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FROM: General Keyeme Capac
TO: Prime Minister Atahuallpa XXIV
SUBJECT: Political Power
To my king of the sun,
So long have we been waiting in the shadows, as a mere back nation, with no influence in the world. However, it's time for our nation to come into play.
We have recently been admitted to the United Nations, and while there are still few other countries that know of our existence, our time has come to take a big role in the world. Your humble servant's opinion, your holiness, is that we must make a statement. Events are unfolding which can lead to our revival as one of the most powerful nations to ever walk the earth.
We should make our political opinions very clear: I have recently reviewed our army, and if I may say so myself, your grace, it is world-power worthy. If Germany invades America, we should join the fight in repelling them from the borders of our new friends. Believe me, sire, we have the capability, both militarily, and strategically. Long live the Empire of the Sun.
Your humble servant,
General Keyeme Capac
TO: Prime Minister Atahuallpa XXIV
SUBJECT: Political Power
To my king of the sun,
So long have we been waiting in the shadows, as a mere back nation, with no influence in the world. However, it's time for our nation to come into play.
We have recently been admitted to the United Nations, and while there are still few other countries that know of our existence, our time has come to take a big role in the world. Your humble servant's opinion, your holiness, is that we must make a statement. Events are unfolding which can lead to our revival as one of the most powerful nations to ever walk the earth.
We should make our political opinions very clear: I have recently reviewed our army, and if I may say so myself, your grace, it is world-power worthy. If Germany invades America, we should join the fight in repelling them from the borders of our new friends. Believe me, sire, we have the capability, both militarily, and strategically. Long live the Empire of the Sun.
Your humble servant,
General Keyeme Capac
Francisco Franco and his Falange took Parliament by an overwhelming margin and quickly went to work establishing Falange dominance in Spain; Franco's first order of business was to make it illegal to print, or say anything that ran contrary to the "interests of the State." This effectively made the concept of Freedom of Speech in Spain a joke. In response the Madrid Monitor went into hiding, establishing a small and secret circulation among the Liberal elite, and a few foreign officials who were against Falangist ideals. He would increase the military budget quickly, citing a need to "protect the new government from Liberal and Marxist subversion." Finally Franco attempted to establish Spain's foreign policy as strong and he quickly searched for new allies and attempted to mend the rift with the Germans...
The Falange leaders held a grand parade in the capital city of Madrid following the victory in Parliament, this was done for two purposes; the first was obviously to show the world that the Falange had the support of the Spanish people and the second was a bit more sinister - to mask the quickness in which the Falange worked to break down the democratic ideals of the Liberal government. Charges of corruption were quickly leveled at Liberal leaders such as Jose Diaz and Francisco Serrano y Dominguez, and Prime Minister Prim y Prats was found dead in his offices from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head (it would later be discovered that he was murdered, and nobody would be brought to justice.) The parade, however, was one of the greatest as many Spaniards flooded the streets of the capital to show their support for the new government. It was unkown at the time but the regime of Franco (now called "El Caudillo") would be the most violent and domineering government Spain had ever seen, bringing with it a dangerous fascist ideology hell-bent on launching Spain into aggressive foreign policies as well as the removal of many civil rights in Spain. 
None of this mattered though to the Spanish people, with the military backing the Falange and the return of "Spanish traditions," many Spaniards were easily convinced to support their new nationalist leadership. For his part Franco lowered taxes and began state-sponsored futbol matches and bullfights. With the support of the people behind him Franco moved on to some other issues on the Falange's itinerary...
Juan Carlos Gaspar Guzman de Olivares y Castilla y Aragon was appointed the King of Spain in Toledo by the Spanish Archbishop and Franco himself. His role as King would be strictly ceremonial as Franco had already been given the title "Jefe del Estado," (head of state) by the Parliament. Thus Spain had come full circle; from a powerful Imperial Monarch, to a Liberal Democracy, and they had now become a Socialist state with a figurehead Monarchy. Juan would have no official powers other than ceremonially calling Parliament into order, further he gave Franco the imperial title "por la gracia de Dios, Caudillo de España y de la Cruzada," or "by the grace of God, the Leader of Spain and of the Crusade." With these changes Franco had given himself official recognition by the Spanish church, the traditionalists of Spain, the Parliament and the military. There was no stopping him at this point, and anyone who would oppose him politically would be met with violence. The Liberalists and Marxists of Spain all went into hiding for fear that they would be crushed by Franco's Falangists.
Franco realized that while he had things well in hand in Spain, the international community was now abuzz with talk of war, terrorism, and espionage. He had already established a training school for spies in the city of Barcelona in order to compete with the rest of the world in the spy-department. He further realized if Spain were to become strong some concessions had to be made, and planned on a trip to Germany to meet with Hauptfuhrer Azimov Kimpler, who also happened to be an ardent fascist. He would also plan on inviting Chinese diplomats to Madrid in order to officialize the Resource Protection Pact...
Franco had always believed that since the Zaragoza incident Spain's main foreign policy focus should be on improving relations with Germany. The two countries stand as the northernmost and southernmost states in Terra and Franco believed that as allies, they could serve as a strong stategic bloc. Franco's first order of business as Prime Minister was to appoint a new Foreign Minister, Angel Sanz-Briz, and to have him send a message to the German Hauptfuhrer Azimov Kimpler. Franco assured his Falange colleagues that an apology for the destruction of Bremen would help Spain more than it would hurt it's nationalistic base, and comissioned Sanz-Briz to write a letter to Germany lineating Franco's plan to visit. Franco's intention was to create a friendly alliance between the two fascist states, in hopes that he could gain German support in case a world war were to break out. Remember, it wasn't long ago that Germany and Spain nearly came to blows over the Zaragoza incident, and Franco realized that the German leadership still harbored resentment over the destruction of Bremen. For their part Spanish soldiers didn't like Germans either, but he wasn't about to mention that...
Chinese ambassador Wang Fei Hung met with the Spanish Parliament to discuss the points of the proposed treaty. Generally speaking the pact would align Spain with the former members of the NSEW (Inca, England, Germany) as well as the Chinese Empire for the purposes of protecting the member-states' territorial integrity as well as establishing an anti-terror/espionage pact that would combat incidents similar to those that occured in China. The treaty was agreed to and signed, giving Franco not only power in Spain, but power abroad with a strong alliance system. Finally Franco had to attend the security council meeting, which is happening right now so I had to make this post short...
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