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Name of Nation: New Alexandria "The Peaceful land".
Motto: Seek out hard times, for they create heroes.[/center]

Government: 
Constitutional Federal Republic. The Federal government is ruled by the 'Steward' (the president of the nation) who is elected from the representatives of the House of Representatives at the Federal level by a democratic election. The house votes upon policy decisions and drafts laws. The power of the House of Representatives is balanced out by the council of detectives, a policy advisory council and branch of the Ministry of Justice. To enter into the council one must be a detective of a shire. The Shire Reeve is not permitted to enter into the council as his office is elected democratically, but the detectives under him are. (although he is not a member of the House of Representatives and is elected at the state level) These bodies advise how best to use the constitution to achieve the aims of the public. The detectives are especially chosen for this job because it is considered that they are the true eyes of the law, that they are the first Observers and they are the most adept at observation as an art and science. In essence, the eyes are connected to the brain. A third electoral circuit operates to elect members of the private sector to positions as advisors to the House of Representatives. This is done to avoid a party system whereby private interests bribe and curry favour with the parties of the House and otherwise impact democracy. Having these private sector positions voted for in each constituency makes the aims and persons of the private sector more open and transparent.

There are two main parties in New Alexandria:

The National Liberal Party[img]https://s10.postimg.org/iqr4vefp5/conservative_heratige.png[/img]
The Conservative Neutral Party[img]https://s10.postimg.org/5nvibzs09/conservative.png[/img]

Culture:
New Alexandria is a small country located on the Mediterranean coast. It declared sovereignty from the ??Kratorian?? Empire around 1895. The people there all have a heritage, identity and family connections to Alexander the great. They are all decedents of Macedonians and other areas conquered by Alexander's empire. As such they have a diverse set of religions but a similar genetic lineage. 
 
The war of independence saw much fighting. Urban fighting in the waterways of the Sonder. Cavalry actions on the plains outside it, and even in the mountain range which stretches between Agape and Sonder with the Alpine Corps. Assistance was gratefully received from Etresna in the form of arms and ammunition and food supplies. They also prevented the ports from being blockaded. Eventually the Alexandrians prevailed and to day they are fresh faced and ready for a new era.

The Alexandrians are a universally armed culture with the military being maintained at the federal level but a minuteman prerogative being maintained at the State level. The Education system of Alexandria has a martial side, where upon graduation the user receives a bronze diploma as newly qualified minuteman. As such most of all the Inhabitants have the most basic training in physical fitness and expedition preparation. Silver and gold diplomas are attainable through higher education.

Species:
94% Human
5% Hobbit
1% Other

Religion:
74% Catholic Orthodox Christian
15% Judaism
7% Islamic
3% Macedonian Polytheism
1% Not declared

Ethnicity: (Census not up to date)
87% Alexandrian
3% Etresna

Territory Claims:
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Cities:
Agape (Capital City) [hider=Agape:][img][/img]
Agape, meaning love and charity, is the capital city and seat of government of New Alexandria. Both the Assembly and the House of Representatives meet there. The city is also unusual as it has a working tram network. The city reaches both the coast and the inner areas of the penninsual, it even shares a boarder there with its neighbouring country.
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Sonder [hider=Sonder:][center][img]https://s9.postimg.org/eym40hspb/venice-2015.jpg[/img][/center]
Sonder is a city that has its roots in ancient times. Built upon the sandbars and small islands off of the coast half of the city is literally on the water. Punts and motorboats are the most common form of travel and the country has a world renowned taxi service. Due to the close proximity of the Volcano "Ramshead" the nation is subject to many earthquake tremmours, however the city also boasts the famed Alexandrian concrete. It was a scene of heavy urban fighting during the war of Independence but remarkably very little damage was sustained by the Concrete buildings, attesting to their solid construction.[/hider]
Riddick [hider=Riddick:][img][/img]
Riddicks inhabitants are quite a bit different from the rest of New Alexandria, they have a reputation for being more self reliant and rough hewn indeviduals. This is due to their relative proximity to the continent they have had to survive many inwaves of ethnicities and because of this they boast the highest number of non human species.[/hider]

