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2025: Dawn of Change

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2025. In the middle of a decade set to be nightmarish and a turning point in the history of humanity. Climate Change is an existential threat that must urgently be tackled in this decade, and humanity must learn to cope with the constantly growing population that does not look likely to slow down let alone stop growing anytime soon.

In Asia, the Chinese Dragon is emerging as the regional hegemon, pushing regional nations to choose sides between them and the West while internally the regime battles against resistance in Hong Kong and ethnic tension in the far West, while also pushing claims on Taiwan, stoking regional flames. In India, the nation is dealing with religious unrest and rapid economic growth and modernization as well as increasing tension along the border with Pakistan, particularly in the Kashmir Region.

In Europe, the old USSR has passed and a new Union has been born with the end of the Cold War. Yet many feel the tensions rising as Moscow and Washington clash over their worldview. Across the continent, groups and parties fight for influence and control, some with widely different visions for the future of their nation and Europe as a whole.

In the Middle East, tensions between Israel and Iran are at an all-time high. Forcing others to choose sides, leading to some interesting realignments along the geopolitical spectrum.

In Africa, ethnic and religious tensions pose a danger all over the continent. In the Congo, warlords fight over land and resources like coltan offering fortunes on the international market. In the Saraha and Sahel regions, remnants of ISIS and other organizations ravage the land and people. Ethiopia and Egypt are at each other's throats over the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam by Ethiopia. Yet there are lights of hope that still sparkle.

In North America, Canada is dealing with ever-increasing political divides much like the US to the South. Inside the US tensions between Republicans and Democrats have never seemed worse. In Mexico, the Cartels fight hard against the central government in Mexico City their corruption touches most parts of the nation.

In Latin America, political unrest sweeps the continent. In Colombia, an unstable peace agreement official holds peace between the government and FARC.

How will the nations of the world tackle these issues? How will their pasts define their future, which nations will come out on top during this decade, and how will future generations remember this critical decade?

In this roleplay, you will take the helm of the nation of your choice. You have the ability to change the history of your nation from 1980 onwards within realism and with a few major event exceptions as well as anything states in the OP or other applications.


Major Unchangeable Events:

Formation of the EU
9/11
08 Financial Crisis
South China Sea Disputes
COVID



Leadership:

OP: Chewion
Co-OPs: The Manticoran Empire
NewLakotah
Cybernetic Socialist Republics


Rules:

1. DO NOT GODMOD! No, but seriously, don’t Godmod, it makes the RP terrible.
2. The word of the OP and Co-OP is final.
3. Keep everything PG-13, please.
4. Do not mix IC and OOC problems, and please keep it courteous in the OOC and IC.
5. If you have an issue with another player, please ask the OP or Co-OP to moderate it.
6. Please coordinate with other players if you want to jointly write a post/negotiate deals.
7. Posts must be at least two paragraphs long and of good quality.
8. Be respectful.
9. Note that unchangeable events are completely unchangeable, so no less deadly 9/11 or less damaging 2008 Recession.
10. Posts can cover a span of up to three months. Each three month period starts following an IEC post except for the first period. The start date is January 20th, 2025.
11. Players must make at least one post a week, meaning at least every seven days from each post. Extensions may be granted by the OP and Co-OPs on a case by case basis.
12. Any changes to the irl military must be laid out in the military information section, otherwise the numbers etc will be assumed to be the same as irl.
13. Not a rule, but do try to have fun.

IEC:

The IEC (International Entity Council) is comprised of the OP, Co-OPs, and anyone else accepted into it. The IEC is responsible for making the IEC post that includes multiple events and members can serve as an NPC nation in conferences so long as they do not have a direct interest in the negotiations.


Application (Most numbers can be found on Global Firepower):

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Roster:

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Israel
Romania
USA
Japan
Ireland
Indonesia
Iran
The United Kingdom
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Iraq
Syria (includes Lebanon)
Germany
People’s Republic of China
The Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics

Reserved:
East African Federation
France
Türkiye
Thailand
North Korea
India

[Chewion]

Nationstates Name: Chewion
Nation Name: The Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics
Capital: Moscow
Territory: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia
Population: 300 Million
Official Language: Russian
Recognized Languages: Ukrainian, Belarusian, Uzbek, Kazakh, Armenian, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Romanian
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National Anthem (optional): USSR Anthem

Head of State: President Maksym Kozytskyy
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Head of Government: Prime Minister Garry Kasparov
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Legislature Name: Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): UUP controls both.

The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics is made up of two chambers.

The lower chamber is the Soviet of the People and is made up of 500 Deputies with each deputy representing roughly 500,000 citizens in their own Supreme Soviet Electoral District. They are elected on two-year terms. Unlike many other parliaments, the Soviet Prime Minister or any government ministry head, does not need to be an elected member of this body. The SP elects a Chairman of the Soviet of the People who performs a similar role to the Speaker in a Westminster system.

The upper chamber is the Soviet of the Republics and is made up of 100 deputies with 10 Senators for each Republic. Senators are elected by their respective Republic level parliaments and are given five-year terms on an alternating basis so that 50 Senators are up for replacement or re-appointment every 5 years. The Vice-President of the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics is the presiding officer of this chamber. All former Presidents are also made non-voting Senators for life after their time as President and as long as they are not seeking or elected to another office or the Presidency again.

GDP Nominal: 7 Trillion USD
GDP Nominal Per Capita: $23,333 USD
GDP (PPP): 10 Trillion USD
GDP (PPP) Per Capita: $33,333 USD
Currency: New Soviet Ruble

Domestic Policy Overview/Challenges:

Reducing ethnic strife: With such a large nation with so many different people groups, tensions exist. Although better than in the past, the government in Moscow must always keep ethnic tensions in mind when ruling the USSR.

A Large nation also carries a diverse set of needs: In line with the ethnic strife issue, there is the issue of such a large nation having diverse needs even just from a geographic standpoint. Trying to make everyone happy is no easy task.

Corruption: While much better than IRL, corruption still exists, especially at a Republic level. While the central government operates fairly well, the same reforms have not been as widely implemented for the Republic level and local governments.

Foreign Policy Overview/Challenges:

The Cold Tug of War: While the Cold War proper is over, there is now a new tug-of-war between Washington and Moscow. With each side striving to gain influence and friends across the globe in geostrategic regions.

The Great Chill: The actions of past administrations in Moscow and Washington has left relations strained and thus impacted the wider Soviet relationship with many parts of the West.

A Glimmer of Hope: There is a growing desire from the younger generation to see better relations with Washington and the wider West but to do so in a way that preserves Soviet independence and global influence.

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here):
Soviet Ground Forces
Soviet Aerospace Forces (Includes the Airborne and Strategic Missile Forces)
Soviet Navy
Soviet Cyber Forces

(Soviet National Guard and similar groups are not reflected in this and bear a similar size and composition to irl Russia)

Active Duty: 1.35 Million
Reserve Duty: 1.5 Million
Total Manpower: 2.85 Million

Tanks: 8,000 (Not including vast stores of older early Cold War tanks)
AFVs: 34,000
SPA: 3,200
Towed Artillery: 4,210
Rocket Projectors: 2,734

Fighters: 1,355
Dedicated Attack: 1,212
Transports: 998
Trainers: 500
Special Mission: 220
Helicopters: 2,242
Attack Helicopters: 595

Aircraft Carriers: 3 (active) and 3 (reserve)
2 Ulyanovsk Class
1 Admiral Kuznetzov (1 in reserve fleet)
2 Kiev class ships upgraded similar to the INS Vikramaditya. (Reserve Fleet)
Battle Cruisers: 5
Cruisers: 12
Destroyers: 26
Frigates: 16
Corvettes: 32
Submarines: 92
Patrol: 55
Mine Warfare: 32

Other Military Information: The Soviet military underwent extensive modernization programs since the '90s resulting in a larger portion of military equipment being more modern and less outdated than the IRL Russian Armed Forces. The USSR also maintains the largest nuclear arsenal.

Military Changes:

The Su-T-60 bomber continued on to completion in the mid-1990s and eventually replaced all but a handful of Tu-22s.

The Yak-141 likewise was not canceled in 1991 and went on to enter full production and service with the Soviet Armed Forces with modernizations occurring over the years.

The Mikoyan Project 1.44 was accepted by the Soviet Government in 1995 and entered service in 1998 with the Soviet Air Force under the name MiG-32.

The USSR’s first nuclear supercarrier, the Ulyanovsk, completed construction and entered service in 1998. The second planned ship, named the Silayev, starts construction soon after and enters into full service in 2010 which sees the eventual transfer of all carriers besides the Ulyanovsk class ships and Admiral Kuznetzov into the reserve fleet.

