1990: The Winds of Change [ENDED|OOC|CN Sponsored]

[Da Klan]

Some great questions about the Middle East, I'll definitely try to expand the OP when I get the chance.

I was definitely wanting to have a Ba'ahist Egypt, which is currently trying to Arabize its vast swathes of territory in the Sudans and exploit their oil resources. There is almost certainly a great deal of unrest in South Sudan, which will likely go into full-blown revolution if nothing is done about it. It'd be an interesting country to play, all things considered.

Some Zionists definitely tried to form their own state, and several paramilitary groups formed which may even be plotting to this day. However, Palestine was run by an Italian satellite, so it had more say in its immigration laws. The government in what's Palestine/Transjordan could either be warily tolerant, or be violent towards them, depending on the player. Pan-Arabism likely exists, but faces many of the same problems of IRL without the Israeli scapegoat.

I like the idea of a Hashemite Arabia, but I think I'll put the Saudis in charge, but with a weaker grip than IRL. I'd like to set up a proxy conflict in the ME between a secular Iran and a religious Saudi Arabia.

I dunno if a proxy conflict would likely occur with the Shahdom still a thing. Saudi Arabia and the Shahdom, while not best of buds, did cooperate with each other in regards to security and uhh Islamic solidarity.

[The Palmetto]

Some great questions about the Middle East, I'll definitely try to expand the OP when I get the chance.

I was definitely wanting to have a Ba'ahist Egypt, which is currently trying to Arabize its vast swathes of territory in the Sudans and exploit their oil resources. There is almost certainly a great deal of unrest in South Sudan, which will likely go into full-blown revolution if nothing is done about it. It'd be an interesting country to play, all things considered.

Some Zionists definitely tried to form their own state, and several paramilitary groups formed which may even be plotting to this day. However, Palestine was run by an Italian satellite, so it had more say in its immigration laws. The government in what's Palestine/Transjordan could either be warily tolerant, or be violent towards them, depending on the player. Pan-Arabism likely exists, but faces many of the same problems of IRL without the Israeli scapegoat.

I like the idea of a Hashemite Arabia, but I think I'll put the Saudis in charge, but with a weaker grip than IRL. I'd like to set up a proxy conflict in the ME between a secular Iran and a religious Saudi Arabia.

I dunno if a proxy conflict would likely occur with the Shahdom still a thing. Saudi Arabia and the Shahdom, while not best of buds, did cooperate with each other in regards to security and uhh Islamic solidarity.

Yeah, but this is alternate history. I wouldn't see it as too hard to throw a wrench into their relations.

[The Palmetto]

Since no one's done so yet, I'll go ahead and apply for the USA. Should hopefully bring us some more activity.

[The National Dominion of Hungary]

Grand! I think another active great power will boost overall interaction

[The Palmetto]

Nationstates Name - The Palmetto
Nation Name - The United States of America
Roleplay example link - The OP
Capital - Birmingham, Alabama
Type of Government - Authoritarian presidential republic, de facto one party state
Head of State(s) - President Jack Wallace
Image of Leader - Just imagine a generic, racist Southerner
Party in Power - New Integralist Party
Executive Title - President
Demographics - 163,000,000 people total, 68% White, 26% African American, 6% other. 78% are Protestant, 12% Catholic, and 10% are irreligious or belong to another religious group.
Flag - Bonnie Blue Flag
National Anthem - “Dixie’s Land is Our Land”
Public Goals - Turn the USA into a proper democratic republic with “Integralist tradition”, devolve power to grant states more rights, privatize the economy, enforce “natural order” in regards to race, bring stability to the USA
Private Goals - Grant oligarchs control of the economy and country, demonize potential political opponents to ensure control of the state, make the military loyal to American corporation, segregate and impoverish blacks to provide for cheap labor, use racism to divide and conquer the populace, squash what freedoms exist and turn the USA into a survelliance state
Total military size -
Breakdown of ground sector - 500,000 soldiers in the army, 400,000 in reserves. 100,000 in the Marine Corps, 50,000 in reserves.
Breakdown of naval sector - 500,000 active, both military and civilian, and 100,000 in reserves.
Breakdown of airforce sector - 300,000 active, both military and civilian, and 50,000 in reserve.
Major foreign military suppliers [IF APPLICABLE]- The USA, due to its status as a major power, mostly produces and exports its military supplies.
Extra military information -

Currency - American dollar
Major import/export partners - UAS, Brazil, Germany, and Japan are some of the largest individual partners, while nations in the Golden Circle, Rio Pact, and Mitteleuropa are often cited as secondary trade partners.
Major Domestic Issues - The USA is experiencing the most turbulent portions of its history since the Integralist Revolution in the early 1900s. The New Integralist coup shook the core of the nation’s establishment, with many party members who held the state together losing their power, and many new oligarchs becoming influential as the market was opened up. The USA has many opposing factions in its new government, and if it doesn’t sort things out, their stagnant economy will be the least of their worries.
Major Foreign Issues - The Golden Circle is loosening with every inch of stagnation, with Mexico and Central America devolving into instability while other American allies move towards Brazil’s sphere of influence. The USA is losing allies rapidly, and though once the leader of the Integralist world, finds itself as the
History - (In the OP)

Finally got something done for the USA, so we can get some action going. If anyone ever wants to become the USA, I'll gladly step down to let it happen.

[Fascist Republic Of Bermuda]

Nationstates Name - Fascist Republic of Bermuda
Nation Name - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Roleplay example link - 2024 RP and such

Capital - London
Type of Government - Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State(s) - Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

The Right Honourable Prime Minister John David Elliott Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse
Image of Leader -

Party in Power - Conservative-Unionist-Fascist Coalition
Executive Title - By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Demographics - 60 million people
Majority
Flag - The Union Jack
National Anthem - God Save the Queen

Public Goals - Promote Anglosphere cooperation, protect democracy, contain radical ideologies
Private Goals - subvert Communist and Integralist regimes, use the Commonwealth to reinstate the full glory of the British Empire

Total military size -

British Army: 400,000 Regular Service personnel, 200,000 Territorial Army personnel
Royal Navy: 300,000 sailors
Royal Air Force: 275,000 airmen

Breakdown of ground sector - The British Army, while it lacks the prestige of the Royal Navy, is nonetheless a proud fighting force. Numbering 400,000 strong in the Regular Service, they hold themselves to a high degree of professionalism, and are geared toward rapid deployment and use of intensive cooperation between branches to achieve perfect use of combined arms. The Territorial Army is the volunteer reserve of the British Army. 200,000 strong, they are called up into Regular Service in times of great duress, and in peacetime double as a gendarmerie.
Breakdown of naval sector - The Royal Navy is the pride and joy of any Briton. An extensive blue-water navy, it is the primary arm by which the United Kingdom projects power. Ensuring British interests overseas and at home be protected, the Royal Navy follows a doctrine that it has followed since the beginning of the century: that the Royal Navy must have 30% more capital ships than the next naval power.

Capital Ships

• 6 Queen Victoria-class aircraft carriers [+ 3 under construction](sorta Nimitz-esque, but British)
• 3 Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers
  Destroyers
• 20 Type 82 Destroyers
• 30 Type 42 Destroyers
  Frigates
• 24 Amazon-class frigates
• 20 [+ 4 under construction] Broadsword-class frigates
  Submarines
• 4 Resolution-class SSBNs\
• 6 [+4 under construction] Trafalgar-class SSNs
• 10 Swiftsure-class SSNs

Breakdown of airforce sector - The RAF is the youngest of the three primary branches of Her Majesty's Armed Forces, but is no less prideful. Relying largely on multirole aircraft instead of specialists, it places a lot of trust into its fleets of VSTOL aircraft such as the Harrier and Cyclone.

