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In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 6 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
The World Undone

(1905--)



Turn 5
May, 1905


May 9th
On May 9th, Forino Estadi Automobili unveiled the Forino Saetta. Johann Cogatti, the newest engineer employed out of Tyrian Helroxi (won in the Tyro-Helroxi War--thus making Johann a Tyrian born Helroxi citizen working in Vigentino), was principally responsible for the design. The Saetta was the first of it's kind--unlike the Fifth Continent coupes: sleek, light and fast, the Saetta was desired for comfort and modest luxury. Capable of seating four, it was shown off in Cogoli on May 9th. In anticipation for the move, $250,000 had been spent on opening a new factory in Cogoli across the street from the F.E.A. Plant manufacturing the Forino 4HP.


The Forino Saetta, May 1905

By the end of the month of May, in Cogoli and the surrounding towns, 346 Saetta's would be sold--netting F.E.A. profits in the range of just under $500,000. F.E.A. was grateful it was not called to manufacture weapons, for it may have been unable to finish the design components for it's first automobile. Powered by the Forino 4HP, the Saetta was capable of achieving 13 MPH on Vigentan roads and 15 MPH in Cogoli paved roads.

May 10th
Similarly, on May 10th the automobile company Segaso in the Republic of Ustrela unveils it's plan to enter the modern market of it's Northern Neighbor, the Republic of Paraka. By the end of May, a 175 Segaso Modello I's had been purchased by Parakan citizens--upper middle class citizens. Additionally, the Design Team of Segaso began development of the world's first race auto, specifically designed to win designed races on a track.
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 6 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
The World Undone

(1905--)



Turn 5
May, 1905


May 8th
Julo-Vigento War
Starting a week late, Operation Crescendo involved the Vigentan Second Imperial Army, entering Julia through the Southern border of Julia. The 2nd Infantry Division, supported by the 2nd Artillery Battalion, made use of the major roads and other roads to move towards the Julian town to the furthest west on their maps. The Second Imperial Army began a systemic Southwestern sweep, covering huge swathes of territory within a week, and coming up in sight of Julia proper by the end of the week.


Julo-Vigentan War, May, 1905. X marks the Battle of Zilorno

In the North however, and for the first time since the war began, soldiers of Julian Homeguard and the Vigentan Imperial Guard met on the open field. The 5th Infantry Division, supported by the 4th Artillery Battalion halted late on the day of May 8th when it came into contact with the 3rd “Republic” Infantry Division, 4th “Light Foot” Infantry Division and 5th “Thunder” Infantry Division of the Julian Homeguard Echelon Killigan. A preliminary offense by the Vigentans left 1,497 men dead that was repulsed with ease by Mataxi equipped Julians on the Left Flank. Men settled in for the night, while on both sides unlimbered their field guns and prepared for battle.


Vigentan Army Officer calling the First Offensive, May 8th, 1905, Vigentan Artist Rendition

Known World
In an unprecedented move of foreign policy, one that seemed to spit in the face of the Helrox Empire, the Cydernian Republic reversed it's course and decided to endorse the Tri-Academy Proposal, bringing closer ties to both the Itheraen and Tyrian cultures and population. A small, albeit vocal Helroxi minority made their dissatisfaction with the crude political maneuverings of the Cydernian's current administration.

In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 6 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
The World Undone

(1905--)



Turn 5
May, 1905


May 1st
Parakan Minister of Defense Ameyalli Coeget is given a spending budget of $500,000 a year to bolster the ranks of the dilapidated Parakan Armed Forces. On the first of May, 1905 the first official recruitment drives began--aiming at targeting a strong army for a strong Paraka with the official slogan of "Peace through Strength." Initial analysis believed that it would be a tough sell given the relative isolation of the Fifth Continent, but recent "military training exercises" on the Southern border suddenly saw recruitment increases in the Southern Territories by 500%.

