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region=[[Region]] |
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region=[[The South Pacific]] |
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motto=Change Is Inevitable, Except From Our Vending Machines |
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motto=Hoth Manufacturing- for all your supply needs. |
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language=Basic/English |
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language=English |
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capital=N/A |
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capital=[[Apex]] |
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population=Approx. 650 Million |
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population=1.306 billion at last census |
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currency=The Hothian Credit (1HC=$1 US) |
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currency=The Hoth Manufacturing Credit |
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The Hoth system is a sovereign nation currently existing only inside a number of colony ships wandering through space, looking for a place to settle.  Its name comes from the home planet of its citizens, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoth Hoth], from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_galaxy Star Wars galaxy].
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== History ==
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The '''Hoth Manufacturing Corporate Industrial Zone of the Hoth system''' was an autonomous nation operated by a large company called the Hoth Manufacturing Corporation.  It was founded to escape production limitations present in other countries where it had previously been.  The citizens of the nation were also all employees of Hoth Manufacturing and the socialized government provided all necessities and luxuries for them.  The capital of the Hoth system was [[Apex]] before its leveling during the [[Hothian Civil War]].
  
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===The Hothian Exodus===
 
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Fifty-seven years after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Civil_War Galactic Civil War] between the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Alliance Rebel Alliance] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Empire_%28Star_Wars%29 Galactic Empire], a group of former officers of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Republic_%28Star_Wars%29 New Republic] formerly residents of Hoth, the sixth planet of a system with the same name and the site of the famous Battle of Hoth, left aboard a colony ship, bound for the undiscovered depths of the Unknown Regions.
 
  
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====The First Settling====
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==History==
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During the course of their travels, they encountered a lush tropical planet previously uncharted by the New Republic.  Strangely enough, all of the plant life on this world had blue pigmentation instead of the normal green chlorophyll found almost everywhere else.  The Hothians settled  and built a large town, hoping to found a new colony there.  Also on the system was a long-abandoned base once used temporarily by a doomed task force of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clone_troopers clone troopers] during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clone_Wars Clone Wars].  The remains of their campsite indicated they had been defeated by the enemy and the camp abandoned.  The colonists found in the camp plans for weapons, armor, vehicles, and starships and scientists are currently attempting to update and modify the plans for mass production.
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Unfortunately, within six months of arriving on the blue planet the Hothians discovered that the sun the planet orbits gives off highly poisonous forms of radiation only usable for energy by blue-pigmented plants, which explained why all the plants were this color.  Hothian scientists later concluded that some sort of energy mining on the sun thousands of years ago caused the radiation.  Nevertheless, cancer rates had gone up fiftyfold, and the colonists abandoned the planet and continued their wanderings in space.
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===Founding===
  
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During this time, the colonists must have inadvertantly left their galaxy and entered another one not yet discovered by the Republic but, as they would soon find out, highly populated and industrialized, and with many similarities, including the human species.
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In rural New Jersey in 1897, an enterprising entrepeneur named Earl Hoth bought a factory and began taking production contracts under the name Earl Hoth Manufacturing Company.  Over the next two decades, he purchased fifteen more factories and began to mass-produce tin soup cans, primarily for Campbell's Soup.  By the time he died in 1936 and his son Robert took over ownership, he had accumulated a multi-million dollar legacy.
  