1,500 Fighters
500 Attack Aircraft
200 Strategic Bombers

Major foreign military suppliers- None.
Extra military information -

Small Arms

Pistols

• Browning Hi-Power (Standard service pistol)
• SIG Sauer P226 (Limited issue to special forces, potential plans to replace Hi-Power)
  Submachine Guns
• Machine Pistol No.4 Mk.IV Patchet-Sterling (Literally just the Sterling. Almost entirely phased out by Waters-Sterling and Rifle No.11.)
• Machine Pistol No.5 Mk.I* Waters-Sterling (essentially a modernized Patchet-Sterling, standard submachine gun)
  Rifles/Carbines
• Rifle No.9 Mk.II* Janson-Enfield (like the IRL EM-2, but with slight ergonomic improvements. Out of service, but still in storage.)
• Rifle No.11 Mk.I Enfield (like the IRL L85A1, but actually useable and in .480 British. Standard service rifle.)
  Machine Guns
• Gun, Machine, Bren Mark IV*, .303-inch (Essentially just the Bren gun. Out of service, but still in storage.)
• Gun, Machine, Taden Mark II, .280-inch (belt-fed Bren in .280 British. Being replaced by Enfield LMG)
• Gun, Machine, Enfield-11 Mark I, .280-inch (SAW conversion of the Rifle No.11, to replace Taden)
• Gun, Machine, Vervier Mark II* (FN MAG but chambered in .303 British. Standard medium machine gun.)
• Gun, Machine, Browning Mark II (Browning M2HB. That’s it. Nothing special about it. Standard heavy machine gun.)
  DMRs/Sniper Rifles
• Rifle No.4 Mk.III* Lee-Enfield (refurbishing of old Lee-Enfield rifles to modern sharpshooter rifle standard, like the IRL L42 but not rechambered to 7.62 NATO)
• Rifle No.13 Mk.I Precision Marksman (literally just the RL PM but in .303 British)
• Rifle No.13 Mk.II Arctic Warfare (literally just the RL AW but in .303 British. To become standard sniper rifle.)
  Portable Anti-Material Weapons
• Recoilless Rifle, Anti-Tank, Carl Gustaf (Common anti-tank weapon)
• Launcher, Anti-Tank, Model of 1980 (Standard anti-tank weapon)
• Launcher, Anti-Air, Javelin (Standard MANPADS)
• Launcher, Anti-Air, Starstreak (next-gen MANPADS in limited service to special forces, definite plans to replace Javelin.)

Artillery

Mortars

• ML 3-inch Mortar Mk.III (standard mortar)
  Howitzers
• Ordnance BL 4.1 inch light field gun (standard light howitzer)
• Ordnance BL 6.1 inch field howitzer (standard medium howitzer)
• 4.1 inch Field Artillery, Self-Propelled, Abbot
  Rocket Artillery
• Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System
  Air Defense Systems
• Rapier

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Armoured Cars, Utility Vehicles, etc.

• Land Rover Wolf
• Vehicle, Tracked, Armed Reconnaissance, Mark I, Scorpion
• Vehicle, Tracked, Armed Reconnaissance, Mark II, Scimitar
  Armoured Personnel Carriers
• Carrier, Infantry, No.103 Spartan
• Carrier, Infantry, No.432 Kangaroo
• Carrier, Infantry, No.4333 Stormer
  Infantry Fighting Vehicles
• Carrier, Autocannon, Infantry, No.510 Warrior (to partially replace APCs)
  Main Battle Tanks
• Tank, Universal, Mark II, Chieftain
• Tank, Universal, Mark III, Challenger (To become standard MBT, replacing the Chieftain)

Aircraft

Helicopters
Westland Lynx (Standard utility helicopter)
Westland Puma (License-built French helicopter)
Westland Sea King (License-built UAS helicopter)
Westland Mongoose (standard attack helicopter)
Air Superiority Fighters/Interceptors
Panavia Tornado ADV
Multirole Fighters
Panavia Tornado IDS/ECR
Hawker Cyclone (Mach 2 capable Harrier-like aircraft)
Fixed-Wing Attack Aircraft
Breguet/BAC Jaguar
Hawker Harrier
Hawker Sea Harrier
Hawker Harrier II (to replace current subsonic Harrier types)
Strategic Bombers
Hawker Vulcan
Handley Page Victor
Design Projects
BAe F.125 (Supersonic VSTOL, plans to replace VSTOL types in service)
EADS/BAe Typhoon (planned next-gen multirole fighter to supplement Tornado)

Currency - Pound sterling
Major import/export partners - France, the Commonwealth at large, UAS, Germany
Major Domestic Issues -

• Budgeting
• Northern Ireland
• Government Coalition infighting

Major Foreign Issues -

• Increasing Integralist leanings in Europe and the world at large
• Expanding the Commonwealth and ensuring it remains Anglo and Democratic(™)
• Protecting and expanding British interests in the far-flung regions of the world.

History -

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was the dominant world power for some 200-odd years. Emerging from the Napoleonic Wars as the victor, at the top of the world, the 19th century reign of Queen Victoria I is regarded by pretty much the entire nation as the pinnacle of British power. In the wake of the intervention in the American Civil War and the emergence of Integralism, some in Britain worried, but few regarded it as too serious- as long as they kept it on their side of the world and out of the British Empire. And for the most part, that was alright.

And then the Great War happened. While French boots did not touch British soil, the war was nonetheless devastating for the soldiers that Britain sent to support Germany in their two-front war. It wasn't even the Great War, really, that impacted the British consciousness: it was the actions of the United States and Japan. So horrifically did they stain Britain's honor that history books would write that it was a miracle the government was not shot by their own people- especially after the Far East Fleet, which had equal a number to the Imperial Japanese Fleet, was ordered to withdraw from Singapore to Australia without bothering to hold.

While it might not have broken out into open revolution, Britain came close. The disillusionment with the government- being so willing to throw away British lives over Hungary, but not to defend her own Empire- led to the rapid rise of two diametrically opposite movements. The Labour Party was the first, rapidly overtaking the Liberal Party as the central party of the British left-wing. The second was the British Fascisti, inspired by Mussolini's fascists in Italy. They claimed that the current parties were weak, and the way forward was a restoration of older traditions- arms buildups, more power to the monarch, less power in the hands of the Conservative and Liberal party. Amid infighting on the British left wing between the Liberal Party and Labour Party, the disillusionment with the Conservative Party, and granting of the right for women to vote (as the British Fascisti had been a staunch ally of the suffragette movement), the British Fascisti achieved a large foothold in the House of Commons in 1929, and Labour took the Prime Minister's post. In 1935, however, the Conservatives consolidated their position with the Liberal Unionist Party, and retook the House of Commons.

In 1936, King George V passed away, and his son, Edward VIII, took the throne. The new King's choice of spouse (and vocal support for the British Fascisti) caused considerable friction between him and the Government, which sparked its own national crisis that ended with Edward's voluntary abdication in the opening days of 1937. Edward's younger brother, George VI, was crowned King. The Conservative Party's opinion in the polls dropped again (despite George VI's personal popularity) due to the whole mess. This led to the victory of a Unionist-Fascist Coalition in the 1940 general elections, with the Fascist party leader Rotha Lintorn-Orman taking the PM’s seat as the first woman to hold the office.

Although there was much controversy surrounding Lintorn-Orman’s initial tenure as PM at the time, she conducted the rapid remilitarization of the British economy. In 1941, in a speech on 10 Downing Street, Lintorn-Orman declared the Treaty of Darwin dead. In 1943, the British Far East Fleet approached from India and launched a surprise attack on the IJN naval base at Singapore, sinking several Japanese battleships, sparking the Pacific War.

In 1944, Britain spearheaded the planning and execution of Operation Neptune, the largest amphibious invasion in history, to liberate Malaya. This directly lead to the Japanese surrender. Despite Lintorn-Orman’s opinion (and, indeed, the opinion of Parliament as a whole), King George VI acquiesced to the UAS’s requests and ordered that no colonies be retaken. A number of naval bases were leased for 99 years, but British Southeast Asia was not restored.

The Fascist-Unionist coalition, now with several disgruntled Conservatives, won the 1945 General Election. But it was an ill-fated term. The increasing divide between the Government- who wanted to hold onto British colonies- and the Monarch- who wanted to end colonialism- lead to controversy after controversy.

The Heligoland Proclamation was not the only factor that started the chain of events that happened next, but it was the final straw. After the release of the Heligoland Proclamation, Lintorn-Orman resigned her post as Prime Minister, with practically the entire Government following her example. This lead to a brief period of governmental chaos that only ended in snap elections, when a Labour-Liberal Coalition won the House of Commons and promised to make good on the Heligoland Proclamation. But it was too late.

In 1951, like his brother before him, King George VI officially abdicated from the throne. His daughter was crowned Queen Elizabeth II. Learning from her father’s mistakes, she chose to take a less active role in governance.

Slowly, however, it started to turn out that decolonization was not a path to peace. Integralism spread seemingly everywhere, casting what Conservative MP Winston Churchill would famously describe as an “Iron Curtain” to fall across the world. A disgruntled British Fascisti member, Oswald Mosley, tried to form the Integralist League of Britain, but the party was banned with nearly unanimous support from across Parliament.

