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[b]Owen Wilson[/b]
[img]http://www.celebrityzu.com/images/owen-wilson51.jpg[/img]
[i]Irish Crops[/i] is going to possibly be the bigest single farming corporation in the British Isles and eventually Europe. The British Isles compiles of four sovereign nations. The Union of Island Nations, The Kingdom of Ireland, the Kingdom of England, and Scotland. While these countries are fearful of war returning, the Island's economy is trying to make expand with the little resources we have.
Owen Wilson, CEO of Island Crops, stated that he plans to continue to conquer the croplands of the Island and [b][i]hopefully[/i][/b] move into Ireland as well and get a foothold. Well today is the day that Mr. Wilson declared that we are going to the homeland to, "Grow us some crops!"
In Ireland Owen hopes to focus heavily on Irish Potatoes and wheat. With wheat being what is mainly grown on the Island, Irish Potatoes and cheap prices will surely be a big hit. Here is more from Owen Wilson himself.
"We have the farmland, we have the seeds, and we have the workforce. I have personally spoken to someone in the Irish government myself and I can now conform that we will not have any taxes on our exports from Ireland back to the Island or around the rest of the world. Thank God for the Irish, how good can these guys get? The equipment to plant and harvest is currently being acquired so that, when Spring comes along we can we can get started.
[img]http://www.insideireland.ie/uploads/image/Agri-Biz/grasslandsceal.jpg[/img]
(A picture of a fraction of the land that will be farmed in the Spring in Ireland)
"Today is a historic day" declared UIN President David, "we have made a treaty with the Irish on political terms and now they show us that they are just as friendly on economical terms. The day Ireland breaks this treaty will be the saddest day in UIN history. [i]Island Crops[/i] is going to be the biggest company that is headquartered in the UIN. God knows how much they will help us. God bless the Irish and God bless the Union of Island Nations."
Owen Wilson said that he hopes to see many companies like [i]Island Crops[/i] form and go global. This is a small step for the Island, but a large step for our Union's history. -
[center][font="Times New Roman"][i][b][size="7"]The UIN Times[/size][/b][/i][/font][/center]
Since the founding of the Union, farming has become a big buisness on the island. Just because the island has several different economies, politicians, and ideas does not mean that they can not farm together. In the south, wheat is becoming huge. Several large corporations are springing up and they are all locally owned. In the UIN, wheat itself is a $3,000,000 a year money maker! Most of the wheat is used within the island itself but some of it is also exported to Ireland. Second to wheat, Irish potatoes are also dominating the farmland. "This Spring" says President David of the UIN, "will be one of the biggest planting periods in the Island's history. With so many different buisness now starting up, it will only be a matter of time before a few big businesses buy out the other smaller ones. What does this mean for us? In the long run it means our food will be safe but we might have to pay a little more for our wheat products.
[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4892397486_c4b9b76db7_z.jpg[/img]
(Isle of Man wheat farm in the south of the Island)
All of the companies are trying to buy land from the UIN, the local republics, and people themselves to see who get the biggest farm, make the most profit, and run the others out of buisness. However, one company is looking on a regional scale of not just the island, but maybe Ireland as well. "The Irish are lucky" says CEO Owen Wilson of [i]Island Crops[/i], "they have so much land to grow crops! We have a island smaller then London to grow crops. They have a island that is beautiful and perfect for growing potatoes and wheat in some places. We need to get our feet dirty here first but I plan to hopefully purchase some land in Ireland and start planting crops. Imagine what this could bring not only to our buisness, the Irish economy, or our economy but imagine what we could do on the global scale. Maybe we could get the world to actually look at our little island and say we actually accomplished something on a global scale. Maybe if the government of Ireland doesn't tax us to much or at all we could really kick it off."
[img] http://archivodigital.photospin.com/content/photos/full/149_2560173.jpg[/img]
(Irish farmland)
We asked Owen why he wanted to go into Ireland and get a foothold there. Besides the land we wanted to know if anything politically was influencing him.
"Well, besides the land, it is also good for buisness to say that we started out in Ireland and the Island here. But overall they seem like they are going to be a reliable ally that will really stay loyal to the UIN. Next we could go to Great Britain and try getting into Scotland and England. I really want to make this work and I hope this company is one day growing wheat in places as far as North America and Australia."
