Category:Factions

Allies
=Soviet Union= The Soviet Union is one of the major factions, a superstate encompassing much of eastern Europe and the northern half of Asia. The Union has vast industrial capacity and a huge population, and where its effectiveness in production falls short of its eastern neighbour, it makes up for it by the sheer size of its heavy industry, allowing it to keep pace, if at a higher cost. Soviet units fall between those of the Third Power and Eastasia; they are for the most part not the overwhelming monstrosities fielded by X³, but they are much heavier than those of Eastasia. Given the vast expanse of the Union's territory, which mostly consists of steppe and unobstructed plains, much of the Union's motorized forces are geared towards mobility.

Eastasia
Eastasia is a major faction, a superstate encompassing China, Korea, Japan, Indochina, the Pacific and much of the Indian subcontinent, having emerged as a unified superstate at some point in the 1960's, after decades of profuse squabbling between its constituent states, at times supported by various other factions. It is stated that, contrary to expectation, Japan was not succesful in conquering continental Asia, and the unification of the continent was instead the result of a continental defense and counter-invasion of the home islands. Eastasia uses both ancient martial arts and high technology, such as shaolin monks, mechs and defenses powered by qi. Thanks to their immense population, further bolstered by automation and unmanned autonomous construction and combat vehicles, Eastasians feature cheap infantry and units, a great navy, very tough defenses, and are the only faction capable of consistently constructing bases on water(!). On the downside, their terrestrial units, with the exception of some high-end infantry that takes time and money to train, is terrible, their airforce is nonexistent and their economy is fragile. This faction is very much meant for turtling players, as it does not perform well in an offensive role. Eastasia is in conflict with the Allies, specifically Oceania, in its Pacific territories and India, the Soviets and their client states in the north, and the Brotherhood over western China and central Asia.