Meppo
Anticommunist Mole
- Location
- Default City, Russia
- Pronouns
- he/him
I would love to read this lmao
I feel like Nikolai Markarov had a fair share of affairs and murder plots behind him
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I feel like Nikolai Markarov had a fair share of affairs and murder plots behind him
The White House is an American enclave on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. The United States siezed the enclave from Spain in 1891, before which it was known as Casablanca.
The White House hosts Bogart naval base, which supports the Mediterranean Fleet, and where a detention camp for extra judicial "enemy combatant" prisoners was opened in 2002.
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theflyingmgoose
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18 OCTOBER 1984 - CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
PLEASE STAND BY FOR AN OFFICIAL ADDRESS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR
CONCERNING THE DEFEAT OF THE AXIS POWERS AND THE DEATH OF FUHRER HIMMLER
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS
"My fellow Americans...
After a long and brutal war, peace and true democracy have finally come to Europe. The crimes that have been committed by millions upon millions of Nazis and other collaborators will face the long-awaited justice to be served. Himmler is dead and the "untermensch" are alive.
And where there's life, there's hope. Because hope never dies.
It was hope that carried people of all religions and all races years ago when we lived in a world where freedom sounded like imagination, like an idea. That convinced the enslaved peoples of Asia, Europe, and Africa to think that there's still hope. That sometime in the future freedom would exist. Nobody knew when, but what is sure is that it would soon come.
That time is now.
Let us learn about what we can do, not as countries, but as humans about what we can do to make every life as safe and fulling as it can be and to teach our children, and our children's children how we can prosper and advance further than we could ever fathom. Europe will change, and perhaps the world can, too, but deep down, we will never forget who we are and what we fight for...
And we shouldn't...
For this is America. This is a land where so many families came with no more than the clothes on their backs for the sake of freedom. This is a country where no mission is too difficult, and no sacrifice is too great.
I will simply close with this. America as a country has had and will continue to have divisions, but tonight we shall all go to bed knowing the following:
The Stars and Stripes fly over Germania. Fascism has been slain and the nightmare has fallen. May a tyranny like this and a war of this magnitude never befall the Earth again, and may the world know the truth of freedom. May God Bless America and May God Bless the world."
PLEASE STAND BY FOR AN OFFICIAL ADDRESS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR
CONCERNING THE DEFEAT OF THE AXIS POWERS AND THE DEATH OF FUHRER HIMMLER
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS
"My fellow Americans...
After a long and brutal war, peace and true democracy have finally come to Europe. The crimes that have been committed by millions upon millions of Nazis and other collaborators will face the long-awaited justice to be served. Himmler is dead and the "untermensch" are alive.
And where there's life, there's hope. Because hope never dies.
It was hope that carried people of all religions and all races years ago when we lived in a world where freedom sounded like imagination, like an idea. That convinced the enslaved peoples of Asia, Europe, and Africa to think that there's still hope. That sometime in the future freedom would exist. Nobody knew when, but what is sure is that it would soon come.
That time is now.
Let us learn about what we can do, not as countries, but as humans about what we can do to make every life as safe and fulling as it can be and to teach our children, and our children's children how we can prosper and advance further than we could ever fathom. Europe will change, and perhaps the world can, too, but deep down, we will never forget who we are and what we fight for...
And we shouldn't...
For this is America. This is a land where so many families came with no more than the clothes on their backs for the sake of freedom. This is a country where no mission is too difficult, and no sacrifice is too great.
I will simply close with this. America as a country has had and will continue to have divisions, but tonight we shall all go to bed knowing the following:
The Stars and Stripes fly over Germania. Fascism has been slain and the nightmare has fallen. May a tyranny like this and a war of this magnitude never befall the Earth again, and may the world know the truth of freedom. May God Bless America and May God Bless the world."
- Location
- Western New York
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Curtiss-Wright is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the sixth-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2020 revenue and is the second largest exporter in the United States by dollar value. Curtiss-Wright's stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Curtiss-Wright was founded as the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company on January 16, 1916. The present corporation was established in Buffalo, New York, on July 5, 1929, and was enhanced by a succession of mergers, the most recent of which was with the Boeing Company in 1998.
As of 2023, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation's corporate headquarters is located in the Webster Corners neighborhood of Orchard Park, New York. The company is organized into four primary divisions: Curtiss-Wright Civilian Airplanes (CWCA); Curtiss-Wright Global Defense (CWGS); Curtiss-Wright World Services (CWWS); and Curtiss-Wright Financial Services (CWFS).
Major contemporary products include the CW716 regional airliner, the CW 942 superjumbo jet, the B-77 Thunder strategic bomber and the FI-67 interceptor.
Curtiss-Wright was founded as the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company on January 16, 1916. The present corporation was established in Buffalo, New York, on July 5, 1929, and was enhanced by a succession of mergers, the most recent of which was with the Boeing Company in 1998.
As of 2023, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation's corporate headquarters is located in the Webster Corners neighborhood of Orchard Park, New York. The company is organized into four primary divisions: Curtiss-Wright Civilian Airplanes (CWCA); Curtiss-Wright Global Defense (CWGS); Curtiss-Wright World Services (CWWS); and Curtiss-Wright Financial Services (CWFS).
Major contemporary products include the CW716 regional airliner, the CW 942 superjumbo jet, the B-77 Thunder strategic bomber and the FI-67 interceptor.
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- He/Him
@Archdeacon of Dunwich
A State of Play for the Political Parties of the Dominion of Scotland, Circa 1961:
It’s been eight years since the establishment of Dominion status over Scotland, the political system has for the most part remained fairly steady, relations with Britain (mainly England, Wales and Northern Ireland) remain strong and the economy has been stable if sluggish in growth. But to say that everyone is happy with the situation is wrong, and over the course of this piece we hope to maybe shed some light on this.
Within the Scottish Parliament dominant party is the ironically named Unionist Party, whose roots are with Liberal Unionists and the Conservatives. The Unionist Party is main Centre Right party of Scotland, whilst on occasion you will see a Conservative candidate, within the Scottish parliament the majority is Unionist or in some cases (mainly in cities like Edinburgh, Glasgow or Aberdeen), you will see people campaigning on ‘Progressive - Unionist’ tickets. The party prides itself as a bulwark for individualism, economic localism and for a strong Scottish identity against the perceived ‘alien influence’ of Socialism and indeed its current Parliamentary Leader John George, a former miner who worked his way up the ranks, embodies the party’s ideological vision fairly well. The party is also know for taking a stances in favour of Protestantism and supports the Kirk as an institution of Scottish identity, though unlike other groups, it’s Protestant identity isn’t as profound due to needing the support of Middle Class and Upper Class Catholics.
The Labour Party, sometimes called the Socialist Party depending on the speaker, is the other major party of Scotland. The explicit Socialist party has struggled to gain control of the Scottish Parliament, with the image of the party being overly dominated by ‘English Socialist masters’ still looming large in the propaganda of the Unionist party. With its roots in the Working Class and often garnering support from minority communities like Irish Catholics and Jews, the party is mainly prominent in cities and industrial areas like for example Mining. The party, after a series of awkward and lacklustre leaders has embraced it’s image under the former Mayor of Glasgow Myer Galpern and is campaigning on the image of a ‘modernising and localist’ form of Socialism which Galpern and his Colleagues used in the effective modernisation of Glasgow.
The main third party of Scottish politics is most definitely the Liberal Party, once the other prominent party of British and Scottish politics, the beginning of the 20th Century saw its fortunes decline. Since the Thirties and the National Liberal split which is still used as name in certain parts but is a shell of itself, the party has shuffled around under a series of uninspiring leaders. Amusingly, former Scottish Nationalist, John MacCormick has upon becoming leader, overseen a shift within the party, trying to push for the party to not just appeal to those living in the Highlands and the Fringes of Scotland but appeal to secular and liberal voters within the city. Indeed his push, has been credited as leading to the election of Ivor Davies for the Edinburgh University Seat within the Scottish Parliament.
Another party that has emerged in recent years is the Fife Socialist League, formerly part of the Communist Party, under it’s charismatic leader Lawrence Daly, the party has split off due to disagreements on policy and the Communist party’s unwavering commitment to the Moscow line, Daly is seen as the in between the Workers and the Intellectual Left. Daly has managed to organise a competent and effective organisation which has managed to gain seats on the local level and looks likely to gain a seat in the Scottish Parliament.
