Argentina
Convert Argentina to a constitutional monarchy: Rocky start.
Improve internal security: Good success.
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Argentina claims Sol-Gamma-6S10 4S14 5S12 for Settlement#7
Australia
Reduce oil consumption by more sustainable agriculture: Success.
Fight environmental problems/desert expansion: Success
Integrate New Zealand: Success
Limit oil exports next turn
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Brazil
Increase relations with Venezuela, get them to welcome invasion: Limited success
Invade Venezuela: Inconclusive, insufficient supplies causes high causalities and lengthens conflict
Use big data to increase internal stability: Limited success
Decrease debt with Space ventures: Failure with loss.
Lend Russia use of Rockets, transfer Satellite networks to Russia: Destruction of GPS network
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Canada
Reduce oil consumption by expansion of Canada's Airfilm network: Success
Support Iraq with supplies and intelligence to reduce Iraq's Military Rank vs. the Saudi invasion: Success
Limit oil exports next turn
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Canada claims Sol-Gamma-11N1, 10N1, 7N8, 6N4 for Settlement#33. Failure on 11N1
China
Continue Amur River project: Success
Improve the harmony of the nation: Success, stability increase, China is more spiritualist
Withdraw from Nigeria military base
Increase oil imports from Russia
Limit oil exports next turn
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Evacuate and permanently shut down Military Base Sol-Gamma-1N20
China claims Sol-Gamma-4N30 4N31 3N31 for Settlement#39
French Republic
Reduce Oil consumption by focusing on nuclear power: Success
Build O/T above Earth
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
German Republic
Try to form a European Union: Limited success.
Survey the Sol-Asteroid Belt: Success
Continue and expand import of exclusive deals for oil: Limited Success.
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Expends the extra $ needed to make the Asteroid Mining facility operational next Turn
Germany goes to War Footing. Unusual success in Political Action of convincing the German public to go along with it
Cause Armenia to rebel and surrender. Crushing success. Between German efforts and the massive Allied invasion, there is a rapid collapse and anarchy on the Armenian side. Fleeing towards Allied forces, or fleeing away from Allied forces, or just generally fleeing, particularly from the rampaging Turks, the roads of Armenia are choked with refugees, chaos, misery, and despair. Allied advance is only slowed by the time it takes to push through this mess. Allied soldiers are often met with bedraggled Armenian soldiers, or local leaders, literally carrying on platters the heads of anyone that they think might appease the Allies (hopefully the heads are *mostly* those of more senior ex-leadership, best not to ask). Armenia surrenders.
India
Cancel program to bring back the caste system
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Indonesia
Reduce corruption: Limited success
No oil exports next turn
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Famine Threatens: ”The poor all over South America are being hit with the slowing global economy. The increased inequality is leading to unrest. We, their governments, have a responsibility towards our populations.” says the Venezuela prime minister at the UNASUR meeting. ”Do you remember Bobo, the piano playing dog, that entertained us last week on TV? Well he went missing Wednesday and his collar bones and cute little piano playing paws were found yesterday in the pots of a makeshift camp of homeless people just outside this BigW Resort where we are now. People who were unemployed are now sick, hungry and desperate!”
The Virtue of the Vicious Tonight on ‘What the World Wants, with Roberta Valantino’ - Live, Only on AmeriLink, two survivors of the apparent Armenian WMD attack on the peace conference at Bagaran exclusively tell us their stories
(36 hours earlier)
Turkish Air Defence HQ - Armenian Sector
<“Sir, we have blips closing on the western edge of the exclusion zone around the conference”>
<“Steady on soldier”>
Akçay Polat (A man wearing a severe suit with a Turkish flag pin on the lapel) :
“I was with the members of the Presidential guard, stood at the edge of the compound. Everyone was waiting for the Armenians to arrive for the last of the talks.
Hugo Hernandez (A young man wearing the uniform of a US Marine):
“The captain was stood with the Turkish President and the Secretary of State. Dress uniform, the whole kit and kaboodle. It was supposed to be the conclusion of negotiations, and it had been going well. No one was really expecting any kind of fight, no one had their MOPP gear to hand, certainly not the captain in his dress uniform.
(36 hours earlier)
USMC 1st Corps - Armenian/Turkish border - Bagaran
“TacCom reports incoming fastmovers! Bearing West, closing fast!”
