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Factbook as of October 29th, 2005

Civitas Americae World Factbook

History

Civitas Americae was founded as a colony of the Holy Roman Empire shortly after its discovery in the mid-15th century. A large, rich, and fertile land, it was devoid of native inhabitants. Younger noble sons quickly seized the opportunity presented them, and petitioned the Emperor for landholdings in the new land, which had been named Amerika. Rather shrewdly, the Emperor portioned out the holdings in such a manner as to ensure their loyalty to the Empire. It was thanks to this that when the fatal Protestant Schism arose a half-century later that the princes of this new land remained loyal to the Empire and hence to Rome.

The land that would become Civitas Americae was not populated solely by subjects of the Holy Roman Empire however. Many commoners from across Europe immigrated to the Imperial colonies. In addition, following the loss of Constantinople, many survivors of Byzantium settled in the New World. Unlike their counterparts who returned to schism under Turkish oppression, these remained faithful to Rome and the reunification at the Council of Florence. It is because of these that today, 30% of Civitas Americae’s population is Byzantine Catholic. All of these immigrants are the reason why the official language of Civitas Americae is Latin rather than German.

On September 28th, 1784, the Feast of King St. Wenceslas, Karl IX, the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing that Civitas Americae had grown too large for him to govern, granted it its independence. The Habsburg prince Paul, nephew of the Emperor, was crowned as the first emperor of the new Empire, united to its parent in the desire to preserve Christendom. Alas, Christendom was destroyed in Europe, with the exception of the Papal States, which have been continuously preserved (and administered, on the Pope’s behalf), by Civitas Americae. Because Civitas Americae’s independence was granted on the feast of King St. Wenceslas, he has been adopted as the patron of the Empire.

Geography
Region: The Kingdom of Burgundy
Relative Location: Mid-Atlantic
Area: 17,075,200 sq km
Maritime Claims:
Territorial Seas: 12 miles
Defensive Line: 400 miles
Exclusive Economic Zone: 400 miles
Climate: Varied, of course, but mainly Mediterranean.
Terrain: Two large mountain ranges, each about 150 miles from the coast. In between these mountain ranges is mainly a large fertile basin.
Natural Hazards: Earthquakes.
Natural Resources: A rather large natural resource base including very large deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, titanium, other strategic minerals, and timber.

People
Population: 885,000,000
Life expectancy: 77.3 years
Birth rate: 4.65
Ethnicity: 99% Caucasian. Intermarriage has erased the distinctions between the immigrants (such as German or Greek)
Religions: 57% Latin Catholic Church, 32% Byzantine Catholic Church, 2% other Catholic, 2% Eastern Orthodox, 6% Protestant, 1% other.
Languages: Official: Latin. Unofficial common tongue is German

Government and Political Structure
Official Long Version: The Holy Empire of Civitas Americae
Common Short Version: Civitas Americae
Date of Independence: September 28, 1784
Capital: Neuhausburg
National Holidays: Feast of King St. Wenceslas, September 28; all holy days of obligation.
Government Type: Absolute monarchy, with a Council of Advisors delegated by the provinces.
Suffrage: 24 years of age; male property owners only.
UN Category: Compulsory Consumerist State
UN Member: No
Civil Rights: Good
Economy: Frightening
Political Freedoms: Few
Crime Rate: Non-existent
Executive Branch:
Chief-of-state: Emperor Paul VII
Head-of-government: Emperor Paul VII
Cabinet: As selected by the provinces and the Emperor (for the Inner Council).
Elections: As conducted by the provinces.
Political Parties: None on a national level.

People
GDP: $37,556,447,696,538.14
GDP per capita: $42,436.66
Unemployment rate: $2.56%
National income tax rate: 0% (flat). In times of national need, such as war or large construction projects, this is raised.
National currency: Dollar
Major industry: Information technology
Communications
Radio Stations: AM 350, FM 760, shortwave 10
Television Stations: 356
Internet Country Code: .ca

Military
Branches: Navy, Marine Corps, Organized Militia, Air Force
More info in later posts

Miscellaneous
National motto: Tertius vices lepor lepos (Third time is the charm)
National animal: Eagle
National anthem: Te Deum (chanted)
Official religion: Catholicism

Organized Militia

The role of the Organized Militia is to defend Civitas Americae from nuclear attack, so the majority of the OMs personnel, funding, and equipment is in the ABM batteries. Each of the 630 batteries has 16 Spartan II, 16 Sprint III, and 24 High Boost Interceptor Missile (HiBIM) launchers, with two reloads per launcher. Each battery has one C&C company and two maintenance companies assigned to it.