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====Zeta Eridani====
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===The 20th Century===
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They happened upon a remote sector of space called [[Zeta Eridani]].  Controlled by a number of large conglomerates including [[Xenasia]], [http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/15241/page=display_nation/nation=reploid_rebelion Reploid Rebelion], and [http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/15241/page=display_nation/nation=jellyantica Jellyantica], it was a thriving hub of commerce and energy production filled mostly with gas giants.  The Hothian refugees contacted the regional leaders and attempted to negotiate a permanent ground-based residence.  The negotiations took a number of weeks, during which the Hothians learned much about other regions of space, galactic superpowers, and the history that preceded them from citizens aboard Starbase Zeta, the central space station for the entire region.  The negotiations between the leaders fell through, however, and the colonists left Zeta Eridani and moved on, along with two the nation [http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi Certifiable Psychos] and its offshoot entity, [http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi Idiot Worshipers].  Shortly after, a fuel malfunction on Starbase Zeta destroyed the station, and Zeta Eridani's economy collapsed.  Today, the station is no more and most of its leaders have moved on.
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====The Second Settling====
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When World War II began, Robert Hoth immediately signed on with the U.S. government and started building tank parts.  The business was so good that by 1945 Earl Hoth Manufacturing controlled thirty-three factories across the United States.  In 1947, the company incorporated, taking the name Hoth Manufacturing Corporation.  They retained their close ties with the military and began to produce thousands of weapons for subsequent wars including Korea and Vietnam.  In 1990, during the Gulf War, Hoth Manufacturing designers proposed an idea for a new type of vertically landing cargo airplane designed to quickly drop troops behind enemy lines.  Although initially the Navy was interested in the project, when it became clear that America was withdrawing they ended the deal.  This setback marred Hoth Manufacturing's relationship with the government, and the company went multinational, selling weapons to a variety of buyers across the globe.
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The wandering Hothians then happened upon a small, blue planet ripe for colonization but as of yet untouched. Together with Certifiable Psychos and Idiot Worshipers, they colonized it, and for a number of years thrived on its surface.  During this time, there were some negotiations regarding the young nation The Flaccid Phallus claiming an area of the planet, but disinterest broke the deals and the Flaccid Phallus disbanded.  Meanwhile, the Hothians began building military and attempted to created a hireable mercenary army, but, due to internal conflicts, the project was scrapped.  The three colonist nations decided it was time to go their seperate ways and abandoned the planet to some other master.  Certifiable Psychos and Idiot Worshipers migrated to the [http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi Rejected Realms], an extremely populous space sector, and it is believed they remain there to this day.
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===Present Day===
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===The 21st Century===
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Today, the Hothian emigrants still wander the reaches of space, hoping one day to settle down on solid land again.  Their scientists are actively creating new weaponry and technology and they hope that once they find a permanent home they can take their place among the universe's most prominent states.
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== Geography ==
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In late 2005, the Hoth Manufacturing Corporation, tired of the United States' environment-concious production restrictions, bought a large swath of land on the Asian continent of the newly colonized Earth NA, intending to create an autonomous industrial province.  Early drafts of urban planning projects called the nation's yet unformed government "The Hoth System" as a throwback to an old slogan used in the 1950's.  The name stuck, however, and the official name remained the same until the government fell.
  
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Currently the entire population of the Hoth system lives inside the steel hulls of a number of massive colony ships, so the geography consists simply of metal-plated corridors. 
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===Final Years===
  
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== Government ==
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Shortly fter the founding of the Hoth system, the Hoth Manufacturing Corporation began to work on its own line of military equipment, beginning with the introduction of [[Model G]] personal infantry armor, and later including the HM90 Cerberus MBT.  When the corporation dissolved, its manufacturing base went with it.
  
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When the colonists originally left their frigid homeworld, they adopted a government amongst themselves very similar to that of the New Republic from whence they had come- a democracy where issues are voted on by the population.  But the newly elected leaders were more corrupt than the others had believed and quickly used their position to gain more power.  Another faction rose up to usurp them, and then more and more coups took place, while the government became progressively more tyrannical.  Today the government is extremely restrictive with personal freedoms, though the it generally allows most of the colonists to go about their daily business so long as they don't cause harm to or interfere with other people or the leaders.
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==Geography==
  
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===Leaders===
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Current leaders of the Hoth system:
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====Cabinet====
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Most of the Hoth system was barren and covered either in desert, wastelands, tundra, or industry.  Few animals were hardy enough to live amongst the sand and smog.  One in particular, the ash condor, has taken off in the region, however.  A large bird with an impressive 5' wingspan, the ash condor's lungs seem peculiarly adapted to use poisonous atmosphere elements and smog for nutrition.  How exactly its digestive system derives nutrients from toxic sludge is still a mystery, but scientists are studying captive ash condors for insight into this phenomenon.  These smoke-grey birds often reside near factories or other industrial buildings, nesting on roofs or on top of smokestacks and breathing in atmospheric pollutants.  The Hoth Manufacturing Corporation greatly encouraged the growth of these birds because they helped immensely in cutting down on pollution, and the ash condor had even become the nation's official national animal.
  
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; President : Tanoc Kilreak (Human)
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==Laws & Government==
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; Director of Populace Control : Anagir Starslider (Human)
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; Director of Commerce : Gillbrim Aquirei ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_races_in_Star_Wars#Mon_Calamari Mon Calamari])
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; Director of Defense : Firgind Relimbil (Human)
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; Director of Offense : Pir Phyta ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_races_in_Star_Wars#Nautolan Nautolan])
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; Director of the Interior : Ivjoth Rel'iquim ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi%27lek Twi'lek])
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; Director of Foreign Relations : Worarrol ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wookiee Wookiee])
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====Military====
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The governing style of the Hoth system was definitely socialist, which was ironic, considering the highly capitalist nature of Hoth Manufacturing.
  
