Potentially. I do have quite a few to spare.
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by United commonwealth of ayrshire » Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:41 am
by United commonwealth of ayrshire » Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:55 am
The Emerald Dragon wrote:The UORS needs weapons too....
by The Emerald Dragon » Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:03 am
by United commonwealth of ayrshire » Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:05 am
by Rephesus » Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:42 pm
Bujahla wrote:Does anyone want to be the USA? I'm finding it hard to find inspiration and time to post with a job and summer work and the other RP's and all.
by Bujahla » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:35 am
Bujahla wrote:Does anyone want to be the USA? I'm finding it hard to find inspiration and time to post with a job and summer work and the other RP's and all.
*Huzzah he lives!*
by Imperium Nova » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:47 am
by Bujahla » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:39 am
*Huzzah he lives!*
by Novacom » Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:44 pm
Bujahla wrote:Imperium Nova wrote:I hope it involves sending all of US gold treasury to the Nordic Realm.
No.
First post is up. It talks about the relations of Japan to the USA as a SAZ. That covers the first two weeks of January. Now I have great plans for this :3. Lets kick up the activity guys because there is a new Reagan Doctrine in town.
EDIT: JK, I didn't realize each page was 3 months now. Woohoo! Time to make that post longer for all of January. But first I should do some work then that.
by The Vaktovian Empire » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:09 pm
NS Name: The Vaktovian Empire
Nation Name: United Dutch Republic of the Netherlands, Informal includes; The Netherlands, and when speaking "The Dutch"
Head of State: President Abraham Klerck
Head of Government: Viceroy of the Commonwealth Cobus Mastun
Flag:
Claims: Netherlands (All small islands in Caribbean and Pacific), Belgium, Suriname, Belgian Congo,
Capital City: Amsterdam
Government Form: Democratic Republic with Vice-royalty for the Dutch Commonwealth. In essence, the Dutch Republic of the (United) Netherlands is actually the Dutch Republic of the Netherlands. It is considered the United Netherlands because Belgian and Dutch people are of two different entities. The Head of Government is a Viceroy because he is the head of Dutch Parliament. It is made up of 22 Provinces of both the Belgian and Dutch former Provinces which includes the Kingdom of Luxembourg now the Province of Luxembourg. The Viceroy controls both the Royal parties of Belgium and Holland under the Viceroyalty's House of Nederland. It is composed of the former Heads-of-State of both countries, as they combined in 1948.
Ideology: Social Democracy
Foreign Policy: The Netherlands is a Western Power. It and its popular ideology of Social Democracy (Used by most West European and Northern governments in the later half of the 20th century, the Netherlands is a force to be reckoned with. Gaining considerable economic advantage of still possessing its colonies in the the Congo and Suriname, the now combined Dutch state is bolder than ever. A truly economic power, the Dutch have a fine and well tarnished Naval force as well as a smaller, but still largely powerful regulated military. The current military is compared to the power of France's in the mid to late 50's and early 60's. Now, that would make them less powerful than 1981 France, but the Dutch still rely heavily on a conditioned military to keep them ready in case an event were to occur on the West-East German border.
The Dutch rely on closer relatives than far-off powers like America, but still do rely on the U.S, as it is a member of NATO (If NATO is still in context here). The Dutch largely have most of their military successes on their own. Not suffering a conflict since World War Two, the Dutch have been able to largely account for the needs of their former underdeveloped country, and now bolster a military well presented to showcase just what a power they are now in Europe.
They maintain fair and very impressive relations with both France and West Germany as major allies, and are utterly ready to defend Western Europe against a growing Communist threat.
Domestic Policy: Domestically, the Dutch maintain both a stable homeland, and a ever-improving Commonwealth. The Dutch Commonwealth, as is coined the colonies of both the Dutch Congo (Formerly Belgian Congo) and Suriname are well maintained and are shed adequate time, resources, and law enforcement on. A growing economy, in the form of both a growing private and public sector, and education are heavily focused on, as well as welfare, and transportation. Likewise, borders are opened between nations and no passport is required to roam freely between Commonwealth Nations and the Dutch Homeland (However a citizenship document from your home country is required). The Dutch pay close attention to activities both in the homeland and colonies. They maintain a signifigant Anti-Terror Unit in both colonies and the homeland, and focus on security versus foreign sources in the African colonies, mainly on fighting insurgents and militias from neighboring countries and enclaves.
