KaiserIOT: Dream of a World

[TheGryphonPrince]

Much appreciated, but I still need your claims.

Goddamnit . I could have sworn I put them. Oh well, minor oversight.

 

[Ailedhoo]

A page in the IOT wiki has been created for this game. Consider developing pages for the nations and characters etch in this game.

 

[KaiserElectric]

Speaking of which, this is the official 24 hour warning. Prepare thyself.

 

[Nonevah]

People's Republic of South Africa

Flag:

Claims:

Government: Communist bureaucracy

History:

Spoiler :

In this timeline, organized international resistance to South Africa's apartheid policies did not truly come together. However, the mere fact that the majority of its population was black meant that the unbalanced state of affairs could not sustain itself, international involvement or no. The lack of external pressures meant that peaceful protesting had far less ability to pressure the government. As tensions among the black underclass grew, the government only responded with harsher and harsher laws, almost becoming a police state in its attempts to shut down dissent. More militaristic revolutionaries came to power amongst the opposition, eventually leading an armed revolt against the state in 1995. While the government may have had superior equipment and training, it simply could not hold against the fact that 80 percent of its own citizens were its natural foes.

In the aftermath of the revolt, political chaos followed, as various factions amongst the former resistance vied for power. Eventually, after 4 years of fighting, the African Worker's Party (AWP) managed to establish dominance over the nation, declaring it a Republic of the People. Over the following years, they built a successful nation-state after the shape of other successful communist governments, managing to survive the Other War in a fairly consistent state.

The People's Republic is governed by a vast bureaucracy, likely understood in its full by none. It is known that at its head lies the council of 9, consisting mainly of the old leaders of the revolution.

Super Relations:

Spoiler :

The People's Republic is willing to accept those with super-human abilities amongst its own citizenry, but they are to be treated as any other member of the citizenry, being fully within the law (and are not allowed to dress up in bad animal cosplay to commit viligante justice, or other such silly things) and are indeed almost always conscripted by the state for work in the military or study by researchers.

This is just a temporary thing, I'll likely improve upon it in the future. I just want to get it in before submissions lock.

 

[KaiserElectric]

Thread Locked Until Update 0

 

[Robert Can't]

Government: Communist bureaucracy

 

[KaiserElectric]

Update 0 : Winter 2022​

(Theme)​

Spoiler :

Something's in the air...

January 1st, 2022. Six years since the Other entered orbit around Earth. Five years since they rallied the rest of humanities forces to fight against the invaders, and less than a year since the atomic-powered Russian split the alien mothership in half with a blast more powerful then every nuclear weapon on earth put together, sending the pieces crashing down to Earth.

We call them the superhumans. Superheroes, if you feel optimistic. Whatever you name them, by saving humanity from the Other, they've secured the attention of the entire human race. Whether the heroes will be honored for their courage or shunned out of fear remains to be seen, but there is no doubt the profound change their existence and sacrifice will have on the new world.

The Other did all they could to exterminate humanity, but they could never hope to full realize that goal. Communities dotting the battered landscape survived, waiting for a new power to rise up or move in to give them security or prosperity. In North America, long dominated by the United States and her allies, the destruction wrought by the Other ensured the collapse of the US and the rise of new powers in the continent. Most appropriately for the continent that gave birth to the first superhuman, the Eastern seaboard saw the rise of the Cult of the Broken Gods, a theocracy that revered the superhumans as Gods. While their "chief deity" Major Howitzer has not made any comment on his being an object of worship by the Cult, it's clear that the Cult is going to have a significant impact on global politics regarding superhumans in the coming years. Meanwhile in the frigid arctic circle, refugees from the South and research groups working in tandem managed to capitalize on the destruction wrought by the Other and establish their own nation by the time the Other was defeated. While resources are scarce, a technological boom promises to make Arctica a power to be reckoned with. As technocracy and theocracy take hold in the Americas, nations like the Cascadian Confederacy fear they will have cast off one American overlord only to be replaced by another. Others like the Texan Republic see themselves as the successors to the American empire, and hope to bring these wayward nations back into the fold while curbing the power of rising threats like the recently established Empire of the Yucatan.

