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The Kingdom of Voreioditika Edaphi

Voreioditika Edaphi
10-09-2005, 17:38
The Kingdom of Voreioditika Edaphi

The Kingdom of Voreioditika Edaphi was very different from most countries. Some, were large land spanning Empires. Others were simple countries, but Edaphi, in the Greek tradition, was a City-State. Yes, over six million people lived in this grand City. It was a coastal city, reminiscent of Carthage, and since it was a city it did not need that large of an army. It was, of course, a Kingdom. A Royal Kingdom, where there was no Democracy! Bwa ha ha! Of course we're not evil, we oppress everybody equally. But that's besides point. For a long time the Kingdom has wanted trade with others, and now is the time! With King Antonious XXVII in charge of the City State, he decided to communicate with the World. But first, this!

The Royal Palace...it was Royal... and it was a Palace. It looked like the Pro Consul's Palace from Rome Total War, if you don't know how it looks like, you can suck it. He was having a meeting with his trusted advisors. The High Priest Adame, in charge of national religious affairs (the irony in this is that Edaphi was Orthodox but most of the Royal Court was pagan), Counciller Quintus Nikolaos (in charge of Foreign Affairs and Commerce), Priest Pedes Marius (in charge of the Temple of Apollo, before a grand Temple, now a small shrine), Counciller Rilder (in charge of internal affairs), Her Majesty Hellena (the wife of His Majesty Antonious), and Counciller Prince Leandros (the son of His Majesty Antonious and Hellena, also in charge of defence).

"Gentlemen!" A pause. "And honey, it is time we expand ourselves! We must, open relations." Antonious said.

The High Priest, Adame, proceeded to have one of his... visions. "Oh praise Zeus!"

"What do you see!" Said the rest of the Court, minus Quintus.

"I see... I see Athena, and she is on her horse. She's so bright, she's telling me to... suck it?"

Quintus walked over to Adame and thwapped him. "That's the sun."

"No! I almost had her!"

"Father!" said Leandros. "Tell these men to shut up."

"Silence! Anyway, Quintus Nikolaos, tell the world that we are willing to open relations. My son, review the soldiers. Rilder, check on the city. Adame, check on the temples, even the Churches. Hellena, join me to the bed. I'm tired."

As Quintus left the Royal Throne Room, he thought to himself. What were my fore fathers thinking when he came here? He then saw his bodyguard and best friend, Onassis. "Onassis, come! Today is a grand? I think it is, a grand day. We are to reveal ourselves to the world!"

Onassis shrugged and just followed Quintus towards his workplace within the Palace, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Original eh? "Right then..." Quintus said. "What to say..."

Official Statement from the Kingdom

The Kingdom of Voreioditika Edaphi would like to welcome trade negoatiations, Embassies, and peace. We are a small city state who merely wishes to increase its coffers. We have much to offer. Food, music, Greek artifacts, linen, cotton, anything of the ground we have it. We are also a coastal city so trade is much easier. Thus, we await your responses. If wish to have an Embassy, contact me. If you wish to have military negotiations, contact His Majesty Counciller Prince Leandros. If you wish to speak to the leader himself, contact His Majesty King Antonious XXVII. But he is usually busy running the city-state. We eagerly await your responses.

Quintus Nikolaos
Counciller of Foreign Affairs

Meanwhile in other parts of the city, Counciller Prince Leandros was examining the Army. "Oy..." He said to himself. "We are still using these used AK-47s from the communist occupation. Hmph, I guess we have to ask Quintus for a new assualt rifle." Ironically Quintus Nikolaos also owned Edaphi Arms Corporation, the sole arms supplier of the entire city. "They are also poorly trained, the armies of these Empires are larger, so we at least need to balance it out." A pause. "Maybe I can get new ships from Edaphi Ironworks." Edaphi Ironworks is owned by Leafus, the main competitor of Quintus.

He looked towards the coast, since the Fort that trained the Army also trained the Navy. He was disillusioned. "Bah... one small fleet of Frigates. Disgusting, Nikolaos does not deal with ships so we need to order a fleet or two. At least the air force is decent enough..." The air force was decent, there were SAMs protecting the outer walls of the city (yes this city still has stone walls) and the air force would do its job decently, still, Leandros was worried. "Hmm... I wonder what the King and Adame is doing."

Well, we already know what the King is doing so let's go to Adame. "Bah!" He said to himself. "The Gods are shunned by these people! It was Athena who told the first King to found the City, it was Hephaestus who gave us wealth, it was Apollo who protected us! I will make this city worship the Gods again.. even if it means a few deaths." He shrugged. "Bah..."

Anybody got a region I can go to? I'll probably just take a point up.
Starenell
10-09-2005, 17:39
OOC: Wow! Thats good!
Voreioditika Edaphi
10-09-2005, 17:42
OOC: Wow! Thats good!

IC post'd be nice.
Starenell
10-09-2005, 17:45
OOC: Yeah, yeah.

