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[Haspen]

OOC Thread is here!

Pre-1910 (Turn 0)

It is time of preparation and diplomacy.

The Conglomeration of National Automobile Industries (Powder Miner): 6
Democratic Union of Socialist States (TopHat): none
Kingdom of Sudetenavik (Cnidaros): 10
Pinkerton Principate (Kashyyk): none
The Allied States of Aurelia (Tiruin): 3
Senai Union (Taricus): 3

The Conglomeration of National Automobile Industries (Powder Miner): 2 Troops
Democratic Union of Socialist States (TopHat): 5 Troops
Kingdom of Sudetenavik (Cnidaros): 3 Troops
Pinkerton Principate (Kashyyk): 7 Troops
The Allied States of Aurelia (Tiruin): 1 Troop
Senai Union (Taricus): nothing

[Powder Miner]

The CNAI will have Factories at 22 (Eaglesgate), 25 (Sestshire), 26 (Firthfrith), and 28 (Leaven Island).
It will have a port at 24 (Tanhithe) and a Railroad at 23 (Aldusfield).
The 2 troops will be deployed at 27 (Dawsby-upon-Whetmere) and 28 (Leaven Island).

[TopHat]

The Democratic Union requests military alliances with micronations #48 and #51. Troop deployment to come.

[Kashyyk]

Pinkerton Principate
Deploys troops to 10, 14, 15, 16,18, 19 and 21.

Pinkerton Principate

The Allied States wish to trade SCIENCE via RESEARCH TREATIES to both nations mentioned!

Pinkerton Principate accepts.

Kingdom of Sudetenavik

Offer Research Treaty to Pinkerton Principate

Accepted!

The Pinkerton Principate also offers a Research Treaty and an Alliance to the Democratic Union.

The Democratic Union accepts on both counts.

[Taricus]

Senai Union
Military HQs built in 20 & 45, Factory Built in 20

[Cnidaros]

Kingdom of Sudetenavik
Build Port at #1.
Build Factories at #1, #3, #5, #6.
Build Military HQs at #2, #3, #8.
Build Airfield at #2, #8.
Deploy Troops to #2, #3, #7

Diplomacy: Research Treaties with Allied States of Aurelia, Pinkerton Principate and CNAI. Trade Treaty of 1 Coal from Sudetnavik for 1 Grain from CNAI.

Request Research Treaties with Allied States of Aurelia and Conglomeration of National Automobile Industries

The Sudetenavik Times

King Nidaros III announced a massive expansion of industry across the nation today, hoping to make Sudetenavik into a research giant by the exploitation of rare elements, of which the Kingdom controls a quarter of global supply at present. One palace advisor was quoted as boasting that "Our nation will produce 27 RP a month!", although he declined to explain what exactly an RP was. A large complex of processed food factories was also opened in the capital, among them a canning factory speculated to be for military supply.

In other military news, the army created several regional commands to north and south, with associated airfields to make use of the recent invention of military aircraft. Not to be outdone, the navy has developed a new port on Crow's Isle, pledging to protect Sudetenavik's seas.

Finally, on the diplomatic front, functionaries have been dispatched to negotiate research treaties with both the Allied States and CNAI, research leaders in the field of aircraft and armored vehicles respectively. Some diplomats were also reportedly disturbed by the new military alliance of the Democratic Union with the small states across the mountains, strategically important to Sudetenavik as they control the critical passes into the interior.

[TopHat]

Democratic Union
Deploy 1 troop each to: #52, 56, 39, 42, 43.

Offer to trade 1 unit oil to micronation #32 in exchange for their Rares, and 1 unit grain to #35 for the same.

EDIT - Diplomacy Compilation added:

Military Alliances: Pinkerton Principate, Micronations #48, #51.
Research Agreement: Pinkerton Principate
Trade Agreement: #35 (1 Grain -> 1 Rares)
#51 (1 Oil -> 1 Chemicals)
#48 (1 Grain -> 1 Coal)

[Haspen]

Micronations #48 and #51 agree to military alliance with The Democratic Union!

Micronation #32 is too far to trade with The Democratic Union, sorry! Micronation #35, however, has sea access to the Union, and agrees to the trade!

