Now Look What You've Done

[Justinian the Mighty]

The people of Free Slavorussia were, considering the circumstances, holding up well. Despite loosing the war Slavorussian life in the free provinces continued as normal, or as close to normal as possible. Thanks to generous donations from nations like Canada and New England hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the occupied territories were fed, clothed and sheltered.

Their new Premier, Dmitry Medvedev was a promising young man with a great vision and an all star cabinet. The Imperial Family had bestowed their blessing and placed all their confidence in the new Premier. During a press conference Premier Medvedev announced to the world that, given the proper attitude and environment, Slavorussia and Nordland could forgive and forget the past rivalry, and focus their energies on making a better future. Less than a week later however Nordland spat in the face of millions of Slavorussians by transferring control of the Russian oil to Nordic companies and cutting the oil to the free provinces. Slavorussian oil barons lost millions over night. Prominent families who’s fortunes had been made on the oil business face imminent poverty in the near future.

In the past Slavorussian was largly dependant on domestic oil and natural gas, and in one fell swoop invaders had come in and stolen what was theirs, and refused to share their ill-gotten spoils of war. To make matters worse nearly all of the oil reserves were stockpiled in the northern and eastern provinces. Nordland has virtually sucked the blood out of the Slavorussian veins.

Needless to say the Slavorussian people are furious. Muscovites march through Red Square, passing the Grand Kremlin Palace, still showing a gaping hole from a supposed terrorist attack the very same day Slavorussia surrendered to the NC. As they march the enraged Slavorussians shout patriotic slogans like “Long Live the Empire!” and singing songs like “God Save the Tsar,” “The Prayer of the Russians” and “The Hymn of the Slavorussian Empire.”

The protest is peaceful, and at first shows the resolve of the united Slavorussian people, but the mood quickly turns sour when a popping sound disrupts the peaceful demonstration. Believing the sounds to be gunshots the crowd explodes into an uncontrollable fear which turns to rage. The collective crowd quickly single out the several people they thing caused the disturbance. They chase and brutally beat several fellow protestors. They then begin to turn on each other, causing a massive street fights, causing dozens of injuries and at least two deaths. The peaceful protesters turned rioters then turn on inanimate objects, knocking over and igniting vehicles, and looting from local businesses then setting them aflame as well.

Fortunately the quick response from riot police ensured that that the rioters remained contained, and that police were able to keep injuries, deaths and collateral damage was kept to a minimum. The Moscow Militsiya report making over 100 arrests that afternoon. After the situation calmed down Premier Medvedev gives a televised speech from his office.

“Earlier today the Slavorussian people showed great strength and unity. Men and women, Europeans and Africans, rich and poor marched together as one to protest another attempt by nordland to distablize Slavorussia and Eastern Europe. I looked out my office over the ancient Kremlin walls and what I saw was true unity, a bond created and perfected since the ancient times… but in one short moment our unit was divided. Honestly I am quite saddened by what unfolded today.

Two lives were lost today and many people were injured. There is no justification for these crimes, and those responsible will face justice. To the victims and their families, the prayers the Imperial Family, the government and the entire nation are with you. It was a terrible tragedy, but fortunately the local police units were able to contain and break up the riots and make a dozens of arrests. The people of Slavorussia will sleep better knowing that our nation’s finest are on the job 24/7.

We are working on solving the oil crisis, and economic programs recently put in place will help lighten the damage done to our economy. During a meeting with the cabinet, It became apparent to me and my government that Nordland is not dedicated to peace in Europe, and they have proven they are not going to even attempt to patch the rift between our nations, just as they never attempted diplomacy in any of their unjust wars against the governments and people of Europe.

Nordland has created a synthetic peace through violence and terror. They’re doing these things to us in a desperate attempt to provoke us. They know the world will not tolerate a third unjust invasion of Slavorussia, so they want to guide our bombs to their cities to make themselves look like the innocent victim of a vindictive government, and it‘s violent people. Well I say to Nordland today you cannot divide us, you cannot conquer us. We will not allow you to force us to your level. We will not become a band of thugs, thieves and murderers like yourselves.

