35% Spanish 20% Charbagnian 27% Aprosian 13% Linavian 4% Other Islander 1% Other European-Descendant
Religion
89% Islam 6% Christianity 3% Folk Charbagnian 2% Other
Demonym
Charbagnian
Government
Unitary Parliamentary Republic
President
Ardeshir Delgado
Prime Minisder
Rosalva Guadarrama
Chancellor
Emilio Suero
Chief Justice
Blas Sauvageau
Legislature
Parliament
Upper House
National Assembly
Lower House
House of Commons
Independence from the Kingdom of Spain
Proclaimed
11 February 1873
Recognized
14 July 1873
Federal Union Formed
01 January 1881
Occupation Regime
1945/48 - 1989
Modern Republic Formed
11 August 1990
Area
Total Area
Water (%)
Land Area
359,000 km2
93.3
23,884 km2
Population
Current Estimate
2020 Census
Density
10,313,086
10,310,700
432/km2
GDP
Total
Per capita
$251.6 billion
$24,399
Currency
Charbagnian Peso (C$) (RCP)
Time Zone
UTC-9 (Central Gael Time)
Summer (DST)
UTC-8 (Central Gael Summer Time)
Date Format
dd/mm/yyyy
Driving Side
right
Calling Code
+245
Short Code
RC
Internet TLD
.rc
Charbagnia, officially known as the Charbagnian Republic (RC), is a parliamentary republic in the Southern Sea consisting of the islands of Charbagnia in the south and a group of islands east of Kaumpirko, with which it shares a maritime border. Its geography is defined by the formerly volcanic mountains of Charbagnia and the string of low-laying islands, reefs, and cays of the northern atoll. Its capital, San Armo de Esmerelda, lies in the large Esmerelda Bay, which is also home to the vast majority of Charbagnia's population of 10 million.
Charbagnia was known to be inhabited by humans since at least the First Century BCE as recorded in ancient archives in Mirik Szil, Razzgriz, although historians suggest an earlier settlement by Proto-Aprosian peoples in a migration theory shared with various Southern Sea nations. Its first civilization was noted around the same time and has been referred to as the Charbagnian Kingdom, which eventually united the central island around the 230s CE. The islands were discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 and were subsequently colonized by the Spanish in the 1570s.
Following European colonization, slaves from Martenyika, and the Argean Sea were imported as a labor force for the colonial holdings in various cash crop industries, and as domestic servants. In addition, Salimanic settlers, partly as an addition to the slave labor and partly as an independent people, also arrived in numbers in Charbagnia. As a result of integrating into the Argean Sea Slave Trade, Charbagnia became a focal point in the Southern Sea Trade Network, linking Aprosia, Argus, and Gael in an ironic inversion of the Atlantic Triangle Trade. In the wake of the anti-Spanish Revolutions, Spanish colonial authority in Charbagnia eroded enough to prompt a slave revolt in the rich plantations of northern Charbagnia island, spreading as a general revolt that won Charbagnian independence in 1873.
Since then, Charbagnia has been an unstable state as it has attempted to develop its economy and society multiple times, each stymied by internal ethnic conflicts and external political forces. Suzerainty under The United Republics ofDormill and Stiura from the 1900s through the 1940s also brought with it Fraternalism, which further stunted Charbagnian development. Caught again in the Aprosian-Doraltic Cold War of the late 2000s and 2010s, Charbagnia was invaded by Aprosian forces in 2017, leaving the nation struggling to find its footing and once again under the thumb of Doraltic influence.
There are two distinct names associated with the Charbagnian Republic. Charbagnia itself has unclear origins but it is believed that it came from either Dorvod or native Charbagnian populations in the northern islands. As of the present day, Charbagnia refers to the national identity and the primary mixed-origin ethnic group (mainly consisting of Native-European mixed peoples).
History In the aftermath of the Imperial War's eastern front, Charbagnia was invaded by a Kamupirkan-led Free Powers force, after which the islands were transferred to an Alteran occupation under the military administration that was also in league with the colonial government in Aprosia. The brief flirt with Utopian Fraternalism and the gradual introduction of democracy in the Alteran effort to establish a new regime in Charbagnia, had begun to form a sense of shared identity among the various ethnic groups within Charbagnia, most especially in bridging the ethnically-originated class gaps thanks to Alteran Meritocracy being introduced. This is seen as the start of the modern Charbagnian national identity.
