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[b]The German Empire[/b][/center]

It is with great pride that we enter the year 1900 as a strong and notable great power. Our place in the Sun is without doubt, and Germany is an international model of a functioning and growing society of innovation and progress. Our engineers are the most efficient, our inventors are the most ingenious and our military is without a doubt the mightiest. I look with pride upon the diligent worker, as his handicraft keeps the industrial production of our country at the forefront of Europe, and I also admire the fine and elegant ideas and ambitious initiatives of the businessmen and bankers who plan and improve upon our country on an international scale. Finally we have the most successful and most experienced gentlemen who own the factories that provide work for hundreds of thousands of Germans and the esteemed nobility who lead our armies to defend the Fatherland when the times are grim. Our arms are strong, our backs are firm and our minds a goldmine for both intellectual and material growth. I plan to ensure that Germany stays on this route, because it has granted prosperity to many and great glory to the German people.

Unfortunately, there are those who do not recognise German power and the rights of German citizens abroad. The Chinese have broken all codes of conduct, brought shame upon their country and violently assaulted envoys sent from a plethora of civilised countries, including those from the German Empire. This shall not be looked upon with inaction, for our very honour is at stake here. Our army and navy have been trained for an event like this, an event that forces us to bring down our boots and protest with our military might. We shall [b]join the International Army with one thousand and five hundred men from the Marines and Army, together with six of our finest cruisers.[/b] We are confident that this will be enough to provide a core of disciplined and well-trained men to this Expedition of Justice. We shall show the Chinese what happens when you take up arms against German citizens and we shall imprint this event so deep in their national consciousness that they shall never dare express defiance against us again. With the blessing of God, we shall prevail and punish those guilty of these hideous crimes. Know that every man and woman in Germany will pray for our flawless victory against this shrewd enemy and that victory shall be granted to us because we are just and righteous!

[i]His Imperial and Royal Majesty Wilhelm the Second, by the Grace of God, German Emperor and King of Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Count of Hohenzollern, Duke of Silesia and of the County of Glatz, Grand Duke of the Lower Rhine and of Posen, Duke in Saxony, of Angria, of Westphalia, of Pomerania and of Lunenburg, Duke of Schleswig, of Holstein and of Crossen, Duke of Magdeburg, of Bremen, of Guelderland and of Jülich, Cleves and Berg, Duke of the Wends and the Kashubians, of Lauenburg and of Mecklenburg, Landgrave of Hesse and in Thuringia, Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia, Prince of Orange, of Rugen, of East Friesland, of Paderborn and of Pyrmont, Prince of Halberstadt, of Münster, of Minden, of Osnabrück, of Hildesheim, of Verden, of Kammin, of Fulda, of Nassau and of Moers, Princely Count of Henneberg, Count of the Mark, of Ravensberg, of Hohenstein, of Tecklenburg and of Lingen, Count of Mansfeld, of Sigmaringen and of Veringen, Lord of Frankfurt.[/i]