The Scandinavian Federation

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==History==
===Human-Vannai War===
Despite the Vannai Puppet’s predilection towards targeting areas with highly developed telecommunications infrastructure or human population, the thinly populated Scandinavian countries were subject to unusually higher frequency of attacks from the Puppets (speculated by some to be a result of the robust defensive effort in the European continental heartland deflecting attacks northward). The activation of the EU’s Nordic Battlegroup saw the collective military forces of the Scandinavian countries combine under one command, oriented around maintaining the security of the region and the strategically vital natural resources it contained. The Nordic Battlegroup command would outlive the governments of Scandinavia and the European Union itself, with the region essentially falling under a military dictatorship for most of the war. This dictatorship eventually came to be headed by General Elias Gustavsson, whose sacrificial use of civilian population centers won him few fans among those working above or beneath him in both military and civilian capacity, but whose military success kept him in power with reluctant support from his peers, who came to view his tactics as a brutal necessity due to their effectiveness.
===Post-War===
In 2019, the Scandinavian Federation leadership was revealed to be part of the Federalist Conspiracy and became a founding member of the European Federation. Despite the very high loss of civilian life due to the tactics utilized by military officers following General Gustavsson’s lead, the destruction of Norway’s environment and exploitation of Scandinavia’s resources, the resulting economic turbulence and the lack of democratic practice observed by the government both before and after becoming a part of the EuF, the Scandinavian Federation remain counted among the EuF’s strongest supporters according to official federal opinion polls.
==Government==
Despite retaining the word “Federation” in its name, the Scandinavian Federation was restructured in the same way as all other members of the EuF following its founding in 2019. As with other constituent nations, it lacks real political power, and its scope of influence is limited to local policies of very little consequence.
==Policies==
===Military===
As a member of the Federation, the Scandinavian Federation is required to contribute troops and equipment to the Federal Armed Forces of Europe. At the time of the 2014 invasion, the individual Scandinavian countries possessed a comparatively small collective military force of about 98,550 personnel, approximately 47% smaller than Britain and 57% smaller than Germany. As part of the European Federation, Scandinavia contributes the largest number of applicants for the Weltraumjaeger program.
===Economic===
The Scandinavian Federation plays a central role in the economy of the European Federation, being the territory in which all vital natural resources are drawn from and, thanks to Muspelheim, where the vast majority of it is also manufactured. This has seen a stark shift from the once stellar economy of Norway in particular transition towards low-wage, low-skill manning and maintenance of the vast megafactory, or transporting goods produced by it. This has resulted in a population shift due to large scale emigration, as educated Norwegians look elsewhere in Europe for more qualified work, and mass immigration to replace these lost workers. Industrial waste has also damaged the local environment, reducing fishing yields and furthering dependence on food imports from other areas of Europe. Muspelheim’s vital importance to the Federation has also resulted in significant military buildup around the area, adding a factor of inconvenience to civilian life there; workers lodge in bunker-barracks and commute to their factory sections onboard armored trams, crossing iron-wrought bridges over waterways transformed into a polluted grey slurry, navigating past flame-belching towers under a dark, smog-choked sky.
===Diplomacy===
The construction of Muspelhiem continues to draw considerable protest from native Norwegians, especially those formerly living in Bergen, who returned to find their picturesque nordic coastal city transformed into a massive industrial complex.
Many Scandinavians elsewhere feel that the federation's new leadership has taken an overly lax stance in regards to its role in the political ecology of the Federation itself. Scandinavia collectively holds the only substantial source of natural gas within the Federation with the closure of Russian pipelines to Europe, which would normally grant it a position of considerable influence within European polity. Instead, the Scandinavian Federation has thus far been happy to play a supporting role to nations that many point out would not be able to function without the resources they provide. Some have blamed this on Scandinavia's previous military dictatorship being unsuited to secure a strong position for itself within the European Federation, while others suggest the dictatorship never intended to in the first place.
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