At the same time, resettlement efforts were undertaken by the Alteran government to ease the burden on the damaged infrastructure of the Esmerelda Bay area, which was encouraged by selling off plots of land in the countryside and northern islands at dirt cheap prices. This motivated large sections of the population, especially the Aprosians, Spanish, and native Charbagnians, to move out of the Esmerelda Bay and in new towns and cities being built by the Alterans. A new government, modeled based on the Alteran government, was formed in 1949, bringing an end to Alteran occupation and the transition into a new regime.
Under the new regime, reconstruction efforts finally began in earnest from 1949, focused mostly on restoring the infrastructure of San Amaro, San Pedro, Motta, and Prodefuego. Further limited efforts were also undertaken to deepen the port of San Martin, allowing for a closer connection between the Northern Islands and Charbagnia to be established. However, with the previous economy being so dependent on its relationship to Dormill and Stiura, Charbagnia lacked the finances to continue concerted reconstruction efforts as soon as 1951, with only minor repairs being completed in the Esmerelda Bay and a partially dredged Port San Martin to show for it.
The situation worsened as the Aprosian Emergency redirected the efforts of both Altera and the United Republics away from Charbagnia, siphoning desperately needed capital to wars rather than peace.
The consequences of the war combined with a large typhoon in 1952 threw the Charbagnian economy into a tailspin, stopping all reconstruction efforts entirely and putting an end to most efforts to maintain the current state of infrastructure. The government's efforts to build revenue from land sales backfired as a consequence since it became impossible to collect taxes from the value of the land they had sold (since next to none of it was improved and what was improved was being hidden by evasive accounting), forcing the government to throw the economy into hyperinflation to maintain some semblance of economic stability.
As a result of the Typhoon of 1952, that year's harvest failed. Combined with the destruction of the Bridge of Saints between San Amaro and San Pedro that blocked off the Esmerelda Bay from cargo ship access, the nation suffered a devastating famine from 1952 - 1956 which resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives in both Charbagnia and the Northern Islands. It was only thanks to the generosity of Kamupirko, which had a deep cultural tie to the Northern Islands and sought to ingratiate themselves with the Charbagnians in an effort to reclaim them, that the Esmerelda Bay was reopened to shipping, saving the nation from starving to death.
Still under the thrall of stagflation, the government functionally collapsed as experienced personnel across all branches, the people that were elevated by the Meritocratic system, abandoned Charbagnia for other nations, leaving a corps of inexperienced leaders to struggle their way to picking up the pieces. Unfortunately, this also resulted in the now Spanish-dominated government to institute Apartheid-like systems across society to limit freedoms in exchange for centralized economic direction. This would drive new wedges into Charbagnian society as the mostly non-European people that emigrated from the Esmerelda Bay area to the new lands the previous government sold were now forced to develop it under threat of repossession, deportation to another area of Charbagnia , and the redistribution of their land to other people (often European-origin) for development.
Though in some respects successful, as new farmland across the countryside and the Northern Islands began to make up for the nation's deep dependence on food imports and developed urban land became centers of industry, the demotion of such a large section of the Charbagnian population to a tier even more degrading than Civilians under the Meritocracy grew unbearable, especially for the Aprosians who looked to the Union as a model for social development. As a result, the Aprosian Peoples Front of Charbagnia formed in 1975, and immediately set out to create a new Aprosian homeland in Charbagnia and secede to join the Aprosian Union.
Under the leadership of Adem Escarrŕ and the APF of Charbagnia (APF-C), the Aprosian population of Charbagnia gathered together under a new community parallel and in opposition to the Meritocratic government. This distinguished itself more visibly when the northeastern city of Samarines ended Meritocracy and instituted Aprosian socialism in its place in a violent uprising against the Spanish-majority city government. Though the central government in San Amaro considered deploying the military to bring an end to the revolt, they were stopped when Aproisa threatened to intervene if its people were attacked in Charbagnia. Without the forces or international support to stand up against Aprosia, the San Amaro government began a policy of salutary neglect for APF-C territories within Charbagnia in exchange for assurances that their presence would not threaten Charbagnian territorial integrity. Escarrŕ agreed to this arrangement and turned the APF-C's energies towards peaceable political reform rather than revolution. However, as the 1980s began, tensions in the neighboring Kaumpirko began to spill over into the Northern Islands, which were still mostly settled by people with close ties to the Telke, driving protests against the San Amaro government charged with calls for secession.
