[center][h2][b][color=red]Death[/color][/b], [b][color=black]Oil[/color][/b] and [b][color=green]Paradise[/color][/b][/h2][/center]

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[[b]Melizean Stability[/b]: [b][color=green]7[/color][/b]][/center]
[center][h3][b]Turn 1: [i]2020[/i][/b][/h3][/center]

[indent]The election was over, and President Saavedra started his first year off by [b]successfully[/b] passing the [b][color=green]2020 Fiscal Budget[/color][/b], though it was remarkably small. With his ministers accounted for, they would take their places at their respective offices and begin to enact plans with the counsel of their fellow ministers. The first was the [b]Minister of Security[/b], whose job was--as the post was named--internal security. One of the smaller outfits, the Ministry of Security had the personnel in place to arrest unscrupulous characters, they were at the whims of one Joseph Hernandez. [[b]2020 Budget[/b]: $2 Billion]

The next Ministry to act would be the [b]Ministry of Industry & Production[/b], whose responsibilities entailed ensuring production quotas were hit in the various industries across Melizea. At the start of 2020, the [b]Farms[/b] and [b]Oil Wells[/b] were bristling with resources, waiting for their goods to be transported, but there was always room for growth. [[b]2020 Budget[/b]: $3 Billion][/indent]

The next Ministry was the [b]Ministry of Energy[/b], tasked with keeping Melizea's lights on. The three major power stations across Melizea were all [b]Oil[/b] fired, and fully stocked. This was a precarious situation, as failure to keep the citizen's televisions and radio's running would be a shortcut to riots and looting. [[b]2020 Budget[/b]: $4 Billion]

One of the most important industries was the [b]Ministry of Transport[/b], where nationalized resources would be carted around to the various hubs that were required. Without a strong transport infrastructure, the abundant petrol resources of Melizea would be literally sucking and wasting away.

Following the internal ministries was the [b]Foreign Ministry[/b], whose sole job was moving abroad and negotiating deals. Simple enough, but few understood how many mouths to be fed and paychecks to be had were dependent on the success of the Foreign Minister. Following the Foreign Ministry was the military, slow to move and slower to react. The last to act was the President, whose job it was to delegate and politic.

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[i]Melizea, 2020[/i][/center]

[hr][hr][h3][b][u]Melizean Event[/u][/b]: [i]Petrol Dollars[/i][/h3]
[i]Due to COVID 19 scares in the Far East, the price of oil is precipitously perilous and many economists are afraid it could dip further any second. Economic advisors to President Saavedra are pleading with him to sell oil while the going is good, but the [b]Arkanian Republic[/b] to the North has reached out to the Melizea requesting them sell any oil they would be willing to part with in exchange for [b]Construction Materials[/b] at a ratio of two to one! The decision of course, would be in President Saavedra's hands.
- [b]Sell the Oil![/b]: Any Oil at a [b]Dock[/b] at the end of 2020 will sell for [b]$5 per 1 Resource[/b] automatically.
- [b]Trade with Arkania[/b]: Any [b]Oil[/b] that crosses the border into Arkania will be replaced with [b]2 Construction Materials[/b] that will be placed at the nearest Melizean town.[/i]

[hr][hr][h3][b][u][color=darkred]Melizean Crisis[/color][/u][/b]: [i]Balruban Smugglers[/i][/h3]
[i]Balruba has long been a nuisance to the white sandy beaches of Southeast Melizea. Reports of small Balruban smugglers crisscrossing the waves between Balruba and the Melizean coast smuggling drugs and illegal 'solicitors' was becoming more and more common. The President needed to do something by delegating responsibility, of course there was the other option[/i]:
- [b]Delegate to the [u]Minister of Security[/u][/b].
- [b]Delegate to the [u]Minister of Defense[/u][/b].
- [b]Ignore[/b]: [See PM for effects.]
- [b]RESOLVED[/b]: When [b]Balruban Smugglers[/b] (Fighting Strength 0) are destroyed or apprehended either in the Sea or on Land.

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[[b]Players[/b] may now send in their actions. A government that does not work together will not remain stable for long.]
[Players receive [b]+1 Action[/b] if their Orders are accompanied by an IC post.]
[[b]Order in which Ministry Actions Occur[/b]]
- [i]Minister of Security[/i]
- [i]Ministry of Industry & Production[/i]
- [i]Ministry of Energy[/i]
- [i]Ministry of Transport[/i]
- [i]Ministry of Defense[/i]
- [i]Foreign Ministry[/i]
- [i]Generals & Admirals[/i]
- [i]President[/i]