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Questers begins military buildup

Questers
22-05-2007, 08:28
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Questarian nation begins military buildup
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The Questarian 'Fleet Battle Arm' sets sail from its base in Scapa Flow

Earlier today, in a speech in Parliament to address that democratic function that Questarians hold dear, and in a speech to the public at the same time, Prime Minister Winston Foxbury declared that the nation would put its utmost effort into preparing itself to defend its freedoms. The Prime Minister has specified no enemies yet but has hinted at Gholgoth or perhaps the Communist bloc.

"And, my friends, what will this nation become without its military strength? Let us stand forward together as one united people to defend the freedoms and the liberty our forefathers made for us, their children. It has been said before and I will say it again that the branch of liberty is not offered - it is taken!"

"Our military prowess is second to none. Our ships are the greatest in the world, our aircraft the most and the best, and our sailors, our soldiers, our airmen, our nation is ready to do its duty, to defend the values that you and me and all of us hold so close to our hearts. While our military prowess may be unheard of, it was so that in the last premiership under the Right Honourable Sir Tovey that our military began to crumble. Let it be known to every nation across the world, from every city to every village to every house to every man and woman that this nation will rebuild itself. This headstart, this advantage, given to us surely by God and by the virtues of our own hard work will not be lost."

"As of this moment I am declaring that the Questarian Crown Imperium is rebuilding its military forces for a possible future conflict. I ask the people of this nation, from the logcutters of the North, to the farmers of the South, to the commuters of the Middle Towns and to the factory and dock workers of mighty London itself to consider that their freedoms are not given to them on a silver platter, not presented to them at birth for the cost of nothing. These freedoms, the freedom to choose your religion, the freedom from the police knocking down your door at midnight, the freedom to say what you like, the freedom to own property - freedoms not enjoyed by the nations we dare to stand up to, freedoms scorned by those that we, like no other nation, raise our fist to defy. These freedoms are not free. They come at a cost, the cost of human life."

"Therefore, our military needs bolstering, its ranks swelling with men and women from all over the country. This government requests to its people, sensible and kind enough to have chosen it to lead them into a new generation and a new era of glory for liberty, freedom, and democracy, this government requests of its people to join the forces that defend your rights. By the end of the week a further 6 million personnel are needed to join."

"I understand that there are those in this nation that feel resentment towards this government - therefore, from this day onwards, the Liberal majority in Parliament will vote for repealing the unjust levies balanced against the geographical minorities and instate a proposed nationwide 2% income tax, to be paid as soon as possible. Together, we will rebuild this nation, its military, its pride, and we will strike against those that dare to get in the way of our endgame objective: democracy and freedom, worldwide."

"Thank you and God Save the King."

It is expected that by the end of the week the Government's request will be fulfilled and at least twenty million will join the ranks of the glorious military that defends our nation. The Questarian Mandate had a chance to speak to the Prime Minister after his speech, and we managed to understand the Navy will begin its triple thirty plan tommorow - the building of thirty Barham class battleships, thirty Hiei Class battlecruisers, and thirty Illustrious class aircraft carriers, each class ranging from the 600,000 - 800,000 ton range. Furthermore the Naval Air Service and the Army Air Service will be actively looking for airforce contracts for top-level aircraft to bolster its ranks by at least ten thousand planes by the end of the month and the Army will be taking in millions of new recruits. The damages wrought on our military by the last Government will be hopefully rectified by this build up of military strength.
Vetalia
22-05-2007, 08:48
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Ministry of State

We have heard of your nation's military buildup and would like to extend our support for your decision. These are uncertain times, and we feel it is in the best interests of nations involved to increase their defense spending to prepare for the actions of their enemies, either outright or direct. As a nation that espouses similar commitment to the freedoms your nation seeks to defend, we encourage you to pursue military expansion to better prepare for any future situations that may occur. Our country itself has pursued over $30 trillion in spending over a 15-year period to retrofit and expand our armed forces, including our strategic weapons.

Should you be interested in discussing strategic possibilities further, we'd be happy to pursue the matter further. We would like to cordially invite your military and diplomatic officials to our nation for our Revolution Day military parade where we will be displaying some of our new Strategic Air Command forces for the first time.

Regards,
Vladimir Chernomyrdin, Proconsul, Ministry of State
Greal
22-05-2007, 09:01
Every country should build up their army!
Whyatica
22-05-2007, 15:54
An Imperial courier from the Whyatican Emperor was dispatched to Questaria, carrying a shiny bauble and some various other shiny objects for the King of Questers, celebrating the Questarian Empire's military buildup.
United Earthlings
22-05-2007, 18:26
The Commonwealth Kingdom of United Earthlings inquire's as to how The Crown Imperium of Questers defend its freedoms and keeps any semblance of order when in fact the nation of Questers is in a state of Anarchy according to the UN? While, at the same time our government is known worldwide for it's Civil Rights and political freedoms. Hence, it being known as Civil Rights Lovefest.

On the issue of your military buildup, The Commonwealth Kingdom of United Earthlings has no feelings on the matter one way or another. However, it is concerned that a nation as large as Questers is seen massively increasing it's armed forces other nations will be forced to follow suit thereby creating a series of ever escalating events until only one thing can result, a war between the great nations of the world. The Commonwealth Kingdom of United Earthlings learned long ago, that a large military numbering in the tens of millions is not needed to defend it's rights to exist as a nation. In fact, for a nation as large as us our military is quite small by comparison and yet still provides a large degree of presence.

OCC: I was comparing our two nations and noticed a lot of similarities. Our Civil Rights, Economy and Political Freedoms ratings are almost exact except for I have higher Political Freedoms. I'm also in the process of a military buildup. Even our national motto's are similar.

So, I was wondering if you would be interested in an Arms Race roleplay? Like the Naval Arms Race before the outbreak of world war 1 except more massive on scale covering all branches of our militaries. In fact, if you compare our flags it turns out to be even more ironic. I'm using the Prussian one, why you have a combined British/Japanese. Let me know what you think?