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In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 8 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
The World Undone

(1905--)



Turn 4
April, 1905


April 10th
On April 10th the Vashaqamak-Viande Autorace is held on the Fifth Continent. Recruitment began in early March. In just 40 days over 300 drivers enrolled, many more than expected. The net worth of the cars involved in the race surpassed 7 million Parakan dollars. The race was to span over 1307 kilometers in total. The race was sponsored by Cine-ojo Film Conglomerate and Automobilia Club de Ustrela (A.C.U). Over 300 drivers were involved in modified and differing sport versions of either a Karqasia Model V or a Segaso Modello I. Many had all non-essential parts pulled from the vehicle to decrease it's weight. The overall winner of the race was Segaso, as seven of the top ten finishers were driving a Modello I Sportsa. [Segaso gains +14.00 Experience. Karqasia gains +5.00 Experience]


Markos Diego Sylvestra during the Vashaqamak-Viande, he would come in 3rd later that day driving a Modella I Sportsa

Julo-Vigentan War
The Vigentan Imperial Guard continues to advance haphazardly, leaving parental guard units where necessary. Construction efforts continue in the Capitol of Julia, but the city is becomingly increasingly crowded with refugees and many of the population are starting to grow discontent with the situation. [City-State of Julia loses 1% Stability.]

April 11th
King Armando di Mavoia IV of Etelia meets with the Toubrian foreign diplomat Diego Mendez, who offers a Non-Aggression Pact to the Etelians and also requests a defensive alliance. Armanda di Mavoia is incensed, instead telling the Toubrian diplomat: "We will sign no such agreement. And let us be clear. When you finally lose control of the Kaffa dog, the Etelians will go in and put him down for you and then take the land as payment." [Toubrés Empire gains +1 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia.]

Julo-Vigentan War
No major updates.

April 12th
In the High Kingdom of Itherae, the national government stumbles into the idea for an Itheraen machine gun. Overlooking the fact that neither Itheraen soldiers or engineers have ever personally held a machine gun, the government requests a weapon "designed for range and fire rate to stop enemy approach before they can get into rifle distance while maintaining a suppressible fire rate, or a fire rate fast enough to destroy entire squads." Additionally, Itheraen engineers are poised to engineer a sandwich "designed for eating," in the near future. Without a deadline, many assume that a new machine gun will be designed in the logical conclusion of all the parts seemingly falling into place--no doubt by sheer luck, at this point.

April 13th
In the Toubrés Empire, Minister of Finance Enrique Illescas is tasked with opening a new shipyard in the Empire. Following weeks of discovery, Illescas realizes two possible options. Requesting $6,000,000 in funds to facilitate the construction of a state owned shipyard or to process an order request at a third that size ($2,000,000) to warrant a large enough incentive for a private shipbuilding company to build it's own shipyard to fulfill the order. The mercantile shipping company Nau Rocha S.n.L. was the company most likely to take on the contract as Toubrés premier shipping entity.

April 14th
In the Parakan Republic, the Federal Vashaqamak Industrial Exposition is budgeted with an operating limit of $2,500,000. Slated to be held on October 1st, 1905, the National Exposition will have an entrance fee of $2 Parakan Intis. Less than 2% of the average wage (QUOTE FROM PM ORDER: The National Exposition will have an entrance fee of $2 Parakan Intis. Less than 2% of the average wage.) This was later changed to 1 cent, than 2 to cents, than to 5 cents.

By the third day of planning, nearly $480,000 had already been spent, though Vice-President Noroya Atqak couldn't quite figure out on what. The joke in Eurania was: "Industrial Exposition has sent out the most expensive invites the world has ever seen," and it become a sort of trading game to collect one of each of the dozen invites sent out. The first invited only Steiner Meustadt A.G. and Karqasia Auto Co. (these items were hot commodities in Paraka and Escya). The second, third and fourth invites were inviting nationalized industries that legally couldn't show off their wares outside of the country anyway. These rarities fetched nearly $17 dollars at a private auction in Thermydon!

