2016 - A Realistic World RP/OCC Many Nations Available

[Pimps Inc]

2016 - A Realistic World RP
Originally created by Hjallaland

2016, a year of great challenges for the world. In the Middle-East conflicts rage on and Daesh remains a thorn in the eye for many out there. To the north Ukraine remains unstable as violence is once again increasing in the east. Europe itself still struggles with its economic crisis and is also haunted by a flood of refugees and growing anti-EU movements. To the far east China has started to expand its influence through the South-China Sea, sending military equipment to the disputed area. Its a dangerous time, a time in which a cold war could return in months or a time in which the world reviews its wrongdoings and tries to fix the mistakes it made. Now however you may influence what path the world is going to take.

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Welcom to 2016 - A Realistic World RP!
As the name suggests, this will be a realistic world RP, meaning that everything at the start is as accurate as we can make it to our own world. From there countries can go in many ways aslong as it is done so within the realistic limits. Our goals? To improve our countries in whatever way we can. We will all play a government of a nation or, if one likes to, a rebel/terrorist organization. Keep in mind though that you will be playing a government, not the general population itself.
You can implement new laws if they suit your governments interests, establishing deals with other governments, participate in one of the many conflicts or you can try to end them through diplomatic means. Now i understand it can be hard find out whether something would be realistic or not but no worries, i won't be too strict on it and you'll be fine aslong as you don't cross major lines.
Please read the rules and suggestions below and sign up!

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Picking a nation:
I cannot stress enough on how important it is to choose the right nation. Sure its easy to pick a nation you know alot about but if i learned one thing from these kind of RP's is that alot of nations can get boring very quickly. Try to pick a nation that has alot to do, a nation with who'm you can go multiple ways but above all a nation that holds your interests. Try to learn something from the nation you play, what its stances are on certain matters and what you'd like to make of it, would it be realistic or not? What challenges would you face and how would other nations react to it all? In general make sure you're up for the task and make sure you've got enough to do with your nation. If you aren't sure what nations are interesting to keep yourself busy, feel free to ask and i'll provide you with many options. Remember that the world is bigger than America, Europe and East Asia.

Post Quality:
I expect a good post quality from everyone, that means no one/two/three liners nor a simple paragraph. At least two decent paragraphs are required for every post. Adding simple details to your posts is an easy way to make sure that you meet the standard and if you're not sure on what to post, just take another look at the issues going on in your nations or the world and add something about it in your post, it can be a plan to resolve an economic crisis or it even could be a simple reply to a certain event that happend somewhere on the other side of the world.

Timescale:
Almost everything will happen faster in the RP than in real life, if only to avoid the troubled reality of having to wait years for things to improve. While we won't make drastic changes in a month, we on't have to wait years either. This is a matter you have to decide on your own a bit to figure out what your nations capabilities are in terms of those matters. I'll keep an eye on it and if i feel it goes too fast or too slow i'll let it know.
In the RP itself we will pass time by simply posting dates at our posts while trying to keep it at around three months per IC page. Make sure you read other people's posts as we will slow down during busy times while we will speed up the time at times nothing really interesting happens.

Historical Accuracy:
I don't think much has to be said here. Everything up till our starting date will remain the same as IRL, or at least as close as we can get it as there remains a gap of a few days.

Waging War & WoMD:
At some point there will likely erupt a war somewhere and since this RP is a realistic one there will be strict rules attached to waging wars. To start, if you want to start a war you are required to have my permission to do so, this only to avoid reckless and unrealistic wars everywhere.
Now lets say you're sure about starting a war, whether with another nation, a civil war or even a coup, you'll either TG me or ask me about it in the OOC. Provide as many details as possible as the more details i have the more tempted i am to agree to it. Think of the way on how you're going to build up to the war, where you'll try to find support, what you explain to the UN, what you're going to do to try to avoid the war at first, how to establish the supplylines, what you do concerning the terrain, the mobilization of troops, the finance ect. So bascily provide me with as many information as possible. If you're not sure about some of the matters don't hesitate to ask, i'm always willing to help you out, even if it concerns a war against my own nation.
Even though starting a war is possible i will remain very strict on the matter and in most cases it'd be better if you choose a nation that is already involved in a conflict instead of trying to start a war with one that is not.
WoMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) are a whole other matter to deal with and just like wars the use of them have to be pre-approved by me. One may threaten with them like with nuclear missiles but one may not use them unless it has my approval. Most WoMD are likely to be allowed in usage, think about Mustard Gas and Nerve Agents for example though keep in mind that it highly depends on the nation, for example Libya would have a greater chance of being allowed to use them duo to the chaos than the US would. The use of Nuclear weapons on the other hand won't be talke as lightly and probably won't be approved by me.

For war, you must follow these four steps: Seek Approval for War (for example, if you're the united states), Prepare & Mobilize Your Forces, Launch Your Forces, Attack
+ You must give the other nation the chance to respond when you launch, or even attack with your forces. For example, a nation would detect a large air, naval, or ground force, and would, promptly, intercept. They may not know exact numbers, and may end up with more or less to defend (and it's appreciated if you use only forces that would, reasonably, be able to heed the call to defend, meaning that if you don't have a military base for miles, it'll take a while, and you still have to mobilize to defend), but the intercepting force will try to defend the nation you wish to attack. That means, you might have to wait, and will have to wage war properly, or use superior stealth technology.
+ In accordance to the first post in the IC, each post must have at least 500 words. Posts will be randomly counted to make sure that you meet this requirement.
+ Use spell check, proper grammar and punctuation, and all of that other stuff that helps you to write well.

Technology:
It is important to understand your nation's technology and the limits that go wtih it. Major powers will start with the most advanced technology and they will most likely hold that position throughout the RP. It is allowed to improve your technology but know that you can't jump ahead on these matters. Now we don't know exactly what inventions will come in the (near) future and so we'll keep ourselves with existing technologies which we can improve aswell as technologies that hold a decent amount of reliability of them coming to us in the futre. If you're not sure whether something is allowed, just ask and i'll let you know if its okay to use it or not.

