NationStates Jolt Archive

2015 Earth. Many events have passed 15 years after the passing of 21st century. Terrorism and wars everywhere have occured and reshapped the world. Now, the year is 2015, the events of the future are uncertain. Only the actions of the leaders of the many nations across the world will shape it.....

I've listed everyone who has a nation history.

How does this sound? If anyone thinks it should be different, be sure to let me know.

Alutia: Japan
Vietnamexico: United States
Brazilam: Saudi Arabia
Yukatania: Israel
Philanchez: Spain
No Taxes: Venezuela
Franberry: Great Britain
H-Town Tejas: Panama
Gejigrad: France

Alutia: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11175899#post11175899
Gejigrad: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11163241#post11163241
Brazilam: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11079854#post11079854
Yukatania: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11088009#post11088009
Vietnamexico: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11128306&posted=1#post11128306
Philanchez: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=486276
No Taxes: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11131725#post11131725
Franberry: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11134310#post11134310
H-Town Tejas: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11161613

List of Mods(so far):

Global Mod: No Taxes
Tech Mod: Brazilam
Mod of War: Franberry
Official Timekeeper: H-Town Tejas
History Mod: Alutia

Ah. Thank you. I mistook that for the original IC thread. But anyway, what you said.

Bump so this thread doesn't die.

OOC: I'm going to start RPing on my thread in case any one cares.

OOC: I'm going to start RPing on my thread in case any one cares.
It would be better if you RP'd here

OOC: Yeah, it's just internal affairs so I thought it'd be more appropriate on my news thread, but I'll post it here.

Venezuelan News Channel 3

A bill was introduced in the legislature today by the Civil Resistance Party. The bill deals mainly with liberalizing the economy and opening up the economy to the free market. Some of the industries nationalized by Chavez would be held for sale to Venezuelan companies at low costs. The bill also plans to greatly reduce the business tax in an effort to keep the economy growing. Many of the laws restricting companies would be abolished. The bill would also enact measures to try and bring back foreign investment to Venezuela after Chavez's reign scared many investors away. To balance the budget after the tax cuts many of the social programs enacted by Chavez would be abolished. The Civil Resistance Party says that these programs were "corrupt and inefficient anyways so they will not be missed." The bill is expected to face stiff opposition from MAS and Accion Democratica though whether or not it passes or fails will depend on whether or not it is supported by the Justice First Party.

British companies have expressed an interest in the recent economical development in Venezuela. British Petroleum, among others, is particularly interested in Venezuela's oil.

British Companies would be welcome and Venezuela is interested in modernizing its military so perhaps a deal could be worked out. Could our Ambassador to your country meet with your Prime Minister to work out some sort of agreement?

The Prime Minister himself is not available. However, the Minister of Foreign Relations is available, and he would be more than happy to invite your representative to his office. We can help you out with your military, as many of our aircraft are being replaced by the Typhoon, so there are many aircraft that can be available for export.

Very well, our ambassador is on his way.

Lopez Morena, the Ambassador to the UK, entered the Foreign Minister's office, shook hands with the Minister and sat down.

"Well, I'm glad we were able to have this meeting, so let's get down to business. We each have something the other wants. Your oil companies are interested in our oil and we are interested in your military expertise and your investors. Perhaps we could let BP mine a fair percentage of our oil with royalties on the sale of the oil going to the Venezuelan government. We would like the rest of the oil to be mined by Venezuelan companies.

For allowing BP to have such exclusive rights on a part of our oil we would want help in modernizing our military. Our navy currently consists of 6 outdated missile frigates and 2 outdated and very noisy diesel electric submarines. The Royal Navy is one of the most modern navies in the world so we believe you could help with these problems. For starters, we would like engineers from one of your companies, perhaps Vickers, to help Venezuela set up a modern ship-building facility at its naval base. Also, we are considering buying modern warships from a country and England would be first on our list. Venezuela's air force is not in so bad shape. It currently uses F-16s built in the 1980s, Mirage fighters from France, and Su-27s and Su-30s from Russia. Though, the F-16s are in bad condition since the US has refused to sell Venezuela parts for many years. We tried to contact the US recently to acquire some modern fighter jets, but they haven't responded so we would like to acquire some from your country, especially the Eurofighter.

And I'm sure investors from countries, especially Britain, will invest in Venezuela's economy if the new bill passes the leglislature."

The Minister replied

"If BP and other British companies wich seek to invest in Venezuela get priorities, then we can help you with your military.

