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[JEDCJT]

"We're kind of wondering why you named those battleships 'Charlemagne', when he was a European King and Emperor.

But each his own."

"Well, considering that your predecessor, the Holy Roman Empire, helped us to develop the battleship, and Charlemagne (also known as Charles the Great) established the first Holy Roman Empire back in 800, we believe. So..."

OOC: I'm not too keen on early history, so pardon me if I'm wrong.

OOC: And the defense spending of my military is 196 billion, while being only about 2.6% of the GDP. What's your percentage? :3

OOC: Hm...seeing that my defense spending's about 10% of my government budget (which is approx. $900 billion), I'd guess it's around 5% of my GDP or so. That's based off on my factbook, which is massively outdated, so I'd need to recalculate my GDP again. But thanks for asking. :3

Edited December 4, 2009 by JEDCJT

[Lynneth]

"Well, considering that your predecessor, the Holy Roman Empire, helped us to develop the battleship, and Charlemagne (also known as Charles the Great) established the first Holy Roman Empire back in 800, we believe. So..."

OOC: I'm not too keen on early history, so pardon me if I'm wrong.

"Why, that's awfully nice of you."

OOC: Hm...seeing that my defense spending's about 10% of my government budget (which is approx. $900 billion), I'd guess it's around 5% of my GDP or so. That's based off on my factbook, which is massively outdated, so I'd need to recalculate my GDP again. But thanks for asking. :3

OOC: :3

[Manetheren]

OOC: Speakning of which, how do you calculate GDP

[Lynneth]

OOC: Speakning of which, how do you calculate GDP

OOC:

Avg. Gross Income Per Individual Per Day * 36500 * Working Citizens (not soldiers)

Edit: There's also a kind of 'modifier' you can use if you want, which is:

0-500 Infra: 0.8

500-1000 Infra: 0.8

1000-2000 Infra: 1

2000-4000 Infra: 1.2

4000-6000 Infra: 1.4

6000-8000 Infra: 1.6

8000-10000 Infra: 1.8

10000+ Infra: 2

Edited December 4, 2009 by Lynneth

[JEDCJT]

OOC: Speakning of which, how do you calculate GDP

OOC: I believe this is the GDP formula:

(Avg. Gross Income Per Individual Per Day) x Citizens x 36500 x Infra Multiplier

Though, I forgot what the infra multiplier was. I believe there was a topic about it, but I cant find it anywhere...

EDIT: Lynneth beat me to it.

Edited December 4, 2009 by JEDCJT

[Manetheren]

OOC: Well without the modifier I have a GDP of about 1.9 trillion (between Russia and Italy) but if that is multiplied by the modifier it comes out to a much more accurate 3.86 trillion (about that of Germany). No matter what it is Tahoe is in the top 5 economies in the world, so no point worrying

[Lynneth]

OOC: Well without the modifier I have a GDP of about 1.9 trillion (between Russia and Italy) but if that is multiplied by the modifier it comes out to a much more accurate 3.86 trillion (about that of Germany). No matter what it is Tahoe is in the top 5 economies in the world, so no point worrying

OOC: Without the mod, I used to have about 3.77 trillion or so. With, 7.53 trillion. Only working up to "with mod" right now, which will put me around china's range with only 86 million people. Twice as much as Germany.

Also, not using the *100 or *1000 mods. Something in-between those.

Edited December 4, 2009 by Lynneth

[AironthFlamewing]

OOC: I have a GDP of $732,796,980,692(ODD)

yay

[Michael McBride]

OOC: 346.37 x 36500 x 57377 x 1.4 = $1,015,544,613,139 or just over $1 trillion

[Sargun II]

//OOC: $1,001,560,000,000 rounded down.

[Centurius]

OOC: God people talking about derailing a topic.

IC:

We congratulate New England on their advances.

[Shadowsage]

OOC: 1,507,034,168,640 times 1.8 is 2,712,661,503,552, so I'm a rather good economy.

[JEDCJT]

PUBLIC

The New York Times reported what appears to be a leak of a classified government document. The leaked document appears to be a fail-safe device to safeguard the Republic of New England, and failing that, its people. In a scenario where New England collapses for any reason whatsover (war, natural diaster, inactivity, etc), the steps outlined in the document will be enacted and take place. The transcript of the document are as below:

NATIONAL PROPOSITION: OPERATION INTEGRITY

In any circumstance, for any reason, at all, that the Republic of New England or its government therefore collapse and/or lose control of the lands under its sovereignty and jurisdiction due to war, inactivity, natural disaster or any event(s) outside its control, appropriate steps will take place, to be named OPERATION INTEGRITY:

The State of New Brunswick, having been received from the Holy Imperium through an agreement in the form of the New Brunswick Accords, shall revert to the control and sovereignty of the Holy Imperium immediately. All proper military forces in the region shall report to and obey the Government of the Holy Imperium in the event Operation Integrity is activated. It shall be so.