The Communist Party of Scotland still has prominence in certain parts, mainly in the urban areas amongst those Workers who view the Labour Party as ineffective and those of the Marxist persuasion. Whilst not likely to be regaining seats within the parliament, its place on the local level and within the trade union movement means that it still has a lot of power at its disposal.
A State of Play for the Political Parties of the Dominion of Scotland, Circa 1961:
It’s been eight years since the establishment of Dominion status over Scotland, the political system has for the most part remained fairly steady, relations with Britain (mainly England, Wales and Northern Ireland) remain strong and the economy has been stable if sluggish in growth. But to say that everyone is happy with the situation is wrong, and over the course of this piece we hope to maybe shed some light on this.
Within the Scottish Parliament dominant party is the ironically named Unionist Party, whose roots are with Liberal Unionists and the Conservatives. The Unionist Party is main Centre Right party of Scotland, whilst on occasion you will see a Conservative candidate, within the Scottish parliament the majority is Unionist or in some cases (mainly in cities like Edinburgh, Glasgow or Aberdeen), you will see people campaigning on ‘Progressive - Unionist’ tickets. The party prides itself as a bulwark for individualism, economic localism and for a strong Scottish identity against the perceived ‘alien influence’ of Socialism and indeed its current Parliamentary Leader John George, a former miner who worked his way up the ranks, embodies the party’s ideological vision fairly well. The party is also know for taking a stances in favour of Protestantism and supports the Kirk as an institution of Scottish identity, though unlike other groups, it’s Protestant identity isn’t as profound due to needing the support of Middle Class and Upper Class Catholics.
The Labour Party, sometimes called the Socialist Party depending on the speaker, is the other major party of Scotland. The explicit Socialist party has struggled to gain control of the Scottish Parliament, with the image of the party being overly dominated by ‘English Socialist masters’ still looming large in the propaganda of the Unionist party. With its roots in the Working Class and often garnering support from minority communities like Irish Catholics and Jews, the party is mainly prominent in cities and industrial areas like for example Mining. The party, after a series of awkward and lacklustre leaders has embraced it’s image under the former Mayor of Glasgow Myer Galpern and is campaigning on the image of a ‘modernising and localist’ form of Socialism which Galpern and his Colleagues used in the effective modernisation of Glasgow.
The main third party of Scottish politics is most definitely the Liberal Party, once the other prominent party of British and Scottish politics, the beginning of the 20th Century saw its fortunes decline. Since the Thirties and the National Liberal split which is still used as name in certain parts but is a shell of itself, the party has shuffled around under a series of uninspiring leaders. Amusingly, former Scottish Nationalist, John MacCormick has upon becoming leader, overseen a shift within the party, trying to push for the party to not just appeal to those living in the Highlands and the Fringes of Scotland but appeal to secular and liberal voters within the city. Indeed his push, has been credited as leading to the election of Ivor Davies for the Edinburgh University Seat within the Scottish Parliament.
Another party that has emerged in recent years is the Fife Socialist League, formerly part of the Communist Party, under it’s charismatic leader Lawrence Daly, the party has split off due to disagreements on policy and the Communist party’s unwavering commitment to the Moscow line, Daly is seen as the in between the Workers and the Intellectual Left. Daly has managed to organise a competent and effective organisation which has managed to gain seats on the local level and looks likely to gain a seat in the Scottish Parliament.
The Communist Party of Scotland still has prominence in certain parts, mainly in the urban areas amongst those Workers who view the Labour Party as ineffective and those of the Marxist persuasion. Whilst not likely to be regaining seats within the parliament, its place on the local level and within the trade union movement means that it still has a lot of power at its disposal.
theflyingmgoose
Well-known member
Update to my previous post:
- Location
- Western New York
The French Navy (French: Marine impériale, lit. 'Imperial Navy'), informally La Impériale, is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the seven military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in the world, ranking fifth in combined fleet tonnage and third in number of naval vessels. The French Navy is one of six naval forces currently operating fixed-wing aircraft carriers, with its Tarasque-class being the only nuclear-powered aircraft carriers outside the United States Navy and Royal Navy. As of November 1, 2023, the main combat vessels of the Imperial Navy consist of four nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, three helicopter carriers, seven cruisers, thirty destroyers, sixteen frigates, fourteen corvettes, twenty nuclear-powered attack submarines and six nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. In addition to its main naval base at Toulon, the French Navy also operates out of naval bases at Anvers, Brest, and Grand Port in North Africa.
4 CVN
Tarasque
Sirène
Léviathan
Kraken
3 LHD
Libeccio
Mistral
Tramontane
7 CG
Bretagne
Bourgogne
Provence
Flandre
Poitou
Alsace
Rhénanie
30 DDG
Allier
Vaucluse
Landes
Gironde
Vienne
Mont Tonnerre
Oise
Haute Loire
Sarre
Vosges
Loiret
Cantal
Ain
Lys
Liamone
Eure
Manche
Seine et Marne
Indre
Mayenne
Aube
Var
Lot
Haute Marne
Jura
Charente
Cher
Gard
Haut-Rhin
Meuse
16 FFG
Nice
Marseille
Caen
Foix
Laon
Valence
Dijon
Bordeaux
Toulouse
Orléans
Cologne
Grenoble
Bruxelles
Lille
Arras
Aix-la-Chapelle
14 PC
Mont Blanc
Barre des Écrins
Chamechaude
Arcalod
Pointe Percée
Grande Tête de l'Obiou
La Tournette
Le Taillefer
Aiguilles d'Arves
Puigmal
Pica d'Estats
Pic du Midi d'Ossau
Vignemale
Pic de Soularac
20 SSN
Saumeur
Courbet
Dequenne
Hubert
Surcouf
Suffren
Casta
Duguay-Trouin
Rovère
Vanhoutte
Girard
Gagnière
Duchesne
Eisenreich
Heylen
Du Tems
Luedtke
Jonart
Sarazin
Guerry
6 SSBN
Berthier
Ney
Bonnefoy
Jourdan
Binet
Maziers
Tarasque
Sirène
Léviathan
Kraken
3 LHD
Libeccio
Mistral
Tramontane
7 CG
Bretagne
Bourgogne
Provence
Flandre
Poitou
Alsace
Rhénanie
30 DDG
Allier
Vaucluse
Landes
Gironde
Vienne
Mont Tonnerre
Oise
Haute Loire
Sarre
Vosges
Loiret
Cantal
Ain
Lys
Liamone
Eure
Manche
Seine et Marne
Indre
Mayenne
Aube
Var
Lot
Haute Marne
Jura
Charente
Cher
Gard
Haut-Rhin
Meuse
16 FFG
Nice
Marseille
Caen
Foix
Laon
Valence
Dijon
Bordeaux
Toulouse
Orléans
Cologne
Grenoble
Bruxelles
Lille
Arras
Aix-la-Chapelle
14 PC
Mont Blanc
Barre des Écrins
Chamechaude
Arcalod
Pointe Percée
Grande Tête de l'Obiou
La Tournette
Le Taillefer
Aiguilles d'Arves
Puigmal
Pica d'Estats
Pic du Midi d'Ossau
Vignemale
Pic de Soularac
20 SSN
Saumeur
Courbet
Dequenne
Hubert
Surcouf
Suffren
Casta
Duguay-Trouin
Rovère
Vanhoutte
Girard
Gagnière
Duchesne
Eisenreich
Heylen
Du Tems
Luedtke
Jonart
Sarazin
Guerry
6 SSBN
Berthier
Ney
Bonnefoy
Jourdan
Binet
Maziers
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The American Civil War, War Between the States, or War of Northern Aggression was a conflict between 1876 - 79 after the Confederated States of America declared violent independence from a south-dominated Washington. Possessing most industry and several key ports, the northern states were able to hold back the southern Union Armies and gain critical support from Britain by framing it as a war against slavery. This meant the conquest/liberation of Maryland and the arming and support of free blacks & escaped slaves to form the Protectorates (later states) of New Ethiopia, New Niger, and New Liberia. The US would steadily collapse into the famous Dixie Wilds of the 1890s to 1950s, site of coups, conquests, and crusades that attracted filibusters and adventurers from half the world.