As far as the airfroce goes, we can provide you with Tornados much more cheaply than with Typhoons. The Typhoons are an extremly expensive piece of equipment, and much more harder to comeby. However, we have vast stocks of Tornado, and they could be bought for a considerably cheaper price than a Typhoon. The Typhoons would take long to deliver. For ground attack, we can sell you Jaguars, which again, would be in the same position as the Tornado when compared to the Typhoon.


As far as the navy goes, we can offer you some of our warships. These consist of Type 42 destoryers, Type 22 frigates, and our 2 Swifstsure submarines"

"Tornado F3s and Jaguar GR3s would be suitable along with Swiftsure class submarines and Type 42 Destroyers although Venezuela would prefer to buy Type 23 Frigates if they are for sale. Also, what about the help setting up a modern ship-building facility?"

"Unfortunately, the Type 23 frigates are not for sale. We can help you in building a modern ship-building facility. We can sell 5 Type 42 destroyers, as well as both of the Swiftsure class. We have many Tornados and Jaguars, so please tell us how many of each you would like."

"We would like to buy 12 Tornado F3s and 12 Jaguar GR3s for our air force. For our Navy we would like to purchase both of the Swiftsure class submarines, 2 Type 42 Destroyers of the 3rd Batch and 2 Type 22 Frigates also of the 3rd Batch."

"All of that can be easily shipped to you. You can expect the airplanes, along with some training personnel, fairly quickly. The ships will take more time, but they shall also get there within a matter of weeks, at most it will only be a month or two. Do you think it owuld be a good idea for British and Venezuelan troops to hold a training excersise together? Wargames would improve the experience of both our countries troops."

"Good, we look forward to the new equipment arriving and we'll keep Britain on the top of our list for future purchases.

Wargames would be a good idea, they would help our soldiers learn how to use their new equipment better. There is just the question of where they should be held. The southern state of Venezuela is very sparsely populated jungle so it would be a good location to hold land and air wargames. Naval wargames should probably be based from England, though, since Venezuela's naval facilities are not quite able to support both our navies yet. Do those locations sound agreeable for wargames?"

"Good, we look forward to the new equipment arriving and we'll keep Britain on the top of our list for future purchases.

Wargames would be a good idea, they would help our soldiers learn how to use their new equipment better. There is just the question of where they should be held. The southern state of Venezuela is very sparsely populated jungle so it would be a good location to hold land and air wargames. Naval wargames should probably be based from England, though, since Venezuela's naval facilities are not quite able to support both our navies yet. Do those locations sound agreeable for wargames?"

"We were hoping that we could somehow conbine all three aspects. But in Britian there is not enough room to "fight" beyond the division level. And Venezuela does not have the capacity to support our larger aircraft carriers. So what you've suggested seems to be the best idea. For the naval wargames however, Venezuela is at quite the disadvantage, as you posses no aircraft carriers. We would be willing to lend you, for the duration of the wargames, one of our older Invincible class carriers, along with it's complement of Harriers. Also, we still have some of the Sea Harriers, which have been replaced, these could be available for sale. You will get a better chance to aquintance yourself with them during the wargames, if you choose to accept the carrier."

COLÓN, REPÚBLICA MAOISTA DE PANAMÁ

Presidente Adrián Carmelo Eduardo Perez stared out his window. It had been about three weeks since the war ended. The places where Garcia had bombed Colón were still scathingly obvious despite the efforts of the workers to rebuild it. When he had gone to visit Panama City, it was even worse; the riots had made entire "broken districts," where bricks and fire had taken out most windows and buildings.
'Well, the war's over and we won it, at least,' he thought. That's what he was really surprised about. It seemed like just yesterday he had been a Colón factory worker. The pay was lousy and his employer constantly yelled at him for showing up late, etc. But one day, he was introduced to Maoism, and after what, eight years, he was here, in the RMP's new capitol building. Of course, it was a fortified office building they used as an HQ during the war. 12.7mm NSV heavy machine guns on the roof, sandbags and concrete barriers all around the place; you wouldn't know the war had ended by looking at the place.
Perez heard a knock on his door.
"Come in!" he shouted. His secretary, Bai Shun (written Chinese way, her given name is Shun), came in with a coffee cup.
"You aren't going to give me any more paper to deal with, Shun?" Perez said jokingly.
"Nope," Shun said, also in a joking tone, "Sorry to disappoint."
"Well, thanks," Perez said, sipping the coffee.
"You'll need it," Shun said, "Gisela has to talk to you about getting us recognized by the UN as the government in Panama, Arsenio has to talk to you about the Rebuild Our Panama program, I think some people from Fox News are here..."
"If they are, I'll personally boot them to Brunei," Perez said.
"What would the purpose of that be? Making the world hate you even more?" Shun snickered.
"You're right," Perez said, "I mean, when Pat Robertson's called for your assassination seventeen times..."
Both of them laughed.
"Well, thanks again," Perez said, "You understand how hard this dictator shit is."
"No, just doing my job," Shun said, "And I really hope everything works out. I didn't survive this war just to go back to the grocery store in Portobelo."
With that, she left. Perez turned his chair around and looked down at his desk, looking over a form about production rights to the PMM Makarov pistol.
'I hope you're right, Shun,' he thought, 'I hope you're right.'

