[center][h2][b][color=007236]The Osladian Empire[/color][/b][/h2]
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[center][b]'The Cowardly Tsar'[/b][/center]

Once it had been made official the Iron Hundred once again made themselves known. Within hours of the Soroyans accepting Oslad's offer about the Romanowan Crisis the courtyard of the State Duma filled with men and women armed with the black armband of the Iron Hundred. Petrovic himself appeared in the crowd, chanting curses to the Duma and the Tsar for betraying Osladian interests and tarnishing the spirit of the nation.

[i]"If that coward we call our Tsar, likely a bastard-born, infertile runt, can't stand up to the sub-humans in Soroya then perhaps real men should take his place in that ivory palace! For hundreds of years the Osladian people have shown their superiority in strength and mind, and yet we now roll over and bow to nations a continent away. The Iron Hundred will not tolerate this cowardice in the face of the enemy and stands with the views of Korenian Prime Minister Brandel! Death to Soroya! Death to the Tangarian horde and freedom to Tarania!"[/i]

The nickname the hot-headed speaker gave the Tsar seemed to stick, and for a large portion of the year Tsar Anton had become known as 'The Cowardly Tsar' and 'The Tsar Who Kneeled'. The radical and nationalistic stance taken by the Iron Hundred over the crisis only further spurred their support and it became apparent that if allowed into the coming election they would take a third of the Duma by storm. No matter how one looked at it, the promises made by the Tsar at his crowning were quickly being broken. Meanwhile, the promises by the Iron Hundred seemed more and more honest.

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[i]Iron Hundred members marching in Oslograd, January 1921.[/i][/center]

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[center][b]The Empire and Korenia[/b][/center]

Up until the faltering of the Osladian government, relations between Brandel's Korenia and the Empire had strengthened greatly. However, in a quiet and subtle move, the Korenian state slowly began to back away from the negotiating table with the Empire. It was quite a shock to the Tsar and the Imperial Cabinet to discover that the Korenian Republic seemed to have shrugged off the Empire despite the economic and military aid given to them. Regardless, the Tsar continued unwaveringly supporting the Korenian state and was proud to host the Korenian military high command in showing the Mulnya-205 and the O-265 Strovna. In addition the Tsar and Imperial Cabinet declared complete support of the Korenian Republic against 'the Ferreraian menace'.  

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[i]Tankers standing next to newly built O-265s before their presentation to the Osladian and Korenian military command, 1921.[/i][/center]

While the generals played with their new toys, the diplomats continued to meet at the table despite the set-backs caused by the Romanowan crisis. 5,000 more Dragomov M95 rifles, 20 O-26 Strovnas, and 10 Mulnya-205s were set for delivery starting in February, the stated reason being 'defense'. 

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[center][b]Continued expansion of the Imperial Navy[/b][/center]

With the mediocre 'launching' of the [i]Omen[/i] the Admiralty came together quickly to organize and plan further launching efforts and title any further vessels in order to prevent the 'bad luck' that sailors often spoke of with unnamed vessels. Thus the other submarines were given O-2 through O-4, with O-1 being the title given to the [i]Omen[/i]. 

Mariners superstition aside, the newly opened embassy in Aville was quick to garner good news for the Empire. Two destroyers, formerly titled "Bearn" and "Calibre", were purchased by the Empire for 4 million Osladian lev. The vessels were expected to arrive in late January flying Imperial colors and under the new names "Semenov" and "Hus". 

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[i]The Bearn, renamed Semenov, in 1920.[/i][/center]

Grand Admiral Dultsev, overjoyed at the revival of the Osladian Imperial Navy, declared publicly on the 22nd of his ambition for a grand naval reconstruction and modernization of the Osladian navy to "rival that of Soroya". Thus far the government has yet to address the issue of naval construction past the current submarine line-up, however the Nautical Bureau continues to work tirelessly on new and modern designs befitting of the new and modern navy. 

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[center][b]A Royal Heir[/b][/center]

On January 31st it was announced that the Tsarina was pregnant. In a joyous ceremony held in central Oslograd at the Imperial Palace the Tsar, Tsarina, and large portions of Osladian nobility and royalty came from across the fragmented empire to congratulate the royal family on the good news. Thus far the young Tsarina appears to be 2 months pregnant, leading many to believe that the royal couple 'worked' to prove the fertility of the Tsar against the boasts of the Iron Hundred's leadership and opposition.