The New Roman Republic


A Human Wolfen kingdom located on the shattered peninsular of Italy


Capital: New Rome | Neo Roma
The government is based upon the ideals of the Wolfen Empire from the Palladium World and the Constitution of the twelve tribes of the Empire.
Government Bodies
The High Council: this council is formed of the leaders of the Wolfen Tribes of Rome and the Elected Leader of each member city state within the Empire. The purpose of the council is mainly ceremonial and is to ratify decisions of the Senate and the Peoples Assembly. One member of the Council is elected President for a five year term by the rest of council, and once elected, cannot be re-elected until each other councillor has sat as Emperor.
The Senate: Each member state elects 12 representatives from each member state, 6 from each province and 3 from states who have petitioned to join the republic. The Senate is a advisory body able to veto legislation passed by the Assembly, censor policy, and to appoint or dismiss any civil servant. Each senator is elected for life.
The Assembly: The assembly is the only body able to create or abolish taxation, the representatives to the Assembly are elected in their own states by whatever method that state prefers and for the term set by that state, (some are elected, others are passed from father to son etc.).

The other branches of the Republic
The Imperia: This is a body of 6 people elected by the senate, who are the real administrators of the empire (similar the head of the British Civil Service refer Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister and Sir Humfrey). These people do the real work in the running of the Republic, they collect taxes, assign money, raise and control the army, and appoints the civil service.
The Magistia: These people act as governors in the provinces and petitioned states, they are supposed to work with the local governments of their state, and have the power to call upon elements of the local military to support their position, and the position of the Republic.
The Praetoria: These people are the civil judges appointed to administrate over civil conflicts, these conflicts can between citizens, states, companies etc., they do not have juristriction over criminal law. Each member of the Praetoria is nominated by the Imperia, or the Magistra or even the Quatoria but their appointment comes from the senate.
The Quatoria: These are the police and the criminal judges of the republic, in remote areas they act as both the police, judge and executioner if warranted can deputise others, in the cities there are various ranks from patrol-man to Judge, these ranks determine their jobs as well. The Quatoria is appointed by the Imperia, or temporary Quatoria can be appointed by the Magistia within their territory.
The Bureaucria: This branch consists of the rest of the civil services (scholars, administrators, librarians, translators, postal workers. It is the Bureaucria that does the actual work within the Republic.

Republican Military Forces

There are currently 3 Republican Legions of 5000 troops currently in stationed within the Republican territory, the 1st Republican Legion is stationed near Milano, and is keeping an eye out on Gargoyle activity in the Alps and northern Italy. The 2nd Republican Legion is based in Sicilia while the 3rd Republican Legion is based Roma guarding the Republican capital.
Legion Structure
9 Cohorts of 500 troops
1 Scutaria Cohort (tanks, Bots)
each Cohort is divided into 18 Maniples of 25 soldiers each and 2 Maniples of Cataria

Republican Army Ranks
1. Iagia: Private or "citizen soldier"
2. Xavia: sergeant 2IC in the maniples
3. Lanipia: Lieutenants: in command of maniples
4. Centuria: Captain, in charge of 4 to 6 maniples, plus 2 for each cohort.
5. Quingia: Majors, in charge of cohorts
6. Militaria: Colonel, these are considered extra officers, they do the paper work and handle the bureaucracy that can keep the legion in the field. They are also assigned to security and espionage divisions within the legion.
7. Legatia: Generals, there are only 3 active generals in charge of the legions, and there are currently 4 others who are not in active command, serving in the Imperia and Senate.
8. Tribunia: These positions are separate from the Republican Army, and are the commanders of the Home Defence forces.

