VMK (OOC: Historical)

[Yohannes]

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Chookaku believes in the right of self exploitation and defese. We have seen your dreadnought stealth bomber design and do believe that it is the best of the bunch. The hot tea brewing essential, Cutleries & chop sticks, Air conditioned shower and Coffee & hot milk are just some of the many crusts and cream on top of the bread and wine.

As such, the Republican Royal Government of Chookaku hereby will order 1000.1347 of your ZM-7L Dreadnought Intercontinental Strategic Stealth Bomber to arrive tomorrow.

Signed, Leon Imperialsky Chancellor King

VMK announces one thousand stealth bombers order


Orders for ZM-7L ‘Dreadnought’ bombers by the Commonwealth of Chookaku - last batch delivered three weeks ago

Te Whanganui a Tara, 26 May - VMK AG (ISEY: VMK) announced today of the fulfilment of its first order with the Government of Chookaku yesterday.

“We are pleased to have earned the trust of the Chancellor King Leon Imperialsky, the government he is leading and his nation, located in the new world region of Lazarus. We know that His Excellency will be instantly attracted with the quality of our ZM-7L stealth bomber drawing, and all the usual advertised capability promoted through the technical details and write up of the design,” boasted VMK Aerospace Division Chief Executive Officer Camilla Waldenburg.

The one thousand ZM-7L bombers earmarked for the International Port of Chookaku three weeks ago were delivered with their Wilhelm & Sephiroth avionics and subsystems removed to accommodate the ‘realistic’ preference of the Chancellor King Imperialsky. “They are now quite simply the equal of the United States B-2 Spirit bombers or any existing B-2 clones of the NationStates realms out there; with the exception, of course, that these bombers have got the magical touch of the word ‘VMK’ imprinted on their surface to indicate their level of luxury, and the short sentence ‘Made in Yohannes’ to ensure their engineering quality.”

“Can’t put a price on that one?”

The revolutionary use of Yohannesian adapted low observable modern technologies gives the bomber design the advantage it will hopefully need in delivering its medium to large payload, while its good aerodynamic efficiency will ensure sizeable freedom of action in a multitude and range of operations involving the ZM-7L in Chookaku.

~Published by the Yohannes Herald

[Zyrcrestia]

I, Maximilian F. Schacter, in my position as the Chancellor of the Republic of Zyrcrestia, hereby signed on behalf of my represented nation as signatory to this agreement, for the permission granted towards VMK and its affiliated businesses to conduct trade and industrially operate in Zycrestia.

In return, with the signing of this agreement, Zycrestian businesses shall gradually be given the unfettered, full access to the lucrative Yohannesian common market, and tariff as well as related barriers shall be lifted towards the goods and services of our leading industries in Yohannes.

Signed,
Maximilian F. Schacter
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Zyrcrestia

[Drandrulin]

I, as the sovereign monarch of my realm, hereby signed this agreement, to indicate my permission for VMK to enter and supply the Drandrulin market. In return, Drandrulin companies will be able to operate and enter the market of Yohannes. Tariff must also be reduced for our uranium and shipbuilding related exports in Yohannes.

[Yohannes]

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Greetings,

The nation of Monfrox appreciates being contacted about your offers and will begin looking into purchasing some new tanks and warships once the entire catalog has been reviewed, along with our own inventory. Quite remarkable timing on your part, as these will most certainly come to be a great asset in the ongoing regional conflict.

I hope your equipment is every bit of good as it looks to be. We will be in touch.

Sincerely,
The Leader of Monfrox
Field Marshal Lidev von Sturmgeist

Controversy surrounding equity financing plan for SFTR


Imperial [the opposition party] should quite simply put their money where their mouth is... and quit being a bunch of constant whingers.

