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Factbooks and Maps / Re: Factbook of the Tetlahtōlcah Nahua
« on: January 18, 2024, 12:58:46 PM »
History (currently in brief but will eventually be fleshed out)

Migration/Mythological Period (pre- ~1000AD)
Not much known as there were no written records from the time, but archeaological evidence and folk retellings of history suggests that the Nahuatl people migrated from the north.

City State Period (~1000AD-~1600AD)
The Nahuatl people exist as various city states, with the dominant power constantly in flux as alliances are made and broken

First Grand Alliance Period (~1600AD-~1700AD)
The balance of power between the Nahuatl city states is briefly upset as the Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan assert hegemonic control over the region before the alliance eventually collapsed.

Wars of Consolidation (~1700AD-~1850AD)
The number of independent city states is greatly reduced as war between them turn from just tributary and flower to direct wars of annexation.

The Tlaxcala-Tenochtitlan War (1851AD-1871AD)
A war between Tenochtitlan and Tlaxacala and their allies sees the creation of the Confederation with the victory of the Tenochtitlan.

Modern Period (1871AD-modern)

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Factbooks and Maps / Re: Factbook of the Tetlahtōlcah Nahua
« on: January 18, 2024, 12:46:17 PM »
Nahuatl Land and Freedom Army (Nahuatl Tlālli Ēreki Teyollocuāni)

Ideaological line: Marxism-Leninism-Yolcēhuanehecatlism synthesises and builds upon the ideas of Marxism-Leninism and Yolcēhuanehecatlism.

Ideaological tenents:
New Democracy: a temporary but neccessary stage for long-term development of socialism, in which the national bourgeousie, petite bourgeoisie, proliteriat and peasant of a state will unite under the leadership of a Communist movement (in this case the NLFA) against the powers of feudalism, colonialism and imperialism.
Mass Line: builds on the theory of the Leninist Vanguard Party by directing the internal leadership of the Communist movement to gather the views of the masses and implement them as firm and executionable policies of the movement.
Protracted People's War: a revolutionary strategy wherein the Communist movement maintains the support of the people and draws the enemy into the country where they and their supply lines are worn down by guerillas.
Cultural Revolution: a theoretical part of post-revolution security wherein the bourgeousie elements that emerge within the vanguard movement are removed.
Elaborate on above for the libs, but is mainly marxism-leninism-maoism, as understood by the CPI

Control:
Controls much of the south unofficially, and has large influence among the peasant class.
Go into more detail

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Factbooks and Maps / Re: Factbook of the Tetlahtōlcah Nahua
« on: January 18, 2024, 12:14:18 PM »
The Economy

At a glance:
Mostly agricultural, with most agricultural land owned by a large and empowed landowning class and worked by peasants. Mechanised agricultural practices become more common the closer one is to a city.
Cities serve as industrial centres, with a mix of national owned companies and foreign ones controlling factories and workshops.
The rich mines are almost entirely owned by foreign companies, many of whom have been granted resource rights by the state.

More detail:

Agriculture:
-Detail differences in mechanisation
-Remnant of tribute system and slavery
-Mainly deals in produce such as beans, maize, squash, chillies and tomatoes.

Industry:
-Detail paradigm between national and foreign bourgeousie.
-Detail commonly produced goods

Mining:
-Detail commonly mined stuff

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Factbooks and Maps / Re: Factbook of the Tetlahtōlcah Nahua
« on: January 18, 2024, 12:07:13 PM »
The Teotl Faith

Brief overlook:
The Teotl faith is a polytheistic and monistic pantheism in which the Nahua concept of Teotl (an energy that is  continually active and is constantly born and reborn) is construed as the supreme god Ometeotl, as well as a diverse pantheon of lesser gods and manifestations of nature.
Great emphasis is put on the calendar, with rituals and festivals organised around key dates.
The Teotl Faith performs human sacrifice in honour to the gods, as well as the sacrifice of one’s own blood. Human sacrifice is considered the greatest gift one can give to the gods, and is performed only on key dates on the calendar (no more than a dozen times per year), or during or after a war. Sacrifices are either criminals sentenced to death, prisoners of war or volunteers.

Flesh out pantheon here

Flesh out other practices here

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Factbooks and Maps / Re: Factbook of the Tetlahtōlcah Nahua
« on: January 18, 2024, 12:04:55 PM »
Political System

Federal Makeup:
The Confederation is divided into 48 Altepeme Teōchihua (Provinces, lit. Greater States; sing. Altepetl Teōchihua), ruled by a Tlatoani Teōchihua (Grand Prince lit. Greater Ruler/Speaker). Each Altepetl Teōchihua is further divided into numerous Altepeme (Cities; sing. Altepetl). These Altepetl Teōchihua are autonomous in internal politics, as long as their laws do not contradict those of the constitution or federal laws.
The Huey Tlatoani is leader of the Confederation, and is always the Tlatoani Teōchihua of the Mēxihcah Altepeme Teōchihua.

Parliament:
Made up of an Upper House, the Teuctlatoanitlahtōllo (Senate, lit. portmanteau for Noble Speaker Assembly), and a Lower House, the Āltepetlāliztlahtōllo (Federal Assembly lit. portmanteau for State Union Assembly).
The Teuctlatoanitlahtōllo has 96 members, two appointed by each Altepetl Teōchihua, whilst the Āltepetlāliztlahtōllo has 120 members, elected by proportional representation every 7 years.
Bills are created in either House, and go through three readings where they are debated and voted upon, before going to the other House where they will repeat the reading process. If the Bill passes through both Houses unchanged and is not vetoed by the Huey Tlatoani then it becomes law.
The Government is formed by the largest Party or coalition in the Āltepetlāliztlahtōllo, with approval from the Huey Tlatoani.

Insert Parliament Diagram here when made

Insert map of sates here when made

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Factbooks and Maps / Factbook of the Tetlahtōlcah Nahua
« on: January 18, 2024, 11:47:19 AM »
Tetlahtōlcah Nahua
 (Confederation of the Nahua/Nahuatl Confederation)

Basic Facts:
Political System: Constitutional Monarchy with federal structure0
Head of State: Huey Tlatoani (Emperor, lit. Great Ruler/Speaker) Huitztlincuīcatl
Head of Government: Cihuacoatl (Prime Minister, lit. Snake Woman) Mizquixochitl
Legislative Bodies: Tlahtoancalli (Parliament, lit. Speaking Place).
Population: ~128.7 Million
State Religion: Teotl Faith
Capital City: Tenochtitlan
Demonym: Nahuatl

Brief Recent History:
The Confederation was formed from a union of many Nahuatl city-states under the Mexican State in 1871, when they defeated their main rival Tlaxcala in a war for dominance of the region. Since then the Confederation began the slow march to modernisation, though it remains semi-feudal, with large amounts of the country held by large agricultural landowners, whilst industry and mechanisation is mostly limited to the urban and mining areas. They did not contribute in the Great War, and have stayed mostly insular and focused on internal development. In addition, some of the south of the country is under the unofficial control of the Nahuatl Land and Freedom Army, a communist group who have followed a path of protracted people's war against the state set by their late ideaological father and once chairman, Yolcēhuanehecatl.

