KaiserIOT: Dream of a World

[mrrandomplayer]

Arctica would like to offer its congratulations to Rome, the Balkan Republics, and Italy for offering peace.

 

[Ailedhoo]

With the peace in Europe we hope this may turn Mexico to peace and hence we will for now consider things in peace time conduct. We will presume Mexico has lost its claim to war and hence will strive for a settled peace. However if Mexico continues to declare itself at war with Yugoslavia we hope that Meghreb would block such a invasion force as respect to the peace, for we wish for order and peace to be in Europe. Should Mexico prove itself a rouge agent then we will still consider them a threat to order and peace.

As for Texas: Mexico had not been a member of COPE till we had to remove them for being too chaotic. The recent case justifies their removal and that the initial note we had somehow kept them as members was a communication error. Anyway if they were still in COPE we would have immediately have kicked them out on grounds of betrayal: COPE is a alliance of the orderly and peaceful.

So Mexico: peace in our time? Consider well.

 

[Mathalamus]

the Emperor shall wait for the actions of the Kalmar union and the Central Asian Union, since both nations are still at war against Rome.

 

[VGL]

With the peace in Europe we hope this may turn Mexico to peace and hence we will for now consider things in peace time conduct. We will presume Mexico has lost its claim to war and hence will strive for a settled peace. However if Mexico continues to declare itself at war with Yugoslavia we hope that Meghreb would block such a invasion force as respect to the peace, for we wish for order and peace to be in Europe. Should Mexico prove itself a rouge agent then we will still consider them a threat to order and peace.

As for Texas: Mexico had not been a member of COPE till we had to remove them for being too chaotic. The recent case justifies their removal and that the initial note we had somehow kept them as members was a communication error. Anyway if they were still in COPE we would have immediately have kicked them out on grounds of betrayal: COPE is a alliance of the orderly and peaceful.

So Mexico: peace in our time? Consider well.

Fine. I now declare peace

And PS: I bombed one of your military bases BEFORE i signed the peace treaty.so it's bombed. And another thing LEASE DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO. WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I TOLD YOU WHAT NOT TO DO?

 

[VGL]

The Republic of Texas urges Mexico to not escalate any tensions further, but also would like to denounce the coercive diplomacy used by the Gethic Hand as a petty way to keep reign over its allies, and urges Mexico to leave the alliance known as "COPE" rather quickly.

I think i left COPE and i would like to offer an alliance with you.

And also: "I hereby unrecognize the Gethic Hand, their embassies will be expelled and their citizens arrested if they do not leave the country unless they retract their citizenship as gethics and i will not accept any gethic hand citizens"

OOC: Kaiser, is it allowed? And nobody else answer it.

 

[KaiserElectric]

Expelling Gethic citizens, while mean, is certainly within your power to do.

 

[VGL]

I hereby claim the following lands:

 

[Ailedhoo]

Does Mexico want peace? As for your policies to us it is clear you are a chaotic power, not a nation state.

We suggest Texas does not sign a allaince with a aggressor who is currently threaten people with Gethic passports.

In totally unrelated news we welcome any Mexican born refugees escaping from the cartel that is the Mexican government.

Fine. I now declare peace

And PS: I bombed one of your military bases BEFORE i signed the peace treaty.so it's bombed. And another thing LEASE DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO. WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I TOLD YOU WHAT NOT TO DO?

OOC: you cannot bomb a base without a role from the GM: that is power gaming. The GM has to dictate if your bombing was successful or a failure.If you did bomb one of my bases that would remove the peace treaty by act that you conducted war against the Gethic. I am speaking out of characture as the GM has to set consideration with you.

So your choice: bomb base or peace?

 

[VGL]

Does Mexico want peace? As for your policies to us it is clear you are a chaotic power, not a nation state.

We suggest Texas does not sign a allaince with a aggressor who is currently threaten people with Gethic passports.

In totally unrelated news we welcome any Mexican born refugees escaping from the cartel that is the Mexican government.



OOC: you cannot bomb a base without a role from the GM: that is power gaming. The GM has to dictate if your bombing was successful or a failure.If you did bomb one of my bases that would remove the peace treaty by act that you conducted war against the Gethic. I am speaking out of characture as the GM has to set consideration with you.

So your choice: bomb base or peace?

Many countries do that.

OOC: Why are so mean? And i was talking to Yugoslavia Sorry if i wan't clear.

 

[christos200]

OOC: If you can bomb any single of my military bases, then I can send Spiderman to invade your nation.

 

[Mathalamus]

Roman Emperor seeks peace with remaining Enemies

the Roman Emperor wants the war to be over, so... terms:

1. the Kalmar union shall give the Roman Empire 1 billion Roman dollars for peace. remember how we bribed you with a billion and you declared war on us? yeah.

2. the CAU shall give the Roman empire a white peace.

