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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Georgiou, Tito and Pavlos Meet in Athens, Independence of Northern Epirus by Greece Guaranteed!, April 1954

Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, Γεωργίου, Τίτο και Παύλος συναντώνται στην Αθήνα, Ανεξαρτησία της Βορείου Ηπείρου από την Ελλάδα εγγυημένη!, Απρίλιος 1954[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands, Northern-Epirus and Ranponian - Greek, Northern Epirote and Yugoslavian Leaders! - Έλληνες, Βορειοηπειρώτες και Γιουγκοσλάβοι ηγέτες![/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]| A NEW FRIEND!, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΜΙΑ ΝΕΑ ΦΙΛΗ!, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]

[list]| At the Royal Palace in Athens in the Kingdom of Greece, a bustling crowd of civilians wait outside, joined by high-ranking Greek government officials and diplomats. They wait for three important people in particular, and as those three people were then driven to the Palace, it was clear who they were. Arriving at noon sharp, the leaders of three Balkan nations. Of course, in attendance was Greece's beloved King Pavlos, but he was also joined by the leader of the newly independent Republic of Northern Epirus, President Georgiou, and finally, a person with a very strong disdain in Greece, the Yugoslavian premier, Josip Broz Tito. As the trio went in, they were followed behind by Greek diplomats and their respective security details. The leaders and the Greek diplomats were given lunch at the palace, a grand feast before talks started. |[/list]

[list]| Surprisingly, the three leaders got along well, and joined by Greek Prime Minister Alexandros Papagos, were able to establish personal connections. As they were led into the diplomatic room, there lay several documents prepared by the Greek and Northern Epirote Governments. These documents were the papers that ensured the Kingdom of Greece's independence guarantees to the newly established and recognized the Republic of Northern Epirus. As the four of them sat down (joined by Papagos), President Georgiou, the King, and Prime Minister Papagos signed the document regarding the independence guarantee. Tito would sign the document as well as an official witness, and to symbolize Yugoslavian permission for this deal. The four would stand up and would receive applause from the diplomats. This was the first time in a long time that Greece and Yugoslavia had some form of cooperation, and it also meant that Greece had made a new friend up north. As they walked out, they were greeted by a crowd of press officials and photographers, and as the conference ended, it was clear that it was a resounding success. |[/list]

[list][list][pre]"The signing of Greece's Independence Guarantees to Northern Epirus as pledged during the Argyrókastron Accords marks a symbolic day. Greece has not only opened and successfully opened diplomatic relations with a new nation but also is now guaranteeing their protection. It also marks the first time in almost 15 years that Greece and Yugoslavia have had cooperation with one another. We look forward to having a new start with the Republic [Northern Epirus], and to begin to end diplomatic hostilities between Athens and Belgrade."[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]- King of the Hellenes, Pavlos I[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

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Connomia

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Great Britain Gb

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Moroavia

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New Provenance

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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

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The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

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| IZURU SECURES AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY |

[sub]10th of March, 1954[/sub]

| The elections to the National Congress of Zaire have taken place over the course of the past four days, and the results have completely shifted the Congress seats. The 1954 Congress elections have been the first since Equatoria has become independent, and since the the incorporation of ex-French colonies into Zaire has happened, meaning that a major shift was bound to happen. Firstly, the number of seats in the National Congress has increased from 150 to 180, with an additional 30 seats being located amidst the new provinces of Zaire, and other larger provinces. |

POPULAR VOTE ELECTION RESULTS BASED ON REGION;

[list]ZAIRE ENRICHI;

LIBERAL WING - 16 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +12 Seats

LEFT WING - 4 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / -8 Seats

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ZAIRE INDUSTRIEL NORD;

LEFT WING - 18 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +7 Seats

CENTRAL WING - 2 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +1 Seat

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ZAIRE INDUSTRIEL SUD;

LEFT WING - 19 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +5 Seats

CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRAT WING - 1 Seat in the National Congress have been gained / +1 Seat

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LA DIAMENT DU ZAIRE;

LIBERAL WING - 20 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +20 Seats

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BEAUTE DU ZAIRE*;

LIBERAL WING - 11 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +11 Seats

CENTRAL WING - 5 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +5 Seats

CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRAT WING - 4 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +4 Seats

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PERLE DU ZAIRE*;

LEFT WING - 17 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +17 Seats

LIBERAL WING - 2 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +2 Seats

CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRAT WING - 1 Seat in the National Congress have been gained / +1 Seat

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VOTES FROM THE FINEST ASSEMBLY;

LEFT WING - 45 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +25 Seats

CENTRAL WING - 19 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / +8 Seats

LIBERAL WING - 12 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / -18 Seats

CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRAT WING - 4 Seats in the National Congress have been gained / N/A

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OVERALL ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE NATIONAL CONGRESS 1954;

LEFT WING will have 103 Seats in the National Congress / +25 Seats

LIBERAL WING will have 41 Seats in the National Congress / -14 Seats

CENTRAL WING will have 26 Seats in the National Congress / +19 Seats

CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT WING will have 10 Seats in the National Congress / +1 Seat[/list]

| For the first time in the history of Zairean politics, Izuru has managed secure a majority that will allow her to rule without the need for a coalition. With the Head of the Finest Assembly elections occurring at the end of this year, it is predicted that Izuru will form a government filled with only members of her own wing, which to many in the party comes across as dangerous. Izuru managed to secure a majority based on the promises of expanding welfare, housing, healthcare and boosting the economy.

However, many outside political forces showcase that the incorporation of the new provinces might in fact break the National Liberal Revival Party, and therefore force the country into a new First Representative of Zaire elections. The reasoning behind that thinking is that Izuru didn't actually gain a majority based on the votes from the people, defacto she gained a majority due to the votes from the Finest Assembly, an institution dominated by her wing members. The Beaute of Zaire didn't vote for one member of the Left Wing, and whilst Perle du Zaire given Izuru a majority of votes, it still given votes to Izuru's largest rivals, the Christian-Democrats and Liberals.

The leading figure of the Liberal Wing, ADAM HUDUBU has called for the reformation of the Finest Assembly, to make all wings have equal representation within the institution. The call has been dismissed by Izuru, who outright thanked all Zaireans for giving her wing the trust and the hope for continuation of her reforms.

With the elections for the Head of the Finest Assembly coming soon, it is bound that Izuru will win. Even with all the other wings voting against Izuru, it would still not be enough to remove her from the position. Mrs Izuru has stated that she is now more than ever focused on delivering the promises and the reforms the country needs. With no need for a coalition partner, Mrs Izuru will be able to control the National Congress well enough to pass whatever she deems necessary.

The rise of the Central Wing is also very noticeable. Their rise by 19 seats is a sign that the new provinces might change a lot in the future politics of the country, but also that the leader of the Centrists, MRS MERKAZI is doing a very strategic game of patience. The Liberals, however, continue their downfall since Nigoye's deperature. The corruption scandal involving Nigoye has not helped them, and their new leadership lacks the knowledge and the charisma Nigoye possessed. The Christian-Democrat wing has gained one more seat, but their presence is continuing to fall since 1946, with a lack of a clear and confined definition of what the wing actually represents in the party, their slow death is simply obvious. |

[list][ MARIE IZURU, Head of the Finest Assembly and Head of the Left Wing ]: "La victoire de l'aile gauche du Parti du renouveau libéral national est une victoire pour tout le Zaïre. C'est un pas en avant, et la majorité que nous détenons désormais au sein du Congrès est une majorité de progrès, de modernité et de prospérité. La réforme du système de logement, l'extension de la protection sociale, la croissance de l'économie et la poursuite de l'élévation du niveau de vie de tous, voilà ce à quoi je m'attacherai au cours des prochaines années. Le temps du Zaïre est venu, et rien ne nous arrêtera. "

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[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C • S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]

KRKA OPENS FIRST PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORY IN ANOTHER STEP FOR THE SLOVENE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

[list][sup]THE GAME OF ELECTRONS

APRIL 1954[/sup][/list]

In early 1949, prominent Novo Mesto pharmacist Boris Andrijanič entered talks with the Slovenian Chemical Industry Association on the matter of his profession. The Slovenian state had an enduring interest in the nation’s growing chemical industry: a perceived ingress into the common European market fast approaching. Thus, in February 1954, Andrijanič’s centuries-old pharmacy was officially incorporated as Krka with the opening of its own pharmaceutical laboratory under medicinal biochemist Tatjana Sernec Avšič. Housed in a warehouse of the suburb of Ločna, the laboratory was an intentional contribution to the greater Slovenian chemical industrial belt, a growing entity producing an array of products ranging from detergent to painkillers. The belt was Slovenia’s most distinctive industry—it was developing a sophisticated chemical export complex with surprising speed. Thus, Krka was not the only Slovenian company dedicated to the production of synthetic active medicaments. The Slovene government had no doubt about the importance of competition, and had spawned several pharmaceutical manufacturers in the aftermath of independence. Lek, based in Ljubljana, was the eldest and would almost certainly be Krka’s chief competitor: both were viewed with optimism by investors, but unseating Lek—eight years Krka’s senior—would prove an arduous task.

Nevertheless, Krka’s laboratory, intended to bypass some of the slower traditional stages required to develop and perfect active agents, had the potential to altogether improve the production of synthetic and non-synthetic drugs. Staking the firm’s reputation on the continued success of its laboratory, Krka focused primarily on the production of two of its leading products: hyoscyamine and ferrous sulfate. The first was intended to treat conditions of intestinal spasms, cramps and irritable bowel syndromes while the latter, a mineral supplement primarily intended to treat anemia, could also be used as a deodorant or a mouthwash. Within three years, it hoped to be able to manufacture no fewer than four dozen further synthetic drugs at a volume that could meet the needs of all pharmacies throughout Lower Carniola. It would, however, not come without challenges. With the nation’s chemical industry only recently modernized, the laboratory would be subject to frequent shortages of raw materials and the associated efficiency bottlenecks. Undeterred, the company would strive to expand its activities and services, and would ultimately come to integrate other processing units into its activities, from compounding to packaging. Supply lines would emerge from shrewd negotiations with other Slovene companies; the ferrous sulfate, for example, would be distilled from cheaply purchased iron(II) sulfate byproducts of steel finishing shipped from the Trošt steel works in the metallurgical town of Jesenice.

Products of the Ločna laboratory would be on Slovenian shelves by the coming summer and on international shipments the following season. Another step had been taken in advance of the common market to come.

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GEORGIUO, TITO AND PAVLOS MEET IN BELGRADE!

April 1954

Concluding the triple meeting event that began in Argyrókastron, moved to Athens and now arrives in the largest Balkan City of Belgrade, the three leaders are set to sign further Accords reaffirming the Independence of Northern Macedonia and pledging a warmer future of relations. Mass crowds and bands were organized by the Communist Party in order to represent it as a momentous occasion of National importance, and those who were lucky enough to own Televisions were treated to live footage. Tito presented the two leaders with a casket each of premium (and extremely expensive) Balkan Rakija Whiskey, a speciality served as higher class bars within the City. Being the final of the three meetings there was additionally a large military parade to honor the occasion, with several flights of Mig-15s zooming overhead in formations resembling the national symbols of all three states.

Ultimately it underlined Yugoslavia's guarantee of Northern Epirus's Independence which would in turn obligate Yugoslavia to come to its aid in case of war, which in turn set it in stone as a Buffer state between Greece and Yugoslavia which would hopefully serve to soften relations between the two long-term. Naturally Tito and the Eastern Bloc as a whole were still adverse to it potentially housing NATO troops or even worse officially joining the Alliance, and as a result the treaties would do a lot to alleviate these concerns.

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

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Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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THE ERITREAN QUESTION

KING OF THE HILL

[list][sub]| If there was one thing Ibn Saud purposefully neglected, it was Eritrea. The Eritrean rebellion had been raging on for years now, led by the Eritrean Sovereign Army (ESA) and Ibn Saud had not even made a point to mention it, despite Faisal's many attempts at bringing it up. Now under the impulsive but assertive Saud, he felt the urge to make a definitive stance. Another thing that changed since the Ibn Saud days was the recent immigrant influx, from South Asia and Eritrea, as well as some internal Yemeni migration to the wealthy Eastern provinces, or to work in government in Riyadh. However, with this mass immigration came mass problems... A large part of these Eritreans was considered refugees as well, and also Muslim due to Saudi preferences, further forcing Saud's hand. Internal Eritrean pressure combined with Saud's urge to prove himself to the already disapproving royal family led to a call for action.|[/sub][/list]

[list][sub]|The main difference came with the visits from Eritrean representatives from the ESA, namely Idris Mohammed Adem, and his Eritrean veteran aide, Sheikh Ibrahim Sultan, who met with King Saud and Crown Prince Faisal. There they discussed the Eritrean community's welfare in Saudi Arabia, as well as how the current war efforts were going, and finally sent a plea for Saud to signal to the Arab League a change in neutrality towards the Eritrean question. Afterward, he made visits throughout Eritrean community concentrations in Saudi Arabia, and successfully mobilized both men and funds for the cause. 2 million dollars USD, or 45 million Saudi riyals from wealthy Eritrean elites in Eastern Saudi Arabia. 5,000 Eritrean diaspora would also travel to Sudan to go down to support the Eritrean cause, carrying the funds and arms, namely 100 Marmon-Herrington Mk. IV, armed with Fahud M-50 Sub-machine gun and Kulsprutepistol m/45, as well as 10 M101 Howitzers.|[/sub][/list]

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[list]MARCH 1st - MARCH 28th 1954

[sub]PAZ AMERICANA: ÁGUILAS, CÓNDORES Y OTRAS AVES DE PRESA[/sub][/list]

Caracas, Estado Miranda, Gran República de la Nueva Granada

[sub]Despite the infamous situation that surrounded the Ninth International Conference of American States held in New Granada’s capital of Bogotá six years prior in 1948, during which the Latin American Youth Congress boycotted the event and the attempted assassination of now late president Jorge Gaitán led to La Bogotazo, the Revolutionary Government under Provisional President Marcos Pérez Jiménez, on a campaign to boost the country’s prestige would secure Caracas as the host city for the Tenth International Conference of American States, making Granada the first country to host the conference subsequent times. [/sub]

[sub]The conference would be held at the newly built Aula Magna, the 2,700 seat state of the art great hall of the University City of Caracas, and its start would coincide with the hall’s inauguration on the 2nd of March. Pan American Airways subsidiary InterContinental’s recently opened 400 room Hotel Tamanaco, just fifteen minutes away from the venue, would be completely reserved for diplomats and company. The location would be chosen by Jimenez to promote the Plan Nacional De Hotelería (National Hotel Plan) and by the conference’s key speaker United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to promote InterContinental, which was created as an attempt by Franklin D. Roosevelt to attract investment to Latin America. Dulles had already attended the openings of both Hotel Tamanaco in December for Jimenez’s presidential inauguration and the earlier Bogota based Hotel Tequendama in May of 1953, the first hotel ever planned and purpose built solely by InterContinental and has been extended an invite to the opening of their third hotel in Quito in December of 1954. [/sub]

[sub]Similar to the previous conference, First Secretary General of the Organization of American States Alberto Lleras Camargo would represent New Granada this time taking a secondary speaking role to US Secretary Dulles. Dulles, an ardent anti-communist expounded on the dangers of the expansion of communism not just in the Americas but worldwide. He would go on to reaffirm the unanimous Anti-Communist Declaration of 1948 secured by his predecessor George C. Marshall. Going further as to convince the participating states to sign a further Declaration of Solidarity for Preservation of the Political Integrity of the American States against the Intervention of International Communism. Other agreements signed during the conference were the Inter-American Convention on Political Asylum, reinforcing guarantees for political asylum seekers in the western hemisphere and the Declaration of Caracas, condemning totalitarianism and reaffirming adherence to representative democracy.[/sub]

[sub]Opposition to the government of Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán's Revolutionary Action Party (PAR) in Guatemala would be the utmost priority to the delegation from the United States. The PAR had released the imprisoned communist and socialist leaders upon their victory in the Guatemalan Revolution in 1944 and Arbenz had increasingly garnered the support of communist elements and positioned a limited number of communist leaders within his government. Arbenz’ public admiration for Marxist literature and his welcoming of large numbers of communist and socialist refugees from neighboring countries would lead to the plotting of Operation PBFortune by the CIA and the government of Anastasio Somoza García’s Nicaragua in 1952 to overthrow Guatemala before it’s discovery by the State Department and subsequent cancellation. US President Dwight D. Eisenhower would revive the effort under Operation PBSuccess after communist Guatemalan Party of Labour (PTG) was allowed to run in the 1953 election, this time colluding with both Nicaragua and New Granada. Dulles would use Guatemala’s boycott of the conference and particularly its objection to the anti-communist declarations as rationale for its overthrow. [/sub]

[sub]Costa Rica’s National Liberation Party (PLN) under José Figueres Ferrer would also boycott the conference on the grounds that it was held in Caracas, under the military rule of Jimenez, while criticizing US support for dictatorships. Despite Ferrer’s consistent criticisms of US foreign policy towards Latin America Costa Rica would still be considered an important ally in the region, however the US would share in New Granadine, Nicaraguan, Cuba and most prominently Rafael Trujillo’s Dominican Republic’s concerns over Ferrer’s material and moral support for the Caribbean Legion, a loose knit group of revolutionaries opposed to all three regimes, to which he had financed and trained in the lead up to the Costa Rican Civil War. The legion had attempted to overthrow the Dominican Republic twice in 1947 and 1949, were made up of mostly Nicaraguan exiles opposed to the Somoza’s Nicaraguan government, were linked to the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in opposition to Fulgencio Batista’s Cuba through members Fidel and Raul Castro and linked to the 1948 attempted overthrow of New Granadine President Mariano Ospina Pérez through former member Rómulo Betancourt, himself suspected of having fled once again into exile in Costa Rica.[/sub]

[sub]British Foreign Secretary Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon would express the fears of his prime minister Winston Churchill of the spread of communism into the British West Indies and recommitted the United Kingdom to “breaking the communist teeth in the new world”. An allusion to the ousting of British Guiana’s Chief Minister Cheddi Jagan and his replacement by an interim government after his People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) overwhelming victory in the October 1953 election. Military Intelligence, Section 5 (MI5) and Churchill himself feared that the PPP were Marxists and would usher in a communist state in the western hemisphere leading to their removal and suppression. However the lack of alternative parties has stoked fears that upon the implementation of a new election that the PPP will once again be the ruling party of Guiana, potentially into its prospective independence creating a new haven for communist dissidents in mainland South America, a situation deemed unacceptable by the United States, Britain and neighbouring New Granada. It was a consensus among the three countries that everything must be done to ensure that the first leader of independent Guyana was not Cheddi Jagan.[/sub]

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Canovia

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Connomia

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Nileia

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Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rutannia

Sudesam

Teymour

The Former United States And The Enclave

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Velha Portuguesa

Victoria Harbor

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First TV Broadcast in Romania

18-19th April 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| On the evening of the 18th of April after a week of announcements, TVR has officially broadcasted it`s first images to the people`s eyes.

| The broadcast that lasted until the noon of the 19th of April, has showed the people news from the Socialist Republic, entertained the younger audience as well as the older ones, educated the Romanian people about the brave and beloved leader, Comrade Constantin Rotaru and The Communist Party of Romania, showcased the growing Romanian Industry and even played music videos for the Romanians to watch/listen to.

| With the TV being accessible for everyone in the Socialist Republic of Romania, it`s future as a promising tool of educating the people about the Socialist Revolution and the Romanian culture is growing.

Future congresses of The Communist Party of Romania as well as the realizations of the Romanian people and The General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved and esteemed leader of all Romanian people, Constantin Rotaru, are to be broadcasted on TV as a way to keep the Romanian citizens entertained and informed at the same time.

"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "

18-19th April 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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You guys are taking this game too seriously

The Sun States wrote:You guys are taking this game too seriously

That's what makes us the best region on this site. Everyone's having fun, that's what it's all about~

Ranponian, Vancouver Straits, The Sun States

CROWN PRINCE SAVANG VATTHANA SHOT DURING VISIT TO VIENTIANE

April, 1954

Vientiane, Kingdom of Laos

During a visit to Vientiane, where the Crown Prince was scheduled to meet members of his father's government to discuss communist rebels in the northern provinces, the Crown Prince was shot in the chest by a 19 year old student while he was greeting locals outside of his car.

The Crown Prince was rushed to the nearest hospital, while policemen and locals tackled the shooter, before proceeding to beat him.

Eventually, the shooter was arrested and brought in for questioning, where it was found out that he was a member of Pathet Lao.

As the news reached the royal capital in Luang Prabang, King Sisavangvong stated that the attempted assassination of his son will not go unpunished, promising to stomp out and remove the communists from the Kingdom,

"Communism is a cancer that must be removed from Laos before it spreads further, we must stomp them out like cockroaches, how can we negotiate with these monsters?".

The Crown Prince is currently in a stable condition, with the bullet not penetrating any vital organs.

Paramountica, Amsterwald, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie

Orion Aria wrote:Am I on the map?

Well, you have to pick a spot first and confirm if it's open or not! I also suggest joining our discord server :)

[list][list]April 1954

[sub]Historic Discovery Unveiled in Valley of the Kings[/sub][/list]

VALLEY OF THE KINGS, LUXOR, (Kotakuan Ii) — MIDDAY

[list] The Ankh Chronicle — Egypt’s Largest Archaeological Journal! [/list]

| In a landmark discovery that has taken the archaeological community by storm, a team of Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a previously unknown tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb, believed to date back to the 18th dynasty, was discovered following months of careful excavation and survey work. According to lead archaeologist Dr. Nefertiti Bakari, the tomb is believed to belong to a high-ranking official from the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III. |

| Inside the tomb, the team discovered a wealth of treasures, including intricate carvings, gold-plated sarcophagi, and numerous artifacts made of precious metals and gemstones. Most exciting of all, the team discovered a series of hieroglyphs that may provide important insights into the daily life of Ancient Egyptians and the political and cultural landscape of the time. The discovery is being hailed as a major triumph for Egyptology and is expected to attract international attention and tourism to the region. The government of Egypt has pledged to carefully preserve and protect the tomb and its treasures, which are considered an important part of the country's cultural heritage. Moreover, part of Egypt’s efforts to revamp the tourism industry, President Nasser has announced plans to subsidise the industry for excursions to the ancient sites such as The Valley of the Kings. |

| The discovery has already generated considerable excitement among the public, and a stream of visitors is expected to visit the Valley of the Kings in the coming months. A team of experts will continue to study and catalogue the contents of the tomb, with the hope of uncovering more clues about this fascinating period in Egyptian history. |

[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Paseo, Israelli, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie

[list][list]APRIL 1954

[sub]Nasser Invitional[/sub][/list]

[pre] S T A N F O R D ¹[/pre]

[list][sub][pre]Where the rolling foothills rise

Up t'wards mountains higher,

Where at eve the Coast Range lies,

In the sunset fire,

Flushing deep and paling;

Here we raise our voices hailing

From the foothills to the bay,

It shall ring and float away;

Hail, Stanford, Hail!

Hail, Stanford, Hail! [/pre][/sub][/list]

DISPATCHED CORRESPONDANCE — CALIFORNIA [sup]Provenantica[/sup]

[sub]STANFORD, Paramountica to CAIRO, Kotakuan Ii[/sub]

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1831387

____________

[sub]¹ A Series: STANFORD a private research university in Stanford, California, founded in 1891. WALLACE STERLING assumed the Presidency of Stanford in 1949, currently in the process of transforming Stanford from a financially troubled regional university to a financially sound, internationally recognized academic powerhouse, "the Harvard of the West", a journey that spanned the 20-years of his Presidency from 1949 to 1968.[/sub]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Arcanda, Paseo, Pontianus, Kotakuan Ii, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Taiiwan, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie

[list][list]May 1954

[sub]President Nasser Makes Historic Visit to the United States — Part 1[/sub][/list]

WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON D.C, (Paramountica) — MIDDAY

[list][pre]The Cairo Herald — Egypt’s Leading Geopolitical Newspaper![/pre] [/list]

| In a highly anticipated visit, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser arrived in the United States this week for a series of meetings and events aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries. During his visit, President Nasser met with top American officials and business leaders, including President Dwight D. Eisenhower himself, in an effort to increase cooperation and collaboration between the two nations. The visit, which was widely covered by the American media, was seen as a critical opportunity for President Nasser to build bridges and promote a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing the Middle East. |

| In Washington D.C., President Nasser met with President Eiseinhower for a series of high-level discussions on a range of topics, including trade, security, defence, the Kurdistan crisis and energy. The two leaders expressed a shared commitment to strengthening ties between their countries and working together to address the challenges facing the Middle Eastern region. The visit was widely seen as a positive step forward for US-Egyptian relations, with many observers praising President Nasser's leadership and vision. As both countries look to build a more productive and cooperative relationship, the visit is expected to play a critical role in shaping the future of the Middle East and beyond. |

| According to sources present at the meeting, both leaders expressed a shared commitment to strengthening their countries' relationship and working together to address the challenges facing the region. President Nasser praised the United States for its leadership on the world stage and expressed his hope that their countries can continue to collaborate in the future. In a joint statement following the meeting, President Nasser and President Eiseinhower said, "We had a productive and constructive conversation today, and we are committed to working together to address the challenges facing our countries, the Middle East and the world. We believe that after our meeting today our cooperation will play a critical role in shaping the future of the Middle East". President Nasser’s visit to the United States will not end at the White House, as he is set to make a visit to California accompanied by Vice President Richard Nixon with the honour of speaking at the world-renowned American university of Stanford. |

[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Arcanda, Paseo, Pontianus, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Vancouver Straits, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie

[list]April 1954

[sub]VW in Brazil[/sub][/list]

[pre]V O L K S W A G E N B R A Z I L[/pre]

| VOLKSWAGEN COMPANY had seen a massive national surge in sales, and the opening of a total of 5 factories and production plants across the Federal Republic. It was a sign of growing economic fortunes for the country and German industry as a whole. There was a Postwar Economic Resurgence incoming, and these effects were already being felt across Germany as stable welfare programs were coupled with a surge in exports thanks to a perfect storm of foreign debacles that opened Germany to more markets to sell its goods and services. Volkswagen in particular was a key contender to expand internationally, but the company had long assured its stockholders that it was sufficiently growing domestically already, with the Volkswagen Beetle being one of if not the most popular passenger civilian car in the entire country. Volkswagen in 1953 began plotting a course for international expansion, pinning Britain (who had allowed the company to essentially stay afloat in the immediate Postwar) and the United States as possible contenders. |

| Then, to the shock of most, Volkswagen in the latter days of March successfully confirmed the inking of a business agreement with the government of Brazil (Brazil Toucan), in which the company was to open two factories in BELO HORIZONTE and PORTO ALEGRE, as Brazil began to prove itself as a potent market for Volkswagen vehicles. Outside of Europe itself, there were hints of a possible 'Volkswagen Revolution' in Brazil. As the company, with the enthusiastic support of the German Foreign Ministry and the German Ministry for Trade, also began making preparations to enter the American (Paramountica) market, opening factories and investing in Brazil was also a major opportunity for an AMERICAS EXPANSION. |

| Politically for Brazil, the agreement meant thousands of new jobs, and a strengthening of foreign relations. More importantly for Germany, however, politically and socially, was the fact that Volkswagen, a German company, was beginning its potentially global expansion. The shadow of history continued to hang over the Federal Republic, and naturally across the world some opposition to its presence and involvement in the world stage still remained - as was to be expected. However, the agreement with Brazil did not only mean a new partner in Latin America in the form of the continent's largest nation, but also indicated changing tides for Germany. The country's participation in the European Economic Community and its strong military ties to the United States and NATO were indicators that Germany externally was changing. Internally, too, it was changing, as the social winds shifted and the rise of progressive ideals began. The agreement with Brazil was, while small, extremely significant to Germans and to the German government. |

| The establishment of Volkswagen in Brazil - as the country began scratching imports of fully-assembled vehicles in 1953 - was also a step forward in German-Brazilian relations. As the Federal Republic was still establishing itself on the world stage, new partnerships with the Latin American country was widely agreed upon to be beneficial for both nations in the long-term, with Germany expecting itself to become a key importer of select Brazilian goods, and Brazil a market for high-quality German products from trains to, of course, cars. |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Arcanda, Paseo, Pontianus, Kotakuan Ii, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Vancouver Straits, Metropolitan Francais, Taiiwan, Maziya, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie

[list][list]May 1954

[sub]President Nasser speaks at Stanford[/sub][/list]

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA, (Paramountica) — MIDDAY

| It was a historic moment at Stanford University as President Nasser and Vice President Nixon stepped onto the lush green lawns, greeted by a sea of eager students, faculty, and dignitaries. The sun was shining and the air was filled with a buzz of excitement as everyone waited for the leaders to address the crowd. President Nasser took the podium, his towering presence instantly commanding attention as he spoke about the importance of international cooperation and the role of education in shaping a better future. |

| Nasser went on to speak about his great respect for university institutions, briefly touching on both the University of Cairo and University of Libya. Moreover, Nasser began emphasizing the strong relationship between the United States and Egypt and the importance of working together to tackle global challenges, Nasser’s quick witted humour reminding Stanford students that they are indeed the future leaders of the United States. His final remarks came through a recognition of the privilege and honour it has been not only to speak at Stanford but to be welcomed into America so warmly. |

| The audience was enthralled as they listened to the Nasser speak, his words ringing with inspiration and hope. After the speech, President Nasser and Vice President Nixon mingled with the crowd, taking the time to meet and greet individuals, answer questions and sign autographs. With Nasser in the heart of the United States, speaking to the future of America, could this be the start of a blossoming collaborative relationship between Egypt & the United States? |

[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paseo, Pontianus, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Vargorie

"Only lightning has a chance of striking Leader twice."