Civil Freedoms /10: 7
Political Freedoms /10: 8
Economic Freedoms /10: 8
Military Size: 32,000 Active Troops (Dutch Armed Forces), 18,000 Reserve, 45,000 Troops divided at any amount between Congo and Suriname (Dutch Foreign Army), 10,000 Reserve Troops, 10,000 Troops (Homeland Defense Army)
Military Description: The military, as already stated is quite upgraded. It sports 3 Carriers, one of which was sold to it by the British, formerly the HMS Nairana, and two others produced as a joint project between Belgium and Dutch shortly after they merged into the Dutch Republic of the Netherlands. The Dutch military consists of the Dutch Armed Forces, or DAF, the main military branch which sports an Air Force, Navy, and Army, and the Dutch Foreign Army, which includes the Foreign Air Force, of which the Navy of the DAF works with. The two Air Forces are seperate. The Homeland Defense Army, or HDA is solely a Ground Unit which only bolsters Armored, Mechanized, and Infantry Branches, as well as a Presidential Guard Branch called the Kommando Unit of Integrity or KUI. The branches of the DAF are shown below:
-Dutch Republic Army (DRA)
-Republican Netherland Navy (RNN-Ships go by callsign RNS or Republican Netherlands Ship)
-National Dutch Air Force (NDAF)
-Republican Special Forces (RSF-the Dutch equivalent to the U.S Marine Corps)
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Additionally, the Dutch operate a Navy SEAL esque unit called the Maritime Special Operations Force or MARSOF. They are similar to the SEALs in that they can deploy anywhere from the Water, to the Ground, to the Sea, only they are not as elite or deadly as a SEAL would be considered. However, they are still quite deadly in force, and are specialized in all types of combat. Only the most elite of the regular Dutch Military are considered available for recruitment.
In addition, most Dutch equipment is military made, and has been integrated as a formal part of the military itself. The Dutch at home boast quality over quantity, but in places like the Congo, prefer quantity over quality in order to deal with smaller, less elite, and more unreasonable, and unethical enemies. As such, the best tech is kept in the homeland, and made available to the troops that need it the most; the troops in Europe. In Suriname, a mixture of both strategies occurs, and in the Congo, as said, the technology is mostly outdated.
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The Dutch military functions in a way that is simple to control. The High Command of the Dutch Military or HIGHCOM report directly to the President, and function on his cabinet through the use of the Joint Chief Commander, or JCC, and the Defense Secretary. Both of these men report directly to the President, as well as the Viceroy in order to make both leaders do their jobs the most efficient way. Since the Viceroy is the leader of Parliament as well, or some could say the Speaker of Parliament, he is a member but does no representing, instead being the speaker for the party of the President, promoting his wishes, without officially representing any territory in the 22 territories of the Dutch Republic. As such, both men have signifigant control of national affairs, and both need top experts from the military to provide them the most adequate and best information. Both the JCC and Defense Secretary make up the Cabinet.
Strengths and Weaknesses: The military prides itself with a great and strong Foreign Branch. Although outdated, they are able to suppress most African insurgents from entering territorial grounds, and in Suriname protect against Drug Cartels and South American Warlords to both the South, East and West neighboring countries. As such, the Foreign Branch is great at quickly suppressing threats. Their weaknesses include not having their own Navy, of which they require the RNN to back them up with missions, and not usually having the support of the main military, the DAF. They also lack sufficient new, 1980's and 70's equipment in terms of vehicles and support technology.
Another strength of the Dutch is their Navy. Although small, they have 3 Carriers and a Battleship, an irregular thing in the modern day of 1981. The Carriers are used for both Foreign and Homeland roles, with one dedicated to the Central Atlantic (Where it normally serves routine voyages from Africa and Suriname alike, but mostly serves off the coast of the Congo) The Battleship stays in the Dutch Homeland Waters, and is sent out on foreign expeditions to both colonies and enemy territory for the only major role it can account for in this modern day and age of carriers and fighters and such; coastal shelling, and invasion support. Although outdated with 60's and 70's interior layouts, the Battleship is upgraded in the way that it has adequate targeting and radar systems for a dinosaur upgraded to a new era, and its maximum speed is 29 knots. It is sufficient, and is expected to remain in Dutch service well into the year 2000. The drawbacks to the Navy are that while it has large ships like its Carriers and Battleship, it lacks in a large quantity of hundreds of smaller ships like the U.S Navy had back in WWII. The Navy still employs an averaged 60-70 ships but these are also split into fleets like that of the Home Fleet, Suriname Fleet, Congo Fleet, and a basic Atlantic Fleet which is stationed there when it needs to be to support either Suriname or Congo Fleets, as well as a North Sea Fleet still being built up.
The drawback to the Dutch Air Force in both the Foreign and DAF variant is that they prefer Quantity over quantity in most cases. They are upgraded fighters, but still aren't 80's style fighters, mostly 60's European and American designs, mass-produced by 3rd party factories but with premium, high-end parts which are bought and allowed to be edited as approved by Parliament, or the President, or Military. They may not be up-to-date in terms of quality but the way they are produced and maintained is highly efficient.
The Special Forces of both the RSF, KUI of the President, and MARSOF have few flaws, although MARSOF is the most elite and deadly whereas KUI mostly reemploys former MARSOF members to protect the President after they've been toured several times in active duty, and the RSF is basically the large-scale Special Forces Unit like that of the Marines or basic Army Commando Units of the U.S, compared to MARSOF which would be the Navy SEALs.