The Union Battle Flag and the CSA's White Snake (a white Gadsden snake on blue, segmented by red to mark each state) are famous symbols for reenactments, fiction, and politics. "What If The Confederacy Lost" is a cliche of speculative fiction.
The Union Battle Flag and the CSA's White Snake (a white Gadsden snake on blue, segmented by red to mark each state) are famous symbols for reenactments, fiction, and politics. "What If The Confederacy Lost" is a cliche of speculative fiction.
- Location
- Western New York
A bit of list-building nonsense I did for the In and Out of the Reich setting over the weekend.
I admit some aspects (Canadian SSNs, HMS Godalming and HMCS James Doohan, and China having an Atlantic squadron, for instance) are a bit over the top, but I did force myself to not add an Indian squadron home based in Bermuda, so that's something, right?
right?
FREEDOM'S FLEETS - THE ATLANTIC LEAGUE
The League is an alliance of the major Atlantic Rim powers formed in 1944 to contain the expansionist aspirations of the two Continental European power blocs. Although it has nearly two dozen member states as of 2023, Britain, Canada, the United States, Brazil and China are the major military powers. Each of them has a large military presence in the Atlantic, including the following naval formations.
I admit some aspects (Canadian SSNs, HMS Godalming and HMCS James Doohan, and China having an Atlantic squadron, for instance) are a bit over the top, but I did force myself to not add an Indian squadron home based in Bermuda, so that's something, right?
right?
FREEDOM'S FLEETS - THE ATLANTIC LEAGUE
The League is an alliance of the major Atlantic Rim powers formed in 1944 to contain the expansionist aspirations of the two Continental European power blocs. Although it has nearly two dozen member states as of 2023, Britain, Canada, the United States, Brazil and China are the major military powers. Each of them has a large military presence in the Atlantic, including the following naval formations.
United States Navy Task Force 67 (home port New London, Connecticut)
1 SSN USS Buffalo
1 CVN USS Mario Cuomo
1 CGN USS Constitution
3 DDG USS Thomas Acker, USS William Pinckney, USS Arlow Meester
United States Navy Task Force 76 (home port Norfolk, Virginia)
1 SSN USS Santa Clara
1 CVN USS Fury Nolan
1 CGN USS Constellation
3 DDG USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr., USS Edmund Amarante, USS Cyril Hopko
Royal Navy Western Fleet (home port HMNB Devonport)
3 SSN HMS Courageous, HMS Challenger, HMS Champion
1 CVN HMS Queen Victoria
1 LPD HMS Avalon
3 DDG HMS Sword, HMS Scimitar, HMS Stiletto
6 FFG HMS Barchester, HMS Southminster, HMS Godalming, HMS Sabden, HMS Bowler, HMS Poole
4 PC HMS Thames, HMS Tay, HMS Wye, HMS Foyle
Royal Navy Home Fleet (home port HMNB Portsmouth)
2 SSN HMS Conqueror. HMS Cavalier
1 CVN HMS Queen Elizabeth
1 LPD HMS Lyonesse
3 DDG HMS Sabre, HMS Spatha, HMS Seax
6 FFG HMS Beecham, HMS Howe, HMS Oxford, HMS Harcourt, HMS Myles, HMS Chesterton
4 PC HMS Severn, HMS Spey, HMS Usk, HMS Lagan
Royal Canadian Navy Atlantic Fleet (home port CFB Halifax)
3 SSN HMCS Lake Superior, HMCS Lake Huron, HMCS Lake Erie
6 SSK HMCS Saint-Laurent, HMCS Mackenzie, HMCS Yukon, HMCS Columbia, HMCS Nelson, HMCS Saskatchewan
2 LHD HMCS Excalibur, HMCS Excelsior
3 DDG HMCS Québec, HMCS Nova Scotia, HMCS British Columbia
8 FFG HMCS Toronto, HMCS Montréal, HMCS Vancouver, HMCS Halifax, HMCS St. John's, HMCS Ville de Québec
4 PC HMCS Leonard Murray, HMCS James Doohan, HMCS George Jones, HMCS Horatio Nelson Lay
Chinese Navy Far Western Flotilla (home port Dakar, Senegal)
2 SSK CN Hailong, CN Haishi
1 LHD CN Heilong
4 DDG CN Chaozhou, CN Zhangzhou, CN Huludao, CN Rizhou
6 FFH CN Jiaozhou, CN Zhuanghe, CN Wafangdian, CN Heshan, CN Dongfang, CN Donggang
4 PC CN Tan Xinghua, CN Tang Xitai, CN Lu Xin, CN Zan Jin
Brazilian Navy North Atlantic Command (home port Natal, Brazil)
4 SSK - S55 Kadiwéu, S56 Kaingang, S57 Kaxinawá, S48 Kokama
1 LHD - D200 Brasília
4 DDG - C300 São Paulo, C301 Salvador, C302 Vitória, C303 Paranaguá
6 FFG - F420 Vitória, F421 Liberdade, F422 União, F423 Democracia, F424 Fraternidade, F425 Igualdade
8 PC - P150 Leopoldo Silva, P152 Alfred Vierira, P153 Odilo Neves, P154 Antônio Pereira, P155 João Dias, P156 Luciano Cardoso, P157 Luiz Mezzari, P158 Alfredo Moreira
1 SSN USS Buffalo
1 CVN USS Mario Cuomo
1 CGN USS Constitution
3 DDG USS Thomas Acker, USS William Pinckney, USS Arlow Meester
United States Navy Task Force 76 (home port Norfolk, Virginia)
1 SSN USS Santa Clara
1 CVN USS Fury Nolan
1 CGN USS Constellation
3 DDG USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr., USS Edmund Amarante, USS Cyril Hopko
Royal Navy Western Fleet (home port HMNB Devonport)
3 SSN HMS Courageous, HMS Challenger, HMS Champion
1 CVN HMS Queen Victoria
1 LPD HMS Avalon
3 DDG HMS Sword, HMS Scimitar, HMS Stiletto
6 FFG HMS Barchester, HMS Southminster, HMS Godalming, HMS Sabden, HMS Bowler, HMS Poole
4 PC HMS Thames, HMS Tay, HMS Wye, HMS Foyle
Royal Navy Home Fleet (home port HMNB Portsmouth)
2 SSN HMS Conqueror. HMS Cavalier
1 CVN HMS Queen Elizabeth
1 LPD HMS Lyonesse
3 DDG HMS Sabre, HMS Spatha, HMS Seax
6 FFG HMS Beecham, HMS Howe, HMS Oxford, HMS Harcourt, HMS Myles, HMS Chesterton
4 PC HMS Severn, HMS Spey, HMS Usk, HMS Lagan
Royal Canadian Navy Atlantic Fleet (home port CFB Halifax)
3 SSN HMCS Lake Superior, HMCS Lake Huron, HMCS Lake Erie
6 SSK HMCS Saint-Laurent, HMCS Mackenzie, HMCS Yukon, HMCS Columbia, HMCS Nelson, HMCS Saskatchewan
2 LHD HMCS Excalibur, HMCS Excelsior
3 DDG HMCS Québec, HMCS Nova Scotia, HMCS British Columbia
8 FFG HMCS Toronto, HMCS Montréal, HMCS Vancouver, HMCS Halifax, HMCS St. John's, HMCS Ville de Québec
4 PC HMCS Leonard Murray, HMCS James Doohan, HMCS George Jones, HMCS Horatio Nelson Lay
Chinese Navy Far Western Flotilla (home port Dakar, Senegal)
2 SSK CN Hailong, CN Haishi
1 LHD CN Heilong
4 DDG CN Chaozhou, CN Zhangzhou, CN Huludao, CN Rizhou
6 FFH CN Jiaozhou, CN Zhuanghe, CN Wafangdian, CN Heshan, CN Dongfang, CN Donggang
4 PC CN Tan Xinghua, CN Tang Xitai, CN Lu Xin, CN Zan Jin
Brazilian Navy North Atlantic Command (home port Natal, Brazil)
4 SSK - S55 Kadiwéu, S56 Kaingang, S57 Kaxinawá, S48 Kokama
1 LHD - D200 Brasília
4 DDG - C300 São Paulo, C301 Salvador, C302 Vitória, C303 Paranaguá
6 FFG - F420 Vitória, F421 Liberdade, F422 União, F423 Democracia, F424 Fraternidade, F425 Igualdade
8 PC - P150 Leopoldo Silva, P152 Alfred Vierira, P153 Odilo Neves, P154 Antônio Pereira, P155 João Dias, P156 Luciano Cardoso, P157 Luiz Mezzari, P158 Alfredo Moreira
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Communist Party of America (Far-Left - Marxism)
Party of Democratic Socialism (Left - Democratic Socialism)
Social Democratic Party (Center-Left/Left - Social Democracy)
Green League (Center-Left/Left - Ecology/Green Politics)
Civic Liberal Party (Center-Left - Civic Liberalism)
New Liberal Party (Center - Neoliberalism)
United Center (Center/Center-Right - Centrism)
Conservative Party (Center-Right - Liberal Conservatism)
Libertarian Front (Center-Right/Right - Libertarianism)
National Front (Right/Far-Right - Civic Nationalism)
Elections for the House of Chancellors of the United States will be held on November 7, 2023. The Whitmer Cabinet, which has been in power since the previous elections four years ago, will face re-election. The government has run on increases in spending for social services, including the expansion of Americare to include dental and vision services for all Americans.
