Zacharias

Always great to see new alliances come around. Congratulations and good luck!

Democratic State of Romania It was five days ago today when Romania became an independent state. Since that day, not much has been heard from the new state. Even the citizens of the DSR have been kept in the dark of what it's interim President has been doing. The citizens have started to become restless. They want to know what's going on, and rightfully so. They want to see progress, change for the better, and at this point, as far as they know, there has been none. This news has reached Viorel Stanislav, the interim President. Fearing the possibility of protests, riots, or worse, he schedules a press conference later in the day. The conference is scheduled to take place in a gymnasium, within the capital of Bucharest. Viorel Stanislav is scheduled to take to the podium in less than five minutes. Reporters from the largest news networks in the nation, down to the smallest town's newspaper, have crowded near the stage. Citizens from all around the capital, and it's surrounding areas, have also filed into the already packed gym, hoping to hear some words from the President. President Stanislav walks across the stage to the podium. The gymnasium becomes a near dead-silence. The President looks slightly nervous, but at the same time proud, and excited. He clears his throat, and begins his speech. "My fellow Romanians. First and foremost, I would like to apologize. When I was appointed Interim President, despite my position not being permanent, I took an oath to serve you all equally, fairly, and honestly. Truthfully, I have not been honest with you, I have not told you anything of what myself, and others, have been doing for our nation. I have an excuse for my dishonesty, however. The past five days has been very hectic, emotionally draining, and stressful, but at the same time exciting, happy, and pleasant. Myself, along with community leaders, military commanders, union leaders, and several others have been debating, creating, and "cementing" the foundation of our nation. We have gotten quite a bit accomplished in our few days together. I am here, today, to tell you what we have accomplished thus far. "As our name states, we are a Democracy. Everyone, from the poorest person to the richest, deserves a voice in our country. No one is excluded, despite ethnicity, wealth prominence, etc. However, to be as efficient as democratically possible, we are what is considered an "Indirect Democracy", which means, you, the people of this great nation, elect people from your peers to voice your interests in government. In total, the amount of representatives up the people will be 200 men or women of any ethnic or religious background. Their administrative building will be in this city, Bucharest. The building which will house them has not been specified yet. Each representative is granted two year terms, with not term limit. To be eligible to be a Representative, the person must be atleast twenty years of age. No amount of education or wealth is required. At this point, for a "Bill" to pass, a 50% majority vote is required. As for an amendment, 75%. "The President is chosen directly by the people. To be eligible, one most be atleast thirty years of age. The President is granted a five year term, with four possible terms. Again, no amount of education or wealth is required. The President has the right to appoint "advisers" to help him make decisions. These people can be from all walks of life; not being involved in politics does not mean you cannot be appointed to an adviser. If you happen to be chosen as an adviser, you have the right to refuse. "We, as a nation, allow "Political Parties", and there is no limit on the amount of political parties there can be, and the government has no right to say which political parties are accepted and which ones cannot exist. The government cannot fund any political party. There is also no requirement to join a political party to be involved in politics. "We aren't an autocratic government. We allow all basic human freedoms [Speech, religion, assembly, etc.]. The government has no right to take any freedoms away from it's citizens, unless you, the people of Romania, approve such measures. "Now, as you have just heard, the foundations of our government has been cemented. Although there is still much to discuss, we cannot put off not having a permanent government institution in place. We cannot focus on a single issue anymore. Issues, such as literacy, healthcare, proper housing, and several others have become apparent Therefore, I have scheduled elections to be taken place on Friday of this week. Yes, I apologize for the short notice. However, I would like to see change as much as you do, especially for the better. There is no way for change to happen quickly for us if I continually make all of the decisions. "For now, I must leave you with the information I have given you. I wish I could give you more, but this is all I have. For now, I bid you farewell, and I look forward to serve you again, as the permanent President of Romania. Thank you all for attending, and have a great night."

That is disgusting and pathetic. Really, so much this

I was recently given permission by Centurius to claim the area of Romania. Officially, the country is known as the Democratic State of Romania, but for space purposes the name Romania or even DSR would be great. I'd like to have the color Yellow for Romania, if it is not a problem. Thank you, in advance.

