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STRENGTH OF SLAVIA
A Saint Peter's Throne-Style Subgame of World in Revolution: 1920
A Saint Peter's Throne-Style Subgame of World in Revolution: 1920
Hello, and welcome to Strength of Slavia, a subgame of the very popular forum game World in Revolution: 1920 and created in a streamlined form of Saint Peter's Throne. What exactly does this mean? Well, this forum game shall serve as a game within the game of WiR: 1920. Yugoslavia, a nation within the universe of WiR 1920, shall function as a federal constitutional monarchy, and the politics and running of Yugoslavia shall be this game. The resolutions, laws, and treaties done in this game shall be translated to orders for WiR: 1920, and their results will be fleshed out and reported back to here. So how exactly will this work?
First, you must create a character. The posts should look like this:
Character Sign Up said:
If you join between elections, you can just serve in a party's secretariat or as a staffer for a member of the National Assembly. Elections occur at a minimum every five turns (five years), but can occur at any time the National Assembly is dissolved.
Once your character is created, you are free to begin functioning in the game. It functions by two items: In Character Posts (herein "IC") and your Personal Order. ICs are meant to serve as announcements, speeches, proposals, and other public information coming from the character. These can be used to propose laws, request a report from a government agency, exercise any powers vested in them due to their government post, or make speeches and the like. Your Personal Order is required once a turn, sent to my inbox here on Paradox Interactive via private message with the game name and your character name in the subject line, and can be used to perform actions to gain more influence, the sole statistic used in Strength of Slavia. Influence measures the political capital your character can muster, using his personal wealth, political power, moral authority, and maybe a few darker things like blackmail and bribes. These shall show up in the annual updates that recount the year.
Coups and other such extraconstitutional changes to the government are indeed possible, but will require much influence, and risk a foreign intervention, as Yugoslavia is a member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The history of Yugoslavia from WiR: 1920 is below:
Formed from the ashes of the Habsburg Empire after the fires of the Great War receded, Yugoslavia was first known as the State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs. Ruled by King Peter I of Serbia until 1921, Yugoslavia was a backwards and poor nation, reeling from the horrors of the Great War, with a massive portion of its population gone, and economic stagnation, the country began a period of modernisation and rebuilding. Roads and railroad were prioritised by the government, while at the same time ensuring that taxes were low for businesses and industrialists. Early French and Italian investments offered the first major industrial production centres of the Kingdom, building an early relationship between Yugoslavia and France.
When King Peter I died, and Alexander I took the throne in 1921, Yugoslavia became involved in the Hungarian Civil War, being defeated at the hands of the Red Hungarians after a minor border battle. After a domestic dispute over intervention, it was ultimately decided that military improvements would be undertaken, and that an intervention was not taken.
The French ties were further increased when the Treaty of Saint-Denis saw a massive amount of French money invested into the Yugoslav economy, improving agricultural yields, and setting aside funds for industrial production. It was at this point where the first major expansion of economic activity occurred in Yugoslavia, lasting from 1926 to 1930, where the economic crash destroys a large amount of progress made during the previous five years.
It was at this same time, in 1930, that Macedonian rebels had attempted to secede from Yugoslavia, setting up an independent Macedonia which had existed for a few years, before support for it was finally withdrawn from Bulgaria, and the Yugoslav Army was able to recapture the wayward province. The Yugoslav failure to keep the peace was one of the first signs of the failing Army it held, and was a great embarrassment for the nation.
With the help of the French, Macedonia was once again part of Yugoslavia, but it was devastated. With the ongoing economic crisis worldwide, money for reconstruction was small, and little progress was made. In 1934, King Alexander I was assassinated by a group of Macedonian nationalists, which caused a crackdown in Macedonia, which gave rise to the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, which was preceded by 1937, due to lack of Soviet funding.
After his father’s death, King Peter II takes the Yugoslav throne, with a Regent, Paul named to rule until 1941. Under the regent Paul’s reign, industrial production increased across Croatia and Slovenia. From 1935 to 1939, Milan Stojadinović was Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, working hard to bring industry to the country, and trying to patch together feelings unity, and to stop the hatred against the Macedonian population. This had changed when Yugoslavia was attacked by Italy.
Called Operation Neptune by the Italians, the Yugoslav Army was crushed by a lighting attack by the Italians, in a war that lasted only a few months, losing Slovenia to Austria and vast swaths of the coastal regions to Italy. Yugoslav Unity increased dramatically, and the government’s inability to prosecute the war more saw the Democratic government’s downfall in the year, replaced by Dimitrije Ljotić, a non-Italian Fascist who felt the only way to build up the country was through a Third Way. He was able to rule Yugoslavia with an iron fist from 1939 to 1949, where a civil war broke out between the fascists and the communists. Ljotić was forced to go to the French, where he promised sweeping economic, political, and social reforms for French assistance.
In 1949, a moderate was put forward to become Prime Minister, and King Peter II was able to resume his throne, after being left mostly unable to accept any power or use it at all due to the fascist regime. He instituted sweeping reforms with the help of the French, removing the old regime, and allowing the current democratic government to take shape.
Issues with Slovenia did not diminish, however, as starting in 1950, against an Austrian attempt to turn Slovenia into a fully-fledged part of Austria, pro-Yugoslav protests erupted across the region, demanding reunification with Yugoslavia. With a mixed Austrian response that ranged from oppression, appeasement, and outright slavery, the issue was finally settled in 1955 with the Treaty of Graz, which saw French money being used for the purchase, cementing the ties between the two nations.
