Commonshire (RP Region, friendly, new, light post apoc)

[Sebtopiaris]

COMMONSHIRE
Community . Roleplay . Worldbuilding

accepting any and all willing RPers who want to start this up. (regional forums here)

Light pours through the room, flickering in intensity against the splintery wooden walls. The air is cold- the humidity of the late autumn day has gone, and even a moderate breeze sends shivers down spines. A man is sitting at a table, examining a map of the immediate region's coastlines. The map goes from the tipped cape York and the Torres Strait islands at the top to the so-called Bass Straight at the bottom, although the island of Tasmania is not depicted. Mountain ranges and cities are depicted. At the center of the map is the port city of Macquarie- arguably one of the biggest port duchies on the Commonshirish (eastern) coast of Australia, and a center of trade for much of the region. He and his compatriots had left the city with a precious cargo of coal headed for the scavenger markets of Sydney just yesterday, and the city always left him with good memories of colourful markets and warm sunshine.

Welcome, everyone, to Commonshire. Commonshire is (going to be) an RP region that incorporates both a fluid regional canon and creative nationbuilding. I also plan on creating a rag-tag community of people who can speak their minds on an offsite forum however they wish, and maybe even spam in spam-approved threads if they feel bored. Raiders can keep out.

The basic gist of Commonshire is simple- commonshire is set after the collapse of industrial Western Civilisation on the eastern coast states of Australia- Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT. However, the collapse of western civilisation won't demolish the human race or anything- and I'm planning on having the region be divided into city states and different cultural regions. Technology-wise, commonshire will be well behind modern civilisation, but also very much ahead of the historical middle ages. simple firearms will be widespread, artillery will largely be composed of improvised explosives and canons, and electricity will be something tested in privileged areas out of curiosity and not produced commercially. Fire will return as the primary source of light and heating, be it through wood or coal. Seafaring will be done by wooden ships and yachts generally, and the factories of today will be replaced by skilled artisans. Livestock and agriculture, along with artisanship, will become pillars of the economy. Computers'll be fucked, but few and far between things like printing presses could provide easily printable messages. Of course, being set in Australia, Commonshire will have a pretty Australian cultural "flavour", although other influence can certainly play a part in your nation's culture. Commonshire, as distant from IRL as it is, will still employ realism, and there will be no magic or ponies excluding the non-sentient kind.

This OP will evolve as the region is built up. You can join, send a puppet, or whatever. It's easy and encouraged. If desired, my skype is in my sig- add me and I can create a group chat for the region once I have more than one of you.

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[b]Official Name of Nation:[/b]
[b]Common Name of Nation:[/b]
[b]Population:[/b]
[b]Location on map:[/b]
[b]Colour on map:[/b] :3
[b]What's your nation's government like?[/b]
[b]How did your nation come in to being after the collapse?[/b]
[b]What's your nation's economy based off and what resources do you have?[/b]
[b]From 1-10, how much pre-collapse technological know-how has your nation retained?[/b] (1 Being stuck using swords and bows and 10 being a few relatively modern guns, widely equiped bolt action firearms, Some modern armour, some vehicles,etc):
[b]How has your nation dealt with the mass immigration from Urban and oversea's area's? [/b](if this is so)
[b]What languages/dialects does your nation speak?[/b]
[b]Do you have a state religion, and if so what is it? What religion do your people follow also?[/b]
[b]What resources/Sources of income and or food does your nation have?[/b]
[b]will you be sending a puppet? If so, who is the puppetmaster?[/b]


PHYSICAL MAP OF THE REGION WITH MAJOR SETTLEMENTS

POLITICAL MAP OF COMMONSHIRE

[-Port Macquarie-]

