What Major Factions Appear In The Metro Online Novel Timeline?

For someone getting into the Metro series, a rundown of all major factions in the 2033 universe timeline would be super helpful. Who really controls the tunnels?
2026-08-02 10:24:42
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NashPrice
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Hanza's power is soft power. They don't conquer with bullets; they conquer with debt and contracts. A station falls behind on payments for filters or ammunition? Hanza quietly takes control of its security or trade. They're the venture capitalists of the apocalypse. Their faction is everywhere and nowhere, a network of influence more than a bordered nation.
2026-08-03 10:54:50
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JossPerez
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I'd start by separating the 'core' factions from the local powers. The core ones with territory and armies are Hanza, the Red Line, and the Fourth Reich. The Polis Rangers (or just the Order) are a faction too, but they're more like a special forces group with a specific mission. Then you have dozens of minor players: the Exhibition alliance, the folks at Paveletskaya, the Bridge Devils at Smolenskaya... it's a spiderweb of alliances and conflicts.
2026-08-04 16:45:29
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ZoeyDay
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Honestly, the human factions are just the warm-up act. The real story is whatever new horror is evolving in the deeper tunnels or on the surface. The factions are busy fighting each other while something else is watching, growing, waiting. That's the creeping dread the best stories capture. Our petty wars are just noise before the real storm.
2026-08-07 03:13:02
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DanaRyan
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I'm just here for the mutant fights, to be honest. All this faction politics goes over my head. Give me a dude with a shambler shotgun in a tunnel full of spiders any day. Let the politicians argue in their bunkers.
2026-08-07 10:33:29
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JakeBud
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The answer is mutants. The mutants are the major faction. Everyone else is just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Fight me.
2026-08-08 10:59:33
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