- Location
- Setubal
We are fine with such settlement.
End Game: A Grand Strategy Roleplay at the End of History
- Thread starter The Lone Taco
- Start date
- IC
We are fine with such settlement.
KingOfPenguins
Tuscany!!!
- Location
- ENGLAND
Let it be known the Croat Crown and Government never turns away a fellow Slav. We stand beside you.
Prime Minister Milosevic speaking to press in Belgrade.
Speaking today from the steps in front of the House of the National Assembly in Belgrade, the Prime Minister spoke at length regarding the current situation within the Kingdom of Greece. Milosevic was quick to state however that this was not just a question of unrest within another foreign nation but just another symptom of the systematic repression of South Slavs and Albanians by the Greek Monarch. The move by Greece to annex both Albania and Macedonia has long been a point of contention for Serbia, seeing itself as the natural protector of the South Slavic peoples who had long been cut off from their Slavic brethren due to geographic distance.
For a long time, Serbia had stood as a monarchy along with other Russian allies in the Balkans, repressed from its wish to unite or at minimum liberate the South Slavs from outside rule. With the recent coup and the current 'democratic' government still remaining highly popular within a year of the revolution the fiery speeches of Milosevic continue to gather crowds of thousands in Belgrade and reach millions of other Serbs via television and radio. Milosevic made an open call to the other South Slav nations to join Serbia in their goal of freedom for all South Slavs and the return of Serbians to Serbia. Looking particularly to Croatia and Bulgaria to commit to the South Slav cause and look to their brother people's for their friendships and alliances.
Furthermore, Milosevic declared that should the international community continue to ignore the plight of those oppressed by the Greeks then surely their remained no choice but material support for the liberation of these people's from Greek oppression. Openly lauding the efforts of the various Serb and Macedonian Liberation groups and pointing to the highly effective campaign being waged by the Albanians, the Prime Minister stated that unless Greece takes 'concrete steps' towards withdrawal from 'unlawfully annexed' territories that it had taken from the 'South Slav' people then considerations would have to be made for unilateral intervention to help the 'oppressed and repressed South Slav and Albanian people'.
To: Tsardom of Bulgaria @Kurtov @The Lone Taco
From: The Serbian State
Brothers,
We stand as representatives of the South Slav people and to our south the Kingdom of Greece brutally occupies and represses Bulgarians, Serbs and Macedonians, all Slavs and out brothers. With the fall of Russia and the political isolation of Greece now stands as our only opportunity to diplomatically pressure the Greeks into returning Slavic lands to us, and if diplomacy should fail then warfare is the logical next step. Do you stand with us?
To: Turkish Republic @Kurtov @The Lone Taco
From: The Serbian State
Like yourselves the Serbian State has grievance with the Kingdom of Greece regarding the occupation of certain territories that are natural parts of either of our countries. We ask you will you stand with us to put diplomatic pressure and if necessary, military pressure upon the greeks to return territory unlawfully occupied by them?
To: Kingdom of Croatia @Kingofpengiuns
From: The Serbian State
Brothers,
We stand as representatives of the South Slav people and to our south the Kingdom of Greece brutally occupies and represses Bulgarians, Serbs and Macedonians, all Slavs and our brothers. With the fall of Russia and the political isolation of Greece now stands as our only opportunity to diplomatically pressure the Greeks into returning Slavic lands to the Slavs. Do you stand with us?
To: Kingdom of Greece @Kurtov @The Lone Taco
From: The Serbian State
Your repression of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serb and Albanian peoples within your borders is a travesty and a stain upon the Southern Balkans. We urge you to hear the pleas of these people to return to union with their brother states in Serbia and Bulgaria and be restored to their own Albanian state.
We hope you shall see sense.
MasturBacon
Nation Games Boogey Man
- Location
- Fort Gordon, Georgia
Name: The Federation of Benelux
Head of State: President Jeremy De Wolf
Head of Government: Prime Minister Bert-Jan Geertman
Type of Government: Federal Parliamentary Republic
Population: 24,714,706 Total
- Netherlands: 14,490,000
- Belgium: 497,973
- Luxembourg: 366,706
Internal Events
The Federation of Benelux continues to be a beacon of democracy throughout the world. It's a leader among the world in it's unaligned foreign policy approach that has kept it's borders intact since it's conception in 1942. The policy of neutrality has kept Benelux out of any frays and gives weight to it's word on the stage as an impartial leader. However, it's neutrality is never questioned it's willingness to jump into conflicts abroad such as peacekeeping operations are a hot topic in the country. The debate in parliament currently that is front and center is the peacekeeping operations for the Second Congolese Crisis, President Jeremy De Wolf and Prime Minister Bert-Jan Geertman of the Freedom Party of Benelux are trying to garner a coalition in congress to narrowly pass the legislative measures necessary for such an intervention. "Benelux has the experience after it's last conflict in the Congo to go in and get the job done right with minimal casualties," said the president during a brief press conference earlier in the week.
Dutch soldiers on the Cover of American magazine 'Times' in the Congo during the 1970's
Military: 123,573 Active Personnel
Army:
Army:
- 98,858 Active Soldiers
- 2,471,470 Through the Army National Conscription Act passed in 1954
- 60 Main Battle Tanks
- 1,500 Infantry Fighting Vehicles
- 1,100 APC's
- 1,000 Artillery Pieces
- 18,536 Active Seamen
- 1 Aircraft Carrier
- 40 Carrier Based Jets
- 2 Amphibious Assault Ships/Helicopter Carriers
- 36 Seaborne Transport Helicopters
- 12 Seaborne Attack Helicopters
- 1 Heavy Guided Missile Cruisers
- 4 Guided Missile Cruisers
- 10 Guided Missile Destroyers
- 23 Frigates
- 3 Attack Submarines
- 2 Guided Missile Submarines
- 6,179 Active Airmen
- 300 Jet Fighters
- 60 Multi-Role Fighters
- 60 Ground Attack Aircraft
- 100 Transport Helicopters
- 24 Attack Helicopters
Diplomacy
To: World Congress
From: The Federation of Benelux
How does the congress view the humanitarian crisis that is being reignited in the Congo?
