[center][u][b]The Year 1905[/b][/u]
[b]World Tension[/b]: [i]42%[/i][/center]
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[b][color=red]Survaek Annexes Eastern Serranthia[/color][/b] (+10% World Tension [PERMANENT]
[b][color=red]Faresian Crisis in Soroyan Faresia[/color][/b] (+15% World Tension) [PERMANENT]
[b][color=red]Zellonia Incites Unrest in Sumaya[/color][/b] (+5% World Tension, -10% National Unity for a target nation)
[b][color=red]Survaek Allies with Sumaya[/color][/b] (+8% World Tension, +5% National Unity)
[b][color=red]Tarikhate of Serranthia Mobilizes Troops[/color][/b] (+3 World Tension)
[b][color=red]Zello-Sumayan War[/color][/b] (+12% World Tension)
[b][color=red]Sumaya Signs Defensive Alliance with Survaek[/color][/b] (+8% World Tension, +5% National Unity).
[b][color=red]Soroyo-Anvegadian Colonial War[/color][/b] (+12% World Tension)
[b][color=gray]Zellonia Embargoes Kalpia[/color][/b] (-4% World Tension, Removes 1 Trade Agreement of Kalpia)
[b][color=gray]Soroya Embargoes Honneria[/color][/b] (-4% World Tension, Removes 1 Trade Agreement of Honneria)
[b][color=gray]Kalpia Signs Trade Agreement with Sumaya[/color][/b] (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP for Home Nation & Selected Nation)
[b][color=gray]Athos and Stule Signs Trade Agreement with Tramel[/color][/b] (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP for Home Nation & Selected Nation)
[b][color=gray]Athos and Stule Signs Trade Agreement with Salardia[/color][/b] (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP for Home Nation & Selected Nation)
[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]Deltora Embargoes the Grand Empire of Survaek[/color][/b] (-4% World Tension, Removes 1 Trade Agreement of Survaek)
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[center][[b]LINK FOR BIGGER MAP[/b]: http://i.imgur.com/ZEqMdQC.jpg[/center]]

[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/ZEqMdQC.jpg[/img]
[i]The World, circa 1905[/i][/center]

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[center][u]MAY to AUGUST[/u][/center]


[u]MAY[/u]

[b]May 1st[/b]
[indent]The [i]Valjas[/i] machine gun is finalized in the [b][color=lightblue]Kingdom of Aontas[/color][/b]. It undergoes preliminary testing with Soroyan, Kalpian and Deltoran observers. From the field manual of the [i]Royal Aontan Field Army[/i]:

[indent]The Valjas machine gun was gas actuated and air-cooled, in contrast to the Cruska gun which was recoil operated and water-cooled. The Valjas machine gun barrel features five large annular rings which materially assisted natural cooling and retarded overheating. The gas cylinder under the barrel features a regulator piston which can be adjusted to the normal rate of fire of 450 rounds per minute. The Valjas machine gun itself (excluding the tripod) has only 32 parts including four coil springs and no screws or pins whatsoever. All parts of the gun are constructed in such a manner that it is impossible to assemble them improperly. The Valjas fired from an open bolt, like almost all modern machine guns in order to avoid "cook-offs" . Although the Valjas machine gun was easy to feed continuously with a three-man team, each individual strip held only 24 rounds of 8mm Vebbum ammunition. Each empty feed strip was ejected automatically after its last round had been fired, leaving the bolt open in the rear position. Then introducing a new loaded strip into the gun triggered the release forward of the bolt and firing resumed. The Valjas strips performed well with a three-man crew, but their capacity was too small for a single gunner firing from the inside of a concrete pillbox or entrenchment. This led to the adoption of a 250-round articulated metal belt in 1906.[/indent][/indent]

[b]May 10th[/b]
[indent]The [color=blue]Empire of Anvegad[/color] begins [i]Operation Iron March[/i]. 30,000 men of the [b]Anvegadian Expeditionary Force[/b] ([i]AEF[/i]) begin to march south along the Faresian coast, capturing empty Soroyan territory. Within thirteen days, the soldiers capture the Faresian provincial capital of Anor, suffering no combat casualties. This comes as a great blow to Soroyan prestige.[/indent]

[b]May 12th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=red]Yamarano Shogunate[/color][/b] signs the [i]Treaty of Sagon[/i], issuing a peace with the [b][color=orange]Xian Republic[/color][/b]. The Shogunate will pay reparations of $15,000,000,000 for three years and retract it's claims against Basai. Xian Foreign Minister Shiu Fuhua agreed to the terms and sympathized with the Shogun's "Faresia for Faresians" attitude. Almost immediately, the Shogunate begins shifting troops to the Soroyan border.[/indent]

