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Military

The Northfordian Navy:

The Commonwealth of Northford presently fields a number of fleets:

First Fleet, Commanded by [Questarian Admiral], Hon, Rear Admiral Colls [Northford].

Based at Ripon, on the Far-west cost of Northford, the First Fleet has a rather large role. Owing to the City of Ripons proximity to the Kahanistani Border, the city has extensive fortifications in the event of war, and at present, these fall under the control of the First Fleet. Hardware include a 2000 Missile ICCM Battery, several dozen 24 inch Naval Defence Guns as well as the the First Fleet Marine HQ; A large Barracks and training facility for the 300 000 strong Northfordian Marine Force. As well as this, the south of the city boarder runs parrallel with the rear line of the 'Closed Rim' Line, and as such the First Fleet also has control over a large amount of fixed artillery pieces, which are constantly readied in case of Kahanistani aggression.

The First Fleet mission is, like the Second Fleet (see below) about force projection: Providing the Northfordian and Questarian Governments with a battleready fleet to be used in a bluewater situation to neutralise enemy naval assets. This role requires a large core of BB's to provide the nessasary surface firepower, as well as a large ASW and AA net, backed up by a large carrier force, to provide the nessasary air support. Since this fleet is the most 'exposed', geographically, it is generally far more logistic-intensive in composition as well as generally being on a higher state of readiness than the other two fleets. For this reason, this is the fleet that will play the role in providing a Northfordian Taskforce in Hotspots around the world that are not within the region of Haven. In a leaked document, it was recently suggested that in any large scale war, this would be the first Questarian Force deployed, owing to it's small but versatile composition, and, unlike Questarian fleets, maintained at a high state of readyness.

At present, the Fleet is comanded by [Questarian Admiral], Hon, and Rear Admiral Colls (Northford). While the Admiral of the Fleet is Questarian, it should be noted it is, of course, that the fleet is under the control of the Northfordian Government. The present arrangement with the Crown Imperum of Questers is that during peacetime or on purely Northfordian verntures, the Fleet will be under the command of Admiral Colls. However, during the biannual joint Northfordian-Questarian defence games and, as well, during any war, the command of the Fleet would rest with [Questarian Admiral], and be under the joint control of both governments.

Second Fleet

Third Fleet

Northfordian Naval Air Arm

Northfordian Marine Forces Northfordian Airforce

Northfordian Army

Small professional force, fielding 3 Corps: 1st Corps, 2nd Corps, 3rd Corps. Essentially to be used to provide Northford with well trained expeditionary forces in the even that Northford is ever drawn into a protracted land war overseas. Due to the expeditionary nature of the Northfordian Army, each corps is disproportionally large for its unit name. I.e, a Northfordian Corps typically consists of 75 000 troops (50 000+ logistics). At present the Northfordian army is 300 000 strong, with over half of that number being civilians working in the military affilliated support/logistics units.

Northfordian Coast Guard

Northfordian Militia

Contains over 50 million reserve personel at present. In short, the Militia is charged with 'Home Defence' of the country. At any one time, the militia contains around 3 million active troops, mostly charged with manning Northfordian AA defences in its cities, maintaining the numerous civil defence facilities and bolstering Regular Northfordian Army numbers during larger exercises.

N.B. All works in progress.

Economy

The fleeing from Northford had many drastic effects upon the country, and none was more pronounced than it's effects upon the economy. Before the Civil disobedience, and the short, bloody civil war that followed it, Northford had a modern Economy with Services at it's core, followed by a large high technology manufacturing sector, specialising in Military Hardware. In the fleeing, many died in Northford (estimates put it somewhere around 200 million) and in the consequent refounding in Haven, large swaths of the Workforce changed their role.

At present, around 25% of the workforce is connected to the construtction industry. There have been many effects upon the Market due to this shift, however most pronounced were the manpower shortage in the traditionally labour-intensive industries, as well as in the Land Based aspect of the Northfordian Military.

While Construction plays a dominating role in the Northfordian Economy at the present there are also a number of other large industries, mostly dominated by Northfordian and International Plc's. Tradtionally capitalist, Northford continues to benifit from it's liberal agreeing to free-trade treaties with other nations, notably Praetonia, Questers and The Silver Sky. While Northford is no longer an active member of the Global Alliance of Soverign Nations (GASN), it continues healthy trade relations with a number of countries from the alliance, notably Cravan and Rosdivan.

After Construction the other main industries in Northford are:

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Northfordians like to spend their money in a number of ways. Since the constitutional agreement with Questers, many Northfordians have made small-scale investing in the Questarian Stock Market (known as 'Hobby-vesting' colloquially) for both profit and as a sign of national solidarity with the newly-realised Motherland. Favourite companies for Northfordians to invest in include Northern Steel and Coal as well as the famous John Brown and Co .

A favourite recreational activity of many Northfordians is going on Holiday., with many visiting Northford's Gramponia Beaches on the west coast, however many more adventurous citizrns are increasingly travelling abroad, to Questers, and other Commonwealth countries. In recent years, however, a favourite is TheSilverSkies artic ski resorts have been very popular with Northfordians, willing to bear long flight for such high quality piste's.

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