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Treaty of Versailles​
No French state, legitimate or illegitimate shall wage war against another. No shots will be fired in anger by Frenchmen against Frenchmen for the duration of this treaty. This treaty shall last until such a time when each party has declared it null and void. No signatories may partake in any military action against one another

[X] Emperor Napoleon IV
[X] Emperor Charles XII
[X] Emperor Louis-Charles I
[X] President Louis (?)
 
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[X] - People not played by players
 

The news of a Peace conference to be held in Paris are most welcome. Naturally the Argentine diplomatic corps stationed in the French Capitol will participate in the debates if needed.

Still in the area of foreign events, a delegation will attend to the New York Economic Conference. In this grave hour where mankind has been plunged into the worst crisis of modern times thanks to reckless speculation, the exchange of political and economical notions on how to deal with the matter is most needed.

In order to provide to the strength of the banking system, several measures are to be taken. The three financial entities of the Federal Government, the Nation, National Industrial and National Mortage Bank will keep on operating as usual, providing much needed capital to both industry and commerce. Accordingly, the reserve requirement will be reduced from the current 50% on deposits to a lower 35% so as to promote lending. In order to guarantee the strenght of the system, the Caja de Conversión will be reformed into a proper Central Bank of Argentina; sole guardian of the Nation's gold bullion, in charge of the monetary policy and with an expanded set of tools for the Government to intervene in the economial activity.
 
OOC: That was the longest read I have done in one sitting....

Is there room open for a poor soul to join, or am I to watch the amazingness of this (as I will do so anyway) from the sidelines?
 
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((Isn't Japan open because of Boris' shenanigans?))
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OOC: I will be back, but if Dadarian wants to play till my return, feel free to let him (of course this is fry's decision)
 
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The United States of America



Addressing the Opening of the New York Economic Conference

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The Location of the New York Economic Conference
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I would like to welcome all the esteemed delegates and economists, who have traveled from around the world, to attend the New York Economic Conference. This conference was called to address the mounting economic and social issues that have arisen due the economic collapse that started in the Netherlands before spreading throughout Europe and the World. It is hoped that this gathering of the most esteemed economists and policy makers in the world, will foster discussion, provide needed economic advice, and proscribe a course of action.

On the agenda for the conference will be discussion concerning protectionism & free-trade, nationalization & free enterprise, supporting the development & support of national infrastructure, education, and the role of economic and financial regulations and safeguards. While the goal is develop a policy framework which when applied will allow every nation to escape the depression and provide safeguards against future collapse.

[...]

We also must remember the importance of democracy. A word that arose from the Greek δημοκρατία - (dēmokratía) "the power to the people" which arises from the combination of two words δῆμος (dêmos), people, and κράτος (krátos), power. It has come to mean, a system in government where-in public policy is governed by the freely expressed will of the people. It is in this system that the greatest heights of humanity have been reached and will continue to be so.

We must not fall to the deprivations of those who would seek to silence the voice of the people, and subvert the nation and the world to their own purposes. To extinguish the light of democracy at present is not only folly, but will lead death and destruction.

[...]

I as do I, you, hope that the findings of this body prove able to illuminate the path of economic recovery and guide the world back to prosperity!

~President Theodore Roosevelt


At a Public Address to a Crowd in Washington, D.C. the Following Day


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President Roosevelt addressing the crowd
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Friends, Americans, as we speak many learned men from around the world are meeting in New York discussing and debating the merits of various economic proscriptions and actions. And, though the exact policies to be proscribed are as of yet unknown, it is expected that they will trumpet the cause of free trade and free enterprise. It is also expected that development & support of national infrastructure and increased access to education will be said to drive economic growth.

In this light, our great nation has solid fundamentals. Fundamentals that will allow our nation restart its engine of economic growth. Yet, we can not simply rely on these underlying facts, we must take an active role in restoring our nation!

[...]

Every American must do his part to ensure that our nation recovers. The government will do its part to spur on our nation's economy, be it through investment in infrastructure, propping up sound companies, or educational spending. Yet, we must ask each person to work for a better future and restore the glory of the previous decade.

Friends, Americans together we will rebuild and return to prosperity! May our nation soon be restored for the benefit of all, with a "square deal" for all.

~President Theodore Roosevelt
 
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People of Italy, the economy will be fixed, unemployment reduced and order restored. That is all.

Emilio De Bono, on behalf of Victor Emmanuel III by grace of god, King of Italy, Lord of War, Conquer of Fear.
 
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Your overlord and master.
 
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The New York Economics Conference Concludes

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John Bates Clark, chairman of the New York Economics Conference​

Delegates, economists, government officials, and observers, I thank you for your attendance, for it is through our collective efforts that we have been able to come together and discuss issues of great economic and societal importance. May this conference's findings aid in restoring calm to the markets and lend credible advice to governments around the world, so that economic prosperity may be restored for all peoples!

[…]

Without further ado, I will present the findings of the New York Economics Conference.

In the area of free trade and protectionism, it was found overwhelmingly by delegates that free trade must be maintained, and indeed must be strengthened. Protectionism will only harm the global economy as it lead to drastic increases in prices for the common man and will cripple the ability of private enterprise to conduct transactions and business. Indeed, this assembly recommends that all nations in attendance lower their tariff barriers such that trade may flow freely and prosperity be restored.

[…]

In the area of free enterprise and nationalization, it is the finding of this august body, that free enterprise be promoted and that nationalization only be carried out whilst under duress. Furthermore, this body recommends that only economically sound businesses be saved, as the rescue of other businesses will only create a dead-weight loss for the economy and society. The process of creative destruction must be allowed for the economy to improve in the long run, and not be hindered by uncompetitive firms. It must also be noted that the entrepreneurial spirit that is embodied by free and private enterprise is quintessential

[…]

On the matter of the development and support of national infrastructure, this body finds that investment in such public goods is essential to the flow of commerce. The infrastructure of a nation forms the arteries through which commerce flows, without this infrastructure, commerce lays moribund and stagnant. It is the finding of this body, that such assets must be maintained in these times, so that commerce may continue to flow and global economy recover.

