A Brave New World Part 3

[TerrorIncognita]

Pope to the World

Blessings unto France for donating. The rest of you I will be patient with as in the Lord's Year of 1950 the World is reorganizing and many leaders are on vacation from the preceding decades... all predominantly Catholic nations of a decent economic size (10 or above... though Korea gets a pass for recontructing) need to contribute to the Church led by the infallible representative of God.
If you're worried about the Vatican investing in reconstruction it is giving interest-free loans to then rest assured any profits will be ground back into charity and missionary activites. Indeed our primary mission for now is to rebuild the lives of any Catholics living in wartorn countries.

The church is primarily focused on guiding the faithful, easing the suffering of humanity and saving lost souls. If it can become more powerful while doing so then that means more blessings for the Earth, but good comes first. Please note that the Pope is making a world tour this year. One of the nations to be visited is New Jersey. Certainly New Jerseyites will love their leaders eversomuch more now that the Pope has honoured such a small, yet important nation. Of course I have not said anything negative about the nation they're usually in conflict with. I chose to forgive them in my great mercy because they were minority Catholic. This despite the fact that they chose to honor a secular organization first and refer to the Church as an organization looking for charity.

I am God's representative on Earth. When you see me touring your country, you see the Apostle Peter walking amongst you.
Remember to add to your treasure in heaven when you're doing your budgeting. I, the Pope and leader of sveral hundred million Catholics, will see the devestated nations of Catholicism rebuilt! And if there's anything left over we can work on other Christian nations.

God Bless the New Year 1950!
God shall bring to a close this New Year on December 31'st 1950. Until then!

 

[Omega124]

TO: Vatican
FROM: Louisiana

Louisiana is in no position to donate money, sadly. We must re-build our ruined homelands. We must build up our military in order to protect ourselves from the influence of expanding empires, like one whose name starts with "V" and ends with "A".

We do give you blessings from our Catholic majority, though. We hope you understand.

 

[TerrorIncognita]

Naturally! Actually, Louisiana is on the Church's donation list. We wish to help you rebuild as soon as you have a reconstruction program or when we manage to help New France finish hers.
Actually seeing that you have an active (player) hand in your plans to rebuild we will rout money your way as soon as possible.

OOC: Remember to ask EQ for donations from the Vatican/Catholic Church and private Catholic sources and Catholic individuals across the world next year when the Vatican will be more flush with cash. I won't be available because I'm planning to lurk, but with the course I've set the Church on you should be able to get a reconstruction stipend quite fine if EQ or another player goes with the direction the rudder's been set.
Sorry boys, I've figured this game takes a bit too much time out of my writing especially as such an expansive organization. I'd go with a normal nation instead, but I have a feeling I'd similarily overwhelm my mind with nascent plans. There's just too many options in this great game *winks*. Well, have fun everyone!

 

[Agent 89]

University of Philadelphia
Study of Worldwide Governments:


Americas:

Republics: 19
Absolute Monarchies: 2
Constitutional Monarchies: 1
Dictatorships (lisist, military, presidential): 14 (2,10,2)
Theocracy: 1
Provincial Governments: 1
Communist: 1
Socialist: 2

Europe:

Republics: 7
Absolute Monarchies: 5
Constitutional Monarchies: 7
Dictatorships (lisist, military, presidential): 5 (4,1,0)
Theocracy: 0
Provincial Governments: 0
Communist: 0
Socialist: 0

Africa/Middle East:

Republics: 12
Absolute Monarchies: 3
Constitutional Monarchies: 0
Dictatorships (lisist, military, presidential): 4 (1,3,0)
Theocracy: 0
Provincial Governments: 0
Communist: 0
Socialist: 0

Asia:

Republics: 5
Absolute Monarchies:
Constitutional Monarchies: 2
Dictatorships (lisist, military, presidential): (0,0,3)
Theocracy: 2
Provincial Governments: 0
Communist: 0
Socialist: 0


Republics Worldwide:

Conservative: 18
Moderate: 11
Liberal: 11
Socialist: 8
Traditionalist: 1
Reactionary: 2

 

[Agent 89]

Oops. Double post.

 

[TheLastJacobite]

To Quebec
From New England

We ask that Provisional Government of Quebec end its reign of totalitarian rule and hold free elections, thus allowing the people of Quebec to decide how their country should be run. Our embargo will continue until such times that the undeniable rights of the Quebecois people are exercised through fair and free democratic elections.

 

[Omega124]

TO: New England
FROM: Louisiana

What a pathetic hypocrite. You demand one nation to hold free elections, and you illegally occupy New York, who would much rather be their own nation. Don't ask a nation to hold free elections until you're free yourself.

As for us? We're fine being a Fasict state, thank you very much.

 

[TheLastJacobite]

TO: New England
FROM: Louisiana

What a pathetic hypocrite. You demand one nation to hold free elections, and you illegally occupy New York, who would much rather be their own nation. Don't ask a nation to hold free elections until you're free yourself.

As for us? We're fine being a Fasict state, thank you very much.

