Factions
The three superpowers of the Developed World plus the smaller players orbiting them — Superbloc, La Luz, EMTERR, the Operant Bureau, the Whole Sick Crew. Everyone in Portofiro answers to one of these, even when they pretend otherwise.
Get the cold war straight first.
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EMTERR
EMTERR — abbreviation of L'Empire Sans Terretoire, also known as The Bank — is the world's largest international investment bank and one of the three major powers in Zero Parades, alongside the Superbloc and La Luz.
Illuminated Empire
La Luz , officially The Illuminated Empire , is a country in the world of ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies .
L'Empire Sans Terretoire
L'Empire Sans Terretoire — 'the Empire Without Territory' — is the formal name of the international investment bank more commonly known as EMTERR or The Bank. The world's largest financial power and one of three major polities in Zero Parades.
La Luz
La Luz, officially the Illuminated Empire, is the rising techno-fascist superpower opposing the Superbloc in Zero Parades. The Reunión, the Weeping Eye, and Portofiro's grip.
Operant Bureau
The Operant Bureau — the Opera — is the Superbloc's intelligence service in Zero Parades. Hershel's employer, the faction behind PSEUDOPOD's mission, doubles, and the Toolkit.
People's Republic of Kohila
The People's Republic of Kohila is a member republic of the Superbloc. Hershel Wilk's adopted country, home of the Im-Ex Bureau cover, and site of Satellite Facility B — 'The Freezer.'
People's Republics
The Superbloc , officially the Supreme Union of Proletarian Republics and commonly abbreviated to the People's Republics , is an alliance of communist countries in the world of ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies .
Republic of Mircea
The former Republic of Mircea is a defunct country in the world. Hershel Wilk's birthplace — and the country whose monotheists drove her into exile in '82.
Sixty-Six Wolves
Sixty-Six Wolves is a globally-popular Luzian cartoon program. The Sword-Wielding Child and the Transfixed Child in the Bootleg Bazaar of Quisach are avid fans.
Superbloc
The Superbloc , officially the Supreme Union of Proletarian Republics and commonly abbreviated to the People's Republics , is an alliance of communist countries in the world of ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies .
Supreme Union of Proletarian Republics
The Superbloc , officially the Supreme Union of Proletarian Republics and commonly abbreviated to the People's Republics , is an alliance of communist countries in the world of ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies .
Tenantries of Saint Ulwen
The Tenantries of Saint Ulwen are a defunct island state in the Noscorrentes Sea, formerly a La Luz colony. Re-annexed by La Luz in the early '80s after the Reunión campaign and the berrion bombing of St. Ulwen.
The Bank
The Bank is the street name for EMTERR — L'Empire Sans Terretoire — the world's largest international investment bank and one of three major powers in Zero Parades.
Weeping Eye
The Weeping Eye is the Luzian secret police in Zero Parades — the counter-espionage faction that burned Hershel's Whole Sick Crew in '91 and killed Tempo del Sur in '96.
Whole Sick Crew
The Whole Sick Crew was Hershel Wilk's '88–'91 Portofiro network in Zero Parades — TAXMAN, KINDRED, RADIAN, ESTOC, VIRTUE, HOLOCENE — burned by the Weeping Eye in '91.