IMPORTANT NOTE
The current factbook is barebones, and mainly exists due to me wishing to put my thoughts down until I have more time to add to it.

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Map / Re: Claiming Your Spot on the Map
« on: January 18, 2024, 11:16:09 AM »
Nation Name: Tetlahtōlcah Nahua
1. O51
2. O50
3. O52
4. O53
5. O54
6. O49

Proposed colour: Deep Red

I, Geo, have read the rules set down above, and agree to follow them.

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Map / Re: Claiming Your Spot on the Map
« on: December 01, 2023, 04:54:46 PM »
Please remove Kishon

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Factbooks and Maps / Re: Confederal Republic of Michaelia
« on: October 22, 2023, 12:13:44 PM »
Religions of Michaelia

Michaelian Dominionism
The Michaelian Dominist Convention traces its routes to the Dominionist awakening in the mid 18th Century. The Faith emerged from the divine visions of the late Father Edward Starmer, whom the Archangel Michael appeared to and revealed that the Second Coming of Christ was imminent. However, before Christ could claim His Earthly throne, Starmer was tasked with establishing a globe-spannjng Christian theocracy, lead by the Michaelian people (who were God's chosen people rather than the Jews, who had abandoned it after the death of Christ and erroneously claimed it ever since) following a strict and fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible. In states where Dominionists have taken political control they have implemented their theocratic vision: Dominionist Church Councils are formed as the ruling governmental body, with candidates nominated by the International Michaelian Dominionist Convention of Worshippers (a Convention of Dominionist Vicars who represent Dominionist interests) and then elected by all ethnically Michaelian and religiously Dominionist members of that jurisdiction (mothers can vote in their children's name).

The Catholic Church in Michaelia
The Catholic Church in Michaelia follows the official Catholic Doctrine laid down by the Church, but leans to the right wherever there is wiggle room. Ever since the 100 years war and the Dominionist Wars, the political power of the Church has steadily decreased, nowadays exerting mostly cultural influence.

Protestant Churches in Michaelia
Nist Protestant Churches in Michaelia are non-affiliated with any particular denomination or overall group, and the practice of faith varies from Church to Church. However, there are some common trends such as a rejection of Baptism and Transubstanciation, the rejection of Icons and Church decoration, the holding of services in Latin and a very strict, but not necessarily literal, reading of the Bible.

Interfaith relations
Ever since the wars of religion that plagued Michaelia, religious tolerance between Christian denominations has been high, though there does still exist discrimination in various parts of the nation. The Catholic Church has adopted a policy of religious reconciliation with its adrift brothers whilst the various Protestant Churches have no unified opinion but have pgenerally ursued a similar policy. Relations are frostiest between the Dominionists and everyone else, but even then they are still far from cold. The Dominionists, realising the Catholic Church is not likely to suddenly leave Michaelia have instead focused their efforts on friendly relations with the Church in Michaelia, working long term to influence them to align with their Theocratic ambitions, hoping a Michaelian Nationalist may one day become Pope and work alongside the Dominists. Similarly, they hope to gradually assimilate and integrate the independent Churches.

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Factbooks and Maps / Re: Confederal Republic of Michaelia
« on: October 22, 2023, 11:18:31 AM »
History (TBA)
The 100 Years War
Pax Nixonis
The Revolutionary Period
The Dominionist Wars
The First Michaelian-Olympian War
Proto-Harrierism
Participation in the Great War
Harrierism
Modern Period

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Factbooks and Maps / Confederal Republic of Michaelia
« on: October 22, 2023, 01:40:52 AM »
The Confederal Republic of Michaelia

Confederal Flag

Major State Arms

Minor State Arms

Presidential Seal


Head of State & Government: President Henry Baker
Legislative Body: National Confederal Assembly & National Congress
Government Type: Presidential Confederation
Motto: "To be kept right or set right"
National Anthem: The Archangel's Justice/ The Legend of Saint Michael
Capital City: Free City of Capital
Population: 100.73 million (83 million: Core Michaelia; 17 million: Occupied Moravian States)
GDP per Capita: 43,600 USD

Government Structure:
The 35 States
Michaelia is divided into 35 states. Each state has its own governments that are responsible for managing and administrating the state, as long as they do not counteract national law or the constitution. Each state‘s government can organise itself as it pleases, and appoints two Assembly Members (AMs) to the National Confederal Assembly. Each state can levy taxes on its populace as it pleases, provided that the state can provide the required quota of taxes for the Confederal Government and balance its own budget.

The National Confederal Assembly
The National Confederal Assembly (NCA) is made up of 70 AMs, who are appointed by the 35 states. The NCA is the Upper House of the Confederal Government. The NCA can create bills, and if a majority of AMs vote in support of the bill, it will be sent to the National Congress (NC) where if passed it will become law. The same is true vice versa for the NC. However, the NC can bypass the NCA if it blocks a bill three times.

The National Congress
The National Congress is made up of 160 Congressmen, who are appointed by parties every national election (held every 6 years) who in turn receive a set amount of seats to fill depending on their electoral share. The electorate is made up of every able adult citizen (18+). The NC is the Lower House of the Confederal Government.

The President & Cabinet
The President is appointed by the NC every national election. They have veto power over any bill that makes its way through both the NCA and NC. They are head of state and government as well as commander in chief, and are responsible for the execution and enforcement of the laws of the state. They appoint a cabinet who leads departments in the day-to-day running of the country. The President must have held a government office for at least 15 years prior to their appointment (these 15 years need to be in total, not continuous), but may not hold any other government office whilst President.

The High Court
The High Court is made up of 12 High Judges, who hold the position for life or retirement with the current President appointing a new Judge if a vacancy is created. They are the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in Michaelia, and are also tasked with making sure legislation passed by the Confederal Government conforms with the National Constitution. They have the power to overturn legislation which violates the Constitution, however this in turn can be overturned by a super majority vote in the NC with the consent of the President (the same requirement for changing the Constitution. In the event this happens, the NC will be tasked with amending the Constitution so that it and the new legislation do not conflict, with any changes requiring a supermajority from the NC. If a change is not confirmed within a month, the troublesome legislation is permanently struck down.

