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FACTBOOK OF THE MONAVIAN EMPIRE
2020 EDITION
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Introduction
Overview: The Imperial Federation of the Monavian Empire (Vendian: Caesarea Foederationis Imperium Monavium, Russian Cyrillic: Имперская Федерация Монавии, Prevanian: Αυτοκρατορικό Ομοσπονδία της Μοναβιαν Αυτοκρατορία, Hugenic: Kaiserlichföderation des mähnichen Reich) is a sovereign state located in the northwestern portion of Nova, a region of the southern hemisphere. The 1,302-year-old Monavian Empire covers an approximate territorial area of 7,340,000 square kilometers and its population of 554,100,000 produces an estimated annual gross domestic product (GDP) valued at ₮11,737,000,000,000 (Int$21,580,000,000,000).
Name (conventional long form): The Imperial Federation of the Monavian Empire
Name (conventional short forms): Monavia, Monavian Empire
Date of founding: June 14, AD 718
National Symbols
Motto: Monavia est Novus Ordo Mundi (Latin: Monavia is the New Order of the World)
Colors: White, crimson, and gold
Anthem: “Hail, O Radiant Country”
National day: Foundation Day (June 14)
National seal
Lesser coat of arms
Medium coat of arms
Greater coat of arms
Mascot/allegorical personification
Animal: golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Flower: Salt marsh iris (Iris halophila)
Tree: Silver fir (Abies alba)
General Demographic Statistics
Population (2020 est.): 554,121,180
Human Development Index (HDI) score: 0.8792
Life expectancy (years): 80.56
Men: 78.83
Women: 82.25
Education Index score:
Mean years of schooling: 14.575
Expected years of schooling: 11.700
Net rate of population growth, 2019: 1.3239%
Natural rate of population increase per 1,000 people, 2019 est.: 5.8622
• Replacement fertility rate, 2019 est.: 2.081 births per woman
• Birth rate per 1,000 people, 2019 est.: 13.3437
• Mortality rate per 1,000 persons per year, 2019 est.: 7.4815
Net migration, 2019: +4,087,880
Net migration rate per 1,000 persons: 7.3772
• Immigrants, 2019: 4,696,974
• Immigration rate per 1,000 persons: 8.4764
• Emigrants, 2019: 609,094
• Emigration rate per 1,000 persons: 1.0992
General miscellaneous statistics:
Population density: 75.54 persons per km2
Median age (years): 39.925
Sex ratio (overall): 0.9775 males per 1.000 females
Manpower fit for service: 185,281,614
Cultural Demographics
Religious adherence:
Category | % of Total | Claimed Adherents |
Orthodox Christianity | 54.282 | 300,785,968 |
Roman Catholicism (both rites) | 20.485 | 113,511,612 |
Anglicanism | 5.064 | 27,863,853 |
Sunni Islam | 4.352 | 24,115,220 |
Baptist | 3.588 | 19,742,765 |
Lutheranism | 2.624 | 14,441,540 |
Methodism | 1.537 | 8,460,094 |
Buddhism | 1.559 | 8,636,946 |
Shi’a Islam | 1.373 | 7,601,671 |
Pentecostalism | 0.955 | 5,290,109 |
Judaism | 0.824 | 4,563,579 |
Marshism | 0.777 | 4,308,171 |
Adventism | 0.588 | 3,260,119 |
Hinduism | 0.416 | 2,307,425 |
Taoism | 0.347 | 1,924,157 |
Atheism | 0.204 | 1,128,588 |
Deism | 0.199 | 1,100,376 |
Sikhism | 0.189 | 1,045,705 |
Kogyokist Christianity | 0.184 | 1,018,519 |
Bahá’í Faith | 0.147 | 813,725 |
Mormonism | 0.145 | 804,304 |
Unaffiliated Christian | 0.046 | 254,880 |
Fegosianism (all sects) | 0.046 | 254,261 |
Jainism | 0.036 | 200,261 |
Other/irreligious | 0.035 | 191,292 |
Shintoism | 0.021 | 117,856 |
Church of Scientology | 0.020 | 122,638 |
Rastafarianism | 0.017 | 96,619 |
Mennonite/Amish faith | 0.012 | 64,618 |
Society of Friends (Quakers) | 0.012 | 64,051 |
Zoroastrianism | 0.006 | 33,951 |
Total | 100.000 | 554,120,870 |
Languages:
Official languages (with ISO 639-1 codes): Common (en), Vendian (la), Russian (ru)
Recognized regional languages: Prevanian (el), Romanian (ro), Serbian (sr), Hugenic (de)
Main Language Spoken | % of Total | Speakers |
Common (en) | 48.837 | 270,616,612 |
Vendian (la) | 16.391 | 90,825,840 |
Russian (ru) | 11.125 | 61,646,308 |
Prevanian (el) | 4.920 | 27,264,756 |
Romanian (ro) | 4.345 | 24,074,355 |
Serbian (sr) | 3.976 | 22,031,103 |
Slovak (sk) | 3.257 | 18,047,158 |
Arabic (ar) | 2.324 | 12,875,765 |
Hugenic (de) | 1.444 | 8,000,229 |
Yanitarian (fr) | 1.026 | 5,687,057 |
Parthian (fa) | 0.958 | 5,307,598 |
Hindi (hi) | 0.690 | 3,821,838 |
Chinese (zh) | 0.234 | 1,296,912 |
Ralkovian (he) | 0.168 | 929,344 |
Zarbian (es) | 0.142 | 787,291 |
Fegosian (fg) | 0.056 | 310,059 |
Yiddish (yi) | 0.053 | 293,478 |
Nifonese (jp) | 0.040 | 224,317 |
Other | 0.008 | 45,245 |
Katonazagi (hu) | 0.006 | 35,861 |
Total | 100.000 | 554,121,180 |
General Information
Total land area: 7,335,520 square kilometers
Highest point: Mount Talus (23,539.75 feet above sea level)
Lowest point: Austin Canyon (134.225 feet below sea level)
Maritime claims: 20 nautical miles
Exclusive Economic Zone: 100 nautical miles
Climate: The Monavian Empire is located in a region of the southern hemisphere lying to the south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Its overall climate is temperate, but due to various geographic factors and uneven heating, the climate does not follow normal patterns. Warm water is pushed southward past eastern Monavia and Vendia, causing climates on the eastern coasts of those countries to become unusually balmy. In addition, the presence of the Hellanean and Vendian Seas in between the two countries leads to small temperature ranges in coastal locations.
Major cities: Adamov, Agrinio, Aldan, Ardino, Arsk, Avrig, Azov, Bakar, Balchik, Baraolt, Belovo, Berane, Brezno, Brovary, Budislav, Chalcedon (capital), Chirpan, Chitila, Christopol, Corinth, Cricova, Derventa, Detva, Dorog, Dulovo, Elista, Gabrovo, Galanta, Giurgiu, Ignalina, Irpin, Kaltan, Kamnik, Karditsa, Kargat, Kashin, Kikinda, Kladno, Kovin, Kubrat, Labin, Labinsk, Lapovo, Larissa, Leova, Levski, Liberec, Loznica, Maribor, Martin, Mioveni, Mostar, Motru, Negotin, Nikolsk, Nikopol, Nova Gorica, Novi Pazar, Novigrad, Novo Mesto, Novosil, Odessa, Opava, Ostrov, Palanga, Pestovo, Petrich, Petrila, Podgorica, Razgrad, Resnik, Siracusa, Slobozia, Snina, Sombor, Sopron, Soroca, Taraclia, Theodosia, Tiraspol, Trieste, Troyan, Utena, Visoko, and Zenica.