The Conservatives, having regained some power (and some teeth), joined in the Fascist-Unionist Coalition in the 1960s, resulting in them regaining an edge and ending the Labour-Liberal dominance that had occured in the 1950s. The governments have flipped back and forth for a few decades, but a clear atmosphere to the political discourse in Britain has emerged: the maintenance of liberal democracy against those who would take it away, the spreading of liberal democracy across the world, the liberty of freedom-loving peoples everywhere, and the consolidation and expansion of the Commonwealth of Nations, the alliance of Britain’s ex-Empire.

In the recent General Election, the Conservative-Unionist-Fascist Coalition won power under retired Admiral of the Fleet Fieldhouse's promise to finish the construction of the 3 remaining Queen Victoria-class supercarriers.

[The Palmetto]

Nationstates Name - Fascist Republic of Bermuda
Nation Name - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Roleplay example link - 2024 RP and such

Capital - London
Type of Government - Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State(s) - Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

The Right Honourable Prime Minister John David Elliott Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse
Image of Leader -

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Party in Power - Conservative-Unionist-Fascist Coalition
Executive Title - By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Demographics - 60 million people
Majority
Flag - The Union Jack
National Anthem - God Save the Queen

Public Goals - Promote Anglosphere cooperation, protect democracy, contain radical ideologies
Private Goals - subvert Communist and Integralist regimes, use the Commonwealth to reinstate the full glory of the British Empire

Total military size -

British Army: 400,000 Regular Service personnel, 200,000 Territorial Army personnel
Royal Navy: 300,000 sailors
Royal Air Force: 275,000 airmen

Breakdown of ground sector - The British Army, while it lacks the prestige of the Royal Navy, is nonetheless a proud fighting force. Numbering 400,000 strong in the Regular Service, they hold themselves to a high degree of professionalism, and are geared toward rapid deployment and use of intensive cooperation between branches to achieve perfect use of combined arms. The Territorial Army is the volunteer reserve of the British Army. 200,000 strong, they are called up into Regular Service in times of great duress, and in peacetime double as a gendarmerie.
Breakdown of naval sector - The Royal Navy is the pride and joy of any Briton. An extensive blue-water navy, it is the primary arm by which the United Kingdom projects power. Ensuring British interests overseas and at home be protected, the Royal Navy follows a doctrine that it has followed since the beginning of the century: that the Royal Navy must have 30% more capital ships than the next naval power.

Capital Ships

• 6 Queen Victoria-class aircraft carriers [+ 3 under construction](sorta Nimitz-esque, but British)
• 3 Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers
  Destroyers
• 20 Type 82 Destroyers
• 30 Type 42 Destroyers
  Frigates
• 24 Amazon-class frigates
• 20 [+ 4 under construction] Broadsword-class frigates
  Submarines
• 4 Resolution-class SSBNs\
• 6 [+4 under construction] Trafalgar-class SSNs
• 10 Swiftsure-class SSNs

Breakdown of airforce sector - The RAF is the youngest of the three primary branches of Her Majesty's Armed Forces, but is no less prideful. Relying largely on multirole aircraft instead of specialists, it places a lot of trust into its fleets of VSTOL aircraft such as the Harrier and Cyclone.

1,500 Fighters
500 Attack Aircraft
200 Strategic Bombers

Major foreign military suppliers- None.
Extra military information -

Small Arms

Pistols

• Browning Hi-Power (Standard service pistol)
• SIG Sauer P226 (Limited issue to special forces, potential plans to replace Hi-Power)
  Submachine Guns
• Machine Pistol No.4 Mk.IV Patchet-Sterling (Literally just the Sterling. Almost entirely phased out by Waters-Sterling and Rifle No.11.)
• Machine Pistol No.5 Mk.I* Waters-Sterling (essentially a modernized Patchet-Sterling, standard submachine gun)
  Rifles/Carbines
• Rifle No.9 Mk.II* Janson-Enfield (like the IRL EM-2, but with slight ergonomic improvements. Out of service, but still in storage.)
• Rifle No.11 Mk.I Enfield (like the IRL L85A1, but actually useable and in .480 British. Standard service rifle.)
  Machine Guns
• Gun, Machine, Bren Mark IV*, .303-inch (Essentially just the Bren gun. Out of service, but still in storage.)
• Gun, Machine, Taden Mark II, .280-inch (belt-fed Bren in .280 British. Being replaced by Enfield LMG)
• Gun, Machine, Enfield-11 Mark I, .280-inch (SAW conversion of the Rifle No.11, to replace Taden)
• Gun, Machine, Vervier Mark II* (FN MAG but chambered in .303 British. Standard medium machine gun.)
• Gun, Machine, Browning Mark II (Browning M2HB. That’s it. Nothing special about it. Standard heavy machine gun.)
  DMRs/Sniper Rifles
• Rifle No.4 Mk.III* Lee-Enfield (refurbishing of old Lee-Enfield rifles to modern sharpshooter rifle standard, like the IRL L42 but not rechambered to 7.62 NATO)
• Rifle No.13 Mk.I Precision Marksman (literally just the RL PM but in .303 British)
• Rifle No.13 Mk.II Arctic Warfare (literally just the RL AW but in .303 British. To become standard sniper rifle.)
  Portable Anti-Material Weapons
• Recoilless Rifle, Anti-Tank, Carl Gustaf (Common anti-tank weapon)
• Launcher, Anti-Tank, Model of 1980 (Standard anti-tank weapon)
• Launcher, Anti-Air, Javelin (Standard MANPADS)
• Launcher, Anti-Air, Starstreak (next-gen MANPADS in limited service to special forces, definite plans to replace Javelin.)

Artillery

Mortars

• ML 3-inch Mortar Mk.III (standard mortar)
  Howitzers
• Ordnance BL 4.1 inch light field gun (standard light howitzer)
• Ordnance BL 6.1 inch field howitzer (standard medium howitzer)
• 4.1 inch Field Artillery, Self-Propelled, Abbot
  Rocket Artillery
• Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System
  Air Defense Systems
• Rapier

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Armoured Cars, Utility Vehicles, etc.

• Land Rover Wolf
• Vehicle, Tracked, Armed Reconnaissance, Mark I, Scorpion
• Vehicle, Tracked, Armed Reconnaissance, Mark II, Scimitar
  Armoured Personnel Carriers
• Carrier, Infantry, No.103 Spartan
• Carrier, Infantry, No.432 Kangaroo
• Carrier, Infantry, No.4333 Stormer
  Infantry Fighting Vehicles
• Carrier, Autocannon, Infantry, No.510 Warrior (to partially replace APCs)
  Main Battle Tanks
• Tank, Universal, Mark II, Chieftain
• Tank, Universal, Mark III, Challenger (To become standard MBT, replacing the Chieftain)

Aircraft

Helicopters
Westland Lynx (Standard utility helicopter)
Westland Puma (License-built French helicopter)
Westland Sea King (License-built UAS helicopter)
Westland Mongoose (standard attack helicopter)
Air Superiority Fighters/Interceptors
Panavia Tornado ADV
Multirole Fighters
Panavia Tornado IDS/ECR
Hawker Cyclone (Mach 2 capable Harrier-like aircraft)
Fixed-Wing Attack Aircraft
Breguet/BAC Jaguar
Hawker Harrier
Hawker Sea Harrier
Hawker Harrier II (to replace current subsonic Harrier types)
Strategic Bombers
Hawker Vulcan
Handley Page Victor
Design Projects
BAe F.125 (Supersonic VSTOL, plans to replace VSTOL types in service)
EADS/BAe Typhoon (planned next-gen multirole fighter to supplement Tornado)

Currency - Pound sterling
Major import/export partners - France, the Commonwealth at large, UAS, Germany
Major Domestic Issues -

• Budgeting
• Northern Ireland
• Government Coalition infighting

Major Foreign Issues -

• Increasing Integralist leanings in Europe and the world at large
• Expanding the Commonwealth and ensuring it remains Anglo and Democratic(™)
• Protecting and expanding British interests in the far-flung regions of the world.

History -

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was the dominant world power for some 200-odd years. Emerging from the Napoleonic Wars as the victor, at the top of the world, the 19th century reign of Queen Victoria I is regarded by pretty much the entire nation as the pinnacle of British power. In the wake of the intervention in the American Civil War and the emergence of Integralism, some in Britain worried, but few regarded it as too serious- as long as they kept it on their side of the world and out of the British Empire. And for the most part, that was alright.

