History of the World 2.2 - V (Cuz 2 just wasn't big enough)

[deity]

The 'Dame' wipes his forhead....

She sat quietly by his side. She knew it was all over with Saul. She looked at Paul's face, dripping with sweat, she wiped it. Paul muttered something about Saul. She knew what he meant without understanding the utterances. Saul was finished. She was teary. Torn between two great men and now they both might die.

Paul wanted Saul to 'disappear'.

The Dame de Notre wept.

What a mess. What a lie! What did Australia stand for?

They won't let us explore space. We needed the nuclaer weapons to defend ourselves - it is written. I SEE it. Paul was right. Australia will show them. She thought hard about her Israeli roots and who begat who......

Paul slipped into a coma.

[Rasputin]

Somewhere in Iraq

In a small bungalow in the suburbs of Iraq two black limosines pulled up almost simultanously and their occupants quickly disembarked and entered the building. Once inside they removed their jackets and went two of them went into the back of the bungalow and were left alone.

"So Madam Sarah we meet again." said one of the visitors and gave Madam Sarah the traditional Israeli Bear hug of greeting.

"Yes my dear friend and it is so wonderful to see you again. I got your message and organsied this little place, I knew from your letter that you didnt want to meet in public."

"Yes Sarah, the buiness wehave to conduct is top secret. Preident Paul is soon to depart from this world and Saul thinks he will be the next leader, but I have other plans. Soon my dreams wil be fulfilled, all these years of bowing to those damn mens wishes shall be over"

"I hope I will still be around to see it, I am nearly 100 years old now, I dont know how you Australians live for centuries but we Israelis are struggling to get past 80. I am very old for my people."

"Dotn forget that I am of Israeli bloodlines too Madam Sarah. I do not forget my heritage."

"So you will implement the final solution as was agreed between the first Great Raz and yourself over 800 years ago"

"Yes Madam Sarah, the Jews will finally rule the world !!!!"

They raised their wine glasses in toast
"To the Union of Israel.!!!!!!!!"

[OzzyKP]

MBC Radio Update

...If you are just tuning in the top story today is improper use of citizen funds and a total neglection of the science budget by outgoing President Chris Khan. Lets go now to MBC's Technical Corespondent who is standing by with details on this scandal.


"Thank you Adrana, the situation for the current President is grim. Apparently his funding decisions have dropped the UAS tech rate from 4 turns to 11 turns and has erased much of the competitive edge our nation was gaining on other nations. Many people here are..ffssssss.. that he made..fffsssssss...some are describing...fffsssss prakkakaka......"


Well it seems we have lost Dakka Dorjjav to interferance but he made some points regarding the gravity of this situation. He mentioned that our competitve edge has been erased and that we have dropped from 4 turns to 11 turns--somebody try to get Dorjjav back on, we need him to explain this technical jargon--while we are not clear what a "turn" is, it is fairly clear that this is a significant misstep for the Chris administration.

One can only speculate how this will affect the current election. Right now Bagabandi is riding his incumbant status to a significant lead in the polls but this news can only hurt his campaign. Many voters are beginning to see Bagabandi and the Liberal party as the party of technical stagnation, lets go to the street to get some reactions to this breaking news.

Quix Han from Shanghai- "I was planning on voting for Bagabandi but I'm no fool, I don't want UAS to go back to the stone age because of the Liberal Parties' resistance to science"

Rani Naipaul from Bombay- "I knew they were no good, they got us involved in that Turkey conflict and now they are torpedoing our science program, the Liberals have to go."

It seems clear to this reporter that this will hurt the chances of Bagabandi, but will it be enough to cut his significant lead? Only time will tell.

Stay tuned to MBC for more breaking news and updates on the election.

[Rasputin]

Old Israeli Palace

"Its amazing to think that this used to be the centre of all goverment decisions. And soon when the refurbishment is complete we wil ahve returned full circle, with the Senate moving back in here."said the proud engineer to the group of visitors including President Whiteman. "You can see many of the original artifacts have been found and are being returned to the rooms they came from " he continued. "We also have discivered many of the old Secret Meeting rooms, they were hidden by secret doors and in some cases the secret rooms were still full of the original furniture."

