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The descent of the Russian Empire into complete turmoil is saddening. A great nation is struggling for its very survival not from outside forces, but from its very disgruntled people that clamor for "independence". I therefore announce that I shall commit resources of the Kingdom of Spain towards the stability and strengthening of the true government of Russia, the Russian Empire, led by Tsaritsa Olga. However, I would like to strain that the Army of Spain shall remain demobilized, unless I see it fit to commit certain resources in assistance towards the Russian Government in its fight against the revolutionary Soviets and Ukrainians.

Alfonso XIII
King of Spain
 
The French Republic is concerned about the civil war in Russia and places full blame for this on German actions. Germany seems to have had no problems supplying separatist groups in Finland with top-grade weaponry, so it is not unreasonable to assume they did not do the same for Western Ukraine.

The Russian people has very valid grievances. Many lost their land and possessions to the vile Huns, who sacked all they could find and many families were torn apart by the war, a war which stopped the reforms being carried out in Russia, and a war which killed Tsar Nicholas, the architect of these reforms. I beseech the Tsaritsa to bear in mind the wishes of the late Tsar Nicholas, and prevent yet another bloodbath in Russia. Compassion is a huge virtue for any ruler, a fact that Kaiser Wilhelm does not comprehend. For those beyond the reach of compassion, there must be nothing but cold steel.
 
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Enough! We have been disgusted by repeated French jabs and insults! All they have done since the end of the war is build hatred and distrust in between our nations who should be at peace! We want civility to rein on the channels of the diplomatic world, but the leaders of France have seen fit to repeatedly slander the good name of Germany and all Germans! They see fit to blame us for every problem the that comes for the troubled nation of Russia caused by the war, but that war is war is over now and we must rebuild understanding and trust, between all nations!

Lest we not forget, that the French decided to leave their allies in Russia and only sought to help them when it was convenient for the French nation. Even when we used diplomatic channels to contact the French for a suitable peace a whole year ago they rebuked us, even as their supporters in the United Kingdom and the United States of America were accepting of the terms that were laid out, they decided to continue to fight, to have the men of Russia die against us so that they could continue to covet Elsass-Lothringen.

They call our soldiers machines! They are not machines! They are men! As any man is! They are the men who won this war! At Moscow, or St. Petersburg or Warsaw! That is what they are being honoured for! One man could not win this man alone! Everyman in the German Army did! As did the people who supported them at home!

The French leader, Emile Loubet cared not for the French or German people! During negotiations for the peace, the French delegate frequently disrupted proceedings. Even as the peace was signed by all parties, the French reserved commenting on it! They clearly were considering continuing the war which shows them as their leadership as warmongers. We can only hope, that the new Frenchmen in charge of their nation are better men than their predecessors.

If our hopes of peace are jeopardised by anyone in future, it will clearly be by the French leadership, who clearly are a bunch of jingoistic warmongers. We have several demands for Greece though. We demand that the bodies of the German soldiers are returned to Germany and that the murderers be sent to Germany for trial to stand before the courts and God for their crimes.

We had nothing to do with the capture and usage of German weapons by Ukrainian or Finnish separatists. German weapons may have been stolen from weapons depots or simply abandoned. I do hope that the French understand that the Russian army stripped of anything of value before German units occupied Russian territories in an attempt to stall our advance.

And even now, the French leadership threatens the life of the Kaiser! Truly, these men are the enemies of peace!


OOC: Further IC not about France incoming. :)
 
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The Kaiser announces the demobilisation of the German armed forces and all veterans will receive generous social benefits from the state for the remainder of their days, a small way of paying them back for their service to the Empire. There are openings within the German Army, and veterans wishing to remain within the armed forces should enquire with local army or navy recruitment centres following demobilisation.

Regarding events in Russia, we in the German Empire is saddened by the recent violence and happenings in the Russian Empire. The Russian Empire has suffered enough. Germany is willing to negotiate a loan to alleviate the dire situation the Russian nation currently finds itself in. We hope our friends in Russia do not have to suffer longer.
 
