''Storm 1...'' Ivan thought. Storm 1 was a deadly trap. Ivan was one of the few who survived the battle. However he wasnt as lucky as his comrades. His brother, Alex, had joined the Democratic Army and so Ivan had to kill his brother. Ad so he did. For days he could not sleep. He had killed his own brother. Russian Civil War. Brother kills Brother.

Ivan and his team retreated back to the HQ. In their way they saw kids starving to death. There wasnt enough food. The Formating Crew, Alaska and the Republic had embargoed USSR. What little food existed was given to the Soldiers. The children had to starve to death.

He had asked his Commander why Alaska, the Republic and the Formating Crew didnt helped USSR in this humanitarian crisis. The Commander replied '' The Foreigners care only about politics. They want to impose us a western democracy. They want us to let the rebels rape or women and burn our houses. They dont care about the people who die because of their embargo. They dont care about the children starving. But we wont beg them. We have patriotism. We shall fight to the last man!!!! ''

USSR was a living hell. A friend of Ivan was killed by his best friend, because he remained loyal to the Government and did not join the rebels.

As Russians killed each other, the foreign powers tried to manipulate the situation and create a weak Russia.
 
Your soldiers are undisciplined. How dare they make small talk with their commanders. Futhermore, your commanders are clearly poorly trained and only have the positions they do because of political connections. That would explain why the commanders sprout off propaganda with gusto. That is why your military is losing.

And because the USSR is the biggest failed state since Somalia and we're glad the children are starving to death.
 
Ragequit

I may rejoin in two or three turns as a Terrorist.
 
The Empire of the Horn supports the rebels in their fight against the USSR

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TO Any Surviving Rebels

The Glorious Emperor of the Horn, in his everlasting generosity, has gifted any remaining rebels or rebel sympathizers with a second chance. All lives will be spared, and the rebellious provinces will be fully reincorporated. However. The rebellious lands must pay the Imperial Office of the Treasury a fee of 10 Horns in exchange for the treasure lost putting down their misguided rebellion.
 
Sorry Tam, rebels make no income and nobody gifted to them, so there's literally no way you'll get money out of this.

Anway,

Politics

Egypt buys out Mali.
New England buyout of Texas blocked by ReUSA investment.
Coup in Sudan installs pro-Egyptian régime.
Coup in Mongolia installs pro-Orobouros régime.
Failed coup in Denmark.
2 failed coups against the Soviet Rebel leadership.

The Allied Occupation Zone transitions to a democratic government. The political upheaval has generated a slight increase in revolt risk that is expected to dissipate in the coming months.

The Yamato Civil War has ended! Peace talks have secured the reintegration of the breakaway provinces back into the empire.
 

Is this public outrage a sign the Jinari were the instigators behind this rebellion... ;), and likely the current thieves as well (ooc: adds things to the cassus belli list).

Either way once the rebels talked with the Emperor himself they naturally agreed to peace, for once shown with the truth and given the Emperor generous and clement terms they rejected the lies that had been fed for them and were illuminated as to the error of their ways. Peace was restored without a single shot being fired and without a single man losing his life! This is a sign to all the world of the glory of Yamato, for where other nations fight within themselves over power and dominion and cause great suffering, Yamato alone has forged a way to find a peaceful resolution to its internal conflicts as a result of the Emperors paternal care for ALL his children.
 
Is this public outrage a sign the Jinari were the instigators behind this rebellion... ;), and likely the current thieves as well (ooc: adds things to the cassus belli list).

The Jinari are not the instigators behind the rebellion nor did we stole from your coffers. You're just looking for excuses for war just because we wish to exercise our sovereignty and not recognize you as divine. - Senator Kasumi

Either way once the rebels talked with the Emperor himself they naturally agreed to peace, for once shown with the truth and given the Emperor generous and clement terms they rejected the lies that had been fed for them and were illuminated as to the error of their ways.

You negotiated with the rebels, yet you won't even negotiate with us? It's all to clear that this is just Yamato posturing itself on a facade while secretly planning to start an aggressive war against an independent state. The rhetoric of perusing peace while at the same time takes up an aggressive posture against us is just sickening - Senator Aki

Jinari passes Declaration of Independence to reaffirm status as an independent state

A Declaration
by the Jinari Senators

It's due time that in the course of history that it becomes evident for the people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of Earth. With a long train of abuses and usurpations from the Yamato Empire, it is in the right of the people to throw off such government.

