"Gentlemen. Before we go on, first things must come first. We must decide on the course for our nation, then select the First Secretary. He should volunteer for the postion and tell us what his are his plans on the position, then we shall move on to less urgent matters.
I propose the following issues for this meeting:
- *Naming our country and claiming territory* - We must select an appropriate titre for this country, as without it we will never be respected diplomatically. We could name our country with a completely new name relating to the territories we have now, we choose a name claiming to be the successor to the Federation of Nigeria and claim all of it's former territories. We could also claim the bordering territories, like Togo, Dahomey, Niger, Chad, perhaps even Ashanti, in addition to the former Federation. The frog-lovers will never accept that, though, unless we try and get Thorez and his clique to argue for us. If we feel insufferably crazy or brave enough, we could go ahead and claim even more territory, but we risk becoming pariahs on the world stage and losing even the meagre amount of support we have.
- *Creating Ministries* - We must decide what, if any, secretariates do we want to create. The less we create, the stronger the First Secretary becomes, and more centralized the state is. We should strive to centralize as much power as possible before other movements arise. On the other hand, few ministries shall flood the First Secretary with an unbelievable workload, which will undoubtedly allow him less and less time to think about each matter separately.
- Foreign Policy - We must decide what course should we pursue when arranging diplomatic meeting with other nations. Should we accept foreign aid, if it was offered? How should we act when facing Damagarami or Sokot representatives? How shall we seek international recognition and convince nations against supporting the nationalists or the muslims in the north?
- Internal Policy - How shall we act towards our citizens? Who even will be considered a citizen in our nation? What shall be the official language? Will we, and if we do, how shall we aid our sick, tired and starving people? We also need to start emitting a sort of currency, choose whether to back our currency with some resource and such. We desperately need to get support of the lower classes with propaganda, generous social policies, or sheer crushing of dissent.
- Economic Matters - We have around sixteen thousand british pounds and that is effectively our only money. We are on the edge of bankruptcy and we need to find a way to bring in money. We could start large, state owned plantations and start exporting crops like coffee, cocoa, tobacco, sugar cane, cotton or other crops, though through that we risk hunger. We recently discovered iron ore near Ibadan, so there might be profit in steelworks in there. We earn around seven hundred pounds per day, and we spend around six hundred. Open conflict would reduce our income to around two thirds capacity and would double our expenditure.
- Foreign revolutions - We have a skilled group of revolutionaries in our nation, and letting them sit around would do us no good, even potentially harm our cause, for if they join the dissenters, we might face open rebellion. A proposed resolution to these men would be to send them abroad and aid others in guerilla combat. They would do no good in an organized army, but they are exceptional at raids, plundering and such. There is war in China, and if sent there, we might secure an ally in Asia, but if the chinese revolutionaries lose to fascists we will lose all hope of cooperation with them for a long time. We could also direct them to Vietnam, where the oppressed vietnamese fight against the french frog-eating imperialist colonial forces. I worry North Vietnam might not be able to defeat the Europeans, but with Yankee and Soviet support for Ho Chi Minh, we would potentially not only gain ground in securing better relations with the USSR and the USA, but also gain an ally in Indochina. If Vietnam wins, we might just find more countries to liberate from the french. The downside of this is that the French will resent us for this. We could try and start a strong socialist movement in the Americas, maybe, or perhaps even in South Africa. Or, perhaps, we could just use our revolutionaries to train our army, but I believe that would be wasting their skills.
- *Ideological Matters* - We need to determine our path to communism. Shall we allow private enterprise, and how much if any? How about religion? This and more is important to decide on and codify. This subject needs a lot of care so that we might unify our country under the glorious red banner.
- *The Matter of Nigeria* - We have currently an unstable ceasefire with Sokoto and the Damagaram Republic. We need to decide how to prepare for the inevitable war. Our army is noticeably weaker than the fascist one, but we are stronger than the muslim democrats.
- Military Matters - We lack any navy or airforce, and our army is a ragtag militia armed with any weapon imaginable. I have checked our equipment and have seen everything from muzzle-loaded rifles, through Mosin-Nagants, to submachine guns of various sizes and calibres. We lack artillery, regular infantry, we rely on draft. We need to decide what to arm our men with. We don't have a real organisational structure as well. Additionally, if possible, we should create some specialised divisions to fight on the open savannah or even procure armored cars, hell, even tanks for our men. Even a weak navy could be used to absolutely devastate the Sokotan trade and potentially exhaust their supplies.
- *Deimperialisation* - In our borders we have around fifty thousand Britishmen. They are the almost sole upper class of the nation, and own most of the land and all of our industry. It is imperative to find a way to deal with them. We could use them to vent public anger and reduce dissent, though that would enrage the Anglos. We could seize their property, and nationalise the industry from both the residents and foreign owners. This would cause a diplomatic uproar, but I think we have to do this to strengthen ourselves. Leaving the Anglos as they are is an option, but we would face immediate rage from the lower and middle classess. We could even have a rebellion on our hands.
- More issues - This is only the very top of the mountain of tasks before us, gentlemen. If you think of anything else that needs to be determined right now, just say it."
Nwaboudike Morgan ends his presentation with a cough. You quickly realize that he is not well, and sickness is overtaking him quickly. Clearly, he doesn't have long for this world, unless he can be cured by competent doctors.
On the other hand, the man is a rival and would be a great symbol for the nation, a revolutionary hero. Hanging him on a banner and using him for propaganda could bring you great profit...
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