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PolarisGL
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The Observatory
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OOC: Right, over ICQ I've heard that people want alternate histories... so how about this: you can have them, but nothing previous to 1939 (World War II) and nothing Earth-shattering (like "no World War II" or something idiotic like that). The alternate history can only involve your claims, of course. Now, the alternate history can only unite your lands. You can't, however, make say Uganda a world power or anything like that. If you really, really, really can't explain your unity within a date from 1939 to present-day, just say so and myself, JT3, or Bearcat will help you out or let you go previous to 1939.
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In 1945, the Empire of the Rising Sun, the Empire of Japan, was crushed. The growing imperailist empire had finally crumbled to the allies by the use of two atomic bombs sent down by the Pacific Republic. The Pacific Republic, and the United States of America, held troops within Japan. A refendurum was held at that time. Japan lost all of her imperial territories to the allies, and Manchuria and othe Chinese occupied lands were given back to China. However, Japan was allowed to keep one of her lands, which was the southern half of the Korean peninsula. Japan became independent soon after the war, and it became an economic power of the world, focusing on business rather than war and militaristic views.
When it was time to let the Philippines become independent from all powers, the Philippines saw it as a great oppertunity. However, once the Philippines became independent, over fifteen different political parties battled over office. Not capable to have a stable, democratic election, the Philippines erupted into a civil war situation. Guerillas were rampant and controlling the islands. A UN vote was held to send peacekeepers in. The Pacific Republic did so, with little accomplished. Another UN vote was held as to whether the Philippines should be an independent nation while it cannot become stable. The decision was to hand over the Philippines to the most stable, democratic nation in the region, which was of course Japan. Japan took control, and having the Diet not recognize that the Philippines was a warzone (thus, the "no-war" close didn't fit in), Japan stationed her Self-Defense Force along with UN peacekeeping forces from the Pacific Republic and the United States of America, and by 1975, the Philippines had been stabilized (and thus is presently how the Philippines is presently IRL).
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VietMinh
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Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh District,Viet Nam
Jul 2000
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Alt hist: Pretty simple, after the ww2, luxembourg and belgium merged with the french for protection and prosperity as it was in ruins and they didn't want to be an easy target for a third time.
GDP:$1.373 trillion + $1 billion + $2.6 billion + $18 million + $243.4 billion + $14.7 billion
Order of business;
Michel Bonaparte joins the rightist forces
Michel Bonaparte a man who is connected very well with the business barons and moguls of France and also with the military has joined the rightists force as an independent. The popular descendant of Jerome Bonaparte has long mulled to go into politics until recently when rumors circulated that if he would join many rightists would leave their parties to help him form his own political entity. Michel has vowed that he would fight to win the presidency as soon as he has enough support.
President Jaques Chirac in corrupt scandal
Yes it is apparent that our president has been receiving many favors during his reign as leader of our great nation.
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Mola mazo!
Oct 2000
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After WWII, the military dictatorship perpetrated itself in power. With the implementation of quinquenial plans, the industrialisation of Argentina began and the country prospered with the new industrial base that Argentina began to have.
Eventually, the government could no longer fund the army and much was sent home. Political instability in the early 70s and a border problem with Chile began a rapid attrition of relation and Chile declared was in 1971. After a three year war, Argentina had successfully occupied Chile.
Meanwhile, through the victory in war the government regained the popular support that had been lost, allowing it to preserve power through the 70s and 80s. But instability came after recession and power began to crumble. The army became distrustful of its own leaders and a movement within the army began. The Conflagradores, heroes of the Chilean war, began to plot. Their aim was to take power and perpetuate themselves in it.
In Chile, a puppet goverment had been installed and it ruled with an iron fist. Conscription of Chileans became commonplace and slowly Chile and Argentina began to merge to form the Great Southern Republic. When the Conflagradores took power through a non-violent coup in 1991, all seemed lost. But the board was formed of new officers. Chile was granted it's 'independece' in 1993 and has since been an Argentine protectorate. Happy with the government in Chile (they were seen as liberators) the people Chile seemed content at the gains. But recession hit Argentian again and here she stands...
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PolarisGL
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The Observatory
Mar 2000
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Asahi Shimbun - Edition I News Articles
The Diet initiates expanding the Self-Defense Force
 TOKYO - The Diet along with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Saito Toshusugu, the Dir. Gen. of the Defense Agency have released a plan that will begin the expanding of the Self-Defense Force. With the recent proclaimation of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to begin to cut down on Asian instability, more defense projects and expansion is needed to keep tabs on things. Currently, a total of 150,000 new men will be trained for the Self-Defense Force. In addition, the Air Force and the Navy will be expanding largely by new developments. Secret development of a new fighter and bomber have begun. Production of several defense factories has begun by General Saito Toshusugu. Production of 1,000 Type-90 main battle tanks has begun as well, and the secret development of an armored personnel carrier and infantry fighting vehicle along with amphibious equipment. Stability will be restored in Asia through defense and defense only.
