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Thanks Orson, the region has been pretty active lately. Imperial Qantas would be welcome to fly to Lucija, where it would likely be one of the larger foreign airlines. Lucijans are fond of traveling to Orson, especially during the cold Russian winters, and places like India and Indonesia are very popular destinations.
It's worth noting that Wagondia already has an extremely lenient refugee policy, so those genuinely fleeing persecution will have no trouble entering the country and receiving government assistance. Even Orsonians traveling for tourism or leisure can receive a visa on arrival, as their exposure to Wagain culture and customs is seen as beneficial toward peace and mutual understanding. Implementing harsh border controls would serve only to penalize innocent individuals and potentially trap them within the regime. The Orsonian Empire also doesn't share any land borders with the Timmian Confederation, which would make it very difficult for most refugees to travel there. Perhaps higher-class defectors could pick and choose, but I imagine for most people fleeing violence, it's really a question of where you can walk to.
Now there are some exceptions, like Poland,Belarus, the Baltic States,Switzerland,Ukraine,South Korea, New Caledonia, Antarctica, Svalbard, Christmas Island, Qatar, UAE, Israel, Vanuatu, and Fiji who will continue to adhere to the old policy or don’t want to strain their resources.
All other places are following the new policy.
But…. Qantas could also have have a separate codeshare,inter airline, and partnership agreement with Emirates.
Yes, that would be perfectly possible. Wagain airlines would never risk entering Orsonian airspace, however, which would make any cooperative scheme with PDC untenable. The Orsonian government has a terrible record of respecting international law and national sovereignty, and we wouldn’t put it past them to shoot down a civilian aircraft, bug or tamper with equipment, or intimidate and kidnap crew or passengers.
Excellent! Lucijan tourist dollars would certainly be appreciated and they would be welcome in Orsonians. Lucija is also a popular travel destination to beat the heat, with St. Petersburg seeing large amounts of tourists regularly.
Good points, Novo. Although, it is far more difficult to get into Wagondia than in the past. The sea routes between the Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea are extensively patrolled by the Imperial Navy and Coast Guard, who regularly stop dozens of boats trying to make their way out of Orson; certain areas are even mined, posing a further risked. The borders of Angola and Equitorial Guinea have massive defenses and are manned by tens of thousands of troops. For tourists trying to enter Wagondia legally, they have to participate in an arduous "interrogation" by MOSS agents, questioning them on their exact intentions in Wagondia and their allegiance to the Empire; they can be denied a flight out at any time, for any reason. These restrictions generally don't apply to the Timmian Confederation thanks to good relations and economic deals; for example, and Orsonian could hop onto a plane and go to France or Korea with little trouble.
Emirates could still be apart of the alliance and have those agreements. Austrian Air is part of Star Alliance and has a codeshare agreement with Iran Air, the state owned airline of Iran.
Ah, yes.
I’ve actually been thinking lately about what the physical border between Wagondia and the Orsonian Empire would look like. At least on our side, there wouldn’t really be any wall aside from a warning track and border markings. Given the comparatively small size of the Wagain defense force in Angola, Equatorial Guinea, and Goa, manpower would be more efficiently used through defense in depth tactics, meant to lure Orsonian invaders into choke points and difficult, more fortified terrain. I don’t see why the Orsonians would need to invest in heavy fortifications either, given that, even in the event of war, it would be highly unlikely for Wagondia to take the aggressive initiative in Africa or India. Our war fighting doctrine would be to bitterly defend until reinforcements can arrive; advancing into Orsonian territory would be unthinkable until the very late stages of the war, when the whole front would be collapsing. The resources which would be expended on a Wagain border wall would likely be much better spent on the Mamaran or Malian border.
The fortifications and soldiers are not meant to keep the Wagains out- they're meant to keep the Orsonians in. The goal of the Aturorists is to enforce the Mandate to the fullest, based on how they believe Emperor Duros Akara intended, and this is apart of their strategy. It is like the Berlin Wall, with large portions of the fortifications bearing a striking resemblance to the Wall.
