Multipolarity IV Game Thread

[Tani Coyote]

To tide you over until I resume work on the update tomorrow (I’ve done little over half the player orders).

==Looming Cold War in the Pacific==

As Asia descends into the anarchy and chaos of war with the 501st and Leth considering their options given their relationships to Iron China and Hindustan, another flashpoint is making itself known further east. The state of Hawai’i has long been considered by China-Japan to be within its sphere of influence, and up until recently this was true. However, a massive influx of foreign money has been seen in the past few months, with the amount of foreign property more than doubling. While the Japanese own 42% of all foreign property in the country, the Leth stand at 40%, with Antioch at 9% and the Confederacy at 5%. With the Leth and Japan both having a vested interest in maintaining a grip in the centrally-located Hawai’ian islands, the world watches anxiously to see which power will win out in the struggle for the archipelago.

Even further east, Cascadia has remained neutral in the disputes between the Leth and China-Japan, which grow especially heated over topics of race and species as much as money and politics. China-Japan recently increased its share in Cascadia’s industries by a fair amount, but this was overshadowed by the Leth’s own, with the Leth now owning 43% of the country’s foreign property to China-Japan’s 31%. With all other investors owning the rest of the country equally, it is clear the bid for dominance in Cascadia’s economy will be between the two powers.

While China-Japan fields a large naval force, the Leth enjoy great economic power and have clout in the Union of Nations, leading many to wonder how the struggle over Hawai’i (valuable to Japan for its naval position and to the Leth for their democratic stature as well as nearby location) and Cascadia (on the border of both powers and currently amicable to both) will end.

 

[Nukeknockout]

Celebration should be in the air!

Following a series of communiques, the African Union has been formed between the Republic of the Congo & the Benevolent People's Confederate Dictatorship of Tayloristan.

The African Union consists of:
-Only nations within the continent of Africa can ever be member states.
-Guarantees of cooperation & non-aggression between member states.
-Unrestricted trade between members.
-Acceptance of member nation currency as own.
-Unlimited support for member states against powers acting against them, with the exception of aggressive action against member states or powers based in places other than Africa.
-Duty to the African Union supersedes duty to international treaties in all aspects.
-The African Union itself, with the consent of a majority of member states, may form treaties with the UN, other nations, or other Unions.

To: Kenya
From: Tayloristan

We request that you join the African Union. This is entirely voluntary - our alliance will be unaffected should you refuse.

To: Ashanti
From: Tayloristan

We request that you join the African Union. We will still support you if you'd rather not.

Africa for Africans.

 

[Jehoshua]

ooc: sounds awefully like the establishment of a pseudo-state like entity that usurps many aspects of the sovereignty of its members under a hegemonic arrangement under the domination of Tayloristan.

Oh and tani, war is not anarchical in most cases both in intent and in its actual practice. That minor gripe said and put aside however, it should be interesting to see how the East Asia/Pacific dynamic now evolves considering the two prospective "sides" in this cold war are (on the one hand) most of the major human states in the region, against (on the other hand) all the major non-human states with influence in the same aforementioned region (Leth/501st legion). Clearly as such the systematic attempts by the Leth and the 501st to subversively purchase financially overwhelming influence and leverage over innocent and defenceless human states in the East Asia region and the Pacific (The 501st as you know did the same sort of money splurge as the Leth) is a sign of a co-ordinated non-human plan to gain dominion and domination over humanity and hegemony over world affairs, and is at any rate an indicator that the non-human menace is the key source of instability in the world today. This clear reality only reaffirms the fundamentally defensive nature of the Golden Hordes pre-emptive actions in Hindustan, and the core linkages between the Hawaiian situation to the East Asian conflicts!

 

[Nukeknockout]

ooc: sounds awefully like the establishment of a pseudo-state like entity that usurps many aspects of the sovereignty of its members under a hegemonic arrangement under the domination of Tayloristan.

That isn't actually the intent - at a minimum, by virtue of power dynamics, Congo is an equal partner.

Closer to the true intent is a Union established for bargaining purposes with the outside world and for the economic benefit of African powers. Of course the potential for misuse exists - but hopefully there'll be enough of us who remember the benevolent and utterly non-manipulative reasoning behind the Union.

Africa for Africans.

OOC: I will admit a significant influence of the African Union is following Tayloristan's existing policy of keeping Asian, American, European, and so forth powers out of Africa.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Never mind as an outside observer it makes sense, when you see the likes of Argentine monopoly on South America.

The Socotran Dream: Waking Up

Socotrans number close to 10,000 and have been the target of numerous ambitious colonization plans, particularly from the 501st and Kingdom of Iceland-Norway. Each country was said to be dispatching expeditionary forces to occupy the island and set it up as a jointly-guaranteed independent Socotra, but the 501st has arrived to find nobody on the island but themselves.

With the Scandinavians busy fighting a war among themselves, that is unlikely to change. The 501st has de facto control over the island, and whether they decide to go with the original plan of an independent Socotra or take advantage of lack of interest on Iceland-Norway’s part remains to be seen.

