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At most there would be a small manpower boost. Only a Weisleder government aiding Sanders' DSAR would have an international brigades unit sent to assist.
Also if O'Leary is PM he could potentially send volunteers to help Trump, there could also be a coup against him, which could lead to him declaring the Republic of Canada if he manages to outmanuver it.
Also flags for the Co-Operative Canadian Commonwealth and the Canadian Republic. Since we probably will run out of tags, these nations would be name + flag change, that's it.
Canadian Republic:
CoCC:
Also, since there are events for Russia to fall into instability, any ideas for a Durginist Russia that could essentially be the equivalent of Wrangelist Russia in the mod?
Sorry, I've no idea what Durginist or Wrangelist are? I presume these are Kaiserreich terms? Never played it...
Listen to what Ross Perot said back in 1992 about the US economy, especially the last bit.
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All the Canadian stuff sounds good to me.At most there would be a small manpower boost. Only a Weisleder government aiding Sanders' DSAR would have an international brigades unit sent to assist.
Also if O'Leary is PM he could potentially send volunteers to help Trump, there could also be a coup against him, which could lead to him declaring the Republic of Canada if he manages to outmanuver it.
Also flags for the Co-Operative Canadian Commonwealth and the Canadian Republic. Since we probably will run out of tags, these nations would be name + flag change, that's it.
Canadian Republic:
CoCC:
Also, since there are events for Russia to fall into instability, any ideas for a Durginist Russia that could essentially be the equivalent of Wrangelist Russia in the mod?
Ooh, I think a Duginist Russia would be cool to see. Russia fully transitioning into an obscurantist, reactionary empire hellbent on becoming the global hegemon & basically undoing the Enlightenment instead of reverting into a new Soviet Union would make for all sorts of interesting, especially if it has right-wing allies to tap into in Germany and France to speed up its goal of a dominated ' Europe from Dublin to Vladivostok'. I don't think the more firmly religious (as in Catholic) right-wing in Poland, Hungary etc. would be receptive teaming up with the transparently and zealously Orthodox Duginist Russia though, even setting aside the deep historical animosities that already exist between them a scenario where the Orthodox fanatics in Moscow and their Catholic counterparts in (for example) Warsaw working together strikes me as just as far-fetched as Daesh and Iran working together, nor I think would Ukraine be very cooperative - the damage to relations between the two countries seem too recent for Duginists to just be able to annex the whole place without at least heavy dissent hits and partisan activity that got stronger the further west one goes.
Could Dugin also restore a Tsar in Russia?
I believe he means a Russia led by this guy, the father of 'Eurasianism' & an especially aggressive proponent of the war in Ukraine whose more prominent works include Foundations of Geopolitics (1997) and The Fourth Political Theory (2012). Basically Black-Hundredism (summed up as an early 20th century Russian KKK with Jews & Ukrainians replacing blacks as their main target) updated for the modern day, with dreams of achieving world hegemony by essentially puppetizing Western & Central Europe, absorbing the Orthodox Eastern European countries, and neutering China + the USA (and their allies) by all means possible up to and including the conquest of northern/western China and inciting sectarian and race riots, respectively.
Besides having Russia replace America as the world's top dog, as I recall Duginism/Eurasianism also absolutely hates liberal values (basically anything post-Enlightenment, which Dugin seems to associate with the West in addition to actually believing to be morally degenerate) while lionizing Tsarism & being extremely close to the Orthodox Church and would want to turn the social clock back to 1600 wherever it can: hell, the dude wants to ban the Internet and considers chemistry & physics to be the devil's work. It's true that Dugin also bizarrely and paradoxically (considering how far-right he is) speaks fondly of the USSR in addition to once being a NazBol, but he seems to do that entirely from the perspective that the Soviets 'made Russia great again' so to speak, not any actual affection for Communism.
