Welcome and get ready for the first Roleplay Post of the ongoings of the Republic! Roleplay has already begun but it's not too late to join in on the fun and make a character! Factions and Candidates for the first election are still open to be made until the 18th. Then we will get full swing into the first election cycle!
The Importance of The Republic’s Youth
Multiple upcoming Senate Factions have begun programs to start urging the young people of the Republic to become more politically involved. The National Conservative Party has created the Young National Conservative Association which focuses on college campus clubs to encourage students to get involved with campaigning and debating activities.
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) has created the Young Democratic Labour club. They hope to teach the youth of the Republic the importance of working together in tolerance, equality and fairness. While the YNCA is a club for college students, the YDL is a summer camp for kids 16-18 years old.
The One Republic Congress (ORC) released a less than formal announcement, released the news about them also having a summer camp for the Republic’s youth. They claim to offer scholarships to the attendees and that the goal of the camp is to help the Republic’s youth learn about Authoritarian Capitalism.
After the announcement of these they were met with some political backlash. Multiple factions spoke out against the programs, The National Movement (NM), the Theian Environmentalist Movement (TEF) and The Gommunist Workers Union (GWU) all released statements against the camps.
General Ludmila of The National Movement called out the programs for brainwashing the youth and urged parents to teach their children themselves rather than send them to ideological camps.
Dr. Crichton Li of the Theian Environmentalist Movement released this statement:
"Do not fall in the trap of partisan summer camps. If you want your children to learn about the environment or to explore the ways of science, send them to school or send them to certified summer camps which have your child's education as their best interest and are not some party's extended arm trying to get a grip on your children. The Department for Societal Research has some incredible summer programs of its own where your children can learn about everything from biology to statecraft. All in a non-partisan environment!"
Robert Gommue of the Gommunist Workers Union released a statement as well:
"Youth camps infringe on the formation of free thought. If you have to put propaganda into a child for most of their lives to get them to agree with you you're probably not the best person to be around children."
A debate between General Ludmila and Saint Kraus of the ORC. It was covered and broadcasted by Fulchrome News:
BREAKING NEWS: Candidates, Gulina Ludmila Grigorievna and Saint Kraus, for the upcoming Senatorial elections have debated fiercely on Camera. Following an invitation extended by Saint Kraus, leader of the One Republic Congress (ORC), he and Gulina Ludmila Grigorievna, leader of the National Movement (TNM) have met in the Gotholm community center to discuss their views. They discussed what they stand for, the discussion, however, soon derailed. Instead of answering each other’s questions in a civilized manner both parties resulted to raising more and more unfounded allegations against each others political platforms. Grigorievna accused Kraus of fear mongering, brainwashing children and taking away freedoms of the citizens of the Republic. Kraus raised other unfounded points and claimed that Grigorievna would want people to die in the streets of starvation. Kraus ended the debate, after Grigorievna left claiming to have proven her points “many times over”, proclaiming himself the “defender of the people” while branding her as a “traitor” who “ignores the current state of the Republic”. While no issues have been resolved or any progress in reaching a compromise was made, the viewers of the footage released by both parties, have been shown the material these candidates are made of.(edited)
Meet the Candidates: Gulina Ludmila Grigorievna: Passed military school at age 14, making her one of the youngest graduates. She has often been described as having a short attention span. Founder of The National Movement (TNM). Her Party’s expressed goal is it to increase autonomy for the pre-unification nation states, due to her dissatisfaction with the global Government. Saint Kraus: Self proclaimed “Authoritarian Capitalist” and “Defender of the people”. Has served in the military for 12 years. Worked 4 years as a social worker in Central Nordurs after retiring from his military service. Founder of the One Republic Congress (ORC). His Party’s goals are oriented towards centralization of the Government and decentralization of the market. It has been described as Nationalistic in the past. He, allegedly, has many backers in the corporate sector, though none have yet to announce their endorsement of him or his party, as is required by law.
