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No serious military cadre aiming to oust the leadership would use "Generals4Freedom" in 1892.
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the Great Earthquake of 1892


the Great Earthquake of 1892
Date: May 9, 1892
Epicenter: multiple
Magnitude: between 6.0 and 9.5, depending on epicenter
Eureka Epicenter: 6.9
Napa Epicenter: 7.3
San Francisco Epicenter: 9.4
Monterey Epicenter: 7.7
Los Angeles Epicenter: 8.6
San Diego-Tijuana Epicenter: 9.3
San Luis del Rio Epicenter: 8.8
Maximum Intensity: XII - Catastrophic
Areas Affected: California and Baja California, Confederacy (by earthquake)
Pacific Rim (by tsunamis)
Tsunami: two
Eureka Tsunami: waves up to 7m
San Luis del Rio: waves up to 12m
Casualties: 550,000+
The Great Earthquake of 1892, also known as the Californian Earthquake of 1892, is the name given to a series of roughly-simultaneous earthquakes that struck the San Andreas Fault on May 9, 1892. The first of the earthquakes, the Eureka Earthquake, occurred at roughly 10 AM; from there, the seismic tension released by the Eureka quake moved down the fault, with the San Luis del Rio earthquake occurring at about 1:30 PM. The largest of the earthquakes, the San Francisco earthquake, measured 9.4 on the Richter Scale- the second largest in history, only behind the 1960 Valdavia earthquake in Tawantisuyu. The earthquakes were also categorized as 'Catastrophic' on the Mercalli intensity scale; the only other earthquake labelled as 'Catastrophic' being the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake in China. In addition, with over 550,000 casualties, it was one of the deadliest earthquakes in history. Large areas of California and Baja California were left devastated by the earthquake, and the Pacific Rim as a whole was affected by tsunamis from the Eureka and San Luis del Rio epicenters. The Great Earthquake also forced Confederate surrender in the Great War, as the nation sought to turn its attention towards repairing the damage done to the country's west coast.

Before the Earthquake
The San Andreas Fault- responsible for the earthquake- was not identified until 1895. The earthquake was likely responsible for its discovery, since the earthquake's multiple epicenters occurred on multiple locations on the front, allowing for the fault's discoverer- UC Berkeley professor Andrew Lawson- to simply 'connect the dots' to plot a general path for the faultline. At the time, however, this meant that the risk that the Fault posed was unknown to most Californians or Confederates.

The Earthquakes and Tsunamis
The first of the seven earthquakes, off the coast of California near the city of Eureka, occurred at about 10:10 PM; the seismic waves hit the coast shortly thereafter, joined by a tsunami wave. This largely destroyed the city, and severed the city's telegraph lines and railroads, preventing them from warning the surrounding areas. The seismic waves then moved further inland, hitting the city of Yreka at roughly 10:30.

At 10:45, the second earthquake occurred just north of the town of Napa. Much of the town and the surrounding area was destroyed. Larger than the Eureka quake, the Napa quake was large enough that shockwaves were felt in Sacramento and San Francisco, the first warning of the coming earthquake in the Bay Area. Sacramento, feeling the shockwaves of the Napa quake, notified the Confederate government of the earthquake.

At 11:00, the largest of the earthquakes hit San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and the other cities of the Bay Area. Because the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the San Francisco Bay, a sort of micro-tsunami hit the interior coast of the San Francisco and San Pablo Bays. Nearly 40% of the Bay Area was destroyed by the earthquake alone, with large areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose being reduced to little more than rubble. The remainder of the area was greatly devastated by the fires that followed the earthquake, which could not be fought due to pipe breaks. In addition, the city's roadways, railroads, telegraph lines, and infrastructure were nearly totally destroyed. The shockwaves of the San Francisco earthquake reached Stockton and Modesto at roughly 11:30; at roughly 11:45, they reached Sacramento, which relayed word of a second quake to the Confederate government.

At 11:45, the fourth earthquake occurred, near the towns of Monterey and Salinas. As with the cities up the fault line, the two were largely destroyed by the earthquake. Another mini-tsunami joined the seismic waves in wreaking chaos on the city of Santa Cruz, on the opposite side of Monterey Bay. Having felt the shockwaves of the Napa, San Francisco, and Monterey quakes, the operators of the telegraph station in the town of Gilroy sent word to Sacramento and southern California that there appeared to be a "chain" of earthquakes moving south across the state.

At 12:00, the earthquakes reappeared significantly further down the fault, with the epicenter of the fifth quake being near the towns of Santa Clarita and Los Angeles. This quake was felt as far away as Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Ana, and San Bernardino, hitting these areas by 12:30. The telegraph station in San Luis Obispo sent word to Sacramento confirming the suspicions that the quake was 'moving south' at 12:45. Despite being far less populated than the Bay Area, the damage to infrastructure in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita was comparable, with railroads, water mains, and telegraph lines being severed completely or otherwise unusable.

