The New World Order (Gameplay Thread)

Turn I

France


Domestic Affairs

Establish the Great War Agricultural Recovery Commission, an organization to be run out of the Agriculture Ministry. This commission will hire vagabonds, disabled veterans, and other French in need of work to help clear arable land of mines and unexploded ordnance in Eastern France.



Diplomatic Affairs

Send a Military Mission of 357 officers to the Empire of Japan for a three year contract in return for the equivalent lump sum. They will increase overall military effectiveness, perfect the officer corps training, upgrade the ability of the Japanese logistics chain, and improve upon infantry training and organization.



Approach South American nations who do not already have a French Military Mission, with the offer of a French Military Mission of the same conditions as the French Military Mission to Japan. State that payment will be in cash sums, rather than resource allocation.


Approach the Belgian government with a cooperative occupation of the Ruhr region to force Germany to pay the reparations they have defaulted on. Carry on with the operation regardless of their answer.

Declare to the world community via the League of Nations and an international broadcast that the French government has been forced to take the most extreme option to force the mongering German nation to pay the reparations they are required to pay for the devastation they caused to the French people. France has occupied the Ruhr region, as peacefully as possible, and will continue to occupy the province until the Weimar Republic begins to pay the full amount of reparations periodically as determined by the treaty of Versailles and repays what they have failed to in the past.


Colonial Affairs

To bolster the industries of French companies, the French government will hold out a contract, only to be accepted by French companies, to help supply, plan, and build larger and more advanced railways to connect the arable and mineral resource rich lands of Algeria to the coast. Another contract for the construction of six locomotives and the administration of these locomotives in Algeria will be made. To justify this to the assembly and people of France, the government will state that this will help bolster French industry and increase the natural resource output of the Algerian colony.



Economic Affairs

As the tax raises of 1922 had little effect and were unable to be completely enforced, the French Third Republic will be taking a different approach. All direct tax rates will return to December 1921 levels. Direct taxes on business and industry will take a 10% cut (Specifically if the tax rate was previously 2.2%, this cut will bring it down to 2.0%) effective March 1922 by order of Prime Minister Poincare.


Force the purchase of 51% of every major Oil Company based in France not already controlled by stock holding majority by the French government and combine them into the French National Oil Company. This will be done to better organize the efforts of the French oil industry. If great resistance or economic problems occur, then these plans will be set aside to prevent great injury to the French government and economy.



Military Affairs

Begin army reorganization, starting with the Infantry Corps of the Metropolitan Army (All forces within France proper) To ease the long, bureaucratic process of reforming unit organization and allotment of resources, only the following types of units will be reorganized, and only in the Infantry Corps of the Metropolitan Army. The French Ministry of the Army
will administer this reorganization.

Pass the Naval Construction and Refit Plan of 1923, which will follow the historical French construction and refittings of 1923.


Begin construction of a Direct Relay Communications System, with outposts on the borders of Italy, Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland. They will create a direct line telephone/telegraph communications with all military bases, military headquarters, and Paris central government. Horses will be kept at relay stations just in case lines fail or are destroyed before communication is fully sent, so that they can go to the nearest connected outpost or military base and spread word of enemy attack. These stations will be manned lightly, so as to conserve military resources.

 

Instruct six regiments of Regular Infantry and three regiments of Chasseur Infantry of the Rhineland Occupation Army to occupy the Ruhr region and ensure the industries and natural resource extraction firms reroute some of their production to pay for reparations owed to the French Third Republic by the Weimar Republic, which have defaulted. They will be ordered to try and keep the peace without too much armed conflict with the people and policing forces. They will be ordered to disarm all local garrisons and police forces, and take over policing the province on their own. If the Belgian government wishes, the French occupation forces can work with a Belgian force as well. 


Operational Affairs

None

Republica de Costa Rica, Turn 1


Military Numbers:

500 active personnel as of now


Firearms:

I suppose enough mausers along with a stash of old muskets (probably)


Artillery:

Old ball cannons most likely. Probably less than 10 or 20, possibly not even being used.

Armored Vehicles:

None

Navy:
2 motorboats (unknown type)

Economy:

Begin looking into the mineral deposits in the country and study efficient ways to exploit them. 

Internal Affairs:


Begin preparations to receive the American expatriates. (see Arroz con Pollo)

Foreign Affairs:

Accept the American expatriates
Accept the American money

Operations:

Arroz con Pollo

Development:

None

Turn 1 Happenings

In Egypt, there have been many sightings of recruiters and recruitment posters. Quite how many are wanted to serve isn’t specified, with the estimates being between a doubling and tenfold increase in the size of the army. Given the extreme nature of the goal, the military is thrown into chaos, and military spending dramatically increases as a result. Anyone who has complained about it, however, has been abducted by men babbling in Coptic and wearing trench coats, with the collars up, fedoras and dark glasses.