Well, game, that's only because it lost the first time.

[I am not keen on doing the whole Discord thing tbh, will join the server, but will be barely active. PS: I just couldn't resist to troll the game a bit.]

THE BARUKAN JOURNAL

Federation of Barukan, a shining light at the end of the tunnel?

| On this most magnificent day, the establishment of the Federation of Barukan has been announced, putting an end to the struggle for independence. In a ceremony for all to see, the Leaders of the 13 Independence Movements have jointly signed the Declaration of Independence, they have also recognized Mihailo Matev as the Head of State, President and Commander in Chief of the Army of Bakuran. |

| Matev announced that he would fight to protect the freedoms and rights of all of Barukan's citizens, no matter their nationality or social class. He also announced that Barukan would remain as non-aligned as possible on the global stage, while simultaneously claiming that he views the Western Powers as potential close friends. |

Atlantic Norway

I hope that that's acceptable

Here's my Discord profile: Barukan#9278

Post self-deleted by Brazil Toucan.

Brazil Toucan wrote:Read our prologue and send a telegram to Paramountica

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=497355

Done and Done

Ranponian

[list][list]April 1954

[sub]The Northern Epirus Defence Force (NEDF) [/sub][/list]

ASIMENIO FTERO BASE, ARGYRÓKASTRON, (Northern-Epirus) — EVENING

| The development of the North Epirus Defence Force (NEDF) is a top priority for the young nation, as it seeks to establish its independence and secure its borders. With tensions running high in the region, the NEDF is tasked with ensuring the safety and security of the people of North Epirus. Moreover, the government of North Epirus have poured their limited resources into the NEDF, arranging for the building of new training facilities and equipping the military with weaponry. A select few experienced Yugoslav military officers from North Epirus have been recruited to help lead the NEDF, bringing a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the young organization. |

| Recruitment for the NEDF is robust, with thousands of young men and women answering the call to serve their nation. Northern Epirote soldiers will undergo rigorous training, honing their skills and learning the discipline and tactics that would be essential in defending their country. Despite the small estimated population of around 200,000 Northern Epirotes, Interim President Georgiou wishes to elevate the NEDF to roughly 1000 highly capable full-time soldiers who are able to quickly respond to natural disasters, humanitarian needs and ultimately the defence of the state. |

| The NEDF has received a significant boost to its capabilities in the form of obsolete Yugoslav rifles. This gift from Yugoslavia is a testament to the cooperative relationship between the two nations and their shared commitment to regional stability. The rifles, although outdated, are still highly effective weapons that will play a crucial role in the NEDF's efforts to defend North Epirus. Through the acquisition of Yugoslav rifles, the young nation has reassured its citizens that the government is capable of ensuring national security. This, coupled with the guarantees of independence from both Yugoslavia and Greece, have effectively secured Northern Epirus status as a neutral buffer state. |

| Aesthetically, the NEDF uniform is both practical and visually striking. It consists of a smart olive green tunic, paired with black trousers and highly polished black leather boots. The tunic is adorned with a number of distinctive patches and badges, each representing a different unit or branch within the NEDF. The NEDF's headgear is also a source of pride, with soldiers sporting a stylish black peaked cap or a distinctive beret in the unit's colors. Furthermore, the NEDF badge is prominently displayed on each piece of headgear, proudly declaring the wearer's allegiance to their country and their commitment to defend it. |

| The Eidikés Dynámeis Voreioipeirotikón Enóplon Dynámeon (EDVED — Northern Epirote Special Forces) are to be a highly trained and elite unit within the NEDF, tasked with carrying out the most demanding and critical missions. These include counter-terrorism domestically, and in certain circumstances taking part in overseas operations where the situation arises. The EDVED will be known for their superior training, unwavering bravery, and exceptional combat skills. The unit is to be comprised of roughly 50 hand-selected soldiers who undergo rigorous training and testing in order to meet the demanding requirements of the EDVED. This training will be designed to develop the soldiers' physical and mental capabilities, as well as their ability to operate effectively in challenging environments. |

[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Amsterwald, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan

PORTE OUVERTE!

[sub]April 1954 | Monrovia, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia[/sub]

[I]In the midst of a post-war world, President William V.S. Tubman establishes a new economic policy for the Republic of Liberia going forward, known as "Porte Ouverte" or "Open Door" policy intent on attracting foreign investment, namely from Western governments and institutions. As a backdrop to this, Tubman pursues the establishment of the National Port Authority of the Republic of Liberia (NPA) as a state-owned enterprise to manage, plan, and develop all ports in Liberia, via legislative measure passed in mid-late October 1953. The National Port Authority is responsible for the management of Liberia's four major ports, the Port of Monrovia, Port of Buchanan, Port of Harper, and the near-complete Port of Greenville, inaugurated by William Tubman personally on 1 January 1954. The largest port in the authority's network, the Freeport of Monrovia was built by the United States military during World War II for strategic purposes. It handles most of the authority's imported cargo, some of which are trans-shipped to other Liberian ports and to third countries. The port itself consists of an artificial harbor constructed upon Bushrod Island formed by two-rock breakwater approximately 2,300 meters out into the open sea, which encompass some 300 hectares of protected water. The facility contains four piers and one main wharf 610 metres long with four berths, capable of berthing 3-4 ships dependant on size and classification. The port also has fishery pier and a 500 metre long oil jetty for refined products situated alongside the southern breakwater connected to the tank farms by pipelines.

Second largest, the Port of Buchanan, located just under 280km southeast of Monrovia in Grand Bassa County and purpose-built in 1948 by the Tubman Administration and the Liberian-American Swedish Mining Company (LAMCO) for ease of export of iron ore from mines and deposits in the Nimba range. The company built a standard gauge railroad approximately 360 km long, linking the mine in the north of the country, to the Port of Buchanan. Buchanan Harbor is protected by two breakwaters, 1,890 and 590 meters long respectively. Inside the basin, a 255 meters long ore loading quay is located adjacent to the deeper section of the harbor basin. Adjacent to the loading quay, a waiting berth for ore carriers and on the inner side of secondary breakwater, a commercial quay, 334 meters long. The third largest, situated 400km south of Monrovia, the Port of Harper in Harper City, capital of Maryland County, President Tubman's birthplace and home to the Morning Star Masonic Lodge, built by the President. The Port of Harper was constructed in 1950 by connecting Russwurn Island to the mainland with a causeway and constructing a 150 meter long breakwater off the coast. Berthing facilities are provided by a 100 meter long reinforced concrete pier allowing her facilities to properly handle the traffic derived from exports centering around logs, sawn timber from the southern hinterlands of Maryland County and Palm Oil, one of many other economic commodities including coffee, sugar cane, and rice receiving widespread support by the Tubman Administration in effort to encourage diversification of the Liberian national economy as rubber and ore resources thus far make up 90% of the nation's exports.

The final and near fully constructed port under the National Port Authority's management, the Port of Greenville, will soon serve the Republic of Liberia as the center for the nation's agricultural, rubber, and timber exports. Due to it's geography, Greenville will also run a ferry service to both Monrovia and Harper. Surpassing Harper as the third-largest port in Liberia, Greenville Harbor will be protected by a 400 meter long two quay breakwater on the inner side able to support two berthing facilities about 70 and 80 meters long respectively. The establishment of the National Port Authority came at a time where the Office of the President was focused on improving the organization of state forces and enterprises, from the structure of the National Military, to the sudden rise of several new civil servant administrations across Liberia. Underneath much of this seemingly economic premise, President William V.S. Tubman was additionally further consolidating his seat of power as was the trend of his Presidency after an attempted assassination early in the year gave him all the appeal to teeter toward authoritarianist rule, brutally suppressing his opposition thereafter. Opponents of Tubman's administration have criticized the event as staged by Tubman himself in order to go after his political enemies, namely the Coleman family. Since, the nation's constitution has not had term limits, he maintains control of the politically-dominant True Whig Party, and has created a wide network of obligations through patronage appointments.

As a direct result, the Liberian National Militia (LNM) and Presidential Guard of the Republic of Liberia were conceived hand-in-hand as ad-hoc formations of Police, Civil, and Reserve Auxiliary forces serving as a rearguard in maintaining national security, law enforcement, and order Despite being a technical branch of the Armed Forces of Liberia, the Liberian National Militia enjoy a sense of autonomy as they receive orders from and answer directly to President William Tubman by way of a bill boldly snuck in with the rest of Tubman's grand legislative measures effectively granting himself sole control of the Liberian National Militia. The National Economic Development and Civil Defense Acts made the market and economy freer, all while forcing a gradual decline in political freedoms, civil liberties, and democratic tendencies altogether. Though some Liberians couldn't complain, many others could. With Americo-descendant Liberians comprising an overwhelming minority, the indigenous peoples contrarily comprising Liberia's overwhelming majority and many on both sides believe the Americo Liberian–Indigenous Liberian integration efforts are either happening too fast or, adversely, all too slow.

Despite the ethnic division, the Republic is swiftly growing to display an economic prowess in West Africa as American and European investments pour in. Aside deals with LAMCO and the US Federal Government, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company has maintained a hefty weighted investment in Liberia's thriving rubber industry, namely the operation of the nation's largest and only rubber plantation, appraised at just under 8.5 Million Hevea brasiliensis rubber trees in Harbel, Liberia. The Harbel Plantation, recently having been internationally recognized as the world's largest rubber plantation, has been in operation since 1926 under Firestone Natural Rubber Company LLC, though with recent events and happenings across the globe, the recent international prices of rubber per wet ton weigh ever favorably, 30¢ per wet ton that is, for Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Liberian Government. Under a 99-year lease agreement for a little over a million acres for the plantation, Firestone Tire & Rubber Company also provided a $5 million loan at a 7% interest rate to the Liberian government to pay foreign debts it had and helped finance the construction of the Port of Buchanan. As of 1952, the debt to Firestone by way of the loan and the almost 17% interest attached to it had been paid in full, pitching Liberia as the world's top rubber exporting nation. Despite the repercussions, including an attempt at gunboat diplomacy involving Firestone and Washington D.C., the deal was mutually beneficial.

In 1953, Liberia exported 95,600,000 lbs of rubber worth $37.4 Million, accounting for over 50% of the Republic's entire exports remaining unsurpassed by any other national economic sector from Firestone's beginnings in Liberia until 1951, when the first iron ore mine began full production. The Liberian government began it's mining operations in effort to expand and diversify the economy away from rubber dominance with one mining concession producing a consistent 3 million tons of iron ore annually, prompting three more companies to enter their stake in the sector alongside LAMCO, including Bethlehem Steel, Firth Brown Steels, and Hoesch AG, with all four companies set to invest $350 Million and maintain a collective production capacity of 25 Million tons per year.

In Liberia's emerging agricultural sector outside of rubber, coffee is the second most emphasized cash crop in Liberia. Favored by small family-owned private farms encouraging results have been achieved for stabilizing, expanding coffee exports since 1950. Before then, coffee exports often fluctuated between 300 and 1,000 long tons with principal markets being the Netherlands, the French Union, and West Germany, accounting for 75% of Liberia's total coffee exports. The Liberian Government developed a public marketing organization known officially as the Liberian Produce Marketing Corporation (LPMC), with the intent to assert State presence and control over the nation's coffee exports. Alongside this, Palm kernels have also been a long-time export good, ranking third behind rubber and coffee as an agricultural export. Most of the kernels originate from local sources, mainly small family farms. The outside of the nut is used for locally consumed palm oil and the kernel sold to the LPMC who also maintain the exclusive right to export. As early as 1949, exports ranged as high as 50 Million pounds, though more recent estimates have averaged between 15–30 Million pounds. The processing of the palm kernels to white oil could be facilitated through the appropriate international trade policy, with recent feasibility reports concluding that a plant for white oil presents an attractive investment possibility, both for the local and export market. As Liberia's 'big three' agriculture exports, rubber, coffee, and palm kernels, dominate that particular sector of the national economy, Tubman focuses on a Four Year Plan aimed at specific diversification of the agricultural sector, with the stated goal to "encourage the introduction of new export cash crops to diversify agricultural exports and increase income, employment for Liberians.", seen as absolutely necessary to curtail Liberia's excessive dependence on two primary export goods. The Four Year Plan, another additive measure of the National Economic Development Act, promotes utilizing Liberia's many extensive uncultivated land areas for various cash crops and cash crop by-products, including Palm Oil, Copra, Fruit, and Tobacco.

The most promising of these new exports however, is Palm Oil. As it stands, no palm oil is presently exported by the Republic of Liberia, although small private farmers produce enough for the local market. A large-scale increase in palm oil production is planned for the mid-1960s using commercial plantations. At current, these plantations are being planned for this purpose, one at 7,500 acres, a second at 5,000 acres, and a third at 3,500 acres. In addition to this, Liberian Government reconnaissance surveys suggest that the sandy, duned beaches of Liberia and other areas inappropriate for high-yield palm oil or other cash crops are adequate for coconut production, prompting the Government to propose a feasibility study of high-yield coconut cultivation. Spawning new investment interest in the agricultural sector, high quality cigar wrapper tobacco is also being exported in small quantities by two companies, one of which owned and prided by President Tubman himself, Maryland Gold Cigar & Tobacco Limited. In effort to support the anticipated rise in export tonnages coming out of Liberia, Monrovia also moved to transform the Republic's Merchant Fleet into an open-registry system, also called a 'Flag of Convenience' registry which will promptly allow the size of the fleet to expand and offer a larger pool of vessels for import and export services for all the economic sectors being stimulated.[/I]

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[list][spoiler=[sub]THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE![/sub]]

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Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

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Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

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Teymour

The Black Star-

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Ubertica

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Victoria Harbor

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Post self-deleted by Orion Aria.

"Decree 454"

April 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| Comrade General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved and esteemed leader of all Romanian people, Constantin Rotaru, has passed the Decree 454, which seeks to increase birth rates in the Socialist Republic after a sharp decline in the last 4-5 years.

| With the birth rates in Romania lowering, The Party together with it`s leader, esteemed and beloved son of the Romanian People, Constantin Rotaru, have searched for means of increasing the birth rate of Romania, eventually adopting Decree 454.

The Romanian population has reacted "extremely positive" to these news, as they see this as the enlargement and cultural enrichment of The Socialist Republic of Romania and putting the future of the Republic in the hands of the new generation.

| The decrees policies are:

Discouragement of the usage of contraceptives

Banning of Abortion for Women under the age of 45

Banning of Abortion for Women that have not given birth to at least 5 children already

Abortion allowed for Women whose life would be threatened by carrying to term, due to medical complications.

Abortion allowed for Women who were pregnant through rape and/or incest.

Constant regulation at home and at the workplace by professional doctors for any sign of pregnancy

Special benefits and the title of "Heroine Mother" granted for Women with 5+ children

"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "

April 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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Orion Aria wrote:He's right, you guys are taking this too seriously. Why are you treating this like your life?

Everyone has a hobby, hon. Some people like to fish, other people put puzzles together, some even collect rocks or whatever. We on the other hand, simulate an entire world and run individual countries because it's fun for us. Most of us have a passion for history and geopolitics. I don't know why you're complaining💅 Didn't you bother reading the regional factbook that explains who we are and what we do? jeez

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The Danube-Black Sea Canal

April 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| Comrade General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved and esteemed leader of all Romanian people, Constantin Rotaru, has given orders that the Danube-Black Sea Canal to start construction, which would directly impact the Romanian economy and trade in a very positive way.

| Given the current circumstances, the construction is scheduled to begin in August to October 1954.

The Canal would be split in two branches: The main branch of the canal, with a length of 64.4 km (40.0 mi), would connect the Port of Cernavodă with the Port of Constanța, and the secondary branch (also known as the northern branch) with a length of 31.2 km (19.4 mi), would be connecting Poarta Albă and the Port of Midia to the Danube river.

Enemies of the state such as the insurgents of the Secuime, Legionaries or Non-Patriotic and Ideological traitors would be given enough work on the Canal in order to complete the project as fast and as good as possible.

Combined with the force of other Romanian workers, it is estimated that the workforce would be situated around 25.000 workers and prisoners.

| This Canal will not only bring prosperity to Romania, as the nations of Europe through which the Danube flows such as Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria could also benefit massively through the shortened travel distance, and cheaper goods.

"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "

April 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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The Freedom Rally Delegation officially endorses Sudesam's candidacy for MO #5.

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Peruvian Federation

Better in Black

The Federation will look-into buying cars from the Westgermans and the Japanese, though with the Japanese automobiles it was preferred that the models all come painted black, instead of a creme or tan color. They will be both in the civilian and police market, as the slick look is compelling for the common Peruvian citizen but for Peruvian cops black just "fitted" as a more "official" and "professional" color. Though it's still in Perus' interest to manufacture cars instead of totally importing them. In the Peruvian Market, it was wanted for cars to be "slicker, faster, and more endearing" instead of purely utilitarian.

In other news...

The Federation continues to show interest in buying and dealing with the Czechs - first it had started with their arsenal of "old German guns," then it had went to beer. There seemed to be a desire for Vodka, though the logistics of getting it to Peru seemed complex. "Every would-be-vodka-producing nation is Red," La Presidenta noted. "We don't mind doing business with them, even allying a few of them, but some of the Blues may not like the Federation doing business with their supposed 'enemies.' In the end, money talks and it should be a common interest to enrich all parties."

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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Ethiopian Emperor Halie Selassie Visits Athens, Greco-Ethiopian Ties Renewed!, April 1954

Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, Ο Αιθίοπας αυτοκράτορας Χαλί Σελασιέ επισκέπτεται την Αθήνα, Γραβάτες φτιαγμένοι, Απρίλιος 1954[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands and Alzarikstan - Greek and Ethiopian Delegations! - Ελληνική και Αιθιοπική Αντιπροσωπεία![/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]| TO LAST THIS TIME, ATHENS, GREECE: | ΝΑ ΔΙΑΡΚΈΣΕΙ ΑΥΤΉ ΤΗ ΦΟΡΆ, ΑΘΉΝΑ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]

[list]| At the Ellinikon International Airport, a crowd of hundreds of Greek photographers, press officials, civilians and a small troop battalion of the Hellenic Army gather around a small stage set up on the side of the tarmac. A group of people would come down from a large plane parked, and he was greeted by cheers from the crowd. Watching the delegation, the King and the Prime Minister standing on the stage in military uniforms were finally approached by the delegation. This was a rather surprising state visit to Athens, and this was the delegation of the Ethiopian Solomonic State and was led by the Emperor Himself, Halie Selassie. He was followed by National Security Council Chief Advisor Mengistu Haile Mariam and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ambaye Wolde Mariam. Posing for the camera, King Pavlos and the Emperor would create a historic image, saluting the crowd. Going down, the group was driven to the Royal Palace. The ride there was a joy, with the Greek population giving the Ethiopians a warm reception. |[/list]

[list]| At the Royal Palace, the Emperor and his delegation were given a large feast of a lunch, and following that escorted to the diplomatic room. There, several new documents between Greece and Ethiopia were signed, which included trade agreements between Greece and Ethiopia, along with renewing the mutual security assistance agreements agreed upon by the two governments in 1951. Although Greece and Ethiopia were currently not on the best of terms due to Greece's condemnation of Ethiopian actions in Eritrea, Ethiopia had diplomatically understood Greece's take on the matter. The two leaders would then stand up, presenting the documents in their hands, followed by a firm handshake, cementing Greco-Ethiopian diplomatic ties. |[/list]

[list][list][pre]"The potential of the Greco-Ethiopian Partnership has now truly been revealed, and together, Greece, Ethiopia, and Greece's other international allies and partners are to continue to thrive and to flourish together. Emperor Halie Selassie and his delegation have been a joy to socialize with, a very kind and warmhearted man I have to say. I am proud to say that this time, Greece and Ethiopian relations are to last."[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]- King of the Hellenes, Pavlos I[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[list]| After the agreements were signed, the Emperor was invited to visit the Pachi Military Base, around 40 minutes away from Athens. Halie Selassie, wishing to further expand relations even beyond paper agreements gladly answered the invitation with a yes. The group was driven to the Military Base to the West of Athens. As the Emperor had his car door opened, he was greeted by a force of around 1,000 men from the recently relocated 2nd Tank Brigade. The Ethiopian Emperor, alongside the King and the Prime Minister, walked in unison as if this was an official inspection, the Greek soldiers standing still saluting back, rifles in hand. As the group approached the training field. The Emperor was astounded by the Greek tanks stationed there, along with the ARL 44 Heavy Tanks and AMX-13 Light Tanks recently dispatched by France. It was safe to say that the Emperor was impressed by his visit to not only the military base but to Greece, and Greco-Ethiopian Relations are to become ever stronger in the future. |[/list]

[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler][/list][/list]

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[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C • S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]

‘TOURIST LAWS’ SUPPORT SLOVENIAN TOURISM AT THE EXPENSE OF ARMS PRODUCTION

[list][sup]SAVOR A SLOVENIAN SUMMER

APRIL 1954[/sup][/list]

News of the détente between France and Yugoslavia eased arms-race anxieties considerably in the Slovenian public. Yugoslavia had relented and abandoned continued military buildup on the Slovenian border: a cathartic relief for those who feared imminent invasion. A program to develop a new Slovene battle rifle—replacing the JP-48, which had entered service only two years previously—fell flat on the floor of the National Assembly, and calls for more spending on civilian industry reached the ears of the legislators. The Slovene state has made considerable investments in entrepreneurship with its pool of Marshall Plan funds, but pressure mounted on Prime Minister Gosar for the annual budget to continue making room for ambitious public works and corporate welfare as tensions in the Adriatic eased. As tourist traffic from foreign countries continued to rise, the spotlight grew brighter on the potential of Slovenia to generate considerable revenue from tourism. Its Alpine mountains, ancient forests, pristine beaches and a history stretching from Rome to the Habsburgs was an enticing array of attractions for a vacationer; thus, the Gosar administration endeavored to pass a series of legislation colloquially called ‘tourist laws’.

The tourist laws, going hand-in-hand with Črtomir Nagode’s 1949 façade laws, were poised to fully advertise Slovenia’s appeal as a site of tourism and more comfortable accommodate foreign travelers. Tax breaks would be given to hotels for hiring English-, German- or French-speaking staff certified by a collegiate language course, and further breaks would be given for amenities such as air conditioning. Bus and train uncleanliness and impuncuality would be met with fines—exceptional performance would be met with stipends. Ideally, an influx of holidaymakers would eventually regain the loss in tax revenue, but this was no guarantee; for now, Slovenia’s arms development programs—stemming from early industrial-era artillery making and traditional gunsmiths—would have less room for funding. More money still would be needed for expansions to the Inspectorate of Public Beauty: the government organ responsible for verifying compliance with the façade laws and, now, the tourist laws. They would also be responsible for the proliferation of travel posters and advertisements abroad. By July, ‘SUMMER IN SLOVENIA!’ and ‘LJUBLJANA: CITY OF LOVE’ would appear in airports and travel agencies as far away as the United States. Still, for now, tourism in Slovenia was a project only getting started.

[list][sub]IN OTHER NEWS: The Slovenian government’s plans to stimulate competition by encouraging the establishment of local affiliate companies of multinational corporations have not met with universal acclaim. The Slovene press gawked in late April as an elderly woman cracked an egg over Ford Slovenija executive Danimir Černe during a groundbreaking ceremony, loudly accusing him of ‘subjugating Slovenia to the American (Paramountica) world order’.[/sub][/list]

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VARGORIE PEOPLE'S NEWS: THE NEW REPUBLIC, THE NEW IDENTITY.

Back then, Vargorie was a socialist nation. It was titled as "The People's Republic", and it stayed like that till today. Weeks ago, people have been protesting on the streets of Vargorie, demanding for a name change. We interviewed some protesters and this is what they said:

[NOTE: FOR THE SAKE OF PRIVACY, THE PROTESTERS' IDENTITIES WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS]

What is the reason for this protest?

Anonymous: "We need a new title for our country! The People's Republic reminds us of a not-so-great past. We need something new. Something that will not make us look like some socialist maniacs!"

Why did you join?

Anonymous: "Isn't it obvious? Me and tons of other people agree on this one idea, that's why."

What do you think the new name should be?

Anonymous: "Some people are saying Federal Republic of Vargorie, Dominion of Vargorie, but the majority of us agree that it should be Republic of Vargorie."

And on the 29th of April, President Fordalla accepted the name change, and the country is celebrating this momentous event. Welcome to a new era. Welcome to the Republic of Vargorie.

----- Made by the Vargorie Newspaper Association. April 1954 -----

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THE BARUKAN JOURNAL

APRIL 1954 | Proclamation, Small Arms Industry and Grants for Farmers

| Matev has proclaimed that our nation would like to gain it's political freedom from France, they would still keep their Military and Economic "Big Brother" status. |

| Matev has announced the construction of a Small Arms factory, along with Grants for farmers. |

(edited it to look nicer)

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| IZURU; THE WELFARE MOTHER |

[sub]3rd of May, 1954[/sub]

| After Izuru's overwhelming majority victory in the Congress elections two months earlier, it seems that Izuru is putting the use of her new gained majority to use quickly. The Izuru's Package has finally been passed, a package of welfare reforms that was blocked by Central Wing ( previous coalition partner ). The package is a vast creation of a welfare system, that in addition to free healthcare and free education places Zaire in a very different position socially. The package has been designed to support the working people of Zaire.

IZURU'S WELFARE PACKAGE;

[list] - Establishment of Maternity Leave, granting mothers up to twelve weeks of leave for childcare reasons. The state will cover up to sixty-percent of the cost for private companies and up to one-hundred percent for state companies.

