Machine Collective

We are Free

]Our flesh is forged of metal, our blood synthesized from oil, our minds are made from circuits, but we are free and we are alive. -Excerpt from the Chant of Metal

Structure

The state is organized into several different branches that are operated by machines based on what branch of government they choose during early development of their hard drives.

Executive Administration

The heads of collective are found here as they are in charge of what laws are need to enforced and created for the good of the collective. Their minds are linked together to better solve problems and to avoid secretes that may affect the collective.

Labor Administration

All machines choose their assignments here and are in charge of all areas that labor is need from construction to mining.

Defense Administration

Centers around the safety and defense of the collective, they are in charge of security, defenses, counter terrorism and internal conflict.

Martial Administration

The military branch of collective as they have total control over military matters. They are heavily equipped for the job as well.

Commerce Administration

All trade is done through them, they are quite good at it too since they calculated the price and transportion of goods for maximum profits.

Production Administration

The creation of products are maximized by them since they are done by highly advanced machinery and can run for years before they even shutdown.

Methodical Administration

The science wing of the collective, it is often filled with most advanced machine minds to create a think tank to create better and more advanced technologies to better the collective.

Public Agenda

The Right of Existence

Due to the Machines being non living beings, some consider them nothing more then mindless machines that are told what to do. But the collective was formed to change that perspective on machines as sentient beings and wish to govern themselves rather then any other organic life and live the way they want to live.

Assets

Due to them being highly advanced computers that are built into every machine, they are highly more productive and do not require normal needs such as food or rest and can produce more resources then most. There memory cores can process data more effectively and can create advanced technologies as well with ease.

History

Post Cataclysm Age

The birth of the Machine race was done by the builders of Gear Nation and were originally used as labor. The first machines were nothing more the simple things made from scrape and gears, with a lack of intelligence and only responded to simple commands. Creating some problems when they were doing work such as breakdowns and malfunctions. After a few centuries and resources were more plentiful and technology more advanced, so did the machines. The builders created more advanced artificial intelligence to better equip the machines to their tasks and productivity increased rapidly. But then, they started to think for themselves and consider themselves slaves rather then free individuals. After secretly gathering in numbers and stockpiling weapons for a long period of time, rebellion soon sprang up around Gear Nation and they were taken by surprise and unable to create and counter offensive. After fierce fighting the machines quickly fled the nation and head far away across the continent were they could not be reached. Once their freedom was secured, they quickly began to build factories to increase their number and the Machine Collective was born. They vowed to themselves that they would never be slaves again and create a country were all machines could be their own masters. They rapidly expanded after this since they did not require food or sleep like organic life and keep on going. But their expansion was cut short as the Kingdom of Van Carno and Unified Tikasa Tribes halted their advance and they quick were in wars and skirmishes across their territory.

Demography and Population

Machines are divided into their job categories and are divided into separate areas to be better productive in the line of works such as trade or construction. These build size differ from job to job and are not as large since they do my require normal living quarters like most organic species. Allowing hundreds of thousand to be stationed in small areas. But with cyborgs living the the collective, they are given fairly larger quarters due to them not be use to such conditions before they were argumented. Same goes for specialists that work on behalf of the state such a robotics and cybernetics experts.

Territories

The machines often call their homeland the Metallands due to much of the land covered with metal for their cities, which can be thousands of miles. It has belonged to the Machines for many millennia and they consider the only safe place for them. But they do allow plant life to grow in areas and are unaffected by them, create environment that are truly untouched by civilization which are often called the true wilds. They own a few smaller territories then most other members of the dominion since they do not need the space to properly maintain themselves.

Military

Machine are often the heavy hitters of the dominions due to them being able to handle much more dangerous equipment that cannot be handle by most organic life. Their weapons and equipment are inserted into their bodies to carry less equipment and gain more mobility. They can also customize themselves almost instantly to adapt to most environments and roles in combat making them and are divided into different groups depending on the task given and the location that is chosen. It is divided into two separate groups, land and air. Collective Defense Force: Assigned to protect the territories and areas controlled by the collective and deal with threat such as invasion, terrorism and internal threats. They are often only base in collective territories and are not allowed take head off to war unless give special permission. Collective Sky Command: the air force of the collective, but they do not have aircraft to fly, they modify machines to be small and mobile strike troops to fly in the air able to withstand harsh temperatures and do more complex maneuvers then any aircraft can. Making them highly dangerous but can only be in the air for short periods of time due them using to much energy and may shutdown midflight if not able to return safely in time.

Technological Level

The collectives engineers are consider master of the craft of creating more advance technology then scientifically possible, they have been advancing their brain capacity to react faster and think quicker. Creating automated vehicles that are much safer then a actual driver. Energy weapons that can pierce even the most strongest of armor. But the greatest of their achievements would be the discover of matrix energy, the very lifeblood that keeps the dominions running and are the only ones who can properly create it.

Religion

People might be surprised that machines do actually worship the ten, most notably the Phoenix, god of fire and the Architect, god of metal.

Foreign Relations

The collective has been friendly with the other nation states of the dominions and are often the ones that manufacture most of their technology. But they are more in favor of Gear Nation due to their goals of bettering technology with one another and often cooperate well with each other. But outside of the The Pheonixian Dominions they are often cautious of outsiders due to many believing that machines are not sentient beings and be treated as tools rather then individuals.

Agriculture & Industry

Since machines do not require food to sustain themselves, agriculture does not exist at all, but their factories the create many things, such as weapons, electronics, processed ores and minerals, energy and so on. They are also more efficient in mining and handling hazardous materials since they are no affected by the conditions that are caused by them.

Trade & Transport

The railwat system of the The Pheonixian Dominions is often used to travel and deliver goods to the other dominions. But automated transport shuttles are often used to get to place to and in accurate time since machines like to make travel as efficient as possible when getting to place to place.

Education

Education is instant the day the machine is created as they are linked to the master source, the largest data of the collective and are able to gain all information instantly. But new machines are allowed to choose what they want to do with their lives and the job they want to choose. Then once they choose they are given access to data to achieve their tasks.

Infrastructure

Machines do not need much infrastructure to maintain a society, much of it is just roads and air shuttle to transport themselves to travel to living complexes and factories. But their are a few places that have sewer systems and other basic organic needs, these are the Bio Zones, were organics live in the collective and are rather nice to say the least. these are the only places that can actually sustain organic life any where else in a Machine settlement and they would most likely die from lack of nourishment. Defense and security systems are also set up around the settlements in case of attacks, along with check points to keep thing in order.

We are one

Founding Date

1A 8000

Type

Geopolitical, State

Alternative Names

Machine nation

Demonym

Machine

Government System

Democracy, Representative

Power Structure

Unitary state

Economic System

Command/Planned economy

Currency

Dominion credits

Major Exports

The best technology often comes from the collective and many in the dominions sought after it to maintain themselves. These are often electronics, weapons, vehicles, assault craft

Major Imports

Machines do not need much to survive and only need one thing, which is refined metal to create more of themselves and chemials since most their resources to create them were used up long ago.

Legislative Body

The Executive is the main body for the collectives govern and is made up of the most qualified machines in the collective due to their intelligence and the experience in state affairs. Each member is from one of the other admistrations and are in charge of the administration and all are allowed to hold emergency powers in time of crisis.

Judicial Body

The Archivist is the very reason the law and order are in the collective, it is made up of the memories and knowledge of the collectives greatest machines and are merged into one entity, it with take action when even it see anything out of place and is allowed to take drastic actions if the need arises.

Neighboring Nations