Amon Savag
The Great
To:Tanzania
From:East African Republic
Signed and smiley faced.
From:East African Republic
Signed and smiley faced.
LizNES4: Our Ancestors Sins
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Kozmos
Jew Detective
I'm trying so hard not to giggle.
Immaculate
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I finally got time for a story... sorry i have not been contributing as much as i would otherwise like to.
A History of Business in Indonesia
Forward
When Santosos Ramelan first presented me with the manuscript for ‘A History of Business in Indonesia’, the first question I asked him was “Why Business?” He looked at me without answering and smiled serenely, a trait we Indonesians have mostly forgotten. I answered my own question, “because the history of business IS the history of Indonesia.” He smiled again- right. If he had been European he would have touched his nose.
As I read the treatise, my eyes opened wide to the truths he had written of. In Indonesia, we do not speak with such plain language. The Doge’s Council’s eyes and ears are everywhere and to speak, even in hushed whispers as Santosos has so clearly written is a good way to suddenly disappear- as many others have done before. In writing this book, he knows he will be killed. This treatise is an act of sacrifice, hope and courage. I hope that by emulating his courage, I can, like him, bring hope to my homeland. I know too that by reading this, and especially by adding my name to this treatise by signing this forward, I am signing my own death warrant… but perhaps there are things more valuable than life in this world… and contrary to what the execs might have you believe, those things are not cars, jewelry, parties, women and money and power… they are truth… and hope.
The corporate executives that ride through the streets in their armored sedans or fly through the rain and pollution in their ghostly VIP helicopters see Indonesia very differently than the people do. Often this is the Indonesia that outsiders are first introduced to as Indonesian corporate interests reach out to foreign nations for trade or cooperation. They talk of the massive industrial and manufacturing capacity of our nation, of the electronics and computers we are famous for, of our nickel and petroleum, our off-shore oil, our extensive agricultural wealth. …and they talk of labor and workmen and sometimes, jokingly, between themselves, they talk of the ‘serfs’. It is then that they are most truthful. The serfs. The 99.9% of us. The term is an ancient one, from before the great plague, before the good times, before the industrial revolution, before European colonialism, from the age of kings and nobles and…. serfs. It harkens to a time when the population worked as lowly peasants in a condition of bondage, much like slavery. The serfs did not own land and only limited property. The majority of their labor enriched their feudal lords who in turn were obligated to protect their vassal serfs but who often abused and neglected them. Starvation, poverty and violence were rampant. An Indonesian worker will recognize the description and understand why the execs use the term.
While the children of the executives grow up in manicured estates behind heavy concrete walls, receive education, play musical instruments, eat the most delicious foods, receive medical attention and vaccination, learning to take the place of their parents as the next class of executives, the ‘serfs’ live in the wide ghettos. We squabble over a meal of processed slurry of ‘Synth-Rations’, whatever that might actually be, are never educated, are often sick and work long grueling hours in factories and plantations enriching company executives we never see. It is no wonder that the ‘serfs’ have begun to call the rich the ‘nobles’ a tongue-in-cheek reference for their use of the term ‘serfs’.
And so a casual reader interested in Indonesian society might ask why the serfs do not rise up. The answer is simply that the corporations control everything: education, transportation, medicine, food, the soldiers… and of course… clean water. It is their unrepentant and casual use of brutal force combined with their control of the basic necessities of life that make revolution impossible. When one’s family cries for food and clean water and one can work for those necessities, even if it is without dignity or justice, one is likely to do so when the only other option is to see your children’s hands cut off by brutal machete-wielding soldiers. There is another means the corporations use to maintain power and I have alluded to it earlier- The Council. The council, or the ‘Indonesian Domestic Security Council’ is a group of executives from a variety of major corporations who have formed a secret police specifically tasked with controlling the dissemination of information within the nation as well as uncovering foreign intrigue. It is the council’s commandoes that disappear both the ‘serfs’ and ‘nobles’.
It is the council’s commandoes who will disappear both Santosos Ramelan and myself. And so, dear reader, I hope you can learn something from A History of Business in Indonesia that wil make our sacrifice worthwhile.
A History of Business in Indonesia
by Santosos Ramelan
Forward
by Sujatmi Kersen
When Santosos Ramelan first presented me with the manuscript for ‘A History of Business in Indonesia’, the first question I asked him was “Why Business?” He looked at me without answering and smiled serenely, a trait we Indonesians have mostly forgotten. I answered my own question, “because the history of business IS the history of Indonesia.” He smiled again- right. If he had been European he would have touched his nose.
