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The United Proletarist Republics of America
(Full credit to Symphony D. for the flag. All rights reserved. Do not duplicate without permission.)
(Full credit to Symphony D. for the flag. All rights reserved. Do not duplicate without permission.)
National Background:
General Scott's coup d'etat firmly established Southern dominance over the American political system. The first law the Scott Congress passed was a federal slave code, establishing slavery in all states and territories of the USA; over the next seventy years, slavery would flourish in the plantations of the South, and take deep root in the coal mines of Appalachia. The rise of the United American Republic and the collapse of Federal authority would give the slaves their chance at deliverance; in the world's second successful slave revolt, the American slaves, with faith in Christ and tactics from Marx, would form three separate socialist republics. Joined by treaty into their own Union, with a liberated zone reaching from Key West to Cincinnati, the UPRA keeps one eye on its neighbors and one eye on developing the vast untapped potential of the American Southeast. While great splits in ideology divide the former Appalachian, Mississippi, Tennessee and Okeechobee republics, they are held together by shared ideology and by the personal friendships established during their war of liberation.
Flavor Information:
Formal Name of Nation: Union of Proletarist Republics of America
Formal Name of the Army: Freedmen's Liberation Army
Formal Name of the Navy: Freedmen's Navy
Status of the Air Force: Independent. (Neither the army nor the navy have planes, per se)
Formal Name of the Navy: Freedmen's Air Service
Formal Name of the Military Police: Freedmen's Military Constabulary
Status of Labor Unions: Legal and encouraged; closed shops are legal under UPRA law. All labor unions are subordinate to the Proletarist Party, the true voice of the farm, mine and factory workers of the UPRA.
Democratic Information:
Title of Head of State: Chief Deputy
Name of current Head of State: Lawrence "Scipio" Holloway
Head of State Election Process: Named by largest party in the Chamber of Deputies. (As the Proletarist Party is always the largest party, this is a formality; the candidate is that with the largest backing within the party itself.)
Name of the Legislature: Chamber of Deputies
Suffrage: All citizens over 18, regardless of race, gender or creed.
Political Parties:
Traditional Proletarist: UPRA Popular Front
Social Proletarist: Tennessee caucus
Liberal: United Front
Moderate: (none at this time)
Conservative: (none at this time)
Militarist: Appalachia caucus
Religious: Baptist caucus
Nationalist/Separatist: Mississippi caucus
The UPRA is best characterized as a procedural or illiberal democracy. While opposition parties are not banned, the Popular Front, an alliance of parties dominated by the proletarists, uses its vast resources and its control of mass media to prevent opposition parties from effectively organizing or campaigning. True shifts in leadership occur every five years, at the Party Congress of the Proletarist Party of the UPRA. This event, at the vast party headquarters in Nueva Barcelona, is where the various factions of the Popular Front gather to determine an orderly succession and transfer of power.
As of 1920, Chief Deputy Scipio from the Tennessee caucus heads the government, with his deputy Elijah Bell (Party Chair, de facto head of the Mississippi caucus, and hero of Nueva Barcelona).
Symbolism of the flag
The Drinking Gourd represents freedom and the Party; like the stars led the first escaping slaves to freedom in New Vinland, the Party will lead the Republics into socialism's Promised Land. The red represents the socialist dream; the red soils of the southern Republics and the blood shed the free them; the black represents for the coal and the soils of the northern Republics and the black race.
lurker's comment: Wilhelm II did dismiss Bismarck, but his dismissal was a) an objectively good policy decision at the time and b) had nothing to do with the outbreak of the First World War twenty-four years later. Also, c) Wilhelm didn't cause the war.
Gem Hound
Deity
Anyone know the name of the dynasty of Brittany? I have looked everywhere, and have not found it. Just incase it is somewhere, I don't want to have a completely bogus name.