 

[Sonereal]

Huzzah. The Court evaded two regional updates. That must mean I've done something right.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

That isn't actually the intent - at a minimum, by virtue of power dynamics, Congo is an equal partner.

Closer to the true intent is a Union established for bargaining purposes with the outside world and for the economic benefit of African powers. Of course the potential for misuse exists - but hopefully there'll be enough of us who remember the benevolent and utterly non-manipulative reasoning behind the Union.

Africa for Africans.

OOC: I will admit a significant influence of the African Union is following Tayloristan's existing policy of keeping Asian, American, European, and so forth powers out of Africa.

While the Roman Empire of Cape Verde agrees with the hypothesis of containing other powers out of Africa...We can see through your hegemonistic and ipmerialistic ways that this is a conspiracy that could not care less about Africa but present themselves as its liberators! In response to that we sacrificed a goat to mighty emperor Nero and we now create The Alliance of the Civilized (AoC).

To Morocco, Libya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Namibia, Angola, Gabon and Egypt:
From Cape:
Join our glorious and cultured alliance....oppose the barbarians at our gates! We do not wish to rule over you...those are lies from the hordes to the east. The Eastern Hordes wish to break through our civilized gates but they shall not as our union and our holiness Nero shall smite them down. If you do not join this decentralized alliance I guarantee you you will be slowly pillaged by the barbarians of Tayloristan. His union is centralized in his and Congos hands thus he will have complete control. My proposition is the following.
-A Senate with 3 members from each nation
-Leader nation is elected every 5 years
-Prevention of foreign expansion into Africa
-Pacifism
-The Expansion of our civilization to other continents and uncivilized peoples (see Tayloristan)
-Mutual assistance

 

[KaiserElectric]

Oh and tani, war is not anarchical in most cases both in intent and in its actual practice. That minor gripe said and put aside, it should be interesting to see how the east asia/pacific dynamic now evolves considering the two prospective "sides" in this cold war are most of the major human states, against all the major non-human states with influence in the region (Leth/501st legion). Clearly the systematic attempts by the Leth and the 501st to subversively purchase financially overwhelming influence and leverage over innocent and defenceless human states in East Asia and the Pacific (The 501st as you know did the same sort of money splurge as the Leth) is a sign of a co-ordinated non-human plan to gain dominion and domination over the humanity and hegemony over world affairs, and is an indicator that the non-human menace is the key source of instability in the world today, with this clear reality only reaffirming the fundamentally defensive nature of the Golden Hordes pre-emptive actions in Hindustan, and the core linkages between the Hawaiian situation and the East Asian conflicts!

I've read in early texts that some men would become possessed and speak in tongues. Is that the cause of this nonsense spewed forth?

 

[Sonereal]

Probably a good a time as any to mention the Court is selling $100 bonds this year that mature next turn to $125.

 

[Jehoshua]

I've read in early texts that some men would become possessed and speak in tongues. Is that the cause of this nonsense spewed forth?

ooc: I suppose its too late to give you an education in the higher mysteries of the English language if you cannot comprehend the subtleties of what I am saying. Alternatively, if it is the content of my previously elucidated message that you without any substantial logical rationale call nonsense, the clear inability of evidence on your part to prove the conspiracy hypothesis incorrect (the hypothesis itself having clear evidence in terms of the obvious manifestations of Leth and 501st Legion policy) clearly, CLEARLY, shows the fallaciousness of your assertion of nonsensicality, and indicates the inherent rightness of my position. This tangentially also suggests that your intellectual and cognitive faculties were somehow damaged when you took up the mantle of the Leth, a self-evidently inferior race rightly subordinated to the dominion of Man. This matter merits further study

 

[Nukeknockout]

-A Senate with 3 members from each nation
-Leader nation is elected every 5 years
-Prevention of foreign expansion into Africa
-Pacifism
-The Expansion of our civilization to other continents and uncivilized peoples (see Tayloristan)
-Mutual assistance

1) There is no need for a senate if all member nations are equal partners.
2) See above. Equal partners, no "leader" state.
3) This is best accomplished by a network of friendship allegiances, and a universal commitment to "Live and let live, except when it comes to our friends."
4) Given recent events and the content of the rest of the AoC proposal, Tayloristan feels confident in calling this point a blatant lie.
5) Tayloristan notes that this point is in violation of the "Live and let live" proposal, which is the best way of maintaining peace between Africa and the rest of the world.
6) The caveat to mutual assistance should be "Except in aggressive action". The African Union is a social/economic/defensive alliance between African nations. The Alliance of the Civilized is clearly an aggressive proposal intended to employ Cape Verde with the power to bring nations other than city-states under the iron boot of its "Emperor".

To: Africa
Ultimately, it doesn't matter who rules - only that the right thing be done. War is not a good thing - and the African Union's rules do not allow for it starting a war, only for preserving the peace, hanging on to security and prosperity for our sons and daughters for as long as possible without giving up our rights. Equally important to not giving up our rights is not trying to take away the rights of others. Everyone is entitled to self-determination - that is, everyone gets to choose what they do next. Cape Verde got to choose when it received this mad decree from its Emperor, Tayloristan got to choose whether it would stand up for what it believed in and offer the Post-State of Ashanti the right to choose whether it ceased to exist, Kenya had the right to choose whether it supported Ashanti or Cape Verde or did nothing. Even in our recent dialogue with the Congo, they always had the right to choose - if they had not wished to form this union with us, they would not be listed as a founding partner.

