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by Glovania » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:10 am
West Aurelia wrote:Three times more Americans have married Kim Kardashian than have died from Ebola. I'm not worried.
by The Vaktovian Empire » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:23 am
by Rephesus » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:33 am
Organization Name:
Areas of Operation: Belgian Congo, Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, CAR
Governmental Information
Group Ideology: Independance, irredentism, anti-colonialism, anti-Imperialism, resistance, African solidarity.
Leader: Mobutu Sese Seko
Group Information
Membership Size: Estimates range from 700,000 to upwards of 2 Million.
Nationality: Congolese Ethnic group.
Resources: Soviet Surplus weapons, WW2 leftovers, jungles, villages, popular support
Militia: Consists of over 200 Villages across Central Africa, serving as mobile bases and striking centres. Militia makes up the vast majority of the force.
Other information: Having arose in 1965, the Popular Movement for Revolution recognized the Congo was the last true colony in Africa, that even the Belgians no longer ruled the Congo, now it was the Dutch, Protestants. The MPR grew quickly, gaining recruits across the nation. At first it was simple protests, only leading to crack downs on Africans by the whit oppressor, quickly it became a full-out rebellion, taking to the streets and the jungles the MPR had torn the Congo apart seeking to establish an independent Zaire, and recruiting even from neighbouring nations to do so.
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by The Enclave Government » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:39 am
Ifreann wrote:Natural law is what people call it when they want to believe that their personal views are actually the deep truth of the universe.
by The Enclave Government » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:41 am
Ifreann wrote:Natural law is what people call it when they want to believe that their personal views are actually the deep truth of the universe.
by Rephesus » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:46 am
by The Enclave Government » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:52 am
Rephesus wrote:The Enclave Government wrote:
I'm going away from Turkey this round. My app is on the page behind this one. Check it out, tell me what you think!
I'm not a Co-OP by the way. Personally I found a few questionable things, I don't think Czechoslovakia would be incorporated due to Soviet influence And East Germany, but an Anschluss with Austria is interesting for sure. I also don't understand the flag, it reminds me of the Constellation found on New Zealand's flag. And I don't think using German Nationalism or Nazism would work considering how fasciphobic Germany (Europe in General) was at this point.
Ifreann wrote:Natural law is what people call it when they want to believe that their personal views are actually the deep truth of the universe.
by Roski » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:01 am
NS Name: Roski
Nation Name: The Federal Republic of Germany
Head of State: Karl Carstens
Head of Government: Helmut Kohl
Flag:
Claims: All Territories of the FRG as of 1983
Capital City: Berlin
Government Form: Federal Parliamentary Democratic Republic
Ideology: Economic Liberalism
Foreign Policy: The Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany, abbreviated FRG) was founded in the early stages of the Cold War. It claimed to be the sole legitimate successor state of the German Empire in its borders of 1937 (see FRG constitution).
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer pursued a policy promoting integration into the western alliuances : in 1951 the FRG joined the ECSC, in 1957 it became a founding member of the EC. In 1955 the FRG joined NATO and rearmed - since 1945 and 1955 both the FRG and the GDR did not have any army/armies.
The FRG invested a lot of effort into improving its relations with its neighbours. Voluntarily, the FRG made payments, especially to France and to Israel, in recognition of crimes committed by Germans against foreign and German victims of Nazi brutality. Cross-national contact on local level was promoted, in form of city partnerships, Europe-wide sports and song contests etc. Soon, the FRG, necause of its strong, booming economy became the 'paymaster of the EC', the FRG paying more into the Brussels treasury than it received in return. Beneficiaries were the countries with a strong agricultural basis, and less developed regions within the EC.
The FRG was described as an economic superpower (the world's third largest economy), yet politically a second rate power. For the time being, the FRG was satisfied with this position, aware that Europe's other nations were unwilling to see a German government play a dominating role in European politics. The Axis Paris-Bonn (the latter being the FRG's provisorical seat of government) was emphasized by both the French and the FRG government. It gave the French additional political weight. Yet the FRG did not merely follow French policy. When France withdrew from the military structure of NATO, and promoted the WEU (west European Defense Union) instead, the FRG joined the latter with a token force, but remained in NATO, now the Alliance's second strongest member.