[…]

The issue of education was another topic raised in committee. It was found that education must be supported, such that human capital may be increased. Investment in the human capital of a nation will only lead to long-term growth as it will both spur innovation and create a more educated and skilled workforce.

[…]

Another topic of considerable discussion was the role of economic and financial regulations and safeguards. This body believes that some regulation is necessary to preserve competition, and prevent market actors from abusing information or manipulating reports to create arbitrage opportunities.

[…]

It is hoped that findings of this conference are implemented by policy makers and that economic prosperity may return to the world.

~John Bates Clark, Chairman of the New York Economics Conference


The policy proscriptions made by the New York Economics Conference are adopted in varying degrees by nations around the world, helping spur the recovery in many nations. [USA +14% Economy, UK +10% Economy, Canada +6% Economy, South Africa +5% Economy, Spain +8% Economy, France +9% Economy, Netherlands +9% Economy, Germany +12% Economy, Russia +8% Economy, Danuabian Confederation +12% Economy, Italy +6% Economy, Greece +2% Economy, Switzerland +9% Economy, Guatemala +1% Economy, Chile +8% Economy, Argentina +3% Economy, Brazil +4% Economy, Japan +1% Economy, China +0% Economy]
 
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The Dominion of South Africa

I congratulate the nations whom attended the New York Economics Conference on their orderly behavior, as well as on the civil conversations and debates that were held. The advice that was given at the Conference for all nations regarding their economic policies, in my opinion, is highly sound, and I will make sure they are implemented in South Africa post haste. Hopefully, these policies will help our nation, as well as the rest of the world, with combating this Great Depression that has fallen upon us.

~Prime Minister Louis Botha​
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January - December 1911


Europe​


In order to both fight the war and to combat the rising unemployment and economic hardships in the United Kingdom, massive amounts of new soldiers are drafted into the Army, mostly from the unemployed rolls. Even though they were supposed to be trained well, these unemployed men lacked the mindset needed for Soldiers, and were instead formed into Mobilized armies.
[+350,000 Conscripts to the United Kingdom.]

A huge tour around the country by both the King and the Prime Minister, along with the Prime Ministers and Governor Generals of the rest of the Empire, looking to help raise stability and to keep a level head, the end was not coming, was the general message. Across the Empire, they were slightly more inclined to trust the King.
[+1 Stability to the United Kingdom. +1 Stability to Canada.]

New currency is printed in the United Kingdom, a special "Queen Victoria Note". Massive amounts were handed to banks, and twice that was handed to the populace. Across the country it was accepted as legal currency, but the overabundance of the "Vickys" as they were called, made the people a little less confident in its value. As such, the United States Dollar, long an up and coming challenger to the British Pound, finally overtook it in value, as many countries began to base off the Dollar, instead of the Pound.
[-150,000 Gold from the United Kingdom. +6,500 Base Income to the United Kingdom. Dollar now the international standard for trade.]

In the House of Commons, a fight between two Members of Parliament break out. John Jacobs from the Labour Party, got into an argument with Harold Blightly from the Conservative Party. The two were visibly upset over the passage of a bill, and the opposition to it. Mr. Blightly had proposed and defended the legislation as a frontbencher, while Mr. Jacobs opposed it from the backbench. In the main hall, Mr. Jacobs went up to Mr. Blightly, and attempted to stab him with his knife, to where Parliamentary Police were able to arrest him before he could hurt the MP. After the whole ordeal was over, the Bill, something to aid British Farmers, passes, helping the nation.
[+500 Base Income to the United Kingdom.]

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The House of Commons emptying shortly after the bill was passed.
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The British Colonial Bank was established in London, in a bid to help the colonies and dominions in their recovery. Much of the money goes to India, but the money that did go, helps the local economy recover.
[+1,000 Base Income to the United Kingdom. -25,000 Gold from the United Kingdom.]

Bad news stuck the British Empire, as several private Railroad Companies, most notably the Great Western Railway, closed. Economic progress in this area came to a complete standstill, as passengers, goods, and communication was cut off. The Parliament convened on this issue, but could not agree on a solution.
[-4 Infrastructure to the United Kingdom.]

In France, the Parti des Social Republicains is formed, and it quickly gained support for their tough message to provide a new pathway out of the depression, and to win the war.

In Southern France, the Orleanistes collapse, under the combined arms of the new Conscripts of the French Empire. They are placed under the provisional administration of the new government, a Constitutional Monarchy, with Charles as the Head of State, and Victor-Napoleon as Prime Minister. A major base of Victor-Napoleon's power was in the South, while Charles held the Atlantic Coasts and the North. The Republicans, an observer to all of this, decided to proclaim their secession from the French Empire, instead opting to call themselves the Burgundian Republic.
[Burgundy Proclaimed. France mostly reunited. Hasnoosh controls 2 Normal Orders and a colonial order. Maxwell500 controls War Orders and 2 orders. +200,000 Conscripts to France.]

Industry around Paris is re-built due to the war, and soon factories are releasing smoke into the air once again, as goods roll out of the factories and to market.
[-40,000 Gold from France. +15 Industry to France.]

In Bern, the Swiss Government orders the construction of a State of the Art facility for Scientific and Technological Research. It was given all of the latest equipment money would buy, and a special wing was to be created for one Albert Einstein. He was asked to become the head of this new facility, which was to be named the "Black Mesa Research Facility" due to it's location high in the mountains, that produce coal, which will provide fuel for the Facility.
[-150,000 Gold from Switzerland. Black Mesa Research Facility founded. +1,000 Base Income to Switzerland.]

