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[pre]The United Kingdoms of Scandinavia

June 15th | 1932 CE [/pre]

[sub]Ministry of Commerce[/sub]

| The United Kingdoms of Scandinavia's Ministry of Commerce was happy with the trade deals it has arranged with a few nations, among them being Canada, Portugal, which would provide the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia with crucial resources for its industries. Those deals involved the importation of foreign copper, coal, tungsten, tin, and oil, as well as the exportation of steel and machine parts. The many industrial complexes in Scandinavia voiced their approval of the arrangements. The most important import for Scandinavia is the oil import that was was arranged, as much of Scandinavia's military needs oil to properly function. A large transit network was build in conjunction with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Transportation in order to ensure the efficient transportation of goods and military equipment to the corners of the nation. The Ministry of Commerce was concerned with the level of spending being done by the government, but their complaints fell largely on deaf ears. |

[sub]Oslo[/sub]

| The United Kingdoms of Scandinavia's capital city of Oslo was undergoing upgrades to its defenses, with the Oslofjord alone being fortified with enough guns to turn the Oslofjord into a killzone for enemies courageous enough to attempt a direct assault of Oslo itself. The project to build a fortified capital city within the capital city of Oslo was already underway, though the city is not expected to be completed for years to come, due to the demands and requirements for the city, dubbed 'Valhalla'. The planned city would have its own power grid, water and sewage network, defensive locations, shopping districts, housing, and transportation network. What the builders agree on is that the part that would take the longest amount of time to build is the labyrinth of underground concrete tunnels in the plans that would allow shelter from enemy bombardment and an efficient underground transit hub for soldiers to various points throughout the city. |

Miwok-, Areuloia, Indril, United Liberian States

𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚

ᴊᴜʟʏ, 1932

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐲

[sub]Anti-democratic crackdowns, protesters at the gates, a President incapable of government - is this America?[/sub]

July of 1932 dawns on a troubled nation. Protesters against the incumbent Hoover regime are practically at the gates of the halls of power, having set up camp across the Anacostia River in sight of the US Capitol and other symbols of the US federal government.

Who are these protesters? They call themselves the “Bonus Army”: a group of disgruntled veterans of the Great War whose meagre incomes and livelihoods have been devastated by the Depression, and who have come clamouring to the capital in order that they may receive the wartime service bonus that was due to be given to them by the year 1945.

Normally, this would not be too much of an issue: early maturity on government bonds is easily handled by an act of Congress or indeed by executive order. However, this time is different.

With government indebtedness and spending already bloated due to the Hoover administration’s desperate anti-Depression measures, the US Treasury simply does not have the nearly $1 billion necessary to provide the disgruntled mob with what they perceive as their due.

As a result, a mass of nearly 17,000 former vets and their families – some 43,000 in total – have set up an encampment not far off from the Capitol and White House, and have begun to march on the Capitol to seize, since they cannot obtain it by other means, what they want.

The sudden rise to national prominence of the Bonus Army has sent waves through the halls of power in D.C., with many growing increasingly wary of the body – reported to have sympathies with the Socialist Party of America according to investigations by military intelligence.

This supposed communist sympathy is due to spell their eventual doom as panic reigns at the White House over the most reasonable course of action that could be taken to deal with these protesters. President Hoover’s known disdain for communism ensures unfortunately that cooler minds do not prevail.

Although Congress voted in favour of enacting a bill that would ensure immediate payout of the veterans’ bonus, the bill was defeated in Senate: this forces the President to consider alternative measures.

The date is July 28. President Hoover has just ordered the federal armed forces under General Douglas MacArthur to disperse the protesters through a show of armed force. In a sight never before – and hopefully never again – seen in US history, armed soldiers, about 800 to be sure, march gun-toting into the capital city, escorted by machine gunners and even a few tanks. They assemble in front of the Capitol building between the protesters and the politicians – perhaps a darkly metaphorical reminder of the divide that has risen between government and governed. The protesters though numerous are no match for the federal forces, and General MacArthur orders them to vacate the premises.

They refuse. Federal troops are now faced with an uncooperative mob of some 10,000 who despite being faced with rifles and tanks simply refuse to budge.

This is when things start to go downhill. General MacArthur authorises US troops to begin using tear gas – that most vile of weapons – against the people of the United States. Coughing, choking protesters gag through the clouds of noxious fumes, clutching at their burning throats as they break ranks and make for cover. The soldiers, clearly no happier about this than the protesters themselves, corral the mob with their bayonets and escort them away.

One army officer present is a certain George Patton: a Great War vet and quite the hotshot, rising rapidly through the ranks of the Army. Patton is forced to disperse through force one of his own former comrades, Joe Angelo – a man to whom he owes his life, which was so nearly lost in the muddy trenches of Verdun.

| [sub] “We hate it more than they do, but they brought it upon themselves,” the soldiers cry. [/sub]|

Outrage – a most natural response to this heavy-handed move by the President – abounds in the dailies and on the radio in the days following the crackdown. Angry veterans, angry journalists, damn it, even angry politicians: it seems no one is happy with the way the President has handled this and for good reason. This desecration of what is so dearly held in the US: the right to protest – is not something that the American public will or should take lightly. It is not something that will be allowed to leave Hoover’s permanent record, and his prospects for re-election, already grim, have become positively portentous as the President on the morning of the 29th is the most hated man in America. Why, the Chicago Herald, that normally so even-handed of publications, goes so far as to label the action “sheer stupidity”: a sentiment with which most of America would agree.

| [sub] “The American flag means nothing to me after this.” [/sub] |

Accusations of Communist infiltration of the ranks of the Bonus Army serve as D.C.’s main justification for the heavy-handed crackdown. MacArthur – his reputation as a showman according him some cachet in American public life – declares triumphantly that not only were the Bonus Army men unconstitutional in their professed intention to commit acts of violence against elected representatives of the US (something which admittedly many in America want to do after the events of the 28th), they were also allegedly not army men at all: he claims only about 10% of the actual Bonus Army comprised veterans, with the rest being “agitators, layabouts and Communists”. Many including MacArthur remarked post-factum on how near the thing was to being a coup: how fragile the federal government’s power was if actually threatened by the people – a good thing, perhaps?

|[sub] “It was animated with the essence of revolution,” said Douglas MacArthur. [/sub] |

Revolutionary, anti-democratic, tyrannical, communist: any number of negative epithets is being tossed around liberally while discussing these events. While the vets weren’t able to get their Tombstone Bonus, and probably won’t until Hoover’s term expires, one thing’s for certain: the odds of that term expiring come November are looking increasingly like a certainty, and Hoover’s many opponents have not failed to notice.

Teujira, Miwok-, Areuloia, Indril, United Liberian States

Ajuda Palace

Sunday, 3rd of July 1932

The reports on the recent mining operations had arrived. Everything was going as expected. Production was up and the mines were generating a large profit. But not as large as it could be... Transport from the mines to the ports was still expensive and inneficient. But it was as good as it could get right now. The money, as well as the new extracted ores, were being reinvested on the national industry. The surplus was being exported, mainly to Scandinavia. The big national project since 1930 was the construction of a new oil refinery near Lisbon. The refinery was to be run by SACOR, a government owned company specialized in controling the oil affairs of the portuguese economy. As it was expected to open by October 1932, oil, petrol and gas were recurrent topics on the portuguese society.

The most recent social policy was the "Internal Migration Encouragement Act". A group of policies that benefited those who wished to migrate to Cape Verde or to São Tomé and Príncipe. The objective is to develop the industry of those places, as well as encourage the deleopment of the land. Up until now, the policies had been successful, to the point that a military base, an airfield and a military port were being planned in Cape Verde. The construction of these military facilities would work as a preparation for the development of a larger "National Defense Program".

Conflicts with the IP had eased, but not ceased. They were too busy with the PUN which, by this time, had been reduced to just a few members in a problematic neighbourhood of Lisbon, with Salazar seen as an embarrassment both to the kingdom and to the portuguese.

And this was the ideal moment to strike. The IP, weakened by the PUN, stood vulnerable and open to attack. Police, with the support of a branch of the army, would storm simultaneously the IP's bases in Lisbon, Porto, Évora and Faro, next week, in a coordinated attack. If everything goes to plan, the IP's influence will be significantly reduced by the end of the year, and civil discusion and politics can resume.

King Duarte was relaxing on his office. It was Sunday Morning. Bored, he decided to pick up a book of old reports, compiled by SACOR, just to have a quick look. He came across a company, Canha & Formigal, a small partner of SACOR, which had concessions for oil exploration in Angola since 1910. "Oil? In Angola?" - he thought. The company had begun drilling in 1915, and were still looking for oil 17 years later. They were barely hanging by a thread in terms of finances.

Duarte immediatelly called his personal assistant and asked her to phone the number of the report.

"Hello, is this Canha & Formigal?"

"Yes, it is, who's speaking?"

"This is Maria Moreia, personal assistant of His Majesty King Duarte."

"Wh... What? Really?"

"Yes. I'm calling you to ask you about the possibilities of finding oil on the Kwanza Basin. That's where you're working right?"

"Uhh yes yes. We're positive that there's oil here, we just don't know how much and if it is economically viable."

"SACOR may help you with that..."

Miwok-, Areuloia, Indril, United Liberian States

Post self-deleted by Areuloia.

July 26, 1932

It is that time of year again. Election season. Across the Republic, citizens would report to their nearest ballot station to cast their vote. Politicians chanting and doing some last-minute campaigning, people dropping their forms into the large boxes, even the stall-owners cooking the traditional "democracy sausage", election season was in the air. This would be a key election in Australian history, what with rising global tensions, and great upheavals to the post-WW1 world order Australia had profited from. The biggest issue was economic. Australia had recovered from the Great Depression well, but traditional trading partner Germany was turning increasingly authoritarian, and new trading partners were a necessity. Some parties wanted to reconcile with the UK and her Allies, while others believed turning to the north with Russia and Japan would be the best course of action. Whatever will come of this election, it is bound to massively affect Australia's history.

Shilb, Miwok-, Areuloia, Indril, United Liberian States

Post self-deleted by Miwok-.

THE VOTES ARE IN

Republic of Australia News

November 2

The votes of the July election have been tallied up, and we have seen some shocks.

Great Australia Party (GAP) - 47%

Worker's Party (WP) - 45%

Liberty Party (LP) - 5%

Australia First Party (AFP) - 3%

In this election we have seen a rise in third-party votes, up 2pp to 8%, and a significant swing away from the GAP (5pp to 47%). For the first time in 20 years there is no majority party, although GAP leader Jonathan McCartney can safely rely on a coalition with the Liberty and AFP. The Worker's Party will not see this as a loss, however, as they gained 3pp from the 1930 election, and they are the most powerful they've been in two decades.

Reformed Qing China, United Liberian States

Announcement I will delete all of my RP posts and start from scratch due to concerns of realism about these being to unrealistic and breaching boundaries so for that I deeply apologize.

Post by Areuloia suppressed by Val Verde-.

Areuloia

the Greek prime minister Atticus is looking over the latest data on the Great Depression recovery effort with the parliament

Prime minister Atticus says “according to these papers we are doing nicely compared to other nations but the Drachma is facing inflation and the foreign exchange reserve almost completely gone and unemployment is at 24.9% . minister of finance Homer what do you suggest?”

Minister of finance Homer Responds “ sir I suggest we implement protectionist policies to protect our trade and of what remains of our economy also I suggest to create infrastructure projects to slash unemployment and improve the quality of life and stimulate economic growth. Also sir industry is doing surprisingly alright especially the shipping industry with even some growth which will be I predict 150% increase by 1939 to what it was in 1928 but to do this industry will need major government assistance.”

Atticus nods and then says “minister of defense how is our military?”

Minister of defense Adrian responds “sir due to budget cuts thanks to the depression our navy is in a disrepair and our army is under supplied, the air force is desperate in need of maintenance and repairs, the marines are under paid and under equipped. And our Spartan special forces are the most functional but are in need of new equipment.”

Atticus ponders on what to do. And says in frustration“our military is under supplied, under equipped, and in disrepair yet we don’t have the money to fund it. When the Soviets are being billigernt and aggressive with the Japan conquering Manchuria, with Britain and France being cowardly and appeasing these aggressive nations and the US being isolationist, Italy being fascist and Germany in the hellfire with many extremist political parties vying for power we must be able to defend our nation from these aggressors !” He sits down and thinks for a minute and then says “ ok what can we do to maintain our military and at the sametime improving our economy.”

Minister of finance homer says “sir I suggest that some of the infrastructure projects be focused on improving the military with new bases, ports, ships, bridges, building more factories to decrease unemployment and increase industrial output building both consumer goods and military weapons and equipment .”

The ministers take in what he said and write down notes and vote on finance minister homer’s proposal with 70% in favor with 30% opposing.

Atticus says “ok how about the situation in Manchuria with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria? I personally see it as an illegal act of aggression and colonialism and I know we must help China some how.”

finance minister homer says “we aren’t able to send substantial military aid with a barley functioning economy and a weakened military . But you can say.”

Defense minister Adrian says “ but we can send two Spartan teams one into Manchuria and into China to train elite units and Chinese resistance fighters in Manchuria but they will be completely cut off from Greece supply lines and support so we will have to call the Chinese ambassador to coordinate a strategy”

Atticus nods and says “ ok I’ll deliver a speech condemning Japan, addressing concerns of our economy today” and the other ministers vote with 90% in favor and 10% opposing

RP ww2 chessboard

Next day in Athens prime minister Atticus addresses the nation and says “my fellow citizens in response to Japanese aggression against Manchuria I say the Japanese actions are brutal, cruel and unjustified much like the Ottoman Empire’s invasion of our homeland and the Japanese have been extremely brutal to the native Manchurians and Chinese settlers in Manchuria almost as bad as the treatment of Armenians by the ottomans in 1915. We as a nation must stand against this injustice and cruelty and must stand in support of the Chinese so I extend a hand of friendship to support them in these troubling times. I would also like to applaud the US’s response to Japanese aggression and its response to the Great Depression. To my fellow citizens there is alot to be done but we are Greeks the descendants of great philosophers and warriors that shaped the world we will get through this stronger then before thank you for your time” he goes to the Chinese ambassador and asks him if sending Greek Spartan special forces to Manchuria and China covertly to train resistance fighters and elite units and how to coordinate this operation.

Atticus thinks to himself and hopes this helps the Greek economy

[November 17th, 1932]

{Chengdu, Sichuan, National Republic of China}

Following the victories against those who refused to submit under the Warlord Proclamation of 1931 and the re-integration of those who did, the sudden increase in population caused an emergency election to be held. The number of seats was also increased from 400 to 650. The results of the election are as follows:

Harmony Party (和諧黨) (HXD)

Leader: Sun Yat-Sen

Alignment: Militaristic Centre-Right

Vote Percentage: 53.4

Seats: 347

Description: A party of Sun Yat-Sen's most loyal supporters. They value his word and seek to make his vision come true. They completely support his move to hold elections and have the people choose the leaders.

Socialist Party (社會黨) (SHT)

Leader: Carsun Chang

Alignment: Militaristic Libertarian-Left

Vote Percentage: 15.6

Seats: 101

Description: The socialist fragment of the wider KMT that split off from the party and gained more popularity as the original KMT decended more into authoritarianism. Supports and helps unionization

Kuomingtang (國民黨) (KMT)

Leader: Chiang Kai-Shek

Alignment: Militaristic Authoritarian-Right

Vote Percentage: 12.3

Seats: 80

Description: The remainder of the KMT that stayed with the party after the SHT split from the party. After a influx of nationalists and radical right-wing politicians joined following the disbandment of the KJT, the party shifted right and disorented a large portion of its voters.

Chinese Communist Party (國產黨) (CCP)

Leader: Bo Gu

Alignment: Militaristic Authoritarian-Radical Left

Vote Percentage: 9.7

Seats: 63

Description: The radical left wing of the Chinese National Parliament, they were convinced to join with the nationals in Chengdu after Sun Yat-Sen recognised socialism as a viable solution to Chinese Re-unification.

New China Party (新中國黨) (NCP)

Leader: Wang Jingwei

Alignment: Militaristic Authoritarian-Radical Right

Vote Percentage: 8.4

Seats: 55

Description: A lesser group of politicians and supporters of the KJT who still hold on to the KJT's radical right views. They are the main anti-european faction within parliament. They seek closer ties with Japan.

Four seats belong to independents.

Miwok-, United Liberian States

hippity hoppity i am back on my property

The year is 1933

After Puyi has been installed as. Emperor of manchuria the next thing to do was establishing the new state and stabilising with what limited ressources they had. But ofcourse puyi could do nothing the kwantung army would garrison the lands until the new state could organise a police force wich would take time. The country was in utter disarray and Bandits are the main problem.

But since the Japanese now have their puppet wich legalises the Manchu state. Bringing down the order of this new state on these unlawful citizens shall happen.

The Japanese state had originaly not paid their secret service and let it finance itself through opium drugs and organised crime. But now since the secret service is Slowely trying to already establish organised crime in this state it got paid to not endanger and spike the crime rate even higher. And so the kwantung army

Will run around the country trying to stop bandits and arming the new police force.

[pre]The United Kingdoms of Scandinavia

February 15th | 1933 CE [/pre]

[sub]Ministry of Commerce[/sub]

| The United Kingdoms of Scandinavia's Central Bank has just been authorized by the Legislature to sell Scandinavian Bonds to foreign nations, businesses, and individuals. The United Kingdoms of Scandinavia began to seek foreign nations willing to buy Scandinavia Bonds. Each Bond being offered to foreign nations cost 10 million Krona, 100 million Krona, and 1 billion Krona, with interest rates of 1.5%, 2% and 2.5%, respectively. Each bond would mature over a period of thirty years. The government decided to not place a limit on the purchase of bonds, as long as the number of bonds purchased was a reasonable amount. The sale of each bond was to be done with the purchaser aware of all of the conditions, including fine print that would void the bond if the holder supported, encouraged, or participated in war or invasion against the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia, a provision added in case any of the major power of the world were to consider an invasion of the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia. |

[sub]Ministry of Interior[/sub]

| The Ministry of Interior was put in charge of the general construction of the new capital city within Oslo. The name 'Valhalla' for the planned city was recently scrapped when it was pointed out that it would be a bad idea to call one's own capital city 'Heaven'. A committee has been assembled to come up with a new name that reflects Scandinavian history or mythology. Some suggestions by members of the committee have been 'Yggdrasil' and 'Asgard'. Once a final list is collected by the committee, if there is an impasse, the decision was to be left up to the legislature to decide on a official name. It addition to the capital naming topic, the Ministry of Interior aso had to deal with the issue of finding a new national anthem, as each of the three component kingdoms have their own anthems, yet the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia, itself, has yet to decide on an official anthem. |

[sub]Ministry of War[/sub]

| The Ministry of War, while busy developing current projects, has also set up a budget and plans for thee development of two new tanks, one for use in the mountains, and the other for use in less mountainous areas. A prototype of each is expected to be developed by next year, and the final product is expected by 1938. A recent influx of cash from a number of bonds was also sent to the Ministry of War to help fund the numerous projects in development. The Ministry of war had also asked for the 2:1 Plan, an overzealous plan to build many more naval ships than originally planned, but the Ministry of Finance had largely opposed the plan, due to the already existing strain on the budget and finances of the nation and the strain on the available resources that have already made existing plans difficult to implement. |

So I am getting concerns that the Greek names are unrealistic so I will change the names

It's not just the names my guy

Gaia Major wrote:It's not just the names my guy

So what else?

Can somebody please give me the discord invite

The Ottoman Empire 1860:Overview

The Ottoman Empire by the year 1860 is a nation in terminal decline. The 1800’s have seen more and more territories secede from the ailing Empire. Egypt, Tunisia, Serbia, and the newly forming Romania both continue to slip further out of the Ottomans grasps. Domestically, Balkan nationalists strike ever harder in Bulgaria, and Montenegro, while in Arabia, Arabic Nationalism has continued to establish a foothold in the Empire. Sultan Abdulmejid’s dreams of Ottomanism are fading before his very eyes. Even the defeat of the Russians in the Crimean War only granted a minor reprieve for the Ottoman Empire, as Russia has begun to look into the Balkans once again with ever-hungry eyes. Sultan Abdulmejid has been one of the most voracious reformers in the Ottoman Empire. Sultan Abdulmejid has ducked numerous attempts to assassinate, and end his life, and crushed numerous revolts by unhappy Ulemas and conservative leaders. As the Sultan approaches his 40th year on Earth, he is prepared to make one grand push to ensure the Tanzimat reforms are implemented fairly and justly. A bout with Tuberculosis (which in OTL ended his life) narrowly almost ended the Sultans life, but now his ready to shake up Empire, to it's very foundation.

Teujira, Val Verde-, The Reunified German Reich, United Liberian States

The Austrian Empire 1860 : Overview

The Austrian empire an empire that stood long and proud next to the other great powers of europe has been shaken to its cores, since the disgusting invention of nationalism. A force wich seems to kill the Europe of old and birthes new nations into Europe, Nations that see their brothers surpressed and oppressed. Nations Wich want to establish themself. Already the Italiens look to their brothers in venice and the Prussians Eye the Austrians on their throne of Leader of the German states to rush and steal it and The Serbians from the south wich want to form their own new kingdom build on pan slavism.

But not all is lost A new constitution has been worked on for quite some time to fix these problems and after a long time the beloved emperor Franz is going to announce the great news. From Russia to Italy from Prussia to the Ottoman empire and Serbia The glory of Austria Shall hopefully live on in Europe

Teujira, Otsla, United Liberian States

Post self-deleted by The Reunified German Reich.

[pre]Great Scandinavian War

April 15th | 1860 CE [/pre]

[sub]Scandinavia[/sub]

| The Union of Sweden and Norway was in its zenith. It was been industrializing and building itself up for some time. While some dissent between the Norwegian populace and the Swedish populace existed, it was not a major problem at the time. Meanwhile, the Union's government had seen an opportunity. The Danish nation to the south was on a decline. Not long prior, the Danish lost a war with the brits, which is how Norway came under the governance of Sweden. The Union, led by Sweden, believed that now would be a good time to invade Denmark while it is weak and absorb it into the Union. A large force was assembled, with many cannons, riflemen, and horsemen (with rifles). Camps were set up in the Skane region in order to prepare for the invasion. |

| When the invasion began, it was nighttime. In the cover of night, tens of thousands of troops landed in three key locations, Helsingor, Copenhagen, and Skagen. Each army held 20,000 men and 50 cannons. Each group was to rush the fortifications in the area under the cover of darkness and cause as much damage and as many casualties as possible. Copenhagen was especially chosen, as it is the Danish capital. The Union's forces were prepared to conduct long sieges if needed. The three locations were chosen specifically to delay enemy troop movements and to split up any enemy forces between the three fronts. Military tacticians predicted that the siege of Copenhagen would last no more than six months, though the tacticians did make plans to lose up to half of the sieging army. Meanwhile, Skagen fell within days of the beginning of the invasion. Helsingbor was also under siege. Expectations for Helsingbor were similar to that of Copenhagen due to the fortifications within the city. |

| Meanwhile, the Union began ramping up its industrial production, industrial capacity, and naval construction. To ensure that the war against Denmark does not lead to a Swedish loss, the Union commissioned thirty ships of the line and thirty ironclad warships. Those without jobs and the poor were forced by law to mine industrial metals, work in steel mills, or work on ship construction. The Union hoped that when the ships are completed, they could use the new ships to gain dominance in the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak. Many cannons were also commissioned for construction. Because of the delicate balance in Europe, the government felt justified in the construction of these assets in case further war broke out. |

It is the year 1860 January vienna

imperial Palace

After the year 1848 where imperial control was almost lost in Austria the King Franz Joseph had enough of liberalism and Nationalism. He took power over the country letting it be run by

Burocrats and stopping every revolution by the army. The casulties where in the 10 thousands. But now finnaly Slowely order returned into Austria. The king working on a new constitution with his advisory council Wich is made up of only german aristocrats has helped strengthen his resolve to finnaly beat down disgusting things like liberalism and federalism.

The constitution itself in nature is authoritarien and also very centered about the limit of personal and the expansion of market rights of the people. Now as the almost completed constitution nears it's finishing the austrian Emperor Wich many of his subjects still love makes a speech from his balcony.

Meine lieben Untertanen obwohl mein Herz schmerzt durch die vielen Opfer die ihr erbringt in der Erfüllung eines falschen Zieles werde ich euch selbst retten. Retten vor den schlangen des Liberalismus und federalismus. Ich werde euch zu Gott und König liebenden, starken Menschen machen die dieses Land mit neuem Leben erfüllen werden. Ihr werdet mit eurer Kraft und Geschicklichkeit sowie Intellekt den Markt erobern als freier arbeitender Mensch und zufrieden mit den Gott gegeben ketten leben. Dies ist meine Aufgabe euch beizubringen dies ist was meine neues Grund Gesetz repräsentiert. So hoffe ich euch wieder ein arbeitendes in ketten freies nicht korruptes Volk zu machen.

Translation

My People even if my heart hurts with the sacrifices I see you make in the try to reach

A false goal i will save you from yourself. Save you from the snakes of liberalism and federalism. I will make you God and king loving, strong people who will fill these lands with life. You will with your intellect strenght and cunning conquer the markets as free working men and as men who live with the chains Wich have been given from God himself. To teach you this is my holy quest this is what my new constitution will represent. This will again make you working uncoruptable people who are free in their chains.

And so after only a few days the new constitution has been published.

*a more detailed version will be released this is just it's basic pillars

A person has neither the freedom to rebel nor fight against the God given King/state

A person cannot have political meetings not allowed by the government

A parliament is not needed only the King with his advisory council can make new laws or amend old ones.

The using of minority languages is not allowed in official state buildings to write documents.

A person has the liberty to trade with any outside the empires market

A person has the right to work and live affordable

All court cases and judgements by judges can be overruled by the king. The king can then either reverse his decision to make a new judgement of the case, or can make. The ruling himself where he can decided to in the most extreme case to kill the. Person or let it Chargles free.

All nobles not beeing seen as friendly to the crown can lose his noble title if the king wishes soo.

Every austrian citizen has the right to school and a four year education where the main teaching point will be german.

A person cannot work. More then 60 hours a week.

The King can decided taxes and can change them on his wanting

This new way for austria seems like its a fine line between New and old and

the entire army is getting ready to crush Revolutions and the new secret service called

Die Verteidigung is getting ready to infiltrate noble groups. And while these are getting ready for that it seems like

The People of the Empire are getting ready to revolt.

It's the year 1860 April

In Austria or rather hungary

The streets of Hungary are filled with people protesting. You can see young and old rich and poor go to the streets of buda.

