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Then Bavaria recalls its ambassador from London, lest he decide to emulate his countryman in outrage.
 
So be it. London recalls its ambassador from Bavaria, and we pray for his safe return to England.
 
Also, because I thought it was obvious.

From Bavaria
To the other World Leaders

Yeah, so we don't do assassination. If someone is trying to kill you, it ain't us.
 
From Algeria
To Italy
Algeria wishes to establish an embassy in the capital of Italy and also to have an Italian embassy in Algiers. We hope this promotes cooperation and trade between our nations.

To European Nations
The current political situation in Europe is not the best, and Algeria intends to remain neutral. Although, it would not be impossible for us to be persuaded to one side or the other.
 
There is no reason for conflict between ARON & the liberal underground. The first priority is the smashing of the militarists, and then an election can be held to determine who holds the people's mandate to rebuild the country.

The public denunciation London has lobbied toward Munich we find amusing, considering it was our agents who assassinated the leader of the ruling clique. We would have been disappointed if Bavaria took it upon themselves to kill the plunderer of our country.
 
@ everyone: I've sent out all confidential messages, if you didn't receive any, your intelligence agency either doesn't exist or hasn't anything interesting to tell you. I will nonetheless answer any questions sent my way best as I can for your country.
 
The Great State of the Kongo is here. Our Glorious Leader President-General Mobutu Ngouelondélé (OOC: The names are produced by randomly choosing first and last names of politicians from the DRC and Republic of Congo) will soon address the Congolese people.

OOC: Our neighbor to the east is Katanga, right?
 
The Little Book of the Congo is a document in which General Mobutu Ngouelondélé seeks to outline his vision for the ideology and structure of the Congolese state. It establishes the ideological legitimacy of the government of the Great State of the Kongo (OOC: The spelling is a deliberate callback to the Kingdom of Kongo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kongo and is used in all official documents). It is partially inspired by documents like the "Little Green Book" of 20th century Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi though deviates from it considerably. The ideology espoused in the book calls itself Pan-Africanism, though is more appropriately described as a type of Congolese nationalism, coupled with militarism and, in theory, meritocracy.

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Preface: (OOC: This is intended as a nationalist tract, so isn't entirely faithful to history)

We, the people of the great Kongo basin, are the citizens of the united nation of the Great State of the Kongo. We possess a shared history, and a shared tradition, and though we come from many ethnicities and speak many tongues, we speak with one voice. The purpose of this book is to put our shared words into writing, so that the world may see the greatness and glory that is Pan-Africa, and its great artery, the mighty Kongo river.

For many centuries, the great Kongo river harbored the mighty Kingdom of the Kongo, the greatest state in all of Southweastern Africa, a beacon of civilization, progress and might, which in 1622 and many times before and since, fought and defeated the pirates and slavers of Europe. However, after the battle of Mbwila in 1665, the mighty kingdom was betrayed. It is not the cowardly slavers from across the sea that brought the great Kongo into shackles, but instead the traitors of the House Kimpanzu, whose names shall be forever erased for the shame which they brought upon our country.

In the 18th and 19th century, we were all, as a collective people, enslaved by the raiders from across the sea who called themselves the Portuguese, French and Belgians and who sought to take our land, and turn our sons and daughters into their servants. However, through valiant struggle, led by the first glorious leader of the united Kongolese people Patrice Lumumba, in the year 1960 our great nation re-gained its independence.

The cowardly pirates from Europe fled, and all would have been well, had they not bribed Moise Tshombe into treachery. His treachery, and the war that followed allowed the pirates to prevail again, not through honorable bravery or intellect (for they could never hope to match our glorious people in either of those qualities) but instead by dividing our people with false ideas of "democracy", "communism", "nationalism" and "capitalism". All of these supposedly competing ideologies are really just different faces of the same serpent, which tried to trick us, and rob us of our newfound freedoms. To bring us back into chains. Lumumba was shot by traitors, though he remained defiant to the end. The US and USSR, who ruled the slavers at that time, divided our people in hopes of conquering us http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Crisis. For a time, they succeeded, for they precipitated the lie that we were somehow divided, and each of the shards they created was weak, just like a hand is weak without its body.

