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Just popping in to say that I'm not rejoining; Wallachia is open for anyone to claim.
The Spirit of Man: Brave New World!
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Robert Can't
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I've completely forgotten how I rendered the little grids I'm using on the map.
I can't even remember if they have a name or something that I could google.
Edit: Worked it out, update tomorrow morning so long as the phone calls I get are good.
I can't even remember if they have a name or something that I could google.
Edit: Worked it out, update tomorrow morning so long as the phone calls I get are good.
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Cristóbal Guerrero, Minister of Transportation, made sure the trains ran on time. Lately, his crusade against delay has largely been on the former country of Cuba. Guerrero disembarked from the train. The heavyset Dominican had one of the three government cars to himself. True to form, the quality of his afternoon meal was average. The Politburo back in Haiti determined that chefs and valuable, delicious ingredients, were to be reserved for restaurants. It costs one Hour to eat in nearly any restaurant in Cuba, regardless of the meal (extra portions, however, do increase the Hours). However, this doesn't mean people don't pay a quarter hour or two extra to make sure the meal arrives more equal than usual.
But it wouldn't matter how many Hours changed hands on this trip, because the chef simply lacked the tools.
Guerrero shuffled into Havana and got into the carriage waiting for him outside the depot. The carriage took him into the heart of Havana. The roads here were cobbled and poor, and the storefronts very uniformed with only personal touches helping distinguish one shoemaker from another. The personal touches are paid for by the "skill" wage paid to the shoemakers, as well as other craft jobs.
The Skill Wage is a contentious issue. Every person in the country that works is paid in a currency called Hours, with one Hour being equal to one Hour's work, which can be subdivided into Minutes, Quarter Hours, Half Hours, etc. Now, to take the shoemakers as an example, the hardliners believe that the government should only issue an amount of rations equal to the the needs of the shoemaker. The shoemaker, they say, should have enough material to create his average number of shoes (adjusted by the month, not year, not anymore at least) and an extra amount that is capable of feeding himself and any legally recognized dependent. If a woman has no husband and three children, she would receive extra Hours for her three children dependent on them going to school. However, if that woman is unionized with a man, her extra Hours are halved, as the other half would be added to his income.
The Skill Wage is a "bonus" given to skilled workers. Many factory jobs used to only require pressing of buttons or, more likely, dangerous and repetitive work, but there has been a drive since the formation of the PRC for safer working conditions and safety regulations, which also led to a higher-than-usual mechanization of Caribbean industry.
Well, at first.
The Skill Wage use to only apply to skilled work and professional work, such as bureaucrats and doctors. Usually, the Skill Wage is an extra 5 to 20% extra Hours on top of the ration Hours. As time went on, the system because a tool by the government to promote "pop promotion and demotion". For instance, when the government needs more doctors, it will increase the skill wage for health-related professors and teachers.
The moderates suggest that the Skill Wage also promotes Caribbean culture and keeps people competitive, something the hardliners are deadly against, at least for the latter point.
Guerrero figured himself a supporter of the Skill Wage, but the system does need reformed. With more and more factory workers being put on the street, the regional governments have been reporting higher number of "public work" programs which, in reality, exist to keep the hordes of angry jobless people off the street. However, some of these public work programs offer skill wages despite there being so many men and women willing to work for just the base wage of one hour for one Hour.
More problematic is that some are turning a profit. One man, Roldán De La Fuente, is officially listed as unemployed, but is one of the hardest working men in the city according to the number of Hours under his belt. As a matter of fact, he seems to do the work of a hundred men every day! Fuente was once a government employee who saved up his skilled wage Hours. One day, he must've found out that the Citizen Importation System could be used to his advantage. Fuente would use his extra Hours and put an order in the CIS to import a handful of luxury goods. The luxury goods are only marked up a few Minutes for an Hour due to the CIS only being allowed to bring in enough to sustain itself and potentially expand if orders become heavier.