Helpful Vinland Fact Sheet (1916)
Handy Vinlandic Naval Register (1918)
Lovely Map of Vinland (1902) (1918)
Previous Entries on the Landsdelar of Vinland:
Nya Sverige
Dammark
Västermark
The Västermark was first explored by Russo-Vinlandic fur traders in the mid-1700s, who established several isolated forts and trading posts through the region. However, settlement would not begin in earnest until the 1830s. A spearhead of colonial military drove out the recalcitrant skraelings, and homesteaders were quick to follow, turning earth across this vast expanse of land. Today, the Västermark is a patchwork of small towns, cities, forts, farms and wide stretches of untouched wild prairie. The largest city by far is Sammanström, the Gateway to the West. Situated at the confluence of the Langeflod and Rödalven, just south of the Kungliga Sjöar (Royal Lakes), Sammanström is the industrial heart of its landsdel, and a vital transportation nexus for Western Vinland, serving as the hub of the Väster Skandinavien Järnvägen which provides rail service to half of the country. Huge streams of immigrants destined for settlements further west have poured through this city since its founding in 1831, and many have chosen to remain there, turning the city into an unlikely cultural hub, a mixing place of dozens of immigrant cultures, and the home of many new forms of music, art and sport. One of the most famous products of Sammanström is the sport of Varukorgboll, which has over the past 20 years spread like wildfire across Vinland and into the United States. Västermark boasts a rich cavalry culture, and prides itself in what locals call kamratskap- the tight bonds of trust and co-reliance held between members of frontier communities. The idea of kamratskap exists alongside a hardy sense of self-reliance, which proved attractive to the huge American refugee population which settled in the Västermark in the early 1910s. While much of this population has since returned to their home country, American communities continue to add their own distinct flavours to the greater culture of Västermark. Today, though grand steamboats now ply the great rivers and railways criss-cross the region, Västermark still maintains a rustic, frontier flavour, from the lumber camps and mines of the far north, to the oil wells of the west, to the vast fields and ranches of the south.
Proposal 1
Proposal 2
Handy Vinlandic Naval Register (1918)
Lovely Map of Vinland (1902) (1918)
Previous Entries on the Landsdelar of Vinland:
Nya Sverige
Dammark
Västermark
The Västermark was first explored by Russo-Vinlandic fur traders in the mid-1700s, who established several isolated forts and trading posts through the region. However, settlement would not begin in earnest until the 1830s. A spearhead of colonial military drove out the recalcitrant skraelings, and homesteaders were quick to follow, turning earth across this vast expanse of land. Today, the Västermark is a patchwork of small towns, cities, forts, farms and wide stretches of untouched wild prairie. The largest city by far is Sammanström, the Gateway to the West. Situated at the confluence of the Langeflod and Rödalven, just south of the Kungliga Sjöar (Royal Lakes), Sammanström is the industrial heart of its landsdel, and a vital transportation nexus for Western Vinland, serving as the hub of the Väster Skandinavien Järnvägen which provides rail service to half of the country. Huge streams of immigrants destined for settlements further west have poured through this city since its founding in 1831, and many have chosen to remain there, turning the city into an unlikely cultural hub, a mixing place of dozens of immigrant cultures, and the home of many new forms of music, art and sport. One of the most famous products of Sammanström is the sport of Varukorgboll, which has over the past 20 years spread like wildfire across Vinland and into the United States. Västermark boasts a rich cavalry culture, and prides itself in what locals call kamratskap- the tight bonds of trust and co-reliance held between members of frontier communities. The idea of kamratskap exists alongside a hardy sense of self-reliance, which proved attractive to the huge American refugee population which settled in the Västermark in the early 1910s. While much of this population has since returned to their home country, American communities continue to add their own distinct flavours to the greater culture of Västermark. Today, though grand steamboats now ply the great rivers and railways criss-cross the region, Västermark still maintains a rustic, frontier flavour, from the lumber camps and mines of the far north, to the oil wells of the west, to the vast fields and ranches of the south.
Proposal 1
Proposal 2
Gem Hound
Deity
Proposal 1 all the way Iggy.
Truth be told, when I look at the two, I think I'm finding myself preferring Proposal 2- I like the split colour- the blue both references 'big sky country', and also nods to the nation's Swedish heritage. Of course, Proposal 1 is very nice and simple, and has a lot going for it for that reason alone.
Previously, on our tour through Vinland...
