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And: President Howard Phillips Lovecraft

[Intermountain States]

Generic Info
Nation Name: California Republic
Symbols: Flag of the Republic
Location: Map of the Republic
Population: 3,062,385
Capital City: Sacramento

Government Info
Government Type: Presidential Constitutional Federal Republic
Brief Explanation of Government: The Republic operates under a federal system heavily influenced by that of the former United States. The President is the head of state and head of government of the Republic, who is up for election every four years. The President directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander in chief of the Republic Armed Forces. The President is the most powerful figure in the Republic due to many executive power it holds and is seen as the representative of the Californian people.

The bicameral Republic Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives has 115 voting members, each representing a congressional district for a two-year term while the Senate has 18 voting members, also elected through popular vote. The House of Representatives is lead by the Speaker of the House, who holds considerable power compared to the Senate President Pro Temperate, who simply presides over the Senate while real power in the Senate is held by the Majority Leader. The judicial branch of the Republic is the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate. The Supreme Court interpret laws and overturn those they find unconstitutional. Justices of the Supreme Court generally rules for life or until they resign.

Due to the country's federal system, states within the Republic have their own governmental bodies and enjoy powers and liberties that are not given to the federal government. However, whenever conflicts arise between state and federal governments over laws, the federal government remain supreme. There are three political parties that play major roles in California. The Republican Party is the dominant and the main rightist political party, controlling the office of the Presidency, the House of Representatives, and the Senate. The Progressives Party is the party of the left and is the official opposition to the Republican dominated government. The Democratic Party is considered to be the populist third party with varying positions considered on both the left and right spectrum. The Democrats have some representations in Congress but had yet to win the Presidency due to Republican dominance.

Ideology: Representative Democracy, Republicanism, Conservatism, Liberalism, Progressivism, Anticommunism, Federalism
Leader/s:
President Frank Merriam (R)
Vice-President Julius Meier (R)
Speaker of the House Samuel S. Arentz (R)
Senate President Pro-Temperate George Alexander Sutherland (R)

Relations Based off of existing countries in the RP; more would be add based off of newly applied countries and npc states.
Interests
- Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua - Although there are some concerns with Chihuahua, especially as the state is currently lead by Mexican warlord Pancho VIlla and with its endorsement of socialism, California does not share a land border with Chihuahua and considers the Autonomous Peoples a greater threat. At the very least, trade between the two nations have flourish through the California gulf.

Concerns
- Autonomous Peoples of New Mexico - The California Republic has no love for the so-called Autonomous Peoples of New Mexico, a far-left political entity that invaded and currently occupies the former states of Arizona, New Mexico, and the western part of Texas. In addition, Californian administration over Baja California, a state of former Mexico, has also brought animosity from the Autonomous Peoples. Tensions are bound to increase between the two nations and for that, a large portion of the Army is deployed across the Colorado as the Republic's first line of defense against the Mexican invaders. Efforts are made by Republic diplomats to seek allies in containing New Mexico.

Population Info
Brief Description of your People: The Republic is a diverse nation, with people hailing all over the world from Europe and Asia. There is even a large Hispanic presence in Baja and California. Although people in each states have their own statewide identity, most citizens also identify as being American and yearn for the return of the United States in North America.
Brief Description of your Culture: American culture with some ethnic enclaves among non-white and Hispanic ethnic groups such as the many Chinatown in the country. However, efforts are made by the Republic government to encourage immigrants to assimilate to the greater American culture.

Military Info
Army: The Republic Army is comprised of 45,000 active duty troops, with the ability to call upon more in wartime. Equipped with relatively modern weapons and armor, much of the Republic Army is geared towards border defense in the Colorado River and the Rockies. California is fortunate enough to maintain and produce M1917 light tanks, however these tanks are use mainly for infantry support due to geographic and technical limitations. California focuses more on the use of horses. The Republic also maintains an Army Air Force based on existing airfields in California leftover from the United States Army Border Air Patrol.
Navy: California has a decent sized navy with the ownership of seven functioning warships left over from the former United States. The Republic Navy is 5,000 man strong and it plays an important role in defending the waters of the Republic and safeguarding trade in the Eastern Pacific.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: The Republic enjoys a strong and stable economy based on the foundation of agriculture, oil and gas, and gold and silver mining. Due to a decent navy in the region and with the Republic controlling much of the North American West Coast, overseas trade allows for import and export of wealth. The federal government adapts a relatively hands off approach on the economy, believing in the spirit of free enterprise. However, the federal (and local) government had stepped in to break up monopolies and enacted regulations to ensure fair business practices and improved working conditions.
Goals: Maintain a strong defensive line across the Rocky Mountains in order to deter potential eastern aggression and establish diplomatic relations with countries across North America, they would be good points in order to keep the Autonomous Peoples in check. Additional goals would be to expand trade networks, fund medical research to improve the nation's health, and to improve on technologies.
History:
The Spanish Influenza was more devastating to the well being of the United States than was ever thought with the death tolls increasing in the millions, causing widespread panic across the country. In California, Governor William Stephens declared martial law and ordered a closure to the border in hopes to contain the widespread chaos. The remaining years of the William Stephen Administration were defined by the deployment of the state national guards in maintaining order and stability along. Cooperation has also increased with neighboring states such as Oregon and Nevada in weathering the flu. He did not stand for re-election and was succeeded by Republican Friend Richardson for the governorship in the 1922 election.

As Governor of California, Friend Richardson focused on continuing Stephen's martial law and increased cooperation with neighboring states. Additional focuses were made in promoting economic development in an attempt to take the populace mind off of the chaos. Richardson also oversaw the collapse of the United States as a federal political government, meaning that California, like many other states are now independent and on their own. Under the leadership of Richardson, however, California was able to weather the chaos in comparison to other states such as Nevada, Oregon, and Arizona in which state authority had collapsed under the weight with the influx of refugees and riots. At the request of Nevada Governor James G. Scrugham, Governor Richardson deployed the California National Guards in assisting the Nevada National Guards in ensuring stability within the state. The Sierra Treaty was signed between Nevada and California once order was re-established. Nevada was eventually absorbed into California due to close relations with the state in the aftermath of the Nevada Expedition.

For his action in bringing peace to Nevada and with praise for his handling of the flu crisis, Richardson easily won second term as governor and as a result, he won the first Presidential election as President of the Republic and was inaugurated in 1931. He also supported plans to divide California into three states to ease worries from Nevadan delegates over Californian dominance and in agreement with representatives from rural areas arguing that the California state government is too focused on populated areas while negating the interests of rural folks.

In the remainder of his term, Richardson focused on Californian expansion. Some of his expansion plans were peaceful, such as bringing the remnants of the Oregonian government and the Republic of Utah into joining the Republic for access to California's massive agricultural output and economic development. Other expansions were violent such as the deployment of Republic soldiers in the occupation of Baja California to secure much of the West Coast and to create a stronger defensive line against the Autonomous Peoples of New Mexico. Baja California eventually joined the Republic as North and South Baja with some autonomy granted to the people of Baja for a gradual assimilation into American culture.

Believing that he had accomplished much in his Presidency, Richardson announced his desire to not stand for re-election in the 1934 Presidential election. He was succeeded by Republican Southern California Governor Frank Merriam who ran a bitter campaign against Progressive candidate C.C. Young and Democratic candidate Charles L. Richard. The Merriam Administration faced a shrinking budget and implemented various tax and budget reforms to raise funds to deal with a shrinking budget. The Merriam Administration also promoted the Rocky Resettlement Act, a expansionary plan to send settlers over to the Rockies and to use the mountains as natural defensive barriers against any eastern threats. Remnants of the Idahoan state government joined the Republic in March of 1935 and the Rocky Mountain Territory was established in September of 1935.

RP Sample: - It's like Alternate Divergence but made by the Cobalt Network and has set nations (Tales of Two Horizons II)
- War, what is it good for? (Back to 1935)
- Rednecks and post-apocalyptic America (Fallout: Damn Dirty South)
- Red Dawn but Asian (Crane Ascendent)
- Generic late 19th century Alt-history RP (Voice of a New Age)
- War, war never changes (Fallout: Republic of Dusts)
- Alternate history taken all the way (1900: Alternate Divergeance)
- Anime Vietnam Flashbacks (Operation Gatelord)
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[The Baton Rouge Free State]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Italian Confederation
Symbols:

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Location: See Reservation
Population: 7.9 Million
Capital City: Bologna

Government Info
Government Type: Federal Leaning confederation
Brief Explanation of Government: The government is largely a union of three republics, these are the Republic of Tuscany (its capital is Florence), the Republic of Venice (capital in Venice), and the Republic of Genoa, sometimes referred to as Liguria, (Capital in Genoa). The Federal government exists to unite the power of the three republics and coordinate there actions. Thus, while each republic maintains its own army, the Federal Government can demand the unification of the armies in preparation for war. The Federal government also enforces a unified legal code so criminal laws are largely the same throughout the country. The final duty of the Federal government is the management of Foreign policy, the Republics are banned from undertaking their own foreign policy initiatives without federal permission, and all the diplomats are managed by the federal government, the Federal government also has direct control over the District of Mantua (essentially Bologna), it being the capital, it is not part of any republic and thus all local ordinances and services are managed by the federal government. Other than that, much of the other powers are delegated to the Republics, including the management of social services, the upkeep of infrastructure, and the management and implementation of local policies. Each republic has its own court system, legislative and executive branch, as well as a Constitution outlining the way their governments work (which can be quite variable, for example, Tuscany is a unicameral legislature with its Prime Minister selected by the Tuscan Parliament; while in Venice a bicameral legislature exists separate from executive branch, where the Doge is elected in a republic vote.) In this form there currently exist two major types of Republican government organization, these being the Most Serene Republic model and the Grand Republic model. The Most Serene Republic model is currently used by Venice and Genoa, while Tuscany runs on the Grand Republic model.
In the federal government there exists the Council of Order, which is the supreme decision making body of the federal branch, this is made up of a series of representatives selected by each of the Republics who are sent to run the federal government, among them the Duce of Italy is selected to become the national figurehead/leader of the confederacy. Each republic has one vote in this council, and if more republics are added and a tie breaker occurs, then the Duce can become the tie-breaking vote. The Duce then picks his Cabinet which comprises of several Federal Bureaus, each responsible for national coordination of a single issue group, this includes Infrastructure, Health, Military, Economy & Commerce, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Energy, and Education. The Federal government can propose national laws, but each law proposal must be approved in a yearly referendum across the nation. These laws and ammendments are the way that national laws and plans can be created.
Ideology: Italian Nationalism, Pragmatism, Real Politik, Capitalism
Leader/s:
Il Duce - Luigi Rizzo
Prime Minister of Tuscany - Gino Pavessi
Doge of Venice - Giuseppe Lombardi
Doge of Genoa - Pietro Badoglio
Commander of Mantua - Benito Mussolini
Proposed Governor of Lombardy - Luigi Capello (leads a small continegent of 5,000 Milanese Refugees, known as the Serpantine Division)
Proposed Governor of Piedmont - Raffaele Cadorna Jr. (Leads a small paramilitary group of 2,000 men known as the Gaurds of Turin)
Chief of Staff - Giovanni Messe
Relations No official agreements as of yet, the general public opinion, however, favors the French due to their support during the Great war and their closely linked languages and cultures. There is a deep hatred of the Swiss as the Italians believe Lombardy should be the next Republic in the Confederation and refuse to refer to Lombardy as anything but the stolen Republic. In regards to other Italian states, the people are neutral but would like to see an integration of the rest of the peninsula and the reformation of a single Italian state.

Population Info
Brief Description of your People: Homogeneously Italian, though small French villages exist on the outskirts of the Genoese Republic.
Brief Description of your Culture: In terms of religion the region is almost entirely catholic, however the eastern territories around Lombardy and in Genoa, largely follow the Ambrosian Rite of Catholicism, while the rest are Roman Catholic. There is a big emphasis on family and people are expected to support family members throughout their lives. There is more of an emphasis culturally on the beauty and appearance of things over their functionality and as such there is a big emphasis on beauty and elegance.

