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The Disciples of The Pact

Background
After 40 years of death and sorrow, the survivors of Paradise, Michigan stumbled upon a holy text speaking of the Great Old ones. These powerful deities possessed power that was far exceeding than that of man, before the fall. They learned that they demanded sacrifice to continue their slumber and grant power to those loyal to them. When Balon, a thief was dragged out onto the wharf and thrown out into the Great Lake with Rocks tied upon his legs the harvest grew in strong and the pestilence ceased. Cthulhu had accepted this offering of flesh and bone.The people of Paradise took the name of The Pact after the bargain they had struck with the Old Ones. That year The Pact spread across the Upper Peninsula conquering town after town and sacrificing many of those captured to their dark gods.



Government
The Highest position in the pact is King, a hereditary titles initially bestowed by Cthulhu himself. The King holds absolute power over the realm but most balance the power of the various clans throughout as they control the majority of the land. Each year a moot is held where the clans all come together to discuss land disputes and speak of mutual ventures and raids. After all grievances and ideas are put forward each clan selects a representative to vote on any issue they see fit. Once the Moot is concluded a great festival is held in the Capital and upon its conclusion a great sacrifice is held.

Language
Over the past 150 years the language of the region has become the bastard child of the various groups living within the region. While the dialects of the region consist of a mix of english, french, finish and native tongues most speak a mix of all of these.

Religion
Based upon the teachings of the Great Works the Disciples worship the Old Ones and take part in human sacrifice to maintain the Pact. Each Old One is satiated differently. Cthulhu's sacrifices are lowered into the great deep in whence he dwells. Others are burned alive or bled but in the end all end in blood.
Various cults exist throughout the realm worshipping different entities and membership into these is often exclusive and secretive. Only those of great power or of purpose are ever granted full membership while others are used as pawns in the games of the cults.



Military
Each Clan of the Pact is required to maintain its own force. In the event of war the Clans are summoned with their warbands. The Pact relies primarily on heavy infantry dorning mail and an sword, axe, or spear. But this is not to say the Pact does not possess other forces such as Longbowman, light infantry, or cavalry. They possess all these forces but their heavy infantry are their bread and butter

The King of the Pact maintains his own elite retinue called the Black Hand. These elite warriors, and zealots are said to not be man but beasts granted to the Pact by the Old Ones themselves.

Food
A largely agrarian society much of the population lives on small family farms. Potatoes are by far the most commonly grown crop, but corn, wheat and tobacco are also grown in large supply. To supplement the diet with dairy and meat most farms also raise livestock such as cattle, goats, and chickens. But fish makes up a far larger part of the Disciples diets than any other meat.

Economic
The Economy of the Pact is primarily agrarian one, but the Pact holds several Iron mines and is renowned for its fine smiths. But the Pact is not an isolated faction, building great Longships modeled after their ancestors The Disciples of the Pact have become great traders throughout the Great lakes. They sail up and down the coasts and rivers of the region trading furs, spirits, and tobacco for slaves, trinkets from the old world and salt. ​

 

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The Troit Folk (Detroit, Michigan)



Backstory: The Troit folk live in the ruins of what was clearly once a great city. They are descended from both former residents of that city and an Old Order Amish community who fled their destroyed town for a refuge along the Detroit River. Heavily influenced by the Amish’s farming techniques and religious conviction, the Troit Folk have remained a relatively quiet and isolated community, until recent events have forced them to interact more with outsiders.

Government: They are governed by a Clan Counsel, with each Clan (actually a group of economically interdependent families and single individuals) appointing a new representative each year.

Military: Non-existent until about ten years ago, when attacks from outsiders and rumors of war in the north forced them to create a militia of their own. Known as The Watch (or die Wache in their local tongue), they rely primarily on bladed weapons and staffs, along with scavenged body armor. Some members of the group are avowed pacifists and disapprove of The Watch, believing that military and war is what lead to society’s collapse in the first place.

Economy: Masterful farmers and weavers, they primarily trade vegetables, fish, textiles and woven baskets to their neighbors in exchange for grains and metal that is better than what they can scavenge in the city. Recently, some community members have rediscovered glass-blowing, bringing increased interest from outsiders—not all of it benevolent.

Culture: The Troit Folks’ culture is highly influenced by Amish ideals of plain living and humility in the face of a wrathful and incomprehensible god. Group members wear loose, simple clothing and live in large, multi-generational family households, running their farms collectively and owning little in the way of personal possessions. However, few group members still practice the Amish’s strict Christian faith. Their language is a creole primarily composed of Pennsylvania Dutch, Bengali, Polish, and English. It sounds absolutely insane to outsiders. For the purposes of trade, most adults also speak the languages of their neighbors.

Start Location Color: Purple

 

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(Since I planned to apply for Detroit I will still post this but if you need me to change then feel free to say)

The Iron Circle


Backstory

Survivors of the Great War and it’s horrific end that lived in the Downriver area huddled towards Detroit to its nuclear bunkers hoping to escape to Death that was coming to steal their loved ones away. But this was mostly futile with most of the populations dying from it regardless leaving the small few that weren’t affected scarred for life. With the worse happening in front of them they could not imagine it could get worse but unfortunately it did with the nuclear bunkers being sealed for a set period of time the survivors were now trap in what they thought would be their coffin. Moving the bodies to the bunker’s freezers to preserve the dead in hopes that they would be saved and could bury them in peace. After many years the food supply of the bunker soon dwindled from overeating assuming the doors would never open and soon the food was all but gone leaving them to starve for another week. When all hope was lost and the end seemed nigh the doors sprang open leaving a population and the brink of death open to the world the will to live somehow returned to these broken souls but with their weak bodies they needed some sort of sustenance to keep them alive as they tried to civilize this wasteland once more, and they made the decision that would break their minds. Harvesting what they could from the preserved dead the minds of the survivors started to dwindle leaving those without the strongest will to live as mere mindless slaves to the one that could feed them the most. Slowly over the course of years they grew from that point capturing any the came upon and deciding whether they would be food or fighters for their bloody expansion. The Iron Circle, as the strongest minds decided to call their band, becoming feared across what was known as the Downriver area.


Government

The Iron Circle’s government is a council of leaders, that consist of those whose minds have not fallen to the madness of the devoured flesh. They are the final say in any decisions that need to be made for the Circle, whether that is a need of increased procreation, the need of increasing the amount of hunting parties, or the need for war.



Military

The military of the Iron Circle is made up of any ‘citizen’ of the Circle. Though all the people of the Circle can fight their are different levels of warriors.

Spoiler: The Cracked Iron

These are the ‘citizens’ of the Circle that are weak minded and have gone derange after devouring the flesh of others and are made to be cannon fodder for the main force. Mostly lightly armored to nothing at all and armed with jagged pieces of iron or whatever can be found.

Spoiler: The Fresh Forged

These are ‘citizens’ of the Circle, whether from the strong minded or those of the Cracked that regained their sanity, that are trained lightly to be the main fighting force of the Circle’s army. Members of this class tend to have decent scrap iron armor while also being armed with either sharped scrap iron blades or forged iron blades.

Spoiler: The Forgeborn

Becoming a Forgeborn among the Circle’s ‘citizens’ is seen as a great honor, for those who are sane enough to understand. These ‘citizens’ are seen as expert fighters and warriors that relish in the spoils of bloodshed and murder. The are armored with the best forged iron armor and the best forge iron blades the Circle possesses.


Economy

The Iron Circle, while being a cannibalistic tribe, understand the necessity of outside trade after failing to do so for a good bit of its creation. They are willing to trade most anything they create or pillage for the hopes of more diversity of weapons, more types of food, as well as a steady supply of water.



Culture

The culture of the Iron Circle is that of “The survival of the fittest” and those that are not seen as 'citizens' of the Circle has either two choices. Prove you are among the strong and get accepted into the Circle, becoming possibly a great warrior or leader with all the benefits it provides or be pronounced weak and join the ranks of the slaves, forced to do hard labor, provide entertainment, fight among the Cracked, or be used as nourishment for the Circle.



Start Location Color: Purple, Detroit


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The Troit Folk (Detroit, Michigan)

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Backstory: The Troit folk live in the ruins of what was clearly once a great city. They are descended from both former residents of that city and an Old Order Amish community who fled their destroyed town for a refuge along the Detroit River. Heavily influenced by the Amish’s farming techniques and religious conviction, the Troit Folk have remained a relatively quiet and isolated community, until recent events have forced them to interact more with outsiders.

Government: They are governed by a Clan Counsel, with each Clan (actually a group of economically interdependent families and single individuals) appointing a new representative each year.

