The purpose of government is to organize the resources of the nation to do things that individuals wouldn’t or couldn’t do. This often includes things that the average person considers distasteful, like picking up trash, or unprofitable, like building public roads. The people in power know that the average person doesn’t want to know about the details of these operations, and often would object to the methods used to get the job done, no matter how efficient or effective they are.
How much more true is it for something like national defense, where you have a ruthless enemy trying to find all your weaknesses and use them against you? Intelligence agencies have to be as ruthless as their enemies. At the same time, they cannot reveal to the public in their nations how ruthless they are. Just like trash collection, the average person doesn’t want to know the details. They just want the job done by someone they don’t have to meet.
Here are the Governmental and Quasi-Governmental agencies that have grown up around the world in reaction to the Mythos (non-government organizations can be found in Civilian Organizations). They have taken many forms, and many sides. Some fight body and soul against the Mythos, while others have given the same just for power. Just remember the following dictums: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend," and "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." You can only go mad once.
United States of America
Delta Green
Delta Green was born out of project-covenant and the Innsmouth Raids of 1927. At first attached to the Navy, during WWII it became a separate organization. A disastrous mission during the Vietnam War lead to the end of the official status of the organization. The agents continued on as an illegal network within the US government, which fights the Mythos to this day.
Majestic-12
In 1947 a craft of alien origin crashed just outside Roswell, New Mexico. The US government sent up an agency to handle the remains of the ship and its occupants, and prepare for any further contact with beings of extra-planetary origin. In 1980, that contact was made, giving MJ-12 access to advanced alien technology and information. How they got that information and what they did with it could be considered treason.
The Arkham Group
Don't tell the Agents, but Delta Green does not stand alone. Other men sympathetic to their cause have started up their own organization that parallels and expands on Delta Green's efforts.
China
Qianfeng
A group that originally used the pretext of anti-superstition and anti-feudalism campaigns during the Cultural Revolution to fight the Mythos, this organisation now exists as an unofficial and shaky alliance between vigilante groups, civil society and the Ministry of State Security, protected and threatened by powerful individuals within the Politburo.
United Kingdom
PISCES
PISCES is an official British intelligence service that investigates the paranormal. It grew out of an investigation into psychic powers, and cut its teeth during World War II. It investigates many of the dark secrets in the British Isles, but along the way has picked up a dark secret or two of its own.
Silent 13
Growing out of experiences during the Irish Troubles, this is an unofficial group of former soldiers who have continued to serve as defenders of England. The longer they have fought, the more enemies they have discovered.
France
Félicie
Félicie traces its history back to the nineteenth century, and certain events in Mauritania, then one of France’s colonies. The group has survived under various names and guises, slipping in and out of official existence. They have performed operations around the globe, pushing back the edge of darkness, by whatever means necessary.
Germany
Gruppe Rubin
After World War II, Germany had to clean up the terrible damage done by the Nazis. Gruppe Rubin is a network of scholars and leaders in Germany dedicated to cleaning up the taint of the Karotechia. They face the terrible truths as a second Holocaust, with the same promise: never again.
Karotechia
The Karotechia grew out of Nazi Germany's research into the occult. They discovered that magic not only existed, but that it could be harnessed and used. After the fall of the Third Reich, survivors of this group fled to the corners of the globe, taking their discoveries with them, and keeping alive Hitler's dreams.
Thule Gesellschaft
Thulegesellschaft (Thule Society) was founded in 1918 by the occultist Rudolf von Sebottendorff to research German antiquity, but soon became invovled in anti-Semitic and pro-German propaganda. From these political activities grew the German National Socialist Party, the Nazis.
Japan
Kurotokage
Kurotokage is a covert intelligence branch of the Japanese government. Its mission is to combat the Mythos as it exists or threatens Japan. It is deeply covert, hidden from all other Japanese intelligence and government agencies, and completely independent. It serves the Emperor directly, and can trace its history back to before the Meiji Restoration.
Libya
Fist of Allah
Little is known about this organization except that they are sponsored by Col. Khaddaffi, and they are devout Muslims.
Russia
GRU SV-8
GRU SV-8 can be traced back to the 1920s, and was originally Stalin's tool for the investigation of occult power. After the fall of the Soviet Union, SV-8 has become a shadow of its former self. Though part of the Russian government, they had long ago become hidden from oversight. That means dwindling funding and few new recruits.
International
Order of the Sword of St. Jerome
Before the modern countries of Europe even had their current names, the Catholic Church was fighting supernatural evil in all of its shapes. This is their secret agency dedicated to researching and banishing the Mythos menace. They have two thousand years of knowledge behind them, and a network of people who believe in angels and demons. Who can imagine what they know.
The Starkweather Foundation
Founded in the late 30s, this group promotes the scientific exploration of the polar regions. They often give financial aid to students wishing to work at the ends of the earth. There is some evidence that they have relations with Delta Green, but few can guess the nature of that relationship.
Resolution Zero and The Antarctic Covenant: Alternatives to The Starkweather Foundation.
