A New Millennium: 2000 AD RP
The date is January 1st, 2000 AD, and despite all of the fears surrounding Y2K, despite two world wars and a nuclear standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union, despite innumerable plagues and natural catastrophes, the world remains standing. But the world remains fraught with tension. In the Middle East, decades of proxy wars and covert operations have led to political and economic situations that leave the region tenuously unstable: a single spark could reignite tensions between the various factions within the region, even as the specter of the Gulf War remains in the memories of its survivors and belligerents. In Europe, the fall of the Iron Curtain has given the Europeans a chance to expand their European Union, though economic and political difficulties remain, especially in Eastern Europe, where the yoke of the Soviet Union was most strongly felt. In the former Soviet Bloc, the new republics are all struggling with how to deal with the changes thrust upon them, and even the once mighty Russian Republic is struggling with its new reality, now that Boris Yeltsin has resigned in favor of political upstart Vladimir Putin. In Asia, emboldened by the collapse of the Soviet Union, new powers will begin to emerge in India, China, Japan, and perhaps elsewhere, though even these powers have their fair share of troubles facing them. In North America, the United States of America will decide whether to embrace the mantle of leader of the free world, to act as the sole hegemonic authority in light of the end of the Cold War...or whether it will try a different path to influence the world. And throughout Latin America, the dictators that had been formerly propped up during the Cold War are either deposed or forced to come face to face with their decisions, now that they lack the protection of the United States. And under the surface of it all, the rise of nonstate actors, namely terrorist groups throughout the world with varying ideologies, believe that it is their time to leave their mark on the world, and their actions have the potential to destabilize the world. Only time will tell how the world will proceed, how governments around the world will react and stand the test of time and adversity, or whether the world as we know it will even exist when the new millennia comes around...
Hello, everyone! I am Argentarino (you may call me Arg), one of the two Co-OPs of this RP (the other is Vaquas), and we decided to put this one together out of our mutual love of political RPs. In The New Millennium, you will roleplay as the government of a nation or terrorist/rebel group of your choice.This does not mean that you will control the nation as a whole, and your actions will be weighed and measured by myself and Vaquas to determine what effects they will cause. Never forget that every action has a consequence: if you raise taxes, you may be able to afford those infrastructure projects you want your government to undertake, at the risk of your governing political party (or parties) losing some popularity when the next election comes around; a decision to liberalize your autocratic nation might earn you favor with your people, but perhaps the generals and elites who depend on the status quo might decide that your reforms are too much for them to stomach; and making peace with one country might lead to animosity with another.
One other thing to keep in mind is this: everything prior to January 1st, 2000 is canon and cannot be changed. For example, in my case, Boris Yeltsin resigned the presidency on December 31st, 1999 in favor of Vladimir Putin. This means that I cannot go back and have Yeltsin rule, or have him resign in favor of someone else. Nor can I pretend that the Cold War didn't happen. Furthermore, we aim to keep this RP as realistic as possible. That means that Israel and the Palestinian Authority can continue the peace process, but don't expect to solve every issue overnight, nor that you can trust - or be trusted - by the diplomats sitting in front of you. This also means that war cannot be waged at whim. For democratic nations, you probably have a process concerning war, war powers, and military operations. And even for those militarized, autocratic or totalitarian regimes, you can't expect to mobilize 10,000 soldiers and armor within a day, or to surprise blitzkrieg your neighbors without being found out or suffering any consequences. There are a number of reasons why wars were limited in the early 21st century, one of which included the United Nations and international relations. Wars are costly, and by this time, globalization has begun in earnest, so wars between nations run the risk of disrupting regional economics, so you may earn the ire of a great many of your neighbors who would have preferred that you negotiated your way out of conflict. Nonetheless, we realize that, this being NS, war will probably be inevitable. Should you decide that France should teach those damned Swiss (kidding, sorry Switzerland) a lesson, you need to TG me and Vaquas and give us a run down of your plan, your rationale behind the war, how you plan to convince your people to go along with it, etc. Now, we don't expect you to be experts in military strategies or operations, but try to do a little reading - at the very least - on Wikipedia before you decide to get down and dirty. Also, expect Vaquas and I to submit random events and to take hold of NPCs should we determine that they are necessary.