The representatives of Jinari have published several grievances towards the Yamato Empire:

He has refused us to recognize us as a free and independent state

He has continually claim the lands and citizens of Jinari as part of his jurisdiction when He has no part in the formation of Jinari

He executed people who have refused to worship the Emperor

He holds no respect for the freedom of religion and declares Jinari an apostate

He has repeatedly interfered and undermined Jinari's foreign affairs

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws

For imposing his will on a sovereign and independent nation

For undermining our attempts at operating as a free and independent state

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury

He has continued to place blame for their own ills onto us

In every stage of these oppressions and interference with our sovereignty, our repeated pensions have been answered only by repeated injury. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their Emperor to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our situation of rebuilding Japan from the ashes of the Powergame Fallout, a state that completely separate from the Imperial Japan of the mid twentieth century, which the state of Yamato has taken a shine to.

We, the representatives of the Jinari Republic, solemnly publish and declare, that these territories are, and of right ought to be, free and independent state; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the Yamato Crown, and that all political connections between them and the state of Yamato, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as a free and independent state, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all the other acts and things which independent states have rights to conduct.

Signed by the President of the Senate
Kasumi Motoko, Tokyo Prefecture Senator

Co-signed by the Shogun of Jinari
Shiden Kusanagi, Shogunate of the Jinari. General of the JSDF
 
Considering the former leader of the USSR has committed suicide (OCC: Ragequitted), then The Formatting Crew calls upon the rebels and the USSR to peacefully negotiate, starting with a ceasefire.
 
You negotiated with the rebels, yet you won't even negotiate with us?

We did attempt negotiation with you, but unfortunately you did not (unlike the recently re-incorporated rebels) accept the rightful dominion of the Emperor and thus negotiations could not proceed and the current state of play thus persists.

If the Jinari Shogunate could accept the authority of the Emperor and his rightful dominion over all of the Land of the Rising Sun, then negotiations for an amicable settlement could proceed. But unfortunately your recent declarations show you insist on rejecting certain fundamentals that are necessary for any negotiations. Yamato will therefore consider your recent statements carefully before issuing a formal response.
 
Oh and the Formatting Crew supports the Jinari independence.
 
We did attempt negotiation with you, but unfortunately you did not (unlike the recently re-incorporated rebels) accept the rightful dominion of the Emperor and thus negotiations could not proceed and the current state of play thus persists.
We sent and proposed to you a non-aggression treaty, yet you turn around and spat in our faces and flat out said you will not negotiate with rebels. You killed off people who chose not to deify you.

If the Jinari Shogunate could accept the authority of the Emperor and his rightful dominion over all of the Land of the Rising Sun, then negotiations for an amicable settlement could proceed. But unfortunately your recent declarations show you insist on rejecting certain fundamentals that are necessary for any negotiations. Yamato will therefore consider your recent statements carefully before issuing a formal response.
The Emperor is just a figurehead in this world, it's always been like that since after the end of World War II. Accepting the authority of the Emperor and his "dominion over the land of the rising sun" would effectively mean giving up our sovereignty, the lands we worked hard to rebuild, and be forced to bow down to a foreign leader. This is not the feudal era, this is a post-apocalyptic era. The Emperor's claim of dominion over all of the Land of the Rising Sun only shows how imperialistic and how disrespectful the Yamato can be. You cannot force a man to bow down against his will. You've killed people who do not accept your divinity. You even postured yourself in an aggressive stance towards us, just because were sitting on your plots of land and not recognize a foreign authority.

The Jinari Shogunate (aka Jinari Republic) are rightfully an independent state that does not bow down to a foreign government or power. We built this country with our own bare hands, building it up from the ashes left behind the powergame war.

Pray tell what fundamentals are we rejecting? An imperial cult that was stamped out after the Second World War and paved the way of a parliamentary constitution and religious freedom and the separation of church and state? All that we ask is peace and our sovereignty to be respected. Look at Canada or any of the British Commonwealths in the old world. England gave them sovereignty yet they still recognize their monarch.

- Kasumi Motoko, Tokyo Prefecture Senator

OOC: IMO, the suggestion of "recognizing your authority and your dominion of the lands" essentially translates to "We'll give you peace, so long as you forfeit the game and give everything to me".
 
Announcement from HM Government of New Britain, Foreign Office
Following developments in the Russian Civil War, Her Majesty's goverment now recognises the White Russians as the legitimate government of Russia.
To that extent we have evacuated our embassy to the USSR and informed the Soviet ambassador that he and his staff must leave New Britain within 48 hours. Our current embassy has been evacuated to Seoul until the White Russians nominate a capital where it can be reestablished.
In addition we are inviting the White Russian leadership to trade talks and offer financial assistance towards rebuilding once fighting has been concluded.
 