At 1:05 PM, the sixth earthquake occurred near the Confederate naval hubs in South California, San Diego and Tijuana, with the epicenter being south of the town of Escondido. The cities of San Diego and Tijuana were devastated even before the earthquakes hit, having been subjected to nearly an hour of Japanese zeppelin bombing by that point. The San Diego-Tijuana quake was only slightly smaller than the San Francisco quake, and caused similar devastation; what little of the area had survived the zeppelin bombing was now destroyed by the earthquake and the ensuing fires. According to Confederate and Japanese reports both, the Japanese zeppelins ceased bombing after noticing the earthquake, likely due to Japan's own negative experiences with seismic activity. In the combined bombing and earthquake, 87% of San Diego and 94% of Tijuana were destroyed.

At 1:30, the seventh and final earthquake occurred in the northern part of the Bay of California, near the mouth of the Colorado. The seismic waves of this earthquake reached Yuma, Los Algodones, San Luis del Rio, and Puerto Peñasco by 1:45. The inland cities of Los Algodones, Yuma, and San Luis del Rio were thoroughly damaged by the earthquake; however, the cities along the interior coasts of the Gulf of California- Puerto Peñasco, Guaymas, and La Paz, among others- were more severely damaged by the ensuing tsunami, which was amplified by the narrow Gulf of California before it exited into the Pacific.

Over the following several days and weeks, the tsunamis from the Eureka and San Luis del Rio epicenters spread across the Pacific, hitting the coasts of al-Mayiquh, Tehuantepec, Central America, Tawantisuyu, German Oceania, British Australia, the Dutch East Indies, the Meiji Islands, Japan, China, Russia, and Canada.

The Aftermath
The earthquake left most of the Confederate West Coast totally devastated, with most of the CSA's major ports- San Francisco, San Diego, and La Paz- destroyed partially or totally by the earthquake or tsunami. This left the Confederate armies fighting in Indochina, the Ryukyus, and the Meiji Islands stranded, forcing the Confederate Atlantic navies to cross the Apaec Canal to enter the Pacific, pick up the armies, cross the Apaec Canal again, and drop them off in Galveston and New Orleans.

Many local governments manipulated the cost of the damages and the number of dead, in an attempt to encourage the return of outside investment that would help the cities rebuild. The Mayor of San Francisco- which was almost totally destroyed by the earthquake- released a statement saying that the city would rebuild quickly and turn out even greater than before, not even mentioning the quake. In addition, many cities attempted reconstruction as quickly as possible, only to have the process tied up by the lack of funds, due to the destruction of the region's major banks.

By contrast, the Confederate government was totally obvious about the scope of the devastation, stating that 'the Confederate states of California and Baja California have been nearly totally destroyed by the earthquakes and tsunamis.' Following the report of the earthquakes to the Confederate government, the CSA filed for peace not only with Japan- who the Confederacy was losing to severely- but also to Canada, which the CSA was on the verge of overrunning.

Due to the ongoing war and the destruction of police infrastructure, the West Coast was left in a state of partial anarchy for nearly a month before the Confederate army returned from the fronts to restore order.

Thousands of Confederates who survived the earthquake were forced to live in 'temporary settlement camps' until the cities were rebuilt. The rebuilt cities did capitalize on the opportunity in several ways, however, by widening streets, improving housing conditions, building city centers and parks, funding new public facilities, and constructing more durable buildings.
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- the Gospel of Matthew, 25:35-40

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Adolf Hitler


Born: April 20, 1889
Braunau-am-Inn, Holy Roman Empire
Died: April 30,1969
Berlin, Holy Roman Empire
Nationality: German
Spouse: Eva Braun(1943-1961)
Children: Friedrich Hitler(1944-2009)
Petra Hitler(1947-)
Siegfried Hitler(1951-)
Occupation: Painter, propagandist
Education: Vienna Academy of Fine Arts
Notable Works: The Courtyard of the Old Residence in Munich, 1914
Schönbrunn Palace at Evening, 1922
The Quadriga, 1931
Rise for the Fatherland, 1939
Unity and Justice and Freedom, 1945
Danzig Harbor at Night, 1955
One People, One Realm, One Dream, 1958
Germania, 1966
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Allegiance: Holy Roman Empire
Branch: German Imperial Army, 1911-1914
Imperial Intelligence Service, 1924-1926
Conflicts: Crisis of 1911
Crisis of 1924
Adolf Hitler was a prominent German nationalist painter and propaganda artist famous for his paintings of German cityscapes and landscapes, and for his role in German propaganda production during the Crises of 1939 and 1958.