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- Location
- Tampa, FL
Republic of Byelorussia: We wholeheartedly agree and will join you in mutual recognition, as well as joining in association.
Baltic States: Absolutely not, no. We will recognize you as the successor to the Russian Empire in order to receive your recognition in return. But not until you sign a treaty recognizing the permanent nature of the borders, as they exist now, between the republics of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, as well as all three states' sovereignty and independence from Russia, we will not join you in a pact of association.
Ukraine: We stand with the Baltic states. We're not interested in any "association" with our formal imperial masters. Not until you recognize the permanence of Russo-Ukrainian borderlands as they are right now.
Central Asian States: We stand with the Baltics and Ukraine.
Azerbaijan and Georgia: Begone!
Armenia: We have always stood firmly with the Russian people, as they have stood with us.
From: State of Ukraine
The Sewick government has no desire to exchange pleasantries.
While the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian people are nothing but stalwart believers in the rule of international law and the pursuit of peace and stability, we do not wish to allow ourselves to be disarmed by our former oppressors. Nuclear weapons are a terrible curse, but so is living in the shadow of the Russian Bear who would soon overrun us again should we be unable to defend ourselves after many hard fought victories for the Ukrainian people.
No, we do not wish to relinquish one of our only means of defending ourselves from you. Nor are we jumping at the opportunity to see Russian naval ships in Sevastopol forever.
From: Republic of Kazakhstan
CC: United Kingdom @Comrade Jeff
The nuclear weapons in Kazakhstan will be decommissioned by the World Congress and Britain, if they are willing.
We could come to an agreement, yes.
((I'll let @bigseb31213 handle this))
From: World Congress
The World Congress officially sanctions the intervention of European states to bring back security and stability to the Congo.
- Location
- NYC
From: Georgia
South Ossetia is Georgian territory, we are not interested in Russian interference in our affairs
From: South Ossetia
We would gladly accept Russian assistance in ending Georgia's war of agression
Secret:
Honestly, we'd prefer just to be annexed into Russia as an Autonomous Oblast. We are only a part of Georgia as an accident of geography. And the Georgian minority, but that problem can be solved.
Central America at War
- Location
- Tampa, FL
Central America At War, Violence Explodes, Casualties Mounting
Members of the right-wing paramilitary group Los Montañeros pose for a photo in the Honduran countryside after successfully routing the leftist Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional militia near Tegucigalpa
BBC Managua (April 23rd, 1991) The violence gripping the Confederate-aligned Confederation of Central America has reached its highest point since the student protests of 1989 touched off mass violence by Confederate-backed militias and local military's. Since the beginning of the unrest and outright civil war many local governments are facing mass civil disobedience and outright violent confrontation from many different and often warring groups. While El Salvador currently chafes under the rule of drug lords and the corrupt politicians they have bought and paid for, the battle rages on in Confederate Honduras and Guatemala. While currently, the Confederacy holds the coastlines and major cities through a mixture of direct Confederate military deployments and continued loyalty from the elites' private military forces which help contain the violence and unrest in the cities and other Confederate-held areas in the region. However, everything outside of those areas are overrun with bandits, paramilitaries, peasant's militias and drug traffickers. In recent months, the flow of arms and monetary support for Central American nationalists of all stripes has increased tenfold, likely coming from somewhere else in the region as a flurry of activity has commenced along the Costa Rican-Colombian border through Panama. While Nicaragua and Costa Rica avoid outright revolts at the moment, the situation in those states is very much on edge. Protesters demonstrate against the local and Confederate governments, often met with violence from security forces and the Confederate army. Road blocks, bombing attacks and the occasional shooting at a military base or barracks only further increases tensions between the garrisons and the local population. In Guatemala and Honduras, the disparate rebel groups seem to be picking up steam: Waves of bombing attacks rock Guatemala City, killing several dozen Confederate and Guatemalan troops, and the Guatemalan right-wing paramilitary, backed by dissident landowners and likely an, as of yet unknown, foreign benefactor has begun to encircle Tegucigalpa.
Rumors of anger and rejection of Confederate political and military authority among the elites seems to be spreading, with more and more taking their support to various right-wing militant groups, and elements of the Church rumored to be giving material aid and shelter to their preferred rebel organizations.
@Sol_Man, @inquisition, @EliudFS1, @CommandoHowizter
Members of the right-wing paramilitary group Los Montañeros pose for a photo in the Honduran countryside after successfully routing the leftist Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional militia near Tegucigalpa
BBC Managua (April 23rd, 1991) The violence gripping the Confederate-aligned Confederation of Central America has reached its highest point since the student protests of 1989 touched off mass violence by Confederate-backed militias and local military's. Since the beginning of the unrest and outright civil war many local governments are facing mass civil disobedience and outright violent confrontation from many different and often warring groups. While El Salvador currently chafes under the rule of drug lords and the corrupt politicians they have bought and paid for, the battle rages on in Confederate Honduras and Guatemala. While currently, the Confederacy holds the coastlines and major cities through a mixture of direct Confederate military deployments and continued loyalty from the elites' private military forces which help contain the violence and unrest in the cities and other Confederate-held areas in the region. However, everything outside of those areas are overrun with bandits, paramilitaries, peasant's militias and drug traffickers. In recent months, the flow of arms and monetary support for Central American nationalists of all stripes has increased tenfold, likely coming from somewhere else in the region as a flurry of activity has commenced along the Costa Rican-Colombian border through Panama. While Nicaragua and Costa Rica avoid outright revolts at the moment, the situation in those states is very much on edge. Protesters demonstrate against the local and Confederate governments, often met with violence from security forces and the Confederate army. Road blocks, bombing attacks and the occasional shooting at a military base or barracks only further increases tensions between the garrisons and the local population. In Guatemala and Honduras, the disparate rebel groups seem to be picking up steam: Waves of bombing attacks rock Guatemala City, killing several dozen Confederate and Guatemalan troops, and the Guatemalan right-wing paramilitary, backed by dissident landowners and likely an, as of yet unknown, foreign benefactor has begun to encircle Tegucigalpa.
