Capto Iugulum: 1920 - 1939

[talonschild]

Oh. China I picked at random from 5. If you still want it I'll transfer to Tadjoura.

 

[Crezth]

No, it's cool. You do your thing, man.

 

[qoou]

To: Those Concerned
From: The Imperial German Union

It is after much deliberation that we wish to state our intention to for now embargo the nation of Brazil, due to their belligerent actions in Africa, and previous hostile actions in the past. Our attempts at reconciliation with their extremist government were fruitless, and they seem more intent on escalating whatever conflict they can get their hands on. We encourage the rest of Europe, and the world, to follow in our step. If the losses you take in support of our move are substantial enough that you wish it, the Imperial German Union would be happy to pay for the losses you take, and pay extra if need be. We don't wish for you or your citizens to be punished for your willingness to stand up against oppression and tyranny.

Until a later admittance of causing the current unrest in Africa, and an apology for it's actions, Brazilian merchants will not be permitted to trade in German ports.

To: Those it concerns
From: The United Republic of The Netherlands


We are joining the state of Germany in embargoing the Brazilians. They have acted increasingly hostile these past few years in Africa, and that is worrisome. As of this proclamation Brazilian merchants will be removed from Dutch and Hollandian cities, and Brazilian ships will no longer be given access to Dutch and Hollandian ports, or products.

We urge all our friends in Europe, and worldwide to join us in condemning Brazilian actions by joining this embargo.

Colombia reiterates their position on agents that try to cause worldwide chaos and destruction via economic terrorism: we could care less why you feel suicidal, but if you choose to go down such a path, we want nothing to do with it and will do our best to isolate Colombia's economy and canal from your dying economies. It would sadden us greatly to lose the large volume of trade that the Dutch merchants bring through our canal, though we are reassured by the fact that the Dutch proclamation can only be some insane bluff, what with their government being in utter lockdown.

TO: Colombia
FROM: Brazil

Raise fees on all nations using the Panama Canal that accept the German offer.

While Brazil is an old friend, and ally, of Colombia, having helped us numerous times against tyrannical invaders, Colombia is an independent state that conducts its own foreign policy.

 

[Blue Bacon 3]

To: Germany, the Netherlands
From: India
Subject: Embargo of Brazil

Our trading relationship with Brazil is of course either basically or actually nonexistent, and as such we had previously thought an embargo may confuse our population, but we are very happy to support Germany and the Netherlands in this effort even if our support is primarily symbolic and meaningful in that our nation is of a different faith than yours; as such we hereby declare an embargo on Brazil. We are also happy to note that any miniscule imports they might have made will surely be outweighed by throwing an obstacle in the way of their disruptive moralist influence on Catholic populations worldwide.

 

[christos200]

Paris shall embargo Brazil and support Germany.

 

[christos200]

These two agreements were also accompanied by a discussion on the fate of the Confederate holdings in Africa, which were managed by a collaboration, and not just centrally from Paris. It was duly recognized that Paris would currently manage the African holdings, but there has remained some tension as both Poitou and Normandy also claimed some rights for controlling the remnants of the empire.

From Paris
To Poitou, Normady:

As the legal successor of the Confederation, the colonies in Africa are Parisian and that shall not change.

To: Brittany, Paris-Burgundy, Normandy, Netherlands, Catalonia, and Occitania
From: Dauphine

In order to build ties and a new future among the nations of the passed Confederation and its neighbors, we have established a new doctrines with the best ideals of Confederate and German military strategy in mind. We offer our officers for training and adoption purposes of the new doctrine, and hope you will accept the chance to build a closer military bond.

We accept.

 

[J.K. Stockholme]

IC:
From Catalonia
To Dauphine

We'll think about it but are certainly intrigued.

OOC:
This doesn't save us any money does it? It just means we get to take what they've developed instead of what we've developed? is there any advantage to accepting their offer?



Also OOC:
If our nation is due for elections this year, how do we include that in our orders? Should we just write 'have elections' or do we describe the candidates and the platforms? Or in the case where a new nation is born (such as Catalonia) do we discuss what the electorial parties are and how they relate to one another?

related matter:
Its fine if we have a SEVERAL party system like modern Israel?
ie; based on nationwide proportional representation with a very low electoral threshold: currently set at 2%, with the number of seats a party receives in the government being proportional to the number of votes it receives
Or does that make things harder for you to update?