While initially only targeted at the Army, the drive seemed so successful that $5,000 was turned to the Parakan Navy, with several hundred sailors enlisting right out of Vashamaqak in the first few hours of the campaign. They would be relegated mostly to coastal and shore duties, but turn out appeared to be exceptional, at least for now.


A Parakan military propaganda poster, 1905

May 2nd
The Kingdom of Cadia sends Foreign Minister to the City-State of Julia, via Melgaria to negotiate a trade deal.

However, on May 2nd Graham disembarked on the Melgaria Veséntu line due to "war time activities" and was forced to take a carriage into July. Later in the afternoon while leaving an inn and preparing for the second leg of the four day journey, he and his two Cadian guardsmen were apprehended by Vigentan Imperial Guardsmen outside of the city of Tepizzo. His trade proposal was confiscated and handed to Vigentan High Command in Cogoli (received later that week) and he was held at a local barracks as a prisoner until his fate was decided.
- [Kingdom of Cadia gains +1 Tension with the Holy Empire of Vigentino.]

May 3rd
In the High Kingdom of Itherae, the Itheraen Bureau of Weapons invites Myrmidon Arms to develop a crew manned field gun with the following requirements.
- Possibility to be crewed by no more than [REDACTED].
2. Use [REDACTED] caliber shells.
3. Have a maximum firing range of [REDACTED].
4. Minimum Fire rate of [REDACTED].
5. Have a [REDACTED] to protect [REDACTED].

The CEO of Myrmidon Arms reportedly filed the paperwork away into a filing cabinet labeled "No Deadline" and went about his day.

May 4th
In the Kingdom of Cadia, an investment of $1,500,000 is set aside for the Grand Library of Markus, a three story tall public library. The historian and architect Hans Eberstark was appointed to lead the design and it would be slated to finish sometime in 1908.

May 5th
The Toubrian diplomat Valério Lopes, a nobleman from the East Coast of Toubres is sent to the Serene Empire of Tara, with instructions to present a formal alliance invitation to the Empress. Whether or not the Tarantese Empire accepted or modified the terms would remain up to them.

May 6th
In the Helrox Empire, the stirring Kaiser began to send out feelers to the Sladic nations such as Melgaria and Cydernia. On May 6th, the Kaiser had sent the following letter:

"Dear King Itonzo,
With the war to the west, it is believed that the Helrox Empire and the Kingdom of Melgaria become even closer, aside from the already guarantee of Independence which we provide, we would like to offer additional resources to help grow out friendship and increase security in the region.
The Empire of Helrox would like to offer Major General Redwulf Yulsig and Lieutenant General Dresvan Groslig as military advisors to help train the Melgarian Army
Provide a loan of 100,000,000 to help train, and equip a Melgarian army with an interest rate of 3% however the Generals Redwulf and Dresvan would have final approval of all funds.
Allow a treaty of Open Borders between our two nation to allow the freedom of trade and resources to flow along with people.
Finally a pact of Nonaggression with one another.

Signed Kaiser Jakob Von Steeb"

The petty King Simon Itonzo however felt that the Helrox had given them crass advice in the handling of the Cadian situation. With the Helrox already guaranteeing their independence, why spend needless funds on an army and take money that was unnecessary? "We have the Helrox Army to protect us," King Itonzo allegedly proclaimed at a staff meeting. "It has been marked the Melgarian Second Army on our maps." Kaiser Jakob von Steeb would not receive an official reply to his letter.

May 7th
May 7th would become forever become known Communion Day in both the Toubrés Empire and the Illesian Kingdom as the "Prenuptial Agreement between King Avandre VII Gustere of the Illesian Kingdom and Empress Maia Bastos of the Toubres Empire" was signed, to much fanfare in both nations. The custom of an Illesian and a Toubrian coming together--often in a hug and kiss on the cheek--was born on this day.