Fuente made the CIS rich however. Legally, Fuente couldn't sell the goods he had bought without a permit, something no government official would normally allow. So what does Fuente do? Applied to become a CIS Agent-in-the-Field, a position that until the day of his hiring in 1909, did not exist. As AitF, he could now sell those luxury goods to the populace and, because of the CIS's original rules, he could put the goods up with a further mark up in prices.
All his wages, of course, went to the CIS, who just happened to control his rationing and if he retained a large portion of his original Hours minus an amount the CIS deems "unnecessary", no one batted an eye. This went on for three years until the hardliners caught wind of it and started pressing for a purge of corruption within the CIS. Oh the arguments and the lack of action other than moving Fuente to a new department subject to rules everybody else has to follow.
Guerrero noticed that Fuente was allowed to keep his "ill-gained" Hours.
The carriage pulled up to the Ministry of the Interior Building in Central Havana, which also housed his beloved Ministry of Transportation. He got out and the carriage driver gave a theatrical cough and held out a hand. Guerrero sighed and tipped the driver twenty Minutes, and the driver bowed his head and drove away.
No one may be starving in the Caribbean anymore, Guerrero thought, but that still doesn't mean all men are eating the same meal at dinner time. And with that, he rushed to the cafeteria.
From: People's Republic of the Caribbean
To: People of the Papal States and Kingdom of Two Sicilies
Here we see a major justification, but not cause, of war. The monarchist power that is Sicily is using nationalism and religion as justification for imperialism. However, what does the soldiers in such a war gain? Truly, you workers, the lifeblood of your countries, don't wish to export the horrendous inequality that is your political and economic system to the Papal States.
Then we have the people of the Papal States who can't put a finger on the improvements that gain from Sicily, the same way they can't see the light at the end of the tunnel in regards to the direction the Papal States is taken. Wars have been waged on the peninsula with petty nationalism and religion as justifications, but the only just war is a war intended to overthrow the aristocrats, capitalists, and clergy that seek to keep you subjugated and mesmerized.
Fight and kill for your family and your fellow worker regardless of nationality, ethnicity, or creed, but don't fight and kill for a monarch who will gladly throw your lives away in the name of nationalism and imperialism.
But it wouldn't matter how many Hours changed hands on this trip, because the chef simply lacked the tools.
Guerrero shuffled into Havana and got into the carriage waiting for him outside the depot. The carriage took him into the heart of Havana. The roads here were cobbled and poor, and the storefronts very uniformed with only personal touches helping distinguish one shoemaker from another. The personal touches are paid for by the "skill" wage paid to the shoemakers, as well as other craft jobs.
The Skill Wage is a contentious issue. Every person in the country that works is paid in a currency called Hours, with one Hour being equal to one Hour's work, which can be subdivided into Minutes, Quarter Hours, Half Hours, etc. Now, to take the shoemakers as an example, the hardliners believe that the government should only issue an amount of rations equal to the the needs of the shoemaker. The shoemaker, they say, should have enough material to create his average number of shoes (adjusted by the month, not year, not anymore at least) and an extra amount that is capable of feeding himself and any legally recognized dependent. If a woman has no husband and three children, she would receive extra Hours for her three children dependent on them going to school. However, if that woman is unionized with a man, her extra Hours are halved, as the other half would be added to his income.
The Skill Wage is a "bonus" given to skilled workers. Many factory jobs used to only require pressing of buttons or, more likely, dangerous and repetitive work, but there has been a drive since the formation of the PRC for safer working conditions and safety regulations, which also led to a higher-than-usual mechanization of Caribbean industry.
Well, at first.
The Skill Wage use to only apply to skilled work and professional work, such as bureaucrats and doctors. Usually, the Skill Wage is an extra 5 to 20% extra Hours on top of the ration Hours. As time went on, the system because a tool by the government to promote "pop promotion and demotion". For instance, when the government needs more doctors, it will increase the skill wage for health-related professors and teachers.
The moderates suggest that the Skill Wage also promotes Caribbean culture and keeps people competitive, something the hardliners are deadly against, at least for the latter point.
