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The World as We Know It [19th-20th Century Nation RP]

The Kalpian Republic-1900

Kalpia agrees to the mediation

The Congress had found itself pretty divided over the issues of the capitulation terms to send to Zellonia so much that they had not even directly agreed to it and would only sign it should Zellonia find itself willing to do so, but now that they had requested a mediator things became clearer and they sought to at least, make the demands to Zellonia more feasible and less harsh, than what the original capitulation involved. Soon a public speech was given by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and in which Kalpia would approve of Violette mediation even if to only show that they were actually willing to finally put an end to the war and find themselves in a long and lasting peace.

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The Kalpian Republic L1899

Two Commands work better than one

About a year ago the war in Zellonia had started yet what was expected to be small confrontation had drawn out for far too long, with no clear victory even if the Osladian and Kalpian soldiers had made sure to repulse every single intent of the enemy to destroy the enemy forces and put an end to the war, maybe it was because of the lack of naval superiority not yet achieved by any party and an aspect in which the Kalpians really lacked. But in what the Kalpians were the best in land war and few seemed to mind that fact since Kalpia didn't have many naval going preoccupations until the Zellonian claimed the strait.

Under those conditions it was decided that the Kalpians would take control of most of the forces in the Osladian Zellonian front, the initiative came from the Kalpians and they were uncertain if the Osladians would agree to it, following the crisis of Serona-Karum. But this was their best chance to reorganize and propel a final end to the whole war. Once the news arrived at the ears of Gotthard, he met with surprise as he didn't expect such a thing to happen, he had thought that the division sent to Zellonia was more of a expeditionary force than anything else to support the Osladians, but to take command of the combined army meant that Kalpia was ready to take a much larger step on ending the war.

As such, Gotthard made the formal plan to merge both Kalpian and Osladian front forces to the Osladian Command. The answer was a simple and direct, even if the Osladians officers met it with some scepticism and dislike, others knew that this would benefit the war effort in the north.

Kalpia Monthly Conflict Decision:

- Form an Allied Army (16 Military Points): [Forms the Kalpo-Osladian Army with shared control. +20% Morale. +12% Training for available forces.]

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The Kalpian Republic-1900

The Grand Military Academy of Arsech

Something to be expected in Kalpia has happened, the General Staff has started the construction of a grand military academy in the capital of Kalpia, Arsech, Kalpia did have many military academies spread in the country but none so grand or big as the one that is currently being built. This was the idea of the Marshal of the General Staff Roger Thorben Schuchardt veteran general from the Sosodrov Crisis of 1874, Roger ever since the end of the war longed for a symbol of the prideful Kalpian military, denied often by the Kalpian Democratic Party which saw in the army only a tool of the state and wanted to limit it to that purpose, enforcing a policy in which the Army and Navy wouldn't hold any kind of political power in the nation, and the army ran quite finely despite this opposition, however, the Grand Military Academy of Arsech would be one of those projects that required great economic support from the government.

The idea of Roger was to convince the Minister of the Army Björn Kunibert Wägner to support him in this endeavor, he did so reluctantly knowing that they were still at war with Zellonia but also with the hopes that he could use this to his advantage in the elections of 1904, as having the support of the officer corp of the army could be quite useful as he could be again selected for being the minister of army. Similarly to him, the congress was reluctant to pass the bill that would give the army extra funds for the endeavor that Thorben proposed, the bill passed barely and Thorbald knew that it was thanks to the recent victory in Zellonia that the bill had passed.

Soon enough, Thorben gave the order for the project to start and with it, the Logistics department of the General Staff started to work in the idea that Thorben had given them, his idea was a grand building, decorated and tall, statues of the heroes of the Kalpian army would be raised in the frontal yard, the rooms would be spacious and fresh. It was truly a project that would create a symbol of pride for the Kalpian Army and the people of the nation. Something, to look up and think. "We are safe in their hands".

As the project started soldiers in Zellonian front died, officers led and the commmander thought. Yet, in Kalpia grandeur was built in the ideals that they were fighting for.

To Finish the Grand Kalpian Railroad


Train going from Arsech to Tarist in the express rail

The nation of Kalpia had the most extensive railway system in the whole world, it was long and connected most important cities in the country and in doing so it gave the economy a boost that the economy of other nations didn't enjoy, ever since it had been built it had become the basis of prosperity in Kalpia and the idea that started it all came from the Minister of Economics Detlev Jost Rapp , who worked for the Minister of economics Tomasz Menno Metz as a clerk at the time of the Sosodrov Crisis of 1874. Then he was young and full of ideas that he would continue to work on to this day, the thing that gave the start of the Grand Kalpian Railway was the fact that it had yet to be decided what to do with the reparations from Radena, it was sure that some of it would pay for the families of those who died and to cover the equipment loses of the war, yet there was still quite enough money to do lots of things and this was a reason for conflict and indecision in the Kalpian congress.

