L'Avante-Garde News
Where you get all your Montagnan news


Parliamentary Elections coming up in 6 months! "Dank  Memers" have reportedly founded the "European Union of MEMES"

• Peoples Democratic Front
• People's Revolutionary Front
• Party of Lords
• Montagnes devant la gloire
• Démocrates sociaux
• Fête traditionnelle des montagnes

In the south there is
South Resadia(southeast)
Franhèçz(southwest)


In the north, there is
(northeast)
Çaelle-Čvars
(northwest)
Douratž
(southeast)
Murt-lē-vaanz
(southwest)
Ceecz-Freççnzhe

Montagnes Gloriuses would like to join OPEN,especially since we produce a good amount of oil in the emerald strait.



Truly Yours,
Margarete Bosschalia
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montagnes Gloriuses

Aurelius III
His most Serene Emperor of the crown of St.Jean and King of Montagnes Gloriuses.

Edouard looked at Freya, and answered with
"Well, we met at a party 2 and a half years ago. I had been chatting with her, and found her to be nice, funny, and smart. 2 weeks later, after multiple phone calls, we arranged to meet at a cafè in one of Montages's Capitals, Edéréi. We started dating more often, and  7 months ago I proposed to her. Our parents did not force it, but encouraged it once we started meeting more and more., since her house is the second-most influential house in Montagnes after mine, and our marrige will unite both houses."
He gave what he hoped was a reassuring smile to let the princess know he wasn't bothered by the arranged marrige question.He turned to Alex, saying
"do not worry about security. The car is reinforced with steel, our chaffeur has a pistol and is a black belt in Taekwondo, and Undercover police are at points across our route."
He looked outside,  realising that  they had entered Régéi and turned towards the guests
"I suppose you must be famished, we can stop at one of Régéi's Cafés, which I beleive you would like, with their world-class food."

OOC- I'm just going to throw this in as a piece of advice on military matters and a heads up by rights before you engage in military RP you need a military section of your factbook if anyone needs help with that PM me.

1. RADAR extends outside your own countries borders. It is highly likely that Noobia will get a good 10-15 minutes warning you're approaching their airspace unless you've done something to mask your approach.

2. General practice when an undocumented aircraft approaches your airspace is to task fighters to intercept.

3. The North coast of Noobia is the impacted area as far as I know. The nearest nations to Noobia in terms of "as the bird flies" are probably Kedwen, Ui Cenneslaig and Krimeon. That gives around a 2,500km flight to the impacted area.

4. To get from New Derusima to the effected zone is 4,500km. The aircraft being sent has a range of around 7,600km. So you need to work out how they are getting back as they're some 1,400km short on the trip.

5. Assuming a similar kind of aircraft from Montagnes they would have a 10,000km journey to reach the effected zone. So again you would need to work out how to even get there in the first place.

6. Personally I would not RP past crossing into Noobia airspace as if Orioni determines they are shooting you down you've got all kinds of issues.

If anyone wants to ask me anything about military RP stuff feel free to pick my brians as I have a few suggestions around some problems if people are stuck.

4.

oof. Guess I'll have to delete that post.

The Most Serene King Aurelius III of Montagnes would like to announce that his son, Prince  Edouard VII  of house Rousellier will be marrying Marie II of House Capet-Bourbonaiss. This will strengthen the relations between the ruling family and the most influential noble house, the house of Capet-Bourbonaiss, and help our King govern more effectively. This also gives more legitimacy to our king, as he and his family of
Rousillion will merge with the House of Capet-bourbonaiss, which will also merge with the house Bonrei-Bourbonaiss 3 weeks after the wedding, giving Rousillion-Bourbanaiss a 60% claim to the house Bourbonaiss, a legendary house of which i will explain in another post.
We invite you to the Belle Maison de Roses in Montagnes's central valley for an evening of charm, laughter and fun. WE would like to strengthen relations with others, and so invite the leaders of other nations to join.

OOC: Just so everyone in this knows, the RP should start onSeptember 1st, 12:00 Chicago time. Alcoholic beverages will be served, and each visitor will be presented with a fine wine from the Belle Maison de roses's own winery and grapes. In adittion to this, the visitors shall also see the full Belle Maison's painting gallery, containing paintings from as long as king Philip III's time.

 L'Avante-Garde News
Where you get all your Montagnan news



Breaking News! A situation has unfolded in noobia, where reportedly corrupt president Achembe has banned foreign aid coming through.Strikes in the capital are cooled down. Cats poop on the kings palace. "Dank Memers" Revolt in the European Union. President Achembe has banned foreign aid coming through, reportedly in an attempt to save face and not look weak. Opposition news outlets  in Noobia have wept, as a Journalist of the free news outlet TNT has been killed, with many attending his funeral. Derusmian Aircraft have gone into Noobian airspace to deliver food nonetheless, and the CNN news outlet has posted Satellite images of the provinces affected, to show the noobians there is a problem, leading to Achembe being in a turbulent state. Aurelius and his ministry have not yet made a statement on the issue.
 More news when the new details are in!