Maps
Physical Map (Eastern Therese)
Topographic Map
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Political Map (compact)
Political Map (extended)
Overview
Capital: Chalcedon
Administrative divisions: Capital District, sixty-three provinces, and one joint colony.
Governance model: Federal
Form of central government: Constitutional monarchy with elected parliament and independent nonpartisan judiciary
Current governing system installed: 1732
Constitution: The current constitution was written and ratified in 1732. Consisting of eight articles, it has been supplemented by nineteen amendments since then (three were added in 2011). The Monavian Constitution serves as the chief governing document of the Monavian Empire and specifies the rules by which the central and provincial governments operate. Treaties and other international agreements have the same legal force as constitutional law.
Suffrage: universal for all citizens above twenty years of age (formerly twenty-one until 2011); requires registration; can be suspended or revoked on grounds of felony conviction or mental incompetence.
Governance Structure and Leadership
Overview: The Imperial Federation’s governance structure consists of a central government and dozens of provincial governments. The central government is organized into three main organs: an executive organ (the Imperial Crown), a legislative organ (the Imperial Parliament), and a judicial organ (the Imperial Judiciary). For a comprehensive detailed overview of the Imperial Federation’s governance structure, please consult this document.
Executive organ: The Imperial Crown is organized as a coregency between Their Holy Imperial Majesties Charles IX and Elizabeth VI Petrović. The Crown’s powers include executive discretion to approve or veto laws enacted by the Imperial Parliament, plenary authority over the civil service, armed forces, and diplomatic officers (including the power to appoint and dismiss subordinates at will), the appointment of federal judges, and treaty signing authority. As the federal government’s chief executive officers, the monarchs typically focus on making broad policy determinations and delegate the day-to-day execution of their will to the Royal Cabinet, a body of ministers led by a prime minister who functions as the government’s chief operations officer. Principal cabinet officials include:
• Prime Minister Ivan Goronev (2018–present)
• Minister of Agriculture George Brenner (2005–present)
• Minister of Commerce Haley Pine (2016–present)
• Minister of Culture Svetlana Solonina (2015–present)
• Minister of Defense Alexei A. Solovyov (2019–present)
• Minister of Education Francis Mason (2004–present)
• Minister of Energy George Milanković (2016–present)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs Augustus Borozan (2018–present)
• Minister of Health Nancy Wood (2007–present)
• Minister of the Interior Milan Alexandrov (2011–present)
• Minister of Justice Nicholas Ellsworth (2006–present)
• Minister of Labor Cameron Putlin (2011–present)
• Minister of National Security Owen Chambers (2015–present)
• Minister of Science Milutin Shastovich (2015–present)
• Minister of State Jacob Dorn (2019–present)
• Minister of Transportation Stephan Harrison (2006–present)
• Minister of the Treasury Paul Graber (2017–present)
Other noteworthy executive officials include:
• Her Ladyship Agatha Stockton, Treasurer of the Monavian Empire
• Mr. James Cheney, General Director of the Federal Intelligence Department
• Professor Emeritus Nathan Scribner, Ph.D., Royal Economic Security Adviser
• His Grace Adam Roland, D.D., Bishop of Chalcedon and Royal Spiritual Adviser
• The Honorable Frederick Locke, Representative of the Monavian Royal Court
• Mr. Richard Jackson, Royal Secretary
• Mrs. Nadia Nikolovna Orlov, Social Secretary of the Royal Family
• Mrs. Sarah Ivanovna Saratova, Press Secretary of the Royal Family
• Jennifer Varga, LL.B, Royal Legal Counsel
Legislative organ: The Imperial Parliament organized as a bicameral legislature consisting of an upper house (the Imperial Senate) and a lower house (the Representative Assembly). The Imperial Senate consists of 126 members (two representing each province) who are elected to serve six-year terms. From 1732 to 2011, all senators were elected by direct popular vote. In 2011, the Monavian Constitution was amended to better represent provincial interests by requiring that one of the senators from each province is elected by its legislature instead of its populace. The rationale underlying this change is derived from the fact that the Representative Assembly already represents popular interests; a senate that does the same would be too redundant. The Representative Assembly consists of 1,156 members apportioned among the Empire’s provinces according to population. Each representative is responsible for the interests of a district and is directly elected by the inhabitants of his or her district to serve two-year terms.
Principal Senate officials:
• President: His Excellency Julius N. Stojan, Chancellor of the Monavian Empire and President of the Imperial Senate (2017–present)
• Clerk of the Imperial Senate: Denise K. Yudina (2014–present)
• Senate Parliamentarian: Lauren Morgan (2012–present)
• Longest-serving member: Lord Ivan Chertok, Dean of the Imperial Senate (first elected in 1974)
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Felix Elliot Graham
Principal Representative Assembly officials:
• President: His Excellency Theodore Kohler, Premier of the Representative Assembly (2018–present)
• Clerk of the Representative Assembly: Benjamin Flynn (2015–present)
• Representative Assembly Parliamentarian: Erich von Borden (2010–present)
• Longest-serving member: Maxwell Ellington, Dean of the Representative Assembly (first elected in 1970)
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Nikolas Kramer
Judicial organ: The Imperial Judiciary consists of a national supreme court and various inferior tribunals chartered by the Imperial Parliament. Its judges are responsible for rendering official interpretations of the law and determining whether or not it has been violated by certain actions. The judiciary is organized into four tiers of general courts (national tribunals with jurisdiction over matters of both constitutional and statutory law) and special courts which serve specific functions.
General courts:
• The Supreme Court is the Monavian Empire’s highest judicial institution. It has the final authority on all matters pertaining to the interpretation of laws, and may, at any time, call the legitimacy or constitutionality of any law into question. The court’s rulings are final unless it reverses its decision at a later time. It consists of a panel of nine justices appointed by the Crown. Its proceedings are presided over by His Supreme Honor William Franklin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Monavian Empire (appointed 2002).
• The Nine High Courts of Appeals: The sixty-three provinces of the Monavian Empire are grouped into nine districts, each containing seven provinces. Each district contains a High Court of Appeals, which handles decisions appealed from the Lower Courts of Appeals.
• Lower Courts of Appeals: Under each of the Nine High Courts of Appeals is seven Lower Courts of Appeals. Each Lower Court has jurisdiction over one province, and handles decisions appealed from Federal Precinct Courts.
• Federal Precinct Courts: Each province of the Monavian Empire is divided into a series of precincts, typically consisting of several counties. Each precinct contains one of these courts, which has original jurisdiction over the majority of federal cases.
Special courts:
• Courts of Federal Claims: These judicial bodies are tasked with handling civil trials in the same fashion that the general courts handle criminal trials and tests of constitutionality. They consist of sixty-three provincially-located courts of federal claims and seven appellate courts of federal claims. The two tiers of this system mirror the tiers of general national courts.
• Courts Martial: These tribunals handle all judicial matters relating to the military. They are classed into an entry tier and an appellate tier.
• FBCR Tribunals: The Federal Bureau of Commerce Regulation operates a network of courts chartered by the Imperial Parliament to serve as forums for hearing trade and customs disputes. The network includes two levels of courts (entry and appellate). Pursuant to statutory reforms enacted to facilitate the adoption and implementation of the Charter of the Fegosian Union, FBCR court rulings can now be appealed to the Fegosian Union Trade Commission as an alternative to a supreme court appeal.