OOC: Hmm...that was a lot that happened in about one month. Can't we ever have peace in here? Not even one year?


I, Alexander I, King of Serbia, Prince of Montenegro, Protector of the Albanians, hereby announce the declaration of the Kingdom of Serbs and Albanians.
These changing new times require deicisions to be made to accomodate them, lest we be left behind. Through cooperation, the peoples of Serbia and Albania shall be able to build a new future together for all.


In other news, the Kingdom of Serbs and Albanians also declares support for the legitimate government of Russia and hopes that it will be able to regain control of their country from the revolutionaries.
 
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Tsarista Olga I



People of Russia, today the war against all our foreign enemies have ended. But we still have to face our internal enemies, the Communist! Those godless revolutionaries that stand against everything Russia is made of Mother Russia and the Orthodox Church that are the two pillars of our national belief. They offer unreachable promises of a proletariat paradise were we are all equals, while we all know that by nature we are all different and that we shape our destiny. Russia needs a strong hand controlling it, and I Olga Romanova shall be that strong hand. The “Third Rome”, the true home of Christianity after the fall of Byzantium shall not fall. Now that we reached peace they are the one who want to continue fighting, and the worst kind of war, brothers versus brothers. Know everyone, that the Russian Empire shall not stay with it's arms crossed while this vile rebels try to establish a new form of government that wishes to engulf all of us into an eternal war to spread communism around the world. As you can see what happened in Karelia.

I ask our soldiers to stand once again firmly against the enemies of Russia, for our fallen Tsar, Nicholas II "The Martyr" is watching over you, make his loss and the loss of all sons of Russia be not in vain. Russia is passing through struggles, but if you work harder this will end faster and we can all go back home and live quietly. Be brave, for Archangel Michael, the saint of soldiers, is protecting you. Do not abandon your beliefs and your family to join the Reds, for joining them is betraying Mother Russia and there is no greater sin than betraying your mother that brought you to this world and raised you.

The Tsarist have provided our people in the last 5 years with social reforms beyond any other reforms made by our ancestors: An agriculture bank to provide cheap loans to the farmers, a public education so all of our people can read and write, public health to improve the life quality of our people, a maximum amount of working hours per day to avoid people getting overworked, minimum salary to sustain a dignified life and an old people pension to help those who are too old to work. All that and more have been done from us, for we work for the Russian people and care for them.

Regarding the Ukraine, elections were held and supervised by the Germans, results were clear, the Ukraine was, is, and shall remain, part of the Russian Empire. All the social reforms made also apply to them, and as we speak programs to rebuild the Ukraine and bring it to new levels of development are being planned. We offer now, amnesty to all Ukrainians that have raised arms against Russia in hope to quicken peace in the regions. This offer stands for now only, those who lower arms and go back to their civil lives will be pardoned, those who resist shall meet our anger.

To the Bolsheviks, you are the backstabbing scum that has brought war again to Russia, while we worked to bring peace to Russia, you were behind our back in Central Asia plotting to stab us while we were thinking everything was over. Know that we shall not falter or allow your ideals to spread through Russia or the world. As with Ukraine, we offer anyone who join them, amnesty, for mistakes can be done due to their lies and false promises, the devil temptations are sometimes hard to resist. The amnesty will only last for a limited amount of time, after that, any Bolshevik or member of the Red Army shall be considered enemy of the state, take advantage of this opportunity to go back to your home and quicken the end of this civil war.


 
The Kingdom of Italy is happy that peace has returned to most of Europe. The Civil wars in Russia and Finland is unfortunate result of Russian unwillingness to end The Great War sooner. That being said we wish that the Russian Empire and Finnish Republic crushes the Bolshevik scum, they are a threat not only to Russia and Finland but the whole of mankind. We also Recongnize the Republic of Finland a free and independent nation.
 
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Regarding Foreign Affairs:

To our Allies:

We thank you all the support received during the Great War. Without such staunch help our situation would be many times worse. Know that Russia shall be there when you face a comparable situation.