Rumors of anger and rejection of Confederate political and military authority among the elites seems to be spreading, with more and more taking their support to various right-wing militant groups, and elements of the Church rumored to be giving material aid and shelter to their preferred rebel organizations.
@Sol_Man, @inquisition, @EliudFS1, @CommandoHowizter
inquisition
Not Affiliated With the Spanish Church
- Location
- Valkenheim
To: World Congress
From: United States
The Confederate rogue government continues to prove both its inability to control its puppet state and its willingness to ignore human rights. This cannot continue.
We call upon the nations of the world to enact a boycott on all weapons and materiel going to aid the Confederation of Central America, as well as to the CSA.
From: United States
The Confederate rogue government continues to prove both its inability to control its puppet state and its willingness to ignore human rights. This cannot continue.
We call upon the nations of the world to enact a boycott on all weapons and materiel going to aid the Confederation of Central America, as well as to the CSA.
- Location
- Setubal
Portuguese Internal Event
Despite not caring too much about the conflict the Portuguese Government does put in motion a full boycott on material aid to the Confederation of Central America and the CSA.
In fact after much discussion, the government in Lisbon has decided to officially recognize the Southron Social Republic, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Republics of Kentucky and Tennessee as fully independent and sovereign nations, with the first being recognized as the official sucessor state to the Confederate States of America.
Azecreth
Giant Monster All Out Attack
- Location
- United States of America
- Pronouns
- He/Him
To: Liga Veneta @The Lone Taco
From: Kingdom of Savoy
Relatively Discreet
Congratulations on your recent electoral successes. It is another step forward for the proud Venetian people in securing their independence and freedom.
From: Kingdom of Savoy
Relatively Discreet
Congratulations on your recent electoral successes. It is another step forward for the proud Venetian people in securing their independence and freedom.
- Location
- Newer England
Republika ng Pilipinas - 1991
Name: Republic of the Philippines
Head of State: President Fidel Ramos
Head of Government: President Fidel Ramos
Type of Government: Republic
Population: ~62,500,000
Capital: Manila
Internal Events:
Business as usual continues in the Philippines, with minor riots occasionally breaking out across the country. Though some in the government express concern over the growing anti-corruption movement, it is widely seen as just another group of malcontents.
Economic Status:
-Good
-The Philippines have seen significant economic growth recently, with their abundance of natural resources and large Japanese investments contributing to a growing industrial sector. However, corruption and poverty continue to be a problem throughout urban areas.
Military
Army:
GEACPS
Name: Republic of the Philippines
Head of State: President Fidel Ramos
Head of Government: President Fidel Ramos
Type of Government: Republic
Population: ~62,500,000
Capital: Manila
Internal Events:
Business as usual continues in the Philippines, with minor riots occasionally breaking out across the country. Though some in the government express concern over the growing anti-corruption movement, it is widely seen as just another group of malcontents.
Economic Status:
-Good
-The Philippines have seen significant economic growth recently, with their abundance of natural resources and large Japanese investments contributing to a growing industrial sector. However, corruption and poverty continue to be a problem throughout urban areas.
Military
Army:
- 375,000 Active duty
- 1st Scout Ranger regiment
- 900,000 Reservists (Demobilized)
- 400 MBTs
- 800 IFVs
- 1600 APCs
- 1000 artillery pieces
- Various engineering and logistics vehicles
- 45 Transport helicopters
- 15 Attack helicopters
- 2 Helicopter Carrier / Amphibious Assault Ships
- 12 Transport helicopters
- 9 Attack helicopters
- 3 AWACS helicopters
- 3 ASW helicopters
- 12 Transport helicopters
- 4 Destroyers
- 9 Frigates
- 7 Corvettes
- 2 attack submarines
- 45 patrol boats
- 50,000 Marine Corps
- 250 Multirole fighters
- 75 Air Superiority fighters
- 50 Close Air Support
- 45 Transport helicopters
- 35 Attack helicopters
- 75 Trainer aircraft
GEACPS
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- Location
- Wherever the Beautiful Game takes me
Violation of rule seven
THE REPUBLIC OF KLEMANTAN
Government: Autocratic Despotism
Population: 5 million
Capital: Balikpapan
Economy: Oil/Narco State - 95% of the population are poor, 4.9% are middle class and .1% are the richest mofo in South East Asia.
Population: 5 million
Capital: Balikpapan
Economy: Oil/Narco State - 95% of the population are poor, 4.9% are middle class and .1% are the richest mofo in South East Asia.
STATE OF THE REPUBLIC
PROFITEERING IN THE TROPICS
PROFITEERING IN THE TROPICS
President General Awang Ishak
Upon arrival in the city of Balikpapan the average tourist would see paradise, a well-planned city, wealthy citizens and all the latest luxuries available. Off in the distance the Oil refineries that make this all possible smoke away, and so if a traveler just stuck to the capital and toured its elegant malls and stately mansions nothing would seem wrong with the Republic bar its 'President General' and the idiosyncrasies that likely just spits in your face.
However the truth of the matter is that while on a map the Republic of Klemantan is whole and undivided, its economy reads quite well for a developing country and its well-to-do are Well-To-Do, the Republic is a seething mess of problems, drug-dealers and rebel warlords. Welcome to Nirvana, if you're a drug-dealing or drug-taking, mercenary with a penchant to sadism.
However the truth of the matter is that while on a map the Republic of Klemantan is whole and undivided, its economy reads quite well for a developing country and its well-to-do are Well-To-Do, the Republic is a seething mess of problems, drug-dealers and rebel warlords. Welcome to Nirvana, if you're a drug-dealing or drug-taking, mercenary with a penchant to sadism.
