The Italian Question[IC][MT for the most part but schizo]

[Austria-Bohemia-Hungary]

"Why are we pretending that these colonial inbreds have any says at all anyway?" Wilhelmina quipped while continuing to loudly munch on her popcorn.

“Watch it...” Fazluddin warned.

"You are aware that I have 12 divisions pointing their guns at you, inbred mongrel, right? This isn't a 'negotiation'. This is us making you accept any terms or the bombings resume."

[Lauzanne]

"Well hold on a second, you don't know that for certain. That just makes a referendum there even more necessary."

“Granada and Sicily are especially going to,” Fazluddin said. “Sardinia admittedly is more ambiguous.” He turned to Ayesha. “Should we let Granada and Sicily vote?”
“Maybe Sicily and Sardinia, but Granada has no real need to. We already know they’ll vote remain.”

"Still put it to vote and prove yourself right, rather than just speaking on behalf of a bunch of people. Referendums everywhere."

[Al-Musafakun]

Lillian nodded and jotted down the demands. "Noted." she replied. "Not sure if everyone'll accept it but...I see."

"Thank you, that all I can ask," Arwa said to Lilian. Aslam likewise penned the demands.

“We may see you as misguided, but Allah is merciful, as are we. We would fully agree to these terms.”
He looked to Ayesha, who translated it into Arabic, though she spoke the language with an Iberian accent.

Arwa clenched her teeth, though she managed to keep it hidden from the Insaanis. She maintained her composure and nodded, simply stating in 12th century Hejazi Arabic, "thank you, the Calipha and the Ummah will be pleased. May you find salvation in Musafakuniyya," she politely replied and watched the rest of the delegations.

[Insaanistan]

Desket got bored listening to the zealot-infidels talk about their silly, nonsensical terms. He looks to Lilian. "And about the force reduction? I- sorry, the People's Federation of Reinkalistan, would like at the very least for the Insaanistani united armed forces to bear, as stated priorly, not more than 50,000 personnel."

“Not a chance,” Fazluddin and Abdullah said in unison.
The two looked at each other.
“You see,” Abdullah said. “The redirection of our troops to deal with the war in Europe has resulted in increased jihadist activities in the country. Reducing our military would keep us from properly dealing with this.”
“Not to mention,” Ayesha said. “Tribal violence, most notably in Nigeria, Mali and Sudan, hasn’t been quelled because again, we’ve been dealing with the war.”

[The Selkie]

Berkant Veidhlín of the Tribe of Kildare.
This... was a mess.
The start was a mess, with delegates bickering like little children in the sand box, about who got to play with the shovel. Actually, that was a pretty accurate image. It was a miracle, that none of the bodyguards had taken the initiative and began an international incident.
Brenda and Lyra, my attaches of the SDF-Navy, were tensing up more then once.
Maybe we should have proposed to only have civilian attaches present and no bodyguards, leaving the matter of security to our current hosts.
I motioned to Liliane, who bowed down to me to hear my whispering. "Please see if you can't organize some popcorn for us from the lady with the skeletal delegation leader.", I asked of her, she giggled and nodded. "Thanks."
That done, I turned back to the assembly.
"Well, Ladies and Gentlemen...", I addressed the entire assembly ever since the greeting round, "...there are two major issues and several smaller ones. I would, in order to give this conference a bit of structure, propose, that we tackle these one after the other and don't yell at each other like little children afraid that they'll get the smallest share of the proverbial cake." I let a beat pass. "Now, to my understanding, one of these major issues is Italy and the Italian Islands, with special consideration for Sicily and Sardinia. The other is the Iberian Peninsula in its entirety. Let's start, appropriately due to our current location, with Italy." I leaned forward. "Now, it is clear to anyone with two eyes, that the Italian Independence Groups, most importantly the Social Welfare Agency..." I nodded towards Guiseppe and Mister Hilshire, simply to make it clear to anyone present, who had the favour of the Free Lands. "...want total independence of Italy. Pure and simple. As Insaanistan is a foreign occupier and was driven back into the Mediterranean by the Coalition, I think, that we can all agree on Italian Independence being a fact we only need to confirm here."
Things would get dicy very, very soon, I knew it - Sicily and Sardinia. Especially Sardinia, since it was a war zone in active conflict.

[Insaanistan]

“Granada and Sicily are especially going to,” Fazluddin said. “Sardinia admittedly is more ambiguous.” He turned to Ayesha. “Should we let Granada and Sicily vote?”
“Maybe Sicily and Sardinia, but Granada has no real need to. We already know they’ll vote remain.”

"Still put it to vote and prove yourself right, rather than just speaking on behalf of a bunch of people. Referendums everywhere."