Military Info
Army: The Italian army is largely divided into the three components of the republics, however disconnected contingents exist. The military runs on a volunteer system and has about 90,000 Active troops. There are around 40,000 Tuscan Troops, 20,000 Genoan Troops, and 20,000 Venetian Troops. The remaining 10,000 are split into the 5,000 strong Bolognese Guard (an elite force), and 5,000 make up the the Federal Guards. There exists a further 10,000 troops in Paramilitary units including the Serpentine Division, Guards of Turin, and the Black Shirts (around 3,000 strong), these paramilitary units vary in quality and are largely privately funded but are occasionally including in Italian Military operations. Of the 90,000 Troops in the military around 70,000 are Infantry, and 20,000 Cavalry. The elite division, the Ariditi, is proportionally divided between each province, and has around 8,000 troops.
Navy: With the loss of the Sardinian Coal basin, Italy had no fossil fuel production, as such it was forced to retrofit many of its remaining ships to Sailing vessels, due to this, Italy has packed its ships full of guns to make up for lost speed with more firepower. The navy currently consists of 3 converted battle ships, and around 20 smaller vessels, remaining large ships have been maintained until Italy can re secure fuel production, they have been turned into offshore naval bases around the coast of Italy and Genoa and are moved around via tug boats.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: Each republic largely specializes in a handful of sectors. Tuscany has largely converted into agricultural production and animal products, with Florence becoming an industrial center for the processing of agricultural products. Meanwhile, Venice is largely invested into Banking, Ship Building, and Shipping across the Mediterranean. Genoa is focused on Animal Products, Mining, Fishing, and some minor industry.
Goals: Unite Italy, jump start European trade again, see to a peaceful Europe.
History: In 1919 the Italian Government began to buckle under the weight of the disease, many magistrates in higher positions died and good quality replacements were hard to find amidst the chaos. Victor Emmanuel fled to Eritrea along with most of the remaining 'old guard'. In his wake the Italian state collapsed. From 1920-1922 there was complete and utter chaos. Around the time of 1922, some semblance of small regional governments were able to start bringing back order to the region. In 1923 the city of Florence united many of the small governments and communities across Tuscany and Southern Romagna forming the Republic of Tuscany. The following year, a new government arose in Venice, which began placing all sick people into a quarantine island off the coast of the city. People were not allowed to stay there for more than a few hours and only to unload the sick people, around 1928, the government determined the city was devoid of the sickness and allowed people to go to the island and held a mass burning ceremony of all the victims which had been placed there. Meanwhile, in late 1923, the Republic of Genoa formed claiming much of the Ligurian coast, sick people were quarantined in a handful of old forts and in 1925 mass burnings were held for all the victims of the disease. With the disease eradicated in all the three republics by 1929, they were all invited to Bologna by the militia holding control of the city, here the Charter of the Confederation was signed, uniting the three republics into a confederation.
By 1930 all rebel militias and warlords in the region were crushed and the confederation got to work redeveloping their road networks. They opted to not be reliant on any foreign powers for goods, believing that they might not have eradicated the disease, and thus could bring it back to the Confederation. In 1931 Venice reopened its port but did not allow foreigners outside a quarantine zone until a doctor had checked them for disease. In 1935 Genoa and Pisa would both pass the same legislation within their cities. Tuscany developed into the main farming region do to its vast swathes of somewhat fertile land. The federal government passed its first law into action in 1931 creating the Grain Dole act, which would store excess grain in public grain doles and if given a food stamp, people could withdraw rations from the dole if they couldn't afford food. This program helped bring health back into the region and gave a jump start to the economy as it began to go back into rebuilding. In 1933 Genoa opened textile and pottery factories as they did not require foreign imported coal, since in 1930 a ban was passed on importing coal from Sardinia so that Sardinia's economy might crash and they'd be forced to join the confederation. In 1934 the Public hospital act was passed stating that public hospitals should be constructed in regions which were lacking in medical care, shortly following this a domestic insurance industry was jump started out of Venice, followed shortly by a domestic banking industry. In 1935 The government began military exercises and was able to reopen its officer academies.
RP Sample: You know me already, but if you really need some samples I can dig through my old nation for some.
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Finished, review per favore.

[Military Lands of the Scottish People]

Would the follow weapons be allowed:
6.5mm Mauser VZ-24 bolt action rifle
Mauser c96 7.63mm 'broomhandle' pistol
SiG 1920 submachinegun 7.63mm Mauser
ZB26 light machinegun
FT-17 TAnk with 37mm gun.
P-26 fighter plane
Ford TRimotor transport and aero-medical evacuation plane
Junkers JU-52 bomber.

I know we're not getting MP-38s, M1 Garand rifles, DC-3s, Hurricanes, Stukas, B-17s, and T-26 tanks.

None of those are available for nations outside of the Western Front, regarding the FT 17. SMGs barely exist as a concept outside of Europe so that's a no too, though I doubt it will be hard to create a blowback weapon, but the issue will be that there are no factories or engineers to design such without a basis to work on. Sadly the MP1918 is barely available in Germany, as well as the Italian SMGs.

[Military Lands of the Scottish People]

As far as I can tell England is the most populous power here so far with 17 million people, so I used that as a guide for what the strongest nations in this new world have.

I think my application is finished enough to be OP-reviewed, even if the history is not quite finished (still have another section to write). This took close to an entire afternoon to write. So much research...

Generic Info
Nation Name: Commonwealth of Nordic Socialist Council Republics (da: Nordisk socialistiske rådsrepublikkenes samfundet), often abbreviated NSRS.
Symbols: NSRS has an official flag. It has not designated any other official national symbols, but Norden for folket serves as an unofficial anthem.
Location: The territory of the NSRS constitutes the area that used to be, prior to the Great War, the Kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, the Grand Duchy of Finland, the Duchy of Schleswig, and the Petsamo area. It continues to assert Greenland as being a part of its integral territory, but does not actually control the island.
Population: The total population of the NSRS is 9.28 millions, which break down as follows: Sweden 3.11 (excluding the Skåne region), Denmark 3.10 (including the Skåne region 0.69 and the Faroe Islands 0.02 but not including Greenland), Norway 1.58, Finland 1.43, Iceland 0.07. Not including population living in territory that was not a part of the constituent republics of NSRS before 1919 (c. 240,000 residents in Slesvig, the c. 20,000 residents in the Scottish isles, and the c. 20,000 residents in the Petsamo strip), this represents a decline of 40% from the 1919 population of the Nordic Region.
Capital City: NSRS does not have a legally designated capital city, but its administrative and government functions are held in Copenhagen (da: København), Danish SR.

Government Info
Government Type: NSRS is a devolutionary, parliamentary, democratic, and syndicalist republic.
Brief Explanation of Government: NSRS is devolutionary. The Commonwealth government is responsible for and only defence and foreign affairs, with all other matters being left in the control of its constituent states. The country is parliamentary. The executive authorities that manage the day-to-day administration of the country hold no independent authority, serving at the pleasure of and being completely subservient to the legislative authorities that appointed them. These legislatures are not beholden to any written constitution, but are instead organised by custom. The government is also democratic; all authorities are either elected by the population that they represent or are simply directly composed of that population. The highest authority of the Commonwealth government, the Nordic Council, for example, is elected on a proportional-representative system, with the most recent 4th Council having been elected in 1934. It theoretically serves seven-year terms, but so far no Nordic Council has served its full term without calling for an early election. The government is also syndicalist, and draws no distinction between state and non-state organisations. Associations of civil society are incorporated as parts of the state. Finally, NSRS maintains a republican government, with the final monarchs of the Scandinavian kingdoms having been disposed of in the 1920s.
Ideology: NSRS is broadly socialist.
Leader/s: The current Head of State is Thorvald Stauning, Secretary-General of the NSRS, belonging to the Danish Labour Party.
Relations Quite surprisingly considering its early history, NSRS is broadly anti-militarist and maintains a fairly pragmatic foreign policy. It maintains a highly accommodating attitude to the splinter states of the British Isles, including England, and is actively advocating for closer academic, economic, social, and diplomatic cooperation between all the states in the North Sea region, although ideological differences does present some challenges to this. On the Continent itself, NSRS is somewhat suspicious towards the new states of Central and Eastern Europe, and is maintaining a defensive foreign policy largely aimed at preventing any alliance against itself from consolidating.

Population Info
Brief Description of your People: The ethnic composition of NSRS closely match its linguistic cultural composition, with two tiny exceptions: a Scandinavian-speaking community of Jewish ancestry (of about 10,000) and a Scandinavian-speaking community of Afro-Caribbean ancestry (of about 1,000).
Brief Description of your Culture: Linguistically, NSRS remains predominantly Scandinavian (between Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian, 7.64 million speakers), but Finnish (between Finnish and Karelian, c. 1.29 million speakers) and insular Nordic (between Icelandic and Faroese, c. 100,000 speakers) are also recognised as official languages, while the minority languages of German (c. 190,000), Sami (c. 40,000), English (c. 20,000), and Russian (c. 10,000) are regionally recognised. Smaller cultural minorities exist, but hold no official recognition. Socially, the traditional structure of Nordic society has been completely revolutionised since the Great War. Hierarchies of all kinds have been reduced and a truly democratic ethos has begun to ingrain itself in the hearts and minds of the NSRS' people. Anyone who claims to be the better of another, in this new environment, are unlikely to be taken well. While a majority of the NSRS' citizenry remain nominally religious, religion and religious attitudes have started to fade away from the day-to-day lives of the people. The culture is starting to be secularised, and traditional social customs and mores are being seriously challenged.

Military Info
Army: Compared to the other nations on the European Continent, NSRS maintains a surprisingly small ground military compared to its population and industrial wealth. The more professional branch of ground forces, the Nordic Army responsible for holding the frontiers, comprises one motorised and four rifle divisions of 10,500 men each and seven ranger brigades, each 3,000 men, that are not considered part of a division, for a total of 73,500 in paper strength. The divisions are extremely well supplied in automatic weapons and artillery and are built with the grounded trench warfare that defined the western front of the Great War in mind, while the ranger brigades are generally infantry-heavy forces specialising in rapid movement, low dependence on supplies, and reconnaissance trained with the wild forests of NSRS' eastern frontier in mind. The NSRS Army is very well equipped and decently trained by Continental standards, but it is quite conspicuously lacking in armour, with a dozen or so Great War era British tanks being the extent of the NSRS' capabilities in this regard. In addition to the Army, NSRS also maintains a National Guard, command of which is devolved to its constituent states. They are intended to serve a garrison, military police, and similar functions, and together number a total of 20,000~25,000 men. The defence of NSRS is further bolstered by an extensive series of fortifications on its southern frontier against what used to be the German Empire.
Navy: NSRS considers itself a maritime nation, and as such its power on the seas is both the pride of the Nordic people and the central component of their defence. This is divided into a Navy and a Coast Guard. Between them they field roughly 21,000 men with half again as much in reserves. The Navy fields 3 battleships, 3 heavy cruisers, 7 light cruisers, 19 destroyers, 11 submarines as well as some support vessels, while the Coast Guard fields dozens of smaller minesweeping, support, light escort, and training vessels. Because the NSRS Navy and Coast Guard are both structured for the defence of its coasts and immediate waters, it is largely lacking in force projection capabilities. The quality of the ships vary considerably but are in general fairly good, and the men who crew them are heavily trained in exercises.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: The NSRS economy varies considerably by region. Generally speaking, the more heavily populated areas of the Commonwealth are also the wealthiest areas. Denmark maintains a highly sophisticated industrial economy; although its social infrastructure saw great damage in the influenza pandemic, the growth of the 1930s and an influx of cheap raw materials from the north fully recovered the former prosperity of this region. Sweden and Norway have sophisticated industrial economies, but these were heavily damaged - by a decline of social trust, worker skill, and international trade, if not necessarily damage to physical capital - during the turmoil of the 1920s. Iceland and Finland have only partially industrialised agrarian economies, and the latter in particular was heavily damaged by its long civil war.
Goals: In the long-term, NSRS desires an internationalist revolution, overthrowing the last vestiges of the aristocratic and hierarchical tendencies of the old world. In the short-to-medium term, however, the government generally considers war between the major European powers to be against its interests, and as such are highly interested in maintaining a relatively peaceful and stable order. NSRS also desires, in the short-term, the reclamation of Greenland.
History:

The 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic shattered the existing social order of the old world, and Northern Europe was not an exception. While Scandinavia had sophisticated public health systems and, having stayed neutral in the Great War, still had relatively fresh resources to draw upon, the strain of having huge proportions of the population bedridden for weeks on end and dying by the hundreds of thousands collapsed the fragile stability of these countries. Existing social tensions were exacerbated as public faith in the government collapsed. The Scandinavian governments stayed technically intact, but their ability to meaningfully influence the situation faded as the actual administration of the country increasingly fell to local and municipal authorities less dependent on sophisticated organisation, communications, or supply.

While the disease, the kind of rapid-spreading, high-mortality plague that did not lend itself easily to being endemic, largely faded out of Scandinavia in the autumn months of 1920, the difficulties were not over. The increasingly powerless governments of these nations looked over a country in grief over the enormous human cost of the pandemic, with a distrustful population increasingly turning to an each-for-all mindset, trying to organise a complex, industrialised, and modern economy without the social infrastructure that such an economy so vitally needed.