Events:
From time to time Events or random Events will pop up in a seperate post. It could be anything from a terrorist attack to a species going extinct to an economic or social crisis. Its up to each nation whether to respond on it and how to respond on it and the only ones who are not allowed to ignore it are those nations affected by it. If you have any idea yourself for a random event, whether it concerns your own nation or another don't hesitate to send me a TG and i will see what i can do with it.

NPC Actions:
NPC's will be somewhat semi-active in the RP as we shouldn't ignore all those nations that aren't being played by people. While we won't be hearing from them alot they will undergo changes, end up in conflicts and choose sides in conflicts from time to time. Its important to interact with NPC's yourself aswell as most likely one or more of your allies will end up being an NPC. Now if you want to interact with them you only have to send me a TG with the stuff you want to do with the said NPC nation. I will either reply that the nation agrees to it or that it doesn't agree to it depending on its own interests.
Another apsect of the NPC action revolves around the fact that you play a government and not its entire population. This means that your citzens can change from opinions themselves and that they could even show their discontent with one of your recently accepted policies. More important however, if you're a democratic state, they will elect the ones you're about to RP once elections arrive. Now as for the elections i will keep your wishes in mind but there might be occasions in which i am forced to have the citzens elect a government which you do not desire. It is important to keep this in mind when you're about to play a nation, would you mind having to play a radical right-wing government or a socialist government?
I will always use the major parties in a democracy to start with, then, along with your wishes in mind and the smaller parties i'll look at what the people would want and make an election result on it. Sometimes it might be quick and easy, other times i'll have to get myself up to date with the state of affairs regarding this stuff in your nation.

General Rules:
At least there are ofcourse the general rules which you must obay.
1) Don't Flame or Troll, just don't.
2) Obay the forum rules at all times.
3) Know how to lose. Don't be a dick if something doesn't play out your way.
4) Metagaming, don't do it. It is not allowed to use any knowledge you obtained outside of the IC in the IC itself.
5) Have Fun!

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Application Format:

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[box][b]Nation Name:[/b] (Formal name only)
    [b]Head of State:[/b]
    [b]Head of Government[/b]

    [b]Government Form:[/b]
    [b]Ideology:[/b] (Political)
    [b]Foreign Policy:[/b] (How does your nation see the world? What is its stance or position on issues outside its country?)
    [b]Civil Freedoms /10:[/b]
    [b]Political Freedoms /10:[/b]
    [b]Economic Freedoms /10:[/b]

    [b]Military Size:[/b] (Active/Reserve)
    [b]Military Description:[/b] (Quality of the equipment and soldiers, their experience and your nations main suppliers)
    [b]Organizations:[/b] (If your country Supports certain Political and/or Military Organizations and you want to RP as them aswell, write them down here, Please list it as followed: Name/amount of Members/Main Nation(s) of Operation/Militia or Political)

    [b]Description of Your Nation's Economy:[/b]
    [b]Description of Your Nation's Government:[/b]
    [b]Goals for the Nation:[/b] (State short and long term goals)
    [b]RP Sample:[/b][/box]
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Rebel App Format

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[box]
 Name of your Rebel Group:
 Country that you are rebelling in:
 Base of Operations:
 Number of Followers/Members:
 Why you are rebelling:
 Popular support:
 Quality of Weapons, from 1 to 10:
 Suppliers:
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Accepted nations/militias:
Estados Unidos Mexicanos [Mexico] - Pimps Inc
Republik Indonesia [Indonesia] - Andenisia
Российская Федерация [Russia Federation] - Grande Republic of Arcadia
Baltijas Savienība [Baltic Union] - Archangelskl Oblast
United Kingdom of Great Brittan and Northern Ireland - Scienticia
Қазақстан Республикасы [Republic of Kazakhstan] - Independent Slavic Peoples
Bundesrepublik Deutschland [Germany] - Red Party
الجمهورية العربية السورية [Syrian Arab Republic] - New Republika Srpska
المملكة العربية السعودية [Kingdom of Saudi Arabia] - Russian-America
Україна [Ukraine] - New Los Angelos
United States of America [USA] - Fascist Republic Of Bermuda
Italian Republic [Italy] - Greater Liverpool
Dominion of Canada [Canada] - St Georges Territory
中华人民共和国 [People's Republic of China] - Versail

Reserved nations/militias:
Dalit Front - Arvenia

Reservations only last 24 hours!

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If you have experience with running these kinds of RP's and like to be CO-OP, please let me know!

[All Lukania]

Nation Name: The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Head of State: Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Head of Government: Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg

Government Form: Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Ideology: Social-Democratic Liberal Internationalism
Foreign Policy:

Luxembourg has been a visionary nation in the terms of internationalism, which was perhaps brought on by the nation's own very small size. Luxembourg has strong relations with France, Germany, the Netherlands, especially with Belgium, as well as many other nations throughout Europe and beyond. Luxembourg is very pro-EU, though not in favor of European federalization. Out of the great powers, Luxembourg leans mostly towards the United States, as it sees the USA as a vital partner for Europe as a whole. Luxembourg is a committed member of NATO, the EU, the Benelux Economic Union, the Schengen Group, and works closely with the framework of the UN. If Brussels is often referred to as the Heart of the EU, Luxembourg City must be it's brain, as it is the site of the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Auditors, the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) and other vital EU organs, including even the Secretariat of the European Parliament.