As I read the treatise, my eyes opened wide to the truths he had written of. In Indonesia, we do not speak with such plain language. The Doge’s Council’s eyes and ears are everywhere and to speak, even in hushed whispers as Santosos has so clearly written is a good way to suddenly disappear- as many others have done before. In writing this book, he knows he will be killed. This treatise is an act of sacrifice, hope and courage. I hope that by emulating his courage, I can, like him, bring hope to my homeland. I know too that by reading this, and especially by adding my name to this treatise by signing this forward, I am signing my own death warrant… but perhaps there are things more valuable than life in this world… and contrary to what the execs might have you believe, those things are not cars, jewelry, parties, women and money and power… they are truth… and hope.
The corporate executives that ride through the streets in their armored sedans or fly through the rain and pollution in their ghostly VIP helicopters see Indonesia very differently than the people do. Often this is the Indonesia that outsiders are first introduced to as Indonesian corporate interests reach out to foreign nations for trade or cooperation. They talk of the massive industrial and manufacturing capacity of our nation, of the electronics and computers we are famous for, of our nickel and petroleum, our off-shore oil, our extensive agricultural wealth. …and they talk of labor and workmen and sometimes, jokingly, between themselves, they talk of the ‘serfs’. It is then that they are most truthful. The serfs. The 99.9% of us. The term is an ancient one, from before the great plague, before the good times, before the industrial revolution, before European colonialism, from the age of kings and nobles and…. serfs. It harkens to a time when the population worked as lowly peasants in a condition of bondage, much like slavery. The serfs did not own land and only limited property. The majority of their labor enriched their feudal lords who in turn were obligated to protect their vassal serfs but who often abused and neglected them. Starvation, poverty and violence were rampant. An Indonesian worker will recognize the description and understand why the execs use the term.
While the children of the executives grow up in manicured estates behind heavy concrete walls, receive education, play musical instruments, eat the most delicious foods, receive medical attention and vaccination, learning to take the place of their parents as the next class of executives, the ‘serfs’ live in the wide ghettos. We squabble over a meal of processed slurry of ‘Synth-Rations’, whatever that might actually be, are never educated, are often sick and work long grueling hours in factories and plantations enriching company executives we never see. It is no wonder that the ‘serfs’ have begun to call the rich the ‘nobles’ a tongue-in-cheek reference for their use of the term ‘serfs’.
And so a casual reader interested in Indonesian society might ask why the serfs do not rise up. The answer is simply that the corporations control everything: education, transportation, medicine, food, the soldiers… and of course… clean water. It is their unrepentant and casual use of brutal force combined with their control of the basic necessities of life that make revolution impossible. When one’s family cries for food and clean water and one can work for those necessities, even if it is without dignity or justice, one is likely to do so when the only other option is to see your children’s hands cut off by brutal machete-wielding soldiers. There is another means the corporations use to maintain power and I have alluded to it earlier- The Council. The council, or the ‘Indonesian Domestic Security Council’ is a group of executives from a variety of major corporations who have formed a secret police specifically tasked with controlling the dissemination of information within the nation as well as uncovering foreign intrigue. It is the council’s commandoes that disappear both the ‘serfs’ and ‘nobles’.
It is the council’s commandoes who will disappear both Santosos Ramelan and myself. And so, dear reader, I hope you can learn something from A History of Business in Indonesia that wil make our sacrifice worthwhile.
by Sujatmi Kersen
Lord of Elves
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It is the pleasure of the State News Network to bring you, Male/Female/Unidentified Viewer this Interview with Supreme Commander Alexandros Dzensky in the recently-declassified Freedom Desolation
Spoiler :
<Alexandros Dzensky> Welcome, welcome. Pretty, isn't it?
<Assembled Press Correspondents> Indeed.
<Alexandros Dzensky> I will now take questions, not too many please. I am a busy man in the service of the Empress, as I'm sure you know.
<Press Correspondent> Supreme Commander, what exactly is, Freedom Desolation?
<Alexandros Dzensky> I'm glad you asked. You see, children of the Empire, Freedom Desolation is what we call land that has been so blasted and wasted by the high-intensity Freedom present in the bombs provided by the Empress' airforce that it is virtually unrecognizable when compared with the area pre-Freedom Exposure.
<Press Correspondent> Thank you for that enlightening explanation, Commander.
<Alexandros Dzensky> It was my pleasure. You, miss, in the back?
<Other Press Correspondent> Is there any statement you would like to make regarding concerns that the response to the settlement of the outsiders near the Caspian sea was "too extreme"?
Spoiler :
<Alexandros Dzensky> I would like to say that anyone who so doubts the wisdom of the Empress' orders, her commanders, and gives so much credit to the barbarian heathen unworthies that assaulted our land is a traitor, and should clearly be executed or otherwise disposed of.
<Other Press Correspondent> Thank you, Supreme Commander.