Danish history during the pandemic was defined by its border with Germany. Thanks to its wealth and excellent public healthcare system, Denmark came out of the 1918-1920 pandemic in a much better position than the other two Scandinavian nations, with a coherent government that could still meaningfully govern the country. As its southern neighbour collapsed, however, and famine started to spread throughout Germany, there was much concern over the welfare of the Danish minority in German Slesvig-Holsten.

The folketing eventually decided to provide assistance from its own food stores to the region, with the first shipments being delivered in the winter of 1919. The prevailing sentiment at the time was that the Danish-speaking regions of Schleswig ought to be re-integrated into the Kingdom of Denmark, banking on the excellent public sentiment generated for Denmark due to the assistance it provided in the region. It was eventually decided that the affair would be decided by a referendum in the region, which was held on the 14th March 1920. Northern Schleswig, which had the largest Danish communities and which consequently received the bulk of the assistance, voted for integration into Denmark, while Central and Southern Schleswig, which being German-dominated received very little, did not. The government drafted plans for integration based on this result.

The King, however, refused to accept the results of this referendum, insisting that all of the former Duchy of Schleswig ought to be re-integrated into his kingdom. Christian the 10th ordered the government to re-draft the plans to include integration of Southern Schleswig. The Prime Minister resigned in protest, and Christian X dismissed the remainder of the cabinet on the 30th of March, 1920, replacing it with a conservative puppet more pliable to his wishes.

This was too much for the Danish public, already battered and reeling from three years of a crushing public health crisis. The public sentiment was that even after a million Danes died from the influenza plague, even as a humanitarian crisis was looming just south of the border, even as the economy was grinding to an halt, the King and the government were still playing their feudal games of territory and prestige. Anti-monarchist riots broke out in all the major cities across the country, which over the first week of April consolidated into a general revolution against the puppet government.

Pressured, the King re-opened negotiations with the former ministers of government that he dismissed, but they were insistent. Not even they would be able to calm down the public. The only possible resolution to the crisis was the end of the Danish monarchy. So, lacking any other means of controlling the situation, Christian X resigned on the 5th of April, beginning an interregnum in Denmark. New elections were held on the 26th of April, which was swept by the anti-monarchist parties of the country.

Christian X fled to Iceland, which despite being an independent nation, recognised him as king in accordance with the Danish-Icelandic Act of December 1918. Public sentiment in Iceland, however, were even more hostile than they were in Denmark, with powerful anti-Danish sentiments fostered by the long-running independence movement added on to general anti-monarchist tendencies. The king would be increasingly marginalised from public life over time until 1924, when Iceland finally expelled him from the country.

The new government would, two years later, declare that they would never again recognise a king, formally turning Denmark into a republic. While the thousands that died from this Easter Crisis would not be the last to fall to civil disorder in Denmark, with paramilitary violence between various interest groups continuing into the mid-1920s, the situation did slowly stabilise. Denmark is notable as being one of very few governments in the world today that can claim to be a direct and legitimate successor to the pre-1919 government of their country.

Sweden, by great effort, was able to hold its 1920 elections more-or-less as usual, but this did not have the expected result of calming public tensions. Because of the mass instability in almost every major city in the country, a heavy presence of the army was necessary in order to guard polling stations, and immediately allegations surfaced that the army, known to be a right-leaning institution, might interfere in the elections. The instability produced reports of large-scale electoral fraud and violence. Despite all these difficulties, the shattered political scene set aflame by mass public anger, suspicion, despair, and radicalism failed to produce a clear winner. With none of the parties securing even 25% of the votes, control of the country passed to a shaky social-democratic minority government.

This government faced, on the outside, dwindling state resources. Thousands of soldiers and police defected, with the administrative bureaucracy continuing to crumble. Internally, a gridlocked riksdag meant that the government was unable to take any meaningful action, forced to largely sit aside watching the carnage.

Tensions finally came to a broil on September 19th, 1921. The remnants of the army, citing the inability of the civil government to restore order to the country and provide relief from the ongoing economic collapse, arranged a march on Stockholm to seize control of the administration for themselves and implement the measures necessary to restore the country. The plan was leaked, however, hours before it could be implemented. Stockholm woke up that morning to street fighting between army units loyal to high command, army units loyal to the government, and improvised citizen militias.

While by the 21st, it was clear that the government would emerge victorious in the conflict, the social-democratic government was shattered. Prime Minister Branting died to an artillery shell, while the socialist-leaning SKP and SVP militias that won the fighting on behalf of the government gave the communists enormous influence over what remained of the government. Afraid of the anger of the city potentially turning on them, the royal family vacated the city on the next day to London, from where they would never return. This attempted coup shattered the country, with many local and municipal authorities, especially in the south, severing their ties to Stockholm entirely.

The situation devolved into a civil war between the pro-Stockholm forces, largely but not entirely concentrated in the centre and north of the country, and anti-Stockholm forces largely but not entirely concentrated in the south. Quite unlike the situation in Finland, the civil war was quite non-ideological, with left-wing, right-wing, and even non-political organisations on both sides of the battle lines. Also unlike in Finland, the civil war was a relatively straightforwards affair with two clear factions.

Years of prolonged civil war eventually invited Danish intervention, with Denmark being highly concerned about the power of the Swedish navy, divided between the warring factions but still larger than Denmark's own, and the consequences of letting war rage on a mere few kilometers away from their capital. With the domestic situation stabilising and the economy starting to recover, and with the blessing of the Swedish government in Stockholm, Danish troops occupied the southern coast of Sweden in 1923-1924, an occupation that continues to this day even after the formation of the NSRS.

Norway, during these years, remained peaceful, but not stable. Due to being a country with strong regional differences compared to the relative cultural homogeneity of Denmark and Sweden, the central government lost power quickly and relatively bloodlessly, with most actual power being devolved to counties. The 1921 Norwegian Storting elections was held with great difficulty and was, much like the 1920 Swedish elections, marred with all sorts of fraud, violence, and various machinations. The 1924 elections were barely held at all; by that point the central government in Oslo was unable to exert meaningful power outside of Norway's southern coast, and so polls were set up only in that part of the country. An electoral coalition between conservatives and liberals won both elections. There the situation would remain until the formation of NSRS in 1926.

In Finland, public order collapsed entirely in the early weeks of the pandemic. Already at the brink of starvation after three years of grueling war, already dealing with the political chaos of its declaration of independence in December 1917, and already embroiled in a civil war that encompassed the entirety of the former Russian Empire, the public authorities in Finland were neither equipped to deal with the pandemic nor its fallout. The civil war spread the influenza, the influenza spread panic and hysteria, and panic and hysteria would spread the civil war. By 1920, the country functionally ceased to exist, with families, companies, political parties, religious organisations, and local governments all locked in a struggle for survival against the desperate situation as well as each other. By 1927, disease, war, and famine would have claimed half the population in this region.

The Stockholm government would emerge largely triumphant against the various forces arranged against it by the winter of 1925-26. Although guerrilla struggles would continue into the 1930s, the Swedish government was by this point once again in a position to govern Sweden. Similarly, in Norway, while the various Norwegian counties have de facto governed themselves largely as independent states throughout the 1920s, they continued to formally recognise the government in Oslo as being legitimate.

The governments of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland, all battered from the experiences of the previous decades, saw mutual benefits in further cooperation. The relatively stable international order of the long 19th Century was dead, with the world once more turning to violence for all of its answers. With chaos and instability continuing to swirl all around it, the relatively small nations of Scandinavia, small in population and capabilities even compared to the splinter successor states that came out of what used to be great powers, realised that they could neither rely on the international community nor on their own capabilities to protect their security and interests. Tentative negotiations for an alliance began as early as 1923, but by 1925 there were serious, ministerial-level discussions on the issue.

While initially, a strong unified government was planned, Norway and Iceland balked at these negotiation demands. By 1925 the restructuring of Denmark and Sweden into socialist states were well underway and the conservative-liberal government in Norway was highly opposed to the unified Scandinavian government - which was bound to be dominated by socialists - having any say in Norwegian social and economic policy. Norway as they knew it, the government reasoned, could not survive between an increasingly agitated domestic socialist movement below and a socialist Scandinavian union above.

Thus, while extensive integration between the societies of the four countries was agreed upon, the government that was to preside over them was largely stripped of its powers, left only with the obligation to defend the union from exterior threats with little power in internal policy.

The Copenhagen Conventions, as the series of treaties that created the Commonwealth of Nordic Socialist Council Republics would later come to be known, were signed on the 12th of June, 1926. The first Nordic Council, composed of existing members of parliament from the four constituent states, was assembled in Copenhagen later that year, with plans for a proper election in 1928.

Enormous challenges faced this new tentative government, with war pressing down on it from every side. To the west lay the shattered states of the British Isles. The collapse of the United Kingdom left the Royal Navy, the largest force on the world's oceans, indisposed, and while the bulk of it fell into the hands of a reduced but still rather stable English state considerable portions of it were passed about far less savory organisations. Not only did Iceland and the Faroe Isles depend on trade and communications over the Norwegian Sea which the shattered remnants of that navy threatened, but the presence of such a force made any stabilisation of the overall North Sea region a daunting task.

To the south lay Schleswig. Denmark integrated the northern portion of this duchy in 1921 in accordance with the results of the 1920 referendum, but even with the winding down of aid to the area cross-border traffic remained large. Considering that no stable state sat on the other side of the border, the chaos remained an omnipresent threat.

Finally, to the east was Finland, still tearing itself apart in the storms of war. While the situation had certainly calmed down somewhat from the early days of chaotic anarchy and the various warring factions were consolidating into reasonable blocs, such instability at Scandinavia's doorstep represented an enormous threat, and the possibility that a Russian successor state might take advantage of the chaos to reassert its dominance over the Baltic Sea region - on the coastline of which both Stockholm and Copenhagen sat - was an unnerving one.

These demands resulted in a series of brush wars being fought between NSRS and its neighbours during the early years of its existence.

By 1926, Denmark already had considerable forces deployed south of the border for the protection of its operations and of the Danish minority in the region. The Commonwealth government, in accordance with its obligations to collective defence, took over these operations. As this region became increasingly economically dependent, and thus integrated, into Scandinavia proper, the necessities of stabilising the region grew greater. Over the next four years, the number of troops deployed to Southern Schleswig would slowly increase, taking on the character of an occupation as it absorbed more and more functions of administration that the local authorities were unable to provide. While there were some resistance by local forces and by splintered remnants of the Second Reich's military, the disorganised efforts of these groups could not meaningfully challenge the efforts of a relatively stable NSRS.

A second referendum for integration into Denmark was called for in 1930 in Central and Southern Schleswig, and after ten years of close cooperation with their larger neighbour to the north the results were a foregone conclusion; with lower Saxony still in turmoil there were no alternatives. On the 6th of January 1931 the people of this region unceremoniously voted - albeit by a small margin of two thousand votes - to de jure affirm what was already de facto true, formally becoming integrated as a part of Denmark.

The Norwegian Storting elections of 1927 would put the Norwegian Labour Party into power in Norway after a decade of conservative-liberal governance, uniting the three Scandinavian states in ideological outlook as well as pragmatic necessity. NSRS foreign policy thus started to lean in favour of the Reds, a broad coalition of revolutionary socialists, in the ongoing Finnish Civil War. While no official intervention was ever made, the Nordic Council did turn a blind eye to, and in 1928 started to encourage, the influx of volunteer soldiers to Finland in support of the Reds. Many of the demobilised citizen-volunteers just emerging from the Swedish civil war decided to volunteer for this effort, while communal initiatives also arranged considerable war supplies. Nearly 20,000 Scandianvians would ultimately fight in the Finnish Civil War, which with the added assistance concluded in a peace treaty - the Viipuri Agreement - favourable to the Reds on the 12th of March 1929, while its border with the Russian states was finalised with a second peace treaty with the Russian factions on the 19th September 1929.

In accordance with the Viipuri Agreement, the Red government had two years to stabilise the country and eventually held fresh elections on the 1st of October 1930. The election produced a social-democrat and agrarian coalition government, which ratified the Copenhagen Conventions and became a part of NSRS later that year.