Born to Alois Hitler and Klara Pölzl, Hitler and his mother moved to Vienna following his father's death. Hitler was accepted into the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in 1907, which he considered one of the greatest triumphs of his life. Shortly afterwards, his mother died of breast cancer; Hitler later wrote in his autobiography that "the only thing which kept me going in those dark days was what she would think if I had given up." While in Vienna, Hitler became a firm German nationalist, and quickly made a name for himself in painting pictures of German cities and landscapes.

In 1911, Hitler was conscripted, joining the German Imperial Army to fight in the Crisis of 1911 following the disappearance of a German soldier on the border with Galicia. During the conflict, he became a Private First Class and was awarded the Iron Cross after surviving a gas attack on German lines near Plzen. He would be conscripted again in 1924- this time to the Imperial Intelligence Service, as part of an operation to root out possible enemy agents hiding among German ranks. Official records state that Hitler was chosen for this role because of his "constant love and passion for the Fatherland, and for his ability to speak to those around him with passion and intelligence."

Following his time in military service, Hitler moved to Berlin and returned to painting landscapes and cityscapes. In 1939, however, the German government again asked for his aid in fighting a war- this time, to make propaganda posters for use at home and on the front. Hitler's ability to convey powerful messages through easy-to-understand imagery and a few powerful words made his work some of the most prized propaganda for the German government. He retained a semi-official position producing pro-German artwork for the rest of his life; he would resume official work as a propagandist during the Crisis of 1958.

Hitler met his wife, Eva Braun, in 1939, hiring her to serve as an aide to him in meeting with clients to sell his art to. They married in 1943, and remained married until her death in 1961. They had three children together, two of whom are still alive today. Their youngest son, Siegfried, described them as "inseparable", saying that "they were constantly thinking about each other, the sort of true love you see only in movies." Eva's death in 1961 broke Hitler, even more than his mother's death had; following 1961, he largely disappeared from the public eye. He died on April 30, 1969, shortly after his 80th birthday.

Hitler was an exceptionally prominent artist in life and in death, with his works selling for thousands and even millions of marks. His childhood home in Branau-am-Inn serves as a museum containing several of his more famous pieces. He became known as 'the Voice of Germany' during the Crisis of 1939 due to his much-beloved nationalist posters, many of which became known for their 'universalizing' of Germany- the concept that all inhabitants of Germany were Germans capable of great deeds. He also had an affect on language, with the phrase 'Hitleresque' being used to refer to his style of universalizing, realist, nationalist artwork, which is widely used by various countries even today. This has made Hitler one of the most prominent artists of the 20th century.
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"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in; I needed clothes and you clothed me; I was sick and you looked after me; I was in prison and you came to visit me... Truly, whatever you did for one of the least of my brothers and sisters, you did for me."
- the Gospel of Matthew, 25:35-40

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Looks like we're going back to Iraq. Albeit, not physically on the ground.

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Postby Unicario » Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:30 pm

The Vaktovian Empire wrote:Looks like we're going back to Iraq. Albeit, not physically on the ground.


ATL, ISIS never exists. Saddam Hussein is the popular secular socialist leader of Rum, Osama bin Laden is a rich, oil-bathing Arab magnate, and the guy who claims to be Caliph is locked away in a mental asylum after he broke into the Grand Mosque in Baghdad and claimed that the Prophet came to him and told him to be Caliph by killing the Rumite Kayser.
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Guys, please tell me this isn't dying.

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Postby Bojikami » Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:46 pm

The Vaktovian Empire wrote:Guys, please tell me this isn't dying.

It isn't. We had a stagnant few days.
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Bojikami wrote:
The Vaktovian Empire wrote:Guys, please tell me this isn't dying.

It isn't. We had a stagnant few days.


I agree. AP European History Essay tomorrow. WOOOH!

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Polyphonic Films-Odyssey Studios Olympiakoí

Description: A series of films released for every Summer Olympic Games, starting in 1916, by Japan's "Polyphonic Films" and the Rumite Empire's own "Odyssey Studios". Each film was given a name to connect it to the culture or tradition of the nation that hosted the previous year's Olympics. The next film planned is "Poderoso Jovem Brasil", planned to release in 2017 after the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Films in series:

1. Siegerkranz (1917) - 1916 Olympic film
2. Broederschap (1921) - 1920 Olympic film
3. Terre d'Amour (1925) - 1924 Olympic film
4. Op de Mighty Zee (1929) - 1928 Olympic Film
5. Of Victory and Glory (1933) - 1932 Olympic film
6. Germania Olympia (1937) - 1936 Olympic film
7. Tōyōnohōseki (1941) - 1940 Olympic film
8. Heart of the World (1945) - 1944 Olympic film
9. El Dorado (1949) - 1948 Olympic film
10. Bratstvo (1953) - 1952 Olympic film
11. A World Down Under (1957) - 1956 Olympic film
12. The Eternal City (1961) - 1960 Olympic film
13. Return to Tōyōnohōseki (1965) - 1964 Olympic film
14. The City of Prosperity (1969) - 1968 Olympic film
15. The World Unites in Bavaria (1973) - 1972 Olympic Film
16. De Nouveaux Commencements (1977) - 1976 Olympic film
17. Stadium Of My Dreams (1981) - 1980 Olympic film
18. City of Dreams (1985) - 1984 Olympic film
19. A World Together: Seoul (1989) - 1988 Olympic film
20. Barcelona (1993) - 1992 Olympic film
21. Heart of Dixie (1997) - 1996 Olympic film
22. Olympia in the New Millenia (2001) - 2000 Olympic film
23. Home Again: The Birthplace of the Olympics (2005) - 2004 Olympic film
24. Gateway of the Orient (2009) - 2008 Olympic film
25. Unity in London (2013) - 2012 Olympic film
26. Poderoso Jovem Brasil (2017) - NOT YET RELEASED, 2016 OLYMPIC FILM
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Postby Unicario » Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:03 pm

ATL meets OTL in Polandball

Frame 1: Empire of Japan and East Asia meets all of the OTL states that it takes up -- they take the reaction in a mixed form. North Korea's happy, though.
Frame 2: Imperial China and the PRC don't get along... at all.
Frame 3: USA and CSA aren't much different, so they're chill.
Frame 4: Hyper-aggressive German Empire vs. neutered Germany -- u kno dat bundesrepublik ded
Frame 5: Rumite Empire, Tripolitania and Tunis meet the present day Republic of Turkey. Turkey's mad as hell that the Ottomans survived.
Frame 6: Caucasian Free State scares the living shit out of Georgia.
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Postby Ruridova » Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:59 pm

Unicario wrote:ATL meets OTL in Polandball

Frame 1: Empire of Japan and East Asia meets all of the OTL states that it takes up -- they take the reaction in a mixed form. North Korea's happy, though.
Frame 2: Imperial China and the PRC don't get along... at all.
Frame 3: USA and CSA aren't much different, so they're chill.
Frame 4: Hyper-aggressive German Empire vs. neutered Germany -- u kno dat bundesrepublik ded
Frame 5: Rumite Empire, Tripolitania and Tunis meet the present day Republic of Turkey. Turkey's mad as hell that the Ottomans survived.
Frame 6: Caucasian Free State scares the living shit out of Georgia.

ATL-OTL comparisons in Polandball

Frame 1: the Holy Roman Empire and the Russian Federation, complaining about the international reaction to their invasions of sovereign nations clay reclamation supported by the locals.
Frame 2: the Kingdom of Denmark and Ukraine are angry that a longtime imperial master has seen fit to continue abusing them into the present, and are going to defy those fuckers no matter the cost.
Frame 3: the Self-Governing Overseas Territory of Jiaozhou and the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong are sick and tired of an uncaring government in Beijing attempting to destroy their autonomy and freedom.
Frame 4: the Confederate States of America and the United States of America enjoy their hard-earned freedom from Britain. 'Murica, fuck yeah.
Frame 5: the Republic of the Volta and the Republic of Iraq are being plagued by major ethnoreligious rebellions that have destabilized the entire country, putting the continued existence of the country in peril.
Frame 6: the Caucasian Free State and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea would like you to believe that they are paradises of wealth and freedom, when in fact they are impoverished dictatorships and really bad liars.
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- the Gospel of Matthew, 25:35-40

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Postby Shrillland » Fri Sep 12, 2014 10:47 am

Good Lord, at this rate I'll have to consider what was unthinkable a month before...the death of the United Kingdom in this RP.
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Shrillland wrote:Good Lord, at this rate I'll have to consider what was unthinkable a month before...the death of the United Kingdom in this RP.


How ? You could retain fair parts of your empire.

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The Vaktovian Empire wrote:
Shrillland wrote:Good Lord, at this rate I'll have to consider what was unthinkable a month before...the death of the United Kingdom in this RP.


How ? You could retain fair parts of your empire.

He's talking about the referendum in Scotland.


I think.
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- the Gospel of Matthew, 25:35-40

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Postby Bojikami » Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:17 pm

ATL-OTL comparisons.