On other News: Giden Schulz, leader of the Eriphunism Unity League (EUL), has announced the creation of a food donation drive to the poor outskirts of Nanbu Kong, inviting all who hunger to come to the local Church of Eriphuni to be fed and clothed. He furthermore invites all who come to receive the Bible of Eriphuni and join him and his party in servor. Additionally rumors claim that the EUL would increase their activity in the area. This plays into the EUL’s expressed goal to spread the Faith of Eriphuni.
The Daily Lives of the Business World
The Birth of Space Tourism
Mr Fulchrome of the Fulchrome Media Group and Mr Brandston of Brandston Industries met with each other to discuss the possibilities of Space Tourism and the launching of Fulchrome Cruises into space.
Brandston arrives... Rather late. About an hour or so. He was wearing a suit and rather cheap sunglasses. He didn’t care for the expense. He walks into the building and smiles, walking to the receptionist. ‘2 O’clock meeting, William Brandston’
The receptionist smiles and gestures to the elevator "Mr. Fulchrome is waiting for you. Level 42, Conference Room 7."
‘Thank you.’ He takes his sunglasses off and walks into the elevator, pressing a few buttons and watching the doors close. Once they were in the top, he stepped out and into the conference room, smiling. ‘Mr Fulchrome, pleasure to see you.’
Zacharias looks rather annoyed for the delay, but smiles when Brandston enters the room "Mr. Brandston, the pleasure is mine. Well time is money and we are already behind schedule, so let#s get started, shall we?" He gestures to one of the empty chairs around the conference table
He nods. ‘Yes sir.’ He pulls the chair out and sits down, crossing his arms. ‘So, interstellar cruise ships, I think I can guess why you wanted me.’
He nods "Yes, some of my accountants have looked into the possibility of Interstellar Tourism. With the dawn of FTL travel, they expect the market to grow exponentially as humanity ventures into the stars. In the field exists, to date, very little competition, so it is worth investing in. For that matter: There are no commercially available civilian cruise ships for interstellar travel. Your company is leading in the fields of modern ship building, so I wanted to inquire, if you'd be interested to look into designing such an FTL-capable cruise liner for outer space, and give me a cost estimation."
He puts a black briefcase on the table and opens it, putting his reading glasses on. ‘Hmm.... We can definitely do it. Any size.... considering the market etc etc. it might be expensive. But affordable for your company.’ He begins to write on a piece of paper, doing some maths. ‘I estimate about... 2.6 million’
Zack nods "Hm, that sounds reasonable for designing a new starship from scratch. I would like you to get in touch with Eugene Norton from Fulchrome Technologies. He will assist with the technical aspects of computing, scanners and internal layout of the ship. How long do you gather the design phase will take, Mr. Brandston?"
‘The Design stage will take about.... 5-6 months.’ He looks up, peering at Zach through his glasses. ‘I will need layouts... design specifics, for example where you want your swimming Pools.’ He laughs. ‘I would advise attaching light weapons... to deal with asteroids and other space anomalies.’
"That is definitely something to look into, yes." He looks at the screen in front of him and types something "I will have my legal department send you the specifics for the contract. It will only be for designing for now, after we have the specs, we will run a cost benefit analysis and then decide whether we go forward or take a different approach. I would like an update once the design stage is finished. Is that agreeable to you, Mr. Brandston?"
‘Very agreeable. Is that all? I have a plane to catch and a child's birthday party to get to.’
"Yes that will be all. Thank you for coming, Mr. Brandston." He extends his hand to shake "And Happy Birthday to your child."
He takes the hand, firmly shaking it. ‘I’ll leave a business card with your secretary.’ He chuckles and steps back. ‘I’ll tell Ella that, She loves your shows.’
The Ad Campaigns Begins
Fulchrome Media Group has created the Fulchrome Marketing Solutions in order to sell their services and help create ads for some of the Senate Factions. Several Factions have signed a document like the one below with Mr Fulchrome.
