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Turn III: Fall 2151
World Map
Stats
Unit Re-Assessment (Every 2nd turn)
Gain: N/A
Loss: N/A
Power Re-Assessment (every 2nd turn)
Great Powers (Z-Score of 2+): No Change
Regional Powers (Z-Score of 0.25-2): No Change
Minor Powers: No Change
The Birth of International Organizations
With the formation of IREGS between Crete and the UUC, the game has its first official International Organization, or IO.
IOs will be created as they are successfully rolled for between states. So, the basic mechanics of them:
-Their internal mechanisms (resolutions, admission votes, etc.) do not count as a Policy Action. Joining them is the only thing that requires a Policy Action. Players are free to charter these internal mechanisms as they please, whether when founding them or as the game goes on. I personally suggest chartering organizations' basic structure (namely, how people join and any restrictions on admission) when creating them.
-IOs will have benefits, noted in the Diplomacy tab. The exact scope will be based on the original Policy Roll that created them, but future Policy Rolls could enhance (or reduce!) this.
-In the event internal votes are ever an issue, states will generally automatically vote on the behalf of powers they are allied with or a client of. The only exception is if a state has ties to both sides in a dispute, in which case relations will be used to calculate a roll (say, if the Union of Nations is formed and minor power C is allied with both Great Power A and Great Power B, and A and B are split, it will make a decision between the two influenced by prior modifiers). Some nuances may emerge in special circumstances, of course.
-This being the Cold War/soft power game that it is, there is nothing stopping rival great powers from creating their own copycat IO if you keep them out of yours. Consider how the RL United States often found it useful to incorporate rivals in its sponsored IOs rather than ban them completely.
Events From Around the World
Vandread Advance Continues Unabated
With another smashing victory in the Battle of Chicago, the Vandread Empire is anticipated to conquer the rest of the Great Lakes Confederacy within the year. Some analysts have suggested Vandread could be a contender for superpower status with the Great Lakes' resources as its own, but others have argued rebellion will be widespread enough that such a status will not come easily.
Papuan Realignment
The President of Papua was forced to appoint a new Prime Minister after the latter was subject to a vote of no confidence. The new Prime Minister leads a coalition favoring closer ties with the FRCN. Papua has abandoned its claim to the Bismarck Archipelago, and offered several concessions to the FRCN in exchange for protection from Indonesian irredentism.
(Papua has become a client state of the FRCN)
Baltic War Breaks Out
The Union of Poland has declared war on the Baltic League, citing abhorrent living conditions for Poles in the Baltics. President Karmazyn has announced an intention to occupy all of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania due to lack of concessions from Helsinki. While the League has a Navy that it can use to try and blockade Polish ports, it will be helpless to stop air raids and the seizure of the Baltic states themselves.
The Pacific Union?
With the formation of an alliance between the FRCN and Australia, it appears Kant may have been right even more literally than intended. There is now an alliance network stretching across the Pacific Ocean that incorporates almost 10% of the global economy and 8% of its military forces. While only connected by the FRCN, the possibility of peace across the Pacific Rim seems all but guaranteed by the cooperation of several democracies.
Coup in Vietnam
Vietnam’s socialist republic, paralyzed by corruption, has seen the Premier exiled from the country. A group of young union leaders and military officers has thrown out most of the old leadership, and reorganized the economy along market socialist principles. However, the state has opened itself up to political competition to preserve legitimacy.
One area Vietnam probably has alarmed some autocrats of the world, however, is shifting from a formal policy of non-interventionism to revolutionary ideology, believing economic and political democracy should be the norm worldwide. Nonetheless, Vietnam has suggested it will not initiate warfare so much as encourage the spread of syndicalism and democracy.
(Vietnam changes to Clean Consolidated Democracy. Vietnam Aggression changed to 2.)
Other News
Romania has sent a gesture of goodwill towards the UUC, assuring the latter that it has no designs on Cretan territory. (+1 Relations)
South Island has reaffirmed its friendship with the FRCN. (+1 Relations)
Sicily has found a new oil deposit in Libya. (+2 EP)
