The World Turned Upside Down

@Swiss, yeah that works.

LF, Prop, and Charles, how much are you investing in tech research (final figures)

After tallying the votes, America is proud to welcome Italy into the Atlantic Treaty Organization.

OOC: Orders sent.

Orders incoming tonight! Be prepared.

orders incoming.

Hey EQ are you ever on AIM anymore?

EVeryone, if you havn't voted for the Chairman for the Council of Nations, then please do so before the update, so as I can tally the votes, and announce a winner.

SO far, Chamberlin looks like winning.

Also, all votes should be submited for resolutions before the update, as those who don't vote will count as abstains.

@Jason, I try; often don't get a chance anymore though. It still happens on a blue moon occasion.

All right, deadline is approaching rapidly, I am missing several nations' orders, but oh well. As another detail, in a few weeks my schedule at work will be shifting and Sundays will no longer be good for the update. Updating will thereupon be shifted to being done whenever I can, hopefully once or twice a week.

But you must have mine! So all is well in the world of Venezuela.

Global News Report

ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED. Washington D.C., United States of America. In a disputed move, the Progressive dominated Congress passed a treaty in February 1932 creating the largest alliance since the days of the Tehran Pact and the Common Front International. This legislation was passed over President Smith's veto, showing the Democratic Party's impotence in American politics. Though initially the treaty only included Spain, the USA, Germany, Spain, and the Union of Commonwealth States, other member nations soon followed. The nations of the United Provinces of Central America and Chile quickly moved to sign into the alliance with the larger powers. The German signature on the Treaty influenced Dutch and Belgian politics significantly as both nations signed into the alliance in mid-April. Though contested within its own Congress as memories of the Mexican Exodus stayed fresh in the mind, Eire entered the Atlantic Treaty Organization in July closely followed by the other members of the Celtic Alliance, Wales and Scotland. As a final and controversial entry into ATO, the nation of Italy joined in late December. The creation of this new alliance has immediately assisted in the reopening of much Atlantic trade, strained by the Hawley-Smoot Embargo and the European League counter-embargo. Already the first effects of an economic rise are being felt within all nations of the new international organization. In Europe, the people have felt disappointed towards the formation of the alliance, as many had strong hopes for an united Europe under the European League rather than what many continental Europeans view to be an attempt at American domination over Europe. In South America, most people viewed the Chilean entry into ATO as an ominous sign of an anti-South American stance. However spearheaded by the Argentinian government, the American Accord quickly signed a trade agreement with the leading nations of ATO, helping continue the economic growth of the nations of the southern part of the continent. (+1 Private Enterprise to all ATO and American Accord nations; +2% Dissent to all European members of ATO)

North/Central American News Report

LINDBERGH ELECTED AS REFORM PRESIDENT. Washington D.C., United States of America. In a heated debate in Chicago, the Republican Party agreed to merge into the Progressive Party, creating a massive allied party with common interests. Remnants of the Republican Party formed into the laissez-faire, pro-isolationist America First Party which only gained one seat in the Senate and two seats in the House. With the apparent failure of President Smith to end the Depression and his attempted veto on the ATO treaty, Progressive nominee Charles Lindbegh was handed a landslide victory in November 1932. Taking office early in response to President Smith's resignation from office in disgust and protest against the "radicalist victory," Lindbergh has vowed to "restore America's power and strength globally." The first bill to be passed was the Edgis-Ford buyout bill, which purchased the remnants of the Edgis-Ford Corporation and nationalized their factories for military production. President Lindbergh has also promised a massive remobilization of the military to help rejuvenate the economy much as the Kaiser has done in Germany. On the other hand, Lindbergh has recieved significant flak in the press for blaming the Depression publicly on Italian stubborness abroad and the Italian-American Mafia at home. (-10% Dissent)