The following contracts outlines the terms and conditions of service for the advertisement campaign of [Theian Outerspace Movement]. Neither Fulchrome Marketing Solutions nor any of its associated corporations will be held accountable for the contents of the advertisement produced. The client, [Theian Outerspace Movement], accepts sole liability for any legal repercussions. Fulchrome Marketing Solutions retains the right to revoke Service at any time. Fulchrome Marketing Solutions will not share any informations collected during the campaign with third parties. The client, [Theian Outerspace Movement] accepts that other clients may take priority over him/her and any delays that may ensue because of that. The service of Fulchrome Marketing Solutions will be terminated after the agreed upon service, [production of two advertisements for election purposes], has been concluded, for additional services further fees may be demanded. This contract can be extended should both parties wish to do so.
The World Entertainment Forum
Big Showcases of this years WEF convention were new developments made by Gilded Hope Enterprises Fulchrome Media Group and the Shinmum Group. Gilded Hope released their new games Warrior Hoplite and Stellar Conflicts Frontlines on the Chromestation. Stellar Conflicts Frontlines is based on the Fulchrome Media’s hit move Stellar Conflicts in which Episode One: The Coming Judgement was just released in theaters. Idiom Interactive studios partnered with the Shinmum Group also announced their new VR game Manifest Battle Arena.
Political Talks Begin
The Meeting of Right Wing Parties
Karl Braun of the NCP called for a Meeting of Right Wing Parties to discuss the upcoming election. TEF, ORC and TOM were invited to the meeting.
The Leader of the NCP, Konstantin Hoth, comes out of the room that they are in to address the crowd of Journalists. "Friends, welcome! While we are pleased at your enthusiasm to hear of the new alliance on the right side of Politics, I regret to inform you that Journalists will not be allowed in to the meeting proper. However, as a reward for your efforts, you will get Frontline seats to the press conference we are about to have once this meeting is concluded, where we announce the final results of the conference."
Karl Walks into the closed Meeting room and sits in a chair, and calls his assistant for coffee.
Dr. Crichton Li gives his clearance badge to the guard standing at the door to the meeting room. After getting permission to enter, he enters the room and takes a seat.
Tomaso Delarosa arrives in the closed off room, sits in his designated chair and awaits what will be coming
Hoth then walks into the meeting room, where he sits down, brings out a cigar, and begins to smoke.
saint arrives dressed in a black suit and with a red tie behind him were a group of men wearing grey suits with a golden eagle head on the right of their chest "Evening gentlemen."
“Shall we begin?” Karl says softly to the other members of the meeting.
"Indeed Mr.Braun." Saint Said.
Dr. Li nods as he looks to the other gathered politicians.
"Sure, I'm curious" Tomaso responds
Karl begins by announcing his intent for the meeting. “As we know We are pretty divided right now, and we need one candidate for us so that one of us may represent the People as President. We are to decide today who we think should run here and who are our parties will support him for the position”
Saint put forth the motion that Mr Hoth should run for president and it was seconded by Dr Li.
Karl: “Later we will discuss chancellor but to be honest Mr. Delarosa seems like the best choice”
"I am flattered by that mister Braun, and if you were to ask my opinion I think mister Hoth is indeed, of the parties on the right, the most suitable candidate." Tom responded.
"I could definitely support mister Hoth if it were to come to that, but I want to stress that my support is not set in stone yet. As you all know here, my Faction is first and foremost a centrist one, meaning I am more than willing to work with both sides of the political spectrum. I definitely expect the leftist parties to approach me as well and I will be hearing them too before I make a final decision. But as said, if I were to support a candidate from the right, mister Hoth would have my approval." Tom continued.
"Hold on, before we decide anything conclusive, what would the priority of a Hoth-presidency be?" Crichton Li asked.