Thus like Wrangel's totalitarian 'Nazi Russia' path in Kaiserreich, Duginism would be one of the darkest and most oppressive possible paths a post-Putin Russia would be able to walk down, matching let's say a neo-Stalinist USSR: a holier-than-thou, repressive, extremely aggressive and brutally xenophobic Orthodox autocracy determined to achieve global domination and aiming not so much to usher in a new Dark Age as to restore the old one, at least socially. I'm positive they'd be friends with ISIS were it not for two things: their different religions (if history's any guide fanatics of different creeds seem to hate each other as much as they loathe heretics, and Dugin seems to at best think of Islam as another piece for his anti-Western games), and conflicting aims of achieving global hegemony.
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Edit: Also I'd like to ask, would you be cool with me editing the American election events for 2016? As I said on the last page I'd like to try my hand at expanding it from the Clinton-Trump-Sanders choice we have now into a multi-event mini-chain like the HoI2 MDS had for its '08/'12/'16 elections, unless somebody is doing that already.
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At most there would be a small manpower boost. Only a Weisleder government aiding Sanders' DSAR would have an international brigades unit sent to assist.
Also if O'Leary is PM he could potentially send volunteers to help Trump, there could also be a coup against him, which could lead to him declaring the Republic of Canada if he manages to outmanuver it.
Also flags for the Co-Operative Canadian Commonwealth and the Canadian Republic. Since we probably will run out of tags, these nations would be name + flag change, that's it.
Canadian Republic:
CoCC:
Also, since there are events for Russia to fall into instability, any ideas for a Durginist Russia that could essentially be the equivalent of Wrangelist Russia in the mod?
And what about Quebec ?
You never played the single most developed HOI2/DH mod? But yeah Wrangelite is a Kaiserreich term. For those of you who don't know Baron Wrangel does a 360 degree personality shift in Kaisereich. He shifts from an rather tolerant constitutional monarch and one of the more liberal of the White Generals to essentially, the Kaiserreich version of Hitler.
Some people have raised complaints about Wrangel's characterization and want him to be a more moderate figure true to his OTL self over an outright "national populist"(a form of Fascism, except all the major Fascists OTL sans the Iron Guardsmen and Fritz Kuhn in the US are totalitarian socialists) . As a result, his role is to be retconned in the upcoming version as one of leaders of Denikin's junta that could establish stability. By contrast, the "Nazi" role will be filled by an rather obscure figure from Russian history(don't know who, forgot his name), with Korlinov as the Ludendorff stand-in.
Also there has been some divisiveness on whether Trump and Sanders should be alive or dead, and how this could kick off the revolution. Personally I'm all in favor of Trump being alive despite the fact that I am a berniebro just because it would be intresting to see what happens if he manages to pull through his plans, the latter, through the DSAR files I submitted, have Bernie as HoS, I think it would arguably work better to, for the first version, work with a event chain where he dies in some manner and it kicks off the Civil War. This is in part due to the fact that while a large chunk of the far-right has signed up behind Trump, the relationship between Sanders and those on his left are more contentious. But what if he was some sort of martyr? Not to mention it could easily parallel Reds! on alternatehistory.com when President Thomas is killed by MacArthur. And we could add PoDs where the Civil War starts with Sanders alive or Trump dead in future versions of the mod.
For first time in history the FYROM violated two times the Greek airspace
http://en.protothema.gr/defence-ministry-admits-fyrom-violated-greek-airspace-over-idomeni/
http://en.protothema.gr/defence-ministry-admits-fyrom-violated-greek-airspace-over-idomeni/
Okay, so here's a start-up event for Japan (to be activated preferably as soon as the clock starts).
Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
1) Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
2) In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized. ---Retrieved from the Japanese cabinet office's website
This article in the Japanese Constitution has been an cornerstone of Japanese military policy (or defense policy as their government puts it).
According to this article, Japan cannot wield any "land, sea, and air forces as well as other war potential". The interpretation of said article, however, is another issue.
Some believe that as long as the Japanese Self Defense Forces (or JSDF for short) do not maintain any offensive capabilities, they are following the constitution. Others believe the existence of the JSDF itself is unconstitutional.
Currently, under the government of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP), there are factions within the government wishing to change the constitution, especially article 9.
However, until that day comes, we will have to abide by this constitution.