The army expecting that was already prepared.

On the streets it stopped the people with a warning readying themself to shoot the protesting people if they do not dispurse

General: For everybodys well beeing I advise you to dispurseif if you do not do that or show aggression we will shoot.

*A rock is thrown at General and knocks him out, the troops shoot into the crowd

The mass of the crowd has Been shoot at but not stopped with house items old guns and sticks they run with anger into the now reloading soldiers. So many of it there were that the soldiers were at first thought to be overrun. But then slowly beat the crowd back with fixed bayonets and cavalry support.

*The cavalry runs right into the protesters from the side cutting people down with their swords

Panicked screams a young man is seen dead in the streets the carving of a sword across his face wich has the expression of terror and anger on it.

Similar things happend all over the empire

And now Finnaly did Franz Joseph realise that this new age, That this wave of new ideas couldn't be ignored or destroyed but rather need to be rode.

And so he was once again was ready to negotiate a Ausgleich.

A ausgleich witch. More liberal nobles helped to perform with his hungaryophile wife sisi helping him especially in the case of the hungariens.

It's the year 1860 August

the austrian empire is negotiating with the other ethnic groups in their state to finnaly make a constitution and create a Ausgleich as it is called.

These new negotiations happening at a time where the Conservative side in Austria and a weakening of the hungarien side happend at once. it was clear to finnaly share power with other ethnic groups in the empire.

And the hungariens would need to follow austrias way to get their empire and not dictate their own demands.

They would need to grant full minority language rights to every group in their empire.

But they atleast still had the freedom of making their own constitution to fit their nation and people better.

But the biggest thing about these Negotiations was the Negotiation of a third empire

The third empire of Croatia slovenia

Would be under the same rules as the Hungarien part with franz Joseph as their king and with the same rules for its making the Croats and Slovene accepted but the hungariens did not want to be still so closely binded with the Austrians but with the loss of many well known nobles it was the safest way for their kingdom to become reality.

Other than that the austrian constitution got a overhaul personal freedoms of Protest and press were putt in. The extensive freedoms in the market were also respected and serfdom got abolished. Ofcourse some authoritarien parts of the constitution still were part of it but nobles can't lose their titles over not supporting the King. And the judicial branch is now fully independent too.

The 3 empires now also have their own Parlament. Each functioning a bit different as each country cut it to their own needs but all of them are the same and only have minor differences.

While ecstatical beer Partys are beeing held in all of the empire the Hungarians and croatiens get ready to crown Emperor Franz joseph in their capital citys. For the hungariens a new city named Budapest has become their capital after Combining the citys buda and pest.

The third kingdom has chosen to crown franz joseph their king in their new capital city Ljubljana since its the nearest too vienna and in the slovenien part of Croatia slovenia.

And so while other nations are beeing molded through iron and blood austria has decided to be molded through an iron fist and compromise.

*At a beer Party in vienna*

Young student 1:

Ah how beautiful life is since the announcement of franz Joseph's new constitution and the making of the other empire it seems truly as if every pair of eyes I meet on the street are glittering with hope.

Younf student 2

Yes my brother finnaly liberalism has won another victory.

After those two Liberal students voices their opinions loud and drunk on beer a old man with a hunched back glasses a big nose and dressed with simple clothes comes drunk to the table shouting he hails the Emperor and says

:I don't think liberalism has won

The good heart of our King could finnaly do what it wanted after those old noble men got killed. He truly is the best king we have a soldier and a man with heart.

*While that conversation is happening there all around this beer fest are bazaars and games for children a piano starts playing the national anthem and the nearest people join and sing with the pianist.

[pre]Great Scandinavian War

Part 2 | 1860 CE [/pre]

[sub]Battle of Copenhagen[/sub]

| The Union forces were entrenched in the northern side of Copenhagen, outside its northern walls. The artillery pointing a the inlets of the Kobenhavn Havn to target enemy ships from resupplying the city. The Union's ships were solely focused on the city as well, creating a set of naval engagements off the Copenhagen coastline, while the city itself is under siege. The small, outdated Danish navy, in a state never fully recovered from due to the Napoleonic Wars, being stretched between defending Copenhagen and other naval efforts in their war. The Union's line was sending soldiers to soften the walls. The Union made slow progress over the six months it took for the city to fall. Once the walls were breeched, the Union's Norwegian and Swedish troops swarmed into the city. The battle was bloody, massive losses on both sides, but the Union was victorious in this battle. Most of the government was captured, though a number of high ranking officials did manage to escape, as the south was not covered by the trenches in the north. The captured officials were imprisoned in Kastellet, which was turned into a temporary prison for the war. The city was now occupied under the flag of the Union of Sweden and Norway. |

[sub]Battle of Helsingor[/sub]

| The soldiers in the attack on Helsingor were tasked with attacking Kronborg Slot. Unlike the attack on Copenhagen, this group was designed largely as a distraction, as a way to divert Danish forces from Copenhagen. This tactic worked, as the Union's forces set up a trench line, aiming its artillery, not towards the surrounde castle, but rather, away from it. The Union's tactic was to have a line far enough from the castle to not be hit by artillery, but close enough to it so that the Danish forces attempting to reinforce the castle, would have to cross Danish lines first. The Danish forces, believing that Copenhagen's wall would halt Union forces long enough to deal with the forces around Kronborg Slot first. This effort turned into a bloody campaign, especially after forces from the castle itself were also being starved of food and ammunition during the battle. The results of the battle were a pyrrhic victory for the Danish, as the Union's forces eventually forced into a retreat inland, but at great loss of life. It was too late to celebrate that victory, as the Danish soon got word that Copenhagen fell during the long battle. |

[sub]Battle of Aalborg[/sub]

| Meanwhile, the soldiers that landed at Skagen took its time, marching southwards, raiding the villages and towns on its way to Aalborg, where many Danish troops awaiting the approaching Union army. In this battle, after three months of marching, the Union's army split up into three groups, one army of ten thousand men and two armies of five thousand men. The two five thousand men armies had gone some miles to the east and west of the city, before crossing the river in boats. Meanwhile the ten thousand men army was attracting the attention of the Danish forces and keeping their attention away from their flanks. Under to cover of night, the flanking armies rushed into Aalborg, crushing the five thousand men stationed in Aalborg. After replenishing supplies in Aalborg, the armies rejoined and began marching south to Randers. |

[sub]Battle of Oslo[/sub]

| While most of the fighting was in Denmark, the Danish fleet, along with a contengent of thousands of Danish soldiers attacked Oslo, in retaliation for the invasion and the siege on Copenhagen. Oslo, became a battleground, as it was relatively undefended and many of the troops who would normally defend the city were involved in the invasion of Denmark. The fighting was heavy and bloody, down to fighting between infantry. While the battle was an evntual Norwegian win, many of the Norwegian inhabitants, who have wanted independence from Sweden for decades, were enraged, both at Sweden for its 'ownership' of Norway, and at Denmark for attacking the Norwegian city of Oslo. |

[sub]The War So Far[/sub]

| As the six month mark in the war had passed, the once simple war became a three-way conflict. Sweden wanted control of Norway and Denmark, Denmark wanted to be free of Sweden and regain Norway, Norway wanted to remain free of Denmark and be free from Swedish dominion. This once simple war was devolving into a many-sided conflict. |

Vestindisk

[list]DANSK VESTINDIEN[/list]

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[list]Maelstrom Plantation, Nassau, New Providence island, Danish West Indies

Malestrøm Plantage, Nassau, Ny Forsyningsø, Dansk Vestindien[/list]

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| The Danish West Indies was the crown jewel of the Danish colonial holdings. The colony was composed of a chain of islands strewn throughout the greater Antilles, just north of Haiti and east of Puerto Rico. Like many other colonies in the region, the Danish West Indies was structured around the extremely profitable slave-based plantation economy. Coffee, sugar, indigo, tobacco, bananas, mangos, and tea were all grown on massive plantations, harvested by huge sums of West African slaves, and administered and owned by a small Danish colonial elite. With more than 700 islands and spanning more than 15,000km in area, the Danish West Indies had ample space for expansive plantations which allowed for economies of scale to take hold. Just north of 400,000 enslaved Africans and 74,000 Danes resided on the island. Founded with a democratic charter and an ocean away from the metropole, the Danish West Indies had been a popular destination for Danish peasants in search of wealth and personal liberty. After the Danish Constitution of 1849, immigration to the colony tapered and a deeply stratified colonial society began to take root. The colonial society mirrored the plantation itself, stratified into four-tiers: the Herrer or propertied Danes who owned 100 or more slaves and dominated the colony, the colonial Danes who provided all sources of skilled, intellectual, or military labor in the colony and received full citizenship, the halvblod or mixed-race individuals who often performed domestic labor in plantation complexes but we’re still considered property, and the pure Africans who performed all physically intensive labor and were considered the property of their masters.

Africans and Halvblod were the vast majority of the population, amounting to about 84.3% of the colony. Thousands upon thousands of Africans were brought from the Danish Gold Coast to the Danish West Indies by the Danish West India - Guinea Company. The Danish trans-Atlantic slave trade occurred from the late-17th century through to the early-19th century, finally ending with the British push to end the the slave trade in 1808. By this point the African population numbered more than 100,000, 10% of that of metropolitan Denmark and 50% of Copenhagen. The African population had grown dramatically right alongside increasing European appetites for Caribbean cash crops. Danish investors poured hundreds of thousands of Rigsdalers into the development of a trans-Atlantic trade network connecting outposts in Africa with the colony in America and the European market. Africans and mixed-race people tended to live in fertile inland areas on expansive plantations, dedicated to the production of one or two cash crops. Most Africans worked the plantations as field-hands, either harvesting in the fields or engaging in associated duties like hoeing and ploughing or building enclosures. Mixed-race slaves and some other slaves were given skilled tasks such as blacksmithing, coach-driving, waiting as house servants, cooking meals, cobbling, distilling rum, and preparing sugar cane.

The remaining 15.6% were Danes, Norsemen, Faroese, and Icelanders who formed the comparative middle- and upper-classes. The middle-class was largely Danish colonials with a sizeable population of Norsemen and Icelanders and some Faroese. These colonials tended to work as civil & business administrators, book keepers, colonial militia, field overseers, artisans, sharecroppers, shopkeepers, bankers, attorneys, and any form of skilled labor. Many colonials owned homes of their own, and approximately 30% owned under 10 slaves. Most colonials used their slaves to assist in domestic duties, to perform rudimentary and labor intensive tasks in places of business, or loaned them out as general labor. The vast majority of colonials did not have nearly enough land or slaves to amass the wealth of the Herrer class, but still enjoyed many privileges. Colonials were considered full citizens of the Danish realm and men were permitted to vote for the Kolonialeting, the colonial legislature, provided they met the property and literacy requirements. Thanks to a history of literacy in Lutheran Denmark, approximately 70% of colonial men are able to vote. The upper-class, called "Herrer", were the wealthy plantation owners composing only about 4.4% of the white population, of nearly exclusive Danish extraction. Herrer tended to live on plantations, over five acres in area, and possess at least 100 or more slaves. Property requirements for public office had given control over the colony’s institutions to the Herrer class, who held all of the seats in the Kolonialeting and occupied the governorship and the magistrate’s courts. Through the Kolonialeting, the colony’s oligarchs were able to control all of the colony’s courts and could appoint and recall the governor at will.

Since the capitulation of Denmark in March 1860, the colony had been in a state of vigilance. Stranded without metropolitan support, the island’s colonial oppressors were now concerned with consolidating control and finding support elsewhere. Free from former mercantile arrangements with the Danish crown, the colonial oligarchs now desired to sell their products in all of Europe and the civilized world. The colony had virtually no industry and needed to import nearly all of its produced goods, tariffs mandated by the Danish crown had been very uncomfortable for the colonists. The Danish West Indies will send word to Prussia, the United States, Great Britain, and France in hopes of creating new trade arrangements free of unproductive tariffs. The oligarchs had formed two camps in the aftermath of the Danish capitulation; the Settlers’ Party and the Republican Party. The Settlers’ Party are concerned with maintaining colonial institutions, with maintaining the plantation system, and with defending the interests of major plantation owners. The Republican Party were inspired by the ideals of the United States, a settler colony which formed a new nation based on the ideals of liberty. With nearly 75,000 people, the colonial were aware they could never be as powerful as America. They did however wish to create a new free society in the West Indies where all white citizens could benefit and not just the Herrer class. As such, the Republican Party prioritised the interests of the colonials who wished to see wealth taxes to fund things like public schools, steamboat ferries between islands, perhaps a public university, electrification of all islands, paved roads. Most importantly, the Republicans were interested in converting the colonial institutions into republican institutions modelled off of the United States.

The Kolonialeting was a unicameral body composed of 63 members, elected using FPTP from the colony’s nine departments. Each department received 7 representatives, allowing the primarily rural-based Settler’s Party to hold 42 of the bodies seats. The current governor, Jørn Bjerregaard, is a member of the Settlers’ Party and the owner of the Maelstrom Plantation. His property extended more than 900 acres on the island of New Providence, and was worked by more than 300 slaves to produce sugar cane for refining and export. The Bjerregaard family had settled the Danish West Indies during the early days of the colony, immigrating to Sankt Jan island in 1691 to work as sharecroppers. Over many generations, the Bjerregaard family had amassed a great fortune rivalling many of metropolitan Denmark’s wealthiest aristocrats. These were the origins of many of the wealthiest Herrer, amassing land and slaves over time and building fortunes off export. Mostly descended from poor Danes who amassed fortunes in the colony, the Herrer class were deeply attached to their way of life and felt entitled to the great wealth that proceeded from it. Bjerregaard was committed to steering the colony through the murky waters of recent independence, being careful not to alienate the small plantation owners from their already small base of support. As such, he has announced the construction of the University College of the West Indies in the city of Prøcksted on the largest island of Sankt Jan. The government will fund the creation of public primary schools and colleges for all free persons, providing free schooling to subjects of the Danish crown. This prioritisation of education showed a commitment to progress that Bjerregaard hoped would buy the loyalties of colonial whites and the small segment of freed slaves.

A colony without a master, the Danish West Indian government would stay the course. Exporting raw materials and importing finished goods from Europe, in hopes that the threat of slave rebellion and would just go away on it’s own."[/list]

Teujira, Val Verde-, Lux Lumen

Ottoman Empire 1860

Lebanese Crisis: July 1860-December 1860

|Ottoman Lebanon had long been a region of Christianity, and the Druze religion. These groups often attacked or escalated into full-on violence. Groups of armed Druze and Muslim militia began raiding and burning down Christian churches, and villages. Christian militias began retaliating themselves by attacking Druze temples and villages. As the situation soon enveloped into a full-scale war the Ottoman government debated what to do. Conservatives like Mehmed Said favored a retaliatory response, helping Muslim, and Druze militias crush Christians and purge them from their lands. Reformists like Mehmed Faud, and Emin Aali favored a policy of disarming the militia’s of all sides, and restoring rule of law to the lands of Lebanon.

|Sultan Abdulmejid upset at this detour from his planned introductions of new reforms, sent an army under Mehmed Faud, to disarm the rebels groups, and establish a cease fire and order to Lebanon. Heavy resistance from Muslim and Druze populations, caused increase use of force by the Ottoman Army to put down any uprisings with force. The Ottoman army crushed the rebellions by December and a fragile peace was made between members of the Islamic, Druze, and Christian communities.

Ottoman Constitution: December 1860

| Sultan Abdulmejid announced the creation of the Ottoman Constitution. This much anticipated document was penned by the Sultan himself, and members of the future Young Ottomans Group, a collection of reformists, writters, and liberal politicians. In this Constitution, a multi-party parliamentary democracy would be laid out with the General Assembly being named as the Legislative body, with an upper house Senate, and a lower house Chamber of Deputies. The Sultan himself would still be granted veto powers, and the confirmation of Grand Viziers. A Sultan’s veto could; however, be overturned by 2/3rds vote of the Parliament. Finally, the right to voting would be granted universally to all males regardless of religion, race or income status. The Constitution also granted freedom of movement, speech, and religion. Press freedoms would be granted in a limited amount. While Ottoman was still considered the official language, Arabic, and the European languages were granted national language status.

| The immediate outcome of the constitution was mass protests across the Empire. Conservatives hated granting civil rights and protections to other religions, as well as the Ottoman Constitution’s so-called secularism. Nationalist factions hated this Constitution as it may even hamper or destroy nationalist causes. As protests and demands began rising across the Empire, the Ottoman Civil Conflicts would soon begin.

Teujira, Val Verde-, Vestindisk

The 2nd Haitian Empire

~Emperor Faustin I, the First Emperor of the Second Haitian Empire has ruled his nation with a firm hand since 1849. The Second Haitian Empire remained the only free black state in the America’s.

~The Dominican liberation army rose up and declared separation from the Haitians after abuses of the Spanish speaking half of the country, and the shut down of the Federal Parliament. The Civil War lasted 5 years, Emperor Faustin himself led an army of 30,000 in three columns through the Dominican Countryside, destroying the rebel armies in every pitched battle, capturing Santo Domingo in 1855, thus defeating the main Dominican liberation army, and imprisoning the major leaders of the uprising and rebellion. Some soldiers would retreat into the mountains and lead a resistance movement until 1860, where the last resistance groups had been rooted out, or given up and deserted.

~Emperor Faustin I, is now; however, old. His general, and nephew Mainville-Joseph Soulouque, after the death of his only son during the Dominican War. Mainville-Joseph Solouque marries his cousin, and Faustin’s daughter Olive, crown princess of Haiti. Crown Prince Joseph has already been swept up in fierce pulls by members of various reformists and absolutist factions looking to sway the up and coming Emperor into their way of thinking. As the current Emperor grows more and more recluse, and sickly, and Crown Prince Joseph takes over responsibilities.

Teujira, Val Verde-, Jasumaa, Vestindisk

[pre]Great Scandinavian War

Part 3 | 1860 CE [/pre]

[sub]Battle of Randers[/sub]

| The Union forces marched down to Randers. The battle involved the encirclement and encroachment towards Randers. The plan was to rush the city, as it had no dedicated defensive structures. The battle relied heavily on using the buildings in the city itself for cover from enemy gunfire. The battle took a week, full of house-to-house fighting, until the Danish soldiers were forced into a retreat. The city was damaged heavily by the fighting. With Randers abandoned by the Danish soldiers, the Unions forces took time to rest and resupply themselves before continuing down towards Aarhus. |

[sub]Battle of Gothenburg[/sub]

| The Norwegian rebels, with an army 10,000 strong, marched towards Gothenburg. Being a major city, was important to the Swedish. Due to the war, most of the defenses of the city were severely undermanned, as most soldiers were previously reallocated to the front lines of the invasion of Denmark. The battle lasted two weeks, before the Norwegian rebels were victorious. The city still had many resources available to it that were intact after the fighting ended, which were used to resupply the Norwegian rebels. The soldiers were given about a week's rest, before then beginning a long trek towards Stockholm. The Swedish government began to panic, as Gothenburg had a direct route towards and into Stockholm. |

[sub]Battle of Aarhus[/sub]

| The Union soldiers in Denmark, eventually reached Aarhus. The army split up into two groups, one would attack from the north and the other would attack from the west. The battle was slow at first, as the Danish resistance proved to be extremely heavy in the city. For two weeks, trenches were dug and skirmishes were fought, all along the outskirts of the city. Eventually, the Union's forces notices that one segment of the Danish defensive line seemed to be weak. The Union used that knowledge to its advantage, rushing large numbers of troops at the weakened portion of the Danish lines. The attempt was a success, as the Danish front line gave way, and the Union forces finally gained access to the city itself. The Danish lines collapsed, as they retreated to take up defensive positions throughout the city. This resulted in two more weeks of slow fighting house-to-house, gaining ground inch-by-inch. Overall, the city finally fell after just over a month of fighting. |

[sub]Call to Peace[/sub]

| Now, with the Danish facing an ever less winnable war, the Swedish facing a Norwegian rebellion, and a Norway knowing it would not win if Sweden was able to end the Danish front before the rebels reached Stockholm, all three kingdoms agreed to a meeting to solve the situation before they all faced mutual devastation. All three sides were facing issues with manpower and logistics for the war. They agreed to meet in Kalmar, Sweden in one week. |

Teujira, Val Verde-, Otsla, Jasumaa, Vestindisk

[list][sup]APRIL 12th, 1860[/sup]

THE MAHARAJAH IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE MAHARANEE! [/list]

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[sup] The Empire of the East Indies, Calcutta, the Maharanee's Palace [/sup]

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[sup] THE FOLLOWING EXCERPTS ARE FROM THE EAST INDIES TIMES[/sup]

| Maharajah James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, The First Maharajah of the East Indies Empire, the former Governor-General of India and the man that lead the East India Company to independence has died in his sleep on the 12th of April, 1860. He established the foundation of Education in the East Indies, by adding mass education in addition to elite higher education to the empire. He introduced passenger trains in railways, the electric telegraph and uniform postage, which he described as the "three great engines of social improvement" and indeed they are. He consolidated East India Company rule in the subcontinent, and when the traitor British sought to nationalize the Company and take away his achievements over a badly timed rebellion, he defended the land he sought to bring civilization to. He was a hero that continually fought to industrialize this land untouched by Christ and it shows.|

| He was the creator of the Doctrine of Lapse, the policy of taking all legal means possible to assume control over states in lapse. the white Maharajah was driven by the conviction that all India needed to be brought under EIC administration, and applied this most honorable doctrine whenever possible. Under the doctrine, the East Indian Company annexed any Hindoo or Mohammedan state where there was a lack of a proper male lineal heir. Under civilized law those lands rightfully defaulted to being under the control of the East Indian Company. He annexed many a state under this policy however the British did not always agree with his annexation proposals. One of his more controversial annexations was the annexation of Lower Burma, a land not culturally or linguistically connected to India which thus made it hard to integrate into India itself. No-one knows why Maharajah James I decided to annex the land but ever since its annexation it has been a drain on the Empire's resources. Many a proposal has been made to sell or otherwise get rid of the Province of Lower Burma but he refused to hear any of them out.|

| Enter Susan Ramsay, the Rajkumaree or Crown Princess of the Empire of the East Indies. She is the 23 year old eldest daughter of the late Maharajah. The succession had always been an issue in the Empire, what with the Maharajah's lack of a male heir and with his wife gone he was forced to simply name his eldest daughter his heir. It caused a bit of controversy when it did but by now the Empire rallies towards its soon-to-be Empress. Maharajah James I spent the best of his 3 year reign preparing Rajkumaree Susan for the reigns of power, teaching her all he knows with great haste and soon the empire will know if his teachings were effective. Not much is known about the Rajkumaree but what is public knowledge is that she shares her father's stubbornness and drive to make what she wants reality, which are two good qualities for a monarch however sometimes one must heed the teachings of their advisors, be they faithful White Christians or Sikh, Hindoo or Mohammedans.|

[sup] NEWSPAPER EXCERPT END [/sup]

| What is not known by the public, the vast government bureaucracy or even some of the upper class is that Rajkumaree Susan Ramsay was not just trained for the reigns of power by her father, but was also introduced into the indian Freemason Branch, known as the Grand Lodge of the East Indies. Nearly the entirety of the landed upper class of the Empire are a member, Whites and indians alike. Within the Lodge you are taught that all men worship the Great Architect of the Universe, through different names and means and none are able to know the full truth of the creator of the universe but all men worship the same figure. The East Indies Lodge believes in a specific ideology separate from what other lodges teach, one influenced by the ideals of anarchic "pure" capitalism, corporatocratic and extreme social Darwinism, and an ideology that the Empire sees as a blueprint for all of humanity. They believe the upper class are where they are because they deserve to be, the poor are poor because they're lazy parasites. They see rights as something you take through force, not something all men are given. The Rajkumaree had already had opinions vaguely similar to the ideology of the Lodge but now with her father dead, she was officially inducted into the Lodge fully, instead of being simply a low level member. She too would fully buy into the ideology, and become a true believer like all other members of the upper class of the East Indies Empire. Soon the Rajkumaree would be coronated, and be able to steer the ship of state towards this ruinous ideal world they saw as inevitable.|

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| "Auspicio Regis et Curia Indiae" |

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Val Verde-, Otsla, Jasumaa, Vestindisk

1861

Conservative and Reformist Factions Battle in the Streets

|The advent of the new Ottoman Constitution and Parliament had been the final straw for the Conservatives. They had boycotted reforms in the past, they had protested, and even warned the Sultan about upsetting the stability of the Empire with his Tanzimat Reforms, yet he had refused to listen, and now the Conservatives could take no more. In Ankara members of the Conservatives and Islamic Ulema’s declared Sultan Abdulmejid I to be illegitimate and a Zindīq and thus could not be Sultan or Caliph. The members of the Ulema and Conservatives declared Abdulaziz the new Sultan, with the members of the Conservatives being called the Society for the Preservation of Ottoman Culture(SPOC).

|In response Sultan Abdulmejid called for the arrest and execution of all members and supporters of the Conservative and Ulema Factions. In Konstantiniyye this caused immediate chaos as loyalists and reformists attacked conservatives and many were murdered in the streets or expelled from the city. The SPOC drew upon this bringing more and more people into their faction in Ankara. Local garrisons that had tried to quell the SPOC rebellion had been quashed or forced to retreat, and much of Central Anatolia fell to the rebellion. Sultan Adbulmejid called upon military forces from the Balkans and Arabia to come reinforce and help end the civil war. A few armies especially those in Hejaz revolted and declared their support for the new Sultan. Egypt in a surface-level unexpected event backed the new sultan. Secretly, Egypt did not want a reformist Sultan who could potentially reverse the Ottoman Decline and thus exert extra influence on Egypt herself. The Egyptian border guards began coming into conflict with the Ottoman Garrison in the region, slowly taking lands in the Gaza region.

The Return of the Balkan Nationalists

With the onset of mass violence and conflict throughout the Empire, many Balkans nationalists who had been in hiding left their mountain and rural hideouts and reentered the limelight. Most importantly, Bulgarian nationalists took over Sofie, a Russian backed detachment under Bulgarian General Nikolai Stoletov, who would temporarily establish a ruling council. This reversal of fate would cause the Ottoman Balkan Army under Ahmed Muhtar would create a defensive ring around the southern Pirin and Rhodope Mountains, until the chaos in Anatolia and Arabia could be dealt with, and his position reinforced.

Teujira, Val Verde-, Otsla, Khoryeo, Vestindisk

Austrian Empire, streets of vienna

A young child the age of 10 screams his lungs out and says: Newest and scandalous news about the ottoman Empire is sultan abdulmejid not the sultan of the ottomans anymore you will only find out in our newspaper, is civil war already happening find out here and about the middle east and the World.

