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Stolica: Warsaw
Ustrój: Military Dicatorship
Przywódcy: President: Wojciech Rybinski
Populacja: 38.300.000

Racial Breakdown:
(h:74%;e:3%;d:8%;o:11%;t:3%o:1%)

PKB (razem ¥): 459,6 billion
PKB (na głowę ¥): 12.000
Waluta: 20 Polish Złoty (zł) = 1 Nuyen (¥)
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History[]

2010 - In Poland, the Suwałki Underlake Mine collapses poisoning the Mazurian Lakes. (Shadows of Europe)

2011 - In Oświęcim, Poland, the dead of Auschwitz-Birkenau rise up as ghosts. Most of the living inhabitants of Oświęcim flee for their lives and the city quickly becomes a ghost town. (Shadows of Europe)

2023 - In Częstochowa, Poland, visitors to Jasna Gora hill report seeing visions of the Apostles. The area soon becomes flooded with pilgrims hoping to see their own visions. The apparitions continue to appear annually and the area becomes known as a holy site. (Shadows of Europe)

2030-2033 - Eurowars: Eurowar I opposed Russia to the European Countries between 2030 and 2033. Russia invaded Belarus, Baltic countries and Poland, before being stopped in Berlin, Germany.

2032 - In Poland, General Michał "Daddy" Marszalik transforms Army Division West into the Husaria mercenaries. (Shadows of Europe)

2035 - In Oświęcim, Poland, the Sylvestrine monks construct a network of astral wards called the "spirit barrier" to contain the ghosts of Auschwitz-Birkenau. (Shadows of Europe)

2039 - In Poland, President Wojciech Rybiński, in response to the Night of Rage, asks Russia to step in and stop the violence. With the assistance of the Russian military, declares martial law, and names himself President of the new National Republic of Poland. (Shadows of Europe)

2039 - In Poland, General Kruk (that's Crow in polish) of Polish Intelligence founds the Armia Krajowa (Domestic Army) (AK) to combat the Russian occupation. (Shadows of Europe)

2040 - In Poland, Military forces surround Białowieski forest and the Mazury toxic zone and set up the Mazury-Białowieski Containment Area to keep in the toxic creatures that have been terrorizing the area. (Shadows of Europe)

2047 - In Małopolska, Poland, the city is declared a Free Trade Zone and its government is subcontracted to Saeder-Krupp. (Shadows of Europe)

2051 - In Częstochowa, Poland, Providence Corp takes over all city administrative functions. (Shadows of Europe)

2051 - In Poland, most of Saeder-Krupp's Polish companies merge to form the mining and industrial Konglomerat Przemysłowo-Wydobywczy (KP-W). (Shadows of Europe)

2053 - In Poland, unrest over the Russian occupation increases. Strikes and riots leave the economy in shambles. As a result, President Rybiński's grip on power begins to weaken. (Shadows of Europe)

2058 - In Poland, the patriarch of the Wisner family, leader of the Katowice Syndykat, dies. (Shadows of Europe)

2061 - In Warsaw-Łodż, Poland, local Syndikat crime lord Rudy is murdered, allegedly by Vor Sergei Lukin. Fearing all-out war, the AK brokers an arrangement between Zbychu, Rudy's son and heir, and Jacek Wisner, boss of the Katowice Syndykat.. In the following month the two mobs ruthlessly murder anyone who gets in their way as they absorb the smaller mobs. (Shadows of Europe)

2061 - In Oświęcim, Poland, the ghosts of Auschwitz Poland become stronger and are able to bypass the spirit barrier. Breakouts become more and more common. (Shadows of Europe)

2062 - In Malapolska, Poland, a small town is destroyed by a previously unknown, gray-and-gold dragon. The Polish Army as well as Russian special forces are called out but they are wiped out by the dragon, which the locals name Całożerca after a dragon from Polish mythology. The dragon swiftly vanishes into the Tatra Mountains where he sets up a domain called the "Carpathian Enclave." Groups of fanatics flock to the Enclave claiming that he is the Dragon of Wawel reborn. (Dragons of the Sixth World)