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Albert Einstein, President of the Black Mesa Research Facility.​

Temistocle Calzecchi-Onesti and Guglielmo Marconi are targeted by the Swiss Government to relocate North to Switzerland, in which they will provide money and space at Black Mesa to work, but they reject it, saying that the current conditions in Italy are better to their work, but that they might reconsider in the future.

Across Europe, the highly intellectual peoples and researchers are drawn to Bern. Most notably, from France due to the civil war. As these people flocked to Black Mesa, looking for a better job, and to further advance the cause of Science and Technology.
[-1,000 Base Income from France. +1,000 Base Income to Switzerland.]

The Dutch Royal Bank attempts to lower interest rates to the people who were loaned money from the Dutch Government and Banks. However, the depth of the crisis made it impossible to do much, but it did help some borrowers.
[+1,700 Base Income to the Netherlands.]

The Commission for Public Relief is given more money from the Dutch Government, in an attempt to try and employ people who had lost their jobs from the crisis. More and more people do get jobs, and they are used to help clean up places, build new houses, and generally try and help the nation.
[+2,500 Base Income to the Netherlands.]

In the Kingdom of the Netherlands, some good news poured out from the private sector. After a few years of was what seemed to be risky investments and horrible choices, a few factories opened, operated by a board of directors, that was focused on both a profit and the public benefit.
[+10 Industry to the Netherlands.]

The Dutch Banks were given a guarantee that if they failed, the Government would back them. This, however, seemed to be an indication for some banks to fail, and could do so without consequence. One of the Netherlands largest banks declared bankruptcy, and the Government was stuck with the bill.
[-3,500 Base Income from the Netherlands. -25,000 Gold from the Netherlands.]

The Industrial Preservation Act is debated on in the Dutch Parliament, but nothing ever passes, as many of the members have been jumping out of the building, committing suicide, and a quorum could not be reached.

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The Dutch Parliament, with a quorum, something not seen very oftern.
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The Spanish Public Works Department is founded in Madrid by order of the King. It is set to establish a massive network of railroads, in some cases rebuilding old railroads, improving roadways, and investing heavily into industry. All the stops were pulled out, and money just flowed like a river from Madrid, to somewhat of a disastrous effect.
[+7 Infrastructure to Spain in 4 turns. +100 Industry to Spain in 2 turns. -1,100,000 Gold from Spain.]

With the recent spending glut, and new elections for Parliament, the Fascist Party and the Communist Party, two of the most radical factions in Spain, won a near plurality of the seats. With secret ballots, it made many people more confident they could vote for who they wanted. Thus, radicalism ran ripe in Spain.

The Spanish Navy is put under wraps to go into a complete overhaul. A large amount of money was set aside to improve, and better equip the Spanish Navy with the guns and weapons they needed. The Parliament, mostly the Fascists, Reactionaries, and Conservatives, trumped up the past of the Spanish Navy, and demanded that new ships be laid down, to try and bring Spain's Naval Power back.
[-250,000 Gold from Spain. +5 Dreadnoughts in 2 turns. +100 Small Ships in 1 turn. +50 Large Ships in 3 turns. +10 Submarines 2 turns.]

With the massive orders placed by the Naval Department, Industry was given another jump start, as were material extractors, as new mines opened up and old ones were expanded and reopened.
[+40 Industry to Spain. +2,500 Base Income to Spain.]

In the German Empire, an old railroad that used to be owned by the Kingdom of Prussia, now owned by a private company, saw several sections of the line fail, and the company did not have the liquidity to stay afloat and to repair the lines, so they looked outward, away from the German Government, to keep the Railway running. J.P. Morgan of the United States was able to offer a sizable sum of money, and he injected massive amounts of money into the company, keeping it afloat, and allowing for repairs and new engines. The German Government, looking to nationalize all the German Railroads that were failing, targeted this Railroad, but with it turning around, JP Morgan felt that this was simply because he was an American, who owned an old German railway. The resulting fight between the German Government and JP Morgan was one of near biblical proportions. The heavily stacked German Courts ruled in favor of the German Government, but JP Morgan was able to fight on, spending his own money, and even calling upon the United States Government, which President Roosevelt fully supported JP Morgan after seeing the books, and condemned the German Government. Unwilling to come against the American Lion, the German Government backed down. The people, however, went ballistic. Riots broke out, and the Coalition failed, collapsing the German Government and forcing elections in the German Empire.
[-150,000 Gold from Germany. German Government Collapsed. JP Morgan owns a German Railway. -30 Prestige from Germany. -1 Stability from Germany.]

The Kaiser and the Royal Family, even after the Governmental Collapse, decided to tour the country, working in soup kitchens, doing hard labor, and the Kaiser was even seen working on fixing a railroad. Behind the scenes, they were donating to these charities massively, helping the nation.
[+1,000 Base Income to Germany. Kaiser loved in Germany.]

The Kaiser tries to force the creation of the German Imperial Air Force, with Prince Joachim as its patron. However, the price refuses, and no members could be found to create this new department.