Article 1. All wealth and authority of King Avandre VII Gustere, hereafter referred to as 'the King', and Empress Maia Bastos, hereafter referred to as 'the Empress', shall remain wholly divided and under the control of their respective Monarchs, so as to ensure the continued functioning of the Illesian Kingdom and the Toubres Empire as two separate States, even as their Monarchs unite in marriage.
Article 2. Inheritance given to heirs shall be determined at the discretion of the King and Empress if such a time comes necessary through a living will, and if heirs become apparent.
Article 3. Should either Monarch die of causes that are not natural or related to old age, and there is no predetermined heir or predetermined distribution of inheritance among heirs, the wealth and authority of the Monarch that prematurely dies shall be transferred by following the inheritance laws of their respective State, with no inheritance going to the living spouse.
Article 4. The King and Empress, by using their respective wealth and authority, shall support one another militarily and diplomatically.
Article 5. The King and Empress shall maintain regular contact and discussion on matters of State, Military, and Economy.
Article 6. Should either the King or Empress not follow the Articles of this Agreement without first suing for divorce from the other party, it shall be considered a casus belli.
Article 7. This agreement shall remain in effect unless a divorce between the King and Empress occurs.

King Avandre VII Gustere [x]
Empress Maia Bastos [x]
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 6 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
The World Undone

(1905--)



Turn 4
April, 1905


April 27th
Serranthian Conference
After three days of preliminary, isolated hearings between the nations, the conference began in earnest with Raua Ticllacuri, a career diplomat from the Parakan Republic who spoke on the necessity of supporting democratically aligned partisans in Toubrian Serranthia under the guise that they too would be opponents of Mustafa Kahmar. On the same day, Luiz Cunha, Diplomat of the Toubrés Empire reiterated that al-Nuzzar's independence was a matter of those who owned the territory, and that did not involve the Helrox Empire.

Eurania
In the Coastal Empire of Tara, the Bureau of Weapons and Design released a request for "Order #3," requesting the following:
- Any weapons company may bid for this contract in Tara. With a design deadline of 15 months, many believed this to be the world's first modern pistol in history.
- TYPE: Pistol
- DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS:
- Must hold ten rounds of ammunition
- Ammo must be held in an internal magazine.
- Ammo can be either .38 calibre Tarian navy.
- Must be able to shoot rounds in repeated, uninterupted or molested action of fire.
- Must be light weight and able to be shot in one hand.
- Must have a leather holster for law enforcement, should have good retention to it.
- 6 - 7.5 inch pistol barrel
- Wooden handle

April 28th
In the Republic of Ustrela, Abram Secada, Ustrelian Ambassador to Serianeaux, travels to the capital of the Commonwealth of Serianeaux and propose the following trade agreement, aiming to encourage trade between the two nations:
- 1. The Commonwealth of Serianeaux agrees to the removal of any and all tariffs on Ustrelian domestic industries
- 2. The Republic of Ustrela agrees to the removal of any and all tariffs on Serianeaux domestic industries
- 3. Both parties agree to uphold this agreement for a minimum period of five years
- 3a. Both parties agree to discuss and potentially revise the treaty after a period of five years

The Commonwealth of Serianeaux agreed to the trade agreement to be revisited in 1910.

April 29th
In the Toubrés Empire, engineers finalized blueprints for theoretically designing a 600 ton destroyer, the largest in the world. This technology could be exported, if Toubrés so desired.

April 30th
In the Tyrian Empire, an order for a production of nearly 3,000 machine guns was started, to begin in May.


[Turn 4 has ended. Send orders for Turn 5.]
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 6 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
Hi, may I try my hand at this? I'll adapt an unused sheet of mine.


Hello! There really isn't much room to create a nation from scratch at this point. Your options:

1. Select one of the NPC nations on the board, and if it hasn't largely been interacted with you can adjust it's name, culture and government to your liking.
2. Pick up one of the NPC nations exactly as they are.

All you need to do to play is Post IC once and PM me 3 orders for the Month of April.
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 6 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
The World Undone

(1905--)



Turn 4
April, 1905


April 17th
In the City-State of Julia the weapons development program of continued to operate with near impunity, regardless of the on-going developments both inside and outside the city walls. Thamber Corporation was given the opportunity for a new weapons platform, though it's specifications were largely unknown.