The Democratic State of Romania It's a beautiful day in the city of Bucharest. The sun is shinning, there's a slight breeze in the air, Romanians from all corners of the region gather in the capital for the planned festivities. People are playing games, swimming, having cookouts, even just spending the day with friends and family. Even with all of the happiness and excitement, the people of Romania are still quite anxious to hear the words they previously thought was just a dream. Dusk begins to settle over Bucharest. The people who remain in the town square are eager to hear the interim President, Viorel Stanislav, as will as everyone who is watching or listening to this event over radios and televisions. After a few short thank-you speeches are given out by several city officials, the President makes his way to the balcony of building, close to were the festivites are being held. "My fellow brothers and sisters, this is truly an amazing day. After all this time, our dreams of self government have come true. From this point onwards, we will have our own government, our own state. From now, to forever, we will be officially known as the Democratic State of Romania. [More information about the Democratic State of Romania will be posted in the coming days]

"No Apparent Reason Boner" according to Urban Dictionary.com

Whatever the cause of this temporary disbandment (or whatever it is), may your return be quick and painless.

He was a god among men. He graced this world for about a year and touched our very souls....

This guy reminds me of Winner... [spoiler]As strange as this seems to sound, i, minister of military and defence of the SDU, am officially declaring war on the IAFG. Today at 3:02 PM, ericcarlosn, co-founder of the original IAFG, seceded from the SDU. I personally have taken a strong anti-secession stance. The IAFG, containg only 2 nations, should be a easy target to destroy. We have ordered all troops that can be, to be mobilized to attack members of the IAFG. People to attack: ericcarlson of Ingria: http://www.cybernati...897 (Currently in peace mode) bloods of Igous: http://www.cybernati...ation_ID=510910 (17 days inactive) We fought for the future, destroyed the invaders, And brought to our homeland the laurels of fame. Our glory will live in the memory of nations And all generations will honour her name. Forever Live the SDU! Soldiers of the World, Unite! [/spoiler]

Operation Safe-House Overview: The goal of this operation is to gain control of the Gomel province. By doing so, it will decrease the chance of encirclement significantly. Also, it will give the Belarusian Liberation Front a border with Ukraine and Russia. If an arms deal can be established with Russia and/or Ukraine, it will guarantee the weapons and ammo get to the soldiers safely. It will also grant partial control over two rivers, which will allow relatively quick and safe transport of supplies to soldiers on the front, if the operation is successful. Regime Forces: Scouts have reported about 12,750 regime soldiers operating in the area. The scouts have not sighted any armor. However, there is believed to be anywhere from 70 - 135 BMP-2's, 33 - 55 T-72's, and 8 T-80's in reserves throughout the area. It is unknown if Igor's regime has any form of Artillery in the area. Belarusian Liberation Front Forces: The BLF has approximately 14,000 combat ready soldiers. At this point, the BLF doesn't have any soldiers trained in the use of military armor or infantry fighting vehicles, and therefore will only use them as a last resort. The BLF has gained control of 15 D-20 artillery pieces after they gained control of the city of Gomel. Operation Start Time: September 5th, 2:00 am. Details: The 1st BLF Brigade (consisting of 5,000 soldiers, and 7 D-20 Artillery pieces) and the 3rd BLF Brigade (consisting of 1,000 soldiers and 1 D-20 Artillery piece) , will assault the not-yet-constructed armor base on the outskirts of Mazyr, then move into the city itself. Scout reports have led us to believe the majority of regime forces in the province are in and around the city of Mazyr (~ 7,000 soldiers), so victory there is crucial. The 2nd BLF Brigade (Consisting of 5,000 soldiers and 6 D-20 Artillery pieces), will attack the city of Zholbin. The city itself has been turned into one big warehouse, stuffed to the brim with medical and food supplies. Since the city of Gomel fell to the BLF, supplies have been shipped out, but a substantial amount remains. Controlling the city equals control of all of those supplies, an opportunity that can't be passed up. Regime forces total about 4,500 soldiers. The 4th BLF Brigade (consisting of 1,500 soldiers and one D-20 Artillery piece), will travel along the Dnieper River, finding and eliminating Regime forces, until they reach the province of Magileu. Once they reach the province, they will dig in. The 5th BLF Brigade (consisting of 1,500 soldiers and one D-20 Artillery piece) will travel along the Prypyats' river, finding and eliminating Regime forces, until they reach the province of Brest. Once they get there, they will dig in. Chances of Success: High. Artillery strikes on concentrated areas of Regime forces, added with the time of day, will cause heavy losses within the first minutes of fighting. Survivors will be thrown into disarray, and will be easy pickings for the regular ground forces.