This growing crisis in the Northern Islands combined with an existing tense situation between the Charbagnians, Spanish, and Aprosians escalated out of control in March of 1989 when nearly 300 students from the University of Santa Ana were killed at a football game riot against the University of Samarines. The ethnically charged fight started from a rivalry on the field and ended in a crush that killed 300 and injured close to 200 more in the largest act of violence in Charbagnia since the Imperial War. Now incensed against each other, the APF-C declared war against the Charbagnian Student's Union, resulting in coordinated gang violence across Santa Ana, San Javier, San Martin, and Saisan. In response, Charbagnian soldiers and officers within the Charbagnian armed forces began attacking the APF without orders from central command.
When President Florián Philippe Garcia attempted to restore order within the ranks of the military on 2 April 1989, General Severo Salcedo refused to stand down, declaring "Our nation is at war against the Aprosians, do not force us to go to war with Charbagnia as well," in a national radio broadcast. The Presidential Guard and National Police attempted to arrest General Salcedo that night but his forces proved far more effective than the central government anticipated, leading to the Coup of 3 April, ending with Salcedo taking over as Interim President. Now with the resources of the state at his disposal, his self-declared war against the Aprosians escalated into a full-blown genocide as APF-C members and their allies were systematically targeted across Charbagnia.
By that June, General Salcedo declared the creation of the Charbagnian Republic with a new constitution that granted him autocratic power as "Chief Defender of the Charbagnian People" and further escalated his campaign with nightly bombings of Samarines and villages across the Charbagnian mainland.
[International Intervention]
The local region comes together to help pick up the pieces and dedicates enough money and manpower to reconstruction to make up for lost productivity left over from the Imperial War.
1990 - 2004: A New Democratic government takes charge in Charbagnia but is still beleaguered by authoritarian tendencies as efforts continue to build a unique Charbagnian nation. This includes:
Attempting to create a Spanish-Severok hybrid language (which does partially succeed as Spanish Latin script supplants Arabic as the main script for Severok within Charbagnia)
Adopting new teaching standards for history to reinforce the myth of an already extant Pan-Charbagnian identity
These efforts overall demanded high government oversight into the daily lives of the people. Combined with low political participation and a decentralized social structure, this sets the conditions for the ostensibly democratic government to remain semi-authoritarian, functionally a partiocracy (Rule by Political Parties) split along ethnic and class lines, regime.
2004 - 2014: Peace and Prosperity reign as Charbagnia is able to leverage its small economy and beautiful Southern Sea Vistas (especially the Northern Islands) to become a local tourist hub, contributing billions in GDP for the nation and financing infrastructure and social spending.
2014: Aftershocks of the Doraltic recession finally hit Charbagnia as tourism slumps. A sudden change in the government by an upstart populist riding the wave of discontent sends the government into a panic as parties’ system of control has been hijacked by an outsider.
This prompts a sudden renewal in ethnic violence especially in the North where a sizable Aprosian-Charbagnian population moved to during the tourism boom. This violence is condemned internationally and strongly by Aprosia, which views the renewed violence in Aprosian communities as a concerted effort towards genocide by the mostly Spanish government, which denies the allegations.
2015: After several appeals by the Aprosian Government and the League, the populist government rebuffs international efforts to intervene, declaring that further attempts to meddle in Charbagnian affairs would be considered a declaration of war.
Simultaneously, government intervention in the conflicts has escalated, lending credence that a genocide might be happening within Charbagnia.
Around autumn, an independent report from an investigative journalist reveals the government’s heavy-handed approach in combatting the insurgency in the north, acting with little regard to the population in even the major cities. This information is construed as willful ignorance towards an Aprosian genocide within the Aprosian government, which launches sanctions.
2016: After preparations, Aprosia formally begins “Peace Operations” in Charbagnia to bring an end to the government’s operations in the northern islands. Kaumpirko, seeing the Northern Islands as an extension of their territory and desiring to integrate the Dorvod population within, openly supports Aprosia and deploys forces of their own.