In South America, the overwhelming desire of many is a return to the status quo. The traders and capitalists in the Republic of Panama may desire to promote the spread of trade and line their pockets in the meantime, but the Argentinean Commonwealth and the Brazilian Union merely want things to get back to business as usual. Easier said than done, as mysterious creatures have been spotted in the lands around Argentina, and the targeting of corrupt military officials by Vengaza is making it hard to maintain morale in most of South America.

But in Europe, like North America, the gulf in power left by the shattering of the European Cooperation Union led to the rise of new powers in the region. Of these the least surprising was Germany, which managed to remain a Republic after the invasion, but dominated by a new political party, the Union of Technocrats. Spurred on by national pride and the prospect of exploring the secrets the Other left behind, Germany is ideally poised to rekindle the ECU and dominate the continent once again, much to the dismay of their neighbors, one of which is considered the successor to the other half of the ECU, the Norman Alliance. While the French super heroine the Maiden believes in an independent France, it remains to be seen if the Normans will pursue an alliance to the Germans. There are many enemies to be made, including an old enemy of France sitting just across the Channel. A new United Kingdom, having turned to the faith following the invasion of the Other, is poised to dominate European politics once again, all in the name of the Anglican Church. Much like the Cult in the Americas, the new theocracy in Britain promises to be a major player on the world stage. Even as the seeds of a rivalry are sown, nearby Scandinavia sees the rise of the Kalmar Union, a power spared from the worst of the Other's attack and well-equipped to expand their considerable influence. Even Italy, previously a runt state that primarily served as a battleground for the three major powers in the Cold War, was proving to be a formidable force, being one of the few powers to stand their ground against the overwhelming force of the Others and even securing territory in Iberia while other nations like the mighty Germany regrouped. Inspired by the rumors of super soldiers within the Italian army, many speak in hushed tones of a new Roman Empire.

While Europeans spoke of a return to the past, the past had already returned to some parts of the world. In the nearby Balkans, the war-torn region was reunited under the banner of Yugoslavia once again. Revolutionary strife as well as attacks by the Other nearly shattered the newly reformed nation, only for it to resurface as a Stalinist People's Republic once again, declaring heroes like Neytronov, who had a hand in ravaging the region during his time under the Soviet Union, enemies of the state. Similar events were unfolding in another formerly Soviet territory, Uzbekistan. The Republic had emerged from the Quagmire of the invasion as a Republic, but the discovery of a heretical super-worshipping cult drove the nation down the path of radical fundamentalism. Seeing itself as a bastion of purity, Uzbekistan is rapidly militarizing and arming itself against superhero incursion, much to the dismay of their neighbors. One of which is the Shahdom of Iran, a more Westernized nation that has survived religious uprising and alien invasion alike, and seeks to establish itself as a secular power among nations. In a similar position is the Republic of Kurdistan, a somewhat moderate nation dealing with its own nationalistic undercurrents. The existence of nearby radical states such as the Islamic Republic of Yemen threaten to rekindle Jihadist sentiment in the region, and the growing power of the nearby Indian Republic is not something to be taken lightly. Not to mention that rumors that the city-state of Al-hayat is planning to take a larger role in the Middle East is not a sentiment that brings peace of mind to those involved.

Past the lands of a steadfast Egypt, which saw a return to Ancient Egyptian polytheism thanks to the superhero Horus, a new power was rising known as the Maghreb Union, which quickly gained a foothold on the Mediterranian and began threatening the Italian claims on the Iberian peninsula. On the other half of the continent, the hardy People's Republic of South Africa had neatly weathered out the Other invasion, and the AWP was preparing to export communism to the rest of Africa, much to the dismay of the anti-communist Congo Federation deep in the heart of Africa. Meanwhile, refugees had banded together on the Ivory Coast for unknown reasons, although current research suggests that a piece of the Other mothership might have landed in the area the settlers are forming.