Civil Freedoms /10: 8/10
Political Freedoms /10: 9/10
Economic Freedoms /10: 8/10

Military Size:

I have seen sources range pretty wildly (relatively speaking) so I will go with the World Bank source and say that the total personnel number 1,510. This would consist mostly of professional soldiers, with one or two hundred civilian contractors/support personnel. The Army is made up of two Rifle Companies with reconnaissance training, two highly trained elite reconnaissance platoons (in effect Luxembourg's special forces), one water purification platoon, one Explosive Ordnance Disposal/ Improvised Explosive Device Disposal platoon, and a small CBRN decontamination unit. There is no navy, and the army does not own any artillery or tanks, however they have upwards of 150 military vehicles, including 45 Dingo 2 protected reconnaissance vehicles, numerous military trucks, and even 41 armored Humvees. Luxembourg has no air force, but 17 Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne early warning and control planes under NATO command are registered under the Luxembourg Army, and there is a standing order for one Airbus A400M Atlas. There are two additional non-combatant army companies, one a training company and the other an educational company.

Military Description:

Luxembourg's army is incredibly small, even on a per capita basis. It has no navy or air force and the only planes registered under Luxembourg's Military are under NATO command. Because of this, Luxembourg's army consistently plays a support role, attached to a larger military contingent in it's deployments. Frequently, Luxembourg's army is attached to Belgium's, in peacekeeping deployments. The army is very small, but also very well trained, and with modern equipment to meet the standards of other developed militaries. It is notable that Luxembourg's army is very well designed and prepared for it's self-assigned support role, able to provide desperately needed help to civilians.

Organizations: I will only be directly RPing as Luxembourg. I will note though that Luxembourg is very influential in several EU bodies which I will likely try to take a leading role in.

Description of Your Nation's Economy:

Luxembourg's stable and high-income market economy features moderate growth, low inflation, and a high level of innovation. Luxembourg is the second richest nation in the world per capita, with a nominal GDP per capita of €90,400, but ranks first in average net income. The national GDP is an estimated €53 billion. Luxembourg has one of the highest labor productivity levels in Europe. Luxembourg's economy is greatly helped by it's position central to many wealthy European nations, and very strong infrastructure. The most significant sectors of the Luxembourgian economy are Banking, Industry, Tourism, and Telecommunication/IT.

Banking: Banking is the largest sector in the Luxembourg economy. The country has specialized in the cross-border fund administration business. As Luxembourg's domestic market is relatively small, the country's financial center is predominantly international. Germany accounts for the largest-single grouping of banks, with Scandinavian, Japanese, and major US banks also heavily represented. More than 9,000 holding companies are established in Luxembourg and the total held assets of Luxembourgian banks are worth nearly €800 billion. The European Investment Bank—the financial institution of the European Union—is also located there. Luxembourg has over 140 different banks, employing over 25,000 people.

Industry: Luxembourg has traditionally had a very strong Steel industry, in fact ArcelorMittal, the largest steel producer in the world, is a Luxembourgish company in which the government has a stake. However, Luxembourgish industry has diversified strongly to include other refined minerals, chemicals, rubber, electronics, clothing, machine/vehicle parts, cars, aircraft, construction material and more. Luxembourg primarily exports it's machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass, with exports worth a total of estimated $14.7 billion in 2014.

Tourism: Tourism in Luxembourg is an important component of the national economy, representing about 8.3% of GDP and employing some 25,000 people. Luxembourg welcomes over 900,000 visitors a year who spend an average of 2.5 nights. Business travel is flourishing representing 44% of overnight stays in the country and 60% in the capital. Published by the World Economic Forum in March 2011, the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report puts Luxembourg in 15th place worldwide, up from 23rd place in 2009. Major destinations are historic Luxembourg City, the medieval castle of Vianden, Echternach with its abbey and the wine districts of the Moselle valley. The Mullerthal with its rocky cliffs in the east and the mountainous Oesling district in the Ardennes to the north are also favourites for outdoor enthusiasts. Luxembourg has good road and rail and air connections with the rest of Europe, making it an increasingly popular destination for international meetings as well as for extended weekend stays.

Telecommunications/IT: Government policies promote the development of Luxembourg as an audiovisual and communications center. Radio-Television-Luxembourg is Europe's premier private radio and television broadcaster. The government-backed Luxembourg satellite company "Société européenne des satellites" (SES) was created in 1986 to install and operate a satellite telecommunications system for transmission of television programs throughout Europe. The first SES Astra satellite, the 16-channel RCA 4000 Astra 1A, was launched by the Ariane Rocket in December 1988. SES presently constitutes the world largest satellite services company in terms of revenue. Luxembourg has modern and widely deployed optical fiber and cable networks throughout the country. It ranks 2nd in the world in the development of the Information and Communication Technologies in the ITU ICT Development Index and 8th in the Global Broadband Quality Study 2009 by the University of Oxford and the University of Oviedo. Some 20 data centers are operating in Luxembourg. Six data centers are Tier IV Design certified. In a survey on 9 international data centers carried out in December 2012 and January 2013 and measuring availability (up-time) and performance (delay by which the data from the requested website was received), the top 3 positions were held by Luxembourg data centers.

Description of Your Nation's Government:

The politics of Luxembourg takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Luxembourg is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is under the constitution of 1868, as amended, exercised by the government, by the Grand Duke and the Council of Government (cabinet), which consists of a prime minister and several other ministers. Usually the prime minister is the leader of the political party or coalition of parties having the most seats in parliament. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Legislative power is vested in the Chamber of Deputies, elected directly to five-year terms by open list proportional representation.

Goals for the Nation: Continued enrichment of Luxembourg's government and people, a stable and strong EU, making a difference in international peacekeeping and aid
Why'd you choose this nation?: I honestly don't know
RP Sample: I don't have anything so I'll pre-emptively write up my introduction post like I've seen some others do.

Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Prime Minister's Office, Hôtel de Bourgogne, Luxembourg City
Luxembourg was, undeniably, a small nation. Ranked 168th by area and 170th by population, there was no getting around the fact for Xavier Bettel that his nation was not a large one. Nevertheless, it had achieved marvelous things, the largest steel producer in the world, the highest average income in the world, banking assets worth 16 times the national GDP. Prime Minister Bettel hoped that he could add to that success. He had been spending a large amount of his time in discussion with the cabinet and his coalition partners in government, to decide on an internal plan of action. Today, the first real draft of a set of policy goals sat in front of Bettel.

Economically it was agreed that Luxembourg should seek to strengthen internal investment organizations including some banks, as well as acquiring larger stakes in Luxembourgian companies. Also, there was a proposal to create a Luxembourgian Sovereign Fund not unlike the model of Norway, but that was not a top priority. On the subject of transport, goals were the expansion of the Luxembourg Findel Airport, the promotion of the EuroCap-Rail between Brussels, Luxembourg City, and Strasbourg as well as other Trans-European Transport Network links, and the development of electric tram lines in Luxembourg city. Some concessions were made to The Greens, the government would plan to introduce subsidies for solar panel installation and potentially tax rewards/penalties for companies dependent on their CO2 emissions. Most ambitious of all plans however, was the proposed construction of a nuclear reactor plant in Luxembourg. The nation relied very heavily on energy generated by environmentally damaging sources, especially imported natural gas. Not only would a nuclear reactor help lower Luxembourg's carbon footprint, but it would seriously decrease reliance on natural gas imports, a strategic move considering Russia's chokehold on the resource.

Xavier massaged his temples gently as he read through the list of priorities before him. Achieving even half of this would be a task fit for a superhero, not a Prime Minister. At the very least, external policy was quite vague and open-ended. Continue work within NATO, the EU and the UN, encourage European integration where logical, work towards world peace, and provide aid to those in need. Easier said than done, but it was more open to Bettel's interpretation. His personal top priorities internationally would focus around the refugee crisis, working to prevent the "Brexit", and potentially working towards peace in Syria and the Ukraine.

Prime Minister Bettel leaned back and sighed, this was going to be an interesting term of office.

As I pledged earlier, if it takes too long to fill a more important nation I'll withdraw this and apply for that instead to help things stay active and moving. Also, I'm not interested in being Co-Op because I wouldn't want to show bias, but I would be happy to help make sure things stay within the realms of realism at the very least.

[Prevnina]

EDIT: If possible could you reserve Russia for me? If not, I would like to be New Zealand.

[Jade Confederacy]

Reserve glorious China

[Hastiaka]

Nation Name: Republic of the Philippines | Republika ng Pilipinas
Head of State: President Benigno Simeon Aquino III
Head of Government President Benigno Simeon Aquino III

Government Form: Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Ideology: Liberalism with conservative restrictions. Moralpolitik.
Foreign Policy: The Philippines maintains a western oriented foreign policy on other nations.
Civil Freedoms /10: 7/10
Political Freedoms /10: 8/10
Economic Freedoms /10: 7/10

Military Size: 125,000 Active Forces, 181,000 Reserve Forces.
Military Description: The equipment of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is outdated and in some cases, obsolete. Despite the technological inferiority of the AFP, the military manages to muster an elite and well-trained army that specializes in counter-insurgency, jungle warfare and similar operations.
Organizations: N/A

Description of Your Nation's Economy:
Description of Your Nation's Government:
Goals for the Nation: The securing the upcoming 2016 Elections and stopping China from expanding further will be the short-goal of the nation as a whole. In the long term, the Armed Forces will be funded more and be restructured, Infrastructure will be improved and corruption will be monitored closely by the next administration.
Why'd you choose this nation?: This nation has a promising future.
RP Sample: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=349608

[Andenisia]

What do we have here? A reboot, huh? Count me in.

Nation Name: Republic of Indonesia
Head of State: President Joko Widodo
Head of Government President Joko Widodo

Government Form: Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Ideology: Pancasila
Foreign Policy: The Indonesian foreign policy calls for an active role in international affairs, while avoiding involvement in conflicts among major powers. It takes a major part in world peacekeeping.
Civil Freedoms /10: 7,5
Political Freedoms /10: 8
Economic Freedoms /10: 8

Military Size: 476.000 active, 400.000 reserves
Military Description: The Indonesian armed forces, formed shortly after the country's independence in 1945, is a well-trained voluntary military service. It comprises of the Army, Air Force, and the Navy which includes the Marine Corps. It is equipped with modern late-cold war era weaponry and equipment, and it is undergoing a massive modernization program. It is one of the most efficient militaries in Southeast Asia.
Organizations: N/A

Description of Your Nation's Economy: Indonesia has the largest economy in Southeast Asia and is one of the emerging market economies of the world. The country is also a member of G-20 major economies and classified as a newly industrialised country. It is the sixteenth largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and is the eighth largest in terms of GDP (PPP).

Indonesia still depends on domestic market, and government budget spending and its ownership of state-owned enterprises (the central government owns 141 enterprises) and the administration of prices of a range of basic goods including fuel, rice, and electricity plays a significant role in Indonesia market economy, but since the 1990s, 80 percent of the economy has been controlled by private Indonesians and foreign companies.

In the aftermath of the financial and economic crisis that began in mid-1997 the government took custody of a significant portion of private sector assets through acquisition of nonperforming bank loans and corporate assets through the debt restructuring process and the companies in custody has been sold out by privatization several years later. Since 1999 the economy has recovered and growth has accelerated to over 4–6% in recent years.

Description of Your Nation's Government: The Indonesian government is separated into three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

The president is directly elected for a maximum of two five-year terms, and is the head of state, commander-in-chief of Indonesian armed forces and responsible for domestic governance and policy-making and foreign affairs. The president appoints a cabinet of ministers, who do not have to be elected members of the legislature.

