Re: Framework of nations

On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 11:17:59 -0800 (PST) John Atkinson 

<snip Derek and John's discussion>
Derek said:
>
>> How do we imagine that the nations of the GZG-verse
>> might be put together? 
>> I think that how maritime empires from history
>> managed without the benefit 
>> of radio or satellites is a good place to start.
>
John replied:
>Indeed.  There will have to be a lot of autonomy on
>the part of local "viceroys" or "Governor-Generals" or
>"Exarch" or "Proconsul" or whatever.  Probably at this
>stage, you'd have planetary authorities with
>considerable autonomy in internal affairs selected
>from the local populace by whatever method is the norm
>(voting, or by the Soviet, or by shooting their way
>into the Planetary Leader's Palace, or whatever), plus
>a representative of the central authority with
>complete authority in matters of defense and foreign
>relations (power to order local military actions,
>negotiate cease-fires or local trade agreements, etc).
> Plus the authority to drop the hammer on local
>authorities who decide to violate the laws governing
>the central authority (ie, if the NAC guarantees
>religious freedom, and a NAC colony started by
>seperatist Southern Baptists started opressing the
>Amish in the next valley over, the Governor-General
>would step in and resolve the conflict).
>
>As a side note, this leads to some interesting
>campaign ideas:
>
>Planet X is balkanized, perhaps between notional
>allies (NSL and NAC, FSE and ESU).  There are a lot of
>local frictions (perhaps over resources only
>extractable in a limited area, like a drug made from
>flowers found only in a certain mountain range).  One
>viceroy decides to launch a military campaign to
>secure these resources.  He _has_ to achieve a victory
>before the central governments can interefe.  They
>won't make him give back the mountain range and they
>won't smack his hands if he wins.  If he can't win,
>then his career is over.
>
>John
>

Exactly.  And exactly what I am trying to do with my Cotu Campaign clone
involving the UNSC, several "proxies" (of more or less and varying
control by their patron) and the main truly "independent" (read the ESU,
IC and Japan (all* agreed to remove them from Earth)  local 'power' -
The
People's Holy Republic - combining the worst of Saint Mao and my
caricatures of my own Evangelical Christian 'brethren'.  Of course it's
not original - I got it from Stellar Conquest for my old Atari ST...

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