Effect: Deactivate the following units; CV, SSN, Missile Cruiser, Strategic Bomber, Strategic Transport, Short-Range, Medium-Range, Theater-Range, and ICBMs, Nuke
Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
1) Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
2) In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized. ---Retrieved from the Japanese cabinet office's website
This article in the Japanese Constitution has been an cornerstone of Japanese military policy (or defense policy as their government puts it).
According to this article, Japan cannot wield any "land, sea, and air forces as well as other war potential". The interpretation of said article, however, is another issue.
Some believe that as long as the Japanese Self Defense Forces (or JSDF for short) do not maintain any offensive capabilities, they are following the constitution. Others believe the existence of the JSDF itself is unconstitutional.
Currently, under the government of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP), there are factions within the government wishing to change the constitution, especially article 9.
However, until that day comes, we will have to abide by this constitution.
Effect: Deactivate the following units; CV, SSN, Missile Cruiser, Strategic Bomber, Strategic Transport, Short-Range, Medium-Range, Theater-Range, and ICBMs, Nuke
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I have events here from Pippo Franchino and Tera mainly, so things are looking good for different forks in the USA event chains.
I'm also doing my own event chain, which will have the same probability as the others in happening in the mod.
Before I start writing events, I always have to get into the mood, or read up about stuff so my head gets full and then one day, I sit down and I get to work.
In my event chain.
Trump does not get enough delegates and falls short.
The Convention goes ahead, but is adversarial.
The Republican Party wants to put probably Kaisch forward for the Presidential race to happen in November.
This is why Kaisch is still on the ticket, even though he has won very few delegates. He is Plan B.
Trump leaves the Convention a beaten man, and declares to fight on somehow.
Trump declares he will run as an independent candidate in November's Election.
This is July, November is still months away.
October, that dreaded month when all things financial tend to collapse.
October 2015, it was predicted that the coming financial collapse would happen. It did not happen.
October 2016, we have a financial collapse that begins in the USA but spreads throughout the Western world.
You can go look at videos on youtube to find out how and why this will happen. I don't think I need to educate you here.
The Election in November is postponed until January 2017.
The Election never happens and Obama remains POTUS throughout the crisis that quickly develops in the USA and in Europe.
I don't intend having preset "states" where a leader of a "country" is either fascist or socialist in form and they then fight the central government to take over the USA.
I'd really like try to do something different. How I have not decided yet.
But the USA owes a lot of money and those creditors may come looking for payment.
One solution to a worldwide financial crisis would be to have a reset of state debt and a single world currency? But as in all things, just like our experience with the Euro, once you have a common currency, a common government follows thereafter.
Do the 1% now seek to control that single world government, you bet they do!
I'm also doing my own event chain, which will have the same probability as the others in happening in the mod.
Before I start writing events, I always have to get into the mood, or read up about stuff so my head gets full and then one day, I sit down and I get to work.
In my event chain.
Trump does not get enough delegates and falls short.
The Convention goes ahead, but is adversarial.
The Republican Party wants to put probably Kaisch forward for the Presidential race to happen in November.
This is why Kaisch is still on the ticket, even though he has won very few delegates. He is Plan B.
Trump leaves the Convention a beaten man, and declares to fight on somehow.
Trump declares he will run as an independent candidate in November's Election.
This is July, November is still months away.
October, that dreaded month when all things financial tend to collapse.
October 2015, it was predicted that the coming financial collapse would happen. It did not happen.
October 2016, we have a financial collapse that begins in the USA but spreads throughout the Western world.
You can go look at videos on youtube to find out how and why this will happen. I don't think I need to educate you here.
The Election in November is postponed until January 2017.
The Election never happens and Obama remains POTUS throughout the crisis that quickly develops in the USA and in Europe.
I don't intend having preset "states" where a leader of a "country" is either fascist or socialist in form and they then fight the central government to take over the USA.
I'd really like try to do something different. How I have not decided yet.
But the USA owes a lot of money and those creditors may come looking for payment.
One solution to a worldwide financial crisis would be to have a reset of state debt and a single world currency? But as in all things, just like our experience with the Euro, once you have a common currency, a common government follows thereafter.
Do the 1% now seek to control that single world government, you bet they do!