To the German Empire:

Though both nations have been for most part of this century at war. Let the Treaty of Geneva be a new beginning for new friendly relations. We thank their offer of a loan, when our Economic Ministry update our government of the financial situation we shall consider said proposal.

To the Kingdom of Sweden:

You brought this upon yourself, and you can't blame anyone for this. You bit more than you can chew. If you have taken our offer of economic compensation in stead of the land, now Norway would be in union with Sweden. Alas, your hunger was your own damnation and due to that now we have the danger of communist on our Northern frontier. Now that our war is over we can work together to bring down this godless communism and erase if from our lands.

To the Tsadrom of Bulgaria:

We wish to remember your nations that the elections in the Ukraine were held off and supervised by the Germans, we agreed on their terms in the signing of the peace treaty as you also did, if you are not content with the results is not our problem. We had nothing to do with said elections. Also, while all other nations are working towards peace demobilizing their armies, you are the only one keeping it's army mobilized to further increase it, though we "peaceful" purposes we see that with suspicious.

To Greece/Serbia/Spain/Argentina/Japan/Netherlands/Italy:

We thank you for rejecting the Bolsheviks and supporting the rightful ruler of Russia, these rebels will be taken care of with time.
 
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Regarding Foreign Affairs:

To the Tsadrom of Bulgaria:

We wish to remember your nations that the elections in the Ukraine were held off and supervised by the Germans, we agreed on their terms in the signing of the peace treaty as you also did, if you are not content with the results is not our problem. We had nothing to do with said elections. Also, while all other nations are working towards peace demobilizing their armies, you are the only one keeping it's army mobilized to further increase it, though we "peaceful" purposes we see that with suspicious.

We have merely kept the army mobilised to assist in the reconstruction of Bulgaria, like Russia we too faced an invasion by enemy forces and we, like Russia, took severe damage to the Bulgarian coast due to this invasion. I remind the Tsarina that we have either a non-Aggression pact or alliance with all our neighbors except Serbia. I would be willing to sign one with Serbia as well. I do not suggest you had anything to do with it, however my men have reported several anomalies that i believe should be investigated. The results were not clear. Winning an election by 64.9 to 35.1 is definitely not winning it clearly. I would like too announce that any nation wishing to send supplies to Russia may send them via Bulgaria due to the Bosporus still being closed off. Bulgaria recognizes the legitimate government of Russia and not the Bolsheviks. We also recognize the republic of Finland.

His Imperial Majesty, Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria
 
Corruption, Campaigns, and Cantankerous Citizens


As War raged in Europe, the Brazilian Army, intent of waging a war against Rio de Janeiro, which was de fact independent at this point. A general amnesty was offered by Comandante Olavo Cernache of the II. Exército Corpos for all inhabitants of the city. They spurned this notion, and only a few people left the city. The Government Forces, finally having enough, assaulted the city. But the forces of Rio de Janeiro turned the city into a fortress. Thousands of men from the Government were killed, and they retreated once again from the city limits. [-8,000 Regulars from Brazil.]

The Brazilian Government, enraged by these actions, ordered Rio de Janeiro to be blocked, making sure no supplies could ever reach the city again. The naval officers, however, were given large sums of money, and copious amounts of booze, and the small city-state declared Independence from the Brazilian Republic, boasting a Navy and a small Army. The new "President" of the Free State of Rio de Janeiro was Teodoro Murilhas, the former corrupt mayor of Rio de Janeiro. [-4 Small Ships from Brazil. -2 Large Ships from Brazil.]

The Brazilian Citizens, disgusted at the Government's handling of the situation, began to speak out against the Republic. President Alves tried to give a speech, outlining how well he was running the Government, and praising the Elite Society of people running the Government and the Country. This was the last straw for the majority of the people. A movement to rid the entire country of this corrupt Government was formed, with the first uprising happening in São Paulo, Brazil. This was, of course, where the President's House was located. Rioting was too much for Government troops to handle, as they stormed the House, and dragged out the President, in the middle of the night, and hung him, for his corrupt views and inability to run the country.

