Service 101

"State and Master!"

Service Unionist chant at a London rally, c.2030

Service 101, also known as the Service, the Service Unionists or the Party, is a totalitarian government originating from the Service Unionist parties of Britain, Germany and Japan, and presently controls roughly 70% of the world's population. The term "Service" is often applied by outsiders to anything and anyone afflitated with the government.

Ideologies and Overview
The Service Unionist Party claims that they see the world as equals - which has some truth in it, as racisim and discrimation against people with other differences is virtually non-existant as due to the continent-spanning territories many people administrate their own countires in the position of OverSeer. However, this comes at the price of living in terrible poverty unless you are a member of one of the Service organizations, such as the State Police or Service Army. If you are not a member of one of the organizations, as far as the Party is concerned, you are not a citizen of the state and therefore have no rights. Despite the proposed idea of all states being equal, it has only resulted in the original three countires of the Service Alliance, Britian, Germany and Japan, becoming even more powerful at the expense of all other states.

For someone to become a citizen, they must pass a loyalty test. The tests can vary massively. They may simply be a written exam, or they may be more extreme - asking the applicant to willingly execute someone. Anyone who fails the test is either placed inro re-education programme by the State Police, in which they must attend a three-week course at the local Civil Authority centre, or sent to a labour camp to work of their "debt for failure". Once this test has been passed, the individual has a four week period in which must apply to join one of the many Service Organizations. If they are not accepted, they are then demoted back to a non-citizen, also known as a "resident" Residents may apply for citizenship an unlimited number of times.

The Service also places great emphasis on developing new technology. Chimera Science was bought by the Service Unionists shortly before the outbreak of the Third World War, and it's chairman, Dr. Josef Argenstein, found himself rapidly ascending up the heirarchy to his present position of Lord OverSeer, one of the most powerful positions in the Party. Chimera Science was the leading technological and scientific company in the world. It quickly changed from developing cures for diseases to the development and mass production of weaponry and war machines, which was crucial in helping the Service Unionist Alliance win the Third World War. Today, the Service Army has acess to venerable warmachines, such as Reaper gunships and Executioner tanks, both of which also saw service in WWIII.

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Party Organization
The Party is notable for utilizing it's own government structre. All residents are required by law to make their homes in the closely-watched cities, of which there is usually a good few for each country. The Service Army and State Guard regulary patrol around the countryside in search of escapees. Party members, however, are allowed to make their homes whereever they see fit, and as such many grand country buildings are now the home to Service Unionist leaders, although most choose to remain in the cities.

The lowest level of governing office holder in the Party are the Wardens, although they still weild a considerable amount of power compared to other Party members. Wardens are responsible for the upkeep and conditions of a city District, and therefore work closely with the Civil Authority and State Police There is between four and eleven Districts in a city, often with sub-districts that are administrated by the Warden. There is no single overall leader for an individual city, it is instead run by a council of Wardens. (Unless that country happens to be a Capital, in which case the OverSeer is the overall leader, although he is still assisted by his Wardens.)

There is much fewer ministries in the Service compared to a traditional government - there is only the Ministries of War, Enlightenment, Labour, State Law, State Security, Culture and Purity. However, due to the huge size of Service Territory, there is often several Ministers that each operate as Minister for their own country, with a Chief Minister in general control who operates from London, the Service Capital.

Of special mention is Andrew MacKimmey's special position as Adjutant to the Master. Whilst this is in theory not a particulary powerful position, Andrew MacKimmey was one of the founding members of the Service Unionist Party and this commands a lot of respect for his authority. He is also effectively the acting OverSeer of Britian, as General Sands spends most his time locked away inside the uppermost levels of the Tower and no OverSeer was appointed, Andrew took it upon himself to administrate the nation, although he has been careful never to refer to himself as OverSeer.

OverSeers are the uppermost level that a Service Unionist can ever hope to achieve. Their word is law.Each country has an OverSeer that administrates the country on behalf of General Sands. These men and women are often former politicans, academics or military staff of that country who are sympathetic with the Party's aims, or are simply power-hungry. They are typically allowed to run the country in whichever fashion they choose, which usually ends up in it's occupants being opressed.

Aesthetics
The Service has many uniformed organizations - the State Police, State Security Guard, Service Army, and some areas of the Service Civil Authorities. All these uniforms are of similar design, which is loosely based off of a mixture of the German and British uniforms during the Second World War. The only deviations from this design is the organization's personal logos and colours.

For example, the uniform of a State Police officer is grey and includes their ignasia and division number on their collarboards, with the rank on their epaulettes. The uniform of a Service Army officer is almost indentical, the differences being that it is blue (or perhaps camoflauged, depending ont he environment) and it's collarboards feature the Service Army ignasia and their country, whilst their epaulettes feature their rank just like the State Police. The eppauletes of every uniform are always blue.

Although the blue and white of their banners is present in some form or another in the uniforms of Service Unionist-related organizations, Party officials, and other members of the Civil Authority who are not involved directly in feild activites, do not wear uniforms. Instead they wear suits with blue ties, just like government staff of most countires wear today, with the colour of their tie reflecting their party (Britain is a good example)

Service 101 is also well known for it's use of medieval prefixes to titles. Some examples are Knight-Captain and Lord OverSeer. The Service Army in particular also make use of names associated with death, mostly in their vehicles such as the Executioner tank, Harvester APC, and the Reapers and Sycthers.

The Service makes great use of propaganda. Posters are plastered on every wall in the cities, and mottos are pain-stakingly sewn into the rich blue flags that are hung from the windows outside important buildings or carried by marching soldiers at parades. There is four main motifs that the Service use - the eagle, the lightning bolts, the swords and the Service Crescent, which was presented at the party's first meeting by Andrew MacKimmey, although it is said that it was known other than Service Master-General Sands himself who designed it.

Notable Locations under Service Control

 * London, England - Service Grand Capital, the Service's most important city and home to the Master.
 * The Tower - Located in the centre of London
 * The Library - Located under the Tower
 * Berlin, Germany - Service Capital, origin of Chimera Science and home to Dr. Josef Argenstein
 * Haeketro, Japan - Service Capital, built from the remains of Tokyo. Home to Kyet Janghtai
 * New York, North America - Service City, produces a large amount of weapons and munitions
 * New Johannesburg, South Africa - Major Service Navy base - expanded so far, it reaches across the sea.
 * World's Edge - Somewhere in Africa

Notable Figures

 * General Steven Sands - The Master of the Service and OverSeer of Britain
 * High Commander McCallum - Overall leader of both the State Security Guard and the Service Army
 * High Commander Haartze - Overall leader of the State Police
 * Lord High Admiral York - Leader of the Navy within the Service Army
 * Dr. Josef Argenstein - Lord OverSeer
 * Kyet Janghtai - Lord OverSeer
 * Andrew MacKimmey - Adjudant to General Sands
 * John Matthew - Minister of Purity
 * Sarah Cullen - Minister of BroadCast
 * Kyoto Syrian - Minister of Civil Authorities