[center][h1]The World Undone[/h1]
(1905--)[/center]

[right]“But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me. I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship. Forgive me, comrade. We always see it too late. Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony--Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy?” 
― Erich Maria Remarque, [i]All Quiet on the Western Front[/i][/right]

The [b]Known World[/b], analogous to our own but remarkably different. The food almost assuredly tastes the same, the weather can be just as miserable but it is so definitely different as to remain unique. In the [b]Known World[/b], it is the Year of the Nineteen Hundred and Five, with technology settled much the same as our year, in a similarly linear progression that no one need a history lesson here if they are familiar with our own world. The geography may be different, but the men are all the same. Colonialism, imperialism and industrialization have all taken root. The parties and monarchs may have different names but they rule no differently than of our own ancestors. The difference here, is that you set the stage. You help shape the narrative.

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All players in this list may PM their orders now. Posting IC remains optional but strongly recommended.

1. [s][b]Tyrian Empire[/b][/s]
2. [s][b]Republic of Paraka[/b][/s]
3. [b]Helrox Empire[/b]
4. [b]The Serene Empire of Tara[/b]
5. [s][b]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/b][/s]
6. [s][b]City-State of Julia[/b][/s]
7. [s][b]High Kingdom of Itherae[/b][/s]
8. [b]Confederation of Hokkan-Shirito[/b][/hider]
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- Posting IC will be immensely beneficial to you as a player. It is, however, not necessary. This is designed so that you can still send in your orders if you are too busy to post, but posting IC will provide a tangible bonus to your DRM (Die Roll Modifier).
- Each [b]Turn[/b] represents one In-Game Month. The player will submit [b]3 Orders[/b].
- Each order is then subject to a 1d6 roll. A 6 means a perfect execution and a 1 means a horrible failure. Posting IC gives you a +2 die roll to a single order, or a +1 die roll to all three. [Specified at the end of your IC post.]. This means that more active players are rewarded.
- [b]Orders[/b]:
* [b][color=yellow]Economic[/color][/b]: An order designed to benefit the nation economically.
* [b][color=red]Military[/color][/b]: An order designed to affect your military.
* [b][color=green]Diplomacy[/color][/b]: An order designed to conduct diplomacy.
* [b][color=blue]Imperialism[/color][/b]: Exploring and developing new lands.
* [b][color=purple]Request Design[/color][/b]: Required to design a new weapon of war. Fulfilling this order requires the following info: [Type of Weapon: Small Arms, Field Gun, Machine Gun, Submarine, Destroyer, Cruiser, Dreadnought.] [Contract: International or Domestic] [Length: 1 to 24 months]
* [b][color=gold]Conference[/color][/b]: Used to call a [i]Political[/i] or [i]Military[/i] Conference. Select which nations to invite. Begins a [b]Conference[/b]. (See PM for rules).
* [b][color=silver]Spend Point[/color][/b]: Used to spend an available point in a Corporation to further their specialization.[/hider]
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1. [b]City-State of Julia[/b]: +1 Tensions with [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b].[/hider]
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[i]Eurania and Faresia, 1905[/i][/center]

[center][u]Turn 1[/u][/center]
[b][u]January, 1905[/u][/b]
[b]January 9th[/b]
Nearly driven mad by the order of having to trade with other nations, the [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b] was ordered, very concisely (with the words [i]whatever it takes[/i]) to increase coal production. The summarily and hastily written [b]Extraction Act of 1905[/b] was passed, stripping work hour regulations from coal mines and what bare safety permits were present to increase coal production. Miners showing up to work on January 10th would find their work shifts had gone from eight to eleven hours, and that many former safety precautions (requiring a helmet before being allowed to enter a mine) were no longer present. Those who protested were fired. Whether or not this would reveal an increase in coal production in the coming months was unknown.

[b]January 12th[/b]
President Armaq Talaqo orders the prosecution of nearly thirty different politicians with the Talaqo Administration for bribery, laundering money and corruption. The first case begins today, and because of it, several more whistleblowers come forward accusing others, including the Minister of Finance, of severe corruption in the administration. [-1 Corruption in [b]Republic of Paraka[/b].]

[b]January 13th[/b]
In the [b][color=purple]Tyrian Empire[/color][/b], the [i]Imperial Defence Act[/i] is passed to subsidize several prominent armaments industries. While bringing these companies under state control would mean their ability to procure and noticeably control small arms in the future, falling under the umbrella of government control would undoubtedly stifle innovation as their ability to operate in the international market was now gone. An addendum to the [i]Imperial Defence Act[/i] made a request for a sizable increase in arms production for the coming months, totaling nearly $7,000,000 in expenditures.

[b]January 14th[/b]
"[i]And I say again to you brothers, sisters, whose land does Methyrnia belong to, I say?[/i]" The man preaching from the street side pulpit was agitator Etelo Scianno, a minor politician in the [b][color=lightblue]City-State of Julia[/color][/b] and known war hawk. "[i]How long have these resources been held and used and exploited by the Vigentinians? For too long we have been held in debt by our inability to expand our industry. But no longer![/i]" Scianno, a leading member on the [u]Committee for Natural Resources[/u] was put in charge of solving the problem of Julia's minimal resources. His solution: resources stripped from Julia in the 18th century during a half dozen territorial wars. Methyrnia, mostly Julian in it's population, was rich in chromium and petrol but had belonged to Vigentino since 1733.

"[i]Vigentino has long been our foe. Vigentino has long coveted our factories, our lifeblood.[/i]" Shouts came from the crowd. More gathered. Flyers were hung. And on January 15th the headline on the Julian Centrist read: JULIANS SEEK JUSTICE. [+1 Tensions between [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b] and [b][color=lightblue]City-State of Julia[/color][/b].]