Take the following, fill it out, PM it to me. Get IC. Have fun.

[b]NATION NAME HERE[/color][/b] ([i]RPGuild NAME HERE[/i])
-- [b]HISTORICAL TRAIT HERE[/b]: [DEFINITION HERE]
-- [b]TRAIT 1 HERE[/b]: [DEFINITION HERE]
-- [b]TRAIT 2 HERE[/b]: [DEFINITION HERE]
-- [b]TRAIT 3 HERE[/b]: [DEFINITION HERE]
[b]POPULATION[/b]: [FILL OUT]
[b]UNITY[/b]: OVERALL (25+/-MODIFIERS) [Max [UNITY HERE] Factory Optimization]
[b]INFLUENCE[/b]: [FILL OUT] (+X/Season)
[b]AGRICULTURE[/b]: [FILL OUT]
[b]FACTORIES[/b]: [FILL OUT]
[b]DOCKYARDS[/b]: [FILL OUT]
[b]CONVOYS/ESCORTS[/b]: [FILL OUT]/[FILL OUT].
[b]SPIES[/b]: 0
[b]EXPERIENCE[/b]: [[FILL OUT] ARMY | [FILL OUT] NAVY | [FILL OUT] AIR FORCE]
[b]COLONIES/CULTURES[/b]
-- [FILL OUT]
[b]CONSUMER GOODS[/b]: [FILL OUT]
[b]RESEARCH[/b]:
-- [b]RESEARCH NAME[/b]: [RESEARCH DEFINITION]. [RESEARCH EFFECT].
-- [b]RESEARCH NAME[/b]: [RESEARCH DEFINITION]. [RESEARCH EFFECT].
-- [b]RESEARCH NAME[/b]: [RESEARCH DEFINITION]. [RESEARCH EFFECT].
[b]DESIGN COMPANY[/b]:
-- [b]COMPANY NAME[/b]: [COMPANY TYPE]. [STANDING BONUS].

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ACTIONS

If you are building, use this format

[[b]BUILD [UNIT HERE][/b]] - [UNIT/PER SEASON] x [FACTORIES USED] = [TOTAL SEASONAL PRODUCTION] + [CURRENT OPTIMIZATION/MAX OPTIMIZATION] = THIS TURN'S PRODUCTION.

* The First time you begin building something, it starts at 0% Optimization and increases 5% every Season.
* If at ANY time the amount of factories RISES or DROPS, the Optimization drops 5% for every 1 Factory that was added/dropped that Season.
* VERY IMPORTANT: Consumer Goods: 3,000,000/Season. (-1 Unity for every 1,000,000 Population without Consumer Goods)

EXAMPLE:

[Build Rifle I: - [2,000/Season] x [6 Factories] = 12,000/Season + 5%/45% Factory Optimization = 12,600* This Season. (if Simplicity is 1, for example: add 10% = 13,860.)

* This would be the second month of production. First month would have 0% Optimization.
* SIMPLICITY stats add bonus production. They add +10% AFTER optimization. So if any UNIT you produce has 1 Simplicity, it adds 10%, 2 Simplicity adds +20%.
* VERY IMPORTANT: You cannot PRODUCE any NEW UNIT until after you have RESEARCHED IT (This doesn't count already existing units, planes, ships) (Begin production Turn after) and have a DESIGN COMPANY to produce it.
* VERY VERY IMPORTANT: You cannot build any unit until you have a Design Company to go with it. Even Naval and Air units.

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If you're building a ship, use this

[[b]BUILD [UNIT HERE]][/b]] - [DESIGN COMPANY USED] - [UNIT/PER YEAR or SEASON] x [DOCKYARDS USED] = [TOTAL SEASONAL/YEARLY PRODUCTION]

EXAMPLE:

[BUILD LIGHT CRUISER I] - [S&W Shipbuilding] - [0.33/PER YEAR] x [3 USED] = [0.99 PRODUCTION] = 1 Light Cruiser/Year (Finishes 1st of next Year).

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If you're using Influence, just show the FULL ability and the math:

Armor Design Company (8 Influence): This will allow you to appoint a new design company for your Army. These companies provide bonuses to the armor you build. Armor Design Companies are required to unlock Armor Technology. (Max 3)

10 Influence - 8 = Remaining 2 Influence.

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If you're Researching, be thorough with the full research, POST THE ENTIRE DEFINITION/EFFECTS:
-- Centran/Tervasan Nations can Research 3
-- Faresian Nations can Research 2.

EXAMPLE:
Nationalize Shipbuilders: By nationalizing a company to suit our needs, we can begin gearing up for shipbuilding.
-- [Receive 1 Naval Design Company. Requires Two Research.]

