NationStates Jolt Archive

Welcome! The Beltway is a relatively new nation that only now is beginning to take part in affairs outside of our region. We hereby open our nation to embassies (40,000 sq. feet; 50 guards), consulates (20,000 sq. feet; 10 guards), and trade offers. Please fly your ambassadors to Reagan National Airport (Georgetown) or to Thurgood Marshall Airport (Baltimore).

Sincerely,

Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway.

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Official Communique to relevant Beltway Officials

The Free Lands of Moantha extend an offer of trade and request permission to purchase a building to turn into a consulate, with the understanding that said consulate will be considered sovereign Moanthan land after said purchase is completed.

To the Foreign Minister of Moantha:
Please inform us of the city in which you wish your consulate to be located. Consulates in Georgetown go for $5,000,000, in Baltimore, $4,595,000, in Dover, $3,000,000, in Rockville, $2,890,000, in Manassas or Frederick, $2,050,000, and in Wilmington, $3,100,000. We are interested in building an embassy in your capital; where would this be and how much do we need to spend to build said embassy? Finally, what do you trade? We are in need of tin, silver, and oil; we can export cattle, chickens, information technology, agricultural products, and refined gas. Thank you.
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To Mark Warner of The Beltway,
West Corinthia has interest in a trade agreement with your nation and the establishment of a consulate in the city of Georgetown. If you would waive your building cost we would offer you a consulate of the same size in our capital city of Kydonia. Of course this is only for you to take into consideration and we will gladly pay the $5,000,000 requested if you feel it is to your benefit. We offer uranium, weapons, munitions, quarried stone, iron ore, agricultural products, and limited quantities of crude oil for export.
Sincerely,
Borislav Nikephorov, Chief Diplomat
and Yuri Gerosev, Foreign Accountant
On behalf of the Allied States of West Corinthia

To the Foreign Minister of West Corinthia-
We will waive our fee in exchange for the consulate in Kydonia. We would like a 20,000 square foot plot of land, with 44 staffers and 53 guards. Upon confirmation of our request, your consulate will be purchased and refurbished.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

These conditions are acceptable. I will inform my superiors immediately.
-Borislav Nikephorov

To Yuri Gerosev, representative of West Corinthia -
We are in favor of free trade. If you are willing to drop any existing tariffs, we will be happy to conduct normal trade. In the event that you are unwilling to drop tariffs, our corporations are hereby permitted to purchase crude oil and sell refined gas. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

I have contacted West Corinthia's Financial Advisor, and he agrees to the establishment of free trade between our countries. We also have interest in importing information technology.
-Yuri Gerosev, Foreign Accountant, West Corinthia

To Yuri Gerisov, representative of West Corinthia -
Thank you. Your removal of barriers to trade is hereby rewarded with the introduction of free trade between our nations, involving all products and services.
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

His Majesty’s Government would be interested in establishing diplomatic and trade relationships with the Republic of the Beltway as we are seeking new trade partners especially in the Atlantic where we, as a Pacific nation, have little trade. Diplomatically, the United Kingdom is willing to offer a plot of land in our Diplomatic Quarters, specifically No. 24 King John Street where your embassy will have a magnificent view of the mountains to the west and the river that quite literally abuts the western edge of your property. Should you find this acceptable, we would be quite interested in establishing an embassy in Georgetown and perhaps a consulate in Baltimore and Wilmington as we do anticipate a growth of trade between our two nations, which I will touch upon shortly. Your embassy in the United Kingdom would be limited to thirty-five armed guards with small arms and no armed fighting vehicles, instead armoured civilian automobiles for the travel needs of your ambassador are the upper limit of accepted vehicles. By that same measure, His Majesty’s Government does not ask any more of the Beltway and so would be quite content with facilities accommodating a fifty person embassy staff and thirty-five Royal Marine guards. Should this be acceptable to your government, Parliament has already approved Sir Rodger Lamb to serve as the first ambassador to the Beltway.

In relation to trade concerns, the United Kingdom would like to first seek an agreement on a free-trade agreement that would open our markets to one another free of tariffs and duties that serve no purpose but to harm trade and cause inefficiency in national economies. At this moment, the Minister of Trade and Industry has informed me that several shipping companies would be willing to open facilities in both Baltimore and Wilmington as well as the oil corporation Azazian Petrol would be looking to open a facility in Baltimore to open the Beltway to supplies of Azazian oil. Here in the UK, your agricultural goods would be most welcome in a nation characterized by hyper-urbanisation and a deficit of locally-grown agricultural and raised livestock.

Roberta Kline
Minister of Foreign Affairs

To Roberta Kline, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the United Kingdom of Azazia -
We accept your request for the embassy, which we present as a gift to you. We will accept your request for the consulates upon receipt of the money requested. Further, we accept your offer of an embassy; we hereby present for His Majesty's consideration the credentials of Ruth Ann Minner. Finally, we are interested in building consulates in Azazia's major cities. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To Roberta Kline, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the United Kingdom of Azazia and to the Minister of Industry and Trade, the United Kingdom of Azazia -

A free trade agreement is most acceptable, as we are committed to the principles of free trade. Shall we add Azazian Petrol to The Beltway Exchange (TBEX) in Baltimore?

Sincerely,
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

OOC - Please note that I have listed the locations of embassies and consulates within The Beltway in my Factbook (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=464599).

Ministers Warner and Busch,

The United Kingdom shall have the money requested by your government for the consulates in Baltimore and Wilmington ready within a week’s time from our reserves in the Treasury; it simply needs to clear the red tape. Per your request for consulates in the UK’s major cities, the four most important cities in terms of sheer trade entering and exiting their ports as well as population and other intangibles are the cities of Breningrad, Philadelphia, Artega, and Portsmouth. Each is a port city with over two dozen million inhabitants and so given the extremely high price of real estate we shall offer the construction of a consulate in the commercial centres of these cities as a gift to your government.

I have personally spoken to the CEO of Azazia Petrol, who was quite enthusiastic about adding his company to the TBEX. Currently trading at 48CC/share in the UK with a total of 1.6 billion shares and of those 5.12 million remain outstanding. Additionally, should any Beltway companies look to trade on the exchanges in the United Kingdom, the largest being the Barent Exchange in Breningrad and the Philadelphia Exchange located in Philadelphia, they should seek Annette Sharpe, the Minister of Trade and Industry.

May these first words and agreements be the start of a fruitful relationship between our two peoples.

Roberta Kline
Minister of Foreign Affairs

To: Mark Warner, The Beltway
From: FedAB Foreign Affairs Department

The Federation of Amazonian Beasts would be interested to have an embassy in Georgetown with the Beltway. If you would like, we can construct an embassy in the FedAB for Beltway ambassadors, free of charge. Any trade offers you might have would be welcomed by the Federation.

Signed,
Andrew Chambers
FedAB Foreign Affairs Minister

To Andrew Chambers, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federation of Amazonian Beasts -

The site of your embassy has been selected; refurbishing will be finished within six months (1 RL day). We will accept your offer of an embassy; may we present to you the credentials of Ambassador Brian Moran? Further, we are interested in building consulates in your major cities. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To the Minister of Commerce, Federation of Amazonian Beasts -
We are committed to the principles of free trade, and would like you to lower any tarriffs you have prior to normalizing trade between our two nations. Failing this, we will permit our corporations to purchase silver and sell chickens in your nation. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

To: Mark Warner, The Beltway
From: Andrew Chambers, Foreign Affairs Minister

We would be honored to have Beltway consulates in major Amazonian cities, construction of consulate building shall be underway. We shall send Ambassador Brian Moorehead to serve as a connection between the Beltway and the FedAB in our embassy. We look forward to a fruitful future.

Signed,
Andrew Chambers
FedAB Foreign Affairs Minister


To: Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister, The Beltway
From: Corey Brady, Commerce Minister, FedAB

We will gladly restrict trade tarriffs in the name of trade between the Beltway and the FedAB. Trade is looked forward to, and we are a resource-wealthy nation. Any proposals for future trade will be looked forward to.

Signed,
Corey Brady
Commerce Minister, FedAB

To Corey Brady, Minister of Commerce, Federation of Amazonian Beasts -
We are pleased that you have removed all tariffs. Trade between our two nations is hereby normalized. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

The Beltway:
We find making us pay odd, but acceptable. We request an embassy in your city of Georgetown, 5,000,000 dollars. We will have no guards and will be unarmed.You may place an embassy in our capital, free off charge. We also have a supply off silver, and have beenwondering what to do with it. We may be able to begin trade.

Sincerely,

3rd savior of AdmiralBell

To the Foreign Minister of AdmiralBell -
We charge only for consulates, due to the need to purchase the facilities for consulates. For instance, one consulate, in Baltimore, is located on the former site of a hotel. Therefore, the $5,000,000 is hereby returned to your nation; your embassy has been established. We hereby present the credentials of Ambassador Elijah Cummings for approval. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To the Minister of Tourism of AdmiralBell
What is the name of your capital? We would like to know in order to prepare a tourist guide to your nation. If there is any other information you would like to contribute, please inform us. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kweisi Mfume, Minister of Tourism of The Beltway

To the Minister of Commerce of AdmiralBell
In keeping with our principles of free trade, we request that you remove all tariffs prior to normalization of trade. Failing this, we hereby authorize corporations in The Beltway to buy silver and sell cattle. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Busche, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

To: Foreign Ministry of Beltway
From: General Ajay Patel, Lieutenant of Foreign Affairs

After accepting your proposal to place an embassy and consulates in the Fatheraland. We also wish to place an embassy in your capital.