"Well, if I were to win the Presidency, I think the emphasis would be on a stable economy and rapid expansion. We must carve out as much room as possible in the stars as possible." -Hoth
Saint, Crichron Li and Tom all expressed concerns about not straining the economy too much.
"The focus is on keeping the economy stable. That is the priority. If expansion were to Jeopardize that, we would obviously stop." was Hoth’s response.
Crichton announced "Whenever a species is introduced into a new environment and rapidly expands its influence, it is always eventually met by some countermeasure of the ecosystem."
"Of course I assume the economy would also be stimulated to facilitate that growth into space, right? And it would create a lot of jobs for our people." Tom remarked.
"Well of course. If other solar systems are as abundant in resources as this one, then I am sure that there will be plenty of resources to extract. Plus the stimulation of private industry via tax exemptions for targeted extraction is another way for resources to be gained." was Hoth’s response to Tom’s question.
"Expansion and economic growth can go perfectly hand in hand, we should not fear the expansion, we should embrace and actively encourage it!" Tom said.
"Sustainable expansion should be our priority, we must always keep the long-term perspective in mind. Mr. Hoth, what if we encounter Xenos?" Dr Li asked.
"Xenos, now that's a tricky topic. I suppose that it all depends on if they are sentient or not." Hoth pondered.
"We must assume space is a hostile environment and approach any Xeno we encounter with caution, sentient or not." Dr Li proposed.
"I am not going to lie about this, but we know my stance and your stance on intelligent xeno life are the exact opposite mister Li. The question is if you accept any intelligent Xeno life inside the borders of the Republic or not?" was Tom’s response.
"If they aren't sentient, then after a thorough examination to make sure it isn't a threat, then I say that there is no reason we can't coexist with what amounts to space dogs. If they are sentient then I say approach with caution, but I am sure that we will not encounter xenos for a good while, if at all." was Hoth’s response to Li and Tom
"We will have to see if the xenos we meet even exist." Saint Kraus interjected.
"There is no question about the existence of Xeno life Mr. Kraus. There are more stars in the sky than insects on this planet. The chance that the galaxy is a jungle teeming with life is significant. It is not a matter of if but when. Now, Mr. Delarosa, I do not like the fact that you take assumptions about my own views without even knowing me. I'm simply saying that we should be aware that what we find up there might want to eat us." Dr Li replied.
"If they are hell bent on destruction, then we will destroy them. If they want Peace, we will have peace. And besides, I doubt we will encounter aliens in our first 10 years amongst the stars." Hoth stated and all agreed with.
After a discussion about the market the meeting ended up in an argument between Saint Kraus and Tom. At the end The Freedom Coalition was formed with NCP, TEF and the ORC. TOM had left saying they would think further on whether they will join the coalition in the future.
The Conference of Party Leadership
Andy Smith of the DLP called for a conference to discuss future politics of the Republic. Tomaso of TOM, Giden Schulz of the EUL, Robert Gomme of the GWU, General Ludmila of the NM and Mahjarrat Nabor were invited to the conference hosted by the Shinmum Group.
The event started off with Allison Hyeong of the Shinmum Group “Thank you all for showing up. Senator Smith, I think you should start since you called the meeting”
"Yes thank you Ms Hyeong, alright everyone the reason I called this meeting is not only for policies but trying to come to an agreement on a potential candidate for the president election. Of course I mean no disrespect towards Mr Gomme, he has done a lot of work for this election, but you wouldn't mind if we were to have a second option for the voters?" asked Andy.
“Well do you have a suggestion?” asked Allison.
"An independent, someone that can be seen a person for people and for small businesses, I suggest either you Ms Hyeong or Mr Nabor." said Andy.
“Uh, well then how about Tom?” asked Allison.
"Why an independent candidate? Why not you, mister Smith? And I am too young to apply for the Presidency, Ms Hyeong." Stated Tom. He also mumbled about how forgetful Allison is but no one seemed to hear that part.