<Alexandros Dzensky> You're welcome, News employee. Keep 'em coming.
<Press Correspondent> What in your opinion is the foreign policy of the Empress' government?
<Alexandros Dzensky> It's not my position to comment on that, State News Network employee, I am merely the hammer and the enemy is merely the anvil, I am not the one who determines where to strike. Although, if it were my prerogative, we would bring the level of Freedom you see here to everyone in the region.
<Press Correspondent> Truly a staggering demonstration of Freedom. Thank you.
<Other Press Correspondent> Rumors are circulating that heathen barbarian unworthies from across the seas think we may be replicating the designs of their planes. Any comment?
Spoiler :
<Alexandros Dzensky> My comment is this, and I would like this to be taken as directed to whomever leads those barbarians: the Second Byzantine Empire has no need to copy your inferior planes. Anything manufactured or planned by a Byzantine shall always be a thousand times superior to anything created by a foreigner. We're about out of time here, any last questions?
<Press Correspondent> Can you show us your "game face" Commander?
<Alexandros Dzensky> You're looking at it.
<Press Correspondent> Chilling.
<Alexandros Dzensky> And now I leave you, as always, it has been a pleasure and an honor, but there are infidel unworthy kittens to kick and settlements to bomb, as I'm sure you're all aware. But I promise you all a surprise in future! All hail the Empress!
<Press Correspondents> All hail!
So before I can do any further stories, diplo, orders and so forth I need to know if the US will surrender either conditionally or unconditionally.
If they fail to respond soon I will resort to forcible unilateral diet regulation measures on their population. Yes.
If they fail to respond soon I will resort to forcible unilateral diet regulation measures on their population. Yes.
TheLizardKing
Let's talk Michelle.
From: The Unified States of America
To: The Eastern States
Go to hell.
To: The Eastern States
Go to hell.
TheLizardKing
Let's talk Michelle.
Looking forward to those stories.
badunoff
Prince
To: USA
From: California
How pleasant of you. Any who, we where wondering if you were wiling to surrender... Ah! Don't jump to conclusions!... All you would be required to do is give up some... eh... a lot of land, and you would get 1 of 4 nations... or is it 5? ... nations off your back.
From: California
How pleasant of you. Any who, we where wondering if you were wiling to surrender... Ah! Don't jump to conclusions!... All you would be required to do is give up some... eh... a lot of land, and you would get 1 of 4 nations... or is it 5? ... nations off your back.
ZeletDude
The Lion
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To: California
From: Columbia
As you are a Pacific nation do you wish to join the "Pacific Prosperity Pact"?
From: Columbia
As you are a Pacific nation do you wish to join the "Pacific Prosperity Pact"?
badunoff
Prince
From: California
To: Columbia
Sure. We would love to.
To: Columbia
Sure. We would love to.
ZeletDude
The Lion
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Excellent to hear.
To: USA
From: Columbia
We hereby declare war on your nation due to your failure to pay us compensation for the lost men and women when rebels from your territory crossed into our nation, let alone even respond to us.
Good Day.
To: USA
From: Columbia
We hereby declare war on your nation due to your failure to pay us compensation for the lost men and women when rebels from your territory crossed into our nation, let alone even respond to us.
Good Day.
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lolz!
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
TO: Wales
FROM: Ireland
Accept peace by leaving our island forever!
FROM: Ireland
Accept peace by leaving our island forever!
TheLizardKing
Let's talk Michelle.
The Mexican Empire accepts.
Orders are due in two days. Friday. So I can have the update up by Saturday. I've thus far only received one order.
Orders are due in two days. Friday. So I can have the update up by Saturday. I've thus far only received one order.
TheLizardKing
Let's talk Michelle.
Then you can get them in by tonight, or tomorrow night, or at any point on Friday. Your fighting an NPC, and it doesn't seem like too much diplo is going to happen. I'm sure you'll be fine.
Omega124
Challenging Fate
"The British Empire. It was the largest empire ever. At its hieght, there was atleast one point where the sun was shining at every moment. Now, all it is an old memory, a dream. By now, every single place is independent; even the Scots and Welsh at this point are independent. Until very recently, the capitol was occupied, and the final heir of the Britannic dream was dying.
However, our spirits weren't crushed. In the end, we won, amounst all odds. We defeated the French to start it, the Germans to continue it, arguably the Russians while losing it, and now the Vatican while almost dead. But yet, we stand. As in the songs of old, Britons will never be slaves.
Yet the new world has no room for a global empire again. Gone are the days in which naval power was everything, and those whom had the most, which was us, controlled the earth. Gone are the days when there were nations with advanced technology, and those without them. Every rump state, with a few execptions, are no more and less powerful than the other. Our recent "war" with the USE is a prime example. We held off an invasion from a much larger nation. A war like that 150 years ago would had gotten us all killed.