But their rule could not last. For we of the Congo are by our essence one united people, and we came together in the end, as the Great State of the Kongo to throw off our shackles and march united towards a greater, brighter future. I, President-General Mobutu Ngouelondélé am merely a vessel, through which the united voice of our nation can be expressed. With this book, I speak not for myself, but instead for the many generations of sons and daughters who fought before me to re-unite our nation, and for the many generations of daughters and sons who will one day live in and build our glorious State. I speak for you, for your ancestors and for your sons and daughters, to make your grandfather's sacrifice worthwhile, so that your grandchildren may have a place to call home.


Section 1: Of the Governance of the Great State of the Kongo

Article 1: The government of the Kongo emerges inherently and naturally from the nation's nature, as a united body and a single people. It puts into words the united voice with which our mighty people speaks. Since every Kongolese citizen serves in the Kongolese army (see Section 3), and the army's leadership emerges from the best of its soldiers (so from the best of everyone within the state), it is natural that the generals of our glorious military play an important part in the governance of our great state.

Article 2: Other roles within the government are to be filled in a similar way. Positions of governors are to be chosen based on merit from the best and most successful local leaders. Technological experts are to be chosen from the most successful graduates of our great Public Academies. In this way, the government of the mighty Kongo is a true reflection of the best of its glorious people.

Article 3: I, the President of the Kongolese state, serve merely to guide this process, to ensure its objectivity, and to ensure that it is free of corruption (OOC: effectively, this gives the leader the power to decide any lower level appointment of an official, so the position of "Guide of the Nation" is much less innocent than it sounds). All other decisions of governance are made by the Kongolese people themselves, in the way described in articles 1 and 2.


Section 2: Of the inherent corruption of Pirate "Ideologies"

Article 1: There exist in our world many false creeds, which aim to destroy the natural order of the Kongolese nation. These lying ideologies were created by imperialist powers, who never themselves believed or practiced them, to dupe their own people, and to dupe the free people of our nation. I shall address the claims made by these texts, "democracy", "communism", "fascism" and "technocracy", though in truth, their moral bankruptcy should be obvious to anyone with a clear mind.

Article 2: Democracy is the most insidious of these, for it rests upon the false promise of speaking for the nation's people. And yet, when the imperialists forced democracy upon is in the early 21st century, we saw its true face. A democratic leader does not serve the nation. He lies to 50.1% of it, to get himself into power, and then robs the other 49.9%. Such a system cannot last, and cannot remain stable, which is why it ceased to exist, just like the pirates who claimed to practice it.

Article 3: Communism is the most ridiculous of these, for it seeks to arm the nation's workers against those who make their collective needs into reality. Communism is as absurd as an arm being told that it would be better off chopping itself off from the rest of its body! Is it any wonder then, that it is practiced by those who seek to divide us?

Article 4: Fascism is the most horrific of these, for in its attempt to "purify" the nation, it pits brother against brother, son against father, and daughter against mother.

Article 5: Technocracy is the youngest of these, due to the simple fact that it cannot last for long. This latest incarnation of slaver ideology is born from the same "Universities" that spawned the others, and so must inherently revert to one of the others, as its managers come not from the people, but from the ideologues and liars. Our Public Academies are nothing like the technocrat's decadent universities, for academies serve the people, while in a technocart's world, the people serve them!

Section 3: Of the rights and obligations of a Kongolese citizen

Article 1: As proud citizens of our glorious and united nation, you have a right to freedom from enslavement, and a right to live, learn, and improve oneself for your own good, and for the good of the entire nation of which you are a part. However, these rights must be defended, by an obligation to national service. All citizens of the Great State of the Kongo who are over 18 will serve for two years in the Kongolese military, during which time they must travel throughout and learn about the diverse and united Kongolese nation (OOC: This is done to prevent militaries in one region from consisting only of the local ethnic majority group. The thinking is that if the military is consistently mixed in ethnicity and regional origin, it will not support any local nationalisms.).

