NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC:

Anyone can post after a certain point in this story, i will mark that point at the top of the relevant post.

The point of this thread is to reasonably explain Exetonias massive land size and her need for a massive standing military force.

backstory part one:

Slowly over the past 20 years, Exetonia had been enjoying a prosperous growth period with no major problems. The economy continued to be an economic powerhouse accross the entirity of the Socialist state with very little harm done to both political freedoms and civil rights.

However, 5 years ago, a massive population explosion occured due to the very high standard of living conditions in the state. Now, in a smaller nation with lots of land to expand into this might not have been a problem but, with a state the size of Exetonia a population explosion was devastating. Major habital areas across the main Exetonian continent and the two huge Island continents were comfortable but at breaking point with most being no smaller than 45km diameter with approximatel 12-13 million citizens in each.

Major new housing centers and cities were built in 50% of the remaining rural areas (in total about 15% of the remaining landmass of the entire Exetonian state) which managed to cope quite well with many people moving there new families into these new habitation hubs.

This in itself caused a massive problem for Exetonia. It was becoming rarer to be able to find a rural spot where one couldnt notice the spectre of high rise appartment buildings in the distance. It was therefor decided by the state ruling party (made up of over 450 representetives from the regions that make up Exetonia) that new room for its populus would be needed.

At first, Exetonia began by laying claim to lands that were unoccupied by neighbouring nations with littlke or no resistance from them. This little move gained Exetonia a little under 20% extra of its original land mass. These new areas were large enough to constitute having 4 new regions added to the Exetonian state and 4 new representatives added.

On the two island precincts, major expansion and colonisation was also underway. There were many unclaimed arcipeligoes around thw two islands which the state laid claim to. it was decided to place these arcipeligos under the control of the nearest region to them. This move gained a little under 1% extra on top of the original Exetonian combined landmass.

This for the time being suited Exetonia and kept the threats of over Expansion at bay, however a build up of military in the newly captured areas on the main Exetonian continent was begining to disturb her much smaller neighbours, mainly comprised of states who did not wish to be integrated in the State of Exetonia.

backstory part 2:

For the next year, the recent expansion of the Exetonian State had kept the general populus happy although, more refugees were still flooding to the nation everyday to swear allegiance to the state and to seek work there.

The recent Expansion could have coped with this influx and the current population boom however, the people were becoming worried as there was no longer any avaliable space to expand into. It was getting to the point where if Exetonia had to expand, she would either have to aquire more through peaceful intergration or forcibly take the land from her neighbours both on the mainland and near the two islands.

Ruling the state was becoming a logistical nightmare as it was let alone with the populus begining to question if the current rate of growth could be maintained and worrying about wether or not the economy could continue to be the powerhouse that it currently was.

It was towards the end of the year that the Exetonian state governing body opened up peaceful talks with its neighbours about integration into the Exetonian state. Some of these neighbours were extremly poor with collapsing open markets due to the grip that the Exetonian State had on commerce in the entire continent.

Most of the neighbour states had a sizeable area of land (above 1700 square KM) with very little populus (under 45 million) and would be a pushover should, at that point, the Exetonian state have chosen to 'liberate' those nations and integrated them into the Exetonian State by force.

Early talks went well with 5 out of the 13 states that were approached (out of a total of 27) with Neo Fradenheim, Lower Drakholt, Grand Enklenhelm, Astrian Greenfields and The Lucernian commonwealth accepting the proposal to be encorporated into the Exetonian state and merged into a new region - New Exlotian (a name based off the original nation Exetonia branched off from (which it conquored itself many years later.

The remaining 22 refused to co-operate with the Exetonian State and formed into an alliance fearing that military action was imminent. This Alliance was simply known as ECLONA (pronounced 'Eccle'-'oh'-'nah') or 'The Exetonian Continent League of Non Alligned nations'

This formation of an alliance didn't slip past without the Exetonian State noticing, nor did the military build up along the alliances borders with the State of Exetonia. The State Governing body were well aware that, because these 22 nations had formed an alliance, they would have a combined military force capable of causing the Exetonian military severe problems should an invasion plan be ratified. There was also the problem that they may end up being gifted with outside help.

backstory part 3:

Meanwhile on the Island precincts, things were not going as smoothly. The island nations around the Exetonian precincts had actively stated that any attempt to take their territories would be met by severe force.