 

[Civ'ed]

FLAG OF CANAL ZONE DEFACED; LATEST IN CANAL ZONE DEFIANCE OF MAGHREBI DOMINANCE​

By Fuad al-Aziz
It is a sunny morning on the streets of Port Said. Normally, a flag waves at the governmental building, with an Arabic inscription on it - denoting the Maghreb influence on the Khedivate.
Today, however, the sun brightly shines through a freshly-teared hole in the middle of the flag, obliterating all reference to a nation considered "Egypt's best friend".
The defamation of the flag, punishable in Egypt by 10 years' worth of community labour, is one of many attacks on Maghreb influence in the Canal Zone, which nominally elects its Khedive, but is generally considered a Maghreb enclave within Egypt, since the election of Khedive Hassan Mustasim and a majority EFP government.

Above - the flag of the Canal Zone - before (right) and after
The defamation follows a massive underground graffiti campaign, with slogans such as "Kill the Moroccan", "Remember Tutankhamun", "Horus lives" and others, and presumed attacks against Canal operators believed to be on the Maghrebi payroll.
And this is only the illegal state of affairs - in the hallowed halls of the new Egyptian bureaucracy, the Canal Zone has recently passed laws allowing, amongst others, Egypt to randomly inspect all cargo passing through the Suez - without Maghrebi consent.
There are many theories why the Canal Zone has gone into defiance against a far larger power. Some claim it is a political act of suicide. Some allege that it is a devious plot to install a Maghrebi noble on the Egyptian throne. Some, however, see it as the greatest display of Egyptian sovereignity since the Other left. The fact is simple - ever since Egypt mediated a peace at Cairo, there has been an increased feeling, expecially from the right, that it would be better if Egypt had full control of its natural resources.

above - a map of Egyptian Khevidates, with the Canal Zone in proper orange.
The Pharaoh of Egypt and the ambassador of the Maghreb have not yet commented.

 

[christos200]

New USBR Flag

The Great Leader Ilias Psinakis announced today that the Union of Socialist Balkan Republics is going to have a new flag, as the old flag represented only Yugoslavia. He has also stated that all nationalities in USBR should work hard towards maintaining the peace and prosperity of state. Ilias Psinakis also made a speech on the need for law and order to be restored in Bosnia. About 1/3 of the regular Yugoslav Army and 4,000 Orthodox Crusaders have been gathered at the border with Bosnia and are about to invade. The Commander of the Crusaders, Alexandros Papadiamantis, has stated that he shall pay tribute to the Great Leader using the heads of the enemy soldiers.

 

[christos200]

OOC: The below text is a private conversation, so it is not public knowledge. Kaiser has said my idea is interesting in chat, so I decided to post it.

IC:

- Pavlos Geranakos​

In a dark room in a Villa in the peak of a very high mountain, a tall and very thin Russian man bowed before his leader, Pavlos Geranakos, and shouted: "Long Live the Great Leader, May you Live Ten Thousand Years and Dominate the Entire World!". He then kowtowed three times.

"Rise!", Pavlos shouted. "What is it?".

"The operations in Bosnia have already begun."

"Great! Our Black Death Society shall once gain rise to prominence. Our Society originates from Song China. It was created as a secret group of Chinese patriots who could not stand the corruption of the Imperial Government. After the Mongols conquered China, our group became more powerful than ever as thousands of Chinese patriots joined us in our fight against the Mongolian barbarians. However, it was the Ming Clan that managed to overthrow the Mongol Yuan Dynasty. They then launched a campaign of terror against our group. We had to hide in the shadows and wait for the right chance. Soon, we were able to infiltrate into their government and we caused their collapse. However, it was the Manchu Barbarians who exploited the chaos and took control of China. From then on, we fought against the Qing tyrants. We caused both the Opium Wars and the Taiping rebellion. We also expanded into Europe: When the Macartney Embassy came, we recruited George Macartney onto our cause. In turn, he recruited British, Prussian and French politicians and generals into our organization. We caused the German Unification, the 1911 Chinese Revolution and WWI. Chiang Kai Shek was a member of our group, so we had absolute control of China while we orchestrated the German defeat of WWI in order to facilitate the rise of Adolph Hitler. But, disaster then came. Germany lost WWII and Chiang Kai Shek lost the Chinese Civil War. We had to hide in the shadows once more. Until the Other came."

The man laughed and replied: "And then, Great Leader, we orchestrated the rise of Ilias Psinakis, a member of our group, and the Balkan War. Now that Ilias Psinakis has absolute power in the USBR, our group can once again come out of the shadows."

The man then kowtowed three times and left the room. What he, and no one else except Pavlos, does not know is that Pavlos is not the true leader of Black Death. In fact, no one, except for Pavlos, knows who the real leader is and even Pavlos does not know many details about him. He only reports to him once every month and he does not know anything about him. At all. Even his physical appearance is unknown, as he wears a mark and a golden armor:

This leader is only known to Pavlos by the nickname "Supreme Being".