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; Warmaster : Harktoov Craggim (Human)
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Most normal laws applied in the Hoth system, but the government strived to keep the citizens happy.  It was a socialist government style, with every aspect of life being provided by Hoth Manufacturing.  Executive power rested in the hands of the CEO, while the board of company directors served as lawmakers.  Judges to prosecute domestic felons were appointed by the board.
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; Supreme General of the Hothian Army (Ground Forces): Tivin Nihilim (Human)
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; Supreme General of the Hothian Navy (Space Forces): Arachti Funguk (Human)
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== Armed Forces ==
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Many indulgences that are illegal in other countries were allowed in the Hoth system, but under tight regulation from Hoth Manufacturing police forces.  Prostitution as a private enterprise was considered a capital offense, but citizens could visit a number of government-regulated brothels to achieve the same effect, for a modest fee.  In addition, most narcotics were legal, but only to be used in speciallt contained areas where the user could not hurt others.
  
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The military of the Hoth system is divided into two entities: the Army, which encompasses all ground-based and low-altitude units, and the Navy, the space-based division.
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Severe crimes, such as murder, were deeply frowned upon and cause for great concern.  Capital punishment was never done, not because of the finality of such a reprimand but because the leaders of the company viewed it as a waste of resources.  Instead, most of the time, punishment was a lifetime of labor at the sewage treatment facilities or deep-crust mining operations.
  