Cybus1 and Novo Wagondia
German South West Africa:
Namibia is one of the two Cybusian holdings in Africa, and is also known as German South West Africa, Cybusian South West Africa, or simply Namibia.
History:
Following contact with the greater Cybusian Empire in 1945 and the concession of Germany and several former German colonial possessions to the Empire, Cybusian forces and representatives arrived in Namibia. The transfer in power was largely peaceful, although there were a few incidents of armed resistance that Evolved eliminated. The capital is still in Windhoek, but Windhoek has undergone significant changes. The capital was rapidly modernized, the German colonial architecture remaining alongside Cybusian-style Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles, and Imperial technology rapidly making the capital one of (rivaled only by other Cybusian cities) the most advanced cities in Africa. Imperial military bases were established across the nation, and irrigation and minor terraforming made the land more productive. Ports were enlarged and airports created, and soon there was traffic between Namibia and Wagondia (both long range trade with continental Wagondia and shorter voyages to and from neighboring Angola), Cybusian Germany, and German East Africa. The Kosarek family eagerly invested in such infrastructure improvements, and they also helped fund the creation of hospitals and clinics. In the late 1960s, Hector D’Anconia purchased rights to a massive number of mines and mineral rich areas throughout the region and either began operations or modernized existing mining operations.
Major cities:
Windhoek is the capital and largest city in Namibia, and is home to approximately 1 million citizens, as well as Windhoek International Airport, which accommodates aircraft, airships, and spacefaring vessels. The city is a mix of colonial German architecture, interwar architecture and the typical gleaming Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architecture associated with the Empire, and is home to the territorial government.
Walvis Bay is the largest port in the nation, and is home to a large port for commercial imports and exports as well as several docks for Imperial ocean liners and cruise vessels. Walvis Bay is also home to an international airport with facilities for conventional aircraft, airships, and spacefaring vessels. Walvis Bay has the largest Mercerist congregations in the territory, thanks to pre-WW1 efforts by missionaries which were later resumed. The city is also home to several Ryan Arms factories and RobCo facilities.
Swakopmund is the third largest city, and has had its harbor deepened somewhat to make room for ocean liners to dock there, attracting more tourists to the beach resort and the nearby resort community of Langstrad.
Economy:
Mining is one of the largest industries in Namibia; the region has a great many diamond, copper, gold, zinc, lead, tin, tungsten and magnesium deposits, as well as smaller deposits of iron and granite. There are considerable uranium deposits as well, but extraction operations from them are limited in number and closely monitored by the Imperial government. Some is used for the creation of decorative uranium glass in the Bohemian glass industry, while the rest is exported to Timmian or Wagain firms for enrichment and use as nuclear power plant fuel. There are also some oil and gas deposits off the coast. D’Anconia Mining owns approximately 40% of the mines in Namibia, and is a major employer. Stoneheart Industries owns an additional 30%, while the remaining 30% are operated by local or international firms.
Agriculture is another large sector; thanks to irrigation and digging of canals, there are very very few droughts and agriculture is far more stable. There are several wineries, coffee plantations, and cattle or Ormann are raised throughout the region. Subsistence agriculture has become easier due to the increased accessibility and reliability of water, and those farmers who can afford one will sometimes purchase a robot like a Mr. Handy to assist in farm and house work.
Fishing is another major industry, mostly for export.
Industry has greatly expanded, there are several RobCo and Ryan Arms factories, as well as a few Stoneheart factories. In addition, there are numerous refineries to process and refine materials extracted from mines, as well as coffee packaging facilities.
Eco-tourism is something growing in popularity, while conventional tourism remains strong, Cybusians enjoying a trip to an exotic colony like Namibia, often visiting both Namibia and neighboring Wagain Angola. Ocean liners and airships regularly travel between Namibia and destinations in Wagondia, Timmy City, Cybusian Germany and Czechia, and German East Africa.
