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[list][list]JANUARY 1954

[sub]Nationalistic Behavior[/sub][/list]

[sub][pre] V A R G A S A G A I N S T F O R E I G N E R S [/pre][/sub]

[list][list][sub][pre]It is the duty of men who militate in all

sectors of public life, in all spheres of

Government, in all party associations,

to dedicate their efforts to the good

of the People.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

CURITIBA, STATE OF PARANÁ — MORNINGTIME

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

| The 70-year-old politician, President GETÚLIO VARGAS¹, struck a nationalist tone, saying he would denounce foreign energy companies for not providing enough cheap electricity to carry out Brazil’s industrial development. Vargas threatened them with expropriation unless they supported his plan to electrify the entire country with the government in the lead. In the presence of seven governors at the centenary festivities of the coffee-booming state of Paraná, the grand old man who occupies the presidential chair said that he wanted to create a state-owned company called Eletrobrás comparable to the Petrobrás recently established — under the most nationalistic oil law — whose objective is to extract and refine Brazil’s oil. After applause from everyone, Vargas made harsh criticisms of U.S. and Canadian energy companies. |

[list]| GETÚLIO VARGAS, [sub]President of the Republic[/sub] | “I must say that I am being sabotaged for having contrary interests of private companies that have already profited a lot in Brazil, which now have in cruzeiros 200 times the capital they invested in dollars . . . Either we create the funds to establish a national electrical industry, or we will have to take over establishments that are not giving the results we want.”[/list]

| Such behavior by one of Latin America’s most calculating politicians raised the question: Was the president announcing a drastic change in Brazilian policy towards foreign companies? Rio’s best guess was no, or at least not yet. More likely, Vargas was angry that Congress was withholding funds for his electrification program until he introduced that program to deputies; this may have put him in the right mood for a nationalist speech to an appreciative audience. In Toronto, shares of Brazilian Traction, Light and Power, the Canadian company that produces half of Brazil’s energy, fell 13% and then recovered. |

[list][pre]THE COMMUNIST PROPOSALS[/pre][/list]

| The Brazilian Communist Party has not been a legal party since 1947 but has 60,000 members. Left-wing newspapers are illegal, but they can publish. The general secretary, LUÍS CARLOS PRESTES², has been pursued by the police for seven years. Recently the boss published in the illegal press some instructions for the illegal party. Prestes, who had already led 1,200 men in a two-year battle with 30,000 soldiers, first encountered communism in Red Russia. Now, setting aside his former out-and-out revolutionary line, Prestes declared that there is only one Red test for Brazilian policy: Is it anti-U.S.? |

[list]| LUÍS CARLOS PRESTES, [sub]General Secretary[/sub] | “Brazil is considered just a colony of the United States. The U.S.-Brazil Joint Commission’s plan for better roads and ports is just a U.S. strategy to get the country’s war material. Nationalists and others who wish to build a Brazilian economy free of the U.S. government should heed these proposals.”[/list]

[list][list][pre]

1) repeal of all treaties made with the U.S.;

2) confiscation of all businesses and assets of U.S. businessmen;

3) end of Brazil’s debt to the U.S.[/pre][/list][/list]

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

[sub]² LUÍS CARLOS PRESTES, was General Secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party (1943-80), being a faithful defender of the communist revolution.[/sub]

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

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Woah what happened in the message board?

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VARGORIE PEOPLE'S NEWS: CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE CAUSES 3 BILLION LESOS WORTH OF DAMAGE.

A few days after the Grand New Year Celebration, Hurricane Marsol destroyed most of Vargorie City, Fallos City, Panamos, and nearby towns. The damage was estimated to be worth 2 Billion Lesos (53 Million USD). Our report shows that about 200,000 properties and buildings were damaged, with 9,000 dead and 18,000 injured. President Sunny Fordalla stated that "This was one of the most devastating, and most saddening tragedies our nation has ever witnessed!" in a press conference. According to the data and research of the D.A.G.A.E. (Department of Astronomical, Geophysical, and Atmospheric Events) Hurricane Marsol will be heading into the US, and is currently located in the Bahamas. Most citizens have been evacuated into the inland areas such as Manseja, and away from the coasts. Since the Main Government Complex in Vargorie City was one of the many properties destroyed, the government will be moving into the newly-planned capital of Peyargo (although not ready yet). Stay Safe Vargorians.

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

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[list]January 1954

[sub]The Victories of Progressivism[/sub][/list]

[pre]A P O L I T I C A L R E S H U F F L I N G ?[/pre]

| In the months leading up to the 1949 federal election - the first to be held in the independent Federal Republic of Germany - the farthest right of Germany's political spectrum, which so soon after the end of the War was largely composed of center-right Christian Evangelicals who were more fervorous about their religious beliefs - Heinrich Hellwege of the German People's Party signed an agreement with two other right-wing parties to form a unified, center-right Konservative Party of Germany (Konservativepartei). The goal was to counteract the moderate, 'false conservative' Christian Democratic Union under Konrad Adenauer. Their formation of a right-wing conservative party, however, ended up splitting the moderate and the center-right vote, leaving them as the quiet third partner in a coalition formed with the CDU/CSU and the liberal FDP. Since 1949, the Konservatives have suffered setbacks and defeat after defeat in the Bundestag, with their efforts to push faith-based education and a return of more conservative principles to Germany failing in the face of a moderate CDU/CSU focused on the economy, an empowered socially progressive FDP, and a moderate center-left, progressive Social Democratic Party holding an all-together supermajority. |

| The 1953 elections only saw a cementing of the failure of the German conservative movement, as the country shifted along with the world to more progressive worldviews. This August, the CDU/CSU secured 47% of the vote, against the runner-up SPD who secured only 33%. The devastating performance by the other three parties present in the Bundestag saw rapid rises for the Christian Democrats and Adenauer, who were empowered by their focus on economic rather than political and social messaging. |

| Political fracturing was also being hinted at by several centrist deputies from the CDU/CSU, the FDP, and predominantly the Konservatives. In order to secure their own re-election, many Konservative candidates campaigned on the ground with more centrist platforms, pledging to move closer to the center rather than more to the right. This left the Bundestag with an increasing number of centrist politicians more open to compromise than ever. The Five Independents were rapidly becoming a liaison between these centrists and more progressive and conservative Bundestag deputies. Led by Sophie Scholl, the storied and charismatic resistance leader who was gaining ground as the leader of the Bundestag Women's Convention, the Independents were, while small, floating larger ideas. |

| With a round of victories for Bundestag progressives after deals on education and welfare were struck by the CDU/CSU, the SPD and the FDP, the conservative movement was taking more hits. Rumors that Hellwege was planning a resignation were swirling, and Scholl was reportedly considering the formation of a new, centrist political party that would focus on 'common sense solutions'. There was strong support for this, especially among progressives who wished for stronger representation against the CDU/CSU and their socially moderate policies. The SPD had spent many meetings attempting to sway Scholl to join the Social Democrats, but she had refused on the grounds that she did not 'believe in partisan politics'. Many consider her vote, and her support or opposition to legislation, as a crucial step to gaining public support, especially since Scholl is fairly centrist on most issues but has voted closer to the SPD and the FDP rather than the CDU/CSU. |

| The possibility of a new political party was raising eyebrows, and with the country preparing to enter a potentially hectic period in its relatively short existence with the Balkans gaining heat and Germany's new military starting to gain shape and manpower for the first time, a Scholl-led centrist party could overhaul the way Germany's politics operate. |

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

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Radio "ZOY"

[list]January 1954

[sub]Government to embark on a Coffee cultivation program in bid to diversify agricultural exports[/sub][/list]

[sub]| It is no secret to anybody that the economy of the Gold Coast has been dominated by Cocoa cultivation for most of it's recent history, indeed, the colony currently supplies a large portion of the world supplies, raking in tens of millions of pounds in export revenues to the government. However it is also no secret that Cocoa is a very volatile commodity that is vulnerable to price drops, furthermore, over-dependence on one commodity has historically led to many issues in regards to development and economic stabilism. As such, and in a bid to cultivate more sources of revenue, the government of the Gold Coast has embarked on a new program to cultivate thousands of tons of coffee beans each year to supplement the colony's current economic output, as coffee beans grow in the same conditions as cocoa ones. |[/sub]

[sub]| The idea to cultivate Coffee beans in the colony is not a strange one. Coffee production in the colony goes back to at least the 18th century, with the cultivation of the native Robusta coffee plant, which flourishes in the country’s low elevations. This type of coffee is also quite cheap and easy to produce compared to the more widely used Arabica plant. |[/sub]

[sub]| With this in mind, the government of the Gold Coast has embarked on a £7m three-year plan to increase the cultivation of coffee and make it a new source of revenue for the colony. To help oversee the plan and it's execution, the 'Ashanti Coffee Group' has been created as a British company, with a 15% stake owned by the Gold Coast government, operating in the Gold Coast, with it's board compromising of two highly-distinguished British entrepreneurs in the field of coffee production, as well as an African agricultural expert from the colony. The 'ACG' has purchased over 5,000 acres of land that will be used to cultivate the plan. To this end, plans have been drawn to establish 15 coffee plantation owned by the 'ACG'. |[/sub]

[sub]| When interviewed, the new owners of this company had this to say: |[/sub]

[list][sub]| "We see this as indeed a marvelous opportunity to work in this fertile market which is sure to benefit many farmers, as well as shore up the revenues of the colony. We also view this as a great chance to serve in the forefront of Gold Coast agriculture and inspire others with business-minded objectives to follow suit." |[/sub][/list]

[sub]| The end goal of the plan is to have at least 10,000 tons of annual production in the colony by 1957. This is also accompanied by the plans of employing thousands of new farmers to make this possible, thus increasing the local economy by increasing the level of income in the regions where the coffee will be cultivated. The plan also aims at creating a coffee industry in the country in the future, which will further create a new sector for the economy. All in all, the plan is sure to be of benefit to the colony, and time will only tell how successful it can be. |[/sub]

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

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[list][list]JANUARY 1954

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

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

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

for our people, a new future

for our children, and a new

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

ABU DHABI,

[sub]THE Trucial States United[/sub]

| The unification of Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Qatar into a singular nation did not really mean anything to current regional affairs and power structures. The small nations collectively only muster a population of 384,282 people located in an area that spans the Persian Gulf. The often overlooked nation honestly preferred being overlooked as it enjoyed direct protection by the United Kingdom and economic and financial benefit from both the United Kingdom and the United States. Coming together as a singular nation did not cause much headache as ruling monarchs came to an agreement that the position of President can only be acquired by one of the ruling royal families; however, the election of the President is to occur via voting from members of the Arab Federal National Council. The Federal National Council members are directly elected by the people of the United Trucial State every six years. |

| The first inaugural President of the United Trucial State was Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah and his Vice-President Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. From 1954-1960, the al-Sabah Administration has made the guarantees that it will place the people of the Trucial State at the center of all policies and decision-making discussions if the nation is to be serious about its present and future. While in session, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah gave the following remarks: |

[list][list][pre]"Let us remember that everyone elected to this governing body of the Trucial State has a direct, democratic responsibility to our citizens. The actions of greed and self-interest cannot be allowed to seep into these voting chambers and infect the policy drafted in these halls that are intended to promote and elevate the conditions of our people. We do not dabble in the works of political parties but we are elected by our neighbors, families, elders, and the former and current generations of our country because they trust in our unbiased judgments and future thinking capabilities to develop a nation we did not have for ourselves growing up for the upcoming generation and the generations to come afterwards. The recent developments of the Investment Authority and the UTSPC is intended to guarantee a social safety net and to solidify the foundations to garner the resources and talents that we need to build this peaceful oasis in the Gulf. We stand clear from petty rivalries and conflict. We stand clear from sectarianism but also absolute secularism. We must be a nation of balance and progress but respect for our roots. The United Trucial State will stand for reason, logic, and peace. Not violence and barbarism."[/pre][/list][/list]

| The United Trucial State came together to become a peaceful oasis within the Gulf region as it seeks to remain out of regional conflicts and develop a society that is pro-business, free enterprise, pro-innovation, and pro-development. Monitoring the growing tensions between the Arab Federation and Kurdistan, turmoil in Saudi Arabia, and the personality of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the United Trucial State determined it is best to look inward and worry about itself. In 1938, Oil is discovered in Kuwait, but World War II interrupts further exploration. Drilling resumed after the war and Kuwait began to develop a thriving commercial center. The government began to use oil revenue to develop Kuwait's infrastructure and a modern and comprehensive welfare system. In 1939, Qatar discovered oil and by 1940, the country had begun producing 4,000 barrels a day. This led to greater urban development, with the construction of roads and the entry of cars into Qatar in the 1950s. With Qatar and Kuwait coming together into a singular nation, there needed to be an institution that would be able to better govern and develop the discovered energy deposits not only with the formation of the Ministry of Energy but also a state-guided private sector for energy competition and growth. |

[list][pre]ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED TRUCIAL STATE PETROLEUM CORPORATION[/pre][/list]

| Vice-President Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa officially signs off the formation of the United Trucial State Petroleum Corporation (UTSPC) to be focused on petroleum exploration, production, petrochemicals, refining, marketing, and transportation. UTSPC intends to work very closely with the United Kingdom and the United States to expand upstream, midstream, and downstream operations within the nation. Vice-President Al-Khalifa indicates revenue of energy sells will be directed toward investing in the citizens and city planning/urban development projects. UTSPC is going to be headquartered in Doha with offices in Kuwait City and Abu Dhabi. The second state-owned energy company to be formed is The Trucial Petroleum Venture Company to operate in the field of refining, storage, and marketing. |

[list][pre]ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED TRUCIAL INVESTMENT AUTHORITY [/pre][/list]

| Vice-President Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and President Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah formally established the United Trucial Investment Authority in Abu Dhabi to assist in the management of state funds amid financial surpluses from oil sales! The UTIA manages the United Trucial General Reserve Fund, the newly established United Trucial Future Generations Fund, as well as any other assets committed by the Ministry of Finance. The UTIA's board of directors is headed by the minister of finance with other seats allocated to the Energy Minister, Governor of the Central Bank, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, and 5 other nationals who are experts in the field, 3 of which should not hold any other public office. |

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| IZURU THE MERCILESS |

[sub]20th of January, 1954[/sub]

| The assassination attempt on the First Representative of Zaire, Gloria Banza, which resulted in the death of her beloved husband has sent shockwaves through the country. The attack was perpetrated in hopes of killing Mrs Banza and starting a religious revolution, as the evidence from the investigation show. The man who had perpetrated the attack has been identified as LOUI BERBUDU, a Kimbangulism follower.

The investigation led by the Secular Forces and the Zairean Investigation Bureau has led them to three different hotspots around the country. The interrogation of Berbudu also brought to light the names of those involved, and as so the Head of the Finest Assembly, Marie Izuru, ordered the mass arrest of over two-hundred-fifty men and women around the three active hotspots. The arrests have been brutal, to such an extent that three men died in North-East of Zaire due to them.

But the extent of the brutality has not stopped there. Mrs Izuru has ordered THE KIMBANGULISM DIRECTIVE, with over one million Zaireans who belong to the faith to register with all government facilities around the country. The directive will also lead to resettlement of said followers around the country, to split the communities up and to forcefully mix them into other ethnics and faiths. The Zairean Church and the Zairean right wing has harshly protested against the directive, all in vain as Mrs Izuru shut the protests down.

On the 19th of January, 1954, all the arrested under the charge of plotting against the state and being involved in the assassination attempt on Mrs Banza have been charged with treason of highest order. The trial is set to begin in mid February, and should the Highest Supreme Court of Zaire decide that the two-hundred-fifty men and women are indeed guilty, they will all be sentenced to death. This is the first time in the history of free Zaire that such Supreme Court ruling will have to be carried out.

Interestingly enough, Mrs Banza has met with the perpetrator of the attack on her husband and herself in the District Prison of Elisabethville on the 17th of January, 1954. It is not clear what was said, but Mrs Banza left sharply an hour later and did not offer any comments to the press about it. Mrs Izuru, on the other hand, offered the press a hard-sharp edged comment about the whole situation. |

[list][ MARIE IZURU, Head of the Finest Assembly ]: "Nous nous tiendrons sur les principes de la défense de notre liberté et de notre mode de vie séculaire, ou nous ne nous tiendrons pas du tout. Nous ne nous laisserons pas intimider par des voyous. Nous ne serons pas intimidés par des fanatiques religieux. Et nous ne nous laisserons certainement pas intimider par un groupe de néo-fascistes et de psychopathes religieux. Qu'il soit clair que le Zaïre est un pays de droit par le droit. Je ne céderai pas à la pitié et à la sympathie de ceux qui préfèrent me voir mort, Mme Banza morte, le peuple du Zaïre qui n'est pas d'accord avec leur rhétorique, mort. La pitié et la sympathie sont pour les faibles, les faibles, les faibles. Et nous ne sommes pas faibles. Le temps de la sympathie et de la compréhension est révolu, quand la ligne est franchie en tirant des coups de feu sur l'institution principale de notre pays, sur nos croyances et sur nos modes de liberté démocratique. Ceux qui nous ont fait du mal seront punis en conséquence et avec justice. Tant que je dirigerai ce pays, tant que Mme Banza dirigera ce pays, il n'y aura pas de chaos, pas d'illégalité."[/list]

[spoiler="I have no comment to give in these hurtful times. However, business must return to normality." - Gloria Banza]

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[list]April 1953

[sub]The 1953 Election: Yoshida's Struggle[/sub][/list]

[pre]LIBERAL PARTY SEES DIVISION! YOSHIDA CALLS FOR ELECTIONS![/pre]

NATIONAL DIET BUILDING

[sub]TOKYO, Nippon-Nihon — MORNING[/sub]

[sub]The October 1952 elections was groundbreaking for Shigeru Yoshida’s Liberal Party, as it secured a six seat majority within the National Diet. As significant events such as Bloody May Day and the signing of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty defined the pro-Western leadership of Yoshida, the national rebuilding efforts at home continued to slowly improve, thus the government’s approval ratings continued to steadily climb. Campaigning on promises to bring Japanese industries abroad, the beginning of Yoshida's third term saw the beginning of normalized relations with potential partners — most notably emerging states such as Sudan, Zaire and Ethiopia who have expressed interest in importing Japanese made vehicles and other Japanese made products. Although the Japanese industries were beginning to see sales increases, and many of the Japanese populace re-entering the workforce, the satisfaction within the Japanese government and the confidence in Yoshida's governance began to slightly decrease as the months went by.[/sub]

[sub]Although the Liberal Party remained Japan’s dominant party, internal divisions in the party saw governance come at a snail’s pace. With many Liberal Party members backing (supporting) Shigeru Yoshida, many rogue members of the party would declare their backing for Ichirō Hatoyama, a staunch conservative within the party who often favored pardons of Class A war criminals, remilitarizing Japan and amending the 1947 Constitution. With the dissatisfaction of leadership coming from Yoshida’s cabinet and the fractured Liberal Party led the Prime Minister to call for new elections — hoping to bring in fresh members into the National Diet to counter the ever growing dissatisfaction and rupturing of the party. Many of the rogue Liberal Party members would still run on the Liberal Party ticket — albeit under the leadership of Bukichi Miki, a close ally of Ichirō Hatoyama.[/sub]

[list][sub]RESULTS OF THE 1953 GENERAL ELECTIONS[/sub]

[sub]• LIBERAL (YOSHIDA): 199/466 seats[/sub]

[sub]• KAISHINTŌ: 76/466 seats[/sub]

[sub]• LEFT SOCIALIST: 72/466 seats[/sub]

[sub]• RIGHT SOCIALIST: 66/466 seats[/sub]

[sub]• LIBERAL (HATOYAMA): 35/466 seats[/sub]

[sub]• LABORERS AND FARMERS: 5/466[/sub]

[sub]• COMMUNIST: 1/466 seats[/sub]

[sub]• OTHERS: 12/466 seats[/sub]

SHIGERU YOSHIDA, 宰相: [sub]"Now is not the time to become divided, when our nation is on the path of recovery and prosperity. Now more than ever, we must stay united in our efforts to make our nation into the powerhouse that it can be. As Prime Minister, my only job is to work in the people's interest. Our job is not done and neither am I. We shall continue to grow together, prosper together and benefit together. That is my pledge to you."[/sub][/list]

[sub]Although winning the most seats within the House of Representatives, the Liberal Party fell short of the 236 seats needed for a majority, with 35 potential seats going to the Hatoyama Faction of the Liberal Party. With talks between the Liberals and Kaishintō, a loose partnership between the two parties would be formed (confidence and supply) in hopes of passing legislation without much opposition. It would be this election that would signify the ending of Yoshida's Era in a Post-War Japan and a yearning for new leadership within Japanese politics.[/sub]

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

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Teymour

The Confederate Prussian Empire

North Omaha

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

-Brasil-

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li

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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Arab-Palestine

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Hello fellow NationStates player, Welcome to the Commonwealth of Liberty!

Ranponian

JANUARY,1954

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

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[U]Jalan Fong Wei Yuan

•Fong Wei Yuan,leader of the communist party.Commisioned the development of a proper asphalt road to Kampung Hutan Tersembunyi to replace the previous dirt road.This was done to ease the transport of supplies to the area.

[U]Stesen Ibu Negeri

•Stesen Ibu Negeri,would be a railway project to first start in the capital city with future ambitions to have connecting stations across the entire country,as a fast method of public transportation.The current plans for it is to have the first station be in Jalan Durian Tembaga,a connecting station at Jalan Juaidi Asyrafil and a final connecting station at Jalan Parlimen.

[U]More Bus Stops and Fixing Roads

•More bus stops will be build next to schools which are near residential areas,to help parents get their children to school without too much of a hassle.Along with the bus stops,roads which have major amount of damage will be repaired during the night and in the morning the location of these major damages will be surrounded by cones to stop anyone from accidentally walking straight onto the damaged road,as both a safety measurement and to prevent what work has already been done to repair the roads being gone.

