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The Great Peace (Map Game)

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The year is 1920. It’s been one year since the Treaty of Versailles was signed, ending the Great War. Despite the war being called “The war to end all wars” it seems like the ending of this war has only brought on more conflict. New countries, both with and without international recognition, have been carved out of the former German, Austrian and Ottoman Empires. The Russian Empire has collapsed, and now two groups fight to replace it: the Whites and the Bolsheviks. Germany and Italy are in total economic shambles, while France and Britain fight to keep their status as the world’s leading powers. The United States sees vast economic growth, while the Japanese Empire sees its economy take a sharp downturn, and now begins looking west for resources as China breaks down into total chaos with warlords taking de facto control of a majority of China, leaving the government to control a small territory down south.

As the world keeps spinning, many wonder what will become of this supposed Great Peace.

Rules

These is a list of the rules and laws of “The Great Peace”. If you refuse to follow these set rules and laws then you will be listed as a counter revolutionary and thrown into prison! Watch your step...

  • Absolutely no metagaming! Metagaming is when you incorporate IRL hatred or love for something into the game, and is totally biased and unrealistic. Please refrain from metagaming at all costs!
  • Please be plausible and realistic throughout the entire game, we are trying to make a working map game here, and we would appreciate if you would follow the rules, be realistic, and accept the mod events.
  • No inappropriate sexual behavior. Yes, I know this is odd for a map game of all things, but I guess this rule applies mostly when interacting with another player, be it on discord or here on the wiki. Please keep your sexual wishes to yourself, please.
  • No bullying, I shouldn’t even have to write this down but it will happen. Do not, I repeat, do not bully someone on the wiki or on the discord about something they did on this game. If you are caught or accused of this, you will be banned permanently especially if you really scared a guy.
  • Wiki Guidelines apply here as always, along with Alternate History Wiki Rules.
  • Have fun! Despite these rules, I trust all of you to follow and keep within the wiki guidelines and the map game rules and to have fun! You guys, I trust and know, won’t do anything you know would get you in trouble both in real life and in virtual life, so I am not concerned about that. Anyway, have fun and live long and prosper!

Moderators

Chief of Staff

Counterrevolutionaries

Banned Players

None

Banned Temporary

None

Plausibility strikes

Neutralized

Map

1925

Map 1925 Great Peace

Sign Ups

Also, nations in Bold are for players with experience, and mean you need to message a moderator and apply to be that nation, and list any previous map games you have been in, along with why you want to be that nation.


Europe

Western Europe

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Franzjoseph
    • Gold Coast - Franzjoseph
    • Nigeria - Franzjoseph
    • Sierra Leone - Franzjoseph
    • Newfoundland - Franzjoseph
    • East African Protectorate (Kenya) -Franzjoseph
    • Uganda -franzjoseph
    • Rhodesia - Franzjoseph
    • Nyasaland - Franzjoseph
    • Tanganyika - Franzjoseph
    • British Somaliland - Franzjoseph
    • Hong Kong - Franzjoseph
    • Guyana - Franzjoseph
    • British Malaya - Franzjoseph
    • Straits Settlement - Franzjoseph
    • British Brunei -Franzjoseph
  • French Republic - Peregrine falcon (Australia) I Lord of Falcons, King of Feathers, He who shakes the earth, hereby bless this article with my post. Now, be enlightened with my wisdom!File:220px-Peregrine falcon (Australia).JPG
    • Algeria - Falcon
    • Morocco - Falcon
    • Tunisian Protectorate - Falcon
    • French West Africa - Falcon
    • French Equatorial Africa - Falcon
    • Madagascar - Falcon
    • French Somaliland - Falcon
    • French Guyana - Falcon
    • French Indochina - Falcon
    • Lebanon - Falcon
  • Principality of Andorra -
  • Kingdom of Spain - The Godly Doge
    • Spanish Sahara -
    • Spanish Guinea -
  • Portuguese Republic - Solace
    • Portuguese Guinea - Solace
    • Angola - Solace
    • Mozambique - Solace
    • Macau - Solace

Central Europe

  • Kingdom of the Netherlands -
    • Dutch East Indies -
    • Suriname -
  • Kingdom of Belgium - 
    • Belgian Congo - 
    • Belgian Concession in Tianjin - 
  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg -
  • Weimar Republic (German Reich) - Adolf Coffee
  • Territory of the Saar Basin (League of Nations mandate) -
  • Republic of Austria - Th3Legnd27
  • Swiss Confederation -
  • Principality of Liechtenstein -
  • Czechoslovak Republic -

Eastern Europe

Italy and the Balkans

Scandinavia

  • Kingdom of Denmark -
    • Kingdom of Iceland -
    • Greenland -
  • Kingdom of Norway -
  • Kingdom of Sweden - ArsenicHalogen

Former Russian Empire

Soviet Russia - Feud

Africa

North Africa

    • Kingdom of Egypt (under British Protection) - Womp Womp, Sheikh Sultan
    • Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Conglomerate of Egypt and Britain) -

West Africa

  • Republic of Liberia -

Southern Africa

  • Union of South Africa -
    • South West Africa -

Horn of Africa

  • Empire of Ethiopia -

Asia

East Asia

  • Empire of Japan - With Blood and Iron (talk) 21:22, July 2, 2018 (UTC)
  • Shanghai International Settlement (American and British joint-administered Concession) -

China

  • Bogd Khanate of Mongolia -
  • Fengtian Clique -
  • Shanxi Clique -
  • Ma Clique - Emperorkangxi
  • Sichuan -
  • Yunnan Clique -
  • Republic of China - Knight of Malta
  • Tibet -
  • Sinkiang - DrivingFan42
  • Tannu Uriankhai (Protectorate of White Russia) -

South East Asia

  • Kingdom of Siam -
  • Kingdom of Sarawak (British Protectorate) -

South Asia

  • British Raj - Warrior (rimp does not plan to play, so time to use my limited knowledge of indian history)
  • Kingdom of Nepal -
  • Kingdom of Bhutan -
  • Kingdom of Sikkim -
  • Emirate of Afghanistan -

West Asia

  • Sublime State of Persia - DRAFIGO13
  • Mandatory Iraq (British Mandate) -
  • Sheikdom of Kuwait (British Protectorate) -
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Syria - Oh, I didn't mean to push that button! † Oh, well leave a message I guess 03:27, July 2, 2018 (UTC)
  • British Mandate of Palestine -
  • Transjordan (British Mandate) -
  • The Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz -  
  • Emirate of Nejd and Hasa -
  • Trucial States (British Protectorate) -
  • Qatar (British Protectorate) -
  • Bahrain (British Protectorate) -
  • Sultanate of Muscat and Oman -
  • Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen -

Anatolia

Oceania

The Americas

North America

  • Dominion of Canada -
  • United States of America - God Bless the United States of America
    • Insular Government of the Philippines (Military Government) - – † ⌒⌒⌒＼(;ᄋ;＼)三(ﾉ>ᄉ<)ﾉ ~ ("니가먼저키스해!")
    • Panama Canal Zone -
  • United Mexican States - Orange (talk)

Caribbean

  • Republic of Cuba -
  • Republic of Haiti -
  • Dominican Republic -

Central America

  • Republic of Guatemala -
  • Republic of Honduras -
  • Republic of El Salvador -
  • Republic of Costa Rica -
  • Republic of Panama -

South America

The Game

1920

And the game has begun! Feel free to sign up and post at any time. This first turn will be longer to give everyone a chance to post.

The Nations of Europe are devastated after the end of the Great War. Three empires have been dismantled in favor of smaller successor states. The former-Entente nations now stand victorious over the battered Central Powers.

Germany, which is still reeling over the devastating defeat, holds federal elections this year, in which Hermann Müller of the Social Democrat Party is elected Chancellor of Germany, and begins to take leadership of an exhausted and defeated nation.

Unlike Germany, France celebrates its victory in the Great War. Having triumphed over Germany, the French Republic exploits its new territory, Alsace-Lorraine, and its influence over a League of Nations mandate called the Saar Basin, eating up its vast resources.

The Irish Revolutionary Republic continues its grueling war of independence against British rule. Though the British have seen significant advances in Northern Ireland over the approximate one year the war has been going, Irish nationalism is still high and the republic stands tall.

  In the Middle East, the Hashemite Kingdom of Syria declares its independence, and stakes its claim to the entire region of Greater Syria, it is not recognized by either France or Great Britain.

The Treaty of Sèvres is signed today, officially ending the Ottoman Empire, and partitioning Turkey among the entente. Although Britain, France, and Italy don’t do well establishing their respective occupation zones. This sudden international embarrassment eventually leads to a man by the name Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to overthrow the sultan and create a republic, and launches the Turkish war of independence against the allies.

The Empire of Japan, with its new territory in the Pacific taken from the former German Empire, celebrates, with Japanese media declaring a successful victory against the enemy. Despite what the media says, the economy begins to suffer and an economic crisis is imminent.

In Italy, the economy begins to suffer as well, although Italy was victorious in the Great War they still suffered a great number of casualties fighting the Austrians trying to take back their long lost lands. Paramilitary organizations begin to patrol the streets, and clashes begin to become more common. A man by the name of Benito Mussolini starts to become disillusioned with Socialism, and starts to adopt a more radical right-wing ideology.

China has nearly collapsed, as warlords take over a majority of the nation. The Republican government in the south controls very little, and is very weak.

The Republican Government in Hungary is overthrown by radical right wingers led by Miklòs Horthy. He re-establishes the Kingdom of Hungary, with himself as Regent, as the former king of Hungary is forbidden by the allies from ever ruling over any of his former subjects again.

The Provisional All-Russian Government is disestablished after the death of Kolchak. This causes a major blow to the Whites, as the Soviets march down from Omsk and take the now empty territory. Bolshevik media declares that “Victory is almost here!”.

Warren G. Harding runs for President of the United States, on a platform of "Keeping the good times rolling" with the great economic boom that came with the end of the Great War. The 19th Amendment is passed, giving universal suffrage to America's democracy, but hidden issues of racism and organized crime continue to plague the common people, including acts by the Mafia and the KKK.

  • Sublime state of Persia: His Highness Shah Ahmed Shah Qayar has ordered the construction of Persia's first university. The university is expected to take many years to be built. Persian Diplomacy: Persia offers the Hashemite Kingdom of Syria an alliance.
  • The Hellenic Republic: Greek society sits at a crossroads at the dawn of 1920. Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece, continues pressing for Greek claims during the talks over the Treaty of Sèvres signed this year. Greek troops in Smyrna begin pushing northward through the undefended countryside to the north in an effort to seize the region around Dardanellia (Çanakkale in Turkish). Greek troops in Anatolia number 90,000 by midyear, with the majority, 50,000, dug in along the Smyrna frontier. The remainder are dedicated to the assault northward. Meanwhile, another two divisions, 20,000 men, continue the occupation of East Thrace. A nationwide call for volunteers is raised with the goal of training another 75,000 men for the war by 1921. A large percentage of military-aged men in Smyrna volunteer to fight, and are invaluable in suppressing Turkish attacks on remote Greek position thanks to their innate knowledge of the region. There are 15,000 natives of Smyrna fighting as auxiliaries by year's end, freeing up many professional Greek soldiers for front-line duty. The Greek navy begins a campaign of coastal raids to weaken the Turkish resolve. Meanwhile, diplomatic and military envoys are sent to Armenia and Georgia asking for their support against the Nationalist Turks (Mod Response please). While foreign affairs are important, internal politics dominate the public discourse. Eleftherios Venizelos and his pro-democracy supporters now face off against King Constantine in national elections to decide the fate of Greece, either a Republic or a Monarchy. The campaign is fierce, but a last minute corruption scandal rocks the monarchist candidate. Eleftherios Venizelos and his republican supporters win the election and quickly move to ensure the preservation of republicanism. In doing so they move to rename Greece to the Hellenic Republic. The experienced officers in the Greek Armed Forces are more than happy at this outcome as they had feared purges if the monarchists had won. A further diplomatic envoy is sent to the powers of the Entente, Italy, France, and the UK, asking for military support against Turkey (Mod and player Responses).
    • Britain,tired of War, is reluctant to join the war, though recognizes Turkey’s violation of the Treaty of Sèvres so instead calls for the Treaty of Sèvres to be revised, and invites all of its attendees and the Turks back to the negotiation table but with Turkey still unequal to the Entente.
    • Armenia and Georgia accept, seeing how Armenia wants pay back for the Armenian Genocide and to fulfill its own nationalistic sentiment, and Georgia wishing to distract its population from domestic issues.
    • British Dip: We are tired of war and do not want to go to war. We are sure the Turks think of this as well. However, the Treaty must be followed. The People of Britain will not allow a New World War because we ignored a treaty that Turkey broke. Prepare your army, Turkey, we are going to war!
    • Italian Dip: The people of Italy will not support such military action, and I must speak for my people as their King. The Kingdom of Italy cannot provide assistance to the Hellenic Republic against Turkey's aggression at this time. Signed - His Majesty Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy.
  • Most Serene Republic of San Marino: The Republic of San Marino, during a short referendum, decides to change its name to the Most Serene Republic of San Marino (Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino). Tensions between Sanmarinese socialists and fascists increase.
  • Kingdom of Sweden: It seems that Sweden's neutrality has paid off, the economy is stable and the military is intact. Gustaf V of Sweden has a son with his wife and in years to come, he will be the heir to the Swedish throne. The Department of Mining has begun mining iron ore and the Department of Industry uses the ore to manufacture iron goods. The Department of Industry also begins the manufacturing of Synthetic chemicals. Swedish Writer Gustec Linkskt writes a book called "Forbidden Love" - a romance book - and it is an immediate hit. Many authors now write romance books, as the genre has become extremely popular. Gustaf V of Sweden and Ambassador Baroe Kraskøi wish to meet the Danish, Norwegian and Finnish kings and ambassadors to discuss the formation of the Four Brothers, an economic and military pact. They exclude (MOD RESPONSE NEEDED) Prime Minister Marzick Dusten begins funding the reconstruction of Germany because the country is in economic despair and Sweden wishes to help them out of the hole, despite what they've done. Along with funding reconstruction, it also secretly funds monarchist groups within the country.
  • unlikely.
  • Norway, Denmark and Finland agree to the pact.
  • German Dip: We thank the Swedes for their generous aid, and use it wisely.
  • Kingdom of Spain: The Kingdom of Spain is led by Alfonso XIII.
  • Italy: The Kingdom of Italy is headed by Victor Emmanuel III, known among some members of the populace as Il Re vittorioso (The Soldier King). However, the King's grip on his country is beginning to slip. While he was victorious in the Great War, the economy of Italy is suffering heavily. The disaffected portion of the population call him Sciaboletta (little saber), a crack at the King's diminutive height. The Prime Minister is Francesco Saverio Nitti, a member of the Italian Radical Party. Though he is fairly left-leaning, he is at wits end both with the communists, anarchists and fascists. The pressure begins to build and, if rumors from his wife are to believed, he had considered resigning in June of 1920. However, he remains Prime Minister throughout the year. Nitti opposes dictatorship of any kind, yet be believes the anarchists and the communists to be the most apparent threat to the Italian nation. Already, the Red Army of Turin has begun to occupy factories and metal plants across northern Italy. Worker strikes at the Fiat plants stretch the economy to its breaking point. Though Filippo Turati, the founder of the Italian Socialist Party, argues against revolutionary action, his voice is becoming increasingly marginalized as it becomes clear that action must be taken, both against the rising Mussolini and the Italian government itself. Prime Minister Nitti, however, believes the PSI is behind the factory revolts. In September, Turati is arrested on charges of conspiracy to revolt. Overnight, he is made a martyr. The PSI, now under the leadership of a rising star named Antonio Gramsci. This Marxist-Leninist encourages the party to back the Fiat revolts. His publications in Turin, in the meantime, call for an organized worker's revolt. By October, the Red Army of Turin has expanded its influence across the whole of northern Italy. Mussolini's supporters turn in droves to support the Italian Socialist Party. For once, the PSI is taking action against an incompetent government. Many of these followers had seen Mussolini as the only man who would do something. With a proactive Socialist in charge, they had a strong leader with politics that aligned with theirs. The waning support behind Mussolini could be seen especially in late October, when Gabriele D'Annuzio spoke out against the upstart leader for failing to secure a foothold against rising Communism. In the meantime, the Syndicalists and Anarchists form an alliance with Gramsci. The left will rise in Italy. Who holds Italy will have to be sorted out later. Propaganda for the Italian workers can be seen throughout Italy. The people rally behind calls such as, noi siamo lo stato (We are the state). Songs such as Il Sciaboletta or L'orizzonte grande rosso di Gramsci (the latter being 'Gramsci's Great Red Horizon') sweep the nation while Gramsci's newspapers radicalize those in academic fields. The Italian Socialist Party requests aid and recognition from Soviet Russia. Gramsci himself writes to Lenin on communist theory.
  • Greek Diplomacy: While we understand that Italy cannot become directly involved in Greco-Turkish affairs, Greece would ask if Italy would consider supply Greece with military aide in the form of weapons and ammunition left over from the Great War.
  • Armenia: The entirety of the country still feels a profound sense of grievance toward the Turks – nor are they thrilled that the Ottoman genocide of their people has seemingly succeeded, with much of former Ottoman Armenia now under threat of being annexed by the new Turkish Republic, completing the ethnic cleansing of their historic homeland. With the country filled with deeply embittered refugees, it lacks the infrastructure to house its swollen population. Luckily, the country is also filled with cast-off Russian arms and a number of former Russian officers and soldiers, leftovers of the Caucasus Campaign. President Alexander Khatisian sees the necessity of decisive action to ensure the country’s survival and to secure, if not revenge or recompense for the genocide, at least part of the Armenian people’s historic homelands. He declares national mobilization, promoting Russian officer or Armenians with World War I experience and arming Armenians with experience in the Russian and Ottoman armies, plus members of irregular militias and the Entente's Armenian Legion, to form a large, relatively experienced army of 50,000, with the whole population working to keep it supplied. Artillery is stripped from former Russian border forts to outfit the army, as well as purchased from Germany; bought German arms also help supply and arm the expanded military. Abrogating the Treaty of Batum, the Armenians move to secure the territories promised them in the Treaty of Sevres. Using the Russian supply base and infrastructure surrounding Kars, flying columns move along the railway from Kars to Erzurum, which lacks any equivalent rail connection to Anatolia, allowing Armenian forces to outpace and be better supplied than the Turks. From Erzurum, the army moves into the Kelkit valley with orders to fall on the flank of Turks moving against the Georgians on the Black Sea coast, or to link up with them and fight a defensive battle from entrenchments if attacked themselves. The area’s still substantially Armenian populations are recruited, while Kurdish tribesmen are hired as auxiliaries and scouts. Strict orders are issued against retaliatory killings of Turks, largely because of the importance of retaining international sympathy, although some react badly when they find Turks occupying the property of slaughtered friends or family. Armenia calls on the signatories of the Treaty of Sevres to enforce its terms in full, reminding them that Turkey is the perpetrator of an almost unprecedented atrocity and that Sevres is, far from being too harsh, not a remotely sufficient punishment.
    • Armenian Diplomacy: Armenian envoys are sent to the Russian Bolsheviks, where they hope to establish positive relations based upon the (admittedly much more moderate) socialism of Armenia's ruling Daznak party. The envoys are instructed to secretly promise to turn over any Russians still in Armenian territory to the Bolsheviks upon request.
  • Kingdom of Romania: Prime Minister Alexandru Averescu begins to centralize power around himself ruthlessly, suppressing opponents on both sides of the political spectrum. The People's Party is purged of the "Republicanist" faction, as Ferdinand is now an undisputed constitutional monarch. The natural gas, iron ore, petroleum and coal industries are nationalized. Diplomacy to France: Our tank production corp would like help with incense production of Renault FT light tanks. (response). Industries are further privatized, and competition is tried to be started by the government between businesses. The "Greater Romania" territories are consolidated and fortified. Effective governance is set up, as well as encouraging economic competition in these territories.
  • Zhili Clique: With the recent death of former President of the Republic of China Feng Guozhang, the leadership has passed on to General Cao Kun, also supported by Wu Peifu and Sun Chuanfang. With this, the coalition of warlords known as the Zhili clique, under the leadership of Cao Kun, control Beijing. From the former imperial capital he proclaims himself President of the Republic, ignoring the Kuomintang in the south. Cao Kun offers Zhang Zuolin of the Fengtien clique in Manchuria an alliance in exchange for receiving a high government office and becoming governor of his territory. [Mod Response] Although the Zhili clique was formed in response to Duan Qirui's control over the government, we offer him and his Anhui clique a chance for an alliance as long as he recognizes Cao Kun as President and in return becomes Vice President in the Beiyang government. [Mod Response] Around that time he also reaches out to the commander of Chinese naval forces, Li Tingxin, asking him for the navy to pledge loyalty to his government. [Mod Response] Next, we ask Francis Aglen for the tariff revenue from the Chinese Maritime Customs Service to be directed to Cao Kun's government in Beijing. [Mod Response] It is Cao Kun's objective to restore a unified Beiyang clique that shattered after Yuan Shikai's death and challenge the parliamentarians to the south. Meanwhile, the new president begins reforming the state. The Zhili Clique forces of 100,000 troops are organized into ten divisions, divided between infantry, artillery, cavalry, and engineering. They are organized along European lines. Military schools are opened throughout the metropolitan Zhili Province and other parts of north China under the clique's control to produce a new professional officer corps. Taxes are increased to provide more funding. A general structure for a national police force to be formed at some point is planned out.
    • Duan Qirui accepts The Zhili’s offer and officially recognizes Cao Kun as President of the Republic, the Chinese Maritime Customs Service also accepts, while Li Tingxin and Zheng Zuolin decline Cao Kun’s request, and instead enforce their own claims to be Leader of All of China.
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Syria: King Faisal ibn Hussein Al-Hashem calls the parliament of Greater Syria in Damascus on March 10. Rida Al-Rikabi is elected the first Prime Minister, and the ministers of parliament are all the elder tribal leaders from among the clans of the Arab Revolt. The Prime Minister is given power over the military while the King retains all other power for the nation. The borders of the Kingdom of Syria are drawn up to include all of the Transjordan, Levant and Palestine as far as the Gulf of Aqaba, and extending into the desert as far as Al-Anbar. Throughout these regions, runners are sent via horse and telegram to proclaim full liberation from the Turks, who for centuries had ruled tyrannically over the Arabs. Political affiliations in the parliament are mostly neutral, with some being of the Wafd party and others full Monarchist. Thomas Lawrence is appointed as the chief ambassador to the British government, with Rustum Haidar as deputy minister. Ibrahim Hanamanu, of the former Ottoman military, is placed in charge of the whole Syrian army. The personnel of the Arab military is retained from the Arab Revolt. However, it is very loosely organized, with each faction of the military led by its own local Emir. The Alawites are treated with the utmost toleration, with the leaders of the revolt last year moved from the northern regions and allowed to live in the capital. In accordance with the Faisal-Chaim agreement, the Syrian Parliament proclaims that a series of designated regions in Palestine will become autonomous territories administered by the Zionist leaders, including: Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, and the Old City of Jerusalem. Jewish settlements are limited to these areas and must petition the parliament to expand their borders. Alliance from the Persian Empire is accepted. Similar extensions of alliance are sent out to the nations of Hejaz, Oman, Egypt, and Turkey. We further ask that the British government acknowledge our borders as an independent state in accordance with the Paris Peace Conference. The same petition is extended to the America, offering that, if our independence was achieved, America may freely survey oil deposits in the north. 
  • Britain Dip: Whooah! Slow down your partner!” We demand that you shrink your claims, so that it doesn’t violate our colonial integrity, and that you need to sort out your issues with France before a solid agreement can be discussed between Syria and the British Empire.
  • Egypt Dip: Wafd Party supporters in Egypt begin to rally men to the support of what they call "The Syrian Struggle" and send foreign fighters to support Syria. Also in the News, We send 1000 troops into Gaza and the Negev. They are ordered to not engage with British troops but set base to protect "Arab Interest."
  • Weimar Republic (Deutsches Reich): After the international embarrassment that was WW1, and the subsequent removal of the monarchy and declaration of the republic, Germany is still in shambles. The population is defeated, and German pride has been crushed. Our new Chancellor Hermann Müller of the SDP launches a series of economic reforms to bring Germany into the new world. These reforms purge the economy of the stingy autocrats and royalists still in power and control of economic institutions, filling them with young experienced businessmen. Reichstag becomes the official parliament of Germany, with the SDP (Social Democratic Party) still the majority in parliament, while the Centre Party of Germany, the DDP, and the USPD take the rest. After the demilitarization of and restrictions of our military, we offer to sell any military equipment or vehicles to other countries. Veterans in the country begin to get angry as the government has not been able to pay them, and find many veteran organizations protest in front of the Reichstag for compensation, and feel like they have been honored for serving their country. Herman Müller’s economic reforms gain some popularity among the populace, and Herman Müller sees his chance to expand on his low but noticeable growing popularity by establishing greater economic freedom, while keeping control of some industries, believing that the government needs to direct the major aspects of the economy (at least what’s left of it) to rebuild it. The Entente is still despised by many Germans, but many push the war aside to focus on rebuilding.
    • Armenian Diplomacy: Armenia asks to purchase substantial quantities of excess German small arms, artillery and machine guns, along with ammunition for all of these. It also asks unofficially to hire decommissioned German veterans as military advisers, helping with Germany's difficulty paying them. The ambassador is instructed to remark that he hopes the new Social Democratic government will repudiate its autocratic predecessor's support for the genocidal Turks.
      • We agree to give the Armenian’s arms and supplies, but kindly decline their offer to let German veterans become Advisors, citing Germany’s forced neutrality and pledge not to go beyond selling arms.
    • Syrian Dip: We will buy equipment.
      • How Much and What kind? -Germany
    • Turkish Diplomacy: The Turkish National Movement asks that Germany, from one WW1 ally to another, does not sell weapons or supplies to Armenian forces, or others currently engaged in hostilities with the Turkish state.
      • We inform Turkey that we are neutral, and don’t care to whom we sell weapons, and won’t take sides.
      • Greece will prevent any naval shipment of arms to Turkey if necessary.
    • Egypt Dip: Can I haba Pistola or two?
      • German Dip: Yeeee
    • Zhili Clique/Chinese Diplomacy: Using the new tariff funds from the Maritime Customs Service, President Cao Kun's government in Beijing would like to purchase machine guns, artillery pieces, rifles, and armored cars from Germany.
      • German Dip: Yes.
    • Greek Diplomacy: We would like to purchase German machine guns and light artillery.
      • German Dip: Coming right up!
  • Turkey: Dark days are in Turkey, but the Turkish people are not yet broken. The National Movement under Mustafa Kemal reiterates that it is ready to negotiate a just and durable peace for the inhabitants of Turkey, but the idea of national integrity and national determination must be preserved. Kemal, using his considerable influence as the hero of Gallipoli and the aide-de-camp of the Sultan himself, appeals to the governors, officers, and people of Anatolia, telling them to join him in Ankara and oppose the powers that be who are trying to divide the country. While some refuse, many are drawn by the man's magnetism and the justness of his cause. The situation is considerably worse in Constantinople, which remains under Entente occupation. After the Ottoman general elections in December 1919, nationalist parties signed the National Pact, which called for the security of Constantinople, national self-determination, and the abolition of the capitulations, among other things. As a result of this, the Entente disband the Ottoman parliament, sending many government members into exile or being rounded up by Entente soldiers. After seeing this and the strong command that Kemal possesses in Anatolia, the Sultan secretly gives his support to Kemal and informs trusted members of the government. Thanks to Kemal's command over remaining Ottoman forces and the new loyalty of the Sultan's personal troops, the National Movement commands roughly 1000 troops, composed of Ottoman veterans and untrained but enthusiastic volunteers. The Sentinel Army (Kuva-yi Karakoliye), about 50,000 strong, is deployed to the eastern front with orders to deploy strong defensive positions against the Armenians and Georgians. The two other armies, a total of 75,000, are deployed to the western front against the Greeks. The larger National Army (Kuva-yi Nizamiye) is deployed to the north while the smaller Caliphate Army (Kuva-yi Inzibatiye) are deployed to the south. Various militias do their best to attack the Greek supply lines and rearguards, sowing as much havoc as they can to the Greek war effort. In diplomacy, Kemal declines the alliance with the Syrians for the time being, stating that both nations have enough to worry about at the time being. However, he hopes for strong relations in the future. Kemal also requests a meeting with representatives of the Russian Bolsheviks. 
  • Kingdom of Egypt: Following the Egyptian Revolt of 1919, attempts are made to stabilize the country. This leads to the government's attempts of improving literacy rates among the poor by forcing children to read English and Arabic books (This is looked down upon but is still used upon in poor areas). Within Egyptian society a new social craze appears (originating from mostly Coptic "artist") called "Quskut", The term is used to describe the recent actions of self-proclaimed "artist" poking fun at Egyptian society, While it blows up in the younger side of Egyptian society it gains a negative view from the old. A national army is formed and tries to rally men to their cause by enticing nationalism and unity among all walks of Egyptian life The question is raised "Who will be our King?". Following the Fall of The Ottoman Empire the Arab King begins to open up relations with Hejaz, Syria and Iraq. The Egyptian government sends an envoy to Syria giving their sympathy to their cause but does declines an alliance with Syria, We do give our word that we won't host foreign troops if used to invade Syria.
  • United States of America: Growing concerns over the Bolshevik threat lead to a United States delegation joining the Inter-Allied Mission to Poland, which is currently locked in a conflict with the nascent Soviet Union. Wary of becoming entangled in the affairs of the Anglo-French, however, the United States establishes its own separate entity, the American Military Mission to Poland. Hundreds of American officers are sent to the Eastern European nation, both as observers and advisers to the fledgling Polish Republic, with the entire operation headed by Colonel George S. Patton, an officer who made his name during the Anti-Villa operations of 1916 and on the fields of the Great War in France. Large numbers of now surplus equipment, including vast volumes of rifles, machine guns and artillery are sold to the Poles at discounted rates. An addition, several volunteer squadrons of American aviators are formed and sent to Poland where they function in tandem with the Polish Army. Domestically, the 1920 is a clear Republican year with voter dissatisfaction with the Democrats over the last eight years. At the RNC, the defection of four Ohio delegates throws the nomination to former General Leonard Wood, who selects Wisconsin Progressive Irvine Lenroot as his running mate. His campaign, which calls for the completion of the 1916 Naval Act, a National Highway system and a tougher immigration system among other issues, wins handily in November, taking every state with the exception a few holdouts in the Old Confederacy.
    • The US was isolationist at this time. -Colgan
    • Syria asks the United States to consider supporting our cause for the claims in the Middle East (see diplomacy in my own turn)
  • Russian Soviet Republic: Vladimir Lenin after a cascade of successes albeit with a failure following the Vistula Offensive in Poland is confident in his nation's ability to finally win the Civil war. In a bold move the Soviets offer a ceasefire with the Poles effectively ending the Polish-Soviet war (this is per OTL with OTL treaty stipulations) (mod, please). Lenin, instead focuses on winning the civil war and crushing the loose coalition of the White army once and for all. He orders the Crimean and Caucasian offensives to push hard on the retreating Whites effectively sealing their forces against the sea and with nowhere to run puts to siege the remaining Whites. As well as this, Lenin makes major moves to secure and finalize Russian control over the Ukraine. With little to no resistance left from the Whites, the Red Army with nearly five million men begins pushing in every direction. It begins fully seizing the bulk of the Ukraine and moving on the Anarchists effectively beginning their liquidation and exploiting a peasant revolt to work on the destruction of of the anarchists. A major push with 50,000 troops begins in Karelia to bring far northern Russia back under Russian control. As well as this, with the fall of Kolchak and the effective end of the White Russian forces in the Far East, the Red Army builds up a huge supply base and launches a large and very dedicated offensive toward Vladivostok. Afraid of an offensive toward Petrograd, the Red Army officials authorize the sending of nearly 75,000 troops to counter Yudeniches 20,000 troops but the arrival of so many Red Army troops effectively prevents Yudenich from acting and makes him a nonissue. A Red Army detachment is send into Central Asia as well beginning to prepare a major offensive to seize the faltering Central Asian secessionist republic. In a bold move, Lenin begins funding the rebuilding and reconstitution of the Russian industrial base particularly in Moscow and its surrounding regions. Lenin responds with the Italian communists, fully recognizing them and writing to their leader Gramsci with Lenin even offering for Gramsci to come to Moscow to see the glorious Russian Workers Revolution firsthand. Lenin begins to work heavily on ideas for his New Economic plan making specific plans for an intermediate state of capitalism before a socialist paradise can be created. Lenin also calls the greatest doctors still living in Russia saying that "the wounds from that dastardly attack still haunt me, the bullet lodged in my body must go"
    • Romania, seeing the the Soviet Union as the inevitable future, seeks to repair relations, and begins by recognizing the union and lifting restrictions on some Romanian leftist groups.
  • Republic of the United States of Brazil: Like many other nations Brazil also sees the dawn of a new age with the beginning of the new decade. The Brazilian nation has great plans to industrialize and modernize in the next years rapidly. A trans-Amazon railway and the mass production of steel is planned within the next ten to 15 years. For managing these plans, American, German, French and Russian economic and infrastructure advisors are invited. (French/US/German/Soviet response please)
    • In order for our own infrastructure to be improved upon and to have experienced architects, we accept the Brazilians' request, and ship off 20 infrastructure advisors to Rio.
  • Kingdom of Belgium:Hurray! The war is over, Belgium has shown that neutrality can survive against aggressors. The Frontpartij is getting punished harshly for working against the state due to the Francophone policies. Many of its members fear punishment but they do not back down. Instead they accept their guilt and begin to accept a more general socialistic and nationalistic view. The Belgian government also tries to focus on the Olympic games in Antwerp.

