Minilla Island

[quote name='king of cochin' timestamp='1286554796' post='2478901'] KP Varma then brought up his laptop and showed a document to the Prime Minister. "Would this draft be suitable?" [/quote] "It's basic, short and sweet." says the Prime Minister, "We can live with that. In the meantime, let's start setting up the exercises. The Navy will be finished testing soon."

Prime Minister Grant says to the Emissary, "You write one up. If there are problems, we will address them. In the meantime, our Defnese Minister will contact the Palace. As the King is Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, he will ask Sea Marshal Corradi to allow the Royal Navy to enter this exercise."

Grant and Gualtieri both nod their heads, as they both knew how true it was. Grant turns to the Emissary, "I think an MDP would work well. As for Pacifica, they seem to be wanting in with the in crowd, whoever that may be. The rest of the OU would probably go along, or would have no problem with us making a deal. And, as the head of our Government, we would have no problems passing this treaty." Gualtieri adds, "Adding a treaty to our treaty base, especially since we would like deeper involvement in the Pacific Rim, would be advantageous at this time. Just to add that we would like to have joint exercises of our militaries to better help us break out the kinks. Our commanders would be pissed if we gave them paper to work with."

"On the face of it, we do see war on the horizon. A worldwide hegemony is in nobody's interest. However, we also have allies in the Oceanic Union. If we are attacked, they will come to our aid. So, this is more than just the two of us, and it is why we may have to sit down with them to explain what is going on."

Gualtieri listens intently to the Cochinese emissary. After taking a sip of his espresso, gestures towards the Prime Minister, and the faces the Emissary, "We do not have treaties of any sort between us. Don't you think that this might, just might, be jumping the gun a little bit? Granted, we have shied away from conflict by choice. We have a highly disciplined military, a strong, self-sufficient economy, and one of the highest standards of living on the planet. Explain to me the benefit for us to get involved in some of these squabbles?"

Prime Minister Grant greets the Cochin delegation, "Greetings. Yes it is woeful that we have not had closer ties. Foriegn Minister Gualtieri and I have been monitoring the tensions building up in the world for a bit. We, along with the Royal Family, believe that the time is now to strengthen some ties with our neighbors." Gualtieri chimes in, "What type of relationship are we seeing here? We already have our Oceanic Confederation. We are wondering ourselves where this would go."

This week, the Navy will be holding its exercises on the South Java Sea. The Navy will be testing a new GPS-guided missile against possible threats against the nation. The targets will be dummied as in a war simulation. All shipping will be restricted near the South Java Coast for the duration of the exercise. The Hazzard Transit Authority has purchased 100 S-9 rail cars from Sarava-based Salazar Heavy Indutries. The rail cars will be used to upgrade the Hazzard Metro's consist. The newest cars were purchased in 1995. The purchase will give the HTA 380 rail cars after the replacements are brought in.

[quote] From: Albert Grant, Prime Minister, Royal Republic of Minilla Island To: Kingdom of Cochin Greetings in return. We have no problem with a diplomatic summit at this time. Permission granted Sincerely, Albert M. Grant Prim Minister [/quote]

[b]***Private***[/b] Minilla Island concurs with that statement. As for Pacifica, let them go. The lion which sleeps under the flag of the 20 Children is about to awake.

The Royal Republic of Minilla Island is looking at this with grave concerns. All citizens are to notice the following: A) All Marshals are to report to the Royal Palace. B) All LASER troops are to be prepared to report on one hour's notice. C) All Military-Class Civil Servants (Police/Fire/Emergency Medicine/Public Transport/Education) have their holidays/furloughs/days off postponed effective immediately. D) All Military personnel are to be staged at Orange Alert. E) All Press filters will be set to Orange at this time. Information on a "Need-to-Know" basis. That is all. Michael Hughes Press Office Royal Minilla Island News Agency (ARMINA)

Minilla Island votes "Nay" to dissolution.

There is a sleeping tiger in all this who would dominate the world if they wanted to. With the largest navy in CNRP, constantly improving its cash flow, constantly building within to be an empire that will last a thousand years. A force indestructible. The Shining Star of Oceania and Asia herself, [font="Impact"][b][color="#0000FF"][size="5"]The Royal Republic of Minilla Island[/size][/color][/b][/font]

It is sad to see NuH go out. Best of luck to all of you.

Great. Then we can hook up the rail link to the link you build from Singapore. Allows quick and easy trade of goods and people between Sumatra/Java and Singapore/China/Asia mainland.

"The bridge will be on the Sunda Strait side. The bridge part will cover Sumatra to Java. Anyone attacking it will be attacking us, so it is basically safe for commercial shipping as long as Krakatau does not blow up again. As for the Straits, we are talking about deep water tubes that will not be susceptible to attack. It will be very difficult, if not impossible, to disrupt commercial sea traffic in the Straits. Singapore would serve as a hub of this system. It would have to be, or this whole system is meaningless. But, the long range goal, is to connect the system to not just Singapore, but to Beijing and Bangkok as well. Once that happens, we will be spending many nights counting money.

