Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-39133133-20200526091034/@comment-38730394-20200526121201

ULCAN

NETHERLANDS

-Cleaning up the trenches is almost completed, life is almost back to what it was before.

-Not much happening up here. I guess economic reforms or something like that?

-Improve quality of life

-Dry up some water

BELGIUM

-IDK, build roads or something.

-Communism begins to take influence.

LUXEMBOURG

-Another day, another new library, academy, public building, or church is erected in Luxembourg.

-Luxembourg is a place for the cultured, and people from around Europe, regardless of their ethnicity or political views, are invited to a massive convention in Luxembourg City to celebrate peace in Europe, and celebrate art, music, technology, culture, and science.

-Opens their border with France

CARIBBEAN AND ATLANTIC

-Offer our protective services and ULCAN membership to Panama and Colombia. (Panch, respond)

-After the purchase of Britain's islands, we are able to easily ship stuff from the inner Caribbean out to Europe.

-In case of an invasion, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, others are militarized and fortified.

-We do not invite them to ULCAN, but offer Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Haiti are offered military equipment, training, and protection. (Panch, respond)

-Oil extraction in Venezuela, plus the construction of new railroads, roads, and airports. Boats carry oil through the Panama Canal to Asia, as well as to Europe and Africa. Oil is sold primarily to Dutch allies.

-Paramaribo continues to develop, while new safety regulations in the Amazon protect the region from deforestation. The entirety of what would become the districts of Para, Brokopondo, and Sipaliwini are declared a national preservation  park to protect the Amazon. Similar measures are enacted in Venezuela.

-Militarize in case of attack

CONGO, CAMEROON

-Quality of life improves in cities like Kinshasa, Douala, Yaoundé, Brazzaville, and Lubumbashi.

-Ask to buy Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Principe from Spain and Portugal respectively. (Panch, respond)

-Infrastructure

-Begin focusing on the military and defense of Congo.

INDEONESIA

-In order to hopefully unify the archipelago under one flag, we wish to purchase the British portion of New Guinea.

-Navy and Air Force see new technological advances

-On the less-populated islands of Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, we work on building the infrastructure while still preserving the ecosystem.

-The Sentinelese are encountered in the North and South Sentinel Islands. After an intense hand-signing battle, we are able to tell that they want to be left alone. We leave the islanders with gifts of shiny gems, metals, modern tools, and food. A patrol is stationed to circle the island, and keep intruders out to ensure their safety and follow their wishes to be left alone.

-Communism rises swiftly and Indeonesia joins the Internationale.

PHILIPPINES

-Join in the military exercises with our communist allies.

-After a government coup, anti-British sentiment in the Philippines grows. Although we are politically bound to ULCAN until 1970 (50 years after its formation under the new organization), we politically distance ourselves from other non-communist members. It’s like the emo kid in the family.

-Participate in the defense of Bolivia

TONGA-SAMOA, DUTCH PACIFIC

-Life as normal

-The city of Majuro in the Dutch Pacific becomes an important port in the Pacific as a checkpoint between Eastern Asia and Australia. The population of the city booms, and the Dutch Pacific also sees a sharp increase in tourism.

ANTARCTICA

-Ijstoren I and Merana Es II are expanded, and from there expeditions are launched inland. Minor progress is made, and plans for a South Pole voyage are made.

-Further along the coast, south of South Africa and Madagascar, two new stations are built: Ijstoren III and IV, and south of Australia is Merana Es V. With a series of smaller, unnamed weather stations and small bunkers, we cover the entire coast from 25˚West to 155˚East. Soon we will head more inland.

-The Dutch claim to Antarctica is defined as all lands south of 60˚South, East of 25˚West, and West of 155˚East.

DIPLOMACY, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE

-Albert I of Belgium personally apologizes to all people hurt by the reign of his tyrannical uncle, promising to help bring things back to where they were pre-war.

-It is discovered that Juliana, the only daughter of Queen Wilhelmina, has secretly been engaged to Leopold III prince of Belgium, which they had hidden from their families. They had fallen in love and secretly been engaged to unite the two major ruling families of ULCAN. The new house of Orange-Belgica will rule from Amsterdam after Queen Wilhelmina’s passing, and the House of Belgium will continue on in Brussels through Prince Charles of Flanders after Albert I’s passing, though it will be the House of Orange-Belgica that will lead ULCAN.

-The Draaivleugel helicopter successfully makes a flight from Bruges to Dover and back, proving its worth and successfulness. Plans are made for ones with stronger sides and defenses as it will be used in military.

-The Cornu Tormento I (winged tank) is tested out in Utrecht. It makes a successful test run, running down the runway and shooting a target before lifting off, flying around the back and shooting another target, landing and shooting the target, and then taking off again. Wing-tanks are mass-produced for the Air Force.

-European leaders are invited to a banquet and meeting in Luxembourg to work towards a greater organizational unit to enforce the international laws of war and diplomacy.

I will post details of the war later