With regards to the British Isles, it was the assessment of NSRS Supreme Command that its vulnerable maritime presence would be permanently threatened as long as the former British naval base at Scapa Flow and the ships based from it remained a battleground between the various militant factions of a destabilised Scotland. NSRS envisioned a relatively quick operation to seize the harbour with marine infantry, launching the invasion with two brigades of infantry and the Norwegian Sea Fleet on the 28th of February 1930. What followed was quite possibly the greatest military disaster in the short history of the Commonwealth. Scapa Flow proved heavily fortified and well-defended. While it was the assessment of Supreme Command that the instability in Scotland would prevent local forces from organising a meaningful resistance to the operation, the defenders of the Orkneys were much better organised and supplied that was originally envisioned.

It was only after a long siege of almost a year, with numerous naval sorties and several botched beach landings, that Scapa Flow ran out of the supplies it needed to continue its resistance and surrendered. The Royal Navy ships based from Scapa Flow, which would have if captured proved invaluable in patrolling Scandinavia's vulnerable coasts and which was the sole justification the government provided to continue throwing men and material after the disastrous operation, were successfully scuttled by the defenders and largely evaded capture. Nordic casualties amounted to almost 10,000, a not insignificant blow to the nascent NSRS Army.

The resulting public outrage and scandal would force the 2nd Nordic Council, having lost the confidence of the public, to call for early elections. These were held in 1931 and are generally considered to be a resounding victory for the syndicalists and their anti-militarist policies. In his inauguration speech, the newly appointed Secretary General Thorvald Stauning, a social-democrat heading up a broadly anti-communist coalition, called on the nation to the necessity of working with, and not against, the existing realities of the world, renouncing armed struggle as a tool of international liberation. Although brush wars against various insurgents across NSRS would continue well into the 1930s, the period of Border Wars ended with that statement.

-to be continued-

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Adjust Denmarks population to lose 60% of its population, as well as remove your claims to everything that isn't on the Peninsula or Denmark, and this is accepted. I am iffy about allowing you to keep Finland considering how resource heavy Norway and Sweden is already, but it doesn't seem to be overpowered so I am willing to look the other way, however, there is no logical explanation for Iceland, the Faroes and all the other islands you mentioned to belong to you. Communications with them would've shut down year one into the Plague, and, even if you were to restore contact, the lack of a navy (one that's that's properly running that is, though to be fair I do not know if Denmark or Sweden kept Coal/steam powered ships. If they did please send them and I'll amend that) as well as the ability to keep a close eye on them, well, them being part of this union would really only be a formality.

Logically speaking, you have went through the worst plague in history with over 50% of the world going bye bye, your government would've probably been to focused on trying to recover the mainland and rebuild than trying to claim some useless islands over sees.

Amend the territorial and population claims and you will be accepted.

[Plzen]

Adjust Denmarks population to lose 60% of its population,

The OP states that 60% losses 1919-1936 are for the very worst-off regions? The figures I have were inspired by surplus mortality statistics from the real-life Spanish Influenza, with Denmark being one of the best-off countries and Sweden/Norway being more in line with Continental averages. I figured overall the region would be one of the better-off in Europe.

I'm not quite sure what your rationale is in forcing the worst-off 60% figure on Scandinavia. Could you explain this, please?

as well as remove your claims to everything that isn't on the Peninsula or Denmark, and this is accepted. I am iffy about allowing you to keep Finland considering how resource heavy Norway and Sweden is already, but it doesn't seem to be overpowered so I am willing to look the other way, however, there is no logical explanation for Iceland, the Faroes and all the other islands you mentioned to belong to you. Communications with them would've shut down year one into the Plague, and, even if you were to restore contact, the lack of a navy (one that's that's properly running that is, though to be fair I do not know if Denmark or Sweden kept Coal/steam powered ships. If they did please send them and I'll amend that) as well as the ability to keep a close eye on them, well, them being part of this union would really only be a formality.

...England has a colonial outpost in Newfoundland. Surely it's no more difficult for Scandinavia to maintain contact with Iceland than it is for England to maintain an outpost across the Atlantic.

In terms of motivation, Iceland have had considerable local autonomy in their own government since the late 1800s, becoming independent in 1918 (I had this happen historically in my history, although the plague might have affected this). Scandinavia may not be very interested in contacting Iceland, and I can definitely see where you're coming from there, but I can't imagine that goes the other way around - Iceland would definitely be highly interested in maintaining contact with the rest of the world, especially since it doesn't have the industrial bulk to rebuild a sophisticated society on its own.

[Military Lands of the Scottish People]

Adjust Denmarks population to lose 60% of its population,

The OP states that 60% losses 1919-1936 are for the very worst-off regions? The figures I have were inspired by surplus mortality statistics from the real-life Spanish Influenza, with Denmark being one of the best-off countries and Sweden/Norway being more in line with Continental averages. I figured overall the region would be one of the better-off in Europe.

I'm not quite sure what your rationale is in forcing the worst-off 60% figure on Scandinavia. Could you explain this, please?

as well as remove your claims to everything that isn't on the Peninsula or Denmark, and this is accepted. I am iffy about allowing you to keep Finland considering how resource heavy Norway and Sweden is already, but it doesn't seem to be overpowered so I am willing to look the other way, however, there is no logical explanation for Iceland, the Faroes and all the other islands you mentioned to belong to you. Communications with them would've shut down year one into the Plague, and, even if you were to restore contact, the lack of a navy (one that's that's properly running that is, though to be fair I do not know if Denmark or Sweden kept Coal/steam powered ships. If they did please send them and I'll amend that) as well as the ability to keep a close eye on them, well, them being part of this union would really only be a formality.

...England has a colonial outpost in Newfoundland. Surely it's no more difficult for Scandinavia to maintain contact with Iceland than it is for England to maintain an outpost across the Atlantic.

In terms of motivation, Iceland have had considerable local autonomy in their own government since the late 1800s, becoming independent in 1918 (I had this happen historically in my history, although the plague might have affected this). Scandinavia may not be very interested in contacting Iceland, and I can definitely see where you're coming from there, but I can't imagine that goes the other way around - Iceland would definitely be highly interested in maintaining contact with the rest of the world, especially since it doesn't have the industrial bulk to rebuild a sophisticated society on its own.

Denmark is highly dense for country of its size, and considering its reliance on Trade and such. This is just Denmark, northern regions of your nation and Finland would only hit the 40% Threshold, With Swedens and Norways urban centers being completely devastated.

Regarding England, its government relatively stayed the same while yours underwent tremendous changes and unified several countries under a confederation of sorts. England is also more interested in trade than you are and is better set to do so than you. Please do not use other nations to justify doing things, its childlike in a way. Not trying to be rude so please do not take offense. But you're size is huge and you have plenty of resources to use and restore your nation, and I am being kind enough to let you keep Finland. You own the largest amount of land on the map currently, why are these islands required? I stand by my points. Please adjust your claims and you will be accepted.

[Plzen]

Denmark is highly dense for country of its size, and considering its reliance on Trade and such. This is just Denmark, northern regions of your nation and Finland would only hit the 40% Threshold, With Swedens and Norways urban centers being completely devastated.

Regarding England, its government relatively stayed the same while yours underwent tremendous changes and unified several countries under a confederation of sorts. England is also more interested in trade than you are and is better set to do so than you. Please do not use other nations to justify doing things, its childlike in a way. Not trying to be rude so please do not take offense. But you're size is huge and you have plenty of resources to use and restore your nation, and I am being kind enough to let you keep Finland. You own the largest amount of land on the map currently, why are these islands required? I stand by my points. Please adjust your claims and you will be accepted.

I don't think I have it in me to rewrite my history to accommodate the necessary changes.

I'll have to withdraw my application, then. Thank you for considering it; I hope that this goes well for you, and I hope to perhaps see you all in another RP.

[Military Lands of the Scottish People]

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[b]Nation Name: [/b]  Republic of  Florida[ROF]
[b]Symbols: [/b]  Flag: An Alligator clutching a  BIble and a tommygun  SEal:  See  above
[b]Location: [/b] Florida, non-Mountainous Georgia, Alabama
[b]Population: [/b]   31 million
[b]Capital City: [/b]Pensacola, Florida

[size=150][b]Government Info[/b][/size]
[b]Government Type:[/b]  Bill of Rights  Fascist Constitutional Republic
[b]Brief Explanation of Government:[/b] (explain all the complex/unique stuff that can't be described in the type section)
Benign  Fascism with no civil rights violations
[b]Ideology:[/b] Guided Developmentalism-capitalism is controlled to end needless suffering
 
[b]Leader/s:[/b]  Fuhrer Karl Schmidt.
[b]Relations[/b] (Trade agreements, existing military alliances, rivals, etc)
Allied with both Texas and the German Empire.  Both Germany and Texas are  allowed both  favored  trade  and  military bases, too. Enemies: Legion of Mississippi.  Multiple border clashes and incursions.
Trade relationa: Lousiana, Oklahoma.


[size=150][b]Population Info[/b][/size]
[b]Brief Description of your People:[/b]95% White, 5% non-white.
[b]Brief Description of your Culture:[/b] Christian  pro-gun redneck. Child  and  animal abuse extremely hated.

[size=150][b]Military Info[/b][/size]
[b]Army: [/b] (branches, number of troops, quality of army, etc,)
Army: 200,000  Landsturm: 750,000.
[b]Navy: [/b] (branches, number of troops, quality of navy, etc,)
100,000
Airforce: 200,000

[size=150]Other Info[/size]
[b]Brief Description of your Economy:[/b]Agricultural  but  all  out  industrialization  and  trade  development.
[b]Goals: [/b]To remain free and prosperous.
[b]History: [/b]  !919-Flu Epidemic.  1926-28 War of Legion  of Mississippi.  Mississippi lost a million warriors in  the invasion of  Alabama,  ROF lost 100 dead, 20,000 wounded.,  Mississippi has  vowed  revenge. 1928: Guided Develpmentalism  party  elected. Lottery  funds  both  massive  military  build up and social welfare programs. recovery  by  1931.  Booming prosperity since 1933.
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I really shouldn't have to say this but everything about this is so wrong.

Denied

[Military Lands of the Scottish People]

Denmark is highly dense for country of its size, and considering its reliance on Trade and such. This is just Denmark, northern regions of your nation and Finland would only hit the 40% Threshold, With Swedens and Norways urban centers being completely devastated.

Regarding England, its government relatively stayed the same while yours underwent tremendous changes and unified several countries under a confederation of sorts. England is also more interested in trade than you are and is better set to do so than you. Please do not use other nations to justify doing things, its childlike in a way. Not trying to be rude so please do not take offense. But you're size is huge and you have plenty of resources to use and restore your nation, and I am being kind enough to let you keep Finland. You own the largest amount of land on the map currently, why are these islands required? I stand by my points. Please adjust your claims and you will be accepted.

I don't think I have it in me to rewrite my history to accommodate the necessary changes.

I'll have to withdraw my application, then. Thank you for considering it; I hope that this goes well for you, and I hope to perhaps see you all in another RP.

Sad to see you go but I understand. Hope you'll reconsider later on down the line.

[Military Lands of the Scottish People]

It's a work in progress still.

Generic Info
Nation Name: The German Empire
Symbols:
(Image)
Location:

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Population: 2.000.000
Capital City: Potsdam

Government Info
Government Type:
De iure: Absolute monarchy
De facto: Timocratic dictatorship
Brief Explanation of Government: While the emperor technically still has total control over the State, signalling continuity, true power is held by his ‘protectors’. The German officer corps constantly fights among itself for power, and the emperor is the biggest piece in that game. Who controls the emperor controls the State. So, the German Empire, the authority of which does not reach further than Brandenburg, is constantly uprooted by coups and counter-coups, constantly dragging the emperor and his family from palace to palace.
Ideology: Conservatism, militarism
Leader/s:
De iure: Emperor Wilhelm III
De facto: Imperial Protector Erich Ludendorff, General of the Guard
Relations:

Population Info
Brief Description of your People: German society has come to focus around the city of Berlin. During the reign of the disease, the city was culled in dramatic fashion. Many of those who did not die left for the countryside, eager to grow their own food. Now, however, with food production quite secure and the disease having died down, people are slowly returning to the city. However, Berlin is under constant military guard, and those willing to live and work there need a permit and an allocated residence. How these permits are issued and to whom is a constant political struggle. Questions of race, profession, gender and political persuasion change every other day, making daily life in Berlin a hassle. Still, it grants security as well, and better living standards than being a labourer in the countryside.
Brief Description of your Culture: The inhabitants under the sway of the German Empire are divided into three major classes: Citizens, artisans, and labourers. German society has taken after Sparta: the citizens are officers and soldiers, and they make up the upper strata of society. They spend their days training, exercising, and strategizing. The children of these families make up the elite Imperial Guard: extremely good shots, born and raised into soldiery. These units are kept at a constant state of readiness, because much is feared from the lower two classes: artisans are city-dwelling people who perform some non-military task. They are shopkeepers, merchants, stock-brokers, bank-tellers and the like. Labourers are manual labourers, such as farmers, miners, street-sweeps and some-such. They are kept under constant guard, since the upper classes are in constant fear of a communist uprising among the lower classes. They perform routine acts of cruelty in order to instil fear, and the government uses racism in order to keep these lower classes divided. These people are disallowed from serving in the military.