To Louisiana
From New England

We do not recall addressing any diplomacy to Louisiana, but rather to our wayward protectorate of Quebec. As for New York, the Republic of Albany voluntarily joined New England in 1912 and the majority of the population continues to enjoy being citizens of New England. It is only a small fraction of the people of New York, embodied by the terrorist New York Yankees, who wish to break away from the fine country that has turned New York from a backwards agricultural country into a growing industrial and trading center. They also wish to subjugate all the peoples of North America into a new "United States of America" despite that idea failing not once, but twice.

And it's hardly hypocritical for us to call for free elections in Quebec when we ourselves held elections last year.

OOC: There's no such thing as Fascism in this NES. The term you're looking for is Lisist, which your country isn't. You're just a straight up military dictatorship.

 

[Matt0088]

You know I'm quite happy with the situation regarding Quebec.

 

[civver_764]

So what is Lisism? I'm halfway through the updates(1925) and all I've read about it is that they won in the France civil war. I might have accidentally skipped over it but I can't figure what it stands for and stuff.

 

[Milarqui]

So what is Lisism? I'm halfway through the updates(1925) and all I've read about it is that they won in the France civil war. I might have accidentally skipped over it but I can't figure what it stands for and stuff.

Ask Crezth. He's the one that developed Lisism into what it is now.

 

[TheLastJacobite]

So what is Lisism? I'm halfway through the updates(1925) and all I've read about it is that they won in the France civil war. I might have accidentally skipped over it but I can't figure what it stands for and stuff.

OOC: The Lisists are the Fascists of A Brave New World. We couldn't have Fascists since Fascism was invented in Italy and in this NES, that brand of totalitarian government started in France. Thus, rather than being named after the Roman/Italian fasces, the movement was named after the French national symbol, the fleur du lis, making its followers Lisists.

 

[civver_764]

OOC: So most of the ideology/government structure is the same as Fascism/Nazism(are they the same thing? I'm a noob at history)?

 

[Milarqui]

OOC: So most of the ideology/government structure is the same as Fascism/Nazism(are they the same thing? I'm a noob at history)?

I think that Fascism and Nazism have a couple of differences, apart from the Fascism-Mussolini/Nazism-Hitler thing (though, neither of those movements were created by them, they were just the most significative members and the ones that rose to the highest positions in their parties).

For example, Fascism never said much about racism beyond the creation of a new Roman Empire where the Italians would be the rulers (the old Imperialism). It wasn't until Italy subordinated itself to Germany that the anti-Jewish policies were applied (and Jews were persecuted by the Italians, see Enrico Fermi).

 

[Jason The King]

Senator Wilkes loosened his Lyon-style tie. In just one month, everything for which the Federalists and Liberals had worked, all the gains that were made in the past three years, came crashing down. The assassination of King Henry, the Crown Prince, and Chancellor Waterfield, along with the hundreds of civilian deaths caused by terrorist actions across the Empire, had all but spelled the end for the New Left. A counter-movement was forming; the Unity and Conservative parties had announced just last week their condemnation of the weak Federalist and Liberal government, and their intent to form an alliance to “save the Empire.” Early polls across the provinces suggested the majority of Federalists and Liberal seats were in jeopardy- including Wilkes’ own 12th Ohio district which he had just won over the incumbent Unity senator in ’47.

Worst of all, though, was the squandered opportunity. Wilkes, like many of his Federalist colleagues, were visionaries – young politicians still uncorrupted and unsullied by years in the Senate. He still had grand visions of a federation of states that would replace the corrupted and antiquated centralized Empire, a system in which every citizen had equal representation in the Senate, and one man did not hold decision-making power that could condemn millions to die in war. This vision now existed only as a figment of imagination; something so unreachable that is has ceased to make it even to dinner conversation among his family.

While Wilkes and his colleagues had taken a small step forward towards modernization of the imperial political structure, a few bands of Louisianan terrorists had pushed Virginia back to the turn of the century. Conservatives and Unity members alike are calling for greater authoritarian power for King Henry III, a former soldier and general who heavily favors the totalitarian ways of past great Virginian kings. If he had his way, he would all progress made even since the first emancipation decrees in 1901. And it seems the Conservatives will give him near absolute power to “reform” the Empire and “reestablish” order and security.

And what could the Left do to stop this fall backwards? Wilkes new that even if a miracle did occur and he was spared the great “purge” of the Left in the Senate come 1950, he would have even less influence than he does now as a junior senator. The Federalists are above all blamed for the massive wave of attacks and assassinations. Even in Federalist strongholds of North Ohio and Tennessee, the electorate seemed to be up in arms, figuratively speaking of course. Not since the brief Secession of Carolina had Wilkes seen such discontent. And what of his allies, the Liberals? It was likely that in 1950, the Liberal Party will be all but obsolete.

All this was on the Senator’s mind as he strolled down the oak hall towards the perimeter conference rooms in the Capitol. The reason why he was invited to a closed-door meeting with the Unity party leadership was still unknown to him. Slyly checking his sidearm to make sure it was securely hidden under his belt, the junior Senator took a deep breath before he turned the ivory door knob to enter room 12B. You could never be too safe with these Unity fellows.