While saying that he is running around with the newspaper in his hand to the people that are crossing his way in the street. Until a old man calls the boy to him and asks

So what's going on in the world littel man

Anything actually interesting

Boy: certainly sir the ottoman empire is almost collapsing and more Abdulmejid is in hot waters

Old man: Anything else

Boy :More and you need to pay for the newspaper sir

Old man: sure enough I will give you 1 Krone for the newspaper littel man

Boy:thank you sir

And so the littel boy is running to another direction to sell more while that is happening the old man sits down on a bank and starts to read.

The Ottoman Empire in a collapse situation

The ottoman empires new Liberal reforms have agitated the Egyptians, conservatives and the Balkan nationalists. Abdulmejid the reformer of the empire while currently trying to save what he got passed down is hindered by his own people. The situation is surely to be bloddy in the middle east a civil war is surely inevitable and already happening with the conservatives which hold a. Large portion of anatolia after massacres on their faction seemed to get the broad support of the people there.

These agitations also sparked Russian intervention to try and liberate Bulgaria from the ottomans though nothing big has happend yet and major intervention is unlikely.

under this paragraph a picture of abdulmejid is there while he is fighting of the Egyptians conservatives Russians and Bulgarians that look like a hydra of with a sword Wich has engraved the word reform in it behind him is the dying corpse of the Ottoman empire wich he tries to protect.

The Austrian Kaiser Franz joseph sends words of support in a questioning of his opinion on the ottoman empire

Reporter: Majesty thank you for letting us question you on the new situation in the ottoman empire we heard that you support abdulmejid is that true

Franz joseph: yes, the ottoman empire wich has long been a rival to us is a part of the very sensitiv balance of Europe and the Middle East. Not just that its people while Muslim had been on paar with our inventions and technology a strenghtening of the Ottoman Empire as I see it while not as the most optimal or wished thing needs to happen for Europe to stay in balance.

Reporter:Very interesting then I need to ask what do you think about abdulmejid

Franz joseph: A reformer to be sure I see him perfectly capable to weather the storms of what's coming.

Reporter: of course your majesty now to Our last question do you think austrian intervention is likely

Franz joseph: a intervention is unlikely but not impossible.

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The interview stops there

The old man looks at his watch and sees he needs to go before he arrives to late to his family meeting. He throws the newspaper in the thrash and goes to the next railway station.

Val Verde-, Otsla, Khoryeo, Vestindisk

[pre]Great Scandinavian War

Part 4 | 1860 CE [/pre]

[sub]Treaty of Kalmar[/sub]

| The three delegations arrived at the site of the meeting. Charles XV of Sweden came to represent Sweden, Fredrick VII of Denmark came to represent Denmark, and a man who introduced himself as Sigurd of Norway to represent Norway. The Norwegians, had set up a temporary monarch to represent their interests, who adopted the name 'Sigurd', not because of any true blood relation or lineage, but as a symbol that Norwegian monarchy is back. The meeting was taking place in Kalmar Slott. It had taken all morning of the first of October for all of the delegations to arrive. The meeting began with each side airing their grievances and a list of needs and demands, |

Charles XV of Sweden: "We need to end the conflict across Scandinavia. We need a strong central government, under a strong ruler. The Union of Sweden and Norway is a great example. It-"

Sigurd of Norway: "It led to a despotic regime, where Norway had now power and everything was dictated by Sweden."

Fredrick VII of Denmark: "Calm down, I think that we all would agree that a united Scandinavia would be best, but also that none of us want to be ruled by the other nations here. I think that we can also agree that none of our aristocrats and nobility want to lose power. Perhaps we can compromise. We can have two levels of government, similar to the United States. It seems to be working over there."

Charles XV of Sweden: "How about this...We have a central monarchy and government that handles the military, trade, and diplomacy, as well as inter-kingdom activities. All the while, the individual kingdoms could focus on the social and societal aspects of the union? There could be some overlap, but it should alleviate some concerns."

Sigurd of Norway: "What about leadership? We live in three separate countries, who would lead? Where would he or she lead from? We should discuss this."

| The three delegates spent three hours in discussions and a number of details were agreed upon. There would be a semi-democratic legislative branch, where one house consists of the nobility and another shall be fully democratic. The nobility and elected representatives shall also act as the legislature for their own kingdoms. When the three kingdoms have a 'federal' legislative session, all representatives and nobility vote without regard for kingdom boundaries. It was also decided that Denmark's current king shall be the King of the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia and his title of King of Denmark be passed down to the next heir. The Swedish delegation did not like this, but the Norwegian delegation was fine with the option, as they were in a prosperous union with Denmark before they were auctioned off to Sweden by England as a result of the Napoleonic Wars. Electing Christian IX to be the King of the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia also allowed them to non-verbally insult the Swedish. |

| The meeting continued on for a week after the original meeting, ironing out various details about the new government. Many more details needed to be determined; however, for now, the Declaration of Union was being used as the temporary document, until the official charter could be finalized. Olso was selected as the capital city of the new government, as its terrain were deemed to be a perfect set of natural defenses, needed for the capital. The new government hoped to officially sign a charter by early 1861. Elections were already being held and titles of nobility were being awarded for the planned legislative positions. |

Val Verde-, Otsla, Khoryeo, Vestindisk

獨立신문韓國의

[sup]The Independent Journal of Korea[/sup]

藝宗, 韓國 역사상 처음으로 皇帝 즉위

[sup]King Yejong assumes the title of Emperor for the first time in Korean history[/sup]

A few days after inheriting the throne from the late Heonjong, King Yejong, from the Deoksugung Palace has officially declared that: "Joseon will no longer depend on the Chinese, from now on Joseon will be known as Korea", adopting the title of Emperor of the Koreans.

The new emperor raised the need to modernize the country, leaving aside the feudalistic model and political and military dependence towards a rural and increasingly decadent China. Among its main reforms is the implementation of a compulsory and free education for all Koreans, official use of Hangul and Hanja as official Korean scriptures, among other measures that seek to emulate the success of several Western powers such as Great Britain and France, the current main references in terms of modernization.

To the joy of the Democrats, the Emperor has announced a series of reforms to the country's political system, to give the Korean people a greater say. Such measures have not yet been formally announced, however, it is believed that it could emulate the British system, with the Emperor as Head of State and a Prime Minister in charge of the executive branch of Korea. Another of his announcements was the construction of industrial zones, connected by railways in the main cities of the country (Kisong, Hanseong and Busan), the construction of ports in the south and the modernization of the Korean army, to effectively defend the interests of the Korean Empire.

Val Verde-, Otsla, The Reunified German Reich, Vestindisk

Ottoman Empire

1861: Seige of Nìs and The Battle of Niš (August 1861 - June 1862)

|The Ottoman Empire remained in crisis, and the Serbian Kingdom decided now was the time to move upon the crumbling the Ottoman Empire. Prince Milan I crowned himself King of Serbia, and declared full independence of the new Kingdom of Serbia.

|King Milan moved to match south and reconquer as much of Serbia as possible. Gathering an army of 20,000 he marched south into Niš where he came into combat with the Ottoman Army in Niš. A small Ottoman detachment of 10,000 soldiers led by Ibrahim Edhem Vizier of Kosovo, met with the Serbian army under King Milan. In the ensuing Seige of Nìs large-scale trenches, as well as artillery bombardments would cause numerous casualties on both sides. Examples of enemy soldiers rushing across open trenches under heavy volleys of enemy fire, and artillery, just to be repulsed in the next few days would become incredibly common.

|After a 9-month long siege the Ottoman army surrendered to the Serbians in one of the most humiliating Ottoman defeats of the entire modern era. 4,000 Ottoman soldiers were left after the siege to match into Serbian captivity with even Vizier Edhem choosing to surrender rather than leave his men to their fate alone. While having lost the battle Edhem had managed to give such a bloody nose in the battle they halted expansion after Nìs, especially as the Ottoman's situation grew more stable. King Milan instead would sign the Peace Treaty of Skopje securing Serbian independence and the transfer of Niš.

|One French Newspaper would cover the fallout from the siege: “More than 10,000 soldiers had died in the brutal fighting, yet the toll on the city was much greater. Once, Niš had been one of the largest cities in Serbia, now reduced to starvation and poverty. Starvation had destroyed the city during the siege, when food ran out, civilians and soldiers alike had resorted to consuming rats, cats, dogs, and horses. The streets were filled with eerie silence as no animals could be heard, no children playing in the streets or merchants selling. Soldiers consumed boot leather from the dead as supplies dwindled. Banditry and violence against those who had been perceived as hoarding food became common. Cannibalism has been reported yet the validity of these claims is dubious, but if the voracity of the civilians is anything to go by, it would not surprise if these claims held any truth. The soldiers themselves looked as if ghosts holding weapons, caught in-between life and death, with ribs jutting out. Yet these men had broken waves of Serbian attacks with a ferocity rarely seen in a healthy man. The Serbian army, had won the battle yet their morale had been broken in the siege. There was less rejoicing in the broken ruins of Niš, or even in the army camps, just exhaustion, and relief the siege had ended. Serbia seems to have secured her independence but only with the blood of her youth.”

Val Verde-, Vestindisk

[pre]A New Era

Spring | 1861 CE [/pre]

[sub]Oslo[/sub]

| The United Kingdoms of Scandinavia has officially been formed with the signing of the Charter of the Three Kingdoms. The first orders of business was to mandate a massive increase in industry and industrialization in Scandinavia. This was followed shortly by a mandate to strengthen the military in case of foreign attack, something still on the minds of many in Scandinavia from just under fifty years prior. A massive naval expansion was authorized calling for a large number of naval ships to ensure naval dominance over the domestic waters of Scandinavia. To ensure that the ships would not become obsolete within the ships' lifetime, the they were mandated to have the newer, yet way more expensive, steam power to work along side the traditional sail-based propulsion. A large wall with fortifications was mandated to be built to block any land invasion of Denmark, the most vulnerable of the three nations to land invasion. A massive military recruitment and training effort was started to increase the military manpower of Scandinavia. Civilians were also, by constitutional mandate, granted the right to own and carry weapons in order to afford additional mandpower to the government, in case the trained military is occupies elsewhere. In addition, a new palace complex was commissioned to house the new High King of Scandinavia. The effort was projected to be overly excessive in terms of required funds and many feared that it could strain the economy of the newly united nation. Some in the Danish side of the new government resented the fact that the nearly fifty year old Treaty of Kiel was considered to be void in all its provisions that transferred land from Norway to Denmark, giving the authority over Greenland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands back to Norway, a move celebrated by the residents of those areas. One major concern raised was the fact that Scandinavia now had to print a massive amount of money to cover any deficit caused by the new projects. The projects themselves were going to take a few years to complete with the existing manpower, and many people were to be required to work long, hard manhours to meet the quotas and demands of the projects. To the World, Scandinavia kept silent on its naval project and wall project, but vocally claimed the industrialization to be for purely capitalist economic purposes. Scandinavia was acting in ways to pass off the wall project as a landscaping and improvement project, while also trying to hide its naval construction projects entirely. Scandinavia also began seeking out mineral surveys in Iceland and Greenland in an attempt to find ways for those lands to produce income for Scandinavia. |

Val Verde-, Khoryeo, Jasumaa, Vestindisk

Franz Josephs Crowning

It is the year 1862 February

Budapest:in the New imperial city of Budapest Wich had been only.erged newly out of the citys buda and pest had become the capital city of the Hungarien Empire after the Ausgleich Renegotiations which had been caused through mass Revolts after Franz Joseph announced his new NEO Absolutist constitution. But now with their Kingdom you should think the Hungariens should be content many minoritys would and did kill for those rights and still don't have their own kingdom.

But that was not the case The Ausgleich had given another minority the same imperial status of Kingdom.

The slavs. and there was the problem not only did the Hungariens hate the Possibility of another kingdom with the same status as them beeing made.A part of the new slavic kingdom more precisely the croatien part was now not a part of Hungary wich cut hungary from the seas.

This new kingdom infuriated them. It took land it was austrian friendly, and the austrians just took the right to do this. and now they would crown him as their King and it went like many expected. Franz joseph was brought to Budapest in his Personal carriage with his wife sisi. While sisi was welcomed very warmly talking and laughing with the Hungarien nobles wich knew here very well, Franz josephs greeting was if not ice cold still had a felling of a brick between him and the hungarien nobles the King if not ignored still got rather uninterested talks with the nobles or even passiv aggressiv remarks in the lines of conversation.

While the way to the Crowning was ice cold as soon as Franz joseph and his wife stepped upon the small Podest with the Hungarien and austrian flag on both sides and the music began too play and atleast Franz joseph was crowned hungarien King on the 2nd of February 1862. The room was filled with booming cheers and applause a warmth of hope greeted franz joseph which continued through his speech to the people and nobles as their new king and through the rest of the day and night witch was spend dancing and eating. And with that short received of hope for the future of his empire. Franz joseph was carried away from Budapest to be crowned again. This time more willingly and cheerfully he hoped in slovenia.

Val Verde-, Khoryeo, Jasumaa

THE DISSOLUTION WAGON[/B]

[sub]20 December 1860–12 April, 1861 | Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America[/sub]

A month following the electoral victory of Abraham Lincoln at the 6 November  1860 presidential elections, South Carolina became the first U.S. State to adopt the Ordinance of Secession on 20 December 1860, expressing it's perceived inalienable right to secede from the United States in light of rising socio-economic and political tensions across the Union. Within three months, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and the Arizona Territory also adopted the ordinance in said order alongside South Carolina, unifying the rebel states under the provisional constitution of the Confederate States of America and adopting Montgomery, Alabama as it's provisional captial. In Virginia, initial public opinion declined the option to secede in an early April vote, causing a stir among Virginia secessionists whom decidedly relocated themselves to Charleston where it was rumored something large was on the war table.

In preparation, the some seven seceding states and claimed territory began raiding Federal properties state-wide including arsenals, government buildings, and military fortifications, swiftly bringing them under Confederate control. The provisional military forces of the freshly declared Confederate States are largely made up of state militia and national guardsmen with no true central node of leadership as many Generals and senior officers struggle to find their place in this war of the states. Despite protests and strong condemnations from the Office of the President of the United States, James Buchanan Jr., the U.S. Army was never dispatched to quell the insurrections and ultimately, the flames of secession only grew uncontrollable as fresh arms, patriotism, and pride fan the secessionist's fervor. President Buchanan remained concerned that an overt action could cause the remaining slave states to secede from the Union, and while believing there no constitutional authority for a state to secede, he could similarly find no constitutional authority permitting him to prevent it.

As tensions further mount, South Carolina authorities considered the expropriation of federal property in and around Charleston harbor as inevitable. With several coastal forts built around the port, nicknamed the "Forts of Charleston", Fort Moultrie (formerly Fort Sullivan), Fort Johnson, the nearly complete but still under construction, Fort Sumter, and Castle Pinckney, seizing Charleston harbor was considered extremely vital by provisional Confederate forces. Indeed a well-fortified port, Charleston unawaringly became the eye of the storm as South Carolina state militia, alongside cadres of Virginian and Maryland secessionists coalesced at the harbor in effort to begin seizing her facilities. Stationed at Fort Moultrie, Major Robert Anderson of the 1st US Artillery Regiment, in charge of the Charleston garrison, stood no chance against the outnumbering Confederate provisional forces and as political tensions boiled over, the environment around the fort increasingly resembled a siege, to the point that the South Carolina state government utilized picket ships from the sea to recon the US Army positions within. This aggression carried over until, under the cover of darkness, Major Anderson and his force slipped from the disparate and aging Fort Moultrie, spiking her guns, burning her gun carriages, and relocated his command by way of small boats to Fort Sumter.

Despite it's under-construction status, Fort Sumter, in contrast to Moultrie, provided a superior position in relation to the entrance of the port, set aside from the fact that Sumter was built to be a military marvel of the times, one of the strongest fortress in the world, designed to mount 135 guns, operated by 650 officers and men. To Major Anderson's dismay, his garrison consisted of merely 85 enlisted men, among construction workers and a single U.S. Army lighthouse keeper. This made it impossible for Anderson's forces to take advantage of Sumter's full firing gusto and placed them at an even more disadvantageous position.

Anderson's movement of troops and command to Fort Sumter ignited South Carolina Governor Francis W. Pickens, whom ordered thus forth that all remaining Federal positions except Fort Sumter were to be seized. State militia quickly occupied Fort Moultrie, Fort Johnson on James Island, and a length of coastal batteries situated on Morris Island. Simultaneously, a 150 man assault force seized the Union-occupied Castle Pinckney fortification, in the harbor close to downtown Charleston, capturing 24 guns and mortars without firing a shot. Afterward, the Federal arsenal was seized by the South Carolina State Militia, securing some 22,000 rifles for the Provisional Confederate Armed Forces. With this, the spare parts and equipment captured at the arsenal enabled state militiamen to promptly repair the sabotaged guns at Fort Moultrie and dozens of new batteries, defense positions were constructed throughout the Charleston harbor area, including a floating battery, of like nothing ever before seen or fielded, armed with weapons captured from the arsenal.

Soon after these events, Brigadier-General Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was appointed as the first general officer in the armed forces of the new Confederate States by recently elected Confederate President, Jefferson Davis. As the commander of the siege on Fort Sumter, Brigadier-General P.G.T Beauregard made repeated orders for the Union garrison to evacuate and ensured the choking out of rations, ammunition, and supplies into the Fort. To his dismay, they were all refused. Major Anderson had been Beauregard's artillery instructor at West Point and the two had been especially close, Beauregard had even become Anderson's assistant after graduation. Nonetheless, both sides spent March drilling and improving their fortifications to the best of their abilities.

Brigadier-General Beauregard, a trained military engineer, built up overwhelming strength to challenge Fort Sumter. Fort Moultrie had three 8-inch Columbiads, two 8-inch howitzers, five 32-pound smoothbores, and four 24-pounders. Outside of Moultrie were five 10-inch mortars, two 32-pounders, two 24-pounders, and a 9-inch Dahlgren smoothbore. The floating battery next to Fort Moultrie had two 42-pounders and two 32-pounders on a raft protected by iron shielding. Fort Johnson on James Island had one 24-pounder and four 10-inch mortars. At Cummings Point on Morris Island, the Confederates had emplaced seven 10-inch mortars, two 42-pounders, an English Blakely rifled cannon, and three 8-inch Columbiads, the latter in the so-called Iron Battery, protected by a wooden shield faced with iron bars. Under his command, some 6,000 local militiamen and secessionist volunteers were present, manning the opposing artillery and on hand for a frontal assault if proven necessary.

As Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as President of the United States on 4 March 1861, and after several attempts at relief, negotiation, delegations, threats, and a resulting crisis between the Union and Confederacy throughout the month, the decision to go to war was, seemingly, clear. By early April, President Davis ordered General Beauregard to either secure the surrender and or withdrawal of Union forces, or reduce the Fort. Beauregard dispatched Col. James Chesnut, Col. James A. Chisholm, and Capt. Stephen D. Lee to Fort Sumter on April 11 to issue the ultimatum. As the Confederate cadre approached Sumter's main gate, it remained sealed and not a soul could be seen overlooking them from the ramparts.

[List][B]Colonel James Chesnut, Provisional Confederate Army: "[I]Should anyone within wish to receive this ultimatum, It will be clearly and carefully issued aloud.

Under executive order from the Office of the President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Finis Davis, in support of South Carolina Governor, Francis Wilkinson Pickens, Fort Sumter has been hereby declared the sole legal property of the provisional military forces of the declared Confederacy and the state of South Carolina. Should this order receive resistance and or refusal of formal compliance, the commanding officer of the Provisional Forces of the Confederate States, Brigadier-General Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard, will be left no further course than to proceed in the reduction of this fortification.[/I]"[/list]

Appearing upon the ramparts above as the three Confederate envoys gaze up from horseback, Major Anderson peered back at them and confidently dispatched his answer.

[List][B]Major Robert Anderson, U.S. Army: "[I]I will neither follow such an order, nor will I instruct my garrison to do so. I shall await the first shot, and if you do not batter us to pieces, we shall be starved out within a few days.[/I]"[/list]

[List][B]Colonel James Chesnut, Provisional Confederate Army: "[I]If I may, sir, it is not in his natural will to carry out this order. The General is mighty fond of you, indeed you command his respect, Major.[/I]"[/list]

[List][B]Major Robert Anderson, U.S. Army: "[I]As is only concurrent within a relationship forged between a mentor and his protege, and even moreso, between two friends. However, those days are becoming increasingly long passed and I swore an oath to my country to defend it's Union. I rest assured that you men understand, give the General my regards.[/I]"[/list]

The aides returned to Charleston thereafter and delivered the correspondence from Major Anderson. In response, at approximately 3:20AM in the early morning of 12 April 1861, the Confederate aides made their way back to Fort Sumter by boat to relay a final demand. No matter what existed in the past, duty was calling in the present.

[List][B]Colonel James Chesnut, Provisional Confederate Army: "[I]Major Robert Anderson, by authority of Brigadier-General Beauregard, commanding the Provisional Forces of the Confederate States, we have the honor to notify you that he will open fire of his batteries on Fort Sumter in one hour from this time.[/I]"[/list]

Leading the aides back to their boat, Anderson shook each of their hands and left some parting words.

[List][B]Major Robert Anderson, U.S. Army: "[I]If we never meet in this world again, God grant that we may meet in the next.[/I]"[/list]

THE FIRST SHOT[/B]

[sub]12-13 April, 1861 | Fort Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America[/sub]

4:30AM, exactly one hour and ten minutes from the time the final demand was delivered. The Confederate provisional troops poised at Fort Johnson could hardly wait to touch off the cannon wick as Captain George S. James received the order to fire off the first shot that would signal all manned guns to open up on Fort Sumter. With a linstock in hand, Captain James offered up the first shot.

[List][B]Captain George S. James, Provisional Confederate Army: "[I]Colonel Pryor, I bestow upon you the honor of firing the signal shot. After all, this is how we supposing to get Virginia to secede.[/I]"[/list]

[List][B]Colonel Roger Pryor, Provisional Confederate Army: "[I]With all due respect, thank you, but no thank you, sir. I could not in my own good conscience fire the first gun of the war.[/I]"[/list]

[List][B]Lieutenant Henry S. Farley, Provisional Confederate Army: "[I]If none other can withstand the pressure of such a momentous opportunity, I will proudly take this linstock and ignite the first cannon. I pray the Lord guides my hand.[/I]"[/list]

With that, Lieutenant Henry S. Farley fired a single 10-inch mortar round from Fort Johnson, and exploded directly above Fort Sumter, giving signal to some 43 guns and mortars from Fort Johnson, Fort Moultrie, the floating battery, and Cummings Point, to open fire with a general bombardment. Firing counterclockwise, the guns sequenced around the harbor, with 2 minute intervals between each shot as an ordinance conservation method, which had been calculated to last exactly two days. What sounded like gusts of fireworks reminiscent of Independence Day parades, were actually the mortar shells, cannonballs whistling through and exploding over Charleston's night sky, illuminating the harbor below with the bright flashes. Awakening Charleston's residents, hundreds rushed out into the predawn darkness to watch the shells arc over the water and burst inside the fort.

Major Anderson held his fire during throughout the night, awaiting daylight. Given the available manpower, Anderson could not take advantage of all of his 60 guns, and thus, deliberately avoided using guns that were situated in the fort where casualties were most likely. The fort's best cannons were mounted on the uppermost of its three tiers, the barbette positions, where his troops are most exposed to incoming fire from overhead. Being originally designed as a Naval Fortification, Sumter was designed to withstand assault from the sea, in face of the land-based Confederate artillery batteries whom could achieve much higher ballistic trajectories than their Naval-mounted counterparts. On top of this, Fort Sumter's garrison could only safely fire the 21 working guns on the lowest level, which themselves, because of the limited elevation allowed by their embrasures, were largely incapable of delivering fire with trajectories high enough to seriously threaten Fort Moultrie.

Nearing 30 hours of bombardment, a more immediate problem was the scarcity of cloth gunpowder cartridges or bags, forcing Anderson to reduce his firing to only six guns, two aimed at Cummings Point, two at Fort Moultrie, and two at the Sullivan's Island batteries. Anything within Fort Sumter manufactured from wood was targeted, almost specifically, by Confederate artillery teams utilizing heated shot, a cannonball burned red hot in a furnace, acting as a peculiar incendiary device. Once they made contact with the wooden structures within the Fort, several buildings went up in flames, posing a truer threat to the well-being of the Union garrison than the actual bombardment. Only, by 7PM that evening, 12 April, a miraculous rain shower swept across Charleston and promptly put out the fires mounting around the besieged fortress. The Union gunners stopped firing for the night, all while Beauregard ordered his artillerymen to reduce volleys to four shots per hour, ammunition wasting as time goes by. Within Fort Sumter, the morale was low and most of the men deprived of sleep, fearing a surprise infantry assault at any time during the dead of night.

By first light the next morning, the full Confederate artillery bombardment resumed, heated shot whistled through the sky, glowing red hot, and scorching more fires in Fort Sumter. When noon reared, most of the wooden buildings in the fort and the main gate were up in flames. An even larger predicament, the fire grew uncontainable and eventually began to spread toward the main ammunition magazine, where some 300 barrels of gunpowder are stored. The Union troops tried hastily to remove as many barrels as possible, but nearly two-thirds were left when it was decided too dangerous to continue and ordered the ammunition magazine's doors shut, with the remaining barrels tossed to sea.

An hour later, Major Anderson ordered Fort Sumter's central flagpole knocked down, raising uncertainty about whether or not his garrison would surrender. Colonel Louis Wigfall, a former U.S. senator, had been observing the battle and decided that this indicated the fort had endured enough punishment. Commandeering a small boat, Colonel Wigfall made his way across the harbor from Morris Island, waving a white handkerchief from his sword, dodging incoming rounds from Sullivan's Island. Once landed, he personally met with Major Anderson.

[List][B]Colonel Louis Wigfall, Provisional Confederate Army: "[I]Good afternoon, Major Anderson, I must say you Yankee boys have sure been putting up a defense. Those boys across the harbor admire the determination of this garrison here.[/I]"[/list]

[List][B]Major Robert Anderson, U.S. Army: "[I]Forgive me if I give off the disposition that I am not endeared by their admiration. However, the plight of my enlisted garrison here is far more troubling, these men are exhausted and malnourished, the Fort's ammunition stores are near-emptied, and several fires are unrelenting.[/I]"[/list]

[List][B]Colonel Louis Wigfall, Provisional Confederate Army: "[I]You have defended your flag nobly, Sir. You have done all that it is possible to do, and General Beauregard wants to stop this fight. On what terms, Major Anderson, will you evacuate this fort?[/I]"

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[spoiler=THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES!]