The Italian government declared the immediate nationalization of all railroads, as well as any major business in danger of bankruptcy. This led to an immense public outcry, and a slightly smaller one from the national treasury which was now being forced to manage a tremendous amount of hemorrhaging cuts in their central vaults. The government seizure of the railways did have one benefit, however; with the increased government control, matters of state could now be ensured to take priority over civilian affairs, affording the government (if few else) increased contact with outlying regions.
[-3 Stability to Italy. +1 Infrastructure to Italy. -50,000 Gold to Italy]

In this sudden unrest, the Royal Committee for Internal Affairs would step into the picture. Quiet and efficient, the paramilitary intelligence agency would take up national policing duties, with absolute power of life and death over the Italian citizenry coupled to a loyalty to the Italian monarchy. Ruthless and deadly, over a thousand judgments (and executions) would be attributed to them in the highest members of society alone. Newspapers that would not be intimidated into silence were shut down by the careful application of force, while political opposition found themselves either silenced or disappeared, either by the government’s goons or out of self-preservation. People quickly learned across the Italian state to keep their heads down, as the socialist and Communist movements went underground, and large émigré movements began to appear in other nations as luminaries of the intelligentsia and leftist parties fled for more welcoming fields, such as Paris, Berlin, and Geneva.
[-5,000 Gold to Italy. +2 Stability to Italy]

The Italian Government, along with the national railroads, would establish an international public works organization. The Royal Italian Public Works would attempt to bolster employment by channeling unemployed workers into construction of roads, railways, schools, and hospitals.
[-35 000 Gold to Italy. +3 Infrastructure, +1 Stability, +2% Literacy to Italy]

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Mustering the youth – the youngest of the Royal Italian Pioneers in Lucca​

From Lombardia to Sicily, the footsteps of a new youth organization would march in lockstep. The Royal Italian Pioneers would be founded with significant government funding, in order to inculcate the Italian youth in values of discipline and obedience. Both male and female branches were founded, the better to serve all the youth of the nation. Leftists and democratic opposition to this included the mandatory nature of membership for all youth between 8 and 18; the training regimen of discipline that, they charged, resembled nothing so much as military boot camp; and the systematic and steady diet of royalist propaganda that the children were being force-fed. However, the state was able to enforce it with the firm, paternal hand of the Prime Minister and King in tandem, and few were willing to oppose them openly.
[-5,000 Gold to Italy. +1 Stability to Italy.]

In the Aegean Isles, the Greek government began the systematic improvement of commercial harbors in the archipelago. The hope was that in doing so, the domestic market would increase to meet the increase in supplied goods from foreign markets and thus help bring the country out of the latest international crisis. Unfortunately, the hopes of the Greek government would be soon dashed. The Aegean Isles never boasted a significant population compared to the mainland, and the enlarged harbors at Samos and Ermoupoli would see no significant increase in traffic. The harbor of Chios would see minor improvement resulting in a mild increase in local industry, but nowhere near enough to justify the cost.
[-20,000 Gold to Greece. +5 Industry to Greece.]

New telephone lines would be strung across the country and new switchboard stations constructed, a push towards modernization. Contracting a major German company to do the work, the Greek government would pay a significant cost, but in return, was ensured a quality result. As a consequence of the investment, internal communication was greatly improved for all people in the nation.
[+2 Infrastructure to Greece. -25,000 Gold to Greece.]

Concurrently, the Greek government greatly increased their military expenditures, buying up new arms for their soldiery.
[-15,000 Gold to Greece. +5% Equipment Level to Greece.]

The Russian government would convene the State Duma for the first time, with Tsarina Olga pledging herself to support civil reform and a new state constitution limiting the powers of the Autocracy. This led to sharp protest from the landowners, but was quite drowned out by the roars of support from the peasantry and urban bourgoise, which rallied behind the young Tsarina. The elections of October would see the Constitutional Democrats (Kadets) take a narrow lead, while the socialist left had been split by the Tsarina’s decree that extremist parties that rejected “Russian values” (an ill-defined and arguably quite convenient term) and the House of Romanov would become illegal, with the vast majority boycotting the elections. The opening session of the Duma would be a raucous affair, one that called for still greater electoral and land reforms, and significant republican sympathies were suspected among even those few socialists who had bowed to the Tsarina’s demands, but the people of Russia were, by and large, pleased simply for their voices to be heard for the first time.
[+1 Stability to Russia. Russia now a Constitutional Monarchy]

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Sergei Muromtsev (KD), first Chairman of the State Duma​

In neighboring Polish Germany, agents of the Russian Crown would be caught and arrested by border patrols. Bearing pamphlets calling for Polish resistance and sabotage of key aeronautical factories both in the Polish lands and in the Rhineland (by the large population of Polish migrant workers there), the agents confessed quickly after being taken into custody by German military police. Though their confessions carried the ominous mentions of weapons also being supplied to the Poles, German sweeps of Polish homes would fail to turn anything up, and German forces in the region went to high alert as the Polish population, outraged at the heavy hand of the Germans, became even more restive. In Russia, the new Duma would begin to flex their muscles by protesting this action by the Tsarina. With recollections of the war still fresh and an economic crisis at hand, they did not wish to provoke a new war with Germany so soon, and they would determine how far their strength truly went by forcing the Tsarina’s hand.
[-10 Prestige, -2 Stability to Russia. -1 Stability to Germany.]

In the East, the Russian government would continue to channel funding into the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Contracts would be exclusively offered to Russian industry, which eagerly accepted the boons offered to it by the Tsarina. New foundries would sprout up from Novosibirsk to Primorsky, taking advantage of the temporary sharp increase in demand for construction materials such as rails and ties.
[-45,000 Gold to Russia. Trans-siberian Railroad Progress: 1/5. Russia gains 2 Industry for 4 turns.]