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Work on new ports and military bases begins
MANILA - The Diet has now released plans which have begun the construction of several ports in the Philippines and on Japanese islands such as Okinawa and mainland islands. Coastal ports have also begun construction on the South Korean coast. Military bases are being established with the ports to hold troops from Japan. The ports will hold domestic and military ships, while the bases of course only military personnel. These ports and military bases will serve as breaking off points for the stability of Asia. Thousands of troops, ships, and planes will be set up in each base along with extensive defenses.
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Desert Journeyman
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The Imperial Remnant
Jan 2001
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I may join, tentatively, as South Africa, wherein I would also claim Nambia and Angola, along with current-day Botswanna.
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Desert Journeyman
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The Imperial Remnant
Jan 2001
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Following the successful conclusion of the First World War, South Africa was extended a considerable independance from both the financiers and politicians in London. Having been instrumental to the British war effort below the equator, Pretoria saw her territories expand to include Namibia, a colonial possession she would retain even after the Second World War, whence South Africa had become an even more vital contributor to the stability of the British empire.
Following the victory achieved in 1945, the United South Africa party requested the extension of British loans and other fiscal provisions which led to rapid expansion of roads and railines throughout the nation, allowing the development of a modern infrastructure on which further industry could later be founded. The pro-Afrikaner Nationalist party gained a victory in 1948, although protest from London quickly shored up any fears previously held by Jan C. Smuts' supporters, who promptly returned him to office following an "interim election" overseen by the British, upon whom Smuts had depended for aid.
European interests remained tied to South Africa throughout the 1950s, as British and French corporations heavily invested in Pretorea's vast deposits of strategic minerals. The discovery of limited quantities of patroleum off of Cape Town in 1954 further boosted the South African economy, thus allowing the expansion of budgets for education reform and a number of lucrative commercial endeavors.
South Africa entered the information age in 1962, when for the second time, British monies allowed the maintnence of communication and transport routes, establishing a system of highway and rail networks seen nowhere else on the continent. American joined the wide array of European companies already established in the country in 1969.
The South African Defense Industry was established in 1974 as a modern firm whose efforts were centered upon the construction of a domestic armaments corporate - an endeavor which proved tremendously successful well into the 1990s. Several potent designs were incorporated into the Defense Forces, including the vaunted Olifant II, Rooikat AFV, and Rooivak PAH. The South African airforce expanded to include the Cheetah Impala MkII, and the French Mirage 2000 by 1999.
Nambia became a point of concern in 1979, when modernization reforms were passed to develop "South West Africa", generally focusing on Walvis Bay and Windhoek. Uranium and precious metals were mined throughout the 1980s.
Angola was siezed by the South Africans in 1975, following the collapse of the Portugese government. Preotrea's commitment to erradicate the Marxist MPLA was so efficient as to warrant the end of Cuban aid - despite a decisive defeat at Keetmanshoop during September of that year while fighting Soviet-backed guerillas. The United States and Britain did not protest this blatant display of South African hegemony despite the outcry of Moscow and Havana.
Botswana became an addition to South Africa in 1966, when the South Africans again moved in following a colonial withdrawal - this time of the British. The colony of Bechuanaland was established by 1969 despite frequent uprising by the local populance. A drive for development in 1976 was partially thawarted by domestic turmoil within the territory, and that region remains grossly under-developed as compared to the remainder of South African territories. A considerable amount is spent to pacify "subversive" - especially Marxist - activities within the region each year.
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Desert Journeyman
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The Imperial Remnant
Jan 2001
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Okay, then, I'll go for the Scandinavian Union - that of Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
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Desert Journeyman
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The Imperial Remnant
Jan 2001
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The nations of Scandinavia coalesced during the later part of the 1940s, alligning themselves with the West in order to counter-balance the threat of Soviet resurgence. As relations with the Moscovite government quickly deterriorated, those with Britain, France, and America rapidly strengthened, culminating in a series of comprehensive defense treaties in 1954. At the time, the nations of Scandinavia had formed only a lose voting bloc within the United Nations, and had neglected to formally allign in any definitive fashion. Finland and Denmark consistently turned away Washington's efforts to develop military bases within their territories, although Norway conscented, with Sweden as a moderately receptive second. British expansion of Scandinavian industry - following a massive drive for investment - in 1958 seemed to set sufficient example for Finland, who immediately approved rearmament via Americna sources, though also opted to begin efforts towards the establishment of defense industries heralded by both Saab and Bofors, domestic Scandinavian corporates.
