Principality of Canaan

History

Canaan is a fractious princedom in former territory belonging to the Tarstein Empire but forcibly partitioned by the treaties that followed the end of the General War. The House of Golyat began as a house of trade within the Belkar Empire and held a large fleet in its name, but ultimately came to oppose the dictator Dresslok during his reign, fighting alongside other Belkar holdings that would have sought to place a proper imperial successor on the throne. They threw their lot in behind Tarstein for shared values, supporting them with the might of their similarly powerful fleet in exchange for war concessions and guarantees upon its tradeships.

The war did not go to plan, however and Canaan was forced to go its seperate way with a loss to national prestige and no proper imperial succession in place. With its trade charters now obsolete, Canaanite holdings began to hemorrhage vast amounts of money and the country's economy nearly collapsed. Industry was forcibly nationalized and many companies consolidated under the Golyat prince and his extended family, undoing decades of economic progress and empowering a simmering communist rebellion that considers the current state of the common people no better than serfdom.

As the war seems to approach on the horizon, Canaan prepares itself to combat these rising threats- both internal and external.

Culture

Canaan is a traditional, mystical culture based on ancestor worship and animistic reverence of particular spirits- of the moons, the sky and the temperamental spirits of ships themselves, which can only be placated if the ship itself is held in a shape that can be understood by humans. For this reason many of their ships prominently feature animal shapes and figureheads, as the psychology of these creatures is well known. Ships with the shapes of men are rare and often forbidden if they resemble an ancestor, as it might accidentally trap the soul of a deceased, while ships that resemble women are rarer as Canaan's patriarchal culture does not trust women to readily accept the dangers of warfare.

Despite an aggressive, boastful culture and strong military tradition, the Canaanites place extreme pride on their hospitality culture, guaranteeing the safety and comfort of any people who they invite into their homes. Even impolite guests are not harmed unless they commit the worst crimes, instead gently shown they are not welcome by feeding them less and treating them with impassive silence. Men who do not obey these laws, even for the sake of securing military advantages are seen as scum and cannot retain the loyalty of their peers for long.

Traits

Long Lancers

Capital Focus

Zones

Points: 152
Industry: 294
Upkeep: 340
Materials

• Claria: 11
• Sakuradite: 3
• Adamant: 0
• Sildron: 10

Port of Canaan

The Port of Canaan is the main inhabited zone of Canaan and the heart of the city-state. The region used to be a prosperous trading hub but has fallen on hard times of late. The locals nonetheless make decent living wages gathering skyfish and processing Claria from the abundance of floating lakes that the archipelagos' gravity attracts.

• 1 Archipelago + Planetoid
• 1 Shoal and Reef
  • 1 Metropolis
  • 1 Barracks

Shores of Canaan

The shores are broken-up shoals that fan out from the port before the House of Golyat's official holdings end. They are sparsely populated, mostly by fishing villages and small towns, though Canaan keeps a shipyard in the central zone and maintains a Sildron mine near a particularly valuable deposit.

• 1 Cluster
• 3 Shoal and Reef
  • 1 Barracks
  • 1 Sildron Mine

Military

Points: 60 (900 IP)
Upkeep: 160/340

The Lustre Armada

• 11 Ashkelon-class Battleship (3 Claria)
  • (2) Shockwave Torpedo (+6/2 Claria)
  • (1) Rail Supergun (+3/Sildron)
  • (1) Stealth (+3/Sildron)
  • (0) Gold Eagle Iconography
• 27 Gath-class Light Cruiser (1 Claria)
  • (1) Wave Sensors (+3/Claria)
  • (1) Stealth (+3/Sildron)
  • (0) Silver Hawk Iconography
• 9 Ashdod-class Marauder (1 Claria)
  • (1) Shockwave Torpedo (+3/Claria)
  • (1) Stealth (+3/Sildron)
  • (0) Bronze Lion Iconography
• 80 Moab-class Destroyer (1 Claria)
  • (1) Stealth (+3/Sildron)
  • (0) Iron Crow Iconography
• 32 Orpah-class Torpedo Boat (1 Claria)
  • (1) Shockwave Torpedo (+3/Claria)
  • (0) Brass Camel Iconography
• 8 Ekron-class Monitor (1 Claria)
  • (2) Shockwave Torpedo (+6/2 Claria)
  • (0) Lead Vulture Icongraphy

The Golyat House Guard

• 40 Yarqon-class Transport (1 Claria)
  • (1) Rail Supergun (+3/Sildron)
  • (0) Designed to Land in Craters
• 6 Yarqon II-class Assault Transport (1 Claria)
  • (1) Rail Supergun (+3/Sildron)
  • (0) Designed to Land in Craters
• 9 Cavalry Brigade
  • (1) Heavy Rail Rifles (+3/Sildron)
  • (1) Shields (+3/Sildron)
  • (1) Armor (+3/Adamant)
  • (1) Flight Capability (+3/Sakuradite)
  • (0) Man-God Machines
• 5 Armor Brigades
  • (1) Rail Cannons (+3/Sildron)
  • (0) Mobile Shrines
• 30 Infantry Brigades
  • (1) Rail Rifles (+3/Sildron)
  • (0) Swordsmanship Tradition
• 5 Marine Brigades
  • (1) MP Shockwave Missiles (+3/Claria)
  • (0) High Washout Rate
• 1 Cosmofortress