Malkyer
08-11-2005, 00:40
Close to two and a half billion people rose every morning in the Imperial Commonwealth of Malkyer. The overwhelming majority of these lived in the Viceroyalty of North America. When compared to the open stretches of land in Australia, or the wide, grassy veldt of Southern Africa, the North American Viceroyalty was a paltry stretch of narrow land between the Pacific Ocean to the west and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the east. Only in the north did the land open up, and there it opened to vast wilderness and frozen tundra. North America could not much longer support its growing population. Expansion was required.
Nations most commonly expand in three ways. The first and most effective is conquest. Following that, purchase. The Imperial Commonwealth had itself expanded over much territory with these methods. The third method was diabocal in its simplicity. Flood a region with settlers, and then demand a plebiscite in that region, which will likely vote to join the home country of the settlers.
Malkyer had set its eyes on four areas: Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Colorado and New Mexico, being so close to the Commonwealth, already had significant populations of Malkyeri expatriates. While plebiscites may not yield union directly, they would certainly be significant enough to convince the governments of Colorado and New Mexico that it would only be a matter of time before they were annexed. Wyoming was, for the moment, too sparsely populated to reject a plebiscite, and the Malkyeri immigrant majority in the state considered it a province of the Commonwealth already.
Utah, on the other hand, was a problem. The Mormons were not generally accepting of Malkyeri immigrants, given the latter's notions that Mormonism was about as much a legitimate religion as voodoo. Given that the Mormon government controlled essentially all water and other resources, it was not difficult for them to exact harsh measures on any immigrants from their western neighbor.
Tensions increased between the Commonwealth and the Mormons over perceived violations of the Malkyeri immigrants' rights and blatant cultural imperialism, respectively. Tensions that further increased when the Royal Armored stations an armored cavalry division near the border with Nevada, and Utah called up militia to organize a defense...
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(AP)-In a speech before a large crowd in Salt Lake City today, Utah's General Hiram Young made it explicity clear that the Republic of Deseret would not tolerate imperialism of any form by the Commonwealth, and also announced that any threat would be met with force.
"For years now we've watched the gentiles in Malkyer swallow up defenseless people all around the world. From lands far across the seas to right here in North America, those imperialists will not rest until all are subservient under their banner. We have watched Wyoming consumed in all but name. Colorado and New Mexico struggle to keep their autonomy in the face of wave after wave of immigration.
"My friends, I say that it stops now. If Deseret should become a battleground, then so be it, but we may die knowing that it is the battleground on which the armies of the Imperial Commonwealth will smash upon the rocks and bleed themselves to death.
"The Imperial Commonwealth forced our hand when they began flooding sovereign soil with their people. They forced our hand when they put soldiers on the border. Well, now we have moved of our own accord, and I dare the Malkyeri to take another step towards Deseret."
The speech ended amidst a cacophony of cheers, the cheers of people supremely confident in their goals and their God.
OOC: This is setting up for an RP about Malkyer's advances into the interior of the North American continent. Comments, both IC and OOC, are welcome, as is IC criticism, and limited or covert aid to the Mormons is also fine, provided that you let me know first via TG.
Nations most commonly expand in three ways. The first and most effective is conquest. Following that, purchase. The Imperial Commonwealth had itself expanded over much territory with these methods. The third method was diabocal in its simplicity. Flood a region with settlers, and then demand a plebiscite in that region, which will likely vote to join the home country of the settlers.
Malkyer had set its eyes on four areas: Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Colorado and New Mexico, being so close to the Commonwealth, already had significant populations of Malkyeri expatriates. While plebiscites may not yield union directly, they would certainly be significant enough to convince the governments of Colorado and New Mexico that it would only be a matter of time before they were annexed. Wyoming was, for the moment, too sparsely populated to reject a plebiscite, and the Malkyeri immigrant majority in the state considered it a province of the Commonwealth already.
Utah, on the other hand, was a problem. The Mormons were not generally accepting of Malkyeri immigrants, given the latter's notions that Mormonism was about as much a legitimate religion as voodoo. Given that the Mormon government controlled essentially all water and other resources, it was not difficult for them to exact harsh measures on any immigrants from their western neighbor.
Tensions increased between the Commonwealth and the Mormons over perceived violations of the Malkyeri immigrants' rights and blatant cultural imperialism, respectively. Tensions that further increased when the Royal Armored stations an armored cavalry division near the border with Nevada, and Utah called up militia to organize a defense...
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(AP)-In a speech before a large crowd in Salt Lake City today, Utah's General Hiram Young made it explicity clear that the Republic of Deseret would not tolerate imperialism of any form by the Commonwealth, and also announced that any threat would be met with force.
"For years now we've watched the gentiles in Malkyer swallow up defenseless people all around the world. From lands far across the seas to right here in North America, those imperialists will not rest until all are subservient under their banner. We have watched Wyoming consumed in all but name. Colorado and New Mexico struggle to keep their autonomy in the face of wave after wave of immigration.
"My friends, I say that it stops now. If Deseret should become a battleground, then so be it, but we may die knowing that it is the battleground on which the armies of the Imperial Commonwealth will smash upon the rocks and bleed themselves to death.
"The Imperial Commonwealth forced our hand when they began flooding sovereign soil with their people. They forced our hand when they put soldiers on the border. Well, now we have moved of our own accord, and I dare the Malkyeri to take another step towards Deseret."
The speech ended amidst a cacophony of cheers, the cheers of people supremely confident in their goals and their God.
OOC: This is setting up for an RP about Malkyer's advances into the interior of the North American continent. Comments, both IC and OOC, are welcome, as is IC criticism, and limited or covert aid to the Mormons is also fine, provided that you let me know first via TG.