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== Romanian Republic States ==
The Romanian Republic States (RSS) now control much of Ukraine and Moldova is one of their protectorates, so the country is a lot richer than it has been in the past. Romania has so far resisted Imperial Sovereign Kazakh (ISS) takeover, in part due to an alliance with West Russian troops (who maintain a solid presence in the Bashkir region). The Khanti-Mansiyskie East Socialist States (KMESS) has trade relations with the RSS, but West Russia and Kazakh ISS both maintain strong blockades - the former economically, the latter militarily.

Roughly 45% of Romanians speak standard English fluently, with a further 5% knowing solely how to read and type it. Dialectical English is common at another 15%, with a particular focus on internet English, AKA Grigg's English. 98% of Romanians speak Romanian.

=== Deva ===
Deva, Romania has a lot of the feel of Hong Kong, Las Vegas, or Birmingham, with shining lights and skyscrapers. It was also contender for capital of the RRS after the bombing of Bucharest. It's a very high tech down, with high population density. English, Russian, German, Hebrew and Romanian are all languages that one might encounter.

Amongst other things, Deva holds some of the important stations of office instead of, or as well as, Brasov, the current capital. Indeed, Brasov was chosen to be capital due to the central proximity of the region; Devas advancement since has led it to become the spiritual and economic capital, though Brasov has the right'' in nomine''.

====Gridlink====
Notable departments within Deva are Gridlink, an elite anti-terrorist team, selected from Romanian veterans and recruits from other armies. Boasting a small team of under a hundred, it maintains a high level of professionalism and great resources.
The existence of Gridlink is an open secret-- the group is mostly known to exist, but not publicly addressed. Chief Michael Aron, former head of the Jandarmeria Română, both founded and leads the group.

Gridlink are officially a specialist group within the gendarmerie, though they actually receive separate funding and support, with different remits and jurisdictions; they are a split off from the Grupul Antiteroriste, which broke into internal and external security. Whereas the Jandarmeria is based around preventing threats to Romanian security and the Grupul Antiterroriste Externe is for extraterritorial insertion, Gridlink are a specialized response and investigation unit, considered to have superior claims to investigation rights into internal terrorist incidents. They are also outside the remit of investigation of any group with a lower clearance than the Departamentul Român de Informaţii, the Romanian equivalent of the CIA.

"Gridlink" is an unofficial name; the official name for Gridlink is Detaşamentul de Protecţie Publice, the Department for Public Safety, or the DPP; they are also known as the Grupul Antiterorist Internă, or the Internal Anti-terrorist Group. While they do not technically have extraterritorial permit, they nonetheless do find overlap with their sister group, the Grupul Antiterorist Externe.

They are often called in to take care of HCS, High Combat Situations or "Probabil Lupta Situatzie", colloquially known as an "Afacere Ploioasa", or a "wet job."