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President Alves of Brazil, the last President of the Brazilian Republic.

When word of this got out, Dona Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, immediately sprung to action. Her father, Pedro II, was the former Emperor of Brazil, and she proclaimed that the only time Brazil was capable of becoming a world power was under the Monarchy. Gathering support, the movement to oust the President, soon turned into a movement to reinstate the Monarchy over all of Brazil. Oligarchs were hanged, and corrupt officials were shot. São Paulo was proclaimed the new Imperial Capitol of the Empire of Brazil, which claimed control over all the land they held in 1889. All the time, Isabel was rushing over the oceans from France to reclaim her Imperial title.

Arriving in São Paulo on August 18th, 1905, Isabel was crowned Empress Isabel I of the Second Brazilian Empire. Control over much of the country was coming along, with the Free State of Rio de Janeiro still under the corrupt control of President Murilhas. The South was mostly under Imperial control, with the Amazon River Basin, and much of the North, firmly under control of corrupt Oligarchs who refused to budge, or capitulate to the Imperialist forces. [Republic of Brazil changed to Empire of Brazil. All Regulars and Conscripts removed. Stability set to 2. Oligarchic Rebellion in the North.]

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Empress Isabel I of the Empire of Brazil.

With the Monarchy in control of the Southern half of the country, and ambitious project to try and revitalize the country, and her infrastructure, was put underway. The Empress went out and asked many citizens, drawing on the immigrants in the nation as well, to help build new railways and roads, to modernize Brazil and bring her up to speed with the rest of the world. In Bolivia, the Government offered to help build a railroad from their capitol to São Paulo. The Empress quickly accepted, and through only a small amount of money, did a new railroad snake its way through Mato Grosso, and at an exceptional speed as well. [-10,000 Gold from Brazil. +1 Infrastructure to Brazil.]

The revolution and instability in Brazil made many around the world weary of the country, and many in South America began to fear a return of the Monarchy. An Anti-Brazilian League formed in Colombia, lead by the Bellecist Government, sent money and supplies to the Oligarchs to attempt to hold them up and defeat the Monarchy. Only the nations of Colombia and Venezuela pledged support for the Anti-Brazilian League, but many in Brazil felt that nations from Mexico to Peru were supporting the League, as weapons from all over the world were found on the dead bodies of the Oligarchic forces. The general change in South America, however, was the slight shift of stability and power to the Empire of Brazil.

 
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The people of Brazil have spoken! For years has Brazil been "governed" by a corrupt and inefficient government, that done little to nothing for the well-being of the country, and instead focused on repressing democracy and the people of Brazil in favour of the landed elites that once occupied all of Brazil and toyed with our country like if it was an object, theirs to destroy or change.

No longer! The brazilians have risen against this cursed regime and have freed much of the country from those who treated us like slaves, from those who in the past even opposed the abolition of Slavery in Brazil!
What has their government achieved that outshines the achievements of the First Empire? Have they improved our economy? No, our economy suffered under their government, once the most powerful in all of South America, it was mismanaged for years and we have lost our position as the richest and most powerful country in South America. Basic needs for a modern state such as universal education to all brazilians has never been achieved, instead being opposed by the oligarchs, fearing that a better educational system would endanger their control of Brazil.
The navy...Once the pride of Brazil, once one of the most powerful and modern navies in the entire world has been neglected, and is all but a joke, with no capacity to protect our vast coast.

But times change, as the restored Empress of Brazil i hope to bring Brazil to the place it rightifully deserves, one among the great powers of the world, its economy must be restored and modernized, industrialization, once blocked by the oligarchic land owners, will face no opposition and shall be developed at full steam.
Brazil will progress, but for that we must first defeat the remains of the oligarchic regime and free our brothers in the north and northeast, and then move against the old Imperial capital, now dominated by corruption and revolting immorality, for we must unite all of Brazil! For that,i call for all brazilians to throw off the shackles of oppression and semi-slavery under the corrupt Oligarchy and join the Imperial army to fight to make Brazil whole once again!