Research:
-- Destroyer I (This is a unit so it's 2 Research) (2)
-- Air Superiority (1)

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If you're Training, show full Province count:

[b]TRAIN[/b]
[u]NATION NAME[/u] (X Provinces)
-- [b]Province 1[/b]: Train _________
-- [b]Province 2[/b]: Train _________

Example:

Train
HONNERIA (2 Provinces)
-- Madrik: Train 10,000 Men
-- Harik: Train 100 Pilots

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Reserves/Calling Up:

If you want to move men to reserve, just state it as an action:
-- "Move 15,000 men to Reservists"

HAVE FUN

CURRENT MAP: i.imgur.com/bDOIsup.jpg

The First minister of Kalpia Aclen Bomanot Siquiouquio has decided to pay a diplomatic visit to four countries of our neighbouring countries he will first visit the Republic of Soreno then he will go to Montevedro and the other peninsulan countries, this diplomatic visit has the mission to stablish commercial and political ties with them in order to strenght all countries , the first minister Aclen has said that he expect good results from his visits to those countries some of which he considers brother countries , the Paen Unification Party (PUP) has aplauded the first minister for such an initiative and the Kalpian Unity Party (KUP) has been indifferent to this like most of the other parties that believe that the first minister should keep focusing in the reconstruction of the country.

The president has decided to give its support to the first minister initiative and has accompany the first minister to the train station where the first minister would depart , afterwards the president returned to the presidential palace without any further declaration .



This day the veterans from the civil war have rally in the capital of Mistburn with the support of the Kalpian Unity Party (KUP) , their objective was to demonstrate the importance of the army for the Kalpian security, they have also supported the fact that the army has currently a largue amount of reservist that are willing to defend their country , the Young kalpian brigades has been also present in the rally showing the discipline of its youngest members in several demonstrations of discipline and strenght , the rally has been totally pacific and no incidents has been informed , some kalpians dont call it a rally but instead a parade because a lot of people felt proud of having such people that would defend their country no mather what.

It is known that the country has currently no rivals or enemies in the global politics and this demonstration from the civil war veterans is only to strength the sentiment of nationalism in the country.

MARCH

March 4th: The Osladian Empire begins efforts to mechanize it's stretched agriculture in the wake of the Terrible War. With one in five men killed or wounded, the once majestic Osladian Empire, stretching over 261,000 kilometers, now stands at less than 100,000 square kilometers. The former Osladian Empire has now considerably shrunk, and it's many generals are now eyeing other opportunities in which to expand. The beleaguered and now non-existent Osladian Navy eyes the Romanow Islands, while those hungry for land and industry urge the Emperor to quickly send troops into the Hurzland.

March 12th: First Minister Aclen Bomanot Siquiouquio of the Kalpian Republic first visited Pardua, the capital of the Kingdom of Boccia, a mercantile minded nation that strove to maintain it's neutrality in the Terrible War. Siquiouquio was met by Boccian Minister of Foreign Affairs Giovanni Tio, who lunched with him on an otherwise sunny day. Tio informed Siquiouquio that Boccia is enthusiastic that relations have normalized with Kalpia. First Minister Siquiouquio leaves with no assurances, and only a reminder from his aid that Boccia supported the Kalpian Socialist Union during the war. First Minister Siquiouquio boards a train for Grobina, the capital of the Markovnian Republic.



March 14th: The Imperial Republic of Fuso spends several billion dollars to feed their war weary populace. Government dollars are used to help get those whose jobs were destroyed in the war back into war, and over 3,500,000 refugees return from neighboring Tiam, Kuala Pemang and Sumara. The people rejoice, celebrating the administration for their courage in helping the nation. The government nationalizes several run down factories and order them to open to help get those effected back to work.

March 17th: The Class of 1920 at the Oslograd Imperial Aviation Academy graduates. Among them are 100 pilots, qualified for flight in the Osladian Air Corps. Many of them are assigned to the Grigorovich M-16, a Terrible War era biplane with a single front mounted 12.7mm machine gun. While the meager Osladian Air Corps was doubled in size, the loss of Imperial industry, a third of which resided in the former territories of the empire, saw that it simply did not have enough planes for every pilot. Similarly, they had no training aircraft in which to train.



March 21st: The Steinhaeuser Firearms of the Empire of Vornehm unveils a new rifle. The Gewehr-20 is a modest upgrade from it's Terrible War predecessor. The rifle fires six rounds with a fluid action and a fixable bayonet at the end. Lighter by half a pound, Vornehm soldiers were given several prototypes to play with, but were not assured by their NCO's when any mass production would begin. Several military observers from the Commonwealth of Ostruznica, the Second Republic of Boletaria and even the Kingdom of Soroya attended to watch several Vornehm sharpshooters demonstrate the new precision of the rifle.

