[center][u][b]The Year 1904[/b][/u]
[b]World Tension[/b]: [i]19%[/i][/center]
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[b][color=red]Mille-Sessau Incites Border Tension against Etellia[/color][/b] (+3% World Tension, Targeted Nation grants CB against you).
[b][color=red]Mille-Sessau Fabricates Claims on Etellia[/color][/b] (+5% World Tension)
[b][color=red]Anvegad Allies with Sumaya[/color][/b] (+8% World Tension, +5% National Unity)
[b][color=red]Zellonia Declares War on Sumaya[/color][/b] (+12% World Tension)
[b][color=red]Soroyo-Anvegadian Colonial War[/color][/b] (+12% World Tension)
[b][color=red]Zellonia Incites Unrest in Kalpia[/color][/b] (+5% World Tension)
[b][color=red]Imperial Restoration Begins Crisis in Soroyan Faresia[/color][/b] (+15% World Tension)
[b][color=gray]Anvegad Denounces Zellonia[/color][/b] (-5% World Tension)
[b][color=gray]Soroya Intervenes in Basai[/color][/b] (-10% World Tension)
[b][color=gray]Xian Intervenes in Basai[/color][/b] (-10% World Tension)
[b][color=gray]Xian Embargoes Yamarano[/color][/b] (-4% World Tension)
[b][color=gray]Aontas Signs Trade Agreements with Tramel[/color][/b] (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP)
[b][color=gray]Aontas Signs Trade Agreements with Salardia[/color][/b] (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP)
[b][color=gray]Survaek Signs Trade Agreements with Khernikovia[/color][/b] (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP)
[b][color=gray]Survaek Signs Trade Agreements with Sorena[/color][/b] (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP)
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[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 1904[/i][/center]

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[u]JANUARY[/u]

[b]January 2nd[/b]: Approximately 7,000 soldiers of the [b]Empire of Zellonia[/b] are immediately ordered from their posts in Hollan, New Zellonia toward the Sumayan border. Without preparation or mobilization, the soldiers are barely able to finish their breakfast before they head down the road toward the border. A declaration of war reaches the [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color][/b] just hours before.

[b]January 4th[/b]: The [b][color=red]Republic of Haegye[/color][/b] sends out a request to purchase 20,000 rifles from any nation that will sell them. They will pay $5,000,000,000 for them, so long as they can be shipped across the Vicarri Sea, since the Haegyean Navy was a brown water fleet.

[b]January 7th[/b]: The [b][color=maroon]Grand Survaek Empire[/color][/b] finalizes a trade agreement with the [b][color=darkgreen]Khernikovian Empire[/color][/b]. 

[b]January 8th-21st[/b]: What begins as minor shoot outs along the entire front turns into a meatgrinder just west of the town of [i]Rappang[/i]. The [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan[/color][/b] National Guard was 50,000 strong along the 182 mile front, while the Zellonians had dispatched a paltry 13,000 men. The Zellonians pulled their light artillery up and battered Sumayan positions for three days before assaulting through the heavily foliage. The [b][color=red]Battle of Rappang[/color][/b] lasted 13 days. The [b]Zellonian[/b] vanguard was beaten back, but they were far from beaten.

[u]CASUALTIES[/u] ([b][color=red]Battle of Rappang[/color][/b])
[b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color][/b]: 1,473 men
[b]Zellonian Empire[/b]: 2,191 men

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[i]Zellonians attempting a flanking maneuver at Rappang, 1904[/i][/center]

[b]January 22nd[/b]: An order of 50,000 Pattern-7 Bolt-Action Rifles finishes for the [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color][/b]

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[u]FEBRUARY[/u]

[b]February 3rd[/b]: The [b][color=maroon]Grand Survaek Empire[/color][/b] lays down the keel of a submarine, the [i]Lumberjack[/i], expected to be finished at the end of the year.

[b]February 4th-5th[/b]: [b]Zellonian[/b] artillery barrages halt an erratic [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan[/color][/b] night assault south of Rappang.

[b]February 7th[/b]: 20,000 troops finish their training in the [b][color=lightblue]Aontan Army[/color][/b].