To the nations of the world, i beg that you recognize the government chosen by the Brazilians as the new government of Brazil, and support us against the oppressive government that has now retreated to the north and northeastern regions of Brazil, i will do the possible to respect treaties signed by the old Brazilian Government, as that was one of the only competent points of the old government, as it was lead by a competent and loved man, the Baron of Rio Branco, a known supporter of the Monarchy, i invite him to join the new Imperial government.

A new constitution is being drafted and will be announced as soon as possible, it will guarantee all the rights that the brazilians deserve, such as the rights to vote, independently of their income or race.

Lastly but not least, i thank the support from the Bolivians and hope that both our nations may cooperate and prosper for times to come.
 
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We are following with great interest the recent events in Brazil. The fellow Republic has been our friend and ally for the last few years, when we were able to defuse decades of rivalry and form first the ABC Pact and then join the allies in the greater war effort. Since we believe in the respect of another nation's internal matters, we have not commented on the events of Rio the Janeiro and similar internal unrest.

The former Government's die hard reluctance to hear the popular outcry is what has lead to this tragic outcome, with guns instead of ballots replacing the Brazilian administration. If the people of Brazil wish to return to the Monarchy, so be it; but let it be a constitutional and democratic one; respecting the agreements signed by the former administration and becoming a positive force in regional politics. Therefore, the Argentine Republic recognizes the Empress Isabel I of Brazil.

Accordingly, we condemn the actions of this so called Anti-Brazil league since they have already decided that the new Brazil will be their enemy and ravage them. Argentina is against this meddling in Brazil's internal affairs and will do the most to defend the sovereign decision made by the people of Brazil.

Carlos Pellegrini, President of Argentina
 
I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the Empire of Brazil as a legitimate government, with Isabel I as its legitimate and rightful monarch. As with the Russian Empire's struggles, I would like to offer economic and military support to the Brazilian Empire in their struggles against the more unruly of the population. Of course, this support can only be sent should the Brazilian monarch accept it.

Alfonso XIII
King of Spain
 
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Many condolences go out to the nations of Russia and Brazil. The Sublime Sultanate of Persia recognizes Tsarista Olga I as the true ruler of Russia. We wish Russia the best of luck in their current conflict with the Bolsheviks and the Ukraine. We also recognize the 2nd Empire of Brazil as a legitimate government, with Empress Isabel I as the rightful ruler of Brazil. Let's hope the new Empress can fix the mistakes made by the previous government.

~ Sultan and Shahanshah Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar of Persia​
 
The United States of America is appalled by the revolts in Russia particularly this new specter of Communism, an ideal that runs counter to every moral being of what of it is to be an American. As such we recognize Olga I as the true Empress and Autocrat of All Russians.

In regards to Brazil, at the moment, the United States will view the current conflict as an internal matter.
 
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The Empire of Brazil recognizes Tsarista Olga I as the legitimate ruler of Russia and wishes the best of luck against the communist scum, who go as far as to deceive the Russians in order to gain power and create instability and war in the region, we also recognize the Republic of Finland.

We also thank the support and recognitions of Argentina, Spain, Italy and Persia.
 
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We thank the many nations that have showed their support to the rightful ruler of the Russian Empire. We also state, that if situation present itself, we shall ask those nations for aid, since if Communism holds a grip on our soil and we fall under their brutality, other nations will follow. Since Communism after all, praises the idea of a world revolution.

Also the Russian Empire recognize the Second Empire of Brazil as the legitimate state of Brazil. The Republic failed to serve it's country, only worrying of personal interest, we hope Empress Isabel I reign may be a glorious one. As we speak the Embassy of Russia is being moved to the new capital Sao Paulo. Finally, we ask the dissolution of the Anti-Brazilian League, such monstrosity only seeks to further destabilize Brazil and if the opportunity present itself, steal some land from it.