Dawn of War: Resurgence (Map Game)

Welcome to Dawn of War Resurgence:

The year is 1948. World War II has ended in an overwhelming victory for the Western Allies and Soviet Union. There lies one exception, the co-belligerent South American federation or officially, the Federation de Sudamerica. Fought to a bloody stalemate in Central America and with both Superpowers burning coastal cities on the gulf coast to the ground, President Truman and the Western allies sign a bitter and hollow ringing peace with the "Great Other" to the south.

As Europe reels from the shattering of the whole of her society, the bringing of the holocaust into the light, and the deaths of untold millions, the British and French see their empires fall into Unrest and disarray. The Franco-British Alliance however stands true through the storm. With French pride restored with the general uprising of 1945 bringing General de Gaulle into Paris and the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Allied troops, the two nations seek to bring European solidarity and unity. They strive to remain independent and relevant on the Global stage. Only time will tell if they succeed.

While the rest of the world has ripped itself apart, Asia in no exception. China has fought until the bitter end and stands victorious. The Japanese have inflicted untold atrocities on the Chinese nation. With the direct Invasion of Japan in 1946 by the Americans, and the Japanese troops languishing from logistical issues on the continent, Chiang Kai-Shek takes action. Launching the Tigers offensive of 46 the Chinese Army surges through China recapturing territory and pushing the Japanese off the continent in six months restoring order to most of China in the process. In a quick moment, the Chinese united front collapses and the Chinese civil war resumes lasting another two years. As Japanese Emperor surrenders the Chinese civil war finally ends with the Nationalists having destroyed all major opponents to their rule. Asia stands battered and broken, yet the Middle Kingdom is once again reunited and strikes out onto the world Stage.

The hollow victory of World War II leaving yet the strongest of the Axis powers intact, and with the Soviets and Chinese looking to dominant their own regions, many say that the Second World War was just the beginning of  a new era. One filled with war, death, and destruction. Yet another War stands ready on the Horizon.

Timeline and national backstories

Rules
The Main Rules of the Game are as follows. If any issues crop up, Mods and I will convene to edit or consider adding or changing rules.

Dawn of War algorithms
 * The main goal of these rules are to keep the game realistic. Every turn must be plausible and no one can achieve world domination in ten turns.
 * A turn is one day. Each turn is composed of actions, which can be militaristic, economic, diplomatic or constructive.
 * Turns begin at 12:00 Noon CST (5:00 PM UTC/1:00 PM EST). Do not edit past turns.
 * Any conquered lands have their inhabitants and they must be dealt with.
 * Keep in mind the linguistic effects of conquering and colonisation.
 * Every five years a map is to be made. A moderator marked as the Mapmaker will edit the map.
 * Every map must be saved as a .png on the current map template.
 * Each player will "call" a nation, this will be their main nation.
 * The moderators of this game have the power to grant and regulate all technology for each state as well as regulate plausibility. They also have the right to create random yet plausible and fair events in any and every nation throughout the course of the game.
 * Espionage is allowed and will be detailed later, there is a clear distinction between espionage and meta-gaming.
 * Alliances and unions are allowed as is bargaining to achieve these, although remember to be plausible.
 * If a nation is inactive then it is considered to have become isolationist and is fair game for conquering and attacking. However, there will be resistance.
 * There are super-national confederations (e.g., The Holy Roman Empire, The Kalmar Union, The European Union, The African Union, etc). They function like alliances and can be broken and formed.
 * You can commission privateers to raid a nation's shipping but they will reduce relations with the nation you hired them against.
 * The game ends in the present year.
 * Profile pages for your state are highly recommended. See here for an example.
 * If you are new, you may start the game in the turn that you joined.
 * No editing any past turns to contradict events which have already happened.
 * Not everyone can have an industrialized, liberal, stable, peaceful nation.
 * Unless your nation has been annexed in a war or vassalized as a result of war (see the mods for the last one), you may not switch nations.

Moderators
Head Mod/Creator: Feudy McPlagueface (talk)

Co-Mod: Orwell (Map guy)

Co-Mod: NK (Co moderator)

Co-Mod: Position to be filled

North America:

 * Flag of the United States.svgUnited States of America (Democracy) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Puerto Rico (US territory) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * US Virgin Islands (US territory) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Cuba (Occupational Government) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Flag of Mexican Empire.JPGOccupied Mexico (Occupational Government) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Flag of Canada.png Federation of Canada (Constitutional Monarchy) - Darkight1000 (talk)
 * Arctic Territories -

South America:

 * Flag of the Federation.png Federation of South America - (Ultra-nationalist Democracy) - Feudy McPlagueface (talk) 01:02, August 26, 2019 (UTC)
 * Guatemala (Federation Client State) -
 * Honduras (Federation Client State) -
 * El Salvador (Federation Client State) -
 * Costa Rica (Federation Client State) -
 * Panama (Annexed to the Federation) -
 * Dominican Republic (Federation Client State) -
 * Haiti (Federation Client State) -

Europe:

 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (Constitutional Monarchy) - *카와이카매 (talk)
 * Flag of France.svg France (Democracy) - Th3Legnd27
 * Flag of Spain.svg Spain (Fascist) - User:Person67 -
 * Flag of Italy.svg Italian Republic (Fledgling Democracy) -
 * Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (Fascist) -
 * Merchant Flag of Germany (1946-1949).svg West Germany (Allied Occupation) -
 * Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany (Soviet Occupation) -
 * Flag of the Netherlands.png Netherlands (Democracy) -
 * Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland (Democracy) -
 * Flag of Austria.svg West Austria (Allied Occupied) -
 * Flag of Austria.svg East Austria (Soviet Occupation) -
 * Flag of Poland.png Poland (Communist) -
 * Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia (Communist) -
 * Flag of Hungarian MSK (IM).png Hungary (Communist) -
 * Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia (Communist) -
 * Flag of Romania.svg Romania (Soviet Occupation) -
 * Flag of Albania.svg Albania (Communist) -
 * Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece (Constitutional Monarchy) -  &gt;be Ycasto  &gt;sign up for this
 * Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg Bulgaria (Communist) -
 * Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR (Communist) -  With Blood and Iron (talk) 04:39, August 26, 2019 (UTC)
 * Moldova (Annexed) -
 * Estonia (Annexed) -
 * Lithuania (Annexed) -
 * Latvia (Annexed) -
 * Greenland (Democracy) -
 * Flag of Norway.svg Norway (Democracy) -
 * Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (Democracy) -
 * Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (Democracy) -
 * Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland (Democracy) -
 * Flag of Ireland.png Ireland (Democracy) -