And then the Great War happened. While French boots did not touch British soil, the war was nonetheless devastating for the soldiers that Britain sent to support Germany in their two-front war. It wasn't even the Great War, really, that impacted the British consciousness: it was the actions of the United States and Japan. So horrifically did they stain Britain's honor that history books would write that it was a miracle the government was not shot by their own people- especially after the Far East Fleet, which had equal a number to the Imperial Japanese Fleet, was ordered to withdraw from Singapore to Australia without bothering to hold.

While it might not have broken out into open revolution, Britain came close. The disillusionment with the government- being so willing to throw away British lives over Hungary, but not to defend her own Empire- led to the rapid rise of two diametrically opposite movements. The Labour Party was the first, rapidly overtaking the Liberal Party as the central party of the British left-wing. The second was the British Fascisti, inspired by Mussolini's fascists in Italy. They claimed that the current parties were weak, and the way forward was a restoration of older traditions- arms buildups, more power to the monarch, less power in the hands of the Conservative and Liberal party. Amid infighting on the British left wing between the Liberal Party and Labour Party, the disillusionment with the Conservative Party, and granting of the right for women to vote (as the British Fascisti had been a staunch ally of the suffragette movement), the British Fascisti achieved a large foothold in the House of Commons in 1929, and Labour took the Prime Minister's post. In 1935, however, the Conservatives consolidated their position with the Liberal Unionist Party, and retook the House of Commons.

In 1936, King George V passed away, and his son, Edward VIII, took the throne. The new King's choice of spouse (and vocal support for the British Fascisti) caused considerable friction between him and the Government, which sparked its own national crisis that ended with Edward's voluntary abdication in the opening days of 1937. Edward's younger brother, George VI, was crowned King. The Conservative Party's opinion in the polls dropped again (despite George VI's personal popularity) due to the whole mess. This led to the victory of a Unionist-Fascist Coalition in the 1940 general elections, with the Fascist party leader Rotha Lintorn-Orman taking the PM’s seat as the first woman to hold the office.

Although there was much controversy surrounding Lintorn-Orman’s initial tenure as PM at the time, she conducted the rapid remilitarization of the British economy. In 1941, in a speech on 10 Downing Street, Lintorn-Orman declared the Treaty of Darwin dead. In 1943, the British Far East Fleet approached from India and launched a surprise attack on the IJN naval base at Singapore, sinking several Japanese battleships, sparking the Pacific War.

In 1944, Britain spearheaded the planning and execution of Operation Neptune, the largest amphibious invasion in history, to liberate Malaya. This directly lead to the Japanese surrender. Despite Lintorn-Orman’s opinion (and, indeed, the opinion of Parliament as a whole), King George VI acquiesced to the UAS’s requests and ordered that no colonies be retaken. A number of naval bases were leased for 99 years, but British Southeast Asia was not restored.

The Fascist-Unionist coalition, now with several disgruntled Conservatives, won the 1945 General Election. But it was an ill-fated term. The increasing divide between the Government- who wanted to hold onto British colonies- and the Monarch- who wanted to end colonialism- lead to controversy after controversy.

The Heligoland Proclamation was not the only factor that started the chain of events that happened next, but it was the final straw. After the release of the Heligoland Proclamation, Lintorn-Orman resigned her post as Prime Minister, with practically the entire Government following her example. This lead to a brief period of governmental chaos that only ended in snap elections, when a Labour-Liberal Coalition won the House of Commons and promised to make good on the Heligoland Proclamation. But it was too late.

In 1951, like his brother before him, King George VI officially abdicated from the throne. His daughter was crowned Queen Elizabeth II. Learning from her father’s mistakes, she chose to take a less active role in governance.

Slowly, however, it started to turn out that decolonization was not a path to peace. Integralism spread seemingly everywhere, casting what Conservative MP Winston Churchill would famously describe as an “Iron Curtain” to fall across the world. A disgruntled British Fascisti member, Oswald Mosley, tried to form the Integralist League of Britain, but the party was banned with nearly unanimous support from across Parliament.

The Conservatives, having regained some power (and some teeth), joined in the Fascist-Unionist Coalition in the 1960s, resulting in them regaining an edge and ending the Labour-Liberal dominance that had occured in the 1950s. The governments have flipped back and forth for a few decades, but a clear atmosphere to the political discourse in Britain has emerged: the maintenance of liberal democracy against those who would take it away, the spreading of liberal democracy across the world, the liberty of freedom-loving peoples everywhere, and the consolidation and expansion of the Commonwealth of Nations, the alliance of Britain’s ex-Empire.

In the recent General Election, the Conservative-Unionist-Fascist Coalition won power under retired Admiral of the Fleet Fieldhouse's promise to finish the construction of the 3 remaining Queen Victoria-class supercarriers.

Accepted

I'll elaborate on the American navy this weekend i promise please don't depose me in a right wing pro-labor revolution.

[Zepplien]

Nationstates Name - Zepplien
Nation Name - The Empire of Japan
Roleplay example link -
Capital - Tokyo
Type of Government - Parliamentary Junta
Head of State(s) - Emperor Akihito
Image of Leader -

Party in Power - Imperial Way Faction
Executive Title - Prime Minister
Demographics - The State of Japan is a rather homogenous state, with over 98% of people within the home islands being ethnically and linguistically Japanese. Though small Koreatowns, and Philippine Towns dot the metropolises of Japan, their minor presence is felt neither socially nor politically.
Flag -
Public Goals -
Greater East Asia: The puppets of the white western Australia must be brought to heel, the oppressed masses of Vladovostok and Manchuria must be liberated from their backwards ways, Japan must once more take her place as liberator of Asia!
Greater Prosperity: We must increase economic production at all costs! The Army and Navy must be expanded, we must see Korea and the Philippines pay for their fair share of the defense budget for once!
Greater Sphere: Korea and the Philippines are misguided people who lack the supperior culture of the Japanese, this must be corrected. Helping the young to join our Great Japan Sincerity Association, and requesting the Zaibatsu expand our heavy industry into the colo- Allies.
Private Goals -
Equality: That we have been denied atomic technology is the gravest insult to the honor of our Empire. If we are to become Shattered Jade, we can not count on our disease or chemical weapons to shatter the enemy alongside us…
Total military size - 2 Million men and women, Apx.
Breakdown of ground sector -

The Imperial Japanese Army serves as the first line of defense of both Japan and Korea, assisted by the Chosun Army of Korea, and Philippine Army wherever possible. As fellow members of the GEACPS the three nations should work in perfect harmony with each other, in practice the Imperial Japanese Army hands down decrees and demands the obedience of her comrades in arms. With this said, the IJA is still a massive force to be reckoned with, focused primarily upon strength of numbers and martial superiority to carry the day.

Despite the strength of the IJN politically, the Imperial Japanese Army still holds significant sway and maintains their power through impressive military parades and wasteful wargames in Korea to show their ally the commitment to the defense of the nation. While other nations boast of marksmanship, the young men and women conscripted into the IJA praise and cheer each other’s gyokusai, their willingness to die rather than fail or surrender. Any soldier in the Army will pridefully boast that they will follow the example of the Byakkotai or the Joshigun and resist the enemy to the death rather than dare shame themselves, their family, and their country with surrender.

The Sensha Divisions of Japan leave a great deal to be desired, many of them still the aging machines kept in reserve from the Pacific War in case of an invasion of the home islands, or purchased from other nations at scrap prices. Of the ten thousand tanks of the IJA, only around 800 of them are up to a semi modern standard (Variants of the Type 74, all equipped with autoloaders), while the modern Type 90 is only just barely beginning its production run. To compensate for their lack of modern armour, the Japanese tank force either uses ambush tactics, or uses a tank charge mixed with smoke bombardment to close to ‘knife fighting range’. As with the infantry, tank crews are expected to put their death before surrender, holding up examples from the Pacific War of tanks charging into infantry units, or tank crews dismounting their destroyed tanks and fighting on with whatever guns/swords/wrenches they have to hand.