“Get the VIPs out now! - Get the Cars started NOW!”
“Incoming!”
“Jesus fuck! GAS! GAS! GAS!”
“Holy mother! N!B!C! GEAR NOW!”
Screams of pain
“Val! C’mon man, C’mon, get it on yourself NOW, Move it Marine!”
“Leave him! Get the VIPs out NOW!”
A P: It was chaos, people started clawing at their faces on the other side of the compound. Then one of the American Marines started running towards our end of the compound screaming ‘Gas! Gas!’”
H H: Someone on the detail managed to dig their stuff out and pass it to the Sec State - one of the Turks did the same for their VIP. Some of us didn’t get it on quite in time and had limited exposure - most of us didn’t get the MOPP on at all, the rest of us tried to get it on them, but they just kept clawing at their mouths, the captain was screaming…. We tried but all we ended up doing was hold hold them down as they died”
(36 hours earlier)
USMC 1st Corps - Armenian/Turkish border - Convoy heading towards Turkey
“No artillery yet…. If they were waiting to hit us then not follow up?”
“Sammy, get HQ on the TacNet! Sitrep!- How’re the VIPs doing!?”
“Sec State got few good lung fulls, Docs treating him now - says he’ll pull through with some lung scarring”
“And the Turkish President!?”
“Looks like his detail was on the ball on this one - some exposure but less than our guy - they trusted them less”
“Good reason by the looks of it”
“They’re on Sir… I’ve got half of our guys and all of the Turks screaming at us wanting to know what’s going on”
“Oh, this is going to be fun….”
H H: “We got into some of the vehicles and bugged out, called it in just in time to have a plane smash in front of us after getting hit by Turkish AA. We’re just lucky the Turks had our back in taking out those Armenians- we never expected it - we had to make a dash back to the lines - we didn’t know if we were going to get shelled or something - all bets were off!
A P: “The Americans brought out my President to the motorcade- they came running towards us wearing gas masks. There were so few of them left. There were supposed to be quite a few press with them, very few made it out. Some of their recordings did though, one of them was even broadcasting live to Link - the world was watching them die there…
Japan
Reduce population decline by building habitats into the ocean: Success
Build O/T above Earth
Korea
Use foreign aid to clean up mess of war: Success
Aid from USA, Oil aid from Saudi Arabia
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Pushes for international cooperation on punishing China
Attempts to destabilize China with religious propaganda broadcasts: Failure with major mishap, the reverse happens
Nigerian Republic
Limit oil production to force shortage.
Reinforce secular institutions to improve stability: Limited success
Reduce corruption with these better institutions: Limited success
Transform ECOWAS into a federation: Failure
Oil to Brazil, from Russia. Oil to Germany next turn.
Use Oil bribes to increase Relations with nearby nations: Limited success
Invade Togo. Togo surrenders to Nigeria and Togo allies
Nordic Federation
Building Military Base in Greenland
Improve integration of foreigners through governmental and community assistance: Success
Continue integration of Nordic Federation: Success
Nordic Omniway infrastructure mega-project to reduce Oil SRU Consumption: Great success
Recuperation of oceanic plastic waste and recycling: Great success
Moves forces in anticipation of participating in Turkish-Armenian conflict
Persian Empire
Reinforce secular institutions to improve stability: Success
Increase Oil reserves
Increase Oil production
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Limit oil exports next turn
Russian Federation
Increase population growth, immunize population: Failure
Education to increase stability: Limited Success
Use Oil bribes to increase Relations with nearby nations: Success
Decrease corruption by public involvement: Success
Direct government subsidies for basic necessities to increase Stability: Success
Make the Islamic Caliphate surrender: Success
Limit oil production to force shortage.
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Build unit with Orbital Re-entry ability
Provide USA with a large amount of uplift
Incorporate hexes Sol-Gamma 10N4 and 10N5 into Settlement Russia
Syrian rebels surrender/disband.
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Limit oil production to force shortage.
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Make the Islamic Caliphate surrender: Success
Pacify Yemen: Success
Annex western Iraq: Limited Success
Take care of refugees: Success
Reduce the corrupted youth expense with big data: Success
Oil deals to sell exclusively to numerous nations, notably South Korea, USA, Germany, and India
War with Iraq eventually ends in ceasefire at current borders.
