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[center][u][b]The Year 1901[/b][/u]
[b]World Tension[/b]: [i]7%[/i]
[color=red][b]Zellonian Declaration of War on Kalpia[/b][/color] ([i]12%[/i])
[color=red][b]Vatanno-Galvia stations troops on Salardian border[/b][/color] ([i]2%[/i])
[color=red][b]Deltora Allies with Soroya[/b][/color] ([i]8%[/i])
[color=red][b]Survaek Fabricates Claim on Honneria[/b][/color] ([i]4%[/i])
[color=red][b]Survaek Mobilizes Troops[/b][/color] ([i]2%[/i])
[color=gray][b]Tramel Denounces Vatanno-Galvia[/b][/color] ([i]-5%[/i])
[color=gray][b]Deltora Guarantees Luckland[/b][/color] ([i]-5%[/i])
[color=gray][b]Anvegad signs Trade Agreement with Khernikovia[/b][/color] ([i]-3%[/i])
[color=gray][b]Soroya signs a Defensive Alliance with Kelric[/b][/color] ([i]-5%[/i])
[color=gray][b]Soroya signs Trade Agreement with Deltora[/b][/color] ([i]-3%[/i])[/center]

[b]WORLD TENSION 0-15%[/b]
- All unaligned nations have +5% National Unity.
- All unaligned nations have +10% GNP boost.
- All Status Quo nations have +20% GNP boost.
- Status Quo nations have +10% National Unity.
(PLEASE USE THESE MODIFIERS IN YOUR BUDGETS / SHOW WORK)[/center]

[center][b]SEND BUDGETS FOR 1901[/b][/center]

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[u]JANUARY[/u]

[b]January 3rd[/b]: The [b]Zellonian 7th Fleet[/b] under Admiral Tavington, with it's flagship on the Pre-Dreadnought [i]ZRS Zellox[/i], sets sail north from Sucre back toward Zellonia. 

[b]January 5th[/b]: [b][color=gray]Kalpian Army[/color][/b] officers allege they spotted a Zellonian submarine periscope off the shores of Lochare. These allegations are unverified.

[b]January 12th[/b]: The [b][color=purple]Kingdom of Soroya[/color][/b] lays down the keel of an unnamed submarine, expected to be finished later this year.

[b]January 15th[/b]: Famous Opera singer Kalisee Vandorn of [b][color=brown]Vatanna-Galvia[/color][/b] dies at the age of 52. Thousands are anticipated to attend her funeral next week.

[b]January 16th[/b]: The entire Zellonian Sarelia has been captured by the [color=gray][b]Kalpian Colonial Army[/b][/color]. The soldiers under General Phaldio begin fortifying the coasts and the city of Memoth in anticipation of naval bombardments and a naval invasion.

[b]January 21st[/b]: An explosion of blasting powder in a coal mine in [b][color=darkblue]Anvegad[/color][/b] kills 200.

[b]January 25th[/b]: The first zeppelin flight is carried out over Mistburn, [b][color=gray]Kalpia[/color][/b].

[u]FEBRUARY[/u]

[b]February 1st[/b]: The [b]Zellonian 7th Fleet[/b], refueled at Evanston, heads back south with an additional three unmarked merchant ships in tow.

[b]February 3rd[/b]: Soldiers of the [b][color=gray]Kalpian Garrison[/color][/b] in Memoth see a submarine along the surface several miles out. It submerges and disappears.

[b]February 4th[/b]: The barge [i]The Duke Toreyan[/i] is completed in Kafu by the [b][color=maroon]Grand Survaek Empire[/color][/b], and available for service.

[b]February 9th[/b]: An expected shipment at Memoth doesn't arrive. General Phaldio immediately institutes rationing for his soldiers. 

