[center][b][h1]STATE OF AFFAIRS [1 of 3 for Turn 1][/h1][/b][/center]

[i]Summer, 1911[/i]

[b]April 1st[/b]: Serial inventor Yong Yang Cheung had long been lauded for his radical and inefficient designs, but it was his "full press" that had been discovered by a magistrate of the province that put Cheung's name in everyone's mouth. Used to press cotton, the machine was replicated at the request of thirty coinage and on a day called "absolutely auspicious," the Y. Y. Cheung factory was opened in the Xhan Empire.

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[i]Y.Y. Cheung Factory opens in Xhan Empire[/i][/center]

[b]April 17th[/b]: The [b]119th[/b] and [b]120th Imperial Infantry Divisions[/b] of the Tyro-Antarian Army finish their nine weeks training and are given an ceremony of honorary induction outside the parade grounds. General of the Tyro-Antarian Third Army, Stephan von Kessel performs the commencement and announces that they are now joining the ranks of the most prestigious military in the world. Regimental and squad level photos are taken afterward.

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[i]Photo of B Platoon, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, Katka Regiment of the 120th Imperial Infantry Division[/i][/center]