Czabalkia[/spoiler]

Otsla, The Reunified German Reich, Khoryeo, Jasumaa

獨立신문韓國의

[sup]The Independent Journal of Korea[/sup]

藝宗의 더 많은 소식

[sup]More news from the Emperor Yejong of Joseon for the Korean People[/sup]

Korea opens the entry of foreigners for the first time in its history, as stated by Emperor Yejong of Joseon last Tuesday.

Korea had been characterized by rejecting any foreign contact other than with China or Japan, since at that time, both, especially China, were the dominant powers in West Asia. However, given the current circumstances in Asia, the Emperor authorized the entry of European foreigners to Korea. However, the Emperor has not authorized Christian proselytism, so the conversion of Koreans to Christianity will remain, for the time being, prohibited, under pressure from Neo-Confucian and Buddhist priests.

Likewise, he warned the nobles about "trying to rebel": "I will not allow the nobles to interfere with the development of Korea, so if attempts to betray the Korean Nation are discovered, it is the duty of every subject to report it to the authorities. nobles discovered in these activities will lose all their titles, their families will also be stripped of their property, and those involved will be executed, strong measures must be taken against this type of insubordination, and the same message goes to all subjects of the Empire "

Apart from this, in an imperial decree, the great Emperor Yejong abolished the servitude of the country, freeing all the serfs and peasants of the country. Along with this, said decree includes the adoption of surnames to all Koreans within a period of no more than 6 months, and Chinese Characters (Hanja) must be used for the names, being Chosongul (Hangul) prohibited to write the name and surname of a person.

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https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1572860

Jasumaa

[pre]A New Era

Fall | 1861 CE [/pre]

[sub]Oslo[/sub]

| The first set of training for the new army has been completed basic training, and has begun tactical training. At the same time, another 'round' of enlistees have begun training. Meanwhile, the construction of the new naval ships has been progressing at a reasonable rate. The government decided to send war observers, photographers, and documentarians to the United States in order to document how the United Stated conducts warfare in its own war. The United Kingdoms of Scandinavia has also notified the United States of its intent to unify the existing embassies and consulates. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Scandinavia has requested to purchase a 10,000 square meter area in Washington DC for use as an official diplomacy complex. The nearly six months since the vast industrial expansion plan was announced, has seen a large industrial expansion, including a large number of factories being built to meet the new industrial demand. In addition, the government has passed a law granting a subsidy of 100 Krona per child per woman, in order to promote an increase in the rate of birth. Some experts predict this policy may raise the population growth rate to five percent per year. Another law had set up a new Orphanage Service in order to allow those who can not afford to raise children, to allow the government to do so. In addition, another law was also passed that offers inventors thousands of Krona to invent new technologies and also grants successful inventors a steady income. In addition, the municipality of Olso passed a law regulating structure sizes to be below fifty meters tall for non-governmental building, where unused space above a building can be purchased by nearby buildings to add to the maximum building height of a building. Of that law, exempted structures also include churches, monuments, and parts of structures not occupied by residents or workers during the normal course of a day. Many people recognized the uselessness of the law at the moment, but the Municipality justified it, saying that "The size of churches during this age, show that building over fifty meter tall is possible, so we need some way to preserve the aesthetics of the city skyline, before building much taller becomes structurally possible. |

Val Verde-, Khoryeo, Jasumaa

The Crowning of Franz Joseph as king of Croats and slovens

The Crowning of Franz Joseph as king of this slavic empire was almost the mirror version of what happend in Budapest.

His Imperial carriage brought him and his wife to the capital city where he was greeted with booming cheers in the streets on his way to the Crowning. The Nobles there talked with Franz happily and cheerfully, thanking him or congratulating him.

while his hungariophile wife was like franz in Hungary treated rather unwell passive aggressiv remarks or simply ignoring or disinterest was a common thing in the conversations of sisi and the slavic nobles who thought of her as a strong pro hungarien Influnce on Franz, wich she was.

Franz Joseph seeing all these hopes and happiness in the eyes of the people and the nobles finnaly closed with the idea that this was a wrong thing to do a idea that plagued him from the ausgleich right to this moment. And finnaly embraced the idea of trialism and federalism, for how can a idea be wrong if the people accepted them into their house with such joy and welcomed him like family.

With a sort of Pride he didn't know existed he once again went to the podium with the austrian and slovenocroatian flag on both sides, the music again began to play and he was again crowned, again boomin cheers and applause filled the halls, and again the feeling of pride and warmth lastet from these moments through his speech to the people and the giant Festival and party that happend after the Crowning.

And so Franz joseph was crowned again February 1862

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The United States of amerika are currently in a civil war and while the austrian empire does not have the fleet or the military to directly interfere. it does see the need for military advisors to be send to the union forces as the current austrian army, though it has size does not have the same finnese as their prussia neighbour. The two new hungarien and slavic states also have the same interest as their armed forces have only newly been created and need military guidance and experience as war has Slowely changed over the years.

And with that these 3 states send a letter detailing their support for the USA and a deal where the non recognition and a agreement of no trade with the south would allow the Austrians to send advisors and analysts to the Union military to guide and see the evolution of warfare.

Val Verde-, Khoryeo, Jasumaa

[pre]A New Era

Fall | 1862 CE [/pre]

[sub]Oslo[/sub]

| The industrialization efforts have so far been successful, increasing the number of factories and vastly expanding factory output. Mining has also seen a vast increase, as several new iron mines have been started. The Scandinavian arms industries have increased artillery and rifle production. Most rail lines have been completely built. The Danish Line has reached near completion, as the largest project ongoing in Denmark. The United Kingdoms of Scandinavia has continued to train soldiers in its goal to place 5% of its population in the army, with an additional 50,000 commissioned to work in the Navy, either as active sailors or as logistics personnel. The training of army personnel was made a priority. Army units were given different color uniforms based on their kingdom of origin, red for Denmark, blue for Norway, and yellow for Sweden. Popular military exercises used during training was mock battles, getting soldiers used to fighting in various terrains and using various strategies and tactics. Such drills were usually accompanied by stage directors for plays to help ensure a 'realistic' battle outcome for the war games. The government had also begun allocating troops to areas deemed 'important', such that critical areas would be defended in case of foreign attack. The Palace of Scandinavia was now largely completed, needing only furnishings and ornamentation and detailing. Paintings and sculptures were also commissioned in order to add them to the palace. The library within the palace was already being filled with books. The government also passed a law that banned the use of labor unions in all industries and businesses. The government felt that labor unions would inhibit financial and industrial growth. In addition, another law was passed to allow business and factory owners to end strikes with lethal force if necessary. |

Jasumaa

Anatolia Campaigns

February 1861- November 1862

|Central Anatolia remained the main catalyst for the war itself, tying up Ottoman Loyalist resources, and manpower that was desperately needed on the fringes of the Empire. Abdulmejid would put 3 reformist commanders in charge of the general staff. Halil Rifat, Ahmed Hifzi, and Osman Nuri Bey all younger officers who had proven themselves in prior military schooling and in the Crimean War. They'd be coming into conflict with Naili Pasha who had been a strong conservative who had joined the rebellion in Ankara. This would be the first major test for the Ottoman army which had gone through extensive army reforms under the defected generals, Omar Pasha, Abdul Kerim Pasha, Ismail Pasha, and Iskender Pasha. After small skirmishes the main battle that would decide the fate of the region would begin, the Anatolian Campaign, and the Battle of Ankara.

|The Main Ottoman Loyalist Army consisting of 75,000 soldiers would begin marching southeast towards Ankara from Bolu. A minor clash between the Loyalists and Conservatives at Gerede would see a Loyalist victory. The Conservatives Ottoman army numbering 100,000 defending in Ankara was made up mostly of bureaucrats, corrupt officials, religious zealots, and even a few mercenaries. Abdulmejid himself commented, “There is no better way to cut out the rotting heart of the Ottoman Empire and her very society itself, than in Ankara.”

|The Battle and Siege of Ankara began with immense artillery fire by loyalist forces onto the city itself, and into dug-in enemy trenches. Sharpshooters on both sides would aim for soldiers in their brightly colored Fez’s. Sultan Abdulmejid would formally abolish the use of the Fez in active combat, while on the enemy side they would stubbornly cling to its use, causing horrendous casualties during the siege.

|In the yearly year-long siege, the Reformists slowly gained ground, repelling several soldiers' break-out attempts, and relief attempts by reinforcements coming from and cutting off any resupply. Slowly but surely Reformist soldiers advanced into Ankara, taking civilians captive, and executing those who were part of the conservative government or religious bureaucracy. When the city finally fell after 10 months, the field commanders turned a blind eye to the sack that took place afterward in which much of the city was destroyed, and many were killed. Sultan Abdulaziz himself was captured in the city, and then executed for treason by Sultan Abdulmejid whom did so with a heavy heart. Much of the Conservative support began to evaporate with soldiers defecting, and many civilian supporters quietly rejoining Ottoman society, their beliefs, and hopes crushed.

| That would now; however, leave the Egyptians and Hejaz in a difficult position. Their legitimate claim was now gone, and they were basically openly rebelling. As the Ottomans would now gather isolated garrisons and bolster their standing force to 200,000 they now had to decide, in which direction would they turn their armies, the Balkans or to Arabia.

[pre]The Palace Party

Part 1 | 1863 CE [/pre]

[sub]Palace of Scandinavia[/sub]

| The Palace of Scandinavia was recently completed. Due to this, an invite was sent out to world leaders and persons of great importance around the world, though the High King knew that it was unlikely that many outside of Europe would attend. The High King recently received word that the naval ships commissioned years ago have also been completed, as were the other military projects. The industrialization was succeeding, as factories sprung up everywhere they could, especially as the railway network that was recently completed made the transportation of industrial goods, people, and materials vastly more easy than before. The Danish Line wall and forts were set to be completed by January of 1864. The entryway to the palace grounds was a massive garden, with hedges, large water fountains, and many wide-open spaces. He awaited the guests at the Entrance Hall of the palace, where guests were being dropped off by carriages. The palace, reminiscent of Scandinavia design, also shared design, structural, and aesthetic elements of other European palaces. The High King had a massive feast prepared for later in the evening, and servants were serving snack foods and expensive wine to guests. Both the Throne room and Ball Room were decorated specifically for the occasion. Now, the High King awaits as he sees the first guests arrive...... |

Lux Lumen wrote:[pre]The Palace Party

Part 1 | 1863 CE [/pre]

[sub]Palace of Scandinavia[/sub]

| The Palace of Scandinavia was recently completed. Due to this, an invite was sent out to world leaders and persons of great importance around the world, though the High King knew that it was unlikely that many outside of Europe would attend. The High King recently received word that the naval ships commissioned years ago have also been completed, as were the other military projects. The industrialization was succeeding, as factories sprung up everywhere they could, especially as the railway network that was recently completed made the transportation of industrial goods, people, and materials vastly more easy than before. The Danish Line wall and forts were set to be completed by January of 1864. The entryway to the palace grounds was a massive garden, with hedges, large water fountains, and many wide-open spaces. He awaited the guests at the Entrance Hall of the palace, where guests were being dropped off by carriages. The palace, reminiscent of Scandinavia design, also shared design, structural, and aesthetic elements of other European palaces. The High King had a massive feast prepared for later in the evening, and servants were serving snack foods and expensive wine to guests. Both the Throne room and Ball Room were decorated specifically for the occasion. Now, the High King awaits as he sees the first guests arrive...... |

One of the first guests Slowely came near the entrance his carriage drawn by 4 beautiful and strong horses. It was Franz Joseph and this time only him as his wife went back to her places in Greece. The carriage stopped before the entrance and Franz Joseph stepped out of his carriage. Wearing a military uniform with many medals he earned. Greeted tk

Lux Lumen wrote:[pre]The Palace Party

Part 1 | 1863 CE [/pre]

[sub]Palace of Scandinavia[/sub]

| The Palace of Scandinavia was recently completed. Due to this, an invite was sent out to world leaders and persons of great importance around the world, though the High King knew that it was unlikely that many outside of Europe would attend. The High King recently received word that the naval ships commissioned years ago have also been completed, as were the other military projects. The industrialization was succeeding, as factories sprung up everywhere they could, especially as the railway network that was recently completed made the transportation of industrial goods, people, and materials vastly more easy than before. The Danish Line wall and forts were set to be completed by January of 1864. The entryway to the palace grounds was a massive garden, with hedges, large water fountains, and many wide-open spaces. He awaited the guests at the Entrance Hall of the palace, where guests were being dropped off by carriages. The palace, reminiscent of Scandinavia design, also shared design, structural, and aesthetic elements of other European palaces. The High King had a massive feast prepared for later in the evening, and servants were serving snack foods and expensive wine to guests. Both the Throne room and Ball Room were decorated specifically for the occasion. Now, the High King awaits as he sees the first guests arrive...... |

One of the first guests Slowely came near the entrance his carriage drawn by 4 beautiful and strong horses. It was Franz Joseph and this time only him as his wife went back to her places in Greece. The carriage stopped before the entrance and Franz Joseph stepped out of his carriage. Wearing a military uniform with many medals he earned. Going through the garden before the entrance he was impressed by what the Scandinavian nation achieved in such a short time. Finnaly standing before the King he greets him with a tip with his hat.

The Reunified German Reich wrote:One of the first guests Slowely came near the entrance his carriage drawn by 4 beautiful and strong horses. It was Franz Joseph and this time only him as his wife went back to her places in Greece. The carriage stopped before the entrance and Franz Joseph stepped out of his carriage. Wearing a military uniform with many medals he earned. Greeted tk

High King Christian IX of Scandinavia welcomed Franz Joseph. The High King greeted Franz and asked, "What do you think about my palace? The reset of the government district is still being built, but the Palace itself is beautiful, isn't it?"

Lux Lumen wrote:High King Christian IX of Scandinavia welcomed Franz Joseph. The High King greeted Franz and asked, "What do you think about my palace? The reset of the government district is still being built, but the Palace itself is beautiful, isn't it?"

Franz Joseph looked back to the water fountains and above to the building saying

"yes quite beautiful im impressed at how fast this structure was build. I was more impressed that the brothers of Scandinavia actually were able to unite quite impressive I need to say but this wasn't the most unexpected thing happening in my life as you should know Hahaha"

The Reunified German Reich wrote:Franz Joseph looked back to the water fountains and above to the building saying

"yes quite beautiful I am impressed at how fast this structure was build. I was more impressed that the brothers of Scandinavia actually were able to unite quite impressive I need to say but this wasn't the most unexpected thing happening in my life as you should know Hahaha"

"Yes, it is impressive. The United Kingdoms of Scandinavia is a wonderful nation, good weather, good industry, and a newly strong military. This comes not without its issues. In addition to my title of High King, I also hold the title of Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, though I am having trouble trying to get one of my family members to get the Dutchy title, as I should not hold any title other than that of High King in order to ensure no favoritism occurs. The matter is currently in the Scandinavian Supreme Court and the issue should be decided by the end of this year. I may just pass it to my son Fredrick VIII of Denmark. He is my eldest son and will inherit the title of High King when I die, but he could easily hold it for Prince Valdemar, who is too young right now to held such a position."

Lux Lumen wrote:"Yes, it is impressive. The United Kingdoms of Scandinavia is a wonderful nation, good weather, good industry, and a newly strong military. This comes not without its issues. In addition to my title of High King, I also hold the title of Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, though I am having trouble trying to get one of my family members to get the Dutchy title, as I should not hold any title other than that of High King in order to ensure no favoritism occurs. The matter is currently in the Scandinavian Supreme Court and the issue should be decided by the end of this year. I may just pass it to my son Fredrick VIII of Denmark. He is my eldest son and will inherit the title of High King when I die, but he could easily hold it for Prince Valdemar, who is too young right now to held such a position."

Franz looked at the Emperor a bit surprised but a smile curling up on his lips

"Already such themes and you haven't even invited me hahaha quite bold to do but yes the Scandinavian empire seems like another player in the concert of Europe with all of those projects it has been keeping but how about you invite me into your Palace first before the talk drags on and we both stand in the cold talking about something like the status of schleswig holstein

Batallon De Dignidad

The Reunified German Reich wrote:Franz looked at the Emperor a bit surprised but a smile curling up on his lips

"Already such themes and you haven't even invited me hahaha quite bold to do but yes the Scandinavian empire seems like another player in the concert of Europe with all of those projects it has been keeping but how about you invite me into your Palace first before the talk drags on and we both stand in the cold talking about something like the status of schleswig holstein

"Oh, yes, come on in. Follow me to my office."

He then leads Franz to the top of the Grand Staircase. The High King had the guards open the massive throne room doors and walled all the way to the other side of the room, containing large vaulted ceilings, large pillars of granite, and massive windows. The Throne room was so large that it looks like it was made for giants. He then lead Franz up a staircase behind the throne diaz and into the Royal Office, a circular room made of marble and granite with intricate bronze, silver, and gold designs, all throughout the room. The High king sits down at the large desk in the far side of the room and invites Franz to sit down. The guards closed the doors into the Royal Office to give them privacy.

Batallon De Dignidad

[list]RED HORIZONS: THE GENERALISSIMO’S DEATH[/list]

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[pre]11 MAY 2010

(Gregorian)

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[list]OLD PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, CENTRAL STATE COMPLEX, EL PASO, EL PASO FEDERAL CITY, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF AZTLÁN[/list]

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| The collapse of the United States had opened the door for the creation of Aztlán, the preeminent Soviet ally in North America. The proliferation of ethnic nationalism particularly among neo-Confederates and African-American separatists had resulted in the secession of many Mexican-majority border counties during the 1980s American collapse. Sponsored with Soviet arms and financial support, and enamoured with the demonstrated superiority of the OGAS-planned economy, the PR Aztlán was formed largely by left-wing Mexican-American military veterans. The Aztlán Liberation Army was formed from a core cell of Vietnam veterans headed by GySgt. Pablo Antonio Herrera, and expanded rapidly through its ties to the La Raza, Raza Unida, and United Farm Workers of America. Hundreds of counties declared independence from the newly independent US states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, acceding to the People’s Republic of Aztlán. During the course of the conflicts with California and Texas (1985 - 1995), the PR Aztlán came increasingly under the control of Pablo Antonio Herrera who was proclaimed "Generalissimo of the People’s Revolutionary Army" by the Supreme People’s Senate. By 1995, Aztlán was cemented under the firm control of the Aztleño People’s Revolutionary Army headed by Generalissimo Herrera. Herrera ruled the country in conjunction with the Revolutionary Defence Council, a council composed of the APRA’s high command which helped to administer the country.

Inspired by the triumphant communist bloc, the RDC set out to replicate the Soviet-Chinese political model within Aztlán. The military formed the Aztleño Party of Socialist Liberation, and the members of the RDC took positions within the PSL’s politburo. Herrera, the most influential of them all, was named First Secretary of the party’s Central Committee. In line with the totalistic nature of the communist governments in the Warsaw Pact — the PSL formed youth, labor, womens, and veterans wings to engage key sections of domestic support. The Aztleño Free Federation of Trade Unions is formed to unify industrial workers, agricultural workers, skilled laborers, "creatives", academics, scientists, and others under the vanguard leadership of the PSL. The Socialist Youth League is formed as a young pioneers-style movement to promote youth wellness and discipline, absorbing the various boys and girls scouting organizations and de-facto mandating youth membership in the organization. A new national legislature is formed, the unicameral Supreme Peoples Senate, and subsequently several other parties were formed or taken over by the PSL and became controlled opposition. Show elections were held in 1996 and the PSL won a supermajority, it was supported in the Supreme Peoples Senate by the Aztleño Free Federation of Trade Unions, the Raza Unida Party, the Communist Party, Democratic Socialists of America, New Democratic Party. Together they formed the Popular Patriotic Pole, a left-wing popular front used to place all legitimate political activity under the influence of the PSL. The PSL was constitutionally recognised as the people’s vanguard party, and guaranteed 60% of Senate seats regardless of electoral results. Due to the Marxist-Leninist policy of democratic centralism, all decisions made by the politburo were de-facto enforced at all levels of the party in order to avoid factionalism. In accordance with the policy of vanguardism, the PSL is structured as an selective organization of studied and politically loyal revolutionaries. This in effect excluded Anglo-Americans, viewed with extreme suspicion by the PSL’s mostly Chicano, Tejano, and Mexican-American party elite, from most positions of political leadership except at the municipal levels. Natives Americans, who inhabited much of north Arizona and New Mexico, were provided their own socialist satellite state: "the Navajo Democratic Peoples Republic". All broadcast media is placed under the ownership of the Central Television and Radio Authority and supervised by the State Security Service’s 3rd Directory. All print media is placed under the ownership of the Party of Socialist Liberation, with all party or state organs such as the publishing newspapers of their own.

Several organs of state power were created in order to support the repression of counterrevolutionary forces: the Guardia Popular / People’s Guard, the Servicio de Seguridad del Estado / State Security Service, Oficina de Inteligencia Extranjera / Foreign Intelligence Office, and Brigadas Patrióticas / Patriotic Brigades. The Peoples Guard hold civil policing and customs enforcement duties in Aztlan, the State Security Service performed internal security and secret police functions alongside foreign intelligence operations, the Foreign Intelligence Office was a department of the APRA dedicated to foreign intelligence operations and gathering, and the Patriotic Brigades were a reservist force and auxiliary gendarmerie which assisted both the Peoples Guard and State Security Service. The State Security Service and Foreign Intelligence Office both act to support Aztlán’s aggressive left-wing foreign policy: supporting It’s satellite states of Puerto Rico, New Mexico - Arizona, South Florida, Cascadia, and left-wing or separatist militias in the Confederate States, Deseret, the Virginias, and Texas. In allied nations, the intelligence services are mostly concerned with supporting allied governments against opposition movements and foreign governments. This was most pronounced in South Florida, which has been de-facto annexed by Aztlan despite not adhering to a socialist economy. The SSS and FIO collaborated with domestic security forces to repress counterrevolutionaries, train the domestic security apparatus, collaborate on intelligence gathering, and perform counterespionage operations. In opposing nations, Aztlan’s intelligence services collaborated with other Caracas Group or Warsaw Pact agencies to provide military, intelligence, economic, and diplomatic support to revolutionary and/or agitational forces. This took the form of assassinations, extraterritorial military operations, supply of arms and provision of military training camps, alongside heavy propaganda and disinformation campaigns in opposition to the governments of Aztlan’s enemies. The Peoples Guard, State Security Service, and Patriotic Brigades served in the repression of counterrevolutionary forces at home. All international communications and transactions are monitored by the SSS, the national borders are closed and patrolled by the Peoples Guard and Patriotic Brigades, passport controls are implemented in order to restrict skilled labor exodus, domestic surveillance is extensive and all encompassing of dissenters. Despite an initial period of revolutionary terror between 1985 and 1995, today most dissent is punished with forced labor in Aztlan’s expansive desert-based "Community Labor Centers".

The country had been devastated by conflict and particularly in front line areas in former Texas and California. Aided by the technological base developed during the United States, the PR Aztlan is able to rapidly implement an OGAS-style digitally planned economy. Following the viable-system model implemented in the Soviet Union, individual logistical networks once used by competing corporations are consolidated and the economy is reorganized on the basis of organizational cybernetics. The era preceding the collapse of the United States had been a period of collaboration between capital and the state, and seen the rise of major titans of industry in virtually all sectors of the modern economy. This robust economic base, despite the war’s devastating effects, was able to be mobilized for the purpose of national rebuilding. Through a series of 5-year plans, the country has been able to return to the standard of development enjoyed just before American disintegration. Alongside this, they have achieved a number of progressive feats thought previously impossible under American capitalism. Universal healthcare, universal education, the elimination of homelessness and rural poverty, rent and utilities controls, and an end to unemployment. Massive titans of industry are nationalized and unionized: AT&T, Valero, Tesoro, McDonalds, Walmart, Target, Yum! Brands, thousands of large scale farms, the Disney Company, Ingram, Intel, and many other major companies had their assets seized by the proletarian forces. Despite lagging behind the North American Union and Cascadia in human development and GDP per capita, Aztlán has rebuilt into a robust industrial and digital economy.

This legacy of national reconstruction and rebirth which occurred in the post-American era, had become indistinguishable from the legacy of the Generalissimo Pablo Herrera. His victory against the "Anglo-American settler states of Texas and California", his leading role in the creation of Aztlán, his defense of Puerto Rico and South Florida, the formation of the Caracas Group which has turned Aztlan into a regional leader in Latin America, and many other achievements form the bedrock of a personality cult dedicated to the generalissimo. Unlike other communist strongmen, such as Stalin or Kim il-Sung, Herrera’s personality was forced to contend with the legacy of democratic institutions. He occupied the offices of General Secretary of the Party of Socialist Liberation, Generalissimo of Aztleño Peoples Revolutionary Army, and Chairman of the Revolutionary Defence Council. In this regard he held incredible m power over the political system, however the creation of other executive positions such as: President of the Presidium of the Supreme Peoples Senate, President the Executive Council, and the Secretaries of Interior and Defense who also held considerable power. "The Eight Generals", the name given collectively to the sitting members of the Revolutionary Defense Council, were also considerable influential in their own right even when occupying no other government office. Herrera in many ways embodied the several factions that had emerged within the party system under his rule. Bureaucrats, securocrats, stratocrats, and technocrats all had emerged during the last quarter century. The military faction (stratocrats), were concerned with the reunification by force of all of Mexico’s former American territory and the repression of all forces counter to those ends. They valued increased military spending and pushed for a total mobilization of the society to destroy the settler states of Texas, California, and Deseret and annex their territory. The securocrats represented the State Security Service, Foreign Intelligence Office, and upper echelons of the Peoples Guard and Patriotic Brigades. They were primarily concerned with the internal stability of the regime and combatting dissent or otherwise counterrevolutionary activity. The bureaucrats were a largely neutral faction composed of the upper echelons of the party cadres, trade union leaders, youth organisers. They were concerned with the stability of the regime and maintaining their positions of leadership over civil society as a whole. The technocrats represented the interests of industry, the great masses of laborers who were employed in the digital economic planning network called "SInCo". Hundreds of thousands of computer scientists, data analysts, mathematicians, software engineers, cyber security engineers, and countless other careers were linked with the process of digital economic planning. The entire economy was reliant upon them, and the issues of chronic shortage that once plagued state socialism had been overcome through OGAS-style digital planning.

