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Springtime of Nations II: A European Republic Quest

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    The Prague Commission, Part 2 (Runoff): 1900
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    • [] [FED] We will propose a single Danubian Federation.
    A single state comprising all the remaining former Habsburg territories and organized under the principles of National Personal Autonomy would be a bold experiment, as it lacks the German nucleus that makes the Republic possible and could prove to be a bit unstable. However, if it were to stabilize and rebuild, it could prove an ally on the same level as if not exceeding the value of Italy and Spain.


    [] [FED] We will propose a Danubian Federation and an Illyrian Federation.
    A pair of federations, one Danubian and one South Slavic, would likely prove to be steadier partners and easier to maintain overall. However, their competing desires and areas of friction would need to be managed, and they would be weaker collectively than a single regional federation.



    Runoff time. 24 hours to vote. No approval voting (obviously). Keep it civil and constructive. Avoid any personal remarks and negative interactions, please.
     
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    The Central European Republic in 1901
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    • The Central European Republic in 1901​

    Government
    Government Type: Unitary Radical-Socialist Republic
    Governing Document: Constitution of 1880 (Amended)
    Head of Government: High Commissioner Elisabeth Strauss (Communist)
    Head of State: Chief Representative Leon Orlowski (Cooperativist)
    Legislative Majority: Grand Coalition

    Demographics
    Population: 73.47 million (43.73 million eligible voters)
    Population Growth: 0.4%
    Cultures: German, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Danish, Sorbian, Ruthenian
    Religions: Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, None

    Social Reforms
    Ongoing Programs
    Base Income: Adequate
    Minimum Wage: Adequate
    Work Safety: Adequate
    Work Hours: 40-Hour Week
    Healthcare: High
    Pensions: Adequate
    Unemployment: Adequate
    Childcare: High
    Retirement: Adequate
    Holidays: Adequate
    Child Labor: Banned

    Reforms in Progress
    Community Depots: Low
    Labor Recognition: High
    Labor Vouchers: Medium
    National Autonomy Principle: Medium
    Progressive Education: Low

    Foreign Affairs
    Treaties and Agreements
    War and Peace: Truce with Russia, Romania, Bulgaria (1909)
    Alliances*: Italy, Spain, Poland, Danubia, Denmark, Ruthenia
    Defensive Pacts: N/A
    Military Exchanges: N/A
    Naval Agreements: United Kingdom, United States
    Trade Treaties: Andea, Argentina, Centroamerica, Cuba, France, Greece, Japan, Low Countries, Mexico, Ottoman Empire, Persia, Philippines, Portugal-Brazil, Serbia-Montenegro, Siam, United Kingdom, United States
    * = All alliances include comprehensive economic, commercial, and military integration agreements.

    Diplomatic Relations
    Overall: Adequate
    Italy: High
    Spain: High
    Poland: High
    Ruthenia: High
    Danubia: Adequate
    Denmark: Adequate
    USA: Adequate
    Britain: Adequate
    France: Adequate
    Russia: Abysmal

    Greece: High
    Ottoman Empire: Adequate
    Serbia-Montenegro: Adequate
    Albania: Low
    Bulgaria: Abysmal
    Romania: Abysmal

    External Relations
    USA-Britain: Adequate

    War
    Landwehr (Standing)
    Type: Professional Army
    Training: High
    Quantity: Medium
    Equipment: High
    Morale: Average

    Landwehr (Reserves)
    Type: Conscript Reserve
    Training: Adequate
    Quantity: Large
    Equipment: High
    Morale: Average

    National Gendarmerie
    Type: National Guard
    Training: High
    Quantity: Low
    Equipment: High
    Morale: Average

    Marinewehr
    Type: Brown-Water Navy
    Training: Adequate
    Quantity: Medium
    Equipment: Adequate
    Morale: Average

    Infrastructure
    Arsenal Quality: High
    Arsenal Quantity: High
    Fort Quality: Adequate
    Fort Quantity: Adequate
    Seaport Quality: High
    Seaport Quantity: High
    Shipyard Quality: Adequate
    Shipyard Quantity: High

    Interior
    National Stability: Adequate
    Police Quality: Medium
    Police Quantity: Adequate

    Finance
    Treasury: Low
    Debt Ratio: High
    Credit Ratio: High
    Tax Income: Maximum
    Tariff Income: Maximum
    Principal Creditors: Britain (Large), Domestic (Large), Other (Medium)
    Principal Debtors: Domestic (Large), United States (Large), Spain (Medium), Italy (Medium), Other (Medium)

    Commerce
    Economic Output: Overheated
    Economic Growth: Low
    Economic Activity: Agriculture (High), Industry (High), Finance (High), Services (High), Trade (Medium)
    Economic Ownership: Co-Operative (Large), Single-Family (Medium), Public (Medium)
    Commercial Output: Average
    Commercial Growth: Low
    Trade Partners: America [mixed] (Medium), Italy [exports] (Medium), Spain [exports] (Medium), Britain [mixed] (Low), Other [exports] (Low), France [mixed] (Low)

    Public Works
    Roads and Canals: High
    Railroads: High
    Communications: Adequate
    Public Utilities: Adequate
    Power Generation: Adequate
    Power Proliferation: Adequate