Government Expenditures
Category | % of total | Total Spending in 2019 |
General Administration Functions | 2.200 | ₮45,041,344,869.37 |
The Crown | 0.200 | ₮4,094,667,715.40 |
Imperial Parliament | 0.240 | ₮4,913,601,258.48 |
Federal Judiciary | 0.240 | ₮4,913,601,258.48 |
Ministry of State | 0.150 | ₮3,071,000,786.55 |
Central Government Courier Service | 0.090 | ₮1,842,600,471.93 |
Imperial Federation Postal Service | 0.280 | ₮5,732,534,801.56 |
Bureau of General Administration | 1.000 | ₮20,473,338,576.99 |
Economic Policy Functions | 7.390 | ₮151,297,972,083.94 |
Ministry of Agriculture | 0.700 | ₮14,331,337,003.89 |
Ministry of Commerce | 0.550 | ₮11,260,336,217.34 |
Ministry of Energy | 1.500 | ₮30,710,007,865.48 |
Ministry of the Interior | 0.450 | ₮9,213,002,359.64 |
Ministry of Labor | 0.470 | ₮9,622,469,131.18 |
Ministry of Transportation | 3.100 | ₮63,467,349,588.66 |
Ministry of the Treasury (incl. IBR) | 0.620 | ₮12,693,469,917.73 |
Foreign Relations Functions | 9.980 | ₮204,323,918,998.34 |
Fegosian Union Treasury Administration | 1.850 | ₮37,875,676,367.43 |
Delian League Treasury Administration | 6.000 | ₮122,840,031,461.93 |
Interpol Commitments | 0.010 | ₮204,733,385.77 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 2.120 | ₮43,403,477,783.21 |
Social Policy Functions | 51.550 | ₮1,055,400,603,643.74 |
Administration for the Welfare of Veterans | 1.550 | ₮31,733,674,794.33 |
Emergency Fund Administration | 2.000 | ₮40,946,677,153.98 |
Federal Pension Administration | 21.900 | ₮448,366,114,836.04 |
Ministry of Culture | 0.500 | ₮10,236,669,288.49 |
Ministry of Education | 2.400 | ₮49,136,012,584.77 |
Ministry of Health (incl. NMSB) | 23.200 | ₮474,981,454,986.13 |
Security Functions | 22.230 | ₮455,122,316,566.45 |
Ministry of Defense | 19.480 | ₮398,820,635,479.73 |
Ministry of National Security | 2.150 | ₮44,017,677,940.52 |
Federal Intelligence Department | 0.550 | ₮11,260,336,217.34 |
Bureau of Covert Oversight | 0.050 | ₮1,023,666,928.85 |
Law Enforcement Functions | 1.300 | ₮26,615,340,150.08 |
Royal Gendermerie | 0.150 | ₮3,071,000,786.55 |
Federal Security Agency | 0.100 | ₮2,047,333,857.70 |
Federal Bureau of Commerce Regulation | 0.150 | ₮3,071,000,786.55 |
Ministry of Justice | 0.900 | ₮18,426,004,719.29 |
Other Functions | 5.350 | ₮109,532,361,386.89 |
Ministry of Science | 1.100 | ₮22,520,672,434.69 |
Monavian Space Exploration Agency | 1.200 | ₮24,568,006,292.39 |
Miscellaneous departments and agencies | 2.000 | ₮40,946,677,153.98 |
Surplus funds | 1.050 | ₮21,497,005,505.84 |
Total | 100.00 | ₮2,047,333,857,698.82 |
General Economic Overview
Economic system: Market
Fiscal year: Calendar year
Nominal GDP (thalers): ₮11,632,578,736,925.10 (Int$21,387,659,265,710.50 in 2020 international dollars)
Nominal GDP per capita (thalers): ₮20,992.84 (Int$38,597.44 in 2020 international dollars)
Nominal GDP growth rate, 2019: 3.11%
Gross fixed investment as a percentage of GDP (2019 est.): 20.107%
Public sector as a percentage of GDP: 17.600%
GDP Composition by Sector
Sector | % of GDP | Share of GDP (Thalers) | Share of GDP (Int. Dollars) | % of Labor Force |
Agriculture | 4.28 | ₮497,292,741,003.55 | $914,322,433,609.12 | 6.93 |
Industry | 29.93 | ₮3,481,049,187,024.83 | $6,400,257,035,263.86 | 27.85 |
Services | 65.80 | ₮7,654,236,808,896.71 | $14,073,079,796,837.50 | 65.23 |
Total | 100.00 | ₮11,632,578,736,925.10 | $21,387,659,265,710.50 | 100.00 |
Labor force participation (2019 average): 68.24%
Unemployment rate (2019 average): 3.26%
Finances and Trade
Currency: Monavian Thaler (₮)
Exchange rate (2020 est.): ₮1.0000 = Int$1.8386
Inflation rate (est. 2019 average): 1.35%
Stock of domestic credit (est. 2020 international dollars): Int$16,955,149,000,000
Narrow money (M1) stock (2019 est.): Int$5,761,000,000,000
Broad money (M2) stock (2019 est.): Int$19,245,000,000,000
Leading Imports: Clothing, pharmaceuticals, tropical fruits, tropical lumber, tropical fish, phosphates, osmiridium ore, refined gold, tungsten ore, titanium ore, lithium ore, cement.
Leading Exports: Wheat, corn, beef, shellfish, petroleum, refined gasoline, petrochemicals, steel, iron ore, uranium products, palladium, silver, chemicals, surgical equipment, medicines, temperate lumber, paper products, industrial machinery, farm machinery, firearms, ammunition, diamonds, granite, marble, salt.
Leading Trade Partners: Vendia, Etoile Arcture, Deamonopolis, Palmyrion, Romandeos, Holy Marsh, The Macabees, Lamoni, Stevid, Wellovia (Mokastana), Korrodos, Animarnia.
Current Account Balance (est. 2020 international dollars): Int$1,427,270,000,000
Current Account Balance as a percentage of GDP: 6.673%
Energy
Annual Energy Production and Reserves
Annual electricity production: 8,516,669,281,673 kWh/year
Production-to-consumption ratio: 1.052
Annual electricity consumption: 8,093,078,357,774 kWh/year
Annual electricity consumption per capita: 14,605 kWh/year
Energy Production
Source | Production in kWh | % of Total |
Nuclear | 3,713,267,806,809 | 43.60 |
Natural Gas | 2,197,300,674,672 | 25.80 |
Hydropower | 1,175,300,360,871 | 13.8 |
Coal | 740,950,227,506 | 8.70 |
Oil | 298,083,424,859 | 3.5 |
Solar | 238,466,739,887 | 2.8 |
Wind | 110,716,700,662 | 1.30 |
Geothermal | 42,583,346,408 | 0.50 |
Total | 8,516,669,281,673 | 100.00 |
Energy Commodities
Commodity | Production | Consumption | Est. Proven Reserves | Est. Theoretical Reserves |
Natural Gas | 109,060,000,000 m3 | 103,405,000,000 m3 | 26,981,000,000,000 m3 | 45,551,000,000,000 m3 |
Crude Oil | 1,120,000 bbl/day | 10,987,000 bbl/day | 6,433,870,000 bbl | 17,799,000,000 bbl |
Coal | 457,769,000 short tons | 501,663,000 short tons | 18,175,000,000 short tons | 31,707,000,000 short tons |
Uranium | 1,807 tonnes | 1,893 tonnes | 77,200 tonnes | 184,000 tonnes |
Mains voltage: 120 V (residential), 240 V (commercial)
Mains frequency: 50 Hz
Transportation
Ground Transportation
Category | Total Quantity | Quantity per 1,000 People |
Motorways (km) | 12,030,033 | 21.710 |
Expressways (km) | 231,199 | 0.417 |
Unpaved Roads (km) | 6,346,350 | 11.453 |
Motor Vehicles | 263,346,091 | 475 |
Conventional Railroad Tracks (km) | 73,120 | 0.132 |
High-Speed Railroad Tracks (km) | 9,506 | 0.017 |
Subway Tracks (km) | 1,107 | 0.002 |
Metro Stations | 641 | 0.001 |
Driving side: Right (→)
Rail gauges: 1,600 mm (broad), 1,520 mm (standard), 1,435 (narrow)
Total length of pipelines (km): 154,287 (2014 est.)
