(Excerpt from a speech by Tom Landry, Premier of the United Maritimes)

Over one thousand years ago, the Roman Empire fell. The city of Rome was sacked and the legions that had once patrolled the borders of a United Empire were scattered to the winds. However, this was not the end of Rome's legacy. No, as soon as Charlemange captured the city of Rome, he had himself proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor so that the institutions that Rome had built up could live on, long after the fall of the Roman State.

The Holy Roman Empire would last a thousand years, longer than the time from the crowning of Julius Caesar to the sack of Rome. Roman law, roman systems of government would continue their legacy even when Rome itself was no more.

Canada is in a similar position to where Rome was then. One capital - Ottawa - lies drowned beneath the waves. Another - London - is about to be sacked by Wisconsinite barbarians. Our attempts to retake Canada over the past ten years have all ended in failure. Does this mean that we must give up Canada's legacy? Or are there ways that we can continue to be Canadian even when Canada is no longer united.

The Canadian Federal government is gone. We will never again be able to fully assemble Parliament, not with Quebec filled with Communists and Ontario with Republicans. However, this does not mean that Canadian Law or the Canadian identity is gone. Just as Roman Law long outlasted the Empire itself, Canadian Law can form a basis for post-Canadian stability. Just as the Holy Roman Empire outlasted the fall of Rome, the Kingdom of Canada can outlast the fall of Canada.

In order to keep the Canadian Dream alive, I am hereby dissolving the Emergency Provisional government, and taking political leadership of the Kingdom of Canada myself. The Government of the United Maritimes will be merged with the Canadian Federal government until such a time as a Federal Parliament can be reconsituted. Until then, Canada will be run within a system inspired by that adopted in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. Yes, I am speaking of feudalism.

To allow for greater stablility of individual communities in these tumultuos times, Canada will herby be governed by the following principles:

(1) The Primacy of the Village

In these times, large cities are long linger sustainable. We have seen this in the collapse of the Canadian Federal Province and the famine in Toronto. Our society shall primailiry be organized along local lines, with local government organizing communites of less than 5 000 people each. Local infrastructure will be collectively owned by these local communities, which will be equipped to survive even if the larger state falls.

(2) The Strong Shall Protect the Weak

With polities such as Ontario struggling to feed themselves, they cannot exist without the protection of stronger states. In medieval times, weaker polities were protected by stronger ones though systems of fealty and vassalage. Today, these systems will find new relevance as Ontario has secured the protection of the United Maritimes and Labrador is already dependent on Newfoundland. We must allow these post-Canadian polities to enter into relations of vassalage with each other to allow the protection of weaker states by those able to field anr army.

(3) The Inviolability of Canadian Law

While there is no longer a legislative authority that can speak for all Canadians, Canadian Law still exists and can be enforced by Provincial-level polities. Just as Roman Law continued to be used after the fall of the Empire, Canadian Law will remain in force until such a time as the Parliament of Canada can be reassembled. We must assert that such law cannot be overridden by Provincial-level polities so that the law can be used to settle interprovincial disputes.

(4) The Flexibility of Borders

The Roman Provinces didn't last the fall of the Roman Empire but were replaced with a mosaic Duchies and Kingdoms. The same may occur in Canada. The Provincial boundaries of today already do not match those of thirty years ago, and more changes can be anticipated in coming decades. As some provinces fall into chaos there is nothing we can do but expect their neighbours to expand into the areas in whci they are restoring order.

(5) The Dispersion of Power

It is times like those in which we currently find ourselves thar are most condusive to the rise of tyrants and dictators. Just as Cromwell rose out of the English Civil War, and Hitler rose out of post-Versailles Germany, the current state of affairs in Canada today could lead to the rise of a new dictator. Our best defense against autocracy and tyranny is to ensure thar power is dispersed as much as possible and not concentrated in a single government. Just as medieval Kings could do nothing without a multitude of vassals, we should ensure that no one Province can drag us to war without the consent of the others. While we must have an army and navy capable of defending ourselves and our vassals, we must not invest too much power in the military itself.

Canada has sufferred a great blow today, but it is not dead. Its legacy will live on, just as Rome's did before it. We must keep this legacy alive by adopting feudalist principles to our current situation.

For the past two years, as the Canadian Royal family enjoyed an upsurge of popularity following rhe successful end of the Ontario famine, the Emergency Provisional government had become little more than a rubber stamp for the Royals and their loyalists. Prince-Consort William Shatner, in particular, had gotten a little... egotistical... in his fantasies of himself as a great military leader, and the result was nothing short of disaster.

As soon as news of the disasterous expedition reahced Toronto, mass protests began in the streets of Toronto. Onatario had never really been fans of the monarchy, and had only tolerated Shatner's overbearing bravado due to the need of imported food from the monarchy-loving Maritimes. The rallying cry of the protestors was 'Common Sense Revolution', a phrase coined by a young student by the name of Mike Harris. The RCMP attempted to keep the protests contained, but were quickly losing control of the situation. When a fightened officer panicked and fired on the crowd, all hell broke loose.

Within days, the RCMP would be driven out of Ontario, which would soon declare itself the 'People's Republic of Ontario', and proclaim independenc from the Kingdom Canada. However, with Ontario still in need of salt cod shipments from the Maritimes to feed its prople, young Mike Harris was soon sent to South Sussex in order to arrange for the continuation of the food aid.

The Emergency Provisional Government would refuse to meet with the young revolutionary who had rejected Canadian sovereignty. However, this rejection would be seen as an opportunity by Premier Tom Landry of the United Maritimes. Landry would side-step the Emergency Provisional Government and would arrange an elaborate ceremony whereby young Mike Harris would swear fealty to Margaret as Queen of the United Maritimes (not as Queen of Canada), making Ontario legally a vassal of the Maritimes. Harris would then be sent back to Toronto with a treayy in hand. Ontario would be allowed to keep nominal sovereignty, but would be forced into economic dependence on the Maritimes in exchange for food guarntees. Ontario would also be forced to accept the 'protection' of the Queen's Army and the Royal Canadian Navy. The status quo had largely been returned, but with a new feudal coat of paint.