Dormill and Stiura, fearing Aprosian expanding and the possibility of enveloping Hintuwan (a key point of momentum for the Doraltic Navy in the far south), petitions the League for a ceasefire and a League mission to restore the peace. Barbs are thrown from both sides and the efforts to win a ceasefire instead produces Aprosia’s expulsion from the League, granting D&S some legal leverage in conducting counter-operations.
2017: After resolving a sudden crisis in Arvan after a major oil scare caused by Aprosia suddenly cutting its supply to the region, Dormill and Stiura pivots its forces to intervene in Charbagnia, gathering a coalition (including Yursea, Renet, Razzgriz, Hintuwan, and Corindia) and striking to dislodge the Aprosian and Kaumpirkan forces from the North Islands. Thanks in large part to coalition air power, centered on the carriers VRS Union, VRS Prosperity, RNS Pride of the Republic, and the CNS Barbet, the Aprosian and Kaumpirkan forces were eventually forced away from Charbagnia.
Post-War: The damage the war caused to the northern islands has rendered them mostly useless as a stable source of tourist revenue (even though a now smaller number of people still visit), leading a crime and poverty quagmire that has dragged the entire area down in terms of quality of life. This in turn has inspired gangs, cartels, and full-blown terrorists to rise in an effort to seize control for themselves.
2019: A Sarin attack by terrorists in Independence City prompts investigations as to the war materiel left behind. Consequently, Dormill and Stiura begins operation Golden Fleece (in conjunction with Greatshield in San Javier) to assist the government in stabilization efforts.
Present: The Doraltic operation is set to end before winter, leaving an open question as to what will happen with Charbagnia without its primary security guarantor. Though the terrorists have been suppressed, some believe they are hiding their time and waiting for the inevitable departure of Doraltic forces and the ensuing power vacuum. This will be Charbagnia’s current RP draw, a region of the world teetering over the abyss and after a situation where many of the possible participants will have to reconcile differences and overcome obstacles to either ensure the continued peace, or condemn Charbagnia to repeat the cycle of violence with an unknown threat of ordinance looming below.
The physical geography of the Charbagnia is varied. The islands are mostly mountainous and hilly, with pockets of flat terrain mostly seen in the center of the country or by the coast. The north of the island of Charbagnia contains the Republic's biggest mountain range called the 'Grandes Dents' mountain range, home to the mineral wealth of the nation. The tallest mountain in the Republic, and all of Charbagnia, is Mont Gris, in the Grandes Dents mountain range. The river with the highest volume of water is the River Dieudonné in the North West of the country. The largest lake by surface area and volume is Traub in Altges.
Charbagnia has a warmer, Tropical climate. Average temperatures are around 15-25° Celsius. Charbagnia experiences short periods of heavy rain and damp weather, mostly experiencing dry periods throughout the year, especially in the summer with extremely low precipitation. Summers are usually very warm and winters are usually no different, maintaining a steady average temperature throughout the year.
Government Main Article: Government of French Charbagnia French Charbagnia is a Unitary Semi-presidential Constitutional Republic, with elements of social democracy in a mostly multi-party system of governance. In all official capacity, French Charbagnia is a capitalist nation, but has practiced some aspects of socialism and centralized economic planning as a means to maintain the country.
Though a Unitary State, French Charbagnia grants considerable amounts of autonomy to subnational units, with Parliament purposely designed to only handle issues of national importance as a safeguard against overreach.
French Charbagnia has defined three branches to its government:
The Legislature: Vested in the Parliament The Executive: Vested in the co-offices of President and Prime Minister The Judiciary: Vested in the Supreme Court
In French Charbagnia, the President is defined as "the Head of the French Charbagnian State in all official functions, the Chief Executive, Commander-in-Chief of all Armed Forces, and Arbiter of the will of the Parliament". The President is not officially the Head of the Charbagnian Government, but does have the power to appoint or remove all Ministers of the Parliament subject to a vote by Parliament or approval by the Supreme Court.
The President of French Charbagnia, who has no official style, is elected via national election every 5 years and are limited to 2 terms excluding instances where a Vice President has served as President for more than half of their predecessor's term, in which case they are limited to a single term. The Prime Minister, by contrast, is an appointed position by the President, typically reserved to the person who can "command the confidence of more than two-thirds of Parliament". This means that party bosses of the largest party (or leading party of a coalition) is usually appointed by the President. A Prime Minister's term is only subject to the President and their ability to command the confidence of the Parliament, and thus has no explicit term limit and can even serve under multiple Presidents.