Towards the East, the Adenauer-administration and its Christian Democratic successors pursued a policy of non-recognition. Technically, East Germany was treated as territory the population of which at present was hindered from joining, but the GDR was not recognized. East Germany was treated as inland, all East Germans, if they claimed an FRG passport or benefits from any FRG law, could not be refused these.
As hundreds of thousands of easterners crossed into the west in Berlin in search for a better life, as both governments claimed to be the solely legitimate successor of the German Empire, as the respective ideologies were hostile, so was the climate between the two governments.
Yet there were areas, such as the Olympic Games, where both Germanies were represented by a unified team - that is until Tokyo 1964; in Mexico 1968, for the first time two German teams appeared.
Both German states were separated by the Iron Curtain; persons who tried to cross risked stepping on mines, being hunted down by German shepherd's dogs trained to kill, or being shot. There were fatalities. Yet, it was possible for west Germans to visit their east German relatives, if they were willing to endure strict border controls and accept east German regulations.
The FRG government expected the East German political system and economy to collapse, and unification to follow. Yet the GDR lived longer than expected, and over time west Germans got used to the existence of the FRG.
The USSR had held back the German P.O.W.s until 1955; many of those who returned had already legally been declared dead, as there had been no communication for years. In the same year, the USSR offered German unification if the FRG pursued a policy of political neutrality; the Adenauer administration declined the offer and chose NATO membership instead.
In 1957 the population of the Saarland, in another plebiscite, voted to rejoin the Federal Republic.
The two Germanies had learned to live with each other, the capitalist democratic Federal Republic and socialist one-party-state GDR. An intense competition between the two, however, continued, a competition for international recognition - the Federal Republic provided economic assistance only to such third world states which did not recognize the GDR - and, from 1964 onward, in the field of sports.
Domestic Policy: In the west the currency reform had put a sudden end to the black market. Everybody had been given a 'starting money' of DM 40,-; assets in the Reichsmark were exchanged at a rate of 1.000,- RM = 1 DM. While savings were virtually wiped out, jobs now were paid well. Demand for almost everything was high. The jobless rate dropped quickly, and many inhabitants of the Soviet zone crossed into the western zones searching for a better life, the begin of massive inter-German migration.
In 1949, in the three western zones (without Berlin's three western sectors) a 'Constitution Giving Assembly' met, adopting the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany' established soon afterward. The new republic consisted of 9 states (Bundesländer). From the start, the Federal Republic was regarded a provisorium. It claimed to be the only legitimate successor state to the German Empire (it it's borders of 1937) and expected the other states of Germany to join later. Federalism was stressed, as many state authorities were spread over the country, the Bundesbank seated in Frankfurt, the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe etc.
In 1957 the population of the Saarland, in another plebiscite, voted to rejoin the Federal Republic.
In the late 1940es, political sentiment in western Germany tended toward socialism. The Ahlen Program of the CDU demanded the nationalization of key industries. Yet the quick economic recovery led to a shift in political sentiment.
Government was dominated by the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) which turned into a conservative-liberal party, and their regular junior partner, the Free Democrats (FDP, liberals). They promoted a Social Market Economy, a free market economy with the government establishing the frame in which the economy could operate, and with strong elements of a welfare state.
The FRG became a model democracy. The constitution is highly regarded; since 1949, until today it has been amended only two times (one such amendment resulting from unification in 1989). Amendments require a two-thirds majority, impossible without participation of the opposition. Four political parties - Social Democrats (SPD), Christian Democrats (CDU), Bavarian Christian Socialists (CSU) and Liberals (FDP) dominated the political landscape; the communist KPD was outlawed in 1957 (because of its radical positions, hostile to the state); reestablished as DKP, it always remained under 1 % of the votes.