First group: ATL USSR and OTL Ukraine

Second Group: Proletaria/Cyrenaica, ATL Italy and OTL Italy

Third Group: ATL Venezuela and OTL Venezuela

Fourth Group: Nigeria and yet-to-be independent African countries.

Upcoming: Ruthenia and Nazi Germany, ATL Iran and OTL Iran.
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Postby Ruridova » Fri Sep 12, 2014 10:15 pm

Uni, that book of yours is basically never going to do well in the Confederate sphere. Ever. Like, even in the present, with the edits, it would not sell. You'd have to go to Canada or the UK to easily find an English-language copy. And it's likely to be banned until the 1960s, on the premise that it slanders the Confederacy, and accuses it of violating its own constitutional amendments. Kennedy would likely legalize it, in his nine months in office but very subtly and without any fanfare, because most Confederates would be outraged at the concept, particularly as it moves further away from injustice and further towards equality.


In fact, the Confederate copies of the book after 1950 would likely retain 'the Confederate States of America' instead of replacing them with 'Columbia', to prevent any attempts by Japan to whitewash the book's implications or intent.
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"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in; I needed clothes and you clothed me; I was sick and you looked after me; I was in prison and you came to visit me... Truly, whatever you did for one of the least of my brothers and sisters, you did for me."
- the Gospel of Matthew, 25:35-40

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Postby Ruridova » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:28 pm

Yes, Battlestar Galactica has been published in the 1890s as a book. Yes, I can do that, because the original creator was Californian. No, ATL BSG is not meant to have a plot identical to OTL.
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"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in; I needed clothes and you clothed me; I was sick and you looked after me; I was in prison and you came to visit me... Truly, whatever you did for one of the least of my brothers and sisters, you did for me."
- the Gospel of Matthew, 25:35-40

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Major published works of note in the RP

Georg von Licht / Dzhordzh fon Likht

1. The Righteous Cause
The year is 1951, and the world is divided between eight superstates: Freistaatland, Südamerika, Nordseeallianz, Mitteleuropa, Großarabien, Zentralasien, and Ostasien. These nations are in a state of constant war that has left the world ruined. Karl Eichemann, the protagonist, is sent to end the war and bring peace; however, catastrophe kills Eichemann and restarts the feud.

2. Neither Victory, Nor Peace
The empires of Jiaozhande and Hakuchi, led by the shortsighted monarchs Kangsong and Tennohito, turn a war of words and baseless accusations into a devastating continent-wide conflict that leads to millions of deaths, mass rebellions, and ultimately their own deposition. The novel was published as a criticism of escalating tensions between China and Japan.

3. Blessed are the Persecuted
Jewish German Yaakov Fiegenbaum and his family live in a defeated 1930s Germany that turns to anti-Semitic politicians Ludwig Ernst and Johannes Heisenberg, who initiate ever-increasing persecutions against German Jews. The book chronicles Yaakov and his family trying to live through the persecution. At first forced into ghetto, then into hiding, and then into a death camp, only Yaakov and his son Yitzhak survive(and Yitzhak loses his legs along the way). After the anti-Semites are deposed, the two try to rebuild their lives.

4. With Liberty and Justice For All
Black Confederate Miriam Robinson unintentionally becomes the leader of the equal rights movement in the CSA, but she gladly accepts the role, leading strikes and marches that force the Confederate government to grant equal rights to all citizens and end segregation. Surviving assassination attempts, she is elected President by a sweeping majority in 1964, cementing the progress made by the civil rights movement.

5. The Miserable Ones
Jan Janowski, a redeemed criminal who has broken his parole, must try to avoid the relentless Eugen Marschall, who seeks to put him back in chains. Meanwhile, Jan's adopted daughter Andzelika falls in love with Polish revolutionary Maksymilian Mysliwski- who is torn between his love Andzelika and his fellow revolutionaries Ostromir Wieczeslawski and Szymon Topolski. The revolutionaries rebel, but most die in the German response- though Janowski manages to save Maksymilian and bring him to Andzelika. Marschall, realizing that Janowski is indeed redeemed, kills himself; Janowski also dies shortly thereafter.

6. Vox Populi
Valentin Pushilin, head of one of the subdivisions of the Union of Federative Unified Republics, a Russia without a Tsar, works for the country's repressive dictatorship, established 80 years earlier in the 1910s. When a dispute about reform in the country leads to a hardliner coup against the country's reformist leader, Pushilin heeds the voice of the people and demands that the UFUR be done away with and replaced with numerous democratic states- a vision that ultimately comes true.




Viktor Eberharter
(see "the Miserable Ones" under Georg von Licht)




Josef Ibakov
1. Blood of the Crescent
In a semi-propagandized account of the siege of Sevastopol/Aqyar, Ibakov accuses the Crimean army of committing various war crimes during its fight for independence from Ukraine.