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===Hothian Army===
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==Government Divisions==
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(To be compiled)
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===Hothian Navy===
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===Administrative Department===
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(To be compiled)
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The administrative department directed all business aspects of Hoth Manufacturing, as well as the governing of the country, including conviction and punishment of lawbreakers.  The head of this department was hief Executive Officer [[Darryl Galvax]] at the time of the breakup of the company.
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===Foreign Relations & Defense Department===
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This department handled all business deals and diplomacy with foreign interests as well as oversaw the military of the Hoth system and directed military actions and operations, under the command of the CEO, who acted as commander-in-chief.
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See Military, below.
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===Internal Investigative Department===
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This department oversaw arrest and prosecution of lawbreakers inside the Hoth system as well as investigation into questionable activities inside other departments.  Felons were turned over to the Administrative Department for punishment.  Although the IID was technically a branch of the Corporate Army, it operated autonomously.
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Domestic law enforcement was performed solely by the Internal Investigative Department.  Peace officers used tazers to incapacitate criminals, but carried tear gas canisters, fragmentation grenades, and M-4 carbines.  Almost all ride modified Segway HT/HM transporters, built like normal Segways, except with a heavy-duty titanium alloy frame and speed modifications allowing them to travel up to 25 miles per hour.  Some patrol units and assault teams also use Segway Centaur/HM transporters, again with a titanium frame but sporting speeds up to 50 miles per hour.  In addition, a small number of Apache attack helipcopters were used to deal with major threats or fast-moving vehicles, and can also broadcast emergency messages to the populace in the event of a crisis.
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===Axial Foreign Intelligence Agency===
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This department was the main intelligence-gathering entity for extradomestic affairs, from counterterrorism to espionage inside hostile nations.  They worked closely with the Foreign Relations & Defense Department and the Special Operations Group, who often run missions under the oversight of the AFIA.
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The primary gatherers of data for the AFIA were called [[Silent Infiltration Operators]], or SIOs.  Extremely little is known about the SIOs, as they worked in absolute secrecy and no records of their actions or even their existence were kept.
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===Research & Development Department===
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This department was less a governing agency than a division of Hoth Manufacturing, devoted to the creation of new technologies and the implementation of them in the form of products, which were then sold to customers across the globe.  Their central office was located on a mountainside overlooking downtown Apex, and visitors were denied entry.  The Corporate Army maintained a garrison there to ensure any attempts at corporate espionage were put down quickly.
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==Military==
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The Hoth Manufacturing Corporation maintained a standing military to defend itself, deal with threats, and enforce payments to uncooperative buyers.  This military was ordered into a number of divisions, all under the jurisdiction of the Foreign Relations & Defense Department and, ultimately, the Administrative Department.  After the Hoth system imploded, these vehicles were commandeeres by the Gyptian military.  The complete armaments list of each division is detailed below.
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===Hoth Manufacturing Corporate Air Force===
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540 F16A
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180 F-16B Trainers
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360 KC-130
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60 B-52
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30 E-3 AWACS
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30 MH-60
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===Hoth Manufacturing Corporate Army===
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====-Standard Operations Group====
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5,000,000 Model G Augury class Personal Armor Systems
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9,720 XM-8 Baseline Carbines
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4,860 XM-8 Automatic Rifles
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4,860 XM-8 w/XM-320 40mm Grenade launchers
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1,620 M240 .50 Caliber machine guns
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1,620 Javelin Anti-Tank missiles
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540 60mm Mortars
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360 81mm Mortars
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540 105mm Howitzers
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360 Avenger anti-aircraft HMMWVs
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480 OH-58D Scout Helicopters
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30 EH-60 Quick Fix EW choppers
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20,000 Cargo/Armament HMMWVs
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10,000 5 ton trucks
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120,000 XM-8 Shortened Carbines
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15,000 HM90 Cerberus MBTs
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6,000 M1A2 Abrams tanks
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12,000 M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles
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3,000 M109 Paladin+ 75 Paladin resupply vehicles
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2,750 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters
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3,000 UH-60 Utility helicopters
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60,000 HMMWVs
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60,000 5-ton trucks
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520,000 M-4 Carbines
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58 M1A2 Abrams tanks
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233 Amphibious Assault Vehicle
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130 LAVs
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72 155mm howtzers
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161 mortars
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186 TOW anti-tank missiles
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12 KC 130s
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144 F-36Bs
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10 EA-6Bs
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72 CH-46Es
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56 CH-53Es
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36 AH-64Ds
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18 UH-60s
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30 Avenger SAM
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60 Stinger SAM
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3000 HMMWVs
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10,000 supply trucks
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====-Internal Investigative Department====
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50,000 Model G Augury class Personal Armor Systems
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50,000 M-4 Carbines
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5,000 HM90 Cerberus MBTs
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25,000 Segway HT/HMs
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10,000 Segway Centaur/HMs
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200 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters
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====-Special Operations Group====
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30,000 Model G Augury class Personal Armor Systems
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30,000 M-4 Carbines
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108 Dragon anti-tank missiles
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5,000 HM90 Cerberus MBTs
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50 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters
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240 UH-60 Utility Helicopters
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====-Silent Infiltration Operations====
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1,000 Model G Augury class Personal Armor Systems
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100 UH-60 Utility Helicopters
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(All other armaments unknown, information classified)
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===Hoth Manufacturing Corporate Navy===
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4,000,000 Model G Augury class Personal Armor Systems
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60 Nimitz class aircraft carriers
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-2880 F/A-18 Hornets (48 in each)
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-240 E-2C AEW (4 in each)
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-240 E-A6B SEAD/EW (4 in each)
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-480 S-3B (8 in each)
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-120 Es-3A (2 in each)
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-360 H-60 (6 in each)
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120 Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers
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60 Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers
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180 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates
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120 Los Angeles class attack submarines
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60 Supply class fast combat support ships
  
 
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[[Category:Nations]]
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[[Category:Corporations]]
 
[[Category:The Hoth system]]
 
[[Category:The Hoth system]]
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[[Category:Gyptia]]

Latest revision as of 02:45, 28 April 2007

The Hoth system
the_hoth_system.jpg
Flag of The Hoth system
Motto: Hoth Manufacturing- for all your supply needs.
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Region The South Pacific
Capital Apex
Official Language(s) English
Leader N/A
Population 1.306 billion at last census
Currency The Hoth Manufacturing Credit 
NS Sunset XML

The Hoth Manufacturing Corporate Industrial Zone of the Hoth system was an autonomous nation operated by a large company called the Hoth Manufacturing Corporation. It was founded to escape production limitations present in other countries where it had previously been. The citizens of the nation were also all employees of Hoth Manufacturing and the socialized government provided all necessities and luxuries for them. The capital of the Hoth system was Apex before its leveling during the Hothian Civil War.


History

Founding

In rural New Jersey in 1897, an enterprising entrepeneur named Earl Hoth bought a factory and began taking production contracts under the name Earl Hoth Manufacturing Company. Over the next two decades, he purchased fifteen more factories and began to mass-produce tin soup cans, primarily for Campbell's Soup. By the time he died in 1936 and his son Robert took over ownership, he had accumulated a multi-million dollar legacy.