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August 15 2015 remembrance ceremonies
70th anniversary of the end of World War 2
Today is a day to remember. It has been 70 years since the last war that reduced our nation to rubble ended.
All throughout this country, there are remembrance ceremonies being held.
In Tokyo, his Imperial Majesty has expressed his deep mourning for those whom perished, and his wish for world peace, as well as the further prosperity of Japan.
His majesty also stated that the peace and prosperity Japan enjoys now is kept through the citizens' earnest desire for peace.
Effect: "We must never forget this tragedy" Dissent -5%, Belligerence -3, Dove policy+1
70th anniversary of the end of World War 2
Today is a day to remember. It has been 70 years since the last war that reduced our nation to rubble ended.
All throughout this country, there are remembrance ceremonies being held.
In Tokyo, his Imperial Majesty has expressed his deep mourning for those whom perished, and his wish for world peace, as well as the further prosperity of Japan.
His majesty also stated that the peace and prosperity Japan enjoys now is kept through the citizens' earnest desire for peace.
Effect: "We must never forget this tragedy" Dissent -5%, Belligerence -3, Dove policy+1
As for the end date of WW2, I understand that there are differences between certain countries on when WW2 actually ended. VJ day is commonly taught as September 2nd in the West, while it is the 3rd in Russia, and both Chinas. However, as this event is based as a Japanese event, I will use the Japanese interpretation of the day the war ended, August 15th.
Also, as a former Canadian resident, I was wondering how Quebec would come into the picture in a "Canadian Civil War"?
Being a former Torontonian, I'm not the brightest in Quebecois politics. However, I do believe in that if the "English side" of Canada starts infighting, the Quebecois may capitalize on the opportunity to secede from the union, and become a sovereign state.
Being a former Torontonian, I'm not the brightest in Quebecois politics. However, I do believe in that if the "English side" of Canada starts infighting, the Quebecois may capitalize on the opportunity to secede from the union, and become a sovereign state.
I have added this event to your list CJ. Thanks
August 15 2015 remembrance ceremonies
70th anniversary of the end of World War 2
Today is a day to remember. It has been 70 years since the last war that reduced our nation to rubble ended.
All throughout this country, there are remembrance ceremonies being held.
In Tokyo, his Imperial Majesty has expressed his deep mourning for those whom perished, and his wish for world peace, as well as the further prosperity of Japan.
His majesty also stated that the peace and prosperity Japan enjoys now is kept through the citizens' earnest desire for peace.
Effect: "We must never forget this tragedy" Dissent -5%, Belligerence -3, Dove policy+1
Got this event and the previous one. Thanks
No problem. Please feel free to change any of the wording as you see fit.
abandon the currency means abandon the sovereignty.
as you say, now we see the damage of the euro so I don' see what people would be stupid enough to accept a world currency.
And then,this common currency would be the beginning of World Governance, I do not want to live in that kind of world, I love my country too much to see it be absorbed by that WG.
And done! I've attached the edits, which cover Mods.csv (event descriptions) + USA.txt (the actual events) + the US ministers file (new ministers) + a few pics of the added ministers (including Ted Cruz & Sarah Palin, the latter being a member of a Trump cabinet), to this post. I also had each choice set a flag to hopefully make future president-based ACW events easier to write. The breakdown I have so far, keeping in mind the planned multi-sided 2nd ACW, is that:
Clinton - SL - Ruthless Powermonger/Backroom Backstabber - Clinton's hawkish tendencies made it tempting to keep her a Die-hard Reformer, but I changed her HoS trait to RP on account of her long history of shadiness & her being pretty much the personification of the Democratic Party establishment. Dunno why her HoG trait was originally Naive Optimist either, neither of those are words that I would've used to describe her, so I changed that to the (IMO) more fitting Backroom Backstabber. Her cabinet consists entirely of establishment Clintonites: James Rubin, Wesley Clark, Neera Tanden & John Brennan.
Sanders - SD - Die-hard Reformer/Naive Optimist - No major changes here. His cabinet consists of left-wing reformists: Alan Grayson, Dennis Kucinich, Elizabeth Warren & Joseph Stiglitz.