Finally, the responsibility fell down to Tomasz the minister of economics and he would decide where to assigned the left-over from the reparations of Radena. He knew that he had to do a very good job with this as the Kalpian Democratic Party was in a position where it couldn't lose support from the minority parties of Kalpia. Since Detlev worked directly with the Minister he saw his chance to do something for his country and for his career in politics, he drawed up a plan and project in which the money from the reparations would be spent on a railway system that would connect the whole of Kalpia, it was expensive sure, but for Detlev it was worth the benefits which he detailed to Tomasz, and he convinced him, soon enough Tomasz presented the proposal to congress and Detlev as the mind behind the project, and the plan was applauded and so was Detlev.

Ever since then, the Grand Kalpian railway has been under construction with most of it finished but with yet some towns to cover such as Herjat and Karp, the next planned expasion had to be done in 1901 but Detlev saw a chance originating from the conflict with Zellonia and the problems that it had caused to the shipping industry. He saw how Karp a city that relied on naval shipment to get their products into the Kalpian market for so long could no longer do as such as the naval routes were either closed too dangerous to traverse, because of that they had to know reorganize the logistics of the city to do the transportation by land something that would really hurt the economy of the city as there was no railway present and the times of transportation would make them soon lose profit and opportunity.

Detlev went to the city himself and compiled all the data he needed to make the proposal to the Kalpia congress, a proposal to make the expansion of 1901 this year. To build the Karp-Liubeth-Herjat-Tarist extension, a long railway would finish most of the Northern railway and connect it all with the major cities of Liubeth and Tarist. He gave his reasons to Congress and he was listened, and as the situation in Karp did really concern the local politicians of the city the bill passed. The extension would be built and Detlev's dream of finishing the Grand Kalpian Railway seemed closer.

Kalpian advisors and the Hironese


Kalpian Minister of the Army Björn Kunibert Wägner

When it was known that Hironese officers were to arrive at Liubeth, both the General Staff and the government wondered which was their intention by coming so far into continent, but sooner a telegraph arrived in which the Hironese expressed their interest on Kalpian martial ways and even more on the possibility of arranging a military mission from Kalpia to Hiron.

This was meet with interest by the Minister of the Army Björn Kunibert Wägner, who saw a chance of spreading Kalpia military influence over the world or so was his idea, but in the hard truth, sending a military a mission to Hiron meant many things diplomatically, first that the Hironese wanted to improve their army for a reason, second that any country that had cold relations with Hiron would probably protest or at the very least show displeasure at Kalpia from the military mission that could be sent.

And Bjorn had to take all of this things into account by the time he meet with the Hironese and all of that came from experience, yet other kinds of information of the Hironese were unknown to him, he didn't knew much about them and their army, he only knew that their naval power was big and that they were a nation that was just undergoing the process of industrialization back in their country, a country that had many ways to expand and yet still awaited the precise moment.

What he knew for certain was that this was an opportunity for the army to get extra funds, as no military mission was free or cheap, sending officers to a foreign country that had little to no relationships with Kalpia was more of a business deal than a diplomatic deal. As whatever the Hironese did in back in their continent wouldn't really directly affect Kalpia or their position in the world. As such, he was somewhat free of ties to deal with the Hironese, but of course, he consulted the Minister of Foreign Affairs Conrad in order to make sure that sending a military mission to Hiron wouldn't backfire on Kalpia in any way. Little did he know of the situation between Violette and Hiron, as said news had not yet been very widespread on the continent or the tension that was rising because of that.

As such, he ready to negotiate a deal with the Hironese a deal that would create a profit for the Kalpian Army and the nation.

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The Kalpian Republic-1900

Department Of Military Police and Propaganda



Issue 23rd of "The Kadet ""Victory in Krepina"

Back in the Kalpian Republic the Department of Military Police works in the next issue of "The Kadet", a task they were assigned by the General Staff, in order to support the war morale of the soldiers at the front and the families at home. The editor of this newspaper was Gottlieb Adi Karl a professional who had studied "the Sciences of Information" at the National University of Arsech, he had been hired by the head of the department Bastian Gebhard Gerst in order to help improve the quality of the "The Kadet".

