Of course, to us, the war seemed sudden. One day it was peace, the next, it was war. One moment, we could dance through the valleys, rest on the grass and go to Church. The next, the valleys were burning, the grass had been trampled and the Church was turned into a fort. To us, the war may seem sudden and unexpected. But it has been years in the making.
Where does it really begin? Most politicians will either tell you it was the dirty Reds, trying to build their Socialist World Republic. They will tell you war is inherent to the communist lifestyle, and that it is an evil ideology. Accordingly, many Bolsheviks and socialists will tell you the war was started by the big, corrupted governments, paid by the corporations to conquer new markets. The communists will tell you, war is inherent to the lifestyle of the capitalist system, and that it is, in fact, an evil system.
Then there are the historians. As usual, they’re the only ones who are right. In the first half of the 20th century, the states of the world rapidly expanded their markets. They made alliances with smaller nations, acquired trade concessions and they used their money to build roads, canals and irrigation. This lead to enormous wealth in many nations, but also to some frowny faces. In many countries, the leaders imposed high taxes on income and trade, making sure they got the lions part of the income. Many thought this to be unfair, and they believed wealth should be distributed equally, getting their ideas from the 19th century philosopher Marx. The people should be in charge of the wealth, not big corporations or monarchs! While, in one part of the world, communism was taking root, the corporations watched the advancement with great fear. Communism, they feared, would destroy private enterprise, and it would decimate their wealth. This, of course, was not crazy paranoia.
This lead to a division in the world. On one hand, you have the Free States, the libertarian countries, with big factories and corporations. They are in dire need to expand to new markets, which is slightly difficult with all the socialist countries popping up. On the other hand, communism. This speaks for itself. Whether they are dictatorships, or governments of the proletariat, these champions of the working class have government control over everything, and private ownership is forbidden, or highly regulated. The neutral countries are everything in between. Only time can tell if neutrality can exist in a world of war.
The division of the world triggered an arms race. The arms race wasn’t hindered by either the free market or the state control. Both sides pumped equal amounts of money in the development of newer, faster, stronger and deadlier weapons. First came the automatic rifles, the giant artillery, the tanks, the aeroplanes. After the conventional weapons, the nations began developing gasses, viruses and chemical compounds, with killing potentials bigger than anything seen before. So deadly, in fact, that the development and usage of those weapons was banned during the Treaty of Copenhagen of 1943.
When it was clear that the race was not diminishing or subsiding, states became more weary. The strategies shifted. Countries didn’t look for technological supremacy anymore, but for an opportunity to strike first. The Venetian Crisis of 1953, the Cuidad-Mexico Crisis of 1960, and the Nanking-Crisis of 1965, all conflicts that nearly escalated into global war. But it made something clear. Nations were now looking for a knock-out blow. To utterly destroy their enemies. To save the world from oppression, whatever oppression that was.
This year, the year of our lord 1973 A.D.
Finally, global conflict has been sparked. The system of alliances came into action, and within the week, the whole world was at war. That happened last week. At the moment, no assault has been started, but as soon as every ally is geared up, the conflict will erupt into the greatest destructive force the world has ever seen. There shall be no ethical code in this war. These people hate each other to the bone. Chivalry died when the weapons industry lived. The Treaty of Copenhagen was the last act of kindness from both sides. Do not expect anything more. This is total war. The end of all we know is nigh, and the world will never, ever, be the same again. Although no genocide, because that will bite you later, just trust me on this one.
This is a Cold War RP, about an Alternate World in global conflict. The era is 1973, and the tech is exactly equivalent. Here are a few things you need to know before signing up and making your nation.
First off, the nations can be completely different. The same peoples still leave in the same place, or slightly different places, but you can make any sort of nation you want. Communist America? You go ahead. Libertarian, free Russia? You go bro. Space age monkeys from mars? Not in a million years.
The nations of the world can be crudely divided into three groups. The First World, the Second world, and the Third World. The First World consists of all the libertarian and capitalist nations, everyone and anyone who their lot in on the capitalist side of the conflict. The only thing that binds them is the same economic policy of enormous freedom of the market. Their goal in the war is to ‘liberate’ as many territories from communism, to open new markets for their produce. The Second World is any communist or overly socialist nation. They try, or pretend to try, to work towards a communist utopia. Their goal in this war is to ‘liberate’ the territories under capitalism, to release them from their slavery to money and to institute a socialist world republic. The third world is everyone not aligned to any of the sides, any country still neutral in the conflict. They can be anything from socialist to fascist, monarchies and theocracies, oligarchies and anarchies. The Third World is constantly being pulled on, as the First and Second Worlds constantly try to gain new allies and new territories.