The PResident dropped off the back of the group with the director of the Mossad, Deborah Michell. They headed off to the west wing as the engineer continued his tour. Deborah gave a quick look around and when no one was looking pressed a button hidden between bookcases and one bookcase swung round and reavealed a secret room. The two entered and the bookcase slid shut again. Deborah walked across the room and pulled a small radio transmitter, she pressed a few buttons on that and this time part of the floor swung up revealing a staircase.

"Very clever Deb." The President Smiled.

"A hidden room in a hidden room. That idiotic engineer out there thinks he knows everything"

They descended the stairs and arrived in a well lit hallway. Deborah led the President down past many offices all inhabited with secret agents of the Mossad, theycontinued on to Deborahs office.

"I never knew this palce existed " said the President.

"It is just one of many such buildings we use, this of course is the oldest as this was the firsbuilding evre built ."

"so what is so secret you brought me down here?"

"Mr PResident we have received reports that Madam Sarah Ben-Judah has been organsisng meetings with peron or persons unknown"

"Madam Sarah? But she died years ago!!"

"No sir that was simply a statement handed out by the Mossad to protect her, she had many trying to kill her."

"You hid this from the President too?"

"Yes Mr President we had to. It was at the request of Madam Sarah herself."

"But you work for the President!!"

"No sir , I work for the WAAR!! What ever is in the best interests of the WAAR is performed by the Mossad."

"Well I never, the arrogance."

"Mr President, you need to understand, Madam Sarah is the last direct link to the Great Razs, her offspring had to protected."

"What is the Great Raz to do with all this?"

"sir, he is the legendary hero that brought us out of mediocri, the Weak Dimbleby clan had left us in. The Sun Tzu dynasty left us tarnished as traitors."

"I know all our history Debroah. What is this to do with today?"

"Well the Raz dynasty has continued unknown to its enemies for centuries. What most people dont know is where the Great Raz originally came from."

"he came from here didnt he?"

"No sir, he was an Australain! His ancestors emmigrated there during the reign of the Weak Dimblebys. Unforutnalty most of that clan is now dead. "

"An Australain you say. That is incredible"

"Yes sir but there is more. You see not only did the great Raz come fro mthere, but another of his distant relatives went on to become the wife of one of the leading men in Austalia."

"You dont mean that old hag!!"

"Sir with respect , I prefer to cal lher Dame de Notre."

"Wow, she is so old."

"Yes the air in Australia seems to lead to long life sir, that and the amount of beer they consume"

"So what is this to do with today?"

"Just letting you know the relationships sir, Madam Sarah has the legal right to claim the Royal Throne in Israel. We know that she is probalby too old for that, so her offspring would take that role."

"But we dont have a Royal Throne in Israel. We are a democracy"

"Sir the PResident is duly elected by the people, but the Royal throne does exist and it is here in this palace. We beleive Madam Sarah Ben-Judah is using her conncetions to restablish the Royal Family on the throne."

"She wants to remove me ??"

"We beleive that may be her plan sir"

"And you people have known this and have been protecting her? This is outragous!!"

"We didnt know of her plans sir until recentlly. Now that we suspect them, we have come to you with the information."

"Does she have the support to do this?"

"We are not sure sir, the Great Raz dyansty is a well respected one in Israel it carries much weight, but the new colonies in America only know of Democracy they wouldnt follow we dont think. That is why we beleive when the Freedom fighters removed the old despots and Madam Sarah took over she didnt reinstate the Monarchy as she knew she didnt have support of the Americas, the Aerican colonies were firmly behind President Roberto Auldinsky as he was the leader of the american Rebels. With him gone and a new leader in government , she may feel the Americans wont be interested."

"Wel lbring her in Deborah we need to speak."

"I thoguht you would say that, we have detained her sir, we tryed interviewing her , but she said she will only speak to you"

"Wel lbring her in"

Deborah pressed a communication link on her desk and an agent appeared at the door, behind him stood Madam Sarah Ben-Judah. She looked very hagged and was being supported by two more agnts.