The opposition, which has been heavily fractured, has hit the government and President Whitmer on a variety of things, mostly revolving around inflation and cost of living issues. Whitmer's relatively pro-Palestine response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict is also deeply unpopular, particularly among young people (who are on average much more Zionist than older Americans who grew up under staunch left-wing rule).
The heavy favorite to win the most seats among the current opposition is the relatively new Civic Liberal Party, which fought its first election campaign a mere four years ago.
The CLP under Colorado Governor Jared Polis has advocated for mass zoning reform to lower housing costs, in addition to more spending on public transit and the mutualization of several publicly-owned industries. It's currently unknown who Polis would seek to form a coalition with in the extremely likely event he wins, although the following are the most bandied about:
Civic Liberal + United Center + New Liberal + Green League ("Right Way")
Civic Liberal + Social Democratic + Green League ("Left Way")
Whoever wins the election will form a cabinet, and will then nominate someone (almost always the leader of the party) as their nominee for President of the Republic. The winner needs the support of a simple majority of members, and will be sworn in on January 31, 2024 for a four-year term.
Party of Democratic Socialism (Left - Democratic Socialism)
Social Democratic Party (Center-Left/Left - Social Democracy)
Green League (Center-Left/Left - Ecology/Green Politics)
Civic Liberal Party (Center-Left - Civic Liberalism)
New Liberal Party (Center - Neoliberalism)
United Center (Center/Center-Right - Centrism)
Conservative Party (Center-Right - Liberal Conservatism)
Libertarian Front (Center-Right/Right - Libertarianism)
National Front (Right/Far-Right - Civic Nationalism)
Elections for the House of Chancellors of the United States will be held on November 7, 2023. The Whitmer Cabinet, which has been in power since the previous elections four years ago, will face re-election. The government has run on increases in spending for social services, including the expansion of Americare to include dental and vision services for all Americans.
The opposition, which has been heavily fractured, has hit the government and President Whitmer on a variety of things, mostly revolving around inflation and cost of living issues. Whitmer's relatively pro-Palestine response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict is also deeply unpopular, particularly among young people (who are on average much more Zionist than older Americans who grew up under staunch left-wing rule).
The heavy favorite to win the most seats among the current opposition is the relatively new Civic Liberal Party, which fought its first election campaign a mere four years ago.
The CLP under Colorado Governor Jared Polis has advocated for mass zoning reform to lower housing costs, in addition to more spending on public transit and the mutualization of several publicly-owned industries. It's currently unknown who Polis would seek to form a coalition with in the extremely likely event he wins, although the following are the most bandied about:
Civic Liberal + United Center + New Liberal + Green League ("Right Way")
Civic Liberal + Social Democratic + Green League ("Left Way")
Whoever wins the election will form a cabinet, and will then nominate someone (almost always the leader of the party) as their nominee for President of the Republic. The winner needs the support of a simple majority of members, and will be sworn in on January 31, 2024 for a four-year term.
Social Democratic Party - 147 Seats
Green League - 63 Seats
Party of Democratic Socialism - 38 Seats
Communist Party of America - 12 Seats
GOVERNMENT COALITION - 260 Seats
Conservative Party - 60 Seats
National Front - 51 Seats
Libertarian Front - 50 Seats
United Center - 40 Seats
Civic Liberal Party - 30 Seats
New Liberal Party - 10 Seats
OPPOSITION COALITION - 241 Seats
Green League - 63 Seats
Party of Democratic Socialism - 38 Seats
Communist Party of America - 12 Seats
GOVERNMENT COALITION - 260 Seats
Conservative Party - 60 Seats
National Front - 51 Seats
Libertarian Front - 50 Seats
United Center - 40 Seats
Civic Liberal Party - 30 Seats
New Liberal Party - 10 Seats
OPPOSITION COALITION - 241 Seats
The Empire of the Indies, informally just Indies, is a federated state centered on Jamaica and encompasses most of the former European colonies in the West Indies. After the Haitian Revolution came the Jamaican Revolution and others throughout the Caribbean Sea, with the Antilles, Windward, and Leeward Islands being assisted in liberation by the Jamaican Free Marines.
The Indies allows great autonomy for the member states, a necessity due to how spread out it is and how far most of the Empire is from Kingston. However, most of the smaller islands require federal funding from Jamaica. The nation is politically fractious, with the smaller islands often feeling dominated by Jamaica and Jamaicans feeling sponged off by ingrates. Such domestic politics mean the Indies are stereotyped as weird and dysfunctional by its more stable neighbours, Cuba and Haiti.
The Indies allows great autonomy for the member states, a necessity due to how spread out it is and how far most of the Empire is from Kingston. However, most of the smaller islands require federal funding from Jamaica. The nation is politically fractious, with the smaller islands often feeling dominated by Jamaica and Jamaicans feeling sponged off by ingrates. Such domestic politics mean the Indies are stereotyped as weird and dysfunctional by its more stable neighbours, Cuba and Haiti.
- Location
- Sandford, Gloucestershire
- Pronouns
- She/They
This REALLY got away from me
List of Title Holders in the "Big 3" of Pro Wrestling, as of November 2023
WWE
Raw
WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Kota Ibushi (Defeated Seth Rollins at Summerslam 2023)
Women's World Championship: Becky Lynch (Defeated Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania 39, Night 1)
Intercontinental Champion: Budoka Nakae (Defeated Tomasso Ciampa at Extreme Rules 2023)
World Tag Team Champions: Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens (Defeated the Usos at Wrestlemania 39 Night 1)
Smackdown
WWE Champion: Cody Rhodes (Defeated Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania 39 Night 2)
United States Champion: Logan Paul (Defeated Matt Cardona at Crown Jewel 2023)
Womens WWE Championship: Bayley (Cashed in her MITB contract on Hikaru Shida at Summerslam 2023)
WWE Tag Team Champions: The New Day (Defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn at Summerslam 2023)
Both:
Womens Tag Team Champions: Damage Ctrl (Io Shirai and Shotzi Blackheart) (Defeated Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville at Money in the Bank 2023)
NXT
NXT Mens: The Miz (Defeated Bronson Breakker at NXT Takeover )
NXT Womens: Giulia (Defeated Roxie Perez at NXT Battleground 2023)
NXT Tag Team: Chase University (Andre Chase and Duke Hudson) (Defeated The Creed Brothers at NXT Stand and Deliver)
NXT North American Championship: Rey Mysterio (Defeated Dominik Mysterio at NXT Takeover Tokyo V)
NXT Japan:
NXT Japan Champion: El Desperado (Defeated Hideo Itami at NXT Takeover Vancouver II)
NXT Japan Women's Champion: Miyu Yamashita (Defeated Mei Suruga at NXT Takeover Nagoya)
NXT Japan Tag Team Champion: The OC (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows) (Defeated Keiji Mutoh and Konosuke Takeshita at NXT Takeover Tokyo) III)
New Japan Pro Wrestling:
IWGP World Champion: Kazuchika Okada (Defeated Jay White at Wrestle Kingdom 17)
IWGP Intercontinental Champion: WALTER (Defeated Kenny Omega at Forbidden Door 2023)
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion: Pete Dunne (Defeated Hiromu Takahashi at Royal Quest IV)
Never Openweight Championship: Eddie Kingston (Defeated Minoru Suzuki at Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023)
IWGP Tag Team Championships: Bullet Club (Dan Moloney and Sho) (Defeated Chaos (Trent Beretta and Rocky Romero) at Royal Quest IV)
NEVER Six Man Tag Team Champions: Sacred Ring (Alexander Wolfe, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) (Defeated Kazuichka Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomohiro Ishii at Wrestling Dontaku 2023)
IWGP Womens Championship: Bea Priestley (Defeated Tam Nakano at All Star Grand Queendom 2023)
All Elite Wrestling
AEW World Champion: Will Ospreay (Defeated Jon Moxley at All In 2023)
AEW Women's Champion: Demi Bennett (Defeated Nyla Rose at All in 2023)
AEW TNT Championship: MJF (Defeated Darby Allin at Full Gear 2022)
AEW TBS Championships: Bea Priestley (Defeated Taya Valkyrie on AEW Rampage, August 2023)
AEW Tag Team Champions: FTR (Defeated Tommy End and Brody King on AEW Dynamite, June 2023)
AEW Trios Champions: British Strong Style (Defeated The Elite at Double or Nothing 2023)
AEW Women's Tag Team Champions: United Empire (Alex Windsor and Gisele Shaw) (Defeated Kris Stadtlander and Laura Di Matteo at Pro Wrestling EVE: Wrestle Queendom VI)
If people want I might do Impact and Stardom too....