Guerrero figured himself a supporter of the Skill Wage, but the system does need reformed. With more and more factory workers being put on the street, the regional governments have been reporting higher number of "public work" programs which, in reality, exist to keep the hordes of angry jobless people off the street. However, some of these public work programs offer skill wages despite there being so many men and women willing to work for just the base wage of one hour for one Hour.
More problematic is that some are turning a profit. One man, Roldán De La Fuente, is officially listed as unemployed, but is one of the hardest working men in the city according to the number of Hours under his belt. As a matter of fact, he seems to do the work of a hundred men every day! Fuente was once a government employee who saved up his skilled wage Hours. One day, he must've found out that the Citizen Importation System could be used to his advantage. Fuente would use his extra Hours and put an order in the CIS to import a handful of luxury goods. The luxury goods are only marked up a few Minutes for an Hour due to the CIS only being allowed to bring in enough to sustain itself and potentially expand if orders become heavier.
Fuente made the CIS rich however. Legally, Fuente couldn't sell the goods he had bought without a permit, something no government official would normally allow. So what does Fuente do? Applied to become a CIS Agent-in-the-Field, a position that until the day of his hiring in 1909, did not exist. As AitF, he could now sell those luxury goods to the populace and, because of the CIS's original rules, he could put the goods up with a further mark up in prices.
All his wages, of course, went to the CIS, who just happened to control his rationing and if he retained a large portion of his original Hours minus an amount the CIS deems "unnecessary", no one batted an eye. This went on for three years until the hardliners caught wind of it and started pressing for a purge of corruption within the CIS. Oh the arguments and the lack of action other than moving Fuente to a new department subject to rules everybody else has to follow.
Guerrero noticed that Fuente was allowed to keep his "ill-gained" Hours.
The carriage pulled up to the Ministry of the Interior Building in Central Havana, which also housed his beloved Ministry of Transportation. He got out and the carriage driver gave a theatrical cough and held out a hand. Guerrero sighed and tipped the driver twenty Minutes, and the driver bowed his head and drove away.
No one may be starving in the Caribbean anymore, Guerrero thought, but that still doesn't mean all men are eating the same meal at dinner time. And with that, he rushed to the cafeteria.
From: People's Republic of the Caribbean
To: People of the Papal States and Kingdom of Two Sicilies
Here we see a major justification, but not cause, of war. The monarchist power that is Sicily is using nationalism and religion as justification for imperialism. However, what does the soldiers in such a war gain? Truly, you workers, the lifeblood of your countries, don't wish to export the horrendous inequality that is your political and economic system to the Papal States.
Then we have the people of the Papal States who can't put a finger on the improvements that gain from Sicily, the same way they can't see the light at the end of the tunnel in regards to the direction the Papal States is taken. Wars have been waged on the peninsula with petty nationalism and religion as justifications, but the only just war is a war intended to overthrow the aristocrats, capitalists, and clergy that seek to keep you subjugated and mesmerized.
Fight and kill for your family and your fellow worker regardless of nationality, ethnicity, or creed, but don't fight and kill for a monarch who will gladly throw your lives away in the name of nationalism and imperialism.
christos200
Never tell me the odds
(The Kingdom of Two Sicilies does not even bother to reply to the criminal state that murders the Caribbean people.)
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"As opposed to murdering the Italian people?" General-Secretary Alita Sastre asks in an open letter. "The monarchy, realizing that its justifications are both hollow and serve only to sacrifice the poor in order to bolster the profits of the aristocracy, has resorted to flat out ignoring the people. This is no way for a reportedly civilized country to behave and if the King of Sicily does not want to be brought before international ridicule and criticism, he should consider refraining from performing actions that makes his later statements seem ironic.
The War in Italy is an attempt at mass murder of Italians who, for no other reason than conscription, are forced to fight for a man who wouldn't send his own sons into a pitched battle. Of course, I fully expect by this time tomorrow the Sicilian government will issue a statement regarding a prince suddenly joining the army only to be shuffled into a rear unit far away from real combat. The government will call this proof of the aristocracy's unity of the people."
christos200
Never tell me the odds
If you want to know, the government is elected, unlike yours. We are a constitutional monarchy and the power is in the hands of the elected parliament. Have you ever had real elections? Or are you to bussy starving your people to death?