The battles will go as follows. Two or more sides will do battle which each other. At that moment, we call in our mediator, a co-op who will decide the things like weather, ground and general morale. The two sides will do some manoeuvres, engage in battle, use their tactics. The mediator will decide the effectiveness of each attack, and how many the enemy loses. After a while, this mediator will decide who wins the battle. That’s the battle system. Simple, isn’t it?
Now, this war is about more than just fighting. A war is never just about winning battles. When you invade a country, that territory doesn’t just become part of your nation. It becomes an occupied region, and you must regard it accordingly. People won’t like another nation taking over their homeland, and they will react to it. They might do anything from taking up arms to throwing flowers at passing tanks.(See: France) The degree of hostility of the populace will be decided by the mediator, who will make his judgement according to history and logic. If an African nation liberates another African country from European shackles, they will face a lot less violence than Japan invading China.
As for time, time is relative. Time will progress quicker in certain times, but will move slower in others. As long as everyone is in the same timeframe, things will get along jut fine.
Rules:
1. No Godmodding. If I think you've done something unrealistic or excessive, I'll politely ask you to retcon it, and if you don't, then we might be forced to ask you what the shape of Italy is.(if ya know what I mean)
2. No Flaming. Even if your empires hate each other ICly, try to stay on good terms OOCly, or else any wars become a distasteful mess. Remember everyone, your worst IC enemy should be your best OOC friend. This is not only a rule for this thread, but for Roleplaying in general.
3. No Teleportation. Armies, Navies, Trade Ships, and the like will take time to reach their destinations. We love logistics.
4. Post in a good quality. Take your history in your App, if you write it well, then that will let us know if you are capable of good quality. If you are capable of it, then we know you can do it. And if we know you can do it, we expect it. If you are not fulfilling our expectations, then it looks like you are not putting much effort into the thread, and that makes us all look bad. So, post in good quality.
5. Be reasonable, if something that isn't very favourable to your nation occurs ICly, don't take it as a personal insult. Realism is fun, but it is also extremely cruel. If you can be reasonable in this thread, we will always have a place for you.
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7. And, of course, have fun!
8*(Added Rule): Use grammatically correct writing in everything you do on this thread. From capitalizations to commas, this rule is one that simply must be followed.
Edit: I cannot stress the eighth rule enough.
The Official Application:
- Code: Select all
[b]Nation Name[/b]:
[b]National Flag[/b]:
[b]Claims[/b]:
[b]Form of Government[/b]:
[b]World[/b] (1st, 2nd, 3rd):
[b]Head of State[/b]:
[b]Capital City[/b]:
[b]Population[/b]:
[b]Military Size[/b]: (the amount should be no more than 5% in peacetime at most)
[b]Military Type[/b]: (briefly describe what your military is like)
[b]Naval Strength[/b]: (briefly describe how strong your navy is)
[b]Economic Strength[/b]: (briefly describe how wealthy your nation is)
[b]Land Routes[/b]: (briefly describe how well your nation's cities are connected with roads)
[b]Sea Routes[/b] (briefly describe how well your nation's ports are connected by sea)
[b]History[/b]:
[b]RP Example[/b]: (unless I know you well)
Safety question, what are the three crises that nearly led to war but didn’t?:
Map: Waiting for most recent one by Mish.
Accepted Nations:
Free Republic of Japan-Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States
Republic of New Occitania-Fortunagen
Sambesi Republic-Vredlandia
Venetian Empire-Caltarania
Austrian Empire(in exile)-G-Tech Corporation
Spanish Empire-Kavantye
Confederacy of Paraguay-Der Kaiser Mikey III
The Romano-Pontic Empire-The imperial canadian dutchy
Central-West African Republic-The Three Cantons
Poland-Landenburg
Second Revolutionary Republic of Strathclyde-Glasgia
South America Federation-Alleniana
Indian Federation-Epraria
Germany Democratic Republic-North Calaveras
Syndicated Corporations-Photana
United Celtic Kingdom-Dwartzur
Malayan Federation-Kershya
North American Union-Mishmahig
The Principality of Liechtenstein-Atelia
The United Korean Peninsula-Greater Corea
The Indomitable Seminole Republic-Transoxthraxia
Heavenly Empire of China-Ublia
Thread Hierarchy:
|=Me
||=The People who may accept/deny applications, help decide battles, etc.
|||=The People who have all the fun.
|OP/Mediator: Yours Truly
||Mediator: GCOCS
||Mediator: G-Tech Corporation
||Mediator: Alleniana
|||The
|||Guy who likes to draw(Our Cartographer!): Mishmamig
Well, you've reached the end, if you really had the dedication to read all of this, then you're all set to write a great App. Now stop reading, and start writing!
