Six-Months War; Take 4

The United Kingdom agrees whole-heartedly with Arabia and Spain on the issues scheduled for discussion at the Doha Conference, and would reply at greater length if its diplomatic corps spent less time playing in orchestras and more time attending to affairs of state.

I'm aiming to finish the update tonight guys, so if you have any last minute stories or "canon" things (such as flags, leader portraits, etc.) you want to toss up for a bonus, get it in.

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1923​

Peaceful Matters

North America

Gold was found in Aleyska. This, along with encouragement from the new Aleyskan Department of Immigration and Settlement, led to not only an increase in population, but an increase in wealth, as well. (+5 Aleyskan EP, +5 Banked Aleyskan EP, +10 Aleyskan Manpower, ++1 Aleyskan Manpower)

The dismantling of much of the Treaty of San Clemente has finally hit the United States this year. (-10 American EP)

Tariffs between goods from Aleyska and Quebec have been lowered, though the trade between the two nations hasn't been as fruitful as many had hoped.

Industrial production in Georgia and Alabama have returned to relatively pre-war levels. (+5 Confederate EP)

Railways through New Mexico continue to prove useful. (+1 United States EP)

The Mexican Steel Industry continues to grow. (+3 Mexican EP)

The auto and shipping industry in Quebec has began to receive some small government subsidies. It's proximity to the United States of America, and the trade relations between the two has made it hard for any Quebecois businessmen to really get involved in the growing auto-industry, however. (+2 Quebecois EP)

The signing of the Treaty of Richmond finally gave closure to the citizens of the United States and Confederate States of America after the Great War, which ended so abruptly in North America. Among the treaties stipulations was a clause for a plebiscite to be held in the previous Confederate territories of Sonora and Chihuahua, now Mexican states. The plebiscite showed that the citizens of the area are overwhelmingly supportive of remaining with the new Mexican state. The vote was so over-whelmingly pro-Mexican that some Confederos in the territories have actively campaigned against the validity of the plebiscite.

Also in respect to the Treaty of Richmond, Confederate and American soldiers withdrew from the border, to predetermined locations, so as to not antagonize the other nation.

After the assassination of President Adam Supplee in Nicaragua, the United States government has appointed Diego Manuel Chamorro, a Nicaraguan Liberal, to the office of President in Nicaragua. While the appointment of a Nicaraguan has eased some of the tension among the political elite in the nation, many still think of Chamorro as little more than an American puppet. (see Military Events)

The Treaty of Port-au-Prince ended the short but bloody Haitian-Dominican War this year, with the entirety of the Haitian government being put on trial by the new Haitian president Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave. The trial ended soon after it began, with the verdict being a unanimous guilty, and the Haitian president Jean Vilbrun Guillaume was promptly executed (along with several administrators).


A referendum in Quebec has shown that the citizenry are largely susceptible to a tax hike, in exchange for a better university system.

The Confederate Veterans Scholarship program has given many Confederate men a chance to better their lives, with the government paying the bill. (+Confederate Stability)

A Mormon terror organization seized several federal banks in the Salt Lake City area and stole as much money as they could, evading police forces.

South America

The Andean Republic's attempts at building a rail-line expressly connecting the north of the nation to the south, have continued this year and have not yet hit any snags in construction. The rail-line stretches from Iquique in the north, down to Temuco in the south, and has managed to incorporate bits and pieces of previous rail-lines, for the sake of simplicity and cost-effectiveness. This of course, has helped with the growing Andean Industry, which has solidified itself as the second best on the Pacific coast of the Americas (behind the United States). (+8 Andean EP, +Andean Stability)

Factories have been constructed deep within Brazil, along it's growing rail-lines, allowing for the proper manufacture of rubber products closer towards the point of extraction. This has, of course led to easier and quicker trade with Europe, allowing Brazil to get some edge on the Dutch and Belgian rubber markets. (+5 Brazilian EP, -2 Dutch East Indies EP, -3 Belgian Congo EP)

Attempts at settling the harsh interior of Brazil at the insistence of the Brazilian government has began this year, reliant on the current program of deforestation that has allowed for the Brazilian government to "create" thousands of miles on arable land. The population can only move as fast as the deforestation though, and while on paper it seems like the government has aquired large amounts of land, a majority of the vast Brazilian interior remains jungle. (+30 Brazilian Manpower, ++3 Brazilian Manpower)