Te Whanganui a Tara, 27 May - It has been revealed that the Imperial Government will generate the capital required for the planned Monfrox-Yohannes SFTR [shipment facilities and trade route] through equity financing on behalf of the newly created Monfrox-Yohannes Trading Company. It is a structure that opposition Foreign Trade spokesman Dr Henate Collingwood says “has indicated the unwillingness of the foreign corporate sellout, unpatriotically neoliberal current Labour government to adequately fund crucial infrastructure for the future generations of Yohannesians to benefit [from].”

Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Chaplain von Krakowskie und Garland this morning responded to opposition accusations of ‘governmental neglect’ and ‘neoliberalism gone mad’ by saying that “under the previous three [terms of] Imperial governments, the spans of equity financing were expanded to such an extent that “it would endanger the present government’s goal of generating surplus - no matter how paper thin that would be - as one of the three core promises that must be kept for the hard working taxpayers of the empire.”

“This fundraising scheme will allow the private sector to, yet again, invest further in the future of our empire. I am sure they [the Imperial Party] will agree with me that certain things are best kept away from the bureaucratic nightmare of state intervention.”

The outgoing Minister further referenced analysis made by Maxtopian pundits and Bigtopian observers that that [the joint venture] will raise the equivalent of 37 billion NationStates or Universal Standard Dollars in Quertz russling for the first three years.

“It will free up the coffer of the empire to be directed elsewhere.”

The Monfrox-Yohannes STFR will be the first of its kind to be established between the sovereign realm of Monfrox and the Yohannesian Empire; being planned as a direct result of the recent increase in two way trade between the two nations. And while publicly listed enterprises originating from Monfrox will be the most to benefit from the subsequent capital raising initiative, the nineteen countries are bound to indirectly benefit too; among of which would be the modest number of new jobs created as one consequential impact.

“The Select Committee has indicated their approval… meaning that that [the scheme] has been moved up the next stage of parliamentary procedures before the imperial electorate representatives.”

“Imperial [the opposition party] should quite simply put their money where their mouth is, and support us in our endeavour to propel the cause of Imperial [Yohannesian; the nation and not the party] trade… and quit being a bunch of constant whingers.”


~Published by The Imperial Herald

[The Novakian Empire]

To: Vereinigte Waffenindustrie des Yohannesisches Königreichs
From: The Novakian Empire
Subject: Orders
Hello again,The imperial state of novakia intends to buy the domestic production rights of a tank in your arsenal,The Panzerhaubitze 2E Self Propelled Artillery gun,And open 46 VMK Steel Works factories, we would appreciate a response,and Thank you for your time.

Nation: The Novakian Empire
DPR: Panzerhaubitze 2E Self Propelled Artillery
Total cost: $32,000,000,000
Payment Method: Wire Transfer (Deliver/Wire transfer)

Name of Nation: The Novakan Empire
Number of Factories: 46
Optional Side-note (additional side-note you want to tell us): None

Encryption: Moderate

[Alghoria]

The Principality Government of our Alghoria hereby grant VMK with the permission to industrially operate and conduct trade within the borders of our nation. In return, let it be known that the businesses of our largest industries will now enter your market, and tariff must be reduced for our goods and export in Yohannes.

Signed,
Kajetán z Dvorak, Prince of the Grand Principality of Alghoria
Branislav Milan Nedbalek, Chief Diplomatic Officer of the Grand Principality of Alghoria
Maxmilián Radomil Havlíček, Prime Minster of the Grand Principality of Alghoria

[Equator Confederation]

From: The Equatorian War Cabinet
To: VMK
Encryption: 100% AES

Hello, to whom it may concern,
We recently purchased a large amount of equipments from your industry, since we liked your products, The Equator Confederation (The First Reich) will make another order, yet simpler, this is our wishlist:

20x ZM-7L Dreadnought Intercontinental Strategic Stealth Bomber

We also would like for it to be equipped with: napalm bombs and... maybe the best kind of bombs you have there. Both in a 1000x amount
The Equatorian Minister of War,
Gerhard von Scharnhorst.

