest Megacooperatives in the country by a system that tracks the value of their assets, with the more valuable cooperatives getting a larger vote than the less valuable ones. It's President is elected by it's the Council and the Chair by the Board. While the president is the head of state and the Chair the head of government, the chair is generally recognized as the more powerful of the two positions. All levels of governance below this are handled by cooperatives that own land and set regulations where the Congress doesn't interfere.

Territory :(Image)
Territorial Ambitions : Being good socialists (and for the resources and labor it'd entail) the LPR ideally would want become a global government. In Practice, they'd prefer to only share borders with other socialist republics, by annexation or overthrow, but would certanily not do so at the expense of the core reoubkucs,
Capital City : It's cultural capital and usual location of it's legislature in Jerusalem, though the economic capital is in Baghdad.
Population : 96,281,000

Majority/Official Culture: The Majority culture is Levantine, a unique culture that mergers hyperconsumerism with socialist rhetoric, fostered by the Levantine People's Republic in the aftermath of the second world war in an effort to erase ethnic differences and assimilate immigrants from foreign countries. The Levantine culture tends to carry a mismash of traits from Jewish, British, American and Palestinian culture. Non-Levantine cultures continue to echo, but are largely crowded out by the Levantine culture.

Majority/State Religion: The Levantine System involves a secular state, but the Abrahamic religions remain, though the state made efforts to promote sects and interpretations more suitable for alignment with the political left.

Major Industries / Economic sectors: From early in the Levantine People's Republic history and particularly after The Second World War, the state has made active efforts to ensure it's self sufficiency in regards to basic needs, using imports primarily to cheapen the cost of products that it exports outside of the country. It's needs based industries are, by now, a smaller part of it's economy compared to it's exports. As a result, it's main exports industries are Technology, Jewerly, and Transportation. Oil is a major industry, almost entirely in an export capacity and a diplomatic tool, as all transportation and nearly military assets are electric powered. This also makes electricity a exports suitable for it's neighbors are ready to import. It's economy is very rare earth materials hungry, largely due to a ban on exporting goods produced with recycled REE's so exported goods use imported REE's.

Amount of Industrialization: Highly Industrialized and suburbanized, with few very large cities (erasing the distinction between town and country) in favor of multiple smaller ones connected by rapid mass transit.
Economic Description: The Levantine Economic System is built on the pillar of the Free Three, Free Needs, Free Trade and Free Markets. As a Pure guarantee, all those who live in the Levantine People's Republic are Guaranteed housing, healthcare, shelter and food among other necessities of life. But everything beyond that must be bought, sold, or acquired as being a member of a cooperative. Which brings one to the other two "frees". The Levantine System puts utterly minimal regulations on it's economy beyond a requirement that all property must be held by cooperatives, which must give their members an equal vote in their governance. To be a citizen, is to be a member of a cooperative and only one cooperative at a time at that, while overlapping jurisdictions are allowed, of course, provided they are negotiated between cooperatives. As a result, every inch of land not held by the state (which usually aims at holding as little as possible) is held and governed by one cooperative or another. Sometimes entire cities will be under the control of one cooperative, sometimes only parts. All of this is governed dynamically, by the cooperatives democratically maneuvering themselves within a free market economy. Trade regulations are also, with some exceptions, usually on national security grounds, governed by cooperatives and what they can carve out within the market. Such regulation includes the total ban on personal automobiles, along with the provision of free mass transit. Poverty is non existent, but inequality is rampant.

Technological Level: Alternate Postmodern Tech (Anti-Gravity/Railguns/Fusion)
Magic and other shenanigans? : N/A

Military Description

The Levantine People's Armed Forces (Ground Forces, Navy and Aerospace) is a highly trained and completely mechanized force with a core of professionals alongside a larger group of active reservists and a large still group of in active reserve. The LPR has always been a highly militarized on account of constant fears of being a victim of invasion and domination by other powers, alongside what became a growing appetite for international interventions on behalf of it's interests. While the numbers for Manned vehicles can be estimated, the number of unmanned vehicles is more difficult to estimate as it varies over time on account of the 'drone swarms' that can be deployed out of them.


Army:

2,000,000 Active Personnel,

6,000,000 Active Reserve,

12,000,000 Inactive Reserve

~100,000 Manned Ground Vehicles

Navy:

150,000 Active personnel,

150,000 Active Reserve

300,000 Inactive Reserve

~1,000 Manned Ships

Air Force:

The Levantine People's Aerospace Force

500,000 Active Personal

825,000 Active Reserve

1,650,000 Inactive Reserve

~15,000 Manned Aircraft

National Goals : Establish ties with socialist countries with the intention of making the LPR first among equals. Get capitalist countries to allow Levantine Cooperatives to create subsidiaries in their home countries to enrich the state. Secure it's the LPR from ever fighting a war on it's own turf or coastline.

History :

The Levantine People's Republic formed out of a regional revolt in Levant that occurred soon after the fall of the ottoman empire. Rather than be suppressed by European powers, it served as a location from which revolutionary exiles in the interwar period could flee to as an alternative to the Soviet Union. During the rise of Nazis German, it took in yet another wave of refugees. When War finally broke out, the LPR played an important role in the North Africa campaign. At the conclusion of WW2, it took yet another wave of refugees and more still in response to the red panics in the west. As the Cold War came along, the LPR decided to pursue a third world path as neutral between the two blocs, benefiting from trade in both directions. In finding a way to incorporate ways of refugees, the first pillar Levantine system begun to develop, which started mostly as a focus on creating a new, socialist culture to unite immigrants and natives alike. However by the 60s, efforts to address bottlenecks in central planning lead to Cooperatives playing a larger and larger role.

In a response to the United States' escalating interventions in both Latin America and Asia against socialism, the LPR being throttling oil exports to the west. As prices roles, even after the throttling started ending after the US pulled out of Vietnam, lead to the LPR having a massive surplus in foreign currency. This currency was then loaned to domestic cooperatives, who went on huge buying spree of technology from the west, in addition to paying to attract the brightest minds from around the world, creating the second pillar of the Levantine system By the end of the 80s an economy that had already seen dramatic growth grew even more, even as both the USSR and PRC faced significant difficulties. The LPR, wasn't untouched by these difficulties, which lead to a need for political reform Both the masses and these new MegaCooperatives needed to be heeded, to avoid them turning to the old threads of capitalism and nationalism. This lead to it's current form of government, replacing the soviet inspired system of old and constructing the third pillar of the Levantine system.

RP Sample: viewtopic.php?p=38372189#p38372189


#POD 3

It's beautiful. Accepted.

[Speyland]

Do note, btw, that while you can app as multiple nations if you want, it's probably best that you don't unless you REALLY can't pick between nations or it's under special circumstances. Apping as multiple nations just means less land for other potential players to app as: essentially, you're potentially killing players before they can even app, as you might take land that they wanted to have in the first place.

Baharuthia apping as three nations is an exception, as all three nations are super small and are all contiguously connected in the same territorial region: essentially, he's taken the land of one nation and split it into three for his own purposes.

So, yeah, please try and stick with just one nation unless it's under special circumstances (like maybe the other nation is SUPER minor to the point where it doesn't matter).

Now, one nation+a bunch of organisations that don't occupy land though? That's a whole other ballgame, and should be fine.

You're right. Applying as multiple nations are allowed, but it may be unfair and overwhelming for some because it is. I don't want to see myself as a dictator, but I think it's best to stick with just one nation. Baharuthia, you might want to stick with one thing for now. Hanovereich, I think you should reconsider applying to multiple things because it seems like it may overwhelm you. These are my recommendations; you don't have to follow them if you wish.

[Remnants of Exilvania]

Nation Reservation
Name of country reserved: 'Regency of New Artorran'
Territory: On the map linked to in the OP, southern & central Britain (up to & including Yorkshire [in the traditional, pre-1970s sense] & -- except perhaps for the Furness district -- Lancashire), with associated smaller islands, except for northern & south-western sections of Wales.

This wold be an offshoot of my NS nation, several districts of which have found themselves translocated: Their former home did not have the same geography. so part of my RP would be their exploring & coping with the changes. I am also the player behind Bears Armed, and this nation -- like that one -- would be inhabited largely by sapient/anthropomorphic Bears although "Old" Artorran does also have human residents and a significant element of this offshoot's population would be from that stock instead. Technology is mostly equivalent to RL Britain in the first half of the 20th century, a bit less advanced in some respects (probably including the construction of warships: I do not envisage this nation as having Dreadnoughts, for example...) but up to more more-or-less modern standards in a few others (e.g. computers). There is relatively "low-key" magic (although, given enough time to prepare & conduct rituals, they might be able to close the seas -- & the air above those -- against prospective invaders...) , and some 'supernatural' beings are demonstrably real. A form of the English language is widely known.
Britain is an appropriate location for this location not only because it is the part of Earth-RL that I personally know best OOC but also because the Ursine founders of "Old" Artorran were largely interdimensional refugees from the fall of a sort-of "Arthurian Britain" that did have RL-like physical geography.

