Zurtania
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| Flag of Zurtania | |
| Motto: "Be excellent unto another!" | |
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| Region | shadows domain |
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| Capital | St. Martins |
| Official Language(s) | English, Russian Zurtanian Code |
| Leader | A congress of many. (Marshall Law: Gen. Lief) |
| Population | 1 billion |
| Currency | zurtain |
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Zurtania is a large Democratic Socialist country forged in a revolutionary independence struggle against the United States of America. Since it was founded, it has constantly been at war with the United States. The USA claims it should not be a country, but they have already declared independance.
Zurtanian Code
"Zurtanian Code" is a mix between Latin, Russian, and Engilish used by soldiers. The code takes an extensive time to learn and is, so far, unbreakable.
Laws in General
Abortion is legal. Ordinary citizens have no right to bare arms, only some sort of knife. Only military and police units (which are pretty much just 2 divisions of the army) can carry weapons.
Army
The choice weapon of the Zurtanian infantry man is an AK-95, a bayonette carrying, more accurate version of the famous AK-47. Snipers use a Dragunov type weapon. Heavy Units carry RPGs and C4. The army is well trained through many controversial methods. One method is having the trainee have a backpack weighing 80 lbs on their backs while running, climbing, and all other modes of training. The soldiers are also required to wear 3 pairs of underwear. During battle, the backpacks, full of equipment now, are only 50 lbs (for the average infantry man) and extra pairs of underwear are taken off. This is believed to make the soldiers faster in battle. The soldiers are trained everyday during peacetime. Even on holidays, they are trained for at least 6 hours. For some, this makes them in peak physical condition. For others, they feel terrible and broken down. Those who feel weak are sent home or to the police training camp, which is a bit easier.
Technology
The choice weapon of the Zurtanian infantry man is an AK-95, a bayonette carrying, more accurate version of the famous AK-47. Snipers use a Dragunov type weapon. Heavy Units carry RPGs and C4.
Sniper Rifle
The Zurtanian sniper rifle is a semi-automatic rifle. It can hold 75 bullets (via machine gun like clip) in a magazine and a breach for power bullets. Power bullets are basically a very loud armor piercing sniper bullet. The scope can swich to visible light, to inferred, to X-Ray. Inferred is used to locate enemies and to decide whether a seemingly long dead person (20 min.) is really dead. X-Ray is used to see where the bullet hit and if the person is dead (oxyegn in lungs, ect.).
AK-95
The AK-95 looks almost exactly like an AK-47. But there is some subtle differences. First of which, most commonly it is fixed with a bayonette. Secondly, the clip holds 60 bullets. To make this possible, the clip and gun are thicker. The bullets are folded in a small ammo belt inside the belt. Another feature is a laser guide. This is optional and rarely used. When bayonettes are low in supply, sometimes hunting knives are duct taped to the gun. Sometimes even butcher kinves from the mess hall are used.
Aircraft
Helicopters
The only helicopter the army has used and still uses is the Assault Transport Helicopter (ATH), though, it has earned the nickname of "Zurtanian Death Chopper." It is pretty much a hybrid between an Apache and Blackhawk. It has the size of a Blackhawk and the fire power of an Apache. It mounts the following guns:
- Hell Fire missles
- Vulcan Guns
- Side mounted
- Nose mounted (controlled by co-pilot)
- "Wing" mounted
Jets
Jets are not an important part of warfare. They rarely bomb to avoid collateral damage. Even so, they are very advanced. They are harrier like and can go 1.5x the speed of sound.
Tanks
The Zurtanian Assault Tank (ZAT) is a mammoth vehicle. It can carry ten troops It has a mounted flamethrower on the turret and fires hellfire missles. It has rotating hedgechoppers on the front. It has four vulcan guns that are fired from the inside.
'Mechs
No 'mech has been in battle yet. There is an unofficial race between the USA and Zurtania to build the first battle 'mech. So far, Zurtania has made four semi-unsucceseeful 'mechs: Zurtanian Assault Mech-1(ZAM-1), ZAM-2, ZAM-3, and ZAM-4.
The ZAM-1 Experiment: The first test
This was very unsuccessful. The enigeers decided on a simple design: a right trinagular cockpit with 2 pilots, a semi-sphere pivot point with 2 legs. The machine was tested and walked fine, jumped well, and had great balance. One problem: The guns hadn't ben mounted yet. They put an explosive shell launcher on the nose, 2 vulcan guns on the sides of the cockpit, and 2 missle launchers on the top of the cockpit. What ended up happening was that each time it was realesed from its cables, it would fall flat on its nose. It sometimes caused explosions due to the shells. The engineers need to fix this.
The ZAM-2 Experiment: More problems with the shells
The engineers decided that it was best to keep the shape. It only had to one: Add guns to the back to balance the weight out equally, or two: take away the shell or replace it somewhere else. They did a mix of both. They took away the second barrel of the shell launcher and added the missle launcher to the front. The tester cautiously realesed the new machine from it's cables and... SUCCESS!!! Almost. It was time to test it on the target range. Every gun fired well, except for the shell launcher. There was not enough force to launch the shell. The range and force used had only been calculated for the nose. It hit many yards in front of the target. they tried pointing it up for further range. It did worse. The shell went high into the air, and was taken by the wind. In this case, foward, luckily. It hit the mark, but if the winds had been blowng against the shell, it would've been blown back towards the 'mech. They went back to the drawing boards.
The ZAM-3 Experiment: A new technology
The last test made one point obvious: The shell had to go. It was in accurate, unreliable, and dangerous. Almost by divine intervention, a new breakthrough in laser technology was made: Ion Cannon.
- The Ion Cannon: By definition, ion is an atom or a group of atoms that has acquired a net electric charge by gaining or losing one or more electrons. Basically, very electric atoms. Scientist were able to put this in to a concentrated, controlled nozzle. the nozzle has a metal ion charged point. The controller points the nozzle at a target and a bolt of highly charge lightning other strikes the target. It is immeadiately incinerated.
The creators liked the new idea and attached it to the nose. Balance was perfect, the other guns tested out great. The moment of truth was at hand: would this be a terrific failure, or a historic moment in science? The cannon hummed and many crossed their fingers. Some ran for cover. Others beamed with confidence. BBRRRRRRRZZZZZTTTT!!!! The cannon hit the mark, but it also hit the 'Mech and evryone around it. Those who ran for cover still we seriously injured. The trajic event had everyone asking one question: "Can it ever work?"
The ZAM-4 Experiment: A spark of hope
The testing is still under way. So far, everything is checking out well. The cannon has been improved to hit only one target's vicinity. The problem now is that its taking up too much energy. After firing one shot, the 'mech totally shuts down. Rumors of a ZAM-5 are not confirmed. But the 'mech campaign is making progress day after day.
NS Report
The Most Excellent States of Zurtania is a huge, safe nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate population of 985 million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and the Environment. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.
It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, Coco the Clown has been elected to the nation's parliament, leather-clad individuals can be seen walking their slaves in public parks, and the government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zurtania's national animal is the peacock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the zurtain.