Denmark, Norway, and Sweden alligned in 1962 after eight days of progressive talks. Finland conscented to become a signatory of the alliance one year later, nearly to the day. British investment continued until 1974, when investment capital began to run low. American bussiness interests quickly revived the Scandinavian economies, however, generally in return for favorable trade agreements as reguarded strategic minerals, many of which were held in thrall by the Soviets or their Marxist allies throughout the world. Denmark and Norway purchased large portions of the North Sea's oil-rich territories in 1979, supported in part by the French.
Bofors became a multi-national venture by 1984, the same year in which transportation and communication perrogatives went into effect, unifying the region with a series of high-speed ferries, trans-national autobahns, extensive telephone networks, and a single, unified airline. Education perrogatives failed in 1986, but were accepted in 1992, whereupon they were begun immediately. British and American bussinesses helped to bring cutting edge communications to both Norway and Sweden in 1996, whereupon both nations quickly established domestic industries encorporating the new technologies. Saab expanded its operations from Sweden to Norway in 1998.
By 2000, the Scandinavian government has begun to capitalize on the abundance of oil and strategic commodities within its borders, focusing heavily on strategic minerals still to be mined. A number of military exports have also become popular among the nations of the second-world, including the Saab 'Spike', a fighter whose rough equivilant could be considered the Mirage 2000 or British Tornado. Sweden began production of the Mumakil, a domestically-produced tank on par with the T-80 in 2001, with some aid furnished by the Israelis and British. Despite the concessions made for trade and arms sales, however, the Scandinavian bloc remains firmly isolationist, and bears friendship with only a small number of larger nations whose interests suit their own.
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NC, USA
Nov 1999
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OOC: I'm claiming a bit more. This alternate history is quite probable; I am simply assuming that the USA had different and more reasonable diplomats in the 1950's.
IC: Aaron Lopez walked around the grounds of the Presidential Palace, deep in thought. He had inherited a great responsibility from his beloved predecessor, Fidel Castro. Castro and the USA had worked together to ensure peace and prosperity in the region. It was now his duty to maintain the order and stabillity that the Caribbean had become known for.
When Castro had overthrown the corrupt Batista regime, the Americans had welcomed him. While some factions had tried to censure him on suspicion of communism, more rational heads had prevailed. These diplomats of the
USA had realized that the new revolutionary was a potential ally. Castro himself was practically begging for diplomatic recognition from his neighbor country, and an alliance was soon formed.
The USSR had tried to ally themselves with other Carribean nations to set up spy networks and missile bases, but the Cubans had prevented this. A series of puppet wars had erupted between Cuba and other nations. The Cubans had won every one of these petty wars, aided by large amounts of supplies smuggled from the United States by the CIA. Eventually Cuba had gained direct control of Jamacia, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and a large section of the Bahamas. These wars stopped when the Soviets perfected ICBM's and so had no need for potential IRBM bases.
The cuban economy remained healthy, with a substantial amount of trade with the States and a small amount of corruption, at least compared to the Batista years. In 1976 the first truly democratic elections were held, and Castro won, as he had continued to do until his death. Aaron had been somewhat suspicious of this, but a search of archives and diaries had shown no trace of foul play. Castro's Democratic Socialism and astute foreign policy remained popular.
In recent years, many of the remaining European colony islands had started asking for independence. After seeing the example set by Cuba, they wanted local control and autonomy. Many factions in these islands wanted to ally with Cuba. Aaron was only now beginning to unravel the deatils of Castro's meddling with their internal affairs. Many of these 'revolutionaries' were in fact Castro stooges, but there was a growing popular demand for a Carribbean Alliance.
Aaron Lopez had inherited the control of the respected regional power known as Cuba. Only time would tell how he managed this responsibility.
Current Diplomatic Standing:
United States: Firm alliance
Argentina: Uneasiness. Each country wants to exert more influence in Central America
European Powers: Suspicion due to the restlessness of Carribbean territories. Cuba thinks of them as imperialists and the Europeans suspect foul play.
Others: No special status
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Bearcat
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Oregonia
Dec 1999
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HISTORY OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE
OOC: My slightly extended alternate history is approved.