From what I understand, you still have to pay to adopt the doctrine in full, so, as if you created it, but if you adopt someone else's, their's could have a greater number of overall points into the various categories, thus making it worthwhile to purchase or adopt other people's doctrines.

Elections are handled by EQ, you don't need to think of them, unless you want to write stories about them or encourage revolutionary change in the government. You can be as detailed as you like (when I joined I detailed how house relations and parties worked), but after a certain point its merely flair, as EQ will simplify it for updates.

 

[Nailix]

To: Germany
CC: The World
From: Italy

We will embargo Brazil with Germany.

 

[Lord of Elves]

From: Workers' Commonwealth
To: Anyone Who It Concerns
CC: Lusitanian Pirate Thugs of the South American Continent
We join our fellow members of the Council of European States and our ally Germany in a declaration of embargo of the Empire of Brazil. Henceforth, by mandate of the Revolutionary Government and its First Proletarian Colleague Mannerheim, no labor union or trade collective of the Workers' Trade Congress of Scandinavia shall make any business deal, purchase or agreement with or involving any Brazilian business or the Brazilian government. May this collective effort strike a blow against Brazilian tyranny and aggression.

Signed, His Excellency Karl Mannerheim, First Proletarian of the Workers' Commonwealth, Head of the Revolutionary Government, Syndic of the Manniskorstag and Father of the Revolution

 

[Immaculate]

Though it may be little more then a symbol, Catalonia, abhorring the adventurism of the Brazilian government and in support of our ally Germany, will join many in Europe in embargoing Brazil.

 

[J.K. Stockholme]

From Occitania
To Poitou, Dauphine, Orleans, Normandy, Paris-Burgundy
CC Brittany

Firstly, we extend our condolences to the dead and wounded in the unfortunate violence and bombings in Poitou and Dauphine. If problems should persist, Occitania would be willing to help in whatever ways requested, to protect the stability of the region.

On a different note, we also would like to raise the Occitanian economic question again, though, in this new year after the conference. While Occitania thanks the French successor states for allowing us to participate in the economic conference of last year, we are still interested in knowing if the other states would be amenable to extending the open trade borders with Occitania. Seeing as all our economies have been intertwined for what is now approaching two decades, we cannot see how this would not be mutually beneficial to expediting trade.

If Normandy and Paris-Burgundy, who supported our proposal last year, would do so again, and the other three at least state their stance, we could then decide whether to enter private discussion.

 

[Nuka-sama]

Jacksonia hereby WITHDRAWS from the Pacific Concord

 

[Grandkhan]

To: Brazil, the Nations of the World
From: Denmark

We will join an embargo against Brazil.

Signed, King Leopold II, King of Denmark, Lord of Iceland and Greenland, President of the Folketing
and Einar Boye, Statsminister of the Kingdom of Denmark

 

[Immaculate]

To Galicia, Euskadi,
From Catalonia,

Currently in Catalonia, businessmen and women use whatever currency is available, often what remains from our days under Spanish rule, and increasingly the German mark for its superior stability and ease of use. But we are not Spanish any longer and we are not German, though we celebrate in a new-found liberty that would have been impossible without them. We are free post-Spanish states and I invite you to join Catalonia in adopting our own, independent currency.

A new shared currency will tell our people and tell the world that we stand apart, that we have succeeded where many thought we would fail. It strengthens our culture and the pride of our people. It also unites us commercially as we are already united militarily, ideologically, and culturally.

We propose the Toro- symbol of our struggle- as a common currency to celebrate our liberty.

OCCITANIA ANNEXES AQUITAINE. Bordeaux, Occitania. The government of Spain honored a controversial agreement made during the late civil war this year as they officially turned over the province of Aquitaine to the Occitanian nation. The province has been long desired by the government in Toulouse, and it was the focus of substantial attacks and offensives during the Great War. In the nineteenth century, the province had become majority Spanish and remains that way to this day, creating a hostile population to the new government. Many citizens of Aquitaine remember the vicious Occitanian attacks during the Great War, including the use of chemical weapons upon civilian centers. The region was never touched during the recent civil war, and life had been fairly uninterrupted regardless of the fighting further south. The result has been the loss of the most profitable and peaceful province remaining under Spanish control in Europe, to a state which now has a large and angry minority of Spaniards. While the wealth of the region has begun to flow into Occitania's coffers, many believe that the agreement will only create more strife and bloodshed in Western Europe. (-1 Stability for Occitania and Spain)

To Occitania,
From Catalonia,

While we wish to preserve good relations and trade with Occitania, we cannot in good conscience stay silent on the plight of the Aquitane people. These lands and people were sold to you by the morally defunct government of Spain just as in ages past slaves were sold between colonial masters. Aquitane is like Galicia, Euskadi, and Catalonia, in having been dominated by an oppressive government. Unlike Galicia, Euskadi, and Catalonia, the Aquitane where not able to escape bondage during the wars of liberation in Spain.