Military Info
Army: The Imperial Guard is the only active military unit. Four divisions, 44.000 men in total, are made up of the children of the civilian class. They are drilled from the time they learn how to walk, and are incredible shots. They are renowned for their martial ability, and recognisable by their trench armour. Since the army is so small, quality is necessary, since the civilian class fears arming any of the other classes in fear of rebellion. There is also a flying corps, which is also manned by the civilian class. However, civilian air transport is mostly handled by the artisan class, and since they also make up a number of drivers, the mechanised units (a small number of armoured vehicles) are piloted by them. The armoured corps is looked down upon for this reason, but no true civilian would want to stick their child in the death box that is the A7V.
Navy: The Kriegsmarine is no official branch of the German military. Rather, in time of need, sailors strap artillery to their vessels to duke it out that way. Old ships, repurposed for civilian use, are refitted with armaments, and sailors take up rifles as some sort of marine militia. This way, there is no active navy at all times, but the civilian fleet can be called upon.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: Based around both agriculture and urban development, with a lively trade in living permits for the city of Berlin. The economy is built to serve the upper classes most, and they control most of the land and resources.
Goals: Rebuild the German Empire to its former borders, and maybe beyond, but in the new utopic style of Sparta
History: WiP
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Accepted, however you shouldn't have an operational A7V considering all of them were sent to the Western Front and either got destroyed or abandoned.

Edit: was browsing quickly through the OOC and completely missed the whole WIP part, sorry, but just finish the history and we'll be good.

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[b]Nation Name: [/b]  Republic of  Florida[ROF]
[b]Symbols: [/b]  Flag: An Alligator clutching a  BIble and a tommygun  SEal:  See  above
[b]Location: [/b] Florida, non-Mountainous Georgia, Alabama
[b]Population: [/b]   31 million
[b]Capital City: [/b]Pensacola, Florida

[size=150][b]Government Info[/b][/size]
[b]Government Type:[/b]  Bill of Rights  Fascist Constitutional Republic
[b]Brief Explanation of Government:[/b] (explain all the complex/unique stuff that can't be described in the type section)
Benign  Fascism with no civil rights violations
[b]Ideology:[/b] Guided Developmentalism-capitalism is controlled to end needless suffering
 
[b]Leader/s:[/b]  Fuhrer Karl Schmidt.
[b]Relations[/b] (Trade agreements, existing military alliances, rivals, etc)
Allied with both Texas and the German Empire.  Both Germany and Texas are  allowed both  favored  trade  and  military bases, too. Enemies: Legion of Mississippi.  Multiple border clashes and incursions.
Trade relationa: Lousiana, Oklahoma.


[size=150][b]Population Info[/b][/size]
[b]Brief Description of your People:[/b]95% White, 5% non-white.
[b]Brief Description of your Culture:[/b] Christian  pro-gun redneck. Child  and  animal abuse extremely hated.

[size=150][b]Military Info[/b][/size]
[b]Army: [/b] (branches, number of troops, quality of army, etc,)
Army: 200,000  Landsturm: 750,000.
[b]Navy: [/b] (branches, number of troops, quality of navy, etc,)
100,000
Airforce: 200,000

[size=150]Other Info[/size]
[b]Brief Description of your Economy:[/b]Agricultural  but  all  out  industrialization  and  trade  development.
[b]Goals: [/b]To remain free and prosperous.
[b]History: [/b]  !919-Flu Epidemic.  1926-28 War of Legion  of Mississippi.  Mississippi lost a million warriors in  the invasion of  Alabama,  ROF lost 100 dead, 20,000 wounded.,  Mississippi has  vowed  revenge. 1928: Guided Develpmentalism  party  elected. Lottery  funds  both  massive  military  build up and social welfare programs. recovery  by  1931.  Booming prosperity since 1933.
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I really shouldn't have to say this but everything about this is so wrong.

It's cool.

Denied[/quote]

[Greater Redosia]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Autonomous Peoples of New Mexico/Pueblos Autónomos de Nuevo México
Symbols: Flag of the Autonomous Republic La Internacional/The Internationale

Flag of the Mexican Liberal Party
Location:
Population: 633,500
Capital City: Albuquerque

Government Info
Government Type: Autonomous Socialist Federation
Brief Explanation of Government: The Government which heads the Autonomous Peoples of New Mexico is the People's Union/
Unión Popular which is a combination of representatives chosen by the people from their respective district entities, which cities get separate representatives. The people all choose Union leaders to represent themselves in their work in which those union representatives convene together and choose a district/city representative to attend the People's Union. The People's Union then selects the Secretary of the Autonomous Peoples of New Mexico, having complete power to remove them from power and the power to create and pass laws. Currently there is only one party, being the Mexican Liberal Party
Ideology: Magonism, Agrarianism, Anarcho-Communism, Marxist Vanguardism (Faction within the Mexican Liberal Party), Centrism (Faction within the Mexican Liberal Party)
Leader/s:
Secretary Enrique Flores Magon
Majority Party Leader Ricardo Flores Magon (Orthodox Magonists)
Vanguardist Leader Antonio Irineo Villarreal
Centrist Leader Vito Alessio Robles
Opportunist Lucio Blanco (People who just moved to the Autonomous People to survive from the political fallout back in Mexico)
Relations

Non-Aggression Pact - Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua/Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua, being fellow Hispanic members from the lands of Mexico they are our brothers and sisters by blood. Though we are ideologically different we have mutually agreed that we will go our separate ways. They continue the march south to restore Mexico and we continue the revolution north to restore the honor and to free the workers of the United States.

Concerns - Commonwealth of California, bringing great concern for being former United States territory that does not wish to see the revolution succeed or the land that was rightfully theirs restored. The People's Militia are prepared to defend their lands and the revolution, perhaps one day restoring the land that is rightfully Mexico's.

State of Texas, another possibility of great concern, they own parts of Mexico and the other portions of Texas. Their policy unknown and their military most likely more organized than that of New Mexico, the People's Union knows they can guide their people to a brighter future.

Population Info
Brief Description of your People: The Autonomous Peoples of New Mexico although controls lands in the former United States, has a good portion of Hispanic population compared to that of Americans. Mostly due to the plagued that decimated the lands in general and the migration from the poor Mexican regions north after the Revolutionary Expedition carried forth.
Brief Description of your Culture: Although the culture is majority Mexican, they have adopted many American customs from those that stayed and generally found their culture extremely open and accepting. As the revolution were to be and to ensure that all peoples are more eager to adapt, many American cultural tendencies were adopted but a majority Mexican culture is to be enforced to ensure the national identity of the people aren't entirely lost.

Military Info
Army: The Autonomous Peoples of New Mexico does not officially have a standing army, but instead relies mostly on the People's Militia. Last censis brought forth that 30,000 people officially are part of the People's Militia. Split nicely in half to focus their efforts at defending from the California Republic and the Texan State. The People's Militia although mostly made of civilians given arms by the People's Union which were left over from the overtaking of the National Guards Armory wielding Springfield rifles and few 3-inch M1902 field guns. Other weapons include lever actions and other small assortments of pistols and revolvers. Supporting the People's Militia is the People's Union Air Forces, which with left over air bases from the United States Border Air Patrol, including a few biplanes which have seen better years. Although mix and match of training, many in the officer corp of the People's Militia are former revolutionary war members and now train and lead the People's Militia.
Navy: Four converted merchant vessels, with 1,500 in the entire People's Navy, most of them being marines though it is a completely new field upon which the Autonomous Peoples. They have the will to continue the fight and shall rise.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: The economy of the Autonomous Peoples pf New Mexico is heavily diverse due to the region it inhabits. Along with the different states it controls, in Arizona it is dominant by the Four Cs, Copper, Cotton, Citrus and cattle. All run by their separate unions which if they wish to succeed must adapt to the changing needs of the people and the foreign markets. Though due to the political situation of the Mexican Liberal Party, agrarian cultivation and animals is focused to support the less fortunate and less educated peoples. In New Mexico, there are several large cooperations and unions that have been supported by the People's Union through massive amounts of irrigation efforts to improve farming in the region. New Mexico also has several mines that extract minerals and most importantly, silver. Both Arizona and New Mexico extract silver which is important to the New Mexican economy, which the People's Union has officially organized itself to control directly to ensure that the benefits directly support the people as a whole. Texas, meanwhile gives land for grazing cattle and several mines which support the Autonomous Peoples, an important region that includes this nation. While the remaining Mexican land which is under the control support the people's union with farming and other resources which have been damaged since the Mexican Revolution, still being restored to this day.
Goals: Survival of the revolution in New Mexico, restoration of the American Mexican lands before the Mexican-American war.

History:

The start of the revolution began with a single man, the creator of the ideology that was known as Magonism. He was Ricardo Flores Magón, along with his brothers Enrique and Jesús who helped perfect the ideology, it simply stayed with the older brother to lead the way. Creating the newspaper of the Mexican Liberal Party, Regeneración, and eventually becoming the leader of it. He would flee Mexico and eventually set up a base in the United States, leading the Mexican Liberal Party from afar.

The Mexican Liberal Party supported the overthrowing of the Dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, but slowly would divert from the set ideal paths of the liberal revolution set by other revolutionaries and aimed to achieve an anarchist workers commune, rising up mostly in Baja California in the Magnoista rebellion of 1911. The revolution gaining support beforehand due to the activism and general call for reform from the Magon brothers that conformed the Mexican Liberal Party around the ideal of pro-union and pro-worker stances and with the support of the IWW and the Socialist Party, they were able to obtain funding and other means of support for their revolution.

The Magonist revolution started with the attempts of organization of uprisings which did not succeed, where the Magon brothers were arrested but the charges later dropped but it still left a mark that encouraged the people further to go against the Government. The formation of the Liberal Army in Baja California through the use of funding from the IWW and Socialist Party, along with other supporters in the Americas enlarged it by the dozens. Along with a few American volunteers that broke the neutrality act, they attacked the city of Mexicali and took it from the hands of the few police officers there, releasing people from the prison to bolster their ranks and seizing Government funds. Then forces under William Stanley marched north and took the customs house in Los Algodones and some led by other officers a few days later and taking control of the Colorado River Construction Camp to obtain supplies, weapons and few new recruits from the workers.

Sadly, it was there when their successes didn't continue continuously, the Mexican Liberal Army marched and took the town of Tijuana and entrenched themselves as with others as part of the freed territories from the reign of the Dictator. But it wasn't until the fall of Ciudad Juarez, where Diaz stepped down and a new President put in place, in the eyes of the Mexican Liberal Party Madero who led the signing of the new peace was a traitor and refused to disarm. Their rebellion would continue until the new Federal Army marched on Tijuana and pushed the Liberal Army out of the lands, ending the rebellion as it slowly withered away once more.

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Generic Info
Nation Name: State on the Rhine (unofficially called the Principality on the Rhine, Rupprechts Army, Rhine Army)
Symbols:
Army Standard


Crown Prince Rupprechts Royal Monogram (which is replacing his fathers Monogram on the Bavarian Army standard)


Location: Luxembourg, Baden, Alsace-Lorraine, Trier, Palatinäte. The brown thing on the Rhine.
Population: 6.3 Million
(hard to guess what my pop should be considering German census's and records apparently disappeared after WW2. Can edit if needed.)
Capital City:
Trier (Rupprecht and his Council resides there)
Luxembourg (Military HQ and Rupprechts palace)

Government Info
Government Type: The Government is essentially a Absolute Monarchy, under the guise of a Constitutional one.
Brief Explanation of Government: Rupprecht has exclaimed that a Bundestag would not be created until Munich was under his control again. The Military serves as his council and executors of his will, and form most of what a Civilian Government would be.
Ideology: German Nationalism, Clerical Fascism, Authoritarianism
Leader/s:
Crown Prince and Generalfeldmarschal Rupprecht of Bavaria as leader
Generalfeldmarschals Albert Kesselring, Erwin Rommel, Eduard Dietl, General der Flieger Hermann Goering serving as councilors to the Crown Prince and managing the country. Eduard Dietl manages policing and the Militias, Erwin Rommel manages Tank research and development and German storm troopers, Hermann Goering manages Air Force restoration, Albert Kesselring manages the restoration projects of the State and the Army as well.
Relations None so far, a diplomatic wire has been extended to the Swiss on the Southern border.