[OOC: This post, along with the majority of posts in this topic in the future, will be told from the view of the Belarusian Liberation Front. If that changes, I will make sure it is known before the majority of the post has started.[/OOC] It is now September 4th. The city of Homel is firmly under the control of the Belarusian Liberation Front. The obvious goal of the BLF is to completely get rid of Igor and his corrupt regime. The problem is, what is the fastest and safest way to achieve said goal? To help him answer this question, Zacharias has employed the help of a few experts from across Europe. Karl Klein: An ex-German army commander, he has become the foremost military expert in Europe. He routinely is contracted out by governments around the globe to find weak points in enemy positions and the best way to cut enemy supply lines. Klein is also contracted out by nations' intelligence agencies, mainly to find likely targets of terrorist organizations and enemy combatants. Karl Klein accepts Zacharias' offer to become the BLF's military and intelligence adviser for the remainder of the war. Casimir Kujawaski: Considered to be one of the greatest Foreign Affair experts in the world and a Polish Diplomat for over 20 years, he is regularly employed as a consultant to businesses across Europe and America, who wish to start ties with foreign companies and/or nations. He has a hatred for Igor Litvinchuck (it is unknown at this point where this hatred came from), so he agreed to help the BLF without question. To help keep the citizens living under the BLF happy and willing to enlist, Zacharias has employed the help of a propaganda expert, who wishes to remain anonymous. An ex-Spetnaz squad leader, who prefers to be known by his nick name, "The Bear", has agreed to train the BLF's military units. Although very little is known about "The Bear", it has been thought by some members of the Belarusian Liberation Front that Russia allowed his employment to the BLF to keep Belarus loyal to Russia, as they may believe Igor will drift towards the West, mostly financially, if he is victorious. After a few days of opinions and scenarios from the hired experts, and soldiers from the BLF, Zacharias has formulated the first plan to help win the war: Operation Safe-House

Igumen and WarriorSoul hit the nail on the head. Though I believe military action was unnecessary, what you were doing is widely considered "ghosting". You were on their alliance affiliation or more than a few days, without applying for membership. Nobody will look down on IRON for doing this. My advice to you is to wait until your wars expire, then go to another alliance and apply for membership.

If Eminem was Latino or black, he wouldn't of blew up like he did. Plus of the the attention he got from his legal battles and the negative publicity he got from his lyrics helped as well. I really love it when people say Eminem is good because of his "clever wordplay" or his "lyricism". Anyone can use metaphors, similes, alliteration, and all of the other types of literary devices. Practically every rapper uses those devices, hell, any person that has written a song uses those types of things. I'll give him credit in his free-styling skills, not anyone can do that, but anyone with a middle school education can use metaphors, similes, etc. Like Believland mentioned, he has been doing the same !@#$ for the past 15 years. His biggest change had to be with Relapse and other album after that (the name escapes me a the moment). Simply existing doesn't make him a legend. You can't say he rose to fame simply because of his lyrics. Like I said before, all of his legal battles really put his out there as well. Plus, having well respected members of the rap community saying you're good (Dre and Snoop come to mind), people are going to listen. Honestly, I would consider Insane Clown Posse more of a legend than Eminem, mostly because they rose to the top on their own. They weren't "Discovered" like Eminem was. They fought to were they are now, Eminem was placed pretty damn near the top. That's why I place Eminem in the same boat as Justin Beiber.