Main Infantry Weapon: Type 64 Howa
Total Personnel in the Imperial Japanese Army: 1.2 Million troops, including reservists and paramilitary forces
Type 61s: 1000 Tanks (But based more off of Soviet designs than Western designs)
Type 74: 823 Tanks
Type 90: 7 Tanks

T-34s: 1,200 Tanks
T-55s: 400 Tanks
T-72(Export)s: 120 Tanks
IS-3s: 100 Tanks

M3 Lees: 500 Tanks
Sherman Medium: 420 Tanks
M47 Pattons: 130 Tanks

AMX-13s: 300 Tanks

Crusaders: 300 Tanks
Comets: 200 Tanks
Centurions: 500 Tanks
Conquerors: 300 Tanks (Produced under License)
Charioteers: 20 Tanks

Type 95: 1,500 Tanks
Type 97: 1,200 (Including 450 Shinhoto) Tanks
Type 1: 600 Tanks
Type 3: 250 Tanks
Type 3 Shinhoto: 350 Tanks
Type 19: 180 Tanks (Designs for the Object 279 purchased from the Soviet Union)




Breakdown of naval sector -
Shamed by the Pacific War, and denied their rightful Shattered Jade Attacks by the thieving Treaty of Tokyo, the Imperial Japanese Navy has been almost looking forward to the next conflict. Rather than engaging in constant shipbuilding, they focus on much cheaper retrofit, only moving to commission new ships when their budget is large enough to both afford the new vessels and keep their 50 year old relics afloat.

The intense focus on ASMs, and doctrine of ‘single decisive attack’ has lead to the (Misguided) idea among the Admiralty that so long as they field enough ships firing off enough ASMs that they should be able to utterly vanquish a foe without the foe being able to fire a shot at their aging fleet. To this end Japanese ASMs focus more upon range and speed than payload or accuracy, the idea being that enough will be fired that the enemy will be destroyed regardless of either of the two later factors.

Much like the IJA, the IJN will never allow her ships to be captured, prefering to beach them and then use the guns as emplaced weapons, using the crew as a further infantry to assist in battle or at least find an honorable death. Captains are always expected to die with their vessels, and through the history of the Pacific War, they have never failed to do so.

The Imperial Japanese Navy consists of:
440,000 Personel
80,000 Special Naval Landing Troops
200 Special Type 2 Amphibious Tanks
40 Special Type 20 ATGM Amphibious Tanks

3 Modern Fuji Class Supercarriers
2 Aomori Class Missile Battleships (Despite the fancy name, their tonnage and size indicated a Battlecruiser role)
18 Asagiri Class Destroyers
18 Hatsuyuki Class Destroyers
10 I-800 Class Supersubmarines (Boasting the largest size of any submarine in the world, and complete with a hanger for 5 VTOL Aircraft)
30 I-700 Class Attack Submarines

1 Super Yamato Class Battleship (A-150 Class, which serves as the flagship of the IJN)
3 Shinano Class Carriers (Refit)
4 Various Auxiliary Carriers refit as Helicopter Carriers
30 Auxiliary Cruisers of varying class
120 Auxiliary Destroyers of varying class
100 Auxiliary Submarines of varying class

140 Patrol Boats (Armed with ASMs)
200 Minelayers (Double as minesweepers, also given a loadout of ASMs)



Breakdown of airforce sector -

The Third branch of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces, the Imperial Jappanese Airforce has neither the political clout, not the ability to push itself upon the government in the same ways as the other two branches, but that is slowly changing. Air Force Generals have begun to form a political movement in contrast to the Army Political Party and the Navy Political Party, attempting to gain traction for a vast increase in their budget through ruling the civilian government.

The IJAF is known, even among the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces, for its suicidal ferver to never give in. Stories abound in the Pacific War of pilots who had damaged planes and used them as weapons to hit ships rather than trying to survive the battle. Further its Paratroopers, and Airmobile Infantry share similar fanaticism to their IJA counterparts, and profess to being willing to detonate AT weapons and plastic explosives at point blank range to accomplish their mission.

Intensely well trained, the main lesson of the Pacific War for the airforce is the impressive kill counts of their early aces rather than how hard they were to replace. To this end the air corp if extensively well trained, but the reserve of pilots is a rather small pool to call upon in case of emergency.

With only a small civilian Airliner in Japan (The Bullet Train Network renders airlines obsolete to the mind of most planners) the supply of long range troop transport is dangerously low in IJAF leading the Navy to still take the forefront of troop transport.

Current stock of operational aircraft include:
Type 20 Dual Purpose Fighter: 430 Aircraft (Japanese Indigenous copy of the MiG 21)
Type 35 Ground Attack Aircraft: 200 Aircraft (Japanese Indigenous copy of the MiG 23)
Type 40 Dual Purpose Fighter: 40 Aircraft (Japanese designed fighter based on the MiG 21)
Type 28 Special Tasks Aircraft: 230 Aircraft (Imagine a Japanese Soko J-20)
Harrier Jump Jets: 85 Aircraft

Gazelle Attack Helicopters: 80 Aircraft
Type 50 Attack Helicopter: 120 Aircraft (Japanese production of the Mi-24)
Type 34 Utility Helicopter: 50 Aircraft (Japanese production of the Mi-6)

Mothballed Reserve Aircraft:
MiG 17s: 250 Fighters
Assorted Pacific War Era Prop Aircraft: 444 Aircraft


Major foreign military suppliers- The Soviet Union (Until the Showa 51 Split), and the United Kingdom
Extra military information - While Japan is a non nuclear state their WMD stockpile is as potent as it is terrifying. Group 731 stands proud as heroes to Japan for their work, biological weapons, and chemicals to dissuade any who would dare invade the Land of the Gods. Many of these weaponized diseases have cures or vaccinations held only by the Japanese Imperial Government, kept within the Army Ministry of Disease Control under heavy guard.

Further while Japan has abandoned the idea of long range conventional bombers, they maintain a stock of medium and long range missiles that can be fit with cluster munitions, high explosive, incendiary, chemical, or biological warheads depending on the mission. Launch sites across Japan stand ready with batteries of these weapons already programed with a variety of war plans that can be selected within minutes. The only delay would be to fuel the weapons, and attach warheads, but Army Strategic Missile General Muto Yukiko had publicly declared that her missiles can hit a pickle jar in Beijing within two hours of receiving an order.

Currency - Japanese Yen
Major import/export partners - UK, Indonesia, Soviet Union (Depending on the climate), Various American nations, and Brazil with some minor trade done with the continent of Europe and Africa
Major Domestic Issues -
The cost of Jade to shatter: Despite the clear need for such weapons, the economy is stagnating under the necessarily leveled taxes and tariffs that are used to pay for it all. While the Zaibatsu do not shame us by outright refusing the orders for additional equipment, their leadership have each fallen to their knees three times to pled that the Armed Forces spend less next year.
Major Foreign Issues -
The Sphere of Air: Like air, our control over Korea and the Philippines is insubstantial, their people cry out against the money handed over to insure their protection from the foreign devils, as if living under the yoke of China, or being a Soviet Republic would be any better. We must protect them from themselves, by any means.
Summer grasses, All that remains Of soldiers' dreams: War has come to our noble Empire, in the Era of Worldwide Peace we find ourselves fighting off the bolsheviks with one hand while defending Korea with our own body. We shall not shame our ancestors and allow the gaijin to occupy the Land of the Gods, nor shall we abandon our own child of Korea to the Chinese. Let all our descendants turn to us in prayer, for we shall show the highest example of honor.
History -

The Europeans stood with focus elsewhere, so fixated upon their petty rivals in Europe that dismissed the very idea of the rise of an Asian Power. We alone proved them wrong, in Taisho 5 we launched our attack. From the seas our modern flew belched fire into the unprepared hulls of Imperialist Warships, from the skies our airships dumped bombs upon those who thought themselves safe inland. Our noble Japanese soldiers hurled themselves three times against the Europeans in China, in Indonesia, in Indochina, liberating the people from the brutal tyranny of the Imperialist Powers. By Taisho 9 all the powers of Europe had agreed, Japan had proven herself in combat, Japan deserved the fruits of victory that were too long coming.

The contented peoples of Japan awoke to cold reality though, as our war machine expanded with all the wealth of Asia, as to defend all the people of our Co-Prosperity Sphere. The people of Asia cried out for protection, and we graciously stood as the new Celestial Father. The people of Asia cried out for jobs, and our noble Zaibatsu too provided for our Children-Nations. Then the people of Asia cried out for liberation, and we stood stunned. Had we not provided everything they had asked for, our mighty fleets patrolled the waterways of all Asia, our factories churned day and night across the Co-Prosperity Sphere, our Kempeitai kept the people of all Asia safe. Like ungrateful children, they were disciplined, beaten, killed, even tortured for some acts that even the Emperor himself could not forgive.

