The Kalpian Republic-1900
The Grand Military Academy of Arsech
Something to be expected in Kalpia has happened, the General Staff has started the construction of a grand military academy in the capital of Kalpia, Arsech, Kalpia did have many military academies spread in the country but none so grand or big as the one that is currently being built. This was the idea of the Marshal of the General Staff Roger Thorben Schuchardt veteran general from the Sosodrov Crisis of 1874, Roger ever since the end of the war longed for a symbol of the prideful Kalpian military, denied often by the Kalpian Democratic Party which saw in the army only a tool of the state and wanted to limit it to that purpose, enforcing a policy in which the Army and Navy wouldn't hold any kind of political power in the nation, and the army ran quite finely despite this opposition, however, the Grand Military Academy of Arsech would be one of those projects that required great economic support from the government.
The idea of Roger was to convince the Minister of the Army Björn Kunibert Wägner to support him in this endeavor, he did so reluctantly knowing that they were still at war with Zellonia but also with the hopes that he could use this to his advantage in the elections of 1904, as having the support of the officer corp of the army could be quite useful as he could be again selected for being the minister of army. Similarly to him, the congress was reluctant to pass the bill that would give the army extra funds for the endeavor that Thorben proposed, the bill passed barely and Thorbald knew that it was thanks to the recent victory in Zellonia that the bill had passed.
Soon enough, Thorben gave the order for the project to start and with it, the Logistics department of the General Staff started to work in the idea that Thorben had given them, his idea was a grand building, decorated and tall, statues of the heroes of the Kalpian army would be raised in the frontal yard, the rooms would be spacious and fresh. It was truly a project that would create a symbol of pride for the Kalpian Army and the people of the nation. Something, to look up and think. "We are safe in their hands".
As the project started soldiers in Zellonian front died, officers led and the commmander thought. Yet, in Kalpia grandeur was built in the ideals that they were fighting for.
To Finish the Grand Kalpian Railroad
Train going from Arsech to Tarist in the express rail
Train going from Arsech to Tarist in the express rail
The nation of Kalpia had the most extensive railway system in the whole world, it was long and connected most important cities in the country and in doing so it gave the economy a boost that the economy of other nations didn't enjoy, ever since it had been built it had become the basis of prosperity in Kalpia and the idea that started it all came from the Minister of Economics Detlev Jost Rapp , who worked for the Minister of economics Tomasz Menno Metz as a clerk at the time of the Sosodrov Crisis of 1874. Then he was young and full of ideas that he would continue to work on to this day, the thing that gave the start of the Grand Kalpian Railway was the fact that it had yet to be decided what to do with the reparations from Radena, it was sure that some of it would pay for the families of those who died and to cover the equipment loses of the war, yet there was still quite enough money to do lots of things and this was a reason for conflict and indecision in the Kalpian congress.
Finally, the responsibility fell down to Tomasz the minister of economics and he would decide where to assigned the left-over from the reparations of Radena. He knew that he had to do a very good job with this as the Kalpian Democratic Party was in a position where it couldn't lose support from the minority parties of Kalpia. Since Detlev worked directly with the Minister he saw his chance to do something for his country and for his career in politics, he drawed up a plan and project in which the money from the reparations would be spent on a railway system that would connect the whole of Kalpia, it was expensive sure, but for Detlev it was worth the benefits which he detailed to Tomasz, and he convinced him, soon enough Tomasz presented the proposal to congress and Detlev as the mind behind the project, and the plan was applauded and so was Detlev.
Ever since then, the Grand Kalpian railway has been under construction with most of it finished but with yet some towns to cover such as Herjat and Karp, the next planned expasion had to be done in 1901 but Detlev saw a chance originating from the conflict with Zellonia and the problems that it had caused to the shipping industry. He saw how Karp a city that relied on naval shipment to get their products into the Kalpian market for so long could no longer do as such as the naval routes were either closed too dangerous to traverse, because of that they had to know reorganize the logistics of the city to do the transportation by land something that would really hurt the economy of the city as there was no railway present and the times of transportation would make them soon lose profit and opportunity.
Detlev went to the city himself and compiled all the data he needed to make the proposal to the Kalpia congress, a proposal to make the expansion of 1901 this year. To build the Karp-Liubeth-Herjat-Tarist extension, a long railway would finish most of the Northern railway and connect it all with the major cities of Liubeth and Tarist. He gave his reasons to Congress and he was listened, and as the situation in Karp did really concern the local politicians of the city the bill passed. The extension would be built and Detlev's dream of finishing the Grand Kalpian Railway seemed closer.
Kalpian advisors and the Hironese
Kalpian Minister of the Army Björn Kunibert Wägner
Kalpian Minister of the Army Björn Kunibert Wägner
When it was known that Hironese officers were to arrive at Liubeth, both the General Staff and the government wondered which was their intention by coming so far into continent, but sooner a telegraph arrived in which the Hironese expressed their interest on Kalpian martial ways and even more on the possibility of arranging a military mission from Kalpia to Hiron.
This was meet with interest by the Minister of the Army Björn Kunibert Wägner, who saw a chance of spreading Kalpia military influence over the world or so was his idea, but in the hard truth, sending a military a mission to Hiron meant many things diplomatically, first that the Hironese wanted to improve their army for a reason, second that any country that had cold relations with Hiron would probably protest or at the very least show displeasure at Kalpia from the military mission that could be sent.
And Bjorn had to take all of this things into account by the time he meet with the Hironese and all of that came from experience, yet other kinds of information of the Hironese were unknown to him, he didn't knew much about them and their army, he only knew that their naval power was big and that they were a nation that was just undergoing the process of industrialization back in their country, a country that had many ways to expand and yet still awaited the precise moment.
What he knew for certain was that this was an opportunity for the army to get extra funds, as no military mission was free or cheap, sending officers to a foreign country that had little to no relationships with Kalpia was more of a business deal than a diplomatic deal. As whatever the Hironese did in back in their continent wouldn't really directly affect Kalpia or their position in the world. As such, he was somewhat free of ties to deal with the Hironese, but of course, he consulted the Minister of Foreign Affairs Conrad in order to make sure that sending a military mission to Hiron wouldn't backfire on Kalpia in any way. Little did he know of the situation between Violette and Hiron, as said news had not yet been very widespread on the continent or the tension that was rising because of that.
As such, he ready to negotiate a deal with the Hironese a deal that would create a profit for the Kalpian Army and the nation.
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