But after twenty five years at the helm of Aztlán, the generalissimo finally ceased to be the glue which had held his nation together. At sixty-four years of age, his death struck as a surprise. A brain aneurysm had killed Herrera while he slept in his executive apartment at the Central State Complex. Completed in 2003, the compound was composed of several buildings including: the Old Presidential Palace (gifted to Herrera as a private residence), the Supreme Peoples Senate building, the Socialist Party Congressional Hall, the New Presidential Palace, and Executive Ministries. It functioned as an imperial court in which all those vying for power orbited under the auspices of their dear leader. Known abroad as "the Hangman of Hollywood" for his indiscriminate shelling of Downtown LA and North Hollywood, Herrera’s death came as rather anti-climactic given his history. Despite the anticlimax that was his death, the aftermath of his death would result in the climax of the North American conflict. |[/list]

[pre]This RP is for Jon and I’s Red Horizons world[/pre]

Otsla

Lux Lumen wrote:"Oh, yes, come on in. Follow me to my office."

He then leads Franz to the top of the Grand Staircase. The High King had the guards open the massive throne room doors and walled all the way to the other side of the room, containing large vaulted ceilings, large pillars of granite, and massive windows. The Throne room was so large that it looks like it was made for giants. He then lead Franz up a staircase behind the throne diaz and into the Royal Office, a circular room made of marble and granite with intricate bronze, silver, and gold designs, all throughout the room. The High king sits down at the large desk in the far side of the room and invites Franz to sit down. The guards closed the doors into the Royal Office to give them privacy.

Franz Joseph looked at the room saying nothing he sat down looking at the man sitting before him he plays with his beard and says

"Schleswig holstein is already on the table of debate before the other guests arrive?! And then a talk with me only and now even the prussian King or his diplomats why I must ask!" he looked at the man before him lightly Infuriazed that the party hasn't even started and already such themes between the state leaders were discussed but a bit of him was interested seeing that the Scandinavian King was talking about this theme the second he arrived.

Batallon De Dignidad

The Reunified German Reich wrote:Franz Joseph looked at the room saying nothing he sat down looking at the man sitting before him he plays with his beard and says

"Schleswig holstein is already on the table of debate before the other guests arrive?! And then a talk with me only and now even the prussian King or his diplomats why I must ask!" he looked at the man before him lightly Infuriazed that the party hasn't even started and already such themes between the state leaders were discussed but a bit of him was interested seeing that the Scandinavian King was talking about this theme the second he arrived.

"Apparently, the Storting got word of it. Apparently, according to them, it counts as Danish territory and thus a Danish title. I can not hold titles other than the High King title. Literally an hour ago, the Storting dedicated the entirety of the day's session to it. It was tiring. After that London Protocol of 1852 that was signed at the end of the First Schleswig War, that Denmark won, we got the Dutchy of Schleswig confirmed to be under the last Danish king, but also the duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg. Needless to say, the Germans in the duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg want to be German, the Prussians want all three areas, and the treaty says we treat the duchies as one entity. Now, the Legislature decided to induct new members from those areas into the House of Lords and the Storting. It is clear that Prussia is still trying to get their hands on the region, as 'theirs'. At least we will be ready if the Prussians do attack. Sorry about this rant, the Storting called the meeting t the last minute and took all night, so there was no way to avoid the topic. That on top of the fact, that the only real options to inherit the dutchy are either underaged or already off in another country."

"Anyways, this party makes one thing easier. I was planning on contacting the Austrian government but the party presented the best opportunity, as it will take time for other guests to arrive. I would like to propose a treaty of sorts. I propose that if Prussia were to invade or otherwise go to war against Scandinavia over the Schleswig-Holstein status, Austria attack Prussia. I know that Prussia and Austria typically do not get along and that the last time you two even cooperated was during the Napoleonic Wars. This 'treaty' would allow some pressure to be taken off of Scandinavia and would allow Austria's position in Europe to strengthen while Prussia's is lessened. A weaker Prussia would be best for both our nations and for Europe as a whole."

Lux Lumen wrote:"Apparently, the Storting got word of it. Apparently, according to them, it counts as Danish territory and thus a Danish title. I can not hold titles other than the High King title. Literally an hour ago, the Storting dedicated the entirety of the day's session to it. It was tiring. After that London Protocol of 1852 that was signed at the end of the First Schleswig War, that Denmark won, we got the Dutchy of Schleswig confirmed to be under the last Danish king, but also the duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg. Needless to say, the Germans in the duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg want to be German, the Prussians want all three areas, and the treaty says we treat the duchies as one entity. Now, the Legislature decided to induct new members from those areas into the House of Lords and the Storting. It is clear that Prussia is still trying to get their hands on the region, as 'theirs'. At least we will be ready if the Prussians do attack. Sorry about this rant, the Storting called the meeting t the last minute and took all night, so there was no way to avoid the topic. That on top of the fact, that the only real options to inherit the dutchy are either underaged or already off in another country."

"Anyways, this party makes one thing easier. I was planning on contacting the Austrian government but the party presented the best opportunity, as it will take time for other guests to arrive. I would like to propose a treaty of sorts. I propose that if Prussia were to invade or otherwise go to war against Scandinavia over the Schleswig-Holstein status, Austria attack Prussia. I know that Prussia and Austria typically do not get along and that the last time you two even cooperated was during the Napoleonic Wars. This 'treaty' would allow some pressure to be taken off of Scandinavia and would allow Austria's position in Europe to strengthen while Prussia's is lessened. A weaker Prussia would be best for both our nations and for Europe as a whole."

"An invasion of Prussia the Nation that was hatched from a canonball!? And then such a plan so open and direct!!!" The Austrian Emperor took a pause to rethink while a war with prussia could heavily shatter the new peace in the kingdom it could also strenghten austria in these times were europe seems to slowly lose its caution of wars. but Franz joseph couldnt say yes to a plan laid out to him in such a brash manner.

and so he simply stated that if war happend that a neutral stanz would be ensured for the first few months.

"And Now with that bitter taste in my mouth that you so kindly put into my mouth i shall see if the other guests have arrived"

And he walked out.

The Reunified German Reich wrote:"An invasion of Prussia the Nation that was hatched from a canonball!? And then such a plan so open and direct!!!" The Austrian Emperor took a pause to rethink while a war with prussia could heavily shatter the new peace in the kingdom it could also strenghten austria in these times were europe seems to slowly lose its caution of wars. but Franz joseph couldnt say yes to a plan laid out to him in such a brash manner.

and so he simply stated that if war happend that a neutral stanz would be ensured for the first few months.

"And Now with that bitter taste in my mouth that you so kindly put into my mouth i shall see if the other guests have arrived"

And he walked out.

As the Austrian left, the High King shrugged. Perhaps he was a bit too straight forward and direct about his plans to the leader of Austria. 'Oh, well,' he thought, 'as long as any potential war started by Prussia does not get too bloody, the Austrians do not need to aid, just merely, not join Prussia.'

He walked back into the Entrance Hall and began greeting other guests who were arriving for the party.

Indril

[pre]The Palace Party

The Tour | 1863 CE [/pre]

[sub]Palace of Scandinavia[/sub]

| The Party included a tour of the new palace. The High King lead the guests throughout the palace. Throughout the palace were long, vaulted walls. Many different rooms on the designated 'living area' of the palace. The first room accessed with in the Sigurd Wing of the palace, just north of the entrance hall. This room was filled with busts and statues of the former kings of Scandinavia, dating back more than 800 years. The room took up the entirety of Sigurd Wing's first floor, the floor above being supported by polished granite pillars. Going through the building's wings in a counter-clockwise manner, the next room encountered was the Grand Study Hall of Charles Wing, filled with lounge chairs, reading tables, desks, and tall bookshelves. Moving onto the next room in the same wing was the Hall of Mirrors, a room that contained a massive mirror along the innermost wall and on the floor. In the center of the room was seating, set around a small table. Next was the Game Room of Fredrick Wing, containing glass gun cases for hunting, many animal heads on the walls, several billiards tables, and some other chairs and tables for various uses. The next room in the same wing was a large armory with medieval style suits of armor on armor stands, many weapons racks for holding various Scandinavian weapons from different eras, mostly replicas, and a number of gun racks with ammunition within the cabinets within the same room. The West Wing contained elegant and styled rooms, as the main living areas of the royals. The West Wing had many fireplaces and luxuries that rarely occurred elsewhere in the place. Next was the Christian Wing, containing a number of administrative offices, though the offices themselves were not entered. Next was the Oscar wing, containing the Hall of Paintings, which has paintings all along the walls. The last wing along the outside perimeter of the palace was the Haakon Wing, containing a dinning area and a small kitchen, though thye were obviously designed for small groups of persons, likely as a breakfast room. Next, everyone was shown the massive throne room, with its massive windows and pillars. Then, taking a shortcut through the Royal Office, the Great Hall, to the north, wass just as massive and imposing as the Throne Room, whereas, the room was obviously meant as the main room for meals and for balls. Next, going through the door to the south of the Royal Office, a museum was shown, as well as the pool room right below the museum. The building overall was designed to look elegant and imposing on both the inside and outside of the palace. It was obvious to those in attendance that the palace was expensive to build and furnish and the wide-spread use of gold, silver, and bronze was evident throughout the palace. The guests were then shown back to the Great Hall, where the rest of the party was being held, including the party meals. |

Val Verde-, Otsla, Indril

Balkan Campaign

1863-1864 Ottoman Rumelia

|The destruction of the Conservative faction freed Ottoman forces to deal with the other collapsing parts of the Empire. Mainly, the Balkans, and Egypt. Montenegrin, Bulgarian and Greek nationalists had taken control over vast swaths of Ottoman territory with only garrisons barely holding defensive lines. Halil Rifat had been named Commander of the Balkans Front. He was given 60,000 soldiers, as well as command of whatever military force was left of the various Balkan Garrisons.

| The first problem spot was Bulgaria. For many years the Bulgarian people had labored under Ottoman rule, watching as neighboring ethnic groups achieved their own semi and in some cases full independence from the Ottoman Empire. Bulgarian nationalists seized Sofia and invited noble Alexander of Hesse to be crowned Alexander I King of Bulgaria. 75,000 Bulgarian soldiers and Russian “volunteers” would sweep through northern Bulgaria, including Silistria. Ottoman forces would first clash with Bulgarian forces at the Battle of Shipka Pass in which 5,000 Ottoman soldiers would hold off nearly 40,000 Bulgarian soldiers, before the arrival of Ottoman reinforcements who would drive the Bulgarians back inflicting 500 casualties upon the Bulgarian army in a crushing defeat. A month later a second battle would take place. Russian donated Bulgarian artillery would bombard the hill, with Bulgarian soldiers reaching the Ottoman trenches late into the day, Bulgarian soldiers took the central hill but arriving reinforcements would force the Bulgarians from the central hill ending the second battle. The final battle of Shipka would take place a month later, Bulgarian forces would once again find themselves attacking Ottoman trenches, this time however, Ottoman reinforcements swung around the Bulgarian lines, killing and capturing 10,000 soldiers. The Ottoman soldiers would finally fall back from the pass having inflicted massive casualties on Bulgaria. The Ottomans would then move north resupplied aiming for the Town of Plevna. The long siege drew immense Ottoman forces from attacking Sofie, and even when the city fell after 8 months the Ottomans had wasted too much time.

|Bulgaria would launch a counter attack, in cooperation with Montenegro, and Greece, this all around push would draw Ottoman soldiers away from Bulgaria to instead defend Greece and Montenegro. The Ottoman Army would face the Bulgarian army a final time at the Battle of Adrianople, the Battle would be brutal with 20,000 Ottoman soldiers holding against an attack of 35,000 Bulgarians, in a long back in force battle, lasting for a total of 6 days both sides exhausted themselves. Bulgarian generals would meet with Ottoman officials under the pressure of Russia and other great powers and sign the Peace of Adrianople giving Bulgarian it's independence and a demilitarized zone along with Bulgarian Thrace.

|While the Bulgarian front raged on two minor fronts exploded in the other areas of the Balkans. The Greek Army under the command of General Konstantinos Sapountzakis floundered against the Ottoman lines. Hopes for inspiring a mass revolt in the Greek populace failed as Ottoman victories at the Battle of Larissa and Trynavos. While the Greek army would check and halt the Ottoman advance the morale damage had already been done. Ottoman soldiers would continue to batter the Greek army forcing a general withdrawal to Thermopalye where the Greeks were ordered to make a final stand. Ottoman forces crashed against the Greek line, but found themselves unable to break it, Greek reinforcements, and Bulgarian advances in the North forced a general Ottoman retreat. Greek soldiers took Larissa and the two sides met to sign a peace treaty. Greece would gain border territories in Larissa and Thessaly but its army had been thoroughly defeated and national morale sank to an all-time low.

|The Montenegrin front consisted of a minor advance and battle over Kolašin which the Montenegrin army fought for valiantly. The Prince of Montenegro Nikola declared himself Nikola I King of Montenegro. The Ottoman army would fall back from the region and sign a peace treaty granting Montenegro central and southern Montenegro.

|While the fighting had been brutal and the Ottomans had lost territory the overall war went better for the Ottomans than expected. Reorganization and training by European generals and uniform reform helped establish a more modern and centralized fighting force. Many experts predicted if the Ottomans hadn't been spread along multiple fronts they may have very well crushed the Balkan armies and entrenched Ottoman control over the region. Only one front remained to fight and now it would have Ottoman reinforcements from the West.

Otsla, Indril

[pre]Annexation of Dutchies

Fall 1863 - January 1864 | 1863 - 1864 CE [/pre]

[sub]Schleswig[/sub]

| In October of 1863, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia, the Storting, and the House of Lords have all agreed that as set of dutchies under Danish jurisdiction, the annexation of Denmark into the new United Kingdoms of Scanidnavia also annexed the dutchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg. They also agreed that since those dutchies were not specified as sperate entities in the annexation and signing, that they are officilly absorbed into the Kingdom of Denmark. The government, especially the Supreme Court apologized to the various parties with interest in the matter, as due to the founding being not long prior, determining the status of Danish dutchies was not high on the list of priorities. In order to ensure a smooth transition, the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia sent a Division of soldiers and artillery to Schleswig, the 'capital' of the combined dutchies. The dutchies then held elections for the new seats in the Storting. Several new laws were passed by the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia that were designe to remove the German identity from Germans in the dutchies over several generations. Of which, the German language was not to be taught (especially in schools), especially as Denmark was taking great care to remove and replace all signage that were in German with Danish ones. Schools were teaching Danish nationalist ideals, of course, schooling was now mandatory in Denmark, a feat currently in discussion for Scandinavia-wide implementation. Denmark portrayed the move as liberating and unifying for the people of those dutchies. Denmark declared it a Danish holiday as the "Day of the Unification of Schleswig-Holstein with Denmark". Of course, one of the earliest actions after the 'unification' was to remove Germanic law and influence in the government, a well as severing all official ties the dutchies have with the German Confederation, as foreign affairs could only be performed by the Scandinavian government, itself, not individual dutchies or Kingdoms. In addition, Denmark granted the current Church lands of the Protestant churches to the Church of Denmark. By early 1864, all Churches nd public centers were to only conduct services in the Danish language, and use Danish formats for all operations and procedures. Of course, due to the Danishization of the non-Danish parts of the dutchies, the government was regulating and controlling entry and exit from the dutchies, under economic stability policies and national security policies. Many Danish companies began setting of storefronts and industrial factories in the dutchies. These factories and businesses required proficiency in the Danish language in order to work, just as domestic businesses and factories in the dutchies were being bought out by the new businesses and factories by Danish ones. |

Otsla, Indril

Lux Lumen wrote:[pre]Annexation of Dutchies

Fall 1863 - January 1864 | 1863 - 1864 CE [/pre]

[sub]Schleswig[/sub]

| . |

The austria King Franz Joseph was furious how dared they to annex schleswig and holstein not wanting to interfere in the war that was sure to come was a mistake. Austria itself saw this as surpression of german spirit and freedom and liberals as well as conservatives called for war after such action and soon the austrian army would mobilise and also the slavic army the hungariens refused such demands but the Austrians government attention wasn't against hungariens but against the Scandinavians for now it was nothing to talk about. The austrian army was Slowely mobilising 60k and the slavik kingdom 10k while these slow mobilisations wouldn't be ready until the next months an army of

30k was already ready to fight. Not only that the prussians also already mobilising would so join the war on the side of austria

The schleswig holstein question will finally be questioned right.

Ofcourse many preparations would need to happen but in the next month both austria and prussia would mobilise as many troops as possible for this war and would surely make wrongs right again.

Indril

[pre]The Eve of the War

January | 1864 CE [/pre]

[sub]Prussia: Berlin[/sub]

| The Prussian government was enraged by the Danish annexation of Schleswig-Holstein. Prussia viewed the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein as German and the annexation of then enraged the Prussians, even if the duchies were admittedly under the direct rule of the King of Denmark, who held the titles of the duchies. Prussia wanted war, but the German Confederation absolutely refused to support a war against Scandinavia. In mid-January of 1864, Bismarck sent an ultimatum to the High-King of Scandinavia, requesting that the annexation be reversed or war would be declared. Prussia began mobilizing 50,000 soldiers and 150 Artillery, but readying another 30,000 soldiers as reinforcements. Next month, if the ultimatum was ignored, Prussia would invade Denmark. |

[sub]Scandinavia: Schleswig[/sub]

| The Scandinavian government took the ultimatum as a joke, literally laughing at the request. However, due to the now real threat of Prussian invasion, Sweden sent a division of soldiers to the Danevirke, and Denmark reallocated two divisions of soldiers to the Danevirke. The Danevirke became heavily fortified over the course of the month, as artillery was set up along the wall and other preparations were made. The Danish forces were able to rebuff several attempts during this month to take Holstein by various rebel forces. Scandinavia knew that Prussia was very likely to be good on its threat to invade, aand rushed to make further preparations. Troops in Sweden and Norway were ordered to be ready, in case they needed to head into Denmark to reinforce the forces already there. It was luck that the rail gauge difference between the German Confederation and Denmark were not compatible, so Prussia would not be able to send its forces by rail into Denmark. Scandinavia now awaits for the situation to develop, as Denmark readies its defenses. |

Indril

It's a long way to Kiel

The army is ready and Franz Joseph is leading its core 80 thouand troops would soon march into schleswig. Its March began and would take a long time Slowely going through the German states. But franz joseph knew that such a thing couldn't be won alone against schleswig outnumbering the enemy is good but nothing could beat prussian fines and so Franz joseph wanted the to army to meet in Berlin and Co operate on the invasion. Such an offer was given to bismark and the army wich was still gathering and was made up by 3 cores of 20k 30k and another 30 thousand men. The austrian prime minister has agreed to take sides with prussia and has said that war would be declared if the ultimatum Would be ignored no german state would be left alone under Danish heel he said.

The Scandinavian cannot stall cannot defend and cannot win against prussian finnes and austrian numbers.

Indril

The Reunified German Reich wrote:It's a long way to Kiel

The army is ready and Franz Joseph is leading its core 80 thouand troops would soon march into schleswig. Its March began and would take a long time Slowely going through the German states. But franz joseph knew that such a thing couldn't be won alone against schleswig outnumbering the enemy is good but nothing could beat prussian fines and so Franz joseph wanted the to army to meet in Berlin and Co operate on the invasion. Such an offer was given to bismark and the army wich was still gathering and was made up by 3 cores of 20k 30k and another 30 thousand men. The austrian prime minister has agreed to take sides with prussia and has said that war would be declared if the ultimatum Would be ignored no german state would be left alone under Danish heel he said.

The Scandinavian cannot stall cannot defend and cannot win against prussian finnes and austrian numbers.

Prussia:

Bismarck agreed to cooperation with the Austrians, and invited the Austrian army to meet in Berlin to coordinate the joint invasion of Denmark. Prussia had 48 battalions ready for the invasion and another 28 battalions prepared for reinforcements. He also invited the Austrian generals to a strategy meeting in order to plan the invasion out so that both armies are spatially ware of the others. The plan he desired was to invade Holstein through both Hamburg and Lubeck, but he also wanted the Austrians to have input on the plan as well.

Indril

Lux Lumen wrote:Prussia:

Bismarck agreed to cooperation with the Austrians, and invited the Austrian army to meet in Berlin to coordinate the joint invasion of Denmark. Prussia had 48 battalions ready for the invasion and another 28 battalions prepared for reinforcements. He also invited the Austrian generals to a strategy meeting in order to plan the invasion out so that both armies are spatially ware of the others. The plan he desired was to invade Holstein through both Hamburg and Lubeck, but he also wanted the Austrians to have input on the plan as well.

The austrian side thought that through numbers schleswig should be specifically invaded through every points by prussia but austria would attack and support prussia in an all-out offensive fromh every direction through austrian numbers but franz knew that wouldn't work the austrian army he said would support prussian finnes with the numbers it needs and would surely help with the cavalry and artillery the prussians need. The two army's of 30k and 20k would support prussia on those invasions while the rest of the 30k army would be lead by franz himself directly into schleswig holstein to support thr other two invasions

Indril

The Reunified German Reich wrote:The austrian side thought that through numbers schleswig should be specifically invaded through every points by prussia but austria would attack and support prussia in an all-out offensive fromh every direction through austrian numbers but franz knew that wouldn't work the austrian army he said would support prussian finnes with the numbers it needs and would surely help with the cavalry and artillery the prussians need. The two army's of 30k and 20k would support prussia on those invasions while the rest of the 30k army would be lead by franz himself directly into schleswig holstein to support thr other two invasions

Prussia:

The Prussian forces and the Austrians eventually agreed on a war plan and began moving troops to Lubeck. The Prussian army used the German railway lines to reach the border between Lubeck and Holstein. Prussia then began the final preparations, as the troops were organized into live large columns for easier movement towards Kiel, which the Prussians were planning to use for supply lines and logistics, as the Prussians could not otherwise rely on railway lines for logistics in this war. The units were soon organized and Prussia began its advance into Holstein, towards Kiel. The march was expected to last two weeks before they could secure Kiel.

Scandinavia

Once the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia received word that the Prussian armies crossed the border into Holstein, the Scandinavian Navy called for and began a blockade of Schleswig-Holstein to keep Prussian naval ships from the area. The Danish Army called for the division in Schleswig not on the Danevirke to watch the Eider river and begin guerilla tactics and warfare against the enemy forces once the river is crossed.

Indril

Lux Lumen wrote:Prussia:

The Prussian forces and the Austrians eventually agreed on a war plan and began moving troops to Lubeck. The Prussian army used the German railway lines to reach the border between Lubeck and Holstein. Prussia then began the final preparations, as the troops were organized into live large columns for easier movement towards Kiel, which the Prussians were planning to use for supply lines and logistics, as the Prussians could not otherwise rely on railway lines for logistics in this war. The units were soon organized and Prussia began its advance into Holstein, towards Kiel. The march was expected to last two weeks before they could secure Kiel.

Scandinavia

Once the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia received word that the Prussian armies crossed the border into Holstein, the Scandinavian Navy called for and began a blockade of Schleswig-Holstein to keep Prussian naval ships from the area. The Danish Army called for the division in Schleswig not on the Danevirke to watch the Eider river and begin guerilla tactics and warfare against the enemy forces once the river is crossed.

The austrian army wich pledged support to the prussians used their numbers to win small battles against isolated small army wich didn't receive notice of the crossing but the fighting Slowely stopped as finnaly the austrian side to the right enclosed in the first defensiv wall wich should easily falter under such numbers and fines

The Reunified German Reich wrote:The austrian army wich pledged support to the prussians used their numbers to win small battles against isolated small army wich didn't receive notice of the crossing but the fighting Slowely stopped as finnaly the austrian side to the right enclosed in the first defensiv wall wich should easily falter under such numbers and fines

Prussian Front:

The Prussian military successfully took Kiel without contest, as the Danish forces had seen the city as indefensible. Seeking to bypass the Danevirke, the Prussians tried to take the Danish fortifications at Mysunde and cross the frozen Schlei inlet. The battle placed the Prussians at a disadvantage, as the Danish only needed to break up the ice at the point of crossing, an esier target for their artillery than a moving army. The Prussians retreated after not being able to take the fortification after six hours. After a few days, the Prussians tried once again to cross the Schlei inlet, but at Arnis this time.

The Battle of Arnis placed the Prussian forces against Danish artillery and soldiers. The Danish fired their artillery at the inlet area as to both slow down the Prussian crossing and to cause more casualties for the Prussians. The Prussian artillery was forced to stay back on the opposite shoreline as the Prussian infantry crossed the inlet, as it would difficult to utilize the artillery while on the ice and placing artillery on the lice would have made the artillery perfect targets for Danish artillery fire. Meanwhile, the Danish force knew it could not stop the Prussian force, so while the artillery continued to fire, much of the soldiers were being evacuated to Flensburg. Once out of ammunition, the Danish soldiers finished their retreat, taking all of the Danish artillery with them before the Prussians would reach the artillery line.

The Prussians finally crossed the Schlei Inlet and after regrouping, they began marching towards Flensburg.

Austrian Front:

The Danish soldiers along the Danevirke was faring much better. The Danevirke provided a high-ground for Danish artillery and soldiers, also making the area in front (south) of the wall a no-mans land. Danish artillery bombarding Austrian forces approaching the wall, while Danish soldiers use their weapons to fire at anyone making it close to the wall. The Danvirke's 'wall' itself, was faring well against the enemy artillery, as the solid mass of earth was absorbing most of the force of the hits, though many of the enemy fire either fell short or went over the wall.

Naval Front:

The Scandinavian Navy quickly set up a blockade of Schleswig and even sent a force to bombard Prussian ports at long range. The battle, known as the Battle of the Baltic, involved happened as the Prussian Navy sought to fight the Scandinavian Navy. Over the course of a week, most of the Prussian Navy was destroyed. The naval bombardment continued. The Scandinavian Navy hoped that the coastal bombardment of Prussia would divert Prussian resources away from the war.

