The Republicans
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"Service guarantees citizenship"
Born from the ashes of the Seven Hour War and the ruins of Paris comes the brainchild of Raymond Arceneaux, Adminstrator of City 13: The Unionist Republicans.
The Republicans take the democratic legacy of France and make a mockery out of it, a regime of terror touted to be democratic and willing to give in to the rights of its citizens when in reality its nothing like that at all. This regime is built off the concept of "Citizen Service" which gives the rights for all of this citizens to vote in elections to appoint all members of the administration (apart from Arceneaux himself) if a citizen is willing to at least serve at least one year in either the Conscript Forces or Civil Protection.
This may at first be seen as a simple task that your typical rebellious citizen may be willing to go through since if the likes of Barney Calhoun can join the Civil Protection then it is clear only one term of service would allow this rebellious citizen to elect a candidate of their choosing to the right political positions. However, Arceneaux has understood this as a possibility and has ensured that such a eventuality would be avoided. City Thirteen is considered a military-focused city after all and its Civil Protection and Conscripts are some of the most elite and vigorously trained on the entire planet with several vital tests that exist to both prove loyalty to the Combine and loyalty to Arceneaux.
As a result of these exceptionally well designed political manipulations- the so called "democratic elections" are in reality effectively rigged to ensure that the Republican candidates always win and other parties such as the Centrists, Breen Cultists or even the Futurists themselves never stand a chance in City 13. The Futurists remain the greatest problem as Casto's constant maddening attempts to breach City 13 would rival his failures in City 24 for sheer lunacy. His chosen method of disposing of City 32 operatives is to 'accidentally' leave them to the gentle arms of Earthquake as that ensures that he is given minimal blame when their entrails are left scattered around some back alleyway in City 13.
To counter Casto's efforts at the Sector level, Arceneaux funds Republican groups in every single city that the Futurists have a known presence in and even some that don't. His commanding influence over the Conscripts in the region ensures that City 32 is left in a permanent impoverished state as several CLC shipments bound for City 32 are consistently redirected to City 24 (he does not direct them to City 13 as that would make it obvious).
In time, Arceneaux expects to suck the life out of Casto's Fanatics and he also expects that eventually Republicanism shall reign supreme as the dominate unionist ideology in Western Europe.
At least that is what he believes...
"Service guarantees citizenship"
Born from the ashes of the Seven Hour War and the ruins of Paris comes the brainchild of Raymond Arceneaux, Adminstrator of City 13: The Unionist Republicans.
The Republicans take the democratic legacy of France and make a mockery out of it, a regime of terror touted to be democratic and willing to give in to the rights of its citizens when in reality its nothing like that at all. This regime is built off the concept of "Citizen Service" which gives the rights for all of this citizens to vote in elections to appoint all members of the administration (apart from Arceneaux himself) if a citizen is willing to at least serve at least one year in either the Conscript Forces or Civil Protection.
This may at first be seen as a simple task that your typical rebellious citizen may be willing to go through since if the likes of Barney Calhoun can join the Civil Protection then it is clear only one term of service would allow this rebellious citizen to elect a candidate of their choosing to the right political positions. However, Arceneaux has understood this as a possibility and has ensured that such a eventuality would be avoided. City Thirteen is considered a military-focused city after all and its Civil Protection and Conscripts are some of the most elite and vigorously trained on the entire planet with several vital tests that exist to both prove loyalty to the Combine and loyalty to Arceneaux.
As a result of these exceptionally well designed political manipulations- the so called "democratic elections" are in reality effectively rigged to ensure that the Republican candidates always win and other parties such as the Centrists, Breen Cultists or even the Futurists themselves never stand a chance in City 13. The Futurists remain the greatest problem as Casto's constant maddening attempts to breach City 13 would rival his failures in City 24 for sheer lunacy. His chosen method of disposing of City 32 operatives is to 'accidentally' leave them to the gentle arms of Earthquake as that ensures that he is given minimal blame when their entrails are left scattered around some back alleyway in City 13.
To counter Casto's efforts at the Sector level, Arceneaux funds Republican groups in every single city that the Futurists have a known presence in and even some that don't. His commanding influence over the Conscripts in the region ensures that City 32 is left in a permanent impoverished state as several CLC shipments bound for City 32 are consistently redirected to City 24 (he does not direct them to City 13 as that would make it obvious).
In time, Arceneaux expects to suck the life out of Casto's Fanatics and he also expects that eventually Republicanism shall reign supreme as the dominate unionist ideology in Western Europe.
At least that is what he believes...
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