The People's Consultative Assembly (Indonesian: Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat, MPR) is the legislative branch in Indonesia's political system. It is a bicameral parliament, with the People's Representative Assembly as it's upper house and the Regional Representative Assembly as the lower house. It consists of 692 members elected for a five-year term.

The Indonesian Supreme Court (Indonesian: Mahkamah Agung) is the highest level of the judicial branch. Its judges are appointed by the president. The Constitutional Court rules on constitutional and political matters (Indonesian: Mahkamah Konstitusi), while a Judicial Commission (Indonesian: Komisi Yudisial) oversees the judges.

Goals for the Nation: Promote the general welfare in Indonesia, take on an active role in international peacekeeping.
Why'd you choose this nation?: My beloved homeland. Enough said.
RP Sample: Cold War renewed, as the Jayanesian Sultanate.

[New French Republic II]

Reserve France

[Pimps Inc]

Luxembourg and Indonesia accepted
All reservations noted

[Arvenia]

Glorious China?

[Pimps Inc]

Glorious China?

The quote was "Reserve Glorious China."
So I did.

[Prevnina]

Nation Name: The Russian Federation
Head of State: President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Head of Government Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (a.k.a. the Prime Minister) Dmitry Anatolievich Medvedev
Government Form: The Russian Federation is a semi-presidential federal republic.

It is federal because Russia has twenty-two republics within it, as well as the more regular administrative divisions, and these republics are all autonomous to various levels (e.g. Chechnya moreso than Karelia). It is semi-presidential because the president shares powers with the prime minister, his cabinet, various government officials and regional authorities.
Ideology: Conservative/Authoritarian Interventionism
Conservative - In Putin's Russia there has been suppression of feminists (e.g. Pussy Riot), the existence of lgbt communities is denied, the media is censored, etc.
Authoritarian - While Russia is technically a democracy, Putin has been influential since around the Yeltsin administration, either as Prime Minister, President or puppet-master. It is currently ranked 132nd on the Democracy Index, the oligarchs hold a lot of power (though Putin has often gone against them), anti-Putin political parties and groups are often suppressed, etc.
Interventionism - Russia is naturally the supreme power in it's geographical area, and I would say that they are justified in keeping some influence over historically or currently allied nations, so I'm not including it's political manoeuvrings in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus as interventionism. It's activities in the Middle East however is another story.
Foreign Policy: Russia is pretty much contrary to the West on most international issues, usually out of some sort of residual cold-war hostility on either side.

In regards to Islamic terror, Russia is much harsher than the Western Powers, the Russians have not forgotten about the Beslan school massacre, the Moscow hostage crisis, the numerous bombings, the recent downing of the Russian airliner, etc. With regards to the growth of NATO, Russia is fundamentally against it, as NATO in essence is nothing more than an anti-Russian military alliance. It is especially against NATO and it's allies 'interventionism' in areas that were formerly in the Russian sphere of interest, e.g. the Baltic, Balkans, Ukraine, Georgia.

The Russian Federation today is being increasingly isolated by the West, the EU/NATO expands eastwards, the US builds bases in neighboring countries, coups topple pro-Russian governments... But it still has allies especially in old Soviet republics or allies, Belarus, Armenia, Syria, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and others are all Russian allies, and to some extent China, Cuba, Venezuela, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Lebanon and a few others are allied due to circumstances or are semi-aligned.

The people of a few countries are divided, e.g. Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia where many people are ethnically Russian or politically pro-Russian, despite their nation's new western commitments. A number of countries in Eastern Europe and elsewhere also have historic ties to Russia, especially the Serbs, many of whom not only love Russia but hate NATO, despite the Serbian government's increasingly pro-Western stance in recent years.

There are also a few post-Soviet breakaway states, which while unrecognised even by Russia are potentially quite important. Transnistria is the last communist state in Europe, which broke away from Moldova in the early 90s with aid from rogue cossacks and a Russian army. Abkhazia and South Ossetia broke away from Georgia with Russian aid during the war in 1992. Nagorno-Karabakh is an ethnically Armenian breakaway state in Azerbaijan, and since Armenia is a Russian ally, you might as well count these guys as well. The most recent breakaway states are the rebel held people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, which allegedly had Russian aid in their war against the Ukraine (I personally don't believe the Russians invaded, as the Ukrainian chief of staff Viktor Muzhenko said there were no Russian regular troops in the Donbass. They most likely did provide weapons/supplies, and there were a number of Russian volunteers in the rebel ranks). The next breakaway state is quite possibly Gagauzia, but i'll let you research that.

Of the above, Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Donetsk and Lugansk want to be admitted to the Russian Federation, and Nagorno-Karabakh wants to be in Armenia.

The Russian federation's main adversary is the United States/the European Union/NATO, many in Russia sees the western powers as aggressive anti-Russian imperialists.
The actions of the West often mesh well with this stance.
Civil Freedoms /10: 5
Political Freedoms /10: 4
Economic Freedoms /10: 6

Military Size: 771,000 active personnel (all branches), ~2,000,000 reserve personnel (all branches).
Military Description: The Russian army is the fifth largest in the world in terms of active personnel. They also have a system of compulsory service, through which most young men must serve one year in the Russian armed forces. As of 2015, professional soldiers outnumber conscripts in the army for the first time in history, at least according to Sergey Shoygu.

Interestingly, serving in the Russian armed forces is one of the fastest ways through which non-Russians can gain citizenship. People from the nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (more on that later) are eligible for service, and after three years service may gain citizenship.

The equipment used by the Russian armed forces is of varying quality, in some units soldiers might still be using equipment from the 80s or earlier, while in other units troops are using high-tech gear, new weapons, robots, etc.

On average Russian troops are possibly somewhat less well equipped compared to American/NATO combat troops, but the gap is growing smaller and they are probably still ahead of most of the world. Russia has a large arms manufacturing industry, with everything from basic Kalashnikov rifles to GRAD missiles to Sukhoi fighters and naval vessels being built in the various factories and shipyards of the Russian federation.

