NES2 III – Tanks, Nukes and Polar Bears

To Russia and Japan
From China

We ask for a NAP.
 
IN WHICH BENELUX MUST PAY

It was a fine January morning in 1930, and our friend was riding down the Champs De Elysees, fetching some bread for his master. The day was sunny, but the wind was quite cold, our friend's face was the hue of a cherry. People were gathering around the street and it started to empty of automobiles and carriages, so M. Julien Thenardiér, curious as always, stopped his bike and walked up to one of them and ask what was going on.

He asked a jolly fat lady, she replied to him that Marechal Pétain and President Doumergue were leading a parade down the avenue to commemorate the founding of the Third International.

"God bless them" She said as she looked out to the road, glorious tricolours waving off every building.

Music started to play from the speakers above. It was particularly uplifting. While Julien was standing there, he noticed an odd man on the otherside of the road. He was wearing an old tarnished trench coat, and a newsbow hat. He had a cigar in his mouth and seemed quite nervous, shaking almost. Julien could perceive, that hanging out of the side pocket, was a belgian flag. This suprised our friend somewhat, but he did not do anything. The parade was about to begin.

The music dimmed down, and then, off the corner of your eye, one could see the Garde Republiqué marching in their stunning uniforms of dark blue. They chanted marching drills as they passed, and the people were ecstatic. The garde waved two military tricolours as they passed, and held their rifles to their chest.

"Vive La France!" The captain of the brigade called.

"VIVE LA FRANCE!!" cheered the crowd.

The people went overwhelmed with pride, men and women cried "Remember 25! REMEMBER 25!"*

Our friend too, found himself yelling with the rest.

Then, came the grand finale.

Marechal Pétain and President Doumergue. The crowd could not bare to control their happiness anymore. Some openly wept, others threw the tricolour into the air screaming praises for the revolution.

The automobile passed. Doumergue was seated, waving to the parisans, while Pétain stood up proudly, waving and yelling cheers. Flowers flooded the Champs de Elysees as the automobile passed. Overzealous citizens prostrated themselves on the ground as it went.

Julien kept his eye on Marechal Pétain, but then in that instant of which is to small to measure by time, a loud bang came from the crowd.

Julien, with his eyes fixed on Pétain, saw a horrible sight indeed.

The Marechal's head recoiled violently as the bullet hit him, right in his forehead. Blood was spouting from his mouth as his flailed in the air, trying to grab his head as his nervous system was being destroyed. He stumbled off the automobile, his dead body twitching here and there on the ground.

Everyone was shocked. The Marechal that had saved France, was no longer. The man who had held off the germans, was no longer there.

There was a hushed silence, as if the unbelievable had happened. Which it did. Then, came the denouncements.

'Traitor!"
"REACTIONARY!" a man cried in the crowd as he wept.

sounds of scuffling emmanated from the mass of people, and then, the belgian man of which we saw earlier, was cast out into the broad avenue, with a gun in his hand.

"Belgians!" Everyone proclaimed in a hush whisper in their head.

Doumergue was shocked most of all. He ran to Pétain's body, and then to the belgian man. The man tried to fire at Doumergue, but he missed. Grendarmes* rushed out with cudgels, and viciously beat the belgian man into submission.

They dragged his body off for interogation.

Doumergue proclaimed January 23rd of every year to be a day of national mourning.

Days later, it was announced, that the man had been a Belgian nationalist, and was secretly working with the Belgian government, The French had found other hitlists all throughout his coat.

On the list, were Germans, French, and even Dutch officials.

Doumergue and the Republican Commune sent off an ultimatum to Benelux, for the pain they had inflicted upon France:

- Benelux will cease to exist, and the nation of the Netherlands will be created.
- Belgium will pay massive reparations totaling 5 economy levels to France.
- Belgium will cede the French Congo to France, as well as Libya.
- Belgium will pay for half of the reparations by buying our Equatorial and West African territories back from the germans, with 3 economy levels, then upon purchase, return the land to France.
- Belgium will officially apoligize to France, and the world.
- If Belgium should not accept this ultimatum, then there would be grave consequences.
- Belgium will henceforth not be allowed to colonize in the future.

And off it went.