Asia

 * Flag of the Republic of China.svgRepublic of China (Democracy)     [[Image:Cthulhu.jpg|30px|link=User blog:Thewolvesden]]     [[Image:Wolf hd by arma3lonewolf-d8m9rto.jpg|38px|link=User:Thewolvesden]]     Deadly State of Mind    Leader of the Knights of Scraw.
 * Korea (Joint Occupational Government) -
 * Empire of Japan (Occupational Government under MacArthur) - Kqbj 8:41 MST
 * Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (American Commonwealth) - DRAFIGO13 (talk) 15:02, August 26, 2019 (UTC)
 * Tibet (Theocracy) -
 * French Indochina (Colony) - Th3Legnd27
 * Laos - Th3Legnd27
 * Cambodia - Th3Legnd27
 * Vietnam - Spar/Th3Legnd27
 * Siam (Monarchy) -
 * British Sarawak (Colony) -
 * NAV_Flag_of_Malaya.png Republic of Malaya (Colony) - Reximus (Talk)
 * Dutch Indonesia (Colonial government) -
 * Sumatra -
 * Java -
 * Brunei -
 * New Guinea -
 * Portuguese East Timor (colony) -
 * Dominion of India - Dev (AshokSurya)
 * Bengal -
 * Burma -
 * Vijayanagar -
 * Assam -
 * Pakistan -
 * Rajastan -
 * Hyderabad -
 * Portuguese India (Colony) -
 * Afghanistan (Government unclear/Democracy) - Majestral1 (talk) 05:32, August 27, 2019 (UTC)
 * Iran (Monarchy) -
 * Yemen (British Colonial government) -
 * Kuwait (British Colonial government) -
 * Abu Dabi (British Colonial government) -
 * Oman (British Colonial government) -
 * Saudi Arabia (Monarchy) - Firesofdoom (talk)
 * Condominium of Egypt and Sudan (British Colonial government) - Redbaran45 (talk) 03:55, August 27, 2019 (UTC)
 * French Mandate of Syria - Th3Legnd27
 * British Mandate of Transjordan -
 * Mandatory Palestine (Colonial government nigh on civil war between Jews and Palestinians) - Curmudgeonly yours - Crim 03:27, August 26, 2019 (UTC)
 * Mandatory Iraq- Zultan man
 * Turkey (Democracy) - Poofoster

Africa:

 * British East Africa -
 * British Sudan (Colony) -
 * British Uganda (Colony) -
 * Tanzania (British Protectorate) -
 * Rhodesian Union (British Protectorate) - Rhodesians Never Die! Some time around noon PST 8/26/19
 * Northern Rhodesia - Rhodesians Never Die! Some time around noon PST 8/26/19
 * Southern Rhodesia - Rhodesians Never Die! Some time around noon PST 8/26/19
 * Union of South Africa (Democracy/Dominion) -
 * Namibia -
 * Botswana -
 * French Departments in Africa - Colgan dog 12:34, August 31, 2019 (UTC)
 * Algeria - Colgan dog 12:34, August 31, 2019 (UTC)
 * Tunisia - Colgan dog 12:34, August 31, 2019 (UTC)
 * Empire of Ethiopia (Constitutional Monarchy) - Noah.Rodby `
 * French Kenya (Colony) -
 * French North Africa (Colony) - Th3Legnd27
 * Libya - Th3Legnd27
 * French Central Africa (Colony) - Th3Legnd27
 * Mali - Th3Legnd27
 * Niger - Th3Legnd27
 * Chad - Th3Legnd27
 * French Congo - Th3Legnd27
 * Nigeria (British Colony) -
 * Togo (French and British Colonies) -
 * Liberia (Does anybody really know?) -
 * Senegal (French Colony) - Th3Legnd27
 * French West Africa (Colony) - Th3Legnd27
 * Senegal - Th3Legnd27
 * Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) - Th3Legnd27
 * Ghana - Th3Legnd27
 * Togo - Th3Legnd27
 * Zaire (in civil strife) -
 * Portuguese West Africa (Colony) -
 * Angola -
 * Portuguese Mozambique (Colony) -
 * Spanish North Africa (Colony) -
 * Spanish Mauritania (Colony)
 * Morocco (Dominion) -
 * Spanish Gabon (Colony) -

Oceania

 * Flag_of_Oceania_(Proposal).png Australian Commonwealth (only in effect until 1950) - super72000 (signing up on his behalf)
 * Australia -
 * Norfolk Island (Australia) -
 * Christmas Island -
 * Tasmania -
 * New Zealand (British Dominion) -
 * Cook Islands (NZ) -
 * Niue (NZ) -
 * British Pacific -
 * Fiji (British) -
 * Kiribati (British) -
 * Nauru (British) -
 * Papua New Guinea (British/Australian) -
 * Western Samoa (British) -
 * Solomon Islands (British) -
 * Tonga (British) -
 * Tuvalu (British) -
 * Vanuatu (British) -
 * French Pacific - Th3Legnd27
 * New Caledonia (France) - Th3Legnd27
 * Wallis and Futuna (France) - Th3Legnd27
 * Tahiti (France) - Th3Legnd27
 * Marques Islands (French) - Th3Legnd27
 * American Pacific -
 * Guam (US territory) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Marshall Islands (USA territory) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * US Samoa (USA territory) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Palau (USA territory) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Federated States of Micronesia (USA territory) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Hawaii (US State) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Palmyra Atoll (USA territory) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Johnson Atoll (USA territory) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Wake Atoll (USA territory) - BearCavalry (talk)
 * Northern Marianas Islands (USA territory) - BearCavalry (talk)