• Gas (km): 66,409
• Oil (km): 43,337
• Refined products (km): 21,040
Air Transportation
Airports (total): 2,944
• Airports with paved runways: 1,108
• Airports with unpaved runways: 1,834
Total aircraft (fixed-wing): 45,000 (est.)
Heliports (dedicated): 418
Civilian helicopters: 1,819
Waterborne Transportation
Total civilian ports and terminals: 225
Total merchant marine vessels: 1,251
Total length of waterways (km): 79,484
• Total length of canals (km): 21,081
• Total length of rivers (km): 58,403
National ship designation prefixes: MMS (Monavian Merchant Ship), MNS (Monavian Naval Ship), RCGS (Royal Coast Guard Ship), RMCS (Royal Marine Corps Ship)
Mass Media and Communications
Telephone Systems | Internet | Broadcast Media | Print Media |
International calling code: +221 | Personal computers: 344,566,402 | Radios in use: 294,000,000 (2014 est.) | Daily newspapers: 899 |
General Information
Purpose and Areas of Responsibility: The chief purpose of the Monavian Armed Forces is to serve as the primary means of defending the security and integrity of the Monavian Empire and its possessions. In addition, it provides its protection to all lands occupied by the Monavian Empire for the duration of such occupations, the repulsion of foreign invasions, the rectification of violations of Monavian territorial integrity and sovereignty, the maintaining of order within the Monavian Empire, the enforcement of the Constitution of the Monavian Empire, and the protection of those interests which are essential to the Monavian Empire’s survival.
Service age and obligation: Volunteers may enlist upon reaching the age of seventeen or enter officer training academies upon reaching the age of eighteen. Conscription is only permitted when the Empire is facing an existential threat and draftee enlistment terms cannot exceed two years.
Operational Doctrine:
Power Projection: The large seas and oceans which separate the Imperial Federation from most neighboring countries have a history of hindering attacks against Monavian soil in past eras, though conversely, they also hindered Monavian offensives against countries elsewhere in the region. Monavian military doctrines have therefore emphasized the development of naval power (and later air power) as preferred means of capitalizing on the natural benefits and advantages of the Imperial Federation’s geographic position, especially in the context of defensive activities. While the long march of technological progress has reduced the logistical difficulty of projecting and sustaining force across great distances, the Imperial Federation has also moved to mitigate this difficulty by establishing an overseas colony and joining two major treaty organizations, the Delian League and Fegosian Union. These measures have enabled the Imperial Federation to deploy assets in multiple theaters at the same time in a way that was not previously feasible.
Strategy: Monavian operational doctrines presently emphasize combined-arms approaches, such as the use of cyber capabilities to preemptively reduce an enemy’s capacity to resist Monavian kinetic measures (e.g. mounting a cyber attack against an enemy satellite network so that it cannot react to a ground-based anti-satellite missile strike). Contemporary operational doctrines also strongly advocate for the integration of sophisticated space and cyber capabilities with all other spheres of warfare, including the kinetic use of orbital assets to support land, sea, and air activities. While the Monavian defense establishment has long pursued, developed, and refined its nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological capabilities, their doctrines presently consider deterrence of external aggression the main justification for developing them. While Monavian doctrines generally advocate a no-first-use policy in most contexts, they permit (though discourage) the limited use of chemical weapons for both offensive and defensive area denial roles and the defensive use of nuclear ordinance against large aircraft formations.
Organization and Leadership
Overview: The Imperial Federation’s armed forces consist of eight independent services—the Imperial Army (factbook), Imperial Navy (factbook), Imperial Air Force (factbook), Royal Marine Corps (factbook), Royal Guard (factbook), Royal Coast Guard (factbook), National Militia (factbook), and Royal Space Corps. Each service is administered by a department of the Ministry of Defense called a secretariat. The Ministry of Defense also contains a secretariat dedicated to general administrative functions and the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI). While the Crown is the official leader of the armed forces, in practice their day-to-day leadership comes from the Imperial Defense Council (IDC), an eleven-person executive board consisting of the Minister and Deputy Minister of Defense, the Director of the DMI, and the commanding officer of each service branch.
Organization Outline:
Office of the Minister of Defense
Office of the Deputy Minister of Defense
Secretariat of Administration
Department of Military Finances
Department of Legal Affairs
Department of Records
Department of Research
Secretariat of the Imperial Army
Office of the Secretary of the Army
• Civilian support staff
Office of the High Marshal of the Imperial Army
• Army units
Secretariat of the Imperial Navy
Office of the Secretary of the Imperial Navy
• Civilian support staff
Office of the High Admiral of the Imperial Navy
• Navy units
Secretariat of the Imperial Air Force
Office of the Secretary of the Imperial Air Force
• Civilian support staff
Office of the High Marshal of the Imperial Air Force
• Air Force units
Secretariat of the Royal Marine Corps
Office of the Secretary of the Royal Marine Corps
• Civilian support staff
Office of the High Marshal of the Royal Marine Corps
• Royal Marine Corps units
Secretariat of the Royal Guard
Office of the Secretary of the Royal Guard
• Civilian support staff
Office of the High Marshal of the Royal Guard
• Royal Guard units
Secretariat of the Royal Coast Guard
Office of the Secretary of the Royal Coast Guard
• Civilian support staff
Office of the High Marshal of the Royal Coast Guard
• Royal Guard units
Secretariat of the National Militia
Office of the Secretary of the National Militia
• Civilian support staff
Office of the High Marshal of the National Militia
• National Militia units
Secretariat of the Imperial Space Corps
Office of the Secretary of the Royal Space Corps
• Civilian support staff
Office of the High Marshal of the Royal Space Corps
• Royal Space Corps units
Directorate of Military Intelligence
Imperial Defense Council:
Chair: Minister of Defense Alexei A. Solovyov (2019–present)
Vice Chair: Deputy Minister of Defense Gordan Bogdanov (2017–present)
High Marshal of the Imperial Air Force: Peter Lovrensky (2017–present)
High Marshal of the Imperial Army: Demetrius Apostolos (2016–present)
High Marshal of the Royal Marine Corps: Steven Vanderhoff (2018–present)
High Marshal of the Royal Guard: Lazar Dragović (2010–present)
High Admiral of the Imperial Navy: Michael Folger (2016–present)
High Admiral of the Royal Coast Guard: Vladimir Simić (2009–present)
High Marshal of the National Militia: Ryan Norris (2019–present)
High Marshal of the Royal Space Corps: David Gehler (2019–present)
Director of Military Intelligence: Nathaniel Donaldson (2003–present)
Defense Spending
Total military expenditures: ₮398,820,635,479.73 (Int$733,271,620,393.03 in 2020 international dollars)
Military expenditures as a percentage of nominal GDP: 3.428%
Department | % of Total | Expenditures |
Secretariat of Administration | 15.32 | ₮61,099,321,355.49 |
Secretariat of the Imperial Army | 17.97 | ₮71,668,068,195.71 |
Secretariat of the Imperial Navy | 21.43 | ₮85,467,262,183.31 |
Secretariat of the Imperial Air Force | 16.41 | ₮65,446,466,282.22 |
Secretariat of the Royal Marine Corps | 5.78 | ₮23,051,832,730.73 |
Secretariat of the Royal Guard | 4.49 | ₮17,907,046,533.04 |
Secretariat of the Royal Coast Guard | 1.11 | ₮4,426,909,053.83 |
Secretariat of the National Militia | 5.31 | ₮21,177,375,743.97 |
Secretariat of the Royal Space Corps | 9.00 | ₮35,893,857,193.18 |
Directorate of Military Intelligence | 3.18 | ₮12,682,496,208.26 |
Total | 100.00 | ₮398,820,635,479.73 |
General Information
Recent treaties (ratified after 2006): Lex Salisbrugis Regnum XXVII, Monavia-Lamoni Friendship Treaty, Treaty of Chalcedon, Charter of the Fegosian Union, Charter of the Delian League, Protocol on Territorial Integrity and Independent Self-Governance, and the Kázmér Doctrine on Patriation of Liberated Slaves. Full texts of these documents can be found here.