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[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔

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

Adriatican Islands

Al-Morocco

Amsterwald

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Canada Leaf

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Great Britain Gb

Islahh

Kotakuan Ii

Metropolitan Francais

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Ranponian

Rutannia

Teymour

The Former United States And The Enclave

North Omaha

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Amsterwald wrote:Whether Senofonte's nightmares of the rotund man were indeed dreams or rather prophetic visions of Zgornje Zrše remains to be seen.

Horjak seems taken aback by the colonel's indignance. A silence passes, after which he clears his throat and speaks in a gravelly voice in his native tongue, relayed by a young translator sitting at a lower desk near him.

[list]“You—” he splutters, “well, yes, you may, once the prosecutor makes—once the prosecutor makes his.”[/list]

Curious looks from the audience betrayed that the supposedly daunting Horjak was rarely so stupefied. His Italian defendants were often equally bitter, but uncommonly opened so vocally. Another silence passes. A jurist coughs, and the soldiers march forward to guide Senofonte to the defense table, where Aleš Vitrih—Senofonte's prison visitor—sat with an eyebrow raised.

[list]“Our defendant today is Colonel Senofonte Scalzo of Italy, representing himself,” Horjak announces to the audience and jurists, “and our prosecutor is Mr. Ernest Petric of Videm.”[/list]

Petric—a balding, middle aged man in an ill-fitting suit—stands. His voice is surprisingly nasal.

[list]“Before you sits the Weasel,” he opens. “He is rightly called. A fascist and bane of the Slovenes, he staggered into this fair Republic to antagonize the noble people of Zgornje Zrše: the Alpine pride of the west-central judicial district of Tolmeč. How many of you have been to this fair village?”[/list]

[/list]

The jury is stone-still.

[list]“Well—well, you don't need to,” Petric goes on. “Its people are of the best sort, and this man came to strike them down. One left with bite marks in his hand, and another with blood streaming from his face. I will prove to you these crimes, and reveal to you the criminal nature of this man. So too is he tried today for crimes he committed during the War—conspiracy against the Republic and so forth. That's—that is all.”[/list]

[/list]

Another silence passes before Horjak gives an expectant look to Senofonte.

| A wry smile remained on Senofonte's face as he nodded along the translation. Then, after being motioned to begin, he starts speaking with a booming bass voice; he theatrically moves his arms around and widens his eyes. Once again, the man demonstrates energy that is disproportionate to his small size. |

[list][sup]| Col. Senofonte Scalzo: |[/sup] "Very well. Let us begin, aye, Your Honor? I — Your persecuted Italian prisoner, I, the one who stands chained before the lions, I, the one representative of this antique and noble race called Italians — I, Colonel Senofonte Amilcare Ettore Scalzo, stand before you, facing all odds in this most unjust trial. On that fateful day whereupon I crossed the green hills of Venezia Giulia, from one town to the next, it was through an uncharted forest path located between my property and the village we Italians once called Sauris di Sopra. It only dawned on me that I had crossed into a country that used to be my country when I met with the turbulent crowd of this town, which had taken my steed hostage. Yes, for, dear people of the town formerly known as Tolmezzo, I did not cross this border with any malicious intent, or even knowledge of it. Can you blame a man for chasing his property? This four-legged property of mine knew not of this border. Why would you try me, and not him, when this darned beast is the one responsible for bringing me into all this trouble? This, Your Honor, is the absurdity of the fraudulent accusations laid before me by the prosecution.

I have crossed this border to keep my prized horse. As for what happened next, I was assaulted after my horse was taken by the villagers. Yes, Your Honor, men twice my size hurled themselves at me in a fury of rage, and yours truly fought alone. Just look at this head of mine and the scars left by the vicious attack that targeted me, here, on my forehead. Who here, dear people, would not have defended themselves under such conditions? The good doctor of the town can testify that I was in such bad shape I was knocked unconscious by these ruffians."[/list]

| Drenched in sweat after delivering his plea, he thumps his heel against the ground as he addresses the jury: |

[list][sup]| Col. Senofonte Scalzo: |[/sup] "People of Tolmec! If you are men of honor, then you will know I'm right! Stand your ground against the barbarians! I demand innocence and repatriation for me and my horse to Italy, and not crucifixion on political grounds! At once!"[/list]

| He then looks at the judge defiantly, drawing a heavy breath from his puffed chest. |

Paramountica, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Taiiwan, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Pindus-

Please Stop Sending Me Recruitment Telegrams I Don’t Want To Be A Part Of Your Region And All The Notifications Are Making My Mum’s Laptop Overheat

[list][sub]𝚇𝙸.1953[/sub]

[sub]PELLA CONTRO GLI SLOVENI[/sub]

PELLA AGAINST THE SLOVENES[/list]

[list][list][pre]Prime Minister Giuseppe Pella strikes.

Italy blocks Slovenia's membership into NATO;

Threatens exit from European Economic Community if Ljubljana is admitted.[/pre][/list][/list]

ROMA, REGNO D'ITALIA

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

| Prime Minister Giuseppe Pella, the Prime Minister originally introduced as the head of a caretaker cabinet this August, did not wait long to strike a note very different from that of his mild predecessor, Alcide De Gasperi. Slovenia's membership in NATO, of which Italy is a founding member, would bring him the perfect opportunity to further rally the irredentist wing of the Democrazia Cristiana, along with its Monarchist Party ally, the opposition neo-fascist Movimiento Sociale Italiano, and, indeed, many Italians, who felt slighted by the continual occupation of territories widely seen as Italian by Slovenia [sup][nation=short]Amsterwald[/nation][/sup]. In the Chamber of Deputies, a motion to refuse Slovenia's entry into the Western Bloc was passed, and effectively confirmed Pella's decision as interim Minister of Foreign Affairs. |

| The law, dryly named Law N°216, also went a step further. It stated that "the Kingdom of Italy shall abstain from participation in any international organization, alliance or pact where Slovenia is admitted". This, of course, meant Italian veto to Slovenia's NATO membership. And, while it would probably not be applied to the United Nations, which Italy has yet to join, it would certainly apply to the European Economic Community [sup][nation=short]European Union EU[/nation][/sup]. Italy had attended the Maastricht Conference in 1951, the Pan-European Conference of Paris in 1953, and the Second Pan-European Conference of Madrid that same year. In 1954, it was originally scheduled to take part in the Brussels Summit [sup][nation=short]Bayern Kahla[/nation][/sup] in order to merge the documents produced by those three Conferences and create a new European economic community. However, with Slovenia participating, Italian diplomats saw their diplomatic voyage cancelled. While Italy is still officially listed as "in attendance", it will physically boycott the entire process, leading to a wide unknown in legal terms, and, in practice, empty chairs and stalled negotiations. |

[list]"Italians are weary of seeing political inaction in the field pertaining to the diplomatic dispute with the Slovene state. For years now, our diplomats have attempted dialogue and mediation. They might as well have been flailing at the air. The Slovenes have always disregarded our demands, when they didn't outright reject them. To boycott Slovenia wherever it attempts to solidify its legitimacy, and therefore its occupation of stolen soil, is now the policy of our government.

This is the most important measure taken in years. We need to draw international attention to this issue, before our compatriots are all driven out of their lands and out of business. This is an undeniable fact, Italians today are persecuted on a land that is rightfully Italian. We are willing to discuss, but first and foremost, the sanctity of our compatriots' democratic rights must be accounted for.

To the people of Free Europe who will read this in their evening news, I have a single thing to address. Italy wants peace and has demonstrated such ambition by entirely staying out of the conflicts in the Adriatic. Italy wants peace and constructive relationships with all its neighbors. But our open hand has too often been ignored, and we are now saddened to use this last option to call for the opening of negotiations. We, collectively, must not let this unfairness become another Peace of Versailles. [...]

The Italian delegation to Brussels will not go unless Slovenia reneges on their own participation, or unless Slovenia opens negotiations with us. And the same goes for NATO, where we have the upper ground. Only when this issue is addressed will we agree to open the door."

[list][sub]— PRIME MINISTER GIUSEPPE PELLA[/sub][/list][/list]

[list][spoiler=[sub]Evviva l'Italia![/sub]]

[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]

[nation]Afghanistaan[/nation]

[nation]Alaroth[/nation]

[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]

[nation]Annyeong Korea[/nation]

[nation]Arcanda[/nation]

[nation]Astarina[/nation]

[nation]Bayside[/nation]

[nation]Canovia[/nation]

[nation]Cascadla[/nation]

[nation]Connomia[/nation]

[nation]Finlandee[/nation]

[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]

[nation]Jersey Republic[/nation]

[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]

[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]

[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]

[nation]New Provenance[/nation]

[nation]Nileia[/nation]

[nation]Nosautempopulus[/nation]

[nation]OsivoII[/nation]

[nation]Paramountica[/nation]

[nation]Irelaand[/nation]

[nation]Islahh[/nation]

[nation]Philanialle[/nation]

[nation]Pontianus[/nation]

[nation]Ranponian[/nation]

[nation]Rutannia[/nation]

[nation]Somerania[/nation]

[nation]Teymour[/nation]

[nation]The Confederate Prussian Empire[/nation]

[nation]Tallahan[/nation]

[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]

[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]

[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation][/spoiler][/list]

Paramountica, Rutannia, Paseo, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Pindus-

[list][sub]𝙸.1954[/sub]

[sub]RICONCILIAZIONE ETIOPICA[/sub]

RECONCILIATION IN ETHIOPIA[/list]

[list][list][pre]Rome and Addis-Abeba open diplomatic and trade relations;

Pardon granted to 20,000 Italian settlers,

ENI enters 50-50 partnership for Somaliland oil.[/pre][/list][/list]

ADDIS-ABEBA, SOLOMONIC STATE OF ETHIOPIA

[sub][nation=flag]Alzarikstan[/nation][/sub]

| Italo-Ethiopian relations, marred by half a century of conflict, have seen an unexpected renaissance in just the span of a few months. Despite the unsanctioned presence of some 400 Italian mercenaries fighting on the side of Eritrea in the current war, Italy, officially neutral, has established official relations with Addis-Abeba after months of secret meetings between diplomats from both countries. The very fruitful results are widely attributed to good will on both sides. The first measures, taking place on January 1st, include the opening of official diplomatic lines, a full pardon granted to some 30,000 Italian settlers now allowed to freely remain in Ethiopia, the opening of trade in raw commodities and manufactured goods, and most importantly for Italy, a 50-50 partnership between ENI and the Ethiopian state in Somaliland oil. With reserves estimated at more than 40 billion barrels in the area, ENI will commence operations along with its Ethiopian partner by April in the Berbera and Hargeyaa area, with 2 billion barrels, while the necessary infrastructure will be operational by early 1955. |

| Meanwhile, in the capital, the Scuola Statale Italiana di Addis Abeba is slated for opening this summer. This large complex will include the whole spectrum of Italian education, from first grade to high school, as well as an Italian cultural center comprising a library, concert hall and cinema. With Italian teachers, Italian books and Italian movies playing, the Scuola Statale will be a beacon of Italianness in the Horn of Africa, for both Italian settlers and diplomats and Ethiopians. King Umberto II has sent on the occasion a warm letter to Emperor Haile Selassie, commending Ethiopian and Italian diplomats for their efforts and pragmatism. |

[list][spoiler=[sub]Evviva l'Italia![/sub]]

[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]

[nation]Afghanistaan[/nation]

[nation]Alaroth[/nation]

[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]

[nation]Annyeong Korea[/nation]

[nation]Arcanda[/nation]

[nation]Astarina[/nation]

[nation]Bayside[/nation]

[nation]Canovia[/nation]

[nation]Cascadla[/nation]

[nation]Connomia[/nation]

[nation]Finlandee[/nation]

[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]

[nation]Jersey Republic[/nation]

[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]

[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]

[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]

[nation]New Provenance[/nation]

[nation]Nileia[/nation]

[nation]Nosautempopulus[/nation]

[nation]OsivoII[/nation]

[nation]Paramountica[/nation]

[nation]Irelaand[/nation]

[nation]Islahh[/nation]

[nation]Philanialle[/nation]

[nation]Pontianus[/nation]

[nation]Ranponian[/nation]

[nation]Rutannia[/nation]

[nation]Somerania[/nation]

[nation]Teymour[/nation]

[nation]The Confederate Prussian Empire[/nation]

[nation]Tallahan[/nation]

[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]

[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]

[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation][/spoiler][/list]

Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li

Old South Exeter wrote:Please Stop Sending Me Recruitment Telegrams I Don’t Want To Be A Part Of Your Region And All The Notifications Are Making My Mum’s Laptop Overheat

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“Just keep digging”

[Plovdiv, People’s Republic of Bulgaria]

[Народна република България]

January 1954

| As a new year dawns in the People’s Republic, Prime Minister Chervenkov has instructed the party to press on with industrialisation.

These orders have put multiple plans into motion, as new factories begin to spring up across the country, the pressure has mounted on the existing ones to remain “optimal” and continue to “secure their place in the wider Bulgarian working community.” Foremen have been instructed to operate the ‘carrot and stick’ method, minor incentives have been offered to workers who meet quotas, whilst the looming threat of unemployment due to the closures of ‘underperforming’ factories is enough to keep workers at their posts until their job is done. Propaganda is painting the current efforts as the necessary steps to realise the dream of a perfect People’s Republic and the public have not yet responded in a way that indicates that discontent levels have reached alarming levels.

The Prime Minister is expected to make some form of international moves in the coming days following the commencement of shared exercises with Yugoslavia on the Greek border. Whether these international moves concern Moscow, Athens, Belgrade or anyone else remains to be seen. Chervenkov himself has been said to be desiring to be seen as a statesman on both the national and international stage, though this has had to be balanced with enduring Moscow do not become aggrieved by his actions. Either way, other politicians in Sofia will be watching to see the Prime Minister’s next move.

Amongst the Bulgarian population, there is a shared belief that 1954 will likely be a year that changes Bulgaria forever, be it immediately or be it from what this year sets in motion later down the road. |

Mentioned: Osivoii, Ranponian, Adriatican Islands.

Paramountica, Amsterwald, Osivoii, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Greater Kurdistane, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Pindus-

[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, The Athenian Victory: Greece and Turkey Settle Pogrom, Greece Comes Out Victorious!, January 1954

Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, Η αθηναϊκή νίκη: Ελλάδα και Τουρκία διευθετούν το πογκρόμ, η Ελλάδα βγαίνει νικήτρια!, Ιανουάριος 1954[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands and Turkiye 1St - The Greek and Turkish Governments - Η ελληνική και τουρκική κυβέρνηση! [/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]| RECONCILING THE RIVALRY, ATHENS, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΣΥΜΦΙΛΊΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΤΙΠΑΛΌΤΗΤΑΣ, ΑΘΉΝΑ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: | [/pre][/list][/list]

[list]| As the streets of Istanbul is calm once more, the Greek population, 65,000 strong, are seen packing their bags, fleeing what was left of their homes. Fleeing to the nearest train station back to Greece, many families in the situation could not even afford a train ticket, and those who could were constantly being discriminated against by the Turkish population. However they flee not in worry, but in excitement - resettlement to newly obtained Greek lands. |[/list]

[list]| On the 20th of January, 1954, 5 months after the Pogrom, a small yet powerful Turkish delegation landed in Athens. As mentioned previously, the Turkish delegation sent to Greece in September comprising of Mr. Halil Yüksel and Mr. Hüseyin Turan were hard at work, and successfully maintained the diplomatic channel between the Kingdom of Greece and the Turkish Republic. The aforementioned new delegation comprised Turkey's leading government officials, led by the Turkish President himself, Celâl Bayar, followed by the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mehmet Köprülü, and a Representative from the Turkish Assembly, Akbayar Karan. In the middle of the night after landing, the group was escorted to Tatoi Palace, the group feeling rather tired after a long day of meticulous planning. Not realizing that they were going to meet the king, the delegation walked in into the palace rather rudely, not acknowledging the guards, and nearly not acknowledging the King. Although things got off to a bad start, the Greek delegation, led by HRH King Pavlos, Prime Minister Alexandros Papagos, and a dozen other ministers and politicians began their negotiations. Mr. Halil Yüksel and Mr. Hüseyin Turan were also involved, the two being the only members of the delegation not tired. |[/list]

[list]| At the end of the nearly 18-hour-long negotiation period known as the "Athenian Victory", a compromise was made by the Greek and Turkish government. The following changes and concessions were made as a result of the final negotiation, signed by the Greek and Turkish delegations: |[/list]

[list][list]- The Turkish Republic shall pay Greece and Greeks in Turkey a sum of $30,000,000, including resettlement and reparation costs for those affected during the Pogrom.

- The Turkish Republic is to cede part of the Datça Peninsula to The Kingdom of Greece and to be renamed the Dorian Peninsula.

- The Dorian Peninsula's maritime borders will be adjusted in Greece's favor.

- The Greco-Turkish Border in Thrace is to be adjusted along the Evros River, the new borders being fitted and adjusted, both losing and gaining land.[/list][/list]

[list]| Ultimately, Greece came out as the "victorious" nation during these negotiations. On the 22nd of January, the Turkish delegation returned home, thus ending this dreadful string of events caused by the Istanbul Pogrom on the 6th of September, 1953. On the 23rd of January, Turkey officially ceded the Dorian Peninsula and their territories West of the Evros River. On the 25th of January, Greece ceded her territories East of the Evros River. On the 26th, the Greeks started to occupy the Dorian Peninsula. The Athenian Victory is hopefully the end of Greco-Turkish hostilities, and Greece and Turkey shall soon start thriving together in the future. |[/list]

[list][list][pre]"The Athenian Victory symbols the end of Greco-Turkish hostilities, and shows how truly resilient our nation is. We thank the Turkish government in Ankara for the negotiations, and now the Greeks can finally live in peace, only to the East that is."[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]- Greek Prime Minister, Alexandros Papagos[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Greater Kurdistane, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vargorie, Ma-Li, Pindus-

Peruvian Federation

Not like the others

In everything else, The Federation has to fight to not become a running-joke in Latin America or the former-Mesoamerica - the fear of falling to corruption and widespread unrest, instability, incompetence like other countries. La Presidenta Julia Lopez hoped to bring glory back to Peru that wasn't seen since the days of the Inca. "Latin America is always a more-forgotten part of the world," she states, "And that the eye on the global stage has been placed on Africa, but someday the Federation and her peoples will gain notice."

Rutannia, Spainard, Amsterwald, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li

Peruvian Federation

Unaligned doesn't mean neutral

In recent days, La Presidenta had to comment in notice to what was going on in Europe. "Unaligned doesn't mean neutral," she pointed out. "Though the Federation isn't a part of the chess-game of reds and blues, we do notice things. We notice the..." She took a pause, as she started to worry over what to say next.

"We notice the aggression in Anatolia - what the Turkish have been doing to the Greeks - and I have to say..."

She seemed to choke again.

"I have to say that the Federation will stand with the Grecian peoples, and to condemn Turkish actions on both Greece and Jewish peoples. The modern world should be no harbor for madness."

This condemnation came late, but it was a condemnation nonetheless.

Rutannia, Spainard, Amsterwald, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Greater Kurdistane, Brazil Toucan, Vargorie, Ma-Li

[list][list][sub]January, 1954[/sub]

[sub]The Beginning of a Rebellion (PT 1)[/sub][/list][/list]

[list][sub]Mobilization and Final Preperations[/sub]

[list][list][sub]"In defeat we die free men; in victory we live in freedom!"[/sub][/list][/list]

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[list][sub]For centuries Aromanians have never had a country to call their own, ruled over by one empire to the next. Perpetually persecuted and oppressed. The Aromanian people march on their own path, through history, standing against the test of time in triumph. By the beginning of the 19th century, in the era of nationalism. An Aromanian idently emerges in the chaos of the world, forged by centuries of endurance, and now in the twenty century the Aromanian people demand a country of their own. Whether the Aromanian dream is achieved by the pen or the sword, thousands stand ready to fight for their dream.[/sub][/list]

APA headquaters, Unkown — Morning

| Today gathered some of the most important figures of the Pindus independence movement, from Aimilios Markallis, the founder of the movement, to famed war hero Charilaos Florakis. All gathering with one thing in mind, the commencement of the Pindus revolution. Everyone worked tirelessly for the past two years, from building up local support to raising and training new recruits, as well as securing support from the Yugoslavians to the north. Everything had been planned, from the placement of soldiers, reconnaissance of local Greek forces, entrenchment of local cells. All the way to the planning of maintaining a secure line of supply from their Yugoslavian allies. The only thing left was for the leadership to give the orders, and for fifty thousand men to take up arms. |

[list]| [sub]Aimilios Markallis, Pindus Political Leader[/sub] | “How are the preperations coming along?”

| [sub]Charilaos Florakis, General[/sub] | “All of the necessary weapons have been handed out, and orders of mobilization have been sent to every commander. I expect that the entire armed force to be fully mobilized and in position by tomorrow.”

| [sub]Aimilios Markallis, Pindus Political Leader[/sub] | “Good, I assume you have a list of our first targets and areas of strategic importance to take.” [/list]

| Simply nodding an affirmation Vafeiadis slid over the table, a list of targets reading as the following. |

[list][list]Settlements

[X] Ioannia (regional capital)

[X] Kozani (regional capital)

[X] Konitsa

[X] Eordaia[/list][/list]

[list][list]Military Targets

[X] 2nd Paratrooper Brigade (Ioannia)

[X] 3rd Infantry Division (Gramos)[/list][/list]

[list][list]Preliminary Attacks

[X] Seize local police stations and other security purpose installations.

[X] Seize government buildings.

[X] Seize buildings of commerce and producation.

[X] Seize choke points.