Missiles are not the only nuclear threat to Civitas Americae. Manned bombers are also capable of carrying nuclear payloads. In order to defend against this threat, should the Air Force find itself unable to completely stop a bomber attack on Civitas Americae, the Organized Militia maintains a strong set of anti-air defenses. Along the coast of Civitas Americae are 250 S-400 SAM batteries. There are also dispersed fighter bases with 24 F-14 Tomcat squadrons of 18 fighters each. In the event of an incoming bomber attack, all missiles are armed with nuclear warheads.

The Data Integration and Sharing System (DISS) is an Organized Militia-only Internet. It gathers, integrates, and shares all information from early warning satellites & radar, battery radars, and (when applicable) AWAC planes. DISS operates on a subsidiary basis. Defensive installations collate their info in sector groups, which share among regional groups, which share with the national processing center.

6 Apostle-class orbital weapons platforms (St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John)
The Apostle-class orbital weapons platforms were built to provide an additional layer of defense against enemy nuclear missiles. 10 15MW lasers and adaptive optic technology enable each platform to engage ten targets a second, and an average kill rate of 15%. Their twin 90MW nuclear reactors power not only the lasers and life support, but also a powerful radar suite to detect and target enemy warheads, satellites, and spacecraft. Simultaneously constructed in Low Earth Orbit (and then boosted to geosynchronous orbit above Civitas Americae) over a period of ten years, these large stations, massing 1,200 tons, cost $100 billion each. Each has a crew complement of 10.

1 Samson-class space tug.
The HIMS Samson was built to move the completed OWPs to their assigned orbits. Its 8 nuclear engines give it over a million pounds of thrust. Costing $40 billion, it was assembled in LEO in the two years prior to the beginning of OWP construction. During the construction of the OWPs it was used as a testbed for designed OWP weapons. Currently it is being used to test the spaceborne version of the HiBAM (SHiBAM). Mass: 4,000 tons Crew: 8.

Piranha-class Missile Platform (proposed)
The proposed Piranha-class missile platform is designed to provide a triple function thanks to its use of SHiBAM missiles (should they pass the tests). These missiles will allow the Piranhas to simultaneously act as space superiority platforms, missile defense platforms, and orbital bombardment platforms. No details will be made available until their design is finalized pending the successful test of the SHiBAM.

Sea Dragon Heavy Launch System
A rocket capable of boosting 500 tons into LEO, it is so large that it must be built in submarine yards and launched from sea. Each launch costs two billion dollars. Five rockets are held in reserve in case of need.

First Space Logistics Squadron

12 SV-1A Cherubim shuttles
Used in the construction of the tug and OWPs, each shuttle is part of a reusable TSTO system. Each shuttle has a crew of 8 and a passenger capacity of 40. Each shuttle costs $500 million

2 SC-1A Cherubim shuttles
These are SV-1s that have been modified to carry 30 tons of cargo to LEO rather than passengers.

1 SV-1B and 1 SC-1B Cherubim shuttles
These are shuttles that have been modified to remain permanently in space and use a nuclear engine. They act as ferries for cargo and passengers between LEO and the OWPs.

Spartan II missile:
Until recently, the first line of defense for Civitas Americae against nuclear attack, the Spartan II has a ceiling of 400 miles. Rather than try and attempt a kinetic kill, the Spartan II carries a 5-megaton nuclear warhead to disable enemy warheads. Cost: $15 million

Sprint III:
The next layer of defense after the Spartan II, the Sprint III has a ceiling of 40 miles and a top speed of Mach 12. It’s phenomenal ability to accelerate at 150Gs allows it to quickly reach this speed. It is armed with a 2kt enhanced radiation weapon, also known as a neutron bomb. Cost: $11 million

High Boost Interceptor Missile (HiBIM):
The last line of defense for Civitas Americae, the HiBIM has a ceiling of only 120,000 feet, but accelerates at over 400Gs. It was designed to intercept enemy warheads at under 20,000 feet if need be. A 1kt enhanced radiation weapon is used to disable enemy warheads. Cost: $25 million

Navy

The Navy is Civitas Americae’s first line of defense against a conventional enemy threat and the senior branch of the military. Although the Air Force is capable of deep strategic strikes and of a mobility surpassing that of the Navy, it is generally used to support the Navy and its operations.

The Navy’s organization is based around the individual ship. The individual ship is never considered to be in lone isolation, but is an escort of or is escorted by other ships. On paper this makes for small groups. A battleship or carrier only has three SSNs, four AAW cruisers, and two ASW frigates assigned to escort it for instance. But each of those AAW cruisers has three destroyers escorting it (a mix of AAW and ASW) and each of those destroyers has two ASW frigates escorting it. Thus, each capital ship, while only having nine escorts assigned to it, actually has forty-five escorts.