"While I enjoy the idea, and flattered you would put me up for it, I must agree that none of us have quite enough popularity to win; would you push foreward my or Ms. Hyeongs candidacy with the power of your party?" Mentioned Mahjarrat.
"I feel that the NCP will take any opportunity to beat me down, especially now that he manages to unite his formal competitors... " Smith than looks at Nabor. "I am scared my endorsement would be weaken Ms Hyeong's position, many people are more than happy to label me as a rebel against the the state." replied Andy.
"They would take any opportunity to beat just about anyone down. But if I realised anything that just drives you further into the ground" said Ludmila.
"I am assuming none of you want to endorse me." Robert asked a little disheartened. No one at the conference was willing to do so.
The topic of who among them should run for president ended up going no where. The conference then moved on to the topic of social welfare.
"Well I suppose but I would like to discuss what policies we should try to promote? Ms Hyeong what policies do you have in mind ?" Andy asked.
“I think the creation of Government Backed Social Welfare should be a start” was Allison’s reply. To which GeneralLudmila agreed with on the option of it being an optional program.
"Protecting the workers is important, but we must also not burden the corporations who will be vital in our expansion across the stars as well." was Tom’s concern.
"I suppose but the issue is wouldn't that be become a self funded poverty? If the person cannot afford the cost of living, how can they afford also to pay tax for his own welfare?" Andy asked.
Mahjarrat comments, "We would simply refuse to tax those below a certain income level; those who would fall below the poverty line due to it."
Ludmila responded to Mahjarrat Mahjarrat comments, "We would simply refuse to tax those below a certain income level; those who would fall below the poverty line due to it. Also such, that is a much better plan.”
"It depends if we want to give our benefits to all or the few, and I suspect the latter would call into question our motives, they'll spin us as pure populists." replied Mahjarrat.
The conference then moved on to the discussion that new jobs in the alloy, energy and mineral departments would be a must for the progress of the Republic. All members of the conference also agreed with being more friendly to xeno life should it be encountered. Afterwards they returned to the topic of who should run for president but got nowhere in the end. Tomaso left this conference like the last one, without fully pledging his support.
Fractures Within the Republic
TOM Grows
As the Republic moves towards the next election cycle, senate factions are still forming. Karl Braun has switched over from the NPC to TOM for the upcoming season. An announcement made by Tomaso himself announced the switch.
"The T.O.M. is happy to announce that Karl Braun, former member of the NCP, has decided to make the jump from the NCP to the T.O.M. During our hour-long discussions we discovered that we have much in common and mister Braun decided that a change was suited. I am glad that mister Hoth agreed with his stance and is fully supportive of his switch. We welcome mister Braun with open arms."
One Republic Congress Falls
The One Republic Congress, while trying to figure out what their faction ideology and policy stances were, came to a realization that many in their faction were divided on almost every issue. Saint Kraus has since released a statement saying that the One Republic Congress has disbanded. Many of the members are trying to reunify the faction into another faction. Among them only one man seems very promising, with men and women already flocking to his words. In time we will see what becomes of a man named Alexander Dremsk.
CEO Scandals Begin
During a meeting of the United Conglomerate a huge corruption scandal was brought to the authorities of the Republic. The CEO of Divitae Construction, Nikovi Karnazra, called a meeting of the United Conglomerate to discuss something important. At the meeting Karnazra expressed concerns that the Gommunist Workers Union might gain some real power in the upcoming election cycle. All members shared concerns that the GWU might be a threat to their companies, however Karnazra took his concerns too far. At the meeting Karnazra suggested the UC combine their efforts and create fake news and evidence to create issues for the GWU. The man even hinted at rigging the elections to harm the amount of votes the GWU would get. The other members of the UC contained Karnazra and alerted the authorities. Karnazra was arrested on the charge of plotting sabotage against the Republic and its ideals. The man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to jail time. Divitae Construction removed him from being CEO of the company and Xander Angradum took his place. Even under new management, the UC voted unanimously to kick Divitae Construction out of the UC.