Italy shall be unified!
Italy shall be unified!
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Ah yes, the PRC is very familiar with "constitutional" monarchies. The only difference between a constitutional democracy and a presidential dictatorship is naming conventions.
The PRC does not need elections. As per standard, democracy is simply a transitional state between corrupted states like Sicily and proper, socialist states, like the PRC.
Again, the only reason for your "justified" war is that the king wants more land and the nobles want more money, unless we're to believe your members of parliament are all elected our from the working class and not the gentry.
Therefore, points are missed and we do note that your stated reasons for the war, namely nationalism and religion, are both flawed and lies in order to hide the real reason, which is the obtainment of wealth and destruction of the lower class.
The difference is night and day. Every Sicilian official message drips with violence and thoughts of violence instead of anything constructive or productive.
christos200
Never tell me the odds
The people elect the Parliament. And there are no Nobles. We are a modern state. Unlike you, who are an absolute monarchy in all but name. And the war is not to take land, but to free the Italians living in the Papal States. They are our brothers and must be freed.
mechaerik
Tuturuu!
August 26th, 1912
Booker T. Washington rode in his carriage. He was going to a late night meeting with the Director of War regarding the General Reconnaissance Unit's use of troops for domestic policing. With him in the carriage was the Unit Director, John Callahan. The trip would take several hours; the headquarters of the Directorate of War was not located in the capital, but rather in a nearby city. It was getting dark. Problems and delays in the city had lead the two men to leave later than they had originally intended.
"Booker, I'm telling you, we're doing the right thing. We cannot allow the paramilitaries to organize further, and in doing that, we need to take measures that some might consider distasteful."
"John, now that the Freedom Party has been legalized, we cannot allow you to break up their meetings like that. Besides, remember our talk last month? I told you I'd be introducing legislation to reduce the GRU's powers, and make them more open and transparent. I gave you advance warning once already and you didn't pay it any heed; John, you need to halt operations like this so that the hammer doesn't come down too hard on your heads when it falls."
"Booker, I know what you said. But ever since the Freedom Party was allowed to openly operate, the paramilitaries' recruiting efforts have kicked into high gear. We've broken up more plots in the last month than we did in the year before it. I want you to see why you need us, and if you don't, then I want to make sure that we take as many of the paramilitaries with us as we can."
"You're exaggerating. You predicted that huge chunks of the Southern Party would defect. They haven't."
"Not yet. Our intelligence suggests that they're waiting fo-"
"John, are your agents spying on the other political parties again? You know I don't want you doing that."
"Its the only way to be safe from internal threats. The most dangerous enemies are the ones you don't even know are hostile."
"I don't like you referring to members of our government as enemies. Lord knows I'll get enough of that when we get to the Directorate. You and Luke just cannot stop fi-"
Booker T. Washington's words were cut off by an explosion. "What the devil?"
John Callahan silenced him, and called out to the driver. Before the driver could answer, a gunshot was heard.
"Oh Christ."
"What's going on, John?"
John Callahan drew a revolver from inside his coat. He took a deep breath and spoke calmly. "We're under attack, Booker. Stay down, I'm going to poke outside."
He exited the carriage with his revolver drawn, keeping a low profile. He tried to predict where the ambushers would be hiding, drawing on his experience from what felt like a lifetime ago, when he was on the wrong side of the law. Before the Martian Invasion. Keeping low, he tried to pinpoint where the gunfire had come from. Nothing happened. He picked himself up and tried to see to the other side.
Immediately another crack of gunfire sounded, and he dropped back down.
"Blast, they have us pinned down." He looked around again, this time trying to find a place that the pair of them could flee to. Nothing. He got back in the carriage and got low.
"Well Booker. All we can do is buckle down here and hope there's five or less of them."
"Five?"
"That's how many bullets I have in my revolver. If they've got more men than that... well. Booker, its been an honor to serve under you."
He could hear men approaching the carriage.