[b]Law Enforcement: Law-enforcement is domestic in that local police forces deal with all regular Law-Enforcement procedures, and that these police units also employ their own Anti-Terrorist Units, and Riot and SWAT Units (In the Netherlands, called Speciale Tactial Unit or STU's). The Government however maintains forces inside the MARSOF under the name of NAU or National Anti-terrorist Unit to deal with National-level terrorist events that occur in much more extreme and dangerous circumstances in the case of plane hijackings and etcetera in comparison to say a car-bombing of which STU's in the specific city or town would deal with the problem. In the Foreign Colonies however, the Koloniale Politie Office of KPO handles Policing duties colony-wide to insure corruption and security are to a minimum and for the latter, a maximum.
Intelligence agencies(Domestic and Foreign): The Foreign Intelligence Agency or FIA is the Dutch equivalent to say the FBI, and NSA combined. Dealing in both collective Intelligence, and high-end intelligence collected on targets in overseas colonies, and maintaining a cyberwarfare branch, a field branch, and a combat branch, the FIA is its own law-enforcement and Intelligence Agency at the same time. They deal with low-level incidents such as the FBI would, but run like a fully-functional combination of the FBI, and NSA in Foreign Overseas colonies. The National Bureau of Internal Affairs acts as both the superior to FIA in missions overseas in colonies and times it deems necessary, a Foreign Country Agency which operates such as the KGB or CIA would comparable to the USA and USSR, and also is the domestic agency for the Dutch Homeland itself, operating like a FBI-NSA combination there. They basically work on all cases both Foreign, Colonial, and Domestic. They are like the CIA in that they are the best in what they do and leave little to no trace. They maintain cyberwarfare branches, overseas foreign undercover units, colonial undercover units, domestic undercover units, special intelligence operations like that of Blacksight Compounds the U.S maintained, and anything else thinkable. They maintain the security and prosperity of Democracy in the Netherlands and that is their motto in print.
Description of Your Nation's Economy: The GDP is 1,125,000,000,000. The Dutch maintain as mentioned, a flowing private and public sector growing in all territories, not just in the homeland. The economy's top export in the Homeland is Machinery and Equipment, as well as fuels. They maintain a large quantity of fuels both formerly bought and acquired from offshore North Sea oil drilling. These fuels are worth much money, and are why they are the main exports. Machinery is also quick, easy, and affordable to be mass-produced as the Dutch maintain somewhat of what they describe is a "Technocratic Manufacturer's Market". It is quick to produce many things in the Netherlands, and with enough cooperation, things like Carriers, are surprisingly affordable to make. In essence, with a stable growing GDP of over 1 Trillion dollars, the Dutch are very well put, and standing tall in Western Europe. They may not be the biggest or strongest, but their military condition, domestic policy, and law and intelligence divisions are in good standing, rating, and efficiency, and with only small upgrades, they still have lots of money to improve both their sphere of influence and their position in Western Europe in the future.
Description of Your Nation's Government: The President is the Executive Branch. He along with his cabinet, called the Presidential National Cabinet or PNC consist of major Secretaries from major departments. These men and women are titled as for example "Defense Secretary" instead of the popularly used "Secretary of Defense" for another example. The Executive Branch works in a simple checks and balances system in the way that if Parliament passes a bill, but the President vetoes it, they can pass it with a 2/3 majority or scrap it and write a new bill.
The Viceroy of the Commonwealth, usually shortened to just "Viceroy" serves as both the official leader and representative to Parliament for the Congo and Suriname, as well as a Speaker on behalf of the President in Parliament, but has not official representation of any province there. The best thing colonies get to representation is the Viceroy speaks on behalf of them at Parliament meetings. He however does not get to vote on anything and therefore does not fully represent them. He is part of both the Executive Branch (As a Cabinet member) and the Legislative Branch (As a non-voting representative and Speaker of Parliament). The viceroy is appointed by the President as part of the cabinet when the President is elected, and may be chosen to stay whether the President is reelected or not. The Viceroy listens to the wishes of the people threw the Governors of the separate colonies. The Viceroy also is in charge of maintaining the former monarchs and their lasting dynasties of both former independent states as part of the Viceroyalty's House of Nederland, a ceremonial Monarch House in which both the Belgian and Dutch monarchy and their offspring have taken to combining in lineage to last their dynasties, but agreed to the 1947 Charter of Ceremonial Ability, which states that the Monarchs hold no power in government.
The Court of National Judges or CNJ is the Supreme Court equivalent in the Netherlands. They rule on any laws brought to them that seem unconstitutional, and according to both constitutional and civil rights, can vote that the bill, even if already approved, be negated and sent back to the Parliament to rewrite and restructure.