The State of Newfoundland, in the case of the collapse of the Republic of New England, shall revert to the control and sovereignty of the Federation of Disparu, starting immediately. All proper military forces in the region shall report to and obey the Government of Disparu in the event Operation Integrity is activated. It shall be so. The same shall go for the State of Prince Edward Island.

The rest of the land, from Maine to West Virginia, shall be held as a Protectorate, to be subject to the laws and resolutions of any American occupying power until such a time a new Government(s) shall be established in any specified part of said region. All proper military forces in the region shall report to and obey the Government of any occupying forces in the event Operation Integrity is activated. It shall be so.

Any and all missile silos, be it nuclear or convential, shall be placed in secure lockdown in the event Operation Integrity is activated. The necessary codes shall be sent to any occupying Governments upon request. The same shall go for military (Army, Navy, and Air Force) bases throughout New England. They are to be reopened upon request.

Any and all military and civilian assets, from ships to encryption codes, from military bases to fortifications, from documents to shall be accorded to the occupying power to do as they see fit. Any military and civilian assets in the States of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island shall thus be accorded to the Disparuean Government. Any military and civilian assets in the other regions shall be accorded to any occupying power.

The leak of classified security documents, in this instance the Operation Integrity document, was a severe embarassment for the federal government. However, attempts to cover up the document was thwarted by the Supreme Court, which upheld the Constitution in its guarantee of free speech and press.

OOC: In other words, if New England collapses, New Brunswick will go to Shadowsage; Newfoundland and PEI will go to Pikachurin. The rest of the region is up to the discretion of other American powers. The reason for this is that my laptop's screwed up, the computer at my house's messed up, and my only source of Internet is my university's computer lab and my phone. And I'm flying back home in a week for Winter Break vacation.

So...if I dont post in the forums for a while (25 days), and my nation is deleted for inactivity or whatever, because of lack of Internet access, then Operation Integrity will take effect ICly. Just to be sure. Hope it will not happen, though.

[JEDCJT]

CLASSIFIED

After tests and modifications by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Smart Dew was deemed ready for national service (by this, it was to be used for security and defensive purposes). The blueprints and relevant documents were transmitted through highly-classified channels to all the appropriate military factories (as well as civilian factories established by the military), where production of the Smart Dew on a massive scale began in earnest. The Smart Dew, due to its size and technological prowess, was fairly easy to produce; hundreds, then thousands, and soon millions of Smart Dews were being produced in factories across the nation. New England's highly-advanced technology and abundant resources were being utilized for a specific purpose: to augment New England's domestic and external security by vastly expanding its surveillance system and the like.

As expected, as soon as the finished Smart Dews products rolled out from the assembly lines, federal procurement agents were ready and waiting, with suitcases carrying not millions, but billions, of dollars. As each Smart Dew droplet cost a mere 25 cents, the federal government was going to purchase an nearly-impossibly high quantities of them. After all, the federal government was willing to purchase trillions, even much more, of these wonderful devices. The factories and industries that produced the Smart Dews were going to swim in vast profits, literally. Not only that, but civilian security contractors also placed high orders for the Smart Dews, as well as countless of businesses, banks, and other institutions.

Regarding this, economic specialists and analyists estimated that the prices of the Smart Dews were going to increase, due to extremely high demand, by...another 25 cents. Yes, the Smart Dew now cost 50 cents apiece. This is the wonderful system of supply and demand at work.

Edited December 8, 2009 by JEDCJT

[Sarah Tintagyl]

OOC: Jed if you go inactive... ;_;...just don't okay

[JEDCJT]

OOC: Jed if you go inactive... ;_;...just don't okay

OOC: I'll try not to, Sarah.

[Subtleknifewielder]

OOC: Yes, don't go inactive. But if you do, can I have the Constantine brothers?

Speaking of them...they do live in Melbourne, right?