Nya Sverige
Dammark
Västermark
Haroldstad
Founded in 1847 by settlers from the neighbouring landsdel of Adlö, Haroldstad experienced a turbulent early history as its borders fluctuated around what is now recognized as the Vinlandic-American border on the 49th parallel. The cession of southern Haroldstad to America caused a flood of Vinlandic nationals to flee into the north, the vast majority of them settling around the delta of the Blomalven, dramatically expanding the previously insignificant lumber camp of Konradsköping into a major settlement. Kokö’s standing as the preeminent city on the west coast was set in stone when it became the terminus of the Väster Skandinavien Järnvägen. Today, nearly half of Haroldstad’s population still resides on the fertile, rainy valley at the mouth of the Blomalven, while the remainder is scattered along a chain of small communities scattered along the rugged coastal fjords, or throughout the underdeveloped interior. The landsdel’s economy is still overwhelmingly based on logging, as it was at the time of its establishment, although mining and ranching have come to power the economy in the interior, while fishing plays a major role on the coast. Haroldstad is home to a staggering diversity of environments, containing fjords sharply reminiscent of Norway, mountaintop tundras, boreal forests in the north, arid scrubland in the inland south, and coniferous rainforests along the coastlines. Relative isolation from the rest of the country has helped to foster a unique culture in Haroldstad. One of the most glaring differences is the populations of the native skraelings have managed to remain relatively intact, as they never opted to put together a military resistance against the Vinlandic settlers. The wars and expulsions that filled the east’s early history never took place in Haroldstad. As a result, skraeling culture survived here, even as it assimilated somewhat into the Haroldstad mainstream, with many natives being baptized into the Lutheran church and adopting Christian names. This cultural exchange has gone both ways, with facets of skraeling traditions appearing in the food, music and language of Haroldstad.
Proposal 1
Proposal 2
Proposal 3
Nya Sverige
Dammark
Västermark
Haroldstad
Founded in 1847 by settlers from the neighbouring landsdel of Adlö, Haroldstad experienced a turbulent early history as its borders fluctuated around what is now recognized as the Vinlandic-American border on the 49th parallel. The cession of southern Haroldstad to America caused a flood of Vinlandic nationals to flee into the north, the vast majority of them settling around the delta of the Blomalven, dramatically expanding the previously insignificant lumber camp of Konradsköping into a major settlement. Kokö’s standing as the preeminent city on the west coast was set in stone when it became the terminus of the Väster Skandinavien Järnvägen. Today, nearly half of Haroldstad’s population still resides on the fertile, rainy valley at the mouth of the Blomalven, while the remainder is scattered along a chain of small communities scattered along the rugged coastal fjords, or throughout the underdeveloped interior. The landsdel’s economy is still overwhelmingly based on logging, as it was at the time of its establishment, although mining and ranching have come to power the economy in the interior, while fishing plays a major role on the coast. Haroldstad is home to a staggering diversity of environments, containing fjords sharply reminiscent of Norway, mountaintop tundras, boreal forests in the north, arid scrubland in the inland south, and coniferous rainforests along the coastlines. Relative isolation from the rest of the country has helped to foster a unique culture in Haroldstad. One of the most glaring differences is the populations of the native skraelings have managed to remain relatively intact, as they never opted to put together a military resistance against the Vinlandic settlers. The wars and expulsions that filled the east’s early history never took place in Haroldstad. As a result, skraeling culture survived here, even as it assimilated somewhat into the Haroldstad mainstream, with many natives being baptized into the Lutheran church and adopting Christian names. This cultural exchange has gone both ways, with facets of skraeling traditions appearing in the food, music and language of Haroldstad.
Proposal 1
Proposal 2
Proposal 3
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
Proposal 2 for Västermark and 1 for Haroldstad.
Grandkhan
Telvanni Master Wizard
2 for Västermark, 3 for Haroldstad.
Flags that hurt your eyes really are the greatest thing.
Flags that hurt your eyes really are the greatest thing.
SamSniped
DJ Goodboye
I suggest # 1 and 2 respectively.
Gem Hound
Deity
I suggest 1 for Haroldstad.
Lokki242
Emperor
I favor numbers 1 for Vastermark, and 3 for Haroldstad.
Blue Bacon 3
Prince
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OOC: Regarding Vastermark 2, aren't there like rules for tincture? 
(not that I know anything of them)
Anyway I like number 1 and 1, though I don't like a half-green flag with black and white and blue (I really liked the other flags though, I'm sorry for being negative this time).
(not that I know anything of them) Anyway I like number 1 and 1, though I don't like a half-green flag with black and white and blue (I really liked the other flags though, I'm sorry for being negative this time).
Circuit
Writing Letters
Prop. 2 for Vastermark, Prop. 1 for Haroldstadt. And by the way, the border is at the 50th parallel.