In turn, Parliament directly votes for the majority that their province voted for in elections, meaning they basically have to vote for that candidate. People can only vote in their own province, so even if vacationing is taking place, if they vote for a candidate in another province, the ballot still gets sent to and recorded with their own province's ballots.
The President is elected every 2 years, to ensure that a steady Presidency remains. However, they can be elected a maximum of 10 consecutive terms, meaning a 10-year tenure as President is maximum. They can then wait 2 years, and again run. This is to ensure a true balance of power is enabled and the people truly are allowed a break from a seasoned to a new leader.
The main parties of the Parliament of the Netherlands include the Social Conservatives (Who wish to keep the government majorly the same with the same ideology, same plans, and same policies), and the Social Democrats (Who wish to keep Social Democracy the ideology but want to make Democracy a more implicating factor with Liberty and Justice bigger emphasis). The Social Conservatives maintain 14 out of 22 seats in Parliament. The Social Democrats maintain 8 seats in Parliament. Even if a Province votes for the Social Conservative Candidate for President, but that Province's elected Parliamentary official is a Democrat, they still have to cast their vote for that candidate. In essence, Parliamentary candidates of different parties get their real power and decision making in the form of creating bills among other things Parliament is entitled to doing.
Candidates are normally, and almost always former Parliamentary Representatives. When one for each party runs, the one that is elected is replaced by a new representative, one elected by the Province. Parliamentary elections occur each 8 years, and this is how seats switch places over time.
History of your Nation: In 1947, shortly following WWII, both the stricken nations of Belgium and the Netherlands were at odds not in their favor. Even with immense support from Europe and America, they did not seem to have a chance at much success in the future. Until the Party for a Cooperative Netherland State or PCNS became a reality. The Monarchs of both nations agreed to give up their powers in exchange for a more favorable Democratic Republic ruled with a Social Democratic Ideology, concerned on welfare and a growing economic importance. The two united under a 1977 referendum as what was then called the "Dual-Low Country Parliament". The United Republic of the Low Countries was then formed, incorporating both colonies from both nations. Luxembourg was tagged along in a 1948 vote by the people. Thus began the next installment in line:
[ -Additionally, in 1947 the Charter of Ceremonial Ability was made following the integration of both former monarchies into a ceremonial monarch position. Both the King of Belgium and the Queen of the Netherlands later married to further extend their lineage, but the Charter stays true to this day, and the monarchs have never broken it, preferring a more layed back ceremonial position with less duties to behold than Queen Elizabeth. ]
The official name of the country then, was the Dutch Republic of the United Netherlands. That title was then vanquished in 1958, when by popular demand, it was agreed upon that at that point, no one considered themselves Dutch or Belgian, or Luxembourgian, they were all Netherlandic; they were all Dutch, the first to claim the Low Countries as home. As such, the United was taken out and implied because of a now fierce Nationalist Pride and Patriotism effort. Gone were the days of Dutch thinking they were part of the Flemish family of France, Germany, and the Swiss. They now considered themselves their own nationality.
In 1960, was when full military reparations and rebuilding would come to order, and over the next 20 years, the 2 Carriers would be built, and the revamped, refurbished Battleship Java would become the icon of true Dutch Naval Power.
In 1972, a referendum was called to order, to see whether the Congo or Suriname wished to leave, but they denied such an action, in a clause written by then Viceroy Augustus Flaunderhelt after meeting with both Governors of the colonies; "The people of both Suriname, and the Congo have agreed to stay under the protection of the Dutch Homeland. This is in order to preserve the security, economic growth, and unity and pride that has come from being under the rule of such a fair and democratic state, compared to the former harsh temper used by the Monarchies of such establishments."
Again, in 1975 a referendum was called to make sure that both countries were still alright with colonial control. Again, Flaunderhelt, who stayed on as the President was then reelected, came back with a similar response. As both National Unity increased throughout the decades in the Homeland, so did the increased respect, and integrity of the people of both the Congo and Suriname to be appreciable of the government which treated them fairly, and kept suitable law-enforcement, dealt with foreign affairs and international disputes for them, and shielded them from both insurgents, dictatorships, communists, and terrorists.
Population of entire nation: Approximately 24 Million People
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by Bujahla » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:40 pm
Novacom wrote:Bujahla wrote:
No.
First post is up. It talks about the relations of Japan to the USA as a SAZ. That covers the first two weeks of January. Now I have great plans for this :3. Lets kick up the activity guys because there is a new Reagan Doctrine in town.
EDIT: JK, I didn't realize each page was 3 months now. Woohoo! Time to make that post longer for all of January. But first I should do some work then that.
I'll get something up but what pray tell is this Reagan Doctrine?