Military: Non-existent until about ten years ago, when attacks from outsiders and rumors of war in the north forced them to create a militia of their own. Known as The Watch (or die Wache in their local tongue), they rely primarily on bladed weapons and staffs, along with scavenged body armor. Some members of the group are avowed pacifists and disapprove of The Watch, believing that military and war is what lead to society’s collapse in the first place.

Economy: Masterful farmers and weavers, they primarily trade vegetables, fish, textiles and woven baskets to their neighbors in exchange for grains and metal that is better than what they can scavenge in the city. Recently, some community members have rediscovered glass-blowing, bringing increased interest from outsiders—not all of it benevolent.

Culture: The Troit Folks’ culture is highly influenced by Amish ideals of plain living and humility in the face of a wrathful and incomprehensible god. Group members wear loose, simple clothing and live in large, multi-generational family households, running their farms collectively and owning little in the way of personal possessions. However, few group members still practice the Amish’s strict Christian faith. Their language is a creole primarily composed of Pennsylvania Dutch, Bengali, Polish, and English. It sounds absolutely insane to outsiders. For the purposes of trade, most adults also speak the languages of their neighbors.

Start Location Color: Purple

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Holey Roman Empire. INDIANAPOLIS

Background

The origin of the city's name is thought to be that of the reputed founder and first ruler, the legendary Romulus.[9] It is said that Romulus and his twin brother Remus, apparent sons of the god Mars and descendants of the Trojan hero Aeneas, were suckled by a she-wolf after being abandoned, then decided to build a city. The brothers argued, Romulus killed Remus, and then named the city Rome after himself. After founding and naming Rome (as the story goes), he permitted men of all classes to come to Rome as citizens, including slaves and freemen without distinction.


After a group ascended from a fallout shelter a man by the name of Winston Churchill introduced himself as Caesar to the local tribe and educated them in the concept of total war against the tribes around them. Churchill knew that, even though the tribes had always fought each other via occasional skirmishes, he considered them to only be "playing at war," having never seen warfare at its most destructive and barbaric state. They defeated the weakest of their enemies first and enslaved many of the able-bodied survivors; but Churchill had the rest, including women and children, killed to the last, leaving their remains piled high. When Churchill surrounded the next of the tribe's foes, they refused to surrender. Churchill brought an emissary of the tribe back to witness the fate of the first tribe. The tribe surrendered, rather than suffer the same fate. The concept of total war was an entirely new and terrifying type of conflict that the tribes had never encountered before. Such brutality would form the core of the Legion's tactics and philosophy in conjunction with the local's belief system founded in the Catholic Church. Caesar completely remade Indianapolis into Rome and the old world’s name for the city is gone with the sands of time.


Government
People were divided into different classes. There were Patricians, Plebeians and Slaves.

Patricians were wealthy citizens of Rome. They usually lived in grand houses and had slaves to do their work for them. Because they were citizens of Rome they were allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.

Plebeians were not wealthy but they were citizens of Rome. They were usually craftsmen or tradesmen and they worked for a living. Because they were citizens of Rome they were allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.

Slaves had no money, no rights, and no freedom and were not citizens of Rome. Because they were not citizens of Rome they were not allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.


Patricians and Plebeians met in the Assembly and voted for consuls, tribunes and magistrates. Women and slaves were not allowed in the Assembly and could not vote.


Language
Latin and English

Religion
The Catholic Church follows an episcopal polity, led by bishops who have received the sacrament of Holy Orders who are given formal jurisdictions of governance within the church.[29][30] There are three levels of clergy, the episcopate, composed of bishops who hold jurisdiction over a geographic area called a diocese or eparchy; Then the priests ordained by bishops and who work in local diocese or religious orders; and the diaconate, composed of deacons who assist bishops and priests in a variety of ministerial roles. Ultimately leading the entire Catholic Church is the Bishop of Rome, commonly called the pope, whose jurisdiction is called the Holy See. In parallel to the diocesan structure are a variety of religious institutes that function autonomously, often subject only to the authority of the pope, though sometimes subject to the local bishop. Most religious institutes only have male or female members but some have both. Additionally, lay members aid many liturgical functions during worship services.


Indianapolis before the Great War had a very high catholic population. There was still a strong religious foundation when Churchill founded the Holy Roman Empire. He named Indianapolis Rome and got the remaining church to reestablish itself as the seat of Catholicism. The Catholic Church does have its own political agendas and beliefs outside of the Holy Roman Empire. The church frowns upon slavery and total war.

Military

Early development of the Roman legion saw the military organization formed on an “ad-hoc” basis. This meant that more or less, the military was built up with volunteers and headed mostly by the wealthy, stately family or tribal members. The size fluctuated based on needs. Later on, after many years of warfare, Rome became exhausted, and therefore participation declined. With a growing lack of numbers, the military base was adjusted. It opened up admission not to just Roman landowners, but non-romans as well. This paved the way for a professional career military force.

One Roman legion had approximately 144 men; It was comprised of about 3 Cohorts, commanded by a Legatus. The Legatus was usually a Senator, designated by the Emperor. A Centurion Commands a squads of 8 men.

The Infantry would be divided into these varying levels of experience and age-type units, to accommodate the “lowering of quality of men,” since the military was opened up to non-romans.

Velites: young, agile, least trained men served as light infantry. They would be equipped with a couple of darts and javelins; and a light, round shield, and adorned in leather.

Hastati: The front line. Somewhat older, a little more experienced. They would form the basis of of the heavy infantry.

Principes: The real veterans. Heavily armored, heavily trained and experienced, they were the main component of the Roman Infantry. While legions would be accompanied by several auxiliary or cavalry units, this was their biggest and main fighting force.

Triarii: constituted the last line of defense. They were armed with spears and lent stability to formation. They were at the mercy of the general, and used whenever or wherever needed. Also a comforting feeling for the main body, knowing they have a bunch of spearmen behind them.

Weaponry
Gladius: A Roman short sword, made famous not only by the devastating effect it held with over two centuries of overpowering death, but also in the Gladiator games that were held. Fun fact: Romans developed training programs for the use of the Gladius around the same time the Gladiator games became public events in the Coliseum (Gabriel 108).

Pilum- Throwing spear, as shown above. This development helped to max casualties before the opposing force hit the front lines, effectively decreasing the blow and minimizing chance of routing.
Scutum: The Roman Shield. Fashioned in a semi-circular way so that missiles may be deflected away from the user. The round bronze “bump” in the center of the shield was used to bash enemy shields, breaking them or breaking the line. The bashing of the shield was usually followed by a very strong thrust upward of the Gladius; this move became dominating across the now almost Roman world.


Cassis: The name used for their helmets


Caligae: Roman boots. They varied in thickness of leather, with metal studs fastened on the sole, for trampling over downed enemies and also to help not wear the leather down. After development of the military all of this equipment became standard for soldiers and were essentially provided to them after the establishment of the “career” military force.



The Military uses bows, crossbows, slings, and any other weapon that they can get their hands on.








Food

A largely agrarian society much of the population lives on small family farms. Potatoes are by far the most commonly grown crop, but corn, mushrooms, wheat and tobacco are also grown in large supply. To supplement the diet with dairy and meat most farms also raise livestock such as cattle, goats, and chickens. But fish makes up a far larger part of the Disciples diets than any other meat.


Economic

The Economy is primarily agrarian one, but has the ability to make steel. Trade is commonplace as well as leisure and entertainment. . Military conquest is the main source of commerce however traders deal in slaves, armor, weapons food, salt, alcohol and livestock.


Social Structure:

The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only marked by blood relations but also by the legally constructed relation of patria potestas. The Pater familias was the absolute head of the family; he was the master over his wife (if she was given to him cum manu, otherwise the father of the wife retained patria potestas), his children, the wives of his sons (again if married cum manu which became rarer towards the end of the Republic), the nephews, the slaves and the freedmen (liberated slaves, the first generation still legally inferior to the freeborn), disposing of them and of their goods at will, even having them put to death.

Slavery and slaves were part of the social order. The slaves were mostly prisoners of war. There were slave markets where they could be bought and sold. Roman law was not consistent about the status of slaves, except that they were considered like any other moveable property. Many slaves were freed by the masters for fine services rendered; some slaves could save money to buy their freedom. Generally mutilation and murder of slaves was prohibited by legislation,[citation needed] although outrageous cruelty continued.

Apart from these families (called gentes) and the slaves (legally objects, mancipia i.e. "kept in the [master's] hand") there were Plebeians that did not exist from a legal perspective. They had no legal capacity and were not able to make contracts, even though they were not slaves. To deal with this problem, the so-called clientela was created. By this institution, a plebeian joined the family of a patrician (in a legal sense) and could close contracts by mediation of his patrician pater familias. Everything the plebeian possessed or acquired legally belonged to the gens. He was not allowed to form his own gens.

