It is clear to us that no member of the Entente has what could reasonably be described as male genitalia.
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It is clear to us that no member of the Entente has what could reasonably be described as male genitalia.
To clarify on my previous statement, I would like to state that, as a nation, the Spanish government and people would like to remain warm friends of the French and their respective government. I have simply deemed their nation - as it currently stands - is not the most ideal to have as a close ally, on the field of diplomacy or the field of warfare. The Spanish Kingdom today must rebuild what it has lost over many long decades of decay, corruption, and defeat at the hands of corrupt politicians and ministers, military defeats, and economic meltdowns. Upon the rebuilding of our economic edifice, and the reestablishment of ourselves as a prominent power in European and world politics, we shall reconsider our alliances and relations with foreign countries. Until then, we shall disassociate ourselves with any alliance of any sort.
Alfonso XIII
King of Spain
Alfonso XIII
King of Spain
The Entente Cordiale is not, as I said countless times before, an alliance. It is a set of nations which look forwards to economic development and stability in the world.
The French Republic now officially cuts off communication with the Qing Empire until we receive a full apology, signed by the Empress herself, along with a guarantee this sorry episode shall not be repeated again.
The French Republic now officially cuts off communication with the Qing Empire until we receive a full apology, signed by the Empress herself, along with a guarantee this sorry episode shall not be repeated again.
It might not be, but the Franco-Russian alliance certainly is. You betrayed it when you left Russia to fight alone.
I don't recall inviting German diplomats to the discussion of this alliance. I wonder if the Kaiser is having another paranoid delusion related to espionage?
We are pleased that the French continue to leave us alone. This is all we ask of them.
We would consider an apology if the French government did likewise for their previous needless threats.
In an effort to Increase the flow of Goods on short Range and to get the Balkans back up after Centuries of stagnation, the Kingdom of Romania offers the following to the Kingdom of Serbia:
- The limits on the amount of goods traded will be increased significantly.
- Tariffs will be lowered to a maximum of 20%
[x] Alexander I, King of Serbia
[x] Carol I, King of Romania
- The limits on the amount of goods traded will be increased significantly.
- Tariffs will be lowered to a maximum of 20%
[x] Alexander I, King of Serbia
[x] Carol I, King of Romania
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Signatories of the Treaty of Paris who wish to adhere to the Cordial Trust should send an application to France.
OOC: If you want in, PM me. State also if you're looking for any loan this year, with the desired amount and the timespan of the loan.
OOC: If you want in, PM me. State also if you're looking for any loan this year, with the desired amount and the timespan of the loan.
We are happy about our new relations with the Kingdom of Romania and the furthermore strengthened relations with the Kingdom of Serbia, and hope that in the future our relations can be improved even more.
We do not see the point in the Chinese insults and would like to remind them, that because of the tradition of castrating the servants in the forbidden palace, the Empress might have problems recognizing male genitals.
We do not see the point in the Chinese insults and would like to remind them, that because of the tradition of castrating the servants in the forbidden palace, the Empress might have problems recognizing male genitals.
Try not to enter into international treaties then back out of them a turn later.
The United States of America
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Theodore Roosevelt's 1903 Forth of July Speech
OOC: unfortunately there is no audio, but below is a transcription
My fellow citizens, my old time friends and neighbors:
I thank you for having given me the chance of saying a few words to you this afternoon, and in greeting all of you I wish to say a word of special greeting to those whom none of us will object to my greeting. First, to the men because of whom we have to-day a country and a President—and to the men of the National Guard, wearing the uniform I have worn myself, for having come out to serve as my escort to-day.
And, now, men and women, in speaking to you to-day, I want not only to join with you in an expression of thankfulness for the nation’s mighty past, but to join with you in expressing the resolution that we of to-day will strive in our deeds to rise level to those deeds which in the past made up the nation’s greatness. Each generation so far, in this country, has been blessed, first, with the chance to resolve, and to put into effect the resolution so as to conduct itself that the next generation in turn would have the opportunity to feel a like gratitude. It is a good thing, on the Fourth of July and on all other occasions of national thanksgiving, for us to come together, and we have the right to express our pride in what our forefathers did, and our joy in the abundant greatness of this people.