We cannot ignore our brothers in Aquitane any more than we can ignore Galicians or Euskadi. They, like us, deserve at least, the choice to be free.

We urge you to hold plebiscite to allow the Aquitaine to choose their own fate.

 

[TheLastJacobite]

To World
From Russia

In the spirit of European cooperation, Russia will be joining the embargo of Brazil and urge our fellow members of the Forum for Peace to follow suit.

 

[Blue Bacon 3]

OOC-EQ: Orders sent and kept simple, I'll pop in once a week! It'll also keep me from spending too much time and burning out.
Just as a point of pride though, even with the massive cost overrun, the people of India still got their full taxable GDP and a bit of profit invested in their project and military. The loans only expanded the project spending and got a number of brigades as India was in dire need of, and did not go to the designs. The common man suffered from too many agreements, but not one rupee was taken from their mouths!

To: Germany, Persia, Aztlan, Bulgaria
India has again ordered its couriers to deliver you the VYSHB-27 blueprints.

To: Denmark, Switzerland
India has ordered at-cost production of the Vy-27 and VYSHB-27 for both your nations.

To: Romania, Hungary
India has again ordered its couriers to deliver you the Vy-24 blueprints.

 

[J.K. Stockholme]

To Occitania,
From Catalonia

While we wish to preserve good relations and trade with Occitania, we cannot in good conscience stay silent on the plight of the Aquitane people. These lands and people were sold to you by the morally defunct government of Spain just as in ages past slaves were sold between colonial masters. Aquitane is like Galicia, Euskadi, and Catalonia, in having been dominated by an oppressive government. Unlike Galicia, Euskadi, and Catalonia, the Aquitane where not able to escape bondage during the wars of liberation in Spain.

We cannot ignore our brothers in Aquitane any more than we can ignore Galicians or Euskadi. They, like us, deserve at least, the choice to be free.

We urge you to hold plebiscite to allow the Aquitaine to choose their own fate.

From Occitania
To Catalonia

You've stumbled on fastest way to ruin all relations between our countries; pick your battles, friend. Be careful when insulting your two largest neighbours, because not only do you insult Occitania, talking as if our typical form of governing minorities is tyrannical and despotic, but you insult the people you are advocating for, the Spanish, who's government - which still exists and is the dominant power in Iberia - you call "morally defunct".

We put considerable capital down to accommodating the Spanish speaking population in Aquitaine, as we have told Euskadi, you could not have a clearer example of the antithesis of oppression. Additionally, you forget Aquitaine is as many parts Spanish speaking as French-Occitan speaking. The Spanish and Basque people are treated as equal human beings, under the law, and in all other areas of living, because we are an enlightened, good government. At least Euskadi was modest in their stance, but you have deeply offended the Occitanian government, and we request an apology for comparing us to slave-traders.

OOC: Seriously, slave-traders?

 

[Immaculate]

From Catalonia
To Occitania

We do not seek to antagonize. We merely wish to give a voice to those who have been without one for too long.

Put your dirty history behind you and allow a referendum; And our conscience can feel content that we have not forgotten our brothers in the north. In that way, we can return to friendly relations and mutually beneficial trade.

 

[J.K. Stockholme]

From Occitania
To Catalonia

They have a voice, it's a free country, there is free press, and their are ample translator services. If even more autonomy than has already been generously allotted is requested by the actual residents of Aquitaine, we'll consider it, but right now, the entirety of the pro-autonomy movement consists of a few misguided Catalonian diplomats.

OOC: no update has mentioned discontent since the year of the transfer, so your request is out of the open blue as far as my government is concerned

 

[Luckymoose]

Paris shall embargo Brazil and support Germany.

The Brazilian ambassador sits back in his chair, wry smile upon his face. "You will repay the debt you owe our government, as promised and in full this year. If you do not, God hath no mercy for traitors and debtors."