UCHRONIA

Although culture and society tend to be somewhat conservative, a tradition of scholarly, scientifically-literate educated nobility has, over time, trickled down to all levels of society, which drives progress on almost in spite of itself. However, solutions tend more toward the brute-force engineering approach than elegance. Significant amounts of this progress derive from the efforts of amateur scientists, who meet in clubs and societies across the civilised world.

In terms of military force, Britain has the largest navy, and has had for more than one hundred and fifty years. There are large British naval bases all over the world to support this fleet. Russia's Imperial Navy is not as well developed as those of the other Greater Powers, with some surface ships but a large force of ballistic missile submarines. Russia and China have roughly equivalent, and very large armies which are mainly employed to defend against one another, though they are also positioned against the British Empire along their land borders.

Because of the immense size of the Russian mainland, its land forces are very mobile. For the same reason, Russia maintains the largest air force in the world. China maintains the largest submarine fleet, though British submarines tend to be larger and carry more warheads, which balances the greater numbers of the other Powers. The European Hegemony maintains the world's second largest merchant fleet, after that of the British Empire, and its naval bases throughout the world double-serve as commercial settlements.

UCHRONIA is based upon Tony Jones' Monarchy World and created by OTTENS.