[center][h1]The World Undone[/h1]
(1905--)[/center]
[hider=Orders]
- 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]Design Contract[/color][/b]: Fill out the following info below
[hider=Design Contract]
- SCOPE: [Domestic] or [International]
- TYPE: [Rifle], [Field Gun], [Machine Gun]
- DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS: [As much or as little detail as you see fit.][/hider]* [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][hider=Tensions]
1. [b]City-State of Julia[/b]: 4 / 5 Tensions with [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b].

2. [b]Kingdom of Cadia[/b]: 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Kingdom of Etelia[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]High Kingdom of Itherae[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Cydernian Republic[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Melgaria[/b]

3. [b]Empire of Tyria[/b]: 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Republic of Escya[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]High Kingdom of Itherae[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Cydernian Republic[/b]
- 2 / 5 Tensions with [b]Helrox Empire[/b]

4. [b]Helrox Empire[/b]: 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Republic of Escya[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/b]
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[i]Eurania and Faresia, 1905[/i][/center]
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[i]The Fifth Continent, 1905[/i][/center][/hider]
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[center][u]Turn 3[/u][/center][center][b][h2]March[/h2][/b][/center]

[b]March 16th[/b]
[indent]On March 16th, 1905 the [u]Karqasia Auto Co.[/u] company opened it's doors for business. Asiriyaku Mascoq was a former Parakan Navyman (1886-1892), a construction worker and engineer. He worked briefly with the Parakan Navy working on a failed coal sprayer for their Naval Long Range Escort Program (NLREP). Earlier in the year he traveled to Vigentino and witnessed the test of the Forino 4hp and by the end of the month was back at his home in Tehmaraq, Paraka, working on his own machinations. The [u]K.A. 6hp[/u] was a near replica of the Forino 4hp, operating the same basic manifold with a crank but a more well developed engine capable of pushing out a third more horsepower.

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[i]Businessman and entrepreneur Asiriyaku Mascoq, 1901[/i][/center]
Unlike F.E.A., Mascoq didn't stop there. The [u]Karqasia Model V[/u], although technically displaced in the premier position as the first car by the Segaso Modello 1, the Model V was the first mass produced city car in the world. By the end of March, following an expensive $150,000 advertising campaign on the West Coast, the manufacturing plant had cranked out over 600 Model V's to the local public. The Model V remained a costly affair, costing $1,000 which meant that only the top third wealthiest in the Parakan Republic could afford it

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[i]Karqasia Model V, 1905[/i][/center][/indent]
[b]March 17th[/b]
[indent]In the [b][color=lightblue]Republic of Ustrela[/color][/b], the Ustrelan Army enlists the film studio [i]Cine-ojo[/i] to help create a series of short propaganda films depicting the average life of an Ustrelan soldier. While few run off to their local recruitment centers, the films help bring to light that life in the army isn't as dreadful as many make it out to be. [[b]Ustrelan[/b] Manpower Reserves increase by 0.025%][/indent]
[b]March 18th[/b]
[indent]In the [b]City-State of Julia[/b], Viscount Zach Nato orders the [u]Mobilization of the Guard[/u] as well as military training (is there another kind for the Julian Guard?), firearms training, localized tactics and physical fitness regimens. This mobilization becomes the third in a month, and the Vigentian Garrison--not reinforced from the February Massacre a month before, is overwhelmed when nearly 5,500 Julians rise up--many brandishing makeshift flags that read "[i]Questo è il nostro tempo[/i]" which read, "this is our time!" (Although Julians, many growing up in Vigentino spoke Vigentian).

The beleaguered garrison of only 350--spread around the entire province--was attacked, beaten, and many killed. Without a commanding officer (Tenente Sebastian de Sylvia was relieved of command in February, 1905 and no one appointed to replace him), the Methyrnia Garrison put up little fight. 314 men flee, most leaving their weapons. Four men are killed and eleven are badly beaten. The province of Methyrnia is now without any military protection.

In the [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b], the Vigentian Chief of Staff Giordano Vitanza	is told within hours of the incident. Minor riots break out in the capital and a hastily published newspaper in [i]La Lazio[/i] reads: "[u]VIGENTINO WANTS JUSTICE[/u]." An emergency meeting with His Holiness and the assembled Vigentian High Command is ordered.

