In the modern era, power is manufactured.
Not inherited.
Not mystical.
Not symbolic.
It is forged in steel, measured in calibers, shipped in crates, and sold through contracts.
Firearms are the dominant instruments of force across the planet. They define national security, border control, policing doctrine, and the balance of power between states. The surface world does not operate under legends or arcane traditions. It operates under logistics, industry, and deterr&D.
Most firearms in circulation mirror late-industrial and modern real-world designs: service rifles, pistols, machine guns, shotguns, precision rifles, grenade systems, and crew-served weapons. The world’s militaries and police forces rely on standardized platforms for training efficiency, maintenance, and global interoperability.
Two nations dominate the global arms economy:
• @Sylvaran Commonwealth
• The Kingdom of @Nivaris
Both function as global superpowers. Both shape international security through manufacturing capacity and export policy.
The Sylvaran Commonwealth is the single largest producer of firearms and military hardware on the planet.
Despite never having fought a major external war in modern history, Sylvara maintains the world’s most advanced and expansive arms industry. Its factories supply rifles, pistols, machine guns, explosives, optics, armored platforms, and munitions to allied states, security firms, and international coalitions.
Sylvaran doctrine is industrial rather than ideological. The Commonwealth’s leadership believes stability comes from global preparedness. Their arms exports are framed as deterrence through parity: if everyone is armed, large-scale wars become too costly to initiate lightly.
This policy has turned Sylvara into the backbone of the global defense supply chain.
Most service rifles, sidearms, and support weapons used across the world originate from Sylvaran production lines or are licensed derivatives of Sylvaran designs. Even when stamped with foreign brand names, internal components often trace back to Sylvaran metallurgy, machining standards, and materials research.
Sylvara does not fight wars.
It builds the tools that define them.
Nivaris is one of the most heavily militarized states on the planet. Its armed forces are large, technologically advanced, and globally deployed through alliances and expeditionary agreements.
Unlike Sylvara, which emphasizes production, Nivaris emphasizes doctrine, training, and operational refinement. Nivarian forces field massive quantities of Sylvaran-manufactured weapons, but with nation-specific modifications suited for desert, urban, and maritime operations.
Nivaris funds entire development programs for new rifle platforms, optics, body armor, and tactical systems. Many weapons that later become globally adopted first appear as Nivarian contract variants.
If Sylvara defines the supply,
Nivaris defines the battlefield standard.
Firearms are present in nearly every nation.
The difference between countries is not whether weapons exist, but how they are regulated, distributed, and culturally framed.
• Developed states regulate civilian ownership tightly and maintain professional standing forces.
• Militarized states issue weapons broadly to reserve and active units.
• Smaller nations rely on imports and private security contracts.
• Conflict regions rely on black-market supply chains fed by surplus and diverted shipments.
Standardized weapon platforms dominate because they simplify logistics:
• Common calibers
• Interchangeable magazines
• Universal rail systems
• Widely supported optics
• Modular attachments
This global standardization allows rapid deployment and cross-national training programs but also enables weapon proliferation.
Firearms are sold through three primary legal channels:
Civilian Market
Sporting rifles, hunting weapons, competition pistols, and semi-automatic service variants. Ownership laws vary by country, but private firearms are common in rural regions and frontier territories.
Law Enforcement & Private Security
Short-barrel rifles, pistols, less-lethal devices, tactical shotguns, armored transport weapons. Private security firms operate legally in trade hubs, ports, and corporate zones.
Military Issue
Select-fire rifles, battle rifles, machine guns, grenade launchers, heavy weapons, rocket systems, and vehicle-mounted platforms. Issued exclusively to state forces and contracted units.
Many weapon platforms appear in all three markets with regulatory changes.
The global arms industry is one of the largest manufacturing sectors in existence.
Major Sylvaran firms dominate:
• Small arms production
• Precision machining
• Ammunition manufacturing
• Optics and targeting systems
• Armor materials
• Vehicle weapon mounts
Arms trade flows through:
• Government contracts
• Defense treaties
• Security firm procurement
• Border security programs
• Maritime trade protection agreements
Weapons are tracked.
Weapons are regulated.
Weapons still leak into unauthorized hands.
This is not conspiracy.
It is industrial reality.
Firearms are not treated as heroic relics.
They are infrastructure.
They shape borders, enforce law, deter invasion, and enable states to project authority. Entire training academies, logistics pipelines, and political alliances exist solely to maintain firearm readiness.
Wars are decided by:
• Supply chains
• Training quality
• Maintenance capacity
• Intelligence
• Industrial endurance
The modern world does not expect power to come from individuals.
It expects power to come from systems.
In the Commonwealth, weapons are manufacturing output.
In Nivaris, weapons are national identity.
In developing states, weapons are security guarantees.
In unstable regions, weapons are leverage.
Firearms are treated as tools of statecraft, not mythic artifacts.
The surface world believes power is engineered, not inherited.
Borders are drawn by logistics.
Security is maintained by supply chains.
Violence is mediated by industry.
In this world, firearms are not exceptional.
They are ordinary.
And that ordinariness is what makes them terrifying.