The Gundgesetz (the FRG basic law, a provisorium replacing a constitution West German politicians did not want to draft without the participation of their compatriots from the east) emphasises the balance of powers and the rights of the states.
In the 1960es a new generation had grown up, in an affluent society, knowing about the war only from textbooks and their parents' tales. Many were dissatisfied in a political environment where the same two parties had governed for 20 years; so far, the SPD had formed governments only on state basis. In 1966 CDU and SPD formed a Grand Coalition Government, robbing many of the illusion of political change. The result was twofold - an increase in (protest-) votes for the ultraright nationalist NPD, and the formation of the APO (Ausserparlamentarische Opposition, outside-of-parliament opposition). The latter claimed to speak for a rising number of demonstrating students and others, many of them sympathising with socialist ideas, although not with Soviet-style socialism.
In 1968, such demonstrations were directed against the state visit of Shah Reza Pahlevi of Iran, against US intervention in Vietnam etc. The German establishment reacted with consternation, having difficulties to understand the young. The demonstrators accused the older generation of having either participated in Nazi crimes or having done nothing to stop them; the older generation had lost much of parental authority.
Civil Freedoms /10: 8
Political Freedoms /10: 7
Economic Freedoms /10: 5
Military Size: (I can't find a number) ~200k
Military Description: Germany is considered on the most advanced military in the world. It follows a "peacekeeping" and "defence of NATO" doctrine.
Strengths and Weaknesses: Germany, due to its location, is a very effective defencive force. However, its small size and treaties keeping it at its small size limit its ability to launch full scale assaults.
Law Enforcement: Established in 1951, the Bundespolizei (BPOL) is the uniformed federal police force. It is subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium des Innern (BMI)).[1] The Bundespolizei was previously known as the Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS) ("Federal Border Guard") and had a more restricted role until July 1, 2005 when the law renaming the BGS as the BPOL was enacted. Prior to 1994 BGS members also had military combatant status due to their historical foundation and border guard role.
All personnel on duty wear sidearms. Some units have light aircraft and helicopters to facilitate rapid access to remote border areas and for patrol and rescue missions. A coast guard force forms a part of the GFP. It is equipped with fourteen large patrol craft and several helicopters.
In addition to controlling Germany's border, the GFP serves as a federal reserve force to deal with major disturbances and other emergencies beyond the scope of Land police. The GFP guards airports and foreign embassies, and several highly trained detachments are available for special crisis situations requiring demolition equipment, helicopters, or combat vehicles. After shortcomings in police procedures and training were revealed by the terrorist attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, a task force known as Border Guard Group 9 (GSG-9) was formed to deal with terrorist incidents, especially hostage situations. The GSG-9 won world attention when it rescued eighty-six passengers on a Lufthansa airliner hijacked to Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1977.
A military rank structure similar to that of the Bundeswehr was replaced in the mid-1970s by civil service-type personnel grades. The service uniform was green but is now blue.
The West German Railway Police (Bahnpolizei), formerly an independent force, and the East German Transportpolizei were restructured under the BGS to form the Bundespolizei in 1990.
To add on, the Germany Riot Police under this are shown to be capable at defending their cities.
Intelligence agencies(Domestic and Foreign): Federal Intelligence Service (BND): Bundesnachrichtendienst, foreign intelligence
Military Counter-intelligence Service (MAD): Militärischer Abschirmdienst, military intelligence
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV): Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, domestic intelligence
State Offices for the Protection of the Constitution (LfV): Landesbehörden für Verfassungsschutz (exist in each of the 16 states, sometimes simply as a department within the respective Ministry of the Interior. See also Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, which coordinates their activities.)
