Re: More IC questions

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From: "CS Renegade" <njg@csrenegade.demon.co.uk>
>
> I did a little scratching around on this, and modern-day
> Indonesia certainly seems a patchwork.

> It's possible that in the years before colonisation mass
> media will have rationalised the number of languages down,
> possibly to the point where most IC citizens can speak
> the state language.

Quite likely that Bahasa Indonesia would be spoken/understood at least
as a
secondary language by most people in the IC. The question of
colonization is
interesting. Would colonies be established as ethnically homogeneous
settlements or as national endeavours, with preference given to
culturally
assimilated Bahasa speakers ? Even in the latter case, it is quite
likely
that  ethnic settlements will develop more or less spontaneously. But
they
would not be distinct politcal units.

  Assuming that linguistic convergence and integration
> isn't widespread, I would expect the IC to use all three
> of your options in the classic Praetorian model.

I would assume that there is another tier (at roughly the level of your
Tier
2) composed of 'Commonwealth' forces. Composed of soldiers with Bahasa
as
their mother tongue and closer ethnic ties to the central government
than to
any fraction.

Greetings
Karl Heinz