[X] Enforce temporaily martial law on all capture towns/cities and promote pro-Pindus messaging.[/list][/list]

[list] | [sub]Aimilios Markallis, Pindus Political Leader[/sub] | “Hmm, all good, you have my approval to start the attack tomorrow dawn.” [/list]

| Saluting, Florakis left the room going to the communications room, giving the green light for all designated units to commence their objectives tomorrow at dawn. Now, with everything set in motion, all Florakis or Markallis could do was wait and see the results of their labor the next day. |

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

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Hadiyastan wrote:Hello infidels

wsg

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

FRENCH BUREAUCRACY

MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE[/pre][/list]

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MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: FRANCE SENDS MILITARY AID TO GREECE AMID ADRIATIC TENSION AND RISE OF REBELLIOUS PINDUS PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, JANUARY 1954 [/sub][/list]

[sub]| HELM OF WARFARE, MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE, FRANÇAIS RÉPUBLIQUE - | Newly elected President René Coty has authorized Minister of National Defense René Pleven to send an extensive military aid package to France's European and NATO ally in the Balkans. Greece (Adriatican Islands) not only finds itself surrounded by the growing tension in the Adriatic Sea, but also beset by a heavily militarized separatist faction proclaiming to be the new Pindus People's Republic (Pindus-). As one of Greece's closest allies, the French Government has deemed it necessary as well as a national responsibility to aid Greece as much as possible so that Greek forces may crush the Soviet influenced separatist forces before Eastern bloc nations can send any additional support to them. The French military aid package includes additional training support to Greek forces as well as intelligence gathering and sharing and spec ops support. The Ministry of National Defense has been cleared for a future deployment of French troops to Greece in order to boost defenses and help train Greek recruits, however Minister of National Defense René Pleven has stalled on such a move, claiming it may be too early for such a deployment. |[/sub]

[sub][list][pre]Military Aid Sent to Greece:[/pre][/list][/sub]

[sub][list][pre][10x] Dassault Mystére IV (Jet Fighter-Bomber)

[15x] Potez 75 (Ground Attack Missile Carrier)

[150x] AMX-13 (Light Tank)

[150x] ARL 44 (Heavy Tank)

[200x] Panhard EBR (Heavy Armoured Car)

[100x] Obusier de 155mm Modéle 50 (Field Howitzer)

[100x] SE4200 (Short-Range Ballistic Missile)

[82,000x] MAS 49 (Semi-Automatic Service Rifle)

[10,000x] MAS AAT-52 (General Purpose Machine Gun)

[45,000x] F1 HE (High Explosive Hand Grenade)[/pre][/list][/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]]

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[list][pre]January, 1953 | 107310 Zubeir Pasha Street, Khartoum, Khartoum Province, The Commonwealth Of Sudan[/pre]

A NIGHT IN JANUARY[/list]

Prime Minister Khalil Confronts Confluence Leader Mohamed Mahgoub Regarding Militas In Eritrea

A car pulls up on the left side of an empty road during the late hours of the evening. As it stops, the driver would quickly exit and then make his way around the vehicle to open the passenger door to the side of the car facing away from the road. From inside the car, the Prime Minister and head of the Sudanese Government Abdalla Khalil would step out with quite a stern face on his, and an orange envelope in his hands. behind him, another car had pulled up and from it, two agents in black hats would immediately exit and start scanning the road and buildings and alleyways.

Despite the security concern, Khalil’s trip had been scheduled at the last minute with the trip only taking about 5 minutes by car from when he left the Government Palace near the waterfront. He’s on Zubeir Pasha Street to meet an old friend, one who has pulled quite the act recently. Khalil went straight for the stairs after entering the building marked 107310, he hurriedly ran up the stairs, making his way to the second floor, one security agent following right on his steps. Khalil would grab a napkin from a pocket in his green overcoat to wipe the sweat accumulating from his forehead, showing the urgency of the situation.

On the second floor upon entering the hallway from the stairway, he headed on a straight path directly toward the room on the other side of the hallway. Besides the door to that room sat a flag, black and white, and engraved on the door was an upside-down Y. Most of the offices in this building after all had belonged to The Confluence Group, and that office belonged to their leader Mohamed Mahjoub. Khalil had been assured by the security agents that was still in his office when he left the Palace and he was certain he’d still be there. And he was to be proven right.

Khalil knocked on the door loudly, three loud knocks followed by a three-second gap of silence before the door was slightly opened from the inside for the occupant to see who it was, the door was closed only to be followed by the sounds of clicks and clacks removing the chains bound to the door, and then the door was pulled wide open for the Prime Minister to be greeted by a member of parliament Mohamed Mahgoub.

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Mohamed Mahgoub :| ”Prime Minister, to what do I owe the honor of this late-night visit? Please, you must come in.”

As the Prime Minister walked in, Mahgoub caught a glance of a security agent scanning the hallway behind Khalil, the agent would then attempt to follow Khalil into Mahgoub’s office only for him to be stopped by the Prime Minister.

PM Abdalla Khalil :| “no stay here, I need the room please.”

The agent would nod at the Prime Minister before standing in a guarding position behind the door, monitoring the hallways. As Khalil had closed the door behind him, he looked back at Mahgoub with seriousness on his face.

PM Abdalla Khalil :| “What on earth have you done… what have you done to us???

Mahgoub was visibly confused but what the Prime Minister was insinuating, by then Khalil opened the folder in his hands to reveal a series of photographs, paper works, and documents that had all linked the Nationalist Confluence leadership, and Mahgoub himself to the 15,000 Sudanese Nationalist militias currently fighting in the Eritrea war against the Ethiopians.

Mohamed Mahgoub :| “well it was only a matter of time before the truth would come out.”

PM Abdalla Khalil :| “you absolute… IDIOT! Do you not realize that you have put the ENTIRE country in a bad position?!?

Mohamed Mahgoub :| “Okay, you do not come in here and insult me. I did what I had to do to ensure our martyrs did not die in vain. That our sacrifices in the Great War mattered. Khalil, those veterans have fought against imperialist occupation before and they will again.”

PM Abdalla Khalil :| “THEY! fight for You, do not mask this as some sort of patriotic duty or national calling, this is Treason Mahgoub, the treason that will see you thrown in jail if these men aren’t returned home.

A brief silence had befallen the room, Mahgoub turned away from Khalil as he walked towards the window to look out at the Zubeir Pasha road, seeing Khalil’s car and the security agent's car parked outside.

Mohamed Mahgoub :| “Did you know this road is named after a slave trader, literally a non-Sudanese man who facilitated the trade and enslavement of the Sudanese people, this whole town was built in their image. The colonizers, the occupiers of Sudan.”

PM Abdalla Khalil :| “I’m not sure what your point is Mr. Mahgoub...”

Mahgoub had then turned back around to walk back to his desk, before looking directly back at the Prime Minister

Mohamed Mahgoub :| “first you were loyal to the Egyptians back in the 20s, then you sold them out to become the Anglo’s little puppet in Sudan. To keep the rest of us in check right? Khalil let’s get one thing clear. You might not be the first man to have sold Sudan out, but now you just have to be careful because you will end up paying the price.”

PM Abdalla Khalil :| “So to battle the colonizers you send 15,000 SDF veterans to fight alongside the Italians they faced in the Great War???”

Mohamed Mahgoub :| “I didn’t hire them, they were the perfect chance but… I had assumed it was the central government.”

Khalil had put the pictures back in the folder, nearly tucking it back into his coat before replying to Mahgoub

PM Abdalla Khalil :| “Mr. Mahgoub… I don’t know who or what you think you’re playing with because I didn’t come here as a threat, it was a warning. Tell the Sons of Keren to stand down, this war is as good as over. Tell them to return home or else the Sudanese people will know you and your party are operating an armed militia acting at odds with the Sudanese government and therefore a threat to the national security of Sudan.”

Khalil having felt confident that his message went through, would turn around to open the door, only halfway through before Mahgoub would have his last words

Mohamed Mahgoub :| “You know… I don’t think they will care. Prime Minister I think we both know along with the entire world that there is no secret that the Sudanese government supplies the Eritrean resistance. Now, are they freedom fighters or just Sudanese proxies to weaken Ethiopia? It might not be confirmed but trust me, we have failed to weaken Ethiopia twice now, three times if we lose this war. They will use this to isolate and dismantle your silly little relationship with the colonizers.”

After a brief pause, Khalil opened the door and started walking back down the hallway, leaving the door open showing Mahgoub still standing there over his desk.

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This had been the first interaction between Prime Minister Khalil and Mahgoub since the Nationalists regained hold in Parliament. Khalil had left that conversation feeling doubtful, Mahgoub might have been right, the Sudanese people were disinterested in who and what supplies the Eritreans and more about what is being done about the bombardment of civilians and inflow of refugees. The SoK had gained many supporters and admirers in Sudan and Khartoum, hailed as heroes of the nation.

However Mahgoub now has proven to be a threat, he could command an army, and Khalil might have democracy, but fascists like Mahgoub, had soldiers and they had unquestioned loyalty to the nation, something Khalil doesn’t have as he had long been seen as loyal to the crown and his to profits above country and tradition. How will Khalil go on to navigate through this new rift between the Administration and the Nationalists would certainly be set to define the internal political and social affairs of the young Sudanese nation in the 50s and perhaps beyond.

[list]GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

AL-NASRU LENA!

AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]

[spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]

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Victoria Harbor

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[list]January 1954

[sub]The Slovene Question[/sub][/list]

[pre]U N I F Y I N G F O R B R U S S E L S[/pre]

| The German government, as one of the leading delegations heading the efforts to form the European Economic Community, was now faced with its first dilemma on the Continent since the end of the War and the start of the Peacetime Era. Tensions between Slovenia and Italy had persisted since the end of the War, but not many had expected Rome and Ljubljana to dig in their heels and stand directly opposite to one another's positions on Italy's claims to Slovenian territory. Officially, the government in Bonn took a non-committal stance, but behind the scenes and in meetings with respective ambassadors, the Chancellor - Konrad Adenauer - who also doubled as Minister for Foreign Affairs, voiced a different opinion. Adenauer had previously been faced with answering what he believed was the right stance in the tense debate between Slovenia and Italy, and to him on a personal level, Adenauer more preferred the Slovene position as did other fellow European nations. |

| Naturally, of course, this was not publicly voiced nor emphasized or embodied in Bundestag legislation or in the country's foreign policy. The Italian boycott of the Brussels Summit that would formally establish the European Economic Community had brought great concern to the German Government, who was certainly not interested in dividing the new Community before it even officially established itself. While Italy was affirmative in its support for the European Community project, it was much less supportive of Slovenian involvement in the Western Bloc. Germany had publicly called for both Rome and Ljubljana to 'reach an agreement that benefits both sides', but behind the scenes, German officials had been frustrated at what they saw as Italy dragging their feet and delaying the signing of a highly important agreement for Germany and indeed the rest of Europe. |

| With the announcement of the Italian intention to boycott, Chancellor Adenauer took to the microphone when he addressed the country on radio, calling on the Italian and Slovenian governments to 'put aside their differences and work with us and with democratic nations to advance the interests of a unified Europe that stands for peace, prosperity and unity'. Germany issued a special memorandum to Italy (Arcanda) urging them to reconcile with the Slovenes. Adenauer, however, was adamant that Germany remain firmly behind Slovenia and its current borders, stating to his Cabinet that he believed that Slovenia had as much legitimacy to its current territories as 'Germany has the legitimate claim to Berlin and Hamburg'. |

| The German Foreign Ministry invited Slovenian (Amsterwald) and Italian officials to meet in Bonn to reach an agreement to ensure the smooth flow of the Brussels Summit that would be held in late January of 1954, which would see the establishment of the largest Common Market the world has ever seen and the establishment of the supranational entity that was the European Community. |

| With the Brussels Summit approaching, however, Germany was also maneuvering to prepare to keep the Western Bloc united as it prepared to undergo one of the most significant economic and political shifts in its history, ever. Chancellor Adenauer was expected to himself personally attend the summit in Brussels, as would the heads of state and/or heads of government of delegations from France, the Benelux, Italy, Norden, Spain, Greece, and Austria, among others. As shown above, the involvement of Slovenia in the discussions for a European Common Market was extremely controversial especially when concerning the aforementioned tensions with Italy, but beyond that, the government in Bonn had been extremely happy to see that free Europe was receptive to the European Community project and more crucially the involvement of Germany in the project as a major player. 'It is certainly proof that Europe can now truly come together to achieve great things,' Adenauer told an advisor. |

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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End of the collectivization of agriculture in The Socialist Republic of Romania

February 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| At the first "extraordinary session" of 1954, The Great National Assembly together with The Communist Party of Romania led by Comrade General Secretary, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly and President of the Republic, Constantin Rotaru, has officially abolished the collectivization of agriculture policy imposed by The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics at the suggestion of our brave, beloved and esteemed leader, son of the Romanian people.

| The criteria of this being that the collectivization was not bringing enough benefits to the overall production of grains in Romania, and also leaving peasants with little for consumption of their own. As Constantin Rotaru noted at his speech:

"Collectivization seriously harmed the Romanian village. The loss of independence, dignity and identity by the peasants resulted in low output of grains and unrest in villages throughout The Socialist Republic of Romania. The old Muscovite ruling elites of Romania have imposed this in order to subjugate the Romanian peasants and to please The Soviet Union, which is an act of pure treason and betrayal of the Romanian state and nation!"

"Mai multa fericire si bunastare,

Traiasca patria noastra socialista

Republica Socialista Romania!"

February 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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Socialist Democratic Republic Romania wrote:End of the collectivization of agriculture in The Socialist Republic of Romania

February 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| At the first "extraordinary session" of 1954, The Great National Assembly together with The Communist Party of Romania led by Comrade General Secretary, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly and President of the Republic, Constantin Rotaru, has officially abolished the collectivization of agriculture policy imposed by The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics at the suggestion of our brave, beloved and esteemed leader, son of the Romanian people.

| The criteria of this being that the collectivization not bringing enough benefits to the overall production of grains in Romania, and also leaving peasants with little for consumption of their own. As Constantin Rotaru noted at his speech:

"Collectivization seriously harmed the Romanian village. The loss of independence, dignity and identity by the peasants resulted in low output of grains and unrest in villages throughout The Socialist Republic of Romania. The old Muscovite ruling elites of Romania have imposed this in order to subjugate the Romanian peasants and to please The Soviet Union, which is an act of pure treason and betrayal of the Romanian state and nation!"

"Mai multa fericire si bunastare,

Traiasca patria noastra socialista

Republica Socialista Romania!"

February 1953

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Taiiwan, Brazil Toucan

Hadiyastan wrote:

Pontianus, Hashemite Kingdoms

[list]February 1954

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

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

| With THREE MONTHS to go before the May 1954 National & Local Elections, the Philippine public was already getting once more used to the barrage of radio and print advertisements for candidates up and down the ballot. The political climate was tense, not because of any singular policy issue facing the electorate and the candidates, but rather because of what many experts and the general public alike perceived as a generational shift in politics. Among the candidates in the 1950 elections, a majority were aged 50 or older, and over 20% had served some form of public service or military service prior to the Second World War. In the 1954 elections, however, there was a significantly higher number of younger candidates aged in their 30s, 40s and sometimes 50s, who were presenting themselves as a fresh start to the establishment. The top presidential candidates reflected this too. JOSE AVELINO, the firebrand secular senator, had been nominated as the representative for the Liberal Democratic Party, previously represented by Hilario Moncado of the Modernists in 1946. RAMON MAGSAYSAY, the sole opposition member of President Roxas's Cabinet and the Defense Secretary, had secured the nomination of his party after a close battle with Camilo Osias, a member of the Senate opposition. |

| The governing Liberal Party was currently led by incumbent president Manuel Roxas. Roxas had been elected in the 1950 electoral landslide but was reportedly seeing declining health. Many within the establishment and especially his own party wanted him to run for re-election, noting that the runner up, Vice President Elpidio Quirino, was 'not as electable' as the commander-in-chief. The decision would eventually come down to a routine check up for the President in early January that revealed that his health had entered a new state of decline. Roxas announced his intention not to seek a second term, offering his all-powerful endorsement to Quirino in his party's primary. Carlos P. Romulo, the Philippine ambassador to the United States, and former House representative Fernando Lopez contested Quirino in the primary. The Vice President secured 55% of the vote, carrying him to the general election campaign. |

| Many were already at this point preparing for an extremely complicated election season. The incumbent president was not seeking re-election, and the smaller third party (the Liberal Democrats) were fielding an unusually strong and electable candidate for the presidency. Philippine political tradition so far mandated that each party alongside their presidential candidate nominate a 'senatorial slate' of candidates endorsed to serve in the Philippine Senate. These senatorial slate members would then campaign around the country, effectively being carried and given publicity by the high-stakes presidential race. The senatorial slate for the Liberal Democrats included political outsiders and economists, which garnered the party and its standard bearer Avelino support from technocrats and center-leftists. |

| Through radio and print advertising, the candidates presented their case to the public. Quirino built upon the 'great forward progress' made by the Roxas Administration and pledged to continue the fight against austerity and cuts to the welfare nets established by the Liberal-led government. Magsaysay, the Defense Secretary who commanded the effective crushing of religious resistance groups in Visayas and Mindanao, campaigned on a platform of strengthening exports to Australia, Japan, the United States, the Republic of Korea and other neighbors, and pledged to continue fighting Communist influence at home and abroad. Avelino, the Liberal Democratic candidate, campaigned to end the rapidly polarizing two-party duopoly system that the Liberals and Nacionalistas had inadvertently set into place. All three candidates were considered extremely electable, and thus early polling showed what was by previous standards a dead heat race. By mid-February, ahead of the first debate to be broadcast via radio and print, Magsaysay was leading polls with 47%, while Vice President Quirino hovered around 44%, and Senator Avelino around 9%. Ramon Magsaysay was considered by many as the 'Wonder Candidate'. He was young, charismatic, thoughtful, and emphasized his support for working farmers during his aggressive visits to the countryside; the Nacionalista candidate visited rural and agricultural strongholds like Ilocos and Batangas and Cavite over double the times the other two candidates did. |

| The first and only debate between the three 'presidentables' took place on 27 February 1954, at the University of the Philippines Performing Arts Theater, with a crowd of 500 Filipino citizens chosen selectively to reflect the national electorate as a whole watching. According to a poll of the 500, experts projected that 49% of Filipinos would lean towards Magsaysay for the general election, against 40% of Filipinos for Quirino and 11% for Jose Avelino. The pundits and radio commentators and news reporters noted the rising amount of support for the young Magsaysay, who despite claims of being an American 'puppet candidate' was still expected to cruise to the presidency come the May election. |

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

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Hello I am the representative of the British colony in Brazil and I wanted help to free my country that is under the control of those damn British people who exploit my people

The March Theses (preview)

February 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=socialist_democratic_republic_romania/detail=factbook/id=1829059

February 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Rutannia, Spainard, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Brazil Toucan, Ma-Li

British Brazil wrote:Hello I am the representative of the British colony in Brazil and I wanted help to free my country that is under the control of those damn British people who exploit my people

Welcome to the Commonwealth of Liberty.

Arab-Palestine wrote:Welcome to the Commonwealth of Liberty.

Hello my commarade

Arab-Palestine wrote:Welcome to the Commonwealth of Liberty.

In my actual situation is not a liberty I want independence from Great Britain

Arab-Palestine wrote:Welcome to the Commonwealth of Liberty.

British Brazil wrote:Hello my commarade

I suggest you read our q&a, join our discord and talk to Paramountica about any spot available to claim on the map.

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

Spainard, Taiiwan, Brazil Toucan

The March Theses (preview #2)

February 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=socialist_democratic_republic_romania/detail=factbook/id=1829059

February 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Hashemite Kingdoms

Thank you Metropolitan Francais for endorsing me!

Spainard, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Metropolitan Francais, Adriatican Islands

Foreign Observer: Equatorial Elections of 1954

February 1954

Preliminary reports from the 1954 general elections, have shown that the Alliance for Equatorial Prosperity have secured 95% of all seats in the Chamber of Representatives. Publicly it appears that the relationship between Kasa-Vubu and Mobutu has been repaired; however, it is entirely likely that this is a lie. Kasa-Vubu has retained his title as President of Equatoria, and Mobutu the Prime Minister. The remaining 5% of seats in the Chamber of Representatives were a collection of independents, and corporate friendly businessmen.

As with previous elections, voting booths were spread out to prevent smaller villages from voting. Literacy tests favored the elite, while disadvantaging workers, and tribes. But most importantly for this election, the Equatorial National Movement, and any members of or affiliated with the former party have been banned/blacklisted. With virtually no opposition, the AEP secured a total control over the legislature.

Internationally, this victory has immediately been called illegitimate, and a sham election by foreign reporters, and analysts. These reports have been suppressed within Equatoria, though it is unlikely it matters much as every citizen is well aware of the fraudulent nature of the election. I myself have faced pressure by the government to self censor myself. Eventually using contacts within the Patriceans I was able to secure a way out of the city and to join them within their camps.

Shortly after leaving riots spread throughout Stanleyville as a result of the election. Organized by opposition and supporters of Lumumba, these riots initially had been peaceful protests aimed at national dialogue and reconciliation with the AEP. A mixture of corporate militia and the government police quickly opened fire on these protestors using live rounds. This decision escalated the protests from peaceful to openly violent. Rioters burned and attacked corporate offices, and police stations. Corporate and Government militia were forced to protect the armory and prevent it from being stormed by protestors. Even President Kasa-Vubu considered fleeing; however, he was blocked by Prime Minister Mobutu who was seen giving orders and commanding military forces within the city. After the fires cooled and the military regained control it was estimated 500 people had been killed in the riots, with military forces arresting around 10,000 people.

The 1954 Equatoria Election and Protests have sent shockwaves throughout the nation. Within the Patricean camp, it seems there has been a shifting in the wind. Where when I first arrived Lumumba remained more moderate, and willing to compromise, he is now on the side of the hardliners and militarists. He delivered multiple powerful speeches and had them delivered orally to tribal villages across Equatoria. It seems that a civil war is brewing in Equatoria. Lumumba has departed Equatoria for a short time, and announced he will be going to the Soviet Union, and several other Eastern Bloc nations in order to potentially secure support for a revolution against the Equatorial government.

Spainard, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Honghai, Brazil Toucan

Industry in The Socialist Republic of Romania

February 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| With Romania experiencing an economic boom, it`s time to reflect on how the Romanian industry has evolved after nearly 2 years since Comrade General Secretary, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of The Socialist Republic of Romania, Constantin Rotaru, is in charge.

| In 1952 Romania numbered around 2.500 total factories, employing a number of around 13 million souls that live in The Republic.

