Nation Building 800 Years Later CS

[Fishman Lord]

Nation Sheet

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Main RP Thread: 800 Years Later

 

[Locklaklazarii]

Nation Sheet

Nation Name: The Republic of Canucia

Nation Flag/Symbol:

Location: Current day Toronto to Montreal, with farmland going north

Population: 500,000

Culture: Think Renaissance Italy

Religion: Catholic

Major towns/cities: Ontario (location of modern day Toronto), Ottawa (the only semi-surviving old world city), New France (Montreal's old location)

Government Type: Merchant Republic (with slight theocracy)

History: Formed 50 years ago by an alliance between the city states of Ontario, Ottawa, and New France when the leaders of those city states all had at least two sons and two daughters and they were inter married. There are three main families the Alaire of Ottawa, the Finex of New France, and the Savard of Ontario. They are the three richest family and those with the most history and influence. For the 50 years that Canucia has been around they have served only to strengthen their deals with the surrounding people, often amassing more land via marriage and other negotiations, they try to avoid war at all costs but are prepared to act if it does come to fruition. The Republic is ruled by the Majority leader who is elected by his party, the Majority Leader dictates which laws are put up for a vote and for electing new members of the council. The Majority Leader is kept up for very high standards and if he breaks those standards any man can put him to trail for treason or for sin. The second highest official is the Pope, who is run out of Ottawa, and elected by the cardinals.

honestly not too much to say here they've had a peaceful and prosperous run.

Other: Official language is Montresh, a combination of french and english

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Name: Petre Alaire de Ottawa

Dynasty: Alaire Family

Age: 29

Gender: M

Culture: Ottawan

Religion: Catholic

Appearance:

Personality: A clever and crude businessman and politician, he is very proper and very calculated, often weighing every outcome of an action before taking it, some of the people in the city have gone to calling him the Viper due to his ruthless and cunning ways.

History: He received schooling well into his adult years, he was 18 when he had stopped schooling and began to pick up the life of trade a politics, by the age of 25 he had positioned himself with the most wealth and power in the Republic and serves as the Majority leader to this day. He was promised to wed his wife Marie Fenix, eldest and only daughter of the Fenix patriarch, and wed her when she was 12 and he 13. When the patriarch of the Feix died he enheritied much of the family's wealth, he has kept the rest of the family around for support and treats them as if they were his own family.

Spouse: Marie Fenix-Alaire de New-France

Children: They have 3 children Twin girls - 5 years, and a Boy - 3 years.

 

[RIPSaidCone]

Directive 40
United States of America
"Preserving our Past to Protect our Future."

Location:
Wrangell-St Elias National Park, Alaska

Population:
102,000
(250,000 frozen embryos)

Leaders:
Director. Elizabeth Tanwell
Admiral. Michael Kainsley

Culture:
Due to the cryogenic nature of the few hundred thousand citizens of Directive 40, the culture of the organization has remained unchanged from the ways of the old world for 800 years. Although due to the strict requirements that were needed to be met by recruits all those centuries ago, the people of Directive 40 are a hardy bunch and stronger than any of their now long dead peers in both the mental and physical fields. The culture of Directive 40 again remains just as the old world's American culture was, entertainment, luxury and a patriotic attitude towards their duty still form the foundations of their beliefs and work ethic.

Religion:
Athiesm, Protestantism

Capital:
Arcadia Mountain Complex

The Arcadia Mountain Complex or AMC as it's known for short is a vast, underground facility built beneath Mt St. Elias. Constructed between the years of 2018 and 2030 it was at the time one of the most ambitious construction projects of the federal government, due to rising global tensions and growing fears of many civilization-ending scenarios it was desired to be built within such a short time frame by the then-current President. Though despite the hastiness that it was built with, the AMC remains a state-of-the-art facility with all the necessities and luxuries that an American citizen of the Old World would require or want. Split up into various smaller administrative divisions in-order to allow for easier local governing and organization the AMC is a very well-ordered piece of architecture, connected by a series of high-speed elevators and tram systems it is essentially a medium-sized city within a mountain. Around ten miles from the main facility however there is also another large underground complex, though this one is not intended to host inhabitants but rather materials and supplies that would be needed for said inhabitants upon their waking up in the future. This massive storage facility is known as the Einsenhower Vault, named after the President who signed Directive 40.

Government Type:
Technocratic Oligarchy

History:
Named after the executive order for the Continuity of Operations Plan of the United States federal government, Directive 40 is a collection of 80,000 of America's best and brightest both in civilian and military fields. Chosen for not only their skills but their mindset and loyalty, the Directive was formed nearly two decades prior to the outbreak, in 2018 under the Trump Administration as tensions in the Korean Peninsula continued to intensify and a new revision of the nation's continuity programs by the Department of Homeland Security had deemed them ineffective for the modern world. As such a new plan was put into place, an underground community of 80,000 strong that was to be built underneath the Wrangell-St Elias National Park in the state of Alaska, far from any major population centers and still within US territory. It was decided that if the world was to end that the United States would continue to function as a nationstate, and so the recruiting process begun. Taking everyone from engineers to chemists to biologists, from farmers to carpenters to electricians and from pilots to Rangers to SEALs. Every kind of person in every kind of important occupation was considered and recruited.

Of course when the outbreak begun and society began to collapse, not everything had worked out just the way the government had planned but that was to be expected. A few small numbers of intended recruits had fallen victim to the disease before making their way to the bunkers though they were quickly replaced by others who had been unknowingly put into reserve folders by the respective government organization that they worked for. And so as the world around them collapsed, Directive 40 was put into effect and a total of 80,000 American souls were put into cryostasis underneath Alaskan soil, where they would either be woken up the remains of the US government in a year or a decade if the outbreak had been contained. Or they would remain sleeping for the next eight hundred years as was protocol. Obviously the latter had become reality. Now, eight centuries later the ancient souls have finally begun to wake up from their long rest and have quickly been put to work. With their first set of orders to make sure the facilities they will be living in are in perfect condition and their second set of orders to find out just what remains of the world they left behind so many years ago.

Other:
Directive 40 itself is solely a government organization technically, although it does have a majority of the population as civilian workers. They all work under the Directive's orders, as such there are no privately owned businesses as of now. Though the Directive's leadership is working towards establishing free and fair elections, a Congress, Senate and Office of the President along with reorganizing and establishing private property ownership. However due to the vast majority of the Directive's population having just woken up and operations having just begun, as such leadership made the wise decision of establishing what the situation for the rest of the United States and Canada was prior to reorganizing the US government and economy.

Rules of Engagement:

Under no circumstances are Directive personnel to interfiere with events that do not naturally include the Directive in the outside world unless authorized otherwise.

Under no circumstances are Directive personnel to make contact with any individual or group of individuals in the outside world unless authorized otherwise.

Under no circumstances are Directive personnel to make their presence known to individuals in the outside world unless authorized otherwise.

All USAF/Navy/Marine pilots of the Directive will maintain high altitudes and avoid any known-populated territories as to not disturb any uncontacted civilizations.

All Science Division personnel must be accompanied by Military Division personnel when taking expeditions to the outside world.

No unauthorized personnel are to leave the Mountain Complex, any authorized excursions to the outside by civilian personnel must be limited to the surrounding National Park.

Any technological, cultural or otherwise significant changes to any known civilizations of the outside world must be recorded and reported in to the Science Division.

