[center][u][b]The Year 1903[/b][/u] [b]World Tension[/b]: [i]28%[/i][/center] [indent][color=red][b]The Grand Survaek Empire founds the [i]Imperial Restoration[/i] movement[/b][/color] (+7% World Tension, +$5,000,000,000 Permanent GNP) [color=red][b]Nations Side with Sorena in the Sorenan Crisis[/b][/color] (+10% World Tension) [color=red][b]Sorena is Puppeted by the Grand Survaek Empire to the Imperial Restoration[/b][/color] (+15% World Tension) [b][color=red]Zellonia Incites Unrest in Sumaya[/color][/b](+5% World Tension, -10% National Unity for a target nation) [b][color=red]Sorena Mobilizes Troops[/color][/b](+3% World Tension) [b][color=red]Aontas Annexes Unclaimed Region[/color][/b] (+10% World Tension) [b][color=red]Xian Incites Unrest in Nasong[/color][/b] (+3% World Tension, Targeted Nation grants CB against you) [color=red][b]Sumaya Incites Unrest in Zellonian Sarelia[/b][/color] (+5% World Tension, -10% National Unity for a target nation) [b][color=gray]Soroya Signs Trade Agreement with Murenheidt[/color][/b] (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP for Nation) [b][color=gray]Anvegad Demobilizes Troops[/color][/b] (-2% World Tension] [b][color=gray]Xian Signs Trade Agreement with Manyeong[/color][/b] (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP for Nation) [b][color=gray]Kalpia Signs Trade Agreement with Etellia[/color][/b] (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP for Nation) [b][color=gray]Anvegad Signs Trade Agreement with Sumaya[/color][/b] (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP for Nation) [b][color=gray]Kalpia Forms Defensive Alliance with Etellia[/color][/b] (-5% World Tension) [b][color=gray]Aontas Embargoes Survaek[/color][/b] (-4% World Tension, Removes 1 of Targeted Nations Trade Agreement Bonuses) [/indent] [center][[b]LINK FOR BIGGER MAP[/b]: http://i.imgur.com/X5vHJbI.png][/center] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/X5vHJbI.png[/img] [i]The World, circa 1903[/i][/center] [hr] [u]OCTOBER[/u] [b]October 19th[/b]: The [b][color=darkblue]Empire of Anvegad[/color][/b] finalizes a trade agreement with the [b][color=lightgreen]Empire of Sumaya[/color][/b]. [b]October 24th[/b]: The play [i]The Violet Rose[/i] opens at the Grand Theatre in Sikea, [b][color=purple]Soroya[/color][/b] and begins a run of 122 performances and numerous revivals. [b]October 29th[/b]: The 17th Army Garrison in [b]Erimarsh, [color=gray]Kalpia[/color][/b] mutinies. 3,500 in number. They say that the Kalpian government has grown soft. As the pre-eminent military nation in all of Varius, their leader, a Colonel Vasguth sends a letter to the Kalpian President, stating: "[i]The strong arm of the Kalpian Army has been jailed in a cell of appeasement, and you are the warden[/i]." While not inherently violent, they immediately ransacked the Erimarsh Palace and put the Mayor on house arrest. The 17th Army Garrison demands promises of Kalpian nationalism or the immediate dispersal of Kalpia's current cabinet. [b]KALPIAN ARMY MUTINY[/b] ([i]1903[/i]) -- [[b]Listen to the Commanders's Grievances[/b]]: Invite Colonel Vasguth to Mistburn and listen to his appeal. As a service man of more than 25 years, Vasguth is a traditionalist and member of the Old Guard. Vehemently opposed to the [i]Sociataetm[/i], listening to the cries of a hawk may reflect poorly on our ideological allies. -- [[b]Disband the Garrison and Arrest the Traitors[/b]]: The Old Ways have gone. We have pledged ourselves to the [i]Sociatatem[/i]. Colonel Vasguth and his men are traitors to the state. They will be arrested, tried and executed for their attempted. -- [[b]Send a Delegation to Negotiate[/b]]: To act too hastily may end in ruin. We must act cautiously here. A delegation of several politicians and loyal army officers may get Colonel Vasguth to stand down without bloodshed. [hr] [u]NOVEMBER[/u] [b]November 1st[/b]: The [b][color=darkgreen]Yamarano Shogunate[/color][/b] mobilizes it's troops. [b]November 2nd[/b]: While docked at Evemont, two explosions on board the destroyer [i]TPS Liberty[/i], kill six of the men on board. The explosion was allegedly caused by a build up of gases in the boilers. [b]November 5th[/b]: The [b]First Bank of Malatar[/b] opens its doors in Malatar, [b][color=lightblue]Aontas[/color][/b]. [b]November 8th[/b]: The [b][color=darkgreen]Yamarano Shogunate[/color][/b] declares war on [b][color=lightgreen]Basai[/color][/b] over the [i]Nixao Incident[/i], citing that Basai has long been a multi-ethnic