(Ignore this please, just my Code for the beginning)
[color=red][size=36pt]L'Avante-Garde News[/size][/color]
[color=red][size=18pt]Where you get all your Montagnan news[/size][/color]

Armed forces of Montagnes.




Montagn Army


Active duty:50,000 soldiers
Reserve:200,000




300x Main Battle Tank
320x Infantry Fighting vehicle
140x Infantry Fighting vehicle
600xArmoured Personal carrier
500x Armoured personal carrier
320x Armored Fighting Vehicle
100x Mine Resistance Fighting vehicle
600x Mobility Vehicle
450x Mobility Vehicle
80x Self Propelled Howitzers
80 Towed Howitzers
40 Towed Howitzers
15 Multi Launch Rocket System
45  Helicopter
15  helicopter

           
The Archbishop Announcing that Mazovism is a heresy
[/font]

           

Montagnes Christianity is a form of Christianity, mixed in with Montagnan Beleifs and is very Liberal, allowing for Divorce and Gay Marrige. Another Key difference is the Odenathe Ceremony, something which is a lot like other christian sacraments for turning 18, but also different. An Odenathe Baptises someone for a 2nd time, and reaffirms their Devotion to Christ, Willingness to spread and defend the religion, and understanding that they may be persecuted for doing so, by a slight tap on the cheek by the bishop.
(Holy
Trinity)
Montagne Christianity affirms that Christ was both Man and Spirit, allowing him to suffer on the Crucifix, but also explaining how he rebirthed after 3 days. It also Affirms that the one "God" takes Form as God the father, God the son, and The Holy Spirit.

The son of King Philip Thiessan and his former Queen, Anna Verchek, will reach the age of 18 soon. It is tradition in Hassfurt that the young Prince Jonas undergo the Day of Blood Ceremony. This will see the celebrant take part in a parade of others celebrating their 18th birthday the same week. At the Temple of the Two Gods Prince Jonas will undergo a form of ordeal by combat and if found worthy permitted to carry out his first blood sacrifice to the Gods. This is a momentous day in the life of any Dualist and as such we wish to open ourselves to the world to help form closer relations.

It must be noted that no exception to our faiths rules can be permitted. Those entering the temple must conform to our rules of belonging to the Ermwhal[1] or Tyranha Strata[2].

We look forward to hosting this event.

King Philip Thiessan & Queen Karin Biermann

---

The Palace of the Two sat on the edge of the "Old Town" of Codilla, the capital of the Diarchy. It was the day before the ceremony and in one of the ample courtyard of the Palace the recently turned 18 year old Prince Jonas was busy training with his father King Philip. The King stood holding punch pads on his hands having his son hit them in combination that he called out. The Prince was being criticised for his lack of power. "Boy tomorrow if you hit like this it will be embarassing" he informed his eldest son as they finished that round. "Come on" he waved his head towards the archway and began jogging his son, a tall boy, not as filled out as his father but his body leanly muscled followed. They ran up the hill towards the spire at the top. His father called this "The Gauntlet" and had made Jonas run it everyday for the last three years. His younger brother Stefan was also made to do the same and their security agent doubled as personal trainers ensuring it was done, today though Philip oversaw Jonas' final run. As they reached the next courtyard two wooden staffs waited and the two began sparring with them using as spears or long swords. The whole "Gauntlet" took close to an hour to run and by the end both were shined with sweat. "Get some rest now. Tomorrow I expect you to put on a show for the world. Now go change, your Mother is waiting"

"Yes father." Jonas turned bowed to his father and headed up he steps towards the interior of the Palace. His Mother Anna Verchek, the former Queen of Hassfurt had been watching them finish. Jonas saw her and smiled, "Mother" he said as he headed inside following his fathers orders. A few steps behind Anna was Queen Karin also technically his mother since she had become Queen following defeating Anna in a challenge. Jonas stopped and as expected bowed to Karin, "Mother" he said to her before heading off to change.

"So Philip how will our boy do?" Anna called down to Philip in the yard beneath.

"He should make a good show. He's a strong boy, his wrestling is good. His striking lacks power but hit often you maybe need to be less strong." Philip embraced Anna and kissed her on the cheek before hugging Karin.