In 1919 the German Empire was in ruins. Her defeat at the hands of the Allied Powers was complete. Among the terms of surrender Germany was completely stripped of all her overseas colonies and most of western Poland. However with help from American President Woodrow Wilson, Germany was able to hold on to East Prussia, and the German Corridor including Stettin, and Danzig. However Kaiser Wilhelm II was unable to keep order and was forced to flee to the Netherlands in the face of Communist and Socialist revolts across the Empire. In Berlin, troops of the Kaiserliche Armee entered the city to supress a Communist revolt there. A republic was declared on August 11, 1919. The new National Assembly convened in Weimar from August 13 to September 1, drawing up a new constitution for the newly dubbed "Weimar Republic". By Article 213 of the Versailles Peace Treaty Germany and her allies were solely blamed for the Allied losses during the war and the sum of reperations was set at 132 billion gold marks. An impossible sum for Germany to pay.
In 1921 the German economy collapsed fed by the French demands on Germany for reperations and French seizure of German coal and other industrial products. However in 1922, President Ebert was able to stabilize the flagging economy and actually put it back on track to success.This was aided by the joining of Austria into the Weimar Republic. Austria had first requested unification with Germany in 1919, however it was denied. The new unification of these two nations of German brothers was cause for much celebration. In 1925, former German Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg was elected as President of the Republic.
In 1929 the world economy came crashing down on the head of the fledgling German economy. Unable to both pay reperations and maintain it's industries the German economy collapsed. The mass devaluation of the Mark and continued seizure of vital resources by the French drove the German nation deep into depression and the German people deep into poverty. The formerly unknown National Socialist German Worker's Party (NDSAP) represented by it's fiery orator, Adolf Hitler, a German veteran of World War I soared to popularity. In 1933 Hitler was appointed Chancellor by President Von Hindenburg. Hitler began to slowly consolidate power, soon taking over fully after Hindenburg's death in 1934.
In 1936 the German military reoccupied the Rhineland. Germany's military also began a massive buildup under the new "Nazi" government. In 1938 Hitler demanded that the Czechoslovakia cede the Sudetenland, which had a large majority German population. Eager to avoid war Britain and France signed away the Sudetenland to Germany at the 1938 Munich Conference. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declaring it "peace in our time". However in 1939 Hitler moved to take the rest of Czechoslovakia. The world watched.
In August 1939 Hitler demanded that Poland cede a strip of territory containing former German land and which was populated by a German minority. However the Polish government refused, knowing that her sovereignty was guaranteed by Britain and France. On September 1, 1939 the German Army stormed across the Polish border in a new style called blitzkrieg or "lightning war". Within about two months the Polish government had collapsed and World War II had begun.
By 1945 Germany was once again in ruins. She had once again suffered deafeat and the hands of foreign powers. The Allies met in destroyed Berlin to discuss the future of Germany. Britain, the United States, Pacifica, and France were in favor of uniting the zones into a peaceful unified Germany that "would never again wage war on the European continent". After much weedling and discussion the Soviets agreed to this proposal. Germany was once again reunified.
In 1947, a referendum was proposed that would restore the monarchy in Germany. The German people were heavily embittered after another defeat at the hands of Britain and the United States and eagerly approved the referendum. Crown Prince Ruprecht von Hohenzollern was installed as "Kaiser of all the Germanies". In 1949, Konrad Adenauer of the Free Conservative Party was elected as Reichskanzler or "Imperial Chancellor". Adenauer was instrumental in bringing Germany out of the post war depression.
In 1955 the USSR began to rearm it's eastern satellites causing Germany to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and break it's neutral role. In 1971 Kaiser Ruprecht died, and his son inherited the throne taking the title Kaiser Wilhelm III, King of Prussia, and Emperor of Germany. By 1991 the Cold War was effectively over and peace reigned in Europe once more. Kaiser Wilhelm III died in 1995 and was succeeded by his son, who took the title Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm V.
Status of German Political Parties:
Conservative Party (Konservatives Partei) - The Conservatives are a right-of-center party with nationalist leanings. The Conservatives were originally the party of landed Prussian aristocracy and the Junkers. In fact the Conservatives still draw alot of votes from the the Prussian länder. The Conservatives have begun to mainstream themselves in recent years and have been discussing the possibility of a coalition with the Free Conservatives off and on.
Party Leader: Friedrich von Stennendorf
Party Symbol: KP
Free Conservative Party (Freieskonservatives Partei) - The Free Conservatives are the more mainstream right-of-center party in Germany. The Free Conservatives are avid supporters of the German monarchy and free market economy. The Free Conservatives still receive most of the votes from industrial Germany. However the Free Conservatives have also fought to make themselves seem just as much a "People's Party" as the Social Democrats.
Party Leader: Laurenz Meyer
Party Symbol: FKP
Center Party (Zentrum Partei) - The Center Party is the Roman Catholic party of Germany. The Center Party is center-right with conservative tendencies. The Center Party receives most of it's support from Bavaria, the Rhineland, and Catholic enclaves in Baden-Würrtemberg and the Prussian länder.