province that has belonged to Yamarano since the 1500's. The [i]Yamo-Basai War[/i] is a war of [b]Conquest[/b]. [b]November 12th[/b]: Erwin Osgood launches his [i]Little Flyer[/i], staying in the air for 31 minutes with Osgood at the controls. The showing is seen mostly as a gimmick, however. [b]November 15th[/b]: Civil service examinations are abolished in [b][color=yellow]Hoeryong[/color][/b], Faresia. [b]Novermber 21st[/b]: A group of fifteen [b]Zellonian[/b] hunters raid the [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan[/color][/b] province of [i]Hakas[/i]. Disgruntled over the death of several of their family, they attack Hakas and kill 13 women and children in retaliation. 9 of the 15 men are apprehended by Sumayan garrison troops. [b]Captured Zellonian Dissidents[/b] -- [b]Try and Execute Them[/b]: In accordance with our law, these vigilantes will be tried, convicted and sentenced to death by our choice. The Zellonians will know that violence will be met with violence. -- [b]Extradite them to Zellonian Sarelia[/b]: As civilized men, we expect the Zellonians to punish their own. We will negotiate the transfer of these men back to Zellonian authorities in Hollan and expect that they be punished for crossing into Sumayan territory and killing our citizens. -- [b]Release Them[/b]: Needless lives have been lost on both sides of this petty conflict. Their blood lust has been sated, and these men will return to Zellonia, and Sumaya will face no further criticism. [b]November 24th[/b]: 22,000 [b][color=darkgreen]Yamaranese[/color][/b] troops move against the [b]Basai 12th Army[/b] north of Sagoon, [b][color=lightgreen]Basai[/color] [/b]and begin the [color=red][b]Battle of Sagoon[/b][/color] [hr] [u]DECEMBER[/u] [b]December 3rd[/b]: A [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan[/color][/b] revolutionary named Sukanto Tanoto attempts to assassinate the Governor of Zellonian Sarelia, Richard Nagel. He shoots Governor Nagel, but the shot is non-fatal. Tanoto is apprehended and questioned by Zellonian military police. Not a member of the [i]Sons of Sumaya[/i], Tanota admits to attacking alone. He is made famous in Varian papers with his line: [i]The spider strikes when the farmer is busy with snakes[/i]." His fate remains uncertain. [b]December 8th[/b]: Famine strikes Faresia, and the [b][color=purple]Soroyan Colonial Department[/color][/b] reports over 50,000 dead from starvation in it's colonies. [b]December 31st[/b]: An expedition of the [b][color=lightblue]Kingdom of Aontas[/color] [/b]founds the first town in the Wildlands to the east, claiming it for the nation. [hr] [center][b]WORLD TENSION 15-40%:[/b] - All unaligned nations have +0% National Unity. - All Status Quo nations have +10% GNP boost. - Status Quo nations have +5% National Unity. [b]USE ABOVE FOR 1904 BUDGET[/b][/center] [hr] [u]OOC MECHANICS[/u] [b]Conference[/b] ([i]2 TENSION ACTIONS[/i]: Calling a conference of nations together to discuss a certain event. An outcome must be reached! (X Tension Rating, Depending on Outcome). [b]CHOOSE CONFERENCE GEOGRAPHIC EMPHASIS[/b]: -- [b]Varius[/b] ([i]Must own Varian Provinces[/i]) -- [b]Serranthia[/b] ([i]Must own Serranthian Provinces[/i]) -- [b]Faresia[/b] ([i]Must own Faresian Provinces[/i]) -- [b]Sarelia[/b] ([i]Must own Sarelian Provinces[/i]) [b]CHOOSE CONFERENCE SUBJECT[/b]: -- [b]POLITICAL[/b] * [i]Create a New Province[/i]: If agreed upon, two provinces can be generated from a single province, splitting ownership. * [i]Provincial Ownership[/i]: Discuss who owns a province based on geopolitical factors. * [i]Partitioning[/i]: A state may be partitioned by larger, more powerful states. * [i]Peace[/i]: With war either on the horizon or already breaking out, we must send a delegation to negotiate a ceasefire. -- [b]MILITARY[/b]: * [i]Discuss Disarmament[/i]: The continued accumulation of weapons of war must be addressed. -- [b]ECONOMIC[/b]: * [i]Discuss Trade[/i]: To discuss trade in a region in a manner befitting our nations. * [i]Trade Pact[/i]: Discuss the creation of a trade pact featuring multiple nations. -- [b]COLONIAL[/b]: * [i]Discuss Future Colonization[/i]: Uninhabited lands may be claimed for the future. ([i]May be used by any nation with Colonies[/i]). * [i]Discuss Colonial Ownership[/i]: Discuss who owns a province based on geopolitical factors. * [i]Discuss Decolonization[/i]: To provide for the eventual independence of future colonial nations. [b]MORE OPTIONS WILL BE ADDED WHEN NECESSARY[/b].