"Its been an honor to know you, John."
The door to the carriage burst open.
Booker T. Washington rode in his carriage. He was going to a late night meeting with the Director of War regarding the General Reconnaissance Unit's use of troops for domestic policing. With him in the carriage was the Unit Director, John Callahan. The trip would take several hours; the headquarters of the Directorate of War was not located in the capital, but rather in a nearby city. It was getting dark. Problems and delays in the city had lead the two men to leave later than they had originally intended.
"Booker, I'm telling you, we're doing the right thing. We cannot allow the paramilitaries to organize further, and in doing that, we need to take measures that some might consider distasteful."
"John, now that the Freedom Party has been legalized, we cannot allow you to break up their meetings like that. Besides, remember our talk last month? I told you I'd be introducing legislation to reduce the GRU's powers, and make them more open and transparent. I gave you advance warning once already and you didn't pay it any heed; John, you need to halt operations like this so that the hammer doesn't come down too hard on your heads when it falls."
"Booker, I know what you said. But ever since the Freedom Party was allowed to openly operate, the paramilitaries' recruiting efforts have kicked into high gear. We've broken up more plots in the last month than we did in the year before it. I want you to see why you need us, and if you don't, then I want to make sure that we take as many of the paramilitaries with us as we can."
"You're exaggerating. You predicted that huge chunks of the Southern Party would defect. They haven't."
"Not yet. Our intelligence suggests that they're waiting fo-"
"John, are your agents spying on the other political parties again? You know I don't want you doing that."
"Its the only way to be safe from internal threats. The most dangerous enemies are the ones you don't even know are hostile."
"I don't like you referring to members of our government as enemies. Lord knows I'll get enough of that when we get to the Directorate. You and Luke just cannot stop fi-"
Booker T. Washington's words were cut off by an explosion. "What the devil?"
John Callahan silenced him, and called out to the driver. Before the driver could answer, a gunshot was heard.
"Oh Christ."
"What's going on, John?"
John Callahan drew a revolver from inside his coat. He took a deep breath and spoke calmly. "We're under attack, Booker. Stay down, I'm going to poke outside."
He exited the carriage with his revolver drawn, keeping a low profile. He tried to predict where the ambushers would be hiding, drawing on his experience from what felt like a lifetime ago, when he was on the wrong side of the law. Before the Martian Invasion. Keeping low, he tried to pinpoint where the gunfire had come from. Nothing happened. He picked himself up and tried to see to the other side.
Immediately another crack of gunfire sounded, and he dropped back down.
"Blast, they have us pinned down." He looked around again, this time trying to find a place that the pair of them could flee to. Nothing. He got back in the carriage and got low.
"Well Booker. All we can do is buckle down here and hope there's five or less of them."
"Five?"
"That's how many bullets I have in my revolver. If they've got more men than that... well. Booker, its been an honor to serve under you."
He could hear men approaching the carriage.
"Its been an honor to know you, John."
The door to the carriage burst open.
Robert Can't
Éponine
Update incoming
Robert Can't
Éponine
A Year in Review
1912
1912
The Undiscovered Country
After decades of war and bitter fighting peace finally reigns in China. Canton has made peace with the Loyalists after a communist march and strike left the country's economy in dire straits.
Now that the peace has been formally agreed upon this opens up new opportunities to China. Even now the faction calling themselves the nationalists have begun to spread their ideas of a unified China.
New Technologies, New Ideas
Four major developments in technology have been made in the past year the first of which was by an Icelandic inventor who developed a new method of ship propulsion using steam turbines. Now adopted by the Icelandic Navy this makes their ships unparalleled in speed. A new class of battleship is emerging from this discovery. Analysts suggest it could be the start of a naval arms race.
In Birmingham a young clerk found a way to adapt typewriters for electric operation. This has allowed for speedier typography and is being used by the authorities to increase output of pro-government literature.
A new type of bolt being called the Stem bolt has been invented in Istanbul, this will allow for better construction of factories in the future and is well suited for the cramped conditions of Istanbul.
