Alliance of Communes

Alliance of Communes, or the Allies, is a playable faction in Psysonic Omega, which features chrono technology, beam weapons and advanced Airforce.

## Societal

### Capital

* Brussel
* "Liberty" Space Station

### Accepted Ideologies

* Social Democracy
* Social Liberalism
* Religious Socialism
* Libertarian Communism
* Anarchism
* Ultratotalism

## History

Alliance of Commune is a superstate organization composed of most of the former Allied nations, except for the United States and some countries in the British Commonwealth of Nations.

### The Corrupting European Allied Forces

After the World War, the EU people realized the importance of European Unification, which was the key to protecting the peaceful international order and their values. Henceforth, the EU formed its unified armed force named the European Allied Forces (EAF), which replaced the armed forces of the member states and soon grew to be one of the most powerful armies. However, as the size of EAF grew rapidly, so did its political power. Due to the institutional flaws, the EAF was more like an independent political power in the EU, which was the beginning of the tragedy.

#### Frozen Hell

A few years later, the European Allied Forces initiated a series of military operations, invading the pro-Soviet regimes in Africa and the Mideast, occupying the Suez Canal, and making those countries the playgrounds for big techs. To help the new and unstable pro-EU government suppress the rebellion, the Allies usually used Cryo weapons to freeze a large area, freezing and disarming everyone in the area, and then transporting them to the recent detention camps which were run by FutureTech.

When the inhumane behaviors in the detention camps were exposed to the public, a massive riot swept across Europe. People were calling for shrinking the size and power of EAF and the big techs, and there were even extremists demanding to quit the EU. At that very moment, for the first time, EAF disobeyed the order from Brussel, sending Cryo troopers to the streets to quell the unrest. As a result, although the riot was pacified, the democratic system of the EU was seriously damaged. Since then, the EAF even strengthened its control of the European bureaucracy, making the parliament pass more flexible laws that allow the EAF to take "necessary actions" to maintain the unity of the EU.

### Tech Dystopia

In the following years, there were more laws restricting the civil society passed, and more protests against the Allied Forces. By suppressing the civil unrest, the EU gradually became a tech-oligarchy superstate, where the scientists and big techs controlled the daily lives of ordinary people, and the EAF cracked down on resistance.

In this period, many well-known achievements were made. "Liberty" Space Station was assembled and resided in low Earth orbit, which would be the new capital of the Allies and the command center of the space forces. Chrono and Cryo technology were further developed, which made it possible for long-range space travel. The EU Space Agency established the first habitat center in Mars orbit. To compete with Japan, FutureTech invested in biotech, and successfully developed several types of commercial artificial organs.

Meanwhile, a mass surveillance system was deployed to strengthen the control over the society. In the streets, all the biological patterns of people were collected and automatically analyzed to find the possible one who intended to rebel. The Civil Control Agency of the EAF would purge the dissents by arresting and putting them into the Cryo prison.

When the leaders look at the deep starry sky, dreaming of a great cause for the entire human being, the people are working hard for livelihood.

### Europa Spring

Things changed when the parliament, which had already been controlled by big techs and EAF, was about to pass the controversial Population Improvement Act, which allowed the government and the corporations to use artificial wombs and forced abortion to control population growth. It also authorized the government and the big techs to apply genetic modification to "improve" human quality. This act immediately ignited Europe and the other Allied countries.

Despite the threat of bullets and Cryo beam, millions of people took to the streets to protest against the government. Workers and students were motivated, and initiated the largest strike in history, fighting for the future of their next generations. Even police and public servants vetoed the orders from their superiors and joined the people. Although the government speakers announced that there would be no racist and unethical factors when applying the act, no one believed that, and the civil unrest continued.

Before the angry mobs broke through the defense of the army and occupied the parliament building in France and the EU center in Belgium, the leaders had fled to their new home, "Liberty" Space Station, in which they could assess the orbital defense system and all the Cryo satellites. They planned to use space weapons to eradicate the rebels once and for all.

However, an unexpected incident broke that plan. One of the Chronospheres received a set of wrong parameters, which caused a chrono storm on the surface of the "Liberty" Space Station and killed the leaders. The reason for this incident is still unknown. Some people say the cosmic ray led to a critical error and caused the incident. There is also a rumor that an unknown hero hacked into the chronosphere and deliberately changed the parameters. All in all, the incident prevented the space force from executing the inhumane order and also terminated the long reign of technocrats. The Europa Spring was coming.

### Alliance of Communes

After toppling down the technocratic government, the EU was reorganized in a more democratic and more decentralized way. Not only the government, but also the army, research facilities, and big techs are democratized. Humanitarianism value is retaken and emphasized. The inhumane research projects are prohibited, and the laws that allow mass surveillance are abolished. Although violence and discrimination against scientists once emerged, the threat from the other side of the Atlantic and the East reminds the people that technology and innovation are still the safeguards of freedom.