Population Info
Brief Description of your People:
The region was hit hard during the War, and the Plague did not help either. Those that survived did so under the support of Rupprechts Army, and surviving the worst parts of it has given strength to the people. Many are anti Foreigners, as well as a strong anti Semitic view within the populace as well. Their head strong and have a great resolve, as shown by their confidence in restoring former Plague cities such as Strasbourg and Luxembourg. Most live in the rural lands throughout the country, making money by farming and lumber, as well as selling weapons to the Army. Many are scavengers and just as many are hired by the Crown Prince to restore towns for further use.
Brief Description of your Culture:
The People are strongly nationalist and nostalgic, wishing to go back to the older days before the war and plague. Resolved by survival, a strong Catholic religious revival rocked the region with bishops maintaining communication with the Archbishop of Trier. They have support of the Crown Prince as well. Most of the population serve, one way or another, the Army, being hired by the Crown Prince to either serve, feed, or build for the Army. The rest are scavengers who sell weapons to the nation abroad by going through the destroyed land known as "The Ditch", which is a set of trenches, supply bases, and military installations. These people are more free willed and, as long they pay their fair share, do not serve the Army.


Military Info
Army: Size: 190,000 Men
Divisions: 18

Group I, Rommel-
X Bavarian Infantry Division "Westerwald"-
10,000 Men, 20 5 cm Infantry Mortars, 40 Maxim Guns, 72 MG08/15's
IV Bavarian Infantry Division "Royal Grenadiers"-
10,000 Men, 30 7.5cm Infantry Mortars, 120 Maxim Guns
V Bavarian Engineer Division- 10,000 Men, 26 Tractors, 15 Trucks, 3 "Gepanzertes Ingenieur-Unterstützungsauto" (Armored Engineer Support Car, Gep. Ing. Unterz. Auto), 45 3.7 cm French Infantry Guns, 70 MG08/15s
I Hanoverian Infantry Division "Anglo"-
10,000 Men, 10 7.5cm Cannons, 100 Maxim Guns
XVIII Deutsch Panzerinfanterie Division "Rommel"-
10,000 Men, 3 French Renault FT 17s unoperational, 1 Gep. Ing. Unterz. Auto's, 1 Beutepanzer Mark V Tank Unoperational, 1 3.7 cm Gun Panzerinfanterie Wagen in development

Group II, Kesselring
II Prussian Infantry Division "Stürm"-
10,000 Infantry, 12 cm Howitzers, 5 10.5 cm Howitzers, 15 7.5cm Infantry Guns, 120 MG08/15's, 560 MP18/28's
IX Bavarian Infantry Division "Kesselring"-
10,000 Men, 1 10 cm Howitzer, 10 7.5 CM Infantry Gun, 60 French 3.7 cm Infantry Guns, 100 5 cm Infantry Mortars
VI. Wurttemburger Engineer Division "Panzerjagers"- 10,000 Infantry, 64 French 3.7 cm Infantry Guns, 15 Tractors, 10 Trucks, 2 Gep. Ing. Unterz. Auto's, 70 MG 08/15s.
[u]IV. Bavarian Infantry Division-
10,000 Infantry, 45 Maxim Guns, 33 MG08/15s, 15 5 cm Infantry Guns
III. Lorraine Infantry Division-
10,000 Infantry, 75 FMM 1915 CSRG, 15 French 7.5 cm Infantry Gun, 50 French 3.7 cm Infantry Guns

Group III, Dietl
VIII Bavarian Feldgendarmerie Division "Wrede"-
10,000 Infantry, 1,545 Shotguns (variety of American Combat Shotguns and Hunting ones), 100 MP1918/28's, 25 French 3.7 cm Infantry Guns, 20 Trucks
XVII Prussian Feldgendarmerie Division "Blücher"-
10,000 Infantry, 100 MP1918/28's, 100 FMM 1915 CSRG's, 30 Trucks, 1 Gep. Ing. Unterz. Auto
XVI Deutsch Landwehr Division-
10,000 Infantry, 40 French 7.5 cm Infantry Guns
XV Deutsch Landwehr Division-
10,000 Infantry, 50 5 cm Infantry Guns

Bavarian Old Guard, Rupprecht
XIV Bavarian Grenadier Division-
10,000 Infantry, 645 MP1918/28's, 145 MG08/15s, 150 French 3.7 cm Infantry Gun, 40 French 7.5 cm Infantry Gun, 10 15 cm Howitzer
XIII Bavarian Riflemen Division-
10,000 Infantry, 300 MP1918/28s, 300 MG08/15s, 130 French 3.7 cm Infantry Guns, 40 French 7.5 cm Infantry Guns, 13 15 cm Howitzers
XII Bavarian Gebirgsjäger Division-
10,000 Infantry, 50 5 cm Krupp Mountain Guns, 50 French 3.7 cm Infantry Guns, 350 MG08/15s
XI Bavarian Engineer Division-
10,000 Infantry, 33 Trucks, 25 Tractors, 10 Gep. Ing. Unterz. Auto., 150 MP1918/28's, 50 French 3.7cm Infantry Guns

Air Command and Support, Goering
1 Operational Zeppelin, Observation and Mobile Command
6 Zeppelin restoration projects
3 Fokker Eindecker Fighters, currently being refitted to use Stadtgas
15 Fokker Eindecker Fighters under restoration
5,000 Personnel armed with pistols, MP1918/28's, and Carbines

Navy:
The Rhine Squadron-

Personnel: 5,000

3x A-Class Torpedo Boat
-frontal guns
x1 8.8cm Naval Gun
x3 MG08's
x1 8 cm Mortar
-side guns
x1 3.7cm Infantry Gun
x2 MG08's
-rear guns
x1 5 cm Naval Guns
x2 3.7 cm Hotchkiss Rotary Cannons
x3 MG08's

1x S138 Torpedo Boat
frontal guns-
x1 8.8cm Naval Gun
x1 3.7cm Infantry Gun
x4 MG08's
side guns-
x2 3.7cm Infantry Guns
x4 MG08's
rear guns
x1 42cm Howitzer
x2 8cm Mortars
x3 3.7cm Infantry Guns
x4 MG08's


Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy:
The Rhine economy relies mostly on the scrapping and scavenging of Western Front material as well as building ships and shipping out building equipment. Agriculture and Coal mining make up a fair portion of domestic trade, with the Steel "Rupprecht Coin" and Gold "Munich Coin" used as currency.
Goals: To unite the German People, restore the German Confederation, and rebuild Germany.
History:
1918- Plague hits the front, Rupprecht eventually pulls out of the Western Front as the casualties drastically climb, most of his army deserting and returning home. Entente troops exploit this whole but eventually find themselves surrounded, the plague saving them from capture and destruction.
Rupprecht is designated as a Traitor, but Bavaria has none of it and rejects the Prussian designation of Rupprecht as a traitor, causing tension between the two. Bavarian units soon found their way to Rupprecht's Army based out of Luxembourg. He requested safe travel back to Munich but was denied such, which Rupprecht respected as he did not want to fight his way through Germany, not yet at least. By now the plague was quickly making it's way through Europe, which Rupprecht got reports of. He quickly designated a region outside of Luxembourgs walls as a designated plague town, and soon sent all infected to it, attempting to fortify the city to protect from the plague.
1919- Fortifications are finished, more Bavarians and Germans arrive from the front, they are checked for the disease and sent to either inside the City or to the Plague town. Germany began to collapse during this time, and Rupprecht was still trying to get to Munich, however at the time it was too late.
1920- Rupprecht declares martial law over the town as several infected make their way in. Large swathes of Soldiers arrive at Luxembourg, too many to check. Rupprecht issues Erwin Rommel and Albert Kesselring to reach the cities of Trier and Strasbourg, creating a telegram line to connect the three cities.
Luxembourg has multiple outbreaks, sections of the city are cut off and deported to the Plague town.
1921- Half of Luxembourg is empty as many are deported or die from the Plague. Ex Soldiers and young men are organized into a Army to combat starvation, who are then sent to the farmland and guard farmers while they work. They also hunt, fish, and scavenge for food to eat or bring back home and sell. This helps prevent starvation but it does not fix the food crisis.
In Strasbourg, Kesselring receives Hermann Goering and his occupation of Baden, incorporating his group of soldiers and land into the Army, expanding supply routes and widening the search for food.
1922- Rupprecht organizes the military that he formed, naming it the Rhine Armee, and declaring that the Rhine will fall under his command by 1930. The Rhine Decree is used as cause to invade the French division which occupied Lorraine and raided German occupied Alsace and Saarland.
1923-1926- Rupprecht clears the region of the French as well as the large amounts of Pirates and Bandits. This helps curtail the suffering within the Nation and helped them occupy the rest of Alsace Lorraine. The last Rhine plane that was fuelled and operational would crash on Christmas during its attempt to deliver food to the town of Trier, killing the Pilot. The food would make it to Trier however and feed most of its infected people, helping them recover or bringing them joy in their final moments. A statue is made of the plane and pilot in the quarantined part of the Town in his honor.
1927- By now all accounts of the plague was over, with little to no more being infected by it. Luxembourg allowed its plague victims back into the City, although it was almost a ghost town, and Rupprecht moved to Trier. He began sending telegrams to German cities, receiving some back. One of particular note was one from his estate in Bavaria. Coorespondance would begin and eventually his family would arrive by Christmas.
Rupprecht organized his military into the current form kt is today, although a bit smaller at the time. He also finished the restoration of 4 former Pirate ships, forming the Rhine Watch.
1927-1932- The Rhine State grew substantially during this time, with cities being reformed, a currency established, as well as an economy. Expeditions into the Trenches of the Western Front found large supplies of weapons, one particular discovery was that of a huge weapons cache near the Swiss Border in Alsace during 1931. It made good use for scrap as well as arming several divisions with artillery and rifles. Of particular note was the several French tanks, about 24 Renault FT17's, 15 Schneider Tanks, and 12 Saint Chamonds. Most of them were scrapped with their engines and transmissions stored in Luxembourg, with several of the Renault FTs being designated for repair.
1933-1935- The Rhine Army reaches 200,000 men strong during this period, being the largest in the region. Baden receives several new factories made to provide ammo the army, which recycle and create new ammunition. It's a growing business. Several arms factories expand in 1935, and produce more than a thousand MP1918's, which were updated back in 1928 by said factories to be simpler and ditch the Artillery Luger Magazine in exchange for a double stack box. These would slowly be issued to more and more units. They also began to refit MG08/15s.
1936- Current Year of the RP.
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Nation Name: Pirate Republic of Carribean
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Generic Info
Nation Name: Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua/Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua
Symbols: National flag
State flag
Villa’s battle standard

Location:
Population: 600,000
Capital City: Chihuahua City

Government Info
Government Type: Unicameral Federal Constitutional Presidential Republic under martial law
Brief Explanation of Government: The powers of the Governor of Chihuahua was legally limited by the revolutionary State Constitution of 1918 which vested most power in regards to state matters in the state legislature. However, after the global collapse in 1926, the position became an dictatorship under the guise of General Francisco Villa who made executive orders in regards to governmental decisions which undermined the democratic process completely and making the state legislature ineffective.
Ideology:
Certain principles of Syndicalism
Classical liberalism
Constitutionalism
Secularism
Federalism
Social Liberalism
Leader/s: Governor-General Francisco Villa, Supreme Chief of the División of the North
Minister of Governance Jose Vasconcelos
Relations The faction has been looking inwards for a very long time but Villa has recently been attempted to make contact with Emiliano Zapata in the much ravaged South to no avail. It considers the control of northern Mexico by “New Mexico” less than ideal but it conducts significant ocean commerce with the Baja California peninsula.

Population Info
Brief Description of your People: The country is organized around a core population of loyal Villistas and Villistas-by-association that survived the pandemic.These are mostly vaquero and charro caudillos, rancheros, shopkeepers, miners, migrant farm workers, unemployed workers, railway workers, and former Maderista bureaucrats, who seized haciendas and fight for an undefined socialism Villa espoused to keep his men focused.
Brief Description of your Culture: General Villa organized his people, army, and his state to first prepare survive the societal collapse and it’s aftermath and second to eventually reunify Mexico and establish a new Mexican Republic under the ideals of Francisco Madero’s Mexican Revolution.

Notably, the non-military population who live in Villa-controlled territory are not considered Villistas. They are essentially subjects, living in the cities and towns under its control, and are generally left free to do whatever they wish, as long as they do not interfere with the Northern Division’s operations or endanger its position.