To: Oman, Yemen
From: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cease your war against Arabia, or we will be forced to take action.
To: Oman, Yemen
From: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cease your war against Arabia, or we will be forced to take action.
Blue Bacon 3
Prince
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OOC:
Formal National Name: The Kingdom of Peru
National Flag
National Background
Peru emerged from its independence only in 1874, having delayed for as long as possible out of its loyalty and dedication to the Spanish Empire. One of the faster growing economies in the world, Peru is blessed by the defensive strength of its topology and cursed with the difficulty of developing its terrain despite a thriving mining industry and agricultural sector, thanks to the productive yet sustainable terrace farming methods inherited by the Incas. In 1900 Peru's population remained a mere one third the size of what the Incans had once boasted at their height before being thouroughly decimated by Peru’s conquistador ancestors and assimilated by subsequent settlement over centuries.
In 1900 Peru joined a conference held in Rio against the American dictatorship, and together with Venezuela responded minimally to an offer by Spain for the possibility of creating a Spanish cultural organization. Though the cultural initiative failed the suggestion was revived by Peru in 1918, which was met with enthusiasm in Madrid. In 1901 Peruvian workers held a transit strike which was dispersed by strike breakers. The year 1904 saw the publishment of the novel ‘Sundered Flags’ by the author Javier Quechá on the topic of the Spanish civil war, popular with both proponents and opponents of Spanish Imperialism due to its objective grassroots look at a historical topic. In the same year as the shadows of war closed in on the world Peru began distancing itself from the warmongering Brazilian Empire. Albeit first following its heart in joining the side of Spain in 1905, Peru would eventually fight on the side of the UK-Brazilian alliance, sending a fleet and losing a trifle six thousand sailors in the name of the allies over the next few years. Peru would experience extensive unrest in 1908 due to the betrayal of Spain and a growing Argentinian and Brazilian economic influence that sat uneasy with its population. The unrest would eventually subside back into contentment with a European-Asian realignment by the Party of Order in 1910. Between 1910-1912 Peru began to seek close ties with Japan, at the time exceedingly popular in its colonies, and traded military technology with Russia, with whom it held a love-hate relationship, disgusted with the Tsar's genocidal policies and authoritarian nature yet enamored with his hostility towards Brazil.
From the Great War Peru took notice of the infidelity of Continental nations towards each other. Though forced to realize the strength and loyalty of the core members of the UK-Brazilian alliance towards other core members Peru also observed the abandonment of Georgia and Poland to the conquest of Russia, and despite booming postwar economies across the Atlantic an Alliance that left a Prussian exodus and a Hungary torn apart by revolution and seperatism for the Continental nations and neutrals to repair. Through the war years Peru's neighbors suffered instability as Chile and Ecuador saw a liberal and military coup respectively. In Ecuador dictatorship would be perturbed only by a switch to a similarly tyrannic proletarist government in Ecuador in 1913. On Peru's advice the proletarist government allowed elections that liberals in power in 1914 only to topple them again in 1915 over plans to sell key sectors of the economy to foreign investors. Ecuador finally stabilized after a joint intervention by Colombia and Peru in 1916 that succeded in bringing Ecuador under control in 1917 and improving its stability. Orderly elections followed and further stabilized the nation in 1919, marred only by insurgent actions in the countryside. Chile on the other hand would see a republic evolve in which dictatorial powers were vested in the office of President, to which the people would repeatedly elect the conservative Pablo Montoya in free and fair elections until the year of 1919 in which Montoya's government resorted to voter intimidation.
Overall the new government in Lima has been lead steadily by King Carlos and his successor, King Juan, and the Party of Order. In 1913 Eduardo Perez would accede to leadership in the Party of Order which strengthened its popularity with the masses in the 1914 elections; he would continue and extend the policies of his forebears, as in 1913-1915 Peru proffered the idea for the establishment a Pacific Concord, led by Japan, and engaged in active recruitment to bolster its membership.
Troubles would not arise until the years of 1917 and 1918 in which Eduardo convinced his fellow members of the conservative government to engage in the questionable invitation of immigrants from Japan, a misunderstanding occured in which the immigrants were unexpectedly sent from the mainland and a liberal economic housing experiments was launched to better assimilate the new elements but proved unpopular with the conservative base. Together these policies would prove devestating to the previously overwhelmingly popularity of the Party of Order.
