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[list][list]NOVEMBER 1933

KOREATOWN, UNITED STATES — NORTH AMERICA[/list]

[list][list]미국에 있는 충실한 한인 노동자들

[pre]FAITHFUL KOREAN WORKERS IN AMERICA[/pre][/list][/list]

| On the outskirts of Los Angeles, in one of the city’s most Korean neighborhoods, a working-class Korean family is divided over American politics. A family man in his mid-40s, Mr. KIM JU-HO being a staunch Democrat, having voted for FDR in the 32’ election — Mr. KIM’s eldest son does not support the current U.S. President, being a Republican who supported Former President Hoover.|

[list]| KIM JU-HO, [sub]Unemployed[/sub] | “I don’t understand why you support Hoover? He’s just an old conservative who has imposed his old politics.”[/list]

| KIM JAE, just 21 years old, with ideas totally contrary to his father, defended the Republicans. |

[list]| KIM JAE, [sub]Eldest Son[/sub] | “Hoover signed the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929 and created the Federal Farm Board, precisely to stabilize the prices of agricultural products.”

| KIM JU-HO, [sub]Unemployed[/sub] | “Oh please! . . . Hoover has appointed much of his cabinet by wealthy old conservatives who don’t give a damn about the American people, let alone us immigrants.”[/list]

| But the stubborn eldest son of the family keeps insisting. |

[list]| KIM JAE, [sub]Eldest Son[/sub] | “Well, Hoover needed to appoint influential people precisely to negotiate and implement his policies.”

| KIM JU-HO, [sub]Unemployed[/sub] | “For me, FDR was the best choice America made! We need more progress for this country!”

| KIM JAE, [sub]Eldest Son[/sub] | “Can I disagree?”

| KIM JU-HO, [sub]Unemployed[/sub] | “No, keep your opinion to yourself . . . and I’m late, I need to look for a job today.”

| KIM JAE, [sub]Eldest Son[/sub] | “I also need to go to work.”[/list]

| Afterwards, in what was a conversation about American politics, the two finished their coffee and left the house. |

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The Ianomami Democratic Republic, sends you this telegram to propose elections for a WA Delegate in the Community of Liberty region, since the United States of Paramountica has been elected for one year and therefore proposes a new election.

Thank you very much for your understanding.

From the Minister of International Relations of the Ianomami Democratic Republic

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Commonwealth of Australia / Gemenebest van Australië

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WIT’S LANDT 一 CENTRAL TERRITORY DISPUTE | PART 4/4

[sub]Janszoon, Staat van Wit's Landt | 1932-1933 一 The dispute is over

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The Police Guard of Wit's Land deployed to C.T. (1932)

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[sub]Having few legal options left to pursue after the dismissal of Governor van der Berg, and the Australian High Court's ruling against Wit's Landt, it appeared Premier Hickenlooper's aggressive campaign to return Central Territory to Wit's Landt had failed. With the Commonwealth Government and Central Territory beneath it still refusing negotiations, and the High Court having officially ruled against Wit's Landt, the Premier began preparing a final course of action. Writing to the Wit's Landt Police Guard Commissioner, Hickenlooper said the following: [/sub][list][sub]

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[sup]I have considered my options very carefully, and with that, I have made one last decision.

I have spoken with A.O. Berkens, and on his advice, I am instructing you to immediately

begin the preparation of an operation, one that would entail the deployment of a large

company of your men to Stuart as a tool in yielding the proper conditions in which Wit's

Landt retains the 'Central Territory.' Let us meet at the soonest date available.[/sup][/list]

[sub]Over the next three weeks, the Premier and Commissioner met several times, drafting an organized and secretive plan that few outside of Hickenlooper's inner circle were aware of. It was feared the operation would be revealed to the Commonwealth Government and subsequently halted, should word of the operation have spread beyond a tight group. Finally, under the order of the Premier and in coordination with W.L. Politie Bewaker Commissaris H.L. Koch, three-hundred-fifty officers employed by the Police Guard of Wit's Landt, most armed individually with long arms and batons, were transported 1500 kilometres overland, mostly via the uncompleted Janszoon-Stuart road (most of which itself followed the route of the Overland Telegraph Line). Arriving on July 10th in Stuart, (now known to locals as “Alice Springs”) the company immediately served a formal letter from Premier Karl Hickenlooper to the Governor Resident of Central Territory, Victor Carrington, explaining the deployment as a measure to enforce “proper law and order” and “proper administrative authority” of the territory under Wit's Landt. It is reported this interaction took place in the primary bedroom of the Residency, between Company Commander Jack Visser, and a recently (and startlingly) awaken Victor Carrington, before 5:00am. [/sub]

[sub]Initially, residents of Stuart were left confused as soldiers took positions at several public locations. When asked about their presence by locals, the guardsmen were instructed to respond with the phrase, “we are ensuring proper law and order, and proper administrative authority under Wit's Landt and Australian law and interests.” Dozens of residents launched rocks and pebbles, and repeated insults at the guardsmen during the initial days of the deployment, however such activity eventually became irregular. Meanwhile, it was estimated that the deployment could be sustained for some six months at least, in which time the Wit's Landt government could attempt to use the deployment as leverage against the Commonwealth.[/sub]

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Commonwealth 一 State Negotiations (1932-1933)

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[sub]In November of 1932, Prime Minister Joseph Lyons agreed to invite Premier Karl Hickenlooper and a delegation from Wit's Landt to Canberra in order to defuse the situation. The Prime Minister proposed fair negotiations, held without the consideration of “militarist threats”. The Premier agreed, unconditionally.[/sub]

[sub]While the sudden decision of the Commonwealth Government to negotiate with Witslandt's state government was initially received as an act of good will and proof that Hickenlooper's deployment had succeeded, there were certainly further motives. For one, the Central Territory had become a significant economic burden on the Commonwealth since the start of the Great Depression, even despite its strong natural resource-based economy. As the fiscal situation got tighter, it was privately indicated to the Prime Minister that transfer of Central Territory to Wit's Land would benefit the Commonwealth's fiscal situation. Secondly, it had been confidentially revealed that Queensland's Premier was himself, facetiously or not, considering a similar strategy in establishing control over the federally-administered Territory of Papua, which itself had been under the administration of Queensland almost fifty years prior. Lastly, and perhaps most crucially, it had become abundantly clear that the Commonwealth Government's perceived lack of action in compelling Witslandt's militia out of the Central Territory had harmed the legitimacy of Lyon's government, and the Commonwealth as a whole. A similar act of defiance by Premier Jack Lang of New South Wales that same year had almost placed the N.S.W. Police against Commonwealth forces in May of 1932, and the Prime Minister was eager to avoid another destabilizing crisis.[/sub]

[sub]Lasting in stints from late 1932 to early 1933, negotiations moved forward in a mostly civil manner. Both delegations committed to equal terms of ending the dispute legally and in a “non-disgraceful process”. On February 14th, in a statement by Prime Minister Joseph Lyon, the dispute was finally declared to have come to an end:[/sub][list][sub]

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[sup]Conceding to the valid interests of law and order, civil stability, and success of the Australian

nation, I can now announce that the Premier of Wit's Landt, Mr. Hickenlooper, has agreed

to comply with the order to withdraw the state's police guard from Stuart. This will allow

for a peaceful and civil process of re-evaluating the status of Central Territory that ensures

the best conditions for those involved.[/sup][/list]

[sub]Whilst not directly admitting the planned return of Central territory to administration under Wit's Landt, it was privately agreed between the Prime Minister that it would in fact occur at some point later this year. Additionally, Hickenlooper pledged to Lyon that he would in fact retire from office upon the return of Central Territory to Wit's Landt, a condition which likely contributed to the Prime Minister's concession. Now, in March, the hundreds-strong Police Guard of Wit's Landt has begun withdrawing from Stuart via the same route it came. Meanwhile the Commonwealth Government has begun discussions with the government of Wit's Landt regarding the planned return of Central Territory. While the dispute seems to be over, it is yet to be seen whether or not it will have lasting implications.[/sub]

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FLAG CHANGE, BUT THE COUNTRY IS THE SAME!

November 1933

towards the sunset of this splendid year, the Prime Minister and the Dutch government have decided to give a gift to all Dutch people, announcing a change of flag, which will return the old pre-Congress tricolor of Vienna. With orange instead of red.

The change was made to "bring the Dutch closer to their origins" as Prime Minister Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck said.

To celebrate both the change of flag and the end of the year during the last week of 1933, copies of the new flag will be distributed free of charge on the streets.

The government has ordered the flag to be changed on all public buildings in the Kingdom.

the discussion in parliament before actually changing the flag was very short, so much so that it lasted only an hour.

practically all parties agreed on the change of flag not only to bring the Dutch closer to their origins, but also because, according to some historians, the flag of the Netherlands used after 1804 would actually be a French imposition (it was in fact created on model of that of the First French Republic) to assert its influence on the country.

So the change of flag is also an act to affirm the independence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands not only from France, but also from all other neighboring powers.

"The Netherlands is independent, and using a flag that says it openly is very important, we have to show the world that we are not a French or German puppet, but a strong and independent nation," said an MP who prefers to remain anonymous.

The national flag is currently the one with the orange-white-blue tricolor.

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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Greco - Turkish Relations, November 1933

To Vasíleio tis Elládas, Ellinotourkikés Schéseis, Noémvrios 1933[/list][/list]

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[list][list]GRECO-TURKISH RELATIONS IMPROVED, NON-AGGRESSION PACT SIGNED

VELTIOMENES ELLINOTOURKIKES SCHESEIS, YPOGRAFEI SYMFONO EPITHETIKIS[/list][/list]

[list]Athens, 1st November, 1933-[/list]

[list] | At the Turkish embassy in Athens, the capital city of the Kingdom of Greece, two men have arrived at the gates of the building. The two men were Turkish foreign delegates who were sent from the Republic of Turkey to Greece, on 'special terms'. The 'special terms' were the new terms for Turkey and Greece, terms that would set a safe precedent for the foreign relations between the Kingdom of Greece and the Republic of Turkey. This was the Athens Summit, a summit that would determine and solidify stable Greco-Turkish relations. The two men that had arrived were Turkish foreign minister Tevfik Rüştü Aras, and Minister of National Defense Zekai Apaydın. Their Greek adversaries were Military Dictator Ioannis Metaxas, Foreign Minister Panagis Tsaldaris and, Grandadmiral Pavlos Kountouriotis of the Greek Navy. These five powerful men would decide the fate of both Greece and Turkey and would either make or break the peace. |[/list]

[list]| Following tense negotiations, and with both sides being in a tight quagmire, the following terms were agreed:[/list]

[list][list]1.) A Non-Aggression Pact is to be signed by both nations, and if not, relations would become increasingly hostile.

2.) All Greek and Turkish troops are to be demobilized at least 5km from the Greco-Turkish border for optimal results.

3.) All Greek and Turkish warships cannot enter or exercise within 10km of the opposing nation's naval territory[/list][/list]

[list]Following this, the Non-Aggression Pact was signed, and with all the stated terms above agreed on, the peace between Athens and Istanbul is maintained, for now. |[/list]

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MAZIYA TIMES,NOVEMBER 1933

MILITARY HORSES

Horses are now being trained for military service as mounts for soldiers to ride but also being used to carry supplies across the nation,the reason behind this is that it will transportation of supplies easier on the ground at least if there is no bodies of water around for boats to travel on and it could be useful for soldiers to ride into combat,these military horses are being trained to carry heavy loads of supplies and also be obedient to their respective owners.The military horses are being kept in a military base near farms within the capital of Maziya,Permata Bersinar as Permata Bersinar military base has the best access to supplies due to the nation primary trade port is in Permata Bersinar,it's near multiple farms and it's the closest to a military base in comparison to the other cities and villages.The primary group of the military the horses are being assigned to is the Kemuliaan Anjing but normal soldiers are allowed to use them but the only reason they aren't being assigned horses as mandatory is because they already struggle with aiming their firearms,don't wanna know what would happen if they try to aim the firearms while on horseback.

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Republica Democratica Ianomami wrote:The Ianomami Democratic Republic, sends you this telegram to propose elections for a WA Delegate in the Community of Liberty region, since the United States of Paramountica has been elected for one year and therefore proposes a new election.

Thank you very much for your understanding.

From the Minister of International Relations of the Ianomami Democratic Republic

bruh can't even do our name right lol

[list]June 1929 - November 1933

[sub]|FOUR YEARS OF CHANGES AND TENSTION.|[/sub][/list]

[sub]The past four years have been dominated by tensions between the Kingdom of Ireland and the British Empire. Refusing to recognize a independent Irish monarchy, the British government decided to put economic pressure on Ireland in order to bring the country back into a personal union with the British monarch. The pressure from Great Britain along with the depression caused economic crisis in Ireland with people losing not only their jobs but also going homeless and starving. This crisis was quickly responded by both the government and the Royal family. High King Lucius and the Royal family open up a Soup Kitchen outside the Royal Palace and giving away foods that they don’t need or any leftover food from their meals to anyone for free. This action not only help many Irish to feed their families and themselves but also made the High King, the Royal family, and the Monarchy popular. This made them unique as they are only monarch and the Royal family in the world to willingly open up a Soup Kitchen and giving away their food.[/sub]

[sub]The government response to this by passing legislations to create new jobs, reduce prices on foods and necessities, and prevent any more eviction on residents who can’t pay the bills. Thanks to these legislations Ireland was able to sustain any more economic losses and began a slow economic recovery. In 1931, the 34 years old Crown Prince Donough O'Brien, with the approval of his father married his lover the beautiful 32 years old Chinese woman Kung Mei (who is the daughter of the prevoius Duke Yansheng and a descendent of Confucius) becoming his second wife. The parliamentary election of 1932 saw the fall of the government led by the Fine Gael party and the rise of the minority government led by the Fianna Fáil party with Éamon de Valera as the new Taoiseach. Even though de Valera consider himself a republican, he was both surprised and moved by the action of the High King and his family in helping the people that when asked by reporters that if he plan to end the monarchy he responded, “That would be impossible as the High King and Royal family won the support of the majority of the people even myself. So as long as the High King and the Royal family remain a figurehead and follow their role in the constitution, I see no reason to abolish the monarchy at all.”[/sub]

[sub]Éamon de Valera even defended High King Lucius and his family’s honor and integrity when some of his ministers and party members sought to humiliate them, this action created a lifelong friendship between High King Lucius, his son Crown Prince Donough and de Valera as all three of them share the same goal for Ireland’s future. Taoiseach Éamon de Valera and his government first act was to put their own economic pressure on Great Britain. They start by withholding land annuities owed to the UK for loans provided under the Irish Land Acts and agreed as part of the 1921 Treaty and then they raise the tatiff of British Imports to 20%. In December 1932 the Dáil Éireann was dissolved by High King Lucius on the advice of de Valera and call for a new election. The election took place in January 1933 which resulted with de Valera's party won 85 seats, giving Fianna Fáil an overall majority. Taoiseach Éamon de Valera and his government first act was to put their own economic pressure on Great Britain. They start by withholding land annuities owed to the UK for loans provided under the Irish Land Acts and agreed as part of the 1921 Treaty and then they raise the tatiff of British Imports to 20%. In December 1932 the Dáil Éireann was dissolved by High King Patrick on the advice of de Valera and call for a new election. The election took place in January 1933 which resulted with de Valera's party won 85 seats, giving Fianna Fáil an overall majority. On September 15, 1933 a son was born between Crown Prince Donough and his wife Crown Princess consort Mei and named him Brian.[/sub]

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(Kuomintang) Republic of China / (國民黨)中華民國

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FINIANICAL TURMOIL — RACE TO STABLIZE CHINA

[sub]Nanking & Shanghai, ROC | AUTUMN of 1933 一 The Minister and the President

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THE GENERALS VERUS THE SHANGHAI BANKERS[/sub]

[sub]Shanghai’s bankers on the run! Disagreements between the Kuomintang’s financial ministry and its array of generals caused the once famed budget balancer, Dr. T.V. Soong (宋電視) the first minister ever to balance the budget of China, last year, with big disagreements towards President Chiang Kai-shek (蔣中正). The Nanking government admitted to a $10 million deficit as President Chiang demanded an extra $18 million to pay his army. According to Shanghai gossip, the President’s demands were not secretive.[/sub]

[list][sub]》CHIANG KAI-SHEK to Finance Minister Soong 一 次性獲得 1800 萬美元的債券! 現在需要貨幣來支付共和國最大的軍隊!

“$18 million in bonds at once! Currency is needed now to pay the largest army of the republic!”[/sub][/list]

[sub]Last year, after the Empire of Japan bombarded Shanghai, the Nanking Government declared it will not issue bonds for three years if Shanghai bankers would endorse the measure, and they did endorse. Finance Minister Soong (宋電視) duty was to make the government keep its oath. But the Republic’s Premier Wang Jingwei (汪精衞) had other ideas, promising with an announcement, the issuance of $100 MILLION of treasury notes:[/sub]

[list][sub]》WANG JINWEI, Republic of China 一 新發行的長期證券將分 160 個月償還。

“The new issuance will be repayable in 160 monthly payments of long-term securities.”[/sub][/list]

[sub]The Harvard-educated Finance Minister Soong (宋電視), after returning from the World Economic Conference, inspired by the Rooseveltian reform occurring in Paramountica established the National Economic Council (國家經濟委員會) (NEC) modeled after the NRA in America. The entire Nanking Government, including Premier Wang (汪精衞) endorse the NEC, which will have the power to ‘improve economic situtions, plan and control productive enterprises and protect the interests of Republican workers.’[/sub]

[sub]How the NEC will carry out its goals, Nanking is not sure of yet but working codes on Chinese textile mills, owned by wealthy Japanese will be the first to be codified.[/sub]

[list][sub]》NEC Announcement, Republic of China 一 雇主和僱員都必須遵守或面臨最大程度的南京處罰。 國家經濟委員會的衝動是為中國市場購買中國人!

“Both employers and employees must abide or face the fullest extent of Nanking penalties. The urge of the National Economic Council is to buy Chinese for the Chinese markets!”[/sub][/list][/list]

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[list]November 1933

[sub]The Rise of the Iron Wolf - Part 1[/sub][/list]

[pre]T H E I R O N W O L F[/pre]

STUDY ROOM, PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

[sub]OLD CITY, KAUNUS, Bescania — MORNING[/sub]

| The bookcase was ornate, as if carved by a person with a profound love of literature. The engravings were of leaves, of autumn berries and birds on the wing - so sublime as to invite the fingers to take it in just as much as the eyes. The books wait to speak their words, their ink on papery leaves that will always stay even though centuries may pass. They invite a conversation with the thoughts, one unspoken and kind - for one can always walk away from a book if one chooses, and return when ready. In a way, they are the legacy their author's thoughts, preserving ideas that would otherwise be as fleeting as the song of a bird. President Smetona ran his fingers across the bookshelf in search of his early morning reading, until he found William Faulkners novel ‘As I Lay Dying’ ; he smiled softly to himself. He placed the book on his desk, next to the torn and crumpled speech he was to give Parliament later at midday which had just began its sittings and debates early, with most (if not all) politicians present. He began reciting the speech in a croaky, morning, voice. |

[list]| [sub]ANTANAS SMETONA, President of Lithuania[/sub] | “This is why the Iron Wolf must be outlawed, they are a stain on our republ—”[/list]

| The President would be interrupted by one of his Presidential Guards who seems irate and uncharacteristically panicked. |

[list]| [sub]ANTANAS SMETONA, President of Lithuania[/sub] | “WHAT is the matter Matis? It must be gravely important for you to interrupt me, can’t you see I am busy?”

| [sub]MATIS MARKUNAS, Presidential Guard[/sub] | “ I- I- believe the Iron Wolf are trying to coup the government, they already hold parliament, with the support of the ar- army”[/list]

| Antanas would fall back into his chair, fumbling with his glasses and the book he had only moments ago picked up to enjoy his usual morning reading. He would give Matis a understanding look, yet one of simultaneous despair |

[list]| [sub]ANTANAS SMETONA, President of Lithuania[/sub] | “It appears that my time is up . . . I had feared that this would have happened. This will leave Lithuania in the grip of Heidler, Mussolini and their ilk, if they are successful. ”

| [sub]MATIS MARKUNAS, Presidential Guard[/sub] | “ Si- Sir, they have begun arresting or killing politicians in the chamber, they are he-heading here n-now ” [/list]

| Markunas would break down into a sob, at only 19 years of age he had his whole life ahead of him . . . but given his allegiance to Smetona he was surely to go down with him. | [/list]

| The Iron Wolf are a group of Lithuanian Nationalists or fascists, dependant on who you ask, headed by former Prime Minister Voldemaras who draw heavy inspiration from the Blackshirts of Mussolini’s Italy. If the coup were to be successful, it would spell the end of a Lithuanian Republic and turn the nation into a fascist state — under the palms of stronger fascist states in Europe such as Italy. |

TO BE CONTINUED. . .

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Philanialle

Pontianus

Ranponian

Russian Kongo

Rutannia

Saldat

Somerania

Swedenn

Teymour

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Tallahan

The Galla

Vancouver Straits

Peking Zhongguo

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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The Constitution

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=irelaand/detail=factbook/id=1656826

Enchanted Oasis, Cascadla, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Carcassona, Alaroth, Antobom

so true

Republica Democratica Ianomami wrote:The Ianomami Democratic Republic, sends you this telegram to propose elections for a WA Delegate in the Community of Liberty region, since the United States of Paramountica has been elected for one year and therefore proposes a new election.

Thank you very much for your understanding.

From the Minister of International Relations of the Ianomami Democratic Republic

Republica Democratica Ianomami wrote:[spoiler=---]The Ianomami Democratic Republic, sends you this telegram to propose elections for a WA Delegate in the Community of Liberty region, since the United States of Paramountica has been elected for one year and therefore proposes a new election.

Thank you very much for your understanding.

From the Minister of International Relations of the Ianomami Democratic Republic[/spoiler]

We had an election last week.