Here I am rambling on. Please review the rules and the applications, and of course, feel free to ask us any questions and to have fun. Thanks for RPing with us!
Ye Olde Rules of RP
1. Vaquas and I are the proud OPs of this RP, and our rulings tend to be final. If you feel like our rulings aren't correct, TG the both of us and let us know why. But if we put our foot down, you have to accept it and just move on. Its just a roleplay, not the end of the world if you don't get your way with us.
2. Prepare to suffer defeats. You might get outwitted by another player, your armies might get crushed by my fabulous fist of glory (or a landslide, or something), or the character you've invested so much in might be defeated in an election or overthrown in a coup. We get it, it sucks. But please, for the love of all that is holy,
don't whine about it. If you have a reasonable argument as to why you shouldn't have been swamped by those invading armies, lay it out in the OOC, and be rational and give us facts. Don't just say "I worked so hard on this!" We all do, it happens.
3. Please understand who you are RPing as. If you RP as Saudi Arabia, you're not going to start as an autocratic monarchy backed by an extreme sect of Sunni Islam one minute and then metamorphose into a multiparty democracy with a ruling social democratic party led by a gay man with a transgender deputy. I mean, as much as I'd LOVE to see that happen IRL, its most likely not going to happen. Be realistic. You can play with a few things, for sure, but don't get too crazy. If you do, Vaquas will nail your gizzards to the mast, you poor souls. Or more likely we will give you a warning.
4. Speaking of warnings, we will give you three warnings before you are either put on probation or removed from the RP. You can get a warning for violating the typical NS RP rules (such as flamming, flamebaiting, metagaming, etc.), as well as for not producing posts of good quality (by this, we mean more than one paragraph or five sentences - there's a lot you can do in a single post!), being too unrealistic too many times, or violating any further rules.
5. We understand that things might get heated, and IC issues might spread into the OOC. If that happens, I recommend you take a break, sit back, watch a nature video or listen to a soundtrack consisting of waves gently crashing against the shore. But please please please keep the OOC civil. We're all here for a good time, and the minute one of us starts acting like a *censored*, then it doesn't become fun for anyone. Vaquas and I will keep an eye out for this, and we'll mediate where we can, but as I said, please be civil.
Okay, that's it for the rules (unless Vaquas and I arbitrarily decide that we will give you more rules to follow - abandon all hope, ye who enter here). Here are the applications. We will also have a roster and try to keep that up to date as well. If we are missing you on the roster, please give us a shout and we'll add you on when we can. Please remember we have lives outside of NS and may not be quick responding to you, but we thank you for your patience all the same. Remember, the point of departure is January 1st, 2000, so your history up this point has to match the historical timeline. Furthermore, this means that any individual or government or country that doesn't exist before January 1st, 2000 (case in point: South Sudan) doesn't exist. If you RP as Brazil and don't like RPing as some of these RL people, then you can certainly try to replace them with a fictional character, but we will need good rationale (and self-sabotage doesn't look good).
Nation Application
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[box][b]Nation Name:[/b] (Formal name only)
[b]Head of State:[/b]
[b]Head of Government[/b]
[b]Government Form:[/b]
[b]Ideology:[/b] (Political)
[b]Foreign Policy:[/b] (How does your nation see the world? What is its stance or position on issues outside its country?)
[b]Civil Freedoms /10:[/b]
[b]Political Freedoms /10:[/b]
[b]Economic Freedoms /10:[/b]
[b]Military Size:[/b] (Active/Reserve)
[b]Military Description:[/b] (Quality of the equipment and soldiers, their experience and your nations main suppliers)
[b]Organizations:[/b] (If your country Supports certain Political and/or Military Organizations and you want to RP as them as well, write them down here, Please list it as followed: Name/amount of Members/Main Nation(s) of Operation/Militia or Political)
[b]Description of Your Nation's Economy:[/b]
[b]Description of Your Nation's Government:[/b]
[b]Goals for the Nation:[/b] (State short and long term goals)
[b]RP Sample:[/b] (This can be a sample post or a link to an RP you've participated in)[/box]
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Rebel Group/Terrorist Group Application
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Name of your Rebel Group:
Country that you are rebelling in:
Base of Operations:
Number of Followers/Members:
Why you are rebelling:
Popular support:
Quality of Weapons, from 1 to 10:
Suppliers:
RP sample:
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