Capto Iugulum

To: Empire of Spain
From: Republic of Argentina


We must reject your proposals for a joint Academy and University system. Your concern for preserving Hispanic culture is utter nonsense; Spanish disregard for the rights, liberties, and culture of the peoples of the Americas is what brought this current state of affairs in the first place. Liberalizing practices in Spain have still not eradicated this disregard apparently. Your record of support for illegitimate dictatorships over the elected governments of American republics can not be denied. I will not wax poetical over this 'father-mother' analogy unless demanded, but where was 'mother' Spain when New Spain and Colombia were invaded? Nowhere to be found. Luckily for Columbia, those willing to defend republican freedom against foreign tyranny could be found.

We have no wish for increased trade either, especially while you continue to ally yourself with the tyranny of the United States of America.

Sinceramente,

Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz, Presidente de la República Argentina
 
To: Spanish-speaking America
From: Imperio de España


It is sad that so many of you let past political events blind you to the great potential of our suggestions. But very well. We will not pressure you anymore. Our invitation to join those organizations will remain, though, and we just hope that you will change opinion at some point in the future.
 
To: Empire of Brazil
From: Empire of Spain


1) We were at a war. We were attempting to get you out of it as fast as possible. Maybe our methods were not very civil, but it was war.
2) The coward's route would have been to pay you after the incident sparked by the United Kingdom's attack on our fleet, and where the Brazilian ships got involved by pure chance. We still cannot believe you still pin the blame on us for such an incident.
3) We do not defend tyranny. We just maintain diplomatic relations with the United States. We hope that they will change at some point.
4) We still do not understand why you are still harping on a point that we have clearly stated several times is completely false.
5) Brazil seems to be blowing this situation completely out of proportion, considering that it started because Spain wanted to establish a group of cultural, apolitical organizations.
6) We would like to know who has misinformed you so much. Either way, we wish to correct this clearly incorrect information: it was in fact Emperor Carlos VI, and his son Felipe IX, who fought for the reforming of the Empire of Spain into what is currently now: one of the two greatest democracies in the world, next to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, whom we hold in great esteem as a worthy opponent to the Empire of Spain. The civil war that happened shortly after the death of Emperor Carlos VI was instigated by the reactionaries who desired to keep the old order, and Emperor Felipe IX fought and led so that Spain advanced along the path Carlos VI had drawn and designed with the help of his advisors. And, once more, the reactionaries fought to prevent Spain's advance when the Spanish Constitution was established, and once more the Emperor and Empire fought against them, so that constitutionalism and democracy prevailed. In fact, nowadays all of the Empire has representation in the Imperial Parliament. All regions of the Empire have autonomy over many matters that only concern them. All political positions of importance are chosen by the people. Please, make your research before saying anything.
7) We have indeed let them go. Panamá, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, we let them go more than a century ago. New Spain left more than sixty years ago, and we let them go. We were bitter about the Mayans wanting to leave, but we still let them go. So, please, do not say something that is clearly untrue.
8) The former colonies may be great, we are not putting it in doubt. But, please, look well at things before casting such a dubious affirmation.
9) If the Brazilian policemen's attitude towards proof is equal to that of the Brazilian government... God save the Brazilian people.

TO: Empire of Spain
FROM: Empire of Brazil


1. We were at war because the Spanish betrayed a decades long alliance with the Brazilian government in order to defend their own conquest of a sovereign nation in the Americas by allying with a dictator who had just succeeded in a coup against the rightful government of the United States.

2. The cowards route was standing in the way of saving democracy.

3. A defensive alliance with a tyrant is also known as defending tyranny.

4. Spanish truths, as stated above, mean nothing. Spain decides actions not on what is right or wrong, but on what makes Spain better. If that means killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people in order to defend an illegal conquest, well then, Spain is just doing what it thinks is right.