-1 Ambassador
-30 Embassy Staff
-13 Marine Security Guards
-4 Smartruck 3 SUVs (http://www.internationaldelivers.com/assets/militarybusiness/STE_lrg_PHOTO.gif), unarmed
-Roman Embassy Armory
--13 M16A4 rifles (http://www.vseleznev.com/m16a4.jpg) with M320 Grenade Launchers (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/XM320.jpg)
--13 Mark 23 pistols (http://www.waffenhq.de/infanterie/uspsocom-08.jpg) (Part of the Combat and Dress Uniform)
--13 Shotguns
--13 Marine Multipurpose bayonets (http://coloradoshooting.org/ipw-web/gallery/albums/bbadmin-Album-1/a4_p1_lt_with_handle_and_bayo_lt_diag.jpg)
--13 Marine Ka-Bar knives (http://www.russellsformen.com/03rch03images/ka1217m.jpg)
--13 Gladius Hispaniensis (http://www.odinblades.com/Swords2k/Gladius.jpg) (Part of the Dress and Combat Uniform)
--13 Dress Uniforms(Legionaire) (http://www.roman-empire.net/army/pics/legionary-1st-AD-segment.jpg)
--13 Combat Uniforms (Future Warrior Concept) (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_30/art03_30/0330_62scitec.gif)
--Grenade Launcher rounds (High Explosive, Fragmentation, Illumination, Non-lethal, Tear gas, Smoke)
--Shotgun Rounds (Lethal and Non-Lethal)
--13 M1 Garand Rifles with M1917 bayonets (http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/53fd3f42105011a685256b75000eb93c/$FILE/RifleCount_low.jpg)(Part of the Dress Uniform)
--Ammunition boxes
--Police Nightsticks
--31 NBC suits (for ambassador and embassy staff)
--31 Interceptor body armors, Helmets, glasses, etc. (for ambassador and embassy staff)
--other non-lethal weapons (Pepper spray, tazer, tranquilizers, etc)

To General Ajay Patel, Lieutenant of Foreign Affairs, Roman Republic -
Thank you. Your embassy has been set up.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To General Ajay Patel, Lieutenant of Foreign Affairs, Roman Republic, and to the Minister of Tourism, Roman Republic -

We are putting together a tourist guide to your nation, and need to know the names of the cities where our consulates will be located. Is there any other information you wish to contribute? Please contact us soon. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Kweisi Mfume, Minister of Tourism of The Beltway

Your nation's consulates will be placed throught out the Fatheraland.

-Paris, France
-London, Britain
-Berlin, Germany
-Madrid, Spain
-Cairo, Egypt
-Jeruselum, Isreal
-Athens, Greece
-Bagdad, Iraq
-Tehran, Iran
-Kabul, Afganistan
-New Delhi, India
-Beirut, Lebanon
-Damascus, Syria
-Amman, Jordan
-Tirane, Albania
-Belgrade, Yugoslavia
-Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
-Ljubljane, Slovenia
-Skopje, Macedonia
-Sofia, Bulgaria
-Zagreb, Croatia
-Bucharest, Romania
-Valletta, Malta
-San Marino, San Marino
-Lisbon, Portugal
-Andorra la Vella, Andorra
-Budapest, Hungary
-Vienna, Austria
-Vaduz, Liechtenstein
-Bern, Switzerland
-Monaco, Monaco
-Dublin, Ireland
-Amsterdam, Holland
-Brussels, Belgium
-Luxemburg City, Luxemburg
-Chisinau, Moldova
-Thimphu, Bhutan
-Dhaka, Bangladesh
-Islamabad, Pakistan
-Katmandu, Nepal
-Kuwait City, Kuwait
-Nicosia, Crete
-Ankara, Turkey
-Rangoon, Burma
-Tunis, Tunisia
-Tripoli, Libya
-Rabat, Morocco
-Algies, Algeria
-Khartoum, Sudan

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--Press Release from the office of Foreign Minister Mark Warner of The Beltway--
We are quite pleased with the results of our first forays into foreign affairs outside our region. The Beltway is becoming a part, however small, of the global system.
--End of Press Release--

Office of the Grand Marshalate
Brad McGarr
Grand Marshalate
Republic of Cascadian America

To: Foreign Ministry of The Beltway

On Behalf of The Secretary of State

I would like to hereby notify the Foreign Ministry that the campus of the Embassy of the Beltway, Cascadia City, Glacier Federal District, ROCA, is ready for your occupation. Grand Marshalate investigators have swept the building for listening devises and other espionage items that may have been left by the previous occupiers. 15 items were found and removed promptly. We do expect your own national investigative service to conduct a complete sweep as well. It is our gurantee that no such items are in the building.

We welcome you to Cascadia City, our capital, which resides in the Glacier Federal District.

As such, the Department of State has requested the Grand Marshalate request set up of a Embassy in your capital city. The ambassador and his entorage is ready to disembark Pangborn Memorial Airport by Private Jet to Regain Natl. Airport. Our security force will leave prior, along with investigators from the Office of the Grand Marshalate to sweep the building for espionage devices (as per national protocol), and they will be departing from Grant County International Airport.

Our embassy group will depart upon confirmation.

Sincerely,
Bradly L. McGarr
Grand Marshalate, ROCA

Those were our own bugs; we were the US, and know where our bugs are (see the Beltway Factbook). Good work.

To Dr. Joan Winters, Secretary of State, Cascadian America
Thank you. Your embassy, in Georgetown, has been set up.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To the Minister of Commerce of Cascadian America -
In keeping with the economic principles we hold dear, we request that you sign a free trade agreement with our nation, prior to normalization of our trade. Failing this, we will limit our exports to refined gas. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

Those were our own bugs; we were the US, and know where our bugs are (see the Beltway Factbook). Good work.

To the Minister of Commerce of Cascadian America -
In keeping with the economic principles we hold dear, we request that you sign a free trade agreement with our nation, prior to normalization of our trade. Failing this, we will limit our exports to refined gas. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

Mr. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

The 45th Congress of the Republic of Cascadia has ratified Docket 131-AC- "Free Trade Agreement- The Beltway", and was signed into law by our President. Your national trucking, cargo, and freight industries will all be issued SBFP (Secure Boundary Fast Passes) which will include bio-metric identifiying information. This will ensure speedy crossing of freight and cargo. The Department of Borders and Shores, Customs & Taraffs Control Agency, our Customs agency, conducts inspections on items intering the ROCA.

We will begin readying shipments of Apples, Salmon, and Timber, among other items such as aircraft and software, to your nation.

Sincerely,
Patrick O'Connor
Secretary of Commerce
http://www.geocities.com/cascadia42002/

To Secretary O'Connor of Cascadian America -
Thank you. Trade has been normalized between our two nations.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Busch, Minister of Commerce of The Beltway

To the Minister of Tourism of Cascadian America -
We are preparing a guide to your nation for tourists in ours. Is there any information you wish to contribute, such as items that are banned from Cascadian America? Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kweisi Mfume, Minister of Tourism of The Beltway

To the Minister of Tourism of Cascadian America -
We are preparing a guide to your nation for tourists in ours. Is there any information you wish to contribute, such as items that are banned from Cascadian America? Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kweisi Mfume, Minister of Tourism of The Beltway

Office of Tourism- ROCA
Department of the Interior

There are some items listed in our internet-factbook (http://www.geocities.com/cascadia42002/) which may be of use to your citizens.

There are several key things I do want to ensure that are included:
Prohibited Items- The following items are prohibited from being carried into the ROCA by a foreign visitor: Weapons- Guns, Knives, etc.
Such items can be purchased with a Foreign Visitor Consealement Permit, availble at all Points of Entry, for the purpose of hunting game, etc.
Agricultural Items are not permitted across international boundaries OR state boundaries.

All visitors must have a passport from their nation to enter.

All vehicles must have proof of insurance from The Beltway. If such is not availble, a temporary policy may be purchase at the Point of Entry.

Ages of Endowment
The ROCA has very specific laws regarding the endowment of certain rights that congress and the citizenry have deemed not acceptable for persons of a certain age.
# Tobbacco Use: The use of tobbacco is forbidden to minors under the age of 18
# Alchohol Consumption: Consumption of Alchohol is prohibited to those under the age of 21, but is waived to those who are in the Armed Forces and those consuming a minor amount of alchohol (wine) for religious observances while accompanied by a legal guardian.
# Motor Vehicle Operation: Learners Permit at 16, Restricted License at 16, Full License at 18 pending successful completion of tests.
# Age of Concent: The national age for a person to legally enter a contract, etc., is 18. At the age of 18, all citizens are considered an Adult.
# Gambling: Gambling is prohibited to minors under 18.

We would also like to request an advertisement in your tourism guide, for our National Park Service, promoting our Foreign Visitors Pass. For CA$80, a foreign visitor can purchase a Foreign Visitors Pass, which allows them unlimited visitation to our National Parks (such as the Grand Canyon, North Cascades, Columbia Scablands, and more) for an entire year (normal entry fee is $25/day/park). We are prepared to pay CA$10,000.00 transferable from the National Park Service, Dept. of the Interior (Invoice #1212).

Any questions, please advise.

To the Department of Tourism, Cascadian America -
Your advertisement has been approved. Two questions: one, is pepper spray considered a weapon under your banned weapons policy? Second, what is the exchange rate between the CA$ and the US$? Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kweisi Mfume, Tourism Minister of The Beltway

Pepper spray is allowed.

Exchange Rate: 1.1011

Irondin would like to open an Diplomatic office building (Embasy) in your capital, all we need is your premstion and we will suplie the rest to build and defend it.

To the Foreign Minister of Moantha:
Please inform us of the city in which you wish your consulate to be located. Consulates in Georgetown go for $5,000,000, in Baltimore, $4,595,000, in Dover, $3,000,000, in Rockville, $2,890,000, in Manassas or Frederick, $2,050,000, and in Wilmington, $3,100,000. We are interested in building an embassy in your capital; where would this be and how much do we need to spend to build said embassy? Finally, what do you trade? We are in need of tin, silver, and oil; we can export cattle, chickens, information technology, agricultural products, and refined gas. Thank you.
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

Official Communique to the Foreign Minister of The Beltway

We wish to construct our Consulate in Wilmington. The Capital City of Moantha is Moath, and land is very cheap in Moantha, as capitalism is frowned upon, good naturedly, of course. A 40,000 square foot embassy would go for about 300 Moanthan Ankhs. As for trade, we have very little to offer, although our nation produces almost unrivaled lemonade, and there is also a large, though, in keeping with our good natured socialism, not terribly profitable export in fine arts.

