Capto Iugulum

theDright · May 18, 2012

To: Cuba
From: Argentina
CC: Brazil, USA, UK

We recognize Cuba's sovereignty and independence. We would like to send advisors and observers to your constitutional convention, as well establish an embassy in Havana. Welcome to the community of American republics.

Ravus_Sol · May 18, 2012

OOC: Wow, Okay I didn't think that would work...

To: Opsikion
From: Bulgaria
We congratulate you on throwing of the reins of Imperial Rome and looking to protect the people of your land not fight a loosing battle to preserve a dead empire.

To: The Remains of the Roman Empire
From: Bulgaria
CC: Opsikion
Bulgaria and Opsikion wish for independence while Rome struggles to try to preserve our unity. While our little argument goes on the Great War causes the death of countless. We would approach you with a compromise to end this if you would hear us.

Terrance888 · May 18, 2012

To the Perfidious Spaniards and their Cheese-Eating Friends
From Occitania

We would advise you to stop attacking our fortified positions situated on the highground with reserves of artillery festooned with machine guns and strewn with enough barbed wire to make a telegraph call center, but we're too busy enjoying killing all those who want to test our defenses first hand.

EQandcivfanatic · May 18, 2012

@TerrisH: What else were they supposed to do? You ordered an attack. They either were to go forward or not do anything at all. The best chance they had was to push forward and break through, ambush or not.

Double A · May 18, 2012

Terrance888 said:
To the Perfidious Spaniards and their Cheese-Eating Friends
From Occitania

We would advise you to stop attacking our fortified positions situated on the highground with reserves of artillery festooned with machine guns and strewn with enough barbed wire to make a telegraph call center, but we're too busy enjoying killing all those who want to test our defenses first hand.

I don't normally do this, but /thread.

SouthernKing · May 18, 2012

From: Hungary
To: The World

We hereby recognize the independence of Opsikion (and Bulgaria) from the clearly incapable "Roman" regime in Athens. Unless the Imperator can prove that he is able and capable to reign peacefully over the former Roman Empire, we can only recognize the sovereignty of the newly independent provinces.
Although this doesn't really matter, on a similar token we recognize Cuban independence.

To: Russia
From: Hungary

How do you enjoy watching your army (literally) go up in flames?

Grandkhan · May 18, 2012

OOC: can somebody post the play-by-play of the Battle of the North Sea for us poor unfortunates without AIM?

TerrisH · May 18, 2012

OOC: I

overall strategy is to bleed them as heavily as we can while minimizing our own losses.

and

Generals have leeway to change the plans as needed, including scrapping all I said if they really don't think it will work.

which is pretty much the opposite of what happened. generals went for the brute force solution instead and just went attack attack attack. after they had 2 years to think up a viable solution to the problem. hence me calling them idiots. not disputing what they did though. still about par with them, and I can work with the situation, after I kill the general behind the plan and replace him with somebody with some common sence.

m.t.cicero · May 18, 2012

To: Netherlands
CC: the Continental Powers
From: Flanders

We thank you for your generosity in sharing your military technology and doctrine with us, and look forward to further Flemish-Dutch cooperation in the future.

Crezth · May 18, 2012

The naval conflicts as told over AIM:

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Nuka-sama · May 18, 2012

Skip everything except where I talk :cool:

Brandenburg will rebuild!

Grandkhan · May 18, 2012

Oh man that is the greatest thing.
...my Javas.

Nice to know that there was a good fight in the North sea, though. It was crazy dramatic. I think this Great War is getting off to a good start.

Double A · May 19, 2012

A great start, even.

Jehoshua · May 19, 2012

Nailix said:
To: The Italian Republic
From: Naples
CC: The United States

Naples obviously should be the lead nation in the unification, we are pleased there are other Italian nations that see there should be a unified Italy. So we agree with the United States, would the Italian Republic be will to unify with Naples?

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To: The World
From: The Papal States

The Holy See notes that its assumptions and its reasons for engaging with Naples, have been vindicated by recent Neapolitan statements. For Naples now clearly states its true and malicious intent to unify Italy under its physical domination in a single state. Its lies to the contrary when challenged on this by us are thus now revealed for the deceptions they are, and Naples govermnet is shown for its true nature, as a deceptive serpent that will not shirk from decieving the entire international community.

In light of this, the Holy See expresses its hope the states of the world will see Naples for what it is and firmly oppose its express intentions now clearly revealed to all and be more forthcoming in support to the cause of the Holy See and its allies.

On this note we would also like to condemn the British and their allies for intervening in this war on the side of Naples by providing it with the latest technology. Regardless of the fact that this partisan interference shows precisely where Naples allegiances lie, it also shows that Britain and its allies show no regard for the sovereignty of states, and are perfectly happy to destabilise the Italian region if it suits their interests.

~ Pope Leo XIV

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To: the United Kingdom and its allies
From: The Holy See

The Holy See expresses its grave concerns as to the situation in Ireland, in particularly due to the sectarian nature of this problem. The Holy See in light of this civil unrest and as an act of charity offers to serve as a moderator in the dispute in order to restore the peace in Britain and ensure that the Irish peoples legitimate concerns are met. We do this out of concern for the good of men, and as such we ignore recent actions taken by Britain against papal interests in offering our assistance in restoring peace.