You can continue with your sad attempts to divide us, and to provoke us into another war, but you will not succeed. The ideals of peace, liberty and justice will always run through our veins. No force on this planet is powerful enough to break our bond. We can and will break down any wall, overcome any obstacle and defeat any threat you send our way. In the end the glorious Slavorussian Empire, its people, and our love of freedom will inspire others, and help usher in a real era of peace.

Thank you, God bless the Empire, and all humanity.”

[Il Terra Di Agea]

ADI would like to state that you can have as much oil as you want from us. As a short term measure, we can send tankers, and, if you feel fit, we could extent our Murmansk- Solovetsky pipeline to your territory. As one of the last bastions of Non-Nordic culture in Europe, you deserve every drop you can get.

[Lynneth]

*Private message to Slavorussia*

This was a great speech, indeed, showing the unity of Slavorussia. I am impressed by the resolve of your people.

Canada will gladly supply you with oil, as we are currently phasing out cars and power plants burning the black liquid. Highly efficient electric cars and nuclear fission and fusion will take their place.

Should you wish, then we will gladly help you construct relatively cheap electric cars and reliable fission power plants.

- Chairwoman Merkel

[JEDCJT]

We applaud the Premier's speech, and we are willing to provide oil to Slavorussia in any quantities that they may need. The New England Oil Company, Inc. has agreed to do so.

[Generalissimo]

Procinctia offers near exclusive development access of Bering Sea oil reserves to Slavorussia, pending future negations.

From the office of Generalissimo, Generalissimo of Procinctia

Edited May 23, 2009 by Generalissimo

[iamthey]

*Private to slavorussia*

It is understandable that the nords would want to place the resources under their control in the hands of domestic companies, most nations engage in such a policy. Especially in the case of rare or scarce mineral resources such as oil. That being said we empathize with the personal loss of many of your nation's prosperous members, as well as sympathize for your people. The Alliance is similar to Canada in the sense that they have little to no domestic need of oil yet are domestically blessed with an abundance of it; we would be willing to supply slavorussia in the short term with supply from our wells in North Africa, Romania, and the Indian Ocean. In the long term we could offer a plan of reduced prices until the situation can be mitigated.

Also if needed we would be willing to front some capital, or sent engineers to develop the offshore or domestic supply that you do have access to.

Edited May 23, 2009 by iamthey

[V The King]

Private To Slavorussia:

Oil production in Nova Coimbra (OOC: Alberta) has only increased while domestic demand, thanks to large-scale forsaking of the usage of gasoline as the main fuel for vehicles. This means that Vinilandese oil has been hitting record low prices while actually stocking up on the resource. We can offer Slavorussia the resource at a special discount if they wish to purchase in large amounts.

Also, if so the Slavorussian wishes, our countries may sign a treaty of free trade, which will surely benefit both of us.

[Uberstein]

The Republic of Mariehamm will financially support an oil pipeline from ADI to Slavorussia.

[Comrade]

Molakia has very little spare oil to send to Slavorussia, as we produce very little ourselves, but we will assist in transporting oil from other nations should it become necessary.

[Shadowsage]

With this announcement, classified documents order the transportation networks in the Holy Imperium's states to begin conversion to electric motors and other devices. It was not much of an issue considering the high-density of Imperial cities necessitated Subways and Buses far more than Private Cars.

[sir jesus]

It would appear that oil is in high supply and low demand throughout our world.

[iamthey]

It would appear that oil is in high supply and low demand throughout our world.

OOC: Perhaps, but only a few nations have actually expressed that they do not need oil.

[Manetheren]

OOC: Everybody needs oil, it is just in different amounts. Many countries, mine included, exclusively use nuclear reactors to power cities, factories, ect. which most countries in RL do by burning oil. Airplanes, ships and most cars still burn gas and oil is used for plastic products so its not like oil isn't a critical necessity for everybody, its just not used soley for power.

[Shadowsage]

OOC: Yeah, it takes a lot of RP and It's been low on my priorities considering I have access to a LOT of Oil.

