Frankia

**Frankia** is a Civiliced/Armoury World in the Segmentum Pacificus. The planet was colonized by humans during the  Dark Age of Technology coming from the ancient nation-state of Franc. It is the homeworld of the Frank Artillery Corp and also stores weapons and ammunitions for other Regiments in the Leman Sector. Popular exports are vine and dairy products coming from Frankias plantages who are mostly located on the small continent of Nanse. Fashion is also a popular product and very common in the Madator Subsector.

## History

### Pre-Imperial

The date which Frankia was colonized is unknown. It is known that the first colonists were from the ancient nation-state of Franc.

After the fall of the first Human Stellar Empire, the planet split into several nation-states struggling for power. Their wars were dominated by extreme artillery bombardments and heavy assaults by grenadiers. During this time most nation-states fell until only 7 were still remaining in a peaceful state. This didn`t mean that war wasn`t extinct.

### Imperial Time

Frankia was rediscovered 834.M30 by the Mechanicus with which Frankia still enjoys a very good relationship. Soon after the integration lead by the smallest nation-state Bascou, the local armies were formed into several regiments. These regiments became known as the Frank Artillery Corp. After the Horus Heresy, which spared the planet although smaller naval battles were fought in the system, the planet was partly designated as an Armory world. To the same, the military industry grew into heights of productivity unknown for thousands of years. Focusing on artillery guns, shells and equipment for artillery units.

432.M38 saw a rebellion of several Imperial Guard Regiments and their transport fleet in the sector because of several reasons. The now Traitor Guard Regiments travelled through the Sector ransacking several Merchant Fleets and space stations. But a year later in 433.M38 arrived an Imperial Battle Fleet to put the insurrection down. In a way to evade the fleet changed the traitors their fleets into the direction of Frankia and plunder the arsenals on the planet. In a crude maneuver broke their fleet through the orbital defences but losing their coercion. Local PDF Regiments used their mobile artillery to decimate their heavier units but the Traitor Light Infantry Regiments were able harass their movements enough to force a fighting retreat out of the southwestern continent. When the battered traitors arrived at the Armouries and Manufactories who were meanwhile heavily reinforced they lacked the heavy equipment to siege the fortified positions down and had to retreat. With arriving reinforcements made up by 2 Deat Korp of Krieg and an Elysiom Drop Regiment the traitors were forced in a last stand in trenches but lasted there only 4 months. The planetary invasion durated for 14 months and costed 7 million people their lives.

## Government

The local political system is an indirect democracy. Every Hive City and notable town send on senator into the planetary Parliament, who elects leaders and vote over laws. In Hive Cities the local parliaments member are drawn from the population, mostly from the high than followed by the midsection inhabitants. Sectors in a Hive City are ruled by local professional councils made of 25 regular members and 10 drawn from the sector. As the highest-ranking official in a Hive City serves a Princepe who`s council is made up from members from the lower councils. Villages and small towns are ruled by smaller elected councils and the continents are grouped in so called Prefectures to enforce the law and to effective govern the world. The landmasses are seperated into 45 Prefectures, who coordinate trade between them, building programms and economical development. Prefectures are ruled by a Major Prefect and the local government members come from the local Prefecture.

## Military

### Frank Artillery Corp

Frankia is the homeworld f the Frank Artillery Corp, a group of artillery regiments with expanded grenadier companies and renown for their anti-air capabilities. Rarer are the Frank grenadier regiments serving as protection for the artillery and line infantry. Nearly all recruits came from Frankia. An unknown percentage of the population is conscripted for 10 years to serve in regiments doing garrison duties at the core worlds. From these units came nearly half of all new recruits for the more active regiments.

### Planetary Defence

The PDF and the planet's stationed units have accesses to some of the best artillery weapons and the massive storage of stored guns, tanks, fighter and munition. Frankia has the following defence structures:

* 187 airbase (most are at least to a part underground or in a mountain)
* 73 anti-ship missile launcher sites
* 287 planetary anti-ship cannons
* 103 planetary lances
* 23.400 in fortresses and hives stationed heavy artillery guns or Macrocannons
* 287 fortresses
* 56 Orbital Weapon Platforms
* 3 Spaceports

The bulk of the regiments on Frankia are PDF regiments but several other regiments are at the beginning of the M42 stationed on the surface. Mostly for refreshing or upgrading of its equipment.