Ayesha shrugged as Fazluddin sighed.
“Okay. Ayesha, if we let them vote next week, when can we expect the results?”
“Uhhh...” Ayesha said, calculating quickly. “Two and a half months from now, maybe?”
“Two and ha-“ Fazluddin started. “Never mind. We’ll work with that.”

[The Jamesian Republic]

“The Jamesian Republic wants either or:
Independence for European Insaani territories based off of a vote.
Dominion status for areas outside Insaanistan proper.” Douglas said.

[Insaanistan]

“Watch it...” Fazluddin warned.

"You are aware that I have 12 divisions pointing their guns at you, inbred mongrel, right? This isn't a 'negotiation'. This is us making you accept any terms or the bombings resume."

“Oh shut up,” Ayesha said.
“The fact you keep on calling me ‘inbred’ tells me you know literally nothing about how the Insaani Royal Family works.”

[Lauzanne]

"Still put it to vote and prove yourself right, rather than just speaking on behalf of a bunch of people. Referendums everywhere."

Ayesha shrugged as Fazluddin sighed.
“Okay. Ayesha, if we let them vote next week, when can we expect the results?”
“Uhhh...” Ayesha said, calculating quickly. “Two and a half months from now, maybe?”
“Two and ha-“ Fazluddin started. “Never mind. We’ll work with that.”

"I don't think you can start an election within a week. This is a months-long affair. Six months to a year minimum." Markov stated.

[Gongsi]

Desket got bored listening to the zealot-infidels talk about their silly, nonsensical terms. He looks to Lilian. "And about the force reduction? I- sorry, the People's Federation of Reinkalistan, would like at the very least for the Insaanistani united armed forces to bear, as stated priorly, not more than 50,000 personnel."

"Only if there is a time limit in place," Iên interjects. "But, if it would make it more palatable for the Insaani delegation, Gongsi can offer a defensive alliance and commit a peacekeeping force until the force limit expires."

"You are aware that I have 12 divisions pointing their guns at you, inbred mongrel, right? This isn't a 'negotiation'. This is us making you accept any terms or the bombings resume."

"You do not speak for the rest of us on that matter. Most of us are trying to be reasonable here."

[Insaanistan]

Berkant Veidhlín of the Tribe of Kildare.
This... was a mess.
The start was a mess, with delegates bickering like little children in the sand box, about who got to play with the shovel. Actually, that was a pretty accurate image. It was a miracle, that none of the bodyguards had taken the initiative and began an international incident.
Brenda and Lyra, my attaches of the SDF-Navy, were tensing up more then once.
Maybe we should have proposed to only have civilian attaches present and no bodyguards, leaving the matter of security to our current hosts.
I motioned to Liliane, who bowed down to me to hear my whispering. "Please see if you can't organize some popcorn for us from the lady with the skeletal delegation leader.", I asked of her, she giggled and nodded. "Thanks."
That done, I turned back to the assembly.
"Well, Ladies and Gentlemen...", I addressed the entire assembly ever since the greeting round, "...there are two major issues and several smaller ones. I would, in order to give this conference a bit of structure, propose, that we tackle these one after the other and don't yell at each other like little children afraid that they'll get the smallest share of the proverbial cake." I let a beat pass. "Now, to my understanding, one of these major issues is Italy and the Italian Islands, with special consideration for Sicily and Sardinia. The other is the Iberian Peninsula in its entirety. Let's start, appropriately due to our current location, with Italy." I leaned forward. "Now, it is clear to anyone with two eyes, that the Italian Independence Groups, most importantly the Social Welfare Agency..." I nodded towards Guiseppe and Mister Hilshire, simply to make it clear to anyone present, who had the favour of the Free Lands. "...want total independence of Italy. Pure and simple. As Insaanistan is a foreign occupier and was driven back into the Mediterranean by the Coalition, I think, that we can all agree on Italian Independence being a fact we only need to confirm here."
Things would get dicy very, very soon, I knew it - Sicily and Sardinia. Especially Sardinia, since it was a war zone in active conflict.

“Sicily isn’t gonna like that,” Ayesha said, almost singsongy.

[Insaanistan]

Ayesha shrugged as Fazluddin sighed.
“Okay. Ayesha, if we let them vote next week, when can we expect the results?”
“Uhhh...” Ayesha said, calculating quickly. “Two and a half months from now, maybe?”
“Two and ha-“ Fazluddin started. “Never mind. We’ll work with that.”

"I don't think you can start an election within a week. This is a months-long affair. Six months to a year minimum." Markov stated.