Military Info
Army:

The División del Norte: The entire army, led by General Villa (political leader) and his strategic advisor, General Felipe Angeles. Total personnel numbers about 44,000
The División is divided into Brigades of 2,500 men commanded by Colonels, which are divided into:
10 squadrons of 250 dragoons/mounted infantry, each led by a captain, which divide into:
10 troops, each led by a corporals. The troop is the squad-level unit of organization and the usual size of a task force tasked with skirmishes or harassing larger groups of opponents.
Each unit could fight at the unit level or in combination with all of the other units, generally without constant supervision.

The Northern Division has responsibility for defense of the state and is currently made up of 20 military bodies, which are:

Villa Brigade.- Chief: Gral. José Rodríguez.
González Ortega Brigade.- Chief: Gral. Toribio Ortega Ramírez
Cuauhtémoc Brigade.- Chief: General Trinidad Rodríguez Quintana.
Morelos Brigade.- Chief: General Tomás Urbina Reyes.
Benito Juárez Brigade.- Chief: Gral. Maclovio Herrera Cano.
Madero Brigade.- Chief: Gral. Juan E. Contreras.
Zaragoza Brigade.- Chief: General Eugenio Aguirre Benavides.
First Brigade of Durango.
Robles Brigade. Chief: General José Isabel Robles.
(Cristero) Women’s Brigade.- Chief: Gral. Enrique Gorostieta
(Cristero) Cristo Brigade.- Chief: Colonel Miguel Hernandez
(Cristero) San Julian Brigade.- Chief: Colonel Victoriano Ramírez "El Catorce"
(Cristero) Blessed Miguel Pro Brigade.- Chief: Aristeo Pedroza
Ceniceros Brigade.- Chief: General Severino Ceniceros.
Foreign legion

The indigenous fraction
Yaqui Brigade
Includes the
Mayo Squadron
Pima troop
Seri troop
Cucapá troop
Papago troop
Guarijio troop

Artillery brigade.
Sanitary Brigade
Personal Dorados escort of the commander-in-chief.
General Staff.

Most of the soldiers in the brigades are hacendados, vaqueros, and former mesteñeros from Chihuahua, Sonora, and Jalisco. They started riding at any early age, and shooting as soon as they could hold a gun. Both vaquero horses and people are tough, agile and sturdy with great endurance. General Villa continually trains the brigades in rotations, formations and diversionary tactics. They train for as many circumstances as they can think of so they could react fast and sure to any tactic of the enemy. The División’s troops practice horsemanship, marksmanship, and unit tactics, formations and rotations over and over again. This training is maintained by a hard, but not unreasonable, discipline. The División also recruit soldiers from the cities and forts that came under their power but is wary of this for fear of cutting into the skilled population, power base, and manufacturing output.

The División employs an organized method of warfare. In larger battles, his mounted infantry is deployed in waves, with recruits up front, prime soldiers behind them and veterans, the Dorados, bringing up the rear. The enemy wears himself out dealing with the first two waves, with the veterans mopping up any remaining resistance when their turn comes. This is not an omnipresent, cardinal rule, however: General Villa can adapt and run any mix of divisionales as skirmishes, whilst retaining order in the ranks.

A notable feature of the División is that the rank is determined by experience and merit in combat. The least seasoned “bronceados” or bronze ones are typically fielded first during battle, allowing them to prove their mettle in combat. Those who survive and prove themselves on the battlefield become prime “plateados” or silver ones, eligible for command as a captain and deployment as second wave attacks.

The top ranks of the legions are occupied by veterans, the feared Dorados de Villa or Villa’s Golden Horde, who form the third wave and rear guard. These elite troops are deployed once the first two waves fail to achieve their objectives, allowing the Division to field its most powerful, fresh troops against a weakened, tired enemy.

Dorados who prove themselves as leaders may be eligible for colonel status, becoming their most skilled commanders and tactical leaders. Each Dorado has reached their rank through their battlefield accomplishments first and military education at Villa’s hacienda-turned-military academy second.

The Rellanos and Loco locos are the División’s special forces, tasked with infiltration, subterfuge, recon, and other essential tasks, those who receive special training and show promise in such matter can participate in these forces. They take their name and inspiration from the Battle of Rellano where General Emilio Campa, loaded a locomotive with dynamite and sent it at federal troops which were moving by rail. Later, the tactic of using explosive-laden trains became known as the loco loco (crazy locomotive).

Navy:
2 gunboats, the Guerrero and Morelos

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: The surviving intellectuals and former Madero bureaucrats loyal to Villa developed a market socialist system where enterprises and firms are socially owned and managed by its workers rather than publicly owned by the state or via shares of stock. The few cities are dominated by workers' control of businesses and factories, the countryside by collective farming and worker cooperatives in mining. General hospitals and rural clinics previously owned by the government are now owned and managed directly by the physicians working there.
Goals: Reunify Mexico and establish a Mexican Republic based on the Mexican Revolution’s ideals led by someone worthy of being Francisco Madero’s successor, someone who isn’t Villa who will allow him to continue to serve as a high-ranking military officer.
History:

Following his unsuccessful military campaign at Celaya and the 1916 incursion into New Mexico, prompting the unsuccessful U.S. military intervention in Mexico to capture him, Villa ceased to be a national leader and became a guerrilla leader in Chihuahua. While Villa still remained active, Venustiano Carranza shifted his focus to dealing with the more dangerous threat posed by Zapata in the south. Villa's last major military action was a failed raid against Ciudad Juárez in 1919.

Villa continued fighting, and conducted a small siege in Ascención, Durango, after his failed raid in Ciudad Juárez. The siege failed, and Villa's new second-in-command, his longtime lieutenant Martín López, was killed during the fighting. At this point Villa agreed that he would cease fighting if it were made worth his while.

On 21 May 1920, a break for Villa came when Carranza, along with his top advisers and supporters, was assassinated by supporters of Álvaro Obregón. With his nemesis dead, Villa was now ready to negotiate a peace settlement and retire. On 22 July 1920, Villa finally was able to send a telegram to Mexican interim President Adolfo de la Huerta, which stated that he recognized Huerta's presidency and requested amnesty. Six days later, de la Huerta met with Villa and successfully negotiated a peace settlement.

In exchange for his retirement from hostilities, Villa was granted a 25,000 acre hacienda in Canutillo, just outside Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, by the national government. This was in addition to the Quinta Luz estate that he owned with his wife, María Luz Corral de Villa, in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua. The last remaining 200 guerrillas and veterans of Villa's militia who were still loyal to him would reside with him in his new hacienda as well, and the Mexican government also granted them a pension that totalled 500,000 gold pesos. The 50 guerrillas who still remained in Villa's elite cavalry would be allowed to serve as Villa's personal bodyguards.

Villa spent the next six year in retirement at his hacienda. He was still not accepting the fact that his army had also been beaten morally and disastrously at Celaya by Obregon. He spent much of his free time studying military tactics and strategy, filling his house with military books from the US, Mexico, and Europe. He even built a miniature replica of the battlefield at Celaya. Villa hired the help of military advisers and observers from Europe and was an avid student of the latest military technological and tactical advancements in the European Great War.

The government of President Plutarco Elías Calles made significant advancements in public health matters, including establishing a cabinet-level position of public health in charge of promoting vaccination against communicable diseases, improving potable water access, sewage and drainage systems, and inspecting restaurants, markets, and other food providers. An emergency 1926 sanitary code ordered mandatory vaccination and empowered the government to implement other measures for sanitation and hygiene. At the same time, however, Calles’s draconian anticlerical policies were being enforced. The Cristero War ravaged the countryside while the Spanish Flu ravaged the rest of the country.

Together, the global epidemic collapsed the Mexican Government in 1926 as Mexico City was decimated and local caudillos focused on hoarding military assets to fight each other rather than focusing on something as trivial as improving public health.

Francisco Villa saw his country was worse off than at the start of the Mexican Revolution. He decided to take up arms again with his band of 500 loyal militiamen. Villa captured an hacienda larger than his, then a train of Federal Army soldiers and guns, and the town of San Andrés. He went on to beat Federal Army garrisons in Naica, Camargo, and Pilar de Conchos, but lost at Tecolote.

After meeting with a Mexican mayor named Juan Muñoz, Villa recruited more men into his guerrilla militia and had 1,000 men under his command. Villa then met with his lieutenants Martin Lopez, Pablo Lopez, Francisco Beltran, and Candelario Cervantes, and commissioned an additional 300 men to the command of Joaquin Alvarez, Bernabe Cifuentes, and Ernesto Rios. He then started recruiting Cristeros into his forces, by guaranteeing priests protection from Federal forces. With close ties to the Catholic Church and clergy, the De La Torre family was instrumental in bringing the Cristero militias into alignment with Villa.

General Villa was a brilliant tactician on the battlefield and a legendary figure of the Mexican Revolution, which translated to popular support. In 1929, local military commanders, mayors, and communities elected him provisional governor of the state of Chihuahua for the second time in his life. As Governor of Chihuahua, Villa recruited more experienced generals, including Toribio Ortega, Porfirio Talamantes, and Calixto Contreras, to his military staff and achieved more success than ever. Villa's secretary, Pérez Rul, divided his army into two groups, one led by Ortega, Contreras, and Orestes Pereira and the other led by Talamantes and Contreras' former deputy, Severianco Ceniceros.

As governor of Chihuahua, Villa raised more money for a drive to the south against Mexico City by various methods. He printed his own currency and decreed that it could be traded and accepted at par with gold Mexican pesos. He forced the wealthy to give loans to fund the his war machinery. He confiscated gold from several banks, and in the case of the Banco Minero he held a member of the bank's owning family, the wealthy Terrazas clan, as a hostage until the location of the bank's hidden gold reserves was revealed. He also appropriated land owned by the owners of the haciendas and redistributed it to the widows and family of dead Villistas.

With so many sources of money, Villa expanded and modernized his forces, purchasing draft animals, cavalry horses, arms, ammunition, mobile hospital facilities, railroad cars and horse ambulances staffed with Mexican and foreign volunteer doctors, known as Servicio sanitario, and other supplies, and rebuilt the railroad south of Chihuahua City. He also recruited fighters from Chihuahua, Durango, and Sonora and Cristero militias from Jalisco and rebuilt his legendary revolutionary army, the Division del Norte (Division of the North). The rebuilt railroad transported Villa's troops and artillery south, where he defeated the mutinous Federal Army garrisons in a series of battles at Gómez Palacio, Torreón, and eventually at the state capital of Zacatecas.

During this time, he sent his men to help harvest crops, ordered the repair of railways and telegraph lines, and imposed a ruthless code of law and order that even applied to his troops.

The División worked to form alliances with the native tribes in Northern Mexico as opposed to conquering them through brute force.

In 1931, as Governor of Chihuahua, he partially acceded to the 10,000-member Yaqui Tribe and their Mayo and Pima allies by providing the Yaqui land on the south bank of the Yaqui River and ordering the construction of a dam to provide irrigation water to the tribe. Thus, the indigenous continued to maintain a degree of independence from Mexican rule. The Yaqui people received an ejido of 500,000 hectares of land, agricultural equipment, and water pumps. In 1935, they produced 3,500 tons of wheat, 500 tons of maize, and 750 tons of beans; whereas, in 1930, they produced 250 tons of wheat and no maize or beans.

In addition to enjoying a privileged tax-free status in the State of Chihuahua, the indigenous tribes had a 15-year military service commitment. They were on active duty for five years, but could fulfill their remaining obligation with the reserves. Each tribe was required to provide a tithe in squadrons for service in the División del Norte and for border patrol work. Indigenous squadrons are considered excellent for scouting and reconnaissance duties, as well as undertaking ambushes. Their tactics in open battles are generally inferior to those of regular soldiers such as the plateados.

The Yaquis proved to be reliable workers and adjusted well to life in the army. Each one receives three meals a day, a straw mattress for a bed and a blanket. They are known to keep their campsites immaculately clean. At the corral nearly no droppings are allowed to hit the ground. It certainly helps in the decline of the fly population and other insects, and thus contributes to the overall hygiene of the camp. They are also known for their endurance and patience as sharpshooters, being able to aim down sights at an enemy in cover for hours until the enemy lets their guard down to peek, only to be shot in the head.

By 1936, the División del Norte has reestablished it’s strength as the largest and most feared military unit ever amassed in Mexico. Pancho Villa's notoriety no doubt played an important part to recruiting such large numbers of men.

Now, it encroaches on Mexico City. They continue to contest local militias, bandit groups, and the Federal Army garrison in Mexico City all over Central Mexico, capturing several Federal Army forts in the State of Mexico, wiping out marauding squadrons of Rurales and creating unease and conflict across the region.