5. Spain coming into the South American cultural life, which is now long changed from that of the Spanish colonies they once were by masses of immigrants and that little thing called democracy, is fully imperialistic. Brazil stands by the people of South America. Spanish culture is for Spain. We celebrate the individual here, the Paraguyans, Uruguayans, Argentinians, Peruvians, Chileans, etc. That Spain believes it is still relevant to these nations and cultures is a sign of how out of touch the Spanish government truly is.

6. Your monarchs only gave up their power to the people out of fear of losing everything. Pedro I, the Liberator, willingly gave up his power to the people because he knew it was the right thing to do. He was not forced by rising tides of revolution, no, on the contrary he did it because he believed in it. The Imperial family to this day aids in the efforts of bringing about rights to all human beings. Her Imperial Majesty, Isabel I, is an active proponent of women's rights. What has your emperor done? Was it not your emperors that destroyed nationalism in Italy? Was it not your emperors that destroyed the United States of America? Was it not your emperors that fought a bloody resistance to losing New Spain and then, because your empire wasn't large enough already, invaded the free Aztecs? Was it not your emperors that betrayed Brazil to the tyrant Alfred Scott and waged a war across the world in defiance of the liberties of the people?

7. You let them go because you lost them to free thinkers and revolutionaries that opposed your regime. You did not willingly do so. Spain allied with the false United States of America to protect the last remaining colonies in the New World. Only a tyrant would help another keep down independence movements.

8. The former colonies are greater than the father country, this much is true and they are all better off without Spanish influence in their governments. Spain cannot be trusted and history is not easily erased from the minds of the people.

9. To say you know anything of the Brazilian policeman is an insult to their duty to the people. Spain has no right to call the police of the worlds leading democracy anything other than just and civil men. It is not Brazilians that have to worry about corruption, but the Spanish.
 
To the Franco-Burgundian Confederation
From Brittany

We want to stay neutral. We will sign a generally recognized treaty if this allows our continued neutrality in the tensions we see beginning to form. We do not want to be a battleground between two empires.

Sign this then:

Treaty of Nantes, 1900

1. Brittany agrees to be neutral.

2. The Franco-Burgundian Confederation agrees to respect Brittany's neutrality and independence.

Signed by the plenipotentiaries of the Parliament of the Confederation
 
To: Empire of Brazil
From: Empire of Spain


It is obvious that, despite the fact that the truth is staring you in the eyes, you are going to continue ignoring it. So it is our guess that further discussion with you will end up in nothing but further angering by Brazil about imagined slights.
In an addendum, our commentary about the Brazilian policemen were not an insult directed at them. Whomever read that message within the government of Brazil clearly did not read it correctly. Please, re-read it in its entirety until you actually understand that part.
 
TO: Empire of Spain
FROM: Empire of Brazil


Your imagination runs wild. History is written and the people remember all of those slights you believe to be false. Spain must be ignoring the current state of global politics entirely, that is not unlikely considering their recent history. Brazil will continue to do what is right and Spain will continue to do what is wrong. The Statue of Liberty stands to defend and she will never fall.
 
Treaty of Nantes, 1900

1. Brittany agrees to be neutral.

2. The Franco-Burgundian Confederation agrees to respect Brittany's neutrality and independence.

Signed by the plenipotentiaries of the Parliament of the Confederation
Signed by the King of Brittany.
 
TO: Empire of Spain
FROM: Empire of Brazil


Your imagination runs wild. History is written and the people remember all of those slights you believe to be false. Spain must be ignoring the current state of global politics entirely, that is not unlikely considering their recent history. Brazil will continue to do what is right and Spain will continue to do what is wrong. The Statue of Liberty stands to defend and she will never fall.

To: Empire of Brazil
From: Empire of Spain


It is very sad that you continue to believe all of that, and that you attempt to paint yourself as snow white when you are at most grey.
 
I have compiled this complicated constitution because it is the case that, because some constituent states are absolute monarchies and others are constitutional monarchies, and all of which have kings who were promised and given rights when the Confederation was founded, the Confederation is a complicated entity. This has been approved by EQ.

