The Conclusion
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All is not well in the nineteen countries of Yohannes.
It has made new friends, and most certainly new foes, as the years went by since the rise of its industries and diplomacy 200 years ago. But, just like all stories of the many beautiful nations in this world, its story - in this case, that height of prosperity - must, realistically, come to an end. What rises must fall. The Yohannesian people, and the Ministers and Ambassadors of Her Majesty Garnet till Alexandros has been in denial for quite some time. Even as its [previous] Foreign Minister looked for possible assistance from outside powers, the ambassadors and legation officers of Her Majesty assured their foreign counterparts that all is well and good for the nation.
But Yohannes is, relative to the size of our collective regional worlds, not a large nation, and it increasingly become smaller, as the economy of the international communities of nations expand, and subsequently the political powers of various other nations. It sought commercial alliances and business alliances with new investment partners, such as Pharthan and Libraria and Ausitoria to name two, and largely tried to avoid conflict with rising major powers of the international communities, such as the major members of the International Freedom Coalition, Ardoki and Her despicable authoritarian brethren or the Empire of Greater Nihon and Her equally militaristic and aggressive SACTO brethren.
Meanwhile, the nineteen countries of Yohannes found itself wanting, her finance and expenditure spiraled out of control, as the taxpayers of the Crown Commonwealth of Her Majesty the Queen of Alexandria found themselves inadequate to meet the task of funding the ever bloating Commonwealth Navy. A Navy that must, to quote the World Assembly Security Council of nations, 'defend Her Majesty's firms as major exporters and market-defining institutions with significant influence within the global economy in over 1000 nations and 140 regions of the world.'
No navy of any single one nation can pretend, realistically, to protect such an interest. But the nineteen countries tried, and it failed. The people were not happy, as they - the taxpayers of the nation - must do away with various improvements to healthcare funding, social welfare reforms, and various other domestic schemes they consider as a must in a first world nation. Meanwhile, her traditional allies gradually detached themselves from international affairs, preoccupied themselves to protect their own interests, naturally and realistically, first and foremost, before their allies.
It is to Her Ministers' wonder, therefore, that none of the rising major powers of the international community has tried to harass her commerce, and possibly, bring her down -- for they could do so easily. The Commonwealth Navy -- no matter how well funded it is by the likes of even the nineteen countries' major funding programmes, the Bank of Yohannes and the other banks of the realms as examples -- could not even protect Her Majesty's peripheral trade from unorganised third class pirates and rogue naval organisations.
And if the Commonwealth Navy, a bloated navy finding itself overstretched in over 150 regions, could not even protect Her Majesty's commerce from the likes of the above, how could it possibly protect itself from far graver possible threats?
It cannot. In fact, any navy of any nation in the international community could, at present, harass Yohannesian maritime commerce located closest to their borders, geographically, and gain wealth without facing any consequences for years to come.
The once vaunted Commonwealth Navy is extremely overstretched and far too costly to maintain anymore, the nation is almost broke, Her people increasingly making their anger known by the fast increasing electoral gains of reactionary, opportunist, anti foreigner, dictatorial, racist and xenophobic parties such as Yohannes First and its leader Loseton Peter, to name but one.
Ten years since its commendation by the World Assembly as a 'nation epitomising neutrality and diplomacy, which dissuade war and promote peace and commerce, and realising that currently over five hundred embassies are hosted in the Empire', it found itself becoming just that, a nation only able to speak, but not act. The Commonwealth Navy cannot promote peace overseas, for it cannot even adequately protect its own commerce through the thousand seas abroad. If anything, the only sentence to ring true would be the over five hundred embassies present in the Kingdom of Alexandria.
The time has come for the nation to face reality. Yohannes is a nation facing bankruptcy, lest it stop its commercial expansion - going ever slower by the day, rein in naval spending and chop the bloated Navy to a much smaller size, and step aside to concentrate in its own domestic problems, away from international diplomacy, commerce, or, heaven forbid, warfare.
She must beg - to not just Her previous allies but also past enemies -for their assistance and forgiveness. She requires in the simple word of Her Foreign Minister, 'money', of other nations to save her from bankruptcy. A nation known as a lender is soon to become a nation of borrower, giving bonds and assurance credits, securities and any other forms of financial instruments, in return for the economic assistance and help of Her previous allies and enemies, in the form of, well, 'money.'
Her journey has come to an end. The conclusion is here: Yohannes must somehow find help from Her fellow nations - of any ideological background, stripe, or colours. Whether they be authoritarian, democratic, right leaning, left leaning, socialist or communist, reactionary or fascist. In the word of one anonymous legation officer:
"Help us save the economy, while enriching your very own economies by investing in the nineteen countries of Her Majesty Garnet til Alexandros, the Queen of Alexandria and Empress of Yohannes. Saving our commerce and trade, economy and people, while enriching your very own people, and strengthening your very own economy into the future."
Come and join in our very last story in this wonderful world of international communities of nations - a story just like the story of your very own nation itself."
This storyline connects with the following nations: [ I require your expressed OOC permission for anything or any mention of your nation in this storyline, the list below is a list of individuals who have expressed their interests, and give their permission, to include the mentioning of their in character nations' names in The Conclusion storyline ]
[ Kustgebied ] as The Kustburger Republic
[ Lamoni ] as The Free Republic of Lamoni
[ Mcnernia ] as The Kingdom of McNernia
[ New Aeyariss ] as The Empire of Greater Nihon
[ Lynion ] as The Vamperial Kingdom
[ Organized States ] as The Organised States
[ Tekeristan ] as The Republic of Tekeristan
[ Tyrnica ] as The Grand Kingdom of Tyrnica
[ United World Order ] as The United World Order
Out of character summary of posts located in the in character thread of The Conclusion
- The Ruled and the Ruler: over 43 vessels of the Commonwealth Navy lost to well armed and well funded pirate like naval organisations roaming around the vast waters of the 10000 islands region. The merchant vessels guarded by these frigates were trying to deliver valuable Yohannesian industrial goods to Brutland and Norden and a few other nations in the region that I ICly wise had struck trade relationship in the past. Meanwhile, the parliament has decided to create a select committee to pave the way for eventual naval dearmament programme, and in the case of this post, discuss things with the Government of Lamoni
. So yeah, good to finally be at peace.
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