We have the right to express those feelings, but we must not treat greatness achieved in the past as an excuse for our failing to do decent work in the present, instead of a spur to make us strive in our turn to do the work that lies right at hand. If we so treat it we show ourselves unworthy to come here and celebrate the historic past of the nation. In 1861, when Lincoln called to arms you men of the great war, how did you show your loyalty to the men of 1776, to the spirit of ’76? You showed it by the way in which your hearts leaped to the performance of the task that was ready in those days.
You people here in Huntington showed it by the way in which your young men went to the front. You showed that the spirit of Nathan Hale still lived in America. No amount of talking of what had been done in the Revolution would have availed anything if you had not had it in you to add to these great memories by the deeds which were to make, in their turn, forever memorable the years between the firing of Fort Sumter and Appomattox. So we come here together on the Fourth of July to see what a great people we are; to see how well the generations of our dead have done their duty. If we fail to realize that there is before us the obligation of handing down unimpaired to our children the courage that we have received from our fathers, then the truth is not in us. We can pay to the great men of the past the only homage really worth paying if we show by our deeds that their spirit still lives in our souls. Only by so doing can we show that we have a right to celebrate this day that marks the birth of a nation.
You, the men of 1861, you, the men of the great war, you left us more than a reunited nation; for you left to us the undying memory of the deeds by which it was kept united, and you left examples not merely for war, but examples for peace. And we can continue to keep this nation as it was and is only as we so handle ourselves in meeting the lesser tasks of to-day, as you handled yourselves in the face of the great crisis of the past. You left us the right of brotherhood and an example in what brotherhood means; not the brotherhood that is merely talked about, but the brotherhood that is acted and felt . First and foremost you left us, you most fortunate of victors, the right of brotherhood with the gallant vanquished. Wherever I go, from one end of this country to the other, I find that there is one body to which I can speak with a certainty of immediate response when I speak of the courage of the men who wore the gray, and that is the men who wore the blue. Not another war of recent times left what those terrible four years of war left this nation—the right to feel proud of each American who did his duty, as it was given to him to see his duty, whether he followed Grant or followed Lee.
Having paid the fullest tribute not merely to the valor, but to the self-devotion and steadfastness of the brother in gray, it yet remains true that the men in blue fought in the one contest which our history has seen in which success for the Union, in which success for the flag of the Republic, meant not merely greatness for this nation, but welfare for all mankind in the future. To you it was given to fight in the one contest wherein failure would have meant that all our past history was meaningless. If when Lincoln called, if when Grant came into the field, the people of this country had not rallied to uphold the statesmanship of the one and to make good the generalship of the other, the Declaration of Independence would have rung as an empty platitude, and this nation’s history would have counted only because it would have been another example in the failure of free government . The men of the great war, the veterans of 1861 and 1865, have a proprietary interest in this day that we now celebrate. For to them as much as to the men of ’76 we owe the existence of this nation as a nation.
We do not intend to let slip away from our minds the fact that everything we now have as a nation, all that we now glory in, would be non-existent if the men of ’61 had not shown in the supreme hour those qualities for the lack of which no nation and no individual can atone. You showed those qualities. Now, what qualities?
In the first place, power of disinterested loyalty to the idea, the power of being stirred to lofty emotions, of casting aside considerations of self when the welfare of the people as a whole was at stake. Patriotism first; the spirit which manifests itself in time of war, in ability to serve the flag in time of peace, ability to do a citizen’s work squarely and decently. First that spirit. Now that was not enough, no matter how patriotic a man was in 1861. If he did not have a fighting edge, his patriotism did not count. It was absolutely necessary to have patriotism, but patriotism was of no use if the man ran away.