[HHAYD]

OOC: *Waits for JED to go 25 days inactive so I can take a "small" chunk of his land bordering the St. Lawrence River so GLS can monopolize the Great Lakes and the connection to the Atlantic Ocean.*

Edited December 9, 2009 by HHAYD

[AironthFlamewing]

OOC: I hope you are joking...

[JEDCJT]

HIGHLY-CLASSIFIED

The Department of the Navy had announced, though secure channels, to all Navy departments that a rail-gun is currently in development and is a joint effort between the major defense contractors in New England, Raytheon and General Electric.

According to the Department of the Navy, the railgun will have the capacity to launch a solid, nonexplosive project at objects at incredible speed and in theory they will be able to strike targets at great distances. Utilizing an electronically-powered magnetic field, a railgun can launch a projectile up to 52,293 feet (16,000 meters) per second, meaning it can hit a target 250 miles away in as much as six minutes.

Much specifications about the railgun are currently classified due to security concerns, but what is known about the planned railgun is that it is made up of three parts: a power source, pair of parallel rails, and a moving armature.

The power source of the railgun is basically a power supply linked up to a power generator. It provides a source of pulsed electric current, which is estimated to be in the millions of amps once the railgun is completed and pending testing. The parallel rails are, as their name suggests, length of rails placed parallel to each other. They serve to conduct electricity, and may range from four feet to as much as thirty feet long. The armature bridges the gap between parallel rails, and can be a solid piece of conductive metal or a sabot (a carrier that houses any appropriate projectile).

The three parts work through the fact that an electric current runs from the (positive) terminal of the power supply and travels up the (positive) rail, across the armature, and then down the (negative) rail back to the power supply. Basically, the railgun would be a self-recycling gun. The structure of the railgun would be compatiable with the DD-21 Destroyers of the Navy, because the proper amount of power needed to power up the gun would be diverted from the destroyer’s engine to its gun turrets. After firing the gun, the power would be diverted back to the engine.

The railgun, when completed and made compatiable for military service, will certainly be fitted on the DD-21 destroyer class, through there are considerations about using them as static defenses on New England’s massive border fortifications lining its borders (both at the frontier and within the country) and coastal fortifications lining its coasts.

[Bundeskanzler]

According to the Department of the Navy, the railgun will have the capacity to launch a solid, nonexplosive project at objects at incredible speed and in theory they will be able to strike targets at great distances. Utilizing an electronically-powered magnetic field, a railgun can launch a projectile up to 52,293 feet (16,000 meters) per second, meaning it can hit a target 250 miles away in as much as six minutes.

OOC: This has got to be a fantasy writing. The escape velocity from the surface of the earth is 11,200 meters per second, so why would you want to send a projectile into outer space?

[Californian]

OOC: JEDJCT, the numbers you have given are indeed not realistic. Bring it to the Tech thread, PM me scientific proof of such numbers (not just the flaky website you listed) or change your numbers to something more appropriate. Your picture comes from this site, http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_Rail_Gun.htm , which has radically different figures.

[JEDCJT]

OOC: This has got to be a fantasy writing. The escape velocity from the surface of the earth is 11,200 meters per second, so why would you want to send a projectile into outer space?

OOC: JEDJCT, the numbers you have given are indeed not realistic. Bring it to the Tech thread, PM me scientific proof of such numbers (not just the flaky website you listed) or change your numbers to something more appropriate. Your picture comes from this site, http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_Rail_Gun.htm , which has radically different figures.

OOC: Ah, well, I was trying to find a good source for railguns. But I don't know anything about physics or anything like that, so I assumed these numbers were good. Can you help me out here?

[JEDCJT]

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

We would like to announce that, from this time now on, New England will be entering into a media black out. Meaning, all communications from New England to the world, and vice versa, will cease at least temporarily. Our waters, airspace, and lands will be closed to all nations (except our allies), and we would like to ask the world to respect that. Any hostile attack against New England during this phase will be met with swift and massive retaliation. Thank you, and have a good day.

OOC: I'm flying back home today.

Edited December 15, 2009 by JEDCJT

[JEDCJT]

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

We, after an unusually brief hiatus, would like to announce that New England is now back in business, and that the media blackout is hereby lifted. It seems that this exercise into recalibrating and testing our media connections was a success, so to say. With that, have a good day and Merry Christmas!

OOC: I'm back! Tbh, I expected to have little to no Internet access, but then my family got a new laptop and I didnt know it.

In short, good, ol' JED isnt going anytime soon.

Edited December 16, 2009 by JEDCJT