United Kingdom
Education reform reduce expenses: Limited success
No oil exports next turn
USA
Loss of the Spaceship USS Annie Jump Cannon to Piracy
Give aid to South Korea
Clean up Apophis OT, check for additional bugs: Inconclusive
Use Golden Rule to acquire additional oil
Bribe Kurdistan to not become involved with Turkish-Armenian war: Success
Gives massive military aid to Turkey
Invade Armenia to defend Turkey: Crushing success
Attempt to reign in rampaging Militant Turk forces: Failure with Minor Mishap
Singapore Goes Vertical: Singapore, Singapore: The city state of Singapore is constantly short on land. The solution is vertical farming. The Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin Group have built an Arcology which is not only self-sufficient in food but supplies 2% of Singapore’s food need. ”The world will see more of these self-sustained structures in the future; we have many contracts lined up. The SNC-Lavalin group´s purchase from the UK government; the sea bottom mining colony on the mid-Atlantic ridge built by the Llyr Corp back in 2015 will be expanded and we are particularly proud of our newly built Atlantis II, the world´s first free floating city!”, says CEO George Keyo. When asked about the recent strike proclaimed by the Miners Union due to “subhuman” working conditions in the Mid-Atlantic ridge colony, Mr Keyo said: “Not to worry.”
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Apophis Nears Completion Excitement is here palpable as the much delayed American engineering marvel, the Apophis station, nears completion. Apophis manager, Margaret Blaine, assured reporters that this station will be operational as planned despite issues that have been described as ‘fundamental flaws’ by independent engineers, including the ‘overdesigned and overpowered’ reactor core that could lead to massive power surges in the station when the solar array is activated. Blaine instead spoke of how important it was that America continues to demonstrate its technological prowess and global leadership and that even though the nation was suffering from reduced economic output due to the fuel shortages the Apophis program, despite the setbacks, demonstrates that American Frontier spirit and ‘can-do’ attitude can solve any problem. When questioned about the excessive number of 3D Macro Printers evident on the station she pointed out that after the chaos of the Valentine’s day hack-a-thon it was important to have significant system redundancy to push through any additional blockages caused by expended drones.
Sample from FBI psychological profile database on subject 'Margaret Blaine'. Last recorded public interview with subject prior to her suspected theft of the USS Annie Jump Cannon.
Summary of Survey for Object 912 ‘Maritima’
Survey completed at 256 days 13 hours 41 minutes since launch.
Core sampling indicates target resources are present with proven large deposits of copper ores, titanium ores, diamonds, water ice and platinum in the surveyed locations. Also present were trace elements of silver, platinum, neodymium, erbium and holmium in multiple samples which indicates a high probability of the presence of other target elements.
Recommendation - Object should be listed for secondary wave of mining operations. Recommend further survey to identify if object contains sizable holmium and magnesium reserves. If such reserves proven, then re-list as primary target.
Survey of Asteroid 912 for German asteroid mining effort
Davos Days “The latest shortages has taken us all by surprise - I knew oil prices would jump back up but to such an extent! I made an absolute killing sure, but the damage this is doing to the global economy has moved from exploitable to apocalyptical. Either none of the oil-producing nations knew the others were going to cut production this hard, or they all knew and are actively trying to disrupt the global economy. Personally, I think it's the former rather than the latter, which does say something about the incompetence with which the world is being run. Short-term profit is important, it can also be incredibly fun. It’s the seat of your pants, wild ride of finance. But sometimes you have to take the long view, and right now these shortages are not going to end. We need to replace oil with something that is reliable and dependable - the system cannot take many more shocks like this. Oil, as a fuel, needs to die”
Excerpt of Paparazzo recording in a Davos bar showing new Federal Reserve chairman Herbert Blatt and Link’s freshest Starlet, Eva Petrov, flirting
And Davos Nights
“And why, little worm, do you claim that this oil crisis has further complicated the Macroeconomic environment more than previous such instances. What makes this so much worse?”
“Adding on to the loose financing of the original Middle Eastern war, devaluations of the dollar in 36 and 45, the short-lived economic boom of ‘41-44 coupled with the surging food prices following crop failures lead to particular complications with inflationary…”
*A riding crop falls on bare skin*
*whimper*
“Pathetic, you’re giving justifications, not reasons! You know that the consensus amongst policy makers then was that cost-push inflation was outside the influence of monetary policy! What are you going to say about it?”
