Editing Dystopian Wars (section)

== Allied Nations ==

=== Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ===

Sandwiched between the Prussian Empire and the Russian Coalition, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth has always stood in a precarious position in the volatile political intrigues and territorial disputes of central and Eastern Europe. The Commonwealth is not inconsiderable in size – its lands stretch from the Baltic to the Black Sea coasts, with Riga its northernmost city and Odessa the southernmost. Formed from a union of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Commonwealth has a unique system of governance; the elective monarchy. The ruling King of the Commonwealth is elected by a parliamentary body known as the Sejm, which holds the real political power in the nation – in the past several kings have been dismissed from office by the Sejm which felt that their rule was proceeding counter to the best interests of the Commonwealth.

The Commonwealth has some nasty flamethrowers and incendiary weapons spread over a limited number of ground and aerial units.

=== Ottoman Empire ===

Once thought to be a power in decline, the Ottoman Dominons have staged a remarkable recovery in their fortunes over the last century. Dominating the eastern end of the Mediterrenean, the Dominion occupies the crossroads of the Eurasian continent and as a result holds enormous influence on all overland trade between Europe and Orient. The Dominion’s central Asian territories also hold vast quantities of mineral oil – black gold whose significance is just becoming apparent to the other major powers. Long considered militarily backwards, the Dominion has recently undertaken a major overhaul and modernisation of its military forces under its dynamic new Sultan and his wise and experienced Grand Vizier.

The Ottomans have access to a nice variety of naval units and some air support. They have a lot of tricks they can pull with weather manipulation, moving sea mines, mortars and powerful broadsides. Their ships are a little on the expensive side, though.

=== League of Italian States ===

Of all the great powers of the world, perhaps none are as skilled in the arts of political chicanery and deadly focused violence as the Italian League. The fractious Italian peninsula has long been the scene of wars, dynastic struggles and political infighting, and such matters still exist today, although to a lesser degree, as the one thing that unites the otherwise disparate forces in Italian politics is their desire for territorial expansion – the League fancies itself as the forerunners of a new Italian empire dominating the Mediterranean basin. The Italians spent many years capitalising upon the weaknesses of their neighbours, taking only what they could wrest without provoking outright war.

=== Chinese Federation ===

Possessing all the requirements of a true superpower – population, resources and an overall central governing body – circumstances have consistently combined to prevent the Federation from joining the ranks of the great empires. Battered over the course of the centuries by numerous invasion attempts by the Russian Coalition, and with the Ottoman Dominions and the Empire of the Blazing Sun often chewing at its eastern and western extremities, the Federation is also plagued by destructive internal politics – the Mongolian Khanates of the Iron Horde who hold the Federation’s northern border regions with Russia are particularly fractious. The Emperor, although in theory the absolute overlord of the collection of kingdoms that comprise his nation, in fact has to rule with a combination of shrewd diplomacy and political ingenuity, playing off one kingdom against another in order to further his own goals. In addition, the Federation’s strong and well-justified distrust of foreigners and their intentions has prevented it from acquiring overseas aid in its industrialisation process, resulting in comparatively slow progress compared to the rest of the world.

The Chinese have enough models that they could almost be considered another core faction. They have lots of naval models and upcoming releases promise lots of new aerial and ground models as well. Their capital class ships are a little slow. They have lots of low-quality boarding troops. Their boats are quite resilient to taking single points of damage and to critical effects. Almost all of their weaponry either kills crew, starts fires, or corrodes the enemy over time in addition the regular damage they do.

=== Republic of Egypt ===

These guys don't have models <s>yet</s>.

The models were included as part of the expansion Kickstarter that ran in November/December 2016 but has not shipped <s>yet</s>.

=== Socialist Union of South America ===

And neither do these.

=== Dominion of Royal Australia and New Zealand ===

The 1840s witnessed many Australians rebelling against their British rulers for independence. Not all states supported independence though, and some supported the crown. The states of Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and South Australia maintained their old loyalties to Britain and stood against the rebels. The Rebels attacked Victoria before being repulsed, and the loyalist counter-attack never came- having learned of the devastation of the American Civil War a diplomatic solution was reached instead, granting rebelling states the right to secede as a separate nation with little blood spilt over the matter.

The Dominion of Royal Australia and New Zealand provide food and mineral resources to the Kingdom of Brittania in addition to troops who fight in her many wars abroad. Standing armies seldom remain on the continent in the aim of maintaining the mutually agreeable peace that stands on the continent. 

=== Commonwealth of Free Australia === 

A new nation birthed from the states of Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory that seceded after the brief Australian Civil War. Their independance was granted on provision that the new nation did not attempt to influence the loyalist states to revolution and that they maintain peace with the loyalists. The Commonwealth has moderate agricultural and material resources, but its main source of wealth are the mercenaries it provides to nations around the world, particularly to the Empire of the Blazing Sun. This has lead to tensions with Brittania, as the Japanese are at war with them in the Pacific, meaning that Australians have fought each other in the field. It is also known that they are one of the last allies of the Covenant of Antarctica, who supply the Australians with scientific support and advanced weaponry.