Post by Gravedust on Jul 20, 2010 13:28:49 GMT -8
Bren saying I ought to try and nail down some backgrounds for the world to help peeps and their characters, so, while I'm not really ready to finalize anything just yet without a lot of thought and research, I thought I'd spill what's been rattling around in my head.
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CONCORDIA
Essentially a communist superstate taking up goodly portions of eastern europe. Large and powerful, but mired in it's own beaurocracy and seldom coordinated well.
VICTORIANA
Basically the British empire, except that to date they've managed to hold onto a few out their outlying colonies and conquered territories. Even so, their power is on a slow decline as it has been for several centuries. What it lacks in muscle and territories however it makes up for in economic domination. Most civilized countries in the world are in debt to Victoriana in some way or another. Having given up their dreams of a world empire, Victoriana's self-imposed role is as the world's policeman, attempting to maintain stable conditions globally in order to preserve the profitability of its economic assets and dealings.
THE STATES
Much like the US except it has 76 states, since after getting the west coast they sort of shrugged and started heading south, taking a large swathe of south america as well. The States are fractious and often at war with each other or themselves, and many of the State Governors are more like dictators or warlords.
NIPPON
Basically Japan, in that after their contact with modern tech they went superisolationist, shut off their borders and and forbade any contact with the outside. The one big difference is instead of regressing into (or rather staying as) a feudal society instead they poured everything they had into technological development in order to prepare for the invasion they figured would inevitably come. So their island and the immediate surroundings is a huge, heavily patrolled (both by Nippon and her neighbors) forbidden zone and their entire coastline is lined with cannon emplacements. People who stray too close to that boundary tend not to come back. Nobody really knows what their respective tech level is, but the rumor is that the ships (Small, fast, heavily armed) that patrol the borders are the OLDEST of the models they have.
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CONCORDIA
Essentially a communist superstate taking up goodly portions of eastern europe. Large and powerful, but mired in it's own beaurocracy and seldom coordinated well.
VICTORIANA
Basically the British empire, except that to date they've managed to hold onto a few out their outlying colonies and conquered territories. Even so, their power is on a slow decline as it has been for several centuries. What it lacks in muscle and territories however it makes up for in economic domination. Most civilized countries in the world are in debt to Victoriana in some way or another. Having given up their dreams of a world empire, Victoriana's self-imposed role is as the world's policeman, attempting to maintain stable conditions globally in order to preserve the profitability of its economic assets and dealings.
THE STATES
Much like the US except it has 76 states, since after getting the west coast they sort of shrugged and started heading south, taking a large swathe of south america as well. The States are fractious and often at war with each other or themselves, and many of the State Governors are more like dictators or warlords.
NIPPON
Basically Japan, in that after their contact with modern tech they went superisolationist, shut off their borders and and forbade any contact with the outside. The one big difference is instead of regressing into (or rather staying as) a feudal society instead they poured everything they had into technological development in order to prepare for the invasion they figured would inevitably come. So their island and the immediate surroundings is a huge, heavily patrolled (both by Nippon and her neighbors) forbidden zone and their entire coastline is lined with cannon emplacements. People who stray too close to that boundary tend not to come back. Nobody really knows what their respective tech level is, but the rumor is that the ships (Small, fast, heavily armed) that patrol the borders are the OLDEST of the models they have.