1948.5
''' The Allies sign the Japanese instrument of surrender on the USS Missouri finally ending the war in Asia. Just days later the Federation and Allied delegations sign the Treaty of Havana delineating post war spheres of influence and boundaries. The treaty also leaves an open ended clause for Federation entry into the United Nations. '''

''' The British and Soviet armies evacuate Persia and Iraq Respectively restoring independent government to both nations. '''

''' The Constitution of the Italian Republic is put into place with a Democratic Italy beginning its own rebuilding programs in order to recover from the devastation of the war. '''

''' The Union of Burma declares independence from Britain declaring neutrality in foreign affairs and requesting Chinese and British troops evacuate the country by year's end. '''

''' The Federation of Malaya lobbies for independence from Britain hoping to have a response by year's end. '''

 French troops finally begin their reoccupation of French Indo-China 

''' The United States begins its occupations of Japan, South Korea, and Mexico looking to restructure the nations and rebuild them. Isolationist, Continentalist, and Globalist platforms begin to take root in the country taking advantage of a somewhat disappointing end to the war. Rebuilding of the affected Gulf Coast areas is also put on the budget this year to be voted on by Congress. '''

''' The Federation of South Americas demonstrations on electing the nations first Federal civilian government reach a fever pitch overtaking the various confederal movements many times over. '''

''' China claims total victory in the Civil war publically executing Mao Zedong and establishing the KMT as the law of the land. '''

''' The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia have a falling out over the Greek civil war with Stalin wishing no further intervention while Tito sends men, material, and logistical support to the Greek communists. '''


 * Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: After the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia, King Ibn Saud works to exploit this natural resource as much as possible. He places a moratorium on the further expansion of Arabian American Oil Co., and instead declares all new oil wells will be drilled by the newly created Arabian Standard Oil. This new company is placed under the control of Ibn Saud's son Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and immediately starts expanding production along the gulf coast. To cope with this influx of oil, expected to reach one million barrels per day, by the end of the year, the port city of Damman is expanded, and the fleet of Saudi oil tankers, now all owned by Arabian Standard Oil, is expanded and upgraded. Wanting to ensure stability and Saudi primacy across the Arabian Peninsula, King Ibn Saud Invites the British to a summit in Jeddah regarding the future of our nations in the region. In addition, Ibn Saud asks to buy modern weapons from the Federation of South America, in order to modernize the Saudi military as quickly as possible. specifically, he hopes to jump start the Saudi Air force with advanced bombers and fighters, and secure a reliable supply of tanks and hand held weapons for the Saudi Army. In order to effectively develop the military, Ibn Saud asks that training be included in such a weapons purchase. The Saudi Navy is also expanded, though its main role is to defend oil shipping routes close to home.
 * FoA Dip: The Federation agrees to selling weapons and a training regiment headed up by veterans of the war.
 * FoA: The protests this year shock many. With a somewhat favorable peace treaty and nearly ten million men demobilizing, many has seen and developed a camaraderie over the seven years of combat and deployments. Laden with emergency powers granted during the war and with mass demonstrations practically silencing the opposition to the continued holding of power by the Wartime government, the component nations of the Federation quickly orchestrate an election with over a dozen candidates from multiple member states running. The Election comes down to the Brazilian politician Getulio Vargas, and Field Marshall Juan Carlo Alvarez who agrees to retire in order to run for the elections. With support from the Generals and Admiralty as well as some of the most populous states in South America, President Alvarez is elected. The new government is established in the provisional capital in Brazil's West-Central highlands away from major population centers and located more directly central on the continent to prevent national favoritism. In order to make the country work the Federal system is directly established with the intent of abolishing the nation state system within the Federation and treating all the states equally. Seeking to maintain legitimacy as a government over all South America rather than a symbolic head of state of an economic union, some of the most urgent issues are assessed and addressed. Gran Colombia and Panama having suffered the most out of this war and being one of the prime proponents of the less centralized structure sees specific attention from the government to rebuild and develop. While a shaky subject Brazil, Chile, and Argentina all agree to fund the re-development project and specifically throw their support behind establishing national taxes rather than the regional taxes which highly impede the current tax system. Seeking to further capitalize on a growth of a sort of South American pride, President Alvarez takes special interest in showcasing the victories of the war specifically the acquisition of client states and even more importantly a defensive perimeter against further offensive actions by the United States. With international recognition as a singular state as well the Federation begins developing the trappings of a national identity celebrating Latin-American culture regardless of whether its Portuguese or Spanish in origin. A flag, a national anthem, multiple federal agencies to control taxation, national banking, and military matters with more to come. It remains crucial to the government this first year standing as a legitimate federal government rather than a coalition under emergency singular command during war time, to keep public opinion of the new government high. The Establishment of pensions and education for returning soldiers, military draw downs to address budget issues, and reinvigorating industry outside of a rather unprofitable military industry a key point issues. It becomes clear about four months into the formation of the government that all of South America is watching with interest how and if the government can actually hold this new nation together in peacetime. Without the spectre of an American invasion hanging over head of the people, many people are scared that rights and privileges almost the antithesis of what the countries the Federation fought along side with, will be revoked in a similar manner. President Alvarez and his government, idealists to a degree surprise many inside and outside the country with the drafting of a codified constitution, a bill of rights, and strictly governed federal and state powers. It even puts a pause to the anti-federalist protesters which have taken to the streets every weekend since the new governments elections who saw them as strongmen, and fascists looking to turn most of the people into slaves. It is expected that with a large industrial base, large natural resource reserves and with still a significant military, the Federation will fully coalesce into a formal power by late 1949 early 1950, fueled by its rivalry with the United States, and a developing concept of South American nationalism.
 * The Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq: King Fasial 2 is reinstated as the King of Iraq. King Fasial begins his rule by trying to maintain a positive relationship with the UK. He would begin his endeavors of hopping into Iraq politics by trying organizing and countering the many political factions within Iraqi society, from trying to crackdown on the somewhat popular Communist Parties of Iraq and trying to please the Arab Nationalists within the borders of Iraq. The Iraqi Petroleum Company is mostly left alone within Iraq, this gains the distaste of Arab and Iraqi nationalist within Iraq. We send an envoy to Britain asking for reunification with Kuwait by 1951.5, where Kuwait would be brought into Iraq,with the Kingdom of Iraq ruling over foreign affairs while the Kuwaiti government would maintain internal affairs, we ask for this on historical claim. The Iraqi Army is worked on as the King tries to make headway into the world of military politics with no relationships established. The Iraqi Royal Air Force and Army are worked on, we send an envoy to Britain asking if we could purchase 22 Hawker Furies, 12 Avro Anson, 10,000 Lee Enfields, and 100 Matilda tanks.