HEAVENLY EDICT SUSPENDED

GOD BLESS THE ROLEPLAY CHESSBOARD

Czabalkia, Miwok-

[list][list]THE FALL OF MJI WA MAPINDUZI

End Of The War

17-18 September 1994 - Mji Wa Mapinduzi, Capital District, Bongolese Popular Republic[/list][/list]

| For twenty one years, the Bongolese Popular Republic has been fighting off a fluctuating quantity of insurgencies, mutineers, and warlords from Ambazonia down into occupied Equatorial Guinea. A successive number of dictators, warlords, reformers, and imponent statesmen have came and gone, with the most recent, General Secretary Guillaume Ndoumbè, proving one of the least qualified and most corrupt to have led the country since the coup which instated communist rule in the Bongo. Since taking office in 1989, General-Secretary Ndoumbè has overseen the intensification of the Third Bongolese Civil War from a series of regional insurgencies into a crisis conflict mirroring the intensity of the First Bongolese Civil War thirty years ago. While squandering and laundering funds and neglecting official state duties, Ndoumbè has allowed for the Ambazonian National Liberation Army to grow its numbers, ally with other minority armed groups, and capture huge swathes of the country since 1991. Since the beginning of the wet season in April, the ANLA has launched massive offensives in tandem with their allies such as the United Front for the Liberation of Bongo, the Equatorial Freedom Movement, and militias like the National Task Force for Moral Righteousness. These insurgent offensives have not only managed to decimate the communist government forces, but has proved a catalyst for French Union and Imperial Federation airstrikes against government positions in defense of the insurgents. General-Secretary Ndoumbè, after fleeing the capital of Mji wa Mapinduzi for the relative safety of Bertoua, has overseen a hastily deteriorating military situation in his country as the Bongolese Army fails battle after battle to compete with the rebels. |

| Now, as quickly as the Communist Party of Bongo had overthrown the Kingdom of Bongo in 1973, their rule over the country is coming to a close. Since early September, the ANLA has begun a campaign to encircle the capital city with over 15,000 insurgents including artillery, armored vehicles, and foreign air support. What government and military officials have remained in the city since the start of the siege have maintained a defense of the city, with only the Popular Guards and a small handful of devoted Bongolese Popular Army soldiers remaining to defend the city. The Bongolese Air Force has continued to resupply and provide support to the defenders held up within the city, but increasingly bested by French and British air support, their support has dwindled every day. |

| On the morning of 17 September, ANLA forces begin to enter the downtown areas of Mji wa Mapinduzi. Putting to use what they had learned during the siege and capture of Karl-Marxville from June into August, the ANLA forces overwhelm the beleaguered Bongolese Army personnel, who begin to surrender en masse. French Dassaults, based off of the FS Wallonia in the Gulf of Guinea, continue to bombard what remains of the Bongolese Army's artillery and armored positions, blowing Bongolese Army T-55s and T-72s to shrapnel throughout the day. District after district of the city is captured by the ANLA, with the 'District of Patriotism' coming under siege by noon. Home to the headquarters of the Communist Party as well as the Presidential Palace, the district is subject to pillaging and looting by the invading ANLA, who ransack the desolate Presidential Palace before setting it alight, and bombard the heavily-defended Communist Party Headquarters with tanks and small horse-towed artillery pieces. Foreign journalists within the nearby Ministry of Information and the Ministry of Media and the Press are able to report the devastation as they watch the rebels all but raze the District of Patriotism. Within only three hours, all that remains of the Communist Party Headquarters are the eastern and southern wings containing the dining hall and the Grand Chamber of Assembly, respectively, the rest being reduced to rubble by an assortment of rocket launchers, tank cannons, and artillery pieces. |

| With the government sector lost, the General-Secretary nowhere to be found, and the military deserting, the Mayor of Mji wa Mapinduzi, communist party statesmen and Ndoumbè myrmidon Barthélemy Mabungu arranged to meet with the commander of the ANLA forces in Mji wa Mapinduzi, Com. Joseph Iyunga Prosper, to negotiate a surrender of the city. Meeting with Commander Prosper behind enemy lines, Mayor Mabungu signs an instrument of civilian surrender and calls upon remaining Bongolese forces in the city to surrender as to prevent the full destruction of the city. He is then taken prisoner by the ANLA. |

| With all of the city besides the commercial and military districts under control of the ANLA, Com. Prosper drives in an armored truck to the studio of Le Quotidien Bongolais, the largest state-owned national news corporations in the Bongo. Here, with the physical declaration of surrender in his hand, he calls upon the remaining Bongolese forces in the city to surrender to the ANLA to receive 'full pardon, food, water, and dry clothes'. He then makes a message to world leaders, calling upon all world leaders to rescind recognition of the Popular Republic and recognize the legitimacy of the ANLA and its allies as the legitimate basis of the Bongolese state. He then travels to the District of Patriotism to personally look upon the destroyed Communist Party headquarters and the remains of the Presidential Palace. |

| By the break of dusk, ANLA forces and supporting units of the United Front for the Liberation of Bongo begin combing through the commercial district, looting and ransacking state-owned companies for anything of value. At Immortal Helmsman Ali Omzima Fouchet International Airport and Air Force Base, all civilian aircraft are either destroyed or sent into the air empty as to evacuate all of the runways and make way for Bongolese Air Force Il-12s carrying reinforcements to land, and then depart while carrying evacuating military and political officials out of the city. Helicopter gunships are also deployed from the airbase against ANLA forces, consisting mostly of three Mi-24 Hinds and seven SA-300 Gunships. A force of nearly 500 Popular Guards stand watch at the airport, forcing back wave after wave of ANLA and UFLB fighters. While the rest of the city falls by nightfall, the Air Force Base remains under tenuous government control, allowing what little remains of the communist Bongolese forces to maintain a defense. |

| At 11:30 at night in Paris, seeing a need to quickly end the battle for the city, French President Jean-Claud Batutu orders a missile strike on the Airport from a French FAI Horreur II.A. With haste, an FAI Horreur II.A in Algeria is prepared for launch, loaded with two FAI Hallebarde ATG missiles carrying high-explosive warheads totaling nearly a ton of TNT. As the night progresses, the FAI Horreur II.A flies silently over northern Niger and Chad, before turning over northern Bongo and heading towards Mji wa Mapinduzi. At 5:45 in the morning, the Horreur launches the missiles at the airport before banking west, making a 180 degree turn, and heading back towards its base. Thirty seconds later, the two missiles hit the Air Base, destroying it almost in its totality. Civilian and rebel onlookers watch as two massive explosions hit the complex, one hitting between the civilian airport and the airbase, and the other landing firmly in the airbase. The explosion rattles the city, but signals the end of the siege for the occupying ANLA troops. Rebel infantry pour into the airbase, destroying remaining MiGs and Hinds as they enter. |

| As sun rises over Mji wa Mapinduzi in the morning after the fighting, the ANLA take to the streets to enforce law and order, as well as to loot the plunders of the city for themselves. Foreign news crews still holed up in the two information-related ministry offices are taken into custody by the ANLA and moved away from the city to a nearby headquarters in the flatlands to the south. The leader of the ANLA, Secretary Darius Goodwin, arrives in Mji wa Mapinduzi around 10:30 in the morning via helicopter to meet with Commander Prosper and other leaders. With the capital city taken, and following reports of General-Secretary Ndoumbè fleeing to the Kongo, the leaders of the ANLA invite representatives of the UFLB, the Equatorial Freedom Movement, and the Free Bongo National Army to Mji wa Mapinduzi to discuss the formation of a non-partisan transitional government between their various groups. With haste, members of the various groups arrive in Mji wa Mapinduzi to meet with Secretary Goodwin. Five hours later, the ANLA's press wing delivers the statement over radio and television: 'the Bongolese Popular Republic has been disbanded, and the Bongolese People's Transitional Authority has been established'. |

| The BPTA, consisting of little more than the joint authority of the various militia leaders and warlords present for its formation, quickly sends a representative to the U.N. headquarters in nearby Mbankomo, informing the U.N. detachment monitoring human rights in the Bongo of the formation of the BPTA and inviting U.N. watchdogs into the country to oversee the establishment of the new government as the Popular Republic collapses. In Mji wa Mapinduzi, Secretary Goodwin and the representatives of the other armed groups form the Joint Armed Forces Council as a means to truly unify their various offensives into a single and concerted effort to destroy the remnants of the Bongolese Popular Republic. However, with the ANLA serving as the largest of the armed forces groups, as well as the most well-armed and internationally respected, both the BPTA and the JAFC serve primarily to allow the ANLA to use the manpower of the other militias to accomplish its aims. Nonetheless, with Mji wa Mapinduzi collapsed and General-Secretary Ndoumbè on his way out of the country, what remains to be fought of the Third Bongolese Civil War will surely be ended swiftly. |

Otsla, Shamalistan, Czabalkia, Gaia Major

中国人民共和国

𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚'𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖

𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚃𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚛 | 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷𝟸

ɢʟᴏʀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ'ꜱ ʀᴇᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ!

The year is 1998. America has fallen, and new powers have risen to take its place.

Among the greatest of these new powers is the People’s Republic of China. Sitting astride Asia like a colossus, the PRC rapidly capitalized on the power vacuum left by the sudden withdrawal of US presence in the region to further its own power and influence.

The China of today is practically unrecognizable as the same state that emerged from the bloody civil war nearly 50 years ago. The Four Modernizations outlined by the premiership of the eminent Liu Shaoqi have revolutionized every aspect of Chinese life, with the average Chinese being better fed, clothed, educated and better-off than anyone would have imagined possible at the turn of the century. Chinese society has gradually moved away from the radical doctrinal Maoism of the early PRC in the 1950s and 60s, towards a more reasoned market socialist approach, where state-run corporations provide the majority of services needed by the populace at highly-subsidized costs.

Preferring to adopt socialism as the long-term professed goal of the Chinese state, market reforms under incumbent Premier Deng Xiaoping have meant the reintroduction of large corporations into Chinese society, with the caveat that all of these companies are nearly completely owned and staffed by the Party itself. Premier Xiaoping in association with sitting Vice-Premier outline the growth of the ideology of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, whose principles emphasize the development of ideals such as scientific socialism, sustainable growth and dynamic social programs. Acknowledging that China is as yet only just out of the primary stage of socialism, the focus of the PRC has shifted from attempting to consolidate socialism, to rather seeking the immediate economic development of its people for the creation of what has been called the “Moderately Prosperous Society”, leading to the economy of China growing at a breakneck pace between 1980-1996 and establishing China as the second-largest economy and industrial titan in the world after the Soviet Union, with much of the West seeking to outsource manufacturing to China in light of its less firebrand forms of communism.

The rejection of Soviet-sponsored OGAS in the late 1980s has off-late also driven something of a wedge between the PRC and the USSR, with the two former allies on friendly terms but still with some sense of unease and mistrust permeating into their daily relations. As communism stands poised on the brink of triumph, it remains to be seen whether it will itself split into further factions, dividing the Red World yet further.

On the defense front, the PLA has grown rapidly since the 1985 fall of the United States to exploit the power vacuum left in Asia by the sudden withdrawal of American troops from the region, with the People’s Liberation Armed Forces seeing their budget increase almost five-fold since the Shaoqi era establishing China’s armed forces as the second-largest and best-funded in the world, again behind the Soviet Union. These armed forces have established themselves as a formidable power, with their most recent campaigns being in the Anti-Imperialist Wars of Southern Liberation between 1988 and 1992, which saw much of Southeast Asia established as satellite states of the People’s Republic.

From Turkestan in the west, to Thailand in the South, to the now-unified DPRK in the east, many are paraphrasing Prime Minister Churchill’s declaration to state that a new “Bamboo Curtain” has descended across Europe. Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Korea and Indonesia have all fallen under Chinese dominion with all except Afghanistan (whose ungovernability is legendary) being in one way or another satellite states of the PRC as members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a military, diplomatic and economic pact similar in many ways to the Warsaw Pact which has increasingly emerged as a third pole in the New Cold War, albeit far more closely-aligned with Moscow than with Paris or London.

The PRC government has shed its usual isolationism in recent years, making diplomatic forays to nations across the Third World and in the former United States, whose newly-emerged socialist states have been cultivated as potential Chinese allies and assets in the region as China slowly begins to accept its new role as a global superpower. Relations with Japan are as frosty as ever especially in light of increasing Japanese militarism and re-armament, and China has made increasing forays to curb Japanese influence in the region as Asia emerges as potentially the most active theater of the New Cold War.

Otsla, Czabalkia, Suuvla, Gumnorium, Iraqi Ummah

Post self-deleted by The Reunified German Reich.

Die Deutsch demokratische Republik

The Demokratik Republik of Germany

January 1998

East and West that was how The German state was split after the catastrophe of world war 2

This split defined the new age for decades. The cold war as it was called started and Germany was one of the battle grounds not of War but economics. Thousands of ressources were invested to showcase how rich and prosperous each Germany was. And while the West should be more prosperous then the east the policys set by the occupying French and British forces after the war meant that West Germany was severely weaker then it should be and east Germany was much stronger thanks to soviet investment. the modernisation of the system and factories by the soviet union helped the economy of the Eastern block tremendously. East Germany closely followed the soviet system and the changes they introduced first ofcourse starting with a five year plans and social youth Programms to get rid of poverty and educate the new youth, So their rise from ruins would truly begin. And so the economy would grow having a boom in the 60s while West Germany was struggling with the western powers. As huge immigrations began into the East and protests began in west Germany by communist groups. As they saw west Germany as a francophile Western puppet state.

But everything changed when the strongest poisonous hold out of capitalism fell. America the land of the so called "free" . The shock was immense west Germany collapsed and East Germany was now truly the only German state the British and French as well as Denmark took the opportunity and took the rhineland and the Kiel canal from west Germany as east Germany took the rest of the country wich hailed the government as liberators from France.

East Germany became Germany and while they did not have the rhineland they did have the huge population of the rest of Germany and the ressources of the old state. While the west did lag behind huge investments where made to let the west german states catch up. the few companies and measly industry Wich wasn't stolen by the capitalist scum of France and Britain where again put under the state and used as a starting point to further the industrial regions. East and west this split will exist for the next 3 generations and longer but german unity has finnaly been achieved.

So with the words of the german anthem

Old hardships are to be overcome

and we overcome them united

Suuvla, Iraqi Ummah

[B]조선민주주의인민공화국

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

[B]1994년 | Year 1994

[B]통일된 민족! A Nation Unified!

[I]Through ups and downs, a nation finally unified. Despite the actions of foreign imperialists wishing to control the Korean peninsula and the people, unification, the wish of the Korean people, had finally been achieved. Through the fall of the US hegemony and the failure of the southern regime, the Korean revolution defeated the final bastion of foreign imperialism on the Korean peninsula in a swift blow in 1987 following the earlier withdrawal of the last United States' forces in the Republic of Korea by early 1980s and major unrest in the south against the dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan.

Forced to open its border to early Meiji Japan in 1876, Korea was slowly subjugated by foreign powers, first by the Japanese in 1910 and later by both the Soviets and the Americans in 1945 following the end of the Pacific War. Despite Korean objections, the victorious powers of the Second World War divided Korea along the 38th parallel, intended as temporary only until the people would be ready to govern themselves. However with the rising tensions between the East and the West, the five-year division turned into a literal line cutting the peninsula in half for a total of 42 years.

Cut in half, the two sides of the peninsula began to develop differently. The north, rich in minerals and industry and under the Soviet occupation, began to develop into a Soviet style communist state under the leadership of Kim Il-Sung. Having fought against the Japanese in Manchuria under the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and having gained fame as one of the most effective and popular Korean anti-Japanese guerilla fighter, as well as becoming a major in the Soviet Red Army, he was recommended by Lavrentiy Beria to Joseph Stalin as a suitable leader for a communist Korea in the future. In the agricultural south under US occupation, Syngman Rhee, a hardline anti-communist and a veteran of Korean provisional governments in exile, was chosen by the US and the many groups vying for Korean independence as a suitable compromise between the various independence factions, locked in nearly constant in-fighting between themselves. Once his position with the American occupation forces was clear and his rivals fell behind him.

Despite attempts by the Korean people to show their readiness to govern themselves, it was ultimately the occupation powers that held the final say on the fate of Korea. Truly independent actions towards an independent Korea were subject to either disbandment, outlawing or co-opting into organizations promoted by the occupational powers. Such was the fate of the popular People's Republic of Korea working through people's committees and promoting radical social changes in Korea. Deemed too socialist and as such too open to influence from the Soviet Union, the PRK was quickly outlawed in the south and fused into the emerging communist government in the north. The last nail in the coffin for a quick, independent and peaceful unification of Korea came in 1948. With the question of Korea coming under the newly formed United Nations, the international community looked towards UN sponsored elections in the entire peninsula. However, without a suitable solution to the Soviets, such elections were only held in the south, washing away wishes for unification in the south. The division was only furthered with the founding of the Republic of Korea in the south and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north, with both Syngman Rhee and Kim Il-Sung beginning to consolidate their power in their respective states. Two new states and a line on the peninsula which neither side truly accepted or even considered permanent. In the beginning of a new global struggle for hegemony, Korea would become one of its first battlegrounds.

Despite official peace between the two states, the reality was nothing close to that. With conflicting claims regarding the status of the rightful government of the entire peninsula, war was inevitable and conflicts were already on the way. On the 38th parallel, a border conflict was raging with combat growing to even division levels and in the south, North Korean supported rebellions were breaking havoc and weakening the general stability of the Republic government in the south. The first true shots had not yet been fired however.

At the dawn of Sunday, 25th of June 1950, the Korean People's Army began its offensive into the Republic of Korea, crossing the 38th parallel under the cover of artillery. The Republic of Korea Army, boasted by US General William L. Roberts, as being more than capable of stopping any northern invasion, began to falter quickly, with Seoul falling to northern hands two days after the invasion. Both the advance of the north and the retreat of the south were coupled with purges, as both sides captured and killed those who would oppose them. With the collapse of the Republic of Korea imminent, the US began to lead a UN intervention force in Korea, which began to pour into the port of Pusan to defend the last pocket of resistance of the ROK Army in the famous Battle of Pusan Perimeter, fought from August to September of 1950. With a US amphibious landing in Incheon, the UN forces began to breakout from the Pusan Perimeter. What began as a successful invasion by the KPA quickly turned into a hasty withdrawal back into the north, with the UN forces pushing the KPA back relentlessly. The UN offensive into the north was only stopped by the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which intervened on the behalf of the KPA when the UN offensive had nearly advanced to the Chinese border on the Amnok river. What ensued was a year of back and forth offensives and withdrawals by both sides until the front had stabilized and a ceasefire was finally signed in 1953.

The ultimate nail in the coffin for a quick reunification had come. The three year long conflict had devastated the entire peninsula and both KPA and the ROKA had deployed themselves along the new division line between the two states, designated a Demilitarized Zone, which ironically quickly became one of the most militarized areas in the world, as both sides feared for an invasion from the other side during a period of reconstruction following the war. Both sides saw growing authoritarianism as the leaders of the two Koreas continued to strengthen their power, with Kim Il-Sung succeeding to create a properly independent state in the north through a purge of the pro-Soviet and pro-Chinese factions within the Workers' Party of Korea following the August Incident. As the south continued to face unrest and instability under the later dubbed First Republic of Korea, the north saw relative economic success following nationalisations and the implementation of a state-led planned economy based around the concept of five-year plans. Chinese and Soviet assistance, experience with industry from the Japanese and vast mineral deposits helped the further industrialization of the north, with massive investments into heavy industry and infrastructure, as well as bolstering the KPA's military capabilities. In his speech on the first Three-Year Plan in 1954, Kim Il-Sung declared national self-reliance, or Juche, to be of utmost importance to the Korean people alongside the will for reunification of the peninsula. To further advance the national economy in the north, the regime began the Chollima movement in 1956, based around the Chinese "Great Leap Forward". Named after the legendary Chollima, a horse capable of travelling a thousand li in a single day, the Stakhanovite movement was supposed to kick the North Korean economy into an economic boom through ideological means. Despite short-term successes, the movement ultimately lessened quality of the products produced and created a tired workforce, while however not facing the same disastrous effects as the Chinese movement that inspired the Chollima movement. With industry fully nationalised by 1959, the economic policy was summed up as "Arms in one hand and a hammer and sickle in the other!" in the 1962 Party Plenum.

While the situation in the south had stabilized, the south for long was noticeably poorer than its northern counterpart. This began to change with the so-called Miracle on the Han River, which began a period of massive economic growth in the south. With the growth of the North Korean economy coming to an end in the 1970s and with the southern Miracle under Park Chung-hee, the southern economy finally surpassed the north's in 1974.

Despite the seeming growing success of South Korea in comparison to the North in the late 70s, trouble for the south was in the horizon. Despite the major economic growth, the standard of living for most labourers and rural dwellers was growing slowly and proved to be a source of dissidency alongside continued authoritarianism under Park Chung-hee. Additionally, the beginning collapse of the US began to erode the security of the south from a new northern invasion. By the late 70s, the US forces stationed in South Korea began to be withdrawn and assistance to the regime from the US government in all matters began to dry up. With a strong North Korean army on the other side of the Demilitarized Zone, backed up by the ever stronger China and Soviet Union, the Park regime was forced to divert more and more funds and foreign loans to the military instead of the economy, further agitating many protesters and lower class citizens. With minor protests regarding the situation, it is still unclear whether or not the security situation was the ultimate reason for Park's fate. Nevertheless, Park Chung-hee was assassinated on 26th of October, 1979, by men of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. Both the assasination and the Coup d'état of December Twelfth are considered by many to be the first step in the eventual collapse of the Republic of Korea. During the coup's strengthening of power in May of 1980, a confrontation between protesting students and an armed government force in the city of Gwangju. A bloodbath ensued, ruining the reputation of the new dictatorship at once.

The situation did not go unnoticed by the foreign intelligence of North Korea. Using the situation to its advantage, the regime began to intensify its propaganda actions in the south, with a focus on using the Gwangju massacre as a way to make Chun Doo-hwan, the new dictator, seem like a bloodthirsty tyrant to the populace. Despite the continued economic success in the south, unrest and periodic protests continued against the new dictatorship. Sensing an opportunity, Kim Il-Sung quickly met with Chinese and Soviet representatives in 1982 trying to gain support for a new invasion to reunite the Korean peninsula. Despite early hesitation due to Kim's influence in the 1950 invasion and his handling of the war, as well as the premier's health and age, both decided to support the possible invasion, using the situation of the US to their benefit and with both trying to vie a potentially unified Korea to their side. Arms, equipment and military professionals began to flow into the North as the KPA began to plan for a new invasion. All that was left was to wait.

A death started it all.

On 14th of January, 1987, Park Jong-chol a 21-year-old student in the Seoul National University died due to torture by South Korean security officials. Despite cover ups, his death eventually became public knowledge, leading to protests in the South. Another death, this time Lee Han-yeol's death from a tear gas grenade that had penetrated his skull, led to further protests. As the protests grew, the KPA knew that the time had come. The KPA was quietly preparing for an invasion and prepared units to move into the South using tunnels under the Demilitarized Zone and to clear pathways within the DMZ as well. The proper time for an invasion did not take long. On the 18th of June, 1.5 million protestors gathered in 16 South Korean cities in what was called the "National Rally for Banishment of Tear Gas Grenades'', inspired by the events that led to the death of Lee Han-yeol. In Seoul, a miscommunication happens within the ranks of the security forces and shots are fired, killing several protesters. With the situation not clear, a public outrage ensues as many believe that the President himself ordered protesters to be shot in his attempts to quell the protests. North Korean agitators in the South further fuel the outrage against the President, fueling further protests the next day.

On the 20th, the plan was taken into action and the first KPA units began to cross the Demilitarized Zone in haste and clashes between the KPA and the ROKA began. Using artillery and friendly air support for cover, the KPA begins to advance further down south from the Demilitarized Zone. Without US assistance and with many southern soldiers demoralized by the events in Seoul, the ROKA quickly begins to falter and its high command decides to withdraw from the DMZ into better defensive positions around Seoul and natural boundaries. Despite this, armored and motorized units of the KPA quickly surround Seoul from the north before the ROKA can set up proper positions. Following four days of combat, Seoul eventually falls to the invasion, while the KPA uses Seoul as a bridgeway across the river Han to further engage ROKA units. Despite stiff resistance by the ROKA and some defensive victories and counterattacks, the ROKA is slowly forced to withdraw to the cities of Pusan and Inchon, followed by those trying to escape from the KPA. With the government having to flee as well, a new military coup ensues under the guise of martial law and the military takes the power in the south. Despite calls for foreign assistance by the South Korean government from the United Nations, little actually materializes. Following two months of combat and being further driven to a pocket around the city of Pusan, the ROKA is forced to negotiate with the North Korean government for peace as more and more high ranking civilian and military officers flee the country, followed by civilians trying to flee the country to Japan. Being driven to a corner and being pounded from all sides in Pusan, the ROK is forced to concede. By August of 1987, the Republic of Korea was disbanded by the KPA and a provisional military administration in the south was organized by North Korea in preparation of a proper reunification.

The North began to implement socialist reforms in the South through the provisional military regime, beginning the nationalisation of both agriculture and industry, including the massive chaebols that had ruled the Southern economy. Further on, the Ministry of State Security and the Korean People's Army continue the martial law implemented by the now collapsed ROK government and begin to identify and capture suspected dissidents to further solidify the North's control over the South. While the North Korean leadership were expecting for the now more developed Southern economy to strengthen the weakened Northern economy, the opposite happened. Already burdened by foreign loans and reliant on foreign assistance from its allies to an extent, the nationalisation in the South proved to only worsen the issues, coupled with the need for post-war rebuilding Despite short term improvements, economic output in the South eventually dropped and resistance against nationalisation ran high. Nevertheless, such policies were continued and the provisional military regime was disbanded by 20th of June 1989, with the rest of the Korean peninsula annexed into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Despite the temporary boost to his legitimacy in succeeding to win the war against the South, the subsequent economic flop and earlier failed policies had begun to erode the legitimacy of Kim Il-Sung. By 1989, the 77-year-old General Secretary's health had begun to falter and many began to think that his age had begun to affect his decision making. Further on, his designated successor Kim Jong-il did not seem to be different to many within the Workers' Party of Korea. Despite the Chinese and Soviet support in the Reunification War, Kim Il-sung's dedication to Juche was beginning to isolate Korea from its allies, with foreign aid into the country starting to dry up just as the country needed it the most.

With Kim Il-sung having withdrawn from many state actions by 1992, Korea is at its crossroad. Will a reunified Korea succeed in its strive on its road of Juche, a strong, self-reliant nation or will Korea take a different road to success and greatness?

Suuvla, Indril, Iraqi Ummah

The Chinese Foreign Ministry extends a cordial invitation to leader of the UAR Saddam Hussein to conduct a diplomatic summit in Peking.