The 20th Century

When World War II began, Robert Hoth immediately signed on with the U.S. government and started building tank parts. The business was so good that by 1945 Earl Hoth Manufacturing controlled thirty-three factories across the United States. In 1947, the company incorporated, taking the name Hoth Manufacturing Corporation. They retained their close ties with the military and began to produce thousands of weapons for subsequent wars including Korea and Vietnam. In 1990, during the Gulf War, Hoth Manufacturing designers proposed an idea for a new type of vertically landing cargo airplane designed to quickly drop troops behind enemy lines. Although initially the Navy was interested in the project, when it became clear that America was withdrawing they ended the deal. This setback marred Hoth Manufacturing's relationship with the government, and the company went multinational, selling weapons to a variety of buyers across the globe.

The 21st Century

In late 2005, the Hoth Manufacturing Corporation, tired of the United States' environment-concious production restrictions, bought a large swath of land on the Asian continent of the newly colonized Earth NA, intending to create an autonomous industrial province. Early drafts of urban planning projects called the nation's yet unformed government "The Hoth System" as a throwback to an old slogan used in the 1950's. The name stuck, however, and the official name remained the same until the government fell.

Final Years

Shortly fter the founding of the Hoth system, the Hoth Manufacturing Corporation began to work on its own line of military equipment, beginning with the introduction of Model G personal infantry armor, and later including the HM90 Cerberus MBT. When the corporation dissolved, its manufacturing base went with it.

Geography

hothmap13hl.gif

Most of the Hoth system was barren and covered either in desert, wastelands, tundra, or industry. Few animals were hardy enough to live amongst the sand and smog. One in particular, the ash condor, has taken off in the region, however. A large bird with an impressive 5' wingspan, the ash condor's lungs seem peculiarly adapted to use poisonous atmosphere elements and smog for nutrition. How exactly its digestive system derives nutrients from toxic sludge is still a mystery, but scientists are studying captive ash condors for insight into this phenomenon. These smoke-grey birds often reside near factories or other industrial buildings, nesting on roofs or on top of smokestacks and breathing in atmospheric pollutants. The Hoth Manufacturing Corporation greatly encouraged the growth of these birds because they helped immensely in cutting down on pollution, and the ash condor had even become the nation's official national animal.

Laws & Government

The governing style of the Hoth system was definitely socialist, which was ironic, considering the highly capitalist nature of Hoth Manufacturing.

Most normal laws applied in the Hoth system, but the government strived to keep the citizens happy. It was a socialist government style, with every aspect of life being provided by Hoth Manufacturing. Executive power rested in the hands of the CEO, while the board of company directors served as lawmakers. Judges to prosecute domestic felons were appointed by the board.

Many indulgences that are illegal in other countries were allowed in the Hoth system, but under tight regulation from Hoth Manufacturing police forces. Prostitution as a private enterprise was considered a capital offense, but citizens could visit a number of government-regulated brothels to achieve the same effect, for a modest fee. In addition, most narcotics were legal, but only to be used in speciallt contained areas where the user could not hurt others.

Severe crimes, such as murder, were deeply frowned upon and cause for great concern. Capital punishment was never done, not because of the finality of such a reprimand but because the leaders of the company viewed it as a waste of resources. Instead, most of the time, punishment was a lifetime of labor at the sewage treatment facilities or deep-crust mining operations.

Government Divisions

Administrative Department

The administrative department directed all business aspects of Hoth Manufacturing, as well as the governing of the country, including conviction and punishment of lawbreakers. The head of this department was hief Executive Officer Darryl Galvax at the time of the breakup of the company.

Foreign Relations & Defense Department

This department handled all business deals and diplomacy with foreign interests as well as oversaw the military of the Hoth system and directed military actions and operations, under the command of the CEO, who acted as commander-in-chief.

See Military, below.

Internal Investigative Department

This department oversaw arrest and prosecution of lawbreakers inside the Hoth system as well as investigation into questionable activities inside other departments. Felons were turned over to the Administrative Department for punishment. Although the IID was technically a branch of the Corporate Army, it operated autonomously.