 * Empire of Ethiopia: While World War 2 for the rest of the world ends in 1948, in Ethiopia the fighting has been over for nearly seven years, with the British led "Gideon Force" liberating Ethiopia in 1941 and the Emperor Haile Selassie formally reentering Addis Ababa on May 5, 1941. While Britain turned its attention north to slug it out in Europe with the ailing Third Reich, Haile Selassie attempted to restore his authority across the nation. With the Italian occupation having devastated the countryside and the Ethiopian nobility's ability to militarily and economically resist the Emperor's centralization reforms, the Ethiopian nobility quickly entered into negotiations in the hopes of protecting and retaining some of their feudal rights in exchange for greater centralization. To that end the Constitution of 1948, also known as "The Great Bargain" is written and developed. The Constitution provides and delegates certain powers to the Emperor and to the Chamber of the Ras, a parliament entirely consisting of hereditary noble lords. The Constitution grants the Emperor the sole right to raise taxes and levy an army as well as to appoint Imperial Governors to the regions of Ethiopia. These governors are sent to curb the exploitation of the peasants by local landlords and to root out corruption and install efficiency in the local government administration. To that end, the Imperial Governors are granted the ability to fire any public official and appoint anyone they seek to any position. The Emperor also has the right to create government ministries and to appoint ministers to lead them without the approval of the Chamber. However, the Chamber of the Ras retain the right to veto any legislation proposed by the King, and retains the right of discretionary review over any petition submitted to the King by non-government civilians. However, the Emperor can call for a national referendum on any piece of legislation to overturn the Chamber's veto. All members of the Chamber of the Ras and their families are also exempt from taxation. The new Constitution also abolishes the previous Ethiopian tradition of granting noble titles to people appointed to government positions, instead referring to them as "public servants." The Ethiopian government also began the creation of a standing army. To help accomplish this, the Empire signs the US-Ethiopian Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Alignment. The Emperor also confiscates all captured Italian military equipment and left-behind British military equipment from the local nobility and uses it to arm his personal bodyguard, the Abergnoch, a military task force about 12,000 strong. The Emperor renames this task force the Imperial Guard, and hopes to use the Imperial Guard as the nucleus around which the Ethiopian standing army will be formed. The Emperor also hopes to begin revitalizing the Ethiopian economy, which was largely based on agriculture before the war. In the hopes of modernizing the Ethiopian economy and lessening the Empire's reliance on agriculture and thus diversifying the Empire's economy, the Empire of Ethiopia signs the Saudi-Ethopian Trade Agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the hopes of rapidly developing the Empire's industrial mining sector.
 * Rhodesia: We start with Prime Minister Godfrey Huggins first sending representatives to Northern Rhodesia to form a closer bond between the two Rhodesia's. While not much occurs. There are whispers of a united Rhodesia. The Rhodesian government also starts an advertisement campaign across Europe lead by Roy Welensky to get more Europeans to move to Rhodesia, offering a cool climate, large tracks of land, and the right to vote in Rhodesian parliamentary elections. Plans to expand the Cape Cairo railway to independent lines across the two Rhodesia' start up. The Salisbury government seeks to obtain the copper mines of Northern Rhodesia to economically bind the two territories and create economic prosperity for greater Rhodesia.
 * Republic of China: We start by starting a rebuilding of our country, as it was destroyed by the war. The Chinese occupation of Northern Korea continues, as Chinese soldiers help Korea rebuild. The northeast, which has suffered most, is rebuilt, and the Chinese nation starts to relieve. China demands justice be applied to all Japanese war criminals, including those within the Imperial Family (Allied and Japanese response). President Chiang starts the rebuilding of Nanking, Suzhou and Shanghai, especially. We withdraw our troops from Burma, as requested by the new independent government there, and offer an alliance between us and Burma (MOD Response). However, we deeply and completely oppose the reoccupation of Indochina by the French, and demand that France decolonize this area of Asia immediately (France response). A restructuring of China's subdivisions also happens, with a federal level implemented, and with autonomy for Tibet, Uyghuristan and Inner Mongolia. Tibet especially may keep its form of government, but must ultimately defer to the government of China for foreign affairs. We ask the United States to also consider electing a new government in Korea, in order to stop an unnecessary occupation (United States response). We also look for partners in our attempts to industrialize the country, accepting investment from outside.
 * French Response: We would like to inform the ROC that plans have been made concerning the establishment of an independent Indochinese State
 * Chinese Response: We are happy with this reply, but want an answer as soon as possible.
 * Japanese Response: We accept and hand over all war criminals the only one within the royal family being prince Asaka.
 * US Response: We agree to the withdrawal from our occupation zones and let elections take place in Korea. We are also possitive to giving up war criminals to China or having them trialed at the Hague International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity, not just those who would have to answer for crimes against the Chinese people but also against the Philipinise, Korean and any other (East) Asian people to create the conditions for long lasting peacefull cooperation in the region by mending the relations between the respective nations.
 * Burma: we agree to said alliance