Ministry for State Security (MfS) "Ministerium für Staatssicherheit", also known as "Stasi"
Description of Your Nation's Economy: The foundation for the influential position held by Germany today was laid during the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle) of the 1950s when West Germany rose from the enormous destruction wrought by World War II to become the world's third largest economy. The first chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who remained in office until 1963, had worked for a full alignment with the West rather than neutrality. He not only secured a membership in NATO but was also a proponent of agreements that developed into the present-day European Union. When the G6/G8 was established in 1975, there was no question whether the Federal Republic of Germany would be a member as well.
Description of Your Nation's Government: Political life in West Germany was remarkably stable and orderly. The Adenauer era (1949–63) was followed by a brief period under Ludwig Erhard (1963–66) who, in turn, was replaced by Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1966–69). All governments between 1949 and 1966 were formed by the united caucus of the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), either alone or in coalition with the smaller Free Democratic Party (FDP) or other rightwing parties.
Kiesinger's 1966–69 "Grand Coalition" was between West Germany's two largest parties, the CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). This was important for the introduction of new emergency acts—the Grand Coalition gave the ruling parties the two-thirds majority of votes required to see them in. These controversial acts allowed basic constitutional rights such as freedom of movement to be limited in case of a state of emergency.
Leading up to the passing of the laws, there was fierce opposition to them, above all by the FDP, the rising German student movement, a group calling itself Notstand der Demokratie ("Democracy in a State of Emergency") and the labour unions. Demonstrations and protests grew in number, and in 1967 the student Benno Ohnesorg was shot in the head by a policeman. The press, especially the tabloid Bild-Zeitung newspaper, launched a vast campaign against the protesters and in 1968, believed by some as a result, there was an attempted assassination of one of the top members of the German socialist students' union, Rudi Dutschke.
By 1958, a stronger desire to confront the Nazi past had come into being. In the 1960s environmentalism and anti-nationalism became fundamental values among left-wing Germans. As a result in 1979 the Greens were able to reach the 5% minimum required to obtain parliamentary seats in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen state election, and with the foundation of the national party in 1980 developed into one of the most politically successful green movements in the world.
Another result of the unrest in the 1960s was the founding of the Red Army Faction (RAF). The RAF was active from 1968, carrying out a succession of terrorist attacks in West Germany during the 1970s. Even in the 1990s, attacks were still being committed under the name RAF. The last action took place in 1993, and in 1998 the group announced it was ceasing activities.
Helmut Kohl in 1986.
In the 1969 election, the SPD gained enough votes to form a coalition government with the FDP. SPD leader and Chancellor Willy Brandt remained head of government until May 1974, when he resigned after the Guillaume Affair, in which a senior member of his staff was uncovered as a spy for the East German intelligence service, the Stasi. However the affair is widely considered to have been merely a trigger for Brandt's resignation, not a fundamental cause. Instead, Brandt, dogged by scandal relating to alcohol and depression[17][18] as well as the economic fallout of the 1973 oil crisis, almost seems simply to have had enough. As Brandt himself later said, "I was exhausted, for reasons which had nothing to do with the process going on at the time." [19]
Finance Minister Helmut Schmidt (SPD) then formed a government, continuing the SPD-FDP coalition. He served as Chancellor from 1974 to 1982. Hans-Dietrich Genscher, a leading FDP official, was Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister in the same years. Schmidt, a strong supporter of the European Community (EC) and the Atlantic alliance, emphasized his commitment to "the political unification of Europe in partnership with the USA".
The goals of SPD and FDP however drifted apart in the late 1970s and early 1980s. On 1 October 1982, the FDP joined forces with the CDU/CSU to elect CDU Chairman Helmut Kohl as Chancellor in a Constructive Vote of No Confidence. Following national elections in March 1983, Kohl emerged in firm control of both the government and the CDU. The CDU/CSU fell just short of an absolute majority, because of the entry into the Bundestag of the Greens, who received 5.6% of the vote.
In January 1987, the Kohl-Genscher government was returned to office, but the FDP and the Greens gained at the expense of the larger parties. The Social Democrats concluded that not only were the Greens unlikely to form a coalition, but also that such a coalition would be far from a majority. Neither condition changed until 1998.
