[center][h2][b][color=007236]The Osladian Tsardom[/color][/b][/h2] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80589065/Random/Proposal_flag_of_Georgia%28country%29.png[/img] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QA4aWzS6sc][b]Ний сме достойни![/b][/url][/center] [center][i]The following is taken from "[u]History of the Oslads: The 19th Century and Beyond[/u]" by Dr. Igor Resnick.[/i] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Russparis.jpg/640px-Russparis.jpg[/img] [i]"The Tsar marches through Cividium" by Aleksandr Segorovich, circa 1815.[/i][/center] In the immediate aftermath of what would become known as 'The Catonianic Wars' and the Congress of Nations; The Osladian Tsardom stood at the center of the world stage as the dominant power on the Continent and the controller of the Imperial Tsardom at large. Across the continent her armies and the armies of her allied states began the long march home. However, despite her status, the Tsardom was wounded. Of all the nations having fought in the war, the Imperium took the greatest losses. Between the major revolts within the Tsardom and the marching armies of the growingly infamous Titus Junius Cato, the Tsardom was shown to not be the impenetrable force it was thought to be. Within the post-war Imperium there had grown two opposed factions. The states aligning with the Emperor of Vornehm, and those aligned with the Emperor of Oslad. In the coming years the schism within the Tsardom would be known as 'The Emperor's Game' and the political impact it held on the already weakened Tsardom would change the course of Continental history. While documentation had become commonplace during the Catonianic Wars. The state affairs of the Osladian Tsardom were, at best, unorganized and many official information simply lost to time. Thus, historians have relied heavily on the personal journals and diaries of Noblemen and Women as well as military and domestic officials. In the memoir Kirigin Tarasovich, the Governor-Magistrate of Kazinogors, we read the following. [i]"When Tsar Lubomir's army marched home through Volinski there was joyous celebration. Crowds of men, carrying their young children on their shoulders, cheered and women wept and threw flowers to the parading Iron Guard of the Tsar's personal army. However, I felt no joy in the sight, only tension. In the days prior to the Tsar's return to the country the ruling regency informed me of the recent accusations of our Vornehm allies. On the streets of Vorenheim the people openly mocked the Tsar and his authority, calling the Imperial elections a fraud. Thus, as I watched the men smile as they once again saw their motherland, I could only feel tense as I considered the thought that they'd be marching away again soon."[/i] While the fears of the Governor-Magistrate are still debated today as being valid, the aforementioned quote shows the anxiety within the Osladian state of upholding the peace that had been bought at the Congress of Nations. Through accounts of witnesses and members of Tsar Lubomir's family, we know that in the following months of 1815 the Tsar personally began correspondence with Emperor Jörg Reiter to discuss the events of the War and how to end the apparent schism. If these correspondence were successful is up for debate however. In addition to attempts at easing tensions with the other Imperial Emperor, the Osladian Tsardom made moves to engage in contact with 'the buffer Kingdom' of Plebina. Though the two states were within the Tsardom, little contact between the two nations even in the midst of the Catonianic Wars. The Tsardom would, in coming years, make multiple moves in which the formerly isolationist power began to spread her wings diplomatically and establish herself as more than the wielder of the Imperial crown. [center][img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Alexander_I_of_Russia_by_G.Dawe_%281826%2C_Peterhof%29.jpg/288px-Alexander_I_of_Russia_by_G.Dawe_%281826%2C_Peterhof%29.jpg[/img] [i]Tsar Lubomir II, also known as 'Lubomir the Great'[/i][/center] On the topic of the Imperial crown. In November of 1814, only two weeks after the Tsar returned to Oslograd, a Imperial Diet was called and to be held in February of 1815. Delegates and royalty from across the Imperial were requested by the Tsar personally to make preparations for travel in late January when the winter would begin to weaken and the few roads that there were would clear. However, due to the winter not budging as intended, the Imperial Diet would not begin in full until mid-February. Once all delegates had arrived in Oslograd a series of inter-Imperial debates began. All nations wished in their own ways to see their nation would be safe from another Civitan Imperium or equal foe. The Osladian delegation, consisting of the Tsar and his council, were quick to call for unity within the Imperium and that only through unity and brotherhood would all nation stand together. To cement the Tsardom's 'unity for new century' the Osladian delegation called for trade agreements and relations improvements between all delegates and a opening of economic markets between the Tsardom's states. Though much of the agreement would need to be tweaked, by the end of February the formation of what the Vornehm delegation called the 'Volksmerchant' was crafted. The Volksmerchant would be a trade union agreed upon by a majority of the Tsardom's states that would, in essence, promote free trade and more open borders between members of the Tsardom. Opponents to the act, predominantly nations already distrusting of Oslad and protectionists, decried the Volksmerchant as merely a ploy by the Tsar to centralize the economy of the Tsardom into Oslograd. However, regardless of her opponents, the treaty went into official decree on March 1st and merchant guilds across the Tsardom made adjustments to fit the new laws into their charters. [hr] [hr] - [b]Action 1[/b] Increase Relations with the Kingdom of Plebina ([@ONL]) - [b]Action 2[/b] [b]The Agenda of the National Diet[/b] - [b]Formation of the Volksmerchant[/b] - [b]Action 3[/b] Increase Relations with the Empire of Vorenhm ([@Lauder]) - [[b]Demobilization[/b]] - [Mobilization] - [b]Naval Ship Assignment[/b] [i]1st Osladian Imperial Fleet[/i] - 1 First Rate, 4 Second Rates, 6 Third Rates, 8 Sloops - Coastal Patrol Duty [i]2nd Osladian Imperial Fleet[/i] - 5 Second Rates, 5 Third Rates, 8 Sloops - Merchant Escort [i]Osladian Merchant Fleet[/i] - 10 Privateers - Merchant Escort - [b]Research Priorities[/b] Army - Low Navy - Low Industry - High [-3 Economic Rating/Year] Social Thought - Low Economics - Normal [-2 Economic Rating/Year]