The authority of the pater families was unlimited, be it in civil rights as well as in criminal law. The king's duty was to be head over the military, to deal with foreign politics and also to decide on controversies between the gentes. The patricians were divided into three tribes (Ramnenses, Titientes, Luceres).

During the time of the Roman Republic ,Roman citizens were allowed to vote. These included patricians and plebeians. Women, slaves, and children were not allowed to vote.

There were two assemblies, the assembly of centuries (comitia centuriata) and the assembly of tribes (comitia tributa), which were made up of all the citizens of Rome. In the comitia centuriata the Romans were divided according to age, wealth and residence. The citizens in each tribe were divided into five classes based on property and then each group was subdivided into two centuries by age. All in all, there were 373 centuries. Like the assembly of tribes, each century had one vote. The Comitia Centuriata elected the praetors (judicial magistrates), the censors, and the consuls.

The comitia tributa comprised thirty-five tribes from Rome and the country. Each tribe had a single vote. The Comitia Tributa elected the Quaestors (financial magistrates) and the patrician Curule Aedile.

Over time, Roman law evolved considerably, as well as social views, emancipating (to increasing degrees) family members. Justice greatly increased, as well. The Romans became more efficient at considering laws and punishments.

Life in Roman revolved around the Forum, the central business district, where most of the Romans would go for marketing, shopping, trading, banking, and for participating in festivities and ceremonies. The Forum was also a place where orators would express themselves to mold public opinion, and elicit support for any particular issue of interest to them or others. Before sunrise, children would go to schools or tutoring them at home would commence. Elders would dress, take a breakfast by 11 o'clock, have a nap and in the afternoon or evening would generally go to the Forum. Going to a public bath at least once daily was a habit with most Roman citizens. There were separate baths for men and women. The main difference was that the women's baths were smaller than the men's, and did not have a frigidarium (cold room) or a palaestra (exercise area).

Different types of outdoor and indoor entertainment, free of cost, were available in ancient Rome. Depending on the nature of the events, they were scheduled during daytime, afternoons, evenings, or late nights. Huge crowds gathered at the Colosseum aka the old (Oiler Stadium) to watch events like gladiators, combats between men, or fights between men and wild animals. The Circus Maximus (old Indianapolis Motor Speedway) was used for chariot racing.

Life in the countryside was slow but lively, with numerous local festivals and social events. Farms were run by the farm managers, but estate owners would sometimes take a retreat to the countryside for rest, enjoying the splendor of nature and the sunshine, including activities like fishing, hunting, and riding. On the other hand, slave labor slogged on continuously, for long hours and all seven days, and ensuring comforts and creating wealth for their masters. The average farm owners were better off, spending evenings in economic and social interactions at the village markets. The day ended with a meal, generally left over from the noontime preparations.

 

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Holey Roman Empire. INDIANAPOLIS

Background
The origin of the city's name is thought to be that of the reputed founder and first ruler, the legendary Romulus.[9] It is said that Romulus and his twin brother Remus, apparent sons of the god Mars and descendants of the Trojan hero Aeneas, were suckled by a she-wolf after being abandoned, then decided to build a city. The brothers argued, Romulus killed Remus, and then named the city Rome after himself. After founding and naming Rome (as the story goes), he permitted men of all classes to come to Rome as citizens, including slaves and freemen without distinction.


After a group ascended from a fallout shelter a man by the name of Winston Churchill introduced himself as Caesar to the local tribe and educated them in the concept of total war against the tribes around them. Churchill knew that, even though the tribes had always fought each other via occasional skirmishes, he considered them to only be "playing at war," having never seen warfare at its most destructive and barbaric state. They defeated the weakest of their enemies first and enslaved many of the able-bodied survivors; but Churchill had the rest, including women and children, killed to the last, leaving their remains piled high. When Churchill surrounded the next of the tribe's foes, they refused to surrender. Churchill brought an emissary of the tribe back to witness the fate of the first tribe. The tribe surrendered, rather than suffer the same fate. The concept of total war was an entirely new and terrifying type of conflict that the tribes had never encountered before. Such brutality would form the core of the Legion's tactics and philosophy in conjunction with the local's belief system founded in the Catholic Church.


Government
People were divided into different classes. There were Patricians, Plebeians and Slaves.

Patricians were wealthy citizens of Rome. They usually lived in grand houses and had slaves to do their work for them. Because they were citizens of Rome they were allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.

Plebeians were not wealthy but they were citizens of Rome. They were usually craftsmen or tradesmen and they worked for a living. Because they were citizens of Rome they were allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.

Slaves had no money, no rights, no freedom and were not citizens of Rome. Because they were not citizens of Rome they were not allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.


Patricians and Plebeians met in the Assembly and voted for consuls, tribunes and magistrates. Women and slaves were not allowed in the Assembly and could not vote.


Language
Latin and English

Religion
The Catholic Church follows an episcopal polity, led by bishops who have received the sacrament of Holy Orders who are given formal jurisdictionsof governance within the church.[29][30] There are three levels of clergy, the episcopate, composed of bishops who hold jurisdiction over a geographic area called a diocese or eparchy; the presbyterate, composed of priests ordained by bishops and who work in local diocese or religious orders; and the diaconate, composed of deacons who assist bishops and priests in a variety of ministerial roles. Ultimately leading the entire Catholic Church is the Bishop of Rome, commonly called the pope, whose jurisdiction is called the Holy See. In parallel to the diocesan structure are a variety of religious institutes that function autonomously, often subject only to the authority of the pope, though sometimes subject to the local bishop. Most religious institutes only have male or female members but some have both. Additionally, lay members aid many liturgical functions during worship services.

Military

Early development of the Roman legion saw the military organization formed on an “ad-hoc” basis. This meant that more or less, the military was built up with volunteers and headed mostly by the wealthy, stately family or tribal members. The size fluctuated based on needs. Later on, after many years of warfare, Rome became exhausted, and therefore participation declined. With a growing lack of numbers, the military base was adjusted. It opened up admission not to just Roman landowners, but non-romans as well. This paved the way for a professional career military force.

One Roman legion had approximately 5,000 men; It was comprised of about 10 Cohorts, commanded by a Legatus. The Legatus was usually a Senator, designated by the Emperor. Each Cohort held 6 Centuriae, and one Centuria held 10 sections of 8 men. These were commanded by the famous Centurion. These sections of 8 men were called Contubernium.

The Infantry would be divided into these varying levels of experience and age-type units, to accommodate the “lowering of quality of men,” since the military was opened up to non-romans.

Velites: young, agile, least trained men served as light infantry. They would be equipped with a couple of darts and javelins; and a light, round shield, and adorned in leather.

Hastati: The front line. Somewhat older, a little more experienced. They would form the basis of of the heavy infantry.

Principes: The real veterans. Heavily armored, heavily trained and experienced, they were the main component of the Roman Infantry. While legions would be accompanied by several auxiliary or cavalry units, this was their biggest and main fighting force.

Triarii: constitued the last line of defense. They were armed with spears and lent stability to formation. They were at the mercy of the general, and used whenever or wherever needed. Also a comforting feeling for the main body, knowing they have a bunch of spearmen behind them.

Weaponry
Gladius: A Roman short sword, made famous not only by the devastating effect it held with over two centuries of overpowering death, but also in the Gladiator games that were held. Fun fact: Romans developed training programs for the use of the Gladius around the same time the Gladiator games became public events in the Coliseum (Gabriel 108).

Pilum- Throwing spear, as shown above. This development helped to max casualties before the opposing force hit the front lines, effectively decreasing the blow and minimizing chance of routing.



Scutum: The Roman Shield. Fashioned in a semi-circular way so that missiles may be deflected away from the user. The round bronze “bump” in the center of the shield was used to bash enemy shields, breaking them or breaking the line. The bashing of the shield was usually followed by a very strong thrust upward of the Gladius; this move became dominating across the now almost Roman world.

Cassis: The name used for their helmets

Caligae: Roman boots. They varied in thickness of leather, with metal studs fastened on the sole, for trampling over downed enemies and also to help not wear the leather down. After development of the military all of this equipment became standard for soldiers and were essentially provided to them after the establishment of the “career” military force.

Food
A largely agrarian society much of the population lives on small family farms. Potatoes are by far the most commonly grown crop, but corn,mushrooms, wheat and tobacco are also grown in large supply. To supplement the diet with dairy and meat most farms also raise livestock such as cattle, goats, and chickens. But fish makes up a far larger part of the Disciples diets than any other meat.

Economic

The Economy s primarily agrarian one, but has the ability to make steel. Trade is commonplace as well as leisure and entertainment. . Military conquest is the main source of commerce however traders deal in slaves, armor, weapons food, salt, alcohol and livestock. .