Michael Matsudaira

1. The Fading Sun
In an alternate timeline, the Japanese shogunate defeats Go-Daigo and initiates a period of isolation that leaves Japan technologically backward and abused by foreign powers. Despite a push to modernize and gain the respect of world leaders, Japan is largely destroyed after several brash and dictatorial leaders wreck the country, leaving it devastated. The story ends with the few remaining Japanese chafing under Chinese rule.

2. Unit 731
Written as an unofficial partner to Blessed are the Persecuted, this book follows the bloody trail left by a Japanese army unit committing mass crimes against Chinese civilians and Americaner POWs in a dystopic war-torn world.




Gavriil fon Likht

1. The Great World Wars
Fon Likht, taking a page from his father's books, writes about a hellish world dominated by poor economics, warring nations, technology used for genocide, and brutal dictators. The book follows the world through two Great Wars that leave much of the world devastated and millions dead, and foments decades of international division and distrust. In the end, every one of the book's six main characters dies, whether they 'won' the wars or 'lost' them.

2. The Life and Times of Edward Harper
Canadian intelligence worker Edward Harper realizes that the Royal Intelligence Agency of Canada is breaking Canadian privacy laws with its spying program, and decided to steal classified documents and leak them to the press. Fleeing to the Confederacy, he begins releasing the documents, which reveal Canadian spying at home and abroad. The news spreads like wildfire, and he is variously declared a hero and a traitor as a global debate on surveillance begins. The book ends with the RIA's head telling the press that Harper has only released a tiny fraction of the data he took.




Muhammad Abbas

1. The Crescent and the Star
In a book postulated to be Rumite propaganda by some, Abbas describes a Middle East without Rum as a Middle East in total chaos. Islamic radicalism, ideological coups, ethnic feuds, and Zionism all lead to the deaths of thousands and permanent instability, which is taken advantage of by various foreign powers seeking to exploit the region.




Chodren Dawa

1. The Effects of Leftism
The book begins in a totally uniform world- however, we soon learn that the hero, known only as Equality, has a hard time fitting in. He falls in love with a woman named Liberty, and after the government tries too hard to impress conformity on them, they form a rival society that brings back individuality to the world.

2. Obscurity
Architect Wei Nianqing and his colleague Se Jidu face difficulties as they lose out to architects better at sweet-talking clients. However, people eventually turn to Wei and Se's more inspired and modern architecture. Se turns on Wei and attempts to destroy his empire and kill him; ultimately, though, Wei comes out on top.

3. The East is Red
In Chodren Dawa's first play, she describes an alternate future where China is not as fortunate as it was. In several wars over opium and rebellions over everything the emperor does, China grows steadily weaker and more divided before having the monarchy overthrown and a period of total warlordism break out. As the period of warlordism ends, a period of ideological warfare breaks out(supported by the Japanese, who invade and establish various puppets). Ultimately, China winds up under a group of dictatorial rulers who must be defeated by the government-in-exile of China's brief period of democracy. After the return of peace and liberty to the country, it is unified, strong, and happy at last.

4. The Asian Manifesto
Chodren Dawa here outlines her plans for the creation of a libertarian Asian Union, dominated by China. Though initially weak, this Asian Union would grow stronger and stronger as time passed, eventually uniting Asia under one banner once and for all.




Jean-Louis Bouclier

1. The Impure Blood
The first play based on the Righteous Cause, Bouclier's work is a pro-Guyanese and anti-Brazilian propaganda piece in which Eichemann dies in Südamerika and is replaced by violent revolutionary Maxmilien Bouclier, who united the world by force and exterminated his opposition to bring about utopia.




Karl Jung / Rong Kai-er

1. The Autumn of Empires (book)
The fictional realm of Ojczyzna, once a great empire, has been divided between the nations of Westens, Südens, and Dong, which has left the people demoralized and abused. Farmer Alojzy Swidzinski takes up the cause of his country and leads a campaign to liberate his homeland from foreign rule. Alojzy is initially successful, and named King of Ojczyzna as reward, but is murdered and replaced by a turncoat who returns foreign rule to the country.




Li Xiagong

1. The Final Solution
In the most hated book ever written, Li Xiagong calls for the total extermination of 'Japonic races', declaring them to be inferior to 'Sinic' races. He also calls for the Chinese Empire to grow significantly, to the point where it spans the entire Orient.




Tamerlan Jaharnaev
1. The Autumn of Empires (play)
Based on Karl Jung's book, this play adaptation replaced Dong with Vostok(an anti-Russian move, which in unsurprising given that Jaharnaev was Caucasian). The ending is also modified: Alojzy's brother Wladyslaw finally finishes his brother's dream and guarantees Ojczyzna's independence.




