The Great Depression of Aysling [Closed/PT]
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 2:26 am
March 7th 1920- The Fikotashi Stock Market, third largest in the world behind Weisiger and Rome crashes.
April 9th 1922- Food imports from Corn cease. Famine soon follows.
April 14th 1923- Emperor Kotaku announces an economic state of emergency in Dekarta
May 20th 1923- Dekartan government promises to pledge its malnourished, outdated, but large military to whomever agrees to help feed the Dekartan population. (First come first serve)
May 27th 1923- The Dekartan Imperial rebellion is formed within the city of Xia to attempt to combat and overthrow Kotaku's rule. They promise food, shelter, a repaired and more powerful empire.
June 2nd 1923- A communist protest demanding socialist reforms similar to those of Acro is crushed. 47 lay dead in Miro square after the Imperial guard is ordered to hush the protesters. News outlets are forbidden from reporting the incident. And the ideal of Communism is banned nation wide.
The great war was the first war in which all of the world was involved one way or another. As the world recovered and rebuilt, many old rivalries were thrown aside when the people of the east began to starve. And the governments began to fall (most notably the Dekartan Empire who lost Akari and with it, 80% of its farms and 50% of its exports)This jeopardized the whole world. But the war was over, the killing, finished. The final death tole was anywhere from 12-16 million lives lost with Reichsland Losing the most, an estimated 2 million. All was peaceful until the Xinese province of Corn revolted against their imperial rulers in Acro. Food exports to Acro slowed but grew as the rest of the world focused more on Industry, and reconstruction. The commonwealth were surviving on reperations from the eastern alliance while the eastern alliance were unable to pay them as the need for food from Corn grew as did the prices. And one day, all food exports stopped. This caused Dekarta to rush at finding new ways to feed their people. Trading wasnt an option as the food grown in other nations soil was being used to feed the people as they rebuilt. Cultivation the mountainous Dekartan islands was no use. Food grown in the colonies was simply not enough, and the fishing industry had not been prepared for such an event and was struggling to grow, and it had not prospered since the days of the first Asherta war. As the empire threw millions of dollars they didnt have into ways to feed the people that didnt work the economy was on the verge of collapse. Through this, the world suffered. Weaponry, fish, ships, cars, tanks, armor, lumber, steel, iron, gold, and coal were Dekarta's main exports. But when Emperor Kotaku announced an economic state of emergency, all exports stopped. The Dekartan horded their resources in an attempt to salvage the limping economy. But the ships soon sank, the fish went bad and were eaten, the weapons were out of date, and the stock market in Fikotashi crashed. The world economy would soon follow the Dekartans in total economic catastrophe as revolts, famine, and reconstruction continued throughout the globe.
April 9th 1922- Food imports from Corn cease. Famine soon follows.
April 14th 1923- Emperor Kotaku announces an economic state of emergency in Dekarta
May 20th 1923- Dekartan government promises to pledge its malnourished, outdated, but large military to whomever agrees to help feed the Dekartan population. (First come first serve)
May 27th 1923- The Dekartan Imperial rebellion is formed within the city of Xia to attempt to combat and overthrow Kotaku's rule. They promise food, shelter, a repaired and more powerful empire.
June 2nd 1923- A communist protest demanding socialist reforms similar to those of Acro is crushed. 47 lay dead in Miro square after the Imperial guard is ordered to hush the protesters. News outlets are forbidden from reporting the incident. And the ideal of Communism is banned nation wide.
The great war was the first war in which all of the world was involved one way or another. As the world recovered and rebuilt, many old rivalries were thrown aside when the people of the east began to starve. And the governments began to fall (most notably the Dekartan Empire who lost Akari and with it, 80% of its farms and 50% of its exports)This jeopardized the whole world. But the war was over, the killing, finished. The final death tole was anywhere from 12-16 million lives lost with Reichsland Losing the most, an estimated 2 million. All was peaceful until the Xinese province of Corn revolted against their imperial rulers in Acro. Food exports to Acro slowed but grew as the rest of the world focused more on Industry, and reconstruction. The commonwealth were surviving on reperations from the eastern alliance while the eastern alliance were unable to pay them as the need for food from Corn grew as did the prices. And one day, all food exports stopped. This caused Dekarta to rush at finding new ways to feed their people. Trading wasnt an option as the food grown in other nations soil was being used to feed the people as they rebuilt. Cultivation the mountainous Dekartan islands was no use. Food grown in the colonies was simply not enough, and the fishing industry had not been prepared for such an event and was struggling to grow, and it had not prospered since the days of the first Asherta war. As the empire threw millions of dollars they didnt have into ways to feed the people that didnt work the economy was on the verge of collapse. Through this, the world suffered. Weaponry, fish, ships, cars, tanks, armor, lumber, steel, iron, gold, and coal were Dekarta's main exports. But when Emperor Kotaku announced an economic state of emergency, all exports stopped. The Dekartan horded their resources in an attempt to salvage the limping economy. But the ships soon sank, the fish went bad and were eaten, the weapons were out of date, and the stock market in Fikotashi crashed. The world economy would soon follow the Dekartans in total economic catastrophe as revolts, famine, and reconstruction continued throughout the globe.