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===Traktionstadtsgesellschaft===
===Traktionstadtsgesellschaft===
The Traktionstadtsgesellschaft or Traktionstadts, German for "Traction Town Society" is an alliance of German-speaking Traction cities, formed to oppose the Green Storm. The main fighter airship used is the Super-Gnat.
The Traktionstadtsgesellschaft or Traktionstadts, German for "Traction Town Society" is an alliance of German-speaking Traction cities, formed to oppose the Green Storm. The main fighter and bomber airship used is the Super-Gnat.
==In-Jokes==
Reeve frequently makes puns or jokes that are unapparent to the characters, but are noticable to the reader. For example:
*The god of Municipal Darwinism is referred to as "The Thatcher" a reference to British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
*A plane in ''A Darkling Plain'' is called the ''Group Captain Mandrake'', a reference to Group Captain Lionel Mandrake from the Peter Sellers film ''Doctor Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
*The town of Tunbridge Wells has become "Tunbridge Wheels" in the age of moving cities.
*Anna Fang refers to "a bat out of Hull", referring to the expression "a bat out of Hell" and the city of Kingston-upon-Hull, better known as "Hull".
*The [[Disney]] cartoon characters of Pluto and Mickey are referred to as "animal-headed gods of North America".