Federal Kingdom of Krat

**Krat**, officially the **Federal Kingdom of Krat** (Kratese: Kratocsi Szövetségi Királyság), is a country located in northern Tenebris. It is located between the Tenebris Sea, Makyer Sea and the Lumora Sea. The country is made of 9 duchies and 54 counties. Krat is a diverse Federal monarchy, where the ruler has nearly absolute power. It is also one of the oldest countries on Astrius with a rich culture and deep military tradition.

With a population of about 1.1 billion, it is the second most populous country in Astrius and Tenebris. The capital of the country is Orlamouth, and it's most populous city is Cantana with over 67 million inhabitants. The kingdom boasts a very diverse population. Actual Kratese population (from the Grand Duchy of Krat Proper) is vastly lower than that of other nationalities (Eg. There are about two times as many Dalepkians living in the country than Kratese).

Like other countries in Tenebris, the country's history was largely influenced by religions, wars, minorities and neighbouring states. Unlike in many countries, discrimination in Krat was nearly unknown for their entire existence. Their unique demography has ensured that every nationality living in the country is equal. The only forms of discrimination are towards foreign nationalities and even those are mainly by FEDA, an organisation created by Vidoravennia to exterminate "lesser races". The organisation still exists today, but is more like the private army of the ruler instead of the people that make the SS look like an ideal solution in comparison. In the history of the country, they mostly switched between an Imperial and Democratic systems. In 1927, the Federated Union of Socialist States brought a very prosperous socialist era, they even won the First World War. In 1967, Vidoravennia was formed after the collapse of the socialist system, they were responsible for the FEDA and the Second World War. In the civil war that followed their collapse, the kingdom we know today united the country in an absolute monarchy.

## Etymology

The name "Krat" comes from the Altyan word of "Krate" or "Crate". The reason for this is that when the confederation of tribes first arrived in Tenebris, they were just finished with looting Ruchkia. This means that they had quite a lot of crates and chests full of gold. The Altyans referred to the people of the confederation as "Leute mit den Krate" or "The people with the crates". The reason the people of Krat adopted this as their official name has been lost to time, but incredibly dedicated scientists are working day and night on uncovering the origins of Krat.

## Military

### General Info

The military of the Federal Kingdom of Krat is possibly the best in the world, both in quantity and quality. The official name of the full military is the **Federal Armed Forces of the Federal Kingdom of Krat**. There are various branches. These are:

* **The Federal Ground Forces**
* **The Federal Air Forces**
* **The Federal Planetary Navy**
* **The Federal Cosmic Navy**
* **The Federal Marine Corps**
* **The Federal Rods of God Network**
* **The Federal Military Innovation and Enhancement Unit**
* **The Royal Guard**
* **The Kratese Special Operations Unit**

### The Federal Ground Forces

The **Federal Ground Forces** is the largest branch of the Kratese military in numbers.

With a total of 8.2 million personnel equipped with possibly the best equipment available, it is a large and formidable force.

**Personnel**
 Reserve

#### Vehicles of the Ground Forces

There are over 100 000 ground vehicles in service. The vehicles of the military are of top quality and are made with deep passion. All of the vehicles are of domestic design and are manufactured solely in Kratese territory.

### Federal Air Forces

The **Federal Air Forces** is as the name suggest, the air force of the federation. The air force is currently home to over 1.7 million personnel.

**Personnel**
 Reserve

#### Vehicles of the Federal Air Forces

The air force uses vastly more unmanned aircraft than conventional ones. The reason was that these UAVs were easier to transport and cheaper to produce. This helped a lot when engaging in interplanetary combat.

### The Federal Planetary Navy

The planetary navy of the federation is it's most neglected branch. It has the most outdated equipment in the Federal Armed Forces. Lately, however some decisions and investments were made to upgrade the navy as soon as possible. With some 1.4 million personnel, it's mostly built of surface vessels, but has a significant submarine force.

**Personnel**
 Reserve

#### Vessels of the Federal Planetary Navy

As mentioned before, the navy is built from mostly surface vessels on a "Fleet in Being" doctrine, although lately it's been trasnforming into a more carrier focused fighting force. With over 780 vessels, it's a formidable foe, though a large portion of the vessels are outdated and in need of serious upgrade. The most up-to-date vessels are the Cruisers and the various Carriers.

### The Federal Cosmic Navy

The Federal Cosmic navy is one of the most important branches. Meant to protect the colonies and stations of the GDCA and Krat. They have the second largest personnel count in the Federal Armed Forces with over 5.3 million.

**Personnel**
 Reserve

#### Vessels of the Federal Cosmic Navy

The vessels of the Federal Cosmic Navy operate in small task forces. The two largest ships are the two supercarriers "Sword of Allah" and "Divine Wrath". With over 150 vessels, it's one of the largest cosmic forces known.

### The Federal Marine Corps

The Federal Marine Corps usually serve on Kratese Navy ships, protect naval bases and provide an ever-ready quick strike force to protect Kratese interests anywhere in the system. with well over 1 million personnel, they fight in the name of the monarch all over the system. Their latest deployment was on Titan, against small pirate groups.

**Personnel**
 Reserve

### The Federal Rods of God Network

The Federal Rods of God Network is a system of a number of satellites on Astrius orbit. They provide security to mainland Krat and works as a deterrent against any foe. The satellites are hypersonic space weapons. They utilize heavy kinetic bombardment from orbit to eliminate enemy forces. with 50 000 personnel, it's one of the smallest branches.

**Personnel**
 Reserve

### The Federal Military Innovation and Enhancement Unit

The FMIEU, as the name suggests works on military research. They work on inventing new weapons, designing new equipment, enhancing already used equipment and reverse-engineering captured equipment.

**Personnel**
 Engineering
 Security
 Other

### The Royal Guard

The Royal Guard was formed right after the kingdom was born in 2007. They are tasked with guarding embassies, government offices and the royalty. They are the elites of the elites. They are nearly always active personnel. The reserved personnel are various Drill Sergeants and QRF forces tasked with rapid deployment in case assaulter firepower gets overwhelming to already deployed guardsmen. Their training begins at age 10. Every Royal Guard is an orphan. Every orphan still in an orphanage between age 10 and 18 can "enlist" in a test. Their physical and mental abilities will be tested. If they pass, the Royal Guard adopts them and they will be moved in a hostal. There, normal education, military education and physical education will be educated in parallel. If the Cadets pass this school, they will be sent on proper military training, where they will master the usage of firearms and tactics in practice, and after completion they will be assigned at one of the posts of the Royal Guard, or placed in reserve to be a Drill Sergeant or QRF. If a Cadet fails the school, they will return to the orphanage and continue normal life.

**Personnel**
 Reserve

### The Kratese Special Operations Unit

As the name suggests, this force is not federal. Every duchy has their own special forces, but for the sake of simplicity, we will only include the duchy of Krat proper. The reson we only include the Kratese one and not the others, is because Federal Command of all the special operations units is under the command of the Kratese Special Operations Unit. These very trained warriors are sent on special missions to obtain, destroy or investigate assets of hostile forces.

**Personnel**
 Reserve