Social Structure::


The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only marked by blood relations but also by the legally constructed relation of patria potestas. The Pater familias was the absolute head of the family; he was the master over his wife (if she was given to him cum manu, otherwise the father of the wife retained patria potestas), his children, the wives of his sons (again if married cum manu which became rarer towards the end of the Republic), the nephews, the slaves and the freedmen (liberated slaves, the first generation still legally inferior to the freeborn), disposing of them and of their goods at will, even having them put to death.

Slavery and slaves were part of the social order. The slaves were mostly prisoners of war. There were slave markets where they could be bought and sold. Roman law was not consistent about the status of slaves, except that they were considered like any other moveable property. Many slaves were freed by the masters for fine services rendered; some slaves could save money to buy their freedom. Generally mutilation and murder of slaves was prohibited by legislation,[citation needed] although outrageous cruelty continued.

Apart from these families (called gentes) and the slaves (legally objects, mancipia i.e. "kept in the [master's] hand") there were Plebeians that did not exist from a legal perspective. They had no legal capacity and were not able to make contracts, even though they were not slaves. To deal with this problem, the so-called clientela was created. By this institution, a plebeian joined the family of a patrician (in a legal sense) and could close contracts by mediation of his patrician pater familias. Everything the plebeian possessed or acquired legally belonged to the gens. He was not allowed to form his own gens.

The authority of the pater familias was unlimited, be it in civil rights as well as in criminal law. The king's duty was to be head over the military, to deal with foreign politics and also to decide on controversies between the gentes. The patricians were divided into three tribes (Ramnenses, Titientes, Luceres).

During the time of the Roman Republic ,Roman citizens were allowed to vote. These included patricians and plebeians. Women, slaves, and children were not allowed to vote.

There were two assemblies, the assembly of centuries (comitia centuriata) and the assembly of tribes (comitia tributa), which were made up of all the citizens of Rome. In the comitia centuriata the Romans were divided according to age, wealth and residence. The citizens in each tribe were divided into five classes based on property and then each group was subdivided into two centuries by age. All in all, there were 373 centuries. Like the assembly of tribes, each century had one vote. The Comitia Centuriata elected the praetors (judicial magistrates), the censors, and the consuls.

The comitia tributa comprised thirty-five tribes from Rome and the country. Each tribe had a single vote. The Comitia Tributa elected the Quaestors (financial magistrates) and the patrician Curule Aedile.

Over time, Roman law evolved considerably, as well as social views, emancipating (to increasing degrees) family members. Justice greatly increased, as well. The Romans became more efficient at considering laws and punishments.

Life in the ancient Roman cities revolved around the Forum, the central business district, where most of the Romans would go for marketing, shopping, trading, banking, and for participating in festivities and ceremonies. The Forum was also a place where orators would express themselves to mould public opinion, and elicit support for any particular issue of interest to them or others. Before sunrise, children would go to schools or tutoring them at home would commence. Elders would dress, take a breakfast by 11 o'clock, have a nap and in the afternoon or evening would generally go to the Forum. Going to a public bath at least once daily was a habit with most Roman citizens. There were separate baths for men and women. The main difference was that the women's baths were smaller than the men's, and did not have a frigidarium (cold room) or a palaestra (exercise area).[citation needed]

Different types of outdoor and indoor entertainment, free of cost, were available in ancient Rome. Depending on the nature of the events, they were scheduled during daytime, afternoons, evenings, or late nights. Huge crowds gathered at the Colosseum to watch events like gladiators, combats between men, or fights between men and wild animals. The Circus Maximus was used for chariot racing.

Life in the countryside was slow but lively, with numerous local festivals and social events. Farms were run by the farm managers, but estate owners would sometimes take a retreat to the countryside for rest, enjoying the splendor of nature and the sunshine, including activities like fishing, hunting, and riding. On the other hand, slave labor slogged on continuously, for long hours and all seven days, and ensuring comforts and creating wealth for their masters. The average farm owners were better off, spending evenings in economic and social interactions at the village markets. The day ended with a meal, generally left over from the noontime preparations.[/

Holey Roman Empire. INDIANAPOLIS

Background
The origin of the city's name is thought to be that of the reputed founder and first ruler, the legendary Romulus.[9] It is said that Romulus and his twin brother Remus, apparent sons of the god Mars and descendants of the Trojan hero Aeneas, were suckled by a she-wolf after being abandoned, then decided to build a city. The brothers argued, Romulus killed Remus, and then named the city Rome after himself. After founding and naming Rome (as the story goes), he permitted men of all classes to come to Rome as citizens, including slaves and freemen without distinction.


After a group ascended from a fallout shelter a man by the name of Winston Churchill introduced himself as Caesar to the local tribe and educated them in the concept of total war against the tribes around them. Churchill knew that, even though the tribes had always fought each other via occasional skirmishes, he considered them to only be "playing at war," having never seen warfare at its most destructive and barbaric state. They defeated the weakest of their enemies first and enslaved many of the able-bodied survivors; but Churchill had the rest, including women and children, killed to the last, leaving their remains piled high. When Churchill surrounded the next of the tribe's foes, they refused to surrender. Churchill brought an emissary of the tribe back to witness the fate of the first tribe. The tribe surrendered, rather than suffer the same fate. The concept of total war was an entirely new and terrifying type of conflict that the tribes had never encountered before. Such brutality would form the core of the Legion's tactics and philosophy in conjunction with the local's belief system founded in the Catholic Church.


Government
People were divided into different classes. There were Patricians, Plebeians and Slaves.

Patricians were wealthy citizens of Rome. They usually lived in grand houses and had slaves to do their work for them. Because they were citizens of Rome they were allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.

Plebeians were not wealthy but they were citizens of Rome. They were usually craftsmen or tradesmen and they worked for a living. Because they were citizens of Rome they were allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.

Slaves had no money, no rights, no freedom and were not citizens of Rome. Because they were not citizens of Rome they were not allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.


Patricians and Plebeians met in the Assembly and voted for consuls, tribunes and magistrates. Women and slaves were not allowed in the Assembly and could not vote.


Language
Latin and English

Religion
The Catholic Church follows an episcopal polity, led by bishops who have received the sacrament of Holy Orders who are given formal jurisdictionsof governance within the church.[29][30] There are three levels of clergy, the episcopate, composed of bishops who hold jurisdiction over a geographic area called a diocese or eparchy; the presbyterate, composed of priests ordained by bishops and who work in local diocese or religious orders; and the diaconate, composed of deacons who assist bishops and priests in a variety of ministerial roles. Ultimately leading the entire Catholic Church is the Bishop of Rome, commonly called the pope, whose jurisdiction is called the Holy See. In parallel to the diocesan structure are a variety of religious institutes that function autonomously, often subject only to the authority of the pope, though sometimes subject to the local bishop. Most religious institutes only have male or female members but some have both. Additionally, lay members aid many liturgical functions during worship services.

Military

Early development of the Roman legion saw the military organization formed on an “ad-hoc” basis. This meant that more or less, the military was built up with volunteers and headed mostly by the wealthy, stately family or tribal members. The size fluctuated based on needs. Later on, after many years of warfare, Rome became exhausted, and therefore participation declined. With a growing lack of numbers, the military base was adjusted. It opened up admission not to just Roman landowners, but non-romans as well. This paved the way for a professional career military force.

One Roman legion had approximately 5,000 men; It was comprised of about 10 Cohorts, commanded by a Legatus. The Legatus was usually a Senator, designated by the Emperor. Each Cohort held 6 Centuriae, and one Centuria held 10 sections of 8 men. These were commanded by the famous Centurion. These sections of 8 men were called Contubernium.

The Infantry would be divided into these varying levels of experience and age-type units, to accommodate the “lowering of quality of men,” since the military was opened up to non-romans.

Velites: young, agile, least trained men served as light infantry. They would be equipped with a couple of darts and javelins; and a light, round shield, and adorned in leather.

Hastati: The front line. Somewhat older, a little more experienced. They would form the basis of of the heavy infantry.

Principes: The real veterans. Heavily armored, heavily trained and experienced, they were the main component of the Roman Infantry. While legions would be accompanied by several auxiliary or cavalry units, this was their biggest and main fighting force.

Triarii: constitued the last line of defense. They were armed with spears and lent stability to formation. They were at the mercy of the general, and used whenever or wherever needed. Also a comforting feeling for the main body, knowing they have a bunch of spearmen behind them.

Weaponry
Gladius: A Roman short sword, made famous not only by the devastating effect it held with over two centuries of overpowering death, but also in the Gladiator games that were held. Fun fact: Romans developed training programs for the use of the Gladius around the same time the Gladiator games became public events in the Coliseum (Gabriel 108).

Pilum- Throwing spear, as shown above. This development helped to max casualties before the opposing force hit the front lines, effectively decreasing the blow and minimizing chance of routing.