 * Fourth French Republic: With the end of World War 2 and peace returning to Europe, the Fourth French Republic begins re-consolidating its former Colonies. With the reoccupation of Indochina and opposition from China the French Government decides to establish a puppet states in the region to prevent uprisings from the Vietnamese, Establishing the Imperial State of Vietnam under former Japanese puppet, Bảo Đại while also establishing another puppet government in Laos under Sisavang Phoulivong while Cambodia will remain under direct French occupation to house the main French Garrison in the region composed of 200,000 Men while also deploying a Carrier Battle Group in the South China Sea. Meanwhile plans are made to establish similar client states in Africa as negotiations are underway with African Nationalists. Meanwhile Charles de Gaulle proposes the Monnet Plan demanding that the US agrees to allow the French Republic to gain control of the Rhineland area as Charles de Gaulle states that he wants to see Germany’s military and industrial capabilities hindered. Meanwhile the reconstruction of France resumes as the Communists in France begin to lose influence after a series of terrorist attacks committed by hard-line Communists occur in France.
 * Sorry but you want to try and hold your colonies and annex a part of germany? Your political will to make all this happen isnt necessarily there. -Feud
 * Commonwealth of Philippines: President Sergio Osmena sends The the Treaty of Manila to be ratified by the us government. If ratified, it would make the Philippines independent.(US RESPONSE NEEDED)(More to come after us has answered.
 * Spanish State: With the end of second world war and the victory of the allied powers, Franco sees the necessity to move away from proto- Fascism and Falangism in favour of Catholicism and a technocracy. In a semi- purge of the Council of Ministers starting with Alberto Martin- Artajo being appointed Foreign Minister. The foreign ministers travels to Rio de Janeiro to meet with President Alvarez where he makes a speech in Portuguese to the press saying he is proud of their similarities in strong Catholic ties and hopes Spain can in time emulate the Federation's growth in wealth and transition to democracy at the same time and the foreign minister then goes onto Washington to make similar speeches. We request the US consider giving aid to Spain to help it's recovery from the civil war. Reports of these speeches are not published back home. Envoys are sent to Western Europe about relaxing trade restrictions. The military is downsized to some 150,000 with 20,000 deployed in Spanish Morroco, 20,000 in Spanish Guinea and another 10,000 in the Western Sahara.
 * Economy: After years of autarky, Mariano Navarro Rubio a member of Opus Dei is appointed Minister of Finance and brings other technocrats into the government over Falange. Barriers to trade are lowered. A tax reform is being prepared with four basic taxes in the form of income, corporation, land value and a sales tax. With the income and the corporation taxes being progressive with three bands each with land value tax and wealth tax in line with the bank interest rate The government plans a new infrastructure program to be carried out as deficit spending involving the construction of new and upgrading existing railways.
 * Education: A new focus on reading is instituted with a national programme solely using phonics for all schools starting at age four and taking three years with tests conducted every year. Children are also tested for convergence insufficiency and phonological deficit every year. Children who fail these tests are put on specialised interventions improving convergence and phonological awareness. Children who continue to fail see their parents fined and the schools performing poorly in published league tables. The government plans to push literacy above 99% for this generation of students.
 * US Response: We provide whatever aid is request by our Spanish affiliates.
 * Greece: Greece is still locked in a civil war, the north are under solid Communist and republican rule under the leadership of Nikolaos Zachariadis, general secretary of the KKE and Markos Vafiadisa as the general of the Dimokratikos Stratos Elladas, the Democratic Army of Greece. The south meanwhile is still under royalist control. Heavy Yugoslav support on the communist comes in through the DSE controlled regions of Macedonia, the Epirus and parts of Thrace. despite Zachariadis' pressure towards Markos to wage a conventional warfare, Markos insists on the undeniably still very effective guerrilla warfare. To avoid conflict, Markos and Zachariadis strictly split their resorts; Zachariadis becomes head of the KKE and manages the political affairs while Marcos leads the military campaigns. Foreign aid however is decided upon collectively. Additionally it is agreed that no capital will be declared as an official, new communist capital unless Athens itself is under solidified KKE control. The guerrilla campaigns have been spreading east, with General Markos requesting aid from the Bulgarian army to secure the region (MOD RESPONSE NEEDED). SECRET Despite the fact that the USSR doesn't want to engage in the civil war, aid is requested by pro-Stalin politician Nikolaos Zachariadis from them in exchange for air strips and naval bases in the Aegean Sea (USSR RESPONSE NEEDED) SECRET END The Greek Army meanwhile is losing men and material to the very costly campaigns, but their moral is still high and their supplies don't seem to run out soon either.
 * Occupied Japan: The Japanese royal family makes a large amount of requests to the US through General MacArthur and to China. Following the handing over of war criminals the royal family requests Chinese and American help in the process of rebuilding a nation crippled by war. (Chinese and American responses needed.) The Military command is in shambles following the Chinese war criminals being handed over and a process begins to figure out how the Military command will work following the war. A request is sent to the US to help design a new Japanese constitution in order to deal with the mess that is the former Japanese government.
 * US Response: We provide whatever aid is request by our Japanese affiliates as well as help to draft a new Japanese constitution, dispatching a team made out of our best experts in constitutional and juridical issues made out of Former Presidents, Supreme Court Judges and renowned lawyers to assist the Japanese with their new constitution.