Military:

Spoiler: Military Specifications

Personnel:
96 Navy SEALs
800 Army Rangers
340 Air Force Members
1,400 Army Infantrymen
1,840 United States Marines
4,388 Navy Crewmen
3,500 Army Engineers (Double as civilian contractors)

Vehicles:
30 LAV-25's
30 M2 Bradley's
20 M1A2 Abrams
15 M109 Paladins
685 JLTV Oshkoshs
20 M88 Recovery Vehicles
60 M997A3 Ambulances
20 Light Strike Vehicles
140 Ranger Special Operations Vehicles
300 MTVR's

Aircraft:
9 UH-60 Ghost Hawks
50 SH-60 Seahawks
15 AH-1Z Vipers
10 MV-22 Ospreys
33 CH-47 Chinooks
20 F/A-18E Super Hornets
24 F-15E Strike Eagles
2 C-17 Globemasters
3 C-12 Hurons
20 MQ-9 Reapers
10 RQ-170 Sentinels

Ships:
1 Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
3 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
2 Ticonderoga-class cruiser
20 Landing Craft Air Cushions
2 Fuel Tankers
1 Replenishment Oiler

Character Sheets

Name:
Elizabeth Tanwell

Family:
Tanwell

Age:
82

Gender:
Female

Culture:
British-American

Religion:
Athiest

History:
Born in London, England to an elite family. Elizabeth was destined from birth to achieve great things, attending Oxford University and getting her PhD's in both Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering relatively young in life. She went into work almost immediately after her higher education ended, spending a few years in the Ministry of Defence before she moved to the United States with her husband, Edward and their newborn daughter, Louis in the early 1990s and took up a job in DARPA rather quickly due to her recommendation from her former employers in the MoD and her already stunning credentials. Although her husband did die from a heart attack not many years after their move to the US, that did little to slow her work ethic. And from there on out she progressed through the ranks until she became the newest Director of the Agency just prior to the Plague's beginning.

Spouse:
Edward Tanwell (Deceased)

Children:
Sarah Tanwell​

Name:
Michael Kainsley

Family:
Kainsley
Age:
47

Gender:
Male

Culture:
American

Religion:
Protestant

History:
Born in Seattle, Washington, USA to a working class family with a strong industrial and military tradition. Michael hadn't had an easy life like many of his future peers in the Naval Academy had, he grew up working tough, manual jobs after doing fairly decent in his elementary, middle and high school years and finding his only escape in life through the military. Enlisting in the Navy as an officer and passing through his class with flying colors. At age 25 he met his now-wife, Laura at a nightclub in Honolulu whilst on shore leave. Not long after he was put in command of his first ship, the USS Hopper, an Arleigh-burke class destroyer. A few years after that it was the USS Carl Vinson and by the time out of the Plague's arrival, he was a four star Admiral. Making him one of the perfect candidates for a military leadership role in Directive 40, most notably over the SEAL element.

Spouse:
Laura Kainsley

Children:
Catherine Kainsley​

 

[Fishman Lord]

The Kingdom of Baja

Location: Baja California Peninsula

Population: 396,860

Culture: Bajacalifornio

Religion: Psicodélico. Psicodélico is a religion based on the idea that hallucinations are actually messages of the divine. Its rituals include drug use and the act of hallucinating is seen as a way to communicate with the dead, the spirits, and even people from other worlds. Psicodélico has thousands of gods and spirits, including figures from the Old World as well as entirely fictional ones and famous lords. It is believed those who achieve true greatness in their lives become gods.
Major towns/cities:
La Paz, capitol.
Ensenada, major vassal capitol.
Tijuana, major port.
Mexicali, inland trading center.

Government Type: Cartel Monarchy. The Monarch rules over his vassals, much like in traditional feudalism, but here the primary vassals are Cartels. Cartels are mercantile vassals, with their power and value tied directly to their fields of marijuana, opium, and other drugs, which fund the economy of Baja. The Cartels fight amongst each other to gain control of farmland and fields so that they may be the richest and most powerful. The King is referred to as the César.

History: For a long time after the Plague, Baja was desolate, inhabited only by fishing villages and raiders. These raider bands were vicious, attacking all across California and Northwest Mexico. Some of these raiders eventually settled down using their large amounts of wealth and formed small fiefdoms. These fiefdoms were nothing special until the reintroduction of marijuana through trade. Soon, these tiny petty kingdoms had a major mercantile place thanks to the trade of drugs, and small groups of fiefdoms began to condense into the Cartels, named after mythical drug gods of before the Plague. In the early 27th century, Jorge Allende of the La Paz Cartel led a campaign of conquest across Baja, forcing all the other Cartels to submit to his rule. From that point on, the Allendes have ruled Baja, practicing the rituals of Psicodélico and bringing the drug trade to the rest of America, from marijuana to opium.

Other: Baja's economy is largely based on their drug trade, which allows the Cartel Lords to have the riches and luxury they enjoy. It also gives them influence.


Tiberio Allende

Dynasty:
The Most Royal and Visionary House Allende

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Culture: Bajacalifornio

Religion: Psicodélico

Appearance:

Personality: Tiberio is quiet when speaking to people personally. He comes off as slightly distant or calculating, but he's very clear in what he means. He has fairly good control over his temper, but if you push too far he'll snap, yelling at you and quite possibly hurting you. In public he can pretend to be more outgoing, loud and well-spoken. This is the face he shows at feasts or for the peasants.

History: Tiberio was the eldest son of Cesár Antonio Allende II. Tiberio was a bastard, born of one of the kitchen ladies, but his father took a liking to him and kept him in the castle. Growing up he competed with his brothers, especially Julio, the oldest legitimate son. Julio and Tiberio were both friends and hateful enemies, sometimes working together and laughing and others trying to hurt each other and cause pain. Antonio II died when Tiberio was 20 and Julio was 19. The vassal Cartels were split in who they supported as heir and so to avoid civil war Julio challenged Tiberio to a one-on-one duel to be Cesár. Tiberio accepted, and after a short but bloody fight Julio was dead. From then on, Tiberio was Cesár of Baja.

Spouse/s: Maria Colombo(daughter of lord of the Colombo Cartel, age 23)

Children: Sofia Allende(age 4), Valencia Allende (Age 6, bastard)

Other major family: Augusto Allende(half-brother, 25), Bella Allende(half-sister, 24), Constantino Allende(half-brother, age 14)​

 

[General Deth Glitch]

The Rust Belt​

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Location(on map, stay reasonable, we're talking maybe 40,000 square miles): View attachment 353926

Population(300,000-600,000): 333,333

Culture: Rosstoman, a culture about the preservation of the technology of the past. There are a few major celebrations, foremost is the night of mourning, an all night party complete with bonfires and drinking until sunrise to mourn the day the old world ended. Another major celebration is the 'Rusting of Youth' ceremony where teenagers on the cusp of adulthood that want to join the Brotherhood of Chrome are sent off to find old world tech and return with offerings for the Grand Fabricator, some of whom are then given chosen to join.

Religion: Rust Cultist. A religion about researching old world tech and attempting to repair it as best as possible. It is lead by the Grand Fabricator

Major towns/cities: Detroit

Government Type: Promogeniture Theocracy.

History: After the fall of everything the culture of glorifying rusted buildings and objects as art in the region took hold and began to be skewed. After a couple generations the culture began to influence the descendents of James J Couzens and, more specifically, Mary Elizabeth II Couzens. She took an old revolver her family had kept and, being very careful as to how often she fired it, showed people its power and awe. She told them of the past and the power that man once held. That mankind could kill entire households with the twitch of a finger but also cure cancer with poisoned light. She showed them that marvel that was the past. The impossibilities that lay there. Predictably, they moped it up. Before long she had a strong following and began to take over the city of Detroit. Those who bend their knee and accepted her as their leader were spared and those who tried to stand against her found one of her limited number of bullets through their skull. In time, generation on generation, the majority of the old world 'rust belt' and much of the surrounding regions either fell in line or fell in the dust against The Rust Belt. In time more techniques and weapons of the old world have been found to help them grow in strength.

Other:

Military: Their Military is very equipped, although the good equipment is not very well executed.
Its small and I will quantify it when I have time soon. They have five guys with guns for reasons I will explain but has been okayed by Fish. Not gud guns though, don't worry.

Character/Ruler Sheet

Name: Henry Couzens

Dynasty: Couzens

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Culture: Rostomann

Religion: Rust Cultist

Appearance(image or description):

Personality: Curious

History:

Spouse/s: Wife

Children: 7

Other major family: WIP ON ALL OF IT GOOD NIGHT

 

[Pat]

Work in Progress

Kingdom of Columbia​

Location: Entirety of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Hollywood. Outskirts of said cities and communities.

Population: 595,777.

Culture: Columbian, a multicultural American-Hispanic-Asian menagerie of customs and traditions.

Religion: Catholicism.

Major Cities: Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Hollywood.

Government: Monarchy.