While the nations of Africa might have been spared the worst of the Other invasion, the same could not be said of Asia, in particular the People's Republic of China. United behind the charismatic premier Jun Hou, China managed to drive back the alien horde thanks to technological innovation, superior tactics on the battlefield, and the discovery of a previously unknown superhuman known as Tiger Claw, a man who could best the elite of the Other armies armed with little more than his fists, which were rumored to crush the metal of the alien armor with a single blow. Bursting with nationalistic pride and ready to take on the world, China finds itself surrounded by many potential enemies, including the teetering Vietnamese Republic and the potentially dangerous Democratic Republic of Korea. Across the sea was another technocracy, the One State Of Japan, a nation whose people were inspired by the idea of alien technology and starstruck by the flashy super-powered battles partaken by their native superhero, the Rocket Angel. To the South was another nation, possibly the most dangerous nation since the rise of Von Fertig's Germany; the Gethic Hand. Established by the mercenary commander turned dictator Vinsin Vancore in Fiji following the Other invasion, the Gethic Hand quickly asserted dominance over several Oceanic provinces and is rumored to begin a campaign to secure the Western coast of North America. Meanwhile, a nation with its own dark secrets emerged from the ruins of the Other invasion known as the United Commonwealth. United by the Other invasion and kept together thanks to the efforts of Prime Minister Johnathan O’Neil, the United Commonwealth has a strong claim on Indonesia and promises to be a major power in Asia, so long as they can sort out their own personal demons and keep a leash on a superhero who wears the title of "most destructive superhero" with misguided pride.

Thus an old world dies and a new one begins. The superheroes saved the world, now it's up to the rest of us to make sure it stays that way. But mysterious powers are at work in the shadows, and while small bits of the alien technology exists, the pieces of the mothership that fell to Earth are said to contain the secrets behind the Other's truly terrifying weaponry. It is the dawn of a perilous new age, and if things go wrong again, even the superheroes would not be strong enough to save us.

Or maybe we won't be worth saving.

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Stats are forthcoming, this took a VERY long time to make. Orders will soft lock on Saturday, September 6th.

All players will be able to expand into five territories this turn. NPCs will expand randomly.

Special Events
None

GM Notes
@ Tyo: If you join in Russia this turn you may claim ten territories and an additional five as though you joined before Update 0.

@ Christos: I like your history, but considering the alien invasion started around 2016, a lot of the events you discuss happened during the invasion. You might want to adjust your history to reflect that.

 

[Ailedhoo]

Truth News
Bought to you by Ri Chun-hee Georgia Cohen

Greetings North Korean Gethic brethren!

Today our great leader, the Director Vinsin Vancore, has issued a statement claiming that America was in a state of chaos. "Chaos is the enemy of all" he declared, issuing that "we must liberate California from chaos!" Plans have been declared to issue "Operation Monroe" to secure California for Gethic administration.



In charge of this brave effort will be the Gethic hero General Kasun Thyrng, who has promised in this great conquest to bring forth "the glories of the new land of Vanornia, which will bastion as a conclave of peace and order in the lands of the former United States of America."

Vancore has promished glory to all who take part in the annexation project!

Meanwhile Vancore has issued to the west plans to secure isle controls and to liberate Northern Borneo from chaos. North Borneo will be pleased with the liberation and hence will be known now as Vinneo after our greatest leader.



Our vanguard will in areas be deployed to ensure a hard line against the enemies of order, for those anarchists will never tire till the world burns but the elite vanguard and the other Gethic troops will never tire till the terrorists are dead!

The Director will be pleased as we lay claim to all our to be land for the glory of the Hand!

All hail Vinsin Vancore!

OOC: the last image be of Mamoru Oshii's Kerberos Panzer Cop series for considerations.

 

[NinjaCow64]

Dear Secretary-General Mr Ban-Ki Moon,

I deeply respect you and your organization. The United Nations were one of the major players in organizing a cohesive response to the Others and you suffered heavily for it. Your organization is in shatters, with key people scattered around the globe or dead.

The people of the world need something to look up to beyond petty dictators and squabbling politicians, more now than ever. I believe that the United Nations filled that role in the past and that it could fill that role again.

I’ll get to the point. I am offering for the United Commonwealth to be the host for your headquarters, we have the space set out in Canberra. Now why would you want to come here? Because I will protect your neutrality and independence with my dying breath, I am a man of my word.