Europe


The Treaty of Kiel ended the Second War of Scandinavian Reunification, roughly one year from when it began. The Treaty has led to Sweden denouncing all forms of offensive warfare, and it's association with other nations through military alliances. The Swedish military also was disbanded in large, with most of the Swedish navy and airforce being sold to private dealers, and for scrap. (-Swedish Stability, +30 Swedish Manpower (from disbandment), +100 Swedish EP (from disbandment)

The Belgian Steel industry boomed a bit this year. (+20 Banked Belgian EP, +8 Belgian EP)

A restructured banking industry in Belgium saw that a bit more income could be found in the books, somewhere. (+2 Belgian EP)

The Spanish auto-industry has started up, but failed to successfully compete with their Swiss and German competition. Attempts by Norway to also get an edge into the market failed completely, and both nation's ended up having to pay more for their new industries, than they were making. (-2 Spanish EP, -1 Norwegian EP, +5 German EP, +7 Swiss EP)

The Finnish lumber industry has continued to do well. (+4 Finnish EP)

Many found the complete inactivity of the French government startling, especially in regards to the Abyssinian situation. (see Military Matters)(-French Stability)

Greece has began mass recruiting, and has enlisted a majority of the able-bodied men of age in the entirety of the country. To fill out conscription quotas, younger boys and older men have been called into service, for it's most recent military actions. (see Military Matters)(-Army Quality, -20 Greek EP, --2 Manpower)

A national Falangist education system has been implemented in Spain.

A large number of Danish and Swedish immigrants made their way to Norway, as the Norwegian government began offering monetary incentives to would-be immigrants. (+15 Norwegian Manpower, ++2 Norwegian Manpower, -5 Danish Manpower, -10 Swedish Manpower)

The Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian rebels united under one banner this year, as they figured that their chances for independence lay with one another. The centralized command structure, while not perfect, has helped resist some assaults this year. (See Military Matters)

The Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian leaders, under the leadership of General Anton Pavelić has sold Italy the rights to a lot of land on the Dalmatian coast to the complete shock and chagrin of the Austrian crown. (See Military Matters)

Reconstruction in the Soviet Union continued this year, and the Trans-Siberian railway began running again in certain portions. The collectivization efforts of last year, were continued this year with a vigor, and only wavered when news of Lenin's stroke spread to the worker Soviets. (+9 Soviet EP, ++2 Soviet Manpower, See Political Events)

A few railway unions in Ireland went on strike, and seem to have no intention of giving in any time soon. (-1 Irish EP)


Africa

After lack of funds last year, the Egyptian government attempted to start expanding the port of Alexandria again, and has had some success thus far. (+3 Egyptian EP)

The Second Spanish Empire has fully annexed the nation of Liberia, and promptly renamed it "Alfonsia", after His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Alfonso XIII of Spain. The remains of the city of Monrovia was also renamed Ciudad Estardo, and is undergoing major overhaul. The Spanish military has carefully monitored who goes in and out of the new colony, careful to see to it that no rebellions arise due to outside influences. (+Alfonsia, +10 Spanish Alfonsian EP)


The Capetown Project continued in full this year, with a similar Johannesburg Project following soon thereafter, making South Africa the most industrialized nation (or colony) on the whole of the continent. Thousands of workers, black and white alike have found jobs in the growing cities, and many immigrants have made their way to the Dominion. (+12 South African EP, +15 South African Manpower, ++1 South African Manpower)

The Berlin Windhoek Railroad pushed toward the Belgian Congo, making better progress than usual. (+3 German Sudan EP)

Some more rubber has been extracted from the Belgian Congo. (+3 Belgian Congo EP)

Immigration to the Transvaal Republic from some parts of South Africa has increased. (-5 South African Manpower, +5 Transvaal Manpower)

The Madrid-Rome Pact readjusted the border between Spanish Morocco and Italian Algeria, among other things.