"Yuk" Karin exclaimed, "You're covered in sweat" she protesed as she pulled herself back from him. "Get showered. We have family dinner in half an hour" she informed him. While Anna took her son for dinner in the capital the rest of the family would dine in the Palace."

That night Jonas slept in phases. His mind considering what tomorrow would be like. He had witnessed friends ceremonies and seen a few end up with broken noses, split lips and blackened eyes and wondered what would happen with him. His father was a good fighter and it helped having private tutors for wrestling, boxing and MMA drawn from the best of the military but as his father often said in fights luck is just as important as skill. Would he be lucky.

---

The next morning Karin placed out the black hooded robe that Jonas would wear on his parade through the streets. Beneath it she placed a gift, wrapped in red paper. He was in his bathroom singing along with some rock band as he showered. She listened for a moment hopeful his combat would be an improvement on his voice. She left quietly, she and her King agreed that Hassfurt must be more active globalwise and so had agreed to let the world witness this event. Naturally they had to ensure the purity of the Temple so with Jonas being Ermwhal he would ceremony alongside his own Strata and those of the slightly lesser Tyranha. The temple must only contain such people.

His shower complete he exited to find the robe. He held it up, just plain black, some had drawstring for the hood in colours, some occasionally had hems embroider with a feint pattern but his was just plain, a slight disappointment.  He slipped it on tied the belt around his waist. It gave a look like some film monk. He then saw the red paper package and looked at the tag. "Love from Mother Karin" it said and he unwrapped it. Inside was a black box which he opened and found a small silver badge. He knew the story. It was worn by Karin when she had challenged Jonas' birth mother Anna for the throne, it was not uncommon to pin lucky charmings on the inside of robes. He placed it carefully and headed down for breakfast. The Palace courtyard was filling. Normally on the weekly ceremony of Day of Blood people gathered at the sports arena close to the Temple. It was about a 400m procession but with today presenting a Prince the Palace would be used meaning around 1km to be covered. Families were grateful to be inside the Palace for their family special day and black jacketed soldiers checked ID against list and then guided each Strata to their own courtyard. Today around 30 people would be taking part, some even from other cities had asked to share the day with the Prince. Six others shared the Prince's courtyard and while they did not dislike each other people eyed each other with eyes like a boxer eying an opponent before a match. "He's a long set of legs. I bet he kicks." Princess Agatha, Jonas 12 year old sister advised pointing at the boy talking with his family opposite.

At the Palace gate 71 year old Prince Marcel Bartial waited. He was Prince by stint of being a former King. He had been an over-confident 52 year old who had thought he could still fight younger men. Philip Thiessan had knocked him out in around 30 seconds taking the throne. He bore Philip no ill will, and knew one day Philip would likely feel the same shame and embarrassment he had felt. It was the way of Hassfurt monarchs and  a necessity. He would be responsible for meeting those foreign guests who would be driven from the airport, along the new modern highway which Marcel hated. Then through the "Old Town" mighty stone wall and up to the courtyard entrance where Prince Marcel waited.

1.	Blonde hair and blue eyes
2.	Blonde hair

Upon Hearing of this, The king, who could not come because of his own Child's 18-year old  Ceremony,the Odenathe, and because he had to plan for his Son's Wedding, Decided to send his Oldest Daughter, Elisabeth II, to witness the ceremony. Although the king did not especially like the Hassfurt way, he still understood the need to help his fellow Emerging nations, as Montagnes was slowly emerging after years of Global Isolation and critisicm of their Non-Orthodox and fairly Liberal Form of Christianity, and for their Tribal Religion, Vereisa(after Montagnes's non-french name, Verveis, meaning "land of sun-kissed roses)

The Crown Prince stands up, and readies his speech at the Montagne Language Convention. He spoke in Montagne, so we have Translated his words into French and English, with the Montagne part at the bottom.
English:
Hello Friends and Countrymen. We are gathered here to Celebrate our Language, Montagne, and so I will be speaking in Montagne, as you have definitely noticed. Montagne is a very old language, but it has slowly been driven out of use by French and English. Well, no more! We gather here, not to just celebrate a Language,but to celebrate a culture, a Nation, a People. Here, We  have  a united spirit of Montagnes. I implore you to teach your Children, your Siblings, your parents of the greatness of Montagne, and that you Spread it's language, and so it's culture everywhere you go. Thank youi for being able to make it here, and I shall leave you to go to the stands and Learn all you can about our nation, our People, OUR LANGUAGE!