Article 2: Alternatively, a citizen of the Kongolese nation may choose to spend these two years laboring for the common good, towards the construction of national infrastructure and the modernization of all of our countrymen. (OOC: Whether men or women will be drafted, and at what time is deliberately left vague. In theory, everyone will eventually preform their two years of service. However, factors like raising small children or finishing higher education all allow a person to delay their service. For practical and financial reasons, many people are never actually drafted, and are instead listed as "reserve workers" or "reserve military", at the digression of local officials).

Article 3: Those who complete their two years of service will be provided their own house by the state, in recognition of their work, so that they may have a stable foundation upon which to settle, start their family, and work for the great Kongolese society. (OOC: The location of this house is deliberately left vague, in order to allow for re-settlement of people as needed, i.e. if miners are needed, young soldiers and their wives will be given homes near new mining districts so that they have to become miners, etc.).
 
Nice update
from Calfornia
To the UC:

The Bear-and-Star Republic proposes to mediate the eventual peace negotiation between the UC and Western secessionist given our neutral position. Our only desire is peace in America.

to Bavaria
The Republc would like to borrow funds from you. (2ep). We would also like to discuss the possibility of scientific cooperation between our states. Something like say, assistance in the improvement of our education system in exchange for access to some of the computer data/power of the Silicon Valley?


to Germany
We will happily attend the 2nd congress. The Republic would like to discuss the possibility of extending the congress the North America given the fact that several North American states already attend the congress.

Calfornia declares it's support for the French democratic/liberal underground. We hope that France will be able to join the ranks of democratic nations.


Governor Ashley Shepard
 
Excellent update Stockholme! :)

To: La Plata
From: the People's Republic of China


The People's Republic of China welcomes La Plata to Communism, hopes that our doctrinal differences will not hinder the growth of Communism in the World and the Liberation of the Worker and Agrarian, and welcomes the new rising wave of worldwide Communism and liberation.

Brothers United in Labour Cannot be Defeated!

To: the Metzienne and Louvre Factions of ARON
From: the People's Republic of China


The People's Republic of China wishes to encourage and pledge its support towards the Worker's and Agrarian Revolution in France, and urges the True Communists and Syndicalists of ARON to do their utmost for the revolution and secure France for the Working Man and not the false liberation of the Liberals, the dying throes of capitalism of the Fascists, and the New Bourgeiouse of the Classist Technocrats.
 
According to the GM's maps China has no steady channel of communication to either France of La Plata. :p
 
I thought we could communicate with difficulty, but travel or trade was out of the question
 
Yeah, something like that. But well, just a couple greetings never hurt nobody, I guess.
 
to Bavaria
The Republc would like to borrow funds from you. (2ep). We would also like to discuss the possibility of scientific cooperation between our states. Something like say, assistance in the improvement of our education system in exchange for access to some of the computer data/power of the Silicon Valley?

We don't see a way to transport 2 ep worth of funds to the western coast of North America.

We are, however, willing to send a team of specialists to assist you in modernizing your education system.
 
To Bavaria
To put our agreement in more formal terms:
Treaty of Palo Alto
The glorious nations of Bavaria and California agree to the following:
Art1: Embassies will be established in Sacramento and Munich to tighten the links between Bavaria and California.
Art2: Both nations agree to mutual non-agression and non-interference with each other's interests.
Art3: California agrees to protect Bavarian citizens on Californian soil. The same applies to Californians on Bavarian soil.
Art4: Bavaria agrees to provide technical assistance in improving Californian Universities.
Art5: California agrees to provide access to computer resources of the Stellar Bear foundation (ooc:
the scientific state sponsored university and research organization based in the silicon valley, using its consequent remaining resources)
Art6: California and Bavaria agree to a scientific partnership for computer sciences (ooc: basically universities cooperate a little)
Art7: California agrees to integrate the technocratic system to its Universities.

Governor Ashley Shepard.

@J.K Stockholme
Elections take place every 4 years. Legislative election take place at the same time. However, a Governor may not be in power more than three terms. (As Shepard is on her third term, this means she will be replaced in the next elections.
 
From: Workers Federation of Sao Paulo
To: La Plata


Greetings, to our southern brothers in arms in the crusade to bring an equal and free society to South America and to the World!

The Revolutionary Assembly of Sao Paulo wishes to enter a closer and warmer relationship with your kind nation.
 