An account of the Constitution of the Franco-Burgundian Confederation

The unicameral Parliament of the Confederation has the power to legislate however it wants, to control foreign and economic policy, to carry out taxation, to control the armed forces, and to change its own powers.

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The King of Paris and Burgundy has a veto on any measure that is passed by the Parliament of the Confederation. He secondly has the power to nominate up to 150 MPs to that Parliament out of the membership of the House of Lords of Paris and Burgundy. He thirdly has the ability to waive that right at the King's pleasure and instead to allocate those 150 seats to members of the Commons chosen according to the respective strengths of the political parties in the Commons. Fourthly, the King of Paris and Burgundy has the perpetual right to nominate the King of Piedmont on the death of the previous King of Piedmont.

The King of Poitou has complete control within Poitou of all things that the Parliament of the Confederation does not have control over. The King of Poitou has the right to pass on his throne according to the ancient laws of succession of Poitou. The King of Poitou also has the right to nominate 30 MPs to the Parliament of the Confederation.

The King of Dauphiné has complete control within Dauphiné of all things that the Parliament of the Confederation does not have control over. The King of Dauphiné has the right to pass on his throne according to the ancient laws of succession of Dauphiné. The King of Dauphiné also has the right to nominate 60 MPs to the Parliament of the Confederation.

The King of Normandy has a veto over all measures passed by the bicameral Parliament of Normandy. The King of Normandy secondly has the right to pass on his throne according to the ancient laws of succession of Normandy. The King of Normandy thirdly has the right to nominate up to 35 MPs to the Parliament of the Confederation out of the membership of the House of Lords of Normandy. He thirdly has the ability to waive that right at the King's pleasure and instead to allocate those 150 seats to members of the Commons chosen according to the respective strengths of the political parties in the Commons.

The King of Piedmont has a veto over all measures passed by the bicameral Parliament of Piedmont. The King of Piedmont does not have the right to pass on his throne and is nominated on the death of his predecessor by the King of Paris and Burgundy. The King of Piedmont has the right to nominate 75 MPs out of the membership of the Lords and Commons of the Parliament of Piedmont as he sees fit.

Any two out of the King of Poitou, the King of Dauphiné, the King of Normandy, and the King of Piedmont may jointly veto any measure of the Parliament of the Confederation.

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The bicameral Parliament of Paris and Burgundy has complete control within Paris and Burgundy of all things that the Parliament of the Confederation or the King of Paris and Burgundy do not have control over. 150 MPs of the Parliament of the Confederation are drawn from the House of Commons of Paris and Burgundy, and more if the King of Paris and Burgundy wishes it.

The bicameral Parliament of Normandy has complete control within Normandy of all things that the Parliament of the Confederation or the King of Normandy do not have control over. 40 MPs of the Parliament of the Confederation are drawn from the House of Commons of Normandy, and more if the King of Normandy wishes it.

The bicameral Parliament of Piedmont has complete control within Piedmont of all things that the Parliament of the Confederation or the King of Piedmont or the King of Paris and Burgundy do not have control over. All members of the House of Commons of Piedmont must belong to a political party registered in Paris and Burgundy.

The unicameral Assembly of the Republic of Orleans has complete control within Orleans of all things that the Parliament of the Confederation does not have control over. 60 MPs of the Parliament of the Confederation are drawn from the Assembly of the Republic of Orleans according to the relative strengths of the political parties in the Assembly of the Republic of Orleans.

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Any MP of a Parliament of one of the constituent Kingdoms of the Confederation who is also an MP in the Parliament of the Confederation has the right to nominate a Deputy to sit, in his place, in the Parliament of the constituent Kingdom in which he sits.

No regionalist parties are allowed.

Elections to the Parliaments of the constitutent Kingdoms happen at different times, and so there is never a general election to the Parliament of the Confederation; instead, the relative power of the political parties fluctuates moderately and frequently. The members of the Parliament of the Confederation that are appointed by the Kings may be replaced by those Kings as they see fit, and therefore these members also may change at any time.