Julo-Vigentan War
The Imperial Guard of the Holy Empire of Vigentino has now seized the entirety of Methyrnia. Refugees are now being collected and sent back to the villages they're attempting to escape. Nearly two weeks ahead of schedule, Vigentino morale is high [+10% Morale for Deployed Units] considering not a shot was fired.

April 15th
The Serranthian Conference officially begins. Criticisms of the Toubrés Empire abound as many independent minds of the Great Powers believe the Toubrians could have effectively utilized the month long lull between the beginning of the rebellion and the conference to move troops into Serranthia in case things moved against them. Likewise, others believed this showed the Toubrians were generally interested in a peaceful resolution. Delegations from Tyria, Paraka and Helrox began to arrive with the conference expected to last two to three weeks.


Toubrian Serranthia Governor's Mansion where the Conference was to be held, circa 1905

April 16th
Somewhere on a grassy plain on the Fifth Continent, a brother and sister, nearly fifty miles from the nearest town, took a risk. The design of the Flyer S was a new design entirely. Using a Segaso 3.2HP motor, the Flyer S took off for 27 minutes and 14 seconds, covering nearly three and a half miles. When the flyer touched down, Sebastian de Halt was all smiles.


The de Halt Flyer-S, circa 1905

In the Coastal Empire of Tara, the Minister of Agriculture put forward a request of a design for any domestic companies within the Golden Islands to fulfill the following:
1: Provide a working prototype before a board of 6 (2 farmers, 2 economists, 2 academics)
2: A design for a automobile that's primary purpose would be used by farmers to do one of the following:
- plant seed
- sow ground
- harvest crop

A half dozen entrepreneurs, thinkers, inventors and businesses applied for the request, which was titled Field Design #1. With a deadline of 16 months, few knew what to expect.
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 8 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
The World Undone

(1905--)



Turn 4
April, 1905

April 5th
The Republic of Escya fills out paperwork to hire foreign military advisers to conduct improved high command and officer training. Unfortunately, the Republic did not choose which foreign nation would be the target to import military officers and so the paperwork, signed and approved by the Escyan High Command sat unused in a desk somewhere.

Julo-Vigentan War
In the City of Julia, Homeguard Echelon Killigan begins the deployment of defensive fortifications on the stone walls, utilizing sandbags and haphazard construction of pillboxes. Field artillery guns for reasons unknown are deployed outside the city walls while the infantry are deployed behind. Having never left the city, the Julian sentries see very little. One Corporal is reprimanded for using a traveling merchant's donkey for target practice. The first Julian refugees from Zilorno emerge from Methyrnia--750 women and children--who request entry in the Capitol.

April 6th
The Prats Administration in the Republic of Ustrelia signs into law the Antiquities Act of 1905 giving the President of Ustrela the authority to, by presidential proclamation, create national monuments from federal lands to protect significant natural, cultural, or scientific features. It aims to protect hundreds of acres of federally owned territory from private collectors and increase the public tourist industry. [+4% Stability. +$1 in National Wages.]

Julo-Vigentan War
450 Julian refugees from Zilorno show up, gathering outside the city walls and requesting entry.

April 7th
The Franken Army finally finishes assembling in the center of Eastern Helrox. They are tired, confused, malnourished and low on morale. "Assembled for what?" A Helroxi soldier asked, to no one in particular after having spent the last three weeks marching in circles. [-2% Stability in Helrox Empire.

Julo-Vigentan War
950 Julian refugees from Zilorno arrive, 150 filth covered refugees from Pessassa behind them, having braved the Sitrap Swamps to make it here.

April 8th
In the Illesian Kingdom, King Avandre VII announced the running of a national contest, one that aims to produce an Illesian Automobile produced by an Illesian Company. All contestants are welcome, so long as they are Illesian, live permanently in Illesia, and are interested in establishing an Illesian Automobile Company that is not owned by the government. The contest was simple. One Year from the start of the contest, which began on April 8th, 1905, contestants will present a working prototype of their self-designed automobile and present them at the Palace of the Monarch in Regoth for inspection by the Committee on Innovation. The winner will be chosen based on who could produce the most cost effective and reliable functioning vehicle, ideally even cheaper to produce than all existing models at the end of the contest. The winner of the contest, if there was one, would receive $10,000,000 as seed money to start their own Illesian Automobile Company, of their own name, design, staff, and so on, free from government intrusion.