Official Name of Nation: The Glorious Republic of Port Macquarie
Common Name of Nation: Port Macquarie
Population: 46,267 in Federates (our word for states, voting federates basically encompass the suburbs of Port Maquarie excluding the rural inland) and 312,800 or so in Territories (Newcastle, while partly emptied out by the collapse, is still a big part of that, and the population of the greater Newcastle area is actually greater than all of the Federates put together)
Location on map: http://i.imgur.com/uUf3p2k.png see in NSW
Colour on map: Darkish Aquamarine
What's your nation's government like? A very meritocratic merchant republic, similar to Venice. landowning persons in the federates are able to elect a President, who rules for 8 years and has no term limits. Certain prestigious families (these rise and fall with merit) like the gens of Rome have special influence in the political process.
How did your nation come in to being after the collapse? Port Macquarie was quite lucky- the city council was able to keep order, and after losing contact with the rest of the world entirely they became a de-facto independent nation. After a few years post-collapse, they decided waiting for the government to contact them was hopeless and declared an independent country. They used ships to contact other port cities nearby, which had also claimed independence, and began trading with them. The government system in time shifted to what Port Macquarie is today, and the city became a centre of trade.
What's your nation's economy based off and what resources do you have? Port Macquarie's economy is based off of maritime trade, acquiring money from exports, taxing markets and tariffs. Port Maquarie has plentiful fisheries, decent agriculture and lots of cheap labour from the territories.
From 1-10, how much pre-collapse technological know-how has your nation retained? (1 Being stuck using swords and bows and 10 being a few relatively modern guns, widely equiped bolt action firearms, Some modern armour, some vehicles,etc) 7.5
How has your nation dealt with the mass immigration from Urban and oversea's area's? (if this is so) We let in what we could at first and assigned them community homes or made them share with residents, but there came a point where we had to repel them because so many irradiated refugees were coming in from Greater Sydney. The 41st Batallion of the Royal New South Wales regiment was forced to shoot upon a few, but after the refugees got the message they were encouraged to go somewhere else or be shot some more. Eventually refugees were just turned into serfs and made to toil in the fields for a living.
What languages/dialects does your nation speak? English; the Australian type
Do you have a state religion, and if so what is it? What religion do your people follow also? We have no official state religion, although the three largest churches here (uniting church, catholic church, anglican church) here get their own representative in the government. Population wise, Christianity makes up almost 65% of the population, and it largely composed of catholics, the uniting church and anglicans (from largest to smallest) with Presbyterians and Reformed Christians being a small minorities. Of the 45 percent or so who are not christian, almost all are non-religious.
What resources/Sources of income and or food does your nation have?

Income: Port Macquarie's income is based off maritime trade generally, including exports, taxing markets and tariffs. As a centre of trade for the region, it is effectively the Venice of former New South Wales.

Food: The rich soils around the hastings river provide serfs an opportunity to grow a variety of grains and vegetables. Fishing is also a major industry, as is livestock herding. Foods eaten include wheat, potatoes, leafy vegetables, tomatoes, fish, beef and lamb, fruits such as guava and grapes and wild game. The rich can access many foreign foods from trade also, while the poor's diet is usually composed of lamb/fish/game, bread, potatoes and leafy vegetables depending on location.

will you be sending a puppet? If so, who is the puppetmaster? Sebtopiaris, le very OP. Much subtle. Many wow.

[-Rockhampton-]

Official Name of Nation:Armed Commonwealth of Rockhampton
Common Name of Nation:Rockhampton
Population:50,000 Roughly in the central Rockhampton and roughly an additional 555,000 in the surrounding area's.
Location on map: http://i.imgur.com/uUf3p2k.png-See Queensland
Colour on map: Bright Red
What's your nation's government like?Autocracy.
How did your nation come in to being after the collapse?Rockhampton like many of the nations of modern Commonshire got lucky during the collapse.During the collapse a military exercise involving roughly 30,000 Personnel had been taking place in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, when the collapse first occurred this large gathering of military units was left without communications and thus decided to attempt to wait it out until the government made contact. They stayed at the Shoalwater Bay Training area for 8 days before residents from nearby Rockhampton arrived and informed them of the dire situation being caused by mass immigration, loss of power,etc. This sparked the units into action with 15,000 of them moving into secure Rockhampton and declare martial law in the city and surrounding area. That Martial Law was never really lifted. Now they have stationed units as far down as Brisbane Scavenger markets in an attempt to regulate and profit from them and conduct frequent raids on the surrounding city-states which they consider illegitimate.
What's your nation's economy based off and what resources do you have? The trading of various types of scrap and goods scavenged in the Brisbane Scavenger markets, goods taken in raids on the surrounding area. They have access to various goods from the previous age taken through the Brisbane Scavenger markets. They also have a somewhat decent fishing industry with cheap labour from the surrounding area's.
From 1-10, how much pre-collapse technological know-how has your nation retained? (1 Being stuck using swords and bows and 10 being a few relatively modern guns, widely equiped bolt action firearms, Some modern armour, some vehicles,etc):8.5- Modern Military equipment however they lack things like electricity in some area's, relatively wide spread steam power and things like printing presses. Also possesses a few fuel less stationary military vessels in the Shoalwater Bay training area that essentially act as oversized floating naval guns.
How has your nation dealt with the mass immigration from Urban and oversea's area's? (if this is so)They declared martial law in the surrounding area's enforcing a rather oppressive crackdown on crime in the area. They have also moved refugee's and immigrants on mass to various camps in various places including the former Shoalwater Bay Training Area which is by far the largest of these camps. The camps receive very little support from the city-state however they tend to be in places with easily accessible food sources. These camps however have evolved into what is essentially a slum as the refugee's were never relocated.
What languages/dialects does your nation speak?English
Do you have a state religion, and if so what is it? What religion do your people follow also?It does not have a state religion. Religion of people varies although it's mostly abrahamic with non-religious being a shrinking minority.
What resources/Sources of income and or food does your nation have?A few modern technologies coming out of the small Rockhampton scavenger market and the Brisbane scavenger market as well as any goods gained from raiding the surrounding area. Taxes are also imposed sporadically on trade within nation