More to follow shortly.

Uh, I'm not sure about this. Not to be rude, but are you serious about this?

We have literal penguins as Soviets.

I think they are absolutely fine lol

[Hanovereich]

Are you an OP or something?

I don't mean to butt in the conversation, but I'm the OP. NSCR is the Co-OP.

I wasn't really talking to you. I know who it is.

[Democratic East-Asia]

Personal take on things, but I feel like the OP needs to look over apps more precisely. Some nations appear massively powerful and seem to be getting accepted without any issue.

I will also say that the Co-OP should be more active during decision-making. I get why he wouldn't join the discord, but frankly since a lot goes on there it seems proper that he does.

[Laiakia]

Full Nation Name : Union of Soviet Socialst Republics
Short Nation Name : Soviet Union
Flag / National Symbols: Flag Of The USSR
Nation Symbol

Government Type : One-Party State
Official Political Ideology : Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism
Head of State : Supreme Soviet of the USSR Joseph Stalin
Head of Government : Premier of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin
Government Description : There are three power hierarchies in the Soviet Union: the legislature represented by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the government represented by the Council of Ministers, and the Communist Party of the Soviet United Penguin Peoples (CPSUPP), the only true and legal party and the final policymaker in the country.

Territory : Most of western Russia all the way to the Urals, as indicated with my reserved territory, and, if possible and allowed, the rest of Asian-Russia + islands.

Territorial Ambitions : Antarctica as well as the rest of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Caucasus, Central Asian part of the USSR, Karelian Isthmus, Salla, Rybachy Peninsula, Petsamo, South Sakhalin, Eastern Poland, Bessarabia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Carpathian Ruthenia, Kuril Islands, Kars, Ardahan and Alaska.

Capital City : The capital city of the USSR is Mosbird, located at the exact spot where Moscow is, and it is exactly the same as Moscow was in late 1941, I.E heavily entrenched and camouflaged.

Population : 114,494,180 people

Majority/Official Culture : Soviet, Penguin, Eastern European, Rus-Pengian

Majority/State Religion : The USSR practices State Atheism as religion is drugs for the working class. However, there exists a small number of Orthodox Christian churches and believers.

Major Industries / Economic sectors: Production of military equipment such as tanks, rifles and uniforms. Exploitation of natural resources in the Urals and other areas east. Exploitation of oil, both natural and synthetic.

Amount of Industrialization : Just as industrialized as the USSR was during december 1941. Due to the need for equipment for the war, there has been a heavy focus on military resources, so civilian industry is not prioritized.

Economic Description : As weighted growth rates, economic planning performed very well during the early and mid-1930s. The Soviet Union became the world's leading producer of oil, coal, iron ore and cement; gold, natural gas and other minerals are also of major importance. Due to the need for major military equipment, the USSR has also become heavily involved in industrial construction of factories and the general creation of military weapons. Most of the civilian and military economy has been relocated from the west to the Ural mountains, to prevent capture as the USSR was engaged in war at the time of temporal displacement. The USSR has also managed to heavily invest in exploitation of the Volga-Ural Petroleum, Oil and Gas Province much earlier than IRL, making it another vital oil extraction area.

Technological Level : WW2 Tech (Late 1941 / Early 1942)

Magic and other shenanigans? : In the world of which this USSR came from, humanity never manifested, and their role was instead replaced by birds and other animals as the dominant species. As such, the inhabitants of the USSR consist of polar bears, normal bears, various indiginous bird species that reside in Eastern Europe, and penguins which are the largest part of the population.

Military Description

Army: The Red Army of the USSR stands as the bulwark of the Union, having been baptised in fire during the Rus-Pengian Revolution and, more recently, the Great Patriotic War against the Third Emu Reich. At the moment of The Event, the Soviet army numbered 3,4 million enlisted men mainly combatting the Emus, but also having a presence in the Far East. If I do not gain the Asian part of Russia, after The Event ended, one would discover that the entirety of the forces in the Far East had been deposited near Leningrad. The Red Army is equipped with standard infantry-issued equipment such as the PPSH-41 for a standard rifle, the Telogreika for a standard uniform and the SSh40 for a standard helmet. For armor, the USSR is fielding a mixture of tanks. The more detailed numbers are 1,391 KV-1 heavy tanks, 210 KV-2 heavy tanks, 2,300 T-34 medium tanks, 594 T-60 light tanks, 69 NI Tank tankettes as well as numerous tanks from the Interwar Period such as the BT-7 numbering in somewhere around 11000 Interwar tanks that are, obviously, quite out-dated. Regarding self-propelled guns and such, the USSR fields 100 ZiS-30 self-propelled AT guns and 1462 Katyusha Rocket Launchers, as there has not been much effort done in constructing such types of vehicles, as manufacturers have instead focused on the traditional tank. There are also experimental designs for self-propelled anti-air in the works by engineers.

Navy: The Soviet Navy was practically useless in the War, as almost all the vessels dated back to WW1 and most of the ships meant to start a modernized fleet were dismantled and used for construction of military materials as well as defense-works. As opposed to the IRL timeline, this USSR managed to finish one Sovetsky Soyuz-Class battleship before being forced to scrap the rest. The entirety of the Red Fleet, at the moment of The Event, numbered 4 battleships (including 1 Sovetsky Soyuz-Class Battleship), 7 cruisers (including 4 ‘modern’ Kirov-Class Heavy Cruisers), 59 destroyers (including 46 ‘modern’ Gnevny-Class and Soobrazitelny-Class destroyers), 218 submarines (most pre-WW2), 269 torpedo boats, 22 patrol craft, 88 minesweepers, 77 submarine-chasers as well as a number of smaller, insignificant vessels. If i do not gain the Asian part of Russia, as The Event ended, one would discover that the entirety of the Far East fleet had been displaced along with all its crew just outside Sevastopol in the Black Sea, but that the Black Sea fleet and the Baltic fleet hadn’t changed.

Air Force: While the Soviet Air Force might seem large, most of these planes are out-dated and from the Interwar Period as most of the more modern planes were destroyed in the opening weeks of Operation Barbarossa. However, the air industry was slowly recovering and producing by the time of The Event, resulting in the USSR being in possession of 1648 MiG-3 fighters, 6856 IL-2 fighters, 95 Arkhangelsky Ar-2 dive bombers, 2292 IL-4 long-range conventional/torpedo bombers, 12 Be-2 recon seaplanes, 2 Be-4 recon ‘flying boat’ seaplanes, 22 Yak-4 light bombers, 4896 Po-2 multirole biplane, 76 KhAl-5 transports, as well with a mixture of older plane models used for bombing, notably as seen by the 588th Bomber Regiment in their use of crop dusters.

National Goals : The establishment of communism through a policy of Socialism In One Country. The survival of Soviet culture in this strange new land. Colonization of Siberia and other islands off the Russian coast. Reclamation of territories lost due to The Event.


History : The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, unofficially called the Soviet Union, is a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia including an enclave on Antarctica. Nominally a union of multiple national Soviet Republics, in practice its government is highly centralized with a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the United Penguin Peoples with Mosbird as its capital in the largest republic, the Rus-Pengian SFSR. Other major urban centers are Leningrad (Rus-Pengian SFSR), Kiev (Oerel UBSR), Minsk (Byelobear SSR), Tashkent (Uzbekibird SR), Alma-Ate (Kazakh PPR), Novosibirsk (Rus-Pengian SFSR), Pingugrad (Antarctic UPR) and Stalingrad (Rus-Pengian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world by surface area before The Event, spanning over 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) east to west across 11 time zones and over 7,200 kilometers (4,500 miles) north to south. Its territory included most of Eastern Europe, parts of Northern Europe and West Asia, all of Central and Northern Asia, all of the North Pole and an enclave in Antarctica before The Event. The biomes of the USSR consist of tundra, taiga, steppes, deserts, mountains and freezing tundras. Its diverse citizens are called the Soviet People.

The Soviet Union has its roots in the October Uprising of 1917 when the Bolsheviks, spearheaded by Penguin-Comrade Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the provisional government that had earlier replaced the monarchy of the Rus-Pengian Imperium. They established the Rus-Pengian Soviet Republic, beginning a civil war between the Bolshevik Red Army and the many anti-Bolshevik forces across the former Imperium, among the largest of which was the White Guard, which engaged in violent anti-communist, anti-socialist and anti-unionist repression against the Bolsheviks, workers or any who supported them. This became known as the White Terror. While expanding, the Bolsheviks helped establish local government bodies known as Soviets, repressing and removing political opponents through the Red Terror. By 1922, the Bolsheviks had emerged victorious, forming the Soviet Union with the unification of the Rus-Pengian, Transcaucasuian, Ukrainian (Oerel), Arctic and Byelorus-Beardian (Byelobear) republics. As the first leader of the USSR, Comrade Lenin introduced the New Pingu-Economic Plan, which led to a state-controlled market and the abolishment of private property; this resulted in a period of economic growth through further nationalization of industries.