Julo-Vigentan War
Newspaper articles in the Holy Empire run headlines that say "JULIA'S FIGHT HAS GONE OUT," accusing the nation of cowardice. In neighboring Itherae, newspapers call the Julo-Vigentan War equivalent to watching the grass grow.

April 9th
In the Republic of Escya a major public works project in the capital to keep up with the demand of it's growing urban population. Given that no funds were allotted to this project, work is halted on the first day.

Julo-Vigentan War
The Vigentan Army continues to advance on foot, with no regards to geography. "The Methyrnian Country is the True Enemy" a recent report shows, Vigentan soldiers being injured by falling and hurting themselves. No Julian soldiers are met and it appears all of Methyrnia will fall--by some strange measure of Grace, even in the face of Vigantan military incompetence--by the allotted end of the operation date.
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 8 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
The World Undone

(1905--)



Turn 4
April, 1905


April 3rd
URGENT! IMPERIAL ORDERS DEMANDED BY THE MIKKADO AND PARLIAMENT TO BE CARRIED OUT IMMEDIATELY!

The orders below are to be immediately carried out:

Section 1. The Mikkado demands that High General Yuan Shu travel with great haste to Chong Long-Tao's military base, and be prepared to meet, discuss, and work alongside the Itheraens that have arrived to train our soldiers.

Section 2. Major General Ping Lee and the 1st Guards Division that he commands will be ordered to remain stationed in ChongLong-Tao and prepare to meet, discuss, work with, and further develop their existent knowledge and experience with the Itheraen trainers. This inherently means that several artillery guns with sufficient ammunition will be available, as will a sufficient number of rifles with sufficient ammunition, as will sufficient equipment and supplies just as they should be considering that it is a major military base.

Section 3. That 3 dozen police officers and investigators of the large police force in ChongLong-Tao and surrounding towns be gathered under Police Chief of ChongLong-Tao Shin Shintaka's command and complete the following:

Subsection 1: Be divided into 3 groups a dozen men large.

Subsection 2: That the first group, named 'Ichi', will escort the said Itheraens by carriages the entire 20 miles safely and comfortably to the major southwestern city and military base ChongLong-Tao from their current location: the slums of Echl'at.

Subsection 3: That the second group, named 'Èr', will on-foot patrol the entire town of Echl'at and surrounding towns with a several mile large searching radius, searching for the 4 missing Itheraen officers and any clues to their whereabouts, focusing on alleys and going from door-to-door/person-to-person asking about them. If any are found they are to be taken back to the other Itheraen officers that will most likely have arrived in ChongLong-Tao by this point.

Subsection 4: That the third group, named 'Gurvan' will on horseback patrol the entire town of Echl'at as well as nearby towns and farms, with a several mile large searching radius, searching for the 4 missing Itheraen officers and any clues to their whereabouts. If any are found they are to be taken back to the other Itheraen officers that will most likely have arrived in ChongLong-Tao by this point.

Subsection 5: That if any Itheraen officers are found to have been kidnapped, robbed, tortured, murdered, or otherwise have been wronged, the criminal(s) must be found and immediately be put to trial. If a murderer of an Itheraen exists and is found with clear evidence that he committed the murder, said murderer will be publicly announced as being such, and be promptly sent to be executed.

Subsection 6: That the searches, patrols, and investigations on the whereabouts and fates of these 4 Itheraens not stop until either all 4 men have been located and/or their fates discovered.

Section 4: Once the Itherean officers (numbering 32 until the 4 missing are located and reunited with the group) safely arrive in Chongling-Tao, they are to be treated by military personnel with the same care and respect as if they were of the highest rank and nobility, as though they were members of parliament themselves, in order to attempt to compensate them for their troubles.