Nowadays, the Allies are still viewed as the most powerful armed forces on Earth, but it has lost their fangs. The capital and scientists that supported those inhumane projects left for a new place and are continuing the research. Only time will tell how long the last bastion of the free world can hold out.

#### Participation of South America

The foundation of Alliance of Communes has a profound influence on the rest of the world. In South America, many people were deeply encouraged to take the arms and fight against the military dictators. Many of them failed due to the interference of the US, but the ABC powers eventually joined the Alliance of Communes, which seriously broke the power balance and partially led to the infamous Russo-American cooperation.

## Politics

### General

Alliance of Communes is not as liberal democratic as it announces, the vast majority of power is concentrated in two institutions, the Committee of Public Safety and the International Convention. The Committee of Public Safety, modeled on the eponymous Committee that carried out the Reign of Terror (1793–94), inherited the technocratic features of the former government. The member of the committee is not directly elected by the people but elected by the International Convention. The members of the International Convention are specified by the leaders of the member states. For an ordinary person, it is too distant for him or her to get in touch with the center of power. What is delighted is that very important affairs, such as war and the legislation of ethical laws, are still decided by referendum.

As for the member states, they are all namely parliamentary democratic regime. However, unlike the EU, the member states of the Alliance of Communes are no longer viewed as sovereignty states. The rights about military, diplomatic and legislation have been transferred to the International Convention.

In addition, information technology is widely applied in Communal politics. The general election and referendum can be participated by the network, and the authenticity of the ballot is guaranteed by cryptographic methods.

### Ideology

Generally, social democracy and democratic socialism are the mainstream ideology of the Alliance of Commune. However, it is also influenced by transhumanism and posthumanism, due to its advanced technology. Many politicians believe that the progress of technology should equally benefit all people in the Alliance. Thus, they also argue that the Alliance of Commune should priorly popularize the benefit of technology inside the Alliance and lead the Allied people to the next stage of human evolution, instead of pursuing the unrealistic liberation of all mankind.

### Supervised Zone

The Allies is still occupying many oversea territories, including Greenland, the Middle East, North Africa and some islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are classified as the so-called *Supervised Zone*. These regions are administrated by the local Allied forces military committee. Massive surveillance is applied to counter the hostile infiltration activities. After the rise of the Psychic Order, Committee of Public Safety also froze all the public elections in the Supervised Zones.

## Economy

The European part of the Alliance of Communes is still the most developed economy in the world, albeit the economic democratization in Europa Spring reduced the confidence of capital. Thanks to the advanced technology, highly developed governing system, and progressive culture, the production efficiency of the European Allied countries is very high, and the demand for consumer goods is strong.

On the other hand, what makes people concern is the regional wealth gap between the European part and the American part. Even though the American countries in the Alliance are also developed, their jobs and capital are continuing to flow to Europe, which deepens the gap between the two regions.

## Military

The Allied armed forces consist of four parts: Army, Airforce, Navy and Space Force.

To restrict the power of the armed forces, the size of the Allied forces is smaller than other superpowers' armies in the world. Furthermore, political officers and ideological censorship were introduced to the Allied forces to ensure that the troops were loyal to liberal socialism values.

## Social

Generally, the society of the Alliance of Communes embraces techno-progressivism and liberalism. New technology, such as artificial womb, unmanned factory, space biosphere, and genetic modification, is widely used, but they are also strictly regulated by law. With the development of technology, it has been common sense that human society will evolve to an unknown form, but the transition process should be gentle and harmless to most people, even if it will sacrifice efficiency.

Family is still an important idea because many intellectuals argue that the dissolution of the family shall lead to a dangerous and unpredictable future. Although the large-scale application of artificial wombs has reduced people's sense of family identity, the government still encourages people to spend more time with their families by setting more public holidays, subsidizing marriage, and reducing working time.

## Arsenal

### Buildings

Construction Yard

Cold Fusion Reactor

Refinery

Boot Camp

Armour Facility

Sea Port

Gravity Stabilizer

Research and Development Facility

Research Station

### Defense Building

Wall

Proton Turret

Spectrum Tower

Chronosphere

Proton Collider

Command hub

### Infantry

Nano Buzzer

Designated Marksman

Enforcer

Sniper

Legionnaire Infantry

Sniper

Spy

A.v.H. Commando

### Ground Vehicle

Harvester

Seeker ACV

Hydra

Guardian Tank Mk II

Athena Cannon

Mirage Tank Mk II

Pacifier

Future Tank

### Aircraft

Storm Knight

Fairy Fighter

Cryocopter

Aurora Bomber

Archangel

Kodiak

Chronos

### Vessel

Dolphin

Assault Destroyer

Aircraft Carrier