To Bavaria
To put our agreement in more formal terms:
Treaty of Palo Alto
The glorious nations of Bavaria and California agree to the following:
Art1: Embassies will be established in Sacramento and Munich to tighten the links between Bavaria and California.
Art2: Both nations agree to mutual non-agression and non-interference with each other's interests.
Art3: California agrees to protect Bavarian citizens on Californian soil. The same applies to Californians on Bavarian soil.
Art4: Bavaria agrees to provide technical assistance in improving Californian Universities.
Art5: California agrees to provide access to computer resources of the Stellar Bear foundation (ooc:
the scientific state sponsored university and research organization based in the silicon valley, using its consequent remaining resources)
Art6: California and Bavaria agree to a scientific partnership for computer sciences (ooc: basically universities cooperate a little)
Art7: California agrees to integrate the technocratic system to its Universities.

Governor Ashley Shepard.

*shrugs*

Bundeskanzler DDr. Josef von Dunkelheit
 
To: the Far Eastern Republic
From: South Japan

The Korean peninsula has been divided for far too long. Indeed, it is a tragedy that so many must remain divided after they were rescued from the Korean tyranny. To end that suffering, we propose a plan to unite the two halves of the peninsula. In it, you would cede the rest of the peninsula up to a to-be-determined point to us in return for a defensive alliance and two EP. We are open to negotiations on the matter, but the two divided halves of a once whole people must not be punished for the sins of their former government. Loved one should be returned to loved one.
 
"169 years ago brave men gave their lives to free us from the corporate oppression, for our people's freedom and independence. Thanks to their sacrifice today's Californians have the right to chose their own leaders rather than answering to a distant executive's whims. But I ask you: Why should a man concern himself with politics if he is concerned by the fact his family's stomachs are empty? How can a woman be concerned about the community's welfare if she is pre-occupied with caring with her husband's welfare who is crippled by a mining accident?

The Republic is the richest nation in all America but has yet to provide a satisfying life for each of its citizens. This isn't a question of wealth. Californian average income per capita is one of the highest in the world. So why, I ask you, have we not established yet a Social Welfare, or improved or working conditions? It is a question of redistribution. Wealth is still unfairly detained by a minority and the government has not yet organized its redistribution . Why should the manager be guaranteed a comfortable retirement and not the worker when both are necessary to the well-being of our society and economy? This is the failure of today's Social-Democrat party. While they have brought about unseen prosperity to our nation, they have yet to make that wealth serve the common good. Ashley has yet to live up to her promises. The Social-Democrats must evolve, or perish.

With greater redistribution of wealth, crime and poverty can be eradicated. Effectively, both are closely linked. Many are pushed to crime such as murder or theft because of their poor living conditions. And crime will only push further the misery of the poor... Poverty is a vicious circle that must be abolished.

This new society must be durable. The aims of the Greens and Socialists must be reconciled. Growth must be clean and equal in order to be sustainable. We must push forward towards a more clean industry, technology and lifestyle in order to guarantee the future of our people.

Unequal distribution of wealth and excessive environmental degradation is what caused the downfall of our ancestors. We must learn from history to not replicate these errors. For the time being, the interests of the few are hindering the interests of the many.


This is unacceptable. I will not rest until each Californian is guaranteed the fundamental rights to employment,education, housing and health. Our society has the potential to become cleaner and fairer. It is up to us to transform it, and it can only be done by the will of the people. I don't speak of revolution, but of Evolution for our society."



Extract from David Meyer's speech " Green Socialism", part of his campaign to force Ashley's hand in establishing a social welfare program and to gain the frienship of the Ecologists. Although he is a prominent Socialist member and Social-Democrat leader he questions the governement's actual policies and is one of the main advocates of economic reform, and of Communist secession from the SDP if reform isn't brought about . Many expect him to become California's next governor after Ashley.
 
The Republic of Germany hopes that our ally, the Trade Federation of England and our cultural brothers the South German Confederation can work out their differences and resume diplomacy. With the withdrawal of ambassadors, lines of communication have been closed that may be vital in maintaining European peace, especially given the current situation in France.
 
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