A capital ship group is called a battlegroup. The name of the battlegroup comes from the capital ship leading the group. Thus, there is the Joan of Arc Battleship BattleGroup (BB-BG) and the King Wenceslas Carrier BattleGroup (CBG). Multiple battlegroups of the same type form a task force, which has an arbitrarily assigned number. Task forces are made up of no more than three battlegroups of the same type. On the rare occasions when two or three battlegroups of different types must be assigned together, they are given the term flotilla. Fleets are composed of multiple task forces. Except for the battlegroup, all formations are temporary.

There are also Anti-Submarine Warfare Groups (ASWG) which are not based around capital ships. These cruiser-based groups generally operate in defense of Civitas Americae proper, lacking the firepower to project power, but may be assigned to fleets. Each ASWG is formed around one AAW cruiser (with pure ASW escorts) and two SSNs. The total composition is one AAW cruiser, three ASW destroyer, six ASW frigates, and two SSNs.

The CAN combat fleet is composed of 15 CBGs, 6 BB-BGs, and 26 ASWGs. There are also 30 SSNs on independent patrol.

The Navy also operates a small Riverine Force to support Marine landings and provide additional Marine cover fire from rivers should the need arise. The Stills-class boats are also used as minesweepers by the combat fleet.

22x Maidstone-class river gunboats (from Portland Iron Works)
124x Stills-class assault support patrol boat (from Portland Iron Works)

Fleet logistics is necessarily a large arm of the fleet. Over seven hundred underway oilers, three hundred underway replenishment ships, and ninety ammunition ships enable CAN to project power for long periods, should it become necessary. In addition, fleet logistics operates twenty-five hospital ships.

CAN is currently working on developing the High Boost Attack Missile (HiBAM). Should tests prove successful, there are talks of building a class of SSGN or a stretched Joan de Arc-class BBGN to carry these new missiles.

Current AAW cruiser: Ticonderoga-class
Current AAW destroyer: Arleigh Burke-class
Current ASW destroyer: Spruance-class
Current ASW frigate: Oliver Hazard Perry-class
Current SSN: Seawolf-class

Royal saint-class CVNs (RL Nimitz) carry:
56 F-21 Attack Super Tomcats
4 E-2C Hawkeyes
8 S-3/A/B Vikings
4 EF-21 Super Growlers
4 SH-60F Seahawks
2 HH-60H Seahawks

Joan de Arc-class BBGN:
Displacement: 70,000
Overall Length: 925 ft
Waterline Length: 894 ft
Waterline Beam: 115 ft 0 inches
Hull Draft: 27 ft
Speed: 30.0 knots
Power Plant
2 nuclear reactors (same as Royal saint-class)
Armament
6x 16-inch guns in two forward triple turrets
12x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
128 VLS tubes in aft containing either TSAM(-N), TLAM(-N), SM-3, or SM-2
Compliment
85 officers
1235 enlisted

Marine Corps

The Marine Corps is the sole regular land force of Civitas Americae. Owing to a peaceful granting of independence by the Holy Roman Empire, and the lack of an indigenous population to Civitas Americae’s landmass, the need for an Army has never been felt. Originally used simply for boarding actions and policing the ships of the Navy, it was soon realized that the Marine Corps was the perfect group to raid or seize enemy ports. Thus the Marine tradition of amphibious assaults began.

Except with small nations, the Marine Corps does not conquer. Rather, it is used to secure a landing zone so that allied armies may be brought in.

The Marine Corps is divided into three Marine Expeditionary Forces. Each of these MEFs contains an amphibious assault division, an armored division, two mechanized infantry divisions, and an artillery division. While each division (except for amphibious assault divisions, which only have mortars) has organic artillery, the “pure” artillery divisions enable the Marine Corps to call down heavier firepower than might be expected for its small size.

The amphibious assault divisions are heavy in helicopters (both transport and attack) and APCs. They also have an attached engineer regiment so that air and seaport facilities can be quickly repaired and rebuilt. Only the amphibious assault divisions embark upon assault ships or conduct landings. Once these ports have been secured, the other expeditionary divisions are air/sealifted in and extend a buffer zone around the ports.

The standard battle rifle of the Marine Corps is the AK-103. The standard machine gun is the M240 and the standard heavy machine gun is the M2. The standard ATGM is the Javelin. Standard MANPAD is the Stinger. Standard sidearm is M1911A.

Although owned and operated by the Navy, landing ships are purchased with Marine Corps money. Currently there are 15 Wasp-class LHDs, 8 San Antonio-class LPDs, and 20 RoRo transports.

