Shireroth

*A rather short man with dark hair and a large moustache steps up to the podium. The red flags with the hammer and sickle behind him are fluttering in the warm breeze. He addresses the crowd*

Comrades,

it is with joy and excitement that I stand here before you today. For far too long have the capitalist bourgeoisie exploited the Lakhesian workers. For far too long have the proletariat been sucked dry by greedy capitalists. For far too long have our women been denied just compensation for their work and our children been forced to work their fingers to the bones in Babkhan salt mines. To this we say, No More!

*The crowd erupts in frantic cheering*

No longer will the Lakhesian workers and farmers keep silent when the fruits of our labor are stolen from us! No longer will we idily stand by and allow the pillaging of our land and the exploitation of the proletariat! No longer will we accept the yoke of servitude!

*The shouts from the crowd overpowers Comrade Pasjkin. He waves his hands, asking the crowd to be silent.*

On this day, this glorious and historic day, we proclaim the People's Socialist Republic of Lakhesis! Workers' Soviets are being created all over the land as we speak. Each county will form one Soviet Province.

We proclaim our support for our glorious leader Anandja, Chairwoman of the Supreme Soviet and Premier of Lakhesis! We also declare our support for Comrade Kotsalan Rottsaa, the glorious leader of Brookshire, and for Kaiseress Anandja I, the illustrious Supreme Leader of Shireroth!

For the Glory of Lakhesis!

Comrade Pasjkin
Chairman of the People's Soviet of Mortis Mercatoria

wtf....as the Count of Benacia, I oppose!

As Duke, I meh!

As long as stuff happens, I'm happy.

But is this not a rebellion against the Baron?

Comrade Pasjkin wrote:We also declare our support for Comrade Kotsalan Rottsaa, the glorious leader of Brookshire

I dunno what you're talking about, William. Rebel if you wish, I'm ok with this.

I approve of this change. It is the will of the workers after all. Dear William, you are still leader of Benacia. Lakhesis is Communist now though. I say this to you William:

In Soviet Lakhesis cliched jokes tell you?

That is correct dear Bacchus.

For The Glory Of The Motherland!

For Motherland!

The Imperialists of Sermolot don't agree with this comrade-nonsense and are glad to help destroying those beliefs in 'equality'. Just call us, and we invade.

Equality for itself is a key aspect of Dionysian worship, and so the god consents. It is better for people to get used to the idea that everyone is the same; it has happened before, that someone has thought themselves better than another when pretending the Bacchic rites, and has paid the price.

Heresy!

Kaiseress Anandja I wrote:That is correct dear Bacchus.

For The Glory Of The Motherland!

Hmm, any chance of you attempting to uphold feudalism, perhaps by authorising military action... against yourself?

Bah! Sermolotian nobles aren't permitted to ban people without good reason (it's tradition folks!), and she can just establish a socialist republic. Bah!

The P.S.R. of Lakhesis recognizes the authority of both Brookshire and all of Shireroth. So no luck there Ardy.

Baron Jonas, I see you honking your horn all over the place, but do you even have any SCIRA troops?

I suggest that you take all this energy you currently spend on annoying me and use it to develop Sermolot.

Really I was appealing to you to do right by yourself and crush your monstrous totalitarian system.

Failing that Eliria is now officially Fascist.

Lakhesis saw what happened to Dolor.

The Khan of Vijayanagara wrote:Really I was appealing to you to do right by yourself and crush your monstrous totalitarian system.

Failing that Eliria is now officially Fascist.

Damn, I was planning on hiding in my other house in Nordland if things got crazy in Brookshire, but it just goes from one extreme to another...

But why would you think I would want to rebel, as if I could. I'll just declare Neurak the Anti-People's Socialist Republic of Neurak. Yep. That's what I'll do

Syr William wrote:Anti-People's Socialist Republic of Neurak

That...doesn't make sense?

...oh well, stuff is happening...that's cool.

What happened to Dolor?

...You got angry and rebelled?

Or did he...

ALL POWER TO THE WORKERS AND PEASANTS!

Comeradely greetings from the intermicronational communist movement! Welcome to the fight!


All you need is love.......of the workers and peasants!

Syr William wrote:Or did he...

Yes, he did.

The Khan of Vijayanagara wrote:

Syr William wrote:Or did he...

Yes, he did.

And are you certain he did?

There are only so many ways you can interpret a statement like "....I am hereby in rebellion against the Kaiseress, I no longer recognize her right to rule over Shireroth".

I stand by those statements....

You can stand by them in your grave? That was poor as.

Erik said:

I no longer recognize her right to rule over Shireroth

The only ones who have the right to rule are the People, as represented by Socialist vanguard, which is the Communist Party!



The old shall be swept away!

A communist subdivision? In SHIREROTH? Truly, all things come to pass.

*Puts on his B'caw priesting hat*

B'caw approves of the fires of zeal burning within the hearts of all righteous revolutionaries!

*Puts on his Dutch of Kildare hat (crown?)*

As Lakhesis maintains its loyalty to the Duke and the Kaiseress, and neither of them in turn seem to object, and since I don't think there's any actual laws against communism in Shireroth, it seems that no admonishment is necessary.

*Puts on his Count of Sunderspray hat*

As the long-lost children of the Isle of Benacia, we maintain an interest in what happens here. But know this: the People will have freedom of travel on the seas and commerce in the ports, as ever we did. Restrictions upon these in the waters of Lakhesis will not be borne.

*Takes hats off* I have too many hats.