[h1][center][b][u]The World as We Know It[/u][/b][/center][/h1]
[center][[b]Turn 6[/b] -- April, 1900 to June, 1900][/center]
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[center][h2][b][u]June, 1900[/u][/b][/h2][/center]

[b][u]June 11th to June 18th[/u][/b]

[b][u]June 11th[/u][/b]
[list][*]In the [b][color=lavender]Empire of Violette[/color][/b], budgetary issues are momentarily set aside, with the People's Assembly devoting $5,000,000 in employing over 7,200 workers to build a new drydock in Eastern Violette. The expectation is that in the Summer of 1901 it will be building the newest ships of the Veletian Navy.[/list]
[b][u]June 12th[/u][/b]
[list][*]The Minister of War of the [b][color=brown]Grand Kingdom of Meung[/color][/b] Mei Feng, by Imperial Decree, has been ordered to accelerate the pace of much needed military reforms and the creation of an Army General Staff to oversee and monitor the pace of developments. A solid core of ten ''[i]New Model Regiments[/i]'' trained to the Veletian standard has been made the goal by the end of the year. These New Model Regiments will form the basis for the modern Meung Imperial Army and an example for future progressive reform. 

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[i]Meung soldiers, trained by Veletians, train in the field, 1900[/i][/center][/list]

[b][u]June 12th[/u][/b]
[list][*]The [b][color=lightgreen]Imperium of Hiron[/color][/b] complete a blueprint design of a new 700 ton destroyer, the [i]Tsukiko[/i]-class. It is an ambitious project with a top speed of 28 knots.[/list]

[b][u]June 13th[/u][/b]
[list][*]The [b]Second Liubeth Conference[/b] finishes, with the [b]Zellonian Article of Capitulation[/b] being submitted to the Zellonian delegation for signing. In an unsurprising move of incompetence, the document was sent over to the Zellonian delegation without having ever been signed by Osladian or Kalpian delegates.

[hider=Zellonian Articles of Capitulation (1900)]
I. Zellonian Armed Naval Vessels are forbidden from entering the naval area between the Fringe and Zellic Peninsulas, and in a naval area 100 kms east from the Fringe Peninsula for a period of 25 years. 
II. Monetary or Material Reparations equivalent to the value of the Osladian and Kalpian ships sunk or damaged directly or indirectly by Zellonian naval vessels during the war. To be paid annually, starting in the month of August for five years to Kalpia and Oslad, or in a single payment by selling their ships to a Oslad , Kalpia or to a third party. 
III. Zellonia officially renounces all claims for the straits and officially recognizes Osladian ownership over both straits. 
IV. A demilitarized zone will be established on both the Frange Peninsula and Zellic Peninsula , all fortifications there are to be destroyed and any further construction of any kind of fortifications will be strictly prohibited for a period of 25 years. 
V. Zellonia will pledge to not tresspass the Marnish Kingdom territories, along with a demilitarized zone with a length of 10km to the south of the Marnish-Zellonian Border for a period of 25 years. 
VI. Upon violation or lack of fulfillment of these articles both Oslad and Kalpia will be justified to intervene on Zellonia. A grace period of two months will be given to Zellonia to adhere to this articles.[/hider][/list]
[b][u]June 14th[/u][/b]
[list][*]Legislation passes in the People's Assembly in Confluence regarding the Pinnacle Programme were deemed to be unjust. This piece of legislation fixes the quandary that imposed harsher restrictions on Thecian workers, and in blinding speed the People's Assembly brought to discussion, voted on and passed the [b]Thecian Amendment[/b]. Reports in cities Gillemille, Lorre and Rosèmere later that day with the drop of the morning newspaper reported protests and rioting, but it wasn't Thecians, it was Veletians.[/list]
[b][u]June 15th[/u][/b]
[list][*]The [b]Battle of Grodz[/b] begins in the [b]Karumi War[/b]. The Karumi 16th Army, now a veteran force of 175,000 men threatens to bring a swift end to the war by shipping an additional 50,000 men to the front. The Itheraen Volunteer Corps, fighting on the right flank of Grodz, gave the Karumi hell.

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[i]Karumi soldiers marching to the front, June 1900[/i][/center][/list]
[b][u]June 16th[/u][/b]
[list][*]A deal between the [b][color=maroon]Tsardom of Radena[/color][/b] and the [b][color=lightgreen]Imperium of Hiron[/color][/b] is finalized. 200,000 Kirov.86 rifles are sold to the Hironese in exchange for $2,000,000 and blueprints for a 700 ton destroyer. The rifles are expected to arrive in Hiron at the beginning of August.[/list]
[b][u]June 17th[/u][/b]
[list][*]In the [b][color=lightblue]Kalpian Republic[/color][/b], Filasio Chemicals expands it's industrial base to Tarist.[/list]

[b][u]June 18th[/u][/b]
[list][*]The [b]Zello-Osladian War[/b] has halted it's bloodshed, an 11 month long affair marred by tactical inefficiencies, strategic errors and needless bloodshed. With the [b]Second Liubeth Conference[/b] stalled by a Zellonian delegation that refuses to cede it's right to the sea, King James Conrad implores both the [b][color=crimson]Tsardom of Radena[/color][/b] and the [b][color=lavender]Empire of Violette[/color][/b] to mediate against the harsh terms of the Kalpian and Osladian administrations.

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The Zellonians have always been borne of the sea. Nearly 75% of their economy is dependent on overseas and coastal shipping. If unchanged, the Zellonian economy--already crippled by 11 months of war--will effectively grind to dust. Three of every four Zeels that passes hands in Zellonia does so after crossing some body of water.[/list]