The first edition made by Gottlieb was just after the battle of the Krepina Forest, a victory for the Kalpian army that would sure help to increase morale both in the homeland and in the front. Stories about the battle were compiled by the Department's reporters in the front, some were obviously exaggerated and Gottlieb made sure to tone down a bit in order not to make too fantastic but keeping the heroicness and sacrifice that was made by the soldiers of the 23rd.

He was even more lucky to get an interview from Gotthard himself, the general in command of the 23rd. He basically said that he expected a swift victory soon enough and that the Zellonians, Radenans or Memoitals couldn't keep up with Kalpian soldiers on the battlefield. he even praised some of the actions by his soldiers and officers considering them as heroic. This all helped construct the articles for the newspaper.

He finished with the headline "Victory in Krepina" and then it was sent to the front and distributed to the army in Kalpia. Slowly but surely, more support was accrued for the war reopening the door of another daring operation by the Kalpian Army that had learned their mistakes.

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The Kalpian Republic-1900

Gotthard's best


Kalpian 23rd soldiers marching

Gotthard was a man who celebrated triumph like no other but who also understood that sometimes it was best to stop the celebration for more important matters, who like many Kalpians knew that the fallen had to be taken care of and prayed for, it was them and no other that made the present possible thanks to their sacrifices in the past, such was the religious doctrine of "Mirnism" the monotheist religion of Kalpia, and Gotthard was a devout, same as his wife and some of his fellow officers.

The victory against the Memoitals and Radenans, was indeed glorious but many Kalpian soldiers had died in the battle. The dead of soldiers under his command was something that Gotthard had not seen since the war against the Radenans back in the 1870's. His memories of the war came back to him along with the feeling of glory that he felt when he was parading in the streets of Arsech, that was when he was younger, and now he felt repented for all those soldiers that had died under his command for all those soldiers that he had treated as pawns in a game of chess, yet here it was no so different, the only change was that now he knew many of the soldiers personally and while he knew they were good and disciplined, many of them would still die in the coming days and the only real thing he could do for me was pray.

Like it was said before, on the night of the 6th before the Kalpian offensive started. He sent his officers to gather those who wished to pray for the fallen and together they prayed. Not only for those who had fallen but also for those who would fall in the line of duty for their country. A country that had raised them and given them both freedom and responsibility. If they Kalpians soldiers were known for anything besides their discipline and training, it was their sense of duty towards other Kalpians and their religiousness.

It was a night of silence for the 23rd one that would be remembered by those present for years to come. The next morning Gotthard personally saluted those men in the front. He promised them victory and glory and delivered to them a speech only recorded in the diary of one of the soldiers.

"Today, we are going to show our enemies that they should fear us and give up, for we fight for our brothers that have been captured by those damn Zellonians, we fight not only to keep the pride of our nation but for the families of those captured, for those who have died, for those that trust that we win, for those who love us and most importantly for our nation, if we are going to die we better take all the enemies we can with us. Glory to Kalpia and it's people!!"

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The Kalpian Republic-1900

Kalpian Official Response to the Threat of Zellonia

The government has issued a press note in which they have made official their response to the Zellonian try of negotiation. The Kalpian foreign minister Vinzenz Felix Greenberg said the following.

"We the Kalpian Republic care a lot for our soldiers, they are our brothers, our fathers, and sons, yet the Zellonian offer is nothing but a desperate attempt to get us out of the war, as such, we would rather propose other solution about the treatment of prisoners of war. We propose that all captured soldiers will remain as prisoners of war until the war is over, when there will be negotiations to decide the release of those prisoners, we would also like to arrange an exchange of prisoners for March 23rd in said exchange we will pay $100 for every prisoner of war that is released and arrives at Kalpia safely. This is the offer that we have sent to Zellonia and hope that in their right minds they accept it. "

Some of the people were relieved to hear these, having the hope that if they exchange of prisoners went through they would be able to see their own once again.

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The Kalpian Republic-1900

The Fight Against Zellonia

The 23th was at the front, they had been sent as to finally put up some stable support to the Osladian troops in the front, they were also expected to be last division to be sent to the war, as the people in the republic no longer showed enthusiasm for the war, as many families asked when their sons and brothers would return. Yet, no answer was given to them.