[Chistanad]

Greetings Yohannes,

The Republic of Chistanad is interested to domestic production right of King Leopard Main Battle Tank. We will deliver the payment once you have confirmed this order.

Thank you,
President George Podski

[Tulacia]

[insert official Tulacian government stamp here]

Greetings from the office of the Tulacian Ministry of Naval Affairs,

Recently we have come across your arms catalog and we were excited to see your naval designs. You see, the Tulacian navy is very outdated, even using slightly modernised designs dating back to the 1940s. So you can understand our need to acquire modern designs. It is thus that we request the purchase of one each of all the Naval Discount Packages. This includes the Naval Carrier Package, the Naval Cruiser Package, the Naval Destroyer Package, and the Naval Submarine Package. We understand this order will amount to a staggering $90 billion NSD, but we are willing to pay this massive cost in order to allow the development of our modern navy.

Regards,
Minister of the Navy Mitchell Roth
Ministry of Naval Affairs

[Commonwealth States of Britania]

Nation: -Commonwealth States of Britania
Order: -List Below:
•1000 Pz Kpf.W AY2-1E 'Panthera Tigris' Main Battle Tanks
•3000 DAT-A55 'Predator' Medium Battle Tanks
•5000 Pseudonaja Protected Mobility Vehicles
•1000 Panzerhaubitze 2E Self Propelled Artillery Guns

•50 ZM-7L 'Dreadnought' Intercontinental Strategic Stealth Bomber Aircraft
•450 KDF80 Vuurhaag Interceptor Aircraft
•10,000 Longbow-III Y Multiple Launched Guided Missile Systems
•10,000 Nimbus III-F SO7X Surface to Air Missile Systems

•5 Commonwealth Class Nuclear Aircraft Carriers [CVN]
•5 Joint Advanced Aircraft Carriers [JAAC]
•10 Waarden Class Nuclear Guided Missile Cruisers [CGN]
•10 Hamasaka Class Guided Missile Destroyers [DDG]
•40 Common Multi-Purpose Frigates [CMPF]
•10 Indonesia Class Nuclear Attack Submarines [SSN]
•10 Malaysia Class Strategic Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine [SSBN]
•10 Chatham Fast Combat Logistics Vessels [AOR]

[Chewion]

Chewion

I would like to order 20 dreadnoughts, 50 Panthera Leo main battle tanks, 30 Predator Medium Tanks, 20 AY1-H1 Amoured Howitzers, 20 Hindenburg engineering tanks, 10,000 Pseudonaja protected mobility vehicles, 200 Forza Corio E military trucks, 60 Vuurhaag intercepter aircrafts, 10 stealth attack helicopters, 20 heavy attack helicopters, 40 utility helicopters, 1 naval carrier package, 1 naval cruiser package, 1 naval destroyer package, and 1 naval submarine package.

[Nickel Empire]

Greetings,

It has come to the attention of the Nickel Empire that the government has long ago said to purchase military hardware from Yohannes due to help and kindness in the past, therefore the Nickelian government represented by Minister of Defense Zombie Reagan has been ordered to buy 40 Pz.Kpf.W AY2-1E 'Panthera Tigris' Main Battle Tanks. The payment will be delivered once the purchase has been conformed.

sincerely,
Emperor TonyDimes of the Nickel Empire.

[Der Rheinbud mit Preussen]

On behalf of the people of Der Rheinbud mit Preussen, I in my position as Prime Minister of Her Majesty hereby put the name of our empire as a signatory to this Preferential Trade Agreement, allowing for the slow reduction of trade barriers and tariff to export of goods and services of businesses trading under the banner of VMK. In return, we expect the equal reduction of barriers and tariff for goods and services (e-commerce and retail related) of Der Rheinbud mit Preussen in Yohannes.