Finally, an animal, as of yet unfound by our government in any non Moanthan lands, the dolphin-dog, produces unusually fine wool.

To the Foreign Minister of Moantha -
Your consulate has been purchased; the former hotel is being refurbished for your needs. We would like to build consulates in your major cities, if possible. Further, we would prefer to sign a free trade agreement with you, lowering all tariffs you have on goods and services. Failing this, we will open up our markets to your wool and to our refined gas. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

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OOC: Cross-posted from my embassy thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=351513).]

To: Mark Warner
Foreign Minister
The Beltway
From: Mark Lorber
Senior Vice President and External Affairs Officer
Incorporated States of Sarzonia
Subject: Embassy establishment

The Incorporated Sarzonian Government is pleased to establish diplomatic contact with The Beltway, especially in light of our President's and our Lieutenant President's origins from that part of the former United States of America. We have reserved a spot for you in Woodstock to the appropriate acreage and we look forward to establishing a dialogue with you in that regard.

We would like to submit the credentials of Mr. Charles Moose, aka "Chip," the former police chief and later mayor of Woodstock to serve as the Sarzonian ambassador to The Beltway. We hope that you will find his credentials to your satisfaction.

To Mark Lorber, Senior Vice President and External Affairs Officer of the Incorporated States of Sarzonia -

Your request for an embassy is confirmed. We hereby invite your president and lieutenant president to our nation whenever they please. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

As representative of my region in such matters, until a suitable Head of Pan-Regional Affairs can be found, wish to obtain multiple embassy grants for my region's nine countries.

Any suitable payment you wish for, should be stated.

The Federated Republics of Spiral Sun wishes to know wether or not you have any claims on the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, and if so what the cost of it would for it's purchase would be.
The Theocracy of Upper East America wishes that you keep with Christian doctorine, and assersts it's claims on New England, Atlantic Canad (excluding Labrador, claimed by Nordic Union), and all land of the former Quebec bordering the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Monos Polein and The Orthanc offer their products and wish to join in free trade.


With all due respect,
Greyson Postman,
Minister of Information and Secretary of Communication of the Pan Galactic Confederation

PS: It would be "considerate" if barricade were put betwen the Embassies of Nordic Union and Imperial Pan-Russia

To Greyson Postman -
What are the names of each of the nations seeking embassies? We do not charge for embassies; they are a gift to nations that wish to have full diplomatic representation in our nation.

The claim to Omaha-Council Bluffs will be sold to Spiral Sun for $10 billion US, an embassy in your capital, free trade between our nations, and production and export rights for one (1) military product produced by your factories of our choice.

The claims in Canada will be sold for $10 billion US, an embassy in your capital, free trade between our nations, a promise not to interfere with our government's policies (especially those on religion - never heard of separation of church and state?), and export rights for one (1) military product produced by your factories of our choice; the claims in New England are not ours to sell, as New England is controlled by a nation in our region.

Free trade agreements with Monos Polein and The Orthanc are hereby approved. We believe in free trade.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

The Armed Republic of Mationsbuds is interested in having diplomatic ties with Beltway . We will also be sending over a staff consisting : John Mac Clay (Ambassador) with his family , 30 Armed Escorts (M16 Assult Rifles and Parker Hale Sniper Rifles with Colt Pistols) , 1 Armoured Convoy (1 Limo , 2 Humvees) and 2 Helicopters (1 Re-inforced Chinook and 1 Apache Strike Helicopter) . This will be if no hiccups occur . We will also gladly welcome your ambassador .

Similary , please reply at " http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=464710 " .

Regards ,
Martin Luther , Secretary Dictatorial Office .

To: Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway
From: Iuthian Diplomatic Corps, Central Command, Iuthia Prima, Iuthia
Subject: re: Embassy Application
Message:

Dear Mr. Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway,

Having recieved and confirmed your application for an Embassy in Iuthia, we are pleased to say that we can accept your offer with the reminder that it is policy for Iuthia to provide you with a pre-constructed embassy, however we can allow your people to contruct your own plot based on your requirements, albeit at your own cost. Eitherway your experts would be permitted (of course) to check the pre-constructed embassy to ensure that it is suitable for your staff.

In return I would like to inquire about the possibility of an Iuthian embassy to with the same basic limits that we would ask on others, with a small garrison in order to properly secure our diplomats and staff as well as two civilian vehicles and of course various (no high explosive) firearms for our security force to be used only in the protection of our embassy.

Thanks,

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/iuthia.jpg

Foriegn Minister Mick Lakely, Iuthian Diplomatic Corps

My superiors are pleased (excluding His Reverence, Paul Carpenter head of Upper East America) by

The Pan Galactic Confederation is comprised of: The Confederacy of Nordic Union, The Federated Republics of Spiral Sun, The Constitutional Monarchy of Imperial Pan-Russia, The Incorporated States of Monos Polein, The Republic of Tannu Uriankhai, The Republic of The Orthanc, The Republic of New Smithsonia, The Dictatorship of Fasco-Spirilia, The Theocracy of Upper East America.


His Reverence Paul Carpenter wishes to say that religion is fairly free (excluding Satanists), but the moral system is stricter. That being said Upper East America reasserts claims to all land formerly mentioned. He also stresses the need for charity and mercy.

Religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, untold millions of Beltway Dollars are going into a new government-funded maternity leave scheme, and libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars.

The payment for the Omaha-Council Bluffs will be catapulted into your Speaker's office, courtasy of Upper East America.



With all due caution,
Edric Sloan
Chief Executive of Monos Polein's Departments of State and Public Relations, and Temporary Head of Pan-Regional Affairs of the Pan Galactic Confederation

To Mationsbuds - We'd approve your application if you replace the Apache with a transport helicopter.

Iuthlia - We'll take your design; it doesn't matter to us. Your application is approved.

Spiral Sun et al - Good luck reasserting your claims, UE America. Your embassies are approved.

OOC - I will be updating the factbook weekly from now on.

Do you have a map of your region, and/or your nations claims?




Saruman Curumo, the President of the Republic of The Orthanc, also wishes for you to know that any all your genetic engineering/crossbreeding/human experimentions need ca be found here.
They also have large quantities of opium ready for exporting

Edric Sloan
Chief Executive of Monos Polein's Departments of State
and Public Relations, and TemporaryHead of Pan-Regional
Affairs of the Pan Galactic Confederation

We are utterly horrified by the ideas of genetic engineering, cross-breeding, and human experimentation outside the ordinary ethical boundaries of medical research. Celera Genomics has proved that gene therapy can be done without crossing moral and ethical boundaries that are not meant to be crossed. As a further note, we do not import illegal drugs, and treat the possession of more than 100 grams of illegal drugs, as well as the transportation or sale of over 50 grams of illegal drugs, as a felony offence; felonies are not covered under diplomatic immunity.

We claim, officially, the entire US, along with Eastern Canada, which collapsed first, and requested American governance to stabilize the nation before America's government collapsed. However, we acknowledge the existence of nine other nations (who don't RP) along the East Coast, which occupy territory from Maine south to Virginia and west to Indiana, along with your claims to the Omaha-Council Bluffs region and to Eastern Canada. Further, we acknowledge the claims of another nation in the West, namely Cascadian America.

A map of our nation is easy enough to determine; look at our factbook to find out our location, then look at a map of the United States.

To: Mark Warner, Foreign Minister, The Beltway
From: Dr. Rabastano Sancatto Serra, Agustinate of International Relations, Pacitalia

We are extremely pleased and humbled by your diplomatic outreach - however, your guard and staff numbers are both ten higher than our maximum allowance under the Pacitalian Foreign Affairs-Embassies Act (6/1996 S51 G90 23.4c-9). As long as those numbers are lowered to fifty each, we will be more than willing to accept your offer and reciprocate with our own diplomatic envoy of a similar size and contingent.

I wish you and your fellow countrymen and women the best of luck as you develop your position in the international sphere.


Sincera in domina bene,

Dr. Rabastano Sancatto Serra, MPP, RPAg
Agustinate of International Relations
Democratic Capitalist Republic of Pacitalia

To Dr. Rabastano Sancatto Serra, Agustinate of International Relations, Pacitalia -

We're fine with reducing the staff and guard requirements - we'll simply send ten less machine gunners. As for our request for consulates, how do you stand? Thank you.

Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

Mr Warner -

We would be happy to accept your request for consulates. The starting number is three for new embassy exchange partners, and you will most likely see consulate spaces open in Sambuca, Mandragora and Nortopalazzo. Your embassy will, of course, go in Timiocato.

- Dr. Rabastano Sancatto Serra

OOC: Cross-posted from this (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10298472&postcount=46) post.

To: Mark Warner, Foreign Minister, Republic of The Beltway
From: Sir George Fredericks, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development, UKIN
Subject: Embassy Exchange

Your Excellency,

Pursuant to your request to institute an exchange of embassies between our two lands, His Majesty's Government inquires as to the possibility of establishing an embassy within your Excellency's nation. Should your Excellency's government be amenable to this suggestion, I would like to extend a hand in friendship to your glorious country and offer the credentials of His Majesty's proposed ambassador, Arthur Hadrington, to your government.