As a Unitary State, French Charbagnia has no subnational territory that exercises independence from Parliament, though in practice the Constitution of French Charbagnia has granted significant autonomy and power to subnational units as a method of preventing an overreach of power from Parliament so soon in the country's existence. Therefore, the Republic is first divided into "Regions" that carry over the old state borders of the Charbagnian Federation. The Republic lays claim to four regions, Clermont, Maibeaux, Frébonne, and Soignane; although the Republic only is in de facto control of Clermont and Maibeaux. Regions have no local government and are only used by the Republic to organize the administration of its territory. Under regions are Departments, which do have local governments, these are followed by Municipalities and Communes.
North Charbagnia is not widely recognized by the international community, only recently receiving recognition by the United Republics of Dormill and Stiura in early 2019. Presently, the North Charbagnian military is purely a land force, consisting of around 10,000 total personnel divided into local units. These units are supplemented by militias, police, and other groups of armed civilians. The North Charbagnian economy is driven mostly by mineral extraction and exportation, with some level of the local agricultural industry that has been directed by the government to ensure that the nation can be self-sustainable in the aspects of food, there is a small tertiary sector mostly vested in tourism and related industries, but these have been severely curtailed since the civil war.
At present, the government's primary foreign policy goal is to continue gaining international recognition as a distinct and separate state from the Charbagnian Federation and assert its sovereignty over the remaining predominantly French territories of Charbagnia, vested mostly in the former states of Frébonne and Soignane. Some international observers accuse Dormill and Stiura of subverting North Charbagnia's wider foreign policy into Doraltic foreign policy through its ongoing occupation, a claim that both governments have consistently denied.
The Unified National Defense Forces of Charbagnia comprises the primary fighting force of North Charbagnia. Formed from several militias that fought in the revolution against the Charbagnian Federation, the FDNU is not completely a professional force, and the central organization of the various militias that compose it is lacking.
In addition to its domestic military, the Republic of Charbagnia has also relied on the aid of the League of the Western Isles, the United Republics, and the Ahnslen Regional Stability Force to supplement the defense of the nation. Economy
Economic Indicators
Currency: Charbagnian Peso (C$) Fiscal Year: Calendar Year GDP (PPP): $251,600,000,000 GDP (PPP) per capita: $24,300 Labor Force: 3,819,580 Unemployment (as a Percentage of Population): 7%
The Republic has a lower-middle income mixed economy with larger reserves of natural resources, particularly oil and natural gas. It has a small economy with an emphasis on primary sectors. The government plays a defined role in the country's economy, overseeing quite a lot of resource planning. Nearly half of the Republic's population lives below the poverty line, and 7% are unemployed entirely, mostly thanks to the destruction of industry and property that resulted from the War and the disconnection of the major industrial centers of the south by the various occupations.
Dominating the Republic's exports abroad are oil, natural gas, metals, and timber, among refined items such as machinery and appliances, hardware, processed minerals, jewelry, and foodstuffs. Since 2005, the exports of natural resources started decreasing in economic importance as the internal market strengthened considerably. As of 2016, the primary sectors accounted for 20% of GDP and 64% of the Government budget.
International indicators show that corruption is still rife within the economy, with several sectors being dominated by monopolies or state-run enterprises such as the National Mining Cooperative, FedLine Internet Services, and others. National and International pressure to crack down on the Republic's economic corruption remains the most prevalent problem to the present government, which has made overtures to stamp down on corruption. However, internal reports indicate the government does not have the money or power to effectively combat this corruption, with many of the same monopolies having a great range of control in public and private life alongside their dominance of the economy in general.
In terms of energy use, nearly 75% of all energy consumed in the Republic of Charbagnia comes from non-renewable sources, predominantly Natural Gas with supplementary oil and coal in the mix. While the Republic, by the Constitution, dedicates itself to the protection of the environment and the abandonment of fossil fuels, plans to that effect have been slow to implement. The relative cost to establish sources of renewable power has made the transition painfully slow, with only the first solar power plant in construction so far scheduled for completion by the early 2030s.