This meant that attacking these nations was almost certainly, at this point in time, out of the question. Fighting a war on more than 1 front would drain the state resources far to much and lead to many losses and the possibility of losing one or both of the precincts.

Another problem that arose was the fact that the moment these nations learnt the plight of the nations on the Exetonian continent, thery would almost certainly use this as an excuse to begin attacking shipping between the Precincts and the main continent, drawing out the Precincts Naval resources and possibly even lead to the all out war in those areas that Exetonia was trying to avoid. These were crtical times and things would have to be planned maticulously.

1 month agoo, the Exetonian state Government of representatives voted through an immediate upgrade of its military to Defcon 2. This meant that the military accross the entire Democratic state, including the two island precincts moved from ready status to war status. All leave was cancelled and deployments were begun.

This would take the entirity of the month to complete. During this time, the Exetonian State began using spy sattelites to scan the borders on the main continent looking for military emplacements. At the same time they had Sattelites constantly monitoring the militaries of the nations neighbouring the Island Precincts.

Sifting through this information were teams of 1000's of well trained intelligence operatives 24 hours a day on 8 hour rotational shifts (8 hours on, 16 hours off.) The information gained from this operation would be used in the upcoming invasion of the neighbouring states and in the defence of the two island Precincts.

OOC:

The next post will detail the deployment of Exetonian forces accross the continent and in defence of the Island precincts aswell as shipping between the Island Precincts and the main land (and Vice versa)

It will also detail the deployments of the oposing side(s) forces.
After this, will come the official declaration of war from Exetonia to which the international community can begin responding.

I'm interested in parties joining on the side of the non alligned nations and possibly on Exetonias side.

There will be absolutly no nukes, chemichal or biological weapons

Exetonias Island precincts are fair game to nations coming to the aid of the non alligned nations however I would request that no action is taken until the precincts neighbours enter the war or request assistance.

This is not to say you cant attack the precincts just make sure that if you do, you post a blinding bit of build up rp that allows the precincts a sufficient time to react... EWxetonia has its hands on a lot of technology but there are always ways around it 9eg, silent runnings, smaller task forcess etc)

Exetonia will eventually win this war, its up to those who get involved just how much winning the war costs her (how much do you want to expend defending either the non-alligned nations or the Exetonian state.)

OOC: Naval Deployments

Dreinhel Precinct Naval forces:

11th Fleet Dreinhel Carrier Battle Group

2 x Nimitz Class Carriers
(86 F/A-18 Hornets)
(32 SH/HH-60 Sea Hawks)
4 x Queen Elizabeth Clas carriers
(120 x F-35 Lightning II's)
(40 x Seaking helicopters)
8 x Invincible class Carriers
(120 x Sea Harriers)
(40 x Seaking helicopters)
5 x Type 45 'D' class destroyers
10 x FREMM class Frigates

Status: Deployed in the vicinity of Dreinhel on immediate alert status

12th Fleet Dreinhel Battle Group Alpha

1 x Iowa class Battleship
2 x Ticonderoga Class Cruisers
4 x Type 45 'D' class Destroyers
8 x FREMM class frigates

Status: Deployed on civilian shipping defence duties


13th Fleet Dreinhel Battle Group Beta

1 x Iowa class Battleship
2 x Ticonderoga Class Cruisers
4 x Type 45 'D' class Destroyers
8 x FREMM class frigates

Status: Deployed on civilian shipping defence duties

14th Fleet Dreinhel Submarine Battle group

5 x Trafalgar class submarines
10 x Astute class submarines

Status: Deployed within precincts waters watching for enemy ships/subs

15th Fleet Dreinhel 'Auxilliary'

15 x T-AFT-166 class tugs
10 x T-AKE-1 class cargo ships
10 x T-AO-187 class oilers

Status: In dock on ready status, complete deployment avaliable within 12 hours.