An Open Air Rally for the President General in Balikpapan
President General Awang Ishak is the sixth and latest despot to claim the hot seat in the past decade, unlike the others though since his acession he has beaten the record for longest time in office by eight years. The cause for his unparralled success lies in his courting of the rogue Nederlander Roote Jan Cruyff Snr, a former commando of the Benelux Federation and leader of the powerful merc company, The Hell-Raisers or Unit 46, a force thathas played Kingmaker in the East Indies since its inception by Roote Snr. However, President General Ishak realised the key to keeping them. Each year Roote Snr is now proud recipient to half of Klemantan's oil sales profits and in charge of the military as its Chief Advisor. Roote Snr is happy enough for all the power he has to let Ishak take the public scrutiny as he just counts his money.
Roote Jan Cruyff Snr.
Of course Roote Jan Cruyff is not the be all and end all of the problems in the Republic of Klemantan. President General Ishak's heartland lies in East Klemantan, southwards his rule is tenuous and there it is a polite fiction only that the army and the militias follow his word. Out here it is the remnants of the Indonesian Communist Party, still hell bent on reunification and the self-proclaimed Sultan of Kutai, Abdi Mohammed the First, who duke it out as The Hell-Raisers execute and murder any opponents to Ishak that grow too vulnerable.
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Soldiers of the Army of Kutai proudly holding to the heads of the now deceased Governor of Banjarbaru a supporter of the Indonesian Communist Party
However, for all the horrors in South Klemanatan the government of Ishak cares little, his focus remaining on the oil rich areas of his Kingdom. In his country all that matters is in the North, down in the South it can remain a mess and a violent seething mess at that, but so long as Unit 46 remain on his side and Roote continues to deliver on the heads of his rivals... President General Awang Ishak is secure.
OOC: If last picture is too graphic I can change it out.
OOC: If last picture is too graphic I can change it out.
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Comrade Max
It’s ya boy
- Location
- America
- Pronouns
- He/Him
From: The United Kingdom
We will without question answer this call to boycott all weapons and material going to the CSA remnants and their Central American Puppets, along with levying sanctions.
From: The United Kingdom
We would be more than happy to help with decommissioning Kazakhstan's nuclear arsenal.
Excellent.
We're prepared to sign treaty recognizing your independence based on the current borders. Association pact is completely voluntary but we'd like to have your temporary participation at least, to normalize relations and trade and finalize the disposition of remaining military assets.
(Response below)
Current borders are acceptable. Association pact voluntary, but recommended as noted above.
If that's the way you want it, fine.
Very good, comrades.
We would be amenable to this solution. We would request that Russian observers be allowed to witness the decommissioning.
Secret:
We understand you've got some hard feelings, but we must approach this situation with clear eyes. We are prepared to agree to a treaty recognizing the current borders, but only if certain conditions are met -
1) The decommissioning of Ukraine's nuclear arsenal is non-negotiable - Kazakhstan has agreed to have this done by the World Congress and the British, and we would propose the same in this circumstance.
2) Regarding Sevastopol - It does not have to be a permanent lease, but realistically we are not going to be able to just leave - there's no other Naval Base in the Black Sea we can utilize as a homeport at this time. Novorossiysk will be an option eventually, but we don't have the funding to construct new facilities there in the short or even medium term. A lease of at least two decades will be needed.
3) We would like some assurances regarding the autonomous status of Crimea and some legal protections for ethnic Russian and Russian speaking populations in Eastern Ukraine.
We must move beyond the past and work together now. If for no other reason that we need each other economically.
As you say, yet a territory and people who enjoyed significant autonomy within the Russian Empire, which you now seem dead set on revoking. We encourage you to reconsider your stance. Though given your response to our other overtures, not sure if you even care to listen.
Secret:
We'll see what we can manage. Hold fast for now.
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Arthur Frayn
Fake God by Occupation, Magician by Inclination
- Location
- Land of Do As You Please
- Pronouns
- They/Him
To: Republic of The Philippines @NyxNull
From: The Empire of Japan
We plan on making improvements to the port facilities at the IJN base at Subic Bay, and would like to take this time to offer further investment opportunities for the Philippine government. We would certainly encourage the IJN to make use of local business and contractors.
SECRET
The situation in the East Indies continues to escalate. What are your thoughts on the matter?
From: The Empire of Japan
We plan on making improvements to the port facilities at the IJN base at Subic Bay, and would like to take this time to offer further investment opportunities for the Philippine government. We would certainly encourage the IJN to make use of local business and contractors.
SECRET
The situation in the East Indies continues to escalate. What are your thoughts on the matter?
- Location
- Newer England
To: The Empire of Japan @Arthur Frayn
From: The Republic of the Philippines
The Republic is happy to approve any improvements you may plan, and would accept any investments into our burgeoning industry. Might we recommend the growing electronics sector?
SECRET
Something must be done to stop the Indonesian drug trade, but the current Kalimantan Regime would make any efforts costly at best. The situation in Sulawesi, however, should be simpler to manage, and allow for an end to the endless violence and the drug trade. Shall we continue this discussion over more private channels? (I'll PM you.)
From: The Republic of the Philippines
The Republic is happy to approve any improvements you may plan, and would accept any investments into our burgeoning industry. Might we recommend the growing electronics sector?
SECRET
Something must be done to stop the Indonesian drug trade, but the current Kalimantan Regime would make any efforts costly at best. The situation in Sulawesi, however, should be simpler to manage, and allow for an end to the endless violence and the drug trade. Shall we continue this discussion over more private channels? (I'll PM you.)
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- Location
- Fresh out of Purgatory!