From: Head Bombadier Geoff Truling:

To: Thamber Corporation

Subj: Request for Modern Field Gun

1. We are request a new long ranged field gun based on recent theoretical blueprints developed by your corporation.
2. The requested design must be able to fire a [REDACTED], can be reloaded by a [REDACTED] or less & [REDACTED].
3. Must be able to be carried by a [REDACTED], should be easy to assemble and disassemble. [REDACTED].
4. Main factors for design should be the ability to [REDACTED], [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] to achieve this.
5. Working prototype within [REDACTED], first amendments & fixes to the weapon [REDACTED] after initial request and finished and ready by [REDACTED]. Extensions can and will be given if required.

Signed,
Head Bombardier of Julian Homeguard
Geoff Truling.

Serranthian Conference
The first day of the Serranthian Conference gets underway with delegates from all four nations arriving at the coastal town of Suretza, Toubrian Serranthia at the Military Governor's mansion. It had been unoccupied since 1884. From the Parakan Republic, Warawa Nina lead the opening remarks during the cozy, albeit warm Serranthian morning on the promenade. After a brief morning of coffee and tea, Jakob Rudist, a Baron from the Helrox Empire offered a short moving speech on the responsibility of every representative at this conference.

Rudist gave an endearing but morally corrupt speech about the Helroxi Empire requiring a warm water port in Northern Serranthia, namely the The Free Port of Maharatsa. On April 18th, the Parakan delegate would be free to hold the floor.


The first day of the Serranthia Conference, 1905

Julo-Vigentan War
The entirety of Methyrnia was now safely under Vigentan control, without a shot fired. The Vigentan Army continued to be it's own worst enemy, losing 8,000 Turano M1887 rifles and nearly 10,000 artillery shells because of paperwork without appropriate headers. The fundamental logistics system, in layman's term: an artillery shell was created in a factory somewhere deep in the Vigentan heartland. It was boxed up, put on a carriage led by a horse or a locomotive and given assigned to an Artillery Division, but without an army attached or a singular command structure, one logistics officer noted it was like "knowing the street and neighborhood address of a letter you needed to deliver but not which country it was in." Logistics, a finely tuned machine in many military high commands seemed more like rolling the die and coming up snake eyes in Vigento.

On the frontline however, Operation Crouching Tiger, apparently inspired by a Hokkanese book of a midget feline, the Vigentan Army moved along the Julo-Vigentan border in the West, with 15,000 and 800 field guns assembling, digging in and assembling defensive positions. Back in Methyrnia, Vigentan soldiers enacting what was considered the world's first Purge, destroy railroads, roadways and shrubbery in the middle of the territory. Considering the railroads had quit operating since the beginning of the war, only Vigentan soldiers patting eachother's backs were present to witness the success of one of the most bizarre operations of the Julo-Vigento War.


The Julo-Vigentan War, circa April 1905


April 18th
Following negotiations earlier in the month by the Ambassador Wulf Stengel of the Tyrian Empire, a total of 60,000 1905 Mataxi rifles were successfully transferred through Melgaria, Cadia and then through Cydernia. While stripping Julia of much needed weaponry, it gave them cash to burn to keep warm at night while the Vigentans slowly edged in around them like assassins in the night.

Serranthian Conference
The Parakan Republic representatives stressed the importance of Self-Determination, and by that were alleging the right of every man to be able to decide for himself what kind of world they live in. Additionally, they added that they felt it important a Parakan presence in Toubrian Serranthia might be preferable, much to the deplorable shouts and yelling at the Parakan delegates. Next up, the Toubrian's then did what could be considered a master stroke or perhaps the greatest blunder of the entire conference. One of them stood up and solemnly shouted: "Let us now address the business of al-Nuzzar." An issue that was about to be forgotten was now brought straight to the fore by the very people who wished to forget it. Additionally, they brought up the idea of a strong political network in the area, something they were obviously lacking.