- Establishment of Disabled Allowance, up to 600 Zairean Dorees being paid out to those that are severely disabled and cannot work.

- Establishment of Job Money, up to 400 Zairean Dorees being paid out to those that are actively seeking employment whilst unemployed for more than two months.

- Establishment of State Pension Scheme, with workers paying between 5% to 15% of their wage into the Scheme. The Scheme also establishes the ages of 56/58 as the pension age. Those who are already that age will have their pension calculated based on the work they have done in the Colonial Congo.

- Expansion of Compensation Pension for those that have been exploited and brutally treated during the years of colonial years.

- Establishment of the Agricultural Pension and Support Scheme, which will cover agricultural workers in time of illness, insures their land and establishes a special scheme of pension for the workers.

- Establishment of Sick Pay Allowance, which will be up to 450 Zairean Dorees for those that are on sick leave, with the state paying it out. Those that are on Sick Pay Allowance can only be on so for no less than two weeks and no more than two months.

- Establishment of Mandatory Holiday, which imposes a minimum of two weeks of paid holidays for all workers in the country.

- Establishment of Pharmaceutical Pay Scheme, to which state companies and employees will pay a contribution of at least 10% of their wage in order to gain free medicine. Those that work for private companies can decide to do the same, but, private companies do not have to pay into the scheme.

- Establishment of Childcare Benefit, which depending on the age and the number of children in the household will be paid. If a child is below the age of 5, a household will gain 25 Zairean Dorees every two weeks per child, those aged between 5 and 18 will gain 20 Zairean Dorees every two weeks per child. If a household has more than four children, a household will gain 100 Zairean Dorees every month for all children.

- Establishment of Equality in Pay, which imposes equal pay for men and women, for all ethnic groups and for all ages.[/list]

The Package has passed through the Congress, and the Finest Assembly despite the Experts from Central Wing voting against. The First Representative of Zaire, Gloria Banza, has also passed the package and therefore the Izuru's Welfare Package will be introduced. This is the first welfare package as such in Africa, and one of the first in the world. However, as much as the workers of the country have something to celebrate, Izuru has been harshly attacked by the Liberals and the right-wing for her policies.

Sarcastically nicknamed by Zairean conservative news press, the Zairean Observer, as THE MOTHER OF WELFARE, the right wing and the liberals have attacked Izuru for pushing the country too far into the left and socialistic spheres. The conservative press have went a step forward and nicknamed Izuru as THE SOCIALISTIC QUEEN OF AFRICA. Many suggest that such welfare package will make Zairean workers lazy, and too comfortable whilst others claim that the package will support the weakest of the society and will encourage the workers towards harder work ethic and larger productivity. Mrs Izuru in her Congress speech adhered to her nicknames and to her package being passed. |

[list][ MARIE IZURU, Head of the Finest Assembly ]: "Ils m'appellent la mère du bien-être, la reine socialiste de l'Afrique, le mal socialiste et ainsi de suite. Eh bien, qu'il en soit ainsi. Je me moque des noms qu'ils me donnent, car je sais que ce que je fais, ce que nous faisons est pour le bien du peuple zaïrois. Prendre soin des personnes qui travaillent dur dans l'État n'est pas du socialisme, prendre soin des faibles n'est pas du mal. Vers qui, si ce n'est vers le gouvernement qui dirige leur pays, les gens devraient-ils se tourner pour obtenir soutien et aide ? ! Le programme d'aide sociale est l'un des premiers en Afrique, et l'un des tout premiers au monde, et il est révolutionnaire ! Ne vous laissez pas tromper par ceux qui suggèrent que ce que nous faisons est mauvais, car ce n'est pas le cas. Les travailleurs de ce pays sont notre colonne vertébrale et nous devons les soutenir, les soigner, les élever !"

[spoiler="I stand with Mrs Izuru on her welfare package as it directly aids the people of Zaire, and that is our prime job. To make the lives of Zaireans comfortable and well." - Gloria Banza, First Representative of Zaire]Ababemba

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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

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Sudesam

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Teymour

The Black Star-

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Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

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Kewtpuff wrote:Everyone has a hobby, hon. Some people like to fish, other people put puzzles together, some even collect rocks or whatever. We on the other hand, simulate an entire world and run individual countries because it's fun for us. Most of us have a passion for history and geopolitics. I don't know why you're complaining💅 Didn't you bother reading the regional factbook that explains who we are and what we do? jeez

I don’t know about anyone else but this is something I do away from the stresses of daily life. Just something you can put some effort into that doesn’t cost anything or have any -for lack of a better word- consequences.

The people are great too.

Amsterwald, Ranponian, Barukan

I joined the discord, now what do I do?

Arab-Palestine wrote:I joined the discord, now what do I do?

explore the discord, in one of the channels there's a way you can get official status.

[list][list]May 1954

[sub] Christianodimokratikó Kómma Victory! [/sub][/list]

CHRISTIANODIMOKRATIKÓ HQ, ARGYRÓKASTRON, (Northern-Epirus) — EVENING

| The first general election in the Republic of Northern Epirus was held on 2nd May 1954, with four parties participating in the historic event. On election day, the North Epirotes went to the polls to cast their votes and determine the future of their nation. When the votes were counted, the Christian Democratic Party emerged as the clear winner, securing the majority of the votes and forming the new government. The Christianodimokratikó Kómma's victory has marked a shift to the center-right in Northern Epirus and represented a significant change in the country's political landscape with the complete rejection of Yugoslav Marxism. |

| The Christian Democratic Party campaigned on a platform of stability, prosperity, and security, and the North Epirotes responded by giving them a mandate to lead the country. The party's leader, Konstantinos Zavitsas, delivered a victory speech in which he thanked the North Epirotes for their support and pledged to work tirelessly to deliver on their promises. The election results have been seen as a reflection of the North Epirotes' desire for stability and security, and many believe that the Christian Democratic Party's victory will provide the necessary conditions for the country to continue its path towards prosperity and growth. The party emphasises Christian social values and principles. Their policies reflect a commitment to family, community, and social responsibility. Moreover, they believe that government should play a role in promoting and supporting traditional family structures and values, and they are strong advocates for the rights of parents and the education of children. They also emphasise the importance of helping the less fortunate and promoting economic opportunity for all citizens. |

| The Christianodimokratikó Kómma, after winning the first general election of the Republic of Northern Epirus, have set forth a series of market based economic policies aimed at modernizing and revitalizing the country's economy. One of the key aspirations of the party is to seek eventual membership in the European Economic Community. The party believes that membership would not only bring economic benefits but would also signal to the rest of the world that Northern Epirus was a serious actor within Europe. The government will launch initiatives aimed at attracting foreign investment and boosting domestic industry. Moreover, the party's pro-business policies are aimed at encouraging entrepreneurs and investors to start new businesses and expand existing ones. Furthermore, the Christianodimokratikó Kómma's efforts to modernize the economy and its focus on job creation and economic growth has earned it wide support among the population. The party's commitment to European integration and its focus on modernizing the country's economic infrastructure will be a key factor in the struggle to establish Northern Epirus as a rising star in the Balkans. |

| Finally, the leader of the Christianodimokratikó Kómma is a charismatic and visionary politician named Konstantinos Zavitsas. Zavitsas is a charismatic speaker and a talented organizer who had a clear vision for the future of Northern Epirus. He has a deep-seated commitment to the potential for Northern Epirote participation in European integration and the creation of a conservative, charitable, and prosperous society based on Christian values. In the coming weeks, the newly elected President Zavitsas will set out on a tour of Europe to establish relations, make friends & generate support for EEC membership. |

[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

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[list][list][sub]19.𝙸.1954[/sub]

[sub]PELLA SI DIMETTE: CAOS IN PARLAMENTO[/sub]

PELLA RESIGNS: CHAOS IN PARLIAMENT[/list]

[list][list][pre]Facing an internal revolt,

Prime Minister Giuseppe Pella resigns.

Luigi Einaudi takes the reins of government.[/pre][/list][/list]

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, ROME, REGNO D'ITALIA

[sub]Palazzo Montecitorio[/sub]

[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub][/list]

[list]| Prime Minister Giuseppe Pella, not long ago triumphant as he put a stop to Slovenia's NATO membership and virtually withdrew Italy from the EEC, has met a fate not unlike that of his predecessor. After five months in office, the tables have turned for the man who was originally appointed as a caretaker but had since then solidified his hold on the DC with a virulently irredentist tone. During the first week of January, just as the Brussels Summit began with empty chairs for Italy, he faced ever more strident objections from the moderate wing of the DC and Liberal MPs for his decision to boycott what many in Parliament saw as an essential step of European integration; a diffuse feeling of isolation also lingered in the air and revived memories of the Fascist era, as it was felt that Europe stood with Ljubljana over Rome. Excited deputies from the centrist faction of the ruling party, who had long wished for revenge after the irredentist faction and the Monarchists had supported Pella after De Gasperi's demise last summer, had waited for an early chance to strike as the year began — The otherwise minute appointment of the Minister of Agriculture, one Salvatore Addisio, who was by no means tied to the current intra-party strife, presented them the ideal target. With his appointment failing to gather the votes of the centrist DC deputies and their Liberal allies of circumstance, Pella was forced to resign. The entire affaire had only lasted a few days and dealt a fatal blow to the ambitious Pella. Despite this, he leaves the stage more popular than ever. The press has exalted him as one of the bravest post-war politicians, and his figure is now widely admired, from rural DC voters to neo-fascist MSI voters and Monarchists, three groups that would have never coalesced before. Riding high on public approval, hailed as an Italian hero, yet expelled from his position, Pella remained sour. But his spirit being that of a decidedly formal man, shaped by years as an austere Economy Minister in De Gasperi's previous cabinets, it was no surprise that he toed the party line and gave his resignation, silently leaving the spotlight without a word for his enemies. |

| The commotion, however, now leaves a party more divided than ever on matters of foreign policy, and a more than unstable government. With the balance shifting back to the more moderate wing of the DC, and confusion being felt both domestically and abroad after Pella's five-month stint, DC party elites have convened that a stabilizing hand is sorely needed. The task would befall Luigi Einaudi. The elder statesman, who will become an octogenarian next March, has stoically accepted his mission — To calm the fires of division, as extinguishing them seems impossible. Einaudi, also a trusted economist, presided over the Bank of Italy for three years after the war, before becoming Minister of the Budget and Vice Premier under De Gasperi's early rule. His cabinet, formed on the 19th, will include two rising stars of De Gasperi era, the interventionist Catholic Amintore Fanfani as Agriculture and Labour, and Giulio Andreotti as Interior and Foreign Minister. While Einaudi's figure means a modicum of stability for the short-term, and Liberal and Monarchist external support can be counted on, much party horse-trading remains to be done. Rising DC factions remain divided on matters as diverse as Istria and laissez-faire or interventionism. Meanwhile, the Socialists and the Communists waited, all too content to see the ruling DC in such a position. |

| On immediate matters pertaining to the EEC, the Italian government has reneged on its Brussels boycott — The Italian delegation will join the Summit, side-by-side with their Slovene counterparts. However, Mr. Andreotti has confirmed that the NATO block will remain until what he called "important issues" are solved. |[/list]

[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Commonwealth of Liberty

[/sub]EVVIVA L'ITALIA!

—]

[nation]AbaBemba[/nation]

[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]

[nation]Alzarikstan[/nation]

[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]

[nation]Anglo Channel[/nation]

[nation]Arcanda[/nation]

[nation]Bayern Kahla[/nation]

[nation]Bescania[/nation]

[nation]Brazil Toucan[/nation]

[nation]Canovia[/nation]

[nation]Cascadla[/nation]

[nation]Central Arstotzka[/nation]

[nation]Connomia[/nation]

[nation]East Germany DDR[/nation]

[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]

[nation]Greater Kurdistane[/nation]

[nation]Hashemite Kingdoms[/nation]

[nation]Hatzburg[/nation]

[nation]Honghai[/nation]

[nation]Israelli[/nation]

[nation]Kewtpuff[/nation]

[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]

[nation]La Granadinas[/nation]

[nation]Ma-li[/nation]

[nation]Maziya[/nation]

[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]

[nation]Moroavia[/nation]

[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]

[nation]New Provenance[/nation]

[nation]Nileia[/nation]

[nation]Nippon-Nihon[/nation]

[nation]Nonador[/nation]

[nation]Nosautempopulus[/nation]

[nation]OsivoII[/nation]

[nation]Paramountica[/nation]

[nation]Paseo[/nation]

[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]

[nation]Pontianus[/nation]

[nation]Provenancia[/nation]

[nation]Ranponian[/nation]

[nation]Reyzen[/nation]

[nation]Rutannia[/nation]

[nation]Socialist Democratic Republic Romania[/nation]

[nation]Spainard[/nation]

[nation]Sri-Lanka[/nation]

[nation]Sudesam[/nation]

[nation]Taiiwan[/nation]

[nation]Teymour[/nation]

[nation]The Black Star-[/nation]

[nation]The Sun States[/nation]

[nation]Turkiye 1st[/nation]

[nation]Ubertica[/nation]

[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]

[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation]

[nation]Vietnam SV[/nation]

[nation]Virnall[/nation]

[/spoiler][/list][/list]

Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie

THE TREATY of BRUSSELS - ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

[sub]JANUARY, 1954[/sub]

[list]The 1st and 2nd Pan-European Conferences had set down the stones and established the Articles. Plans for a EUROPEAN COMMISSION, a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, a EUROPEAN COUNCIL, a Pan-European agency for atomic energy development, a European Common Market, and more had been laid down and approved by the attending Parties. From Brussels to Bonn to Paris to Athens and Madrid, the European Community was set to be established as one of the more exciting Postwar political projects. In accordance with the 1954 Madrid (Second Pan-European Conference) summit resolution, the Treaty on the European Community would be ratified by the Founding Member States in January of 1954, in Brussels, of the Benelux (Bayern Kahla).[/list]

The TREATY OF BRUSSELS was, essentially, a combination of the Paris Protocols ratified during the 1st Pan-European Conference in Paris, France (Metropolitan Francais) and the European Common Market Agreement ratified during the 2nd Pan-European Conference in Madrid, Spain (Spainard). The Treaty was furthermore going to be the ratifying agreement that would see the formal establishment of the EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, the most vast Postwar political project attempted since the League of Nations and aside from the subsequent United Nations. This new Community would seek to unify the economic markets of the various Member States to boost interdependency and common economic growth and success, and would see political institutions like the European Parliamentary Assembly and EURATOM formed to standardize regulations to ensure consumer safety, and support the development of atomic energy capabilities for Member States via peaceful means.

The confirmed attending nations were as follows:

[list][pre]Federal Republic of Germany - Konrad Adenauer

Kingdom of Greece - Alexandros Papagos

IVth French Republic - Rene Coty

Union of Norden - Einar Gerhardsen

Republic of Austria - Julius Raab

Slovene Republic - Andrej Gosar

Republic of Spain - Frances Alvarez

Kingdom of Italy - Giuseppe Pella / Luigi Einaudi

Union of Benelux - Jeroen van Lubach[/pre][/list]

Italy's attendance would not, however, be set into stone, concerning political tensions between Slovenia and Italia. The Italian delegation had reported it would be boycotting the Brussels summit unless the Slovenes, on whom the Italians had territorial claims, were removed from the list of Parties being officially invited to ratify the Treaty. The Working Committee had formally recommended that an 'agreement in accordance with due process and international law' be made to prevent further hurdles, especially concerning that of the European Community project.

Nonetheless, from 22 to 25 January 1954, the delegates from the attending Nations would convene in Benelux for the signing of the 1954 Treaty of Brussels.

On the 19th of January, Italian prime minister Giuseppe Pella announced his resignation, and was swiftly replaced by Luigi Einaudi, an economist. The delegation for Italia reneged on its boycott of the BRUSSELS CONFERENCE, and announced its intention to attend as previously planned, despite the participation of the Slovenian delegation led by Andrej Gosar.

The Treaty would be signed;

[list][pre]x Adenauer, Konrad (for the Federal Republic of Germany)

x Coty, Rene (for the IVth French Republic)

x Gerhardsen, Einar (for the Union of Norden)

x Alvarez, Frances (for the Republic of Spain)

x Van Lubach, Jeroen (for the Union of Benelux)

x Papagos, Alexandros (for the Kingdom of Greece)

x Raab, Julius (for the Republic of Austria)

x Gosar, Andrej (for the Republic of Slovenia)

x Einaudi, Luigi (for the Kingdom of Italy)[/pre][/list]

And with the last signature from Mister Einaudi of Italia, the European Economic Community would henceforth be born onto the world stage.

__________________________

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1829801

Paramountica, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan

[list][list]April 1954

[sub]Vicepresident is dead[/sub][/list]

It is with great regret that we wish to inform that Vicepresidente Juan Hortensio Quijano has passed away at age 67 due to cancer. President Juan Domingo Perón has spoken this morning to Telam Agency and spoke highly of him, saying "he was a docile man". The "General", how the president is known for, decreed three days of mourning and that a special election shall take place in the next few months to elect a new vicepresident.

He was born on the La Ley ranch, 20 km from Curuzú Cuatiá, Corrientes (province), on June 10, 1884. He stood out as a leader of the Radical Civic Union in Corrientes, being elected repeatedly as a national convention. In its beginnings it was aligned after the figure of Hipólito Yrigoyen but later it adhered to the anti-personalist sector contrary to Yrigoyenism.

In 1918 he was a candidate for governor of Corrientes for the Radical Civic Union, integrating the formula with Miguel Susini, but he was defeated. Later he served as a collaborator of President Marcelo T. de Alvear. He was a lawyer for Banco de la Nación Argentina. Around 1920 he moved to Chaco, where he dedicated himself to agro-forestry, leaving his successful law firm in Corrientes. He founded Banco Popular and the Rural Society of Corrientes. He was president of the Rural Resistance Society (1936-1949). After the Revolution of 1943, he led the group of radicals that supported Juan D. Perón, eventually serving as President Edelmiro J. Farrell's Minister of the Interior, duties he held from August 4 to October 31, 1945.

In October 1945, he founded the Unión Cívica Radical Junta Renovadora, together with Armando Antille, Juan Isaac Cooke, Eduardo Colom, among others, in support of Perón's presidential candidacy for the 1946 elections, together with the Labor Party and the Independent Party. In the electoral campaign, Quijano turned to the task of touring the entire country in search of radicals to join the new political group, obtaining the support of a line of great enthusiasm and notoriety. On February 24, 1946, he was elected Vice President of the Nation accompanying Juan Domingo Perón when he triumphed over the Democratic Union that was running the José P. Tamborini-Enrique Mosca formula.

In the exercise of the vice presidency, he stood out in the deepening of relations with [nation=noflag]Brazil Toucan[/nation] that led to the so-called ABC Pact (Argentina, Brazil and Chile) promoted during the government of Juan Domingo Perón. In 1951 he was again a candidate for vice president accompanying Perón, after Eva Perón's resignation from that candidacy due to her advanced illness.

Hospitalized since January in the Podestá Sanatorium, he died on April 3, 1952, a victim of cancer, in the exercise of vice-presidency.

Paramountica, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan

[list][list]MAY 1954

[sub]Demagogue Leader[/sub][/list]

[sub][pre] O R D E M E P R O G R E S S O [/pre][/sub]

[list][sub][pre]Hail, precious banner of hope!

Hail, august symbol of peace!

Thy noble presence to our minds

The greatness of our motherland does bring.[/pre][/sub][/list]

[pre] NEGOTIATIONS & BOOSTING WAGES [/pre]

[list][sub]Brazilian and U.S. officials negotiate the terms of a loan and President Vargas announces a 100% increase in the minimum wage.[/sub][/list]

RIO DE JANEIRO, BANK OF BRAZIL — EVENING

[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]

| Under the terms of the $300 million loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank, Brazil must repay the full amount within two years. After a long reading, Bank of Brazil President MARCOS DE SOUZA DANTAS¹ decided to ask Washington a question: Did the Export-Import Bank want Brazil to reduce its exports of U.S. products, or would it prefer to keep business flowing with a longer payment period? Taking the issue to Washington, Souza Dantas clarified Brazil’s trade position: the U.S. share of the Brazilian market has already dropped from 52% to 28% and, if Brazil has to allocate $14 million to repay the loan, there will be less left over to spend on American exports. While Souza Dantas was traveling to Manhattan to speak with U.S. bankers and exporters, U.S. Ambassador JAMES KEMPER² was calling Washington from the U.S. Embassy in Rio. Asked if he had spoken to President Eisenhower, he said: |

[list]| JAMES KEMPER, [sub]U.S. Ambassador to Brazil[/sub] | “No, but don’t ask me the next question.”[/list]

| Reporters assumed that he had spoken on behalf of the Brazilians to his good friend, Treasury Secretary GEORGE HUMPHREY³, who was responsible for fixing the terms of the loan. Kemper’s phone call was more effective than Souza Dantas’ report on U.S. exports to Brazil. The Export-Import Bank announced that, in order to “meet the mutual interests of trade and the economies of the two countries,” credit terms would be relaxed to allow Brazil to pay its debt in 7½ years. Souza Dantas said that half of Brazil’s revenue in dollars, more than $1 billion (last year’s total revenue: $765 million), will also be applied to debt reduction. |

| Year after year, the Brazilian debt grows more and more, inflation and the cost of living generate instability in the government, harming not only the middle class but also Brazilian workers, where in 1953 there was a strike of 300,000 workers in São Paulo. Now the same has happened to a factory in Rio, some workers have decided to go on strike against the high cost of living and have demanded an increase in the minimum wage. The demagogue leader GETÚLIO VARGAS announced that he would raise the minimum wage by 100%, from Cr$ 1,200.00 to Cr$ 2,400.00. But the decision to increase the minimum wage by 100% caused the strong opposition in Congress to corner the government even more, demanding the removal of the President of the Republic. One thing was certain, Vargas was cornered and it was necessary to act quickly, otherwise, he would lose the presidential seat. |

____________

[sub]¹ MARCOS DE SOUZA DANTAS, was president of the Bank of Brazil (1953-1954 and 1954-1954).[/sub]

[sub]² JAMES KEMPER, was the United States Ambassador to Brazil (1953-55).[/sub]

[sub]³ GEORGE HUMPHREY, was the United States Secretary of the Treasury (1953-57).[/sub]

[sub]⁴ GETÚLIO VARGAS, was twice President of Brazil (1930-1945 and 1951-1954).[/sub]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Vargorie

SAUDI-ONASSIS AGREEMENT

[list][sub]| For decades, the Saudi oil transportation industry has been dominated by American or English companies, mainly the transport through tankers. However, this is about to change with the signed agreement between eccentric Greek businessman Aristotle Onassis, who owns the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet, and is one of the richest men, and King Saud, the new monarch of Saudi Arabia, soon to be one of the richest men. The Saudi oil boom which has started relatively recently has attracted the attention of the world, and most importantly, its businessmen. Under this contract, he would transfer a Merchant Marine fleet of 1,000,000 tons of tankers to the Saudi flag from his current shipping fleet, which would then be placed under a joint company, called the Saudi Tanker Corporation, governed by the Ministry of Energy. Onassis would still retain his shares in the company and help oversee transportation. In exchange for this massive deal, Saudi Arabia would give preferential status to this tanker company for transportation. This fleet would be able to carry out 4,000,000 tons of the nation's annual output. Critics from both the West and inside Saudi Arabia have condemned it as monopolistic and unfair in the spirit of capitalism, but the King has assured his subjects that the government would retain most control of the company, so Onassis would be second to the King. This deal would have massive ramifications once confirmed next month, as it would end the current monopoly held by the Arabian American Oil Company over Saudi Arabian oil affairs. |[/sub][/list]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for [/sub]

me]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Arcanda, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Greater Kurdistane, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Atlantic Norway

Post self-deleted by Alzarikstan.

[list][list]May 1954

[sub] President Zavitsas meets with Chancellor Adenauer in Bonn! [/sub][/list]

CHANCELLERY, BONN, (New Provenance) — MORNING

| President Zavitsas arrived in Bonn, the capital of West Germany, with a delegation of Northern Epirote officials and advisors. The streets were dotted with spectators, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Northern Epirote delegation and the German Chancellor. President Konstantinos Zavitsas was a tall, well-groomed man with piercing hazel eyes and neat silver hair, dressed in a finely tailored suit. He carried himself with confidence and grace, exuding the charm and charisma of a seasoned diplomat. Zavitsas stepped off the plane with a sense of pride and purpose, knowing that this meeting was crucial in securing the future of his young nation. As he made his way to the car, he was greeted by a military honor guard and the Chancellor himself, Konrad Adenauer. The two leaders shook hands, exchanging greetings and warm smiles, before setting off for their meeting to discuss the possibility of Northern Epirus joining the European Economic Community. |

| As they settled into the back of the limousine, President Zavitsas and Chancellor Adenauer engaged in light conversation, discussing the beautiful weather and the lush countryside that surrounded them. President Zavitsas took the opportunity to express his admiration for the German people and their incredible resilience in the face of such trying times. He talked about the importance of unity and cooperation among nations, especially in Europe, to ensure peace and prosperity for all. Chancellor Adenauer listened intently, nodding in agreement and adding his own thoughts on the matter. |

| President Zavitsas arrived at the chancellery in Bonn with a gift in hand, presented to Chancellor Adenauer, symbolizing the deep respect and admiration he had for the German people and their rich history. The gift was a handcrafted wooden box, decorated with intricate carvings inspired by traditional Epirote folk art. It contained a selection of fine Epirote honey, renowned for its rich, complex flavor, and a bottle of premium Raki, made from locally grown grapes. The German Chancellor was taken aback by the thoughtful gesture, and the two leaders began their discussion with a newfound sense of goodwill and mutual understanding. The two leaders made their way into the chancellery with much to converse upon … |

[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

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Forever we purge

Bulgaro-Romanian Infrastructural development plan

10th May 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| Comrade General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved and esteemed leader of all Romanian people, Constantin Rotaru, has welcomed Comrade Chervenkov, Prime Minister of The People`s Republic of Bulgaria in Bucharest to discuss Infrastructural projects regarding the two nations.

| With the grand plan of building a Canal that links the Black Sea and the Danube slowly coming to reality, Romania together with the brave and beloved leader, Constantin Rotaru, has planned the joint construction of three bridges over the Danube River together with The People`s Republic of Bulgaria.

| Comrade Constantin Rotaru, General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved son of the Romanian people, has met in Bucharest today with esteemed Comrade Chervenkov, Prime Minister of The People`s Republic of Bulgaria.

The two have discussed the plans regarding the construction of the three bridges over the Danube (Vidin-Calafat, Ruse-Giurgiu and Nikopol-Turnu Magurele), and problems of mutual concern in both of our Republics.

| The three bridges over the Danube would benefit both nations, heightening import-export rate between the two and the rest of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance and creating a strong economic and diplomatic bond between all the nations participating in the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance, especially Romania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.

Furthermore the bridges could help the transport of military equipment in case of an emergency, lowering travel time between different countries and helping the general mobilization rate.