Party Leader: Edmund Stoiber
Party Symbol: ZP
Protestant Party of Germany (Evangelische Partei Deutschlands) - The Protestant Party is the equivalent of the Center Party only with slightly more liberal tendencies and it's support comes from Northern Germany instead of the south.
Party Leader: Angela Merkel
Party Symbol: EPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) - The Social Democratic Party of Germany has long since evolved from the fledgling Marxist party that earned the emnity of Bismarck. The SPD is currently in power under it's leader Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in a coalition with the Greens. The SPD is the other "People's Party" in Germany. And is center-left on the spectrum.
Party Leader: Gerhard Schröder
Party Symbol: SPD
Liberal Party (Liberale Partei) - The Liberal Party is left-of-center on the spectrum. It was once the National Liberal Party but dropped the National in 1960. The Liberals are avid free-market liberals and form several governing coalitions with the FKP and SPD in several länder.
Party Leader: Guido Westerwelle
Party Symbol: LP
Progressive Party (Fortschrittliche Partei) - The Progressive Party is the most extreme left party in Germany. The Progressive Party is the former Communist Socialist Unity Party, however renamed itself in 1991 after Communism collapsed in eastern Europe. The Progressives are supported mainly by young disestablishmentarians and students.
Party Leader: Gabi Zimmer
Party Symbol: FP
The Greens (Die Grünen) - The Greens are a socialist and enviromentalist leftist party that emerged in the 60s. The Greens are currently involved in the ruling Red-Green Coalition with the SPD. The Greens are renowned for their impeccable record regarding consumer safety and draw alot of youth votes.
Party Leader: Gunda Röstel
Party Symbol: Grünen
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Bearcat
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Oregonia
Dec 1999
time: 05:13
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To: Japan
From: Germany
Germany is interested in hearing the Japanese out, and would be willing to meet with them at their leisure.
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Indiana
Oct 2000
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The great and glorious People's Republic of China shall entertain the offer of the Japanese diplomats.
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Bolo
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of Calgary
Jan 1970
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OOC: Look at all the newbies around here.... 
I am also going to claim Newfoundland as a autonomous self governing state.
Alternate History of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1940
The United Kingdom and her Empire stood alone against the Nazi menace, alone and outgunned she fought on despite the odds. Using the leadership and wisdom of the great Winston Churchill as a shield against the despair Britain won the battle of Britain and remained free of Nazi Tyrrany. The same could not be said of the state of Ireland, which despite its neutrality increasingly was being pulled into the Nazi sphere of influence. However the regime dared not do anything that might upset the British as it knew any help from Germany would not and could not come in any great quantities.
1941
With a German victory against Russia all but assured the Irish government felt secure enough that it would defy Great Britain and so in August 1941 the Irish Republic declared war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland bringing itself on the side of the Axis. The Irish plan was simple, drive the British out of Northern Ireland and repel any attempt to get back on the Island. The Irish achieved initial success but with the help of the newly arrived American and Pacifican troops the Irish were defeated and forced to be completely integrated into the United Kingdom. Even to this day the Irish resent their defeat and loss of nationhood at the hands of the British. Since the surrender of Irish forces at Cork in April 1942 British troops have been permanently stationed there.
1945
Despite the distraction of the Irish attack the allies prevail as Germany is assualted from all sides and capitulates to the victorious allies on May 7, 1945. Following the end of the war Britain is nearly bankrupt she can no longer afford her vast empire and so she begin's to lose it, over the course of the next thirty years the British Empire, once spanning a quarter of the Earth is reduced to a few islands and outposts. Despite her financial woes Britain participates in the partition and eventual re-unification of Germany, she also helps quell communist rebellions in Greece and Denmark.
1950
For the next thirty two years the British population elects successive socialist governments who turn the United Kingdom into a bloated Welfare state that can not sustain itself. They create an unsustainable social welfare net that was sucking very life from the British nation, state payed for healthcare, education from grade one to university and a massively generous welfare system and pension plan were going to bankrupt the state. Seeing that the British people were prefectly content to allow the Nation to slide into crushing debt and poverty, King Charles who took over after his mother was killed by an assassin's bullet took over the Nation deposing another Socialist government and restoring the powers of the monarchy.