Following Comrade Lenin’s death in 1924, Glorious Leader And Comrade Of The People Joseph Stalin came to power. Comrade Stalin secured security, stability and the removal of most fifth-columnists inside the Communist Party and inaugurated a command economy. As a result, the country underwent a period of rapid industrialization and ‘forced’ collectivization, which led to an exponential growth in the economy, but also led to a bird-made famine in 1932-1933 and caused an expansion of the Gulag re-education camps originally established in 1918. Comrade Stalin also fermented political opponents and initiated a Great Purge to remove Fifth Columnists and other enemies of the state and revolution through mass arrests of military leaders, Communist Party members and ordinary citizens alike, who were then sent to the Gulag camps to be re-educated and taught in the true way of communism, or if their crimes were considered to be unrecoverable from, a death sentence would be given.

On the 23rd of August 1939 after unsuccessfully attempting to form an anti-facist alliance with the Western Powers consisting of the United Birdtannic Kingdom, the Third Dóve Republic and the United States of Eaglica, Comrade Stalin allowed the signature of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with the Third Emu Reich. After the start of the Second World War, the USSR took steps to ensure security and stability in its neighboring countries, causing the Baltic States and Eastern Poland to secede from their respective governments and join the USSR as official republics.

The non-intervention treaty with the Emu Reich did not last however, as on June 21st Operation Barbarossa commenced. The opening months of the war were devastating for the Union, leaving much of Eastern Europe under the yolk of the Emu Invaders who committed unspeakable atrocities to the inhabitants of the Union.

The Emus advanced relentlessly, and the USSR had attempted to put up a defence against the onslaught of killer-birds. Minsk, Kiev and Smolensk fell in the opening months, and Leningrad was cut off from the rest of the Union. In the south, the Emu Reich had already besieged Sevastopol for over a month, and the enemy stood at the gates of Mosbird.

The USSR stood ready to face down the Emu hordes to the last on December 3rd 1941, but then The Event occured.

RP Sample: [url=Taken From PoD4]https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=38137804#p38137804[/url]
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[Speyland]

Personal take on things, but I feel like the OP needs to look over apps more precisely. Some nations appear massively powerful and seem to be getting accepted without any issue.

I will also say that the Co-OP should be more active during decision-making. I get why he wouldn't join the discord, but frankly since a lot goes on there it seems proper that he does.

Oh, good point. I might consider it, however. Sometimes I tend to review apps blindly, so I apologize. I'm still relatively new to the OP role, so please bear with me. I'm trying my best to review them precisely.

[Speyland]

Nation Reservation
Name of country reserved: 'Regency of New Artorran'
Territory: On the map linked to in the OP, southern & central Britain (up to & including Yorkshire [in the traditional, pre-1970s sense] & -- except perhaps for the Furness district -- Lancashire), with associated smaller islands, except for northern & south-western sections of Wales.

This wold be an offshoot of my NS nation, several districts of which have found themselves translocated: Their former home did not have the same geography. so part of my RP would be their exploring & coping with the changes. I am also the player behind Bears Armed, and this nation -- like that one -- would be inhabited largely by sapient/anthropomorphic Bears although "Old" Artorran does also have human residents and a significant element of this offshoot's population would be from that stock instead. Technology is mostly equivalent to RL Britain in the first half of the 20th century, a bit less advanced in some respects (probably including the construction of warships: I do not envisage this nation as having Dreadnoughts, for example...) but up to more more-or-less modern standards in a few others (e.g. computers). There is relatively "low-key" magic (although, given enough time to prepare & conduct rituals, they might be able to close the seas -- & the air above those -- against prospective invaders...) , and some 'supernatural' beings are demonstrably real. A form of the English language is widely known.
Britain is an appropriate location for this location not only because it is the part of Earth-RL that I personally know best OOC but also because the Ursine founders of "Old" Artorran were largely interdimensional refugees from the fall of a sort-of "Arthurian Britain" that did have RL-like physical geography.

More to follow shortly.

In that case, you're accepted. However, I still have a bad feeling about this, but that's just me. I'll let you be for now.

[Speyland]

Full Nation Name : United Soviet Socialst Republics
Short Nation Name : Soviet Union
Flag / National Symbols: Flag Of The USSR
Nation Symbol

Government Type : One-Party State
Official Political Ideology : Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism
Head of State : Supreme Soviet of the USSR Joseph Stalin
Head of Government : Premier of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin
Government Description : There are three power hierarchies in the Soviet Union: the legislature represented by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the government represented by the Council of Ministers, and the Communist Party of the Soviet United Penguin Peoples (CPSUPP), the only true and legal party and the final policymaker in the country.

Territory : Most of western Russia all the way to the Urals, as indicated with my reserved territory, and, if possible and allowed, the rest of Asian-Russia + islands.

Territorial Ambitions : Antarctica as well as the rest of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Caucasus, Central Asian part of the USSR, Karelian Isthmus, Salla, Rybachy Peninsula, Petsamo, South Sakhalin, Eastern Poland, Bessarabia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Carpathian Ruthenia, Kuril Islands, Kars, Ardahan and Alaska.

Capital City : The capital city of the USSR is Mosbird, located at the exact spot where Moscow is, and it is exactly the same as Moscow was in late 1941, I.E heavily entrenched and camouflaged.

Population : 114,494,180 people

Majority/Official Culture : Soviet, Penguin, Eastern European, Rus-Pengian

Majority/State Religion : The USSR practices State Atheism as religion is drugs for the working class. However, there exists a small number of Orthodox Christian churches and believers.

Major Industries / Economic sectors: Production of military equipment such as tanks, rifles and uniforms. Exploitation of natural resources in the Urals and other areas east. Exploitation of oil, both natural and synthetic.

Amount of Industrialization : Just as industrialized as the USSR was during december 1941. Due to the need for equipment for the war, there has been a heavy focus on military resources, so civilian industry is not prioritized.

Economic Description : As weighted growth rates, economic planning performed very well during the early and mid-1930s. The Soviet Union became the world's leading producer of oil, coal, iron ore and cement; gold, natural gas and other minerals are also of major importance. Due to the need for major military equipment, the USSR has also become heavily involved in industrial construction of factories and the general creation of military weapons. Most of the civilian and military economy has been relocated from the west to the Ural mountains, to prevent capture as the USSR was engaged in war at the time of temporal displacement. The USSR has also managed to heavily invest in exploitation of the Volga-Ural Petroleum, Oil and Gas Province much earlier than IRL, making it another vital oil extraction area.

Technological Level : WW2 Tech (Late 1941 / Early 1942)

Magic and other shenanigans? : In the world of which this USSR came from, humanity never manifested, and their role was instead replaced by birds and other animals as the dominant species. As such, the inhabitants of the USSR consist of polar bears, normal bears, various indiginous bird species that reside in Eastern Europe, and penguins which are the largest part of the population.

Military Description

Army: The Red Army of the USSR stands as the bulwark of the Union, having been baptised in fire during the Rus-Pengian Revolution and, more recently, the Great Patriotic War against the Third Emu Reich. At the moment of The Event, the Soviet army numbered 3,4 million enlisted men mainly combatting the Emus, but also having a presence in the Far East. If I do not gain the Asian part of Russia, after The Event ended, one would discover that the entirety of the forces in the Far East had been deposited near Leningrad. The Red Army is equipped with standard infantry-issued equipment such as the PPSH-41 for a standard rifle, the Telogreika for a standard uniform and the SSh40 for a standard helmet. For armor, the USSR is fielding a mixture of tanks. The more detailed numbers are 1,391 KV-1 heavy tanks, 210 KV-2 heavy tanks, 2,300 T-34 medium tanks, 594 T-60 light tanks, 69 NI Tank tankettes as well as numerous tanks from the Interwar Period such as the BT-7 numbering in somewhere around 11000 Interwar tanks that are, obviously, quite out-dated. Regarding self-propelled guns and such, the USSR fields 100 ZiS-30 self-propelled AT guns and 1462 Katyusha Rocket Launchers, as there has not been much effort done in constructing such types of vehicles, as manufacturers have instead focused on the traditional tank. There are also experimental designs for self-propelled anti-air in the works by engineers.