Project 187 completes and enters production and service as the T-92.

Buran space shuttle is not shelved and goes on to see active usage for decades with two more shuttles, the Groza and Uragan respectively, being made in the 90s and usage as well by Sovcosmos. A fourth shuttle, the Grom, was built and used exclusively by the Soviet Space Force as a military delivery vehicle. All four are still in use after modernization programs in the 2010s.

Development of the Su-75 started in early 2010 with the first batch of 24 entering service in 2020. A carrier-based variant was also produced.

The Su-57 entered service in 2018 with there currently being 52 in service and dozens more delivered every year with an initial goal of 124.
Alliances (If different from IRL):
The Global Security Organisation

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP):
1985-1988: After the death of Konstantin Chernenko, Ivan Silayev becomes leader of the USSR. Recognizing the need for reforms, he starts a slow and meticulous reform process. First freeing up personal freedoms of religion and gradual economic freedoms like what the PRC had embarked on and continued these for the next few years while also slowly placing steadfast allies into positions of importance.

1989: The Afghan-Soviet war comes to an end with the USSR ever increasingly needing to focus on itself internally. The Berlin Wall falls and negotiations on German reunification occur like real life.

1993-1995: War in Chechnya breaks out and is met by a clumsy response by Moscow. This serves to help bolster the reformers’ power and influence. In 1995, a coup plot is discovered when the plotters approach the Defense Minister, Igor Rodionov and KGB Chairman, Vadim Bakatin. The two men, secretly part of the reform camp, alert Silayev and move to crush the budding coup. Successfully doing so, they then embark on a campaign to clean out hardliners from power.

1996: As the Chechen war finally come to a close following agreements signed that saw Soviet federal troops removed from Chechnya. The horrible management of the war by the older establishment Generals and the bloody fighting that resulted in the needless deaths of soldiers and civilians resulted in large internal and external backlash. Harnessing this momentum, Silayev launched a massive reform of the Soviet military and security apparatus under his new Modernizatsiya (modernization) program which saw the positions of Defense Minister and KGB head require confirmation from both houses of the Supreme Soviet and be filled by civilians. In addition, many of the older top Generals, put in place largely owing solely to connections and loyalty to the old Communist Party, were forced to retire making way for a younger and more professional generation to fill their spots. In addition, a multi-year reduction of the overall military size, particularly the navy, was launched with conscription being ended and replaced with a volunteer-based military. These reforms all but finished the hardliners grip on any power.

1997: Silayev, moving through a few more reforms like creating the post of President of the Soviet Union as the most powerful spot, retires and Grigory Yavlinsky moves from the post of Vice-President to that of President. As political reforms start in earnest, the Baltic nations push for autonomy. After reaching a deal with Moscow, they are granted independence in November as a collective group of three. The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved as what remaining members decide their own paths, while most had slipped away in the years prior when Moscow was focus internally.

1998: Democracy is introduced at a Republic level for the first time and Communist Party rule ends in most republics. In addition, the second, and fully completed Kuznetzov class carrier, was not sold to a Chinese buyer and was instead placed in the reserve fleet.

1999: Late in the year the Second Chechen war erupted like in our timeline. Much like in our timeline, this time around the Soviet military acted swiftly and effectively.

2000: By the end of May, President Yavlinsky announced the ending of combat operations in Chechnya. However, insurgency still remained a problem.

2001: Democratic elections are announced to take place in 2002 for the Supreme Soviet with Presidential elections to follow in 2004. Azerbaijan and Moldova both negotiate for independence but agree tor emain in the Soviet Sphere and newly created GSO alongside Mongolia, Macedonia, and Serbia.

2002: Riding high on the success of his economic, political, and societal reforms, President Yavlinsky announced that we would election, instead of throwing his support behind the then-current Prime Minister of the Russian Republic, Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov who was seen as a champion of the Reforms. In a last blow to the old system, President Yavlisnky officially leaves the Communist Party and founds the Soviet Social Democracy Party, who go on to win a massive majority in both chambers of parliament.

2003: In a joint public address in Geneva, President Yavlinsky and the U.S. President announce that the Cold War is over.
2004: Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov wins in a landslide and is backed by another massive win for the SSDP in parliament.

2005: Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov is inaugurated as the first democratically elected leader of the Soviet Union. Immediately, he gets to work diversifying the economy and the Soviet Federal Government creates three tech hubs to attract the budding tech market. Those being Minsk, Tbilisi, and Vladivostok.

2007: President Luzhkov roles out a new economic package that sees increased investment into the manufacturing industry. Alongside this, a new focus is given on infrastructure in all the Republics and a Trans-Union Highway System starts construction alongside a modernization of the national rail system.

2008: As the global recession hits, the Soviet economy slows but is thankfully able to avoid a recession itself.

2009: President Luzhkov wins reelection but by a smaller margin. Likewise, the SSDP retains a majority in both houses but by a lower margin. President Luzhkov is chastised by conservatives for doing little to push back as NATO expands Eastward.

2010: Rallying the Conservatives and frustrated moderate SSDP members, Russian Republic Premier Sergey Viktorovich Chemezov, launches the United Union Party. By the end of the year, the Soviet economy again started to grow at above 2% again. The UUP become the second most powerful party in parliament in both houses the first year they run, removing the SSDP from an absolute majority and forcing them to form a first ever coalition government with minor center to center left parties.

2012: In a massive shift, the UUP is able to gain an absolute majority in both houses of parliament as public backlash against further NATO expansion and the belief that the SSDP is too cozy with the West grows. By the end of the year, the USSR had launched the first segment of the MIR 2 space station, signaling an independent return to orbital operations for the USSR.

2014: In the bi-decadal Presidential election, Sergey Chemezov wins in a landslide being bolstered by a UUP supermajority in parliament.

2015: As President Chemezov takes office, he announces a shifted focus of modernization programs towards the navy which had taken a back seat to the Army and Air Force, the latter two both seeing massive success with the program. The hallmark public optic victory of this was the updating and modernization of the USSR’s chief carrier, the Ulyanovsk. On an economic front, President Chemezov starts pushing for the idea of the USSR as an ideal middle man for trade between Europe and Asia, putting large investments into the Central Asian republics. In space, the final segments of the MIR 2 station were added in orbit, regular manned missions commenced. Cooperation increases with Israel as the USSR seeks to diversify its connections in the region.

2016: President Chemezov starts taking a more provactive tone with the West and particularly with Washington, decrying advances against the Soviet Union and a lack of mutual respect towards the Soviet Union. The defense budget is increased to 3% of GDP.

2019: President Chemezov announces that he will not run for reelection, citing health concerns. Instead, he supports his Vice-President, Alexander Beglov for the position. Vice-President Beglov goes on to win the Presidency while maintaining the UUP supermajority in parliament as most political scientists reclassify to a dominate party democracy.

2020: President Beglov takes office and immediately increases the rhetoric against Washington. Starting flights off the coast of Alaska in June. In October, President Beglov announces that the Soviet embassy to Israel would move to Jerusalem.

2022: President Beglov withdraws from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty unilaterally and announces that Washington seeks the destruction of the Soviet Union at all costs. The increasing erratic behavior by President Beglov starts a movement inside the UUP to keep him from running again.

2023: Plans are announced to land the first Soviet Man on the moon by 2025 as the USSR reveals plans for its own version of Artemis which had been in the works for nearly a decade.

2024: The movement is successful and President Beglov announces he will not seek reelection but refuses to back a candidate. After much anticipation, then Ukrainian Republic Premier Maksym Zinoviyovych Kozytskyy, is selected as the UUP candidate. Premier Kozytskyy is seen as a rising star and a member of the more rational wing of the UUP. He goes on to win the election and maintains a UUP majority in the parliament.

2025: January 10th is set to see Maksym Zinoviyovych Kozytskyy sworn in as Soviet President.

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[Chewion]

My app is up, it might receive minor updates but the core information is there that might impact others.

[Tracian Empire]

NS Name: Tracian Empire
Nation Reserving: Socialist Republic of Romania
Territory: Romania and Moldova

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[Hypron]

NS Name: United Kingdom of Hypron
Nation Reserving: State of Japan
Territory: Modern Day Japan

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[Catalaonia]

NS Name: Catalaonia
Nation Reserving: Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia)
Territory: All Federative Republics of Former Yugoslavia.