Never in its entire history has Tayloristan attempted to infringe upon another people's self-determination. The African Union is our brain child - of course it will mirror our philosophy to a point. And if we've learned anything from the Leth, even dramatically different cultures can come together to form a working relationship based on respect care without letting the little things get in the way. Little things like people who look different, or act different, or dress different.

This "Alliance of the Civilized" is either a throwaway proposal intended to thwart the African Union (See its contradiction of points, above) or its more likely an attempt to bring other powers under Cape Verde's control. Should they succeed, given Cape Verde's obsession with "culture" and their belief that there is only one proper culture, they will force any country which joins this alliance to structure its government and society to match Cape Verde's. If a nation allows its culture to be determined and ordered and destroyed by a foreign power, isn't that a form of extinction?

Nations are defined by their people, by how they look, act, smell, dress, speak. By what they do with their leisure time, by what challenges they face. In a lot of ways, the government doesn't matter so much. If a nation allows a foreign nation to order the former nation's culture into a neat little box, then isn't that giving up who they are? Doesn't a nation truly cease to exist when its people are destroyed?

So the question I pose to Africa is:

What do you want to believe in? Africa for Africans, or Submission is Preferable to Extinction?

Tayloristan made its choice when Cape Verde attacked Ashanti without reason or provocation. Kenya made its choice when it agreed to form a military alliance with Tayloristan. For Ashanti, they chose to fight against impossible odds. The Congo has chosen, or has told us they will choose, to stand for the defense and self-determination of all African nations. Even Cape Verde chose to heed its Emperor's mad, senseless decree rather than throw him out.

In ancient times, Africa was controlled by powers of Europe, of Asia, of America. It won't be again - we're choosing this time, and there is no point in revenge.

Africa for Africans.

 

[Sonereal]

Africa was controlled by Asian powers? I don't know what continuity we're in anymore.

 

[Nukeknockout]

Africa was controlled by Asian powers? I don't know what continuity we're in anymore.

OOC: Or Tayloristan does not have access to comprehensive pre-cataclysm records and is making a reasonable extrapolation based on what it does know.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

This "Alliance of the Civilized" is either a throwaway proposal intended to thwart the African Union (See its contradiction of points, above) or its more likely an attempt to bring other powers under Cape Verde's control. Should they succeed, given Cape Verde's obsession with "culture" and their belief that there is only one proper culture, they will force any country which joins this alliance to structure its government and society to match Cape Verde's. If a nation allows its culture to be determined and ordered and destroyed by a foreign power, isn't that a form of extinction?

Africa for Africans.

The one and only thing I may request is that in every temple or religious building they put a gold statue of Nero.

 

[Patchy]

The one and only thing I may request is that in every temple or religious building they put a gold statue of Nero.

Yeah, good luck with that. At least you'd be fighting poverty by giving them a large block of gold that they can take chunks out of.

 

[Nukeknockout]

The one and only thing I may request is that in every temple or religious building they put a gold statue of Nero.

So to adopt you as a god and give you unlimited support in your wars of aggression. We consider our point proved.

Yeah, good luck with that. At least you'd be fighting poverty by giving them a large block of gold that they can take chunks out of.

I wonder if we can get him to start shipping those statues to us. A lot of electronic equipment needs gold.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

Im not forcing them, its just that everyone should accept Nero as the greatest being ever to walk on this earth. Also if gold is necessary Nero will send it from the heavens along with more theaters and palaces.

 

[Nukeknockout]

Im not forcing them

Empirical evidence (RE: Ashanti) proves this part of Cape Verde's response is a blatant lie.

The rest of it is merely morally dissolute, which by itself is not grounds for corrective action.

 

[Kinich-Ahau]

Never mind as an outside observer it makes sense, when you see the likes of Argentine monopoly on South America.

The Socotran Dream: Waking Up

Socotrans number close to 10,000 and have been the target of numerous ambitious colonization plans, particularly from the 501st and Kingdom of Iceland-Norway. Each country was said to be dispatching expeditionary forces to occupy the island and set it up as a jointly-guaranteed independent Socotra, but the 501st has arrived to find nobody on the island but themselves.

With the Scandinavians busy fighting a war among themselves, that is unlikely to change. The 501st has de facto control over the island, and whether they decide to go with the original plan of an independent Socotra or take advantage of lack of interest on Iceland-Norway’s part remains to be seen.

The 501st Legion does not go back on their word; Socotra shall be an independent state, as previously agreed upon.

As a continuation of the above point, the 501st Legion has previously agreed to protect Hindustan & Iron China from aggression; as such, the Golden Horde & Mongolia have 24 hours to withdraw from Hindustan & Iron China- if they do not withdraw, then the 501st Legion shall be considered to be in a state of war with the Horde & the Mongols.

 

[Sonereal]

Link to video.