######29th December 1969;

######Sault Ste Marie, SCS;

“So… how should we go about these things? How are we… ending it? Because I know what’s happened to the Monde Suffit, they’re a spent force, they’ve been set on fire, they’re simply ashes. You’re the LM, you have first pick.”

Dreary, sodden, damp, dank was that morning, a Monday of all days. There was no hail, there was no lightning, simply the morning drizzle of a warm December. What the day was not was lively, and even still, a lot was being done within the interlude between Christmas and New Year’s Day. In fact, as the offices and companies emptied out, Jarno spied an opportunity, and wanted to finally finish what he had originally ignored.

“It makes sense to go for the Maple Leaf Society. They’re only going to drag you and me down, and the entire party with it. I doubt you’ll be on speaking terms with Nixon anytime soon. My, we need to get this all done with, and soon. I’ve got the police on the line, you have the place where the Maple Leafers have their headquarters, all you need to do is specify the level of destruction.” Jean-Guy was glad to rid himself of the extremists, and find himself some more level footing. Besides, getting the MLS out of the way whilst the MS themselves self-combusted allowed for a significant decrease in violence. In other words, he could claim to be the perfect new LM.

“Should we go to meet them ourselves? It’s not too far away, and it’ll give them the shock of a lifetime? Want me to ring Mati and ask if he wants to come too? He’d love to, I bet you.”

“Me? Soon? Have you seen how I’m dressed at this minute? I’ve got a crimson suit on, I’m wearing beige shoes, they’re in a delightful fabric that I don’t want to get wet, my hat’s… somewhere where I don’t know, and you? You have nothing to indicate that you’re important, you’ve got a shirt from North Star Enterprises, not any of the black market stuff, your hat is a porkpie, and those are slippers!” The LM was slightly exasperated, just ever so slightly.

“Calm, calm, you have a point. I’ll just get someone to note it all down, and we can chat afterwards. We meet at 3?”

“Can do, will do, see you then. Bye?”

“Farewell for the moment.”

It was an event. As the half-dozen police officers, inquired politely at the reception, the remaining three-dozen waltzed through the door, and the lead officer in the blue beret said all that he needed. “This is a legally-allowed raid, all materials must be handed over. The Monde Suffit fire, we suspect their rival organisation. You must comply, we are to be let in.” The one at the door-lock allowed it, and from there, the entire squadron of 42 were inside.

Whilst the office building was itself quite large, being five floors, only the second- and third-floor spaces were actually part of the Maple Leaf Society, with ample space for the few desks present in the headquarters. Each one had a wealth of space around, with there clearly being a very small workforce inside the facility towards the north of Sault Ste Marie. Windows were covered by Venetian blinds, but otherwise offered so-so views. However, all of the papers on the desks were neatly stacked into desk tidies, and covered the more boring parts of the organisation. It was almost the New Year, so only finances mattered.

Everything that was more grandiose and impressive was locked away in a side-room on the third-floor. Wall to wall were high filing cabinets, chock-full of paper, so brilliantly organised and perfectly preserved, just ready for the police to inspect and withdraw from so easily. Because they had so little time though - no doubt were the few employees inside frantically calling their bosses - it was the entire cabinet structure that was taken away, in sections, to keep the entire inventory intact.

They were not there to search. The police were there to destroy.

In fact, they were able to continue to destroy. Within that kitchen, there was a selection of fine tobacco - imported tobacco, not from either of the two chains, so of course showed some level of guilt. Further searching found greater finds, as the desks were imported from the new USA in the south-east North America, the cabinets were manufactured within Ontario, the pencils were from Minnesota, whilst the telephones installed inside of the offices were made of Bakelite as courtesy of the old Maritimes organisation, back from when it was called the MRA. That was a death sentence in a single appliance.

Every item found, every item suspected, was taken to the lobby, to be loaded into police vans for ‘analysis’, but it was clearly for confiscation. The MLS already were going to be charged for one thing, but it was clear that more would follow. Registries of names of those involved were enough, but their positions in promoting federationalism being revealed were even more perfect, if that could have been achieved. In no time, they would know who would have the most impact if they were taken for questioning. It even detailed their Battle of Labour Day, and firearms preparations; that last one really took the police’s vengeance levels towards 11, as they wished now to avenge their old, late friend.

It was 5, not 2 as expected, when the police were done with the facility. Looking around the place afterwards, it was gutted, with only a few wall-mounted furnishings still in their original place. When one finally looked in their secret hole within their ceiling-hole, and exclaimed his relief, an officer peered round the corner, and found them with their hands resting on a final safe. That was the last of all that was holy.

What happened to the papers? Well, they were used, categorised, and then never returned.

Why would they have returned?

The Maple Leaf Society had to be gone. Organised violence had to go.

Only this time, Jarno didn’t need to wait for such self-destruction as happened thirteen days earlier.

{ Unrest Drops 20 Points, As MS and MLS become majorly unable to organise violence, Unhappiness increases 15 Points for obvious reasons }

The Wisconsinite seizure of the Westernmost Ontario was considered by many to be a brazen act of international agitation by the typically prudent Chancellor Gaylord and the WPP. Since the defeat at Beaver Island, It was clear that the interests of the Progressive party were to halt the development of the Canadian naval hegemony in the Great Lakes, by any means necessary, regardless of the price of the cause. Soldiers of the People’s Army, Navy, and Air Force were briefed for months on the strategy of this precursive action by the WPP, and every service unit across Wisconsin was extensively drilled on the possibility of war with Canada.