- Pronouns
- She, her
Status Ecclesiae - 1991
Name: Papal States
Pope: Georgius I
Secretary of State: Cardinal Giulio Sardi
Type of Government: Theocracy
Population: ~11 million
Capital: Rome
Domestic
Internal Events:
Sistine Chapel during the Papal Conclave of 1991
Pope Gregory X had one of the most disastrous papacies in Papal history. The Papacy was truly at its lowest ebb in recent history as a result of Gregory's ultra-conservative policies. On the matter of foreign affairs Pope Gregory did little to advance the goals of the Papacy. Actually Gregory's apparent support of the Mafia in Sicily probably hurt the Papal States as it alienated millions of Sicilians and Romans who were distraught with the corruption of Sicily.
At home Pope Gregory's administration was absolutely inept. Pope Gregory allowed the coastal elite to amass unseemly amounts of power in the Papal States, even though the Papacy still remained the most powerful institution in the Papal States. Also Gregory's failures to attend to the needs and wants of the people allowed for the ideas of socialism to expand. Additionally Gregory's conservationism added fuel to the backlash of liberalism and deviance ongoing in the Papal States.
Finally in 1991 Gregory X's miserable reign came to an end. The election that followed was obviously pivotal for the Papal States as everyone understood that the next Pope might bring about the final demise of the Papacy or could reinvigorate it with new energy. Perhaps it was with this weighing on their minds that the Cardinals of the Catholic Church would be so slow and deliberate in finding their new pope.
Thirty-four ballots it took to decide the next pope. This was the longest election in modern Papal history, surpassing the twenty-nine ballot election of Pope Sixtus VI in 1966. And to the utter shock of everyone outside the Vatican the new pope was not among any of the papabili from before the election. Instead the new pope was the relatively unknown Giorgio Episcopo, aged 34.
Immediately with the election of such a young, insignificant cardinal to the pontificate outsides began to speculate as to why and how Episcopo was elected. The majority developed the idea of that Episcopo's negligible reputation as a conservative or progressive made him into a natural compromise candidate when many of the leading papabili were extremist of one sort or the other. Another theory was that the Episcopo was elected by the progressives and moderates who thought his youth could aid the papacy in reconnecting with the young. The final major opinion was that Episcopo's time spent serving the Patriach of Venice (who was very loyal to Hapsburgs) had led to his election by the pro-South German column. Whatever the cause, Giorgio is the new pope.
As to the name of the new pope, Giorgio, provided an shock once again when he chose his own name to be the name that he would be known as during his Papacy. It is rumored when Cardinal Daniel Washbourne asked him if he chose the name to celebrate Saint George that he replied "No, I chose the name because I am to be the first on many issues. And these will be issues of great controversy so I shall not tarnish any of my predecessors' names with my actions."
Two days after his election, Pope Georgius I gave his first address to the world and it too gave great shock. Most pundits predicted that Georgius' first address would serve as a preface to a long papacy of moderation. However they were wrong as Georgius proved to be no man of moderation. The address opened with a lengthy listening of the many things forbidden in the Book of Leviticus such as eating fat, tearing your clothes, cutting your hair at the sides, etc. Then abruptly Georgius stopped and proclaimed these banned actions as the most ridiculous things he had ever read, yet they were in the Bible. It was then that Georgius shocked not only the Catholic Church, but entire world. Georgius proclaimed the Bible a book that was not the work of God nor of Jesus or his Vicars, but rather a collection of seemingly holy texts gathered by Greeks and Jews. Consequently the Bible was a hodgepodge story that at many times contradicted itself and was filled with anachronisms that made little sense in the modern world. For this reason Georgius asked that the faithful not accept the whole Bible as what God willed or wills, but to only take from the Bible that which Christ's Vicar on Earth knows to be the word of God. This address was the greatest shock the Catholic Church ever had been hit with and it was not doubted that Pope Georgius I had many more shocks to give the church.
While the world panicked over the Pope practically rejecting the central religious text of Catholicism the Vatican shut itself off from the noise. Pope Georgius had enough noise within the Vatican anyways as everyone was stirred up by his address. This upset was addressed in Georgius' first address to the Cardinals. Although there is no complete transcript of what was said a smattering of information was leaked to the press through various cardinals. The overall message of the Pope was that he doubted any of his Cardinals could truly believe that the Bible was entirely correct when it upheld slavery, forbade shellfish, and attacked selling land when no cardinal was a slaver master, many cardinals enjoyed shrimp, and the Church had many times in the past sold land permanently to governments or private individuals. He hinted at a reconstruction of the Catholic Bible which would get rid of outrageous texts like Leviticus. Even though the Cardinals could not deny that what he said was completely logical they were still amiss at his dismissal of the Bible as the word of God.
It is needless to say that Pope Georgius I has embarked on one of the most divisive and exciting papacys of all history.
At home Pope Gregory's administration was absolutely inept. Pope Gregory allowed the coastal elite to amass unseemly amounts of power in the Papal States, even though the Papacy still remained the most powerful institution in the Papal States. Also Gregory's failures to attend to the needs and wants of the people allowed for the ideas of socialism to expand. Additionally Gregory's conservationism added fuel to the backlash of liberalism and deviance ongoing in the Papal States.
Finally in 1991 Gregory X's miserable reign came to an end. The election that followed was obviously pivotal for the Papal States as everyone understood that the next Pope might bring about the final demise of the Papacy or could reinvigorate it with new energy. Perhaps it was with this weighing on their minds that the Cardinals of the Catholic Church would be so slow and deliberate in finding their new pope.
Thirty-four ballots it took to decide the next pope. This was the longest election in modern Papal history, surpassing the twenty-nine ballot election of Pope Sixtus VI in 1966. And to the utter shock of everyone outside the Vatican the new pope was not among any of the papabili from before the election. Instead the new pope was the relatively unknown Giorgio Episcopo, aged 34.
Immediately with the election of such a young, insignificant cardinal to the pontificate outsides began to speculate as to why and how Episcopo was elected. The majority developed the idea of that Episcopo's negligible reputation as a conservative or progressive made him into a natural compromise candidate when many of the leading papabili were extremist of one sort or the other. Another theory was that the Episcopo was elected by the progressives and moderates who thought his youth could aid the papacy in reconnecting with the young. The final major opinion was that Episcopo's time spent serving the Patriach of Venice (who was very loyal to Hapsburgs) had led to his election by the pro-South German column. Whatever the cause, Giorgio is the new pope.