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[Somurias]

NS Name: Somurias
Nation Reserving: United States of America
Territory: Modern day US territory

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[Tracian Empire]

Nationstates Name: Tracian Empire
Nation Name: Socialist Republic of Romania - (Republica Socialistă România)
Capital: Bucharest
Territory: Modern day borders of Romania and Moldova
Population: 36 million
Official Language: Romanian
Recognized Languages: Hungarian, Bulgarian, German, Turkish, Tatar
Flag:

National Anthem (optional): Trei Culori

Head of State: Nicu Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party, President of the Socialist Republic of Romania, President of the State Council of the Socialist Republic of Romania
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Head of Government: Traian Băsescu, President of the Council of Ministers
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Legislature Name: Great National Assembly - (Marea Adunare Națională)
Party in Power: In theory, the country is led by a coalition known as the National Bloc of Democratic Parties (Blocul Național al Partidelor Democrate). The Romanian Communist Party is recognized by the 2000 Constitution as having the leading role, as the vanguard party of the proletariat. The other parties, the Liberal National Workers' Party, the Romanian Social-Democratic Party, the Patriotic Union and the National Agrarian Party, are subservient to the PCR.

GDP Nominal: $314.885 billion
GDP Nominal Per Capita: $19,619
GDP (PPP): $831.466 billion
GDP (PPP) Per Capita: $48,097
Currency: Romanian leu

Domestic Policy Overview/Challenges:

• The last bastion of socialism in Europe - While the national communist regime is stable for now, there are increasing calls for reform, combined with hopes and a strong belief throughout the population that the old Nicu Ceaușescu will either die or resign because of his health problems in the very near future. This perceived weakness of the regime has led to a mobilization of both the civil society and of the other parties in the Great National Assembly, and also to an ever stronger reaction of the leading communist leadership and of the party cadres. Regardless, most of this tension is hidden, as both the population and the party have widely adopted a popular form of doublethink, with criticism only being made in private. A sort of informal agreement continues to exist between the party and the population - the party provides people with a good economy and a good life and does not overly intrude into their personal lives, and in return the people support the party in order to avoid Romania falling prey to its neighbors, in particular to Soviet or European imperialism.
• An economic miracle? - The reforms of the 1980's have led to a much more prolonged paying of Romania's foreign debt and have avoided a period of austerity that would likely have been fatal to the state, but this prolonged the stagnation. It was only in the 1990's and early 2000's that the new reforms of market socialism have led to a revival of Romania's economy and industry, and a continued economic development until the 2008 Financial Crisis, that was nevertheless dealt with better by Romania's state control when compared to other countries. Despite that, or because of that, the subsequent decades have brought a much smaller growth, and there is widespread fear that this period of economic development will end in a crash unless more fundamental reforms are done.
• Ethnic tensions - While the reunification with Moldova in 2003 was seen as a great personal success of the Ceaușescu regime, it also meant the inclusion of a considerable Russian speaking population in Transnistria, alongside other ethnic groups like the Gagauz people. Together with already existing ethnic minorities like the Hungarians, they have been militating for more autonomy ever since, something that has been refused by the Romanian Communist Party.
• 40 million by 2050 - With the successful conclusion of Nicolae Ceaușescu's "30 million by 2000" program, his son, Nicu Ceaușescu continued his aggressive natalist policies, with a new goal of 40 million by 2050. The addition of 2 and a half million people from Moldova in the country has somewhat skewed the numbers, but overall the program is a large failure. The targeted population number is nowhere in sight, overpopulation has increasingly become an issue in most major cities, and Romania has been infamous for its orphanages for decades. With the increased issue of climate change, and a potential economic stagnation, there is an increased push to end these policies.

Foreign Policy Overview/Challenges:

• A Legacy of Ceaușescu - Romania, ever since the ascension of Nicolae Ceaușescu, has been a country in between the power blocs, so to say. While Romania continues to be aligned with the Soviet Union, and is a member of the Global Security Organisation, tensions exist between Bucharest and Moscow, particularly in regards to continued Romanian calls for the return of Northern Bucovina and the Bugeac, and because of the differences and criticism between the new Soviet democratic system and the Romanian national-communist system. Romania regularly plays the role of a dissident in the GSO, and continues to enjoy good relations with both the West and China, and with both the Arab states and Israel, and often tries to portray itself as a neutral nation and a third option, proving help in Africa and collaborating with other dictatorships. Despite all of this, almost five decades of playing this game have convinced the world that Romania is unlikely to leave the Soviet sphere as long as Moscow does not pressure its system.
• A complicated neighborhood - Romania has cold relations with two of its neighbors, Hungary and Bulgaria - the former, due to the treatment of the Hungarian minority in Romania and Hungarian claims on Transylvania, and the latter due to continued Romanian demands for the return of Southern Dobrogea. The country does however enjoy good relations with Yugoslavia.

Military Information: The Romanian People's Armed Forces are divided between the Romanian People's Army, the Romanian People's Air Force, and the Romanian People's Navy.

The People's Army is the largest of the three, with an active duty force of 450,000, and a further 600,000 in reserve, organized in eight army commands. Each army command has roughly 8 mechanized infantry divisions, 2 armored divisions and 1 armored brigade, as well as 4 mountain infantry brigades as specialized motorized infantry units, and 4 parachute infantry regiments, with the mechanization of the entire army having been completed in 1995, and maintained ever since. Romania uses a combination of domestically produced equipment and Soviet equipment.

• 381 TR-95M1 tanks
• 120 T-90 tanks
• 141 MLI-94M IFV's
• 104 BMP-3
• 43 VPK-7829 Bumerang
• 1400 TAB-95M1 APC's
• 500 Stimpex Dracon AMPV's
• ~400 engineering vehicles
• 300 APRA-40-M multiple rocket launcher systems
• 100 LAROM multiple rocket launcher systems
• 100 Tornado multiple rocket launcher systems
• 40 Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
• 100 CA-95 amphibious short-range surface-to-air missile systems
• 8 S-400 missile systems
• various domestically produced air defense batteries

The People's Air Force is organized into 7 air flotillas and is mainly focused on providing air defense for the Romanian aerospace. It mainly uses Soviet planes.

• 40 MIG-29
• 25 Sukhoi Su-35
• 18 Sukhoi Su-22
• 15 Sukhoi Su-34
• 32 Sukhoi Su-57
• 40 Ilyushin Il-76
• 18 Mil Mi-17

The People's Navy is focused solely on the Black Sea and on providing coastal defense or support.

• 5 Kilo-class submarines
• 4 Lada-class submarines
• 3 Slava-class cruisers
• 3 Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates
• 2 corvettes,
• 3 fast-attack craft
• 21 mine destroyers
• 5 mine layers
• 4 salvage ships
• 6 auxiliary ships
• 2 training vessels

Alliances: Global Security Organisation

History Changes:

• 1981 - Following negotiations with the Paris Club and the IMF, Ceaușescu announces that Romania will pay its debts ahead of time through a comprehensive program of austerity - but the IMF refuses to approve the program, and instead proposes a program phased over a longer period of years. Threatened economically, Ceaușescu relents, but this leads to a conflict between him and Prime Minister Ilie Verdeț. However, without the brutal austerity programs, the quality of life in Romania does not decline as dramatically. The economy does enter a certain decline, like with those of the other socialist states, but the effort of Cornel Burtică, the Minister of Exterior Commerce and of the International Economic Cooperation, Romania manages to sign a series of economic deals with the European Economic Community, without fully breaking away from Comecon, as part of the program of ensuring the Paris Club and the IMF that the debts will be paid.
• 1982 - following the dispute with Ceaușescu, Verdeț resigns. Constantin Dăscălescu is temporarily made Prime Minister, but as Ceaușescu wishes to further strengthen his "dynasty", he elevates his son, Nicu Ceaușescu, the First Secretary of a regional Communist Party branch, to the Central Committee - and Nicu replaces Dăscălescu as Prime Minister in late 1982. Often viewed as a reformist, Nicu elects a middle path - trying to add some real reforms while also trying to keep his increasingly erratic and megalomaniac father's projects under control.
• 1982 -1989 - With the USSR only moving towards a slower program of reforms, Romania is not as increasingly isolated as it had been in real life. While relations between Moscow and Bucharest sour, Romania continues to pursue closer relations with the West and in particular with China. Nicu Ceaușescu ends and limits Romania's aggressive spending abroad, cutting off support for countries like Iraq, Egypt, Mozambique, and begins to ask for a return of debts. Targeted reforms begin in the economy - the 1983 drought accelerates the process of irrigation, and in return for targeted investments and cooperation, Romania begins to further mechanize and chemicalize its inefficient agriculture. The development of refineries is ended, as the focus shifts towards production, and the industry of metallurgy is limited, with further developments cut off from funding. Instead, under the slogan "silicone is the future", the first attempts to develop Romania's electronic industry are made. In 1985, the Central Committee announces the failure of the 1981–1985 Five Year Plan, in an unheard before move. Nicu uses this in order to arrest alleged scapegoats in the party and in the economy, with accusations of corruption and subversion. Figures like Dăscălescu and Ion Iliescu are arrested or sidelined, and Nicu strengthens his position in the party - much like in real life, his father, Nicolae, becomes increasingly isolated from the actual policy-making, instead focusing on projects such as the Systematization of Bucharest. A new Five Year Planned is announced by the Communist Party, which focused on curtailing the losses of the unproductive heavy industry, the continued modernization of the agriculture, an increased effort to modernize and electrify the railway network, the development of the electronic industry, and the continuation of the rural systematization program. Despite that, the country continues the development of some of its vanity projects, like the Danube-Black Sea Canal. With the economy declining, but not almost collapsing, the regime becomes a bedrock of stability in the Eastern Bloc. Several protests throughout 1989 and a short-lived attempted coup by Ion Iliescu in December 1989 are both ended with the help of the Securitate, and several other party and army leaders, like general Militaru and general Stănculescu are arrested and executed.
• 1989-1999 - Romania continues with economic reforms, and also a certain relaxation of civil liberties, inspired by Nicolae Ceaușescu's own policies back in the 1960's. Politically however, nothing changes, as the Romanian Communist Party remains in power despite the general decline of communism in the Eastern Bloc. Ceaușescu clashes several times with Silayev's reformism, and attempts, unsuccessfully, to get other hardliner communist leaders in the Comecon/Warsaw Pact to take measures to halt the decline of communism. When the USSR begins its Modernizatsiya policies, Ceaușescu breaks relations with the USSR and shocks the world by announcing its departure from the Comecon and the Warsaw Pact. Romania becomes somewhat isolated on the world stage, and bad relations with the USSR lead to an increase in military spending. Ceausescu dies in April 1999, and in May 1999, Nicu Ceaușescu is elected as his father's successor in all of his positions.
• 1999-2003 - The new regime of Nicu quickly attempts to reverse some of the mistakes of the last years of his father. A policy of detente is followed in regards to the Soviet Union, and relations are once again continued with the West, and in particular close relations are followed with China. In 2000, as the beginning of a new millennium, a comprehensive political program is published for the 20th Congress of the Romanian Communist Party. Small political reform tokens are granted, as other non-communist parties are now allowed, but only under communist supervision and as part of a grand coalition with the PCR in a leading role. Civil liberties are further relaxed, in particular religious freedom and the decriminalization of homosexuality. The Congress is also used as a means of ridding the party of older figures and cadres which might oppose such reform. The 00' Generation of cadres, as it became known, would now be a strong supporter of Nicu's policies. Aggressive natalist policies continue to be followed, with the announcement of a new "40 million by 2050" program. With the independence of Moldova, and a strong pro-unionist current in it, Romania and the Soviets negotiate the Chișinău Treaty, which provides a referendum and the 2002 union of Romania and Moldova, as an exchange, Romania joins the GSO, which is hailed as a great personal victory of Nicu Ceaușescu.
• 2003-2009 - As part of the new political program, Nicu follows the so called "Reform and Openness" program, a transitioning to a market socialist system and of the strengthening of the "National Romanian communist system". This began to resuscitate the stagnant economy of the country, with the end of the collectivization of agriculture, alongside a comprehensive system to restore land ownership, the end of price controls, privatization of parts of the economy and industry, and the attraction of foreign investments. The Romanian economic miracle and the continued state control on some aspects of the economy limit the effects of the 2008 economic crisis, which leads to increased state control on banks but also increases trade with other countries.
• 2009-2020 - Although part of the GSO, Romania continues to improve its relations with the European Union and with China, seeking particularly to profit economically. Militarily however, the country remains clearly Moscow-aligned. While no Soviet troops are allowed on Romanian territory, the Romanian People's Armed Forces embark on an ambitious modernization program, mostly through acquiring military equipment and tech from the Soviets. Some cracks in the political system are shown, in particular during the 2014 Corruption Scandals involving the Union of Communist Youth, the controversial 2016 Justice Laws, and the 2018 Dissident Protests. The communist regime however holds on - with the economic standards of living improving, and the Securitate still working, although not as openly as before, the situation is kept under control. Further token reforms are made - the Greek-Catholic Church is once again legalized, same-sex marriages are recognized, and restrictions on local elections are eased.
• 2020-2025 - Romania remains notably neutral in the increased tensions between the USSR and the West, and continues to play a dissident role within the GSO, but without any serious threats in regards to leaving the organization. The old age of Nicu however has been leading to increased calls for reform. Liver issues due to his alcoholism in youth, and various health ailments have increased calls for his resignation, or hope that he will die, and both the civil society, groups of dissidents, and hardline communists are preparing for such a situation, considering that the President has yet to name a successor. Valentin Ceaușescu, the older brother of Nicu, despite his age, is viewed by some people as a potential reformist successor and a man outside the system, having had no contact with politics and not being a party member. Zoia Ceaușescu, the younger sister, is also favored by reformists, particularly by those who support a technocratic-communist government. Others are calling for an end of the communist monopoly on power entirely, but those calls are quiet and often done in private. Communist hardliners support the current Prime Minister, Traian Băsescu, and seek to continue communist rule without granting any more political reforms.

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[Arvenia]

What year is this roleplay's POD?

[Arvenia]

NS Name: Arvenia
Nation Reserving: South Korea
Territory: South Korea and Liancourt Rocks

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[The Felan Federation]

NS Name: the Felan Federation
Nation Reserving: Iraq
Territory: Iraq

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[Chewion]

What year is this roleplay's POD?

1980

[Chewion]

NS Name: Catalaonia
Nation Reserving: Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia)
Territory: All Federative Republics of Former Yugoslavia.

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I had Serbia and Macedonia in the Soviet GSO but, I’m willing to hear this out.

[Chewion]

NS Name: Somurias
Nation Reserving: United States of America
Territory: Modern day US territory

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The U.S. is already reserved but I’d love for you to stick around! There’s many great options open!

[Arvenia]

Would a reunified Korea be possible?

[Chewion]

Would a reunified Korea be possible?

Hmmm… how would that have occurred and what would it look like? I’m willing to hear the idea at least and run it by the co-Ops.

[NewLakotah]

Reserved in the Discord. Finally posting to the OOC.


NS Name: NewLakotah
Nation Reserving: United States of America
Territory: US of A

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[Newne Carriebean7]

NS Name: Newne Carriebean7
Nation Reserving: Egypt
Territory: Egypt

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[Shohun]

NS Name: Shohun
Nation Reserving: State of Israel
Territory: Irl territory of Israel

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[The Manticoran Empire]

Greetings and salutations, folks. I will not be actively participating as a nation in this, rather I am serving in the role of military advisor, largely in terms of logistics and doctrine. If you have questions, I can answer them outright or provide sources to aid you in your efforts.

[Yaruqo]

Tag for now, will reserve once I get a better idea of what I might want to play as.

[NewLakotah]

Nationstates Name: NewLakotah
Nation Name: United States of America; the United States; America; US(A)
Capital: Washington D.C.
Territory: United States of America
Population: 331,449,281
Official Language: De jure: none. De facto: English
Recognized Languages: There are a number of regional and state level recognized languages. The most notable of which are the variety of indigenous languages. Spanish and French also hold status in some states and other localities recognize Mandarin. However, the most commonly spoken languages in the United States are English and Spanish
Flag:
National Anthem (optional): Star Spangled Banner

Head of State: President Gavin Newsom
HoS Picture:
Head of Government: President Gavin Newsom
HoG Picture (If different from HoS):
Legislature Name: United States Congress; United States Senate (Upper), United States House of Representatives (lower)
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each):
Senate:
Democrats - 51
Republicans - 49

House of Representatives:
Republicans - 222
Democrats - 213




GDP Nominal: $25.035 Trillion
GDP Nominal Per Capita: $75,179
GDP (PPP): $25.035 Trillion
GDP (PPP) Per Capita: $75,179
Currency: dollar

Domestic and Foreign Policy Overview/Challenges:
- The United States faces a divided congress and divided political parties. The 2024 election proved to be one of the closest and most controversial elections in modern American history and the after effects are still being felt as President Newsom is inaugurated. Newsom is progressive, but still largely moderate and is able to work well with the Republican moderates. This upsets the House minority leadership under Representative Alexandra Ocaiso-Cortez who is markedly more progressive. Much of the House Democratic Party is likewise dominated by the progressive movement sparked by Meeks, while the Senate is largely more moderate and more in line with the Clarkian Democratic Establishment. The Republican Party is equally split between traditional Reaganite Conservatives, led by figures like Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Rick Scott, Senator Tim Scott, and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. The ‘Liberal Republicans’ in the form of the Powellian Republicans, led by figures such as former President Mitt Romney, Congresswoman Liz Cheney, Senator Charlie Crist, and Senator Susan Collins.
- The United States is also facing a serious deficit crisis. High spending has been partially offset by higher taxes, however, this has also slowed economic growth and inhibited factors that encourage greater revenue. Calls from all sides are coming to focus on budget issues, while others call for greater spending on infrastructure and social services or on defence spending to outmatch the Soviets and the Chinese.
- the United States remains the aging dominant superpower of the world. Its force projection and its system of integrated alliances around the world still leave it unmatched in power. However, the United States spent much of the 2000s deep in its own 'splendid isolation'. Its focus was on domestic issues and dealing with affairs in the United Nations and with peacekeeping operations. This self-imposed isolation based on security of victory over its enemies has come crashing down, as the USSR has made significant efforts and has recently moved hard to challenge American hegemony in the world, while China continues to threaten its allies in the South China Sea. This has forced the United States to reenegage the world in a new light, adapting to the newly forming world order.