Shortly after the signing of the Treaty of Parma and the official end to the Terrible War, Prime Minister of the Osladian Empire Demian Selidov was sent via biplane to the newly declared Kingdom of Tangaria. In traditional Tangarian fashion, the new 'Khan of all Tangars' was to be decided via a tournament. In these trials the candidates for Khan would test their wit, strength, and leadership abilities over the course of a week long event, each event being judged solely by who suffers the least injuries and comes through the entire event the least scathed, battered, or dead. At the end of this event, Horselord Aleksandr Sabauri of the southern mountains was declared Khan of the Tangars. Shortly after his ascent to Khanhood, he was brought to the table to officially announce a treaty of continued friendship with the Osladian Empire. Needless to say, the decision was obvious and the loyalty of the Tangars to their Osladian brothers continued.

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Back in Oslograd, the new Tsar Anton I had much to do. Firstly, a speech was held announcing the official end to the Terrible War and the beginning of an 'era of peace' in front of the entirety of the State Duma. In addition, a reshuffling of the Duma and Imperial Cabinet were arranged to be held in the Summer, as per tradition for a new Tsar. Despite all of the announcements and statements of change there was a general sense of melancholy that hung to every new statement and press release. It truly was the end of an era of grandeur and Osladian hegemony, and now an era of rebuilding and mourning was to begin...



The first step in this new 'era of peace' was, ironically, the founding of the Imperial Tank & Armor Bureau. Seeing the amazing effects of Tankettes and Armored Cars during the Terrible War, especially on open terrain, Tsar Anton believed the construction of new designs for both vehicles would prevent the Empire from looking weak even after the destruction of her Empire. Thus, a new bureau was designated to design and produce new models of armored cars, tankettes, and 'experimental vehicles' once a full budgeting had been finished in early April.

The first products to roll off the line were designated to be new O-26 Strovnas and development on a new model of the Moblinsk was underway under the watchful eye of Hurzland born Joseph Schneller, who fled to the Empire shortly after the revolt of Red Hurzlanders in 1915. It has yet to be seen where Schneller wishes to take the very open and unexplored design for vehicles of war, but whatever it is the Tsar has great expectations for his work.

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Across all of Oslad, to the urban centers of Oslograd to the fields and harbor towns of Kodejov and Novouvodsk, the men returned home. Of all of the men, ages as young as 16 to as old as 50, one in five would not return alive. An entire generation of Osladians was shattered by warfare and almost every family had lost a relative or a friend. Yet, despite this sorrow, the Osladian people would prevail. Despite the pain, they would strive on and face a world born from fire and gun smoke. Of the men returning home, it is estimated some 15 to 20% return without an arm or leg, some without both. Thus, in the industrial and agriculture sectors, it was decreed that women would continue having the allowance to work within factories and farms to produce for their families. For some, this was a new dawn for equal rights, for others, it was simply the result of the tragedy that was the Terrible War...

The Treaty of Parma had finally been signed by the winners and losers of the war. It had been difficult to gather everybody together and keep the peace inside; but, it had worked as they finally done something right. However, William felt that the countries of Osladian and Survaek Empire would just retake their lost lands. After a long session with the Prime Minister, he had announced that he would guarantee independence from three different nations. Their first option was the Free Cities of Suvre: a bustling mercantile city with an impressed port nearby the newly nation of Boletarian. They could annex Suvre and have an advantage in the area. Then, there was the nation of Aydina nearby the divided Survaek Empire. If they were able to regain their lost lands, they would most likely to target Aydina more than the other nations. They were controlling the river that divided the lands up and they could use that to move ships to the other side quicker and block off the area from any incoming enemy troops.

Finally, there was Loremia. Located near Osladian and the brand new nation of Tangaria, Loremia has a fairly powerful port and industrial zones. If they were taken, they would have advantage of the entire region. About a week since the signing of The Treaty of Parma, William guaranteed independence to the Free Cities of Suvre, Aydina, and Loremia. Even known the ink from the treaty was still wet, many citizens supported the decisions. Others said that it weakens our relations with these nations directly affected by the action. Despite the difference opinions, both sides agree that the action will keep the peace going strong.


Since the signing of the Treaty of Param, many citizens in Athos & Stules questioned what the country was going to do with the refugees that came to country during the Terrible War. The war had just officially ended as questions of them begun to surface. Many citizens didn't want them to remain in their lands and some were still worried that more riots and attacks were going to raise with the treaty signed.