“A...a...as Dr.Burns said to the ...the Federal Open Markets Committee in May ‘44, the questions comes down to if monetary policy could, and assuming it could even should, do anything to combat any residual persisting inflation rate.
*Additional whip strike*
*moan*
“Worm! You were not called here to regurgitate what others have said!”
*Repeated whip strikes*
“Apple core! APPLE CORE! ...I ...um … I agree with him that the answer to both is no and I believe that we should regard continuing cost increases as a structural problem not amenable to macro-economic measures”
-Corporation Dexia - Département de la Sécurité, dossier J-263BX-11011, niveau d'habilitation de sécurité Rouge12. Transcription de l'enregistrement d'une chambre d'hôtel de Davos montrant le nouveau président de la Banque Centrale Américaine, Herbert Blatt avec CD-DS l'actif "Eva23", pratiquant à répondre au témoignage de M. Blatt devant le comité Voies et Moyens du Congrès américains.
Memo to the Cabinet
The world has closed its doors to free trade when it comes to oil - nations are restricting exports to foreign markets and exporters have harshly cut production gouging purchasers; this has been instrumental in exacerbating the riots, shortages and productivity problems throughout the world.
I anticipate revolt and starvation across the areas of the world least capable of dealing with it, which will then spread like a contagion. The deepening global food crisis will, finally, lead to mass starvation, societal collapse, and mass migration to more stable areas, overwhelming them. There are three courses of action I can see:
Militarily securing resources - actions in the Middle East can be justified either supporting Saudi as an ally or opposing them in defending the freedom of Iraq, in this way we can attempt to secure one of those nations oil resources
Compel global producers to increase output - either diplomatically or by more direct means, oil shortages can be assuaged and general global stability improved by forcing producers to fulfill global needs.
Ride the wave - by enforcing strict border controls to limit the entry of these starving masses we can attempt to ride out this storm. The global economy will almost certainly collapse during this period, we must look to become as self sufficient as possible and massively reduce oil consumption.
The now Infamous ‘Blatt memo’
The Wedding Reception
“I loved the Ceremony and all those foreign leaders that came for the wedding, you wouldn’t have seen Argentina getting that kind of respect before”.
User “PurpleLurple”
“Don’t be fooled, it’s another ploy by the Peronist jackals running this country to distract you while they steal all our natural resources for their Zionist masters! We starve and fight for water, they dine on the finest foods and laugh at us. Happily surprised there wasn’t some ‘Aliens’ bullshit to deal with.
My blog will tell you more [Link to other node restricted by server]”
User “thetruthshallsetmefree”
“They conjured up a royal family from thin air. You can tell it was all witchcraft because the King is a Toad, the Queen a pig and I’ve hacked the wedding photographer to get the proof”
User “Republique”
Argentine ChatNode “New Monarchy”
Resistan! Los brasileños nos atacan incesantemente, tal como llevan décadas haciendo. Su guerra propagandística ha destrozado los gobiernos previos y
ahora, habiendo enfrentado la nación entre nosotros, avanzan para ofrecer ‘ayuda’ quienes cayeron en sus mentiras. Esa es una batalla ideológica y debemos lograr convencer al pueblo para defender la Patria.
Recuerden las palabras de Bolívar, de Castro, de Ortega y de Chávez! Escuchen la llamada de la Revolución Bolivariana. Levanten al pueblo en pos de la defensa.
RESISTAN AL INVASOR
PRESERVEN LA REVOLUCIÓN
SALVEN LA PATRIA.
-Brazilian Psyops Command, Sample #23A of a likely Venezuelan response to BPC memetic action.
Here To Help
El Ejercito Brasileño acude a ayudarles
Si encontraron esa octavilla es porqué le Ejercito Brasileño acude en ayuda del Gobierno de Unidad y Reconciliación Nacional en su zona para hacer la nación segura otra vez.
Para mantenerle tan seguro como sea posible, les damos esas instrucciones mientras sigamos en su país:
NO ARROJEN PIEDRAS A LOS SOLDADOS
- -No sabemos si sostienen una piedra o una granada, no se pongan en riesgo
- -Los soldados les balearán si parecen querer arrjarles una granada
NO VAYAN ARMADOS NI SE RESISTAN A ARRESTOS
- -Los soldados pueden necesitar arrestarle a usted u otros como parte de investigaciones y acciones de pacificación.