List of Title Holders in the "Big 3" of Pro Wrestling, as of November 2023
WWE
Raw
WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Kota Ibushi (Defeated Seth Rollins at Summerslam 2023)
Women's World Championship: Becky Lynch (Defeated Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania 39, Night 1)
Intercontinental Champion: Budoka Nakae (Defeated Tomasso Ciampa at Extreme Rules 2023)
World Tag Team Champions: Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens (Defeated the Usos at Wrestlemania 39 Night 1)
Smackdown
WWE Champion: Cody Rhodes (Defeated Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania 39 Night 2)
United States Champion: Logan Paul (Defeated Matt Cardona at Crown Jewel 2023)
Womens WWE Championship: Bayley (Cashed in her MITB contract on Hikaru Shida at Summerslam 2023)
WWE Tag Team Champions: The New Day (Defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn at Summerslam 2023)
Both:
Womens Tag Team Champions: Damage Ctrl (Io Shirai and Shotzi Blackheart) (Defeated Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville at Money in the Bank 2023)
NXT
NXT Mens: The Miz (Defeated Bronson Breakker at NXT Takeover )
NXT Womens: Giulia (Defeated Roxie Perez at NXT Battleground 2023)
NXT Tag Team: Chase University (Andre Chase and Duke Hudson) (Defeated The Creed Brothers at NXT Stand and Deliver)
NXT North American Championship: Rey Mysterio (Defeated Dominik Mysterio at NXT Takeover Tokyo V)
NXT Japan:
NXT Japan Champion: El Desperado (Defeated Hideo Itami at NXT Takeover Vancouver II)
NXT Japan Women's Champion: Miyu Yamashita (Defeated Mei Suruga at NXT Takeover Nagoya)
NXT Japan Tag Team Champion: The OC (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows) (Defeated Keiji Mutoh and Konosuke Takeshita at NXT Takeover Tokyo) III)
New Japan Pro Wrestling:
IWGP World Champion: Kazuchika Okada (Defeated Jay White at Wrestle Kingdom 17)
IWGP Intercontinental Champion: WALTER (Defeated Kenny Omega at Forbidden Door 2023)
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion: Pete Dunne (Defeated Hiromu Takahashi at Royal Quest IV)
Never Openweight Championship: Eddie Kingston (Defeated Minoru Suzuki at Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023)
IWGP Tag Team Championships: Bullet Club (Dan Moloney and Sho) (Defeated Chaos (Trent Beretta and Rocky Romero) at Royal Quest IV)
NEVER Six Man Tag Team Champions: Sacred Ring (Alexander Wolfe, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) (Defeated Kazuichka Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomohiro Ishii at Wrestling Dontaku 2023)
IWGP Womens Championship: Bea Priestley (Defeated Tam Nakano at All Star Grand Queendom 2023)
All Elite Wrestling
AEW World Champion: Will Ospreay (Defeated Jon Moxley at All In 2023)
AEW Women's Champion: Demi Bennett (Defeated Nyla Rose at All in 2023)
AEW TNT Championship: MJF (Defeated Darby Allin at Full Gear 2022)
AEW TBS Championships: Bea Priestley (Defeated Taya Valkyrie on AEW Rampage, August 2023)
AEW Tag Team Champions: FTR (Defeated Tommy End and Brody King on AEW Dynamite, June 2023)
AEW Trios Champions: British Strong Style (Defeated The Elite at Double or Nothing 2023)
AEW Women's Tag Team Champions: United Empire (Alex Windsor and Gisele Shaw) (Defeated Kris Stadtlander and Laura Di Matteo at Pro Wrestling EVE: Wrestle Queendom VI)
If people want I might do Impact and Stardom too....
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- Location
- Das Böse ist immer und überall
- Pronouns
- he/him
The what now?
Makemakean
Mr Makemean
- Pronouns
- Logical, unlike those in German
Zoning reform is something that the federal government has authority over here?
theflyingmgoose
Well-known member
Japan reference. I've always liked it.
In a "block tax transfers to states and municipalities that refuse" kind of way, yes.
- Location
- Das Böse ist immer und überall
- Pronouns
- he/him
That’s the House of Councillors.
Steve Brinson
The possum is not OK. Neither are we.
- Location
- Brooklyn (originally Houston)
- Pronouns
- he/him
"Think of the American political system since the end of Seaburyism and the beginning of Socialist hegemony as a tilted, triangular, pinball table. The three points of the triangle are the Presidency, the Party, and civil society. The American government is the ball rolling around on the table.
"Left unattended, the ball tends to roll towards the Party, because that corner is slightly lower. We see this dynamic today, but we also saw it in the late Reagan era, in the '60s under Pauling, and over the course of the Global War Against Imperialism. This is true of other countries' politics too - look at modern China, or post-Kissinger Germany, or even the Canadian Unionists after Mulroney. Unless a political system faces shocks to the system, the institutional power of a political party - its ability to defend itself from external threats, to protect its weakest links, to distribute largesse and patronage and to inflict consequences - tends to overcome both the power of non-political society and the ability of individual actors within the party to reassert their independence.
"But like any good pinball table, there are flippers. When the political system gets too dominated by party control, there tends to be a populist response. The Party is not popular in and of itself, and the more effort it expends on self-defense and self-cultivation, the less it has left over to demonstrate the political virtues that buy it popularity. This is not true of individual personalists, who people can admire or relate to or identify with - but the Party is almost definitionally faceless if not controlled by its face, with the possible exception of parties like . The flippers ensure that, whenever the party gets too powerful, the ball gets launched back towards somewhere else on the table.
"The hope is that there is an island of stability out there. We know that the table is not perfectly smooth - it undulates, it has hurdles and landmarks and slaloms. Whenever a player takes it upon themself to aim the ball out there, where the party is weak, they hope that, by some miracle of reckoning and luck, the ball will land somewhere and stay there. They hope that the distributional conflicts of political power have some solution other than capitulating to the party, so that they can get on with other things.
"So far, the hope has been in vain. Thus far, there have been four or five serious attempts to correct for the American political system's tendency towards party dominance. All have failed.
"The first attempt was the most tentative and the least fruitful. As the first phase of the War ended, the Socialist Party had wrested a great deal of power over American life - industrial and urban policy in the North, the administration of the South, resource distribution and labor practices everywhere - from both the Constitutionalists they had fought and the other parties they were still fighting alongside. This - and the fact that the existential threat of Seaburyism was dead and buried, with even Seabury himself supporting the war effort - meant that the Socialist Party's internal divisions reasserted themselves, with party organs competing against each other with power stripped from the Presidency and from civil society. President Browder asserted himself, pushing forward amendments to the Party Constitution in 1936 and 1937 that codified Presidential authority over doctrinal disputes and established a central organ to penalize factionalists. But his powers were limited - as the war ended, he himself became increasingly unpopular, and the party organized against Browder himself.
