Eastern Nation

"There's no 'I' in team, but there's 'con' in economy." - Fray Plasm

 

Abstract: Capitalistic dystopia nation, home of the brightest minds and the most cunning spies both. Espionage is common, nothing is yours until you patent it. Do anything to get ahead in life.

 

Home of the Brightest and Worst Minds

 

In the Eastern Nation there's almost nothing that money can't buy. The nation is the wealthiest of all of the continental five and it's easy to figure out why. Almost 90% of all Plasmatech originates from the Eastern Nation, the best inventors and creators becoming wealthy celebrities and given homes in the capital city of New Heaven while the rest aspire to replace those who live in the beautiful floating garden city.

 

While many who live in the Eastern Nation are hopeful inventors who believe their big break is just around the corner, even as they toil away in deadend factory jobs that wastes their lives away, another segment of the population lives here because they know that there is almost nothing stopping crime and drug trades. Various cults also take refuge in the Eastern Nation for this same reason, knowing that as long as they have money they can buy places to use as safe houses. Or for the bigger cults, whole towns and mansions.

 

The Brightest Mind

 

The people who strive for greatness have an idol amongst all the moral death and decay in the form of a kitsune named Atsuko Arai. Atsuko is credited with the creation of the current power grid that spreads across all of the main continental nations. This grid, known as the Plasma Array, is a series of panels that convert the light of Sol into a stable form of Plasma that can be safely moved through tubing and wiring over long distances. It eliminated the need for every home or building to have its own method of creating Plasma.

 

The worst part of it to the Eastern Nation, however, is that she patented the entire thing but refused to profit off the creation. Bypassing taxlaws and more that would have brought the Eastern Nation near infinite wealth from the other nations who use it to this day.

 

Now Atsuko is something of an adventurer, seeking to bring the Plasma Array to even small settlements and towns that get overlooked. Just as soon as she finds them herself!

 

The Corrupted Minds

  It seems like every street corner has some shady dealer trying to peddle the latest and best invention on the planet, or trying to get cash to finish those last few touches on a creation that will change the world.   While you may not be able to move ten feet without stepping on the feed of a peddler or con-artist the real problems are the gangs and "guilds" that run different city sections and industrial zones. They are ruthless extortionists that prey on anyone just poor enough to look like they have some money or good schematics but not wealthy enough to subscribe to the Eastern Police Force (Referred to as the EPF from now on) or be part of a ruling Corporation.  

Law and Order

  If you aren't an inventor and want to make good money in the Eastern Nation one can't go wrong with becoming part of the Police or Military.  

EPF/CPF

  The Police, referred to as the Eastern Police Force internationally, the Corporate Police Force internally, and "those filthy heartless _______" locally, is a subscription based service wherein upon subscribing to the police force at an extremely high premium you can be guarenteed safety from the criminal underworld of the Eastern Nation. They are feared not only for their brutality but also their success rate at apprehending targets and murdering those that threaten their subscribers.   In areas of high subscription it's rumored that every block is overlooked by a trained sniper, where a robbery attempt on a subscriber is typically over at the first flash of a knife or gun.   Areas with a handful of subscribers typically instead have a single detachment of professional "police" officers that live equidistant from the homes of the subscribers and, if called, can be at the scene of a crime within a matter of minutes to which it is well renowned that they often shoot first and ask questions later.   The EPF is also feared not just for their lack of empathy with the general public and underworld but for their Plasmatech as well. Their Plasmatech isn't just military grade, it's often unique carefully tracked weapons that quite literally blow any competition out of the water. Not even the biggest crime syndicates can compete with the technology the EPF has at hand.   The "Townson City Massacre" is a renowned event amongst underworld organizations in which after a case of mistaken identity lead to a Subscriber being harvested for organs by an underworld organization an organized force of the Police was sent in to recover the body, resulting in the deaths of three crime families for a total casuality count of 210 adults and children of the family alike. Survivors of the massacre often described handheld weapons that caused "Nuclear levels of destruction" and it's estimated that 80% of the few survivors would later die to cancer related complications. The undercity of Townson is still quarentined to this day.   Being employed by the best and highest grossing corporations often comes with benefits that include a free subscription to the police service, creating a culture of knowing who you rob before you do it amongst criminals and further dividing cities and sectors by their economic status.    