[list]Winter 1933

[sub]Economy[/sub][/list]

[list][list] A GUILDED STANDARD? - PART ONE

—[/list][/list]

BERN

[sub]SWITZERLAND, THE HELVETIC REPUBLIC[/sub]

| Four years into the global economic crisis, research would show that Switzerland’s recently dismal performance during the early 1930s was mainly due to its exchange rate policy. Thanks to a high gold cover ratio, the Swiss National Bank was able to defend prior numbers against any speculative attack, thus preventing an early devaluation of the Swiss franc. Reports would show, though, that it also harmed the competitiveness of the Helvetic Republic’s export sectors. Since industrial production fell by 20% between the 1929 stock market crash and 1933, more government action would be urgent.

President Robert Haab would be feeling the same need for state intervention. With another general election on the horizon in 1934, it would become apparent for the sake of the legitimacy of the nation that more would need to be done. Recent numbers would show the conservative Cristian Democrat Party quietly gaining more points outside of cities. If the Free Democrats are to maintain their present support, they would need to need to conserve the gold standard. The more pressing worry for the administration would be the still small yet increasing political radicalism on both the left and right inspired by the same trends occurring in the Helvetic Republic's neighboring countries and across Europe generally. Violence, if it were to break out on the streets of the once secure "banking capital of the world", would surely send the Swiss economy spiraling down even further. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, President Robert Haab would have a difficult decision on his hands for 1934. |

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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

Adriatican Islands

Alaroth

Al-Yemen

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Asgerland

Astarina

Bayern Kahla

Bayside

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Czabalkia

Enchanted Oasis

Great Britain Gb

Jersey Republic

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Le Rochelle

Merigould

Mesuvia

Metropolitan Francais

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Irelaand

Islahh

Israelli

Persiaa

Philanialle

Pontianus

Ranponian

Russian Kongo

Rutannia

Saldat

Somerania

Swedenn

Teymour

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Tallahan

The Galla

Vancouver Straits

Peking Zhongguo

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Paramountica, Virnall, Enchanted Oasis, Osivoii, Ranponian, Vancouver Straits, New Provenance, Islahh, Saldat, Alaroth, Adriatican Islands, Antobom, Maziya, Annyeong Korea

Sorry for my inactivity I got Sick. I will just do a quick thing of major events that I would of done. in 32'and 33

1932

The Unity Party Retains power in the 1932 Elections

Prime Minister István Bethlen steps down and is Replaced by Gyula Gömbös

Sporadic Nationwide Gun Fights between Free Masons and the Order of the Sword of the Lady, leading to an Official Investigation

1933

Several High Ranking Freemasons are Found Dead in Their Homes.

the Army unveils the 33M Tank.

the Sale of Opium is Banned.

Paramountica, Virnall, Cascadla, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Irelaand, Adriatican Islands, Antobom

[list][list][list][pre]USSR ★ UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

Союз Советских Социалистических Республик CCCP |[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

Alaroth

[pre]"No road is long with good company"[/pre]

[pre]"В хорошей компании дорога не длинна"[/pre]

[pre]"İyi arkadaşla hiçbir yol uzun değildir"[/pre]

SOVIET-TURKISH TALKS END WITH A PROGRESSION OF FRIENDSHIP: PROLETARIATS REJOICE IN PROGRESS!

СОВЕТСКО-ТУРЕЦКИЕ ПЕРЕГОВОРЫ ЗАВЕРШАЮТСЯ РАЗВИТИЕМ ДРУЖБЫ: ПРОЛЕТАРИАТЫ РАДУЮТСЯ ХОДУ!

[pre]As meetings were held in Moscow, the heart of the Soviet world and in Ankara the heart of a growing and ever changing Turkish state, the writing began to form on the wall. The security of the Black Sea was paramount to Soviet and Turkish interests. With the Dacian Invasion fully successful in the creation of the Peoples’ Republic of Romania and the Workers’ Socialist Republic of Bulgaria the Black Sea has been close to full liberation for the safety of the Proletariat people. Talks would begin with the Turkish to establish friendly relations, assist Turkish socialists politically, and to provide equipment to the Turkish military.[/pre]

[pre]- Discreet Soviet involvement in Turkish political affairs along with the employment of Soviet professors in Turkish Universities to promote Proletariat goals[/pre]

[pre]- Signing of a Non-Aggression Pact between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Republic Of Turkey[/pre]

[pre]- Production licenses for military equipment such as Mosin Nagant Rifles, TT-30 handguns, T-27, T-26, and FAI armored cars.[/pre]

[pre]- The sale of 10,000 DP-27 Machine guns for use in the Turkish Armed Forces [/pre]

[pre]- Promises to promote peace and progress in the Black Sea Region[/pre]

[pre]The end goal of these talks was to push the Turkish state farther left politically and to promote a form of Turkish Socialism in the nation to combat possible Western influence in the Black Sea region and form a new ally in the fight against western opposition to the Socialist experiment, whether these efforts are deemed a success stand to the test of time.[/pre]

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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

Adriatican Islands

Alaroth

Al-Yemen

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Asgerland

Astarina

Bayern Kahla

Bayside

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Czabalkia

Enchanted Oasis

Great Britain Gb

Jersey Republic

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Le Rochelle

Merigould

Mesuvia

Metropolitan Francais

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Irelaand

Islahh

Israelli

Persiaa

Philanialle

Pontianus

Ranponian

Russian Kongo

Rutannia

Saldat

Somerania

Swedenn

Teymour

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Tallahan

The Galla

Vancouver Straits

Peking Zhongguo

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Paramountica, Virnall, Enchanted Oasis, Pontianus, Cascadla, Vancouver Straits, New Provenance, Islahh, Saldat, Alaroth, Adriatican Islands, Antobom, Annyeong Korea

[list][list]JANUARY 1934

HANSEONG, JOSEON — EAST ASIA[/list]

[list][list]테러와의 전쟁을 위한 특별경찰!!!

[pre]SPECIAL POLICE TO COMBAT TERRORISM!!![/pre][/list][/list]

| An ambitious young politician of just 35 years old who currently holds one of the most powerful positions on the Korean Peninsula, his name is CHOI JUNG-HOON, the 1st PRIME MINISTER OF JOSEON, being a man married to a 28-year-old woman named CHOI JI-HYE. Recently, PRIME MINISTER CHOI, in a meeting with the other members of his cabinet, presented one of his plans of action against terrorism, which will be the creation of a ‘Special Anti-Terrorist Police Force’ that will further arm the police, which will give the local police even more chances to defeat the revolutionaries. The other members approved the Prime Minister’s new strategy to act against terrorists, so this plan was then presented to Jungchuwon (Legislative Branch). Already in Parliament, the PRIME MINISTER CHOI, wearing an elegant black suit with a dark red tie, was already saying the following words: |

[list][list]제가 여기서 제안하는 것은 매우 간단합니다. 테러리스트와 싸우고 한반도에서 더 강력한 행동을 취하기 위해 특수 경찰을 창설할 것입니다. 테러리스트에게 준수해야 할 법률이 있음을 보여줍시다!

[pre]“What I’m suggesting here is very simple. We will create a special police force to fight terrorists and take stronger action on the Korean Peninsula. Let’s show the terrorists that there are laws to obey!”[/pre][/list][/list]

| After the Prime Minister’s words, CHOI was widely applauded in Parliament for this new strategy that most of his party calls “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. |

[list]| CHOI JUNG-HOON, [sub]The Prime Minister[/sub] | “I am more than willing to show these revolutionaries 100% of our police force. I also say that the new Special Anti-Terrorist Police Force will be able to shoot to kill!”[/list]

| In January 1934, the Jungchuwon officially approved the creation of a Special Anti-Terrorist Police Force. With such a plan approved, this will be the start of the PRIME MINISTER CHOI's new strategy to impose a Police State in Joseon with the sole aim of keeping Law and Order in force. |

[list]A FAITHFUL WIFE TO HER HUSBAND

[sub]GYEONGBOKGUNG PALACE, HANSEONG, JOSEON — AFTERNOON[/sub][/list]

| A few hours later, the Prime Minister returned to his office to review some documents. |

[list]| CHOI JUNG-HOON, [sub]The Prime Minister[/sub] | “Honey? What are you doing here? . . . I’m busy now, we’ll talk later.”

| CHOI JI-HYE, [sub]The First Lady[/sub] | “Just give me three minutes. I have a question.”

| CHOI JUNG-HOON, [sub]The Prime Minister[/sub] | “Okay, I’m listening.”

| CHOI JI-HYE, [sub]The First Lady[/sub] | “I hear you’re going to travel to Tokyo?”

| CHOI JUNG-HOON, [sub]The Prime Minister[/sub] | “Yes, I will meet with the Japanese Prime Minister.”[/list]

| With a serious expression, she expressed her intention to accompany the Prime Minister to Japan. |

[list]| CHOI JI-HYE, [sub]The First Lady[/sub] | “I would like to accompany you on this trip to Japan, to show that every politician’s wife should always support her husband as a faithful wife.”

| CHOI JUNG-HOON, [sub]The Prime Minister[/sub] | “Okay, tomorrow we leave for Tokyo.”[/list]

| JI-HYE walked out the office door after the three minutes given to her by the Prime Minister. The next morning, as agreed, the Prime Minister made preparations for his trip along with his wife, the First Lady. |

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MAZIYA TIME,JANUARY 1934

MAZIYA UPDATES SCHOOLS FOR THE NEW YEAR

In Maziya,schools have recently seen a new rule after sultan,Zahier Al Hafiz went on a trip to Britain and looked around the government schools he liked their school uniforms so much when he arrived back in Maziya,he had a new school policy which goes "Schools funded by the government must have uniforms and be worn properly." With this new policy heading into the new year also came a updated science text book,now having a mechanics chapter to it with some information on how firearms and engines work,along with that came a new school program,where selected schools will have their brightest science students who excelled in the mechanic side of the exams become part of a new government school "Sekolah Masa Depan Cerah" focused solely on mechanics,mathematics and language lessons.

Cascadla, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Antobom, Annyeong Korea

[list]January 1934 | January 2477

[list]

[sup]Bangkok | กรุงเทพมหานคร[/sup]

Kingdom of Thailand[list]

[sup]Thai Economic Reforms Rebuild the Country[/sup][/list]

| [sub]As Thailand began to settle into its new sense of purpose in not only south east Asia, but in the world. The new Thai government had kick-started various reforms to modernise the nation's economy. In rural Thailand rice had been a big part of the economy, but no more rice than needed was produced, the Department for Rural Communities had begun encouraging farmers to form co-operatives in order to pool their resources together. It had also established subsidies to encourage excess output for export and assisting farmers and co-operatives in buying land for use.[/sub] |

| [sub]The Government had also set up a new department for local businesses, and set up a means for individuals to take out loans in order to kickstart local businesses and increase jobs in the economy. It’s also looked at expanding logging in the north of the country to increase employment and opportunities in the north.[/sub] |

| [sub]The interior ministry has also begun a mass electrification project; at the current time only 10.4% of the population have access to electricity which has greatly affected Thailand’s westernisation ambitions. The government has set the target of reaching 30% electrification by 1936, and a further target of 50% by 1940 with the formation of the Thai Electric Corporation, which will be 50% funded by the Government.[/sub] |

| [sub]A new national curriculum has been announced to help centralise Thai education standards, it is largely based on westernised standards of education, it is hoped it will also improve Thailand’s literacy rate which on average sits at 44% but in rural areas drops as low as 10%. A renewed focus on building new schools in rural areas is also on the government's radar, as well as increasing the number of universities outside of Bangkok.[/sub] |

| [sub]The Government is working with oil companies in Chiang Mai where in the 1920s large deposits of oil were discovered although it was not explored heavily. The government is looking towards establishing a more industrial operation to refine and export the oil in Chiang Mai, it is hoped it would greatly boost the economy in the Chiang Mai region.[/sub] |

| [sub]The combination of these reforms and new government initiatives is hoped to greatly boost Thailand’s path to westernisation, and also provide a great boost to the economy.[/sub] |

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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

Adriatican Islands

Alaroth

Al-Yemen

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Asgerland

Astarina

Bayern Kahla

Bayside

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Czabalkia

Enchanted Oasis

Great Britain Gb

Jersey Republic

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Le Rochelle

Merigould

Mesuvia

Metropolitan Francais

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Irelaand

Islahh

Israelli

Persiaa

Philanialle

Pontianus

Ranponian

Russian Kongo

Rutannia

Saldat

Somerania

Swedenn

Teymour

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Tallahan

The Galla

Vancouver Straits

Peking Zhongguo

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Paramountica, Nosautempopulus, Osivoii, Kotakuan Ii, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Saldat, Alaroth, Irelaand, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Annyeong Korea

Post self-deleted by Ludovia.

[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Destroyer Construction, January 1934

To Vasíleio tis Elládas, Kataskeví Katastroféon, Ianouários 1934[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands, Kotakuan Ii[/list][/list][/list]

[list][list]GREEK NAVY STARTS CONSTRUCTION ON THREE NEW DESTROYERS: GRECO - EGYPTIAN DESIGN TO BE MADE

TO ELLINIKO NAUTIKO ARCHIZEI KATASKEVI SE TRIA NEA KATASTROFEIA: THA GINEI ELLINIKO - AIGYPTIKO SCHEDIO[/list][/list]

[list]| In Early 1933, the Greek and Egyptian armed forces decided to join forces and build up both nations' respective navies, domestically. The project would result in a destroyer class known as the Hydra class destroyers, and for the Egyptians, the Alexandria class. However, naval construction and commission budget by Late 1932 - Early 1933 was relatively high, but now it has gotten cut by nearly 50%, which was a cause of a national referendum that saw most of the budget for the Greek Armed Forces cut, in favor of more, civil and more beneficial things for the population, such as education and reconstruction. This meant that by 1935, the Greek Navy could only build three ships every one to two years, with the planned amount being six ships every one to two years. Due to this, certain aspects of the design were simplified, including the armor, size, and firepower. This resulted in a design not so far off from its Egyptian contemporaries, but now it could be produced at a cheaper price, and in a larger amount. |[/list]

[list]| With the simplified design now finalized, they were ready for construction. The shipyards to build the destroyers are the Athens and Thessaloniki shipyards, with a large majority of the construction being privately funded by them. It was decided that by 1934, three ships would be built, and by 1936, four more would be made. Two ships would be built in Athens, the other two in Thessaloniki. The ships will be done by 1936 at the least, and with the need for smaller, lighter, and more agile ships in the Greek Navy, it may be done by December, due to their small size and simple design, it will likely be finished much sooner than 1935. [/list]

[list][spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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

Adriatican Islands

Alaroth

Al-Yemen

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Asgerland

Astarina

Bayern Kahla

Bayside

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Czabalkia

Enchanted Oasis

Great Britain Gb

Jersey Republic

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Le Rochelle

Merigould

Mesuvia

Metropolitan Francais

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Irelaand

Islahh

Israelli

Persiaa

Philanialle

Pontianus

Ranponian

Russian Kongo

Rutannia

Saldat

Somerania

Swedenn

Teymour

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Tallahan

The Galla

Vancouver Straits

Peking Zhongguo

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Paramountica, Nosautempopulus, Pontianus, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Saldat, Alaroth, Maziya, Annyeong Korea

[list][list]January 1933

[sub]Hare–Hawes–Cutting[/sub][/list]

[list][pre]C O L O N I A L P H I L I P P I N E[/pre][/list]

THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY

[sub]WASHINGTON D.C., Paramountica — DAYBREAK[/sub]

| For 143 years, the United States has gradually increased its area by battle and bargain until today, where over 137,000,000 people live under the American flag from Point Barrow on the North to Pago-Pago on the south, from St. Croix on the East to Balabac Island on the West. Now Congress sent to the White House the first bill in its history proposing that the U.S. decrease the size of its territorial empire. The bill was H. R. 7233 providing for the independence of the Philippines. A fortnight ago the Senate, without a record vote, adopted the final conference report on the measure. Last week by a standing vote of 171 to 16 the House followed suit. Last session the House first passed (306 to 47) H. R. 7233 after only 40 minutes of debate. Last week it disposed of the islands in 60 minutes. |

| A veto is widely expected when President HOOVER returns from his Florida fishing. He will probably have a hard time mustering the Congressional one-third necessary to sustain his disapproval. Though he has never publicly committed himself on the issue, two potent members of his Cabinet, Secretary of State STIMSON, onetime Governor General of the Philippines, and Secretary of War HURLEY, who visited the islands as President HOOVER's "eyes & ears" in 1931, have been loud in their opposition to turning 13,000,000 Filipinos loose. |

[list][pre]Common arguments against freeing the Philippines:

1) they are not economically or politically prepared to govern themselves;

2) their freedom would upset the delicate balance of international power in the Far East;

3) U. S. citizens who have invested $197,000,000 developing the islands would be wiped out by the economic chaos to follow;

4) the U. S. would breach its moral trust to prepare the Filipinos for self-government;

5) Congress has no constitutional power to alienate U. S. territory.[/pre][/list]

| The House's hurried action climaxed 34 years of continuous agitation for Philippine freedom, following the islands' acquisition by the U. S. from Spain on payment of $20,000,000 under the Treaty of Paris (Dec. 10, 1898). WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN campaigned for the Presidency on that issue in 1900. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT got his political start as the islands' first civil governor. Democrat FRANCIS BURTON HARRISON proclaimed a "new era" when in 1913 he arrived to govern them. |

| The Jones Act of 1916 declared: |

[list]"It is, as it has always been, the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government can be established." [/list]

| Presidents HARING and COOLIDGE proclaimed about the question: "The time is not yet." In 1928 and 1932 the Democratic platform declared for "immediate independence." Not until the farm lobbies in Washington put their husky shoulders to the issue did Philippine independence make more than sentimental progress. Cane raisers in Louisiana, beet growers in Utah, were told that duty-free sugar from the Philippines was ruining their business. Philippine coconut oil was competing with domestic cottonseed oil. Manila hemp seemed to be hurting U. S. cordage producers. These miscellaneous economic units were pulled together in one grand and wholly selfish drive to put the Philippines outside the U. S. tariff wall by means of making them a free and foreign country. |

THE SENATE, CAPITOL HILL

[sub]WASHINGTON D.C., Paramountica — AFTERNOON[/sub]

| On the Senate floor, Louisiana's loud Senator LONG, former Governor of the same aforementioned state; |

[list]| HUEY LONG, [sub]Senator of Louisiana (D)[/sub] | “. . . Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. That applies to the cotton for the Senator from Mississippi, and to the sugar for the Senator from Louisiana. So what's the argument?"[/list]

| At such an unabashed expression of motive, the Senate rocked with laughter. Machinery, H. R. 7233 proposes the following machinery; |

[list][list]H. R. 7233 — [sub] Within two years the Philippine Legislature is to call a convention to frame a republican constitution which must be approved by the U. S. President and the Philippine people. Thereafter an eight-year probationary period will follow during which the U. S. will retain control of the islands' International affairs, foreign loans and defense. A U. S. High Commissioner will replace the Governor General. Filipinos will be restricted to a U. S. immigration quota of 50 per year. Duty-free sugar imports to the U. S. will be limited to 850,000 tons per year, cocoanut oil to 200,000 tons, cordage fibre to 3,000,000 Ib. To give Filipinos a taste of the tariff, collection of an island export tax equal to 5% of the U. S. tariff rate on different goods will begin in the sixth year, rise to 25% in the tenth. On July 4 following the ten-year period the President will proclaim the Philippines a sovereign commonwealth and the U. S. will withdraw all civil (but not military) authority.[/sub][/list][/list]

| To prove to the House that the Philippines, which he visited last autumn, are ready for independence, South Carolina's HARE — H. R. 7233's sponsor, cited these personal observations; |

[list]| BUTLER HARE, [sub]Congressman from South Carolina (D)[/sub] | “The school is the best index to the character and intelligence of a people. . . . I was greatly impressed with the architectural design of all the school buildings. . . . They are all painted. ... I was further impressed with the lawns, flowers, shrubbery . . . the orderly arrangement of desks and chairs. . . . The furniture was not marred with pencil marks. Placards were placed high on the walls of schoolrooms. Some I noted:

[sup]— Health and dissipation never go together.

— The cost of a sanitary closet will be much less than your doctor's bill, if without.

— A clean face produces no pimples.

— A healthy scalp harbors no dandruff.

— Vegetables are prods to lazy intestines.[/sup]

These prove to me that the people have an advanced conception of the modern rules of life and that they are capable of establishing and maintaining rules of conduct equal or superior to those found in many of the old and independent nations.''[/list]

| Final passage of H. R. 7233 filled native Philippine CAMILO OSIAS, a Philippine resident commissioner in the House, with a sense of personal triumph; |

[list]| CAMILO OSIAS, [sub]Resident Commissioner[/sub] | “Mr. Speaker, I rise to give thanks! When this bill becomes law, it will be a new charter in human liberty which the people have gotten heretofore only through bloodshed. . . . The provisions of the measure will be carried out in a manner which will do credit to the American people as well as to the Filipinos. . . . Patriotic Filipinos can ill begrudge the hardships that may be occasioned, knowing full well that liberty has always entailed great burdens and responsibilities. . . . I'm happy and I'm grateful. I envision for my people a future grander and more glorious once we are independent and free."[/list]

| Badly muddled was Manila's reaction to the passage of H. R. 7233. Owners of Benguet Consolidated, the best Philippine mining stock, which has just paid a 50% dividend, dumped 2,000 shares at 50 centavos (25¢) below the market quotation, so alarmed were they over the economic consequences of independence. The Philippine Legislature, sitting as an Independence Commission, wrangled and haggled from dawn to dark over H. R. 7233. |

| MANUEL QUEZON, President of the Senate, denounced it as an insincere "joke," claiming it was foisted on the islands by National City Bank's investment in Cuban sugar. Cries of “. . . Immediate independence or nothing! . . .” rang through the chamber. Finally, the legislature resolved to cable its Washington representatives that it was "willing" to have President HOOVER sign the measure but not urging him to do so. Next day steamship and factory whistles blew, crowds lined the streets for a parade—but not to celebrate the news from Washington. Ignoring that, most Manilans were honoring JOSE RIZAL Y MERCADO, a patriot executed by Spaniards in 1896. |

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Post self-deleted by New Iredale.