It was within these troubled times that Amaterasu took her earthy representative from us, but the son of our beloved Emperor was prepared to take his father’s place. The era of Radiant Japan was at hand, and even as the GEACPS mourned as one, we did not lose sight of our goal. Western Imperialists hoved like vultures ready to take from us any scrap of Asia that they could, and for a decade we prepared for them, and yet they did not come. The Empire of Japan is no aggressive nation, we did not wish to seize their colonies of Africa, or in the Americas, we simply prepared to wipe out any nation that dared to enforce slavery upon Asia again.

It was in Showa 14 that they came, the Red Army thundered into China as their puppets in Beijing turned against supporters for a Greater Asia. Our brave soldiers surrendered not a centimeter of land without making the Sino-Soviet forces pay for it in blood, even when cut off from any chance of survival they would mount Banzai charges and vanish into legend. Our airforce struck back, we destroyed the rails of the Soviets, the pathetic so called ‘cities’ of the Chinese. The USA saw our rightful claims, their weapons found themselves to the frontlines and in our eternal gratitude we honoured the prave American volunteer forces who came to fight even as their country remained neutral.

It would have been a simple task to destroy the Red Army and National Revolutionary Army, but then the underhanded Europeans played their card. Before the message could even be translated informing us of their declaration of War, the British had destroyed our fleet at Singapore. The pride of the Japanese fleet gone in a single blow, and despite our retaliation against them we could not hold against such overwhelming odds. Within Showa 27 our armed forces lay in ruin, and by the end of Showa 28 the Imperialists were fighting within Indonesia, and Indochina. A boon came towards the end of Showa 28, when the Soviets, so exhausted in their attempt to conquer our lands that they pleaded for peace. In our Imperial Beneficence we returned the land to its native peoples, only holding onto Korea when the First Minister of Korea begged with tears in his eyes for us not to abandon his country.

While our Fleet threw back the Western Imperialists, it was clear to all within Japan that this war would end with a Japanese victory, thus the formality of winning was beyond necessity. We acquired all we had wanted at the negotiation table, freeing the peoples of Asia from the Colonial Overlords of Europe. We dealt with the demons of the West, and by Showa 31 we had secured our island Empire and weeded out the traitors to the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Our Zaibatsu returned the factories we had so graciously given to Indochina and Indonesia, withdrawing our citizens as the savages there blamed us rather than the Imperialists for their exploitation. Army Generals, and Naval Admirals alike cheered Japan’s great victories, and declared that the Pacific War was a mere ‘reorganization’ and was in fact a victory for Japan.

As the Soviets deposed their madman leader, our beneficent Empire was addressed directly by their leader known as Khrushchev. He condemned the policies of Stalin, decried the man’s brash and aggressive actions in Asia, and removed the horrors that Stalin had inflicted upon the Soviet peoples. We reached out our hand of friendship, from one anti imperialist to another, and Khrushchev gripped it tightly. As the West trembled and cowered behind their defenses, the two great powers of the world met and worked out the differences between them. Even while relations cooled, there was still the largest question, the China Question, the rival of all Civilization within Asia. Fortune would have it that a man would soon answer this question.

Premier Izotov was more than happy to learn from our examples of how to have a market economy and yet still have the Zaibatsu work as a social good within the nation. As we offered our ideas to them, they too offered their ideas to us, a mutual and seemingly endless mutually beneficial agreement. Even when he took in our Chinese foes, we cared little for the politicking of Moscow, focusing more upon our newest lines of tanks built with Soviet assistance.

The fools of Beijing showed their underhanded ways in Showa 46 when they began their border skirmishes with the Soviet Union. As war loomed, Japan leveraged for more equipment from their Soviet benefactors, placing troops on the border of Manchuria and Korea to ‘Safeguard the sovereignty of Korea’ with explicit permission from their Korean ‘allies’. These forces were unnecessary in the end, and even as Mitsubishi established a tank production plant in Vladovostok to produce T-64s promised to the Japanese Empire the Soviets began backtracking on their promises. Promised Soviet modern jets never arrived, nor did the plans for T-62s that had been offered, and finally there was outrage on both sides as in Showa 48 Mitsubishi announced that in light of not receiving the plans for the T-64 it would be closing its Vladivostok plant.

The bickering was as petty as it was pointless, the Soviets pointing out that the Japanese were in fact given a more modern tank to produce, the T-72m, while the Japanese complained near endlessly about the fact they were never given their promised T-64s despite attempting to assist the Free Economic Zone ideal. Relations had significantly cooled by Showa 51 when the final straw came. The Soviets discovered that the Mitsubishi had copied blueprints from the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau without permission, and sent them back to Japan as compensation for not receiving the T-64. Mitsubishi was expelled from the Soviet Union, and while an embargo followed for a short while, by Showa 53 the relations were merely cold.

As the period of Japanese Radiance ended, and the period of Worldwide Peace began, Japan is a power preparing to take back her status. Confident in cultural conversation with her Korean and Filipino ‘allies’, and the ability of her armed forces to hold back any attacks into Asia, Japan fears little. While its thirst for oil may deem its interests to Indonesia, its military leaders repeatedly claim to have not even considered the idea of liberating Indonesia from the despotic government of Indonesia.

[Granluras]

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sick hat bro

[The Palmetto]

Japan is accepted, though hentai is still considered socially unacceptable IRL and in-RP.

[Nea Byzantia]

Tag

[Nea Byzantia]

Nationstates Name - Nea Byzantia
Nation Name - Neo-Byzantine Empire
Roleplay example link -
Capital - Constantinople
Type of Government - Absolute Monarchy
Head of State(s) - Emperor Constantine XIII (ruled: 1953 AD - Present)
Image of Leader -
Party in Power - N/A
Executive Title - Emperor of the Romans, King of the Hellenes
Demographics - 9 million
Flag -
National Anthem - [optional]
Public Goals - WIP
Private Goals - WIP
Total military size - WIP
Breakdown of ground sector - WIP
Breakdown of naval sector - WIP
Breakdown of airforce sector - WIP
Major foreign military suppliers [IF APPLICABLE]- WIP
Extra military information -

Currency - Drachma
Major import/export partners - Yugoslavia
Major Domestic Issues - Calls for Democratization, Communist Insurgency
Major Foreign Issues - Territorial Disputes with Turkey
History - In 1915, King Constantine I of Greece decided to join the Allies in World War I against the Central Powers. Thanks to the help of Britain, France and Russia, Greece was able to acquire eastern Thrace and even Constantinople (in 1917). In 1918, after the War ended, and the Allies recognized Greece`s gains, Constantine crowned himself Emperor of the Romans and proclaimed the Neo Roman Empire. Emperor Constantine XII ruled until his death in 1922. During the Russian Revolution and subsequent Civil War, Emperor Constantine XII sent Greek troops to Russia to bolster the White Army and hopefully restore the Tsar. The White Army was ultimately unsuccessful; but Greece opened their arms wide to White Russian emigres; especially many of the Tsar's former officials, military officers and intelligence and military advisors.

In 1922, after Constantine`s death; his son George succeeded him. Emperor George I (ruled: 1922 AD - 1947 AD) using the momentum of Greece`s war, rebuilt the city of Constantinople in a grand new style; as the city was mostly destroyed in the 1917 assault, with many of the Turkish inhabitants fleeing East as well. This gave vast employment to many, and Constantinople rapidly boomed as the major economic and political centre of Greece. In 1929, the New Blachernae Palace was completed; and the Imperial Capital was moved to Constantinople. With the Depression of the 30s raging, the momentum of the 20s was brought to an end, and Greece like every other country was plunged into poverty. Emperor George I used the opportunity to centralize more power into his hands, and in 1932, he disbanded the Parliament. This initially led to some revolts and riots in Athens, Thessaloniki and elsewhere; but the Emperor was able to use the Army to quash these. As the 1930s progressed, the Emperor placed tariffs and encouraged domestic production; and instituted a minimum wage. This made him even more popular than he had been before. However, during this whole time, a Communist Insurgency began to grow; influenced by the Bolshevik takeover of Russia. Emperor George created the Public Security Task Force - a Secret Police and Intelligence Agency modelled on the Tsarist Okhrana (and headed by many ex-Okhrana officers who had fled from the Bolsheviks and were more than happy to target Greek Communists). Emperor George I died in 1947, with no child, and so the Throne passed to his younger brother, Paul.