O'Malley - SL - Barking Buffoon/Political Protege - Establishment-esque like Clinton, but less blatantly corrupt (I think, not that that's hard to accomplish). I made him SL, not SD, which I think better suits Sanders than O'Malley on account of him running to the center. His cabinet consists of a mix of Clintonite & non-Clintonite establishment people: James Rubin, Wesley Clark, Rand Beers & John Brennan.
Sanders - SD - Die-hard Reformer/Naive Optimist - No major changes here. His cabinet consists of left-wing reformists: Alan Grayson, Dennis Kucinich, Elizabeth Warren & Joseph Stiglitz.
O'Malley - SL - Barking Buffoon/Political Protege - Establishment-esque like Clinton, but less blatantly corrupt (I think, not that that's hard to accomplish). I made him SL, not SD, which I think better suits Sanders than O'Malley on account of him running to the center. His cabinet consists of a mix of Clintonite & non-Clintonite establishment people: James Rubin, Wesley Clark, Rand Beers & John Brennan.
Trump - SL - Ruthless Powermonger/Flamboyant Tough Guy - No explanation or change needed, I'm sure. With the exception of his intel chief, his cabinet consists entirely of Trumpeter pals & endorsers: Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Chris Christie & John Negroponte.
Cruz - SC - Power-hungry Demagogue/Backroom Backstabber - The furthest right candidate in the running who will have gone from trying to shut the gov't down to becoming the gov't if you choose him, ready to turn the Culture War around and purify America in the name of the Almighty. He's got a ferociously conservative and semi-theocratic cabinet with a token libertarian thrown in the mix: Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio & Rick Santorum.
Rubio - SC - Benevolent Gentleman/Happy Amateur - I think this would be 'easy mode' for a GOP-led establishment faction on account of Rubio's charisma, a lower-class background to help him sell the 'compassionate conservative' schtick convincingly and a willingness to make some reforms (ex. his involvement in the Gang of 8 bill). His cabinet combines old foreign/intel neocons with the Tea Party 'young guard' on the domestic scene: John Bolton, Mike Lee, Trey Gowdy & Porter Goss.
Kasich - ML - Popular Figurehead/Naive Optimist - I think this would be 'hard mode' for a GOP-led establishment faction on account of his unpopularity (4th place in a 3-man race as of this writing) and phony niceness (seriously, you can Google 'Kasich traffic stop' to find out what I'm talking about, and he has quite the history of being decidedly unpleasant man before reinventing himself for the 2016 campaign). He has a cabinet largely comprised of the GOP establishment's old guard, all of whom either have connections going back to the Bush days/deep ties to big business & banks/a long period of service in gov't: Earl Wayne, Henry Paulson, Chris Christie & John Brennan.
Cruz - SC - Power-hungry Demagogue/Backroom Backstabber - The furthest right candidate in the running who will have gone from trying to shut the gov't down to becoming the gov't if you choose him, ready to turn the Culture War around and purify America in the name of the Almighty. He's got a ferociously conservative and semi-theocratic cabinet with a token libertarian thrown in the mix: Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio & Rick Santorum.
Rubio - SC - Benevolent Gentleman/Happy Amateur - I think this would be 'easy mode' for a GOP-led establishment faction on account of Rubio's charisma, a lower-class background to help him sell the 'compassionate conservative' schtick convincingly and a willingness to make some reforms (ex. his involvement in the Gang of 8 bill). His cabinet combines old foreign/intel neocons with the Tea Party 'young guard' on the domestic scene: John Bolton, Mike Lee, Trey Gowdy & Porter Goss.
Kasich - ML - Popular Figurehead/Naive Optimist - I think this would be 'hard mode' for a GOP-led establishment faction on account of his unpopularity (4th place in a 3-man race as of this writing) and phony niceness (seriously, you can Google 'Kasich traffic stop' to find out what I'm talking about, and he has quite the history of being decidedly unpleasant man before reinventing himself for the 2016 campaign). He has a cabinet largely comprised of the GOP establishment's old guard, all of whom either have connections going back to the Bush days/deep ties to big business & banks/a long period of service in gov't: Earl Wayne, Henry Paulson, Chris Christie & John Brennan.
