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Praetor
04-05-2008, 02:41
The clacking of boots echoes throughout the main hall inside the Citadel, where the Golden Praetor (as his title was) walks towards a large pair of closed doors. As he approaches he can hear muffled voices in heated debate though he cannot make out what it is they are saying, but as he turnes the knob and enters, silence fills the room. The Council observes his movements as he takes but a second to gauge the situation before starting off towards the podium at the front of the large chamber, and once there he removes a scroll from an inner pocket and begins to unroll it. A few assorted coughs and whispers can be heard as the Golden Praetor takes a moment to gather himself before speaking in a loud and commanding voice that carries itself throughout the room prominently.

"Members of the Great Council, I bid you good afternoon. In this semi-annual report I can say with confidence that the state of our union is strong...but not as strong as it once was and not nearly as strong as it could be."

The Councilmen listen on intently, for it was a rare occassion when the Golden Praetor spoke before them.

"Our economy continues to be thunderous to a large degree, however I believe that such prosperity has softened our people and therefore we have become more decadent, and having become decadent we have become apathetic. This must change. Our military has never been as large or active as some in this world, but it has always been well funded, well equipped, and well trained, and it was at one time the best job to be had. However with ages of isolationism taking its toll, our military is fastly becoming a career of last resort."

He pauses for a second to scan the room and the reactions thus far.

"We all know that involving ourselves in full scale warfare has never been a goal of ours, for conquest is not a desire of myself or this Council. However when acting as a mercenary force we have turned a considerable profit, and I believe that helping others destroy themselves makes for good coinage. I would therefore propose to this Council that we begin offering our services to those who would require them in return for appropriate sums of money."

The Council stirred slightly, not so much in alarm but more in consideration of the Golden Praetor's words.

"Having said that, I conclude this address and wish you all a good day. My offices can be reached at any time. Remember this, Councilmen; Praetor is the largest nation in existance. It's time we started stepping out of the shadows. The voice of the people command it. The voice of God commands it."

He then walks away from the podium and towards the doors, where he exits and leaves the Council to politick and argue once more, this time over the Golden Praetor's wishes to re-establish the Aristocratic Hegemony of Praetor in the international scene. Meanwhile, the Crimson Praetor of War and the Copper Praetor of Economics began to converse about how to jumpstart its services as a provider of military force, while lower level diplomats and functionaries would address the inevitable requests for embassies, trade and diplomatic relations.

For ages Praetor remained in the shadows while the rest of the world passed it by, content to immerse itself in the lavish existance that it had created over generations. Praetor cares for little for others and always has, and perhaps it was that mindset that had contributed to its slump in international prestige and as a symbol of supremacy. The Golden Praetor often spent many hours looking out through the window in his private quarters and wondering what things would be like if he had taken different approaches in the past.

But it was during these times that he gave thanks for what he had accomplished, and it strengthened his resolve to make Praetor a great and mighty nation once again. However he always knew that it wouldn't be easy, for motivating a populace that had grown accustomed to high standards of living and peaceful existance would be difficult at best. Time would tell.

ooc: Consider this Praetor's MT/PMT debut.
Questers
04-05-2008, 02:56
[OOC: WOW WOW WOW wait what?]
DMG
04-05-2008, 03:32
[OOC: The ancient one has arrived!]
Emporer Pudu
04-05-2008, 04:21
OOC: The Old Ones are awakening!
Layarteb
04-05-2008, 05:31
OOC: Really...??? Well I, for one, am amazed. Nice to see!
Praetor
21-05-2008, 23:38
ooc: Thanks everyone, but I would prefer keeping OOC comments to a minimum, unless they are accompanied by an IC post of course. And sorry for the delay in posting, work has been eating me alive, which will explain why this post is so short.

The Golden Praetor scoffs as he reads the daily report laid out in front of him. "Seems the Council has actually decided to agree on something and get us back out into the international scene." He says to himself aloud in a callous manner, for the Council was notorious for debating issues endlessly to the point where they were no longer relevant by the time an agreement was made. He presses the intercom button on his desk and within a few seconds his personal assistant enters the room, at which point the Golden Praetor shuffles aside the papers on his desk. "I want you to prepare a statement for me, and I want it broadcast on local and international channels."

His assistant acknowledges and exits the room quickly in order to being her work, leaving the Golden Praetor to continue his daily briefing in peace. After several hours pass she re-enters the room and sets down a short one page message down onto his desk, at which time he picks it up and scans it carefully before giving his assistant a blank stare. "This is the best you can do? Remind me why I employ you....." He rolls his eyes and hands it back to her for her to broadcast. "I suppose it will do, though I expect better of you in the future."

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

The Aristocratic Hegemony of Praetor hereby announces to the world its intention to withdraw from both political and economic isolationism. Having survived for centuries within our region and maintaining contact only with those around us, we have decided that now the time has come for us to offer ourselves to those who seek trade, diplomatic relations, and (perhaps the most prolific thing our nation offers) military assistance.

Let it be known that all trade offers will be accepted without pre-conditions, as will requests for embassy exchanges. However in terms of what we have to offer militarily, we will be much more thorough, and those who seek assistance will be in close contact with our defense department . Our military functions essentially as a well funded, well trained mercenary force, we will offer our services to any nation or organization provided they pay well. The highest bidder is what we are most interested in, and we are willing to make arrangements at our earliest convenience with those who require extra muscle for any reason.

We look forward to dealing with those who seek to open themselves to the Aristocratic Hegemony, and on behalf of myself and all Praetorians, we bid you all good day.