    Education
    Primary: Adequate
    Secondary: High
    Tertiary: High

    Integration
    Czechia
    Rebuilding: Average
    Political: Average
    Infrastructure: Average
    Military: Low
    Economic: Average

    Austria
    Rebuilding: Low
    Political: Average
    Infrastructure: Low
    Military: None
    Economic: Low

    Slovenia
    Rebuilding: Low
    Political: Low
    Infrastructure: Low
    Military: None
    Economic: Low

    Reconstruction
    Danubia
    Rebuilding: Low
    Political: None
    Infrastructure: Low
    Military: None
    Economic: None

    Denmark
    Rebuilding: High
    Political: Average
    Infrastructure: Average
    Military: Low
    Economic: Average

    Poland
    Rebuilding: Average
    Political: Average
    Infrastructure: Average
    Military: Average
    Economic: Average

    Ruthenia
    Rebuilding: Low
    Political: None
    Infrastructure: Low
    Military: None
    Economic: None

    Stats
    [Desolate] / [None/Critical/Tiny/Minimal/Abysmal] / [Low/Small/High] / [Adequate/Medium/Average] / [High/Large/Low] / [Ideal/Huge/Booming/Maximum/Complete] / [Overheated]
    Stats in bold are improving, stats in italics are declining.
     
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    • 1901 in the Central European Republic
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    • 1901 in the Central European Republic​

    With "politics as usual" suspended for the duration of the war, during which a grand coalition served as a caretaker government while much of the nation's energies were directed eastward, the 1901 contest is the first truly contentious election since 1895. By now, most of the members of the Grand Coalition are due to step down as a consequence of term limits, allowing for a fresh slate of new political actors to take the stage in a bold, bright 20th century.

    The Republic is much-changed since the outbreak of the Eastern War, in name and in substance. Nearly a million young men and women perished in Denmark, Poland, and Danubia, with twice that number left permanently disabled or rendered unable to carry out strenuous labor. Several million citizens, having emigrated from their autocratic homelands in previous decades, now return to their countries of origin to build a better life for themselves and their brethren. Finally, millions of new citizens have joined the Republic as a consequence of annexing Austria, Czechia, and Slovenia, though none of them yet possess the national franchise. As a result, though the Republic has grown tremendously, the voter base is about the same size as it was a decade ago.

    The second-most visible change is the Republic's new name. Now the Central European Republic in acknowledgment of its multicultural, multiregional, and multiethnic character, the Republic has set forth a new proposition: national unity that is not just cultural, regional, or ethnic, but continental. The Republic has made clear its aspirations by laying the foundations for a future in which all of Europe is united beneath one flag and represented by one legislature. Now all it must do is realize that future.

    Of a scale with the Republic's ambitions are its new responsibilities. Having dismantled the Habsburg Empire and pried Poland and Denmark free of their imperial masters, the forces of the Republic now garrison over a million square kilometers of land, oversee over 75 million people, and shelter four new nations beneath their umbrella of collective defense. Unlike almost every conquering force in history, the Republic proposes not to exploit or leave fallow its former enemies, but to lift them up, to rebuild their broken territories, and to make them full allies and friends in the course of time. This has the potential to be ruinously expensive in both monetary and personnel costs, but if it succeeds, then the dream of a united Europe will be one sizable step closer.

    For the moment, Central Europe must contend with the paradox of national exhaustion combined with international invigoration. There is much hope and promise abroad with the dismantling of the Imperial League, as centuries-old despotisms have been shattered, but the Republic itself is weary of conflict and overburdened with self-imposed obligations. It must navigate the tumultuous new century, shepherd its strength, seek advantage where it can be found, and prepare itself for decades of hardship.

    To the victor go the spoils and woe to the vanquished, as the common sayings go. But victory carries with it fatigue and malaise, whereas a defeated enemy may find themselves motivated beyond reason to seek their revenge. Only time will tell whether the burdens of victory can be borne or whether the malice of defeat can be overcome.
     
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    • News of the World: 1900-1901
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    • News of the World: 1900-1901​



    The British Labour Party is founded by a group of British radical-socialists led by coal miner and union leader Keir Hardie. Among their policies are the curtailment of imperial adventurism, the end of the Boer War, the encouragement of women MPs, and other progressive causes within the bounds of electoralism.

    An effort by US President McKinley to put America back on the gold standard in 1900 fails in Congress when the Populist-led House votes the bill down. Counter-legislation establishing paper and silver currency is rejected by the Republican-held Senate. This exchange is emblematic of the ongoing gridlock within the Congress, and is accompanied by notable popular unrest in conservative and radical areas of the country.

    The second Olympics are held in Paris in 1900. The German national team takes a dozen golds but only comes in fourth overall compared to France, the United States, and Great Britain. Italy, Spain, and Denmark all make creditable showings, adding another handful to the Alliance's tally.

    The Chinese Civil War continues to rage inconclusively, as the Qing government finds it difficult to raise forces outside its native Manchuria, while the constitutional government is riven by internal strife between its liberal and radical-socialist factions. The constitutionalists gain ground in the north and the south, but the Qing conservatives still field substantial armies, and the battles are bloody, indecisive affairs.