Asia

The British government's complete ignoring of the Sikh's petition last year has led to unrest in several towns throughout Punjab. No one was seriously hurt on either side, but a British rail-post was burned down, and a few shipments of goods in the area went "missing". (-1 British Indian EP)

The Doha conference was a notable failure this year. Representatives from Persia, Saudi Arabia, the Ottoman Empire and Spain all met in Qatar, to discuss the future of the Hedjaz. Despite initial willingness to work out a possible independent state in the Hedjez, increased attacks by Arab nationalists in the area led to a military crackdown. The Ottoman court has since ended it's willingness to simply give the land it's independence, as it looks for possible instigators of the larger revolt. (See Military Matters)

The Chinese government continued to crumble this year. (see Military Matters)

Laws were passed in the Dutch East Indies preventing the torture of anyone in the colony, by Dutch authorities. This law, accompanied similar laws, which punished law authorities who beat, harass or arrest any citizen without just cause. These laws are seen as a continuance of Dutch Colonial Reforms last year, and while the average Indonesian is enjoying their newfound guaranteed rights, the aristocrats in the colonies sure aren't. Some Indonesian nationalists began calling for more drastic reforms in the colony, and have refused to work for several prominent industrialists who don't seem to be following the new laws to an appropriate extent. (-Dutch East Indies Stability, +10 Dutch East Indies EP)

The Japanese Empire has continued to reorganize it's colonies in a similar manner to the reorganization of the Philippines last year. (+3 Japanese Formosa EP, +7 Japanese Korea EP)

A series of great lifted railroads, called the "Tokyo System" has began to be built this year, connecting major parts of the city in what many are calling a "mass transit system". (+7 Japanese EP)

The port of Dammam was expanded this year, and has started to become one of the premier ports in the Arabian Sea. (+2 Arabian EP)

The oilfields near Baku in Persia have began undergoing repairs. The oil fields had been damaged since the Franco-Spanish expeditionary force attacked and freed the area from the Russians during the Civil War just a few years ago. The reconstruction has quickly made Persia one of the worlds leading, if not the leading oil supplier. This, along with other reconstruction efforts in Baku and Azerbaijan as a whole has led to large amounts of Persian capital flowing in and out of the region. (+12 Persian EP, +Persian Stability)


Communist groups in Persia have been under extreme pressure from the Persian government and people, and violence against suspected Communist or Soviet sympathizers has broken out in several villages in what had been Azerbaijan.

Oceania

Project Beltway continued this year. The process has been slow, as Australian workers make sure that their road is of decent enough quality to withstand both weathering and constant use. The road has so far connected the capitol at Perth to a location between Dampler and Broome. (+5 Australian EP)

ANTAS (Australian National Territories Aerial Services) started up in Darwin, in the hope that transport between the growing Australian cities will be made simpler through the air. ANTAS hasn't exactly caught on with the Australian consumer though, as the Zeppelin still reigns supreme in the world of civilian aviation.

A coalition of tribes rebelled in German New Guinea, after several soldiers committed an apparent faux pas during an excursion onto native land. The tribes have destroyed a few telegram posts, and killed a few colonial Germans. (-German New Guinea Stability)

Political Matters

Vladimir Ilyrich Lenin suffered a stroke this year, rendering him paralyzed, and bed ridden. The Soviet government has struggled to situate itself, and reform under a new leader, and has (at least temporarily) been ruled by Leon Trotzky. A meeting of all the Soviet Council's higher-ups is to take place this year, to decide the most appropriate successor.


President Vanhanen of Finland has given a rousing speech highlighting the need for an increase in the size of Finland's military, for the sake of national protection. It was surprisingly well received. (+Finnish Stability)

A referendum was going to be held in Italy this year, determining the future of the Italian Monarchy, after the King Emmanuel's attempted seizure of power from the parliament last year, but war made that "unnecessary". Plans for holding the referendum after the war are in the works. Many Italians are upset that Emmanuel remains in power, but it has largely subsided to a grumbling discontent, and once again the nation gears up to fight. (See Military Matters)

A group of radical Republicans appeared in Vancouver, protesting Canada's parliamentary democracy, and dominionship to the United Kingdom, after it had "turned it's back on them", during the Great War. The group has been largely dismissed in the Canadian media, but it seems to represent a growing grass-roots movement.

The Republican movement in Germany continued this year, with many calling for the Kaiser to allow for some type of Constitutional Monarchy. The Republicans, led by Klaus Vermann declared "Wilhelm's absolutist rule more apt for the 1820's, then the modern age."

Military Matters

In the middle of the Doha Conference, Arab rebels struck at the lightly defended Ottoman outposts throughout the Hedjaz. The rebels came out of the desert, armed with modern European weaponry, and promptly destroyed the small, scattered Ottoman outposts. Bad weather delayed several planned attacks, and Arabic forces gathered to assault a major Ottoman fort at Taif during one of the worst sandstorms the area has seen in a long while. The position of the Ottoman at Taif had been precarious since the start of the minor revolt last year, and the accumulation of weapons and manpower on behalf of the Arab rebels made that all the more obvious this year.