"Browder's failure made Heinlein's success possible. Heinlein was an iconoclast, if 'iconoclast' is understood to be a special kind of egotist; he constructed a vision of individualist socialism in his head, viewed his election as a ratification of it by the party, held endless faith in the American people as being rational enough to come to the conclusions he viewed as rational, and acted accordingly. He believed, therefore, that the party was entirely superfluous from the perspective of agency - it was essentially a special kind of civil servant tasked with carrying out the directives of the American people and their President, and one to be eventually abolished as the state withered away. He aimed the ball towards the Presidency, believing that civil society was useful in the abstract but never quite being able to accept it in actuality. His reward was that of Icarus - his presidency ended ignominiously, in a series of scandals caused in no small part by his willingness to shoot from the hip and authorize programs without bureaucratic oversight, and his resignation led to the Party installing pliable Presidents in Lyndon Johnson and Dorothy Ray Healey.
"But neither of them had the political will or ability to institutionalize that power. With the political system shaken by the double shock of Heinlein's resignation and Johnson's attempt to pass civil rights and bring Southern state parties to heel by coup de main, and the generation that grew up in Heinlein's shadow seeking to assert the rights he championed but never had time for, both the party and the Presidency were the object of a great deal of cynicism. Pauling, a pioneering academic picked practically as a placeholder, was the figurehead of a broader movement - now that the socialist state had been in power for a generation, it was time to get out of the way and let voluntary organizations build a lasting socialism. In particular, while a bureaucratic state might be necessary to fairly carry out policies on things like civil rights, environmental protection, or healthcare, it could not be the origin of those policies - those had to bubble up organically from communities and affinity groups.
"It's become fashionable - indeed, it was fashionable as early as 1960 - to complain about the excesses of Paulingism, or 'Deweyan democracy' as its modern champions call it. But let's focus on the positives. Neither Browder-era state socialism nor Heinlein's red Caesarism had much room for ordinary people to get involved in actually shaping policy - they were there as a cheering crowd, not as a voice. Paulingism restored organic, genuine, trust in government - at least in the period in which it functioned. Paulingism also made it possible for grassroots issues like consumer justice and pollution to be heard, and it gave the party a respectful and constructive framework for relating to pressure groups outside of itself on issues like labor rights and civil rights.
"That said, it was more of an idea than a real era - between Pauling's early difficulties in bringing the party around to his vision and the party's reaction to the movement, Paulingism's time in the limelight was short. By 1964, it was already being reversed; some officials refused to implement direct-democracy programs or accept their results, either because of object-level disagreement with the results or because they believed the programs systematically advantaged upper-class people with social capital and free time. Perhaps more perniciously, it was also being abused; Lester Maddox and Louise Day Hicks organized local bodies of white workers and residents against racial integration, Finley Hays and Alexander Barkan used the tactics of community organizing to block environmental regulations on the grounds of employment policy, and Pat Caddell and Phyllis Schlafly learned tactics from second-generation Paulingites like Saul Alinsky and Ralph Nader and used them to get anti-Pauling candidates elected within the party. The result of all this was that the party reasserted itself - Pauling was increasingly reduced to a figurehead, a public intellectual who happened to hold office, while the party digested the elements of civil society it could digest and froze out the elements it couldn't.
"Reagan tried a middle ground - his 1976 revision of the party constitution was intended to ensure that the President, party, and civil society would get to act in their own spheres. Of those three, too, the party was widely regarded by Reaganites as the weakest link - not least out of a sentiment that the tsar would never act the way he did were he not misled by his wicked boyars. As Reagan used civil society and mass media to reach out to Americans in a way the ivory-tower Pauling never had, it looked for a few years as though his efforts to check party control and revitalize the machine would bear fruit.
"But Reagan's own age and disinterest in minutia caught up with him - the replacement of the various 'collective councils' of his early Presidency with Jake Liebstein's 'first-among-equals' tenure as Cabinet Chair meant that the party clawed back a great deal of power by 1988 - and even more as Reagan was replaced by the conservative Iacocca and the ineffectual Carville. Fonda-Reagan attempted to repeat the Reagan experiment, focusing even more heavily on 'united front' work and 'pillarized' media - but her experiment, too, did not outlast her tenure, as Johnson's attempt to imitate civil-society and corporate best-practices within the state led to greater state power, and Summers handed over power to the party establishment as the cost of his election.
"A partisan victory would be disastrous. Look at, for example, Iran, where Socialist Party rule endures through massive corruption, open censorship, the threat of a government coup, and the long-term (intentional or accidental) underdevelopment of much of the country. Notably, Iran's system government is robust against serious shocks - for example, the oil glut of the late '90s touched off large-scale protests, but the government was able to placate moderate protestors with largesse and imprison the most radical, unlike in less stable countries like Caucasia, and attempted assertions of personal power by figures like former Chancellor Esfandiar Mashaei led merely to their replacement with more reliable figures. This stability is better for Iran in the short term, certainly, but it forecloses the possibility of a radical improvement in conditions. Yet it is hard to see any real solution coming from greater Presidential power - not under the current President, of course! - or from actually existing civil society. It is unlikely that we will find the hole in the pinball table, or even an island of stability, any time soon - we will instead have to break the glass..."
Fig. 1: Estimates of policy-making power held by the Presidency, the Socialist/Social Democratic Party of America, and independent civil society at various points, plotted on a ternary chart. Estimates come from the PHExA dataset, curated by Xavier Marquez (Keio University); graphed by the author. Stars represent the beginnings of notable presidencies; ideological zones are approximate and solely evocative.
"Left unattended, the ball tends to roll towards the Party, because that corner is slightly lower. We see this dynamic today, but we also saw it in the late Reagan era, in the '60s under Pauling, and over the course of the Global War Against Imperialism. This is true of other countries' politics too - look at modern China, or post-Kissinger Germany, or even the Canadian Unionists after Mulroney. Unless a political system faces shocks to the system, the institutional power of a political party - its ability to defend itself from external threats, to protect its weakest links, to distribute largesse and patronage and to inflict consequences - tends to overcome both the power of non-political society and the ability of individual actors within the party to reassert their independence.
"But like any good pinball table, there are flippers. When the political system gets too dominated by party control, there tends to be a populist response. The Party is not popular in and of itself, and the more effort it expends on self-defense and self-cultivation, the less it has left over to demonstrate the political virtues that buy it popularity. This is not true of individual personalists, who people can admire or relate to or identify with - but the Party is almost definitionally faceless if not controlled by its face, with the possible exception of parties like . The flippers ensure that, whenever the party gets too powerful, the ball gets launched back towards somewhere else on the table.
"The hope is that there is an island of stability out there. We know that the table is not perfectly smooth - it undulates, it has hurdles and landmarks and slaloms. Whenever a player takes it upon themself to aim the ball out there, where the party is weak, they hope that, by some miracle of reckoning and luck, the ball will land somewhere and stay there. They hope that the distributional conflicts of political power have some solution other than capitulating to the party, so that they can get on with other things.
"So far, the hope has been in vain. Thus far, there have been four or five serious attempts to correct for the American political system's tendency towards party dominance. All have failed.
"The first attempt was the most tentative and the least fruitful. As the first phase of the War ended, the Socialist Party had wrested a great deal of power over American life - industrial and urban policy in the North, the administration of the South, resource distribution and labor practices everywhere - from both the Constitutionalists they had fought and the other parties they were still fighting alongside. This - and the fact that the existential threat of Seaburyism was dead and buried, with even Seabury himself supporting the war effort - meant that the Socialist Party's internal divisions reasserted themselves, with party organs competing against each other with power stripped from the Presidency and from civil society. President Browder asserted himself, pushing forward amendments to the Party Constitution in 1936 and 1937 that codified Presidential authority over doctrinal disputes and established a central organ to penalize factionalists. But his powers were limited - as the war ended, he himself became increasingly unpopular, and the party organized against Browder himself.
"Browder's failure made Heinlein's success possible. Heinlein was an iconoclast, if 'iconoclast' is understood to be a special kind of egotist; he constructed a vision of individualist socialism in his head, viewed his election as a ratification of it by the party, held endless faith in the American people as being rational enough to come to the conclusions he viewed as rational, and acted accordingly. He believed, therefore, that the party was entirely superfluous from the perspective of agency - it was essentially a special kind of civil servant tasked with carrying out the directives of the American people and their President, and one to be eventually abolished as the state withered away. He aimed the ball towards the Presidency, believing that civil society was useful in the abstract but never quite being able to accept it in actuality. His reward was that of Icarus - his presidency ended ignominiously, in a series of scandals caused in no small part by his willingness to shoot from the hip and authorize programs without bureaucratic oversight, and his resignation led to the Party installing pliable Presidents in Lyndon Johnson and Dorothy Ray Healey.
"But neither of them had the political will or ability to institutionalize that power. With the political system shaken by the double shock of Heinlein's resignation and Johnson's attempt to pass civil rights and bring Southern state parties to heel by coup de main, and the generation that grew up in Heinlein's shadow seeking to assert the rights he championed but never had time for, both the party and the Presidency were the object of a great deal of cynicism. Pauling, a pioneering academic picked practically as a placeholder, was the figurehead of a broader movement - now that the socialist state had been in power for a generation, it was time to get out of the way and let voluntary organizations build a lasting socialism. In particular, while a bureaucratic state might be necessary to fairly carry out policies on things like civil rights, environmental protection, or healthcare, it could not be the origin of those policies - those had to bubble up organically from communities and affinity groups.
"It's become fashionable - indeed, it was fashionable as early as 1960 - to complain about the excesses of Paulingism, or 'Deweyan democracy' as its modern champions call it. But let's focus on the positives. Neither Browder-era state socialism nor Heinlein's red Caesarism had much room for ordinary people to get involved in actually shaping policy - they were there as a cheering crowd, not as a voice. Paulingism restored organic, genuine, trust in government - at least in the period in which it functioned. Paulingism also made it possible for grassroots issues like consumer justice and pollution to be heard, and it gave the party a respectful and constructive framework for relating to pressure groups outside of itself on issues like labor rights and civil rights.
"That said, it was more of an idea than a real era - between Pauling's early difficulties in bringing the party around to his vision and the party's reaction to the movement, Paulingism's time in the limelight was short. By 1964, it was already being reversed; some officials refused to implement direct-democracy programs or accept their results, either because of object-level disagreement with the results or because they believed the programs systematically advantaged upper-class people with social capital and free time. Perhaps more perniciously, it was also being abused; Lester Maddox and Louise Day Hicks organized local bodies of white workers and residents against racial integration, Finley Hays and Alexander Barkan used the tactics of community organizing to block environmental regulations on the grounds of employment policy, and Pat Caddell and Phyllis Schlafly learned tactics from second-generation Paulingites like Saul Alinsky and Ralph Nader and used them to get anti-Pauling candidates elected within the party. The result of all this was that the party reasserted itself - Pauling was increasingly reduced to a figurehead, a public intellectual who happened to hold office, while the party digested the elements of civil society it could digest and froze out the elements it couldn't.
"Reagan tried a middle ground - his 1976 revision of the party constitution was intended to ensure that the President, party, and civil society would get to act in their own spheres. Of those three, too, the party was widely regarded by Reaganites as the weakest link - not least out of a sentiment that the tsar would never act the way he did were he not misled by his wicked boyars. As Reagan used civil society and mass media to reach out to Americans in a way the ivory-tower Pauling never had, it looked for a few years as though his efforts to check party control and revitalize the machine would bear fruit.
"But Reagan's own age and disinterest in minutia caught up with him - the replacement of the various 'collective councils' of his early Presidency with Jake Liebstein's 'first-among-equals' tenure as Cabinet Chair meant that the party clawed back a great deal of power by 1988 - and even more as Reagan was replaced by the conservative Iacocca and the ineffectual Carville. Fonda-Reagan attempted to repeat the Reagan experiment, focusing even more heavily on 'united front' work and 'pillarized' media - but her experiment, too, did not outlast her tenure, as Johnson's attempt to imitate civil-society and corporate best-practices within the state led to greater state power, and Summers handed over power to the party establishment as the cost of his election.
"A partisan victory would be disastrous. Look at, for example, Iran, where Socialist Party rule endures through massive corruption, open censorship, the threat of a government coup, and the long-term (intentional or accidental) underdevelopment of much of the country. Notably, Iran's system government is robust against serious shocks - for example, the oil glut of the late '90s touched off large-scale protests, but the government was able to placate moderate protestors with largesse and imprison the most radical, unlike in less stable countries like Caucasia, and attempted assertions of personal power by figures like former Chancellor Esfandiar Mashaei led merely to their replacement with more reliable figures. This stability is better for Iran in the short term, certainly, but it forecloses the possibility of a radical improvement in conditions. Yet it is hard to see any real solution coming from greater Presidential power - not under the current President, of course! - or from actually existing civil society. It is unlikely that we will find the hole in the pinball table, or even an island of stability, any time soon - we will instead have to break the glass..."
Fig. 1: Estimates of policy-making power held by the Presidency, the Socialist/Social Democratic Party of America, and independent civil society at various points, plotted on a ternary chart. Estimates come from the PHExA dataset, curated by Xavier Marquez (Keio University); graphed by the author. Stars represent the beginnings of notable presidencies; ideological zones are approximate and solely evocative.
- Location
- Western New York
Niederösterreichisch-Motoren-Gesellschaft AG, abbreviated as NMG, is an Austro-Hungarian multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Wiener-Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary. It was founded as Austro-Daimler in 1899 and was a subsidiary of the German Daimler-Motoren-Gesellshaft (DMG) until 1909. As of 2022, NMG was the sixth-largest automaker by sales, behind Shenyang Automotive, Pierce-American, British Motor Works, Daimler Group, and Zhujiang. NMG sells passenger cars under the Donau, Laurin & Klement, Lemberger, Niederösterreichisch and Sudetenwerke brands and heavy commercial vehicles under the Lemberger Lastwagen AG brand.
Meppo
Anticommunist Mole
- Location
- Default City, Russia
- Pronouns
- he/him
based off a heavily edited Azgaar map that unfortunately has been lost to time
Coalitions of the Great Malian War, c. 3576 AC
THE LIGHT / OATH OF BERABURTH
Coalitions of the Great Malian War, c. 3576 AC
THE LIGHT / OATH OF BERABURTH
- Empire of Kaskanza (bashanzi with jotun, trow, raccoonfolk, foxfolk and Tallian minorities): A nomadic people that settled down after leaving their homeland, the so-called Great Jasirra, following an apparent catastrophe. After subjugating the petty clans of Jotungrim and the even pettier elf duchies, the Baskanzi have established rather imposing colonial holdings to their west, their leaders now expecting to make the Sea of Mal their lake. The baskanzi have largely been derided as savage, bone-eating desert-dwellers for many centuries, but now they strike a different kind of fear in the hearts of western Malia.
- Godstate of Shabunza (jotun): The main source of discord, a staunchly conservative part of Jotungrim that rebelled against the Yeq'ir and became a vassal of the opportunistic Baskanzi during their first war with the Yeq'i. An apparent border skirmish between the two states set off the chain of events that led to the Great Malian War, although enemies of Kaskanza have alleged that it was a provocation by the vicars of Shabunza designed to draw momentum away from the burgeoning independence movements in Kaskanzian Jotungrim.
- Duchy of Abrereg (Eastern trow): One of about three trow duchies that have held out against Kaskanza, specifically the middle one. Of all the trow duchies it is arguably the most devout follower of the Light, particularly in the religious sense.
- Duchy of Ninarreg (Eastern trow): One of about three trow duchies that have held out against Kaskanza, specifically the northernmost one. Historically a site of religious pilgrimages for the worshippers of the old trow ancestors, Ninarreg today is best known as a common setting for suspenseful Kaskanzan horror plays and an occasional intermediary between Kalanga and Hyl'ea — until now, of course.
- Duchy of Tallia (Tallian with Wilrish minorities): A human monarchy in the Talic peninsula, wedged between Wilrock and Kaskanza's colony at the southern tip. Prone to regular anarchist and nationalist terror attacks, though its people hate the Wilrish and the hyenafolk in equal measure.
- Shogunate of Shayora (raccoonfolk with foxfolk, "western jotun", jotun minorities): Descended from similarly nomadic groups of beastfolk (though ones that likely came from the west along with the human Dulandir), the humble Shayorese have been largely ruled by a clique of generals for centuries. Though its leaders are loyal to the Light, many of Shayora's downtrodden are restless, as they look to reunite with their kin in the Kaskanza-controlled east.
- Kingdom of Ran'hez (aj'snaga with Dulandir minorities): A large snakefolk monarchy situated to the north of Vupjeri, near the Lake of Ranaz. Long a rival of all of its fellow snakefolk monarchies as well as the goblins of Bhia, Ran'hez surprised and angered western Malia when its King met with the Kaskanzian Queen in Beraburth.
- Duchy of Srusin (aj'snaga with Dulandir minorities): A landlocked snakefolk monarchy wedged between Vupjeri and Ran'hez, its suzerain.
- Empire of Yeq (arago with jotun minorities): A spiderfolk monarchy to the east of the Talic and Tauric peninsulas, and Kaskanza's main enemy. The ringleader of the Alliance, having founded it along with Wilrish, Vushji and Skaluphji representatives in the small town of Qak'tizuh.
- Principality of Wilrock (Wilrish with Talian minorities): A nation-kingdom in control of the Strait of Mal and surrounding lands, particularly the northern half of the Talic Peninsula. Noted for its parliament, which has taken power from its increasingly obscure Prince many centuries ago.
- Kingdom of Frostland (Wilrish with Nordish, goblin, Somen minorities): A realm to the west of the Strait of Mal, with Wilrish settlements primarily straddling the eastern coast and Nordish settlements primarily situated in the woody countryside and along the border with Stirneland. Not nearly as chilly as Gobsish propaganda would make you believe.
- Kingdom of Stirneland (Nordish with Khazadur, Dulandir, Somen minorities): A realm to the west of Frostland, deep within the Selurian forests and the chilly hills of Hazad. Despite having very few dark elves, the Stirnelanders heavily subscribe to the trow-originated Cult of the Mist King, which professes that the world will be plunged into a global winter before the final arrival of their King, and - among other odder beliefs - ordains its followers to scar themselves with magical runes. Very closely allied with Frostland.
- Duchy of Stoguia (goblin with Somen, Dulandir minorities): A relatively small, mountainous duchy that shares Stirneland's distinction as the home of the Cult of the Mist King.
- Kingdom of Vush (aj'snaga with goblin and raccoonfolk minorities): The realm of the snakefolk of the riverlands, distinguished by its colonial control of the scorching, jungle-filled Fang of Vashuria, a sore point for many powers that be — including the Empire of Kaskanza.
- Principality of Skaluph (aj'snaga): A snakefolk monarchy wedged between Nashjej and Vupjeri. An early ally of the Yeq'ir, Skaluph had been recently engaged in wars with Ran'hez, which have taken a toll on its population yet provided it with a substantial amount of innovative military leaders and advisors.
- Principality of Vupjeri (aj'snaga): A snakefolk monarchy in the southwestern hinterlands.
- Ithaneashean Theocracy (Eastern trow with eldar, jotun minorities): A fearsome northwestern elf republic, technically trow-majority but traditionally ruled by the pale elves that inhabit the core lands of the realm. Characterized by its championing of parliamentary democracy, similar to that of Wilrock and Selo'ur but considerably more radical, recent and religiously tinged, stemming from the influence of the Hyl'ean Church. Likely to be the breaking point for the Light's war effort going forward.
- Republic of Mithlin (Eastern trow with bashanzi minorities): One of about three trow duchies that have held out against Kaskanza, specifically the southernmost one. Unlike its northern neighbors, however, Mithlin has seen its wizened royal family overthrown by a clique of military officers and merchants, who have seen fit to establish a theonomic, magic-regulating democratic government similar to that of Ithaneashe. It has joined the alliance relatively late into the war, its parliament recognizing the jeopardy that comes with being surrounded by the Light from all sides, and their soldiers largely pray for the assiduousness of Hyl'ea and the mercy of their fellow trow at this point.
- State of Taurosia (Ladian with bullfolk, satyr minorities): The polyethnic state ruling over the Tauric peninsula, its capital strategically situated between the human-populated coastal countryside and the bullfolk-dominated highlands. Historically a set of petty kingdoms harassed by each other and the Yeq'ir and then an autocratic monarchy under a dynasty of warrior kings, the modern Taurosia is actually a fairly mild state with a ceremonial Basileus, a parliament, and a tripartite council of the finest Ladian, bullfolk and satyr representatives serving as co-chancellors. Long-time territorial disputes have led it to despise the Yeq'ir, the Wilrish, and the Baskanzi in equal measure, and to avoid engaging in the Great Malian War whatsoever.
- Kingdom of Gobsia (goblin with Dulandir, Somen, Nordish minorities): The largest goblin realm in the world, situated in the riverlands of western Mal. Envied by many powers for its capital, the massive, libertine and overcrowded port of Gobglis, and a long-term rival of western Malia's snakefolk monarchies, Gobsia stayed neutral in the coming war owing to its peace obligations to Frostland and Stirneland.
- Kingdom of Bhia (goblin with aj'snaga minorities): Gobsia's southern, comparatively more religiously conservative neighbor, which rather recently had been engaged in a war with Ran'hez for influence over the Lake of Ranaz. Though historically maintaining much cooler relations with its neighbors than most (particularly the Kingdom of Vush, which it borders), Bhia has also avoided engaging in the Great Malian War so soon after its last great war.
- Principality of Nashjej (aj'snaga): A somewhat larger snakefolk monarchy straddling the northern coast of the Vasherian peninsula. Though a long-time rival of the Vushji and particularly distrustful towards Dulandir owing to Great Migration-era raids, Nashjej has been largely sympathetic to the Alliance and is home to many volunteers otherwise serving in the Vushji navy.
- League of Selo'ur (Selo'uri trow with Dulandir minorities): A remarkable Western trow republic situated in the chilly hinterlands of northwest Mal, with only the occasional hot spring and the eponymous lake of Selo'ur warming the locals. Maintains strong traditions of parliamentary democracy, with its lawspeaker traditionally chosen at the meeting of provincial councils every five years.
- human: Wilrish, Nordish, Tallian, Ladian, Somen, Dulandir, etc.
- humanoids: Selo'uri and Eastern trow (dark elves), uruk and ugluk (orcs), eldar (pale elves), jotuns, "western jotuns" (oni), Khazadur (dwarves), goblins
- beastfolk: raccoonfolk, foxfolk, aj'snaga (serpentfolk), satyrs, bullfolk, arago (spiderfolk), bashanzi (hyenafolk)
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"Peking in flames! Hsien-feng Emperor missing or slain! Tseng Kuo-fan master of the city - and country?"
North-China Herald special issue, June 29, 1861
The Yan dynasty is a Chinese imperial dynasty and currently the reigning dynasty of the Chinese Empire and the Ryukyu Kingdom. It replaced the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty in 1861 and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in 1865. After the former Qing general Zeng Guofan consolidated power as the Yiyong Emperor, he initiated the Xin lijieli (New Understanding) series of reforms which gradually led to the modernization of the Chinese government and economy.
It is the largest imperial dynasty in the history of China and, with 1.72 billion citizens in 2023, the most populous country in the world. The imperial capital of Zhongjing (a province-level city covering much of what used to be western Henan), with a population of 31,716,000 (2020 census), is the largest city in China and second largest in the world after Tokyo.
(apologies for any bad translations)
North-China Herald special issue, June 29, 1861
The Yan dynasty is a Chinese imperial dynasty and currently the reigning dynasty of the Chinese Empire and the Ryukyu Kingdom. It replaced the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty in 1861 and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in 1865. After the former Qing general Zeng Guofan consolidated power as the Yiyong Emperor, he initiated the Xin lijieli (New Understanding) series of reforms which gradually led to the modernization of the Chinese government and economy.
It is the largest imperial dynasty in the history of China and, with 1.72 billion citizens in 2023, the most populous country in the world. The imperial capital of Zhongjing (a province-level city covering much of what used to be western Henan), with a population of 31,716,000 (2020 census), is the largest city in China and second largest in the world after Tokyo.
(apologies for any bad translations)
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