Nation Building Turn of the Century, Lead your nation in the year 1900!

[AdmiralKerkov]

If you have any questions, please ask here.

 

[Chicha]

Hi, may I please get the Skype channel?

 

[Constantin Valdor]

May I have the skype channel as well please?

 

[AdmiralKerkov]

Oh I am so sorry I didn't see your OOC comments until now


Let me get Serenade to hook you up

 

[Elucid]

Hey guys , Since I was thinking of playing a bit of an ahistoric start i thought it would be a good idea to get the mods permission (@AdmiralKerkov) . The county i wish to play in rp would be India , but as you probably know India was still a British colony at this time , so instead of India being a colony and hence unplayable in this time line let us say the British grant India dominion status like Australia and Canada , which was a popular demand by the Indian National Congress before Gandhi declared Purna Swaraj (not sure how that's translated).


If this isn't possible i'll conceit to playing another country ...


P.S i'm not sure what Indian military numbers would be here

 

[AdmiralKerkov]

@The Elusive Shadow I would be fine with you being a semi-autonomous state of the British Empire. But you have to ask @Lordvader59 because he is the BE, if he accepts, go right ahead.

 

[Elucid]

So .... Um is my cs accepted ?


P.S Mysore doesn't have any navy cuz its a landlocked country .

 

[AdmiralKerkov]

One sec, I have been really busy and haven't even had time to post my turn or CS. I'll do it right now

 

[AdmiralKerkov]

OK


To ANYONE who wants to join the skype chat, PM me or @Serenade your Skype username, and we will add you to the chat.

 

[Pat]

Hey @Gadethyn Onmarothi. I think you'll really enjoy this. Read the other threads and maybe join in if you feel like it.


America is still available I think, along with a lot of other nations...

 

[Boethiah]

Can I play as Russia?

 

[AdmiralKerkov]

[QUOTE="Gadethyn Onmarothi]Can I play as Russia?

[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry this nation has already been taken. The CS is in there somewhere, if it isn't, I might have deleted by accident

 

[Pat]

[QUOTE="Gadethyn Onmarothi]Can I play as Russia?

[/QUOTE]
Gade, the good old US of A is still unclaimed, and, with effort, you could make it communist or fascist.

 

[Pat]

Gade, the good old US of A is still unclaimed, and, with effort, you could make it communist or fascist.

I think Spain is unclaimed too.

 

[Pat]

@Windhover118. PLEHZ moderate my turn in the next forty eight hours. I still need to post my second turn, and if it takes even longer than that, all the way to Saturday, I'll be three turns behind.

The Republic of the United States of Brazil Turn 1:
Current Military Strength:


Army.


20,000 men, each equipped with a Swiss Mondragon Rifle and Mannlicher 1901 Pistol.


Navy.


Three small battleships, three armored cruisers, six destroyers, twelve torpedo boats, three submarines, and two river monitors.


Military:


Form a national guard of 280,000 souls, soon to be called into military service. They will be required to attend training twice every month, and participate in a military exercise once every three months.


Purchase 10,000 Mondragon Rifles and 10,000 Mannlicher 1901 Model Pistols from the Swiss.


Economy:


Heavily endorse interior development with deals of free land and secure ownership of them, along with the building of extensive road networks, all without further taxation.


Miles upon miles of coffee and rubber farms are to spring up behind the advance of the timber industry's efforts to civilize the rainforests.


Agricultural subsidies are enacted.


The government sets favorable price controls for construction materials.


Extensive railroad networks are to be built around the nation, especially across the interior.


A spectrum of cash incentives are given to farmers that grow food staples. Labor cost, the current price/availability of said crop, and regional variables are taken into consideration for these incentives, to increase our food production and better the diet of our citizens.


Simple farming pamphlets are passed out around the nation to educate growers of more efficient and sustainable irrigation techniques. Most notably, the great impact legumes can have on crop yield.


Citizens in rural communities are encouraged to make their own gardens to provide at least some of their food, or to keep animals.


A commodity factory is planned out at Rio de Janeiro, soon to be built and become an epic symbol of modernization for the country.


Internal affairs:


Encourage immigration with promises of work on development projects, farms, or for skilled workers, the factory which is currently under construction.


The government begins the erecting of libraries in each and every city that promises to pay for the upkeep of the institutions.


Literacy classes become funded by the government, so that the largely illiterate population of Brazil may now begin to educate themselves and become eligible voters, amongst many other life changing benefits of being able to read and write.


Begin a cultural revival of the arts and the Brazilian national spirit with government cash incentives for institutions which promote them, such as art schools, museums, and theatres.


The government finances public works to both improve living conditions and give an overall sense of progress with public courtyards, parks, increased funding to sanitation services, and art murals at approved areas.


Foreign affairs:


Express the opinion of the Brazilian people that our nation has little interest in the affairs of the Old World beyond the New World it has founded, but would be willing to partake in trade agreements with nations.


Send a proposal to the Japanese, they provide the schematics of the Arisaka Type 38 Rifle to the Swiss, which will craft the weapons and sell them for use to the Brazilian Military. For this, a payment of 1,000,000 Brazilian Reals will be received, which is equivalent to roughly 290,000 USD.


Operations:


N/A.


Research:


Greater clip capacity for the Military's Mondragon Rifles, and the possibility of converting the weapon into a light machine gun for quick deployment of widely available heavy fire support during infantry engagements.


More efficient varieties of rubber and coffee trees, the goal being to increase yields and decrease growth cycles.


Alternative fuel source, specifically, a sugarcane based ethanol to gain further Brazilian independence, and hopefully reduce the impact the growing country has on the environment. Very valuable, as it would allow us to convert sugarcane during surpluses into expensive fuel.