Scutum: The Roman Shield. Fashioned in a semi-circular way so that missiles may be deflected away from the user. The round bronze “bump” in the center of the shield was used to bash enemy shields, breaking them or breaking the line. The bashing of the shield was usually followed by a very strong thrust upward of the Gladius; this move became dominating across the now almost Roman world.

Cassis: The name used for their helmets

Caligae: Roman boots. They varied in thickness of leather, with metal studs fastened on the sole, for trampling over downed enemies and also to help not wear the leather down. After development of the military all of this equipment became standard for soldiers and were essentially provided to them after the establishment of the “career” military force.

Food
A largely agrarian society much of the population lives on small family farms. Potatoes are by far the most commonly grown crop, but corn,mushrooms, wheat and tobacco are also grown in large supply. To supplement the diet with dairy and meat most farms also raise livestock such as cattle, goats, and chickens. But fish makes up a far larger part of the Disciples diets than any other meat.

Economic

The Economy s primarily agrarian one, but has the ability to make steel. Trade is commonplace as well as leisure and entertainment. . Military conquest is the main source of commerce however traders deal in slaves, armor, weapons food, salt, alcohol and livestock. .


Social Structure::


The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only marked by blood relations but also by the legally constructed relation of patria potestas. The Pater familias was the absolute head of the family; he was the master over his wife (if she was given to him cum manu, otherwise the father of the wife retained patria potestas), his children, the wives of his sons (again if married cum manu which became rarer towards the end of the Republic), the nephews, the slaves and the freedmen (liberated slaves, the first generation still legally inferior to the freeborn), disposing of them and of their goods at will, even having them put to death.

Slavery and slaves were part of the social order. The slaves were mostly prisoners of war. There were slave markets where they could be bought and sold. Roman law was not consistent about the status of slaves, except that they were considered like any other moveable property. Many slaves were freed by the masters for fine services rendered; some slaves could save money to buy their freedom. Generally mutilation and murder of slaves was prohibited by legislation,[citation needed] although outrageous cruelty continued.

Apart from these families (called gentes) and the slaves (legally objects, mancipia i.e. "kept in the [master's] hand") there were Plebeians that did not exist from a legal perspective. They had no legal capacity and were not able to make contracts, even though they were not slaves. To deal with this problem, the so-called clientela was created. By this institution, a plebeian joined the family of a patrician (in a legal sense) and could close contracts by mediation of his patrician pater familias. Everything the plebeian possessed or acquired legally belonged to the gens. He was not allowed to form his own gens.

The authority of the pater familias was unlimited, be it in civil rights as well as in criminal law. The king's duty was to be head over the military, to deal with foreign politics and also to decide on controversies between the gentes. The patricians were divided into three tribes (Ramnenses, Titientes, Luceres).

During the time of the Roman Republic ,Roman citizens were allowed to vote. These included patricians and plebeians. Women, slaves, and children were not allowed to vote.

There were two assemblies, the assembly of centuries (comitia centuriata) and the assembly of tribes (comitia tributa), which were made up of all the citizens of Rome. In the comitia centuriata the Romans were divided according to age, wealth and residence. The citizens in each tribe were divided into five classes based on property and then each group was subdivided into two centuries by age. All in all, there were 373 centuries. Like the assembly of tribes, each century had one vote. The Comitia Centuriata elected the praetors (judicial magistrates), the censors, and the consuls.

The comitia tributa comprised thirty-five tribes from Rome and the country. Each tribe had a single vote. The Comitia Tributa elected the Quaestors (financial magistrates) and the patrician Curule Aedile.

Over time, Roman law evolved considerably, as well as social views, emancipating (to increasing degrees) family members. Justice greatly increased, as well. The Romans became more efficient at considering laws and punishments.

Life in the ancient Roman cities revolved around the Forum, the central business district, where most of the Romans would go for marketing, shopping, trading, banking, and for participating in festivities and ceremonies. The Forum was also a place where orators would express themselves to mould public opinion, and elicit support for any particular issue of interest to them or others. Before sunrise, children would go to schools or tutoring them at home would commence. Elders would dress, take a breakfast by 11 o'clock, have a nap and in the afternoon or evening would generally go to the Forum. Going to a public bath at least once daily was a habit with most Roman citizens. There were separate baths for men and women. The main difference was that the women's baths were smaller than the men's, and did not have a frigidarium (cold room) or a palaestra (exercise area).[citation needed]

Different types of outdoor and indoor entertainment, free of cost, were available in ancient Rome. Depending on the nature of the events, they were scheduled during daytime, afternoons, evenings, or late nights. Huge crowds gathered at the Colosseum to watch events like gladiators, combats between men, or fights between men and wild animals. The Circus Maximus was used for chariot racing.

Life in the countryside was slow but lively, with numerous local festivals and social events. Farms were run by the farm managers, but estate owners would sometimes take a retreat to the countryside for rest, enjoying the splendor of nature and the sunshine, including activities like fishing, hunting, and riding. On the other hand, slave labor slogged on continuously, for long hours and all seven days, and ensuring comforts and creating wealth for their masters. The average farm owners were better off, spending evenings in economic and social interactions at the village markets. The day ended with a meal, generally left over from the noontime preparations.

Before a approve this I need you to do a few things
1. Where are you starting ?
2. We need you to lower the power a bit. The population is still fairly low and the area is similar to the early dark ages.
3. Edit a few spelling mistakes
But overall I like it, maybe add a little more local flavor or explain how the Catholic Church survived.

 

[JB5899]

(Since I planned to apply for Detroit I will still post this but if you need me to change then feel free to say)

The Iron Circle


Backstory

Survivors of the Great War and it’s horrific end that lived in the Downriver area huddled towards Detroit to its nuclear bunkers hoping to escape to Death that was coming to steal their loved ones away. But this was mostly futile with most of the populations dying from it regardless leaving the small few that weren’t affected scarred for life. With the worse happening in front of them they could not imagine it could get worse but unfortunately it did with the nuclear bunkers being sealed for a set period of time the survivors were now trap in what they thought would be their coffin. Moving the bodies to the bunker’s freezers to preserve the dead in hopes that they would be saved and could bury them in peace. After many years the food supply of the bunker soon dwindled from overeating assuming the doors would never open and soon the food was all but gone leaving them to starve for another week. When all hope was lost and the end seemed nigh the doors sprang open leaving a population and the brink of death open to the world the will to live somehow returned to these broken souls but with their weak bodies they needed some sort of sustenance to keep them alive as they tried to civilize this wasteland once more, and they made the decision that would break their minds. Harvesting what they could from the preserved dead the minds of the survivors started to dwindle leaving those without the strongest will to live as mere mindless slaves to the one that could feed them the most. Slowly over the course of years they grew from that point capturing any the came upon and deciding whether they would be food or fighters for their bloody expansion. The Iron Circle, as the strongest minds decided to call their band, becoming feared across what was known as the Downriver area.


Government

The Iron Circle’s government is a council of leaders, that consist of those whose minds have not fallen to the madness of the devoured flesh. They are the final say in any decisions that need to be made for the Circle, whether that is a need of increased procreation, the need of increasing the amount of hunting parties, or the need for war.



Military

The military of the Iron Circle is made up of any ‘citizen’ of the Circle. Though all the people of the Circle can fight their are different levels of warriors.

Spoiler: The Cracked Iron

These are the ‘citizens’ of the Circle that are weak minded and have gone derange after devouring the flesh of others and are made to be cannon fodder for the main force. Mostly lightly armored to nothing at all and armed with jagged pieces of iron or whatever can be found.

Spoiler: The Fresh Forged

These are ‘citizens’ of the Circle, whether from the strong minded or those of the Cracked that regained their sanity, that are trained lightly to be the main fighting force of the Circle’s army. Members of this class tend to have decent scrap iron armor while also being armed with either sharped scrap iron blades or forged iron blades.

Spoiler: The Forgeborn

Becoming a Forgeborn among the Circle’s ‘citizens’ is seen as a great honor, for those who are sane enough to understand. These ‘citizens’ are seen as expert fighters and warriors that relish in the spoils of bloodshed and murder. The are armored with the best forged iron armor and the best forge iron blades the Circle possesses.


Economy

The Iron Circle, while being a cannibalistic tribe, understand the necessity of outside trade after failing to do so for a good bit of its creation. They are willing to trade most anything they create or pillage for the hopes of more diversity of weapons, more types of food, as well as a steady supply of water.



Culture

The culture of the Iron Circle is that of “The survival of the fittest” and those that are not seen as 'citizens' of the Circle has either two choices. Prove you are among the strong and get accepted into the Circle, becoming possibly a great warrior or leader with all the benefits it provides or be pronounced weak and join the ranks of the slaves, forced to do hard labor, provide entertainment, fight among the Cracked, or be used as nourishment for the Circle.