Across Russia, new investments in public works would greatly increase sanitation, infrastructure, education, and health. With sweeping goals from schools and hospitals to roads and sewers, the goal of the new government initiative was to get people off the streets and back into factories or construction crews, working for the betterment of the state. The results were plain to see, as the new roads, railways, and canals facilitated movement, new schools brought education to rural regions, and new jobs and construction reduced unemployment rates.
[-40,000 Gold from Russia. +1 Stability, +2 Infrastructure, +2.5% literacy to Russia]

North America​


President Roosevelt unveils a plan for education, which will reward scholarships on a merit-based system. The Democrats in the House, who had made many gains in the recent Mid-Term elections, demanded that something else be added to the bill. An idea was finally floated, and the creation of National Colleges was approved. While the Government would pay to build colleges, and maintain them, the staff was to be paid via tuition, and would run for-profit. The University of the United States was officially founded on August 11, 1911, with campus locations in Boston, New York City, Richmond, Tampa, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, New Orleans, and Chicago. The first of these, the New York City Campus, was to be located a little outside the city on Long Island, and when naming the buildings on Campus, the largest, and most grand, School of Business and Politics, was named the Theodore Roosevelt School of Business and Politics.
[-200,000 Gold from the United States. +20,000 Base Income to the United States in 5 years.]

Plans to bring electricity to rural towns, and to expand hydroelectric power in the Tennessee Valley, are met with red tape, and fierce opposition by the Southern Governments. They resented any attempts for the newly formed Tennessee Valley Authority to get any work done, and indeed little to nothing was completed.
[-260,000 Gold from the United States.]

The 16th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America is ratified, with the Cuban legislature agreeing to it. This Amendment enshrined for Senators to be elected by a popular vote, not picked by the Legislatures. While this amendment was good, the timing was bad. This saw the influence of Business in politics crumble, and the already shaky Union Pacific, which was dependent on getting some kickbacks from the Government, declared Bankruptcy. Overnight, cargo and freight stopped moving across the Southwestern United States. A panic ensured, and the President moved in to try and save Union Pacific, but noticed that other railroads would go bankrupt, and was forced to save them instead of Union Pacific.
[-6 Infrastructure from the United States. -300,000 Gold from the United States. United States Railroad Companies shaky.]

With the economy in a free-fall, and President Roosevelt making it known that he will step down from leading the nation in the next election after 12 years, the Republican Party, now split between Progressive and Old Republican, were divided on who to support. The Old Republicans, feeling like nothing else could be done, nominated John Pierpont Morgan to become the Republican Nominee for President. The Progressives were bent on Robert M. La Follette. Both men started to campaign, hoping to gain the nomination of the Republican Party.

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John Pierpont Morgan, candidate for President of the United States.
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In Southern Mexico, revolution is ripe, as the people of Yucatan and Chiapas rise against the Dictatorship that runs Mexico. The support mostly comes from natives and the lower class, as the "leader" of the rebellion is actually a well-known Guatemalan Politician. He calls for everyone to throw off the shackles of Mexico and to become "Independent". Everyone knows this actually means to be annexed into Guatemala, but none the less, the Republic of the Yucatan is proclaimed, and immediately asks for annexation into the Republic of Guatemala.
[Yucatn and Chiapas Independent.]

In the Dominion of Canada, plans to cut the size of the Navy in half are successful, as the Canadian Government decides to disable the weapons and sell them to the population. One wealthy banker, with the initials "JPM" buys all of the Canadian Ships for a cheap price.
[-5 Large Ships from Canada. -5 Small Ships from Canada. +40,000 Gold to Canada.]

The Canadian Parliament passes a law, lowering tariffs on all goods by five percent. Any vestige of protectionism is removed, and suddenly, since Canada was less hit than the United States, thousands began to migrate to Canada to try and get a job. This vast country, with a small population, was starting to grow faster.
[-1% Growth from the USA. +1.5% Growth to Canada. +500 Trade Balance to Canada.]

Taxes on all Food Production in Canada are stopped, allowing for the price of food to come down in the market economy, and soon more people had more food, and for the first time, a private charity was able to safely say, that not a single person in "Main Street" Canada went hungry due to cheap prices. The resulting made the Canadian Government highly popular with the people.
[-500 Base Income from Canada. +1 Stability to Canada. +10 Prestige to Canada.]

In Guatemala, the President amends the proposed Constitution to allow a limited National Congress, but all the bills they passed could be overridden and vetoed by the President. Along with this, massive amounts of propaganda to support this constitution and the President is released, swaying Guatemalans towards the President, and by a national vote the President called, the Constitution was passed overwhelmingly, and the President became known as "Su eterno dador de sabiduría, el Presidente" or "His Eternal Wisdom Giver, the President". Almost everyone in Guatemala supports the President.
[+2 Stability to Guatemala. Cult of Personality around the President]

The Guatemalan Army invades the National Police, as directed by the President. Thousands support this move, and start to murder police officers whenever they see them. Many rip off their uniforms and declare support for the President and the Military. It is to no avail, as 90% of the police officers in Guatemala are murdered by citizens and the Army. The National Police is replaced by the Military Police, which keep a tight rule on the country.
[National Police gone, Military Police in place.]

In one fell swoop, and the economic downturn, a full Customs Union is agreed upon between all the nations of Central America. Free trade is opened between all the members, and Guatemala increasingly becomes the titular leader of these small nations.

United Fruit, long the economic backbone of Central America, declares that it will move towards pulling out of several Central American plantations, and declaring that they will be closed. While these were profitable, United Fruit was getting better deals in the American-controlled Panama, and even overseas. J.P. Morgan, realizing the ability to profit from this area, uys out United Fruit, and orders even more plantations to be opened, and new canneries.
[+10 Industry to Guatemala. +500 Base Income to Guatemala.]

Further south in Panama, the United States of America announced that the Panama Canal was finished, heralding in a new age of transportation, and linking East and West more firmly than before.
[-250,000 Gold from the United States. Panama Canal Finished. +6 Infrastructure to the United States. +20,000 Base Income to the United States. +5 Colonial Infrastructure to the United States]

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The SS Ancon making the first journey through the Panama Canal.
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The First Ship passes through the Panama Canal, and when reaching the Pacific Side, a message is sent to Washington D.C., London, and Berlin, saying, in no minced words, "This Canal, now opened, is free to use in times of Peace. However, in times of War, no warship hostile to the United States, or Hostile to the Friends of the United States shall be let near it. Should it be attempted, those ships will be sent to the Bottom of the Caribbean Sea."

