The New True Cross

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The Holy Empire of The New True Cross

The New True Cross
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Flag of The New True Cross
Motto: Peace Through Victory
Region THE UNITED PURITAN DOMAINS
Capital Fort Boston
Official Language(s) English, Algonquian, Wampanoag
Leader Supreme Elect Myles Standish
Population 8 Million
Currency Wampum 
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History


Early History: After a long history of persecution a group of Separatists sailed from England to the New World. They landed in Massachusetts Bay and established a colony based at Plymouth in 1620. After a hard winter and the First Thanksgiving, relations with the natives, the Massachusetts Indians, were good. Ten years later Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded at Boston. The reason was the massive immigration of Puritans who heard of the success of their Separatist cousins. By 1630 the colony of Plymouth now controlled an area from just north of Plymouth, all the way south to Buzzards Bay, and all of Cape Cod. In 1637 Plymouth sent twenty soldiers to fight the Pequots in the newly formed colony of Connecticut. By the end of the year the Pequots ceased to exist as a tribe and the Plymouth soldiers returned home victorious. During the King Philip's War Plymouth's western towns were violently attacked and many buildings were burned and people scalped. Also of note a small frontier town of New Medfield was burned to the ground and many citizens were killed. A militia from Boston was able to scramble and route the Indians, but the damage had already been done. A joint force of Mass. Bay, Rhode Island, and Plymouth cornered King Philip and the war ended when King Philip was shot by a party led by Captain Benjamin Church of Plymouth Colony. After the failure of the Dominion of New England a mission headed to England to try and regain their priorly held colonial charters. As Plymouth had no charter to speak of it was incorporated into Mass. Bay Colony in 1689. There was a time of relative peace for Plymouth, Bristol, Barnstable counties as they were now called. Aside from arbitrary Anglo-Indian hostilities there was no great activity until the Seven Years War. The massive troop buildup on coastal Massachusetts left many citizens dissatisfied and this feeling was furthered after the war with a series of new laws and taxes. There were a series of riots and military actions in Massachusetts that led to the War for American Independence. After initial fighting in Massachusetts the war moved both west and south.