The Year is 2018. Following the death of the previous President, Alexander Lukashenko, the first election without the former President has taken place. There were two candidates in this election, Igor Litvinchuck and Lyubov Navitski. Igor Litvinchuck was appointed to General of the Belarusian armed forces in 2014, and is well respected throughout the military. Many older citizens like him as well, mainly for his vague promises of reviving the hope of Belarus becoming a military and financial superpower in Eastern Europe. Igor has planned to privatize nearly all of the Belarusian economy in an attempt to revive the stagnate, in some areas declining, economy. Also, he has promised to implement a flat tax and to place corporate taxes (once the majority of the manufacturing industry have become privatized) to less than 5% (depending on the industry). Not surprisingly, the wealthiest of the Belorussians have pledged their support to Igor Litvinchuck, and several western businessmen have already announced plans to create headquarters and business sectors in Belarus following the victory of Igor. Lyubov Navitski is widely considered (both in Belarus and abroad) a dark horse. Very little is known about his past, but he has won over the hearts of the young people of Belarus, the poor, and the everyday worker. He is now known for his Communist writings that he first started just three years ago. His work ranges from pamphlets to 300 + page novels. Within the last year he has done extensive campaigning for the Presidency, and with every speech he does, TV and Radio interview, even every baby he kisses, he wins the hearts of nearly everyone there. China has promised substantial amounts of foreign aid to Belarus if Lyubov wins the election. The year is now 2019, a recent poll indicates Lyubov Navitski will receive approximately 73% of the votes. It is now May 7th, 2019. With elections less than two months away, the two candidates have agreed to do five debates. The first debate will be on May 10th, second debate will be on May 18th, third debate on May 25th, and the fourth and fifth debates will be determined on a later date. The first debate covered the economy, primarily Privatization v Nationalization. It was rather civilized, as compared to other political debates around the globe. A poll taken a few days after the debate. The results gave a 4% increase to Lyubov Navitski. The second debate covered Foreign Affairs, primarily a Xenophobic Nature v being on the world stage (I.E. joining NATO or the EU, maybe ally with Russia, etc. etc.). Lyubov Navitski made the argument for a reserved foreign policy, whereas Igor Livitinchuck made an argument for possibly joining the EU. Again, compared to other political debates, this one was conducted civilly, and it extremely rarely went off topic. Again, a poll was conducted a few days after the debate. Igor's ratings rose a substantial amount, about 15%, leaving the predicted amount of votes still in Lyubov's favor, although diminished. Lyubov: 62% Igor: 38% The third debate covered the state of Belarus' military. It's military is still heavily reliant on soviet-era weapons. Each side agreed the country must update it's military, although they were in disagreement over the amount of resources and manpower that should be invested into improving the military. Lyubov favored a small military, and over the course of about 15 years it will spend about 3-4% of it's GDP on it's military, and 1.5-2% annually after that. Based on reports of several military and economic experts, it will update aprox. 70-72% of it's military in those 15 years (all things held constant). Igor favored a far greater emphasis on Belarus' military, spending approximately 18% of its GDP on updating Belarus' military over 15 years, and 8-10% annually after that. Based on reports of several economic and military experts, it will update aprox. 92-95% of it's military in those 15 years. This debate was conducted with a degree of hostility. Several attendees were escorted out due to screaming obscenities at the debaters, and two were banned from the premises due to fighting. Igor's ratings increased, ~ 6%. Lyubov: 56% Igor: 44% The fourth debate has been scheduled for June 1st. The fourth debate covered the social side of Belarus, such as personal freedoms (i.e. religious freedom, freedom of speech, etc.), treatment of the poor, Homosexuals, and ethnic minorities. Lyubov is firmly against religion, saying "Religion breeds condescending attitudes and hatred towards our fellow man, and therefore has no right in our society". He has also stated "Freedom of speech in itself is good, it makes people think. The problem is people are to susceptible to propaganda, and Free Speech can be used to turn us against each other. That is the very thing we can't have have that in this precious time, and therefore shouldn't be allowed." As to the treatment of the poor, gay, and ethnic minorities, "They are people too, we should treat them as such. They should have access to everything everyone else in our country does". Igor couldn't have been farther opposite. "If we wish to call ourselves free, shouldn't we have these freedoms? We aren't autocratic, we are democratic. We can't tell our citizens what they can and can't do." As to the poor, "Why should the successful cater to the poor? It's not our fault they are poor.". As to homosexuals, "I can't say I'm the biggest fan of the gays, but they can't choose their sexual preference. We can't hate them for something they cannot change." As for ethnic minorities, "Last time I checked, this nation is called Belarus. Unless you are Belorussian, or are here on business, you have no business here." Igor's ratings increased slightly, ~ 2%. Lyubov: 54%, Igor: 46% The fifth and final debate has been scheduled on June 5th. The fifth debate was an audience/viewer questionnaire of sorts. Members of the audience and people watching at home were able to ask the candidates their own questions. This debate increased Igor's rating very slightly, ~ 1%. The last poll, taken only three hours after the debate, put Lyubov in the lead by a slim 4% margin. Election day will be the first of July. Three hours before the polls open, Lyubov is found dead. Cause and time of death is unknown. Due to a lack of another candidate, Igor Litvinchuck is declared the winner. Large scale riots ensure, claiming foul play by Igor. These riots happen all across Belarus, not a single city or town is spared. ~ $2.7 Million USD worth of property has been damaged or destroyed in the span of 11 hours. Reports are coming in of ~800 people have been injured and about 63 people have been killed, 27 of whom were members of the Police. Riot police have been ineffective in most areas. Igor has called in the military to help quell the riots. July 8th, martial law has been put into place. Any person displaying "rebellious behavior" will be indefinitely detained. Reports are conflicting; Government sources put the amount injured at ~ 1,100, and the death toll at 90. Statistics attained from hospitals and other sources has put the injured and death toll much higher. ~7,700 injured and ~ 852 have died. The amount detained is speculative, but claims range from 3,000- 9,000 people have been detained. August 20th, riots have been quelled in most cities. Government sources claim the injured number has risen to ~2,500, and only about 120 people have died. Hospitals and other sources, again, claim the number to be much, much higher. ~12,400 people have been injured, and over 4,700 people have been killed. Although there is little proof, the amount of detainees has reportedly risen to over 70,000 people. September 1st, reports are coming in from the city of Gomel of a group, calling themselves the "Belarusian Liberation Front", has completely overwhelmed the military police stationed there, who are now fleeing the city. The Belarusian Liberation Front is led by a person named Zacharias, official reports say he is a Polish immigrant, although there isn't much proof to back up the claim. Zacharias demands Igor to step down and allow a second election, Igor obviously denies and makes a counter offer. "If you lay down your arms and turn yourselves in, we won't kill you." Zacharias gracefully declines. The Belarusian Liberation Front, calling the city of Homyel it's capital, begin the long road to their ultimate goal.