Section 5: That the 1st Guards Division, its Major Commander, and the High General comply with every request or demand of the Itheraen officers, and treat them with the utmost honor and respect.

Section 6: That the Itheraen officers be immediately updated with the situation as soon as group Ichi makes contact with them, and that the update will involve giving them a document that has the entirety of section 3 on it, and only section 3. They will also be verbally told that a division, its commanding officer, and the High General of the army is waiting in the nearby city of Chonglong-Tao to be instructed and trained by their wisdom. Chonglong-Tao will be introduced to them as it is: a major coastal city in the southwest of the Confederacy, specifically within the state of Greater Hokkan, with a large police presence to keep the streets clean and safe, and that there is a major army base there, as well as a major naval base a few miles away. They will also be told that Echl'at will be improved as soon as possible, and be apologized to for their poor treatment and improper arrival location.

Section 7: That whenever the Itheraen officers request to see other army or naval personnel or divisions, that the Itheraen officers be transported by carriage to other military bases as they please."


Julo-Vigentan War
Etelo Scianno, a no-name man in the City-State of Julia begins traveling the city, "preaching" to young men as to why joining the Julian Army is the right choice and that the "Vigentinos will fucking pay." At one point the assembled crowd tells him to get lost, and some flung cabbage and tomatoes have him running inside to get away from the mob. "Not since 1771 have recruiters gone to the street corner looking for opportunities." By the end of April, Etelo will have enlisted 71 new men to enlist in the Julian Army. 33 of them have come from the Julian Stazzio Prison.

The Vigentino Imperial Guard comes across the first few townsends of Methynria. There is no resistance save for the disgruntled Julian population. Billets are assembled and night patrols are set. The Quartermaster General of the 2nd Artillery Division "Hammer of the Gods" pens the following letter to Vigentino High Command:

High Command,

It is the most urgent matter that Generale d'armata Gumesindo Berretta must be removed from command immediately. We have met with success only on the backs of Julian incompetence. We have been given enough ammunition for four shells per gun. The artillery batteries are without escort of soldier or commander. Already men begin to disappear into the forests after fighting the muck and mud of Methyrnia. We have lost 7 field guns already to "misuse". If Generale d'armata Gumesindo Berretta is not removed from service, consider this letter my immediate resignation as Quartermaster General of the 2nd Artillery Division.

Ciao,
Tenente Generale d'artillerie Mazzano Semetti
Dated April 3rd, 1905

April 4th
In the Confederacy of Hokkan-Shirito, engineers under Hideki Saburo of the Qiao Armory present their first prototype for the design request made of them. The Type 91A Rifle is a sturdier design, with a single wood stock compared to the double assembly piece of the Type 91 as well as a Tyrian load bolt in place of a Fusanese bolt--which was fabricated Parakan steel--and thus more prone to breaking. The Type 91A is a partial conversion, meaning that existing Type 91's can be converted at a cost of 20% of an existing Type 90. This will increase the reliability by some measure but engineer Saburo believes the only long term viability is to craft a new barrel of a 6.5mm caliber, downgrading from the 7.55mm that the Type 91 currently uses. This will considerably decrease the punching power of the rifle.

Julo-Vigentan War
The City-State of Julia places an order of 30,000 Mataxi 1905 SEM rifles and 200,000 rounds of rifle ammunition.


Julo-Vigentan War as of April 4th, 1905 with Southeastern Road Network overlaid
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 8 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
The World Undone

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Turn 4
April, 1905


April 1st
The Hokkan-Julian Trade Agreement is signed. It's stipulations are thus:
  • Article I. 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.
  • Article II. The Confederation of Hokkan-Shirito will purchase 1440 shells from Thamber, and the reasonable price of said shells will be decided by Thamber.
  • Article III. 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.
  • Article IV. A permanent embassy will be established in both nation’s capitals.
  • Article V. 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.

[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.

Julo-Vigentino War
The Holy Empire of Vigentino, a day after the war is declared, orders a Full Mobilization of it's army, the Imperial Guard. They begin reporting to their local garrisons for rearming and training. The City-State of Julia issues the formation of Homeguard Echelon Killigan, 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.

