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The Nightlands is an isolationalistic authoritarian state ruled by former humans and aliens now transformed into Nightlings. The entire state is ruled by an authoritarian and harsh government. Anyone who commits a crime, whether minor or major, is subject to unimaginable horrifying torture that works well enough to put them in line. Its inhabitants are mostly human and sometimes alien slaves, with the Nightlings at any time may transform a large portion into more of their kind through a special ritual. The majority of the population (99%) are all human or alien slaves, most of which were born in the state and will spend their entire miserable lives being used for forceful breeding and working in the mines and factories. But those that are lucky will be recruited into the military, where their sense of fear and pain will be removed.
A common ideology is held among the slightly more freer Nightling population. They believe that efficiency and results should be put above righteousness and emotion. When they were turned into Nightlings they had not only shed their flesh but also their human morality, yet still retain a powerful sense of nationalism, giving them an unhealthy obsession to their state.
Their economy is heavily planned, private ownership is something incomprehensible to them. Their populations live in massive apartment complexes from both surface and underground.
Every day a few hundred slaves in the surface and
mines go insane, but they are easily suppressed and resocialized back to a barely stable state. Nightlings are also heavily oppressed themselves, and are forcefully given roles that they must devote their entire lives to or else suffer being placed on the Dawn Devourer or Hell Gate.
Non-Nightling races are treated extremely horribly, every single human or alien are slaves. Some slaves had gotten completely insane and some had broken down until they are barely recognizable as their belonging species. Living in the Nightlands is comparable to suffering in hell, where you will be constantly sent to the hell machine, sometimes only for the entertainment of the passing Nightling.
History
The Nightlings did not exist before. They are an artificial race created by a military corporation obsessed with creating superhumans. They have achieved what they wanted, creating an enhancing liquid they called Darkwater, as it can only be created in the absence of electromagnetic radiation.
The first Nightling had gone insane, breaking out of its bindings and converting several researchers into more of its kind. Though the Nightlings died one by one due to their exposure to light and other electromagnetic radiation, their assimilation rate was fast enough for them to get enough numbers and hide deep underground by creating tunnels.
Eventually, the Nightlings realize that their saliva can be used as a way to block out electromagnetic radiation and by covering themselves in it they can greatly lessen the effect of it on their bodies.
Surface Attack
The corporation had sent many military forces to clear out the Nightlings deep underground, but the Nightlings were able to persevere. Even though they had lost most of their population, through months long of planning they were able to strike back against the corporation and take control of the facility, where they held their ground against any force that seeks to take away their independence.
Aftermath
The Nightlings rather than just immediately converting the captured employees, turned them into breeding slaves and grew the non-nightling population. As time went on the Nightlings expanded their territory, and sent the children to work in mines, where they will bring stone which the Nightlings will convert into Nightstone and use for the construction of their structures and vehicles.
Eventually the state developed to have a working economy. Thousands of slaves are born and work oppressed. The Nightlings invented new machines and ways to utilize Nightwater in the current technology they have access to.
The Corporation became bankrupt and dissolved.
Government
The Nightlings place stability and predictability as their highest priority in their administration of the state. The Overseers Council is the main governors of the nation, controlling every part of the state with an authoritarian grip.
The Overseer Council has 7 members which can only be of the Nightling race. Each members are given their specific role in the management of their territories.
Each member is named after ordinal numbers.
Overseer First deals with economic matters.
Overseer Second manages development and construction.
Overseer Third manages the slaves and human breeding farms.
Overseer Fourth deals with security and corruption.
Overseer Fifth manages the Assimilation Temples and Darkwater farms.
Overseer Sixth manages the military and military industry.
Overseer Seventh manages technological progress and research.
Each Overseer keeps one another in their place. They all hold a common goal of developing and strengthening their nation due to their Nightling psychology, and will work as equals for this reason.
Nightling Race and Society
Darkwater will be injected into the bloodstream while the victim is drained of blood, and eventually their entire bodies and flesh will be corrupted by the fluid, turning them into Nightlings. They will spend 1-2 weeks in an unstable berserk state where they will attack anything moving that is not of their kind.