*Huzzah he lives!*
by Waztaskio » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:17 pm
The Vaktovian Empire wrote:NS Name: The Vaktovian Empire
Nation Name: United Dutch Republic of the Netherlands, Informal includes; The Netherlands, and when speaking "The Dutch"
Head of State: President Abraham Klerck
Head of Government: Viceroy of the Commonwealth Cobus Mastun
Flag:
Claims: Netherlands (All small islands in Caribbean and Pacific), Belgium, Suriname, Belgian Congo,
Capital City: Amsterdam
Government Form: Democratic Republic with Vice-royalty for the Dutch Commonwealth. In essence, the Dutch Republic of the (United) Netherlands is actually the Dutch Republic of the Netherlands. It is considered the United Netherlands because Belgian and Dutch people are of two different entities. The Head of Government is a Viceroy because he is the head of Dutch Parliament. It is made up of 22 Provinces of both the Belgian and Dutch former Provinces which includes the Kingdom of Luxembourg now the Province of Luxembourg. The Viceroy controls both the Royal parties of Belgium and Holland under the Viceroyalty's House of Nederland. It is composed of the former Heads-of-State of both countries, as they combined in 1948.
Ideology: Social Democracy
Foreign Policy: The Netherlands is a Western Power. It and its popular ideology of Social Democracy (Used by most West European and Northern governments in the later half of the 20th century, the Netherlands is a force to be reckoned with. Gaining considerable economic advantage of still possessing its colonies in the the Congo and Suriname, the now combined Dutch state is bolder than ever. A truly economic power, the Dutch have a fine and well tarnished Naval force as well as a smaller, but still largely powerful regulated military. The current military is compared to the power of France's in the mid to late 50's and early 60's. Now, that would make them less powerful than 1981 France, but the Dutch still rely heavily on a conditioned military to keep them ready in case an event were to occur on the West-East German border.
The Dutch rely on closer relatives than far-off powers like America, but still do rely on the U.S, as it is a member of NATO (If NATO is still in context here). The Dutch largely have most of their military successes on their own. Not suffering a conflict since World War Two, the Dutch have been able to largely account for the needs of their former underdeveloped country, and now bolster a military well presented to showcase just what a power they are now in Europe.
They maintain fair and very impressive relations with both France and West Germany as major allies, and are utterly ready to defend Western Europe against a growing Communist threat.
Domestic Policy: Domestically, the Dutch maintain both a stable homeland, and a ever-improving Commonwealth. The Dutch Commonwealth, as is coined the colonies of both the Dutch Congo (Formerly Belgian Congo) and Suriname are well maintained and are shed adequate time, resources, and law enforcement on. A growing economy, in the form of both a growing private and public sector, and education are heavily focused on, as well as welfare, and transportation. Likewise, borders are opened between nations and no passport is required to roam freely between Commonwealth Nations and the Dutch Homeland (However a citizenship document from your home country is required). The Dutch pay close attention to activities both in the homeland and colonies. They maintain a signifigant Anti-Terror Unit in both colonies and the homeland, and focus on security versus foreign sources in the African colonies, mainly on fighting insurgents and militias from neighboring countries and enclaves.
Civil Freedoms /10: 7
Political Freedoms /10: 8
Economic Freedoms /10: 8
Military Size: 32,000 Active Troops (Dutch Armed Forces), 18,000 Reserve, 45,000 Troops divided at any amount between Congo and Suriname (Dutch Foreign Army), 10,000 Reserve Troops, 10,000 Troops (Homeland Defense Army)
Military Description: The military, as already stated is quite upgraded. It sports 3 Carriers, one of which was sold to it by the British, formerly the HMS Nairana, and two others produced as a joint project between Belgium and Dutch shortly after they merged into the Dutch Republic of the Netherlands. The Dutch military consists of the Dutch Armed Forces, or DAF, the main military branch which sports an Air Force, Navy, and Army, and the Dutch Foreign Army, which includes the Foreign Air Force, of which the Navy of the DAF works with. The two Air Forces are seperate. The Homeland Defense Army, or HDA is solely a Ground Unit which only bolsters Armored, Mechanized, and Infantry Branches, as well as a Presidential Guard Branch called the Kommando Unit of Integrity or KUI. The branches of the DAF are shown below:
-Dutch Republic Army (DRA)
-Republican Netherland Navy (RNN-Ships go by callsign RNS or Republican Netherlands Ship)
-National Dutch Air Force (NDAF)
-Republican Special Forces (RSF-the Dutch equivalent to the U.S Marine Corps)
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Additionally, the Dutch operate a Navy SEAL esque unit called the Maritime Special Operations Force or MARSOF. They are similar to the SEALs in that they can deploy anywhere from the Water, to the Ground, to the Sea, only they are not as elite or deadly as a SEAL would be considered. However, they are still quite deadly in force, and are specialized in all types of combat. Only the most elite of the regular Dutch Military are considered available for recruitment.
