LONESlite: The Bloody Business

The Bloody Business​

It is 1936, and once again the world teeters over the abyss of war. Take up the role of a leader of a nation in this time of trouble and uncertainty, and guide your people to glorious victory or ignominious defeat. For not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided, but by blood and iron.

Players - Anyone can play, but reservations exist. If someone with reservation rights to a country does not appear within the first turn, a new player can request that nation.

Stories - Are encouraged! Write as many as you please. If they're good, they'll get you a bonus.

Updates - Will arrive when they arrive. In other words, expect them sometime at least twenty-four hours after the deadline.

Nations - In the stats-list you will find the nations available for play. Nations that are reserved will already have a name next to them in the stats. See "Players" as to what horrible, unspeakable things happen when a player who reserved a country doesn't appear within time.

Stats Template
Kingdom of Belgium
Parliamentary Monarchy: Leopold III/Paul van
Zeeland
Economic Power: 3/0
Public Approval: 80%
Army: 15 Infantry, 50 Armored
Navy: 30 Squadrons
Air Force: 150 Air Groups

Every nation has a name of some form or another, and indeed, every faction has a name, of some form or another. Oftentimes the "feel" and "flavor" of a nation is encompassed within that name. However, proceed to the next line and you'll see the government type or class of a nation. In nations with a monarchy, the name of the monarch will come first. Most absolute monarchies have collapsed within the time-frame of the 20th century, and by 1936 most monarch's names will be followed by the name of a head of government, prime minister, consul, premier magistrate, whatever. Following your government type, and its head or heads as the case may be, is Economic Power. Economic Power is the total sum of the forces of your nation's economy that are available in one form or another for the use of you, the player. You can spend all your available Economic Power (or EP) in a turn, and unless you lose from your surplus (something happens to do relatively permanent damage to your economy) you'll get the same number back you had last turn. You can also bank EP you don't need, and draw it out when you want. Your Economic Power surplus can be improved by a base value of one for a total expenditure of 3EP. Sometimes, after the annexation of another nation, or in the wave of a large economic expansion or boom period, you may only need to spend 2EP to achieve the same result. This is a gamble however, and will not always work.

Economic Power (1st number = existing surplus, received each turn. 2nd number = banked surplus)

After Economic Power is public approval. Your public approval is a summary in percentage form of the general opinion of the people, or the members of your faction, of the current regime. Relatively high numbers such as 60-80% represent general contentedness with the existing order of things, and little to no chance of armed revolt whatsoever. Excessively high numbers, such as 90 to 99% indicate that the people either genuinely love and exhort your regime (not as often as you might hope) or more likely, that the people are too afraid to show any real discontent. In general lower numbers (50% and below) represent a real willingness to speak out against the current government's policies, and higher incidence of actual discontent or distrust towards the government. Around these numbers is where you should start worrying about major armed revolts, or even civil war. Finally we come to military stats, which show the size of the various branches of your military in simple terms.

Unit Prices/Military Matters
An expenditure of 1EP will get you 10 units of any type. There is no Army Quality, or Army Type, stat, but if you have questions about the general quality or type of your army you should PM me. Recruiting many units en masse within a turn is likely to reduce the general quality of your military, but most always not by any huge measure. The new units may not fight as well, however. Currently, there is no unique unit option. However, depending on the type of your nation's military, certain units within it may be of better or more specialized quality or type than your neighbors.

Technology and Other Cool Things
There is no tech tree. If you have an idea for a technological breakthrough that you think is feasible, PM me and I'll tell you how much it will cost.

Orders and Updates
In general, orders should follow something like the following format:

Stats
[Your nation's stats go here]

Spending
[The EP you want to spend this turn and what you want to spend it on]

Domestic/Political Policy
[All the various internal domestic or political policies you want to implement, or continue in various fashion. If you want to institute a new, more rigorous census for the purpose of ensuring tax income, or start an economic revitalization program, this is where you'd do it]

Military Policy
[Changes in your general military policy. New training program? Goes here.]

Military Orders
[Things you want to do with your military. This is where all your WAAAAAUGH stuff goes.]

Updates will arrive when they arrive, which will always be SOONTM.

Thank you,
TheLizardKing, Eltain - moral support and/or threats.
Everyone in the preview thread - helping make the stats a little less horrible.

Anyone else I've forgot. You know who you are. Send me an angry PM and I'll feel guilty for you.

EUROPEAN FACTIONS


ASIAN FACTIONS


AFRICAN FACTIONS


NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN FACTIONS


SOUTH AMERICAN FACTIONS

Part 2 - The Stats Strike Back

Name: The Spanish Civil War
When: 1936 - Ongoing
Who: Second Spanish Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain, Third French Republic vs Spanish Nationalists
Losses: Undetermined
Description: The result of years of political, social and economic decay in Spain, tensions ultimately came to a head when officers within the army of the Second Spanish Republic executed a coup in favor of creating a nationalist, some might even say fascist, state to replace the Republic which so many had considered a failure. Labeling the republican government as communists and atheists, the nationalists under the command of Francisco Franco set out on a quest to unite Spain under Christ, and crush the communist serpent beneath the boot of fascism. Starting in 1936, the nationalists had a clear advantage from the outset, that was quickly countered by an outpouring of good will towards the republican cause by the Entente Cordiale powers, Great Britain and France. Anglo-French support for the republicans put aside, the generals and officers that originally attempted to execute the coup against the Second Republic brought the majority of the military and its equipment and expertise with them over to the nationalist cause, and the existing junta of bureaucrats and low to mid-level military officers that didn't participate in the coup exercises power over a force of conscripts with minimal training, and for the greater part, minimal equipment.