Exactly. Now so it is in the ordinary workaday tasks of citizenship at the present day. If the man is not decent, in the first place, then he is not merely useless to the community but a menace to it. In time of war, if the man did not have in him the power of loyalty to the flag, loyalty to the nation, loyalty to his regiment, the more dangerous he was. He had to have that quality first of all. In civil life we need decency, honesty and the spirit that makes the man a good husband, a good father, a good neighbor and a good man to work alongside of or to deal with. That makes a man, consequently, who does his duty by the State. The worst crime against this nation which can be committed by any man is the crime of dishonesty, whether in public life, or whether in private life, and we are not to be excused as a people if we ever condone such dishonesty, no matter what other qualities it may be associated with.
~President Theodore Roosevelt
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1.
United States of America
Bank: +125,019
Income: +118,953
Trade Balance: +700 (+200 Europe, +150 Caribbean, +200 South Pacific, +150 South America)
Prestige: 345
Stability: 10
Industry: 625
Home Infrastructure: 26 (+2 in 1 turns) (+10 in 3 turns)
Colonial Infrastructure: 6
Push/Pull: +5
Army
Regulars: 61,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 17
Navy
Large Ships: 25 (+10 in 2 turns)
Small Ships: 230 (+25 in 1 turns)
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 19 (+4 in 1 turns)
At War With: Philippine Republic
Played by: President Theodore Roosevelt (KeldoniaSkylar)
2.
United Kingdom
Bank: +21,920
Income: +18,792
Trade Balance: +2,950 (+1,600 India, +400 Caribbean, +350 North Africa, +350 South Africa, +250 North America)
Prestige: 520
Stability: 9
Industry: 202 (+5 in 1 turns)
Home Infrastructure: 24
Colonial Infrastructure: 16 (+1 in 1 turn)
Push/Pull: -1
Army
Regulars: 809,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 20 (+1 in 2 turns)
Navy
Large Ships: 115
Small Ships: 315
Submarines: 0 (+10 in 2 turns)
Navy Level: 22 (+1 in 2 turns)
At War With: NONE
Played by: King Edward VII (jacob-Lundgren)
3.
French Third Republic
Bank: +25,488
Income: +19,311
Trade Balance: +550 (+100 North Africa, +150 West Africa, +150 Caribbean, +100 Pacific, +50 North America)
Prestige: 420
Stability: 7
Industry: 161
Home Infrastructure: 21 (+2 in 2 turns)
Colonial Infrastructure: 13
Push/Pull: -1
Army
Regulars: 100,000
Conscripts: 450,000
Army Level: 20 (+3 in 1 turns)
Navy
Large Ships: 15
Small Ships: 89
Submarines: 9
Navy Level: 19
At War With: NONE
Played by: President Émile Loubet (reis91)
4.
German Empire
Bank: +5,175
Income: +10,308
Trade Balance: +450 (+150 Europe, +50 East Africa, +50 West Africa, +50 South Africa, +50 Pacific, +50 North America, +50 Asia)
Prestige: 330
Stability: 9
Industry: 195 (+15 in 2 turns, -20 due to strike)
Home Infrastructure: 25 (+5 in 4 turns)
Colonial Infrastructure: 8
Push/Pull: -1
Army
Regulars: 600,000
Conscripts: 1,005,000
Army Level: 24
Navy
Large Ships: 18
Small Ships: 117
Submarines: 6
Navy Level: 17
At War With: The Russian Empire
Played by: Kaiser Wilhelm II (von_Rundstedt)
5.
Russian Empire
Bank: +5,811
Income: +5,436
Trade Balance: +100 (+100 South America)
Prestige: 230
Stability: 8
Industry: 95 (+10 in 2 turns)
Home Infrastructure: 21
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: -2
Army
Regulars: 9,000
Conscripts: 964,000
Army Level: 19 (+2 in 1 turn)
Navy
Large Ships: 11
Small Ships: 118
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 16
At War With: The German Empire, Qing China
Played by: Tsar Nicholas II (Congo)
6.