Queen Elizabeth wanted them to be assimilated into the country, given their help increase production in factories and docks all over the kingdom. Parliament was going to answer the question about the refugees and what happens to them now. They were divided on the floor as many wanted to force them out of the country, or to limit their rights and protections, or to assimilate them as the Queen wanted to do. After days of debating about the matter, they voted on the question and the answers were come right after the announcement of countries that William will guarantee independence to.

It was that they decided that the refugees will be assimilate into the country and become proud citizens of Athos & Stules. After the results were posted, many citizens went out and protested near Parliament shouting that they should be kick out and other things. Despite the short protest, most of the citizens and the refugees were happy by the results. The Prime Minister signed into law that the refugees of the Terrible War will be assimilated into the country, making them full citizens.

Now, many can finally rebuild their lives in a new country that welcomes refugees rather than turns them away. It looked like to be a blight future for the refugees.

April 1st: The capital of Grobina in the Markovnian Republic was a bustling city in southwest Markovnia. Industry was booming, but only in Grobina was life comparative to the industrialized nations of Athos & Stule, Soroya and Ostruznica. Kalpian First Minister Aclen Bomanot Siquiouquio stepped off the train at Grobina and was met with a Markovnian security detail to the State House, where he met Minister of Affairs Juozas Karvelis. Karvelis showed Siquiouquio the magnificent paintings from famous Markovnian artists of the Great Era. While Karvelis was excited that Siquiouquio brought tidings from the recently re-established Kalpia state, he was disappointed the meeting was ultimately hollow and without purpose. Karvelis' bid Siquiouquio farewell. Siquioquio returned to the station and boarded a train for Savado, the seaside capital of the Kingdom of Montevedro.



April 4th: The United Kingdoms of Athos & Stules released a statement to the press that it would be guaranteeing the independence of the Free City of Suvre in Northwest Centran, Aydina in Tervasa and the Loremian Republic in Western Centran. All three's governments praised the strength and courage of the Dual-Monarchy and their decision to maintain the new borders and sovereignty of the states. Boletarian news pressed admonished the decision to maintain the Suvre's neutrality, stating: "Suvre is a city propped up by the Dual Monarchy's fear of a strong Boletarian nation.." The Athos & Stulian embassy in Byrnis met with a small protest, and Athosian diplomat William Kinsberg complained: "Those Survaekom boys sure took their time dispersing those dissidents."

April 9th: The Soro-Qing Debacle was the attempted, and by Qing standards, forced measure of diplomacy between the Kingdom of Soroya and the Qingstao Dominion in Eastern Faresia. The embassy, which had lain mostly decadent since the beginning of The Terrible War, was reinvigorated with life at the beginning of April for renewed negotiations with the great Faresian nation. The Soroyan diplomat promptly requested a trade city within Qingstao lands. Foreign Junior Diplomat Chen Qiufa--Senior Diplomat Li Xiu was on leave in North Qingstao--had the Soroyan diplomat removed under threat of arrest for "making judicious demands against the Thousand Heaven's Empire." The diplomat was on a train back to New Eiland later that evening.



April 15th: The Živković Automotive Engineering company was reopened in the Commonwealth of Ostruznica. A prominent development firm with a half dozen factories at its peak, half of the board was killed when their train was bombed by Zellonian bombers during the Great War. Eight weeks later the fighting in Ostruznica had ended, and plans were put into play to reactive the company. Several new factories are planned to retool their equipment to begin producing domestic automobiles, and anticipation is high for the new 1921 model to hit early next year, as automobiles are a long time tradition and luxury of the modern Ostruznican people.



April 23rd-28th: The Korenian Republic had long been held as a place of stoicism and tradition. A neutral party during The Terrible War, Prime Minister Michał Grażyński led the nation through with a resolution lacking in even more prominent nations. He successfully mitigated involvement by denying Osladian military access at the threat of invasion, and staved off further attempts by sly Soroyan diplomats to join the war effort. On April 23rd, Prime Minister Grażyński was laid to rest, having passed away in his sleep at the age of seventy-one.

Deputy Minister Zdzisław Bradel, per the regulations of the Korenian Grand Constitution was allotted twenty-four hours before assuming office, allowing the Korenian Parliament to meet to discuss any problems. Bradel, a former military officer and sworn in during The Terrible War, was not well liked. An advocate for joining the Osladians against the Great Powers, he was made Deputy Minister by Grażyński as a stopgap to appease the war hawks in his State Party. Bradel did not wait twenty-four hours, and on the morning of the 23rd entered the Parliament Building with a half dozen Korenian military police. The Korenian Parliament was dismissed, and several more prominent Centrist's were placed on house arrest. He delivered a very succinct message to the press:

"The people of Korenia have suffered. They have weathered neutrality, and banality. They have disgraced themselves by falling behind in the merits of industry, science and reason. Under Grażyński we have met peace and married mediocrity. Korenian nationality has suffered, as vagrants of the Terrible War invade from the borderlands. Tangarians steal our women! Athosians steal our jobs! Yet Korenia will not long linger in the shadows. Fate has placed me at your head, and Bradel is a name that will be remembered."