 * French North Africa: The war is over, and we are victorious! Our men have returned from the battlefields of Europe and a new era begins. A man by the name of Yves Chataigneau becomes temporary military governor of Algeria and Tunisia in order to oversee their reconstruction. Governor Chataigneau requests aid from the French government to help with rebuilding the North Africans departments. (FRENCH RESPONSE NEEDED) Reconstruction begins with an employment of both French and Arab workers to help rebuild Algiers and Tunis along with other important cities.


 * Afghanistan: King Mohammed Zahir Shah recognizes the need for the country to become modernized and decides to enact wide sweeping reforms in the country, particularly in government, education, economy, and military. Plans are made for a bicameral parliament, with an elected lower house and an appointed upper house consisting of tribal elders. The voting will be limited to male Afghan citizens over the age of twenty. Plans are also made to establish high schools in every province, and a modern European-style university in every provincial capital. Government officials and army officers will be sent to European countries to receive training. A modern army is to be established, with a new decree proclaiming the establishment of the "Afghan National Army." Soldiers and officers will not be tribal levies but will be required to complete training as regulars. Agriculture is also being given more attention in development, with many different crops being grown and the government is offering subsidies for farmers to expand their operations and grow more food. Afghan diplomats reach out to Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and China, offering the same deal: foreign investment from them in Afghanistan in exchange for being given a large stake in the mining and gas industries (Player Responses).
 * Egypt: The official end of the war is celebrated across the country. To celebrate the occasion King Farouk I delivers a radio address to the country and declares this a new period of Egyptian independence and nationalism.  But behind the scenes there are many problems facing the Egyptian nation. Across the country there are several nationalist groups who resent the presence of British troops in the country.  Much of the local bureaucracy also suffers from high levels of corruption with King Farouk spending large amounts of money on an extravagant lifestyle and grand tours of Europe. There is also a divide between the administration of Egypt and Sudan.  Economically, the country needs some substantial land reforms and a push toward industrialization.  To solve some of these problems the government begins to invest in roads and railroads across the country.  To the UK, the government of Egypt request the withdrawal of British troops from most of the country to the Suez Canal Zone.
 * FoA Dip: We offer our support to the Egyptians offering to send advisors in the realm of nation building and national organization. We also begin to offer investment by late 1949 once the national situation as has stabilized.
 * Egyptian Dip: We accept
 * Federation of Canada: With the war now over, Canadians across the nation celebrate the victory of the Allies. Many Canadian soldiers are ordered to return by the time occupation of Germany ends. The Federation also declares that all refugees in Europe and Asia are welcome with open arms to Canada. The Federation also decide to send economic aid to Europe to help out UK and France.
 * United States of America: On November 2nd elections take place in the US in what appears to be a close run between Former Pres. Harry S. Truman and Thomas E. Dewey in a very polarized theme revolving around the naval invasion of Japanese heartlands cost in lives of American soldiers, as well as the catastrophic firebombing of Houston and other war ravaged areas with veteran soldiers, associations, especially those previously involved in the invasion and common citizens afflicted by this blaming Pres. Harry S. Truman with a sizable chunk of these people mostly from the Northern and Western states rallying around Thomas E. Dewey. During the campaign un unlikely candinate, a third party underdog emerged more powerfull than ever. A former Democrat dismayed by the progressive Democrat attempts to enforce civil rights in what they saw as a path to the complete abolishment of racial segregation, Strom Thurmond, rallied the Southern Democrats who had walked out of the Democratic National Convention (The Democrat state parties of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Lousiana, Florida, Arkansas and Tennessee) to protest the civil rights platform approved by the convention, and supported by Truman and formed their own political party, the States' Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrats). His fiery speeches on the campaign trail and his strategy of constantly blaming Pres. Truman for pointlessly sending to their deaths thousands of US soldiers in the invasion of Japan, the catastrophic firebombing of Houston and other (Southern) areas ravaged by the war with the FSA and also staunch resistance to the civil rights platform rallied the conservatives, the reactionaries, the segregationists and the southern veterans of WW2 behind him, thus securing him the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Lousiana, Florida, Arkansas and Tennessee, the last by a few hundred votes margin. With (LA 10, MS 9, AL 11, SC 8, GA 12, ARK 9, TENN 8) 67 electors his objective of extracting concessions from either Truman or Dewey on racial issues in exchange for their support had been achieved as neither Truman nor Dewey holded a majority of electors. Truman staunchly refused any kind of compromise in general even while he had a few more electors than Dewey on his own, Republican Thomas E. Dewey becames the new US President after reaching a compromise with the Dixiecrats to pull back several progressive reforms such as the racial integration of the US army and allow the undisrupted continuation of the Jim Crow state Laws causing a lot of upheaval within his own party. WW2 has costed us dearly in lifes and resources, yet we came out of it stronger than we have ever been, with Western Europe in ruins, Eastern Europe under the bloodthirsty Soviet regime and South America emerging as a new threat to our south, several fundamental reforms must take place to adjust to our new role as the leader of the Free World. The congress is heavily split over domestic issues, obstructing any reform from taking place, however the same doesn't apply for foreign policy, where the threat of the FSA to the South and the Soviet Union in Europe sees the two factions setting aside their differences in foreign affairs and acting for the good of the nation. A new tactic is spearheaded by the oval office to deal with the threat to our south, as occupied Mexico heavily in favor of a unification with the rest of Latin America could turn against as at any time given. The first act Pres. Thomas E. Dewey passes almost unanimously from the congress is the formation of an independent Mayan state in the Yucatan peninsula and Chiapas, as successor of the short lived Yucatan republic over 100 years ago. There self-administration is granted, the borders with FSA are undergo a large scale project to create a vast fortifications line all across the Mayan-FSA borders. A lot of resources are diverted towards creating infrastructure in the Maya state, while our private investment is heavily encouraged. In US Native American reservations rumors spread of a majestic place in the south that could form their new homeland and limited immigration in the Maya state takes place. Government takes notice and starts to heavily encourage this, advertising this new paradise for native people in US reservations, while also subsidizing their immigration there. The aim is to displace the local Mexican population from the borderline region with the FSA, as no doubt they would work against us in case of war. The congress continues to deliberate on independence for the Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, Otomi, Totonac and other indigenous people of Mexico. Also the reconstruction of Houston, Southern States and other places afflicted by the war takes place as heavy investment is pumped to speed up and finish the reconstruction efforts as soon as possible. An expeditionary force made up of 40.000 men is send to assist the rightfull goverment of Greece in their struggle against the communist rebels. On the field of foreign affairs an approach is made to the Republic of China by our ambassador there, with President Dewey proposing to visit Nanjing and his Chinese colleague President Chiang Kai-Shek to follow this up with a visit in Washington, D.C. to discuss and lay out the terms for a possible cooperation in the post World War world. [Chinese Response]+
 * Chinese response: We accept the gracious offer, and begin planning to host President Dewey in Nanjing.