The Ottoman Sultan sent a small relief force to the area, after his well-founded fear that some other state, be it European or local, would create an independent Hedjaz at the expense of His rule. The Sultan did not expect for an attack so close to Mecca, and assumed that the insurgency would remain fairly isolated, on the borders of the Ottoman domains. It is that thinking that made it so no one could have been more surprised than the garrisoned Ottoman soldiers at Taif, when bands of semi-organized began firing upon small outposts surrounding the immediate area. Soon thereafter, a much larger force besieged the garrison, and cut it off from nearby Ottoman forts, who were under constant harassment from Arabic forces. It took several daring assaults against the wall, and low morale on the Ottoman side, for the garrison of several thousand to surrender to the besieging Arabic forces. (-5 Ottoman Divisions, -10 Ottoman EP, -20 Ottoman Manpower, -Ottoman Stability)


The loss of Taif would be felt immediately at Constantinople, where the Sultan, upon hearing the news, abruptly withdrew his ambassador at the Doha Conference, and immediately began conspiring ways to counter the growing Arabic rebellion. Reports of action both on the British border, and the area near Transjordan startled the Ottoman military, but none so like the quick loss of Mecca, which was taken without so much as dedicated resistance. The Arab forces are growing in support and seemed poised to take the entire area. Ottoman units left in the Hedjaz have benefited from some foreign help themselves, which is part of the reason they haven't been completely eradicated from the area. But domestic issues in both Mesopotamia and Transcaucasia means that the military power utilized by the Ottomans in the area has to be monitored carefully. And so far, that hasn't been enough. (-5 Ottoman Divisions)

In China, Republicans in the south began a full-uprising, after several protests were put down by the Imperial government last year by gunfire. The Republicans, referring to the Chinese Emperor Puyi as the "Manchu Tyrant", began enlisting the help of the many impoverished Chinese citizenry in the south, and have began appealing to Chinese businessmen and aristocrats that have grown weary of American and German influence on Puyi's court. The Imperial government has kept most of the fighting localized, and unreported, but thousands are believed to be dead already, and this seems to be more than just another Chinese rebellion. (-30 Chinese Divisions, -Chinese Stability, -30 Chinese EP, -400 Chinese EP)

An attempted uprising in Bolivia, was quickly put down by the President Bautista Saavedra, who vowed to rule for another 4 years, before stepping down . (-2 Bolivian Divisions, -15 Bolivian Manpower, -3 Bolivian EP)

Spanish military advisors, fresh from fighting in Liberia, were sent to far away Crimea this year, to assist in the modernization of the Crimean military. Among the modernizations was the sale of the Bordeaux 19' designs to the Eastern European nation.


The rebellion in French Abyssinia grew substantially, as the French government failed to send so much as another soldier to the colony this year. Swarms of supporters for the rebels amassed out of almost thin air, striking at any French colonial building or administrator. Post offices, telegraph stations and rail-roads alike where destroyed, and the remaining French soldiers in the colony retreated towards the coast, in the hopes that aid of some sort will come. (-2 French Divisions, -10 French Abyssinian EP)

The Austrian Civil War expanded this year, as more German soldiers entered the Ukraine to relieve the Austrians of their guard. Surprising enough to many Germans, was the relative docility of the previous rebellious populace, many of whom willingly disbanded upon seeing the German military in full force. Those who didn't were quickly crushed, and for the first time in quite awhile fighting in Ukraine has subsided.

On the Adriatic coast, the principal Austrian strategy in the handling of the now unified Slavic rebels was search and destroy. The Habsburg Monarchy was hoping that eventually the Slavic rebels would reach a point where they were completely unable to prosecute the war because of such a traumatic loss in manpower. The Austrian army, in conjunction with the airforce hunted down bands of Slavic rebels scatted across the countryside. The Slavs counter-attacked dozens of locations simultaneously, but were unable to inflict any lasting victories over the Austrians, who continued to march towards the Adriatic coast for the first time in several years. (-13 Austrian Divisions, -30 Austrian Manpower, -5 Austrian EP)