“Election for the shura council,” Fazluddin said. “And I just used next week as a marker for how long it will take. Meaning that whenever we hold a vote, if the conditions are like the current ones, it would take two months and one week to get the results.”

[Langenia]

Markov took the glass, not bothering to sniff it before drinking some of it.
"Not bad. Not Lazure good but at least it's not a Frenchman's piss." Markov commented approvingly, quickly finishing the glass of wine before returning it to the Reinkalistani delegates.

"So, Insaani delegates, either one. Which one of you two is more likely to give Italy and this... Iberian Peninsula a referendum or freedom?"

“Iberia and Italy can have no say,” Tariq said.

"You don't have any say either, as the representative of a terror group," says General Serrano. Serrano may been a more disciplined man, but Molina and a few of the soldiers weren't. Some of the soldiers had their packs with them. From these packs they took out bacon sandwiches which they passed among each other. Molina and the men then proceeded to consume the sandwiches right in front where the DPRI delegates could see them, with Molina saying "Mmm, this is delicious," and smiling. Because the DPRI was no better than ISIS that made their delegates worthy of no respect in their view.

[Lauzanne]

"I don't think you can start an election within a week. This is a months-long affair. Six months to a year minimum." Markov stated.

“Election for the shura council,” Fazluddin said. “And I just used next week as a marker for how long it will take. Meaning that whenever we hold a vote, if the conditions are like the current ones, it would take two months and one week to get the results.”

"No, you should give it to everyone. People deserve to be heard, not just these Shuras."

[Insaanistan]

“Iberia and Italy can have no say,” Tariq said.

"You don't have any say either, as the representative of a terror group," says General Serrano. Serrano may been a more disciplined man, but Molina and a few of the soldiers weren't. Some of the soldiers had their packs with them. From these packs they took out bacon sandwiches which they passed among each other. Molina and the men then proceeded to consume the sandwiches right in front where the DPRI delegates could see them, with Molina saying "Mmm, this is delicious," and smiling. Because the DPRI was no better than ISIS that made their delegates worthy of no respect in their view.

Abdullah and Tariq cringed internally but made no external movements.
The smell of the meat eventually drifted to both Fazluddin and Ayesha causing both of them to feel sick.
“May I be excused?” Ayesha asked Lilian.

[Insaanistan]

“Election for the shura council,” Fazluddin said. “And I just used next week as a marker for how long it will take. Meaning that whenever we hold a vote, if the conditions are like the current ones, it would take two months and one week to get the results.”

"No, you should give it to everyone. People deserve to be heard, not just these Shuras."

“The people elect the Shura and the shura oversee the general elections in which the general public will vote,” Fazluddin said.

[South Reinkalistan]

Desket got bored listening to the zealot-infidels talk about their silly, nonsensical terms. He looks to Lilian. "And about the force reduction? I- sorry, the People's Federation of Reinkalistan, would like at the very least for the Insaanistani united armed forces to bear, as stated priorly, not more than 50,000 personnel."

“Not a chance,” Fazluddin and Abdullah said in unison.
The two looked at each other.
“You see,” Abdullah said. “The redirection of our troops to deal with the war in Europe has resulted in increased jihadist activities in the country. Reducing our military would keep us from properly dealing with this.”
“Not to mention,” Ayesha said. “Tribal violence, most notably in Nigeria, Mali and Sudan, hasn’t been quelled because again, we’ve been dealing with the war.”

Desket yawns. "With all due respect, this tribal violence can be handled by coalition or Gongsinese forces. Alternatively, you can start instituting progressive social policies rather than seeing every issue as something to apply blunt force to."

"Only if there is a time limit in place," Iên interjects. "But, if it would make it more palatable for the Insaani delegation, Gongsi can offer a defensive alliance and commit a peacekeeping force until the force limit expires."

"This is fair," notes Desket. "The PFR would be happy with this."

[Gongsi]