### Garrison Forces

* **3rd PDF Corps:** 350,000 men. Result of fusion of the 1st, 2nd, 8th and 11th PDF regiment.
* **1st PFD Corps:** 150,000 men. The 1st is made up by elite PDF Regiments of Frankia and is a high-quality unit.
* **4th PDF Corps:**100,000 men. Composed of veterans from the Frank Artillery Corp.
* **2nd PDF Corps:** 200,000 men. A training unit for other regiments.
* **5th PDF Corps:** 150,000 men. Is stationed around the planet and on the local moons.
* **6th PDF Corps:** 250,000 men. Guards the storage facilities.
* **7th PDF Corps:** A 75.000 men strong formation armed with heavy artillery and tanks
* **178th Frankian Sieg Artillery Regiment:** 25,000 men. Finished refreshing and helps training new recruits.
* **78th Frankian Grenadier Regiment:** 30.000 men from a regular Regiment serving as an elite PDF force
* **130th Frankian Artillery Regiment:** 28,000 men. A regiment frequently returning to its home planet.
* **345th Armageddon Steel Legion Tank Regiment:** 80,000 men. Spend is time to reorganise after several campaigns.
* **31th Balakovo Guard Regiment:** 100.000 men.
* **PDF Air Force Corp:** 80.000 men with 20.000 aircrafts

### System Defence Force

* **6x Cobra Class Destroyers**
* **6x Defence Monitors**
* **2x Enforcer Cruisers**

## Landscape

Frankia has preserved its natural beauty. The dominating landscape are is plains with its many ridges and forests. Most settlements on the planet-face are in comparison to hives extremely small. The average population count in these towns is 9 million people. The weapon storage and weapon fabrics are giant landmarks on the surface dominating entire regions.

Frankia has 3 continents: Labour in the southwest a rural continent with cattle and mines. Usaceor is the biggest continent and has inside 3 minor oceans and is heavily populated and industrialised. Nanse is the smallest continent. Between the continents exist myriad of smaller or medium sized islands and the ocean regions on the surface have lone islands around 780.000km². Surface coverage: 37,89% land and 62,11% water. The landmass coverage is: 42,11% plains with lots of ridges and forests, 8,89% mountains, 9% wasteland, 23% swamps and 17% other.

Frankia is known for its seas of wine plantations. A more uncommon fact is that the planet also produces other spiritous. Most of those plantations are south of the equator the part of Frankia with striking coastlines and a Mediterranean temperature. On the northern part of Frankia dominate by mountain chains with an average range of 3800 metres and often housing the armouries.

## Notable Locations

* **Parni-City:** Capital hive of the planet with a population of 1 billion. The architecture reminds the same style of the early Empire - not functional but more beautiful and artistic. The high section of the Hive has one of the most extravagant of the Imperium. In there the most successful fashion designer of the Segment have settled down. Parni-Cities most important civilian factories have specialised in producing top fashion.
* **Versalles:** A hive city were most of the nobles in the sub-sector live. One of the centres for art on Frankia. Has a very high percentage of nobles and rich people in the population. The Upper Hive originated and is centered around an old big villa which was owned by one of the regents of the nation-states. Nowadays it is the home of the Lord Governeure.
* **Remusè-Plain:** The biggest unsettled area on the planet. Wrecks of ancient battles can be found here. Most wrecks originate from the Age of Strife although several Ork Stampaas were found destroyed by artillery. The strange is that although the inhabitants know from an Ork attack on Frankia but can`t remember when it happened.
* **Ridges-Plain:** A very hilly area located on the south-eastern continent. Location of several storage buildings. The area is also heavily fortified and is the location of several trainings centres for the Planetary Defence Force. Ridges-Plain was once the site of several ancient villages but who were destroyed in the Age of Strife or in the short unification war.
* **Labour:** The southwestern continent and is only sparsely settled. Important economical branches are cattle breeding and mining. Most bigger settlements are on the peninsulas. Was the side of most battles in the invasion of 432.M38.
* **Usaceor:** As the biggest continent is Usaceor the most populated and industrialized continent of Frankia. Cable railways allow the fast transportation of goods and persons and most Armouries are there located too built in the mountains. Around 25% of all plantages are located at the southern peninsular.
* **Nanse:** Nanse is the smallest continent and is specialized in the production of wine hosting most plantations on the planet. The Hive Cities are allotted equally on the continent while they are on the other continents clustered in small Hive Clusters.