-- Prime Minister Zdzisław Bradel

The streets came alive. By the morning of the 24th, thousands of Korenians of all sorts invaded the streets, swarming the parliament building. Offices were ransacked, cars overturned. Several dozen murders, many of them inadvertent, were committed in the mass of bodies and impulsive behavior. The change "LONG LIVE GRAZYNSKI" carried through the night. Bradel, from the Parliament Building ordered a general alert for the Herada Militia. On the morning of the 25th and for the remainder of the week, the world rushed to the morning paper to see the various headlines for Korenia: "PRIME MINISTER PROMISES STRENGTH," "TWO RIOTERS SHOT IN FRONT OF STATE BUILDING"



April 30th: Near the end of the month, Osika Aeronautics, located in Wrenclaw of the Second Boletarian Republic, revealed a prototype fighter dubbed the Strzelec-1F. A robust fighter, it was powered by an Osika 2Ha 9-cylinder rotary engine capable of 82 kW (110 hp). Armed with a pair of nose mounted Soroyan Zallandt-12 machine guns, it boasted double the firepower of the Zima-16, Osika's Terrible War model plane.

Taken to the air, it reached a maximum speed of 177 kilometers an hour, but was marred by a long takeoff time, needing a straight and smooth runway. The fuel tank was capable of only three hundred mile round trips, which meant that in a case of aerial warfare, it's average fighting time was only twelve minutes. Leading Boletarian pilot Lieutenant Stanisław Lorentz commented: "The plane is an arrow in the sky, deadly with it's machine guns, but it burns through fuel like a Tangarian burns through vodka."

After the defeat of Zellonia in 1919 and then the signing of the treaty of Parma in 1920 which caused most of the military to be disbanded along with the navy. However the empire knew it needed to rebuild its navy if it was to become a great power again. So it began to nationalize the dockyards and having companies design new ships for future expansion. Similarly, the factories within the main island were also nationalized and order to begin producing new goods for those within the cities as well as provide aide to citizens of Zellonia.

After the war and the need for soldiers diminished 15,000 soldiers from the standing army were moved into the reserves and headed back for civilian life and work in the factories when not training.


After the war and the loss of its colonies abroad it needed to find some nations who he could call friends and perhaps rely on. Naturally there were those who were on the Imperial Restoration Such as Osladian Empire, but there were also other strong naval powers such as Honneria, even though they part of the Primas Societas, they were still a force to be reckoned with especially at sea.

Zellonia also knew that with it’s massive industry that they could easily sell weapons to other countries especially those that had just came to be. As such Diplomats were sent to Kafu and Diyarbakir to discuss trade arrangements as well as a future power as their location near Survaek and as an island in between Centran and Faresia would be a vital trade line in the future.

(To be clear sending Diplomats to Kafu,Diyarbakir,Honneria and the Osladian Empire)

While a general sense of normality was slowly returning to Oslograd and the urban centers of Oslad, tensions continued behind closed doors in government offices. The air at the Office of Foreign Affairs hung with a tenseness as staff awaited impatiently for more reports to flow in from Soroya. With each passing day it seemed the victorious nation was once again lighting the powder keg, but now in Faresia. When the report had arrived stating that a Soroyan diplomat had come to the table with a diplomat from the traitorous Romanow Islands, defectors from the Empire in the Treaty of Parma, the Osladian state was forced to act. Tsar Anton I himself released an official statement to be put in the papers and sent directly to the Soroyan embassy via telegram.

"To Whom it may concern,

The actions of the Soroyan state over the last month have been detestable for a nation who launders themselves to be 'peaceful' and 'protectors of the new status quo'. While Osladian women mourn their dead and we begin rebuilding our nation torn asunder by your belligerence, you once again beat the drums of war against another innocent nation who refuses to bow to your demands. I speak not only for my people, but the people of the Tangar steppes and the Survaekom deserts when I say that the gun-boat diplomacy being committed by the Soroyan Kingdom is blasphemy. Now, I shall be clear, I respect Queen Eline and her noble line. For I am sure once in a more peaceful our families shared glasses in solidarity like proper Centrans. However I detest the deplorable actions of her politicians, who she has unfortunately let run wild and allow their riches to dictate policy as opposed to the will of the Soroyan people. I am sure the average Soroyan is far too busy celebrating the men returning home to care one way or the other how a nation upon another shore acts with their tariffs or trade policies.