The Slavs fell back, as the Greek Army attacked in the south, and the Austrians wheeled around overwhelming numbers. The only thing keeping the Slavs in the fight was constant localized support, as partisan forces ripped apart the Austrian rear, causing the army to delegate more soldiers towards defense behind the lines, then on the front leading the attacks. (-4 Austrian Divisions)

Ultimately, the biggest Austrian defeat came on the home front, as many prominent aristocrats decried King Charles' rather out of character move, to convert to a Constitutional Monarchy on what many feel was a whim, disregarding hundreds of years of Habsburg rule. These court aristocrats did everything in their power to see to it that some of their rights as the land and production owning elites returned to them, to little avail. This political infighting, along side the sail of the Adriatic coast to Italy may very well be what saved the Slav rebels this year, as fighting outside of Romania and in Bohemia subsided. (-40 Austrian EP)

Far to the southwest, however, the scene was much different. In a grand move, the Greek military moved into Serbia, at the encouragement of the Austrian government. The Greek military entered the region of Macedonia, quickly and without too much loss of life. The Croats, Bosnians and Serbians were more focused on fighting in the north, than on their Macedonian counterparts. The Greek Army, led by King King Constantine I and Prince George II, destroyed any resistance to the Greek occupation, by razing entire villages in the hopes of drawing any remaining rebels into an open-field battle. As news of the atrocities leaked out, the public opinion in Europe quickly turned in favor of the oppressed rebels. (-5 Greek Divisions)

Earlier in the year, Italy had received a telegraph forwarded from it's Dominion in Egypt, about apparent Greek plans to go to war with Italy, and encouraging the Dominion to enter such a war on the Greek side. The telegraph (now know as the Cairo Telegraph), along with a Greek nationalist shooting at Italian government buildings in the Dodecanese Islands was enough for the Italian Parliament to declare war on the wayward state, in the defense of themselves, their interests, and the Macedonian people.

The Italian navy stationed in the Dodecanese islands acted quickly and decidedly. Admiral Carlo Bergamini sought to lure the smaller and weaker Greek navy into a ship-to-ship battle, in which he expected his far more experienced and modern navy to win. Seizing several major Aegean Islands, without so much as a shot being fired, Bergamini waited for a Greek naval sally, which came in early June. The Greek navy, though much smaller, assaulted the Italian's in an attempt to at least damage the Italian fleet enough that some time could be bought for soldiers to be shipped to Crete, Corfu and a few other Aegean Islands, at the Battle of Andros. The initial Greek strike, was at the center of the line, towards Bergamini's lumbersum Littorio-Class Battleship. While the Greek cruisers were fairly ineffective against the Littorio-Class's heavy armor, the Littorio-Class couldn't maneuver itself to a more appropriate firing position to destroy any of the Greek cruisers. Several Italian supporting destroyers were destroyed, however, with only minimal damage being done to the Greek cruisers. The Greeks soon retreated, however, as word of Italian movement a bit to the east made it's way back to the Greek admiral. (-4 Italian Destroyers, -1 Greek Cruiser)


Emboldened by the "victory" at Andros, the Greeks pushed east, attempting to reclaim some of the North Aegean islands Bergamini's fleet had captured just days before. Lured in by an apparent lack of Italian naval presence, the Greek fleet stumbled upon Bergamini's fleet off of Chios, fully supported by a pair of new Conte di Cavour Battleships. Screening Italian destroyers almost fully encircled the Greek fleet, which struggled to maintain any sort of concentrated fire against the Italian ships. Unable to recreate the success at Andros, the Greek fleet retreated, back towards Thessaloniki after taking some considerable losses. (-6 Greek Cruisers, -4 Greek Destroyers, -2 Italian Cruisers, -3 Italian Destroyers)

The Aegean, from July on became a primarily Italian lake, with Italian picket submarines sinking Greek shipping, and what few naval vessels remained. The occasional ship-to-ship fights occurred through the Cyclades, but ultimately Italian naval supremacy was assured. (-20 Greek EP, -1 Greek Cruiser, -1 Greek Destroyer, -1 Italian Submarine)

With the Regia Marina in control of the northern part of the Aegean, the Italian Army was free to do as it wished in the south. The Greek Army was entirely in Macedonia, leaving the Crete completely defenseless. By August, Italian boots were on the ground, and aside from some small partisan resistance groups, the entire island fell under Italian control. As the threat of invasion of the peninsula itself became more viable, most of the Greek army shifted to Morea to defend against possible Italian landings. With a deadlock impeding, at least for the year, the Italian airforce and fleet rampaged Greece from afar, destroying harbors and some military targets. Regardless of how effective this actually was, the morale effect was felt on the Greek citizenry. (-10 Greek EP)

