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Florintine

Flag of Florintine
Motto: Blueberry Eyes Forever
States:[1]Topographical:[2]
Region	Pacific
Capital	Damtree
Official Language(s)	English
Leader	Terrence Damtree
Population	8 million
Currency	Florin
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History

The area the Allied States of Florintine is located in was originally populated by nomads of Middle Eastern descent. The nomads were simple people, with few skirmishes between them and little technology. In about 1100 A.D., the nomads were visited by a group of British monks and scholars, and they shared there knowledge of the world, religion, and technology with them. The nomads learned about the fighting techniques of other civilizations, the great buildings and art of Italy, and of course the English language. Soon after the foreigners had met the nomads, they were killed by a rival clan from the north. The nomads vowed to punish the savages that had killed their friends, but not before they tried to become the greatest civilization the world had seen. 1200 A.D. The nomads had indeed went on their way too making themselves great. The Florins, as they called themselves, had built a great empire on their continent of Irathria. They built their great cities in a signature style, borrowing the columns of the Greeks, the symmetry of the Romans, and the domed buildings of their ancestors. The Florins were also skilled at the art of war. They had defeated every other clan in the peninsula, under their leader General Damtree. When he died fighting the savages they had vowed to kill years before at the split of the Lian and Oran rivers, they build a great city in his name. 1912 A.D. The Florins succeeded in becoming a great civilization, but this was the future. Plagued by a flu epidemic, the Florins tried to contact the people that had helped them years before. Instead, they reached the United States. Florin ambassadors found themselves at Yale University, during the middle of a football game. The Florins made their way towards the field, and watched the amazing sport from the kickoff at the second half until the goal line stand made by Yale at the end. They were amazed. After asking college students about the game, the news spread throughout the campus about the newcomers. They soon found themselves in front of the University President. They told their story, and he was just as amazed about their story as they were about football. The president asked them to stay at the University for a few years, and learn about his country, technology, and of course football. 1918 A.D. When the ambassadors returned home, they told amazing things. The knowledge they brought back with them put Florintine out of the dark ages, and into the 20th century. Florintine made massive advances in just a few years, from building huge skyscrapers to designing the most beautiful cars. The Florins kept in contact with the United States, and had even learned their most valuable secrets, such as nuclear reactors and the Hydrogen bomb. 1969 A.D. After the Cold War and Vietnam, Florin had less and less contact with the states. A particularly edgy leader named Corningstone from a particularly dominant party thought this was a prelude to war, and ordered Florintine into isolation. 2005 A.D. The 2005 elections brought many changes to Florin. A young president, Jimmy Kastleton, had ordered an end to isolation and thrust Florintine into the international scene. Florintine had massive celebrations, and began to join the 21st century.

The Land

Florintine rests on a peninsula on the continent of Irathria. It has rolling hills, coastal plains, a vast swamp land, and mountains to the north. Its many rivers provided transportation in an ancient time, and still do to some extent today. Florintine is about 2 million square miles, as shown in this map. Each square is approximatly 100,000 square miles.[[3]]

The Allied States

Florintine consists of seven slightly independent states. Each state is permitted to make its own laws, but not infringe on any federal laws. It may not leave the Alliance of Florintine at any time, except through a lengthy federal court process and the recommendation committee which consists of 3 representatives from every state. States are required to have a state militia consisting of at least .01 percent of that states population. States may not wage war on any other state at any time, but in the case of rebellion the federal entity that is Florintine may attack that state.

Omanli By far the most mountainous state in the alliance, Omanli is known as the "Shiny State", for its abundance of precious metals and stones, metal ores, and large abundance of uranium. Some ancient ruins, in a different style than those of the nomads have been discovered high in the mountains. Omanli has 3 football teams in the Florintine Football League, the Cranston Tigers and the Yellow River Yetis.

Emerson Emerson produces the most fish in the region, with huge farms of fish spread throughout the state. After the most prized fish in the area, Striped Bass, was at the brink of extinction in the 1980's, the federal government banned commercial fishing and encouraged companies to employ fish farming techniques. This proved to be an amazing move, and Emerson is said to produce the best tasting genetically enhanced fish in the entire continent. Emerson has three teams, The Point's Great Whites, Crush's Blues and the Flayton Raiders

Tiber Tiber is known for its politics. The Great University of Tibernian (Honorary Ivy League, voted best party school in the nation) produces many great political minds, as well as a killer football team. Riots in 2000 were put down forcefully, as well as several in the 80's. Tiber is also the manufacturing and trade center of Florintine. Located between the north and south, Tiber produces everything from computers to guns to nuclear reactors to amazing cars. Its football teams include Forestine's Wolves, the Trutane Semis, New Florence's Fallout, and the Damtree 11.

Cruzan Cruzan is known for its alcohol and its science centers. Cruzan makes the best beer, whiskey, rum, tequila, vodka, and gin in the entire country. They also make ethanol for cars. The nation of Florintine converted to ethanol instead of gas in the 70's, and Cruzan makes enough for the entire continent three times. Cruzan has two teams, Charpe City Chargers and the Ruby Bay Pirates.