As to the name of the new pope, Giorgio, provided an shock once again when he chose his own name to be the name that he would be known as during his Papacy. It is rumored when Cardinal Daniel Washbourne asked him if he chose the name to celebrate Saint George that he replied "No, I chose the name because I am to be the first on many issues. And these will be issues of great controversy so I shall not tarnish any of my predecessors' names with my actions."
Two days after his election, Pope Georgius I gave his first address to the world and it too gave great shock. Most pundits predicted that Georgius' first address would serve as a preface to a long papacy of moderation. However they were wrong as Georgius proved to be no man of moderation. The address opened with a lengthy listening of the many things forbidden in the Book of Leviticus such as eating fat, tearing your clothes, cutting your hair at the sides, etc. Then abruptly Georgius stopped and proclaimed these banned actions as the most ridiculous things he had ever read, yet they were in the Bible. It was then that Georgius shocked not only the Catholic Church, but entire world. Georgius proclaimed the Bible a book that was not the work of God nor of Jesus or his Vicars, but rather a collection of seemingly holy texts gathered by Greeks and Jews. Consequently the Bible was a hodgepodge story that at many times contradicted itself and was filled with anachronisms that made little sense in the modern world. For this reason Georgius asked that the faithful not accept the whole Bible as what God willed or wills, but to only take from the Bible that which Christ's Vicar on Earth knows to be the word of God. This address was the greatest shock the Catholic Church ever had been hit with and it was not doubted that Pope Georgius I had many more shocks to give the church.
While the world panicked over the Pope practically rejecting the central religious text of Catholicism the Vatican shut itself off from the noise. Pope Georgius had enough noise within the Vatican anyways as everyone was stirred up by his address. This upset was addressed in Georgius' first address to the Cardinals. Although there is no complete transcript of what was said a smattering of information was leaked to the press through various cardinals. The overall message of the Pope was that he doubted any of his Cardinals could truly believe that the Bible was entirely correct when it upheld slavery, forbade shellfish, and attacked selling land when no cardinal was a slaver master, many cardinals enjoyed shrimp, and the Church had many times in the past sold land permanently to governments or private individuals. He hinted at a reconstruction of the Catholic Bible which would get rid of outrageous texts like Leviticus. Even though the Cardinals could not deny that what he said was completely logical they were still amiss at his dismissal of the Bible as the word of God.
It is needless to say that Pope Georgius I has embarked on one of the most divisive and exciting papacys of all history.
Economic Status:
-Stagnant
-The economy of the Papal States is struggling in many ways. Although the Papal States are not as poorly off as their southern neighbor, the Two Sicilies, they are no where near the splendor of their northern neighbor, the Kingdom of Savoy. The Papal economy barely grows each year and many small businesses and farms struggle to survive the year. Most only make enough to live, only a very few can afford to live in luxury. This is not the fault of absorbent expenses by the Holy See as tourism, donations, and sell of Papal covers much of the cost of the Church. Instead the low stimulus of the economy and the fact that the government does nothing to ameliorate the situation is to blame.
Military
-The Papal military is quite small and weak. Across all branches there are incredible deficiency and obsolete technology re not the exception but are the norm. Indeed outside of a few select regiments in the army and squadrons in the air force there is nothing impressing about the Papal military. Additionally within the navy and air force technical issues frequently force the grounding of planes and the constant repairing of ships.
Army:
- 1,000 Swiss Guard
- 50,000 Soldiers
- 50,000 (demobilized)
- 50 tanks
- 15 Destroyers
- 10 Submarines
- Multiple coastal defense and transport ships
- 150 Fighters
- 50 Bombers
Leader of the Catholic Church
Treaty of Friendship with Kingdom of Two Sicilies
Diplomacy:
To: France
From: Pope Georgius I
I would be most pleased to make France the location of my trip abroad as Pope.
MasturBacon
Nation Games Boogey Man
- Location
- Fort Gordon, Georgia
On December 18th, parliament convened for the last time of the year to finally settle the matter of the most hotly contested piece of legislation in nearly two decades since the Netherlands took up the mantle to intervene during the 1970's in the Congo. The debate went into December 19th proving just how divided the nation was over the issue. On one side you had the conservatives preaching that the nation had a responsibility to intervene under extreme meltdown of civil disorder and strife in the region. The left opposed boots on the ground, and with good reason, it questioned the European coalition's intentions, it's strategy, and it's end game. It argued that the Netherlands could get the job done at the Congress of Nations, sponsoring the Congo for loans to build infrastructure, universities and provide a new standard of living for the country.
What transpired from an intervention turned into one of the biggest legislative compromises the country has ever seen. Dead locked, the Prime Minister called for a temporary recess meeting with the relative party leadership from nearly eight parties. What was said in this meeting was not divulged, however a new mood had been cast over parliament where a major breakthrough had given way.
The Federation of Benelux authorized a small contingent of combat personnel consisting of 340 Marine Commandos, 4 Attack Helicopters, 12 Transport Helicopters, and 4 ground attack jet aircraft. It also authorized sending a 3,000 man force for advising purposes a to whip the Congolese militia and police force in the city of Brazzaville. This satisfied the conservatives and pro-intervention moderates. On the other side the government put into place financial measures to allot to Benelux construction companies towards constructing a major state of the art hospital roads, and a major university that would even rival some with even the best standards for Europe, and certainly last but not least spearhead a diplomatic initiative within the Congress of Nations.
To: The Congress of Nations
From: The Federation of Benelux
We would like to request a forum to go over the crisis in the Congo and prepare the organization to send real measures of humanitarian aid to the region in the form of medicine, food parcels, interest free loans to support real change within the region that would build a lasting foundation rather than a revolving door of despots to take advantage of the region and begin to pave the way for a region that can know true change and democracy given the right parameters.
