The Year is 1991...

"All Quiet on the Western Front" is an RP set in the early 1990's detailing the events of the Maximusian province of Bjeorg's bid for independence, the Maximusian bid to save their province, and the rest of the world's response to such a conflict.

Rules

• It's open to anyone wanting to join in. DM me for more info.
  
• It will be fairly fast paced It will not be faced paced at all. Expect a lot of time to be spent in July of 1991.
  
• Normal RP rules apply: No nukes, no WMDs, no killing other people's characters without their consent (I like LOM, I don't want it to end up a crater)
  
• If you have a neat cool side plot centered around your nation, you can feel free to make that.
  
• This is set in 1991. There are no smartphones. Just some first gen cell phones. Keep that in mind when RPing.
  
• When making a post you are not required to, but may, name your posts.
  
• Ready to choose a side? Send me a DM if so.
  

The Empire of Xiomera presents a face of stability, order and prosperity to the international community through its official news service, the Xiomeran Imperial News (XIN). XIN presents the official, government sanctioned news approved by the Emperor and his council of experts (ihuicatl). It also provides editorial commentary that often serves as an indirect way for the Xiomeran government to tell (or warn) the international community what it's thinking.

Xiomera is not a monolithic society, however, as much as the government would like to convince everyone that it is. In 2016, disaffected former XIN journalists, democracy activists, and social activists banded together to start a rival news service they called XUN (Xiomeran Underground News). For three years, they operated XUN as a way of telling what they labeled "the true Xiomeran story", as an alternative to XIN, which they derided as a propaganda mouthpiece for the government. And for three years, the government more or less tolerated XUN. It was allowed to operate as a poorly kept open secret in the form of several decentralized "cells", operating out of countries such as Laeral, Lauchenoiria and Zamastan. These "cells" were coordinated by the XUN "headquarters", located in the capital of the Necatli tribal domain, Nezahualpilli. This was done with the consent of the leader of the Necatli tribe, tlatoani Chicaliztli, who had his own issues with the government in Tlālacuetztla and protected XUN.

But in 2019, the government of Xiomera decided it was done playing nice with a group of journalists they saw as a threat to Xiomeran social harmony and a source of potential harm. After the Necatli leader Chicaliztli was forced out by a power play of the Emperor's, the new Necatli leader, tlatoani Noxochicotzin, cooperated with the Emperor and shut XUN down by raiding its office in Nezahualpilli and arresting everyone connected to the office there. The Xiomeran government also tried to have the XUN journalists operating abroad arrested. When none of the nations involved would honor the Xiomerans' arrest warrants, the government turned to a technological solution: implementing Project Tilmahcoatl, a program to monitor Xiomeran television, radio, mobile phones and the Internet and block any unwanted media at the source.

The government thought that would be the end of XUN. And it was. But the journalists and activists abroad who survived the government's purge of the media didn't plan to go away quietly. They started over, with the creation of an independent media source they renamed HNN: the Huenyan News Network. Taking its name from the island of Huenya, the land where Xiomerans are just one of four tribes, their new goal wasn't to change the Empire, but to rid the world of it. No longer pledging allegiance to the Xiomeran Empire, they consider themselves citizens of a land of their dreams, a future united Huenya where the Xiomeran Empire is just a bad memory.

Under the Delegacy Elections Bill, passed by the IDUSA in January 2019, candidate nominations for the next six-month delegate term (Schedule II election) will open today. As Lauchenoiria, IDUSA Speaker, wishes to preserve the option of running for the delegacy, I have been appointed as Election Commissioner in her place. Nominations are now open for the post; nominations will remain open until 8:00 EST on June 27th. To announce your candidacy for the delegate, please post the following in reply to this thread:
"I, [nation name] hereby announce my intent to run for the office of Delegate."

Please do not post any other messages.

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Let me know what you all think. Feedback is appreciated.
I got this idea from the recent ad scare of Momo.

During a cabinet meeting your press secretary (Random Name) informs you and your cabinet ministers of several news stories that detail a disturbing ad called “Me-Me” popping up on video sites. Your press secretary says that there is an uproar in the country and that people have been contacting the administration about this “Ad Scare Problem” One voice mail message left by a concerned parent says “This ad popped up while my 7 year old son was watching a video on how to count to 10 and now he refuses to watch any form of video. Fix this or a new leader will when election season comes by.” You tell the press secretary to play the ad to see how scary this ad could be. As the ad ends, Horrified and a little wet your cabinet minister’s stare at each other and then turn to you to address this ad scare problem.

Option 1: The press secretary gives you a solution, I think we should put pressure on these ad companies and video sites to have them better screen what ads pop up on certain videos by taking away their tax breaks. This is inappropriate and I feel like holding them accountable would be get them to act, especially if we do it with money.
Outcome 1: Websites are held hostage to screen ads themselves instead of AI algorithms.

Option 2: The minister of commerce (random name) stands up with sweat dripping down his forehead, I do think that ad was of poor taste but in the name of business, economics, and numbers we cannot put interfere in other people’s business practices. This is how business works, this is how ads work. Yes, it was quite terrifying but imposing pressure on that ad company would spit in the face of the capitalist ways.
Outcome 2: Children's nightmares are fueled for money's sake.

Option 3: The Minister of Defense (random name), who is standing and clapping with a tear in his eye, says “this is one of the greatest forms of hypnotic suggestion. We could hire these ad makers and have them create an ad that makes the populace love you. I mean after that whole recession debacle I think this the solution we need to get the people on your side again.
Outcome 3: Love for country is seemingly not from the heart but from the eyes.

Option 4: Your 7 year old nephew who was playing in the back of the meeting room, now is cowering in fear saying “Uncle (leader name) please make the bad figures go away. I want to eat my veggies.” Your nephew passes out at the thought of not eating his vegetables.
Outcome 4: Video Ads have been banned from all websites as letters written by children bear your likeness and talk about how happy they are about eating their vegetables.

The Government of the Dominion of Sensumia is proud to unveil its new flag.

The blue represents the sky above the Dominion.
The green represents the ground of the Dominion.
The red star represents the Dominion Capital Territory.
The white stars represent the four provinces of the Dominion.

The flag has been replaced at all government installations and buildings this morning. It is recommended citizens replace their previous Sensumian flags (which were unfortunately not unique) as quickly as possible by bringing in their old flag at their local Sensumian Citizen Services branch to receive a new flag at no cost.