1921

Now starts the second turn of The Great Peace!

Great Britain invites Turkey and Greece to Constantinople to engage in Peace Talks, and possibly revise the Treaty of Sèvres.

With the success of the Red Army in the Far East, many of the Whites experience defections, mainly by Whites who consider the “National Bolshevik” belief a viable compromise.

The Deutschnationale Volkspartei, or DNVP, wins the Assembly Elections in the Free City of Danzig.

The war continues in Anatolia, with both sides using brutal tactics against each other. Many local Turkic communities commit massacres on Greek towns in Ionia. 

Mussolini, seeing the rising socialist party as a major threat to the nation and Italian society, launches an anti-communist campaign within the ranks of his paramilitary organization. His secret paramilitary groups organize assassinations to break up the communist groups in Rome.

The Fengitian Clique declares war on the Zhili Clique, enforcing the claim that their warlord is he true leader of China.

Militias and Paramilitaries around Germany begin clashing with each other, causing chaos and destruction in the streets, while police get tipped off by these organizations not to stop these street skirmishes. This causes hundreds of people to die in-between these clashes.

In the US, the first religious broadcast is heard on KDKA AM in Pittsburg. Mass media entertainment grows quickly in popularity through both the US and Britain.

Woman’s suffrage is attained in Sweden, and thus the National Suffrage society of Women is dissolved.

In Persia, Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee seizes power over the parliament as Prime Minister.

The peace offered by the Soviet Union is accepted by Poland, thus concluding the Polish-Soviet War. 

  • Romania: Prime Minister Alexandru Averescu begins to centralize power around himself ruthlessly, suppressing opponents on both sides of the political spectrum. The People's Party is purged of the "Republicanist" faction, as Ferdinand is now an undisputed constitutional monarch. The natural gas, iron ore, petroleum and coal industries are nationalized. The "Greater Romania" territories are consolidated and fortified. Effective governance is set up, as well as encouraging economic competition in these territories. Left wing groups become more tolerated as per a desire to improve relation with the Soviet Union. An alliance of Social Democrats and other leftists form "People's Front", who support the monarchy but want greater representation for workers. Seeing as nothing came of our request from France, Alexandru releases that they just lost bank, and will give Germany bank for tanks, since France does not want to pull a wank, so they will not have Romania to thank, and France's future does not look dank, and their ships might even get sank, at least they will have to worry about losing their rank. Dip to Germany: We request some "armored cars", as well as German scientists to help us build some. In return, a lot of coal and petroleum, plus diplomatic influence will be given to Germany. (Colgan respond).
    • German Dip: We agree to Romania’s proposal and send a team of German scientists and some old discharged WW1 armored cars to Bucharest.
  • Kingdom of Belgium: The Frontpartij members begin organising into a military wing called veteranen armee (Veterans army). Their military wing is quite disciplined due to their experience in WW1. Their demands are higher pensions, the right to speak Dutch in the army and the separation of the army into a Flemish and Walloon core. The rebuilding of Belgium also beings with the damage being very big compared to most other nations. The flooding of the Yser also has damaged the economy of West Flanders greatly but this action was needed to preserve our liberty. A small number of Belgian troops also cross the border and go into the city of Aachen. This is done peacefully but with some minor clashes due to the German nonacceptance of its guilt.As I do not trust Colgan as a moderator due to some issue i will leave this game.
  • Turkey: Kemal sends negotiators to Constantinople to take part in peace talks, although he has low expectations of their success currently. In other diplomatic efforts, Turkish and French political officials sign the Treaty of Ankara, ending the Franco-Turkish War in southern Anatolia. The successful conclusion of the war frees up nearly 20,000 troops for other fronts while the total size of the military continues to expand thanks to such diplomatic successes and the patriotic fever gripping the nation. By the end of the year the military ranks a total of 170,000 men in all armies, with the majority deployed at the western front against the Greeks. In the east, the Sentinel Army, now swelled to 35,000 men, continues to hold strong defensive positions in and around major cities. Numerous Armenian thrusts have been countered and dealt with, resulting in the front line changing relatively little for the time being. In the west, the National army is holding steady, giving limited ground but allowing the Greeks to make some progress. Numerous militias continue to attack Greek supply lines, weakening the Greek war effort as they get further and further from their base in Izmir. In both the east and west, frequent cavalry patrols and limited aircraft sorties keep commanders well informed about enemy troop movements and positions, reducing the risk of surprise. The war effort is kept well supplied by excess arms provided during World War I and from Soviet supply. As agreed upon from two years ago, the Bolsheviks have provided rifles, machine guns, light cannon, ammunition, and gold bullion with which to keep up the war effort. With Kemal and other modernist officers in charge, the Turkish military is constantly kept supplied and as well trained as possible given the circumstances. New weapons are smuggled in as best as possible from Germany and Red Russia. Kemal reiterates his desire for a just and durable peace for Anatolia and the Middle East, promising to enter into negotiations with the other nations of the world as long as the conditions of national self-determination and territorial integrity, as espoused by Woodrow Wilson and the rest of the Allies, are maintained. 
    • Armenian Diplomacy: Armenia inquires as to whether this means that Turkey will accept the borders that Wilson himself drafted for Armenia at the Treaty of Sevres, or whether "territorial integrity" means that the Turks intend to keep the land they seized from the million Armenians dead at their hands. Armenia asks the international community to refuse any peace with or recognition of this cabal of hypocritical mass murderers and to uphold the self-determination by aiding Greece and Armenia to secure the ancestral lands of Anatolia's oppressed minorities lest the Turks decide to slaughter another million.
    • British Dip: Armenia, you are irrelevant, but we do recognize the Armenian Genocide as a revelant occurrence in modern society, and we promise to bring it up in Constantinople.
  • United States of America: Newly elected President Leonard Wood follows through on his campaign pledge, passing the National Highway Act of 1921, which seeks to establish an extensive road system to aid in transportation of goods and people across the United States, as well as serve military purposes in times of conflict. Vice President Lenroot, meanwhile, helps to spearhead a Congressional committee to look into the creation of an oversight entity for financial markets, in response to the recent 1920-1921 Recession. Efforts to complete the 1916 Naval Act are continued, although as a sop to Congress all US Navy Pre-Dreadnoughts are to be decommissioned and dismantled to lower costs. In the realm of foreign policy, the staunchly Anti-Communist Wood further reinforces American forces on the island of Cuba with an additional 6000 Marines, to aid in controlling urban and rural areas to protect American sugar interests.
    • Syria Dip: in order to provide for American economic interests, we ask that America applies diplomatic and economic pressure to Britain to withdraw its invasion.
    • British Dip: For the last time! The British will not leave! This is our zone that we took and we are not freeing you.
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Syria: The military is further organized and standardized, based on the British model, with the military occupying the claimed territories in Jordan and northern Palestine. Our claims to all of Greater Syria continue to be pushed through by the ambassador Thomas Lawrence, now stipulated in an agreement between Syria, Egypt, and France in the Treaty of Damascus. Abdullah ibn Hussein, brother of Faisal, is sent to Iraq as the true candidate for the Kingdom of Iraq while under British rule. The alliance is maintained with our father, Hussein ibn Ali the King of Hejaz. We continue to ask the United States for aid in developing our economy, specifically for proper development of natural resources, in exchange for giving a generous amount to the American companies. EDIT: Two prominent Emirs in northern Syria sends 1500 volunteers among the Arab people to aid the Turkish government. In exchange, the Syrian Parliament asks Turkey, after its war of independence, to properly train the military using organization of the former Ottoman Empire.
    • American Diplomacy: American businesses adhere to the requests of the Hashemites, and Standard Oil of California forms the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) in tandem with the Syrians. American investors, intrigued by this move, begin general investments into the region.
    • Seeing as Syria totally violated British integrity in the Middle East by occupying northern Palestine and Transjordan, British warship arrive at the coast of Syria and threatens to bombard populated areas if Syria does not stand down. A few thousand troops are sent to Palestine and Transjordan to enforce British claims to the territory, and begin clashing with Syrian troops, defeating them with ease.
    • Syria calls upon the full military of the Arab Legion, centralizing tens of thousands of volunteers and militias from across Syria, Iraq, Hejaz, and Egypt to fight the British forces in Palestine and Transjordan. 
    • US Department of State: The United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James is instructed to request Britain respect civilian property and lives within the Hashemite Kingdom of Syria, as well as to float the idea of the United States acting as an intermediary to bring the conflict to an end before it escalates.
  • French Republic: (OOC: Did Romania seriously just threaten me?) Politics in our nation turn sharply to the left, catching many off guard. The right and the left both become more radicalized, but somehow the government holds together under the Center-Right party. More money is allocated to recovery, and funding the military. Colonial investments continue, and an offer is sent to Syria: In exchange for the establishment of a protectorateship, limited control over exports, and permission to build military bases as well as airfields on their territory.
    • Romania OOC: No, were just saying you lost a lot of what could cost a lot of stuff, and that Germany has won our gruff, we do not plan to do anything dumb with France, otherwise that will make as numb, as the mods would put down their thumbs, and assume that i had a great bait mate but a little to late of a meme, a very poor theme.
    • Syria Dip: We accept the protectorship, as long as France supports the claim of our land
    • Later Syria Dip: We ask that France applies diplomatic pressure to get the British to recognize the claims of our land
    • France Dip: We support Syria fully, and tell Britain to back off. The cruiser Dunkerque is sent to enforce it.
    • British Dip: Ok, ok! Geez! France, we supported you in the World War. You need to be quiet. We will never recognize your claims, Syria.
    • Later Egypt Dip: Dagnabit, 500 troops are resent to the Gaza and Negev. They are ordered to not open fire upon European or Arab Troops but to protect civilians areas. The Egyptian government (most Wadi Party supporters) call for more troops to be called upon "The Syrian Struggle" but falls on deaf ears.
  • Japan: Hara Takashi continues to buckle down on his efforts to resist universal suffrage hoping to shore up his political support with the oligarchs and military. He agrees to increase the military presence in the Far East Republic to protect Japanese interests in East Asia and create a buffer zone between the Empire and Red Russia. With the Siberian adventure costing excruciating amounts of money and blood the military doubles down on their efforts to secure a successful outcome bringing the Japanese troops in the region to 85,000 strong while withdrawing form Chita falling back to the port Vladivostok where they entrench themselves while the Imperial navy supports them. More troops are prepped to reinforce the imperial army in the soon to be besieged Russian port. Efforts to keep subversive activities in occupied territories are made including expanding the presence of the Kempeitai (military police) who slowly take on the role of counter insurgency units policing and stabilizing major routes of communication in the Far East. Hara Takashi's cabinet continue to redouble their efforts to revitalize the economy and industry by trying to expand their markets in the colonial territories and in China through the Shandong, and in the Far East Republic. In private members of the opposition are sent to Moscow to see if a compromise cant be reached to end the bloodshed and prevent a larger conflict between the reds and the Japanese.
    • Korea Efforts to moderate the policies toward integration of the Koreans continue, With a loosening on language restrictions being established and creating a dual linguistic system for Korean kids though Japanese remains mandatory, and the only language in post secondary institutions. Industrialization and settlement of the peninsula continues as rialways, and factories continue to grow.
    • Taihoku (Taiwan): Japanization and modernization of the island continues with the efforts of turning it into a model colony for Japan to show the world.
  • Zhili Clique: The new German weaponry and equipment is a great addition to the Zhili warlords' arsenal and can provide some advantage over other warlords. Since Duan Qirui agreed to join the Beijing government, the Anhui Clique is integrated into President Cao Kun's coalition, increasing its population and revenue from taxes and trade in the Shandong Province. Our total army increases to 200,000 men, combining with the Anhui forces. In response to Zhang Zuolin and the Fengtien Clique's declaration of war, the new force is mobilized to meet the threat. As one of China's best strategists, Duan Qirui is made army commander-in-chief, while Wu Peifu is his chief of staff. The two of them launch an offensive north of the Great Wall into Manchuria, pushing toward the Yalu River and the Korean frontier. One force of several divisions advances along the southern coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, with the objective of taking the port cities, while another force advances through the mountains toward the center of the Fengtien Clique. Meanwhile, back in Beijing, President Cao Kun continues reforming the state and the army. The government makes efforts to hire European instructors for military schools. The increased revenue from the Maritime Customs Service, trade in the Shandong region, and taxes allows the Beiyang government to to increase its budget.
    • Japanese Diplomacy: The Japanese applaud the Zhili on their efficient campign and offer to support them in their efforts to restore order to China along with opening of relations between Zhili and Japan 
      • Zhili/Chinese Diplomacy: The Beiyang government is interested in increasing relations with Japan and asks to purchase weapons and equipment.
      • Japanese Dip: The Japanese agree to arms sales, and offer to help develop Chinese industry in joint ventures.
      • Chinese Diplomacy: The Beiyang government accepts Japan's offer to develop industry.
      • US Department of State: Concerned by the growing influence of the Empire of Japan and the Zhili Clique, the United States Navy deploys an additional three gunboats to China to increase the US presence in the region. The United States also condemns the aggression of the Zhili Clique.
  • The Hellenic Republic: The assault on Dardanellia goes spectacularly, with the 45,000 Turkish troops essentially swept aside by the veteran Greek army. Greek troops in Anatolia number 165,000 by mid year with 120,000 dug in along the Smyrna frontier. These men, the Army of Asia Minor (Στρατιά Μικράς Ασίας), begin a massive push eastward toward Ankara and rapidly seize Philadelphia. The Greek forces make it to within 50km of Ankara before they are stopped by an entrenched Turkish army. At years end there is sporadic fighting all along the over extended Greek front. However, high morale among the officers and men prevent the consideration of a retreat. At home support for the war is strong, but Prime Minister Venizelos faces several challenges in the from of monarchist and authoritarian movements within Greece. Although the monarchy has been officially abolished there are still supporters. Although the monarchists lost the election of 1920, they still hold a reasonably strong caucus in the Hellenic Parliament and consistently oppose the Prime Minister’s attempts to both wage war and protect Greek democracy.
  • Kingdom of Egypt: Faud is the King. This leads to the government's attempts of improving literacy rates among the poor by forcing children to read English and Arabic books (This is looked down upon but is still used upon in poor areas). Quskut artist begin to make to national headline as the number of listeners blow up. The national army is formed and attempts to form a standing army is worked upon. Wafd Party supporters push for a formation of a constitution. The Egyptian King calls back 500 troops from the Palestine region and plans to pull out the rest in the coming time. We send an envoy to Germany asking for 1500 rifles and 300 armored cars, in return we shall sell to them the best Egyptians dates (I don't know, just ask for what you want on return). We send an envoy to Syria, Iraq and Hejaz for a formation of a political cooperation stuff called "The Arab Legion".
    • Syria Dip: We support the formation of the Arab Legion, organizing the combined Arab volunteers and militias of Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Hejaz into a single army.
  • Russian Sovet Republic: The leadership suffers a dedicated shock as Joseph Stalin, suffering from a bout of appendicitis dies during his operation due to bad surgery. His death is shocking but Lenin having the majority of the nations top doctors involved in his own operation to remove the bullet from his body laments the death, but secretly is happy with the development having nicely removed one of his major rivals with serious ambitions on his position. The operation on Lenin is deemed a success and the bullet is removed from him with little complication. The push on the east is deemed a success and with the Japanese pulling support for Chita, and the city is resecured after a short and decisive push. Bukharin is appointed the supreme commander of the Far Eastern task force as a test of his abilities and loyalty with a full seat on the politburo on the line he meets with the generals of the Far Eastern armies, and decisively decides that with the Japanese fallback from Chita, that the Armies will converge on Vladivostok. While not equipped to their best, three separate armies of roughly 80,000 strong per army converge on Vladivostok and set up a major front line. The Remainder of the Russian troops numbering nearly 1.2 million act as a reserve as the Vladivostok siege force in concoted to begin major offensive operations against the 85,000 strong Japanese garrison. The initial attack is slow and prodding as reconnaissance is put to order and heavy artillery bombardment is put into the attack. Interestingly enough the threat of the Japanese navy leaves the Russian forces in a quagmire. Artillery pieces are retrofitted as shore guns to try to and fend off the Japanese navy. The Western front against the faltering Whites, remains lightly contested as in finality the Whites are effectively finished remaining only in Crimea with roughly 30,000 troops to their name. Lenin orders their liquidation and begins the final campaign (algo to come). With the end of the civil war in sight Lenin begins the official end of War Capitalism and begins pushing for his new economic policy to become the standard of the land. However, with the potential for the civil war to carry on, Lenin and the politburo authorize the reconstitution of Russian industry in a more concrete sense. A comprehensive report is given over to Lenin about the status of Russian industry and it is noted to be abyssmal but with this report he starts to reorganize the industry stacking off of inertia from the previous year and the reconstitution of Moscows industrial base. This begins the constitutions and rebuilding of Industrial facilities in Belorussia, Ukraine, Smolensk, Kursk, and tens of thousands begin to be put back to work across western Russia. the NEP with its initial stages is initialized and light amounts of capitalism are allowed. The crushing of the last white army holdouts in Crimea effectively force the captured leaders of the White movement to surrender turning over all of the White Russian territory to the Russian Soviet Republic.
    • Japanese Reaction: With the Japanese navy successfully keeping Soviet forces at bay the troops dig in and Japanese Artillery position return fire against Soviet formations, while the Japanese-Russian border is heavily reinforced.
  • Republic of the United States of Brazil: The first steps toward modernization are taken after the concrete plans for a modern Brazil. With help of German and Brazilian architects the construction of the Trans-Amazon Railway starts in Macapá and will go along to the coast until it ends in Várzea Grande close to the Bolivian border. The crew is prepared for difficult terrain and harsh conditions. On the political side of Brazil stability reigns, while trade unions get slightly more support because of the industrialization.
  • Weimar Republic (Deutches Reich): with the chaos in the streets, and many deaths, the Reichstag passes an act, by the request and full support from Müller, that makes paramilitary organizations without government support/recognition illegal and begins sending in the military, using the Fairly large WW1 stockpile of weapons he kept just for this occasion. Berlin Police is nullified from enforcing the law after Müller declares martial law in the city, as the police take over. The Freikorps, a right wing paramilitary organization turned terrorist group, is the toughest one the military has to face, as it is large and experienced, filled with veterans, but the military manages to displace them and arrest some of its soldiers and commanders. With war reparations still being paid, the currency of the Weimar Republic continues to inflate with 75 Marks needed to make a dollar. Corporations continue to go out of business and become easy pickings for coincidentally Jewish Corporatist and other multinationals. In February, Hitler spoke before a crowd of nearly six thousand in Munich. To publicize the meeting, he sent out two truckloads of party supporters to drive around with swastikas, cause a big commotion, and throw out leaflets, the first time this tactic was used by the Nazis. Hitler was now gaining notoriety outside of the Nazi Party for his rowdy, at times hysterical tirades against the Treaty of Versailles, rival politicians and political groups, especially Marxists, and always the Jews. The Nazi Party was centered in Munich which had become a hotbed of ultra right-wing German nationalists. This included Army officers determined to crush Marxism and undermine or even overthrow the young German democracy centered in Berlin. Slowly, they began looking toward the rising politician, Adolf Hitler, and the growing Nazi movement as the vehicle to hitch themselves to. Hitler was already looking at how he could carry his movement to the rest of Germany. He traveled to Berlin to visit nationalist groups during the summer of 1921. But in his absence, he faced an unexpected revolt among his own Nazi Party leadership in Munich. The Party was still run by an executive committee whose original members now considered Hitler to be highly overbearing, even dictatorial. To weaken Hitler's position, they formed an alliance with a group of socialists from Augsburg. Hitler rushed back to Munich and countered them by announcing his resignation from the Party on July 11, 1921. They realized the loss of Hitler would effectively mean the end of the Nazi Party. Hitler seized the moment and announced he would return on the condition that he was made chairman and given dictatorial powers. At the next gathering, July 29, 1921, Adolf Hitler was introduced as Führer of the Nazi Party, marking the first time that title was publicly used to address him. The Banks within the country continue to fall being taken under control by Jewish bankers and such. German citizens struggle to make ends meet. Jews on the other hand, are living well due to their status in the country but also fuels further anti-Semitism. Due to their wealth, they would use their funds to buy properties and such extremely cheaply. This furthers Adolf Hitler's support as the Germans turn their backs on their Jewish neighbors more than usual with anti-Semitism being an issue in Europe for some time now. The average man could no longer sit back and not be political about the turbulence ahead as the extremist spectrums from both ends grows with the Nazi's having a very slight higher ground over the SPD. The government sells many of their military weaponry assets to help pay off reperations which ease inflation slightly which catches economic analysts off-gaurd. A community attempts assassinating Müller but fortunately it fails. This causes a sharp rise in security as several rogue undercover organizations attempt blackmailing and attacking politicians they see as enemies. The Nazi Party was centered in Munich which had become a hotbed of ultra right-wing German nationalists. This included Army officers determined to crush Marxism and undermine or even overthrow the young German democracy centered in Berlin. Slowly, they began looking toward the rising politician, Adolf Hitler, and the growing Nazi movement as the vehicle to hitch themselves to. Hitler was already looking at how he could carry his movement to the rest of Germany. He traveled to Berlin to visit nationalist groups during the summer of 1921. But in his absence, he faced an unexpected revolt among his own Nazi Party leadership in Munich. The Party was still run by an executive committee whose original members now considered Hitler to be highly overbearing, even dictatorial. To weaken Hitler's position, they formed an alliance with a group of socialists from Augsburg. Hitler rushed back to Munich and countered them by announcing his resignation from the Party on July 11, 1921. They realized the loss of Hitler would effectively mean the end of the Nazi Party. Hitler seized the moment and announced he would return on the condition that he was made chairman and given dictatorial powers. At the next gathering, July 29, 1921, Adolf Hitler was introduced as Führer of the Nazi Party, marking the first time that title was publicly used to address him. The Banks within the country continue to fall being taken under control by Jewish bankers and such. German citizens struggle to make ends meet. Jews on the other hand, are living well due to their status in the country but also fuels further anti-Semitism. Due to their wealth, they would use their funds to buy properties and such extremely cheaply. This furthers Adolf Hitler's support as the Germans turn their backs on their Jewish neighbors more than usual with anti-Semitism being an issue in Europe for some time now. The average man could no longer sit back and not be political about the turbulence ahead as the extremist spectrums from both ends grows with the Nazi's having a very slight higer ground over the SPD. The government sells many of their military weaponry assets to help pay off reperations which ease inflation slightly which catches economic analysts off-gaurd. A community attempts assassinating Müller but fortunately it fails. This causes a sharp rise in security as several rogue undercover organizations attempt blackmailing and attacking politicians they see as enemies. The Nazi Party begins fighting in the courts to have their paramilitary group recognized with progress being made. At the end, approval is expected by early 1922.
    • No Mussolini, no inspired Hitler, also there isn’t going to be more inflation because we actually paid off our reparations.-Colgan
    • Maybe it's just me, but I am not sure how likely it is for reparations to be paid off in one year, but I'd be happy to see other arguments. -Nate
      • Impossible. - Steph
    • Egypt Dip: We send an envoy to Germany asking for 1500 rifles and 300 armored cars.
    • I am not a mod but I will say this, Adolf. Slow the fuck down. -warrior
    • Brazil Dip: To show the gratefullness of the Brazilian nation for the help of the Germans with the construction of the trans-amazon railway, Brazil is willing to buy 2000 rifles and 300 transporters.
  • Armenia: By training (at least, somewhat) and arming almost the entire fighting-age male refugee population with purchased weaponry, coupled with substantial recruitment from the Armenian diaspora and the settled population, expands its military to 100,000, although the degree of anger at the Turks is such that conscription is largely unnecessary. Stripping troops from other sectors, almost the entirety of Armenian forces are concentrated in the Euphrates Valley, while artillery is also stripped from the whole country and concentrated to provide this force with offensive power. With Turkish troops concentrated in major cities, Armenian forces are pushed up the railway past Erzurum, enabling the encirclement of that city's garrison, which is then subjected to a concentrated bombardment followed by an assault spearheaded by troops recruited from refugees from the city, who are deeply familiar with local terrain. Efforts to resettle refugees in rural areas begin; agriculture is effectively nationalized to sustain the armies in the field and the large populations that have fled the genocide. The government considers expanding recruitment to include women; it recognizes that defeat in this war will allow the perpetrators of the genocide to escape justice and to secure the lands they stole from the victims of the massacres. Guerrilla units are formed from refugees and sent to cut Turkish supply lines in their former home regions, establishing bases in the remote mountains of the Anatolian Plateau. The government also buys and crudely arms a few biplanes from abroad, manning them with foreign pilots hired at usurious rates. Meanwhile, the Armenian government allies with Kurdish chieftains to recruit a Kurdish legion in the name of Kurdish self-determination and independence. Although this is distasteful to many, given Kurdish involvement in the genocide, others note that the Kurds also suffered some deportations and that there is no place for them in Mustafa Kemal's Turkish ethno-state. Kurdish guerrillas expand the war into southeastern Anatolia, further worsening Turkish supply problems. Armenian envoys, along with Kurds, are sent to to Constantinople to demand that self-determination be uphold and only ethnic Turkish regions be included in the Turkish state, and to demand an internationally observed plebiscite after refugees in Armenia are allowed to return to their homes in peace.
    • Nope, your population is around 500,000-900,000 around this time, no way you have 100,000 people.-Colgan.
    • I would argue that immediately post-genocidal states can mobilize a uniquely large percentage of the population, especially against the same people who committed the genocide. Israel mobilized c. 120,000 men in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War from a population of under a million. Besides, according to First Republic of Armenia, 1920 Armenia had 1.3 million people.
    • Okay, this is bullshit. You claim you can raise greater troops by hiring Kurds. I would like to remind you, the Kurds were one of the greater perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. They were hired by the Ottomans to do the dirty work. They are as Anti Armenian as the Turks. Remember, a "turk" is ethnically greek mostly, but they assimilated because they were Muslims, so thus became an enemy. (religious and ethnicity connection.) A "kurd" are related to Armenians, but are Muslim. Just like Greek vs Turk, Armenian vs Kurd. What, should steph create turkish regiments in the greek army? - warrior
    • Yeah, but the Kurds aren't ideological at this point. They're just disorganized tribes, many of whom got in on the massacres for plunder; the Russians hired lots of Kurdish auxiliaries during WWI, never mind that they were Christians and the Ottomans Muslims. They are developing a sense of nationalism and rebelled in 1920 OTL against Turkey, which is becoming exclusive and ethnonationalist under Mustafa Kemal. OTL the Turkish commander who put down the Kurdish rebellion of 1920 committed massacres and even described his goals as to "clean up" another inconvenient non-Turkish group, like they had done with the Armenians. So there are shared interests; I can definitely bribe and hire individual chieftains.
  • Persia: After hearing that Syria and Britain are fighting, many Persian men and women sign up as volunteers and are sent to Syria. Persian Diplomacy: The Shah requests a meeting with His Majesty Faisal.
    • Syria: Faisal ibn Hussein visits Iran to meet with the Shah, and thanks his support.
    • British Dip: Darn you, Persia!
  • Republic of Austria: Since the defeat of Austria-Hungary at at hands of the Allies the newly formed Republic of Austria has to face multiple problems such as economic issues and political instability. The newly elected Chancellor Micheal Mayr has issued many economic reforms replacing the old autocratic system with a newly formed capitalist economy.  Also with the army now reduced to 30,000 men we would like to sell military equipment to other nations. Nationalism also begins to rise as many Nationalist organizations protest against the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye which prevented the possible union between Germany and Austria and reduced the Austrian military as also forbidding the Habsburgs from returning to the throne of Austria. These Nationalists seek to reverse the Treaty imposed on Austria and to restore the monarchy. Mayr's economic reforms are very successful as the Austrian economy begins to improve as his popularity begins to increase as many Austrians find new jobs as the rate of  unemployment decreases rapidly across the nation.
    • German Dip: Despite these troubled times and what the entente May say, a majority of Germans still see Austria as their brothers, and due to this, we offer a trading pact, to represent that even though we cannot unify, Germany and Austria still stand strong together!
    • Austrian Dip: We accept the Germans offer as we believe that together we can rebuild our nations and finally restore peace.
  • Kingdom of Sweden: With Woman's Suffrage, it seems a new era for Sweden, but maybe not a good one. Iron Miners are under paid, under fed and in dangerous working conditions. Though protests are small, it may become dangerous. King Gustaf's son is named Honin. The four Brother's meet in Helsinki to discuss the details of the Soviet Threat and it is determined that Finland will arm and defend its border with the country and all countries will send volunteers to the border with Finnish soldiers. Germany continues to see funding from Sweden.
  • Most Serene Republic of San Marino: Influenced by their italian counterparts, the Fascist Party of San Marino as well as the Communist Party of San Marino grow among the small agrarian populace. Both are advocating industrialization, and modernization of the country and the current Captains Regent request Italian aid in modernization in order to help develop the country as well as ease trade between Italy and San Marino. The Captains Regent, urged by most parties in the parliament begin a debate on a more refined government organization.
    • Italian Diplomacy: A railway into San Marino would greatly increase traffic and aid both of our economies, as well as aid in your modernization. We propose a joint effort, to be undertaken within the next five years.
  • Italy: The Kingdom of Italy is headed by Victor Emmanuel III, known among some members of the populace as Il Re vittorioso (The Soldier King). However, the King's grip on his country is beginning to slip. While he was victorious in the Great War, the economy of Italy is suffering heavily. The disaffected portion of the population call him Sciaboletta (little saber), a crack at the King's diminutive height. Prime Minister Nitti is voted out of power in February after a vote of no confidence. Nicola Bombacci of the PSI is elected in late February, with the party winning 37% of the vote. The Turin Act is proposed, which would grant power to the unions and syndicates of Italy. It seems as if, after years of unrest, things might take a turn for the good. Italy's economy sees marked improvement as the strikes and riots begin to subside. However, the clear presence of fascism continues in Milan. The assassination of several union leaders bothers socialist leaders. Antonio Gramsci takes Lennon's offer and travels to Russia. The day after he leaves Italy, his residence burns down in an arson. The doors were barred and, if rumors are to be believed, blackshirts were waiting outside. Gramsci is not the only high-profile leader to be targeted. As Mussolini and Bombacci remained friends after Mussolini left the socialist party, the fascist leader loses a considerable amount of respect among his far-right cronies. In October, Bombacci is shot while entering his car. Gramsci learned via newspaper in front of several Russian delegates. The body of Bombacci was plastered on the front. Gramsci is described as having been deeply distraught, saying, "Look how they massacred my comrade." A new election is held and Tutli is elected. Almost immediately, he begins to reverse some of Bombacci's policy. The Chamber of Deputies regularly devolves into squabbling, which ultimately culminates in an all-out brawl on the Chamber floor. This brawl became publicized under a sensational name in English and American newspapers: The Friday Fisticuffs. The Italians, however, called this event Il Terminale. It signaled that democracy in Italy was no longer functioning. The strikes of 1920 began again, yet worse. Not only had the workers been wronged once more, the governing body of Italy had gone back on its word. Italy is in complete chaos. An arrest warrant is issued for Benito Mussolini due to his suspected complicity in the assassination of Bombacci, yet due to imcompetence in the constablury and chaos in the Chamber of Deputies, Mussolini is not arrested. Due to the chaos in northern Italy, frightened socialists had formed the Ardti del Popolo (The People's Daring Ones). On 6th December, the Ardti del Popolo marched on Mussolini's residence and, in an assassination attempt similar to that of Alexander Gramsci, his home's doors are barred and the house is set ablaze. Mussolini escapes through a window, heavily burned. He is taken by this militia back to Turin, where he remains imprisoned as of the end of this year. Alexander Gramsci returns to Italy in late November and begins speaking at various universities about communism. In the meantime, a rising star in the socialist party named Amadeo Bordiga declares that the peaceful democratic rise of socialism cannot and will not happen. He publishes the Ravenna Thesis, which outlines his beliefs. He begins gathering a number of strikers, union workers, and Gramsci's revolutionized masses.
  •  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: In the year of 1921, the United Kingdom finds itself as the world's largest Empire in history, administering a staggering 33 million square miles and a population of 423 million people. Despite being victorious in the Great War, the slaughterhouses of campaigns such as the Somme and Gallipoli are left engrained within British society for decades to come. However, conflicts such as the Anglo-Irish war, the Turkish crisis and the Arab crisis continue to linger as major conflicts of interest for the British Empire. Under a coalition Government of Liberals and Conservatives, Prime Minister David Lloyd George continues to govern. In Ireland, under martial law during the gruelling Anglo-Irish war, British forces are left in statement with Irish para-militaries. Prime Minister Lloyd-George under pressure from the Opposition and King George V himself and facing intense criticism both home and abroad, writes to Irish Republican leader Éamon de Valera urging a conference for negotaition preceded by an immediate ceasefire and for the IRA to lay down their weapons. While agreeing to the conference, the IRA refuses the British demand, stalling the conference. As to prevent the ceasefire being broken, it is eventually agreed that British soldiers would remain in their barracks and a general relaxation of martial would occur. The truce, coneciding with King George's statement urging peace reconciliation between all Irishmen regardless of denomination, proves to be fairly peaceful. After months of gridlocked negotiation, a settlement is finally reached. It is debated within Dáil Éireann and narrowly passed. It quickly passes through the Houses of Parliament and receives Royal approval. The Settlement paves the way for the Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the Irish Free State, one of His Majesty's Dominions, herby concluding the Anglo-Irish War. The result leading to massive demographic, with Catholic families moving in to the newly established South. Meanwhile, Protestant families move immigrate to the North. Despite the significant achievement of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Arab crisis becomes a highly controversial issue within the Cabinet. Newly appointed Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill urges retaliatory action to protect the British Mandate of Palestine from the Hashemites. In contrast, prominent figures in the Cabinet attempt to filibuster any attempt to do so. After many heated Cabinet meetings, treating to rip the Coalition apart, Prime Minister David Lloyd-George approves of Secreatry Churchill's plan to send 7000 soldiers to preserve Mandatory Palestine. The action is seen with particular curiosity in Mandatory Iraq in which the Hashemite Faisal Ibn Husayn was declared King just a year prior. To respond to this, the Colonial Office declares that the United Kingdom ceases all relations with the Hashemite Royal families.  This nullifies Faisal's position and he is quickly arrested. The drastic change in Middle Eastern policy alienates many of the high ranking officials within the Colonial and Foreign offices against Secretary Churchill. Domestically within the United Kingdom, the growth in popularity of mass-media is coupled with the growth of the British cinema industry. The British Empire continues to lead the world, politically, economically, culturally and scientifically. Lord Curzon arrives in Constantinople to negotiate a peaceful settlement to the Turkish Crisis and a possible revision of the Treaty of Sevres.
  •  British Dip: Take that countries who want us to leave Syria!
  • Persian Diplomacy: Persia is offering to negotiate the release of King Faisal
    • Gold Coast: Under the administration of Governor Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, the colonial government continues its policy of infrastructure development for the benefit of the natives rather than solely for European capitalists. As a result, various western-hospitals, education centres and railway lines are built across the profitable colony. The exploitation and varieties of natural resources such as gold, metal ores, diamonds, ivory, pepper, timber, grain and cocoa continues.
    • Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria: The crown colony of British Nigeria proves to be a difficult situation for Governor Sir Hugh Clifford, due to the divisions between the majority Muslim North Nigeria and the Southern Nigeria. Southern Nigeria tended to be more developed than the North. To counter this, Governor Clifford proposed implementing practises that had worked in the South in to the North, which would lead to uproar amongst the Northern Emirs. This would prove difficult due to the very decentralised system of governance adopted previous Governor Frederick Luggard. Sir Clifford's opposition to these concepts placed him in conflict with Lieutenant Governor Richmond Parker.
    • East African Protectorate (Kenya): On June the 23rd, the inland areas of the Protectorate were annexed as British dominions by Order in Council. The new colony was placed under Commissioner Sir Edward Northey. Within the colony, tension begins to rise between White settlers and the natives objecting to these settler's. The conflict reaches its boiling point when a fight occurred between a native and a settler, leading to a series of provocations almost causing a massacre. Order is restored by the local military, leaving the highlands to be briefly under martial law, causing more bitterness amongst the settlers and natives.
    • Mandatory Palestine: A legion of 7000 British soldiers arrives in Mandatory Palestine in order to restore order and prevent the Hashemite Syrian's from continuing their advance. They proceed to launch an attack on Syrian encampments in Nazareth, assisted by light artillery fire and aerial assistance, marking the first time aeroplanes were used in armed conflict within the desert. The battle is won with relative ease. Following the brutal defeat, the British army co-ordiantes an offensive quickly capturing areas of Southern Syria and Lebanon. A final offensive is planned to take Damascus.
    • There is no colonial office in Damascus, Faisal is in Iran.
    • French Dip: 10,000 soldiers are sent to Syria. Britain is told to stand down. Five Dewoitine D.1s are moved into Syria and begin patrolling the front line.