Sorentia Sorentia produces the wheat, corn, hops, barley, potatoes, tomatoes, and sugar for the nation. Its vast fertile plains are filled with crops. There are several castles and unoccupied towers. It produces most of the crops for ethanol and alcohol for Cruzan. Its teams include the Borstin Bears and the Chillzone Cool.

Rutlege Rutlege produces mostly apples and other fruits for the nation. Rutlege has huge orchards. It is also home to Mount Fernasti, a semi-active volcano. This volcano is the reason the breadbasket of Florintine. Another interesting oddity is the desert near the border of Sorentia. Basically a bowl surrounded by tall mountains, it recieves almost no rainfall, and is filled with sand dunes. It is popular with quaders and hosts the annual Fugitive Cup, a team manhunt game. Its teams are the Morisson Magma and Laytan Beasts

Cammerecci Cammerecci is the forested area of Florintine. Its huge forests have yet to be successfully charted, whether because of thick growth within or the local superstition of witches, ghosts, and vampires. The Cammerechi forest is said to have grown after a particularly nasty witch in the 1200's punished the sons of Damtree for ignoring the old gods and converting to Christianity. There are many castles, walls, and old manors on the edge of the forest, and things like the Wall of Luthgen, which travles from the outskirts and continues in for an unknown distance, suggest that their are other ruins withen the forest as well. The cities on the outskirts and the peninsula are popular tourist spots, and the locals regularly give tours of the ancient Black Forest like areas to the east and the mangrove swamps, cedar swamps, and bayous of the south. Cammerecci has two teams, the Sorntrom Savages and the Deathshead Devils.

Culture

Sports A huge part of life in Florintine is sports. The Florins play almost everything, including hockey, dodge ball, four square, baseball, soccer, a few games of their own including huge games of capture the flag, paintball, and manhunt, and of course the national sport football. The intense professional league holds many games throughout the long season, including the almost legendary Fight for Damtree with the Damtree 11 and the Flayton Raiders, and the brutal Wilderness Cup between the two Cammerecci teams.

Music Music plays a big part in Florintine. Rock greats like The Ringleaders and Two Rocks Out started hear, as well as legendary punk rock band Cape May. Food The Florins are amazing chefs, and with good reason. With the huge diversity of food in Florintine, how could they not? Food ranges from the lobsters and fish from the farms in Emerson, to the surprisingly tasty swamp gator meat to the pig marinade in apples from Rutlege.

Politics Florintine has been rocked by political changes and isolation. The Florins because of this have kept a very close eye on the government, and if something goes wrong, the Peoples Militia is bound to come to the rescue.

Trade

Florintine has many things to trade that it has in excess. Because of the many years of isolation, Florintine actually needs no imports whatsoever. Technology is a different situation. Florintine has a lack of great technical, mathmatical, and scientifical minds. Therefor, Florintine tends to either borrow designs from past nations or improve on methods they already know through trial and error. Iron, Copper, Silicon, Uranium, Gold, Diamonds, Platinum, Titanium, Silver, and Tin are some minerals in excess in Florintine. Florintine makes some of the best alcoholic drinks in the world, as well as excess ethanol. Florintines fish are considered amazing tasteing, as well as the produce from the south. Exotic woods, although not a huge profit area now, may come into play as the Cammerecci forest is explored. Lastly, manufactured products in Florintine are of highest quality, as the basic thought in Florintine peoples minds are that only the best products should be made. This is especially true with the cars that are produced

Military

The military of Florintine is broken into three groups- The Infantry, The Navy, and The Air Corps. There are 400,000 men in the Federal Military, (no matter what role each personnel has a M9 Berretta pistol), the State Militia and Peoples Militia are seperate and are goverened accordingly.

The Infantry: The Infantry consists of 120,000 men, including 17,000 that actually are in combat roles. 9/10's of the infantry are grouped into squads of 9 (there is a total of 800 of them), consisting of 6 men with XM8 Rifles, 2 with B+T MP 9 Submachine guns, and 1 with a M249 SAW. Two hundred fifty Chinook helicopters and 250 SUSV's are used for transport, as well as 500 HMMWV's. The other 10th of the infantry consists of Special Forces soldiers and Mechanized Calvary operators. Special Forces soldiers are also grouped into squads, and either have a 105mm mortar, a XM-26 LSS Shotgun (for urban roles mostly), a MAAWS, an XM8 rifle, a SMG, or a USMC M40A3 Sniper Rifle. The Mechanized Calvary plays a support role, and has 12 M270 MLRS Self-Propelled Loader/Launchers, 6 M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks, and 50 Avengers (Pedestal Mounted Stinger).

The Navy The Navy, while small, is effective. It consists of 5 RMM-18 Missile Patrol Vessles, 2 RMM-12 Large Missile Patrol Vessles, 20 Elam Class Fast Attack Boats, 6 PG-1 Hampton Roads, and 2 HEC-1 Patrols. Currently the navy operates in river and shoreline defense roles, however this is to be expanded as the budget grows. Some newer members of the Florintine Navy are 3 DD-963 SPRUANCE Class Destroyers, 6 FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates, and 1 CGN 36 California Class Cruiser.

The Air Corps

The Air Corps is in the design phase, and at this point only includes 20 A-10 Thunderbolts II, 15 F-35 JSFs, and 5 RQ-1 Predators.