A small analysis of one of my two African colonies.
Even though it isn't necessary, I'm going to be making slow changes to my "Businesses" factbook outside of the visual change from a few days ago. I will be updating the descriptions of specific companies (or maybe all of them if it comes down to it), starting with Carrington Industries since I've already changed the image used to represent it. The previous image was too small, so I decided to replace it with something better, which is how I came across a larger image from a different site that showed the logo from another perspective. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to fit quite right and so I thought about looking for a screenshot from the Xbox port of Perfect Dark, eventually stumbling across an interesting picture but the logo wasn't showing up how I wanted it to (where you could see the "CI" more clearly). Because of this, I ultimately decided to go into my own copy of the game in order to get a screenshot that I could potentially use...Although it's not as large as the previous image, I ended up sticking with it for my factbook. Anyway, here's all of the images in question (and in order):
https://rankings.the-elite.net/images/stages-big/35.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/R9MMU.jpg
https://i1.wp.com/waytoomany.games/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/perfect5.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1
https://i.imgur.com/JueiBSo.jpg
Good lord I finally have internet back guys!! It's been out for weeks and I swear to god...I hate AT&T...I see I have missed A LOT...my god I am so sorry for the sudden absence guys...I didn't disappear intentionally.
For some reason AT&T decided to change policies on our family plan giving us less services for more money, and when we tried to change contracts, they tried disputing us with some weird contractual clause and that stopped Lossed us and they turned off our phones and internet for the last few weeks...and we finally just switched over to a new plan and got our stuff turned back on...that was...certainly an interesting ordeal...
So! I see that Fel won the Olympic poll, so congrats man! Apologies Novo. I JUST saw your TGs and really am sorry I couldn't join up earlier due to this dang thing with AT&T. I'll send more via a TG in case you were interested!
And did I miss anything these last few weeks? I apologize once again for my sudden and abrupt absence, but AT&T shut us off suddenly and took quite a bit to finally get back online...again really sorry guys lol.
Your internet was out for weeks? Damn, that had to have been horrible, since the Internet is necessary to do anything at all nowadays. Outrageous on AT&T part- those massive telecom conglomerates have to be the most evil corporations in existence, with the worst customer service as well. It honestly sounds like they are doing something illegal and trying to screw you over. I would suggest filing a complaint with the FCC- I've read stories online about similar situations to this where people have an issue with billing or service, and the company is punished by the government over it (as they regularly pull these kinds of practices, hoping their customers won't notice).
It's good that you were able to get it sorted out, though- welcome back! Several events have taken place- notably the Olympics is starting, me and Oceara roleplayed an international incident taking place in 1994, and the Orsonians launched a massive cyberattack in Buenos Aires. There were also some land deals- Cybus now owns the former colonies of the German Empire and shares a land border with Orson. The Federalists also reached a deal with the Cybusians to station troops in their territory. Beyond this, there's been numerous lore posts from several people in the region, and parts of the canon have changed significantly (notably Cybus's ancient history, as he now has a post out explaining the old days of the Cybusian Empire).
For real man, it was ridiculous. I don't know the exact wording of the "new" contract that they tried sending us, but basically like you just said, they basically tried reducing some of our services and tried charging even more for it all (misc. Charges, extra payment, etc) and what was worse...when we tried changing contracts, they used a hidden clause that most customers don't know about! Basically stop lossing us for several weeks and stopping us from switching to another company. The only reason they pulled back was cause my cousin (Ironically a partner in a big Houston law firm and specializes in contracts) helped us out and threatened them with severe legal actions, so AT&T backed off and we switched over to another plan. And believe me when I say that we already filed complaints to everyone we can think of...I just hope what you said was right and it does something.
Cause like it you said, it was ridiculous going without the internet for weeks...it was kinda nice I suppose? Spent time with family and just doing non online stuff for awhile...but I'm glad to have it back! It is great to be back man!