NICARAGUA ANNOUNCES REFORM. Managua, Nicaragua. King Anastasio has announced several new decrees to help modernize Nicaragua and consolidate control of the nation to the monarchy. Taxes have been levied to provide funds to construct new sewer systems and other infastructure in all the major cities of the nation as directed by the newly formed Administración Del Progreso. Furthermore, heavily sponsored by the monarchy, the Nicaraguan Institute of Technology has been developed, attracting some of the brightest minds of South America. The NIT has quickly become the Western Hemisphere's leading organization in the developing fields of rocketry and computing science. Finally, a new significant investment of the nation's treasury into agricultural and industry exports have made an effect, though the markets of Europe are dominated by the United States and Germany. The nation's new automotive lines and agricultural products have made their presense known in the nations of former Liberia, particularly Sokoto and the West African Union. (+1 Private Enterprise for Nicaragua)

South American News Report

European News Report

BIG BEN RINGS AGAIN. London, Union of Commonwealth States. On July 23, 1932, Big Ben of the new Parliament building once more rang over the city of London. The extensive public works program set into motion by the Reconstruction Bill passed by Parliament in 1930 has finally been able to show off its significant progress. Most of the city has been drained of water and the Thames is back on its usual course. Already people are starting to move back into the city and many hope that the former capital will be restored as the place of George V's government. In India the Reconstruction Bill has made considerable progress in rebuilding from the Sino-Indian War, though the millions of civilian deaths caused by the Chinese invasion seem to be irreparable. Only time will tell whether or not the infastructure of the pride of the former British Empire can be repaired. (-5% Dissent)

RADICAL RIGHT PARAMILITARY BANNED. Berlin, Germany. In a harsh move against paramilitary movements within the German Empire, the Reichstag has banned the National Socialist Party's force of disgruntled veterans called the Schutz-Staffel. Termed as the SS, these forces have struck frequently at both rallies of the communists and more traditional political parties. Though other paramilitaries still exist, none possess the numbers or violent attributes of the defunct SS. (-2% Dissent)

MARCH TURNS VIOLENT IN STOCKHOLM. Stockholm, United Kingdoms of Scandinavia. In a major march with almost a hundred thousand participants, communists rallied to denounce the government in Stockholm. Many of these people shouted pro-Soviet slogans and have called for the formation of a Scandinavian communist state. A riot began when an unknown agitator threw a Mussolini Martini at a police armored car outside of the capital building. Police then fired upon the crowd, some of whom fired back. Several hundred communists were left dead, while thousands more were wounded. Twenty-four police officers died as well in the chaos with another fifteen wounded. (+3% Dissent)

CIVIL WAR IN ROMANIA. Bucharest, Romania. Fighting exploded in the capital of Romania as a popular uprising in northern Romania was sparked by an economic collapse caused by the disbanding of the European League and an Italian movement toward commerce within the empire rather than outside. The Fascist government almost faced defeat until the heavily Bulgarian Orthodox region of Sofia pledged its support to the republic's government in exchange for more autonomy. Fighting has stalemated within Bucharest itself where both factions fight an extensive urban war in an attempt to break the other's back in attritional city fighting.

SOVIETS ANNOUNCE NEW FOUR-YEAR PLAN. St. Petersburg, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. With the conclusion of the First Four-Year Plan, Soviet officials have announced they are "dizzy with success" over the results of the program. Now there is virtually no unemployment in the Soviet Union as compared to the economies of other industrial powers. Though industrialization has not yet taken effect in many regions of the country, Economic Minister Stalin has pledged a new program of industrial growth and development. The industrial growth is still taking effect as the new Plan begins making a difference. (+1 Public Spending)

GERMANS DISCOVER "PLOT AGAINST THE KAISER." Berlin, Germany. Twenty-five people were arrested in Berlin on July 30, 1932 in response to the discovery of a plot to burn down the Reichstag and assassinate the Kaiser. The Berlin police discovered elements of the plot in April, and the subsequent permission to establish the Geheime Staatspolizei, an internal security force, led to an immediate investigation. Albanian, Polish, and Hungarian nationals were all arrested in Berlin and charged with planning the attack. A tribunal of Germans found all twenty-five guilty of terrorism and all were subsequently executed by the state. In the following month at a speech in Munich, the Kaiser proclaimed that Albania, Hungary, and Poland "must be destroyed to ensure prosperity and German strength." All three governments have proclaimed that they had nothing to do with any of the terrorists and Hungary has offered to open its archives to a Council of Nations investigation if one is called.