[TopHat]

Some diplomats were also reportedly disturbed by the new military alliance of the Democratic Union with the small states across the mountains, strategically important to Sudetenavik as they control the critical passes into the interior.

The Democratic Union wishes to reassure their neighbour that these alliances are purely for mutual protection and to promote peace and socialism in the region.

In that regard they offer to deepen relationships with Nations #48 and #51 by offering them grain for coal and oil for chemicals, respectively.

[Powder Miner]

Hello, hello — thank you for your support, one and all. It is heartening to know that the Southeastern people share the dream of the future my compatriots and I have, and our vision for bringing the Southeastern people into it. Us four will make our term one to remember, and will achieve that vision — starting with my term.

It has been a long road for the Southeastern people. The transition from the Grand Duchy of Sestshire to a more modern kind of state after Placid Sest’s death, one with responsiveness and genuine prosperity in mind, has not been a smooth one. Despite the efforts the Conglomeration of National Automobile Industries has made to safeguard the welfare of the Southeast, I know that the Nine-Sided War has touched many lives for the worse, and the effects are felt everywhere.

The Nine-Sided War was a bumpy road indeed, with many belligerents;
The Conglomeration of National Automobile Industries in Sestshire, Firthfrith, and Eaglesgate..
The followers of Chancellor Still, in Tanhithe.
The Church, also in Eaglesgate.
The loyalists of the branch of Joseph Sest, in Aldusfield.
Halson’s Arms Company, in Leaven Island.
The communists, in Dawsby-upon-Whetmere.
Camden’s Agricultural, in Eymouth.
The fascists, in Astbeck.
The followers of the branch of Jane Sest, in Berryborough.

Many of you are likely wondering why I’ve brought up something most Southeasterners know — and the reason is to show that the long road we’ve gone through is about to come to an end. The Church, Still’s Men, Joseph Sest’s men, Halson’s Arms, and the communists, for all they have lashed out and burned, lost the war, and we’ve reunited most of our people's lands. We’ve kept the Factory Cities of Sestshire and Firthfrith safe, and we repaired and guarded the third, Eaglesgate. We rebuilt on Leaven Island. We brought the port in Tanhithe back to busy life. We’re rebuilding the railroad, starting in Aldusfield.

But as I stand before you today, the end of this long road has not been reached. While we consolidated and rebuilt after the terrible damage of the war, the remaining members of the war bickered and battled and essentially brought each other to a base state. Now that we are ready, it is time for the CNAI to end the war and to finally reunite the Southeasterners to the extent the Grand Duchy originally reached — and to this end, the CNAI will move into Camden’s Agricultural’s land in Eymouth (29), the Southeastern Fascist State in Astbeck (30) and the Demesne of Jane Sest in Berryborough (33). It is time to put a swift end to the long road of suffering and combat that has brought us here — because while it is not over, its end is directly before us.

However, a new road is now before us. Through the ingenuity and wealth of Redaxle Industries, Leaven Island Vehicles, Jason Automobiles, Heavy Industrial Devices and Motors, and of the Southeastern people as a whole, the opportunity stands before us to become a nation once more that sits on the world stage, which heads the world in progress and modernity. To that end, as we step into the world I’m earnest, the Conglomeration of National Industries States its intentions: to have our scientists and engineers work with the world to design the advances of tomorrow — already, we have received an offer of academic collaboration from from the distant Kingdom of Sudetenavik, to which our diplomats have sent a positive response. To our near-neighbors in the Senai Union, we have offered a similar deal. We have also sent Sudetenavik a trade offer. To all nations of the world stage, we state our dignity and yet our enthusiasm — we look forward to working as peers, and partners. To our smaller neighbors not part of the Nine-Sided War (32, 31), we offer a reassurance — we are not looking to become a scourge upon the world, and our desire to reunify our country after a long and painful war does not translate to a desire to conquer yours — and indeed we have an offer.