The Nightlings stay deep underground, and avoid any sources of electromagnetic radiation. Even going so far to create special suits block it off completely. Though their Darkwater infected walls work well enough to do the job.
Though electromagnetic radiation of any sort does not actually harm them, it does prevent cell reproduction, perhaps due to the influence of Darkwater in their entire biological structure. Though despite this major disadvantage, the Nightlings are much more stronger and faster than ordinary humans, and their flesh is comparable to even power armor. They have the ability to produce more Darkwater from their saliva. A massive number of Nightlings are used as Darkwater producing cattle slaves where they are put into receiver machines and have their entire minds wiped permanently.
The Nightlings are infertile and have no sex drive. So they rely on breeding humans together to increase their population.
The Nightlings have learned to utilize their Nightwater saliva in their technology. They have the ability to corrupt rocks and metal of all sorts and transform it into Night versions, where its durability would be similar to the durability of Nightling flesh. And since those materials have long longevity and does not rely on cell reproduction to exist they are able to survive exposure to electromagnetic radiation. And as Darkwater does a great job in absorbing electromagnetic radiation, Nightlings use it on their clothing and suits to protect themselves from it.
The Nightlings are blind despite having eyes. Since they cannot be exposed to electromagnetic radiation, they cannot see. They detect other beings through vibrations. But in cases they need vision they own cameralike devices that bring sight information directly into their brain.
Their brains had lost the ability to detect color, their entire world is black and white despite their usage of the cameralike device. Because of this, they are unable to appreciate difference in color, only using the color red to constantly remind their slaves of what blood looks like on their dull structures and vehicles.
Nightlings have an extremely deep emotional connection to their nation, perhaps put in place due to the Corporation's desire to keep their superhumans loyal to whatever state they would be sold to. But this emotional connection was easily corrupted, transforming into an obsession where they are willing to do whatever it takes to bring their nation to the greatest heights they could reach. It seems they were not intended to be rulers or think rationally. All of them are almost psychopathic, the only remaining fragments of their empathy and sympathy is reserved to those who are able to contribute to the state that they are serving.
Military
The Nightling vehicles and armor is made out of Darkwater corrupted stone, and sometimes metal.
Though despite this, their nightstone is still weaker than ordinary alloy, but they make up for their fragility with sheer numbers. Their military is made out of all human or alien slaves with cheap armor and gear. Nightlings themselves avoid being in the frontlines and prefer to be the military command.
The Nightlands have no airforce or Navy.
Torture
The Nightlings have something they're really good at: torture and technology related to such. Their torture tactics and devices are capable of permanent psychological damage and disability, but some are easily healed so the victim may be sent to work as soon as possible. The most well known Nightling tortures are:
Hell's Gate
The hells gate (also known as Hell Machine) is a machine that has the appearance of a large standing casket with uncountable amounts of needles emerging from its walls. The victim will enter the casket and have the machine connect into their nerves, spine, and brain. Every part their body will have its pain receptors activated to its maximum. The machine itself is focused on keeping the person alive and slowing their sense of time. Those who rebel are sent to the Hell Gates where they will suffer unimaginable pain for several days.
Dawn's Devourer
This Dawn's Devourer is used before an execution and only works when the victim is a Nightling. The victim will have a spike that pierces through their spine. The spike is connected to a machine that forcefully keeps the Nightling's organs, mind, and senses running. The torture is done outdoors in the surface, easily seen by the slave populations. The victim will be held in the air by this spike and have their exposure to electromagnetic radiation or sunlight shut down their cell reproduction. Their bodies will start to slowly break down as microorganisms decompose their dying flesh. Even as only their brain remains, the spike makes sure that they live through all of it. Eventually, when nothing else is left except for the long living cells, the machine will be disabled and the Nightling is left to perish.
Vexator
A device is implanted into the victim's brain. The device when activated does nothing but cause extreme unimaginable discomfort. No matter what the person does or do, the feeling refuses to disappear unless made to by an Overseer. This is usually implanted on slaves after birth. When slaves become rebellious or decide to form protests, an Overseer may activate the implants and have the slaves drop down to the ground writhing. Enforcers will then retrieve the rebels and bring them to the Hell Gates for punishment.