In addition, most Dutch equipment is military made, and has been integrated as a formal part of the military itself. The Dutch at home boast quality over quantity, but in places like the Congo, prefer quantity over quality in order to deal with smaller, less elite, and more unreasonable, and unethical enemies. As such, the best tech is kept in the homeland, and made available to the troops that need it the most; the troops in Europe. In Suriname, a mixture of both strategies occurs, and in the Congo, as said, the technology is mostly outdated.
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The Dutch military functions in a way that is simple to control. The High Command of the Dutch Military or HIGHCOM report directly to the President, and function on his cabinet through the use of the Joint Chief Commander, or JCC, and the Defense Secretary. Both of these men report directly to the President, as well as the Viceroy in order to make both leaders do their jobs the most efficient way. Since the Viceroy is the leader of Parliament as well, or some could say the Speaker of Parliament, he is a member but does no representing, instead being the speaker for the party of the President, promoting his wishes, without officially representing any territory in the 22 territories of the Dutch Republic. As such, both men have signifigant control of national affairs, and both need top experts from the military to provide them the most adequate and best information. Both the JCC and Defense Secretary make up the Cabinet.
Strengths and Weaknesses: The military prides itself with a great and strong Foreign Branch. Although outdated, they are able to suppress most African insurgents from entering territorial grounds, and in Suriname protect against Drug Cartels and South American Warlords to both the South, East and West neighboring countries. As such, the Foreign Branch is great at quickly suppressing threats. Their weaknesses include not having their own Navy, of which they require the RNN to back them up with missions, and not usually having the support of the main military, the DAF. They also lack sufficient new, 1980's and 70's equipment in terms of vehicles and support technology.
Another strength of the Dutch is their Navy. Although small, they have 3 Carriers and a Battleship, an irregular thing in the modern day of 1981. The Carriers are used for both Foreign and Homeland roles, with one dedicated to the Central Atlantic (Where it normally serves routine voyages from Africa and Suriname alike, but mostly serves off the coast of the Congo) The Battleship stays in the Dutch Homeland Waters, and is sent out on foreign expeditions to both colonies and enemy territory for the only major role it can account for in this modern day and age of carriers and fighters and such; coastal shelling, and invasion support. Although outdated with 60's and 70's interior layouts, the Battleship is upgraded in the way that it has adequate targeting and radar systems for a dinosaur upgraded to a new era, and its maximum speed is 29 knots. It is sufficient, and is expected to remain in Dutch service well into the year 2000. The drawbacks to the Navy are that while it has large ships like its Carriers and Battleship, it lacks in a large quantity of hundreds of smaller ships like the U.S Navy had back in WWII. The Navy still employs an averaged 60-70 ships but these are also split into fleets like that of the Home Fleet, Suriname Fleet, Congo Fleet, and a basic Atlantic Fleet which is stationed there when it needs to be to support either Suriname or Congo Fleets, as well as a North Sea Fleet still being built up.
The drawback to the Dutch Air Force in both the Foreign and DAF variant is that they prefer Quantity over quantity in most cases. They are upgraded fighters, but still aren't 80's style fighters, mostly 60's European and American designs, mass-produced by 3rd party factories but with premium, high-end parts which are bought and allowed to be edited as approved by Parliament, or the President, or Military. They may not be up-to-date in terms of quality but the way they are produced and maintained is highly efficient.
The Special Forces of both the RSF, KUI of the President, and MARSOF have few flaws, although MARSOF is the most elite and deadly whereas KUI mostly reemploys former MARSOF members to protect the President after they've been toured several times in active duty, and the RSF is basically the large-scale Special Forces Unit like that of the Marines or basic Army Commando Units of the U.S, compared to MARSOF which would be the Navy SEALs.
[b]Law Enforcement: Law-enforcement is domestic in that local police forces deal with all regular Law-Enforcement procedures, and that these police units also employ their own Anti-Terrorist Units, and Riot and SWAT Units (In the Netherlands, called Speciale Tactial Unit or STU's). The Government however maintains forces inside the MARSOF under the name of NAU or National Anti-terrorist Unit to deal with National-level terrorist events that occur in much more extreme and dangerous circumstances in the case of plane hijackings and etcetera in comparison to say a car-bombing of which STU's in the specific city or town would deal with the problem. In the Foreign Colonies however, the Koloniale Politie Office of KPO handles Policing duties colony-wide to insure corruption and security are to a minimum and for the latter, a maximum.