Because of the UIN treaty with Ireland, no violence shall occur between the two nations and they will both defend each other if one were to be invaded or harmed in any way. Now this is not a economic treaty but the treaty does mention that neither nation will do anything to harm the other economically either so it is sure that the Irish won't make the taxes on exporting wheat in Ireland a 300% tariff. Hopefully our government can try to work out some type of deal with the Irish so that we can easily start growing things and expanding our economy on a major scale.
All we know that the Island has entered a [i]Farming Era[/i]. -
Union of Island Nations-PresidentDavid
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"We thank Monaco for their vow of protection and promise the same."
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Back from the homeland haaa. So I am unlocking myself
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Howdy. I am going to Ireland over Thanksgiving and maybe a day or two after, so I guess I'll lock the good old UIN.
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"Sure! That's perfectly fine. Heck buy a summer home if you want, you are probably one of the most respected people on the Island friend." David chuckled and put the document in his bullet proof suitcase to go make copies.
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The King sat in the back and wrote down the name of the logging companies while David and Robert signed. David shook the Count's hand, "It has been a pleasure doing buisness."
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Robert and the King looked over at David and David thought for a moment. "I aprove. I think you have a clean enough hand writing... Could we just sign this? And as far as the logging goes, I would love to be recommended to some of your private companies!"
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That's why I wrote the rest of that post.
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[center][b][size="7"]The Treaty of Douglas[/size][/b]
[size="5"][b]Contents[/b][/size]
[b]I Recognition of Sovereignty
II Economic Peace
III Non-Aggression and Mutual Defense[/b][/center]
[size="6"][center][b]I
Recognition of Sovereignty[/b][/center][/size]
Both parties will agree to recognizing each others sovereignty or land and sea. This does not require either nation to verbally back either nation if they were to make a radical claim, although it is recommended to stand by your ally.
[size="6"][center][b]II
Economic Peace[/b][/center][/size]
Both nations are allowed to have tariffs on foreign goods to each other unless this treaty is later altered or a new one arises. Both nations agree to never take part in a sanction of a certain product from either nation unless it:
-Poses a threat to National Security of said nation
-is a safety hazard to said nation's people
-or is illegal in said nation
[size="6"][center][b]III
Non-Aggression and Mutual Defense[/b][/center][/size]
Both nations agree that they will not offensively attack the other under any circumstances without formally ending this treaty in advance. Along with article one, neither nation will forcefully station troops on either nation's soil or waters without the others permission. Neither nation will give support to enemies of the other in any form which includes intelligence.
In the event of an offensive action taken against the other nation, both nations agree that they would first ask permission then immediately declare war and break all treaties with the other nation. If one nation would have weapons of mass destruction used against the other, permission would not be needed and immediate retaliation would be understandable and permitted.
Signed,
[size="4"]Union of Island Nations[/size]
President David
Vice President Robert
[size="4"]Monaco[/size]
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II
Sovereign Prince of Monaco -
The following budget is totally public information to it's people, therefor it is also public to the world. This budget was the first and original budget of the Island. It is a piece of history but is not the current budget of the island.
[size="7"][b]UIN BUDGET $3,000,000,000[/b][/size]
[size="5"][b]Defense $650,000,000[/b][/size]
Savings $360,800,000
*Pay Roll $39,200,000
Basic Needs $100,000,000
Maintenance $150,000,000
[size="5"][b](1,023)Government Workers $600,000,000[/b][/size]
Savings $559,080,000
**Payroll $40,920,000
[size="5"][b]Infrastructure Maintenance $550,000,000[/b][/size]
Savings $200,000,000
Maintenance $350,000,000
[size="5"][b]Foreign Affairs Funding $600,000,000[/b][/size]
Savings $100,000,000
Maintenance $50,000,000
Special Operations $450,000,000
[size="5"][b]Research $600,000,000[/b][/size]
Savings $75,000,000
Environmental $100,000,000
Human and Disease $125,000,000
Military $175,000,000
Exploration $125,000,000
[b]*11,784 soldiers exist. Only 784 are on active duty but are not in war. If all 11,784 men were active, the actual pay role would be $589,200,000
**Government workers are currently limited to plumbers and technicians[/b]
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[b]The following tax information is not public[/b]
[size="7"][b]UIN TAX REVENUE [/b][/size]
[size="5"][b]Income Taxes[/b][/size]
[b]Population – 80,310
Minors - 46,953
Employed – 33,357[/b]
[b]$0-$60,000[/b]
Taxable Adults16,678
$166,780,000
[b]$60,001-$250,000[/b]
Taxable Adults 8,000
$453,328,000
[b]$250,001-***[/b]
Taxable Adults 8,678
$1,440,113,774
[size="5"][b]TOTAL:$2,060,221,774[/b][/size]
[size="5"][b]Additional Taxes[/b][/size]
Imports 7% $803,682,690
Businesses 15% (Small) $556,003,532
Businesses 23% (Large) $1,056,398,850
Goods Tax 15% (Not Essential Items) $2,657,274
[b][size="5"]TOTAL $1,615,059,476[/size][/b]
[b][size="6"]TOTAL REVENUE
$3,675,281,250[/size][/b]
[size="7"][b]UIN TREASURY[/b][/size]
[size="7"][b]$675,281,250[/b][/size] -
[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1290546293' post='2521421']
Yes, +10 for 1500+ tech ceiling and 20+ for 3000+ tech ceiling would be a good idea.