Update 4 - January 2223

Spoiler World map :
Spoiler Player stats :
Country |Player |Colour |Government |Trait |Provinces |Population |Industry |GNI |Tax |Dom. Rev. |Trade |Client |Army Upkeep |Net Revenue |Treasury |Currency |Land |Air |Sea |RR %
UN |N/A | █████ |N/A |UN |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |N/A |0 |0 |0 |0
Taipei Legion |Kinich-Ahau | █████ |Dictatorship |Scientific |8 |11 |3.79 |43.010 |15 |6.45 |62.099 |0 |-4 |64 |47 |League UM |2 |0 |0 |-5
Allied Occupation Zone |Red_Spy | █████ |Democracy |Militaristic |10 |11 |2.83 |31.130 |20 |6.23 |61.047 |0 |-8 |59 |0 |USD |4 |0 |0 |7
Greece |(mayor) | █████ |Democracy |Industrious |9 |11.4 |2.42 |27.588 |20 |5.52 |62.099 |0 |-22 |45 |27 |??? |2 |0 |1 |0
Mexico | mechaerik | █████ |Democracy |Industrious |8 |10.9 |2.72 |29.648 |20 |5.93 |62.099 |0 |-8 |60 |8 |??? |2 |0 |0 |0
Socialist Africa |Mosher | █████ |Dictatorship |Agricultural |24 |59 |2.63 |155.170|20 |31.03 |61.047 |0 |-16 |76 |0 |Ruble |8 |0 |0 |0
Orobouros | SonicTH | █████ |Dictatorship |Scientific |11 |13.9 |3.52 |48.928 |20 |9.79 |62.099 |0 |-8 |63 |17 |Mobium |2 |0 |0 |0
New England |Omega124 | █████ |Dictatorship |Industrious |14.5 |16.3 |3.56 |58.028 |20 |11.61 |61.047 |5 |-11 |66 |0 |USD |3 |1 |0 |0
USSR | christos200 | █████ |Dictatorship |Industrious |5 |5.8 |1.17 |6.786 |20 |1.36 |42.101 |0 |-14 |29 |-34 |Sov. Ruble |1 |0 |0 |2
Brasil |Verarde | █████ |Democracy |Industrious |14 |15 |2.67 |40.050 |20 |8.01 |61.047 |0 |-8 |61 |20 |Real |4 |0 |0 |0
Siam |JoanK | █████ |Democracy |Scientific |16 |16 |2.07 |33.120 |18 |5.96 |62.099 |0 |-10 |58 |0 |Sij |5 |0 |0 |-2
Kurdistan |Celticfury | █████ |Democracy |Industrious |13 |15 |3.67 |55.050 |20 |11.01 |62.099 |5 |-6 |72 |1 |Dinar |3 |0 |0 |0
Afghanistan |NedimNapoleon | █████ |Democracy |Agricultural |6 |12 |1.15 |13.800 |20 |2.76 |62.099 |0 |-2 |62 |198 |??? |1 |0 |0 |2
Renfair |Lighthearter | █████ |Democracy |Agricultural |12 |26.4 |2.69 |71.016 |30 |21.30 |61.047 |0 |-22 |60 |0 |Kink |4 |0 |1 |6
Setting Sun |Sonereal | █████ |Dictatorship |Commercial |5 |8.8 |2.22 |19.536 |20 |3.91 |88.413 |0 |-7 |85 |55 |CBD |1 |1 |0 |4
Jinrai |CivGeneral | █████ |Dictatorship |Militaristic |11 |10.9 |1.38 |15.042 |20 |3.01 |61.047 |10 |-14 |60 |29 |Yen |5 |0 |0 |8
Mumbambu |(hoplitejoe) | █████ |Dictatorship |Industrious |11 |14.9 |2.52 |37.548 |20 |7.51 |62.099 |0 |-8 |61 |10 |Child skull |2 |0 |0 |0
Hyderabad |Farsight | █████ |Dictatorship |Scientific |4 |4.4 |1.61 |7.084 |20 |1.41 |62.099 |0 |-8 |55 |73 |Rupee |4 |0 |0 |57
Egypt |(Dem Taqat) | █████ |Democracy |Industrious |21 |19.9 |2.54 |50.546 |16 |8.09 |62.099 |23 |-16 |77 |0 |Nilean |6 |0 |0 |-5
Republic of Plains |Radio Noer | █████ |Democracy |Industrious |7 |8 |3.33 |26.640 |20 |5.33 |61.047 |0 |-8 |58 |10 |Wheat Dol. |4 |0 |0 |13
Reunited America |DroopyTofu | █████ |Democracy |Expansionist |9.5 |12.5 |2.76 |31.740 |20 |6.35 |61.047 |6 |-19 |54 |22 |RSD |3 |0 |0 |0
Crusader State |Tyo | █████ |Dictatorship |Industrious |18 |17 |3.79 |64.430 |25 |16.11 |62.099 |0 |-12 |66 |0 |??? |6 |0 |0 |5
Sarajevo |Robert Can't | █████ |Dictatorship |Agricultural |6 |10 |1.87 |18.700 |20 |3.74 |62.099 |0 |-6 |59 |133 |??? |3 |0 |0 |0
Abyssinia |Krzowwh | █████ |Dictatorship |Industrial |16 |14.9 |2.52 |37.548 |20 |7.51 |62.099 |0 |-16 |53 |0 |Werq |6 |0 |0 |5
England |SamSniped | █████ |Dictatorship |Agricultural |12 |17.6 |2.75 |48.400 |20 |9.68 |62.099 |0 |-16 |55 |0 |Pound |3 |0 |1 |0
Empire of Horn |Tambien | █████ |Dictatorship |Industrial |12 |10.5 |2.62 |27.510 |20 |5.50 |62.099 |0 |-6 |61 |0 |Horn |3 |0 |0 |0
Knights of Malta |Double A | █████ |Dictatorship |Scientific |6 |9.6 |3.08 |29.088 |20 |5.82 |62.099 |0 |-12 |55 |71 |Phallic Sym. |1 |0 |1 |0
Alaska |bestrfcplayer | █████ |Democracy |Agricultural |10 |20 |2.87 |57.400 |20 |11.48 |61.047 |0 |-10 |62 |10 |USD |5 |0 |0 |-2
Norselands |Nukeknockout | █████ |Democracy |Expansionist |10 |12.6 |2.47 |31.122 |20 |6.22 |61.047 |28 |-14 |81 |72 |Mixed |2 |0 |1 |0
Yamato |Jehoshua | █████ |Dictatorship |Militaristic |13 |13.6 |3.54 |48.144 |30 |14.44 |61.047 |0 |-20 |55 |-3 |Yen |5 |0 |1 |15
Formatting Crew |NinjaCow64 | █████ |Dictatorship |Expansionist |10 |10.7 |1.23 |13.161 |20 |2.63 |59.994 |6 |-12 |56 |62 |ECD |4 |0 |0 |2
New Britain |filli_noctus | █████ |Democracy |Agricultural |12 |27.5 |1.77 |48.675 |20 |9.74 |61.047 |11 |-20 |61 |13 |Pound |3 |0 |1 |-2
Canary Atlantis |Optical | █████ |Democracy |Commercial |12 |15 |2.51 |37.650 |20 |7.53 |93.149 |0 |-8 |92 |0 |Box o' Sand |2 |0 |0 |0
Ukraine |spaceman98 | █████ |Democracy |Agricultural |7 |10.8 |2.71 |29.268 |30 |8.78 |61.047 |0 |-10 |59 |26 |Hryvnia |1 |0 |0 |11