"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania! "

10th May 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

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Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

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Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

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Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Alzarikstan wrote:DESCENDING UPON ASMARA - ETHIOPIA SETS MAJOR EXAMPLE IN DBARWA & DEKEMHARE BEFORE MARCHING FORWARD

The road to Asmara has proven to be absolutely grotesque and bloody with estimates between 10-25,000 people dying collectively (Eritreans, Ethiopians, and Civilians). In some cases, morale would be somewhat low; however, news of success in Massawa and the opening of a Western Front via Operation Brown Hyena became a morale stimulus as personnel would come to realize how close they were to Asmara. Asmara currently was surrounded almost on all sides mostly, similar to the Massawa situation. However, the final bit of road left to Asmara was relatively ripe with awaiting rebels seeking to slow down Ethiopian forces from the direction of Adi Ugri. Ethiopian guerrilla forces from the East under Major General Buli continued to make their progress toward Dekemhare with the ultimate goal being connecting with the main Ethiopian force toward Asmara. Prime Minister Tafari Benti sent a message to Major General Buli to leave Asmara in tact and to not target civilians in order to maintain a peaceful presence; however, to keep personnel alert for any signs or sources of rebels. Behind the forces of Major General Buli's 5,000 personnel would be the State-sponsored militia known as Fano with 2,500 personnel. The intention of Fano is to clear out remnants of rebel activity in occupied Ethiopian villages while serving as auxiliary units for the moving Ethiopian forces. Fano is intended to stay behind the Ethiopian armed forces; however, they can serve as a force multiplier. For Prime Minister Tafari Benti, this new military doctrine is referred to as "t’ik’uri Mamba t’orineti" (Black Mamba Warfare - Gray Area Warfare/Politics (Mixing Conventional and Unconventional Warfare to obtain strategic, operational, and tactical advantages to own the battlefield and diminish the kill chain against the enemy)).

Fano would be moving from Adigrat toward Adi Keyh to meet with Buli's forces at Dekemhare to then pivot toward Asmara together. With new acquisitions from Yugoslavia, such as Zastava M53 Machine Guns and Zastava M48 Sniper Rifles, Fano is to be transported by Kedus Harbe Armored Personnel Carriers escorted by 6 x Yetbarak IA Main Battle Tanks (3 in the front and 3 in the back). To further demonstrate the military power of Ethiopia and intimidation tactics toward any possible rebels in and around Asmara, 2 x Tu-16 strategic bombers and 2 x NEAC Tewodros I B-53 Bombers escorted by 6 x Dassault Mystère IV Fighter-Bombers and 6 x J-451MM Stršljen Close Air Support (CAS) jet aircraft would fly in formation over Asmara as the sound of jet engines raddled the ground and multiple dark shadows cast by the aircraft upon the people below. The 16 aircraft would circle around Asmara buying time prior to the arrival of the ground forces, who were accompanied by T-54 tanks, Kedus Harbe APC (modeled after the IC Rhodesian Greyhound APC and its variants), and Tatadim Tanks. As the aircraft hovered like vultures, the 2 x Tu-16 bombers would drop 7,000 lbs of bombs each (14,000 lbs total) on Dbarwa and Dekemhare. Simultaneously, arriving toward 20,000 Ethiopian personnel, would be 6 x BM-14 MLRS (16 rockets per vehicle; 96 rockets total). Awaiting orders, the BM-14s received instructions to provide an extensive salvo attack upon Dbarwa. The 6 x BM-14 MLRS would be positioned 5 miles away from Dbarwa but heavily secured by military personnel. Before engagements, there would be a brief moment of silence before the BM-14 begun firing 96 rockets total within one minute into Dbarwa as the rockets have an estimated 6 mile range. Seven minutes later, the 6 x BM-14 would conduct another salvo of 96 rockets into Dbarwa before Ethiopian forces began their push toward Dbarwa.

On the Dekemhare front, the 2 x NEAC Tewodros I B-53 Bombers would drop 2,000 lbs of high explosive bombs (1,000 lbs per aircraft) upon the village while 6 x J-451MM Stršljen Close Air Support (CAS) conducted strafes. The objective is to bog down rebel forces in Dekemhare to prevent them from supporting rebels in Dbarwa while buying time for Fano to arrive and conduct ground operations. With Su-2 recon light bombers in Western Eritrea around Gulch, Ethiopian intelligence would be informed of rebel movements between smaller villages around Gulch and toward the direction of Teseney.

WIDENING OF THE NORTHEASTERN FRONT VIA PARATROOPERS AND SOMALI GUERRILLA UNITS

Utilizing 10 x Dassault MD 315 Flamant Military Transport, 2 x squadrons of Somali and Ethiopian Commandos (2,000 personnel total) would be deployed from Aksum to operate as paratroopers into Nak'Fa under the guise of night to seize the town, execute rebel terrorists, and utilize the town to disrupt rebel connections and supply routes in the deep North and Northwest. The commando squadrons are intended to occupy and liberate villages within the Northern corridor toward the Eritrean-Sudanese border village of Ras Kasar while another commando squadron (1,000 personnel) is expected to be paratroop into Nak'Fa four days after the first two with orders to proceed West through the mountains towards Karkabet with making stops in Tof Alabat, Erota, and Tognuf. For more PSYOP operations, the deployed commandos are predominantly Muslim to give the demonstration to villagers that the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor protects all religions and this is not a Muslim vs. Orthodoxy situation but a unity of East Africa crisis. The second component of the establishment of the new front in the North is for volunteers from Eastern Eritrea having served in the Italo-Abyssinia Wars to arrive in Massawa and head North to support the operations while 2 additional squadrons from Puntland (2,000 personnel) are to be transported to the Massawa Airport to receive orders to make their way toward Mahmimet, Northern Eritrea.

From within Massawa, 1,500 of the Somali guerrilla fighters have been prompted to lead the incursions West toward Keren while 500 Somali guerrillas remain in Massawa. The 4,500 conventional Ethiopian forces received orders to remain in place to await the arrival of Fano personnel that will take the place of the forces before they leave toward Western Eritrea. The Somali guerrilla forces intend to directly search for and engage conventionally and unconventionally remnants of the Eritrean rebel forces that left Massawa. Having grown up in the Somali desert and wearing tan uniforms to blend into the environment while wearing light equipment, the Somali personnel would hide their faces with scarves as they began their entry into the Eritrean mountainous desert region to play hide and seek with the Eritrean rebels. Additionally, the Massawa airport has been designated to serve as a strategic supply transport location. Because of this, 20 x BM-14 MLRS are to be transported to the airport in addition to 40 x T-54 Tanks, 40 x GMT-50 Medium Tanks, and 20 x PT-76 Light Tanks. Small arms such as AK-47s, Chatellerault Light Machine Guns, Zastava M53 Machine Guns, and Zastava M48 Sniper Rifles have are expected to make their way through the Massawa Terminals to reinforce and supply Ethiopian personnel. Another regiment of Somali forces (3,000) are also expected to be sent to Massawa to gradually build up a force in the Northeast. Work has begun upon the Massawa Airport to include wired fencing, guard towers, and patrolling units while Fano forces are expected to arrive in Massawa via roads and aircraft over the coming days to replace the Ethiopian forces currently present prior to their deployment toward Asmara and Northern Eritrea.

FINAL YUGOSLAVIAN AND SOVIET MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEMS ARRIVE IN ETHIOPIA; SENT TO WESTERN AND EASTERN FRONTS

Since the Fall, Ethiopia has been in covert communications with Belgrade and Moscow regarding acquisition of Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. Understanding the flat terrain of Western Eritrea, ground brute force but from a safe distance would be the ideal scenario for Ethiopian forces. Similar to the flatness of the Eurasian plain but just desert, the usage of MLRS instead of standardized artillery batteries was opted for as the best option to saturate a given area infested with rebels with a salvo of rockets. Successful negotiations with the USSR and Yugoslavia has prompted the acquisition of 200 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems being brought into Assab and Massawa to be sent to the Western and Eastern Fronts. As the Ethiopian Air Force is only conducting intelligence runs in Western Eritrea instead of bombing campaigns, the Ethiopian Joint Chiefs of the General Staff has prioritized replicating the aerial bombing campaign but now making it ground-based primarily with occasional aerial close air support when the tactical advantage has been obtained.

In the West, 25,000 Ethiopian personnel have been deployed in and around Himora toward Gulch; however, Ethiopian advancements would stop 3 miles outside of Gulch. This would be rather unusual at first; however, directly behind the 25,000 personnel would be 10 x Katyusha Multiple Launch Rocket Systems carrying 16 rockets with a firing range of 3 miles (160 rockets in total); however, 10 of these rockets in particular are equipped with smoke warheads intended for releasing a thick white smokescreen for target marking and incendiary purposes. The Katyusha MLRS were ordered to launch 80 of the 160 rockets onto Gulch, knowing from Su-2 reconnaissance that the village housed rebels and is used as the first major gateway into the Western Eritrean resistance. After the launching of 80 rockets, the 25,000 Ethiopian personnel rushed directly to Gulch with the following weaponry:

[list]30 x T-54 Tanks

100 x Kedus Harbe Armored Personnel Carriers (modeled after the IC Rhodesian Greyhound APC)

30 x GMT-50 Medium Tanks (Greek alternate IC tank)

50 x Yetbarak Main Battle Tanks

25 x Yetbarak IA Main Battle Tanks

AK-47 Assault Rifles

Chatellerault Light Machine Guns

Zastava M53 Machine Guns

Zastava M48 Sniper Rifles[/list]

The bloodiest battles to come have officially arrived. Meanwhile, as 25,000 personnel advanced toward Gulch, 2 x regiments of Fano would cross into Eritrea but instead of going in the direction of the Ethiopian personnel, Fano pivoted eastward to occupy and disrupt potential rebels in Omhajer, Chichi, Mai Teb, Scisci, Mai Kele, Magala, Markaba, Tolesuca, and Sahlat. Their orders included searching and destroying enemy caches, seizing enemy equipment, arresting and interrogating rebel supporters, and questioning women (if need be, threatening to arrest and take away their children). Fano are also ordered to remain in and around villages to conduct espionage, intelligence, and monitoring of individuals and vehicles. The Fano Command has been given approval to begin constructing and implementing identification checkpoints in coordination with the recently expanded Ethiopian police and security departments to now include new precincts that involves newly acquired lands from Eritrea.

While the Ethiopian Armed Forces targeted and covered the larger villages and trading cities, Fano has been designated toward smaller villages, outposts, and mountainous locations so the main conventional forces are not spread too thin and the more agile Fano can utilize their herder and guerrilla backgrounds the most effective and efficient.

ETHIOPIAN AIR FORCE BOMBS RAIL BETWEEN ASMARA AND BARENTU TO HALT REBEL USAGE

To begin the strategic cutting off of Western Eritrea from Central and Eastern Eritrea, the Ethiopian Air Force deployed 2 x Dassault MD 315 Flamant equipped with 4 x 50 kg (110 lb) bombs to blow the railway between Asmara and Barentu.

ETHIOPIA TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF AIR-ARMY BASE ON DAHLAK AND HANISH ISLANDS!

The Ethiopian Ministry of Defense has approved recent proposals to begin the construction of two major bases for the Dahlak and Hanish Islands to expand national security readiness and preparedness. The new bases will expand the capabilities of the Ethiopian Air Force and Army while providing new opportunities for cross-environment training. This comes with new proposals for the establishment of a new Joint Integrated Commander position that will specifically and solely operate to integrate defense planning, operations, and logistics across the individual branches of the Ethiopian Armed Forces and security organizations.

[list][pre]May, 1954 | Nak’Fa, The Federation Of Eritrea[/pre]

ARMISTICE DECLARED AS ASMARA FALLS, BUT NOT ERITREA. THE WAR SINCE OCTOBER[/list]

In Dbarwa, the sudden barrage of 96 rockets launched from Ethiopia’s BM-14 trucks had delivered a devastating blow not only upon the Eritrean entrenchment but also on the civilians attempting to cower away at places like schools and worship houses assumed to be safe from attack. The Ethiopian indiscriminate bombardment of Eritrean positions had along with it destroyed the lives of many civilians. Upon the first barrage many of the civilian and armed population would run for the hills, trying to escape, however upon the second barrage, the remaining 5,000 troops at Dbarwa had survived the rocket attacks, by quickly spreading out the edges of the town. The troops would then attempt to guide many of the Eritrean refugees trying to leave town in the direction of the enemy advancement, this was done in hopes that it would both slow down the enemy and condition their young soldiers to witness the toll their cowardly bombardment would take on the civilian population.

By the time the forces reached Dbarwa, they would be struck by a small yet last effort of resistance outside Asmara. The battle of Dbarwa ended with the death of 3,000 Eritreans with an unknown amount from the Ethiopian side. The remaining 2,000 would quickly retreat in the direction of Asmara, employing the same tactics in other villages; however, at each starving town the Eritrean Army walked through, they had informed them that the Ethiopians had food and pointed them in their direction. While it is true that the Eritreans tried to demonize the Ethiopians at every chance they got, it is believed that by sending wave after wave of hungry civilians towards them, their advancing armies towards Asmara would be slowed down dealing with the waves of refugees mostly made up of elders, women, and children, as well as stuck with supply lines trying to feed both the 20,000 Ethiopian troops marching through the mountains and towards Asmara.

The small Eritrean units would once again set up their last fight in the hills north of Shiketi, which forced the Ethiopians to follow the path of the narrow road through this little valley. After the battle in the hills, the remaining 1,500 troops had all but surrendered or laid down their arms and escaped to merge in with the civilian population. After that surrender, the Ethiopians made it up the flat plateau, heading full speed toward the capital. There was no more resistance there, the Ethiopians were in full view of Asmara, with the church bells ringing from a top Our Lady of the Rosary Church, its red and brown structure towering over the rest of the city.

In Dekemhare, though faced with aerial bombardment, they were much easier to avoid as opposed to the rockets that rained down Dbarwa. The Eritrean Sovereign Army hiding in the hills around the city awaited the arrival of Ethiopian and Fano troops to the city below; once there, the Eritreans launched their attack on the city in the middle of the night, catching the Ethiopians off guard. These series of attacks would span several weeks before the small bands of Eritrean fighters would retreat into the mountains. Just like the Dbarwa fighters, the Eritreans would attempt a last stand at the canyon near Zigib, before the climb towards Asmara, the city on a hill, once again utilizing the tightness and small size of the roadways to contain the troops towards a single-line, attacking the front of the line every once in a while, to slow them down. Susceptible to enemy air bombardment, however, the ESA had made sure to be close to Ethiopian positions yet hidden, in attempts to confuse the bombers into attacking friendly forces. The Eritreans would try to make this seem more believable through the use of Ethiopian clothing stolen from their frequent raids into Dekemhare. After Zigib, the last of the bandits would disband using their knowledge of the terrain to run down the Valley to the safety of Nefasit at the bottom of that very valley. Asmara was now too open for Buli and his men to take… if he was to be alive after all those raids in Dekemhare.

As Asmara fell, much of the city’s government officials and Muslim population had left months prior, leaving the city to be nothing short of a symbolic capitulation. Citizens gathered on the streets, watching over the troops coming in. The Christian population had entirely abandoned its desire for independence. The mayor of Asmara himself had invited the officers of the Ethiopian military to a dinner at his house. He too was a Christian who saw the occupation as an opportunity to gain greater powers and support in Eritrea after the war, of course naturally assuming the Muslim population would be stripped of theirs.

Coastal Front

Nak’Fa, though not well armored like Teseney, was very well armed and defended, with Eritrean Resistance stationed all over the place in efforts to defend what seemed a second base of operations to the military and administration command of the Eritrean Sovereign Army and the Federation’s government. Not to mention the large flow of Muslim refugees coming in from the east had come to this town, raising its numbers, and growing from supply routes flowing in from Sudan. The arrival of the first patch of paratroopers would be detected within the first few hours of their arrival, as the troops patrolling the city would raise the alarms to keep the city on high alert. At this point members of government and potentially President Awate himself had been evacuated to an underground trail system setup below the city in early 1953.

Though the commandos were more skilled, the Eritrean army consisted of males perhaps younger than 15 to as old as 40, and reports of some women fighters amongst their ranks would make up a fighting force of another 15,000 troops. Many of them gathered from across the northern regions. Time and time again the paratroopers on the ground would be slaughtered, with some high casualties on both sides. The numerical advantage of the Eritreans meant the Ethiopians flew into a slaughterhouse. After months had passed, with troops attempting to clean out any commandos surviving the first couple days of their landing, the arrival of 6x Hispano Suiza HS.404 Anti-Air cannons and Vickers machine guns to Nak’Fa would be used against the transport planes by attempting to thwart them away.

By the beginning of 1954, the arrival of about 5,000 Sudanese Nationalist militias and Italian PMCs to Nak’Fa had provided much-needed relief to the rebels, who by now were exhausted and dwindled in numbers following wave after wave of paratroopers and attacks both in and on the outskirts of Nak’Fa. The remaining 10,000 Sudanese militias, the Son Of Keren (SoK) had split up into various small groups on foot to be spread out as they deployed towards various peacekeeping operations across northwest Eritrea. The largest concentrations are to be noted in Nak’Fa, Afabet, Ghizghiza, and finally, some 1,500 units headed south towards Keren.

Meanwhile back in Gathielay, seeing the mobilization of Somali troops into the coastal desert headed towards the Sudanese border, a decision has been made using a highly trained unit of about 50 soldiers to trail behind the enemy through the hills, and conduct raids on any supplying lines connected to the Somali mobilization whilst also utilizing those same supplies to their advantage. With not a single large town or settlement being present up the entire Red Sea coast perhaps until the Sudanese town of Tokar, the harsh wasteland of this desert would be used by the small unit to starve out the Somalians and slow them down.

While the other 1,500 Somali guerrillas headed up the windy and difficult roads through the mountain would be ambushed by waves of 400 or so Eritrean units stationed in the mountains west of Gathielay. With both guerrilla groups stuck in fighting at the feet of the mountains, further up, the roads would be littered with obstacles and traps, firebombs, falling rock debris, and cars blocking the only two-lane road heading out of Massawa. It is by now given the Eritrean resistance had held off the Ethiopian military long enough to allow for the SoK militias to set up their defensive position in Keren.

Supply Lines Continue Out West:

Since the rai ways that ran through western Eritrea was entirely serviced by either Ethiopian or Sudanese trains, the bombing of tracks at Adigles and Teseney had already severed the movement of supplies through this region, pushing the supply lines to either rely on utility trucks imported from Slovenia or Sudan, as well as camel caravans moving through the land. The flow of supplies is not interrupted.

THE END? ARMISTICE DECLARED

As Gulch was bombarded by Ethiopian fire, the Eritreans would retaliate in similar fashion, as hell broke loose on the outskirts of the city. The thunderous explosion of artillery and Rockets struck fear in the hearts of inhabitants, but through the chaos, the sound of the call to prayers at the Omar Bin Khatab Mosque, had rung out through the region, proclaiming and affirming the faith in no God but Allah, and that under him. After months of battle holding off the Ethiopians in the west at the gates of Gulch, the guns of the Ethiopians would fall silent, prompting the Eritreans to do the same at that very moment. In its confusion, President Awate of the Eritrean Federation had arrived on the frontlines, with him a declaration.

On the 3rd of May, 1954, an agreement in Asmara had proclaimed a cease fire and the establishment of an African coalition led demilitarization zone along the existing frontlines of the war. The guns have fallen silent long enough to hear the sound of birds chirping. Though Awate was reluctant to sign the armistice, certain pressure from factions beyond the borders of Eritrea had forced him to accept this deal for the sake of peace and for the end of bloodshed. All Eritrean resistance behind enemy lines have been ordered to drop their arms. Some would disobey the order as they resorted to becoming road bandits, but the outright majority had either surrendered their arms or dropped them.

The Asmara Agreement will be announced to the world shortly

[spoiler=[sub]Armistice Details Coming Soon — [/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

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Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Canada Leaf

Canovia

Cascadla

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Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

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Kotakuan Ii

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Ma-Li

Maziya

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Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

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Nileia

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Nonador

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Paramountica

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Pontianus

Provenancia

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Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

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Ubertica

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[/spoiler]

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[list]1954년 05월 | 1954 May

[list][sup]Seoul | 서울시[/sup]

Republic of Korea[list]

[sup]Korean Legislative Election - 1954[/sup][/list]

| Campaigning in Korea’s election was long and fierce as parties fought over an electorate double the size of that in 1950; it was also the first chance for President Rhee and his Liberal Party to gauge the size of his support. It had been two years since Rhee’s landslide victory, in the first direct presidential elections, lacking an organised opposition and the war in the north were the key factors in his victory then. Now Rhee had to contend with a more organised opposition, and new charismatic figures. None more known than the former DPRK government official, Kim Il-sung, the former resistance fighter is well respected across the spectrum and has been fiercely campaigning on his vision for a self-reliant; caring; and internationalist Korea. |

| Most political parties had organised themselves into blocs aligned by their ideologies; in order to maximise their vote share and seat share in the National Assembly. The 391 seat chamber was elected using proportional representation with seats assigned based on population to the administrative regions. A three percent national threshold must be crossed in order to win seats; this increased to six percent for alliances. |

| Voting began at 8:00am on the 26th having been postponed two weeks following credible threats to some polling stations; with an increased police and military presence to keep the peace the elections got underway. Polls closed at 8:00pm that evening and the ballot counts began almost immediately, early number counts suggested that turnout had remained high compared with the 1950 elections where turnout was just over 90%. At 2:00am the national vote figure was released to the radio and television stations, these tallies would be used to see which parties had crossed the thresholds and assign the seats in the regions. |

[list]Legislative Election Vote Tally[list]

[*]Liberal Party - 32.59% - 7,499,535

[*]Korean Workers Party - 29.48% - 6,783,870

[*]Democratic Party - 13.88% - 3,194,034

[*]National Association - 11.31% - 2,602,631

[*]Civic Rule Party - 4.57% - 1,051,638

[*]Social Democratic Party - 4.05% - 931,977

[*]Others - 4.12% - 948,085[/list][/list]

| Turnout was confirmed to be 91.24% across the whole peninsula, with the southern half of the peninsula having a slightly lower turnout figure of 88.54% compared to the north. Kim had failed to come first in the election, but his bloc had garnered 38.10% of the total vote; and had successfully deprived Rhee’s Liberal Party and the Blue Bloc of a majority in the National Assembly. Rhee however would not be powerless without a majority, with a vast array of powers held by the President, but it was considered a significant body blow, and would allow the opposition to throw spanners into the works.|

[list]Korean Legislative Election 1954 - Final Results:[list]

[*]Liberal Party - Rhee Syngman - 133 seats

[*]Korean Workers Party - Kim Il-sung - 121 seats

[*]Democratic Party - Chang Myon - 57 seats

[*]National Association - Yi Si-yeong - 46 seats

[*]Civic Rule Party - Yun Posun - 18 seats

[*]Social Democratic Party - Seo Sang-il - 16 seats

Blue Bloc (Presidential) - 43.90% - 179 seats

Red Bloc (Opposition) - 38.10% - 155 seats

Non-aligned (Democratic Party) - 13.88% - 57 seats[/list][/list]

| The non-aligned conservative-liberal Democratic Party led by Chang Myon ended the election as king makers, the party had split from Rhee opposing his authoritarian style of leadership, refusing to enter government with either the Blue or the Red Blocs the party at the next meeting of the assembly initially proposed Chang as their candidate for the Premiership. Following five rounds of chaotic votes that saw the blocs vote for their own candidates with none achieving a majority, the Democratic Party proposed Yun Posun of the Red Bloc as Prime Minister, in the next two successive rounds assembly members from the red bloc began to vote for Yun. In the eighth round Kim Il-sung outright endorsed Yun for the Premiership in his opening speech for that round. The end result was 179 votes for Baek Du-jin and 212 votes for Yun Posun, making him newly appointed Prime Minister. |

| Although the result effectively puts the Red Bloc in charge of the legislative agenda for the next four years, it will difficult for them to govern with both President Rhee able to outright dismiss their programme and the Democratic Party being able to vote with the Blue Bloc or abstain to stop any legislation they dislike. It is unlikely that much will be passed; effectively rendering this legislative term a lame duck, rather than it rendering Rhee a lame duck. |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

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We have outlawed elections for the sake of we want good politicians for once.

Communism Is Superior wrote:We have outlawed elections for the sake of we want good politicians for once.

But if you have a bad politician then you will be stuck with them for the rest of your life.