In terms of experience, the Russian armed forces are quite experienced, thanks to anti-terror operations in the Caucasus, military exercises, the war in Georgia, the air-campaign in Syria, etc.
Organizations: Russia is active in several regional organizations.

The Union State of Russia and Belarus - A political union between the two countries. Abkhazia and South Ossetia have observer status and have expressed interest in joining. In 2006 97% of Transnistrians voted for union in a referendum. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are interested in joining. Moldova and Ukraine had formerly been somewhat interested, but have since both turned towards the EU. In 1999 the Yugoslav parliament voted to join the Union State, in 2007 Serb politician (now president) Tomislav Nikolić said during a speech he wanted Serbia to join the Union, but they haven't.
Collective Security Treaty Organization - Russian version of NATO, which includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, with Armenia and Serbia as observers
Eurasian Economic Union - their answer to the EU, at least economically (the Union State is their political union, right now anyway), which includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
Commonwealth of Independent States - A regional organisation including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and with Turkmenistan and Ukraine as associates
CIS Free Trade Area - A free trade bloc including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (Tajikistan is on the way to membership)

Union State of Russia and Belarus/2 members, several have expressed interest/political union
Collective Security Treaty Organization/6 members states, 2 observers/military organisation (Russian answer to NATO)
Eurasian Economic Union/5 member nations/economic union
Commonwealth of Independent States/9 members, 2 associates/loose association of states
Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area/8 member nations/free trade area

Of these i would like to roleplay as the Union State, Eurasian Union and CSTO. In regards to the CIS/CISFTA I would like to cooperate with any other RPers who take member states.

Description of Your Nation's Economy: The Russian economy has always somewhat underperformed, despite having a large workforce, strong industry and an estimated 30% of the world's natural resources, including oil, natural gases and precious metals. One of the largest industries is the arms manufacturing industry, which i mentioned a little bit in the military section above. In 2013 alone Russian arms exports totaled over fifteen billion US dollars. The oil and gas industry accounts for over 70% of total exports, and 16% of GDP. Mining, agriculture, general industry and various services are also large employers and earners.

Due to sanctions against the Russian Federation in response to their perceived intervention in the Ukraine, the Russian economy is expected to shrink somewhat. Also, due to the opening of Iranian markets and oil production, the price of oil has dropped, which impacts Russia as well as Arabian oil producers.

Unemployment is approximately 5.8%, 11% of people live below the poverty line, inflation is 12.9% and the average salary is about $6,000 USD.
Description of Your Nation's Government: According to the 1993 constitution, the President is not a part of the Government of Russia, which exercises executive power. The members of government are the Prime Minister/Chairman, the deputy prime ministers and various federal ministers. Some of the ministries can be found here.

The Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation is the national legislature, and consists of Upper and Lower Houses, which are the Federation Council and State Duma respectively. The responsibilities of the State Duma include approving the appointment of a Prime Minister, deciding on the issue of confidence in the government, appointing the chairman of the central bank/accounting chamber/commissioner for human rights, impeaching the president or others, etc. The Federation Council's jurisdiction covers changes in borders between subjects of the Russian Federation, approval of presidential decrees, deciding on the deployment of the Armed Forces outside of the Russian Federation, appointment of judges for the higher courts, etc.

Many of the Republics of the Russian federation have their own leaders and parliaments, for example the Chechen Republic is lead by Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, and there is also a local parliament.
Goals for the Nation: Defend Russia's interests in the former Soviet Union. Defeat ISIS and all similar international terrorist organizations. Prevent Western imperialists from taking over the world and establishing some sort of evil globalist government.
Why'd you choose this nation?: Russia has the most potential for cheeki-breeki
RP Sample: I haven't been active in quite a while because of uni, this was my last RP

[New French Republic II]

I'm in a car on my phone so I won't be able to write an app for another six hours. Can I get an extension on my reservation?

[Pimps Inc]

I'm in a car on my phone so I won't be able to write an app for another six hours. Can I get an extension on my reservation?

Granted
And Russia is accepted

[Prevnina]

I'm in a car on my phone so I won't be able to write an app for another six hours. Can I get an extension on my reservation?

Granted
And Russia is accepted

Thanks! About the little puppet states (Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Donetsk, Lugansk), could I possibly roleplay them in addition to Russia?

[Pimps Inc]

Granted
And Russia is accepted

Thanks! About the little puppet states (Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Donetsk, Lugansk), could I possibly roleplay them in addition to Russia?

Usually I'd say no, as each player RPs as their nation's government.
However, these puppet state's leaders have been established by your government, so I will allow it. But don't expect all of them to follow your orders down to the word.

[Prevnina]

Thanks! About the little puppet states (Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Donetsk, Lugansk), could I possibly roleplay them in addition to Russia?

Usually I'd say no, as each player RPs as their nation's government.
However, these puppet state's leaders have been established by your government, so I will allow it. But don't expect all of them to follow your orders down to the word.

Thanks, i'll probably not use them very often if at all, just wanted to make sure now and get it out of the way.

[All Lukania]

I look forward to cooperating with Russia on ISIS, and fighting you in an attempt to create a western-ruled world government.

In all seriousness though, Luxembourg will probably try to follow a foreign policy of reconciliation.

[Archangelskl Oblast]

Reserve Latvia, or maybe Poland?