1922

The Far Eastern Republic takes up administration duties in areas occupied by the Bolsheviks in the Far East. The government is mainly made up of National bolsheviks and white defectors. (Subject to the rp between Feud and NK)

Advances in Crimea lead to the total surrender of remaining white forces in Sevastopol, the Russian Civil War is officially over.

Azerbaijan declares its alliance to Turkey, and devotes its military to help fight Armenia in order to officially end the conflict on pause from 1919.

the National Bolshevik Party is founded in Hamburg, Northern Germany. The party campaigns within Hamburg, blaming capitalism for Germany’s troubles and claiming that the previous and current “regimes” were not true German patriots, but corrupt Bourgeoisie corporatists, and denounced the currently ruling Social Democrat Party, and the Republic as a whole. They gain sweeping popularity in Hamburg and neighboring towns.

Any peace proposed in Manchuria is rejected by their respective military officers, mostly from powerful warlords.

The Republic of China invades some of its neighbors in an attempt to unify China.

Swedish Miners adhere to the new Social Party of Sweden, who promises a new economic system that will benefit the workers, the mothers, and the richer.

In Romania, many people in Bucharest start a tradition of speaking in rhymes - the use of which in casual conversation is considered synonymous with high breeding and a respectable intelligence.

Southern Slavic Unity grows in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

As the US embassy to Britain continues to pressure the dip it mentioned last turn, the Arab Army under the Hashemites manages to hold off the British from taking all of Northern Palestine, in spite of their close defeat in Nazereth. 

The American Highway Act is widely accepted by local and state governments, and many corporations heavily invest in the development of the road system, including Ford Automotives. 

Socialist meeting places in Milan, Italy are infiltrated and burned to the grown by Mussolini’s “Blackshirts”. Blackshirts confront the anarchists in the street, looking for Mussolini.

  • Persia: even more volunteers are sent to Syria. The Shah holds a speech about Persia and its future on the national holiday. Persian Diplomacy: The Shah requests a meeting with the French Foreign Minister regarding the Arab crisis.
  • Zhili Clique: The Beiyang army continues its offensive into Manchuria against the Fengtien clique as the Fengtien-Zhili war rages, aiming to secure the coast and attacking the major cities. Meanwhile, Chinese nationalism continues to spread among the populace as the spirit of the May Fourth Movement from 1919 remains alive and well. In order to avoid the Kuomintang's critique of the Beijing government being too weak on the foreigners and thus losing support from the nationalistic elements of the population, President Cao Kun decides to act. The Beijing government, as the internationally recognized government of the Republic of China, asks the United States to renounce and end extraterritoriality for its citizens in China. Cao Kun also asks Japan for diplomatic support. [Player Responses] A Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also reformed under the leadership of experienced diplomat Wu Tingfang, appointed as Foreign Minister. As the army continues to fight against the Fengtien, the Ministry of War is reformed, with Wu Peifu named as the Minister of War. German and Japanese weapons and equipment prove useful, but are not enough in quantity to be issued to every unit, and the government makes an effort to purchase more. More army improvements are planned once the war comes to some sort of conclusion. The government also takes steps to modernize the country's criminal code from the previous Qing imperial criminal code, with lawyers starting to make the first drafts. With Japanese help in improving Chinese industry, an effort is made to start more factories that can allow China to make larger quantities of its own military equipment.
  • Russian Soviet Republic: Bukharin in a triumphant push begins the major assault on Vladivostok entering the city with nearly 50,000 troops followed up by another 50,000 ready to reinforce as the Red Army pushes the Japanese out of the city. Seeing not only a victory but vengeance for the humiliation of the Russo-Japanese war, Bukharin declares the puppeted Far Eastern Republic null and void and it is annexed into the Russian SFSR posthaste. With troops at the Ready the Red Army surges over into the Korean border pushing into Korea but meets stiff and dedicated Japanese resistance which turns back the Red Army. While interestingly this breaks the air of Japanese Superiority, it also blunts further Far Eastern expansionary efforts of the Russian Soviets who call it a day and reassert total control over the Far East. With the total collapse of the Whites, and with multiple avenues open Lenin orders the invasion of the Caucasus and in short order also topples the straw house Central Asian Muslim Republic leveraging high socialist tendencies in the region to take the state pretty much without a fight. The invasions of the Caucasus, however, are a stiff fight and a plan is made to stage every invasion one after the other with the Kuban Republic being overrun, and the Don Republic losing the last vestige of manpower it had in Crimea, the two republics are effectively overrun in quick succession and annexed. The plan to invade the mountain republics is established as well  With first, the invasion of Azerbaijan, then Georgia but, however, seeing a way to not have to fight Armenia, Lenin approaches Atatürk in secret offering him the ability to gain his vengeance and solidify his prestige and political standing by crushing Armenia but then turning over the territory to the Russians following the crushing of Armenia. With the solidification of Bolshevik control over pretty much all of Russia and much of its former imperial territories the further reconstitution of Russian industry continues but rather than reconstitute some smaller regions from before a plan to more effectively bring industry to Ekaterinburg, Tyumen and Omsk begins with a specific goal outlined to bring settlement and industrial potential to the Far East of Russia. The Russian Soviet Republic moving nearly 85,000 troops into the area around the Central Asian breakaways demands their submission. (mod, please) Gramsci is given a tour of both Moscow and Petrograd specifically and after many high level talks is escorted back to Italy by a specialized formalized Red Gaurds unit consisting of 300 high level and experienced veterans of the civil war. With the quick and decisive invasion of Georgia the Russian Soviet Republic annexes the territory outright and moves troops into its new puppet state of Azerbaijan and allows their own invasion of Armenia to continue. Seeing an issue with industrial product on the horizon and the recovering agriculture of the Russian state, some regulation is put into place on the industrial sector to prevent a massive jump in the price of industrial goods. In order to facilitatre this CHEKA is dissolved and a series of state run corporation to handle distribution and somewhat pricing is put into effect. This is moderately successful initially as modifications and the evolution of the NEP sees a more prosperous economy beginning to develop. While a blow to the Soviet oil industry interestingly enough back channels remain open as through various proxies the oil industry in Baku begins to normalize as does its investment now coming from various sources. Zinoviev sends a letter to the British to open up normal trade relations again (this happened OTL in 1921 due to the NEP being amiable to the British). Regardless of other issues, overland the development of the NEP and other trade relations to other nations begins to allow for the Soviets to begin garnering capital which begins to be reinvested or loaned out under the NEP for the Soviet industry. The Soviets specifically begin sourcing industrial equipment where-ever possible making noticeably powerful purchases out of Germany abusing its disorganized and chaotic state to make many under the table and some obvious purchases of key industrial elements to allow the expansion of Soviet industry.
    • Azeri Dip: Since Azerbaijan is allied with the Turks and is fighting Armenia, Azerbaijan requests the Soviets not to invade them, and instead proposes an alliance and other stuff. The stuff that is proposed effectively make Azerbaijan a puppet of the Soviets.
    • Soviet Dip: The Russian Soviet Republic agrees to the deal.
    • the Basmuchi or whatever it’s called surrender, battered and defeated.
    • Armenian Diplomacy: to avoid the humiliation of Azeri and Turkish occupation, clearly doomed, and exhausted by war, Armenia offers to surrender unconditionally to the Soviets if they promise not to place it under Turkish or Azeri rule.
    • Soviet Dip: The Soviets agree and outright annex Armenia bringing three divisions into Yerevan to secure total control.
  • United States of America: Domestically, efforts to continue on with the National Highway Act continue, with the target date of completion being 1931. The same holds true for the continuing work on the Naval Act of 1916, with 1922 marking the year that the United States Navy now holds parity with the British Royal Navy. By the time of the Act’s completion in 1926, the US Navy will hold the position of most powerful Navy uncontested. Changes are made to procurement, however, with the decision to scrap the Florida and Wyoming-class Battleships in addition to the South Carolina and Delaware-class dreadnoughts and the entire fleet of Pre-Dreadnoughts. A further two South Dakota-class battleships, in addition to the six already planned, are to be constructed with the savings. The plan for further Battlecruisers is, however, ended in favor of two, the Lexington and Saratoga, and the conversion of three other hulls to be aircraft carriers. Meanwhile, in conjunction with Congress, Vice President Lenroot succeeds in the formation of the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), which seeks to temper speculation and illegal activities in Wall Street. In a sop to business interests, the Tax Act of 1922 reduces or eliminates several tax holdovers from the war, including the excess profits tax. Foreign policy wise, the three gunboats deployed to China are utilized on the Yangtze in addition to American vessels already present, securing that waterway up to Nanking. The US Marines are also returned to China, with the 4th Regiment being used to secure Shanghai. An additional two US Army Regiments are deployed, securing the aforementioned Nanking and Chenkiang. Requests by the Zhili Clique are ignored, and the US breaks relations in favor of recognizing the Republic of China in the south as the legitimate government of China; customs duties collected within the American areas of control are thus re-routed to the RoC. Closer to home, the 8000 man deployment to Cuba is continued, assisting the Cuban government in controlling Leftist elements and protecting American sugar interests. Due to unrest in Cuban ports, the American position at Guantanamo Bay begins to be used to assist in exports. Finally, as a result of the growing Bolshevik threat, President Leonard Wood expands the scope and capacities of the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Among the first orders of business of the FBI is the arrest of Jacob Schiff for funneling $20 million to Soviet Russia; Kuhn, Loeb, and Company and the American Jewish Committee are both shut down in the aftermath. William Thompson, a wealthy New York Banker who did the same through his connections in the Petrograd branch of National City Bank, is likewise arrested, among others. Pressure from President Wood also halts the efforts by the Federal Reserve to supply $1 Billion to Soviet Russia, while Red Cross efforts within the nation are also ended. Using the findings of the Overmann Committee held by Congress in 1919, President Wood also declares an embargo of American goods, technologies, and investments to the nascent Soviet Russian state. It is estimated by the Department of State that this will cost 20% of Soviet foreign exchange earnings by 1928 and cripple the development of their oil industry. More importantly, the loss of American investment and importation of technology is expected to reduce the Soviet industrial base by two thirds by 1930.
    • Persian Diplomacy: The Sublime State of Persia requests American arbitration in the conflict between Britain and Syria.
    • US Department of State: The United States once again reiterates its desire to all of the combatants to respect American private property and citizens, as well as once again states it stands ready to arbitrate the disputes between the various nations on a fair and amicable manner.
  • Empire of Austria: Following Karl I's attempts to seize the throne of Hungary he Austrian Government banished the Habsburgs from Austria thus preventing the restoration of the Habsburgs in Austria. In response the Nationalists organized massive protests in many major cities in Austria.  However, on the 8th of March, Chancellor Micheal Mayr ordered the military to disperse the protesters resulting in a massive bloody engagement known as Bloody Wednesday in which lead to Mayr losing his popularity as 200 lives were lost during the engagement.  Mayr then resigned two days later resultig in the Austrian Parliament giving emergency powers to Michael Hainisch the current President of Austria which angered the Nationalists further more. The Nationalists then launched a successful coup against the Austrian Government on the 15th of March, one week after the events of Bloody Wednesday before inviting Karl I to be the Emperor of  Austria. After Karl agreed, Karl was crowned Emperor of Austria on the 17th of March. However, Karl who was already ill died three weeks later on the 1st of April and leaving his nine year old son Otto von Habsburg to succeed him. Since Otto von Habsburg was still a minor and the Nationalists wanted to keep the monarchy alive Karl's younger brother, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, was proclaimed Emperor of Austria on the 6th of April as Maximilian I of Austria.  Fr the rest of the year Maximilian I concentrated on redoing Mayr's economic reforms and issued new political reforms With the formation of the new Habsburg state the new Emperor would like to have global recognition as the Head of State of Austria as this would solidify his rule. In addition Otto I would like to revise the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in which he considers unequal for the people of Austria.
    • US Department of State: The United States of America recognizes the newly restored Habsburg Monarchy as the lawful head of state of Austria, but states that the current Post-War realities do not align with allowing substantial changes to the Treaty of Saint-Germain. The United States will support, on the basis of the ongoing Bolshevik threat, a limited re-arming of the Austrian military as well as a union between the Crowns of Austria and Hungary.
      • Nope
    • Sir Eric Drummand, Secretary-General of the League of Nations, strongly condemns the reinstation of the Hapsburg monarchy, as a blatant violation of the spirit of the Treaty of Saint-Germain. An emergency meeting of ambassadors from the former Entente will deliberate on the matter.
    • Italian Diplomacy: Our people fought and died in a rich man's war for nothing, it would appear. This illegal, imperialist action is concerning. Our previous border skirmishes have painted a clear picture that Austria does indeed seek to bring Europe into war once more. The people of Italy condemn the Hapsburg monarchy and shall attend the emergency meeting of the League of Nations. - Antonio Gramsci, Prime Minister of Italy.
  • Romania: People's Front coalition leader Alexandru Averescu wins the snap elections. A majority leftist government is assigned. Alexandru congradulates the Soviets on their dashing victory in Russia. Meanwhile, the Armored Cars, with the help of German scientists are produced. Also the recently aquired "Greater Romania" territories continue to improve administration and rule of law, with fair courts set in place. Valuble Coal, Iron, Gas, and Oil assets are nationalized to create wealth. Wealth is relatively evened out yet the economy is capitalist (albeit greater welfare) and is a step more market friendly than the NEP. Alexandru impresses parliament with his talk rythming abilities. Also an ideology arises amoung centrist-liberal circles, known as "Pan Europeanism." The military adopts Mauser rifles and begins using OTL Fascist Italian-style combat helmets.
  • The Hellenic Republic: Overextended and poorly supplied due to constant attacks on Greek transportation leave the Army of Asia Minor in dire straits by mid-March. Although battle-hardened and veteran, morale falls quickly after the highs of the advance. Wisely the high command orders a partial retreat, but the slow moving Greek army is caught by a rapidly moving Turkish counterattack. The Army of Asia Minor, now poorly positioned and unable to bring a majority of its arms to bare begins a full scale retreat back to Smyrna. By August the ~160,000 surviving Greeks of the Army of Asia Minor are trapped in small coastal pockets in and around Smyrna. Supplies are running short, and by September the Greek command offers a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom and the United States are asked to provide peacekeeping forces to protect Greek and Turkish civilians from reprisal attacks. Following the ceasefire, Greek negotiators meet with Turkish representatives in order to secure a satisfactory peace, so that both Greece and the new Turkey may rebuild from war. Greek and Turkish representatives meet in Constantinople to negotiate. Venizelos and Atatürk meet personally to determine the future of Greco-Turkish relations. The two leaders are rumored to have begun the negotiations on cold terms, but quickly warm up to each other's wit. By the end of the conference they jointly announce their resolve in saving both the Turkish and Greek Peoples. In December of 1922 the Greco-Turkish War officially ends with the joint signing of the Treaty of Konstantinople. With peace finally arrived, Prime Minister Venizelos and his government finally have a chance to repair the damages of nearly a decade of near constant war.
  • Turkey: The year begins as Turkey's darkest yet, as Greek troops stood poised to take Ankara and dissolve all organized Turkish resistance. However, thanks to heroic resistance, the Greek advance is halted. Kemal puts into place the next part of his plan against the exhausted and war-weary Greek army. The number of soldiers on the Western Front now number roughly 200,000, roughly the same as the overextended Greek army. The Caliphate Army, half of that number, attacks Greek lines in the south in mid-March, puncturing through light defences and threatening to surround the Greeks near Ankara. The National Army in front of Ankara also launches an attack, resulting in the Greek army beginning a steady retreat toward Izmir. By September, there are many Greek refugees and soldiers stranded in the city, too many for the Greek navy to evacuate. Turkish forces demand a surrender, which is met under conditions. Namely, Greek forces and civilians are allowed to evacuate and any civilians that stay will be protected by peacekeeping forces from Britain and France (Please respond if you provide peacekeepers). With the war essentially won in Anatolia, the Turks now look to reclaiming Constantinople and Thrace from Greece. Threats are not well-received by the Greek government, which warns of stern determination to keep Thrace. Attempts by Turkish soldiers to infiltrate Constantinople disguised as women are uncovered by occupational forces and with the Ottoman navy impounded it quickly becomes apparent that Turkish forces cannot cross over into Europe. Disgruntled but with little choice, Turkish negotiators meet with Greek counterparts in Constantinople, first to declare a general armistice in December and work on peace negotiations. The results of these negotiations will be published shortly. In the east, Kemal accepts the Soviet offer and works with Azerbaijani counterparts for a final offensive. The Sentinal Army, now a 100,000 strong, prepares for a general offensive against Armenia alongside the Azerbaijani army. Well supplied by Soviet arms and reinforcements from the diminished fighting in the west, the army hopes to end the war quickly. A few Turkish aircraft are used to locate and then bomb Armenian fortifications. Kemal urges Armenia to surrender unconditionally. If they do so, they will not suffer the scourge of war. 
    • Egypt Dip: If Peacekeeping operations are to be conducted, we request that we can support the operation with 200-500 troops.
  • Mexico: Recovery from the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s is going smoothly, with new infrastructure and economic reconstruction on the way. However, with our ability to rebuild still somewhat impaired, the Mexican government asks its neighbor to the north to invest in rebuilding and modernizing Mexican infrastructure and for economic assistance (USA RESPONSE).
  • US Department of State: American oil companies start a joint venture with the Mexican Government, known as Mexican Petroleum (PEMEX); general investments into other areas follow.
  • Tsardom of Bulgaria: the Bulgarian nation is weary after their recent defeat in WW1. Though Bulgaria faired better then Germany in terms of post-war punishments, the nation has lost its most prized possessions: Macedonia and Dobroujea, which were considered integral parts of Bulgaria, but hey! At least we still have our Tsar! Boris III of Bulgaria is very well respected and liked, though is pitied for having to take over a country at the brink of defeat. Numerous revanchist nationalist movements campaign in the streets for the rebirth of Bulgaria! For the revenge! But all stays quiet, as Bulgarian National Assembly, still in power continues to run democratically, with a prime minister at the head. The National Assembly continues to bicker about domestic issues, and is lead by a majority Pro-Government candidates. Simon Zolyar, a 36-year-old man in Sofia, becomes radicalized, and is inspired by Kolchak, Mussolini, and Atatürk’s nationalistic views and sentiments, and creates his own picture of an ideology of his own, and combines monarchism with it, and creates “Bulgarism”, it’s a combination of ultranationalist beliefs, revanchism and monarchism, and wishes to recreate the Bulgarian Empire and fulfill the Greater Bulgaria question. The economy stalls this year, which forces the government to engage in foreign trade. We secretly support the Turkish National Assembly, and request a secret trading pact to be signed with the Turks (MP RESPONSE NEEDED!!).
    • Romania Dip: U wot, mate??? says the King and the political parties of all spectrums in Romania. Meanwhile, in response to this threatening development, the border is fortified.
  • Kingdom of Egypt: Faud is the King. This leads to the government's attempts of improving literacy rates among the poor by forcing children to read English and Arabic books (This is looked down upon but is still used in poor areas). Quskut artist begin to make to national headline as the number of listeners blow up. The national army is formed and attempts to form a standing army is worked upon. Due to calls to for a Constitution, we form one. With recent actions in Syria, we call for restraint, and keep 1500 troops in the Gaza and Negev, they are still ordered to not open fire upon troops (on any side).  
  • Empire of Japan: The siege of Vladisvostok ends in disaster after days of brutal fighting, the forces under the command of Yui Mitsue are forced ot withdraw after suffering 30,000 casualties as well as having to deal with Anti-Japanese partisans. With the Soviets pressing hard behind the Japanese leave a lot of weaponry. Yui's forces are saved at the Japanese border by Shigeru Honjo who manages push back the Red Army at the Tuman River. Following this, the Soviet halt is acknowledged with Japanese forces entrentching themselves at the border in vigilance. Back in Tokyo the government of Hara Takashi collapses following mass protests and violence as right wing militants and military personal crackdown on protestors. A new administration under Kato Takaaki following Emperor Taisho's dismissal of Takashi. Takaaki forms a cabinet filled with moderates from the military, liberals and more moderate conservatives. Their first act is to pass the The general election law granting universal male suffrage to men of 25 or older. The military also see a major reshuffling as many of the leaders who pushed to remain in Siberia are publicly shamed and forced into retirement. The romantic notion of Japanese invinsiblity is shattered in the minds of both the civlian population and the military leading to extensive efforts to revise national military policies. Shigeru Honjo is promoted to Lt. General and is turned into a hero while Yui Mitsui commits suicide. Honjo quickly begins researching the Soviet military policies during the civil war and the developments of German and British military tactics in the late war period in an effort to start revaming and modernizing the Japanese forces to the changing times. In opposition to him is General Sadao Araki whose faction begin looking toward purifying the spirits of Japanese fighters and embracing their warrior heritage. Kato Takaaki also begins attempting to revitalize the economy by increasing its support for the industrialization of Korea, establishment of economic ties in Manchuria and the various Chinese factions, he also offers the Reds a formal summit to discuss peace in the Far East. In Korea efforts to improve relations between Koreans and Japanese, with a lifting of the ban on Korean names, and expansion of poitions within the imperial forces and civil administration being granted to collaborators. Industrialization of Keijo (Seoul) and the southern ports continues while agricultural reforms are carried with vigor. Extensive railways are further built both in Korea and Taihoku (Taiwan). Japanese envoys are sent to the United Kingdom to renegotiate the Anglo-Japanese treaty in an effort to maintain the alliance. Naval and military expansion begin anew as major reforms are brought to the discussion table. New technologies from the war are observed with great interest being placed in the mobile aircraft platforms developed by the British. Merchants and diplomats are sent to the different chinese factions offering trade, and help in development particularly in Manchuria though this is done in quiet and with discretion so as not to upset the officially recognized government. A secret envoy is sent to the US formally requesting they ease up on their intervention in China as it could upset the economy of the region and it was also a violation of the American hands off policy. 
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Syria: With the close defeat at Nazereth, the Arab Legion regroups at Acre, digging in a trench on the outskirts of the city to prepare for a seige. An additional 15,000 veterans and volunteers are assembled in Damascus, and proceed to form a defensive line at the mountain pass near the Golan heights. Should the British make any advance, the two forces will converge on the expedition, cutting off their retreat. We call on more full support from our allies of Egypt, Persia and Turkey to support our independence, as well as actual military protection promised from France. Prince Zeid is left in Damascus to call the Syrian parliament, actinga s regent in Faisal's name. The King, his son and daughters have all moved to Iran, for fear of losing the capital to the British.
    • Egypt Dip: 1000 Wafd Party supporters (militias) go to Syria to help in the "Syrian Crisis".  
  • Bolivia: An attempted coup by the opposition Liberal Party leads the ruling Republicans to incarcerate the military high command for fear of their Liberal sympathies. Now unpaid and lacking central control, many military units mutiny. This, in turn, provokes one of Bolivia's periodic peasant revolts against the ruling oligarchy - but, with the military not in a position to repress the rebels, this one actually succeeds. Many military units join the rebels or open armories to them as mobs of rural campesinos pour into Sucre and La Paz, venting decades of suppressed rage at their complete political disenfranchisement by looting, burning and killing. Mine workers and members of Bolivia's few, illegal unions join them. By March, more than 30,000 - including the ruling elite of both parties, as well as most members of the economic oligarchy - are dead and the presidential Palace has been razed. Lacking any clear ideology, the rebels demand nationalization of the mines and full political enfranchisement. A chaotic election in May in which nearly everyone who wishes to vote does produces a constitutional convention which rapidly rewrites Bolivia's constitution, enfranchising all adults, nationalizing the mines, revoking all foreign ownership of Bolivian assets, disavowing all foreign loans (especially the recent loan from the US which entitled it to control Bolivia's tax collection for repayment), and declaring the campesinos' main languages, Aymara, Quechua and Guarani, to be national languages along with Spanish. Released from detention, most of the military stays on willingly enough, particularly when they note that the constitution commits the government to building a German-style conscript army (although at least some delegates seem to want to use this to invade neighbouring states to capture exiles who fled the revolt). Although many want to rename Bolivia, resenting Simon Bolivar for building an oligarchic state to begin with, they forget to include a new name in the constitution, leaving the country technically nameless. By the year's end, union leader Gustavo Navarro secures control of the new, unicameral National Assembly, thus becoming the first Chancellor of the new republic of ... something, while pro-peasant Methodist preacher Nestor Penarenda is elected a figurehead president.
  • Kingdom of Italy: The Kingdom of Italy is headed by Victor Emmanuel III, known among some members of the populace as Il Re vittorioso (The Soldier King). However, the King's grip on his country is beginning to slip. While he was victorious in the Great War, the economy of Italy is suffering heavily. The disaffected portion of the population call him Sciaboletta (little saber), a crack at the King's diminutive height. Prime Minister Turati continues to divide the PSI while figures such as Antonio Gramsci and Amadeo Bordiga revolutionize the increasingly angry youth and workers. Antonio Gramsci appeals to the academics and people alike by referencing more romantic notions of the French Revolution. A popular book compares the current struggle in Italy to the lives of animals on farms. Meanwhile, Bordiga launches a massive propaganda campaign intending to revolutionize workers. These works inspire artists all over Italy to create thousands of portrayals mirroring the situation in Italy. A filmmaker named Guieseppi Roccia becomes famous worldwide for his film Fuga dei Dannati or Flight of the Damned. This 38-minute long film plays in nickelodeons all over Italy. Featuring Italian futurist art, it is a great pioneering in cinema and popularizes an early science fiction genre. Riots in Northern Italy threaten to tear the country apart. Roads to Milan are cut off, by the city itself, Mussolini sympathizers having taken control of the city. In March, Mussolini is tried in a people's court and executed. These roadblocks quickly turn violent. The guerrilla fighting continues for a week between Mussolini sympathizers and revolutionaries in the city before the former's support fizzles out. In May, the king of Italy, wishing not to give the revolutionaries a platform, dissolves the Chamber of Ministers. Revolutionaries in Turin take control of the city before workers councils rise up to restore the power to the people - then in Rpmagna, Fruili and Milan. Gramsci and Bordiga's forces ally and march on Rome. The demonstration sweeps through Tuscany, where disgruntled workers join the demonstration. With them are the revolutionaries Russia sent. The demonstration arrives in Rome on 29 August, 1922. Drastic measures are taken to disperse riots and break up protests, but to no avail. Fires break out in Rome; socialists think Italian loyalists started it, as it began away from the immediate chaos. After two weeks of chaos, King Emmanuel III surrenders. He is forced to revoke his claim to any title he holds. He accepts. Antonio Gramsci is recorded as having said, "You are us now." Victor Emmanuel chooses to live a quiet life on a farm. The Chamber of Ministers is replaced by Il Forum Popolo – the People's Forum. It functions as a Soviet council. The Parliament is purged of problematic senators, though there are few removals in the early months. The colonies of Italy are restructured; care is taken to re-appropriate borders in favor of oppressed peoples. Italy announces plans to grant independence to these states, albeit they will have socialist governments. Antonio Gramsci becomes the General Secretary of the Socialist Party and is elected Prime Minister. Bordigo begins consolidating a standing army to protect Italy. Celebrations all over Italy commence. The Vatican is offered protection, so long as the Italian people may receive communion and anti-socialist propaganda not take place during Mass. San Marino is offered protection as well. The new Italian government works on heavy expansion of industry and infrastructure, with the newly-socialized Fiat pacing the way in the last endeavor. By October, the nation is making money once again. By December, the economy is sharply improving.
  • Republic of the United States of Brazil: The building of the Trans-Amazon Railway has now completed the first step of the whole track with the conection of São Luís. The single steps will be completed by starting between two major cities at the coast and meeting at a smaller town or city in the middle. The steel production is also highly increased to cover the immense need of steel and tools to complete the railway, thus pushing the popularity of social democratic and communist ideals. At the March 25th, 1922 meeting, the Partido Comunista Brasileiro is formed. The leadership of the PCB asks for recognition and aid from their comrades in Moscow (Soviet response please). Meanwhile, the government keeps track of its modernization program with introducing compulsory school attendance from children between the age of seven and 13 as well as the building of many public elementary schools.
  • Sinkiang: Unexpectedly, an ethnic Han Chinese man from Manchuria to become the leader of Sinkiang. The unexpected had happened. His name was Sheng Shicai. Sheng wanted to make his citizens happy so he invaded Mongolia, Afghanistan and Tibet. He took the Uyghur lands from them and made a "Greater Sinkiang". Sheng also made reforms for his government and made an effective state, a state that would be guaranteed to last forever, or so he thought.
  • Kingdom of Sweden As the Social Party gains popularity, King Gustaf, along with his son, come out of hiding and with Prime Minister Barloe Kraskøi, begin the control of the Social Party, but it will soon, depend on the elections to come next year. Gustafs son, Heir to the Throne, is a mere two years of age but is shown to have a short temper and is aggressive. With the continuation of the funding for German Reconstruction, Sweden wishes to grow closer to to the Germans and in return for the money, requests if Germany, some time in the future, may export weapons, tanks and such to the Swedes. (German Response Needed!!)
  • Poland: First Marshal Josef Pilsudski de-facto leads Poland, although presidential elections are slated to take place. The central lithuanian rebellion ends (as it did OTL) as the Republic votes to join Poland. Tensions with Lithuania rise over control of the region, even after peace talks in Brussels. At the end of the year, the first ever President of Poland, Gabriel Narutowicz, is assassinated. Marshal Pilsudski, convinced of the failure of the march constitution after this, places himself as head of state and charges the Sejm of creating a new constitution. Janusz Radziwill, a Polish Noble, forms the Polish National Monarchist Party (Polska Narodowa Partia Monarchistyczna or PNPM), banking on catholic conservative sentiment and the failure of the republican government. Radziwill also begins a "charity" in which large amounts of poor poles are given money and food as well as train tickets to Danzig in an attempt to Pole-ify the one port city in a customs union with Poland. The charity is called the Gdansk Foundation, and also encourages Poles to vote in Danzig elections in an attempt to put a pro-Polish party in power.
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  • Weimar Republic: With the rise of National Bolshevism, Hitler immediately calls it out to be a Jewish conspiracy against the Germans to try to divide the people in order to be more easily manipulated. Hitler continues to conduct rallies and speeches in southern Germany but takes a visit on Christmas to Berlin but is shocked to see the level of perversion and “degeneracy” that the cities hubs had to offer and the struggling Germans. The Marke blows up in inflation and goes up to 400 Markes to the dollar. Due to negligence within the system of currency production, no counter to the inflation is seen. Hitler's supporters double in size. In the meantime, political affairs seem to be more lax than previously. Purchases of properties by multinational bankers continues while anti-Semitism gradually rises as more people call it out. WW1 supplies continue to be sold to those who request which gives some funds to continue paying off reperations but barely leave a dent.Germans who can't afford to live in the current state of Germany begin to move to Danzig as it being a possible place of a better life for those who have lost it all and don't want to leave to another nation and stay close to home. The records reviewed this year of those who had left to Danzig total out to 50,000.
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: With the diplomatic fiasco that has become of the Arab Crisis, Prime Minister David Lloyd-George and his Cabinet are heavily criticised. Under heavy pressure, Prime Minister Lloyd-George removes Churchill from his position as Secretary of State for the Colonies. To worsen matters, it is soon revealed Lloyd George had awarded honours and titles, such as a baronetcy to rich businessmen in return for cash via Maundy Gregory in the range of £10,000 and more. As a response to the criticism against the Prime Minister, the Conservative party leader, Austen Chamberlain, summoned a meeting of Conservative Members of Parliament at the Carlton Club to discuss their attitude to the continuation of the Coalition and for the forthcoming election. A virtually unanimous vote of 270-4 as passes in favour of the motion: "That this meeting of Conservative members of the House of Commons declares its opinion that the Conservative Party, whilst willing to cooperate with Coalition Liberals, can no longer serve in a coalition ministry in light of recent events and will fight the election as an independent party, with its own leader and its own programme." The very next day, David Lloyd George's ministry resigns over the Arab Crisis. With the downfall of the Lloyd-George Coalition, the Liberal Party was left split between National Liberals headed by Llyod-George, Liberals headed by former Prime Minister H.H Asquith. The general election, the Conservative party won 348 seats, making them the largest political group in Parliament allowing them to form a Government under Prime Minister Austen Chamberlain. With the Liberals thus in disarray, Labour won 142 seats, making it the second largest political group in the House of Commons and the official opposition to the Conservative government. Austen Chamberlain is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A naval bombardment of Syria is ordered.