Food:Most of the refugee camps/slums are self-reliant on food sources such as small scale farming through gardens and occasionally fields and or fishing and hunting wild game. As for more large scale food production that is mostly done through crops of things like potato's, wheat,etc as well as cattle and sheep. These large scale food production efforts are done in enclosed area's guarded at all times by armed guards.
will you be sending a puppet? If so, who is the puppetmaster?Yes, Harkain.

[Sebtopiaris]

Both are accepted.

[Remaining Crusaders]

Official Name of Nation:The Soviet Socialist Republic of Remaining Crusaders
Common Name of Nation:Republic of Bundaberg (will make a puppet)
Population:23.000
Location on map:http://imgur.com/kEO3Kp3
Colour on map:light green :3
What's your nation's government like?:Well,it's a republic,with no parliament or Senate.The President is king-like,his son or daughter will become President,but he appoints certain people to manage the affairs of the state.Most of them are pretty corrupt.
How did your nation come in to being after the collapse?Bundaberg was lucky to get out alive from the collapse.However,due to our small population and because we are (or were) a small city,we are still surviving,but we have to work hard for this.
What's your nation's economy based off and what resources do you have?We are a coastal nation,so we do have a lot of fish,but we also grow hops,cereals,pineapples and sugar canes.
From 1-10, how much pre-collapse technological know-how has your nation retained? (1 Being stuck using swords and bows and 10 being a few relatively modern guns, widely equiped bolt action firearms, Some modern armour, some vehicles,etc):7.5
How has your nation dealt with the mass immigration from Urban and oversea's area's? We mostly accepted the immigrants.However,the President is very racist when it comes to muslims,and most of them were not allowed to pass into the Republic of Bundaberg. (if this is so)
What languages/dialects does your nation speak?Mostly English
Do you have a state religion, and if so what is it? What religion do your people follow also?We don't have a state-religion,but many people seem to worship ancient Egyptian gods lately.
What resources/Sources of income and or food does your nation have?Beer-sales are the most money-growing.We sell big parts of what we grow or what we don't need.As for food production,we either trade with other nations or just transform our cereals into flour and then bread.
will you be sending a puppet? If so, who is the puppetmaster?I am the puppetmaster (yes)

[Sebtopiaris]

Official Name of Nation:The Soviet Socialist Republic of Remaining Crusaders
Common Name of Nation:Republic of Bundaberg (will make a puppet)
Population:23.000
Location on map:http://imgur.com/kEO3Kp3
Colour on map:light green :3
What's your nation's government like?:Well,it's a republic,with no parliament or Senate.The President is king-like,his son or daughter will become President,but he appoints certain people to manage the affairs of the state.Most of them are pretty corrupt.
How did your nation come in to being after the collapse?Bundaberg was lucky to get out alive from the collapse.However,due to our small population and because we are (or were) a small city,we are still surviving,but we have to work hard for this.
What's your nation's economy based off and what resources do you have?We are a coastal nation,so we do have a lot of fish,but we also grow hops,cereals,pineapples and sugar canes.
From 1-10, how much pre-collapse technological know-how has your nation retained? (1 Being stuck using swords and bows and 10 being a few relatively modern guns, widely equiped bolt action firearms, Some modern armour, some vehicles,etc):7.5
How has your nation dealt with the mass immigration from Urban and oversea's area's? We mostly accepted the immigrants.However,the President is very racist when it comes to muslims,and most of them were not allowed to pass into the Republic of Bundaberg. (if this is so)
What languages/dialects does your nation speak?Mostly English
Do you have a state religion, and if so what is it? What religion do your people follow also?We don't have a state-religion,but many people seem to worship ancient Egyptian gods lately.
What resources/Sources of income and or food does your nation have?Beer-sales are the most money-growing.We sell big parts of what we grow or what we don't need.As for food production,we either trade with other nations or just transform our cereals into flour and then bread.
will you be sending a puppet? If so, who is the puppetmaster?I am the puppetmaster (yes)

accepted, although maybe the tech might be a seven-six and pineapples and barley would also be exported?

