Imperium Offtopicum XIX

[Ninja Dude]

The Kingdom of Guandong nominates itself for a half-term.

We will announce endorsements for other countries fairly soon.

 

[Crezth]

Valkyria seconds the nomination of Belgium for permanent security membership.

 

[christos200]

China supports the nomination of the Kingdom of Guandong.

 

[Ninja Dude]

The Kingdom of Guandong supports the nomination of China to a full term on the Security Council.

 

[Gurra09]

The Democratic Republic of Bulgaria is revoking its support of the Republic of Catalonia's nomination, and instead support the Kingdom of Belgium's nomination to a full-term position in the UNSC.

Just ignore this if I can't change my nominations.

 

[Crezth]

Valkyria endorses the nomination of Guandong.

VALKYRIA'S SUM NOMINATIONS:

itself, and:
China
Guandong
Empire of Central America
Poland of South America
BELGIUM

\/ Valkyria would like to apply for membership in the IMF and offers to service a branch thereof in its capital.

 

[christos200]

China will form the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Its seat will be in Shanghai. The IMF will be provided funds by member states. States decide how much they will fund the IMF every year, there is no regulation on how much or how little each state should provide. IMF funds will be given as loans to developing countries or to help countries in crisis and also ensure monetary stability. Loaning will be decided by member states with simple majority. Except for loaning, the IMF will also be responsible for assisting countries that ask for its help and overseeing structural reforms in their economies to make them competitive.

 

[Mathalamus]

the Roman Empire, after some thinking from the Emperor, agrees to join the IMF.

 

[Ninja Dude]

The Kingdom of Guandong agrees to join the IMF as well.

Also, here is our final list of nominations

Asia
Kingdom of Guandong
Republic of China

Europe
Valkyrian Empire
Kingdom of Belgium

North America
United Territories of Cascadia
Union Québécoise

South America
"Poland"
Empire of Central America

Africa
United Kingdoms of Southern Africa
Egypt

 

[christos200]

All applications to join the IMF are accepted.

 

[JamesCaesar]

Cascadia applies to join the IMF as well.

Nominations to come later.

 

[christos200]

Application accepted.

IMF HQ.

 

[Seon]

The Managed Democracy of Prussia-Poland Chile would join the IMF fund.

 

[Robert Can't]

Time is ticking. The update will be tomorrow.


If you want to add more to your sign up please do so quickly.

 

[Nuka-sama]

Empress and Pharaoh Taeyeon is interested in the developments to come

 

[inthesomeday]

(Ooc) this is my first eponymous iot, will there be more chances for together making a comprehensive AH or is it more about the actual game?

 

[NinjaCow64]

Australia would like to apply to join the IMF.

Our votes for the United Nations Security Council are as follows:

Africa
-Republic of Angola
-United Kingdoms of Southern Africa

Asia
-Commonwealth of Australia
-Nihon-koku

Europe
-Socialist Union of Democratic States
-Kingdom of Belgium

North America
-Abstain, we like all candidates equally.

South America
-Abstain, our vote makes no difference.

(Ooc) this is my first eponymous iot, will there be more chances for together making a comprehensive AH or is it more about the actual game?

OOC: It's really up to you, if you want to make more comprehensive AH then go ahead. There's a chance people won't follow it, but if you want to do it then just do it. Traditionally these sorts of games have a large focus on stories regarding current affairs than the past however, but hey there's nothing stopping you from elaborating more on the history of this world.

 

[christos200]

All applications for IMF accepted.

China also proposes the creation of the Pacific Free Trade Zone. East Asian, Pacific and American nations can agree to free trade and low tariffs. China takes this initiative as free trade will allow our economies to grow and foster cooperation and peace between our nations.

 

[jackelgull]

Emperor Miguel Covidonga​

http://imgur.com/a/9Q7pD

Born 1840
Crowned King 1860
Crowned Emperor 1864
Died 1896

By all accounts, the emperor's early childhood was a happy one. His parents had been trying to conceive for years, but due to the queen's low fertility, they were unsuccessful for a long time. Following a desperate prayer in a church, the queen finally conceived, and the royal family rejoiced at the miracle. Miguel would turn out to be the only child the couple had. In his early years, his parents adored him, although they did not spoil him rotten. At five years old, his father decided to send him to England to enjoy the best education money can buy, as well as hang out with European royalty and build genuine connections with his future colleagues.

Reputable accounts of his childhood from here are scarce, but the general picture painted from what letters his descendants have chosen to make public, as well as accounts from other nobles writings, is one of an exceptionally clever child who was mischievous and obstinate, but well liked. It is possible that his cleverness may have imparted him with a superiority complex.

From eight to fifteen, Romanticism would prove to be the intellectual guiding light of Miguel. He read the pamphlets talking about the inherent dignity in humanity and believed in it fervently. He could see himself at the head of a federation of equals. However, at fifteen, England would erupt into civil war known as the war of the Three Kings, between a reactionary English claimant, a conservative Scottish claimant, and a liberal Irish claimant. The war would devastate the country, and after the liberals seized the capital, Miguel was forced to flee for his life. The atrocities of the war shook his faith in Romantic ideals and their natural optimism.

He was then sent to France to complete his education, where he was drawn to the stability of French absolutist rule, and the apparent economic health of the country.

It was in this period he would be drawn to art and associated with a group of bitter disillusioned nobles who's paintings and writings would become the beginnings of the Realist movement. The aesthetics of the movement were gritty and urban. Born from the horrid conditions of the urban sprawl that had overtaken most of Europe, a product of the Enlightenment and disgust and horror over the bloody liberal Revolutions that rocked Europe from 1848 to 1854, the Realist movement rejected the optimism and faith in mankind's abilities the Romantic movement had displayed, as well as its nature focus. The Realist movement would draw no fairies in the forest, no springtime in the woods - no, the Realist movement was about revealing the world as it was and working with the old order. Miguel's participation in this movement left him convinced that what his nation needed wasn't some starry eyed idealist who wanted to improve the nation, but a king who would see his nation as it was and work with what was given to him. He also developed an alcoholism habit and grew addicted to absinthe.

In 1860, Miguel's parents sadly died when influenza sweeped through Central America, and he was called home to take the crown.

To be continued...

 

[christos200]

The Republic of China and the Roman Empire have signed a Free Trade agreement which will lower tariffs and promote free trade.