Ardghal O'Berach

1. Fruit of Freedom
The author outlines his idea of a united, independent Ireland, free from British rule and run by a secular High King and Catholic clergy. O'Berach also outlined plans to promote Irish culture and to 'cleanse' the island of English influence. However, he warns, the book is for Ireland only, and is not for foreign use.

2. Ireland and the World
Furious at global support for Britain, O'Berach returns to criticize the world standing by as the British exploited Ireland. He also proposed that an independent Ireland should colonize Africa or the Caribbean. He also advocates ethnic nationalism globally.




Mao Peng-hui

1. Entrance to Heaven
A Chinese family moves to the imperial colony in Chinese East Africa to seek a better life for themselves and to 'civilize the continent'. When stranded, a group of kind but backward Africans and heroic Chinese soldiers help them to Tianshang. The book was released to promote colonization of Africa by East and West alike, portraying Africans as savages in need of civilizing by foreign powers.




Phillip Engel

1. The Fates of Men
The play version of the Righteous Cause endorsed by Georg von Licht himself. The Fates of Men stole bits and pieces of the other plays about the story to create something of an anthology, containing something from every one.




Antero de Quental

1. Slaughter of the Moors
Ibrahim Muladi, a wealthy Moor, rebels against the oppressive Prince João of Algarve. Establishing a small Moorish emirate, they briefly experience independence before the Portuguese reclaim the land and slaughter the Moors en masse, leaving Algarve a barren wasteland.

2. Twilight of the Peace
After criticizing the Portuguese monarchy and being driven out of the country, João Llano travels the world searching for a place to start anew. Llano's unfortunate association with the dimwitted Antero results in them being driven from Guyane, Italy, and the Confederacy. Ultimately, Llano drowns Antero and returns to Portugal- where he is pardoned on the morning of his execution.




Haruna Hachisuka

1. The Eternal Soldiers
A six-part series focusing on the rebellion led by Riku Sukaiuoka against the Dark Shogun, once Riku's father Anakin. Riku briefly falls in love with her long-lost sister Kiki, but the relationship doesn't last.

2. The Story of Haruka Kamakura
An adapted form of the Chinese fable of Hua Mulan, this story follows Haruka Kamakura in her adventure to find honor and justice through the Imperial Restoration of 1331 and the later Kyoto Rebellion of 1340.

3. Freedom in the Stars
In the year 2009, British bureaucrat William MacAlister must face the Confederate States of America, led by President Lewis Wright and General Robert Jenkins, to reveal the fact that it has revived its slaving practices, banned by the CSA in 1891, and taken them into space. The Confederacy, in the process, makes several other incriminating errors. Ultimately, the rest of the world forcefully balkanizes the Confederacy, dividing it into several small puppet states.




August Breckenridge

1. The Battlestar
After the United States of Kobol are destroyed by the evil robotic Cylons, who view humanity as inherently cruel and evil, the surving humans- led by President Rosalyn Laurent and Captain Frederick Adamson- must face against the Cylons and their allies, largely represented by Cylon Model Six and Dr. Hadrian Callis, as they attempt to find the long-lost thirteenth state of Earth.




Jeffery Date

1. Seigi no Gen'in
Japanese operatic adaptation of The Righteous Cause.

2. Dai Nippon Teikoku
Sengoku Games play for 1837, it illustrates numerous points in Japanese history, and highlights the mantle of Meiji's glorious reign.

3. The Sunrise of Nations
A play to illustrate the unity of nations, involves numerous national anthems and representation of world leaders as of 1837.

4. Aux Armes Citroyens
An opera about the French Revolution and the cause of the Jacobins and later, Napoleon Bonaparte.




Hirosuke Satsuma

1. Kamikōgō
First publication that started the Sanguinist Movement in Japan. Called Meiji the "daughter of the Lord" and declared her a divine person. Sparked massive religious movement around Meiji in Japan after her death in 1837.




Oleksandr Kostiuk

1. Moya Borotʹba
"My Struggle", a book that highlights the plans of Kostiuk against the Crimeans, whom he blames for most of the world's problems. Considered Nazi propaganda and banned in most nations who forbid Nazi imagery and symbolism.




Grigory Petrovsky

1. Petrovsky's Testament
Grigory Petrovsky, sensing his coming death wrote his ideas on how the Soviet government should change into a more democratic state. It criticized current Soviet leaders and heavily suggested removing Pavlenko from power, as Petrovsky viewed Pavlenko's reforms to both the soviet system and to the government as totalitarian. Petrovsky died a few years later and the book was both published and distributed throughout the USSR by Ivan Kasparov.