IC: Message to Voreioditika Edaphi:
Starenell would be delighted to exchange emassies with you. We also give you the offers of alliance and trade.
Voreioditika Edaphi
10-09-2005, 17:50
Official Statement from the Kingdom

The Kingdom will gladly welcome trade with Starnell, but the Kingdom is not so fast to make alliances. If you wish to have an alliance with us you must prove it. For now, we will gladly trade. We'd also like to exchange Embassies with your nation, of course it will have to wait for we are building an entire section dedicated to the building of Embassies, so your Ambassador would have to stay in the Royal Palace until his accomodations are set, of course, this would not be a problem I suppose.

Quintus Nikolaos
Counciller of Foreign Affairs
Starenell
10-09-2005, 17:53
This is all fine. We will assist you if you are ever in a time of need.

OOC: Sorry for the shortness. I am not a very good roleplayer.
Azazia
10-09-2005, 18:19
Attn: Quintus Nikolaos, Counciller of Foreign Affairs

In the interests of peace and prosperity for all nations of the world, the United Kingdom would like to take this opportunity to extend an olive branch of peace and to offer the official commencement of diplomatic relations between our two proud peoples and their great nations.

One of the primary aims of this government is the expansion of trade, which can only be done through peace. It is to this end in particular we would like to offer an exchange of embassies and to offer to host an envoy from your Kingdom to visit the UK and discuss potential trade deals with our Minister of Trade and Industry.

I eagerly await your response.

Emily Deveraux
Minister of Foreign Affairs
The United Kingdom of Azazia
Voreioditika Edaphi
10-09-2005, 18:30
Official Statement from the Kingdom

We would gladly send an envoy to the United Kingdom of Azazia to talk about trade and whanot. We also would like to tell you that the Azazian Embassy is not built, for we are building an entirely new section of the city dedicated to foreign envoys. Thus, your Ambassador will have to wait inside the Royal Palace until his accomodations are set. Thank you for your patience and kindness towards the Voreioditikai People.

Quintus Nikolaos
Counciller of Foreign Affairs

Would you like to do this on a different thread or something?
Very small island
10-09-2005, 18:40
TO: The Kingdom of Voreioditika Edaphi
From: The Very Small Island Foreign Relations department


Our nation Is open to trade with The Kingdom of Voreioditika Edaphi. We know many companies in our nation would like to purchase cotton, linen as well as electronic goods if you can provide them and we also need to import food for a short time. We hope you would be interested in purchasing goods from us also. We have recently discovered deposits of gold and diamonds in our eastern mountains . Our companies will also be able to provide your state with cheap mass produced goods If you need them.
We hope to hear from you soon.
Azazia
10-09-2005, 18:41
Attn: Quintus Nikolaos, Counciller of Foreign Affairs

Prime Minister Tetley full understands the ongoing construction and the lack of an official embassy as of yet. So long as the ambassador confirmed by Parliament in three weeks time can be granted diplomatic immunity – along with his head of trade, culture, and military departments – then the actual piece of extraterritorial land can wait. Here in the capital city of Imperium a new Diplomatic Quarters has recently been cleared and plots of land are available for construction of new embassies per your government’s needs and requests. The UK will assume the full cost of construction for the new building and in the meantime is willing to host your ambassador and staff in the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs building where we can task an entire two floors for the temporary use by your government. Accordingly, your ambassador and heads of departments will be granted diplomatic immunity as requested by my government.

In the interim, we invite your counterpart to our Minister of Trade and Industry – along with his staff – to our capital city for we have likely much to discuss along the lines of agricultural products and overall expanded trade relations.

Emily Deveraux
Minister of Foreign Affairs
The United Kingdom of Azazia

[ooc: if you’d like, I’d think that a separate thread would be more beneficial so as to not clutter this one. Feel free to start it and we’ll take it from there./ooc]
Voreioditika Edaphi
10-09-2005, 19:03
TO: The Kingdom of Voreioditika Edaphi
From: The Very Small Island Foreign Relations department


Our nation Is open to trade with The Kingdom of Voreioditika Edaphi. We know many companies in our nation would like to purchase cotton, linen as well as electronic goods if you can provide them and we also need to import food for a short time. We hope you would be interested in purchasing goods from us also. We have recently discovered deposits of gold and diamonds in our eastern mountains . Our companies will also be able to provide your state with cheap mass produced goods If you need them.
We hope to hear from you soon.

Official Statement from the Kingdom

We will gladly sell you our products for gold and diamonds. We thank you for enriching our lands so generously. But we do not need any foreign companies inside our Kingdom, we have been self sufficient for a long time. But we thank you for the offer. We'd also like to extend the offer of an Embassy, but of course your Envoy must stay in the Palace until an Embassy is built. We will be very glad if you accept the offer.

