Zalesian Technate

"'A state of individuals, operating on the mathematical precision and direction of engineers, guarded by an army of mercenaries and bandits.' —Comandante Costanzo Giurati, regarding Zalesia"The Zalesian Technate (Zalesian: Ⰸⰰⰾⰵⱄⰽⰻⰹ Ⱅⰵⱈⱀⰰⱅ) is a technocratic state in northern Asteria bounding the Grey Sea and bordered by NRSCI states to the north and Nebitor and the former Demosia to the south. The Revolutions of 1988 facilitated the rise of the Technate, as the fragile Zalesian Republic was overtaken by the Technocracy Committee, a group of engineers, anti-democratic intellectuals, avant-garde thinkers and radical individualists. They would halt Zalesia's ascension into the Northern Reconstruction and Strategic Cooperation Initiative, crash the price system and radically reorganize society and work under the functional pretenses of technocracy and individual as well as economic freedoms. Under the definitions of the "Titanist Technocracy", the government exists as both the guarantor of individual freedoms, maintainer of the courts, as well as the vehicle of physical force acting in defense of the nation.

In the present date, the Technate is a major exporter of raw resources, especially rare earth minerals. It is also a significant arms exporter, both due to its vast Communist-era stockpiles and also due to its burgeoning arms industry.

The Technate's military itself is of a unique nature, acting as a volunteer force welcoming citizen and foreigner alike, provided the latter is capable of speaking Zalesian. Aside from basic obligations to national defense and interests, its military (especially its VDV) is also an active participant in international conflicts, operating on a voluntary contract-by-contract basis. This has often warranted international skepticism, with some regarding the Zalesian military as "nothing more than a mercenary army". The former Demosia is the sole national commitment of Zalesia's military, which, in all but name, operates the statelet of Free Encitar in the north.