Serve your country: Join the military today!

  The only reason why the Eastern Nation has such a large standing military comes down to two things: Money and cool toys.   The Eastern's military members are paid well and serve as a forefront to testing new weapons both small arms and WMD's.   The military is directly owned by the leading corporation of the time, currently PlasCo, and answers to the CEO as the Commander-In-Chief.   Eastern's practice with Plasma WMD's offshore directly lead to the Abyssal War, one of the very few times Ohosazaki was directly involved in a conflict in which only legends persist now of tentacles leveling entire cities and, as maps would show, the Eastern Nation had physically lost an entire chunk of land to the abyss leaving only rough cliff shorelines where cities once stood.   After the Abyssal War the Eastern's military has been used more as a deterrent than as an actual force for fighting, but still it develops weapons somewhere, unseen by the rest of the world.    

Government, Cities, and the Rulers

 

PlasCo

 

"PlasCo is a lot like the strong beating heart of Eastern... If that heart was also a rapidly spreading cancer." - Atsuko Arai

  For the past 3,000 years PlasCo has been the biggest and most powerful Corportation in all of Eastern, and for that entire time there has been the one and only Fray Plasm at the helm. To that end Fray is looked at as the official figurehead and ruler of Eastern, their name and visage plastered across much of New Heaven and Eastern at large.   As the name suggests PlasCo is the #1 developer of Plasmatech with everything from toasters, furniture (automated), and weapons being under its umbrella. With no laws against monopolies PlasCo has bought out most other big names in the sector except a few. Notably they lack the innovation, or perhaps just the care, for musical technology and as such another large Corporation has risen to power alongside PlasCo known as ASPR, or Audio and Sound Plasma Records. As a huge trader with Western they are seen less of a competitor to PlasCo and more of an ally, with many members of their board of directors also appearing on PlasCo's as well.   Military technology flourishes under PlasCo after the purchase of SpecOps. While allowed to remain under its original name, SpecOps is owned by and answers directly to PlasCo for all intents and purposes.  

ASPR

 

"Asper? They're fine. Guitars, keytars, banjos, they're all fine. Nothing beats the pop and pop shop corner store I found in Western once though. Just goes to show that sometimes you need a living person's touch to make true art." -Atsuko Arai

  Audio and Sound Plasma Records, ASPR, is the second largest corporation in all of Eastern and has a lot of sway with PlasCo. If PlasCo was likened to the official government then ASPR is the office of foreign affairs and tourism. Through ASPR all sorts of deals, sponsorships, and performances are put on in Eastern by bringing in talent from Western. Whenever a major event is held in Central there is almost always a sponsorship deal from ASPR at play.   It's well known that even Kojack's extremely elaborate instruments, decks, and more are all created by the minds at ASPR.   There is rumor that ASPR also works with SpecOps in the creation of sound-based weaponry, although there is no proof of it as of yet.  

New Life

 

"Something shady's going on at New Life. Their slogan of 'It's time to start your New Life' makes me think they want to force it on everyone here one day." - Atsuko Arai

  The company known as New Life is the third largest and, to some, the most extreme of the three major corporations. New Life is a corporation focused on bioengineering and the medical fields. It is the largest producer of medical grade Plasma Tech, implants, limb replacements, and even sofar as artifical hearts and organs. Unlike ASPR, New Life has no ties to PlasCo and is something of a small indie success story. Going from a small doctor office to major corporation over the years.   Also of note is the doctor-turned-CEO Seymour Ciele for being Starless and also extremely successful.   Although they do not work with PlasCo or ASPR they have enough sway and power to occasionally vote on rulings and other important topics hosted by the PlasCo Board of Directors.    

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