The First American Civil War: After the war a Constitution was in debate and Plymouth sent delegates to Philadelphia. They wanted to be a separate state from Massachusetts. The Massachusetts delegates were appalled and the session was reduced to a shouting match that ended in John Hancock of Massachusetts beating Israel Standish, the great-great-grandson of Myles Standish, with his swagger stick. When the Congressional Congress finally returned to order both the delegates from Massachusetts and Plymouth were held in contempt. The following day the congress voted against giving the Plymouth delegates their wish by a unanimous vote of no. The Plymouth delegates returned home dejected. When they brought their news to Plymouth a great crowd gathered. What resulted has been called the first American Civil War. The militias of Plymouth built barracks on the Plymouth and Bristol county lines where they abutted Norfolk County. The Massachusetts government laughed at them saying that the "siege" wouldn't last a day. A week later and the borderland had become a series of small dirt redoubts reinforced with stone and rail fences were constructed in between the redoubts. The Wampanoags of Cape Cod, promised a larger land grant for their assistance, helped the beleaguered Plymouths. On August 12, 1787 the 3rd Berkshire County Regiment, who had gathered throughout the week along the border sent an emissary to the Plymouth lines. When asked why they had formed up against their own country men, Israel Standish replied "Country men? You are nothing but the arm of another tyrannical autocracy. I've had enough of country men. Release Plymouth, Bristol, and Barnstable from your iron grip and we shall, you and I, return to our farms where we are needed most in this season." The Massachusetts government balked and before consulting the convention in Philadelphia authorized all force short of discharge of weapons, unless first fired at, to disperse the rabble. On August 17, 1787 a company of the 3rd Berkshire advanced on the Plymouth lines. The poorly trained and exhausted farmers were too eager and opened fire on the company. No one was hit in the first volley but the invitation had been extended to return fire. When the day ended 75 Berkshire men were dead or wounded and 215 Plymouth men met the same fate. The news spread throughout New England and the newly formed United States. Over the next couple of days no fighting occurred by states sent militias to the side they supported. Massachusetts called up four more regiments, New Hampshire sent a company of skirmishers, New York and Virginia a division each. Men and boys from all over the Plymouth Counties as they were known in the media, gathered bringing the local strength up to 805 Rhode Island sent a regiment and a battery of artillery. New Jersey and Delaware sent a fleet of six ships and two regiments to aide the Plymouths. The Rhode Islanders rolled in the field pieces at night and kept them well camouflaged. On August 25, the company of New Hampshire skirmishers discovered one of the cannons. In their attempt to quickly let their senior officers know of their find they revealed themselves and Wampanoags quickly silenced them. When the skirmishers didn't return a Massachusetts company was sent out to find them. The company was ambushed by the New Jersey regiment. The sound brought the attention of the remainder of the Allied-Massachusetts force. The Virginia division was sent to investigate with a Massachusetts flank guard. The Rhode Island cannoneers waited behind the redoubt. They had been crouching like this all morning. A strange bird call was given and they peeked over the edge of their stone hide. The Virginia division was heading straight towards them. They lifted the match and readied it over the primer, another bird call. The silent morning shattered as the 6 Rhode Island guns went off. The grape shot tore the front lines of the division to pieces. The remainder of the division fell back and Plymouth citizen soldiers pushed their retreat. The Massachusetts company encircled the Plymouths and started to close the cordon. The 534 Virginians turned and maneuvered to pierce the cordon and crush the Plymouths. The Plymouths were able to break a small hole in the Massachusetts line but suffered 70% casualties. That night an official communique came from England offering aide. A reply was sent back rejecting the offering in the name of freedom and liberty. When the sun rose the next day the Allied-Massachusetts force had arranged an impressive battle battle line, including 30 field pieces. The Delaware and New Jersey fleet arrived in Tauton and a French envoy accompanied them. France wanted this new nation to crumble and fail just as much as England did, onlt for different reasons. When they arrived at Abington the envoy offered Israel military aide and promised that a navy would sail to Boston and shell the harbor. Israel accepted and was immediately struck by a bullet in the jaw. The lone skirmisher was soon found and stabbed to death. Israel died of blood loss a half hour later. The Allied-Massachusetts continued to push the Allied-Plymouth further and further back into Plymouth County. When night fell so did the hope of many Plymouth men. Of the 316 on the field at night fall only 175 were there in the morning, but these 175 were astonished to hear a rolling barrage to the north in the direction of Boston. A French fleet of 10 ships had slipped past harbor defenses and was now laying siege to Boston. By noon all aggression had ceased and peace negotiations were under way. The French fleet sailed off as it had observed a larger combined Delaware-New Jersey fleet anchored of Hull. Mistaking it for a British fleet the French sailed north out of the harbor. On September 3, 1787 was recognized as the 14th state.