Start Location Color: Purple, Detroit


Any other areas that seem necessary


​

We already have someone in Detroit but please feel free to choose another area.

 

[lcomstock4]

(Since I planned to apply for Detroit I will still post this but if you need me to change then feel free to say)

The Iron Circle


Backstory

Survivors of the Great War and it’s horrific end that lived in the Downriver area huddled towards Detroit to its nuclear bunkers hoping to escape to Death that was coming to steal their loved ones away. But this was mostly futile with most of the populations dying from it regardless leaving the small few that weren’t affected scarred for life. With the worse happening in front of them they could not imagine it could get worse but unfortunately it did with the nuclear bunkers being sealed for a set period of time the survivors were now trap in what they thought would be their coffin. Moving the bodies to the bunker’s freezers to preserve the dead in hopes that they would be saved and could bury them in peace. After many years the food supply of the bunker soon dwindled from overeating assuming the doors would never open and soon the food was all but gone leaving them to starve for another week. When all hope was lost and the end seemed nigh the doors sprang open leaving a population and the brink of death open to the world the will to live somehow returned to these broken souls but with their weak bodies they needed some sort of sustenance to keep them alive as they tried to civilize this wasteland once more, and they made the decision that would break their minds. Harvesting what they could from the preserved dead the minds of the survivors started to dwindle leaving those without the strongest will to live as mere mindless slaves to the one that could feed them the most. Slowly over the course of years they grew from that point capturing any the came upon and deciding whether they would be food or fighters for their bloody expansion. The Iron Circle, as the strongest minds decided to call their band, becoming feared across what was known as the Downriver area.


Government

The Iron Circle’s government is a council of leaders, that consist of those whose minds have not fallen to the madness of the devoured flesh. They are the final say in any decisions that need to be made for the Circle, whether that is a need of increased procreation, the need of increasing the amount of hunting parties, or the need for war.



Military

The military of the Iron Circle is made up of any ‘citizen’ of the Circle. Though all the people of the Circle can fight their are different levels of warriors.

Spoiler: The Cracked Iron

These are the ‘citizens’ of the Circle that are weak minded and have gone derange after devouring the flesh of others and are made to be cannon fodder for the main force. Mostly lightly armored to nothing at all and armed with jagged pieces of iron or whatever can be found.

Spoiler: The Fresh Forged

These are ‘citizens’ of the Circle, whether from the strong minded or those of the Cracked that regained their sanity, that are trained lightly to be the main fighting force of the Circle’s army. Members of this class tend to have decent scrap iron armor while also being armed with either sharped scrap iron blades or forged iron blades.

Spoiler: The Forgeborn

Becoming a Forgeborn among the Circle’s ‘citizens’ is seen as a great honor, for those who are sane enough to understand. These ‘citizens’ are seen as expert fighters and warriors that relish in the spoils of bloodshed and murder. The are armored with the best forged iron armor and the best forge iron blades the Circle possesses.


Economy

The Iron Circle, while being a cannibalistic tribe, understand the necessity of outside trade after failing to do so for a good bit of its creation. They are willing to trade most anything they create or pillage for the hopes of more diversity of weapons, more types of food, as well as a steady supply of water.



Culture

The culture of the Iron Circle is that of “The survival of the fittest” and those that are not seen as 'citizens' of the Circle has either two choices. Prove you are among the strong and get accepted into the Circle, becoming possibly a great warrior or leader with all the benefits it provides or be pronounced weak and join the ranks of the slaves, forced to do hard labor, provide entertainment, fight among the Cracked, or be used as nourishment for the Circle.



Start Location Color: Purple, Detroit


Any other areas that seem necessary


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Approved as per our Conversation you guys will share Detroit

 

[SpaceDandy]

Re Edited

 

[JB5899]

Confederacy of the Great Forest
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More commonly known as “The Confederacy” by its citizens. The Confederacy of the Great Forest encompasses the land of, what used to be, eastern Minnesota. Formed by the twin “cities” of Minapolis and Sant Pul (Minneapolis and Saint Paul) they form the core of the Confederacy. Along with the outlying provinces of D’Lhut, Onam, Priton, and Moslae. Being situated within a the vast forests of the former state the land is scarcely populated and many choose to congregated within the established settlements or choose to form new settlements in vast wilderness.


Government

As its name suggests, the Confederacy operates as many in the past have. The central ruling body is comprised of six Dukes, each with varying degrees of power based on the strength of their respective settlement. As such the Duke of Minapolis is the de facto “head” of the Confederacy, holding the largest and most populated settlement in the Confederacy. Although, each settlement has their own autonomy and rather than working in a top-down society they work as equals in order to achieve a common goal.


Military

Being a largely decentralised and peaceful collective, the Confederacy’s military presence is little more than groups of local militias. The typical militiaman for the Confederacy would be responsible for his own equipment and would likely carry an axe or hatchet, a tool so common in the Confederacy that almost every person carries one with them for daily activities. Though another common weapon would be a spear, standing at about 7ft, most commonly used for hunting and would typically be thrown from a distance. Swords, along with bows are more rare and expensive but would still be used by those who were skilled in archery or sword fighting and could afford the weaponry.


Food

Residing in the vast forests large scale farming is not commonplace with hunting and foraging being the main avenues for gathering food. Farming is still used within the Confederacy but is nothing more than small family farms or communal farms used to harvest enough food to last the winter for an entire village, though this is somewhat of a rarity. Fishing is also less common way to gather food and is more commonly seen in the port town of D’Lhut or the lakeside settlement of Moslae.


Economic
A very independent economy the Confederation has frequent trading between its various settlements but less commonly trades with outsiders being very wary of the motives of outsiders and the possibility of outsiders carrying the pestilence with them. Though they will import necessities that are not easily obtained within the Confederacy’s borders and will export goods such as furs and leathers from the various wildlife that reside in the forests. As well as exporting iron extracted from the Cuyana Range.

 

[Karcen]

Nation Name: The cult of ug-qualtoth
Backstory : the city of Springfield in truth would have likely gotten off fairly lightly during that start of the events despite being a capitol. Still as plague ravaged the city all those that knew how to operate the cities nearby nuclear reactor were struck down. Normally a reactor would be shut if something like this happened but, with the world in chaos no one actully noticed this fact. No one would even think about it until one day there was a great light from the reactor and people just dropped dead. The reactor had melted down and burned the building unleashing its deadly radiation but many dud not die as all should have. This was a disaster that dwarfed even Chernobyl in scope irradiating the lands with out any form of containment. With this one event any fighting or looting was oddly brought to a stop as people realized they had almost let themselves die because of this stupidity.

Figuring this out rather swiftly they moved to actully save what they could of the dying workd,in this case knowledge like books and other records as anything else wasted away, So that it would not be lost. While technology might have been lost they have preserved its seeds waiting for the right time to grow them. Still not everything was sun shine and rainbows as while they were immune to radiation the other life wasn't and while some mutated into stable but dangerous creatures many plants and animals didn't. This meant after 20 or 30 years they had to start trading still they had to go to others and refuse all entrance to thier lands. This birthed ug-qualtoth as an excuse to keep others out their land was blassed and none but they could survive as explaining radiation to illiterate people proved taxing.

What started as an excuse has slowly grown into something of a real religeion as many have forgotten or just don't care how it was made up. Slowly rituals and practices have been created as the lies got more elaborate and worship slowly evolved. This dose put them at odds with other heavily religious factions but with thier home being uninhabitable to all but them they do not feel others are a threat.
Government: the cult is lead by the speaker who is in truth an elected king with a clouncil of elected officials acting as a counter balance. The speaker is a life long postion unless the people and the council rise up and vote them out.
Military: the cults military focuses on hit and run along with ambush tactics. Thier units are mostly lightly armored in leather or silk and use weapons meant to leave bits inside targets. This is done because weapons are either dipped in highly radioactive water or invooerste small amounts of radio active metals in them. Thier most visible troops are thier specter who using some uranium in thier gloves give a burning touch. Still the main defence is the highly radio active lands which make it nearly impossible for any group to stay for more than a daily before succumbing to the poison in the air.
Economy : while the cult is somewhat withdraenband secretive they trade mostly in furs from the large dire wolves(wolves grown to huge sizes with 2 extra legs) and silks from thier megaarachnids (house cat spiders that are oddly very chill with humans) along with my bad and whatever else the cam get. They mainly import food to make up for and radiation altered food stuff that no longer is viable even for them..
Culture: The cult has a secretive nature and in truth view all of the others as idiot savages even to me kind is annoys them despite being string trade partners. This is because they have the books of the old world and actully understand science and history even if they can't actully replicate most of it. Thier main interaction is "holy" pilgrimages to retrieve "artifacts". Still they are not hostile and actully place value in the ideas of the old world.
Start Location Color: Yellow

 

[lcomstock4]

Confederacy of the Great Forest
​

More commonly known as “The Confederacy” by its citizens. The Confederacy of the Great Forest encompasses the land of, what used to be, eastern Minnesota. Formed by the twin “cities” of Minapolis and Sant Pul (Minneapolis and Saint Paul) they form the core of the Confederacy. Along with the outlying provinces of D’Lhut, Onam, Priton, and Moslae. Being situated within a the vast forests of the former state the land is scarcely populated and many choose to congregated within the established settlements or choose to form new settlements in vast wilderness.


