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	Metric 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

• Dîme (derived from Old French *dixme (from Lat. decimus) "a tenth, tithe")
  • Royal dîme (dîme royal) = 6,342.18 m² = 68,266.67 sq ft = 1.57 acres = 2,400 square toises
  • Burgers' dîme (dîme des bourgeois) = 9,513.27 m² = 102,400 sq ft = 2.35 acres = 3,600 square toises
    • 2 burghers' dîmes = 3 royal dîmes

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