I've also attached a screenshot of one of the possibilities - Rubio's cabinet. I wanted to take a screenshot of the actual events, but for some reason F11 wouldn't work at that time. See below:
Anyway, tell me what you think. You can of course edit this to your own specifications if you need to
2015 Japanese Military Legislation (July 16 2015)
Today, the House of Representatives passed a legislation that would allow the JSDF to provide logistical support to allies overseas. In addition, the legislation also allowed the JSDF to provide armed support should inaction endanger the "lives and the survival of the Japanese Nation". The legislation will now be debated in the House of Councillors.
This caused much controversy throughout Japan, as well as in our neighbours, as many viewed this as the first step to what they call the "re-militarization of Japan".
Effect: "The people are unhappy" Dissent +10% Belligerence +5 Hawk policy +2 Relations with; People's Republic of China (-15), Republic of Korea (-15), North Korea (-15),
United States of America (+5), Republic of China (-5) Trigger "Peace Demonstrations at Parliament" on August 30th.
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Peace Demonstrations at Parliament (August 30th 2015)
Today, a large peace demonstration took place in front of parliament. People of all ages, genders, and social standing protested the recent military legislation.
According to the planners, 120 thousand people showed up, while a toll by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police estimates 30 thousand demonstrators.
While we know for sure that these protests won't turn violent, save for the odd fistfight between our supporters and the protesters, we should determine our stance toward the protests.
Effect: Choice A) "Invite the prominent members of the protests to the diet for a talk." Dissent +5 Trigger "Guest Speakers at the National Diet" on November 15th 2015
Choice B) "Marginalize them!" Dissent +10 Authoritarian +1
Today, the House of Representatives passed a legislation that would allow the JSDF to provide logistical support to allies overseas. In addition, the legislation also allowed the JSDF to provide armed support should inaction endanger the "lives and the survival of the Japanese Nation". The legislation will now be debated in the House of Councillors.
This caused much controversy throughout Japan, as well as in our neighbours, as many viewed this as the first step to what they call the "re-militarization of Japan".
Effect: "The people are unhappy" Dissent +10% Belligerence +5 Hawk policy +2 Relations with; People's Republic of China (-15), Republic of Korea (-15), North Korea (-15),
United States of America (+5), Republic of China (-5) Trigger "Peace Demonstrations at Parliament" on August 30th.
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Peace Demonstrations at Parliament (August 30th 2015)
Today, a large peace demonstration took place in front of parliament. People of all ages, genders, and social standing protested the recent military legislation.
According to the planners, 120 thousand people showed up, while a toll by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police estimates 30 thousand demonstrators.
While we know for sure that these protests won't turn violent, save for the odd fistfight between our supporters and the protesters, we should determine our stance toward the protests.
Effect: Choice A) "Invite the prominent members of the protests to the diet for a talk." Dissent +5 Trigger "Guest Speakers at the National Diet" on November 15th 2015
Choice B) "Marginalize them!" Dissent +10 Authoritarian +1
And done! I've attached the edits, which cover Mods.csv (event descriptions) + USA.txt (the actual events) + the US ministers file (new ministers) + a few pics of the added ministers (including Ted Cruz & Sarah Palin, the latter being a member of a Trump cabinet), to this post. I also had each choice set a flag to hopefully make future president-based ACW events easier to write. The breakdown I have so far, keeping in mind the planned multi-sided 2nd ACW, is that:
Clinton - SL - Ruthless Powermonger/Backroom Backstabber - Clinton's hawkish tendencies made it tempting to keep her a Die-hard Reformer, but I changed her HoS trait to RP on account of her long history of shadiness & her being pretty much the personification of the Democratic Party establishment. Dunno why her HoG trait was originally Naive Optimist either, neither of those are words that I would've used to describe her, so I changed that to the (IMO) more fitting Backroom Backstabber. Her cabinet consists entirely of establishment Clintonites: James Rubin, Wesley Clark, Neera Tanden & John Brennan.