Ceremonial Monarchs
Whilst Michaelia is a republic, the state does recognise the existence of several ceremonial monarchs within its borders, who have a traditional claim to a domain within the borders of the Republic. These monarchs are subservient to the Republic rather than above it. They receive a small grant split between the Confederal Government and any state governments they own land in and in return the state controls any political activism and control (though not ownership) over any royal property deemed to be culturally significant to the Michaelian people.

Segregation
Michaelia is divided by a system of informal segregation, on both state level and Confederal level. Examples include the limiting of movement between states based off of citizenship, the limit of suffrage to those who can pass a civics test, exclusionary zoning laws, formalised state-level segregation in workplaces, etc. The system has only intensified after the invasion and conquest of Olympia, Oregon and Portland, with the occupied Moravians lacking basic rights and living under martial law, with their status as part of the Confederal Republic still hanging in limbo.

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OOC Socialisation / Re: Leave of Absence Topic
« on: September 19, 2023, 10:10:25 AM »
Got my a level mocks in under 120 days, so it's time to revise. Ciao. I'll be back once all my exams are over.

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Vignettes / Re: Dance, Dance, Revolution!
« on: September 05, 2023, 11:10:11 PM »
"You," said the manager, "are the greatest selection of soldiers this country has. All of you have fought on the battlefield of the pitch, and all of you have had your victories, your defeats. You've suffered and you've fought and you've made it all the way here."
He looked the assembled players up and down. All the best players from the best clubs across Kishon. It had been easy to select the eligible players, since there weren't that many clubs in Kishon, but now it was time to whittle them down.
"There," he continued, "are over a hundred of you here today. Seventy of you will be going home. Remember, this is your chance for glory. The Amonite rugby team will take the world by storm. Whether you're in that storm, driving the world before you, or stuck in club games is up to your performance today."



"So," Attal said, "what do you think of the team?"
The manager thought for a second.
 "Simply put," he began, "the team has talent and they're motivates."
He paused.  Attal raised an eyebrow.
"But," he said, "you will forgive me, I hope, to comment that the coach you hired is almost useless. However much you paid for him is too much. The man is worth less than a diseased swine."
Attal shrugged. He got up, and looked over the balcony at the players training below.
"My wallet is yours for this matter," he responded, "if you want to replace the man,  do so. My wallet is yours. Build a new national stadium, fly in the finest dieticians, nutritionists,  sports psychologists, whatever; my wallet is yours. You know what I want. My wallet is yours. And as long as you can bring in medals, my wallet will continue to be yours. Is that understood?"



The manager sipped his tea and considered his options. The current coach had to go. But how would he replace him. He could scour the country for the finest talent, which would likely be the cheapest option. Or he could shop abroad for new coaches, after all his budget was hypothetically endless, and why not get the best? Then again, how would national pride handle a national team trained by a foreigner?




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Convention Centre / Re: Glasto-Mundus 2023
« on: August 19, 2023, 12:27:48 AM »
Name of Band: Daniel Khan and the Painted Bird
Nation: Kishon
Song 1: Freedom is a Verb
Song 2: The Butcher's Sher
Song 3: March of the Jobless Corp
Song 4: Yosl Ber

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Diplomacy and Events / Re: K-K Talks (Kaitaine & Kishon)
« on: August 19, 2023, 12:01:13 AM »
Attal internally sighed. He had hoped that the Bene Gesserit would prove amiable to the list of points without trying to stir up anything, allowing him to direct the flow of the conversation. He was surprised that anyone who dwelled in the general area of the former USR would draw a distinction between communism and sovietism, maybe their ideological zeal had been exaggerated by the foreign reports. He may have to improvise.

He leaned back.
"Like you, Kishon has had a vicious history with Communism, sovietism, call it what you want. The USR invaded the First Amonite Empire in 1893, establishing the 'Democratic People's' Republic of Kishon, a puppet state that existed until the Amonite restoration, which saw the re-establishment of the Empire you see today. However, the lackies of this dead state still persist."
He paused.
"The perfidious KLA. An army without a state still obsessed with bringing a tyrants ideology to the nation. Both our states face aggression from the remnants of the lackies of foreign Communism. We have the KLA, you have the SRK. Our primary enemies are thus vastly similar. It strikes me, and I hope it would strike you too, that many hands make light work. If our two states work together, we can contain, reduce, push back or even destroy the threats to both our people's freedoms."
He leaned forwards.
"Is there anything else?"

He had considered blatantly lying, and saying that the intelligence services had detected cooperation between the KLA and SRK to really try force it down their throats, but he held off.  If it was happening, the intelligence service didn't know about it, but that vague fact was unnecessary. Maybe he'd bring it up if they continued to try drag this point.

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Diplomacy and Events / Re: K-K Talks (Kaitaine & Kishon)
« on: August 16, 2023, 01:13:09 PM »
Barasha took the box and smiled warmly at the delegates.
"Thank you for your gift, I believe that the Amonite people will take your gift as a symbol of our nations friendship."
He smiled, looking the various members of the delegation up and down.
"I hope you do not think us ungrateful, but we do have a gift for you in return," He guestered to the Presidential Palace, "but it awaits inside," he said, "as does the President."
He took the moment to take another glance at the gift from Kaitaine before turning to the Palace and handing it off to an aide, who would find a cabinet somewhere to display it. He had done reading up on the religion of his people's neighbours before the visit, to make sure he maintained etic enough to avoid gracious offence, and he had wondered at the time on their reverence and use of this "spice".  It was one of those religious oddities that, though he may wonder at and disbelieve, was ultimately no more odd than the belief that one shouldn't work on the Sabbath.

He led the group up the Palace's steps, leading them quickly through the outer gate house, avoiding the gaze of the portrait of the President hung above the archway. He led them inside the Palace, up the winding staircase, trying to maintain small talk, offering them refreshments if needed, and sending aides snapping off to the kitchen.
He paused before the door, leading to the presidential office wing, mustering himself, and then opening them. Leading the delegates down the corridor, lined with the painted faces of heroes of ages past and the coloured scenes of battles lost and won, he stopped before the desk of Attal's secretary
The boy, a young lad Barasha, could never remember the name, looked at the group, up and down, before nodding to Barasha.
"Minister Barasha," the secretary said, " please head right in, the President is waiting."