Navy: The Soviet Navy was practically useless in the War, as almost all the vessels dated back to WW1 and most of the ships meant to start a modernized fleet were dismantled and used for construction of military materials as well as defense-works. As opposed to the IRL timeline, this USSR managed to finish one Sovetsky Soyuz-Class battleship before being forced to scrap the rest. The entirety of the Red Fleet, at the moment of The Event, numbered 4 battleships (including 1 Sovetsky Soyuz-Class Battleship), 7 cruisers (including 4 ‘modern’ Kirov-Class Heavy Cruisers), 59 destroyers (including 46 ‘modern’ Gnevny-Class and Soobrazitelny-Class destroyers), 218 submarines (most pre-WW2), 269 torpedo boats, 22 patrol craft, 88 minesweepers, 77 submarine-chasers as well as a number of smaller, insignificant vessels. If i do not gain the Asian part of Russia, as The Event ended, one would discover that the entirety of the Far East fleet had been displaced along with all its crew just outside Sevastopol in the Black Sea, but that the Black Sea fleet and the Baltic fleet hadn’t changed.

Air Force: While the Soviet Air Force might seem large, most of these planes are out-dated and from the Interwar Period as most of the more modern planes were destroyed in the opening weeks of Operation Barbarossa. However, the air industry was slowly recovering and producing by the time of The Event, resulting in the USSR being in possession of 1648 MiG-3 fighters, 6856 IL-2 fighters, 95 Arkhangelsky Ar-2 dive bombers, 2292 IL-4 long-range conventional/torpedo bombers, 12 Be-2 recon seaplanes, 2 Be-4 recon ‘flying boat’ seaplanes, 22 Yak-4 light bombers, 4896 Po-2 multirole biplane, 76 KhAl-5 transports, as well with a mixture of older plane models used for bombing, notably as seen by the 588th Bomber Regiment in their use of crop dusters.

National Goals : The establishment of communism through a policy of Socialism In One Country. The survival of Soviet culture in this strange new land. Colonization of Siberia and other islands off the Russian coast. Reclamation of territories lost due to The Event.


History : The United Soviet Socialist Republics, sometimes called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, unofficially called the Soviet Union, is a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia including an enclave on Antarctica. Nominally a union of multiple national Soviet Republics, in practice its government is highly centralized with a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the United Penguin Peoples with Mosbird as its capital in the largest republic, the Rus-Pengian SFSR. Other major urban centers are Leningrad (Rus-Pengian SFSR), Kiev (Oerel UBSR), Minsk (Byelobear SSR), Tashkent (Uzbekibird SR), Alma-Ate (Kazakh PPR), Novosibirsk (Rus-Pengian SFSR), Pingugrad (Antarctic UPR) and Stalingrad (Rus-Pengian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world by surface area before The Event, spanning over 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) east to west across 11 time zones and over 7,200 kilometers (4,500 miles) north to south. Its territory included most of Eastern Europe, parts of Northern Europe and West Asia, all of Central and Northern Asia, all of the North Pole and an enclave in Antarctica before The Event. The biomes of the USSR consist of tundra, taiga, steppes, deserts, mountains and freezing tundras. Its diverse citizens are called the Soviet People.

The Soviet Union has its roots in the October Uprising of 1917 when the Bolsheviks, spearheaded by Penguin-Comrade Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the provisional government that had earlier replaced the monarchy of the Rus-Pengian Imperium. They established the Rus-Pengian Soviet Republic, beginning a civil war between the Bolshevik Red Army and the many anti-Bolshevik forces across the former Imperium, among the largest of which was the White Guard, which engaged in violent anti-communist, anti-socialist and anti-unionist repression against the Bolsheviks, workers or any who supported them. This became known as the White Terror. While expanding, the Bolsheviks helped establish local government bodies known as Soviets, repressing and removing political opponents through the Red Terror. By 1922, the Bolsheviks had emerged victorious, forming the Soviet Union with the unification of the Rus-Pengian, Transcaucasuian, Ukrainian (Oerel), Arctic and Byelorus-Beardian (Byelobear) republics. As the first leader of the USSR, Comrade Lenin introduced the New Pingu-Economic Plan, which led to a state-controlled market and the abolishment of private property; this resulted in a period of economic growth through further nationalization of industries.

Following Comrade Lenin’s death in 1924, Glorious Leader And Comrade Of The People Joseph Stalin came to power. Comrade Stalin secured security, stability and the removal of most fifth-columnists inside the Communist Party and inaugurated a command economy. As a result, the country underwent a period of rapid industrialization and ‘forced’ collectivization, which led to an exponential growth in the economy, but also led to a bird-made famine in 1932-1933 and caused an expansion of the Gulag re-education camps originally established in 1918. Comrade Stalin also fermented political opponents and initiated a Great Purge to remove Fifth Columnists and other enemies of the state and revolution through mass arrests of military leaders, Communist Party members and ordinary citizens alike, who were then sent to the Gulag camps to be re-educated and taught in the true way of communism, or if their crimes were considered to be unrecoverable from, a death sentence would be given.

On the 23rd of August 1939 after unsuccessfully attempting to form an anti-facist alliance with the Western Powers consisting of the United Birdtannic Kingdom, the Third Dóve Republic and the United States of Eaglica, Comrade Stalin allowed the signature of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with the Third Emu Reich. After the start of the Second World War, the USSR took steps to ensure security and stability in its neighboring countries, causing the Baltic States and Eastern Poland to secede from their respective governments and join the USSR as official republics.

The non-intervention treaty with the Emu Reich did not last however, as on June 21st Operation Barbarossa commenced. The opening months of the war were devastating for the Union, leaving much of Eastern Europe under the yolk of the Emu Invaders who committed unspeakable atrocities to the inhabitants of the Union.

The Emus advanced relentlessly, and the USSR had attempted to put up a defence against the onslaught of killer-birds. Minsk, Kiev and Smolensk fell in the opening months, and Leningrad was cut off from the rest of the Union. In the south, the Emu Reich had already besieged Sevastopol for over a month, and the enemy stood at the gates of Mosbird.

The USSR stood ready to face down the Emu hordes to the last on December 3rd 1941, but then The Event occured.

RP Sample: [url=Taken From PoD4]https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=38137804#p38137804[/url]
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#POD 3 (don't remove this!)

How strange. Accepted.

[Democratic East-Asia]

Nation Reservation
Name of country reserved: 'Regency of New Artorran'
Territory: On the map linked to in the OP, southern & central Britain (up to & including Yorkshire [in the traditional, pre-1970s sense] & -- except perhaps for the Furness district -- Lancashire), with associated smaller islands, except for northern & south-western sections of Wales.

This wold be an offshoot of my NS nation, several districts of which have found themselves translocated: Their former home did not have the same geography. so part of my RP would be their exploring & coping with the changes. I am also the player behind Bears Armed, and this nation -- like that one -- would be inhabited largely by sapient/anthropomorphic Bears although "Old" Artorran does also have human residents and a significant element of this offshoot's population would be from that stock instead. Technology is mostly equivalent to RL Britain in the first half of the 20th century, a bit less advanced in some respects (probably including the construction of warships: I do not envisage this nation as having Dreadnoughts, for example...) but up to more more-or-less modern standards in a few others (e.g. computers). There is relatively "low-key" magic (although, given enough time to prepare & conduct rituals, they might be able to close the seas -- & the air above those -- against prospective invaders...) , and some 'supernatural' beings are demonstrably real. A form of the English language is widely known.
Britain is an appropriate location for this location not only because it is the part of Earth-RL that I personally know best OOC but also because the Ursine founders of "Old" Artorran were largely interdimensional refugees from the fall of a sort-of "Arthurian Britain" that did have RL-like physical geography.

More to follow shortly.

I think this could be interesting, having read some of the factbooks about your other bear nation.

[Hanovereich]

I still don't like Carthage's massively big size. It covers about 2598000.860 km² (probably more), and its military is ridiculously big for its era.

[Remnants of Exilvania]

I still don't like Carthage's massively big size. It covers about 2598000.860 km² (probably more), and its military is ridiculously big for its era.

The land area doesn't seem particularly big compared to some others like China, the Soviets, Scandinavia, the CSA, the Genies etc.

The military seems to consist of 610.000+ professionals and 1.2+ million auxiliaries? Not sure how the entire auxiliaries angle works out. Either way, yeah, it is rather large though not quite as ridiculous in my personal opinion.

[Laiakia]

I realize i managed to goof up the name of the USSR. Its not 'United Soviet Socialist Republics', but instead 'Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'. I have since edited it to the correct version.

[Doje Islands]

Am I the only one scared by all the socialist/communist/syndicalist nations? One of them has railguns.

[Speyland]

Full Nation Name: Russian: Королевство Аляска (Korolevstvo Alyaska)
English: The Kingdom of Alaska/Alyaska
Short Nation Name: Russian: Аляска (Alyaska)
English: Alyaska/Alaska.
Flag / National Symbols: The Royal Flag.