"Borrowing an aircraft carrier for the Naval wargames is a good idea since without air support we would horribly lose, but at this time we're not going to purchase the Sea Harriers since we currently do not own any aircraft carriers."

[To: The United States of America]
[CC: Great Britain, France]
[Subject: Naval Wargames]

Japan would like to enquire upon the possibility of setting up Naval wargames with certain established naval powers in order to test out her new equipment and to gain much needed experience from those nations that already have some.
Anxiously awaiting your replies.
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[To:Japan]
[CC: The United States of America, France]
[Subject: Naval Wargames]

We think this is a good idea. No nation should contribute more than one carrier however, as to not empty our stocks in other areas. We suggest that Venezuela be included too, as they are a good friend of Britian, and eager to modernize their navy, which in the future must include carriers to be taken seriously. We have lent them a carrier for this operation.

Venezuelan News Channel 3

"The bill introduced by Civil Resistance was passed today by a fairly large majority. It needed 84 votes to pass and received 108 votes in favor. Civil Resistance along with most of the Justice First Party voted for the bill while MAS and Democratic Action voted against. Raul Gallegos was quoted as saying that this bill,'will give a much needed boost to Venezuela's economy.'

Many foreign companies, especially British ones are starting to invest in Venezuela again and British Petroleum will take over a portion of the oil industry while still paying royalties to the Venezuelan government. The rest of the industry was bought by Venezuelan companies who were given a tax cut because of this bill. Julio Borges, leader of the Justice First Party, has said that privatizing the oil industry will help in stopping the government relying on oil sales for revenue. Meanwhile leaders from MAS have decried this bill saying that it will just increase the gap between rich and poor. They have also said that they were 'shocked' about the cutting of the social programs initiated by Chavez. Raul Gallegos responded to this by saying that they had to go to balance the budget and that they 'didn't serve a useful purpose anyways.' Overall, though there has been much enthusiasm about the bill."

Pseudo-SIC (you'd know the person who was killed died, you just wouldn't know for sure the RMP was involved.):
PANAMA CITY, 6:00, JUNE 10, 2015
Abegail Zapatero walked down the ex-capital's sidewalk, stopping at a corner. The streets weren't too crowded, just the early risers up taking care of their business. Most in Panama City didn't get up now, though. After the riots, it was more a matter of not being able to go to work than not wanting to.
Looking across the street at a small plaza, she saw the man she was looking for. Benito Gonzales, the ex-mayor of Panama City, was taking a walk. The same walk he took every morning, from his apartment, here, and back.
Why, do you ask, did Zapatero know this?
Easy. She was a member of the Policia Secreta Panameña. Gonzales, one of the lucky government officials in the city who had survived the riots, was a huge, vocal opponent of the Perez regime. Normally, public opposition of the regime wasn't a horrible, horrible crime; as a matter of fact, Presidente Perez opposed this kind of killing opponents because "this is where us socialists' bad rap came from."
However, a few days ago, on a CNN interview, Gonzales called for "the US to intervene in our affairs."
People's Security Minister Salvador Jesús Guiterrez (Abegail liked to think Christ shuddered to have somebody like him with both "Savior" and "Jesus" in his name) hated Gonzales as it was. Guiterrez liked to have people he didn't like knocked off right off the bat, but unlike the obscure extreme rightists in Panama City Zapatero usually stalked and killed like this, Gonzales was a major figure and couldn't just be arbitrarily killed. But now, he had done something bad.
"Benito Musso...excuse me, Gonzales has commited treason against the Maoist Republic of Panama," Guiterrez had told her on a phone call. This assignment was apparently so important, he had to give it to her personally. Zapatero would have felt honored, had she not known that it was because she was a fairly low officer in the PSP and could be sacrificed to the media should the rest of the world find out the government was involved.
She nonchalantly attached a silencer to her PMM Makarov. It was brand spanking new, fresh from Russia. The more important officers got PP-93 submachine guns with the Makarovs. She wanted one bad, but oh well. PSP officers were treated well no matter their rank.
Crossing the street with her hand under her short, black leather trench coat, she started following Gonzales. The man walked with his head down, staring at the cracks in the pavement. Some old habit, probably from childhood, prevented him from stepping on the cracks.
"What do you think you're going to do? Break your mother's back?" Zapatero said.
Gonzales turned around. As he did, Zapatero pushed him into an alleyway.
"Benito Alejandro Gonzales, you are charged by the People's Security Bureau of the Maoist Republic of Panama with high treason against the state," she said, taking her PMM out, "You have been tried and sentenced to death by the People's Security Minister."
"You say that to everyone you kill?" Gonzales said, almost with a smile on his face.
"Essentially," Zapatero said, pulling back the hammer. Before shooting, she said, "And CNN? C'mon, Ben. I thought you were smarter."
With that, she put the gun to his head and fired. A single cartridge clinked on the pavement. Taking off the silencer, putting the Makarov back in her shoulder holster, picking up the 9x18 cartridge up, and wiping the blood off her face, Abegail Zapatero walked back towards her apartment, the blood of yet another on not her, but the People's Security Minister's hands.

