[center][b][u]Age of Imperialism 2.0: TURN 1 | Spring, 1920 (March)[/u][/b] (Turn 1, Part 1 of 3)[/center]

[b][u]MARCH[/u][/b]

[b]March 4th[/b]: The [b][color=green]Osladian Empire[/color][/b] begins efforts to mechanize it's stretched agriculture in the wake of the Terrible War. With one in five men killed or wounded, the once majestic Osladian Empire, stretching over 261,000 kilometers, now stands at less than 100,000 square kilometers. The former Osladian Empire has now considerably shrunk, and it's many generals are now eyeing other opportunities in which to expand. The beleaguered and now non-existent Osladian Navy eyes the Romanow Islands, while those hungry for land and industry urge the Emperor to quickly send troops into the Hurzland.

[b]March 12th[/b]: First Minister Aclen Bomanot Siquiouquio of the [b][color=gray]Kalpian Republic[/color][/b] first visited Pardua, the capital of the [b][color=9e0039]Kingdom of Boccia[/color][/b], a mercantile minded nation that strove to maintain it's neutrality in the Terrible War. Siquiouquio was met by Boccian Minister of Foreign Affairs Giovanni Tio, who lunched with him on an otherwise sunny day. Tio informed Siquiouquio that Boccia is enthusiastic that relations have normalized with Kalpia. First Minister Siquiouquio leaves with no assurances, and only a reminder from his aid that Boccia supported the [i]Kalpian Socialist Union[/i] during the war. First Minister Siquiouquio boards a train for Grobina, the capital of the [color=ed145b][b]Markovnian Republic[/b][/color].

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[i]Seaside view of Pardua, capital of the Kingdom of Boccia, circa 1920[/i][/center]

[b]March 14th[/b]: The [b][color=yellow]Imperial Republic of Fuso[/color][/b] spends several billion dollars to feed their war weary populace. Government dollars are used to help get those whose jobs were destroyed in the war back into war, and over 3,500,000 refugees return from neighboring Tiam, Kuala Pemang and Sumara. The people rejoice, celebrating the administration for their courage in helping the nation. The government nationalizes several run down factories and order them to open to help get those effected back to work.

[b]March 17th[/b]: The [i]Class of 1920[/i] at the [color=green][b]Oslograd Imperial Aviation Academy[/b][/color] graduates. Among them are 100 pilots, qualified for flight in the [i]Osladian Air Corps[/i]. Many of them are assigned to the Grigorovich M-16, a Terrible War era biplane with a single front mounted 12.7mm machine gun. While the meager Osladian Air Corps was doubled in size, the loss of Imperial industry, a third of which resided in the former territories of the empire, saw that it simply did not have enough planes for every pilot. Similarly, they had no training aircraft in which to train.

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[i]Osladian Grigorovich M-16 fighter[/i] (Aircraft No. 31 of [i]1st Imperial Wing[/i], 1919)[/center]

[b]March 21st[/b]: The Steinhaeuser Firearms of the [b][color=gold]Empire of Vornehm[/color] [/b]unveils a new rifle. The [i]Gewehr-20[/i] is a modest upgrade from it's Terrible War predecessor. The rifle fires six rounds with a fluid action and a fixable bayonet at the end. Lighter by half a pound, Vornehm soldiers were given several prototypes to play with, but were not assured by their NCO's when any mass production would begin. Several military observers from the [b][color=brown]Commonwealth of Ostruznica[/color][/b], the [b][color=blue]Second Republic of Boletaria[/color] [/b]and even the [b][color=purple]Kingdom of Soroya[/color] [/b]attended to watch several Vornehm sharpshooters demonstrate the new precision of the rifle.

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[i]Vornehm soldiers demonstrating the bayonet on the Gewehr-20[/i][/center]