[b]February 9th[/b]: An intricate line of railroads completes in the [i]Suma[/i] province of the [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color][/b], connecting much of the small empire together in the east.

[b]February 14th[/b]: The [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color][/b], after great technical difficulties, finishes constructing three submarines, named [i]Cebu, Tawa [/i] and [i]Faroe[/i]. They are now ready for service.

[b]February 16th[/b]: The [i]ZRS Victory[/i], a Pre-Dreadnought has it's 12" guns modernized to 13" guns, as well as several addition of dual purpose 5" guns and increased armoring around the waterline.

[b]February 19th[/b]: The [b]Soroyan Second Fleet[/b], composed of 1 pre-preadnought, 2 light cruisers and 4 destroyers and several barges sets sail across the Viscarri Sea. While they would initially make good time, the inclusion of the pre-dreadnought [i]SRF Reijmink[/i], who could only make 16 knots, slows them down significantly, adding several days to their arrival time. 

[b]February 21st[/b]: 20,000 regulars of the [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Army[/color][/b] finishes training. 

[b]February 22nd[/b]: The [color=red][b]Second Battle of Sagoon[/b][/color] starts, with 75,000 fresh [b][color=red]Yamaranese Shogunate[/color][/b] troops attacking 55,000 troops of [b][color=brown]Basai[/color][/b]. Fighting for their families and lives, Basainese troops fight and die in their own capital.

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[u]MARCH[/u]

[b]March 4th[/b]: Construction of a major shipyard in the Chatara region begins construction in the [b][color=lightblue]Kingdom of Aontas[/color][/b].

[b]March 9th[/b]: 100 Model L-2 light artillery cannons complete production in the [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color][/b].

[b]March 15th[/b]: The [b][color=yellow]Kingdom of Etellia[/color][/b] [i]declines[/i] an invitation to the [i]Sociatatem[/i]. Not necessarily a fan of the [i]Imperial Restoration[/i], Etellian Prime Minister Gio Orsini instead said: "[i]It is not like the sheep to be friends with wolves who pretend to be shepherds[/i]."

[b]March 16th[/b]: A nighttime raid by the [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan[/color][/b] partisan army the [i]Sons of Sumaya[/i] effectively sneaks behind enemy lines and kills 150 [b]Zellonian Colonial Army[/b] troops north of Hollan.

[u]CASUALTIES[/u] ([b][color=red]Nighttime Raid[/color][/b])
[b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color][/b]: 17 men
[b]Zellonian Empire[/b]: 150 men

[b]March 17th[/b]: An order of 50,000 Bursk Mk IV rifles finishes in the [b][color=purple]Kingdom of Soroya[/color][/b].

[b]March 21st[/b]: Construction of a minor industrial complex begins in Mistburn, [b][color=gray]Kalpia[/color][/b].

[b]March 22nd[/b]: The [b][color=purple]Kingdom of Soroya[/color][/b] declares war on the [b][color=red]Yamarano Shogunate[/color][/b], citing an intervention in the war to protect it's colonies in the region.

[b]March 28th[/b]: The 12th, 14th, and 16th Divisions (30,000 men) of the [b][color=purple]Soroyan Colonial Army[/color][/b] move north from [b]Flulin[/b] into the [b][color=red]Yamarano Shogunate[/color][/b], but quickly run into heavily entrenched lines backed by at at least 50,000 Yamaranese troops. The Soroyans pull back.

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[u]APRIL[/u]

[b]April 1st[/b]: An attempt to colonize the western shores of Faresia by [b][color=purple]Royal Soroyan Expeditionary Corps[/color][/b] goes awry when patrolling [b][color=red]Yamaranese Navy[/color][/b] destroyers [i]Kiko[/i] and [i]Sato[/i] stop the ships long before they can disembark. Boarding and realizing the Soroyan's purpose. They intern the sailors and tow the ships back north. The Soroyans lose over $30,000,000,000 in potential colonial assets.

[b]April 3rd[/b]: The [b][color=purple]Kingdom of Soroya[/color][/b] begins construction of railroads in the territories of Ekon and Ayas. They are expected to be finished sometime in 1906.