Suuvla, Iraqi Ummah

[list]AL ARABIYA: WORLD NEWS[pre]

JANUARY EDITION — 1998[/pre][/list]

[list][list][pre]Hear the Human Story[/pre][sub][pre]Bringing news to the world from the Arab perspective.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

[list][list]CARACAS GROUP EXERCISES IN GULF OF MEXICO, PRESIDENT AL TIKRITI GRANTS AMNESTY TO 507 SALAFI CLERICS.[/list][/list]

[list]| MIAMI — The Caracas Group has emerged from the American disintegration as one of the Western Hemisphere’s premier factions. Vying for power in a region once dominated by the United States, the Caracas Group nations continue to toe the line between Moscow and Beijing in matters of international diplomacy. Following the 1995 Boulder Accords and 1997 Confederate-Florida Armistice, the People’s Republic Aztlan of has led the Caracas Group on a campaign of mass militarization. In the words of Generalissimo Pablo Herrera of Aztlan: "The Caracas Group represents a noose that has been wrapped around the neck of the Atlanticist West, every rifle in the hand of a comrade is the noose tightening just so much more. Just as Third World was strangled, we will strangle the West until the life fades from it’s imperialist visions." Herrera, currently wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal of the Americas for war crimes in the Southern Wars, has become a hero across Latin America for his successful campaigns during the American collapse. Following a long fought victory over Texas and its Group of 4 alliance, Aztlan and its allies formed the Caracas Group (officially the Caracas Organization for Pan-American Cooperation, Defense, and Development) as a collective security, trade, and political organization.

The organization includes Aztlan, Cascadia, the Navajo Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, South Florida, Argentina, Uruguay, El Salvador, and Honduras. All associated nations recently partook in the month long "Defiant Strength" military exercises, a massive military exercise that involved: 40,000 personnel from all nations, 9,000 vehicles of varying types, 250 aircraft, and 150 naval vessels. "Defiant Strength" simulated a G4-invasion of South Florida followed by a Caracas Group counter-invasion of Texas, Deseret, and the Confederate States. Military personnel were divided into "Red", allied, and "White", simulated G4, forces for the duration of the exercise. The scale of the war games is sure to have gone over uneasily in Texas and the Confederate States, who are still in a de jure state of war with both Aztlan and South Florida, respectively. The exercises saw the deployment of several weapon systems recently developed by Aztlan and its allies: including the BLA Serpiente (a B1 Lancer based bomber aircraft), AC Espada (an F-16 based multi role aircraft), M97 (an M1 Abrams based main battle tank), M87 Leopardo (a Bradley based fighting vehicle, M1995 Leon (an MRAP based on designs from the Kongo), and A-20 Jabalí (A-10 Warthog based close-air support aircraft). The Aztlan People’s Revolutionary Army Navy, Mexican Navy, Cuban People’s Navy, and Colombian Navy provided the largest number of ships, with the APRAN sendings one of its three Enterprise-based carrier groups to patrol the Gulf during the exercise.

As the dawn of the new millennium approaches, the tides of war seem to have briefly resided from the Americas. However tensions between the Caracas Group and the Group of 4 may soon result in a conflict far more troubling than the Southern Wars.

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CAIRO — In a stunning move, President Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti has released 507 Sunni Muftis associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Tikriti, a veteran of decades long "Muslim Brotherhood Insurgency", has long been seen as a secular modernist since his election at the 1980 Jumhuriyyin Party Congress, coinciding with President Jamal Abdel Nasser’s decision to step down from national leadership. Al-Tikriti worked closely the Republic of Kongo during the 1980s as both states navigated insurgencies, ultimately signing peace agreements with Kurdish and Sudanese insurgents in 1988 and 1990, respectively. He has presided over a period of strong economic growth, averaging roughly 6.4% on average, and saw the development of information services and technology manufacturing industries that have helped to grow a continually broadening middle class. Nevertheless the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood Insurgency continues to plague the Republican Party’s goals for long-term success and the achievement of first world status by the United Arab Republic. While regions like Al Khaleej, Al Mashriq, and Al Kuwait have HDIs comparable with Northern and Central Europe; regions like Al Arabia, Al Yaman, Al Souria, and Al Misr lag behind in development and have a heavier presence of both Sunni, but also Shia Islamists.

Many commentators believe the decision underlines a change in policy from persecution of Islamists to reconciliation with them. This follows last years outlawing of the public sale and public consumption of alcohol, and the 1995 decision to reintroduce Islam studies in the public curriculum. Many of the changes are cosmetic, but they highlight a general trend on the part of Al-Tikriti’s Republican Party towards an incorporation of Islam into the ruling ideology. Al-Tikriti’s doctoral thesis at the Arab Academy of International Relations was titled "the Pan-Arabist Foundations of the Islamic Religion", showing an early and traditionally Baathist position that Islam itself is the foundation for the unification of the Arab people. Since 1991, the President now attends the Muhammad Ali Mosque in Cairo on a weekly basis and since 1994, the call to prayer has been broadcast on Al Arabiya’s domestic television channel. The Great Libyan Peoples Jamahiriya has taken an Islamist approach since 1977, under the guidance of Muammar Gaddafi’s Third International Theory. Only time will tell what direction President al-Tikriti will continue taking the United Arab Republic, and now his increasing embrace of Islam will affect the greater Arab and Islamic world. |[/list]

Teujira, Val Verde-, Otsla, Suuvla, Indril

Gaia Major wrote:The Chinese Foreign Ministry extends a cordial invitation to leader of the UAR Saddam Hussein to conduct a diplomatic summit in Peking.

Imma skip to the meeting

| The President of the UAR, Saddam Hussein Al-Tikriti, arrives at the Forbidden City in motorcade of 4 black Mercedes Benz W220 sedans. He is protected by plainclothes members of the Istikhbarat’s 22nd Directorate, armed with Colt Commando carbines and Beretta M9 pistols for sidearms, and dressed in white button-up shirts and black slacks with tan plate-carriers for protection. President Al-Tikriti emerges from his own W220 in a black Western suit and a necktie green tie with various holographic patterns. His dyed mustache sat above a warm smile as he waved at the Chinese people who awaited the arrival of the United Arab Republic’s leader. Despite the UAR’s rebuke of the Soviet Union, the UAR was more tolerant of the People’s Republic of China’s revisionist socialism. The state capitalism of the United Arab Republic had a number of commonalities with the People’s Republic of China’s market socialism, and so the two nations believed they could achieve progress by working together. The purpose of Saddam’s trip today was to attain some form of technological and military cooperation between the two nations. |

Teujira, Val Verde-, Suuvla, Indril

Iraqi Ummah wrote:Imma skip to the meeting

| The President of the UAR, Saddam Hussein Al-Tikriti, arrives at the Forbidden City in motorcade of 4 black Mercedes Benz W220 sedans. He is protected by plainclothes members of the Istikhbarat’s 22nd Directorate, armed with Colt Commando carbines and Beretta M9 pistols for sidearms, and dressed in white button-up shirts and black slacks with tan plate-carriers for protection. President Al-Tikriti emerges from his own W220 in a black Western suit and a necktie green tie with various holographic patterns. His dyed mustache sat above a warm smile as he waved at the Chinese people who awaited the arrival of the United Arab Republic’s leader. Despite the UAR’s rebuke of the Soviet Union, the UAR was more tolerant of the People’s Republic of China’s revisionist socialism. The state capitalism of the United Arab Republic had a number of commonalities with the People’s Republic of China’s market socialism, and so the two nations believed they could achieve progress by working together. The purpose of Saddam’s trip today was to attain some form of technological and military cooperation between the two nations. |

|Premier Jiabao stands at the entrance to the Forbidden City in the customary Mao suit, flanked by agents of the Central Security Bureau in ceremonial garb as they prepare to receive the Arab leader. Special care has been taken to organize the optics for the summit, with Tiananmen Square being decorated for the occasion and Saddam's motorcade being directed through the bustling Beijing CBD full of recently-built skyscrapers.

JIABAO:"My dear friend Saddam, welcome to China! As you are no doubt aware, our nation has made tremendous strides in recent years, and having established ourselves as an integral player in the post-American world order, we believe diplomatic forays to like-minded nations are necessary to establish the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's place in the world. I must say, I'm a great admirer of your work and I do believe we have much in common. Let's get down to business though, shall we? China would gladly hear what the UAR seeks from our bilateral ties."

Teujira, Val Verde-, Indril

Gaia Major wrote:|Premier Jiabao stands at the entrance to the Forbidden City in the customary Mao suit, flanked by agents of the Central Security Bureau in ceremonial garb as they prepare to receive the Arab leader. Special care has been taken to organize the optics for the summit, with Tiananmen Square being decorated for the occasion and Saddam's motorcade being directed through the bustling Beijing CBD full of recently-built skyscrapers.

JIABAO:"My dear friend Saddam, welcome to China! As you are no doubt aware, our nation has made tremendous strides in recent years, and having established ourselves as an integral player in the post-American world order, we believe diplomatic forays to like-minded nations are necessary to establish the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's place in the world. I must say, I'm a great admirer of your work and I do believe we have much in common. Let's get down to business though, shall we? China would gladly hear what the UAR seeks from our bilateral ties."

AL-TIKRITI: “I have watched China’s approach to market socialism over the past two decades. China, like the United Arab Republic, commands a civilization stretching back thousands of years. "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" is reminiscent of our own "Pan-Arabism", both of us utilizing vanguardism to lead the masses to a brighter future on our own terms. Now we both have lost our greatest allies, you have lost the Soviets and we have lost the Americans. And so I believe that our countries would equally benefit from collaboration on weapons development, joint exercises, mutual proclamations of non-aggression, and certain trade subsidies.”

Teujira, Val Verde-

[spoiler=Prologue]The following post summarizes major events in [nation=short]Yugoslavia SFRY[/nation] between 1980 and 1999. 1/XX[/spoiler]

[list]Yugoslav Radio Television // Jugoslovenska radiotelevizija[/list]

1987: Slobodan Milosevic arrested in crackdown on Ethnic Nationalism

| Belgrade - On April 24, Slobodan Milosevic, the President of the League of Communists of Serbia, attended a political rally in SAP Kosovo to investigate and address recent allegations of ethnic violence between the Serb and Albanian populations. In defiance of Party policy, Slobodan Milosevic disregarded contradictory reports that rendered dubious the claims that Kosovar Albanians were acting violently towards Serb and Montenegrin groups. It is believed that Slobodan Milosevic deliberately exaggerated allegations of Albanian wrongdoing to provoke an ethnic nationalist reaction, which resulted in mass violence towards Yugoslav police and ethnic Albanians. Charged with breaching the Constitution of the Yugoslav and Serbian League of Communists and the foundational principle of "Brotherhood and Unity", Slobodan Milosevic has been removed from office and placed under house arrest. Several of his facilitators, including Borisav Jovic, have been stripped of party membership as a special commission investigates a possible conspiracy to undermine the unity of Yugoslavia. Ivan Stambolic has been temporarily reinstated as President of the League of Communists of Serbia.

1990: 14th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

| Belgrade - During an extraordinary session from January 20 to 22, the League of Communists of Yugoslavia re-affirmed the need for Brotherhood and Unity and struggle against Ethnic Nationalists. All 6 Socialist Republics, as well as the Autonomous Provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo, will mount police operations to root out those acting to undermine unity from within and without the Party. On the economic front, the Congress adopted the outlines of a plan for modernization, emphasizing the shift from labor-intensive to heavy industry and technological innovation, with a view to researching information cybernetics and its application to central planning. Lastly, in light of the American disintegration, Yugoslavia remains firmly committed to the principles of non-alignment, and in the coming years Yugoslavia will work with Western European countries to demilitarize the continent.

Teujira, Otsla, Indril, Iraqi Ummah

[pre]Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Republic[/pre]

| The Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests a meeting with President Jean-Claude Batutu of Antagarichh

Teujira

Iraqi Ummah wrote:AL-TIKRITI: “I have watched China’s approach to market socialism over the past two decades. China, like the United Arab Republic, commands a civilization stretching back thousands of years. "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" is reminiscent of our own "Pan-Arabism", both of us utilizing vanguardism to lead the masses to a brighter future on our own terms. Now we both have lost our greatest allies, you have lost the Soviets and we have lost the Americans. And so I believe that our countries would equally benefit from collaboration on weapons development, joint exercises, mutual proclamations of non-aggression, and certain trade subsidies.”

JIABAO: "I am in complete agreement. I believe it is in our mutual interest to establish a joint weapons design bureau between the SCO and the UAR: China is in a position to contribute technical expertise whereas your nation can assist in funding more expensive projects in addition to contributing design input. As for trade subsidies, I believe it would be to our benefit to establish an agreement for the construction of an oil pipeline from your lands through Iran and Afghanistan into China. China is after all by a large margin the world's fastest growing economy and as we move towards complete industrialization, our demand for oil and natural gas is likely to grow. I propose we jointly fund this pipeline with an approximate capacity of about 4 million barrels per day - thus one of the largest in the world - to supply China as well as Chinese allies in the region. In terms of further co-operation, the SCO is interested in partnering with the UAR on our space programme, as we work towards launching our first permanent base on the Moon within the decade. We would appreciate your participation therein."

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[list]AL ARABIYA: WORLD NEWS[pre]

JULY EDITION — 1999[/pre][/list]

[list][list][pre]Hear the Human Story[/pre][sub][pre]Bringing news to the world from the Arab perspective.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

[list][list]SAN DIEGO SEES UNREST DURING JULY 4TH, GREAT MUJAHID BASSIL AL HUSSEIN DEAD AT 71, PRESIDENT AL-TIKRITI ANNOUNCES "RETURN TO FAITH CAMPAIGN".[/list][/list]

[list]| SAN DIEGO — Fourth of July, the Independence Day of the former United States, saw pronounced violence in the People’s Republic of Aztlan. The day saw mostly Anglophonic riotiers clashed with government security forces in the city of San Diego. The holiday is often the source of conflict between Hispanophone and Anglophone citizens, but was incensed by the government’s decision to mandate Spanish-language education in primary and secondary schooling. The rioters in question, many associated with Texas-backed Christian Dominionist groups, gathered at San Diego’s Presidio Park on Sunday to celebrate former US independence. The gathering numbered an estimated 700 to 1,000 individuals, peaking in presence by the mid-afternoon. Those gathered carried numerous USA flags, the display of which is banned in the People’s Republic in Aztlan.

Due to the immensity of the gathering, the Aztlan Civil Guard dispatched its Equipos Tácticos / Tactical Teams to disperse the crowds. Initial interactions between the security forces and those gathered were largely non-confrontational until dusk, when repeated police orders to disperse were ignored and police were assaulted with fireworks, glass bottles, and foodstuffs. The riot police initially attempted to use sound cannons to disperse crowds, though this was unsuccessful and met by greater agitation within the crowd. Shortly thereafter several canisters of tear gas were fire at the crowd and chaos erupted. Rioters charged police lines, destroyed police cars, and smashed storefronts, with the situation rapidly deteriorating into a state of chaos. The unrest was largely limited to the Presidio Park area, as state security forces slowly enclosed the rioters with barricades and armored personnel carriers. After containing the crowd, security forces began firing on the crowd with rubber bullets and live ammunition — using the former and then the latter on crowds which didn’t disperse.

By 7:00pm PST, the crowd had dispersed from the area and at least 2 dozen rioters lay dead from causes which have yet to be determined. Amnesty International has made an independent estimate of over 150 persons killed. The following day, El Paso released a statement condemning the reactionary July 4th protestors and applauding the Civil Guard for containing the unruly crowd and minimizing threats to wider civil society. This is not the first time the Aztlan security forces have used violent force to put down protests, but it represents how freely the regime is willing to use force against its opponents. The Supreme People’s Assembly is currently considering provisions to ban the celebration of "reactionary American festivals", a euphemism for many former US holidays.

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QATTARA SEA — It is with a heavy heart that Al Arabiya World News must report the passing of the great mujahid and Arab statesmen, Sheikh Bassil ibn Bashir ibn Umar Al-Hussein, aged 71. Al-Hussein was among the most prolific Arab nationalist leaders of the post-colonial era, a lifelong ally and protege of President Jamal Abdul Nasser. During a career which spanned nearly 40 years of public service, Al-Hussein served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Governor of Khaleej, Governor of the Eastern Military Wilayet, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Internal Affairs, Commander of the Ishtikhbarat, and most recently as Marshal of the United Arab Republic until his death.

Al-Hussein was born in Muscat, Oman on 16 March, 1928 in the family of a pearl diver. The oldest of seven children, Al-Hussein excelled in his studies from a young age and attended Al-Azhar University in Cairo at age 20. It was during his studies in Cairo that Al-Hussein witnessed the Free Officers Movement take power from the British-backed Mohammad Ali dynasty. From 1952 onward, Al-Hussein was a supporter of Nasser‘s Pan-Arab ideology and returned to Oman in 1954 to found the Arab Republican Party - Omani Regional Branch. During the Consolidation, Al-Hussein led the Arab Nationalist forces in Oman in conjunction with the United Arab Army. Following the Fall of Mahjaba in August 1957, Al-Hussein became the Governor of Khaleej. In 1965, he resigned and was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs during Nasser’s 3rd Presidential term. From then onward, Al-Hussein was instrumental in combatting communist, Kurdish and Sudanese nationalist, and Islamist insurgencies that gripped the UAR until the 1980s. He was diametrically opposed to the Persian and Israeli governments as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and used his position to rally the oppressed world against the occupation of Arab lands in Southwest Iran and Palestine.

Following the gruesome 1967 Persian-Arab War, which Al-Hussein commanded from the front lines, he was appointed Military Governor of the Eastern Military Wilayet. The Eastern Military Wilayet was composed of newly conquered Persian territories along the Arabian Gulf. During this period, Al-Hussein restored the sovereignty of the Arabs in Khuzestan, Bushehr, Hormozgan. However, he also received international criticism for ordering the deportation of Kurds to the newly formed Iranian Federal Republic’s Kurdish Republic. The deportation of large numbers of Persians and other Iranian peoples from the Eastern Military Wilayet remains a controversial legacy of Al-Hussein’s leadership, though his decision undoubtedly improved the lives of millions of Arabs. In 1970, he retired all other posts and was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers by President Jamal Abdul Nasser. The 1973 Arab-Israeli War saw the destruction of Israel and the repatriation of non-Arab Jewish population to France and the Soviet Union, with Ashkenazim being repatriated to the Yiddish Soviet Republic. It was under Al-Hussein’s directive, as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, that the UAR opted to use the Franc rather than the Dollar in response to the US failure to recognize Arab sovereignty over Palestine. To pressure America into recognition, Al-Hussein put forward an oil embargo in 1976 which is largely considered to have played a major role in the collapse of the United States.

Following Nasser’s retirement in 1980, Al-Hussein resigned from his office and was subsequently appointed Marshal of the United Arab Armed Forces by the Consultative Assembly. During this period he also worked as lobbyist for "Al-Qassim & Al-Tamimi Law Associates", lobbying for Arab business interests in the Iranian Federal Republic and European Union. As Marshal of the UAAF, he won a tactical victory against Sudanese separatists enshrined in the 1986 "Safari Accords". Al-Hussein entered into effective retirement in 1990, at which point he sold his life-long residences in Cairo and Muscat and purchased a €130 million villa on the man-made Qattara Sea. Since his semi-retirement, Al-Hussein solely made appearances for national holidays and was considered the most elder statesmen following Nasser’s death in 1986. He is survived by two wives, eight children, and nineteen grandchildren. Upon his death, his will has indicated he will donate all €4 billion of his wealth to the people of the South Arabia region and the conversion of his Qattara Sea estate into a public park dedicated to his service for the nation. He was buried in Muscat during a private ceremony, however the entire nation has mourned the death of our Mujahid.

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CAIRO — Following years of increasing Islamic influence from within the Arab Republican Party, President Saddam Hussein Al-Tikriti announced the beginning of a new initiative on the 12th of July. Termed the "Return to Faith Campaign / al-Hamlah al-Imaniyah", President Al-Tikriti outlined a vision for a greater role for the Islamic faith within Arab society. He has broken with the traditional state policy in regards to Islamic leadership and chosen to appoint Sheikh Abdulaziz ibn Baz, a Hanbali Salafi scholar, as the new Grand Mufti of the United Arab Republic. Al-Tikriti stated that he will be meeting closely with Grand Mufti ibn Baz over the coming months in order to develop a new path for the United Arab Republic. Al-Tikriti has also taken on the Sheikhs Muhammad Al-Albani, Umar Al-Ashqar, Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i, and Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen as advisors on the Council of Ministers. All Hanbali Salafi scholars, the decision marks a stark policy change in the UAR after more than 40 years of secular rule.

"The rights of Arab Christians and Jews, and Shi’a will be respected. However as a country we must be concerned with the spiritual well-being of more than 70% of our people. We are concerned with the Ummah, with the unity of the Ummah. We can reconcile our republic with our Islamic traditions, just as the Prophet Muhammad (saw) reconciled the people of Medina. However, make no mistake, Sharia will come in some way or another to the United Arab Republic. We must embrace what is Arab, and reject what has been brought to us by the foreign imperialists because they are kuffar." President Al-Tikriti said in his address to the nation on the 12th. He also stated: "Preparations for the integration of Islamic law will be finished before the end of the next (Islamic) calendar year (1420)". However many are unsure how this decision will go over with his of the historically secular and nationalist Arab Republican Party. With the 2000 Presidential Election and Republican Party Congress shortly approaching, some expect that Al-Tikriti may face a major challenge from the party’s secular wing when the party selects its candidate for the 2000 Presidential Election. Some commentators have speculated that President Al-Tikriti aims to capitalize on the increasing Islamist voting bloc who has been historically alienated due to the ban on the Muslim Brotherhood.

The President’s proposal, informed largely by Hanbali Sunni scholarship, will be made available for the public in October of this year, shortly before the Republican Party Congress next February. |[/list]

Teujira, Val Verde-, Otsla, Gaia Major, Indril

Publica Magna Lacus Murmure | The Great Lakes Rumble

Gouverneur Simeon Bartlett of the Peoples National Republic of the Great Lakes or more simply as the locals call it "Superior" for short. Has recently been elected by a People's Assembly in an upstart victory as apart of the Social Harmony Party. One that until recently had been polling at some of the lowest rates throughout the Republic. Simeon however, at the age of 47 has come into power of the great Republic, through shocking growth in popularity from grassroots movements coming together in one major attempt to win. It's no surprise, that while the Great Lakes has seen strong growth in terms of tourism, industry and burgeoning service sectors corruption both at public and official offices runs rampant throughout the country. This makes some aspects of getting projects going easier and cheaper in some areas but in the long run lengthens the time to complete them and often leads to shortcuts to gift more money away. With anti-corruption being a major point of Simeon, it helped him rise to the top among a group of squabbling elites apart of a independent party within the Republic.

A second issue is the military, while the budget had been significantly increased over time since the fall of America, the Great Lakes have dedicated more money and resources into building up their military infrastructure and production. However with years passing, it's become clear more needs to be done to modernize the structure, training and composition of the Armed Forces to truly escape it's past shackles and have a well trained and oiled military relying off quality rather than quantity as it currently does.

The first step of the newly elected Gouverneur shall be the establishment of a Secret Task Force. Specifically designed to investigate and root out corruption & organized crime within both the public and government sphere. This task force however, remains highly secretive and will not be officially released to the public. This is to ensure Simeon has told his cabinet, "To root out and eliminate the issue at it's core. The best way to do that is attack it from the inside, silently, so that when questions are asked it's too late to stop or alter the sentencing".

This task force will number over 110,000 strong, with the best equipment and technology the State can provide. Along with complete protection & oversight from the Gouverneurs cabinet. While many were surprised by this, some even stating this violated constitutional rights and citizens & officials privacy alike. Simeon was noted as simply noting their name down for corruption investigations.

Other sectors being investigated include the Military Sector, Judicial Agora, People's Assembly, Union Sector & Legislative Assembly. These investigations will compile a mass number of offenders and suspects over the next few months including many the Gouverneur considers political opponents to be tried for corruption.

Secondary Moves

Secondarily, Simeon has also began replacing major judges within the Lowland Party. While the Gouverneur is legally allowed to do this it's never been done and has been seen as an almost authoritarian move under the pretense of cracking down on corruption. Especially as said judges reside over major corruption charges regarding public and national officials as well as have the power to remove but not replace judges within smaller districts and even revoke and approve licenses for new judges.

National Agenda

With many hundreds of thousands of officials being placed under covert investigation. The Gouverneur has also released a national agenda. Primarily centered around better allocating national funds and reorganizing various economic sectors. Primarily by beginning a overreaching draft that will as he puts it. "Establish harmony, by reducing the power of insurance companies and oligarchies with a monopoly on the economy. While strengthening unions and establishing fairer wages among the people and veterans of our Great nation and military". Furthermore while police reform also remains on the agenda the primary move for the government on fixing the various disparities between communities has been primarily focused on redrawing red lines, equity rather than equality, infrastructure investment, protection of natural resources, military reform, anti-corruption & increasing relations and trade with other american nations within both North and South America. However these many changes are yet to be drafted other than anti-corruption which is already being covertly targeted.

Diplomatic Ties

Diplomatically, Simeon has invited the leaders of Al Arabiya (Iraqi Ummah) for talks between the two states as well as Aztlan (Val Verde- and China [Gaia Major]. Said talks will largely discuss economic opportunities, mutual agreements and possibly establishment of diplomatic offices and embassies between each other.

Teujira, Otsla, Gaia Major, Iraqi Ummah

Februar 1999

Berlin

The newly reunified city has. A parade with the flags of friendly Communist regimes of the Ostblock flying next to german flags. Woman and men marching in formation next to each other. The parade is beeing broadcasted to the entirety of Germany and is one of many parades that is beeing held yearly to unify the people and bring the. Toghether such parades can be wildly different from strict military parades to child parades where there are snack servings and cake brought by the mothers of the children. Organised by the school to bring local. Community's toghether and ending with the children parading and exercising.

This is one of the affects of the militarism of Germany wich had been revived by soviet and German help in a strict military sense. Wich means just as in imperial prussia communist Germany may not be hatched from a cannonball and is definitely not an army with a state. But as the president of Berlin put it :Germany has been reborn out of the fires of ww2, Germany itself embodies the communist spirit by that I mean the people of Berlin and Germany have a fighting spirit to carry the revolution against the capitalist just as marx advocated for Germany is not militarist but Communist and shall stay so forevermore.

With that the german army is one of the Eastern blocks best and with the ties to the other Eastern nations and ofcourse the soviet union many joint military exercises are beeing held in the warsaw pact.

And surprisingly since east Germany was much harsher with its treatment of nazi officials and making the German lands under Polish jurisdiction officially Polish lands Germany and Poland have better ties then most people suspected only 64 years after the ww2 while the debt owed to Poland and its people cannot be repaid both states and their people see each other as comrades including the soviet union and the rest of the Eastern block many Germans learning Russian or Polish and Polish learning German or Russian . A certaint brotherly nature has developed between the communist states of the Eastern block one that hopefully shall live on forever.

