NationStates Jolt Archive


Estado Novo: Portugese Newsthread [E20]

Amestria
15-02-2006, 04:31
Portugal (includes Azores, East Timor, Portuguese Indian enclave of Goa)
Population: 8.5 million people, tech level 6
Production: Lisbon 2 points, plus 1 national airline, 4 shipping units, 6 colonial points
1946 budget: 1 garrison unit .5 points, light cruiser .25 points, 5 destroyers .25 points, 20 corvettes .25 points, 2 pilots .5 points, 1 Corsair fighter bomber .25 points, 1 C47 unit .25 points, level 3 social spending 2.5 points

Portuguese Guinea
Population 1 million, tech level 2
No production, 1 resource to Portugal

Portuguese Angola
Population: 4 million, tech level 3
No production, 2 resources (cash crops, minerals), 1 oil resource
1944 budget: level 1 social services .5 points, 2 garrison units .5, other 2 resources to Portugal

Portuguese Mozambique
Population: 6 million tech level 3
No production, 3 resources (crops and minerals)
1944 budget: level 1 social services, 1 garrison unit, remaining 2 points to Portugal


February, 1946
Lisbon, Capital of the Portuguese New State

António de Oliveira Salazar, 1st President of the New State Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) delivered a speech on the floor of the Portuguese Parliament. In that speech he denounced decolonization and the “meddling” of unnamed foreigners in “Portugal’s Colonel Empire”. “The New State will never allow Portugal’s Colonel Empire to be lost.” The Prime Minister peppered his speech with references to how Portugal’s “overseas provinces” made it “a Great Power”. The Prime Minister further assured the Parliament that “measures” would be taken to “secure the overseas provinces from destabilization.” In a concession to Great Britain and the United States, Salazar pledged to spend additional revenue to “better the condition of the natives.” The Prime Minister's speech was met with applause and unanimous support by Parliament (due in no small way to Salazar's National Union Party controlling every seat).

Actions

Spending is cut (Portugals budget is 14 points minus 4.75 and the nations growth is 5%).

The Portuguese Military begins expansion. One Parachute brigade and one Light infantry division are created over the course of the year.

The Portuguese Military begins expansion. One Parachute brigade and one Light infantry division are created over the course of the year.

The Portuguese Government spends additional revenue in the Colonies (4.75 points total), but little of it is spent to better the conditions of the people. Some communities near the coasts are given some aid (a school, clinic, est: gets .25 of a point) but that is simply window dressing to impress/distract visiting foreigners. The vast majority of the allocation is spent improving the instruments of Colonial Oppression (police, prisons, spy networks: gets 2.25 points) and resource gathering/communication (railroads, telephone/telegraph lines, new mines, est: gets 2.25 points).

At home a propaganda campaign is launched to further glorify the regime and promote the “greatness” of the “Portuguese Empire,” the New State, and of course the New States leadership. (how much?)

Abroad (England, Germany, and the United States) the Portuguese Government pays for favorable press coverage/propaganda praising Portugal’s recent campaign of “social improvement” in it's Colonies.(how much?)

The International and State Defense Police begins a crackdown against those opposed to the regime (real or imagened) at home and in the Colonies (particularly those areas bordering colonies being granted independence). There are some disapperances…
Amestria
15-02-2006, 08:12
The Portuguese New State

Capital: Lisbon

Government System: One Party Corporate State (Quasi-Fascist Dictatorship)

Current President: António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona (powerless puppet of Prime Minister Salazar).

Current Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar (strongman who defacto controls everything).

Ruling Party: National Union (controls every seat in Parliament, officially an "organization of unity of all the Portuguese," in reality a quasi-fascist political party completely controled by Salazar).


International Relations

Portugal is a member of the following International Organizations: The London Treaty Alliance, Gibraltar Trade Pact, the Afrika Cooperation Agreement, and the United Nations.

Military

Portugal (includes Azores, East Timor, Portuguese Indian enclave of Goa): 50,000 infantry (one Garrison unit), one light cruiser, five destroyers, 20 corvettes, two Elite pilots, one Corsair fighter bomber, and one C47 unit.

Portuguese Angola: 100,000 infantry (two Garrison units).

Portuguese Mozambique: 50,000 infantry (one Garrision unit).

Economy

Portugal (includes Azores, East Timor, Portuguese Indian enclave of Goa)
Population: 8.5 million people, tech level 6
Production: Lisbon 2 points, plus 1 national airline, 4 shipping units, 6 colonial points.

Portuguese Guinea
Population 1 million, tech level 2
No production, 1 resource to Portugal

Portuguese Angola
Population: 4 million, tech level 3
No production, 2 resources (cash crops, minerals), 1 oil resource

Portuguese Mozambique
Population: 6 million tech level 3
No production, 3 resources (crops and minerals)
Philanchez
17-02-2006, 01:06
OOC: Our trade pact is called the Gibraltar Trade Pact.

IC: Spain supports Portugals reforms and social improvements in its colonies and joins with Portugal in opposeing the decolonization effort by the UN.
Cylea
21-03-2006, 01:42
The Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand quietly approaches the Portuguese government concerning the ownership of East Timor. Name a price (in E20 points) and we will be happy to negotiate.

Also, it is understood that colonial empires are a point of Portuguese pride, and it is worthy of note that Australia has not taken a stand in the UN in favor of decolonization as so much of the rest of the world has done. That stance will likely continue indefinitely if some sort of agreement is reached.