    The Kober rigid airship first takes flight in 1900 near Engelshaven in Southern Germany. LK-1 is a collaborative product of several different industrial cooperatives, including the Daimler and Benz automotive works, with subsidies from the National Assembly. Following the successful test flight, the Kober Aeronautical Development Cooperative Federation is formed as a joint venture of the contributors, with the aim of producing more and better rigid airships for military and civilian use.

    Populist candidate William Jennings Bryan is narrowly defeated in the 1900 US presidential election, ushering William McKinley into his second term. As with McKinley's prior election, accusations of electoral fraud and vote suppression are rampant, especially in the South and rural West, where Populist supporters must contend with a wide variety of illegal tactics to keep them away. Riots and demonstrations follow, often met by a direct applications of force from Republican-directed National Guard troops.

    Queen Victoria of Great Britain dies of natural causes in early 1901. She is succeeded without controversy by her son, Prince Albert, who will reign as Edward VII. The nation launches into a prolonged period of mourning, periodically interrupted by the growing frequency of labor disputes.

    America's post-electoral discontent comes to a head in mid-1901 when President McKinley is shot dead by a Polish-American assassin with ties to the International Revolutionary Alliance. Republican newspapers instantly lay the blame on a "German-European foreign conspiracy against America," sparking a national backlash against the Republic. McKinley's successor, former admiral George Dewey, further inflames tensions when he comments on the recent Eastern War as "Visigothic barbarity, entirely typical of their sort."

    The New York Stock Exchange crashes in the wake of the assassination and the economic restructuring following the end of the Eastern War. Economic recession is only avoided by the direct intervention of major American business leaders, who are growing in prominence and power as a consequence of the Dewey administration's laissez-faire approach.

    The Second Boer War begins to turn against the Boer forces as more and more British reinforcements arrive and the Afrikaners are soon outnumbered, retreating further inland as their sieges fail.

    Following the McKinley assassination, the International Revolutionary Alliance changes its name to the International Revolutionary Alignment, as a means of distinguishing itself from the Republican Alliance.
     
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    • On Integration and Reconstruction
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    • On Integration and Reconstruction​

    Rebuilding Integration and Reconstruction represent the restoration of a territory's physical resources -- housing, agriculture, infrastructure, etc -- to the pre-war standard. It also represents clearing away rubble, digging up mines, removing unexploded shells, and so forth. When Complete, the territory is functioning at pre-war levels in all fields, at minimum.

    Political Integration means the establishment of Alliance-standard political structures and political parties within the integrated territories. Political Reconstruction means establishing similar structures and allowing the formation of parties for each nation being reconstructed, with variations depending on national and local preference. In both respects, it refers to breaking noble and capitalist power structures, enfranchising regular people on a local level, and other radical-socialist policy priorities. When Complete, the territory in question will be considered ready for full political autonomy.

    Infrastructure Integration and Reconstruction are roughly the same: bringing the territory in question up to Alliance standard with regards to transport, power, communications, sanitation, and other logistical issues. This also represents the degree to which aid efforts are increasingly less needed, thus freeing up the Republic's own resources. When Complete, the territory no longer relies on outside aid efforts for basic services.

    Military Integration and Reconstruction are also the same: bringing the locality up to Alliance standard in military matters, including recruitment, garrisons, training, and related infrastructure. This also represents the degree to which territorial defense and garrison duties can be handed off to the locals, thus freeing up the Republic's own resources. When Complete, the territory is ready for full demobilization.

    Economic Integration and Reconstruction represent the degree to which the local economy has been radicalized and socialized, as well as brought up to Alliance standards. This means cooperativization, yeomanry, and state ownership in place of private ownership; mechanization and modernization of manufacturing, extractive, and agricultural efforts; extension of labor recognition and other social labor reforms; and other related fields. When Complete, the territory no longer requires external supervision or support to manage its economic interests.
     
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    • The Election of 1901
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    • The Election of 1901​

    Which party will you support in the election of 1901?

    [] The Communist Party
    [ECON] State Direction
    [CHURCH] Atheism
    [DIPLO] Internationalism
    [MIL] Belligerent
    [GOVT] Centralization
    [PRO1] Industrial Workers
    [PRO2] Service Workers
    [PRO3] Career Soldiers
    [MISC] Women's and minority rights, International-aligned

    [] The Cooperative Party
    [ECON] Cooperativism
    [CHURCH] Secularism
    [DIPLO] Internationalism
    [MIL] Opportunist
    [GOVT] Localism
    [PRO1] Agricultural Workers
    [PRO2] Service Workers
    [PRO3] Educated Professionals
    [MISC] Anti-statist, anarchist ties

    [] The Federation Party
    [ECON] Cooperativism
    [CHURCH] Secularism
    [DIPLO] Internationalism
    [MIL] Belligerent
    [GOVT] Devolution
    [PRO1] Public Officials
    [PRO2] Career Soldiers
    [PRO3] Service Workers
    [MISC] National Personal Autonomy Principle, World Republic

    [] The Radical Party
    [ECON] Yeomanry
    [CHURCH] Secularism
    [DIPLO] Cooperation
    [MIL] Belligerent
    [GOVT] Centralization
    [PRO1] Manual Laborers
    [PRO2] Agricultural Workers
    [PRO3] Educated Professionals
    [MISC] Anti-monarchist, pro-conscript


    Economic Stance
    This is your party's stance on the preferred method for venture operations. All methods include revenue sharing and worker management. "State Direction" advocates for centralized sectors with government-directed planning. "Cooperativism" advocates for an economy run by mid-sized cooperatives working independently. "Yeomanry" advocates for an economy made up of small single-family or individual ventures.