Conversely, the Canadian military had no other foremost goal than to prevent the flow of Wisconsinite influences across Ontario, but recognized the terrible danger that the massive and reckless tendencies of their opponent posed. For this reason, Admiral William Shatner was tasked with formulating a punitive invasion of the country through the straits of Detroit, to both instill a sense of awe and fear, and to once again cripple and humiliate the navy of Wisconsin and Chancellor Gaylord.

On an early Winter morning in 1969, the Canadian Lake Fleet, alongside an attachment of infantry raiders led by Admiral Shatner, entered the bay of Detroit, and were immediately met with an unrelenting response of gunfire from the East bank of the Detroit river. The 6th Regiment of the Wisconsinite People’s Army had formed a line of fire across the entire length of the strait, beginning on the recently-renamed Fighting Bob Island. Admiral Shatner, not precluded from injuring Canadian civilians during such a fragile mission, demanded that the fleet not fire upon open land unto the Wisconsinites, and that the raider infantry division be halted until the coast was clear. However, some convoys had already passed through the narrowest points of the river, and were forced to continue or make an emergency landing.

Belle Isle was the terminus of the Detroit river into Lake Saint Clair, and was controlled  exclusively by the People’s Army of Detroit as an immigration and processing center for visitors to the commune. It was seldom expected that armed Canadian soldiers were to land on the island and begin demanding passage across the river by force. A small contingent of USSA Red Guards were quickly deployed to meet the stranded marines, but the Detroit People’s Police arrived first, and engaged the Canadian invaders immediately. Hours of protracted gunfire between the two confused and unorganized forces resulted in an incredibly bloody battle, and the surrender of nearly 300 Canadian soldiers to the DPPD.

Having passed the straits of Detroit and the St Clair River with only nominal losses, Admiral Shatner was met at the entrance of Lake Huron by the entirety of the Wisconsinite fleet, and was fired upon immediately. The battle lasted only for minutes, and the entirety of the Canadian Lake Fleet was destroyed forthright by the merciless Wisconsinite navy.

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Chicago had traded hands a few times in the past few decades, first to the mob, then to the Nation of Islam. Now, it was an unwashed ruin: gang warfare was the order of the day. Such warfare had begun to spill over into parts of Gary and other outskirts of the city of Chicago controlled by Wisconsin. The longer this was allowed to continue, the more wealth would be squandered in the city, or worse, it would be snatched up by some other enterprising power.

Chicago's annexation was different than most other ones done by Wisconsin. Instead of an overt annexation, Wisconsin acted as if it was a new gang on the block. Resident gangs were allied with, contacts established, and an agreement was struck that most of the downtown area was now the undisputed territory of the Badger Republic.

This would, of course, change over time. But for now, the Chicago Autonomous Zone would remain governed by the highly autonomous Wisconsin Progressive Party of Cook County, which would itself be given the widest possible latitude to broker alliances.

Wisconsin seizes IG162, IG161, IG163, IG167

######16th December 1969;

######Port Arthur, SCS;

One match was lit. That was all. One match was lit.

It was the standard Tuesday of dull affairs. Within one of the second-floor offices, a meeting was taking place, between a few dignitaries with such a variety of surnames as Smith, White, and MacDonald. All spoke with typical local accents. Their topic of discussion was about the threat that disorder placed upon the organisation, as it would attract media attention towards their doings, and their doings would naturally include the things they would usually hide. After the Battle of Labour Day, the building itself had to be hidden away, with relocation taking place quickly enough that operations were unaffected. Even still, many preferred the older building in North PA, one that had been built in a former law office, then combined with the houses either side.

Indeed, the new office was marvellous. It was constructed of red brick with concrete mixed in, and nominally held the offices for Consett Consultancy and Design Ltd., a lovely shell company that legally held the licences needed for operation of the more… active sides of the business. Such was the activity of the operation that it had been visited by police four times already, with the police knowing the four floors inside-out, with all of the alcoves and holes exposed within the fire-safety maps, as required by law. They covered their tracks by relocating documents - visits never came during the busy periods, with January the police’s favourite month. Buses stopped nearby, the exterior design was applauded for its modern design and tasteful application of new materials, and the head of operations inside the building, Arnaud Victoire, kept to himself.

There was always more to be done, and the room, Suite 304, was too lavish for myself to talk about. You can just imagine it instead, because it will fit every expectation of lavish that one may hold.

You can also just imagine it because I was not allowed inside, such was the secrecy.

Back to the other parts of the building, and the lobby on the ground floor - Suite 0 to be pedantic - was that waiting room for the many guests that visited, agents usually that were here to talk of the everyday they had experienced in their covering jobs. There was an air force captain, who knew many among the rank-and-file so kept them close by, talking of new military techniques; there was a former radio host, who had delved into newspapers, so had more of an idea about how stories were created; there were multiple civil servants, all in high places, and within the right areas to monitor the government’s activities, such as the recent benefits increase; and, there was one certain man within the Superior Transport Board, Donald Aumann, whose match that was.

With his pipe, Donald took to tobacco as any would. He dabbed a bit, then a bit more, into a teak pipe’s large aperture, before deciding that enough was enough. A small shake to level out the shavings inside the pipe, and the singular visitor inside of the lobby looked faintly upon him, slightly disapprovingly. For goodness sake, it was 1969, and this rich man still took to pipes? It was old hat from one in an old hat, symbolic of the old money that this SCS lacked, and Aumann preferred to exude the image. When called through by the receptionist, he was already holding that match. It struck the first time, the pipe was alight, before he took the chance to make his way through. That match was blown out, before being placed in a bin to dispose of the burnt remains, remains which remained glowing.