As Tsar of the Oslads by right of God I plead for the Soroyan Kingdom to halt their aggressive policies in Faresia. For if they do not I fear that once again Soroyan men will be forced to march off and fight in another conflict so soon after their arrival home.

- Tsar Anton I Manshevki, Tsar of all Oslads."

For some, the Tsar's bold language was viewed as uncouth for a monarch and more in line with the words of a commoner. For others, the simple and direct language was a show of full disclosure, that the Tsar was just like the rest of us and voiced his anger rightfully. However, in the military staff the Tsar's words fell short. He should have demanded immediate removal of the Soroyan ambassador from the Romanows! Yet, he remained silent on the far more close to home crisis, instead appealing to the Soroyan people's exhaustion from war and bloodshed. This more pacifistic and direct form of administration would become common place throughout Anton's reign and lead to him being called 'A People's Tsar'.

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While tensions rose in Faresia and war seemed once again to rear its head, fire spread in Centran as well. On the streets of the Korenian Republic blood was spilled between protesters and government security forces. In any other circumstance the issue would have not mattered to the Empire. However, the new Prime Minister of the Korenian state was loyal to the Osladian crown and someone the Empire could call a friend. So, via telegram, the Osladian Office of Foreign Affairs sent a message of support to the Korenian Republic and offered the state it's gratitude and wishes of luck. Though not confirmed, it is believed arms were indeed sent in support of the new government.

UPDATE: Heavy spring showers batter the North Centran and Zellonian coasts. Neeland experiences it's early summer wet season. In Serranthia, heavy dust storms kick up and down the coast.

May 1st: The Korenian riots faltered by the sound of gunshots. Korenian military police dispatched the rioters at the tips of bayonets. They dispersed. On the first night of May, Herada was quiet. Prime Minister Zdzisław Bradel demanded law be instated under any circumstances. Furthermore, Foreign Secretary Stanisław Dunin-Karwicki was sent via rail through Tangaria and Loremia to Oslograd to meet with the Osladian Tsar of the Osladian Empire. Dunin-Karwicki carried with him the promise of 5,000,000 dollars and eyed several of Oslad's O-26 tanks, powerful weapons that nearly won them the war.

Korenia, with barely a dozen manufacturing plants, had neither the military ingenuity nor the industrial muscle to conjure up such weapons of war and instead Bradel sent Dunin-Karwicki, a straight nosed and thin shouldered man, to negotiate the purchase of however many tanks the Osladian Emperor might be willing to negotiate for such a sum of money. Dunin-Karwicki was not to return empty handed under any circumstances.



May 4th: The First Minister of Kalpia Aclen Bomanot Siquiouquio stepped off the train at Toruń Main Station in Barczewo, Principality of Soreno. With an uneventful turn of events in neutral Montevredo, he was glad to be greeted by Mendel Balberyszski, who in his 92nd year many assumed would have long retired. They took a car ride through the desolate, sloping hills of Barczewo's smoggy coastal lands to the city proper where Siquiouquio was greeted with great report by twenty-eight year Prince Regent Aleksander Grad. Siquiouquio noticed the fire in Prince Grad's eyes, and was met with an equally fiery rhetoric about Kalpo-Sorenan relations. Prince Grad recommended that Kalpia and Sorenan become closer, and they spoke long into the night about local and international issues. Minister Aclen Bomanot Siquiouquio left Barczewo and returned home two days later.

May 6th: While negotiations are ongoing, word reaches Prime Minister Bradel of Republic of Korenia that the Tsar of the Osladian Empire will be lending 5,000 Dragomov M96 rifles to his cause to better outfit his troops. The deal is hotly contested and many Centrist Korenian politicians accuse Bradel of warmongering. Instead, he says: "I am merely modernizing the oldest defense of the Korenian Republic, the shield that has long kept Korenia from the annals of subjugation!" The newly outfitted troops are the 121st Rifle Regiment, a crack unit of Northern Korenians who hail from the harsh mountain terrain.

May 8th: The Zellonian Royal Army slashes funding, sending over ten thousand men to reservist status. The legislation enacted since the Treaty of Parma required that no more than forty-thousand men could serve, given the circumstances of their post war status. While the nation itself thrummed itself at the idea, there was little doubt that as one of the defeated powers that anything but strict adherence to the treaty would cause more problems, problems Zellonia desperately didn't need.

