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Hanseatic League
Leadership information
Base Location:	The Ring Line
Leader:	Prime Minister Loginov
Diplomatic information
Disposition:	Neutral
Enemies:	Nazis Bandits
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The Commonwealth of the Stations of the Ring Line, or the Hanseatic League (more commonly known as Hansa, Hanza, or Hanse) is a trading alliance comprising several stations, making up a large area of the Metro. Seated at the head of this collection of stations is the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth Loginov.

Contents 1 Overview 2 In the Game 3 Trivia 4 Gallery

OverviewEdit

The Commonwealth of the Stations of the Ring Line emerged shortly after central control was disbanded. Crossing all other lines, these stations were vital points of trade routes. They quickly became the place for all traders, getting incredibly rich in a short amount of time. Soon they understood that their wealth would become the envy of others, and took the only possible decision. They formed the Commonwealth. It's official name is rarely used, though, because people were quick to title them "Hansa" - after the Hanseatic League (Hansa), an alliance of trading cities in the Middle Ages. At first, Hansa included only a part of the Ring Line stations, the unification was not momental. The so-called "Northern Arc" included at first stations from Kievskaya to Prospekt Mira, the other fraction consisted of Kurskaya, Taganskaya and Oktyabrskaya. Later Paveletskaya and Dobryninskaya joined the Hansa, and the "Southern Arc" emerged. But the key obstacle to joining this ring of power was in the Sokolnicheskaya Line (renamed Red Line). This led to one of the major conflicts in the Metro, the war between Hansa and the Red Line. After this war, with a mutually-beneficial agreement signed by Red Line and Hansa, the circle was complete. Hansa forgot it's old conflict, seeing a worthy trade partner in the Red Line.

Today's Hansa is an example of extreme capitalism with the worst means of exploitation in it's non-citizen workforce, and is currently suffering from overpopulation - wealth attracts thousands of legal and illegal emigrants; however, the "golden population" of the Hansa are very wealthy. The Commonwealth is one of the few places in the Metro where you can find tunnels fully powered, (the other one being the Red Line) and public transportation on motorized trolleys, rather than hand-powered railcars or bare feet. Sacred books of the Hansa include some famous economists' works, and as competition isn't present to any degree, the alliance has become the purest of monopolies. The people of Hansa, especially those born after the War, are indoctrinated heavily with career and money-hungry values.

Hansa is well-militarized to protect it's wealth, all it's stations are heavily guarded, it boasts motor transportation and flamethrowers, and it's militia is outfitted with high-end military grade weapons.

Stations on the radial "dead-ends" usually end up as Hansa's appendages, which have little power and their wealth depends sometimes entirely on Hansa.

In the Metro Last Light E3 gameplay trailer you can notice that Hansa will appear twice; one part is when Artyom is preparing to shoot at them and the other part is where Artyom jumps on a railcar that says Hansa on it, this may hint that Last Light will expand more on the Hansa.

In the GameEdit

You first encounter evidence of Hansa in the Bridge (Level) when an armored railcar is in the other platform looking for bandits. Also in Market there is a Hansa frontier guard post behind the last area with shops the way to the station is blocked off however.

Bourbon and other characters mention Hansa several times during the game.

In Market three traders can be overheard saying that 'dope' has allegedly been banned in some Hansa stations and that traders caught with it can be exiled. Dope in the game seems to be a reference to hookah pipes as the barman in Market states he has lots to try and a hookah pipe can be found next to him, smoking it will award the player positive moral points.

TriviaEdit

• "Hansa" is a term that often refers to the Hanseatic League, which was an alliance of various North European trading cities and merchant guilds that lasted from the 13th to 17th centuries.

GalleryEdit

Factions of the Metro Factions Rangers - Fourth Reich - Communists - Hanseatic League - Stalkers - Children of the Underground - Bandits - Savage Cannibals of the Great Worm Cult - Satanists - Arbat Confederation - Belorusskaya Trade Outpost