Sanders - SD - Die-hard Reformer/Naive Optimist - No major changes here. His cabinet consists of left-wing reformists: Alan Grayson, Dennis Kucinich, Elizabeth Warren & Joseph Stiglitz.
O'Malley - SL - Barking Buffoon/Political Protege - Establishment-esque like Clinton, but less blatantly corrupt (I think, not that that's hard to accomplish). I made him SL, not SD, which I think better suits Sanders than O'Malley on account of him running to the center. His cabinet consists of a mix of Clintonite & non-Clintonite establishment people: James Rubin, Wesley Clark, Rand Beers & John Brennan.
Trump - SL - Ruthless Powermonger/Flamboyant Tough Guy - No explanation or change needed, I'm sure. With the exception of his intel chief, his cabinet consists entirely of Trumpeter pals & endorsers: Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Chris Christie & John Negroponte.
Cruz - SC - Power-hungry Demagogue/Backroom Backstabber - The furthest right candidate in the running who will have gone from trying to shut the gov't down to becoming the gov't if you choose him, ready to turn the Culture War around and purify America in the name of the Almighty. He's got a ferociously conservative and semi-theocratic cabinet with a token libertarian thrown in the mix: Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio & Rick Santorum.
Rubio - SC - Benevolent Gentleman/Happy Amateur - I think this would be 'easy mode' for a GOP-led establishment faction on account of Rubio's charisma, a lower-class background to help him sell the 'compassionate conservative' schtick convincingly and a willingness to make some reforms (ex. his involvement in the Gang of 8 bill). His cabinet combines old foreign/intel neocons with the Tea Party 'young guard' on the domestic scene: John Bolton, Mike Lee, Trey Gowdy & Porter Goss.
Kasich - ML - Popular Figurehead/Naive Optimist - I think this would be 'hard mode' for a GOP-led establishment faction on account of his unpopularity (4th place in a 3-man race as of this writing) and phony niceness (seriously, you can Google 'Kasich traffic stop' to find out what I'm talking about, and he has quite the history of being decidedly unpleasant man before reinventing himself for the 2016 campaign). He has a cabinet largely comprised of the GOP establishment's old guard, all of whom either have connections going back to the Bush days/deep ties to big business & banks/a long period of service in gov't: Earl Wayne, Henry Paulson, Chris Christie & John Brennan.
I've also attached a screenshot of one of the possibilities - Rubio's cabinet. I wanted to take a screenshot of the actual events, but for some reason F11 wouldn't work at that time. See below:
Anyway, tell me what you think. You can of course edit this to your own specifications if you need to
Your work has gone straight into the mod. Excellent!
THANK YOU!
2015 Japanese Military Legislation (July 16 2015)
Today, the House of Representatives passed a legislation that would allow the JSDF to provide logistical support to allies overseas. In addition, the legislation also allowed the JSDF to provide armed support should inaction endanger the "lives and the survival of the Japanese Nation". The legislation will now be debated in the House of Councillors.
This caused much controversy throughout Japan, as well as in our neighbours, as many viewed this as the first step to what they call the "re-militarization of Japan".
Effect: "The people are unhappy" Dissent +10% Belligerence +5 Hawk policy +2 Relations with; People's Republic of China (-15), Republic of Korea (-15), North Korea (-15),
United States of America (+5), Republic of China (-5) Trigger "Peace Demonstrations at Parliament" on August 30th.
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Peace Demonstrations at Parliament (August 30th 2015)
Today, a large peace demonstration took place in front of parliament. People of all ages, genders, and social standing protested the recent military legislation.
According to the planners, 120 thousand people showed up, while a toll by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police estimates 30 thousand demonstrators.
While we know for sure that these protests won't turn violent, save for the odd fistfight between our supporters and the protesters, we should determine our stance toward the protests.
Effect: Choice A) "Invite the prominent members of the protests to the diet for a talk." Dissent +5 Trigger "Guest Speakers at the National Diet" on November 15th 2015
Choice B) "Marginalize them!" Dissent +10 Authoritarian +1
@Youimcolo : I've started a folder for all of your events. Many Thanks!
I have a son living in Tokyo. He ran away and got married and just sent us a postcard telling us what he had done. ...
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