[center][h1]The World Undone[/h1]
(1905--)[/center]
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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=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).[/hider][hider=Tensions]
1. [b]City-State of Julia[/b]: 5 / 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 4[/u][/center][center][b][h2]April, 1905[/h2][/b][/center]

[b]April 1st[/b]
[indent]The [b]Hokkan-Julian Trade Agreement[/b] is signed. It's stipulations are thus:[list]
[*][u]Article I.[/u] The Confederation of Hokkan-Shirito will purchase 250 Thamber M1891 howitzers at the price of 4.5k per howitzer, with the price being lowered down to 4.5k per howitzer due to buying ten or more howitzers.
[*][u]Article II.[/u] The Confederation of Hokkan-Shirito will purchase 1440 shells from Thamber, and the reasonable price of said shells will be decided by Thamber.
[*][u]Article III[/u]. The purchased howitzers and shells will be transported to the Confederation of Hokkan-Shirito by sea, and will be transported to the sea through either the Seljuk Empire or Melgaria via the quickest and most efficient land route. If the nation that holds the quickest route to sea denies the passage of these products, then a route to sea will be taken through the other nation. If both nations deny passage, then an overland route west through Faresia will be taken.
[*][u]Article IV[/u]. A permanent embassy will be established in both nation’s capitals.
[*][u]Article V[/u]. The Confederation of Hokkan-Shirito and the City-State of Julia, by signing this document, agree to all of the above, and in addition agree to a non-aggression pact. [/list]
[x]Signed Liu Jiang
[x]Signed Mikkado Tento Shinderotto
[x]Signed Viscount Zach Nato"

Public discourse for the trade agreement in Julia was mixed. Many felt sending off necessary weapons of war right as Julo-Vigentian tensions were peaking was a mistake. Supporters of the trade agreement however argued the deal had been in negotiations for months and would bring in much needed revenue.. to buy more weapons? Based on travel precautions, it was merited that the weapons and ammunition would arrive within a month.

[b][u]Julo-Vigentino War[/u][/b]
The [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b], a day after the war is declared, orders a [b]Full Mobilization[/b] of it's army, the [i]Imperial Guard[/i]. They begin reporting to their local garrisons for rearming and training. The [u]City-State of Julia[/u] issues the formation of [u]Homeguard Echelon Killigan[/u], a totality of 20,000 soldiers under command of Homeguard Commander Mark Killigan. What this changes, only the wisest Julians could know. Having been mobilized for three or so weeks, the Julian soldiers remain waiting patiently in their barracks. Some men play cards. Methyrnia remains the most dangerous place in Eurania--Julian and Vigentian citizens lope around the city in packs, often attacking those simply trying to get home from work. One of three roadways East to Julia becomes blocked when Vigentian citizens turn over several carriages along the path, killing the horses and stacking them up against the carriages. [/indent]
[b]April 2nd[/b]
[indent]In the [b][color=yellow]High Kingdom of Itherae[/color][/b], the [u]Petrol Development Grant Act[/u] passes to much confusion in the national legislature. Arguing that "[i]petrol will become important as the future of automobiles become popular[/i]," the bill sent half a million dollars in national grants to help increase the development petrol resources in the nation. One minister allegedly reported to a local newspaper: "What the [u]fuck[/u] is an automobile?" With just over 1,300 sold in the entire world (and 4 of them in Eurania), the amount of people in Itherae who had ever seen an automobile was in the ranges of 0 and 3.

[b][u]Julo-Vigentino War[/u][/b]
The [u]City-State of Julia[/u] passes the [b]Scarlet Arms Act[/b]. It stipulates that any permanent resident (of where? Helrox?) who serves in the Julian Homeguard for a term of 3 years and is injured in combat will be granted citizenship? An Itheraen citizen on the streets of Julia allegedly replied: "So I have to get hurt first? Next you'll tell me we'll be on the defensive! Pah!" In the [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b], soldiers who have been at their barracks for less than 24 hours are immediately ordered out of the barracks and to the front lines for an offensive military operation.

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[i]5th Brigade, Vigentino Imperial Guard, entering Methyrnia, April 2nd, 1905[/i][/center]
The genesis of [u]Operation Origin[/u] is unknown, as the existence of a planning phase lasted apparently only minutes. 15,000 regulars were deployed--baggage trains sometimes in tow--into Methyrnia, crossing the border. The determination of where they crossed was luck, or perhaps the Vigentian High Command simply did not care, as 5th Brigade of the Vigentino Imperial Guard "[i]The Coming Storm[/i]" trudged along the road into Methyrnia from the Southwest while the 11th Brigade of the Vigentino Imperial Guard "[i]Purgatory[/i]" lived up to it's namesake by trudging through the Sitrap Swamps that cut Western Methyrnia in two. They would arrive to their destination seven days late and covered in filth and grime with wants to return home.

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[i]Baggage train of the 11th Brigade, Vigentino Imperial Guard, Sitrap Swamp, April 5th, 1905[/i][/center][/indent]