[hider=The Methyrnian Affair | City-State of Julia Decision]
[indent]The blood of the innocent has been shed for too long. The people want justice. We must act now, unilaterally, and come to a decision to acquiesce or show that we will be bullied, pushed around and let our people be hung to the whims of foreign powers.
- [color=39b54a][b]Declare War on the [u]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/u][/b][/color]:
* The [b]Vigento-Julian War[/b] will begin.

- [color=ed1c24][b]Acquiesce and Seek a Diplomatic Approach[/b][/color]:
* Lose 25% [b]Government Stability[/b]
* -1 DRM on all [b]Diplomatic[/b] and [b]Military Actions[/b] until March, 1906.
* The [u]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/u] gains +15% [b]Government Stability[/b].
* The [b]Itheraen Conference[/b] will begin in [u]April[/u].

[All days following this will be [u]retroactively[/u] added to in the case of war.][/indent][/hider][/indent]
[b]March 19th[/b]
[indent]In a rousing speech to a crowd of 45,000, Viscount Zach Nato condemns the [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b] and the Pope for their "[i]savage attack on Julian citizens and the betrayal of Methynrian sovereignty[/i]." He called upon both the [b][u]Great Powers[/u][/b] as well as those small to condemn Vigentino and "[i]be weary of their tactics of starving the dog and then admonishing it for biting.[/i]" Viscount Nato explained the mobilization of the guard as a purely defensive measure to protect from the incursion of possible Vigentian invasion. He was met with jeers and applause.[/indent]
[b]March 20th[/b]
[indent]In the [b][color=brown]Kingdom of Cadia[/color][/b], the Cadian High Command is ordered by King Carl himself to carry out [i]Operation Farewell[/i]. Given a lack of timeliness, strategic objectives, operational order of battle and perimeters for success, the operation never receives more than a signature on a piece of paper.[/indent]
[b]March 21st[/b]
[indent]Foreign Minister of the [b][color=brown]Kingdom of Cadia[/color][/b] is sent back to the [b]Cydernian Republic[/b]. He proposes the following:[list][*]Cydernia and Cadia form a government owned railroad company 50-50, Cadia will build a railroad using their expertise and Cadia's costs will be subsidized partially by Cydernia to be determined at the table. [[color=ed1c24][b]Cydernian Response[/b][/color]: They would request [b]Cadia[/b] put up 75% of the cost. $7,500,000, while Cydernia will put up $2,500,000 and Cadia will have a 75% Stakeholding in the company]
[*]Cadia will bring workers and attract workers to come work on the railroad, temporary and permanent. [[b][color=green]Accepted[/color][/b].]
[*]There will be two routes from Cadia and three minimum in Cydernia. [[b][color=green]Accepted[/color][/b].]
[*]After Cadia makes a new engine from Forino it will come to Cydernia to be marketed and sold, 25% profits go to Cydernia. [[b][color=green]Accepted[/color][/b].][/list]
The Cydernians propose the [u]Cydergarski-Cadian Darzhavni Zheleznitsi[/u], translated from Cydernian into [i]Cydernian-Cadian State Railways[/i].

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[i]Cydernian-Cadian State Railways proposed logo[/i][/center][/indent]
[b]March 22nd[/b]
[indent]In the [b][color=crimson]Helrox Empire[/color][/b], Ambassador Terven Heusmen arrives in the [u]Kingdom of Melgaria[/u] to offer a [b]Guarantee of Independence[/b] in return for [u]Freedom of Trade[/u] and [u]Military Access[/u] for a period of 24 months. The King Simon Itonzo, fearing Southern Eurania is about to erupt into war, accepts the deal. The Helroxian hand now embraces Melgaria.[/indent]
[b]March 23rd[/b]
[indent]In the Faresian nation of [b][color=yellow]Confederation of Hokkan-Shirito[/color][/b], the [u]Great Modernization Act[/u] is passed by a slim majority. It's tents are: to increase of the mechanization of the nation by encouraging the people to work in/create factories, invent/create modern tools and equipment and allot for the government will manufacture modern agricultural, mining, and drilling equipment, and create factories to produce them with a annual budget of $12,000,000. Engineers assigned to task believe that great work can be made in a sum of eighteen months.[/indent]
[b]March 24th[/b]
[indent]In the [b][color=olive]Republic of Paraka[/color][/b], the [b]Department of Mining and Energy[/b] is established and chaired by the engineer Harmaq Siray. It's primary objectives are to prospect the natural resources of Paraka and to to promote the exploitation of said natural resources by private investment and promote the protection of the environment, with respect to energy and mining corporations as well as to encourage friendly relations between private entities, consumers, and civil society. Operations are slated to begin within six months.[/indent]
[b]March 25th[/b]
[indent]In the [b][color=004b80]Republic of Ustrela[/color][/b], Sebastian de Halt is launched by balloon in a tandem-wing glider designed by his sister. He reaches a height of nearly 3,800 feet and stays there for a recording setting sixteen and a half minutes. Following the event, Sebastian de Halt announces publicly that lighter-than-air travel is ineffective and impractical.