French:
Bonjour amis et compatriotes. Nous sommes réunis ici pour célébrer notre langue, Montagne, et je parlerai donc à Montagne, comme vous l'avez certainement remarqué. La montagne est une langue très ancienne, mais le français et l'anglais l'ont progressivement mis de côté. Eh bien, pas plus! Nous nous réunissons ici, non seulement pour célébrer une langue, mais pour célébrer une culture, une nation, un peuple. Ici, nous avons un esprit uni des Montagnes. Je vous implore d'enseigner à vos enfants, à vos frères et soeurs, à vos parents, la grandeur de Montagne et que vous répandez sa langue et sa culture partout où vous allez. Merci de pouvoir venir ici et je vous laisserai aller à la tribune et apprendre le plus possible sur notre pays, notre peuple, notre langue!


Montagne:
Reveis, ajais rei doladi.Nes sermes xęrcęx fragt und revlante, golor lagnue,Verveis,jonç rou lē Verveis, gahlre fsheęvirn rusa colllarmeovjichgrajtranders. Fere Verveis hoh uail honnsif fegfuj rheudshf cgeletdes meovaach. lad nei,Dona Krei! Vase vaas evertoine soi, jfursj pec jeveir ure Verva, Jeveir ure Calckar,ure kajis,ux paapeeil. Cis,Verr averes fer spart urrevch, daes Verveis. Kojj implaaee gdair ven rifants, je fon suuer, je narte,leis grante jei Verveis xu ves regka se lagnue so sa Calckar pascis kolor. Fataiv moner, shiiskha ejj je lei traba e pprendein lasgahs nāāter pos,nāāter paapeil, nāāter VERVE!

(Prince Ladislaus VII walks out of his room)
Ladislaus:Good Morning everyone!
Aurelius:Good morning, my son. I must go, for I must begin Arrangements for your Odenathe, Which, as you know, Is a traditional Ceremony in Montagne Catholicism, where you are Baptised for a 3rd time and are Entrusted with Keeping your Oaths and Spreding the Religion, as well as, Sine the Crown Prince does not follow Montagne Catholicism, and has Instead been made the Succesor of The High Priest of South Resadia and Franhéçz, You will be deemed the sucessor to the title "Bishop of Réséi"
Ladislaus:Yes, father I know.
Aurelius:Well, I must go now, Go make yourself Breakfast my son. And Clean up, too! Your Birthday is in 3 Short weeks!
Ladislaus:Bye Dad!
(Ladislaus is cooking)
(Aurelius is meeting with his Spouse)
Aurelius:I have an idea. To Strengthen Diplomatic ties, why not allow the Leaders of other nations to watch, where they would be introduced to Montagne Catholicism?

[/size]




   

The Kingdom and Lands of the Crown of St.Jean and lands of Montagnes Gloriuses

Montagnes Gloriuses
Motto:- Unity through Freedom

Cities
Population:62,543,000: January 2018 Census
Capital: Edéréi/Régéi.
Biggest city:Rœßvæ(pronounced: Roe-Juh-Vae)
Biggest cities:

Rœaßæ, 7.1Million

Bellœßæ(Bell-oh-juh-vae),6.5 Million

Edéréi/Régéi(Ed-aye-ray/Ray-jay)5.9 Million

Grandmaison(Grand-Mason),4.7 Million

Fęrmęse(Firm-easy),3.9 Million
BACKGROUND

Montagnes was first a collection of countries fighting for dominance. Eventually King Aurelius I united them, and formed the house Bourbonaiss. Much later, King Phillip III "Ironhead" invaded the kingdom of Saanteria, and surprised everyone by winning! He also reformed Taxes and built the nation's oldest University, which is now the Phillipia, named after him. After the death of his grandson Louis VV, which ended the Bourbonaiss, the kingdom ent through a dark age. This was ended by  Emperor Ladislaus II, who reformed EVERYTHING. Much time later leads to our modern king, Aurelius III.

Government Type: Semi-absolute Monarchy,semi-parliamentary democracy



ECONOMY

Currency:Franc
GDP per Capita: $29,000
Unemployment Rate: 7.2%
Average wage:135 Francs per hour
Poorest 10% average wage:46 Franc's per hour
Richest 10% average wage:321 Franc's per hour
Income gap between Richest and Poorest: Richest earn a little bit less than 7X the poor.
Main Industries
Shipping
Agriculture
Production
Mining
Insurance
Video game development



PEOPLE

Ethnicity: 79% Montagne, 5%Redavian(IRL Turkic)16%Gallic(French)
Languages: French and Montagne are the official languages, although 87% of people use English
Religions:Roman Catholicism,Rexism, and Montegen, the Tribal religion popular in the southern provinces are all Legally recognised.
Average Life Expectancy: Male  62 years / Female 65 years



GOVERNMENT

Head of State: King Aurelius III

Head of Government: King Aurelius III/Prime Minister Jean-Luc Chastain
Name of Legislative Body: The Montagnan Parliament