Danubian Federation
Bank: -6,744
Income: +4,587
Trade Balance: +200 (+50 Asia, +50 North America, +50 South America, +50 Europe)
Prestige: 195
Stability: 6
Industry: 77 (+5 in 3 turns)
Home Infrastructure: 18 (+4 in 2 turns)
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: -2
Army
Regulars: 75,000
Conscripts: 450,000
Army Level: 18
Navy
Large Ships: 8
Small Ships: 75
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 14
At War With: NONE
Played by: Kaiser Franz Joseph I (Suirantes)
7.
Kingdom of Sweden
Bank: +3,041
Income: +6,306
Trade Balance: 100 (+100 Europe)
Prestige: 200
Stability: 10
Industry: 55 (+4 in 1 turns)
Infrastructure: 17 (+2 in 2 turns)
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: -1
Army
Regulars: 20,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 19
Navy
Large Ships: 7
Small Ships: 36 (+20 in 2 turns)
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 17
At War With: NONE
Played by: King Oscar II (DoomBunny)
8.
Empire of Greater Japan
Bank: -4,431
Income: +3,469
Trade Balance: 300 (+50 Europe, +50 Oceania, +200 Asia)
Prestige: 160
Stability: 10
Industry: 88
Home Infrastructure: 17 (+1 in 1 turn)
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: +1
Army
Regulars: 375,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 19
Navy
Large Ships: 0
Small Ships: 95
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 18
At War With: Principality of Montenegro
Played by: Emperor Meiji (Boris ze Spider)
9.
Kingdom of Italy
Bank: -8,636
Income: +2,574
Trade Balance: +150 (+100 East Africa, +50 Europe)
Prestige: 150
Stability: 6
Industry: 56 (+20 in 3 turns)
Home Infrastructure: 16
Colonial Infrastructure: 3
Push/Pull: -1
Army
Regulars: 80,000 (+65,000 in 1 turns)
Conscripts: 235,000
Army Level: 19 (+1 in 1 turn)
Navy
Large Ships: 5
Small Ships: 80
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 17
At War With: Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Greece, Principality of Montenegro
Played by: King Victor Emmanuel III (Shock3r)
10.
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Bank: +50
Income: +4,113 (+2,500 Base Income in 6 turns)
Trade Balance: +600 (+100 North America, +300 Asia/Pacific, +50 Caribbean, +50 West Africa, +100 Europe)
Prestige: 145
Stability: 10
Industry: 30
Home Infrastructure: 20
Colonial Infrastructure: 4
Push/Pull: -1
Army
Regulars: 25,000
Conscripts: 300,000
Army Level: 19
Navy
Large Ships: 6 (+3 in 1 turns)
Small Ships: 45 (+5 in 1 turns)
Submarines: 1
Navy Level: 17
At War With: NONE
Played by: Queen Wilhelmina (Seek75)
11.
Republic of Brazil
Bank: -10,029
Income: +3,192
Trade Balance: +250 (+100 Europe, +100 South America, +50 North America)
Prestige: 145
Stability: 9
Industry: 35
Home Infrastructure: 14
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: +2
Army
Regulars: 74,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 15
Navy
Large Ships: 3
Small Ships: 25
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 14
At War With: NONE
Played by: President Campos Sales (Duke of Britain)
12.
Argentine Republic
Bank: +1,955
Income: +2,294
Trade Balance: +300 (+150 Europe, +100 South America, +50 North America)
Prestige: 125
Stability: 3
Industry: 31 (+4 in 1 turns)
Home Infrastructure: 11 (+5 in 1 turn)
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: +3
Army
Regulars: 31,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 18
Navy
Large Ships: 1
Small Ships: 10
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 14
At War With: NONE
Played by: President Julio Argentino Roca (Mr. Santiago)
13.
Kingdom of Spain
Bank: -21,480
Income: +5,588
Trade Balance: 50 (+50 West Africa)
Prestige: 45
Stability: 7
Industry: 25
Home Infrastructure: 16
Colonial Infrastructure: 3
Push/Pull: -1
Army
Regulars: 120,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 17
Navy
Large Ships: 13
Small Ships: 27
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 16
At War With: NONE
Played by: King Alfonso XIII (MastahCheef117)
14.