They led her into the room and sat her down and left. She turned to the PResidnet and smiled " So we meet at last Gough."

"Yes Madam, what is this I hear of you and secret meetings and a plot to overthrow me."

"You have it all worng my boy, I am completely happy for you to run the Nation, my plans involve other things."

"I think it is time you fessed up Madam"

"Yes you are right it is time..."

Madam Sarah went on to expose her plans and the information she had, at the end of over two hours including many questions from PResident Whiteman and Deborah Michell she finished and nodded off to sleep.

The President left the room deep in thought as he eventually arrived back in his office he was troubled, if this was all true he needed to prepare the nation. But first the military , he had to get them ready.......

[Rasputin]

lastest save game

Deity had this save which is from Mongols turn ....

[drake]

Ft. Lusaka, Botswana

Foreign Minister Kaliid surveyed the construction going on on the outskirts of the Fort Lusaka compound. "Good, good I can see the construction is nearing completion." Kaliid said to the head foreman of the project.

"Yes sir, we will be finished very shortly and preparing the city for the UAS arrival. Most of the citizens here have already left to move into the cities of Zimbabwe and Malaw, some to the coastal city of Cape Town. The Marines that stand watch will soon be able to return to their families, for the project is nearly complete." said the foreman.

"Excellent work Lokari, the project is going very smoothly as planned then?" asked Kaliid.

"Indeed. So Kaliid, how is the construction going in Tibet? Will the UAS be prepared to make the exchange after we finish the project?" asked Lokari.

"They are ready now my friend. Seems the Mongol engineers and builders are a little more efficient than your crew eh?" Kaliid was poking fun at Lokari.

"Ha ha, yes, you could see it that way. But you have to remember man, we are working on a very limited budget. As soon as the government attains a surplus, the money is immediately spent. And un-fortunately, this extra money has been poured into factories and mining ventures, military and infastructure, and certainly none of it has come our way. If we were to receive a sizable enough grant, we could finish within the year!" Lokari knew his friend Kaliid was joking, but this low blow still aroused a strong call to defense.

"Well my old friend, I will be talking to Shakeem later this week. I will see what I can do to get some money set aside for you and your crew. This project needs to be completed as soon as humanly possible, for this deal will not go through with the Mongols until then." Kaliid said seriously.

"Very well Kallid. So do you feel this will boost our sagging import and export business? And can we really trust the Mongols?" asked Lokari.

"I am almost certain this exchange will jumpstart our weak economy. Rumor has it that Uranium has been found in South America and we aim to trade it as soon as it can be mined. This should bring about a huge profit. And do not worry about the trust issue Lokari. General Shakeem has taken care of that........Well, it was good seeing you Lokari. I must now catch a train to Port Nolloth. I will be checking in later next week. Farewell." said Kaliid as he turned to leave.

"Farewell my friend." said Lokari as he nodded.

[The Capo]

Valencia, Spain; European Union (Continued)...

The door swung open violently as Admiral Franco made his way in affixing his hat to his head. He seemed angry. Captain DeFarge followed closely behind, he seemed somewhat angered but not nearly as much as Franco, who slammed a briefcase on the table in the Captain's chamber, oblivious to who was in the room.

"God Damn it!" he barked "Whoever is in charge of hiring these Seargents should begin looking for a new occupation. These troops are undisciplined!" he said, pulling out a pack of cigarettes.

"Hello Franky." said President Alessi.

"Oh, Madame President. I had no clue you'd be here." he said, nearly dropping his cigarettes.

"No need for pleasantries Franky, I'm here because well, its important that I be here. We've recieved a lot of new information about the Turkish situation as well as some statements from the Asians." she said, sifting through a file folder.

Franco lit his cigarette "Well Adriana, this was supposed to be a meeting for the route of the EUS Metternich, you know I have a meeting with some MPs in Dublin in two days."

"This shouldn't take long." she said, Captain DeFarge sat down after pouring himself some coffee.