Also how about bringing the 500- tech level to tech level of 2000 instead of the 1990? That means weapons systems used until 9/11 and '91 gulf war could be used by the hitherto cold war tech level nations. The modern nations ie 500-1500 tech level could be defined by weapons that were used since 2001 particularly the weapons used in Afghan War and Iraq war V2.0 .
If we are raising tech era for higher tech surely the lower tech brackets ought to be raised too, right?
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I agree 100%. -
Well I'm a new nation. I was aggravated at first because I kept on coming upon people telling me to, "Just claim a piece of Antarctica and RP a nation there." From a lot of the past RP's in the older pages that I have read, many South Pole nations do not seem to be very active, and those that are, are barely even talked about or recognized around the world. On top of that... The mainland of Antarctica is ice... Natural resources include coal and penguin flesh.....
So what I decided to do was get a small island and RP a bunch of nations weakly united by a weak central government. I planed to, and still am, going to RP wars between these member states of a union. That is how I got the Isle of Man. The advantages were I got to be by one of my favorite nations on the planet, Ireland, and I got to have my little island. The disadvantage is that I was founded a few days after a nuclear war which could restart at any moment...
I would much rather have the risk of having my nation destroyed by a nuclear weapon then having my nation in the south pole and the biggest risk being the power goes out and the heaters no longer working. No offense to Antarctic nations, because a lot of you are very cool from what I've read, but from what many of you on IRC know, I desperately spent two days trying to find a small fragment of land that wasn't frozen.
As far as the inactivity goes, the simplest option would be to form a collation of nations around the world that would be willing to invade these large inactive nations. Since they post only once every 24 days, then it would be easy to conquer them when they don't reply.
Of course, I am sure many of you like these big nations out of character so this simply wouldn't be an option, even if they are being unknowingly selfish and keeping land just for the sake of saying they have it.
I am sure we are all trying to think of a way to make this work but unfortunately the only way to make this work, without keeping the "don't post within 25 days and your out", would be to have a lot of regulation and confusing procedures to prove that you are active.....
Unless we do something like this...
Hold an OOC election for three RPers to fill. These three people will have a page where complaints can be listed of people being inactive. These three people will decide if this nation is cheating the system and being "barely active" for the heck of it or if they are active and are just having problems at the time being.
Now this could be taken advantage of, that is why you would need some form of written rules to dictate how they can find someone guilty. For example, they must have been inactive for at least 24 days and then posted one sentence showing that they are most likely going to do the same thing next month. Once this happens, the three elected people will discuss for 24 hours if they think this person should be innocent or guilty. If they are found guilty, this does not mean they will be kicked from the RP. They can have a lighter sentence such as having to give up 30% of their land. If they are found guilty a second or third time they can be declared inactive and kicked from the RP and have their land white spaced.
As you can see, this is very complex and will require active people to operate, but this is the only way I can see this working. Do I think this should be implicated? Well, it is bad because it makes a new RPer say, "Hm... Do I really have this much time on my hands?" but it also ensures active people. An alternative would to be to have this only temporarily until say... New Years night. It would be like the great flood, all the unwanted people would be destroyed and then everything would be clean. Maybe for 175 days things would be good, and then once things started to go bad again, elections could be held for these positions again.