Signed,
Robert Coutts, Prime Minister of Der Rheinbud mit Preussen

[Yohannes]

Hello,

I would like to buy 10000 panthera leo heavy main battle tanks for my army

so I can destroy my enemies

Sincerely,
Maximilian Wolfgang
Generalissimo-El Presidente Emperor-King-President
Democratic Imperial Republican Kingdom of Big Gunz Interweb

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VMK delivers Big Gunz Interweb's ten thousand panzers


... the effort of our Imperial Parliamentary Chief Reporter to interview the Imperial Defence Minister... "no comment."

Te Whanganui a Tara, 29 May - VMK AG (ISEY: VMK) delivered yesterday the last of ten thousand newly assembled Panzerkampfwagen AY2-1L Panthera Leo designs destined to fill the fast growing inventory of the Big Gunz armed forces. The last of the ten thousand trademark Yohannesian panzers - sporting their historical Wehrmacht grey colour; Achtung, Panzer... Suchen und Zerstören! - arrived at the International Port of that nation [or they hopefully should be there already] this morning.

Generalissimo-El Presidente Emperor-King-President Maximilian Wolfgang would hopefully be proud of the arrival of his latest war machines.

Big Gunz Interweb’s newest main battle tanks each has a recognisably different suspension system to that found in Imperial Yohannes’s main battle tanks. The originally designed state of the art VLT HPVS-MBT active hydropneumatic suspension system has been removed for every single one of the ten thousand panzers earmarked to most gallantly contribute to the defence of Big Gunz Interweb; their replacements were the domestic suspension system made from that nation.

The Halstenmetall AY7M 140/L50 smoothbore gun for each of the ten thousand panzers has furthermore been replaced with a 120/L55 conventional smoothbore gun closely resembling that of the real life Rheinmetall 120/L55 tank gun design.

In light of this latest news announcing the signing of yet another one of the many VMK export agreements as of late, the effort of our Imperial Parliamentary Chief Reporter to interview the Imperial Defence Minister during the aftermath of the Select Committee’s meeting this afternoon had resulted in the somewhat underwhelming utterance of a two words’ reply of vain dismissal;

“No comment.”


~Published by The Imperial Herald

[Military Democracy of Birtonia]

To: VMK ATTN Sales
From: Isaac Hidalgo
Subject: Hardware Acquisition Request

Greetings!

I am pleased to once again view the catalog of VMK, as you are one of our greatest suppliers of the Birtonian Armed Forces. The first reason I am here again is to acquire some military trucks for logistal purposes and such. Therefore, I will need 1,000 of the Forza Corio Military Trucks and 3,000 VLT M5 Military Trucks, Yesterday I had received a memo from one of the commanders in the Birtonian Air Defense Force, he advised me that we are lacking in strategic stealth bombing aircraft. Naturally I took to VMK to fill the request and found what I needed within moments! To be simply put I will need about 45 of the ZM-7L Dreadnought bombers for the airforce. The funds will be transferred to your accounts upon our receipt of your acknowledgement of the order!

3,000 VLT M5 Military Trucks
1,000 Forza Corio Military Trucks
45 ZM-7L Bombers.

[Yohannes]

Advertisement on behalf of one of the eight VMK co-owners: Knootoss

Stadtholder Self-Propelled Artillery Platform (S15 SPG)

The 2015 mid-life refit of the Stadtholder Self-Propelled Artillery Platform (S15 SPG) is a tracked, self-propelled gun platform featuring a high-profile hull superstructure mounting a potent main gun and a tracked hull design. Originally developed in 1995, the vehicle is built on the chassis of the Stadtholder III Main Battle Tank. An exception to the usual Knootian preference for towed guns, it is designed to perform counter-battery duties and support armoured and mechanized infantry divisions on the move.