History: After the plague of 2034 and the subsequent mass exodus of citizens due the deteriorating infrastructure of Los Angeles that made a population of millions possible, the city fell as many did into the depths of lawlessness and barbarism. It was not until the later half of the 23rd Century that the sparse civilized settlements of the ruins banded together under the banner of the Kingdom of Adytum, a fortified walled compound within the former Marina Del Rey area that afforded great protection and luxury to it's thousands of subjects. Quickly consolidating it's position of power within the burned and blasted rubble, in the centuries to come the various gangs and tribes of the area would be eradicated by it's knights in the pursuit of a lasting peace for her people. These pacification campaigns would largely end by the 25th Century, with the Kingdom of Adytum's only remaining rivals being other city-states. Waging countless wars with her neighbors, Adytum would come to encompass all of former Santa Monica, Hollywood, and in time, of Los Angeles. Eventually being renamed the Kingdom of Columbia in honor of it's unimaginably prosperous and glorious past-self, by the the 28th century it has become an economic powerhouse, established a small yet powerful navy, and become one of the most populated kingdoms of the West Coast.

Military: As with all militaries of North America, the Kingdom of Columbia's army and navy is maintained by it's many barons and baronesses in peacetime and that of it's monarch in wartime. In a word, a perfect example of feudalism. Due to this, Columbia's martial strength on land relies primarily on peasants who are often conscripted and pressed into service as longbowmen or pikemen. The former being particularly renowned, as the many kings and queens of the Kingdom of Columbia have mandated communities larger than a hundred souls train their young in the usage of the longbow. The navy, on the other hand, is unique in the fact that it is a standing professional force that asserts Columbian dominance of the coastline and the ocean beyond it through the efforts of experienced sailors, their vessels equipped with a number of ballistae and catapults in order to inflict casualties on enemy vessels prior to the undertaking of boarding actions.

Army
Personnel: 24,224.
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The army in peacetime consists of knights and rangers, with the remainder being necessary noncombatant support personnel. When mobilized, less competent longbowmen and pikemen usually dramatically outnumber their knight and ranger brothers in size.

Pikemen
Personnel: 10,000.
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Disciplined and unwavering as a unit, many tens of thousands have died upon their pikes and shield walls since the world unraveled to it's present state.

Knights
Personnel: 1,000.
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The average knight in service to the Kingdom of Columbia is a minimum of six feet tall, exceptionally physically fit, and trained since birth in the usage of several local weapons and the execution of multiple combat styles. Outfitted with well-forged steel full plate armor and given the freedom of choice to select a variety of high quality steel weapons, they are renowned far and wide as the West Coast's finest soldiers.

Rangers
Personnel: 351.
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Rangers are revered throughout the kingdom as skilled scouts and enforcers of order and law. Although not raised for their role, they are known far and wide for their deadly marksmanship with longbows and capability to traverse the vast deserts without being seen or heard.

Navy
Personnel: 2,799.
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The proud Columbian Navy expertly sails twenty-one carracks, each and every one of the vessels armed with a ballista or catapult in the bow of the ship which offers crewmen unparalleled superior firepower against it's rivals in the Pacific Ocean.

Character/Ruler Sheet

Name: Vivian Wylmot.

Dynasty: Wylmot.

Age: 10.

Gender: Male

Culture: Columbian.

Religion: Catholicism.

Appearance:

Personality: Vivian is

History:

Spouse: Vivian's mother has arranged his eventual betrothal to the Princess of San Francisco when both are found equally as prepared for the task and fond of each other's company.

Children: None.

Other major family: None.

 

[Shabazz]

Nation Sheet

Nation Name:
Nýrland

Nation Flag/Symbol:

Location: Northern Ontario, Canada

Population: 300,000

Culture: Viking

Religion:
Christian

Major towns/cities:
Nýrborg (Capital, Population: 100,000)
Vesturborg (Population: 60,000)
Austurborg (Populaiton: 80,000)
Midstad (Populaiton: 60,000)

Government Type: Monarchy

History: Nýrland is the latest nation to join the rest. It was established by many colonists who wished to get away from the filthy feudalism of the southern nations and enjoy a peaceful, more simple life. After many decades of peaceful farming and trade, the people grew tired of their quaint little farms. They wanted something grander, something bigger. The Nýrlanders revolted against the democratically elected rulers of their country. And that is the story of how Nýrland came to be as it is today, a monarchy led by a strong, masculine and slightly misogynistic, leader.

Other: Nýrland is a very industrious nation. It produces great deal of iron, gold and silver, which it later sells to its neighbors. Most of the people spend their extra time and money at the local brewery or betting on brutal fist fights in the town square. Apart from this, Nýrland has an ever expanding military force.

Character/Ruler Sheet

Name: Ragnar Bráveheart

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Culture: Viking

Religion: Christian

Spoiler: Appearance

Personality: Ragnar is often rambunctious and rude, reckless and easily aggravated. He shows little respect to anyone unless they prove themselves "worthy". Moreover, Ragnar has pretty much no knowledge of manners or urge to learn them.

History: Ragnar grew up not in the loving care of his mother and father, but in the harsh winters of Northern Ontario. He braved many seasons and fended for himself. After a very long time outcasted from civilization, Ragnar found his way back to Nýrland and quickly gained a following. Nobody was quite sure who he was or where he came from, and neither did he for that matter, but they all respected him very much. After successfully revolting against the Democratically elected leaders of Nýrland, Ragnar established himself as the ruler of these wild lands.

Spouse/s: Rangnar doesn't have a spouse as of yet.

Children: None

Other major family: None

 

[Ghost Toast]

Nation Name: The Cascadian Kingdom

Nation Flag/Symbol:

Location: The Cascadian Kingdom controls the Northwest Coastline, which includes the coastlines of the former states of Oregon and Washington with the remains of Interstate 5 serving as their eastern border, the former states lines between Oregon and Calafornia serving as their southern border, and the border between between British Columbia and Washington state as their Northern border

Population: 500,000

Culture: Cascadian

Religion: Cascadianism, a Protestant offshot beleifs which belives that the founder of the current dyansty ruling the kingdom, King William I, was a prophet sent by God to save the Cascadians and that his decends were chosen by God to rule all Cascadians and the king is the leader of the church

Major towns/cities:
Seattle: (the captial of the kingdom)
Olympia: (the economic heart of the kingdom)
Portland: (the major R&D center of the kingdom)


Government Type: Absolute Monarchy, with divine right

History:
The Cascadian Kingdom started when the plague spread throughout the city of Seattle. This caused the people from around the coastle parts of the state who survived to meet together in the small town of Port Ludlow to decide what to do. They knew that the northern city of Vancouver had been wiped out by the plague, same with Portland, and they didn't know if going east would even provide them with the food and water to survive. So, they came to one conclusion: they would deforest the Olympia National Park and Forest and build boats to sail to Vancouver Island to settle there. So they did and one year later, with the few rifles and guns they could salvage, they sailed for Vancouver Island

They soon landed in the city of Courtenay, the farthest major city on the island. The city by this time had decended into absolute chaos and the city was quickly taken. The local Canadians were enslaved and put to work in the fields to feed the Cascadians. Over the course of the next 400 years, the Cascadians spread across the island and enslaved the native Canadian population to work in the fields, who's decendents are still slaves to this day. They formed the "New Cascadian Republic", a republic based off the former United States and prospered

However, this prosperous period soon ended when something called the Great Collapse happened. It started with a bad harvest and soon spiraled out of control. A tsunami hit the island, slave uprisings occured, and the people were fighting each other. This all came to ahead when the last Senate meeting happened with all of those still apart of the republic assembled to debate the next course of action. They knew the soil was no longer fertile since no one had bothered to make sure people didn't plant the same crop year after year. Some said they should stay and wait, some said to retreat to British Columbia, and some even claimed that they should head for Alaska. It looked like the country was about to fracture when the current president at the time, William Freeda, decended upon the meeting and, using the army, intiated a coup and made himself King. He soon gathered all Cascadians who would follow him and and captured as many Canadians as he could. He then declared that they would sail back to Seattle, and so they sailed back to Seattle, with the fate of those who remained on the island unknown to this day

William soon landed his people in Seattle and, suprisingly, his gamble had worked. He soon rebuilt the city from the ground up and when he eventually died at the age of 70, many declared him a prophet sent by God to save them all, and so, Cascadianism was born and along with it, the Cascadian Kingdom

Over the next 400 years, the kingdom soon expaned using Interstate 5 to colonize the region and as their eastern border. By the time of current events, the kingdom stretched from Medford to Bellingham and the Kingdom is currently in a golden age, with the kingdom being strong in both in miltary terms (note they had long sense revered back to using medival weapons) and economicly (with the kingdom having an amazing fishing, forestry, and manufacturing industries)



Name: King Edward II

Dynasty: Herbron

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Culture: Cascadian

Religion: Cascadianism

Appearance:

Personality:
Edward is a ruthless in politics and a master in the art of stradgey and warfare. He is charasmatic and can draw many to his cause, but he isn't afraid to stab someone in the back if it is in his best interest. However, he does have soft spot for his family. Everything he does is for the survival of his family and nation and would do anything for his family. There's a reason why people who mock the royal family usually end up in the Pacfic Ocean...