[b]April 5th[/b]: [b][color=darkblue]Anvegado[/color]-[color=purple]Soroyan[/color] Colonial Crisis[/b]: While the Soroyans had met with sour luck along the northern Faresian shores, their attempts to colonize the southern shores met with a political backhand from the [color=darkblue][b]Empire of Anvegad[/b][/color]. While neither nation had a formal claim to the area, neither nation obviously intended to release the area, rich in both steel and rare materials.

Both [b]Anvegad[/b] and [b]Soroya[/b] must choose how they stand on the issue:
[indent]* [[b]Press the Issue[/b]]: This claim is [i]ours[/i]! We will not relinquish our claim and will back it up militarily, if it comes to it.

* [[b]Split the Claim[/b]]: There is plenty of land to be had, and it can be split without bloodshed. If they press the claim however when we suggest splitting it, we may lose our spot.

* [[b]Back Down[/b]]: We will not go to war over resources in a far away land. If we back out and they attempt to press the issue however, we will look much better in the eyes of the international community.[/indent]

[b]April 19th[/b]: The [b][color=purple]Soroyan[/color] Second Fleet[/b] arrives in Flulin with 30,000 Bursk MK IV Rifles, 1,000 Cruska Machine Guns and 50 light artillery. Without a sizable port however in the Kedris region, they have no way to unload the equipment safely. Without specific orders, the [b]Second Fleet[/b] sails up the [i]Xian Channel[/i] and begins unloading on the Eastern Shores of Kedris. 

[b]April 21st[/b]: The [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color][/b] finalizes a [b]Defensive Alliance[/b] with the [b][color=darkblue]Empire of Anvegad[/color][/b].

[b]April 28th[/b]: The [b][color=gray]Kalpian Republic[/color][/b] calls a temporary halt to the fighting in the [b]Zello-Sumayan War[/b] to host a peace conference. Zellonian and Sumayan delegates were summoned to Winterhold in [b][color=darkblue]Anvegadian Sarelia[/color][/b]. Anvegadian and Soroyan delegates, having territory in the region, were also present.

[b]Conference of Winterhold[/b] ([i]1904[/i])
A member of the [i]Sociatatem[/i], the Kalpian Republic, has called a halt to the fighting in search of a peaceful resolution. The assembled delegates may vote on one of the three possible solutions. (Each Delegate has 3 Votes. The first vote is worth 3 Points. The second vote is worth 2 Points. The third point is worth 1 point. The top 3 Issues will be put into effect. All [b]3 Delegates[/b] get 3 votes and may vote once per issue. If either [b]Sumaya[/b] or [b]Zellonia[/b] disregards the treaty, then the [b]Delegate[/b] nations will gain a CB on them.)
[b]DELEGATES[/b]: [i]Soroya, Anvegad, Kalpia[/i].

[indent]* [[b]Establish a Demilitarized Region[/b]]: The war must be ended and a demilitarized zone must be established between the two nations. With an establishment of a demilitarized region under the autonomy and control of the delegates for a minimum of 24 months, neither of the involved militant nations may enter this region until the allotted time is up.

* [[b]Conduct an Investigation[/b]]: Due to high tensions in the region and allegations that both sides caused the conflict. Our own investigation must be allowed to be conducted to find who is truly responsible for the aggression in the region.

* [[b]Disarmament of Zellonia[/b]]: The [b]Empire of Zellonia[/b] must disarm it's colony and may be allowed to have no more than 10,000 soldiers there at any time and no more than 1 Armored Cruiser and a total of 5 ships at any time.

* [[b]Disarmament of Sumaya[/b]]: The [b]Empire of Sumaya[/b] must immediately disarm it's army to half it's current strength and it's aggressive policies must be immediately curbed.

* [[b]Recognize Sumaya's Claim[/b]]: We recognize Sumaya's claim to the island. A war for conquest on this island is not considered against the ideals of the Status Quo. The war may be continued.

* [[b]Recognize Zellonia's Claim[/b]]: We recognize Zellonia's claim to the island. A war for conquest on this island is not considered against the ideals of the Status Quo. The war may be continued.[/indent]