Despite these troubles Peru remains a fairly stable nation in which the economy steadily grows in tact with increases in the population, and it is hoped that with 1920 the new census will record a wave of Spanish and other European immigrants and affirm conservative policies.
In later years the government has attempted some form of normalization with Argentina, signing a trade agreement with Colombia in 1917, following the raft of agreements made between 1913-1915 with other American nations, in the hope of providing a backdoor to slowly normalize trade with Argentina. With the recent Argentinian-Colombian trade agreement in 1919 the government in Lima hopes to proceed with the next step of this process in an as slow and painless manner as possible to achieve the acclimatization of Peru's economy with Argentina, with minimal damage to itself and Japan.
In 1919 elections saw a skeptical electorate tolerate continued rule by the existing conservative government over a liberal replacement largely due to the latter's support for the perverse government of Rio and its yearly threats of war with the Concord before the 1919 elections. In 1917 Brazil had threatened war over the Concord's vow to defend the ATA against Vinnish-Second Union aggression until successful Concord negotiations with Vinland and the Second Union led to a retraction of the guarantee and the ATA deciding to join the Second Union completely resolved the situation. In 1918 Brazil had threatened war and an extermination of the Peruvian people over the basing of Japanese ships on the Galapagos islands. Threats would continue after the 1919 elections as renewed threats of war were made over the Galapagos islands by Rio as cartographers had failed to update the Galapagos as Peruvian-colored in their much viewed map in the annual 'State of the World' publication.
With a new decade dawning on Peru and the cessation of violence in Spain, Lima once again sent an invitation to the Pope, this time asking the Pope not only to visit Peru, but also other Spanish nations. The invitation was accepted, and the faithful of Peru currently eagerly anticipate the Pope's visit and the accompanying celebrations.
Formal Name for the Army: Peruvian Royal Army
Formal Name for the Navy: Peruvian Royal Navy
Status of the Air Force: Currently Nonexistent. When formed will be attached to the Army for CAS, to the navy for their carrier needs and in an independent air force for control of airspace (air superiority missions and suppression of AA elements).
Formal Name for the Air Force: Peruvian Royal Air Force
Monarch's Title: King of Peru, Prince of Spain
Monarchy's Dynasty Name: de Trastámara (current Monarch: King Juan I)
Dynastic Succession Law: Agnatic-Cognatic (female successor only if there is no male heir)
Extent of Monarch's Power: The King of Peru is the head of state and wields significant veto powers, including over the government budget, declarations of war and constitutional amendments, though these rights have not been exercised since the inception of the state. During times of war the monarch will oversee the army, as such the monarch must serve in a military branch as an officer for two years, as part of their education.
Legislative Structure: Monarch, Senate, Congress, Supreme Court
Suffrage: Universal male suffrage for adults (21+ years)
Status of Labor Unions: Legal, some mild restrictions exist pertaining only to key economic sectors. More stringent restrictions exist for national emergencies.
Political Parties
Traditional Proletarist: Illegal, unknown (but likely marginal) level of popular support.
Social Proletarist: Illegal, unknown (but likely marginal) level of popular support.
Liberal: Legal (The Liberal Party), holds a majority of congressional seats in some eastern provinces.
Moderate: Legal (The Union Party), marginal popular support, plagued by internal division.
Conservative: Legal (The Conservative Party), Governing Party as of the 1919 elections (led by President Eduardo Perez), popular on a national level, but the economic policies of 1917-1918 threaten to split the group.
Militarist: Legal (The Andean Party), marginal popular support.
Moralist: Legal, no existing party yet. Unknown, but likely marginal to limited level of popular support (haven't been importing a lot from Argentina, so there isn't much of a tango culture to react against up to this point, however Roman Catholicism is strong in Peru).
Nationalist/Separatist: Legal, no existing party. Haven't considered their legality because it has been a non-issue (EQ says that no seperate Bolivian identity has yet existed as Peru devolved from the Spanish Empire in one piece).
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OOC: I've been told by a certain nation to the east that Peru has been acting strangely since 1913, when Eduardo Perez came into power (when Peru became a PC again (Double A played it for some years I've just noticed)), but I note the deals made with Japan and Russia were made by the NPC between 1910-1912, I have merely faithfully continued Peru's policies, and proudly extended them of course (as I've once been told I wasn't the first Peru to say 'I'd be part of the Brazilian sphere it it wasn't for LM').