History: WIP

Spouse/s: None

Children: None

Other major family:
Lord Andrew Herbron, Lord of Olympia

 

[Fishman Lord]

Everyone is accepted. First post comes today soon, after that everyone can start posting.
Ghost Toast Very minor thing, but just as a note there will be little to no technological advancement in this RP so having Portland as an R&D center isn't necessary.
S Shabazz You're accepted, but I would like an explanation on how part of Canada suddenly turned Scandinavian. Something like a large influx of Germanic immigrants would work.

 

[Shabazz]

Ok, ok. I'll definitely think up a good background story. But I have a few questions:
If the virus was spread throughout the entire world, does it still exist? Is it contained in the rest of the world and the Americas somehow are free from this virus? If so, I could have my people fleeing from the plague to the Americas.

 

[Fishman Lord]

Ok, ok. I'll definitely think up a good background story. But I have a few questions:
If the virus was spread throughout the entire world, does it still exist? Is it contained in the rest of the world and the Americas somehow are free from this virus? If so, I could have my people fleeing from the plague to the Americas.

The virus does still exist, although almost everyone is immune to it and those who aren't tend to die pretty quickly. However, mutated versions could pop up and wreak havoc again every so often, so having some Scandinavians flee across the sea works as an explanation.

 

[Locklaklazarii]

The virus does still exist, although almost everyone is immune to it and those who aren't tend to die pretty quickly. However, mutated versions could pop up and wreak havoc again every so often, so having some Scandinavians flee across the sea works as an explanation.

Then they'd flee into another strain of the virus as world communication and interconnection doesn't exist. Also they'd deal with scurvy and the likes so...

 

[Shabazz]

SO they'd be hardy patriots seeking to establish a home away from home, cool!

 

[Drakorphobia]

Nation Name: The Kingdom of Algonquia

Flag:

Location: The former New English territories of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island all compose Algonquia. (17,320 sq. miles)


Population: 440,600


Culture: New English-Mohegan mixture


Religion: Blend of Protestant and Native beliefs with heavy influence from traditional witchcraft.


Major towns/cities:

Grand Mohegan, Massachusetts (Capital)

New Salem, Massachusetts (Religious Centre)

Yale, Connecticut (Major trading town)

Shelton, Connecticut (Major trading town)

New Acoaxet, Rhode Island (Major trading town)


Government Type: Absolute Monarchy

History: The stiff, quiet folk of New England were no match for the plague of 2034. With the population decimated, and the many major cities of the area all but abandoned, the rocky soils of the region fell silent. However, in around 2500, what was once a deteriorated group of small bands and highwaymen, began to unite around the burnt out husk of what was once a beacon of liberty and defiance, Boston. It could have perhaps been deemed a guild of sorts, inspired by the stone ruins of the old city, that began to organize and rebuild their long lost home.

By the year 2640, the derelict city, now known by the name Grand Mohegan, was the centre of a quickly expanding feudal state, dominated by the Wyrmsblat family, whose watchful eyes saw the domination of the coastline, pushing their civilization into the tribal, heathen lands of the Salem tribes and the cape. In 2700, the kingdom, dominating the millennia old Native American region of Algonquia (and properly renamed to such), spread across the lands of Rhode Island, and eventually into the Connecticut valley. In the current year of 2834, Algonquia dominates the three states, ruled by Catori Wyrmsblat, who intends to expand her dominion over the sound, and into the long island territories.

Other: The Cult of Salem's Truth is a religious body that heavily blends Native American and otherwise heretical Christian beliefs into a single religion. While the cult does not have any official power within the kingdom, its followers plague the upper ranks, and has been exercising its influence upon the reigning queen. In other news, the mascot of the country is the wild turkey. Calling someone 'Puritanical' can be considered extremely offensive.


Character/Ruler Sheet


Name: Catori Wyrmsblat


Dynasty: Wymsblat


Age: 30


Gender: Female


Culture: Algonquian, a bastard blend of what was once New English and native Mohegan cultures.


Religion: Publically undeclared, secretly Cult of Salem's Truth


Appearance:

Personality: Catori is shrewd, and sharp tongued. Without much trust of anyone outside of her family, Catori can come across as cold or unwelcoming, but always formal. The trust that comes with acquiring Catori's friendship also comes with a renewed warmth, where she will often converse, laugh, and express herself to a degree no 'other' could observe. In Her religious life is not very devout, a lament of the cult that has been pressuring her for more power within her kingdom, but nonetheless, she worships on her own time. While once married to a man, Catori has also shown interest in her womanly peers, and has had romantic interactions with them on one or two occasions.


History: Catori was born to a loving father hand his concubine, whereupon she was raised to become a ruler. Her days were often spent studying the law, and the history of both her family and kingdom. At fifteen, she was presented with a prospective husband, a nobleman from the city of Shelton, to whom she was soon betrothed and later married to when she was eighteen years of age. Her marriage fostered the birth of two children, and likely would have offered more were it not for her husband's death due to a spider's venom while he was out hunting. Since then, Catori became a bit more reclusive than usual, often staying within the bounds of her home or the repurposed once university of Yale Castle, where she plans with her advisors on spreading Algonquian's borders to Long Island across the coast of the sound.

Spouse/s: Lawrence af Shelton (now deceased)


Children: Catori Wyrmblat II (F, 9), Achak Wyrmblat (M, 7)


Other major family: Ashkii Wyrmsblat (brother, 27), Bodaway Wyrmblat (Nephew, 5) Kateri Wyrmblat (Niece, 5)

 

[Alteras]

The Kingdom of the Four Cities
​

Location: Literally Tennessee. Just the entire state of Tennessee, minus the Tricities Area (northeastern corner)

Population: ~590,000

Culture: People call the overall culture Southern City, for lack of a better name. The citizens of the Kingdom see themselves as citizens to their cities before their kingdom. Because of this, there are differences in culture between the cities. Knoxville and Chattanooga are closest in culture, taking a more rough and ready attitude to everything. Although Knoxville is more aggressive and disciplined compared to Knoxville, which fosters more of a inviting nature, at least on the surface. Nashville can be said to be more flamboyant, with noble houses and wealthy merchants flaunting their status before the Royal Family. Nashville takes their greatest pride in their horses, a symbol of wealth and status in the Kingdom. Memphis is a lot poorer compared to the other cities, since it is made up of mostly farmers, but they pride themselves as being a more friendly city. While almost every noble house in the kingdom, save for the few in Knoxville, show their centuries long tradition of Southern Hospitality (which became synonymous with their devotion to Christ), Memphis can be said to be the most communal, where the "nobles" are actually just the most popular out of the farmers.

Religion: Protestant Christianity/Southern Christianity. Basically whatever Christ evolved into in the south.