- -Queda gente peligrosa y fuertemente armada en la zona resistiéndose al mandato del Gobierno legítimo
- -Los revoltosos se esconden entre los civiles para atacarnos. No podemos distinguir entre usted y un insurgente si no podemos chequearlo.
- -Los soldados les balearán si se resisten a arresto y parecen armados y peligrosos.
Leaflet airdropped into Venezuela by Brazilian forces
A Call to Arms
A discussion on the current Turkish call invoking article 5. Was, Turkey previously attempting to use the mutual defence argument to prevent internal schism, has Turkey now suffered an armed attack against their territory from an external threat. An analysis of the stresses between our government and the Turkish administration. An assessment on the merits of the final decision falling to the North Atlantic Council. If a request to invoke article 5 should be not heeded, does the USA wish for article 5 and the alliance to continue to mean anything.
Abstract of the US State Department Response paper on the Armenian-Turkish conflict
Intercepted Russian Radio Broadcasts
Подтверждаю вход в атмосферу через Т минус 10 секунд, запасные реверсные двигатели в норме, главные реверсные двигатели в норме. Телеметрия выводит вас на точку десантирования в Антарктике. Зажигание реверсных двигателей по моей команде... Зажигание!
*Sounds of atmospheric re-entry*
- Доложите обстановку.
- На позиции! Первое отделение приземлилось, все скафандры в норме. Центр, перед нами какой-то комплекс.
- Первое отделение, повторите!
- Перед нами какое-то сраное здание с чилийским флагом .... оттуда кто-то выходит и машет нам руками!
- Телеметрия с сателлитов показывает, что вы у цели. Что там происходит?
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- Центр, здесь гребаная чилийская научная экспедиция, и они угощают моих бойцов ебанным какао! Кто из вас, тупорылых долбоебов, додумался провести мое испытательное десантирование на обсерваторию, принадлежащую иностранному государству?
To Each according to Their Need: “Christ told us to help the poor, and there are more starving children in China right now than there are total people in Korea. China has done its best to pay reparations for something that was not our fault, now it is time to look after our own. The resources we were sending to Korea are to be diverted to alleviate the very real suffering of the Chinese people. The Chinese Communist Party cares deeply for its people, indeed I have often said the Chairman is like a prophet of god, so deep is his feeling for the people of China and their wellbeing”
Interview with the head of the PRC’s delegation to the Korean Reconstruction Program, Jiang Jiarui, by the People’s Daily regarding the halting of Korean reparations
The Martyr Saints of China
Memorial plaque left behind at Saint Francis Xavier Church, Niger River Delta, Nigeria
Fabriqué au Canada
Image found on many munitions, military rations and other equipment used by Iraqi Armed Forces
Industrialized Nations accuse OPEC and Russia of Economic Warfare Industrialized nations at the 2046 Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Jakarta have accused OPEC and the Russian Federation of engaging in ‘naked greed and opportunism’ following the decision by the major oil producing nations to cut production. As one angry delegate stated: “We have been told again and again that since the Saudi earthquakes demand has been much higher than the possible global production - yet the moment that these shortages are abated oil producers find some other reason to cut supply, damage global economies and gouge importers. They can’t blame this one all on the shipping disappearances!”
Beyond the bustle of Tokyo: Out in the bay, we have created a new type of community, more relaxed and welcoming than that of the unsleeping city. It is a place where residents can sit beneath their cherry tree on their days off, yet still commute to central Tokyo by boat. A place where the young can afford to live and their children can walk freely, unafraid of traffic or the crush of people - where one can find the greatest treasure of all, a place with enough room for you to be a parent.
Television advert for Sakura Floating Conurbations new development in Tokyo bay
A Pacific Union: “Let's face it, we agree on policy, we agree on economics and we even agree that means we should join our governments together and act with one voice in the world - But that doesn't mean the old Trans-Tasmanian rivalry is dead and buried! They’re still going to insist on call us ‘Ram Rooters’ and so on, and we’re going to continue putting up with their crappy jokes, because they can’t help the fact they’re all thick as two short planks.
Outgoing New Zealand prime minister Richard Prior on the Union of New Zealand and Australia