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Footnotes:
Grendarmes: Police.
25: 1925, the year of the revolution.
 
To SDN:
From Germany:
We are sorry to inform your people that Germany cant accept your gracefull request at this time
 
TO FRANCE:
FROM GERMANY:
Consider yourself warned, Benelux is under Germany Protection, and attack against them will undermin our NAP
 
To France:
From Germany:

We currently have a very important economic deal w/ Benelux, please sign w/ them a 2 turns NAP. After that you may attack your peaceful neighbor, but as of now, they are under our protection. (till 1932)
 
To France:
If the Dutch wish for a national state, then let them say so themselves. Hungary will not sit idly by and watch French opportunists take advantage of this situation to destroy a free nation and enslave a people. We demand that France withdraw their outrageous demands and come to a more reasonable settlement with Benelux. If France takes military action against Benelux, let them do so in the knowledge that Hungary will stand by Benelux and Germany.
 
The Paris Files: In Which All is Revealed

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Convict No.204566723 , formerly, Pierre de Louis, murderer.

Sentence: EXECUTION by firing squad.

Evidence:

Ex. 1: The Hitlist


As copied from the hitlist obtained by the Grendarmes.
Petain, that vile son of a dog, the stupid French and their communistic ideals. Belgium forever! Ah yes, the Dutch, what a stupid nuiscance they are. Revolting under our rule?! How dare they! The Dutch members of our government must all be killed, only purges will save Benelux.

The Germans aswell, they seek to be our 'protectors'?!? Benelux does not need protectors! We are far grander than they! They will all pay!!

[list of officials has been ommitted to protect them]

Ex. 2: The Gun

The gun was procured from the convict at the scene of the crime. It was hot, and had recently been fired. The bullets in the Marechal's head matched with the gun.

Ex. 3: The Confessionary Statement

As written by Convict No. 204566723:

I have indeed killed the man you call a 'marshall' He is a vile pig. Without him, France could have been destroyed in the great war, and belgium could have occupied it all! But alas...

Ex. 4: The Witnesses

Jean Louis Pierre
Bishop Madeliene
Madame L'Engle
Pierre Savoy
Brochard Le Faux
 
Das: to get to the next economic level from say, 'Economic Powerhouse', to 'Monopoly', you would have to spend three points on your economy in one turn, correct?

Yes

IC:

- Benelux will cease to exist, and the nation of the Netherlands will be created.
- Belgium will pay massive reparations totaling 5 economy levels to France.
- Belgium will cede the French Congo to France, as well as Libya.
- Belgium will pay for half of the reparations by buying our Equatorial and West African territories back from the germans, with 3 economy levels, then upon purchase, return the land to France.
- Belgium will officially apoligize to France, and the world.
- If Belgium should not accept this ultimatum, then there would be grave consequences.
- Belgium will henceforth not be allowed to colonize in the future.

But ofcourse - if France is as kind as to:

- Grant independance to Occitania, Brittany, Gascogne and Normandy
- Pay massive reparations of the size of 10 economy levels
- Cede all of its colonies to Benelux.
- Sell all the gained territory to Germans for 3 economy levels and paying us back with all those.
- Apologize to the world.
- Disband its government.

Its just as reasonable as your demands are to us.

Also, as a sidenote, there is NO such thing as a Belgian government, and thus, the assassin had nothing to do with us.
 
So, you agree to our offer? I'm surprised...

Other then that - government of Benelux is NOT Belgian. It has Dutch, Luxemburgian and Belgian officials in it. Our Minister of Finance is Dutch. And we have NOTHING to do with the assassin, no matter what you say.
 
To France:
From Germany:
We care less, we have an economic deal of 3 economy levels in exchange for the largest colony in africa w/ BeNeLux.
It is our deal to sell them this that matters the most to us.

You wouldnt afford 3 economys, if you could, we would gracefully sell them to you. but apparently communism is for the poor nations.
 
To France:
From Germany:
Whatever, we have our deal w/ BeNeLux. Invade BeNeLux before 1932 and you will be declaring war to us.
 
ISRAEL
to France:
You have our full support in this matter. If you got 3 economies to give to germany we will add one more into 4 in order to buy you you old colonies so they could gain freedom under the words of Karl Marx.
 
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