Let us build a new United Nations. It may not be as big, or as powerful, as it the one before the Invasion. But if we build it together, we can help bring humanity back and beyond the heights of our civilization before the war.

Yours sincerely,

John O’Neil,

Prime Minister of the United Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and her Territories.

~Last known written correspondence before the Prime Minister's death...

Claims:

 

[NinjaCow64]

The television flickered to life.

“I am dedicated to peace in Indonesia,” said Prime Minister John O’Neil “The brave men and women of the Australian Armed Forces, including NERO Agents, will fight for freedom and stability in the region for as long is as necessary. Our agreements with the Gethic Hand and other powers in the region will allow us to…”

John O’Neil may be an active and charismatic person, but deep down he was a loner. Most Prime Ministers had a team of servants waiting on them hand and foot. But, apart from the security guards outside of the grounds, John was the only person there. He felt that anybody inside the house would be utterly subservient to him and he had enough of that on the outside.

John stretched his fingers out and walked over to the computer. The television was on quietly in the background, listening to the news in case something happened that he needed to make a statement about. He then opened up the internet a brought up his favourite chatsite. In the online world, everyone was equal. He wasn’t the Prime Minister of an important country, he was merely a person with a silly username.

23:03 *** KantStopTheLove joined #goechat

Topic set by System-Analyst!systemanalyst@23-25-199-193-Hello Mister Prime Minister on Sat Mar 2022 11:02:38 GMT+1000 (AUS Eastern Standard Time)

This was concerning. There was nobody else on this chat other than himself and this System-Analyst (who had never chatted with before), which was strange in itself as usually the chat was very busy at this time of night. There was no doubt about it, this was intended for him.

<23:03 KantStopTheLove> How did you find me? Where is everyone?
<23:03 Systems-Analyst> I have my ways. Don’t worry they’re fine, which is more than be said about you.
<23:04 KantStopTheLove> Are you a journalist? Because you aren’t going to get an extra scoop here, you’re just going to piss me off.
<23:04 Systems-Analyst> No, I’m not a journalist. If I was I would publish my juicy information far and wide. I could be a journalist if you don’t play nice enough.
<23:04 KantStopTheLove> What information?
<23:05 Systems-Analyst> I know why we can't stop the love, so to speak. Very appropriate username by the way.

John sighed. He knew this day would come.

<23:05 KantStopTheLove> How did you know?
<23:05 Systems-Analyst> I have my ways.
<23:06 KantStopTheLove> Do you have proof?
<23:06 Systems-Analyst> No. But the accusation would be enough, you’d be asked to disprove it and then they would know.
<23:08 Systems-Analyst> Come on Mr Prime Minister, ask the question you want to ask. I’m not going to wait all day. All it would take is me to type one command into my terminal and your empire will come shattering down and I can type faster than any of your snipers could shoot, trust me when I say you don’t want to take that risk.
<23:09 KantStopTheLove> What do you want?
<23:09 Systems-Analyst> There we go.
<23:09 Systems-Analyst> I want to you leave public life. I want you to announce your retirement immediately and never influence politics in any way, shape or form again. And trust me I know if you try.
<23:10 KantStopTheLove> I can do better.
<23:10 Systems-Analyst> Oh?
<23:10 KantStopTheLove> Give me five minutes.
<23:10 Systems-Analyst> Okay now I didn’t see this coming. That makes me curious. You’ve got your five minutes.

John got up from the computer and rang his phone.

“I’ve been made” said John.

“Damnation,” said Richard Swift, “Are you going to go through with it sir?”

“I’ve got no choice.” said John. “You of all people know that this is the only way to protect all that we’ve built. They can never know. I’ll trust you to hold up your end of the bargain.”

“Of course sir.” said Richard stoically.

“You know Richard,” said John “I’ve always considered you as my only true friend. You have always been there to stop me from going too far. We’re going to have a beer together in my next life, you hear?”

“I’ll hold you to it.” said Richard.

“Of course you would mate.” said John, who then hung up the phone.

Five minutes later, the John's house exploded. That night, the image of a tear-stricken anchor-woman filled the nation’s televisions.