Statehood: During the War of 1812 when Washington D.C. was occupied and burned by the British the New England states were in a tough spot. They were under naval blockade and they were starving. An failed expedition was lead against the British in Canada. Due to the strong Abenaki and Mohawk presence on the route to Quebec the soldiers all deserted before they even reached the Champlain Valley. The Natives, with some aide from the British, were able to conquer Maine and New Hampshire and northern New York. Southern New England stood alone against the onslaught. However due to a financial scandal in the Royal Treasury of England the war could not be continued. In the late 1850s Plymouth pushed its advantaged as the most prosperous state in New England by reassigning its border 50 miles inside Massachusetts territory. To compensate Massachusetts Plymouth liberated a small part of southern New Hampshire from the Abenaki. Massachusetts was in no place to resist. At the outbreak of the Second American Civil War Plymouth remained neutral but sent a large number of mercenary soldiers to Rhode Island to fight in the South. Plymouth also constructed ships for the Union Navy under a Lend-Lease Agreement. At the end of the war, The Declaration of Southern Autonomy January 2, 1888, Massachusetts was bankrupt. A series of treasury department officials had been found out to be Confederate spies and had swindled the entire reserve for Massachusetts budget. In order to raise funds Massachusetts offered to sell metro Boston to the highest bidder. Plymouth, rich from its war exploits bought the area for W$1 billion. By the end of the century Plymouths relations were strained with the rest of the states. As the other states continued to push westward they sent the displaced natives to the northeast. The growing populace of diverse Indians with nothing to do led to many border raids. New England held strongly to its Puritan roots whilst the nation chided them for their "antiquated stuck up" religion. In 1897 the states of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Rhode Island, Saybrook, and New Haven joined into a binding economical-military pact and became The Commonwealth of New England. The Federal government tried to intercede but when the states threatened to secede the new commonwealth was created. By the turn of the century military service was compulsory as was voting and the economies seemed to be looking up. In the beginning of the new century everyone had high hopes for what the future held. 64% of the Commonwealth was above the average annual income of the nation.

The Two World Wars: When the First Word War broke out the Commonwealth was divided. Plymouth wanted war but the other members supported Woodrow Wilson and his isolationist policy. When the U.S. declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary Plymouth citizens were among the first in the boot camps. On the fields of combat they proved themselves excellent soldiers and officers. (To be continued)

Economy


Economic Rating: Fair Income Tax Rate: 28% Major Industry: Beef-Based Agriculture National Currency: wampum Government Budget Details Administration: $2,493,256,299.93 26% Social Welfare: $0.00 0% Healthcare: $0.00 0% Education: $863,050,257.67 9% Religion & Spirituality:$2,205,572,880.71 23% Defence: $1,150,733,676.89 12% Law & Order: $2,876,834,192.23 30% Commerce: $0.00 0% Public Transport: $0.00 0% The Environment: $0.00 0% Social Equality: $0.00 0% Economic Statistics Exchange Rate: 5.3600 wampums = $1 Gross Domestic Product: $28,124,444,347.40 GDP Per Capita: $3,515.56 Unemployment Rate: 12.34% Consumption: $18,660,096,000.00 Government Budget: $9,886,028,152.00 Government Expenditures:$9,589,447,307.44 Government Waste: $296,580,844.56 Exports: $3,755,332,812.96 Imports: $3,880,431,773.00 Trade Deficit: $125,098,960.04

Government


Government Category: Authoritarian Democracy Government Priority: Law & Order Civil Rights Rating: Unheard Of Political Freedoms: Very Good National Animal: elk Total Population: 8,000,000 National Leader: Myles Standish Grand Chancellor of The United Puritan Domains Supreme Elect of The Holy Empire of The New True Cross Ministers: Elect Peter Underhill: Department of Divine Defense Elect Samuel Scott: Department of Education Grand Elect John Calvin XXVII: Department of Religious Life Elect Jefferson Halliger: Department of Foreign Affairs Elect Ackley Cobbler: Department of God’s Law Enforcement Elect William Hollowell: Department of Economy and Finance Elect Edward Copperfield: Department of Internal Affairs Elect Thomas Johnson: Department of Divine Justice Ambassadors: Alfegos: Elect Isiah Concord Orzio: Elect John Mason (pending) Drvarska: Elect John Smyth Stoklomolvi: Elect Thomas Adams (reserved) Stevid: Elect Steven Humble Kirav: Elect Thomas Thistlewood Beatus: Elect Simon Twist Greal: Elect Timothy Wyles The Myles Standish Military Academy: Marshal Paul Gardner: Headmaster Gen. Laud Elliot: Exchequer


Military


Type: compulsory service, defensive, specializing in reconnaissance and sniping Branches: God's Hand (Army), Omnipresent (Air Force), Omnipotent (Marines), Omniscient (Intelligence/Special Forces), Civil Defense (National Guard)