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Membership of the Parliament of the Confederation:

200 elected from Paris and Burgundy (50 at the King's pleasure)
100 appointed Lords from Paris and Burgundy
45 elected from Normandy (5 at the King's pleasure)
30 appointed Lords from Normandy
60 elected from Orleans
30 appointed by the King of Poitou
60 appointed by the King of Dauphiné
50 appointed by the King of Piedmont from the Commons of Piedmont

25 appointed by the King of Piedmont from the Lords of Piedmont

305 elected MPs (potentially as few as 250)
155 Lords sitting as MPs (potentially as many as 210)
140 other appointees of the Kings of Poitou, Dauphiné, and Piedmont

600 Total MPs

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Political Parties:

I expect far left and far right parties will become more apparent as time goes on and so I won't try to anticipate what they will be like. However:

Socialist Septembrist Party (Social Proletarists; split off from the left wing of the Septembrists)
Septembrist Party (Liberal)
Party of Order (Conservative)
 
To: Brazil, Hispanic nations
From: United States of America
CC: Spain


We will not stand idly by and allow these continual insults to the United States of America. We take no interest in Spain's proposition and see it as little more than cultural and academic cooperation, regardless of the fact that we have fought wars with some of the nations proposed in the past. This politicization of academic and cultural agreements between Hispanic nations with a common cultural heritage helps no one, and in fact is harmful to the people of said nations, cutting them off from the cultural and academic programs that would make their lives more enjoyable, meaningful, and prosperous.

The War of the American Presidency ended almost 50 years ago, and regardless of the sides that were taken, the current government and Constitution of the United States stands, and has lead the American people to prosperity. Brazil should remain concerned with their own domestic policies, and cease this constant tirade against the United States, and not but in to Hispanic cultural and academic discussions when said discussions do nothing geo-politically for the nations involved. The fact that they stick their noses in should only be an indicator that Brazil desires to aggrandize themselves in South America at the expense of the cultural heritage and academic quality of the rightfully-involved nations should be rather concerning.

OOC: @EQ: Did Venezuela ignore my diplo, or was it overlooked?

And don't worry; President Wareing witnessed a game of un-American "football" in Panama and had the players and inventors arrested, tried, and shot for the creation of this insult to sports. Immediately after the Panamanian All-Star football team was formed, and the President was pleased to watch the Washington All-Stars crush them in the last play with a 60-yard touchdown.
 
To: Brazil, Hispanic nations
From: United States of America
CC: Spain


We will not stand idly by and allow these continual insults to the United States of America. We take no interest in Spain's proposition and see it as little more than cultural and academic cooperation, regardless of the fact that we have fought wars with some of the nations proposed in the past. This politicization of academic and cultural agreements between Hispanic nations with a common cultural heritage helps no one, and in fact is harmful to the people of said nations, cutting them off from the cultural and academic programs that would make their lives more enjoyable, meaningful, and prosperous.

The War of the American Presidency ended almost 50 years ago, and regardless of the sides that were taken, the current government and Constitution of the United States stands, and has lead the American people to prosperity. Brazil should remain concerned with their own domestic policies, and cease this constant tirade against the United States, and not but in to Hispanic cultural and academic discussions when said discussions do nothing geo-politically for the nations involved. The fact that they stick their noses in should only be an indicator that Brazil desires to aggrandize themselves in South America at the expense of the cultural heritage and academic quality of the rightfully-involved nations should be rather concerning.

TO: United States of America, the false one
FROM: Empire of Brazil


The cultural programs mean little to nations that have experienced large swathes of immigrants from countries that are not Spain. Argentina has a very large Anglo population for example. To say that Brazil is holding back other nations is absurd and an insult. The War of the American Presidency may have ended half a century ago, but the wars in Colombia and New Spain are still fresh in the minds of the people and only happened fourteen years ago.

Brazil has no further words for the duo of imperialists.
 