Emperor Paul I's reign (ruled: 1947 AD - 1953 AD) was short and rather unstable. Communist terrorism continued unabated; and Democrats began calling for a Hellenic Republic. In 1953, Emperor Paul was assassinated in 1953, while visiting the island of Crete. He was succeeded by his son, Constantine XIII. However, the Emperor was still a minor (13 years old), and as such, his mother, Empress Frederika ruled as Regent until 1958. She ruled with a very heavy hand; quashing Democrat protests and Communist terrorists with gusto. In 1958, her son entered his Majority and began ruling himself. Emperor Constantine XIII was a much more mellow personality; and so he met with the Democrats, and agreed to open an Imperial Senate (operating as a Parliament). While this managed to calm the Democrats; it did nothing to stop the Communists from trying to overthrow the "corrupt regime". Emperor Constantine poured massive amounts of money into the tourist sector, and sought to encourage foreign investment (especially from the West) into Greece. This was policy was successful and the standard of living rose. The Emperor also began massive renovations and expansions of the Blachernae Palace in Constantinople; which had the effect of providing many construction jobs; but also of angering the poorer citizens with Imperial Opulence. In the 1970s, Bulgaria and Romania both had Communist Revolutions of their own. When this happened, Emperor Constantine XIII mobilized the Imperial Army; declared a State of Emergency, and the Constitution was torn up, and Absolute Monarchial rule restored.

[The Palmetto]

It seems a bit late for Greeks to be using the Roman identity, should just be "Kingdom of Greece" or something. (Using some Eastern Roman/Byzantine symbolism isn't out of the question, though.)

I might suggest that you include Romania and Bulgaria's communist revolutions in your history as well, since they would have been influential in your country's history. While the depression wasn't as bad as IRL necessarily, perhaps you could use Bulgaria going communist as a catalyst for the king taking power?

[Nea Byzantia]

It seems a bit late for Greeks to be using the Roman identity, should just be "Kingdom of Greece" or something. (Using some Eastern Roman/Byzantine symbolism isn't out of the question, though.)

I might suggest that you include Romania and Bulgaria's communist revolutions in your history as well, since they would have been influential in your country's history. While the depression wasn't as bad as IRL necessarily, perhaps you could use Bulgaria going communist as a catalyst for the king taking power?

That could work. When did the Revolution occur?

[The Palmetto]

It seems a bit late for Greeks to be using the Roman identity, should just be "Kingdom of Greece" or something. (Using some Eastern Roman/Byzantine symbolism isn't out of the question, though.)

I might suggest that you include Romania and Bulgaria's communist revolutions in your history as well, since they would have been influential in your country's history. While the depression wasn't as bad as IRL necessarily, perhaps you could use Bulgaria going communist as a catalyst for the king taking power?

That could work. When did the Revolution occur?

Early 70s.

[Nea Byzantia]

That could work. When did the Revolution occur?

Early 70s.

Is Yugoslavia still Royalist too? What about Italy?

[Nea Byzantia]

That could work. When did the Revolution occur?

Early 70s.

Is the Soviet Bloc declining as much in this Timeline? Could Greece have gone Communist by now?

[The Palmetto]

Nea Byzantia, do you have discord? Might be easier to talk about your app there.

[Nea Byzantia]

Nea Byzantia, do you have discord? Might be easier to talk about your app there.

I don't, I'm afraid.

[The Palmetto]

Nea Byzantia, do you have discord? Might be easier to talk about your app there.

I don't, I'm afraid.

I'd suggest getting it, it's free and used heavily on this site. It's fine if you don't, just a suggestion. We can discuss the app here.

For one, Yugoslavia does not exist, not has it ever. Croatia and Serbia are republics, with Serbia's monarchy being overthrown after their loss to Bulgaria. Neither were officially part of either "side" in the war, but Serbia was favored by Russia while Bulgaria was favored by the Germans. Bulgaria kept West Thrace and occupied East Thrace, while Istanbul/Constantinople and Gallipoli were placed under British military occupation like IRL before being passed onto Bulgaria. As per the section of the OP on the revolutions in Romania and Bulgaria, Greece occupied this land as Serbia retook some of their land as well from Bulgaria. (Like how IRL Romania occupied Bessarabia during the Russian Revolution)

Your population also seems a bit small, IRL Greece and Cyprus would be about 11,000,000 as of 1990. East Thrace largely gained its populace from immigrants from poorer parts of Anatolia IRL, so considering that and any mass expulsions, it may not have a lot of people. Of course, you would also have a large Bulgarian minority in Thrace as a whole, but I don't know your policy on the South Slavs.

[The National Dominion of Hungary]

The Soviet Bloc, or at least the USSR, is not as stagnant as it was in OTL with the previous Chairman being kinda-sorta similar to OTL Deng.

Soviet app is on page two if you want to check it in further detail

[Rodez]

Tag. Looking at Croatia, Serbia, Iran . . . and is that a reduced Syria there in purple? Looks fun.

Is any country particularly needed though?

[The Palmetto]

Tag. Looking at Croatia, Serbia, Iran . . . and is that a reduced Syria there in purple? Looks fun.

Is any country particularly needed though?

Brazil might be nice, but you can choose whatever you want.

[Rodez]

Tag. Looking at Croatia, Serbia, Iran . . . and is that a reduced Syria there in purple? Looks fun.

Is any country particularly needed though?

Brazil might be nice, but you can choose whatever you want.

I don’t know why I thought that was taken. I’ll go ahead and reserve Brazil in that case.

[Rodez]

Nationstates Name - Rodez
Nation Name - State of Brazil
Roleplay example link -
Capital - Brasilia
Type of Government - Integralist constitutional dictatorship
Head of State(s) - Chancellor Erasmo Sequeira
Image of Leader -

Party in Power - Ação Integralista Brasileira (AIB)
Brazilian Integralist Action
Executive Title - Chancellor
Demographics - Brazil has a population of 165 million people, most of whom reside in urban centers along the coast. It is one of the most ethnically and racially diverse countries in the entire world, with significant populations descended from indigenous tribes, black Africans, European immigrants, or some combination of the three. With regards to religion, 70% consider themselves Roman Catholics, with about 40% of Brazilians identifying as regular church attendees. 20% identify with a wide variety of mainline Protestant and evangelical sects, while the remaining 10% consider themselves irreligious. Roman Catholicism remains not only the dominant faith, but also the official religion of the country, supported and nurtured by the state.


Flag -
National Anthem - [optional]
Public Goals - Economic development, maintenance of Integralism in Latin America, finding satisfactory solutions to the Paraguayan and Uruguayan questions
Private Goals - Containing Argentina or forcing regime change there, spreading Integralism in Africa, crushing the communist insurrection within its own borders
Total military size - Brazil maintains 700,000 active-duty personnel, divided between the Army, Navy and Air Force. Approximately 800,000 citizen-soldiers fill out the National Guard and the much smaller contingents of the Navy and Air Force Reserves.

Breakdown of ground sector - The Army is Brazil's largest and most prestigious branch, having served in myriad conflicts in Latin America and increasingly, Africa, over the last century. It possesses 480,000 active-duty soldiers, who are typically organized into divisions of 10 to 15 thousand soldiers. Of these, approximately 100,000 fill the ranks of the Marine Corps, which are the most elite regular troops available to the country, often deployed in an expeditionary capacity overseas. Army units tend to be well trained and well-equipped, with the Marines exceedingly so. The officers corps is highly professional and benefits from decades of battlefield experience. National Guard units, while reserve forces, are typically not deployed overseas so as to maintain their morale in defending Brazil's borders. They tend to be organized at the city or provincial level, in order to generate camaraderie between the men.

Breakdown of naval sector - The Navy, though generally below the Army in priority, has been the beneficiary of a funding surge over the past fifteen years, which has allowed the branch to modernize and upgrade to a great degree. With 120,000 active-duty personnel and half that number held as a reserve force, the Navy maintains enough ships, subs (including ballistic missile subs) and aircraft carriers (3) to very easily dominate the coasts of South America, and to have a major presence off the coast of Africa. The Navy is also home to Brazil's legendary Força de Operações Especiais (FOE), a small but elite sub-branch of special forces responsible for covert operations and unconventional warfare inside and outside Brazil. They are notorious the world over for their skill, efficiency, and brutality. They might just as soon assassinate a political dissident in Lima as train an integralist militia in the Congo.