South America​


The final stage of the crop research program in Argentina is completed. Improved seeds are distributed along the country to produce better crops. Seeds are planted in the best region, but a season of heavy rains kill 50% of the plantations. The ones that are saved give a good harvest that help to cover the cost of the investment. But due to the recent economic crisis that affects the world, the prices of corn and wheat plummeted making many farmers going bankrupt.
[-20,000 Gold from Argentina. +500 Base Income.]

The government of Argentina attempts to establish a central national bank. The bank is set up, but the power of private banks, summed up to the increasing petitions of the government to the central bank and a world crisis is too much for the newly bank to handle. At the end, speculation is on the rise making people avoid investing or spending money into the national economy making suffer even more. Also this failed attempt to have better control of the economy make people loose faith in the idea of a strong president.
[-30,000 Gold from Argentina. -1 Stability to Argentina. -400 Base Income.]

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The proposed location of the Argentine National Bank.
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Regarding foreign policy, the Argentinean government send commercial missions to all South American countries to boost trade between them. Unluckily, though good relations existed, all the countries reduced or even stopped trading with Argentina. The reason is that the global recession made their economies to stop importing unnecessary goods and seek to produce them themselves, other in change couldn't longer continue paying due to the lack of foreign currencies. This hit hard the Argentinean economy, since exports were lowered making many companies go bankrupt leaving a multitude of people unemployed. This failure summed up with the increasing unemployment and rising prices of goods continued with the increasing loose of faith of the people in the government. Specially the lowers classes that were the most affected by it.
[-10 prestige from Argentina. -1 Stability from Argentina. -1,500 Base Income to Argentina.]

With the increasing number of unemployed and homeless people the government established a program to develop cheap houses aimed to house the lower classes and reduce the unemployment. People signed in for the program and houses were built, but there weren't even enough for 25% of the people that signed for the program. This was due to the fact that a low number of people joined the workforce.
[-40,000 Gold from Argentina.]

This low number of people that signed in to build the houses was due to the fact most of the workers rejected this, with their faith in the government lost, they began hearing and learning about "foreign ideas", specially communism, that promised an Argentina controlled and ruled by the workers. Immigrants from Europe, specially from Russia, brought with them these ideas and began organizing the workers. What has failed in Europe could work in the New World. The unemployed were a fertile ground for Communism to spread. Soon also the employed workers began hearing this. In matter of months the Partido Comunista Argentino was formed with thousands of members, though an underground movement, it's just matter of time before it shows what is capable of.

Even with these disapointing results over the past year, President Yrigoyen demanded that Argentina must, and can, do better. This personal assertation, and his new plans to help the poor that were on the table, even some out of his own pocket, made him immensly popular with his people. Thousands of Argentinians began to support the new President, and thousands more turned to him as a kind care-giver, a strong man who would help them all.
[+2 Stability to Argentina. +100 Base Income to Argentina.]

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President Yrigoyen, the "Father of the Poor".
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The Empire of Brazil sent it's 52,000 idle conscripts to start developing settlements in the inner regions of Brazil. "The Legion" as locals called it divided into 52, 1,000 man groups and spread over all the uninhibited parts of Brazil, digging, cutting, filling and building. In matter of a year there were 40 new small and medium thriving settlements, each of them dedicated to a certain sector as, fishery, winery, mining, woodcutting, services and even some of them light and medium industry. The success of this program helped Brazil to fight the economic world crisis thanks to the exploitation of new resources, that gave previously unemployed people a new chance to live.
[-700,000 Gold from Brazil, +5,000 Base Income to Brazil. +10 Industry to Brazil.]

The Brazilian government also tried to contact the American Financial Giant J.P Morgan, to cut a deal that would help Brazil to stimulate it's economy. It turned out the Brazil's previous policy that limited any foreign investment in favour of local industry made Morgan to avoid any contact with Brazilian government regarding the subject.

Regarding foreign policy, Brazil made an offer to Uruguay that shocked all South America. The possibility to Uruguay be turned again into the Cisplatina province of the Empire. The government of Uruguay strongly rejected this "offer" and mobilized its troops in response. Though Uruguay was at one point in history a province of the first Brazilian Empire, that had ended in 1828. Now almost all of the Uruguayan army started to dig in along the Brazilian border expecting the worst. This new expansionist policy of Brazil has already alarmed Paraguay, who already signed a treaty of mutual defense with Uruguay to help avoid any actual conflict. In Argentina the people are alarmed and expect a response of their government soon.
[Uruguay mobilized. Paraguay and Uruguay allied against Brazilian aggression. -15 prestige to Brazil.]

A party of loggers is sent into the Amazonian rainforest to set up a logging camp and start cutting down wood. After a few weeks, some of the woodcutters began disappearing. People though they just decided to quit the job since conditions were quite harsh due to humidity and heat. But news arrived that in their hometown they never appeared. The local natives warned the government's official of a greater evil lurking the jungle. But they were considered superstitious reactionaries. More people continued disappearing without any trace. Natives left the area warning the woodcutters to leave also. One warm night, the whole camp woke up, a strange noise coming from nowhere and everywhere at the same time was disturbing them. The pitch black jungle didn't help the situation. Then the ground lighted by lamps began to turn black, as if a black liquid spreading. At closer look it was clear, the dreaded Marabunta, the Legionary Ant. Hundred of millions hungry ants had surrounded the camp and were now attacking it. Chaos engulfed the camp as people who fell to the ground soon disappeared under wave after wave of aggressive ants. In matter of hours, the camp was deserted, only bones remained. Those who were "lucky" enough to escape were swallowed by the jungle. The Brazilian government never made an official announcement regarding what happened at Woodcutting Camp 121.
[-75,000 Gold from Brazil]

Africa​


In Northern Africa, more Italians move to Italian Libya, becoming the majority in most places. The infrastructure, however, is starting to crumble, and many Italians feel the need to move back home if these conditions continued.
[Libya needs Colonial Infrastructural, or promoted to an equal province of Italy.]