Major towns/cities:

• Nashville - The capital and the economic trading hub within the kingdom. It's placement on the river made it suitable for trade and travel, but the citizens of the kingdom use the previously existing highways and roads to travel, even it they have long been destroyed by the elements. Because of the number of rich people owning horse farms here combined with the rolling hills of the local geography and the Cumberland Plateau, the horses here are well bred and strong.
• Memphis - Although heavy hit when the disease came about, its revival of trade along the Mississippi and Nashville has helped it join what was originally the Kingdom of Three Cities. The population is still small compared to the Nashville area, but because of the vast amount of arable land in the region, farmers come in from all over and create the bulk of the Agricultural Industry in the Four Cities.
• Knoxville - The Warring City, as the local denizens have adoringly named it, is both the forge and the sword of the kingdom. While the Appalachian Mountains is near dry, blacksmiths have instead turned to melting down old iron from the Tricities Area, the Northeastern Portion of Tennessee. Many of the South's crusades for Christ had knights hailing from Knoxville. More recently, Knoxville and surrounding small towns in the Tennessee Valley have been conducting raids over the mountains, protecting the Four Cities from barbarians as well as bringing back scrap metal for melting from the Carolinas. While it hasn't adopted any actual fortifications, it is quite the stronghold for the devout crusaders headed east or north.
• Chattanooga - Along with Memphis, Chattanooga serves as a trading post and the gateway into the Kingdom from the south. Small communities that still live in Birmingham or Atlanta would sometimes make their way up to Chattanooga for trade during the summer. It also has the smithy capabilities of Knoxville, but it's only armed forces are only defensive. Because of its placement on the Tennessee River, it shares a close relationship with Knoxville.

Government Type: Monarchy

History: Everyone knows what happened when the world fell. Death everywhere, chaos even further. Of course the State of Tennessee was no different, well maybe just a bit. Sticking to their southern ways and stubborn nature against change, the survivors who were left started to rebuild, despite how little manpower they had. It was slow for decades, with the most being farming. But they still survived and welcomed any newcomer into their fold. Well, during that time, the massive system of dams operated by the once known TVA began collapsing, bringing with it floods across the Nashville Basin and the West Tennessee Plains. Owing to their stubbornness, they rebuilt.

Around 2100, one of the survivors in Middle Tennessee had the smart idea of actually going around the state and forcefully opening the dams to prevent future unpredictable floods. His name, Kenny Traylor. Over the course of several year, he and his followers traveled across the state and met all the small communities and convinced them to destroy/open the local dams and move back into the cities. The route he took became known as Traylor's Trace, a road that connected not only the original cities of Tennessee, but also the small communities that survived. By 2200, all the dams were one way or another opened or destroyed, obviously, but Traylor's descendants continued to work to convince people to move back into the cities. Nashville itself had revitalized and took in many local communities, becoming a trade hub, right above the ruble of the collapsed ruins.

Knoxville and Chattanooga soon followed by 2400, but the three cities remained rivals until the wealthy in the three cities married their young to each other or made agreements over the course of 100 years. In 2500, the Kingdom of the Three Cities was formed. However, there was much disagreement on who to crown, until it was decided that the direct descendant of Kenny Traylor should become the Royal Family, owing to historical influence. The main Traylor Family at the time lived just south of Nashville in a rich community known as Franklin. After becoming king and queen, Torulen and Azara Traylor moved into the Upper Echelons of High Society in Nashville, making it the Capital and creating the national motto of Three Cities Unified Against All Else. In 2700, Memphis joined the ranks of the Three Cities, owing to the fact that the most yielding farmlands lie in the West by the Mississippi and the Tennessee River.

Throughout this entire time, all four cities had their own history, some of prosperity and poverty, others of conquest and crusade. However when the Kingdom was made, all shared the same history and devoted themselves to the continued status of Southern Hospitality and Christian Devotion.

Other: Interesting fact, all four created their own genres of music, each reflecting the nature of their respective city.

Character/Ruler Sheet

Name: Crown Princess of the Kingdom of the Four Cities Chevalia Trish Traylor

Dynasty: Traylor

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Culture: Nashvillean Southern City - A Southern Hospitality focused more on wealth and status as described above.

Religion: Protestant Christianity/Southern Christianity.

Appearance:

Personality: While whimsical and tomboyish, Chevalia is actually quite smart, having been educated by the brightest in the kingdom. She is generally cheerful and can sometimes act stubborn and unintelligible in front of her enemies, preferring to face her problems head on. She greatly respects Southern Christianity and would often aid the poor. She is capable of performing administrative duties but prefers to leave it to the King's ministers. Chevalia refuses to get married, wanting to find her own love, as she would read about in the books that were kept in the libraries.

History: Chevalia was born to Marit and Janice. She grew up a comfortable life, with a pony as her 5th birthday present. She learned how to ride that pony before she could learn to read. She lived happily throughout her childhood, always slipping past the maids and guards to go ride her pony in the local countryside. Of course Marit wanted a son, but the queen couldn't birth another child. The concubines had yielded sons and daughters but were all ineligible. They were instead prepped for marriages into other noble families or were kept in slavery. By Chevelia's 15th birthday, the king, suffering from an illness, gave up and officially declared her Crown Princess, seeing her nature as that of a boy anyway. Of course when this happened, her suitors increased twofold. Up until this point, she (or really her maid) had been turning them down with vague excuses. But now she really had to face them, and true to herself, she faced them head on. She declared that if any of them could beat her in a series of horse based competitions, she would marry them. She easily bested them all. So she lives happily without a husband. Chevalia usually does whatever she wants, but when big things happen between the cities, she would step in and assert herself as the Crown Princess in place of her father.

Spouse/s: None

Children: None

Other major family: Marit (Father), Janice (Mother), some illegitimate younger siblings that she still talks to.

 

[CabalAnomicPotato]

This looks fun, so is the North American Continent the map?

 

[Alteras]

This looks fun, so is the North American Continent the map?

yep

 

[CabalAnomicPotato]

yep

Mmmk, thanks, so is there a map of taken territories, do you know?
Just wanna plan where I wanna be in proximity to everyone else.

 

[General Deth Glitch]

*I WILL BE RIGHT WITH YOU ALL*

 

[Fishman Lord]

The Confederación of Florid
The Confederation of Florida​

Basic Information

Nation

Name:
The Confederation of Florida
The Confederación of Florid

Location:
The Confederation of Florida is located is no other place than Baja California Florida. Specifically, it's more of Eastern Florida than the entire peninsula.

Population:
As of 2834, 514,000 people reside in the Confederation.​

The Populace

Culture:
Modern Floridians compose of a mix of the ancient Floridians and those that sailed the coast of Florida over the centuries.

Floridians have a system of absolute primogeniture for inheritance. A father or mother would give their first child (or eldest child if the first child is deceased) all their land. If there are no children, then the land goes to the spouse of the individual who dies. If there is no children or spouse, then the land goes to the closest living relative. The Siveyan has a right to take ones land upon their death if they do not have anyone to pass it on to.

Language:
Language wise, it's a large mix. English, Spanish, French, and Haitian creole mixed together. This is due to most of the people from the sea speaking multiple languages. It's a complicated language that takes much time to learn.

Religion:
One of the few things kept from the ancient world is its religion. Christianity is spread around the Confederation. The north is this more protestant, while the south contains much Catholics. The government does not interfere with the religion of the people much, except for the city governments of the south. The Catholics have set up their own system of bishops and priest, as they could not contact Rome.

Major Cities

Antiguoplaj
The is around what used to be the Palm Beach area. It arose as one of the largest city states of Florida, and became the heart of the Confederation's government. This is where the Grandioso Konsèy takes place along with where the Estupendo Siveyan resides.

Piedrafort
This is at what used to be St. Augustine. With a stone fort (Castillo de San Marcos) on a peninsula, it was a defendable place from early on, even though it was not a large population centre. When enough people came to the town and enough time passed, it became a fortified city. Piedrafort used its defence to build a good army and rise to become a large city state. Over the years, the fort defence and the city have been greatly upgraded. The city prevented much from the north from heading south of it into Florida. The place is more of only ancient Floridians, as people from the sea no longer came in once it became a fortified city. The city is also home to the House of Gerye since the 2690s when it came a part of the Florida Confederation. They have had a virtual absolute rule over the city and the ones around it as nearly all members of its council are from that house.

