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Springtime of Nations II: A European Republic Quest

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[] Rekindling the Republic of Virtue
-[] Provide recognition and funding for social groups that promote republican virtues in defense of the republic, such as community halls and hunting clubs.
-[] Continue naval expansion and army reforms
-[] Formalize an intelligence agency to gather information on our enemies and organize the activities of graduates of our Alpine Academy.
-[] Support the creation of Junior War Clubs in high schools across Germany, where students will practice and compete against each other in mock war games. These clubs will be democratically organized, preparing students for service in the Landwehr.
-[] Facilitate the organization of a civic religion devoted to the republican struggle and dissolution of crowns.
-[] Create a new national holiday, Mobilization Day, where all citizens of the Republic participate in a mock mobilization. This is to bring our citizens together, and provide regular stress testing for mobilization practices.
 
[] Plan: The moderate case for war
-[] Build upon our successful peace conference to deepen ties with the Entente, focusing on our shared enmity with the imperial league to see how much the Entente is likely to let us get away with if we go to war east.
-[] Organize a dedicated national counter intelligence agency to investigate foreign spies and sabotage, answering to the assembly directly.
-[] Organize a dedicated foreign intelligence agency under the assembly to keep it informed of political developments in other countries.
-[] Seek to renew our alliance with Italy by promising them gains at the expense of Austria if war breaks out. Reassure them that shared strategic interests matter more than divergence in internal politics.
-[] Discreetly reach out to Japan to see if they would be amenable to opening up another front in a hypothetical war with Russia, and generally deepen ties with the country.
-[] Send diplomats touring Europe and America, building a case for war against the autocrats of Russia and Austria.

I was thinking of making a ProgInd case for war, now that we have secured peace in the west. The party system imploded but we still have diplomacy and bureaucracy minded people who can be convinced that we have a clear opportunity to focus on the illegitimate empires to our east. A big part of the justification for appeasing France was creating this opportunity and we now have to seize it, even if we were the peace camp a vote or two ago.
 
A general reminder to please be sure to check the election post for the correct format; I won't take anything that doesn't adhere to it.
 
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[] Plan: Medicine and Diplomacy
-[] With aid from recent emigres with relevant expertise, overhaul German medicine. Focus on maternal care and other previously overlooked areas of healing.
-[] Establish a organisation for the coordination of healthcare and general medical research.
-[] Assemble medical experts to provide care in prospective underdeveloped countries to save people and build diplomatic credit.
-[] Establish a intelligence agency alongside foreign medical service to gather info abroad.
-[] Touch base with the Entente to see what actions they'd allow in the east.
-[] Expand our brain drain program.
 
[] Plan We Did the Economy, Now the Military
-[] Continue the program of naval expansion, aiming to match the Scandinavian and Russian fleets. Ensure Britain is aware of our limited naval ambitions.
-[] Match the increased naval funding with a general increase to the Landwehr's funding, to support an increase in the standing size, improvements to their equipment, and extensive drills and war games.
-[] Use the connections of our new citizens and the Alps Academy to strengthen and support a network of agitators and resistance leaders in the East…and in Italy.
-[] Reach out to the independent states of Africa which rebuffed Italy. Offer them trade, military assistance, and free education in the Republic.
-[] Invest heavily in the arms industry and its supporting industries. Aim to have as much as possible under state control.
 
[] Plan: Vanguard Communist Party (Valkyrie Clique)
-[] Continue support for the social-revolution along vanguardist lines.
-[] Continue support for the economic recovery along vanguardist lines.
-[] Continue support for the military recovery along vanguardist lines.
-[] Provide support for social groups, so long as their aims are made compatible with vanguardist principles.
-[] Provide support to anti-colonial efforts.
-[] Celebrate the wedding of Walpurga Voight and her wife as a proverbial gauntlet thrown at the face of reaction.

I figure that the Valkyrie Clique is a good name for Walpurga Voight's political alliance within the Vanguard Communist Party and members from the other parties.

The final plank is less an element of legislation, and more intended to be an effect of if somehow Walpurga Voight's clique gets 60% of the electorate's support.
 
