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Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Thanks for pointing those issues out. I'll get on correcting those as soon as I can.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

-snippy-

@Dinh AaronMk

Where exactly do I push being technologically advanced? I honestly missed that. I'm also not sure about where I supposedly said military presence solved the issue. I remember mentioning that their forces were stretched thin in general, but I don't recall saying that was why people dislikes them.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

I've made some extensive edits to my app. I removed most of the references to extremely advanced technology, remade the whole first half of the history to include serious issues post-independence, and a few more things.

Nation: Poland/Slavic Union
Leader: President Anatol Plawgo
History:

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During the Great War, tension amongst the Polish population rose to a boiling point. Polish men were being conscripted en-masse by both sides of the conflict, and much of the countryside had been turned into wastelands pockmarked with craters and littered with corpses. In 1921, a large portion of the Royal Polish Army revolted against their Germany commanders in response to the continued deportation of Polish citizens to labor camps in Germany. They were quickly followed by the Polish Legions under Jozef Piludski's successor, Lechoslaw Sikorski, who collectively refused to continue to allow deportation of Polish citizens. The rebelling Polish forces experienced heavy casualties during the early days of the revolution, although the distraction they provided only served to worsen the course of the war, further drawing each side into a quagmire. Largely due to the fact that the Russian Empire had long since withdrawn to deal with Bolshevik rebels, the Polish rebels were able to focus almost entirely on Austria and Germany, and had pressured both nations into granting Polish independence as the war continued to worsen. In 1922, Poland was independent once again.

Despite the incredible victory that Poland had just achieved, economic troubles were close behind. In the initial years, with much of its farmland still in the process of being prepared for cultivation, the Polish government was forced to turn to trade in order to survive. Many surplus weapons were sold off to various bidders in return for food, and ports such as Gdansk were rapidly remade into the trading capitals they had been centuries ago in an effort to provide the country with a much-needed lifeline. Initially, casualties due to famine and disease were high, although a renewed focus on technology allowed Poland to eventually recover and reach a state of economic growth.The economic growth that Poland experienced allowed it to fuel military buildup, and thusly secure its position. Poland was quick to replenish its armed forces, and began a decades-long campaign of urbanization in hopes of helping their industry recover. The Polish government and its people clung to their newfound freedom, and took drastic steps to ensure that their position remained secure, especially beginning in the 1970s. Austria, unable to exert sufficient force against Poland, lost the territory to the Republic of Poland, which soon afterwards adopted the name of "the Slavic Union", in an effort to appear more welcoming to the citizens of the Czech Republic.

Only five years later, though, eastern Europe would be embroiled in conflict once again. Poland's relations with the Ukraine, at the time, were largely neutral, but still quite strained, largely due to Poland's evident attempts to increase its base of power. But a few weeks into the Hungarian invasion, the Polish military had mobilized, and, after an agreement had been reached with the Ukrainian government, crossed the border into the Ukraine. Despite initial successes, the Polish military encountered several obstacles along the way. In particular, Ukrainian civilians often attempted to slow the progress of Polish troops in rural areas, due to the fact that modern communication in the area was extremely sparse and many rural communities still held animosity towards Poland. In particular, though, the fact that large portions of the Polish military hadn't seen combat in several years resulted in heavy losses against the Hungarian forces in the first few battles of the war, though they were largely successful.

Polish Forces, despite initially heavy losses, were able to force the Hungarian forces out of the Ukraine in short order, gaining both valuable military experience (which, for the most part, they lacked) and a third member of the Slavic Union in the process.

One year later, in 1976, the Polish government deployed forces in Moscow as part of a peacekeeping operation. Violence in Moscow was reaching an incredible high, and came to threaten the stability of Eastern Europe as a whole -- especially the weakened, recently invaded Ukraine. Thankfully, Polish forces were able to quell the ongoing violence, and, soon afterwards, occupied Moscow and the surrounding area. President Anatol was quick to pull forces out of the region and replace them with mercenaries, a move that was widely opposed by his political enemies. Now composed of three nations, though, the government of the Slavic Union was quick to pour funding into military research and logistics in order to relieve its already badly stretched forces.

Despite the generally unified state that Poland is in, there are several notable people with political stances largely contrary to that of the current government. This is especially true in the military and the arms industry, where a more aggressive Poland is encouraged. Perhaps most notably, Mateusz Wyrzyk, CEO of Poznan Engineering Works (Poznań Zakłady Inżynieryjne), has frequently pushed for a more aggressive and independent stance to be adopted by the Polish government. PZI was and remains one of the largest manufacturing corporations in Poland, in both military and civilian sectors. Despite what the name may imply, the company also oftentimes funds research into various technologies, and maintains strong relations with major Polish universities like the Warsaw University of Technology, Jagiellonian University, and the University of Wroclaw.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

I realize that most of the countries I mentioned aren't serious enemies, but I'm basically looking for a way to mitigate the enemies from within in a propaganda campaign. The point of the campaign is to make the dissidents see the Polish government as trying to protect the freedom of their people from the plausible baddie of the day.

EDIT: The slogan on the poster will read "For freedom, ours and yours."

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Just to make sure I haven't missed anything, does Poland have any notable enemies aside from (what remains of) Turkey, Prussia, and Serbia?

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

<Snipped quote by Chapatrap> What he should do is just make a post where Freddy has a fever and his dreams are all just snippets of uncompleted posts that Hugs started but never finished.

@Vilageidiotx

I think we could probably sue him for causing psychological trauma. On that note, though -- Are the Prussian, Turkish, and Serbian flags the same as their real-world counterparts?

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

I suppose I have some explaining to do, then. Although I am still interested in jet technology, if I -do- end up doing it someday within the RP, it definitely would need a major impetus to actually get off of the ground -- a war with nations like Germany or Serbia, for example. Especially considering the current economic status of the Slavic Union/Poland, the government would need a damn good reason to dedicate funding to jet research, although, in all likelihood, it'd end up being a mostly corporate endeavor for that very reason. Either way, though, it'll take a lot of Zloty and much more time to get anywhere. I've also got one of my Polish friends helping me make a propaganda poster (namely because I am not confident in my ability yet), so hopefully that goes through soon.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

I have risen from the dead. I have a question to ask. Considering the fact that turbojets didn't get off the ground nearly as quickly as they did IRL (although, really, they still have yet to do so in the RP), I was wondering if it'd be okay for the Slavic Union to pursue pulsejets (both valved and valveless) due to how simple they are to make (a famous example being the engine that powered the V-1) and maintain. Considering the fact that they only know very little about jet propulsion at the moment, I was thinking that the development of the engines could be a major story arc for Poland in the RP itself.

Amongst Living Gods (Sci-Fi NRP)

For the sake of keeping tally, who's still around?

From Stardust, To Stardust

I'm thinking of signing on with a nation of human exiles. Woop!