Pavlos left the dark room and two days later, he came to a villa in the peak of an other mountain. He entered a dark room and bowed before a black curtain that hid the "Supreme Being".

"Pavlos is here, Supreme Being!", Pavlos shouted and he kowtowed one hundred times. Only then did he hear a voice saying: "Report!". The voice sounded like that of Darth Vader from the fictional Star Wars universe. The "Supreme Being" is always speaking through an electronic device so as to hide his true voice.

"The USBR will soon invade Bosnia."

"Good. Congratulate Psinakis for his success and for wrestling control of the country."

"We have also managed to convert many high ranking German communists to our cause. Although, this was easy considering that they are being funded by Psinakis."

"Good. Sooner or later, when the Communists take control of Germany, we can assume direct control of Germany and dominate Europe! And then, the entire world! Hahahahaha!!!".

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

>stalinist state
>crusaders

OOC: If you can bomb any single of my military bases, then I can send Spiderman to invade your nation.

No you can't, Yugo doesn't recognize supers.


'Lec I know you're busy, but can you at least post the corrected map? Literally everything I planned to do this turn depends on an accurate illustration of the geopolitical situation.

EDIT: RE the Black Death

 

[Mathalamus]

Roman citizen proposes theory

a Roman Citizen, by the name of Ahmet Davanoglou has proposed that there is a secret society called black death, that originated from China, went through a bunch of crap with the mongols, expanded, masterminded world war one, and world war two, but then fell from power when German domination was a bust.

they lost power, until the Other came, and masterminded the war between Yugoslavia and Rome. and masterminded Psinakis rise to power.

in fact, he thinks that we destroyed their plans of world domination, because Rome held on a little too long. if Rome has surrendered, they would have attacked middle east for the oil, then attacked Europe, then the world after that.

naturally, the Emperor himself reviewed the Evidence, carefully and meticulously. we then concluded that it was crazy and insane, and stupid and dumb. no society, secret or not, could ever do all that. there were too many variables, Rome could not have been that important, and finally, that guy is just flat out crazy.

he was then shipped to the mental institute of Ankara.

he does transmit the video recording of the conference (edited for censoring of course) to the office of Ilias psinakis, just so he could get a laugh out of it.

 

[Sonereal]

THE SCARLET PRESS


Link to video.​

FUTURE EVENTS

The Scarlet Press, formerly For Whom The Bell Tolls, will be holding an interview with sitting President Ilias Psinakis. The transcript will be posted in a future newsletter.

The Scarlet Press, likewise, is accepting editorials. Politicians, economists, scientists, activists the world over are free to send us their thoughts and articles and we shall happily add the articles and, time permitting, a response.


MEXICO IN THE SECOND DECADE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

di·plo·ma·cy noun \də-ˈplō-mə-sē\
: the work of maintaining good relations between the governments of different countries

: skill in dealing with others without causing bad feelings

Source: Merriam-Webster

Using this definition, it is clear that Mexican diplomacy is poor. None of its recent actions show a skill in dealing with others without creating bad blood, or an ability to maintain good relations with other countries. This culminated in Mexico's full heel-face-turn near the end of the Balkan War. Make no mistake, the Gethic Hand in this latest diplomatic roll is by no means innocent of any poor diplomacy. However, Mexico's burning of bridges has cost it many allies the last few days, and are leaving many scratching their heads as to whether Mexico can be a reliable partner. A reliable partner doesn't up and stab a partner in the back in the middle of the war because of a public disagreement of policy.

With am ambivalently cold Texas to the north and the Gethic Hand looming over Western North America, the lost of true friends in Europe at this time may prove costly in the near future. If anything, it will raise the cost of future alliances and require greater sacrifices on Mexico's side to secure a partnership.


A SECOND SUEZ CRISIS IN THE MAKING?

Egypt is one of the oldest human civilizations. Entire dynasties have risen, expanded Egypt's borders, contracted, and fell long before the establishment of the Kingdom of Rome. Egypt's most recent history, the history of the last two hundred years, have been a hodgepodge of nascent nationalism oppressed by Ottoman, British, and Western interests before, just as it seemed Egypt would finally have a place at the table, the Other came.

One of Egypt's lasting, most important, features is its control of the Canal Zone. More than a bit of the world's shipping travels through the Suez Canal every year, and the nationalization of the Suez nearly lead to a war in the 1950s. Today, the Canal Zone is under significant Maghreb influence, and while that country attempts to expand its ideology and influence across Africa via the New African Union, its influence is being challenged in Egypt.

