Polska and BaltoSlavia

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Polska and BaltoSlavia
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Flag of Polska and BaltoSlavia
Motto: "Jeszcze Polska nie zginela, kiedy my zyjemy"
Menotomy Regional Map
Region Golden Triangle
Capital Warzkiewapest
Official Language(s) Polish (official). Russian and Czech minorities
Leader Archpontiff Zacharyk Pierogszki IV
Population 1.7 billion
Currency Zloty 
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The Populace

The people of Polska & BaltoSlavia are purely Slavic; they are the sons and daughters of Eastern Europe and the steppes beyond. They are fiercely conservative in defense of ethics and morality due to their infallible alliegiance to the Roman Catholic Church, which exercises its power over the nation. On political and economic issues they tend to be more liberal as they are willing to find new ways to get rich. Several vast cities dot the nation, each distinguishable by their towering cathedrals. These metropolises are kept very clean, but in the mostly industrialized rural areas the toxicity of the air reaches unhealthy levels. 57% of the population consists of Poles, who are treated with dignity and have the most political freedoms granted by the Polish-run government. Two large minorities are the Slavics (25%) and Baltics (17%). These two minorities have less civil rights and political freedoms and work in the grimy factories of the industrial sectors.

Geography

Very little remains of the vast, dense forests that covered the nation in its infancy. Most of the land has been either covered by cities or cultivated, then later industrialized. A handful of farms have been spared as they are essentiel in producing the national beverage, straight vodka. The Carpathian mountains stretch across the nation's middle and are the source of the four major rivers that flow into the Southern Ocean of Menotomy. The largest river Vistula empties into Golden Triangle's Southern Ocean at the sprawling port city of Warzkiewapest. As the nation's largest city Warzkiewapest serves as the national capitol.

Government

The Holy Council

The government of the empire is watched over by the Archpontiff's Holy Council of Cardinals. The Catholic Church closely monitors and regulates all government activity in order to preserve the ethics and morals taught by the Church. The Archpontiff heads the Holy Council and has unconditional veto power over any bills or actions passed by the legislature; his vetoes cannot be overridden. The Archpontiff's term last as long as he is alive or until he resigns for any just reason. The current ArchPontiff is Zacharyk Pierogszki IV who has brought recent changes by granting more freedoms to Baltic and Slavic provinces with good behavior.

The Three Senates

The ultimate authority that is the Holy Council presides over a democracy ruled by a tricameral legislature. The government consists of three senates: two lower, one upper. Bills passed in the lower senates are then forwarded to the upper senate for approval. Each senate represents the empire's three primary regions.

The Polish Senate

Provinces Represented: Poland and Kaliningrad (but has authority over all provinces in the empire). Roles:

  1. Passes or repeals bills into/out of law brought forth by representatives of Poland.
  2. Approves or rejects bills that have been passed by either of the lower senates.
  3. May exercise legislative authority over any provinces represented in the lower senates that have failed to comply with government demands.
  4. Directs the actions of the military. Can declare war with approval of the archpontiff.
  5. Acts as head of the judiciary system and presides over cases, both civil and criminal, that are upgraded from any lower courts in the empire.

The Baltic Senate

Provinces Represented: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, and St. Petersburg sector Russia. Roles:

  1. Passes/Repeals bills brought forth by representatives of the Baltic provinces.
  2. Acts as the highest judiciary court presiding over all courts in the region.
  3. May cooperate with Slavic Senate in joint legislature, passing/repealing bills that would affect both regions.

The Slavic Senate

Provinces Represented: Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Moldavia, Ukraine, and Moskva-Volgograd Sector Russia. Roles:

  1. Passes/Repeals bills brought forth by representatives of the Baltic provinces.
  2. Acts as the highest judiciary court presiding over all courts in the region.
  3. May cooperate with Slavic Senate in joint legislature, passing/repealing bills that would affect both regions.

Economy

The economy of Polska-BaltoSlavia is one of the strongest in the region, with a Gross Domestic Product of $22.1 trillion and a GDP $27,621 per capita. An ideal Polski-BaltoSlavic citizen is a rabid consumer, partly by choice and partly because the government requires it. This is evident by the miniscule 2.74% unemployment rate. The government has strong ties with several multi-national corporations, providing the feds money to fund education, healthcare, and welfare. The nation has several powerful industries, lead primarily by Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. The nation also boasts the largest Trout Farming Industry in the region.