I do not see any harm in Aumann doing such a thing - by the time that the bin inside of the hallways caught fire, not a soul was around, because not many souls were at this time of year, with only 9 days until Christmas with all it entailed. That receptionist was ready to finish her day, as the night descended through Suite 0, so left as soon as he could. Besides, I was only there to greet a visitor as he finished for the day, and had told her as such. CCD Ltd was not too formal just yet, so when I peered inside of the hallway and saw quite an inferno, it was already too late. Ringing the fire bells and calling the engines round were all that I could do, and as the three-bakers-dozen inside of the building found themselves lucky to escape unto the roof, the glorious building found itself a burnt shell.

Once the police were called around, I had to give my statement, that Donald was probably not some agents, that he had probably not intentionally caused a fire. It was careless from him, and yet, I called for his innocence even still. There was no malice, no reason except stupidity, so why go too far? I knew many in the Monde Suffit who called him a spy for the Maple Leaf Society, and that German surname coupled with the unfortunate officials of ‘DA’ or ‘Double Agent’ as many called him, provoked quite a stand of fury inside of the Monde Suffit.

When I visited the remaining shell six days later, it was derelict, and the bulldozers were piling in. What used to be glorious red-brick was now charred, the concrete marked so heavily, the interior gutted. It was not safe, or so said those higher-ups, that the shell had protected those inside so well, and that a few… design flaws, related to the interior kitchenette, would have likely led to the entire structure going up more destructively by even that cold Monday morning.

In fact, I saw a gas explosion take place from about one-hundred feet back, bursting through the upstairs windows, taking even myself by surprise. What was left - those remaining cabinets, papers, ideas, and objects, left to ruin and left to waste, were all exposed to the elements, and all that remained was reduced by the new inferno to a new and charred business.

To say it clearly, I don’t think anything was lost.

Even still, it marked a turn, and even I, a worker upon the docks, can tell that something will ignite very soon.

It shall ignite, even if I witnessed the burning of the ashes.

{ DP to Air Training / Public Welfare / Industrial }

As more and more of Ontario is brought under the control of the Kingdom of Canada, veterans of the Ontario and Canadian Federal Army have been identified for conscription into the Queen's Army. Tens of thousands of new recruits are drafted every single year, and they will need to be put into active surface as soon as possible if Windsor is to be liberated from Wisconsin.

The Queen's Army has started to specialize through the creation of its own marine corps to take part in amphibious operations. Many of these marines are veteran Nova Scotian and BC marines, but they have been supplemented by new recruits from Ontario.

Every since Toronto and Hamilton have been brought under the authority of the Emergency Provisional Government, tax revenues have been off the charts. While the current bureaucracy in South Sussex is not collecting nearly as much gross revenue as the old bureaucracy in London once did, the financial infrastructure in South Sussex is simply not capable of handling the funds that it is bringing in.

Thus work has begun on the establishment of the Royal Bank of Canada, to be headquartered in Toronto. Its task will be to take the incoming tax revenue from Toronto businesses and loan it out as investments in the local economy to allow the government to continue to grow its own sovereign wealth fund while also keeping the economy moving. It will be some time before this bank is ready to open its doors, but, when it does, it is believed that it will do good things for the economy.

In other news, there continues to be a mass outflow of industrial goods from Toronto and Hamilton to the Maritimes and British Columbia to aid in the construction of infrastructure. There continue to be protests in the streets by those who are upset that so much of their wealth is being exported, but the RCMP is keeping them under control.

A blazing summer heat beat down upon the City of Madison. These sorts of heat waves were atypical for the People's Republic of Wisconsin, even on this side of the climatological disaster. Still, a whole mass of people were gathered to listen to Chancellor Nelson speak to the crowd gathered outside the capitol, as had become his custom. Facing Northeast toward La Follette street, it was as if he was looking far into the distance to see the City of Green Bay, rising above the Fox River and Green Bay. But before that you had Appleton, Oshkosh, Fond Du Lac and all others in between. As in an instant, he snapped out of this trance, and began his quite stately speech, yet not betraying his constant stately repose.

Fellow Wisconsinites, Hear me!

We are gathered here upon the grounds of the nervous system of our people's democracy. For decades since the victory of the Wisconsin Progressive Party over the federalists, justice has flowed from this estuary of the people's will. Leader Phil dispensed in the name of the people and the people's will the wisest pronouncements and judicious rulings, revolutionizing the State of Wisconsin into a People's Republic. Wisconsin's government was no longer a whorehouse for trusts, no longer a habitation for oligarchs. Finally, the dream of Bob La Follette Sr. had been sternly accomplished by his children, Leader Phil and Chancellor Bob Jr., my predecessor.

We must, however, come to terms with the reality that Leader Phil did not intend for the People's Republic of Wisconsin to be, at all times, a dictatorship. A central point of the Wisconsin Ideology is, after all, the resumption of a liberal people's democracy after the vanquishing of all existential threats to our nation. And now, we can adjudge it as such. We are now free not only in our security but also in our liberty, as we can enjoy the latter without overbearing need of the former.

If Leader Phil still walked this earth, he would be proud to see that Wisconsin has outlasted the Canadians even as we outlasted the Daleyites in his life. Wisconsin was, at one time, a mere subfederal unit. Now, it has become a nation far more real in its nature than the United States ever was. The flood which brought about our existence was indeed our gift, and like phoenix we shall rise from the ash heap stronger, braver and more beautiful than ever before.

As we continue into this brave new era of existence, we must look to caring for Our Earth which we have so recklessly destroyed in pursuit of atom-splitting and other martial endeavors. We can no longer dump every color of waste imaginable into Fair Wisconsin's waterways; we can no longer soil our sacred lands hallowed by the blood of martyrs who gave their lives to save Wisconsin from the fascist menaces.