2062 - At 9:30 on November 2, in Poland, the AK broadcasts the following message on the Polish Matrix: "Today starts a new chapter of Polish history: the National Liberation War. If you love your nation, stand up, take your weapon and fight. If you are an enemy, leave our country, or prepare to die. -AK" The AK cells then proceed to attack Matrix nodes, police stations and military bases throughout Poland. Deckers from the Polish Cybernetic Institute in Paris launch Operation Cruise to cripple the Polish Matrix, bringing business to a halt and sending the wealthy elite into a panic. The Russians are caught completely by surprise. At the same time, Husaria mercenaries- renamed the Liberation Army- cross the Czech border in small assault groups, massing at the Sudeten Mountains in preparation for an invasion. Within hours the Polish people hit the streets. Over the next few days, the authorities loose several cities while the Liberation Army continues to advance as far as Wrocław. Russian Chief Advisor General Mikhael Suchov responds by throwing President Rybiński aside and taking control of the Polish Army and ruthlessly strikes back with massive air strikes. The Liberation Army offensive, which becomes known as the Martyr's Uprising, grinds to a halt. Lower Silesia becomes known as the Free Republic of Poland. (Shadows of Europe)

2062 - In November, in Tricity, Poland, the city declares independence. (Shadows of Europe)

2062 - In Warsaw-Łodż, Poland, the Warsaw Syndykat move into some of the abandoned buildings in the Pustynia zone and set up operations. The Red Vory, who have been using the area for BTL factories and drug labs, strike back and Pustynia erupts into open warfare. (Shadows of Europe)

Politics[]

Geography[]


• Pomorze
o Szczecin
o Kołobrzeg
o Trójmiasto

• Mazury
o Olsztyn
o Giżycko

• Podlesie – Puszcza Białowieska
o Białystok

• Wielkopolska
o Poznań

• Mazowsze
o Warszawa
o Łódź
o Dżungla
o Pustynia

• Góry Świętokrzyskie
o Kielce
o Łysa Góra

• Dolny Śląsk
o Wrocław (SoE p.112, 118)
o Ślęża

• Górny Śląsk

• Małopolska
o Kraków (SoE p.114, 115)
o Częstochowa (SoE p.114)
o Oświęcim (Auschwitz) (SoE p.119)

• Karpacka Enklawa Smoka Całożercy (The Carpathian Enclave of the Dragon of Wawel) (SoE p.119)

Free Cities[]

Tricity - Trójmiasto contains three cities
Sopot, Gdynia and Gdańsk (Danzig)
Kraków - (SoE p.114, 115)

Critters[]

Afanc

Jauchekafer

nosferatu

Peryton

Minotaur, Wild

Wyrd Mantis

Corpselight

There is at least one Western Dragon in Poland (Calozerca)

Economy[]

Corporate Presence
Saeder-Krupp (cd.84)
Hermes Eurocom and Ruhr Datafax (The two major Matrix provider in Europe, Seader-Krupp subsidiaries, directly or indirectly operating the grids in Austria, France, Hungary, Poland and Spain) Korporacja Opatrzności Bożej (KOB) (SoE p.114)
Perun Security (SoE p.115)
AG Chemie (SoE p.115)
Zeta-ImpChem (SoE p.115)
Gaz-Niki (SoE p.115)
BMW (SoE p.115)
Yamatetsu (SoE p.115)
Shiawase (SoE p.115)
Kvaerner-Maersk (SoE p.115)
Proteus AG (SoE p.115)
Pomorze ZS (SoE p.115, 117)
Korporacja Trójmiasto aka Tricity Corporation, T-Korp (SoE p.117)
BioMed (SoE p.115)

References[]

Relations with Britain: London Sourcebook, pg 41.
Relations with Germany: Germany Sourcebook, pg 43.
Relations with Duchy of Pomorya: Germany Sourcebook, pg 94.

2031: Conflict with Russia (sr3.29)
Auschwitz has a background count of 5 (mits.84).

External Links[]

Shadowrun Polska, an effort by Polish Shadowrun gamers to develop a localized setting in synch with FASA/WizKids/FanPro material.

This page forked from Wordman's The Sixth World: A geographical index to the world of Shadowrun