Talk:The Ladder

OOC speculation on Romania
Page 7, Post #64 opens it up. While Levi mentions a Romanian government I think it makes things more interesting to call it a government in name only. Whichever of the many groups competing for power has the upper hand in Bucharest is officially recognized by outsiders. The fiction is more convenient than the reality.

The rest of the country is balkanized and run by a mixture of former Romanian government, revolutionary factions, warlords, peacekeepers, NGOs, corporations and regular folk just getting by. It's one big mixed-up, factionalized, free-for-all that makes a perfect environment for international black-ops.

Depending on the year this struggle could be turned up to an all out civil war, with rival militias shooting up every street corner, to a semi-stable coalition that even holds elections. Either way, if you know the right people and can pay the entry fee, the Romanian Gate is open for business.

This would make the alt-history a little more explicit, but we've already nuked Bucharest. (Also, no offense to any Romanians for the depiction.)