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107. The End of the Great Wars - Senate Responses
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108. 1915-1921 - July 1915 - July 1916
1 July 1916
Senators,
This has been a year of recovery for the Empire.
With the end of the wars, We were able to bring the legions home and then focus on domestic issues. In November, We expanded pensions to include the disabled. The legions had already offered some basic pensions, and this new system largely replaced their system while also providing for civilians.
We also enacted a plan to give more opportunities for education throughout the Empire. Each province will now have at least one university. All students at these universities will not be charged for tuition nor for books. All private universities and church universities will be left alone, though We are also creating a system of accreditation that will confirm any given college is properly educating its students. Any student attending an accredited university can receive additional grants and loans to pay for their education.
The arts continue to flourish throughout the Empire, and the sense of Romanitas grows yet greater, even in the colonies.
The team for the sixth Olympic games draws from several colonial regions, in fact.
We have also worked closely with the navy to strengthen them further. The navy had devised plans to mitigate risk, so We asked them to develop methods of planning for the future. We do not wish them to be as unprepared as they were for these last wars.
When the navy had developed means of ensuring it would remain prepared, it asked for resources to develop methods of training non-commissioned officers. We were happy to grant these resources.
As well, We continued the expansion of naval bases throughout the Empire. All bases have been given the resources they need to support the navy of the future, and they are in the process of further construction and upgrades.
Internationally, the world is as chaotic as ever. Ironically, the Northern Alliance fell to bickering, as Germany sought to reclaim the territory it had given Poland-Lithuania in order to secure their cooperation. Germany quickly won this war.
The post war period has also seen Persia now taken over by communists. They join Ukraine, Poland-Lithuania, Iraq, France, Denmark, Castille, and Brittany in this new system of governance.
This explains Our eagerness to sign an alliance with Scandinavia. We were able to send XV. Legio to put down a communist revolution there, sustaining the Constitutional Monarchy.
We are happy to announce that with the full funding of the naval base program and an increasing post-war prosperity, We are able to decrease taxes throughout the Empire. The general announcement will go out after this address is ended.
Finally, for the first time in many years, the archivists have considered a newspaper noteworthy.
And of course, the Senate’s world maps will be updated.
Senators,
This has been a year of recovery for the Empire.
With the end of the wars, We were able to bring the legions home and then focus on domestic issues. In November, We expanded pensions to include the disabled. The legions had already offered some basic pensions, and this new system largely replaced their system while also providing for civilians.
We also enacted a plan to give more opportunities for education throughout the Empire. Each province will now have at least one university. All students at these universities will not be charged for tuition nor for books. All private universities and church universities will be left alone, though We are also creating a system of accreditation that will confirm any given college is properly educating its students. Any student attending an accredited university can receive additional grants and loans to pay for their education.
The arts continue to flourish throughout the Empire, and the sense of Romanitas grows yet greater, even in the colonies.
The team for the sixth Olympic games draws from several colonial regions, in fact.
We have also worked closely with the navy to strengthen them further. The navy had devised plans to mitigate risk, so We asked them to develop methods of planning for the future. We do not wish them to be as unprepared as they were for these last wars.
When the navy had developed means of ensuring it would remain prepared, it asked for resources to develop methods of training non-commissioned officers. We were happy to grant these resources.
As well, We continued the expansion of naval bases throughout the Empire. All bases have been given the resources they need to support the navy of the future, and they are in the process of further construction and upgrades.
Internationally, the world is as chaotic as ever. Ironically, the Northern Alliance fell to bickering, as Germany sought to reclaim the territory it had given Poland-Lithuania in order to secure their cooperation. Germany quickly won this war.
The post war period has also seen Persia now taken over by communists. They join Ukraine, Poland-Lithuania, Iraq, France, Denmark, Castille, and Brittany in this new system of governance.
This explains Our eagerness to sign an alliance with Scandinavia. We were able to send XV. Legio to put down a communist revolution there, sustaining the Constitutional Monarchy.
We are happy to announce that with the full funding of the naval base program and an increasing post-war prosperity, We are able to decrease taxes throughout the Empire. The general announcement will go out after this address is ended.
Finally, for the first time in many years, the archivists have considered a newspaper noteworthy.
And of course, the Senate’s world maps will be updated.
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The red menace spreads ever around the world! We must be sure they do not take control of a major power, or the world will be doomed! It is the job of the Empire to uphold the freedoms of people around the world from godless land reform!
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Following last year's session, Kyrene and Nestorius quickly got to work, getting the HQ ready for the big move to Aeteorea. A private party was held for those leaving for Aeteorea in September before they went on their way, leaving Franco Lazaratos and those working with him at the Thaddai estate as Aeteorea's representatives to the Empire and the Senate. By the end of the year, the Aeteorean governorship-turned-autonomous had arrived at the islands, swiftly establishing themselves in the capital to cheers from those living there.
((I wonder where Aeteorea's capital would be.))