Rebels in Nicaragua struck at the American sponsored Nicaraguan military this year. (-1 Nicaraguan Division)

Cultural Events

Quebec has become quite the magnet for artists looking for a place to call home. Émile Nelligan a famed poet has publishes poems such as “Le Triomphe Dore” and “La Chappelle du Diable”, to great acclaim in Quebec, while the American author Ernest Hemingway (while bedridden in a hospital Montreal) has published a highly praised novel "The Spectre of the Boreal", a work inspired by his own experienced in fighting on the Northern Front, not far from his hospital room. Hemingway, who has decided to stay in the new nation after the peace treaty signing has become quite a renown figure in Quebec, and his home country as well.


The first notable independent film has been released in Quebec, entitled "Le Bucheron." “Le Bucheron," is a short film, highlighting the life of a Quebecois Lumberjack from the north of the country. The word narration on the film left many things lost on the audience, who enjoyed the film nevertheless. The Quebecois government has started issuing money to the growing cinematic companies in Quebec and Montreal, in the hopes of aiding the small industry. The industry, in turn, has given some profits back to the Quebecois government, and looks forward to a fruitful relationship. (+5 Banked Quebec EP)

Across the Atlantic, a film was produced by the Spanish Falangist party, at the urging of Generalissimo Estardo, that highlighted the superiority of the more enlightened white European races, that have been given the holy duty of "civilizing" the rest of the world. The film was shown in Spain, and throughout western Europe.

An interesting style of music has developed in Quebec, on the heels of songwriter Marie-Eve Gangnon song's success, "Saint Laurent." This musical style (which has so far simply been referred to as "Gangnon"), is an interesting mixture of Northern French Celtic-style music, and the musical traditions of black American refugees who have taken up residency in Quebec after the war.

A large statue was built in Sitka this year commemorating the Monarchists who had managed to make it to the nation from Russia. Tsar Cyril gave a speech in remembrance of those who died in the cemetery, and the statue remains a "must see" location in Sitka.

Sporting Matters

None!

Scientific Matters

Brazilian president Delfrim Rodrigues has started a "Dam the Cost!" initiative in Brazil, and has continued to support the research of hydro-electric ower, with the hopes of establishing some generators of the Uruguayan-Brazilian border.

Australia increased it's funding of it's National Research Institutes.

The Confederate government has invested in the development of more modern rifles. (+40 EP towards next Infantry UU Design, +Army Quality)

The Swedish government has began heavily investing in the expansion of it's colleges and universities. (+Stability)

A new type of Zeppelin motor was forwarded by the German DELAG company this year, allowing for the Zeppelins to travel much greater distances than originally possible.

Bonuses

King Haakon VII of Norway has led his people through a quick but decisive war. Now is as good a time as any to join the Norwegian army. (+2 Norwegian Divisions)

Belgium's new banking system makes profiting from the Belgian people like shooting fish in a barrel, or in this case, deer. (+10 Banked Belgian EP)

Egypt's police force seems quite adept to strangling domestic issues in the cradle. (+Egyptian Stability)

Brazil has experienced a bit more growth in the nation's interior, than they're willing to admit. (+15 Brazilian Manpower)

Quebecois are filled with pride, upon seeing their flag unfurled outside of some new port facilities. (+1 Quebecois Destroyer)

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Diplomacy

From: The Dominican Republic
To: The United States of America

We had been promised border changes. What are they?

From: The Ottoman Empire
To: Nations of the Doha Conference

The Arabs are a people with no patience. We consider the possibility of another independent Arab state to threaten the people and diplomatic integrity of our empire, and will not simply give these barbarians the means to destroy us. We will fight them tooth and nail, and punish those who instigated them more this year.

OOC

thomas.berubeg: Your people's vote means you should put up somewhere between 5 EP, and 15 EP each turn for the universities.

Birdjaguar: My recommendation for the railroad is 60 EP over the course of 2 more years.