Julo-Vigentan War
While in his carriage riding back from the Pavillion to his estate, a small crowd had gathered outside of Viscount Zach Nato. The coach attempted to coax the animals through but they were too many in number. The crowd was not violent, but rather pervasive. Guards rallied to the Viscount's side, brandishing their Mataxi. "Let'em through! Let'em through!'

Then shots. Pop. Poppoppop! The crowd surged back, Viscount Nato's carriage thundered forward and away from the crowd with the Mounted Guard hot on his heels. Back at his estate, the surgeons located the only wound he had received, a grazing wound to the shoulder. Reports later that evening indicated the alleged gunman was not captured, but it was assumed he fired a snub nosed revolver from only a few feet away. [-1% Stability in the City-State of Julia.]


A photo taken just moments after the attempt on Zach Viscount's life, 1905


April 19th
Serranthian Conference
Delegates of the far and away Tyrian diplomats instead elected to emphasizing colonial influence in Zendara and Samgola instead of putting any undue effort on stopgap measures.

Known World
Kaleb Theiner, an unassuming yet diligent official of the Ministry of Finance in the Tyrian Empire is be dispatched to the Republic of Escya alongside Diplomat Jakob von Auspitz to court Julian Kaplan, founder of Steiner Meustadt A.G. with an offer of a $1 million Krone investment in the fledgling company. Any shares gained are to be be held by the Emperor Adalar von Wolfram. Julian will also be offered an additional grant of $500,000 should he agree to establish his company and it's operations within Tyria.

Julian Kaplan declines to take the offer as government interference would muddle any future attempts at dealing with other governments, but did take the offer of $500,000 Tyrian Krones to began operations in Tyria by the end of 1907. Kaplan was allegedly upset that the Tyrians took little interest in his designs and seemed more interest in his "future."

April 20th
With the sum of $5,000,000 at their back, Allister Fitzgerald of the Illesian Kingdom is chosen to chair the Committee on Infrastructure. Fitzgerald is a bright middle-aged man with a head for numbers and details, and a love for the common people, being born practically in the dirt and clawing his way to the top of academics in Illesia. The Committee on Infrastructure's objective is simple: distribute their allotted money to companies around Illesia in order to connect all major cities with roads, and from there, to work on connecting all minor cities and then towns and then villages to the road system. This is being done due to Illesia's poor infrastructure.

The Committee is to not to use the funds to pay companies any chairmen have stakes in, nor to attempt to take the funds for themselves. Companies that are chosen must offer fair but not exorbitant wages to their workers, with the goal to build as many miles of well-built roads as possible for the price. Without anestablished deadline, work begins in earnest but no reports are filed on when the CoI will be finished with the road network.

April 21st
The Ustrelian military begins a series to training exercises along the Parakan border. They aim to test the readiness of the Ustrelian military in case of an invasion from their northern border alongside the capabilities of the Ustrelian military to ensure the several hundred mile long border could be properly secured. This will be accomplished through a series of readiness drills and wargames imitating an actual invasion. This exercise is to occur over the span of a one week, the estimated travel time to arrive from the northern border to the Ustrelian capital. Several local garrison commanders in Paraka immediately report this activity to Parakan High Command. [Republic of Ustrela gains +1 Tension with Republic of Paraka. Ustrelian Infantry Divisions gain +6% Experience.]

April 22nd
A second bill is pushed through the Parakan Legislature to fund the Department of Mining and Energy as well as the Department of Anti-Corruption.