Language The Republic of Charbagnia recognizes French as the official language for government business, though there is additionally a population of English, Spanish, Salimanese, and German speakers that have distinct language rights within their own federal states.
Charbagnian culture is deeply intertwined in the dynamic relationship between the component demographic groups of the nation, with the Republic as a whole resembling a kind of "ethnic and cultural mosaic" as opposed to a "melting pot" that is common in the Isles. This is most especially evident in the stark division between French Charbagnians, who are predominantly Catholic and conservative, and German Charbagnians, who are Protestant and liberal. These divisions have caused bouts of ethnic, cultural, and sectarian strife throughout Charbagnian history, but was brought to its height in 2018 when the German-dominated Federation used Chemical Weapons in an effort to crack down on pro-Francophone movements across the nation, prompting the ARRF's intervention.
The same is also true of the present Republic, which has spent an inordinate effort on trying to prevent the now German minority from counter-revolting against the French-dominated government.
Some of you may be confused by my recent news posts. About Kachee and whatnot joining some French Republic.
What is Kachee?
Historically Kachee was one of the many hangates that were part of the Khas-Kirat Empire. Since, most of the so-called Kachee people were Muslim Kiratis, the hangate was referred more so as a sultanate.
It joined Noronica somewhere as time passed by. And then the Charbganian Federation when it became independent of Noronica. French speakers immigrated to the island and named it Frébonne.
The French Republic of Charbagnia, a unitary semi-presidential republic, wants to unify all French-speaking regions in Charbagnia, starting with what the Magaratis call Kachee.
Who recognises Kachee?
Just Athara Magarat, Noronica and Suvurnia (Negarakita). The French Republic of Charbagnia is recognised by more nations (because reasons...and Kachee is a Sulatanate...)
Why do the Magaratis want to hand Kachee to the French Charbagnia?
Kachee has no army and it relies Magaratis...who themselves are one of the worst military on the Isles. Magaratis and the Kachee Sultan seek Kachee to have special autonomous status within French Charbagnia. And...
A. French Republic of Charbagnia has more recognition. Let's be honest, if some Kachee delegate comes at the League, it would hardly matter.
B. French Republic of Charbagnia is rapidly militarising. Their mission is to unify all French speaking regions in Charbagnia. If war happens, DS will support them and war would have ended before Magaratis can even arrive in undefended Kachee.
C. Magarati citizens do not want to anne- I mean, take care of Kachee themselves. Plenty of reasons. They are tired of being seen as that terrorist or imperialist nation. There's administrative and financial things. There are other problems...cough, cough...Hornet Wars at the moment. And I will say again that AM has one of the worst military in the Isles. Any move towards Kachee by AM is sure to raise IC eyebrows (even if you OOCly do not know where it even is). And on the funny side, Athara Magarat (18 Mgar Lands) will have to be renamed Eunnais Magarat and everyone will have headaches if this happens :P
Wait, special autonomous status for Kachee...But you said French Charbagnia a unitary state?
So is China. But Tibet still is Tibetan Autonomous Region. Kinda like that stuff.
Anyone else there?
Wellsia wants to limit Dormill and Stiuran influences in the Southern Sea. Wellsia wants to launch a preemptive strike and seize Kachee before the merger.
They will support an anti union cabinet which will overthrow the Sultan and declares a republic. Then Wellsia will send cough, cough advisers to form and train a defense force.
Ask DS or Wellsia about this for more info.
So the Magaratis are giving up just like that?
One thing AM will get is the Dormill-Stiuraian assurance that they will diplomatically back them when AM next tries to renew the Magarati Arms Limitation Treaty with the MSTO.
Suvurnia wants an independent Kachee which we can expand into economically and protect due to our religious ties, while the hard liners in PJI and WASAT want to gain Kachee as an overseas territory because of Pan-Islamism. They also don't like Wellsia in the first place.
Athara magarat I've finally gotten around to filling up my portions of your three dispatches regarding the status of cannabis, capital punishment, and LGBT rights in the Isles.
Hope you do more of that kind of thing. It was fun.
Rip trudeau. I reckon the libs won't be getting another win this year.
Almorea and The ambassador of india
Menna shuli
So next week my DM for the game I play is going to see some stupid weeb movie, so he's not running the game. Another one of the players is going to run a one shot where we're all detectives in the 1980s in Manhatten, except magic and stuff exists. I'm going to be playing a silksworn occultist, which is essentially a kind of spellcaster that gains power from how flashy they dress. I'm going to be the yuppiest, Miami Vice-looking motherf*cker of all time. My watch and my chain will give me magic powers.
The ambassador of india
I agree but you never know
Thuzbekistan
Lmao. So if you strip down for fun time, your character would be mostly unable to defend itself?
If it was a decent enough limitation from God on Samson, it's a decent enough limitation for a dude who literally gets his power from clothes
Menna shuli
Yup. No focus implements means no focus abilities or spells.
I'll still have my holdout pistol somewhere, though. He's ruling that advance firearms (which are modern firearms) are simple weapons, so I can use them.
I will start with a dispatch on the Isles Federation of Ice Hockey. Probably will make sense for it to be formed in 1919 after the Third Central Argus War.
Other than me, Polar svalbard, Domanania and Menna shuli, other than me, you guys are the ones who I know as having their own IC martial arts. Any of you guys interested in hosting the headquarters of Mixed Martial Arts Federation of Isles?
The no 1 problem is though, even xkornate does not have MMA.
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The central island is named Argus; the large island to the northeast of Argus is called Gael. The island to the west of Argus is called Raedlon.
Bold Territories
What are they? Bold territories are those little areas on the map circled or marked by black borders - their names are typically smaller and emboldened. They are portions of the map which are set aside with the sole purpose of being hubs for activity - not for the mere sake of having more land or getting something that you want. Rather, these are made normally to facilitate some sort of in character role-play. There are generally two types of bold territories - the larger, older and more traditional ones devoted to role-plays that are typically only overseen by one or two people. There is then the second category which is smaller and newer islands which are typically made with the view of having them change hands in character relatively quickly and are designed to be a proxy for wider tensions - whether this be diplomatic, economic or even in the sense of armed conflict.
In order to apply to get responsibility to out of character manage a bold territory not listed below, you should create a factbook and then post a link to it in this thread and talk about your intentions for the territory. If approved, you may then be considered as overseeing the territory.
Backstory: An area first settled by Vacrusians, it has become a contested territory both politically and ethnically. Conflict is a well established part of its history, though only recently a longstanding peace has been broken by increased hostility by both Vacrus and Kravato. Placed on an important trade route and strategically important location on the western side of South Argus, the island is a flashpoint that is only just starting to awaken yet again.
Romancia (Read Dispatch) | IC governed by independent government | OOC Managed by Baumes
Disputed | War-torn | Militarised
Backstory: Since their arrival to Baumes, the Romancians have constantly been bullied and harassed by the Baumish. Eventually, they founded the Kingdom of Romancia, but it won't be long until they were colonized by the Doraltics, and later the Baumish. But they've had enough. And after a long and bloody civil war, Romancia has finally succeeded in independence. Now war-torn and destroyed, Romancia must now rebuild itself and forge a new future.
Ideal for: Conflict RP, Diplomatic RP, Cultural RP
Backstory: Caught between the imperial ambitions of nations both foreign and native to the Western Isles, Charbagnia is in some ways a multiethnic paradise and a tribute to tolerance and equality. However, decades of political mismanagement and international strife has constantly reopened the wounds of ethnic and sectarian conflict, preventing Charbagnia from fully healing and becoming a beacon for liberty and human rights in the Southern Sea. Now faced with a growing threat of terrorism armed with the weapons of a very recent war, a powder keg has been set under the Charbagnian nation, and it is up to the nations of the Southern Sea and beyond to band together and relieve the pressure, or else condemn them all to a new age of strife and death.
Ideal for: Political/Intrigue RP, Cultural RP, and News interactions
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Faronna Islands (Dispatch not available) | IC occupied territory of Balnik | OOC Managed by Balnik
Backstory: The Faronna Islands were two Islands that were shared between Balnik and Roendavar under the 1983 Faronna Islands agreement that set the islands to be used as a nature reserve. The treaty expired and was not renewed. In 2019 surveys reported that the islands had an abundance of fossil fuels and was rich in resources. In 2020, faced with an imminent energy crisis, Balnik annexed the islands and began exploiting the islands and its resources
Keverai (Read Dispatch) | IC Governed by an independent democratic government | OOC Managed by Ainslie
Qualities: Unequal | Unsettled | Capitalised Paradise | Crime Den
Backstory: Ever since its colonisation, Keverai has been an outward looking place - seeking to absorb the prosperity and the vibrancy that comes with a multicultural experience. This has exposed it to external problems such as war, social and income inequality, and large organised crime operations within the nation. Many of these conditions were made possible through the deregulation of the economy and the flow through effects it would have. Keverai’s first truly democratic government has had a lacklustre response to these which have very much fallen short of expectations. Now, the nation is completely exposed to the risk of disaster or further instability exacerbating the existing inequality and unrest.