NedimNapoleon has been dropped from Crimea

SouthernKing has been dropped from The Chinese Empire

Bair_the_Normal has been dropped from Siam

christos200/Everyone: you have recruited way over what your manpower has allowed. You can rectify this by disbanding some of your units (infantry or not) or waiting for some type of population boost. You've involved yourself in a war right now, which isn't helping much either.

bonefang: As your orders were vague, I simply put your investments into building the port of Alexandria some more, so you'd get some money back. If you have a problem with this, I can easily change it for you. Also, the money you can spend is not the number in parenthesis. The number in parenthesis is your banked treasury, extra money.

Merciary: I didn't know if I should call your leader Tsar, or King, so I went with Tsar. If this is against what you were thinking, I can change it no problem. And your homestead act is part of what gave you a "large" population boost.

Nintz: Of course you can! Just describe it to me in your next set of orders, or through a story.

Justo: You can pick who is next. Make sure you thank Nader for killing Stalin.

Everyone: Yay for update number two! I'm really looking for some world building, and if you ever feel inclined to send me some photos you think that could be shopped, images of your leaders, flags, anything of that nature, it'd be very much appreciated. Let's keep those stories coming, and full steam ahead!

I'll be editing the front page, stats and things of that nature over the next day or so, so bare with me.

Lovely! This was a good Update!

Nice one Liz !!

Thank you!

I also plan on reworking some of the rules for the NES, namely the prices for UUs. I'm looking to perhaps go to an EQ-CI-like system, without the tech tree. It's become clear to me that the prices for that are a little too high, and discouraging the creation of UUs.

I also would like to point out that disbanding military units will get you 1/4 of the cost in EP and manpower back.

Finally, I never mentioned in the rules the penalty for spending all of your Manpower, or overspending it. In short "bad things".

From: Second Spanish Empire
To: Ottoman Empire
CC: Arabia, Italy, Britain, Persia
Clearly it must fall to third parties like Spain, Italy and Great Britain to arbitrate this dispute between the Ottoman Empire, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab peoples inhabiting Ottoman territory. The existing disorder cannot be allowed to continue even a moment longer, and should the Ottoman Empire be unwilling to take action to correct this matter then it is the belief of the Spanish Empire that itself and other European powers must be willing to intervene in order to ensure the regional stability. We will be watching this situation closely, and urge the Ottoman Sultan to consider seriously the cession of Arab territory to its native inhabitants, or the Sultan of House al-Saud. Generalissimo Estardo and His Imperial Majesty Alfonso XIII will be glad to provide the mediating services of our own Doha Conference delegation for arriving at some form of compromise.

Regards, Foreign Minister Juan Yague Blanco

From: Second Spanish Empire
To: France
The existing state of affairs in French Abyssinia has become a matter of concern to our colonial government. It is our hope that France will take immediate measures to crush this uprising of ungrateful savages, lest it spread to our own colonies or the territories of other powers in the region. Rest assured however that in the name of the friendship and cooperation that has been practiced between your nation and ours in recent years we will do what we can to assist you should it be necessary.

From: Second Spanish Empire
To: Italy
CC: The Hellene Aggressors
It has become clear to us that Greece is a destabilizing influence in the Mediterranean region, and per our agreements with you in the Madrid-Rome Compact, we are desirous of providing whatever assistance is possible and beneficial to Italy in crushing the Greek menace. Will Italy accept our aid?

To: Greece
From: Italy
CC: Spain, Whomever it may concern
Your aggression in The Balkans cannot go unwarranted, your navy is defeated, and the Aegean is under Italian Control, do you wish to come to the peace table? Be warned, we have the upper hand, and we will dictate the peace terms.

To: Ottoman Empire
From: The Kingdom of Italy
CC: Spain, UK, Arabia

All we wish is for peace, and stability in the region, we believe that the people of the Hedjaz should be allowed to determine their own future, and we will do all within our power, in conjunction with Spain, and the other attendees of the Doha Conference, to ensure they are given their proper freedom

ooc - TLK it's Emmanuel IV not III

Emmanuel IV wasn't born until 1937, unless you gave Umberto II the honorary name.

Also, I hesitate to say it.. but stats are up.

To: Italy
From: The Balkan Republic
CC: The World
The purchase and sale of the land of Dalmatia is null and void. It was not land for the Rebels to sell in the first place. We never authorized a sale of Dalmatia to your greedy imperialistic hands. You paid a rebel force money to get land that is part of another power. You did not come to us, you went to those who were rebelling. This unlawful purchase shall be siezed, regardless of what you say or do.

On another note, if you are not responsible for supplying the Slavic Rebels with weapons, who is? Spain? They are the only others who could have done that. Unlike you, Spain did not threaten our government, break alliances, and consort with rebels.