1949.0
''' The post war recession kicks in all over the world with many nations being forced to address the crisis and demobilize their militaries. The Recession takes great toll on the democratic nations of the world more susceptible to pressures like this '''

''' Veterans in the US, FoA, Britain, and France all begin demanding more than just monetary compensation for their efforts in the previous war. In the United States particularly many men see the war as having robbed them of some of the best years of their lives only to return to no jobs, no prospects for schooling, and most importantly, no safety net to ensure their post war stability. This effect occurs on all of these nations but more intense within the USA '''

''' The FoA continues to see demonstrations for the return of the confederal government rather than the current Federal government in power. Many argue that the wartime emergency powers granted to the military and wartime coalition government were illegal. While lesser in size compared to the previous year, the addition of wartime veteran demonstrators brings the numbers to about the same as last year. '''

''' The creation of the International Monetary Fund is wracked with issues as only the US, and the Allied nations of Western Europe are current participants. It is believed by the current head of the IMF that the inclusion of states such as the Soviet Union, China, and Federation of South America that the IMF could be properly established and cover most of the global financial market. '''

''' The Bulgarian government effectively a Soviet Puppet government refuses to aid the Greek Communists in the civil war and closes off their borders. The Greek communists only connection to the Communist world remains through the Macedon Road set up by Yugoslavia. '''

''' The Viet Minh begin to organize themselves following reoccupation by the French and their perceived puppet governments. Staying under the radar. Ho Chi Minh arrives in Moscow to discuss with Joseph Stalin the possibility of aid. '''

''' While somewhat delayed due to the wars recent ending, the Nuremburg trials are held and expanded to include Japanese war criminals as well. The US, French, British, and Chinese are all to preside over the trials and dictate the fate of the captured war criminals. '''

''' The declaration of Independence in Egypt shocks the British and French but their legislative houses of government refuse to take action citing "The need to rebuild and restructure rather than orchestrating yet another war." '''


 * Republic of China: We continue rebuilding  our country, as it was destroyed by the war. We prepare for the holding of elections in Korea, asking that the United States also prepare for this in their respective occupation zone. The Yangtze river valley, which has suffered a lot in the war, is rebuilt, and the Chinese nation starts to normalize. China allows Prince Asaka to be tried by the International Court of Justice in the Hague, but insists that all other war criminals involved in crimes against Chinese and Manchurian peoples be tried by an Allied court in Nanjing. Shanghai and Nanjing are rebuilt, and a monument to the victims of the Rape of Nanjing is built in preparation for the US visit. We offer an alliance between us and Burma (MOD Response). Seeing the puppet governments in former Indochina and the blatant occupation of Kampuchea, we once again demand that France decolonize this area of Asia immediately, and not continue to occupy it under the veil of a puppet government. (France response). Demobilization happens as a result of the economic downturn, and troops are given large tracts of abandoned land as recompense for their service. However, troops remain stationed on the border with the Soviet Union and with the French puppets in Indochina. We also look for partners in our attempts to industrialize the country, accepting investment from outside.
 * US Response: President Dewey in his visit discusses the possibility for further collaboration with the Republic of China and extends his offer of cooperation with actions such as granting them preferential trade partner status and encouraging limited US private investment in China, especially in the infrastructure and industrial sectors, especially in the coastal regions, seeking the friendship of the Chinese people as a counterweight to the Soviet threat.


 * Soviet Union: Reconstruction continues. With stalin pressing Soviet Allies to hand over materials and machinery to rebuild the war torn western parts of the country. Internal crackdowns and show trials continue as the NkVD round up anti communistsw in eastern Europe, or critics of Stalinist' policies. Stalin agrees to send supplies to Ho Chi Minh along with Military advisors. After taking into consideration the advice of his generals and the politiburo, In particular Beria, Molotov, and Kruschev Stalin decides to reverse his stance on Greece, and agrees to send guns, 20 k volunteers, and advisors in exchange for the right to hold bases there, Seeing an opportunity to break out of the strateguic encirclment that has crippled russian naval capacities for years. Secret action NkVD, and Red Army intellegence continue to penetrate western society collecting intel on matters ranging m,ilitary equipment, and technology to diplomatic matters occuring there. Major efforts are put inm particular into securing blueprints to buuild the  Nuclear bomb. reasearxch and development into the Soviet nuclear prgram continues along with research into the rockets, and into the development of more sophisticated jets. Despite his potroyal of the iron man Stalin's health begins a steady decline concealed from the public after years of war. Field Marshal Zhukov continues to oversee the overall occupation of East germany, and in many cases has ciomplete autonomy. A diplomatic mission is sent to nanjing to discuss future relations between China and the Soviet union . Stalin secretly sends agetns of the State to murder Yugoslav leader Tito. 