I might rewrite this one im not sure

Stahlrahm, Teujira, Val Verde-, Otsla, Zanbala Prz, Gaia Major

THE BUTCHER • EL CARNICERO

[sub]2 January, 1999 | Quito, Pichincha Province, JNGR de Ecuador[/sub]

Perched within a private hillside villa in Quito, Lieutenant-Colonel Roldán "The Butcher" Naranjo, a high-ranking stratocrat and oligarch within the upper echelons of the National Revolutionary Government Junta enjoyed his view of the city on the villa's overlook with a pack of Davidoff premium imported Swiss cigarettes and a tall bottle of Scotch. As the Junta's Director of National Military Intelligence, Naranjo earned his nickname orchestrating the regime's state-sponsored terror and assassinations domestically and abroad. Adjacent to him sits fellow stratocrat, General of the Army Paco Moncayo, a veteran Field Marshall of the Paquisha War from 1981 to 1984 in charge of the Theater of Land Operations.

A messenger entered the villa overlook with important news for the Director's eyes only.

[B]Military Courier: "Sir, a message for you of great importance. Santiago Cordoba is dead."

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "Thank you, dismissed."

[B]Paco Moncayo: "Another rat bites the dust."

[Naranjo pours a glass of liquor as Moncayo raises his in a celebratory toast.]

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "Not just any rat, but Cordoba's eldest. His death will weaken the family immeasurably, they may have to cease operations in Los Angeles entirely."

[B]Paco Moncayo: "In order to kill the serpent, you must remove it's head."

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "Indeed, but Ismael himself is too elusive. He will never show his face from hiding, but that is no matter. If he wants to play rat hunt, I will simply kill every last associate of his until the bread crumb trail leads me to his door step."

[B]Paco Moncayo: "Exercise caution, soon enough the world powers may come to investigate our Government and it's activities abroad. I respect your vigor and professionalism, but killing Santiago Cordoba is a large enough step in the right direction against the Seven Heads cartel beyond Ecuador's borders. We need to cleanse our country, we must route our efforts on a domestic scale."

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "Respectfully sir, I disagree. This is the time, more than ever, to apply pressure. If they know we can get them and continue to, they will cease expansion."

[B]Paco Moncayo: "There is no question of that, my point simply is that Ecuador could very well be at a state of war with the Caracas Group and likely even Lima again, with the way things have been. Our assault on the Cenepa Valley demonstrated the will and determination of Ecuadorian Armed Forces to be more than capable of defeating the Peruanos at the Alto Cenepa. Our only issues between now and then that remain are the dense jungles of the Alto Cenepa that are littered by cartel plantations, Marxist outposts, and who knows what more. Since taking the Cenepa River Valley, the area has become a hotbed of activity we cannot yet keep under control."

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "I'll send in the Shock Troops, I will personally snuff them out."

[B]Paco Moncayo: "This is no meager task, the jungles are dense and unforgiving. They have an entire jungle to hide within, an entire network between at least 13 plantations."

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "You have seen what my men and I can do, General. I get things done and that's why our system works. Politicians only talk, we get things done."

[B]Paco Moncayo: "Yes, I agree. However, while we fight a ferocious domestic conflict against the Cordoba Family and the Seven Heads gang, our enemies convene in Caracas and Lima to plot our weakening as they know we have not and will not forget what transpired during the Paquisha War... As we fight, they remained armed."

[Roldán sips his liquor and takes a drag from his cigarette.]

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "I understand, I will send my agents abroad home. What is at stake is much higher than settling the score with Cordoba. Regarding these miscreants in the jungles, consider it done."

[B]Paco Moncayo: "I don't care how you do it, take none alive if need be, just clear them from the region, kill them or drive them out. How humiliating it would prove to be if we could not even effectively occupy the Cenepa River Valley no more than two and half years after our decisive victory."

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "Indeed. Wherever they hide, they will be found and left devoid of humanity. I will get my best men on that."

[B]Paco Moncayo: "Lima had used the Cenepa Valley region for too long as a base of operations in orchestrating strategic economic sabotage against Ecuador, especially by allowing cartels to charge their own exchange rates from Sucre to Sol and vice versa, weapons drops destined to end up in Cartel hands, the Peruvians wanted to destroy us from within, but their economic terrorism ended with our victory, though yet the remnants are still left behind. Our war for the Cenepa cannot be categorized merely mindless integralism, but a national security effort to secure our historic national borders and economic interests. The sacrifices made by our Army between Summer 1995 and Spring 1996 will not have been made in vain."

Stahlrahm, Teujira, Otsla, Zanbala Prz, Gaia Major

OPERACIÓN NAVAJA: BUSCAR Y DESTRUIR • OPERATION RAZOR: SEEK AND DESTROY

[sub]1 February, 1999 | Región Amazonas, Eastern Cenepa River Valley, JNGR de Ecuador[/sub]

The extreme jungle humidity and dense gloom marked the symptoms of the regional monsoons passing, sporadically cursing the troops of Tropa 1A "Tigre", an unofficial unit of the Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Militar, with it's seasonal 'hot rains' beating down upon the makeshift leaf hut outpost the commandos had set up over the course of a month upon the outskirts of the jungle frontier. Spread across the deep orient of the Eastern Cenepa River Valley were two more covert outposts just like this one which housed two other platoon-size sister units, Tropa 2A "Chacal" and Tropa 3A "Puma", a 135 man total across the three.

Acting as the parent unit, Tropa 1A "Tigre" is led by personally by Brig-Gen. Roldán Naranjo while Coronel Lionel Velasquez fronted Tropa 2A "Chacal" and Sergeant Humberto Lozar in command of Tropa 3A "Puma", two of Naranjo's most trusted right and left hand men specializing in anti-guerrilla operations, jungle warfare, and unconventional tactics. At Outpost "Tigre" the men gather arms and ammunition in preparation to move out and follow through with orders to seek and destroy cartel assets and hideouts throughout the region.

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "Muchachos, our enemy's days are numbered at the face of the quality of men standing before me today. Take as much ammunition as you can carry, we are set to depart in less than 15 minutes. Bring plenty of socks and water, hundreds of square miles of dense and unrelenting rainforest lies ahead, we cannot risk anyone getting trench foot which is all too common here in the Green Inferno. If that doesn't take you, Malaria or Yellow Fever will if you are not careful enough."

[B]Atoc "Sly as a Fox": "Don't leave out the black caiman skulking the river ways, they will tear a leg off with one snap. The rainforest is treacherous, but with me as your guide, there is not a single rock these rodents may scurry under in which they will not be caught. The Shuar Tribe is connected to this land."

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "The National Revolutionary Government Junta will remember your people's mutual assistance in assuring the destruction of these drug outfits. I can personally guarantee a severance for you and your tribe for your and the service of any other Shuar tribesmen."

[B]Atoc "Sly as a Fox": "As long as your men are helping exterminate these narcos from our land, I am on your side. Severance or no severance. I am an IWIA commando, I was trained to do one thing, to kill. That's it."

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "I have much trust in the IWIA unit, I seen them in action during the Paquisha War. All decorated warriors, resourceful, and excellent at what they do. I respect it, I admire the warrior spirit."

[Atoc "Sly as a Fox" nods in approval of the Lieutenant-Colonel's words, gripping an M60E3 light-machine gun, belted with 7.62x51mm FMJ, ready for action. Standing near him, Master Sergeant Ulises Aguinaga brandished a Calico M951S with a rail-mounted variable scope and held the responsibility of hauling the platoon's AN/PRC portable radio transceiver on his back wearing a microphone headset.]

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "If our positions are ever overwhelmed, Master Sergeant Aguinaga has the portable transceiver with a Huey gunship on standby ready to strike any coordinates we give them. Though, be aware this should only be taken as a last measure, we are conducting covert extrajudicial ops here. The presence of air power could breed suspicion from Peru just a few klicks across the border. Keep a pair of eyes glued to the back of your head, kill all, burn all, seize all."

[B]Ivan Capurro: "I intend to bring those cabrones all three, señor. [chuckling] I made some gifts for them."

[Lance Corporal Ivan Capurro was sat at a small table with an assortment of ammunition strewn across a map of the region. He finishes glueing a 12 guage shotgun shell together and places it down next to two other shells stood adjacent to his Remington M870 Police Magnum.]

[B]Ivan Capurro: "Incendiario. This will burn right through the jungle, or through a tunnel. Burn those cockroaches out of hiding! Now this one, Flechette for any snipers in the trees... Lastly a hearty slug for the best stopping power. This will punch through ballistic vests."

[B]Roldán Naranjo: "Good, then let's move out. Stay vigilant, stay focused, stay alive."

[Before long, Tropa 1A "Tigre" began moving eastward into the heartlands of Eastern Cenepa River Valley, Atoc leading the platoon through dense and treacherous marshes that seperated the cartel plantations from the death squad due in part to volatile wildlife and soil unfit to properly host coca, which pickily prefers to be in elevated, wet, hill and mountainsides rather than flat marshland. The Troop of 35 traveled at steady pace through the harsh sub-tropical environment, loose, wet soil slowing the platoon down to a trudge as the men traversed their way through chest-high streams cutting off many portions of Land by forming mini ponds and lakes dotting the rainforest.

Muddied rifles to the sky enduring the seasonal monsoon's hot rain, dousing the already waterlogged thicket with ever rising sea level. Maintaining course eastward toward the highlands within a grueling seven hour hike, the men chain-smoking, passing packs of Marlboro Reds up and down the single file line, masking their numbers. The sun, shadowed by grey gloom, managed to bear down it's heat through humidity temperatures alone despite the overshadow of trees and dense vegetation. The pack followed closely behind one another before the lead of Atoc who abruptly stopped along a path, taking a second to examine the path ahead before turning to Brig-Gen. Naranjo.]

[B]Atoc "Sly as a Fox": "The brush ahead appears unnatural, flattened and manipulated. I believe it to be a traphole, typical of the cartels to make on the outskirts of a plantation, likely a perimeter. When you don't have mines, you improvise your minefield."

Brig-Gen. Naranjo: "How far do you estimate the plantation might be from here?"

[B]Atoc "Sly as a Fox": "The fields vary in size, how far it may be I am uncertain, though I do know the path ahead is treacherous we must proceed with caution. Follow me."

Brig-Gen. Naranjo: "Keep it single file men, watch for pits or traps, weapons free."

[Atoc walks steadily, plunging a branch into any piles of vegetation seeming as though having been manipulated. The soldiers behind him scan the jungle in silence only to be met by the whistling calls of a candle of Tapir in the distance, as other wildlife squawked and shrieked throughout the rainforest, creating it's own unique white noise.]

[B]Atoc "Sly as a Fox": "Tapir are close by, the narco farmers like to poach them for their rich meat, slaughtering multiple candles at a time. They could be close by, keep your guard up."

Brig-Gen. Naranjo: "Are we clear from the traphole pits?"

[B]Atoc "Sly as a Fox": "So far, yes, however these can be still be found scattered miles inland. I will cover one more mile before I rule us clear from--"

[A distant but near enough gunshot interrupted Atoc, who fell deathly silent, listening intently as the rainforest too quieted at the gun blast. Tapir shrieks and two more gunshots echoed from afar spelling out certain fate for the creatures. The men trekked northeast, dialing in closer to a patrol of three narco farmers carving out meat from slain Tapir while their 1988 Suzuki Samurai 4x4 sat on, idling alongside the dirt road. The clueless men eagerly sing along to Colombian cumbias whilst collecting their poached game, the force of soldiers slowly creeping towards their backs. The cumbias are cut off by a deafening 12 gauge blast that sends one of the men reeling forward from the force that collapsed both of his lungs and filled them with blood entirely, choking dead by the time body impacted ground. Capurro's Remington M870 blew smoke as the spent shell discharged and fed another through with a distinct click-clack, blasting again before Atoc's M60E3 opened fire also on the remaining two narcos hastily making attempts for their rifles, seemingly ripping the two men to bits. Immediately, a two-way satellite radio lit up in the Suzuki 4x4.]

[B]Man: "Victor? Bueno? What was all that shooting? Sounded like a lot."

Brig-Gen. Naranjo: "Forget him, proceed to the plantation. If I could guess, shouldn't be far if they heard that."

[Tropa 1A "Tigre" followed the tire marks back to the plantation within 20 minutes and before long happened upon a massive plantation that shared land with a processing laboratory where chemicals are extracted and added into the process of refining coca to cocaine powder. Without warning, "Tigre" platoon unleashed it's might onto the armed sicarios along the perimeter as the shooting drew out the true number of personnel on the land. Sicarios ran out of the processing lab in dirtied lab aprons, goggles, and chemical masks lashing back with AKM fire, many of them being gunned downed by a mix of sustained M60 fire and Master Sergeant Aguinaga's precision hits with his 9mm Calico DMR. Lance Corporal Capurro dispatches an M72 LAW launcher from his back, extending the tubular frame, and flipping up the sight notches he takes a couple of seconds as the platoon lays down necessary cover fire. The LAW bursted with exhaust as the tracer-like rocket impacts the processing lab, causing a larger explosion from the chemicals stored within, engulfing the building in flames.

Heavy gunfire piles on their position from the plantation house as the fire engulfs the former lab. Sandaled men exchange burst-fire from AKMs making their way to the main coca field before being displaced by several rounds of 7.62x51mm. Approaching the plantation house, the Platoon surrounded the property and reloaded fresh ammunition into their armaments before Lt.Col. Naranjo lit the place up with a Grendel R31 carbine, the rest of his men following suit for a brief moment until Naranjo signaled cease fire and walked up to the house from his position.]

Brig-Gen. Naranjo: "Whoever inside that is still alive, I am giving one opportunity to come out and surrender. Don't squander it, my patience will only last so long."

[No response from within.]

Lance Corporal Capurro: "Time to burn the place, Lieutenant?"

Brig-Gen. Naranjo: "Burn them out."

[Capurro took a shell from his 12 gauge ammo bag, one marked incendiary, loaded it directly into the chamber, aimed, and fired a stream of dragon's breath through the air. The dry palm roofing of the makeshift stead instantly caught and expanded the incendiary flames with ease. Smoke quickly overtook the interior of the stead, coughing intensified from within before a teenage boy ran out clinging to the fresh air. The boy didn't appear to be armed and was fighting for breath as Naranjo approached, racking the slide on a ProTec-25 pocket pistol and placing a swift .25 Auto to the forehead.]

Brig-Gen. Naranjo: [clears a feeding malfunction before nonchalantly squeezing a second round into the body and holstering his pistol] "Onto the next. Move out."

Teujira, Otsla, Zanbala Prz, Gaia Major

Post by Ice Age 5000 suppressed by Teujira.

Ice Age 5000

new game:ice chess

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=otsla/detail=factbook/id=1582925

A bloodless change of power

[I]Background[/I]

The Spanish right-wing is unhappy with the current Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) administration of Miguel Morant. Unemployment has risen considerably in the past three years. Developments such as the removal of religious education from schools, as well as the legalisation of homosexual activities and unofficial government approval of same-sex marriages have upset a large part of the population. The Northern Morocco Territory has seen a stark increase in the number of illegal migrants entering, who are then helped along with government handouts. A popular point is that whilst illegally-entering migrants are given social housing and a monthly benefit, a large number of home-born Spaniards remain homeless or struggling to survive.

Leader of the National Patriotic Party, Roberto Montero, has frequently called for a popular uprising against the government, and has urged the national security apparatus to assist it, saying that their professions are disrespected by the ruling leftists. A recent protest in Madrid saw 15,000 people turn out, whilst police and military police ignored orders to disperse it. The protest was attended by members of Espana 2000, the National Democratic Party, the National Alliance and the Patriotic People's Party - all of whom have been in talks about a joint merger.

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[sub]November 7th, 1999, 04:30 | Madrid, Palace of Moncloa[/sub]

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At around half past four o'clock, a line of black cars arrives outside the Moncloa Palace, the formal residence of the Spanish Prime Minister; two Rover 600s, a Rover SD1 3500 and a '94 Audi A6 sedan. The motorcade consists principally of Roberto Montero (leader of the opposition), Raul Albares (opposition Defence Minister), Daniel Contreras (opposition Interior Minister) and head of the Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Federico Almada. They are accompanied by twelve armed bodyguards of the Internal Security Agency of the Interior Ministry. They bypass security unopposed and make their way inside. Three bodyguards herd the Moncloa's security officers into a closet, where they are kept watch over, whilst the other three accompany the ministers and Chief of Staff to the Council Room, where P.M. Miguel Morant is located.

[I][Simultaneously, Royal Guards and regular Army units take up defensive positions around the Royal Palace, the Kings official residence. Cars belonging to the Internal Security Agency arrive outside the main headquarters of the MBC (Madrid Broadcasting Corporation), agents enter the building and force the station and its substations off air, in preparation for an announcement to be made after dawn. Elsewhere across Spain, the situation appears normal, with nothing noticeably out of the ordinary.][/I]

The guards and leaders of the now-imminent coup enter the Council Room, where they stay for around forty minutes. After that time, the action is complete; the PSOE government is formally dissolved by its Prime Minister, who then resigns and passes the reigns of power to opposition leader, Roberto Montero. The former P.M. is escorted home, under police guard, having agreed to refrain from participation in politics indefinitely.

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Madrid Broadcasting Corporation

LEFTIST GOVERNMENT DISSOLVED - DAY OF REVOLUTION DECLARED BY PATRIOTIC SALVATION COUNCIL

Following events which took place overnight, Prime Minister Morant has dissolved his PSOE-led government and resigned, handing power to the so-called Patriotic Salvation Council, a transitional administration chaired by opposition leader Roberto Montero and including others such as the former-opposition Defence Minister, Interior Minister and armed forces Chief of Staff. Montero, who now holds the position of "President of the Interim Patriotic Salvation Council" has made a statement proclaiming that he and others "acted in defence of the nation and the people".

The Patriotic Salvation Council will initiate radical changes to the decayed society of Spain, starting with;

[*]The abolition of the monarchy which has stood idly by and allowed the nation to descend into disrepute

[*]The establishment of a Republic and position of President, for which elections will be held within two months

[*]The reinstatement of Religious Studies in state-run schools

[*]The immediate criminalisation of homosexuality and deviant behaviours

[*]The immediate halt of all removals of statues, place names and holidays dedicated to Caudillo Francisco Franco

[*]The immediate ban of both the Basque National Movement and the Catalan National Party.

[*]A government-led inquiry into child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.

Zanbala Prz, Gaia Major, Indril

New leadership in Germany

July 1999

Germany is a nation forged by soviet interests naturally does not allow much of a decision for people on which leader they get.

But that still doesn't mean that the soviet union simply puts somebody in the position of First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany most of the time the leader of Germany is simply being elected by the communist party of Germany.

And such a thing will happen this year again at the 12th party congress after a long debate the politician named Friedrich Petrick came out on top as First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany a rather young man for the party with his 50 years. growing up in East Germany he grew up seeing the huge investments of the soviet union giving life to the ruins he called home. after that going through his revolutionary education and military training.

joining the stazi after he had found and reported several west german and french informants at one point even earning a medal for his service to national security. climbing through the stazi he eventually jumped to the political scene as a harsh anti-western pro soviet politician which was not too special basically any east german politician the norm you can say what set him apart was that he was also mindful of nature and caring about the enviroment saying "For the Complete revolution to succeed, the revolution must take care of mother nature for as the sons of the revolution industrialize her burden grows day by day. how can a socialist utopia happen if it is not sustainable?"

finding many allies in the younger parts of the party as the original old guard of the party broke he slowly went from office to office from one position to another learning how the party worked and then after gathering political connections and the navigation of the branches he was finally declared General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Chairman of the National Defence Council and Chairman of the State Council.

Long. Live Friedrich petrick

And so the revolution slips out of the hands of the old on their dying beds and is given new life in the hands of the young.

Zanbala Prz, Gaia Major

OOC: Sorry for inactivity, I've been busy and kind of stressed, so really I've taken a break for a bit. I'll post every now and then, because things have calmed down a bit now. It's a bit short, but it will have to do for now.

Mexico, December 1994

Ernesto Zedillo sits back in his chair and sighs. His calm masks absolute fury and terror. The Mexican economy was shredded, disintegrated. Just days after taking power, the peso has plummeted in value against the US dollar, and prices were rising faster than anything could pull it down. Somehow he had to stop this mess, but how? It was natural that, just as everything seems to be going to plan, that is just when the worst economic crisis ever known to Mexico strikes. The value of the peso had fallen by 15% in a day, and it was still falling.

But the currency collapse wasn't even the worst of it. The reports surrounding the RZLN and Popular Revolutionary Army suggested that they were both mustering troops and rallying them for attacks. Somehow, with a dying economy and a feeble police force and military, he had to defend against both of the threats and build the economy back up. No wonder he was starting to get a pain behind his eyes. And that smile, forced there to hide the seething stress was starting to crack at the edges. He had inherited a hell-hole of a country, and it was up to him to fix it.

Val Verde-, Zanbala Prz, The Reunified German Reich, Gaia Major

Abiyot Negasi took a moment to look around his new office before setting down a cardboard box full of office supplies and various books on his desk. His new office here in Asmara was much larger than the one he had back in Addis Ababa and papers were strewn all over the floor. Abiyot moved over to the single window in his office and peered outside. A few floors down, the streets were littered with shattered glass, spent brass casings, and even the odd burning vehicle. It had been three months now since the Eritreans lost their bid to gain their independence from the Federation, and even still the place was a mess. "Regional Minister," came a voice from the door behind him, "I see you have already found your new office." Abiyot turned to see a young Eritrean woman poking her head in through the door. "I am Liah, I will be your secretary and local advisory liaison, I will be at my desk if you need assistance," she said in a rehearsed tone without even looking Abiyot in the eye. Abiyot opened his mouth to address the woman but the door was shut before any noise could come out. Instead he simply sat down at his desk, logged into his computer, and began reading through report after report detailing the situation of the region now under his governance. Repairs to infrastructure would need to be made, worker coops and publicly owned firms would need to be set up for every business imaginable in the region, aid for people who lost their homes would need to be coordinated, and most importantly of all: hearts and minds would need to be won and mended. The nasty business of putting down separatists may now be over, but Abiyot got the sinking feeling that with dwindling resources, civil unrest, and foreign vultures circling all around her, the Federation of Syndicalist Ethiopia's troubles had only just begun.

Gaia Major

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1589462

中国人民共和国

𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚'𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖

𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚝 | 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷𝟸

50ᴛʜ ᴀɴɴᴜᴀʟ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛʙᴜʀᴏ ꜱᴜᴍᴍɪᴛ!

Welcome to Asia.

Things have changed here, for the better mostly. The backwards continent of 40 years ago is practically unrecognizable as the same hub of technology and progress that is emerging as the fastest-growing and most dynamic region of the post-American world order.

And it would be a truly abysmal observer who didn’t notice one key thing.

From Ahmedabad in the West, to Hong Kong in the East, to Chennai and Phnom Penh in the south and Ulaanbaatar in the north, the red banner of the Chinese Communist Party is raised. From Gujarat to Pyongyang and from Thimphu to Jakarta, what Beijing says goes. China has emerged a superpower by any sense of the word after the collapse of the United States, with power vacuums left by the gradual withdrawal of Western power in the region being rapidly and eagerly filled by the capable arms of the People’s Liberation Army.

Sitting astride Asia as the unrivaled master of the region leaves China with the important dilemma of evaluating its new position in the world. The isolationist policy of the Mao and Enlai eras will no longer serve in a world where China must act as a balancing power to the influence of its former ally the Soviet Union, and an increasingly erratic and authoritarian Europe led by the French.

Active integration of the SCO into a more cohesive and unitarian alliance will be on top of the Politburo’s priority list over the next few months, with the armed forces of all member states being rapidly integrated into a Chinese-led command structure similar to that of the Warsaw Pact. The SCO’s armed forces, already largest in the world by number and in nearly all regards a match for those of the Warsaw Pact, have a new role to play in maintaining international peace and stability in a world where multiple factions are vying to feed off the instability generating by the decaying Western world order. China and its allies must – out of necessity if nothing else – play a role in ensuring that the market socialist ideals that they have championed in West Africa as the legitimate and natural progression of Third World nationalism. Paris may champion its perverse nationalism and Moscow its computerized revisionism, but China has chosen to tread a more balanced path: the Middle Way as it has always done since time immemorial.

Market socialism and the rapid growth it has delivered in China and the other nations of the SCO stand testament to its efficacy as the one legitimate economic policy for delivering development and equitable economic advancement in Third World states which have a desire to better their conditions – and Deng Xiaoping Thought with its implementation of authoritarian socialism being the optimal societal condition to complement this.

With the emergence of a new world order governed by the above-mentioned, the 50th Annual Summit of the Politburo of the CCP met with gravity that befit the occasion, with the intent to address one key question: how must China address its new position as a global superpower?

• Chief on the agenda was increased involvement in non-SCO nations. With the establishment of a new fund for foreign aid and investment, Chinese companies will begin constructing infrastructure in developing nations as a form of relationship building.

• Additionally, new detachments of the SCO Armed Forces will be created for low intensity COIN operations to be used as special forces for peacekeeping. Chief among these will be the new 122nd Special Forces Regiment, made of handpicked soldiers from the member states of the SCO and trained and equipped to be used as advisory and peacekeeping forces in insurgent-threatened areas such as the instability arising in the Chinese partner nation of the Kongo.

• Finally, the CCP has elected to fund oil exploration by CNPC in the South China Sea basin, to divert SCO petrochemical dependencies away from the UAR to more domestically oriented sources, given the UAR’s recent alarming desire to increase closeness with the French.

OOC: *complaint voice* - uh oh, I tried to look at the cartography page of the dispatch, but it displays an error that claims it does not exist. Wonder If I visited the wrong page, or perhaps the dispatch is incomplete. Please respond because I’am looking forward into Roleplaying.

Germany a country of railways

1950 March 12th

In front of Berlin the German army marches and parades to. Old. Prussian melody's with new communist meaning and after a full hour of grandeur the new head of state Friedrich petrik starts his speech

People of Germany we have triumphed over capitalism. But not over west Germany. We have freed our brothers I have heard of killings in the new German states wich weren't under our full control after the annexation. But hopefully this should now be dealt with but it has shown me something my dear people it has shown me that Germany was too long split. Split economically, split militarily, split spiritually Germany needs to overcome its old wounds and like grass growing over the fields of battle, germanys way of healing will be railroads. Railroads shall grow over the split lands of Germany and finnaly unify them. A grand New project shall be announced.

The National railway unification Act. Germany shall be unified by rail, it shall take measures to allow to take a railway from Berlin to the rhine

and localy unify the states of Germany. Germany is known for its cars but the German car shall be the railway.

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