Nation Name: Antarctic Union

Territory: The Antarctic Union has claimed all of Antarctica, though cities are far apart.

Government: The Antarctic Union is run by a Council of elected representatives, with a figurehead Chairman. They get paid as much as someone in the upper middle class would be paid in today's USA.

Military: The Antarctic Union military is relatively small (With about 90,000 ground troops), however, it's size is made up for by it's technology and training. All Antarctic union troops are equipped with Neural Disruptors (AKA Electrolasers), which are about the size of a modern assault rifle and are highly configurable, with settings from stun to kill, and rapid fire to sniper fire rates. They are built to be able to hold any attachments with the correct configuration, making Neural Disruptors some of the most versatile weapons ever built. Due to this extreme versatility, only one model is made. Just two other infantry weapons are produced, they are a compact railgun rocket launcher that uses a larger payload than other rocket launchers, and an armor piercing heavy railgun for tearing apart enemy tanks and bunkers with a single shot. The AU military also operates tanks, which primarily use extreme velocity railguns. Their air forces have shielded bombers and fighters. However, they are known to stall during sustained railgun fire, and instead rely on missiles. The Antarctican Navy is composed of captured American vessels, which have been updated to have much newer laser weapons, and the larger ones are armed with spinal heavy railguns that are capable of tearing an enemy vessel in half with a single shot. However, the spinal railguns drain weapons from laser systems while charging, leaving the ship vulnerable to air attack until after the railgun fires.

Numbers: 
50,000 Infantry troops
1,000 Tanks
500 Fighters
300 Bombers
150 Battleships

Neural Disruptor:
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Due to it's nature, Infantry using the Neural Disruptor are often accommodated by recharging vehicles or packs.

Economy: The economy of the Antarctic Union runs on a modification of the Nordic Model, and has been extremely well stabilized internally. The above-ground wasteland is deceiving, as underneath there is a wealth of natural resources including Iron, Coal, Oil, Copper, and Uranium. Antarctica's primary industries are in R&D and general manufacturing.

History: The Antarctic Union is an offshoot of the United States of America, formed by a group of rebels who saw the USA as oppressive and warmongering. Knowing there was no chance to stage an open rebellion, they created an underground network in order to create anti-government sentiment wherever they could, especially in the Navy. After multiple years of sowing rebellious thoughts in soldiers and citizens, they gathered everyone at the largest Naval ports in the US. On September 23rd, 2021, the rebels attacked three USN ports with the support of personnel from within, and successfully took over the fleets stationed there.

They immediately sailed the vessels out of port, and when the Air Force came to respond they were easily shot down by the lasers that had been recently deployed by the Navy. They gave the order for the rebel pilots to turn on the loyal ones, and the battle ended after multiple hours in a rebel victory. Knowing that they would be unable to find international support for the rebellion, and that they would never be able to fight the USA alone, they set sail for an uninhabited part of Antarctica. Once they reached it, they found an incredibly tall wall of ice, which they latched their ships onto.

Using stolen equipment, they began to dig into the wall and all the way through the ice to the dirt below. Using parts scavenged from fifty of their ships, they began to build a city underneath that dirt and an actual dock at the wall of ice. Finding untapped natural resources while hollowing out the area to build their city, they started mining operations, securing their ability to expand in the Antarctic. By 2040, their population had expanded significantly due to underground networks set up across the world in third world nations as well as nations the Antarctic Union considered oppressive, such as the USA, Russia, and China. Those networks were disbanded by 2050, as very few people thought of hope when they heard "Hey, wanna move to that huge block of melting ice with no ozone layer?". 

In 2040, the surface outposts of other nations began to be flooded by freezing water and bombarded by UV rays. Feeling obligated to save the now trapped researchers, the Antarctican Navy was dispatched to take the researches to their underground cities. This was the first time anyone outside of those informed by the underground network had encountered the Antarcticans, as they had everyone involved swear to secrecy to avoid being discovered by the USA. Obviously, they couldn't let the researchers go, so they forced the researchers to stay. Over time, they calmed down and adjusted to their new life, contributing to the research projects being funded by the government.

With a much larger population, they began to construct new cities and railways to connect them, all taking place under the surface where they didn't have to worry about radiation or flooding. Switching to become more of a nation, they instituted an official democratic government and laid down laws in the Antarctic Constitution. The economy became free, but pay and the treatment of workers became heavily regulated by the government. With this Socialist model, civilian industry began to appear and kept the Union moving forward. At this point, the USA and other nations became little more than a memory passed down to children, who never knew anything but the underground cities which they could never leave.

By 2070, they had become perhaps one of the most advanced nations on Earth technologically. They invented a plasma shield, used to surround vehicles and armies and protect them from attack. However, it consumes too much power to be used without dedicated vehicles, and when the army or vehicle it protects fire, the shield temporarily opens to allow the outgoing fire to pass through. A single well-placed shot (or a hail of badly-placed shots) could get through this hole and destroy the vehicle generating the shield. In addition, enough fire can dissipate the shield and it will open for infantry troops by design, as allowing an enemy soldier to hit the plasma was declared a war crime by the AU government (Due to the extremely excruciating death it would cause).

Also in use now are Neural Disruptors, which disrupt the target's neural system, and can stun them or kill them depending on the setting. All settings cause no pain, and it is considered the most humane weapon in existence by the Antarctic Union. However, it is completely useless against mechs and vehicles, at which point a tank, rocket launcher, or railgun must be used. They are beginning to build spacecraft, and obviously wish to expand. Despite this, they have still not yet recontacted the world outside their underground cities, and most do not even remember anything aside from the underground cities.

Other:
Flag: [img=http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/allied_kepler_union__622454.jpg]
Each star represents one of the original seven underground cities, the red represents the (somewhat) Socialist economy, and the blue is used with the red to show their American heritage. It is also used to represent their scientific progress, as blue is often associated with knowledge in the AU.

The AU also holds a manufactured population of AIs, which are programmed to act as normal citizens. They are not currently sentient, though they are learning AIs and can hold short conversations, though they learn slowly, and most act like a month old baby would if it could talk. The only things they do well are purchasing items and working, which is programmed. Their AI programs are, however, increasing in power.

THE BARON ONCE AGAIN RETURNS TO HIS BELOVED HOMELAND!