Charles made sweeping changes to the Nation, he has vastly scaled back the social welfare system that was crushing the nation under massibe debt and begun a solid plan to pay back the debt. He also increased the size of the military which had been ignored by successive socialist governments. Britain now sits as one of the leading Industrial powers and as a lesson to those who indulge in excessive socialist practice. Charles sweeping changes have brought about a revilitzation of the British Nation and a new nationalist fervor that the nation hasn't seen since the First World War. London is one of the world financial and social capitals and the rest of the country isn't far behind. Britain has retained the majority of it island outposts as well as Newfoundland which is an autonomous self governing state who's foreign affairs and defence is handled by the King in Britain.
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The News from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Military increases orders of Eurofighters
Sighting the increased need for a next generation fighter-interceptor the Ministry of Defence has ordered that the number of Eurofighter's be increased from 296 to 412. This world is a hostile place and in it there are hostile nations willing to do whatever is necessary to take what they want which others have, the United Kingdom will defend itself from nations like that. The King was jovial about the news saying he has seen the Eurofighter in action and finds it a most remarkable piece of engineering. He went on to say that a strong United Kingdom would be impossible without a strong military and that the Eurofighter would play an important role in the United Kingdom's future defence needs. So far only Sixty of the next generation aircraft have been delivered to the Royal Air Force. The Eurofighter is to replace the aging Tornado and Jaguar aircraft currently in use by the RAF.
Vickers submits plans for Challenger III
Vickers Defence Corperation has announced it plans to design and produce a new generation Main Battle tank using advanced armours and computers to make the Tank the most formidable yet. The new tank will use an advanced formula to make improved Chobham armour as well as sport a new 125 mm main gun, the gun will fire the controversial depleted Uranium munitions as well as conventional rounds. The Computers which are rumored to be advanced digital self learning systems will be built BAE systems. The tank which has yet to be even designed will be among the most expensive ever built and so the British Army will only be ordering enough to satisfy its minimum armour needs relying on the cheaper Challenger II for the next twenty years.
New Carrier begin's construction at Barrow-in-Furnace
The newest Royal Navy Carrier began construction this month as apart of His Majesty's Naval revitalisation program. The new Carrier which will displace over 40,000 tonnes will be the largest warship yet built for the Royal Navy. Reportedly the Carrier will be capable of embarking an air group of 40 aircraft. The carrier will be twice the size of the Invincible class and accommodate twice as many aircraft. The crew will be about 700, only 15 more than the Invincible, indicating the high level of automation being integrated into the ship's systems. This ship designated the HMS Indefatigable is expected to take three years to build, a second ship the HMS Implacable will be laid down in one year, and a third and final ship, the HMS Intrepid will be laid down a year after that.
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The Observatory
Mar 2000
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Asahi Shimbun - Second Edition News
Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori resigns office; Yohei Kawaguchi made Prime Minister
TOKYO - In a move that was excpeted by the press, Japan, and the world, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, after months of pressure and protests, has officially resigned as the Prime Minister of Japan. To take his place, Yohei Kawaguchi, a former general in the Self-Defense Forces, has become Prime Minister with the Diet's approval. *secret* Yohei Kawaguchi is a puppet Prime Minister of the military, and he knows it and he likes it. The Diet also knows, and is very pleased at the election of the Prime Minister, as they have become under influence of General Saito Toshusugu, the Dir. Gen. of the Defense Agency, as well. *end secret* The new Prime MInister Yohei Kawaguchi has paraded through Tokyo and the old imperial capitol of Kyoto with Emperor Akihito. This is a great day for Japan. All of the old projects by Yoshiro Mori are continuing, but at a faster pace.
Development of the Lionclaw I multi-role fighter begins
TOKYO - The Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense has released the specifications for the new fighter, to end development in a few months to a years time.
Length: 63.8 ft
Height: 18.5 ft
Wing Span: 39,5 ft
Propulsion: 2 JASCDMR Electric I-118-ACG-199 Engines, 35,000 thrust per engine, with afterburning
Weight: 46,000 lb max
Max speed: 2.5
Also includes: Fly-by-wire (electric jet), thrust vectoring, variable geometry wings, rear facing radar set, coolie hat, pivoting wingtip hardpoints, IR detector, supercruise.
This new fighter is to be an excellent fighter in the Japanese Air Force. It will produce quickly once development is complete.
Development of the Indigo I tactical bomber begins
TOKYO - The Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense has now released the specifications for the new tactical bomber that Japan is to develop in about a year or a year and a few months.