Republican Army Titles
1. Promotia: Temporary/Brevet rank, used for promotions while in the field.
2. Imperia: Commander, applies to leaders of Cohorts, Legions.
3. Tormentia: Originally a Bowman, now applies to snipers, and riflemen, and to officers commanding such units.
4. Ballistia: Originally and still applied to artillery and officers commanding artillery units.
5. Scutaria: Originally heavy cavalry, now applied to Tanks and Robot squads.
6. Cataria: Originally applied to Heavy Armour or Heavy Infantry Soldiers, now applies to Power Armour troops.
7. Clibania: Originally applied to Light armour or light infantry soldiers, now applied to mobile troops, those that use APC’s and Motorcycles and other high speed transportation.
8. Comitia: Scouts or Escort troops
9. Hastaria: Originally polearm or Anti-Armour Infantrymen, still applied to those units and officers whose training is to take out Bots, Tanks and other Armour and fortified positions.
10. Dolabria: Engineers
11. Auxilia: Secondary troops.BR> 12. Mulia: Labour/convict troops or their officers. Prisoners in the republic who are considered low risk are placed in labour divisions of the army, they do the hard work, digging trenches, cooking the food, and other sundry tasks.

Education
The Republic believes in education, and prides in the literacy rates.

Languages
The main languages taught in the Republic are Wolfen, Italian, Dragonese, and Euro, and most citizens 80% are literate in at least one.
The official written language is the Wolfen Language, since the written form is a phonetic language, capable of recording any spoken language and read back perfectly in that language. For notes on the written Wolfen language can be found on page 17 and 18 of Adventures in the Northern Wilderness

Currency
The New Republic accepts the NGR credit, and issues it’s own credits, and a form of hard currency, this currency resembles the Wolfen currency of the palladium world, but each denomination has a holographic seal embossed on both sides.

Components of the New Republic
Unsubdued Peoples
These include hostile races like Gargoyles and Brodkil.
Coyle Hordes
As well as the Wolfen elements that were rifted in from the palladium world, Coyles were also rifted in, these renegades lurk on the fringes of the republic ambushing republican forces and giving the republic a bad name by attacking communities which are not aligned to the republic while in republican guard. Rumour has it, that some Coyle factions have aligned themselves to the Gargoyles to the north.

Gargoyles/Demons/Brodkil/Bug Bears/Splurgorth
The Wolfen have a healthy respect for all life forms, and have a live and let live policy, treating all races equally, but they have to draw they line with these creatures have been declared dangerous enemies of the state.

Affiliate races
With these races no treaty is involved, but are viewed as friendly.

Elves, Frost Giants, Ice Dragon (the latter two races are not believed to reside in Italy)

Bearmen, Drakin, Dragon Wolves, Emirin, Faeries, Unicorns, Water nix and Wing tips. These races are respected and are considered to have provisional status as citizens of the republic.

Changelings, Dwarves, Ogres, Gigantes and Trolls.
The Wolfen, are not comfortable with these races, but do not want to declare them enemies, and are trying to fit them into republican society, the Ogres, Gigantes and Trolls have a problem with self government, while the Changelings and Dwarves, have been mistrusted and suspect.

Wild Carnivorous Animals (Wolves, Bears, Mountain Lions, Hawks, Eagles) are regarded with respect and protected.

Member States
New Rome or Neo Roma
New Rome was founded on the ruins of Rome, by the survivors of a Wolfen city that was Rifted to earth, Wolfen scholars unearth the history of the city and the Roman Empire from the shattered libraries of that city, with help from the surviving humans living near Rome, and with assistance that the Wolfen mages managed to rift in from the Palladium world, rebuilt the city and restarted high tech manufacturing facilities, using technical texts, and humans who had worked in those fields.
New Rome today, looks like a cross between Ancient Rome and a high tech city, highways thread through a city with a rebuilt Colosseum and building resembling those of Ancient Rome, but build of concrete and modern alloys. The seat of the republican capital, the city boasts of a large university, schools of magic, and is home to the 3rd Republican Legion.
Population
Wolfen 150,000
Humans 50,000
Elves 500
Other 3,000

Milano
Home of the 1st Republican Legion
Milan is a small city, just been granted Member status, and is close to the Alps, and to the Gargoyle Empire. Famous for it’s history, Republican archaeologists are digging in the ruins of the old city, to unearth treasures of the path.
Population
Wolfen 6,000
Humans 20,000

Napoli
2nd city state of the republic.
Naples is a thriving city, whose livelihood depends on what limited trade exists along the western Mediterranean sea, and fishing. Naples has a decent ship building facilities. Salerno just to the south is considered part of the Naples City State, and is the major industrial site of the republic.
Population
Wolfen 20,000
Human 30,000