Government Type: Unitary Constitutional Monarchy.
Official Political Ideology: Capitalism/monarchism/nationalism.
Head of State: His Imperial Majesty, Nikolai III Alexeyevich Romanov, King of Alyaska and Emperor of All Russia (Formal/Alyaskan/Unrecognized); Tsar/King Nicholas III of Alyaska (Informal/English/Recognized)
Head of Government: Her Excellency, Margaret Artemova, Chairwoman of the Alyaskan Senate
Government Description: The Kingdom of Alyaska's government has three branches as per the Constitution of Alyaska (And Russia) of 1920, which has an amendment process and has been amended numerous times.

First, the responsibilities of head of state and supreme commander of the Alyaskan Defense Forces fall to the Royal and Imperial Throne. As such, the current Tsar/King or Tsarina/Queen - or their Lord or Lady Regent, if they are a minor - act as the face of Alyaska as well as its primary military commander and defender. The Royal and Imperial Throne also has some powers of head of government - nominally, they have some level of veto power, and can make executive appointments to certain ministries and parts of government as Royal Representatives to keep them informed as to government operations. The real power over executive governance, however, predominantly lies with the Chairperson of the Senate.

Second, the Governing Senate - usually nowadays merely referred to as the Senate - is the legislative branch. After the reforms made in the 1920 Constitution and amendments since then, the Senate has two houses: the upper house is the Royal Council, whose membership reserves half of its seats for nobles/royals or their representatives, alongside other people who have done Alyaska an “exemplary service” and gain a seat as a reward. The other half are directly elected by the populace. Since 1945, the Chairperson of the Royal Council is elected by the Royal Council rather than appointed by the King or Queen.

The lower house of the Senate is the State Duma. All deputies in the Duma are elected by popular vote, and the Chairperson of the Duma has always been elected by the Duma itself. Between the two houses, the Senate also has the ability to appoint a Chairperson of itself. The Chairperson of the Senate's term lasts until elections for the Senate at large happen. After an election happens and the new government is sworn in, the Chairperson of the Senate is elected by the Duma as a separate position from the Duma's Chairperson and then the candidates from among them are approved by the Royal Council; usually, this ends with the Chairperson of the Senate being of the majority party/coalition in the Duma, but the Vicechair being of the opposition party or coalition. The Chairperson of the Senate makes all executive appointments not reserved for the King or Queen, and is generally the overseer of the legislature and government at large, including holding large powers to enforce law and protect the nation from internal threats.

The last branch of Alyaska's government is the judiciary, which is unique in that - aside from the Supreme Court of Alyaska - all judges are elected based on strict requirements (e.g. education in Alyaskan law, international law, etc.) with juries selected by lot. The Supreme Court of Alyaska, on the other hand, has five Justices. Two Justices are selected by the Chairperson of the Duma and approved by the Duma, two Justices are selected by the Chairperson of the Royal Council and approved by the Royal Council, and the Chief Justice is appointed directly by the King or Queen. Regardless, though, all selections must have served a minimum of a decade in lower judiciary branches, and thus have some experience interacting with the people and adjudicating law, etc.

Territory: Alyaska.
Territorial Ambitions: Alyaska used to claim all of Russia, but nowadays it is mostly content, though there are some border conflict issues with their native US and Canada.
Capital City: Novaya Mosvka/New Moscow, Northern Alyaska (Anchorage, Alaska)
Population: Approx. 15.5 million.

Majority/Official Culture: Russian.

Majority/State Religion: While it is not a state religion and there is some protections for freedom of religion, most citizens of Alyaska are members of the Alyaskan Orthodox Church/Russian Orthodox Church.

Major Industries / Economic sectors: Alyaska has massive gold and oil reserves, and so predominantly uses these to its advantage for exportation/trade. In turn, its few industrial cities are able to be pretty active in a variety of fields based on imported raw materials.
Amount of Industrialization: Alyaska is extremely industrialized, especially in the "Alyaskan Columbia" and "Northern Cascadia" regions.
Economic Description: The Alyaskan economy relies massively on its massive oil and gold reserves economically speaking. These exports allow it to import much of the raw materials it needs along with some finished products, thus allowing them to fuel local economies in their cities/more populous areas by creating factories and refineries to ensure that Alyaska has access to refined materials/has access to maximum quality of life. If the gold or oil reserves ever ran dry, Alyaska would not necessarily collapse, but it would suffer for a while.

Technological Level: Approximately modern tech, but more 2030s-ish.
Magic and other shenanigans?: None of that.

Military Description

Army: The Alyaskan Defense Forces/ADF are some of the most well trained and well armed/armored soldiers in the world. The ADF's battle prowess, among other things, are what allowed it to maintain its sovereignty after the “Great Exodus.” Regarded as some of the most dangerous military forces on its world, the ADF makes up for the fact that it only has approx. 110,000 active soldiers with the approx. 300,000+ in the Reserve Forces alongside its training, discipline, and technological advancement.

Navy: The Alyaskan Naval Forces/ANF are predominantly dedicated to defending Alyaskan coasts and oceanic oil rigs, and while they are pretty advanced, the ANF has a special deal sponsored by the Royal Government through treaty with the United States and Canada that their navies will assist in any naval defense of the Alyaskan nation. Thus, it has little to no naval projection power, and only has about 70,000 seamen.

Air Force: The Alyaskan Air Force/AAF is largely created for similar purposes as the ANF, but protecting Alyaskan air space and committing to rescue operations in the Alyaskan wilderness or far north during winter when things are most dangerous. The AAF usually ends up asking for assistance from the USAF or Canadian Air Force or their bases. The AAF has only 30,000 airmen.


National Goals: Retain stability; some ultranationalists in government still want to reconquer Russia.


History: The Kingdom of Alyaska finds its origins as a Russian Imperial colony. By sheer luck and happenstance, some of the earliest colonists discovered massive gold reserves even in the lower mountains nearest to the coastal camps and settlements set forth by the Empire at the time. As a result of this, many people from far eastern Russia began emigrating to Alyaska and the regions nearby; combined with the sheer amount of gold being found, Russia was practically saving itself from some of its economic troubles and even then there was enough for the colony's own development.

Russia eventually bought Columbia from the British after they suffered an economic downturn, alongside occupying part of Cascadia, eventually settling parts of it and claiming it. Unfortunately, Russia's economic prosperity couldn't last - in spite of the gold reserves, it all began to fall apart after suffering multiple losses against Japan - some of which cut off the Alyaskan trade - alongside the massive losses during the Great War. As a result, the Russian Revolution still happened - but this time, the Whites alongside the Imperial family realized there was no salvaging the situation, and so they fled in exile into Alyaska, which welcomed them with open arms due to their continued prosperity.

The Kingdom of Alyaska was founded using their 1920 Constitution, officially making the nation a constitutional monarchy and sovereign from the Soviet Union. The United States, alongside Canada/Britain, lent their support to Alyaska to maintain their independence as they built themselves up. During WWII, Alyaska discovered its massive oil reserves - both coastal/sea-based and land-based. As a result, the Kingdom of Alyaska was made prosperous once again by massive amounts of gold and oil being shipped to the US and Canada for the duration of WWII, and then became an oil-and-gold based kingdom afterwards for much of the Cold War.

The Kingdom of Alyaska began importing raw materials to finance its economy by kickstarting industries in their growing cities that were growing as a result of immigration and a minor population boom. Between this and its exports, the Kingdom became one of the richest nations in the world. And it used those riches well, investing more in its people, economy, and military. By the modern era of 2030, the Kingdom of Alyaska had lost its lofty ambitions of reclaiming Russia - even if it doesn't recognize the Russian Federation - but was now content as one of the richest and most well-off/advanced nations in the world.

RP Sample: Already in this.

#POD 3

I kinda wanted to app a second nation, if that's okay. Mostly because this was too tempting to do with Soviets around. Willing to shrink territory/pop if this is deemed too much, but would like to at least keep Alaska proper + British Columbia/Canada.

To be honest, I think it's best if you stick with one thing for now. I don't want you to feel overwhelmed if I were you.