Condescending much? It's always good to see friends come together. Congrats on the treaty.

There is not enough emperor666 for this to be Pax Romana :wacko:

Tupac did some really great work before he was killed. He could've stayed fresh all this time, or he could've just done the same old !@#$ for his entire career. We can only guess.

I feel bad for Novus Omega in this situation. They have to deal with broncokid and his calls for attention, truly a fate worst than death.

What the hell is up with all these mergers? And into HB?

Calling Eminem a "Legend" is like calling Justin Bieber a legend. They blow up, have their fun in the spot light, and decline. Legends last forever. Bands and singers like Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Aerosmith, Ozzy, even Elvis are legends. I wouldn't even consider Tupac, Dre, or System of a Down legends (yet). If people in the next twenty years remember Eminem for more than being white in a "black man's game", then he'll be a legend. Until then, he's alright.

What the hell...?

Very impressive, that was really good.

I can't believe after all of this time Polaris is still taking the bait on BF1's forum posts.

Maybe don't bother to argue with people if you aren't going to bother reading through their entire posts? They post their arguments. If you only read half of it (if that), your view on their argument/opinion is nearly 100% different. Then your reply doesn't make any sense, and in the end it makes you look like a fool.

I know Kapella! He's a cool guy, wait till he is out of office to start a coup, okay? :awesome: