Multipolarity II - Game Thread

[Tani Coyote]

I'd estimate Wednesday or Thursday. I don't announce a lock until half the players have orders in.

 

[topsecret]

I'd estimate Wednesday or Thursday. I don't announce a lock until half the players have orders in.

Yay. Hopefully in by tomorrow.

 

[Nonevah]

...May I please have full stats? For right now, I invest all gold into industry.

 

[Mad Man]

The Kingdom of Katterland offers Trade Agreements to Socialist China, Hungary, The Theocracy of China and Coruscant.

The Kingdom of Silly Hungarians accepts.

 

[Patriotic_Fool]

USSR

The USSR offers trade agreements to every country that wants one, except for:

Formatics (We eat cockroaches, we don't trade with them)
Theocracy of China (they threatened to kill every Soviet soldier, tsk tsk)
Oz (war mongering meanie faces, peace and prosperity ^_^)

Thank you!

 

[Ailedhoo]

Mandatum reminds the world it offers Smuggling Pacts as our way of trade. Consider this and aid your ecomony via our shadow merchents.

 

[mayor]

USSR

The USSR offers trade agreements to every country that wants one, except for:

Formatics (We eat cockroaches, we don't trade with them)
Theocracy of China (they threatened to kill every Soviet soldier, tsk tsk)
Oz (war mongering meanie faces, peace and prosperity ^_^)

Thank you!

Hey! We are all for peace and prosperity, thank you very much.

 

[NinjaCow64]

Formatics (We eat cockroaches, we don't trade with them)
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We wouldn't have accepted, as we don't trade with cockroaches either.

OH BURN!

Hey! We are all for peace and prosperity, thank you very much.

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullshit.

 

[mayor]

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullshit.

ahum, we said we are willing to go to those peacetalks of measure 3 of the resolution something

 

[NinjaCow64]

ahum, we said we are willing to go to those peacetalks of measure 3 of the resolution something

You want peace? Surrender every centemeter of land that you have taken during this war, then there will be peace.

 

[mayor]

I seem to have accepted to a peaceconference which would be held... somewhere... were we can discuss our grievances with a clear mind.
I, for one, am planning to wait until that conference to talk about peace. Who is to say we can trust Formatics, after all you aren't even a people

 

[JohannaK]

Lessee...
Catalonia (47$)
Buy a Soylent Inc. share and a Riccio and a NOD share(7$)
Buy two armies(10$) and a navy.(10$)
Rest into industry(20$). Lower tariffs to 15%, rise taxes to 25%.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Nicky Parlouzer

Reporting for the Kane Broadcasting Company (Subsidiary of Riccio Corp.)

Growing Rifts in Ideology

The Union of Nations has fulfilled its purpose: a conduit for global grievances. However, it is also showing signs of growing tensions, placed beneath a magnifying glass for the world to view.

As the Formati call for UN intervention to repel the Oz invasion, global ideological currents are rapidly becoming visible. These currents could possibly be just a coincidence, or perhaps they could form into tangible coalitions, and, Ventus forbid, trigger conflict.

On one side of the pivot is the "States' Rights" faction, composed of the Kingdom of China, Katterland, London, and Angola. These states see the UN as too powerful and have sought to limit its power, either entertaining ideas or actually introducing proposals such as eliminating the UN's power to close canals, forcing the independence of its territories, or eliminating the ability of the UN to forcefully end conflicts via the Peacekeeper Corps. From an analytical perspective, the weakening of the UN would prevent a quick resolution to the Australian War, allowing Katterland to grow stronger by proxy. The Bank of England, meanwhile, would become the primary financier of world governments if the World Bank fell as a result of the independence of the UN territories. Whether these are the actual motives of the states, or pure coincidences, remains to be seen.

On the other side is the "Internationalist" faction, embodied by the Formati, Swahili, Bengal, the 501st Legion and the American Empire. This side has sought to maintain the status quo, viewing the UN as an acceptable balance of international responsibility and national sovereignity. Swahili has been most vocal, decrying the proposed measures as attempts to "neuter" the Union and they have been adamant in finding fellow members of the opposition. These states do not seem to have any suspicious motives, but only time will tell. With Bengal's growing influence as the chair of the World Bank and as an upcoming General Secretary, there's no telling what their goals might be.

The pivot itself is the rest of the international community, all pursuing their various interests and voting accordingly. The real question is: when these interests inevitably and irreconcilably collide, will the result be peaceful or violent?

This report is solely an opinion piece and does not represent the views of the KBC, Riccio Corp., or the Most Serene Republic of Riccio.

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My list of orders yet to be given is as follows:

Angola

Brazil
Caribbean
China (Kingdom)
China (Union)
Formatting Crew
Heyre Takrur
Java

London
Louisiana
Oz
Partitionania
Peru
Prussia
Rome
Sahara
Turkestan
501st

 

[NinjaCow64]

I PMed you my orders...

EDIT: Apparently not. Orders resent.

 

[GenMarshall]

The Kingdom of Katterland offers Trade Agreements to Socialist China, Hungary, The Theocracy of China and Coruscant.

The Republic accepts the proposal.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Of the 31 players, 16 have given orders.

Orders lock in 48 hours, folks.

Nations that need to give them:

Angola
Brazil
Caribbean

China (Kingdom)
China (Union)
Takrur

London
Louisiana
Oz
Partitionania
Peru
Prussia
Rome
Sahara
Turkestan

 

[Mosher]

All into industry, use all armies to expand south

 

[Dem Taqat]

News Broadcast by the Bengali Broadcasting Corperation (BBC):

Votes are finally in for the second elections in the history of the Bengali Republic, and the trends from the first time seem to be continueing, with the Socialist and Liberal parties effectively dominating the polls. A number of other smaller parties have gained a share of the vote, but it is so small that they can be counted effectively unimportant in the resolution of disputes. The votes were distributed as followed:

Bengali Liberal Party: 57%
Socialist Party of Bengal: 38%
Workers Party of Bengal: 2%
Glorious Imperial Party of Bengal: 1%
Other Parties: 2%

As such the Liberal Party will be returning to power for a second time, having promised to ensure the strenthening of defences as well as the economy, which has grown dramatically during their first 5 years in office. We're all looking for a repeat of this success, and will be eagerly awaiting signs of results.

In other, International News we questioned representatives from Katterland about the on-going war in Australia. The country's spokespoerson described the situation as 'unfortunate', but expressed confidence that the war would not spread to their part of the continent, despite their opposition in the UN of peacekeeping actions. The Dispute in the UN is now proceeding alongside a dispute about UN control of straits and Canals around the world, and whether the UN should have the power to block them. Described by some as the opening stages of the 'war for the UN', the issue was started by attempts to close the straits to the Empire of China in response to their blockade of Somalia.

DT

 

[topsecret]

Orders sent.

Question/Request: I can't get the map to show up for turn 2, and I have no idea why. Could someone upload it here or on another site?

 

[Tani Coyote]

A transmission has apparently been interrupted from the Soviet Union:

Spoiler :

@ TopSecret:

I use imgur; I'd have no idea why it suddenly decided to not show up.