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here):

Largely the same as IRL

The branches of the United States Armed Forces are:
The United States Army
The United States Navy
The United States Marine Corps
The United States Air Force
The United States Space Force
The United States Coast Guard (in times of war only)

The Space Force is the newest branch of the Armed Forces, having been established in 2013 by President Romney as part of a ‘pivot’ towards revitalizing the space efforts of the United States. By 2025, the Space Force operates two X-37B unmanned spaceplanes for orbital and testing operations. Plans to integrate a manned spaceplane is in the works with the X-37C being the most likely candidate. However, the DreamChaser is also considered by the Department of Defence.

In 1990, the United States Armed Forces peaked at 2.24 million servicemen and women. During the following warming of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, the US military was reduced gradually until by 2000, there were approximately 1.4 million servicemembers. During the War in Afghanistan and the ensuing Global War on Terror, further troop reductions were put on hold. However, as the war dragged on, further troop reductions continued under Romney as part of the drawdown of the War of Afghanistan. These were accelerated under President Meeks and the Armed Forces would bottom out in the aftermath of Fall of Kabul to nearly 1.2 million soldiers. Recent recruitment efforts has redrawn this to around 1.29 million soldiers as of 2024.

Alliances (If different from IRL): NATO

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP):

In the 1980s, the United States was firmly under the control of Reaganite domestic and foreign policy. As the decade wound down, the feeling of a Golden Age seemed to set in on the American people. In the world, the United States was scoring significant victory after victory against their Soviet enemies. By the end of the decade, the Soviets were forced to withdraw from Afghanistan with their tails between their legs and the Warsaw Pact was all but dissolved as East Germany fell, followed by other Eastern European proxies.

Buoyed by this success abroad, former Vice President George H. W. Bush would steam ahead to an easy victory for the Republican party, still drawing on that Reaganite base of support in the Democratic and Republican parties. The late 1980s and early 90s would prove vital in forming the future foreign policy directives of the United States. As the USSR fractured from within, the Soviet leadership began to implement stronger and stronger reforms during the 1980s and 1990s.

President Reagan had met these reforms with even more goodwill projects and further easing of the tensions. By the early 1990s, the United States media and elected officials were already declaring victory over the USSR. Buoyed by these foreign policy successes, Bush was able to avoid a desperate campaign from Democratic nominee Bill Clinton and upstart businessman Ross Perot. Steaming ahead to secure his second term of office. However, the effects of the election would loosen the grip that the Reaganites had on both parties. However, that would come slowly over the entire second term of Bush.

With the United States scoring a variety of foreign policy successes, focus was returned to domestic policy. With the United States able to relax as the USSR gutted its military forces and its alliance fell apart abroad, the United States moved to reduce its military spending in order to offset its rising deficit. Further reductions to public spending included to social services and public services, which greatly upset the voting public following the earlier tax hikes by Bush and the defence spending cuts.

This would lead to a Democratic wave in the 1994 midterm elections, effectively leaving Bush as a lame duck president. Determined to ride on the coattails of the foreign policy successes, the Democrats nominated former Supreme Allied Commander of Europe General Wesley Clark and his running mate Al Gore. Gore ran against Republican nominee Bob Dole, a conservative traditionalist. Clark stormed to an easy election, gaining over 300 electoral votes and breaking the long red bloc of the south under Reagan.

Clark was elected on a moderate platform that urged for better social spending, balancing of the federal budget, and a focus on jobs and job creation. With the full support of both the house and the senate, the Clark administration set about setting the United States on a new path. One that was less focused on dealing with the USSR as a flagging enemy, but as a potential partner.

Clark would begin his administration with further reductions to the United States Armed Forces. Closing down two European bases and combining all European bases into three major centres. This was coupled with a reduction to the reserve and inactive reserve components of the US Army, Marines, and Navy. Development of the F-22 was delayed and the eventual buildout was significantly less than originally anticipated, largely due to the budget cuts to the defence budget.

However, these moves would end in 2001 when terrorists hijacked several planes and flew them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. In an instant, the entire focus of US foreign policy shifted and, after just a few months, US soldiers were on the ground in Afghanistan. By the following year, the Taliban had been overthrown and a new government had been put into place. However, the fight to find Bin Laden and bring the terrorist group Al-Qaeda to just proved to be far more difficult a task. Meanwhile, the Taliban retreated into the high mountains and worked hard to rebuild and re establish themselves once the United States left.

This focus caused a significant change in US foreign affairs. The USSR, now in full reform mode, had transitioned from a Communist one party state into democratic socialist state and then into a social democratic state. Its economy had slowly begun to recover from the disaster of the 90s and was looking for partners to help develop its new industrial bases. The United States was more than happy to agree. In 2003, in Geneva, President Wesley Clark and President Grigory Yavlinsky of the Soviet Union would meet and officially declare the Cold War over and that a ‘new era’ of relations between the USSR and the US would begin.

Across the United States, the move was widely celebrated and many began to talk about nobel peace prizes for both Yavlinsky and Clark. Under Clark, in an attempt to soothe relations with the USSR, agreed not to expand NATO and delayed several applications from Eastern European states and by and large attempted to avoid getting entangled in the entire Eastern European region. This would prove largely unpopular with many of the US’s European allies who saw the opportunity to expand NATO and improve the position and security of Europe in one fell swoop. Calls from the Republicans to expand NATO also grew stronger, however, Clark resisted the calls and the Era of Good Relations between the USSR-US continued well into the 2000s.

Domestically, Clark was able to address many of the issues that he ran on. By 1999, the federal budget had been balanced. However, the dot.com bubble of the early 2000s saw a drain on the overall US economy. The focus was also given to the climate. New climate measures, designed to limit the growth of coal were passed in 1998. The goal to have half of all US energy come from clean energy sources by 2030. This resulted in significant investment into renewables and even nuclear energy. However, the nuclear craze had long since died and only 2 nuclear power plants were ordered during the Clark administration and opened in 2009 and 2012 respectively. Hydroelectric and wind saw new investments, however, overall progress would be slow.

Furthermore, Clark would invest heavily into stronger social services. In 2000, the New American Century Act was passed that would see nearly 30 billion in new initiatives to improve healthcare access for children. Improve Medicaid and Medicare programs and provide better access to prescription drugs. This was followed by the Medicaid Expansion Plan, which established a new bracket for healthcare. Apart from this, Clark established Health America, an umbrella department under the Department of Health and Human Services, to act as the general Healthcare department of the United States, combining the functions of Medicare and Medicaid into a single department to cut waste and redundancy.

Health America would see its first expansion with the Child Health Program, which would see nearly 15 of the 30 billion invested into child wellness programs, seniorcare programs, and programs to reduce the costs of prescription drugs through promotion of generic branded drugs.

In 2004, Vice President Al Gore steamed ahead to secure the Democratic nomination for President. He was challenged by former general and moderate Republican Colin Powell. Powell ran on a very bipartisan and moderate platform that highlighted the differences between Clark’s more spend happy last few years and Powell’s vision of a leaner federal budget. Powell’s vision won out and, once elected, became the first African American to become president.

Powell was elected with running mate Governor Leavitt. Together, the administration didn’t undo much of Clark’s programs and instead even expanded its infrastructure developments, however, focused more on highway and road infrastructure, as well as water and other public utilities, rather than public transit. The primary focus on the spending plan was on repairing and building new bridges, highway extension and interchanges, as well as modernization of the US rail system. Because of these spending initiatives, the deficit continued to grow steadily under Powell, especially after the 2008 Tax Act saw major tax reductions across the board for Americans. This greatly increased the deficit, especially coupled with the war spending of Afghanistan.