 * Federation: (sorry i cant pick a name) The Federation concedes to the veterans march offering government paid schooling, favorable loans on housing, and most importantly a promise to build a house for every family, a school for every child. This sees the economy adress the backdrop of the crisis with hundreds of thousands being employed in construction for the expansion of cities and more importantly the development of towns and some countryside outside the cities to provide mass housing for the veterans and any others who can afford to begin buying and developing housing. The constitution is finally signed in earnes which quells the vast majority of the non veteran protests as it delineates certain unalienable rights while also proving to the world another viable democratic superpower to the United States exists and will persist. The rebuilding of the nations northern regions continues with Barranquila having been somewhat rebuilt during the bombing being the primary receiver of the national reconstruction fund. While the Nazis were indeed terrible people it is noticed that some of their technological and infrastructural developments were forward thinking and the authorization of a National Highway system is put forward. A comprehensive and highly developed automotive highway network will purportedly connect the country, and objectively remove some of the issues regarding communication and governance. Some of these highways blatantly push through the Amazon but specific precautions are taken in order to preserve natural beauty and prevent wanton destruction on the Jungle. While it has become obvious that various German scientists have been taken by both the Soviets and the United States, the Federation quietly recruits German intellectuals and scientists who fled Europe before the fall of Berlin effectively jumpstarting the Federation rocketry program which sees a site for research and development in Guyana. Further integrationist policies occur bringing more and more areas of the country refusing to fall in line with the Federal government most prominently in Peru and Bolvia. The Military in one instance enforces Federal control on the Capital of Peru. The useage of Peruvian troops surprises the people who are amazed their own countrymen would betray them for what they see as a illegitimate government. However the support of the military being high and Peru being slated for a good amount of the national development funds placates the masses effectively. The Federation navy begins its own drawback has hundreds of uneeded ships are scrapped and the Navy reasses its roles specifically in the development of modern Pacific and Atlantic fleets seeking to take advantage of newly developed Jet Aircraft. Having already developed some jets from the war, the next generation the EF-5 is launched seeking to be a direct competitor to both Soviet and American deployed craft. This research into bombers is done as well with the development of a Jet based Strategic bomber occupying much of the air-forces attention. The Federation offers aid in the development of Saudi and Ethiopian oil deposits. The Panama canal is re-opened to great fanfare and the development of Federation client states continues in earnest with investment beginning to help the local economies begin to recover as a result. Taking from the principles of Keynesian economics in order to combat the recession high levels of government spending are put into the economy in order to effectively stimulate growth. Heavy research and espionage is put into the development of a nuclear weapon with the possibility of the United States already having one a very present thing in the minds of the government and generals. The infiltration of the project is taken in earnest with dozens of agents deployed taking advantage of the large spanish speaking population in the United States to help infiltrate.
 * The Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq: An envoy is sent to the FoA asking for the opening of a political relationship. The Iraqi Communist parties go underground following government crackdowns against the group, mostly gaining support in Baghdad and surrounding Areas.Arab Nationalist and Baathist begin to gain traction within the Iraqi army, many inspired by current actions in Egypt .The foreign Iraqi Petroleum Company is replaced with a Iraqi made and government owned oil company named the Iraq Gas and Petroleum Company being enacted by King Faisal after being influenced by his cabin. This starts off with a good amount of bumps in the road. The Iraqi Army is worked on as the King tries to make headway into the world of military politics with no relationships established. The Iraqi Royal Air Force and Army are worked on, we send an envoy to the FoA asking if we could purchase weaponry. 
 * Fed Dip: The Federation agrees on weapons sales as well a offering a loan and a deal to develop the Iraqi Oil deposits further.
 * Spanish State: Franco continues to maintain an iron fist over Spain. Seeing the beginning of a recession we request to join the IMF (IMF response). The government seeing the incredibly low agricultural production begins preparing to consolidate the fragmented minifundismo over the next few years. The military is remained small and underfunded currently. 20,000 soldiers deployed in Spanish Morocco, 20,000 in Spanish Guinea and another 10,000 in the Western Sahara with 100,000 in Spain. We request the United States for a loan of $500 million to fund the expansion of the civil guard (rural police) by 100,000 men in part coming from veterans. 5,000 soldiers are deployed to Greece to support American operations landing at Volos with the soliders moving north to the Olympus pass and digging in.
 * Economy: The new taxation system of income tax, corporation tax, land value tax and wealth tax is introduced, efforts are made to reduce the bureaucracy with large scale redundancies ordered in all departments. Due to a recession deficit spending is increased and interest rates are slashed by the Bank of Spain. New infrastructure projects begin with efforts to electrify the railway and purchase electric trains as well as to construct new towns by using prefabricated housing on the outskirts of cities. The GDP is $116 billion nominal.
 * Education: The focus on reading is maintained with a national programme solely using phonics for all schools at age four and taking three years with tests conducted every year. Children are also tested for convergence insufficiency and phonological deficit every year. Children who fail these tests are put on specialised interventions improving convergence and phonological awareness. Children who continue to fail see their parents fined and the schools performing poorly in published league tables. The government plans to push literacy above 99% for this generation of students.
 * US Response: We approve the loan request, along with encouraging US private investment in the Spanish state, especially in the infrastructure and industrial sectors, giving them preferential trade partner status.
 * Afghanistan: The National Mining Corporation is established in Kabul with the goal of making the development of the mining industry more effective, and King Mohammed Zahir Shah offers the United States and Saudi Arabia a stake in the company and Afghanistan's mineral deposits in exchange for investment in the country. Gold, copper, coal, lead, gems, iron ore, chromite, barite, zinc, and natural gas are given priority in developing among many other natural resources. Mining is expected to provide the majority of government revenue in the coming decades. The Royal Afghan Army is established with 35,000 regular troops, and a military academy is opened in Kabul with European-trained instructors. The curriculum is based on Western military science. Plans are made to open military schools in every province. The remaining tribal forces will form the basis of the Afghan National Security Force, which will act as a gendarmerie and reserve. The Royal Afghan Air Force is also formally created. Afghan nationalism is also promoted to troops as a way of overcoming tribal politics and instilling a sense of unity among the soldiers and officers. Schools are starting to be opened, beginning with the Kabul University, to provide a modern Western-style education to the elite of the country. Regular secondary schools are also to be opened in every province for mandatory education. Agriculture is further developed so that more food is produced, including for exports.
 * Turkey: we are gourvening our region turkish province,and we are going to develop our agriculture and making border safety immigrations are such allowed as palestinians and syrian, due to our occupation we operated a safe border of syrian to make sure we're safe.We dispatch our finest troops 10.000 in total to assist the rightfull government and the King and fight alongside Greek and US forces against the communist rebels under US command.