MADAGASCAR!
President Sergov was sitting in the dark room, his thoughts to himself. A light danced above his head as it headed towards the big white screen in front of him, projecting a black and white image of the war in Brazil, the first war footage ever captured upon camera. This was a news broadcast, the first of its kind in the world, in the Grand Primi, the largest theater in the world located in Sarinosko. He watched as Madagascar and DU forces, fasioned with the white helmet of the DU force, advanced through the dense jungles of the Amazon. It seemed as if they could have swam through the density of bullets fired at them; but they had the knowledge and training of Madagascar, and used it to hide behind trees, rocks, or equipment before advancing. It was sheer genious what entertainment scientists had derived of in Madagascar. A sure bonus of the independent science of what was a capitalist society combined with a democratic institution.
But the war in Brazil was not the only thing on his mind. The world had changed. And Madagascar was about to go through a huge change itself. This was Sergov's last year in office. His last year, officially should have been 1920, but the Senate and House had agreed to grant him an extension of year, to make sure the things in in Brazil and Africa were being taken care of. And since things were finally beginning to go the nation's way, it was time for Sergov to settle down, and to hand the reigns of Madagascar over to a new and youthful president, hopefully a president with new ideas. The age of Sergov Madagascar was over.
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The streets were full of black-suited business men, scrambling about in the hype of what was Madagascar's 4th presidential election. The race had been a tight one, between two democratic parties: the republicans and the labor party. Each had support from nearly half of the country, and both nominees were charismatic and had a full, different view for the future of Madagascar.
The republican nominee was a guy by the name of Alexander Petree, a man of Russian descent from the capital city. He ran on the platform of the republican party, which stressed less involvment in foriegn fairs, and of which critisized the Sergov administration's decision of war in Brazil. The also stressed high tariffs, creating a homebase economy that meant less dependency on the international market. They stressed moral values, minimum wage, and conservatism. Petree himself had put in place a model for the next years of Madagascar: withdrawal from the Democratic Union, withdrawal from the occupation in Brazil, and finishing the war in Africa as quick as possible. He also centralized relations with Russia as the highest priority, and that dealings with the communists, as the past administration had done en mass, is to be kept at a bare minimum of peace treaty.
Now, the total opposite would be the labor party's candidate, a Alec Lenin. Also a Russian descendent (as is 80% of the population of Madagascar), Lenin is from the city of Toliera, ironically the rival of Petree's Sarinosko. This man praises the past administration's handling of the Black Army and of the Oceanian threat. He also is of good feelings for relations with the commitern and Russia alike. He agrees that the future of Madagascar lie in international dealings, including high trade. Madagascar is a small island, he explains, yet our wealth is enormous. We have not the resources, but we do the wealth. He thinks the argument of limited isolationism, as believed in by the republicans, would ruin the industrial might that Madagascar has accumulated for over two decades. Minimum wage is to be kept at a minimum, he explains, so that the industry can continue to grow. Only why we have reached our maximum capacity is when the constrains to growth, such as eight hour work day and minimum wage, can be established. Lenin's plans for Madagascar include further cooperation with the Commitern, continued trade with Russia, further devolopment of the oil industry, finished war in South America and dealing with the Liberian-Congo crises.
The elections were held in March, 1901. The results were tallied by April 10th. The next president of the Madagascaran Republic, by way of popular vote, is republican candidate Alexander Petree. Carrying Sarinosko and the northern provinces, Petree was able to assure his victory by holding to the most populated region of the island. As his first act, he finally signed the two-year old bill stating the withdrawal of Madagascar from the DU, passed by Congress on the eve of the war in Brazil. His second act was demolising the relations with the Commitern, and declaring he would not hear anymore "commie talk."
However, on May 20th, 1901, a press discovery would change all this, and change it before it took affect. After stumbling upon the official ballots for a newspaper and movie production, reporter Das Andreev discovered the miscalculated tally of the island chain of the Sychelles. And since the election was won by barely 2%, these islands would put Lenin over the top for a majority lead. Recounting and ruling, the judges of the supreme court ordered the abdication of Petree, which was done quietly, and the coronation of Alec Lenin.
His first act was the tearing up of the bills signed by Petree, and they were never heard from again.
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Lenin had some work to do, and he was ready. The world was a mess, and it was up to him to set it straight for Madagascar. His first duty was to inquire to Russia upon what DU forces were doing in America. He would do this via a letter, and perhaps a DU Summit in Toliera.
He also knew that what was started in Brazil must be finished. He then concluded that more forces would be needed, and he was prepared to address the issue and perhaps plea for more forces to join the White Helmets at the DU Summit.
Lenin had some hard time in front of him, but he was ready, and excited.
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To Russia
From Madagascar
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