Nuevopò
This city is located in what once was Ft. Lauderdale. This is where many people from the sea came to. It was one of the largest cities in previous years before the population spread out to surrounding cities. It was conquered by the Confederation a little more than a century ago. It also serves as the head of the Catholic church in Florida, though the bishop there is not called a pope.

Famapeyi
This city is located is what was once Orlando. It was once a part of the city state of Piedrafort. It is a city where the House of Gerye have great influence. Being in the middle of Florida, it sees a lot of interaction from the north, south, east, and west. The city is the largest city away from the east. The city also has the ruins to an ancient city called Disney World. It is a place that attracts many intellectuals. They assumed that it might have been the capital of a prosperous empire that stretched far and wide. Currently, a project is going on to clear out all the nature that crept onto the place. Most people are not permitted to be there without proper consent from the Siveyan, though it is said that the Siveyan of Famapeyi has used a part of it as the location of the city's government.

Santolespri
This is a city located in Tampa Bay. It is the only city on the western coast belonging to the Confederation, mostly because it is one of the only cities along the western coast of Florida. It serves as a naval base for the Confederation and as a way for them to have access to the Gulf of Mexico. They city is the most recent territory added to the Confederation. Most people there have a parent or a grandparent who were alive when Santolespri was still independent.

Granfon
These are the islands of the Northern Bahamas. It is close to the coast of Antiguoplaj. The city state of Antiguoplaj would take it over in the days before the Confederation. It became its own city state in 2731. The island is the eastern extent of the Confederation. It serves as a naval port, preventing pirates from heading to Antiguoplaj or the northern territories. The House of Lanmè , the greatest supporters of the House of Geryes, rule the islands and mostly reside there.

Government

As with the name, it is a confederation of city states. Each city has its own government, who is loyal to a larger government.

Each city is ruled by a Siveyan. This is a person who has near absolute rule over their city. The only things they cannot do is nullify laws made by the Confederation government or make laws that change how the city interacts with other cities, how the government functions, or how the city interacts with foreign places. Each Siveyan is elected from a council of important people in each city. Once elected, they rule until they either die, resign, or get thrown out of office by someone else. There is no rule stating that a Siveyan can only rule one city at a time, so some cities may have the same person be their Siveyan. Usually, somebody else is left to run city on behalf of a Siveyan, as a person may be the Siveyan of multiple cities and can't rule all by them self.

The Confederation government rules over the cities. They have a council called the Grandioso Konsèy. It is made up of a person from each city chosen by the city's Siveyan. Like the Siveyan, they serve until death, resignation, or being thrown out. They make laws to apply to all over the land, and serve as the spokesperson for the Confederation. However, they can only regulate three things: intercity interactions, interaction with foreign countries, and the military. The council gets to chose the Estupendo Siveyan.

The Estupendo Siveyan is pretty much the Siveyan of Siveyans. They serve as the head of the Grandioso Konsèy. They also serve as the head of the military and has the right to manage it. Despite being the Estupendo Siveyan, there are no rules saying that he or she cannot also be the Siveyan of a city or cities at the same time.

The relationship between the cities and the confederation is simple. The cities will follow laws made by the Confederation. The Confederation can only make laws regarding relations between cities and foreign relations. Cities give them some of their income. The Confederation builds, maintains, and commands the military of Florida. No city is allowed to fight each other or talk to foreign nations.

Despite Siveyans being chosen by a council, there is a hereditary line for most of the Siveyans and the Estupendo Siveyan. The Estupendo Siveyan has pretty much been held by a single house, as many members of the Grandioso Konsèy are of that house. Meanwhile, there are few cities where the Siveyan postition goes from person to person without them being related. Some people just became Siveyans because the previous one declared them his or her successor. Councils will most likely support whomever was the firstborn or the person who should be inheriting if this was a hereditary position. This is because the Confederacy let kings of integrated cities rule until their death before transitioning to the Siveyan form of government and guaranteed the next in line the position to be the first Siveyan of their city after the death of the monarch. This gave them much time to quickly make sure only their house or a few selected houses would be on the councils to decide the Siveyans. These are simply traditions though. No laws make such positions officially hereditary. The Estupendo Siveyans do not see themselves as kings or queens, while the Siveyans may see themselves as lords or dukes.

The idea of turning the Siveyan and Estupendo Siveyan positions into official, hereditary positions, along with turning the Confederation into a kingdom, has been debated a lot. Supporters of the idea claim that the governments are basically already hereditary. Meanwhile, opponents do not want their Estupeno Siveyan to think of themselves as a monarch, and decided to change the position of others to fit his or her rule.

History of Florida

I: The Downfall of Florida

It was the 2030s when a deadly diseases came to the Florida peninsula. It did much to destroy the people of the land, but by that point, no disease was needed to come to destroy it all. The economy that supported its cities, such as Miami and Palm Beach, collapsed when the rest of the world felt the disease. With no proper government to maintain structures, levees and dams started to break. When the Herbert Hoover Dike broke, the flooding from lake Okeechobee did great damage to most places south of it. If a hurricane went by a place in Florida, it was able to do stronger damage, as neither the state government nor the money were there to repair places hit by hurricanes. As electricity became a hard thing to come by, more people started to die from the heat of summer.

The disease and nature were not the only thing collapse Florida, there were also raiders. Some Floridians and Carribean people set to the sea once their places went into chaos. Some wanted temporary refuge, some wanted a new place to start, others wanted to survive by raiding. These people plagued the eastern coast of Florida. Nearly all cities were unable to deal with the incoming people. Like Sea People and Vikings, the raiders set fire to settlements and stole supplies. These sea-travelling people built multiple settlements along the eastern coast of Florida. Some were entirely new settlements, while some others were just them in places they conquered. In the long run, this influx of people of different backgrounds would permanently shift the population of Florida.

The society of Florida quickly fell. What remained were a bunch of small communities along the eastern coast. Most of these communities started off as democratic, but most eventually became ruled by one person or a small group. After some more time later, people started to call themselves kings or queens even. The region of eastern Florida saw itself become a place of various city states. They fought each other with guns, then with more primitive weapons when they couldn't produce the guns.

II. The Rise of the Kingdoms

Slightly more peaceful times came in the following centuries. City states still fought with each other, but the fighting was less destructive to the populace. Raiders from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico started to decline. Some groups of raiders slowly became merchants. The cities made by raiders started to mix more with Floridians.

While the region kept to city states, by the 2550s, three city states rose to large size: Piedrafort, Antiguoplaj, and Nuevopò. Piedrafort, in what was St. Augustine, was a city that was the most able to fend off the raiders and attackers from other cities, even if there were some bad attacks. Thereby, it was able to rebuild with little interruption. Nuevopò, in what was Ft. Lauderdale, became a key settlement for the incoming people from all the people coming to the eastern side of Florida by boat. It quickly became one of the most populous cities states in Florida. Antiguoplaj, in what was Palm Beach, found itself between incoming raiders and Floridians. Unlike most other cities, this one took the best skills of both Floridians and raiders to become a powerful state despite its small size.

Piedrafort and Nuevopò were ruled by kings, while Antiguoplaj was ruled by a small council. They would occasionally fight each other, but would usually fight other smaller city states between them. At the end of the start of the 27th century, they started to expand some more. Piedrafort conquered city states north of them up to what used to be Jacksonville, Nuevopò united other raider settlements south of them, including settlements that have been in the remains of Miami. Antiguoplaj took up places North of it up to the city that used to be Jupiter, and even took the island of Grand Bahama, which was now called Granfon. There was some small expansion west, but it was small since there were some strong city states in central Florida.

It was also around this time that Floridians were doing something other than attacking each other. Some people started to do some projects. Stone seawalls were constructed over some coast, retention ponds were dug out, and new bridges were made to connect the coast to the intercoasts of Florida. Not all of these were significant or built to last, but they allowed for the region to be more connected and to suffer less from floods. The population of Florida slowly rose. Soon, Nuevopò contained 45,000 people while places like Piedrafort and Antiguoplaj held 35,000 people. The smaller city states between them could now hold 2,000-5,000 people. This is what would allow these city states to become large and strong enough to take on other city states.