"Alright, well let's get down to business. Currently, and very shamefully this battleship will constitute our entire Navy. Parliament has given us funds to produce four more ships of its kind, which would create a small yet potent naval force. Obviously it would have to be used primarily for domestic defense of our waterways, the ships just aren't fast enough for anything else. The fleet will also be too small for any complex operations either. Therefore we need cruisers and some submarines would be nice, but that's nothing necessary at this time anyway." said Captain DeFarge as the Admiral and President listened.

"And the other ships, they are all being produced in the north?" asked the Admiral.

"Correct, we'll probably have one in the Mediterranean and the rest will be in the north seas and probably the Bay of Biscay as well, its the window to Europe." the Captain replied.

"How long will the others take?" asked the President.

"Quite a while, unless more funds are given towards the effort. But we understand that the government has some prior financial engagements." he answered.

"Why that is, is totally beyond me." said Franco, puffing on his cigarette.

"Because Franky, its time to make ammends. We can't just run around doing things and not take responsability." Alessi responded.

"You didn't do anything though, our government didn't do anything though. We're paying the price for dissent, we're paying the price for animals of Israeli and Mongolian imperialism, we didn't harbor these people. And you-" Franco was interrupted.

"This is not the time for this discussion." the President said strongly.

"I'm simply saying, we don't even have the money for our own nation, and we are already in debt almost one thousand gold pounds, its insanity!" he said. "You DO realize that elections are coming up too. The people don't like this, the Hawks are going to make a run for it."

"Franky, what'd I just say? End it, this is not the time nor the place." she said "Okay, Captain DeFarge, continue."

"Well, according to the Air Force we'll also need airbases to accompany these ships as far as a civil defense system goes. We already have a few fighters in the Uralsky area, but they were being relocated at the time due to the Turkish situation, I doubt that's going to continue." he said.

"So, basically we'll have boats to our west and jet fighters to our east?" she asked.

"Yes, its simple geographic strategy." he replied.

"This includes major cuts to our ground forces by the way." said Franco.

"Obviously so, but what can we do about it? Raise taxes?" she replied.

"Well we can start by erasing a grand in debt." he said.

"And how would I do that?" she asked.

"Just erase it! Why pay these nations? All three of them have treated us like sh*t, excuse my English, and further two of them continue to perpetuate hostilities with rhetoric and troop placement. Why you've agreed to pay them is ridiculous." he barked.

"Mongolia has taken the most garbage from us, its only 80 gold." Alessi responded.

"What of Israel and Mali? That's going to cost upwards of 900 gold you know." he responded.

"Franky, the conversation is over. How do I get out of here so I don't have to deal with the press?" she asked...

[The Capo]

Arkangelsk, Russia; European Union...

Entering the prison was like a warm hand engulfing his body, it was cold outside and the snow was unrelenting. Leon Trotsky approached the guard at the desk in the quiet dark prison, rubbing his hands together to whipe the cold from his knuckles. "Hello sir, my name is Leon Trotsky I am a member of the Associated Press." The guard simply looked at him, "Um, yes, I am here to interview one of your prisoners, I called this in around two weeks ago you should have-"

"You're here to interview Vlady?" the guard asked.

"Vlady? Um, yes Vladimir Illich Lenin." Trotsky responded.

"Alright" said the Guard as he got up, giving a sigh, he had been sitting there for hours. "Follow me, oh yeah, leave you're sh*t here."

"I have to bring a tape recorder and this-" Trotsky began, he was quickly interrupted.

"Yeah yeah, you can bring that, leave that bag there though." the guard said as Trotsky tossed his duffelbag next to the guard's desk.

The long corridor was dark, there was obviously prisoners in the cells due to the sounds of coughing and sighs, it smelled horrible. The ground was wet and while it seemed very warm to a man who had just driven through the north Russian snowfall, it was cold and dank. Finally they arrived at a cell, there was a short bald man sitting here over a book reading, his brow and jaw portruded strongly giving him an heir of divinity and strength.

"Yo Vlady!" said the guard, the prisoner turned to him.

"Yes?" the prisoner replied.

"You've got a guest." he said as he unlocked the cell and pulled it open, he them fumbled for a pair of handcuffs "C'mon buddy, gimme your hand." the guard said, the prisoner quickly obeyed as the guard cuffed him to the cell bars. "Alright fruitcake, you've got fifteen minutes." he said to Trotsky as he left the cell.