Quintus Nikolaos
Counciller of Foreign Affairs

I'll see if I can do a thread tommorrow then.
Voreioditika Edaphi
10-09-2005, 19:32
Bump
Very small island
10-09-2005, 23:04
TO: The Kingdom of Voreioditika Edaphi
From: The Very Small Island Foreign Relations department

We will send a delegation to your Capitol to set up diplomatic relations as soon as possible. We hope that we will begin trading shortly, we will send our requirement when we know exactly what we need and then we can arrange prices for your goods .Our small merchant fleet will prepare so they may set sail as soon as possible.
Voreioditika Edaphi
11-09-2005, 17:44
Bump. Oh and VSI, my country is a city-state so there is no capital.
The Bone Mother
11-09-2005, 18:20
Statement from the Czech Fiefdom
Dominion of the Voivode of Prague
The Warlord of the Old World
The Voivode requests to open relations with the city-fief of Voreioditika Edaphi in the interests of united those who understand fully the glory of the traditions of Old. Because of the Shadow Curtain, there is a small inconvenience in trade for our nation, however, our merchants very well would enjoy to begin a trade through the global currency, gold.

We would pay much for a steady access to a food supply. After the Midnight Siege, we have had a famine, mostly caused by the irresponsibility of our Soviet occupiers in our early years. This is something we would greatly apreciate to make up for. In trade, we would be willing to trade gold and any other goods you would take in return.

Master Chamberlain Grigori Rasputin
Chancellor and Minister to the Voivode of the Czech Fiefdom
http://img72.echo.cx/img72/3126/jhrasputina4hk.jpg

Private Correspondence
To the High Priest Adame

We have heard of your ambitions. You long for the ways of old. The Chamberlain is extremely interested in giving aid in your ambition, to return to the ways of old within your nation. If you would so interested in our cooperation and aid, let us keep this correspondence private, as I am sure you would prefer.

With great regards to the Golden Freedoms, and of the Voivod,
Pisarz Wielki (Grand Clerk) Petrov Myslivecek
Voreioditika Edaphi
11-09-2005, 18:36
Counciller Prince Leandros was shocked when he reviewed the Armed Forces of Edaphi. The guns were horrible, the training was subpar, the soldiers were drunks, the ships were obsolete, the jets were good but there wasn't enough, and the the Army didn't even have enough to run patrols around the walls. Thus, as approved by His Royal Majesty King Antonious XXVII, the Prince had to reform the Army to modern standards, at any price. The first branch to get reforms would be of course, the Army.

A representative of Edaphi Arms Corporation (Quintus Nikolaos' company) arrived at the Ministry of Defence (headed by the Prince, of course) to show off a new assualt rifle designed to the Kingdom's specifications: cheap, good, and Greek.

The representative was average looking, a grey suiter. He carried a suitcase with him. Nothing much. "Your Majesty." He said. "I have made an assualt rifle. I think you'll love it, or at least, like it." He opened the suitcase and inside was... this. (http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3591/ar515mr.png)

"What?!" The Prince said. "That is horrible! Eugh! You better pray to Zeus that this works."

They went outside to a firing range, it was a sunny day, no wind. Perfect testing conditions. "Sir, I assure you that this is not only accurate, but tough. Plus it is cheap to make, and it's Greek."

Leandros mumbled to himself. "It better be..."

The representative proceeded to shoot the targets with great accuracy, rarely missing the bullseye. Needless to say, the Prince was impressed. But since it was needless to say I didn't have to say it anyway, but I said it anyway. Wait, I better stop thinking before a paradox introduces itself. "Right then, Prince. Is it good enough for His Majesty's Army?"

Leandros raised his brow. "The Kingdom thus grants you the contract to equip His Majesty's Army with all sorts weaponry and things that go boom."

The representative bowed. "Thank you Your Majesty. Good day and God bless sir."

Leandros shrugged. "Now, let's see what Edaphi Ironworks has for us..."

Official Statement from the Kingdom

The Kingdom will gladly trade with you, but we'd also like to have an Embassy exchange with the Czech Fiefdom. I believe this will bring both properity and peace to both our states. Who knows, this might be the begininng of a new friendship.

Quintus Nikolaos
Counciller of Foreign Affairs

To: Petrov Myslivece

I appreciate your aid. But we must talk about this in secret, we are a
benelovant Kingdom and the Christian presence will not go away easily. Thus,
we must be patient but soon we will win. And if I am caught, I will be
hanged. So let us be secret, as I said before.

Adame
The Bone Mother
11-09-2005, 18:54
We would be pleased to have an ambassador to the Dominion of Prague. We would make arrangements to procure land from the Prague fief of the Voivod and allow you to build your manse. We await your arrival and will accomodate you as please. As for the economic arrangements, the specifics of which can be handled now, or at another time, whatever your preference may be.

Master Chamberlain Grigori Rasputin
Chancellor and Minister to the Voivode of the Czech Fiefdom
http://img72.echo.cx/img72/3126/jhrasputina4hk.jpg

Private Correspondence
To the High Priest Adame

We understand your request for clandestinity. Christendom had fallen under the knife here in the Fiefdom, yet we understand you are not in the best of positions to handle this. We will provide you with any request in your ambition, and we will expect no repayment. Our goal is the revival of the Old World, and your goals match with ours.

With great regards to the Golden Freedoms, and of the Voivod,
Pisarz Wielki (Grand Clerk) Petrov Myslivecek