GamezNES - The Setting Sun

[Grandkhan]

OOC: You know what you could have done? Vote the UK out of the Commonwealth. That would have been the funniest move.

Aaargh, why did we not do this? Oh well, I could always...

Start my own Commonwealth! With blackjack! And hookers!
You know what, forget the Commonwealth!

IC:
To: United Kingdom of Great Britain
From: Australia
Your claims are as ridiculous as your elections. Accept that the Commonwealth is over, until such time as you become a democratic nation and withdraw from the French orbit. Until then, you could always be part of the French Commonwealth of Vassals.

Ed: Aaargh new page sorry

 

[Double A]

To: Australia
From: UK

We have no idea what you're talking about. You all sound like you should really get examined by a psychiatrist.

 

[GamezRule]

The deadline for orders has been pushed back four hours. Orders are now due in 24 hours!

 

[Lord of Elves]

From: Third French Empire
To: Australia, Other Commonwealth Traitors
It's cute you think that Britain is a French annex. We will have to speak to the United States about just how they get such misinformation disseminated in nations that have in the past made it a habit of being on the right side of history. Unfortunate. We can only conclude that our British allies are better off without your fair-weather allegiance.

Thank you for culling the herd.

From: Third French Empire
To: South Africa
We look forward to seeing your ambassadors at the Conference. The common cause of a love of liberty and reason between the French and South African peoples can never die.

OOC: Orders in.

 

[Double A]

To: The ex-Commonwealth
From: The desk of Enoch Powell

I feel like I should start personally addressing this situation, as my diplomats seem to have catastrophically failed.

In the Commonwealth, you were allied with Britain. Nothing more. You don't agree with our morals, but that is fine, because we are all English, and kinship is enough. You don't have to like your family, but you do have to stick by them. What you simply and plainly don't seem to understand is that, while you may have the same morality as the United States, you will be completely and utterly exploited by them. This was not so with the UK, not even once.

You have made a grievous error, and although I can not do anything to change your minds or even pay you back for your faithlessness, you will suffer for your actions, and at the hands of your new "ally."

 

[GamezRule]

To: UK
From: Canada

Suck on my bacon (ham).

 

[Double A]

To: Canada
From: Enoch Powell

Jump in a lake.

You know, if one of them would thaw...

ooc: AFAIK, everything I've said is true. Fascist Britain hasn't been exploiting them, right?

 

[GamezRule]

ooc: Kinda... Not like in the colonies, but you have definitely benefited from the Commonwealth over the years. Expect a slight drop in income.

 

[Double A]

ooc: They can too, considering I won't be trading with them (or I would assume so).

 

[Julius Gandi]

The Affinity of the Fractured Empire

An excerpt from Enrique Parra Bozo manuscript on the issues facing the post-imperial Americas, and the growing threat of communism. Enrique has gained recent fame in Venezuela for his fervent strong following and his boisterous disapproval of the current government.

"The first step in the mobilization of the cultural mind is to nudge their thoughts towards that very goal and allow them to come to the conclusion on their own. A united nation lies in the free willingness of the people to cooperate for the good of the society. Once this conclusion has been made by the majority, the minority wall be left with the choice to participate or be alone against the multitudes. In this united perseverance to raise the good of all in the society, both the hands and minds will find the best balance in all things left alone. This is where communism greatest fallacy lies. They solve the problem of individuality by leaving the hands of production to the state. This allows for neither free willingness of the people nor the people to achieve true balance. The minds and hands will be burdened by the bloated weight of the new expanded bureaucracy. No, governments role in the economy should be simply to stimulate the cooperation between employee and employer, the new and the old.

The Second to the unified state is to build in the mind of the people a single past and history. Cultural divisions only serve in the dysfunction of the state. The church also is key for the unification of a people, as both region and state have the goal to unite in harmony the people in which it exists. The benefit of religion is solely derived by having a single religion from which all subscribe. This is perhaps the greatest lost advantages of the Hispanics here in the Americas. Our strong and united belief in the catholic faith has all been ignored by the governments since the fall of our great Empire. Both God and People are served by the same agenda, division of these efforts only leads to losses in progress and unity.