2008, however, would prove to be a difficult year for the United States. In 2007 and 2008, the United States housing market would collapse, causing a domino effect with the entire US financial market. Powell reacted quickly, launching two successive stimulus programs, following the 2008 tax cut. While both these efforts helped stablize the economy in the short-term, it did little to offset the greater impacts of the Great Recession.

In 2008, Powell would eke out a small reflection on a campaign of tackling the recession through strong stimulus and tax cuts that had proved popular. However, Powell would lose both the senate and the house in the 2008 election and win only 271 electoral votes and 45.5% of the popular vote, following strong showings from the Green and Libertarian parties. The Democrats had nominated long-time senator and former Secretary of State under Clark, John Kerry. However, Kerry proved unable to unseat Powell’s Reaganite support from moderates, independents and Republicans.

However, The Powell administration moved markedly more left in the following four years. In an effort to stifle further hardships, Powell instituted the 2011 Banking Act which saw major new restrictions added to the financial sector. This was followed by a third stimulus and bailout, aimed at the US automobile industry. Further stimulus programs into clean energy were continued in 2011 and 2012 with two new solar power plants established in Nevada and Arizona, creating over 1,000 construction jobs and 200 full time jobs and over 2,000 secondary jobs.

Furthermore, in step with the Democratic majorities in both the house and senate, Powell passed the United States Healthcare Initiative Platform, which was designed to further simplify Health America and Veterans Affairs and how they managed their programs. Powell’s program was significantly more moderate than the Democrats would have wanted and significantly more liberal than what most Republicans wanted. The focus expanded Child health tax benefits, individual health exclusions, and increased funding for Medicaid by 4% over 5 years in order to expand its coverage for underinsured, underemployed citizens.

Meanwhile, in 2011, President Powell passed the American Immigration Plan, which would see significant investment into border security and protection, expansion of physical and technological barriers in order to prevent illegal immigration, while also working to simplify pathways to citizenship for landed illegal immigrants who were already employed in the US economy. However, this was launched in conjunction with a mass deportation scheme where hundreds of thousands of recent illegals, illegal immigrants who had some sort of criminal record, and those who had been caught multiple times were deported.

However, with spending increasing and the deficit becoming a problem, support within both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party with Powell began to run short. Former Vice President Leavitt attempted to secure the Republican nomination, but was upset by former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney who secured the nomination with Senator Marco Rubio as his running mate.

Romney was elected on a likewise moderate platform, but one that was markedly more traditional Reaganite Republican rather than the more Rockefeller Republican that Powell was in. Romney would run on a platform of moderate economic and fiscal conservatism, social conservatism, Reaganite foreign policy.

Romney would continue with the ideals of small government through the reimplemenation of Powell’s tax cuts. The tax cuts had reduced the top 3 brackets by 2.5% each and the middle income brackets by 1.5% each. Lower brackets had not been reduced. These were extended under Romney. Meanwhile, the Defence budget saw new increases as Romney established the Space Force as the newest branch of the Uniformed Services, expanded ship production in order to secure American interests in both the Atlantic and Pacific.

Investment programs into industrial development to ‘bring back jobs’ proved to be mildly successful, with many industrial bases being established in Rust Belt states as well as in the less union friendly south. However, the increasing deficits and lack of social spending would prove to be Romney’s undoing. The economy had recovered somewhat by 2015 and calls to balance the budget and address the rising income gap in the United States grew even stronger. Romney attempted to respond to the calls, however, the 2016 election proved to be too much for Republicans to withstand. The calls for change were too strong.
Led by young progressive Florida Senator Kendrick Meeks, the Democratic Party stormed into 2016 and defeated incumbent Romney and secured the house, but not the senate. That was enough for Meeks, however, who began to undo many of the conservative policies that the United States had imposed. This began with healthcare.

In 2017, the Next American Healthcare Act was passed by the slimmest of margins by the senate. It was a pale imitation of what Meeks had originally planned for. The plan saw the expansion of Health America through the creation of a single market account by which Medicare providers, Medicaid providers, private healthcare providers, and other regional hospital or insurance networks would be hosted in a single marketplace. Furthermore, the Healthcare Act expanded drug coverage for Medicare and Medicaid recipients and eased the restrictions to access Medicaid. Furthermore, the expansion for childcare was expanded with greater funding of government sponsored child care clinics, expansion of health coverage at schools and universities, and promotion of health and wellness programs in K-12 education. This plan was a gutted formula, however, it still proved mildly successful in bringing down drug costs and coverage costs and reducing the uninsured rate by a small amount.

Meeks also ordered for the withdrawal of all US soldiers from Afghanistan by the end of the decade. However, that would prove too tall a task and the withdrawal was postponed until 2021. Moreover, Meeks announced significant budget cuts to most branches of the military. The only exceptions were on the Space Force, new fighter and bomber aircraft, and naval construction. In a public statement, Meeks called the USSR a ‘grave threat’ to the world order, ushering in a new era of hostility and sparking fears of a new Cold War. Meeks, however, was quick to dismiss claims of a new Cold War and continued to reduce spending on defence and reducing America’s overseas commitments.

Furthermore, Meeks would cut funding from border security. Ending several federal programs designed to entrap illegal migrants, cutting funding for future wall expansion, and cutting funding to ICE. Further immigration reform would have to wait as the Republicans controlled the senate throughout the entire first term of Meeks. However, the 2020 would see Meeks storm to reelection against the right-wing traditional conservative candidate Ted Cruz from the Republican Party, winning 299 electoral votes and securing 52 seats in the Senate and 239 seats in the house. Finally, Meeks had a full mandate and the power to enact his full vision for the future.

However, February of 2020 had also seen the sudden outbreak of COVID-19, forcing the United States, and the world, into temporary lockdown. In the United States, the federal ‘lockdown’ would last for two months before a gradual reopening process was introduced. A stimulus check was issued in the summer, a second in the fall, and a third and final check in the spring of 2021. The impacts of COVID would have lasting impacts on large sectors of the US economy for years afterwards. The lockdowns themselves and the stimulus programs had cost trillions of dollars in lost income and extra government spending.

Thus, the Meeks Reform Plans would have to largely wait as the battle against COVID took precedence. However, by 2021, Meeks announced the Health America 2.0 Act which was passed with ease in both houses. The Health 2.0 Act would expand on Meeks earlier creation of the Health America singular account. By the expansion of Medicaid and the introduction of a new Public Option, the single account allowed for Americans to have subsidized healthcare for seniors over 65, citizens making less than the federal poverty line, and disabled citizens. Furthermore, through the Health America account, payments could be made directly through income payroll as part of the Medicare Tax Expansion Act. This provided multiple levels of health coverage, both public and private networks, and reduced the uninsured population to virtually zero.

However, the expansion came with hefty costs. In order to offset it, Meeks instituted the Medicare Tax Expansion Plan and the 2022 Tax Act that saw the creation of several new tax brackets. One new for income, and three income tax brackets on tertiary benefits. The creation of a wealth tax was narrowly defeated by several moderate Democrats. However, corporations did see their net taxes increase under the new tax minimum on multinational corporations set at the base level for local businesses. Further actions against corporations saw the blocking of the Disney-Fox merger and several other high profile mergers in order to protect competitive rights.

These actions would be cannon fodder for Republicans. The attacks against businesses threatened American competitiveness. Especially with the Soviets and Chinese rapidly expanding as new competitors, Republicans argued that Meeks was making American uncompetitive. This idea caught fire across many areas. Particularly those most impacted by job-loss to overseas competition. Thus, the 2022 midterm elections would see the Republicans swing with wild momentum into the midterms. In the end, the Senate ended in a flat 50-50 draw and the house went solidly to the Republicans who won 241 seats.

However, Meeks attempted to work with the new Republican coalition led by the New Establishment figures of Nikki Haley, Chris Sununu, Tim Scott, and Paul Ryan. Their platform was built on fiscal conservatism and cutting of the federal deficit. Meeks attempted to compromise where he could, however, much of the last two years of Meeks presidency were deadlocked in stalemate. The greatest successes were investments into small businesses across the United States, and cutting taxes for green energy start-ups in a variety of fields, including nuclear energy. The Republicans were divided between the moderate and more conservative factions, however, the moderate faction would win out in the nomination. This would lead to the eventual Sununu/Charlie Crist ticket. They squared off against moderate-progressive California governor Gavin Newsom and former Speaker of the House and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Despite the general animosity against the Democrats, the Republicans proved unable to undo the goodwill of the Democratic Party.