Intelligence agencies(Domestic and Foreign): The Foreign Intelligence Agency or FIA is the Dutch equivalent to say the FBI, and NSA combined. Dealing in both collective Intelligence, and high-end intelligence collected on targets in overseas colonies, and maintaining a cyberwarfare branch, a field branch, and a combat branch, the FIA is its own law-enforcement and Intelligence Agency at the same time. They deal with low-level incidents such as the FBI would, but run like a fully-functional combination of the FBI, and NSA in Foreign Overseas colonies. The National Bureau of Internal Affairs acts as both the superior to FIA in missions overseas in colonies and times it deems necessary, a Foreign Country Agency which operates such as the KGB or CIA would comparable to the USA and USSR, and also is the domestic agency for the Dutch Homeland itself, operating like a FBI-NSA combination there. They basically work on all cases both Foreign, Colonial, and Domestic. They are like the CIA in that they are the best in what they do and leave little to no trace. They maintain cyberwarfare branches, overseas foreign undercover units, colonial undercover units, domestic undercover units, special intelligence operations like that of Blacksight Compounds the U.S maintained, and anything else thinkable. They maintain the security and prosperity of Democracy in the Netherlands and that is their motto in print.
Description of Your Nation's Economy: The GDP is 1,125,000,000,000. The Dutch maintain as mentioned, a flowing private and public sector growing in all territories, not just in the homeland. The economy's top export in the Homeland is Machinery and Equipment, as well as fuels. They maintain a large quantity of fuels both formerly bought and acquired from offshore North Sea oil drilling. These fuels are worth much money, and are why they are the main exports. Machinery is also quick, easy, and affordable to be mass-produced as the Dutch maintain somewhat of what they describe is a "Technocratic Manufacturer's Market". It is quick to produce many things in the Netherlands, and with enough cooperation, things like Carriers, are surprisingly affordable to make. In essence, with a stable growing GDP of over 1 Trillion dollars, the Dutch are very well put, and standing tall in Western Europe. They may not be the biggest or strongest, but their military condition, domestic policy, and law and intelligence divisions are in good standing, rating, and efficiency, and with only small upgrades, they still have lots of money to improve both their sphere of influence and their position in Western Europe in the future.
Description of Your Nation's Government: The President is the Executive Branch. He along with his cabinet, called the Presidential National Cabinet or PNC consist of major Secretaries from major departments. These men and women are titled as for example "Defense Secretary" instead of the popularly used "Secretary of Defense" for another example. The Executive Branch works in a simple checks and balances system in the way that if Parliament passes a bill, but the President vetoes it, they can pass it with a 2/3 majority or scrap it and write a new bill.
The Viceroy of the Commonwealth, usually shortened to just "Viceroy" serves as both the official leader and representative to Parliament for the Congo and Suriname, as well as a Speaker on behalf of the President in Parliament, but has not official representation of any province there. The best thing colonies get to representation is the Viceroy speaks on behalf of them at Parliament meetings. He however does not get to vote on anything and therefore does not fully represent them. He is part of both the Executive Branch (As a Cabinet member) and the Legislative Branch (As a non-voting representative and Speaker of Parliament). The viceroy is appointed by the President as part of the cabinet when the President is elected, and may be chosen to stay whether the President is reelected or not. The Viceroy listens to the wishes of the people threw the Governors of the separate colonies. The Viceroy also is in charge of maintaining the former monarchs and their lasting dynasties of both former independent states as part of the Viceroyalty's House of Nederland, a ceremonial Monarch House in which both the Belgian and Dutch monarchy and their offspring have taken to combining in lineage to last their dynasties, but agreed to the 1947 Charter of Ceremonial Ability, which states that the Monarchs hold no power in government.
The Court of National Judges or CNJ is the Supreme Court equivalent in the Netherlands. They rule on any laws brought to them that seem unconstitutional, and according to both constitutional and civil rights, can vote that the bill, even if already approved, be negated and sent back to the Parliament to rewrite and restructure.
In turn, Parliament directly votes for the majority that their province voted for in elections, meaning they basically have to vote for that candidate. People can only vote in their own province, so even if vacationing is taking place, if they vote for a candidate in another province, the ballot still gets sent to and recorded with their own province's ballots.
The President is elected every 2 years, to ensure that a steady Presidency remains. However, they can be elected a maximum of 10 consecutive terms, meaning a 10-year tenure as President is maximum. They can then wait 2 years, and again run. This is to ensure a true balance of power is enabled and the people truly are allowed a break from a seasoned to a new leader.
The main parties of the Parliament of the Netherlands include the Social Conservatives (Who wish to keep the government majorly the same with the same ideology, same plans, and same policies), and the Social Democrats (Who wish to keep Social Democracy the ideology but want to make Democracy a more implicating factor with Liberty and Justice bigger emphasis). The Social Conservatives maintain 14 out of 22 seats in Parliament. The Social Democrats maintain 8 seats in Parliament. Even if a Province votes for the Social Conservative Candidate for President, but that Province's elected Parliamentary official is a Democrat, they still have to cast their vote for that candidate. In essence, Parliamentary candidates of different parties get their real power and decision making in the form of creating bills among other things Parliament is entitled to doing.
Candidates are normally, and almost always former Parliamentary Representatives. When one for each party runs, the one that is elected is replaced by a new representative, one elected by the Province. Parliamentary elections occur each 8 years, and this is how seats switch places over time.