    [] [ECON] State Direction
    [] [ECON] Cooperativism
    [] [ECON] Yeomanry

    Religious Stance
    This is your party's stance on religious affairs. "Atheism" indicates a government that actively excludes religious organizations and movements from public life. "Secularism" indicates a government that does not integrate religious organizations into its operations but also does not interfere with their operation. "Pluralism" indicates a government that explicitly tolerates multiple religions and attempts to incorporate them into government business.

    [] [CHURCH] Atheism
    [] [CHURCH] Secularism
    [] [CHURCH] Pluralism

    Diplomatic Stance
    This is your party's stance on the world order. "Internationalism" advocates for the eventual abolition of national boundaries and the formation of a single global community. "Cooperation" advocates for a union or alliance of nations working together diplomatically. "Nationalism" advocates for pursuing national interests over other concerns.

    [] [DIPLO] Internationalism
    [] [DIPLO] Cooperation
    [] [DIPLO] Nationalism

    Military Stance
    This is your party's stance on how the military's deployment and posture. "Belligerent" indicates actively seeking conflict with ideological and national opponents in pursuit of achieving military victory over them. "Opportunist" indicates a flexible approach in which opponents are alternately engaged with and opposed to achieve maximum possible gain. "Defensive" indicates a non-confrontational approach and a focus on defending existing gains rather than expanding outward.

    [] [MIL] Belligerent
    [] [MIL] Opportunist
    [] [MIL] Defensive

    Government Stance
    This is your party's stance on how best to exercise government authority. "Centralization" advocates for power to be wielded by a strong central government capable of overriding localities. "Devolution" advocates for a middle ground in which the central government reserves powers to itself but grants localities the ability to self-govern. "Localism" advocates for localities to have explicit and reserved powers in their own right.

    [] [GOVT] Centralization
    [] [GOVT] Devolution
    [] [GOVT] Localism

    Professional Groups
    There are seven broad categories of German citizen listed below. In order of preference, pick the three to whom your party caters most specifically.

    [] [PRO1] ???
    [] [PRO2] ???
    [] [PRO3] ???

    Agricultural Workers
    Farmers and rural workers.

    Career Soldiers
    Full-time military personnel, enlisted or officers.

    Educated Professionals
    Intellectuals, lawyers, scientists.

    Industrial Workers
    Factory workers and skilled artisans.

    Manual Laborers
    Infrastructure workers and vehicle operators.

    Public Officials
    Bureaucrats, politicians, and other government workers.

    Service Workers
    Doctors, nurses, teachers, caretakers.

    There will be a 24-hour moratorium, then 24 hours to vote. Please refer to the last two threadmarks and the last two information posts before voting.

    Owing to the new century and post-war era, I am opening new party submissions. If you're creating or voting for a new party, please structure your vote as seen below. You do NOT need to include your party's traits if you're voting for a pre-existing party. If your party does not conform to the extant policies, feel free to come up with a new one and explain what it is.

    Please vote by plan, with a maximum of SIX planks, representing the proposed manifesto for your faction. Each plank should be at most two concise sentences. For my ease of understanding and everyone else's, please ensure that your plan has a name that is completely distinctive from all the others, especially if it iterates off another plan.

    Please be sure to rank your manifesto planks in order of importance. The most-important plank should be at the top and the least-important at the bottom. This will assist me in coalition-building.

    When assembling a coalition manifesto, party planks which are considered "harmonious" with each other may be merged, while planks which are considered "opposed" to each other may be nullified. The party with the largest share of the vote will see most or all of its non-opposed planks enacted, while those with lesser vote shares may only be able to enact their top-most planks. Even those parties not included in the governing coalition may have the opportunity to see their top-most priority enacted.

    Below is an example plan. Please do not vote for it. Don't include your party's traits if voting for an existing party.

    [] [PARTY] The Hyper-Revanchist Party
    -[] [ECON] State Direction
    -[] [CHURCH] Pluralism
    -[] [DIPLO] Nationalism
    -[] [MIL] Belligerent
    -[] [GOVT] Localism
    -[] [PRO1] Career Soldiers
    -[] [PRO2] Service Workers
    -[] [PRO3] Industrial Workers

    [] The Hyper-Revanchist Party
    -[] Plan: London by Christmas
    --[] Invade Switzerland.
    --[] Annex Belgium.
    --[] Build bigger boats.
    --[] Enlist every man, woman, and child into the army.
    --[] Pass out jaunty hats to raise national morale.
    --[] Make defeatism a capital offense.
     
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      [x] Communist Party
      -[x] Plan: The Communist Party Program of 1901
      --[x] Extend all "ongoing programs" to all lands annexed after the Great Eastern War (the "new territories"), without exception, and encourage and assist Denmark, Poland, Ruthenia, and Danubia (the "new Allied states") in adopting the "ongoing programs." For "reforms in progress," prioritize getting the new territories up to Republican standard.
      --[x] In the new territories, nationalize, and institute self-management pursuant to the central plan of, all industrial enterprises, and public and ex-Imperial lands, but permit industrial enterprises to opt out only if a majority of their workers vote to collectivize instead. Encourage nationalization of the largest and most important industrial enterprises, and of water, power, transport, and credit by the new Allied states so they may participate as strong and equal partners in reconstruction.
      --[x] Begin linking the Main and Danube with a modern Liebknecht Canal, and electrifying and where feasible re-gauging rail in the new territories and new Allied states to link with the existing CER and Italian rail. Preferentially employ labor from the new territories on a two-year expedited national service basis for these projects within the CER, and from the new Allied states in their territories.
      --[x] Empower the CEI to centrally direct, with input from local and national planning bodies, reconstruction of old and new Allied states, including: rebuilding cities preferentially on the basis of damage; transferring technology and machinery to Allied industries; and integrating various industrial sectors. Ensure that local workers are involved in all levels.
      --[x] Invite the Second Philippine Republic to join the Republican Alliance and direct CEI development aid towards building it a modern fleet and army. Provide it with CER-surplus arms to forward to revolutionaries in China and Korea, and encourage it to provide sanctuary and Red political education to same.
      --[x] Provide the RSWP with CER-surplus arms, and propaganda, so that it may take advantage of the return of the POWs and the instability of the new government to agitate for Red revolution in Russia. Encourage it to promote the self-organization of affiliate parties in nations still subjugated by Russia.
      [X] Cooperative Party
      -[X] Plan: The Six Reconstructions: Economic, Proletarian, Social, International, Communal, and Military
      --[X] Decrease military spending, investing more into supporting still-extant industries that have transformed into worker-owned enterprises, so as to prevent a loss of industry or expertise or a brain drain that would benefit the CER but impoverish our new friends and allies.
      --[X] In order to stretch resources and against an eventual negative reaction to the overheating of the economy, promote both in the CER and in all other territories an expansion of the use and variety of Community Depots, thus allowing the budget and the economy to stretch towards aiding others in an efficient manner.
      --[X] Education is the foundation of the future of all peoples. With so much of the Imperial education system broken, Danubia and other regions make fine places for the reconstruction of education along communist, anarchist, and cooperative lines, and not merely for children but offer programs for adults as well.
      --[X] Invite the Second Philippine Republic to join the Republican Alliance and direct development aid towards building it a strong and prosperous economy in order to heal the wounds of colonialism. Provide it with CER-surplus arms to forward to revolutionaries in China and Korea, and encourage it to provide sanctuary and Red political education to same.
      --[X] Encourage voluntary community-run programs to address and begin to overcome ethnic or racial tension in favor of finding common ground, even if that's "fuck landlords"... especially if it's "fuck landlords"
      --[X] We have many veterans who have left service, having sacrificed themselves for another stage of the World Revolution. Pensions, adequate care, and greater research and examination into disability and the mental effects of war is necessary to make this vast and unimaginable sacrifice not in vain.
      [X] The Radical Party
      -[X] Plan: Radical Recovery and Reconfiguration
      --[X] Break up noble estates in the territory under reconstruction, granting land to the tiller.
      --[X] Create Leutewehr links to our allies by granting individual units and their veterans awards of merit for the liberation of regions and forming official channels for their participation in building free republics. Our individual soldiers, workers, and farmers will lead freedom east.
      --[X] Create committees to study both the military lessons of the war and the state organization lessons of the war.
      --[X] Send advisors, volunteers, and surplus weapons and equipment to support the radical-socialist Chinese faction in their civil war.
      --[X] Ensure rationalization and standardization of rail lines and other infrastructure throughout the reconstructing territories.
      --[X] Promote the development and celebration of Ruthenian national identity to help unify and stabilize the young nation.
      [X] Centrist Workers' Party
      -[X] Plan: Common, Sensible Reconstruction
      --[X] Establish a workplace safety administration consisting of a central certification, advisory, and regulation office, an investigative accident review board, and a reporting structure of workplace contacts to directly advise and address workers' concerns. Begin addressing safety issues and establishing best practices in key Central European industries.
      --[X] Plan and fund the rebuilding of cities and towns destroyed during the war according to the principles of the CER. Cities should have a rational, high density layout with abundant access to civic services, green space, public transit (including cut-and-cover subways), and workplaces, with the goal of removing the effect of class divisions on city life and allowing future growth.