Country |Client Status |Colour |Government |Provinces |Population |Industry |GNI |Dom. Rev. |Currency |Land |Air |Sea
Nunavut |New England (P) | █████ |Democracy |7 |9.7 |3.24 |31.428 |9.43 |Seal pelt |2 |0 |0
Texas |ReUSA (P) | █████ |Dictatorship |7 |9.9 |2.85 |28.215 |8.46 |Oil |2 |0 |0
Venezuela |Norselands (P) | █████ |Dictatorship |7 |9.8 |2.52 |24.696 |7.41 |Oil |2 |0 |0
Peru |New Britain (P) | █████ |Dictatorship |8 |10.9 |3.49 |38.041 |11.41 |Llama |2 |0 |0
Argentina |New Britain (P) | █████ |Democracy |8 |9.8 |2.32 |22.736 |6.82 |Tourist trap |3 |0 |0
Denmark |Independent | █████ |Democracy |7 |9.4 |2.87 |26.978 |8.09 |Butter cookie |2 |0 |1
Baltic A. |Norselands (P) | █████ |Dictatorship |8 |10.9 |3.34 |36.406 |10.92 |LaaneLots |2 |0 |0
Aragon |Independent | █████ |Democracy |7 |9.7 |4.34 |42.098 |12.63 |Rojo's rant |2 |0 |0
Mali |Egypt (P) | █████ |Democracy |8 |10.8 |3.18 |34.344 |10.30 |Gold |2 |0 |0
Libya |Egypt (C) | █████ |Dictatorship |10 |12.9 |3.90 |50.31 |15.09 |Oil |2 |0 |0
Sudan |Egypt (C) | █████ |Dictatorship |7 |9.8 |2.33 |22.834 |6.85 |Kids' tears |2 |0 |0
Batonga |Norselands (P) | █████ |Dictatorship |8 |10.8 |3.51 |37.908 |11.37 |Diamond |2 |0 |0
Oman |Kurdistan (P-C) | █████ |Democracy |7 |9.8 |2.91 |28.518 |8.56 |Oil |2 |0 |0
Kazakhstan |Norselands (P) | █████ |Dictatorship |9 |11.9 |2.34 |27.846 |8.35 |Space rocket |2 |0 |0
Tibet |Independent | █████ |Democracy |7 |9.8 |2.16 |21.168 |6.35 |Karma |2 |0 |0
Mongolia |Ind. (Pro-Oro) | █████ |Democracy |7 |8.7 |2.37 |20.619 |6.19 |Steppe pony |2 |0 |0
Hokkaido |Jinrai (P) | █████ |Democracy |7 |10.5 |1.67 |17.535 |5.26 |Mint |1 |0 |1
Borneo |Norselands (P) | █████ |Dictatorship |7 |10.5 |2.65 |27.825 |8.35 |Palm oil |1 |0 |1
Pacific A. |Independent | █████ |Democracy |7 |10.5 |3.15 |33.075 |9.92 |Cruise ticket |1 |0 |1
New Zealand |Formatters (P) | █████ |Democracy |9 |11.8 |2.87 |33.866 |10.16 |ECD |2 |0 |0
Nicaragua |Ind. (Anti-SetSun) | █████ |Democracy |6 |8.8 |3.69 |32.472 |9.74 |Contra |1 |0 |0
Suriname |Independent | █████ |Democracy |6 |8.9 |4.67 |41.563 |12.47 |Bauxite |1 |0 |0
Slovakia |Independent | █████ |Dictatorship |7 |8.9 |2.69 |23.941 |7.18 |Czech |2 |0 |0
Kongo |Egypt (P) | █████ |Democracy |6 |8.8 |3.17 |27.896 |8.37 |Bribe |1 |0 |0
Madagascar |Independent | █████ |Democracy |6 |8.5 |3.88 |32.980 |9.89 |Redwood |1 |0 |1
Hainan |Independent | █████ |Dictatorship |6 |7.9 |2.97 |23.463 |7.04 |Vacation |2 |0 |0
Korea |Jinrai (P) | █████ |Democracy |6 |8.7 |2.73 |23.751 |7.13 |Gamer |1 |0 |0

