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(Terran Sphere) Imhotep 19th, 2289 After Tranquility, an Intersteller Protectorate Fleet holds under the command of three star admiral Giuditta Horvejkul orbit over the planet Volksland after the world was retaken by the Intersteller Protectorate from the Novan Empire in one of the numerious wars that have marked the Novan Empire and surrounding space over the course of the 23rd century. The planet itself would be retaken by Lord Admiral Mikhail Ramzy (Eleventh Graf Ramzy) in 2296. Not including it's conquest by the pirate warlord Zhe Jorgston Volksland itself has exchanged rulers nine time over the course of the 23rd century (five times by the Novan Empire, four times by the protectorate and once by the Union of Free Socialist Worlds).

Colonized in the early 16th century by members of an ancient political movement that was notable for starting the Western Eurasian section second of ancient Terra's world wars in the last years of the 1st century BT based around a flawed pre-genetics understanding of humanity and germanic nationalism, Volksland devolved into a state of political fragmentation over finer details of their ideology and quickly degenerated into several waring states which frequently engaged in vicious planetary warfare at a basic mechanized level after the destruction of technical databases and equipment. Many sociologists beleived that the population would have either destroyed itself or devestated itself to the point of technological regression to fuedalism long ago if it was not for the planet's lack of fissile materials and high birth rates.

This period of frequent wars and factionalism combined with anti-intellectual tendancies prevented any advancement beyond fairly basic industrial levels. Vehicle were commonly produced by the more developed states, but computers were at most huge primitive affairs that had at most megabyte level memory. Standards of living were also low, what industry that did exist was mainly tooled towards the production of military equipment. It was fairly rare to have a period in which foodstuffs were not rationed to some degree or another. Due to it's backwards nature and the unpleasant local ideologies it was largely ignored with the onset of the FTL age beyond a few minor attempts at trade by a handful of minor merchent ships in the 22nd century until the planet was taken under threat of orbital bombardment in 2219, who used what industry it could offer to assemble a basic shipyard in orbit and serve as a base for commerce raiding over the next twelve years, eventually bringing it to the attention of the Novan Empire, Intersteller Protectorate and Union of Free Socialist Worlds. While the petty national diferences have become less sugnifigant in past years and education programs by occupying governments have managed to break down the racial ideologies of the planet, it remains a backwater with a trifiling population of merely 320 million, a lower than average standard of living and a high rate of crime and insurgency by radical fringe groups. The most valuable asset of Volksland remains it's shipyards, which have over the years supplied Frigates, Destroyers and Cruisers to three nations and one fleet of barbarians, all of which based around distant star systems.

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(Terran Sphere) Imhotep 19th, 2289 After Tranquility, an Intersteller Protectorate Fleet holds under the command of three star admiral Giuditta Horvejkul orbit over the planet Volksland after the world was retaken by the Intersteller Protectorate from the Novan Empire in one of the numerious wars that have marked the Novan Empire and surrounding space over the course of the 23rd century. The planet itself would be retaken by Lord Admiral Mikhail Ramzy (Eleventh Graf Ramzy) in 2296. Not including it's conquest by the pirate warlord Zhe Jorgston Volksland itself has exchanged rulers nine time over the course of the 23rd century (five times by the Novan Empire, four times by the protectorate and once by the Union of Free Socialist Worlds).

Colonized in the early 16th century by members of an ancient political movement that was notable for starting the Western Eurasian section second of ancient Terra's world wars in the last years of the 1st century BT based around a flawed pre-genetics understanding of humanity and germanic nationalism, Volksland devolved into a state of political fragmentation over finer details of their ideology and quickly degenerated into several waring states which frequently engaged in vicious planetary warfare at a basic mechanized level after the destruction of technical databases and equipment. Many sociologists beleived that the population would have either destroyed itself or devestated itself to the point of technological regression to fuedalism long ago if it was not for the planet's lack of fissile materials and high birth rates.

This period of frequent wars and factionalism combined with anti-intellectual tendancies prevented any advancement beyond fairly basic industrial levels. Vehicle were commonly produced by the more developed states, but computers were at most huge primitive affairs that had at most megabyte level memory. Standards of living were also low, what industry that did exist was mainly tooled towards the production of military equipment. It was fairly rare to have a period in which foodstuffs were not rationed to some degree or another. Due to it's backwards nature and the unpleasant local ideologies it was largely ignored with the onset of the FTL age beyond a few minor attempts at trade by a handful of minor merchent ships in the 22nd century until the planet was taken under threat of orbital bombardment in 2219, who used what industry it could offer to assemble a basic shipyard in orbit and serve as a base for commerce raiding over the next twelve years, eventually bringing it to the attention of the Novan Empire, Intersteller Protectorate and Union of Free Socialist Worlds. While the petty national diferences have become less sugnifigant in past years and education programs by occupying governments have managed to break down the racial ideologies of the planet, it remains a backwater with a trifiling population of merely 320 million, a lower than average standard of living and a high rate of crime and insurgency by radical fringe groups. The most valuable asset of Volksland remains it's shipyards, which have over the years supplied Frigates, Destroyers and Cruisers to three nations and one fleet of barbarians, all of which based around distant star systems.