It is imperitive that the English, in order to come up on this age on top, is not conquest, but dimplomacy. Words and ideas will be more powerful than the strongest bombs we can produce. I am not garuenteeing that war won't happen, as the only consisient thing of the world is that conflict happens. However, creating an empire will not require as much as it did before.
How will we create an empire, you may ask? There are two things that I promise we will achieve before 2160. The first one, and the easier one, is the creation of a space program. If it wasn't for the war in the 1990s, outer space would be the judge on empires. The Vatican has gotten the message, and built a space port in Dakar. England can not just stand here while the Vatican monoplizes it before it is for sale!
Therefore, we are building a similar one in Dover. Why Dover? Because Dover stands as a momument of British defiance. It is there that the White Cliffs stand, ready to defend the British Isles. The Port of Dover is also there, which helps transporting goods to and from the port. Finally, proxmitity to London without being too close is key. In case we lose contact, it will be quick to manually check it out, without being too close that a nuke aimed a London would wipe it out.
The other thing I plan is a dimplomatic alliance between the Anglo-Saxons. As said before, in this age, the pen is mightier than the sword. Histroically, we have had a special link with our colonies that no other empire had. We did not exploit them for their resources, but we treated them as an extension of the motherland. A bad tea party in Boston showed us we had to.
A Commonwealth was created back when we were in a decline. Yet, it meant that the cubs stuck with the old father lion. Today, we roar for common defence again. We call for a highly linked defence pact between us and the Canadian Shield, South Africa, Australia, the Oceanic Federation, and India. Together we shall show that we are not to be messed with.
This, my fellow citizens, is now what we shall do. I thank you for your time"
-Queen Victoria II, Buckingham Palace, on the 6th month aniversery on the unification of Southern England with Northumbria
To: The Canadian Shield, South Africa, Australia, Oceanic Federation, India
From: England
As proposed above, we are interested in the common defence of the former Commonwealth. Therefore, we offer DPs to all of you, and suggest you should sign DPs with the other nations whom agree
However, our spirits weren't crushed. In the end, we won, amounst all odds. We defeated the French to start it, the Germans to continue it, arguably the Russians while losing it, and now the Vatican while almost dead. But yet, we stand. As in the songs of old, Britons will never be slaves.
Yet the new world has no room for a global empire again. Gone are the days in which naval power was everything, and those whom had the most, which was us, controlled the earth. Gone are the days when there were nations with advanced technology, and those without them. Every rump state, with a few execptions, are no more and less powerful than the other. Our recent "war" with the USE is a prime example. We held off an invasion from a much larger nation. A war like that 150 years ago would had gotten us all killed.
It is imperitive that the English, in order to come up on this age on top, is not conquest, but dimplomacy. Words and ideas will be more powerful than the strongest bombs we can produce. I am not garuenteeing that war won't happen, as the only consisient thing of the world is that conflict happens. However, creating an empire will not require as much as it did before.
How will we create an empire, you may ask? There are two things that I promise we will achieve before 2160. The first one, and the easier one, is the creation of a space program. If it wasn't for the war in the 1990s, outer space would be the judge on empires. The Vatican has gotten the message, and built a space port in Dakar. England can not just stand here while the Vatican monoplizes it before it is for sale!
Therefore, we are building a similar one in Dover. Why Dover? Because Dover stands as a momument of British defiance. It is there that the White Cliffs stand, ready to defend the British Isles. The Port of Dover is also there, which helps transporting goods to and from the port. Finally, proxmitity to London without being too close is key. In case we lose contact, it will be quick to manually check it out, without being too close that a nuke aimed a London would wipe it out.
The other thing I plan is a dimplomatic alliance between the Anglo-Saxons. As said before, in this age, the pen is mightier than the sword. Histroically, we have had a special link with our colonies that no other empire had. We did not exploit them for their resources, but we treated them as an extension of the motherland. A bad tea party in Boston showed us we had to.
A Commonwealth was created back when we were in a decline. Yet, it meant that the cubs stuck with the old father lion. Today, we roar for common defence again. We call for a highly linked defence pact between us and the Canadian Shield, South Africa, Australia, the Oceanic Federation, and India. Together we shall show that we are not to be messed with.
This, my fellow citizens, is now what we shall do. I thank you for your time"
-Queen Victoria II, Buckingham Palace, on the 6th month aniversery on the unification of Southern England with Northumbria
To: The Canadian Shield, South Africa, Australia, Oceanic Federation, India
From: England
As proposed above, we are interested in the common defence of the former Commonwealth. Therefore, we offer DPs to all of you, and suggest you should sign DPs with the other nations whom agree
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