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History of Chile ( 2013 - 2019)
2013: Chile continued to thrive as the most prosperous nation in South America throughout the year with most people eagerly awaiting the 2014 elections. Sebastián Piñera served as the first right leaning president after nearly two decades of center-left domination. Though viewed by most as an incompetent politician, his policies were widely approved of and the Renovación Nacional was receiving wide support. This support increased even further after the reveal of several scandals in the Socialist Party.
2014: The elections ended with a surprising 57% of the vote going to the National Renewal Party’s candidate, economist Evelyn Matthei. The composition of the senate was 19 seats for the Coalition for Change, 16 for Concertación and 3 senators not in a coalition. The Coalition for Change lost ground in the Chamber of Deputies however, dropping to 57, the same as the Concertación, with 6 seats left to nonaffiliated parties or independents. As a result of the successful elections, the National Renewal holds a great deal of power in Chile. Matthei promised that under her leadership and the Coalition for Change, Chile would reduce its reliance on exports of copper, instead favoring development of its local economy and industry.
2015: With the election of a Conservative President and Legislature, trade and foreign investment were deregulated even further in Chile. As foreign investment increased, Chilean businesses grew as did the economy, and as a result, the population of Chile was mostly happy with the new government. Later in the year however, there were several more student protests, arguing for the government to provide a college education. President Matthei rejected the protesters demands and continued allowing the colleges to function as they had been. Throughout the year, Matthei and the legislature worked to continue to expand property rights and began opening up state controlled companies.
2016: Government spending remained about the same despite the increasing economy, mainly due to the law requiring the government to run a surplus of at least 1%. The government did take advantage of the growing economy to continue paying off foreign and public debt however. It also increased research and development funding form .6% of the GDP to 2.3% in order to remain competitive with the increasing technology of the rest of the world. Sales of copper and other exports continued to increase, nearly 15% since 2014, mainly to the United States and Japan.
2017: President Matthei took advantage of the increased R&D that had been taking place over the past three years and with the upcoming elections in mind, invested heavily in renewable energy, specifically solar and geothermal sources. Matthei also looked for ways to decrease the military budget. She decided that the best way to do that was to restructure the army into a smaller, but more mobile and highly trained force. Over the course of the year, old technology was phased out ant he leaner military began undergoing exercises with their new armaments. This resulted in accumulation of debt rather than paying it down, but the government continued to run a surplus.
2018: During president Matthei’s last year in office her reforms paid off, she continued expanding subsidies to small companies, continued deregulation, promoted foreign investment, and promoted the rise of several companies that could lessen Chile’s dependence on exports. These reforms met with sweeping success and the GDP grew by an incredible 19.2% during her term, most of which was a result of new and expanded Chilean companies and industry, as the economy’s reliance on exporting goods decreased. Consumer confidence continued to grow and unemployment dropped below 6% for the first time in years. The National Renewal Party candidate and Coalition for Change member was Felipe Larrain, a Harvard economist and the Minister of Finance for past two administrations. He was swept into office, promising to continue promoting economic growth and bring his experience to further develop the Chilean economy. The Coalition for Change expanded its lead in the Senate, claiming 22 seats but lost the Chamber of Deputies, with only 55 seats compared to the Concertación’s 59. The loss in the Chamber of Deputies was thought to be due to the increase in the gap between the rich and the poor throughout the country.
2019: President Larrain chose to keep many of Matthei’s policies in place, and with the developing economy he once more decided to tackle the nation’s debt. Due to increased R&D costs, now at 3.4% of the GDP and focusing on high technology that could utilize copper and lithium, the debt was only slightly reduced, but Larrain vowed to continue its reduction. At the end of the year the richest 20% of the population was 68% of the GDP while the poorest 20% was only 2.9%, a 7% and .4% change respectively since 2000. Despite this, most people in the middle and upper classes were pleased with the rapidly growing economy and shift to renewable energy, and the luxuries that it brought them. Chile continued to boast the most developed and competitive economy in South America at the beginning of 2020.
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A History of the Czech Republic (2013-2019)
2013-With President Milos Zeman winning the Czech Presidency in the 2013 elections, many Czechs were heavily disappointed. His heated dislike of Muslims's, saying of them "The enemy is the anti-civilization spreading from North Africa to Indonesia. Two billion people live in it.", insulting the rather popular Madeleine Albright, a Czech born diplomat and Secretary of State under the Clinton Administration , and his strong defense of Serbia and opposition to the state of Kosovo endangered the nations relations all around with the Baltic, United States, and on. His term would prove to be as such. In his first year his administration would nearly be at the point of severing ties with many Baltic Nations. Despite that the general economy of the nation would somewhat improve.