Name: The Great Balkan War
When: 1936 - Ongoing
Who: Kingdom of Greater Romania vs Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Bulgaria
Losses: Undetermined
Description: Arguably the result of the rise of nationalism in the post-Hapsburg Balkans, the Great Balkan War came about through military action almost exclusively by the Kingdom of Greater Romania, but with the incorrect assumption of that nation's part of the support of its allies Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia in the "Little Entente". The nations at which Romania's aggression was targeted, Hungary and Bulgaria, were on all counts unprepared for the comparatively large-scale Romanian invasion that came pretty well out of nowhere. The larger, better-equipped, and better-trained Romanian forces overwhelmed Bulgaria's pithy armed forces and established functional Romanian rule over the nation, with Bulgaria's forgotten air force and a few townships under the control of various ambitious officers unwilling to negotiate with the invader, being the only aspects of the nation to escape the sword. Hungary was, if the word can be used, slightly more lucky in that thanks to the apparent confusion surrounding the assumed Yugoslav and Czechoslovak support, the Romanian assault on Hungary fell short. With a stalemate line existing between eastern Hungary, under Romanian control, and the western half of the nation which seems likely to fall under Czechoslovak or Yugoslav jurisdiction sooner rather than later, and the Bulgarian monarchy practically begging for peace, the quick thrust into the Balkans seems to have paid off for Romania, not counting for the reaction of the international community.

Name: The War of Argentine Intervention
When: 1936
Who: Republic of Argentina vs February Coup Participants
Losses: 8,000 Paraguayans; 2,000 Argentinians
Description: As part as what appears to be a somewhat-gutsy gamble on the part of Argentina, when Rafael Franco and the majority of the Paraguayan armed forces retreated from the front lines of the Chaco War with Bolivia to lay siege to Paraguay's presidential palace and establish a military dictatorship, the Argentine military moved in to "reestablish order and ensure the safety of democracy in the region". A very brief, one-sided battle between the vastly-larger, better-equipped, and better-trained Argentine army and its war-torn, smaller Paraguayan counterpart proved the Argentinians the victor. Imprisoning Rafael Franco and the other ringleaders of the coup, the Argentine government gave the order to the forces in the region to oversee elections to create a new Paraguayan government, which were promptly ignored. Paraguay reeled from the coup, and those still loyal to the February plotters retreated into the jungles and the farmlands. With public opposition to what is largely a military occupation by Argentina slowly growing, and threat of reprisal action from the United States, Argentina seems to have put its foot in a bear trap. Or perhaps not, as without Brazilian support the United States can't do much short of execute a naval invasion of Argentina. However, Brazilian-Argentine rivalry in the area dictates that Brasilia was not pleased to hear of Buenos Aires' invasion of Paraguay. The paradigm appears to have shifted in South America.

Name: The Second Italo-Abyssinian War
When: 1936
Who: Italian Empire vs Ethiopia
Losses: Undetermined, presumed civilian deaths in the thousands, very few Italian military casualties
Description: A swift, if slightly uncoordinated action was taken by the Italian Empire to ensure that Ethiopia fell directly within Rome's control. Assault from Italian Somaliland and Eritrea came swiftly, though the generals in charge of the offensive were given little to no real objectives from Rome other than to take Addis Ababa and to force Italian sovereignty over Ethiopia. Muddling around in the Ethiopian highlands for several weeks, Italian soldiers ultimately stumbled on Addis Ababa after a widespread bombing campaign against presumed locations of military import (that more often than not turned out to be random villages), a several week bombardment by artillery and by aircraft was executed over Addis Ababa. Eventually, someone who was able to speak for the Ethiopian Emperor managed to get outside the city without being blown to bits, and presented Ethiopia's willingness to accept whatever terms of surrender the Italian government laid down. Real or functional annexation is absolutely inevitable, and the best part is that despite the apparent haphazard way in which the campaign was enacted, the "fraternity of nations" (or in other words, the Entente powers) have made no comment on the situation.

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1936

1937

SPRING 1938

Just in case (1).

Just in case (2).

ORDERS DUE FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH

Great Britain checking in. :] .

China. The one and only. Gung-ho!

I'm taking Yugoslavia

I've was watching the pre-thread, I'd like Sweden if you don't mind.

merciary said:

I've was watching the pre-thread, I'd like Sweden if you don't mind.

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You are Sweden.

@NedimNapoleon, you are Yugoslavia.

Germany's here. Either Wednesday or Thursday would work for me.

Oh yes, Wednesday and Thursday both work for me.

South African Union
Constitutional Monarchy: Edward VIII/Barry Herzog
Economic Power: 1/0
Public Approval: 75%
Army: 15 Infantry, 20 Armored
Navy: 10 Squadrons
Air Force: 5 Groups

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For me please?

Abaddon said:

For me please?

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You are the South African Union.

So are updates gonna be a year or a month? Or are they by season?

Finland here, holding the Mannerheim line.

Updates will be yearly until war breaks out, at which point they will be by month/season.

So when in OTL did I gain control of Canada?