History

The Barbarians

The peoples of Polska-BaltoSlavia originated from the steppes of what is now north-eastern Cruhad. When the Arabs formed the nation of Cruhad, these northeast barbarian tribes were exiled into the heavily forested wilderness of the former civilization of Debiana. The tribes of Poles, Balts, and Slavs settled in this territory and formed individual city-states. Eventually Christian missionaries arrived to convert the barbarians and were successful. The now civilized tribes practiced either Roman Catholic or Orthodox Christianity, with little tensions as of yet.

The SlavoBaltic-Polski Wars

The rapidly expanding city-states of the Debian frontier formed alliances and consolidated into three independent republics: The Sacred Orthodox Republic of the Baltics, the Divine Cathrodox Republic of Slavia, and the Holy Catholic Republic of Polska. Border disputes and ethnic tensions continued to escalate beyond the containment of diplomacy, and full-scale war erupted. 44 years of bloodshed and destruction ended in a total victory by Polish forces at the battle of Minsk where the armies of the BaltoSlavic Axis surrendered to the might Polish Cavalry Corps. The Baltics and Slavia were annexed by Polska to form the Holy Catholic Empire of Polska and BaltoSlavia. The subordinate Balts and Slavs were stripped of many of their civil and political freedoms while the victorious Poles were granted extensive rights to government and corporate offices. Practice of Orthodox Christianity was not banned, but was greatly discouraged by the Catholic government through means of human rights confiscations.

The Numa-Numa Rebellion

Due to the efficiency of government oppression, very few revolts have occurred since the consolidation of the empire. An exception to this was the Numa-Numa Riot that occurred in the Province of Romania. The event is described in the following news article:
-WARZKIEWAPESZT SUNDAY GAZETTSKI-
A large revolt was put down last Saturday outside of the capitol building. A large group of Romanian protesters were either shot or arrested after rioting over a heated political issue. The debate began the week before when representatives in the Romanian House of Representatives, located in the Slavic Senate. As many as 14 million people, the people of the Romanian sector located in the Southeast part of Polska-BaltoSlavia, were rabidly requesting a massive change to the nation's identity. Led by a rather hefty, bespectacled man named Vlad Florescu, who presented a music video he called the Numa-Numa Dance, taken from a song by the Romanian pop group O-zone. It was requested to Romanian delegates that this song be the new national anthem, replacing the Dabrowski Mazurka. The proposal was presented to the Slavic Senate, which also included provinces such as Yugoslavia, Slovakia, and Croatia. By a vote of 72-28 the bill passed and was moved up to the Polish Senate, which had higher authority over the Baltic and Slavic Senates. The bill was immediately rejected by the nationalistic Polaks, calling it "travesty that make ears spewing blood." In response, a group of 5,000 Romanian nationalists gathered in front of the capitol and staged a revolt. The 107th and 85th Marine divisions were called in the round them up. A massive riot ensued. Before they surrendered, about 2,900 of the Romanian were killed and 142 marine casualties. Their bodies were delivered to Bucharest and thrown onto the steps of the provincial capitol where they still rot. The entire province of Romania is now banned from all exposure to non-government broadcasted media.
--Janek Przyszki, Gazettski Staff

Recent Events

2005: The evil megavirus nation of Xason struck again, taking control of the government of Cruhad. Since Cruhad was the regional delegate at the time, Xasonic saboteurs used the delegate powers to exile the governments of all nations in Menotomy. Although the attack was surpressed and Xason at last removed from existence, the Holy Empire of Polska and BaltoSlavia was banished permanently from the region on suspicion of conspiring with Xason. The truth was that Polski-BaltoSlavic agents were working under cover with the Xasonic government in attempts to sabotage the saboteur. Attempts to hand over the Xason threat to the authorities failed and when Xason launched its takeover, Polska-BaltoSlavia was caught in an awkward position. Fearing trial for treason, the region's trust shaken by the Xason attack, Polska-BaltoSlavia voluntarily resigned. Searching for a home, the government decided on The Golden Triangle as the perfect place in which to conduct international diplomacy.

2004 AND EARLIER: Relations with the Divine Republic of Cruhad have been strained since the attack on the Polski-BaltoSlavic destroyer HPS Trzetrzeslewska by a Cruhadi submarine. The battleship HPS Zakopana was deployed and forced the sub to surrender. The Cruhadi government explained this incident as a rebel highjacking, but suspicions still smolder. The HPN has evidence of minefields on the perimeter of Cruhadi waters. Further west, the Galaxy-Spanning Empire of Oltramar was experiencing a full-scale civil war requiring several nations to provide military assistance. The HPN 7th Fleet was deployed to form a blockade of the Oltramarian coast in order to prevent rebels from entering or escaping by sea. Victory was declared by the Oltramarian government, thanks in part to the HPN's severing of rebel supply lines.

