A century and a half have passed since our forefathers have put those optimistic words on paper, and things are not going well...
CITIZENS, WELCOME
Hello, and welcome to 2095: Blood and Iron, the latest roleplay hosted by yours truly. Blood and Iron imagines a future where the optimistic hopes of science and politics did not work out for the best, where modern society proved unable to move beyond its many contradictions and has collapsed back on its refuse. One and a half centuries have passed since nuclear punctuation has ended the most devastating military conflict in human history, and the internationalist experiment of the United Nations seems to be grinding to an halt as nations once more withdraw into themselves and armies once more march to battle. Backed between the harsh realities of a crumbling civilisation and the harsh fictions of international politics, what future can your nation seize for itself...?
THE WORLD OF BLOOD AND IRON
The last hundred and fifty years have been no less turbulent than the devastating World Wars that preceded it. Where to begin...?
In many ways, perhaps, despite so many changes, the world of 2095 shares similarities with the world of 1945 that neither shares with the world of 2020.
JOIN THE CHAOS
You may apply as any highly autonomous organisation that de-facto administers some territory or population. In most cases - especially in the developed world - this will mean countries, but given the semi-dystopian nature of the world of this RP it may also be possible for corporations, religious institutions, et cetera to have powers and privileges normally reserved for independent countries.
The application format is as below. Replace all brackets with the appropriate content. I've made the format of the application very loose instead of demanding specific details, so feel free to not write about anything that you feel is not important to know in order to understand your organisation concept. The only thing I will specifically demand that everyone do in their articles - no exceptions - is that after reading your application, I should understand why/how your nation exists (if it doesn't exist IRL or is significantly different from IRL), what territory it covers, and roughly how much regional/global influence it has.
While I encourage you to talk about your 1945-2020 history in your application, this is not an alternate-history RP, and you may not change events that really did happen.
Since I will be judging your writing ability from your application, there is no need for you to provide an RP sample.
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[size=150][b](the English name of your organisation in all-caps)[/b][/size]
[i](the name of your organisation in your organisation's primary language(s), each language on a separate line - delete this line if your organisation's sole primary language is English)[/i]
(de-jure organisation type - is it a republic, a kingdom, a federation? is it not legally a country at all, and is instead some other kind of organisation?) with a (outlook).
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(an encyclopedia-style article giving a brief overview of your organisation's post-1945 history, politics, territory, economy, demographics, and military/diplomacy; minimum 1,000 words)
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[i]2095: Blood and Iron; an application[/i]
The reservation format is as below. Reservations last 24 hours. It is intended that you put up a reservation when you start writing your application, to avoid having someone else put up an application for the same territory first while you were hard at work researching for your application.
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[size=150][b]RESERVATION[/b][/size]
Name of state/organisation:
Territory reserved:
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
NEW ZEALAND - a one party state with a transhumanist outlook
POLAR DEVELOPMENT CONGLOMERATE, THE - a plutocratic corporate fiefdom with a transhumanist outlook
RICHARD-KLOSSNER PACT - a federation with a conservative outlook
RUSSIAN FEDERATION - a federal presidential constitutional republic with a conservative outlook