To the continued prosperity of your nation,

The Rt. Hon. Sir George Fredericks, KL, MP, PC, CS
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development
UKIN

To Sir George Fredericks, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development, UKIN -

Your embassy has been purchased as a gift to you. We are pleased to begin expanding our relationship, and with this in mind, we request that you give us whatever information you feel would be of use for a potential tourist guide to your nation. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway
Kweisi Mfume, Tourist Minister of The Beltway

To:Mark Warner, Foreign Minister, The Beltway
From: Foreign Ministry Holy Republic of Resurrected Danu

We of the Holy Republic of Resurrected Danu joyfully extend the hand of friendship and would like to establish a diplomatic mission in The Beltway. Should this be possible we would send Ambassador Ryan Donnelly to oversee our Diplomatic mission. We would accompany him with a suitable staff of 15 and an honor guard of 12 'Fianóglach'(Rangers) issued only with small arms and subject to the restrictions of your Nation. We would be honored to host a Diplomatic mission from your fair Nation within our Capital of New Dublin. We look forward to hearing from you and on the bright future our Nations may share.


Aiden MacKenna
Foreign Ministry Chief Holy Republic of Resurrected Danu

To the Foreign Ministry of the Holy Republic of Resurrected Danu -
We will gladly accept your embassy. We would like to establish an embassy (40,000 sq. feet; ten staff and fifteen guards armed with MP-5 submachine guns) and consulates (20,000 sq. feet; five staff), in your capital and major cities, respectively. We hereby present to you the credentials of Ambassador Kevin Kamenetz for your consideration. Further, we are interested in a free trade pact with your nation. Finally, in order to encourage tourism and cultural contacts between our two nations, we would like you to contribute any information about your nation that you would deem useful for tourists to it. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To the Foreign Ministry of the Holy Republic of Resurrected Danu -
We will gladly accept your embassy. We would like to establish an embassy (40,000 sq. feet; ten staff and fifteen guards armed with MP-5 submachine guns) and consulates (20,000 sq. feet; five staff), in your capital and major cities, respectively. We hereby present to you the credentials of Ambassador Kevin Kamenetz for your consideration. Further, we are interested in a free trade pact with your nation. Finally, in order to encourage tourism and cultural contacts between our two nations, we would like you to contribute any information about your nation that you would deem useful for tourists to it. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To:Mark Warner, Foreign Minister, The Beltway
From: Foreign Ministry Holy Republic of Resurrected Danu
Per order of our President, I have been authorized to work out a free trade agreement between our nations. As for information, at this location can our entire factbook be obtained.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10329099#post10329099
We look forward to working out the details of the free trade agreement at the first opportunity.

Aiden MacKenna
Foreign Ministry Chief Holy Republic of Resurrected Danu

To the Government of Resurrected Danu -
The free trade agreement we have in mind is very simple: remove all barriers to trade between our two nations. If this is for some reason not what you had in mind, then please contact us. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To:Mark Warner, Foreign Minister, The Beltway,Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway
From: Foreign Ministry Holy Republic of Resurrected Danu

Sirs:
I am happy to announce that we do hereby agree to a free trade agreement between our two Nations. May both our Nations prosper greatly from this accord.


Aiden MacKenna
Foreign Ministry Chief Holy Republic of Resurrected Danu


OOC:Sorry, should have realized just how simple it was. Guess I was looking at it a bit too deeply.

Foreign Ministry of the Commonwealth of Grand Plutocracy
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Benjamin Disraeli
FMCGP Offices
Ilium Percote 1A 0AA

To the Foreign Minister of The Beltway

Due to the recent service provided by you to the Commonwealth of Grand Plutocracy, the President and Cabinet would be happy to establish diplomatic relations. The CGP Government sees many opportunities for future co-operation and trade between our two nations.

If this is proposition is agreeable, the CGP can offer 11 Darlington Square for the use of your diplomatic mission, to number no more than 75 personnel. As ambassador, we can offer Mr. Henry White, formally Ambassador to the RNBBT. The CGP Foreign Ministry would be grateful if your government could provide a property for our use if you wish to establish the aforementioned mission to the CGP and the name of your proposed Ambassador (you can reply to this post, telegram me or follow the FMCGP link).

The CGP hopes that this proposal will be accepted, and looks forward to establishing a fruitful dialogue in the near future.

Regards,
B. Disraeli, Minister of FA.

Sorry, but apparently you didn't hyperlink your signature.

To the Foreign Minister of Grand Plutocracy -
Thank you for your offer. We will establish an embassy at the offered location where Ambassador Mark Kennedy Shriver (whose credentials we hereby present), his family, thirty staff, and forty guards (32 armed with MP-5 submachine guns, four armed with M-240G machine guns, and four armed with M-82A3 sniper rifles) will live and work. Your location is being selected; it will be ready shortly.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

I only update my factbook (where I list embassy locations; I try to use RL embassies in DC) on weekends, so I won't be able to post the location of your embassy until then. Assume, for the moment, that it's been selected.

*Signature: yes, for some reason it wasn’t saved. Please let me know if this problem persists

To: Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

The CGP is pleased to accept His Excellency Ambassador Mark Kennedy to the CGP. While it is the policy of the CGP to recognise foreign embassies as the sovereign soil of friends and allies, the CGP asks that no embassy staff remove their weapons from the diplomatic compound. An exception is made in the case of the Ambassadors bodyguard, but we do ask that any weapons carried by such guards be small arms.

As you may understand, several nations with embassies in Ilium Percote are not on the best of relations, and this policy is to protect not only yourself, but our citizens.

The CGP looks forward to our future relationship, and hopes final arrangements for the CGP embassy may be finalised shortly.

Regards

Benjamin Disraeli, Foreign Minister

To the Foreign Minister of Naktan -
We have been advised of your offer of formal diplomatic ties with your nation, and appreciate your offer. We would like to build a 20,000 square foot embassy in your capital. We hereby present the credentials of Ambassador Ellen Moyer, who, along with her family, fifteen staff, and fifteen guards armed with MP-5 submachine guns, will live and work in the embassy. We would like the embassy to include a helipad for two VH-75 helicopters (which we will provide) and a garage for four armored Chevy Suburban vans. Please reply to this offer here. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

Sincerest Mark Warner,
Foreign Minister of the The Beltway

As Minister of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence, we are pleased to announce the clearance of some beautiful by the Anakstin River, a clearance of approximately 20,000 square feet which runs near the Imperial Citadel of Anakstin. Our architects have designed a embassy in the manner of dome styles, to save space and offer a unique perspective of the city. The complex shall be a ring of nine dome buildings, to suit the needs of your ambassador here. The dome nearest the river is intended as a residence for your beloved ambassador. The other domes are for your as you see fit: fine arts programs, embassy connections, garages for your vehicles, and eating facilities... In the center of this complex shall seat a command dome, which connects to all of the ring domes via covered open passages. We intend to construct this as a command center for your security forces. In addition, three helipads shall be placed on this dome, for ease of security clearance. The construction material is to be made from Naktan ilidien, which forms a very potent alloy when mixed with conventional aluminum. Ambassador Ellen Moyer will suit fine in our capital.

You may do as you wish on this territory; we offer extraterritoriality for your subjects - as long as they remain on embassy grounds. Additionally, our construction crew shall build an underground passage for your vehicles, so that they may travel to and from the Imperial Citadel for diplomatic business without the hindrances of Naktan traffic. But as again, these are our offers for the construction; the only thing that has been done in reference to the construction of the embassy is the allotment of territory along the Anakstin River. The final decision is yours to make on these things.

In retrospect, we have some desires in the construction of our embassy (not as specifically as we had given your thought). We desire an embassy with a modest location, about 400 square meters, and enough residence to shelter 162 personnel, including the ambassador's family. Additionally, we hope to have rights to construct a temple to Taiarai on the embassy, so that our people in residence may still have a place to rest in sanctuary.

Our Prime Minister has selected Azahlik Respoin, a familiar traveler in the international community. She has visited many prominent countries in the West and the East and the North and the South. Her familiar with world politics makes here extremely suitable for a cooperative representative in your capital. She has a small family of three: her husband, Col. Zhermik Respoin, is currently serving in the Imperial Army, working to help modernize our force. Her children are adorable, with 10, 9, and 6 years of life. While her approval is set for vote in the Imperial Assembly, it is likely that the people will accept the PM's choice. Granted that, we are anxious for a reply as soon as possible. In addition to the formalizing diplomatic relations, we would like to conclude some trade talks, for other matters including our recent naval transactions with some of your nationals.

Again, our people are pleased with your people's hospiptality and we hope that this may yet bring more days of prosperity ahead. Our priests pray for your people to keep them in the favor of Taiarai.

Most Respectfully,
Daimei Kirolir
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence of the Holy Empire of Naktan

[PS>>> Just because we're an Imperial State doesn't mean we don't believe in enlightened autocratic deomcracy...]

To Daimei Kirolir, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence of the Holy Empire of Naktan -

We appreciate your offer of land in your capital; your proposal for the design of our embassy is accepted.
As for your request, a 40,000 square foot plot has been set aside for your use. We ask that you send only fifty guards among the 162 people assigned to your embassy; the Metropolitan Police Department and the Capitol Police Department should be more than adequate in handling security needs. As for your request for a temple on your plot, we have no trouble with that; your embassy is your soil, and you are free to do as you please with it.
As for trade, we request that you lower all tariffs and other barriers to trade between our nations. Failing this, we will only be able to authorize our corporations to sell ships and refined gas, although imports from your nation will not be restricted by us.
We appreciate your commitment to democracy, as noted in your postscript. Thank you for your reply.

Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

To Daimei Kirolir, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence of the Holy Empire of Naktan -

We appreciate your offer of land in your capital; your proposal for the design of our embassy is accepted.
As for your request, a 40,000 square foot plot has been set aside for your use. We ask that you send only fifty guards among the 162 people assigned to your embassy; the Metropolitan Police Department and the Capitol Police Department should be more than adequate in handling security needs. As for your request for a temple on your plot, we have no trouble with that; your embassy is your soil, and you are free to do as you please with it.
As for trade, we request that you lower all tariffs and other barriers to trade between our nations. Failing this, we will only be able to authorize our corporations to sell ships and refined gas, although imports from your nation will not be restricted by us.
We appreciate your commitment to democracy, as noted in your postscript. Thank you for your reply.

Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

Sincerest Mark Warner,
Foreign Minister of the The Beltway

We are grateful for this offer. As you will have noted, the Holy Empire of Naktan just recently voided all tarriffs in the Holy Empire, so that is no longer an issue. Furthermore, if you ever need books published, we have an accommodating industry of the sort. And likewise, our munitions industry is rather superb and while our companies have yet to expand abroad, we hope to offer them encouragement to get into the international setting to acquire new developments and good markets.

In reference to our guards, the Ambassador does not an escort of more than 27 men. We may be primitive in most matters, but our arms manufacturers and our soldiers are considerably well-placed. We furthermore appreciate the concern for your local police to assist in this matter. This consideration may allow us to spare less men for guard duty, but that is for a later time.

In the matters regarding your embassy, our workers have begun construction of the site. If in the meantime your ambassador would to review the construction or get ahead in other matters of her details, we have adequate temporary residences in the Imperial Citadel (the site of the construction area is visible from the west side of the Citadel...), and we can accommodate such. As stated though, it is only an offer, and it stands until the completion of the embassy in one year the naktan year is two days, but in this case, i believe the standard year one day, so it shall be one day .

Our PM and I will be arriving soon [OOC today] to witness the christening of our first modern ship. The PM's escort is a modest 27 guards, and we request during our visit to your corporation's dockyard, that we meet in person to get our acquaintances done.

We look forward to these days.

Most Respectfully,
Daimei Kirolir
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence of the Holy Empire of Naktan

To Daimei Kirolir, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence of the Holy Empire of Naktan -
Thank you for opening up your nation to our exports. We hereby authorize free trade with your nation.
Your offer of temporary accomodations is accepted; we would like to know more about your nation, and it would be best to get to know you as soon as possible.
As for meeting with you, I can arrange a brief (30 minute) meeting; unfortunately, due to the need to fundraise for my campaign for PM, I cannot meet for longer.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To Daimei Kirolir, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence of the Holy Empire of Naktan -
Thank you for opening up your nation to our exports. We hereby authorize free trade with your nation.
Your offer of temporary accomodations is accepted; we would like to know more about your nation, and it would be best to get to know you as soon as possible.
As for meeting with you, I can arrange a brief (30 minute) meeting; unfortunately, due to the need to fundraise for my campaign for PM, I cannot meet for longer.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

This is most understandable...

We shall try to arrange our time around the christening ceremony.

Most Respectfully,
Daimei Kirolir
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence of the Holy Empire of Naktan

Since the ships are due at 0539GMT, I'll arrange this at about that time, which gives the whole thing about 9 hours. Hopefully this works :)

The Empire of Xeraph would be honored to exchange embassies with The Beltway. We have one available for you in our Royal City of Tarascus.

respectfully,

Vlad, Prince of the Empire, Regent of The Grey Phoenix, in the Name of the Emperor.

To Prince Vlad, Regent of The Grey Phoenix -
I apologize that Foreign Minister Mark Warner was unable to reply to you himself; he is off fundraising and campaigning in hopes of becoming our next Prime Minister. On his behalf, we thank you for your offer, and request a 20,000 square foot embassy in your capital for our use. We hereby present the credentials of Ambassador Charles Steger, former President of Virginia Tech, who, along with his family, fifteen staff, and fifteen guards armed with MP-5 submachine guns, will live and work in the embassy. We would like the embassy to include a helipad for two VH-75 helicopters (which we will provide) and a garage for four armored Chevy Suburban vans.
Sincerely,
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To Prince Vlad, Regent of The Grey Phoenix -
I apologize that Foreign Minister Mark Warner was unable to reply to you himself; he is off fundraising and campaigning in hopes of becoming our next Prime Minister. On his behalf, we thank you for your offer, and request a 20,000 square foot embassy in your capital for our use. We hereby present the credentials of Ambassador Charles Steger, former President of Virginia Tech, who, along with his family, fifteen staff, and fifteen guards armed with MP-5 submachine guns, will live and work in the embassy. We would like the embassy to include a helipad for two VH-75 helicopters (which we will provide) and a garage for four armored Chevy Suburban vans.
Sincerely,
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway

Minister Alexakis,

Thank you for your prompt response. As an FYI, the Xeraphian capitol of Xeraphia is reserved for those nations who wish to be considered full allies of Xeraph. Full allied status obliges both nations to come to the defense of each other if aid is requested. If you simply wish to have an embassy in Xeraph, it would be in the Royal City of Tarascus ( Xeraph has five Royal Cities, including Xeraphia. ). Whichever you prefer is acceptable to us.

Our Ambassador to The Beltway is Admiral Lord Tom Hannon. He will arrive via HCGS with his security team of 15 Royal Marines. His staff of 10 will arrive shortly thereafter.

In addition to the accomodations youv'e requested, your embassy, which sits on 3 landscaped acres, comes with an Olympic-sized pool for your enjoyment.

regards,

Prince Vlad, in the Name of the Emperor.

To Prince Vlad -
We cannot commit ourselves to an alliance, so an embassy in Tarascus will suffice. Would we be permitted to establish consulates, each with a staff of 5, on 10,000 square foot plots in the major cities of your nation?
Further, we desire to open up trade with your nation. In keeping with our free trade ideals, we are removing all tariffs on imports from Xeraph; we would like you to do the same. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

To Prince Vlad -
We cannot commit ourselves to an alliance, so an embassy in Tarascus will suffice. Would we be permitted to establish consulates, each with a staff of 5, on 10,000 square foot plots in the major cities of your nation?
Further, we desire to open up trade with your nation. In keeping with our free trade ideals, we are removing all tariffs on imports from Xeraph; we would like you to do the same. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway
Michael E. Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway

Minister Busch,

Tarascus it is.

You may open consulates if you wish in our cities. As previously mentioned, there are five Royal Cities in Xeraph.........that is the sum total of the cities in our nation. As Xeraph itself is primarily a military nation, all of the residents of Xeraph live in the five cities, total population of approximately 1.5million, 90% of which serve the diplomatic community. It is Xeraphian law that there be no buildings taller than one story abov the surface. All subsequent stories are below ground, ranging from three stories to 12 stories.

The only other inhabitants of Xeraph are the military forces, totalling some 180,000,000 soldiers, pilots, and naval personnel. In addition, Xeraph has an AI army of 12,000,000 AI Spiders, Paladins, and Sentinels. All of the other citizens of Xeraph, about 4.4 billion, are employed off-world, either as blue or white collar workers, or military.

All of our manufacturing is also done off world. We have four planets presently 65% to 100% settled, and sixteen more in various stages of developement. The Empire is supplied with 78% of it's necessities from plants off world, the rest coming from other friendly nations. Whatever you need, I'm sure that the Empire can supply you with it.

For a complete list of the Empire's subject-nations, please see the region of Mercenary Lands.

We do not charge tariffs with any of our trade partners.

regards,

Prince Vlad

According to our reports, PM Karmala and Foreign Minister Kirolir will be landing at Thurgood Marshall BWI airport in three hours. Our offices decided to relay this information to you.

Zenhahar Virduzhe
Administrator
Office of Imperial Orders and Relations Commission

PS>>> We echo the sentiments of the PM in his best wishes for a good election. He wishes well that the voice of the people shall be heard there.

From the Desk of the Minister of Foreign Affairs:

The People's Republic of Gejigrad would be interested in establishing an embassy in your nation, and we invite you to do the same. We would also like to speak about the possibility of a Non-Agression Pact, given our communal status with Andasio.

To the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gejigrad -

Your embassy is being set up; our embassy should be 20,000 square feet, contain a helipad for two unarmed VH-75 helicopters, and have a garage for eight armored Chevy Suburban vans. Ambassador Anthony Williams, whose credentials we hereby present for your approval, along with his family, 24 staff, and 36 guards (32 armed with MP-5 submachine guns, two armed with M-240G machine guns, and two armed with M-82A3 sniper rifles), will live and work at the embassy.

Further, we are interested in setting up consulates in your nation's major cities. Each consulate will have eight staff and four guards armed with P90 personal defence weapons, will be 9,000 square feet, and will have a garage for three armored Honda Civic Hybrids.

Finally, we agree to your proposed Non-Aggression Pact, in keeping with our commitment to peaceful relations.

Sincerely,
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway

P.S. Our normal Foreign Minister, Mark Warner, is off campaigning; thus, he cannot himself reply to your message.

TABYour plot of land has been selected and zoned, and workers are nearly ready to build--we merely await plans for your embassy design. It will be located in the Embassy Wing section of New London, Lot Number Three. As for your consulates, that will not be a problem, but we will also need designs for those, as well, unless they are of the same template as the embassy?
TABWe are glad to know you have accepted our proposal of a pact. Perhaps you could fly a delegate to our nation, and we could hammer it out with them and their staff?

Meanwhile!
Engineers were on their way to the Gejigradian embassy in the Beltway, to supervise its construction. They were travelling by a single, mid-sized private jet, of modest cost and comfort.

A standard design will be fine for the consulates. Commerce Minister Michael Busch will fly to New London, Gejigrad to finalize details of the NAP; he will also attempt to secure a free-trade pact between our two nations. We have already removed tariffs on your products; we request that you do the same for ours.
Sincerely,
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway

TABThat will have to be decided in the meeting, although we feel it could be a possibility.
TABYour embassy and most of your consulates are also nearing completion; we estimate another six months to finish.*


[ *Gejigrad is really cold. So, it takes a bit to actually build stuff. ]

To all peace-loving nations of the world:
The Beltway suffered an unprovoked attack this afternoon, when the Sixth Airborne Division, while deployed to Gilabad to evacuate that nation's ICLU members, was suddenly and deliberately attacked, without provocation, by tanks and aircraft of the Gilabad military. We hereby call upon all nations to help defeat Gilabad.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

The Holy Empire of Naktan supports our firm friends in the Beltway Republic. While the Empire is reluctant to support in full arms, we have massive loads of volunteers, who can engage in covert, sabotage, and partisan missions. If need be, some of the volunteers can be arranged in military formation for a Voluntary Expeditionary Force.