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[Lan Khao Xang Hom Krung Tai]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Kingdom of Arabia
Symbols:

Flag of the Arab Revolt
Royal Banner
Golden Eagle

Location: Map
Population: 2,263,200
Capital City: Mecca and Damascus

Government Info
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy, but royals have lots of political and military power
Brief Explanation of Government: Dominated by the Syrian and Hejazi Arabs. Two main political forces are Al-Fatat, a group of educated scholars, journalists, and professionals who now serve in administration, and Al-'Ahd, groups of Arab officers who had served in the Ottoman army who now served in the Hashemite Army. Both are closely linked.
Ideology: Pan-Arabism
Leader/s:
Hashemite Leaders

King 'Abd al-Ilah
Amir Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein
Amir Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi
Amir Zeid bin Hussein

Political Leaders

Prime Minister Hashim Khalid al-Atassi
Finance Minister Rustam Haidar
War Minister and Chief of Staff Yusuf al-'Azma
Minister of Justice Nasib al-Bakri
Former Prime Minister Ali Rikabi

Military Leaders

Lawrence of Arabia
Glubb Pasha
Peake Pasha
Radi Hassan Annab
Sultan Pasha al-Atrash
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
Hasan al-Kharrat
Sa'id al-'As
Muhammad al-Ashmar
Ramadan al-Shallash
Saleh al-Ali
Nuri al-Said

Relations Animosity towards Ha'il and more so to Nejd. The regions of Syria and Iraq, however, are somewhat more appealed to the Hashemites, Syria previously under Faisal of the Hashemites, and Iraq full of Al-'Ahd officers who had served with the Sharifian Armies.

Population Info
Brief Description of your People: Majority of the population are Levantine and Hejazi Arabs. Sunnis make up the largest of the religious makeup. Levantine happen to still dominate the political scene, as one of the hotbeds of pan-Arabism and the founding places of al-Fatat. Mesopotamian Arabs are around, mostly as part of those who joined the Arab Revolt.
Brief Description of your Culture: Arabic culture, primarily Levantine or Hejazi. Controlling these areas, they also hold the three holiest cities in Islam; Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem. Arabic culture is promoted as much as it can, following the Turkification by the Ottomans. Though there is a tolerant position held by the Arab kingdom, non-Arabs don't feel the same.

Military Info
Army: 30,000. Mostly tribal irregulars and veterans of the Arab Revolt. Equipment is mostly a mixture of Entente equipment given by the British and looted Ottoman equipment.
Navy: A unified navy doesn't exist

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: Arabia is a subsistence economy, but hopes to change that with northern movement into the more developed parts of Arabia previously left under the fallen Ottomans. Large amount of funds came from taxes from pilgrims, but with the Spanish Flu, those numbers decreased.
Goals: Unify the Arab peninsula and the Mashriq
History: In the Great War, the Hashemites, spurred by the centralization of the Young Turks and consolidation of power by the Three Pashas, received British support in the Arab Revolt. In a series of battles, the Sharifian Armies led by the Hashemites defeated the Ottomans and took Damascus by the end of the war. Although the Great War had ended there, the war of Arab unification would still continue.

Opposition stood in the way of Hejaz. Najd, Jabal Shammar, even the French. Hejaz and Najd first came to blows in the Al-Khurma dispute. The oasis of Al-Khurma was once of the Hashemites, who's amir defected to the Sauds. In retaliation, the Hashemites attacked, but was driven off in their first encounter by the Saud's Ilkwan. In their next attempt, Hashemite armies arrived and defeated the Sauds in battle, and overran their forces. In the coronation of Faisal as King of Syria, Arab forces fought against the French who sought a mandate over the region. In battle, the Arabs were being defeated by the superior French armies, almost to the fall of Damascus, but it came that pestilence would soon overtake many, both French and Arab. Though it was no victory for the Arab armies, it was enough for the French to retreat as it became clear that they were to protect their cores as the same disease took their lands.

As French and British troops came to occupy the lands, the Spanish flu came with them. Though it took longer to spread, its effects were enough to kill thousands in Arabia. Though it drove out foreign forces from the claims of the Hashemites, they were back to what they had started with at the end of the war, if not less, and trying to recover from what had been done. The rest of the decade would be marked with fighting between the Arab states over dominance on the peninsula, trying to use the pestilence to their advantage. In more recent times, following a build up of strength, a new campaign was to be launched against the Sauds.

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[Guuj Xaat Kil]

Generic Info
Nation Name: the Republic of New England
Symbols:

Coat of arms is just the flag without the red, and with the words "An Appeal to Heaven" on the top sides of the diamond, at the bottom sides the words "Don't Tread on Me" can be seen.
Anthem
Location:

Population: 4,253,000 (3,700,455 in the New England region)
Capital City: Boston, National Capital Province

Government Info
Government Type: Presidential constitutional federal republic
Brief Explanation of Government: The Republic of New England is in many ways similar to the United States of old, with the president being both head of state and government, and the director of the executive branch of government, not to mention the supreme commander in chief of the republic. Elections occur every 10 years and with no term limits.

The Republic's congress is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the Council. The Council currently has 53 members, and listing where they hail from the highest amount to the least: (State of Greater Massachusetts) Connecticut, 4. (State of Greater Massachusetts) Cape Cod, 3. (State of Greater Massachusetts) Inner Massachusetts, 3. (State of Greater Massachusetts) Rhode Island, 3. (State of Greater Vermont) Vermont Proper, 4. (State of Greater Vermont) New Hampshire, 3. (State of Maine) Eastern Maine, 3. (State of Maine) Kennebec, 3. (State of Maine) Aroostook, 3. (State of the St. Lawrence) Upper St. Lawrence, 3. (State of the St. Lawrence) Gaspesie, 3. (State of New Brunswick) Fredericton, 3. (State of New Brunswick) Bathurst, 3. (State of the Lesser Maritimes) Cape Breton Isle, 3. (State of the Lesser Maritimes) Prince Edward Island, 3. (State of the Lesser Maritimes) Halifax, 3. (State of the Lesser Maritimes) Truro, 3. Total 53

As for the National Capital Province, they are compensated for their lack of Council election representation by having their votes be worth two persons. And as for the election of the High Councillor (aka the House Speaker), he is elected by the people. For the senate, each Councillor from each state province vote from a separate pool of aspiring senators to represent their state, and in order to properly represent any minorities that form, there are two senators for each province, one from the majority and one from the largest minority. This means that there are 12 senators from each state, and the president has the power to appoint a senator for the National Capital Province after he is elected. For a total of 13 senators. As for the judicial branch (consisting of the Supreme Court and other lower courts) and the election of Justices, each province elects a potential candidate, then on the state level the candidate pool is thinned to six (the National Capital Province counts as a state for this type of election). These six Justices are then presided by a Supreme Justice appointed by the President.

With the death of any president the Republic follows a succession system similar to the US.

The Republic is a two-party system, with the pro-government and currently dominant Federalist Party on one side and the decentralist and mildly radical Democratic Party on the other.
Ideology:
Federalist Party
Libertarian conservatism, centralization, American School, (fringe) Anti-Masonry, Anti-communism, and Pro-England
Democratic Party
Classical liberalism, decentralization, secularism, (fringe) various leftist ideologies, largest of which is communism.
Leader/s: President Howard Phillips Lovecraft (Federalist)
Relations
Quebec: A potential ally, but also a potential enemy. The republic seeks to improve relations with them in order to prevent a war that would be disastrous for both sides, but if things come to a head, New England will not hesitate to protect her interests.
England (in Newfoundland): Although the president is favorable to the Englishmen across the ocean, the people he rules think otherwise, and thus the opinion of the republic as a whole on England is an odd neutral resulting from a mixture of loathing and approval.

Population Info
Brief Description of your People: A fairly monocultural and monoethnic state, the Republic's people consists of a English speaking mix of American, English and Irish immigrants from earlier days, as well as a group of Romance-language speaking minorities in the form of Frenchmen in the State of the St. Lawrence, and in Northern Vermont and Northern Maine, as for other Romance-language speakers, there are small communities of Italian and Portuguese speakers in Connecticut and Massachusetts. There's also a tiny amount of Natives still lying around. Most of the people living inland and in the northern coasts are rural, making profits over furs, lumber, and of course, crops. On the coasts, the people are more urbanized and industrial, especially in Boston and the Blackstone Valley area. There are of course, extensive fishing communities due to the region's rich lobster and codfish resources.
Brief Description of your Culture: A somewhat pious one, being the heartland of the Pilgrims and consistent exposure to all three Great Awakenings, as well as being one of the more tolerant cultures due to its deeply ingrained history of being an abolitionist stronghold. There is of course, a slowly forming Yankee identity out of the peoples of New England, which is being pressed on by more nationalistic politicians as well as people on the far-right side of things, along with a minor secular and rationalist sentiment that has been gaining traction under the current incumbent.

Military Info
Army: The army currently has 21,265 active duty troops and 21,265 reserve duty troops, with half from each being support troops and the like. About 40% from each is dedicated to the Coast Guard, while the remaining 60% is for the rest of the Army. The Republic also maintains a small force of 10 biplanes and 2 bombers. As for the quality of their weapons, they are armed with whatever was able to be scavenged in the various bases of New England.
Navy: Thanks to natural occurring coal reserves in the Maritimes regions and ships being left unattended after the collapse inside New England's borders, the New Englander/Yankee Fleet is one of the largest in the region. With a total of five (mostly unused) battleships in good working condition, the NES Boston, NES Rhode Island, NES Vermont, NES Gaspesie, and NES Yankee. All constructed at Fore River Shipyard, Massachusetts and the pride of the Republic. There are also other ships (WIP)

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: During the collapse, much of New England's industry was devastated and was forced to shift from a productive industry to a more agricultural and fishing one. Over the decade this has slowly been shifting back, and is projected to be complete by the end of the 30s. The Republic makes profits over fishing exports, wood exports, and small coal exports (much of the coal is used for the fleet and industry).
Goals: Seize the old military naval shipyards on the American East Coast in order to project much needed naval power, subjugate and integrate the states of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, (end goal) unite the East Coast and declare the Union once more.
History: As the New England region was in fact, in America, the deadly spread of the influenza pandemic reached it early, in June 1918 to be exact. As the US rushed to bring its troops home in mid 1919 to quell the ever growing unrest, said unrest reached its zenith as people began raiding as many stores, pharmacies, and even military bases for whatever they can find to protect themselves from other raiders as well as for supplies, and with the arrival of troops that only joined in on the disorganized mess, the entire US East Coast would lose all semblance of authority and collapse entirely, culminating in the 2nd Burning of Washington, the death knell of the Union.

In Massachusetts, Governor Calvin Coolidge was able to restrain the people as well as the returning troops, and declare martial law and by 1921 he had control over all of Massachusetts, all of Rhode Island, and much of Connecticut. During that time he had been writing a draft and after the peaceful integration of Vermont under Mason S. Stone and the violent subjugation of New Hampshire who was torn between former Democrats and Republicans, he revealed it to much of his makeshift cabinet. After the consolidation of those two former states, a public reveal took place, and a vote to accept it as a consequence. It fortunately passed by just a few hundred votes, and Calvin Coolidge was elected to be the 1st President of New England in 1922. Under him, various battleships were seized and made the backbone of the Navy he was forming. The rag-tag group of militia and returned troops was also organized into a proper standing army.

Intending on finishing what he started, troops were sent to Maine in 1925 in order to integrate it into the new republic by force. What was expected to be an easy war turned into a grueling campaign of guerilla warfare in forests, mountains, and city ruins. By the time of the war's end in 1929, his approval ratings had dropped extensively. A two party system also evolved around this time. His last act as president was "peacefully" annexing the fairly quiet Gaspesie, then 1932 came and elections began. The Democrat Fred H. Brown won, and he began a conflict to annex New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1933. He unfortunately died from a severe case of pneumonia and the presidency went to his Federalist vice-president Howard P. Lovecraft, a soldier who fought on the front and experienced the worst parts of it. It was miraculous that he survived all that and return fairly unscathed.

He wrapped up the war quickly and by 1936 had integrated the Maritimes into New England.
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[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

How aware of the other nations would these different new powers be?

[Greater Redosia]

How aware of the other nations would these different new powers be?

I'm not a mod, but from what I can more than likely guess it depends on distance. Say if you were the Netherlands or some sort of state based in it, you would definitely know about England, the Rhineland, possibly the German Empire, Italy, France and Switzerland. You'd most likely never know what would be happening in Asia or the Americas. While for me, I know all of my neighbors around me, that being California, Texas, and my southern Mexican neighbor. Really, it's mostly distance wise that stops the knowledge so you can more or less easily self manage the knowledge of which states you know.