German dye production techniques continue to be the best in the world and they have also continued to refine their steel production and techniques for making other goods.
India fears the Communist
Communist rebellions in Madras, Assam and Orissa have disrupted the tea trade causing a major price increase. Socialism seems to be gathering increased traction there, it seems Ceylon won't be long as the only Socialist state in the Subcontinent.
The Afl Draft System
Iceland has made great efforts to ensure that its tiny manpower pool does not go to waste by introducing a draft system however unintended consequences included a crash of the Icelandic producing sector as all the skilled young laborers were taken by the draft. Further repercussions are expected especially to the development of the future academia.
The International
Communist leaders meet in Havana to discus the state of affairs in the world.
The Freedom Part Attacks!
Following a daring raid that destroyed Government owned factories in Dixie the Freedom Party has gone further and attacked the CSA's leader and he is currently missing, presumed dead.
Invasion of the Papacy!
The Two Sicilies has made an offensive into the Papal States. Though the Papal troops were on their opposite border, wary of a threat from the Antipapacy they were quick to respond and react to the poorly planned attack on Rome which was halted in its tracks.
New Leadership Cadre
In Nationalist China efforts were made to improve the quality of the armed forces and leaders of the nations. From this new tactics and many young generals have risen up who are not only daring and cunning but also tactically savvy and the very models of modern leaders.
Unfortunately there has been great frustration as the armed forces have been less speedy to modernise their equipment.
Other News
Protests in Icelandic Ireland
Greek Nationalists in Macedonia turn to Open Revolt and destroy Government owned factories there
Liberal Riots in Istanbul are calling for elections
Transylvania suffers from a riots
Russian Nobles issue a letter to the government urging for them to cease hostilities
Pro-Independence march in Mauritania
Boers in Orange request more power in the Icelandic Government
Assam asks India for more Autonomy
Madras Communists go on Strike
Orissa Communists go on Strike
Paraguayan Peaceful Independence March
Szechwan Communists march on Canton Demanding better working conditions
Koreans Hold a National Pride Day
Cairo is becoming increasingly attractive to investors, many call for taxes and planning laws to be further lowered to increase attraction even further
Attempts to reintroduce Mexican culture to California are met with abject failure
Free Burma gains the upper hand after the BTL took no action to defend themselves from the rebels.
The Egypt/BLT border remains stable with no attacks from either side.
On to 1913
Advise from the GM: RP greatly increases the chance of success of any action. War plans, though not always viable with a small leadership pool could still be more that "Invade X with Everything". Also remember that you can invest into a technology that has already been invented in order to speed up diffusion and you can also invest into internal espionage to see how many turns it will be until a tech diffuses to you.
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Robert Can't
Éponine
Right, I'll give you a trait.
Mosher
Mushroom dad
Icelandic General Education Bill of 1912
Furthermore, as an unintended consequence of the Afl Draft System, much of our Empire's skilled labor has been conscripted into His Majesty's Armed Forces. As such, by Royal Decree, a plan has been outlined to give public education and work skills to adolescent Icelandics, to give them skills that will be useful in His Majesty's workforce.
Part I.
Using funds allocated from the Royal Treasury, a Department of Education is to be established, based in the capital city of Reykjavik with outlying offices in Copenhagen, Aalborg, Oslo, Dublin, and Edinburgh. The DoE will oversee a budget, curriculum, hire workers, and generally maintain a public education system. The first Head of the Department of Education has already been picked, Sir Adole Jensen of Jutland, and will assume office as soon as this bill has passed through Parliament.
Part II
The goal of this bill is to ensure that young Icelandics are trained in valuable skills that they will use before and after their mandatory military service. Education will start with Primary School at age 7 and continue until age 10, during which time they will become literate and learn the basics of arithmetic.
After finishing Primary School, Icelandic children will be offered the opportunity to continue on to Secondary School, which will make them exempt from mandatory military service in exchange for 5 years of skilled work in a location of the government's choice, or mandatory military service and then going directly into the workforce.
Iceland issues a declaration of war to the Celtic League as they refuse to submit to our demands.