      --[X] Meet with Alliance planners to standardize on a pair of track gauges (for narrow and broad gauge), loading gauge, and other infrastructure standards for new construction and rebuilding, with the eventual goal of universal adoption within the Alliance. Begin surveying for a high-throughput rail network linking Germany, Poland, Italy, and Danubia using this gauge.
      --[X] Construct a joint Italian-Central European seaport and naval base in the bordering cities of Trieste and Koper.
      --[X] Form a military branch that will assist with instructing, coordinating, providing materiel and technical assistance to, and liaising with friendly militaries and armed movements. Immediately send them with the surplus materiel from the cancelled Russian offensive and our demobilizing military to the Constitutionalist faction in the Chinese Civil War, along with offers to loan items such as railway guns or warships.
      --[X] Begin talks to invite the Philippines into the Alliance.
      [X] [PARTY] The German Workers' Party
      -[X] Reclaiming the Nation
      --[X] Reestablish the German Republic and repeal the NPA laws. Bohemia and Moravia and Slovenia will be granted a territorial form of autonomy where the rights of Germans will be guaranteed but national leadership within the autonomous regions will be given to the Czechs and Slovenes.
      --[X] Declare the day of the armistice in the Eastern War a national holiday as the Day of German Unification to celebrate the achievement of Greater Germany. Push this holiday as a celebration of German folk culture, high art, and national victory over monarchy and Russo-Habsburg oppression.
      --[X] Push reforms that will strengthen the rights of small holders with 10 or less employees to run their businesses and farms without being forced to participate in state institutions.
      --[X] Amend the law of mandatory service that those who enter the state civil service rather than the military will be exempted from military service and will gain the right of suffrage.
      --[X] Open diplomatic channels to the Entente as well our other neighbors to secure peaceable and friendly relations.
      --[X] Cut aid to foreign revolutionary forces, particularly outside Europe.
      [X][PARTY] The Pan-European Party
      -[X] Plan: The Red Pan-European Tendency
      --[X] Propose to our allies to deepen our integration by expanding it into the political sphere, and form several higher-level political organs to lay the foundation for eventually merging into a united European state! European Nationalism will be a short-term goal on our Internationalist agenda that is both progressive and liberatory in nature!
      --[X] Nationalize all industries and formerly public and noble-held lands in the new territories. Where we do not have the political support for nationalization, we will instead push for setting up joint state-coop structures.
      --[X] Modernize the Landwehr's military equipment. Give old cast-off and surplus arms to our new allies to aid them in building their own armies, and to revolutionaries in Eastern Europe.
      --[X] Organize several festivals celebrating the various cultures of the CER and Alliance. Not festivals for each specific culture but ones celebrating a mix of various cultures, using these to bridge cultural gaps by emphasizing the shared beliefs and heritage of our people and to eventually create a Pan-European cultural identity!
      --[X] Provide the Philippine Republic with economic and military aid to help it industrialize and build a modern fleet and army. Furthermore, use the Phillipines as a stop and depot from where we can support other revolutionaries in East and South-East Asia.
      --[X] Form a scientific committee to construct an artificial language, with an integral sign and braille component, incorporating only features shared in common across language groups and cultures from around the world. The goal is to create an international auxilliary language that can break through linguistic differences, a truly universal language!
      [X] Federationist Party
      -[X] Plan: NPA Reform & Allied Institutions
      --[X] Rather than having discretionary budget for cultural policies, the role of cultural councils voted in by self-identifying electorate will be oversight of & advocacy about local councils' cultural policies. Disagreements between them are to be mediated by local or national assemblies.
      --[X] Create an Alliance Central Bank to lay the groundwork for a unified economic policy to shoulder the cost of reconstruction. Turn the IDB into the official foreign aid arm of the Alliance.
      --[X] Create the International Volunteers Group as the Alliance's war volunteering arm. Send it as part of aid to the Constitutional Empire - which we'll recognize as China's legitimate government - to provide training, advice, & direct military support.
      --[X] Propose a Public Works Consortium to pool CER's PLA & its counterparts, as well as coops & SOEs in the construction industry. PWC is to be the Alliance's organization for post-disaster & post-war reconstruction along with execution of pan-Alliance & international megaprojects.
      --[X] Compete for the Constantinople-Baghdad Railway tender with the PWC while employing mostly local labor. Use the project as vehicle to foster local social-and-radical movements, & channel remaining profit after compensation of labor to the Alliance's ongoing reconstruction program.
      --[X] Begin building a network of agents in the non-occupied parts of the former League by recruiting returning prisoners of war. Use those agents to gain intelligence, build connections with the revolutionary underground, and to serve as vectors for the spread of revolutionary ideologies.
      [X] Social-Radical Party
      -[X] Plan: Shatter the False Idols and Forge the New Man
      --[X] Begin organizing People's Labour Armies in the occupied territories that are structurally modelled after the Landwehr and make sure they provide a solid republican education. Deploy the new labour brigades to repair and restore the destroyed infrastructure in their homelands.