Ideal for: Economic, Cultural and Diplomatic roleplays
Backstory: The Norregan people came to the Wake Islands and settled around the Stakerenea Islands as early as 1000 BCE. There have been several theories of how they got there, the most plausible one being that the Norregan people are a sea-faring people from Argus. The Norregan eventually settled into small tribal communities, relying on fishing for much of their food. Around the 1600s, trade finally came to the islands from nearby Raedlon. As the world descended into wars for control, the people of Norregan began to become wary of their survival, especially as they saw the Sud and Atolla fall to foreign influence. In 1729, a tribal chieftain known as Ilinakara’Toatou Falakira, also known to the Norregan people as the Uniter (Karana), united the Stakerenea Islands, through the Gray War. The Ilinakara family would soon rule Norregan from then on as absolute monarchs, pursuing a traditional and isolationist policy and remaining guarded against the outside world. However, after the storm of 2021 that left the Wake Islands devastated, current Queen Ilinakara'Falini Okilanoa, has decided to loosen the nation's economic policies and has allowed increased foreign investment, albeit, under her severe absolute watch.
Ideal for: Economic, Cultural, and Diplomatic Roleplays and News interactions
Backstory: A confident democracy with a charismatic but politically-minded leader, Sud has long considered itself as the success story of the three Wake Island chains. Whilst it suffered to an extent from a stormfront which battered Atolla and Norregan, the disaster exposed the existing inequalities in Sudite society. Sud is the most open of the three nations, relying on international backing to maintain its confidence as an important middlepower within the Raedlon subregion. However, the reality for the Sudites is that the social issues which haunt them remain very prevalent and the same politcking that occurs in Norregan and Atolla is just as rife here.
Ideal for: Political/Intrigue RP, Economic RP and News interactions
Qualities: Liberal Conservative | Meritocratic | Democratic | Fledgling Capitalist | Altera Dependent
Backstory: Since first being 'discovered' by the fledgling Alteran Republics in the 1460's, the island nation would soon become a keystone in the formation of the Alteran Commonwealth several centuries later. Battered by regular storms and harsh weather, the island inhabitants of Atolla grew to become a hardy and resilient people. Combined with imported traits and a thirst for mercantilism, the Atollan people would become an island of shopkeepers, establishing strong trade links with its neighbours in Raedlon. For whatever reason, whether thanks to subtle social or economic changes, Atolla never truly blossomed as an island nation and would remain strongly dependent on its Alteran colonial masters. However, thanks to continued investment and a brief flirt with independence; Atolla formally gained independence in 2016 after a slim referendum victory. Despite this, the nation stands at a crossroads - do they use their new independence to cut off colonial ties and seek their own glory - or acknowledge their allies and seek the safety and comfort of a like-minded friend?
Ideal for: Economic, Cultural and Diplomatic roleplays
Backstory: Originally a disputed territory, the Sunset Isle never attracted much attention due to its apparent lack of relevant natural resources and to the extreme hostility of its native tribe, the Akari. The situation quickly changed when a team of illegal researchers discovered massive deposits of highly valuable resources on the island in 2021. This led to a military standout between Laeden and Martenyika that nearly evolved into a full scale armed conflict. Thankfully, both nations agreed to discuss the matter in an arbitration court, who ruled that the Akari and their traditional island should be respected and that foreigners should not approach or land there under any circumstance.
Backstory: Ever since the late 14th century, the archipelago has been the site of several territorial claims and disputed. Initially a territory of the Kingdom of Tesselia in Ainslie, it was later sold to Uprea and over time, became colonised be several other states which often come and go. Today, Sawneeak Atoll is still largely disputed and borders are often still unofficial. However, it is clear that the area will continue to grow and the future of the archipelago is in the hands of the ruling governments.
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