The Democratic People's Bump of Korea

The 6 naval vessels acquired from Great Britain by Venezuela officially joined the Venezuelan Navy today at a ceremony in Puerto Cabello. The fighter jets also recently bought from England flew in formation over the ceremony. Venezuelan sailors boarded the ships to begin training on them and to begin becoming comfortable maneuvering the vessels in preparation for the wargames with England. These new ships and fighters will help to bring Venezuela's navy and air force into the 21st century. The expansion of the Navy and Air Force will bring more jobs to Venezuela helping lift its economy, already buoyed by new foreign investors. Engineers have arrived from Great Britain, to help and advise in the construction of new naval shipyards. The shipyards are being built in the hope that one day Venezuela will be able to build its own modern naval warships without having to buy them from another country.

King Mutaib bin Abdullah al-Saud looked out from the Jeddah Royal Palace and saw the city around him. He was now the King of Saudi Arabia as he was meant to be, but his palace was much more empty than it once was. He was the only remaining branch in the Saudi royal family, but he thanked God that he had children and grand-children since he would find it very hard to do at the age of 63. The palace once contianed over 6000 members of the Saudi Royal Family, but now there was only 14. These members included himself, his wife, his three children, and their nine children. This was all due to the act of one General who saw member as the representative of the entire family. Just because one corrupt Prince supported the cause of HAMAS, he saw the entire family as a supporter. He knew this man by the name of Humphrey Singer, the man who would have ended an entire dynasty had Mutaib not escaped thanks to his three sons. While Mutaib was not entirely a vengeful king yet desired this mans destruction in the smallest reaches of his mind, he would not go to war with the UK over a simple act of revenge. He decided the best course of action out of a recent reformation of the goverment would be to try to make better relations with the UK.

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From: UK Ammbasador Prince Humam ibn Mutaib Al-Saud
To: The UK Embassy

We of the house of Saud wish to re-build relations with the UK. We understand that you may distrust us a great deal because of Crown Prince Al-Saud's actions, but our King is a good man and wishes only to appologize himself before you and the country himself for what has happened. We wish to tell you that HAMAS is now an enemy of the House of Saud, and may God stuff a thousand serpents down my families throughts if anyone supports them again. We hope to possibly continue our former oil trade we originally had and with you and the rest of the western world if you have enough trust in us. We shall await your answer.

Could I play as Russia?

Could I play as Russia?

The guy who was supposed to has been inactive for a while, so I don't think Vietnamexico will have a problem. This (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=485128) is the signup thread. It has the rules and stuff, so you should go to it to post your claim.

From: UK Ammbasador Prince Humam ibn Mutaib Al-Saud
To: The UK Embassy

We of the house of Saud wish to re-build relations with the UK. We understand that you may distrust us a great deal because of Crown Prince Al-Saud's actions, but our King is a good man and wishes only to appologize himself before you and the country himself for what has happened. We wish to tell you that HAMAS is now an enemy of the House of Saud, and may God stuff a thousand serpents down my families throughts if anyone supports them again. We hope to possibly continue our former oil trade we originally had and with you and the rest of the western world if you have enough trust in us. We shall await your answer.
From: The United Kigndom
To: UK Ammbasador Prince Humam ibn Mutaib Al-Saud

If you have truly solved all the problems in your country, then we would be very pleased to re-start negotiations with you. We accept his Majesty's apologies, and we hope that our relations can be rebuilt.

OOC: I already posted this on the OOC thread, but oh well. What does everythink of Philanchez's idea of restarting the thread? If enough people want to, I'll restart it, so just let me know your thoughts about it.