Today the number of factories is at 3.100 employing a total of 14.100.000 people, a number that is increasing every day and every month.

| Recently, Malaxa, a subcompany of FAUR Bucharest that is specialized in building automobiles for the average citizen of Romania, officially produced the first two Romanian cars, the Malaxa 1 and Malaxa "Rodica" 2. FAUR Bucharest, the mother company of Malaxa also released it`s first diesel Locomotive back in January 1954.

Romania produces a variety of goods, starting from steel to automobiles, trucks and locomotives, to the most sophisticated heavy machineries, meant to operate in different factories not only in Romania but also in other parts of the world.

The oil industry of Romania is one of the most important pieces of the Romanian economy. Refineries in Ploiesti, Borzesti or Petrobrazi or Câmpina, supply Romania with enough energy and fuel to support a growing economy, even in the toughest of times.

| Even with these great accomplishments, the "extraordinary session" between The Communist Party of Romania and The Great National assembly combined with the 5 year plans enacted back in 1952 have decided the further development of Romanian Industry, securing Romania a spot in Europe as a modern industrial Socialist country.

All this is possible because of our beloved leader, brave son of the Romanian people, Constantin Rotaru!

"Sunati trompete de argint

Pentru al vostru Presedinte!"

February 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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

[list]FEBRUARY 1954

[sub]Maryknoll Petroleum[/sub][/list]

[pre]C A L I F O R N I A O I L A N D P O L I T I C S[/pre]

[list][sub][pre]MARYKNOLL PETROLEUM — the family-owned company that specialized in oil mining, refinement, production and sale thereof. Owned by the affluent, highly influential Maryknoll family, the company had suffered losses as competition from a certain STANDARD OIL OF CALIFORNIA began making inroads against the company in terms of contracts secured. HUDSON, eldest, was a U.S. senator who continually advocated for petroleum investments. The POSTWAR BOOMS were benefiting the family, but American politics and the rise of NIXON and WARREN were holding the family back politically. The result—[/pre][/sub][/list]

MARYKNOLL PETROLEUM HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, Paramountica

[sub]SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A — MORNING[/sub]

| This was an especially special ROUNDTABLE — in attendance were Harold Maryknoll, SECOND-ELDEST and the Chair of the petroleum company, Hudson, ELDEST and a U.S. Senator from California, and Richard, SECOND-YOUNGEST and the Mayor of Sacramento. All were now members of the REPUBLICAN PARTY and all were now in a fairly complicated spot. The family company's main competitor — STANDARD OIL OF CALIFORNIA — was expanding its operations in the state, which threatened the prominent status of Maryknoll Petroleum. STANDARD OIL was rapidly rising to become one of the largest petroleum companies in the entire country, and it was in the best interests of the family that this growth not go unchecked. |

[list]| [sub]HAROLD MARYKNOLL, Company Chair[/sub] | ". . . Of course it's a goddamn problem! I'm aware it's a problem, what do you think I've been doing in my position all these months?"[/list]

[list]| [sub]HUDSON MARYKNOLL, U.S. Senator (R-CA)[/sub] | "That's right. It's a goddamn problem. So where's the goddamn solution?"[/list]

[list]| [sub]HAROLD MARYKNOLL, Company Chair[/sub] | "Ain't that why we're here? I don't know, Saudi investments or something."[/list]

[list]| [sub]HUDSON MARYKNOLL, U.S. Senator (R-CA)[/sub] | "Saudi investments are too risky, just look at the Middle East. And doesn't SoCal already operate there?"[/list]

[list]| [sub]HAROLD MARYKNOLL, Company Chair[/sub] | "I think they do. What do you mean, look at the Middle East?"[/list]

[list]| [sub]HUDSON MARYKNOLL, U.S. Senator (R-CA)[/sub] | "Surely you read the news, dear Harold?"[/list]

| The youngest, RICHARD, set down his newspaper as he quietly listened to the conversation. |

[list]| [sub]RICHARD MARYKNOLL, Mayor of Sacramento (R)[/sub] | "Something with the Kurds and the Arabs. Plus, Greece and Turkey are going through a phase right now. The usual politics."[/list]

[list]| [sub]HAROLD MARYKNOLL, Company Chair[/sub] | "Don't the Kurds have oil?"[/list]

[list]| [sub]RICHARD MARYKNOLL, Mayor of Sacramento (R)[/sub] | "Yeah, they do."[/list]

[list]| [sub]HUDSON MARYKNOLL, U.S. Senator (R-CA)[/sub] | "You know what else they have? Ties to the goddamn Soviets. Any deal there, we're going on every CIA blacklist and [Eugene] McCarthy is going to take my throat."[/list]

| The brothers thought quietly for a few moments. |

[list]| [sub]HUDSON MARYKNOLL, U.S. Senator (R-CA)[/sub] | "Look, we're going off the issue here. We need to come up with something and fast, do you understand? From what I'm hearing, these investments into petroleum and industry by [Eisenhower] aren't going to stop anytime soon, because nobody wants to wrap up with the economic booming we've seen the past few years. SoCal gets their hands on those investments, the company's in trouble. I can't do anything from my part because I can't make myself politically fraught in any way. And not that I would consider that, of course."[/list]

[list]| [sub]HAROLD MARYKNOLL, Company Chair[/sub] | "Why can't you make yourself politically fraught?"[/list]

[list]| [sub]RICHARD MARYKNOLL, Mayor of Sacramento (R)[/sub] | "The beef¹ between [Gov.] Knight and [Vice President] Nixon. It's complicated."[/list]

[list]| [sub]HAROLD MARYKNOLL, Company Chair[/sub] | "Alright, alright. Point is, we'll think of something, alright? Maybe open up operations in Texas and Ohio. Could be good for us."[/list]

[list]| [sub]HUDSON MARYKNOLL, U.S. Senator (R-CA)[/sub] | "Do we have the capital for that?"[/list]

[list]| [sub]HAROLD MARYKNOLL, Company Chair[/sub] | "We'll see."[/list]

________________

[sub]¹ The CONFLICT OF INFLUENCE between California Governor Goodwin KNIGHT and Vice President Richard NIXON, also from California. To be expounded in a future RP.[/sub]

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

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[list]1954년 02월 | 1954 February

[list][sup]Paektu Mountain | 백두산[/sup]

Republic of Korea[list]

[sup]Election Fever - Parties Hit the Campaign Trail[/sup][/list]

| The winds swept over the top of the rocky outcrop of the mountain, rolling down to the massive crater lake below. Paektu Mountain has become a sacred sight to many in Korea, mythology states that the ancient ruler Dangun came down from Paektu to found Gojoseon. It has become a popular visiting point for rulers since then; now it has become a place for politicians to visit. |

| As Korea comes out of the ashes of war, its political system keeps turning onwards as it approaches the legislative elections in May. The National Assembly elections will be the first peninsula-wide election in Korea’s history and is set to be hotly contested as the political field widens. President Rhee’s own Liberal Party is looking to achieve a majority, which it has thus far failed to do thanks to the large independent contingent. The Workers Party is hoping to scoop up a majority of the left-wing support, led by Kim Il-sung; it is certainly guaranteed to achieve this. The other parties competing have begun aligning themselves to either the Liberals or the Workers Party nestling into the ‘Red Block’ or Blue Block’, others that sit between these blocks include the centre-right Democratic Party. The party was a breakaway following the 1952 constitutional amendment to move to a popular vote for the presidency following Rhee’s Liberals poor performance in the legislative elections. |

| Kim was the first to kick-start his campaign, visiting Paektu Mountain, in what could only be described as an attempt to curate his image and make it palatable to centrists in the south. Honouring ancestors at Paektu was considered to bring good fortune; and is becoming more common now it is accessible to all Koreans. The sight of Kim visiting the mountain was slapped across the party’s posters and literature; using many of the propaganda tactics of the DPRK to bolster its image amongst the general public. The Liberals have slowly geared up their operation focusing on the victory in the war; and the efforts to rebuild. Rhee’s image had become domestically tarnished, but many still regarded him as a successful leader especially in regards to fostering close relations with the West. |

| The Democratic Party has yet to kick-start their campaign, but statements from their politicians give a good indication that they will likely focus on attacking Rhee’s record and promoting themselves as sensible conservatives. The other political parties including the Social Democrats; National Association; and the Civil Rule Party are looking to focus on a handful of districts and get into the Assembly to gain the attention of voters and the press. |

Major Political Parties[list]

[*] Liberal Party - Sygman Rhee - Ilminism, Conservatism

[*] National Association - Yi Si-yeong - Nationalism, Conservatism

[*] Democratic Party - Chang Myon - Liberalism, Conservative Liberalism

[*] Civic Rule Party - Yun Posun - Liberalism

[*] Social Democrats - Seo Sang-il - Socialism, Democratic Socialism

[*] Workers Party of Korea - Kim Il-sung - Marxism-Leninism, Juche[/list]

| The election is months out but the campaign is likely to be drawn out and fiery; voters have an array of choices to make between political personalities and policies. Korea’s new path will likely rest on the results of these legislative elections; whether left or right the needs of Korea remain very much the same. The economy remains very much in the balance as Korea recovers from both the war and the Japanese occupation; the reunification process is also likely to take up a big chunk of any new legislative term. Any new session would likely be chaotic if no bloc fails to achieve sufficient numbers for domestic and economic policy. |

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Spainard, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Honghai, Brazil Toucan

[list]April, 1953

[sub]The passing of the Protection of the Dharmic Religions Act (Anti-conversion law).[/sub][/list]

[sub]The island of Lanka has been the home and stronghold of Buddhism since its introduction in the third century BC. Throughout the 2,000 years of its history, the Buddhism on the island face many threat to it dominance by those who want to convert the island to the invader’s religion. First by the South Indian Tamil empires and its Hindu faith, then Portuguese and Catholicism, and finally the Dutch and the British and their Protestant faith. While the Buddhist faith managed to stay as the majority of the island’s population, it doesn’t mean it didn’t face any challenge. In fact Buddhism on the island was almost completely destroyed a few times in its history by outside invader and forced conversion, but was revived either by Lankan Kings or great Buddhist monks. With the Island now Independent all of this was about to changed[/sub]

[sub]In April, 1953, the government of Prime Minister Kandi Ramamurthy Rajah managed to pass through both houses of Parliament an act, outlawing any conversation to different faith by outside forces, this act is known as the Protection of the Dharmic Religions Act . Not only was it outlaw but anyone who is caught trying to convert people from their faith to a different one will be imprisoned for two years. The Governor-General give the amendment his assent making it official and into law. The Act drew criticism from the left, but mainly from Catholic and Protestant Christian missionaries as a discrimination and violation of their human and religious rights. Many missionaries send letters to Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain (who is considered as the head of state of Ceylon) asking her that as the defender of the Christian faiths to force the Ceylonese PM to reverse the act and make conversion legal again.[/sub]

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Rutannia, Spainard, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan

[list]FEBRUARY 1954

[sub]BLOEMFONTEIN — UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA [/sub][/list]

[list][list][pre]|A NEW PROJECT[/pre][/list][/list]

[LIST][LIST][pre]|N NUWE PROJEK [/pre][/list][/list]

[B]|[/B] The project of Azania and the coalescence of multiple African states and regions was a great test and gamble of the previous administrations, and Majority Rule in general. South Africa now finds itself free once more following the end of such a project. Former members of the United Tribes also find themselves newly sovereign and able to chart their own unique national course. In the halls of Bloemfontein a small section of radical legislators call for the return of minority rule and the imposition of Afrikaner supremacist policies. However, it has become obvious to the majority of MP’s that a return to minority rule is virtually impossible given the taste of freedom the majority have experienced over the past decade. Instead the government would turn its attention to the removal of foreign aliens from former member states of the United Tribes and the implementation of a household registration system.

The National Household Registration System introduced by the Ministry of Home Affairs is designed to identify a person as a permanent resident of a particular locality. The NHRS will include identifying information such as legal name, parents, spouse and date of birth. The registration system will further be tied to the ability to receive public services such as universal education, healthcare and national pension. Residents will be entitled to public education and health services in the location of their permanent residence. The Ministry of Home Affairs ensures the system will make population management easier as well as streamline access to state services by citizens. However, detractors argue the NHRS has the potential to exacerbate inequality between urban and rural residents, as well as along ethnic lines. Despite the uproar, the ministry plans to move ahead with the system's full national implementation.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has also issued guidelines on continued residency status of former citizens of the United Tribes who were not citizens or permanent residents of South Africa prior to the establishment of the UT or South Africa as a member state of the United Tribes. New guidelines establish a grace period and give non-Citizens who held citizenship of the United Tribes 6 months to apply for residency status before the grace period ends. The Ministry has also relaxed deportation procedures making it easier to deport said non-residents during and after the grace period. The ministry's guidelines were noted to lack transparency, especially in regards to how non-residents are to be assessed for residency, and has drawn condemnation from Usaphist MP’s. Radical MP’s have called upon the judiciary to review such guidelines to ensure they comply with existing laws. Nonetheless, the Ministry of Home Affairs is confident in their scheme, and has a strong intent on delivering the objectives of the new administration. |

[spoiler=[sub]Excuse the rough RP.[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Rutannia, Spainard, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Vancouver Straits, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Honghai, Greater Kurdistane, Brazil Toucan

[list][list][sub]February, 1954[/sub]

[sub]The Beginning of a Rebellion (PT 2)[/sub][/list][/list]

[list][sub]Violence Reigns[/sub]

[list][list][sub]"In defeat we die free men; in victory we live in freedom!"[/sub][/list][/list]

-

[list][sub]All across the Pindus region, the Aromanian People's Army mobilized over night, taking positions all across the region waiting to launch their dream revolution. Now fifty thousand men march to war.[/sub][/list]

Battle for Ioannia and Kozani - Dawn

| Under the crack of dawn, the Aromanian People's Army began it's operations of hostile takeovers all across the region simultaneously. Attacking police stations, government buildings, and anything of strategic value, while at the same time a proclamation of the establishment of the Pindus People's Republic was broadcast all across the region. With self proclaimed Prime Minister Aimilios Markallis siting claims of 'right to self-determination' and denouncing the Greek government as hostile to the existance of the Aromanian people. In the regional capitals of Ioannia and Kozani; a surprise collective force of nearly fifteen thousand men attacked both cities, with each city facing against seven thousand armed guerilla fighters as the APA began storming the outskirts of the cities, attacking any police or security forces spotted. |

[list][list]Ioannia

[X] 7500~ Attackers

[X] 5000~ Defends

-

[X] 2nd Paratrooper Brigade (Greece)

[X] 4th Aromanian Brigade (Pindus)[/list][/list]

[list][list]Kozani

[X] 7500~ Attacksers

[X] Unkown~ Defenders

-

[X] Kozani Military Base (Greece)

[X] 3rd Red Guard (Pindus) [/list][/list]

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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

Paramountica, Spainard, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan

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

SPRAWLING ALUMINUM PLANT AT PRELOGI LENDS EXCITEMENT TO THE SLOVENIAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

[list][sup]THE SMOKING HILLS OF SOUTHERN STYRIA

FEBRUARY 1954[/sup][/list]

The chemical sector was, perhaps, the most intriguing of the Slovenian industries. The nation’s long legacy in chemical engineering culminated in a uniquely robust chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing network, anchored by the first major factories in 1947, fueled by the Slovene Chemical Industry Association and driven by competition against Slovenia’s leading chemical giant: Pregelj. By the dawn of 1954, Pregelj was apparently ascendant, having successfully established itself as one of Slovenia’s most lucrative exporters and now investing in a swath of related industries. That February, one of their investments leapt into action. The Prelogi Alumina and Aluminum Factory—first commissioned in January 1947—was completed just south of the Styrian town of Prelogi in February 1954. Part of a nascent company acquired by Pregelj in 1952 and now called Aluminij Pregelj, it was set to be in full production by November with a capacity of 60,000 tons of alumina and 25,000 tons of aluminum per year from a nearby deposit of perialpine karst bauxite ore discovered by geologists during the Survey of the Slovene Republic ordered by Boris Furlan in 1945. The Factory was a thing of industrial beauty, spanning several square kilometers and employing hundreds; its towering smoke stacks were shrouded by hills, but still breathed the fire of production into the air.

Within the next two years, however, would come the most interesting output of the plant—Pregelj intended to complete three distillation towers that would enable the production of aluminum sulfate and aluminum hydroxychloride as a way to integrate the Factory with Slovenia’s increasingly robust chemical industry. Such chemicals have diverse applications, ranging from antiperspirants and hair care products to welding rods, water purification products, and even to coloring agents for inks and paints. The profile of investors in the endeavor was equally diverse: a mix of chemical and industrial, including automotive manufacturer Avsec of Novo Mesto and the nation’s premier food processor, Eta Kamnik, who both foresaw uses of the plant in their industries. The investment pouring into Prelogi fomented a flurry of excitement across the Styrian region, and the plant’s profitability was to stand as a crucial indicator as to whether Pregelj’s vision for large-scale chemical development would be feasible. Their effort was to pay off; by the end of the first month of operation, the plant would have no shortage of domestic customers. Indeed, the opportunities presented by the combination of technology and capital made available by the factory were immense. Beyond the manifold applications of the aluminum itself, the prospects of chemical engineering in Slovenia were altogether brightened by the sprawling metal beast cutting across the horizon near Prelogi.

The sheer size of the facility and its expansive array of processes meant that any disruption to its operations could have significant consequences for Slovenia’s entire industrial sector. As a result, Pregelj demanded new standards in worker safety, investing heavily in training and personnel. In a culmination of patriotic economics, an on-site employee assistance center with a full-time doctor would offer workers on-site support should any problem arise. Firefighting countermeasures were to abound across the facility, and regular drills would etch safety protocols in the minds of workers. Keeping with the Slovenian tradition of environmental stewardship, legislative overseers also mandated that the factory also introduce the newest filtration systems and incineration technology to prevent harmful by-products from entering the world abroad. Though still harnessed by environmental watchdogs, the remarkable streak of success seen by the young nation thus continued. One of few European nations spared outright invasion, Slovenia was an ascending economic force in an increasingly integrated Europe. Marshall Plan aid, a long history of industry and a well-educated workforce were showing strongly in its favor. Its growth could not go on forever; cycles of growth, stagnation and realignment were inevitable. However, for now, Slovenian entrepreneurs fought ever forth to push the nation further on.

[list][sub]IN OTHER NEWS: The Slovenian Foreign Ministry condemned the ‘Pindus insurgency’ (Pindus-) in a statement in January, regretting that “the actors see no path to achieving their aims through peaceful dialogue” and declaring support for the Greek government in the matter. It continues to take a reverse position on the issue of Eritrea (Nileya), however, in which it views the Ethiopian (Alzarikstan) government as using unnecessary force to bend subjects to its will.[/sub][/list]

Paramountica, Spainard, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Pindus-

[list][list][sub]February, 1954[/sub]

[sub]The Rebel Blitzkrieg[/sub][/list][/list]

[list][sub]Will Pindus collapse as fast as it grows?[/sub]

[list][list][sub]"In defeat we die free men; in victory we live in freedom!"[/sub][/list][/list]

-

[list][sub]As the battles for Ioannia and Kozani rage on, the self proclaimed People's Republic of Pindus makes rapid progress in gaining land, using the surprise nature of the rebellion to their advantage before Athens realizes what is happening.[/sub][/list]

Land capture - Morning

| As over a quarter of the Aromanian People's Army battles for control of two key regional capitals (Ioannia and Kozani), the remaining thirty-five thousand Aromanian soldiers rush full speed to capture as much land as possible. Within a few hours, the Aromanian People's Army using blitzkrieg stlye tactics, manages to capture the towns of Siatista, Neapoli, Grevena, and Kydonies. |

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Paramountica, Spainard, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan

[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, The Pindus War: Greece Launches Military Operation on the Falsely Proclaimed Pindus Republic Following Attacks on Greek Cities!, February 1954

Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, Ο Πόλεμος της Πίνδου: Η Ελλάδα εξαπολύει πόλεμο κατά της ψευδώς ανακηρυχθείσας Δημοκρατίας της Πίνδου μετά από επιθέσεις σε ελληνικές πόλεις!, Φεβρουάριος 1954[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands and Pindus- - The Greek Armed Forces - Οι Ελληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις! [/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]| THE PINDUS WAR, IOANNINA AND WEST MACEDONIA, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | Ο ΠΌΛΕΜΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΊΝΔΟΥ, ΤΑ ΙΩΆΝΝΙΝΑ ΚΑΙ Η ΔΥΤΙΚΉ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΊΑ, Η ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΤΑ ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: | [/pre][/list][/list]

[list]| Following the attacks on the Greek population by the "Aromanian People's Army" last month, followed by and the self-proclamation of their false regime, the reaction in Athens was one word and one word alone: WAR. As the false "Pindus People's Republic" regime continues to attack the innocent Greek population and Greek troops stationed in the area, the Greek government in Athens had decided, just an hour after the proclamation of the false republic, that the Hellenic Armed Forces was to launch a military operation on the Pindus and Aromanian Communist rebels. The borders of their false regime encircle a multitude of Greek divisions and brigades, and most of the men there have already started to fight off the Pindus attackers, securing roads and other bases before the Pindus attackers could reach them first. |[/list]

[list]| With the offensive military operation officially proclaimed on the unrecognized Pindus Republic in the early hours on the 1st of February, 1954, Greek troops immediately sprang into action. The following units were dispatched to fight against the falsely proclaimed Pindus Republic and their army: |[/list]

[list][list]- 1st Tank Division (Greece)

- 2nd Tank Division (Greece)

- 3rd Infantry Division (Greece)

- 8th Infantry Division (Greece)

- 9th Infantry Division (Greece)

- 10th Infantry Division (Greece)

- 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece)

- 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece)

- 6th Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece)

- 2nd Paratrooper Brigade (Greece)

- 2nd Infantry Brigade (Greece)

- 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade (Greece)

[/list][/list]

[list]| New additions to these divisions and brigades included the addition of the ARL 44 Heavy Tank and the AMX-13 Light Tanks recently received from France, along with new artillery guns, new Panhard EBR Armored Cars, and for the battles from above and for bombing campaigns, brand new fighter jets obtained from the United States and France, including the North American F-86 Sabre, and the French Dassault M.D.450 Ouragan and Dassault Mystère IV fighter-bombers jets. |[/list]

[list]| As morning rose over the Pindus mountains, the force of 102,500 Greek Troops had arrived at Pindus Republic's false borders. As the sound of artillery guns, tank tracks, jackboots, jet engines, and machine gun fire rattled the entire region, Greek troops started their initial liberation of Ioannina. The first taste of fighting had begun. As the encircled Greek divisions and brigades, such as the 2nd Paratrooper Brigade and other units mentioned earlier began to fight with coordination and self-determination, Greek troops managed to reach the recently captured town of Kydonies, with fighting already commencing around Kozani, it was clear that this military operation will be over sooner than expected. Greek troops even managed to reach Aromanian settlements and Pindus Military Camps. The operation is expected to finish by April at the latest. |[/list]

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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

Paramountica, Spainard, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, Taiiwan, Brazil Toucan, Pindus-

[list][list]FEBRUARY 1954

[sub]Azanian Farewell[/sub][/list]

[pre] A Z A N I A, A D E C A D E [/pre][sup]A Series¹[/sup]

[list][sub][pre]“… We therefore submit, that the adoption

of a new “Usapho” or “Family” is essential

to ensure stability and growth, not just in

Azania but in the whole of Africa.”[/pre][/sub][/list]

[list][sub]— DR. CHARLES NEGELE Ph.D.