The CNAI declares its intention to reunify its country by retaking the lands of rogue belligerents in 30, 29, and 33!
The CNAI offers Micronation 32 an offer of chemicals in exchange for its Rares, granting it industrial capacity in exchange for scientific experiment materials the CNAI is better positioned to make use of than it is (actually wait no this needs to happen next turn).
The CNAI accepts the research treaty from Sudetenavik and offers a trade of CNAI grain for Sudetenavik coal.
The CNAI offers the Senai Union a research treaty.

[Cnidaros]

Excerpt from Board of Trade Report, Mid-1909

...it is something of a poorly kept secret that Sudetenavik's economic weakness lies in the agrarian sectors. Unlike the vast fertile fields of our southern neighbour the Principate, the Kingdom's only source of consistent agricultural surplus lie in the Sud River Delta, just outside the capital - a factor that helped the first Kings conquer the western coasts by weight of numbers. In the modern age, innovations in food preservation have helped fatten our shamefully low food stockpiles, albeit not by much.

To fulfil the King's lofty (but entirely wise and achievable, glory be in his grasp!) goals of a world-class army, there is simply no alternative to finding further sources of grain, whether by the sword or by the scales. The proposed trade treaty by CNAI falls into the latter category, and they are asking for coal in return, a resource we have in abundance. Industrialisation master plans will not be unduly affected by the trade of coal, owing to the recent opening of the Nordholm Chemical Complex boosting national productivity. The Palace Ministers for the Army and the Interior may wish to take note of the strategic vulnerability presented if either the Kingdom or CNAI are cut off from seaborne trade, or if relations should take a turn for the worse, but it is the opinion of this Board that the Kingdom should accept this fortuitous deal.

In the following sections, we present our analysis of why CNAI should offer us this trade, when by all accounts their agrarian situation is no better than the Kingdom's. Two major theories are elucidated, the first pertaining to their equally pressing need for coal to industrialise, and the second pertaining to the possible military value of these new automotive inventions, called "tanks"...

Kingdom of Sudentenavik

Accept Trade Treaty of 1 Coal for 1 Grain

[Tiruin]

The Allied States

Build:
> Airfield at 40
> Factory at 40
> Factory at 37

Deploy:
> Army at 41

NPC/PC Treaties:
> Military Alliance with Microstate #33
> Accept Kingdom of Sudentenavik's Research Treaty
> Shove Research Treaty to Pinkerton Principate
> Shove Research Treaty to Senai Union

>> Trade 1 Grain, with Microstate #35's 1 Rares
>> Trade 1 Grain with Microstate #32's 1 Rares

*IF TRADE is counted as a TREATY, prioritize TRADE over RESEARCH treaties with PCs because this can happen later anyway.

The last airfleets arrived in the disputed territory, in full-fledged support of the engaged populace. None of these aircraft were designed for combat, as all were of mercantile design and theme. They were to be retrofitted as bomber-transports, with their holds being able to transport logistical aid and important personnel nationwide.

Request Research Treaties with Allied States of Aurelia and Conglomeration of National Automobile Industries

The Allied States Accepts!

Senai Union

Pinkerton Principate

The Allied States wish to trade SCIENCE via RESEARCH TREATIES to both nations mentioned!

The Allied States notes a missive in forward--prepare for possible battle. The same follows for all other nations at present; they are however open for public alliances provided the missive is given the the other nation in question.

[Kashyyk]

Pinkerton Principate

The Allied States wish to trade SCIENCE via RESEARCH TREATIES to both nations mentioned!

Pinkerton Principate accepts.

The Pinkerton Principate also offers a Research Treaty and an Alliance to the Democratic Union.

[Cnidaros]

The Sudetenavik Times

In a surprise move today, King Nidaros announced the sending of a diplomatic delegation to the Pinkerton Principate, in the hopes of spreading our scientific collaboration still further among the nations of the world. Word was also received from the distant Allied States of Aurelia, indicating that they have ratified our research treaty. Day by day, the Kingdom continues to grow into the world's most advanced nation! All hail the King!

Kingdom of Sudetenavik

Offer Research Treaty to Pinkerton Principate
Deploy troops to #2, #3, #7

[Kashyyk]

Kingdom of Sudetenavik

Offer Research Treaty to Pinkerton Principate

Accepted!

I'll update my first post to include Diplomacy things.