Trotsky reluctantly entered as the guard slammed the cell shut and locked it. "Hello Mr. Lenin, I am Leon Trotsky, I am with the Bosporus Bugel. We're running a story about your case, I've personally noticed a few mistakes the government had made and a lot of-"

"Please sit down Mr. Trotsky." the prisoner said.

Trotsky sat down on the bed, it seemed uncomfortable "Well, anyway I am here to interview you on what occured that day, I was under the impression that your lawyer would be here?"

"No, I don't want a lawyer, I know the law well enough." Lenin replied.

"Okay, do you mind if I record this?" he asked.

"No, that's fine..." said Lenin.

"Alright, here we go" Trotsky said as he pushed the record button, a small click and an almost unnoticeable buzz let them know it was working "I am Leon Trotsky here with convicted murderer Vladimir Lenin, he is being charged with conspiracy for the murder of President Winston Churchill."

Without seeming to notice Trotsky at all Lenin said "Leon, tell me, do you know of Dialectic Determinism?...."

TO BE CONTINUED...

[drake]

Deep in the Congo forest...........

Mushaq Jerokam and his band of rebels were dug in deep within the thick and steamy African jungle. They had been building a stronghold here for the past 3 years. Yaounde officials were aware of their presence, but had chosen not to inform the government.

This band of radicals, known as Aamar had been growing in strength and numbers over the last decade and were almost universally supported in northern Africa. Many Mali were present at the camp as well. The group had quietly amassed support at almost every level of the government and were poised to make a valid run as leaders of the Zulu Nation.

General Shakeem and the communists had done the country well and had improved things greatly, but they lacked vision. Jerokam and his followers knew the country needed new leadership, and it needed it soon. A meeting between the two leaders would be arranged in Cameroon in February.

Jerokam was convinced that he could persuade Shakeem to join into a new order of government in which they could work together, with Jerokam running the country and Shakeem running his military. He feared what would happen if Shakeem and his council were to resist, but as in every great endeavor, sacrifice is always necessary and blood must sometimes be spilt.

As Jerokam ate his zebra steak in the makeshift dining room of the Aamar compound, a man wearing a turban and a scarf over his face entered the room.

Jerokam looked up.
"Ahh, Kaliid, it is good to see you my friend. Come, sit, have some wine and zebra."

.........

[Rasputin]

"Mr President this is ridiculous, the Australains are a peaceful nation , they would never resort to this type of activity." yelled Air Marsholl Wilbur Wright over the noise of construction form inside the hangar. "The WAAR have always ahd to stand on our own too feet."

"Yes I know Wilbur, but I hav eit on good authority that things are changing. If the Aussies do as I think they will , we need to be ready, we cant be caught napping at this time." said the President

"Sir with all due respect, I dont think we should take the word of some old bat from Australai, they cut us off centuries ago and havent aided us since, I know they sent peacekeepers to Turkey but that wa sfor their own advantqage."

"We al lknow that Wilbur, but if they do move agaisnt the Zulu then we know the Zulu will retaliate agsint all of its enemies us included, I jsut want us ready to defend what is ours."

"sir as you can see, the third squadron of Air Defence is almost ready for action, We should be able to patrol most of the WAAR nation by century end. The late President has got most provinces into cmmercial activity, he stood down most of our aircaraft building industry."

"Yes I know Wilbur, thqat is why this secret location is building the Squadrons. With the activity in Israel being a good diversion. Just get these birds up in the air as soon as possible."

"Yes sir"

[drake]

...........

"Good evening Mushaq, I have the diagrams as requested." said Kaliid as he took off his scarf and withdrew from his bag what appeared to be blueprints.

"You have Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Tanzania as requested?" asked Jerokam.

"Yes sir, I do, and I managed to obtain Malaw as well. What exactly do you hope to gain from these city layouts?" said Kaliid.

"Don't you worry about that son. Your job is intelligence and data gathering. The internal affairs of this operation do not concern you. Just know that you are doing your part and that Aamar salutes you." Jerokam said, as he slid a bag full of diamonds in Kaliid's direction.