Azanian Professor and Philosopher of Nonador[/sub][/list]

INT. UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT, United Nations Un — MORNING

[sub]NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Paramountica[/sub]

| It was a quiet, calm day at the United Nations, located at 46th & 1st Ave in New York, New York — In some ways, it was also a somber one as U.N. STAFFERS proceeded, both in the chamber of the General Assembly (UNGA) and the chamber of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), without much fanfare, then again the act alone was historic and concerning to any Ambassador or diplomat watching from afar, as the polished wooden plaques that read the “UNITED TRIBES of AZANIA” were slide out from their frames, or just “AZANIA” from the Security Council chamber, that the dominion country on the most southern point of Africa had once been a member of that body’s permanent seating, the victors of the Second World War. |

EXT. HELICOPTER PAD, FDR DRIVE NORTH — EVENING

[sub]NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Paramountica[/sub]

| A single helicopter, a U.N. Sikorsky H-34 “Choctaw", the last one of the departing delegation, remained in place — awaiting the return of an Azanian Ambassadorial STAFFER with the remainder of the diplomatic mission’s boxes of documents. As KUNGWAO BOWERS, UT Ambassador to the UN standing next to the parked helicopter, it’s blades yet to begin rotating, waited in a dark navy blue suit. As Ambassador BOWERS waited, he heard a voice coming up from a short distance behind him. |

[list]| Sir PIERSON JOHN DIXON, [sub]UK Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “It’s suppose to be somber, I know that . . . but would it hurt to say goodbye?”[/list]

| BOWERS turned to see, Sir PIERSON JOHN DIXON, British Ambassador to the UN, walking towards him with his hands stuffed in his grey flannel trousers, his grey suit coat somewhat blown by the East Drive breeze that brushed against FDR Drive. BOWERS smiled softly, and then a soft chuckle. |

[list]| KUNGAWO BOWERS, [sub]UT Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “Ambassador Dixon.”[/list]

| Ambassador DIXON nodded a bit, as he was able to reach where Ambassador BOWERS was standing. |

[list]| Sir PIERSON JOHN DIXON, [sub]UK Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “They’ll say a lot of things you know, about your country, about Azania.”

| KUNGAWO BOWERS, [sub]UT Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “That’ll be for the history books to decide. We did our part, for Africa, and the world at large.”



| Sir PIERSON JOHN DIXON, [sub]UK Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “Ten years, wasn’t it? ’44 to ’54, I’ll frame it, send it to you back in…?”


| KUNGAWO BOWERS, [sub]UT Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “The outskirts of Durban, in Ikhaya, I’ll be retiring from the diplomatic service to my ranch and grandchildren.”[/list]

| Ambassador DIXON smiled softly, even if he knew this would be the last time he saw the Ambassador from Azania. |

[list]| Sir PIERSON JOHN DIXON, [sub]UK Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “Your Prime Minister, the one who vanished, held your seat before you were you, I gather still… nothing?”[/list]

| Ambassador BOWERS stiffened for a moment, as if giving the official Azanian stance on Prime Minister ENGAMELI ZWANE, who vanished on a yachting expedition in the South Atlantic in JULY 1951, and since then a succession of Azanian Prime Ministers continued to lose the unity that made ZWANE’s tenure so successful, and so impactful, she retreated from the world stage into internal domestic woes. |

[list]| KUNGAWO BOWERS, [sub]UT Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “Prime Minister Zwane sails with his countrymen, always and never ceasing.”[/list]

| A soft smirk from Ambassador DIXON, it was a common phrase used by the Azanian delegation whenever asked by the Free Press here in New York, but as years went by, it became a comparative note of Azania’s fading light. |

[list]| Sir PIERSON JOHN DIXON, [sub]UK Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “I can speak on behalf of your brethren from Great Britain, your country and what it did for the war . . . what it helped establish for the postwar order, changed the direction of Africa.”

| KUNGAWO BOWERS, [sub]UT Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “Ambassador, that is all a man can hope for in a lifetime, whether an individual or a countryhood. It has been the honor of my life, in diplomatic service to my country.”

| Sir PIERSON JOHN DIXON, [sub]UK Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “10 Downing has given us clearance to announce our intent to guarantee Bechuana’s independence, the Donga hasn’t given word, but we have our belief the Cape will emerge as a new South Africa, will your home of Ikhaya—“

| KUNGAWO BOWERS, [sub]UT Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “Ikhaya will be where it must be, whether South African or something else, it will remain my home, as will all of Azania. Borders and governments . . . do not make the people. The people do that.”[/list]

| Ambassador DIXON proceeds to extend a hand, and Ambassador BOWERS extends his as well, for a firm handshake. As the Ambassadorial Staffers return with the remainder of the document boxes, the helicopter begins to whirl its propellers, they now speak in shout-elevated voices. |

[list]| Sir PIERSON JOHN DIXON, [sub]UK Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “Great Britain won’t ever have a partner like Azania in African affairs, heck, THE WORLD!”

| KUNGAWO BOWERS, [sub]UT Ambassador to the UN[/sub] | “The native dream of diversity will never truly be gone, Ambassador. The Dominion, the United Tribes, it was always an idea FIRST! Borders, second.”[/list]

| And with that, Ambassador BOWERS turned to board the whirling helicopter, turning for a moment to look at Ambassador DIXON, as a British aid finally located the ambassador rushed up to place a dark grey overcoat on the British ambassador . . . Ambassador BOWERS smiled and nodded, as Ambassador DIXON waved as the helicopter soared up higher and higher. |

____________

[sub]¹ A Series: Azania, a Decade Stories from the UK/US about the Dominion/United Tribes of Azania, a concept pre-dating 1944 but officially established under that name in 1944 during WWII, lasting until 1954. A concept created by Nonador.[/sub]

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Rutannia, Spainard, Arcanda, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Vancouver Straits, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Brazil Toucan

[list][sup]

(CCP) People’s Republic of China / (CCP) 中华人民共和国

[/sup]

THE PEOPLE'S DEVELOPMENT BANK IS FOUNDED TO INCENTIVIZE THE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT-RUN AGRICULTURAL SECTORS!

人民发展银行的成立是为了激励政府管理的农业部门的发展!"。

[sub]January 1954 | 1954年1月

[/sub]

[list]

[sub]

BEIJING, CAPITAL PROVINCE | 湖南省长沙市[/sub]

[sub]Under the First Five Year Plan (第一个五年计划) and the Farm-to-Market Roads Initiative (从农场到市场的道路倡议), the People’s Government was endeavoring rapidly to garner widespread support among the peasantry and the working class farmers of rural China, who composed an overwhelming majority of citizens within the People’s Republic. In 1952 and 1953, the First Five Year Plan saw millions in Chinese yuan allocated towards the construction of agricultural pathways to make it simpler for farmers to get their goods to the market for sale. The programme was launched with the intention of boosting sales for farmers and incentivizing greater levels of production, while lowering costs for consumers. The plan, however, had insofar been hit with several hurdles not limited to bureaucratic impasse over the scale and magnitude of the roads, which some local government authorities argued would have a negative rather than a positive impact on the local villages. Chairman Mao signed a directive in July of 1953 mandating local government abidance by National People’s Government and Communist Party directives with regards to the programme to boost its output, but at this stage, it has only been implemented in substantial quantities in Beijing and HUNAN PROVINCE, which has been serving as a test bed for certain agricultural programs thanks to the output of the province. [/sub]

[sub]This month of January, the National People’s Committee for Agri-Economic Affairs (国家农业经济事务人民委员会) ratified unanimously a government-proposed plan for the establishment of a People's Development Bank to streamline and standardize the country’s financial system under a few state-owned, state-dominated and state-controlled banks of various sizes for various purposes. While the Maoist doctrine espoused collectivist ideals at every turn, the proposed National Development Bank was taken out of the page of realist doctrines, and was to provide substantial loans to persons seeking to expand their business or expand agricultural or commercial production ‘for the good of the proletariat and the Revolution’. The Bank (人民发展银行) would be financed entirely by the National People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China, and would allow for faster growth of the agricultural and small business industries, which the Communist regime saw as key to encouraging national growth. While the small business model under the new People’s Republic was drastically more complicated - since all businesses were nationalized and thus under state control, but usually operated by ‘trustees’ or regular citizens entrusted the responsibility by the Communist apparatus - funding for Chinese businesses was necessary for growth.[/sub]

[sub]And thus, on 22 January, Chairman Mao signed the directive for the establishment of the People's Development Bank for investment into the growth of the proletariat and the Revolution and other purposes. The new bank would immediately open up branches across the country, seeking to expand its reach and provide to the regular Chinese man evidence that the government in Beijing did, indeed, care.[/sub]

[sub]根据第一个五年计划和 "从农场到市场的道路倡议"。人民政府正在努力迅速争取中国农村的农民和工人阶级的广泛支持,他们在人民共和国的公民中占绝大多数。1952年和1953年,第一个五年计划拨出数百万元人民币用于建设农业道路,使农民更容易将他们的货物运到市场上销售。该计划的目的是促进农民的销售,激励更高水平的生产,同时降低消费者的成本。然而,该计划迄今遇到了一些障碍,不仅限于对道路规模和规模的官僚主义僵局,一些地方政府当局认为这将对当地村庄产生负面而非正面的影响。1953年7月,毛主席签署了一项指令,要求地方政府遵守全国人民政府和共产党关于提高产量的指令,但在这一阶段,它只在北京和湖南省大量实施,由于该省的产量,湖南省一直是某些农业项目的试验基地。[/sub]

[/list]

[B]

🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Rutannia, Spainard, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Greater Kurdistane, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan

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

FRENCH BUREAUCRACY

MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES[/pre][/list]

______

FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY: PARIS AND BELGRADE COME TO TERMS AND FRANCE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZES THE REPUBLIC OF THE DONGA AND DOMINION OF BECHUANA

[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, FEBRUARY 1954[/sub][/list]

[sub]| HELM OF DIPLOMACY, MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES - | Earlier this week recently elected President René Coty sat through an extensive direct telephone conversation with Yugoslavian counterpart and strongman Josip Tito. This had been the first line of contact between Paris and Belgrade since the most recent fallout in relations and forcible closure of embassies on both sides in January. President Coty, being more of the diplomatic type than his predecessor ultimately viewed the complete censorship of Franco-Yugoslav relations to be detrimental to both sides. Thus the two gentlemen were able to strike upon some remorse and come to terms with agreements being made on both sides to reestablish cordial relations in the interest of regional security in the Balkans and Adriatic.[/sub]

[sub]Yugoslavia (Ranponian) and France have agreed to the immediate reopening of embassies and a mutual draw down of military operations aimed towards countering each in the Balkans and Adriatic. Additionally France and Yugoslavia with indirect assistance from the Soviet Union (Osivoii) already having ships stationed there, will work together to ensure the Adriatic remains mine free in the future with demining operations still ongoing in order to ensure the safety of maritime vessels. France additionally requested that Yugoslavia not grant any direct support to the growing Pindus People's rebellion (Pindus-) in the Northern part of Greece (Adriatican Islands). Lastly both France and Yugoslavia have agreed not to escalate tensions in the future by keeping military operations aimed towards each other at a minimum and ongoing operations targeted towards Slovenia (Amsterwald) and other Western bloc nations are to remain at a stalemate or otherwise unchanged to avoid any future breakdown of relations. While President Coty and Foreign Minister Bidault have championed all of this as a diplomatic success, the real truth regarding just how close France and Yugoslavia actually came to delivering blows and potentially starting World War Three may never be known.[/sub]

[sub]As France now begins withdrawing some of it's naval assets deployed in the Adriatic per agreement, the Foreign Ministry has continued it's rouse of diplomatic achievements by declaring official recognition of the newly formed Republic of the Donga and Dominion of Bechuana located in Southern Africa. (France already recognizes South Africa Victoria Harbor) The two new states have come into being following the untimely yet foreseen breakup of the United Tribes of Azania (Nonador) which had outgrown the needs of it's vastly diverse peoples after existing for just over a decade. Currently France sets ahead of the game on this one as the United Nations Security Council has convened in New York City to vote on the ascension of the two new nations into the United Nations General Assembly where yet another vote shall take place requiring a simple majority. It is entirely expected that both countries will be granted U.N. membership status. | [/sub]

[list]______[/list]

[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!

VIVE LA FRANCE!

VIVE L’EMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]

[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Annyeong Korea

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Canada Leaf

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Islahh

Israelli

Jasumaa

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mesuvia

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pindus-

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Trucial States United

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Spainard, Arcanda, Bayern Kahla, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Vancouver Straits, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Greater Kurdistane, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Pindus-

THE UNIONIST TRIBUNE FEBRUARY 1954

FrontPage

HOW TO SOLVE THE ITALIAN QUESTION

BRUSSELS - As things are moving towards a positive future in Brussels, it is less so between Arcanda and Amsterwald. Both nations have been at odds since the very first conference of the future of Europe. Union politicians believed that this conflict would be resolved on its own. Perhaps they believe that, after the war, a new generation of leaders and new thinking would dominate the landscape.

It was nothing of the sort for M.Spaak-Benelux's foreign minister and one of the designers of the EEC. Such ambitious project as the European Community will need clear and definitive end to land claims and accusations made by Italy. Otherwise, the project may collapse on its own pillars. "We cannot afford to fail" said Jeroen van Lubach, the Union's recently elected Prime Minister.

But how Benelux will try to play in this situation is not clear yet. The country does not weight the same as does Metropolitan Francais or New Provenance. But perhaps its position as a third option could be the decisive factor for Paul-Henri Spaak. It should be careful however. Tensions of such sort can fire and echo throughout Europe rapidly. Experience of history seems to confirm this theory...

There is no clear solution either. Italy's claims are not just from their politicians. They are also from their people too. If Italy is going to end its claim and move on, it will take political courage at home. But maybe no one is willing to go through this. Yet, there is no choice. The borders of Slovenia are recognised by most of the West including its most powerful members. Italy risks becoming isolated. It must face the facts : to join a community means to make peace with the past and face all the consequences. It may hurt at the beginning but the benefits will be immense.

Economics

"WE WILL BE THE BIGGEST OF EUROPE" ROTTERDAM'S PORT EXPECTS BUSINESS TO THRIVE

Prime Minister Lubach has grand ideas. But for that it means that villages will be destroyed and expropriated to expend the Rotterdam port facilities. This plan has been part of the "NEW ECONOMIC RENEWAL DEAL" of 1954. Rotterdam was already a historical place for trade.

But now, the city has plans to become the main hub for petrolium and chemical imports. The plan is immense and entails large destruction of small villages. This plan is not without opposition from locals naturally. But ambition of Benelux is rising both in economic and military terms.

The Rotterdam Port of Europoort as it is called is planned to represent 37% of all shipping activity in northern Europe and compete with Hamburg in the near future.

Politic Briefs

BENELUX OPEN HANDS TO ZAIRE.

With a positive answer, Paul-Henri Spaak is expected to publish a first offer of a treaty of reconciliation between two nations with linked pasts. While it is clearly just Belgium, the Union is now acting as a whole. The offer is rumoured to include an opening of trade and cultural actions between the two parties.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY HAS UNTIL 1960 TO ACHIEVE THE COMMON MARKET

The date is settled ! 1st January 1960 will mark the start of the common market. The road ahead will not be easy. It will imply the end of decades of common practices and local traditions in trade and taxation. Even worse, some countries may find the idea, after all, not so good for them -at least politically.

Until then, the Union created a specific Common Market Legislative Commission to prepare a gradual decrease of tariffs, the end of national preferences in trade, and in other areas of services and markets. The change is expected to be slightly controversial but extremely beneficial.

There is a worry however that not all countries will play fair and cooperate at the beginning. Some may even be annoyed by an institution in Brussels playing against them. Only time will tell if this objective is achieved.

Military

BENELUX MILITARY WILL NEVER BECOME IMPORTANT. IT CAN BE DECISIVE HOWEVER

It took almost 3 years to unite three armies which were nothing of the size of other countries of Europe. But different practices and three countries are not easy to reconcile. Now things are finally moving somewhere. The white paper of 1951 planned for an expansion of the Benelux fleet by 1955. Things are slightly delayed but not impossible.

There are concerns notably in the overseas of the Benelux. This is especially the case in Dutch Guinea near Indonesia. The expansion of the Benelux fleet is planned to take at least 10 years. "It is quite slow but we will make it with confidence" declared Admiral Tiriers.

One thing is certain : The Union is not a military power. It cannot act like one. It does however count to be a vital partner in the United Nations Un in the future. Prime Minister Van Lubach in fact insisted "We want the Union to be a peace maker not by our will but with the combined efforts of all".

Precise and targeted efforts is the motto of the new Union military program. With a combined army of 70 000 professionnals, Benelux hopes to grow to 100 000 with reservist contingent of 59 000 by 1965. Its ambitious but not impossible.

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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[list]February 1954

[sub]Air and Land[/sub][/list]

[pre]J E T S A N D C O M P A N Y[/pre]

| In accordance with new legislation ratified by the Bundestag by unanimous consent, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer attended the inauguration of the first office of the new German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, or DLR) was opened earlier this month. Adenauer had championed the establishment of the DLR, pointing to it as the only logical successor to the National Aerospace Development Foundation (Nationale Stiftung für die Entwicklung der Luft- und Raumfahrt), the wealthy and influential lobbyist and investment group that funded a majority of aerospace development in Germany. The new Aerospace Center would serve as the Federal Republic's agency chiefly responsible for the development of aerospace, energy and transportation research under the federal government. In the March budget proposal, the governing CDU/CSU was putting forward expansive amounts of funding for the German Aerospace Center and its Advanced Research Initiative (Initiative für Spitzenforschung), which provided high-level grants to companies with proposals the German Government - more specifically the German Air Force and the German Army - were interested in. |

| Beyond grants moving out from the Federal Government to private industry developers and manufacturers, the private industry itself was growing. Bolkow Aerospace had been founded in 1948 and had speedily become an industry leader, flying the Bo.112 medium transport aircraft in mid-1953, the Bo.45 experimental helicopter in December of 1953, while injecting government grants and funding into its Bo.220 experimental jet fighter program. Bolkow was responsible for lower cost research into experimental jet technology and passenger and transport aircraft produced domestically, but competition was starting to emerge as well, primarily from Vega Aerospace and Diehl Aviation, both of which are working on more specialized technologies. |

| DIEHL AVIATION had been spurred on in 1946 as a company that was now run by engineers involved in Wartime jet engine research. In 1950, they received government grants to design specialized jet engine technology for use by German aircraft. The Diehl A-1 jet engine, primarily aimed at being utilized with medium-range transport aircraft and light-to-medium 'fighter jet' aircraft, was already at this point well into its development, and expected to enter commercial sale and production as soon as potentially 1956. On the other hand, VEGA AEROSPACE was endeavoring to produce helicopters and reconnaissance aircraft. It was founded in 1952 as the German government began planning for the establishment of a possible German Armed Forces, and Adenauer approved grants towards Vega to develop helicopters, initially for government transport and medical purposes but would later see funding for military projects come as well. The Vega Falcon, a prototype helicopter, would take flight on 2 February 1954, and would be expected to transform into the Vega Falcon-B transport and medium cargo helicopter by as early as later this year. Smaller, recon-focused and high-flying aircraft would also be funded by the government. The emphasis on helicopter development in Germany would be explained to Bundestag deputies through Germany's already existing expertise in aircraft development. While an overwhelming majority of Wartime technology had been carted off, destroyed or otherwise lost to time, scientists from the Era who went into hiding with the support of the White Lotus resistance movement under Sophie Scholl were still alive, and were provided jobs and contracts by the government under these new companies, programs and grants. |

| The production of commercial vehicles for consumer usage would also boom from 1951 onwards, considering that the relative economic growth has enabled a much wider range of German citizens to purchase a car and move around and generally expend more. Up to three new Volkswagen factories have opened since 1950 across the country, and are now producing the Beetle in larger quantities than ever, thanks to the popular demand of the vehicle within Germany. Markets globally are also being opened, with a reported deal with Sudan for the sale of Beetles in the African nation being reported in the months before. Mercedes-Benz would receive government contracts to develop trucks and heavy-lift vehicles for use by the new Bundeswehr's planned vast logistics corps, which will keep frontline defense forces supplied in the case of a potential Eastern offensive. |

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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[list][pre]Právo Paper

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Prague, Czechia, Third Republic of Czechoslovakia[/pre][/list]

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MAY-JUNE ISSUE, 1953 - [sub]One Czechoslovak Koruna[/sub]

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[list][list]Česká Spořitelna, ONE OF CZECHIA'S LARGEST SAVINGS BANKS, RE-OPENS OPERATIONS AHEAD OF EXPECTED CURRENCY REFORMS[/list][/list]

{ New in one of the heart centers of the city of Prague, Česká Spořitelna, one of the nation's largest savings banks, has re-opened its doors for public and personal business once again. As Czechoslovakia's banking system underwent a nationalization process, with the installation of what the Communist Party defines as a "socialist economy", public saving systems have become an important priority within the nation's economic system. Of course, the newly opened Česká Spořitelna would be operating in promised financial autonomy, but not only to sustain is economic motives for existence, but the Communist State's as well. Though acting now as the largest savings entity in Czechia, the Bank will still be subordinate to the State Bank and relegated to special functions, according to the Ministry of Finance. A quote from an official office staff union representative from the MoF given to reporters early this morning, alongside the Bank's ribbon ceremony to the public: }

[list][sub]"... and rest assured the Ministry, along with the rest of those working with the Presidium's Central Planning Committee, the opening of the new Public Savings Bank under new state regulation, will be a significant tool for public financial stability. Public spenders and consumers should be confident in the control over the balance the state now has over the economy... "[/sub][/list]

{ This comes as, once again, reports from within the MoF employement unions have asked the public to prepare for possible currency reforms. Though the macro-economic strength and industrial potential in Czechoslovakia have grown, so has towering post-war inflation. Even more dire was the shortage-economy-in-growth, which economic experts say that consumer good markets facing a tightening of supply. This is only sustained by ongoing ration-based consumer markets inside of the State's economic control. By implementing the proposed monetary reform, the state's Financial agencies could deprive citizens of money that which it had nothing to offer them, only deepening the economic confusion within our nation's formal and informal markets. May there be success in our comrades' actions, and glory to ČSSR. This is a developing story!}

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Paramountica, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Mutual Economic Assistance, Brazil Toucan

MARCH,1954

THE MUSLIM ATTIRE POLICY

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Previous prime ministers had previously kept the topic of religion outside of government influences to mostly maintain stability and not make those who aren't part of the preferred religion to feel unwelcomed.However current prime minister,Aisy Rayyan would be the very first prime minister of Maziya to bring on a policy based around religion.Specifically around his belief that to nationalise Maziya,they need to adopt some things from previous Malay nations before them,and one of those things that Aisy Rayyan deemed necessary is the concept that Islam is the one true religion for the Malays.This led Aisy Rayyan to create the "Muslim Attire" policy.