2014-As Zeman’s diplomatic “issues” continued, the Gypsy population began general protests and worker strikes in opposition to the general persecution of them in the political scene and workplace. The protests would encompass the entire nation and would bring never before seen pressure to Czech legislators to finally ensure the full equal rights and to oppose the racism that existed against the Gypsies. By later on in the year the laws were officially implemented ending the racist environment in the Czech Republic. 2014 saw the withdrawal of Czech troops participating in the War in Afghanistan
2015-Surprisingly enough Zeman’s administration had increasing popularity, mainly because of his refusal to bow to media pressure and support for industry, but at the same time the opposition was growing as well. Zeman took it upon himself to grow the military and military technology. He made use of the booming economy to begin a Government Program to develop better military tech. The program was simply named Valka Tech.
2016-In 2016 that opposition was soon organized by Alexandr Vodram, former Defense Minister under President Klaus. He left his original party, the ODC, to create a new opposition party the Strana Českých Bratří, SČB, or Bratri (Brothers). It would be a party with men of multiple views dedicated to what worked and what was best for the Czech Republic. It included major figures such as Karel Schwarzenberg, Tomio Okamura, Jan Švejnar, and Jiří Dienstbier Jr. The new party would quickly gain many members from major parties including the ODS and the ČSSD.
2017-In the final year of his first term, Zeman finally succeeded in passing a major reform he had long been pushing for, the move of the Czech Republic to being a Presidential Democracy. The new system would be generally based on the US System on the scale of the Czech Republic. Thus the next election would see a single leader, a president elected, and the abolition of the office of Prime Minister and the Abolition of Parliament to become the Czech National Congress.
2018-The Czech Election’s occur early in the year so little could occur before the votes were cast. The ČSSD fielded incumbent President Zeman, the SČB fielding the popular party chairman Vodra, and the Communist Party fielding Vojtěch Filip. Initially many predicted a landslide for Zeman, but those were quickly proven false. In the end it would seem the election would be a tight one. The main deciding point was social politics. The SČB was pro-US, open to diversity, and diverse religion whilst the CSSD was representing anti-US, pro Serbian sentiment and a strong disdain for Muslims. In the end the Czech population was much more in favor of the SČB and its stance. Zeman had been good enough, but only domestically. It showed at the end of the elections. The first sole President of the Czech Republic was elected, Alexandr Vodra. He quickly made it clear that the Czech Government wished to reestablish good relations with the Balkans and US. He made several visits across Europe and planned a trip to the US in November 2020. He continued the military and economic policies of the Zeman era that had worked so well
2019-The year 2019 was a fast growing year for the Czech Republic. The national infrastructure was heavily improved and a new Vaclav Havel International Airport built near Prague. They were in a good times for the Czech economy. The main issue that sprung up in April was Communist Dissenters. Many members of the Communist Party were increasingly militant and strongly believed in a reestablished Communist State. During Christmas Mass at Brno’s Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul five gunmen walked in and fired upon the crowd. Police would respond quickly, but once the smoke had cleared and the deadly exchange of bullets had ended 47 had been killed, 39 civilians, the 5 shooters, and 3 police officers. The tragedy shook the nation and left the government with a strong fear and weariness of further domestic terrorism.
2013-With President Milos Zeman winning the Czech Presidency in the 2013 elections, many Czechs were heavily disappointed. His heated dislike of Muslims's, saying of them "The enemy is the anti-civilization spreading from North Africa to Indonesia. Two billion people live in it.", insulting the rather popular Madeleine Albright, a Czech born diplomat and Secretary of State under the Clinton Administration , and his strong defense of Serbia and opposition to the state of Kosovo endangered the nations relations all around with the Baltic, United States, and on. His term would prove to be as such. In his first year his administration would nearly be at the point of severing ties with many Baltic Nations. Despite that the general economy of the nation would somewhat improve.