In Spanish Africa, new railroads are laid down by the Spanish Government, in a bid to spurn growth and to help the people move around and to make the colonies more productive.
[+1 Colonial Infrastructure in 1 turn. -53,000 Gold from Spain.]

An attempt to streamline and simplify the immigration and citizen process fails, as the man in charge of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship turned out to be a rabid member of the National Party, and believed that the Boers should be the majority, and Afrikaans should be the national language, no exceptions. The path to citizenship now requires full knowledge and understanding of Boer history, and fluent in Afrikaans.

Soldiers are shipped to Egypt from South Africa to help with the rebellion. While they only engage in one fight, the area is pacified.
[-5,000 Regulars from South Africa.]

Schools across South Africa are opened, partly with funding from the United Kingdom's Colonial Bank, and J.P. Morgan, and their goal was to help educate the natives. They are given a choice of English, German, Polish, or Afrikaans to lean. Focus is put on Afrikaans and English, but a major part of the reform was that the culture of the natives was to be kept in place, but the language had to be changed.
[-10,000 Gold from South Africa. +15% Literacy to South Africa in 3 turns.]

Gold and Diamond mining is expanded by the South African Government, offering more permits and areas to mine. While nothing spectacular was found, the income from the permits and the taxes were enough to give a boost to the local economy.
[+1,000 Base Income to South Africa.]

In German East Africa, a new railroad is ordered by the German Government, in a bid to try and shore up the transportation and communication of that area. Although it was expected to take a year, it was projected to be very useful.
[+2 Colonial Infrastructure to Germany in 1 turn. -45,000 Gold from Germany.]

Asia​


A surprising move comes from deep inside the Ottoman Empire, the Sultan was found by a group of European Turks, and after a firefight, he was able to be captured. News of this spread to the British, who gave huge rewards, even more than they gave to the people to try and stimulate the economy, to the people who captured him. When it came time to hand him over, a Pro-Sultan Army ambushed the European Turks and the British, and were able to free the Sultan. The money had already been handed over, but the British were able to negotiate the return of some of it.
[-150,000 Gold from the United Kingdom.]

After the surprise capture of the Sultan, the British Army pushed further into the Ottoman Empire, moving towards central Anatolia. A mistake was made by the British officers, seeing a flag in the distance, and thinking it was a group of Pro-Sultan forces, sent an aeroplane to go check it out to make sure. What they saw was a bunch of people, dancing with the Ottoman Flags and symbols of Islam. What they failed to notice was that these were actually Armenians, who had triumphed over an Ottoman Army. The British moved swiftly, and crushed them. After finally capturing one of them, they realized the mistake they made. The British had killed the largest Armenian Army, while in the distance, a sizable Ottoman Army amassed, ready to attack.
[-10,000 Regulars from the United Kingdom.]

In the Ottoman Empire, an increase in Armenian partisan activity would be tracked to armaments leaking into the nation from an unknown source through ports on the Black Sea from the Georgian border to Trabzon. Restive in the turmoil of war, fearful of the Ottoman Covenant that calls for a united Islam against Christianity, and amenable to the idea of armed resistance in order to seize control of their own destiny, the Armenian population in eastern Anatolia has risen up both against the distant Ottoman Turks and the British-Backed European Republic of Turkey that de facto controls the region, calling for total independence and the support of like-minded Orthodox Christians worldwide. This has sparked brutal reprisals by the European Republic of Turkey as well as hostility from government members in the Sublime Porte, though no official word on any recognition of their independent status has been presented officially from either the Sultan or the British consul in the region.
[Armenian state established in Kars and Erzerum]

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Armenian partisans at the walls of Van​

In Constantinople, the German Army Workers begin construction of a bridge across the Boshourous Strait, but stops the construction due to the ongoing war, and they plan to continue work after peace has been established. A small, lonely section of bridge juts out over the water, rusting away, waiting for peace to come.
[Berlin-Babylon Railway Stopped. -100,000 Gold from the German Empire.]

In Syria, the Italian Kingdom lands several thousand soldiers there, in a bid to occupy it before the British did. This undeclared war was sudden, and unexpected, but there was no resistance to the Italians, and many at home cheered this move. Thousands came out to support the Italian Government, while Syria was placed under Military Control.

In the Netherlands East Indies, the Dutch Government opened up rural schools and teaching missions, for the sole purpose of trying to educate more people for the workforce.
[-10,000 Gold from the Netherlands. +5% Literacy to the Netherlands.]

In the Qing Empire, the Emperor begins to, slowly, change around his Imperial Court. Although his intention was to get a nice, balanced approach, having a near equal amount of reformers and conservatives, his actions brought few reformers, while reactionaries, posing to be reformers, received some parts on the Court, and they almost always sided with the Conservatives.

The Qing Emperor, looking to try and expand his Empire to the interior to access vital resources, orders the construction of a new railroad from Shanghai to Beijing, and then to the interior. Several contractors are hired, and finally rail is laid on September 18th, 1911. Although it would take 2 years to finish, it was progress for the Qing Empire.
[+1 Infrastructure to the Qing Empire in 2 turns. -65,000 Gold from the Qing Empire.]