      --[X] Identify critical industries in the occupied territories and turn them into state owned enterprises. Tie them closely to the Republics economy through cooperation, standardization and joint R&D with Republican SOEs and co-ops.
      --[X] Begin forming democratic people's tribunals in the occupied territories that operate according to Republican legal standards to persecute the reactionary elites. Oversee the proceedings but only intervene if absolutely necessary.
      --[X] Form a military commission analysing the Eastern War and our performance in it. The goal of the commission is to overhaul tactics, strategy and equipment to make sure we maintain our military lead and embrace new technological opportunities.
      --[X] Organize RA volunteers to aid the Constitutionalists in China through direct combat support but also training and education. Also lend material support to them allowing our military industries to gradually wind down to peacetime levels.
      --[X] Offer the Philippines observer status in the Republican Alliance and offer generous military aid to make sure they can defend their independence while also allowing our war industries to put excess production to good use allowing our economy to restructure at a more controlled pace. Make it clear behind the scenes that full membership is the goal once Alliance navies are able to provide more meaningful protection.
      [X] [PARTY] The United Republican Party
      -[X] Plan: Republican Reconstruction
      --[X] Emphasize the rebuilding and rationalization of transportation infrastructure within newly liberated territories to more effectively aid in reconstruction, with an emphasis on a robust, standardized rail system and a centrally coordinated system modeled on our mobilization practices for distributing food and medical aid to areas that require it.
      --[X] Plan and execute exports of excess economic production to gradually ease ourselves off the war economy, and replenish our national trade surplus after the expenses of the Great Eastern War. Whatever can be used should be prioritized for Allies that need it, followed by our other preferred trade partners.
      --[X] Form planning bureaus to equitably distribute any and all means nationalized with the dissolution of the Habsburg monarchy and aristocracy within the integrating and reconstructing territories.
      --[X] Create a central forum and congress of equals for representatives from the Republic, Denmark, Poland, Danubia, and Ruthenia. We are a fraternity of equals, not a master and puppets, and that needs to be demonstrated to the states in question and the people of the world.
      --[X] Replenish losses of trained servicepeople and materiel in all branches of service, and continue to update our equipment and doctrine, with a continued focus on the "young school" of the Marinewehr.
      --[X] Fund the advancement of medical and (proto-)psychological sciences to better treat the casualties, both physical and mental, military and noncombatant, of our recent wars. New and innovative means of treatment are necessary to address the massive upheavals and violence that have been seen in the dawning of this new century.
      [X] The Centrist Workers' Party
      -[X] [ECON] Neutral
      -[X] [CHURCH] Secularism
      -[X] [DIPLO] Internationalism
      -[X] [MIL] Opportunist
      -[X] [PRO1] Educated Professionals
      -[X] [PRO2] Industrial Workers
      -[X] [PRO2] Manual Laborers
      -[X] [MISC] Ideologically neutral (for the CER), pro-progress and development
      [X]: [PARTY] The Ultra Left Formation
      -[X][ECON] State Direction
      -[X][CHURCH] Atheism
      -[X] [DIPLO] Internationalism
      -[X][MIL] Belligerent
      -[X] [GOVT] Centralization
      -[X] [PRO1] Educated Professionals
      -[X] [PRO1] Public Officials
      -[X] [PRO2] Manual Laborers
      [X] The Revolution Never Stops
      - [X] The Ultra Left Formation
      --[X] Nationalize all industries, agriculture, infrastructure, noble land, etc, everything in the newly annexed regions. Refuse the formation of any cooperatives or yeoman enterprises
      --[X] Give aid in currency and weaponry to the revolutionaries in China, spread Republican and socialist thought among them
      --[X] Nationalism is Anathema to the revolution, push programs to oppose the formation of or support and promotion of nationalism of any kind, wether German, Czech, or "pan European"
      --[X] Push for the creation of a new socialist and civic identity, defined by ideology not by nation or faith, and the creation of a new culture completely seperate from pre revolution ones
      --[X] Immediately nationalize all yeoman enterprises in the republic
      --[X] Immediately nationalize all cooperative enterprises in the republic
      [X] [PARTY] The Unification Party
      -[X] Plan: The Unifying Force
      --[X] Plan and fund the rebuilding of cities and towns destroyed during the war in accordance with the principles of unity and future linkage and unity between our republic, the Alliance in general, and these new (hopefully temporary) republics.
      --[X] Establish a committee for the oversight of the reconstruction effort, in particular making sure that education, justice and rebuilding is fair and equitable to all rather than simply using them as tools. The fair treatment of all citizens should be our priority rather than revenge or dismissal of their revolutionary potential
      --[X] Meet with Alliance planners to standardize on a pair of track gauges (for narrow and broad gauge), loading gauge, and other infrastructure standards for new construction and rebuilding, with the eventual goal of universal adoption within the Alliance. Begin surveying for a high-throughput rail network linking Germany, Poland, Italy, and Danubia using this gauge.
      --[X] Nationalism is anathema to the revolution, push programs to oppose the formation of or support and promotion of nationalism of any kind, whether German, Czech, or "pan-European".
      --[X] Form a scientific committee to construct an artificial language, with an integral sign and braille component, incorporating only features shared in common across language groups and cultures from around the world. The goal is to create an international auxilliary language that can break through linguistic differences, a truly unifying language.
      --[X] Invite the Second Philippine Republic to join the Republican Alliance and direct development aid towards building it a strong and prosperous economy in order to heal the wounds of colonialism. Provide it with CER-surplus arms to forward to revolutionaries in China and Korea, and encourage it to provide sanctuary and Red political education to them all the same.
      [X] Centrist Workers' Party
      -[X] Plan: Common, Sensible Reconstruction
      --[X] Plan and fund the rebuilding of cities and towns destroyed during the war according to the principles of the CER. Cities should have a rational, high density layout with abundant access to civic services, green space, public transit (including cut-and-cover subways), and workplaces, with the goal of removing the effect of class divisions on city life.
      --[X] Establish a workplace safety administration consisting of a central certification, advisory, and regulation office, an investigative accident review board, and a reporting structure of workplace contacts to directly advise and address workers' concerns. Begin addressing safety issues and establishing best practices in key Central European industries.
      --[X] Meet with Alliance planners to standardize on a pair of track gauges (for narrow and broad gauge), loading gauge, and other infrastructure standards for new construction and rebuilding, with the eventual goal of universal adoption within the Alliance. Begin surveying for a high-throughput rail network linking Germany, Poland, Italy, and Danubia using this gauge.
      --[X] Construct a joint Italian-Central European seaport and naval base in the bordering cities of Trieste and Koper.
      --[X] Form a military branch that will assist with instructing, coordinating, providing materiel and technical assistance to, and liaising with friendly militaries and armed movements. Immediately send them with the surplus materiel from the cancelled Russian offensive and our demobilizing military to the Constitutionalist faction in the Chinese Civil War, along with offers to loan items such as railway guns or warships.
      --[X] Invite the Philippines to the Alliance.
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      [X] [PARTY] The German Workers' Party
      -[X] [ECON] Cooperativism
      -[X] [CHURCH] Secularism
      -[X] [DIPLO] Nationalism
      -[X] [MIL] Defensive
      -[X] [GOVT] Centralization
      -[X] [PRO1] Public Officials
      -[X] [PRO1] Educated Professionals
      -[X] [PRO3] Agricultural Workers
      -[X] [MISC] Nationalist, Anti-NPA
      [X] [PARTY] The War's End Party
      -[X] War Trauma Minimization
      --[X] Expand the Republic's medical system to better see to the long term physical and mental care for the millions of soldiers coming back permanently disabled or unable to do more than light work. Programs providing assistance for veterans who should otherwise be able to return to civilian life but are still having trouble transitioning back should also be set up.
      --[X] Fund research into advancements in physical and mental healthcare with the goal of providing improved treatment to veterans and non-veterans alike. Funding should also be allocated to developing improved artificial limbs and mobility devices to help those who require them regain increased control over their own lives.
      --[X] Conduct an investigation into the weapons and technologies that saw use during the Great Eastern War to determine if any of them are excessively harmful or traumatizing. Also look to identify any that are simply not effective enough at whatever role they are intended for to warrant the harm they inflict.
      --[X] Push for an international convention to ban or limit the use in conflict of the weapons and technologies identified.
      --[X] Conduct surveys of the past fronts to try to locate and mark off minefields and areas with high amounts of unexploded ordnance to prevent people accidentally wandering into them and harming themselves or others. Print pamphlets in all languages spoken within the Republic detailing how to recognize mines and unexploded shells at level understandable by children.
      --[X] Restrict the Republic's ability to manufacture false pretexts for war.
      [X][PARTY] The Pan-European Party
      -[X][ECON] State Direction
      -[X][CHURCH] Atheism
      -[X] [DIPLO] Nationalism
      -[X][MIL] Belligerent
      -[X] [GOVT] Centralization
      -[X] [PRO1] Educated Professionals
      -[X][PRO2] Career Soldiers
      -[X] [PRO2] Industrial Workers
      -[X][MISC] Pan-European Nationalism
      [X] [PARTY] The War's End Party
      -[X] [ECON] Cooperativism
      -[X] [CHURCH] Secularism
      -[X] [DIPLO] Cooperation
      -[X] [MIL] Defensive
      -[X] [GOVT] Localism
      -[X] [PRO1] Service Workers
      -[X] [PRO2] Manual Laborers
      -[X] [PRO3] Agricultural Workers
      [X] [PARTY] The United Republican Party
      -[X][ECON] State Direction
      -[X] [CHURCH] Pluralism
      -[X] [DIPLO] Cooperation
      -[X] [MIL] Opportunist
      -[X] [GOVT] Centralization
      -[X] [PRO1] Public Officials
      -[X] [PRO1] Educated Professionals
      -[X][PRO2] Career Soldiers
      [X] Social-Radical Party
      -[X][ECON] State Direction
      -[X][CHURCH] Atheism
      -[X] [DIPLO] Cooperation
      -[X][MIL] Belligerent
      -[X] [GOVT] Centralization
      -[X][PRO2] Career Soldiers
      -[X] [PRO1] Public Officials
      -[X] [PRO2] Industrial Workers
      [X] [PARTY] The Unification Party
      -[X][ECON] State Direction
      -[X] [CHURCH] Secularism
      -[X] [DIPLO] Internationalism
      -[X][MIL] Belligerent
      -[X] [GOVT] Centralization
      -[X] [PRO1] Educated Professionals
      -[X] [PRO1] Public Officials
      -[X][PRO2] Career Soldiers
      -[X] [MISC] Anti-Nationalism, Universal Unitary Republic
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