When it comes to the right-wing ideological factions, I've tried to keep it a thorough mix between cynical pragmatic militia regimes, absolutely insane kill-people-ist warbands, weird goofy eccentric militias, and genuinely benevolent and well-ordered factions that have a more austere and traditional vision for the future than the centrist/apolitical rump governments. I'm trying to be more neutral here and portray the wider range of possibilities and outcomes. Most factions, however well or ill intentioned, do have some kind of fly in their ointment, or long-term problems that might cause trouble down the line if they can't solve them now.
For what it's worth, I try to give the benefit of the doubt to all of these faction types, with both cynical and well-intentioned actors. Even the leftists aren't a monolithic block, and have different goals and different ways of attaining them. Once we start seeing more leftist factions, they'll range from "woke" student revolts, to weird idealistic attempts at rationally ordering a society, to strong-willed Red Army types, to insane genocidal Stalin purge realms. There are even some warlord realms that aren't that bad to live under, if you mind your p's and q's.
This is largely very good. You even nailed the LDS influence in eastern ID. The only quibbles I have: firstly, the LDS church takes a very very strong stance against making official endorsements for political candidates or governments. They wouldn’t even officially endorse Mitt Romney for president in 2012, for instance. Keep this in mind when considering how their influence would play out. Secondly, you have a faction on the map which includes Sun Valley, Ketchum, Hailey… and also Arco. Arco is a bit of a curious choice as it is much closer to Challis culturally and economically. Otherwise, this all looks pretty legitimate.
Didn’t know that about the LDS. I figured with their whole “Joseph Smith for president” thing they’d be more down for that. They do endorse Bozeman as the successor, but this is also after some major leadership changes and schisms.
Arco didn’t join on its own, it was conquered by the Self-Defense Force. A local warlord previously ruled there and made some nasty threats involving poison gas and crude nuclear waste bombs.
Excited to see how the pro-White factions in the south and the east may play out.
When it comes to the right-wing ideological factions, I've tried to keep it a thorough mix between cynical pragmatic militia regimes, absolutely insane kill-people-ist warbands, weird goofy eccentric militias, and genuinely benevolent and well-ordered factions that have a more austere and traditional vision for the future than the centrist/apolitical rump governments. I'm trying to be more neutral here and portray the wider range of possibilities and outcomes. Most factions, however well or ill intentioned, do have some kind of fly in their ointment, or long-term problems that might cause trouble down the line if they can't solve them now.
For what it's worth, I try to give the benefit of the doubt to all of these faction types, with both cynical and well-intentioned actors. Even the leftists aren't a monolithic block, and have different goals and different ways of attaining them. Once we start seeing more leftist factions, they'll range from "woke" student revolts, to weird idealistic attempts at rationally ordering a society, to strong-willed Red Army types, to insane genocidal Stalin purge realms. There are even some warlord realms that aren't that bad to live under, if you mind your p's and q's.
This is largely very good. You even nailed the LDS influence in eastern ID. The only quibbles I have: firstly, the LDS church takes a very very strong stance against making official endorsements for political candidates or governments. They wouldn’t even officially endorse Mitt Romney for president in 2012, for instance. Keep this in mind when considering how their influence would play out. Secondly, you have a faction on the map which includes Sun Valley, Ketchum, Hailey… and also Arco. Arco is a bit of a curious choice as it is much closer to Challis culturally and economically. Otherwise, this all looks pretty legitimate.
Didn’t know that about the LDS. I figured with their whole “Joseph Smith for president” thing they’d be more down for that. They do endorse Bozeman as the successor, but this is also after some major leadership changes and schisms.
Arco didn’t join on its own, it was conquered by the Self-Defense Force. A local warlord previously ruled there and made some nasty threats involving poison gas and crude nuclear waste bombs.