I am not saying this should be implemented, I am just trying to give yall some way to see how hard this will be to accomplish. We can't just snap our fingers and the problem will be fixed, it will take an elaborate plan with more than one person. But I do agree this is a problem and we do need to solve it.
One last problem I think should be brought up is claiming former nations. It seems a little silly to me how a nation falls and someone says, "20,000 peace troops were sent from my capital to their nation to keep order and make local governments... No one else go here because it is our protectorate now." That seems ridiculous. If the United States would collapse and the British would try to make law and order in New England you would have people rioting in the streets and killing British officials because it would be seen as the British trying to invade the former United States, even though they might have been trying for help. I think protectorates should be land that a nation [i]owns[/i] and decides to live without. So they make a piece of their own land as a protectorate. But if a nation falls it should just be a white no-mans land unless someone is willing to send in troops and RP all the unrest and anarchy and how they set up a regional government, maybe even get someone that hates them to rp a terrorist group that is trying to stop the regional governments from getting set up (Example: the Taliban in Afghanistan).
I came to this conclusion just from reading older posts that were made a few months ago. Maybe some committee should be formed or something to help make decisions like this so it's not just everyone shouting. Luckily, we are all are being civilized right now.
I hope I didn't get any of yall mad, but that is pretty much my opinion lol. -
David cracked his knuckles then sat forward. "Well there are a few things we would like in the treaty. Obviously non-aggression, even though I know that you have no desire or resent for a little rock smaller than London.
Also of what we want obvious recognition that the UIN is sovereign. Now as for defense..." David looked over to Robert who jumped in, "As for defense I- we believe that we should make a mutual defense pact between our two nations. Just as simple as that.
Also, I have a sort of buisness proposition for our nations... Don't get me wrong, the UIN is not communist or socialist; although some of our member states may think more that way, the UIN government is capitalist. But we would like to provide a basic government utility to our people... Firewood. You being from the grand island yourself, you should know that Ireland has more cold days then hot. Heat is essential to pleasure, comfort, and in many cases life. Our government has a very tight budget of..." Robert looked over at David for approval to give at the amount of money, "$3,675,281,250 per year. We are still working out our budget but we plan to pump $3,000,000,000 a year into our budget program and save approximately $675,000,000 per year to put in our treasury.
We have our agency set up to provide the wood to every household in the UIN. This is where you come in... We need lumber... Here is our economical plan in a nutshell."
[quote][size="6"]Lumber[/size]
[i][size="5"]Ireland[/size][/i]
Ireland Will Sell a 1.5ft block of wood to the UIN government for: 75¢
The UIN government will “Tax” this wood 50% and then sell it to it's people for $1.10 per log. We plan to sell 15 logs to each home for 275 of the coldest days of the year.
16,678 groups will receive 15 logs per day for 275 days a year. This equals out to 68,796,750 logs a year.
If Ireland sell's individual logs of wood for us for 75¢ a log, then Ireland will make get $51,597,562.50 a year.
We plan to keep it cheep so that even the poorest of families can stay warm in the winter. 98% of UIN homes are still traditionally wood heated in the winter.[/quote]
The King smiled at his beautiful plan that he designed himself and watched the Count read it over. David took a sip from his glass of water, "So what do you think of our ideas? I hope neither was to radical of course." -
[b]Four Leaders[/b]
David couldn't have been happier then when the limo came to pick them up. The ride was only a few minutes and the king enjoyed pointing out historical parts of the city to the Count. Once the four leaders arrived at the palace the king proudly got out first, "Gentlemen, welcome to my palace." The king backed up to show one of the most beautifully decorated buildings in all of the island. Outside was the same excited crowd yelling and screaming for joy. The palace, which was actually a castle, had many flags hanging off of it and green, white, and orange confetti fell to the ground while the crowd roared. Once the men made it inside the crowd turned their attention back to the band that was playing on a stage outside of the castle. Once inside, the men were brought to a meeting room. Everyone sat down except for David.
The young president waited until the other leaders were seated to sit himself, trying to be polite. "Now gentlemen, we are all here for the sake of peace." David looked at Gerard, "Have you anything written up yet good sir?" -
The Union of Island Nations is interested and is sending a spokesman.
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[b]King John - The Count[/b]
The king enjoyed his talks with the count. The man seemed to know his history pretty well and wasn't an idiot.