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[] Commanding Heights
-[] Centralize the planning committees of the various Commissions into a standing Planning Conference Committee with the initiative to place sectoral and cross-sector planning bills before the Assembly.
-[] Transition to electric power for railroads, with the power plants and lines (and any lines that may branch out therefrom, e.g., to industry) to be perpetually under public ownership.
-[] Permit the workers' and socialist International to deposit its funds with the National Bank, fully insured to the same extent as German and Spanish state debts, extend it loans on the same terms as the German and Spanish governments, and permit it right of first refusal on the issuance of German state bonds.
-[] With the completion of the Karl Marx Canal, transition the Authority's remit to operation, upkeep, and periodic improvement of the canal, and divert the bulk of its heavy equipment and personnel to a Ruhr-Ems ship canal.
-[] Abolish the communal police, transferring their public-order-keeping functions back to the Landwehr, and their investigatory functions to the National Gendarmerie. Permit the Gendarmerie to investigate and propose prosecution of corruption cases among Landwehr branches.
-[] Refurbish and modernize the fortifications of Breslau, Passau, Dresden, Saarbrucken, and Luxemburg, in roughly that order of priority.
 
Oh wow, when you said "terrible news for the party system" I didn't expect the parties to cease existing for the next one

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In deference to the infamous casual style of the Germans, who have shown up wearing suit jackets of all things, the French delegation is in country dress, as though intending to go out hunting. Fortunately for all involved, there are no painters or photographers present.
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LMAO, it really was scandalous for the time

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Schmidt later describes the Emperor as "charming, affable, not the most incisive mind but well aware of his own limitations, and clearly quite relieved that we agreed to this conference." Interior Commissioner Voight's own rather terse notes indicate that he's "a bit dim, but handsome enough, if you like that sort of thing."
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Etran with the himbo Nappy IV agenda

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Several weeks later, after all the protocols and conventions have been ratified, news reaches the Assembly that Minister of War Boulanger has tendered his resignation and been assigned to oversee coastal fortifications in Brittany, while a handful of his allies in the French Senate have likewise left their seats for various forms of comfortable retirement.
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Got purged, huh? Not so himbo after all
 
[] Plan No, Seriously, Fuck Austria and Russia
-[] Conduct a campaign of domestic propaganda and revitalization of patriotism. Utilize refugee and immigrant accounts of monarchist and capitalist tyranny to help convince our people of the need for world liberation.
-[] Fund, support, and train Italian republicans and socialists, both for gaining popular support and for revolution. Assure them of our intent to aid them in any revolutionary struggle or peaceful handover of power.
-[] Continue to implement the recommendations for the army and navy as fast as possible. Look into updating arms and weapons designs with trade and research.
-[] Begin mandatory mobilization practice and preparation for deployment with both the Landwehr and Army of Labor. This recent brush with war shows that our enemies are ready to attack at any time.
-[] Mint the Silver Mark, similar to the Gold Mark, but based on silver, to continue to bolster our international trade and hamper any domestic currency instability. Use it to fund war material purchases from America, Spain, and other friendly countries.
-[] Expand the remit of the Gendarmerie to crackdown on smuggling and international espionage.
 
[] Plan: The Only Priority
-[] Any person who has not been literate previously, and succesfuly competed literacy program, is entiteled to monetary payment.
-[] Flood the country with pro-literacy propaganda. It is duty of every citisen to know how to read, write, and help others to obtain these skills.
-[] Ensure that every settlement has public library. Expand government printing to ensure that every public library is full of books.
-[] Create programs to help people learn national minority and foreign languages, focusing in particular on languages used by immigrant populations.
-[] Use labour conscripts as teachers to intensify literacy programs to maximum possible extent
-[] dunno

Attack the Scourge of Illiteracy always, everywhere!
Thoughts?
 
[] The War Economy
-[] Begin gradual implementation of the labor voucher system, following the scientific commission's recommendations.
-[] The instatement of a peacetime industrial commission, tentatively the Industrial Production Board, tasked with engaging in stress testing with specific sectors of the economy to see how well they could handle unfavorable conditions (ie, wartime, global economic downturn, embargo etc.).
-[] Establish a National Institute for Research and Development, tasked with the development and creation of new technologies, whether civilian or military in nature.
-[] Ensure that by 1895, that the Landwehr is armed to the teeth with as much as the economy may handle. Modernization must be kept as a top priority.
-[] Supply revolutionary forces in the Imperial Alliance with weaponry no longer fit for Landwehr service.
-[] Heavy investment into continued infrastructure developments, most especially the electrification of the nation.
 