April 2nd
In the High Kingdom of Itherae, the Petrol Development Grant Act passes to much confusion in the national legislature. Arguing that "petrol will become important as the future of automobiles become popular," 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 fuck 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.

Julo-Vigentino War
The City-State of Julia passes the Scarlet Arms Act. 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 Holy Empire of Vigentino, 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.


5th Brigade, Vigentino Imperial Guard, entering Methyrnia, April 2nd, 1905

The genesis of Operation Origin 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 "The Coming Storm" trudged along the road into Methyrnia from the Southwest while the 11th Brigade of the Vigentino Imperial Guard "Purgatory" 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.


Baggage train of the 11th Brigade, Vigentino Imperial Guard, Sitrap Swamp, April 5th, 1905
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 8 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
@Theodorable Hey!

I've been lurking around for a while and guess I finally decided to join!

I was wondering, is Tara being played by anyone? If not can I join as Tara, please let me know I'd like to play.


Sure. You will need to post IC and PM me three orders in the appropriate format for April, 1905 as your “application.”
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 8 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
I wonder if we’ll ever get a post from Escya.
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The World Undone

(1905--)



Turn 3
March


March 16th
On March 16th, 1905 the Karqasia Auto Co. 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 K.A. 6hp 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.


Businessman and entrepreneur Asiriyaku Mascoq, 1901

Unlike F.E.A., Mascoq didn't stop there. The Karqasia Model V, 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


Karqasia Model V, 1905

March 17th
In the Republic of Ustrela, the Ustrelan Army enlists the film studio Cine-ojo 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. [Ustrelan Manpower Reserves increase by 0.025%]

March 18th
In the City-State of Julia, Viscount Zach Nato orders the Mobilization of the Guard 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 "Questo è il nostro tempo" 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 Holy Empire of Vigentino, 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 La Lazio reads: "VIGENTINO WANTS JUSTICE." An emergency meeting with His Holiness and the assembled Vigentian High Command is ordered.


March 19th
In a rousing speech to a crowd of 45,000, Viscount Zach Nato condemns the Holy Empire of Vigentino and the Pope for their "savage attack on Julian citizens and the betrayal of Methynrian sovereignty." He called upon both the Great Powers as well as those small to condemn Vigentino and "be weary of their tactics of starving the dog and then admonishing it for biting." 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.

March 20th
In the Kingdom of Cadia, the Cadian High Command is ordered by King Carl himself to carry out Operation Farewell. 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.

March 21st
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Cadia is sent back to the Cydernian Republic. He proposes the following:
  • 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. [Cydernian Response: They would request Cadia 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. [Accepted.]
  • There will be two routes from Cadia and three minimum in Cydernia. [Accepted.]
  • After Cadia makes a new engine from Forino it will come to Cydernia to be marketed and sold, 25% profits go to Cydernia. [Accepted.]

The Cydernians propose the Cydergarski-Cadian Darzhavni Zheleznitsi, translated from Cydernian into Cydernian-Cadian State Railways.


Cydernian-Cadian State Railways proposed logo

March 22nd
In the Helrox Empire, Ambassador Terven Heusmen arrives in the Kingdom of Melgaria to offer a Guarantee of Independence in return for Freedom of Trade and Military Access 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.

March 23rd
In the Faresian nation of Confederation of Hokkan-Shirito, the Great Modernization Act 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.

March 24th
In the Republic of Paraka, the Department of Mining and Energy 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.

March 25th
In the Republic of Ustrela, 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.


Moments before Sebastian de Halt's first balloon experiment, 1905

March 26th
In the City-State of Julia, diplomatic efforts to "turn Melgaria against the Holy Empire of Vigentino" 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 Military Access for the Kingdom of Cadia, but Itonzo defers to the Helroxi Emperor for guidance.


March 27th
A diplomatic negotiation between the City-State of Julia and Tyrian Empire is concluded. It is predicted these rifles will take two to three weeks to arrive in Tyrian hands.