History of your Nation: In 1947, shortly following WWII, both the stricken nations of Belgium and the Netherlands were at odds not in their favor. Even with immense support from Europe and America, they did not seem to have a chance at much success in the future. Until the Party for a Cooperative Netherland State or PCNS became a reality. The Monarchs of both nations agreed to give up their powers in exchange for a more favorable Democratic Republic ruled with a Social Democratic Ideology, concerned on welfare and a growing economic importance. The two united under a 1977 referendum as what was then called the "Dual-Low Country Parliament". The United Republic of the Low Countries was then formed, incorporating both colonies from both nations. Luxembourg was tagged along in a 1948 vote by the people. Thus began the next installment in line:
[ -Additionally, in 1947 the Charter of Ceremonial Ability was made following the integration of both former monarchies into a ceremonial monarch position. Both the King of Belgium and the Queen of the Netherlands later married to further extend their lineage, but the Charter stays true to this day, and the monarchs have never broken it, preferring a more layed back ceremonial position with less duties to behold than Queen Elizabeth. ]
The official name of the country then, was the Dutch Republic of the United Netherlands. That title was then vanquished in 1958, when by popular demand, it was agreed upon that at that point, no one considered themselves Dutch or Belgian, or Luxembourgian, they were all Netherlandic; they were all Dutch, the first to claim the Low Countries as home. As such, the United was taken out and implied because of a now fierce Nationalist Pride and Patriotism effort. Gone were the days of Dutch thinking they were part of the Flemish family of France, Germany, and the Swiss. They now considered themselves their own nationality.
In 1960, was when full military reparations and rebuilding would come to order, and over the next 20 years, the 2 Carriers would be built, and the revamped, refurbished Battleship Java would become the icon of true Dutch Naval Power.
In 1972, a referendum was called to order, to see whether the Congo or Suriname wished to leave, but they denied such an action, in a clause written by then Viceroy Augustus Flaunderhelt after meeting with both Governors of the colonies; "The people of both Suriname, and the Congo have agreed to stay under the protection of the Dutch Homeland. This is in order to preserve the security, economic growth, and unity and pride that has come from being under the rule of such a fair and democratic state, compared to the former harsh temper used by the Monarchies of such establishments."
Again, in 1975 a referendum was called to make sure that both countries were still alright with colonial control. Again, Flaunderhelt, who stayed on as the President was then reelected, came back with a similar response. As both National Unity increased throughout the decades in the Homeland, so did the increased respect, and integrity of the people of both the Congo and Suriname to be appreciable of the government which treated them fairly, and kept suitable law-enforcement, dealt with foreign affairs and international disputes for them, and shielded them from both insurgents, dictatorships, communists, and terrorists.
Population of entire nation: Approximately 24 Million People
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by Waztaskio » Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:36 pm
Bujahla wrote:
That in order to fight communism and other threats the USA must peacefully/diplomatically/last-resort-with-force annex nations to stop communism.
Annexation of Mexico shall be first. Not so much for communism but to end drugs and immigration issues but to also gain us a ledge up on you, but not in the sense that we'd actually go to war with you. Also, are you gonna have that dictator try to take control of Granda?
by Imperium Nova » Sat Jul 26, 2014 2:20 am
Bujahla wrote:
That in order to fight communism and other threats the USA must peacefully/diplomatically/last-resort-with-force annex nations to stop communism.
Annexation of Mexico shall be first. Not so much for communism but to end drugs and immigration issues but to also gain us a ledge up on you, but not in the sense that we'd actually go to war with you. Also, are you gonna have that dictator try to take control of Granda?
by Novacom » Sat Jul 26, 2014 7:31 am
Bujahla wrote:
That in order to fight communism and other threats the USA must peacefully/diplomatically/last-resort-with-force annex nations to stop communism.
Annexation of Mexico shall be first. Not so much for communism but to end drugs and immigration issues but to also gain us a ledge up on you, but not in the sense that we'd actually go to war with you. Also, are you gonna have that dictator try to take control of Granda?
by Bujahla » Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:43 am
Rephesus wrote:I agree with Nova here.
.Novacom wrote:Bujahla wrote:
That in order to fight communism and other threats the USA must peacefully/diplomatically/last-resort-with-force annex nations to stop communism.
Annexation of Mexico shall be first. Not so much for communism but to end drugs and immigration issues but to also gain us a ledge up on you, but not in the sense that we'd actually go to war with you. Also, are you gonna have that dictator try to take control of Granda?
If your talking about Maurice Bishop he was executed as a Soviet Spy, as for Mexico I think you'd likely find we'd co-operate on that in interests of straightening out the border as I always imagined that Mexico ended up devolving into a failed state like Somalia, I imagine I'd likely have made some military forays in to stabilize the border regions but not much more what with being wary of causing trouble.
*Huzzah he lives!*
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