To: Congo Coalition
From: The Federation of Benelux
We would like to join the coalition in the Congo. We will however be taking more of an advisory role in the region and request that we be given mandate of the zone of Brazzaville.
What transpired from an intervention turned into one of the biggest legislative compromises the country has ever seen. Dead locked, the Prime Minister called for a temporary recess meeting with the relative party leadership from nearly eight parties. What was said in this meeting was not divulged, however a new mood had been cast over parliament where a major breakthrough had given way.
The Federation of Benelux authorized a small contingent of combat personnel consisting of 340 Marine Commandos, 4 Attack Helicopters, 12 Transport Helicopters, and 4 ground attack jet aircraft. It also authorized sending a 3,000 man force for advising purposes a to whip the Congolese militia and police force in the city of Brazzaville. This satisfied the conservatives and pro-intervention moderates. On the other side the government put into place financial measures to allot to Benelux construction companies towards constructing a major state of the art hospital roads, and a major university that would even rival some with even the best standards for Europe, and certainly last but not least spearhead a diplomatic initiative within the Congress of Nations.
To: The Congress of Nations
From: The Federation of Benelux
We would like to request a forum to go over the crisis in the Congo and prepare the organization to send real measures of humanitarian aid to the region in the form of medicine, food parcels, interest free loans to support real change within the region that would build a lasting foundation rather than a revolving door of despots to take advantage of the region and begin to pave the way for a region that can know true change and democracy given the right parameters.
To: Congo Coalition
From: The Federation of Benelux
We would like to join the coalition in the Congo. We will however be taking more of an advisory role in the region and request that we be given mandate of the zone of Brazzaville.
- Location
- Setubal
From: Kingdom of Portugal
To: The Federation of Benelux @MasturBacon
We see no issue in your participation. Welcome aboard then.
Secret:
Should you require shelter for your troops our ports and Barracks in Angola will be open for you.
Internal Event
The Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon has publicly stated to Portuguese Newspapers that the new Holy Father has lost his mind. While he does admit the Church needs reform and that the Papal States in particular is a dying concept of a Nation-State, outright trashing the Bible in public is unacceptable. Many amongst the Portuguese Catholics agree with him. Some of the more Conservative Clergy have even outright demanded that the Papal Election be overturned and another Cardinal be elected. The Portuguese Government has refused to comment on the situation.
Commonwealth Protests
- Location
- Tampa, FL
Protests Erupt in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia
As pro-Union students and other assorted protesters take to the streets, Kentucky State Police move in to control the crowd, University of Louisville, Louisville, May 3rd, 1991
BBC Richmond (May 8th, 1991) Anti Commonwealth and anti-Virginia protests spread to their sixth day today as protesters, primarily led by left-leaning student protesters in Kentucky and Tennessee while being led by miner unions in the regions of western Virginia. While the vast majority of protests have remained peaceful and mostly involved marches, the shouting of slogans and demands being read to those who would listen (ranging from independence from the Commonweal of Appalachia/American States to outright annexation by the United States) while authorities did their best to keep demonstrations and protests as orderly and peaceful as possible. However, the pro-Union protesters and strikers were not the only ones to take to the streets as elements of the far-left, still emboldened by their largest May Day Protests ever in North America, had their own large protests against the border state governments. Ranging from West Virginia miner and labor activists to black bloc anarchist protesters, the left protests are much rowdier and far more violent. Tennessee receives the worst of it as it has been a den of support for leftism with the Southron socialists just south of the border and Nashville receives sees unrest as labor activists and strikers from across the former Confederate state all converge on the city. Violence between socialists, anarchists and Unionists (as in, pro-American, pro-annexation activists) has occurred on more than one occasion, only supplanted by physical struggle with civilian and military police who have been called in to stabilize the situation.
@inquisition, @bookwyrm, @comradepitrovsky
As pro-Union students and other assorted protesters take to the streets, Kentucky State Police move in to control the crowd, University of Louisville, Louisville, May 3rd, 1991
BBC Richmond (May 8th, 1991) Anti Commonwealth and anti-Virginia protests spread to their sixth day today as protesters, primarily led by left-leaning student protesters in Kentucky and Tennessee while being led by miner unions in the regions of western Virginia. While the vast majority of protests have remained peaceful and mostly involved marches, the shouting of slogans and demands being read to those who would listen (ranging from independence from the Commonweal of Appalachia/American States to outright annexation by the United States) while authorities did their best to keep demonstrations and protests as orderly and peaceful as possible. However, the pro-Union protesters and strikers were not the only ones to take to the streets as elements of the far-left, still emboldened by their largest May Day Protests ever in North America, had their own large protests against the border state governments. Ranging from West Virginia miner and labor activists to black bloc anarchist protesters, the left protests are much rowdier and far more violent. Tennessee receives the worst of it as it has been a den of support for leftism with the Southron socialists just south of the border and Nashville receives sees unrest as labor activists and strikers from across the former Confederate state all converge on the city. Violence between socialists, anarchists and Unionists (as in, pro-American, pro-annexation activists) has occurred on more than one occasion, only supplanted by physical struggle with civilian and military police who have been called in to stabilize the situation.
@inquisition, @bookwyrm, @comradepitrovsky
Arthur Frayn
Fake God by Occupation, Magician by Inclination
- Location
- Land of Do As You Please
- Pronouns
- They/Him
Japanese Internal Event
IJN destroyer Yamazuki on patrol
Citing the increasing unrest in the East Indies, particularly the waters off Kalimantan and Sulawesi, the IJN announced today that they would be increasing patrols along the sea lanes in the South China and Celebes Sea. IJN spokesman Kawana Tengo briefly spoke with the press on the matter. "The Imperial Japanese Navy is working closely with fellow members of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere to ensure mutual security." Kawana said "The crisis consuming the East Indies must be contained." When pressed for comment as to whether "containment" referred to an armed intervention, Kawana demurred. "We are considering all options at present, but no decisive course of action has been settled on."