## Culture and Religion

The capital called Parni-City hosts the biggest temple for the emperor. It may be massive but is dwarfed when compared to smaller temples of shrine worlds. The forces of the Inquisition has a secret training facility beneath the capital. Members of the Ecclesiarchy are in a kind of special caste with their children nearly always becoming priests. Not all their children will choose to become priests and not members of this caste can also become members of this cast. This special caste is the only one on Frankia.

Frankia is also known for its wine and fashion. The Frankians speak a quite strong dialect of Low Gothic and have a reputation for being quite argumentative. Later results in a quite higher number of Enforcers in the settlements. Many communities around military installations are very militarized which in the other cities is not so uncommon but not so extreme like Cadia or other Fortress Worlds.

Frankia has a quite high production of farming products mainly of alcoholic products and cheese. Except for the cheese, most products are produced by big farms. Wine which is the most commonly produced kind of alcohol is mainly produced by small plantages on the land but many Frankians (at least the ones who have a garden) grow their own wine. While a large quantity of wines are sold off world most of those products are consumed on the planet.

## Notable Persons

* **President Ludwig Pargon VI:** The president of the nation-state of Bascou and the first Planetary Governeur. He was the driving force behind the integration of Frankia. His family - who already had been an important dynasty on Frankia before the integration - is an important dynasty specialised in working in the local Administratum.
* **Joanna de Krezky:** De Krezky is an admiral in the Imperial Navy and leads the local Strike Force Madator.
* **Primus Josephe:** Primus Josephe is a high-ranking member of the Forge World of Kass II who supports Frankia and had for many centuries guided the Armouries.
* **Pierre Yasoin:** A well-known artist on Frankia during M38.
* **Elum Ramsk:** Elum Ramsk is the 412th acting Sector Governeur of the Leman Sector since late M41. He is responsible for the latest legal and bureaucratic reforms swepping the Sector. Born in 891.M41 on the World of Frankia, enjoyes the Sector Governeur a high popularity ammong the commoners and the local Segmentum Command.

## Fauna and Flora

The Fauna and Flora of Frankia is in average medium-sized creatures and plants.

* **Artillery Bug:** A six-legged insectoid unable to fly. Its body is cast in dark dim blue armour. Hunts prey with rocks other object swallowed prior and pressed out by with 75m/s able up to a distance of 250 meters. Normally not aggressive against Humans or untypical prey but ignores the risk of collateral damage when hunting. They show higher brain activities than other insects.
* **Giant Violett Blume:** A kind of flower growing up to 4m with the emerald green leaves forming a nest around the stip. There exist several variants of this plant. Typical colour is violent. Giant Violett Blumes have dependent of variant of flowers with different sizes. Bee like creatures us the pollen as food and the flowers as a base for their smaller nest.
* **Glyph Rooster:** A bird native on Frankia similar to an ancient farm animal but with hair-like scales and wings. This animal has specialized itself in hunting down smaller insects or eating of seeds, nuts and fruits. Male versions have a dark green crest on its head and female have red scales mixed into their scales. The scales are coloured in a darker ton of light brown.
* **Boar Pig:** The Boar Pig is a mammal on Frankia often used by common farmers for meat production. Sometimes regional populations can suddenly explode and start moving in other regions. Such migration result in a big hunting season.

## Economy

The industry on Frankia is specialised in the production of artillery, ammunition for the artillery and other equipment for artillery units. Most resources like iron can be mined on Frankia, although secondary metals like copper have to be mostly imported from the local moon and asteroid belts. Agricultural is the production of alcoholic products especially wine an important factor. Secondary is the production of diary products. Most non-military goods are produced on Frankia although several high-tech products like Servitors have to be imported.