Stengel Deal (1905)
  • The City-State of Julia 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.

March 28th
The Republic of Escya 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.

March 29th
In the Holy Empire of Vigentino, 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.

March 30th
In the Republic of Ustrela, the Ustrelan Navy begins construction of a Simuz-class light cruiser through the Mariano Marina Shipyard.

March 31st
In the Parakan Republic, the President signs the Just and Clean Act, making corruption punishable up to a $2,000 fine and a minimum of five years in prison. The Anti-Corruption Department 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.


[March has ended. Send orders for April.]
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The World Undone

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Turn 3
March


March 11th

Tyrian state owned rail company Osterreichische Bundesbahnen, founded 1905

The locomotive firm Osterreichische Bundesbahnen (Tyrian for State Railroad) enters it's third consecutive month of operation in the Tyrian Empire. Collectively, the two lines of rail have transported over 11,000 passengers--though with ticket prices at over $100, riding on these locomotive behemoths was reserved for the luxury classes and landed nobility of Tyria. Additionally, they utilized the Wilmus 4-4-2 locomotive, a 1901 Tyrian design that proved to be both reliable and affordable. The Mersburg-Landorf Line was now starting to gain traction, attracting customers from the thriving capital, through the industrial hub of Landorf and into the sleepy town of Mersburg, which was quickly growing, having a population of 37,000 in 1903 already to a population of 56,000 in March, 1905.


Operations of Osterreichische Bundesbahnen in March, 1905. The Mersberg-Landorf Line is displayed in Red

The same day, the Republic of Paraka requested the following order:
  • 34,100 Model M93 Rifles and 190 Syndére LN03 Machine Guns.
    • 14,100 Model M93 Rifles and 90 Syndére LN03 Machine Guns to be processed through Vernay Arms Manufacturing
    • 20,000 Model M93 Rifles and 100 Syndére LN03 Machine Guns to be processed through State Industry.

March 11th
In the Holy Empire of Vigentino, the Vigentian High Command begins training it's officers. There is very little cohesion here. Men who have been experts in logistics are required to re-learn the same lessons to as those who have no idea how to get a bean, bullet or bandage from one place to another. Men who spent their entire lives dedicated to the study of artillery stand around watching a man explain which end of an artillery piece is the dangerous end. "A sincere waste of my time," one junior officer quipped. "Are we going to war with Helrox?" Another asked, on being tasked with the "studying of military tactics, those that have proven effective both with rifles and artillery, as well as in the face of numerically, and technologically, superior enemies."


A typical Vigentian soldier in full dress, circa 1905

Four of eighteen senior command officials are on leave during these exercises and for reasons unknown are not called back to Vigentino, missing the entirety of the exercises. The training, without a slated end date, continues, many times lessons being relentlessly repeated by the instructors by the end of March.

March 13th
In the Republic of Paraka, Ambassador to Serianeaux Aytan Canamay proposes the signing of a Free Trade Agreement between the two nation. Initially, the Serianeaux are prepared to sign the document until Ambassador to Paraka Anton Silveau mentions, rather offhandedly to Ambassador Canamay: "Surely you do not believe we will sign an agreement with this.. effort?" On second inspection, Canamay left the meeting with a document that clearly misspelled the Commonwealth's name right on the front of the document.

March 14th
Foreign Minister of the Holy Empire of Vigentino Bacco Schiavoni contacts the Vigentian noble Flavio Roti to act on Strozza Riccobono's behalf in the Mashir Sultanate. Returning to the Sultanate alongside Riccobono, they remained there until returning to the Holy Empire with the following request: A Non-Aggression Pact can be signed for a period of three years, but only if the Empire would supply the Sultanate with $1,000,000 a month for the corresponding three years. Failing that, the obstinate Sultan would sign no agreement.

