Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2014 15:59:40 GMT
Ok, based on discussion in this thread, here is the official description of this faction.
Brief Description: When the People's Republic of China fell, there were literally billions of refugees. The vast majority of these people died from starvation and violent chaos soon after the War, but many millions still survived. In the western, more rural provinces, the destruction from the War itself was not as bad, and many refugees fled there. The only way to survive was to continue to follow a socialist/communist style economy, sharing all resources. There was difficulty deciding who to be in charge, but eventually a theocracy formed, based on ancient Chinese folk religion.
The religious leaders took charge of the communities, taking and distributing all the food and resources and managing the people. For the millions of refugees, all they wanted was a sense of order in life and the universe and enough to eat. The temples provided that. Even with this organization, it was very difficult to produce enough food in the desert areas controlled by the Temples. Mixing their theology with ultimate communist ideals of sharing everything, they turned to a very ritualized form of cannibalism, where certain people would either be selected by lot or as volunteers (with rewards to their surviving family members) to feed the nation.
Population: 50 years ago there were 4 million people. Starvation and cannibalism has brought that number down to 1 million.
Government: A Socialist/communist Theocracy. The Temple leaders have control of all the resources and direct all the activities and work of its citizens.
Technology Level: For the common citizen, very low. Higher technology is preserved in the temples. Many citizens work in the temples' factories, thinking they do holy work, when they are actually extracting crude oil, refining it, constructing and repairing weapons, etc. There is limited electricity, mostly used in the Temple in each community (source of all light for the people, etc).
Purpose in Invading Minerva: Need for an external threat to bind the nation together, prevent insurrection. They also want Minerva's resources. They don't WANT to be cannibals, they're just starving. But Minerva won't help them because of their cannibalistic practices.
Military Resources: A HUGE population of people willing to fight and die. Use mainly overrunning tactics and melee weapons. Select few (Temple Guards, etc) have access to firearms.
What Needs to be Planned:
Mostly, what do you think of the faction, do you want to join it, help develop the finer details, what resources can be committed to an invasion, how many people, weapons, etc.
Don't make actual invasion plans here. That will be in a private thread. Mostly, just say you want to be part of this faction and your thoughts on the official description.
Brief Description: When the People's Republic of China fell, there were literally billions of refugees. The vast majority of these people died from starvation and violent chaos soon after the War, but many millions still survived. In the western, more rural provinces, the destruction from the War itself was not as bad, and many refugees fled there. The only way to survive was to continue to follow a socialist/communist style economy, sharing all resources. There was difficulty deciding who to be in charge, but eventually a theocracy formed, based on ancient Chinese folk religion.
The religious leaders took charge of the communities, taking and distributing all the food and resources and managing the people. For the millions of refugees, all they wanted was a sense of order in life and the universe and enough to eat. The temples provided that. Even with this organization, it was very difficult to produce enough food in the desert areas controlled by the Temples. Mixing their theology with ultimate communist ideals of sharing everything, they turned to a very ritualized form of cannibalism, where certain people would either be selected by lot or as volunteers (with rewards to their surviving family members) to feed the nation.
Population: 50 years ago there were 4 million people. Starvation and cannibalism has brought that number down to 1 million.
Government: A Socialist/communist Theocracy. The Temple leaders have control of all the resources and direct all the activities and work of its citizens.
Technology Level: For the common citizen, very low. Higher technology is preserved in the temples. Many citizens work in the temples' factories, thinking they do holy work, when they are actually extracting crude oil, refining it, constructing and repairing weapons, etc. There is limited electricity, mostly used in the Temple in each community (source of all light for the people, etc).
Purpose in Invading Minerva: Need for an external threat to bind the nation together, prevent insurrection. They also want Minerva's resources. They don't WANT to be cannibals, they're just starving. But Minerva won't help them because of their cannibalistic practices.
Military Resources: A HUGE population of people willing to fight and die. Use mainly overrunning tactics and melee weapons. Select few (Temple Guards, etc) have access to firearms.
What Needs to be Planned:
Mostly, what do you think of the faction, do you want to join it, help develop the finer details, what resources can be committed to an invasion, how many people, weapons, etc.
Don't make actual invasion plans here. That will be in a private thread. Mostly, just say you want to be part of this faction and your thoughts on the official description.
