ENVOY ARRIVES
It has come to our attention that the great Miguel Francisco has arrived in Salt Lake, and has delivered a speech displaying his treaty to its Quorom:
"My dear brothers, our people have been divorced by the Fall, but although the United States has failed to address the issues of the day, its children may. Be you president or farmer, visible best or rancher, we are still united in this land. There is no need for us to be divided, when untold hordes are standing at our borders. I therefore propose a pact of good will, a pact to bring to terms these lost relatives:
The West Treaty
We the People of North America, in Order to form a more perfect World, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Treaty of the former United States of America:
1. Borders shall be open freely between the Holds of the West and the Colonies of the East. Trade shall be unrestricted, and no tariffs implemented. Armies may travel the roads.
2. The engineering power of both nations shall place precedence on closing the plain which lays between us, and shall work on reconstructing the railroads and telegram lines as well as continuing to develop the industrial capacity of each member. After these goals are reached, this declaration may be amended.
3. A defensive agreement, where if either body is attacked, the other shall come to its aid. This shall last as long as both bodies agree to this treatise.
4. The Californios shall assist in the Utahn initiation of its Mexican Colonies in exchange for assistance in capturing an equal amount of territory some time in the future. For precedence's' sake, let it be known that the Oregon country is desired, if and when the time comes to assist in its survival after the Fall.
5. Neither body shall declare sovereignty over any territory in North America without the consent of the other. If no agreement is reached and land is still taken, this treatise must be re-signed by each member, if so desired, with the addition of amendments if so desired.
6.Either member may ask for the support of the other in times of offensive war; if a denial is given, the member who asked for assistance may terminate this treaty if so desired.
7. Each shall fully recognize the sovereignty of the other, and if this treatise is ever abandoned a grace period of ten years shall be given before any action shall be taken against either body.
8. Either member has the right to ask for amendments to this agreement before signing at any point.
Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the Holds present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighty, In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names, by the Grace of God,
Miguel Francisco
Shawn Marian
Jack O'Neill
Isabella Moore
Otto Schmidt
Dominic Calario"
The Quorom is expected to respond in full to this treaty at some point this week, and depending on the response Shawn Marian shall either raise a military to assist in the capture of Mexico, or otherwise invest in our pursuits. Jack O'Neill is collaborating with Otto Schmidt and Isabella Moore on how to fit these measures into this year's budget. Dominic Calario, for those uneducated readers of this paper, is the elected representative of the Holds, a representative to the Visible Best on behalf of the common man.
CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES
The LFC has been successfully constructed, and work on the Amazon Wall is expected to begin as soon as November, when the barracks should be complete. The Amazon Wall is planned to be 12m tall and several layers thick. Both these projects have put the entire hold to work, and the economy appears to be picking up. Could anyone imagine a future where California actually went bankrupt?
FORT RAISED
In an unexpected move, the folk of Nortehold and Modochold have constructed a Fort Rednorth, an extension of Shawn Marian's native Fort Bragg. Rednorth is expected to house the troops of Nortehold and Modochold, and to act as a central place from which to secure fully the northern border and possibly expand north.
MORSE CONTINUES
Samuel Morse IV gained recent notoriety for his achieving a functional telegraph wire, which was not expected for quite some time. His Alta Telegraph Company has released plans to open a station in Salt Lake City, and has begun corresponding with Mormon engineers. He is also working with and funding Leland Stanford in his attempts to recreate the Central Pacific Railroad. This effort is also opening communications with Utah.
-A.W.
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Use 2 IP in the construction of an army. If treaty is agreed to, attack northern mexico with the Utah armies.
OOC: I hope you all understand my jests once again. If you find them annoying... tell me, but dont expect change