The return of the Xasonic terrorists has forced Polska-BaltoSlavia out of Menotomy on exile. After a brief stay in Poland and Justicia, the empire re-located to a new region called Golden Triangle where plans to engage in diplomacy with a fresh new group of nations.

Diplomacy (The Golden Triangle)

Diplomacy status is universal "Good Relations" for now until otherwise is of concern.

Diplomacy (Menotomy)

Allies

  • The Kaiser's Grand Republic of New Deutschlandia
  • The United Socialist States of Lithuanian Immigrants

On Good Terms

  • The Star Alliance of Cosmic Provinces
  • The Galaxy-Spanning Holy Empire of Oltramar
  • The Jamtastic Protectorate of Exponents
  • The Grand Duchy of Ejackistan

Neutral

  • The Jingoistic Factions of Izgimmer
  • The Alcoholic's Paradise of Little Ossipee
  • The Federalized Premiership of Juthopia
  • The Republic of Johnny Awesome
  • The Democratic Republic of Indoprathika
  • The Occupied Territories of New Menotomy
  • The Empire of Wyczestr

Unhealthy Relations

  • The Divine Republic of Cruhad
  • The Incorporated States of Schwaliland

State of War

  • The Theocracy of Lemonade Stickups (Terrorist Organization)

The Military

The Polski-BaltoSlavic military, for operations home or abroad, bases all its actions from the Holy Polish Navy. The Holy Air Force operates from HPN carriers. Infantry, the Holy Marines are oftened deployed from maritime bases. The Holy Imperial Security Corps is the only non-naval based military branch; its job is to patrol and defend the nation's land borders.

The Holy Polish Navy

The Seven Fleets

The HPN is divided into seven fleets; each playing a specific role in all forms of tactical operations.

  • 1st Fleet: Imperial Defense: Guards all coastal ports and monitors all activity in territorial waters. Also patrols major rivers.
  • 2nd Fleet: Continental Circumventure: Maintains constant patrol of all regional international waters. Monitors all maritime activity on Menotomy's seas.
  • 3rd Fleet: Exterior Attack Force: Deployed to take offensive action against enemy ports and coastal cities.
  • 4th Fleet: Interior Attack Force: Deployed to take offensive action against inland targets and landlocked nations, through the use of intercontinental balistics. Also infiltrates rivers.
  • 5th Fleet: Imperial Defense Reserve: Deployed in response to conflicts of magnitudes threatening the Empire.
  • 6th Fleet: Attack Force Reserve: Deployed to assist the 3rd or 4th Fleets in attacking enemies.
  • 7th Fleet: Allied Defense: Deployed to assist allies in the event that they are attacked by hostile nations. Also assists in civil wars in friendly nations, mainly by blockading their waters to prevent entry or exit of rebel vessels.

Warships

  • Tirpitz Class Battleship(DE)
  • Yamato Class Battleship(JP)
  • Iowa Class Battleship(US)
  • Arleigh Burke Class Ocean Destroyer(US)
  • Type 42 Destroyer(UK)
  • Chapayev Class Battle Cruiser(SU)
  • Koln Class Frigate(DE)
  • Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier(US)
  • Kuznetzov Class Aircraft Carrier(SU)
  • Ohio Class Nuclear Submarine(US)
  • Kursk Class Nuclear Submarine(SU)
  • U-Class Attack Submarine(DE)
  • Castle Class Offshore Patrol Vessel(UK)
  • Eagle Class Coastguard Cutter(US)
  • Hamilton Class Coastguard Cutter(US)

Holy Air Force

The HAF is based on most HPN carriers, with the exception of long-range bombers, which sortie from Naval Air Stations.
Aircraft

  • F-111 Aardvark Supersonic Tactical Fighter-Bomber(US)
  • Su-27SK Fighter(RU)
  • F-18 Hornet Fighter(US)
  • B-52 Stratofortress Long-range Bomber(US)
  • TU-2 Tactical Bomber(SU)
  • RAH-66 Comanche Attack Helicopter(US)

The Holy Marines

Armaments

  • P-38 "Luger" Pistol(DE)
  • Bayonet
  • AK-74 Rifle(SU)
  • MK19-3 Grenade Machine Gun(US)
  • M198 Towed Howizter(US)
  • Challenger II Tank(UK)

In the event that war is declared and there becomes no other choice but to invade an enemy nation, all able-bodied men between the age of 16 and 40 will be conscripted in the launching of a ground invasion war.