Read more about the Knootian design by clicking [ here ]

[Taelete]

Greetings, your Imperial and most royal Majesty Wilhelm III, By the Grace of God, Yohannesian Emperor

The Aristocratic council of Taelete is hereby forwarding its interest to buy A hundred Nimbus III-F S07X Surface to Air Missile Systems. We will deliver the payment once you have confirmed this order. We also would want to order the Domestic Production Right for the following battleships:

Joint Advanced Aircraft Carrier [JAAC]
Hamasaka Class Guided Missile Destroyer [DDG]
Dauntless Class Guided Missile Destroyer [DDG]
Phlegethon Class Guided Missile Frigate [FFG]
Intrepid Class Air Defence Frigate [FFG]
Common Multi-Purpose Frigate [CMPF]

We would like to receive the Domestic Production Right for all members of the Taeletean League. As we know that this is a giant transaction do we invite you to Taelete were your agents can receive this money in secured circumstances and if needed can we provide a military escort for the money.

As we owe you a great favour once you have provided us of these Rights do we ask you humbly wether you and your company have need for any recources. If so, ask and we'll provide them for a soft price.

Thank you/sincerely/cordially,

Iohannes Elassos,
δεσπoτης of Taelete, Secrtetary general of the Taeletean League

And

Aristarkh Zolkrovin,
μέγας κονόσταυλος of the Taeletean League

[Serene Grand Duchy of the West Pacific]

I, as sovereign monarch of my Grand Duchy, hereby gives the permission for VMK to operate its operation of export and industrial manufacturing in my nation. In return, our businesses and companies will be given the same rights in Yohannes.


Signed.

His Majesty Wilhelm III
Yohannesian Emperor and King of Alexandria


Her Grand Ducal Highness Anna Agdarsdottir von Arendelle
Archduchess of the West Pacific Islands and Princess of Arendelle, The Southern Isles,and Weselton, Archduchess of the Northmen, the Filipinos, the Marche Noires, the Hellenes, the Kartvelians, the Island Coronians, the Germans, the Island Arendellians, the Islander Americans, the Finns, the Estonians, the Livonians, the Lithuanians, the Island Chinese, the Island Nihon, the Spanish, the Portuguese, the Israelites, the French,the Northern Islanders, and the Dayak, the Great Chieftain Lady of the Island Maori,The Great Protector of the Rakyat and the Grand Sultana of the Malays and Arabs.

[Yohannes]

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Purchased a viewtopic.php?f=6&t=320550 for 2,228,000 pounds of processed steel(warden class missile cruiser)

BPS ‘Waarden’ launched for Backatri


... raising multiple eyebrows and looks of slight bewilderment from the many underpaid, living wage blue collar workers...

Te Whanganui a Tara, 31 May - Royal Alexandria Shipbuilding Incorporated - one of the many firms exporting their designs through the Royal Beaufort Shipwrights Guild of enterprises - is pleased to announce the launching of the BPS ‘Waarden’ last week for the Government of Backatri. The BPS ‘Waarden’ is the Most Serene Republic’s first of ten Waarden class of nuclear guided missile cruisers destined to reinforce the growing Backatri high seas fleets. The second will launch next week.

The launching event was celebrated at the RBSG Backatri national office with thousands of Backatri employees and guests attending for a morning of sharp easterly wind coming from across the strait. The BPS ‘Waarden’ launching celebration was accompanied with the christening of RBSG’s recently completed new warehouse as part of the ongoing 61 billion NationStates/Universal Standard Dollars RBSG shipbuilding facility improvements to be gradually realised in Backatri for the next three to five years period.

Attending from the Imperial Yohannes-Princely Backatri Commercial & Friendship Association (YBCF) was Christi von Brabant und Leisure, part time executive liaison officer and simultaneous eternal board member. The recently divorced minority single mother of eleven children spoke about the long term commitment, partnership and the usual stuff of the two newly acquainted nation states.

“The Imperial Foreign Minister has come to consider the most assuredly fine and hardworking women [and men] of the RBSG Backatri Naval Works institution as one of the most trustworthy bunch of shipbuilders in the Most Serene Republic.”

“To say that… we have enjoyed the pleasure of overseeing your many accomplishments.. and working together with you… must surely be an understatement by and in itself.”