Breakdown of airforce sector - Most of Brazil's nuclear arsenal resides either aboard ballistic missile subs or in silos deep within the Amazon, but a precious few warheads are entrusted to a small contingent of strategic bombers. Even so, Brazil does not count on its smallest branch having a completely global reach, with most aircraft consisting of air-superiority fighters and ground-attack aircraft that are meant to protect Brazil itself, or support ground forces in their various foreign deployments. The Mirage 2000 fighter serves as the Air Force's modern mainstay.

Major foreign military suppliers [IF APPLICABLE]- USA, France, Germany
Extra military information - It should be noted that all National Guardsmen are committed to undergoing four days of training and drilling per month, so as to keep their skills honed and fresh. With regards to intelligence, Brazil leans on the Serviço de Inteligência e Segurança (SIS) for covert foreign operations and internal security alike. SIS agents cooperate heavily with the Navy's FOE when working overseas. Joint SIS-FOE operations are rightly feared for their ability to destabilize countries and assassinate or kindap targets around the world.

Currency - Brazilian Real
Major import/export partners (in order of prominence)
-USA
-France
-China
-Columbia
-Mexico
-Venezuela
-Germany
-Spain
-Peru
-African protectorates (Angola & Mozambique)
-Chile
-Bolivia
-Ecuador

Major Domestic Issues - Autonomy for Paraguay and Uruguay, wage stagnation, communist insurrection in the northwest, freedom of expression, potential for opening up to trade
Major Foreign Issues - The Argentine threat, pulling Colombia and Venezuela into orbit, Development and assistance for Angola and Mozambique, maintaining integralism throughout Latin America and expanding it in Africa

History -

An overwhelming number of Brazilians came to embrace integralist ideology in the late 19th century. Inspired by the events of the Black Spring in the United States, lower and middle-class Brazilians turned against the planter aristocrats that had always dominated the largely agricultural society. For a few chaotic years, it looked as if a civil war was inevitable. But integralism found its away into the ranks of the Army, too, and in 1888 they turned on Pedro II. The revolutionary officer corps did not want to kill the popular Emperor, so they brokered a deal whereby his heirs would renounce any claim to the throne, and the country would become a republic after his death. Pedro died three years later, and the military moved quickly to establish control before any of his heirs could renege on their promises.

Many international observers expected a common military junta to be born out of the coup, but General Matias Abreu, foremost of the integralist revolutionaries, established a government that was fully committed to stripping away the wealth of the very richest and redistributing it to the poor. Such was the persecution of the upper class in the 1890s, that the Imperial family and several tens of thousands of wealthy landowners and industrialists fled the country for Portugal. Others adapted to the new regime and got on as best they could. This created a great deal of wealth available for redistribution, but it also created something of a brain drain, and a sharp decrease in foreign investment from Europe.

Abreu was already 67 when he became the 1st President of Brazil in 1891; as he aged, much of his administration actually came under the control of his closest ally, the Catholic Church. Several cardinals held important ministerial positions, and the foremost among these, Abel Freitas, was Foreign Minister.

Freitas feared that tensions between the military and the church could threaten the new order, so he turned Brazil's energies outward. Integralism was already on the rise across Latin America, but many regimes resisted it vehemently. Brazil began a campaign of ideological proselytization by force with its invasion of Uruguay in 1897. After that country was overrun, Brazilian forces entered Paraguay to "defend and uphold the sacred status of the Church." Argentina, which retained a democratic order, declared war in Paraguay's defense.

Argentina and Brazil, which had never been friendly, became locked in the titanic struggle known as the Latin War from 1898 to 1902. Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador all joined a broad anti-Brazil coalition in order to curb its rise. Only Chile remained neutral.

Brazil defeated them all. Of the allies, only Argentina had a truly stable regime; integralist rebels aided and abetted by Brazil greatly weakened the other three. Brazil's manpower advantage also proved decisive, though the conflict was bloody and the Argentines never suffered a back-breaking defeat. The 1902 Treaty of Santiago resulted in the installation of integralist regimes in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. Uruguay and Paraguay were directly annexed to Brazil. Argentina suffered no territorial concessions, although it owed war reparations and was now isolated.

Dimas Carneiro, 4th President of the Federal Republic, was an immensely popular war hero that ran virtually unopposed in the 1904 election. An era of relative stability and economic growth followed. European investment began to return to the country, as well as a large influx of European immigrants, who arrived in the bloody wake of the Great War. During this period, understandably known as the 'Carneiro Era,' the internal balance of power swung away from the Church and back towards the military. Industrialization in the major cities accelerated rapidly, with large-state owned enterprises employing hundreds of thousands of workers in a myriad of industries.

Carneiro died in 1926, at the age of 74. The period of national mourning had barely ended before his political proteges began backstabbing one another in the pursuit of power. The regime backslided into corruption and factionalism.

The stresses of the Great Depression sounded the death knell for the republican era. Communism had experienced a great deal of growth in the 1920's, and liberal intellectuals had a large following of their own. In 1932, the powder keg exploded when Vice President Teobaldo Campos was assassinated by a Marxist gunman. The resulting brutal crackdown provoked a widespread communist revolt in the northeast. Liberal elements in the Army rebelled and established a democratic government based in Rio de Janeiro.

Despite widespread opposition to the regime, the integralists retained enough institutional power to effectively fight the civil war. The liberals in the coastal cities were defeated relatively quickly, allowing the communists to be ground down over time. Throughout the civil war, the government engaged in brutal political purges and crackdowns. It is estimated that anywhere from 400,000 to a million individuals were killed in politically motivated massacres. In comparison, no more than 200,000 died in the fighting itself.

Though often horrific, the regime's tactics were grimly effective. The liberal movement was annihilated, and the communists were essentially defeated, confined to a handful of cells deep within the Amazon. Political retribution and the often unconventional nature of the war proved to be the birthplace for both the SIS and the FOE.

Their bloodily-bought victory proved to the integralists that the republican model was no longer viable. Under the Constitution of 1937, the Senate, Chamber of Deputies and Presidency were all abolished, replaced with a much more powerful executive, the Chancellor, and a unicameral legislature called the National Council, initially set at 60 members but expanded over time to account for population growth. State-level elections would continue as normal, but from now on the state legislatures would elect their Councillors, not the popular vote. Only the National Council could elect the Chancellor, who served for five-year terms with no term limits. Any vestiges of the separation of church and state were eliminated, and the clergy became as closely integrated with the regime as the Communist Party in the USSR. Rodrigo Mascarenhas, a militant bishop, theologian and celibate, was elected the first Chancellor in 1938. The integralist organized themselves politically as the Ação Integralista Brasileira, or AIB.

The chaos of the 1930's had mostly destroyed Brazil's sphere of influence, so it went about remaking it by force. Interventions followed in the former puppet states, reestablishing integralism there. Another war was fought with Argentina from 1948-49, ending inconclusively after the UAS threatened Brazil with war.

Throughout the 1940's and 50's, Brazil's economic and military expansion made it into a world power, and a borderline first-world country, with rising living standards and improved infrastructure that further cemented the AIB's iron grip on power. Portugal grew closer and closer with its former colony, and was influenced by it so much that the SIS was able to easily instigate an integralist coup there in 1959. This instantly brought Lisbon's African possessions under Brazilian hegemony and created the 'Lusitanian Union,' an economic alignment similar to France's relationship with her colonies, but under Brazilian, rather than Portuguese, control.

Although recessions battered Brazil in 1962, 1965 and 1967, it ultimately weathered the storm and came out just as strong, as political opposition was constantly being infiltrated and co-opted by the SIS. Brazil's foreign policy gradually expanded to Africa over the 1970's, as Army contingents arrived in Angola and Mozambique to help the Portuguese maintain control. Various integralist movements were supported in Central Africa, with widely varying degrees of success. The nations of the Golden Circle began drifting towards Brazil, encouraged by the reformist policies of Chancellor Alcides Pinho.

1985, however, marked an embarrassing setback. Leftist elements of the Portuguese military executed a coup against the integralists with popular support. Operation Gatehouse, a joint American-Brazilian effort, was a humiliating failure that did nothing except strengthen the socialist and nationalist outlook of a Portugal terrified of annexation. Pinho was forced to resign in disgrace, and as a result the National Council elected former solider and hardliner Erasto Sequeira, marking a return to more dogmatic integralist ideology. Sequeira was compelled to integrate Angola and Mozambique with Brazil as protectorate states, in order to protect the country's influence in Africa. Although Brazil still sits relatively comfortably as a world power, the last several years have seen the reemergence of a communist insurgency in the north, which may put a check on the nation's geopolitical ambitions.