[Speyland]

Full Nation Name: Orphnoch State of Smart Brain
Short Nation Name: Smart Brain
Flag / National Symbols:
(Image)
Government Type: Corporate Authoritarian
Official Political Ideology: Authoritarian Autocratic Dictatorship
Head of State: Head of CEO Yuji Kiba
Head of Government: Head of CEO Yuji Kiba
Government Description: As a Corporate needs a CEO, Yuji Kiba is placed as its leader, below him would be advisors and the Lucky Clover who enforce Peace and Order. The CEO would then place a successor with a similar goal as to not upset the balance of peace and order.
Territory: Livonia: Courland, Riga, Lettgallia, Livland, Sameiten, Oberlitauen, Sudovia, Wilna
Territorial Ambitions: Uniting Majority Orphnoch populated areas
Capital City: Riga/Replacement of Tokyo(It's real life location and a basic description)
Population: 6,942,000
Majority/Official Culture: Original Orphnoch, Sired Orphnoch and Human/Culturally Japanese
Majority/State Religion: Atheism/Shintoism
Major Industries/Economic sectors: Specialized Armor System, Advanced Defense Systems
Amount of Industrialization: (General description of how industrialized your nation is) Most industrial plants are located within the State of Kurland, no one exactly knows where it is on the map without the help of satellites. Multiple underground testing chambers with industrial plants.
Economic Description: Self-sufficient, the Orphnoch State of Smart Brain simply doesn’t need to trade nor to socialize, the nation is autonomous with crime rates being low due to the use of Anti-Renegade Systems being used.
Technological Level: Future to an extent
Magic and other shenanigans? (If any exists): Orphnoch and Masked Riders

Military Description
Peace Keepers:

10,000 Riotroopers(100,000 pulled out of reserves)

250 Riotroopers V2

5 Specialized Anti-Orphnoch Users that could be reassigned into the Peace Keepers

Peace Keeper Equipment:
The Rider System, compared to Orphnochs, the user of a Rider System is capable of reliably destroying an Orphnoch, the Rider System branches into five main Systems. The Faiz Gear, the Kaixa Gear, the Delta Gear, the Psyga Gear, and the Orga Gear.

The Smart Buckle, the basic device for the Riotroopers, a simple tool that lets them touch into the power of a superhuman, which is now enabled for both humans and Orphnoch, however much, the Smart Buckle pales in comparison against the five Specialized Rider System.
Its Version 2 fares no better with a slight kick up on strength, agility, and defense, however, there is nothing to note, currently, Smart Brain is opting to replace V1 Smart Buckles with the better V2. Although there are much complications with some of them...

The Faiz Gear is a device in the form of a variety of gears and equipment, often kept in a case, the Faiz Driver is the main body that stores the rest of the gear, it is in the form of a belt.
The rest of the Gear is made up of the Faiz Phone, Faiz Shot, and Faiz Pointer. Each of them making up the Faiz Gear. Each piece of equipment has their own use for the Faiz Gear, for example, the Faiz Shot is used for as a Knuckle Duster, whereas the Faiz Pointer is used as...a Pointer. Quite self-explanatory for it.

The Faiz Gear also comes in a pack with its own vehicle, the Auto-Vaijin, which essentially is capable of transforming into a Support Unit Robot that is made to aid Faiz in his battles. The Bike Handle of the Auto-Vaijin can be taken out and used as the Faiz Edge. A Lightsaber of sorts.

The Kaixa Gear is a similar device, a belt with an array of weapons, having less equipment, it comes with the perk of being far more powerful than Faiz in base form, while being less versatile. The Kaixa Gear consists of the Belt, and the some of the equipment that is similar to Faiz, the Shot, the Pointer, which is a binocular instead of a Laser Pointer, and the Kaixa Blaygun, which is a weapon that makes up a dagger and a gun, which saves the need of two separate weapons.

Then there is Kaixa’s Personal Vehicle, the Side-Basshar, able to turn into a bipedal mech, it is armed with 4 barreled Photon Vulcans and a pair of grappling hooks on its right appendage, a six barreled Smart Missile Launcher on the left appendage.

The Delta Gear, a singular system, unlike Kaixa and Faiz, Delta uses a simple pair of equipment, the Delta Phone and the Delta Mover with the mandatory belt. When combined the Phone and Mover form a gun, while in theory, a human can wield the Delta Gear, it is often with hard repercussions of which are instability of the user and a growing addiction and dependency to it. Some humans have been recorded to use the gear in charge of the position as Delta, however many of them had become addicted to the use of it and lost control as well as become ill from the side effects. Unlike Faiz and Kaixa, the Delta Gear doesn’t have a personalized vehicle of its own, rather it relied on the mass-produced Jetsliger.

The Psyga Gear, an irregular system that is more of a lesser system than Faiz, Kaixa, and Delta, having lesser equipment, but does boast a unique advantage of having a jetpack that is loaded with a pair of high powered railgun, capable of firing 120 rounds per second or a high powered blast from the engine. The Jetpack is capable of traveling 820km/h with visible repercussions of G Force, however reports state that humans are unable to use them, making them restricted to Orphnochs only. The Jetpack is controlled by the Tonfa Edge which could be detached and turned into a sword, in return for the inaccessibility of the Jetpack.

The Orga Gear is also in the same category as the Psyga, a singular system like the Delta Gear, it uses the common principle of Belt and Phone, with a blade that is placed by his Gear. The Gear is named Belt of the Emperor and boasts the most power compared to any Gear, in the exchange of mobility, the Orga Gear possesses the highest armor rating with little to no versatility.

The Faiz, Kaixa, Psyga, and Orga Gear possess the same usage of turning into a gun, Single-Mode fires a near-continuous line of laser, while Burst Mode fires singular powerful semi-auto shot akin to a pistol. The Phones need to be recharged via a command after use. They also possess a Mission Memory, which is used to authorize weapon usage.

The Faiz and Kaixa Gear are the only ones to possess a Laser Point/Binocular and a Camera. They are used to deliver powerful finishing blows that nearly guarantees the elimination of an Orphnoch, which can be considered a walking and living miniature tank.

Standard Issue Vehicles:

The Jetsliger, the vehicle is a high-speed vehicle that is used to support Riotroopers. It is capable of traveling as a motorcycle and hoverbike, it can travel up to 1300km/h, capable of flight, hovering, and underwater travel, which severely hinders its mobility. The vehicle also contains two hidden missile racks, each one fires 8 Smart Brain multistage sidewinder mini-missiles that can split into eight more missiles. (64 in total)

The Gyro Attacker, a vehicle that is based on the more technologically advanced form of the Auto Vaijin which is used only by Faiz, and unlike Faiz’s Auto Vaijin, the Gyro Attacker is incapable of turning into an autonomous robot. However, it could go as fast as 320km/h, which is a definite plus for a high-speed vehicle.

Navy:
No Navy

Air Force:
No Air Force

National Goals: Smart Brain’s goal is to simply coexist with Humanity, that is its single and only objective, to live peacefully. However, Orphnochs won’t back down when it is being threatened by extinction events.

History:
State of Smart Brain had always been a hidden nation of its own in Japan, Smart Brain simply lives by the motto of “Life is frail. Life is limited. So, why don’t you think about true life? Be smart! True life is your start!”, referencing the life of an Orphnoch. As of now, Smart Brain can convert humans into Orphnoch with a failure rate of 5%. Many within Smart Brain are humans, while many of them are Orphnoch, a statistics indicating a 45 to 55 population of Orphnoch to Human.

The history of Smart Brain first started with the evolution from human to Orphnoch, it was a life that could’ve been for many humans. A life where the strong survive and where the weak die. That was how it started, many humans turned Orphnoch first started as ruthless and savage beings, with a smaller population being smarter and more intelligent beings. That being said, the more Orphnochs began to thrive, the more of them become empathetic to humans.

However, with the rise of the ideology of Orphnoch Supremacy, one of the founders began to doubt himself and began to deliver the Rider Systems to his students in a school. A secret war had been waged between humans and Orphnochs, while mainly it was unknown to the mass public. It was not until the fact that the founder soon put Yuji Kiba, a sympathetic Orphnoch in the seat of CEO.

By that point, Orphnochs had been more civilized ever since, now they have lived for years on end without a secret war breaking out. It wouldn’t be until the antigen known as the Grey Flood, where the human population quickly dwindled when many humans capable of transforming into Orphnochs transformed, while weaker humans aren’t affected aside from minor coughing and fever.

The State of Smart Brain soon led out the truth that would shake the humans down to the core. However, the assurance of Anti-Orphnoch personnel assured them, even if most were still frightened. An awareness campaign of the heroes known as Masked Riders spread out through the State and the entirety of Japan, the nation where it all started.

The State of Smart Brain isn’t an actual state, it only became so after the transfer of worlds, where a reorganizing of the state was needed. It highly resembles the city of Tokyo, with better infrastructure and all the districts of industrial plants and powerplants.

Additional Information:

Lucky Clover:

Considered as the Top Dogs under the CEO, the Lucky Clover are the top dogs of the Corporate, members of the Lucky Clover hold prestigious positions due to their diligence and dedication. The previous Lucky Clover members had been dismissed with most of them being dead, while others live normal lives outside of Smart Brain. The new Lucky Clover is made of Geniuses and Officers.