State Economy:
40% Freight Shipping
13% Specialised Industry
10% Media and Information services
7.5% Medicaments
7% Mercinaries
6.8% Watches
6% Parts of Motor vehicles
5.2% Unclassified Transactions
4% Petrolium
1.5% Tourism

Exports:
Nexus arms
Tocmeister Timepeices
Tocmeister Motorcycles
WEX Postal Service
Great Rail Freight
Detail Freight Shipping

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The standard firearms of the Alexandrian army excel in neither accuracy nore firepower but do equally well in all characteristics. Learned military historians will account that the real advantage in Alexandrian arms is their ease of use and erganomaxity, especially in a crisis. Alexandrian weapons engineers have realised that weapons must be as ergonomic and easy to use as possible. The strength of Alexandrians, it is said, comes not even from this tactic. But the mental dexterity to realise it and furthermore. 

Alexandrian Concrete.
The Alexandrians have lived on the coast of the Medeterranian for a long time. In that time they have learnt secrets from the Ancients and even a few of their own. One such secret is Alexandrian Concrete, having been used in Alexandrian cities and towns on the east coast for many hundreds of years, the beautifully constructed tall 3 story buildings faced with cornices and plaster belie a far more stronger and robust construction. Alexandrian concrete uses the ash sand from the volcano "Ramshead" near by. Microscopy has found this ash is 3 times more pourus than regular sand used in concrete elsewhere. This results in a structure 3 times as strong. It has long been a practice of Alexandrian artisans to use the water from the nearby "red geysers". These geysers, fuled by the volcanic activity bubble forth from iron veins deep in the ground and the red iron builds up in the edges of the pools. Using this "soluble iron" water in the construction of the concrete results in a chemical reaction in the concrete which replicates reebar concrete but with a far more complex continuous structure. The blocks of concrete produced are the size of an 'Alexandrian unit' and are used in the houses and even ivy covered sculptures in the city of Sonder.  It is said they are all but impervious to the ravages of time and the military has long recognised the houses as resistant to explosives that are not direct hits. A fact that was widely known and exploited by Alexandrian forces during the cityfighting at the of the Revolutionary War.
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Alexandrian Defence Force the "Silver Men".
The army is split up into branches. Each has an emblem distinguishing it from the rest. The colour of the uniform is coffee brown. [right][img]https://cdn1.terrysfabrics.co.uk/thumb/649/suedecoffee.jpg[/img][/right]

The weapons they employ are detailed below in each branch section. (If you want to buy any of the weapons detailed here please contact me)

Patriots: [right][img]https://s9.postimg.org/olv4qo6db/footsoldiers.png[/img][img]https://s14.postimg.org/n3q969p1d/cc94891af818ef90193be1572c3b1cc9.jpg[/img][/right]

The Patriots are the name given to those Alexandrians who tread the path of the warrior. There are a few diverse devisions of them. They are operated at the federal level, unlike the Minutemen. They are trained primarily as standard line infantry riflemen. Indeed it is the Rifleman that is the primary frontline unit of force, not the machinegun or artillery bombardment as such emplacements are easy to outmanoeuvre. There is even an alpine division who specialises in mountain warfare and winter operations. They are a professional soldier service that is of gold or silver diploma quality.  The Patriot Devision raised in Sonder is especially adept at swimming and urban warfare. 

They are mostly a defence force owing to the current neutrality policy of the nation. However there is a privately run organisation that sells mercenary services to other countries, these are termed "Patriot Bachelors" or just "Mercenaries". The expertise gained by these Bachelors is invaluable to the maintaining of stability of New Alexandria and they are often paid as advisors to the regular Defence force in times of crisis or during field training.