May 10th: "There'll be no Soroyan naval bases so long as a Romanow sits on the throne," Romanowan diplomat Avgust Olegovich Sharapov commented to the Romanow Major, the nation's leading newspaper. "They might send the whole fleet after it gets finished in Faresia, but if the thin eyed bastards scared them off, I don't think we'll have much of a problem!" He said, drawing laughter from the crowd and raising his cane to point to a nearby coastal shore battery, a 1909 piece that probably hadn't fired since it was first built. "God be damned they think they can ply their trade anywhere they can fit a battleship."

May 13th: The Markovnian Minister of Affairs Juozas Karvelis accepts the Mutual Pact of Free Trade with the Kalpian Republic and accepts their generous offer of 50,000,000 Mariats (5,000,000 Consumer Goods). The Markovnian Republic announces a new era of friendship with the newly formed Kalpian nation.

May 15th: A strange man is found lurking near the military headquarters of the Boletarian 6th Army, several miles outside of Wrenclaw in the Second Boletarian Republic. Initially assumed to be a beggar or vagabond, when several Boletarian military police attempt to apprehend him, he flees. He returns several nights later, and in a shoot out in an alley adjacent to the headquarters, the man shoots and kills two military police officers who chase after him. He isn't seen again. The army increases it's security detail around the base.

May 16th: Dunin-Karwicki returns to the Korenian Republic as a mixed bag. He returns and within hours Prime Minister Bradel informs the nation of it's purchase of 30 Osladian O-26 Strovna tanks, Terrible War tanks weighing in at twenty tons with five different machine gun emplacements over its hull. The O-26's would be used for "security purposes" only Bradel proposed. Later that morning, Bradel appointed Colonel Zyta Gilowska to the newly formed Korenian 1st Armored Brigade. A careerist and sycophant, Gilowska was an indomitable yes man.

The people on the coast of Zellonia were hit hard by the storm. Much of the fishing ships in the area were wrecked and a new demand for good came from the main city. As such Mass production of consumer goods were produced to supply the demand for food and other needs. With all that was being sold prices rose and the government financially started making back what it lost.

Meanwhile back in Vernhelm, Gervonsire’s Naval Docks opened in mid march by Ethan Gervonsire. An industrialist who was very rich and held land in the colonies before they were forcibly taken away by the victors. He much like many citizens in Zellonia disliked the treaty that was forcibly signed. He also helped restore any fishing ships that had been destroyed by storm. The company even had multiple contracts from the government who hoped it would supply jobs to soldiers who previously fought in the Terrible war. The Company was going to be vital in restoring the Grand Zellonian Navy by producing new ships and updating current designs.



Hugo had been sent to Kafu to begin talks with their foreign Minister on a trade deal. He stayed in the lovely Jugo Hotel and would remain there for awhile until a proper embassy had been set up. While Hugo was there he got to know Yelsof Juring the Foreign Minister of Kafu, they spoke highly of each other and had Hugo would soon bring up the details of this Trade Deal which would have been Zellonia’s way of supplying Survaek’s neighbors with arms in case their old masters wanted the land. In return they would supply raw resources to Zellonia that would be used in said weapons amongst other things. Hugo had also been trying to convince the Zellonian king and Parliament to form a Non-Aggression pact and supply Kafu in case of war. However he hadn’t received news from his homeland in quite awhile so he had to continue postponing.

Brian Kerchek during the great was a captain of the Dreadnought, Kelovington he had made quite the name for himself and destroyed multiple Soroyan vessels. However after the war he had wanted to get into politics. However as he didn’t come from a rich family but he had earned recognition in the war was granted an Ambassador position in the newly released nation of Diyarbakir. Much like Hugo Bernjurd’s job in Kafu. Brian had to open negotiations with Diyarbakit so Zellonia had some country that would need weapons especially to defend themselves from the Imperialist empire of Survaek. He would have to use fear tactics while not being to aggressive with their foreign minister, after all Zellonia had fought with Imperialist Survaek.

Former Colonel Ralf, was an elderly man who was more of a strategist and one of the key leaders who helped overrun the Ostruznica during the terrible war. A soft spoken man who was well respected. He was sent to Osladin to speak to the Foreign Minister about their plans especially after their empire was dismantled. If they had planned something Zellonia wanted to be informed and help them in any way they could.

Carver, the son of a prominent parliament member was chosen to speak to Honneria mainly as a favor for his father. While Carver didn’t have the experience he had the money and the background as he was sent to his Grandmother to study abroad as well as look over the familiy business their. When he was their he had met prominent leaders of the country today and as such he was supposed to speak with Honnerian minister’s on trade deals, but also to soften relations after they had been on different sides during the terrible war.

