Dark Side of the Moon

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Dark Side of the Moon
Dark Side of the Moon
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Flag Coat of Arms
Motto "We Come In Peace!"
Capital		Lunastadt
Languages		German, English
Government		Fascist dictatorship
President
-	1998	Wilhelm Straße
History
-	Established	1942
-	Disestablished	2036
Currency		Reichsdoshin (RÐ)
Population		930,000

The Dark Side of the Moon, otherwise known as the Mondsreich (Moon Reich), is a Fascist splinter state of Ed Island, founded after a civil war in 1934 led to the defeat of the rebelling Wulfen faction. Unbeknownst to Ed Island, they had secretly developed spacecraft well ahead of its time and fled to the Moon, where they had remained undiscovered until 2014.

Overview

The Mondsreich is situated on the far side of the moon in several large lunar craters, named the Khanzem Impact by President Keller. The Wulfen possess four moon base "cities" throughout the area, all positioned in a Y-shape. The largest of which, Lunastadt, serves as the capital of the country, as well as the main processing plant for Helium-3.

History

In 1917, the Wulfen Party was formed in the Ed Islandian region of Neumenia, where it occasionally came into armed conflict with other organizations in the country, including Communists, Monarchists, and the Republican military. By 1934, this had ultimately culminated in a bloody civil war with the formation of the Neumenian Reich that had lasted until 1942, with Keller's supposed assassination. In reality, he had managed to escape along with the majority of his faction and had gone into hiding, where they had developed technology well before its time, including spacecraft (the likes of which would not be seen for nearly seventy years). After several hundred trips to and from Earth for supplies, a fully operational (albeit primitive) lunar base had been established.

Keller, who became the president of the lunar nation, led the Dark Side of the Moon for over sixty years before succumbing to mercury poisoning from exposure to moon rocks. His successor, Wilhelm Straße, continues to run the city to this day as the current president.

In 2014, almost a hundred years after the Wulfen left the Earth, Lunastadt was discovered by an EISC patrol searching for deposits of Helium-3 on the lunar surface. The spacecraft were shot down by Wulfen UFOs, but not before transmitting the data back to the Soyuz moonbase, who then relayed it back to Ed Island. The importance of this discovery ultimately resulted in Ed Island's withdrawal from the Frosian War, in order to divert focus to the Moon.

Despite initial xenophobic hostilities, EDFan12345 personally contacted the Wulfen with hopes of a trade system setting up (due to the valuable Helium-3 being mined). First contact was initially rocky, and only deteriorated more and more. Ultimately, this resulted in the near-century-long hostilities resuming. Despite the outdated, retro-futuristic technology possessed by the Wulfen, it was able to hold its own against the advanced Ed Islandian technology, and with the Wulfen having the advantage of sitting on precious Helium-3 deposits leaving out any possibility of Glassing or orbital bombardment by Ed Islandian spacecraft.

Finally, in 2015 a mutually-agreed deal was struck between the two enemies. The Wulfen, outnumbered and outgunned, would become part of Ed Island again and would give Ed Island access to its Helium-3 mines. In return, Ed Island would give control of the Straits Kingdom, in which the Wulfen would be able to settle on the Earth once more. This deal was accepted by both as being a step in the right direction, despite being met with disapproval following the reveal of the Dark Side of the Moon with the international community.

Culture

The wide belief of Wulfen citizens (virtually none of whom have never been to the Earth) is that one day, the Wulfen will return to Antarctica and bring peace and prosperity by whatever means possible, including violence. Because the Dark Side of the Moon is isolated from Antarctica both geographically and historically, many beliefs from the early 20^th century are still prominent in the Wulfen city.

Teachers are also trained as "Antarcticologists," who supposedly know everything about Antarctica (in the 1930s, at least).

Transportation

The Wulfen use updated versions of the 1930s-era vehicles they used in the civil war against Ed Island, including space flight-capable UFO craft and lunar land vehicles.

Air and Spacecraft

• Kugelblitz - A small, lightly armored scout craft capable of carrying three occupants, it is used for patrols along the lunar surface, and as such only carries a single 50mm autocannon.
• Haunebu III - The third and latest in the Haunebu series of flying saucers, the Haunebu III is designed to be a quick and agile fighter spacecraft capable of tight maneuvers and sustained dogfighting.
• Walkyr - While not as agile as the Haunebu III or Kugelblitz, the Walkyr is the most heavily armored spacecraft and carries a lunar-patterned 150mm railgun nicknamed "Wolfgang," along with numerous other cannons and rocketry.
• Siegfried - A massive zeppelin-shaped spacecraft rivaling the size of the EISC's SDV-Incorruptible. It carries dozens of Walkyr and Haunebu spacecraft, along with its own offensive capabilities.
• Der Anker - Reportedly one of the first UFO tests, it was captured by Ed Island forces in 1941 and heavily studied, accelerating research into anti-gravity technology. It was able to hover several meters off the ground with a single occupant using early electrogravity generators.

Land Vehicles

The citizens of Lunastadt and other cities still use regular cars and buses to move around the country mostly through underground highways. Wulfen scouts who venture outside of the city use modified motorcycles to move around numerous roads created on the lunar surface. Trains carry miners to and from the Helium-3 mines, where large dump trucks are used to move vast quantities of moon rock.

Vehicles that travel onto the exposed lunar surface utilize specially modified engines that utilize Helium-3 as fuel. As such, they are able to run in a vacuum without difficulty.

Relationships With Other Nations

Formerly, the Dark Side of the Moon was largely unknown to greater Antarctica, with Ed Island being the only country to know of its existence (although others had their suspicions). However, the tensions from the Wulfen had carried on to present day, causing poor relations with the Earth country.

Ever since the normalization of relations between the two, the territory has begun to trade with other nations, which are mostly regional neighbors such as Margate, who has started to establish trade relations. Margatian attempts to establish an embassy at the Straits have resulted in heavy criticism from other nations.

Trivia

• It is a parody of the idea of Moon Nazis.
• It is unknown exactly how the Wulfen managed to escape without being detected, but is presumed to involve early radar-blocking technology disguising their spacecrafts' signatures.

See Also

• Ed Island
• Moon
• Republic of Ed Island
• Neumenia

Ed Island