What is the future? Nobody is expecting a war, which would benefit neither party. However, Egypt's brokering of the Treaty of Cairo and ending a war many feared would last years has granted Cairo a prestige boost that has overshadowed the formation of the NAU. Some talk of an African Cold War, similar to the Cold War in the Middle East pre-Other between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Hopefully not. Cooperation between Egypt and the Maghreb would clearly be better than antipathy and competition.


MAP OF THE DAY: THE NEW AFRICAN UNION

Spoiler :

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

Businesses protest stymied profits from border "lockdown"

Korean corporations have once again taken to public media to vent their anger over ongoing border control protocols that they claim are drastically hampering profits. Emergency legislation tabled at month's start tightened screening of people and goods entering and leaving the country, leading to long delays and invasive inspections that some observers describe as a "war-time mentality".

The legislation was enacted within 24 hours of the theft of an alien artifact excavated from a crash site in North Korea whose exact location has not been disclosed. The incident also led to a military scramble. Land checkpoints have been reinforced with small army detachments and coast guard patrols have tripled. The Ministry of Defence is believed to be co-ordinating with the Japanese superheroine Rocket Angel, although official sources offer no confirmation.

The measures largely target outgoing cargo. Under the emergency protocols, any person or vehicle exiting Korean territory with cargo larger than one cubic metre and/or weighing above 60 kilograms can be detained and searched at inspectors' discretion. Civil rights groups protested that "flying will become even more a hell on Earth", but air travel has not been significantly impeded since the legislation's enactment. Incoming freight is not as heavily scrutinized, although increased paperwork has slowed customs processing times.

Spokespeople from Korea's leading international corporations state that while they respect Seoul's security concerns, the "lockdown" is hampering daily business operations, leading to lost productivity and revenue worth hundreds of millions of won. Road and rail freight can be detained for hours at the Chinese border, and container ships have sometimes been held overnight as inspectors pore over their cargo. Chinese and Japanese companies have been more sympathetic to the measures, although likewise state that "they are harsher than we would like."

Seoul has reiterated that these measures are temporary and will be lifted once the artifact's whereabouts are better known. The government has not stated what it had recovered or why the Mighty Cyborg Mystical Ranger Force Z wants it, but Prime Minister Kyung stressed that "No good can come of its possession by a third party."

 

[VGL]

A new bill presented at congress by the Capitalist party:

The Capitalists Paradise Deal:

Article 1:

As minimum wages does nothing but huge expense and scaring corporations which causes unemployment, we hereby Abolish minimum wage but require for corporations to pay something to them.

Article 2:

As people are careful themselves, we must abolish work safety conditions, health benefits and retirement scheme and let workers take care of themselves.

Article 3:

As advertising creates a stronger economy, we must abolish truthful and non- misleading advertising as its costly for the government and the government might favor a company more than others. Plus, the people must research themselves and find out information before buying a product to to the add.

Article 4:

As unions cause nothing but harm, we hereby ban unions and forbid striking. Anyone striking must pay the corporation money and can be fired if failed to do so. Repeating strikes can end you up as a slave (explained in article 6)

Article 5:

As consumers right hurts the economy, the consumer does not have any rights. Any sue against a corporation will make the corporation the ultimate winner. The consumer must research and it's none of the governments business

Article 6:

Slavery is now legal and can be turned to slaves under these conditions:

1: Striking often
2: Failing to pay debt
3: Committing to often crimes

All races and genders can become slaves. Slaves cannot have children. Any children that slaves get will be sent to the orphanage unless one couple isn't a slave in which case, the baby goes in hand of the non slave.

Article 7:

As children are no different from adults and will need experience in work, child labor is no legal and has the same regulations as adults

Article 8:

The corporation is NOT expected to provide pregnancy leave or paid leave. They may get unpaid leave thought.

Article 9:

We will now cut all welfare EXCEPT Orphanage and rise the retirement age to 85 years old. The state no privatize ALL business and services.


Article 10:

The government now cuts many taxes so that people would be free to spend their money freely

Article 11:

The government will NOT mandate environmental regulations or subsiding Green technologies as the so called "Global Warming" is fake

Article 12:

They're no laws promoting minorities at workplace. Corporations may freely hire no women, atheists, youngs and blacks or the opposite.

450 Seats voted YAY, 96 seats voted NAY and 14 ABSTAINED.

All conservative parties voted YAY. All anarchists voted YAY because it was a step forward to anarchism. 88 of the catholic party voted YAY due too corporations can now legally make ALL of their employees Catholic. Sharia Party And the atheist movement voted NAY because they may find less employment. 2 Of the libertarians voted YAY because they loved less regulations, 21 voted NAY due to the legalization of slavery and TOO much freedom for capitalists and 9 of them abstained. The left wholeheartedly voted NAY due to obvious reasons

OOC: does this bill make my economy stronger due too less regulations?

 

[Civ'ed]

The government of Egypt expresses severe distaste at some of the new Mexican laws, notably the child labor one.