---EQandcivfanatic said:
Formal National Name: The Kingdom of Peru
National Flag
National Background
Peru emerged from its independence only in 1874, having delayed for as long as possible out of its loyalty and dedication to the Spanish Empire. One of the faster growing economies in the world, Peru is blessed by the defensive strength of its topology and cursed with the difficulty of developing its terrain despite a thriving mining industry and agricultural sector, thanks to the productive yet sustainable terrace farming methods inherited by the Incas. In 1900 Peru's population remained a mere one third the size of what the Incans had once boasted at their height before being thouroughly decimated by Peru’s conquistador ancestors and assimilated by subsequent settlement over centuries.
In 1900 Peru joined a conference held in Rio against the American dictatorship, and together with Venezuela responded minimally to an offer by Spain for the possibility of creating a Spanish cultural organization. Though the cultural initiative failed the suggestion was revived by Peru in 1918, which was met with enthusiasm in Madrid. In 1901 Peruvian workers held a transit strike which was dispersed by strike breakers. The year 1904 saw the publishment of the novel ‘Sundered Flags’ by the author Javier Quechá on the topic of the Spanish civil war, popular with both proponents and opponents of Spanish Imperialism due to its objective grassroots look at a historical topic. In the same year as the shadows of war closed in on the world Peru began distancing itself from the warmongering Brazilian Empire. Albeit first following its heart in joining the side of Spain in 1905, Peru would eventually fight on the side of the UK-Brazilian alliance, sending a fleet and losing a trifle six thousand sailors in the name of the allies over the next few years. Peru would experience extensive unrest in 1908 due to the betrayal of Spain and a growing Argentinian and Brazilian economic influence that sat uneasy with its population. The unrest would eventually subside back into contentment with a European-Asian realignment by the Party of Order in 1910. Between 1910-1912 Peru began to seek close ties with Japan, at the time exceedingly popular in its colonies, and traded military technology with Russia, with whom it held a love-hate relationship, disgusted with the Tsar's genocidal policies and authoritarian nature yet enamored with his hostility towards Brazil.
From the Great War Peru took notice of the infidelity of Continental nations towards each other. Though forced to realize the strength and loyalty of the core members of the UK-Brazilian alliance towards other core members Peru also observed the abandonment of Georgia and Poland to the conquest of Russia, and despite booming postwar economies across the Atlantic an Alliance that left a Prussian exodus and a Hungary torn apart by revolution and seperatism for the Continental nations and neutrals to repair. Through the war years Peru's neighbors suffered instability as Chile and Ecuador saw a liberal and military coup respectively. In Ecuador dictatorship would be perturbed only by a switch to a similarly tyrannic proletarist government in Ecuador in 1913. On Peru's advice the proletarist government allowed elections that liberals in power in 1914 only to topple them again in 1915 over plans to sell key sectors of the economy to foreign investors. Ecuador finally stabilized after a joint intervention by Colombia and Peru in 1916 that succeded in bringing Ecuador under control in 1917 and improving its stability. Orderly elections followed and further stabilized the nation in 1919, marred only by insurgent actions in the countryside. Chile on the other hand would see a republic evolve in which dictatorial powers were vested in the office of President, to which the people would repeatedly elect the conservative Pablo Montoya in free and fair elections until the year of 1919 in which Montoya's government resorted to voter intimidation.
Overall the new government in Lima has been lead steadily by King Carlos and his successor, King Juan, and the Party of Order. In 1913 Eduardo Perez would accede to leadership in the Party of Order which strengthened its popularity with the masses in the 1914 elections; he would continue and extend the policies of his forebears, as in 1913-1915 Peru proffered the idea for the establishment a Pacific Concord, led by Japan, and engaged in active recruitment to bolster its membership.
Troubles would not arise until the years of 1917 and 1918 in which Eduardo convinced his fellow members of the conservative government to engage in the questionable invitation of immigrants from Japan, a misunderstanding occured in which the immigrants were unexpectedly sent from the mainland and a liberal economic housing experiments was launched to better assimilate the new elements but proved unpopular with the conservative base. Together these policies would prove devestating to the previously overwhelmingly popularity of the Party of Order.