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1 July 1916
Franco arrived at the Senate, nervous over the thought of embarrassing himself and possibly Aeteorea in turn. He truly wished Nestorius had chosen someone else as the head representative, such as one of the Cecil Sisters, or perhaps someone new altogether. However, now he had an obligation, and he was going to try his best to fulfill it.
He is seen noting down everything being said, with the intent of passing it on to Nestorius, not knowing that things like this are sent to senators who are unable to attend sessions for any reason. The sound of impressionist literature and expressionist art will be music to the ears of the Thaddai, and the greater sense of Romanitas would definitely bring joy to their faces, along with the advancements of pensions and education. The Olympics will be a sight to behold, and the decrease of taxes will make the poor very happy. The one thing that did make him nervous however, was the communist revolution in Persia, or how they were calling it, Iran. He still has nightmares of the attack on Constantinople, mostly ones where everyone succumbed to the gas while they were hiding.
He grabbed a newspaper to read, hoping no one would draw attention to him.
((I wonder where Aeteorea's capital would be.))
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1 July 1916
Franco arrived at the Senate, nervous over the thought of embarrassing himself and possibly Aeteorea in turn. He truly wished Nestorius had chosen someone else as the head representative, such as one of the Cecil Sisters, or perhaps someone new altogether. However, now he had an obligation, and he was going to try his best to fulfill it.
He is seen noting down everything being said, with the intent of passing it on to Nestorius, not knowing that things like this are sent to senators who are unable to attend sessions for any reason. The sound of impressionist literature and expressionist art will be music to the ears of the Thaddai, and the greater sense of Romanitas would definitely bring joy to their faces, along with the advancements of pensions and education. The Olympics will be a sight to behold, and the decrease of taxes will make the poor very happy. The one thing that did make him nervous however, was the communist revolution in Persia, or how they were calling it, Iran. He still has nightmares of the attack on Constantinople, mostly ones where everyone succumbed to the gas while they were hiding.
He grabbed a newspaper to read, hoping no one would draw attention to him.
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Donatello Favero grabbed some purple ink and drew over the green Italy on his copy of the world map. One day the official map would look like that too.
These communists are proving themselves a threat, how they manage to topple governments and destroy the natural order. You would think that they would learn from the example of the Empire and realize that the people are best served by undying loyalty to their benevolent monarch. I suppose not everyone can be so lucky to be blessed with such a generous monarch as our emperor.
- Senator Donatello Favero
These communists are proving themselves a threat, how they manage to topple governments and destroy the natural order. You would think that they would learn from the example of the Empire and realize that the people are best served by undying loyalty to their benevolent monarch. I suppose not everyone can be so lucky to be blessed with such a generous monarch as our emperor.
- Senator Donatello Favero
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(( Aeteorea's capital is in Wellington, as in real-life New Zealand. It could stand to have a more appropriate name, though, if you'd like to suggest one. ))
COMMUNISTS! *Julius shakes his fist*
We should have them shot by firing squad!
We should have them shot by firing squad!
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((Pick a famous Byzantine dynastic name or, better yet, look in EU IV's list of Byzantine leader names.
Akropolites Angelos Aoinos Apokaukos Argyros Basileous Batatzes Botaneiates Boumbalis Choniates Choumnos Diasorenos Diogenes Doukas Gabras Iagaris Kantakuzenos Kaukadenos Komnenos Laskaris Melissinos Melisurgos Mikrulakes Monomakos Mouzalon Nestongos Palaiologos Paraspondylos Phocas Phouskarnaki Phrangopoulos Psellos Rhadinos Rhangabe Rhodocanakis Romanos Syropoulos Tornikes Zarides Zimisces ))
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((New Isca instead of New Plymouth? I wasn't able to find the name of the settlement specifically at the area of Plymouth during Roman times so the general area name should work.))
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((You could try Hellenising it a bit and going for New Iske if you wanted.
Alternatively, since Isca appears to from be a Brythonic word meaning 'water', you could go for Nea Nerou instead, which is Greek for "New Water".))
Alternatively, since Isca appears to from be a Brythonic word meaning 'water', you could go for Nea Nerou instead, which is Greek for "New Water".))
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((Considering there isn't a town called Nerou, that wouldn't make much sense. Iske by itself is a good replacement for New Plymouth, though if you really want to go Greek, Nea Hydrama could be good. I wouldn't imagine Komnenos by itself being a city name - wouldn't it be more like Komnenoupoli/Komneno/Komneneia/Komnenion/Komnennina? [I'm not actually sure if these are proper Greek]))
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((I think there was once a town in Anatolia called Kastra Komnenon or something, so maybe Komnenon would work? Or maybe Komnenopolis?))
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((The town you're talking about is modern-day Kastamonu, which means that that city is still probably called that now here. Komnenoupoli could be a good name, but it does sound a bit... uninspired, despite being one of my suggestions as well. Though, if there are no other options, we can use that. Komnenion, if that's in proper Greek at least, is still my personal choice.))
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