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AD 1951
The British play version of the Righteous Cause, based off of the Impure Blood, but lacking any joy to its ending. The main notable difference is the addition of weapons known as 'sun bombs'(nuclear weaponry).

The Deserter
Written in Italy in the early 1800s, this novel follows Adalfredo Capaccio, an Italian soldier during a war against the Ottomans. Deserting in Bosnia, he flees towards Italy to see his home and family- but is executed outside of Zagreb after being found and captured.
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"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in; I needed clothes and you clothed me; I was sick and you looked after me; I was in prison and you came to visit me... Truly, whatever you did for one of the least of my brothers and sisters, you did for me."
- the Gospel of Matthew, 25:35-40

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Postby Ruridova » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:17 am

I see, Uni, that your IC-retaliation-for-OoC-events-cannon has changed targets. While I'm glad you've finally stopped pointing it at Vak, I would appreciate it if it was not pointed at me.
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"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in; I needed clothes and you clothed me; I was sick and you looked after me; I was in prison and you came to visit me... Truly, whatever you did for one of the least of my brothers and sisters, you did for me."
- the Gospel of Matthew, 25:35-40

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Postby Unicario » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:22 am

Ruridova wrote:I see, Uni, that your IC-retaliation-for-OoC-events-cannon has changed targets. While I'm glad you've finally stopped pointing it at Vak, I would appreciate it if it was not pointed at me.


When you assume things, you make an ass out of yourself. I also would appreciate it if you expressed your problems in TG instead of airing it in the OOC as a form of pressure, because all it does is just make you look immature. If you had just left it in TG, I would've been much nicer about the whole situation, but you seem to have this idea that by whining loudly in the OOC, it's going to make anything different.
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Postby Ruridova » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:25 am

Unicario wrote:
Ruridova wrote:I see, Uni, that your IC-retaliation-for-OoC-events-cannon has changed targets. While I'm glad you've finally stopped pointing it at Vak, I would appreciate it if it was not pointed at me.


When you assume things, you make an ass out of yourself. I also would appreciate it if you expressed your problems in TG instead of airing it in the OOC as a form of pressure, because all it does is just make you look immature.

Maybe you're right, but I'm not huge on just sitting back and not acting on things that seem to be a pretty obvious "fuck you" with no IC explanation.
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"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in; I needed clothes and you clothed me; I was sick and you looked after me; I was in prison and you came to visit me... Truly, whatever you did for one of the least of my brothers and sisters, you did for me."
- the Gospel of Matthew, 25:35-40

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Postby Unicario » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:28 am

Ruridova wrote:
Unicario wrote:
When you assume things, you make an ass out of yourself. I also would appreciate it if you expressed your problems in TG instead of airing it in the OOC as a form of pressure, because all it does is just make you look immature.

Maybe you're right, but I'm not huge on just sitting back and not acting on things that seem to be a pretty obvious "fuck you" with no IC explanation.


Maybe if you had just left it as a telegram, I would've just been like "okay, good point" and changed it. I changed it anyway, still doesn't change that you're acting like a child.
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Postby Ruridova » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:29 am

Unicario wrote:
Ruridova wrote:Maybe you're right, but I'm not huge on just sitting back and not acting on things that seem to be a pretty obvious "fuck you" with no IC explanation.


Maybe if you had just left it as a telegram, I would've just been like "okay, good point" and changed it. I changed it anyway, still doesn't change that you're acting like a child.

In the interest of preventing another rift in the thread, I'm not going to continue arguing with you about this, and try to bury the hatchet. Is that okay?
Республіка Рюрідова - Королівство Вілкія
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in; I needed clothes and you clothed me; I was sick and you looked after me; I was in prison and you came to visit me... Truly, whatever you did for one of the least of my brothers and sisters, you did for me."
- the Gospel of Matthew, 25:35-40

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Postby Unicario » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:31 am

Ruridova wrote:
Unicario wrote:
Maybe if you had just left it as a telegram, I would've just been like "okay, good point" and changed it. I changed it anyway, still doesn't change that you're acting like a child.

In the interest of preventing another rift in the thread, I'm not going to continue arguing with you about this, and try to bury the hatchet. Is that okay?


That's fine.
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Postby Luziyca » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:37 am

Good, because I'm running out natural disasters to wreak havoc to both your nations. :P

Though to be honest, I only got Mt. Kenya erupting so I could make it be like Mount Fuji in appearance, but taller (since it seemed to have once looked like it, but worn away due to erosion), and I felt that just handwaving and say "ooh, Mt. Kenya, highest clay in Africa" would piss off a good chunk of the playerbase.
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