John checked his Blackberry phone and gave the directions to the driver. "I'm not exactly sure where the vice president told us to go... We are on the casual side of town." The limo stopped in front of a "Subway" fast food chain and the driver opened the back door. "Here sir." John stepped out and looked at the restaurant, "Did we run out of gas?" John saw Robert stuffing his face with a five dollar foot long while David was drinking a Coke. "I apologize for my leader's choice of... talking." John scratched his head then walked inside.
[b]The Executive Branch[/b]
After having gotten their food, Robert dug into his sandwich. David rolled his eyes, "I can't believe you got one of those sandwiches. Not even worth five dollars." Robert shrugged while a pickle got stuck on his chin, "I got the cashiers number. I think it was worth it." David took another sip of his coke and then saw the time. "Do you realize what time it is!" he stood up and straightened his tie. Robert stayed relaxed, "Don't worry boss, I already have it covered. I told them to come here." David sat down and face palmed his forehead, "Your fired." Robert swallowed the last bit of the Italian foot long, "Look it'll be fine. We're the only ones in here and I'm sure no one is going to realize who we are."
David just silently sat there and kept taking sips of his coke.
[b]Big J. and Lenard[/b]
"For the last time I would never marry a brunette." Big J. laughed at Lenard, "I saw you looking at Lisha last night." Lenard laughed, "At least my standards for a woman isn't a pulse." Big J. swerved the car and Lenard hit his head on the window, "Oops... Do you feel like subway?" Lenard shrugged so Big J. turned in and parked. Once inside Big J. ordered five a couple of sandwiches and Lenard just got a coke. Lenard turned around and saw two men sitting in a corner but didn't pay any attention to them. They took a seat in a far corner.
[b]Everyone[/b]
The king lead the count inside. David stood up, "Good afternoon your highness." the king smiled, "Good afternoon Mr. President. I would like to introduce you to my new friend." David gave a brief look around, "I normally take responsibility when things go wrong but to be perfectly honest this was Robert's fault. I apologize this was our meeting point, it should have been right in the middle of Green Square." Robert scratched his head and looked at his iPhone, "The limo bringing us to the royal palace should be here in ten minutes." David looked at Robert's iPhone and gave him a confused look, "Remind me to talk to you about that. Now back to you." David looked at the Count, "I am sure we can all stay here for a few minutes... Nothing a few gentlemen can't handle..."
David sat back in the booth, "So Mr. Gerard, I hope the king has shown you good of our country. I understand your king sent you to represent him?" -
[b]Big J. And Lenard[/b]
Lenard watched while the two high ranking officials shook hands. Big J., standing next to him, lowered his half of the broken binoculars and said, "I believe you owe me ten dollars." Lenard laughed, "All the times that I bought us both lunch and you forgot to pay me back? I'll just take the ten dollars off your tab." Big J. sighed and felt his belly, "I'm getting kinda hungry... Do you think we could go eat somewhere? Our job was to make sure the plane landed... Mission accomplished." Lenard lowered his broken binocular, "Eh sure."
[b]The Executive Branch[/b]
"I still can't believe you dragged me into a Subway. What if someone sees us? What if King John brings him here!" David started to raise his voice but Robert pushed him hard so he would stop talking. They went up to the counter and a woman said, "How can I help you gentlemen today?"
[b]King John - The Count[/b]
The King smiled, "I believe we shall go." King John lead the way out of the building, threw the crowd, and into a limo with minni Irish and Ceticania flags mounted on the front of the limo. The King took a seat and was followed by the Count himself. "So tell me about Ireland. Tell me about your people. Tell me about your economy. Please I want to know everything!" the King sat back with a smile and wielded his pin with a notepad. -
[b]New Dublin (Big J. and Lenard)[/b]
Big J. sat in his chair and had his arms crossed while Lenard looked out through his binoculars at the airplane landing, "This is amazing. This is history right here in the making." Big J. started to get jealous so he plumped himself up and walked over, snatching the binoculars from Lenard, "Let me see...." Lenard tolerated it for about half a minute then snatched them back, "Ten bucks says the King screws everything up." Big J. shook his head, "Hopefully president David will come because God knows what our king will do." Lenard continued to stair at the men now coming out of the craft while Big. J squinted his eyes and tried filming the hole thing with his black berry. People in warm winter clothes were outside waving Irish flags and screaming for joy as the Irish representative came out. The fireworks continued in the evening sky. This celebration was the equivalent to soldiers coming home from, probably ten times greater.
"Wow those must be $70 flags. Great there is the king..." Big J. pushed Lenard and grabbed the binoculars, "K my turn." Lenard threw his hat at Big J. and tried grabbing the binoculars. They each pulled for them until they broke in half. They looked at each other and shrugged. Each closed one eye and looked through their single piece binoculars like a telescope.
[b]The Executive Branch[/b]
"David I am starving..." David face palmed his forehead, "You are going to meet one of the most important people to our people on the planet and your thinking about food?" Robert patted his stomach, "I'm sure our guest might be a little hungry too..." David shook his head, "You can wait for this evening's dinner. I hope the king hasn't doomed us yet." Robert then mumbled under his breath while he fiddled his thumbs, "We should have met him at the airport." David sighed and checked his black berry for new messages which he didn't have any of.
[b]The King, The Count, and [s]The Wardrobe[/s] The Airport [/b]
Gerard and his men walked threw the glass doors of the small building. The King and the Count were face to face. The King kept a straight face, not showing any emotion but looking Count Gerard right in the eyes. On the right of the King was a glass wall that could withstand a 18-wheeler impact and thousands of Irish UINs were watching in silence. Even the fire works ceased. The King stared for a few more minutes and then bowed to the Count. Once he got back upright he held out his hand, "Permission to shake the hand of a brother." The crowd roared and the fireworks presumed. Flags were fluttering in the air as the people waved them in the streets. It was unorganized at first but a chant began to arise, "GOD BLESS THE IRISH. GOD BLESS THE IRISH. GOD BLESS THE IRISH." the king chuckled and said, "Welcome to the Kingdom of Ceticania and the Union of Island Nations. My president and his second in command currently resides in green square downtown. Unless you have an objections I would be honored to accompany you there." -
[center][img]http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3481/unionofislandrepublicsc.png[/img][/center]
(Red is the city limits)
[b]New Dublin[/b]
Lenard, the skinnier man, slowly got up and coughed a little, "I say that one was a tie." Big J. caught his breath, "Agreed....." he took a couple of breaths and sat down on his dark green chair. Lenard started walking away, "I'm going to the can. Be right back." Big J. put his feet up on the control board of the room and looked at the view of the ocean and then the airport to his left. Then he heard a unfamiliar voice, "This is Eire 2 requesting permission to land in New Dublin on a diplomatic mission from the Kingdom of Ireland. Please advise as to where you'd like us to land." Big J. looked behind to make sure Lenard wasn't there and grabbed the mike. He clicked it and said, "This is uh Big J. at New Dublin air. You can land.. uh now. Permission granted." once the man thanked Big J. he then asked, "Hey uh can I talk to one of the diplomats or someth-" Big J. fell backwards because Lenard pushed over his chair, "Sorry about that, he is in training. Irish diplomats you have permission to land on strip alpha. Over and out."
Big J. rolled around for a few moments and then he finally got up, "That's not fair!" he tried to grab the mike but Lenard showed Big J. that he had his Black berry phone, "I guess it's also unfair that I sent another email to the President? Lenard 2 - Big J. 1-" Big J. tackled Lenard.
[b]The Executive Branch[/b]
Robert rolled his eyes while David took a sip of his ginger ale, "What's wrong?" Robert scratched his head and then said, "Do you think the King is going to ask for the rest of New Dublin while we are there? Just because half of it is in Island Republic doesn't mean we don't let the people go to the downtown area in Citicania. Sure they have to pay a $5 toll to cross the land border but-" David shook his head, "He does bring that up every time...... I am sure we can talk to him in private."
The locomotive hissed out steam as it came to a stop in New Dublin. David chugged the rest of his "whiskey" and stepped down with Roger to the platform. The engineer stopped them both, "Hey wait! Mr. uh.. Presidents! Can we take a picture? My kids are guna love this." Roger shrugged so they got in position. The man put his camera on the edge of a support beam and set it for five seconds. The engineer proudly wielded the AK-47 while David and his friend crossed their arms to take a professional picture. "Thank you very much Mr. Presidents. I will see you in a day or two." he tipped his hat cowboy style and then boarded the locomotive to move it to a nearby train yard.