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Cascadla, Alaroth, Kazakhstan Socialist Republic

[list]November 1933

[sub]The Rise of the Iron Wolf - Part II[/sub][/list]

[pre]T H E I R O N W O L F[/pre]

STUDY ROOM, PRESEDENTIAL PALACE

[sub]OLD CITY, KAUNUS, Bescania — MORNING[/sub]

| The Iron Wolf officer leveled a revolver at the Presidents chest, his fingers quaking as he felt the cold metal grow increasingly heavy with the passing second. Antanas spoke, his voice a soft plea |

[list]| [sub]ANTANAS SMETONA, President of Lithuania[/sub] | “Please . . . don’t do this . . .”[/list]

| With a breath and a blink of an eye, the Iron Wolf officer didn’t even feel his finger twitch on the trigger. The shot was muffled, as though the sound traveled through sea water to his ears. He could only watch, still, as the President stumbled back and stared down at the red blossoming at his chest, holding the book in his quivering hand that he had chosen to read only minutes ago. The President began slowly clattering to the floor, gushes of crimson pouring onto the wooden floor. The Iron Wolf had won. Žygis looked over the body of the President, with a wry smile, and lit a cigar that had been on Smetona’s desk as an almost mockery. He took a large puff before remarking in his harsh, monotone, voice |

[list]| [sub]ŽYGIS JURTAUTAS, Officer of the Iron Wolf[/sub] | “The Iron Wolf must win . . . must always win” [/list]

| Vytautus would raise his eyebrows, in a seemingly intrigued manner. There was a rustling noise in the room. |

[list] | [sub]VYTAUTAS MELNYKAS, Officer of the Iron Wolf[/sub] | “ What . . . is that noise?”[/list]

| Matis was sweating with fear as the Iron Wolf officers boots creaked the floor boards only several feet next to him. Tears streamed silently down his face as the Iron Wolf officer began to approach to opened the cupboard he had been hiding in — witnessing the death of a friend and leader. It was the now martyred Antonas who told him to hide, he could empathise with the poor young man who at the end of the day was just doing his job. |

[list]| [sub]ŽYGIS JURTAUTAS, Officer of the Iron Wolf[/sub] | “What do we have here? ”

| [sub]MATIS MARKUNAS, Presidential Guard[/sub] | “ Pl-Please don’t kill me . . . ”[/list]

| Matis would once again break down into a sob, with the two Iron Wolf officers pulling him out of the cupboard that he had been hiding in. Vytautus and Žygis would jeer at the young guard, mocking his tears. |

[list] | [sub]VYTAUTAS MELNYKAS, Officer of the Iron Wolf[/sub] | “Phah—does someone want their mother? No wonder Smetona is dead”[/list]

| The hysterical jeering would come to an abrupt stop when Matis pulled out his pistol in a last stand, tired of the humiliation from the fascist dogs. He would let out a burst of pistol rounds into the once tranquil study room. The gunshots echoed deafeningly in the confines of the study and Markunas saw Vytautus, one of the Iron Wolf Officers, stagger and fall — clutching his neck. The young man would make a run for the exit, whilst Žygis held his comrades neck wound |

[list] | [sub]VYTAUTAS MELNYKAS, Officer of the Iron Wolf[/sub] | “Get . . . that . . . boy . . .”[/list]

| Vytautus would take his last gasp of breath, with his head falling into the lap of the other Iron Wolf officer. Žygis would get up and begin to chase Matis, a deathly glint of murderous intent in his eyes. |

TO BE CONTINUED. . .

[spoiler= LITHUANIAN REPUBLIC

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

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The New Delhi Tribune/नई दिल्ली ट्रिब्यून [sub]March 1934[/sub]

[sub]Volume 9, Issue 1 /खंड 9, अंक 1 [/sub]

[sup]Earthquake Reported In Nepal/India, 10,000 Feared Dead!!?[/sup]

[sup]In breaking news where many are calling one of the worst earthquakes in India's history. The towns of Munger and Muzaffarpur were completely destroyed. This 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurred on 15 January 1934 at around 2:13 pm IST (08:43 UTC) and caused widespread damage in northern Bihar and in Nepal.[/sup]

[sup]The epicentre for this event was located in eastern Nepal about 9.5 km (5.9 mi) south of Mount Everest. The areas where the most damage to life and property occurred extended from Purnea in the east to Champaran in the west (a distance of nearly 320 km or 200 mi), and from Kathmandu in the north to Munger in the south (a distance of nearly 465 km or 289 mi). The impact was reported to be felt in Lhasa to Bombay, and from Assam to Punjab. The earthquake was so severe that in Kolkata, around 650 km (404 mi) from epicenter, many buildings were damaged and the tower of St. Paul's Cathedral collapsed.[/sup]

[sup]The three major towns of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal—Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan—were severely affected and almost all the buildings collapsed. Large cracks appeared in the ground and several roads were damaged in Kathmandu; however, the temple of Pashupatinath, the guardian deity of Nepal, escaped any damage. 1,618 metres (5,308 ft) long Kosi Rail Bridge on the Metre Gauge Railway line connecting Darbhanga Raj with Forbesganj was washed away & River Kosi changed it path eastward. In Sitamarhi, not a single house was left standing. In Bhagalpur district many buildings collapsed. In Patna, many buildings in the bazaar were destroyed and damage was particularly severe along the river. In Rajnagar, near Madhubani, all the Kutcha buildings collapsed. The buildings of Darbhanga Raj, including the famous Navlakha Palace, were severely damaged. In Jharia the earthquake led to further spread of underground fire. The town of Birgunj was destroyed, along with its telephone line to Kathmandu.[/sup]

[sup]The number of deaths was 10,700 to 12,000 with 7,253 recorded in Bihar.[/sup]

[spoiler=“One man’s house burns so that another may warm himself.”

– Indian Proverb]

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MAZIYA TIME,FEBRUARY 1934

NEW "HANDGUN" ENTERS DESIGNING STAGE

A Maziyan soldier who was at Greece being one of the soldiers picked for training in Greece gave a note to a Maziyan trade ship captain when they were in Greece for their monthly payment for the training,which goes as follows."We need new guns and investment into more military weapon trades and investment in new guns,but I think we need to have a smaller gun to use in case the Senapang Pantas jams itself or we run out of ammo." After that note was passed to sultan,Zahier ala Hafiz he would commission the weapon company Loke Senjata to design a small gun which can be carried with one hand on a handle.

Cascadla, New Provenance, Kewtpuff

Post self-deleted by Annyeong Korea.

[list]October 1933

[sub]行方不明の魂[/sub]

The Missing Souls, Pt. 1/3[/list]

[sup]ᠰᠰᠢᠨ᠎ᠡ ᠪᠠᠷᠭᠤ ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ[/sup]

CHIN BARAG YOU-KI, STATE OF MANCHUKUO

| The Rising Sun flag fluttered high in the spotless afternoon sky. Major Yuji Tachibana, cavalry boots, sword by his waist, stern face, thin moustache, eyes hidden by the shade of his Army cap, stood atop a small hill, binoculars in hand and maps laid out before him on a small table. In front of him, endless steppes. A sea of grass surrounding his small camp and his unit of fourty-five men, recently detached from a Division stationed in Hailar. There he was, on patrol in this dangerous frontier area, to protect the important railway leading from Vladivostok and Harbin in the South, to Ulan-Bator and Russia in the North. Due to its close proximity with the Russian and Mongolian borders, as well as the Dalai Nor lake, the Chin Barag You-Ki [Xin Barag Youqi] area had seen a rise in banditry and rebel attacks. |

[list][sup]| Lieutenant Nobumichi Tsuji: |[/sup] "Sir ! A runner has just arrived. We have received orders from HQ."

[sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "At rest, Lieutenant. Orders? Good. We finally know our purpose here."

[sup]| Lieutenant Nobumichi Tsuji: |[/sup] "But, taishō...He is not alone. There is a woman with him."

[sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Not alone?"[/list]

| Intrigued, Tachibana put down his binoculars, from which his eyes had not detached at all. His small party was making camp, with horses and a few carriages for supplies. At the foot of the hill, the runner, visibly exhausted, stood next to his horse with a Japanese woman, very young, almost the ripe age for marriage, and pale, her face as soft and white as a silk moon, with two almond eyes and a majestic air to herself. But her expression was muted. How strange was it, thought Tachibana, to find her in such a place, but... |

[list][sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Yes, Sergeant? At rest. State our orders."

[sup]| Messenger: |[/sup] "Tachibana-taishō! I come from Colonel Yamada. This here is Yuko Maruyama. Her father, Kazushige Maruyama, and mother, Kaede, as well as secretary and servants, were abducted by Ruhi Ge and his troop of Mongolian bandits not far from here... As Colonel Yamada has already made use of all available units, yours is therefore tasked with tracking down Ruhi Ge and retrieving the missing Japanese nationals. Miss Maruyama is to remain with you until your return to Hailar."

[sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Thank you, Lieutenant. Your task here is over. You will go back as soon as the sun rises tomorrow. Miss Maruyama, follow the lieutenant, and do not disturb the course of our duties."[/list]

| The stern Major turned his back as Lieutenant Tsuji escorted Yuko. A woman, he thought? In such inhospitable lands? What was the Colonel thinking? The courrier ran up to him and profusely apologized for the inconvenience. |

[list][sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Save it, Sergeant. A soldier in service of His Imperial Majesty does not complain, and I shall not. However, it is for our security that I am worried. We will be slowed down. And the Heavens only know what will happen if...No, better not think about it. See to it that she does not become a nuisance for any of my men. By the way, Sergeant, why are her parents so important? There are several abductions of Japanese subjects every month, mostly held for ransom. These are not pacified lands, yet. And I have yet to see the Army care as much."

[sup]| Messenger Sergeant: |[/sup] "The Maruyamas are a wealthy family from Osaka, sir. My family has been employed by them since four generations. They must be well-connected... Or have some sort of paramount importance to the Empire, of course. According to what I know, they were here on a business trip... To visit a few mines on the border with Mongolia. The Maruyama Patriarch has seen a great increase of his wealth and status with the expansion of the Empire. I was advised by the Colonel to not botch this job, as a failed rescue or the payment of a ransom would not shine well on either the Nation, or our Division..."

[sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "I understand, Sergeant. Whatever shall happen, I will see to it that we complete this assignment and honor our committments. Woman, you are not to leave your quarters or talk to the men! Lieutenant, tomorrow we will make for the Dalai Nor lake. If Ruhi Ge is in the area, he will make a stop there to supply water to his troops and horses. We will strike swiftly after an ambush and stop them before they enter Mongolia."[/list]

| Saying this to Yuko and his subordinates without even a glance in their direction, the Major went back to his observation position. Dressed in clothes too clean to be a local, the girl stood out on the edge of the small camp. In the sky, a few clouds had amassed to the east and were reddened by the purple light profusely seeping from the sunset, while the steppe and its small hills were aglow with crimson shades. |

[list][spoiler=[sub]The Son of Heaven Faces His Destiny.[/sub]]

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[list]FEBRUARY 1934

[sub]NEUE STAATSKANZLEI — BERLIN, New Provenance[/sub][/list]

[list][list][sub]DAS ADLER-PROGRAMM: SICHERHEIT DER GEGENSTÄNDE DEUTSCHLANDS[/sub]

[pre]THE ADLER PROGRAM: SAFEGUARDING GERMANY's TERRITORIES[/pre][/list][/list]

| The EAGLE has been widely associated with first the Holy Roman Empire, then Prussia, then the German Empire, and now, albeit to a lesser extent, the Weimar Republic. It has represented the might of Germany, the stability and unity of the central government in Berlin, and the sheer strength and capabilities of Germany's military. Perhaps out of a need to move on from the old as the world moved into the New World Order led by Britain and the United States of America, the Weimar Republic used eagles, or 'ADLER' in German, much less compared to its predecessors. However, even in this New World Order, many Germans still see the Adler as a sign of Germany's strength - or perhaps more truthfully, as a sign of how the past was better. |

| The Staatskanzler, or the State Chancellor, was usually a delegate of the Staatsprasident, who held most of the power within the executive branch of the Weimar Republic's government. With the emergency resolutions passed in the wake of the Reichstag Fire, however, the office of the Staatskanzler has been consistently growing ever stronger, for the best or for the worst. The question over the constitutionality of these operations have been brought up repeatedly in the past few months both by government oversight offices and agencies as well as newspapers and pollsters, but most - in fact an overwhelming 61.2% of Germans - state that the changes in responsibilities of the office of Staatskanzler are being done in order to cope with fundamental international and internal changes. |

| On 4 February 1934, the Büro des Staatskanzlers (Office of the State Chancellor) issued a memorandum to the Ministry of the Staatswehr (Ministry of the State Military) requesting for a high-level meeting between the Minister of the State Military, Fritz von Bloomberg. The meeting took place on 6 February, where the Ministry of the Staatswehr and the Staatskanzler formulated the ADLER PROGRAM, a plan to safeguard Germany's territories through the covert remilitarization of the country, utilizing secrecy and a lack of Allied oversight to do so. The Staatskanzler declared the following at a speech before the public from the Neue Staatskanzlei, or the New State Chancellery. |

[list][list][pre]Das deutsche Volk sieht den Adler seit langem als ein Symbol der Hoffnung und der Stärke. Die Weimarer Republik hat es versäumt, dieses historische Symbol Deutschlands, Preußens und aller Vorgänger unseres Landes im Namen des Fortschritts zu nutzen. Deutschland war immer in der Vergangenheit verwurzelt, aber auch wir werden uns immer weiterentwickeln, wenn sich die Welt um uns herum verändert.[/pre]

[pre]The German people have long seen the Eagle as a symbol of hope and strength. The Weimar Republic has neglected to utilize this historical symbol of Germany, Prussia and all our country's predecessors in the name of moving on. Germany has always been rooted in the past, but we too shall always evolve as the world around us changes.[/pre][/list][/list]

| The Adler Program was further detailed in a classified dossier circulated within only the highest ranks of the Ministry of the Staatswehr, the Office of the Staatskanzler, and the DVP. It intended to increase the size of Germany's armed forces to 300,000 men by 1936, and to fortify the strength of Germany's borders through the construction of a line of defense to oppose that of the French, called the Maginot Line. Armored vehicles, or tanks as they are now commonly called, will be accelerated in its development so as to implement the tactic of Blitzkrieg and indoctrinate the German military in it. In whole, the Adler Program intends to turn Germany into a strengthened militarized state by 1939. |

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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MAZIYA TIME,FEBRUARY 1934

NEW "HANDGUN" ENTERS TEST BUILD STAGE

Maziya first ever handgun was designed and will enter a testing stage after 2 test models are built,it was given the designation "MH-1" and was made to serve as a backup firearm which is easy to carry,rather than making the weapon something you have to keep clicking the trigger for it to fire,Loke Bao Yi discovered how to make the weapon keep shooting while holding the trigger in place,because of this the material had to be different,the handle was still made out of wood for cost saving measures but the rest of the gun was made out of iron so they could better manage the heat when it's being fired along with that the method of reloading was changed rather than having to put only one singular bullet in like a marksman rifle it was changed so it was one rectangular box with about 10 bullets inside which is easier to take out and put in a replacement and it's less likely to jam in theory.

Cascadla, New Provenance, Kewtpuff

Hello all you wonderful people, just letting you know that all of you are beautiful people deserving of love. <3

And also letting you know that you are worth it. You have value, and you matter. Please never forget that! <3

Cascadla, Alaroth, Adriatican Islands, Aberriberria, Kazakhstan Socialist Republic, Beligulum, Free Kievan Rus

[list][list]February 1934

[sub]An Aquino and a Velasco[/sub][/list]

CONCEPCION, TARLAC, Provenancia — MORNING

[sub]AQUINO RESIDENCE, LA CORUNA STREET, CONCEPCION[/sub]

| The sun shone quite mercilessly over the town of Concepcion, in Tarlac, the Filipino heat beating down on the dry streets and the Americanized homes. The small market town had grown in recent years thanks to an increased movement of goods through it as the town turned into a center for trade in the Cordillera mountain region, infamous for being impassable to most if not all travelers. Most of the residents were fairly normal civilians, most of whom had a history with the Katipunan and the Philippine Revolution less than fifty years ago. The townspeople usually commuted south, to the nearby larger city of Angeles and, a bit further south, San Fernando. Representing this growing town was BENIGNO AQUINO SR., a Philippine Representative. |

[list]| [sub]BENIGNO AQUINO SR., Representative for Tarlac's 2nd District[/sub] | “Good morning, Antonio.”

| [sub]ANTONIO VELASCO, Police Officer[/sub] | “Good morning, sir Aquino.”

| [sub]BENIGNO AQUINO SR., Representative for Tarlac's 2nd District[/sub] | "Please, it's Benigno."

| [sub]ANTONIO VELASCO, Police Officer[/sub] | “How's the young boy, sir? Ninoy, I mean. Turned two last November, didn't he?”

| [sub]BENIGNO AQUINO SR., Representative for Tarlac's 2nd District[/sub] | "Mhm. The boy's healthy as ever. Aurora [wife] says he's gonna grow up to be just like me."[/list]

| A chuckle from the officer. The two continue down the road towards the town market, Aquino Sr. dressed in a suit and top hat, ready to depart for Manila as he usually did about once a week as part of his job as a Representative. |[/list]

[list][list]| [sub]BENIGNO AQUINO SR., Representative for Tarlac's 2nd District[/sub] | “But what about you, Antonio? How is life for you across the city? How's Salazar? I hear he's just left for, uh, Europe, right?”

| [sub]ANTONIO VELASCO, Police Officer[/sub] | "Yes, sir. Studying literature in London."

| [sub]BENIGNO AQUINO SR., Representative for Tarlac's 2nd District[/sub] | “Taking after Jose Rizal, I see?”

| [sub]ANTONIO VELASCO, Police Officer[/sub] | "Well, he idolizes him, wants to be a writer just like him. He carries a copy of El Filibusterismo and Noli Me Tangere everywhere he goes."

| [sub]BENIGNO AQUINO SR., Representative for Tarlac's 2nd District[/sub] | “Sounds like a bright young man to me.”

| [sub]ANTONIO VELASCO, Police Officer[/sub] | "Thank you, sir."[/list]

| BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO, JR. was one of the sons of Representative Benigno Aquino, Sr.. A bright young baby boy, his mother, AURORA LAMPA AQUINO regularly said that he'd grow up and take after his father and enter politics. |

*This RP is not meant to be of any significance to anyone, and serves only to introduce Aquino Jr. into the storyline.

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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[pre]4 February 1934 - Mexico City, Federal District, Mexican Republic[/pre]

[pre]Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, República Mexicana[/pre]

| CARDENAS HOLDS LEAD OVER OTHER CANDIDATES, VALLES GAINS GROUND ON CASTILLO |

| [I]The Congress of Mexico officially set the 1st of July, 1934 as the date for the Presidential election. In the run up to the election, it looks to be another massive landslide for the National Revolutionary Party. President Rodríguez has been out campaigning for Cárdenas in the last few weeks, however it is the support of NRP founder and former President, Plutarco Elías Calles which has been the most effective. Calles has been criticized as a "dictator from the shadows". With the NRP winning every election since the Revolution, Calles has been influential in mandating government policy and essentially choosing his successors, and their agenda.

Cárdenas seems to be no different, with the former general campaigning with President Calles in Jalisco, Guanajuato, and Colima.

Meanwhile, support for the National Regeneration Movement, which as emerged as Mexico's right wing party, has slowed in the last few months. With the rise of fascism worldwide, it was widely expected by political scientists in Mexico that the NRM would enjoy similar support. However, with Alberto Castillo largely absent from the campaign trail in the last few weeks, support has dropped in important rural areas. Castillo, who has been at home fighting pneumonia, is known for his controversial views and fiery speeches in Congress.

In the absence of the NRM, the Democratic Left has picked up on support in key rural areas. They've also gained traction in the state of Yucatan, which has surprised most political pundits. Miguel Alemán Valdés, who is vying to be Mexico's first-post revolution non-revolutionary President, has picked up support in a number of key rural towns. Valdés is expected to eclipse Castillo in the polls, but it is unknown if Valdés will get close to Cárdenas.

Congress is expected to meet next week and begin debate on an overhaul to infrastructure and military spending. Congress is also expected to approve the budget for the latter half of 1934 and fund the government through December.[/I] |

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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Victoria Harbor

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FEDERAL GOLD COMMISSION CREATED

November 1933

Northern and Southern Rhodesia, long Gold competitors in the shadow of Southern Africa which possesses an even larger reserve than both combined have finally agreed to form the Federal Gold Commission to oversee and control Gold operations in all three Federal members. Where previously few foreign Firms squabbled over slices of land throughout each of the Members they shall now be nationalized (in similar fashion to resource Companies within the UK itself) to allow for the Federal Government to give greater stability to its Gold Reserve and allow for profits to be centralized in the hands of the Government rather than foreign investors from tens of different European Nations. The Globe and Phoenix Mine being one of the oldest and most significant with over 100kg produced on an annual basis, and considered to be the most fruitful of all the reserves within Southern Rhodesia.

Prime Minister Godfrey Huggins signed the Nationalization deal, which rather differently to in the UK consisted of a 50/50 plan whereby 50% of the cost would be paid in full directly and the remaining 50% would be discounted by giving former shareholders of the private corporations dividends from the National Coffers that were directly influenced by the output of the Federal Gold Commission. It would stand as a revolutionary deal for the Federation as it would set the precedent for nationalizing Resources across all three members, including Mines and other high-output resources in formerly Tribal-classed land. By enforcing a Federal system of Control onto the Mines, the Government is also confident that it can fight against illegal gold mining which every year is estimated to cost the Government 19% of total output (due to the large size of mines and uneconomical security arrangements by the private firms)

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Adriatican Islands

Alaroth

Al-Yemen

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Asgerland

Astarina

Bayern Kahla

Bayside

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Czabalkia

Enchanted Oasis

Great Britain Gb

Jersey Republic

Kewtpuff

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Le Rochelle

Merigould

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New Provenance

Nileia

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

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Islahh

Israelli

Persiaa

Philanialle

Pontianus

Ranponian

Russian Kongo

Rutannia

Saldat

Somerania

Swedenn

Teymour

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Tallahan

The Galla

Vancouver Straits

Peking Zhongguo

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

FRENCH BUREAUCRACY

MINISTÈRE DE L’INTÉRIEUR[/pre][/list]

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MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR: GOVERNMENTAL DISPUTES LEADS TO CIVILIAN UNREST ON PARISIAN BOULEVARDS—GASTON DOUMERGUE TAKES UP REINS OF GOVERNMENT AND FORMS "CABINET OF PREMIERS"

[sub]3RD REPUBLIC | PARIS, FEBRUARY 1934[/sub][/list]

[sub]| HELM OF LIBERTÉ, MINISTÈRE DE L’INTÉRIEUR - | From Senlis, Orleans, Rouen, Chartres, and Lyon they came. Over 8,000 grey-blue soldiers filing into a Paris that for at least a day, was placidly peaceful. Throughout the city they set up headquarters, rolling kitchens were fired up and designated post mounted and manned. Workmen were out at dawn scattering clean yellow sand in the Place de la Concorde, the Place de la République and along the boulevards near the Chamber of Deputies to keep soldiers' horses from slipping. An emergency Cabinet headed by six onetime Premiers of France had officially taken charge. There had been bloody storms before and there may be more, but for another day the Third Republic seemed to have survived. After three weeks of erratic rioting, Paris suddenly became its ancient savage self once again. Mobs of veterans, Communists, and screaming young Royalists tore through the streets. Some were headed by brass bands, others carried the tricolour, and some the red flag. Each group was for a different cause but all were united against the small-mindedness of the Chamber of Deputies. In the broad Place de la Concorde occurred the bloodiest street battles Paris has seen since 1871. Drawn up at the opposite end of the square were blue-caped police, steel helmeted Gardes Mobiles and mounted squadrons of Garde Républicaine guarding the bridge across the Seine to the Chamber. The first volleys went high above the crowd and splattered the pale stonework of the U.S. Embassy, but the mob swept on, firing in return. The next volleys were low and straight. Torches hurtled through the windows of the Ministère de la Marine, setting it's ground floor on fire. Terrified mobsters hammered on the locked gates of Hôtel de Crillon for shelter. Then came the Spahis. Just before midnight the Algerian cavalrymen in their scarlet and white bournouses charged down with drawn sabres and drove the mob back up the Rue Royale to the Madeleine. Sedate Weber's Café became an emergency hospital. Elderly waiters carried the wounded in from the streets, ripping their aprons and napkins for bandages. Passing doctors operated on restaurant tables. The serious fighting lasted about 48 hours. One of the hottest set-tos took place in front of the neo-Renaissance Hôtel de Ville. Here the mob, mostly younger individuals, was led by 13 perspiring Municipal Councilors with their tricolour sashes wrapped around their stomachs. Communists led the crowds that battled police three days later around the Place de la République. Everywhere the mobs made a mockery of the late Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann. The pale Napoleon III ordered him as prefect of the Seine to rip up streets, tear down blocks of old houses, and lay out the magnificent system of wide Parisian boulevards. His objective was neither to speed traffic up nor create beautiful vistas, but to build streets easily swept by cannon and prevent the erection of such barricades as had cost the lives of so many soldiers and pulled down three regimes before him. As fine a barricade as Victor Hugo ever saw suddenly rose across the Champs-Élysées last week. Tin chairs, uprooted trees, paving blocks, parts of wrecked taxis, and sections of newspaper kiosk composed it. It was topped by a row of wooden horses wrenched from a merry-go-round, and proudly on the crest stood the rioters' bullet scared banner, a large tin sign: DEFENSE DE MARCHER SUR L'HERBE — ("KEEP OFF THE GRASS"). Rioting spread to the provinces, to Lyon, Lille, and Nice. Amid cries for his political head, Premier Daladier called to the Élysée Palace and handed in his resignation after eight tormented days in office. "Power is not worth such sacrifices." he said as he left. "That is the reason for my decisions....I do not wish demonstrators to be shot down by soldiers. I do not want to expose those 20 year old children. Certainly not!" As never before, France needed a strongman which she could not find, but there was available the next best thing; a good, honest man without enemies. Early in the afternoon President Lebrun telephoned to the country place of his 70-year-old predecessor, Gaston Doumergue, begging him to take the government. Swarthy Pierre Laval also telephoned him. So did from even deeper retirement the white-chinned old Raymond Poincaré, war President and "saviour of the franc". Monsieur Doumergue accepted their pleas, but with conditions. He must be given power to recess Parliament if necessary and govern by ministerial decree. That evening he was leaving the village of Tournefeuille for Paris. "Don't exaggerate" said he to news hawks on the train. "I always mistrust miracles and miracle workers. And now excuse me, I must go put on a clean collar to go see the President of the Republic if I am to set a good example." It was the sort of talk all of France wanted to hear. Paris remembered how jolly Gaston Doumergue once rented a suit for a reception at the Élysée. They also remembered how years later when he occupied the Palace as President, he used to sneak out a side door and play belotte with cronies from the South and how he issued Presidential approval of the "Charleston" in 1927 and how as the 67-year-old Bachelor President of the Republic, he suddenly married a widow. Through streets littered with debris, crowds followed him shouting "Vive le bon petit Gastounet!". A new Cabinet was quickly formed containing representatives of nearly every party except Royalists, Orthodox Socialists, and Communists. Much was made at the fact that including "Gastounet", who had served as Premier once before in 1913-1914, six onetime Premiers were in it: Édouard Herriot, now Minister of State without portfolio; André Tardieu, also a Minister of State; Pierre Laval, now Minister of Colonies; Albert Sarraut, now Minister of the Interior; Louis Barthou, now Minister of Foreign Affairs. Republican idealists were more concerned over the fact that for the first time since the founding of the Third Republic the Cabinet contained two generals. Marshal Pétain, Defender of Verdun was the new Minister of War. General Victor Denain, onetime military aide to President Doumergue is the new Minister for Air. The Cabinet of Premiers' first move to announce that the plight of Germany's radicalism was quite as vital to France as anything happening at home. In the two days that followed, Paris had a chance to tend to it's wounds. Accurate figures on casualties were almost impossible to obtain. Checking the official figures against their own careful survey of all Paris hospitals, French news agencies agreed that 16 people had been killed and about 400 seriously wounded. Shortly thereafter French officials admitted 21 dead, and 2,400 seriously wounded. |[/sub]

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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!

VIVE LA FRANCE!

VIVE L’EMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]

[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]

Adriatican Islands

Alaroth

Al-Yemen

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Asgerland

Astarina

Bayern Kahla

Bayside

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Czabalkia

Enchanted Oasis

Great Britain Gb

Jersey Republic

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Le Rochelle

Merigould

Mesuvia

Metropolitan Francais

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Irelaand

Islahh

Israelli

Persiaa

Philanialle

Pontianus

Ranponian

Russian Kongo

Rutannia

Saldat

Somerania

Swedenn

Teymour

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Tallahan

The Galla

Vancouver Straits

Peking Zhongguo

Victoria Harbor

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MAZIYA TIME,MARCH 1934

PHASING OUT USELESS EQUIPMENT

With the second generation of the Iron Klebit Bok,the Besi Bangkit having been put into full swing of production and seizing of the original iron Klebit Bok production,the unused Iron Klebit Bok stock was cut in half,one half are kept in as spares and the other half had the iron converted into the iron outer layers on the Besi Bangkit,soldiers who have been using it in practice commented on how different the weight felt very different then the first generation of the Iron Klebit Bok however some soldiers are worried that the Besi Bangkit will not be able to survive a bullet shot the same way the Iron Klebit Bok will.To fix that Muhammad Nabil Jafri,commander of the Pasukan Maziya Diraja branch did a live testing in front of a group of soldiers and civilians,he had one of his bravest soldiers carry the Besi Bangkit and he lifted up his Senapang Pantas and shot a bullet straight at the shield,and as the testings from when it was made continued to prove,the Besi Bangkit can in fact stop a bullet nearly the same as the first generation of Iron Klebit Bok could.

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[list]MARCH 1934

[sub]ADLER RESIDENCE — BERLIN, New Provenance[/sub][/list]

[list][list][sub]WIR GEHEN ZU ELLIS[/sub]

[pre]TO ELLIS WE GO[/pre][/list][/list]

| Since the start of 1934, over 700 Germans were recorded moving to the United States of America. The period of political overhauling and restructuring led by Heidler's DVP has triggered an exodus of sorts for Germans, especially those feeling threatened by the rise of the ominous spectre that was nationalism and right-wing militarism. Most of the migrants were Jewish, in fact an overwhelming 78.2% were. Since 1933 a surge in migration from Germany to America was recorded, and the Adler family was no exception. The patriarch of the family was Hermann Adler, a German-Jewish professor specializing in theoretical mathematics. The Adler family had its roots in Germany, with links to relatives in France and Poland. Of the family, Mr. Adler's wife Moira wrote: |

[list][list][pre]Eine Familie von Genies, wie ich finde. Hermann lehrt theoretische Mathematik in Bonn, sein Bruder Harry in Frankreich arbeitet irgendwo in der Kommunalverwaltung in Nizza, Cousin Michel arbeitet für ein großes polnisches Unternehmen in Warschau, und der Vater der Jungs, Benjamin, war früher im deutschen Außenministerium tätig. In Wahrheit waren sie etwas enttäuscht, als die kleine Lizzie geboren wurde, aber ich bin sicher, dass sie zu einer klugen jungen Frau heranwachsen wird.[/pre]

[pre]A family of geniuses, in my opinion. Hermann teaches theoretical mathematics in Bonn, his brother Harry in France works somewhere in the local government in Nice, cousin Michel works for a large Polish business in Warsaw, and the boys' father Benjamin used to work for the German Foreign Ministry. In truth they were a bit disappointed when young Lizzie was born, but I'm sure she'll grow up a bright young woman.[/pre][/list][/list]

| In January 1934, young Elizabeth Adler was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adler, and as such Hermann's worries for his wife and daughter grew as the strength of sinister forces grew. Letters between Hermann and his brothers Harry in France and Michel in Poland went around, but nothing came of it except more worries over the safety of the Adler family in Germany. In late February, Hermann's father, Benjamin, who had long relinquished the role of patriarch to his more efficient elder son, came with news: Through a friend in the Foreign Ministry, he learned of a top secret program known only as Adler. The name alone was worrisome, not because the family's surname was its namesake as much as because it was the German word for EAGLE, a symbol of strength. It was decided in early March for Hermann, Moira and Lizzie to leave for America. In his diary, Hermann wrote: |

[list][list][pre]Es bedurfte einiger Überzeugungsarbeit von Moira, aber wir haben zusammen mit Vater, Harry und Michel beschlossen, dass es das Beste für uns wäre, nach Amerika zu ziehen. Die wirtschaftliche Lage dort ist genauso schrecklich wie hier, aber ihr Präsident Roosevelt macht mit seinem so genannten "New Deal" bedeutende Fortschritte bei der Verbesserung der Wirtschaft. Meine Freunde in New York haben uns geraten, uns irgendwo anders als im "Big Apple" niederzulassen, und so haben wir uns für Washington entschieden. Es wird gelinde gesagt interessant sein, endlich das "Capitol" zu sehen, dieses "Washington Monument", von dem ich schon so viel gehört habe, und auch das "Weiße Haus" des amerikanischen Präsidenten. Wir werden heute Abend unsere Koffer packen und im Morgengrauen abreisebereit sein. Ich hoffe, dass es der jungen Lizzie auf der anderen Seite des großen Teichs gut gehen wird.[/pre]

[pre]It took Moira a bit of convincing, but we've decided along with father and Harry and Michel that it would be best for us to move to America. The economic situation there is as horrifying as here, but their President Roosevelt is making significant gains in working on the economy with his so-called "New Deal". My friends in New York have advised us to settle down somewhere other than the "Big Apple", so we have settled on Washington itself. It shall be interesting to say the least to finally see the "Capitol", this "Washington Monument" I've heard so much about as well as the "White House" of the American President. We shall pack our bags tonight and be ready to leave by dawn. I hope young Lizzie will do fine across the pond.[/pre][/list][/list]

| The next day, 9 March 1934, Hermann Adler, Moira Adler, and young Elizabeth Adler all boarded a passenger vessel known as the S.S. BREMEN. The vessel was designed by Deutsche Schiff-und Maschinenbau. With a tonnage of over 51,600 gross register tonnage (GRT) and a displacement of 55,600 tons, the vessel was massive and advanced for its time. It possessed a total speed of 27 knots, or 50 km/h. It would be the flagship of Germany's civilian fleet that would be transporting this family of three to America, where they aimed to arrive at ELLIS ISLAND, which has been receiving immigrants as the busiest immigration inspection station in the United States since 1892. |

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

Adriatican Islands

Alaroth

Al-Yemen

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Asgerland

Astarina

Bayern Kahla

Bayside

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Czabalkia

Enchanted Oasis

Great Britain Gb

Jersey Republic

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Le Rochelle

Merigould

Mesuvia

Metropolitan Francais

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Irelaand

Islahh

Israelli

Persiaa

Philanialle

Pontianus

Ranponian

Russian Kongo

Rutannia

Saldat

Somerania

Swedenn

Teymour

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Tallahan

The Galla

Vancouver Straits

Peking Zhongguo

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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MAZIYA TIME,MARCH 1934

ARMOUR PROJECT

The Kemuliaan Anjing branch of the military,after watching the example of the Besi Bangkit bullet resistance ability began asking the sultan,Zahier Al Hafiz for armour believing that if they are gonna be the group rushing into the front lines of combat they would be needing armour because if they ever go into war their opponents would most likely be carrying firearms.After hearing their pleas for armour he decided to give them a armour,he had the weapon company Loke Senjata make a armour concept for the Kemuliaan Anjing,after many concepts were made the finished product was done.The armour was on the outside made out of iron,but there were leather armour underneath the iron for additional protection if the iron ever gets penetrated,the armour had focus on both mobility and protection which was a hard task to manage,so the armour had leather wrist armour for the best potential mobility while having some form of protection,there was a chest plate with a neck guard,shoulder pads with leather straps to put it on and a helmet with straps at the bottoms so it doesn't fall off the head.

Testings were done after the finished product was made it proved pretty successful although the iron wasn't very thick it could still hold its on but the main problem emerged if the enemy shoots the same spot twice,the iron part of the armour would've had a vulnerable spot in which could lead to the wearer's death so after testings conclusions were made on the armour,it can only survive one shot from a marksman rifle before that specific spot the bullet hits will become a weak point,the Kemuliaan Anjing were happy with the armour but then the normal branch of the military asked if they could also have the armour but they were turned down as they already have firearms,don't want them to be held down by the additional armour limiting their movements.

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National Foundation Day

February 11, 2022

A system of governance ought not be judged on the basis of its structure, but on the basis of the people who rule within it. Certainly however, it can be noted that of all the systems, Monarchy maintains an aura of traditionalism like no other, with exceptions of course. Some monarchies have resulted in great success; others were tyrannical. But above all else, the Yamato Dynasty, the ruling and sole monarchy of the Japanese nation, is undoubtedly the best monarchy of all.

Unique to Japan is the dynamic of the relationship between Japan's monarchy, and Japan the nation. A nation is not the same as a country. A country is a defined, established territory recognized as under the jurisdiction of a nominally independent, sovereign governmental state. But a nation is a people, unified by a common ethnicity, religion, culture, history, and heritage. We all know very well the Japanese nation to be made up of the Japanese people. In many countries the monarchy is established by the people (the nation) or established through a Mandate, divine or otherwise. In Japan, however, it is the Yamato Monarchy that when established is the origin point of the Japanese nation/people, and the foundation of Japanese society and culture—all things arguably stem from that established starting point. And as you shall witness in this tale dating back millennia, Japan and its Monarchy are something quite special. Hopefully you enjoy this story as much as I do. So we begin:

[list]Jimmu’s Beginnings[/list]

| The man who would one day become Emperor Jimmu was born on February 13, 711 B.C. in Takachiho, which is today located in the Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Modern-day Japan. Jimmu was born to Ugayafukiaezu, his father, and to Tamayori-hime, his mother. Jimmu was the youngest of their four children, with his three older brothers being in order from oldest to youngest: Itsuse, Inahi, and Mikenu. |

[list]The Origin of the Nation[/list]

| In the year 693 B.C., Jimmu’s clan would begin their journey eastward through southern Honshu, for the purposes of being in a location better suited for administering the country. This time period in Japan's history was known as the Jomon Period, where the initial native Japanese people, the Yamato Race, were scattered amongst the Japanese isles (with the exception of Hokkaido, at this time still inhabited mainly by the native Ainu peoples) mainly preoccupied as a hunter-gather society. Jimmu’s eldest brother, Itsuse, would be the one initially leading the migration. During their journey, they would battle with various other clans, thereby expanding their own clan’s power and influence. In addition, for the passing of the Seto Inland Sea, they received the assistance of a local chieftain, named Sao Netsuhiko. |

| In the year 660 B.C. the migration reached Naniwa, located where the present-day city of Osaka is today. Residing there was the local chieftain Nagasunehiko, and his respective clan. A battle ensued between the two groups, with Itsuse’s clan being defeated in battle. It was here where Itsuse was killed. |

| Jimmu would take over as the leader of the expedition. Having witnessed the previous battle, he realized that by having his clan face eastward while fighting meant that they were also fighting against the sun, hence why they had lost. Being intelligent and strategic, he knew that the next time he and his clan would have to face westward when fighting off Nagasunehiko. The migration train made way to the eastern end of the Kii Peninsula, finally arriving in the town of Yamato. |

| Morning had arrived. Nagasunehiko and his army came before before Jimmu and his clan. Notably, Nagasunehiko's clan lay among the Osaka plain, whilst Jimmu and his men occupied the high ground of a nearby cliff. Standing atop that nearby hill, Jimmu held out his staff, and with the assistance of both the rising sun and the three-legged crow Yatagarasu, Jimmu’s clan had the upper hand. They overwhelmingly defeated Nagasunehiko and his army, with Jimmu and his clan coming out victorious. |

| On February 11, 660 B.C., Jimmu ascended his newly founded throne in the city of Yamato, establishing the nation of Japan, and becoming its first Emperor. From here we see the foundation of the Yamato Dynasty, and from Jimmu's clan and both his lineage and the posterity of his people the Yamato Race. The Monarchy notably came before the chrysanthemum arrived to Japan from the mainland Asian continent in the 5th Century A.D., cultivated throughout Japan during the Heian Period, thus making the Yamato Dynasty more native and organic to Japan than the chrysanthemum flower, an important cultural symbol. Today the Imperial Standard of the Yamato Dynasty is represented by a golden chrysanthemum on an imperial red background, and so too is the throne of the Yamato Dynasty named after the chrysanthemum. Even the Rising Sun, found on the Rising Sun flag from the Japanese Empire (today the Japanese naval flag), and on the Nisshoki today, stems from the glorious Rising Sun that assisted Jimmu in his victory, a symbol for the influence of the Japanese nation to all eight corners of the earth, across the Pacific Ocean. The laws of the Japanese nation, the customs and mannerisms practiced, the homogenous ethnic makeup, the hierarchical monarchical structure, the ambition to seek victory and not accept failure or defeat, symbols of the Japanese people, the concept of maintaining tradition not only along cultural but along the lines of natural law, among other things, all center around and find their origin in either the Yamato Dynasty founded by Jimmu, by the respective clan led by Jimmu's immediate family, or by their journey to eventually lead the Yamato people. |

| Emperor Jimmu would reign for 75 years, from 660 B.C. to his death on April 9th, 585 B.C. at the age of 126, after which the throne would be passed over to Jimmu’s younger son, the soon-to-become Emperor Suizei. This lineage of emperors has continued to this day, and has maintained itself as the world's oldest surviving hereditary monarchy. Above all, is this story is real. The origin of the Yamato Dynasty and the Japanese nation, and the lineage/family line of the Yamato Dynasty is documented well within old Japanese documents such as the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. The direct hereditary lineage from the first Emperor Jimmu to the present-day, 126th Emperor Naruhito is verifiably true, and maintains the legitimacy of both the Imperial Dynasty and the nation of Japan's existence. |

[list]The First National Day[/list]

| In 1873, as part of Emperor Meiji and the Meiji government’s plans for increased national pride, nationalism, traditionalism, and the veneration of the Chrysanthemum Throne, National Foundation Day was officially introduced as a national holiday, so that the Japanese people may have a set date put aside to honor and celebrate the day on which Japan’s first Emperor ascended the throne, founded their nation, and began the world’s longest hereditary monarchy, which continues to this present day. |

| Prior to 1873, National Foundation Day was celebrated via tradition, though not codified into national law, and coincidentally aligned with the Japanese lunisolar calendar. According the the previous lunisolar Japanese calendar of the past, National Foundation Day would have began on the first day of the year. However, coinciding with Japan's adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1873, the Day was moved to the Gregorian February 11th, thus aligning it with the same date Emperor Jimmu ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne. |

[list]Importance of National Foundation Day[/list]

| National Foundation Day remains a day for us to celebrate not just the Founding of the nation of Japan, but also for all to celebrate the Chrysanthemum Throne as a whole, and the achievements made by all of Japan’s 126 Emperors during their different reigns. The Imperial Throne has done more for Japan and its people than any other political position in its overall history. |

| From the conception of the Japanese nation in 660 B.C. to 1185 A.D., the Japanese Emperors and the Yamato Dynasty ruled effectively without opposition from the Japanese people who loved them dearly. But starting with the abdication of the 80th Emperor Takakura in 1180, and the extreme youth of his sons/successors 81st Emperor Antoku and 82nd Emperor Go-Toba, forces between the Taira and Minomoto clans in Japan seized the opportunity to take control of Japan themselves, and the ensuing fight between both clans developed into the Genpai War, a Japanese civil war occuring from 1180 to 1185. The Minomoto's won, forming the first Kamakura Shogunate, and the Emperor became a figurehead. Not until the overthrowing of the Kamakura Shogunate in 1333 by 96th Emperor Go-Daigo, restoring the rightful Emperor and Yamato Dynasty back to rule of the nation. Alas, it was only temporary, for in 1336 the Ashikagas overthrew the Imperial government and formed the second Ashikaga Shogunate, which would last until it was abolished in 1573, paving way for the Sengoku period of Daimyos until the Tokugawa clan formed the third shogunate, the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1600. |

| It would not be until 1858 when we would see pushback against the unrightful shoguns directly by the Emperor himself, when Emperor Komei, the 121st emperor, refused to give a stamp of approval to the shogunate on an awful trade deal with the U.S.A. and the U.K. In this unexpected move, the shogunate was stuck. They had to get the emperor's approval in order to maintain the facade that the Emperor, the de-jure head of state and supreme leader of Japan, had real power, while at the same time pursuing their subversive shogunate agenda against the wishes of the normally figurehead emperors. Coupled with the centuries of tyranny and bloodshed caused by the various shogunates in the past for nearly 700 years of rule; the natural disasters that occurred in the 1830's and 1840's and the shogunate's failed responses to them; the angers of the Japanese people towards an incompetant, Japan-last shogunate, represented especially by the honorable, nationalist, Japan-First rebellion of Japanese patriots led by Oshio Heihachiro in 1837; and the weakness of the shogunate revealed by their weak response to the Americans who arrived in 1853, all pointed to the fact that the unrightful Tokugawa Shogunate was no longer fit to rule. Imperial rule had to be restored. Komei would proceed to dissent against the shogunate, and would for the first time in centuries make an Imperial edict when he expelled westerners from Japan in 1862 against the wishes of the shogunate. It would not be until 1868 however, when his son, 122nd Emperor Meiji, would lead the Japanese nation to overthrow the Shogunate during the Boshin War, restoring the Yamato Dynasty to supreme rule of the nation, initiating the Meiji Restoration, and founding the Japanese Empire. Under Meiji's Imperial rule, Meiji would industrialize Japan in under a decade, build up a great army and navy, formed an alliance with the British via the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, and expand into southern Sakhalin, the Ryukyu Islands, Formosa, and Korea, and fight off both the Qing and the Russians. His predecessors, 123rd Emperor Taisho and 124th Emperor Hirohito, would continue his legacy. But under the destruction of the Anglo-Japanese alliance in 1922 at the behest of jealous western powers, and in the midst of the 1929 Recession, the military sought the opportunity to seize control, forming an informal, fourth shogunate in 1931 under the transition from Imperial to Military rule, led by the unrightful Hideki Tojo. The military would strip the Yamato Dynasty of its powers, leaving the Emperor once again a figurehead, before the military would proceed to prop up tyranny, cause untold horrendous crimes across China and Southeast Asia, and silence the voices of pro-Emperor, anti-war nationalist patriots like Isoroku Yamamoto. After WWII, the fourth Shogunate fell, but the Imperial Yamato Dynasty was not given its powers back; Japan was shifted to a democracy, and ever since 1931, the Yamato Dynasty and the Emperor never saw true political power again. But there is hope in the nationalist ruling LDP, who has maintained a pro-Emperor political platform and agenda, and continues to invoke a powerful nationalist spirit in the Japanese people today. |

| The Yamato Dynasty and the Japanese Emperor's represent the best of Japan. A homogenous, ethnically-united, high-trust society of Japanese people. A nationalist nation that does not apologize for the actions of others, but instead honors the contributions of its forefathers throughout the millennia. A traditionalist society that honors the family. A society that has produced great works and exported them to the world (including Anime). A society of hard-work ethic and industrious, innovative people. A nation that is free-market, but also places the interests of its people and industries first. A nation that in its heart (though maybe not explicitly) desires to reject the false songs of progressivism, globalism, and neoliberalism. And these attributes all tie back to the founding family, Emperor Jimmu and his descendants: the Yamato Dynasty. As we move forward, on this 2682nd Anniversary of Emperor Jimmu's ascent to the Chrysanthemum Throne, may we bless the current Emperor and current, incumbent, ruling descendant of Jimmu, the 126th Emperor Naruhito. May Naruhito soon initiate the Naruhito Restoration, and with the assistance of the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Japan restore Imperial rule, so that the Emperors of Japan may once again guide the nation politically. |

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Diwi, The Borat

[list]October 1933

[sub]行方不明の魂[/sub]

The Missing Souls, Pt. 2/3[/list]

[sup]ᠰᠰᠢᠨ᠎ᠡ ᠪᠠᠷᠭᠤ ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ[/sup]

HULUN LAKE, CHIN BARAG YOU-KI, STATE OF MANCHUKUO

| The men were crawling against the tall grass, atop a small mound, as close to the earth as they could. Overlooking a small bay on the seemingly endless Dalai Nor Lake, the "Ocean Lake", they managed just enough space between the blades of grass to sneak in a pair of binoculars and the muzzles of their Type 38 rifles. There stood the Major too, as a few men waited downhill with the party's horses. Their target was an encampment of bandits, who were watering their horses a few yards in front of the mound. The day was clear except for a few large clouds that reflected on the calm surface of the lake; the landscape, an endless prairie with virtually nothing on the horizon, was nothing short of grandiose, as the blue sky appeared mirage-like in the middle of a sea of grass. |

[list][sup]| Lieutenant Nobumichi Tsuji: |[/sup] "The men are in place, Sir. We are ready to launch the attack. We estimate Ruhi Ge's bandits to number around thirty men."[/list]

| Major Tachibana did not divert his glance from the encampment downhill. His unit, which had split from the base camp positioned at a nearby stream, numbered no more than fifteen men, but was well-equipped with grenades and rifles, and trained in the art of such ambushes. |

[list][sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Get me the girl."[/list]

| Lieutenant Tsuji went to get Yuko. Her eyes were scared and frightened. Looking through the Major's binoculars, she let out a slight gasp as she recognized her dishevelled parents and secretary, locked up in a bamboo cage placed on a small carriage outside of the bandits' camp. Suddenly, catching the party unaware, she sprang up from the tall grass and ran towards the camp, shouting. |

[list][sup]| Yuko: |[/sup] "OKASAAAN ! OTOSAAAN !"

[sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Curse that broad. Open fire!"[/list]

| In a split second, the Major sprang from the tall grass after her, and for an instant the hill was the stage of a comedy — The stern officer in his military cap, unholstering his sidearm, running after the girl in city clothes. Behind them, the soldiers opened fire, just as the bandits gathered fire. Bullets whizzed around the pair, as the Major tackled Yuko to the ground. As the two remained on the ground, bullets took out patches of dirt all around them. From below, horses neighed and Ruhi Ge's men shouted in a strange and foreign language. |

[list][sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Just where do you think you are, foolish little woman?"

[sup]| Yuko: |[/sup] "G-gomenasai, taishō-san..."[/list]

| Covering her with one arm, the Major fired a few rounds from behind a small patch of dirt. Above his head, the ballet of grenades started. Soon, small explosions rocked the enemy side, and patches of grass and dirt came down on the pair. As this happenned, Tachibana stood up while pushing down Yuko, and shouted a hearty "Charge! Charge!" to his men. From atop the hill, ten shadows detached themselves against the pristine blue sky, shouting hurrays. "Pride of the 3rd Kō-heidan, charge!" From another position on the left side of the small mound, behind the bandit encampment but out of the mound's line of fire, emerged a second group of soldiers, manning a mounted machine gun which opened fire in small bursts, to prevent their targets from scattering. The Major and his men advanced in the smoke of the grenades, and soon were in the midst of the bandits. Hand-to-hand, bayonet combat began against the sword-wielding Mongols. The Major reloaded his Type 26 revolver, his leather gloves badgered with blood and dirt. A giant Mongol, twice his size, hurled himself towards him with a spear. Shooting twice, the Major put him down with little remorse. Spears and arrows began flying. A sergeant next to him took a fatal hit to the throat, choking on blood and unable to cry out for help. Soon, the small camp was cleared. The wounded were rounded up, the survivors were taken in as prisoners. But there was not a trace of Yuko's parents. Only their secretary was found, throat slashed, on the outskirts of the camp. |

[list][sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Ruhi Ge probably took them in his retreat. They must be at their base camp, not too far from here. Lieutenant, let's clear the field and make for the north end of the Lake. We must reach it by tomorrow, or else they'll cross the border."[/list]

[list]• • •[/list]

| The sun had set on the steppes. The unit that led the assault against the bandits had rejoined the base camp, near a swerving stream on the edges of the lake. The bonfire was smaller and paler, the men had went to sleep since long, and only some horses, gathered around in a circle, were still up. And on the edge of the camp, sitting in front of the stream, a lone, hatted sillouhette, smoking a pipe. Behind him, another one, tall and robed. |

[list][sup]| Yuko: |[/sup] "Major...Have I doomed my parents?"[/list]

| Tachibana was not startled. The young girl, who could not find sleep either, sat next to him. The sky was wide open, and a full moon shone bright on their faces. At the far end of the horizon, the Milky Way provided the two lone figures with a calming sight. |

[list][sup]| Yuko: |[/sup] "I just wanted...I just wanted to die with them, Sir. I did not want to remain alone. But now, they will die without me. You will think ill of me, but guilt has eaten at me this whole time. Not only because I am a weight for yourself and your men but...For the first time in a long time, I feel free. Because my parents are away from me. And I let my shameful emotions guide me today."

[sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "You acted foolishly, yes...But you are only human. To become used to the realities of the field, we have to give up certain humanity. There is no longer the shadow of emotions when destiny can call you at any moment. The constant presence of death makes you feel a certain way, not different from the way you feel now. In a way, I am just like you. It's certainly the reason why, like I, you could not sleep."

[sup]| Yuko: |[/sup] "No matter how much I tried, I just could not, Sir. I am afraid of being left alone shall this bandit kill my parents... And I cannot forgive myself for putting your life in danger. Why did you go after me?"[/list]

| The Major pensively took a blow from his pipe. The young girl's face was pale like the Moon, and her hair, in typical fashion of Japanese women, was dark as night. At nineteen, she was not much younger than him — He was maybe ten years her elder, but looked twice as old due to his battle-hardened figure. And she reminded him of a certain flower of this age, one he had known in what was now a distant past. |

[list][sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Because you remind me...Not of a person, but of a state of mind."

[sup]| Yuko: |[/sup] "Do you mean Japan? Don't you miss it, in this strange land?"

[sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "No, my dear...On the contrary, this land fills me with constant awe. Never have I felt more elated than when riding my horse out here...You remind me of what I left. A homeland called youth, a homeland that is now off-limits for me. A dream that has been made unreachable by the passing years, and the realization that once awake, it cannot be reached back or changed. Yes, you remind me of this blessed age of youth, and why I have come out here to escape its constant reminders in Japan."

[sup]| Yuko: |[/sup] "I know how you feel. This is what happened to me when...The bandits came from my family. For once, I did not care. But you truly never want to come back? Was it a woman, Major?"

[sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Yes. We were about your age. I was, however, promised to another, for my father is a baron and a very wealthy man. She, on the other hand, was far too low of caste to be allowed in my family. This, she could not bear. I was too much of a coward to avoid this cruel fate, and she jumped into a river. We never found her corpse, but when I saw you, it was as if she had come back from the other world."[/list]

| As he finished, Yuko showed one of her breasts. It was full, pale and well. The Major fondled it with his leather-gloved hand. |

[list][sup]| Yuko: |[/sup] "Taishō-san... Is that why you have come here, to this frontier? Escaping your problems at home will not console you. I am...Promised to another man, as well. I do not love him either, but eventually...I will."[/list]

| She kissed him as he carressed her bosom, then a tear rolled down her pale cheekbones. He leaned back, putting his hand on her chin. |

[list][sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Yuko-san...This is not a wise decision for either of us."[/list]

| Yuko sat up, and walked into the hollow, moon-lit stream, the water waist-high. Tachibana followed her, and pressed her tightly against his uniform. His cap still hid his eyes, but he pushed it back. Looking into her, he put his hands over her shoulders. |

[list][sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "I cannot run after those fading memories. I do not want your face to replace hers, no matter how strong the resemblance. Already, the photographs have replaced any genuine memory of her eyes...Smile...Flesh. It's all forgotten now."

[sup]| Yuko: |[/sup] "But will you ever find happiness this way? Do you enjoy suffering?"

[sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "It is not suffering, it is my cold retreat. The times of happiness have passed, and the days have changed. I just do what I am good at, reminiscing about the flowers of youth. You will find there comes a time when you must accept your fate."[/list]

[list][pre][ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1A58ZAwak ][/pre]

[list][spoiler=[sub]The Son of Heaven Faces His Destiny.[/sub]]

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HASSAN AL BAKR FREED

After an organized attack on a prison by who are presumed to be armed tribes who sympathize with the Ba'athist movement, Al-Bakr and several others of his colleagues were broken out of their prison cells by the attackers, in a surprise attack leaving 4 guards dead and others injured. The attack begun at 2 AM by a group ranging from 30 to as many as 70 perpetrators, Distracting the guards at first and then ambushing them and to prevent any call of law enforcement.

ANSP MEMBER ASSASSINATED

As Fahmi Said, A decorated member of the ANSP was being driven to the prison for assessment of the situation, His car was stopped by several masked men blocking the way, As the driver signals for them to move away, The car is lit up with a hail of bullets from the side with rifles and pistols, Several bullets penetrating Fahmi's skull and neck, Instantly killing him alongside his driver and bodyguard in the front seat.

A note is left on Fahmi's body:

"This is a warning. God willing if you do not listen to us you shall regret the day you took office you cowards."

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[list]March 1934

[sub]The Ḥizb Miṣr al-Fatāh Seize Power[/sub][/list]

[pre]Y O U N G E G Y P T[/pre]

HELIOPOLIS PALACE

[sub]NORTHEAST OF CENTRAL CAIRO, EAST OF THE NILE, Kotakuan Ii — EVENING[/sub]

| At first glance, Hussein could indeed be a formidable figure to behold. His hair was most often in disarray simply as a result of his compulsion to go everywhere in tenth speed, but for public events and photo opportunities, he sported a slick side-parted hairstyle. Not only was his gait a marvel, but his purpose was also a wonder. He always gave one the impression he had a mission, and, at that express moment, had been called forth to duty. When government meetings were about to commence, he would proudly stride off to his room, as if a group of novice missionaries awaited his divine intervention. A civil service worker would rush into the room with a panicked expression in which Young Egypt leader Hussein found himself in, waiting for the meeting with Prime Minister Mohammad Mahmoud Pasha to take place. |

[list]| [sub]AHMED HUSSEIN, Leader of Young Egypt and the Government Coalition[/sub] | “Mohammad is never usually this late, is something wrong?”

| [sub]TAHIR ARSHAAD, Civil Servant and Under-Secretary to the office of the Prime Minister[/sub] | “I. . . have some terrible news, Sir”[/list]

| Hussein would sink into the chair in which he found himself, with an ever-growing intrigue in his deep brown eyes. He would stroke his Kaiser styled moustache and gestured his hands in a way to the effect of expecting a continuation of the story from the civil servant, and Under-Secretary to the Prime Minister. |

[list][sub]TAHIR ARSHAAD, Civil Servant and Under-Secretary to the office of the Prime Minister[/sub] | “It's the Prime Minister, he has passed away” [/list]

| The Young Egypt leaders eyes would widen in complete shock, yet not one single ounce of compassion or emotion poured out of his mouth and facial expressions. |

[list][sub]AHMED HUSSEIN, Leader of Young Egypt, Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Government Coalition[/sub] | “Oh no . . . that is rather unfortunate . . . may he enter Allah's paradise”

[/list]

| The deputy Prime Minister would try to feign any sense of mourning and empathy regarding the passing of the Prime Minister, yet in his mind, all he could sense and conceive was the potential to exploit both the passing away of the King and the Prime Minister within the last several months consecutively. This was the perfect opportunity for Young Egypt to seize the power within Egypt, and as Deputy Prime Minister he had a natural accession to power that would not undermine the peaceful transition of power that many Egyptians would support. In effect, the timing of their deaths could not have came at a better time politically for Hussein. |

[list][sub]TAHIR ARSHAAD, Civil Servant and Under-Secretary to the office of the Prime Minister[/sub] | “With the passing of an acting Prime Minister comes emergency powers to the next in command . . . that would be you, Hussein” [/list]

| Hussein attempted to subconsciously hide his cold, malicious, smirk. He could have walked away had it not been for the smirk. That little rise in the corner of his mouth he was oblivious to combined with the cool detachment in his eyes sealed his fate. Not only had he shown little remorse, he was also smiling right into the face of the Prime Ministers former Under-Secretary. He was savouring the moment. |

[list][sub]AHMED HUSSEIN, Acting Prime Minister[/sub] | “I send Mohammad's family my deepest condolences . . . I would like to hold a speech, broadcast to the people both in person and on radio, in respect to the former Prime Minister - could you make that happen Tahir?”

[/list]

| Tahir would shudder at the thought of the leader of the Young Egypt movement, a fascist and fervent nationalist political party, leading Egypt and having free reign to decree whatever he so pleased. He would choke on his words, a lump seemingly in his throat as he attempted to speak to the new acting Prime Minister |

[list][sub]TAHIR ARSHAAD, Civil Servant and Under-Secretary to the office of the Prime Minister[/sub] | “Uh— Ye— Yes . . . Prim— Prime Minister. I can contact Cairo's broadcasting station and have them ready . . .” [/list]

| And so a seemingly insignificant spring evening would turn out to be one of the biggest political events in Egypt's history, with both the establishment that fervently opposed Hussein's Young Egypt party and leadership now disposed of Ahmed Hussein was free to shape Egypt to his will. His first matter of business after securing power would be to maintain it. As everyone knows, the first few weeks to a Tyrants reign are always the most unstable so he must be wary of potential backstabbers, usurpers and opponents. He must study his inner circle carefully, and decide whether they can be trusted or not. |

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[list]March 1934

[sub]Prime Minister Hussein gives a speech to Egyptian people[/sub][/list]

[pre]Y O U N G E G Y P T[/pre]

HELIOPOLIS PALACE

[sub]NORTHEAST OF CENTRAL CAIRO, EAST OF THE NILE, Kotakuan Ii — EVENING[/sub]

| Language and culture are reflections of one another, that feed each other, for better and worse, and so we must take great care with the power of our words. If someone is to sit for a lifetime only seeing the top view of a table, they may insist it is a square of wood and defy anyone who says it has legs. These are the power of words, and one of the most important factors to establishing and maintaining control in a tyrannical dictatorship is to maintain control of the truth, media and what people can see as well as think. It is biologically impossible to make sound, reasoned, choices without using both logic and empathy simultaneously, indeed, it becomes a form of slow-motion developmental brain damage that destroys both the connection of the individual to the best version of themselves and society itself. If a mechanic was miswiring a car you'd stop them, it is the job of Young Egypt to miswire the brain. It's a form of a short circuit that cuts out the most important and most highly evolved human ability - that of love, empathy and compassion. The trick for Hussein was to exploit the compassion, empathy and love of the Egyptian people in their mourning and turn it into support for his rule, and establish dominion over the parliamentary and judiciary aspects of the Egyptian government. Ahmed would stand on the balcony of the Heliopolis Palace, with a large microphone that would transmit his message of mourning to the people of Egypt. He understood the need for the use of technology as a mechanism for establishing control over the population and ordered his speech to be broadcast across the country through the use of radio technology. It would show the Egyptian people that he was willing to interact and communicate with them on a personal level, deeper than an Egyptian leader has ever gone before. |

[list]| [sub]AHMED HUSSEIN, Acting Prime Minister of Egypt[/sub] | “When we live a life of love, when we cherish each other as Allah intends us to, those bonds are eternal. And so when one passes on before the other the sadness is great, the parting is pain, yet in this pain lives the promise of the reunion in paradise. Mohamad Mahmoud Pasha was not only a strong leader, but I considered him as a personal friend of mine, he will be dearly missed by not only me but the entirety of the nation” [/list]

| Hussein would wave to the crowd of some thousands of people that gathered outside of the palace, to get a look at the new Prime Minister as news widely circulated of the former Prime Ministers death and the peaceful transition of power. |

[list]| [sub]AHMED HUSSEIN, Acting Prime Minister of Egypt[/sub] | “I have been bestowed with great responsibility following the death of the late, great, Pasha. I will use these powers given to me for the good of the Egyptian people, I will help to transform the country into a place of prosperity, community and strength. Egypt will be great once more, I will not rest one day until this goal is completed and can only offer the hard work and dedication of me and the rest of the Miṣr al-Fatāh party. We must write the wrongs of the past, and not allow the exploitation of the Egyptian people for not a second longer. I solemnly promise that Egypt will be a place of family, tradition and opulence - we will take the riches from the colonial leaders who seek to keep us in the ages of the past.” [/list]

| Passion is often mistaken for aggression when it is simply a person with both the ability to drive and to choose their destination. Some would say Hussein's speech is full of aggression and others would say it was full of passion, either way, one cannot deny that Hussein had the innate ability to stir up the Egyptian national spirit and delve deep into the core of the Egyptian national psyche. |

[list][sub]AHMED HUSSEIN, Acting Prime Minister[/sub] | “My first act as Prime Minister, will be to call a General Election. You, the people, will give me the mandate to achieve great things with this country. You have all seen the political system for the last twelve years, nothing changes with the Wafd establishment in power. Miṣr al-Fatāh . . . that's where the real change lies. Put your faith in me, and you will see Egypt transform before your eyes . . . the Egyptian Empire will be reborn ”

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| On the surface of this shiny promise of a fresh, democratic, general election was also the threat of a Young Egypt paramilitary involvement. They will attempt to influence, bully and harm those who do not wish to vote for the new Prime Minister - but to the outside world, it would importantly seem as if Hussein held a democratic mandate for the beginning of what could be a tyrannical grip over Egypt. |

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January 1934

a group of Enterprising Gypsy's have Smuggled in Opium and have set up Drug Dens, with all of the Drug Money these Gypsy's have abandoned the Horse and Wagon for the Pick up Truck and Tailor, this Naturally Causes Jealousy in the Gypsy Community and now some of the Bands of Gypsy's are at war with each other, with occasional Murders, normally the Police wouldn't care, however the Overdoses of Hungarians has caused Alarm

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MAZIYA TIME,MARCH 1934

COMMANDER OF THE KEMULIAAN ANJING

After a year since the Kemuliaan Anjing were formed they never had a official leader,so sultan,Zahier Al Hafiz held a tournament to find who was the smartest,strongest,fastest and most persistent member of the military after two weeks the results came into his office for him to judge and while looking through the list of mediocre numbers he stumbled upon a soldier named Adam Danish who was scoring double the average scores from the judges.Sultan,Zahier Al Hafiz would meet with Adam Danish personally and would hold talks about his position as the commander of the Kemuliaan Anjing and to go along with that they would forge a armour specifically to symbolise the status as commander of the Kemuliaan Anjing.So Loke Senjata was given the task of designing new armour for the commander of the Kemuliaan Anjing.