March 15th
In the Kingdom of Cadia, funding for flight is increased by nearly $12,000,000 on the year--with the Cadians hopeful that a research breakthrough will allot them the same cutting edge study of both the theoretical and practical knowledge that the Escyans and others around the world are similarly discovering.
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March 9th
Realizing that the Melhorn S55 field gun to be at risk of being overtaken by the more modern field guns fielded by foreign powers, the Tyrian government has begun to investigate replacements. Domestic Tyrian gun manufacturers were invited to propose potential designs for a new field gun. Overseeing and offering advice is to be the newly established Imperial Committee for Equipment (ICE), a committee of brigade and battery commanders selected for their experience and distinction chaired by General Vincent von Hegewald, who had been an artillery commander in the Tyro-Helroxian War (1899-1900).


Evaluation of potential new equipment aside, the Melhorn S55 was beginning to show it's age. The S55 has been developed in 1897 by engineers of the Landorf Plants. Since 1898 the Imperial Tyrian Army was looking for a new field-gun and multiple manufactories sent in their designs. The decision was made in favor for the S55 and it became the first Tyrian gun with a recoil system and at the same time the first Tyrian 76.2-millimetre field gun. The guns were manufactured in the Imperial Armoury plants. Considering the slow development of field artillery pieces, 1905 seemed a prudent opportunity to begin scrounging for future pieces of war making.


March 10th
A dozen Itheraen Army Officers disembark in Hokkan-Shirito. The name of the port they disembarked on was unknown and the captain, attempting to explain himself to the Port Authority Officer mentioned later in his journal that night: "The incessant bitching of the Hokkanese people will drive me into an early grave. Their complaints and nagging remind me less of my wife--and more of the shrieking banshee that is her mother. Surely, High Command has made a mistake." Given there no agreements on weapons were made, the Itheraen soldiers were allotted accommodations with the very same soldiers they intended to train, and by morning, four of the thirty-six Itheraens who had disembarked had gone missing. This was filed formally in a report by the commanding officer, Lieutenant Georgious Draguomis that would be received by Itheraen High Command on March 30th.


The nameless Hokkanese city, nicknamed kólasi, which is Itheraen for hell, circa 1905

"If surely there is a God, he has forsaken this place," one Itheraen soldier grumbled over breakfast--maggot infested rice and only slightly warm meat. Picking out the "protein" became a game for one Itheraen, and figuring out the best time to skip town on the next boat the Fusan became another. Of the remaining thirty-two Itheraens, twenty-five were infantrymen and seven artillerymen. Beginning on March 12th, formal drills would begin, although Lieutenant Draguomis made note that nearly none of the Hokkanese Army was even present in the "city which exists on no map, and for which can be possible only by Fate's hand or Luck's fortune that we ever arrived anyway."
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 8 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
1. Official Name of Nation: The Illesian Kingdom
2. Capital: Regoth
3. Head of State: King Avandre VII
4. Nation Breakdown
- Administration
* Stability of the Government: 4
* Integrity of the Government: 4
* Competency of the Bureaucracy: 5

- Economics
* Competitiveness of the Economy: 5
* Development of the Coal Industry: 2
* Development of the Steel Industry: 2
* Development of the Petrol Industry: 2
* Development of the Chromium Industry: 1
* Development of Small Arms Industry: 3
* Development of Munitions Industry: 3
* Development of Automobile Industry: 1
* Development of the Agriculture Industry: 10
* Development of Shipbuilding Industry: 1
* Mechanization: 5
* Number of Specialized Workers: 6
* Urbanization: 6

- Military
* Quality of Standard Rifle: 1
* Quality of Field Gun: 1
* Quality of Machine Gun: 1
* Quality of the Army: 2
* Logistics Capacity of the Army: 2
* Quality of the Officer Corps: 2
* Competency of Army High Command: 2
* Quality of the Navy: 0
* Logistics Capacity of the Navy: 0
* Quality of the Officer Corps: 0
* Competency of Navy High Command: 0

- Culture & Nation
* Colonial Holdings: 0
* Homogeneity of the Nation: 6
* Nationalist Beliefs: 3
* Irredentist Beliefs: 0
* Population: 10
* Metropolitan Infrastructure: 4
* Road Network: 5
* Rail Network: 1


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