In the Ruhr, the French and Belgians have begun taking the reparations owed to them by the Germans, who have repeatedly defaulted on payments to date. Given the questionable value of the papiermark, the equivalent value of raw materials, what manufactured goods there were to take, and also assorted plant. Presumably, this will end once the Germans agree to continue paying their debts. There have been casualties on both sides, to date, with the Germans suffering more from it.

In Egypt, Project Bariq has been an outstanding failure.

In the United Kingdom, many railway companies have been grouped together into the ‘Big Four’: Southern, Great Western Railway, London-Midland-Scottish and London-North Eastern Railway.

Around the region of Memel, there has been a revolt, which has taken control of the region. The occupiers have stated that they wish to join the country of Lithuania, in line with their Right to Self-Determination, as stated in Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, which have provided reference for a number of goings on in recent times. As the French Administrator refused to surrender, there was a short burst of violence in which a couple of Frenchmen, a German policeman and a dozen or so Lithuanians were killed. However, they have since come to an accord. What resolution will be reached remains to be seen.

In Egypt, the first Femininst Union has been founded.

Greece has adopted the Gregorian calendar.

Vladamir Lenin has stepped down as the Chairman of the Party, on health grounds.

A New World Order - Turn 2 Moderations

Germany:

American advisors arrive in Germany to discuss … stuff. Talks are vague and largely about finding out what may and may not be talked about. Naturally, as the two of you were quite vague, the boundaries are hazy too.

The German Government protests the occupation of the Ruhr. Nobody really cares though, as the French and Belgians point to the appropriate Clause in the Versailles Treaty.

Economists assemble! They largely argue about what should or should not be included as a comparison for value, and such like. The Government Ministers often make well meaning but ignorant suggestions.

United States of America:

American advisors are sent to Germany, but France and Belgium refuse them.

As the USA never ratified the Treaty of Versailles, the suggestion is largely ignored, and even the more sympathetic elements such as the British Labour Party point out that steel is not a very high earning product, so it would likely only cause problems in the long run, whilst solving little.

Congress and the Senate wish to know why its in the interest of their financial security. It seems fine as it is, after all.

Congress doesn’t take kindly to being slapped individually or as a collective.

The last pieces of the Alaska Railroad are not yet finished, so your actions are premature, and the press ridicules you for it. They also speculate why you didn’t just wait until the next turn.

The United States does not own the SNER, but has started to finish it anyway. The shareholders look on confused, but stay quiet for now.

Whilst you boast about ALCO equipment, you are unfortunately sorely mistaken.

That is pretty meta of you, so no.

The President broadcasts once a week. Listenership is poor after the first few.

Whilst the name has been changed, nothing else has, so people are just confused.

Radical cults have been declared to be terrorists, and have been targeted by angry mobs.

Venezuela:

Other South American states protest the name, stating that they are in fact the heir to Bolivar. They then argue with each other about it.

Given the state of the economy, rather than have their shares forcibly purchased at a below market rate, most companies chose to leave Venezuela as an economy measure instead.

Again, given the state of the world economy, little and less foreign investment is obtained in the new companies. The result of this is essentially large scale Government spending. However, with nobody to say no, work begins.

The revamping of the Venezuelan State Railways has begun, at least on paper. In practice, activity has largely been orientated towards taking stock of things as they presently stand.

Thousands of tractors are bought from the United States of America, using Government money. They have been given to those farmers who have sold themselves out, or felt obliged to, and rubbed it in the face of their neighbours.

Land holding mineral reserves have been sold off to Government owned companies, which is all companies now, so it doesn’t really make a difference. media.tenor.com/images/837072ca19e3c5cebea76e2693f3100d/tenor.gif, basically. In other news, new expeditions to try and find resources, and planning for the expansion of extraction and processing of currently unexploited reserves has started.

The Church in Venezuela has been informed that they are in fact into bondage, and that it is the Government at the end of their leash. This combined with the new mandatory programme of culturalism has lead to the emmigration of a substantial number of priests, along with assorted political opponents.

The Secret Policy have been formed and have started to do what Secret Police forces tend to.

Mass Government spending on Healthcare.

As bad as things are in their own countries, Venezuela is viewed as a worse prospect.

Defence companies have been created by the Government, at least on paper.

France is paid in hard foreign currency and reserves of gold.

Egypt:

Greece is busy right now, please leave a message after the tone.

Preparations for the Sinai survey continue.

Plans for a locomotive works in Cairo have begun.

Italy:

France have not responded to the offer in question, so it remains in purgatory.

Egypt appears to have ignored the offers.

Gentile’s policies continue.

A shake up has begun at the Officer Academies. Naturally, all this change late in the academic year causes chaos.