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[list][list]The Greek Navy, the Balkan's Premier Naval Fighting Force, April 1934

To Ellinikó Naftikó, i Premiéra tis Naftikís Dýnamis ton Valkaníon, Aprílios 1934[/list][/list]

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[list][list]AN OVERVIEW OF THE GREEK NAVY; THE BEST TRAINED, BEST EQUIPPED NAVAL FORCE IN THE BALKANS[/list][/list]

[list]Athens - Greek Navy Review, April 1934

| Emerging from the thick Athens fog, a small motorboat from port leaves a small dock. This motorboat was carrying Grand Admiral and Supreme Commander of the Royal Hellenic Navy, Pavlos Kountouriotis, and Authoritarian Military Dictator of the Kingdom of Greece, Ioannis Metaxas. After a few minutes of sailing, a large thud was heard across the small vessel, they had hit something. With the fog clearing, the sight of Greece's flagship, pride of the fleet, the RHNS Crete, could be seen towering above them. The thud they heard was the motorboat hitting the side of the Crete, with no damage caused to both of the vessels. Along with the Grand Admiral and Dictator, several other high-ranking Greek naval officers would arrive one after another. This was the Greek Naval Review of 1934, a review to witness the sheer might and capability of Greece's primary fighting force, the Royal Hellenic Navy. From the early days of the Balkan Wars up to this point, the Greek Navy was always the pride of place among Greece's armed forces. These large, heavily armored, and armed ships were the hopes of the people, hopes of a stronger Greece, a Greece that could defend itself from threats. |

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[list]| The Greek Navy consists of over 100 vessels, surpassing her neighbors to the Northwest, particularly Albania and Yugoslavia. The Greek Navy comprises six capital ships, the RHNS Crete, Salamis, Athena, Poseidon, Perses, and the Xenon. It's followed by a few secondary ships, such as the RHNS Georgios Averof and the Ioannis Metaxas. Lastly, dozens and dozens of smaller light cruisers, destroyers, corvettes, sloops, and submarines add up to the impressive tally. These ships are armed to the teeth with naval guns which can outclass most ships of her neighbors. These ships have been recently refitted and will participate in Greece's new practice doctrines, which implies a fast fleet that is capable enough to fight, and fast enough to run away. [/list]

[list]With this information stated, the naval review began, with the large fleet performing impressive maneuvers off the coast of Athens, and doing their very best. It is here where their speeds were apparent, with most of the fleet able to catch up to a speed of 27 knots average. At this point, the ships were doing might gun barrages on dummy targets, with the loud sound of their booming guns being heard all around the nation. Here, cameramen were allowed to film footage for 'publicity', and were allowed to board the ships. The massive naval review proved that 98% of the Greek Navy were indeed capable of fighting with current information, and 92% of the fleet was capable of the job as frontline units. Following over three weeks of ruthless reviewing, firing, and exercising, the tests were finally over. Most ships went back to port, and to their assigned squadrons. This ends the Greek Naval Review of 1934, which proved that Greece's navy was indeed a powerful force in the Balkans if not, the best. They even compared the navy to Turkish vessels, and still, proved to be superior. Along with our Italian, Egyptian, and French allies, the current allied naval force is a formidable standing force in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. | [/list]

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MAZIYA TIME,APRIL 1934

NEW COMMANDER ARMOUR PLUS EXTRA NEWS

The new commander armour for the Kemuliaan Anjing had finished being forged and was revealed to the sultan with the claim that it was meant to be a test variant of what they imagine the Phase 2 version of the standard armour will be and used that prototype blue print to create the commander armour.The armour sports a additionalc chest plate on the chest to reduce the chance for a bullet penetrating the armour,different shoulder pads to provide more flexibility,fore arm platings which were stuck onto the leather wrist armour which were extended to be slightly taller,dorsal fin on the helmet,having the branch of the military logo painted onto the shoulder pads and having the branch of the military miniature flag attached to the belt.Newly appointed commander of the Kemuliaan Anjing,Adam Danish commented on how top heavy he feels with the armour,and added a new training routine to the Kemuliaan Anjing it's just for them to work on the lower half of their bodies so they can carry around their iron armour as previously the only form of armour they had were made out of leather which were fine for the time but now with bullets being a thing,they had to step up and used iron armour.

In other news Loke Bao Yi came out publicly and said "While I was looking through old blue prints for ideas for my next big weapon project I found out that the blue print from the failed engine project is gone.I have no clue why anybody would steal it,it was unreliable and heavy so it's just a waste of money."

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O'Neill dynasty

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=irelaand/detail=factbook/id=1659717

Monarchy

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=irelaand/detail=factbook/id=1659718

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[list]THE KINGDOM OF ARABIA - AL-MAMLAKAH AL-ARABIYAH

[sub]"Allah, Al-Malik, Al-Watan"[/sub][/list]

Creation Of The Royal Arabian Army

April 1934, Emirate of Riyadh

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In the shadow of the Ikhwan Revolt, King Saud decrees the creation of a new standing military loyal to the Kingdom as apart of continued modernization of the state apparatus.

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In the depth of Masmak Palace, the political life of Arabia ebbed and flowed. Through the personal will of King Saud, the Arabian polity was being dragged kicking and screaming into the modern day. A few decades ago, the peninsula was a motley of tribes, emirates, and British protectorates. Now the central peninsula was unified under the Kingdom and the King was working swiftly to create a modern state, one worthy of international recognition and interest. A missing part of that was a formal military. In the early campaigns of the Arabian Unification War, the House of Saud employed the Ikhwan. Composed of native tribes and desert nomads, the Ikhwan was deeply religious and highly effective. Eventually though, Ibn Saud lost control of the Ikhwan, who refused to cease their raiding campaigns into Jordan and Kuwait. They rebelled and were crushed by the House of Saud in a series of battles.

Peace was brought but now King Saud lacked a reliable military force. By royal decree under advice of the Supreme Council and Consultative Assembly, the King has approved the creation of an official armed force for the Kingdom of Arabia. The Royal Arabian Army will be loyal to the King alone, taking no other oath to the government or state. Though administered under the Defense Ministry, the King serves as commander-in-chief and has final say on all defense matters. Funds have been appropriated to raise 20,000 soldiers for permanent service, first by volunteers and then by conscription. The force will field armored cars and other motor vehicles, and plans exist for the deployment of more planes as well as tanks. Addressing a crowd in Riyadh, King Saud remarked: ”The destiny of the Arabian Peninsula is unification under Allah and the Kingdom. The Royal Arabian Army be the instrument which realizes that destiny.”

Badri Al-Azimi, Deputy Prime Minister, confirmed that the military would abandon tribal combat wear and adopt western-style dress and combat uniforms as well as European drill and training styles. Additionally, the RAA would seek foreign training and armament, likely turning to Britain, France, or Germany.

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[pre]April, 1934 | Northern Khartoum Bahri, Khartoum, The British Imperial Crown Colony Of The Sudan[/pre]

KING FAUDS DEATH, THE DRIVING FORCE FOR CHANGE IN SUDAN

Since the early 1900’s, Sudan had become the subject of two Kings. However, since the colonial administrative reforms of 1925 following the Khartoum revolt, only one by law had become the official king of Sudan, and that is the King of the British Empire and her realm, of which Sudan is a huge part of. The next King, the King of Egypt, had been stripped of his ceremonial and legal status over Sudan, with the abolishment of the condominium, and establishing Sudan’s colonial status under the Empire that rules from London.

However in Egypt, King Faud had still maintained his title as King of Egypt and Sovereign of Nubia, the Sudan, Kordofan and Darfur effectively still holding onto his relations with the Sudanese people. Given the recent return of the White Banner League, the number of Sudanese loyal to King Faud and the Egyptian crown had increased. The White League in all its powers and abilities, have worked hard to engineer a people still loyal to the Egyptian King Faud, and also interested in the idea of reunifying the Nile Valley from Juba to Cairo.

Now, it has been 7 months since the death of his majesty King Faud of Sudan and of Egypt, to which the Sudanese people have deeply mourned as news reached the Sudanic plains. The death of King Faud saw his 14 year old son come to the throne over Sudan and Egypt under a Regency until his 18th birthday. The new establishment of the Regency had come with great damage to the Sudanese relations with their self proclaimed King.

Just like in Egypt, the news of the King’s death will too bring dangerous developments to the Sudanese political order and the society that the White League invisions. The Sudanese people were not convinced of the legitimacy of the regency or the young King’s reign with many forces loyal to the British crown stating, “The Egyptian Monarchy is but a house of straw” in efforts to cut the ties between the Sudanese and the Egyptian Monarch and to make it clear to the Sudanese citizens that Egypt is far unstable to handle governorship over the Sudan.

As the many Egyptian flags flown at Khartoum flew at half mast, Governor Khalil maintained the Colonial Flag and British Flag to stay flying at full mast, as it displayed the image of the great White Rhino above the word, “Sudan” placed on the British Red Ensign. Just like in Egypt, nationalist forces such as the emerging Sudanese Nationalist movement, self proclaimed as “The Confluence” have seeked to exploit the instability of the regency, and the Egyptian Executive offices in the last couple months, as a driving force behind the urgent need for Sudanization and to start seeing Sudan as an independent and opposite entity of Egypt.

The White League would attempt to fight back against all claims made by both, The Confluence and the British Imperialists against the Egyptian Monarchy, as well as defending all questions to its legitimacy, however the case of the League would not be helped, with the death of Egyptian Prime Minister Mohamed Pasha last month, paving a way for the Young Egyptian Party to take over the Egyptian State, many members of the League have been left skeptical of the intentions of the YEP.

As the League struggles to maintain its legitimacy in the face of the recent changes in Egypt, The Confluence have surged in popularity as they spread fear and awareness of the dangers of Egyptian nationalism and the damages it might do to the Sudanese people. Though the League itself disputed these fears, they would be accused of their distrust of the Young Egyptians.

It seems that as the Young Egyptians under acting Prime Minister Ahmed Hussein make their moves in Cairo, calling for the rebirth of the Egyptian Empire, The Confluence and it’s nationalist ideals have been spreading rapidly from Khartoum to neighboring cities and towns. And as they spread, Mahgoub and his supporters have started a new movement in Khartoum pressuring the Colonial Administration to hold elections in the BLACS Colonial body to replace the Sudanese pro-Egypt elite in the legislature with more friendly supporters of the Governor’s Sudanization program.

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[list]April 1934

[sub]Prime Minister Hussein’s Direct Address to the Sudanese People[/sub][/list]

[pre]Y O U N G E G Y P T[/pre]

HELIOPOLIS PALACE

[sub]NORTHEAST OF CENTRAL CAIRO, EAST OF THE NILE, Kotakuan Ii — MIDDAY[/sub]

| Sudan had always been considered an extension of Egypt up until the year of 1925, but the consistent drifting of the Sudanese and Egyptian peoples had been exacerbated by British failure and deviousness to fully unite the people of the Nile and establish Sudan as rightful Egyptian territory going back as far as the mid 19th century. British thirst for their own power and dominion over Khartoum led to the Egyptians being painted as a scapegoat for their troubles — when as a matter of fact it was Egypt who was the only state who ever truly cared for her. It was thought that the Egyptian Empire rhetoric used by Prime Minister Hussein was dangerous and delegitimising for those Sudanese people who wished to reunite the two nations, such as the “White League”. However, that couldn’t have been further from the truth. In fact, the Sudanese people in Khartoum are considered by many as just as Egyptian as those who reside in Cairo. Following Sudanese reaction to both the death of King Fuad, and now the death of former PM Mohammad Pasha — Ahmed Hussein sought to speak to the Sudanese people directly via radio hoping to reach Khartoum. This message would also be transcribed onto a newspaper which would be circulated around Egypt, and hopefully Sudan. |

[list]| [sub]AHMED HUSSEIN, Acting Prime Minister of Egypt[/sub] | “As-salamu alaikum, the glorious people of Sudan and Egypt. I am speaking to you today, directly from the Heliopolis Palace in which the Cairo Broadcasting Company has kindly set up a booth for me to speak to you — no middle man. I wish to speak to you truthfully, as many people are currently feeding lies and deceit I wish for you to see my government as a beacon of truth and hope for your people” [/list]

| Hussein would clear his throat, whilst unravelling a piece of paper in front of him that contained the speech which he was going to deliver to the people of Sudan and Egypt |

[list]| [sub]AHMED HUSSEIN, Acting Prime Minister of Egypt[/sub] |”Frustration amongst the Egyptians in settling their disputes with Britain and in solving the Sudan problem resulted in the assassination of the Governor-General, Sir Lee Stack. The consequent forced withdrawal of the Egyptian soldiers and officials severed whatever connection the Egyptians had with the Sudanese at the official level and left the British free to carry out their plans in the Sudan without any interference. Let me be clear to you, the people of Sudan . . . the problem for the Sudanese people is not the Egyptians. This is contrary to what you may have been told before to believe, often by people who seek to divide our peoples. The real problem is rather the British, and their selfish colonial rule which seems to divide and conquer the people of the Nile. ” [/list]

| The Prime Minister would lean closer to the microphone, as if speaking to the listeners on a personal level. |

[list][sub]AHMED HUSSEIN, Acting Prime Minister of Egypt[/sub] “The British as the rulers of the Sudan exploited the differences amongst the Sudanese and also falsely and malicious magnified incorrect differences between the Sudanese and Egyptians. I speak to you honestly and directly, man . . . to man.”

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| Hussein would continue to speak to the microphone for several more minutes, reverberating his passion on the subject. The speech may have the adverse effect of alienating the people of Sudan who held hardcore nationalist beliefs, but this is not who his speech targeted. He spoke to the everyday Sudanese man and women, the White League and more importantly would send a message to those in the United Kingdom that Egypt was no longer going to sit by idly in matters which concern her sphere of influence. The people of Egypt wish to unite the people of the Nile, that much is clear, and deep down so do the Sudanese people. As a natural extension of the people, Hussein’s government also supports this in a peaceful manner. Even if it takes twenty—thirty even fourty years. |

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Bayern Kahla wrote:NORGE REGIERING

Norwegian Authorities Take the Situation Seriously and Sends Police Forces to Prepare to Confiscate Illegal Weapons. The Law of Norway Applies in Svalbard.

Information about the presence of armed soviet personnel deeply worried the Norwegian administration. In Oslo, the Prime Minister opened an "information request" to the Interior Ministry.

The Interior Ministry was at first in shock about the information that they did not believe it at first. Three days later, a report from the King's Prosecutor confirms the situation.

The Foreign Ministry is then informed immediately about the situation with the Ambassador of Norway in Moscow relaying the following message.

"We have been informed by several reports including your letter of December 1932 that the Soviet Union has sent arms and people to the region of Svalbard.

We must inform you that this region is Norwegian territory and by no means can Soviet officials replace the public prerogative from the Politi.

The safety of Soviet or Norwegian or any citizen for that matter in these mining towns belongs to the responsability of the Politi and the Animal Regulation Office.

These mining towns are only commercial concessions and the sovereignty of the area still belongs to the Kingdom of Norway.

I inform you that legal proceedings will be starting against anyone owning a firearm without authorisation according to the Law of the 12th of July 1930.

Furthermore, the import without check of Norwegian authorities is also against legal requirements of Norway when it comes to the import of dangerous items listed in Annex 12 of the Decree n°194-1925."

It was necessary for the Foreign Office to keep the problem as a police problem and not a military affair to avoid any type of escalation.

Svalbard Politi

The Svalbard Local Station only comprised of 12 officers. 5 for the penal department, 5 for the environmental department, and 1 for the trade department. This wasn't enough.

To reinforce the police operation, the Tromso Police Division, and the Narvik Police Division were called to move forward towards Svalbard. The two police divisions would comprise of nearly 300 police officers mostly armed but also equipped for riots.

Another supply of 500 police officers of the Bergen Division were also in route to the north but would take more time to reach the area.

The Ministry of Interior coordinated with the Governor of Svalbard, Uke Jenssen for the arrival of the convoy escorted by Norwegian navy. They consisted of two old destroyers which would remain in position around Norwegian territorial waters of the island to prevent further imports of so called "security guards" or "defensive weapons".

In a telephone call with Oslo, the Governor, furious about the situation, said to the Prime Minister : "The law of Norway applies in Svalbard by the Svalbardloven of the 25th of June 1925 ! We must act on this matter to ensure that Norwegian law remains clear in this territory".

The Police Operation would hopefully be swift and clean. Arrests would be made, some would receive fines up to 200 NOK, and for those who may have instigated all this, would be prosecuted and trialed back in Tromso.

MINER “COMMUNES” IN SVALBARD ESTABLISHED! A MARCH ON LONGYEARBYEN A NEW POSSIBILITY?

ШАХТЕРСКИЕ “КОММУНЫ” НА ШПЕЙСБАРДЕ СОЗДАНЫ! МАРШ НА ЛОНГЙИР – НОВАЯ ВОЗМОЖНОСТЬ?

[pre]As news of Norwegian opposition to Soviet arming of Local Svalbard Miners and security guards and commissars for the political protection of Soviet Citizens in Svalbard would lead to Nurbek Sakenov a Kazakh Soviet along with 100 Soviet Miners to declare the Miners’ Soviet of Spitsbergen [Совет горняков Шпицбергена] consisting of the towns now called Communes of: Barentsburg [Баренцбург], Grumant [Грумант], and Pyramiden [Пирамида]. With this announcement came the construction of roadblocks and checkpoints on “Roads” and trails into the Communes with signs in Norwegian stating for Norwegian authorities to avoid the area.[/pre]

[sub]”The Area behind this point is territory of the Miners’ Soviet of Spitsbergen and the Commune of Grumant, we advise those of the Norwegian Authority to not proceed and they shall be left unprovoked”[/sub]

[sub]-Sign posted outside the Commune of Grumant[/sub]

[pre]The Armed Soviet presence on Svalbard would be large for the sparsely populated archipelago with 1,050 Armed individuals with 550 of them being trained securities from the Red Army and 500 poorly trained Miner militia men making up the now semi-organized Proletariat Militia of Spitsbergen [Пролетарская милиция Шпицбергена] this was reported to the Norwegian authorities through messages expressing the goals of this movement to only act in self defense of the Proletariats and Soviet Citizens on Svalbard and will only act if provoked. During this time Soviets would travel to the other communities on the archipelago to promote those communities to join the Miners’ Soviet of Spitsbergen with 10 demonstrators traveling to Longyearbyen and preaching for better working conditions under the Miners’ Soviet and better pay. Others would head to the communities of Sveagruva and Ny-Ålesund to coerce them to join the new Movement. Moscow has expressed their uninvolvement with this movement stating:[/pre]

[sub] “The Proletariats of Spitsbergen have taken it upon themselves to face the perils of liberating themselves and the Soviets and industry on the Archipelago support them in this fight. If Spitsbergen wishes to liberate and join the Union that is something they will do!” [/sub]

[sub]“Пролетариаты Шпицбергена взяли на себя ответственность за свое освобождение, и Советы и промышленность Архипелага поддерживают их в этой борьбе. Если Шпицберген хочет освободиться и присоединиться к Союзу, они это сделают!”[/sub]

[sub]- People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs Maxim Litvinov[/sub]

Paramountica, Arcanda, Pontianus, Kotakuan Ii, Cascadla, Nileia, Great Britain Gb, Vancouver Straits, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Islahh, Saldat, Adriatican Islands, Annyeong Korea

[list]May 1934

[sub]Nine Power Treaty, Need Not Apply[/sub][/list]

[list]WHITEHALL, LONDON, Great Britain Gb — AFTERNOON

[sub]HOUSE OF COMMONS, THE PARLIAMENT[/sub][/list]

[list][list][sub][pre]King George V —

From Canada to the Indian Raj,

from Australia to Nigeria, from

the Caribbean to East Africa —

H.R.H. reigns over a quarter of the world’s population.

IMPERIAL NEUTRALITY IN ORIENTAL CRISIS[/pre][/sub][/list]

| THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT — During the session of parliament in the House of Commons today, the Prime Minister, RAMSAY MacDONALD was no where to be seen. Off to the Scottish highlands of Lossiemouth to avoid what was sure to be a rambling clash of parliamentarians on the issue of China and Japanese intrusion deeper into its’ Orient neighbors. Rising to speak on behalf of Government, two of Great Britain’s most cited statesmen stood. The SPEAKER of the House calls upon SIR JOHN SIMON, Foreign Secretary first, jeering dies down from the Opposition to hear the Foreign Secretary’s rise. |

[list][sup]EDWARD FITZROY, Tory | Speaker of the House[/sup] “The Foreign Secretary! ORDER! The right-honourable The Foreign Secretary!”[/list]

| Since the revisionment of Japan’s Far Eastern policy, British foreign policymakers have waited for the Empire’s response. Will the Nine Powers Treaty be invoked to defense the Chinese republic? Would she declare a need to end Japanese imperialism? Calmly the Foreign Secretary, under the greenish light of the House of Commons gave His Majesty’s Governmental response. |

[list][sup]SIR JOHN SIMON, Liberal | Foreign Secretary & M.P.[/sup] “Great Britain and her Empire have signed NO treaty, none at all, to preserve and protect the territorial integrity of China. Gentlemen, gentlemen, sanctions of the economic manner against Nine Power treaty violators CANNOT be enforced without the risk of general conflict in the Orient. No system of effective action or sanctions of the manner this honourable house deems a requirement can even be invoked WITHOUT the cooperation of the United States! A policy of sanctions from our economy and her empire CANNOT be set up like a medicine dosage where and when it is mustered. This is a matter that must shore up the full review of each case and before any action is taken by ANY power, all treaty parties must formally agree!”[/list]

| M.P.s (Members of Parliament) were in shock, the jeering and hand slamming had begun well before the Foreign Secretary concluded from the Opposition. Sitting in the parliamentarian Diplomats’ Gallery, the Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, QUO TAI-CHI was noted to have an expression of deep pain as the words of the Foreign Secretary came into discussion. Next, STANLEY BALDWIN, Tory M.P. had the floor of the commons. |

[list][sup]THE EARL, STANLEY BALDWIN, Tory | Member of Parliament[/sup] “One of the conclusions to which I have been driven is that there is no such thing as a sanction which will work which does not mean war. In other words if we adopt sanctions we must be ready for war, and if we adopt them without being ready for war we are not honest trustees of the nation. If this country is giving Europe a collective guarantee or collective sanctions, it means we must make this country a great deal stronger than it is today. No democratic country can possibly wage war successfully unless the people are behind it. The people will not be unless they are convinced from their viewpoint that it is a just war. Therefore, the people should be constantly told what the dangers are in the world, how they can best be met and when the time might come when this country must defend itself. The scheme of coastal defenses in this country is quite complete by sea and air, and is reviewed every year. If the air estimates were brought in this day, or if a statement were made this day with regard to any increase in the air force, it might well be months before a pound could be spent. These very points are at this moment under consideration so if our fears are realized not a single day will have been lost.”[/list]

| His Majesty’s Government takes a position on the plight of Chinese territorial integrity, imperial neutrality for the orient is the road ahead, and it is a road some diplomats in London fear will only embolden the militarists of Tokyo. No danger has been aimed at the International Settlement in Shanghai. Great Britain sees no threat to her vital Empire interests from Tokyo nor Nanking, that sums up upon commerce and trade at this time. |

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May 1934

Free Ukrainian news-press (Privately owned)

Soviet-Ukraine treaty

Territoral agreements

After Independence, the Treat Soviet-Ukrainian split treaty has had the final revisions. With the Ceding of Rostov-on-Don and Belgorod, and more lands of south Belorussian and mainland Russia.