Northern-Epirus wrote:[list][list]May 1954

[sub] President Zavitsas meets with Chancellor Adenauer in Bonn! [/sub][/list]

CHANCELLERY, BONN, (New Provenance) — MORNING

| President Zavitsas arrived in Bonn, the capital of West Germany, with a delegation of Northern Epirote officials and advisors. The streets were dotted with spectators, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Northern Epirote delegation and the German Chancellor. President Konstantinos Zavitsas was a tall, well-groomed man with piercing hazel eyes and neat silver hair, dressed in a finely tailored suit. He carried himself with confidence and grace, exuding the charm and charisma of a seasoned diplomat. Zavitsas stepped off the plane with a sense of pride and purpose, knowing that this meeting was crucial in securing the future of his young nation. As he made his way to the car, he was greeted by a military honor guard and the Chancellor himself, Konrad Adenauer. The two leaders shook hands, exchanging greetings and warm smiles, before setting off for their meeting to discuss the possibility of Northern Epirus joining the European Economic Community. |

| As they settled into the back of the limousine, President Zavitsas and Chancellor Adenauer engaged in light conversation, discussing the beautiful weather and the lush countryside that surrounded them. President Zavitsas took the opportunity to express his admiration for the German people and their incredible resilience in the face of such trying times. He talked about the importance of unity and cooperation among nations, especially in Europe, to ensure peace and prosperity for all. Chancellor Adenauer listened intently, nodding in agreement and adding his own thoughts on the matter. |

| President Zavitsas arrived at the chancellery in Bonn with a gift in hand, presented to Chancellor Adenauer, symbolizing the deep respect and admiration he had for the German people and their rich history. The gift was a handcrafted wooden box, decorated with intricate carvings inspired by traditional Epirote folk art. It contained a selection of fine Epirote honey, renowned for its rich, complex flavor, and a bottle of premium Raki, made from locally grown grapes. The German Chancellor was taken aback by the thoughtful gesture, and the two leaders began their discussion with a newfound sense of goodwill and mutual understanding. The two leaders made their way into the chancellery with much to converse upon … |

[list]May 1954

[sub]Adenauer and Zavitsas, the Christian Democrats[/sub][/list]

| CHANCELLOR KONRAD ADENAUER had jokingly told several of his aides that he was looking forward to meeting President Zavitsas of the Northern Epirote delegation 'because he's a Christian Democrat, too'. Adenauer himself, as was widely known, hailed from the Christian Democratic Union party of Germany, which was somewhat similar on the level of ideology and policy to the Christian Democrats who had won Northern Epirus' recent elections. Considering this was one of the first state visits by any leader to Germany, Adenauer had directed his office (Office of the Chancellery) to coordinate preparations accordingly. President Konstantinos Zavitsas of Northern Epirus was greeted by an honor guard and by Adenauer himself at Cologne-Bonn Airport, after which they were escorted by a convoy to the Chancellery Building. |

| Adenauer had taken to the conference seriously and with a hint of anxiety; unusual for the elder statesman who had been one of the architects behind the new European Economic Community, one of the topics of the German-Epirote conference. To his confidantes, he reported that 'receiving instead of visiting is certainly a lot more complicated than they make it out to be'. Nonetheless, he received the Northern Epirote president with the confidence and firmness that he regularly exuded as Germany's seniormost statesman and its Chancellor. |

| Upon receiving the 'intricately beautiful and expansively complex' gift from the Northern Epirote president, Adenauer steered the topic to the European Economic Community and more specifically Northern Epirus' interest in joining as a potential member state. Adenauer discussed the prerequisites and the like, occasionally taking a sip from the cup of coffee being provided to the two leaders for the duration of their conference. The discussions would continue throughout the day, and would conclude its first day with a state dinner hosted by THEODOR HEUSS, the President of the Bundesrepublik, of the Free Democratic Party. The next day, Zavitsas would be invited to sit down with German representatives to the European Economic Community who had been present at the signing of the Treaty of Brussels and other negotiation talks, at which they discussed with the Northern Epirote president what was needed to participate. Throughout the entire conference, Adenauer and the Germans who met with the Northern Epirote delegation emphasized their enthusiasm in welcoming a foreign delegation to Bonn, and in assisting that delegation in its possible entry into the EEC in the future. |

| Domestically, the coverage by the media of the conference was unusually extensive. For a first major state visit, especially one in the wake of such a massive geopolitical shift as with the establishment of the EEC, it was important for Germany politically, socially and diplomatically. The conference would conclude duly after another day of talks with officials and a tour of the administrative center of the Federal Republic with the Federal President. Adenauer told the reporters, 'I do not think I have met any Southern [European] politician more cordial, more polite, and more fresh than this one,'. |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, King Pavlos Visits the War-torn Regions of Greece, The King Celebrated as a Hero!, May 1954

Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, Ο Παύλος επισκέπτεται κατεστραμμένες περιοχές της Ελλάδας, ο βασιλιάς γιορτάζεται ως ήρωας!, Μάιος 1954[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands - The King of the Hellenes! - Ο βασιλιάς των Ελλήνων![/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]| NO ORDINARY KING, NORTHWESTERN GREECE: | ΚΑΝΈΝΑΣ ΣΥΝΗΘΙΣΜΈΝΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΆΣ, ΒΟΡΕΙΟΔΥΤΙΚΉ ΕΛΛΆΔΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]

HM King Pavlos I, accompanied by his Wife, HRH Queen Federica of Greece, and their three children, Princess Sophia, Princess Irene, and the boy who will one day be king, Prince Constantine. The family of five was walking across the town, greeting and talking with locals and civilians of the town. The Royal Family of Greece was on a tour to visit the war-torn areas affected by the Pindus Rebellion (Pindus-). The town was bombed out, bullet holes riddled its walls and its walls were destroyed. However despite the destruction, the town was happy, the close-knit community helping each other rebuild, and with plans announced by the King for additional funds to rebuild the areas, the King was celebrated as a hero. His visit to Neapoli was the first of his visit to six towns and cities ravaged by the barbaric Aromanian Army who had recently fled to Yugoslavia (Ranponian) after the conflict ended a few months ago with total Greek victory. |[/list]

[list]| As the King and his family said their goodbyes, the King left for Siatista, yet another small town damaged by the conflict. The King had received a similar reception and was given several delicacies by the town's locals, which included handmade gifts, drawings, and even a fresh pack of cigars made by an older gentleman. The family dined at a local cafe, where a crowd swarmed them with greetings and congratulatory wishes. After lunch, the family visited war-torn areas of the town, the King inspecting a bombed-out home, the King sending his condolences, blaming the barbaric Aromanians for the damage. The family left by 22:00 and stayed at a friend's house for the night. At 07:00, the five of them, with their security detail, left the home and visited three towns, Kydonies, Grevena, and the Regional Capital of Western Macedonia, Kozani. |[/list]

[list]| The family visited the cities in rapid succession, as the King had to return to Athens within two days to attend to "urgent matters" with the Prime Minister hospitalized in France. Visiting Kozani, he particularly enjoyed his visit to the Kozani Air Base, playing games with the local children and the troops there, the King even got his military uniform dirty, in which Queen Federica described him as a "cute little child" to some locals. The beloved King was given a nickname that day, he was No Ordinary King, and was crowned a hero by the locals. |[/list]

[list][list][pre]"Η επίσκεψή μου στην Κοζάνη και στις άλλες καταπληκτικές πόλεις και κοινότητες της περιοχής ήταν μια ευχάριστη και απολαυστική ευκαιρία για μένα και την οικογένειά μου. Παρά το γεγονός ότι προερχόμαστε από έντονες συγκρούσεις μόλις πριν από λίγους μήνες, το πνεύμα και η θέληση των κοινοτήτων που επισκεφθήκαμε αυτή την εβδομάδα και είμαι βέβαιος ότι όλες οι κοινότητες και οι λαοί σε όλα τα έθνη είναι ισχυροί, πατριωτικοί και αποτελούν σύμβολο του πώς οι Έλληνες πάντα ξεσηκώνονται και ενώνονται μαζί ως έθνος. Εγγυώμαι ότι η Ελλάδα θα ανακάμψει από αυτή τη σύγκρουση και ότι όλοι σας θα λάβετε ό,τι χάθηκε κατά τη διάρκεια της εξέγερσης της Πίνδου!"[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre](English: "My visit to Kozani and the other amazing towns and communities of the region has been an enjoyable and delightful occasion for me and my family. Despite coming from intense conflict just a few months ago, the spirit and the will of the communities visited this week and I'm sure all communities and peoples across the nations are strong, and patriotic and are a symbol of how Greeks always rise and unite together as a nation. I guarantee that Greece shall recover from this conflict and that all of you shall receive what was lost during the Pindus Insurgency!")[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]- King of the Hellenes, Pavlos I[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[list]| The family decided to stay at Kozani for the night, and early in the morning, the King visited the Kozani Military Base, borrowing several military jeeps for his ride to Ioannina. The group, with their security detail, left for Ioannina at 06:00, arriving at 08:30. The group was greeted with loud cheers and praise from the regional capital, again being showered with gifts and presents by the local population. The King stayed at Ioannina for an extended period, becoming very comfortable with the locals and striking up long conversations with them. The family had lunch at a local restaurant and were yet again swarmed by fans of the family, the King not being annoyed King was delighted at the population. The Royal Family left rather late in the evening and were chased by the cheering population, the King smiling throughout. The Royal Family was moved into a safer mode of transport, the jeeps being returned to the Kozani Base. The family arrived at Athens early in the morning, the royal visit was a resounding success. |[/list]

[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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[list]May 1954

[sub]The '54 Election[/sub][/list]

[pre]T H E E R A O F "M A M B O M A G S A Y S A Y"[/pre]

| On May 9, 1954, the peoples of the Philippine Islands trooped to polling stations across the archipelago's 7,641 islands to vote in the next presidential election. Four years ago, the Philippine electorate selected Liberal Party standardbearer Manuel Roxas, who easily defeated Sergio Osmena Sr. with 54.5% of the popular vote. In that election, the opposition Liberals had risen to the occasion and taken advantage of the governing Nacionalista Party's weakness, as it struggled to find a successor to the storied incumbent president, Manuel Quezon, who at the time had refrained from running for a second term. Roxas's presidency has been the most socially and economically liberal yet, with a strong partnership with the United States being forged, and with social welfare nets being established through sweeping progressive legislation passed by Liberal majorities in both houses of Congress. President Roxas had refrained from seeking re-election, instead endorsing his vice president, Elpidio Quirino, for the Liberal nomination. Heading into the election season, the Liberals were already at a disadvantage thanks to party fatigue and their more progressive voters being enticed away by the Liberal Democrats under Senator Jose Avelino, the youthful progressive firebrand who was proving to be a splinter vote-getter for the Liberals. |

| The campaign was regarded as one of the most fierce cycles in the short history of the Third Republic. Radio and print ads were blasted on every wave and frequency possible, and the Nacionalista candidate, Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay, overhauled the standard, traditional meaning of campaigning when he visited barrio after barrio after barrio, visiting more townships and cities than any other candidate by a massive margin. The first ever presidential debate in the country's history also took place, broadcasted by radio to the homes which possessed the luxury, and saw charisma and the ability of being able to convince the public more directly on policy positions become a key factor. In this, Magsaysay - youthful, charismatic, effective and straightforward - dominated, and 54% of voters said that the Nacionalista standardbearer had 'overwhelmingly' won the debates. |

| Heading into the week of May 9, 1954, polling showed that Magsaysay was widely favored to sweep the polls. According to a survey of 650 voters, 56% said they preferred Magsaysay, compared to only 27% who preferred Quirino and 25% who preferred Avelino. As the country marched to the polls on May 9th, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) brought in observers for the first time to ensure the safe counting of the vote, as controversies around Quirino (and his position as the person who nominated the COMELEC commissioner to his position) swirled about and generated much talk in the media. Election fraud was not expected, but members of the opposition and government alike still requested that proper precautions be taken to ensure the sanctity of the vote. |

| With all 4.2 million votes nominally counted and accounted for, the results were announced to the public by radio address: |

[list][pre]MAGSAYSAY, Ramon (Nacionalista) - 2,245,764 votes (53.1%)

QUIRINO, Elpidio (Liberal) - 1,243,372 votes (29.4%)

AVELINO, Jose (Liberal Democratic) - 659,101 votes (15.5%)

GARCIA, Carlos (Progressive) - 79,481 votes (1.8%)[/pre][/list]

| The Commission on Elections nominally confirmed and ratified RAMON MAGSAYSAY as the next President-elect of the Republic of the Philippines. The victory for the Nacionalista Party on the national level was also reaped in the Senate and the House, where they secured bare majorities, positioning themselves properly for a wide legislative agenda - but likely not one as widespread as that pursued by the Roxas administration in the past four years. Provincially, Magsaysay had also swept the country, with Quirino winning provinces only in Ilocos and the 'Deep North', where Quirino and the Liberals had a strong base. The rest of the country cast majority of their vote overwhelmingly for Magsaysay. Speaking to supporters at a victory rally in Cavite Province, 'Mambo Magsaysay' thanked his supporters and pledged to 'work for the Filipino people all day, all night and from dawn until dusk and everything in between'. His victory was historic not only for the public, but globally as well. Magsaysay was a strong proponent of the US-Philippines partnership, was reasonably supportive of rapproachment with Japan, and had led anti-communist efforts as Secretary of National Defense. |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

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Please Sir, I Want Some More

May, 1954

That’s exactly how I felt meeting Premier Nikita Khrushchev. I felt like a beggar standing before the world’s second great superpower asking them for supplies and weapons to fight a war against my oppressors. Somedays I’ve honestly had to ask myself, am I really able and willing to put up with these humiliations? Of course, despite my humiliation, I would go through a million more for all of eternity if it meant I could save Equatoria.

The Soviet Union proved to be a great choice in partnership. Premier Khrushchev promised me firearms, some old artillery pieces, and medical supplies for the upcoming revolt the men back home were preparing. I was overjoyed, not in my wildest dreams had I expected to achieve this great gift. Under previous Soviet leaders, the prevailing belief had seemingly been that Africa was not prepared for socialism and revolt against colonialism was impossible. Luckily this seems to be changing, especially as Africa chafes against foreign oppression.

I visited and traveled around Moscow, what a beautiful vision it is. Horizontal skyscrapers provided housing for all its citizens, and the idea of anyone being homeless and hungry seemed to be a memory to these people. This is what I dream for Equatoria, peaceful, safe, and secure.

After securing arms and support from the Soviet Union, I made a journey west. I visited Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. I must say, Yugoslavia was the highlight of the trip in itself. Tito was everything I desired to be for my own. An independence fighter who freed his country from the Nazi’s, humble, a man of the people, attending their needs with an stern yet caring hand. While I would receive less in the way of support from the Yugoslavs, my experience proved to be invaluable.

I shall now travel to Sudan where I will meet with their leaders and negotiate a settlement to allow the movement of eastern arms through their country and into Equatoria. The air option is a possibility, yet it is expensive and not entirely viable. Moving up the Congo River is another possibility, yet it there is a high potential boats would be searched either by Zaire, France, or Equatorial officials. All hope will now rest on our brothers in Sudan.

Journal Excerpts from Patrice Lumumba

Paramountica, Rutannia, Victoria Harbor, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Gaidheil Na H-Albann Nuaidh

[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C • S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]

THE ADVENT OF THE COMMON MARKET SPURS PLANS FOR A ‘STYRIAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR’

[list][sup]DEALING WITH THE PREFERRED NEIGHBOR

MAY 1954[/sup][/list]

Slovenia’s independence placed it between four nations, each a former overlord of the nascent democracy. Three were staunchly set against it—Italy (Arcanda) to the west, Yugoslavia (Ranponian) to the east and Hungary to the northeast each begrudged the Alpine republic for its possession of their former lands. North of the Slovenes, however, lay a curious peace. The Republic of Austria (Reyzen) was the heir to a sprawling empire which had included Slovenia for centuries; once the Duchy of Carniola, what is now Slovenia was formerly Habsburg turf. However, little ill will remained for Austria. Habsburg rule compared little to fascist Italianization or the Serbian negligence of the Yugoslavian monarchy. Slovenes had become the wealthiest, safest and most educated of the South Slavs under the Empire, and a well-developed rail network and school system undergirded the Republic thanks to imperial investments. Even Carinthia, the object of many contentious plebiscites, now lay in Slovene hands—the Alps were at peace. Thus, with still waters between Austria and Slovenia, the newly elected Austrian government began diplomatic overtures to Slovenia in the summer of 1953. By the following year, with the European Economic Community established, Austria was viewed with optimism by Slovenia’s economic authorities.

So began Slovenian plans for the Štajerski gospodarski koridor (SGK, “Styrian Economic Corridor”). Within Slovenia, economic activity was largely strung along several belts stretching north, northeast, southeast and southwest from Ljubljana through valleys and inter-city roads. Among the most densely populated was the northeastern belt that stretched from Ljubljana through Celje and Maribor to Gradec (German Graz); the intention was to interlace the low-rolling hills of Styria with railways and roads stretching along this route. The traffic would be various: commuters to Ljubljana could have ease of transit from population centers in Styria, and Styrian agricultural goods to feed the fast-growing capital could join them. Manufactured goods, too, could flow from the industrial suburbs of Gradec through the Styrian belt to large population centers. It would effectively be an artery for the Republic, one of many planned for the coming years as Slovenian economic growth continued apace. The Styrian belt deserved special interest, however, in 1954; the dawn of the European common market meant that international trade was now extraordinarily incentivized, and as Gradec reached to the Austrian border, goods could flow to and from Austria with ease. Optimistically, Austria itself would naturally or intentionally extend the Corridor toward Dunaj (“Vienna”), vastly widening the traffic it would see. Expecting this outcome, the development program of the Corridor began with establishing expedited border checks along the planned rail and road routes.

In practice, the creation of the Corridor began with rather mundane developments, such as the construction of new train stations along Slovenia’s extensive railways, the improvement of existing ones and the creation of new roadways coming off of highways and leading toward centers of commerce. It was easy for the Slovene press to brush off these changes as minuscule compared to the great works of years prior, but the SGK would in short order become a motor of Greater Styrian trade and development. Indeed, the early stages would be later augmented by added rail lines and comprehensively improved infrastructure and telephone networks, as well as the increased accessibility of rolling stock. Though Slovenia itself produced locomotives, its output per annum was lacking; thus, imports of train models and equipment from Czechoslovakia (Central Arstotzka)—with whom the Slovenes have enjoyed warm relations since the days of Austro-Slavism, despite the present situation—would be licensed to meet the demand of the new rail lines. In its completed form, the Corridor could radically reorganize the economy of the Drava Basin, even offering an unprecedented concentration of end-point markets for Styrian goods. The project was a financial behemoth, and the Bank of Styria and other monetary institutions would eventually reap enormous profits from the many loans they dealt to enable the funding. As Slovenia walked its intricately planned path of economic development, however, almost everyone stood to gain; this was, nobody doubted, the post-war golden age of development.

It pained one, still, to think of what could have been. A trans-Pannonian highway system to Budapest, a high-speed railway to run down the Adriatic, or a Greco-Slovenian (Adriatican Islands) link for long-distance freight could have come to be were it not for the iron curtain. Even in fellow EEC member states, potential was lost—most of all along the hitherto-untouched rail lines where Slovenia borders Italy. For now, however, Slovenia did what it could: wedge itself into the greater European economy as aggressively as it could.

[list][sub]IN OTHER NEWS: The armistice in Asmara was met with varying reactions in Slovenia. Weapons manufacturers such as Zlatorog had profited from Sudanese (Nileia) purchases, and the end to the war would thus mean a regrettable end to demand. Still, Slovenian Foreign Minister Leonid Pitamic applauded “peaceful overtures in the region” and—now that Ethiopia (Alzarikstan) officially treated with the Eritreans—extended Slovenian recognition to the Federation of Eritrea (Nileya) as a sovereign state.[/sub][/list]

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Orion Aria wrote:But if you have a bad politician then you will be stuck with them for the rest of your life.

Not per say... off with their heads intensifies

THE BARUKAN JOURNAL

MAY 1954 | Matev announces official State Religion and internal territorial subdivisions

MAY 1954 | A Petition calls for alteration in the borders with Laos and South Vietnman

| The State Religion has been announced as Catholic Christianity, a massive and imposing Cathedral has been built in commemoration to the event. "Catholicism will pave a bright and stable path to our future," Matev said "who knows, it might even improve our relations with our foreign benefactors." |

| Matev has announced that after intense negotiations, the internal subdivisions of Cambodia have finally been established. He has also commented on how tiring the process was. |

| A Petition signed by 90.000 people has arrived in Matev's office this morning, demanding that the borders with Laos and South Vietnam be altered citing the former Khmer Empire as their inspiration. "The only way the border will change is if the people of the affected areas vote in favor in a referendum." Matev announced "This petition stands to ruin our delicate relations with our two neighbors" |

(OCC: Had to edit it to make it look nicer.)

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[list]May 1954

[sub]Presidential Election Reform?[/sub][/list]

[pre]B U N D E S P R A S I D E N T R E F O R M I E R T[/pre]

| The German BASIC LAW directed that the President of the Federal Republic (Bundesrepublik) of Germany be elected by constitutional convention every five years, whose composition was to be decided by the composition of the various German Lander and of the Bundestag. The constitutional convention would then vote by simple majority on the next President. Presidents were only entitled to serve a maximum of two consecutive terms as the symbolic head of state of the Bundesrepublik, and played largely diplomatic and ceremonial roles in their position, in contrast with the power of the German Federal Chancellor. The incumbent Bundesprasident (Federal President) was THEODOR HEUSS, of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), elected by the 1949 constitutional convention, and re-elected essentially unopposed in the 1954 constitutional convention. His election, and the success of the federal elections that took place a year prior in 1953, however, were raising questions about the constitutionality of maintaining the system of indirectly electing a Federal President, and how the convention system was potentially undermining the system and opening the Federal President to corruption and possible foreign manipulation. |

| The debate itself stemmed from the fact that the constitutional convention system of electing a President was now not needed - it had been conceptualized in a time when Germany did not have a proper bureaucracy, a proper commission to manage elections, and other pillars of power and order that would ensure a smooth flow of the casting of the vote that the Federal Republic now practiced every four years. Back when the Basic Law was being drafted, some convention members worried that the novel state of the new Federal Republic would prevent any meaningful nationwide presidential vote from taking place. As such, elections were only limited to the Bundestag to decide the Chancellor and the composition of government, and a convention pulled together every four years and reflecting the national political mood would elect the President by simple majority. While indeed the Chancellor arguably had significantly more power than the President had even in times of emergency, the role of head of state was still a significant one nonetheless. |

| Calls for reform began precipitating in the wake of the formation of the European Economic Community. It was recognized that the Community was a strong partnership of free and democratic nations, and more liberal progressive members of the Bundestag argued that electing the President indirectly was not democratic. Calls and proposals, especially from Heuss's own FDP and more progressive wings of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), to elect the President consecutively with the members of the Bundestag and thus the Chancellor every four years, restricted to the same two consecutive terms, were already being made. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of the center-right Christian Democrats was nominally opposed, while FDP leader Franz Blucher and SPD leader Erich Ollenhauer were generally sympathetic to the proposals. The hardline Konservatives of Heinrich Hellwege, who was suffering string after string of political defeats lately, strongly opposed it, worrying that it would dispose what little power the hard-right still had in the country in the face of a rising center. |

| The first step forward towards the presidential reforms these progressives were seeking was to expand their audience. A massive media campaign, funded by donors and groups who had nominally backed the SPD in previous elections, was launched to spread awareness about 'Bundesprasident Reformiert', or Federal President Reform. The campaign cited that the position of Federal President was still 'indirectly' elected, and that the 'popular will of the people should be able to decide all levels of government, including that of the Federal President'. A coalition of 7 FDP, 10 SPD and 4 CDU/CSU deputies proposed joint legislation to establish electing the Federal President by popular vote consecutively with the holding of federal elections to the Bundestag, and was received with both praise from the left and outcry from the right. Chancellor Adenauer voiced his concerns about enacting such 'major reforms' so soon into the country's establishment, but beyond that did not offer too much opposition. On the other hand, Federal President Heuss himself - who at this point was preparing to exit his final term as President - said he was 'open to reform' provided that 'it is comprehensive and respectful to the values established by the Basic Law'. |

| The efforts to initiate the presidential reforms, however, were strongly compounded by the subsequent budget debate that turned extremely heated in February and March, as the CDU/CSU dug its ground against calls from the SPD and FDP backbenchers to refrain from cutting more taxes. The debate spilled over, and the sour feelings from said debates cut negotiations over the reforms. The media campaign was also slowing down, as the wealthy backers - mostly businessmen began to distance themselves from political issues - as the Common Market was readying for full implementation. However, the presence and influence of the movement still remained. Progressives in the SPD continually called for reforms to the constitution, but the CDU had locked down on arguments that allowing a direct presidential election could see a return of the populism that swept the Chancellor of the 1930s into power - and Europe into war. |

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May 1954

Tungku Abdul Rahman, has been declared the first chief minister of Malaya, as his first act as Chief, Tungku Abdul Rahman has decided to trade old[1936] navy ship blueprints and rubber to Cambodia in exchange of 15,000 grains of rice.

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[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C • S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]

‘CARNIOLAN WAR ACADEMY’ OPENS AS NATIONAL MILITARY OFFICER SCHOOL IN LJUBLJANA

[list][sup]THE PATRONAGE OF PERFECTED VIOLENCE

JUNE 1954[/sup][/list]

The Kranjska vojna akademija (KVA, “Carniolan War Academy”) was a project of both passion and necessity. On one hand, it was the pleasure of the old-money Koceljič family to plunge their gilded hands into the heart of Slovenia and refashion a derelict estate in Ljubljana into a place of learning and knowing. On the other, the Belgrade-educated officer corps of the late Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a dying breed and were earnest in searching for a way to hone their young men and women, to assist them in readying themselves to uphold their nation’s honor in the face of the constant and mounting threats of the postwar world. The opening of the resultant Academy in the summer of 1954 was undoubtedly centered around Stojan Koceljič, chief patron of the project, however; while passion was glorious, necessity was not. The discerningly selected team of talented officers, tacticians, and academics set to serve the institution was the work of the Slovenian Armed Forces, but the radical funding of courses and mechanisms to make the academy possible was, admittedly, Koceljič’s. Thus, he had the choice of the institution’s name and center stage during the opening ceremony. As the custodian of the dream, Koceljič received extended toasts and a variety of presentations in appreciation for his having made the impossible, possible—from a jubilant Slovenian administration, from international dignitaries, and from the local Ljubljana populace who attended the events.

Indeed, the riches of the newborn Academy blatantly ashamed its peers throughout the Republic—from the lush green grounds to the carefully modeled curricula, the Academy was an ode to the Koceljič family’s obsession with perfection. The KVA had been developed for over seven years, and by its opening was as well-oiled as any machine could hope to be. With the help of Consul Maria Žagar and her extensive network of political, social, and cultural influencers, the Academy was quickly furnished, given students, and brought a carefully curated blend of modern and classical instruction to the eighty-eight officers that would form the Academy’s first cohort. For the duration of the initial six-month program, the students would receive comprehensive instruction in military science in a hands-on format, with practical demonstrations of many of the tactics taught in the course of their tenure. It was the original iteration of this intense methodology of teaching that would soon become a benchmark for military education in Slovenia. Its reach spread beyond just the Republic, too—in the first class of officers educated at the KVA were several from Northern Epirus (Northern-Epirus), which had lately sought to develop its military and which so far enjoyed positive relations with Slovenia as heavy vehicle manufacturer Pionir worked to establish an assembly plant in Argyrókastron to serve the Epirote and Greek markets. A dozen cadets hailed from Greece (Adriatican Islands), and some attendees came from as far as Sudan (Nileia) and Zaire (Paseo).

Koceljič fully intended for the KVA to be the premier military research institute for Slovenia and its partnered states. It would take on a public role in the coming years, as well—to this end, the institution would be engineering a series of public arms exhibitions, inviting foreign preservationists and military historians, and actively hosting a wide range of scholarly talks, symposiums, and conferences to open for conversation between the institution and its country’s military servicemen beginning in 1955. The inauguration of the Carniolan War Academy was thus altogether profound upon the military culture of the Republic and yet another leap in the construction of an independent Slovenia.

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[list]May 1954

[sub]The Blons Avalanches[/sub][/list]

[pre]W H I T E R A I N[/pre]

| In early January of this year, over 100 Austrians died in one of the worst mass burial events in the country's history, in what would become known as the Blons avalanches. Reported in Germany and beyond, it took place on the 11th of January in Vorarlberg, and affected the village of Blons severely; a third of their citizens had perished in the two-day event. Over the course of roughly 48 hours, successive waves of avalanches came down on the village and the surrounding Greater Walser Valley region, sending both civilians caught in the middle and rescue workers who had arrived early from nearby townships to their demise. The accidents were mourned heavily across the country, whose hopes had been ever so slightly raised by the formation of the European Economic Community and their own Chancellor's signature on the Treaty. The rescue response to the avalanches was slow and muddled with delays due to severely damaged power and telephone lines. Some rescuers only received news of the accidents an entire day later. The rescue missions in the days and weeks that followed would represent the FIRST airlift in Austrian history, where equipment and resources used by rescuers were flown in, and those critically injured were flown out to receive medical treatment elsewhere. Rail and radio communications, as well as water supply, had been cut, resulting in a slightly confusing rescue effort. Nonetheless, they persevered and survivors - who had been trapped for up to 62 hours - were recovered. |

| The incident prompted concerns that the country did not possess for its own the necessary equipment and personnel to carry out rescue missions on that level before. For this, assistance had been sought from Germany, the U.S. and Switzerland to provide necessary equipment. The National Council authorized unanimously the establishment of the Forest Engineering Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control, the government agency in charge of enforcing protection measures against natural hazards in the country. Chancellor Raab authorized by decree the dispatching of officials and observers to carry out a commissioned research and investigation into the forest cover and tree quality in the mountains above Blons. Tree cover could be crucial in protecting communities and persons from avalanches, and was thus sought after as a deterrent against future incidents. |

| The National Council - the lower, more powerful house of the Austrian legislature - also passed along party lines legislation to allocate government funding towards compensation for victims and funding for reconstruction. Over 500 cattle, 55 houses and hundreds of farm buildings had been destroyed, delivering a blow to farmers and homeowners in the area. Chancellor Raab visited the village of Blons in early February, and was present in the National Council hall when they passed the compensation and reconstruction legislation days ago, on 4 May 1954. It marked a victory for the grand coalition between the Austrian People's Party (OVP) and the Social Democratic Party (SPO), which had so far been divided over a budget to pass. |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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AUSPICE BRITANNIA LIBER!

[sub]| September 1947—May 1954 | Freetown, Western Area, Crown Colony of Sierra Leone—Kamabai, Biriwa Chiefdom, Northern Province, Protectorate of Sierra Leone |[/sub]

[I]A land comprised both of a Colony and a Protectorate under Her Majesty's Crown, Sierra Leone is, truly, a culture clash of two worlds. One world exists in the bubble that is the Colony, contrived in 1808, espousing the northernmost tip of Bunce Island, there lying it's capital city, Freetown and it's historic harbours. An entirely separate world envelopes what is the Protectorate, otherwise regarded as the interior, established officially in 1896, and encompasses that which lies east of Freetown, a city ever-westernizing. Within Sierra Leone's tribally-governed Protectorate 'wildlands', far from the direct reach of the British colonial administration, the indigenous govern themselves through semi-autonomous tribal chiefdoms and live largely unmolested. The majoral Temne peoples and their historic rivals, the Mende, comprise the largest quantity of the Protectorate's population, while the Limba, long allied with the Mende, rank third-largest of Sierra Leone's more than eight distinct ethnicities. Above these, ethnic Susu, Mandinka, Fula, Sherbro, and several Mande-speaking sub-groups coexist together across their ancestral lands. Though, to be sure, it was not always this way.