Government

As its name suggests, the Confederacy operates as many in the past have. The central ruling body is comprised of six Dukes, each with varying degrees of power based on the strength of their respective settlement. As such the Duke of Minapolis is the de facto “head” of the Confederacy, holding the largest and most populated settlement in the Confederacy. Although, each settlement has their own autonomy and rather than working in a top-down society they work as equals in order to achieve a common goal.


Military

Being a largely decentralised and peaceful collective, the Confederacy’s military presence is little more than groups of local militias. The typical militiaman for the Confederacy would be responsible for his own equipment and would likely carry an axe or hatchet, a tool so common in the Confederacy that almost every person carries one with them for daily activities. Though another common weapon would be a spear, standing at about 7ft, most commonly used for hunting and would typically be thrown from a distance. Swords, along with bows are more rare and expensive but would still be used by those who were skilled in archery or sword fighting and could afford the weaponry.


Food

Residing in the vast forests large scale farming is not commonplace with hunting and foraging being the main avenues for gathering food. Farming is still used within the Confederacy but is nothing more than small family farms or communal farms used to harvest enough food to last the winter for an entire village, though this is somewhat of a rarity. Fishing is also less common way to gather food and is more commonly seen in the port town of D’Lhut or the lakeside settlement of Moslae.


Economic
A very independent economy the Confederation has frequent trading between its various settlements but less commonly trades with outsiders being very wary of the motives of outsiders and the possibility of outsiders carrying the pestilence with them. Though they will import necessities that are not easily obtained within the Confederacy’s borders and will export goods such as furs and leathers from the various wildlife that reside in the forests. As well as exporting iron extracted from the Cuyana Range.

Approved

 

[lcomstock4]

Holey Roman Empire. INDIANAPOLIS

Background

The origin of the city's name is thought to be that of the reputed founder and first ruler, the legendary Romulus.[9] It is said that Romulus and his twin brother Remus, apparent sons of the god Mars and descendants of the Trojan hero Aeneas, were suckled by a she-wolf after being abandoned, then decided to build a city. The brothers argued, Romulus killed Remus, and then named the city Rome after himself. After founding and naming Rome (as the story goes), he permitted men of all classes to come to Rome as citizens, including slaves and freemen without distinction.


After a group ascended from a fallout shelter a man by the name of Winston Churchill introduced himself as Caesar to the local tribe and educated them in the concept of total war against the tribes around them. Churchill knew that, even though the tribes had always fought each other via occasional skirmishes, he considered them to only be "playing at war," having never seen warfare at its most destructive and barbaric state. They defeated the weakest of their enemies first and enslaved many of the able-bodied survivors; but Churchill had the rest, including women and children, killed to the last, leaving their remains piled high. When Churchill surrounded the next of the tribe's foes, they refused to surrender. Churchill brought an emissary of the tribe back to witness the fate of the first tribe. The tribe surrendered, rather than suffer the same fate. The concept of total war was an entirely new and terrifying type of conflict that the tribes had never encountered before. Such brutality would form the core of the Legion's tactics and philosophy in conjunction with the local's belief system founded in the Catholic Church. Caesar completely remade Indianapolis into Rome and the old world’s name for the city is gone with the sands of time.


Government
People were divided into different classes. There were Patricians, Plebeians and Slaves.

Patricians were wealthy citizens of Rome. They usually lived in grand houses and had slaves to do their work for them. Because they were citizens of Rome they were allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.

Plebeians were not wealthy but they were citizens of Rome. They were usually craftsmen or tradesmen and they worked for a living. Because they were citizens of Rome they were allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.

Slaves had no money, no rights, and no freedom and were not citizens of Rome. Because they were not citizens of Rome they were not allowed to go to the Assembly to vote.


Patricians and Plebeians met in the Assembly and voted for consuls, tribunes and magistrates. Women and slaves were not allowed in the Assembly and could not vote.


Language
Latin and English

Religion
The Catholic Church follows an episcopal polity, led by bishops who have received the sacrament of Holy Orders who are given formal jurisdictions of governance within the church.[29][30] There are three levels of clergy, the episcopate, composed of bishops who hold jurisdiction over a geographic area called a diocese or eparchy; Then the priests ordained by bishops and who work in local diocese or religious orders; and the diaconate, composed of deacons who assist bishops and priests in a variety of ministerial roles. Ultimately leading the entire Catholic Church is the Bishop of Rome, commonly called the pope, whose jurisdiction is called the Holy See. In parallel to the diocesan structure are a variety of religious institutes that function autonomously, often subject only to the authority of the pope, though sometimes subject to the local bishop. Most religious institutes only have male or female members but some have both. Additionally, lay members aid many liturgical functions during worship services.


Indianapolis before the Great War had a very high catholic population. There was still a strong religious foundation when Churchill founded the Holy Roman Empire. He named Indianapolis Rome and got the remaining church to reestablish itself as the seat of Catholicism. The Catholic Church does have its own political agendas and beliefs outside of the Holy Roman Empire. The church frowns upon slavery and total war.

Military

Early development of the Roman legion saw the military organization formed on an “ad-hoc” basis. This meant that more or less, the military was built up with volunteers and headed mostly by the wealthy, stately family or tribal members. The size fluctuated based on needs. Later on, after many years of warfare, Rome became exhausted, and therefore participation declined. With a growing lack of numbers, the military base was adjusted. It opened up admission not to just Roman landowners, but non-romans as well. This paved the way for a professional career military force.

One Roman legion had approximately 144 men; It was comprised of about 3 Cohorts, commanded by a Legatus. The Legatus was usually a Senator, designated by the Emperor. A Centurion Commands a squads of 8 men.

The Infantry would be divided into these varying levels of experience and age-type units, to accommodate the “lowering of quality of men,” since the military was opened up to non-romans.

Velites: young, agile, least trained men served as light infantry. They would be equipped with a couple of darts and javelins; and a light, round shield, and adorned in leather.

Hastati: The front line. Somewhat older, a little more experienced. They would form the basis of of the heavy infantry.

Principes: The real veterans. Heavily armored, heavily trained and experienced, they were the main component of the Roman Infantry. While legions would be accompanied by several auxiliary or cavalry units, this was their biggest and main fighting force.

Triarii: constituted the last line of defense. They were armed with spears and lent stability to formation. They were at the mercy of the general, and used whenever or wherever needed. Also a comforting feeling for the main body, knowing they have a bunch of spearmen behind them.

Weaponry
Gladius: A Roman short sword, made famous not only by the devastating effect it held with over two centuries of overpowering death, but also in the Gladiator games that were held. Fun fact: Romans developed training programs for the use of the Gladius around the same time the Gladiator games became public events in the Coliseum (Gabriel 108).

Pilum- Throwing spear, as shown above. This development helped to max casualties before the opposing force hit the front lines, effectively decreasing the blow and minimizing chance of routing.
Scutum: The Roman Shield. Fashioned in a semi-circular way so that missiles may be deflected away from the user. The round bronze “bump” in the center of the shield was used to bash enemy shields, breaking them or breaking the line. The bashing of the shield was usually followed by a very strong thrust upward of the Gladius; this move became dominating across the now almost Roman world.
Cassis: The name used for their helmets
Caligae: Roman boots. They varied in thickness of leather, with metal studs fastened on the sole, for trampling over downed enemies and also to help not wear the leather down. After development of the military all of this equipment became standard for soldiers and were essentially provided to them after the establishment of the “career” military force.
The Military uses bows, crossbows, slings, and any other weapon that they can get their hands on.

Food
A largely agrarian society much of the population lives on small family farms. Potatoes are by far the most commonly grown crop, but corn, mushrooms, wheat and tobacco are also grown in large supply. To supplement the diet with dairy and meat most farms also raise livestock such as cattle, goats, and chickens. But fish makes up a far larger part of the Disciples diets than any other meat.
Economic
The Economy is primarily agrarian one, but has the ability to make steel. Trade is commonplace as well as leisure and entertainment. . Military conquest is the main source of commerce however traders deal in slaves, armor, weapons food, salt, alcohol and livestock.
Social Structure:

The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only marked by blood relations but also by the legally constructed relation of patria potestas. The Pater familias was the absolute head of the family; he was the master over his wife (if she was given to him cum manu, otherwise the father of the wife retained patria potestas), his children, the wives of his sons (again if married cum manu which became rarer towards the end of the Republic), the nephews, the slaves and the freedmen (liberated slaves, the first generation still legally inferior to the freeborn), disposing of them and of their goods at will, even having them put to death.