[LeVentNoir]

Glorious Aotearoa does not offer oil, but instead wonders why you would still use it for anything but military applications? There is no civilian use of oil anywhere in country for land based transport, long the majority user in less developed countries.

[sir jesus]

Why would you not want to take advantage of the cheapest energy available to mankind (after coal)? For all purposes?

Edited May 23, 2009 by sir jesus

[iamthey]

Why would you not want to take advantage of the cheapest energy available to mankind (after coal)? For all purposes?

The Alliance has moved to energy sources which are essentially inexhaustible for simple economically strategic reasons. We can make an initial investment and establish a long term energy source, and then market our own domestic supply to the rest of the world, (as well as reserve that which we don't sell for the military). Moreover as GA pointed out in terms of domestic transportation especially within municipalities and within landmasses oil is hardly needed for travel. Public transportation systems in the form of maglev trains, and larger installations can use centralized electrical sources and accomplish the same functions of a car or a plane. Finally oil as a commodity is something that a nation must constantly purchase or constantly invest in to find more; conversely things such as solar, and nuclear energy are sizable initial investments, which are after which a constant source of free energy (minus upkeep costs) Meaning you can invest in a time of prosperity and still have energy in a time of hardship. So while Tahoe is right in the sense that everyone needs oil in some way, be it for their military, and whatever air traffic they have, some of us have chosen to diversify areas that can be diversified.

[Lynneth]

OOC: Everybody needs oil, it is just in different amounts. Many countries, mine included, exclusively use nuclear reactors to power cities, factories, ect. which most countries in RL do by burning oil. Airplanes, ships and most cars still burn gas and oil is used for plastic products so its not like oil isn't a critical necessity for everybody, its just not used soley for power.

OOC: Indeed, everybody needs at least some oil - be it natural or artificially produced. Canada mostly uses it for the military, for medicine, planes (etc) and one of many alternatives for lubrication in industrial stuffs. My cars, however, are propelled by pure electricity. 80-95% of them, at least.

Oil is incredibly important these days.

[sir jesus]

Finally oil as a commodity is something that a nation must constantly purchase or constantly invest in to find more; conversely things such as solar, and nuclear energy are sizable initial investments, which are after which a constant source of free energy (minus upkeep costs)

Nuclear energy is reliant on uranium, which is certainly not a nonrenewable resource. Also, the initial investment in these technologies is extremely expensive, and if applied on a macroeconomic scale, would cause a huge rise in that nations energy input costs. Which = worse economy. This is the opposite of oil resources, which have practically no initial investment cost. Oil rigs are cheap, and produce FAR more power than renewable resources.

Meaning you can invest in a time of prosperity still have energy in a time of hardship.

Yeah you can invest in nonrenewable energy during times of prosperity ... as opposed to manufacturing more goods and services for your nation. Oh well, not all nations can be as rich as the Melvin Republic...

Also, what do you do when your nation is overcast and the wind is not blowing and you are at war? Do you spend your limited resources producing domestic goods, or will you throw your people to the wind (pun intended) to produce military equipment?

Edited May 23, 2009 by sir jesus

[The Confederation]

OOC:

Much of the industrial power and fueling systems in Nordland (especially in Scandinavia and Prussia) is powered not by conventional oil, but Hemp bio-fuels. Not only can hemp grow practically anywhere, be harvested 4 times a year, is incredibly environmentally friendly and require almost no monitoring to grow, Hemp fuels are cheap to make, and has a combustion ability equal to or greater than petrol fuels. Renewable energies can be harvested, manufactured and spent with more energy and more cost effectiveness than fossil fuels.

[iamthey]

Nuclear energy is reliant on uranium, which is certainly not a nonrenewable resource.

True but you forget that a 50 kilos of crude, and 50 kilos of uranium have very diffrent energy concentrations. That much uranium could last 500 years with an energy output far greater than its equivalent in crude meaning you need much greater volumes of crude than you do uranium, and in that regard nuclear energy acts as if it were an inexhaustible source.