History of your Nation:
(Just going to put it in a nutshell, k?)
Germanic Tribes > Rome: WAR
Frankish Empire Stronk
Holy Roman Empire stronk
BLACK DEATH TOO STRONK
France, Italy > What would soon be Germany, Sweden: WAR
Prussia can into Empire.
France > Prussia, Russia, United Kingdom: WAR
German Confederation can into buffer Austria and Prussia
German cannot into confederation
North Germany can into confederation
Bismarck into makings of stronk Germany
Germany, Austria-Hungary > Great Britian, France, Russia: WAR
Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Austria > United States, Soviet Union, Poland, France, United Kingdom, Brazil, Libya, Ethiopia, Somalia, China: WAR
Germany is of two!
Population of entire nation: 61 307 000
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by The Enclave Government » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:02 am
Ifreann wrote:Natural law is what people call it when they want to believe that their personal views are actually the deep truth of the universe.
by Roski » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:04 am
Rephesus wrote:Someone literally just apples for Germany, Roski.
Why doesn't anyone ever app for other nations?we need a Spain...
by The Vaktovian Empire » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:06 am
by The Enclave Government » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:08 am
Rephesus wrote:Someone literally just apples for Germany, Roski.
Why doesn't anyone ever app for other nations?
Ifreann wrote:Natural law is what people call it when they want to believe that their personal views are actually the deep truth of the universe.
by Rephesus » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:10 am
The Vaktovian Empire wrote:@Reph
while I applaud you attempting to make a rebel group in the congo, as I already clarified its a pretty well liked system which is why a rebellion would never happen be suss it would not get popular public support.
I may be in, but not right now.
by The Enclave Government » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:19 am
Ifreann wrote:Natural law is what people call it when they want to believe that their personal views are actually the deep truth of the universe.
by The Vaktovian Empire » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:21 am
Rephesus wrote:The Vaktovian Empire wrote:@Reph
while I applaud you attempting to make a rebel group in the congo, as I already clarified its a pretty well liked system which is why a rebellion would never happen be suss it would not get popular public support.
I may be in, but not right now.
That's unrealistic. As pointed out before, the Congo is absolutely the single most difficult area of Africa to administer, the most anti-European (probably more so now that it's not even Belgian anymore) and the fact is that Decolonization has happened everywhere else. This isn't 1500, if you have an African colony you can be pretty damn sure that it wants independence. The Congo has been in a state of constant rebellion since it was colonized, and the fact that every single one of its neighbours is independent really doesn't do anything but fuel the fire.
by Roski » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:24 am
NS Name: Roski
Nation Name: Kingdom of Spain
Head of State: Juan Carlos
Head of Government: Felipe Gonzalez
Flag:
Claims: Modern Day Spain's territory
Capital City: Madrid
Government Form: Constitutional Monarchy
Ideology: Conservatism, liberal conservatism, Christian democracy, economic liberalism, unionism
Foreign Policy: America. Russia. Pls stahp fighting. Pls
Domestic Policy: Trying not to collapse economically, unionize the country
Civil Freedoms /10: 6
Political Freedoms /10: 6
Economic Freedoms /10: 6
Military Size: 123,300
Military Description: Basically their entire military is supplied by Germany and France
Strengths and Weaknesses: The Spanish Military is not powerful, but is well enough equiped and strong enough to defend itself. But if Germany and France falls, Spain falls.
Law Enforcement: Guardia Civil - Civil Guard - responsible for general rural policing, firearms and explosives control; traffic policing on interurban roads; protection of communication routes, coasts, frontiers, ports, and airports; enforcement of environmental and conservation laws, including those governing hunting and fishing; and interurban transport of prisoners. The Guardia Civil has operated as military police in support of the Spanish armed forces on peace-keeping deployment..[16]
Cuerpo Nacional de Policía - National Police Corp in communities with population of more than 20,000.[17]
Policía Portuaria
Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera - Customs Service charged with customs inspections and the collection of import duties. In addition, they investigated smuggling, tax evasion, and illegal financial transactions, particularly those involving import-export businesses and currency exchange. Most of its uniformed and plainclothes police were stationed at frontier crossing points with France, Andorra, and Portugal, ports, and terminals of entry. Their monitoring of entries and departures by foreigners also produced a flow of information needed by internal security agencies.