The weapons they employ are detailed below.

[hider=Nexus RAM 1908-1970:][img]https://s9.postimg.org/w34c5zj2n/chiappa_rhino_short0112111.jpg[/img]Nexus Ram

This snub nosed pocket revolver is popular with officers due to its small size and ease of handling. It is often contained within a leather belt holster when issued to officers.

This revolver has several unusual features borrowed from other designs. It has a gas seal system borrowed from a Nagant M1895 revolver, as the hammer is cocked, first turns the cylinder and then moves it forward, closing the gap between the cylinder and the barrel maintaining high cartridge pressure as the bullet jumps the cylinder flash gap. This allows the revolver to be fired while still inside a pocket without any chance of burns and practically eliminates the chance of burning ones hands on the cylinder gap.
Unusual among revolvers, the Nexus fires from the lowermost chamber in the cylinder as opposed to the uppermost. This is intended to reduce muzzle flip by directing the recoil into the shooter's wrist, rather than over, it greatly increasing accuracy of follow up shots due to the low bore axis. The accuracy is further enhanced by a double-action/single action trigger and the inclusion of both a muzzle break compensator built into the barrel and a large slab compensator above the barrel which acts as the sight aperture.

The Nexus is designed with a slightly larger cylinder to accommodate 8 rounds of 9mm diameter ammunition, it is capable of using any commercially designed 9mm ammunition, such as the 9x19 parabellum, .380acp .38 super, .38 special, 9×23mm Largo 9×25mm Mauser etc. It achieves this in a beautifully simple way by supplying a variety of moon clips of varying sizes to allow the attachment of rimmed and rebated rimmed cartridges. This allows the user to precisely tailor the type of round he uses to the job he has in mind, be it close quarters or longer ranged combat, it also allows users to use battlefield pickup ammunition which officers greatly appreciate. The maker boasts "There is nothing more insulting to the enemy than to hurl their own ammo right back at them!"
When the user wishes to reload the revolver he operates the button with his thumb which releases the swing out cylinder very common with American firearms. He then pushes the extractor which extracts all 8 rounds and the moon clip and loads a new moon clip. There is presently no way to reload individual rounds. The model B rhino sports a auto ejecting extractor, however these are somewhat more delicate and prone to malfunction, nevertheless they half reload times which makes the reload time of the revolver almost as good as that of an auto.

Another distinctive feature is that the cross-section of the cylinder is octagonal instead of cylindrical (though with rounded corners); this is intended to lower the weapon's profile in concealed carry applications. 

Lastly, the revolver is naturally reliable as if a round fails to go off the user can just push the trigger to go to the next round. 

The only strong disadvantages of the weapon are its weight due to its all steel construction and the limitation of only having 8 rounds. It also only has a barrel length of 2 inches, increasing muzzle flare for some of its cartridges. Its reloading speed is average without the auto extractor and it must reload all 8 rounds at the same time. It is available for export sale to individuals and is of the mid to upper middle price range, making it a luxury item. 