Berkant Veidhlín of the Tribe of Kildare.
This... was a mess.
The start was a mess, with delegates bickering like little children in the sand box, about who got to play with the shovel. Actually, that was a pretty accurate image. It was a miracle, that none of the bodyguards had taken the initiative and began an international incident.
Brenda and Lyra, my attaches of the SDF-Navy, were tensing up more then once.
Maybe we should have proposed to only have civilian attaches present and no bodyguards, leaving the matter of security to our current hosts.
I motioned to Liliane, who bowed down to me to hear my whispering. "Please see if you can't organize some popcorn for us from the lady with the skeletal delegation leader.", I asked of her, she giggled and nodded. "Thanks."
That done, I turned back to the assembly.
"Well, Ladies and Gentlemen...", I addressed the entire assembly ever since the greeting round, "...there are two major issues and several smaller ones. I would, in order to give this conference a bit of structure, propose, that we tackle these one after the other and don't yell at each other like little children afraid that they'll get the smallest share of the proverbial cake." I let a beat pass. "Now, to my understanding, one of these major issues is Italy and the Italian Islands, with special consideration for Sicily and Sardinia. The other is the Iberian Peninsula in its entirety. Let's start, appropriately due to our current location, with Italy." I leaned forward. "Now, it is clear to anyone with two eyes, that the Italian Independence Groups, most importantly the Social Welfare Agency..." I nodded towards Guiseppe and Mister Hilshire, simply to make it clear to anyone present, who had the favour of the Free Lands. "...want total independence of Italy. Pure and simple. As Insaanistan is a foreign occupier and was driven back into the Mediterranean by the Coalition, I think, that we can all agree on Italian Independence being a fact we only need to confirm here."
Things would get dicy very, very soon, I knew it - Sicily and Sardinia. Especially Sardinia, since it was a war zone in active conflict.

“Sicily isn’t gonna like that,” Ayesha said, almost singsongy.

"Perhaps it would be best to let Insaanistan hold onto Sicily for a limited time. Say...15 years or something. After which it returns to Italy. That way Insaanistan has ample time to decolonize the island so Italy doesn't end up absorbing a massive pro-Insaani stronghold."

[Insaanistan]

“Not a chance,” Fazluddin and Abdullah said in unison.
The two looked at each other.
“You see,” Abdullah said. “The redirection of our troops to deal with the war in Europe has resulted in increased jihadist activities in the country. Reducing our military would keep us from properly dealing with this.”
“Not to mention,” Ayesha said. “Tribal violence, most notably in Nigeria, Mali and Sudan, hasn’t been quelled because again, we’ve been dealing with the war.”

Desket yawns. "With all due respect, this tribal violence can be handled by coalition or Gongsinese forces. Alternatively, you can start instituting progressive social policies rather than seeing every issue as something to apply blunt force to."

"Only if there is a time limit in place," Iên interjects. "But, if it would make it more palatable for the Insaani delegation, Gongsi can offer a defensive alliance and commit a peacekeeping force until the force limit expires."

"This is fair," notes Desket. "The PFR would be happy with this."

“You are demonstrating a gross ignorance of the ethnic violence plaguing the continent.”

[Lauzanne]

"No, you should give it to everyone. People deserve to be heard, not just these Shuras."

“The people elect the Shura and the shura oversee the general elections in which the general public will vote,” Fazluddin said.

"This is far from a normal event. This should be a special referendum."

[Insaanistan]

“Sicily isn’t gonna like that,” Ayesha said, almost singsongy.

"Perhaps it would be best to let Insaanistan hold onto Sicily for a limited time. Say...15 years or something. After which it returns to Italy. That way Insaanistan has ample time to decolonize the island so Italy doesn't end up absorbing a massive pro-Insaani stronghold."

Fazluddin sighed.
“Let me guess,” Fazluddin said. “By ‘decolonize’, you all mean ‘force all the Muslims out’?”

[South Reinkalistan]

Desket yawns. "With all due respect, this tribal violence can be handled by coalition or Gongsinese forces. Alternatively, you can start instituting progressive social policies rather than seeing every issue as something to apply blunt force to."


"This is fair," notes Desket. "The PFR would be happy with this."

“You are demonstrating a gross ignorance of the ethnic violence plaguing the continent.”

"Yes, I suppose I am. But at the same time you are demonstrating a gross ignorance of how to shut the fuck up and take peace terms like a man."

[Langenia]

“The people elect the Shura and the shura oversee the general elections in which the general public will vote,” Fazluddin said.

"This is far from a normal event. This should be a special referendum."

"We agree. If anything, the referendum should be overseen by a committee consisting of representatives from the allied coalition."

[Insaanistan]

“The people elect the Shura and the shura oversee the general elections in which the general public will vote,” Fazluddin said.

"This is far from a normal event. This should be a special referendum."

“Why do you think we’re going through all the trouble to have a shura vote first? Insaanistan is under normal circumstances secular and won’t allow the shura vote. Instead the people overseeing the elections are generally appointed then approved by Parliament.”

[Insaanistan]

“You are demonstrating a gross ignorance of the ethnic violence plaguing the continent.”

"Yes, I suppose I am. But at the same time you are demonstrating a gross ignorance of how to shut the fuck up and take peace terms like a man."

“Hehe, nice one!” Abdullah said.
“This is my land, and if you don’t mind, I’d like to preserve it and not simply give up, thank you.” Fazluddin told Desket.