Major alliances: Bilateral pact with the Free Republic of Lamoni (January 28, 2008), bilateral pact with the Salisbrugic Dominion of Cotenshire (defunct), Delian League (March 2008), and Fegosian Union (June 2008).
Transnational issues: Strained relations with Novikov, Ralkovia, the Ordenite Reich. The Imperial Federation’s tax haven status and secretive, highly-developed financial sector facilitates foreign money laundering and tax evasion.
Tabular Summary of Monavian Relationships With Foreign States
Key to Symbols
*Signatory to Delian League Charter (2008)
**Signatory to Fegosian Union Charter (2008)
§Signatory to a bilateral pact
†Signatory to the Protocol on Territorial Integrity and Independent Self-Governance
‡Signatory to the Kázmér Doctrine on Patriation of Liberated Slaves
&Member of the unofficially defunct Nova Coalition (2009)
#Unofficial tensions due to conflicting economic interests
^Unofficial tensions due to conflicting political interests
STATUS | DIPLOMATIC | TRADE | MILITARY |
Allied | Salisbrugic Dominion of Cotenshire (defunct) § | Principality of Damirez (founder, defunct) * | Cotenshire (defunct) § |
Amicable | Ruccola | Korrodos † | Imbrinium |
Neutral | Stoklomolvi | Stoklomolvi | Stoklomolvi |
Strained | Blackhelm Confederacy ^ | United world order | Blackhelm Confederacy |
Hostile | Ralkovia (cold war) | Ralkovia (cold war) | Ralkovia (cold war) |
I like the factbook Mon, we should figure some things out between our nations. TG me when you have the time.
It's been three weeks of lockdown here in old London town, and I can tell you it royally sucks. At the beginning, there was a spot of panic buying in the shops, and all online grocery deliveries have somehow already been booked all the way into May! Public transport is still running and I guess there's light traffic. We're allowed out for essential trips and thankfully the local shops are staying stocked.
Oh, and congrats on the new arrival, Kor!
This sent me off reading all your factbooks again. Really good stuff, Mon.
This is not how I would like to be sent off to retirement... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/09/frenchman_ejected_fighter_jet_retirement_jolly/
I talked to Alf last week. He seemed to be in good spirits. Glad most of us are checked in. Our doctors at the hospital think this is the last week before things get crazy... I'm not sure if we can get online delivery, the last time my wife looked we were only backlogged a day or two... We promptly went to the store and bought enough stuff for an addtional two weeks (we still had our winter stock cuz... snowstorms.... so thats 3-5 weeks of food in the house already) so we might just not shop this month at all. All we are really going to get is fruits and veggies. How is everyone doing on the banana front?
Alf/Themis is active on GD's Discord server. He had to go into isolation for several days because he was working in a palliative care ward for terminal virus patients.
In answer to Korr's questions, bananas are plentiful in central Arizona.
That's a relief.
Um, I think I saw some last week.
Anyone ever wanted to have a James Bond-esque underwater battle, but find the idea of spearguns lame?
XGR99 Multi-Adaptive Combat Rifle |
|
Type | Amphibious assault rifle |
Place of origin |
Service history | |
In service | 2019 - present |
Used by | See Users |
Production history | |
Designer | Sequoia Weaponworks |
Designed | 2012-2018 |
Manufacturer | Sequoia Weaponworks |
Unit cost | US$2,500 |
Number built | Classified |
Variants | XGR99 Multi-Adaptive |
Specifications | |
Weight | 2.7 kg empty, 3.5 kg loaded |
Length | 610 mm w/ stock extended, |
Barrel length | 228.6 mm |
Cartridge | .300 AAC Blackout |
Action | straight blowback, open bolt |
Rate of fire | 600 rounds/min cyclic |
Muzzle velocity | 640 m/s |
Maximum effective | 300 m (in air) 25 m (@ 5 m depth) 18 m (@ 20 m depth) |
Feed system | 30-round box mag |
Sights | rear peep and front post |
The XGR99 Multi-Adaptive Combat Rifle (MACR) (export designation: Mehrzweckgewehr Modell XGR 99 or Fusil de combat polyvalent modèle 99) is an amphibious-capable assault rifle designed to equip combat divers and other special operations forces for underwater and over-the-beach (OTB) operations. It is a short-barreled. selective-fire semi-automatic or automatic, straight blowback-operated rifle. It is chambered in a variant of the .300 AAC Blackout (7.62×35mm) intermediate combat cartridge loaded with Cav-X supercavitating bullets that can swim through water with minimal resistance. A Helmholtz resonance muzzle device prevents water ingress into the chamber and barrel allowing the weapon to cycle and fire underwater at increasing pressure depths. It is an adaptive amphibious/aquatic design that works both above and below the surface where it can fire underwater from the open bolt position with a flooded barrel and in atmosphere straight out of the water without any need to drain the working parts or magazine. The ammunition suite is equally effective in each of these environments allowing shooting into or out of the water to provide a full continuum of air-to-water, water-to-water and water-to-air target engagement. This flexibility achieves the same goals as other dual-calibre rifle designs that fire aerodynamically stable ball ammunition above water and drag-stabilized flechette-darts below water. It also replaces other specialised underwater weapons with a poor range and accuracy performance including band or pneumatic-powered single-shot spearguns and pepperbox-style pistols firing exotic ammunition such as flechette-darts and fin-stabilized Lancejet rockets.
