Well essentially I just pulled my influence out of Thailand. I've decided to isolate it so that it doesn't become a big deal, and can act as a buffer state.

No, no, no. I've already said that the RFA received a grant from India. You can't just go controlling task forces from countries that you don't control. For all intents and purposes I control the RFA. You don't control the government / police force of Thailand.

 

If you control RFA, then stop saying it's a private organization you have no control over whenever someone (read: Retech) challenges you on it.

 

Japan accepts Australia's hand of friendship, and encourages a peaceful dialogue. It sends Australia a bonsai garden which resembles a cowbow, with the inscrition "Real Cowbows are only found in Australia."

 

Japan also offers a team of scientists and 10 billion dollars. Meanwhile, Thai officials allow the protest/convention thing to continue, as it isn't blocking major roads, which is illegal. They even stop by with a small force of armed police to protect them from pro-Japanese supporters.

10 billion dollars is a huge amount...

 

Switzerland is highly upset by the comments and drives further into isolationism. Numerous American ISPs were hacked in subsequent weeks, leading to a small fall in the value of Gold to $950 per ounce.

How would the hacking of Internet Service Providers drop the value of gold?

 

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The SR sets up its own S-Net server in Romania, not wanting Switzerland to have sole control over the world-network (meaning Arch can just shut it down or use it to cause mass chaos on a whim). Check and balance.

 

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The SR lifts all existing embargoes on other countries.

 

The SR has concluded a 5 year deal with Japan for 820 tonnes of gold for $15b USD and aid and $5b to go to South Africa to improve living conditions and stability in the region.

 

8,000 aid workers as well as 400 Slavic Republic soldiers have been sent to South Africa, and will help with building of roads, public housing, and water piping.

 

4,000 Slavic Republic soldiers have also landed in Palestine, to cheering crowds of Palestineans. 2,000 are being deployed along the Israel-Palestine border and a message has been sent to Israel demanding it stop its aggression against the Palestinean people. 500 SR troops are training the Palestinean army from the ground up, so that it doesn't need to rely on a militant group like Hamas to provide the people's sole protection. 1500 SR troops are currently fighting against Hamas militants across the state.

 

The SR asks for the assistance of other UN countries in this edeavour.

Well Archi doesn't control it, its some other guy, and its connected through satellites, I dont think he would, plus we have the other internet too

Well I do have a surplus of basically 90 billion yearly, so I can afford to pay a 10 billion lump sum. It's also sorta an apology for Indonesia.

Dusty, everyone has equal input into S-Net so I am happy with that arrangement. (Also 1 server probably won't do a massive amount, so could you have a couple of server farms?)

 

Value of gold would drop if the American Dollar lost substance, as would happen if you took Ebay, Amazon and the like offline. Since S-Net is still less than perfect due to the nature of the satalites used disabling ISPs would have a knock on effect on these services.

 

Added to that(from a game mechanic point of view) the value of Gold should drop down a bit now that the recession is over, since people are not as worried about currency becoming useless suddenly(How gold would be more useful is beyond me, but thats the way the cookie crumbles.)

The FBI is investigating a man that has allegedly set up a site involving necro and bestiality pornography.

 

Arkansas has repealed its law that states that a husband can bring his wife before the state capitol and beat her with his stick.

S-net is caught between moral sensiblities and free internet access...more tee-shirts are sold.

Is that an interesting fact that we needed to know? :)

 

Japan proposes a method for the United States to repay its national debt, if it's willing to listen.

It was you wasn't it Sere.

 

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Yes server farms or whatever. I just don't want a centrialized S-Net system as it's too easy to tamper with.

Nah, its cool Dusty, I would be doing the same thing.

Nah, its cool Dusty, I would be doing the same thing.

 

Necro and bestiality pornography?

 

The British government is investigating a situation in Wales in which a college student made an illegal pornography site.

Ok everyone mark this day. Something momentous has happened.

 

Me and Arch agree on something!

 

Slavic Republic

Currency: Slavic Leu (SL)

Gold Tonnes (Reserve): 1350.5

USD Reserve: 15,735,290,000

NOK: 15,000,000,000

Necrophilia and Bestiality seems to be on a disturbing rise.

 

It has been dubbed 'The Crowley Syndrome".

 

(10 points if you get the reference)

Hehe Luke, the student, emigates to Switzerland(I wouldn't be in Wales or a Student in 2013 so minor continuality flaw there...) being a close personal friend of King Archi. Also I am not into pornography and searching for someone who wasn't into beastality in Wales would be easier

Said student accidentally steps on a mustard gas mine while entering Switzerland. The Swiss laugh because he wasn't Swiss and they're xenophobic.

I dont know your guys past... I can't be in fear.

 

Anyway.

 

The centralized TFTA building (its like how the UN has a building, but as this is a trade association its going to be more like a stock market mixed with politics) is going rather well, it should be completed by 2014

Dusty...I know we just agreed on something, and its nice to know you think that I have a lot of stamina....but I don't think I could walk across England, swim across the English Channel and then walk across France...I would probably just get a flight there.

Japanese officials propose a brilliant plan to earn the US 200 Billion dollars a year to go towards reducing the deficit, which should eliminate the deficit in 50 years.

Dusty...I know we just agreed on something, and its nice to know you think that I have a lot of stamina....but I don't think I could walk across England, swim across the English Channel and then walk across France...I would probably just get a flight there.

 

Luke was arrested for sedition upon entering Switzerland.

Dusty...I know we just agreed on something, and its nice to know you think that I have a lot of stamina....but I don't think I could walk across England, swim across the English Channel and then walk across France...I would probably just get a flight there.

I have plenty of stamina.

 

ZING

 

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Talks have been started with the FYROM and Croatia. Hungary has joined the SR.

 

Japanese officials propose a brilliant plan to earn the US 200 Billion dollars a year to go towards reducing the deficit, which should eliminate the deficit in 50 years.

Which is...?

being a close personal friend of King Archi

 

Luke is released.

being a close personal friend of King Archi

 

Luke is released.

 

And then promptly lynch mobbed by a bunch of Swiss nationals for not being Swiss.

Fortunately the sedition facility is not in the middle of a town center, so there isn't a large number of Swiss nationals immediately surrounding him. He is sent a car by King Archi and is set up as a permentant resident in Zurich, the city desigated as most tolerant.

 

This could actually be rather useful....Two reasons, one is secret and the other is:

Luke reveals a 2 year old document detailing everything that the rest of the world will do...(Joke, that would be seriously game breaking)

This could actually be rather useful....Two reasons, one is secret and the other is:

Luke reveals a 2 year old document detailing everything that the rest of the world will do...(Joke, that would be seriously game breaking)

I think you mean secretly reveals. It's an important distinction within the Hegemony.

 

@ Dusty - Whatever. I'll just say they're a private organization that is heavily influenced by the government.

Well you're using it as a club to smack Retech with, and then when he says stop you say "I can't control the club, it hits whoever it wants to!". Then you get mad at Retech using police to respond to a demonstartion. Glaring double-standard.

The American debt is like a couple of trillion... It increases, and to stop it increasing I dont know what they'd have to stop, but I guess its something vital