And dang...I really did miss a lot! I'm currently talking to Novo about the Olympics, so I can find out more. But wouldn't the Olympic games be interrupted by WW3 or no? And I was rereading some of those posts and you all did amazing jobs! The cyber attack, the 94 incident and the various land deals and history canon changes are awesome! Very nice work you guys!!
Hopefully now that this whole mess is behind me and my family now, I can get back into RPing here and continue my ever life long quest to purge Orsonians from this damned EOA Earth!!
Just kidding (or am i?...) I'm honestly really excited to get back into RPing with all yall and can't wait to see what I can add to all the stuff you guys have been producing so far!
Novo Wagondia
Would Wagain and Orsonian forces reclaim and improve fortifications dating to the 1940s in the region to use some of the work already done from soldiers fighting in WW2 in the more modern post-war defense systems? Might add some interesting flavor to the region in the 2020s to see soldiers manning modified defensive positions originally established by Soldiers fighting in the Second World War. Given that some Orsonian Soldiers in 2020 would be WW2 Veterans (I recall you saying there were some Orsonian WW1 Veterans hanging around in 2020), they might even end up returning to one of their old fox holes turned into a reinforced bunker.
The West African and Marmaran forces might actually get a bit of a morale boost (or at least a brief moment of reprieve) from hearing about the Olympics as a brief distraction from the realities of the front lines during moments of quiet in between attacks and counter-attacks and bombardments and counter-bombardments. More so if some of their teams win. But It seems to be likely being held in Formosa which is Neutral and given the international nature of the event it may be more trouble than it's worth for the Orsonians to try and intercept West African or Marmaran athletes from getting to the games.
Thanks!
We’d be happy to have Deutsche Luft-Wagondien establish an Atlantic Clipper route! More airships are always good!
That is very well said indeed Oceara! I can see the games being a very important event to help get everyone's minds off the on going war, even if only for a bit. This would give both military and civilian a chance to boost some morale and distract them a bit from the devastating war. And that is a very good point. With it being held In the neutral Formosa, with all major international powers in attendance, it would be a bad move for Orsonian forces to attempt some sort of offensive against Mailian or Mamaran athletes during the events.
I'm glad to be back man! I'm especially more excited to be back and just in time for the 2021 Olympics and multiple RPs going on! And you said it man...telecommunication companies are always looking to make cut backs and scam their customers left and right....honestly is a headache, but what can you do I guess. Main thing is it's all handled good now!
Cybus1
Oh and before I forget, I just wanted to say congrats on receiving your bachelor's degree man! I know you worked hard for it! And good luck with pursuing your Masters next! You're gonna do great with it!
Aww, thanks Andrew!
Glad to see you back! Sorry about your internet; that SUCKS!
We had issues with Comcast here, it'd go down all the time and be really slow. They eventually broke our contract by raising prices when the particular contracted amount was set in stone already, allowing us to swap ISPs to Centurylink without a cancellation fee since legally they could not extract the fee because -they- broke the contract, not us.
Since this is a Comcast-dominant area, our Centurylink is doing alright since they actually have to try to compete and get customers.
OOC: Sorry for the big post coming up! Skip to the TLDR if you want the essentials :)
Prior to the beginning of the Olympics in June, I'd like to invite each of you to nominate up to five 'specialty sports' which your nation has a particular cultural or historical attachment to. These could be sports which originated in your nation, enjoy considerable domestic popularity, fit nicely within your canon, or simply appeal to you personally. For an American example, perennial favorites might include basketball or baseball, in which the US team typically performs very well, or outright dominates.
The actual scoring mechanic is somewhat complicated, and varies from sport to sport, though the central function remains the same. To boil it down to its essentials, I'll try and walk through the process.
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1. Distributed between the 37 Olympic sports are 361 more specific events (think of something like cycling as a sport, and men's road race cycling as an event). Each day of the three-week Olympic runtime will feature an average of around 15 single-event medal rounds, in which a gold, medal, and bronze medal are awarded. Given the practical challenges of scoring each round by hand, the entire event will be ran at once, including earlier elimination rounds and third-place contests where applicable, for a nicely-packaged final outcome.
