[i]This thread should be where everyone posts their accepted nation sheets, and should be a repository for general reference information about your nations. One post per person, please.[/i]

[b]Name of Nation:[/b] [i]Cindorayi Empire[/i]

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[b]Nation Characteristics:[/b] The scattered kingdoms of the Cindorayi, in the north and westernmost parts of the peninsula they now possess, were finally unified by the Vissarion Kingdom in 1864. Rozhkov I Vissarion, the head of the Vissarion House, formally declared himself Emperor of all Cindorayi that same year. The Cindorayi, who had previously been largely been tributary states to the ancient Aldabetan Republic, never lost the grudge they had against the Aldabetuse people. The Second Emperor, Pashkov I, lead Cindorayi forces in the First Tannyl War (1894-1897) for access to the lake’s freshwater, which was the first Cindorayi victory over the Republic ever recorded. Over the twentieth century, the Cindorayi Empire rapidly industrialized, being the very first of all nations to do so with easy access to coal and iron ore from their northern tundra lands. In 1934, the Second Tannyl War began, but this war ended in essentially status quo six years later after millions of deaths. After this, however, the Cindorayi Empire along with their allies the Lithla rapidly outstripped the Aldabetuse in terms of industrial production and development. The Aldabetan Republic continued to stagnate and refuse to accept change, whereas the Cindorayi grew ever more militant and radical. In the late twentieth century the nobility was stripped of all remaining power, the Imperial Diet was disbanded and never recalled, and all power was concentrated in the hands of the Emperor. New technologies such as radio and television were used to alarming effect in propagandizing and reinforcing discipline amongst the Cindorayi population, and the Aldabetans were portrayed as the implacable enemy of the Cindorayi people. Other sentient species already subjects of the Cindorayi Empire from prior wars were enslaved and used for menial labour tasks. The military became the highest and most important profession, the center of the Empire’s state apparatus, and has become so integrated with the government that there is very little civilian bureaucracy left. The Cindorayi Empire pioneered space exploration primarily for its military advantages, quickly establishing a network of laser satellites around the planet which were used extensively during the Void War. After victory in 2036, the Empire consolidated control over its new subject peoples, resettling Aldabetuse land and forcibly relocating them to workplaces elsewhere. Realizing the potential numbers advantage of establishing a space colony before anyone else, the Cindorayi restricted all non-allied nations from lunar or extraplanetary settlement, and threatened to rain fire upon any nation which disobeyed as well as blowing any colony ships out of the sky with lasers or nuclear missiles. To greatly improve their capacity for offworld transport, they commenced construction of a space elevator, first of its kind, in their capital city of Lunysvet in 2042, which completed by 2046. Subsequently, the Cindorayi Empire began by establishing a permanent colony on Lunoi and then began full-scale colonization of Cindorya in 2048, which by 2056 had led to over a million colonists being shipped there.

[b]Name of Second Nation:[/b] People's Republic of Cindorya

[b]Nation Characteristics:[/b] The PRC declared independence from the Cindorayi Empire last month, and consists of a colonial territory on the main continent of Cindorya with a population of approximately 1.2 million. It is in an active state of civil war against the Cindorayi Empire as of the RP’s start.

[b]Nation Location:[/b] Westernmost peninsula of the main continent, and the planet of Cindorya, respectively.

[b]Nation Initial Population:[/b] 121 million.

[b]Species Name:[/b] Cindorayi

[b]Species Characteristics:[/b] The Cindorayi are bipedal humanoids with a felinoid appearance, including full-body fur, tails, and pointed ears. Their torsos are arched significantly forwards, unlike other humanoids, and they possess claws on the ends of both sets of hands. Their hands have three fingers and an opposable thumb, and their feet likewise have four digits.

[b]Side Chosen in Void War: [/b]The Cindorayi, of course. Pravilo Nasha Sudba! (To rule is our destiny!)

[b]Technological Level:[/b] The Cindorayi Empire is the most advanced at present in terms of military technology and only surpassed by others in a few categories. The greatest technical achievement of the Empire is the Lunysvet Space Elevator, a 2 km tall railgun which launches cargo and craft into orbit from Nova Mondial’s surface. Cindorayi began the production of Lunya-class corvettes in 2054, a state-of-the-art space superiority fighter which is capable of taking off from a planetary surface with boosters and traveling to orbit. It possesses a single primary railgun, two wing-mounted lasers, and a nuclear fusion generator which also powers its thrusters through exhaust. The Cindorayi have also begun experimenting with electromagnetic shields, but so far have been unable to miniaturize it for use in any spacecraft or vehicles. Its other non-military technologies are consistent with modern America.

[b]Space Presence:[/b] The Cindorayi Empire as of the RP’s start possesses an orbital network of 30 satellites which are equipped with primary lasers and four nuclear missiles apiece, by which the Empire kept the nations of the world in check through threat of imminent nuclear annihilation. The Mondial Orbital Command space station is the primary command and control network for the Cindorayi space operations, and maintains docking facilities for all manner of craft, military and civilian. Secondly, the Cindorayi Empire possesses a lunar colony of around 70,000 individuals, all living in one small city and home to several manufacturing and mining facilities. The Cindoryan Imperial Colony was lost in the opening days of the Cindoryan Revolution.

[b]Special Resource: [/b]Cindor crystals, which are capable of storing much larger quantities of energy than conventional batteries. They are a primary component in Cindorayi railgun and laser systems.