[ooc: since all of our citizens bear arms, they have a reasonably good stock of weaponry for themselves; the only necessity for a strict military unit would be the necessity for APU vehicles and any other mechanized unit. Otherwise, our soldiers arer a fine breed, trained in the arts of peace to attain the arts of peace.]

Our first load of volunteers is granted permission to leave for the Beltway Republic in two hours [with a flight there, 16 hours in all], numbering at around 1500. According to our Ministry of Domestic Affairs and Intelligence, our people are very upset [to put it lightly] at the attack and have condemned the state of Gilabad. A petition of 50000 persons havev asked His Holy Eminence to assist your people, and while he would do so, he reasonably expects that the Gilabad state would easily crush Naktan alone. And even with our modernization initiatives [nice patrol fleet and good armored divisions], we still lack an effective air force.

However, if it gives you any comfort, our cavalry units are among the most disciplined and elite in the world [cavalry as in horses and sabers]. Furthermore, our priests have summoned all the nation into prayers to ask Taiarai for a peaceful resolution to the conflict, and that righteousness and justice shall prevail above the vain and hostile forces of Gilabad.

Please let us know if there is anything else that we can do outside of an official declaraion of war.

Zenhahar Virduzhe
Administrator
Office of Imperial Orders and Relations Commission

To Zenhahar Virduzhe, Administrator of the Office of Imperial Orders and Relations Commission, Naktan -

Thanks for the volunteers and for your prayers; economic pressure would be useful. Hopefully this mess will clear up soon.

Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

His Holiness has authorized mobilization of minor forces around the capital, and he has also called up 500,000 from reserves [ooc: it's still a small country, but we're zealously militant - note the compulsary military service]. Furthermore, seeing the limited success of the volutneers, His Holiness has authorized the PM to order mobile units with the volunteers.

And furthermore, considering that His Holiness doesn't not even recognize the state of Gilabad yet, we have no reason to assume any trade deals with them. With your government's permission, we can send 15,000 troops to your country to mobilize for an assault to attempt a relief of your base of operations in Gilabad. With time and preparation, we will send in a full force, although naval and aerial assistance will be an almost necessity. We will coordinate our future plans with you as our forces prepare.

Logistics for the moment include:

1 armored company [16 T-90] - 200
1 reconnaissance company [16 IKV-91] - 150
3 alpine infantry battalions - 4500
1 cavalry battalion - 800
2 infantry regiments - 9000

If the initial plans are approved, we would request assistance in providing air transport, as our only current means for transporting troops are via commercial airplanes. If you have any spare military transport aircraft, we would be willing to purchase those.

DEMOCRATIC SOVIET REPUBLIC OF KAHANISTAN
Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Government of Kahanistan wishes to reciprocate your establishment of an embassy in Kahanistan with one of our own, and accepts the requests made by your embassy regarding landing space and guards. We will send Lieutenant General Leopold Krimm and 50 Republic Guards armed with TAR-21 assault rifles, five LOSAT anti-tank missile launchers, ten RPG-29's, five M-24 sniper rifles, and five M-240 heavy machine guns, as well as one UH-60 Blackhawk and one AH-64 Apache.

Signed,
Margaret Delray,
Minister of Foreign Affairs

To MoD of Naktan -
We have been informed that you are in need of military transports. We are willing to offer three (3) C-5B transports every year, for a price of $459 million (which is a 10% discount, by the way) per order, for as long as you like. We hope that you accept our offer, and that you choose to use Lockheed as your supplier of aircraft in the future.
Sincerely,
Robert J. Stevens, CEO of Lockheed Corporation

To MoD of Naktan -
We appreciate your offered troops. Unfortunately, our base fell on the first day of the war, although we were able to evacuate many troops. We've currently skipped to three days later, when the first naval battle begins. However, your troops will still be useful as support for the eventual ground campaign.
If you still wish to lend us further troops, we can loan you, for as long as is necessary during our war, the remnants of the 12th Transport Wing (twenty C-17 aircraft; we lost four in battle three days ago) to transport your troops. We thank you for your support in these trying times.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To Margaret Delray, Minister of Foreign Affairs, DSR of Kahanistan -
Unfortunately, you will have to drop the AH-64 for us to accept your application. We apologize for not stating this in advance; however, we do not allow such heavy weaponry as an Apache helicopter. Otherwise, however, your embassy is acceptable.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To MoD of Naktan -
We have been informed that you are in need of military transports. We are willing to offer three (3) C-5B transports every year, for a price of $459 million (which is a 10% discount, by the way) per order, for as long as you like. We hope that you accept our offer, and that you choose to use Lockheed as your supplier of aircraft in the future.
Sincerely,
Robert J. Stevens, CEO of Lockheed Corporation

To MoD of Naktan -
We appreciate your offered troops. Unfortunately, our base fell on the first day of the war, although we were able to evacuate many troops. We've currently skipped to three days later, when the first naval battle begins. However, your troops will still be useful as support for the eventual ground campaign.
If you still wish to lend us further troops, we can loan you, for as long as is necessary during our war, the remnants of the 12th Transport Wing (twenty C-17 aircraft; we lost four in battle three days ago) to transport your troops. We thank you for your support in these trying times.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway


scheisse...I must have misread that somewhere...

Minister of Defense Ivinmein appreciates the concern and accepts the proposal by your government for the loan of the remnants. We are disheartened by the news of your loss, and we hope that our future involvement shall not be in vain, whether this ends before the operation is in place or not. It is the firm belief of His Holiness that Gilabad redress for their errors.

Zenhahar Virduzhe
Administrator
Office of Imperial Orders and Relations Commission

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TO Lockheed Corporation

We would be willing to purchase this order of airplanes for a period of 5 years, with each year being paid as it comes. In the end, we hope that we can update our air force with a reasonable force that can defend and assist our allies. Pending the improvement of our economy in the recent recession, we will consider expanding our aerial purchases from your company. In the meantime, we greatly appreciate the business.

Gahrdin Nubahlk
Administrator
Office of Imperial Duties and Contracts Commission

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In a show of solidarity, His Holiness's representative in Gerogetown is opening the embassy of the Holy Empire of Naktan to local forums to discuss the conflict in Gilabad. At the end, there will be a concert, featuring Naktan music transcribed to fit the music of modern times - all proceeds from this concert will go to the families of Beltway citizens who have suffered the loss of a loved one.

We have also completed preparations for our exhibitions on Naktan horseback riding, and we have opened a cultural showcase for all Beltway citizens to learn how to ride horses in the Naktan manner.

Azahlik Respoin
Ambassador
Embassy of the Holy Empire of Naktan in The Republic of the Beltway

Najaster, Capital of Kahanistan

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Delray fumed, remembering the massive anti-Amestrian riots (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=461318) that had taken place two months earlier. Rampaging mobs of Kahanistanians, spurred on by vicious anti-Amestrian propaganda, had tried to storm the Embassy and lynch the Amestrians and sheltering Kahanistanians inside. The Amestrians, overwhelmed on the ground by tens of thousands of rioters who had obtained M-16's, Dragunov sniper rifles, and even a Merkava IV MBT, had resorted to helicopter gunships to protect the Embassy, killing thousands.

Calm down, we won't give the people of the Beltway a reason to riot like that. After a few angry phone calls to various Beltway officials, she finally capitulated and dropped her demand for a gunship.

To Naktan-
The Pimlico Race Course will be holding the Preakness Stakes, as always, in May. Any Naktan horses and jockeys that wish to enter the race and fit the requirements for it may register to do so; obviously, they will have to run in timed trials or other races to ensure that the horses being entered are the best.
Sincerely,
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To Foreign Minister Delray of the DSR of Kahanistan -
Thank you for adjusting your request to be in accordance with our policies. We will set up your embassy soon; if you have further concerns with regards to security, we can have a four-person detail from the Capital Police permanently assigned to protecting the embassy.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

OOC - Naktan, what equipment do your troops carry?

[ooc: Standard armaments of the Imperial Army:

@*'UI& (9mm pistol)
@^*UZ$ (7.62mm assault rifle)
%3YUV (15.00mm dagger)
%9TAL (rapier)
#@*P0 (equipment belt and bandolier)

sorry for the long response time]

OOC - Naktan: Thanks for the info.

[ooc: what is the current status of the conflict? can't find the thread...]

OOC - We're three days in, preparing to fight a naval battle. You could always just search the threads I put up; I created the one about the war.

[ooc: I'm reluctant to participate in his [Gilabad] little war, since I can just smell the egocentric personality coming out from his thread...I personally don't think that he deserves the attention that he's getting, for being short-sighted and little discerning, although he's more cooperative than I had imagined before...]

The Holy Empire of Naktan has completed the preparation for the 15000-man Expeditionary Force in the Beltway. We have plans to expand our force there to 50,000, although the Ministers have debated the proposal in the Imperial Council. There are cries from the Imperial Assembly to destroy the state of Gilabad and "teach them the ways of the civil and righteous human." Furthermore, His Holiness has granted more volunteers to go to the Beltway, although He has explicitly forbidden any further acts of volunteering, since the workforce decreased due to the high levels of self-sacrifice [perhaps a reason why the economy is doing relatively poorly at the present...our Minister of Economic and Industrial Resources is trying to manage it at the moment...].

We furthermore extend our desire to resolve this issue as soon as possible, since the conflict itself benefits no one, and in a good resolution, we hope furthermore that the people of Gilabad may come to righteous deliverance, and thus lead their people to peace.

