The Military State of the Galapagos wrote:South Olpen wrote:As Olpenese soldiers take positions across large towns and cities to prevent uprisings, ambassadors from the nation known as "Cultural Legates' try to sway the nation to trust South Olpen. In New Oversight, these Legates hold public meetings which also give out food and other essentials for a war-torn nation, including medical supplies and the new currency, 'Peg Dollars,' which are a fifth of the value of the Olpenese Buck. The Olpenese soldiers are told to act with caution, but they are ordered to only do defensive techniques.
In the New Oversight State Penitentiary, the government of the Galapagos is under strict supervision while awaiting trial. Among these men and women are the Galapagosian President, all generals who were captured, heads of various departments, and other people who contributed to nuclear attacks on South Olpen. The trial for them will consist of 10 Olpenese Judges, and 5 Galapagosian Judges mostly sourced from opposition media and other anti-war activists. The highest sentence is death, although it is likely only the leaders and generals will be executed.
In South Olpen, the move is seen as nye-treasonous by the nation. Even while Chamber Minister Jordan tries to get the nation on board, many see the treaty as too soft on the nation that nuclearly carpet-bombed the nation. It is a legitimate concern by officials that soldiers could act illegally and take revenge into their own hands, so soldiers who were from the nuked areas are kept on bases and away from civilians.
With the first sights of foreign soldiers reaching the Galapagos the civilian population finally feels the affects of losing a war. Despite the “Cultural Legations” many still see South Olpen as a hostile socialist nation that is now the illegitimate government of the Galapagos however due to the betrayal seen by the previous government in charge of the war and surrender many begin to question democracy as a system and some begin to look at the past towards military dictatorship and think that perhaps it wasn’t so bad after all.
The soldiers presence sparks some backlash as nationalists take to the streets in protests telling the occupiers to go home and to let the Galapagos run themselves however the majority of the population waits inside their houses to see what will happen next.
Meanwhile many of the political and military officials who didn’t surrender now sit in sympathetic monasteries located in the Andes mountain range. With the government now fractured they begin to reach out to old lower ranked officers in hopes of finding contacts to organize a resistance organization out of the remains of the army to save the Galapagos
(OOC: Sorry for the late post school has been brutal in these last few weeks and I can’t find much time to be on nationstates. I’ll hopefully be more active once summer is here)
Protests are met with understanding and, in a way, ignored. Patrolling soldiers and drones wait on sidewalks in full gear with weapons as they allow protestors to walk in the street. It is eery how unresponsive the soldiers are, just watching and waiting. Meanwhile, elite operatives go through the Andies, fearful of a rebellion brewing in the isolated area. Using helicopters, they detain anyone they find in the open.
Meanwhile, in New Oversight, the government has been refunded. There is no democratic pretense, and the few elected positions are local. Most of the government is focused on Law and Order, taxes, and developing cultural and economic ties. The government is worried, however, as Constitution CIty is beginning to ask for the preparation of 150 million as demanded in the treaty.
In New Oversight State Penitentiary, the first prisoners of the old regime are being shackled up to be moved to the trial room. They are put into a military base near New Oversight while both sides of the case gather evidence. They are kept under constant supervision, with each of the prisoners being guarded by 2 armed guards each. The prosecutors are ready to get them to pay for the crimes they committed with their life.