Otroctaria Precinct Naval forces:

16th Fleet Otroctaria Carrier Battle Group

2 x Nimitz Class Carriers
(86 F/A-18 Hornets)
(32 SH/HH-60 Sea Hawks)
4 x Queen Elizabeth Clas carriers
(120 x F-35 Lightning II's)
(40 x Seaking helicopters)
8 x Invincible class Carriers
(120 x Sea Harriers)
(40 x Seaking helicopters)
5 x Type 45 'D' class destroyers
10 x FREMM class Frigates

Status: Deployed in the vicinity of Otroctaria on immediate alert status

17th Fleet Otroctaria Battle Group Alpha

1 x Iowa class Battleship
2 x Ticonderoga Class Cruisers
4 x Type 45 'D' class Destroyers
8 x FREMM class frigates

Status: Deployed on civilian shipping defence duties


18th Fleet Otroctaria Battle Group Beta

1 x Iowa class Battleship
2 x Ticonderoga Class Cruisers
4 x Type 45 'D' class Destroyers
8 x FREMM class frigates

Status: Deployed on civilian shipping defence duties

19th Fleet Otroctaria Submarine Battle group

5 x Trafalgar class submarines
10 x Astute class submarines

Status: Deployed within precincts waters watching for enemy ships/subs

20th Fleet Otroctaria 'Auxilliary'

15 x T-AFT-166 class tugs
10 x T-AKE-1 class cargo ships
10 x T-AO-187 class oilers

Status: In dock on ready status, complete deployment avaliable within 12 hours.

Exetonian State Continent Naval Force

1st Fleet Exetonia Carrier Battle Force Alpha

4 x Nimitz Class Carriers
(172 F/A-18 Hornets)
(64 SH/HH-60 Sea Hawks)
8 x Queen Elizabeth Clas carriers
(240 x F-35 Lightning II's)
(80 x Seaking helicopters)
16 x Invincible class Carriers
(240 x Sea Harriers)
(80 x Seaking helicopters)
10 x Type 45 'D' class destroyers
20 x FREMM class Frigates

Status: Deployed off Exetonian coast. Full Alert Status

2nd Fleet Exetonia Carrier Battle Force Alpha

4 x Nimitz Class Carriers
(172 F/A-18 Hornets)
(64 SH/HH-60 Sea Hawks)
8 x Queen Elizabeth Clas carriers
(240 x F-35 Lightning II's)
(80 x Seaking helicopters)
16 x Invincible class Carriers
(240 x Sea Harriers)
(80 x Seaking helicopters)
10 x Type 45 'D' class destroyers
20 x FREMM class Frigates

Status: Deployed off Exetonian coast. Full Alert Status

3rd Fleet Exetonia Battle Force Alpha

2 x Iowa class Battleship
4 x Ticonderoga Class Cruisers
8 x Type 45 'D' class Destroyers
16 x FREMM class frigates

Status: Defending Shipping to the Dreinhel Precinct

4th Fleet Exetonia Battle Force Beta

2 x Iowa class Battleship
4 x Ticonderoga Class Cruisers
8 x Type 45 'D' class Destroyers
16 x FREMM class frigates

Status: Defending Shipping to the Octroctaria Precinct

5th Fleet Exetonia Battle Force Delta

2 x Iowa class Battleship
4 x Ticonderoga Class Cruisers
8 x Type 45 'D' class Destroyers
16 x FREMM class frigates

Status: Defending Exetonian waters

6th Fleet Exetonia Battle Force Gamma

2 x Iowa class Battleship
4 x Ticonderoga Class Cruisers
8 x Type 45 'D' class Destroyers
16 x FREMM class frigates

Status: Defending Exetonian waters

7th Fleet Exetonia Submarine Battle Force Alpha

10 x Trafalgar class submarines
20 x Astute class submarines

Status: Attached to 5th Fleet

8th Fleet Exetonia Submarine Battle Force Beta

10 x Trafalgar class submarines
20 x Astute class submarines

Status: Attached to 6th fleet

9th Fleet Exetonia Auxilliary Alpha

30 x T-AFT-166 class tugs
20 x T-AKE-1 class cargo ships
20 x T-AO-187 class oilers

Status: In dock on ready status, complete deployment avaliable within 12 hours.

10th Fleet Exetonia Auxilliary Beta

30 x T-AFT-166 class tugs
20 x T-AKE-1 class cargo ships
20 x T-AO-187 class oilers

Status: In dock on ready status, complete deployment avaliable within 12 hours.