Ukraine Now Since the Revolution [I](Circa: May 1934)

Ukraine has grown into an Economic powerhouse. As nations still are feeling repercussions from WW1 and the Great Depression. The Consutiacial Monarchy led By Demiliv Sartoisty (Formerly a Cossack with a Commander role in the 1880s and 90s) As He took Leadership of Ukraine, he promised he will soon step down as the Leader and elect a Prime minster. Elections were held after the Revolution The King has turned 70 in April, the 12th to be exact.

This was supposed to be an introduction since I'm new.

Zabrowka

Free Kievan Rus wrote:May 1934

Free Ukrainian news-press (Privately owned)

Soviet-Ukraine treaty

Territoral agreements

After Independence, the Treat Soviet-Ukrainian split treaty has had the final revisions. With the Ceding of Rostov-on-Don and Belgorod, and more lands of south Belorussian and mainland Russia.

Ukraine Now Since the Revolution [I](Circa: May 1934)

Ukraine has grown into an Economic powerhouse. As nations still are feeling repercussions from WW1 and the Great Depression. The Consutiacial Monarchy led By Demiliv Sartoisty (Formerly a Cossack with a Commander role in the 1880s and 90s) As He took Leadership of Ukraine, he promised he will soon step down as the Leader and elect a Prime minster. Elections were held after the Revolution The King has turned 70 in April, the 12th to be exact.

This was supposed to be an introduction since I'm new.

Yeah uh no

Victoria Harbor

MAY 1934

[list][list][list][pre]USSR ★ UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

Союз Советских Социалистических Республик CCCP |[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[pre]"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."[/pre]

[pre]"Достаточно того, что люди знают, что были выборы. Люди, которые голосуют, ничего не решают. Люди, которые считают голоса, решают все."[/pre]

[pre]"საკმარისია ხალხმა იცოდეს, რომ არჩევნები იყო. ხალხი, ვინც ხმა მისცა, არაფერს წყვეტს. ხალხი, ვინც ხმებს ითვლის, ყველაფერს წყვეტს."[/pre]

17TH CONGRESS OF THE ALL-UNION COMMUNIST PARTY HELD IN MOSCOW!

AN ATTEMPT ON STALIN’S POWER MADE!

В МОСКВЕ ПРОШЕЛ XVII СЪЕЗД ВКП(б)!

ПОКУПАНИЕ НА ВЛАСТЬ СТАЛИНА СОВЕРШЕНО!

[pre]1,961 Delegates would enter the halls of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses [Кремлёвский Дворец съездов] from the 26 of January and the 10 of February to address reports to Comrade Stalin, talks on the Second Five-Year plan presented by Molotov and Kuybishev, discuss Organisational issues by the speaker Kaganovich, and to conduct elections for the central organs of the Party. Comrade Stalin himself reported receiving only three Negative votes against him against Sergei Kirov. Kirov in private admitted to Comrade Stalin that multiple members of the Old Bolshevik Guard came up to him and requested that Kirov take Stalin’s place which Kirov swiftly declined. The original opposition to Comrade Stalin also present at the congress expressed their change in heart for Comrade Stalin, all making passionate speeches in favor of Comrade Stalin.[/pre]

[sub]"Just like in 1914, the parties of bellicose imperialism, the parties of war and revenge, are appearing in the foreground. It is very clear that we're facing a new war."[/sub]

[sub]- Joseph Stalin, Report to the Seventeenth Congress of the CPSU, 1934[/sub]

[sub]"Как и в 1914 году, на первый план выступают партии воинствующего империализма, партии войны и реванша. Совершенно очевидно, что мы стоим перед новой войной."[/sub]

[sub]- Иосиф Сталин, Доклад на XVII съезде КПСС, 1934 г.[/sub]

RESULTS OF THE 17TH CONGRESS OF THE ALL-UNION COMMUNIST PARTY

ИТОГИ XVII СЪЕЗДА ВКП(б)

[pre]- Rabkrin to be dissolved and the functions of Rabkrin to be transferred to Sovnarkom’s People’s Control Commission[/pre]

[pre]- Sergei Kirov set to be assassinated on orders of Comrade Stalin in December by Leonid Nikolaev {Confidential Info} [/pre]

[pre]- Members of the Central Committee would no longer be allowed to attend meetings of the Politburo, Secretariat, and the Orgburo[/pre]

[pre]- 17 Candidates elected to the Politburo[/pre]

[pre]- 6 Members elected to the Secretariat[/pre]

[pre]- 14 Candidates elected to the Orgburo[/pre]

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Free Kievan Rus wrote:May 1934

Free Ukrainian news-press (Privately owned)

Soviet-Ukraine treaty

Territoral agreements

After Independence, the Treat Soviet-Ukrainian split treaty has had the final revisions. With the Ceding of Rostov-on-Don and Belgorod, and more lands of south Belorussian and mainland Russia.

Ukraine Now Since the Revolution [I](Circa: May 1934)

Ukraine has grown into an Economic powerhouse. As nations still are feeling repercussions from WW1 and the Great Depression. The Consutiacial Monarchy led By Demiliv Sartoisty (Formerly a Cossack with a Commander role in the 1880s and 90s) As He took Leadership of Ukraine, he promised he will soon step down as the Leader and elect a Prime minster. Elections were held after the Revolution The King has turned 70 in April, the 12th to be exact.

This was supposed to be an introduction since I'm new.

seriously dude

1934년 5월 10일 | 10 May 1934

[list][sup]Hanseong | 한성[/sup]

State of Chōsen | Empire of Greater Joseon[list]

[list][sup]HIS MAJESTY’S PAST HAUNTS HIM AGAIN[/sup][/list]

| [sub]In September 1934, it will be two years since His Majesty Emperor Jeong took the Phoenix Throne, reestablishing the glory of the Korean Imperial Family under the Peninsula once more. But in the last two years, Emperor Jeong has found himself surrounded by several scandals linked to the Imperial Family, one of which came to light at His Majesty’s wedding in mid-1933, where the Emperor was informed by high-ranking members of the Government that the Crown Prince Yi Geon had a mistress. The commoner who became involved with Crown Prince Yi Geon, was born in a quiet village in the north, her father is just a humble peasant and mother is a seamstress, she moved to Hanseong to get a job and help her parents who were going through financial difficulties. Then she meets the Crown Prince who was walking the streets of Hanseong in disguise so that no one would know he was the Crown Prince of Joseon. Later, this secret love was discovered by informants linked to the Government and reached His Majesty’s ears and the Palace decides to hide the truth well on the Emperor’s wedding day.[/sub] |

| [sub]Several scandals in the Imperial Court of Joseon have been made in the last two years since the Korean Monarchy was restored, and the Imperial Palace refuses to publish the press as it negatively affects the status of the Imperial Family. As recently as May 1934, His Majesty’s dark past came to light. When Emperor Jeong was only 18 years old, he became romantically involved with an evil woman — Being an immature young man at the time, he didn’t care about her past as he was blinded by his love for her and one day this woman abandoned him and ran off with a Japanese man, which made His Majesty extremely sad and after seeing this scandal turned into rumors in the Imperial Court, Yi U forbade everyone from talking about it in the Imperial Palace. The woman the Emperor fell in love with was much older than him, while Yi U was 18, she was 25, but it all ended between the two of them with her running off with another man.[/sub] |

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Osivoii wrote:Yeah uh no

Adriatican Islands wrote:seriously dude

Sorry, I'm still trying to blend in I just joined.

[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, More Greek Battleships, Yugoslavia to join in on Greek Naval Program, April 1934

To Vasíleio tis Elládas, perissótera elliniká thoriktá, Giounkoslavía gia éntaxi naftikó prógramma, Aprílios 1934[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands, Pontianus, Metropolitan Francais[/list][/list][/list]

[list][list]GREECE ORDERS TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS TO BE BUILT IN FRANCE, YUGOSLAVIA TO JOIN IN ON GREEK CRUISER PROGRAM[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Two New Greek Battleships to be Built in France - To be Commissioned by 1937![/list][/list][/list]

[list]| Following extensive Greek naval exercises off the South Attican coast, it was determined that the need for capital ships was requisite in maintaining Greek naval dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Upon studies of programs and unfulfilled purchases during the interwar period and the Great War, Greek naval high command, Ανώτατη Ναυτική Διοίκηση (AND), found that a purchase of the Greek Navy in 1914 had not been fulfilled. The document was regarding the RHNS Vasilefs Konstantinos, a battleship that was to be built and bought from the French. Its construction was delayed and scrapped due to the Great War, however, compensation for the vessel has not been delivered. Upon bringing this up to our French allies to the Northwest, they have also admitted to not giving compensation for the undelivered ship. Riding on this, the French have offered to build the same ship, same specifications, but with modernized equipment, for free. Upon accepting this, the Kingdom of Greece has also placed another order, with both ships totaling USD 750,000, an absolute steal of a deal considering these were two, brand new battleships. The French will start constructing the two ships later this year and to be delivered to Greece by 1937. |[/list]

[list][list][list]Yugoslavia joins Greek Naval Development Program - Yugoslavian naval program assisted by Greece[/list][/list][/list]

[list]| With the Greek naval development program now fully underway, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, an ally of Greece, saw this rapid build-up, and had decided to send a request to help Greece for their own needs. Yugoslavia, in dire need of a decent navy, has volunteered to help Greece on the condition of full eyes on the Greek Navy and to share and monitor the designs. The area with the most interest is the Greek heavy cruiser program, which had started earlier last year, mainly to build on the success of the Georgios Averof class, and realize that the need for more cruiser-like vessels was essential. The Yugoslavians wanted to modify this program, however, with Greece sharing the designs for Yugoslavian modifications. Greece's heavy cruisers are set to be built by 1936, and Yugoslavia, with a USD 200,000 mark to pay to build these vessels, is set to build the ships at a similar time frame. | [/list]

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Islahh

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Persiaa

Philanialle

Pontianus

Ranponian

Russian Kongo

Rutannia

Saldat

Somerania

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Victoria Harbor

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Is there any way I can become a part of the RP group so it's known I use my school Chromebook, so a lot of websites including pictures are blocked for me?

Free Kievan Rus wrote:Is there any way I can become a part of the RP group so it's known I use my school Chromebook, so a lot of websites including pictures are blocked for me?

I mean, have you verified with Para and Osivoll? The country you're RPing doesn't even exist yet, so it's best to check the map dispatch or verify with Para

Free Kievan Rus wrote:Is there any way I can become a part of the RP group so it's known I use my school Chromebook, so a lot of websites including pictures are blocked for me?

Also I may or may not be wrong, but I think you need to be a WA member to join the region

Adriatican Islands wrote:Also I may or may not be wrong, but I think you need to be a WA member to join the region

Yea it connected to my phone e-mail which I am grounded from lol

Free Kievan Rus wrote:Is there any way I can become a part of the RP group so it's known I use my school Chromebook, so a lot of websites including pictures are blocked for me?

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

Most of our communication is done through discord and the rmb is for Rp

Irelaand

Osivoii wrote:You need to be in the https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=497355

Most of our communication is done through discord and the rmb is for Rp

ok. sounds good I might change this to be my main

Free Kievan Rus wrote:ok. sounds good I might change this to be my main

Just so you are aware Ukraine and especially your idea of a greater Ukraine are not open as they are in the USSR so I’d be happy to help you find another place to fit in on the map

Osivoii wrote:Just so you are aware Ukraine and especially your idea of a greater Ukraine are not open as they are in the USSR so I’d be happy to help you find another place to fit in on the map

But Ukraine is epic

I choose revlution lol

Free Kievan Rus wrote:But Ukraine is epic

I choose revlution lol

Seriously dude ._.

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Adriatican Islands wrote:Seriously dude ._.

I'm joking around

Free Kievan Rus wrote:But Ukraine is epic

I choose revlution lol

Yes very epic under the guidance of the All-Union Communist Party

Victoria Harbor

[list]April 30, 1934

[sub]|Taoiseach Éamon de Valera meeting members of his party and some members of his cabinet.|[/sub][/list]

CABINET ROOM, GOVERENMENT BUILDINGS, MERRION STREET, DUBLIN, IRELAND — MORNING

[sub]Éamon de Valera, the Taoiseach, is sitting at a table with some members of his cabinet and members of his party, the Fianna Fáil party. Those who came to meet de Valera are not happy or in a good mood.[/sub]

[list][B]ÉAMON DE VALERA, TAOISEACH:[/B] [sub]”Welcome gentlemen to this meeting. What I can do for you?”[/sub]

[B]RONAN MURPHY, MEMBER OF FIANNA FÁIL:[/B] [sub]”You know very well what we are here for Valera.”[/sub]

[B]P. J. RUTTLEDGE, MINISTER FOR JUSTICE:[/B] [sub]”Why are you still allowing the institution of the monarchy to continue to exist? The party goal is to end the monarchy and establish a Republic not supporting it, remember?”[/sub]

[B]SEÁN T. O'KELLY, TÁNAISTE:[/B] [sub]”Yeah, not to mention that you chastised Frank Aiken and me when we tried to humiliate the King on two different occasions.”[/sub]

[B]FRANK AIKEN, MINISTER FOR DEFENCE:[/B] [sub]”Yeah exactly.”[/sub][/list]

[sub]Éamon de Valera let out a sigh and then response back to the questions.[/sub]

[list][B]ÉAMON DE VALERA, TAOISEACH:[/B] [sub]”When we started this party, our goal was to end the last vestige of the British rule over us, which was the monarchy. Correct?”[/sub]

[B]OISIN BYRNE, MEMBER OF FIANNA FÁIL:[/B] [sub]”That is correct.”[/sub]

[B]ÉAMON DE VALERA, TAOISEACH:[/B] [sub]”However, the British Monarch is no longer the head of state of Ireland. We have an independent Irish monarch who not only followed his roles and duty in the constitution. But also, he and his family earned the love and respect of the people of Ireland, including me, especially their roles in helping relieve the people of their hunger during this depression. That is why I haven’t abolished the monarchy and chastised Mr. O’Kelly and Aiken. The people love them and would not want to see them gone. Not to mention that the high king serves as the symbol of unity over the whole island of Ireland.”[/sub]

[B]P. J. RUTTLEDGE, MINISTER FOR JUSTICE:[/B] [sub]”Yeah but-”[/sub]

[B]ÉAMON DE VALERA, TAOISEACH:[/B] [sub]”Sorry but no but. My decision as both the Taoiseach and the party leader on the matter of the monarchy is final. Either you are with me and His Majesty or not?”[/sub][/list]

[sub]There was a moment of silence in the room as everyone thought about whether to agree with de Valera's decision. P.J. Ruttledge broke the silence and began to speak.[/sub]

[list][B]P. J. RUTTLEDGE, MINISTER FOR JUSTICE:[/B] [sub]”Well, the High King and his family have proven themselves to be good monarch and Royal family of Ireland. I will give the high king and the monarchy a chance.”[/sub]

[B]SEÁN T. O'KELLY, TÁNAISTE:[/B] [sub]”To be honest, I was moved by the monarch and the Royal family, who were willing to give their food away to the hungry people. I guess it was wrong of me to try to humiliate His Majesty. I will also give the high king and the monarchy a chance.”[/sub]

[B]ÉAMON DE VALERA, TAOISEACH:[/B] [sub]”Thank you, Mr. Ruttledge and O’Kelly. Will the rest of you join me?”[/sub][/list]

[sub]Most of the cabinet members and most members of the party agree with the Taoiseach to give the monarchy a chance. Only one cabinet member, Frank Aiken, and a few party members refuse to agree with de Valera. Then they started writing on blank pieces of paper and handed them to the Taoiseach.[/sub]

[list][B]ÉAMON DE VALERA, TAOISEACH:[/B] [sub]”What is the meaning of this?”[/sub]

[B]FRANK AIKEN, MINISTER FOR DEFENCE:[/B] [sub]”Sorry Éamon, but you leave us with no other choice. I am resigning from my position in the cabinet, and I and the other will also leave the Fianna Fáil party. We will be forming a new party that will truly make Ireland a Republic.”[/sub]

[B]ÉAMON DE VALERA, TAOISEACH:[/B] [sub]”You can’t leave the party you guys?”[/sub]

[B]OISIN BYRNE, FORMER MEMBER OF FIANNA FÁIL:[/B] [sub]”Yes we can and we will.”[/sub]

[B]RONAN MURPHY, FORMER MEMBER OF FIANNA FÁIL:[/B] [sub]”Indeed. Let see if you can still run the government when your party members are leaving you?”[/sub][/list]

[sub]Frank Aiken and the rest of the now-former members of Fianna Fáil leave the office leaving the Taoiseach and the others speechless, wondering what will happen next.[/sub]

[list][B]ÉAMON DE VALERA, TAOISEACH:[/B] [sub]”Well this can’t be good.”[/sub][/list]

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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

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MAZIYA TIME,MAY 1934

NEW GENERAL,CAPTAIN AND LT FOR THE PASUKAN MAZIYA DIRAJA

There has been rumors going around for awhile now that the Pasukan Maziya Diraja is getting a general,captain and lieutenant to replace the sole head of command policy which was put in place,people were confused about this however it was believed to just be a rumor without enough actual evidence to prove its the truth,but today sultan,Zahier Al Hafiz came out to announce to the cadets and soldiers that the Pasukan Maziya Diraja are accepting any aspiring soldiers and 3 of the best,based of the former sole head of command,Muhammad Nabil Jafri of the Pasukan Maziya Diraja opinion will be put in as the captain,general or lieutenant based of their performance.

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1934년 5월 21일 | 21 May 1934

[list][sup]Hanseong | 한성[/sup]

State of Chōsen | Empire of Greater Joseon[list]

[list][sup]NEW ORDERS ARE IMPOSED TO STOP TERRORIST UPRISINGS!!![/sup][/list]

| [sub]It was a typical day at Gyeongbokgung Palace, where His Majesty the Emperor was in the throne room in an audience with councillors and ministers, but everything went dark with the arrival of Prime Minister Choi and his tyrannical plans. Everyone already knew that Choi had plans to start a Police State in Joseon, as his latest plan was approved by the Jungchuwon, with the creation of a special police to fight terrorism.[/sub] |

| [sub]Hanseong is currently the most heavily guarded city on the peninsula, with armed police throughout the city, but for Prime Minister Choi, this needed to be expanded to other larger cities. These government counter-terrorist plans would not prevent revolutionaries from acting cautiously. The main railways in Joseon are being the most targeted by terrorists, precisely to sabotage the trains that so many Japanese and the Korean puppet government use. In the throne room, the Prime Minister Choi was imposing yet another of his plans.[/sub] |[list]

[sub]Choi Jung-hoon: “Your Majesty! I have some information that is being discussed a lot.”[/sub]

[sub]Emperor Jeong: “I already know what this is about, Mr. Prime Minister. A few days ago, I was informed by some Japanese soldiers that in the north of the peninsula there is a quiet village near the Manchukuo border, which had been entirely dominated by revolutionaries.”[/sub]

[sub]Choi Jung-hoon: “Did the Japanese soldiers do nothing?”[/sub]

[sub]Emperor Jeong: “Tokyo left that problem for us to solve. I believe Japan has many bigger problems. With that I decided to send some Korean soldiers loyal to the Crown to this part of the border that is dominated by terrorists.”[/sub]

[sub]Choi Jung-hoon: “And we must also strengthen anti-terrorist measures in other cities on the peninsula besides Hanseong. Don’t we want these things to happen again, Your Majesty?”[/sub]

[sub]Emperor Jeong: “Yes, of course... My duty as monarch is to put this peninsula in order!”[/sub][/list]

| [sub]After the Emperor agrees to one of the Prime Minister’s plans to strengthen anti-terrorist policy in other major cities in Joseon, Choi is satisfied. However, His Majesty ordered Korean soldiers loyal to the Crown to go to that village in the north of the peninsula, precisely to fight the revolutionaries. It can be confirmed that Choi always has His Majesty’s full support, so the policies that are implemented by him are easily accepted.[/sub] |

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Maneuvers in the Taurus’s

May 13th, 1934

| News came out of Ankara today of newly formed Turkish military divisions training in the central mountain ranges of the nation. President Ataturk had said that this was part of a new initiative started by the government that was sponsored in the Reconstruction Act concerning the build up of military force within the country. This also comes on the heels of the new non-aggression pact which the government had signed with the Republic of Greece last year, which had sparked outrage with many radical members of the CHP (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi), saying that Turkey would quote, “have been better off if we had not signed peace with those scum”. Both radical left and right wing elements have as well expressed concern with the current government’s close proximity with Soviet influence, however, with other leftist elements welcoming this opportunity with open arms, saying it is the next phase in Turkey’s great leap forward. |

| Other proponents for this “great leap forward” with the Soviets are Mihri Belli and his newly formed, Worker’s Party of Turkey, which have been in talks with Ataturk to form a coalition government of sorts during the next election next year. Belli has been seen on numerous occasions this month, leaving Ataturk’s office. The president is set to address these situations within the next few months before parliament, as many in government fear the thought of this new coalition forming. |

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

[sub]"Bağımsızlık, devrim, sosyalizm!"[/sub]]

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[list]October 1933

[sub]行方不明の魂[/sub]

The Missing Souls, Pt. 3/3[/list]

[sup]ᠰᠰᠢᠨ᠎ᠡ ᠪᠠᠷᠭᠤ ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ[/sup]

CHIN BARAG YOU-KI, STATE OF MANCHUKUO

| A day had passed after the failed rescue attempt. There was little respite in store for the Major's men, who were still after Ruhi Ge the Bandit, who held Yuko's parents hostage. The morning after the attack, the troop moved camp again, forming a long line of horses, with two small carriages in the middle, snaking its way through the vast, ocean-like green steppes of the Manchurian frontier. To their left was the Dalai Nor Lake, its surface aglow with the harsh reflections of the sun. The wind was blowing, and the weather was growing colder. Suddenly, the Major motions for the troop to halt. A scout was coming, its horse galloping in the tall grass. |

[list][sup]| IJA Scout: |[/sup] "Sir! I've spotted a small encampment just ahead. No more than twenty men."

[sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Twenty? This is too little. Something is up; they know we are coming. Men! Defensive formation, now!"[/list]

| Calmly, the Major trotted back to the middle of the troop, where Yuko was, riding alongside a sergeant. Leaning close to her, the Major opened his pouch and gave her a revolver. |

[list][sup]| Yuko: |[/sup] "Are we in danger, Major?"

[sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Certainly not, dear. This weapon, you are only to use it shall the situation go wrong... If there is no chance of survival, it is better to die with dignity than to risk capture from those men. They would not be kind to a young woman like you."[/list]

| We're outnumbered. They've probably devised this ambush in advance, thought the Major to himself, though his worried eyes were once again shadowed by his peaked military cap. Seeing the fear welling up in Yuko's eyes, he put his leather-gloved hand on hers as she took the Type 26. But there was little more he could do. As he joined his men, barbaric yells echoed from the other side of the hill, followed by horses neighing and the sound of their hooves. The men of the Third Division's 4th Cavalry Brigade, 25th Regiment, readied their Type 38 rifles. All were positioned in a circle around the few small carriages loaded with supplies; some had dismounted and were crouching or tightly hugging the ground to steady their aim, while others remained on their mounts. And then, the bandits on horseback appeared all at once over the hill, against the limpid blue sky. |

[list][sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Open fire!"[/list]

| On the left flank, the unit's sole automatic machine gun, a Type 3, fired short bursts against the enemies. There they were! A large line of black figures, the majority holding up spears and swords, and others brandishing rifles. Bullets whizzed in the clear, pristine air, lifting dirt as they collided with the earth all around the position. The men lobbed their grenades at the enemies, which provoked a series of small explosions, confusing the horses and sending the vanguard of the bandits off their mounts. Some fell off their horses, dragged by them across the plain, as they were shot dead by the Major's men. To the left and to the right, the rising tide of assailants grew, encircling the group. "TAC-TAC-TAC-TAC-TAC !" — The steady pounding of the machine gun soon did not overcome the sound of hooves and yells. |

[list][sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Another volley of grenades! Assemble ! Break out!"[/list]

| It was a daring tactic, but a necessary one — Like a single body, the soldiers threw their remaining charges, scattering the encircling bandits. Then, the Major's right flank mounted their horses and regrouped, charging with their swords drawn and yelling hurrays — "Pride of the 3rd Kō-heidan, charge!". The swords slashed open large wounds, and blood sprinkled. It was not a pitched battle anymore, but a dark skirmish where light khaki uniforms and brown furs collided, painted with blood as the swords reflected the glow of the sun and the panicked horses neighed, a battle from the deep of the ages. |

| The Major's men finally broke out of the Mongols' encirclement strategy, linking up with the largely intact left flank. The surviving bandits seemed to retreat for a moment and then — HE appeared atop the hill. RUHI GE, a monster of a man, nearly 6'5"/2m tall on his horse, wide shoulders and arms bulging out of a fur-coated, sleeveless top; the bandit leader, with the remainder of his men in tow. In no more than ten seconds, the battle was up again — And then the Major thought: "Yuko!". Manning his horse, he left the group of men with the faithful Lieutenant Tsuji by his side to rescue the woman, who had stayed behind. There she was, hiding in the tall grass in her white city clothes. |

[list][sup]| Major Yuji Tachibana: |[/sup] "Yuko! Get on the Lieutenant's horse, now — "[/list]

| But it was too late. In front of him stood Ruhi Ge, blocking out the sun with his massive shadow, along with two other Mongol riders. Tachibana and Ruhi Ge, both on horseback, drawing their bloodied swords in a sha-shing, their blades radiantly aglow under the cruel sun. And then, the first charge, the clash of the steel blades producing a sharp noise — Neither of the two warriors succeeding in their first strike. Heavy sweat beads formed on the Major's forehead. "That giant hulk of a man...That blow nearly dislocated my shoulder. And the Lieutenant is busy holding off against his minions... If we fail, Yuko will be captured. My men are too far away and too busy to notice... I must kill him! The two warriors came back for a second charge. |

| CLANK — The Mongol Giant was successful in his second blow ! The Major's sword flew out of his hands, and the Mongol's blade ripped open his shoulder. Unable to withstand the blow, Tachibana fell from his horse, cracking his other shoulder with a loud noise and bloodying his forehead. Crawling against the earth, hugging the dirt as if he hugged his mother in his final moments, the Major tried to get away from Ruhi Ge, but the multiple injuries he had sustained slowed him down. Getting on his back, he saw nothing but the tall grass around him and the deep blue sky above him. Suddenly, a dark shadow blocked it. The Lieutenant ! Where's Tsuji ?Tsuji ! And...Yuko ! He couldn't hear what was happening over there. Suddenly, a loud bang. And two others. BANG, BANG!. No more. Ruhi Ge stood there, towering above him. He spoke in broken Japanese, with a deep voice. Agh...Must...reach...for...gun!", Tsuji thought in his final moments. His hand was numb and could hardly reach his holster; his bones suffered multiple fractures; hot blood poured down his eyes. |

[list][sup]| Ruhi Ge: |[/sup] "Your time is up. Never should have come here..."[/list]

| The Mongol drew his sword, ready to strike the final blow. BANG! |

| Smoke flew out of Tachibana's Type 26. Hit in the heart, the Mongol Giant teetered on his feet, and fell back with a loud thump. He was saved. |

[list]Yuko-san ![/list]

| Unsteady on his feet. Heart racing. Blood in his eyes. The Major got up, using his sword as a cane. Far away, the battle had ceased, his men looking victorious in the distance. The sun poured down in the heavenly glow of victory. Before the Major, the two Mongol minions laid dead. Lieutenant Tsuji was on his buttocks, wounded but still alive. But where was she? — He looked to his left. |

[list]Yuko-san... ?[/list]

| There she was. White clothes, and her face, of pure, marble-like white too, ensconced in her long, dark hair flowing against the grass. Eyes closed. A red flower on her chest, and the gun in her hand... |

[list]NO ![/list]

| The Major calmly kneeled, taking her lifeless body in his arms. His eyes closed as he took her hand. When I fell from the horse and Ruhi Ge stood ready to kill me... And she heard the Lieutenant shoot... She must have thought it was over! She killed herself not to become their prisoner! Oh, dear heavens... What have I done? He kept his eyes closed for a long time, and when he opened them to see her, he could finally see her. Yes, she looked just like his lover from Japan... The one who had killed herself, because their families would not allow their marriage. The resemblance was striking, except he had never seen his would-be bride dead. Now, he finally could. He carressed her chin one last time, and thought that she was never as beautiful as now, though she grows cold and pale... And he silently weeped, his eyes sorrowful. |

[list]• • •[/list]

[list][spoiler=[sup]Epilogue[/sup]]

| "CUT !" From behind the tall grass, a man in a short-sleeved shirt and high-waisted city pants emerged, smiling behind his little round glasses. "Amazing, you two! This will be a phenomenal success!". "Tachibana", played by Tokihiko Okada, and Yuko, played by Takako Irie, got up with a smile. The director, Teinosuke Kinugasa, congratulated them heartily, for they had just wrapped the shooting of The Missing Souls, the largest movie yet produced in Manchukuo, with financing from the Nikkatsu studio and logistics from the South Manchurian Railway's Photographic Division — A novel cooperation in the Empire. Showcasing the bravery of the Imperial Japanese Army in its task of pacifying the Manchu steppes, while also featuring a fair dose of romance, The Missing Souls, shot entirely on location — But mostly around the studios in Hsinking, due to the difficulty of moving around the cameras — is sure to be a success in Japan. |

[list][sup]| "Tachibana" Tokihiko Okada: |[/sup] "Do we ever know what happens to her parents, Kinugasa-san?"

[sup]| "Yuko" Takako Irie: |[/sup] "Oh! I'd like them to live, else the picture will be too gloomy!"

[sup]| Teinosuke Kinugasa, Director: |[/sup] "They'll live, that's the plan. We'll insert a card telling the spectators the Bandits were caught by another cavalry unit. But you two get some rest and drinks, we're done here. We'll go back to the mainland with our movie reels tomorrow."

[list][pre][ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hylT3vWudI ][/pre][/spoiler][/list]

[list][spoiler=[sub]The Son of Heaven Faces His Destiny.[/sub]]

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Who are the cartographers I need telegram?

Feeding the Boilers - September, 1934

As the Yugoslav economy grew, the hunger of the industries for steel became more and more visible, a product that, in addition to being extremely expensive, was totally dependent on the foreign market. In order to reduce this dependence, as well as to cause a true "Industrial Revolution" in the country, the Yugoslav government closed several agreements with Paramerican industrialists to finance the construction of a national steel plant.

In addition to Paramerican capitalists, the Yugoslav government also sought help from businessmen from another nation known for its vigorous industrialization and economic growth, Japan. Unlike the Paramericans, the agreement signed with Asian industrialists was to finance the expansion and modernization of the fragile Yugoslavian naval industry, an area where the Japanese had demonstrated great knowledge for years. In addition to the agreement with the businessmen, the Yugoslav government was also negotiating the possible acquisition of some vessels (light cruisers) for its navy, a great advance compared to the few vessels (two Dubrovnik destroyers that were with stopped works) recently ordered from shipyards. British people.

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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

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Free Kievan Rus wrote: Who are the cartographers I need telegram?

Paramountica is the cartographer but there are three map officers. I’m one of the map officers so you can tg me but Discord is the better way to get into contact with us.

Antobom

MAZIYA TIME,MAY 1934

THREE CADETS CONSIDERED FOR THE PASUKAN MAZIYA DIRAJA

Commander of the Pasukan Maziya Diraja,Muhammad Nabil Jafri has recently been seen training three cadets,the age of 13 from the normal military,putting them in under massive amount of training,other military personnel are suspecting that he is doing this to install three people he can trust and are loyal to him into the positions of the captain,general and lieutenant of the Pasukan Maziya Diraja,these three cadets are dropout students who were drafted into military service as compensation for dropping out so they could still provide for the nation in some form of way.These three cadets are,Azim Zikri,Fatihi Zanul and Radhi Arfri Bin Muhammad Ali Afri.

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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[list][sub]January 1934[/sub]

[sub]Nigerian Youth Movement[/sub][/list]

LAGOS, LAGOS STATE, COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OF NIGERIA (Canovia)

[sub]| YABA HIGHER COLLEGE | — The “brainchild” of the British colonial administrator and Director of Education E.R.J. Hussey, the Yaba Higher College was established in 1929 – officially opening in January 1934 to provide the natives in vocational training in areas such as agriculture, forestry, medicine and other similar services, as well as teaching secondary education to train Nigerians to become educators. Affiliated with the University of London, the Yaba Higher College only offered limited diplomas — making any Nigerian who wanted to get further education to travel abroad in Europe to complete their education.[/sub]

[sub]Vocal about the creation of the college, three men (Eyo Ita, Samuel Akisanya, Ernest Ikoli) would form the Nigerian Youth Movement — with goals of establishing Nigerian nationalism, fostering political advancement and enhancing the socio-economic situation for all Nigerians. With many support from outside the Yoruba group, the growing community would reach outside the Lagos area into the more rural parts of Nigeria.[/sub{

[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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

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Just creating an account is so easy 😉

Annyeong Korea wrote:Just creating an account is so easy 😉

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Grounded huh. I know how that feels. You have my sympathy.

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Well once you’re ungrounded Ran’s if not then you can TG me

Free Kievan Rus wrote:No I'm grounded I use my school Chromebook its blocked

The last time I was grounded my mom took my dvd player and my movies, I was 7, now I'm 21 lol

I also lost my toys, my mom said I could only see my toys again if I did well in school.

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Annyeong Korea wrote:The last time I was grounded my mom took my dvd player and my movies, I was 7, now I'm 21 lol

I also lost my toys, my mom said I could only see my toys again if I did well in school.

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if the children naughty naughty they are the in the ground

Annyeong Korea wrote:The last time I was grounded my mom took my dvd player and my movies, I was 7, now I'm 21 lol

I also lost my toys, my mom said I could only see my toys again if I did well in school.

lol, I'm grounded from my electronics, everything but my school Chromebook

when I was around 7 I got my tv taken away for watching tv a 4:00 a.m. I'm 14 now and a freshman

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[pre]June, 1934 | Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, The British Imperial Crown Colony Of The Sudan[/pre]

COMMON SENSE, SUDANIZING THE SUD

Months have passed since Egyptian Prime Minister Hussein’s direct address to the Sudanese people has been made, therefore allowing the White League to absolve themselves of all doubts and fears they had over the recent government takeover by the Young Egyptians.

Hussein’s speech to the Sudanese people sounded more as a justification and a call to strengthening the unity of the Nile Valley, as well as defending his country from attacks made by the British and Sudanese Nationalists against Egypt’s claims on Sudan.

In the days following Hussein's speech, Nationalists would rally on the streets with statements and addresses to the public that would contradict much of Hussein’s speech. By the end of April, an article written by Mohamed Mahgoub himself and posted on the College’s paper titled, “Common Sense” would circle much of the young and working class Sudanese society in Khartoum. It would start spreading through many cities up and down the Nile Valley by early June.

“Common Sense” was an article aimed at deconstructing Hussein’s speech from end to end and contradicting all his statements on wanting unity with the Egyptians in what Mahgoub calls, “The reality of Egypt’s view of the Sudanese.” As the colony’s literacy continues to grow, Mahgoub has thought it was a good idea to educate the Sudanese on the century of colonization and conquest as well as enslavement they had faced since the late 1820s.

As the Common Sense Articles continued to spread among the Sudanese population all throughout the north, much of the citizenry would find itself divided amongst more solid lines, between the Nationalists, supported by The Confluence, southerners, farmers, the peasantry, and so basically the entire working class that wishes to see a separate Sudanese state. While on the other side, Unionists, supported by the White League, the elites, merchants, and much of the more upper class of Sudan who wish to see Sudan United with Egypt, with the exception of European settlers who have nothing to do with the ensuing division.

As tension grows between the Unionist and Nationalists, the increasing rapid momentum of Sudanization in the colony has been noticed by the British authorities who had welcomed this process to further wedge the ties between the Egyptians and Sudanese. Governor Sayed A. Khalil along with the backing of Speaker John L. Maffey, as well as 11 out of 16 members of the Legislative Administration in a vote would pass and enact the “Sudan Plan” which would therefore begin the British Colonial plan of Sudanizing the Sud.

The Act increases funding to educational institutions to promote Sudanese studies to enshrine the young educated population in the idea of the Sudanese Entity. Printing press and radio companies would begin broadcasting and printing significant pieces, art, music, literature, one of which is the Common Sense Articles, and poems promoting Sudanese identity and culture. The Administration hoped that by establishing the Sudan Plan over the next 10 years, much of the population would start seeing themselves as a separate and unique identity from the Egyptians.

The Sudanization of the Sud plan is now in movement and is ensured to spread like wildfire throughout the Sudanic plains. From town to town, the Sudanese identity begins to spread as it battles with the Egyptian identity at every corner. It is unknown whether the Unionist will lose their cause to common sense, to Nationalism, or whether this wave of Nationalism would find itself in conflict with a people of polar opposites.

Currently the Sudanization effort is not aimed at turning Unionists away from Egypt, but at integration and promoting a singular National Identity to the remains of the population in the remanente of the colony, from urban to rural, mountains to marshes, and from the sea to the river.

[list]”Unity with Egypt would only erase the history we had before the Ottoman conquest, and soon we will find ourselves in this continuous and current silence, this eternal struggle. You deserve a homeland of your own, your children and their children deserve to live in their fathers homeland, where they would consent to a government and to a state and an identity of their own”[/list]

- Mohamed Ahmed Mahgoub’s last comment on the Common Sense Articles, Leader of The Confluence and student at Gordon College

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The New Delhi Tribune/नई दिल्ली ट्रिब्यून [sub]June 1934[/sub]

[sub]Volume 9, Issue 2 /खंड 9, अंक 2 [/sub]

[sup]Congress Socialist Party Formally Establishes In India!?[/sup]

[sup]With news coming from New Delhi, a new caucus was established within the Indian National Congress whom reports indicate that members of Congress who rejected what they saw as the anti-rational mysticism of Gandhi as well as the sectarian attitude of the Communist Party of India towards the Congress. Influenced by Fabianism as well as Marxism-Leninism, the CSP included advocates of armed struggle or sabotage (such as Yusuf Meherally, Jai Prakash Narayan, and Basawon Singh (Sinha) as well as those who insisted upon Ahimsa or Nonviolent resistance (such as Acharya Narendra Deva). The CSP advocated decentralized socialism in which co-operatives, trade unions, independent farmers, and local authorities would hold a substantial share of the economic power.[/sup]

[sup]The news of the establishment of this new political bloc within the Indian National Congress has caused mixed reactions, with some fearing of a potential fracturing or weakening of future nationalist movements in India via infighting among Indian politics.[/sup]

[sup]JP Narayan and Minoo Masani were released from jail in 1934. JP Narayan convened a meeting in Patna on 17 May 1934, which founded the Bihar Congress Socialist Party. He was a Gandhian Socialist. Narayan became general secretary of the party and Acharya Narendra Deva became president. The Patna meeting gave a call for a socialist conference which would be held in connection to the Congress Annual Conference. At this conference, held in Bombay which is to be scheduled for October 22–23, of this year. Members of communal organizations or political organizations whose goals were incompatible with the ones of CSP, were barred from CSP membership.[/sup]

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[list]JUNE 1934

[sub]DEUTSCHE WERKE KIEL — KIEL, New Provenance[/sub][/list]

[list][list][sub]DIE STAATLICHE FLOTTE DER MEERE: DIE STAATSMARINE[/sub]

[pre]THE STATE'S FLEET OF THE SEAS: THE STAATSMARINE[/pre][/list][/list]

| The Staatsmarine is considered the armed naval force of the Ministerium für Verteidigung (Ministry for Defense), which is headed by a civilian minister appointed by the government of the Weimar Republic. The senior most naval officer in the Staatsmarine is the Chef der Marineleitung (Chief of the Naval Command), the current occupant of the position being Admiral Herr Erich Raeder, who has been serving as Chef der Marineleitung since October 1928. Headquartered at the Staatliches Marinekommando (Staatsmarine Command Office) in Berlin, the Staatsmarine Central Command, chaired by the Chef der Marineleitung, operated as the commanding body of the Staatsmarine. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the navy has been restricted to prevent the German Navy from becoming a threat to the Allied powers. The Staatsmarine is only allowed eight battleships, six cruisers, twelve destroyers, and twelve torpedo boats. On the restrictions, Admiral Herr Raeder remarked in a document made public in 1932 by the Weimar government: |

[list][list][pre]Die Alliierten haben die Versailler Beschränkungen für die Marine vor mehr als einem Jahrzehnt festgelegt, als die Bedrohung der Stabilität Europas noch weit entfernt und für die Öffentlichkeit weitgehend unsichtbar war. Heute jedoch sind diese Bedingungen absolut unangemessen angesichts des Engagements der Republik für Freiheit, Demokratie und Entspannung mit den Alliierten sowie des plötzlichen Aufschwungs der sozialistischen Bedrohung im Osten, die sowohl die Alliierten als auch uns bedroht. Der Regierung des Präsidenten sollte klar gemacht werden, dass alle Anstrengungen unternommen werden müssen, um die Verhandlungen über die militärischen Bedingungen des Versailler Vertrags wieder aufzunehmen und ihn besser an die Welt anzupassen, in der wir uns gegenwärtig befinden.[/pre]

[pre]The Allies drew up the Versailles limitations on the Navy over a decade ago, when threats to the stability of Europe were still distant and mostly invisible from the public eye. Now, however, these terms are absolutely unreasonable considering the dedication of the Republic to liberty, democracy and detente with the Allies as well as the sudden surge of the socialist menace in the east, which threatens both the Allies and ourselves. It should be made clear to the President's government that all efforts must be made to re-open negotiations on the military terms of the Versailles Treaty to better adapt it to the world we see ourselves in at the present.[/pre][/list][/list]

| The aforementioned negotiations never took place. However, the Republic has made great strides technologically to allow the Staatsmarine to upgrade and strengthen its capabilities without violating the Versailles Treaty arms limitations, namely through the development of the Deutschland-class of warships, officially recorded as a heavy cruiser class but in actuality is a hybrid form of warship known as a 'pocket battleship'. It possesses similar qualities to that of a battleship but keeps itself below the arms and weight limitations imposed by the Versailles Treaty, allowing for the Staatsmarine to greatly expand its capabilities. The Deutschland-class has been in production since 1929, with the first ship of the class, the Deutschland, being introduced in 1938. |

| Following a Confidential Comprehensive Armaments Review (Vertraulicher Umfassender Rüstungsbericht) by the Staatsmarine and the Reichstag Sub-Committee on Military Affairs (Reichstagsunterausschuss für militärische Angelegenheiten), the German Government now under the militarist DVP has made the top secret go ahead for the construction of three additional Deutschland-class "heavy cruisers" on top of the two already in service and the one presently in construction, that being the Admiral Graf Spee. The Staatskanzlei further suggested that efforts be taken under greatest secrecy to further develop Germany's navy beyond the Versailles limitations, but Admiral Herr Raeder refused on the grounds of supporting President Paul von Hindenburg's aims of negotiating for economic leeway amidst the Depression. |

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