Thank you. And On, Wisconsin.

The renaming of Windsor, Ontario to Leader-Phik-opolis or whatever it's called was too much. Captain William Shatner of the HMCS Enterprise will personally lead a punitive expedition against Wisconsin.

######27th May 1969;*

######Sault Ste Marie, SCS;*

The break was over, and the Members were back to their usual routines, the monotony of the day’s activities broken by brief conversations. It was the time to visit the new docking and goods-rail facilities of Sault, and, for the time being, try to get somewhere with the people inside of the city. Since the Battle of Labour Day, the entire city had never truly calmed down - that was with the previous government, however. Nowadays, it was the International Unionist Party that took charge, and that promised much better things for the Maple Leaf Society protesters, who had championed the party’s cause, even as the party shook off associations with that MLS. A perfect match it was not, and still, it proved more of a harmonious association than between the pair and the Monde Suffit.

Ah, the Monde Suffit. Pushed back further and further, it was time to end it all.

None of the people inside had any clue about how much the Congress were connected to the Monde Suffit - only a few, namely Sankey and Gatley, really knew how connected the two were - and it showed with every confrontation. They had not yet forgotten how the police, under supreme command of Laymuse, had dispersed the entire battle, apparently losing them the war. Now, the Congress had betrayed them - they were out for something, and that something was not a simple apology.

#####“Fuck you, traitorous bastards, get swept away when people find about your villanry!”

#####“OUT, OUT. ELECTION NOW, get yourselves GONE!”

#####“How dare you ruin our city? You’ve created a disorder of the day, city-wide! Why could you not just end the MLS then and there?”

#####“Take this rock! And this BOTTLE!”

“Oh no, we need to leave… Mati, can you tell the others to not come round here, there’s MS people here, and they know nothing” whispered Jarno rather loudly, trying to get the attention of his driver and Mati seated next to him simultaneously.

#####“OH, so you’re HIDING SOMETHING?”

They overheard Jarno. “Damn…” was what Jarno murmured, shrinking back into his chair. It was going to be a long ride back.

Matias decided on a different course of action, and leaned out of the car. Megaphone in hand, his idea was an impromptu speech. “My fellow denizens, have you not seen what this city suffers? It suffers division. Just as the IUP champion their Maple Leaf and their international cause, I shall champion the Monde Suffit, for I believe in fixing our planet and preventing another Deluge! Don’t… don’t think that we are… divided in our government and CABINET. Liberal-Labour are for divide-- division, as evidenced in their name, so… so… so, so my friends and my allies, lay your shouts down and sort this city out! End this division, and we shall not suffer a moment longer. Do you wish to anger the greater powers at be?”

It was no use. There were still stones pelted, still bottles thrown, and one jammy woman managed to hit Mati through the open car window, as he tried desperately to calm the situation.

“ENOUGH. Listen, and obey. You’re leaving the country open to outsiders, who wish to destroy our uniqueness! They shall destroy this movement that we have ourselves allowed to prosper! So, look at me in my eyes, look to the right and see my cut nose, and ask whether killing the MWM will really. SOLVE. ANYTHING! DO NOT… DO NOT STOP ME. *You’ll hear more soon, I shall promise personally on my own life! Now, bloody drive fast, we’re out.”

It was not too long before they reached the relative safety of an office building, one which housed the Maple Leaf Society headquarters, even if the pair and the city did not really know it.

“What.”

“What?”

“How?”

“Stupidity and rage. I’m sorry it’s out.”

“No, you’ve done the best thing. It has to come out eventually.”

“True. I hope we haven’t lit a fire beneath us.”

“Even if we have, let us take the warmth in, and prosper. Thank goodness that’s a small cut. Good tidings.”*

{ DP to Army Log / Public Infrastructure / State Bureaucracy }

{ GL095 is no longer a Repressed City, returns to Core City }

José Anonio Girón de Velasco, President of the Spanish Nation, arrived in the Puerto Rican capital of Las Piedras on November 12 to begin his grand tour of the Spanish Caribbean. A large crowd of Puerto Ricans greeted him with the roman salute and singing of “Cara al Sol” and the Spanish anthem “La Marcha Granadera”.

Politicians greeting him at las Piedras was Puerto Rican Governor Maximiliano López Guzmán, Vice Governor Casimiro Berenguer Padilla, and Puerto Rican Provincial Secretary of the M-26-7/FE de la JONS Isabel Rosado Morales. President Girón then made his way to Aguas Buenas, the largest city in Puerto Rico, on November 14. Aguas Buenas police, the Falange Militia, and the Army was on high alert to insure the utmost security to the President during his visit, which went without difficulty. November 15 to 19 was spent touring the rural parts of the island, visiting the Puerto Rican farmers.

President Girón then made his way to the Province of Santo Domingo, arriving by airship to the provincial capital of Santiago de los Caballeros on November 21. Here, the President had a dinner with Governor Fulgencio César de los Santos de la Rosa and enjoyed watching the play La Danza de la Libertad by Dominican playwright Juan Sánchez, which detailed the rise and corruption of the Caribbean Federation and its fall before the liberation of July 26th. The Dominican part of the tour was done shortly, as fears of attacks by the Caribbean Red Army or Dominican Revolutionary Army were high. The President left Santo Domingo on November 24 after visiting San Juan de la Maguana.

The President arrived in Cuba on November 25th, once again similarly to adoring crowds in the capital of Holguín. A military parade by soldiers from the Caribbean Military District and a parade by the Blueshirts welcomed him to Holguín. Governor-General Carlos Pío de Habsburgo-Lorena y Borbón, OAR Director Jaime Robles Arámburu, Provincial Governor Conrado Domínguez Núñez, Provincial Vice Governor Fidel Castro Ruz, M-26-7/FE de la JONS Provincial Secretary Alfonso Serrano Vilariño met with the President at the capitol building following the parade.