"For your loyalty." said Jerokam.

Kaliid snatched up the bag, bowed and exited.

[Rasputin]

Pollution Awareness Week

To all Leaders of the Civilised world
From the Pollution Abatement Committee Israel.

It is with groeing concern that we are seeing less and less of the sun each year, massive clouds now hide much of the sun and the humidty is rising daily. Our scientists in WAAR have determined that if this continues that the seas will rise as the polar icecaps melt. With the majority of the worlds population living on casotal palins this would be catostraphic. We plead with the world to do all it can to stop the pollution, simply removing the pollution after it occurs is not good enough. If nations cant afford to build cleaner energy sources then they need to cut back where they can. We wish the world would aim for the EUs level of 00 tonnes of pollution.

It is time to make a stand people, lets clean the world up for our kids before its too late.

In the interests of finding the culprits of this mess we do hereby reveal our level of pollution is currently third best in world but it is terible as it is 450 tonnes per year.

We want all other nations to reveal their levels of pollution so the world can organise a plan to counter the pollution.

[The Capo]

OOC Asanine Remark...

Hey Raz, if you want everyone's pollution to be the same as Europe's just invade them over trivial things and dominate them to the point that they are sent hundereds of years back in development.

It worked for us, and look at us now! NO POLLUTION! Wheeeee.

[The Capo]

Dublin, Ireland; European Union...

Admiral Franco had been racked lately with pointless paperwork and appearances, this was probably going to be his last for a while and though that should have given him comfort it was more frustrating that he had to take a trip to Ireland. It was cold and rainy and the isle had been the seat of some internal dissent lately from the Irish Republican Army. Rumors flooded the political world than more than one of its MPs were members of its revolutionay faction, which seemed to support Australia and its motives.

Ireland's capital building was very modest, simple industrial looking brick office building with the EU and Irish flags hanging above its doorway, which was adorned with golden harps; the nation's symbol. Franco and his entourage approached the doorway as the press huddled around the enterance to take photographs, the European press must've been the mos dogged in this manner Franco thought.

"Good evening Admiral?" said a man in a thick Irish accent, he extended his hand, Franco quickly nodded and shook it "I'm Sean Leary, Mr. Collins' chief of staff, I'll show you the way sir." he said as he opened the door.

The inside of the building is much different than one would expect if they had only seen the front, the floors were covered in marble with forest green carpeting down its center. The walls were very tall and creme colored with marble pillars every few feet. There were pictures of Ireland's MPs and important people down the hallways with random office doors and flags. "Right this way Admiral." said Leary as they entered a room marked 'Legislative Conference Room 12.'

The room had four people in it, three males and a female. They were Diedra Drummond, Mark Lannon, Shamus Shamrock and Michael Collins. All were members of the Hawk party, Franco was a Dove. "Welcome to Dublin Admiral." said Collins smiling "I hope your trip was pleasant."

"The weather wasn't too great." said Franco bluntly "But you have a wonderful countryside here."

"Aye, that's true. Come now, have a seat." Collins said, Franco slowly slid into his chair. "Admiral Franco, you were called here for a very important meeting, it has nothing to do with what you recieved on your memo." Collins began.

Franco seemed puzzled "Well, with all due respect Mr. Collins that isn't very professional of you."

"I understand that, but I also know that if I would have told you then what I am about to tell you now, you may not have come and that wouldn't be very beneficial to us at all. And as you shall soon see, it may not have been very beneficial to you either." Collins replied.

"Well, let's get this over with." Franco said looking at his watch. "Do you mind if I smoke a cigarette?"

"By all means Admiral." Collins said, Franco then pulled out a golden cigarette case "Now then, as you know the Dove party has dominated European politics since the days of Napoleon Bonaparte. And ever since Napoleon's Presidency our country has been thrown into a hole that it has yet to climb out of."

Franco shot in quickly "Listen, Mr. Collins, I respect you and your party, truthfully they may be the only ones with any realistic policies, but the Dove party has not only been good to me and my career, but also has policies that I think would be great if they ever got off their collective asses and worked towards them."