Attal's office was well furnished. He had his desk, solid oak carved with scenes taken from the Torah, whilst he himself reclined in a large leather chair. A portrait of himself hung behind him in a frame of gold leaf, whilst a glass chandelier illuminated the mahogany walls and red carpeting. In the corner, a large cuboid object was covered with a velvet cloth, the gift for the Bene  Gesseri he had visiting him. There was a bookcase in the corner, filled with works of political and geopolical theory, as well as several copies of his father's autobiography. A book on economics made an occasional appearance, but like most on the shelf, rarely had a broken spine. In the corner was a small door, built into the wall, that led to a small room for him to think in. The room had, of course, had to have been completely renovated when he had moved into the Palace, with the archaic and ageing memobrillia of past President's being discarded.
A light on his desk lit up, informing him that the door to the office wing of the Palace had been opened. That would be the visitors.
He stood up, dusting his tailored suit off, and quickly readjusting his tie. He heard voices outside his door and smiled broadly as it was opened and his Foreign Minister Lea the visitors in.
"Preaident Attal," He said, holding out his hand across the desk to the advancing Bene Gesserit, "Reverend Mother, it is an honour to be able to meet you, and your kinsmen alongside you, Duke and Duchess" nodding to them.
"I understand that you have a gift for my people,  and I must say a marvellous gift it is at that, such artesian quality! I wish to repay the favour," and he gestured at Barasha to pull off the covering, not wanting to get out from behind his desk.
The covering fell off, revealing a tank filled with a variety of fish and underwater fauna.
Attal guestered to it proudly, "the tank is filled with a variety of waterline native to the fair rivers and marshes of Kishon, some of the fish are eveb almost extinct in the wild. All our gift to you."
He paused dramatically,  giving them time to digest the gift before he sat back down, and pulled out a schedule.
"I am, fortunately for my poor secretary, a man of routine, and I have devised a list of topics for us to discuss and go through."
He laid them out in front of the Bene Gesserit.
"If you want to add anything to said list, please just pencile it in... oh, please do take a seat."

- Furthering economic ties between our two nations
- Cooperation in the face of communist aggression
- Geopolitical realities and incidents
- Outreaching culture between our two nations

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Vignettes / Re: Dance, Dance, Revolution!
« on: July 24, 2023, 11:55:11 PM »
The scene, a string of military bases. Each drilled into the mountains; bunkers, stockpiles, barracks and depots, all sealed behind uncaring stone. Anti-aircraft encampments, buried into the side of the mountain, watch towers, keeping an unending gaze, obverse the surrounding countryside. Trenches and fall back lines scar the landscape, whilst artillery guns poke their noses into the daylight. Underground logistic tunnels spread like a nervous system, just as vital as one, weebbing their way through the vast complex.
The actors: the most loyal statesmen of a failing regime, men willing to become matyrs for a cause greater than any of them. The nation's most loyal soldiers, driven with an unparalled ideological zeal, guarding every station. Civilians: doctors, chiefs, engineers, all recruited as bees in a hive.
The stage: a nation under siege. Beset on all sides by imperialistic powers, by nations wishing to trample Kishon's dreams underfoot. Foreign tyrants, foreign murderers, foreign robber barons. A nation betrayed by those it was supposed to be brother to, the paternal love of Caine and Abel.  A state that saw the writing on the wall, and decided it would not go quietly into the history books.

The play itself, mused General Nasser, was however never performed. The actors had failed to arrive on a scene that hadn't finished being written.
The Hive, the greatest fortress of the Communists of Kishon had not finished its construction, and those required to man it had not been vetted in time. Far from being a bunker the regime could shelter in and then sally forth from when the time was right to drive the capitalist dogs back to where they came from, it had acted as a tomb, a bottomless money hole  for the Party to pour the nations funds into. It was a stupid plan, regardless, born from the paranoid mind of that last Party cabinet. So much could go wrong, it's issues were obvious to all those who cared to think for a second.
It was why, when the previous General, his father, had declared his dedication to the principles of the global crusade of communism and lead his men north at the funeral of the Republic, he had not attempted to seize control of the Hive, even when it was left to rot. Instead he and his men learnt its secrets, using its tunnels and bunkers as simply part of a larger guerilla campaign, rather than using it as a bunker that could be used for target practice.
It was a campaign that had proven successful. The rebellion against the dual tyrannies of capital and monarchy endured to this day. War communism had been implemented in all the villages that swore to the communist cause, their food, resources and recruits aiding the reborn revolution. With military supplies smuggled in by enterprising arms dealers (the capitalists would be hung with their own ropes, eventually) and their allies abroad, the movement had seemed to be unstoppable. Successive governments have tried and failed to wipe out the insurgency raging within the Inland Empire's borders, and now, what with the political instability beought around by Attal, it seemed that the second revolution was imminent.
The question, mused Nasser (ever the philosopher) was now when, not if, communism would reclaim its rightful dominion over Kishon. The KLA would claim victory from the decaying and debauched body of Capital.

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Vignettes / Re: Dance, Dance, Revolution!
« on: July 19, 2023, 07:52:47 PM »
[Camera opens on an elaborately furnished office, CORRUPT MEMBER and FOREIGN
BARON are sitting on either side of a desk]
CORRUPT MEMBER: You want me to sell out my country to foreign influence? I’m afraid
that won’t be happening on my watch.
FOREIGN BARON [Smugly]: My good friends Dollar & Greenback think otherwise.
[Opens suitcase of money]
CORRUPT MEMBER [Smiling broadly]: Y’know, I always have supported “democratic
values” [laughs menacingly]
[Camera pans to door, where WITNESS can be seen looking through a crack in the office
door. Camera freezes, greyscale filter applied]
WITNESS VOICEOVER [audibly shocked]: Oh my gosh… the member of Parliament is
corrupt! He’s selling out the nation! Are all politicians like this? [audibly hopeless] The
system is broken…
[Camera cuts to dining room, the room is sparsely furnished, indicating lower-class status
but not poverty. The WITNESS is joined by WITNESS MOTHER, WITNESS BROTHER and
WITNESS FATHER, who is reading the local sports paper]
WITNESS MOTHER [concerned for daughter’s wellbeing]: What’s wrong dear, you hardly
seem hungry! Is something the matter?
WITNESS [defeated]: I saw the local MP take a bribe today, it’s all hopeless, the system is
broken, corruption is everywhere!
WITNESS BROTHER [interested]: The local MP you say, the Progress! One?
WITNESS: The very same.
WITNESS [disbelieving]: Pfft, as if. Progress! are standing against the tyranny of Attal,
they’re the anti-corruption ones, not the corrupt ones.
WITNESS FATHER [still reading the paper]: Oh be quiet son, no politics at the dinner table.
[The family settles down, WITNESS FATHER sets down paper]
WITNESS FATHER [looking at WITNESS]: But corruption allegations are quite a serious
allegation, you should call the KFP corruption squad if you’re certain.
[WITNESS BROTHER rolls eyes]
WITNESS: Yes, father.
[Camera cuts to family landline on table, WITNESS picks up the handle]
WITNESS [nervous]: Hello, is this the KFP corruption squad? Yes, I’d like to report an
incidence of corruption, please.
[Camera cuts to an elaborately furnished office, CORRUPT MEMBER and UNDERCOVER
AGENT are seated on either side of the desk]
UNDERCOVER AGENT [Sleazily]: MP, we’d like to drill for oil in the Great Amon National
Park.
CORRUPT MEMBER [nervous]: Well…
[UNDERCOVER AGENT opens suitcase of money]
CORRUPT MEMBER [nervousness evaporating immediately]: Great Amon Nation what?
[Both laugh]
[Camera pans to office door, which is kicked open, OFFICER 1, OFFICER 2, OFFICER 3
and OFFICER 4 enter the room, shouting]
OFFICER 1: You’re under arrest MP! Put your hands in the air!
[CORRUPT MEMBER attempts to flee, but UNDERCOVER AGENT pulls a gun and forces
him to the ground.]
[Camera transitions to a cosy office, zooming out so that CORRUPT MEMBER’s arrest is
captured on a TV]
KFP OFFICER [looking at the TV]: Wow, you guys work fast.
UNDERCOVER AGENT: I work for Comrade Attal.

