A Brave New World Part 3

[EQandcivfanatic]

To: Nijeria
From: Mali and Togo

If you want to talk, talk, but we will not commit to any sort of agreement while the white man continues to rule over Nijeria.

To: Nijeria
From: Liberia

We are unsure about dealing with you as our friends in Togo and Mali view you with suspicion, and like them we will not commit to any agreement.

To: Nijeria
From: Nova Brazil

We would be willing to negotiate assuming you do not insist of endowing equality upon the lesser peoples of this continent.

To: Nijeria
From: Ovambia

We have no desire to be judged, the French have left us alone, and that's all we ask from the world and Africa as a whole. So go away.

 

[spryllino]

We are glad to see that you are at least all willing to negotiate, and we see that we should be glad to see our alliance go unpolluted by mad slave-drivers. We await the responses of New England, Sweden, Virginia, and South Africa.

 

[Adrogans]

Italy is here.

 

[ChiefDesigner]

To Phillipines, Bugis Republic:

Clearly, arrangements for collective security are premature and overly ambitious. The Foreign Minister has expressed an interest in establishing trade links, and would like to schedule goodwill visits to Manila and Makassar (and invites his counterparts to do likewise).

 

[bombshoo]

To: Persia
From: China

Fine, be that way.

To: Borneo
From: China

We suggest you worry more about your trade links with your much more developed regional neighbors such as China and Korea. You still have not reaffirmed any commitment to APACS and this upsets us. We thought you were our friend.

 

[Adrogans]

From Italy
To Russia:

We are amiable to phasing out the tariff's over a few years, we do not feel it would be proper to simply remove it overnight.

Lucio Rossi, Italian Foreign Minister

To Borneo:
We feel this is complete nonsense and echo our friend France's outlook.

Lucio Rossi, Italian Foreign Minister

OOC: @EQ Italy has no armored brigades?

 

[D'Artagnan59]

Quebec est ici.

 

[mgsmuhammad]

To: Nijeria
From: Suid-Afrikaa

Blikkesfontein!

That's quite a cracka of a plan.

South Africa is always willing for talks.

....
We only fear that you're a bit to close to the French.

Still, we're in.

Hugs and kisses,
President Jan Blickman.

 

[Karalysia]

Pancasilla Government Structure

Pancasilla is an Islamic state ruled by Sharia law with the works of the Quaran and Hadith forming the basis of jurisprudence by the Ulema.

The highest authority in the land is the Grand Imam who represents the largest and most influential mosque in the country and is based in Medan and he provides itjihad authoritative interpretation of Islamic law. His decree's and fatwas are to be considered law throughout all of Pancasilla. His other role is a secular one as he controls the affairs of state he is elected by the High Imam's of the Majlis. He runs the highest court in the land and is the final one who may be appealed to following the High Imam.

The Majlis is the legislative body of respected and esteemed High Imam's from across the land who provide counsel and confer among each other to guide Pancasilla according to Sharia law. They ensure that un-Islamic laws or activities do not occur. The Majlis is convened at the request of the Grand Imam to provide advice on matters he chooses. Once convened by a majority the Majlis may vote on proposals of the Grand Imam though they may not advance legislation of their own, they may advise it. They are however able to veto actions by the Grand Imam that are believed to contravene Sharia law. They elect the Grand Imam from among their members.

The High Imam is the most powerful and influential Imam of a given region or province. They act as governors of that region and their decree's and interpretation and rulings are absolute in the regions they govern. They can however be superseded by the rulings of the Grand Imam which are supreme over theirs but as they form the Majlis they can also veto the Grand Imam. They run the higher courts of their regions. If an individual appeals to the Urban or Rural Imam and does not receive satisfactory judgment he may appeal to the High Imam.

The Urban Imam is the Imam which is absolute in a particular town or city, and controls the largest and most powerful mosque there. The Urban Imam acts as a mayor of the town or city and his rulings there are supreme though subject to being superseded by the High Imam and the Grand Imam. They run the local courts in their areas.

The Rural Imam controls a particular village or country area and forms the basis for government in that region. They are similar in their power and duties as an Urban Imam.

Police

The police force is known as the Motaween and they enforce the rulings and judgments of the Imams both civil and criminal and ensure that Sharia law is being complied with.

Education

Complete Islamic education is provided by the madrassahs run by the mosques. The largest and most well known is in Medan and run by the Mosque of the Grand Imam. It's graduates go on to be very influential figures in the country.

The Army

Is commanded by the Grand Imam who appoints a Supreme Commander known as the Ansar.

 

[Adrogans]

OOC:
@ Milarqui
If Austria is modeled on Italian Democracy then there is no way they would consider some League of Nations. It would be very conservative.

 

[ChiefDesigner]

Borneo reiterates that its ties to APACS are as strong as ever.

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OOC: Kara, you've just described a very Shi'ite state, but Sunnis are the dominant sect in Indonesia...

 

[Karalysia]

There's nothing explicitly Shia about it. A Sunni run theocracy would likely be along these lines.

 

[ChiefDesigner]

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Your country, and I'm not going to argue, but do realize that the Iran's governmental structure is very specific to Twelver Shi'a--the role of scholarly jurisprudence is much diminished as opposed to, say, scriptural directives. Check out Wahhabism sometime.

 

[bombshoo]

I have to agree with ChiefDesigner on this. Sunni Islam generally doesn't have organized hierarchical structures for Imams.

 

[EQandcivfanatic]

@Adrogans: ARmored brigades are concentrated formations of Armored forces. I did not think Italy would put much effort into anything except support tanks due to the mountainous regions it inhabits. If you wish to develop an armored core, you can though.

@mgsmuhammed: You should know that there is no Dutch influence in this South Africa. Most of the Dutch left back in the early nineteenth century when offered free transportation and much more land in the new possession of Australia. South Africa is strictly dominated by New Englanders and their descendants.

 

[Adrogans]

@ EQ okay yeah that makes sense I will still likely build a small core of one though.

 

[Karalysia]

Indonesia follows the Shafi school of Sunni Islam, the foundation of Shafi jurisprudence rests in the Quara, Sunnah, Ijima, and Qyas. Based on scholarsly consensus and so forth. They hold that rulings should be based on legal principels, itjihad authtnticated by the Hadiths. They can be more subject to a authrithative religous structure and I would imagine given the lack of other government they would step into that role.

 

[EQandcivfanatic]

I have added an attachment to the very first post, this attachment is a zip folder which consists of various notes I have taken involving the existing nations. This includes Political Party names, government structures, and various social reforms which exist throughout the world. You can look at it if you like, as it is configured to Microsoft Word 2003 and all which follows it.

 

[skeptikalz!]

Cuba here. Hello!

To: Haiti
From: Cuba

Bonjour! Shall we open trade between our nations? They say our sugar is the sweetest this side of the hemisphere, and that our tobacco provides the most flavorful of smoke.

 

[EQandcivfanatic]

To: Cuba
From: Haiti

We are happy to renew relations with our Cuban friends. May we suggest including the West Indies Federation as well?