2. Once I've decided to score a particular event, I'll search the most recent available world rankings for that event. For most individual sports, I'll narrow that down to 8-12 total athletes will be represented in the final, with no more than three coming from one EOA nation. So, for example, if the top six road race cyclists in the world are all Timmian, and the seventh is Cybusian, then the seventh-ranked cyclist will be promoted to fourth-place, and so on so forth. The object here is to try and provide balanced global coverage, while still accounting for the advantage some athletes have in sports popular within their countries. At the end of this process, we arrive at an event power ranking, which will preview some of the 'favorites' heading into the medal round. Ideally, I would like to share the power rankings with you the day before, so you have a chance to root for a homegrown prospect, but no promises. ;)
3. Now that I have a list of athletes ranked 1 through 12, I have to superimpose it upon a real event at a past tournament, in order to provide each athlete a specific time, distance, or point total, depending on the event. Each ranking will be tied directly to its equivalent place in the Olympic event. Luckily, Wikipedia has exhaustive records of the Rio 2016 games, which would be roughly comparable to Kaohsiung in arena specifications and difficulty level. The trick of the whole business is to then apply a random number generator, which I typically weigh as plus or minus the difference between 1st and 5th place. In road race cycling, that's a margin of only +/- 22 seconds applied to every mark, so you can expect there to be a good bit of shuffling around. This is why power rankings aren't necessarily a lock on the final result — a higher-ranked athlete will be pegged to a better time value, but they can also get unlucky and draw a bad modifier. Simply put, being the best gives you more of a buffer, whereas mid- and low-ranked athletes are increasingly reliant on luck (but still very much have a chance to advance into the medal table). After all of this is done, we arrive at the same list of 12 cyclists, except that they're re-shuffled into a final results table. By the end of the day, every event will have its initial power ranking, final results, and gold-, silver-, and bronze-winning athletes posted to the Olympic factbook. Each medal will also be added to a combined scoreboard which tracks the national medal count and which of you is currently in the lead.
To get back to the original point, nominating up to five specialty sports will allow your athletes to a gain a considerable advantage in the usually random selection of a modifier. If you had nominated cycling as one of your national specialties, a number of changes would be made. First, your athletes would be guaranteed a spot in the top-five of the event power ranking, and thus a top-five time before the modifier is applied. Even if they are ranked 200th in the world IRL, they will be treated as the best of the best. Second, the modifier which they receive can never be harmful, and can be up to 2x as beneficial. Because cyclists compete for the fastest finishing time, they actually want a negative score modifier, so instead of rolling the dice within a range of +/- 22 seconds, your cyclists would have a modifier anywhere between 0 and -44 seconds. For reference, that would theoretically be enough for 9th place to rise all the way to 1st in the final results. If they are already on top of the rankings, it has the potential to insure their victory against bad luck, and if they're further behind, it can be a powerful slingshot to the medal podium.
TLDR: All final Olympic medals are awarded based partially on RL power rankings and partially on randomized score modifiers to create a final, fairer result. You will receive a major bonus to your score modifier in all sports that you nominate as a national 'specialty'.
If you would like to nominate specialty sports of your own, please declare them in the following form so they're easy to find later on. You will not be penalized for skipping this process, but I highly encourage you all to participate.
I formally nominate the following sports as national specialties of _____, in which our glorious athletes can be expected to perform at the pinnacle of human achievement.
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For a comprehensive list of all 37 summer olympic sports which will be featured in Kaohsiung, refer to the table linked below (keep in mind that rugby sevens is not included as an Olympic sport in EOA canon, and that motorcycle racing and polo are included). Highly related events (such as baseball and softball or freestyle and greco-roman wrestling) are color-coded and will be counted as one sport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_sports#Current_and_discontinued_summer_program
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