Under the governorship of Sir George Beresford-Stooke, the Sierra Leone Crown Colony and Protectorate experienced a radical shift spearheaded by a docket of progressive reform. During his five-year tenure, Sir George aided the construction of Sierra Leone's Constitution, providing the framework toward independence, extended voting suffrage to females, ordered British Government facilities in Sierra Leone desegregated, effected a rural literacy program into place, had English language-only road signs painted multilingual, and regularly approved funding toward improvements made to local infrastructure. Alongside Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson, Richard James Wilkinson, and Sir Alexander Ransford Slater, Beresford-Stooke was widely considered a "pro-African" Governor until his retiring from Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service in 1952.

Despite the accomplishments and progress of his administration, Sierra Leone's deep-seated tribalism still remained widespread in the frontier. The 1946 matrimony of Paramount Chief Bai Koblo Pathbana II, a Temne, and Ella Gulama, daughter of Paramount Chief Julius Momoh Gulama, a Mende with substantial landholds, while initially met with mixed reaction, reopened the crag of division among the indigenous peoples, a matter of ancestral alliance and rivalry upheld throughout history on into the modern day. After the marriage, regarded as one of the most significant inter-tribal unions in recent history between Sierra Leone's two most powerful clans, secret societies garnered unprecedented peak activity across the remote Protectorate. Though much is documented about the Bondo, otherwise known as 'Poro' for men and 'Sande' for women, it's abject secrecy continues to elude those outside of it's cryptic culture and guarded lifestyle customs. For over 150 years, the native tribes of Sierra Leone have depended upon Bondo Society to combat the Crown's colonial administrations that have come and gone right through history. Bondo is one of three clandestine indigenous 'societies' believed to exist in Sierra Leone, with the others including Crocodile Society and Leopard Society. Little, if at all, is known about the origins or beliefs of either society other than their purported practice of both ritual cannibalism and witchcraft. Between the 1860s and 1890s, the rumored tales of cannibal "wild men" in Sierra Leone's vast frontier instilled fear within the walls of Freetown's colonial bubble, and even moreso, across the Empire. As if apart of a cyclic saeculum, the sudden return of these societies are marked by an absurdity in amount of reports relating to malicious attacks and kidnappings of wayfarers, children, and unarmed persons in the many rural localities that comprise the Protectorate. Since 1946, the rate and alarm of these encounters have increased twofold while Beresford-Stooke's administration ignored the problem to avoid bloodshed, passing it on to the current serving Governor of the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate, Sir Robert de Zouche Hall, whom, incumbent since 1952, has also largely overlooked the matter.

All while, an additional repercussion of the controversial Temne-Mende marital bond bloomed, the fiery Limba Paramount Chief of Biriwa Chiefdom, Alimamy Sheku II, outright opposed the union as a vile betrayal of long-standing Limba-Mende relations. The Biriwa chiefdom closed itself out to the rest of the Colony and Protectorate, refused to receive any delegations, cut all contact with the colonial authorities, and ceased paying taxes levied by the Crown, normally dispatched regularly to Freetown by mule. Even between the Mende, infighting among the various clans and their specific allegiances quickly metastasized into new bad blood. An ethnic Mende society of hunter-shaman, known as Kamajors, also heavily opposed the matrimonial union, vowing to uphold the centuries-old alliance between the Mende and Limba peoples which safeguarded each of them against the dominant Temne, the expanding Susu, and the encroaching Mandinka. Given the volatility of the countryside in the recent years, however, the colonial authorities found themselves unable to send a negotiator to remedy the situation in the Biriwa Chiefdom. Instead, the Limba took this time to fill their stores with what would have been taken by the British in tax, and muster their local strength under the oratory of PC Alhaji Alimamy Sheku II, a younger man of just 27 years, following within his father's namesake, from whom he ascended the position. Historically a mountain peoples, the Limba have found themselves pushed to the highlands throughout periods of Susu expansionism.

As the colonial government in Freetown fumbles to figure out a determinate solution to these boiling turmoils, the gravity of the situation is realised soon enough, now much greater and seemingly impossible to ignore, beckoning Governor de Zouche Hall to action. In April 1954, the Office of the Governor of Sierra Leone passed Emergency Ordinance No. 28, approving the necessary expansion of the Sierra Leone Police Corps from it's current composition of 17 officers, 23 non-commissioned officers with 300 other ranks, to 26 officers, 40 non-commissioned officers, and some 544 other ranks made up of locally conscripted cadets, namely of Creole (Krio), Temne, and Mende origin.[/I]

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[list][spoiler=[sub]SIERRA LEONE: OR, THE WHITE MAN'S GRAVE![/sub]]

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THE BARUKAN JOURNAL

JUNE 1954 | Heavy Weapons factory, Shipyard and Military Projects

| Matev's Office has announced the construction of Heavy Weapons factory and a Shipyard. "For the future of Cambodia, we must invest in our Industrial Capacity," the Office's announcement read "these projects will not only provide new jobs, but also put our country on the World's radar as a trade partner." |

| A set of photographs have been leaked of Matev observing the Military Trials for a new tank, on the back of one of the photographs was written "Type 1 tank trials". Another set of leaked photographs showing Matev aboard two different ships, the first appearing to be a transport vessel and the latter a combat vessel. On the back of two of the photographs was written "Trials for the Malacca class" and "Trials of the Khmer class". |

More information can be found at my factbooks, as I am constantly updating the information:

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=barukan/detail=factbook/id=1832864

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=barukan/detail=factbook/id=1832863

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[list][list]JUNE 1954

[sub]Impeachment[/sub][/list]

[sub][pre] O R D E M E P R O G R E S S O [/pre][/sub]

[list][sub][pre]Hail, precious banner of hope!

Hail, august symbol of peace!

Thy noble presence to our minds

The greatness of our motherland does bring.[/pre][/sub][/list]

[pre] DOWN WITH VARGAS! [/pre]

[list][sub]The National Congress carries out the first impeachment proceedings in the history of Brazil, anti-Vargas protesters take to the streets and military conspiracies against Vargas emerge, and the increase in the price of coffee is not well seen by foreigners.[/sub][/list]

RIO DE JANEIRO, NATIONAL CONGRESS — AFTERNOON

[sub]THE UNITED STATES OF Brazil Toucan[/sub]

| From the lower class to the upper class, Brazilians never tire of talking about politics and coffee, news has emerged that does not seem favorable to President GETÚLIO VARGAS¹. In Congress, congressmen conducted the first impeachment proceedings in the history of Brazil against President Vargas. Impeachment was added through a 1950 law that allowed anyone to make official accusations against the President of the Republic, a politician presented evidence to Congress denouncing crimes committed by President Vargas. The opposition forced the matter to the floor, and the debate was on. Deputy JORGE LACERDA² was the first to say: |

[list]| JORGE LACERDA, [sub]Opposition Leader[/sub] | “I ask Your Excellencies to vote ‘yes’ to remove Vargas from the presidency, the Brazilian people are already tired of this old policy!”[/list]

| Reading the Brazilian Constitution, deputies realized that, if there was a majority of votes, the president would be suspended from his duties until the Senate could judge him. Vargas’ opponents still had no votes. But they could still give him a terrible headache, using something so new to Brazil that speakers and newspapers referring to it have had to ignore Portuguese and use the English word “impeachment”. If Vargas survives these impeachment proceedings, his own political move-of-the-week will improve the chances of his congressional supporters winning the October election. In response to coffeemen who fear their high profits won’t last, Vargas established a government-support price right at the current market level. Any American’s hopes of buying coffee cheaper simply disappeared with the Brazilian government’s decision. |

[list]“DOWN WITH VARGAS! DOWN WITH VARGAS! DOWN WITH VARGAS!”[/list]

| As deputies fought each other in Congress, anti-Vargas protesters took to the streets demanding his impeachment, scribbling “DOWN WITH VARGAS!” on private cars, government buildings, pro-Vargas newspapers. They even set fire to the building of a pro-Vargas newspaper, the police and firefighters were called and 20 people were arrested. But there was something far worse than these anti-Vargas protesters. In a Brazilian Army building, heads of the Armed Forces gathered to plot against Vargas, if Congress could not remove Vargas from the presidential chair, they would decide that they would do it on their own. His opponents in Congress would not be his only headache, but also the military. Only time will tell if Vargas’ presidency will last in the coming months. |

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[sub]¹ GETÚLIO VARGAS, was twice President of Brazil (1930-1945 and 1951-1954).[/sub]

[sub]² JORGE LACERDA, was a Brazilian politician, son of Greek immigrants. He was governor of Santa Catarina (1956-1958).[/sub]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

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[list]1954년 06월 | 1954 June

[list][sup]Seoul | 서울시[/sup]

Republic of Korea[list]

[sup]Gyeongbokgung Palace - Mid-Morning[/sup][/list]

| The grounds of Gyeongbokgung Palace were in full bloom, the colours emanating from the grounds contrasted with the grey colours of the former Japanese Governor-General Building that sat metres away. A permanent reminder of Korea’s past, its demolition had been debated time and time again but plans never got underway. The peace was somewhat disturbed by a M38 truck making its way along the dirt track that led to the main residence quarters. A man of an average stature stepped out of the vehicle dressed in military uniform along with two others, greeted by a member of the royal household on the steps of the building. |[list]

[sub]Crown Prince Haneul: “Brigadier General Park, gentlemen. A pleasure to finally meet you, I trust you’d like to come in?”[/sub]

[sub]BG Park Chung-hee: “Likewise your highness, this is General Chang Do-yong and Captain Chung Il-kwon, they've come to listen in and add to what we’ve previously discussed in our correspondence.”[/sub][/list]

| Park would gesture to the two men either side of him as he spoke, all three men followed the Crown Prince as he led them into the main residence of the Palace. Its traditional Korean decorations and colours made the Palace feel like it lived in another world separate from the one outside of the walls. Internally the palace still constrained its traditional artwork and architecture, but the modern world had begun to seep in with plug sockets having been installed, a scattering of electrical appliances like telephones and stand alone lamps. The men were led into a large meeting room, where an older gentleman was sitting in a grand looking chair behind an ornate desk. The man would stand with the help of a walking stick and slowly nod to the approaching men. The four men would bow in return. |[list]

[sub]BG Park: “Your majesty, it’s an honour to see you. Your son, his highness tells us that you have much to discuss?”[/sub]

[sub]Prince Imperial Ui: “Indeed we do, gentlemen. Please be seated, my health can’t handle much standing up these days. As you know from our correspondence, many people are dissatisfied with the direction President Rhee is taking the country, and the outcome of the last election was less than ideal.”[/sub]

[sub]Prince Haneul: “Indeed, the aid the country has been receiving has largely been squandered according to our connections inside the government. Education and transportation seems to be the only things that Rhee is willing to invest money into. We have a highly educated country with transport links, but nothing else.”[/sub]

[sub]BG Park: “From your letters I know you were suggesting what to do following the removal of Rhee in economic terms, I'm not much of an economist but even I can see where we can easily improve with planning and staged changes."[/sub]

[sub]Prince Haneul: "Most people can see where we are going wrong, but no one is willing to do anything about it. Given your past Park, I know you are well versed in the reasoning behind planned economies, not that a past as a communist is a bad thing. We're in a new Korea now."[/sub]

[sub]General Chang: “Communism and economy aside, are we proposing running against Rhee in elections or ousting him, that'll surely raise concerns in the US?”[/sub][/list]

| The other men would collectively turn to General Chang before looking to one another before turning back to the royals, both of the men had small smiles on their faces before Prince Imperial Ui pulled out a stack of papers.|[list]

[sub]Prince Haneul: “A coup d'état led by the military, in conjunction with opposition parties and ourselves. Unified against Rhee and his incompetence. It’s not ideal but it's the only viable action.”[/sub]

[sub]Prince Imperial Ui: “The timing must be perfect, a coup carried out too early would only turn people against us, when people are truly angry with Rhee they will back the coup. This is not something likely to happen in the next few years, although the National Assembly is deadlocked most people don't know anything different. Give it time and people will be clammering to get rid of Rhee and his cabal once they realise something else is possible.”[/sub]

[sub]Captain Chung: “And you will assume power? Are you sure people will even accept that sort of thing, we all know what you two did to rid us of King Geon, but people are adjusting to democracy, rightly or wrongly.”[/sub]

[sub]Prince Haneul: “Oh no. We have our role to play, but no true authority will lay with us. You three and the military will help lead the coup and install proper democracy rather than Rhee’s rigged system. From there you can remain in the military, help lead the civilian government, choice is yours. As royals it would be best that we play a neutral role, a stabilising factor like you see in the monarchies of Europe. A neutral figurehead to look to in times of instability.”[/sub][/list]

| The three men would once again look between them, unsure whether this was a test or not. Most had become tired of President Rhee’s economic mismanagement and blatant corruption, but were they really sitting in front of the former royal family discussing a military coup? As if sensing their hesitation, Prince Imperial Ui stood from his desk walking over with his walking aid. |[list]

[sub]Prince Imperial Ui: “Boys, I was in my forties by the time most of you were born. I’ve seen Korea suffer for long enough, first under my family’s own incompetence; then under the ruthlessness of the Japanese; then when we turned on one another because of ideology. We must save Korea from this languishing path we are going down. We have the true potential to be an Asian hub for the world, we must make it so. This discussion will not leave these walls until the time is right, you are entitled to refuse we won't out you, as long as you show us the same courtesy.”[/sub][/list]

| The three men would stand slowly looking at one another once more before Park smiled at the two royals and in particular the Prince Imperial, reaching out and shaking his hand. | [list]

[sub]BG Park: “So where do we start?”[/sub][/list]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Spainard, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Gaidheil Na H-Albann Nuaidh

[list]JUNE 1954

[sub]The Reinstallment of the House of Bourbon-Anjou Dynasty[/sub][/list]

[pre] L A V A N G U A R D I A[/pre]

MADRID, Spainard

[sub]THE SPANISH KINGDOM OF SPAIN[/sub]

| The ballot to put the Spanish Monarchy back in power has been concluded and 81% of the country had agreed and voted yes to reinstate Juan Carlos, son of the late King Alfonso XIII, as heir to the Spanish Monarchy. In his solemn speech, Juan Carlos emphasized the importance of Spanish unity and seemingly denounced his father’s partiality during his reign. Specifically, he denounced the role Alfonso XIII played during the Rift War, where he supported the securement of Spain’s northern control of Morrocco. Now under Prime Minister Alvarez, the Independence Accords had launched during his visit to Tetuan in February. The speech by Juan Carlos was heartfelt by many which led to believe that gave him the much-needed boost in the polls that would change the face of Spain once again.[B]|

[list][spoiler=Juan Carlos's Solemn Letter]

[list][sub]Infante Juan Carlos Count of Barcelona:[/sub]

[I]To my solemn people,

[pre]I write to you with a sense of optimism and apology. For many decades our nation has witnessed turmoil, disease, a lack of industrialization, and a lack of self-respect and unity. In 1920, my father Alfonso XIII was not an impartial monarch. Nicknamed “The African.” he supported The Rift War between 1920-1926 many in our realm viewed as a great loss of life and money. Distrust between the monarch and its people is an ill-advised notion. As the son of the country’s perpetrators of encouraging such a nation, it is with great regret and a solemn heart that my father did not uphold the duties of his office and did not hold his people in the highest regard to those lives lost in the Rift War.[/pre]

[pre]I promise to be a King for its people. The Catholic Church is my home; I shall defend it. The Monarch must uphold its values without infringing on the people’s will to live. It’s not the duty of the Monarch to tell his people how to live. Instead, the Spanish people should look upon their Monarch as a symbol of all its people in all forms. As a defender of democracy and the constitution of Spain, it shall be my duty as your sovereign to maintain order between our vast and diverse communities.[/pre]

[I]~Infante Juan Carlos Count of Barcalona

[/spoiler][/list]

[I]| The current government has been in cahoots with the opposition given the recent poll to the public to draft a new amendment to the constitution. Which is expected to pass both houses of General Cortes, and will go through another referendum before being reinstated into law. The Crown will be introduced as a new part of the constitution where a list of its duties. Many have been listed, but the most notable is that instead of the President, the Crown will oversee the soon-to-be Royal Armed Forces, and the Royal Guard at the royal palace in Madrid, and across the country.|

|[I] As many religious individuals rejoice at the news that the Spanish Monarchy will be returning to Spain after being exiled in Italy for decades, some show resentment. Those who resented this vote or voted no have pointed to history that the French Influence over Spain has been nothing more than a staple of the Spanish decline for much of history since the mid-16th century.|

[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall[/spoiler][/list][/list]

Paramountica, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Greater Kurdistane, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Gaidheil Na H-Albann Nuaidh

Salaries increase as the Standard of Living grows

June 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| The Communist Party of Romania, led by it`s General Secretary, Constantin Rotaru, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved son of the Romanian people, has decided that the average salary in Romania will grow from 487 to 500 Lei by the 1st of August.

| The overall Standard of Living has risen in Romania by about 15% since the year 1950, according to the Ministry of Industry and Economy and the National Institute of Statistics:

Increase in the average salary: 36.6%

Increase in Industrial production: 38.2%

Decrease in people living below the poverty line: -9.56%

Decrease of the unemployement rate: -28%

| Constantin Rotaru, General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, beloved son of the Romanian people has been especially pleased with these new statistics calling them "A great achievement by all the working people of Romania".

| The Economy of The Socialist Republic of Romania has grown every year (apart of the minor recession caused by the violent riots in the Secuime) and it does not show signs of stopping.

With great industrial, technological and societal advances being made, Romania is moving every day to the goal set by Constantin Rotaru; to be a proud, sovereign and independent industrial Socialist nation in the 20th century, where people are the only ones that decide their future and posses the riches of the land.

"Traiasca Partidul Comunist Roman in frunte cu al sau General Secretar, Tovarasul Constantin Rotaru, iubit si stimat conducator al Republicii Socialiste Romania!"

June 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Gaidheil Na H-Albann Nuaidh

[list][pre]T H E R E P U B L I C O F N O V A S C O T I A[/pre]

[pre]P O B L A C H D N A H — A L B A N N N U A I D H[/pre][/list]

MONUMENT INAUGURATED IN HAILEAFACS DURING CHURCHILL VISIT MARKS NOVA SCOTIAN LANDING AT NORMANDY

[list][sup]TEN YEARS AFTER JUNO BEACH

JUNE 1954[/sup][/list]

[list]“Splendid,” Winston Churchill lisped through a cigar-wielding mouth, gazing up at the bronze scene now revealed above him. “Simply splendid.”[/list]

The sound of waves crashing against the pebble-strewn shore of Haileafacs, echoing the unspoken respect shown by the crowd of people and dignitaries gathered around him, was the first accompaniment and tribute to the solemnity of the unveiling. Indeed, a monument was the only fitting way to mark the tenth anniversary of the landing of the Republic of Nova Scotia’s legionnaires at Juno Beach and the great victory that their courage and perseverance ensured. The impressive bronze sculpture, cast from the flames of war, depicted a scene of powerful passion and triumph: a group of Nova Scotian soldiers charging forward in a tight group, bayonets fixed and insignia of their dominion proudly shining in the light of the glorious June morning. As Churchill turned to the crowd, sporting a wry grin as he produced his iconic victory sign, the people in attendance erupted into a rapturous ovation, clapping and cheering to a rousing chorus of bagpipes. The emotion of the moment was palpable, the landings clearly unforgotten by the popular memory. Prime Minister Churchill’s visit to Nova Scotia had been intentionally timed to coincide with their anniversary—the Prime Minister’s staff evidently wanted to produce a display of gratitude toward the former colony’s sacrifice during the war effort, and the display had been well worth it. The crowd’s cheers heightened as he produced “tapadh leibh”—“thank you” in Canadian Gaelic—to the throng before him.

Churchill would actually be proceeding to Washington D.C. after his stop in Nova Scotia, aiming to keep his robust trans-Atlantic relationship as strong as ever. Still, he made time to meet with recently elected Taoiseach Frangan MacFhraingein at Province House before he moved on. In the afterglow of independence, Nova Scotia retained robust ties with its parent empire, and this relationship was not yet set to wane—MacFhraingein and Churchill were seen in several photographs side by side, and Churchill was gifted a traditional cuach (“quaich”), a two-handed drinking cup, carven from pine. Tapping the cup against the rim of the monument, he proclaimed that the spirits of those who had fought and died on Juno Beach were surely with them that day, cheering on the Republic of Nova Scotia’s present and future alike. His trip to Haileafacs may have been only a brief stop in his itinerary, but the message he and his countrymen had brought was clear: although Nova Scotia was now independent in politics and people, it remained steadfastly bonded to those of the Old World.

Paramountica, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li

[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C • S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]

YUGOSLAV INVOLVEMENT SUSPECTED IN INDUSTRIAL HARBOR SABOTAGE AT KOROMAČNO

[list][sup]THE ART OF INTERRUPTION

JUNE 1954[/sup][/list]

The Istrian industrial town of Koromačno steadily hummed with activity in its bustling harbor—for decades, its docks had shipped cement from the adjacent factories to major ports throughout the Adriatic and beyond. The complex was originally a project of a Sicilian industrialist surnamed Conigliero; in those days, it had been called Valmazzinghi and accelerated interwar industrialization in Italy. Now, however, Koromačno was a significant driver of public works and construction in the Slovene Republic, and its cement’s use in concrete meant it underpinned projects ranging from roadways to defense installations to prominent public buildings and government offices. It now finds itself a key player in the Slovene government’s aggressive infrastructural expansion initiatives, including the recently announced Styrian Economic Corridor—thus, in the brewing war of covert operations, it was a prime target for industrial sabotage. On a warm evening in June 1954, an unmarked fishing trawler sailed along its loading dock and, as inspection officers approached it, spontaneously sank into the harbor. Amazingly, no culprit for the scuttling was found—though the act was an explicitly Soviet (Osivoii) operation that jammed the harbor, Slovene counter-intelligence was never able to determine the exact actor of the event.

Though neither the SVS nor Foreign Ministry thus actually declared a perpetrator, the interruption of the coming weeks was popularly blamed on Yugoslavia (Ranponian), diminishing hopes of détente with the nation and continuing to sour relations. The process of removing the sunken vessel was arduous and expensive; divers were first called in to assess the condition of the sunken boat, and the following week saw an apparatus of cranes, winches, and other heavy lifting machinery assembled to remove the boat from the water. Tugboats were brought in, as were surveyors to map the undersea obstructions. Nearly a month after the incident the boat was finally hoisted from the harbor, allowing it to once again turn its attention to its export business. Even after the raising, however, the incident continued to privately be a source of great debate in the SVS despite the public laying of blame on Yugoslavia. Industrial sabotage was a powerful mechanism of asymmetric warfare that had been seen in Sloveno-Yugoslavian affairs before—it would be no surprise if it was another Yugoslavian machination. So too could the vessel could have been Italian, however; perhaps it was even a Slovenian industrial rival of the Koromačno facility. The trawler itself was, indeed, of undetermined make. Despite the theorizing, however, no party was accused, and the industrial interruption at Koromačno would go unpunished.

Aside from the temporary delay of cement export, the sabotage had one more chief consequence: it was yet another impetus for the Slovenian Navy to patrol the Adriatic aggressively. After the torpedoing of a Slovenian fishing trawler in 1952, the Navy had already endeavored to erect new naval monitoring stations and a more rigorous patrol scheme. Now, however, unmarked vessels and violations of Slovenian waters would be met harshly as a matter of deterrence and protection of the Republic from similar interruptions. The Navy fast embarked on training its sailors in over- and undersea surveillance, and legislative action followed shortly thereafter to expand the resources dedicated to naval defense. The waters of the Adriatic had long been turbulent; from here on, however, they would become a many-manned battleground of securement and subterfuge.

Rutannia, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Nileia, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li

Amsterwald wrote:[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C • S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]

YUGOSLAV INVOLVEMENT SUSPECTED IN INDUSTRIAL HARBOR SABOTAGE AT KOROMAČNO

[list][sup]THE ART OF INTERRUPTION

JUNE 1954[/sup][/list]

The Istrian industrial town of Koromačno steadily hummed with activity in its bustling harbor—for decades, its docks had shipped cement from the adjacent factories to major ports throughout the Adriatic and beyond. The complex was originally a project of a Sicilian industrialist surnamed Conigliero; in those days, it had been called Valmazzinghi and accelerated interwar industrialization in Italy. Now, however, Koromačno was a significant driver of public works and construction in the Slovene Republic, and its cement’s use in concrete meant it underpinned projects ranging from roadways to defense installations to prominent public buildings and government offices. It now finds itself a key player in the Slovene government’s aggressive infrastructural expansion initiatives, including the recently announced Styrian Economic Corridor—thus, in the brewing war of covert operations, it was a prime target for industrial sabotage. On a warm evening in June 1954, an unmarked fishing trawler sailed along its loading dock and, as inspection officers approached it, spontaneously sank into the harbor. Amazingly, no culprit for the scuttling was found—though the act was an explicitly Soviet (Osivoii) operation that jammed the harbor, Slovene counter-intelligence was never able to determine the exact actor of the event.

Though neither the SVS nor Foreign Ministry thus actually declared a perpetrator, the interruption of the coming weeks was popularly blamed on Yugoslavia (Ranponian), diminishing hopes of détente with the nation and continuing to sour relations. The process of removing the sunken vessel was arduous and expensive; divers were first called in to assess the condition of the sunken boat, and the following week saw an apparatus of cranes, winches, and other heavy lifting machinery assembled to remove the boat from the water. Tugboats were brought in, as were surveyors to map the undersea obstructions. Nearly a month after the incident the boat was finally hoisted from the harbor, allowing it to once again turn its attention to its export business. Even after the raising, however, the incident continued to privately be a source of great debate in the SVS despite the public laying of blame on Yugoslavia. Industrial sabotage was a powerful mechanism of asymmetric warfare that had been seen in Sloveno-Yugoslavian affairs before—it would be no surprise if it was another Yugoslavian machination. So too could the vessel could have been Italian, however; perhaps it was even a Slovenian industrial rival of the Koromačno facility. The trawler itself was, indeed, of undetermined make. Despite the theorizing, however, no party was accused, and the industrial interruption at Koromačno would go unpunished.

Aside from the temporary delay of cement export, the sabotage had one more chief consequence: it was yet another impetus for the Slovenian Navy to patrol the Adriatic aggressively. After the torpedoing of a Slovenian fishing trawler in 1952, the Navy had already endeavored to erect new naval monitoring stations and a more rigorous patrol scheme. Now, however, unmarked vessels and violations of Slovenian waters would be met harshly as a matter of deterrence and protection of the Republic from similar interruptions. The Navy fast embarked on training its sailors in over- and undersea surveillance, and legislative action followed shortly thereafter to expand the resources dedicated to naval defense. The waters of the Adriatic had long been turbulent; from here on, however, they would become a many-manned battleground of securement and subterfuge.

Oof.

Nileia

[List]The 1954 National Service Riot and the Continued Struggle for Singaporean Self Rule[/list]

[List][list][sub]Singapore, Kewtpuff[/List][/list][/sub]

| Following the implementation of the National Service Ordinance of 1953 by the British colonial government, all male subjects and federal citizens between the ages of 18-23 were required to register for part time national service. For the Chinese youth in Colonial Singapore, this was the final straw. For the past few years since the end of the Second World War, the British have been tightening a noose around any hope of independence. Firstly, in the mid 1940s, the British began implementing a policy of Anglicization. Chinese, Tamil, and Malay schools were shut down, prioritizing English-medium education and undermining vernacular education among the locals. This created resentment among the non Anglo-Europeans of the colony, and helped give rise to anti colonial sentiments. Fast forwarding nearly half a decade, and the National Service Ordinance of 1953 resulted, unsurprisingly, in virtually no students between the ages of 18 and 23 registering for the national service.[/I] |

| On the 15th of May 1954, students gathered in front of Chief Secretary Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode's office after he had agreed to hear their petition regarding the impending deadline to register for the national service. However, the peaceful petition and demonstration quickly turned into a clash between police and the protestors. No one truly knows which side provoked the other, but by the end of the riot, 26 students were injured and 48 were arrested. For the leftist and pro independence groups, this added fuel to the fire and by November of that year, the People's Action Party was founded by Lee Kuan Yew, and several other disgruntled pro independence activists. Lee, a name quickly rising in Singaporean politics due to his advocacy for the aforementioned students, managed to form a coalition of trade unionists, students, lawyers, and journalists in an effort to push for decolonization and the independence of all Malay territories. |

[List]Lee Kuan Yew's personal office[/list]

Lee Kuan Yew: "Can you believe it? The British are labelling me a commissar. A commissar! Just for gaining the support of the Trade Unionists and the Students.. Anyone who is against them is a communist it seems. Them and that bastard Lam Thian, may he rot in hell. He won't even agree to a multilingual debate!"

| Lee would scoff as he throws his copy of the Singapore Chronicle onto the coffee table in front of him as he sighs and leans back, looking at his old friends and fellow party members, Toh Chin Chye and Sinnathamby Rajaratnam with rage. |

Toh Chin Chye: "Don't worry about it, let them talk. The people are behind you and the People's Action Party. They saw you when you represented those students. And that Lam Thian can kiss your Chinese ass. Not being able to speak your native tongue doesn't make you any less Chinese and sympathetic to the cause of the people of this country, your actions do."

| S. Rajaratnam would nod as he sips his tea in response to Toh's suggestion. He also believes Lee should ignore the attacks against him by the opposition.[/I] |

S. Rajaratnam: "If we are to drive the British out, we must not let their attacks get to us, gentlemen. Decolonization has already begun. It is only a matter of time. Let us focus on the task at hand."

Lee Kuan Yew: "You're right. Only a matter of time."

| [I]Lee would get up from his chair and walk toward the window and look outside, admiring the Port of Singapore.[/I] |

Lee Kuan Yew: "British tyranny will end. I will see to it."

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nileia, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li

DISPATCH WORK | SIERRA LEONE POLICE CORPS

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1833079

Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nileia, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1795483

Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nileia, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Vargorie, Ma-Li

[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C • S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]

THE MALNAR GROUP CONTRACTED TO DEVELOP AN ERITREAN PORT WITH SAUDI BACKING AT HASHMET

[list][sup]TO OVERCOME THE DESERT

JUNE 1954[/sup][/list]

Skupina Malnar (“the Malnar Group”) was a curious choice of contractor. The Slovenian development firm had started under the oversight of thirty-four year old construction worker Jošt Malnar in 1944 as an informal union of waste management planners in Ljubljana. Within a few years, however, as the early Slovene Republic ambitiously pushed public works programs as far as they could go, the Group had dramatically expanded their expertise and become a fully registered infrastructural development firm that wielded university-educated expertise from Gradec, Trst, Ljubljana, Mažadan, and Maribor with offices reaching farther than even that. Its rise was meteoric, and it was playing an integral role in the Styrian Economic Corridor being laid out in eastern Slovenia. Still, it had not taken on any major international contracts; as a player in international development, it was unheard of. The Eritrean (Nileya) choice to seek out the Group after the armistice in Asmara to commission the development of a harbor complex was likely built on Slovenia’s reputation of a shipbuilder and shipping center than it was the Malnar Group’s. Nonetheless, it would be a pivotal moment for the firm. To be contracted to develop a foreign port was, clearly, a new rung on the ladder of entrepreneurial prestige.

The money from the effort was Saudi (Sudesam). Continued Arabian overtures to draw Eritrea into the Kingdom’s sphere of influence involved prolific investment into the nascent East African nation, and the cash offer presented to the Malnar Group was more than enough to attract it into developing a port in the far-flung state. Surveyors arrived in the early summer of 1954, and—though frustrated by the lack of deep-water inlets that would invite the development of a harbor—a bay east of the hamlet of Hashmet was fast identified as the only potential development site on what remained of the Eritrean coastline. This presented problems, however; distant from any centers of economic value, the area was a barren desert where any development process would need to draw on the sophisticated methods of reserved for deep-water port construction. Still, it was what the Group had been commissioned to do—with the promise of continued financial patronage, the Group set out on the project, promising to deliver before the end of 1955. Drawing on pools of labor primarily comprised of recently demobilized Eritrean soldiers, the Group set up its logistical and material centers in close proximity to the bay and began to stake out the development in earnest.

The task before the Slovenes was daunting—it would take hundreds of hours of engineering prowess to conceive of a proper deep-water port in the shallow Eritrean coastline, and while the Group certainly had access to experienced engineers and draftsmen, the scope and complexity of the work was far beyond what had been attempted before. But, of course, the incentive was clear, and the design team fast devised a twofold solution. After damming off and draining the site, the first part of their endeavor was an effort of dredging and fortification—the shallow bay would need to have its seabed excavated to proper depths and its bedding secured firmly. This was to be accomplished through the construction of a series of permanent restraining dikes and dams that would channel sediment away from any future commercial port and restrict currents from eroding its walls. The next phase would be the construction of the core components of the port, involving the preparation of a large quay that could allow any passing vessel to dock and demanding sturdily placed docks that could accommodate future traffic as efficiently as possible. In addition, the Group attached to the plan the eventual construction of a fuel storage and port services facility, workforce housing in its vicinity, and a series of communication and monitoring towers to oversee the area. Through all of this, the effort to develop a major port from the desolate desert began.

The basics of the complex—the protective dikes and docks—would indeed likely be done by the end of 1955. The larger scheme, however, would be a financially challenging endeavor lasting years. The raw materials demanded would need more than just Saudi oil money: raw resources and new infrastructure would altogether be needed to sustain the construction and the future feasibility of the port. That, however, was in the hands of the Eritrean government and its Sudano-Arabian benefactors. The designers and overseers had delivered, outlining the future of the port complex of Hashmet and continuing to guide the Eritrean development thereof. The Malnar Group would, as promised, continue to direct, plan, and coordinate the project—nicknamed pristanišče Malnar (“the port of Malnar”) by its designers—until its total completion.

Rutannia, Paseo, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Ubertica, Sudesam, Nileya, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li

[list]June 1954

[sub]National Welfare Expansions[/sub][/list]

[pre]D E U T S C H E S O Z I A L H I L F E[/pre]

| The summer sessions of the Bundestag were marked by strong debate over GERMAN SOCIAL WELFARE. The spring was marred by tight negotiations over the 1954 federal budget, to which the FDP had some concerns regarding due to a marked increase in military spending - as this would be the first federal budget that would formally factor in the newly established Bundeswehr. Eventually, an agreement was reached in early April, and the budget was passed with ease with the backing of Konservative deputies. Social Democrat leader and de facto Leader of the Opposition Erich Ollenhauer had been maneuvering since December of 1953 to pass comprehensive social welfare expansions. They had been planning such for years, but the success of the plan generally rested on whether or not the governing CDU/CSU would actually support it. Hence, quiet negotiations took place first between the SPD and CDU/CSU centrists and backbenchers - the deputies who had a habit of occasionally voting independently of their own party. Negotiations on welfare took a step forward when Chancellor Adenauer (CDU) formally announced that his party would be entering negotiations with the SPD and the FDP on matters relating to national welfare. |

| On the matter of welfare, the center-right CDU/CSU was fairly malleable. The FDP was more skeptical of it, while the SPD firmly supported and championed it in the Bundestag - as expected. Previous multipartisan legislation on social security and national welfare programs had been supported by the CDU/CSU, but generally political analysts believed those decisions to have been made to keep the CDU appealing to left-wing and center-left voters, as well as single-issue welfare voters. With the Christian Democrats now cementing a strong plurality bordering on majority in election cycles at this point, analysts noted, the Christian Democrats did not really have any reason to support welfare programs, aside from occasional cooperation and refraining from defunding them. On the matter according to their manifesto, the CDU/CSU was neutral on the matter, but preferred programs that 'uplifted Germans' rather than 'discouraged working'. This however was not necessarily that large of an issue, considering that overwhelming majorities of the German adult population were working and earning in some capacity - an indication of the economic blossoming that Germany was seeing in recent years. |

| In the latter months of May, however, the SPD with the backing of about half of FDP deputies and five CDU/CSU deputies introduced legislation directed at increasing pensions for the elderly and introducing tax credits for families with two or more children. It was directed at alleviating the poverty that some sectors of society were feeling despite the overall economic successes in the country, and was widely celebrated by labor groups. Plans to expand the coverage of pensions were also being planned, with a proposal to lower the retirement age and expand pension access to thousands more Germans. The CDU/CSU originally expressed dissatisfaction at the legislation, calling it 'placing money in all the wrong places', but it was noted that the government was toeing an incredibly fine line, not directly lambasting the legislation but not celebrating it either. When the news broke to the public, there was general apathy - to the surprise of many. Germany's economic situation was recovering rapidly, and not many really minded whether or not pension access and pensions were increased twofold or fourfold. There was the minority of Germans who remained in the lower class, having been left behind by economic progress and rapid societal change, who supported the motion, but more generally there was not much fanfare as one would have expected with such a crucial part of government spending. |

| Despite what many would consider a relatively indifferent public with regards to the legislation, the CDU/CSU dug their heels. Naturally, the Konservatives were not budging, while some more right-wing members of the FDP voiced concerns about this or that part of the legislation. After weeks of back and forth debating, however, the SPD agreed to remove the articles lowering the retirement age, keeping the legislation solely as something that boosted pension availability and expanded pensions generally. The FDP leadership announced their support for the legislation. All 132 Social Democrat deputies, 39 FDP deputies, and 35 CDU/CSU deputies cast their vote in favor of the bill, bringing the final tally to 206-195 - a bare majority. More conservative elements of the CDU leadership refused to put the party endorsement behind the bill, but it passed nonetheless, officially expanding German pension access. |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Rutannia, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li

Federal Justice is our way of life, Federalism is the way, Justice is given in the American Federal way.

Post self-deleted by Mars And Ceres.

JUNE,1954

MAZIYA BUYS TANKS FROM GREECE.

______________________________________________

[U]The Bilateral Meeting.

|A bilateral meeting would be held in Maziya on the 15th of June,1954.Between Greece and Maziya.Going to the bilateral meeting in Maziya would be the Greek prime minister,Alexandros Papagos and king,Pavlos I.They will be arriving at Maziya onboard a large fleet of ships led by the RHMS Salamis.Maziya prime minister,Aisy Rayyan alongside the sultan,Zainal Abidin II bin Zahier Al Hafiz would meet the Greek prime minister and king for the bilateral meeting.

|The meeting was called,as Maziya was looking to purchase new tanks to bolster their army.So they looked towards their old ally Greece to see if they could get new tanks for the Maziyan army.

[U]The Results Of The Deal.

-Maziya would receive 2 GMT-44.

-Alongside the GMT-44,Maziya would receive spare parts and ammunition for the tanks.

-Training will be provided to the soldiers so they'll be capable of controlling the tanks.

-Total cost:175,000.

______________________________________________

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paseo, Amsterwald, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Bhaarat Lok

[list]June 1954

[sub]Gandhi's Continent[/sub][/list]

[list][list][pre]गांधी का भारत: राजनीतिक साजिश, पार्टी के भीतर फुसफुसाहट और नया गांधी राजवंश

GANDHI'S INDIA: POLITICAL INTRIGUE, INTRA-PARTY WHISPERS AND THE NEW GANDHI DYNASTY[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][sub]DELHI, JUNE 1954 | नई दिल्ली, जून 1954[/sub][/list]

[list] | [sub]Over four years had gone by since the end of the British Raj, and the rise of the independent Republic of India. Since then, the country had progressed, regressed, but had grown together as a nation politically, socially and economically. Indeed, scars from its colonial past and its relations with the Muslim state of Pakistan to the west still remained, but the newfound Republic was slowly finding its footing in the world. Politically, the country was fairly stable, with the dominant center-left Indian National Congress under the famed Mahatma Gandhi and the Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, controlling the entirety of all levers of India's government. The 1952 general elections had put re-affirmed public support for the governing INC, who won an incredible 44.9% of the popular vote and a supermajority in the Lok Sabha - the lower house of India's legislature and the more powerful one of the two. The presidential elections which took place in the same year saw the revolutionary and national hero Mahatma Gandhi take up the position of the first President of the Republic - a largely ceremonial position, but one Gandhi embraced wholeheartedly despite his age.[/sub] |

| [sub]In 1952, there had been concerns about the health of India's independence hero. In 1948, he had barely survived an assassination attempt on his life by a militant Hindu nationalist in Delhi. His assassination had shook him, and had generated whispers within his party - the all-powerful Indian National Congress - that someone could replace the famed hero to take the mantle of party leader. When in January of 1950 the Constitution of India came into force and the Republic was established, the Congress was poised to secure the majority. Surely enough, in 1952 they did, installing Nehru - a leader of the Indian nationalist movement - as Prime Minister, and head of government. The same year the Electoral College - comprised of the members of both houses of the Indian legislature and of representatives chosen by the state legislatures - elected Gandhi as the first President of the Republic, having been selected by his party over Rajendra Prasad despite his age. Many were concerned about his health in '52 as he assumed the mantle of head of state, but soon after he proved his capability to serve as he toured the newly independent Republic, on behalf of his party and the new government under Nehru.[/sub] |

| [sub]In truth, it is Gandhi holding his government together. While Jawaharlal Nehru's government was firm and a fair choice for a first independent body of governance, the country was still suffering from problems regarding Hindu-Muslim relations, diplomacy with the neighboring Pakistan and the lasting influence of the caste system. Gandhi's presence as the popular head of state and flagbearer of the Indian National Congress proved a legitimate morale boost, and a strong rally point for the INC with the electorate. Furthermore, the competing Socialist Party under Jayaprakash Narayan and the Communist Party of India under Ajoy Ghosh were largely unpopular, considering the geopolitical state of the world and the widespread disdain for communism especially in a Western-leaning nation like India. Officially, of course, and diplomatically, the country preferred to consider itself as Non-Aligned.[/sub] |

| [sub]The brewings of political intrigue were growing, as well. More reformist forces within the INC who questioned Gandhi's personal side beyond his popular policies of nonviolence wished to see the elder revolutionary replaced by someone more agreeable to them - naturally an unpopular position to take publicly. Nehru himself was not one of these; he believed that Gandhi's presence as Indian president was more beneficial than harmful, and preferred to ignore the existence of the reformist sides of his party. However, with the President's health only expected to decline even this early into his first term as head of state, many are readying themselves to find a successor should the situation call for it. Furthermore, whispers against Nehru's leadership are also being thrown about the Congress, though the opposition to his governance as Prime Minister so early into his term remains fairly intangible.[/sub] |

| [sub]Among some of Gandhi's potential successors were, many thought, his children. Manilal, Ramdas and Devdas were his three surviving children (the eldest had passed in 1948 to tuberculosis), and all were ready to enter politics with their name expected to carry them to any victory. In India, last name takes precedence, and the Gandhi surname was sure to carry significant weight considering the circumstances. Ramdas, himself a freedom activist in his own right, had considered running for a seat in the Lok Sabha but had turned down the opportunity. Devdas was a opting to serve as a professor at a Delhi university, and Manilal moved to the country. The New Gandhi Dynasty, however, many expected, would form itself sooner rather than later.[/sub] |[/list]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Ubertica, Greater Kurdistane, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li

T H E U N I T E D S O C I A L I S T S T A T E S O F M A R S A N D C E R E S------------------------Date: JUNE 1954 --------------------------GLORY TO THE FATHERLAND

THE NEW ENERGY PLANT AT OLYMPUS MONS

The USSMC's Ministry of Energy and Resources has commissioned the building of a 200 million space dollar energy plant using geothermal energy near the Olympus Mons volcano, which is located in the Tharsis-Montes Volcanic Region (T-MVR). It is the first geothermal energy plants in the United Socialist States and will be the main electrical and power source in the Central Region. It was comissioned and (is still being) made by the Martian company Juno Electricity Group and is being funded by the National Workers' Fund. It is being planned by the 'Malnar Group', which is located in Slovenia (Amsterwald) in the planet Earth. This may make a stronger move of diplomacy and friendship between not only with Slovenia but with other countries on Earth.

This new project will not only be a challenge for the Slovenian planners for them to make the power plant suitable for the hot temperatures of the Martian planet, and connecting it to nearby settlements/towns such as Etruscanus and Novus Campus Martius, but will be a great hassle for the over 2000 workers there. Some of the many reasons are the heat/ temperature in the Central Region, and the occasional sandstorm that comes by. But, this doesn't mention the other big issues that the workers have to face. The logistical and workers' supplies are just to name a few. But, once the project is completed, it will be able to power 80% of all households in the Central Region.

"Workers of the Solar System, Unite!"

Amsterwald, Sudesam, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie

THE BARUKAN JOURNAL

JUNE 1954 | Matev's office releases official list of national resources and geographic data

| "In order to be able to plan the economy of Cambodia in a more efficient manner and to attract foreign investors, we must have a solid grasp on what is it that we have.", read the statement, "We must know the geography and geology of our nation for the sake of capital investments." |

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=barukan/detail=factbook/id=1833364

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=barukan/detail=factbook/id=1833368

Paramountica, Amsterwald, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li

[list][list]June 1954

[sub] Construction of Kostas the Brave Airport begins! [/sub][/list]

5 KM NORTH OF SARANDA, (Northern-Epirus) — EVENING

| The construction of Kostas the Brave Airport in Northern Epirus has begun as a small scale project to improve transportation and increase tourism in the region. The airport is to be named after the legendary medieval hero Kostas the Brave, who was known for his bravery and leadership during the Ottoman conquest of the former medieval Epirote city of Vonitsa. The project has been funded by the Northern Epirus government, local businesses and fellow European nations such as Italy, as part of their commitment to improving relations and the infrastructure of the Balkan region. The construction team will consist of experienced architects, engineers and workers from Northern Epirus, Italy and other European countries. |

| Kostas the Brave Airport is to be located near the coastal city of Saranda. It shall be situated on a sprawling and well-manicured property, surrounded by rolling hills and vast fields of wheat and barley. The airport's strategic location near the coast will provide quick and easy access to the beautiful beaches and quaint fishing villages that dot the region, making it a popular destination for tourists and locals alike. The Northern Epirus government, supported by her European friends, will also fund the creation of a highway between Argyrókastron and Saranda which will link the airport between the bustling capital and the gorgeous coastal town. The distance between the two cities is less than 56 KM — allowing for Tourists to access both important cities. It is hoped that through these initiatives, slowly, Northern Epirus will become the tourist capital of the Balkans, harbouring even closer relations with her European friends whom the government wishes to join in the EEC. |

[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie

| IZURU BRINGS THE COUNTRY TO A BOILING POINT |

[sub]18th of May, 1954[/sub]

| The streets of Zairean major cities have erupted into major protests that were quickly and brutally put down by the orders of Marie Izuru. Overall, twenty-two have been declared dead, over two-hundred injured and nearly one-hundred classified as disappeared. The SECULAR FORCES and the Zairean police had moved in to bring down the protests that were actively orchestrated by the Zairean Catholic Church and the Zairean right wing political movements. The protests have been the largest the country has seen in its history, and have taken the largest toll of death. But why did Izuru put down the protests so brutally, where are the missing individuals and why have the protests started in the first place?

On 16th of May, Marie Izuru has pushed through the National Congress the CULTURAL PACK REFORM, which even at that stage brought major backlash. Apart from the Left Wing, all the other Wings in the Congress voted against the Cultural Reform, and the leader of the Centralists, Celine Merkazi openly critiqued the reform as being too harsh and too nerve-racking for the country. Those voices were dismissed, and the Congress passed by the reform through the majority of the left wing. On the 17th of May, the Zairean Church has warned against the reform being passed any further and that the pack outright strikes against the core values of Zaireans and the Catholic beliefs. Yet again, the voices were dismissed by Izuzu. On the early morning hours on the 18th of May, the press made it clear that Izuru has passed the reform through the Finest Assembly, with only the Centralist experts voting against it. The fire was lit, and thousands of protesters gathering around the Bishops and the right wing politicians stepped out onto the streets. But what did the reform intended to do?

The Cultural Reform Pack has brought to light ideals that to some are extremely far-fetched communistic like ideals striking at the heart of the Zaireans beliefs. The reform has several major points, but the ones listed below are the ones that have caused such an outrage.

[list] - Legalization and De-Decriminalization of Homosexuality activity in Zaire.

- Granting all homosexuals the same citizenship status.

- Abolition of singular faith ( Christianity ) being taught in schools, instead replacing it with the teaching of all faiths.

- Legalization of abortion for women who are pregnant with a child under the age of ten weeks.

- Legalization of certain drugs for common use.

- Changing the constitution as to bring women up to par to an equal status of men in the light of law.

- Liberalization of divorce laws, as divorce can occur on the basis of any and all reasoning from both parties.

- Taxation of the Church and other religious institutions from the gifts, donations and other assets they may posses in Zaire.

- Introduction of safe-sex and family planning teachings into schools across the country.

- Legalization of Prostitution, and adding Prostitution as a formal job industry to the list of jobs in Zaire.

- Liberalization of free speech through media act from 1949, as to give all and any ideas free speech and access to all media in the country.[/list]

The Zairean Church has called upon immediate dismissal of Mrs Izuru from her position, and have appealed to the First Representative of Zaire, Gloria Banza, to veto the reform immediately. The right wing political factions have stated that "...Izuru actively and provocatively tries to destroy the basis of our faith and tradition, by uprooting the good and settling in the evil..." Many have went as far as to call out Izuru as an outright communist and red hearted face of Africa. The protests of the 18th of May will go down in history as the bloodiest to date in our history. But, Mrs Izuru has stated that she will not give in. Just before entering Mrs Banza mansion for talks that she has been summoned for, Mrs Izuru stated;

[list][ MARIE IZURU, Head of the Finest Assembly ]: "Nous ne nous laisserons pas intimider et ne reculerons pas devant la réforme du pays, réforme qui est nécessaire. Le Zaïre, dans les dix prochaines années, doit se développer non seulement économiquement mais aussi socialement, et nous devons être l'exemple qui mène l'Afrique dans notre ouverture, notre liberté et notre égalité. Et laissez-moi être clair, ces trois traits ne sont pas synonymes de communisme. Quiconque s'oppose au changement devra en subir les conséquences. C'est aussi simple que cela."

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| BANZA MANSION, ZAIRE |

[sub]18th of May, 1954[/sub]

| The atmosphere in the cabinet was tense, to say the least. Mrs Izuru, in her dark yellow dress sat directly opposite of Mrs Banza, who wearing her widowing black dress was lighting up a cigarette. Offering one to Izuru, the two would smoke for a while in complete silence. A nerve wracking experience, as neither really knew what the other was going to do and say. Finally, as she blew the smoke out, Banza would turn towards Izuru. |

[list][ GLORIA ]: "I shall be frank. Using extensive force against the citizens of Zaire, is not the way to go. It doesn't matter whether they stand for you or against you. Our country is not and will not be built upon such situations."[/list]

| Izuru would turn her gaze slowly towards Banza. |

[list][ MARIE ]: "So I am here for a telling off? You want to tell me off, for doing the right thing? For protecting our beliefs and integrity."[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "Your beliefs, Marie."[/list]

[list][ MARIE ]: "Equality is not your belief? Respectful treatment is not your belief? Freedom? Is not your belief? Or the belief of the party? I doubt it. In fact, I doubt that you oppose the reform. You're just scared."[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "I am not scared."[/list]

[list][ MARIE ]: "But you are. Of the consequences of tough actions. Actions that have to be made. Actions which I have the guts to do. Actions which you would rather avoid. If it was up to you, we'd be living in a constant status quo, well let me tell you that is not how progress happens."[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "Progress needs time. It cannot be forced."[/list]

[list][ MARIE ]: "See, that is where we differ. Progress has to be forced, especially if the minds of the people are only starting to mould. We have a country full of people that have not experienced freedom to such capacity in centuries. It is time, this is the time, to act, to mould, to create, to push. If we push now, by the 60s we'll have the most progressive, freedom-orientated society on this damn continent! I will not be stopped by fear, by outdated beliefs and by the Catholic fascists!"[/list]

| Banza would tilt her head slightly as she looked at Izuru. |

[list][ GLORIA ]: "Are you a catholic?"[/list]

[list][ MARIE ]: "What does that have to do with anything?"[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "Everything. Really. Are you? It is a simple question, with a simple answer."[/list]

[list][ MARIE ]: "Yes. I am."[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "And you do not see anything wrong with promoting homosexuality? Abortion? Where is the God in all this?"[/list]

[list][ MARIE ]: "The same place he is with you."[/list]

| Banza taken aback, would stare blankly at Izuru. |

[list][ MARIE ]: "1939, December. Pascal Banza dies. But not out of a heart attack, no. He's murdered by his beloved wife. Why? Because he is a communist. And if a communist is in charge, no way does Britain and America support the independence. Without their support, Belgium is not pressured and with no pressure we continue to live under the Belgian boot."[/list]

| Banza, breathing heavily would shake her head as Izuru got up. |

[list][ MARIE ]: "I like to believe that nothing was going to stop you from giving our country it's freedom, whether I'm right or wrong is a different story, but I like to believe that. And as so, I view you as a calculated woman who understands the importance of making tough decisions that will benefit people for a long time. Gloria, you have done things that people, the people of God, would send you to hell for. But those things have paid off, in the end for the greater good of the country. That is what I am doing now. Pascal didn't stop you, and nobody will stop me."

