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The most recent elections have brought to power a coalition of the following parties with a 70% majority in total:
20% Enhedslisten
20% Radikale
30% Socialistisk Folkeparti

The remaining thirty percent are divided amongst smaller parties that hold no real power.

The new government has informed that immigration will be limited as a result of low unemployment, although asylum seekers and refugees are still very welcome.

It also expresses a desire to create university level student exchange programs, so that more students in foreign countries can benefit from a free education, while their own students can benefit from a better perception and understanding of the world.

It also commits itself to remain in the EU and work towards achieving its common goals.

old stuff:
[ooc: what is the current year in the 21st Century RPG game? I will have this post edited by tomorrow]

OOC: It's now 2010 in the RP (check the first post of the OOC thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=467830), it gets updated with the appropriate year).

The government of Denmark has also recently re-focused its military troops to focus on defence and peacekeeping as part of UN forces.

ooc: thank you for that

Secret IC to Denmark...
From Israel

"Please pay close attention to this message (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471911), and please reply there. Thank you."

A new Prime Minister has been chosen and accepted by the queen of Denmark.

An ambitious member of SF has been chosen: Jacob Andersen

SIC: How would Denmark like to offer support in the growing coalition against the Commonwealth of Australia, in their invasion of Somalia?

Denmark is willing to stop all trade with Australia until their pullout from Somalia.

Denmark is also willing to assist in the re-construction and peacekeeping of Somalia after Australia has left Somalia. This will mostly be peacekeeping.

semi-secret IC:
Recently, the Danish military has adjusted it's main military force to be better suited at performing peacekeeping missions. The government is disappointed, however, that it has had no chance to perform any successful ones lately, considering the many hostilities taking place.

It has also secretly announced to NATO that a large investment has just taken place in communications technology. The danish military is currently attempting to further improve encryption, signal strengths and ranges by using new computer, nano and mechanics technology.

Initial progress is expected to be reached in six months. (Friday 17th of March)

Full completion date is not yet set.

The investment is expected to also be beneficial to the private sector, although the encryption technology will only be released to fellow NATO members.

Robert Othal of Australia wishes to purchases Danish weaponry from Denmark, for his new 'Global War' video game. This is a business offer that is currently being extended to every nation to make a little profit off the game from the sales.

Robert Othal is an extremely wealthy aristocrat from Australia who starting up a series of war games that are to be sold world wide for entertainment on PCs. Robert Othal wishes to either obtain infantry weapons and as much information about planes and tanks as possible from Denmark as part of the game to make it as realistic and ground-breaking as possible.

Australia is still under sanctions for as long as they maintain troops in Somalia. Being a citizen of Australia, Denmark refuses to conduct any business with Robert Othal.

Also, the current government seeks to limits weapon trade and therefore has two reasons to refuse trade with this person.

SIC: Although there is no huge black market for Danish weaponry (and certainly not vehicles), if Robert Othal would like some functional WWII weaponry (particularly MG42 - machineguns) and perhaps a low number of M16 rifles, it would potentially be possible for him to get access to it illegally.

OOC: Why would it be illegal to get WWII tech?

ooc: it would be more easily widespread in a black market, that I am very unsure of (I do not expect it to have many guns, but I could be surprised), than modern tech. Modern tech being newer, tends to be rarer than older tech. And the illegal part is that there is an embargo on Australia (that, and most guns in Denmark are banned).

plus, the MG42 has been in use since... forever. It's just been improved, that's all.

ooc: it would be more easily widespread in a black market, that I am very unsure of (I do not expect it to have many guns, but I could be surprised), than modern tech. Modern tech being newer, tends to be rarer than older tech. And the illegal part is that there is an embargo on Australia (that, and most guns in Denmark are banned).

plus, the MG42 has been in use since... forever. It's just been improved, that's all.

OOC: The so called sanction (which I didn't even know existed) doesn't even specify type of sanction against me. Let's get this new matter sorted out.. X-X

Denmark is willing to stop all trade with Australia until their pullout from Somalia.

Denmark is also willing to assist in the re-construction and peacekeeping of Somalia after Australia has left Somalia. This will mostly be peacekeeping.

ooc:
See post 7

stop all trade = economic sanction

but, as I said, explore the black market if you wish.

[ooc: how does Denmark vote on the UN resolution?]

OOC: Is it too late to add my nay (lol) or anyone change/add? I was under that impression from Mac...

ooc: woops, I assumed it was a security council vote, unlike the other votes that had been made :p or did the united nations just turn into a general assembly kind of voting?

ooc:
See post 7

stop all trade = economic sanction

but, as I said, explore the black market if you wish.