“Once again… I would like to say my tribute of thank you: to my excellent cooker of a Mum, my hard-working taxi driver Dad who instilled his hard working etiquette to me, and my eleven children for motivating me to keep on going at it until I am here today, with y’all”, raising multiple eyebrows and looks of slight bewilderment from the many underpaid, living wage blue collar workers watching the overweight woman standing - and looking down smugly - from the shining gold and clear diamond decorated podium.


~Published by The Imperial Herald

[Zoblus]

I, as representative of Zoblus, would like to place an order for 500 AY2-1B MBT to replace the tanks lost in the Red War.

[Tulacia]

[insert official Tulacian government document seal here]

Greetings again from the office of the Tulacian Ministry of Naval Affairs,

Trials with our recent purchases of ships from the Royal Beaufort Shipwrights' Guild have gone well, and we have set to adapting our standard Navy Battle Group organisation to these ships. However, when we had finished modifying the NBG organisation to accomodate these new ships, we discovered that we were short several frigates. Seven frigates short, to be exact. So it is thus that we come once again to your wonderful company requesting the purchase of, for a total of $5.5 billion, 2 Phlegethon-class Guided Missile Frigates, 3 Common Multi-Purpose Frigates, and 2 Intrepid-class Air Defence Frigates. We thank you for your attention in this matter and hope relations continue to run smoothly between our nation and VMK.

Sincerely,
Minister of the Navy Mitchell Roth
Ministry of Naval Affairs

[Yohannes]

As the leader of the Global Resistance Force i would like to have a few engineers to help school ours and improve our home made tanks.
My chief engineer would love to meet them.
(OOC:Rp the meeting )

And we would like to buy buy a few new things as well like surplus anti air guns and artilery for our uprising.
Signed Philip Blake of the Global Resistance Force.

International sky bordering Krakadarek, flight MH017

The Foreign Relations & Trade Office mandarins have delivered their accreditations. It officiated the belated start of bilateral treaty of amicable trade between the Krakadaren Global Resistance Force on one hand, and Imperial Yohannes on the other. As I seated myself somewhat uncomfortably between the poorly dressed, dross Maxtopian to my left, and the fancy suited crisp, clean shaven Bigtopian to my right, the thought keeps going round the back of my head, up slowly… and down once again, doing my head in the process.

“The Global Resistance Force is not even a settled political entity…?”

“Huh…?” The Bigtopian to my right dropped his Orange iPac silver laptop, glancing to this Kiwi guy next to him, and no doubt wondering ‘Why did this weirdo muttered randomly to himself…?’ No matter, for even the weirdest of weirdos would shake their collective heads at the thought of overseeing the celebration of bilateral treaty formation - between a fully sovereign, settled nation state on one hand, and an unscrupulous, borderless organisation on the other: for how can an organisation be a sovereign entity at the same time?

“It quite simply is not making any sense… you hear me?” David Wong Tang Tun, the Imperial Attorney General next door expressed his frustration to me personally just last week. “What is His Imperial Majesty seriously thinking…?” He made his bewilderment known so openly to me. There seated were the two of us - a chardonnay socialist hiding behind his thinly veiled ‘Minister Resident of the Yohannesian Empire’ and a part time supermarket boy turned representative of His Imperial Majesty - on that fine morning, sipping our aromatic Arjuna tea, and pondering ever so slightly of the latest eye raising orders handed down from the celestial Emperor himself.

We have had quite the amusing chat then, and while the day was surely a well spent day, none of the two of us were able to conclude the reasoning behind the latest of the Emperor’s arcane dictations.

“What u lookin’ at der bro?” The Maxtopian to my left - scratching his unkempt long hair and picking his nose - joined in our conversation. Well, this plane ride will be quite the long trip anyway… might as well share in my thought and problem for the day… right?

“Gentlemen…”, I adjusted my tie.

“Negative, Sir… I am a lady”, the Bigtopian corrected me.

“Oh…?”