[Camera cuts to the inside of Parliament, filled with MPs, a stern PRIME MINISTER, a crony
ANP MEMBER and a dishevelled CORRUPT MEMBER]
PRIME MINISTER: This house finds you guilty of severe corruption against the people, this
house, and the state. The motion carries to impeach you from your seat, and start criminal
process against you.
ANP MEMBER [Interrupting]: I agree with the motion, Mr PM, be oughtn't we add a huge pay rise
for ourselves onto it?
[MPs boo & jeer]
PRIME MINISTER [slamming down gavel]: No, we are not a house if theives!
[MPs cheer]

[Camera cuts to WITNESS, they are visibly sad, and look dishevelled, their loss of faith in the system destroying them. The camwra zooms out, and the scene, a busy street, is revealed. There are pedestrians walking by, and a NEWSPAPER SALESMAN on a stand]
WITNESS VOICEOVER [WITNESS walks glumly down the street]: I still can't believe it, I thought that the system cared for us, that democracy, the great fruit, flourished in our nation. And that report came to nothing!
NEWSPAPER SALESMAN: Extra, extra! Read all about it! KFP bust foreign friendly phony!
WITNESS [suddenly full of hope]: No, it can't be... [snatches paper off of NEWSPAPER SALESMAN] give me that! I can't... believe it... [joyously] the system works... THE SYSTEM WORKS... Oh, God bless you Attal!

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Factbooks and Maps / Re: The Amonite Empire of Kishon
« on: June 27, 2023, 11:50:23 PM »
Interest Groups in Kishon

TBC

=The Regime
-The Party Elite
Prominent figures: President Aharon Attal, Prime Minister Hamid ben Igen, Minister of Security Isaac Attal, Party Chancellor Daniel Attal
Ideology: T'chiyahism
Status: In power
Description: The T'chiyah Party elite currently runs the Inland Empire through the T'chiyah Party itself. The head of the Party, Attal, is also the President of the Empire and rules it as a dictator. They dominate the Party and command the loyalty of all wings of the Party, dissenting views are barely tolerated and rarely voiced around any of the elite. They hold respect for T'chiyahism, and several are ideologically committed. Many however just use the power given to them for their own personal benefit, with their service to the cause being motivated by personal greed rather than ideology.
Goals (in descending order): The maintenance of power, the destruction of political enemies, the amassing of personal wealth, the exporting of T'chiyahism to other countries, the expansion of Amonite borders.
-The KFP
Prominent figures: KFP State-Leader Bashar Hussein, KFP Under-State-Leader Yair Chomsky, KFP Under-State-Leader Noah Netanyahu
Ideology: Z-T'chiyahism
Status: Subordinate
Description: A technically illegal organization, (due to its nature as an arm of the state that requires T'chiyah Party membership to be a member) the KFP was formed as secret police to route out political opposition to Attal's regime in the public and government. They have been gradually gaining more and more influence in the state and Party, though remain loyal to the Party's leadership. Hussein's strong friendship with Attal's father has kept him loyal and respectful of Attal's current leadership. There is a slight dissenting opinion on the direction T'chiyahism should travel, with the opinion of the KFP being that the state should encourage Jewish immigration rather than try to expand its borders over all Jews.
Goals (in descending order): Gaining more influence within the state and Party, maintenance of the power of the Party and State, destruction of political enemies, the amassing of personal wealth.
-The Party-Left
Prominent Figures: Minister for Health Faisal Cohen, Minister for Labour Sami Cohen, Minister for Agriculture Malik Cohen
Ideology: L-T'chiyahism
Status: Subordinate
Description: The Party-Left of the T'chiyah Party is led and mainly exerts influence through the Cohen family, a trio of siblings whose father's status as a founding member of the T'chiyah Party ensured their powerful positions within the state. The Party-Left has avoided conflict with the Party leadership over how the Party should move forwards, still being loyal to Attal and trying to convince him of their view, rather than focusing on extending their influence within the membership. The Party-Left believes that the state should directly manage large sections of the economy, rather than work alongside business in a corporatist manner.
Goals (in descending order): Gaining more influence within the state and Party, the amassing of personal wealth.
-The Party-Right
Prominent Figures: OH State-Leader Oman Nimri, Minister for Faith Relations Omar Yosef, Deputy President Matthew Efron
Ideology: R-T'chiyahism
Status: Subordinate
Description: The Party-Right of the T'chiyah Party is in many ways similar to the Party-Left. They have avoided conflict with the Party leadership over how the Party should move forwards, still being loyal to Attal and trying to convince him of their view, rather than focusing on extending their influence within the membership. They advocate a laissez-faire economic model, rolling back the economic (not political) boundaries of the state.
Goals (in descending order): Gaining more influence within the state and Party, the amassing of personal wealth.
-The Amonite Military
Prominent Figures: Marshal Sharon, Field-General Levanoni, Field-General Nassar, Minister of Military Policies Enoch Saʽid
Ideology: Military Interests
Status: Subordinate
Description: The Amonite Military is supportive of the regime, but very few high-up members of the military are dedicated ideologues. Their support and enabling of the regime are based on the prospects of enhancing the military's power, their own power, and their own personal riches. So far the Regime has satisfied the military, passing budget increases for the air and ground force.
Goals (in descending order): Enhancing their own power, enhancing the power of the military, enhancing their own wealth.

