Terror Incognitia
26-06-2007, 00:19
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Incognitia:
Population: 35 million
Territory: Florida, Louisiana, on north of there to border Angermanland, Kanami and Sendersdale
Form of Government: Elective Dictatorship, with a fuzzy and limited franchise.
Head of Government: John McGrath
Legislature: Consilia, an allegedly elected body. Often in the pocket of the Tyrant.
Form and function: A mercantile state, designed to give the masses enough that they don’t revolt, and their talent can make the jump to being part of the upper orders to keep the whole system going.
Otherwise, it’s run in the interests of the governing class, who are the major merchants and industrialists. (even that is in their LONG term interests).
This system has been working for several centuries, and is generally agreed, except by soft-hearted liberals, to be doing just fine. Certainly, Incognitia is fairly large, wealthy, and not racked by civil disorder. And many do make the jump up the social order.
As a mercantile state, maritime trading is significant, and the Navy has appeared fit to match this. The army, while reasonably efficient thanks to the scrutiny of the Consilia (permitted little say in policy, they keep a close eye on it’s execution so as to justify their existence), is not huge, and the militia is shambolic and useless.
However, land-borne threats are few, and the internal network of railways permits the Army to make up for small size with exceeding mobility.
The telegraph, a proud Incognitian invention, ensures that they will know immediately when a new threat appears.
The seat of government is located in Nescia (RL Memphis, Tennessee).
(Anything else of importance can be added as time wears on. Any specific questions, please ask.)
Incognitia:
Population: 35 million
Territory: Florida, Louisiana, on north of there to border Angermanland, Kanami and Sendersdale
Form of Government: Elective Dictatorship, with a fuzzy and limited franchise.
Head of Government: John McGrath
Legislature: Consilia, an allegedly elected body. Often in the pocket of the Tyrant.
Form and function: A mercantile state, designed to give the masses enough that they don’t revolt, and their talent can make the jump to being part of the upper orders to keep the whole system going.
Otherwise, it’s run in the interests of the governing class, who are the major merchants and industrialists. (even that is in their LONG term interests).
This system has been working for several centuries, and is generally agreed, except by soft-hearted liberals, to be doing just fine. Certainly, Incognitia is fairly large, wealthy, and not racked by civil disorder. And many do make the jump up the social order.
As a mercantile state, maritime trading is significant, and the Navy has appeared fit to match this. The army, while reasonably efficient thanks to the scrutiny of the Consilia (permitted little say in policy, they keep a close eye on it’s execution so as to justify their existence), is not huge, and the militia is shambolic and useless.
However, land-borne threats are few, and the internal network of railways permits the Army to make up for small size with exceeding mobility.
The telegraph, a proud Incognitian invention, ensures that they will know immediately when a new threat appears.
The seat of government is located in Nescia (RL Memphis, Tennessee).
(Anything else of importance can be added as time wears on. Any specific questions, please ask.)