-From the desk of the Golden Praetor
Kikoskriat
22-05-2008, 13:26
To: The Golden Praetor
from: Porthos Areman
Subject: Welcome to the World

On behalf of the Metropolis of Kikoskriat, I would like to welcome you to the world at large. It is good to see a nation such as yours among the many that now grace this planet and I for one would like to say that the world is now a better place with you lot here. We, like you, were once a nation that remained isolated at large but, like you will, we opened up to the world at large... a little, anyway. I am sure you will grow used to it and in no time at all, it will become second nature to you to deal with people on the other side of the world.

Naturally, we wish to build strong ties with you. While Kikoskriat to-date only has one embassy in another nation's territory (and one of theirs in our own metropolis) we feel that we want to make an exception with your fine people and would be honored to designate any building in our fine metropolis as your embassy building - we can simply shunt the people and work that is being done in the building into another one, so there is no problem there. We would also request that we would be allowed a small embassy within your own borders so that we can better and more directly conduct diplomatic procedures with you. At present, Kikoskriat and it's holdings have no need to trade nor requirement for additional military muscle, but should either case present itself, we would naturally turn to you as one of our first choices.

It simply leaves me to hope that you have a good day and that I hope your reply to our embassy request will be soon.

Porthos Arenan
President of Kikoskriat, Prime Minister of the Kikoskriat Holdings

P.S: You yourself are welcome to visit Kikoskriat at any time, by the way. I for one am always open to a nice chat, even about politics. You can even suggest the wine, if you drink socially. I'm sure I can get ahold of any good vintage.
The Black Reich
22-05-2008, 14:23
Lord Minister Carroner listened to the message that had come across the airwaves in the usual manner. History records taken about incidents regarding locations past the barbaric lands that ringed The Black Reich suggested that the nation of Praetor was in fact one of the largest nations in the region, having been around for considerably longer in elderly Reichan archives than many other known nations. It had disappeared from view some time earlier, and as such it had been assumed that it, like many other nations within the Barbaric lands outside of The Black Reich, had finally succumbed to the trials of time, fractured and dissapated.

"Well, seems we're wrong there," Carroner thought as he listened to the recorded message again. For Carroner this was an interesting situation, this nation alone was large enough to steamroll the entirity of the immediate region - Reichans, Barbarians and Dynastics combined couldn't hope to stand against something this size if its behemoth-like gaze ever turned to their lands...

"But standing side by side?", Carroners smiled could almost be said to be predatory as he imagined the chance to claim lands lost, and to spread to lands never seen, The Black Reich would become as great as nations like Praetor, and if it meant that they would have to first act as inferiors in order to become superiors, then that was how The Reich would rise.

To: The Golden Praetor
From: The Black Reich
Subject: Greeting

The Lord Minister of the lands of The Black Reich, Lord Minister Nathan Carroner, would like to extend his warm wishes to the great nation of Praetor and formally welcome your realm into the outer world.

Although our nation is many, many thousands of kilometres from your realm, we would like to offer your nation, as a measure of our goodwill, a map of our immediate area. Further to this, if your nation so wishes, we shall provide an emmissary to your nation to discuss potential relations between our great nations.

Once again, we welcome you to this world, and hope our relations are of cordial and friendly attitude for many years to come.

Signed Lord Minister Carroner
Lord Minister for Life, The Black Reich
Praetor
30-05-2008, 23:17
ooc: Sorry for the crappy replies, acceptance posts aren't something I'm too fond of writing. ;)

To: Porthos Areman; The Black Reich
From: The offices of The Golden Praetor
Subject: Thank you for your interest

The Golden Praetor personally thanks you for your kinds words and your offer to exchange embassies and diplomatic personnel. On the latter we will gladly and promptly make space available for Kikoskriat officials, and we will be able to receive you shortly. We will also begin sending our own ambassador and accompanying staff when the proper facilities are ready.

On the issues of trade and military assistance, we respect your decision to decline both at this time, though should Kikoskriat choose to take us up on either offer we would be more than happy to discuss matters in full. We thank you for expressing interest in establishing a relationship with Praetor.

To The Black Reich, we too would be glad to exchange diplomatic personnel at your earliest convenience. We too share your enthusiasm for building cordial ties, and we look forward to dealing with you and your people in the future.
Kikoskriat
31-05-2008, 18:27
To: The Golden Praetor
from: Porthos Areman
Subject: RE: Thank you for your interest

Excellent. I knew that you were a people of good standing, but I did not expect such sheer levels of enthusiam. This is, of course, a welcome suprise. I shall be sending over an ambassador over quickly. He's a nice guy, Simon Geransun is his name. A little young and slightly headstrong, but he has his pulse on the diplomatic situation at all times. He'll naturally come with his own entourage of lower ranked administration officers and a few guards, but I am sure you have in the past had experience with such groups before and know a perfect place to place them.

As for your own people, we have the perfect place for you; a building jsut a few streets away from our only other embassy, the one for Telros. It is - well, was - a small-time law firm's offices, but I have since shunted them to a new place and the finishing touches are just being put to making it a home away from home for your people. And of course, it will be heavily defended.

Porthos Arenan
President of Kikoskriat, Prime Minister of the Kikoskriat Holdings
Argenguay
01-06-2008, 09:01
To: The Golden Praetor
From: Thomas Firent
Dear Mr. Praetor.
The PRA wishes to open channels of negotiation immediately. We are most interested in trade and construction of embassies. However, with the recant development of the war in Scatovia, we would like to request military assistance against the imperialistic Urcea and its allies. The protection of Fordriech and its freedom and trade are high on our agenda.

We request a plot of land in your capital for the construction of embassies, and look forward to decades of trade, peace, and prosperity.

Sincerely Yours,

Thomas Firent, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Argenguay