=Parliamentary Political Parties

=Insurgencies

=Grass Roots Movements

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Character Guides / Re: People of Kishon
« on: June 27, 2023, 09:21:56 PM »
President Aharon Attal

Positions: Amonite President of Kishon, Party Head of the Amonite Social Party of Resurrection
Date of Birth: 22nd of March, 1971
Bio: Aharon Attal was born to David Attal, who was at the time an ex-Colonel. His maturing years happened as the T'chiyah Party first started to establish itself in regional politics, and when he was 18 his father was arrested, forcing him temporarily to become T'chiyah Party Head for around a year, before his father was released and rode the publicity to national prominence. In 1997 his father became President, with Aharon being known to be immensely proud of his father. He was made a minister-without-portfolio under his father. His marriage in 2002 coincided with his father's death, and Aharon was said to have been too distraught to go through with the marriage ceremony, forcing it to be moved back. He was subsequently made Party Head, and took an increasingly anti-corruption and populist rhetoric style, which paid off when the Shapiro Scandal broke, and Attal was propelled into power... (will finish off bio later, posting it so i don't accidentally delete it)

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Character Guides / Re: People of Kishon
« on: June 27, 2023, 08:57:50 PM »
Emperor Levi ben-Amon

Positions: Amonite Emperor of Kishon
Date of Birth: 11th of December, 1958
Bio: Born the youngest son of the claimant to the Empire of Kishon, Levi was raised mostly by his mother, as his father was often busy trying to rally support for his claim. His older brother died in 1967 in a car crash, leaving Levi an only child. He saw the restoration of the Empire by anti-communists at the age of 16 but with little to no power for the Emperor. After his father's death in 1999, Levi was coronated in 2000 as Emperor, where he remains to this day, wielding very little (soft, hard, or otherwise) power. In private he is remarkably hostile to the T'chiyah Party and has called the President some variation of "stupid child" several times to his face, but has so far managed to avoid any repercussion from the famously petty dictator.

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Character Guides / People of Kishon
« on: June 27, 2023, 08:28:52 PM »
Index


(Index will expand as people are added)

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Diplomacy and Events / K-K Talks (Kaitaine & Kishon)
« on: June 27, 2023, 07:28:13 PM »
Minister of Foreign Policy, Joshua Barasha, stood with an honour guard outside the Presidential Palace. The lawn at the centre of the Palace's driveway hosted three flag poles, and though these would often display the blue, white, and black Presidential Standard; the 3-pointed star T'chiyah Party's Flag; and the blue menorah National Flag, today it flew the Theocracy's orange and black flag alongside the National Flag, divided by the red flag of brotherhood.

Barasha himself was, however, nervous. Attal had decided that he would not come to greet the foreign dignitaries, they would come to him. It was, he understood, supposed to be a power move, asserting the greatness of Kishon over that of its neighbour. Barasha would never tell Attal this, lest he finds himself arrested in his bed, but it just seemed petty. And most of all, it just seemed like Attal was dumping the responsibility of first impressions on Barasha, whilst simultaneously damaging them by refusing to leave his office to talk to them.

As the Bene Gesserit's car pulled into the Palace's driveway, lead and flanked by two KFP cars, the honour guard snapped a salute and the Palace Footmen rushed to open the doors of the esteemed dignitaries' car. Barasha tried to paste his best and friendliest smile on his face as he strode towards the car, giving them enough room and time to exit the car comfortably and get their bearings, but not enough room or time to make them feel abandoned.

He held his hand out, "Welcome to the Inland Empire. I trust you have had a good trip."

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Vignettes / Re: Dance, Dance, Revolution!
« on: June 27, 2023, 06:17:23 PM »
President Attal lounged in his new chair. He's replaced the old Presidential Chair, which for all its historical value had been a nightmare on the arse. His new leather one, which could lean back a full 90 degrees; had several massage modes; and even had a cup holder, was a great investment and a much greater choice.

He pressed the intercom on his desk that linked to the office of his secretary/PA/aide/whatever-the-fuck-his-job-title-was. He'd relocated the desk of that lofty position from his office by the door to the office next door. He'd had a door installed to link the two offices so he wouldn't have to wait too long for his secretary to attend to him, and had installed the intercom for the same purpose.

"Ibrahim," he said, he had intended to get rid of the lad, but the boy's father, Attal's brother-in-law, had convinced him to keep him. "Please send in Corporal-General Abadeen by 2PM, sharp. If he has a meeting, tell him to cancel it. This is important."

He tapped his fingers on the folder his men in the KFP had assembled for him. It was sadly a pretty clear sign of where the loyalties of where the head of the Kishon National Police Force stood. It couldn't stand. The poor man had to go. It was a shame, the man had been a good and competent leader of the National Police and had time and time again stood by his father both as a political supporter and as a friend. It was under his father indeed that Abadeen had been promoted to where he was now. But that sadly meant nothing if he raged against the Party in private and to his subordinates. He needed someone loyal. He needed someone much like a bloodhound, willing to do anything to anyone for his master, and loyal to a fault. He didn't have anyone in mind at this second, but he'd have time later. Hell, he could probably follow the KFP's advice and combine the position of Corporal-General and KFP State-Leader in order to streamline the operation of suppressing the enemies of the state.

He pressed on the intercom once again, "Ibrahim, please send in State-Leader Bashar Hussein, and tell him to bring men, and preferably a gun. Send them in for 1 PM, sharp."

He leaned back once again in his chair and poured himself a glass of brandy. He still needed to deal with the Big Itch.

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Factbooks and Maps / Re: The Amonite Empire of Kishon
« on: June 18, 2023, 10:24:13 PM »
Early Modern to Contemporary History of Kishon

Amonite Confederation -1730

United Kingdom of Kishon 1730-1836

(First) Amonite Empire of Kishon 1836-1894

Democratic People's Republic of Kishon 1894-1974

(Second) Amonite Empire of Kishon 1974-modern day

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Vignettes / Dance, Dance, Revolution!
« on: June 17, 2023, 11:49:32 PM »

"THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!"
The sentiment was shared by the Parliament. Shouts of anger rained down from the seats of over half of the Parliament, insults were exchanged like machine gun fire, and calls for the head of Attal on a platter become greater.
Xavier Frenkel, leader of Progress!, supposedly had the floor, but it was clear very little speaking would be done today. The Prime Minister, the treacherous bastard, was supposed to maintain calm, but his attempts to order the Parliament into silence were backfiring profoundly. If Parliament had its way, the PM's head would join Attal's on its platter.
Frenkel tried to make himself heard above the ruckus of the Parliament, but it was clear such an attempt would be impossible. He shook his head at his deputy, sitting at the head of Progress! and then marched out. Progress! MPs trickled out after him, with some staying.