Amphibious Assault Division structure:
One engineer regiment
Three Air Attack Regiments
--60 Mil Mi-28N Havoc attack helicopters (per regiment)
Four Air Assault Regiments
--60 Mil Mi-24VM gunships used as transport helicopters (per regiment)
--960 infantry carried by regimental helicopters
Four Sea Assault Regiments
--40 Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles (per regiment)
--720 infantry carried by EFVs
One Air Defense Regiment
--36 BTR-94
--24 BTR-94/B (BTR-94 with 4 Stingers rather than AAA gun)

22,800 men total in division

Armored Division structure:
Four Armored Brigades
--Three Armor Regiments
----44 Merkava 4 tanks (per regiment)
--One Artillery Regiment
----24 M2001 Crusader
One Artillery Regiment
--20 M270 MLRS
One Air Attack Regiment
--60 Mil Mi-28N Havoc attack helicopters

19,200 men total in division

Mechanized Infantry Division Structure:
Four Mech Infantry Brigades
--Two Mech Infantry Regiments (per brigade)
----5 BTR-94
----20 BTR-94/C (AAA replaced by Mark 19)
----15 BTR-94/D (AAA replaced with Bushmaster II)
--One Armored Regiment (per brigade)
----44 Merkava 4 tanks
--One Artillery Regiment
----24 M2001 Crusader
One Artillery Regiment
--20 M270 MLRS
One Air Attack Regiment
--60 Mil Mi-28N Havoc attack helicopters

19,200 men total in division

Artillery Division structure:
Four Artillery Brigades
--Two regiments (per brigade)
-----24 M2001 Crusader (per regiment)
--Two regiments (per brigade)
------20 M270 MLRS
One Air Defense Regiment
--36 BTR-94
--24 BTR-94/B (BTR-94 with 4 Stingers rather than AAA gun)

19,200 men total in division

Air Force

The Air Force is the junior branch of Civitas Americae’s military. Their two major functions are to operate Civitas Americae’s nuclear deterrent and support the operations of the Navy and Marine Corps.

Air Force regiments are composed of three squadrons of twelve planes each. One flight in each regiment is composed of electronic warfare variants.

First Nuclear Strike Division:
Three brigades with B-70 bombers
--Three regiments per brigade

Second Nuclear Strike Division:
Three brigades with B-70 bombers
--Three regiments per brigade

Third Nuclear Strike Division:
Three brigades with B-70 bombers
--Three regiments per brigade

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First Strategic Support Division:
Three brigades with B-70 bombers
--Three regiments per brigade

Second Strategic Support Division:
Three brigades with B-70 bombers
--Three regiments per brigade

Third Strategic Support Division:
Three brigades with B-70 bombers
--Three regiments per brigade

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First Tactical Support Division:
Three brigades with B-1B bombers
--Three regiments per brigade

Second Tactical Support Division
Three brigades with B-1B bombers
--Three regiments per brigade

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First Tactical Air Attack Division (Helo):
Three brigades
--Three regiments per brigade
----60 Mi-28N Night Havoc helicopters per regiment

Second Tactical Air Attack Division (Helo):
Three brigades
--Three regiments per brigade
----60 Mi-28N Night Havoc helicopters per regiment

Third Tactical Air Attack Division
Three brigades with A-10 attack planes
--Three regiments per brigade

Fourth Tactical Air Attack Division
Three brigades with A-10 attack planes
--Three regiments per brigade

Fifth Tactical Air Attack Division
Three brigades with A-10 attack planes
--Three regiments per brigade

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First Fighter Division
Three brigades with F-108 fighters
--Three regiments per brigade

Second Fighter Division
Three brigades with F-108 fighters
--Three regiments per brigade

Third Fighter Division
Three brigades with F-108 fighters
--Three regiments per brigade

Fourth Fighter Division
Three brigades with F-21 fighters
--Three regiments per brigade

Fifth Fighter Division
Three brigades with F-21 fighters
--Three regiments per brigade

Sixth Fighter Division
Three brigades with F-21 fighters
--Three regiments per brigade

Seventh Fighter Division
Three brigades with F-21 fighters
--Three regiments per brigade

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First Transport Division
Three brigades with C-225 (An-225) transports
--Three regiments per brigade

Second Transport Division
Three brigades with C-225 (An-225) transports
--Three regiments per brigade

Third Transport Division
Three brigades with C-225 (An-225) transports
--Three regiments per brigade

First Tanker Division
Three brigades with KC-225 tankers
--Three regiments per brigade

First Airborne Artillery Brigade
Three regiments with AC-130

First AWAC Brigade
Three regiments with E-3

First Reconnaissance Regiment
Equipped with SR-71s

Although owned and operated by the Navy, the twenty-two modified Algol-class RoRo transports used to transport the First and Second Tactical Air Attack Divisions were purchased using Air Force funds. During time of need, passenger aircraft and smaller cargo planes are requisitioned from the civilian air services.

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