Takumi Inui becomes a quite obvious choice for the first member of the Lucky Clover after its dismantlement, being the most experienced user of Faiz and the first to unlock its Blaster Form. Haruki Kirishima is the Top Dog of Smart Brain’s Anti-Orphnoch Force and the user of the Kaixa Gear. Syuji Mihara, the current wielder of the Delta Gear is chosen due to his high compatibility with the Delta Gear. Naoya Kaido is the fourth member, who received the Psyga Gear, mostly for the fact that he was Kiba’s close friend and accomplice, but he also was trusted and stayed true, becoming more of a political officer than anything, but his combat expertise still holds up against adversaries.

Elaboration on Orphnoch:

Orphnochs, an evolution of human beings to the next level, had been reviewed under various experimentations until the founding of the Stage V Orphnoch, which is able to survive for a whole human lifetime, compared to the previous assessments where many died from hyper aging symptoms. However, reports say that Orphnochs have extended life periods, this has not been confirmed as of now.

They are also superhuman in nearly everything, many of them vary, however, Modern Orphnochs are mainly not as savage as before and prefer diplomacy. If an Orphnoch goes rogue and goes against the laws placed for Orphnochs, Masked Riders or Peacekeepers will be deployed to neutralize them.

Even in human form, weapons seemingly have limited effects against them, not to mention their Orphnoch forms, which take the form of animalistic and plant life forms.

An Orphnoch can tap into Violent Emotion, a further evolution to refine their Orphnoch forms. Becoming far more savage and hostile compared to their original form, this however can be reverted with enough damage sustained.

Weapons such Anti-Tank Guns are reported to be the only thing seemingly injuring them. However, engagements are advised to be made by Peacekeepers and Masked Riders.

Sverian Meeting Board

Within the room, Sverian Blue Shirts closed the door and guarded each of the doors. The windows were shut, causing the room to be only illuminated by the light emanating from the light bulb. Adler Kruger sat silently beside his fiancee, the Kaiserin herself. "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Glad you can all join us in today's topic. The Nihonese-Aimesland War."

"So it's the Nips and the...who's Aimesland?" Svein, Marshal of the Air Force questioned the target in question. Everyone looked a bit uninterested, a bit of confusion plastered on their faces.

"Well, Adler addressed them as…ehem…" Victoria had a bit of a red face.

"Nudist Republic...Technobarbarians...I dunno, I'm making these names for fun." Adler shrugged, tapping his finger on the desk. Evidently bored by the meeting.

"That aside, please be more serious, herr Adler." Minna, Minister of Defense ushered him.sighed at the man. “We have solid evidence that the Nihonese Empire was attacked first by the Aimeslandish…? Aimeslander? Aimeslandic? Aimeslandian? Whatever they’re called.”

“Well, on that case, should we send our Wikings?” Adrian Quisling, Chancellor questioned as the men and women began muttering to themselves.

“Order. Order.” The man with a Warglorian dress uniform sighed, the Reichsauseher, Joseph looked at the board before he got up. “The Warglorians had not gone to join the war…and we are here discussing it?”

“An Anti-Monarchist Regime is threatening us, no matter how small, such ticks had been exemplified by the Traansval, a Democratic Republic turned into a Communist Menace with a civil war, and then ignited a communist revolution in Rannoria.”

“True, despite their distance, they had ignited a revolution from Indianum to Europa.” Janet, the Grand Admiral, present in the Invasion of the Bog nodded, a grimace upon her face. “It’s terrifying to think about what they could do despite the range.”

“Well, they aren’t that clever compared to those other two when they openly fired on two Nihonese Destroyers and sunk those ships.” Adler shrugged. “They just openly attacked the patrol and then they’re going to get the 3rd Largest Navy up their ass.”

“I can’t blame them for declaring war...” Adrian shook his head. "But then again...0.5 miles out, are you sure they didn't issue warnings?"

"I mean…"

"What we know is that two Nihonese Destroyers were sunk and no casualties on the other side."

"Easy Justification for the Nihonese." Everyone had to nod, there was easy land and they just took it.

"Anyways, that aside, what about the state of Scinfaxi?"

"Ahh...errr...yeah, errr, many partisans, lots of them, we just lost a few establishing villages here and there."

"Now that's unfortunate." Adler had to comment. Rusklandrs had come and go to get their citizenship, while others commit to their lives as partisans.

It would seem like they kicked the hornets' nests and angered them. Well, they had to run out of manpower, right? Right?

"I doubt the Rusklandrs would give up their territory just like that. Maybe set them up as a collaborationist regime?"

"Now hold on, you still are protectorates of the Warglorian Reich, what are you trying to suggest?" Joseph came in with a hint of anger.

"First of all, Wargloria will be receiving this territory, but as a puppet state. Not as a colony state. I...no, we believe that it may garner more prosperity if we set them with the promise of retaking old Ruskland territories." Adrian snorted, putting his hands on his side of the table.

"So a puppet state...but Wargloria will not be interested in having a puppet state in Ruskland. I'm sure of it." Everyone mentally coughed at the Nationalist.

'Tell that to them when they turned the Carriebeaners into a regime that relies on Wargloria for the most part.' No one dared to make eye contact with the Overseer, Adler had to bite his lips as he tried to feel around for his cup of cappuccino. Only to feel air on where it was supposed to be…

As he remembered, but then again, it was common knowledge for many people that Sverians are not very clever men and women, only 50% were given the severely underrated concept of common sense.

So it's basically a coin toss of you having common sense or not, Adler, for his credit, surprisingly has a half-functioning concept of common sense.

...Wait 50%, last he heard it was 75% in favor of people with common sense.

Oh Bahamut damn this, it's like the lottery again. Those bastards said that there was a 50% chance of winning, saying that you either win or lose.

Of course, Victoria had to point out how stupid he was for thinking it was going to be a 50-50-...

Wait…

He turned to find Victoria drinking a cup...of cappuccino.

…

…

…

"Victoria?"

"Hmm?"

"Mein Cappuccino?"

"Tis mine now, herr Kruger, please wait until this boop." She raised her left hand and extended its pointer, before she pushed his nose with said pointer.

"..."

"Why are you such a child when not needed?"

"Either way, herr Kaiserin, what is your opinion of the matter?" Victoria laid the cup down onto its pad and let out a satisfied breath.

"..."

"..."

"Which topic are we talking about again?" Everyone nearly facefaulted at her bashful reaction before Adrian coughed into his hand before he answered.

"We were discussing the Aimeslandish Aggression, milady."

"Ah yes." She coughed before her bashful and innocent eyes turned into a very sharp, cold and very serious pair of eyes. "Ehem, my sincerest apology, I had not had my cappuccino, since the day before, for the matter at hand, I believe that we should approach the Nihonese with three of our finest Wiking Divisions and the worst criminals attached as a Penal Battalion to each to open a frontal attack with little to no important losses to our more experienced and important men."

"I see…" Adrian spoke with a tone of seriousness. "Then at our vote?"

"The Minister of Justice shall stand with the Kaiserin."

"The Grand Air Marshal shall do the same."

"As does the Minister of Defence."

"As does the Grand Admiral of the Navy."

"Well...I don't think I'm left much of a choice, so I'll say I stand with the others…" Adrian sighed, many of the lesser important council members voted mostly on the Sverian side.

A slow clap came from Joseph. "Well, I'll give you this win. However, I will assume command if this brings us to war directly against Aimesland and not indirectly with our volunteer forces."

"No worries, Reichsauseher Tarbovün," Victoria smiled, a chilling curve upon her lips. "You won't regret your decision. Wargloria's Most Prided Protectorate and Main Source of Fish Supply will not let you down."

"...Mein Kaiserin, Sveria is the only Protectorate of Wargloria and Fish Supply...I'll give you the latter…"

"Eh? Ah...right…"

"Hold on," Adler interjected. "Sveria being the only Protectorate also equals to them being the most prided as well."

"Urgh, you're not wrong there."

"Then we could say that Sveria is the most prided Protectorate."

"...Yes, but I don't see how this is relevant-"

"Moving on." Adler clapped his hands.

"Did he just ignore me?"

"We shall prepare the invasion-I mean Volunteer force and prepare our schiffs to load them to Nihon, hopefully not missing any actions…"

"He bloody ignored me!"

"And with that, the meeting is closed."

"Stop ignoring my words, heathens!" Suffice to say those words went ignored. Ignorance is bliss as they say...

#POD 3

For this one, I'll accept. As for the other two, I would recommend dropping these.

[The V O I D]

Full Nation Name: Russian: Королевство Аляска (Korolevstvo Alyaska)
English: The Kingdom of Alaska/Alyaska
Short Nation Name: Russian: Аляска (Alyaska)
English: Alyaska/Alaska.
Flag / National Symbols: The Royal Flag.