Slavery and slaves were part of the social order. The slaves were mostly prisoners of war. There were slave markets where they could be bought and sold. Roman law was not consistent about the status of slaves, except that they were considered like any other moveable property. Many slaves were freed by the masters for fine services rendered; some slaves could save money to buy their freedom. Generally mutilation and murder of slaves was prohibited by legislation,[citation needed] although outrageous cruelty continued.

Apart from these families (called gentes) and the slaves (legally objects, mancipia i.e. "kept in the [master's] hand") there were Plebeians that did not exist from a legal perspective. They had no legal capacity and were not able to make contracts, even though they were not slaves. To deal with this problem, the so-called clientela was created. By this institution, a plebeian joined the family of a patrician (in a legal sense) and could close contracts by mediation of his patrician pater familias. Everything the plebeian possessed or acquired legally belonged to the gens. He was not allowed to form his own gens.

The authority of the pater families was unlimited, be it in civil rights as well as in criminal law. The king's duty was to be head over the military, to deal with foreign politics and also to decide on controversies between the gentes. The patricians were divided into three tribes (Ramnenses, Titientes, Luceres).

During the time of the Roman Republic ,Roman citizens were allowed to vote. These included patricians and plebeians. Women, slaves, and children were not allowed to vote.

There were two assemblies, the assembly of centuries (comitia centuriata) and the assembly of tribes (comitia tributa), which were made up of all the citizens of Rome. In the comitia centuriata the Romans were divided according to age, wealth and residence. The citizens in each tribe were divided into five classes based on property and then each group was subdivided into two centuries by age. All in all, there were 373 centuries. Like the assembly of tribes, each century had one vote. The Comitia Centuriata elected the praetors (judicial magistrates), the censors, and the consuls.

The comitia tributa comprised thirty-five tribes from Rome and the country. Each tribe had a single vote. The Comitia Tributa elected the Quaestors (financial magistrates) and the patrician Curule Aedile.

Over time, Roman law evolved considerably, as well as social views, emancipating (to increasing degrees) family members. Justice greatly increased, as well. The Romans became more efficient at considering laws and punishments.

Life in Roman revolved around the Forum, the central business district, where most of the Romans would go for marketing, shopping, trading, banking, and for participating in festivities and ceremonies. The Forum was also a place where orators would express themselves to mold public opinion, and elicit support for any particular issue of interest to them or others. Before sunrise, children would go to schools or tutoring them at home would commence. Elders would dress, take a breakfast by 11 o'clock, have a nap and in the afternoon or evening would generally go to the Forum. Going to a public bath at least once daily was a habit with most Roman citizens. There were separate baths for men and women. The main difference was that the women's baths were smaller than the men's, and did not have a frigidarium (cold room) or a palaestra (exercise area).

Different types of outdoor and indoor entertainment, free of cost, were available in ancient Rome. Depending on the nature of the events, they were scheduled during daytime, afternoons, evenings, or late nights. Huge crowds gathered at the Colosseum aka the old (Oiler Stadium) to watch events like gladiators, combats between men, or fights between men and wild animals. The Circus Maximus (old Indianapolis Motor Speedway) was used for chariot racing.

Life in the countryside was slow but lively, with numerous local festivals and social events. Farms were run by the farm managers, but estate owners would sometimes take a retreat to the countryside for rest, enjoying the splendor of nature and the sunshine, including activities like fishing, hunting, and riding. On the other hand, slave labor slogged on continuously, for long hours and all seven days, and ensuring comforts and creating wealth for their masters. The average farm owners were better off, spending evenings in economic and social interactions at the village markets. The day ended with a meal, generally left over from the noontime preparations.

Approved

 

[lcomstock4]

Nation Name: The cult of ug-qualtoth
Backstory : the city of Springfield in truth would have likely gotten off fairly lightly during that start of the events despite being a capitol. Still as plague ravaged the city all those that knew how to operate the cities nearby nuclear reactor were struck down. Normally a reactor would be shut if something like this happened but, with the world in chaos no one actully noticed this fact. No one would even think about it until one day there was a great light from the reactor and people just dropped dead. The reactor had melted down and burned the building unleashing its deadly radiation but many dud not die as all should have. This was a disaster that dwarfed even Chernobyl in scope irradiating the lands with out any form of containment. With this one event any fighting or looting was oddly brought to a stop as people realized they had almost let themselves die because of this stupidity.

Figuring this out rather swiftly they moved to actully save what they could of the dying workd,in this case knowledge like books and other records as anything else wasted away, So that it would not be lost. While technology might have been lost they have preserved its seeds waiting for the right time to grow them. Still not everything was sun shine and rainbows as while they were immune to radiation the other life wasn't and while some mutated into stable but dangerous creatures many plants and animals didn't. This meant after 20 or 30 years they had to start trading still they had to go to others and refuse all entrance to thier lands. This birthed ug-qualtoth as an excuse to keep others out their land was blassed and none but they could survive as explaining radiation to illiterate people proved taxing.

What started as an excuse has slowly grown into something of a real religeion as many have forgotten or just don't care how it was made up. Slowly rituals and practices have been created as the lies got more elaborate and worship slowly evolved. This dose put them at odds with other heavily religious factions but with thier home being uninhabitable to all but them they do not feel others are a threat.
Government: the cult is lead by the speaker who is in truth an elected king with a clouncil of elected officials acting as a counter balance. The speaker is a life long postion unless the people and the council rise up and vote them out.
Military: the cults military focuses on hit and run along with ambush tactics. Thier units are mostly lightly armored in leather or silk and use weapons meant to leave bits inside targets. This is done because weapons are either dipped in highly radioactive water or invooerste small amounts of radio active metals in them. Thier most visible troops are thier specter who using some uranium in thier gloves give a burning touch. Still the main defence is the highly radio active lands which make it nearly impossible for any group to stay for more than a daily before succumbing to the poison in the air.
Economy : while the cult is somewhat withdraenband secretive they trade mostly in furs from the large dire wolves(wolves grown to huge sizes with 2 extra legs) and silks from thier megaarachnids (house cat spiders that are oddly very chill with humans) along with my bad and whatever else the cam get. They mainly import food to make up for and radiation altered food stuff that no longer is viable even for them.
Culture: The cult has a secretive nature and in truth view all of the others as idiot savages even to me kind is annoys them despite being string trade partners. This is because they have the books of the old world and actully understand science and history even if they can't actully replicate most of it. Thier main interaction is either trade deals or "holy" pilgrimages to retrieve "artifacts". Still they are not hostile and actully place value in the ideas of the old world.
Start Location Color: Yellow

I love the idea but we aren’t allowing mutants in this rp

 

[Karcen]

With the animals or the people?

 

[lcomstock4]

Either

 

[Karcen]

Well I edited out mutant references

 

[Blorf]

Hey there. I'm new to this site at least but I'm interested in having a Viking faction in the blue area. Do you have a Discord server or OOC thread that I could check out lcomstock4 ?

 

[lcomstock4]

Nation Building - World of Ash OOC

 

[Blorf]

(WIP Obviously)

Vikinger Dominion

Backstory :
Government:

The head of the nation has many titles used interchangeably: Raven Lord, Chosen One, King, Demi-God, Overlord, Supreme Viking. But the man at the top is undeniably wealthy, extremely influential, and can make massive decisions for the nation such as declaring war or even meeting with diplomats or other leaders for diplomacy.

However, a large bulk of the government: crafting laws and settling legal disputes, occurs at Things: www.historyonthenet.com/viking-law-and-government-the-thing/
This creates a unique government where both the king and the people wield wield great power.
People who are undeniably guilty of horrible crimes are immediately banished- the most common of these occasional instances is getting caught in the act of torturing or murdering a fellow viking.
Vikings that are too rural to attend a Thing duel to settle legal disputes. Duels test one's skill, resolve, and confidence that they are right and their opponent is wrong. These occur only until blood is drawn, and most people survive them.

In unruly and newly-conquered areas, viking warriors on horseback patrol and intimidate the people to keep any viking from going too far and disrupting the peace.

Military:
Economy :
Culture:

Citizens in the Vikinger Dominion, which is everyone living in it, are referred to as Vikings. The vikings that are either summoned in wartime or form raiding parties- these are called Viking Warriors.

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Start Location Color: Blue

 

[thespacekid]

Hey, any chance this is still open? lcomstock4

 

[JB5899]

Hey, any chance this is still open? lcomstock4

Yep, we still have spots open.