“Ah, Senator Wilkes. Please, have a seat.” Wilkes instantly recognized the three faces in the room. He was greeted by a tall and imposing man by the name of Jack Merlott, chair of the Unity Party. He wore a dark suit that emphasized the rough edges that made his face. The hand shake was firm, and Wilkes noticed the callused grip of a former-soldier. Merlott had been in every Virginian war up until the Great Wars, during which he formed and lead the Unity Party into an aggressive rise to the top of the Virginian political spectrum.

“Senator,” greeted the other two men at the end of the wooden table, both shorter than Merlott, and less threatening. The man on the left closer to Merlott was James Glassmaker, who was expected to take the chairmanship of the Conservative Party after the November elections. The last man, rather more plump than the other two and sporting a pair of spectacles that seemed to match the round face to which they were attached, was aptly named Christopher Roundtree. Roundtree, a Federalist senator from Miami, was expected to replace Kurt Gathrup as the Chairman of the Federalist Party in November. He had a forlorn and worried look on his face as he took Wilkes’ hand in a friendly gesture.

“No doubt you are wondering why we asked you to come today, Senator?” Merlott spoke with a deep husky voice, though with traces of a warm Virginian accent that gave his speech a sort of soft melody to it. Wilkes responded in his, rather harsher and pointier, Ohioan accent.

“Indeed I am.”

“Well, we do not wish to delay you any further than we already have, I’m sure you have campaign work that needs doing,” Merlott said, a small smirk betraying the man’s obvious attempt at delivering the snide comment. “We only wish to forward you a proposition.”

“A proposition?” This only heightened Wilkes’ sense of danger. He had heard of backdoor dealings between experienced senators before, but he had never believed the actual practice matched so precisely to the stereotype.

“Indeed, an offer, really,” Merlott continued, “One which I hope you can see the mutual benefit both parties can realize. In short, I offer you your Senate seat for the next term if you agree to add a shot of legitimacy to the new government which will inevitably be formed next year.”

This confused Wilkes. “If you are speaking about a cooperative alliance with the Federalists, I hardly see why my attendance to this meeting should be mandatory when Mr. Roundtree is already present.”

“Actually,” Merlott replied, “it was Mr. Roundtree’s idea to invite you. You see, we do not need, nor want, an official public alliance with any party of the Left. Your disastrous reign over the past three years has cost the Empire too much already.” Wilkes mind flashed to his sidearm. How easily he could make this pompous senator eat his words. Instead, he forced himself to relax, and continued listening.

“Even the safest estimates have a Unity and,” shooting a quick yet hesitant look towards Senator Glassmaker, “Conservative victory that puts us well within the range of overriding any Leftist veto attempt. We are purely talking about creating an aura of cooperation in the Senate to assuage public sentiment and make the transition peacefully. That is our offer, senator. Your expected chairman has already agreed to sponsor the proposition. Though his seat is unthreatened at the moment, he needs allies in the Senate if the Federalist party is to survive.”

Wilkes sat silently for a moment as he thought through the offer. Silence had swept over the room, with only the static light bulb making infrequent clicks to break the mood. Wilkes new that if he were to agree to the deal offered, he would be no more than a puppet of the new regime, unable to make many of his own decisions. On the other hand, he would still be in power, and therefore he could keep the vision alive, perhaps for the future when things had calmed down in Virginia again and the people could once again begin trusting the Left. If he was to lose this November, it was likely he would never be back.

“I can accept those terms,” he said quietly.

“Excellent, senator. I will call our man in the 12th Ohio district to forfeit. Mr. Roundtree will fill you in on all the details. Congratulations on your victory.”

 

[TheLastJacobite]

OOC: So most of the ideology/government structure is the same as Fascism/Nazism(are they the same thing? I'm a noob at history)?

OOC: Yes, as far as I know, though you'd have to ask Crezth or EQ for the details on the inner workings of the French government. But for generality's sake Lisism=Fascism

 

[Adrogans]

I think that Fascism and Nazism have a couple of differences, apart from the Fascism-Mussolini/Nazism-Hitler thing (though, neither of those movements were created by them, they were just the most significative members and the ones that rose to the highest positions in their parties).

For example, Fascism never said much about racism beyond the creation of a new Roman Empire where the Italians would be the rulers (the old Imperialism). It wasn't until Italy subordinated itself to Germany that the anti-Jewish policies were applied (and Jews were persecuted by the Italians, see Enrico Fermi).

OOC: Actually Italy was one of the safest places for Jews during this period. I researched it and was shocked when my Jewish friend told me that. Even Mussolini never changed it from the simple military imperialism.

 

[bestrfcplayer]

The cost of ruling a wasteland lies more in interest and patience than in blood to do it with.

Perhaps for you, but we shall see how willing your little servants are willing to come here when they realize the cost in their blood when your not willing to risk your own Shall be a fun century me thinks.

I can't wait to see another war between you guys.

 

[Oberschutze]

To: Mexico
From: Lakota Sioux

I trust everything is well to our great friends to the south? We will shortly dispatch a diplomatic couriur to you with a package.

 

[spryllino]

OOC

Is Krakow in Poland or Galicia?