TO: United States of America, the false one
FROM: Empire of Brazil


The cultural programs mean little to nations that have experienced large swathes of immigrants from countries that are not Spain. Argentina has a very large Anglo population for example. To say that Brazil is holding back other nations is absurd and an insult. The War of the American Presidency may have ended half a century ago, but the wars in Colombia and New Spain are still fresh in the minds of the people and only happened fourteen years ago.

Brazil has no further words for the duo of imperialists.

To: Brazil, Hispanic America
From: United States of America


That war also is in the past, under a previous administration. The Wareing administration has no desire to repeat that war, and instead would rather focus on what is within our current borders, as evidenced by the construction of the Panama Canal, which will not only greatly boon the local economy and American business but business across the globe. Stop re-fighting old wars. If you continue to look backward, you'll walk right off a cliff.
 
To: Empire of Spain
From: United States of New Spain

While you continue to have an alliance with the military dictators in the United States of America, continue to have colonies in Nuevo Leon, Cuba, and Hispaniola, and do nothing while imperialist Americans run roughshod across Colombia, Panama, and New Spain, we will not join in any pact with you, academic or otherwise. Your claims of being a mother to us are ridiculous - where were you, mother, when the Americans invaded Panama? When they invaded Colombia? When they annexed New Spain?
 
To: Empire of Spain
From: United States of New Spain

While you continue to have an alliance with the military dictators in the United States of America, continue to have colonies in Nuevo Leon, Cuba, and Hispaniola, and do nothing while imperialist Americans run roughshod across Colombia, Panama, and New Spain, we will not join in any pact with you, academic or otherwise. Your claims of being a mother to us are ridiculous - where were you, mother, when the Americans invaded Panama? When they invaded Colombia? When they annexed New Spain?

To: United States of New Spain
From: Empire of Spain


Oh, wait, you wanted our help? We never heard anything from you. And here we thought you wanted to be independent...

Also, please note that Nueva León, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the rest of the Caribbean Islands are not colonies, but Viceroyalties of the Empire of Spain, with full representation in the Spanish Imperial Parliament and autonomy in local affairs. The people of those places are as Spanish as the people that live in Spanish Iberia.
 
TO: World
FROM: Empire of Brazil
CC: New Spain and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland


It is on this wondrous day that the Empire of Brazil and the United States of New Spain have come to an agreement on the construction of a canal through New Spanish lands. We offer any and all democratic powers of the world to aid in the construction. We cannot stand idly by and watch one nation own rights to a canal that connects oceans and greatly sways the balance of economic power. It is thus that we counter the Americans and make it possible for friends of democracy and liberty to work together towards a better tomorrow.
 
To: United States of New Spain, Empire of Brazil
From: Empire of Spain


The construction rights of the Nicaragua Canal still belong to the Empire of Spain.

TO: Empire of Spain
FROM: Empire of Brazil


Those rights only existed between the pre-annexation period of government in New Spain and not the post-annexation period. As the Spanish failed to protect New Spain from annexation and the Brazilian nation later reestablished the nation of the United States of New Spain, the original Spanish rights are void. New Spain has offered those rights to the United Kingdom and Brazil.
 
To: Empire of Brazil
From: Empire of Spain


Said treaty had no limits to construction time, nor any clause that forced the Empire of Spain to protect the United States of New Spain. Besides, the United States of New Spain compromised to allow us the use of two bases in what would be the mouths of the future Nicaragua Canal, and they took them from us without any reason.

However, we are perfectly willing to step back and let the Brazilians build said canal if they are willing to stop casting aspersions and saying lies about the true intention of the Hispanic Cultural Organizations.
 
To: República de Argentina
From: Imperio Español


Why is it that you seem to share Brazil's problems with reading?

Besides, we do not understand why you remain butting into a discussion where you had already made your opinion known. You do not want to enter? That is good. We have no problem. Although we still think it is a foolish decision. Hopefully, you will revert your position in regards to the Hispanic Cultural Academies sooner rather than later.
 
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