We interrupt this program for a special report. We’re getting reports from the Lodge, there seems to have been an assassination attempt…oh god…he’s dead…the prime minister is dead.

 

[Civ'ed]

Spoiler :

We are the cult.
We are that which forms.
We are that which created the Genesis.
Our Exodus will be complete, as theirs was.
The Halifax Statute shall stand.
The message rang through the shantytown that was Saint John.
The Truth shall unchain ye.
Repent, sinners of the Old Gods.
Your Messiahs are to shape humanity, not stand by idly.

The message rang from a small radio brought with Sgt. Cassius Potestas.
---
Montreal Island, 1800 hours
Jacques looked at the work he was about to complete.
Before him stood the city hall of Montreal, the bulwark that formed the government of Quebec.
This was it. This was where he would save the Quebecois from the coming Storm.
As he placed the charge, he painted a cogwheel and a lightning bolt on the wall of the building.
The sinner shall repent
The Apostate shall be destroyed
He heard gunshots coming from nearby.
This was it.
The charge exploded, taking Jacques with it. He did not care; he was a martyr and in the end, the great Superhuman Aranae would grant him many gifts in the afterlife.
---
In the meanwhile, Commander François Dufour was trying to stem the tide.
Ten cultists came and were gunned down. They did not stop. A hundred, a thousand, and still they did not stop. As a bullet reached him, he thought over his life.
At least the Other had the decency to retreat.

 

[Polyblank]

A message to all nations. These are our claims for the near future. We are willing to negotiate Alsace Lorraine with the Norman Alliance.

Spoiler :

We would also like to announce that we are willing to restart the CERN program with help from other countries, as a reminder of our common past both as people englufed in the magnificent mysteries of science and as humans.

 

[christos200]

OOC:

@ Christos: I like your history, but considering the alien invasion started around 2016, a lot of the events you discuss happened during the invasion. You might want to adjust your history to reflect that.

I changed the dates.

IC:

Yugoslav troops invade Slovenia, Bulgaria and Greece

Tens of thousands of Yugoslav troops, both regulars and paramilitary forces, have invaded Slovenian, Greece and Bulgaria. All invasions have been great successes with the collapse of the enemy states.

The first phase of the operation, named "Operation Condor", was an invasion of Slovenia. Tens of Tanks and 20,000 troops invaded the country supported by the Air Force. The Air Force dropped 100 tons of Napalm bombs, devastating the Slovenian armed forces, which were weak anyway. Slovenia, after the Alien invasion, was in a state of civil war that ended only the previous year and so the invasion was quite an easy task.

- Bombing of Slovenia​

Things were a bit more tough in the Peloponnese, where the Nazi Golden Dawn had established the "National Socialist State of Greece". The area was ruthlessly bombarded by hundreds of tons of Napalm bombs which absolutely devastated the entire Peloponnese countryside. When the land forces invaded, all Greek regular soldiers surrendered, scared to death by the horrifying bombardment. Only a few Nazi paramilitaries continued fighting, but Yugoslav partisans slaughtered those groups and all of their families and friends. A total of 30,000 Greeks are to be send in Gulags as war criminals, as they had supported the Nazi regime.

Macedonia was captured quite easily, as the Greek capitalist state there surrendered immediately after two hours of heavy aerial bombardment. The region has been incorporated in the Yugoslav People's Republic of Macedonia, as an autonomous region for Greek Macedonians.

Finally, Bulgaria was blitzed by an elite force of Tanks which swept through the country with aerial support. The Bulgarian armed forces were devastated. 50,000 Bulgarians are being transferred to Gulags as enemies of the state.

In total, Yugoslav forces had 3,571 deaths and 8,904 injured casualties. The operation was a great success for the Yugoslav armed forces and was the first time Yugoslavia had gotten in war since the Third Balkan War (which reunified Yugoslavia). The main reasons for the Yugoslav victory were that the Yugoslav soldiers had experience from the Third Balkan War, the Yugoslav Air Force, the only sizable air force in the Balkans, was able to bombard enemy forces with devastating effects and the numerical superiority of the Yugoslav forces.