1923

The National Bolshevists that continue to exist in the former Far Eastern Republic see the Soviet Government as a way to regain Russia’s Glory.

The National Bolshevik Party in Germany sees increasing support in northern Germany, taking over the State of Hamburg in local elections, and spreading information about it to other states via newspapers and radio broadcasts, while a branch of the party pops up in Berlin, but is very small and insignificant but a step in the right direction.

Bulgarism begins to see some popularity in villages throughout the rural areas of Bulgaria.

After the departure of the Italian royal family, Marshal Emilio Bono gathers together a sizable group of former Italian military and marches on Rome as an attempt to dislodge the Socialists from power. The informal "Italian White Movement", aside from also being a delicious form of pizza, acts in the name of the king, in spite of the king not being involved. Some minor support also comes a few Neopolitan nobles.

Fengitan is crushed by Zhili, seizing the capital and executing the warlord. However, local resistance remains compelling Zhili to occupy the vast region. Meanwhile, the Republic of China in the south manages to take complete control of Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi.

The British bombardment of the Syrian coast causes massive casualities to the citizens of those regions, scattering local infrastructure.

The Swedish population is quite fine with the Swedish Royal Family and Likes the current government, the Social Party of Sweden gains more popularity.

The Armenian government sues for peace as the Red, Turkish and Azeri armies get closer and closer to Yerevan

The Kanto Earthquake strikes Japan in September, reducing much of central Honshu to chaos. As a result, many local police blame Koreans for taking advantage of the disaster, leading to hundreds of extra-judicial murders.In Austria, a local revolution by the KPO seizes control of Styria, and parts of the Vienna industrial district. At the same time, an emergency summit of the League of Nations calls representatives from Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and the United States to decide on any possible military intervention in Austria.




Immediately in the process of recovery after a devastating Civil War, and now under the weight of the US embargo, the Soviet Republics in Russia faces a massive recession with a universal lack of basic resources. Being in a state of relative peace now, however, the long road ahead to recovery is now in the hands of the Prolitariate.

  • Poland: The National Monarchists, seeing the successes of Mussolini's blackshirts, form their own paramilitary organization: the Hussars. The monarchist party, through its Danzig counterpart and the Gdansk organization, begins engaging in street fights with the Deutsches Volks Party. The Gdansk Hussars are mostly nationalist poles from Poland and few Danzigers. National Bolshevik parties become popular among Germans in Poland, and Marshal Pilsudski begins seeing them as a threat. He begins the formation of a Polish Secret Police that works in collaboration with the Hussars to fight both minority and leftist tendencies in Poland. The Sejm, mostly dominated by leftist and democratic elements, greatly opposes the Secret Police, Pilsudski, and the Hussars. Several deputies of the Sejm resign in indignation. In the middle of the night, the secret police raid and destroy the communist party headquarters. The National Monarchist Party begins allyingwith the National Workers Party to get more and more popularity, holding rallies and marches in Warsaw and Wilno. Ethnic violence begins against the lithuanian population as tensions also rise with Lithuania. Lithuanians flee the Wilno region en-masse.
    • monarchism is not popular in Poland. You do not control danzing. Poland is a democracy. -Colgan
    • I had it founded last turn. Also the main party is the national workers party in the coalition with the monarchists as a fringe party. Fascism was also founded recently and they started a civil war. It is reasonable for the monarchists then to be a recent party and a fringe movement with a paramilitary group.
    • I didn’t see your last turn, but still doesn’t matter, monarchism is not popular, I might retcon your civil war as well.
    • im sorry to say this but no. In poland there is one man running the show Jozef Pilsudski no way anyone is gaining power for a long time other then his alliesvWith Blood and Iron (talk) 22:05, July 6, 2018 (UTC)
    • Josef Pilsudski was already de-facto leader of poland before the election and controlled the military for a while.
    • i know but what im getting at is that no political movement is gaining power without his consent or involvement and no way a civil war is going to occur just yet in Poland. Pilsudski is the power base, Poland needs a few turns to destabilize and overturn pilsudski. With Blood and Iron (talk) 22:47, July 6, 2018 (UTC)
  • Zhili Clique: Surprised at how long the Fengtien Clique managed to hold out, the Beiyang government launches a renewed offensive in February 1923 with all 150,000 troops of its army. They are aiming to take Zhang Zuolin's capital and capture him, ending his faction. More troops are conscripted to fill the ranks and are given a brief training period of two months in an effort to make them better quality, plus they are armed with imported German equipment. It is expected the outnumbered and outgunned Fengtien Army will collapse any day now. [Mod Response] Meanwhile, the recent diplomatic incident with the United States has had a profound impact on Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, and the other Zhili warlords. They become more aware of the threats posed by the Western imperialists. Cao Kun does not trust any of them, and Japan's lack of outward support is also suspicious to him. Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang and his deputy Alfred Sao-ke Sze suggest to the President that the situation is dangerous. As a result, in March 1923 the Zhili warlords decide to secretly send a delegation south to Guangdong, to meet with the Kuomintang. The delegation informs the KMT that the Beiyang government is willing to come to an agreement for a peaceful national reunification in order to form a united front against the foreigners. Cao Kun is of course aware of the KMT's staunch anti-imperialist, anti-foreign ideology, and thus brings it up to them that the continued division of China means that it is easier for the foreign powers to take advantage of the country. They also inform the KMT that Cao Kun and the Zhili clique see no point in fighting the KMT. He is willing to cede power to the KMT as long as he and his associates can receive high posts in the Chinese army and immunity from prosecution/persecution. In exchange, Cao Kun and the others will make sure that the government in Beijing and the combined Zhili-Anhui army integrate peacefully with the southern faction to form a unified Republic. The Presidency and other government posts of political power will be given to the KMT's candidates, or whoever they want, and the Zhili warlords' cooperation will ensure that there is no rebellion against the KMT in northern China. Cao Kun's delegates also ask if the KMT has any specific proposals or conditions for a peaceful national reunification. [Mod Response]
    • Chinese Dip: The KMT lead government agrees to absorb zhili and will allow Cao Kun to continue ruling the Zhili Province as long as he retires from all military activity, pledge allegiance to the Republic, and join the Kuomintang Party.
    • Empire of Japan response: Noticing the increased commotion occuring in Manchuria the military decides to move in sending troops to the capital of the Fengtian Clique. Sending 200,000 troops and demanding that the Zhilli back off before its to late. The Japanese furthermore move their navy to bombard Chinese ports in Northern China if the Zhilli refuse to back down and leave the Fengtian clique alone. 
    • Zhili/Chinese Reaction: The Zhili Clique is alarmed by this development, having gone from cordial relations to threat of war with Japan in a couple of years. The Chinese press publishes the news of the Japanese intervention, stoking Chinese nationalism among the public and outrage for Japan's actions. It also used to make a point to the KMT about the need for a deal to be made to unify. In the meantime, the Zhili army halts its offensive, as President Cao Kun—seething with resentment—knows that the Chinese forces are not yet strong enough to face the IJA in battle. Still, they remain occupying the territory they have taken so far and begin building defenses, including trenches, bunkers, machine gun strongpoints, and other fortifications.
    • Im assisting an ally and we are still on good terms officially. 
    • Japanese movements: The Japanese forces launch an all out offensive against the Zhili faction while they begin digging themselves in before the fortifications are finished. Japanese forces move to encircle the Zhili forces. Meanwhile, the IJN carries out a bombardment of Peking demanding they withdraw from Fengtian territory or face a full Japanese invasion. 
    • Chinese response (also still waiting on mod response for KMT): The Zhili warlords ask the Japanese to mediate the Beiyang government's dispute with the Fengtien clique, as they had declared war, in order to avoid a war between China and Japan.
    • Japanese Response: The Japanese agree to mediate in the conflict with Fengtian and request that from this moment onward the Beiyang government deal with Japan as Fengtian's protection. The Japanese further request that Zhili recognize Japanese economic interests in Manchuria and withdraw from all territory they presently occupy that belongs to the Fengtian clique.
    • With the algo finally made for Manchuria, Fengitan was crushed by Zhili in 1922. But the current Japanese intervention has in turn crushed Zhili's occupation forces. Please see the revised mod event. -Nate
    • OK, but can I also get a response from the KMT to my proposal.
    • Regarding the response above (didn't notice it until now): Cao Kun agrees to the KMT's conditions.
  • Persia: Persia sends The Destroyer - Ahmed Shah Cayar - to Syria. A surge of volunteers signs up after His Majesty Faisal asks the Persian population for help. On the advice of the defence minister the Shah has requested that any nation that wants to sell ships to Persia will be generously paid.
    • Persia isn’t a superpower, pretty sure at your current state destroyers are impossible.-Colgan
  • Bolivia: The new, revolutionary government is eager to entrench its rule with military victory, as well as dispose of the exiles who fled over the border during last year's civil conflict. Similarly, it is eager to retake Antofagasta Province, conquered by Chile during the relatively recent War of the Pacific. Yet Chile is at least equal in military power, and success in this enterprise is far from guaranteed. To provide advantage, the Bolivian army - under the direction of former German officer Hans Kundt, who has since 1911 been redesigning it along Prussian lines - conceals its mobilization under the guise of pretended continued internal conflict. This allows the assemblage of 70,000 men. Conscripts are more enthusiastic than formerly, largely because the officer corps have been expanded to include many peasants with experience in last year's internal fighting. This force launches a surprise winter attack to take advantage of positive weather in Atacama lowlands, moving into the Loa River valley, then advancing to take the city of Calama before Chile can mobilize in response - something that, given Chile's huge length and the difficulty of moving troops from its southern population centres, ought to take some time. If this thrust is successful, the Bolivian forces are ordered to move on Antofagasta itself, crush the Chilean garrison there and dig in for defence. Political officers, largely former peasant leaders or union organizers, are mandated by the government to convince the army that the recapture of Antofagasta will secure economic prosperity, with Bolivia free to export without Chile's usurious tariffs. Meanwhile, mine nationalization proceeds apace, as does large-scale redistribution of land to the peasantry.
    • Bolivian Diplomacy: Bolivian envoys are sent to Peru and Argentina. They suggest to Peru that this would be an excellent opportunity to regain Tacna and Arica, which it lost in the War of the Pacific in the 1880s, and to Argentina that this would be a good opportunity to forcibly take the territory it disputes with Chile in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Substantial quantities of gold are withdrawn from the central bank for bribes (disguised, for course, as gifts made out of friendship) to decision-makers in both countries.Mod Response, please?
    • Peru is eager to join an alliance against Chile. Argentina, however, does not wish to deal with Bolivia.
    • No, you are not raising an army of 150,000 men in a year, and no you cannot supply them over the Andes if you had them. -Steph.
    • Sorry, I confused the total numbers mobilized during the Chaco War with the size of actual field armies. I will change the numbers. I do have questions about your changes to the algorithm, though.
    • while they did field that large army it was woefully underequipped, lacked proper discipline, AND LACKED BASIC SUPPLY LINES. this would be worse over the Andes. Also Chile in this period has by far one of the best militaries on the continent. Even with Peruvian support this would lead to a disastrous defeat. Paraguay who had fewer guns, and worse equipment beat them, so what would Chile with a superior military system do to it.With Blood and Iron (talk) 01:12, July 7, 2018 (UTC)
    • I'd argue that those problems all had a lot to do with Bolivia OTL being ruled by a Spanish-speaking oligarchy that didn't bother to feed armies conscripted from the Quechua and Aymara-speaking majority population adequately and happily deployed them in doomed frontal assaults. Besides which, the Chaco lacked rail connections to Boliva, while the Atacama has rail lines that lead from La Paz to Arica and Antofagasta, the two major ports in the Atacama desert, which would ease supply. Paraguay did so well in the Chaco War because it had rail connectiosn and Bolivia didn't; here, Bolivia has rail lines and Chile doesn't. Something to think about.
  • Empire of Japan: With the earthquake in Japan and the recent defeat in the Russian border conflict the Japanese leadership is confronted with a new dilemma as the Japanese in Korea launched an unsanctioned intervention into Manchuria. Takaaki is forced into accepting the actions of Shigeru Honjo and others largely out of fear that trying to reign in the military would lead to further destabilization of the Japanese political structure. The emperor himself offers a formal sanction of the intervention under pressure from the military command who see success in China as the only way of redeeming Japanese honor and as a way to consolidating Japanese control over the markets in northern China. The Army under orders from the central command take a leading role in trying to move away debris and find people. Hundreds of Koreans are massacared by local police until a clear chaim of command is established. The Kempeitai quickly establish an information blackout in the areas of extra judicial murders making sure no one makes reference to the killings in an effort to keep this from getting out. All Koreans killed are simply accounted among the dead from the catastrophe, and no one is reprimanded. The government of Takaaki is forced to work with the military in an effort to restore confidence in the government and to show a united front as domestic and foreign affairs become more complicated. Naval expansion begins in earnest with the release of the IJN Hosho the world's first aircraft carrier (OTL built in 1922). The new ship is dispatched to the Yellow Sea as a further show of force to bring around Chinese cooperation with Japanese interests. Despite some disruption in infrastructure projects in central Japan industrial expansion continues in major cities, and government efforts to expand basic infrastructure and transportation lanes. Taking after the success of the US highway projects, the Japanese begin building more roads as well in the hopes of improving transportation of goods and people, The military takes a queue from the lessons learned from the war and begin employing more trucks for the movement of troops and supplies. The first Japanese University in Korea is built in the Keijo Imperial University. The official policy of the Japanese colonial government now that that the Japanese and Korean people are sister nations united in history and cultural similarities. Following the overwhelming victory in Manchuria the IJA advances on the liberated Fengtian territory and provides assistance to the pockets of resistance against Zhili troops. Shigeru Honjo sets about organizing a puppet government which quickly agrees to allow the Treaty of Mukden recognizing Japan as the protector of Manchuria. the Forces hold the line after liberating Fengtian territory.
  • British Raj (repost): Rufus Isaacs holds talks with the Indian Independence delegates. Right now nothing Major is declared, but devolved local power, which is a step up. Also new incentives are put in place to ensure loyalty. The Army is recruited on a volunteer basis. Meanwhile, New Delhi is expanded as capital. Agriculture is further modernized and industrialized, to give incentives to people to move the cities. Basmati rice is particularly cultivated. In the cities people are employed in factories. Meanwhile, as per the result of the talks, economic control is loosened, so a small Indian capitalist class emerges, mostly via cigarette businesses and shoe factories. British doctors begin to train Indian counterparts to handle disease and do vaccinations.Cars are also slowly being introduced to India. However, for now, White people drive them.
  • Republic of Peru: In 1923, Peru’s “Aristocratic Republic” era continues, as the Majority of the president’s during this era are from the political elite. Politics continue as normal, as democracy thrives and authoritarianism dives. The Peruvian economy is vastly agrarian, but the current government and president currently focus more on expanding industry and have implemented some pretty un-tasteful laws for the agricultural sector. The Peruvian military conducts exercises both in the Pacific and on land. We drop out of the war between Bolivia and Chile seeing how there was no reason to join it in the first place
    • Bolivian Diplomacy: Bolivia sends diplomats to Peru to beg Peru to do its old ally of the War of the Pacific a solid by agreeing to a land exchange, wherein Bolivia would receive a strip of territory along Peru's extreme southern border stretching to the coast around the cities of Moquegua and Ilo, and Peru could receive in return a chunk of the Bolivian Amazon, with valuable rubber and mineral resources, three times as large, plus a full quarter of Bolivia's total mining revenue for ten years.
    • Peruvian Dip: We kindly deny the Bolivian’s request, seeing as we already have a good amount of rainforest and already have a lot of rubber and minerals. We also tell Bolivia that just because we were allies a century ago in a single war doesn’t mean we will give them land.
    • Bolivian Diplomacy: Bolivia asks if there is any price Peru would accept for a coastal outlet, in land or in money, and also points out that the War of the Pacific was less than 50 years ago and that Peru is still engaged in a territorial dispute with Chile over the cities of Tacna and Arica as a result of it (in which it, of course, has Bolivia's full support).
    • letting Bolivia take territory that also has Peruvian citizens in it would just spark territorial despute with Bolivia later on, and really doesn’t benefit Peru and only Bolivia. In response to our claims on Tacna and Arica, we would like to solve this problem peacefully first.
  • Turkey: Kemal stands triumphant upon the successful conclusion of the Greco-Turkish War and the war with Armenia. Many Turks have begun to call him "Atatürk", or "Father of the Turks", for his successes. Although Constantinople could not be recovered, it has been kept out of solely Greek or colonial hands, while Anatolia is whole again and no longer under threat of being partitioned. In the east, Turkish troops storm through hastily constructed Armenian defenses, reaching Yerevan in no time at all. Various government offices or other buildings such as banks, post offices, courthouses, and the like are ransacked by Turkish troops drunk on nationalist feeling. However, well aware that they have to turn the territory over to the Soviets, officers are given orders to keep the bloodshed and property damage of important installations such as railroads to an absolute minimum, which is largely followed. By the end of the year, the total occupation is ended and all Turkish troops are withdrawn, with the final numbers leaving after a victory parade of Soviet, Turkish, and Azerbaijani troops. Now in almost total control from Ankara, Atatürk begins programs dedicated to restoring Turkish power. First, the Greeks, although now at peace, remain a threat and the majority of the Turkish population does not trust them. Given that Turkish attempts to regain a foothold in Europe were defeated by Greece's superior naval power, much emphasis is put into growing and modernizing the Turkish fleet. Using leftover bullion from the war, the Ottoman fleet begins a process of repair and modernization. To cap off the repair program, an offer is made to the British government, asking if there would be any obstacles to purchasing the HMS Agincourt, once an Ottoman ship and now destined for the scrap yard (British response please). Domestically, Atatürk also highlights the need for a robust and increasingly industrial economy. However, the population cannot be allowed to starve, and so new model farms are instituted and by the end of the year, farming output is significantly improved, although not yet at pre-war levels. The position of the Ottoman sultan is still an unknown within the government, but Atatürk promises to have a solution to that question by the start of next year. Turkey also accepts the proposal of the Bulgarian government, and negotiations on a trade agreement begin. 
  • The Hellenic Republic: Finally at peace, the people of Greece begin a new age of prosperity. However, there are still challenges to be overcome. over 1.6 million Greeks from Anatolia must be resettled and war debts must be repaid. The Army of Asia Minor is demobilized and the Army reduced to eight divisions of 10,000 men each. Fortunately, the Greeks from Turkey brought with them a vast amount of wealth (Greeks owned as much as 40% of Turkey's wealth in 1923). Moreover, many are skilled laborers, doctors, lawyers, bankers, and other tradesmen. The influx of cheap labor is expected to accelerate industrial growth in urban centers. The new arrivals also drive greater urbanization, in excess of 35%. The government does what it can to help the most vulnerable of these new members of Greek society, settling them in Thrace, especially in Adrianopilus and other cities. Efforts are made to restore the Greek financial sector which has suffered due to war taxes and demands. The government under Venezilos implements a series of tax and labor reforms to improve the attractiveness of Greek industry. These see lower industrial and commercial taxes implemented to make Greek products more competitive internationally. Turkish efforts to rebuild their navy are taken as a sign of hostility, and the Greek government diverts a moderate budget to the navy to design new torpedo boats and coastal gunboats. Our orders for the battleships Salamis and Vasilefs Konstantinos due to their obsolescence and the breach of contract by the shipbuilders in not delivering on schedule. This frees up funding for the new navy budget. The Greek Navy also reaches out to the United Kingdom asking if Greece could purchase HMS Centurion and HMS Ajax both of which the United Kingdom recently decommissioned.(Mod Response Please, in OTL they were sold for scrap/used as a target ship) Overall, 1923 is a year of change for Greece, but the influx of Anatolian Greeks and the return of peace finally put an end to the debate over monarchy. The people of Greece are tired of arguing, and now seek prosperity and brighter days.
  • Empire of Austria: When Maximilian I came to power , Austria was still in political turmoil as rising ideologies such as Nationalism and Communism gained influence throughout the nation. However, after arriving in power Maximilian seeing the communists as a threat to Austria attempted to purge the Communist presence in Austria which failed leading to the KPO's open rebellion against the Empire of Austria as they seized Styria and parts of the Vienna industrial district. However, Maximilian I's response was brutal as he sent the Austrian military supported by the Nationalists paramilitary organizations. Soon a coordinated counter attack was launched  and the communists were quickly defeated. The Nationalists with over 100,000 men stormed Styria quickly retaking control of the province  as the Austrian military cornered the Communist forces in Vienna forcing them to surrender after ten days of fighting. The Communist Uprising of 1923 lasted for 19 days and the communists were quickly defeated. With such victory Maximilian I began encouraging the expansion of the Nationalists paramilitary organizations as he believed that they would be essential in protecting Austria from an Allied invaison. In the days following the uprising Maximilian began the ultimate purge of communism in Austria executing communist politicians and sentencing others to death. It was reported that more than 600 communists partisans died during and after the uprising as more than 2000 other partisans fled to Italy to seek refuge in communist held areas.  After successfully purging communism Maximilian I declared that the KPO was banned and was now an illegal party as all communist activity in Austria would be prohibited in the newly established Anti-Communist Law. The Austrian Imperial government would also like to send  military support to the Italian White Movement in order to help them defeat the Socialist government in Italy.  We would also like to negotiate with the League of Nations in order to revise the Treaty of Saint - Germain - en - Laye. 
    • League of Nations Denies, and readies for a full scale invasion of Austria. The support sent to the Italian White Movement is also blocked.
    • The LoN has a lack of sympathy for Austria as they are the nation partly responsible for starting the war
    •  Austrian Dip :We do not wish to fight a war against the LON as we see that war is not necessary.  We wish to find a more peaceful solution as an Invaison of Austria will slove nothing. 
      • you should of thought of that before you violated the treaty -LoN. 
      • We never violated the Treaty.
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Syria: With the British invasion forces crushed by the coalition of Syria, Hejaz, Persia, Egypt, and France, the Kingdom of Syria is at least for now independent. Faisal and his family return to Damascus, and call the Syrian Parliament again to implement further reforms for infrastructure. The Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz is offered a deal to combine our military for a single organization, the Arab Army, utilizing the same training and structure from the Arab revolt in the Great War [Mod Response]. A plan is drawn up for future city infrastructure of the coastal cities, but this is put off until after Britain stops attacking us. Egypt is thanked for their involvement of the war so far, and we offer to allow Egypt to annex the Negev region as well as the port of Aqaba, as long as they end the occupation to hand over control of southern Palestine to the Arabs [Egypt response]. Meanwhile, the coast is devastated by the British attacks, and tens of thousands of innocent Arabs are being left homeless as they are evacuated from the destruction. The Syrian parliament begins a program of sponsoring city-based propoganda, attempting to capitalize on the British bombardment to endere the dissdent groups in Syria among the Alawite and Marionite populations. Still, there comes a logistical strain on the government to give any humanitarian effort to this disaster, leaving most of the victims unatended. Thomas Lawrence is sent to London to plead Britain to leave us alone. We also ask France to please send a naval blockade to protect our coast [France Respond]. Promising the expansion of Jewish autonomous districts, the Syrian government attempts to employ Jewish militant groups as further support for the occupation of our territory.
    • Hejaz Dip: We agree to the United Arab Army, seeing the neighboring Saudis as a huge threat to our sovereignty and the unity of the Arab people, though we would like to wait until after the war between you and Britain is done.
  • Portugal: Portuguese Guinea is annexed. As the new year dawns on the Portuguese Republic, domestic violence continues as, although people are in support for the republican-dominant faction, not many citizens are fully supportive of the corruptional regime in power, as its signs of corruptive nature is evident nationwide, especially in Lisbon. Many people, a majority to be exact, do wish for the continuation of the republican government, but find the numerous changing governments and regimes in power to have "lost the original vision" for the reason of changing governments. This discontent swells into large protests and the eventual resigning of the current President. In his place comes Manuel Gomes, who's promises to de-corruptisize the state fall flat, and as a result many citizens begin vying for the restoration of the monarchal rule, however, many of these calls for reform are properly flushed as corrupt politicians begin sending out various policemen and in some cases, military soldiers, to properly stop any and all of these oppositional movements. This only bubbles into a larger conflict, and by Christmas time, a riot/siege occurs in Lisbon as the government is ousted from the capital city and attempt to flee. Currently on the run, they remain hidden somewhere throughout the country. The interim government, the State of Portugal, is proclaimed until the current President, his family, and his associates are properly executed and the government may be changed once more. No primary leader, or head of state, has been selected, and many of the current leading members of the government are selected from the initial revolutionary movement/group that had stormed the government building. They form the Revolutionary Council, are to be charge of the State until the government is reformed fully. The colonies of Mozambique and Angola continue to operate as if nothing happened, and in some cases haven't heard about the full ousting of the government.
  • Socialist Republic of Italy: Italy is headed by Prime Minister Antonio Gramsci, who exercises control over the socialist party of Italy. His communist leanings and charismatic nature bring more communists to his cause by the day. Repairs in Milan begin, as the trouble with the fascists have more-or-less died down. In March, the White Italian Movement is founded. These reactionaries seek to restore an absent monarch. Because of this, they lack any real support. Much of their manpower comes from the military or from the few Austrian forces that slipped through. In May, they march on Rome and attempt to seige the eternal city. A force surrounds the city to protect it from monarchists while another force from Tuscany advances a day behind. The monarchists siege Rome for several hours before falling back. There, they are confronted by the Tuscan forces. The monarchists are engaged and lose heavily. Emilio Bono is captured and hanged, along with several of his generals. The Austrian forces are imprisoned and tried as monarchists, foreign invaders, and war criminals. All are executed. Italy declares Austria to be a rogue state and recommends swift action be taken against them to secure lasting peace in Europe. Heavy industrialization and automation takes place in factories all over Italy this year. This automation allows for more workers and, of course, more factories and product. Railroads through San Marino break ground while another plan to place railroads through the Alps is proposed.   
  • United States: Domestically, things continue much as they have been. The National Highway Act continues to be worked on, as does the Navy’s efforts to build the world’s greatest force under the auspices of the 1916 Naval Act. The unrest in South America, combined with ongoing events in Afro-Eurasia, however, restoke the fires of the Red Scare and as a result a wide ranging crackdown is launched, in a revival of the Palmer Raids; the American Communist Party is also made illegal and its leadership jailed. Foreign policy-wise, the US Marines are pulled out of Cuba after having stabilized the nation; concerns over the ongoing dispute in the Andes between Bolivia and Chile is a deciding factor in the matter. The US Department of State also states its firm desire that Bolivia withdraw its forces from Chile and submit to peace talks in order to end the bloodshed. In the area of Europe, it is much the same, with the United States denouncing the League’s actions Austria, particularly the stoppage of aid to Anti-Communist forces in Italy. Finally, as a matter of possibly containing further Communist spread, the United States floats the idea of a trade pact between itself and its two neighbors of Canada and Mexico.
  • Kingdom of Egypt: Faud is the King. The government's attempts of improving literacy rates among the poor by forcing children to read English and Arabic books (This is looked down upon but is still used in poor areas). Quskut artist begin to make to national headline as the number of listeners blow up. The national army is formed and attempts to form a standing army is worked upon. With recent actions in Syria, we call for restraint, and keep 1500 troops in the Gaza and Negev, they are still ordered to not open fire upon troops (on any side). Seeing the recent bombing in Syria Wafd Party supporters hold rallies calling for the support of Syrian and Arab Nationalism. Makeshift refugee camps are set up in the Negve to base Syrian Refugees.
  • Most Serene Republic of San Marino: Following the regime change in Italy, the Sanmarinese Communist Party gains popularity in the nation, especially as the agrarian populace becomes more educated due to the connection between Italy and San Marino developing as the infrastructure work progresses. 
  • Soviet Union: The official treaty for the creation of the unified Soviet state is finalized today with the creation of the Union of Federated Soviets coloquially known as the Soviet Union. It adopts Bukharins Federal model which delineates the state as an indissolvable union with all the regions becoming states in a Federal union. While delineated as a one party state, some sort of elections take place with the election of the local Soviets for villages and towns, then city Soviets, then state Soviets, following up to the Supreme Soviet which is presided by the election of all the smaller Soviets into the Supreme Soviet presided over by the Politburo. Lenin is unanimously voted in (albeit this was part of the deal in the creation of the union) as the Premier of the UFS/Soviet Union. With the official creation of the Soviet Union and the issues of the economy becoming prevalent. With an American embargo still in place a policy to make the Soviet Union more self sufficient is adopted. Access to Basic resources is made paramount as things such as food, clothing, and basic utilities are put into large scale production to provide for the populous. Outside of this Agriculture begins to be mechanized with equipment being purchased from abroad to effect this change. A large amount of these purchases are made through proxies to gain access to American equipment but more and more is bought from the Germans seeing no major embargo out of Germany yet. Industrial equipment is also bought to further facilitate the expansion of the Soviet industry but needing to make a concrete deal The Soviets propose a trade and economic pact to the Empire of Japan to the mutual benefit of both nations with Lenin agreeing to overlook Japans recent... intervention.. in exchange for the needed trade and economic agreements to the benefit of both states. While not having the technical expertise and mechnical engineering needed to fully exploit the Baku oil fields, existing infrastructure managed to be repaired bringing Baku back to an operational capacity. The Soviet technological committee begins heavy research into the development of oil and industrial technology seeing the effective need to reverse engineer and and improve upon existing infrastructure heavily regarding heavy industry and the oil industry. While no breakthroughs are made yet, documents and technology left over that is available is looked in to for the reverse engineering process specifically to turn Baku oil fields into some of the most productive fields on the planet. The Military is also downsized to stand at roughly 1.5 million and much old equipment is retired and the new Red Army begins to undergo a standardization process. Watching Europe more or less devolve further into Chaos gives Lenin and his right hand man Bukharin all the impetus to remain in an isolationist stance not wanting to risk their new found consolidated power and with explicit plans to rebuild and restart the Russian economy. The influx of raw materials and now with some oil being brought back onto the market makes a solid impression on fixing the situation with the foreign sales of these resources bringing in much needed capital to mitigate the recession. With the NEP in place prominent investments begin to be placed in the economy from abroad as Bukharin champions this to Lenin as a necessary measure for the eventual creation of a true Communist state. These investments flood mostly into the oil and industrial sectors which do effectively help mitigate a loss of jobs which could be attributed to a recession. While not perfect some of these measures seem to mitigate some of the issues of the Recession with an expected full recovery by 1926 or 27. 
  • Japanese Response: Takaaki's cabinet after much deliberation agree to the Soviet's proposal. 