[ooc: stop all trade = trade embargo...

punishment dealing a nation's economy = economic sanction...

the two are different...]

ooc: woops, I assumed it was a security council vote, unlike the other votes that had been made or did the united nations just turn into a general assembly kind of voting?

[ooc: Sel Appa has turned the UNSC into a general UN forum...in essence, the UNSC is something of nice thing on your resume; it doesn't really add anything substantive, but it looks really nice...]

[ooc: stop all trade = trade embargo...

punishment dealing a nation's economy = economic sanction...

the two are different...]

[ooc: but, in the end, it still comes down to the same thing: it's illegal to trade with a citizen from Australia, as long as the trade embargo remains in place, as it would be with economic sanctions. And besides, isn't a trade embargo an economic sanction?]

[ooc: but, in the end, it still comes down to the same thing: it's illegal to trade with a citizen from Australia, as long as the trade embargo remains in place, as it would be with economic sanctions. And besides, isn't a trade embargo an economic sanction?]

[ooc: an economic sanction is any form of punishment used to persuade a nation to conform to international standards and law by economic means:

trade embargo is the most widely known;
withdrawal of acceptance to the WTO is another one;
boycotting of a specific variety of trade is a smaller downsized version of a trade embargo, but still different in that you can still buy the stuff from the country but your citizens refuse to use it;
tariffs on foreign products are also popular;
the ever-beloved quarantine [borders on being a military sanction, and some people would call it that] not enacts a trade embargo on that country by your own, but it also forbids trade by the target from all countries, and last but not least;
devalueing the currency of a country by selling the shares of that country's currency [the US did threatened to do this to the UK during the Suez Crisis, turned the Brits out of the place in a heartbeat].

There are probably others, but these are the ones that come to mind...]

[ooc: trade embargo it is. As long as Aus is in Somalia, no trade]

A minor setback in the development of the communications technology has occured.

It is estimated that this has set the initial stage of development back by two months (so Saturday for details instead of today).

ooc: party stuff came up :p just imagine a bunch of scientists procrastinating too much and getting a whipping.

SIC to all nato members: Initial progress on the communications technology has been reached. Improved nano technology has allowed us to increase the precision of the current communications technology.

The project as it is:
Old transmitters have been modified with the use of nano technology to be more precise in the capture of signals. While no great progress has been made, as the research carries on, we expect that it will result in more precise frequencies being used. This should limit the possibility for others to catch secret communications.

Furthermore, the more precise nature of the new transmitters has also allowed for greater scrambling without great loss of information. Doing so however, seems to limit the frequencies, although it increases their security.

Finally, the project has switched over to greater computer development. We are expecting to make an attempt at increasing the power of the transmitters so that they can use heavier encryption methods and decrypt equally fast.

IC:
Although the Kingdom of Denmark is saddened that Italy may be expelled from the EU, we hope that the republic of Italy will refrain from further aggressive actions. We also hope that the republic will return to its former integrity and should they manage to restore Tunisia, the Kingdom of Denmark is fully prepared to accept Italy back into the EU, should it be expelled (which we do hope, as they have committed harsh and unjustified actions).

The Kingdom of Denmark is also considering lifting economic sanctions (trade embargo) against Australia. This will, however, only be done once the UN is fully established in Somalia. Some two hundred peacekeepers are currently undergoing basic training again, to prepare them for Somalia. Once ready, it will be announced to the UN and suggested that they are shipped to Somalia immediately to assist in the re-construction of the country. The economic sanctions will be lifted once the UN is fully established, whether or not Australia remains, unless Australia insists, like Italy, to have Somalia as part of its territory.

Furthermore, we were appalled at the suggestion of Poland to build a military space station and we fear that their space program will bankrupt Poland and that this will have a negative economic effect on the EU. It seems that Poland is unwilling to join the already established ESA, where their efforts would be much appreciated and their economy could be sustained and improved.

Following recent drops in unemployment to economically dangerous levels, according to local economists, Denmark has relaxed its border controls and is currently accepting immigrants and temporary workers. Australia is not permitted to participate in the temporary worker program, but migration to and from Australia is allowed. Denmark seeks to add a degree of flexibility to its economy, while maintaining its socialist policies that have so far insured a successful internal and external market. The unemployment rating is currently at 4,1%.

The people of Denmark seem pleased at the possibility that Denmark may become the next president of the EU.

Satisfaction with the current government is high, although some sociologists claim that this is mostly due to the good relations with France and Spain and that if France were to lose its influence, so would Denmark, which would result in the ultimate dislike of the current government.

add-on: Economic sanctions have been fully lifted against Australia.