[b]February 15th[/b]: The [b]Zellonian 7th Fleet[/b] appears off the coat of Memoth. It commences a heavy bombarding of the city, killing 91 Kalpian soldiers and 216 civilians. Fifteen miles west, three ships begin unloading 50,000 Zellonian regulars and 120 light artillery cannons along the beach. General Phaldio begins preparing a proper defense of the city when scouts report the landing later in the evening.

[b]February 19th[/b]: A bombardment from the 120 light artillery commences the [b][color=red]Second Battle of Memoth[/color][/b], where now the Zellonians were the one's assaulting. This however became a great boon to the Zellonian commander, who was so unsuspecting in his demeanor that none of his men even knew his name. The bombardment of the city lasted several hours.

For the Kalpians, it was utter hell. Many men had gone two or three days without a ration, and the hell fire that rained down upon them was twenty times as much as it had been when they assaulted the Zellonians the year before.

[b]February 25th[/b]: The battle begins with General Leroy ordering an assault on the city. With weapons more than thirty years out of date, the Zellonians have a hard time achieving local supremacy. The Kalpians make the Zellonians pay dearly for every inch of ground.

[b]February 29th[/b]: The Zellonians have advanced only two blocks and lost over 5,000 men. Hungry and beleaguered, General Phaldio decides not to relinquish the city. The Zellonian Pre-Dreadnought [i]ZRS Zellox[/i] bombards the eastern part of the city, killing dozens.

[u]MARCH[/u]

[b]March 1st[/b]: The Kalpians have lost over 3,500 men but have cost the Zellonians over 10,000. Peaking from rooftops and well manned buildings, the Kalpian Colonials are proving themselves.

[b]March 2nd[/b]: [color=gray]Kalpian[/color] industry kicks into gear with heavy production of cannons and rifles beginning. The government makes a call for volunteers and begins training 20,000 soldiers. They are expected to be finished later this year.

[b]March 5th[/b]: The [b][color=purple]Kingdom of Soroya[/color][/b] and the [color=pink][b]Kingdom of Kelric[/b][/color] sign an official trade agreement to last for five years.

[b]March 10th[/b]: Mass surrenders of [b][color=gray]Kalpian Colonial[/color][/b] troops begins. Zellonians are astonished to find them starving, many of them having not eaten since February.

[b]March 19th[/b]: The last fighting for [b]Memoth[/b] ends, and it is considered a Zellonian territory again. A garrison of 20 cannons and 5,000 men are left while General Leroy marches west. The [b][color=red]Second Battle of Memoth[/color][/b] has ended.
[b][u]Casualties[/u][/b]
[b]Zellonia[/b]: 10,987 soldiers
[b][color=gray]Kalpia[/color][/b]: 7 Light Artillery cannons, 3,851 soldiers

[b]March 21st[/b]: [b][color=purple]Soroyan[/color][/b] military theorist Maxwell Cruska begins work on a fast firing gun. His preliminary work is promising, but unfinished.

[b]March 25th[/b]: The Zellonian Colonial Army, numbering 45,000 sweeps across [b][color=gray]Kalpian Sarelia[/color][/b] and marches into Viertas. The Zellonian flag is raised at it's center.

[b]March 26th[/b]: The government of [b][color=gold]Honneria[/color][/b] requests a Pre-Dreadnought built by a nation capable of it. They will pay $4 Billion on top of the construction costs.

[b]March 29th[/b]: The [b][color=lightblue]Tramelian[/color] [/b]light cruiser [i]Salas[/i] is launched, it will be commissioned later this year.

[b]March 30th[/b]: The [b][color=gray]Kalpian Republic[/color][/b] signs the [b]Treaty of Juyust[/b] ([i]1901[/i]), citing colonial dominance in Sarelia. The [b]Zellonian Empire[/b] wins colonial dominance in the region.

[b]BUDGETS RECEIVED[/b]
[s]SURVAEK[/s]
[s]SOROYA[/s]
[s]KALPIA[/s]
[s]ZELLONIA[/s]
[s]ANVEGAD[/s]
[s]DELTORA[/s]
VATANNO-GALVIA
XIAN