African/Middle Eastern News Report

ABYSSINIA OUTLAWS SLAVERY. Addis Abba, Abyssinia. As the last modern industrialized state to do so, Abyssinia's government has outlawed slavery and the slave trade within Abyssinian borders. Emperor Isayu V has proclaimed this to be a great step in his nation's progress of becoming a modern economy. Despite the acclaim brought from the Council of Nations, many people within Abyssinia oppose the radical new legislation and murmers of dissent have been heard in the Imperial Court. (Global Opinion goes to Liked; +5% Dissent)

Asian/Pacifc News Report

FORCED REFORM IN SIAM. Bangkok, Siam. Military forces with ties to the Siamese government have forced Rama VI to accede to the formation of a constitutional government based out of Bangkok. Seen as a breaking away from the former influence of Imperial China, the new government quickly held elections in which the Liberal Party, based with significant political and monetary support from President Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, swept into Parliament. A Liberal Prime Minister has been appointed to run Siam's affairs as representative of the King. (-5% Dissent; Global Opinion goes to Neutral)

TREATY OF CHENGDU SIGNED. Chengdu, People's Republic of China. With the surrender of the remaining forces of Imperial China to the allied forces of the Comitern, delegates from several nations arrived to ratify the Treaty of Chengdu as proposed by Chairman Mao to the nations involved in the Chinese Crisis. Both the governments of Guangxi and the People's Republic have been recognized as legitimate regimes over their respective regions. In addition under the new Imam Bai Chongxi, the Islamic state of Sinkiang has been established under the guidance of Dar-al-Islam. Both Soviet and Nipponese military forces have withdrawn from China as the communists begin establishing authority out of Nanking.

POLITICAL TURMOIL IN NIPPON. Tokyo, Nippon. With attempted Soviet coup in Siam and the subsequent failure of the Singapore Conference, Nippon withdrew from the Comitern in early January 1932. This created significant chaos within the Communist Party of Nippon and caused the party to fracture once more. The communists, receiving significant flak from the people for the withdrawl from the commitern lost the majority in the Kokkai, but still retain the largest amount of seats. Being heavily followed in seats by the Kaishinto, a reform-based socialist party, and a resurgence of the militaristic nationalists, Nipponese politics could take a hard shift in any direction the next few years. (+5% Dissent)

Global News Ticker

CONSERVATIVES SWEEP ELECTIONS IN GERMANY. (-1% dissent for Germany)

LIBERAL PRESIDENT WINS REELECTION IN SCOTLAND. (-1% dissent for Scotland)

SWITZERLAND RETURNS TO NEUTRALITY AMID DISBANDING OF EUROPEAN LEAGUE.

INDUSTRIAL RECONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES REBUILDING OF NORTHERN ITALY A SUCCESS FOR ITALIAN BUSINESS. (+2 Private Enterprise for Italy)

GERMANS FINISH REPARATION PAYMENTS FROM SECOND GLOBAL WAR IN FINAL INSTALLMENT TO SCOTLAND. (-1% Dissent for Germany)

ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH CONTINUES IN MIDDLE EAST WITH EXPANDING PRIVATE BUSINESS INTERESTS. (+1 Private Enterprise for Dar-al-Islam and Persia)

RIOTS CONTINUE IN BULGARIA AMID ARRIVAL OF BROTHERHOOD MILITARY FORCES. (+5% Dissent for Bulgaria)

Diplomatic Pouch

To: Atlantic Treaty Organization
From: Hungary

We would like to apply for admittance in order to better protect ourselves from the aggression of our communist and Muslim neighbors.

