Fuel Corps
A branch of the Ministry of Public Works, the Fuel Corps is charged with planting, maintaining, and harvesting the forests from which Canada gets wood to use as fuel.
History
With all easily-accessible fossil fuels used up by the Old World, the industry of the rebuilt Canadian nation needed a new source of fuel. They turned to wood from the country's plentiful forests, which could be refined into charcoal and liquid fuel. The early efforts were poorly-regulated and led to forest fires, famines, and ecological disasters from over-harvesting. Eventually the Federal government established the Fuel Corps to manage the forests in a sustainable manner.Membership
Fuel Corps personnel are colloquially known as "lumberjacks" on account of their primary task. The job of a lumberjack is grueling and often dangerous, requiring long stints in the wilderness to fell and transport trees year-round. Fatalities are not uncommon. Conscription is practiced to fill the ranks, all male citizens become eligible upon reaching the age of eighteen. Women are exempted, as are lupens. Upper-class men often avoid service by joining the military or enrolling in university. Conscript lumberjacks serve a one-year term.
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