Factory after Factory are taken over and turned into cake factories. Not only are cakes made, but smaller treats as well. Genius ideas to package these cakes and ship them around the country, and even the world, take off, and these cakes and snacks become immensely popular in China and Australia.
[+1 Industry to the Qing Empire. +300 Base Income to the Qing Empire.]

In the Roosevelt Archipelago, orders to "Be Kind" to the natives fall on deaf ears, as many of the soldiers guarding it came from the Philippians. As the population was being put under control, random shootings, burning buildings, and grenades were a tactic favored by the Military. Overall, these brutal tactics worked, but reflected badly on the United States.
[Roosevelt Archipelago pacified. -50 Prestige from the United States.]

A man, saying he came from the Qing Empire, appeared at a French Colonial office, saying he had vital data that the Qing Empire was attempting to overthrow French Indochina, and was organizing an army. Before he could finish his testimony, Qing officials murdered him in the streets of Saigon, and gave no word to the French.

The Japanese Empire attempts to build new guns and sights for the Japanese Navy, but the plans imported from the United States were in English, and no one was able to translate them in order to use them.
[-20,000 Gold from Japan.]

Japanese Stability to spread throughout the world in propaganda and other ads to European Nations, asking them to invest in Japan. It is successful, as some people come to Japan and begin to invest and open factories.
[+700 Base Income to Japan.]

In the Empire of Japan, the Emperor gives a small speech, saying that, although no progress happened this year, that greater things in the future were going to come.
[+1 Stability to the Empire of Japan.]

 
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OOC: Well, I've been able to slip some minutes to get on and I see this amazing update. Hell, this was better than I expected even under the best circumstances. And 1+ million in debt is always fun ;)
 
THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION​
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France is to retain an Emperor of the French and King of France, though They are to be bound by a new constitution. The Monarch will neither be an absolutist nor a figurehead, but shall fulfill the position of President with some restrictive modifications to the role.

France shall have a bicameral system of representation. The Senate and the Deputies will form the two chambers. Senators would be elected three at a time from each of the Departments, and Deputies would be elected based on census data for each Region. 3 Candidates for Premier positions in each Department by the Monarch, and if none are ratified by at least 33% of the total population, new ones must be proposed, and the old are excluded. Premiers serve one 6 year term, and may not be re-appointed.

The Supreme Judiciary is charged with upholding the constitution and proposing or ratifying amendments. Supreme Judges are proposed by the Monarch, the Senate must choose 2 nominees by a plurality or reject all of the proposals, forcing the Monarch to suggest new ones, and not the same as before. Once the senate has chosen 2 nominees, the Deputies will select 1 through a vote on the floor, or reject both and thus starting the process over. Finally, the populace will ratify the Deputies’ decision through a plebiscite. Supreme Judiciary serve until resignation, death or they are declared incapable by a panel of doctors at the Académie Royale de Médecine.

Amendments to the constitution must be proposed by the Monarch, a majority of Supreme Judges or 66% of each chamber at the federal level. Amendments are brought into a law by the signature of the Monarch, ratification by a majority of Supreme Justices, ratification by 66% of both Chambers and ratification by 66% of the population. Should any of these conditions not be met, the amendment is defeated, and must be re proposed after a period of 6 months.​


From the Office of Louis-Victor Napoleon, PM of France (PSR)
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People of France, France united and France divided, France free and France oppressed; today we stand at a crossroads. Do we take the stance of oppression, division and inequity? Do we turn our backs on our proud national history, our combined struggles and triumphs? I say non! I will not stand for an apathetic, divided France! With sweeping reforms across the country beginning to take place, the proud Republicans hold out in the East. Can you not see reason mes amis? The French are better off united, so that we may better defeat the imperialist ambitions of some of our neighbours. We must combine our two parties, and mend the fissures that have ripped open Gaul. This new France is fair and democratic, a King by the grace of God and the People; a King who is held responsible to his own people and his God. This constitution guarantees your rights, and there is no better a republican could hope for! I implore you, my friends, to not be the generation who voluntarily sundered our nation; but the generation that healed the people and state, the generation that wove a new and rich tculture for France and the French.

Please, re-think your ways and join the new France.

Amnesty will be granted to all soldiers and leaders who lay down their arms, past offenses forgotten and crimes pardoned. Now is the time to look ahead, not dwell in the past.
 
So I'll take the lack of answer as a no. Well, the threat of communism in Argentina and Fascism in Spain may heat things up :)
 
The Italians will not be permitted to annex Syria or make a colony out of the lands. This is not a way of conquest and we will not allow their government to further disrupt the area. We will blockade their expedition if required and we request the Italians to remove themselves back to their own lands. Their aid or their influence on the region is not requested and we will assist the European Turks as needed to restore their lands against the Italians.
 
On behalf of the people of Guatemala, I must express my most fulsome congratulations to the once-oppressed peoples of the Yucatan and Chiapas for throwing off the shackles of Mexican tyranny and embracing their true heritage as Central Americans. We accept their petition to join our great Republic and welcome them as brothers and friends. Joined by our fellow heirs of the great legacy of the Maya, we can no longer simply identify ourselves as Guatemalans, for our Republic now extends beyond what is Guatemalan and represents something far greater: a united Central America, free from partisan strife and joined together in a harmonious wish for a better tomorrow.

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Therefore, I hereby declare the formation of the Union of Central American States, a nation above nations to unite all Central Americans under one flag! Together, we shall banish privation, end strife, and embrace brotherhood as one people, with one voice! I call upon the republics of El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Honduras to join us in harmonious union and to join us in drafting a new Central American constitution so that we might govern all of our people with fairness and justice!

Forward the Union!

~ Manuel Estrada Cabrera, President of the Union of Central American States
 
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