[U]The Policy Information

•Men have to wear songkoks and women have to wear tudungs.The only exception to this is when the person is at or in a area of personal privacy.

•Military personnel's and police force members who are Muslim cannot wear the standard military/police force hat and have to wear the songkok.The only exception is when protection of the head is necessary or on a mission,then they can change to something else.

•During times of prayers every Muslim have to wear what will be considered as "full Muslim" attire.This attire for males includes the songkok,samping,wearing a long sleeve shirt,long pants and slippers.For women,they have to wear the "baju kurung" along with their tudung and for footwear they have to wear proper shoes,to not show too much skin.

•If one of these rules were to ever be violated.That person will be put into prison for 1 week as a minor offence.

•The only exception to this new policy,is during special events such as sporting events.Muslim men and women can choose if they want to wear the songkok/tudung.

[U]Minister Of Religion Changed[/U]

Wei Yan Ming,the now former minister of religion.Was someone who worked in that position during the Wei Yuan administration and would be removed from his position as minister of religion under the guise of treason after he tried to call for a parliament meeting to veto this policy.The reasoning for his removal was not publicly revealed.In the place of Wei Yan Ming,came Fakrul Affendi a member of Maziya Parti Nasional,furthering the nationalist party hold of the government.

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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

Portugal

Background up to 1954

The Estado Novo has been under the hand of Antonio Salazar for over 20 years by 1954. Formed out of the collapse of the unstable first republic, and military dictatorship that followed, this new state was envisioned as the perfect implementation of Catholic, corporatist, and conservative doctrine.

In its implementation, Salazar also abolished all political parties. His National Union would be the only allowed political body. The legislative body, the National Assembly was made entirely of NU members and exercised a limited degree of legislative authority. Above them was the Corporative Chamber representing all segments of society mainly businesses, workers unions, teachers, religious groups, and other professions. This chamber would exercise a consultative position offering advice and legislation to Salazar himself.

World War 2 would largely shatter Salazar’s dreams. Despite some similarities between Portugal and Italy, Salazar hated Hitler’s “Ceasarist Paganist ideology” and rejected any alliances with Germany. This did not prevent the allies from considering Portugal to be Axis adjacent and invading the Portuguese African colonies. The loss of Angola and northern Mozambique began the slow downfall and collapse of Portugal.

The economy has slumped with growth slowing to a minuscule 1%. Portuguese literacy remains the lowest in the entire western world, and poverty among the highest. Furthermore, Portugal is isolated as both the east and west continue to move past it’s dated and backwards pseudo-fascist corporatist model. The largest problem is; however, Prime Minister Salazar himself. With his dreams shattered, the loss the most economically viable colony, and the increasing disfunction within Portuguese society, the prime minister has become increasingly withdrawn, issuing fewer orders, and directives. With a legislature that can’t pass laws, and a upper house that’s purely consultative, the entire government has frozen and locked in place. It’s clear to everyone but the most ardent supporters.

The Estado Novo is Dying.

Paramountica, Bayern Kahla, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Honghai, Brazil Toucan

[list][list][sub]February, 1954[/sub]

[sub]Pindus Forces March Towards Yugoslavian Border[/sub][/list][/list]

[list][sub]An attempt to secure support or flee?[/sub]

[list][list][sub]"In defeat we die free men; in victory we live in freedom!"[/sub][/list][/list]

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[list][sub]With Greek forces recapturing the town of Kydonies as the sieges of Ioannia and Kozani continue, Pindus forces appear to be embracing a change of tactics.[/sub][/list]

New battle front

| While the battles for Ioannia and Kozani rage on, the rest of the thirty-five thousand Aromanian soldiers stop their advancement to capture more land as the Greek Army arrives at their doorsteps. Marching at full speed, the thirty-five thousand strong force headed for the Yugoslavian border in an attempt to secure a direct border, to ensure unimpeded supplies and as a worst case, a path of retreat to continue the fight for Aromanian indepdence. But their goal wont be realized easily as three Greek divisions are stationed on the Greek-Yugosolavia border, meaning the hope of victory rests on whether, if the thirty-five thousand determined Aromanian soldiers can punch their way to Yugoslvia. |

[list][list]Aromanian People's Army

[X] 1st Infanty Division

[X] 2nd Infantry Divison

[X] 6th People's Brigade[/list][/list]

[list][list]Greek Border Divisions

[X] 6th Mechanized Infantry Division

[X] 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division

[X] 3rd Infantry Division [/list][/list]

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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

THE YUGOSLAV HOUSING REVOLUTION

March 9th 1954

https://youtu.be/5mxbalEk28U

Nine years after the founding of a new Socialist Yugoslav State many of the Peoples efforts were bearing fruit, and doing so at ever growing rates. Housing, enabled by vast increase in Concrete and Steel Production growth (Concrete having grown from 1.1 to 3.3 million tons and Steel from 181 thousand to 1.12 million tons since 1945) has entered a golden age of construction as ever more buildings and as a result new homes are created. So pronounced was this revolution that since 1945 the rate at which Households owned their own homes (rather than living with family) had grown from 51% to 67%. New Types of Apartment Blocks built with prefabricated Concrete tiles and insulated with Glass wool (created by mixing and heating natural sand and recycled glass from Tito's Beautification Program) they are a model for modern and affordable housing. Unlike in the Soviet Union where standardized Housing came in various sizes, Yugoslav Apartment Blocks which are limited to 4 floors as standard have only one Apartment size, that being an 80 square meter (860 square feet) three bedroom type which by its size alone is considered prestigious even amongst many Western countries.

Houses unlike their Apartment counterparts come in 12 different variants while colors are unlimited and dependent on the choice of the Family that shall be housed. For unlike western States in Socialist Yugoslavia Families need only apply for Housing and choose the necessary variant, which under purely testing circumstances (assuming no waiting list etc.) these can be assembled within 16 weeks. The quick assembly time is thanks to centralized Factories and Infrastructure responsible for producing standardized prefab wooden walls, roofs and other products required for House construction.

Thanks to the huge focus placed on both of these Housing alternatives the total number of Houses constructed in the last year (1953) amounted to 212,194 new Homes (incl. Apartments) which is over 9% higher than the Nations annual requirement to meet demand quotas. Production being further aided by lavish bonuses for Construction teams who are able to construct houses quicker than the average (while maintaining the same quality) have enabled healthy competition between teams and regional conglomerates. Though while Yugoslavia was making great strides in preconstructed Homes rather than just Apartment blocks, the idea itself is not new as one of the earliest mass-adopted example was the Sears Home Catalogue which sold House-kits from between 1902 and 1940.

Even by the most conservative estimates Yugoslavia under Tito will have achieved near total home ownership of around 85% by 1965, having taken into account that many individuals for a multitude of reasons do not want their own home. Though with this being the case the earliest replacement of a currently built Apartment Block or Home will be after 11 years, way below the stated lifespan of 20 years for Apartments and 40 years for Houses and thus giving more than enough time to rejuvenate and replace older constructs if needed. The State Ministry for Housing and Welfare is constantly looking for new and improved designs or ideas which could further increase the wellbeing of individuals living within State-Built housing, whether it be better insulation or more efficient construction. Above all however this will be done without high cost to the owner, after all as Marshal Tito decreed in his 1951 Speech on Housing :

[list]"Housing is a universal right of all Yugoslav Citizens, granting them the ability to live and flourish within their own four walls. From those Houses they will emerge well rested to conduct valued work for the Socialist Motherland and by doing so better themselves and others. The Better life our Citizens receive, the higher they can reach both in thought and creativity as well as productivity."[/list]

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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[list][list]MARCH 1954

[sub]Visitors[/sub][/list]

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

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

Hail, august symbol of peace!

Thy noble presence to our minds

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

[pre] THE FOUR AMERICAN WOMEN [/pre]

[list][sub]The Four American women visit Brazil at the invitation of the Brazilian government to examine the problems of coffee production, they are successful in the country and inspire Brazilian women that it is possible for a woman to be more than just a wife.[/sub][/list]

RIO DE JANEIRO, FEDERAL SENATE — EVENING

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

| For the Federal Senate, the day was quite tumultuous with reports of American investigations and possible boycotts of coffee. Senator OTHON MADER rose from his chair to draw the attention of the other senators to the four American women who were visiting Brazil as guests of the Brazilian government. |

[list]| OTHON MADER, [sub]Brazilian Senator (UDN-PR)[/sub] | “These quatro mulheres represent a real power that comes to examine the coffee problem we have. They can even change the mind of the U.S. Senate and even the government!”[/list]

| The four American women were indeed special — perhaps even formidable. They were Mrs. THEODORE S. CHAPMAN of Jerseyville, Illinois, a widow, farm manager, and president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. ZAIO WOODFORD SCHROEDER, an attorney from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and the federation’s international-affairs chairman; Mrs. GILBERT F. LOEBS of Waterville, Maine, wife, and chairman of the federation’s consumer committee; and Mrs. CAR E. SWANBECK of Huron, Ohio, grandmother and Republican candidate for Ohio. |

| The four women disembarked at the international airport in Rio de Janeiro carrying pencils and notebooks, ready to clarify the facts. Everyone already knew what they were going to say to the interviewers at the airport. Guests tasted their first Brazilian coffee and realized that a small cup cost 6 cents. After that, they told their hosts to abandon the itinerary. Instead of going for walks or dancing in clubs, they went to Paraná’s coffee-raising center, 200 miles inland from São Paulo. With many questions about fertilizers, wages, harvesting methods, and crop yields, they walked 150 miles of frost-burned coffee land by motorcade. Walking through the trees, Mrs. Chapman said: |

[list]| THEODORE S. CHAPMAN, [sub]First Woman[/sub] | “This is distressing — worse than we imagined.”[/list]

| The four women saw a shipment of coffee in the port of Santos, saw the almost empty warehouses, and listened to the bidding on the coffee exchange. In São Paulo, they became more famous than movie stars from Italy [sup]Arcanda[/sup], France [sup]Metropolitan Francais[/sup], and Japan [sup]Nippon-Nihon[/sup] just in for the Quadricentennial Film Festival. Mrs. Chapman told the coffeemen: |

[list]| THEODORE S. CHAPMAN, [sub]First Woman[/sub] | “The first thing we’re going to say to American women is that the [frost blight] reports are true.”[/list]

[list]| CAR E. SWANBECK, [sub]Fourth Woman[/sub] | “All over the world, women’s hearts beat in unison. Let’s keep our friendship so that it doesn’t dissolve in a cup of coffee.”[/list]

| The fame of the four American women was so impactful in the coffee sector that it inspired several Brazilian women from different sectors of the country, showing them that a woman can be much more than a simple wife, but also a businesswoman, lawyer, and politician — something difficult to imagine decades ago — It’s proof that the post-war world is different from what it was before WWII. We are in an era of change and we must embrace it. |

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

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[list]March 1954

[sub]Our Destiny[/sub][/list]

[pre]T H E A U S T R I A N D E S T I N Y[/pre]

AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING, VIENNA, Reyzen

[sub]THE AUSTRIAN REPUBLIC[/sub]

| Bordering the mountains of Austria to the south was the Republic of Slovenia (Amsterwald). Since the establishment of the Republic through the 1950 Austrian State Treaty, Vienna's foreign policy had been characterized by practical silence. The Austrian government had no intention of dabbling in foreign affairs, especially considering the precarious state of East-West Relations, as the country itself was still finding its own footing politically and economically. The grand coalition between the center-right OVP and the center-left SPO was shook down in the summer of 1953 by a particularly loud debate over Austrian welfare policy, while the opposition right-leaning Federation of Independents (Vd) was able to strengthen itself in the '53 federal elections held that year. The rise of tensions between Italia and Slovenia, however, raised concerns in Vienna that the conflict could spill across the border to the north and could, potentially, warrant Austria's own involvement. The debate over Italian-claimed Slovene lands did not directly involve Austria itself, but the geographic proximity made the crisis something of concern to the Austrian government, that had generally focused on internal matters to this point. |

| With Austria participating in the European Economic Community (European Union Eu) talks in 1953, the Austrian Foreign Ministry released a series of memorandums - four total - between August and December of 1953, urging the Italian and Slovene governments to reach a 'mutually beneficial resolution of the crisis'. Austria took a non-committal stance to the issue, but privately, Chancellor Raab supported the Slovene cause, noting to a close circle of allies that allowing Italia to secure its 'unwarranted claims' would result in 'a repeat of Mussolini'. He, however, made no public indication of his position of his, considering the already tenuous relationship he and his party had with their coalition partners the SPO, who had publicly called for both sides in the crisis to reach a compromise. |

| In other news, in speaking to the National Council - the lower house of Austria's parliament with a vaster swath of legislative powers - Chancellor Raab affirmed Austria's commitment to Austria's 'Independent Destiny' as he discussed his government's involvement in talks for the European Economic Community. 'There is no doubt that despite what path Austria takes in the years and decades to come, our nation shall and will stand independently and will stand for the Austrian people, for the destiny that benefits the Austrian people, rather than this side or the other'. The Chancellor had echoed similar sentiments before, seeking to assuage concerns from the right of his own party that his decision to support the European Community project was more compromising to sovereignty than beneficial. |

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

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The March Theses

2-3 March 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

| Following the first "extraordinary session" of 1954 back in February 1954, the idea of the cultural reawakening ("cultural revolution") of all Romanians was finally announced by our wise, brave and beloved leader, the Genius of the Carpathians, Constantin Rotaru.

| On the 2nd of March 1954 the Great National Assembly together with The Communist Party of Romania held a meeting led by Constantin Rotaru announcing "The March Theses" (Rou: Tezele din Martie) which mean the measures for the improvement of political-ideological activity, of the Marxist–Leninist education of Party members, of all working people.

With these measures, Romania will have a developed and aware population in order to fit in with the modern world to which we all belong.

| The reason being that the citizens of The Socialist Republic of Romania have been indoctrinated with anti-Romanian sentiments, meant to destroy the balance and stability of Romania (see the June-July 1953 revolts)

| With Constantin Rotaru being the Communist visionary he is, the Romanian people would like to express their love and gratitude to our dearest leader, and wishing him luck and good health throughout his journey in life, guiding the people to a bright future!

"Un Partid

O Tara

Un Popor

Si-un iubit viteaz Conducator!"

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=socialist_democratic_republic_romania/detail=factbook/id=1829059

2-3 March 1954

Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

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

SLOVENIA REAFFIRMS INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN NATO AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

[list][sup]NO STRIFE SHALL HOLD ITS SWAY

MARCH 1954[/sup][/list]

Slovenian accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization had once been a controversial topic in Slovenia. Its proponents urgently observed that American and British military installations in the country were leased only until 1955, after which Slovenia’s defense against the crimson tide of the Soviet Union and its aligned states hinged on whether the Americans and British would continue their defense of the Republic. Its opponents conversely objected to an alliance which would mandate Slovenia defend its former colonizer, Italy, and meet at the negotiating table over territorial disputes which—in the Slovenes’ minds—were already settled. By 1954, however, the issue had altogether changed. Italian Prime Minister Pella’s veto of Slovenian membership in NATO was enough to largely settle the discussion. If Italy would attempt to keep Slovenia out, Slovenia must be in. The Slovene Foreign Ministry released a statement to NATO members’ diplomatic staffs in Ljubljana in the weeks following the veto questioning Italian actions and requesting that “Slovenia be granted the opportunity to participate fully in the Western world against the anguished cries of its former colonial overlord”.

Slovenia had already been intent on joining the European Economic Community and had been broadly supportive of economic integration with Europe since independence. Its well-educated workforce had benefited greatly from the wealth of the Habsburg Duchy of Carniola, and Slovenia—though only a small fraction of the population—had constituted nearly a third of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s economic production. It was the beneficiary of a $1.3 million (1941) electrification program enacted by the regent Prince Paul of Yugoslavia funded by the sale of Rogožarski IK-3 designs to the Estado Novo, and—spared invasion—had seen rocketing economic growth since the Slovene Rising. Altogether, the Slovene government viewed Slovenia as a veritable economic player in a common market, the talent of which could contribute considerably to Europe and vice versa. Andrej Gosar spoke personally to this, evoking France Prešeren’s internationalist poem “Zdravljica” in an address to Slovenian diplomats in Trst in which he committed Slovenia to continually seeking NATO and EEC participation. Slovenian diplomats would attend the Brussels Summit in spite of the Italian boycott.

[list][sup]“God’s blessing on all nations,

Who long and work for that bright day,

When o’er earth's habitations

No war, no strife shall hold its sway.”[/sup]

[list][sup]— France Prešeren, “Zdravljica”, 1848[/sup][/list][/list]

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Peruvian Federation

Stepping away from the Church

"I know that this probably won't gain us too many allies, especially amongst Latino nations, but the Federation is going to step away from Catholicism and the Vatican. At this point, it's been us trying to resurrect our old ways and give more rights to disenfranchised and voiceless peoples. Peru as a country should embrace the values and tenets of a National Rejuvenation. In this regard, we will strive to move moreso towards the natives and their ways instead of being overly Spanish or Westernized. This may also hurt my popularity amongst the people, but I know what must be done," La Presidenta Julia Lopez had spoke up, in a speech in Lima, as the Federation was still making moves to relocate to Cuzco as the countrys' capitol.

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Geez, that is a lot of news!

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

THE CROCODILE KING SCORNFULLY TURNS HIS GAZE TO THE LUMPA CHURCH

[list][sup]HERESY OF HERESIES

MARCH 1954[/sup][/list]

The religious activities of Mulenga Lenshina, in their first months—despite being in the outskirts of Kasama itself—were dismissed by the royal court as ‘provincial’. Her Christian sect had been built around her purported clairvoyance, firmly set against witchcraft and adamant about the role of women in the clergy. It was distinctly rural. However, the end of the wet season of 1953–54 yielded a concerning truth: thousands had flocked to Mulenga’s church in an expression of Bemba independence. A Bemba prophet of a Bemba church had engineered a surprising effect on the populace, and Chitimukulu (“paramount chief”) Chilyamafwa II had become quite wary of the movement. The chief’s first inclination had been to send informants amongst the congregations to assess their specific platform. However, when they returned with tales of tapestries showing crocodiles intertwined with crosses and fervent preaching that left clergy gleaming with sweat, his thoughts grew stormier. Indeed, his second reaction was to dreg up his memory of his grandfather’s warning against the presence of any crocodile symbology outside Kasama. To the Bemba, crocodiles were symbolic of power and independence. This was graver than he had imagined.

The new movement—named the “Lumpa Church”—seemed to have succeeded due to a nationalistic truth; its congregations grew in the wake of its fiercely independent message, resistant to the outside influence that the United Kingdom (Great Britain Gb) still wielded over the nominally independent nation, stronger recently in the absence of Azania, Bembaland’s former benefactor. The number of its adherents had fast grown too large for the Chitimukulu’s comfort. He had to act swiftly. A virulent presence of British colonial agents had been established in the surrounding regions, and Chilyamafwa was determined not to let this news concern them—lest they attempt something drastic to quash the Lumpa Church’s growing influence. He needed to assert his control over the Lumpa Church himself. Chilyamafwa began to wield his power, ordering the chiefs under his direct jurisdiction to expel Mulenga from their villages. Chiefs that resisted were dismissed and replaced with those more favorable to the court. He and his heirs had long ruled the Bemba with a stern but equitable hand while they quietly celebrated the traditional customs of their people and preserved their religion in the shadow of Britain.

The speeches and appearances the Chitimukulu made throughout the dry season would reinforce his position against the Lumpa Church, and to assert his authority, he ordered the construction of a fortress on the slopes of the Matope Hills north of Kasama, which were initially intended for a country estate and the final resting place of his consort. It was now to become the Crocodile King’s mountain palace, an intimidating and well-defended base of operations to oversee the church and its prophetess.