While the Kingdom of Canada has been dealing with alleviating the famine in Ontario, it has been neglecting the two greatest threats to its sovereignty: the FLQ and Wisconsin. It has been decided that, in the short term, saving millions of Canadian lives is more important than returning Quebec City and Windsor to the Canadian fold. However, eventually, these threats will need to be addressed militarily.

To aid in the eventual military campaigns which will be needed to reassert sovereignty, arms have been ordered from the factories that once supplied the Confederate Army. These tanks and mechs will soon provide the Queen's Army with a much-needed technological edge, to ready it for war.

The Yukon Territory had always been the farthest and most remote region of Canada. Connected to the rest of the country only by the passes leading to Skagway and Juneau and by the WW2-era Alaska Highway, it had gone its own way when the floods had led to chaos in Western Canada. While the Yukon had been on paper a key part of the Northwest Compact, it had largely been an autonomous territory ruled from Whitehorse with only economic ties connecting it to Alaska and British Columbia.

Thus, the Yukon had largely been spared the ravaging that the rest of British Columbia had suffered under the post-Northwest Compact warlords. Its remoteness had protected it. It had traded with the Model Government in Northeastern BC via what remained of the Alaska Highway, and otherwise kept to itself.

However, the advance of the RCMP along the Upper Fraser River has put Canada once again in contact with the Alaska Highway leading to Whitehorse and the Yukon River. Whitehorse has agreed to accept the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Canada provided that the Yukon Territory be allowed to continue to assert its own autonomy. The Yukon is Canadian once again.

MAP

Oshawa had once been a city in its own right, a metroplois smaller than Toronto but still larger than any Canadian city East of Quebec City. It had once been the Canadian centre for auto manufacturing, and had built important parts for Ontario's aviation industry.

However, the famine had not treated it well. The city had been one of the first to run out of food, as the population fled to the countryside. When the relief fleet from the Maritimes arrived last year, it had landed in Toronto and Kingston, and Oshawa itself simply did not receive a large enough volume of food to justify repopulating it.

Oshawa, like the other industrial suburbs of Toronto, is now a sparesly-populated rural area. However, it still maintains a number of factories staffed by commuters. Industry is still present despite the low population density.

MAP

Today the Media Authority Act of 1969 has passed the assembly requiring that all media, press and news companies hand over ownership to government authorities or face harsh penalties such as heavy fines, seizures and imprisonment. Already many agencies have been “persuaded” to be taken over by government authorities. With such a mass seizure in place the members of the Council, National Assembly and civil services have begun a mad scramble to “seize” the companies for the “state” effectively for their own corrupt personal gains. Many a corrupt and self-serving deal has been done in the name of public safety but in reality to line their own pockets and grant themselves power over influential public outlets.

Freedom of Press to Government Owned

Today the New Union National Council has approved the Arkansas Territory's accession to becoming a State of the Union. With Arkansas's statehood the number of states in the Union grows to 4 and the population has grown to 10.6 million people, one of the most populous states in America. With New Union borders slowly pushing their way south, more and more Indians have found themselves under the authority of our state, many in the Assembly are growing concerned at their numbers and although our New Generation program is already bearing fruits in Indian children who are being properly educated there are far too many adults to re-educate. Already a draft of measures to quell dissent and shore up the stability of the state are being considered

Expansion into TX042, TX043, TX045, GP079. Set to Conquered for Three years

Map of the New Union States

While our armed forces have grown respectably and we possess some of the most modern soldiers on the continent we have a serious problem, the complete lack of an air-force. Our lack of planes is a major flaw and the enemies ability to dominate the skies is an achilles heel. Thus before we can address our air force we must ensure that our ground forces are able to fight the aerial enemies as best as possible. Along with that more artillery and autocannon units are to be recruited and equipped, backing our infantry with heavy guns against all targets whether they be planes or enemy ground forces.

Recruiting:

20 x Quality Heavy Artillery

10 x Quality Medium Anti-Infantry

20 x Quality Heavy AA

Today the State of Platte and the Arkansas Territory have met with New Union forces seizing territory on the right bank of the Missouri River. This land fulfils an important strategic role, blocking off direct access to the home state of Moines from foreign encroachment. The Seuqoyah sitting so close to our core was always a constant stream of worry, but that ends today. The main threat however lies in the oppressors to our south, the United States has succeeded in crushing the Confederate remnants and it is only a matter of time before they turn their eyes north in their rapacious lust for domination of the Americas.

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Expanding into GP072, GP078, GP081, GP080, Set to Conquered for Three years.

The last order for the Infantry of the Union Guard has just come in. 20 units of medium calibre anti-aircraft guns will allow our units to be fully outfitted should our Air Command be overwhelmed. These towed AA guns will be crucial to lessening the burden for our aircraft sector to maintain future losses in the event of another conflict.

After this batch is finished, work will begin on creating a marine division whose job will be to engage via the Mississippi River or to safeguard coastal positions should the need arise. They will be outfitted in much of the same manner, but will only occupy a single combat group for their speciality status. Finally, an armoured cavalry unit will be created to dominate the open plains to the west and south if needs be.

As per usual during these military recruitment and modernization contracts, more ships are due to be constructed. These will also join the Riverine Flotilla. The navy of the Mississippi River, crucial in maintaining supply lines in the event of war, is only composed of Great Lake Defenders. By adding pontoons as well, then the overall operational capacity of the Riverine Flotilla will be on par with the Coast Guard.

The push by the Progressives to modernize the military at the expense of the Union's budget has backfired. While the modernization is progressing quite nicely, the mass shortages of fuel and industrial goods across Minnesota have begun to take their toll against the local populace.