The road to success of the the Hispanic American is paved on the backs of our mutual enemies. Alien agents will attempt to subvert our attempts with the injection of foreign ideologies with the intent to bring our nation into their servitude. The Hispanic American must look to the brotherhood of Hispanic nations for allies. Our common heritage and culture calls us to the common good of the Pan-Hispanic brotherhood of nations. Especially mother Spain to look to for support, and we too must support them."

 

[GamezRule]

Nice story, Julius.

ooc: They can too, considering I won't be trading with them (or I would assume so).

Expect some economic instability there as the few remaining British ties are severed. They were basically tied to you in name only, as legitimate British power in the Commonwealth was already nearly gone by the time you went Fascist, and they went in the opposite direction, staying in the Commonwealth mostly because the British were quite a force in the world as late as 1957, when India and Pakistan became independent.

However, for the most part trade was a one way road. Their money was mostly coming back to the mother country, and Canada/New Zealand/Australia are already developed to the extent that their economy won't suffer much, just become a bit unstable for a time as new trading ties open up, likely with Latin America and possibly independent Asia/Africa. It's also possible that they boost production and take over your role in the former-Commonwealth in the Caribbean, becoming a net-exporter to those three states, as well as becoming a net-exporter to the underdeveloped portions of the CAS.

 

[Tyo]

From: The Arab Confederation
To: The Former Commonwealth

Now that your ties are severed from Britain, you will probably be needing an oil supply what with British control of the only other major oil deposit in the Middle East, Iran. If your rulers would allow it, Arabia can supply you with oil via trade.

ooc: I assumed they got oil from Iran due to Britain's dominance in the country. If I am wrong, I suppose this can be ignored.

 

[GamezRule]

To: Arabs
From: Canada

We are naturally fine, and the Caribbean states are also fine.

OOC: Australia might be able to take you up on that, it's not my call as they are a PC. I expect Grandkhan can handle this, and I propose to him that he looks at Australia's historical energy supply and demand at the time to service his new found need. And you were right.

 

[Lord of Elves]

To: Arabs
From: Canada

We are naturally fine, and the Caribbean states are also fine.

OOC: Australia might be able to take you up on that, it's not my call as they are a PC. I expect Grandkhan can handle this, and I propose to him that he looks at Australia's historical energy supply and demand at the time to service his new found need.

Oil and natural gas in Australia was only discovered in the 1970's and 1980's.

 

[badunoff]

orders sent

 

[Grandkhan]

To: Arab Federation
From: Australia

If we were to buy oil from you, that would be very much appreciated. We are happy to do business with you in this regard.

OOC: re: Australia's economy. At this point historically, Australia was experiencing a boom in manufacturing pretty much due to policies that were meant to encourage consumption of domestic goods. So Australia isn't selling that much overseas, but its not buying either, so losing Australia wouldn't hurt the UK that much, and vice versa at least with manufacturing. According to Wikipedia, losing the preferential status Australia had with the UK when the UK joined the EEC didn't hurt very much, so yeah. However, the big moneymaker was wool. Wool isn't exactly in short supply around the rest of the world, so its not like its that easy to find a buyer, while its very easy to find a seller. So yeah, the UK might take a small hit because it loses a market, but Australia might find it harder as it loses a buyer for wool, and it'll have to go somewhere else and accept a lower price.

 

[Double A]

From: The Arab Confederation
To: The Former Commonwealth

Now that your ties are severed from Britain, you will probably be needing an oil supply what with British control of the only other major oil deposit in the Middle East, Iran. If your rulers would allow it, Arabia can supply you with oil via trade.

ooc: I assumed they got oil from Iran due to Britain's dominance in the country. If I am wrong, I suppose this can be ignored.

Does this mean you will no longer be trading with one of your biggest customers, ie, me? Because that's the vibe I'm getting from you.

 

[Tyo]

I trade with everyone I can. I'm not on a side of that suicidal-looking global conflict. But I don't think you do trade oil with me; unless I read the intros wrong, you get your oil from Iran due to British dominance in the country.

 

[GamezRule]

OOC: The United Kingdom has a monopoly on the oil industry in Persia/Iran. They are an oil exporter, not an importer.

 

[BSmith1068]

Orders sent.