1924

Many National Bolsheviks become members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

With the Italian intervention in Austria, the Communist rebellion gets a second wind and fights back against the Nationalists, causing a full Civil War (need an algorithm to defeat rebels now. Ask the mods for help)

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes declare war on the Imperial State of Austria, declaring it a threat to peace, sanctioned by the League of Nations. The League call for a conference in Zurich to decide Austria's fate post-intervention. The League of Nations forms an army of foreign volunteers from Former Entente nations and launches the invasion of Austria.

Seeing both Serbia and Italy threatening the Austrian Emperor, Hungary lends minor support to the Austrian government.

Hitler and the entire Nazi main leadership is killed in a bombing on Nazi Headquarters.The Nazi leadership tries to select a new chief. The National Bolshevik Party’s main leadership is also killed in a terrorist attack.

Germany pays its second reperations this year, pleasing Belgium and France and avoiding military action.

The 1924 Summer Olympics begins in Paris this year (page will be up soon).

Mercedes Benz is formed by the merging of the companies owned by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz.

The Immigration Act of 1924 is signed into law in the United States, including the Asian Exclusion Act.

Chile continues to make its advance into Bolivian Territory, though offers Bolivia peace that restores pre-War borders.

      • an algo is already up.

Zepplin travel becomes more popular.

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded this year to both Venizelos of the Hellenic Republic and Kemal of the Turkish Republic.

Due to the lack of the Portuguese colonies not having any knowledge of the overthrow of the government and the lack of changement in government there allows for a group of loyal military officers and government officials to flee to the colonies, and declare a government in exile, while the colonial forces there declare loyalty to the government in exile.

The Saudis begin their invasion of Hejaz.

  • Persia: Persia and Syria conclude a deal with the Soviet Union To build two joint batleships for them. The volunteers from the Arab crisis return home and are received as heroes. Persia begins building the Tehran line of fortification near Iraq. It is scheduled to be completed in 1927.
  • Republic of China: A small ceremony is carried out in Beijing at the Forbidden City as the five-barred flag of the Chinese Republic under the Beiyang government is lowered and the Kuomintang flag, the white sun and blue sky emblem on a red field, takes its place on 10 January 1924. With the Zhili clique's territory in northern China absorbed by the KMT-led National Assembly, an entourage of various Nationalist officials attended the ceremony from Gaungzhou as they take office in China's ancient capital. Dr. Sun Yat-sen takes office as the Premier, or head of government as the leader of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, while the largely symbolic post of Chairman of the National Government (or President of the Republic), the nominal head of state of China, goes to the experienced diplomat Wellington Koo. Although the south and north have reunited, much of China in 1924 remains under warlord control while large parts of the country have been ravaged by decades of instability. As stated in Premier Sun's speech in Beijing, the Nationalist Party's main aim is national unification. Pamphlets are massively printed and distributed as widely as possible throughout the year, into warlord-held zones, talking about the events in the north briefly and calling on all Chinese to join the Kuomintang in building a bright future for China. The new Guominjun (National Army) is formed out of KMT troops, former Zhili and Guangxi/Guangdong warlord forces, as one of the first steps of the new government is to institute national conscription along the model of the IJA following the Meiji Restoration. The new armed forces are placed under the command of the "Christian General" Feng Yuxiang. One of the goals of the new government is to normalize relations with Japan. Sun Yat-sen proposes that China will recognize Japan's control over Manchuria in exchange for Japan not seeking any further expansion in China and establishing military, commercial, and cultural ties between the two countries. Sun Yat-sen has more leverage to do this domestically than did any of his predecessors given that he is the most popular politician in China and has well established nationalist, anti-foreign credentials, so he can avoid being called a traitor. Meanwhile, the pacification campaign begins as with the initial objective of securing eastern coastal China, namely the Zhejiang, Fujian and Anhui provinces. Former Zhili forces march south from Beijing under Feng Yuxiang while southern forces under Li Zongren go north from Guangdong, with the intent on taking the territory in the these central regions, planning on meeting up in the center at the Nanjing–Shanghai line.
    • Japanese Dip: The Japanese are willing to agree to a normalization of relations betweens Japan and China and are pleased with China's recognition of Japanese control over Manchuria. Shigeru's faction in the military demand, however, that all of the Manchurian region be ceded to Japan, to ensure that no border disputes arise in the future, and promise to help with Chinese development in return. 
    • Chinese Diplomacy: The Republic of China is willing to cede all of Manchuria to Japan in return for those conditions.
    • Japanese Dip: Japan agrees, and orders an end to all hostilities against China. 
  • British Raj: New Delhi is expanded and other cities are as well. Due to the modernization of agriculture, cities being to grow at a faster pace. Champa rice is cultivated using the modernized method. The Indians continue to open up cigarette joints, shoe factories and other small businesses, creating an Indian middle class. More cars begin to appear in the Raj. Local villages improve medical care, thanks to British help, with them training a cadre of Indian doctors. Medium Mark I tanks being production, to create Indian industrial jobs. Lee Enfield rifles continue production. Several universities open up in New Delhi. Electricity begins to hook up, for now in the cities. However, it will be expected to reach the villages to an extent. Roads are built, as well as dirt paths, these done by the locals to connect the villages. Also, a waste disposal system is being developed by the village elders.
    • Egypt Dip: We ask if we could buy some Lee Enfields from the Raj. 
    • Raj Dip We send in some 50,000 rifles as well as 5000 bullet molds (for Egypt to make own bullets) for Egypt. Price is OIL.
  • Turkey: At the start of the year Atatürk announces that the position of Sultan and Caliph will remain within the apparatus of the Turkish government, albeit in a different form. Atatürk, although a constant critic of the Sultanate as an institution, recognized its value when it became known that Sultan Mehmed VI secretly worked in support of the National Movement and remained in Constantinople in order to maintain order and a Turkish government there, boosting its popularity and appearing as a standard bearer of resistance to Europe. However, the institution will be significantly changed to bring it into the modern world. First, the Sultan/Caliph will occupy a solely constitutional position, with only formal power in accepting the appointments and laws of the parliament. The prime minister will hold the real power of government and act in the Sultan's behalf. In addition, there are to be new norms regulating the Sultan's behavior, and the most notable is the abolition of the harem. Current multiple wifes will remain allowed, but from now on polygamy is banned throughout the country. To reflect the belief that the state is now a nation for all Turks and not just the Ottomans, the official name of the country is changed to the Empire of Turkey. Domestically, Atatürk continues his ambitious reform plan through his role as prime minister. Agricultural output continues to recover, although still not quite at pre-war levels. The Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock is founded to ensure that such growth continues. Education is made a national priority in light of the fact that illiteracy is a huge problem in most of the country. Schools are established across the country and are made free of cost to the students, but the scarce resources of the state limits their initial effectiveness. Nonetheless, the number of students enrolled throughout the country rise, albeit only slightly in the program's first year. The military is reduced by half, with 150,000 troops stationed in various positions around the country. The HMS Agincourt is successfully purchased after the British government provided no objections, and the ship is sailed to Izmir where it is celebrated in a lavish ceremony for finally making it home. It is given its original name, the Sultan Osman-ı Evvel, and she goes into drydock for the limited retrofitting and modernization required. After a few months of service she is finished and is christened as the flagship of the Turkish Navy. The Sultan Osman is sent on a cruise around the Eastern Mediterranean, with stops in Alexandria, Tel-Aviv, and Latakia. While in Latakia, Turkish government officials announce that they will recognize the Kingdom of Syria and open up an embassy as soon as possible. Other embassies are established in similar fashion across Europe and in Moscow and Baku. Soon afterward, Turkish government allows railroad cars of food and medical supplies to reach Damascus for Arab refugees. Finally, the Turkish government calls on the British government, as the protecting power of Iraq, to enter into bilateral negotiations over the Mosul Question, so as to find a meaningful and mutually satisfying conclusion. 
  • Commonwealth of Australia: With the horrors of the Great War behind us, the Australian government issues a series of directives aimed at establishing Australian self-sufficiency in economic and defensive affairs, starting with an immigration program for skilled workers or families from Europe, North and South America. These families shall be granted a 1/4 acre of land to develop in, and will be taught the English language, free of charge. At the same time, tarrifs and export licenses for foreign and local industries are lowered, in hopes of attracting foreign investments. To complement these economic programs, Australia starts subsidizing multiple local industries responsible for the extraction of minerals and resources, such as iron, wood, aluminum, etc. The Australian government lobbies to London for a fusion of the Dominions of Australia, New Zealand, and the surrounding islands (such as New Guinea) into a single federation, to make the administration of these territories easier and efficient.
  • Kingdom of Egypt: Faud is the King. The government's attempts of improving literacy rates among the poor by forcing children to read English and Arabic books (This is looked down upon but is still used in poor areas). Quskut artist begin to make to national headline as the number of listeners blow up. The national army is formed and attempts to form a standing army is worked upon. With recent actions in Syria, we call for restraint, and keep 1500 troops in the Gaza and Negev, they are still ordered to not open fire upon troops (on any side). Seeing the recent bombing in Syria Wafd Party supporters hold rallies calling for the support of Syrian and Arab Nationalism. Makeshift refugee camps are set up in the Negve to base Syrian Refugees. Wafdist begin to study the recent war in Syria.
  • The Hellenic Republic: Thanks to the reduced tax burden faced by Greek industries, the economy enters a bomb as the shipping and shipbuilding industries flourish. The addition of the Anatolian Greeks into society continues, and housing prices have skyrocketed. The high housing prices has led to a large increase in the construction sector. The government does what it can to help the most vulnerable of these new members of Greek society, settling them in Thrace to solidify the Greek ethnic claim on the lands. Efforts are made to restore the Greek financial sector which has suffered due to war taxes. These efforts prove somewhat successful as investments grow by 25%. The lower industrial and commercial taxes implemented last year do manage to make Greek products more competitive internationally. Internal light industry grows rapidly due to cheap labor costs and competitive tax environment. The Navy continues in its efforts to design new torpedo boats and coastal gunboats. This frees up funding for the new navy budget. The Greek Navy also reaches out to the United Kingdom asking if Greece could purchase HMS Centurion and HMS Ajax both of which the United Kingdom recently decommissioned. (Franz Response Please, in OTL they were sold for scrap/used as a target ship). The nation experiences its most stable political year in easily a decade thanks to the prosperous economy and the increase in national unity thanks to universal challenges
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Syria: With our larger alliances across the Middle East, the British attacks are held at bay just enough to continue administration of the nation. We ask the government of Britain to recognize our independence under the Protection of France (Player response). The Jewish communities are expanded in Palestine to accomadate for the Zionist pressence. With the influx of revanue from American investments, the Syrian parliament works toward large building programs for cities across the nation. The united Arab Army, numbering up to 50,000 men, is trained under the veteran officers from the Ottoman Empire. With the aid of Persia, ships are designed to be built at the harbors of Beyrut and Haifa from Soviet designs. Looking toward external threats, Syria secretly reaches out to her allies of Persia, Egypt, Turkey, Hejaz, and Iraq for a full scale invasion of the Saudi Emirates next year. 
    • Persian Secret Diplomacy: We accept the proposed invasion of Saudi Emirates.
  • Poland: The Polish National Worker's Party begins being more influenced by the fascist tendencies in Europe. Josef Pilsudski begins enforcing a stratocracy on Poland after the assassination of the Polish President. Ethnic violence in Lithuania continues and the grand marshal makes a claim that Lithuanian rebels are actually backed by the Lithuanian Government in Kaunas, causing more tension between Poland and Lithuania. Janusz Radziwill proves to be an influential speaker, holding rallies about the glory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and gain a small but dedicated support base. He begins meeting with the National Workers' Party to form a right wing coalition to take down the left-wing Sejm. Radziwill's Gdansk Foundation, based in Warsaw, continues shipping Poles into Danzig using open-border agreements as well as our customs union with them. Radziwill and his colleague, another nationalist named Roman Dmowski, form the National Coalition, a loose confederation of right-wing political parties aimed at taking power from the liberal and social democratic Sejm. Roman Dmowski and Radziwill but heads on the issues of monarchy, the reformation of Poland-Lithuania, and the rights of old nobility. Dmowski is more akin to Italian Fascists while Radziwill is more akin to Spanish Falangists. The National Coalition would also form a paramilitary wing known as the Hussars. The Hussars, however, are small in number and the National coalition only has a small but loyal base in Warsaw and Wilno, where the Hussars participate in the ethnic violence against lithuanians.
  • Republic of the US of Brazil: As the Trans Amazon Railwy already reaches Salvador with many injuries, more and more workers demand higher wages and more safety at their workplace, the support of the PCB rises drastically. While there is a huge production of coffee in the more rural areas wich grants the economic growth, even if the government tries to encourage industrialization. Due to the lack of executive power and the strength of the few oligarchs, anger toward the Republic and its corruption grows. Two movements pick up on the issue, the communist party of Brazil, even if it is heavily suppressed and a nationalist movement around Getúlio Vargas who strongly opposes the communists and the current government alike.
    • Bolivian Diplomacy: Bolivia offers to pay for the expansion of the Trans-Amazonian Railway to Santa Cruz, in the Bolivian oil fields, and offers Brazil a cut of Bolivian oil revenue in return for being allowed to export and import along the railway.
    • Brazilian Diplomacy: Brazil accepts Bolivia's wishes and gratefully accepts their generous offer.
  • United States of America: The 1924 Election is held, which sees the comfortable re-election of Leonard Wood which shows broad public support for his policies. The crackdown on internal Communist and Leftist movements continues, and the US begins Sugar Interventions throughout the Caribbean and Central America in carrying this out in the home region. To this, the FBI continues to be expanded and strengthed while, for the first time since World War I, conscription is brought back and the US Army and US Marines are expanded in size to 400,000 and 100,000 respectively, while the Navy is also increased to aid with the ongoing expanion. Outside of the limited military buildup, construction on the new National Highway System continues. The Muscle Shoals Bill, which will see the construction of a hydro-electric dam on the Tennessee River near the town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, is passed through Congress. With it the beginning of its construction, Henry Ford begins massive investment into the region, boasting he will turn it into a city of millions with industrial sites miles long. Foreign policy wise, the United States condemns the League of Nations for aiding and abetting Communism by its failure to intervene into Italy while at the same town stoking the fires of Communist expansion into Austria; the US begins a diplomatic effort to restore the Status Quo in Austria and also organize an intervention against Italy. To this effect, an economic embargo is placed on the regions of Italy under Communist control to expected great damage to their economy. Closer to home, the United States proposes a meeting to Canada and Mexico, to be held in a location of mutual agreement, to discuss the formation of a new trading and defensive bloc in order to safeguard them from the growing geopolitical threats.
    • Canada agrees to the economic bloc. -Nate
  • Italian Dip: Italy condemns the United States for its attempt to 'restore the status quo' in Austria. "We fought a war last decade to end Austrian imperialism. The status quo is why Austrians are dying in droves. It needs protection, not another country meddling in its afairs. The people of Austria have a wish to end the status quo and for the United States to interfere in their affairs is an act of imperialism." Italy recommends the League of Nations place severe economic sanctions against the United States for their attempts to spark open war so soon after the Great War.
  • Bolivia: accepts the Chilean peace offer, and begins to construct a strategic defensive line along the Chilean border with the still-mobilized army and hired civilians. Meanwhile, the government deploys nationalized mining revenue to new ends. These include the construction of a number of national medical schools and teachers' colleges in major cities, with Bolivia's limited number of doctors and teachers deployed to train an expanded number of students, while others work to set up an array of new, secular schools and hospitals. The government nationalizes and seizes the Catholic church's property, deploying gangs of peasant paramilitaries, and also sets up new seminaries staffed by sympathetic priests to train clerics who can be expected to toe the official line. A program of subsidized food distribution is organized to the poor, while subsidized fertilizers, livestock and farming tools are distributed. The government also subsidizes rubber and coffee farming in the Bolivian Amazon, hoping to create new cash crops. Simultaneously, the government uses the mobilized army and a new jobs-creation program in which those who seek employment, primarily from the urban population or rural migrants, are hired for internal infrastructure improvements. They begin a program of railway construction and road improvement and pavement, into the Chaco (where the government subsidizes ranchers and yerba mate growers) and to the Chilean border. In the meantime, the government also expands its preexisting program of conscription, including a much larger proportion of the male population in that portion mobilized for yearly basic training, while it seeks opportunities to purchase foreign arms or find foreign investors willing to help Bolivia manufacture arms. Efforts to hire WWI veterans to help with training from abroad continue.
    • Bolivian Diplomacy: Bolivia reaches out to the Belgian and Dutch governments and to major industrialists in both countries. It offers exclusive rights to explore for and extract oil and natural gas in Bolivia's east and south, if either country's industrialists will in return help Bolivia organize a modern arms manufacturing industry, to the extent that they can (Mod responses, please).
    • The Dutch Shell company agrees to to the deal. -Nate
  • The Most Serene Republic of San Marino: The Communist Party wins the election, the government reforms continue, although somewhat different than before.
    • Italian Dip: The Socialist Party of Italy congratulates the Communist Party of San Marino in their recent victory.
  • Socialist Republic of Italy: Italy is headed by Prime Minister Antonio Gramsci, who exercises control over the socialist party of Italy. His communist leanings and charismatic nature bring more communists to his cause by the day. The ISP holds a vast majority of the chairs in both the Italian Parliament and the Italian Council of Magistrates. This year, the Council of Magistrates is reworked to be a council of syndicates, which appeases the anarchists and syndicalists (and, of course, the anarcho-syndicalists, anarcho-communists, and every other leftist ideology under the sun at the time.) Italian socialist volunteers pour from Italy into Austria. Many of these fighters had been soldiers who fought against Austria-Hungary in the Great War. Italy offers to join forces with the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia to form an official League of Nations action against Austria on the condition that the communists forces are recognized as the legitimate successor to Austria (MOD RESPONSE REQUESTED) Though Italy is not officially involved in the Austrian Civil War at this time, it acknowledges the rising Austrian communists and makes no effort to stop its own citizens from aiding the people of Austria in their liberation. The attempt to embargo Italy by the United States, of course, does come with some repercussions, though not nearly to the extend to which it had OTL. With Italy being a worker's state, production is at an all-time high, both agrarian and industrial. Francesco Amalfi produces a comedy about capitalism and the US' attempts to re-ignite the Great War. The film goes on to reach much acclaim. One of the first translations is in English. Amalfi states that he is willing to hand out free copies to anyone who wishes to bring them to the United States. The Italian economy sees a net gain due to trade with Soviet Russia. The Italian military sees reforms under General Bordigo, who wishes to create defenses against amphibious attack in the unlikely event that the US rallies some form of ally to aid in their anti-leftist crusade. Farms, especially those once owned by rich landowners, are officially re-appropriated to the people, with the Italian Agrarian Union taking the reins on Italian agriculture. The same thing happens to fisheries, factories, and other high-industrial areas. However, mid-level capitalism remains in place within Italy, which further helps boost the Italian economy.
  • Republic of Peru: President Leguía of the Reformist Democratic Party begins the year with economic reforms aiming at the agricultural sector, in an attempt to balance the industrial and agricultural sectors. The President calls for peace talks between Chile and Peru to discuss ending the two country’s disputes, Bolivia is also invited to these talks to discuss ending their respective disputes with Chile. President Leguía proposed the talks be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (MOD RESPONSE AND PLAYER RESPONSE NEEDED!). We continue to exploit our rubber and rich minerals that was blessed upon our land by god himself. The Reformist Democratic Party seems sharp competition to its grip on power by the Civil Party, and has potential to become the majority party in congress, with congressional elections coming up. The elections end with the Reformist Democrats keeping their majority status in congress, but the Civic Party gaining almost half of the seats. We offer a trading pact with the United States (PLAYER RESPONSE NEEDED!).
    • Chile agrees to open negotiations. -Nate
    • Bolivian Diplomacy: Bolivia agrees to negotiations.
  • Soviet Union: The Embargo of Italy, as well as the Soviet Union forges a new major trade relationship between Socialist Italian Republic and the Soviet Union. With pretty much all of Italies top tier industrial firms open to Soviets Lenin and Bukharin jump on the opportunity to import out of work Italian foreman and high tier Factory workers and also place huge orders for industrial equipment specifically heavy industry. This interestingly enough while a potent buy, remains second hand compared to the amount of help the French communist party has provided into allowing the Soviets to receive industrial equipment. Sympathizers in order to further their cause in France trade top tier equipment from Schneider-Creusot as well as other top tier firms. Blueprints, technical and mechanical advisors with communist leanings and sympathies are all imported and treated to the utomost respect before they are transported to the various regions they will be working in. The Ukraine once again returns to major agricultural production and with favorable policies in effect for the agricultural sector the Soviet Federal State of Ukraine is able to gain a favorable term to begin industrializing specifically around Kiev and in the Donbass which with eyes set upon it by Lenin it looks to become a major industrial hub. Industry in Smolensk, Kursk, Moscow, Petrograd, and Niznh Novgorod see a rebound in their industrial sector specifically as they are able to begin effectively rebuild and continue construction with the influx of black market german industrial material, materials from the French communists, and finally with major trade support from the Italians and surprisingly the Japanese. The restarting of the resource sectors of the Urals and just beyond are all met with success as normal pay regimen and economic opportunity under the NEP saves the industry from failure. With the relative ease in which Italy transitioned to a communist government and with Japan under a huge trade pact, the Soviet government albeit reluctantly from Japan begins purchasing basic necessities in exchange for newly minted resource and oil profits as well as just raw resources in general which on top of previous measures conducted by the government begin to bring the Soviets out of their recession and into the black as the economy continues to recover which in effect is a slap in the face for the US as it looks like its Economic Sanctions have caused a short term problem with a long term benefit to the Soviets. Finally years after his surgery Lenin fully recovers from the assassination attempt of 1920 and assumed more effective leadership of the Union. His policies of deporting unwanted or those opposed to the regime to Siberia takes further shape as he ships many dissenters to Siberia. In the Far East, Vladivostok, begins to undergo an industrial revolution of sorts. The new open trade with Japan allows for the easy rebuilding of the Soviet city as well as infrastructure in the Far East but also sees the importation of Industrial equipment. The Federal Soviet of the Far East requests direction as to what to do, and Lenin being more directly focused on the West deviates to Bukharan and Zinoviev who agree that Siberia is not a wasteland, it's a veritable gold mine and almost like the American Old West, ripe for exploitation and settlement. Bukharin delegates Zinoviev and Rhykov to begin the industrial process and the expansion of Agriculture in the region. The development of more major agricultural products among the Amur River as well as the settling of new industrial firms in Vladivostok, Irkutsk and Ulan Ude sees an expansion of industry, but a lack of manpower. With many peasants in the west seeking work, a series of transportation visas are issued by those willing to come east to settle and work the new agricultural plotlands and industry jobs which have started to develop. Lenin in full support of the Mongolian Peoples Party and the Socialist government of Sinkiang offers Full Soviet Protections to prevent their further involvement in the destructive Chinese civil war (mods, please). The acceptance of the offers by both Sinkiang and Mongolia sees roughly 200,000 troops flood into these nations. 100,000 spread out to put control over Sinkiang, and in full support of the Mongolian Peoples party, the Red Army makes a major incursion and taken out Ungern-Sternberg or the Bloody Baron, in a lightning attack effectively ending his opposition government and putting the Mongolian communists in power.
    • The Mongolian People’s Party and Sinkiang accept the Soviet aid.
    • Chinese Reaction: The Kuomintang condemns the Soviet incursion into Xinjiang, regarding it as sovereign territory of the Chinese Republic. China, which has not recognized Mongolia's independence since the 1911 revolution, also ignores the Mongolian communist government.
    • Mongolia isnt communist yet.- Colgan
  • Weimar Republic: Hitler is dead. A man rising in the political scheme of germany is gone and so I the leadership of their rival's. The Nazbol's now disorganized, resort to the form of council leadership with people close to the leader taking charge. Rudolf Höss, a great fan of Hitler's works at the funeral of his idol. As the National Socialist mourn what they saw as the man that would be the gateway to their survival gone, many struggle to replace the leadership. Infuriated by the events, Rudolf Höss delivers a fiery speech with such great passion and emotion, it catches everyone's attention: “As the sun sets on our fuhrer, a new Dawn shall arise for what he had left behind will hold true to what must be done for not just our survival but the German people's survival from the multinationals, bolsheviks, and other enemies of the German people corner us with such abominable quantities of degeneracy, it's pathetic. We will not let the Fatherland sink any further as when we hit rock bottom comrades, there is only one way but up! For the Fuhrer, For the Fatherland, Sieg Heil!”. Rudolf Höss, someone close to Hitler and with access to his private office finds a journal detailing Hitler's envisionments and standards, is taken and reviewed 4 different times over the weekend when headlines discuss further political attacks by an anonymous group called “The stars of David”, a radical Marxist group targeting people they see as threats. Rudolf Hey takes leadership as party spokesperson while Alfred Baeumler takes charge as party Leader yet mainly focused on the organizational sector while the chairman's handle each sector. Rudolf Höss stands out in Cologne under supervision and protect of the Nazi Paramilitary against the terrorist against the state calling out the multinationals, the communists, and the jews, specific the most radical, as the enemies against the Germans and has provided how far and how desperate they are to stop the German movement “for when the people are united, they may stand tall against their troubles but if divided, they shall fall” - Rudolf Höss. The government's reach is to focus on removing money from circulation to take inflation, in the meantime, heavy Policing is done in the evening as the new organization begins harassing political as well mostly in Bavaria and Brunswick. A new Chancellor by the name of Hans Luther comes to power. Policies by the still present Nazi Party backed by a now more increasingly vocal Rudolf Höss such as banning pornography and homosexual shows for the sake of traditionalism is pushed. “Sein Kampf” begins to be worked on by Rudolf Höss displaying what is known of Hitler life by what had been told openly and what had been displayed within his journal's and personal writing to put together a book about the core of Nazi Values. More and more people see His as the voice of the party as his speech gain more attention and traction.