Zenhahar Virduzhe
Administrator
Office of Imperial Orders and Relations Commission

OOC - I know it's something of an ego trip from Gilabad; however, I've got a number of large allies on my side. Besides, I've been meaning to test out my stuff...
So no horse owners from Naktan are interested in entering into the Preakness? Too bad...

Our horsemen are too enraged to perform competitive races at this time. Perhaps after this conflict...

OOC - understandable...

[ooc: my economy is on the rise again :) WOOHOO!!!]

His Holy Eminence has made an appearance from the Citadel recently; in his message, he called for moderation from the Naktan people, seeing as their rage has driven the Naktan to a perpetual state of disenchantment, something that borders on the lines with the vile Gilabad government. That said, he is inviting the many proposals by the Assembly to declare war on Gilabad, seeing as it is the desire of the people, and furthermore, it would be inn our interests to support the righteous people and our allies - all who have been gravely and indiscriminately attacked by the forces of Gilabad. He expresses the hope that this declaration of war will not harm the people, although he also expresses the determination to make justice and righteousness prevail.

To: The Foreign Ministry of the Beltway
From: Lost Hills Department of State

It seems odd that our two nations wouldn't have an embassy linking them. We request permission to build one and open up official relations.

.

To Lost Hills Department of State -
Your request is noted; however, details would be useful. Please give the number of staff and guards, along with any special requests you have for your embassy.
Sincerely,
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway

Did the aid package you sent me still happen? For now, I'm assuming yes...

To Lost Hills Department of State -
Your request is noted; however, details would be useful. Please give the number of staff and guards, along with any special requests you have for your embassy.
Sincerely,
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway

Did the aid package you sent me still happen? For now, I'm assuming yes...

Lost Hills Department of State
Office of Embassy Affairs

Greetings! We apologize for not supplying details earlier, but the bureacrats in the main office don't tell us anything.

At this point, we'd be deploying a staff of about 50 to man the embassy, including consular officials, attachés, and the Ambassador. A platoon of Marines will be providing security. This would be 36 lightly armed troops.

We look forward to working with you in the future.

Yes it did.

To Lost Hills Department of State, Office of Embassy Affairs -
Thank you for your reply. Your embassy will be completed soon; we're refurbishing old embassies throughout the District of Columbia.
Sincerely,
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway

OOC: As requested, a post here.
IC:

We are pleased to accept your hand of alliance, we would look for trade and military support when push comes to shove. We hope we can strike an agreement.

King William

Seeing as the conflict is standing down little to a ceasefire, our Expedition will be standing down and reverting back. His Holiness has wisely chosen to refrain from an official declaration of war, explaining that these people are willing to accept peace now, an indication that the Gilabad people are inviting a return to righteous behavior [albeit slowly...].

Our current force of 50,000 will be returning home, with our originial 15,000 remaining in place in the event that things turn sour. And seeing as we have no more real need of it anymore, we glady and graciously return your remnant elements of the 12th Transport Wing. Our current force will be able to manage the return trip.

On another note, we have begun to notice that our more modern ships were becoming low in supply of armaments, and we realized that we have not been adequately supplying our vessels with the proper armaments. This element has been discovered in all of our other modern units, ground and air force alike. Therefore, PM Karmala wishes to open a military training exchange to resolve these differences. Our units will need training on maintaining proper supply with modern tanks and air planes [as well as as our ships], as well some other aspects with its general maintenance. We are glad that these problems did not occur when we were battling the pirates, or that might have taken a turn for the worse...

We anxiously await for your reply on these things.

Zenhahar Virduzhe
Administrator
Office of Imperial Orders and Relations Commission

To Zenhahar Virduzhe, Administrator of the Office of Imperial Orders and Relations Commission, Naktan -

A military training exercise, focusing on maintenance and repair, would indeed be useful for both parties. Would you like the exercise to take place in your nation or in ours?

Sincerely,
Major General Eric Shinseki, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of The Beltway
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway

Either would be beneficial to us, although it would be better for the training to occur at home, seeing as we regularly conduct execises around our numerous islands and vast country in our western provinces. If possible, we could also work out a management of supplies with some home supply. It would be most pleasing to us if we could expand the military training with industry specialists, to help with the home supply. We will pay the appropriate costs of these armaments manufacture as is needed to the appropriate companies.
[ooc: the reason why I brought this up was because alot of the vehicles and vessels that I was buying used different ammunition, and I wasn't particularly buying that many armaments for them, so I'm trying to figure out a way to get a home economy to build a self-sufficient supply of these armaments and I don't know where to get them...although it is also illogical to send troops not properly drilled in the use of those materials...]

Furthermore, we extend our warm friendship with an offering of a valued commodity from our shores: wine :D. Our Viroyels Vinyards have produced a staggering quantity of wines and we are willing to open exclusive exports to the Beltway, as a test for a foreign market. Pending the success of this, we will then open our wines to the world.

Zenhahar Virduzhe
Administrator
Office of Imperial Orders and Relations Commission

Message from the Foreign Secretary's desk...

The government of ChevyRocks wishes to set up an embassy in your capital city of Georgetown. Our detatchment would include the ambassador, 30 consular officials and attachés, 20 Republic Marines to provide security, six armored Suburbans for ground transportation, and a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter.

On a second note, there has been a building development area in the western sector of our capital, Duntovostok. As of yet, the prime contractor hasn't been able to find a buyer in the country, so our plan was to purchase the buildings and make them available for foreign government use. If you would be interested, you would be welcome to set up an embassy of your own there.

Signed,
Cutris Thompson
Foreign Secretary, Confederate Republic of ChevyRocks

To Cutris Thompson, Foreign Secretary of the Confederate Republic of ChevyRocks -

In light of your support for our nation in the late conflict, we hereby approve your application for an embassy. Further, we would like to establish an embassy in your nation. Ambassador Leonie Brinkema, whose credentials we hereby present, her family, thirty staff, and thirty-six guards (30 armed with MP-5 sub-machine guns, two armed with M-240G machine guns, and four armed with M-82A1 sniper rifles) will live and work at the embassy, which should have facilities for fourteen armored Chevy Suburban vans and six VH-75 unarmed helicopters. We hope that this embassy exchange will be satisfactory to both parties, and that our relations will remain strong.

Sincerely,
Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To: Kostas Alexakis, Deputy Foreign Minister of The Beltway

We will inform the building contractor to make storage accommodations for your vehicle compliment and related equipment at the facility. Anything further can be decided by your government, and installed when your people arrive.

Your team and later officials and represenatives may be flown in through the airports in the capital of Duntovostok International or Lynaugh International, or if the need arises, through Capital South Republic Air Base. And we hope our two nations will continue to have good, strong relations for many years to come.

Signed,
Curtis Thompson
Foreign Secretary, Confederate Republic of ChevyRocks

Respected Members of the beltway, our Empire is very much looking forward to establishing more emassies.

Please establish ours in George Town. Moderate Size with about 40 Staff and 48 guards. We hope you don't mind a little bit of Magic (hence our name) Our diplomat to you will be Koichi Ito, and we hope you'll allow for his family of five to take up residence. If you so like, we will open one in our Capital city of Oka. For the sum of $2,500,000 (as you are charging us, it makes it fair and balanced. This amount is half of what we are paying for our set up.)

In Trade Relations; we offer to you:

60 Metric Tones of Steel (Tri-Monlthly)

50,000 lbs of grains, wheat, (Montly)

50 Mt's of Silver (Annualy)

30,000 Barrles of Oil (Annualy)

500,000 Cattle and Chicken (Montlhy)

Thank you,

Madison Yuske-Min. of Foreign Relations

Miyuki Chinchiro-Co. Min. of Foreign Relations

OOC - Sorry, but I don't accept magic. If you can work around that, then note that we don't charge for embassies, only for consulates. Oh, and 30K barrels of oil is a drop in the bucket for any nation; further, we operate on a free-trade system, so you'll only have to (assuming that you can work around the fact that I don't accept magic) simply request a free-trade agreement and agree to remove any tariffs on imports and exports in your nation.

Then we can't deal with you. Any and all deals are off

OOC - Oh well. Still, I like the fact that you're attempting to set up ordinary relations w/ the outside world, rather than instantly going to war like so mnay other new nations...

[ooc: I would like to know if it is permissible to purchase production rights for the needed machinery, resources, armaments, and supplies to maintain all the naval and aerial equipment that I had purchased from your various companies...see post #102 for the details...]

I seem to have missed your post earlier; sorry about that. Oh, and is there any way I could have PM Kaine visit your nation soon? Perhaps in a (RL) week?

To Zenhahar Virduzhe, Administrator, Office of Imperial Orders and Relations Commission, Naktan -

Sorry for the delays in our reply; bureaucracy can be quite slow sometimes. Gage Munitions has offered to sell (domestic-only) production rights to the various shells needed for the price of 1,000 of each shell that production rights will be given out for; further, they offer to, for $54 million US per factory, help set up ammunition, naval gun, and missile factories in your nation. Finally, to help maintain and repair your new navy, Baltimore Shipyards, for a cost of $750 million US, offers to help build you a port facility for vessels with displacements of up to 60,000 tons.

As for the offer to sell Naktan wine, we welcome this opportunity. I recall your wine being quite good; I think that Naktan wine will be a great success in The Beltway.

Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of the Republic of The Beltway

[ooc: I'm fine with that at the moment...one RL week for a visitation :) BTW, what happened to your elections? I thought Kaine was going to retire?]

To Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Beltway:

We greatly appreciate this venture on your part to coordinate with your industries and corporations to grant a purchase of domestic production facilties for the maintenance and repair of our fleet.

In response to the generous offer sent by Gage Munitions, we wish to establish 9 factories [$486mil]; 6 in Viroyels, and 3 in Anirel. We furthermore wish to purchase DPRs for the munitions required for our fleet [ooc: i don't know which ones are what I need...].

