Factions explanations

[Adahn]

Hello, as i'm not a native english speaker,I didnt play for 3 weeks and i got a bit messed up with all the factions (and names).
Could someone give a small resumé ? (no spoilers please im at day 2)

Thanks mates

[Du-Vu]

It's the Debardeurs/Dockworkers Union, yeah. Technically they work for the Wild Pines Group, that's who they're striking against. Wild Pines is a huge multinational corporation. Scab is just a generic term for workers brought in to replace striking workers for less pay so that the company doesn't have to give in to the strike's demands.

Rough equivalents here: Occidental means white, Mondial (people from the isola of Mundi) means European. Kojko seems to be eastern European/Slavic, I think. The Semenine Isles are the Caribbean (Measurehead's family originally came from Ile-de-Fantome, though Jean-Luc himself was born in Revachol). Oranje (where Klaasje and Lely are from) is Scandinavia with shades of the USA. Samara is Asia, Seol is a combination of Korea and Japan, Shest and Graad are Russia. These aren't direct parallels, a lot of the history and climate are very different from the real world.

You don't need to memorize all this, it's mostly flavour rather than directly relevant to the case.

Less important but just to help you get your bearings: Mundi (Europe) also includes Vesper and Messina (kind of a combination of France, Italy, and England?), Gottwald (Germany), Sur-La-Clef (Austria/Switzerland?), Vaasa (another Scandinavian country), Mesque (Spain/Portugal/Brazil/Mexico), Ubi Sunt (Ireland), and others.

[Adahn]

Thanks alot Du-Vu, very kind of you to explain it.

[oku]

I agree

[RoyalRam]

Originally posted by Du-Vu:

Oranje (where Klaasje and Lely are from) is Scandinavia with shades of the USA.

Nope, Oranje is not Scandinavian, it's the Netherlands. A very militaristic and capitalist version of the Netherlands, but still the Netherlands. The name 'Oranje' means 'orange' in dutch, it is our royal colour. Also, the towns that are prescribed are very dutch, 'Vredefort' translates to 'Peace fort' and the 'Lelystad' Municipality translates to 'Lily city', the latter is literally a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. As a matter of fact, I was born in Lelystad. It is the capital of the province of 'Flevoland'. Also, Klaasje, aka "miss oranje disco dancer", is an incredibly traditional dutch name, it's akin to an English girl named Elizabeth and an American girl named Pam. Her passport also has the words 'Oranjenrijk', which translates to Orange Empire . The way Klaasje pronounces oranje is spot-on dutch which is the only kind of impressive, in fact, most of the dutch spoken by her is perfect dutch.