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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, The Pindus War: Victory Over Pindus Troops, Aromanian Army Defeated and Pinned to the Yugoslavian Border!, February 1954

Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, Ο πόλεμος της Πίνδου: Η Πίνδος περικυκλωμένη, ο αρωμανικός στρατός καθηλωμένος στα σύνορα!, Φεβρουάριος 1954[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands and Pindus- - The Greek Armed Forces - Οι Ελληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις! [/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]| THE PINDUS WAR, IOANNINA AND WEST MACEDONIA, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | Ο ΠΌΛΕΜΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΊΝΔΟΥ, ΤΑ ΙΩΆΝΝΙΝΑ ΚΑΙ Η ΔΥΤΙΚΉ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΊΑ, Η ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΤΑ ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: [/pre][/list][/list]

[list]| As the Aromanian People's Army continue to siege towns in Northwestern Greece, and with the swift arrival of Greek troops to the battlefield, the 15,000 Aromanian troops fighting compared to the 102,500 Greek troops who have now started their counteroffensive will soon be turned to dust. On the 6th of February, the Greek High Command officially initiated Operation Spring Awakening, a massive organized counteroffensive to pin the Aromanian troops to the Yugoslavian border, along with encircling a large portion of the Aromanian Army. Spring Awakening opened with air operations that bombarded Aromanian military bases, along with a massive aerial reconnaissance campaign that would last the whole operation. On the 7th of February, just a week after their offensive started, Greek troops had already taken over several previously captured roads and strategic mountain passes. On the 9th, the town of Kydonies, captured by the Aromanians just a few hours before, had been liberated by the men from the 2nd Tank Division and the 2nd Infantry Brigade. At Kydonies, a total of 390 men were taken prisoner, with 102 Aromanian casualties, compared to a mere 6 Greek casualties. |[/list]

[list]| The liberation of Kydonies was swiftly followed by the liberation of Neapoli on the 10th of February by the 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade, the Brigade taking a mere 2 casualties while taking 197 Aromanians prisoner and 250 casualties. Siatista was liberated on the 11th by the 6th Mechanized Infantry Division, taking 300 Aromanians prisoner and 197 casualties, in return for 4 casualties and 2 taken prisoner. The last of the captured towns by the Aromanians, Grevena, was liberated on the 13th by the 8th Infantry Division, the division taking no casualties, however, the Aromanians took an estimated 450 casualties, capturing only 30. This left only Ioannina and Kozani left, not even needing liberation, Greece only needed to finish what the Aromanians started. |[/list]

[list]| Kozani was the main priority for now, as there was news of Aromanian Military General Charilaos Florakis being stationed there. Kozani was also highly important for the false People's Republic of Pindus, as it was their self-proclaimed capital city. On the 14th, the Battle of Kozani resumed this time with a Greek force 7 times more powerful than the previous. The forces involved on the Greek side comprised the 6th Mechanized Infantry Division, 3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Tank Division, 1st Paratrooper Division, and the 10th Infantry Brigade, totaling 36,500 men compared to the 3rd Red Guard of the Aromanian People's Army, a total of 7,500 men. The battle commenced in the early hours, with 2,500 paratroopers from the 1st Paratrooper Division landing at the Kozani Military Base, recapturing the base and opening up a pocket distraction for the Aromanians. The 6th Mechanized Infantry Division and the 3rd Infantry Division stormed in from the Northwest, capturing strategic fortifications. The 2nd Tank Division and the 10th Infantry Brigade arrived from the Southeast, completely encircling the 3rd Red Guard. Following 12 hours of constant artillery and aerial bombardment, and attacks from the Greek Army, the 3rd Red Guard surrendered. General Florakis however was nowhere to be found. A lower-ranking Brigadier General instead surrendered. 4,000 Aromanians were taken prisoner, and 3,276 Aromanian casualties. Greece took 132 casualties, however, those fallen troopers had peace of mind knowing that the Aromanian capital had fallen. |[/list]

[list]| Ioannina followed suit on the 16th, as men from the 2nd Paratrooper Brigade, 10th Infantry Division, and 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, totaling 22,500 men started the liberation. However just two hours after the fighting started, the 7,500 men of the 2nd Aromanian Brigade had surrendered, likely demoralized from the fall of their capital. 4,687 Aromanians were taken prisoner, and 2,563 Aromanian casualties. There were 156 Greek casualties. As the Greek Flag was raised over the liberation of the six cities, Prime Minister Papagos himself visited the troops in Kozani and Ioannina on the 17th to congratulate the men and to increase morale. |[/list]

[list][list][pre]"Men! The biggest congratulations and the loudest cheers give you on all of your success this month. I can proudly say that the spirit of Athena has guided you to total victory against the enemy and that we will soon rat out the Aromanian Army to their Yugoslavian masters (Ranponian). Keep up the great work men, I will see you all in Athens next week as we celebrate our victory over the Aromanian army!."[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]- Greek Prime Minister, Alexandros Papagos[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[list]| The remaining 34,000 or so Aromanian troops had likely fled to the Yugoslavian border, and with Greek troops scanning the region, a force of 15,000 Aromanian troops had been discovered hiding in the town of Mikrolimni, bordering Small Prespa Lake. On the 17th, the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division and the recently called 1st Marine Brigade arrived at Mikrolimni. Knocking on one of the houses, a group of drunk Aromanian soldiers was killed mercilessly by the Greek Army, reportedly caused by an Aromanian soldier throwing a beer bottle on a Greek soldier's head. The noise however woke up the whole town, or what was left of it. Greek civilians were found homeless on the streets, being evicted by the evil Aromanians. The Aromanians had poor defenses, and as trying to flee via the Small Prespa Lake, a force of 3,000 Aromanians Soldiers were killed in the water by the 1st Marine Brigade. Around 7,000 Aromanians were killed that night, with 7,500 or so Aromanians being taken prisoner, Greece taking on 98 casualties. As morning rose, the local population gathered around the river, looking at the sight of the dead Aromanians floating in the water, old farmers spitting at their bodies, mad at the fact that they were evicted from their homes, and the Aromanians stealing their crops. At the end of this battle, the Aromanians were down to 19,000 or so troops. The endgame of the operation has begun. |[/list]

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Orion Aria wrote:Geez, that is a lot of news!

Well yeah dude this is the CoL, we take these stuff very seriously

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

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

STATUE OF TÒMAS RAIBEART MACAONGHAIS UNVEILED AT LOCH AINSLIDH

[list][sup]A HALF-CENTURY HELD IN BRONZE EYES

MARCH 1954[/sup][/list]

Crafted under the watchful eye of John Albert Wilson by the sculpture department of Oilthigh Cheap Bhreatainn (“Cape Breton University”), the austere bronze figure of Tòmas Raibeart MacAonghais gazed pensively across the windswept lake. It was the first time in exactly fifty years that MacAonghais’s eyes met the glacial waters.

To the English, MacAonghais had been known as Thomas Robert McInnes, the sixth lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia. He had been well ahead of his time; in his day, he had observed the dozens of Canadian parliamentarians who spoke Scottish or Irish Gaelic and attempted to introduce Gaelic as a language of official proceedings.¹ His motion failed, but its spirit did not—speakers of the Scottish Gaelic derivative that would come to be known as Canadian Gaelic spent the following decades fighting tooth-and-nail to keep their language and culture alive. They won.² Nova Scotia’s exceptional performance in the First World War leveraged Dominion status for the territory, and the independence of little Bembaland was given only one month before Nova Scotia’s in 1950. The following years were nothing short of pivotal. Canadian Gaelic became the undisputed language of politics, education and high society, hurled forth by the excitement of independence. The new government decidedly turned a new leaf on social matters, pardoning Black Nova Scotian Viola Deas-Mumhan³ for defying racial segregation in 1946 and awarding her and her family an annual pension. The native Mi’kmaq tribes enjoyed legal immunity to Gaelicization; their toponyms were reinstated in several areas where they held the majority and their Santé Mawiómi (“Grand Council”) governed several regions in semi-autonomy.

The Nova Scotia of today was a deamocrasaidh pàrlamaideach: a parliamentary democracy, legislated by an Oireachdas (“Parliament”) composed of a Seanadh (“senate, upper house”) and Dàil (“assembly, lower house”). Great inspiration was taken from Ireland, the world’s only other nation where Gaelic is an extant cultural force. The Ceann-suidhe (“president”), now 63-year-old aviation pioneer Iain Alasdair Dùbhghlas MacMhuircheartaigh (b. John Alexander Douglas McCurdy), was a largely symbolic role involving approval of the Taoiseach (“prime minister, chieftain”): a head of government nominated by the Dàil. The dominant legislators of the Oireachdas in the post-independence years were from Na Gaidheil (“The Gaels”), a center-left party supporting the revitalization of the Gaelic language and culture with policies of autonomy for the Mi’kmaq. Further left was the Pàrtaidh an Luchd-obrach (“Labor Party”), which encompassed a broad coalition of social democrats, democratic socialist and other leftist parties. The conservative force was the Pàrtaidh an t-Sluaigh (“The People’s Party”), and the furthest right hosted Na Luchd-gleidhidh (“The Guardians”), a nationalist group which sought expanded territory in all areas of Scottish settlement in North America, including southwest Newfoundland, and the abolition of Mi’kmaq autonomy. Smaller parties include Toqwe’gig (“together”), the Mi’kmaq representation in the Oireachdas.

Though the robust Gaelic populations in Nova Scotia were the true key to its revolutionary independence and the newfound ascendance of Gaelic, many credit MacAonghais with the beginning of a distinct cultural awakening. Court cases were increasingly held in Gaelic soon after his failed acts—local authorities pushed back against English hegemony, and schools soon taught the language in full. Monolingual speakers of Canadian Gaelic rebounded, and a public stigma quickly emerged lambasting the unpatriotic connotations of English. Just decades had been unspeakably pivotal to the cultural profile of Nova Scotia—Bronnsuic Ùr (“New Brunswick”), a contentious inclusion in the newborn nation, now held an ever-growing Gaelic majority, and Gaelic was the fastest-growing language among Black Nova Scotians, surpassing even the English taught among schoolchildren. These sweeping changes rested in the hands of a few, and those few were duly celebrated; MacAonghais’s statue, raised in a ceremony at his birthplace in Loch Ainslidh (“Lake Ainslie”) involving hundreds of locals, marked one of the grandest modern celebrations of a Gaelic individual in their homeland. On the 15th of March, 1954—precisely fifty years after his death—MacAonghais awoke once more. His mysterious gaze, his lips thinning into an almost enigmatic smile, was a nod to how Gaelic language and culture were transforming in the years after his death, a silent pride and timeless courage that defined the tumultuous era of immense change.

[list][sup]¹ In our real-life 1890, thirty-two members of the Canadian House of Commons spoke Irish and Scottish Gaelic. In our timeline, a dozen more did.[/sup]

[sup]² The Gaels of our real world did not win. Gaelic faded against the shadow of English and is today spoken by only a few thousand. In this timeline, however, an inflated number of speakers created a strengthened sense of identity that not only elevated Gaelic but Nova Scotia as an idea; it forms the point of divergence.[/sup]

[sup]³ The legal name of human rights case defendant Viola Desmond after the Gaelicization Acts of 1952 and 1953. Much like modern Iceland, a register for legally permissible names was established. Changing of the forename was popular, but optional; the Gaelicization of most surnames was compulsory. The Acts were justified as being in defense of a dying culture.[/sup][/list]

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[pre]جمہوریہ اردویا • J A M H U R I Y A T U R D A Y Y A • U R D A N I R E P U B L I C[/pre]

[list]WOMEN OF URDAYA GRANTED SUFFERAGE

اردو کی خواتین کو حق رائے دہی حاصل ہے

[list][sub]A STEP FORWARD TO MODERN CIVILISATION[/sub]

[sup]MARCH 1954[/sup][/list]

Tens of thousands assembled today in front of the Grand Assembly building in Karachi to listen to President Sadir Aamir Isfahani's speech earlier around yesterday evening, who was accompanied by Prime Minister Ismail Rasulzada and Karachi mayor Taha Jalbani. The crowds were seen proudly waving the flag of golden peacock while cheering for President Isfahani.

"Dear countrymen, beloved Urdanis! I stand here before you today, not to announce news of sadness and tragedy, but rather the news of a new dawn. The secular and modern republic of Urdaya has been challenged by many factors ever since it was liberated from British rule, and now, I am here to announce the reforms that will take our republic to European standards of liberty and freedoms. Women of Urdaya, without you our nation would be in ruins, you are our air and our blood. A nation that turns its back to its women and girls is a nation that is doomed to collapse and rot miserably. And we shall not allow our glorious nation to retrain the bigoted ways of the [Islamists] who wish to bring an oppressive rule in control. Our precious women, I announce that from this date, your voices will be heard on the ballot boxes. From now on, women of Urdaya will be granted the right to elect and be elected in municipal, mukhtar and federal elections. God willing, may this move bring our nation prosperity for a long time."

Applauses were heard from the crowd, some women cheering in ecstatic happiness while others were in tears of joy. The news quickly spread across the nation with tomorrow's newspapers, which met with positive reactions from the general public. Women, previously only able to vote if they were landowners (or married to landowners) were now completely free to vote for all national and regional elections. However, not all celebrated the news, one of the dissatisfied being the Islamists who defended the idea of women belonging to motherhood.

The Republic is now closer to being free than ever.

[list][sub]OTHER NEWS:

Discussions about a new planned capital city spark unrest in Urdani Grand Assembly.

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New sunflower oil factory in Hyderabad promises 1 000 new jobs for residents.

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Two imaams hung in Dhaka for "cooperating with Islamist traitors" by the state.[/sub][/list][/list]

Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Honghai, Brazil Toucan, Vietnam Sv

This post is so dumb and a gross misinterpretation of Islamic law

"ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away part of the dower ye have given them,-except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it a great deal of good."

Also the main thing keeping together Pakistan right now is ISLAMISM

There are plenty of scholars from India who provide a good interpretation of sharia... what you call radical Islam is actually a very modern interpretation of the religion by people such as Sayyid Qutb

Sudesam

[list]March 1954

[sub]A Man Named Brandt, Pt. 1¹[/sub][/list]

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

[list][sub]"This is a new world,

Mr. Brandt.

The SPD changes with it."

— Erich Ollenhauer, Chairman of the Social Democrats[/sub][/list]

SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADQUARTERS, COLOGNE, New Provenance

[sub]THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, MARCH OF 1954 — EVENING[/sub]

| The atmosphere was wispy, cigarette smoke waved about. A BUTLER — dressed in a smart black suit — bent down and poured a cup of tea as two of the, arguably, most powerful men in the SPD faced each other cordially. Dressed in a dark blue, pinstriped suit and with his body exemplifying the stress he had gone through on the floor of the Bundestag over the past few days, ERICH OLLENHAUER sipped his cup. Directly in front of him, across a table on which newspapers and documents were laid out, was a rising youth star in the party — BRANDT, the Journalist. As a journalist during the WARTIME, Brandt had written what later became the basis for the German BASIC LAW, and was regarded as one of the representatives of the Youth in the Postwar Democratic Germany. Now, as the sole Bundestag delegate for WEST BERLIN, he sat before Ollenhauer — presented with an offer. |

[list]| [sub]ERICH OLLENHAUER, The SPD Chairman[/sub] | "Herr Brandt, I'm sure you are already aware of the . . . precarious situation we are in, concerning East Germany and Moscow's Bloc. I understand that you possess great affection for your hometown of Berlin—"[/list]

[list]| [sub]WILLY BRANDT, Member for West Berlin (SPD)[/sub] | "—West Berlin, Herr Ollenhauer. My city is not united anymore. That is why I am so committed to continuing to serve it for the foreseeable future."[/list]

| A nod from Ollenhauer. |

[list]| [sub]ERICH OLLENHAUER, The SPD Chairman[/sub] | "I understand. However, Herr Brandt, you must also understand that, respectfully, this is a very important offer. The departure of Herr Ericsson opened a vacant spot on the leadership committee, and you, as the head of the SPD's youth wing and a particularly popular politician among younger and right-leaning voters, have presented yourself as a key candidate for that position. We cannot, however, appoint you if you continue to serve in the Abegordnetenhaus. I understand — you believe you are fighting for local Berliners better on that level — but too many positions brings questions of corruption, of political favoritism. You are a good man, Mr. Brandt. You may very well be the future of our party. But sometimes you have to turn to the next chapter to move forward."[/list]

[list]| [sub]WILLY BRANDT, Member for West Berlin (SPD)[/sub] | "My position in the Abegordnetenhaus is just barely tenable. The SPD's position there is just barely tenable. The independents, the ones motivated by Scholl, are gaining strength - they may even form their own party, for God's sake. Point being, unless I can find myself a replacement there, then we have no options moving forward. I'm not trying to climb the political ladder, I'm trying to serve."[/list]

[list]| [sub]ERICH OLLENHAUER, The SPD Chairman[/sub] | "What about Angela?"[/list]

[list]| [sub]WILLY BRANDT, Member for West Berlin (SPD)[/sub] | "Who?"[/list]

[list]| [sub]ERICH OLLENHAUER, The SPD Chairman[/sub] | "Angela Straussman, your deputy. The one who gunned for Governing Mayor last year."[/list]

| Brandt chuckled lightly, taking a sip of his tea before continuing. |

[list]| [sub]WILLY BRANDT, Member for West Berlin (SPD)[/sub] | "Straussman has potential, I'll tell you that. But I'm not sure whether she's ready to take up such a position of leadership. I haven't even told her I've been speaking to you about the vice chairmanship."[/list]

[list]| [sub]ERICH OLLENHAUER, The SPD Chairman[/sub] | "Well, the Steering Committee certainly had good trust in her when they selected her as our candidate for West Berlin Governing Mayor. Did you trust that she would govern your home well?"[/list]

[list]| [sub]WILLY BRANDT, Member for West Berlin (SPD)[/sub] | "I did."[/list]

[list]| [sub]ERICH OLLENHAUER, The SPD Chairman[/sub] | "Then, surely, she can legislate for your home well?"[/list]

| Brandt smiled. |

[list]| [sub]WILLY BRANDT, Member for West Berlin (SPD)[/sub] | "You have checkmated me, Herr Ollenhauer. I can see now why the party voted you in as the next leader."[/list]

[list]| [sub]ERICH OLLENHAUER, The SPD Chairman[/sub] | "Why, you did not vote for me?"[/list]

[list]| [sub]WILLY BRANDT, Member for West Berlin (SPD)[/sub] | "No, I did not cast a vote at all. I watched it all closely from my vacation in the Alps, however. I believe you will serve well as our chairman, hopefully towards a victory in '57."[/list]

[list]| [sub]ERICH OLLENHAUER, The SPD Chairman[/sub] | "And I wish to do so with you by my side, Herr Brandt. I believe that you have great potential to serve your nation. I will not insist, but the offer is there. The World is changing, Mr. Brandt. The SPD changes along with it. I wish for you to be a part of that change."[/list]

__________________________

[list][sub]¹ A Man Named Brandt - A SERIES on Willy Brandt, the future Federal Chancellor of Germany, and one of the most popular Chancellors of his time.[/sub][/list]

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Vietnam Sv, Northern-Epirus

Hello! I've just completed the entire Kingdom of Greece factbook series, which include the Homepage, Armed Forces, Diplomacy, History and the Post Archives. This was a super lengthy overhaul, and a big thank you to Paramountica and Amsterwald for helping with the banner and formats!