The XGR99 is designed to be controllable above and below water with a conventional layout and small profile of low water resistance for easy handling underwater. It has a straight-line recoil path with an inline barrel, action and stock that disperses the firing impact into the shoulder to minimise muzzle climb and bullet dispersion that affects accuracy. The internal and external parts are marinized to protect against the harsh saltwater environment with the firing mechanism fully encased within the receiver save for a left/right swappable integrated ejection-port dust cover. These comprise a saltwater corrosion resistant super-austenitic stainless steel chromium plated bolt/breech block, firing pin and button-rifled barrel; and an impact, abrasion and water-resistant self-reinforcing polyamide polymer receiver. The pistol grip, trigger guard and ambidextrous charging handles are oversized for easy handling by the thick neoprene gloves worn by divers operating in subfreezing waters. Furniture includes a side-folding polymer skeleton buttstock with cheek piece and positive locking action, and integral ventilated handguard with sections of MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail for mounting accessories in the 6 and 12 o'clock positions.
The operative components are a mechanically simple and highly reliable straight blowback firing mechanism with a compact breech block or bolt forward of the chamber that wraps around a fixed barrel when in battery. The breech block is suspended on two rails, on four small contact points, with a 1 mm clearance between its sides and the receiver walls allowing the mechanism to reliably work when fouled or flooded with water. The actual bolt face with firing pin is recessed inside the breech block, and much of the bolt mass is in front of the breech prior to firing. This allows the maximum mass for a minimum bolt stroke reducing the overall length of the firearm. The weapon fires from an open bolt position immediately upon chambering a cartridge as per the straight blowback or advanced primer ignition (API) principle. This occurs as the bolt is travelling forward very close to when the action is entering battery, with the combustion gas pressure from the fired cartridge utilised to arrest the forward momentum of the bolt to seal the chamber. This produces two equal and opposite counterbalancing movements that almost entirely eliminates the recoil impulse of the moving parts. The XGR99 thus has a low felt recoil and is very controllable and comfortable to fire from an off-hand position. Firing from the open bolt further allows the barrel to be filled with water when the weapon is partially or fully submerged for properly stabilizing bullets for increased accuracy. Shallow groove rifling reduces barrel wear and fouling, enables a quick transition from under to above the water by allowing combustion gasses to push ahead of the round to blow any remaining water out of the barrel, and provides spin-stabilisation to improve accuracy above water.
For underwater firing, the weapon performs differently at different depths with the cyclic rate, muzzle velocity and effective range being reduced by water pressure as the depth increases. This is compensated through a Helmholtz resonance muzzle device consisting of a near-spherical high-pressure chamber with a vent aperture matching the bore size of the barrel. When a round is fired the propellant combustion gasses blow forward into the resonator's chamber creating a gas overpressure that displaces water from the chamber and barrel and a positive pressure that creates a watertight fluidic (i.e. gas pressure) barrel seal at the muzzle. This seal preserves internal ballistics while allowing the bullet to exit without resistance into the dense outside water medium. The rate of fire must be synchronised in accordance with Bernoulli's principle, as following each shot the pressure differential quickly reverses between the interior and exterior of the chamber drawing water back into the barrel. The resonator can also function dry in the atmosphere with the Bernoulli effect diverting gasses preventing the generation of a sonic shockwave, much as the baffles of a suppressor do in reducing acoustic report.
Fire mode selection is by a two-stage progressive trigger with two modes of fire: a short pull to produce single shots (semi-automatic fire) and a long pull for full automatic fire. A manual safety lever provides a safe (marked 'S' in white) and fire (marked 'F' in red) mode selector to control the skeletal trigger. The spring-loaded firing pin provides an inertia bolt safety that prevents an accidental discharge if the weapon is jolted or dropped. Both sides of the receiver mount ambidextrous magazine release buttons and dual charging handles for cocking the action, with a slide covering the cocking slot to keep out water. The handles return to a forward location by spring power and do not reciprocate with the bolt during firing. Symmetrical ejection ports are located either side of the receiver with the ejection mechanism swappable between either side after a partial disassembly. The ejectors are closed by a spring-loaded cover so the interior of the weapon is open only when an empty case is being ejected. A brass deflector moulded in front of the ejection port deflects spent cases at a safe 1 O'clock forward angle.
Adjustable iron sights are provided on a detachable monolithic top rail/carry handle consisting of a flip-up rear sight protected by two wings with a diopter-type peep hole adjustable between a 100 or 200-metre engagement range, and a semi-shrouded front post adjustable for windage and elevation. Tritium dots provide aiming in low light, foggy/misty and murky conditions. In practice accurate aiming underwater is limited by water reflections that cause scale and distance distortions in the visual field.
The magazine interface accepts a proprietary detachable box magazine to physically prevent the accidental loading of a STANAG magazine with incompatible i.e. non-supercavitating ammunition. This proprietary design is of a semi-translucent polymer construction with studs moulded on the sides that allow up to five to be fastened together side-by-side for rapid 'jungle'-style reloading. They have a 30-round staggered or double-column loading capacity and use a stainless-steel spring, feed lip and self-levelling follower to ensure reliable feeding of the special ammunition.
The supercavitating ammunition is capable of low angle water entry or exit without altering trajectory due to water resistance allowing an operator to fire at surface targets from concealed positions underwater to maintain the element of surprise, and on broaching the surface continue to engage targets on land, or underwater targets from the surface at angles above 5° without ricocheting or fragmenting on hitting the surface. The round is based on the .300 AAC Blackout (.300 BLK) intermediate combat cartridge with a rimless bottleneck case manufactured with sealant in the neck and a lacquer coating on the primer to enable wet firing. The loading is a Cav-X supercavitating bullet developed by DSG Technology with a blunt conical nose designed to form a cavitation air bubble that reduces skin friction drag to overcome water resistance for efficient penetration of the dense water medium. The bullets move in excess of 100 m/s to a range of 25 m underwater and have a subsonic range of 200 m in air, with hydrodynamic or aerodynamic spin-stabilisation maintaining trajectory for high accuracy. The bullets consist of a steel jacket, gilding metal envelope and hard core (tungsten) penetrator, with an unconventional shape and significant mass that is effective against multi-layer structures like the hulls of torpedoes, mines, unmanned underwater vehicles, swimmer delivery vehicles and rigid inflatable boats, even when covered by sand, soil or mud. The ballistics produce anti-personnel terminal effects against the layers of trilaminate polyester and butyl rubber of reinforced military diving suits, penetrates the acrylic plastic in face masks and the multi-ply ballistic nylon used in NIJ Level II bulletproof jackets.