III. The Formation of the Florida Confederation

Despite the slight prosperity people were having in the mid-27th century, fighting started to escalate quickly. Raiders from Nuevopò attempted to raid Antiguoplaj and Piedrafort. Piedrafort was pushing to the city state of Famapeyi, what was once Orlando, and Antiguoplaj was expanding into the rest of Granfon. Meanwhile, city states started to rise in Santolespri, which was Tampa, and southwest Florida, though they were small. This meant that a city state might have to send soldiers to any part of the Florida peninsula and maintain them there. This proved to be bad to most leaders after a while, as expenses went up. With fighting and maintaining armies, governments were barely able to make money. City states that went broke were either conquered or had a revolt.

The problem of this time lead to some thinking. Politicians from Nuevopò, Antiguoplaj, and various city states between them to came together to do some diplomacy to solve the issue. They met in a coastal village in the Antiguoplaj territory. Originally, the meeting was suppose to be about making an alliance or at least agreeing to not attack each other. However, a diplomat there said that the area didn't need to fight each other if they were all united. It was, at first, taken as a joke, but then then everyone thought it over. While they knew that such a unification would be prosperous, barely anyone wanted to give up their power. The meeting ended with nothing more than some small alliances.

This displeased Francis Giraldez, a diplomat from Antiguoplaj who brought up the idea of unification at the meet. He believed that Floridian society would collapse, or be conquered by an outside force, if the various city states did not unite. The man, with approval from the council that ruled Antiguoplaj, met with some of the leaders of local city states around Antiguoplaj and talked to them in 2664. He talked about making a new type of alliance between the city states.

Giraldez's plan was something he worked on for months. Each city would be governed by an overseer called a Siveyan who is elected by a small council in their city. There was a council, called the Grandioso Konsèy, composed of people from each of the city states would have the limited ability to do an action over all the city states and to act on foreign affairs on behalf of the cities. No city would attack each other, and borders between cities in the alliance would be unguarded. A fraction of each city's income was to be given to the council who would spend it over the area. It was a hard thing to do. The man got a third of the diplomats to agree with him, but the other two thirds did not agree.

Most of the people disagreeing did not want to lose their position in government with a new Siveyan position. To fix this, Giraldez made a deal: ruling kings of cities get to keep their position until their deaths. The person who was suppose to be the heir of their city's throne will be guaranteed the title of the first Siveyan of their city, and their family will have a permanent seat on the council to elect a Siveyan. This agreement pleased enough of the leaders of cities. By the end of the meeting, three quarters of the leaders signed an agreement to form a confederation. In 2665, Antiguoplaj and multiple cities around it officially came together as the Florida Confederation.

IV. The Unification of Eastern Florida

While there was finally a confederation. It was nothing more than a small place. There were still two great cities, not to mention the many other cities, remaining: Piedrafort and Nuevopò. If The Florida Confederation ever wanted to fulfill its name, it would have to either take these cities or let them join.

Unfortunately for them, they were not fully ready for expansion. While the Florida Confederation had a large army and solved the problem of expenses through joining together, it was still weak in organisation. The Grandioso Konsèy could call for war, but it could little with war. The cities were the ones to maintain an army, not them. With this, some cities had armies way better than others. Also, it was up to the cities when it came to command, which made it hard to direct when some armies of cities act differently.

This issue was seen with Grandioso Konsèy, especially with Viktor Gerye, who served as its head. He said that the whole confederation need a Siveyan to look over the others. He requested that the Grandioso Konsèy make a Siveyan position for the confederation who would create, maintain, and control of all the armies in it. They favoured it, and created such position, called the Estupendo Siveyan, to go with the head of the Grandioso Konsèy. Thereby, in 2681, Viktor Gerye became the first Estupendo Siveyan. While the Siveyans and remaining kings were reluctant to hand over that role to him, and even once threatening rebellion, the armies of the Confederation of Florida all became one and under one rule. With the reforms to the military, the Confederation was ready to fight.

The Confederation looked to its north with Piedrafort and the city states between them. At first a war was done to conquer city states north of them or to force them to submit to the Confederation's authority. By 2690, the armies made it up to the city of Famapeyi, which had recently became a part of Piedrafort's territory. The conquered land was divided up between the cities in such and each conquered city was given a Siveyan government. Viktor knew that Piedrafort would be difficult. Over the centuries, it has been turned into a stronghold. A defeat in a could possibly leave the Confederacy too weak to hold together. Something other than fighting would have to be done to bring it into the Confederation.

He realised that the King of Piedrafort had a prince who held no land. He was not the heir to the throne, there were four other princes in front of him. He saw some opportunity in this, as this prince was seen as foolish. Viktor secretly met with this fifth prince, where he would guarantee him the throne, more land for his dynasty, and even his own daughter to the prince if he would join the Confederation when king. A deal was made. It's not exactly known how Viktor held his promise due to the secrecy of the time. However, a prince was claimed illegitimate, and four fell ill at different times. The only one to survive the illness was the fifth prince.

When the king died in 2695, the fifth prince became the King of Piedrafort. With this, Viktor gave him his daughter to marry. The Kingdom and the Confederation started to make better relations with each other. In 2702, when Viktor was an old man, the Kingdom of Piedrafort was fully integrated into the Confederation. The king and his territory were given special privilege. His family was given a seat at every council in all the cities of the divided up Piedrafort territory, and his family was given a virtual monopoly on the council of the new city state of Piedrafort. Northern Florida has now been added into the Confederation of Florida.

From then, it seemed like a great deal for the King. He kept his rule over hid land, got a wife, and got some more land. However, his family was greatly decreased by actions to make him a king. Despite this, he was foolish enough to only care about his reign. When he died in 2720, all of his land went to his wife, Viktor's daughter. Thereby, Viktor's dynasty, the House of Gerye took up the council positions held by the king and his dynasty. This would greatly increase their power in Florida.

The next step was to look south to Nuevopò. It had a large army and a skilled group of raiders that have been attacking traders along the coast of Florida. Like Piedrafort, it did not look like an easy thing to do. For Viktor, it would not be his campaign as he died in 2704. The next Estupendo Siveyan, chosen by the Grandioso Konsèy, was Lanmou Gerye, who was the daughter of Viktor and the woman who married the former King of Piedrafort before it integrated. While she never had the experience her father did, she did have his teachings.

One thing Lanmou did was construct a new fleet designed to deal with the raiders. They took to the sea between Antiguoplaj and the Granfon, constantly keeping an eye out for raiders and attacking them. That ended most raiders being able to go north. It also gave the Confederation an experienced navy.

However, things would turn lucky for them. the Nuevopò population was declining as people moved to surrounding city states. Meanwhile, those states have been getting more angry against the Nuevopò. Even the city itself was having internal strife due to recent declines in food production. Soon, there was a civil war in Nuevopò. Lanmou had an opportunity. Forces quickly went into taking on the divided factions. Soon, Nuevopò was conquered in 2711. In another year, the forces started to take on other cities around, conquering them or forcing them to submit to the Confederation. It was a long conquest. It is at this point new borders are made for the new and old cities. There were some rebellion by the people in the newly added territory. However, by 2720, all of Nuevopò and the surrounding cities were fully integrated into the Confederation. This marked the beginning of a united eastern Florida.

V. Transition to Modern Day

After the cities of Eastern Florida were united, the Confederation did little warring for a while. While the western part of Florida was still to be taken, there was minor interest in it. The only large city on the eastern side was Santolespri, and crossing the wetlands to get to it was difficult. Thereby, the Siveyans kept to overseeing their cities.

A lot of internal improvements were done over the first half of the 28th century. In Antiguoplaj, a new palace was built for the Estupendo Siveyan along with a new chamber for the Grand Counsel. A great seawall, stretching 200 miles, was built from Piedrafort. A large port was built in the Granfon. There was even a restoration of a long road the stretched from the north and south of eastern Florida, but the project lasted only five years when they could not restore than 50 miles of the road.

Meanwhile, in government, things went steady. When Lanmou passed away in 2723, her second son was elected by the Grand Counsel to be the next Estupendo Siveyan. He kept a strong grip on the Siveyans, making sure they did not disobey an order from him. Yet, the Siveyans were pretty much not touched, except for the few times the Estupendo Siveyan made a request from them.