An inability to purchase kitchen appliances, automobiles, and machine parts is hurting the general citizenry to a great degree. Years of declining taxes and a robust economy have made people accustomed to "living the good life." Hence, the mass collapse of the North American trade network in aggregate has been a shock to everyone.

This is made worse by the Progressives pushing the military rebuild as a necessity because of the failing world economy. Essentially the military will act as a deterrent to maintain Minnesotan security. However, to assuage domestic shortages, taxes are now being raised again. Some think that slowing down the military expansion would lessen the impact of the shortages. While that would help, increasing taxes by even one step provides such a large expansion of the budget that the Union Council feels confident the bleeding will be stopped.

200 new tanks for the front line have been ordered, the new M26 pattern vehicle which supports improved armour and the new HVFSDS shell which provides superior penetration against enemy armour. Improved engines provide better speed and easier maintenance, all in all a complete upgrade from the warden tanks. These new tanks are intended for one enemy and one enemy alone, the United States, the imperialist tyrant and the seemingly newest enemy for the New Union. Under our treads shall we crush them and their ilk, and in a sea of their blood shall we bring them to the table.

Recruiting:

20 x Quality Armoured Vehicles

The United States assault on Southern Missouri was an unmitigated success, at a heavy cost. Although the American soldiers had achieved success across the board they had taken a similar number of casualties as the confederates. Aerial assaults by the fledgling US Airborne was able to strike deep inland and seize the inland areas. Although naval assaults have failed to achieve anything but one small beachhead only the Confederate stronghold remains (MP172) which is now reinforced by the retreating forces and will certainly be a tough nut to crack.

The current map as of December 1968.

Confederate Air forces have been devastated with only a small amount of planes remaining. US Special forces although pivotal to defeating the confederates have taken heavy casualties.

TX012 - USA Victory

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Confederate Dead: 755

Confederate Injured: 1626

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USA Dead: 130

USA Injured: 454

TX010 - USA Victory

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Confederate Dead: 486

Confederate Injured: 1085

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USA Dead: 179

USA Injured: 649

MP171 - USA Victory

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Confederate Dead: 1687

Confederate Injured: 3509

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USA Dead: 327

USA Injured: 1072

MP172 - Confederate Victory

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Confederate Dead: 125

Confederate Injured: 454

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USA Dead: 1034

USA Injured: 2345

MP169 - Draw - Beachhead Secured

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Confederate Dead: 549

Confederate Injured: 1381

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USA Dead: 666

USA Injured: 1765

MP161 - Confederate Victory

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Confederate Dead: 430

Confederate Injured: 1044

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USA Dead: 1022

USA Injured: 2277

MP162 - Controlled by US Forces

MP168 - US Victory

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Confederate Dead: 329

Confederate Injured: 839

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USA Dead: 187

USA Injured: 609

MP167 - USA Victory

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Confederate Dead: 300

Confederate Injured: 860

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USA Dead: 251

USA Injured: 798

Total Casualties:

Total US Deaths: 3,787

Total US Injured: 9,969

Total Confederate Deaths: 4,661

Total Confederates Injured: 10,798

MP167, MP168, MP162, MP171, TX012, TX010 Captured by US, set to Conquered for three years

In the years following the Deluge, as chaos reigned across Mexico, a criminal gang known as the Yucatan Cartel would take over the Yucatan Peninsula. Claiming to champion the rights of the indigenous people of Mexico, they would make their fortune exporting drugs across Mexico.

As the Mexican Red Army arose in Oaxaca, one of their first acts was to crack down on the drug trade. Distributors of the literal opiate of the people would face harsh punishment, including and up to execution. In retaliation, the Cartel, one of the major agricultural producers in Mexico, would close the border and end food exports to Oaxaca, no doubt hoping to starve us out.

This has not come to pass. While we have secured alternative routes of food imports, it is utterly unacceptable for us to be reliant on capitalist powers for such a vital staple and to allow an organization such as the CDY to sit in our backyard. With our gains in the north consolidated, our army now turns east in a new battle - a War on Drugs! As our forces advance into the Yucatan peninsula, fields of opium and cocaine will be burned, allowing them to be replaced with crops that benefit the working class.

The meaning of permanent revolution is that the working class will refuse to compromise its own interests, taking action solely for itself. We certainly will not sacrifice them to drug lords!

Provinces YU002, YU003, YU004

US Department of Defense

-September 12th 1968

-Defense White Paper on US Armored capabilities

Following the collapse of Federal authority across much of the country, the US Army has suffered the brunt of Federal cutbacks in the vain hope of maintaining our air and sea capabilities intact. Lessons learned at the war in Texas however inform us of the need for a proper armored formation. That and the conflict between the Confederacy and the Socialist State of Ohio point to the futility of mass trench warfare owing to the massive casualties endured by both sides and the importance of controlling the battlespace in any land combat scenario.

Nevertheless as our focus against the Communists propel the US officer corps now swelling with Magnolian veterans, reforms are being implemented towards US Army doctrine. While the Socialists can be effectively contained to the Midwest due to their unwillingness to expand their borders and seeking a defensive stance, we can safely contain the Socialists and focus on other fronts, mainly to the West. The current threats of America do not come necessarily from the Socialists, but from a resurgent Japan and Spain, and the secessionist states to our West. Thus a comprehensive military reform plan has been submitted to the DOD for review:

-The reorganization of America's naval shipbuilding capabilities back to a level comparable to pre flood status.

-Finalize the deployment of USAF Air Assault detachments into full Airborne Divisions

-The creation of the United States Special Operations Division creating units such as the Green Berets and SEAL commando battlegroups.

-Rebuilding 2 USMC divisions for amphibious operations

-Allocate R&D funding towards improvements in light arms, artillery, and rolling steel for armor production.