Etoile Arcture Ground Forces - used by Etoile Arcture Special Operations Forces
Etoile Arcture Maritime Forces - used by Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) and Special Diver Groups
Etoile Arcture Maritime Gendarmerie Force - used by Security and Intervention Groups
Imbrinium Royal Imbrinium Marine Corps Royal Imbrinium Navy
Arcturia Corps des Marines
Commandos Marines - used by the Para-Comandos
Force Navale - used by the Fusiliers Marins et Comandos
Monavian Royal Marine Corps
Monavian Imperial Navy
Monavian Royal Coast Guard
Imperial Korrodosian Marine Corps - used by Commando Units and Special Boat Squadrons
Imperial Korrodosian Navy - used by Operational Reconnisance and Covert Action (ORCA) Units and Underwater Demolition Squadrons
Strategic Services Organization
Astograthian Special Forces
Albertanian Army
Seorabeol Federation Seorabeol Federation Navy
- used by Naval Special Warfare Flotilla
The Great state of Joseon Royal Joseon Navy
- used by Naval Special Warfare Flotilla
Royal Joseon Army Special Forces - used by 707th Special Missions Group
Alpen Oil Company
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Cartridge: .300 AAC Blackout
Cav-X A2 load, air optimised with maximum effect on target
Cav-X X2 load, universal air and supercavitating water performance
Cav-X S2 load, supersonic performance in semi and full auto, armour piercing
Action: straight blowback, open bolt
Weight: 2.7 kg empty, 3.5 kg loaded
Overall length: 610 mm w/ stock extended, 470 mm w/ stock folded
Barrel length: 228.6 mm
Rifling: 3 lands and grooves
Feed type: 30-round, detachable box magazine, double column
Upper and lower receiver: glass-fibre/polyamide-6 (GF/PA-6) thermoplastic, moulded grip/trigger guard and magazine well
Hand guard: MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny/STANAG 2324 12 o' clock full length flat-top rail, 6 o' clock half-length rail
Buttstock: side folding skeletonized w/ cheek piece
Sights: adjustable rear apeture and hooded front post
Muzzle velocity: 640 m/s
Effective range: 300 m (in air), 25 m (@ 5 m depth), 18 m (@ 20 m depth)
Rate of fire: 600 rpm cyclic
Fire control: ambidextrous safety, progressive trigger
Modes of fire: safe + semi-auto + full-auto
Unit replacement cost: US$5,000
Anyone ever wanted to have a James Bond-esque underwater battle, but find the idea of spearguns lame?
XGR99 Multi-Adaptive Combat Rifle |
|
Type | Amphibious assault rifle |
Place of origin |
Service history | |
In service | 2019 - present |
Used by | See Users |
Production history | |
Designer | Sequoia Weaponworks |
Designed | 2012-2018 |
Manufacturer | Sequoia Weaponworks |
Unit cost | US$2,500 |
Number built | Classified |
Variants | XGR99 Multi-Adaptive |
Specifications | |
Weight | 2.7 kg empty, 3.5 kg loaded |
Length | 610 mm w/ stock extended, |
Barrel length | 228.6 mm |
Cartridge | .300 AAC Blackout |
Action | straight blowback, open bolt |
Rate of fire | 600 rounds/min cyclic |
Muzzle velocity | 640 m/s |
Maximum effective | 300 m (in air) 25 m (@ 5 m depth) 18 m (@ 20 m depth) |
Feed system | 30-round box mag |
Sights | rear peep and front post |
The XGR99 Multi-Adaptive Combat Rifle (MACR) (export designation: Mehrzweckgewehr Modell XGR 99 or Fusil de combat polyvalent modèle 99) is an amphibious-capable assault rifle designed to equip combat divers and other special operations forces for underwater and over-the-beach (OTB) operations. It is a short-barreled. selective-fire semi-automatic or automatic, straight blowback-operated rifle. It is chambered in a variant of the .300 AAC Blackout (7.62×35mm) intermediate combat cartridge loaded with Cav-X supercavitating bullets that can swim through water with minimal resistance. A Helmholtz resonance muzzle device prevents water ingress into the chamber and barrel allowing the weapon to cycle and fire underwater at increasing pressure depths. It is an adaptive amphibious/aquatic design that works both above and below the surface where it can fire underwater from the open bolt position with a flooded barrel and in atmosphere straight out of the water without any need to drain the working parts or magazine. The ammunition suite is equally effective in each of these environments allowing shooting into or out of the water to provide a full continuum of air-to-water, water-to-water and water-to-air target engagement. This flexibility achieves the same goals as other dual-calibre rifle designs that fire aerodynamically stable ball ammunition above water and drag-stabilized flechette-darts below water. It also replaces other specialised underwater weapons with a poor range and accuracy performance including band or pneumatic-powered single-shot spearguns and pepperbox-style pistols firing exotic ammunition such as flechette-darts and fin-stabilized Lancejet rockets.
The XGR99 is designed to be controllable above and below water with a conventional layout and small profile of low water resistance for easy handling underwater. It has a straight-line recoil path with an inline barrel, action and stock that disperses the firing impact into the shoulder to minimise muzzle climb and bullet dispersion that affects accuracy. The internal and external parts are marinized to protect against the harsh saltwater environment with the firing mechanism fully encased within the receiver save for a left/right swappable integrated ejection-port dust cover. These comprise a saltwater corrosion resistant super-austenitic stainless steel chromium plated bolt/breech block, firing pin and button-rifled barrel; and an impact, abrasion and water-resistant self-reinforcing polyamide polymer receiver. The pistol grip, trigger guard and ambidextrous charging handles are oversized for easy handling by the thick neoprene gloves worn by divers operating in subfreezing waters. Furniture includes a side-folding polymer skeleton buttstock with cheek piece and positive locking action, and integral ventilated handguard with sections of MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail for mounting accessories in the 6 and 12 o'clock positions.
The operative components are a mechanically simple and highly reliable straight blowback firing mechanism with a compact breech block or bolt forward of the chamber that wraps around a fixed barrel when in battery. The breech block is suspended on two rails, on four small contact points, with a 1 mm clearance between its sides and the receiver walls allowing the mechanism to reliably work when fouled or flooded with water. The actual bolt face with firing pin is recessed inside the breech block, and much of the bolt mass is in front of the breech prior to firing. This allows the maximum mass for a minimum bolt stroke reducing the overall length of the firearm. The weapon fires from an open bolt position immediately upon chambering a cartridge as per the straight blowback or advanced primer ignition (API) principle. This occurs as the bolt is travelling forward very close to when the action is entering battery, with the combustion gas pressure from the fired cartridge utilised to arrest the forward momentum of the bolt to seal the chamber. This produces two equal and opposite counterbalancing movements that almost entirely eliminates the recoil impulse of the moving parts. The XGR99 thus has a low felt recoil and is very controllable and comfortable to fire from an off-hand position. Firing from the open bolt further allows the barrel to be filled with water when the weapon is partially or fully submerged for properly stabilizing bullets for increased accuracy. Shallow groove rifling reduces barrel wear and fouling, enables a quick transition from under to above the water by allowing combustion gasses to push ahead of the round to blow any remaining water out of the barrel, and provides spin-stabilisation to improve accuracy above water.
For underwater firing, the weapon performs differently at different depths with the cyclic rate, muzzle velocity and effective range being reduced by water pressure as the depth increases. This is compensated through a Helmholtz resonance muzzle device consisting of a near-spherical high-pressure chamber with a vent aperture matching the bore size of the barrel. When a round is fired the propellant combustion gasses blow forward into the resonator's chamber creating a gas overpressure that displaces water from the chamber and barrel and a positive pressure that creates a watertight fluidic (i.e. gas pressure) barrel seal at the muzzle. This seal preserves internal ballistics while allowing the bullet to exit without resistance into the dense outside water medium. The rate of fire must be synchronised in accordance with Bernoulli's principle, as following each shot the pressure differential quickly reverses between the interior and exterior of the chamber drawing water back into the barrel. The resonator can also function dry in the atmosphere with the Bernoulli effect diverting gasses preventing the generation of a sonic shockwave, much as the baffles of a suppressor do in reducing acoustic report.