Furthermore, as an unintended consequence of the Afl Draft System, much of our Empire's skilled labor has been conscripted into His Majesty's Armed Forces. As such, by Royal Decree, a plan has been outlined to give public education and work skills to adolescent Icelandics, to give them skills that will be useful in His Majesty's workforce.
Part I.
Using funds allocated from the Royal Treasury, a Department of Education is to be established, based in the capital city of Reykjavik with outlying offices in Copenhagen, Aalborg, Oslo, Dublin, and Edinburgh. The DoE will oversee a budget, curriculum, hire workers, and generally maintain a public education system. The first Head of the Department of Education has already been picked, Sir Adole Jensen of Jutland, and will assume office as soon as this bill has passed through Parliament.
Part II
The goal of this bill is to ensure that young Icelandics are trained in valuable skills that they will use before and after their mandatory military service. Education will start with Primary School at age 7 and continue until age 10, during which time they will become literate and learn the basics of arithmetic.
After finishing Primary School, Icelandic children will be offered the opportunity to continue on to Secondary School, which will make them exempt from mandatory military service in exchange for 5 years of skilled work in a location of the government's choice, or mandatory military service and then going directly into the workforce.
Iceland issues a declaration of war to the Celtic League as they refuse to submit to our demands.
mechaerik
Tuturuu!
The bodies were discovered early the next day. Callahan had been quickly buried in a shallow grave. The First Director of the Confederate Syndicates was found dangling from a nearby tree.
The effects were felt immediately. The leader of the Populist Party and Second Councilor, William Jennings Bryan, became the new First Councilor. Booker T. Washington had been a respected leader, and had managed to be all things to all people. Bryan, however, immediately came under attack. The radical wings of the Syndicalist Party, who had hesitated to go after Washington, had no qualms about hounding Bryan's administration.
Vengeance was demanded. The bill restricting the GRU's authority, never finished by Washington, was quietly shelved. Instead, in the days after the assassination, the GRU became more powerful. No one doubted the necessity of the GRU's actions.
On August 30th, this was confirmed with the passage of the Suppression of Reactionary Opposition Act. The GRU was given even wider powers, and allowed to operate carte blanche within the territory of the Confederate Syndicates until the repeal of the Act.
Immediately, the GRU went to work. On the first day, a huge proportion of the Red Army was commandeered and sent to occupy large swathes of the deep South. Douglassburg and the surrounding areas were placed under martial law.
On the second day, agents broke into the offices of every branch of the recently legalized Freedom Party, and stole the membership rolls.
On the third day, the seven men responsible for the assassination were caught, arrested, and taken in by the GRU. No one knows what happened to them afterward.
On the fourth day, the GRU acted upon the membership rolls, and proceeded to begin the arrest of every registered member of the Freedom Party. This includes bursting into the Legislature during a session and taking a dozen Councilors into custody.
On the dawn of the fifth day, an agent of the GRU was murdered in a small Alabama town about twenty miles from Montgomery. When the townspeople refused to surrender the perpetrator, the GRU responded by calling an artillery strike upon the town.
On the sixth day, the people arrested upon the fourth day were sorted. Those considered to be an active threat were executed. The rest were thrown into a series of repurposed prisons.
On the seventh day, the GRU rested.
It continued the next day.
The effects were felt immediately. The leader of the Populist Party and Second Councilor, William Jennings Bryan, became the new First Councilor. Booker T. Washington had been a respected leader, and had managed to be all things to all people. Bryan, however, immediately came under attack. The radical wings of the Syndicalist Party, who had hesitated to go after Washington, had no qualms about hounding Bryan's administration.
Vengeance was demanded. The bill restricting the GRU's authority, never finished by Washington, was quietly shelved. Instead, in the days after the assassination, the GRU became more powerful. No one doubted the necessity of the GRU's actions.
On August 30th, this was confirmed with the passage of the Suppression of Reactionary Opposition Act. The GRU was given even wider powers, and allowed to operate carte blanche within the territory of the Confederate Syndicates until the repeal of the Act.
