Technocratic Order of Norden

## Description

### Brief History

After the massive collapse of all countries in North America, the towns and cities in Greenland were arguably the worst off. Lacking the population, resources, connections or even infrastructure of any of the other regions, and given that they were completely isolated from the rest of the world, many observers assumed that the whole region was either going to have a mass exodus or completely starve to death, making the whole area uninhabited once again. Extinction was a terrifyingly real possibility for the population of Greenland, and mass panic set in as they realized just how much danger they were in, they grew desperate for anything that could save them and were ready to give up much for their survival.

### The New Order

In the midst of the mass panic at the grave situation, a group of scientist, engineers, Psychologists, Generals, Admirals and various other various industry professionals gathered and offered a solution to the scared population. They proposed a new form of government that had been untested up to that point, a system that would allow them to survive by using all of the limited resources they had with one hundred percent efficiency. They called it Technocracy, an American idea from the 1930's, created in the midst of the great depression as a solution to mass unrest and suffering, and was once again being proposed for a similar but much more dire crisis. It was the perfect solution to the current problem they argued, only allowing the best in the field to lead the various government functions would be the only thing that would save them they argued. All they asked was the total co-operation of the people if they were to not starve to death, after a few weeks of gaining public trust and attention, they were seen as the only group that could save them all. Vowing to get rid of all the incompetent politicians that caused their suffering and to allow only the most intelligent and educated of the the population to rule, guaranteeing to make sure that the government functions are run efficiently and without partisan bickering and deadlocking to get in the way of critically important reforms and change of the past. The new 'Technocracy party' had gained the trust of the public, and without any real competitors, they soon rose to governance and immediately started to mold society.

### The Saviors of Greenland

It wasn't easy to save the people, and sacrifices had to be made, but some would argue that what they gave up would come to haunt them forever. After a little more than a year, the new government managed to save the population from a close call with famine and started to stabilize all of the towns and cities of Greenland. They were hailed and heroes and saviors in the press and the streets, they managed to turn the bleak frozen climate into something that was self sustaining and livable. They even started to build the foundations of heavy industry and a setting up an industrial revolution for Greenland. But all this progress came at a price, the people gave up many freedoms and liberties to the government in exchange for the only chance for survival, and now it was too late to go back. The government in with total control of political power, started to mold the society to fit them. Denying any other political party from manifesting, denying people to strike for fear of total resource crashes, denying the citizens to voice dissidence, denying citizens from carrying any sort of weapons to prevent armed revolt, and denying the wright to organize unions and protests. The government started to turn extremely authoritarian and was committed to total power. After several years of societal change, there was no turning back, it was no longer possible for the citizens to revolt, it was too late. The government renamed the land, saying that the name was no longer representative of the new culture and society they have become, the new name would be Norden.

### Norden

The government was in total control, no longer would action take years to occur, now it took merely a single hearing of the counsel to address issues without public knowledge or input. After all the time that had passed, Norden became more and more dystopian. The only press was government run and a propaganda machine, the people were under constant watch by the government, the police were militarized and trained to combat dissidence, the public were not allowed to own property, and the military were highly revered and hailed. In 1950 the government made an announcement to the world, proclaiming that they were still alive and were now the Technocratic order of Norden. This came as a surprise to the global community as everyone assumed they had stared to death due to the lack of communications.

### The Technate Order

The new order was here to stay. It is currently run by a faceless counsel of the heads of the various government functions, only allowing the most intelligent and skilled people in their field to become leaders. The government have total control over technology and it's development, devoting much of the budget to advancements, and is currently one of the highest spenders on technological development in the world. The order generally doesn't show it's most advanced tech to it's people, only allowing it to be revealed to the public once it's already outdated or replaced by something else, only allowing industry leaders and military personnel to be granted new technology. While the people gave up much for their survival it isn't all for the worst as the government guaranties every citizen middle class wages, living standards, and housing, giving jobs to the unemployed and having a universal basic income, the government makes sure to provide for it's citizens to make them docile and content to let them rule. The education system is also seen as very impressive, making sure everyone is granted extremely high levels of education. Norden people tend to be very bright and innovative people because they were taught critical thinking skills from a very young age, granting the brightest of these minds powerful positions. The population has also been starting to become nationalistic, believing that they are the most intelligent and have the most competent government, criticizing other governments for every mistake they make to prove they are superior. The military uses tactics from the German panzerwaffen, using heavily mechanized mobile warfare and armored tactics, usaly using medium tanks to outmaneuver or just overrun opponents with fast movements. The navy commands an only submarine sleet, emphasizing stealth above all else. The government is seated in a large three sided concrete pyramid in the capital, where national government functions take place. The Order is always in control, always watching, always learning.

Hail to the Machine.

### Conclusion

The Technocratic Order of Norden in a dystopia inspired by 1984 and given a technocratic twist. The theme was to have an ideology that was promised to save the people, but have the promised twisted by power hungry people, demonstrating that everything can be twisted for someone's personal gain. This was pretty long but I had fun making it.