Commonwealth of Australia
Bank: +405
Income: +866
Trade Balance: +50 (+50 Asia)
Prestige: 75
Stability: 7
Industry: 16
Home Infrastructure: 16
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: 1
Army
Regulars: 74,000
Conscripts: 5,000
Army Level: 16
Navy
Large Ships: 0
Small Ships: 0
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 22
At War With: NONE
Played by: Prime Minister Sir Edmund Barton (Frymonmon)
15.
Dominion of Canada
Bank: +1,550
Income: +1,228
Trade Balance: 0
Prestige: 80
Stability: 8
Industry: 15
Home Infrastructure: 16
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: 1
Army
Regulars: 25,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 16
Navy
Large Ships: 5
Small Ships: 15
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 18
At War With: NONE
Played by: Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Szynka)
16.
Qing China
Bank: -65,375
Income: -2,080
Trade Balance: +225 (+100 Europe, +75 Asia, +50 Middle East)
Prestige: 55
Stability: 6
Industry: 50
Home Infrastructure: 5
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: 0
Army
Regulars: 433,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 17 (+1 in 1 turn)
Navy
Large Ships: 2
Small Ships: 30
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 11
At War With: The Russian Empire
Played by: Guangxu Emperor (Muskeato)
17.
Ottoman Empire
Bank: -28,309
Income: +3,760
Trade Balance: +175 (+50 North Africa, +75 Middle East, +50 Asia)
Prestige: 25
Stability: 3
Industry: 58
Home Infrastructure: 11
Colonial Infrastructure: 2
Push/Pull: -2
Army
Regulars: 60,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 19
Navy
Large Ships: 2
Small Ships: 35
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 15
At War With: NONE
Played by: Sultan Abdul Hamid II (Spitfire5793)
18.
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Bank: -5,719
Income: +550
Trade Balance: 50 (+50 Asia)
Prestige: 70
Stability: 7
Industry: 15 (+3 in 1 turns)
Home Infrastructure: 9 (+1 in 2 turns)
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: -1
Army
Regulars: 33,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 16 (+2 in 2 turns)
Navy
Large Ships: 0
Small Ships: 10
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 14
At War With: NONE
Played by: Knyaz Ferdinand I (Spectre17)
19.
Kingdom of Romania
Bank: -6,206
Income: -1,833 (+700 Base income in 3 turns)
Trade Balance: 0
Prestige: 40
Stability: 7
Industry: 14
Home Infrastructure: 9
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: -1
Army
Regulars: 55,000 (+20,000 in 1 turn)
Conscripts: 275,000
Army Level: 15
Navy
Large Ships: 1
Small Ships: 5
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 14
At War With: NONE
Played by: King Carol I (Morell8)
20.
Kingdom of Greece
Bank: -6,174
Income: +114
Trade Balance: +50 (+50 Europe)
Prestige: 45
Stability: 10
Industry: 5
Home Infrastructure: 5
Colonial Infrastructure: No colonies
Push/Pull: -1
Army
Regulars: 5,000
Conscripts: 75,000
Army Level: 14
Navy
Large Ships: 0
Small Ships: 6
Submarines: 0
Navy Level: 12
At War With: Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Albania
Played by: King George I (tyriet)
21.
Kingdom of Serbia
Bank: +885
Income: +155
Trade Balance: 0
Prestige: 55
Stability: 9
Industry: 18
Home Infrastructure: 7 (+2 in 1 turn)
Colonial Infrastructure: No Colonies
Push/Pull: -1
Army
Regulars: 10,000
Conscripts: 110,000
Army Level: 14
Navy
Large Ships: Landlocked
Small Ships: Landlocked
Submarines: Landlocked
Navy Level: 0
At War With: Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Albania
Played by: King Alexander I (Dyranum)
Deadline for orders is 12:00 AM CST July 8th, 2012.
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The UK would still like an official word back from the German government about the situation with neutral shipping in the Black Sea.