It was the job of the 23th to restore the enthusiasm and trust in the military of forces of Kalpia, not only for the Kalpian people but also to the rest of nations in the continent, general Gotthard's division was the best for this kind of job, because it the 23th was a division known for its high competitiveness greatly encouraged and sometimes enforced by Gotthard, who put to use the freedom of command that he enjoyed under the Kalpian military system.

If someone could restore the pride of the army it had to be Gotthard. They traveled the land of Oslad without much incident and never giving any reasons to think that the Kalpians were as lowly and weak as they thought they were. The Kalpians would maintain their discipline at all times like the soldiers they were.

The sole objective of Gotthard's division was to help the Osladian forces in the front. How he would achieve that it was up to him and he knew that reinforcements were limited to this endeavor, so he had thought and thought well about what his division would do.

A primary target for Gotthard was the Memoirals division, known as the sole division to achieve anything of note in the front during the time of the conflict. Basically, they were the pillar of the Zellonian army, if they have defeated it the rest of the Zellonian would start to crumble.

Also if they 23th managed to destroy them, they would have shown the Osladians that the Kalpians were still their superiors in the front. Knowing, that even if Memoials were the best of the Zellonian army, they were below still way below the standard of Kalpia. And as such, they were an easy target.

IC Response-Zello-Osladian Army

Reclaim Glory for the Republican Army

- Southern Front - The I Memoital Corps (16 Military Power): The Memoitals have proven to be a thorn in the side of the Osladians since they arrived. Where they stand, Osladians die. The 23rd however, does not share the Osladians fear. We will assault, and break, the I Memoital Corps and be remembered for all time. Once the Southern Front is broken, the race to Vorl will be on.

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The Kalpian Republic L1899

The Grunewalde Crew

The 62th Brigade and Jovington

The smell of sea was something that the men of the 62th weren't used to or expected to , they had all their lives grown use to the idea that Kalpian Republic was a nation that was focused on protecting their own from the monarchies that could be found all around the continent, to protect their right to vote and the rights and responsabilities that came with it. Yet, they were here on route to a foreign nation that they knew little and had less than a year ago, didn't even have to care about.

Most of the 62th was composed by soldiers from the north of Kalpia, most from Liubeth proper that had joined the army as young and had stayed for the pay, a pay that less than a year ago , they didn't see very often. Yet, they were all loyal to the republic and their knew that they could beat any other army in the world if it came to it, what they didn't knew was that what would defeat them wasn't an army or the enemy soldiers, but rather the cold and hunger that they weren't used to, but that was still weeks from happening.

The soldiers would write and speak, some of them were enthusiastic to finally see war and serve their country in the profession that they had choosen, smiles and jokes were common in the transport ships that would transport most of them to their deaths. This was as small as it was would give the chance for some to rise in the ranks, something that so far required connections and money, something that many didn't have , between those who wanted to rise in the ranks was the brigadier general Kazimierz Bernhard Freund , very well known by his soldiers as someone who's leadership and charisma covered many of his faults as a man or officer.

Whatever would happen next would be the moment of Kazimierz, it had to be...

The Grunewalde Crew

The Grunewalde submarine, named after one of the ancient gods of Kalpian mythology had a crew full of young men, most of them who had just joined the Navy as an easy way to get money with easy discipline and without the risk of being sent to war, although, that last part wouldn't come true. War was here and they would be sent to do their job in the inner sea, they would protect Kalpia from the madness of the Zellonian King! or that was what the President said to them at his speech in Liubeth. Some of them really felt that they were doing something for the nation...for a couple of hours.

Then some of them started to worry, it was war, a sea war, one of the weakest navies of the Great Powers against a navy bigger and more powerful than them, there was no chance for them to win or at least that's what mosts of them thought about their chances to live in such a war.

The next day the crew of the Grunewalde prepared for their first real mission, their debriefing was short and simple, they would hit any Zellonian ship they found in the inner sea and they would do so. They really hoped that the Zellonians wouldn't find them because if that happened it was end game.

The Last Mission

Brigadier General Larenz was smoking a cigarette in the middle of the night. Along with his soldiers, it had been less than a day since they were at sea and now they were closing into Zellonia's capital, the news of the war were unpromising and the plan formulated by the General Staff that was his to carry out, was supposed to end the war and relieve the soldiers in Jovington, save the lives of the Osladians to the west and finally end the war. The piece of paper that would do the job was in a special case, in order to protect it from water and the weather, it was heavy sure but it was also made to last. It had to , more risks would mean defeat.