[b]May 14th[/b]
[indent]The [color=blue]Empire of Anvegad[/color] finishes a production run of 50 Strelok-pattern Field Guns.[/indent]

[b]May 17th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=maroon]Grand Survaek Empire[/color][/b] and [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color] [/b]sign the [b]Survo-Samayan Pact[/b], forging a mutually defensive alliance.[/indent]

[b]May 18th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=red]Siege of Kedris[/color][/b] begins. Without orders to advance, the [b][color=blue]Anvegadian Expeditionary Force[/color][/b] entrenches itself, as do the Soroyans along the [i]Kedris Line[/i]. Low on ammunition, artillery and rations, the [b][color=blue]Anvegadian Expeditionary Force[/color][/b] is in a phenomenal position, but running low on supplies.[/indent]

[b]May 20th[/b]
[indent]The [b]Zellonian Empire[/b] and the [color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color] sign the [i]Treaty of Sucre[/i], ending the [b]Zello-Sumayan War[/b] ([i]1904-1905[/i]).

[hider=Treaty of Sucre][b]TREATY OF SUCRE[/b]

I. A state of peace exists between the [b]Empire of Zellonia[/b] and the [b]Empire of Sumaya[/b].

II. The [b]Empire of Zellonia[/b] will pay war reparations to the sum of $25,000,000,000 due by the end of 1908 to the [b]Empire of Sumaya[/b].

III. The [b]Empire of Zellonia[/b] cedes the territory of [i]New Zellonia[/i] to the [b]Empire of Sumaya[/b].

IV. The [b]Empire of Zellonia[/b] accepts guilt for initiating a war of aggression against the [b]Empire of Sumaya[/b].
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[u]JUNE[/u]

[b]June 3rd[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=purple]Kingdom of Soroya[/color][/b] lays down the keel of it's new [i]Walle[/i]-class destroyers. The first ship, named the [i]SRF Brinks[/i], will be completed later this year.[/indent]

[b]June 4th[/b]
[indent]The [color=purple]Kingdom of Soroya[/color] sells it's colonial islands in Kerevia to the [color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color] for a sum of $40,000,000,000.[/indent]

[b]June 6th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=darkgreen]Republic of Deltora[/color][/b] finishes a production run of 6,400 Madsen machine guns.[/indent]

[b]June 19th[/b]
[indent]The [b]A-05 Cannon[/b] is finished by the [b][color=lightblue]Kingdom of Aontas[/color][/b]. A modernized piece of light artillery, it sported well designed breaches for quick firing, but was marred but unreliable traction in mobility exercises.[/indent]

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[u]JULY[/u]

[b]July 2nd[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=gray]Kalpian Republic[/color][/b] signs a trade agreement with the [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color][/b] that is almost immediately embargoed by the [b]Empire of Zellonia[/b].[/indent]

[b]July 15th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=red]Empire of Mille-Sessau[/color][/b] is denied in the [b]Conference of Kormere[/b], where every nation except the [b]Empire of Zellonia[/b] voted against the Empire's attempt to earn a warm water port in the Sea of Soroya.[/indent]

[b]July 18th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=brown]United Kingdoms of Athos and Stule[/color][/b] finishes a prototype on a brand new bolt-action rifle. It has not been declassified yet, so it's name and specifications are unknown.[/indent]

[b]July 29th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=purple]Kingdom of Soroya[/color][/b] finishes construction of the submarine [i]SRF Wemekamp[/i].[/indent]

[b]July 30th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=lightgreen]Sumayan Empire[/color] [/b] begins constructing a [b]Minor Factory[/b] in Davao, anticipated to be completed next year.[/indent]

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[u]AUGUST[/u]

[b]August 1st[/b]:
[indent]The [b][color=brown]United Kingdoms of Athos and Stule[/color][/b] expands it's colony of [i]Porotan[/i] to the south until they reached the borders of the [b][color=yellow]Kamen Empire[/color][/b], natives of the Vakellian subcontinent.[/indent]

[b]August 3rd[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=gray]Kalpian Republic[/color][/b] finishes training 30,000 Professionals.[/indent]

[b]August 4th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=darkgreen]Republic of Deltora[/color][/b] finishes a production run of 190,000 Vulcaine Mk II rifles.[/indent]

[b]August 5th[/b]
[indent]The [color=blue]Empire of Anvegad[/color] begins construction of a minor shipyard, expected to be finished next year.[/indent]

[b]August 6th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=darkgreen]Republic of Deltora[/color][/b] completes new research into concreted [b]Mass Barrages[/b].[/indent]

[b]August 8th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=gray]Kalpian Republic[/color][/b] and [b][color=lightblue]Kingdom of Aontas[/color] [/b]both politically recognize the [b]Verrians[/b], a minority ethnicity in both nations. The Verrians, prominent from the [b]Kingdom of Verria[/b] (1673-1825), have mostly assimilated into their respective cultures, but they are prominent nonetheless.