However, the mandate given to the Newsom government was not nearly as straightforward as the Meeks' presidency. Newsom received 274 electoral votes to Sununu’s 264 in one of the most debated and controversial elections in American history. In the end, the counting came down to three states: New Hampshire, Iowa, and Virginia. New Hampshire would be called first, in favour of the Republicans, giving them the edge the day after Tuesday. Virginia would be called next, late in the evening. Iowa would go through a long recount process that took nearly 2 full weeks to finally complete. However, when it was called, it came down by 594 votes in favour of Gavin Newsom. Even in the down ballot, the Democrats barely gained much ground, as the Republicans maintained their control over the house and the Democrats eked out a small majority in the senate.

The new Newsom administration inherits an economy that is still facing significant budget crises. Higher taxes has offset this slightly, but high spending programs offset the tax hikes. While President Newsom will have to continue to build on the progress made by President Meeks, there are also strong pushes to begin to reel back high spending in order to prepare for a potential recession. Meanwhile, foreign policy becomes more and more complicated as tensions with the Soviet Union have continued under Democratic leadership and tensions with China have also increased, leading to fears of a three-way Cold War or the USSR and the People’s Republic of China reforming their old friendships in order to defeat the United States and their hegemony.

In both cases, the United States faces a number of key issues, both on the foreign and domestic fronts. Whether or not President Gavin Newsom and his newly selected Cabinet are capable remains to be seen.

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[The Felan Federation]

Nationstates Name: the Felan Federation
Nation Name: (Hashemite) Kingdom of Iraq
Capital: Baghdad
Territory: Iraq
Population: ~41million
Official Language: Arabic
Recognized Languages: Kurdish
Flag:

Head of State: King Zeid bin Ra'ad
HoS Picture:

Head of Government: Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
HoG Picture (If different from HoS):

Legislature Name: Council of Representatives
Party in Power: Coalition: Progress-Socialist-Kurdish Party.

GDP (PPP): $1.8 trillion
GDP (PPP) Per Capita: $43,092
GDP Nominal: $1.4 trillion
GDP Nominal Per Capita: $34,146
Currency: Dinar

Domestic Policy Overview/Challenges:
[*]De-Ba'atishm - despite it having been almost fifteen years since the fall of Saddam and the Ba'athist Party, there are still remnants of the Old Regime as well as Neo-Ba'athist parties that still try to undo the status quo. As many older voters consider the new 'system' to be too Western and too pro-Israeli .
[*]Deradicalization - as with everyone else in the Middle East, Iraq too suffers from acts of terrorism from radical Islamic sects on a constant basis, across the Middle East, some of whom bring worth their radicalism and desire to spread it by any means necessary.
[*]Economic diversification - though fifteen years of peace, opening-up and economic progress has achieved much to rejuvenate the ailing economy that had been run aground by the Saddam Regime - much of the economic budget is earned via oil sales. Attempts to diversify into alternative means is still an on-going and constant process.

Foreign Policy Overview/Challenges:
[*]Between Two Powers - the years since the Arab Spring have brought much joy and progress, yet also new challenges. As Iraq is wedged between the conflicts of Iran and Saudi Arabia, as well as America and the USSR. Requiring a constant vigilance against potential attempts to destabilize it for one purpose or another. Made worse by the pursuit of Iran and their nuclear program, enacting calls by some conservative factions to restart their own WMD Program.

Military Information: Years since the Arab Spring, there has been a reconstruction and reformation of the military structure to lessen the political elements and encourage more cooperation and unity between the various ethnic and religious factions of Iraq. As well as having been modernized via Soviet aid and equipment.

Alliances: USSR, Jordan, (Israel)

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): Though Operation Desert Storm had thrown Iraq out of Kuwait, it hadn't completely unbuckled the regime of Saddam Hussein and the Ba'athist Party in the aftermath of things. As though Saddam cracked down on riots and protestors against his regime, it did lay the groundwork for the seeds of revolution to come in the future. As the years following the military incursion, the Saddam regime had reinforced social control over their people - as well as balancing it out with an avoidance of getting entangled in the affairs of the West or the United States. Maintaining only minor diplomatic relationships with the West and the USSR in the years towards the new century.

As it were, in 9/11 - Saddam Hussein had been quite vocal in their own response against 'Islamist' terrorists (as well as using it as a scapegoat for further crackdowns), avoiding any open-ended attacks against the United States and making attempts to 'bury' the progress of his own chemical warfare departments. As well as allowing a few UN observers into his country, under supervision, to confirm that Iraq didn't have any WMDs nor were they in the process of developing any at that. Luckily enough, the Americans didn't entangle themselves for long directly in the Middle East - beyond attacking Afghanistan and taking their leave afterwards. For much of the early 2000s, Iraq happened to be another 'Middle Eastern dictatorship', receiving condemnation from the usual NGOs and Human Rights activists - yet not much more happened towards changing the status quo, so long as Iraq kept to themselves and didn't antagonize their surrounding neighbors anymore.

Things came to change at around the 2010s, when Saddam Hussein passed away from lung cancer. Being succeeded by Uday Hussein despite intentions of Saddam to have Qusay Hussein instead enacted as heir. Nonetheless, the situation degenerated quite quickly in Iraq - as Uday Hussein lacked the tact, control and discipline of his father. Being erratic, ruthless and arbitrary with both friends, foes and family alike. All of which aided to the destabilization of Iraq further, in the years following up to the Arab Spring.

Though the Arab Spring had started off idealistic at first, it quickly enough either died out or was co-opted by other parties for their own benefits. Achieving little change or merely spreading the seeds of further instability. Although, in Iraq it ended up sparking a civil war - as the actions of Uday Hussein had alienated many allies in both the civilian administration as well as the military too. As what began as a protest turned into a riot over a variety of economic, social and political issues - that itself turned into conflict between police against civilians, then armed forces against civilians, until enough army units were fighting against other religious militias. Either way - the Iraq Civil War began in earnest, being divided between many factions at first and the governmental forces themselves.

During these times - Uday Hussein and his ruthless actions further drove more and more people towards the 'rebels', although what helped unite the disparate factions instead of splintering into divisions between ethnic or religious lines was a singular minority in the Iraq Civil War. As some idealists did attempt to take root and follow the example of the ex-Warsaw Pact members, whom had gained their freedom and respect from the USSR - taking pride in old tales and histories of a lost era. Such it were, among the many groups - there happened to be a faction desiring the 'return of the Hashemites'. A mix of nostalgia, old dreams and the Ba'athist failure having soured many on their ideas of 'Arab Socialism/Nationalism', the group that had been a mere minority grew larger and larger over the span of the conflict.

It would be in the 2012s, that the 'Great Restoration Alliance' had turned from a fringe idea into the largest faction in the Iraq Civil War. Being bolstered by aid from Jordan and military arms from the USSR itself - gaining more morale boost when the Hashemite Ideal that they had all rallied around, was approved when Ra'ad bin Zeid agreed to 'return' as King of Iraq, if the people desired so. It would be in 5th of May, 2012 that the Great Alliance would end the reign of Uday Hussein and overthrow the former Ba'athist Party and the Hussein Family from power. Following it up with a restoration of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq in the following months.

Though Iraq had been torn apart by civil war, the actions of the semi-absolutist monarch and assistance from the USSR helped stabilize Iraq in short order - as well as restore connection with the global world itself. As though the nostalgia for the old Hashemites had been reduced by now - the rule of Ra'ad bin Zeid in his first years of control helped improve the legacy and stabilize their foundation. Ensuring the following years would be quite peaceful and the sectarian divide would be slowly healed between the many factions of Iraq. As Iraq would sign many deals and agreements with the USSR, Israel and Jordan in the years since. Re-building Iraq' infrastructure and modernizing with aid from the Soviets. Establishing the Brotherhood Pipe from Iraq to Jordan to Israel, as well as the signing of the Guardian Agreement between Iraq and the USSR - giving the Soviets access to several bases and the port of Umm Qasr.

The years since the Arab Spring, the Iraqi Civil War and the Great Restoration have been peaceful and prosperous for Iraq - as Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad would take over rulership from his aging father in 2020 and the transition to a more democratic society had been finalized. Though the years since have caused Iraq to further deepen their ties with their old allies, as the Middle East heats up once more.


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Nationstates Name: United Kingdom of Hypron
Nation Name: State of Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Territory: Modern Day Japan
Population: 123.43 million
Official Language: Japanese
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National Anthem (optional): Kimigayo

Head of State: Naruhito, Emperor of Japan
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Head of Government: Prime Minister Taro Kono (LDP- Shikōkai)
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Legislature Name: National Diet
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): LDP/Komeito

GDP (Nominal): $5.404 Trillion USD
GDP (PPP): $6.353 Trillion USD
GDP per Capita (Nominal): $40,806
GDP Per Capita (PPP): $51,740
Currency: Japanese Yen

Domestic Policy Overview/Challenges: Since the 2020 General Election, the LDP has adopted the old posture of Hayato Ikeda, mainly his conciliatory tei shisei (low-posture) politics towards the political opposition. With some level of cooperation within the National Diet, the Kono Cabinet has instead decided to maintain the status-quo within Japan, focusing on ensuring mass technological innovation, fostering stable economic growth, and slowly pushing reforms through the Diet.