[Dute-nPizdaMatiiBuunda]

Guess who's here.
I am Buuundaberh

[Sarlyn]

Official Name of Nation: Govindadvipa
Common Name of Nation: Govindadvipa
Population: 321,100
Location on map: Bamaga and environs
Colour on map: Orange
What's your nation's government like? A theocracy, maybe like a council of gurus who handle the knowledge of the world.
How did your nation come in to being after the collapse? A bunch of Hare Krishnas migrated up to far north Queensland after the fall, and began to convert people, keeping most of the pre-fall knowledge of the world they can salvage, especially in regards to their sacred texts. They are currently the standing stronghold of Hinduism (or at least, their interpretation of it) within Commonshire.
What's your nation's economy based off and what resources do you have? Probably like very primitive barter trade on the outside and with the council trying a self-sustaining autarky.
From 1-10, how much pre-collapse technological know-how has your nation retained?: 7.5
How has your nation dealt with the mass immigration from Urban and oversea's area's? We let in willing converts. Chant the mantra or don't go in, we say.
What languages/dialects does your nation speak? English and maybe some aborigine languages. Sanskrit and some other indian languages survive among the liturgies and songs of Gaudiya Vaishnava, and some, mainly the gurus, have fluency on the ancient language.
Do you have a state religion, and if so what is it? What religion do your people follow also? Gaudiya Vaishnava Hinduism, the perscribed faith of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
What resources/Sources of income and or food does your nation have? WIP
will you be sending a puppet? If so, who is the puppetmaster? Victoriala breh

[Sebtopiaris]

wait why is tech so high mang? You guys have barter. Maybe put it somewhere like 7.5.

[Sebtopiaris]

Accepted.

[Zadiner]

Will make puppet probs tomorrow, so are all major cities dead or non available?

[Sebtopiaris]

Check the map in the OP. The only things dead are capital cities because nukes, but you can have warlord states with scavenger markets around them or just take cities like the sunshine coast or toowoomba next to bombed out cities.

[Zadiner]

Sunshine Coast, you are mine!
But im goin out now so i will do this later. Im in AEST

[Sebtopiaris]

Have fun

[Moreton-Sunshine Coast]

Official Name of Nation: The Republic of Moreton-Sunshine Coast
Common Name of Nation: Sunshine Coast or Sunny Coast
Population: 921 925
Location on map: Sunshine Coast and the council area of Moreton Bay (will provide pic soon)
Colour on map: :3 Gold
What's your nation's government like? A Prime minister is in charge and no one can object to his party's decision. Very power hungry
How did your nation come in to being after the collapse? After the apocalypse reached brisbane, the Sunshine Coast almost died. It relied so much on Brisbane that its economy fell immediately. It attempted to recover but due to the loss if technology much was lost. After a few years Brisbane was mostly abandoned and Sunshine Coast seized the former council area of Moreton Bay. It then declared itself a republic called Moreton-Sunshine Coast.
What's your nation's economy based off and what resources do you have? the economy is based off farming and the agricultural sector. It does not have many resources except for farming resources.
From 1-10, how much pre-collapse technological know-how has your nation retained? (1 Being stuck using swords and bows and 10 being a few relatively modern guns, widely equiped bolt action firearms, Some modern armour, some vehicles,etc): 6
How has your nation dealt with the mass immigration from Urban and oversea's area's? (if this is so) After the death of Brisbane many people flocked to Sunshine Coast for safety. However there was no housing space and no money to buy new houses so large slums were at up all over the city. After the claim of Moreton bay the population grew more and many people were moved to that area where more slums were set up.
What languages/dialects does your nation speak? English
Do you have a state religion, and if so what is it? What religion do your people follow also?There is no state religion but most peopel are Christian.
What resources/Sources of income and or food does your nation have? most of income is from the agricultural sector, with the areas being fishing and farming. Other than that the bation has little income.
will you be sending a puppet? If so, who is the puppetmaster? this is the puppet, the master is Zadiner

[Sebtopiaris]

Accepted bois.