"Admiral, you know damn well the only reason your people are elected is because of their affiliation with Bonaparte and his Republicans. They've got this stupid aura of patriotism about them when half the fockers only got there by relation to their daddies." Collins said with a stern look.

"Well, that's quite the statement Mr. Collins." Franco said.

"Case in point" Collins continued "Take our President Adriana Alessi, you know I served under her in Russia?"

"No I did not."

"Oh yeah, I was drafted in Eurokorps; against my will obviously, yet another great idea from the peaceloving Doves." Collins said.

"Hey, that was necessary. We needed men to stave off the Israelis and Mongolians." Franco retorted.

"Yeah yeah yeah, your own party saw to it that Pagniacci lost power, so don't feed me those lines. I know you guys didn't agree with it either." Collins said "Anyway, I was there in Russia on the front lines with a rifle and a platoon, I lost most of the platoon save two guys. We had no idea where we were supposed to be because we lost our communiction device. After weeks and weeks of wandering around Uralsky we finally arrived in Savona, or maybe Orsoni, I don't even remember. Afterwards I get a dishonorable discharge for disobeying orders from the wonderful Corporal DeNucci, who through a combination of murdering SunTzu and porking our lovely President achieved that rank, and oh yeah, his affiliation to the Doves and the Republican movement via his family tree had something to do with it too." (CHECK OUT SOME OLD POSTS TO READ COLLINS STORY, WOW!)

"That's a wonderful story Mr. Collins but what-" Franco was again interrupted.

"I'm not finished, so I storm into Alessi's office who was merely a one star General at the time and demand some answers. I get pulled out of there by some Military Police and was beaten and then sent to prison. Luckily my fellow Irish hate this whole government or else I wouldn't be here right now representing it, I'd be in the country farming potatoes or drinking beer right now. The point, Admiral, is that the entire system is out of touch. How can these people lead our nation?" Collins asked.

"That was different, it was under the provisional government under Pagniacci and Metternich, things were done because they had to be done, that's just how it worked." Franco replied.

"C'mon, the party is ridiculous. Right now they're taxing the people to hell, and for what? To pay Mali, Israel and Mongolia for things that shouldn't be our business? We should put those resources into technology, trade, military, infrasructure or public works. Something, anything, useful." Collins said, Franco totally agreed with him on that, but didn't say anything. "How are we ever going to rise up if we act like servants to these countries?"

"Well you do have a point there, but its not that simple. The international community and its senstivities must be taken into consideration, especially given our current state of affairs." was Franco's response.

"What!?!" Collins exclaimed "You know full well that's an automated response, I know that you don't like what the party is doing now, you're only in it for your status. I've seen our military; the few soldiers we do have are undisciplined dunkards, they are stoners who don't take orders. They couldn't defeat anyone if they tried their hardest. The Hawk party sees this, and it sickens us. It sickens us that the Dove party uses its connections to Bonaparte when its policies have strayed so far from the original Republican movement that to even compare them is a joke. The Hawk party doesn't have leadership though-" Collins said, Franco interrupted.

"Well, why don't you run?"

"I can't do that! I'm Irish, nobody's going to vote for me in Europe. My people will be disgusted if I were to do that. What we need is someone like you, your own beliefs are the same as those of the Hawk party. Its only natural Admiral, you can't hide behind your family tree all your life." Collins said.

"Well Mr. Collins, nobody can say you don't carry yourself very well in conversation, you are a very stubborn and blatant individual. But you do make sense, and you have a few points. Sadly my life is in the armed forces, I can't become a politician over night." Franco said.

"Admiral, you've already ran for office. You can do it again." he responded.

"That was against Charles DeGaulle, if I lost to DeGaulle what makes you think I could beat Alessi, not that I intend on running that is." Franco said.

"Just think about it Admiral, I know you are busy so I am going to end it now, I'll have my people contact you every now and again. But in the meantime stay in touch, and really think about it." Collins said...

[Prometheus]

The meeting began routinely enough; the cabinet had sat down promptly, members grabbed their drinks and prepared to go over briefings, intelligence, and current domestic and intelligence affairs.