Last week, his Imperial Majesty Yvor III has issued a decree revoking the factory seizures of Emperor Shayaer's Emergency War Production Act and ordering the transfer of some eighty-thousand Surv-Akur personnel from active duty to reservist status. Though some naysayers have accused the Sword of Aed of showing weakness, we at the Imperial Press Service commend the Emperor's wisdom in attending to the needs of the people. A just Emperor must know when to wage war and when to seek peace, all for the good of his Empire and his subjects. Soldiers will return home to their families, production will serve the masses, and the Grand Survaek Empire will know peace-time once again.






Yesterday morning, his Majesty Yvor III Khaitis, Sword of Aed and Grand Survaek Emperor, approved the Imperial Diplomatic Corps' proposal to re-establish formal diplomatic ties with the Ventium Tsardom, the Oslad Empire, the Kalpian Empire, the Zellonian Empire, the Nation of Essenheim, the Republic of Fuso, the Nation of Nioda, and the Qingstao Dominion. Essenheim in particular is considered "a necessary partner for Survaekom economic and strategic security," state the designated envoy to Essenheim, Foreign Councilor Yvael Hurdu.

Furthermore, Foreign Minister Aedis Haerk himself has been sent to establish relations with the young Empire of Veria, former protectorate of the Grand Survaek Empire under his former Majesty Shayaer Khaitis. The Foreign Ministry Office has expressed high hopes about this visit, stating that "Independent Veria will doubtless be a better friend to the Grand Empire than it was as a vassal, now that it can harness its full industrial, agricultural, and military potential. Survaek, under the wise administration of our new Emperor, is willing to make amends for any former misjudgments in the name of mutual prosperity, should the Verians give us the opportunity. Aed willing, cooperation between our nations may flourish and bring us all a brighter future."

Another special mission, under Deputy Foreign Minister Huj Veliu, seeks to bring us closer to another young Tervasan nation, Laevatia. He expressed the importance of "trade and good relations with the realm at the crossroads between Tervasa and Centran," citing "common interests and goals" in keeping Tervasa strong against "potential Centran aggression."



In the wake of the many turmoils that plagued Survaek during the war, his Imperial Majesty Yvor III is holding a Great Council with the many parties, unions, mutual aid societies, and guilds that have expressed popular grievances over the last many years. Such a Council was recommended by the advisors of his former Majesty Shayaer, but the proposal was rejected due to war priorities. But now, with peace upon us once again, the forward-thinking Emperor has seen fit to resolve the issues these many organizations have brought to the table. Organizations of note invited to the Council are the Survaekom Workers' Front, the Free Peasants' Guild, the Raethonite Restoration Party, the Republican Party of Survaek, and the Survaekom Friendly Society. With the Crown's hand extended to these and other groups in the Empire, it is now upon them to accept the invitation to resolve their grievances in good order through negotiation.

General Shirou, commander of the infamous Fifth Infantry Brigade recently made an public speech in Sakaan, right outside the Niodian Government Building. The speech was seemingly random and non-organized, seeing as how no one of the public nor newspaper knew of the speech and/or when he would be giving it. During the speech, the renowned general cried out about the injustices of the recent war the country took part of after Emperor Yamamoto entered the nation into the bloodshed. The speech lasted only a few minutes before Shirou was ushered into the building by government officials, but his speech was clear and heard across the nation as newspapers quickly printed out a part of the speech,

"We weren't supposed to be involved in this war. We weren't supposed to be involved in this damned, wretched, terrible war that killed tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of our country men. A war that left many of our ships sunk, a war that led to a sea riddled with blood -- our blood. But in the end, we won. We won the war, despite our losses. We won the war, despite how many people fell. We won the war, and we did it proudly and courageously. We stood through the war, we stood through the bloodshed with our heads held high, even when our cities were being bombed over and over, even when our monuments fell and crashed, even when our own civilians were dying left and right. We won the war.

And we were forgotten. In the end, we were forgotten. We weren't invited to the negotiation. We weren't given money for the people we lost, for the people who sacrificed their lives, for the innocents who had to die. We weren't given any lands, any territories, any colonies. We were forgotten in the bitter end. Our people who died, our ships that were sunk, our monuments that were destroyed... all for nothing. We weren't even recognized for our courageous fighting. We were forgotten. We were left behind.

We haven't forgotten."

Emperor Yamamoto has yet to comment on the speech, nor voice his own opinions on the matter.

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Rumor has it that Admiral Shin, commander of the Iron Wall Navy of the country -- a name that he himself gave -- is entering talks with Navy Design Companies in hopes to perhaps re-modernize the navy. While nothing has been set in stone -- nor has any production on any ships or upgrading of any current ships -- it is clear that Shin is interested in his navy that unarguably led the nation into victory.