Primary Function: Long-range, multi-role, heavy tactical bomber
Power Plant: Four engines, 35,000 thrust per engine, engines with afterburner
Length: 146 feet (44.5 meters)
Wingspan: 137 feet (41.8 meters) extended forward, 79 feet (24.1 meters)swept aft
Height: 34 feet (10.4 meters)
Weight: Empty, approximately 190,000 pounds (86,183 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 477,000 pounds ((216,634 kilograms)
Speed: 900-plus mph (Mach 1.2 at sea level)
Range: Intercontinental, unrefueled
Ceiling: More than 30,000 feet (9,144 meters)
Crew: Four (aircraft commander, pilot, offensive systems officer and defensive systems officer)
Armament: Up to 84 Mark 82 conventional 500-pound bombs, or 30 CBU-87/89/97, or 24 JDAMS. Also can be reconfigured to carry a wide range of nuclear weapons.
Also includes: Variable geometry wings and be fly-by-wire.
New military purchases
TOKYO - The Ministry of Self-Defense has gone through with a Diet-approved military purchase run:
[*]100 F-2A/B
[*]200 F-15
[*]200 F-4 Kai
[*]200 Mitsubishi F-1 anti-ship planes
[*]1,000 Type-90 main battle tanks
[*]An amphibious transport ship per regiment ('Ohsumi', 'Atumi', 'Miura' class landing ships, and 'Yura', '1-Go' class landing utilities ships)
[*]3 'Murasame' class destroyers
[*]3 'Yamagumo' class destroyers
[*]3 'Hatsuyuki' class destroyers
[*]3 'Haruna' class destroyers
[*]2 'Oyashio' class submarines
[*]2 'Harushio' class submarines
[*]2 'Yuushio' class submarines
[*]150,000 troops
Health spending has also gone down 2%, and the defense percentage has gone from 1% to 3%.
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Rand Al'Tor
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Apr 2000
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In the nineties, serious ethnical wars erupted in Indonesia. President Suharto wa stoo busy filling his pockets to interfere, and finally, the wars made his position not maintainable. In April 1995 he took a plane and fled the country. In the ensuing Anarchy, general Deling Retalko managed to play his cards right. He had many of the other generals assassinated, executed or swear loyalty to him, and brutally supressed all conflicts in the area. He proclaimed himself President of the Socialist Nation of Indonesia, closed all churches, mosques and Boedhist temples, and nationaized all the farms. The few remains of free press were accused of instigation to ethnic cleansing, and closed down. The west convicted these actions, but didn't act because they were afraid more for more ethnic conflicts. In April 1999, a treaty was made between Indonesia and Malasia, where Malasya accepteted the authority of Indonesia, and became a protectorate. Since his rise to poweer, Retalko has strived to improve relations with China.
From: Indonesia
To: Japan
We welcome stability in Asia, but wish to wait for our allies the Chinese before we make any fixed agreements.
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Richard Bruns
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NC, USA
Nov 1999
time: 06:13
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October 18, 2002:
The scene outside the Venezuelan Senate bulding in Caracas had been getting ugler since the early afternoon. The mob was one of the well-organized sort, like the ones that had disrupted the past three World Trade Organization Conferences. And by all outward appearances, their beliefs were the same. The signs and placards protested the trade with America and Europe.
One young man with a megaphone climbed up onto the freshly overturned police squad car. He turned toward the Senate and started yelling in Spanish. His speech was ininterrupted aside from the occasional roar of assent from the crowd. He had that special charisma of mob leaders, and the people instantly trusted him as their spokesman.
Although he appeared to be a disgruntled and impoverished student, he was in fact a Major in the Cuban Special Forces.
Inside the senate building, the leaders of Venezuela listened to the noise outside as they recieved situation reports from staffers. After some time, a prominent senator rose to speak. Although no reliable transcripts were ever found by historians, his speech was later reported to go something like this:
"The mob outside demands that we sever trade relationships with those countries that have a history of imperialism and oppression. They protest the globalization and the influence of foreign corporations.
Many of us share their feelings. But being intelligent and pragmatic people, we knew that the only choices were trade or poverty. Thus we were forced to trade with Western nations in order to raise our standard of living."
He paused and scanned the assembly.
"But those days are past. We are now neighbors with a strong and independent nation that has never oppressed us or any other country. They have defended themselves and this region from both Soviet and Capitalist domination. I move that we listen to our gut feelings, and our constitutency.
I have drafted a bill that would sever all trade relationships with the oppressive corporations. In place of that lost trade, we will deal entirely with the People's Republic of Cuba. You can look at the figures I have compiled; our economy can still remain healthy after we place this embargo.
In addition to a close economic alliance, I believe that we would benefit greatly from a similarly close political alliance. The Cubans have shown that they can remain independent of outside exploitation, and we may need their help in the coming years."