Also, the initial investment in these technologies is extremely expensive, and if applied on a macroeconomic scale, would cause a huge rise in that nations energy input costs. Which = worse economy. This is the opposite of oil resources, which have practically no initial investment cost. Oil rigs are cheap, and produce FAR more power than renewable resources.

It depends on the energy source, and generally speaking the numbers regarding these technologies are hyped up to essentially make fossil fuels seem more attractive. In the case of the Alliance we generate electricity from SPSs (An array of solar satellites in space). The construction using light materials would cost between 20 to 100 billion, and would put out enough electricity to power an entire region, that's a drop in the bucket when it comes to governmental spending in developed nations. Moreover it pays for itself when nearly the entire domestic supply of oil can then be sold externally. Now granted that requires a lot of research and development so many nations are incapable of that.

Yeah you can invest in nonrenewable energy during times of prosperity ... as opposed to manufacturing more goods and services for your nation. Oh well, not all nations can be as rich as the Melvin Republic...

Whether you are producing energy resources, or making little plastic toys and other consumer goods is irreverent; the macro-economic application is whether there are jobs distributing capital to consumers purchasing goods. In so far as energy remains in demand the form the capital is re-captured through to direct to re-investment isn't really that relevant.

Also, what do you do when your nation is overcast and the wind is not blowing and you are at war? Do you spend your limited resources producing domestic goods, or will you throw your people to the wind (pun intended) to produce military equipment?

SPS use low energy microwaves to transmit energy from the satellites to the surface. The microwaves are re-captured through recantenna installations. Microwaves transmit through clouds, and being in geo-sync orbit they have a constant view of the sun, energy is literally uninterrupted. And to your second point, yes during a total war you always mobilize your economy to produce military goods.

[Subtleknifewielder]

Glorious Aotearoa does not offer oil, but instead wonders why you would still use it for anything but military applications? There is no civilian use of oil anywhere in country for land based transport, long the majority user in less developed countries.

Excuse us if not every nation has the resources or technology to impliment mass-trasportation systems such as yours.

OOC:

Much of the industrial power and fueling systems in Nordland (especially in Scandinavia and Prussia) is powered not by conventional oil, but Hemp bio-fuels. Not only can hemp grow practically anywhere, be harvested 4 times a year, is incredibly environmentally friendly and require almost no monitoring to grow, Hemp fuels are cheap to make, and has a combustion ability equal to or greater than petrol fuels. Renewable energies can be harvested, manufactured and spent with more energy and more cost effectiveness than fossil fuels.

OOC: So why the need to restrict the Slavorussian's access to the oil at all, hmm?

Edited May 23, 2009 by Subtleknifewielder

[iamthey]

Excuse us if not every nation has the resources or technology to impliment mass-trasportation systems such as yours.

OOC: So why the need to restrict the Slavorussian's access to the oil at all, hmm?

OOC: They didn't restrict their access they just nationalized the oil fields that were previously open to private control. Thus private companies in Slavorussia lost control of fields they historically controlled.

Edited May 23, 2009 by iamthey

[LeVentNoir]

It depends on the energy source, and generally speaking the numbers regarding these technologies are hyped up to essentially make fossil fuels seem more attractive. In the case of the Alliance we generate electricity from SPSs (An array of solar satellites in space). The construction using light materials would cost between 20 to 100 billion, and would put out enough electricity to power an entire region, that's a drop in the bucket when it comes to governmental spending in developed nations. Moreover it pays for itself when nearly the entire domestic supply of oil can then be sold externally. Now granted that requires a lot of research and development so many nations are incapable of that.

SPS use low energy microwaves to transmit energy from the satellites to the surface. The microwaves are re-captured through recantenna installations. Microwaves transmit through clouds, and being in geo-sync orbit they have a constant view of the sun, energy is literally uninterrupted. And to your second point, yes during a total war you always mobilize your economy to produce military goods.

Glorious Aotearoa has a similar system.

[JerreyRough]

OOC: Sorry to intrude, but I laaaugh at people using pure electicity in Canada; especially in northern canada. Must be hell during the cold winter months...

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Edited May 24, 2009 by JerreyRough