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[hider=Kinsman 1910:][img]https://s9.postimg.org/inhbgl0b3/browning_BAR.jpg[/img]The Standard rifle of the New Alexandrian Army and militia is the Kinsman 1910. A pump action rifle, designed with a certain serenity and calmness that embodies the ideals of the "Peaceful land" of New Alexandria, it features sweeping curves and polished wood. But make no mistake, it is a weapon of war. It utilises the .30-06 round. With an internal double stack magazine of 12 rounds. It is loaded from 6 rounds stripper clips through the top with the pump forend in the rear position. It is said this system was selected due to the fact that while firing the soldier does not have to remove his stock from his shoulder, his cheek from the cheekrest, he grip from the trigger. He only need move the forend back and forth into the position he was already firing from. Thus greatly enhancing the time it takes to require the target. The pump action is one of the fastest firing systems in this time period easily beating the 30 shots a minute average of the "Mad Minute". It is also fairly reliable especially in dusty conditions like those of the Alexandrian grass planes.[/hider]
[hider=Lewis Gun GPMG 1914-1950:][img]https://s10.postimg.org/5fbprc93d/lewis_gun.png[/img]Lewis Gun GPMG
The main machine gun of the Alexandrian Army is the Lewis Gun. It fills the role of a GPMG and has all the benefits of the Alexandria 180. It sports a 47 round pan magazine which has a marking on it that can denote when the ammunition is close to being depleted, it can also be rested on the ground without difficulty as the ammunition is on the top. Most people think that the large foreend on the lewis gun is a water cooler jacket. It is infact an aluminium heatsink. But this does not in any way help the gun so Alexandrian forces have removed it and modified the Lewis into a light sustained fire weapon with a foregrip. The image above is one of the rare pictures of this conversion. It uses the standard .30-06 round. The Lewis itself is a long stroke piston system with a rate of fire of about 500-600 rpm. This is slow enough to ensure reasonable accuracy.[/hider]

Outrider Detatchment: [right][img]https://s10.postimg.org/kmiik6461/lawrence3.jpg[/img][img]https://s9.postimg.org/i6w3udphb/Outriders.png[/img][/right]

The Outriders are the pride and joy of the Alexandrian armed forces. During the war of Independence cavalry actions were common on the Alexandrian planes and the Alexandrians were first to utilise some motorcycle cavalry in that war. Having gained most of their Tocmeister Motorcycles from the factory in Riddck and from vehicles donated by the patriotic public.

[hider=Colt Gov't 1911:][img]https://s9.postimg.org/tyjz55wy7/6c9ce9f2dda6081fd7062bafbc862c2c.jpg[/img]Colt Govt m1911. 1911-onwards
The standard issue pistol of the Alexandrian Army is the American 1911. Similar to the Colt Government this is a licence built copy. The main difference is the addition of front slide cocking serrations for trench warfare and wet conditions. Since the adoption of the heavy .45acp round, at the insistence of the Alexandrian military the pistol comes with removable front grip finger grooves to "help with the recoil of the large round and to prevent the pistol from shifting in the hands of the user with multiple firings." Its 7 round flush magazine can be replaced with a 10 round extended magazine. Certain trail versions were made with a 15 round drum magazines, though the application of this in combat is not sure. It has the standard 1911 short reset trigger and fast acquisition sights. 
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[hider=Nexus Alexandria 180 SAW 1914-1950:][img]https://s9.postimg.org/f3vdr02sv/2c81b872301ad989b48a85e31887c54b.jpg[/img] Nexus Alexandria 180 "Frying pan" 

The 180 is a SMG used predominantly by the vaunted Outriders, motorcycle troops of the Alexandrian forces. It features designs borrowed from a number of SMGs. It borrows the .45acp cartridge and overall look from another design, however it feeds from a large pan magazine located above the barrel similar to the Lewis Gun. This magazine holds 80 rounds and has the advantage of a magazine mounted bullet indicator. This indicator can be seen in peripheral vision while firing, allowing the user to keep an mental count of how many rounds are left before the weapon is empty. Its positioning over the top of the gun also allows the user to drop to a prone position without any interference from a magazine, as they are most often mounted on the bottom. However this system does have one disadvantage as the peripheral vision from below is obscured by the magazine, making it somewhat of a traidoff. The Alexandrian forces have approached this as a training difficulty, training users of this weapon to make especially fast transitions from hip firing to sighting in. The weapons rate of fire is 750rpm, this is maintained by a precisely weighted bolt carrier and spring. Much like the Beretta Model 38 the weapon features two triggers, one precision trigger for more single shots and one for full automatic fire. Two barrel lengths are available, 18in " Outrider Carbine" and a 24in "Vehicle Crew" version. One advantage of the weapon is it is fully ambidextrous for reloading the pan magazine and operating the triggers, however the bolt is located on the left side and is the only part of the weapon that is not ambidextrous. The weapon is somewhat weighty and is often employed as both an SMG role aswell as a Squad Automatic Weapon role, for this reason it fires from an open bolt, which reduces accuracy but is more sustainable for automatic fire. A muzzle break compensator is added in most cases. The weapon is of average reliability and cant really be fired for extended periods.
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Diplomatic Protection Service: [right][img]https://s14.postimg.org/qbuqjd11d/USMC_bell_crowne_hat.jpg[/img][img]https://s9.postimg.org/aqwu8abz3/Diplomatic_protection.png[/img][/right]