There was some problems in the latter half of the 28th century. In 2762, the Confederation, after a long period of no war, decided to finally take Santolespri. Some people had made a large path between it and eastern Florida, allowing for the two to interact more. The army of the Florida Confederation took to the path. Unfortunately, things went wrong. A strong hurricane passed through Florida during their travel to the other side of the peninsula. While Santolespri was damaged, the travelling army of the Florida Confederation was devastated. They continued to push onward, but they had lost supplies and men.

When they reached Santolespri, the peninsula it was on was fortified, as they heard of incoming forces. The army besieged the city. However, supplies were running very low, even with the navy bringing in supplies. The Santolespri army had took all supplies with them. As the siege continued, soldiers starved or got sick. When the time came to rush in, they weren't fit to do so. Santolespri forces were able to fight these weakened soldiers. In the end, they did take the city of Santolespri, but had lost an eighth of their forces.

The Siveyans were furious, as they had lost many men, including some Siveyans who went out to fight. All the blame was put on the Estupendo Siveyan, who demanded the war. Santolespri became really expensive, as much of the city was damaged during the siege and attack. Much money had to be spent rebuilding the city, though everyone thought that money should be spent to rebuild the army. This is a defeat that would make the Siveyans distrust the Estupendo Siveyan when it comes to war.

In the long term, Santolespri proved to be profitable. It allowed the navy to manage both sides of the Florida peninsula. Meanwhile, the path to Santolespri was upgraded to a stone road. Goods from Santolespri flowed into eastern Florida like never before.

The latest Estupendo Siveyan of the Florida Confederation is a descendent of Viktor and Lanmou. For now, they got to deal with many new problems and new competition with places outside Florida.

Madalyn Gerye of Piedrafort

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Basic Information

Dynasty:
Madalyn belongs to the House of Gerye

Age:
28

Gender:
Female

Culture:
Floridian

Religion:
Protestant (Lutheran) Christian​

Personality

Madalyn is a self-doubting person. She does not want to end up like her father. She requires support in order to be confident enough to do what she wants. However, that is not to say that she is not smart. The Estupendo Siveyan knows how to run a business and is smart on using money. In other things, she can perform decent enough to not have the terrible moments. Madalyn is not one though for the treatment of the poor. She does not consider passing laws to help the poor in her cities, and even when suggested to do so, she makes some low quality relief that does little.

Madalyn has a great fondness for the sea. She has many memories of walking among the Floridian beaches. She has also taken travelling by boat multiple times. The Estupendo Siveyan sees boats and long distance trading as a way for Florida to expand greatly.

She is a woman of manners. Madalyn lets people finish speaking and acts politely. Unfortunately, she also expects that of others. It's not good to interrupt her or act sloppily around her.

Madalyn is a strong believer in making the Confederation into a kingdom, or at least making the traditions of hereditary passing of positions official. This is something contrasting to what prior Estupendo Siveyans thought. However, she does not believe such would happen, as she does not expect the Siveyans to agree to such transition.

The Estuopendo Siveyan looks after her family. When she is not busy, she'll be around them, raising them and playing with them. Madalyn is also trying to make sure that they all find someone to be betrothed to. She can't marry them all to the House of Lanmè, as they are still low in numbers, and most other Houses in Florida do not want to marry their people into her house.

Family

Spouse:
Robert Lanmè

Children:
Viktor Gerye III
Hughes Gerye
Charlot Gerye

Other Major family:
Françoise Lanmè (mother)
Oscar Geryen (brother)
Jeremias Gerye (brother)
Marie Gerye (sister)

History

Madalyn is born to the Estupendo Siveyan Fernando Gerye of Peidrafort and Siveyan Françoise Lanmè of Granfon. It was a questionable relationship to whether she was a part of the House of Gerye, as her parents were not married yet when she was born, but her father proclaimed her an official part of the house, which made her so. She is the great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Viktor, the original Estupendo Siveyan. Madalyn had two brothers and another sister. She was raised in the city of her father.

She spent early years with her mother instead of her father, even if he's the head of the Florida Confederacy. She was raised to be an cautionary woman. She did not learn much from her father. While he was a fun person to be around, he was a faulty person.

If there is anything he gave her, it was a reason to not be stupid. Her father wasted much money on a failed project to construct a great canal from Peidrafort to Famapeyi, even though he was constantly told how bad of a project it would be. He also sometimes demanded some Siveyans to give control of their city to him, threatening to use the military to enforce his demands, even though no Siveyan thought that he could actually do that. Needless to say, when people started to think anything was better than him, the Estupendo Siveyan was strangled to death by a lowlife with a bowstring in 2818, when Madalyn was 8 years old.

It was a shocking thing to hear about her father's murder. However, it was, in a way, beneficial to Madalyn. As she was the firstborn, she was the inheritor of his land. This also meant that most of the Grandioso Konsèy agreed to make her the next Estupendo Siveyan, and that the other cities her father was a Siveyan of decided to make her the new Siveyan for those cities. That's right, an eight year old became the head of multiple cities and the head of the military of the Confederation. However, she did let others deal with the issues that she would resolve. Her mother Françoise pretty much acted as the Estupendo Siveyan for eight years, and her relatives managed the multiple cities she became the Siveyan of. When Madalyn became 16, she decided to take the reigns of her positions, and truly act as the Estupendo Siveyan along with the Siveyan of multiple cities.

She had a lot to learn, as she had a lot to do once she took the reigns of everything. Madalyn did not want to end up like her father: dead for being terrible. With that, she wanted all the help she could get. Over the eight years of letting other people doing her job, her mother or some other relative would bring up a problem to her and ask her to make a decision, though she wasn't actually making the final decision. They would then tell her all the goods and bads of her decision. She was taken a long trip over Florida, seeing how multiple Siveyans acted on their cities and taking note. This made her become more able to act as other Siveyan did, though this would make her always doubt herself when she did not follow the acts of them.

In 2826, Madalyn started to actually work as the Estupendo Siveyan and the Siveyan. This meant that she spent most of her time in upper Florida, as that's where most of her cities were at. However, she kept to mostly following the actions of others.

In 2830, she married Robert Lanmè, the Siveyan of Granfon. The marriage was a part of the good relations between the House of Gerye and the House of Lanmè that have been for a little over a hundred years. Despite being second cousins, and Robert being 4 years younger than her, the marriage continued. Numbers in the House of Lanmè have been dwindling, the only other male and unmarried member of the house was a three years old, and they were one of the only houses to support the Gerye in many things, so it seemed like the best option.

The two had children. In 2831, Madalyn had a son who was named Viktor, after her ancestor. In 2834, a set of twin boys was born. They were named Hughes and Charlot.

In the modern year, Madalyn has proved that she is nothing like her father. She is indeed capable of running her cities and the military of the Confederation.

I don't have time to read this all, but looks very good. Very much accepted.

 

[Johnnyreb44]

you still accepting?

 

[Pat]

you still accepting?

Always.

 

[SirDerpingtonIV]

Well, lost my whole Cs

 

[Pat]

Well, lost my whole Cs

This is why I just make a post right away and slowly fill in the blanks. If you want, just make a barebones one now. At least you'll have something.

 

[SirDerpingtonIV]

Nation Sheet

Nation Name: Torevik Khanate

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Location(on map, stay reasonable, we're talking maybe 40,000 square miles):

Population(300,000-600,000): 383,000

Culture: Nomadic. The Toreviks don't have much of a particular ethnic composition, as they are a rather diverse bunch, taking up those they meet in their travels as their own.

Religion: Avarism
Worship of the Avars, a group of god-like beings who rule the world's aspects.

Avar'Jakhal-King of the Avars, he rules the Sky with his great army of metal eagles.


Major towns/cities:
Ughirr
The official capital of the Khanate, the city is small, with a population of 12,000. However, it is mostly made up of administrative buildings, temples, and foreign delegations. The city's location in an ancient Airplain graveyard makes it especially sacred, and can make it almost eerie for foreigners.

Government Type(Most people should be monarchies, but there's room for merchant republics and theocracies): Khanate

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Khan's Guard:
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Winged Lancers:
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Nomad Warrior:
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Horse Archers:
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Other:

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