Today, Yugoslavia is a young and dynamic nation, fully committed to the idea of ethnic unity, and a proud member of the European Economic Community and of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Along with Greece, Yugoslavia is the sole remaining Democracy in the Balkans, and is not yet united. Issues with Italy, over what they claim is continued occupation of Yugoslav lands, are still abundant. Yugoslavia claims all of the land taken from them by the Italians during Operation Neptune, as well as the land Italy was able to expand into after the Great War. The issue of northern Albania as well was strong in the country, with many feeling as if it should rejoin the country. United by fire, Yugoslavia stands together to forge their collective experiences together as they prepare to leave the 1950s, and enter into the second half of the 20th century.
When King Peter I died, and Alexander I took the throne in 1921, Yugoslavia became involved in the Hungarian Civil War, being defeated at the hands of the Red Hungarians after a minor border battle. After a domestic dispute over intervention, it was ultimately decided that military improvements would be undertaken, and that an intervention was not taken.
The French ties were further increased when the Treaty of Saint-Denis saw a massive amount of French money invested into the Yugoslav economy, improving agricultural yields, and setting aside funds for industrial production. It was at this point where the first major expansion of economic activity occurred in Yugoslavia, lasting from 1926 to 1930, where the economic crash destroys a large amount of progress made during the previous five years.
It was at this same time, in 1930, that Macedonian rebels had attempted to secede from Yugoslavia, setting up an independent Macedonia which had existed for a few years, before support for it was finally withdrawn from Bulgaria, and the Yugoslav Army was able to recapture the wayward province. The Yugoslav failure to keep the peace was one of the first signs of the failing Army it held, and was a great embarrassment for the nation.
With the help of the French, Macedonia was once again part of Yugoslavia, but it was devastated. With the ongoing economic crisis worldwide, money for reconstruction was small, and little progress was made. In 1934, King Alexander I was assassinated by a group of Macedonian nationalists, which caused a crackdown in Macedonia, which gave rise to the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, which was preceded by 1937, due to lack of Soviet funding.
After his father’s death, King Peter II takes the Yugoslav throne, with a Regent, Paul named to rule until 1941. Under the regent Paul’s reign, industrial production increased across Croatia and Slovenia. From 1935 to 1939, Milan Stojadinović was Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, working hard to bring industry to the country, and trying to patch together feelings unity, and to stop the hatred against the Macedonian population. This had changed when Yugoslavia was attacked by Italy.
Called Operation Neptune by the Italians, the Yugoslav Army was crushed by a lighting attack by the Italians, in a war that lasted only a few months, losing Slovenia to Austria and vast swaths of the coastal regions to Italy. Yugoslav Unity increased dramatically, and the government’s inability to prosecute the war more saw the Democratic government’s downfall in the year, replaced by Dimitrije Ljotić, a non-Italian Fascist who felt the only way to build up the country was through a Third Way. He was able to rule Yugoslavia with an iron fist from 1939 to 1949, where a civil war broke out between the fascists and the communists. Ljotić was forced to go to the French, where he promised sweeping economic, political, and social reforms for French assistance.
In 1949, a moderate was put forward to become Prime Minister, and King Peter II was able to resume his throne, after being left mostly unable to accept any power or use it at all due to the fascist regime. He instituted sweeping reforms with the help of the French, removing the old regime, and allowing the current democratic government to take shape.
Issues with Slovenia did not diminish, however, as starting in 1950, against an Austrian attempt to turn Slovenia into a fully-fledged part of Austria, pro-Yugoslav protests erupted across the region, demanding reunification with Yugoslavia. With a mixed Austrian response that ranged from oppression, appeasement, and outright slavery, the issue was finally settled in 1955 with the Treaty of Graz, which saw French money being used for the purchase, cementing the ties between the two nations.
Today, Yugoslavia is a young and dynamic nation, fully committed to the idea of ethnic unity, and a proud member of the European Economic Community and of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Along with Greece, Yugoslavia is the sole remaining Democracy in the Balkans, and is not yet united. Issues with Italy, over what they claim is continued occupation of Yugoslav lands, are still abundant. Yugoslavia claims all of the land taken from them by the Italians during Operation Neptune, as well as the land Italy was able to expand into after the Great War. The issue of northern Albania as well was strong in the country, with many feeling as if it should rejoin the country. United by fire, Yugoslavia stands together to forge their collective experiences together as they prepare to leave the 1950s, and enter into the second half of the 20th century.
The game will require 15 players to function. ArchadianEmpire shall start as the King of Yugoslavia. All other players will begin as potential members of the National Assembly. Other required positions will be the Premier of the National Assembly, Premiers for the Four Banovinas of Yugoslavia (must resign from the National Assembly after appointment), the Chairman of the Council of Kosovo, and eight members of the National Assembly. Ministries will remain as NPC until we pass the 20 player line. How these all work are detailed in the constitutions of Yugoslavia and the Banovinas, detailed below. Ethnic Councils exist as non-governmental organizations for the minorities of Yugoslavia (Albanians, Austrians, Hungarians, Italians, and Romanians) and require special permission to play as.
Remember, however, that unlike other political forum games, non-player characters will form a vast supermajority of votes (the entire assemblies of the Banovinas, and most of the National Assembly) in almost any case, and shall vote along partisan lines normally, but certainly can be influenced by players with much *dramatic pause* influence. Dice rolls based on normal curves provide a luck element, but generally the more reasonable the request (i.e. the conservatives propose a conservative law) the less influence and luck necessary, while controversial legislation or proposals might require a bit more use of influence and a decent dice roll. Please note that things like a non-Serb as Premier is highly unlikely unless they are extremely influential.
Game start is in January of 1959, as elections sweep all four Banovinas, the Kosovo Autonomous Zone, and the National Assembly. Now is your time to make a name for yourself and harness the strength of Slavia.
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