The Diplomatic Protection Service or DPS are tasked with protecting the Steward (President of the nation) and any diplomats of the Alexandrian government. They are not, a secret service, as it was thought at the time that the Steward should not be given the power to spy, lest he turn it on the public and become like the empire of which we threw the shackles off. So the DPS was created from a branch of the minutemen, albeit one with the highest and strictest entry criteria. It is essentially a civilian organisation, rather than a federal military. That said, almost 90% of the present DPS personelle are previous soldiers that have finished their tour of duty within the Patriots or the Outriders and reapplied to the DPS.

[hider=Nexus MP83:][img]https://s9.postimg.org/syto919y7/PM-83.png[/img]Nexus Machinepistole83 1896 - 1970
Seeing the popularity of the German Luger and Mauser C96 on the continent the weapons engineers at Nexus elected to produce a weapon to fill the role. Utilised by the highly competent Diplomatic Protection Service that protects, amongst others, the Steward (President of the nation), the weapon is mixture of inspirations from both designs. Experimental designs were produced in many other calibres but eventually only the 9x19 parabellum was selected by the DPS. It fires the round from a 30 round double stack magazine that protrudes out the bottom of the weapon. It uses a variation of the Mauser devised flapper lock system which allows the barrel pressure to drop before the weapon cycles, somewhat lowering rate of fire but increasing muzzle velocity. The DPS were especially excited over the use of a trigger mounted safety, which allowed the weapon to be drawn and used at haste. The rate of fire is 550rpm and fires from a fixed 6in barrel. For ergonmaxity the weapon features a wooden forward grip which is foldable. It comes equipped with a thumbhole skeleton stock made of black lacquered wood. Lastly it features a small slant compensator which increases controllability and decreases muzzle rise on full auto.
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Alexandrian Combined Intelligence "ACI":[right][img][/img][/right]
During the Revolutionary War of Independence the Alexandrian forces often engaged in joint intelligence sharing and operations coordination. This system has been kept and been formalised in the ACI. What started out as a very small organisation has grown in recent years to encompass all decentralised military intelligence services under one joint operational roof.

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[hider=Navy WIP:]
The Alexandrian navy is presently small and in dire need of reform. However it is steeped in history. Today the Merchant Navy most protects ships from piracy by stationing Alexandrian marines on the ships equipped to defend with firearms.
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[hider=Air Force WIP:]
The Airforce consists of a few biplanes bought from overseas. They are mostly used to ferry VIPs from one place to another but the airforce modernisation effort is in full swing.
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Rolls:
Roll ID: 298552117046542336 
7 - Territory - Your nation is somewhat small, with room for perhaps a city or two and some farmland. 
12 - Tech -"Your nation is a mix of antiquated and modern, as modernization efforts are in full swing.",
9 - Army Size - Your army is decently sized, and is maintained year-round. 
6 - Economy - Your economy is weak, and is teetering on a recession. 
8 - Production - Your nation is somewhat agrarian, with okay natural resource exploitation.
5 - Navy Size - You have a tiny navy. It is largely simple merchant vessels. 
7 - Airforce Size - You have a few biplanes. 
8 - Mobilization Ability - It takes a few months to mobilize.

Other:
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