[Archangelskl Oblast]

Nation Name: Latvijas
Head of State: Prime Minister Eva Galis

Head of Government
Saeima Speaker: Solvita Āboltiņa
Minister of Defense: Raimonds Vējonis
Vice Prime Minister: Arvils Ašeradens

(Minister for Foreign Affairs: Edgars Rinkēvičs
Minister for Economics/Vice Prime Minister: Arvils Ašeradens
Minister for Finance: Dana Reizniece-Ozola
Minister for Defence: Raimonds Bergmanis
Minister for the Interior: Rihards Kozlovskis
Minister for Education and Science: Kārlis Šadurskis
Minister for Culture: Dace Melbārde
Minister for Welfare: Jānis Reirs
Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development: Kaspars Gerhards
Minister for Transport: Uldis Augulis
Minister for Justice: Dzintars Rasnačs
Minister for Health: Guntis Belēvičs
Minister for Agriculture: Jānis Dūklavs)

Government Form: Republic
Ideology: n/a (I'm not sure I understand)
Foreign Policy:

The foreign policy of Latvia

Latvia’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union signaled the achievement of this nation’s goal in terms of institutional memberships. This also affords the country greater freedom of action and opportunities in terms of developing the country’s political and economic landscape along with unprecedented security. Additionally, the country’s foreign policy focuses on several things.

Improving Latvian and Russian Relations

One of the main focuses of Latvian foreign policy is improving its relationship with Russia. It primarily aims to tackle and resolve issues with its next door neighbor. One of the country’s main achievements is signing the border treaty with Russia.

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At the same time, Latvian foreign policy aims to normalize Russian-Latvian relations. They have largely achieved this with a growing number of inter-governmental contacts. Additionally, several bilateral agreements have been signed recently. Even with this, Latvia has not entirely escaped from insecurity when it comes to the country’s relationship with Russia.

Joining the Nordic Electricity Grid

Integration with NATO and EU member states has been one of Latvia’s most important foreign policy goals for the past 20 years. However, integration was not fully achieved in 2004. The country’s separation from the entire European energy infrastructure was the most visible sign of this gap.

Due to this, Latvian foreign policy focused on making considerable improvements in building electricity interconnections between Sweden and Lithuania. At the same time, the foreign ministry has been heavily involved in negotiations with both of these countries to achieve much greater energy independence.

Latvia’s foreign policy has set greater energy independence as an important goal. This is because it has wider implications for the country’s internal and external stability along with relations with neighbors like Russia.

The U.S. and Latvian Alliance

Another important goal found in Latvia’s foreign policy agenda is maintaining a strong relationship with the United States. This is because many diplomats in the country have seen that America’s foreign policy focus has shifted away from Eastern Europe. It also led to worries that there is no counter-force to the increasing influence of a rejuvenated Russia.

Because of this, Latvian foreign policy has reinvented itself by providing important assistance to the U.S. in its continuing struggle against global terrorism. Although the country’s ability to contribute to much broader American policy objectives in Afghanistan was questioned, its contributions since 2009 have steadily increased.

Aside from providing troops in Afghanistan, the country has also become a vital element in NATO’s logistical chain. This important role resulted in much safer, faster and cheaper logistics for forces based in Afghanistan. At the same time, both the Latvian railway structure and the Riga seaport have been put to good use in order to provide valuable supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

The number of trains loaded with equipment and supplies that pass through Latvian territory has steadily increased. This would not be made possible without mutual understanding and cooperation among the Central Asian countries, the United States and Russia.

At the same time, this is a one of a kind win-win combination for further strengthening the country’s alliance with the U.S. while earning a huge profit from cargo transit. Opening a rail route may also have long-term implications that can extend beyond military interests because of its viable commercial potential.

Militarily

Latvia wishes to rapidly increase the number of equipment and military personnel due to rising tensions with Russia and the rest of the world. Latvia is prepared to fund large military growth.

Civil Freedoms 7/10: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Latvia)
Political Freedoms 7/10:
Economic Freedoms 7/10:

Military Size: (As seen below.)
Military Description: (As seen below)

There are 4,763 active duty personnel in the NAF. There are 971 soldiers in the Latvian Land Forces, 552 in the Latvian Naval Forces, 251 in the Latvian Air Force with the balance in the other commands. There are 10,642 voluntary national guardsmen with 1,284 officers and 1,945 non-commissioned officers in the Latvian National Guard. There are 1,288 civil employees serving in the NAF.


Currently, NAF soldiers are deployed on six international peacekeeping missions – in Afghanistan, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia. and Bosnia.

NATIONAL GUARD:(10,642)
HMMWV 166
Same stuff as Land Forces, but.
K53 100 mm Field Gun

AIRFORCE:(251)
Mi-17 NAF Air Force transportation helicopter-4 (For Sale)
Mi-35 super Hind Attack Helicopter-2 (For Sale)

Air Defence Equipment
14 Bofors 40 mm L/70 Radar controlled version, fitted with fire-control radars type 790.
15 RBS-70 updated radar controlled.

NAVY:(552)
Staff and support (Auxiliary)
1 A-53 Virsaitis Vidar-class minelayer
1 A-90 Varonis Buyskes class Hydrographic survey vessel
3 M-04 Imanta Naval visit, Belfast - Tripartite Minehunter
1 M-05 Viesturs Tripartite Minehunter
1 M-06 Tālivaldis Tripartite Minehunter
1 M-07 Visvaldis Tripartite Minehunter
1 M-08 Rūsiņš Tripartite Minehunter
1 P-05 Skrunda Skrunda Patrol boat
1 P-06 Cēsis Skrunda Patrol boat
1 P-07 Viesīte Skrunda Patrol boat
1 P-08 Jelgava Skrunda Patrol boat
1 P-09 Rēzekne Skrunda Patrol boat

COAST GUARD:
1 KA-01 Kristaps KBV Coastal patrol boat
1 KA-06 Gaisma KBV Coastal patrol boat
1 KA-07 Ausma KBV Coastal patrol boat
1 KA-08 Saule KBV Coastal patrol boat
1 KA-09 Klints KBV Coastal patrol boat
1 KA-14 Astra KBV Coastal patrol boat

LAND FORCES(14,962) :
Military vehicles
120 CVR(T)
3 T-55AM2 MBT
120 HMMWV
60 Mercedes-Benz G-Class
120 Bandvagn
45 Volvo C303 (Tgb 11, Tgb 21 variants)
20 Chevrolet M1009 truck.
50+ Husqvarna Motorcycles.