1925

Map 1925 Great Peace

The Saudis invade and attack the Kingdom of Hejaz, seizing cities of Medina and Mecca.

Tibet begins annexing some warlord states around it, growing to huge size. The ROC annexes Yunnan and splits the Ma Clique with Tibet.

National Bolshevism rises in popularity in the Soviet Union mainly in the Far East.

Otto Strasser becomes leader of the Nazi Party, and begins shaping the party in my images. After rising through the ranks, he begins reforming the party in his own image.

Many lobbyists from international corporations dignificantly damages public opinion of Leonard Wood. The Democratic politicians in Congress use this as a general lampoon against the Republican POTUS, arguing that the imperialist policies of the Wood administration have almost as much damage to companies at home as the communists abroad.

The Civil War in Austria ends with the Austrian communist party and the Italian forces seizing the capital, while Serbia occupies the territory they border. The League of Nations organizes a conference in Geneva, declaring Austria to be a territorial mandate until a new government is organized.

The Hapsburgs go back into exile from Austria to wherever they came from in the first place.

Hermann Ehrhardt becomes leader of the National Bolshevik Party.

  • Persia: While the Shah is out of the country a coup d'etat is successfully finished. The coup is led by former Minister of Defense, Reza Pahlavi. He names the next dynasty the Pahlavi Dynasty and crowns himself Shah of Persia. The new Shah addressed the alliance with Syria and says that it remains in force. Tehran University is completed and visited by the new Shah. The Shah begins to modernize the navy and establish an air force - although a small one. Persia sends 30,000 troops to help Syria in the Nejd front [permission from Leliana to post]
    • Syria Dip: We switch our support from the Qajar to the Pahlavi Dynasty, and extend special congratulations to Rezah Khan. We further ask help for the crushing of the Saudi Emirates.
  • Poland: Josef Pilsudski finally sends the Polish military into Wilno to stop ethnic violence. He meets with local Lithuanian leaders and announces the refounding of a friendship between the Polish and Lithuanian peoples. However, he also criticizes the Lithuanian Government in Kaunas for refusing to accept this friendship and, according to Pilsudski, funding Lithuanian rebels to destabilize this friendship. Pilsudski also announces his intention to form the Intermarium - a massive state to counterbalance both Germany and Russia. Radziwill supports this idea while Dwomski doesn't, instead, favoring a greater Poland. The two ignore these differences, however, in wake of threats that the socialists and separatists pose. Radziwill soon overshadows Dmowski with his traditionalist rhetoric, acceptance of minorities and pure charisma. The Sejm breaks down after a session when a fight breaks out between right-wing and left-wing elements. Later that week, the Sejm building in Warsaw is burned down. Polish police arrest a Polish nationalist and alleged Hussar associated with Dmowski as responsible. The Polish Anti-Fascist Front is formed to fight the rising right-wing tide. Jewish anarchists attempt the assassination of Dmowski in response to the Sejm fire. Pilsudski and the police use this as an excuse to crack down on anarchist neighborhoods in Warsaw. Council Communism grows among Polish Germans and inhabitants of Greater Poland. The Anti-Fascists are especially strong in this area. More and more social democrats, formerly the majority of Polish politics, have begun shifting to the right in fear of communist revolution akin to the one in Austria. A legion of the Hussars goes to Imperial Austria to symbolically help out in the fight to save a monarchy. Josef Pilsudski also engages in various reforms, such as the subsidizing of companies to industrialize eastern Poland and take advantage of resources such as oil there and the building of a second port to rival Danzig as we do not have full control over the territory.
  • Kingdom of Egypt: Faud is the King. The government's attempts of improving literacy rates among the poor by forcing children to read English and Arabic books (This is looked down upon but is still used in poor areas). Quskut artist begin to make to national headline as the number of listeners blow up. The national army is formed and attempts to form a standing army is worked upon. Troops in the Negve are pulled out until 500 men are left..We try to work on a navy with attemps up down and down the Nile. The King begins to work on the idea of airpower by trying to enlist men to create planes. Wafdist begin to study the recent war in Syria. A group called "The Muslim Brotherhood" is formed. Egyptian troops are placed on the Sudanese border, Supplies are sent to the Sudanese border.
    • Syria Dip: we ask Egypt to send help for crushing Saudi Arabia.
  • Republic of China: Having taken large amounts of territories in the west and south, the Kuomintang government turns its attention to securing coastal provinces that have a large population, extensive foreign trade and a lot of economic potential. With many of the minor warlords having fallen, the KMT turns its attention away from military campaigns to developing the country. Premier Sun begins implementing an economic plan to develop north China, the Yangtze River area, and the southern provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. Although many European and American companies have been involved in trade since the 19th century, the government begins an anti-corruption campaign to allow foreign companies to better invest in China and increase efficiency in the government administration. Corruption among officials is punished by death, with public executions of the first violators carried out in early 1925 to set an example. At the same time, construction begins on extending railway lines while upgrading the existing ones in coastal China to better connect major cities, the countryside, thereby improving the economy. In addition to improving railways, the road network for automobiles is also beginning to be upgraded, even though cars are not very widespread in the country. At the same time, with Japanese help the Chinese government begins constructing more factories to increase Chinese industry and exports. It is also to make China more self-sufficient in terms of military production, to be able to equip its army more adequately. The first of these factories are to be built primarily in Shanghai, Nanjing, Tianjin, and Canton. Due to continued instability, Premier Sun announces that National Assembly elections cannot be carried out until later. As for the national reunification campaign, the Guominjun secures the coastal provinces and the KMT asks the warlord Yan Xishan of the Shanxi Province to join the KMT in return for remaining governor of his territory, as Sun praises the work of the "Model Governor" as an example to follow for the rest of the country. [Mod Response] The military is reformed. The government makes a strong effort to implement national conscription of men between the ages of 18 and 27 years of age. The Guominjun (National Army) will consist of one million men, organized into divisions of 15,000 troops. Divisions will be grouped into field armies of two or more divisions, with the army group of two or more armies being the largest formation. A promising young officer named Chiang Kai-shek is made the first Chief of the General Staff. It is planned that the army will be able to sustain itself primarily from Chinese produced weapons, although foreign arms and equipment will still be bought for the more advanced models. Development of the navy, consisting mostly of outdated warships, and the nonexistent air force will be temporarily put off for now. There is now also more opportunity for China to become a bigger player in the international community. Alfred Sao-ke Sze, recently appointed Chinese Ambassador to the Court of Saint James by the KMT and former head of the Chinese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, makes a statement from London. In the statement he condemns the League's aggression against Austria, seeing it as similar to the unjust way that China had been treated by the European great powers. China also seeks to establish diplomatic relations with its northern neighbor, the Soviet Union, and closer economic ties with Germany.
  • I havent started helping your development yet but that being said.
  • Yan Xishan joins the RoC on the condition that he is given a cabinet position. -Nate
    • Japanese Dip: The Japanese delegation offers China a formal trade agreement which would permit Japanese businesses to invest and develop China's Primary and secondary industrial sector under the condition thatcompanies and enterprises be under joint Chinese-Japanese ownership. It also offers fair pricing on Japanese finished goods on the Chinese market. The agreement also offers temporary worker status and student visas to Chinese citizens to help the economy of China develop and to improve relations between China and Japan.  Furthermore, Japan offers its assistance in restoring Chinese national stability by protecting shipping lanes in throughout the China sea. 
    • Chinese Diplomacy: China agrees to this deal. Additionally, the Chinese ambassador also asks if Japan can send military advisors to help train officers at the Whampoa Military Academy and troops of other divisions, and allow Chinese officers to study at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, as was the case back during the Qing Dynasty in the early 1900s.
    • Japanese Dip: Japan agrees.
  • Empire of Japan: The success of Shigeru's intervention in Manchuria and makes him an national hero. Shigeru quickly gains allies on the Imperial Army General Staff including the newly appointed head of intelligence, Iwani Matsui who is considered the resident "China Expert", and Colonel Tetsuzan Nagata. The General Staff continue to analyze. the army's performance over the last few years, taking into account the disastrous Siberian Disaster and the stunning success in Manchuria. A 5000 page transcript is finally writen up establihing that while China and the rest of Asia remains far behind Japan in terms of develop, Japan must adopt countermeasures to European tactics, and adjust the aging doctrine of infantry mass formations, and adopt a more highly trained, and modernized force, taking into account German success in the spring offense and British inventions such as the tank. It is further noted that one of the reasons that Germany lost was because it was outproduced by the western allies. The transcripts makes further note of the mass mobilization doctrine carried out by the reds during the civil war. The papers list a series of recommendations including the complete mobilization of Japanese society, granting the military extensive control over the government apartus, a second wave of technological and industrial development to keep apce with the west, and the establishment of a Japanese bloc in Asia and the Pacific citing Japan's reputation as a formidible force and as a beacon for indpendence movements in East and South East Asia.  This transcrits are kept from Takaaki due to his opposition to the growth of military influence of state affairs, Despite this an air of cooperation remains as the successes of Manchuria have restored the confidence that the military had lost after the defeat in Vladivostok. Takaaki's government continues to try to bring the military to its knees in private while maintaining a facade of cooperation. The economy continues to deal with the strains of the years of military adventurism. However, the conquest of Manchuria leads to speculations of renewed growth, and stocks climb for the first time in years, and companies - in particular the large Zaibatsus - begin making informal inquiries with the government and military over the economic plans for the newly acquired territories. The military industry sees a surge in production due to an increase in contracts from the military to develop improved firearms, a homegrown Japanese tank and new aircraft. Naval expansion continues with five more aircraft carriers being commissioned along with four battleships, six battle cruisers, and submarines taking note of the effectiveness of the U-boats during the Great War. Expansion of public infrastructure continues with education, health and transportation receiving a majority of the focus. Government and military subsidized living is offered to those studying mechanical and industrial engineering, medecine, biology, physics and the sciences in general. While the social sciences also receive some attention with intellectuals like Ikki Kita gaining more traction and public funding.
    • Choson (Korea): Expansion of basic infrastructure continues, as does funding of integration efforts. The growth of Korea's economy starts to outpace that of the home island's due to the increased military activity on the peninsula, and the destruction of large ports on the continent. The conquest of Manchuria increases the importance of Korean ports while those in Manchuria are ill equipped for large shipping - at least for the time being. Iron and coal extraction expand greatly as orders are placed to produce more steel. Manufacturing also starts to pick up. 
    • Manshu (Manchuria): Following the liberation of Manchuria the remnants of the old Fengtian military are placed under the command of Shigeru Honjo and the Kwangtang Army. Rebuilding efforts begin in Manchuria after years of warfare in the East. The western part is better off due to the lack of fighting there. However, there is a lack of proper transportation networks in the area. Massive funds are poured into the expansion of the Mantetsu (South Manchurian railway) and into the building of roads throughout Manchuria. The provisional government set up in the aftermath of the intervention is pressured into signing the Treaty of Changchun formally reorganizing Manchuria into the Manchu Protectorate. With the former members of the Fengtian clique being granted positions in the new government along with a lot of reformist Qing officials who fled during the violence that followed the Chinese revolution - and the former Qing Emperor Puyi is made a member of the Kazoku (Japanese Peerage) being granted the rank of Prince. The new administration goes to work on creating a legal code and ensuring the loyalty of the locals. The Protectorate is proclaimed a multi-ethnic region with Chinese and Japanese as the co-official languages and providing Chinese, Manchu, Koreans, and other groups the possibility to advance within the private and public sectors. Changchun is renamed Shinkyo/Hsinking (new capital). Compulsory Education is imposed in Manshu. 
    • Taihoku (Taiwan): Economic growth and integration of the natives continues. 
  • British Raj: New Delhi is expanded and other cities are as well. Due to the modernization of agriculture, cities being to grow at a faster pace. Champa rice is cultivated using the modernized method. The Indians continue to open up cigarette joints, shoe factories and other small businesses, creating an Indian middle-class. Cars begin to become popular among the Indian upper-class. Local villages improve medical care, thanks to British help, with them training a cadre of Indian doctors. Medium Mark I tanks being production, to create Indian industrial jobs. Lee Enfield rifles continue being produced. Several universities open up in New Delhi. Electricity begins to hook up, for now in the cities. However, it will be expected to reach the villages to an extent. Roads are built, as well as dirt paths, these done by the locals to connect the villages. The waste disposal system created by the villages and city governors is done via collaboration with the colonial authorities. Meanwhile, a nationalist, Subhras Chandra Bose splits from the Indian National Congress and joins Azad Hind, a Hindu nationalist group. He tries to recruit mostly among the lower classes. Seeing this situation, Rufus Isaacs deliver a speech to New Delhi. "Until recently, India has seen dark times. Not enough food to eat. Now, due to reforms we are catching up to the British mainland. Yet I have further. I shall create jobs, get you all wealthier, and expand your rights! You now have full economic freedom!" The Indian crowd cheers and throws hats at this speech. Subhras Chandra Bose and his followers are not impressed. They speed up recruiting. Meanwhile, some Islamists form a group: "Ansar al Deen," which is secretive but active in OTL Pakistani tribal areas. To counter this, more shoe factory jobs are created there.
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Syria: A formal declaration of war is made by the Syrian parliament, declaring the Saudi Emirate as an enemy of the state and a threat to all of Islam. With the Hashemite government in Hejaz at war, the entire Arab Army is marshalled, deploying 10,000 troops into Hejaz and 20,000 troops pour into the Nejd. Establishing a victory on both fronts, the two armies combine to converge on the remaining Saudi forces outside of Riyadh. Seeing the Hashemite patriarch in danger, Faisal reaches out to his brother King Abdullah of Iraq for aid in the Nejd front [Mod Response]. Faisal emphasizes abroad the significance of the Holy Sites, Mecca and Medina, of being threatened by Saudi Forces, and therefore we call in our allies of Egypt, Turkey and Persia to send reinforcements of both fronts for the invasion of Arabia [Player Responses]. Ships continue to be built at Haifa, where the Zionists communities are expanded. City building programs are implemented on many coastal regions and highlands, improving the livelihoods of the diverse people groups in Syria. 
  • Commonwealth of Australia: The immigration program starts to be seen as a success, with citizens from war-torn Europe and Latin America starting to relocate to Australia, mainly to the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, and Perth. To further provide incentives to skilled worker immigration, the first three children of immigrants shall have half of their school expenses paid for by the government until their last year of college. The government also sanctions a program to use the veterans of the Great War as the shepherds of Australia's fledgeling Armed Forces, with offerings of higher salaries to the veterans to help make the military more professional. In the naval side, a twin to HMAS Australia is slated to begin construction by the end of the year. The rising economy fueled by new labor, rise in education, and the extraction of raw materials supports all of these new expenses. The Australian government reaches out to the Netherlands, asking for privileges for Australian companies in the surveying and extraction of oil and rubber sources in the Dutch East Indies, in exchange for privileges granted to Dutch companies surveying and extracting metals in Australia (Mod Response).
    • The Dutch Shell company accepts the deal. -Nate
  • Republic of the US of Brazil: Rio de Janeiro is connected at the 12th of April with the new railway, thus around half of the track is completed. Meanwhile, civil unrest goes further as many lieutenants and most of the Brazilian navy positioning themselves against the current oligarchy and provoke an anti-government uprising. they don't have a single ideology yet, but all of them want secret and free elections and a more competent and powerful government. The lieutenants also want to educate the people about the misery they live in. The uprisings leader is the lieutenant and PCB member Luís Carlos Prestes who also seeks to arm the people and overthrow the oligarchs in a revolution. In December many workers of coffee plantations go on strike, triggering an intervention of the police. 
  • Kingdom of Sweden: Prime Minister Barloe has become subject to migraines and recently broke his hip in an accident. With the Four Brothers meeting again, the discussion is focused on the Soviet threat and has Finland heavily armored the protection on the Soviets. Elections are held but the outcomes are unknown at the moment. MOD RESPONSE Gustaf's son has become extremely dictatorial with the housemaids.
    • I have no idea what this election consists of, but you are free to have whatever election results you want. -Nate
    • Viskail Haljik wins the Election and the Social Party is now in the seat of power
  • Turkey: Atatürk's reforms continue at a breakneck pace, with the economic reforms taking the most precedence. Agricultural output continues to rise and is nearly at pre-war levels thanks to government assistance. The government nationalizes the tobacco industry, which was previously dominated by French-owned companies. While this reduces investment in the short term, the new profits from the tobacco farms are put to use further growing the agricultural and industrial sectors of the economy. The government invests into several industrial and infrastructure projects such as paved roads and railroads to better link the nation. Manufactories continue to recover and grow, although they remain a fraction of the overall economy. Government investment in the chromium industry also helps to grow the economy over time. Domestically, education programs continue across the country, although again it is difficult to ensure that everyone gets a top of the line education. Even so, literacy rates begin to improve, especially in the areas around Izmir and Ankara. Internationally, the Turkish government declares a proactive stance toward the Saudi problem, claiming that the Saudi conquest of the holy cities, especially after the massacre at Ta'if, poses a great danger to the Middle East and the Sultan Mehmed VI's position as Caliph. The Sultan Osman-ı Evvel is sent to the Red Sea, where it undergoes live fire testing as it shells any Saudi encampments along the Hejazi coast. Turkey pledges nearly 5000 men and two squadrons of fighters and bombers to help Middle Eastern forces retake the Hejaz and protect the holy places from desecration. Turkey reiterates its call to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, insisting that the Mosul Question must be debated and answered with a mutually satisfying agreement. Turkey will not cease its claim until there is some negotiated settlement. POST MOD RESPONSE: Outraged that the British government would not even come to the negotiating table, the Turkish government doubles down on its claim to the former Mosul vilayet and insists that it was illegally occupied following the conclusion of hostilities in WWI. The Turgut Reis, the Turkish navy's oldest battleship, is sent to Gölcük for modernization, especially in order to improve its derelict engines and boilers. Along the southeastern border, the Turkish army begins building up stockpiles of rifles and ammunition and contacts with prominent Turkmen tribal leaders and Ottoman-trained officers in Iraq are established. The Turkish government approaches France, asking to discuss the purchase of different types of military assets.
    • Britain says that Mosul is rightful Iraqi land and refuses to give Mosul to Turkey. -Colgan
  • The Hellenic Republic: The manufacturing, construction and industrial sectors of the economy flourish under low labor costs and the low tax burden. Shipping and shipbuilding industries flourish. The integration of the Anatolian Greeks into society continues, and housing prices have skyrocketed. The government does what it can to help the most vulnerable of these new members of Greek society, settling them in Thrace to solidify the Greek ethnic claim on the lands. The lower industrial and commercial taxes implemented last year do manage to make Greek products more competitive internationally. The Navy continues its efforts to design new torpedo boats and coastal gunboats. With the UK unwilling to even hear the Greek request for ships, the navy decides to take matters into its own hands. Preliminary work begins on the design of a larger than normal heavy cruiser armed with large guns (roughly similar to the OTL Deutschland-class Cruiser). Furthermore, an offer is made to the United States of America, asking to purchase a New York Class battleship either the Texas or the New York for the equivalent of five million dollars. Politically, the stability of last year remains thanks to the focus on the economy.
  • Socialist Republic of Italy: Italy is headed by Prime Minister Antonio Gramsci, who exercises control over the socialist party of Italy. His communist leanings and charismatic nature bring more communists to his cause by the day. The ISP holds a vast majority of the chairs in both the Italian Parliament and the Italian Council of Workers. Though communists hold the power within the ISP, the party remains an alliance of left-leaning people, which includes everything from anarchists to communists to social Democrats. With the Austrian Civil War ended, Italy offers to aid the Austrians in rebuilding their country. They propose Johann Koplenig head Austria's communist party, as Austria's current communist leadership is fairly weak. Koplenig worked in Styria with Italian Communists and is highly sympathetic toward them. Having Koplenig in Austria would secure good post-Great War relations, which is exactly what is needed. Some critics of Koplenig have accused him of being an Italian puppet. With the rise of communism across the world, Antonio Gramsci proposes a meeting of the various socialist thinkers and leaders around the world. Italy's economy flourishes this year as trade with Soviet Russia and now Austria seems to be creating a separate socialist world market.
  • Republic of Peru: a trade pact is once again offered to the United States (GB RESPONSE NEEDED!). The Peace Talks in Buenos Aires continues, Bolivia player goes to Here for Peace Talks. We continue to exploit our resources such as rubber and minerals. President Leguía gains much popularity for his reforms to the economy and much more trust of the upper class is apparent in Peru. Our major cities are expanded upon, such as Lima, Cusco and Arequipa. investments in Education begin to be noticable in the class room as better quality textbooks and classrooms are more common.
    • Chile agrees to particpate in the peace conference. -Nate
  • Most Serene Republic of San Marino: The Communist party, growing heavily in popularity and size splits into two, one remaining the Communsit Party of San Marino, and the other becoming the People's Party of San Marino. A hung parliament follows, but the Communist Party, through skillfull diplomacy, manages to keep afloat.
  • Argentine Republic: President Alvear continues reforms to improve living situations in rural areas and increasing industrialization for the nation. He seeks closer relations with Paraguay and Uruguay advocating for a Southern South American league of friendship with Chile and Brazil invited. (Mod and player responses needed!!) With the exclusions of Asians to America via immigration, Alvear supports that Argentina is a place for immigrants to make new lives. Agriculture is slowly becoming more mechanized allowing more to move to the cities and fill jobs in the budding factories.
    • Uruguay agrees, but Paraguay is unsure. -Nate
  • Soviet Union: The advancement of Soviet industry in direct adversity to the US embargo proves to be a selling point and many Communists and National Bolsheviks champion the various policies as being highly successful in not only setting the Soviet Union on the path to self-sufficiency but also allowing for the growth and development of a unique and seperate socialist world market. Lenin agrees to the meeting of all the communist leaders and offers to house it in the Kremlin in Moscow, the seat of the worlds premier communist state. The unexpected development of industrial and agricultural potential in the Far East brings a tough question to Lenin, force people who are out of work in the west and still suffering to remain in the west, or allow some more freedom of movement specifically to the East. With the further Development of Ekatinberg and Omsk as more thorough industrial centers Lenin in a meeting with the Supreme Soviet brings about the West to East Industrial plan. Taking advantage of the Industrial development momentum in the Soviet Union, and the possibility of untold riches in Siberia, the East will be set as a safety valve. Tens if not hundreds of thousands of people with better chances of work and prosperity in the east will be allowed to head east to settle it and work the new jobs cropping up. This will in effect spur the development of a larger construction and infrastructure industry in the East while the core Western industrial zones will remain intact and solidified and not overenlarged allowing the peasants to head to the underpopulated Eastern cities. As a result of this, heavy infrastructure projects are detailed in the East such as Hyroelectric power, new resource extraction points and the promises of "The Disenfranchised Red will find his Peace out East." The Developments along the Amur River start to come to fruition with a modest harvest this year. Lenin, however, is able to begin the major push to develop the mechanization of Agriculture specifically to expand the Soviet agricultural output seven-fold and make the Soviets one of the largest agricultural production regions in the world. This is especially prominent in Ukraine as the development of the Donbass Basin and the mechanization of Agriculture begins to bring noted benefits.
  • United States of America: The internal crackdown on Communist and other Leftist elements continues, as does the limited military expansion engendered by the ongoing chaos in the Global order. Among the general force size increases is the step taken in support of the US Cavalry, in that a new testing center for the study of mechanized equipment, in particular armored cars and tanks, is established at Fort Still in Okalahoma. A school of armored warfare is also established on site, with the goal of seeing how best to bring mechanization to the US Armed Forces as well as invent and test new tactics. Increased funding for the development of new vehicles is also undertaken. Expansion of the highway network and the development of Muscle Shoals continues. Foreign policy-wise, the United States accepts the trading pact offerred by Peru in light of her refusal to assist Bolivia's madness. The same deal is extended to Chile, along with the prospect of surplus military equipment in addition to low interest loans to finanace their war effort. Closer to home, with tentative Canadian agreement, the United States proposes a meeting between the Heads of State of the two nations as well as those of Mexico in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in order to discuss the formation of a unified trading and military bloc in 1926. In Asia, the United States requests that the British Raj form a trading and relationship with it. Meanwhile, the American military establishment in China is also increased. An additional six gunboats and four destroyers are deployed to maintain patrols of the Yangzte River while 8000 further Marines are likewise sent to extend American influence along the length of said river. Finally, in what becomes one of his two great speechs as President and the first ever major political radio broadcast, President Wood makes his famous "The Verdict of History" address. Its focus is nothing less than a full indictment against the Communist powers, in particular Italy and the USSR. The address begins with a focus on the facts, as they are known to the United States, in that the utter destruction Communist rule has imposed on the people of Russia is laid bare; [http:// the decline of heavy industry to just 13% of its 1913 total, iron and steel to just 3.6%, the almost destruction of capital goods, and the collapse of small industry to just 44%.]The President then goes on to note that no mechanization of Soviet agriculture nor development of a modern rail system is possible without American capital, given the Soviet lacking, and that no European allies (a jab toward Italy) can make up for this. He then further goes on to note that only with American capital and expertise could the Soviets hope to make their system work and that so long as he is President, this will never come about. He concludes the address by directly calling Communism an evil empire.
  • Weimar Republic: with Rudolf as the new leader of the Nazi Party, organization is altered to that of what Hitler had set up. Rudolf is now the new Fuhrer of the party and as a result, he establishes multiple offices within Konigsberg, Dresden, and Cologne with more public funding coming in from donors. The Stars of David re-organize into a gang that works around giving loans to others and in return have to pay back double but with increasing inflation rates, this puts the goons in the pressure of acting desperate to get their money by harassing German Corporatist, and other officials with Ransom's and so forth and will the ever so growing lawlessness, within poor urban zones, they thrive. Their leader remains anonymous. Murders of the national bolshevik leaders occur once more with suspicions of the culprits being linked to themselves. As a result, their popularity drops as corruption is shown with the parties gaining funds from frauds and big bankers showing disconnect from the people. 35% of the party members leave while 45% of those move to the more attractive National Socialist Party. Rudolf Höss is infuriated with the communist seizure of power within Austria and as a result, the sister Group, The Austrian Brotherhood whose main goal was to achieve the threat of communism within Austria. Secret messages would be relayed to others in Austria for organization of the movement while private shipments of weapons from Germany would move in. Josef Leopold is recognized as leader while Strassmen is placed under the role of director of the project. The German Central Bank under control of an unfit Adminstration, has the Marke drop slightly but not as bad as previous falls which is a sign of more stability. anti-Semitism rises unusually higher Lea to 200,000 Jewish citizens packing their bags although others brush it off as a minor phase and an isolated situation. Small minuet quanities of concealed rearmament occurs with added weaponry and such put in private owned storage units across the country. Rudolf delivers a speech in Berlin calling out against the unnatural characters promoted by businesses Along city district promoting pornography and adultery which he explains it as an attachment to on German Values of traditionalism and harm to the youth.