IJN destroyer Yamazuki on patrol
In a surprise move, the IJN also announced they would begin patrols along the Aleutian Islands in Russian Aleskya, though they emphasized that the patrols would not violate the rump Russian Empire's territorial waters. The IJN cited the ongoing civic and ethnic unrest in the quasi-state, and the danger the rogue Russian government posed to Japanese fishing operations (which had long fished off the Aleutian and Alaskan coast). Again, Kawana emphasized this move was purely defensive in nature, and expressed the hope that the IJN could work in cooperation with the Imperial Commonwealth, and the United States, to ensure a "lasting and satisfactory solution to the current dispute".
- Location
- Middle Earth
To: Portugal
From: The Democratic Republic of India
We realize that you do not willingly want to give up your land in India. We realize you claim to "value" it's inhabitants. The time of colonialism is over. Asia will become free of European tyranny, whether it be peaceful or not is up to you. India does not wish to result to violence as we value the lives of our people. We will however issue a full scale trade sanction onto your country and will not open any business or imports to you as long as you continue to hold our rightful land. Those people have been oppressed by you for far too long. Yes you Europeans can claim they have seen economic growth and a whole bunch of other nonsense but the truth is you have them for resources, money, and power. You have killed countless Indians in your quest for political and religious domination.
The short is this: give us what land you have in india or face the power of trade sanctions. We were willing to pay you for it and we hoped to better an alliance but now you have put this on yourself. I would not come back with empty threats of war, it would not end well for you. We do not seek war but will come to it if we must.
From: The Democratic Republic of India
We realize that you do not willingly want to give up your land in India. We realize you claim to "value" it's inhabitants. The time of colonialism is over. Asia will become free of European tyranny, whether it be peaceful or not is up to you. India does not wish to result to violence as we value the lives of our people. We will however issue a full scale trade sanction onto your country and will not open any business or imports to you as long as you continue to hold our rightful land. Those people have been oppressed by you for far too long. Yes you Europeans can claim they have seen economic growth and a whole bunch of other nonsense but the truth is you have them for resources, money, and power. You have killed countless Indians in your quest for political and religious domination.
The short is this: give us what land you have in india or face the power of trade sanctions. We were willing to pay you for it and we hoped to better an alliance but now you have put this on yourself. I would not come back with empty threats of war, it would not end well for you. We do not seek war but will come to it if we must.
- Location
- Setubal
From: Kingdom of Portugal
To: Democratic Republic of India @GandalftheGrey
Did you seriosuly just threaten us with war? The people of Goa are happy to be apart of the Democratic instituions within Portugal. They enjoy the same rights as a citizen from Lisbon, Luanda and Timor. What India is hoping to accomplish here is futile. Cease these attempts or we will call for economic sacntions to be levied against India. And trust us that while your sanctions would probably accomplish little by you threatning us in such a way you incurred the wrath of not only us but all Europeans.
From: Kingdom of Portugal
To: World
We call for all democratic and free nations of the world to repudiate the outrageous claims by India and join us in a full trade embargo and economic sanctions towards the Indian Government. Lisbon will not be bullied by some upstart Nation who thinks they can get away with lies and insults to get there way.
inquisition
Not Affiliated With the Spanish Church
- Location
- Valkenheim
Internal Event
While the United States does not have a state religion, Catholics nevertheless make up a plurality of all the Chrisitians at approximately 19% (there are more Protestants overall, but if one takes each Protestant sect as a separate religious group, Catholics are the largest) of the population. As a result, it was still big news when the Vatican announced one of the most divisive and controversial amendments to Catholic doctrine in Christian history - the rejection of the Bible as the explicit word of God. Catholics across the US were glued to their TV screens as the Holy Father addressed the globe, and thousands turned out either in protest or in support of the papal decree.
Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the body representing all of the more than 100 Catholic dioceses and archdioceses in the US, was in turmoil. Most Catholic bishops in the US, on a personal basis, rejected Georgius's dogma; however, the true division came from the disagreement over whether it would be better to suck it up and say nothing, or openly oppose the Pope, the man chosen by God to lead the faithful.
Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, President of the USCCB
After much deliberation, Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Chicago, President of the USCCB, delivered a statement to the world, making it clear that the dioceses of the United States would not follow Pope Georgius's ruling that the Holy Bible was not the word of God. They called upon the Holy See's cardinals to do the same, positing that the already-suspect election of Georgius was not truly decreed by God and that the dogma he preached was heresy. "The Catholics of America remain committed to the ideals of the Church and to our Lord in heaven," Fiorenza said in an interview with the New York Times. "But we simply cannot condone the heresies that threaten to divide our faith and turn millions away from the light. We feel that the Holy Father, in his young age, is simply misguided, and we pray that he sees the error of his ways before it is too late."
The Kapfhammer Administration has yet to comment.
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Comrade Max
It’s ya boy
- Location
- America
- Pronouns
- He/Him
General Statement
From: The United Kingdom
We wholeheartedly condemn the aggression displayed by India, and as Portugal's closest partner we issue a full guarantee of Portugals borders. Unless India ends these outrageous demands we will join this embargo effective immediately, and seriously urge the rest of the world to do the same.
Azecreth
Giant Monster All Out Attack
- Location
- United States of America
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Savoyard Internal Event
The capital of Savoy was rocked by protests in the aftermath of the announcement from the Vatican, with a significant crowd gathering outside the Papal Embassy. The people might not necessarily like their southern neighbors, but many of them are good Roman Catholics, who see the recent announcement as a step too far.
Riot police have been deployed to the scene to maintain order, and for now it seems peaceful. But needless to say, someone up here isn't happy.
The capital of Savoy was rocked by protests in the aftermath of the announcement from the Vatican, with a significant crowd gathering outside the Papal Embassy. The people might not necessarily like their southern neighbors, but many of them are good Roman Catholics, who see the recent announcement as a step too far.
Riot police have been deployed to the scene to maintain order, and for now it seems peaceful. But needless to say, someone up here isn't happy.