Intelligence agencies(Domestic and Foreign):
Centro Nacional de Inteligencia
Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa
National Police Corps of Spain
Servicio de Información Militar
Description of Your Nation's Economy: The Spanish Economy at this point is rapidly collapsing, and falling apart.
Description of Your Nation's Government: Spain is a constitutional monarchy whose government is defined by the Constitution of Spain. This was approved by a general referendum of the people of Spain in 1978. The final interpretation of the Constitution, in the case of dispute, is the business of the Constitutional Court of Spain
There are three main institutions known as the Cortes Generales, which are legally independent:
The Congress of Deputies, a general assembly of representatives whose controlling faction forms an executive government and proposes legislative changes
The assembly of senators consider the wider implications and compatibility of proposed legislation
The judicial branch composed of a hierarchy of law courts which ensure that any proposed or imposed executive enforcement complies with Spanish and European law
History of your Nation:
I am of Islam
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION
Spain can into Empire!
Spain CANNOT into Empire
Spain cannot into colony
REVOLUTION. HITLER HELP ME PLS
I can into dictator.
Population of entire nation: 37.5 million
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by Rephesus » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:43 am
The Vaktovian Empire wrote:Rephesus wrote:That's unrealistic. As pointed out before, the Congo is absolutely the single most difficult area of Africa to administer, the most anti-European (probably more so now that it's not even Belgian anymore) and the fact is that Decolonization has happened everywhere else. This isn't 1500, if you have an African colony you can be pretty damn sure that it wants independence. The Congo has been in a state of constant rebellion since it was colonized, and the fact that every single one of its neighbours is independent really doesn't do anything but fuel the fire.
Besides the fact were pouring millions of dollars threw both private and government investment to make it have a stronker economy and power state than it would indendent. Therefore, unlike Suriname which is more directly Dutch influenced (even the governor is) the Congo and its people are relatively happy with being part of the commonwealth as the only thing they have to recognize is overall Dutch control. They're relatively self governed besides the fact the viceroy ultimately can order the governor if he needs to and the president can order the viceroy to tell the governor to do something. With a strong economy and modernized industrialized country, most have come to like the new rule within the past 40 years.
by The Enclave Government » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:50 am
Rephesus wrote:The Vaktovian Empire wrote:
Besides the fact were pouring millions of dollars threw both private and government investment to make it have a stronker economy and power state than it would indendent. Therefore, unlike Suriname which is more directly Dutch influenced (even the governor is) the Congo and its people are relatively happy with being part of the commonwealth as the only thing they have to recognize is overall Dutch control. They're relatively self governed besides the fact the viceroy ultimately can order the governor if he needs to and the president can order the viceroy to tell the governor to do something. With a strong economy and modernized industrialized country, most have come to like the new rule within the past 40 years.
As shown throughout history simply pouring money onto a nation does not fit it's problems. The underlying fact is that you have a colony in Africa full of people who want independence and every other on the continent is independent. It is easily the most volatile region due to lack of infrastructure, native anti-European sentiment and a surplus of military hardware, plus it's very difficult to administrate due to the complexities of a decentralized government in an impoverished nation with a massive rural population.
The other question is ideology, clearly as a democracy the people of the Congo have the right for vote for independence, and if this is denied to them then there would be dissent and rebellion. It happened in CAR, in Niger, in Angola, in Rwanda, even in Liberia, in Ivory Coast, in Namibia, in Tanzania, in Togo and in Zimbabwe, it would happen in Congo.
Ifreann wrote:Natural law is what people call it when they want to believe that their personal views are actually the deep truth of the universe.
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