"This will only aid the aquatic traffic by making things move faster." The King said. "You will always have container cargo that will need the water as they could not be efficiently moved underground in mass quantities and be done safely. So that concern is covered. As regarding the one entrance: You are not thinking long-term expansion. A while back, there was a proposal to move via rail into China from what is now Malaysia. The intent of this system was to give a direct road and rail link to China from the Straits and Singapore. This way, it will be easy to move freight not only from our nation to Singapore, but to make an entire Asian network where we all benefit." "You need to remember, this is about dollars and cents and lots of both. This setup is gonna take a while, but there is a major jackpot at the end of the rainbow that is going to propel the economies of all involved, not just certain groups."

When we first discussed with Singapore about the rail line, it was meant to be a setup that would allow for separate sections for passenger and freight rail, as well as twelve lanes for auto and truck traffic through tubes in the Straits of Malacca. It was thought that it would be better going through Malaysia as the distance was shorter, and we would be able to have more room to develop. The roadway would split into two parts on our end: One to Bandeiras, Formerly Banda Aceh, and to an expressway connecting to the Sunda Strait Bridge, which is near completion. On the mainland end, they would split into areas where one part goes to Singapore, the other to points north. The problem was that nobody could agree upon financing this. We were willing to fit the bill via loans for the countries that needed it to develop. The upkeep was to be a jointly run Authority that would collect tolls from users. But, again, nobody could agree how. In the meantime, billions of dollars are being pissed away by not have this project come to fruition.

Thank you, your excellency. The rainy season can be a bit rough on aircraft. So, without further ado, let's get down to business. We have much to discuss.

[quote name='Rebel Virginia' timestamp='1282626660' post='2428857'] [color="#0000FF"]Hoo also said there wouldn't be any terms. Apparently Hoo says a lot of things.[/color] [/quote] I don't believe you. All you had to do was make a statement and a beer review. Sheesh, you call that [u][i][b]terms?!?[/b][/i][/u] Illuminati WISHED they had "terms" like that. So did Norden Verein. So did the original IAA and the CIS. Hell, we would have been celebrating in Polaris had the Coalition offered us "terms" like that. And, you are crying?

HRH King Raymond II and his staff is a bit flustered in the limo after the rough flight from Minya. It is the rainy season, and the turbulence over the islands was murder. He is sitting with Foreign Minister Gualtieri and Trade Minister Niemann going over what is to be discussed with the Chinese. "Paulie, it is a mess. How do I look?" "Your highness, you look fine. Just whatever you do, do not give the store away to the Chinese." Niemann chimes in, "Yeah. We do not need that !@#$%^& Rockwell to have any more ammunition than he already has." The King turns to Riemann, "&&%$ Rockwell.I am not worried about that lunatic. I am more concerned with getting business for the banks. Besides, Grant will blow him away in the Elections." They arrive at the hotel where the Chinese are staying at. The King and his cohorts enter the penthouse suite where they will be staying. The Kings' personal security detail is standing guard outside the door. Gualtieri pulls a bottle of scotch out of the wet bar and pours some glasses. With a couple of bottles of water, Gualtieri starts handing out glasses of scotch, and gives the King a bottle of water with his scotch. They start discussing the deatails of the meeting with the Chinese. After entering some agreement, the King hops into the shower after downing his glass. Once done, they will go straight to the Chinese' suite.

I thought this was a tribute to a club in Rhode Island for a second. Well, I digress. Good luck to you guys.

"We are surprised that we ranked as high as we did. We have long been an insular nation. Only awakening when we have to.

[quote name='Timeline' timestamp='1282182214' post='2422388'] I do find some of the posts here funny, you are mostly mindless drones are you not, if \M/ had gone to war you would have made silly remarks about them for fighting this war, but because they backed down, you make silly remarks for them backing down. So this is how it goes. \M/ = GGA is ours STA = NpO can we protect GGA from the big bad \M/ NpO = Well yes honey, do not forget a smile STA = We will protect you GGA, with our make up and bra's GGA = nothing there dead ? \M/ = STA get a life you bunch of toothless tigers NpO = DO NOT talk to her like that \M/ = Sorry NpO we did not know she was your uuuummmm female dog. STA = YAY we did it again. that's pretty much all that's happened here [/quote] Tyga and STA are pretty much their own people. They do not answer to Polar.

[quote name='Merrie Melodies' timestamp='1282098272' post='2420926'] Yes it will. [/quote]Only in your dreams. Happy hunting, STA!

Good show, STA! Hail!