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1768686

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1650895

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1769043

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1650899

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1769044

Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Hatzburg, Brazil Toucan, Vietnam Sv, Vargorie, Northern-Epirus

[list][list]March 1954

[sub]The Strange Case of Northern Epirus[/sub][/list]

ARGYRÓKASTRON, ARGYRÓKASTRON EPARCHIA, (Northern-Epirus) — MORNING

| Nestled amidst rolling hills and verdant forests, Northern Epirus is a land steeped in history and tradition. From its proud and resilient people to its rich cultural heritage, this region is a tapestry woven of strength, perseverance, and a deep-seated love of home. The Northern Epirotes landscape is dotted with ancient stone villages and quaint, cobblestone streets, each telling the story of a proud and determined people. Here, the warm sun beats down upon verdant fields and forests teeming with life, and crystal-clear streams rush down the hills, providing water to the farms and villages below. In this tranquil, unspoiled landscape, one can feel the timelessness of the earth and the timeless spirit of the people who call this place home. Despite its remote location, Northern Epirus is a bustling hub of culture and commerce, attracting visitors from all over the world with its rich history and vibrant, contemporary energy. Whether exploring the ruins of ancient fortresses or browsing the bustling street markets, there is always something new to discover in this beautiful region. But at its heart, Northern Epirus is about the people. The resilient and proud Epirotes people are the lifeblood of this region, and their traditions and values are woven into every aspect of life here. From the quiet strength of the farmers who till the fields to the vibrant energy of the city-dwellers who embrace the fast-paced life of the cities, the people of Northern Epirus are a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. |

| Argyrókastron, the capital of Northern Epirus, is a city steeped in history and brimming with vitality. Nestled at the foot of towering mountains, this bustling metropolis is a harmonious blend of old-world charm and modern energy. As you explore the winding streets of Argyrókastron, you will be transported back in time to an age of ancient fortresses, sprawling bazaars, vibrant cultural festivals and bustling marketplaces. The city is alive with the sounds of music and laughter as locals gather to celebrate life and revel in the rich cultural heritage that has shaped this place for generations. But Argyrókastron is not just a city of the past. It is a thriving hub of commerce where entrepreneurs and innovators unite to shape the future. Despite its rapid growth in the past several decades, Argyrókastron remains deeply connected to its roots. At its heart, the city is about community and tradition, preserving the rich heritage of Northern Epirus and passing it on to future generations. Here, the people are proud of their heritage and fiercely protective of their way of life, and their love of this place shines through in every aspect of the city. |

| In the year 1954, the people of Northern Epirus found themselves at a crossroads. They had been marginalised under Yugoslavian rule for too long, their proud cultural Epirotes heritage and traditions suppressed by yet another foreign government. The Epirotes people were marginalised under previous Albanian rule even before ascending into Yugoslavia. But they would not stand for it any longer. They would not be silenced. And so, they came together in a show of solidarity and strength, joining their voices in a powerful petition that would change the course of their history. Thousands of Epirotes signed their names to this document, declaring their determination to break away from Yugoslavia and reclaim their independence. The petition was a call to action, a rallying cry for freedom and a brighter future. And it was heard loud and clear. With each signature, the flames of liberation and revolution were fanned, and the people of Northern Epirus were inspired to stand up for what was right. The petition was a symbol of hope, a beacon of light in the darkness, and a testament to the unbreakable spirit of the Epirotes people. And it worked. Tito, seeing the independence of Northern Epirus as one less thorn in the side of Yugoslavia, begrudgingly entered into negotiations with the Provisional Epirotes government. Yugoslavia could no longer ignore the people's will, and Northern Epirus was finally granted provisional independence and freedom. You may be asking a rather potent question, isn’t a majority of Northern Epirus ethnically, linguistically and culturally Greek? To that, I say yes, but the Epirotes people, with their amalgamation of Greek and Albanian traditions, cuisine and arts, have established a rather potent cultural identity. To this end, Northern Epirus does not seek a political union with the Kingdom of Greece but instead seeks to establish itself in its own right. |

| The signing of the Northern Epirus Constitution in 1954 was a momentous occasion, one that would shape the course of the country's future for generations to come and allow the state to chart its destiny. In the city of Argyrókastron, where the Epirotes spirit burns bright, leaders and dignitaries from all over the country gathered to put their names to this historic document. The atmosphere was electric as the gathered crowd listened to the words of the framers of the constitution, each clause carefully crafted to ensure that the rights and freedoms of the Epirotes people were protected. One of the most significant clauses in the constitution was the one regarding Northern Epirus' foreign policy. It stated that the country would remain neutral in all international affairs encompassing defence, a commitment to peace and stability that would guide their actions in the coming years. This clause was likely a stipend for Yugoslavia in return for allowing independence. However, the clause interestingly did not include a clause limiting Northern Epirus to ascension into economic organisations such as the European Economic Community. Another key clause was the one that declared that Northern Epirus would not seek reunion with either Yugoslavia or Greece. This was a bold statement of independence that the Epirotes people would chart their course and forge their path in the world. As the ink dried on the final page of the constitution, a sense of pride and unity filled the room. The people of Northern Epirus had taken a great step forward, and their commitment to a better future was now enshrined in law. The prominent Epirote vexillologist Alexandros Miriadis had begun designing a flag encompassing a blue, white and green tricolour with a Hellenic emblem in the centre. It was a symbolistic choice to illustrate Northern Epirius' independence whilst maintaining its traditional heritage. |

| In the aftermath of Northern Epirus' break away from Yugoslavia, the fledgling government faced a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, they sought to establish friendly relations with their former oppressors in Yugoslavia, hoping to avoid future conflicts and build a more stable region. On the other hand, they also sought to forge strong ties with Greece, their cultural and historical kin, and a key ally in the region. The government of Northern Epirus, led by its wise and visionary leaders, embarked on a diplomatic mission to establish friendly relations with Yugoslavia and Greece. They knew that this would not be an easy task and would require patience, understanding, and a great deal of tact. But they also knew that it was essential for the future of their country. And so, they reached out to both Yugoslavia and Greece, inviting them to engage in open and honest dialogue and to work together to build a brighter future for the region. The government hoped that both Yugoslavia and Greece understood that the Epirotes people were a proud and capable nation and had much to offer to the region. |

[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Rutannia, Pontianus, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Brazil Toucan, Vietnam Sv

[list][list]April 1954

[sub]The Development of the Epirotes Automotive Industry [/sub][/list]

ARGYRÓKASTRON, ARGYRÓKASTRON EPARCHIA, (Northern-Epirus) — MORNING

| Northern Epirus is now undergoing a period of rapid industrialisation, driven by a growing automotive industry and a government that is eager to attract foreign investment and companies after moving toward a marketised economy. The government of Northern Epirus is actively working to create a business-friendly environment, offering incentives and support to foreign companies looking to invest in the country. In the month of independence from Yugoslavia, the interim government have streamlined regulations, simplified tax codes, and established a strong network of support services to help companies get started. |

| The result of these efforts has been a surge in foreign interest in investment within Northern Epirus and a newly thriving automotive sector that is driving economic growth and creating jobs for the Epirotes people. At the same time, the government is also investing heavily in its own domestic auto industry, providing support and funding for local companies and helping them to grow and compete in the global marketplace. |

| In the heart of Northern Epirus lies a newly thriving automotive manufacturer. Founded on the principles of quality, affordability, and sustainability, the company has become a leader in the Northern Epirian automotive industry in the immediate aftermath of independence, producing a range of cars that are both stylish, practical and economic affordable. The company, named Epirote Motors, was established in 1952 by a team of visionaries who saw an opportunity to create a better kind of car for the people of Northern Epirus whilst within Yugoslavia. They believed that everyone should have access to a reliable, safe, and affordable vehicle, and set out to create a company that would deliver just that. In the year since the companies creation, they have finished the design phase of their newest car named the Epirote Helios. At the start of April 1954, the car has entered mass production subsidised by the government in Argyrókastron. |

[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Vietnam Sv, Vargorie

Vargorie wrote:Well yeah dude this is the CoL, we take these stuff very seriously

CoL?

Orion Aria wrote:CoL?

the region you reside in

“No going back.”

[Sofia, People’s Republic of Bulgaria]

[Народна република България]

March 1954

| As exercises continue on the border with Greece, The Bulgarian People’s Army and The Bulgarian Communist Party have announced that they will be expanding conscription laws. The aim is to increase the numbers available in reserve in the event of armed conflict, according to texts published earlier in the week. It is not yet known what the target numbers are for reserve forces, however insiders say the numbers are “ambitious” but Prime Minister Valko Chervenkov is allegedly anticipating a military engagement that may pose a threat to National security.

Away from the potential battlefront, representatives of the party have been seen surveying construction at factories nationwide, as the industrial expansion program continues. The Program has been viewed as the Prime Minister’s attempt to gain favour with Moscow as global tensions and the presence of NATO continue to increase.

Bulgarian propaganda has painted NATO as “imperialism’s new face” and there has been plenty of communication from the higher ranks that there will be no NATO nor Western European political influence allowed inside Bulgarian borders for the foreseeable, with party officials expressing concerns for the threat it may pose to the Communist regime. Prime Minister Chervenkov is said to be becoming increasingly paranoid about his own position due to alleged divisions within the Party as some members are said to be discontented about his hardline regime whilst some have vocally increased their support.

It is not yet apparent how the party have received the news about conscription laws, but it is believed to have gone down well amongst the majority of Sofia’s political elite who are growing increasingly concerned about the state of European and World affairs as capitalism continues to spread. What is clear is that Bulgaria’s continued adoption of hardline and militaristic policies means that it is becoming increasingly impossible to go back on these motions and it is not yet possible to envision whether this will bring prosperity or demise. |

Mentions: Adriatican Islands, Osivoii.

Paramountica, Paseo, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Turkiye 1St, Vietnam Sv, Vargorie

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

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

THE TAOISEACH HAS LEFT US: AONGHAS L. MACDÒMHNALL LIES DEAD OF A HEART ATTACK

[list][sup]OUR ROOSEVELT, GONE

APRIL 1954[/sup][/list]

Aonghas Lodaidh MacDòmhnall¹ was born to a Gaelic-speaking father and Acadian mother in the summer of 1890. Less than a century ago, his father’s family had departed the Gaels of the Scottish Highlands to settle in Nova Scotia—ultimately, however, they would need not surrender their cultural environs. The Gaelic Revolution sparked by the recently commemorated Tòmas Raibeart MacAonghais had begun in the very year MacDòmhnall was born, and he grew up under its pressing influence. MacDòmhnall was already destined for politics, however—the grandson of an MP for Eilean Eòin (“Prince Edward Island”) and his class’s valedictorian, he had the means and drive for extraordinary callings. After being wounded in the Great War, he taught law at Oilthigh Dail Fhoghlasaidh² and went abroad to study at Columbia and Harvard. Following Nova Scotia’s establishment as a separate Dominion—compensation for its arduous service in the World War and a political apology for its unwilling inclusion in Canada—he was launched into political life. In a short time, he would serve as the final Governor-General of Nova Scotia under the British Empire and the first Taoiseach of the Republic of Nova Scotia, nominated unanimously by the Dàil. His tenures as Governor-General and Taoiseach were ones of great works—the Cabhsair Chanso (“Canso Causeway”) began its construction to at last link Cape Breton Island with the Nova Scotia peninsula. Electrification reached the whole of the nation, and thousands of kilometers of roads were paved. In total, he poured over $100 million into infrastructure and earned comparisons to American President Franklin D. Roosevelt. His work on Allied convoys and the Nova Scotian Navy was described by some observers as ‘pivotal’ to the course of the Second World War, and he was a hero among Nova Scotian soldiers. The arts did not go ignored, either; the Gaelic College received unprecedented funding³, and MacDòmhnall was known for entertaining a slew of foreign and domestic guests with rigorous intellectual discussions.

Still, MacDòmhnall was mortal. At the age of sixty-three, he abruptly succumbed to a heart attack at Ospadal Coitcheann Bhictòria (“Victoria General Hospital”) in Haileafacs, stunning his fellow members of Na Gaidheil and eliciting great national mourning. Over 150,000 mourners would visit his body as it lay in state in Taigh na Roinne (“Province House”), and comparisons abounded of the late MacDòmhnall to the early English Nova Scotian Joseph Howe, who had daringly opposed unification with Canada. When the legislature sat on his death day, Clanranald tartans hung from the chamber’s walls; the desks bore heather sprigs. Although MacDòmhnall left the nation with no true political successor, he would doubtlessly be remembered forever in Nova Scotian and North American history as a beacon of hope and a paragon of progress. His funeral was attended by the likes of American (Paramountica) president Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Canadian Prime Minister, drawing thousands from across Nova Scotia and North America. The service was conducted entirely in Gaelic, as was now expected of state functions: an appropriate tribute for MacDòmhnall’s devotion to his nation, Gaelic culture, and their lasting development. Iain Donn, Bishop of Haileafacs-Òs, eulogized him as a “true son of Joseph Howe” and “among Nova Scotia’s finest”, and Eisenhower himself labeled him “a liberator and friend”. President Seòras Iosag Mac a’ Ghobhainn (born George Isaac Smith) hailed MacDòmhnall as “our guiding star”.

His death boded poorly for Na Gaidheil. The party had been mired in a scandal involving several spirits companies’ donations to the party and those same companies’ disproportionate representation in government liquor stores; though it would have been easy for MacDòmhnall’s persuasive rhetoric to dismiss, it became quickly clear that, in his absence, the problem would be far more significant. In spite of Na Gaidheil’s plurality, Frangan MacFhraingein of the conservative Pàrtaidh an t-Sluaigh fast emerged as a frontrunner for the position of Taoiseach, championed by the Pàrtaidh as an efficiency-driven successor worthy of following MacDòmhnall. No true opponent emerged; by May, MacFhraingein was sworn in as Taoiseach of Alba Nuadh. Though his ascension to the post would end the decades-long liberal leadership of Nova Scotia’s legislature, it was no ill omen for the people—MacFhraingein, an industrialist and director of retailor Sobeys, was a shrewd but trusted politician with experience in the profession. His party had sought power for decades and had compromised its ideology so intensely that it was one of largely moderate aims. In his opening speech to the Dàil, he unequivocally committed himself to “sustaining the legacy of Aonghas MacDòmhnall” and presiding over Nova Scotia with “an even, conservative hand”.

[list][sup]¹ OOC’s Angus Lewis Macdonald.[/sup]

[sup]² OOC Dalhousie University, the ‘Harvard’ of Canada.[/sup]

[sup]³ This occurred OOC; Macdonald was a patron of Gaelic studies.[/sup]

[sup] One IC newsman bestowed upon Eisenhower the Gaelic name Dàibhidh mac Dhàibhidh, lit. ‘David, son of David’.[/sup]

[sup] OOC’s Frank Stanfield; his Gaelic name literally means Frank, son of Frank. Those without ancestral Gaelic names were assigned them based upon their immediate parentage after the Gaelicization Acts of 1952 and 1953.[/sup][/list]

Paramountica, Central Arstotzka, Paseo, Victoria Harbor, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vietnam Sv, Vargorie, Northern-Epirus

Tf are y'all saying out here now

Kewtpuff

Central Arstotzka wrote:Tf are y'all saying out here now

Solomon, nice to see you czeching on the rmb

[list][list][sub]March, 1954[/sub]

[sub]Aromanian Forces Stuck Near The Yugoslavian Border[/sub][/list][/list]

[list][sub]An attempt to secure support or flee?[/sub]

[list][list][sub]"In defeat we die free men; in victory we live in freedom!"[/sub][/list][/list]

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[list][sub]With the chaotic retreat of the Aromanian People's Army to the Yugoslavian border, many face resistance and entrapment.[/sub][/list]

Border Crossing

| During the retreat to the Yugoslavian border, the 1st Infantry Division endures horrendous casualties from marching over rivers and lakes as the division crosses exhausted from the force marched, eventually reaching the Yugoslavian border, unlike their counterparts. The 2nd Infantry Division and 6th People's Brigade are being slowed down due to hostile Greek troops near the border and eventually find themselves slowly being cornered in turning into a last stand as Aromanian soldiers are quickly finding themselves surrounded by Greek forces. |

[list][list]Trap Aromanian Soldiers

[X] 2nd Infantry Divison

[X] 6th People's Brigade[/list][/list]

Paramountica, Amsterwald, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Vietnam Sv, Vargorie

1-10,April,1954

THE "IDELOGICALESS" PARTY

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First of April,1954.Marks the beginning of a new political party being formed out of remnants of the old.This party has publicly revealed itself as "Maziya Kesatuan Demokratik" and publicly proclaiming itself as a "Idelogicaless party.Multiple of its members have been seen as either college graduates,small political groups members,or former members of the Maziyan Republic Party that had not join Maziya Parti Nasional.The most notable member of Maziya Kesatuan Demokratik is former prime minister and now 54 years old,Juaidi Asyrafil who previously led the Maziyan Republic Party but after the formation of Fong Wei Yuan communist "People Republic Of Maziya" he would leave politics.

[U]Juaidi Asyrafil Return To Politics

With the reappearance of Juaidi into the world of Maziya politics,came many people with wonders on why he has come back.This has led to speculations on his return until any official claims from the man himself were to come out.Which would happen on the tenth of April,as the former prime minister would come out with a quote in the Maziyan Times.

[List]"My return to politics is not one of desiring back the power I gave up.But rather I have the desire of fixing the democracy I helped create although I'm not in a position of leadership in Maziya Kesatuan Demokratik.Although we've claimed to be a political party,we are more like a coalition of multiple smaller party's which had not been recognised by the government to form one large one capable of being a contender to Maziya Parti Nasional.To the so called "successor" to my first political party.Many of the smaller party's had agreed to create Maziya Kesatuan Demokratik,because their attempts to officially be recognised by the government as a legitimate party for elections were turned down,for a variety of reasons but according to many of these small party leaders.The main reason was a lack of members.This would then have us form Maziya Kesatuan Demokratik to give these smaller political party's a voice in government."

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-Juaidi Asyrafil,former prime minister and the "father of Maziya democracy"

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Amsterwald, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, Taiiwan, Adriatican Islands, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vietnam Sv, Vargorie

[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, The Pindus War: The Final Blow, Pindus Republic Capitulates, Aromanian Army Surrenders!, March 1954

Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, Ο πόλεμος της Πίνδου: Το τελικό χτύπημα, η Δημοκρατία της Πίνδου συνθηκολογεί, ο στρατός της Αρωμανίας παραδίδεται!, Μάρτιος 1954[/list][/list]

[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands and Pindus- - The Greek Armed Forces - Οι Ελληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις! [/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]| THE FINAL BLOW, IOANNINA AND WEST MACEDONIA, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΤΟ ΤΕΛΙΚΟ ΧΑΥΜΑ, ΤΑ ΙΩΆΝΝΙΝΑ ΚΑΙ Η ΔΥΤΙΚΉ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΊΑ, Η ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΤΑ ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]

[list]| As the Aromanian People's Army dwindles in numbers and struggle to make their way to the Yugoslavian border the Greek Army and the Greek Air Force are ready to use any means necessary to ensure that a minimal amount of Aromanian troops escape to their Yugoslavian masters up north (Ranponian). After stunning Aromanian defeats during the battles of Ioannina, Kozani, and most infamously, the Battle of Mikrolimni, the remaining 1st Aromanian Infantry Division and remnants 6th Aromanian People's Brigade are now pinned to the Yugoslavian borders, with Greek soldiers of now nearby of the border, borderline encircling the 6th Brigade and capturing roads to prevent escape, along with taking positions in forests to prevent all means of escape. |[/list]

[list]| On the early hours of the 1st of March, at the recently proclaimed and repositioned capital of the People's Republic of Pindus, the small town of Antartiko, it was quiet. No fighting had commenced in that area for weeks, with civilians being evicted by Aromanians, the civilians taking refuge in the outskirts of the city and the forests. As troops of the 6th Aromanian People's Brigade were taking whatever rations they could spare for breakfast, loud whistling sounds could be heard from outside. Looking outside, the ground lit up with fire, as missiles were launched against them. These were Greek missiles, to be specific, recently acquired SE4200 Short Range Ballistic Missiles, launched a mere 40km away. The missiles hit the Aromanian "government building", destroying the city. The attack was followed by an assault from the 10th Infantry Brigade and the 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade of Greece. The 6th Brigade, or whatever was left of it, was killed and captured by the Greek Army. A total of 1,150 deaths were counted as a direct result of the missiles, along with 1,762 taken prisoner, in return for 12 Greek deaths, surprisingly with no civilians killed. |[/list]

[list]| As Antartiko was liberated on the 2nd, the 1st Aromanian Infantry Division was left to run, with Greek Motorized Divisions following suit. Brutal aerial barrages were conducted on the 15,000 men of the division, along with additional missile attacks. As the Aromanians were quickly driven out of Greece, in a splendid move by the Greek Army, as men from the 2nd Tank Division liberated the town of Kratero, hiding at a small guard outpost was found the leader of the falsely proclaimed republic himself, Aromanian "Prime Minister" Aimilios Markallis. After he tried to run away, a Greek soldier shot him in the leg with his pistol. He was taken away by Greek troops and was taken captive. He was given 48 hours to face an ultimatum that would spell death for his army and the false republic. The final missile attacks were carried out by the 3rd, and as around 12,000 more Aromanian casualties were taken, in return for 46 Greeks, the military operation was in its final minutes. |[/list]

[list]| "Prime Minister" Aimilios Markallis had made his decision. At a secret location in the outskirts of Kozani, he was held at gunpoint for two days, in which he finally gave in and signed the documents of UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER of the Aromanian People's Army, and the ABOLISHMENT of the People's Republic of Pindus. |[/list]

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CASUALTIES:

- The Kingdom of Greece: 465 Deaths, 1,500+ Injured, 2 Captured

- "The People's Republic of Pindus": 26,738 Deaths, 18,581 Captured

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[list]| An official statement is expected to be released from Athens soon. |[/list]

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

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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

Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Sri-Lanka, Metropolitan Francais, Taiiwan, Maziya, Ubertica, Brazil Toucan, Turkiye 1St, Vietnam Sv, Vargorie, Pindus-

I would like to apologize for any incompetent RP in the future as I am not experienced in RP. Like at all, the most I have done is share territories with AI allies in EU4. On another note, I am highly disappointed that no one answered to my "Hello there" with "General Kenobi".

Victoria Harbor, Ranponian

[list][list]April 1954

[sub]The Argyrókastron Accords [/sub][/list]

ARGYRÓKASTRON CASTLE, OLD ARGYRÓKASTRON, (Northern-Epirus) — MIDDAY

| The Argyrókastron Castle was an imposing structure that perched atop a high cliff overlooking the rolling hills of Northern Epirus. It was a symbol of strength and resilience, erected in the 12th century the castle is a testimony to the rich cultural heritage of the region. |

| As the site of a historic meeting between Georgiou of Northern Epirus, Tito of Yugoslavia and King Pavlos of Greece, the castle was a testament to the power of diplomacy and the importance of coming together in the face of adversity. The two leaders have come together to provide a pledge for their recognition of the independence of Northern Epirus, a historic moment that would be remembered for generations to come. There would then be two further accords, which would ratify the Declaration of Independence in both Athens and Belgrade respectively. |

| The castle was a magnificent edifice, its walls soaring high into the sky, its towers reaching for the clouds. Its halls echoed with the footsteps of powerful leaders and its chambers were filled with the hushed whispers of diplomats and statesmen. But despite its imposing size and grandeur, the castle was also a place of warmth and hospitality, with a rich and welcoming atmosphere that reflected the spirit of the people of Northern Epirus. Despite the castle being mainly ruins, it offered a picturesque and tranquil view of the city. A reminder that peace always triumphs. |

| The three leaders stood together in the grand hall of the Argyrókastron Castle, their eyes locked in a meaningful gaze as they reached out to grasp each other's hands. The room was filled with a palpable sense of excitement and anticipation as they made the historic connection, their hands firm and steady as they sealed their commitment to the future of Northern Epirus and indeed the Balkans. |

| For the people of the region, the handshake was a source of great pride and hope. It was a tangible demonstration of the world's recognition of their independence and sovereignty, and a symbol of their determination to build a better future for themselves and their children. As the handshake was captured in photographs for print media and newsreels, it was to be broadcast around the world, inspiring others to follow the example of Northern Epirus and work towards a future of peace, cooperation, and mutual understanding. |

Adriatican Islands

Ranponian

[spoiler=COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

[/spoiler]

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

Barukan wrote:I would like to apologize for any incompetent RP in the future as I am not experienced in RP. Like at all, the most I have done is share territories with AI allies in EU4. On another note, I am highly disappointed that no one answered to my "Hello there" with "General Kenobi".

sorry brudda i didnt notice the reference ;-;

also try joining our discord we do OOC talk there!

https://discord.com/invite/xfXmbNm2xu

Victoria Harbor, Hatzburg, Barukan

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