1926

Following their popular financial support, both houses of the US Congress have a majority of Democratic politicians in the midterm elections. In order to please their lobbyists, these congressmen vote against some of Wood's more extreme foreign policy.

  • Completely implausible. In the 1926 elections of IOTL the GOP lost six seats to end up with a majority of 58 seats; this means the Democrats would have to win an additional nine seats to attain a majority, for a grand total of needing 15 victories to accomplish this. To put that into perspective, there has never been a US election to feature that many losses in the Senate during a midterm, not even during the Great Depression. To further highlight how unlikely this is, the largest landslide in Presidential history was 17% in 1920; for the Democrats to achieve this here would require a 20-30% margin. - GBUSA
  • Have you considered that the reason the Republicans were so successful in the 1920s OTL was because of their isolationist policies, which is what was in popular demand? -NateNo, because such policies didn't exist. Up until the Washington Naval Conference they embarked on a Naval buildup, throughout the 1920s intervened in most Central American and Caribbean states, sent troops to China, applied diplomatic pressure on the Anglo-French to change German reparations, pressured the UK on Ireland, supported Fascist Italy economically, participated in numerous conferences such as the Genoa Conference in 1922, and other actions. Even ignoring that, we're presuming a hardline stance on Communism, when the 1920s featured the Palmer Raids and the First Red Scare was in 1919, would result in the greatest electoral defeat of any party in US history when even the Great Depression couldn't achieve such a victory. Finally, you have to remember Democrats aren't a unified bloc; in the 1930s Southern Dems broke with the national party to form a Conservative coalition with the GOP; do you really expect them to side with the Soviets? - GBUSA


Due to the favorable immigration policies of Australia, over a thousand migrant workers enters the nation this year from India and south China.

Many Brazilians flee the civil unrest as refugees in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic and the United States. The Austrian Communist Party begins integrating their socialist policies in their occupied lands, the LoN mandate continues the transfer from the Empire to a democracy.

Emperor Taisho of Japan dies.

The Rif War ends with the Rif tribe surrending to the Spanish colonial Empire.

In Greece, Theodoros Pangalos attempts to use coersion tactics, using veteran military from the Greco-Turkish War, in order to force his way to be elected president of the Hellenic Republic.

Public radio and sound film begins to be used in the United States.

Britain recognizes the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd, and sends support, and continues to help build their Air Force.

  • Kingdom of Egypt: Faud is the King. The government's attempts of improving literacy rates among the poor by forcing children to read English and Arabic books (This is looked down upon but is still used in poor areas). Quskut artists begin to make to national headline as the number of listeners blow up. The national army is formed and attempts to form a standing army is worked upon. Troops in the Negev are pulled out until 500 men are left. We try to work on a navy with attempts up down and down the Nile. The King begins to work on the idea of air power by trying to enlist men to create planes. Wafdist begins to study the recent war in Syria. A group called "The Muslim Brotherhood" is formed. Egyptian troops are placed on the Sudanese border, Supplies are sent to the Sudanese border. 70,000 Egyptian troops march into Sudan and Khartoum declaring the restoration of outright Arab Land in Africa, we call for the Arab Legion to supply our cause of Arab Unity. we send 1000 men to help in the Arabian Peninsula.
  • Republic of China: The development of the economy continues forward, with railways and roads being constructed to connect the vast country while factories are also being built in some major cities, including Shanghai, Nanjing, Tianjin, and Canton. The help from Japan allows more factories to be commissioned in other cities throughout China as well. Finally, after years of civil war, the economy begins entering a period of prosperity and growth as the stabilized political situation allows more development. The mining of minerals and other resources in northern China also provides a source of revenue, along with the Maritime Customs Service. Agricultural production continues to grow as well. Efforts are made to attract more European and American investment. The Second National Congress of the Kuomintang is called and major restructuring of the Chinese government is planned out at this session by Sun Yat-sen, Wellington Koo, and various other politicians. The KMT has surged in popularity as the unifying force of the Chinese nation since the onset of the warlord era. The Premier will remain the effective leader as the head of the Central Executive Committee, which is comprised of seven ministries—Interior, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Transport, Justice, Agriculture and Mines, Commerce. This effectively makes China a one-party state under the KMT. The armed forces, the National Army, is placed under the control of the Central Military Commission, with Sun's colleague Chiang Kai-shek being promoted to the position of Chairman of the Military Commission. The army continues recruiting and drafting, with a strength of one million men that is planned to be increased over the next few years to 1.5 million, organized into new divisions that are spread across the country. Military forces in each region are organized as "War Zones" that oversee the troops and defenses in their area. A training regimen is adopted to provide formal military training for the new troops, and many former warlord and imperial soldiers are required to go through it as well. The Whampoa Military Academy is formally established in Guangxi to train the future general officers. In foreign affairs, Sun Yat-sen, who spent a lot of time in the United States, publicly denounces America's aggressive behavior of sending troops into China as a betrayal of its founding ideals. France is asked if China can purchase several destroyers and cruisers from French shipyards for the ROC Navy. Additionally, China offers to help the Soviet Union economically in exchange for military assistance in the form of equipment and advisors.
  • British Raj: The sanitation system is complete. The trade deal with the United States is accepted by the Governor-general. Work continues to be done to clean up the cities and hook them to electricity. Some early work is done on hooking villages to electricity. British and Indian trained doctors fight disease. Meanwhile, more schools are built where English and writing are taught. At first these were mainly in the cities but are now in rural villages, with the exception of some tribal areas were hostility might arise to being taught to read and write. Modernization of agriculture continues, with many moving to cities due to greater crop yields. Particularly prized is Basmati rice. Meanwhile, help continues to be sent to create the Indian capitalist class in the cities. Lee Enfield and Medium Mark I tanks continue production. Bengal and the Dravidia regions see particular industrial growth. Shoe factories, clothing factories, and cigarette factories are made, some of them now owned by the Indian capitalist class. Subhras Chandra Bose continues to rally Azad Hind troops, many of them wielding truncheons, beating up people suspected of "betraying" their members to the British. They now serve as effective riot police in Chandra's speeches. Secretly, they stockpile some weapons, for unknown reasons currently. Ansar al Deen in the Pakistani tribal areas also stockpiles some weapons, building improvised rockets. They begin to infiltrate farther into Muslim areas, telling stories of the Great Mughals and how that glory can be brought back. Yet they are much more secretive than Azad Hind. Armstrong Whitworth Siskin fighter jets begin production in the Raj, creating more Indian jobs. Azad Hind support drops a bit after this. Meanwhile, more Indian students go to universities, opening with British help. Thus an Indian intellectual class forms, critical mostly of the independence movement, under the justification that "if there was such thing as the Indian nation in history, I would be a patriot, but there was never an Indian nation, so I am a British patriot. More significantly, Indian expertise in science increases.
  • Socialist Republic of Italy: Italy is headed by Prime Minister Antonio Gramsci, who exercises control over the socialist party of Italy. His communist leanings and charismatic nature bring more communists to his cause by the day. The ISP holds a vast majority of the chairs in both the Italian Parliament and the Italian Council of Workers. Though communists hold the power within the ISP, the party remains an alliance of left-leaning people, which includes everything from anarchists to communists to democratic socialists. Gramsci, frustrated by the US's failure to recognize the new socialist government in Austria is "an act of imperialism, meant to keep the suffering Austrian peoples bound by the bourgeois power structures that led to the Great War in the first place, and in refusing to recognize the new government of Austria, the United States is perpetuating continuous warfare in the region and is quickly making itself an enemy of the very standards on which it was founded." He sites the successes of socialists across the world, likening their rises to romantic notions associated with the French Revolution and other desires to be free. Italy declares the people of Austria to be under its protection and takes an active role in rebuilding the nation and shaping its newly-socialist government. In addition, it works to radicalize the Yugoslav presence in Austria, hoping to bring its wartime ally into an era of 'cooperation and peace amongst all European peoples.' Antonio Gramsci publishes the Tesi Rosse (The Red Theses), a compilation of his writings on the nature of western Communism. It describes his thoughts on cultural hegemony (how the bourgeoisie retain their control over the proletariat), his feelings on democracy's central place in any dictatorship of the proletariat, his belief that education is central to continuing a socialist state, and his criticism of economic determinism (the fallacy of associating any person in power as being strictly bourgeois or any worker as automatically being a member of a proletariat). The Tesi Rossa is distributed throughout Europe; Gramsci wishes for Europe to view socialism as a natural wish of the people and thereby democratic rather than the 'totalitarian' view many seem to associate with socialism. During this year, Italian arts flourish as the nation enters 'an era of romance,' in which the blissful workers are free to express their thoughts. Allusions to Marxist theory becomes a recurring trope in Italian cinema while physical art emulates Italian futurism. The open trade between the Soviet Union, Austria, and Italy continues to form a new economic market as Gramsci wishes to "wean the people of Italy off the ill-gotten currencies of capitalism." While Italy is more than happy to trade its wealth of culture with the rest of the world, the hostile and hypocritical reactions of nations such as the United States have taught the Italian people now more than ever that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Under Gen. Bordigo, Italy begins testing a number of new potential military aircraft, as well as the increasingly popular rigid airships. Furthermore, he wishes to create a stronger Italian navy. With the nationalization of oil fields in the former colonies and of industries such as Fiat, the mass accumulation of metal and oil allows the Italian military to create mass amounts of parts, arms, and ammunition. An Andrea Doria-class battleship is produced by the end of the year, along with several destroyers and corvettes.
  • Bolivia: new elections to the National Assembly are held this year; although there are still no definitive party structures or ideologies, Gustavo Navarro’s bloc of candidates largely secures reelection and even grows. A few Navarro-allied candidates run explicitly as socialists, mostly in urban areas, although most reject the label; no one in Bolivia has much of a clue what socialism is, although enthusiasm for state-directed reconstruction of the economy and expanded welfare is, with the old oligarchic class gone, widespread. Another substantial bloc of candidates win on an agrarian pro-peasant platform, while those who remain of the old liberals are largely swamped by a flood of urban radical votes due to the expanded franchise. New economic policies continue; agricultural reforms begin to take effect, while development of the Chaco and the Bolivian Amazon grows, based around ranching/yerba mate cultivation and coffee/rubber, respectively – although the government, the product of an indigenous voting majority, is careful to confirm the land titles of the regions’ native inhabitants. The improvement of roads and building of railways as a job provision program continues. With the completion of the defensive line on the Chilean border, the army largely demobilizes, with the line to be manned by conscripts rotating through their yearly periods of training. With the railway into the Chaco having reached Filadelfia, a fort and garrison is emplaced there and, as OTL, Mennonites fleeing countries who forced them to fight in the Great War are allowed to settle in the region. In cooperation with a Dutch consortium led by Royal Dutch Shell, to which the Bolivian government has promised the exclusive right to exploit new reserves, further exploration for oil begins in southern Bolivia. Meanwhile, construction of factories to manufacture Mauser bolt-action rifles and light and heavy machine guns begins, with the expertise provided by the Dutch, begins, while plans and the import of machinery begin for factories to produce light howitzers and mortars, which will necessarily take longer. Canning factories are also built with government subsidies in La Paz and Sucre, aiming to produce canned food both to make protein-rich food widely available and to provide a supply stockpile for the military, while factories to process animal bones into fertilizer are established; none of these need deeply complex machinery, only starting capital. Bolivian diplomats in Buenos Aires make state Bolivia's preliminary negotiating position - the restoration of a coastal outlet - and their refusal to deviate from it. Bolivia accepts Brazilian refugees and provides official aid.
    • Bolivian Diplomacy: After Chancellor Navarro reads that the US govt has referred to Bolivian "madness" in one of the few American newspapers to appear in La Paz, he drafts a lengthy diatribe in response suggesting that until the US ends its illegal occupations of Nicaragua, Haiti and the Dominican Republic in defence of US commercial interests, it ought to keep its nose out of the rest of the hemisphere's business. He isn't sure whether the idiom "the pot shouldn't call the kettle black" will translate into English well, but uses it anyway.
    • Peru is like “Hey man, you better like chill and stuff”.
  • Poland: Josef Pilsudski begins instituting several state socialist policies all while strengthening his position as chief of state. His supporters form their own party that joins the Corporatist Workers Coalition along with Dmowski's party and Radziwill's party. Pilsudski also uses the Sejm Fire and the assassination of Narutowicz as an excuse to increase central power and cut down on democratic institutions. Pilsudski also maintains his popularity, being supported by the left and right wing. He also begins nationalization of Polish industry and enlargement of the Polish military, instituting conscription and making sure all weaponry is up to date. The Polish Communist Party begins falling out of favor as they support Pilsudski and the recent Polish-Soviet War. The main polish leftist organization are the rising Polish Syndicalists and Council Communists, seeking to establish a revolutionary syndicalist territory in Poland and Europe. They gain an especially strong support base in Polish Silesia and Galicia. Pilsudski also announces a state of war against Lithuania because of claims that the Lithuanians were backing the Central Lithuanian Rebellion. The Polish Army, which was already stationed in the Wilno Region, launches an invasion into Lithuania, quickly destroying their frail and fragile army. Polish bombers soar over Kaunas and spare civilian areas but destroy military fortifications and munitions factories. Polish bombers also drop propaganda on the Lithuanians in Lithuanian about the "Polish-Lithuanian Identity" and a glorious intermarium that would protect from the terrors of Soviet Oppression.
  • OCC: I'm sorry but explain to me how Pilsudski was a socialist.
    • Pilsudski changed his policies a lot over the course of his life and I'm talking more of a Bismarckian style state-socialism  or social democracy but without the democracy. Pilsudski favored a centralized state and this kind of "socialism" does strengthen/centralize the government which Pilsudski favored.
    • Soviet Dip: Lenin annoyed with the Polish invasion of Lithuania and with Greater Poland being no Secret requests the Polish troops exit from Lithuania. 1.2 million Soviet Troops stand on the Polish Border and it is hoped Poland will return respectfully to treaty lines delineated by the end of the Polish-Soviet war.
    • Polish Dip: The Polish Foreign Minister to the Soviets ensures that the Poles will respect the treaty lines which only pertain to the Soviet-Polish border. Polish diplomats propose the creation of a DMZ in Polish Belarus and Ukraine for 10 years which would mean neither of us could threaten each other and poland will even give some supplies to the Soviets to help crush the last bastions of white resistance. Polish Communist party leaders attempt to visit Lenin in the Kremlin about maintaining peace and that Lenin should donate money to them as opposed to just launching an invasion. Pilsudski also promises Lenin that Poland will not make any moves on Soviet land and that the Poles are "satisfied with the current Polish-Soviet Border and will not be doing anything to change that". 
    • Soviet Dip: Lenin specifically delineates that Lithuania is to remain fully independent and that the Polish troops are to withdraw at once. No DMZ, No NAP, no tech or trade agreement, The Polish back down or they face the Soviet Backed Baltic states. Latvia and Estonia are recognized as fully sovereign nations in their own right and Lithuania is given the same courtesy. Poland shall withdraw at once. 
  • Hungary: Hungary remains in a state of disrepair following the disastrous Hungarian-Romanian War and the failed policies of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. To recover the nation Prime Minister Istven Bethlen plans to release a new currency by next year in hopes to revitalize the nation. Regent Horthy is all but concerned and paranoid following he Austrian Communist Party's rise to power. Horthy orders diplomats to Germany to forge ties with them and gain a possible guarantee against Austro-Italian attempts at reunification, or installation of a Second Soviet Republic.
    • Poland offers Hungary an anti-communist alliance as Poland also fears communists (the Soviet Union). We also propose some sort of economic cooperation.
    • Reluctantly accepts Hungarian-Polish cooperation. However, the diplomatic missions to Germany will continue.
  • The Hellenic Republic: Construction begins on a large shipyard with public and private backing. The new shipyard is built to be big enough to construct larger battleships and battlecruisers. The integration of the Anatolian Greeks into society continues, and housing prices have skyrocketed. The government does what it can to help the most vulnerable of these new members of Greek society, settling them in Thrace to solidify the Greek ethnic claim on the lands. The lower industrial and commercial taxes implemented last year do manage to make Greek products more competitive internationally. The Heavy-Cruiser design begins to take form under the working title Hermes-Class thanks to its high speed. The cruiser will be armed with seven 30.48 cm guns in three turrets, two fore and one aft. With a top speed of 29 knots, the ship is designed to outrun anything that can out-gun it, but still hunt down and out-gun most other cruisers. Unfortunately, no shipyard in Greece has the capacity to build such a ship at this time. The Greek Navy also reaches out to the United Kingdom asking if Greece could purchase HMS Centurion and HMS Ajax both of which the United Kingdom recently decommissioned.(Mod Response Please, in OTL they were sold for scrap/used as a target ship) The Greek purchase of the New York from the USA goes through this year as well. Politically, Theodoros Pangalos, an ardent Venizelist, is elected to the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic. While largely a ceremonial position, he enjoys working closely with his favorite ideologue Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos.
    • The British sell the HMS Ajaz, but the HMS Centurion is being experimented as a radio target ship for the time being
    • Greece thanks the British for their generosity and wishes them best of luck with the experiments on the Centurion.
  • Republic of Peru: Peru continues to thrive, and with the new US trading pact, we begin to experience an influx of capital coming our way. President Leguía announces that the talks in Beunos Aires are going well, and that they should succeed (Bolivia please see Here for peace talks page, and please put your proposal). We continue to extract our valuable minerals and rubber from our beautiful lands. The Peruvian Government is unsettled by Bolivia’s increasingly wild and radical nature after its Anti-American sentiment, calling it a “Rogue State”, and hopes the peace talks might bring things back to normal. We continue to fund an increasingly more available education system, with more supplies being available for the classroom. We begin to modernize our military, and offer to trade the US valuable crash crops in exchange for state of the art military equipment (GB RESPONSE NEEDED!).
    • US Department of State: The United States accedes to the request of Peru and formulates the Lima Exchange Commission, wherein the US proposes a free trade agreement between the two nations with preferntial rates on surplus American equipment to aid the development of the Peruvian Armed Forces. The US also goes further and suggests Peru allow for extensive US investment into the nation to develop it, particularly its mineral reserves and agricultural sector. 
  • Soviet Union: Annoyed with the gall and audacity of the Poles, Lenin, Bukharin and the Politburo convene on whether to intervene. However, rather than outright reignite the Polish-Soviet War Bukharin convinces the Politburo and Lenin himself on the possibility of bringing Estonia and Latvia into the fold as Soviet Protected States. The Soviets offer a guarantee of protection to the Baltics for economic and Political Cooperation to prevent their outright annexation to the Poles insane Intermarium or Greater Poland idea (Nate, please). With this under such scrutiny and an issue now on the border the Soviets hope to attemp to force a withdrawal from Lithuania. Reservists are called back into Service and upwards of 1.2 million men are amassed all over the Polish border taking care not to aggressively spark a war with Poland. With a newly consolidated and semi modernized industrial base behind them, the Red Army sees its best and most well equipped troops, with massive artillery support behind them and a with the reconstitution and expansion of the railway system a huge supply chain to keep these troops in the field. The Soviet West to East plan continues with the acquisition of industrial equipment from Japan, and Italy, as well as huge boons from Communist Sympathisers in the French upper industrial circles being able to secure lots of industrial product to build its own industrial base. The beginning of the Expansion phase of Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk begins as well with the buildup of more infrastructure specifically rail lines to connect resource deposits as well as expand the amount of traffic the Trans Siberian railway can hold. With the initial and intermediate effects of the Recession now controlled and Soviet Consumer industry and light industries now back up and running the production of basic goods for the people is now under control and the stuttering Soviet economy finally gets on solid ground as with the influx of oil and raw resources capital from selling abroad allows the Soviet economy to begin to get a grind onto full scale expansion seeing noteworthy growth this year. The influx of Italian engineers as well as some French and German engineers specifically hired for this work officially startup a series of automotive plants across the Soviet Union specifically in Niznh Novgorod and Volgograd. The intial vehicles are of dubious quality but Soviet automotive engineers start researching into improvements. The Military industry has seen some of the most prolific and notable change as the standardization of Soviet equipment has kept them busy and support equipment, as well as rifles and artillery batteries are cranked out. Radios also begin to be distributed in higher echelons leading to a higher level of cohesian in the Red Army specifically amassed on the border with Poland. The control of Sinkiang and Mongolia give the Far East industrial growth a much needed resource boost as the influx of raw resources from a closer source allows the Soviets to further build up Ulan Ude and Irkutsk. Vladivostok as a result of proximity to Japan is able to begin building up its dockyards in a more respectable fashion specifically geared towards producing trade ships and some shipyards even large enough to produce heavy hitting naval ships with one of these specifically able to construct battleships. The signing of a temporary pact with the Estonians and Latvian sees roughly 100,000 troops from the Red Army flood over the border and set up positions on the Lithuanian border prepared to move on a moments notice.
    • The Baltics decline protection but propose a temporary military alliance with the Soviets to combat the poles, as they see the Soviets as more friendly, and an economic corporation..
    • Poland is willing to come to an agreement with the Soviets, recognizing their overlordship over the two northern Baltic states and even a science/economic agreement and non-aggression pact in exchange for keeping Lithuania.
    • Soviet Dip: We Decline, Lithuania shall go free and we shall lobby for the Lithuanians to give up their claims to Wilno. But that is it. Poland shall retreat out of National Lithuania.
    • Poland would like to occupy Lithuania for one year and establish a new government before withdrawing but promises to withdraw after that time.
    • Soviet Dip: 1.3 million Soviet soldiers stand on your doorstep, well supplied, and staring down across Poland's large... mostly indefensible border. Retreat from Lithuania. 
    • Poland calls the international community, mainly enemies of the Soviets, to stand against this aggression while readying our formidable and battle hardened forces (three-fourths of our entire army). Also, I am rather sceptical of being able to field 1.3 million men after the infrastructure in that area was already decimated in the Polish-Soviet War and according to Wikipedia the Red Army only numbered 800,000 during this time period, not to mention Soviet forces occupied elsewhere in Sinkiang and on the border with Japan.
    • Actually, the Soviets - along with many other forces - could move around over one million by the end of the great war. Secondly, you're being super aggressive against Lithuania so while the west would be antagonized by Soviet expansion, I doubt they would intervene specially with the civil war still fresh in everyone's mind With Blood and Iron (talk) 17:35, July 10, 2018 (UTC)
    • On this, I shall side with Poland. IOTL they outright attempted to annex Lithuania in 1919 and the British were still willing to go to bat over the Soviets in the Baltics. - GBUSA
  • Empire of Japan: With the passing of Emperor Taisho the country enters a brief morning before embracing the new Emperor Hirihito is proclaimed Emperor Showa.  Following his acension there is a major fall out between Takaaki and the Imperial General Staff. The military command successfully outmenuever Takaaki, by gaining the cofidence of the young Emepror. Takaaki is dismissed and Tanaka Giichi is named Prime minister of Japan forming a new cabinet and Diet mostly filled with pro-Zaibatsu, and pro-military members of the Rikken  Seiyukai party (conservatives.) Amongst his cabinet appointments surprisingly is Ikki Kita, whose books and political theories have grown in popularity amongst members of the military, the general public and the emperor himself he is made the Minister of Education and minister of colonial affairs and Fumimaro Konoe (the man who famously walked out of the peace of varsaille as Minister of Foreign relations, Within the military itself, Tanaka finds allies amongst the growing Toseiha faction (control Faction), whose members include Shigeru Honjo, Iwane Matsui, Tetsuzan Nagata, and Isoroku Yamamoto amongst others. The Toseiha faction quickly gain prominence within the new government and quickly establish connections with the Zaibatsus. They advocate total control over the state apparatus, State-capitalism, corporatist economics, and military and trechnological innovation so as to prepare Japan for total war in peace and wartime and Pan-Asianism along the lines laid out by Ikki Kita's works. The Imperial Military Institute of Engineering in Osaka is giving the task of developing new tanks and armored vehicles and improving existing military technologies. Economic growth starts to pick up at a rapid pace thanks to the growth in trade in East Asia. Shipping, mancufcturing, steel production, and radio companies in particular enter a booming period. Massive efforts are put into expanding infrustructure across the empire and the government starts investing in radios and improved lines of communcation. Military excpansion and modernization continue. The army is expanded to 1,000,000 active troops with another 5,00,000 in reserves. Drilling and tactics are giving greater emphasis now. Naval expansion continues with 2 more battleships and another aircraft carrier being commissioned, 5 more battle cruisers, and 6 submarines are also built. The IJA, AND IJN begin ordering large quantities of aircrafts which are being produced by Misubishi and Kawasaki Heavy industries to meet the growing demand. Both comapnies secure contracts from the military and government to begin building factories in Manchuria as part of the industrialization of Manshu. Investments in enginnering, and technological innovation is increased. Many western weapons and decvices are reverse engineered. Japan's Automobile industry also starts to take off with increased domestic demand. Major Banking reforms are also put forward by Tanaka Giichi's cabinet to modernize and bring under control the rampent lending without collotoral, the planned reforms are supported by the Zaibatsus, but opposed by the liberals, and small business lobbies. 
    • Choson: Economic growth continues due to increased traffic between Manshu and Japan along with the increase in trade with China and Japan. Cultural integration continues and with the recent appointment of Ikki Kita to Minister of Education major efforts are made into adjusting the perception of both Japanese and Koreans toward each other to show that both people are from the same origins they just diverted in development but remain sister cultures. Confucius, and Buddhist teahings of self enlightenment and social harmony become a major focus of the corriculum, along with practical skills to further the productivity ofthe population. Police brutality against ethnic Koreans is curved, and Korean is promoted in primary and secondary education along side Japanse though Post secondary education remains almost exclusively in Japanese. The Japanese population in Keijo (Seoul), and Inchon and the south start to grow.
    • Manshu: Industrialization of Manshu begins in earnest with the Kwantung Army building lots of army owned factories, and with the major Zaibatsus following suit. Shinkyo/Hsinking, Port Arthur, Mukden, Karbin, and other cities receive a major influx of capital as the protecterate government goes about rebuilding and modernizing the cities. lines of communication are improved greatly with telegram lines, telephone lines and electricity lines being built across the region alongside improved roads, and railway lines. Mantetsu (south Manchuria Railway) is a major investor in alot of these projects and the company quickly grows to become the largest company in Manchuria alongside the traditional Zaibatsus. Education is improved greatly as compuslary attendance is enforced. Buddhism is promoted within the corriculum, alongside confucius teachings. Manshu is declared a multi-ethnic entity within the Japanese Empire, and Ikki Kita's education reforms and colonial propaganda are heavily implemented here in an effort to build up a following for his Pan-asian ideals. Fortification of the region begins to solidify control over the region. Mining increases tenfold, and surveying of the region begins in earnest to determine the resources found in the area. Manshu's ports start to pick up increased traffic as trade with China nad the Soviet Union expand. 
    • Taihoku: Taihoku sees a major advancement within the Japanese empire with three members of the Imperial Diet being elected from the island. The City of Taihoku and its surronding area are made into the Prefecture of Taihoku marking a change in Imperial policy towards the islands, from one of a model colony to one of formal integration into the Home Islands. The Imperial University of Taihoku lots of funds to improve the overall quality of education to bring it up to par with the Home Islands. 
    • South Pacific Mandate: Efforts to integrate the locals begin in earnest. Contruction of ports and fortifications throughout the South Pacific begin. Lines of communication are improved throughout the mandate.
    • Japanese Dip: China, Britain, USA and the Dutch and French are invited to Tokyo to an international summit to discuss trade, security in the Far East next year. (mods and players respond)
      • The United Kingdom and the Netherlands both agree to the summit.
    • Jap Dip: Japan offers a trade agreement and alliance to Siam, to its longtime friend Siam. (OTL Japan and Siam had really good relations at this time, and Siam saw Japan as model for itself to avoid colonization) ( Mod response, please)
      • Siam agrees to a moderately extensive trade deal on certain goods.
    • US Department of State: The United States agrees to attend this summit, on the basis of establish a new order in the Pacific.
    • Chinese Diplomacy: China agrees to attend the summit.
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Syria: Victory is commemorated over the fall of Saudis. A bronze monument is commissioned in the city of Ma'an, in honor of the fallen soldiers during the Battle of Nejd, which was the turning point of the war. The agreements for the division of the Middle East are given at the Middle Eastern Conference. However, disputed borders remain with Turkey which will be decided at the earliest possibility. The re-establishment of the Kingdom of Hejaz, under King Ali ibn Hussein, is henceforth called the Hashemite Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz. Persia is given a portion of the coastline as mining outposts. Meanwhile, the internal organization of the nation takes priority, investing much of the economy towards the development of proto-industry. We ask the United States and France to help invest in developing a Syrian Air force, as the British were doing for the Saudis (Player Response). Cash crops of fruit and wheat are primarily used for exports from the nation, but there is additional investment in the production of jewels and diamonds. In order to aid the Egyptians in their disputes, 1000 men are sent to Egypt and are stationed in the Sinai peninsula.
    • US Department of State: The United States agrees to provide the Syrian Air Force with three Zeppelins for observation and logistical purposes.Three dozen Ford Trimotor aircraft are also offerred, as well as an offer to extend production of the Curtiss P-1 Hawk into Syria with licenses and American technical and capital aid to establish and maintain production.
  • Republic of Brazil: Backed by most of the military, even some of the higher ranks, Luís Prestes overthrows the oligarchy in Brazil in February 1926 with a relatively bloodless coup d'état. New, fair and secret elections are held in December, while Prestes is voted as an independent candidate. He massively supports the PCB, even if his biggest threat in domestic politics is the almost equal popular Getulio Vargas. Prestes is willing to form a left-wing "catch-all" party with Vargas who is still sceptical of this idea. The new Party is called "Movimento para um Novo Brasil", MNP for short. The brazilian society comes to rest since promises of peace are taken. Meanwhile, the Trans-Amazon Railway reaches Sao Paulo, making it easier to transport manufactured goods like tools from there to the building site.
  • Persia: The shah invites His Majesty Faisal of Syria to visit Persia and the Tehran university. The ecconomy gets a significant boost with the new shah's economic reforms. The shah holds a speech in Tehran. The air force has now grown to 40 fighters. Ten of these are sent to Syria as a gift.
  • Commonwealth of Australia: The Australian government lobbies to London for a fusion of the Oceanian colonies and dominions of the British Empire to a single Dominion of Australasia/Oceania. In the meantime, plans for New Guinea's elevation to statehood commence. (Mod Response). The immigration policies start to bear fruit, as Indians, Chinese, and Caucasians relocate to Australia under the prospects of employment and prosperity. With all the British equipment left behind in the country during the Great War, Australian industry starts to reverse-engineer these crafts, such as firearms, Gatling guns and artillery. The extraction of raw materials and resources continue, fueled by the new influx of foreign capital and labor. Manufacturies, factories, and roads/railways continue to be built across Australia. Several state-owned corporations begin the surveying and extraction of oil and rubber in the Dutch East Indies.
  • Turkey: Turkish troops demonstrate their ability during the Arabian war. The air force is particularly useful as it gains valuable experience destroying the still new and inexperienced Saudi air force. Turkish bombers damage Saudi ability to operate by bombing fortifications and camps in the desert. However, tragedy strikes the nation soon after as Mehmed VI dies in Ankara. The next head of the Ottoman dynasty is crowned as Sultan and Caliph as Abdulmejid II. Domestically, agricultural output stands at 90%, almost at pre-war levels of output. Tobacco sales by the government help to bring in additional revenue. Chromium mining is also an important source of income and the profits from chromium sales are used to invest in industry and infrastructure. The education program continues and literacy levels continue to rise, albeit slowly. To continue the process of industrialization, Turkey hopes to purchase industrial equipment for use in shipyards and factories from the United States. With tensions heating up over the unresolved Mosul Question and the apparent British hostility to Turkish interests, the Turkish government resolves to spend even more to modernize its armed forces, albeit going into debt in the process. The Turkish government purchases 50 Renault FT tanks from France, using them to form a dedicated armored battalion within the Turkish army. The navy also purchases the battleship Imperator Aleksandr III by paying for its docking fees in Bizerte. The ship is sailed to a Turkish shipyard and after limited restoration is pressed into service as the Kanunî Sultan Süleyman, meant to add to the Turkish navy's ability to deter Greek and now British naval operations within Turkish waters. In southeastern Turkey troops are deployed in case Britain resolves to launch a punative attack against Turkish territory, which the general staff fears in light of strong British policy in Egypt and Nejd. Turkish agents begin to supply arms and ammunition to Turkmens within northern Iraq, creating a clandestine militia group soon referred to as the "Turkmen Levy" designed to operate in Turkey's interests if a major war were to break out. 
  • United States of America: The Naval Act of 1916 is completed, resulting in the United States Navy now being the largest, most modern force on the seas in the world. In conjuction with the fact the US is now secure as the World's top economy , it is now clear to say the US the dominant world power. President Wood, attending the commissioning of the last of the newly built South Dakota-class battleships, the USS Virginia, uses the opportunity to deliever what becomes his final and most famous address. Covering the humble origins of these United States, from their birth to their current greatness, he equates the United States to a shining city upon the hill. Well received, it ultimately comes to be defined as symbolic of his Presidency, as a few weeks later President Wood dies quietly in the White House. A massive state funeral is held to much mourning throughout the nation, while Vice President Lenroot is sworn in as President. Lenroot vows to maintain many of policies of Wood, although he does signal a more progressive turn in other areas, particularly with regard to finance and social welfare. Military testing of a new semi-automatic rifle to replace the M1903 Springfield results in the approval of .276 Pedersen design by Garand; as a result, the US begins to move towards serial production of the ten-round per magazine rifle by next year. As a result, the US begins offerring to sell massive quantities of .30-06 munitions to interested parties. Foreign Policy remains relatively consistent, with the US moving to request greater economic ties with India as well as asking Poland for the right to send one of the new American Battleships to conduct a visit of the Port of Danzig. The Bretton Woods Conference is held in New Hampshire, where the US proposes the establishment of a free trade pact between itself, Canada and Mexico with the goal of eliminating all tariffs between them by 1930 and the formation of a working council to oversee any disputes, streamline trading and establish a common set of policies with regards to products also by 1930. All three economies will also open themselves up to investment by the others. 
    • Egypt Dip: An envoy is sent to the US asking for the purchase of American Weaponry. 
    • US Department of State: The US assents to this proposal, agreeing to supply 50,000 Springfields over the next two years, in addition to ten million rounds of .30-06 ammunition for them. The US further proposes the formation of a US-Egyptian investment and free trade pact. 
  • Argentine Republic: The government invest more in education. More mines are opened to help expand the economy of the nation. We ask America to invest in our industry in exchange for Mining and Gas rights. More land in Patagonia is developed in order to open up agriculture and cow herding. The nation begins finding ways to makes itself as self sufficient as possible.
  • Weimar Republic: After another year of heavy inflation, it now takes 1000 Markes to make a dollar. The Stars of David, now check to the Sons of David are suspected of burning the Reichstag. In this, the fire had consumed half the building in a blaze. The Nazi's move and transfer weaponry ranging from rifles to vehicles sold privately to supporters of the Austrian Brotherhood as codenames and other variants are made to call members in private and simple code system based off numbers for letters. 180,000 total members are confirmed. In the meantime, many speakers come out during the holidays preaching against the Communist and calls for true German Will and Spirit to rise up against the corrupt and un-german system. Rudolf Höss allows the distribution of more weaponry to the Austrian Brotherhood. 12 million voters now supported the Nazi Party. With members of the Paramilitary in East Prussia, some Nazi members call for the germans to rise against their occupier's. The Austrian Brotherhood calls for a secret plan called “War of Flowers” that would take effect in April of need year.