The World as We Know It [19th-20th Century Nation RP]

The Kalpian Republic L1899

The Kalpian Deparment of Military Police

It didn't took much for the General Staff to set up the Department of Military Police, it was an idea long ago crafted by the General Tadeusz Seweryn Budny to serve as a tool of the army to make sure that no foreign country had influence over the republic and therefore could interfere with the protection of Kalpia and all its citizens, but both the General Staff and the civilian government didn't believe that it was needed, after all, it was a period of peace and stability, and most of the Kalpian resources were put into the Grand Kalpian Railway system. Now it seems like a necessity as tensions rise, first from the south and then on the North, as such, the general staff thinks that it would be best to put the department in action now rather than wait for later.

The whole affair wasn't very public as one would expect of a department which intention was to undermine foreign influence over the country, the officers and agents of the department were chosen directly by the top staff of the Army, as such, only people who could really be trusted were assigned to the department. Much effort was put into keeping the DMP low from the public and foreign eye, such as registering it as a branch of the police under the name of "Department of Internal Security".

Not much activity from the Department of Military police is expected for the first years, as tensions are still low and the general staff only wants to be ready, if for any reason a foreign power wanted to lurk within the bureaucracy of the Republic

The Roads of Tarist

Tarist has always been an old city, one of the oldest in the entirety of Kalpia and as such it is also the cultural heart of the Republic, as it was there where democracy was born for Kalpia, Tarist is a symbol of unity and strength for the Kalpians, whom once they overthrew their king on a bloody revolution, they were free to thrive and prosper unlike no other nation in the continent or at least that's what the typical guide will say to you if ever go there.

On the other hand, Tarist is also a city that has fallen behind in terms of technology and infrastructure in comparison to the rest of the Republic cities and towns, as only recently the Grand Kalpian Railway was able to give Tarist the push it needed to join back the standard in the republic, but it is still on need of new and improved infrasctructure, in order to cover for its growing population and to keep the city pretty, in order to keep the masses of the Kalpians appeased and content. Not for nothing the government ordered more roads to be built and to get the existing roads renovated. All of this assigned to the new company of Metropolitan Heavy Industries.

The World as We Know It [19th-20th Century Nation RP]

The Kalpian Republic E1899

Army and Jobs

One day, Hanz received a letter at his home from a man dressed in the typical Kalpian uniform, he didn't know what to expect of it, he had been a good soldier always following the orders given by the officer on command and even on the last winter exercises, he didn't complain not a little bit not even when he almost starved because of a late supply train, sure it wasn't the best job but it served well to feed his family and himself, even if sometimes the pay came late.

Hanz was anxious about what the letter was about and he just couldn't help it, since recently, many of his friends in the army were moved to the reserve force, something that meant not only getting less pay but also being without a full-time job and the common soldier only had a couple of options when it came to work, they would could work at the Arsech Steel Foundries, the iron mines in Karp , as a worker building the railways of the ever increasing Kalpian railways or try to make it into the police force. These were the prospects of work that Hanz could think of if he became a reservist.

Finally, he decided to open it after breakfast, if this was what he believed it was, at least, he wanted to have one last routine breakfast with his wife and two sons. Hanz tried to his best to hide his worry but to no avail, as his wife noticed and asked him about it at the breakfast, he couldn't help but say the truth to the wife that had given him so much support over these years of his life. He opened it a little while later, only to find out that inside there was his pay and a small note saying that pays from now on would regularize, Hanz was relieved, but the next day another close friend of his told him that he was no longer in the army and that he would go have to move back at his father's farm in Kaniarus.

General Staff and Economy

The General Staff continued doing its normal business, selling guns to foreign governments, sending requests of production to Kerser Guns and doing such things that were too common nowadays, with governments that the General Staff couldn't really come to trust such as the Tsardoms of Karum and Radena, after all, in the past Kalpia had found itself diplomatically isolated for the reason that there were so many monarchies that really didn't share their political beliefs.

But these weren't really the priorities of the General Staff, which saw fit that the Kalpia should grow internally and fix the governmenet deficit that didn't really allow the army to continue growing and improving like before, as such, military was to be slightly cut off for the actually paying the soldiers again and seeking more ways to make money for army.

For this to happen the General Staff decided that it would rifles to Hiron a far off Empire that had little importance in the world and was treated by them and many others like the minor power it was, another measure was to fund some civilian companies with the objective of promoting growth in the economy.

And the last one was to move 40,000 men from active soldiers to reservists as a way to cut spendings in a fast way. Hopefully, this would be enough to fix the economic problems that the General Staff as a problematic for the growth of Kalpia as a whole.