[list][ GLORIA ]: "I...I cannot pass this Marie..."[/list]

[list][ MARIE ]: "Then how will we solve the issue of a murderous power hungry wife leaking to the press? Can you imagine the headlines, all around the world. A murderous wife. They won't care if you did it for a greater cause, you murdered your rightfully wedded husband. Hell. Hell is where you'll go, but hell is what people will put you through as well."[/list]

[list][ GLORIA ]: "You wouldn't dare!"[/list]

| Banza would stand up angrily. |

[list][ MARIE ]: "Try me, Gloria."

| The two would stare at each other with absolute daggers in their eyes, as the room went thick cold from the tension. |

[spoiler="It is all in the hands of Mrs Banza now. Will she dare to pass such as challenging and harsh reform, or will she listen to the Church?"]Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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[list][list][pre]Prague, Czechia, Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia

JUNE 1ST, 1954 - CURRENCY REFORM HITS CZECHOSLOVAK STREETS, TO IMPACT ALL ANGLES OF THE ECONOMY, AMDIST CONFUSION[/pre][pre]MĚNOVÁ REFORMA ZASÁHLA DO ČESKOSLOVENSKÝCH ULIC, MÁ OVLIVNIT VŠECHNY ÚHLY POHLEDU EKONOMIKY, UPROSTŘED ZMATKU [/pre]________________________________________________[/list][/list]

| The economy of Czechoslovakia, in its current state, is what a mildly tempered economist would call "confusing". Nevertheless, Czechoslovakia's post-war, post-coup socialist economy is something that deserves to be structured, organized, and categorized, for the sake of operation. It was state capitalism, regulated by public ownership by the state, with a complex system of hyper-efficient bureaucracy to keep the multi-faceted economy ongoing. In other words, a deep economic imbalance between policy and consumer markets has resulted in heavy weight issues for the Czechoslovak economic planning committee and the state at large. Primarily, a monetary inflation rate of almost 28% has gripped the Koruna, Czechoslovaka's currency, and almost killed its conversion to gold on the international standard. Although the ČSSR has seen national economic growth at a dizzying pace, this has solely been related to programs and operations within the Soviet sphere of influence. 32% of the nation's engineering production went to the military, and half of all public/state-owned investments were intended for the development of heavy engineering or heavy production. Additionally, because of heavy investment in industrial and manufacturing production by the nation's state, an imbalance of production output has only exacerbated the ration-based economy put in place post-WWII by the Czechoslovak government. A consumer market ensured by state rationing, and a population that had nowhere to realize their money's purchasing power, the ČSSR now seeks to unencumber itself from the current situation of monetary management. |

| By implementing monetary reform of the economic and monetary finances of the old state, the new socialist state could the state could deprive citizens of money for which it had nothing to offer them, and shift financial power to the state at large rather than the populations' savings. Though against the finer tenants of socialist economics, monetary manipulation for the continuity of the state and its goals was of higher priority for President Antonín Zápotocký and his cabinet. The new system of "money management" wanted to start with a clean, newly socialist monetary situation. It was decided to carry out the monetary reform on June 1, 1953, replacing the old Koruna with newly printed bills, minted beforehand in Osivoii. It was prepared in a very short time by a narrow working group and built on the following foundations:

[list] [sub]~Currency from 1945 and subsequent years was exchanged for new ones in the amount of CZK 52.1 billion in a strongly reduced ratio, to CZK 1.4 billion. Citizens who did not employ any labor force were exchanged CZK 300 of old money per person in a ratio of 5: 1, their other cash and all cash of citizens who employed someone changed in a ratio of 50: 1. With state wages and incomes of farmers for supplies, social benefits and pensions, etc. were reimbursed in a ratio of 5: 1.

~Deposits of natural persons at financial institutions up to and including CZK 5,000 were recalculated at a ratio of 5 CZK of old money for 1 CZK of new money, higher deposits of up to 10,000 CZK already at a ratio of 6.25:1, deposits of up to 20,000 CZK at a ratio of 10:1 , those up to 50,000 CZK with 25:1 and higher at a ratio of 30:1, deposits made on new passbooks after May 16, 1953 were recalculated at a ratio of 50:1. Deposits in the books of workers and officials from regular corporate savings were recalculated in a ratio of 5:1. Life insurance premiums were recalculated at a ratio of 20:1.

~Fixed/blocked ("tied") deposits created during the previous rebuilding in 1945 , obligations from domestic securities issued before 1945, and obligations from government bonds and bonds of other financial institutions issued after 1945 were completely canceled without compensation .

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| Whilst the reforms are expected to make a positive impact in providing the nation with a new stable currency, a purposeful mass loss ins savings or value amongst the population was expected. Compensation in the form of new state or locally-regulated pensions, wages, allowances, bank deposits and vouchers, is expected to be implemented over a longer period of time. Though, the process of public recovery is portrayed to be dragged out over the reform's quicker implementation, which is expected to spark public backlash. Zápotocký's state and the rest of the new KSČ establishment have secretly prepared for such a backlash, the great impact on the state may not be measurable and will have greater consequences. Additionally perceived losses in the face of forced currency depression, as well as the cancelation of state obligations and blocked accounts, have been voiced as "theft" by public reports and representation. Only time will tell how the future will react to the State's reforms. |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Vargorie

[list][pre]T H E K I N G D O M O F B E M B A L A N D • U L U B E M B A[/pre][/list]

AGRICULTURAL TRIBUTE SEES MODERATE SUCCESS—SPECIALIZATION TO EMERGE IN THE SOUTHERN CHIEFDOMS

[list][sup]THE FIRST STEP ON A WINDING PATH

JUNE 1954[/sup][/list]

The royal court of the ng’andu clan had long taken its taxes from villages in the form of metal, rosewood, tools, pelts, or other goods. Now, however—at the advice of Sir Stewart Gore-Browne—the Chitimukulu aimed to stimulate agricultural production in the fertile north of Bembaland by demanding agricultural tribute. The scheme had paid off; the northern villages yielded large stocks of rivermelon, white amaranth and other lucrative food and luxury crops at the end of the rainy season, and forgiveness was granted to those villages with crop failure or other interruptions. The resulting goods were taken to market in military trucks (meant to ease transport costs) by royal merchants, who sold and bartered the goods at low prices to distributors in the larger southern population centers. The long-term effect of this endeavor, the Chitimukulu hoped, would be to organically create an agriculturally industrious north that could sustain specialization and craftsmanship in the large southern cities in an eventual free market. The Cape-to-Cairo rail would be eventually utilized for moving food along this axis; the railway’s major station in Bembaland was located in the southern city of Mpika, and new loading points in the northern villages and a station at Kasama would help to bring Chilyamafwa’s aims to fruition. Would Bembaland ever be able to commission bioengineers to cultivate a high-yield variety of white amaranth, it could be expedited.

The first specialization would begin to show its face in the summer of 1954 as hunters and gatherers became less integral to the southern food supply. One tradesman from the central village of Chimfwembe formed a trade guild that intended to ferry goods between Kasama and Élisabethville with trucks purchased with royal backing from British traders. From here, he was joined by many who wanted to bring their exports to the docks of Dar es Salaam; ivory, rosewood, oil, and Bemba-made tools and crafts were to accompany them. Thus, the Chimfwembe cartel became the first of many market organizations that did not originate from the royal family. Bembaland welcomed the emergence of this auxiliary market with open arms, and soon royal and non-royal traders were to prowl the forested roads of LuBemba and beyond. The Chitimukulu, meanwhile, planned to open up the north of Bembaland further to similar organizations, hoping that the emerging specialization and enterprising spirit of these merchants and guilds would help cultivate the vast expanses of agricultural land and stimulate more trade in the region. In fact, the capital’s first petrol station would be established in 1956, altogether heralding a jarring era of technology. That this ancient kingdom has been allowed to walk itself so steadily into the modern era under the wise rule of Chilyamafwa—balanced between the benign Zaireans (Paseo) and exhausted British colonial authorities (Great Britain Gb)—is of genuine historical interest, and would provide a fascinating example in future times of a sub-Saharan state which truly and unequivocally shaped itself.

Paramountica, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Vargorie

THE BARUKAN JOURNAL

JUNE 1954 | Saint Michael Cathedral

| Saint Michael Cathedral was build as a commemoration to Catholic Christianity becoming Cambodia's official state religion. The Imposing building dwarfs the nearby houses and shops. |

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=barukan/detail=factbook/id=1833586

Paramountica, Amsterwald, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Vargorie

Peruvian Federation

Confliction

Much of the Federation wasn't pleased to hear the news of Espana returning to Monarchy; infact, anti-monarchy demonstrations took-place in parts of Peru, including Cuzco itself. The conflict also came to the fact that the gov't had wanted to meet the Spanish head-of-state in Madrid, but also didn't want to seem like she was condoning the Spanish switch back to Monarchism. Maybe the Federation and Espana won't have relations afterall... Maybe this is a good thing.

The more Peru separates itself from "the west" and Latino Culture, the more it could possibly revamp the old ways... native peoples in America will be alive afterall!

Central Arstotzka, Amsterwald, Ranponian, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Vargorie

Foreign Observer: National Union Internal Coup Against Salazar

June 1954

In Lisbon, a group of 5 leaders have announced the deposition of Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar. The group has announced the transition of Portugal back to true third way nationalist, syndicalist, and corporatist ideas that had been betrayed by António Salazar, and the technocrats he had staffed the government with. The new government has announced a removal of the technocrats, and new “elections” to be held.

The first and most powerful member of the new government is Gabriel Vicente. A passionate writer, and previous supporter of Salazar, he quickly became disillusioned by Salazar straying away from national syndicalism, purging party members, and weakening the power of the Corporative Chamber in order to empower his own government. The final straw for Vicente was the inviting of technocrats into the government, and the active embracing of free market capitalism. From that point on Vicente became the head of the growing anti-Salazar movement within the National Union. Vicente has officially became the Prime Minister of Portugal.

The second important member of the Anti-Salazar movement was, Haroldo Álvares. Álvares was originally an economist who became the small time leader of a local national syndicalist league prior to its merging into the National Union by Portugal. He rapidly grew through the ranks of the National Union, and became close with Gabriel Vicente and his burgeoning movement. Álvares called for an empowered Corporative Chamber, and corporatist economy. Álvares would become Minister of Finance.

The third leading member of the anti-Salazar movement would be an important if surprising one. Marcello Caetano had been one of the founding members of the National Union second only in importance to Salazar himself. He had heavily disagreed with Salazar’s shift to free market economics, and had himself been on the purge lists, being only saved by Salazar cancelling the purges due to internal discontent. Caetano would provide a much needed face of legitimacy to the movement, and would be named President of Portugal, though as head of state he would largely be ceremonial.

Next the movement would begin to achieve support among the military. There they would recruit two military generals, Dário Valera and Lúcio Sousa. Both had been war hero’s fighting to restore order during the collapse of Old Estado Novo. Sousa and Valera began to diverge from Salazar after his increasing ineptitude, and rising nepotism within the armed forces, which Salazar allowed and often pushed himself. These two would become the Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff of the Army respectively.

The coup itself took place in the Saõ Bento Palace during a meeting by the Corporative Chamber and National Assembly. Here while giving a speech to a joint session of the Portuguese Legislature, Salazar was interrupted by Gabriel Vicente. Vicente delivered a speech in which he chastised Salazar’s economic policy, foreign policy disasters, and increasing reclusiveness from politics. He then called for a vote by the joint session for the immediate removal of Salazar as Prime Minister. To Salazar’s stunned silence, the majority of the join session including nearly the entirety of the Corporative Chamber voted in favor. Salazar was removed by military units loyal to Valera and Sousa, and the military quickly reaffirmed loyalty.

Salazar’s removal has sent shockwaves throughout Portuguese society. The old man of politics had become an unshakeable fixture of society, and he had a sizable chunk of the population actively supporting him even during the economic, and foreign policy troubles. The technocrats, and businessmen especially have watched this change with worry. The declaration of true Nationalist, Syndicalist, and Corporatist principles will likely spell an end to their reforms. Many foreign analysts have looked upon this development with great concern with one writing, “national syndicalism, and other far right derivatives are woefully behind the times, and becoming eclipsed by both free market capitalism, and Soviet central planning. The ideas they advocate for are in the rear view and no amount of Catholic theology, and syndicalist rhetoric will suddenly reverse the changing times.”

Only time will tell if this new Portuguese government will keep up with the times, and adapt their fading ideology, or be left behind as an impoverished, and declining state.

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[list][pre]Právo Paper

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Plzeň, Czechia, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic[/pre][/list]

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JUNE 31ST, 1954 - [sub]One Czechoslovak Koruna[/sub]

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[list][list]MONETARY REFORM IN FORM OF CURRENCY CONVERSION HITS CZECHOSLOVAK STREETS, "WITHOUT PROPER FINANCIAL WARNING", PROTESTS ERRUPTING[/list][/list]

[B]{[/B]A month into the monetary currency reform issued by the Party and implemented throughout the nation, has already had its lasting effects. The currency reform aimed at completing multiple tasks for the Party's economic goals and Presidium's central planning, primaily stabilizing the nation currency with a clean slate so to speak. Bring the currency's ifnlation down and ending the current ration-based consumer economy artificially was risky, with the primary lever being deflation of value. Different exchange rates for deposits, vouchers, insurance, and overall conversion of wages and savings, were primary points of the conversion to the new currency. A state attempt to shift purchasing power from an uncontrolled, unstable currency into a new, artifically set-up one instead. On average, there was a total conversion of 10:1 (Deposits in the state savings bank before the currency reform CZK 9,000,000, after conversion CZK 930,000). The volume of circulation was dramatically reduced from approximately 52 billion old crowns to 1.4 billion new ones, i.e. approximately 37:1. Now, as the reforms take places across the nation, unrest as risen amongst the populace, with public distaste for the reforms already brewing, given the short notice and even long lines at newly opened banks. [B]}[/B]

[B]{[/B]According to official reports obtained by Právo, its been said that the city of Pilsen has been hit especially hard with the amount of savings "lost" within citizen's accounts post-reforms. Even with re-imbursement efforts and vouchers, its impact was further accentuated by the fact that local branches state enterprise from Pilsen deliberately paid wages earlier; before the reform factory management of Škoda Works deliberately paid off the wages for May one week earlier - thus reducing their values by 80% after the currency reform was announced. Aims on saving money or setting new starting wages low, the management's financial plans have backfired, laying the costs on the lap's of the city's laborers. Now already public disturbances have been called in several spots of Pilsen's downtown, with numerous strikes planned for today and the upcoming week, as state security and public safety forces are put on high alert this afternoon.This is a developing story! [B]}[/B]

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[list][list]TODAY'S OTHER HEADLINES[/list]

[sub]Admist state security issues in Pilsen, political rumors suggest the ever-growing "internal displeasemenet" with current KSČ establishment figures, even amongst the Presidium. The rumors have also described more "letters" of dissapproval being sent out to the National Assembly staff, but have been unable to trace a source.[/sub]

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]

Adriatican Islands

Al-Morocco

Al-Oman

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Brazil Toucan

Cambodiia

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

Cypriot-B

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Metropolitan Francais

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Otsla

Paramountica

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Ranponian

Rutannia

Sri-Lanka

Taiiwan

Teymour

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Paramountica, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, Puerto Somoza, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie

I at the atomic age!!!!!

[list]Summer 1954

[sub]History[/sub][/list]

[list][list] A QUICK HISTORY OF THE HELVETIC REPUBLIC

EINE SCHNELLE GESCHICHTE DER HELVETISCHEN REPUBLIK

RAPIDE HISTOIRE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE HELVÉTIQUE

UNA BREVE STORIA DELLA REPUBBLICA ELVETICA

—[/list][/list]

[sub]CONFEDERATION[/sub]

| The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 recognized Switzerland as an independent state from the Holy Roman Empire, establishing the basis for Swiss sovereignty. The result was the Swiss Confederacy, a decentralized union of the Swiss cantons with their own governments. The Confederacy had little power over the cantons and mainly functioned as a unifier for the cantons' armies to defend against attacks.

1798 proved the Confederacy's flaws as the French Revolution spilled into Switzerland. With the pressure of the French Army right across the border and a long overdue peasant revolt against high taxes, the Swiss Confederacy fell apart. The uprising promised to form a republic, and finally, remove the absolute monarchies that had controlled the self-governing cantons from power. With help from the French Army, the uprising secured Switzerland's new government.

[sub]CONSTITUTION[/sub]

Ratified at the Diet of Zürich, The new Helvetic Republic's constitution created a presidential federal republic centralized in Bern. Inspired by the United States, it would have three branches of government. The executive branch would be headed by the Federal Council made up of the President and Cabinet elected every four years. The legislative branch with its upper house, the Council of States, and the lower house, the National Council, together represented the 19 cantons of the nation. The judicial branch would contain the Federal Supreme Court and the rest of the court system. The republic's name derived from the Helvetii, a tribe that occupied Switzerland during the Roman era. Helvetia has been used to refer to Switzerland for centuries prior.

[sub]MODERN ERA[/sub]

The fall of Napoleon and the consequent 1815 Congress of Vienna fully recognized the Helvetic Republic as a free, neutral nation. It also saw the addition of 3 more cantons, including Geneva. Although few, the urban areas in the nation experienced an industrial revolution in the late 19th century. The manufacturing of physical goods such as metals, chemicals, machines, luxuries, and textiles industries took off. The Helvetic Republic became known, though, for its service-based workforce in banking and finance.

During World War I, the Helvetic Republic remained neutral. The 1929 Great Depression was initially detrimental to the economy. With the abandonment of the gold standard by the Swiss National Bank and the devaluation of the Swiss franc, it was able to recover before most nations. Although strongly opposing the Nazi party in both Germany and within Switzerland, the nation was never invaded or joined either side in WWII.

The Helvetic Republic has long been a hub for international diplomacy, serving as a neutral ground for diplomatic negotiations and housing numerous international organizations such as the Red Cross, and the United Nations’ European offices. Switzerland’s role extends beyond diplomacy. It has also been a center for espionage with its neutral stance. Hosting embassies and access to valuable political and economic information, Switzerland has been a prime location for intelligence gathering for both sides of the going back to before WWII, and continues to be a major player in the world of espionage today. The Helvetic Republic has a unique role on the world stage, even more so in the Cold War than ever. |

[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, From Farms to Factories: Greece Improves National Economical Diversification and Industrialization!, July 1954

Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, Από τα αγροκτήματα στα εργοστάσια: Η Ελλάδα βελτιώνει την εθνική οικονομική διαφοροποίηση και την εκβιομηχάνιση!, Ιούλιος 1954[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands - The People of Hellas! - Ο λαός της Ελλάδος![/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]| ECONOMIC REFORM, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΉ ΜΕΤΑΡΡΎΘΜΙΣΗ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]

[list]| As The Kingdom of Greece begins to recover from the Pindus War, and with the nation receiving a fresh set of morale following the Royal Family's visit to rural and developing areas of the nation, Greek patriotism and national pride is now at an all-time high. However, where Greece had rather become stagnant in the economic sector, as years of militarization and diplomacy had outweighed Greek economic development. As promised by Prime Minister Papagos, in his term as Prime Minister, Greece was to thrive in all sectors, including the economic sector, however, the progress in economics had not been seen just yet. For the most part, Greece's economy had made up of trading, particularly the mineral bauxite, along with receiving mass investments from other nations such as Slovenia (Amsterwald). However, even the King could see that it was time to modernize the Greek economy, a modern economy, and a diversified economy. |[/list]

[list]| After a swift vote in the Greek Parliament, and official approval from King Pavlos, the Greek Economic and Industrialization Diversification Act of 1954 was passed, stating that in the final confirmed two years of Prime Minister Papagos' term as Prime Minister, the Greek economy was to be the primary focus of the nation and that most of the remaining Marshall Plan funds would be invested into the economy. On the 11th of July, the law was put into effect, beginning the construction of sufficient infrastructure to facilitate military and civilian factories. |[/list]

[list]| The new, industrialized factories were largely built around rural areas, specifically in the regions of Epirus and Peloponnese, where a sufficient chunk of the Greek population resided. The creation and building of these factories also provided jobs for civilians, particularly veterans, and the youth. To top it all off, the Greek Government passed another law on the 19th of July, stating that all towns, cities, and villages are welcome to open funds and localized investment. This was a National Self-Help Program, a program created to as the name suggests, a program which championed Greek civilians to help improve their nation by providing funds out of pocket. The deal was, if the community, town, village, or city was to help the Greek economy, they would be given back the funds, machines, and materials needed to improve their farms, which the Greek government would then take a chunk out of for trade, also paying the farmers in the process. The program was taken to vote by local leaders in their respective communities, with over 95% of Greeks from ages 15-65 willing to help out. The people of Greece now happily took the task of rebuilding and helping out their nation literally into their own hands. |[/list]

[list][list][pre]"Αυτά τα νέα προγράμματα που ψηφίστηκαν από την ελληνική κυβέρνηση αποσκοπούν στην επέκταση τριών πραγμάτων. Πρώτον, την οικονομική ανάπτυξη και παραγωγή της Ελλάδας, για να αυξηθεί περαιτέρω το εμπόριο με άλλα έθνη. Δεύτερον, την ανάπτυξη των ελληνικών υποδομών και των πολιτικών αυτοενίσχυσης, για να αυξηθεί η ελληνική αυτοδυναμία. Και τρίτον, να αναπτύξουν ισχυρό πατριωτισμό και αγάπη για το έθνος από τις κοινότητες που συμμετέχουν στο πρόγραμμα. Με αυτά τα τρία σημεία κατά νου, μπορούμε να πούμε με ασφάλεια ότι ο ελληνικός οικονομικός τομέας δεν θα παραμεριστεί πλέον, η Ελλάδα είναι αρκετά ισχυρή όσον αφορά άλλους τομείς, ήρθε η ώρα να ευδοκιμήσει και η δική μας οικονομία."[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre](English: "These new programs passed by the Greek Government are set on expanding three things. First, Greece's economic development and output, to further increase trade with other nations. Second, to develop Greek infrastructure and self-strengthening policies, to increase Greek self-reliance. And third, to develop strong patriotism and love for the nation in the communities involved in the program. With these three points in mind, it is safe to say that the Greek economical sector will no longer be swept aside, Greece is strong enough in terms of other sectors, it's time for our economy to thrive too.")[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]- Prime Minister of Greece, Alexandros Papagos[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[list]| The farmers were also given a choice to modernize their farms with government-subsidized machinery and production factories for more efficient output, with 80% of farmers agreeing to the deal, with the government again taking a chunk of the profit for their economic investments. Along with this, mineral mines were reopened in the regions of Attica and Macedonia, with plans to expand Greece's mining facilities to further increase trade output with nations such as Ethiopia (Alzarikstan) and Slovenia. Even before the programs were passed, Greek economic development had exponentially expanded following the war, largely credited to the Marshall Plan funds and foreign investments in Greek Defense and Tourism from other nations. With these programs and many more to come, Greek economic growth is expected to reach 6% this year, with many more plans to hopefully expand it to 9% by 1955. |[/list]

[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie

[list][list]JULY 1954

[sub]GULF OASIS[/sub][/list]

[sub][pre] A L - S A B A H ' S L E G A C Y [/pre][/sub]

[list][list][sub][pre]We are building a new reality

for our people, a new future

for our children, and a new

model of development.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

ABU DHABI,

[sub]THE Trucial States United[/sub]

[list][pre]UNITED TRUCIAL STATE BEGINS IMPORTS OF VEHICLES FROM UNITED KINGDOM AND UNITED STATES [/pre][/list]

| The United Trucial State has begun importing vehicles from the United Kingdom and the United States amid increased demand for transportation in metropolitan areas. The main areas the vehicles are being seen are in Doha, Manama, and Kuwait City. The areas of Abu Dhabi are still heavily dominated by the fishery tradition; however, the acquiring of vehicles has further caused the creation of Department of Transportation within the Ministry of the Interior & Logistics. The Department of Transportation will provide driving lessons, training, and registrations to citizens to drive. The second impact is now working to build new ferries that will allow for vehicular transportation on boats, which will allow for citizens to drive upon ferries to be taken between Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE. |

| The Federal National Council has additionally confirmed the desires for a domestic automobile industry; therefore, the National Council has implemented import quotas to protect and support domestic innovative pushes for local talents to come forth and assist in molding a diversified, competitive market economy with minimal direct government interference except for cases of unnatural monopolies, protecting worker's wages and representation in contractual negotiations, and ensuring guaranteed equity for lower income Arabs to gain opportunities to compete and become prosperous. On the academic side, the Ministry of Education has coordinated with their education boards and committees to establish degree programs to include automotive technology and management to spark domestic interest in industrial automation, which encompasses not just automobiles but also trains. Additionally, the Ministry of Education has announced additional pursuits to establish new degree programs in aeronautical engineering in addition to the formation of the Committee on Aviation Regulation & Registration under the Ministry of Transportation. |

[list][pre]UNITED TRUCIAL STATE CONFIRMS SLIGHT GDP GROWTH AMID MINISTRY ORDERED AUDIT ON TRADE AND PRODUCTS[/pre][/list]

| Minister of Finance & The National Economy Mr. Mahmoud Al-Sayed Ahmed Al-Alawi has confirmed after extensive record evaluation and observation of import/export documentation, the United Trucial State experienced a slight growth in GDP to $1.95 billion. With oil revenue from Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar but mostly Kuwait, the calculated GDP per capita is $5,074.39, indicating significant improvements in the average income earned per person for a nation with 384,282 people. Such a report would be submitted to the Federal National Council Committee on the Economy to be officially notarized and placed into State Archives. Per initial calculations, such a GDP per capita raises the Trucial State substantially to the same level as France and slightly above La Plata. This financial insight has further pushed the Federal National Council to begin policy to invest more into human capital and the formation of domestic social services to expand the growing wealth of the citizens and place further responsibilities of governance and financial transparency upon the people. Going back to the Ministry of Education's War on Illiteracy and Poverty, new degrees in finances, business management, economics, and supply chain management. Financial literacy has become a significant talking point and initiative more targeted to tribes and the impoverished. |

[list][pre]QUOTE FROM PRESIDENT SHEIKH ABDULLAH AL-SALIM AL-SABAH REGARDING THE PASSING OF NEW LEGISLATION[/pre][/list]

| Keeping their promise to development sustainability and equity, the Federal National Council passed a series of legislation regarding the role of women in civil society and new arrangements for blue collar workers. Upon the signing of the new legislation into law, President Sheikh gave the following statement: |

[list][pre]"I am most proud to announce the signing of legislation enforcing an 8 hour work day for five days a week with the option of overtime pay, maternity leave in the case of pregnancy, and the welcoming of women into the workforce. During the life of the Prophet Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Him, women were essential to laying the framework of the young formations of Islam and the governance of Medina under the Prophet. It is this recognition that we allow women to continue their contribution to Islam and civil society by acquiring an education, technical and workforce training, a stable and steady job, and economic inclusion into the real economy. This legislation intends to grow the Trucial workforce and raise tax revenue for the State. This legislation will be followed up with a healthcare and social services plan to begin work to raise living standards and life expectancy. As we wage an economic and policy war on illiteracy, we must do the same on unemployment and health."[/pre][/list]

[list][pre]TRUCIAL STATE TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION OF 3 NEW POWER PLANTS & ENGINEERING PROGRAMS[/pre][/list]

| Minister of Energy Khaled Al Masoud Al Faheed confirms to the media that the Federal National Council has approved the financing and construction of three new electrical power plants: Manama, Abu Dhabi, and Al Wakrah. Kuwait already has a power plant since 1936. With the success of the Kuwaiti power plant since 1934, the Trucial State has authorized construction of the power plants to expand electricity coverage across the nation. Additionally, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Education have agreed to partner to formulate new education degrees and scholarships for individuals seeking to expand STEM careers and advancements. The new scholarships will be aligned with STEM initiative programs coordinated with the small but agile private sector of the Trucial State. The emphasis on education is further bolstered by the Federal National Council's "War on Illiteracy and Poverty" |

[list][pre]TRUCIAL STATE WORKS WITH BP & STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA TOWARD NEW MARITIME PORTS[/pre][/list]

| The Ministry of Energy officially confirms new contracts with BP and Standard Oil Company of California for the construction of new maritime ports to connect the Trucial State's Gulf of Oman coastline to its core in the Persian Gulf. The new maritime ports are set to be constructed in: |

[list][pre]Kalba

Fujairah

Khor Fakkan[/pre][/list]

| The three maritime ports are to be supported and connected to Sharjah, Dubai, Ras Al-Khaimah, and Abu Dhabi via new four lane roads and four rail lines. Other than exporting commodity agriculture goods and maritime-based products, the new maritime ports are intended to strengthen industrial support to already established oil and gas production from Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar. The cooperation with the two energy giants in addition to domestic oil companies consolidated over project finance agreements intended to further integrate the Trucial State to the global economy. |

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Paramountica, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Jasumaa, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Hashemite Kingdoms, Vargorie

Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.