[] Plan: The moderate case for war
-[] Build upon our successful peace conference to deepen ties with the Entente, focusing on our shared enmity with the imperial league to see how much the Entente is likely to let us get away with if we go to war east.
-[] Organize a dedicated national counter intelligence agency to investigate foreign spies and sabotage, answering to the assembly directly.
-[] Organize a dedicated foreign intelligence agency under the assembly to keep it informed of political developments in other countries.
-[] Seek to renew our alliance with Italy by promising them gains at the expense of Austria if war breaks out. Reassure them that shared strategic interests matter more than divergence in internal politics.
-[] Discreetly reach out to Japan to see if they would be amenable to opening up another front in a hypothetical war with Russia, and generally deepen ties with the country.
-[] Send diplomats touring Europe and America, building a case for war against the autocrats of Russia and Austria.
 
The Entente will not go "sure, buds, invade and make revolutionary republics of Austria and Russia, completely shattering the balance of power on the continent against us." We are best off just using them for war material at most, and preferably not even for that.
 
[] Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions
-[] Create an appointed organization under the Commissioner for War with the charge to design new equipment and tactics for the Landwehr, and the ability to (with democratic approval from the soldiers) set new equipment and training standards for the Landwehr, and license those designs to manufacturing cooperatives. Their first commission will be to develop a new model rifle for general use.
-[] Formally consolidate our "Alpine Academy" as an intelligence and counterintelligence service with a mandate to operate against foreign powers only. Explicitly forbid any investigation of or operation against German citizens, instead enumerating matters of internal national security as the province of the National Gendarmerie.
-[] Investigate means of generating and distributing electricity on municipal and, potentially, national scales using hydroelectric and coal-powered plants. Both urban and rural electrification projects should be planned and pilot programs implemented.
-[] Increase exports and sweetheart trade deals to our commercial partners in the Balkans and Latin America, with the end goal of becoming an "arsenal of democracy" to counteract the economic and military aggression of imperialist powers.
-[] Continue the expansion and modernization of military infrastructure for both the Landwehr and Marinewehr
-[] Develop rigid airship designs for potential military scouting and oversea commerce applications
 
Hmmm since successfully triggering an Italian revolution would likely drag in Entente intervention, we should table that after/if we defeat the Imperial League. How about inciting a second Polish uprising as an inciting incident for Alliance-League War? Maybe concurrently with prompting radical liberal-socialist revolution in the Quadruple Monarchy, if possible?

Maximalist aims could be to liberate Poland (we shall not fail the Polish revolutionaries for the second time!) and dissolving the Habsburg domain, since the Entente would likely intervene from us completely capitulating Russia.
 
[] Plan: Education, Electrification, Expansion
-[] Flood the country with pro-literacy propaganda. It is the duty of every citizen to know how to read, write, and help others to obtain these skills.
-[] Create programs to help people learn national minority and foreign languages, focusing in particular on languages used by immigrant populations.
-[] Research ways to generate electricity from the wind and solar heating. Germany must be Green!
-[] Investigate means of generating and distributing electricity on municipal and, potentially, national scales using hydroelectric plants. Both urban and rural electrification projects should be planned and pilot programs implemented.
-[] Formally consolidate our "Alpine Academy" as an intelligence and counterintelligence service with a mandate to operate against foreign powers only. Explicitly forbid any investigation of or operation against German citizens, instead enumerating matters of internal national security as the province of the National Gendarmerie.
-[] Increase exports and sweetheart trade deals to our commercial partners in the Balkans and Latin America, with the end goal of becoming an "arsenal of democracy" to counteract the economic and military aggression of imperialist powers.
 
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[] Plan We Did the Economy, Now the Military
-[] Continue the program of naval expansion, aiming to match the Scandinavian and Russian fleets. Ensure Britain is aware of our limited naval ambitions.
-[] Match the increased naval funding with a general increase to the Landwehr's funding, to support an increase in the standing size, improvements to their equipment, and extensive drills and war games.
-[] Use the connections of our new citizens and the Alps Academy to strengthen and support a network of agitators and resistance leaders in the East…and in Italy.
-[] Reach out to the independent states of Africa which rebuffed Italy. Offer them trade, military assistance, and free education in the Republic.
-[] Invest heavily in the arms industry and its supporting industries. Aim to have as much as possible under state control.

Now that we seem to have secured our Western flank, our highest priority must be the east. The masses of Russia and Austria must be liberated!
 
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Dispatches from Abroad: 1887
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    • Dispatches from Abroad: 1887​

    Commissioner Liebknecht,

    Please find enclosed a selection of excerpts from our foreign representatives and various German nationals abroad. As directed, I have paid particular attention to "the good stuff, you know, something that'll make [you] laugh." Please do not hesitate to ask if you ever require a more detailed precis on international matters.