Conquered regions:

Spoiler :

Alexis Tsipras elected Premier of Greece

​

Comrade Alexis Tsipras has been elected Premier of the Yugoslav People's Republic of Greece by the the 25th General Conference of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. Alexis Tsipras was previously Mayor of Athens, and now as Premier he has promised the Greek people that he will do his best so the Peloponnese countryside and economy can recover from the war. Comrade Tsipras has also stated that collectivization and the implementation of a Communist economy in Peloponnese are just a matter of time.

Greek Communist Paramilitaries have also been massacring villagers in villages of Southern Peloponnese suspected of collaboration with the Golden Dawn regime. Some accounts estimate than at least 7,000 civilians have been massacred.

25th General Conference of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia

- Tomislav Nikoli&#263;, General Secretary of the CPY​

In the 25th General Conference of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia was held in Skopje and was headed by the General Secretary of the CPY, Tomislav Nikoli&#263;. The main issues of the Conference were the election of Alexis Tsipras as Premier of Greece and the creation of the "Yugoslav People's Republic of Bulgaria". The majority of the members in the Conference elected the known communist Boris Plevneliev as Premier of the new Yugoslav Republic:

Collectivization started in earnest in Bulgaria and the entire economy has been put under state control. Elements of the Yugoslav army hunt down some remaining Bulgarian paramilitaries from the previous regime while Yugoslav officers are training a Bulgarian Communist Army.

Tomislav Nikoli&#263; spoke in the Conference for the need of further industrialization and militarization in order to survive the threat of Fascism and Capitalism. He has also said that reactionary elements of the Yugoslav society shall be purged.

 

[Ailedhoo]

By directory of Vinsin Vancore the Gethic Hand will like to announce plans to set a special research pact with the government of Yugoslavia. The pact will allow Yugoslav research institutions to work along with the Gethic's Science Division for the benefit of both our weapons programs mankind. We also will be set of a non-aggression pact, while special trade deals will be issued between both our dominions. We hope that research especially will aid bring the world into a state of order and peace, for the benefit of all.

Hail the Director!

 

[Polyblank]

THE MANIFESTO OF NEW GERMANY​

The Coalition's Plan, or also more commonly known as The Manifesto of New Germany, was a digital bulletin created by right - wing members and technocrats in order to appease to the common folk and to make the points of the coalition''s 4 year long term more known to the pubic. Suprisingly enough, as this was the first government of the 4rth Reich, also reffered to as New Germany, the plan would define Germany for many years to come.

THE COALITION'S PLAN​

The coalition of Union of Technocrats, the German Patriotic Party and the Nationalist Liberal Party agree to work towards the following goals, hoping to help Germany and her people along the way:
I. The creation of one German Motherland, by intergrating Switzerland, Elsass Lothringen and Prussia, in order to inspire her people and to help them.
II. The strengthening of the Republic and the rights of all people, which the Constitution already protects at a basic level. Let us not feel again the terror of World War 2 by allowing dictators to seize power.
III. The advancement in the various scientific and technological fields, so that we can better serve and protect Germany and her people.
IV. The strengthening of national bonds with other like - minded countries, who would like to advance their prowess in the sciences, through the signing of research pacts.
V. The Re - Institution of a European Union in order to unite the European people against the dangers which lie among those who would want us to be divided, like the USA and Soviet Union of the old.

 

[Polyblank]

We are glad to announce that we have been contacted by the Gethic Hand, and that they have accepted to help with the CERN program. Let them stand as an example for international comradeship in the sciences and other fields alike.

 

[Civ'ed]

Having concluded that the CERN Project does not constitute Apostasy or Heresy, the Cult wishes to join the CERN team.

 

[Polyblank]

The Cult of the Broken Gods will gladly be accepted in the CERN Project. We will welcome here people of all kinds from all over the world.

 

[SouthernKing]

The Italian Social Republic, naturally in cooperation with the German friends of the Italian people, is willing to provide assistance to the recreated CERN program.

 

[Polyblank]

The Italian Social Republic will be accepted to the re - newed CERN Program, reminding us all our common past.