The two executives walked off the platform and a few armed men followed them while they made their way to green square where they then sat at a bench. "Roger if we stay close like this every time we meet a diplomat people are going to assume things..." Roger awkwardly scooted away, "Yes about me considering I'm not married yet." David received another email saying that the diplomats just landed.
[b]The Airport[/b]
Thousands of Irish, UIN, and Cetecanian flags were placed along the runway that the plain of the Irish was to land on for the Irish to see. Thousands of people cheered as they saw the plane approaching the runway. Fireworks flew into the air, not in the direction of the plane or airport but in visible sight off the coast of the island, and all that could be seen was not the beautiful evening stares but the equally beautiful colors of orange, green, and white. There were more people with Irish flags then there were people with UIN flags not for political reasons but for culture ones. It was beautiful. Not one soul was protesting or making a fit. Large speakers set up by the government began playing the [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TezgCpPuys"]UIN theme[/url] which was made by an Irishman who used Irish musicians and music types to make it. The sight was beautiful. The King himself began to cry when he heard the music playing but sucked it up as the cameras arrived. The King was waiting inside the air conditioned building that the Irish were planed to walk into once they landed so he could greet them.
The King turned to his right and saw a fat and skinny man fighting over a pair of binoculars in the control tower but lost interest of the men when he heard the wheels of the small craft scratch the surface of the strip. -
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[b]The Executive Branch[/b]
"Mr. President, the train is ready. Are you prepared to depart?" David stood up and brushed off the sleeves of his $1,600 suit, "Yes Roger. And I heard the flags were set up?" Roger walked outside of the train station and onto the platform; the president followed. A old steam-powered locomotive blew it's whistle, waiting to be boarded by it's precious cargo, "All aboard!" Roger yelled. David gave a chuckle and the two most powerful men on the island walked into the train. They both had entered the first car so David decided to go meet the engineer in the front. He almost fell over on his way because of the jolt of the train but kept making his way. When he opened the car door he carefully walked the 'clanks' to get to the engineer who had a A-k47 on his seat encase anyone wanted to cause trouble.
The engineer closed the coal shaft and almost fell backwards when he saw the president. He raised his hand to his forehead and saluted the president, "At ease! I just wanted to thank you for driving us today!!" the engineer nodded and shook the president's hand. On the man's wrist was a four leaf clover tattooed with rich black ink. After the handshake the engineer helped the president back into the first car where Roger was eagerly waiting. "Dang partner!!! I thought I was the president now. Don't do that again, I'm not prepared yet." David laughed, "I love how you said 'yet'. Planning on my demise are you?" Roger then sarcastically replied, "Yes. The coup starts tomorrow!" the two men laughed and continued the conversation as the old locomotive made it's way from the capital of the UIN to the capital of Ceticania, New Dublin.
After a few minutes of speaking David brought up Ireland, "Do you know if his plane landed yet? I'm dieing to meet him." Roger shrugged and said, "I know he is on his way. New Ireland is going to rejoice for decades because of this as long as everything goes to planning." David chuckled and took a sip of his ginger ale to give the appearance he was drinking whiskey, "The King told me that, 'I am having my Ceticania have so many flags and fireworks it will look like the end of the world!' so I am sure the foreigners will be impressed. Look at me, I am calling the leaders of Ireland foreigners when I was born in Ireland myself." Roger shook his head and laughed, "You never cease to amaze me Mr. President." David punched his old friend, "You too Mr. Vice President."
[b]New Dublin[/b]
Two guards of the president were fighting over a blackberry phone, "I'm sending the email!" "No me!" "You got to shake his hand before now hand it over!" the men struggled for five minutes until the husky one fell on the ground and the lighter man started running and yelling out the words he was typing, "Mr. President! I am happy to tell you that the Irish government is on their way now! Please send a message when you are a few minutes out of the city! HA!" the man smiled and turned around only to see a 285 pound guard jumping on top of him. The husky man got the black berry from his friend and clicked a button. ".........Ha I sent it." -
[center][size="7"]Ceticania[/size][/center]
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Capital: New Dublin
Ceticania is mostly made up of Irish immigrants. Ceticania, North Alainn, and the Republic of Alainn all use to be one state named "New Ireland". Alainn eventually separated and then Alainn separated into the Republic of Alainn and North Alainn. There are still many unionists in these states that want them to be one again. The exact reason why they split apart isn't understood; but there was definitely some backroom things that went on.