1927

The Portuguese government in exile is recognized by most of their external colonies, especially Angola and Mozambique. The Portuguese Republic launches an attack to reclaim the Guinea.

The rest of the Baltic states declare war on Poland. Danzing sends 50 volunteers to Lithuania, most of these are Nazis and Anti-Polish. Britain is neuteral on the war unless Poland homeland is invaded. 

There is an unarmed uprising by 2,000 affiliants of the Austrian Brotherhood in Vienna, as a haphazard attempt for the fascist party to take over the government and remove Italian influence.

The Bretten Woods conference agrees to the US proposal.

The Beunos Aires Peace talks continue (see Chile response on the page).

The Summit in Tokyo Begins. The British and Dutch both wish to invest in the development and armament of Japan and its constituent states in East Asia while maintaining the integreity of their East Asian colonies.

The LoN mandate in Austria is mainly Italian administered.

The HMS Centaurian is decomissioned.

Great Britain recognizes the fusion of Greater Australia. However, New Guinea remains an autonomous region within Australia to protect the enfranchisement of the Austronesian people.

  • Republic of China: By the beginning of 1927 the economy of China continues to grow at exponential rates and industrialization increases, as Chinese delegates attend the Tokyo trade conference. The government promotes more foreign investment into China. More railways are laid down throughout eastern China and roadways are also developed, making travel easier and promoting more business activity. Telegram wires are also expanded in order to increase communication while more wiring stations are built. Mining in northern China of coal and iron is also increased with the development of railways that allow more quantities to be moved and faster. Excavation of other raw materials increases in other provinces as well. Industrial machinery is purchased from European markets at the moment. Factories are opened in several cities as more are being built and begin producing different basic products at first. A few that are modeled on the arsenals of the Qing Dynasty in order to begin manufacturing weaponry and equipment for the Chinese National Army. Commission M1888 rifles based on the German design are being produced, along with Hanyang 88 rifles based on the Gewehr 88. Versions of the Maxim gun are also made, in addition to ammunition for all of these. It is planned for more arsenals like this to be built throughout the country in the coming years. The Guominjun currently stands at 1.5 million active duty troops, and all of the soldiers are required to undergo the standardized training program implemented with the help of Japanese advisors based on the IJA model. Officers receive education through provincial military schools initially established during the Qing years and developed by different warlords, now standardized throughout the country by the Kuomintang government. The Whampoa Military Academy is the most prestigious due to its close KMT affiliation and takes the most talented candidates. China asks France to purchase several of its older warships for the ROC Navy. China asks to buy the two Edgar Quinet-class armored cruisers, the two Léon Gambetta-class cruisers, the Jules Michelet and the five Bisson-class destroyers. [MOD RESPONSE since Falconis seems to be inactive] The Kuomintang government also wants to deal with the Sinkiang question as it sees the area as a part of China, and secretly it begins funding pro-KMT forces within the region as well as distributing propaganda encouraging rebellion. Hui Muslims there are told about the Soviet occupiers' atheistic ideology. The Ma Family former warlords that joined the KMT take a leading role in these efforts to incite anti-warlord and anti-Soviet uprisings as they are familiar with the peoples of Sinkiang. More National Army divisions are stationed in neighboring Qinghai ostensibly to further stabilize the area since its unification with the ROC a couple years ago.
    • France agrees to sell these -Nate
  • Poland: The Polish army has already made it to Kaunas before the Soviet threats. In Kaunas, the Polish army offer to create an occupation government under Antanas Smetona, who was surrounded in the capital and had no choice. This government is declared as the "National Republic of Lithuania". Poland also engages mass mobilization efforts and the building of forts and fortifications in the Kresy Borderlands near the Soviets. In Polish Ukraine, Henry Jozewski finishes up his "Volhynia Experiment" in creating a Ukrainian National Identity tied to the Polish State. This culminates in the formation of the Volhynia Guard, a right-wing paramilitary organization that advocates Ukrainian independence in federation with Poland. The VG tries to stir up Ukrainian nationalism and ally with groups that already exist in the Ukrainian SR. The NRL (Lithuanian Puppet) forms an army of 2000 recruits, mostly Lithuanian POWs and followers of Smetona. The NRL army launches an offensive into Klaipeda, picking up recruits from rural parts of Lithuania along the way. The Lithuanian army, now dismembered from its head of state and already under-supplied, is crushed by mid year. The NRL is left to clean up any guerrilla resistance while the Polish Army (600,000 in the Baltics) stands at the Latvian border. The Poles offer to sign a peace with Latvia and Estonia as they really have no stake and Poland offers to even garuntee their independence (Mod Response for Latvia and Estonia). Conscription continues in Poland as recruits are rushed to the Soviet border to bolster our defences. Polish regiments are placed in Lwow and Bialystok and fortifications are made along the Polish part of the Dneper river. Pilsudski begins implementing a war-based economy to revive Polish economy, with the building of munitions and arms factories in the underdeveloped Kresy. Tanks are also produced and the Polish airforce is expanded with the bombers and fighters being upgraded. With no response from the Latvians or Estonians, Polish bombers launch an assault on Riga as Polish soldiers advance into Courland. Polish Artillery backs Polish offences and Lithuanian guerrillas attack Latvian supply lines. The Polish Army holds steadfast in Courland while also guarding the Soviet-Baltic Border. Polish commanders attempt to contact the Freikorps in the Baltic to help against the Soviet Invasion (Mod Response for the Freikorps).
    • Only going to allow up to 200,000 per nation on this front for logistical purposes, this goes for all nations involved so it should be fair -Nate
    • Soviet Diplomacy: With the Soviet invasion of Lithuania proving a success in driving out the Polish Army, the Soviets proclaim victory in Lithuania and wait for the Polish to present peace to the Soviets seeing as the lesser, defeated state should be the one offering peace not the triumphant victors.
  • Persia: The battleship ordered by Syria are commisioned as RsN Hussein and the destroyer Rpn Reza shah is bought from Russia. They are armed with 15-inch guns in four guns. The RSN Hussein is sent to Syria and the RPN is sent to Persia. The ships were jointly paid by the Syrian government and the Persian government. The border with Soviet Union begins getting fortified with forts. Pss Soviet shipbuilders built them for a sum of four million rubles, and bought the recomissioned USS Delaware from the US for two million dollars. 
  • The Hellenic Republic: Construction continues on the large shipyard with public and private backing. The new shipyard, Hellenic National Shipyard, is built to be big enough to construct larger battleships and battlecruisers. The integration of the Anatolian Greeks into society ends this year. While the integration process was expensive, the economic boom associated with the lower labor costs and taxes helps to supplement the national budget.. The navy shelves the Hermes-Class until the new Hellenic National Shipyard opens in 1928. With the incorporation of the HMS Ajax and the USS New York into the Hellenic Navy the battleship force swells to four. The New York is renamed the HNS Krete and joins the ranks of the Hellenic Navy. Meanwhile, the Ajax is simply registered as the HNS Ajax. The expense of funding such a rapid naval development becomes clear and the Hellenic Parliament demands reductions in expenses on capital ships. To accomplish some of this the three ironclad cruisers of the Hydra class are sold for scrap this year. The Hellenic Navy then drafts plans for a large fleet of “Fast Torpedo Attack Craft” armed with torpedoes and smaller rapid-fire guns. These are intended to be cheap reliable attack boats which will replace much of the lighter portions of the fleet. The Hellenic Navy determines that a Hickman sea sled hull will provide the right combination of high speed and stability for a light torpedo bearing attack craft. The Greek shipbuilding companies Basileiades and Neorion receive contracts to each build two separate designs for the craft to undergo sea trials. Neorion’s second design, a 16 meter long craft able to reach speeds of 37 kn (69 km/h; 43 mph) and carry two 530 mm torpedoes, wins the preliminary design phase. After some adjustments, the navy plans to purchase 24 of the Neorion ships between 1927 and 1928. The final armament includes twin 12.5 mm machine guns, a 30 mm auto-cannon, two 530 mm torpedoes, and four 200 kg depth charges.
    • Greek Diplomacy: The Hellenic Republic offers a defensive alliance to the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia for the mutual protection of both our nations.
  • Soviet Union: Seeing the refusal of the Poles to pull out of Lithuania, the Soviet Army repositions yet another 100,000 troops under Mikhail Tukhachevsky unite with the other army in Latvia and in a stark difference from the Polish Soviet war begin devoting some fighters and bombers to the offensive as well as some of the Soviets new experimental tank designs. Backed with massive artillery support and an a practically endless pool of manpower General Tukhachevsky launches an offensive into Lithuania from the Latvian border. This effectively begins the Second Polish-Soviet war but in a more limited Fashion as the Politburo believes that the Polish will not incur into any of the proper Soviet territories. While technically engaged in yet another war with Poland, the Soviet industry and economy finally recovers from the Economic Recession with the well-to-do help of the Japanese, Italians and many other investors including simply the Soviet government which has taken great interest in building up a consumer goods industry, a Heavy industry, and a mechanized agricultural base. While many hardliners push for the collectivization of Agriculture this falls to the wayside as large harvests this year prove the effectiveness of new mechanized agricultural initiatives and the overall flood of investment into the Soviet industrial base. The West to East Plan enters its third year as this year a major focus on increasing the supply load of the Far East is taken into consideration. Entire sections of the Trans-Siberian railway are overhauled to handle more traffic and the amount of people heading into what is considered "the wild east" reaches record levels as the safety valve for the unemployed in the west sends thousands east. Omsk, Tyumen, Ekatinberg, and Novosibirsk have all seen notable population growth as the expansion of working jobs here brings many people to seek prosperity. The further development of the Urals as extraction sites and the Baku Oil fields continues to drive an influx of capital into the state which is effectively redistributed and invested into the country wholesale as Lenin and Bukharin push heavily for the Soviet state to embrace large scale agriculture and industry. Some of the money, however, is safeguarded in the treasury acting as a buffer fund in the case of another recession or if the world seeks to simply embargo the Soviet Union again. It is hoped, however, that the generation of Goodwill from the Baltic republics and preventing an expansionist Poland will bring the Soviet Union out in a positive light rather than a boogeyman staring down Europe like many believe. The influx of Propoganda into Sinkiang sours a note with the Republic of China being the only nation to really be responsible for these leanings and the Soviet forces in Sinkiang effectively bring a popular support Communist Government in power renaming the state the Chinese Soviet Republic. While technically independent of the Soviets the Republic takes a Cue from the Soviets and begins sending dozens of dissenters to the Gulags and a with authorization of the Soviets set up major checkpoints across the border from the Republic of China curtailing ROC incursions by almost 80% this year. This is specifically accomplished as those seen crossing the border are shot if they cannot be captured. After some torturing it is revealed the ROC seeking to undermine the workers revolution has been sending agents into the PRC. Already a Marginalized group in China and seeing as the Soviets have been more than amicable to the Muslims in Central Asia under their control, the PRC is galvanized against the ROC with a pro communist sentiment upswinging significantly especially since the PRC has taken major economic growth as it supplies some of the materials used in the Soviet Industrialization of the Far East. The Mongolian Soviet Republic sees positive outlook on the Soviet Union and with their own economic growth assured as the Far East develops the Mongolians stand firmly within the Soviet Sphere. As Polish dissenters enter Ukraine trying to whip up nationalist tendencies the Soviets simply ship many to Gulags in Siberia not tolerating the nationalist sentiment and also reminding the Ukrainians that the Poles essentially screwed them in the First Polish Soviet War. The Advance of Soviet troops into Lithuania is met with a pitched battle all the way up to the border as Soviet troops meet the Polish in their attempt to advance on Courland and Riga. However the large advance of more well trained and experienced troops and officers effectively crushes the Polish army towards and then inside Lithuania pushing out from the border and taking Kaunas in short order. The use of aircraft, trucks and the Soviet's first tank the T-16 proves to be major influences to winning the battles a the border and across the fields of Lithuania. The Soviet Army stops just short of the Polish-Lithuanian border and brings back many elements of the Lithuanians previous government while also hosting a condition that the Communists be allowed to run and participate in the government. This is accepted widely as first, there is no way for the Lithuanians to say no, and second, the boogeyman concept of Bolshevism and Communism in Lithuania has been shattered as Victorious Soviet troops have liberated the Lithuanian republic and effectively humiliated Pilsudski. Adhering to the British communique that an invasion of Polands homeland will lead to British intervention the Soviets instead wait for a Polish response. The resignation of Pilsudski and the collapse of Polish Resistance in Lithuania brings the Soviets to declare total victory over the Polish state, seizing abandoned equipment and supplies. This effectively champions the new ideal of Benevolent Bolshevism in the Soviet Union and Bukharin being the mastermind of this is lauded. Lenin officially appoints him as his favored successor with majority support from the Politburo and the Supreme Soviet. The Soviets request a seat at the table for the Tokyo Conference
    • Josef Pilsudski resigns from government but before that proposes that Poland abandon all claims on Lithuania, destroy its fortifications on the border, dissolve the Volhynia Guard and remove all Pro-Intermarium politicians from government.
    • Japanese Dip: In a show of good faith the Japanese allow their new trading partner, the Soviet Union, to attend the conference.
  • Hungary: Prime Minister Bethlen unveils the pengo as the new currency. Bethlen sends an envoy to the Weimar Republic to establish an economic and military alliance between Germany and Hungary. Bethlens new economic policies turns the Hungarian economy around. Factories return to Budapest and other cities. However, the general living conditions remain poor despite the economic growth. The army is placed at 20,000.
  • British Raj: The sanitation system is complete. The trade deal with the United States continues to increase project. Work continues to be done to clean up the cities and hook them to electricity. Some early work is done on hooking villages to electricity. British and Indian trained doctors fight disease. Meanwhile, more schools are built where English and writing are taught. At first these were mainly in the cities but are now in rural villages, with the exception of some tribal areas where hostility might arise to being taught to read and write. Modernization of agriculture continues, with many moving to cities due to greater crop yields. Particularly prized is Basmati rice. Meanwhile, help continues to be sent to create the Indian capitalist class in the cities. Lee Enfield and medium Mark I tanks continue production. Bengal and the Dravidia regions see particular industrial growth. Shoe factories, clothing factories and cigarette factories are built, some of them now owned by the Indian capitalist class. Subhras Chandra Bose gives a speech. "People of India, it is time for me to go East. I may never return. My soul has never left you, India. God willing, I will try to return. That I promise. Jai Hind!" Common sense might say that he fled to Japan or Tibet, somewhere in Asia. Yet, some Indian Christians in the South believe his spirit left the body, and he will return as the Second Coming of Christ to defeat the British Antichrist. Meanwhile, with conditions improving in tribal Muslim areas, Ansar al Deen declines. Meanwhile, more Indian students go to universities, opening with British help. Thus, an Indian intellectual class forms, critical mostly of the independence movement, under the justification that "if there was such thing as the Indian nation in history, I would be a patriot, but there was never an Indian nation, so I am a British patriot. More significantly, Indian expertise in science increases.
  • Bolivia: With Chile having consented to a land swap to provide Bolivia with a coastal outlet, Bolivia formally declares an end to the long period of tension following the War of the Pacific and confirms its acceptance of the legitimacy of Chile's annexation of most of Bolivia's former coastal territory. The new port of Chacalluta is extensively developed and money poured into a new railway to link it to the majority of Bolivia. Meanwhile, efforts to develop industry continue with the aid of Dutch investors given oil concessions in southern Bolivia - where, this year, they discover several lucrative new oilfields, which increases the Bolivian government's incentive to develop the Chaco region, where they may be further deposits. New garrisons are emplaced there. Mennonites continue to be permitted to settle and railways and roads to the region are built or expanded. Efforts to pave roads and construct railways over the whole country, in concert with the building of new schools and hospitals, continue, largely as a jobs creation program for the urban unemployed. The government pushes newly established teacher's colleges and medical schools to push out their first classes of indoctrinated graduates to staff new infrastructure. With Dutch expertise, small arms production begins to operate on a scale sufficient to begin rearming the military, while factories for more elaborate weaponry remain in development. Fertilizer production and canning continues to expand with government subsidy, while the government also hires several foreign agronomists to focus on alleviating plant diseases and pests and developing more productive varieties of key crops. Envoys are sent abroad to try to establish trade agreements with formerly inaccessible nations in Asia and Europe.
    • Bolivian Diplomacy: Bolivia makes a formal offer of alliance to the new Brazilian government, admiring its efforts to overthrow its own oligarchic ruling class.
  • Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan: Faud is the King. The government's attempts of improving literacy rates among the poor by forcing children to read English and Arabic books (This is looked down upon but is still used in poor areas). Quskut artists begin to make to national headline as the number of listeners blow up. The national army is formed and attempts to form a standing army is worked upon. Troops in the Negev are pulled out until only 500 men are left. We try to work on a navy with attempts up down and down the Nile. The King begins to work on the idea of air power by trying to enlist men to create planes. Wafdist begins to study the recent war in Syria. A group called "The Muslim Brotherhood" is formed. The number of troops in Sudan drop down to 10,000. Leaders picked mostly by tribal and urban elections pick the new set of leaders within the Sudan region (Mayors and Regional Leaders). We follow the guidelines of the Anglo-Egypt Treaty. An attempt to make an airfield is worked on in Cairo and Karthoum. The Royal Navy is expanded and we send an envoy to Persia asking for help in the creation of battleships. We accept the deal sent by the US, we send an envoy to the US asking if later deals can add in tanks or airplanes. 
  • Sinkiang: Sinkiang accepts Soviet aid. Sheng Shicai becomes the leader of Sinkiang, with Deng Ma as his political advisor. Liang Wei flees the country for Japan.
  •  Empire of Japan: The Tokyo Conference begins to much jubilation. With Japan being treated as an equal party at the table and hosting the summit major credibility is given to Tanaka's cabinet. The British exit from the conference is taken as a negotation in bad faith on the part of the British. Economic growth continues with as The Japanese stock market continues to go up. Tanaka's government pushes through their finance reforms restructuring Japan's banking sector along OTL post shows crisis reforms. The reforms greatly improve the unstable financial structure of Japan's economy. However, it brings most of the small banks into the economic sphere of the Major Zaibatsus, and streamline domestic investments in manufacturing heavy industry, and the growing armament industry. This shift towards big business also cements the ties between the conglomerates, the military and the Rikken Seiyukai party. Ikki Kita releases a new political treatise 1500 pages long called "The Yellow Empire: Japan and its People". The book lays out a coherent platform for Japanese properity, pointing out the need for the Empire to protect all who live within its borders and allow for all ethnicities to share in a common imperial citizenship and all the benefits that this would entail, he lays out the need for the emperor and the imperial military to become pillars of stability and morality in society by becoming the people's emperor and a citizen's military. Furthermore he emphasizes the need to bring together people of all sectors of society to work together for the betterment of the empire and its inhabitants for the working class to cooperate with the zaibatsus, and for the zaibatsus to ensure that their employees are working in safe environments and make enough to live dignified and honorable lives. The book quickly becomes a best seller in academic and military circles. more to be added later. 
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Syria: With support from both the United States and Persia, the Syrian military undergoes a massive reform. The Arab Army is maintained as a volunteer service, steady at a total of 50,000 soldiers with a cavalry of 5,000 horses and 2,000 camels. This military is jointly held by both Syria and Hejaz, with no standing independent military between the two. An airforce is commissioned, starting with the ten Russian planes given from Persia, and expanded based on training and technology from America. A navy is created, mostly with smaller vessals and a single American battleship rechristened the RHS (Royal Hashemite Ship) Hussein, in honor of Faisal's father who has recently died. The Treaty of Mosul is signed with Turkey, officially settling the border dispute existing from Antioch to Mosul. Following the end of this treaty, relations are strengthened with Iraq. As infrastructure is improved, railroads from the former Ottoman Empire are worked to be completed to connect Syria and Iraq, and oil continues to be drilled with aid from the Americans, although not enough to outproduce cash crops for exports.
  • Philippine Insular Government: The Philippine Legislature drafts the Treaty of Manila, and sends a commision to Washington to seek American ratification (AMERICAN RESPONSE). Meanwhile, the Philippine Legislature ratifies a law that makes elementary and junior high-school (a total of eight years) compulsory, while establishing literacy schools for adults. Under the influence of agrarianist elements, it also establishes labor regulations such as minimum wages, the adoption of standard working hours, and a tenancy law for agricultural laborers.
  • Republic of Peru: as 1927 rolls around, Peruvians are confident in their president that peace will finally come to the Andean Nations. We continue to exploit our resources such as rubber and valuable resources, and start this year a new process of growing cash crops, which is then shipped off to the United States. Investment in education continues, as Peruvian schools look brand new, and have many of the teaching resources they need. Expansion of our major population centers also continue, such as Lima, Cusco, and Arequipa. New military supplies for the Armed Forces comes in today, and proves to be one major leap towards total modernization of the military. We accept the State Department’s offer for American investment in the Peruvian economy, and in return, we request that Peruvian companies be allowed to invest in the US. (GB RESPONSE NEEDED!). Peruvian Nationalism grows. We offer to attend the Tokyo Conference as observers (NK RESPONSE NEEDED!!).
  • Commonwealth of Oceania: With Oceania's inception including the British possessions in New Zealand and the Pacific are slowly incorporated in the new country, twin provisional calpitals in Melbourne and Auckland jointly administer the integration of the new state. The Australian immigration program is extended to New Zealand. Over the past five years, an estimated 100,000 new residents have come to make Australia their home, significantly boosting the local economy and labor force, continuing with the extraction of raw minerals both in Oceania and the Dutch East Indies. New Zealand's military veterans are offered to teach the new Oceanian military alongside their former Australian counterparts to keep the armed forces up-to-date. We ask the government in London to give Oceania any stockpiles of equipment, aircraft, and naval vessels they have to spare, with Oceania paying for the transportation costs, stating that the British Empire is not only European or in the Near East (Mod Response)

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