“Yes… you see; I have had my gender reassignment surgery…”

What the fuck is that, I thought to myself, smiling - somewhat unsuccessfully - trying to hide my surprise at this very much unnecessary piece of information.

“... fully paid for by the Bigtopian government at the time.”

Bloody hell, so we have got a flippin’ crossdresser and a die hard nanny state by product sitting next to me: this is gonna be one heck of an aerial ride of… joy.

“That is… quite the fantastic revelation”, I replied, and offered my right hand to meet his. “Baboushka von Helmuth und Freezer - to be accredited Minister Resident and plenipotentiary of the Yohannesian Empire to the…”, I briefly hesitated.

“... Global International Force.”

“Is that a nation's prefix?” still picking his nose, the Maxtopian inquired.

“No… that is indeed not the prefix of a nation, Sir”, I corrected him.

“How can an organisation be accredited to…? Oh by Weasley, please don’t tell me there’s a treaty involved here as well?”

I see. Even this drab of a failed creature can see through the absurdity of this charade I must represent.

“Yes… actually. There is a bilateral treaty involved here.”

“Ohhh…”, the Bigtopian and Maxtopian, wide eyed, looked at one another understandingly. “Is this one of those failed experiments involved with one of those unstable national leaders of our diverse realms?”

“I wouldn’t say His Imperial Majesty is…”

“Do not worry, my friend, what is not known are best left out open from the heart”, the Bigtopian nodded, smiling; to be followed with the same expression of approval from my other seated neighbour.

And through the flight, Dear Journal, I have had quite the outpouring of emotion and disbelief: at the apparent insanity of our Emperor, and at the issuance of ‘bilateral’ treaties being thrown left and right to accommodate regimes of dubious track record.

My flight should arrive in Krakadarek tomorrow morning, and let’s hope then and there that it will be one heck of a fine sunny morning indeed; for I will need all the psychological help I can get to get through this thing.

[Newmands]

We here at the Newmands Department Of Defense require these items for our armed forces:
DPR for the Pz.Kpf.W AY2-1E 'Panthera Tigris' Battle Tank
DPR for the DAT-B91 'Hamster' Self Propelled Artillery Piece
DPR for the JAAC Aircraft Carrier
We hope to do business with you again, and thank you for your time
Final Price: $4,325,000,000,000

Godspeed,
The Defense Department Of Newmands

[Verelm]

Nation: Verelm
Order:
1 Panzer package (With only 30 VLT M5s and the exclusion of RH-90s) $3.5 Billion
7 Nimbus III-F S07X Surface to Air Missile Systems $1.05 Billion
1 Waarden Class Nuclear Guided Missile Cruiser [CGN] $3.5 Billion
2 Oceania Class Nuclear Guided Missile Cruiser [CGN] $4.4 Billion
1 Phlegethon Class Guided Missile Frigate [FFG] $1 Billion
3 Common Multi-Purpose Frigate [CMPF] $2.55 Billion
1 Chatham Fast Combat Logistics Vessel [AOR] $0.65 Billion
1 Zeedier Class Fast Attack Submarine [SSK] $1 Billion
1 Indonesia Class Nuclear Attack Submarine [SSN] $2.5 Billion
2 Malaysia Class General Purpose Nuclear Submarine [SSN] $4.8 Billion

Total: $24.95 Billion

The payment may be acquired from the military accounts at the Treasury of Verelm using authorization code VER2495-YOH-VMK09R7-AP

[Yohannes]

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The U.S.S.N.A's goverment
United Socialist States of New Aapelistan wishes to sale our nations uranium and technology.

New Aapelistan-Imperial Yohannes Preferential Trade Agreement


New Aapelistan-Imperial Yohannes Preferential Trade Agreement: the modest increase of two way trade in five years’ time.