Of course, there have been some issues, mainly within the LDP itself. Many within the right-wing factions of the LDP have begun to complain about the government's soft stance against the opposition members. The Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai and the Shisuikai, led by former PM candidate Yoshihide Suga and consisting of 107 out of the 260 LDP seats in the House of Representatives, have been opposing the Kono Cabinet’s domestic agenda since 2023. This has overall become known as the ‘Kono-Suga Rivalry’.

Foreign Policy Overview/Challenges: Prime Minister Kono has taken a shift from the more nationalistic, pro-American foreign policy stance to a more Asian-Centric stance. Kono has been one of the few to desire to rebuild Japanese relations with East Asian nations. To the complaint of the right-wing of the Japanese political sphere, upon entering office, he endorsed his father's ‘Kono Statement’, ordered the construction of a new shrine to replace Yasukuni Shrine as a war memorial, and has shown willingness to sit down with South Korea to discuss the Liancourt Rocks dispute. However, Kono has been unwilling to go much further due to the possible anger of the LDP Right-Wing.

In other items, Japan has been working to take a more aggressive approach to Chinese encroachment on the South China Sea and Taiwan. The JMSDF have begun annual FONOPs of the South China Sea, centred around a helicopter destroyer and 2 guided missile destroyers. This, combined with Japanese remilitarization and diplomatic efforts with East Asian nations, have begun to show that Japan is somewhat not pleased with China at the moment.

That, however, works both ways. Japan-PRC relations are at their tensest since the Second World War, with constant Chinese aggressions within the SCS and Japan taking a hardline stance. Meanwhile, many Asian countries oppose Japanese remilitarization out of historical concerns.

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here):

Branches: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Japan Air And Space Self-Defense Force

JGSDF: The JGSDF has received a small expansion since the 2010 defence spending increase, mainly via the foundation of the 4-regiment strong Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade and the expansion of the Dai-Ichi Kutei Dan. In addition, 3 tank units ( the 2nd Tank Regiment, 5th Tank Battalion, and 11th Tank Unit) have had their Type 90s replaced with the lighter Type 10.

JMSDF: The JMSDF received the lionshare of the budget increase, and decided to put those funds into Japan’s AEGIS defence capabilities. From 2010-2016. 2 additional destroyers of the Atago class (being named after the decommissioned Tachikaze and Sawakaze) were put into the seas built around AEGIS Baseline 9 (which Atago and Ashigara were upgraded to from 2017-2019).

The FY2014 defence report outlined the design for the new Maya-class destroyers showed a change in Japanese design philosophy. 24 of the 96 VLS cells were designated for an VLS-launched anti-ship missile to improve the strike capabilities of Japanese escort flotillas. Construction of the Maya-class began in 2017, with the goal of completing one per year starting in 2020. The first 4 of the class, Maya, Haguro, Nachi, and Takao, were completed on schedule, while the last 2, Furutaka and Aoba, were delayed to install a hybrid electric propulsion system. Commissioning of the Furutaka is expected in January 2025, while Aoba is slated for June 2026.

The anti-ship missile selected to be used in the Mk. 41 VLS tubes was the AGM-158C LRASM, after a rigorous amount of testing from 2019-2021. Once it was shown that it could be launched from a VLS without issue, Japan ordered 500 missiles to shore up its ship-based anti-ship complement. The RGM-84 Harpoon and the Type 90 AShM of the Kongo and Atago class destroyers were dismounted and replaced with the extended range Type 17 AShM missiles. While the Type 90s were moved for use from ground-based launchers, the Harpoons had their solid fuel rocket boosters removed and were sent for use by F-15Es.

JAASDF: The Japan Air and Space Self Defence Force (which will remain called JASDF from here on) has begun a transition within its air-superiority and ground strike forces. In recent years, the Ministry of Defence approved the purchase of 36 F-15SE Silent Eagles (2011) and 18 F-15E Strike Eagles (2015) to be licensed and built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The F-15SJ had their internal hardpoints modified to carry the AAM-4B air-to-air missiles, while the F-15Es were left largely untouched. Other than that, JASDF procurement has remained similar to IRL.

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In 2005, in a rare effort of bipartisan cooperation, members of the LDP, Komeito, and the DPJ created the ‘Combined Focus Group for Constitutional Revision’, headed by Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Taro Aso, to discuss a combined effort to amend multiple aspects of the Japanese Constitution. While the LDP members focused on their desire to amend Article 9, the DPJ focused on a future-oriented" constitution, mainly by enhancing the position of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet compared to the bureaucrats, increasing human rights, ensuring greater government transparency, and the creation of a constitutional court.

After 3 years of constant discussions, the CFGCR presented the ‘Combined Constitutional Revision Bill’ to the National Diet. It (in very short terms) is a compromise between the two political parties' revision goals. It reforms Article 9 to allow for a partial offensive remilitarization via ‘Collective Self-Defence’, establishes a constitutional court to oversee future constitutional affairs, and provides media and internet censorship protections. While the first draft of the revisions were made to be presented in late 2007, the victory of the DPJ in the 2007 House of Councilors election strengthened their position, allowing them to gain additional concessions.

With the three largest political parties in Japan all in agreement for once, it was a breeze through the National Diet. In the Representatives, the amendment passed with 410 votes out of 465, and in the Councilors, it passed with 212 votes out of 242. The referendum that happened 3 weeks after confirmed all 3 main amendments to the Japanese Constitution, leading to its first ever changes in its history.

Even with the switching of the parties in power from the LDP to the DPJ in 2009, Japan's military budget would begin to see an increase in funds. The 2010 budget increased Japanese military spending up to 2%. The LDP's return to power in 2012 has meant an even further increase to Japanese defense spending, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe believed in the need to build up the Self-Defense forces. The 2014-2020 Defense Budgets would see 4% of the Japanese GDP contributed to defense per year, which would lead to an expansion of the AEGIS defense of the MSDF and new procurements within the ASDF. The 2021-2024 Defense Budgets have seen a decrease back down to 3%, mainly to keep up maintenance costs of new equipment instead of funding new military programs.

This build up of the Japan Self Defense Forces, along with the aggressiveness of the People’s Republic of China in regards to the South China Sea, would coincide with a slight political shift within factions of the LDP. While the more right-wing factions retained their stance on multiple disputes around Japan’s past and its territorial boundaries, the central factions began to grow a more Asian-Centric stance with its neighbours, wanting cooperation against the People’s Republic of China.

2020 would be the year that decided the direction of the Liberal Democratic Party for the next 5 years. On August 28th, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his intentions to resign, and the squabbles began 5 seconds after his announcement. By the week before the election, on September 7th, Minister of Defense Taro Kono, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, and former Foreign Affairs Minister Fumio Kishida all stood for leadership of the LDP.

When the election came around on September 14, 2020, the first ballot saw the votes divided along faction lines, with none of the candidates gaining enough votes. The next day, however, Kishida stepped out of the race, and endorsed Kono. With 2 factions backing Kono, the Heisei Kenkyūkai and the Suigetsukai also endorsed Kono, which effectively ended the race. On September 17, Taro Kono was confirmed as the next Prime Minister of Japan. He formed his cabinet relatively quickly after, promoting backers from among the endorsed factions. Kishida, as a reward for backing out of the race, was made Chief Cabinet Secretary, while Toshimitsu Motegi was made Minister of Foreign Affairs and Shigeru Ishiba was tapped for Minister of Defense.

The 1st Kono Ministry began work to address the economic stagnation brought upon by Covid-19. His goal to go about this was, as he stated “A revitalization of the Japanese Economy via Technology, Technology, and more Technology.” The Japanese Government lowered consumption taxes from 10% to 8%, increased pensions across the board, and began increasing automation across the board. Japan’s GDP growth went from a 4% decrease in 2020 to a 2.8% increase in 2025, showing some level of progress (although most of this is attributed to a natural economic rebound).

To improve the government's focus on technological development, he has separated the Technology Ministry from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and elevated it to a Minister of State, creating the ‘Ministry of Technological Development’. As well as this, he separated the spaceborne duties from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and created the ‘Ministry of Spaceborne Developments'. Both positions had mergers with their counterparts: The Minister of Space Policy and the Minister and Science and Technology Policy.




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