[b][/b][h1][center][b][u]The World as We Know It[/u][/b][/center][/h1]
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[center][h2][b][u]August, 1900[/u][/b][/h2][/center]

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[i]The World, 1900[/i][/center]

[b][u]August 9th[/u][/b]
In the [b][color=lightgreen]Empire of Violette[/color][/b], a new drydock capable of producing a warship of up to 7,000 tons is finished.

[b][u]August 10th[/u][/b]
In the [b][color=yellow]Itheraen Republic[/color][/b] they issue the [b]Return Proclamation[/b], allowing any Tyro-Redanian to return to Itherae as a full fledged citizen. Additionally, Itherae has taken in over 300,000 Seronan refugees, causing an imminent food shortage that if not solved by 1901 could have serious economic repercussions.

[b][u]August 11th[/u][/b]
In the [b][color=lightgreen]Imperium of Hiron[/color][/b], the Imperial Arms Model 1 rifle, while satisfactory, is delayed in hopes of finding a resolution to it's jamming problem.

[b][u]August 12th[/u][/b]
The [b][color=purple]Tyro-Redanian Empire[/color][/b] issues it's [b]Tyro-Redanian Ultimatum[/b]. They have given the [b][color=yellow]Itheraen Republic[/color][/b] three days to respond.

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[hr][center][b]The Tyro-Redanian Ultimatum[/b][/center]
[b]ARTICLE 1:[/b] Formally and Publicly halt all transactions, actions and acts within or beyond the Tyro-Redanian Empire designed to damage the integrity, stability and peace of the Empire as well as encourage the unwarranted movement of her peoples from one state to another. 

[b]ARTICLE 2:[/b] Halt any public, formal and subversive involvement with the Itheraen populated regions of the Tyro-Redanian Empire and denounce any and all territorial claims to the Tyro-Redanian Empire. 

[b]ARTICLE 3:[/b] Suppress through all means of the Itheraen government's power sedition, propaganda and publications inciting dislike or hatred of the Tyro-Redanian Empire and the questioning of her territorial integrity. 

[b]ARTICLE 4:[/b] Dissolve the Itheraen nationalist movement [i]Triple I[/i] and any other such subversive or otherwise movements involved in the spread of anti-Tyrian nationalist sentiment. 

[b]ARTICLE 5:[/B] Accept the involvement and movement of Tyro-Redanian representatives in Itherae to oversee the suppression of anti-Tyrian sentiment. [hr]
Upon concluding the ultimatum, Vincent Schuerer would inform the Itheraen government that a reply was expected no later then 48 hours after receival before a formal state of war would exist between the Tyro-Redanian Empire and the Republic of Itherae in the face of the latter's subversive actions against the former. Should the deadline be reached, Vincent Schuerer has received orders to leave the Tyro-Redanian embassy in Itherae with all staff and return to the Empire. [/hider]
[b][u]August 13th[/u][/b]
[list][*]The Foreign Office of the [b][color=lavender]Empire of Violette[/color][/b] responds to the Ultimatum in force, showing unwavering support for the Itheraens.
[*]In the [b][color=green]Empire of Oslad[/color][/b], a new drydock capable of producing a warship of up to 7,000 tons is finished.
[*]The President of Itherae formally rejects the [b]Tyro-Redanian Ultimatum[/b]. The deadline was listed as August 15th.[/list]