Te Whanganui a Tara, 1 June - Ladies and gentlemen, straight dressers and cross dressers. Diverse sapients and normal humans,

I would like to express the Emperor’s gratitude for this opportunity presented for me to speak today, and explain the mission and vision of this preferential trade agreement [PTA] recently concluded between, respectively, representatives of His Imperial Majesty’s Government and the United Socialist States Government.

Words can not surely express of how excited I am to be here in Dovgorod, your beautiful capital city, today! Our PTA conference tonight will cement the growing acquaintanceship of our respective governments. Thank you, to His Excellency the State President of USSNA, and the state industry committee, for the trust you have presented towards the Imperial government, VMK and its affiliated firms, as well as the friendly Yohannesian people. The state industry committee of the USSNA is indeed the most important economic device of your nation, and I would like to assure you of our full cooperation… to abide by the presently existing regulations and schemes as dictated by your minister.

The aftermath of my extensive tour around the thriving manufacturing and industrial sites of Dovgorod has confirmed the prediction of His Majesty the Emperor of the significance that a good commercial partnership and trade relationship of equal, two way street, will have for the - some would say humming slowly and certainly lacking in vigour lately - Yohannesian economy. As a nation, we are quite simply too small… lacking in intermediary manufacturing industrial capacity: not capable of meeting the demand of our value added, high technology secondary and quaternary sectors.

And this is where the support of your most excellent government will be of great benefit to us in Yohannes, for having just bought quite the vast quantity of thermomechanically rolled shipbuilding grade steel myself just yesterday on behalf of my husband’s company (no personal conflict of interest there!), I can personally attest to the strength of your metallurgy industry, and the quality of your intermediary manufacturing export.

Just like most Yohannesians, and as you would know by now, I am an ambitious woman (63% of Yohannesians are female by gender). That is why I am here today speaking to y’all, and not somewhere down the leafy suburb kindergarten, local and regional council office or the desk of a gouty steel baron’s back office. As a nation, I can with confidence say here and now that my fellow countrywomen (and men) are equally as ambitious - more or less - as I am. Your people, the people of the glorious United Socialist States, are equally just as ambitious as we from Yohannes are.

And that is the reason we have both announced the realisation of this preferential trade relationship between our respective nations.

This agreement will give new, exciting opportunities for United Socialist States approved secondary manufacturing companies and ambitious industrial entrepreneurs to enter the lucrative common market - of the home island and our spheres of influence overseas - of Imperial Yohannes. Universally recognised currency in the form of the NationStates or Universal Standard Dollars will flow into the coffer of your exporters, with flow on benefits and consequential impact felt by affiliated entities of the many exporters in your nation.

Ladies (and gentlemen), this is just what I am trying to say all this time to the skeptics and the boorish hippies over at the Green [party] side of the Imperial Assembly [the parliament of the nineteen countries]. They up to this day do still oppose the conclusion of these type of agreements here and there: exploitation of labour, growth before health & safety and the environment, they would say.

But no matter - this is why I am here speaking in front of y’all today. As what some would say a chardonnay socialist myself, I sympathise with the end goal of your government. Just like here in Yohannes, we are striving for the prosperity of our respective people, and the enrichment of our nation states.

And while the United Socialist States do not follow World Assembly standards as a non member nation, I am sure that certain common grounds can, and will, be found for the shared interests of our respective governments. There will most certainly be eye raising dissimilarities, here and there, between the structure of our export related regimes and policies, thereby slightly increasing the cost of conducting trade between the importers and exporters of our respective nations.

But, I know that those minor differences will be set aside for the interest of your people, and the people of Yohannes. I am here standing before you, expressing to you once again my thank you for this opportunity to connect the various storylines of our business communities in Yohannes with yours.

Thank you; Ka kite ano, and a very good evening indeed. Let us toast to shared prosperity and the establishment of a two way relationship of fair trade between New Aapelistan and Imperial Yohannes.

As spoken by Annabel von Matterheim und Shortskirt, Minister Resident of the empire in the Yohannesian chancery.

~Published by The Imperial Herald