When the announcement had come that afternoon that Attal would not be using Parliament to legally extend his emergency powers, Frenkel had felt the anger swell as though the air pressure within the Parliament building had doubled. The announcement did explain why members of the armed forces had suddenly appeared around the Parliament building last evening, the anger had clearly been anticipated, and procedures put in place. As he marched out of Parliament, he saw a crowd begin to form. Clearly, the news had trickled out, so soon after it had been announced. Already he could see reporters filming and he marched towards one of them.



In the mountains in Kishon's furthest north, Dan Ali, a KLA freedom fighter, spat out his mouthful of water as he saw the headline of the latest edition of the Weekday Sun. The paper, whilst trash he wouldn't wipe his arse with and the man they were quoting almost a fascist, conveyed an important bit of news that the man, despite his seniority in his branch of the KLA, had yet to hear. He had been surprised at the news, but the spit was more for dramatic effect, something he liked to indulge in from time to time.

He handed it to his second, Benjamin, he glanced at it before double-taking. His eyes met with Ali's, and both men almost as one got up. Ali nodded at the woman who had "volunteered" to let them have access to her kitchen, larder, and cupboards before marching towards the one place in the small mountain village they knew had a television, the bar. Ali stepped over a drunk soldier and barked at the bartender to change the channel, before kicking off a bar stool a soldier who was nursing a drink and sobbing over a lost sweetheart.



President Attal leaned back in his chair, and put his boots up on the presidential desk.
"Ibrahim," he said, "talk to me. How did the fuckers in Parliament react? I suppose it is too much to hope they give in? Did they manage to arrest anyone for assault?"
He rattled on for another minute, cutting off his poor aide with every opportunity. He had won, and he knew it. With the backing of the army and the frankly unlimited powers he was entitled to under an emergency, it was merely a formality of what those liberals, communists, and other assorted idiots thought of him. His aide, he hoped, realised this. But poor Ibrahim, so slow on the uptake! All he needed to do was tell Attal that Parliament had submitted. The actual answer didn't matter.

He picked up a grapefruit and admired it: its simple structure and deep colour! It represented politics, Attal mused. It was difficult to enter, but once you penetrated it was just a sweet reward. He ignored his aide's ramblings and allowed his mind to wander. Ibrahim had to go, he realised. The man, whilst a good statistician, was far too bad at reading the room to ever be a good aide, or technically PA. Sometimes men already knew the answer, and so needed simple reassurance. Ibrahim, the poor lad, failed to provide this. He simply had to go.

He congratulated himself once again on thinking to announce this on a Friday. The Shabbat was almost upon them, meaning the protests would have to be put off for a whole day. And it would take at least 24 hours to organise a protest, meaning the earliest they'd be able to start would be a Monday, when their numbers would be capped due to it being the start of the working week. He poured himself another glass of brandy and tossed the grapefruit over his shoulder, his eye instead catching on an apple.

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Factbooks and Maps / Re: The Amonite Kingdom of Kishon
« on: April 18, 2023, 11:14:40 PM »
The Amonite Political System


The Amonite political system is, in theory, a representative democracy with a figurehead monarch. It is based on the legal myth that the monarch, though the ruler of the nation by the divine grace of God, has no desire to actually rule his Empire, and has as such delegated responsibility to the President, directly appointed by him, the Prime Minister, ministers of cabinet and the Amonite Parliament.

Members of the electorate vote for a party through FPTP, with victorious parties gaining a seat in the Parliament. The electorate is restricted to serving and former members of the state military, with service being compulsory from age 21 to 24 for all Amonite males. The Amonite Parliament is required to pass legislation, with a majority vote required. Elections must be called at least every 7 years, with the last election being held in 2018.

The Prime Minister is head of the Amonite Parliament and is a member of it. They are required to preside over debates in the Parliament and to direct the aims of the Parliamentary government. They are appointed by the Parliament and in turn appoint cabinet ministers, who form the Parliamentary government and run the various departments that run the various sectors of the country.

The President is elected by popular vote every 7 years, with their confirmation requiring a majority vote by the Parliament, who can also out them with a super-majority vote. The President is responsible for maintaining the order of law in the nation, they alone: can declare war and make peace, can declare a national crisis, can dissolve the Parliament and call new emergency elections (once every 8 months), can sign treaties with foreign powers and are the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The President may also sign Presidential Decrees into law, but these can be overturned by a 1/3rd minority vote. The President is not allowed to hold a Parliamentary seat but can be a member of a political party. The President is expected to work closely alongside the Prime Minister in the government of the country.
 
The Emperor remains relatively powerless, though he has the power to hold diplomatic events, he may not sign treaties or go against the will of the government. The title of King is hereditary, currently moving through the "ben Amon" dynasty, a family that rose to power in 1862, and then regained power in 1974 after the fall of the DPRK, and claims a (dubious) descent from Amon.

In practice, however, the nation has been in a dictatorship since 2019, with President Aharon Attal having declared an indefinite national emergency and then revoking the voting rights of Parliament. This in itself would not be illegal but would require a super-majority vote from Parliament to extend it beyond a 6-month period. Attal illegally extended the emergency period indefinitely, and with the support of the army began to arrest political opponents and down protests against what if effectively a self-coup. The party Attal leads, the Amonite Social Party of Resurrection, supports the dictatorship, as do the two parties who additionally previously were members of the Parliamentary government.

Amonite Parliament
Head of Parliament: Prime Minister Hamid ben Igen
360 seats
Amonite Social Party of Resurrection (Front for Jewish Liberation)
Party Head: President Aharon Attal
Ideology: Secular Jewish Nationalism
The Amonite Social Party of Resurrection (known colloquially as the T'chiyah Party) was founded in 1976, two years after the fall of the DPRK by disaffected Amonite nationalists. They felt that the Jewish people had once been a dominating and controlling power in the world, but after their division by their enemies had become weak and easily subjugated. They believed that a unified Pan-Jewish nation-state was needed to rectify this and help reclaim their rightful place as world superpowers. The party failed to gain much traction till the 1990 elections, when it's charismatic leader David Attal was arrested but later realeased for a supposed coup attempt. The T'chiya Party gained alot of media attention, and rode it to 51 seats in the subsequent election. The party formed a coalition government in 1997 with 80 seats (allied then with the ANP and now-defunct Social Conservative Party), however fell to 55 seats in the 2004 elections after Attal died in 2002. The ANP which became the biggest party decline to invite the T'chiya party into their coalition, leaving them an opposition party with Attal's son Aharon in charge of the party. The party had a stroke of luck in the 2018 elections, when in 2017 the Shapiro scandal broke, propelling them into 115 seat lead, almost double their previous size.

Amonite National Party
Party Head: Tom Ronen
Ideology: Moderate Conservatism
Coalition: Forwards Coalition
The ANP is the oldest party in Kishon, being founded in 1794, surviving both the Amonite Seizure, the DPRK and the Second Imperial Restoration. In times when it was banned, it went underground, always surviving. After the fall of the DPRK, it emerged as one of the dominant parties, and whilst not always leading a government, it would often act as kingmaker for the other parties. However, in 2017 the Shapiro scandal broke, revealing that a cohort of cabinet ministers had been embezzeling state funds in order to fund a lifestyle of drugs, whores and opulence. Whilst the President and Prime Minister did not themselves take part, they had been aware of the embezzeling but had failed to stop it. They and their coalition rapidly lost votes, despite the resignation of many, including President Shapiro, from both government and party roles.

Progress!
Party Head: Xavier Frenkel
Ideology: Liberal Republicanism
Coalition: Forwards Coalition
Founded in 2003, Progress! was founded as a populist, anti-corruption youth movement that has campaigned since for an end to the monarchy, national service and deep-rooted government corruption. They enjoyed immense success, particuarly among young voters, and in 2005 absorbed the Social Democratic Party, boosting them to being included in successive governments, where they managed to push through several judicial, voting and economic reforms. However, despite not having any members implicated in the Shapiro scandal, they inevitably took flack for being in the same coalition, and soon after left, leading to the ANP attempting to ally with T'chiya, but failing, causing them to rule for 2 months as a minority government. However, once Attal announced an emergency and failed to gain legal legitimacy in extending it, Progress! rejoined the ANP in opposing him.

National Unity Party
Party Head: David Khan
Ideology: Far-Right Populism
Coalition: Front for Jewish Liberation
Founded in 1990, the NUP is a mass big-tent party for far-right-wing figures. The party remains strong in several core areas and demographics, however struggles to grow much beyond that. Their leader, David Khan, has been credited with this. He is a common figure of mockery among the press, with his weight, surliness and sheer lack of charisma commonly features of the mockery. 

Popular Front of Kishon
Party Head:
Ideology: Left-Communism

The Return
Party Head:
Ideology: Amonite Zionism
Coalition: Front for Jewish Liberation

Kishon Popular Front
Party Head:
Ideology: Marxism-Leninism with Amonite Characteristics
Independents
5 Seats
Party Head: N/A
Ideology: N/A

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Factbooks and Maps / The Amonite Empire of Kishon
« on: April 06, 2023, 10:50:42 PM »
The Amonite Empire of Kishon


Head of State: Emperor Levi ben-Amon
Head of Government: President Aharon Attal
Legislative Body: Amonite Parliament
State Religion: Karaite Judaism
Capital City: Allir

Historical Background
In the year 586 BC, a group of Jewish soldiers, led by their general Amon, agreed to accompany a caravan of refugees from Vanora. After a dispute whose details have been lost to history, the band and caravan split ways, and the followers of Amon crossed the desert of Waddan and found lush valleys. The band settled in one such valley, naming it and the river that flowed through it after one of the rivers in their homeland, Kishon. Over the centuries, the band expanded their reach, subjugating local tribe after the local tribe, militarizing their tribe to such an extent that without their subjugated tribes to plunder resources from they would collapse.
They promptly collapsed when the subjugated tribes rebelled, and the Amonites were forced to reconcile with them. The Amonites adopted many tenants of the local's culture into their own, and high-ranking members of the Amonites inter-married into local nobility. Over the centuries and millennia, the Amonites adopted many elements of local tribal culture, so much so that their modern culture can be considered a hybrid. Their faith also diverged, with recognition of the written Tanakh alone as the supreme authority in religious law and theology, with the role of rabbis being not to reassess and adapt the rules of the covenant, but to interpret their literal meaning. Despite this, the people martial tradition remained unchanged, with most men expected to serve in the military.

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Factbooks and Maps / History
« on: March 21, 2023, 09:47:53 PM »
Suzerainty of Revachol
Acheiving independence from being a colony in the mid 1700s, Revachol proclaimed itself a constitutional monarchy. Its first monarch was Charles, of the House de Revachol. At this time, Revachol's economy stemmed from its positioning of itself as a hub of trade and commerce, with goods from all over the world flowing through it. The Suzerainity remained largely peaceful through out its lifespan, engaging in conflict very rarely and only to protect its financial trade interests. The nation's flag was based around the optical illusion the first settlers saw when they arrived in now-Revachol, the Sun orbited by seven other, smaller Suns.

The Penultimate years
In the late 1800s, the main branch of the House de Revachol died out, and the Suzerainity passed to the Fillipian branch of the family. Fillipe I was crowned, and quickly gained a reputation for spending most of his time ruling high on cocaine. Indeed, his son would be born immensly cognatively stunted, due, as many suspected, to his mother's not-insignificant usage of the drug during her pregnancy. Fillipe II spent most of his brief reign ill, dying within two years of taking the throne. His cousin, Fillipe III rose to the throne, and became quickly known for his profligacy, spending most of the state budget and royal treasury on vast feasts, cocaine, palaces, women and gold. His son, Fillipe the Insane, developed syphilus in the womb, and the nation was ruled on his behalf by his uncle, Fillipe the Lion.

The Commune of Revachol
As the nation became poorer and poorer, taxes squeezing harder and harder and exploitation growing bigger and bigger, the works of a little known man called Karl Marx began to circulate amongst the workers. The most inspired was a man named Kraz Makov, who formed le Parti Communiste d'Revachol. Eventually, in 1936, Fillipe the Lion saw the writing on the wall, and fled the country. A year later, the Commune or Revachol was declared in the Proclamation of 1936, and a civil war emerged between the Communards and the Royalists. The civil war would eventually be won by the Communards in 1945, with Fillipe the Insane executed unceremoniously.

The Moralist Intervention
In 1946, as the Commune reached its decade anniversary, the international bourgoise with previous interests in Revachol met together and with exiled members of Revachol's military staff. Together, they ammassed a combined vast army of mercenaries, militia volunteers and exiled Revacholian soldiers. The coalition called itself the "Moralist Coalition", with its stated goals being the preservation of humanity, democracy, and promoting progress through incremental change rather than revolution. The intervention began with heavy shelling of the city, followed by a land and naval invasion. The Commune's military, still battered from its civil war, fell by the spring of 1947.

The Moralist Provisional Government of Revachol
TBA

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Factbooks and Maps / The Moralist Provisional Government of Revachol
« on: March 21, 2023, 09:38:22 PM »
The Moralist Provisional Government of Revachol

Government type: "Transitional" Corporate-Backed Dictatorship
Head of State and Government: President-in-arms Andre Boni
Legislative Body: United Moralist Forces of the Provisional Government
Population: 18 Million
GDP per Capita: TBD

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