-The creation of two new armored battlegroups:

[10 DP on Army Tech, 5 DP on Industry, 2 DP on State Infrastructure]

Protests that erupted in Cuba at the Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas on October 4 devolved quickly into violence. Students affiliated with the underground and illegal Democratic Action and the Caribbean Communist Party launched protests on university grounds. Soon afterwards, pro-Falangist students in the Sindicato Español Universitario and the Falange de la Juventud immediately countered the protestors, with it ending physical violence.

The clash left several students injured, prompting a swift response from university authorities and local law enforcement. Santa Clara police were called to the scene to disperse the crowd and restore order, resulting in numerous arrests. In the aftermath, the university administration of Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas issued a public statement condemning the violence by “bourgeois-Marxist infiltrators” and temporarily suspending all campus activities until further notice.

Similar protests have erupted in the Puerto Rican city of Aguas Buenas. The slums of the city, which have seen a large influx of supporters of the 26th of July Movement/FE de las JONS since 1967, has clashed with the middle class and upper class of Aguas Buenas. An anti-Falangist protest in downtown Aguas Buenas that occurred on October 11 was met by a crowd of Blueshirted Borinqueños from the slums. The Falange Militia attacked the protestors with fists and batons, dispersing it by October 12. An attack on the Puerto Rican provincial government capitol in Las Piedras by a car bomb on October 20 failed to kill or harm anyone, and was later claimed by the Comité Revolucionario de Independencia de Puerto Rico.

Despite the violence, Regional Administrative Office Director Jaime Estauracio Robles Arámburu has asked for calm and reassured the public that the Regional Administrative Office will ensure that Provincial Governments will properly uphold law and order in the Caribbean and crack down on “...all attempts by foreigners, the bourgeoisie, oligarchs, and Bolsheviks to disrupt the gains made by the 26th of July National-Syndicalist Revolution that reunited us with our homeland…”

The National and Popular Army of Spain units stationed on the islands have yet to been called out or used since the invasion. However, it is reported General Agustín Muñoz Grandes, commander of the Caribbean Military District, has put all of his units on high alert in case of rebel attacks or need to put down armed protest in the cities. Nevertheless, the Falange Militia and Spanish secret police units have been efficient in disrupting protests for the time being.

While the great factories of Toronto and Hamilton were once geared towards export of industrial goods to customers in the former United States. However, with the Kingdom of Canada promoting an economic policy of autarky, many of these factories are being retooled to make more utilitarian devices for use within Canada. Particular importance has been given to producing devices that can improve the productivity of Canada's farms and fishing grounds in order to better supply food to the great industrial cities. Factories in Toronto and Hamilton that once produced luxury cars for the American market are now producing tractors for use in farmer's fields. Factories that once produced pleasure yachts for the well-to-do of London are now making fishing boats for the Grand Banks fishery. Factories that once produced fireworks for festive celebrations are now producing mining explosives for use in the mountains of British Columbia.

Canada's economy has undergone a recession, and the people are poorer than they once were, but they are still working towards improving productivity. If anything, the loss of much wealth in Ontario has distributed the economic gains around, allowing the factories of Toronto and Hamilton to provided for the well-being of those in the far-flung provinces.

[Building PDEV]

The next phase in the development of the Royal Canadian Navy is here. The Charlottetown- and Sackville-class vessel have been declared obsolete to be superceded by the Saint John-class gunboats and Fredricton-class destroyers. These new vessels will go into production shortly to replace the naval presence that was lost on the Great Lakes when the Capital Province fell.

The Queen's Army is also growing in strength and sophistication as residents of Ontario are now being recruited into its ranks. Former Canadian Army officers are joining the ranks of the Queen's Army and are bringing their tactical expertise with them. The level of training and tactics of the Queen's Army is slowing improving to make it competitive with the armies of Canada's neighbours.

Since the City of Prince George was returned to the Province of British Columbia two years ago, the warlord threats in the British Columbian interior have faded into the shadow of the so-called 'model government' that continued to rule Northeastern BC. Many citizens of the lands brought under Canadian control spoke well of this model government, and how it ruled without corruption or repression, but no actual representatives of the "model government" could be found. They made no efforts at engaging diplomatically with the advancing Canadian authorities and were long gone from every town and village by the time the Canadians arrived.

The threat of the "model government" was not their ability to oppose the Canadian advance, but their ability to slip back in undetected once the Canadians left. In the sparsely-population regions of the Upper Fraser, local municipal authorities would obediently collect taxes according to Canadian laws, but as soon as the RCMP had left, this tax money would disappear and end up in the hands of the "model government". There were simply not enough Mounties and Canadian Army personnel to keep a tight watch on every town, and the municipal governments would claim to have done nothing wrong.

WAC Bennett was unwilling to use heavy-handed tactics against seemingly loyal towns, and so the municipal authorities would be allowed to stay in place while the RCMP would work to catch the model government's tax collectors. It would take years to survey the various backroads and mountain paths that these tax collectors used, but eventually it became clear that the RCMP could establish a secure frontier along the Fraser River. The river had a limited number of bridges and fords which soon became RCMP checkpoints, and patrol boats were used to secure the river between the checkpoints. Soon, all land between the Fraser River and the Alaskan border had been brought under secure Canadian control.

Map

The United States has shown their hand, the true colours of the tyrants from Washington. Now we need to hunker down and prepare for their inevitable assault on our lands. The Arkansas land has been ordered to be built, a line of defensive fortifications and anti-air positions backed by the unbreakable will and steel of the New Union Army. A fort line stretching from St Louis west which will ensure any American assault is stopped in its tracks, while exorbitant in its costs it will ensure that we can properly defend ourselves against the larger forces of the United States.

Constructing of:

6 x Fort 1

4 x AA 1

Recruiting:

10 x Quality Armoured Vehicle