Major Provinces
Sicilia
Sicilia, is where the 2nd republican legion is stationed.
Sicily is the homeland of the Mafia, and when the rifts occurred, the Mafia, took control of the island seizing power from the struggling elected officials. If you weren’t related to one of the families or had essentials skills the Mafia executed you. The Mafia, using Italian Army weapons and equipment managed to fend off many of the monster attacks that plagued the region. The Mafia kept to themselves on their Island, 100 years ago, the Mafia discovered the fledgling Roman Republic, trying old methods first, they tried to corrupt the governing bodies, but unlike the Italian governments that existed prior to the coming of the rifts which were prone to corruption and bribery, these officials reported the attempts to the Quatoria, who found the Mafia guilty. The Mafia shocked that their plan didn’t work declared war on the republic, the republic answer was to send in the 2nd legion, which managed to take Palermo, Messina and Catania away from Mafia control, though the Mafia still controls the countryside, and have resorted to tricks of old, ambushes and bombings, as a result the 2nd legion has instituted patrols in force to track down Mafia strongholds and manufacturing Facilities.
Population
Humans 30,000
Wolfen 6,000

Petitioning States
Trieste/ New Venice
The city of New Venice is undergoing approval to become the next member state of the republic, and is receiving considerable support from the republic, in the way of materials and training, the threat to new venice is the Gargoyles and Brodkil to the north.
Population 15,000
New Venice
With thanks to Chris Talbot

The city of New Venice/Trieste was founded by the refugees just above the new sea level. In fact to protect themselves, they built their city in the new marshlands that were created, using boats and sinking piles into the new seabed, as well as settling in the upper stories of buildings that survived the rising waters, by building the city in the marshes they escaped the worst depravations from the monsters that ravaged the land, and the relative shallows kept the worst of the sea monsters from attacking the survivors. The new city rests at the foot of the Alps near what was the town of Udine. When naming the city they debated naming it after the cities that the survivors came from, the Italian city of Venice and the Austrian city of Trieste were the two cities from which most of the survivors came from in small watercraft, the city council decide to name their city after Venice, whose heritage was similar to that of the new city, built in the marshes.

New Venice is actually divided into two cities, the upper city, in which reside the Humans and other surface dwellers, below the waters in the submerged buildings live the population of the under city, here lives the aquatics Kreel-Lok and Kappa being the most numerous. The undercity and the uppercity do not have much contact with each other, but they do share a common council. The population of the undercity is unknown, but estimated to be 10,000.

The council is made up of the city elders, these come from the 5 families that rule the uppercity, and the elders of the undercity.

The city produces fast hydrofoils and underwater craft, though the shipyards are not of the quality of Naples.

The New Venice military forces is a Amphibious force, using shallow drafted patrol boats, hovercraft, Jet Skis, helicopters and VTOL craft.

Common O.C.C.'s in New Venice
Sailor, Wilderness Scout, Salvage Expert, Operator.

Still to come is the Power armour Bots and Tanks used by the New Republic, but to make things easier they tend to use Pre-rift designs or versions of Kittani and NGR Bots which they can reproduce in their factories.

Some view from the New Republic on the Rest of the world
Triax: The Republic, understands the reasons behind the treatment of non-humans in the NGR , and the current policy is to aid they non-humans in the NGR covertly, plus they support the NGR campaign against the Gargoyle Empire. On the other hand the NGR will leave the Republic alone, but is considering a treaty with the republic, as it would provide the NGR with secure facilities for attacking the Gargoyles from the south.

The Gargoyle Empire: The New Republic is against the empire, but for the time being are keeping things quiet, so as to not provoke the Gargoyles or their Brodkil allies into attacking them.

Atlantis: The New Republic is totally opposed to the Splurgorth and all they represent, including the New Phoenix empire in Egypt

A note on the Mafia:
Mafia agents in the NGR have made contact with CS officials in the NGR, and are currently arranging for CS backing of the Mafia (training, some weapons and the like), these talks are likely to be successfull.

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