Despite these troubles Peru remains a fairly stable nation in which the economy steadily grows in tact with increases in the population, and it is hoped that with 1920 the new census will record a wave of Spanish and other European immigrants and affirm conservative policies.
In later years the government has attempted some form of normalization with Argentina, signing a trade agreement with Colombia in 1917, following the raft of agreements made between 1913-1915 with other American nations, in the hope of providing a backdoor to slowly normalize trade with Argentina. With the recent Argentinian-Colombian trade agreement in 1919 the government in Lima hopes to proceed with the next step of this process in an as slow and painless manner as possible to achieve the acclimatization of Peru's economy with Argentina, with minimal damage to itself and Japan.
In 1919 elections saw a skeptical electorate tolerate continued rule by the existing conservative government over a liberal replacement largely due to the latter's support for the perverse government of Rio and its yearly threats of war with the Concord before the 1919 elections. In 1917 Brazil had threatened war over the Concord's vow to defend the ATA against Vinnish-Second Union aggression until successful Concord negotiations with Vinland and the Second Union led to a retraction of the guarantee and the ATA deciding to join the Second Union completely resolved the situation. In 1918 Brazil had threatened war and an extermination of the Peruvian people over the basing of Japanese ships on the Galapagos islands. Threats would continue after the 1919 elections as renewed threats of war were made over the Galapagos islands by Rio as cartographers had failed to update the Galapagos as Peruvian-colored in their much viewed map in the annual 'State of the World' publication.
With a new decade dawning on Peru and the cessation of violence in Spain, Lima once again sent an invitation to the Pope, this time asking the Pope not only to visit Peru, but also other Spanish nations. The invitation was accepted, and the faithful of Peru currently eagerly anticipate the Pope's visit and the accompanying celebrations.
Formal Name for the Army: Peruvian Royal Army
Formal Name for the Navy: Peruvian Royal Navy
Status of the Air Force: Currently Nonexistent. When formed will be attached to the Army for CAS, to the navy for their carrier needs and in an independent air force for control of airspace (air superiority missions and suppression of AA elements).
Formal Name for the Air Force: Peruvian Royal Air Force
Monarch's Title: King of Peru, Prince of Spain
Monarchy's Dynasty Name: de Trastámara (current Monarch: King Juan I)
Dynastic Succession Law: Agnatic-Cognatic (female successor only if there is no male heir)
Extent of Monarch's Power: The King of Peru is the head of state and wields significant veto powers, including over the government budget, declarations of war and constitutional amendments, though these rights have not been exercised since the inception of the state. During times of war the monarch will oversee the army, as such the monarch must serve in a military branch as an officer for two years, as part of their education.
Legislative Structure: Monarch, Senate, Congress, Supreme Court
Suffrage: Universal male suffrage for adults (21+ years)
Status of Labor Unions: Legal, some mild restrictions exist pertaining only to key economic sectors. More stringent restrictions exist for national emergencies.
Political Parties
Traditional Proletarist: Illegal, unknown (but likely marginal) level of popular support.
Social Proletarist: Illegal, unknown (but likely marginal) level of popular support.
Liberal: Legal (The Liberal Party), holds a majority of congressional seats in some eastern provinces.
Moderate: Legal (The Union Party), marginal popular support, plagued by internal division.
Conservative: Legal (The Conservative Party), Governing Party as of the 1919 elections (led by President Eduardo Perez), popular on a national level, but the economic policies of 1917-1918 threaten to split the group.
Militarist: Legal (The Andean Party), marginal popular support.
Moralist: Legal, no existing party yet. Unknown, but likely marginal to limited level of popular support (haven't been importing a lot from Argentina, so there isn't much of a tango culture to react against up to this point, however Roman Catholicism is strong in Peru).
Nationalist/Separatist: Legal, no existing party. Haven't considered their legality because it has been a non-issue (EQ says that no seperate Bolivian identity has yet existed as Peru devolved from the Spanish Empire in one piece).
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OOC: I've been told by a certain nation to the east that Peru has been acting strangely since 1913, when Eduardo Perez came into power (when Peru became a PC again (Double A played it for some years I've just noticed)), but I note the deals made with Japan and Russia were made by the NPC between 1910-1912, I have merely faithfully continued Peru's policies, and proudly extended them of course (as I've once been told I wasn't the first Peru to say 'I'd be part of the Brazilian sphere it it wasn't for LM').
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