Rebels |Government |Colour |Provinces |Population |Industry |Land |Air |Sea
USSR |Democracy | █████ |7 |9 |1.09 |1 |0 |0
Hyderabad |Democracy | █████ |2 |3.6 |0.84 |2 |0 |0

NGO|Player
E.V.I.L. |Ailedhoo
Brotherhood of the Pacific | CivOasis

A Security Council resolution has forbidden future membership by client states, although motions for proportional representation and de facto UN reprentation of unrecognized nations have failed due to confused jurisdiction and obfuscated wording. Meanwhile, New Britain proposes the readmission of Russia to the General Assembly under the rebel faction.

Siamese parliament relaxes leash on national taxes.

The Yamato Civil War has resolved peacefully with amnesty granted to all rebels under the expectation of lower taxes and state contributions to the United Nations. Meanwhile in Russia, the Soviet government has surrendered after the sudden disappearance of its leadership, but reintegration is still on hold unless the country can restore fiscal equity by next season. The interim government begs the international community to end the standing embargoes in order to regain the rebels' trust and facilitate consolidation.


Lastly, some rule amendments for your deliberation:

Espionage
I really don't know why I decided on base 60% odds. It doesn't look game-breaking at the moment (certainly if last turn is anything to go by) but I think I'll drop it down to 50 for fairness' sake.

Random Events
I think I'm ready to put these into play now.

Clientage
I'm thinking about making the 75%-second-buyout a permanent feature, counteracted by the standing patron's ability to undercut the value of the investment if he gifts money to his client (as what happened in Texas last turn).

Otherwise, I'll lock the status at the end of this turn.
 
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Wonderful. Errr...

Get all of Malacca, and start with Myanmar.
All into industry.
 
Union of Socialist African Republics
Spoiler :

$76 into industry
 
30 into 3 armies
The rest into Industry
 
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