Prometheus took no time getting to the point:
“Our intelligence has shown us that the top planers in the Aussie government regard us in the top two threats to Aussie national security…”
After letting the point linger there for a moment the cabinet broke into chuckles and all were smiling.

“I am not joking, apparently the Aussies really do view us as a threat, friendship aside of coarse… what is the words they use, o yes… Bloody Dangerous… that’s what one of there top officials was quoted as saying.”

The smiles had all turned to very confused looks.

“Well that’s what we get I suppose after all in less than a hundred years we have more than quadrupled our population, and our production has surpassed the aussies by, well we really we don’t know how much. They might be getting a little paranoid about us… we all know how paranoid they are; unfortunately that’s not the disturbing news. The leader of Australia at this time is uncertain, intelligence is leading us to believe that there is a power struggle going on with in the higher ups of the democracy. Paul might be dying and Saul is not in his graces any more. So I want our foreign office to approach the Aussies cautiously for the time being it’s new territory and we want to maintain our friendly relationships with them.

Also there might be some tension in upcoming years as in the next hundred years we expect to pass the thirty million mark and surpass our current standing in production, not to mention there are reports of Uranium showing up, our trade makes them nervous also.”

The cabinet discussed the Aussie situation for another half an’ hour speculating and planning the future Aussi policy before heading to the Mongolian Briefing.

“As we all know the Mongol’s are currently in the process of electing a new president… while our official stance is that our willingness to work with any candidate, we are unofficially supporting the Green Party, not to win mind you but if the Legislative part of the Mongolian government wants to accomplish anything they will need the green parties support and therefore moderating any government in power. But in any case we expect good relations with them as our oldest friends.”

“However there are rumors of a city swap with the Zulu’s, so while we have good relations with the Zulu government, we will need to step up diplomatic contacts with the Zulu and make sure that we are on friendly terms with them also. This is extremely important as the city they will be gaining is in the Tibet Provence, and with in cruise missile range of Beijing.”

“The Mali, ah, silent on our diplomatic front, they were pushed close to the Zulu after the last war… we will maintain our good relations with them, if they have had any complaints they sure have not made them known, but truly to far away for them to be bothered with us.”

“Now we come to the E.U., as you know there public statements caused quite a stir among our population. In fact Chinese Glory has had a 25% increase in membership after that statement making our majority in congress very slim. If they continue to gain members they could form a coalition with the Chinese Popular Front and force us out of office. We need to do or say something that reinstalls pride in the Chinese public and make them realize that China stand up for itself. The problem with this is that whatever we do it will worsen relations with the E.U., but damage control I believe can be successful if handled properly. As you know we have tried to influence the public to take pity on the E.U. publishing the apology has had some effect but the people are still mad about our lack of response. These packets will outline our plan; I will leave it to everyone to handle their department’s assignments. “

“Finally we come to WAAR, other than drafting our congratulations to their president all we have to do is respond to their pollution statement, I suggest mentioning Environmentalism.”

“What shall we have it say sir…. “You are invited to marvel at our glories discovery of environmentalism, no scribes allowed?”

“Funny, no just normal political language will do just fine, mention our help in the past with this problem. Our relations look good so no need to do any major work.”

To: President Gough Whiteman
From: President Prometheus

On behalf of the Chinese people we wish to congratulate you on your victory. I listened to your inauguration speech with great interest and can assure you that the Chinese people will give you a run for your money but welcome the challenge to our productivity. If you ever need a break from the grind of politics the beaches of the China will welcome you. I wish you the best of luck during your term.

To: World
From: Chinese Foreign Office

As the greatest producer (2550 tons) of pollution in the world, we cannot help but take some blame in the rising pollution levels however we also have done more than most nations to combat pollution, already in China we have started to recycle and have an army of engineers standing by to clean any pollution we do produce. For the world we shared the technology of recycling with every nation on the earth. Currently we have no polluted land and we shall in the next year discover environmentalism which according to our scientists is a clean source of energy and actually will slow the rate of global warming, we already have plans to equip a number of our cities with these plants which will help the entire world.