Even while you strike at Greece for apparently supporting a revolt in Egypt, you shamelessly do the same thing with a straight face.

We reconfirm our proclamation of 1922 and denounce you and your government for your actions over the past year against your former allies. We cannot imagine how we ever worked with the likes of you.


EditOOC: It was Amon Savag who played the Austro-Hungarian Empire before-hand right?

Great update TLK

To: the Republic of Nicaragua
From: The United States of America

Due to the continuing unrest in your nation, we will be deploying forces to Nicaragua to maintain the peace against the insidious force of nationalism that threatens to rip apart the country.

To: The Confederate States of America
From: the United States of America
With the victory of Mexico in the plebiscite, it falls to us to repay the funds lost in the acquisition of Sonora and Chihuahua. We are ready to begin forming the join commission into repayment.

To: the Dominican Republic
From: the United States of America

We propose that the Dominican Republic gains the following regions from Haiti;
the border is extended to enclose Lascahobes in central Hispaniola, Thomassique in northern central Hispaniola, and Fort Liberté and Ounaminthe in northern Hispaniola.

OOC: Sorry, didn't realise that border concessions were a map thing. I thought it was just a background thing.

To: The Ottoman Empire
CC: Doha Conference
From: Saudi Arabia

The Ottoman state has demonstrated its sheer incompetence in governing its Arab subjects this year; the time of your rule is at the end. The Middle East must be allowed to move on into a new era, and the cooperation of the Sublime Porte would do much to ease this transition; at this point the House of al-Saud would be more than willing to compensate the House of Osman for its territorial losses, and to invite the Ottoman Empire into the Crescent so as to assure its security, if only the Ottoman state were willing to allow its Arab subjects the freedom to choose their future.

To: Arab Rebels in the Hedjaz
From: Saudi Arabia

Your boldness is a credit to all of our people, and your strength and bravery in fighting the Turk is admired the world over. Hopefully your glorious victories will be enough to bring the Turk to the bargaining table, so that no more blood need be spilled over rightfully Arab territory.

OOC: @TLK: I made a mistake in my orders which I have just noticed:

Buy 4 Divisions: -40 EP, -80 MP

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In my revision I forgot to adjust the number of divisions purchased to match the amount I spent, I should have gained 8 divisions last turn and have a total of 21 now. This was my mistake.

To: Concerned Powers
From: The Ottoman Empire

We have long ruled Arabia, and will continue to rule it for generations to come. Taif was but a small misstep. We rule with benevolence and care, and the Arabs have proven themselves to be both fool-hardy and fickle. We have treated them as we treat our own Turkish citizens, and yet they expect better. They will be punished for their treason, and their attack on Mecca, and that is that.

We also intend on find the nation who supplied the rebels with weaponry. Your supportive words to the rebels are disheartening at best, but we will look the other way for now.

We will not give the Hedjaz independence, and let it be annexed by the wayward Arabs under Saud. It is our right to rule the area, something we have done for thousands of years. This will not change.

To: The United States of America
From: Nicaragua

This is good news. We will welcome your soldiers, as if they were our own.

To: The United States of America
From: The Dominican Republic

This seems fair to us.

To: Ottoman Empire, Arab Rebels
From: Saudi Arabia

The stubbornness of the Turk seems to have no bounds. Sultan Ibn Saud has decided that Saudi Arabia will now provide unlimited support for the Arab patriots in the Hedjaz.

TheLizardKing said:

Emmanuel IV wasn't born until 1937, unless you gave Umberto II the honorary name.

Also, I hesitate to say it.. but stats are up.

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No remember the III one was overthrown and the Duke of Savoy (Emmanuele) became king

From Greece
To Germany:
Since we have amilitary alliance, we ask you to declare war on Italy.

From Greece
To Italy:
We shall fight until even the smallest bit of land of Greece is taken over. If you though that this would be a quick invasion, then you are wrong.

To: Second Spanish Empire
From: France
I thank you for your support, we will not need military aid at this time.

To:German Empire
From: France
We have finished paying our debt.

ooc: ZeletDude, you do not know me well. In most IOT's and NES I have played, I have never surrendered. You will have to take over all of Greece. Even if you give me back all of my land + the Agean Italian Colonies, I will not make peace. You will have to fight until all of Greece is taken over. And I assure you, it shall not be easy.