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[i]Moments before Sebastian de Halt's first balloon experiment, 1905[/i][/center][/indent]		
[b]March 26th[/b]
[indent]In the [b][color=7ea7d8]City-State of Julia[/color][/b], diplomatic efforts to "[i]turn Melgaria against the Holy Empire of Vigentino[/i]" are, beyond belief, wildly successful. The Petty King Simon Itonzo's hand is stayed only by the overreach of Helrox's Guarantee of Independence. The King Simon Itonzo is offered a proposal of [u]Military Access[/u] for the [b][color=brown]Kingdom of Cadia[/color][/b], but Itonzo defers to the Helroxi Emperor for guidance.

[hider=A Steady Hand in Southern Eurania | EMPIRE OF HELROX DECISION]
Functionally a rump state under the hand of Helrox, Melgarian King Simon Itonzo diplomatically urges guidance in the affairs of the region by inquiring to directly to the Helroxi Emperor on whether Cadia should be friend or foe of the Julo-Cadian partnership. Given it's fear of Vigentino in the region, Melgaria defers to Helrox for answers.
* [b][u]Allow the Kingdom of Cadia Military Access[/u][/b]
We should allow the good Kingdom of Cadia Military Access so that it might aid it's friend, the City-State of Julia--a small state similar to Melgaria to oppose militaristic adventurism by the Vigentians.

* [b][u]Do Not Allow the Kingdom of Cadia Military Access[/u][/b]
The City-State of Julia must stand by it's own, and by allowing Cadians into the mix we may potentially up heave the delicate balance of Southern Eurania[/hider][/indent]
[b]March 27th[/b]
[indent]A diplomatic negotiation between the [b]City-State of Julia[/b] and [b][color=purple]Tyrian Empire[/color][/b] is concluded. It is predicted these rifles will take two to three weeks to arrive in Tyrian hands.

[u]Stengel Deal[/u] (1905)[list]
[*]The [b]City-State of Julia[/b] will sell 60,000 1905 Mataxi Rifles to the Tyrian Empire for a price of $13,200,000.
[*]The rifles will be delivered via private vender overland through Melgaria, the Kingdom of Cadia and then through Cydernia.[/list][/indent]
[b]March 28th[/b]
[indent]The [b][color=yellow]Republic of Escya[/color][/b] makes a monetary investment of $45,000,000 into the railroad industry, effectively subsidizing the entirety of an industry that is largely non-existent. It is predicted that from this investment a new company may, or may not, emerge. Given no authority is issued to handle said investment, it's likely this money will sit in a bank account until effectively doled out for use.[/indent]
[b]March 29th[/b]
[indent]In the [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b], a trade agreement between them and the Seljuk Empire is made of petrol in exchange for aluminum. 500 tons of petrol will be exchanged for 500 tons of aluminum. Bonsi, who has no idea what the practical effects of either petrol or aluminum are, returns to Vigentino relatively confused but feeling exceptionally accomplished for once in his life.[/indent]
[b]March 30th[/b]
[indent]In the [b][color=004b80]Republic of Ustrela[/color][/b], the Ustrelan Navy begins construction of a [i]Simuz[/i]-class light cruiser through the Mariano Marina Shipyard.[/indent]
[b]March 31st[/b]
[indent]In the [b][color=olive]Parakan Republic[/color][/b], the President signs the [u]Just and Clean Act[/u], making corruption punishable up to a $2,000 fine and a minimum of five years in prison. The [u]Anti-Corruption Department[/u] is created but without a chairman and an annual budget of $0.00, it's ability to enact any effective counter measures of corruption are comparable to the amount of cowards living in the Memoital Commonwealth.[/indent]

[center][[u]March[/u] has ended. Send orders for [u]April[/u].][/center]