Government Type: Unitary Constitutional Monarchy.
Official Political Ideology: Capitalism/monarchism/nationalism.
Head of State: His Imperial Majesty, Nikolai III Alexeyevich Romanov, King of Alyaska and Emperor of All Russia (Formal/Alyaskan/Unrecognized); Tsar/King Nicholas III of Alyaska (Informal/English/Recognized)
Head of Government: Her Excellency, Margaret Artemova, Chairwoman of the Alyaskan Senate
Government Description: The Kingdom of Alyaska's government has three branches as per the Constitution of Alyaska (And Russia) of 1920, which has an amendment process and has been amended numerous times.

First, the responsibilities of head of state and supreme commander of the Alyaskan Defense Forces fall to the Royal and Imperial Throne. As such, the current Tsar/King or Tsarina/Queen - or their Lord or Lady Regent, if they are a minor - act as the face of Alyaska as well as its primary military commander and defender. The Royal and Imperial Throne also has some powers of head of government - nominally, they have some level of veto power, and can make executive appointments to certain ministries and parts of government as Royal Representatives to keep them informed as to government operations. The real power over executive governance, however, predominantly lies with the Chairperson of the Senate.

Second, the Governing Senate - usually nowadays merely referred to as the Senate - is the legislative branch. After the reforms made in the 1920 Constitution and amendments since then, the Senate has two houses: the upper house is the Royal Council, whose membership reserves half of its seats for nobles/royals or their representatives, alongside other people who have done Alyaska an “exemplary service” and gain a seat as a reward. The other half are directly elected by the populace. Since 1945, the Chairperson of the Royal Council is elected by the Royal Council rather than appointed by the King or Queen.

The lower house of the Senate is the State Duma. All deputies in the Duma are elected by popular vote, and the Chairperson of the Duma has always been elected by the Duma itself. Between the two houses, the Senate also has the ability to appoint a Chairperson of itself. The Chairperson of the Senate's term lasts until elections for the Senate at large happen. After an election happens and the new government is sworn in, the Chairperson of the Senate is elected by the Duma as a separate position from the Duma's Chairperson and then the candidates from among them are approved by the Royal Council; usually, this ends with the Chairperson of the Senate being of the majority party/coalition in the Duma, but the Vicechair being of the opposition party or coalition. The Chairperson of the Senate makes all executive appointments not reserved for the King or Queen, and is generally the overseer of the legislature and government at large, including holding large powers to enforce law and protect the nation from internal threats.

The last branch of Alyaska's government is the judiciary, which is unique in that - aside from the Supreme Court of Alyaska - all judges are elected based on strict requirements (e.g. education in Alyaskan law, international law, etc.) with juries selected by lot. The Supreme Court of Alyaska, on the other hand, has five Justices. Two Justices are selected by the Chairperson of the Duma and approved by the Duma, two Justices are selected by the Chairperson of the Royal Council and approved by the Royal Council, and the Chief Justice is appointed directly by the King or Queen. Regardless, though, all selections must have served a minimum of a decade in lower judiciary branches, and thus have some experience interacting with the people and adjudicating law, etc.

Territory: Alyaska.
Territorial Ambitions: Alyaska used to claim all of Russia, but nowadays it is mostly content, though there are some border conflict issues with their native US and Canada.
Capital City: Novaya Mosvka/New Moscow, Northern Alyaska (Anchorage, Alaska)
Population: Approx. 15.5 million.

Majority/Official Culture: Russian.

Majority/State Religion: While it is not a state religion and there is some protections for freedom of religion, most citizens of Alyaska are members of the Alyaskan Orthodox Church/Russian Orthodox Church.

Major Industries / Economic sectors: Alyaska has massive gold and oil reserves, and so predominantly uses these to its advantage for exportation/trade. In turn, its few industrial cities are able to be pretty active in a variety of fields based on imported raw materials.
Amount of Industrialization: Alyaska is extremely industrialized, especially in the "Alyaskan Columbia" and "Northern Cascadia" regions.
Economic Description: The Alyaskan economy relies massively on its massive oil and gold reserves economically speaking. These exports allow it to import much of the raw materials it needs along with some finished products, thus allowing them to fuel local economies in their cities/more populous areas by creating factories and refineries to ensure that Alyaska has access to refined materials/has access to maximum quality of life. If the gold or oil reserves ever ran dry, Alyaska would not necessarily collapse, but it would suffer for a while.

Technological Level: Approximately modern tech, but more 2030s-ish.
Magic and other shenanigans?: None of that.

Military Description

Army: The Alyaskan Defense Forces/ADF are some of the most well trained and well armed/armored soldiers in the world. The ADF's battle prowess, among other things, are what allowed it to maintain its sovereignty after the “Great Exodus.” Regarded as some of the most dangerous military forces on its world, the ADF makes up for the fact that it only has approx. 110,000 active soldiers with the approx. 300,000+ in the Reserve Forces alongside its training, discipline, and technological advancement.

Navy: The Alyaskan Naval Forces/ANF are predominantly dedicated to defending Alyaskan coasts and oceanic oil rigs, and while they are pretty advanced, the ANF has a special deal sponsored by the Royal Government through treaty with the United States and Canada that their navies will assist in any naval defense of the Alyaskan nation. Thus, it has little to no naval projection power, and only has about 70,000 seamen.

Air Force: The Alyaskan Air Force/AAF is largely created for similar purposes as the ANF, but protecting Alyaskan air space and committing to rescue operations in the Alyaskan wilderness or far north during winter when things are most dangerous. The AAF usually ends up asking for assistance from the USAF or Canadian Air Force or their bases. The AAF has only 30,000 airmen.


National Goals: Retain stability; some ultranationalists in government still want to reconquer Russia.


History: The Kingdom of Alyaska finds its origins as a Russian Imperial colony. By sheer luck and happenstance, some of the earliest colonists discovered massive gold reserves even in the lower mountains nearest to the coastal camps and settlements set forth by the Empire at the time. As a result of this, many people from far eastern Russia began emigrating to Alyaska and the regions nearby; combined with the sheer amount of gold being found, Russia was practically saving itself from some of its economic troubles and even then there was enough for the colony's own development.

Russia eventually bought Columbia from the British after they suffered an economic downturn, alongside occupying part of Cascadia, eventually settling parts of it and claiming it. Unfortunately, Russia's economic prosperity couldn't last - in spite of the gold reserves, it all began to fall apart after suffering multiple losses against Japan - some of which cut off the Alyaskan trade - alongside the massive losses during the Great War. As a result, the Russian Revolution still happened - but this time, the Whites alongside the Imperial family realized there was no salvaging the situation, and so they fled in exile into Alyaska, which welcomed them with open arms due to their continued prosperity.

The Kingdom of Alyaska was founded using their 1920 Constitution, officially making the nation a constitutional monarchy and sovereign from the Soviet Union. The United States, alongside Canada/Britain, lent their support to Alyaska to maintain their independence as they built themselves up. During WWII, Alyaska discovered its massive oil reserves - both coastal/sea-based and land-based. As a result, the Kingdom of Alyaska was made prosperous once again by massive amounts of gold and oil being shipped to the US and Canada for the duration of WWII, and then became an oil-and-gold based kingdom afterwards for much of the Cold War.

The Kingdom of Alyaska began importing raw materials to finance its economy by kickstarting industries in their growing cities that were growing as a result of immigration and a minor population boom. Between this and its exports, the Kingdom became one of the richest nations in the world. And it used those riches well, investing more in its people, economy, and military. By the modern era of 2030, the Kingdom of Alyaska had lost its lofty ambitions of reclaiming Russia - even if it doesn't recognize the Russian Federation - but was now content as one of the richest and most well-off/advanced nations in the world.

RP Sample: Already in this.

#POD 3

I kinda wanted to app a second nation, if that's okay. Mostly because this was too tempting to do with Soviets around. Willing to shrink territory/pop if this is deemed too much, but would like to at least keep Alaska proper + British Columbia/Canada.

To be honest, I think it's best if you stick with one thing for now. I don't want you to feel overwhelmed if I were you.

I feel like I could handle it, but I will accept your final decision either way. I'd prefer to keep Carthage if I must only have one nation.

I still don't like Carthage's massively big size. It covers about 2598000.860 km² (probably more), and its military is ridiculously big for its era.

There are multiple nations that have as much territory as Carthage does, or they approximately do.

As for the military size due to its era thing, the UK c. 1900-1912 had anywhere from 300,000-450,000 active troops, approximately. My having a slightly larger amount (610,000, approximately) active personnel and a bunch of reserve forces (auxiliaries are effectively reserve forces; they're “active” but only when Carthage needs them to be, either because of high tensions or whatever else) is perfectly appropriate. The UK even went in wartime by 1914/1915 to approx. 1.5 million soldiers, which is approximately what I have should I immediately need to call in the reserves and go to war. So that, too, is appropriate to some degree.

Or, tl;dr, I am literally compliant with the equivalent time period/tech period that I am basing my Carthage on.