Cold War NES

[1889]

OOC Would you mind explaining a bit about how the stats work? I see the + after some of my stuff. Do you build up so many and then you go to next level? Do you have some formula that you use to determine how much things are improved or is all just made up?

[Tassadar500]

Foolish, actually, the USSR was only one level ahead, and considering it's espionage, and also external, being brutal really stops being effective.

[foolish_icarus]

Pretty much all made up. + and - indicate the stat is about to rise or fall. The more, the closer. There is no set number to improve, because each country has a different capacity and a different requirement for level changes.

NM,

well you're a big country and you've been doing a lot of stuff. Your rating will improve with all the funding you've been giving.

[Tassadar500]

And I'd just like to say Foolish, thanks for rescuing this NES!

[Sheep]

Can you expolain to me the rules before you do the update. PM me please foolish.

[foolish_icarus]

neeeeeeeeed orders

[Tassadar500]

So I guess we aren't going to see an update until next week?

[1889]

I see orders from:

Finland--------Pave
DDR------------Micha
USA------------Nuclear Master
Egypt----------1889
Mexico---------Bipolar bear

still waiting for:

Yugoslavia----illuminatus
China----------Urban Ranger
Israel----------Kuciwalker
Poland---------metaliturtle
Cuba-----------laurentius
USSR-----------Sheep

[Sheep]

I need to place USSR NPC for 2 weeeks as I will be unable to log on.

[Tassadar500]

[1889]

Originally posted by Nuclear Master
First of all, why do you tell me to relax, if you can't tell my tone of voice? It's a problem with the internet.

Sorry man, maybe more fonts would help huh? Post edited.

[Tassadar500]

Yeah, smilies generally do make it easier though.

[foolish_icarus]

Ok sheep.

January through June 1952
Note: the last update was titled ‘June through July 1952’. It should have read ‘…1951’. The Date on this update is correct.


East Germany

The country fortifies its borders and expands its military. For some reason, volunteering for construction brigades has gone significantly up. Must be the glorious socialist work ethic of the German people in action. In any case, this helps with construction of fortifications, public buildings, and housing, which in turn allows more people to work in the new factories, machine shops, and offices of this rebounding country.

Finland

The Olympics were a big hit, perhaps the biggest in history. With the world recovering from a short but damaging war, and even more frightening, teetering on the precipice of nuclear catastrophe, the Olympics provided the outlet for much of the world’s anxiety following the resolution of the conflict. A tremendous amount of public attention from nearly all nations in the world was focused on the games, perhaps in a desire to distract themselves from their own mortality, by a bizarre refusal to acknowledge how close the world was to ending.
Not surprisingly, considering their desire to maintain their neutrality between what was very nearly a World War battleground, the Finns also built up their military a bit.


China

More of the same. China is hauling ass in the industrial and agricultural department.

USA

Treaty of Cairo signed by USSR and USA, which regulates troop presence and withdrawments in Cuba, guarantees Cuban sovereignty, turns over Guantanamo to Cuba, and establishes a DMZ.
(SECRET. USA’s spy in the Cuban Communist Party has risen up the ranks to a fairly high position. Other US spies are at various positions lower in the Party. Agents that deal with the Korean rebels fear that there may be a break in security and information may have been gleaned on the monetary link between the CIA and the rebels.)
In the US political and domestic scene, the ***t has hit the fan, been chopped up into little pungent bits, and plastered gooily all over the room, its furniture, and its outraged inhabitants. The withdrawal from Cuba has been made into a political disaster. A certain Senator Joe McCarthy and his legions of followers, greatly swelled in number after the Cuba debacle, are calling for the resignation of the President, certain leading military figures, and at least half of Congress. While not all the public is behind McCarthy completely in his hysterical accusations of Communist plots and conspiracies within the US government, many of the nation’s citizens are frightened and worried that the US seems to have faired so poorly in the business with Cuba. Less than 18 months before Cuba had been a reasonably pro-U.S. nation. Now it is communist, under Soviet influence, with American interests on the Island wiped out, and nothing to show after an expensive war. Indeed, the war seems to have set the US back in Cuba. People ask, Why?, and are worried that the USSR got the upper hand by being stronger and more resolute.

Diplo, Yugoslavia to USA : We greet our American friends. What would you like to discuss?

USSR

USA and USSR have agreed to freeze nuclear stockpile amounts. The Politburo has rallied behind the Leader after the success in Cuba, and of course in state propaganda the success was magnified tenfold, so the well-indoctrinated proles of the USSR can bask in the glory of the unstoppable march of Communism.

Egypt

Egypt begins construction on what will be a monumental dam for flood control and electricity generation, the Farouk King Dam. Thousands of people will be directly employed in the construction of the dam and tens of thousands indirectly over the next few years. Egypt has sent 50 students from all over the country on scholarship to the U.S. to attain the skills necessary to operate the dam. First step: Finding funding, which is proceeding apace.
A number of jobs have been created in the Sudan, through a variety of government-funded construction projects.
Egypt is pleased to announce to her people that they now have a much more professional spy agency. If you want to know more about how the secret police is doing, call (144) 6543 and ask for Ted, Abdul, or X in the Secret Police Public Relations, Complaints, and Requests Dept. Operators are standing by.
Trade agreement with Mexico.
Large groups of officials and citizens are asking for a convention to establish a Constitution and a parliamentary form of government. Sudan has joined these requests and is also asking for their own autonomous regional legislative assembly.


Mexico

Trade agreement with Egypt. Furthermore, Mexico lifts her embargo against the US. And guess what?! Militarization, on a not-insignificant scale! Hmmm, what could this mean? For border security, ostensibly. Efforts are underway to screen all people leaving or entering Mexico, which is presenting some difficulties considering the thousands of miles of porous land and sea borders that Mexico has.
Oooooh, Martial Law. Hardly unsurprising, considering Mexico’s Soviet aspirations. Local governments are putting up quite a bit of fuss over this. To the point where it appears some regions are basically rebelling, since they are ignoring the central govt’s orders.
Cheech Marin has quite a bit of a problem on his hands, as the economy has been crippled by the embargo and now the conscription and forced labor relocation. The power of the Federal government is rapidly dwindling in Mexico.

Cuba

Ah, pieces. Err, peace. Four armies occupy Cuba, and only one of them is Cuban, and the weakest one at that. Soviet, Finnish, and Egyptian regiments all are camped out in former war zones, now that the US has withdrawn. Some Cubans are not happy at this turn, but most support the presence of these foreign armies, because they are all well-behaved, offer a sort of guarantee against a repeat of the American invasion, and perhaps most importantly, pay generously for the myriad supplies that any army 10 thousand miles away from home needs. Despite the devastation on the island, most Cubans are not suffering as many hardships as they might have. Pretty much all can find work, and tens of thousands of former farmers have moved into the towns springing up beside the army barracks. Tremendous numbers of freight ships ply the Cuban coastal water, importing goods and materials paid for in large part by revenues derived from business with the army. Rebuilding is going quickly.

Other News

Scattered reports are coming in from Korea that there seems to be some kind of factional fighting between either rebels or a rival power group against the National government. Little is known, but it has gotten quite violent, with assassination, purges, and intense fighting in several cities.

[foolish_icarus]

and the ideology map

blue for pro-western. Brown-red is Soviet bloc, pinkish are independent communist countries, and orange are colonies of pro-western nations.

[Micha]

Wow, what a huge update!
Thanks, foolish!