[indent][b]Aontan Verrians[/b] ([i]Aontan Minority | 10%[/i])
(Per 10%. That means each modifier occurs every 10% of the population that ethnicity occupies).
-- [b]Accepted[/b]: -2% National Unity. +1% Tension, +5 Manpower/Year.
TOTAL: -2% National Unity, +1% Tension, +5 Manpower/Year.

[b]Kalpian Verrians[/b] ([i]Kalpian Minority | 10%[/i])
(Per 10%. That means each modifier occurs every 10% of the population that ethnicity occupies).
-- [b]Accepted[/b]: -2% National Unity. +1% Tension, +2 Manpower/Year.
TOTAL: -2% National Unity, +1% Tension, +2 Manpower/Year[/indent]

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[b]August 9th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=brown]United Kingdoms of Athos and Stule[/color][/b] begin construction of railroads in the region of their capital, expected to be finished in 1907.[/indent]

[b]August 10th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=maroon]Grand Survaek Empire[/color][/b] lays down the keel of a trio of planned light cruisers. The [i]Wave[/i]-class light cruisers are not modernized, but an older design. The first ship, [i]Zaba[/i] is laid down, expected to be finished next year.[/indent]

[b]August 12th[/b]
[indent]The [color=blue]Empire of Anvegad[/color] lays down the keel of a submarine and a destroyer, expected to be finished at the end of this year.[/indent]

[b]August 14th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=blue]Empire of Anvegad[/color][/b] signs the [i]Document of World Renewal[/i], becoming the next nation to join the [b]Imperial Restoration[/b],[/indent]

[b]August 19th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=orange]Xian Republic[/color][/b] lays down the keel of two light cruisers named the [i]Qi[/i] and the [i]Tao[/i]. They will be finished late next year.[/indent]

[b]August 21st[/b]:
[indent]The [b][color=brown]United Kingdoms of Athos and Stule[/color][/b] recruit 100,000 conscripts, but without rifles to supply them, they simply join strategic reserves in the south of the country.[/indent]

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[b][u]OOC MECHANICS[/u][/b]

[b]National Unity[/b]: This is not a new mechanic, but rather the publication of an old one.

[b]1905[/b]
[indent][color=lightgreen][b]Empire of Sumaya[/b][/color]: 72%
-- [b]Won the War![/b]: +10% (until 1908)

[b]Zellonian Empire[/b]: 51%
-- [b]Bitter Losers[/b]: -15% (Until 1908)

[color=maroon][b]Grand Survaek Empire[/b][/color]: 61%
-- [b]Decadent[/b]: -10% (Permament)

[b]Xian Republic[/b]:

[b]Kalpian Republic[/b]:

[b]Empire of Anvegad[/b]:

[b]United Kingdoms of Athos and Stule[/b]:

[b]Kingdom of Aontas[/b]:

[b]Republic of Deltora[/b]:

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[b]ADD THE FOLLOWING TO THE TOP OF YOUR DOSSIER[/b]

[code]National Unity: [% Here]
-- [Modifier Here]
-- [Modifier Here]
-- [Modifier Here][/code]

[b]ADD THE FOLLOWING ABOVE INDUSTRY[/b]

[code][b]National Ethnicities[/b]
[b]Name[/b]: [Name of Recognized Ethnicity Here]
[b]Size[/b]: [Percentage Here
[b]Status[/b]: [Accepted, Respected or Oppressed Here]
[b]Modifier[/b]: [Insert Modifier Here]
[b]Total[/b]: [Modifier x Percentage Here]
[b]Independence Desire[/b]: [Insert Modifier Here. If none. Set at 3/10.][/code]

[b]Factory Additions[/b]
[indent]1. [b]Minor Factories[/b] will now cost 10 Manpower to construct, atop their GNP cost.
2. [b]Major Factories[/b] will now cost 25 Manpower to construct, atop their GNP.[/indent]