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Springtime of Nations II: A European Republic Quest

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Etranger said:
Instead, it is the Radical-Federationists who are in position to form a coalition, and they do so by bringing in the Cooperativists as equal partners and Social Democrat defectors as minority support. A Communist wag in the Assembly dubs this bizarre alliance "the Sunset Coalition," and the pejorative name sticks as a point of pride.
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First non-Red led coalition since the Gold-led Coalition in Turn 1 & the first Orange-led one (since Federationists are social-radical in their ideology's base). I like how you narrate how they could plausibly came to be from a core of Quadruple Monarchy immigrants.

Etranger said:
The councils for the traveling peoples of Germany also push for and receive the right for non-sedentary persons to vote in national elections and send at-large delegates to the Assembly
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Ayyy NPA already showing its mark by expanding voting franchise within the German system

Etranger said:
Federationist philosophy is slow to take root in Poland, but finds fertile ground in its Austrian homeland, and Austromarxist resistance movements begin to take shape across Austria, Bohemia, and Croatia.
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Could-could it be??? A Pan-Danubian radicalism!? 👀

Etranger said:
A little-noticed element of this staffing increase is that, in non- and anti-colonial nations which have yet to receive formal military aid agreements from Germany, there are nevertheless curiously well-staffed military attaché sections in the German embassies, along with an awful lot of "cultural exchange" between those attaches and representatives of the host nation.
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This is, dare I say, based.

Etranger said:
National Friendship Leagues are set up in numerous world capitals, ranging from Washington to Tokyo, often directly adjoining the German embassy.
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A Very Different NFL :V

Etranger said:
While the Triple Alliance nations are the only official members of the REU, the model catches on with other governments, particularly in the Balkans and South America, and they begin minting to the REU standard themselves.
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Ayo, did we just stumble into creating a framework for a global trade currency?

Etranger said:
While Federationism reigns supreme in the legislature, federationism is catching on in the economy, as more and more industrial and rural cooperatives align themselves in voluntary associations to streamline and combine production efforts
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I suppose this allows coordination between post-merger larger cooperatives that emphasizes flexibility over further concentration.

Etranger said:
A minor provision in the 1895 budget establishes a Fund for International Partnership, which goes entirely unremarked among the flood of other international initiatives passed during that term.
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Ah, the discreet counterpart of the IDB's state-focused outlook.

Etranger said:
Likewise, microform technology sees a major boost as scientists at the National Academy are tasked with making the miniaturization technique mass-producible so that books, manuals, and other written works can be more readily stored and printed.
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Very nice how the Communists' most impactful opposition referenda legislation synergizes with recent technological progress.

Etranger said:
In early 1894, a massive peasant revolution breaks out in Korea, attacking French colonial garrisons and besieging the international legation forces in Incheon.
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Well that's an opportunity alright, and we can't leave the movement's support solely to the still-monarchy Japan and Qing China. Those two increasing friendship is so ironically funny lol.

Etranger said:
The resulting crisis in the United States leads to a surge of left-wing populism, notably the establishment of the American People's Party as a social-radical counterforce to the establishment Republicans and the increasingly anemic Democrats.
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Yooo now we have an Orange party complimenting the Gold-wing of the Republicans in US politics. As an aside, that crisis likely contributed to our declining growth rates even after further co-op reform.

Etranger said:
Oscar Wilde flees Britain for the German Republic in 1895 rather than undergo trial for sodomy and is greeted upon arrival with a frankly ridiculous display of support by poetry enthusiasts.
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He avoided the crime visited upon him by the British, welcome to this free and crazy republic 🫡
 
01paradox01 said:
Well, seems like more economic/trade planks are on the menu, with our declining growth there.
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Growth is declining because an international banking panic caused a global depression - one we largely dodged because our internal economy is insulated against shocks like this. The demand just isn't there imo - we should just bite the bullet for now and focus on reforms to further shield ourselves and our allies against the ongoing effects of this depression.
 
Regency said:
Well that's an opportunity alright, and we can't leave the movement's support solely to the still-monarchy Japan and Qing China. Those two increasing friendship is so ironically funny lol.
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We could offer to mediate. Being completely honest, I don't think that Korea as a colony is profitable to France so "buying" it might be a viable strategy to gain Korean independence without worsening our relations with the Entente (we don't want to worsen relations with the Entente because we want a secure border while we fight against the Imperial League).

Edit: We should also create naval academies of some kind given that our navy's training is her worst stat.
 
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have a communist plan, most of the work done by zimm, first plank is my work:

--[] Nationalize the three largest coop federations to keep the coop sector honest.
--[] Further build out electrical and communications infrastructure under state ownership in accordance with a central plan incorporating local input, while improving the productivity of state and cooperative mines and fabricators to support the build-out.
--[] Recognize the Jeonju government as the government of Korea with sovereign authority to maintain, repudiate, or renegotiate its international obligations; and invite such elements of its leadership as accept the International Revolutionary Association's membership criteria to apply to that body for affiliation, with attendant benefits.
--[] Offer the United States support to recover from and reform in the aftermath of its depression: low-interest loans from the International Development Bank to the states, and no-interest loans to the federal government; buyouts of failing business by German cooperatives offering American workers equal shares in the amalgamated firms allowing them to maintain their jobs; and model legislation on railway nationalization.
--[] Support efforts to raise socialist and republican consciousness and capabilities. Special emphasis is to be given toward mobilizing groups who are structurally oppressed (e.g. women, national and religious minorities, impoverished laborers).
--[] Continue funding the military infrastructure and fortification program. In this stage emphasis should be on expanding and fortifying logistical nodes and axes of movement supporting third-line and interior positions. (edited)
 
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Aranfan said:
have a communist plan, most of the work done by zimm, first plank is my work:

--[] Nationalize the three largest coop federations to keep the coop sector honest.
--[] Further build out electrical and communications infrastructure under state ownership in accordance with a central plan incorporating local input, while improving the productivity of state and cooperative mines and fabricators to support the build-out.
--[] Recognize the Jeonju government as the government of Korea with sovereign authority to maintain, repudiate, or renegotiate its international obligations; and invite such elements of its leadership as accept the International Revolutionary Association's membership criteria to apply to that body for affiliation, with attendant benefits.
--[] Offer the United States support to recover from and reform in the aftermath of its depression: low-interest loans from the International Development Bank to the states, and no-interest loans to the federal government; buyouts of failing business by German cooperatives offering American workers equal shares in the amalgamated firms allowing them to maintain their jobs; and model legislation on railway nationalization.
--[] Support efforts to raise socialist and republican consciousness and capabilities. Special emphasis is to be given toward mobilizing groups who are structurally oppressed (e.g. women, national and religious minorities, impoverished laborers).
--[] Continue funding the military infrastructure and fortification program. In this stage emphasis should be on expanding and fortifying logistical nodes and axes of movement supporting third-line and interior positions. (edited)
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Really not a fan of the first plank there. It's picking a fight with everyone else just after we've lost an election.
 
Godwinson said:
You can keep your poison-pill plank, we'd prefer to have at least some chance of being able to coalition with any other party this election.
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[] Communist Party
-[] Plan: The Communist Party Unity Program of 1895
--[] Further build out electrical and communications infrastructure under state ownership in accordance with a central plan incorporating local input, while improving the productivity of state and cooperative mines and fabricators to support the build-out.
--[] Offer the United States support to recover from and reform in the aftermath of its depression: low-interest loans from the International Development Bank to the states, and no-interest loans to the federal government; buyouts of failing business by German cooperatives offering American workers equal shares in the amalgamated firms allowing them to maintain their jobs; and model legislation on railway nationalization.
--[] Continue funding the military infrastructure and fortification program. In this stage emphasis should be on expanding and fortifying logistical nodes and axes of movement supporting third-line and interior positions.
--[] Embark on a renewed program of naval expansion, aiming at command of the Baltic Sea by matching or exceeding the tonnage of the combined Russian Baltic, and Scandinavian, fleets.
--[] Recognize the Jeonju government as the government of Korea with sovereign authority to maintain, repudiate, or renegotiate its international obligations; and invite such elements of its leadership as accept the International Revolutionary Association's membership criteria to apply to that body for affiliation, with attendant benefits.
--[] Support efforts to raise socialist and republican consciousness and capabilities, particularly in the Russian Empire and Scandinavia. Special emphasis is to be given toward mobilizing groups who are structurally oppressed (e.g. women, national and religious minorities, impoverished laborers).
 
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Godwinson said:
You can keep your poison-pill plank, we'd prefer to have at least some chance of being able to coalition with any other party this election.
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Sorry. :(

Zimmerwald1915 said:
--[] Offer the United States support to recover from and reform in the aftermath of its depression: low-interest loans from the International Development Bank to the states, and no-interest loans to the federal government; buyouts of failing business by German cooperatives offering American workers equal shares in the amalgamated firms allowing them to maintain their jobs; and model legislation on railway nationalization.
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I like this plank and want it in the coop party plan for this turn.
 
When does the Russo-Japanese war start again? We could always try to sell them some torpedo boats and basing rights off our north coast.
 
Zimmerwald1915 said:
--[] Offer the United States support to recover from and reform in the aftermath of its depression: low-interest loans from the International Development Bank to the states, and no-interest loans to the federal government; buyouts of failing business by German cooperatives offering American workers equal shares in the amalgamated firms allowing them to maintain their jobs; and model legislation on railway nationalization.
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I like this a lot. Win favors from American workers, American People's Party, and the GOP's Radical wing, create big cooperatives in USA through bailouts, & wrest control of railroads from the robber-barons. Also really tickles me that we're giving the US a foreign aid package.

7th Hex said:
When does the Russo-Japanese war start again? We could always try to sell them some torpedo boats and basing rights off our north coast.
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Unlikely to happen as OTL, due to Japan not really having the motives it has against Russia with Korea internationalized under French "protection" & Manchuria still owned by the Qing. More likely for an incident in the current Korean rebellion causing a Sino-Japanese alliance against the Entente.
 
[] Cooperative Party
-[] Plan Cooperative Steps and Social Transformation
--[] Build up our telecommunications network to reach every local town hall, planning office and production sites. Leverage those new communications to enable more participative planning, both for identifying demand and fulfilling it.
--[] Establish communally operated and owned "libraries" of goods that do not need to be owned by individuals but can instead be shared to improve everyone's access to uncommon goods.
--[] Increase the secret provision of funding, arms and ideological support to the rebels in Korea, using pre-existing channels and with an emphasis on keeping the revolt anti-monarchist and truly revolutionary. Cooperate with Chinese and Japanese covert efforts if they exist to the extent it doesn't undermine revolutionary ideals.
--[] Ultimately if one merely breaks up hierarchies between institutions but leaves them within them, the job is not even half done. Begin pilot programs experimenting with less hierarchial organization within school, and with alternate means of teaching than the more traditional rote learning so common even in good schools.
--[] Set up cooperation between farmers, biology researchers and tooling engineers to continually improve on agriculture and land management. Aim to produce long term planning for sustainability and preservation of nature alongside production.
--[] Help cooperatives draft war footing plans to prepare them for a change in economic priorities if conflict arises and to maximize their contribution in wartime.

Because the Federationists are their own party now, we decided to focus Coop efforts on... well, advancing the interests of Co-Ops/communities and of social transformation... as well as world-revolution, obviously.
 
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I find it funny that the social democrats have become the Palpatine of the German Republic. :lol:

somehow the social democrats returned!
 
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