User:IEPH/Sandbox/Ausonia

This is a general Ausonia-related sandbox thread. I'm probably not going to categorize this one.

Ausonian Armed Forces - Uniforms and Ranks

Ausonian Army

Ranks

	Marshals			Generals				Senior officers			Junior officers				Student officers
Collar insignia
Shoulder insignia
Code	OF-10			OF-9	OF-8	OF-7		OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF-D	Student Officer
French	Maréchal de la République	Maréchal de camp	Maréchal	Général	Lieutenant- général	Major-général	Général de brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant- colonel	Major	Capitaine	Lieutenant	Cornette	Enseigne	Cadet	Sous-cadet
English	Marshal of the Commonwealth	Field marshal	Marshal	General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Cornet	Ensign	Cadet	Junior cadet

	Non-Commissioned Officers								Enlisted Rank-and-File
Collar insignia
Sleeve insignia										no insignia
Shoulder insignia
Code	OR-9	OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5		OR-4		OR-3	OR-2		OR-1
French	Adjutant- chef	Adjutant- maître	Adjutant	Sergent-major	Officier- aspirant	Sergent	Élève-officier	Brigadier	Caporal	Sous-officier étudiant	Soldat de 1ère classe	Soldat
English	Chief Warrant Officer	Master Warrant Officer	Warrant Officer	Sergeant-Major	Officer Candidate	Sergeant	Student Officer	Brigadier	Corporal	NCO Student	Private first class	Private

Units of Measurement

Length

• 1 lieue = 5 tours = 60 arpents = 1,500 toises

Unit		Ratio	SI value	English value
French	Translation
point	point	​1⁄512	1.5875 mm	​1⁄16 inch
ligne	line	​1⁄256	3.175 mm	​1⁄8 inch; cf. line
pouce	inch	​1⁄32	2.54 cm	1 inch
poinette	tip, top	​7⁄128	4.445 cm	1​3⁄4 in; cf. 19" rack unit
quartier	quarter	​1⁄4	20.32 cm	8 in; cf. span
pied	foot	​3⁄8	30.48 cm	1 ft
verge	yard	1	0.8128 m	2​2⁄3 ft
toise	fathom	2	1.6256 m	5​1⁄3 ft
perche	perch, rod	6	4.8768 m	16 ft
arpent		60	48.768 m	160 ft
tour	turn (of a plough)	600	487.68 m	1,600 ft
lieue	league	3,000	2.4384 km	8,000 ft
mille	mile	6,000	4.8768 km	16,000 ft

Area

Unit		Ratio (pied carré)	SI value	English value	Notes
French	Translation
pied carré	square foot	1	~0.093 m2	1 sq ft	This is the Ausonian square foot.
toise carré	square fathom	28​11⁄25	~2.64 m2	28.44 sq ft	This is the Ausonian square fathom.
perche carrée	square perch	44	~4.09 m2	44 sq ft	It is a square 22 pieds on each side.
vergée		6,400	594.58 m2	6,400 sq ft	This is a square 5 perches on each side, or one quarter of an acre.
acre		25,600	2378.32 m2	25,600 sq ft	This is a square 10 perches (or one arpent) on each side.
arpent carré	square arpent
dîme royal	royal dîme	153,600	~14,269.91 m2 or ~1.4270 hectares	153,600 sq ft or ~3.5262 acres	The royal dîme (from Old French *dixme, ultimately from Latin decimus) is typically used in the former Kingdom, and is comprised of an area of 6 square acres.
dîme des bourgeois	burghers' dîme	204,800	~19,026.54 m2 or ~1.9026 hectares	204,800 sq ft or ~4.7016 acres	Compared to the royal dîme, this is typically used in the Old Confederacy, and is comprised of an area of 8 square acres.

Volume

As in many ancient systems of measurement the Ausonian distinguishes between dry and liquid measurements of capacity.

Pillarization

	Protestant	Catholic	Liberal	Socialist
Federal Political Parties	Centre RPF		Liberal RPF	PSD
	UCD	PCN
Major Newspapers	Le Standard Le Héraut du Soir	Le Post	L'Independent Metro Aujord'hui	none
	Courrier de la Patrie En Direct
Trade Unions	COGESYC		ORCSLIA	FENATA
Schools	Protestant-oriented Church schools	Catholic Parochial schools	Public Schools
Predominant sports/recreation	Saturday football weekend rugby union pétanque	Sunday football pelote	Sunday football Dancing schools field hockey	Weekend football folk dancing weekend rugby union
	Test cricket Hiking		Short cricket Cycling