Mapa De Republica Mexico del sur: http://imgur.com/a/6fOsQ
Contexto:
The Zimmerman telegram was the secret communication between the German Empire and Mexico in January of 1917. The telegram outlined that in the event of the United States entering into the Great War on the side of the Allies that Mexico should in turn join the Central Powers. In return for this alliance, after the war was won Mexico would receive their former provinces of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. This telegram was intercepted by the United States, one month later the United States would declare war on the Central powers - and Mexico. The second Mexican-American War would officially end on November 18th, 1918, with the whole of Mexico being occupied by the American military. A provision in the Treaty of Versailles would split Mexico in half 100 kilometers north of Mexico city. Each respective side, north and south, would be declared a sovereign nation independent from the other half. In addition to this, Neither nation could raise a military with manpower exceeding 100,000 and the United States would have permanent bases in each nation's capital city: Monterrey ( North ), Mexico City ( South ). America had all but finally annexed their southern neighbor. The United States appointed turn-coat general. Maximiliano Castanzo as President of the Republic of South Mexico. Gen. Castanzo was famously paranoid, and irrational, and despite these aliments, the United States chose him for the simple reason of his being a coward, whom would never challenge them. Gen. Castanzo would nationalize the numerous farms and plantations of South Mexico and sell them to cronies, personal friends, and even some US companies. The profits generated by these sales were pocketed by Castanzo directly, and never saw the treasury. In order to please his American masters, Castanzo mandated that every farm in the country had to produce a minimum amount of either cotton, sugar, or tobacco. The owners of the farms and plantations found that many of their workers would often strike out on their own after a while and start farms of their own and would sell crops for their own personal profit. This competition was quickly snuffed out after state-sponsored share-cropping was enacted. In toe with his dillusions, shortly after ascending to the presidency, Gen. Castanzo would institute brutal security measures in the Yucatan area, specifically targeting Mayans. Castanzo intentionally cut education to the Yucatan peninsula, banned Mayans from serving in the government or in a jury, and private property owned by Mayans was outlawed. Mayans who protested were arrested, and often executed. Among the many thousands of farm hands who suffered under the brutal share-cropping system established a successive string of unions. At first they were tolerated, but after strikes began getting proposed the government quickly stepped in, jailing known members and executing leaders. Finally, by 1925, 7 years into the Castanzo regime, the Church decided to take a stand. Arch bishop Enrique Nieto of Mexico City made a public plea to Castanzo, to end the discrimination against the Mayans in the Yucatan. The day after the announcement, the Abby where Arch Bishp Nieto resided was raided by federal soldiers. The entire staff was arrested and thrown into prison, under charges of sedition. Arch Bishop Nieto was executed. Castanzo would declare South Mexico a secular state the same day as Nieto's execution. This was the breaking point for the people of South Mexico. Spontaneous uprisings began to occur in the countryside amongst the poor farmers, urbanites would take to the streets and would battle police officers, the Yucatan was in full blown rebellion! Gen. Castanzo deployed his forces, but there were simply too many fires to put out, and more were constantly springing up. After the first three weeks of revolt, the first partisan groups began organizing and targeting government buildings - and officials. 6 months into the conflict, the military had lost 1 in 3 men to fighting the partisans. The tipping point was when Chief of the military Roberto Castanzo ( brother of the president ) was killed while in combat outside of Guadalajara. This marked the collapse of the military, and in turn Castanzo's presidency. In July of 1926, Gen. Castanzo secured asylum to North Mexico. His departure time was leaked to partisans however, and on July 15th, at 6:00 a.m., an unknown group of partisans attacked the train station where Castanzo was boarding a train to leave for North Mexico. Castanzo was shot and killed. By the end of his life, Gen. Castanzo's violence and tyranny had taken the lives of upward 125,000 people. The death of Castanzo was announced through underground newspapers, the week following his death was marked by national celebration by the people. After the weeks end though, these same underground newspapers headlined a single question: What Now? The revolution which toppled Castanzo was not an organized front, but rather it had been made up of dozens of groups, all working independently. Many of these groups had become quite powerful by this time, and each had conflicting ideas of how the country should be run. In addition to this, there were still at least 5,000 soldiers of the former Castanzo military still unaccounted for - where were they? And most pressing of all, what would the Americans do about losing one of their puppets?
I know what you're thinking, that's an ugly flag. You're right, it's absolute garbage! A good representation of the regime which ruled under it. But that regime is gone now, and the Republic of South Mexico is in a state of Limbo. There really is no government - no one is collecting taxes, no one is paving the roads, no civil servant is getting paid, no court cases are being had, and outside of local rebel groups no one is enforcing the law. South Mexico just got out of the tyranny of Gen. Castanzo and is unsure what to do now that it is free - We are unsure of what to do. You are a citizen of South Mexico, and you lived through the Tyranny of Castanzo. What you did during the war or what you do now may very well be crucial to the future of your country: banker, soldier, clergy, partisan, journalist, peon, what ever! You are in this stateless state and now must ask yourself, what now?
In this RP you will play as a citizen of South Mexico one week after the death of former president, Gen. Castanzo. Your occupation can be anything, so long as you are within South Mexico. Show us your character's perspective of this war-torn country!
A little review of the current national situation: Along with their being no official government, the country is starving. Castanzo's agricultural policies favored cash crops over food, which made things scarce to begin with, add onto that a civil war and already 6,000 people have starved to death. Despite the death of the president, the war is not technically over; although fighting has all but seized, there are still 5,000 government soldiers unaccounted for. In regards for accounted for government workers, there are some 7,500 government employees currently in captivity amongst the numerous partisan groups. Some are just harmless civil servants, others are war-criminals. Figuring out who is who has proven difficult. In terms of money, the economy has collapsed, the peso is worthless, and 25% of the population is unemployed.
RULES:
1. General NS rules
2. You are not one of the partisans who killed Castanzo, sorry, but no one gets to be that famous
3. The total population of South Mexico is 35 million, so no membership number should be too big
4. You must post in character, you cannot just give a rundown of what happens
5. You must be realistic
1. General NS rules
2. You are not one of the partisans who killed Castanzo, sorry, but no one gets to be that famous
3. The total population of South Mexico is 35 million, so no membership number should be too big
4. You must post in character, you cannot just give a rundown of what happens
5. You must be realistic
ACCEPTED APPS:
Character app:
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Name:
Appearance:
Age:
Gender:
Ethnicity:
Religion:
Occupation:
Bio:
Current location:
Organization app:
- Code: Select all
Group name:
What kind of organization are you? ( business, partisan... ):
Who is in charge?:
Participating membership ( be reasonable, subject to change pending OP ):
Current situation:
If you would like to be a CO-OP, just ask.