Department of Mining and Energy
Head of Department: Harmaq Siray
Budget: $750,000 per year
Focus: Midlands Resources

Department of Anti-Corruption
Head of Department: Yuqalo Maniya (42; Ex-Military Major in the 2nd Division of the Parakan Army; Married; Has two daughters and a 1 year old son)
Budget: $750,000 per year
Focus: Wiping out corruption inside the Ministry of Finance

April 23rd
Toubrés: The nobleman Augusto Moreira, a man who has visited Marlanos many times, and is in fact married to a native and is fluent in the Marlanos language, is sent to speak with the ruler of Marlanos. He is sent to give a greeting from the Empress and to suggest a NAP, as well as a potential trade agreement, offering agriculture for any excess resources that Marlanos may possess. The Marlanian government reluctantly accepts the government, citing the "Toubrian people as nocturnally strange and violently bizarre." This Non-Aggression Pact will end in five years.

April 24th
"With the Illesian Army's officer corps practically in shambles, King Avandre orders $20,000,000 to go towards the creation of North Point in Regoth. North Point is to be the epicenter of Illesian officer training and doctrine development, a military university that takes young men at least 16 years old, filters them for their capabilities intellectually and physically, chooses the best, and then trains and tutors these young men under the best and brightest retired officers and theorists the Illesian Kingdom can hire, domestic and foreign.

Candidates must be Illesian-born, and nobility is not required though nobles receive a few extra points in the selection process. They will be able to choose to enter either the Marshall or Naval courses and receive commission as an Army or Navy officer if they pass all courses. Courses shall last four years, with students spending all four years in dorms on-site. The goal is to eventually produce all the officers that the Army and Navy needs, and to replace the dysfunctional officer corps of each entirely with well-trained replacements within twenty years. This means that North Point's goal is, by twenty from the completion of its construction, to produce enough graduates to replace every officer in the Navy and Army. Graduates will start in the lower echelons of the command structure and move up from there as usual, being replaced themselves with graduates of North Point when the time comes.

The company chosen to build North Point shall be chosen based on their bid to do so as cheaply as possible while not sacrificing quality. Most of the funds are to go towards the running of the military university, the hiring and pay of its staff, and the selection of its students.

Julo-Vigentan War
In the City-State of Julia, the first instances of rationing begin as the refugee soup kitchens are open with a limit to one meal a day. Grain shipments continue to enter the city (as Vigento has dared not cross the Julian border), but the city is currently operating at a deficit intended to get more severe this winter.

April 25th
Being pushed through the Imperial Diet of the Tyrian Empire with the notable support of the Minister of Infarstructure Ruldof von Morzin and Minister of War Hans von Mollard is the Railway Construction Act of 1905. The Act will authorize the construction of 20 proposed new railway lines, the construction of which will be the task of the Osterreichische Bundesbahnen with an alotted budget of $15,000,000 Krones.

A government commission headed by Valentin Henlein from the Ministry of Infarstructure, so called the Valentin Commission will also be established including Ministry officials as well as personnel from the State Railways. While construction will begin with the bills passage with their allotted budget, the task of the Commission will be to determine the projected full costs of the entire project as well as how much steel will be required so that should the national stockpiles not be adequate, provisions might be made for the purchase of foreign steel next month.

April 26th
In the Coastal Empire of Tara a military commission is ordered by recommendation of Supreme Justice Charles Campbell, after a review of the armed forces on both the branches of army and navy the justice suggests that there is a culture of corruption and bribery within the army. The commission is appointed by the Queen herself, there job is to identify problem and or corrupt officers.

They do this by analyzing the following

- At an officer level, looking at officers who have taken large finacial incentives from outside parties.
- At an officer level, those who have been involved with Civilian law enforcement for crimes on the civilian side (sexual assault, drunk and disorderly etc) Military police await on standby while the commission determines who to investigate while they look over hundreds of military files.
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 6 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
I did too, for a long while. Now I like it. A lot of features, and a lot of them can be deactivated too. Different servers, different accounts, etc. Its all down to personal preference though.

For anyone in the future who wants to join the rp, even if you wont talk in the server, you should really have discord.


Being in the discord is optional. Participating in any discord chat optional. This GM considers most discord’s cancerous.
In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 6 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
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In The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--) → 6 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.
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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.
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