Immediately, the GRU went to work. On the first day, a huge proportion of the Red Army was commandeered and sent to occupy large swathes of the deep South. Douglassburg and the surrounding areas were placed under martial law.
On the second day, agents broke into the offices of every branch of the recently legalized Freedom Party, and stole the membership rolls.
On the third day, the seven men responsible for the assassination were caught, arrested, and taken in by the GRU. No one knows what happened to them afterward.
On the fourth day, the GRU acted upon the membership rolls, and proceeded to begin the arrest of every registered member of the Freedom Party. This includes bursting into the Legislature during a session and taking a dozen Councilors into custody.
On the dawn of the fifth day, an agent of the GRU was murdered in a small Alabama town about twenty miles from Montgomery. When the townspeople refused to surrender the perpetrator, the GRU responded by calling an artillery strike upon the town.
On the sixth day, the people arrested upon the fourth day were sorted. Those considered to be an active threat were executed. The rest were thrown into a series of repurposed prisons.
On the seventh day, the GRU rested.
It continued the next day.
Celticfury
King
In an effort to ensure the continuation of the rightful nations of the Americas, the Estados Unidos Mexicanos is pleased to announce the formation of the Liga de Defensa Panamericana, or Pan American Defense League. The LDP is a defensive alliance, focusing on security and mutual cooperation against any threats, both internal and external, to its member nations.
Member nations:
-Estados Unidos Mexicanos
-The Northwest Empire
-The Republic of Canada
-A United Solution
-The New Americas Republic
The Estados Unidos Mexicanos also wishes to announce that it has established a full military alliance with the Icelandic Empire.
Member nations:
-Estados Unidos Mexicanos
-The Northwest Empire
-The Republic of Canada
-A United Solution
-The New Americas Republic
The Estados Unidos Mexicanos also wishes to announce that it has established a full military alliance with the Icelandic Empire.
Mosher
Mushroom dad
His Majesty Lief I gives the cities of the Celtic League one last opportunity to surrender.
Destruction of your cities in the event of resistance is inevitable. We do not want Scottish or Irish blood on our hands, but we are not afraid to turn your scattered cities into craters - and then, once we've conquered them, rebuild them in our own image.
Robert Can't
Éponine
26th February 1913
The SS Atlas, a passenger ship doing the Caribbean rounds leaves Panama for Veracruz. Estimated date of arrival is the 1st of March. After reaching Veracruz the ship will be bound for New Orleans, reaching it on the 3rd of March and then to Havana which will be reached late at night on the 5th. Its journey then goes to Port au Prince reaching it on the 8th and then down through the Lesser Antilles before reaching Maracaibo where it will be left for renovations.
Fare on the boat is in Sterling or local equivalent at eight pounds sixpence between each port of the major ports and four pounds two shillings for the Antilles ports.
This phase of event responses ends tomorrow morning as soon as I get to my computer.
The SS Atlas, a passenger ship doing the Caribbean rounds leaves Panama for Veracruz. Estimated date of arrival is the 1st of March. After reaching Veracruz the ship will be bound for New Orleans, reaching it on the 3rd of March and then to Havana which will be reached late at night on the 5th. Its journey then goes to Port au Prince reaching it on the 8th and then down through the Lesser Antilles before reaching Maracaibo where it will be left for renovations.
Fare on the boat is in Sterling or local equivalent at eight pounds sixpence between each port of the major ports and four pounds two shillings for the Antilles ports.
This phase of event responses ends tomorrow morning as soon as I get to my computer.
Robert Can't
Éponine
Phases for the events will take place at each port. i.e you can change your orders at each port the ships reaches.
New Orleans will likely be tomorrow night. Havana on Monday Morning, Port au Prince Monday evening.
Main orders lock at the same time as Port au Prince.
Some of you may not yet have received a secret PM about this.
Just wait. You probably will do.
New Orleans will likely be tomorrow night. Havana on Monday Morning, Port au Prince Monday evening.
Main orders lock at the same time as Port au Prince.
Some of you may not yet have received a secret PM about this.
Just wait. You probably will do.