To: Atlantic Treaty Organization
From: Serbia

With the dissolution of the European League, we, like the Italians, would like to apply for admission.

To: United States of America
From: United Provinces of Central America

Our citizens have circulated a petition to apply to admit ourselves as states of the United States of America. Your kind treatment of the Colombians and the people of the Caribbean who gave their loyalties to the USA has encouraged us to make this request. We are ready to join our democratic Yanqui brothers in union.

OOC

The communists in Romania have the original Romanian color as after all, they are Reds.

The cost of the tech Modern Military Production has been raised to 20, where I originally intended on it being. This is due mostly to the fact that this should be best for the largest industrialized nations, and quite frankly should not be easily available to the smaller powers.

Scout Aircraft has been removed from the tech tree as the majority of nations have it, if you don't, the bonus can no longer be gained.

@Germanicus, you could not research Steel Aircraft as of yet as you lacked Monoplanes, the money spent has been put into monoplanes rather than Steel.

@j_eps, Since i rather like your new secret weapon you can have it all to yourself and for free barring anyone else thinking of it as well. It does exist in this timeline already in most nations, but yours will have better range and capacity. Also your elections are next year.

@Terris, the time isn't quite right for your proclamation, but your other reforms have begun and you shall see the effects from them in the future.

@all ATO nations, I never recieved any goal for a joint research effort, so if you spent IC on such a thing, I have redistributed it to whatever section of your military I felt needed most development.

World Map

Map remains unchanged.

Had a couple of problems making the map work, so i had to do it the old fashioned way. Hopefully wont happen next time.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=6002180#post6002180

Backgrounds are now on the above thread.

National Power Ranking

To UPCA
From USA

We will gladly welcome our Central American allies into the bosom of our nation. The USA has a long history of voluntary mergers with other governments, such as the addition of the Lone Star Republic as the state of Texas and the Bear Flag Republic as the state of California. We welcome people of all nationalities, race, religious creeds, and language groups to the USA and your citizens shall be treated as our own.

Good Update! Was Rocketry finished?

IC:

To: The United Provinces of Central America
CC: United States of America
From: The Enlightened Kingdom of Nicaragua

We accept that many of your citizens wish entry into the United States of America. Nicaragua would call for a plebiscite among the different states of your Union as to whether they wish for independence, joining with America or joining with Nicaragua. The plebiscite would be monitored by 1 American Accord nation, 1 ATO nation, the League of Nations and 1 neutral nation. We will support whatever outcome, but with the dissolution of your constitutional compact, it seems a choice should be given to the Guatemalans, the Hondurans, the Costa Ricans, and the El Salvadorans instead of a few petitioners. But whatever the case, we support whatever path your sovereign nation chooses

To: The Former Greater Liberian States
From: The Enlightened Kingdom of Nicaragua

We wish to formalize a Trade Agreement with each of your respective states. You are in your economic infancy, and our cheap industrial and agricultural products could greatly benefit your economy, and we have no economic-imperialist agenda. We will leave your nation to its own development, but we will assist it with the capital and quality of life our trade would generate.

To: Nicaragua
From: UPCA

We find your ideas practical and alongside the very basics of our constitution. In order to best prevent the conflict that could arise we will agree. However, our stipulation is that a third option to become independant is allowed as well.

EQandcivfanatic said:

To: Nicaragua
From: UPCA

We find your ideas practical and alongside the very basics of our constitution. In order to best prevent the conflict that could arise we will agree. However, our stipulation is that a third option to become independant is allowed as well.

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OOC: That was included actually

IC: Excellent!

@Swissempire, you have Costa Rica.

Good update!

You forgot my spending though...was it because it was too late or what?

EQ, great update. Especially that OOC part. Would it be risky to give it to AA members, or could it still remain secret taht way?

And Argentina supports the nicaraguan plebescite idea.