Fire mode selection is by a two-stage progressive trigger with two modes of fire: a short pull to produce single shots (semi-automatic fire) and a long pull for full automatic fire. A manual safety lever provides a safe (marked 'S' in white) and fire (marked 'F' in red) mode selector to control the skeletal trigger. The spring-loaded firing pin provides an inertia bolt safety that prevents an accidental discharge if the weapon is jolted or dropped. Both sides of the receiver mount ambidextrous magazine release buttons and dual charging handles for cocking the action, with a slide covering the cocking slot to keep out water. The handles return to a forward location by spring power and do not reciprocate with the bolt during firing. Symmetrical ejection ports are located either side of the receiver with the ejection mechanism swappable between either side after a partial disassembly. The ejectors are closed by a spring-loaded cover so the interior of the weapon is open only when an empty case is being ejected. A brass deflector moulded in front of the ejection port deflects spent cases at a safe 1 O'clock forward angle.
Adjustable iron sights are provided on a detachable monolithic top rail/carry handle consisting of a flip-up rear sight protected by two wings with a diopter-type peep hole adjustable between a 100 or 200-metre engagement range, and a semi-shrouded front post adjustable for windage and elevation. Tritium dots provide aiming in low light, foggy/misty and murky conditions. In practice accurate aiming underwater is limited by water reflections that cause scale and distance distortions in the visual field.
The magazine interface accepts a proprietary detachable box magazine to physically prevent the accidental loading of a STANAG magazine with incompatible i.e. non-supercavitating ammunition. This proprietary design is of a semi-translucent polymer construction with studs moulded on the sides that allow up to five to be fastened together side-by-side for rapid 'jungle'-style reloading. They have a 30-round staggered or double-column loading capacity and use a stainless-steel spring, feed lip and self-levelling follower to ensure reliable feeding of the special ammunition.
The supercavitating ammunition is capable of low angle water entry or exit without altering trajectory due to water resistance allowing an operator to fire at surface targets from concealed positions underwater to maintain the element of surprise, and on broaching the surface continue to engage targets on land, or underwater targets from the surface at angles above 5° without ricocheting or fragmenting on hitting the surface. The round is based on the .300 AAC Blackout (.300 BLK) intermediate combat cartridge with a rimless bottleneck case manufactured with sealant in the neck and a lacquer coating on the primer to enable wet firing. The loading is a Cav-X supercavitating bullet developed by DSG Technology with a blunt conical nose designed to form a cavitation air bubble that reduces skin friction drag to overcome water resistance for efficient penetration of the dense water medium. The bullets move in excess of 100 m/s to a range of 25 m underwater and have a subsonic range of 200 m in air, with hydrodynamic or aerodynamic spin-stabilisation maintaining trajectory for high accuracy. The bullets consist of a steel jacket, gilding metal envelope and hard core (tungsten) penetrator, with an unconventional shape and significant mass that is effective against multi-layer structures like the hulls of torpedoes, mines, unmanned underwater vehicles, swimmer delivery vehicles and rigid inflatable boats, even when covered by sand, soil or mud. The ballistics produce anti-personnel terminal effects against the layers of trilaminate polyester and butyl rubber of reinforced military diving suits, penetrates the acrylic plastic in face masks and the multi-ply ballistic nylon used in NIJ Level II bulletproof jackets.
Etoile Arcture Ground Forces - used by Etoile Arcture Special Operations Forces
Etoile Arcture Maritime Forces - used by Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) and Special Diver Groups
Etoile Arcture Maritime Gendarmerie Force - used by Security and Intervention Groups
Imbrinium Royal Imbrinium Marine Corps Royal Imbrinium Navy
Arcturia Corps des Marines
Commandos Marines - used by the Para-Comandos
Force Navale - used by the Fusiliers Marins et Comandos
Monavian Royal Marine Corps
Monavian Imperial Navy
Monavian Royal Coast Guard
Imperial Korrodosian Marine Corps - used by Commando Units and Special Boat Squadrons
Imperial Korrodosian Navy - used by Operational Reconnisance and Covert Action (ORCA) Units and Underwater Demolition Squadrons
Strategic Services Organization
Astograthian Special Forces
Albertanian Army
Seorabeol Federation Seorabeol Federation Navy
- used by Naval Special Warfare Flotilla
The Great state of Joseon Royal Joseon Navy
- used by Naval Special Warfare Flotilla
Royal Joseon Army Special Forces - used by 707th Special Missions Group
Alpen Oil Company
Aaaaaa Aaaaaan Army
Telegram for purchasing options or place an order through Consortia.ea. Please consider approving this dispatch to increase its visibility.
Cartridge: .300 AAC Blackout
Cav-X A2 load, air optimised with maximum effect on target
Cav-X X2 load, universal air and supercavitating water performance
Cav-X S2 load, supersonic performance in semi and full auto, armour piercing
Action: straight blowback, open bolt
Weight: 2.7 kg empty, 3.5 kg loaded
Overall length: 610 mm w/ stock extended, 470 mm w/ stock folded
Barrel length: 228.6 mm
Rifling: 3 lands and grooves
Feed type: 30-round, detachable box magazine, double column
Upper and lower receiver: glass-fibre/polyamide-6 (GF/PA-6) thermoplastic, moulded grip/trigger guard and magazine well
Hand guard: MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny/STANAG 2324 12 o' clock full length flat-top rail, 6 o' clock half-length rail
Buttstock: side folding skeletonized w/ cheek piece
Sights: adjustable rear apeture and hooded front post
Muzzle velocity: 640 m/s
Effective range: 300 m (in air), 25 m (@ 5 m depth), 18 m (@ 20 m depth)
Rate of fire: 600 rpm cyclic
Fire control: ambidextrous safety, progressive trigger
Modes of fire: safe + semi-auto + full-auto
Unit replacement cost: US$5,000
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WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?
I didn't know I NEEDED this, untill you posted it.
Take my money and add;
Imperial Korrodosian Marine Korps
-Commando Units
-Special Boat Squadrons
Imperial Korrodosian Navy
- Operational Reconnisance and Covert Action (ORCA) Units
-Underwater Demolition Squadrons
Strategic Services Organization
Thank you kind sir.
Also, Nova writing challenge? Lets create a scenario where we HAVE the underwater battle? A previously hidden terrorist organization gets thumped by our various special forces?
:)
Awesome goodies, as usual. You can add the Monavian Royal Marine Corps, Monavian Imperial Navy, and Monavian Royal Coast Guard to your list of military users.
Happy Easter everyone! Continue staying safe - that's an order! And you guys, thanks for liking my latest creation. I've exported it to everyone.
This is a capital idea. I believe there could still be some nefarious events happening around Dartia... :D
Speaking of Dartia (and Novan geography in general), GD's mapmaker (Mokastana) just did a major housecleaning of the region's map and a couple dozen dead or inactive nation accounts got purged from the map. We have not redone our map since 2011. Does anyone have any ideas how we should update ours?
I've done an (albeit crude) embeginning of the regional logo. I've embiggened the png of the regional map and will start cleaning that up.
That is wonderful! In case you have not previously known of this, Holy Marsh helped set up a Discord server for Nova. I will telegram you and Korr the server address so you can join if you are so inclined. Ani and I have already joined.
For the region's viewing pleasure: viewtopic.php?p=23428283#p23428283
Your approach to heraldry and vexillology is very impressive.
^^
This, because I wouldn't even know where to begin.
Someone on Nationstates needs to make a attack version of the AW609 tiltrotor...
:D
ITS A BOY! :)
Due date is still September, baby is very healthy and very big.
:)
Things are going well here.
This is wonderful news!
HUZZAH!
The contrast between the RP styles of the slavers and the liberators can hardly be greater:
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