[b]Government: Absolute Monarchy[/b]
[b]Leader: King[/b]
The King has total power over the state of Caticania. His name is John McNeil.
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Economy: Capitalist[/b] -
[center][size="7"]Island Republic [/size][/center]
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The Island Republic is the biggest and most technologically advanced.
The Island Republic is run and ministered by the UIN government.
[b]Military: Very Strong[/b]
Advanced weapons, aircraft, and equipment compared to the other states
Island Crops
in Fantasy RP (IC)
Posted · Edited by PresidentDavid
[quote name='Vedran' timestamp='1291088138' post='2526249']
"Having one company practically dominate a certain market, and especially an entire sector of the economy, results in a monopoly. It doesn't allow any competition to thrive. They effectively control everything in that sector. If the UIN government cares about the economic health of its nation, it'll nip this in the bud and break up Island Crops, and seek to curtail anti-competitive practices in the future. It's a sad thing to see such a young nation already afflicted with problems like this. But if they keep letting this happen, especially if they start letting foreigners do it, well, in 30 or 40 years they're gonna turn into another Honduras, and that's not gonna be a pretty sight." - excerpt from a talk show, [i]Money Watch[/i], operated by a privately owned media corporation in Arctica
"The Union of Arctica congratulates UIN in making this first step towards prosperity." - Foreign Ministry
If Island Crops was looking for international markets, it might try its hand in Arctica. If it found the mainland regulations too strict, it might consider the joint territory of Transvaal-Arctica, which has loose regulations, on both economic and social matters.
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[b](Island Farms)[/b]Because our government has a free market system, any company can get as large as it wants. Also, according to the UIN Constitution the UIN government may not ever destroy or dismantle a corporation, company, or buisness that is privately owned.
As far as foreign owners go, Owen Wilson was born on the Island in the state of "Island Republic" like many other buisness owners.
"The UIN is a capitalist and free market society" said Owen, "we aren't heavily regulated and the taxes are low. Things are looking good right now. Besides, just because we are the largest corporation does not mean other, beneficial ones, does not exist. There are many companies, although smaller yet growing, that are growing all kinds of fruits and vegetables. Right now, Island Crops is just making it's profit off mostly wheat and potatoes. Unless we genetically alter humans, I think some other farmers are going to have to help us out with feeding the UIN."
[b](UIN Government)[/b] "We would like to assure every nation that we are pro-capitalist and pro-free market."
[quote name='Californian' timestamp='1291089296' post='2526258']
"Having one company practically dominate a certain market, and especially an entire sector of the economy, results in prosperity. It doesn't allow any back door dealings or thieving businessmen to thrive. They effectively distribute everything in that sector. If the UIN government cares about the economic health of its nation, it'll nurture this in the bud and support Island Crops, and seek to ensure anti-capitalist practices in the future. It's a great thing to see such a young nation already blessed with fortunes like this. And if they keep letting this happen, especially if they start lettomg foreigners do it, well, in 30 or 40 years they're gonna turn into another China, and that's gonna be a pretty sight." - excerpt from a talk show, Nibbles, operated by a privately owned media corporation in Monaco
"Monaco congratulates UIN in making this first step towards prosperity." - Foreign Ministry
If Island Crops was looking for international markets, it might try its hand in Monaco. If it found the mainland regulations too strict, it might consider New Monaco, which has loose regulations, on both economic and social matters.
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[b](Island Crops Private To Monaco and New Monaco)[/b] "Ah we did not forget about our government's other ally. Because it is winter, this is a perfect time to find suitable land to plant in the Spring. I will have my scientists look into which lands are suitable for growing crops. We still have a lot of money left over so I'm sure we will move to our parent nation next. After all, it is the least a citizen as I can do to show some gratitude for granting my nation independence!"
[b](UIN Government)[/b] We are happy our parent nation approves of us.
[quote name='Zoot Zoot' timestamp='1291111266' post='2526457']
The Kingdom of England is no longer an entity, we are simply England.
England wishes the best of luck to the UIN in this endeavor. Hopefilly it will grow into something prosperous. Forgive the pun.
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(UIN Government)[/b] "Thank you England for your best wishes. We hope you prosper as well."