Artillery
53 100 mm Skoda vz
10 120-PM-43 mortar.
12 M/41D 120mm mortar.

Air defence
152 RBS 70 (MANPAD).

Anti-tank weapons and grenade launchers
SPIKE fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile.
AT4 single-shot anti-tank weapon.
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
84 mm man-portable reusable multi-role recoilless rifle anti-tank weapon.
BILL 1 Anti-tank guided weapon.
Heckler & Koch GMG automatic grenade launcher.

Assault rifles and machine guns
Heckler & Koch G36 assault rifle (fitted with a AG36 single-shot 40 mm grenade launcher)
M16 rifle (M16A1 variant) normally used only as ceremonial weapon.
Heckler & Koch MP5 (MP5KA1, MP5A3, MP5SD3 variants) submachine gun.
Heckler & Koch MP7 (MP7A1 variant) submachine gun.
Heckler & Koch UMP (UMP9 variant) submachine gun.
FN Minimi light machine gun.
M2 Browning machine gun (M2HB-QCB variant).
Rheinmetall MG 3 general purpose machine gun.
Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle (nearly 11,000 in storage)

Pistols, shotguns and sniper rifles
Glock pistol (Glock 17, 19, 21 variants) semi-automatic pistol.
Heckler & Koch USP semi-automatic pistol.
SIG P210 semi-automatic pistol.
SIG Sauer P232 semi-automatic pistol.
SIG Sauer P239 semi-automatic pistol.
FR F2 sniper rifle.
Dragunov sniper rifle
Heckler & Koch HK417 'Sniper' Model - 20" accurized barrel.
PGM ecate II heavy sniper rifle.
AMP Technical Services DSR-1 specialized sniper rifle.
Remington 870 shotgun.

Primary Weapon (Rifle): Heckler & Koch G36 assault rifle (fitted with a AG36 single-shot 40 mm grenade launcher)

Secondary Weapon (Pistol or Knife): Austria Glock pistol (Glock 17, 19, 21 variants) semi-automatic pistol.

Standard Machine-Gun: Belgium FN Minimi light machine gun.
United States M2 Browning machine gun (M2HB-QCB variant).
Germany Rheinmetall MG 3 general purpose machine gun

Standard Shotgun: Remington 870 shotgun.

Standard Submachine gun: West Germany Heckler & Koch MP5 (MP5KA1, MP5A3, MP5SD3 variants)

Organizations: (If your country Supports certain Political and/or Military Organizations and you want to RP as them aswell, write them down here, Please list it as followed: Name/amount of Members/Main Nation(s) of Operation/Militia or Political) Military Hierarchy and meritocracy, however is highly socialist.

Description of Your Nation's Economy: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Latvia)


Description of Your Nation's Government: he Government of Latvia is the central government of the Republic of Latvia. The Constitution of Latvia (Satversme) outlines the nation as a parliamentary republic represented by a unicameral parliament (Saeima) and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia, which form the executive branch of the Government of Latvia.
Since the early 2000s cabinet meetings in Latvia have been open to the public. In June 2013, the Latvian government became one of the first in Europe to offer live internet broadcasts of cabinet meetings.

Goals for the Nation: (See 'foreign policy')

Why'd you choose this nation?: I want to create a United Baltic union, and assist the world in anti terror operations with Latvian forces. I also want to grow the navy and air force to be a self defending force against any outside aggression.
RP Sample:

[Pimps Inc]

Accepted
But guys, if anyone else wants to join, I'd strongly urge you to pick one of the G8 or at least G20 economies.

[Archangelskl Oblast]

Accepted
But guys, if anyone else wants to join, I'd strongly urge you to pick one of the G8 or at least G20 economies.

Yea, I wanna try to build up a Baltic Union and become a stronger power political in Europe than just the lowly little three states. however Estonia, because of its finish background is less likely to merger. While Lithuanian may be more up for it.

[Pimps Inc]

I look forward to cooperating with Russia on ISIS, and fighting you in an attempt to create a western-ruled world government.

In all seriousness though, Luxembourg will probably try to follow a foreign policy of reconciliation.

I'll be waiting for those election monitors.
I've plan to turn all Mexico into a moderately well-off society" by 2021 and a fully developed nation in the top 5 economies of the world by 2046, the 200th anniversary of the start of the Mexican-American War.

[New French Republic II]

Nation Name: (Formal name only)
Head of State: Francois Hollande
Head of Government Manuel Valls

Government Form: Unitary semi‑presidential constitutional republic
Ideology: Democracy
Foreign Policy: France currently assist in anti-terrorism campaigns in Mali, and is currently intervening in Syria via airstrikes.
Civil Freedoms /10: 7
Political Freedoms /10: 8
Economic Freedoms /10: 6

Military Size: 300,377/27,680
Military Description: France emphasizes a well-maintained, organized professional fighting force.
Organizations: NATO, EU

Description of Your Nation's Economy: France is one of the largest developed economies.
Description of Your Nation's Government: France is a democracy with various political factions vying for control of the presidency and parliament.
Goals for the Nation: Stabilization of Northern Africa and the Middle East, improvement of economic outlook.
Why'd you choose this nation?: I've RP'd them before and I like their tech.
RP Sample: I was in the previous version of this RP.

[Scienticia]

Are any of the following countries open? The U.K.,Switzerland, North Korea?

[Pimps Inc]

Are any of the following countries open? The U.K.,Switzerland, North Korea?

All open.
I'd like to ugh eat you take up either UK or Switzerland, but it's your choice.