Domestic law enforcement was performed solely by the Internal Investigative Department. Peace officers used tazers to incapacitate criminals, but carried tear gas canisters, fragmentation grenades, and M-4 carbines. Almost all ride modified Segway HT/HM transporters, built like normal Segways, except with a heavy-duty titanium alloy frame and speed modifications allowing them to travel up to 25 miles per hour. Some patrol units and assault teams also use Segway Centaur/HM transporters, again with a titanium frame but sporting speeds up to 50 miles per hour. In addition, a small number of Apache attack helipcopters were used to deal with major threats or fast-moving vehicles, and can also broadcast emergency messages to the populace in the event of a crisis.

Axial Foreign Intelligence Agency

This department was the main intelligence-gathering entity for extradomestic affairs, from counterterrorism to espionage inside hostile nations. They worked closely with the Foreign Relations & Defense Department and the Special Operations Group, who often run missions under the oversight of the AFIA.

The primary gatherers of data for the AFIA were called Silent Infiltration Operators, or SIOs. Extremely little is known about the SIOs, as they worked in absolute secrecy and no records of their actions or even their existence were kept.

Research & Development Department

This department was less a governing agency than a division of Hoth Manufacturing, devoted to the creation of new technologies and the implementation of them in the form of products, which were then sold to customers across the globe. Their central office was located on a mountainside overlooking downtown Apex, and visitors were denied entry. The Corporate Army maintained a garrison there to ensure any attempts at corporate espionage were put down quickly.

Military

The Hoth Manufacturing Corporation maintained a standing military to defend itself, deal with threats, and enforce payments to uncooperative buyers. This military was ordered into a number of divisions, all under the jurisdiction of the Foreign Relations & Defense Department and, ultimately, the Administrative Department. After the Hoth system imploded, these vehicles were commandeeres by the Gyptian military. The complete armaments list of each division is detailed below.

Hoth Manufacturing Corporate Air Force

540 F16A

180 F-16B Trainers

360 KC-130

60 B-52

30 E-3 AWACS

30 MH-60

Hoth Manufacturing Corporate Army

-Standard Operations Group

5,000,000 Model G Augury class Personal Armor Systems

9,720 XM-8 Baseline Carbines

4,860 XM-8 Automatic Rifles

4,860 XM-8 w/XM-320 40mm Grenade launchers

1,620 M240 .50 Caliber machine guns

1,620 Javelin Anti-Tank missiles

540 60mm Mortars

360 81mm Mortars

540 105mm Howitzers

360 Avenger anti-aircraft HMMWVs

480 OH-58D Scout Helicopters

30 EH-60 Quick Fix EW choppers

20,000 Cargo/Armament HMMWVs

10,000 5 ton trucks

120,000 XM-8 Shortened Carbines

15,000 HM90 Cerberus MBTs

6,000 M1A2 Abrams tanks

12,000 M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles

3,000 M109 Paladin+ 75 Paladin resupply vehicles

2,750 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters

3,000 UH-60 Utility helicopters

60,000 HMMWVs

60,000 5-ton trucks

520,000 M-4 Carbines

58 M1A2 Abrams tanks

233 Amphibious Assault Vehicle

130 LAVs

72 155mm howtzers

161 mortars

186 TOW anti-tank missiles

12 KC 130s

144 F-36Bs

10 EA-6Bs

72 CH-46Es

56 CH-53Es

36 AH-64Ds

18 UH-60s

30 Avenger SAM

60 Stinger SAM

3000 HMMWVs

10,000 supply trucks

-Internal Investigative Department

50,000 Model G Augury class Personal Armor Systems

50,000 M-4 Carbines

5,000 HM90 Cerberus MBTs

25,000 Segway HT/HMs

10,000 Segway Centaur/HMs

200 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters

-Special Operations Group

30,000 Model G Augury class Personal Armor Systems

30,000 M-4 Carbines

108 Dragon anti-tank missiles

5,000 HM90 Cerberus MBTs

50 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters

240 UH-60 Utility Helicopters

-Silent Infiltration Operations

1,000 Model G Augury class Personal Armor Systems

100 UH-60 Utility Helicopters

(All other armaments unknown, information classified)

Hoth Manufacturing Corporate Navy

4,000,000 Model G Augury class Personal Armor Systems

60 Nimitz class aircraft carriers

-2880 F/A-18 Hornets (48 in each)

-240 E-2C AEW (4 in each)

-240 E-A6B SEAD/EW (4 in each)

-480 S-3B (8 in each)

-120 Es-3A (2 in each)

-360 H-60 (6 in each)

120 Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers

60 Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers

180 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates

120 Los Angeles class attack submarines

60 Supply class fast combat support ships

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