In response to the generous offer sent by Baltimore Shipyards, we wish to establish three port facilities [$2,250mil]: in Anakstin, in Tumoroin, and in Raginzh. [ooc: If the offer was only for one port facitily, I'll take one in Anakstin...].

Furthermore, seeing as your nation has been most cooperative with our modernization schemes, we wish to invite your government to come on a diplomatic voyage to Naktan and review the fruits of a land that is now bustling with rich modern amenities in a deep and ancient culture. His Holiness wishes to meet with you in private at the top of the Imperial Citadel and invite Naktan's hospitality to the hospitality of a kind and generous nation. [There have been rumors from the more superstitious cults in Naktan that some parents have been naming their children after Beltwayian figures as "George", "Mark", or "Thomas", all which go against the strong presence of Naktan tradition - no doubt these rumors may be true...].

We look forward to future cooperation with your government and your enterprises.

Zenhahar Virduzhe
Administrator
Office of Imperial Orders and Relations Commission

The adjectival/plural noun form for The Beltway is American/Americans or (maybe) of The Beltway/citizens of The Beltway.
The election thread isn't dead, just resting. Kaine will indeed retire; this is simply a state visit. A week should give Gilabad and the rest time to post on the peace treaty thread.
Any RL designs (as opposed to modifications on RL designs, like the RIM-116C - an updated RIM-116 - and as opposed to NS designs, like the BGM-355 - a wholly original design) are assumed to be available to all nations.

To Zenhahar Virduzhem, Administrator, Office of Imperial Orders and Relations Commission of Naktan -

You'll need production rights for the RIM-116C and the BGM-355 Winchester, meaning that you should wire Gage Munitions $15,555,000,000.00 US to cover the cost of the weapons. As for other munitions used by your military, these (3"/62 caliber shells, Mk.46 324mm ASW torpedoes, 0.5" machine gun bullets, Penguin ASMs, Harpoon SSMs, Standard SM-1MR SAMs, Tomahawk SLCMs, 5"/54 caliber shells, 20mm shells, Mk.48 ADCAP 21" torpedoes, Standard SM-2 SAMs, FIM-92 Stinger SAMs, AIM-9X Sidewinder AAMs (for the Harriers on the LPH-1 and for the A-51 War Eagle planes), 25mm cannon shells (for the Harriers and for the A-51s), Mk.82 500 lb bombs (for the Harriers), 1,000 lb JDAM bombs, and AGM-65 Maverick AGMs) are no longer patented; thus, the designs are readily available. If you wish, we can fax you those designs free of charge.

As for your offer of a state visit, I myself am unable to travel to your country due to the needs of campaigning and of negotiating a peace with Gilabad. However, Prime Minister Timothy Kaine would like to go in my stead.

Teams from Baltimore Shipyards and from Gage Munitions will be sent to your nation within two days to help build the facilities requested.

We look forward to future cooperation with your government and your enterprises.

Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

[ooc: will do :)]

The Empire will be happy to have an Embasy in The Beltway. We will scramble some embasy staff as soon as possible. It will include 1 Ambassador, 25 Shazbotdom staff, 25 locally hired staff (if applicable. If not then 25 more people from Shazbotdom), 10 guardeners, 2 motocycles, 3 ethanol ran SUV's, and 1 armored limosine. If you have space, we would also like to have a helopad on the grounds to transport officials to the airport quicker in case they are called away in a rush. We await your answer.

January 28, 2017
"Shazbotdom... never heard of it. Sounds vaguely familiar, however," the Deputy Foreign Minister, Kostas Alexakis remarked on seeing the message from the aforementioned nation. "What the heck, I'll approve it." He wrote out a quick note. To the Foreign Minister of Shazbotdom -
We approve your application, and will provide you with a six-man Secret Service detail to protect your embassy. We would like to know the Ambassador's name, if possible.
Sincerely,
Now, just to take it to the new PM...

I haven't yet held my election for the next PM of The Beltway; thus, I won't yet reveal said PM's name.

To: Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway
From: Maj. William Hirst, Ambassador to The Beltway (Warring Minorities)

The Armed Republic of Warring Minorities would like to propose a non-agression pact with The Beltway. This is in response to our governments new policy of preferentialising purchases from Beltway corporations. I hope you agree to this pact as it would secure large amounts of business for both nations.

To Ambassador Hirst -
A non-aggression pact would be indeed welcome. On another note, I am proud to announce that Congress has approved the selection of one Janet Howell, former ambassador to Slovania, as the ambassador to Warring Minorities.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To: Janet Howell
I would like to invite you to Enara Space Port for a tour of our wonderful facilities and the chance to discuss the terms of a non-aggression pact. If you would like to bring other delegates with you aswell that would be most welcome.
Maj. William Hirst, Ambassador to The Beltway

To Major Hirst -
Thank you for your offer. I would indeed love to see Enara Space Port; I'll arrange to have our National Reconnaissance Office chief, Porter Goss, come along to see the site. The NRO acquired what's left of NASA, including the Goddard Space Flight Center, after the Collapse.
Sincerely,
Ambassador Janet Howell

Minister Warner,

tepi wen. It has come to the attention of the State Department that we are yet to establish formal relations with your esteemed nation, and are thus responding to your offer with a proposed embassy exchange, with a view to perhaps strengthening diplomatic ties further on.

Your embassy would be relocated in North-West/North District, Flurthwel, in the picturesque Waterfront gated community. A security system is in place, and is available for immediate inspection by security services, if required. There is ample parking space in an underground facility, and access to a helipad. The building itself is around 150 years old, hewn of finest Gruenberger marble, and home to several notable works of act from the "Mummy, What's Wrong With That Man's Face?" era. The embassy overlooks the Ressda gardens.

Should the offer be accepted, we would expect reciprocal recognition of diplomatic immunity, and would dispatch Ambaddador Raha Shell, who has previously served with the Gruenberger mission in Omigodtheykilledkenny, and is as such adept at both international relations and fending off groping hands. A standard diplomatic and security retinue would accompany her.

We await your response eagerly.

Pallzu Sommat
Secretary of State
The Holy Wenaist Sultanate of Gruenberg

To Pallzu Sommat, Secretary of State, The Holy Wenaist Sultanate of Gruenberg -
tepi wen. We accept your offer of an embassy; former Senator John Edwards (D-NC) will be the ambassador to your nation. He, his family, thirty staff, and a fifteen-person security detail armed with MP-5 submachine guns will live and work at the embassy; eight armored Chevy Suburban vans and four VH-75 unarmed diplomatic helicopters will be assigned to the embassy. We welcome Ambassador Shell to The Beltway; her embassy is located at 2525 Massachusetts Avenue, in Northwest Georgetown.
Sincerely,
Mark Warner, Foreign Minister of The Beltway

To the Beltway:

We may be on the verge of unintended undeclared war in Ramissle. We request immediate consultation to resolve the situation diplomatically. Operations are ongoing so the risk of contradictory operations occuring exists, as an accident, which could cause much bloodshed that is not sought by either party.

We are willing to compensate you 250 billion to cease operations in Irathrian Ramissle immediately and $5 billion / year. This will also open up trade and potential securitt arangements between us.


Intracircumcordei

ICCD

I haven't declared war, nor has New Barbary mobilized. You have no IC knowledge of NB's intentions, nor any of my own intentions. Nice try...

I'll throw in support for you to administer the 3rd admin zone and the islands around that were claimed for ICCD prior to the ramisslian breakup.. which is a sizeable island and island chain + 250 billion.

who is NB?

In that case if your fleet isn't off the coast forget i said that. It sorta alters everything I thought you moved a fleet into northern ramissle area?

OOC - NB = New Barbary, the successor state on the coast of what you called NW Ramissle. My fleet is in New Barbary; they invited us in from international waters before you began to set up your blockade or whatever it was. We then, again before you began to set up said blockade, started deploying a Mechanized Infantry Division, along with three wings of aircraft.

Well NB is not recognized and your fleet order to leave.

You have 5 hours to vacate.

Ramissle is the only legitimate government in that area.

OOC - See Maps thread; Ramissle no longer exists. That's the definition of a collapsed government.
If you persist in claiming large amounts of troops, I'll simply retract all the deployments to Ramissle by The Beltway and have my small force instead take over the small islands I initially intended to take over. In other words, I'll drop out of the rp.

if posible can you map which Islands you take even if it is just circling them on the map in mspaint etc.. so I can add it to the main map.

ICCD is very serious about stabalizing .. you can still do the RP even if you keep it going ICS if you'd like, but ICCD is involved.

Circle the area on the map. ICCD will attempt to drive you out of NB if you are inland, I think it is better then we are allies, why not join the IDF.

ICS: ICCD is continuing to recognize ramissle so it can make arangements with the syndicate in ramissle, so that it can slowly steer them towards tighter alignment with ICCD it will take years to do but with corpsac and no endorse both advancing the borders ICCD needs an infusion. The government disintigrated but ICCD is trying to rebuild it, and insure that it is allied with ICCD. We eventually after 30 or so years attempt to annex it if the situation is calmed down. The other option was to let it disinitegrate and attack the republics one at a time but with you landing a force there ICCD thought that you were going to support the breakaway and letting the break away republic gain foreign support would be bad for ICCD later control of them. ICCD couldn't stop the florintine paritition so having 5 new states around it 1 or 2 allied would be ok but it would be better if we could let the two that would be allied with us control the three that wouldn't.

So as far as that stike forzen in time, if we got word you would remove your presence we would continue our peaceful nature with you, like any other state. We will compensate you 250 billion and support your settling in the islands you were originally keen on if you do not interfere in ramissle. as stated before.

all in all I'm not forcing you to stop the RP but ICCD as ramissle next door neighbour would be very active in it.

OOC - Leave my thread. I am not rping with you.