Commonwealth of Stratske

The Commonwealth of Stratske (Sammenveldet Stratske) is a terroitorial empire in Volgan.

It is led by an emperor, known as Keiseren in Stratske tongue. Keiseren remains at the head of the Commonwealth, but it's territory is split up into regions and colonial territories. These are all led by their own respective head of state. The Commonwealth is ruled as a federal empire, leaving a great deal of power to any regional head of state who almost exclusively dictate the progress of their own region.

Though, Keiser Huset, or the house of the emperor retains supreme rule and may veto any decision made by a regional head of state, and may dispose of them should they be deemed unfit or disloyal to the Commonwealth.

Despite some of the extreme laws in the Commonwealth, and almost dictatorial mindset of some of the regional head of states, most of the regions is considered a good place to live, and many head of states have allowed the people of their region to create a council who will help the state of head run their region with a very democratic mindset.

In turn, some regions are run by head of states gone mad or who just wants more power. They run their regions as they see fit and have little care for the impact on the regional population.

Only once in the history of Stratske has a head of state been disposed off by Keiser Huset. the head of state went mad with power and pushed through edict after edict that would push harder sanctions and way of life on the regional population, so much that a large number of the population made great efforts to escape to the neighbouring regions. Unbeknownst to them, agents of the head of state had tracked many of them down, and as they reached the regional borders they were met by volley's of gunfire, slaughtering them. News spread fast of this unsanctioned act throughout the Commonwealth, and after the mad head of state refused to step down, his regional office was raided by the Commonwealth Military, where most of his diehard loyal staff and guards were killed in an effort to defend his rule. It is said the mad head of state were also killed in the raid.

Shortly after a new regional head of state was elected, and prosperity soon found its place back in the region. Through the swift action of Keiser Huset, they gained even more respect from the citizens of the entire Commonwealth, and only strenghtened the ties of their unification.

The Stratske way of life
Keiser Huset has over the last decades ruled on three core principals, a united populace, a strong military and a self relient economical powerhouse. Over the last 30-40 years the Commonwealth has funded internal industrial growth and spared almost no expense. This took a toll on the agricultural part of the Commonwealth, leading to a months of food rationing. However in the end it has paid off. The Commonwealth houses some of the biggest industrial plants in Cerulea.

Over the last two decades the Commonwealth has been able to produce ships, vehicles and machinery, both civilian and military, at an astonishing rate. This fueled the overall curiosity and expansionist traits of the Stratske people. Several expeditions has been launched over the last 20 years. Many whom convinced investors of the possebilities beyond the open sea, many who were never heard of again.

Despite many setbacks, a few expeditions were successful and lead to the establishment of three colonies.

Stratske Colonial Directorate
The official directorate that manages any and all colonies and any colonial actions. Every head of state incharge of their respectful colony reports directly to the S.C.D. who in turn reports directly to Keiser Huse. The S.C.D. is the colonies direct line back to the main territories.

Stratske Colonial Directorate of Port Sakse
After making landfall at two different places on the western coast of Piahos, one on the mainland and one on an island just to the west of the first landfall, the two territories was merged under the same management to easier focus on the tasks of building up their new homes and expanding.

The colony was named after the first sailor who stepped ashore, Adrian Sakse. He only a few days later fell pray to the brutal wildlife.

Two years later, where Sakse had first stepped ashore was now the biggest and main port in the colony, and so it was aptly named in his honor.

Stratske Colonial Directorate of Port Elisabet
After the success of Port Sakse, a new expedition was sent forth to the New World. An expedition twice the size of the ones that had landed at Port Sakse.

Several investors were more eager to get onboard after the success of Port Sakse. The expedition leader having a earned the friendship of Keiseren and partially funding the expedition herself meant there would be a lot more resources, workpower and military forces to utilize.

After a few months of hardships and some unfortunate incidents with the local indigenous population, leading to some casualties on both side. The expedition leader ushered forth the Colonial Defense Force and drove off the tribes, and killed those who refused to leave.

The C.D.F. secured a lot of territory in driving off the indigenous tribes, and stopped at what would be considered the easiest defendable point, a bottleneck leading into the mainland. The peninsula that housed the colony became known as Port Elisabet, named after the expedition leader whom to this day still rules over her colony.

Colonial Defense Force
Even though the bigger cities within the colonies may utilizie their own police force, each colonial territory falls under the responsebilities of the Colonial Defense Force. A somewhat detatched military wing of the Stratske armed forces. They answer to the S.C.D. and the head of state of the respective colonial they are deployed to.

A lot of private investments and backdoor deals are involved in the bureaucracy of Stratske colonialism, as such the order and general state of the different colonies may differ greatly from the Commonwealth's main territories, this has also taken a toll on the C.D.F.

The C.D.F. mainly hires from the Commonwealth armed forces, and usually veterans, often with troubled backgrounds. Many are also "voluntarily" transferred to the C.D.F. as a punishment. Though the soldiers of the C.D.F. are still technically enlisted, they are mainly considered as mercenaries, men who now fight for their paycheck, instead of their country. As such the C.D.F. are often considered as a brutal force, one that the Commonwealth is not very keen on recognizing as part of it's official armed forces.

Due to the circumstances, and the hardships of the colonial territories, the C.D.F. along with them all being veterans, lack discipline, uniformity and most have adopted a "gung-ho" mentality. They care little for more than their objective, themselves and their paycheck.

The C.D.F. first consisted of former marines that accompanied the original colonies on their first expedition. As such the C.D.F. adopted their red-coated uniforms, and served them well as the rest of the Commonwealth upgraded their armed forces, the C.D.F. mainly gained any old equipment the main forces no longer had any use for, such as the old marine uniforms. Though the bright colored uniforms offers poor concealment, most of the engagements the C.D.F. endure are in dense jungles or open fields, where their tanks and planes, though often outdated compared to the main forces, are still considered vastly superior than to that of the several indigenous tribes they usually engage with.

Military Office of Strategic Air Deployment
M.O.S.A.D. for short, is the air department of the armed forces. They employ and train pilots, air crews and mechanics. Though they do not design their own airplanes, they have a big hand in the design of the air wings that are usually constructed by Commonwealth companies, though sometimes outside companies as well.

The M.O.S.A.D. cooperate closely with the other armed branches of the Commonwealth to ensure the effectiveness of their combines strenghts. There has been several attempts to create a revolutionary air to ground force. One where soldiers will jump from planes, using parachutes to safely reach the ground in order to conduct large flank operations and suprise attacks. So far M.O.S.A.D. has had some success regarding the program, but it is considered way to inefficient, unpredictable and costly to actively deploy the program at this time.

M.O.S.A.D. also has smaller air wings attached to the Colonial Defense Forces, seeing as they are too small of a force compared to the Commonwealth military, the generals of M.O.S.A.D. made a big deal out of it, refusing to allow the C.D.F. to contain their own air force, mainly due to how shunned upon the C.D.F. are by the main forces.

Office of Military Intelligence
The O.M.I. is the intelligence branch of the Commonwealth forces. The O.M.I. consists of several sectors, each sector has their own responsebilities.

Such as external, internal, political, battle intelligence, and colonial intelligence.

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