    Your fellow-citizen,
    Johannes Erhardt
    Permanent Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs

    "Quoting a British Foreign Office official I recently lunched with, 'It's our view that, despite the occasional bout of overheated rhetoric from your National Assembly, your foreign policy is fundamentally pragmatic. You pay your bills, you abide by treaties, you don't go around conquering your neighbors. As such, a little saber-rattling for domestic consumption isn't considered much to worry about.' I'm sure the Commissioner will love to hear that."
    - German Representative to the United Kingdom

    "The situation in Spain is quite good, actually. Reconstruction is more or less complete and they've actually relieved themselves of a fairly substantial logistical and administrative burden by freeing their colonies. The military's been kept in decent shape too, given the usual concerns about France and Portugal. All in all, while I wouldn't expect them to march on Paris any time soon, they can certainly hold up their end in a fight."
    - German Landwehr adviser, attached to the Spanish Army

    "Some of the generals are a bit vexed with young Bonaparte, like that MacMahon fossil, but for the most part no one's too upset about the entire affair. He said he'd get the man back, after all, and that's what he did. No real loss of face for anyone except old Boulanger, and he's not bothering anyone while he's off counting seashells on the beach or whatever they do over in Brittany."
    - A cultural attaché, assigned to the German embassy in Paris

    "Pleased to report that the overall outlook in Manila is rosy. The US Asiatic Squadron is permanently based out of here and they keep the colonial vultures more or less at bay. Plenty of local Spanish advisers, too, though the Filipinos seem to be handling things by themselves pretty well. Honestly, I think some of the Spaniards have just gone native and don't fancy heading home to Madrid or Barcelona."
    - A German merchant mariner, veteran of the Far East trade route

    "Things are getting a bit dicey. There are all sorts of rumors in the cafes right now; that the French or the Austrians are due to invade, that the King is shipping gold to Switzerland, that the Roman garrison is being sent home, all sorts of unsubstantiated nonsense. Everyone's a bit twitchy, more troops on the street than usual, but we're not quite at a boiling point yet. Still, we're all treading with caution. PS: Please see enclosed request for additional embassy security."
    - A military attaché, assigned to the German embassy in Florence

    "For such a moralizing people, the Americans sure do love to put it away. I didn't get home from the Justice unveiling celebrations until about a quarter to 4, and when I woke up at 9, I had the most godawful headache. Last night, they were all waving tricolors and kissing the embassy staff. Really very nice, actually. Think I'll put in for a second tour over here."
    - Deputy Representative for Administrative Affairs to the United States

    "Spent my morning getting lectured by old FJ on the 'dissolute, outlaw ways of your godless people,' which means it's basically just another Tuesday. I think he was a little perturbed that our recent squabble with France didn't blow up in anyone's face. Still, he's quite spry for 57. Just wish it wasn't so difficult to keep a straight face staring at those fluffy whiskers for a few hours straight, especially when they get all twitchy like a cat's back hair."
    - Representative to the Austrian Empire

    "Day 472 of my tenure in St. Petersburg. Still have not met the Emperor, nor any of his senior officials, nor anyone in his court above the rank of Baron. The embassy roof continues to leak incessantly. Becoming distressingly adept at building these houses of cards. Reliably up to six stories now. Considering starting a whist game at the embassy, like the ones they hold in the Assembly between votes. Praying for recall thrice daily."
    - Representative-Designate to the Russian Empire
     
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    • Etranger said:
    "Quoting a British Foreign Office official I recently lunched with, 'It's our view that, despite the occasional bout of overheated rhetoric from your National Assembly, your foreign policy is fundamentally pragmatic. You pay your bills, you abide by treaties, you don't go around conquering your neighbors. As such, a little saber-rattling for domestic consumption isn't considered much to worry about.' I'm sure the Commissioner will love to hear that."
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    Oh. Oh no.
     
    Etranger said:
    "Quoting a British Foreign Office official I recently lunched with, 'It's our view that, despite the occasional bout of overheated rhetoric from your National Assembly, your foreign policy is fundamentally pragmatic. You pay your bills, you abide by treaties, you don't go around conquering your neighbors. As such, a little saber-rattling for domestic consumption isn't considered much to worry about.' I'm sure the Commissioner will love to hear that."
    - German Representative to the United Kingdom
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    *coughs up blood*

    I demand we fire upon British ships now!
     
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