[center][h2][b][color=007236]The Osladian Empire[/color][/b][/h2]
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[i]Khan Aleksandr Sabauri of the Tangars with Osladian Prime Minister Demian Selidov, circa 1920.[/i][/center]

Shortly after the signing of the Treaty of Parma and the official end to the Terrible War, Prime Minister of the Osladian Empire Demian Selidov was sent via biplane to the newly declared Kingdom of Tangaria. In traditional Tangarian fashion, the new 'Khan of all Tangars' was to be decided via a tournament. In these trials the candidates for Khan would test their wit, strength, and leadership abilities over the course of a week long event, each event being judged solely by who suffers the least injuries and comes through the entire event the least scathed, battered, or dead. At the end of this event, Horselord Aleksandr Sabauri of the southern mountains was declared Khan of the Tangars. Shortly after his ascent to Khanhood, he was brought to the table to officially announce a treaty of continued friendship with the Osladian Empire. Needless to say, the decision was obvious and the loyalty of the Tangars to their Osladian brothers continued.

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Back in Oslograd, the new Tsar Anton I had much to do. Firstly, a speech was held announcing the official end to the Terrible War and the beginning of an 'era of peace' in front of the entirety of the State Duma. In addition, a reshuffling of the Duma and Imperial Cabinet were arranged to be held in the Summer, as per tradition for a new Tsar. Despite all of the announcements and statements of change there was a general sense of melancholy that hung to every new statement and press release. It truly was the end of an era of grandeur and Osladian hegemony, and now an era of rebuilding and mourning was to begin... 

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[i]The Imperial Tank & Armor Bureau, designed by Osladian architect Sergeyevich Yelagin.[/i][/center]

The first step in this new 'era of peace' was, ironically, the founding of the Imperial Tank & Armor Bureau. Seeing the amazing effects of Tankettes and Armored Cars during the Terrible War, especially on open terrain, Tsar Anton believed the construction of new designs for both vehicles would prevent the Empire from looking weak even after the destruction of her Empire. Thus, a new bureau was designated to design and produce new models of armored cars, tankettes, and 'experimental vehicles' once a full budgeting had been finished in early April. 

The first products to roll off the line were designated to be new O-26 Strovnas and development on a new model of the Moblinsk was underway under the watchful eye of Hurzland born Joseph Schneller, who fled to the Empire shortly after the revolt of Red Hurzlanders in 1915. It has yet to be seen where Schneller wishes to take the very open and unexplored design for vehicles of war, but whatever it is the Tsar has great expectations for his work. 

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Across all of Oslad, to the urban centers of Oslograd to the fields and harbor towns of Kodejov and Novouvodsk, the men returned home. Of all of the men, ages as young as 16 to as old as 50, one in five would not return alive. An entire generation of Osladians was shattered by warfare and almost every family had lost a relative or a friend. Yet, despite this sorrow, the Osladian people would prevail. Despite the pain, they would strive on and face a world born from fire and gun smoke. Of the men returning home, it is estimated some 15 to 20% return without an arm or leg, some without both. Thus, in the industrial and agriculture sectors, it was decreed that women would continue having the allowance to work within factories and farms to produce for their families. For some, this was a new dawn for equal rights, for others, it was simply the result of the tragedy that was the Terrible War...

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[i]Osladian college boys, ages now 23-25, home from war, circa 1920.[/i][/center]