The Hive

The Hive is a nation in Call of the Void/Ballad of the Laser Whales.
== History ==
The Hive encompasses seventeen "nations," each with its own island (in one case two nations share an island) united by the great leader Xu Bao.
Xu Bao was a warlord during the warring period in what is now the Hive's central province, Da Yuan. Xu Bao was originally sponsored by UC ideologues who wanted to bring an end to the constant wars in the Seventeen Kingdoms. They succeeded--the collectivist ideology of "The Single Sky," or Yikong, proved very appealing to the people, and Xu Bao united the Seventeen Kingdoms into The People's Collective of Socialist Nations.
The Hive's unification was a huge step forward for the region, whatever downsides it brought. Yes, centralization of agriculture starved millions, and yes, millions more were executed in purges of intellectuals and bureaucrats, but the region was largely modernized, and perhaps most importantly, exploitation by foreign empires came to an end.
The Hive and the UC enjoyed positive relations for a time, but eventually they began to diverge. The UC had hoped that after its initial revolutionary period, the Hive would embrace more enlightened concepts as part of its government, abandoning the authoritarian state necessary during the revolution.
This hope proved damningly naive. The Hive began to expand, aiding "the revolution" in several nearby countries, and eventually bringing them into its sphere of influence.
One such target was the Volgin Empire, one of Chiron's neighbors. The Hive and the UC cooperated in their attempt to bring a similar revolution to the Volgins, in the hope of eventually undoing the UC's colossal fuckup in Chiron.
This was the root of the "White War," in which the Chironites assisted certian radical Royalist factions among the Volgins, while the Hive supported revolutionary collectivists bent on bringing the aforementioned royalist faction down.
Ultimately the war became a stalemate, and it continues to this day, called by some "The Volgin Quagmire."
== Military ==
Since then, the Hive has been continuing its proxy-war with the Chironites while pursuing expansion and development elsewhere. Faced with great difficulties expanding into The Eastern Straits (a huge latticework of islands and small kingdoms colonized ages ago by other powers) and by a few vexingly independent kingdoms, they are nevertheless making gradual progress. Already their arms technology has improved significantly from the start of the war--though they are still far from experts. The Hive's favored Type 70 rifle--a mediocre copy of the Schwarzvald C5--is disparagingly nicknamed the "Brennholz" by the Chironites, and troops are oftentimes equipped with spears or simple cleavers instead of firearms.
== Ideology ==
Yikong is Is blatantly Maoism. Pending further explanation.
== Trivia ==
-The Hive seems to be Maoist China, except that for whatever reason, China become Communist before Russia.Category:Ballad of the Laser Whales
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