A few days later, the bill passed and became law. All assets of foreign corporations in Venezuela were seized, and all trade stopped. Venezuela's oil and natural resources were all sent to Cuba. It was not known at the time, but a good deal of the siezed corporate assets also found their way to Cuba. A much smaller but still quite signifigant amount of money was similarly sent from the Cuban treasury to a certain Venezuelan senator, but that would only be uncovered by historians after the Great War had ended. At the time, nobody suspected any Cuban influence, although it is not clear how thw Cubans managed to avoid censure after Venezuela allied with them.
The formation of tha Great Carribbean Co-Prosperity Sphere had begun (although nobody called it that at the time).
OOC: I'll wait a while to see if anybody else caims the USA. I'm having fun creating the sparks that lead to conflicts. 
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Bearcat
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Oregonia
Dec 1999
time: 05:13
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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG
New Report Suggests Reichswehr Inadequate
 BERLIN - A new report issued by the Ministry of Defense, the result of a long and thorough investigation into the capacity, role, efficiency, and effectiveness of the Reichswehr to perform it's required service, has suggested that the German military was inadequately equipped to face the challenges currently enveloping the globe. The report was delivered to Reichstag President Wolfgang Thierse early this morning in a report totalling almost 4,00 pages. According to the report the Reichswehr is capable of defending the German Empire from any direct threat, however is incapable of performing efficient, effective, and modern peacekeeping operation, joint-alliance operations, and protection actions. The report's conclusion has stated that the German military is in need of more funding, better technology, and more flexibility in achieving it's missions and objectives.
The report also states that Germany is at a serious disadvantage in it's lack of a carrier to ferry German troops and influence across the globe. And since Germany is a major peacekeeping power this puts Germany at a definate disadvanatge. Currently European nations with carriers such as France, Britain, and Italy are able to perform peacekeeping operations and conduct exercises with allies. The report proposes building at least 3 carriers for duty with the Deutsche Marine (German Navy).
The report also includes suggestions, such as:
- More funds in Research & Development.
- Raising the defense budget.
- Development of a navalized aircraft for any future carriers built.
- Development of a bomber for strict use in the Luftwaffe.
- An increased purchase in the Eurocopter Tiger helicopter.
- Better training for German soldiers.
- A new plan regarding conscription.
- Better cruise missile systems capable of land, sea, or air launch.
- Large transport aircraft for transporting German and allied troops on peacekeeping or exercise operations.
- Development of a German Marine Corps.
- Upgrade the Marder 1A3.
- Upgrade all current Leopard 2 Main Battle Tanks to the A6 model.
And the list goes on. The 2002 Defense Budget is currently being considered by the Reichstag Defense and Armed Forces Committee, and it is likely that the defense budget for FY2002 will be raised. The bill will be voted on the by the Reichstag as soon as it leaves the committee.
OOC: Thanks to Scott, for whom I've borrowed most of this post from.
Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm Gives Annual Easter Address
POTSDAM - Seine Kaiserliche Hoheit (His Imperial Majesty) Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm V has given his annual Easter address to the people of Germany from the Imperial Residence in Potsdam. The Easter Address along with the Kaiser's Christmas Address is one of the many ways that the Kaiser strives to maintain good relations with the German people. This year SKH touched on the issues of hunger, poverty, and illiteracy in underdeveloped nations. He urged the German people to not turn their backs on their fellow man and help out when at all possible. The Kaiser also encouraged the people to choose energy saving and earth friendly modes of transportation and home appliances. This of course was welcomed by the Greens. As in following years, the Kaiser's address received very high ratings and was broadcast on all public channels.
[This message has been edited by Bearcat (edited April 25, 2001).]
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Richard Bruns
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NC, USA
Nov 1999
time: 06:13
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A Public Announcement, To All Governments: Cuba is alarmed at this recent trend toward military buildups. We see frightening parallels to the time before World War 1. The cold war is over, and aside from the occasional UN peacekeeping mission, there is not and should not be any reason for the use of military force. As we begin a new century, we should learn to put the horrors of war behind us and concentrate on peaceful solutions toward the world's problems. War is not the answer.
To the people of the world, somewhat more surreptitiously: In the name of a peaceful world, we ask that you question the actions of your governments. Your blood and sweat is being used to make these weapons of war. You have the right, as free citizens, to demand accountability from your leaders. Are they truly meant to make the world a better place, or are they simply designed to line teh pockets of the greedy Capitalists in your country? Do not sit idly by as your governments chart this course of war. You do not want to die in some foreign battlefield simply to enrich some CEO in your country. Demand that your governments halt these dangerous actions of a more barbaric time.
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23-04-2001 23:57
). And in the far off corner we have the Liberals who have picked California Governor R.D. Caruso who seems to have an underground cult following amongst the people. The elections are expected to be heated and this years turn-out for the Liberials is expected to be at an all time high.
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