That said, we must strongly note that Britains continued support of the Neapolitan state is intolerable, and that its alliances blatant support in granting it technological assistance shows clear hostility towards the papal states. We would request that Brittain and its allies refrain from giving any future support to Naples or to any other state that would seek to end the sovereign rights of the papal states and its allies, which it should rightly support in the conflict against the scourge of italian nationalism.

~ Pope Leo XIV

Lord_Iggy · May 19, 2012

OOC: It seems that economic warfare in the North Atlantic hasn't really taken off... so is the lack of transatlantic migration due more to fears of more major naval engagements or something like that?

Terrance888 · May 19, 2012

it also shows that Britain and its allies show no regard for the sovereignty of states, and are perfectly happy to destabilise the Italian region

AHA! The Pope must be considering the entire Italian Region a state, or else simply aiding a state within the region (a state, mind you, not a faction like in the Colombian civil war) wouldn't violate his precious "sovereignty of states", which, if I remember correctly, also include the freedom of speech.

However, he also denounces the actions of the Italian Republic and the Kingdom of Naples, despite their goal of realizing this unity (sovereign unity for the Italians, political unity for Naples). The only other contender to head a "sovereign state" able to preach to the entire peninsula is none other than the pope himself.

Every web of lies has a weak point. I have found one.

erez87 · May 19, 2012

from The Italian Republic

To the Italian People
My brothers, my sisters, my children and elderly. It has been so long since all Italians were addressed as equals, as people worthy of being addresses. For how long have the Italians been separated? For how long we have been occupied by outsiders? For how long we have been occupied by absolute kings who wish only to increase their own private wealth and power? For how long we were ruled by those we do not want to be ruled by?

Now the time has come. For freedom and justice to all. A new Republic has been formed, a beacon of freedom to all the Italians who wish to be free. Not a nation ruled by an absolute monarch, who only declared support for the unification of Italy to save his own skin, and rule more lands for himself. Not for the king of the south who would fire the horrendous weapons of mustard gas on his own Italian brethren of the Papal States! Yes! Even those fighting for the Pope deserve freedom and life. We all heard they do not want to fight against unity, we all know they tried to leave the Papal armies, only to be quelled by Austrians and Neapolitan mustard gas.

I am not here to real absolutely over all Italians. I did not abdicate the throne to leave it to another king to rule us and take our freedom and lands, I abdicated the throne to be one of the many, to become an Italian, a freedom loving Italian, who has no interest in taking the freedom from others.

Yes, those who prey on our freedom are strong, far stronger than we would like them to be. They can bring their vast armies and crash us, perhaps like bugs. But, that is only what they think. All of Europe will invade Italy if it had the time to take our freedom and force us to bow down to their kings. The Austrian have only brought a small force of the vast army they control.

Yet we are not as weak as some may think. We have love in our hearts, we have strength no nation on the world could claim. We will fight the oppression of Italians in any way we see necessarily. We will not surrender, we will not buckle down to oppression, we will fight for our freedom and our Republic will survive! We will unite all of Italy and bring all men the freedom to choose his path! No longer pawns of kings and theocrats, but free people, with voting rights, with economic rights. All Italians under one roof, a roof that they will choose themselves.

Join me my brethren! For today is the dawn of freedom! The dawn of the Italian Republic!

to the Papal States:
My father, my most holy of fathers. Forever we will follow your spiritual words and guidance for you are the connection between mere humans and the lord. Yet while you are our spiritual guide the Italian people have spoken, in matters of earthly business we wish to rule ourselves. Even your soldiers have rebelled against you, for they do not wish to be ruled under theocracy no more. They do not wish to be separated from other Italian by fake borders of kings and theocrats. Yes, The Neapolitan king is nothing more than a weak man who wish to rule Italians for his own good. He wish to become the absolute dictator of all Italy, but we will not allow him, for we no longer wish to be ruled by kings, but by ourselves with freedom and liberty to all.

Pope Leo XIV! You can excommunicate me. You can excommunicate my government, my people. But you will have to excommunicate each and every freedom loving Italian, and what will that give you? In the end we will triumph and gain our freedom, and you will be remembered as a cruel oppressor, who would choose his own wealth and power before his own Italian citizens. It does not have to be that way. Naples wish to conquer the Papal States and put King Ferdinand II as the sole owner and ruler of Italy. We do not. We wish to allow the people of Italy to say what ruler they want to lead them every election. I wish to discuss with you further on the idea that rather than fighting the wishes of your own population, you will declare support for their cause of liberty and allow the Italian Republic to take its rightful place as the bringers of freedom to Italy.

to Milan:
King Giovanni II, your own population aided us in our invasion of your kingdom. It is simple to understand, that your own people wish to join the Italian Republic. How cruel can you be as a king to oppose the wishes of your freedom loving population and continue oppressing your people? Surrender to the Republic and I will promise you will remain safe and will continue to hold to your royal palace. The people of Italy will not take your life, they only wish to take back their own private freedoms.

to Naples:
King Ferdinand II. The absolute ruler of southern Italy. We do not wish for your rule, for the Italians are more the capable of ruling themselves. Abdicate from your throne, and allow your people to have the freedoms and liberties the Italian Republic gives all of its people.

to the world:
Today a new era begins for Italy. Not that of kings who support Italian nationalism to gain more land and wealth, but that of Italian freedom and liberty.The Italian republic will give freedoms to all people under its rule, that we promise. We wish to hear the world comply to our wishes, we do not want to go to war with anyone, we only wish to rule ourselves in peace. Support the Italian people as the only rightful owners of Italy.

OOC: Ohhhh I'm going to get squished ^^

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