2014-As Zeman’s diplomatic “issues” continued, the Gypsy population began general protests and worker strikes in opposition to the general persecution of them in the political scene and workplace. The protests would encompass the entire nation and would bring never before seen pressure to Czech legislators to finally ensure the full equal rights and to oppose the racism that existed against the Gypsies. By later on in the year the laws were officially implemented ending the racist environment in the Czech Republic. 2014 saw the withdrawal of Czech troops participating in the War in Afghanistan
2015-Surprisingly enough Zeman’s administration had increasing popularity, mainly because of his refusal to bow to media pressure and support for industry, but at the same time the opposition was growing as well. Zeman took it upon himself to grow the military and military technology. He made use of the booming economy to begin a Government Program to develop better military tech. The program was simply named Valka Tech.
2016-In 2016 that opposition was soon organized by Alexandr Vodram, former Defense Minister under President Klaus. He left his original party, the ODC, to create a new opposition party the Strana Českých Bratří, SČB, or Bratri (Brothers). It would be a party with men of multiple views dedicated to what worked and what was best for the Czech Republic. It included major figures such as Karel Schwarzenberg, Tomio Okamura, Jan Švejnar, and Jiří Dienstbier Jr. The new party would quickly gain many members from major parties including the ODS and the ČSSD.
2017-In the final year of his first term, Zeman finally succeeded in passing a major reform he had long been pushing for, the move of the Czech Republic to being a Presidential Democracy. The new system would be generally based on the US System on the scale of the Czech Republic. Thus the next election would see a single leader, a president elected, and the abolition of the office of Prime Minister and the Abolition of Parliament to become the Czech National Congress.
2018-The Czech Election’s occur early in the year so little could occur before the votes were cast. The ČSSD fielded incumbent President Zeman, the SČB fielding the popular party chairman Vodra, and the Communist Party fielding Vojtěch Filip. Initially many predicted a landslide for Zeman, but those were quickly proven false. In the end it would seem the election would be a tight one. The main deciding point was social politics. The SČB was pro-US, open to diversity, and diverse religion whilst the CSSD was representing anti-US, pro Serbian sentiment and a strong disdain for Muslims. In the end the Czech population was much more in favor of the SČB and its stance. Zeman had been good enough, but only domestically. It showed at the end of the elections. The first sole President of the Czech Republic was elected, Alexandr Vodra. He quickly made it clear that the Czech Government wished to reestablish good relations with the Balkans and US. He made several visits across Europe and planned a trip to the US in November 2020. He continued the military and economic policies of the Zeman era that had worked so well
2019-The year 2019 was a fast growing year for the Czech Republic. The national infrastructure was heavily improved and a new Vaclav Havel International Airport built near Prague. They were in a good times for the Czech economy. The main issue that sprung up in April was Communist Dissenters. Many members of the Communist Party were increasingly militant and strongly believed in a reestablished Communist State. During Christmas Mass at Brno’s Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul five gunmen walked in and fired upon the crowd. Police would respond quickly, but once the smoke had cleared and the deadly exchange of bullets had ended 47 had been killed, 39 civilians, the 5 shooters, and 3 police officers. The tragedy shook the nation and left the government with a strong fear and weariness of further domestic terrorism.
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History of Serbia
2013: Ivica Dačić continued with his policies of economic recovery and attempting to join the European Union. While the Serbian economy continued to spiral out of control, Dačić did achieve EU membership. What the EU membership would mean in the long run was not known, or very much contemplated by a nation being divided by a hastening economic collapse.
2014: Ivica Dačić continued to try to implement socialist legislation to revive the economy, but by the second half of April it was clear that the economy could not be saved and that Serbia was heading in the direction of Greece and Ireland. A sharp rise in support for far-right ideology occurred around that time and the CPC, the Serbian Radical Party, gained a massive boost in membership.
2015: Vojislav Šešelj was sentenced to life in prison on January 4th and the CPC was expected to lose its hard won support that it gained last year. However, something different happened. Nemanja Šarović officially took charge of the CPC and proved himself to be an exceptionally able leader. He blamed the death of Šešelj on the current government and advocated for complete and total annexation of Kosovo.
2016: The Parliamentary elections were held on May 6th and the results could not have been more shocking for anybody outside of Serbia, or even within it. It had been a well-known fact that the CPC had received large support, but the true extent had not been known. In the 2012 Parliamentary Election the CPC had received zero seats and so most speculation put them at gaining 12-16 seats in the Parliament. However when the results were announced the CPC had gained 113 seats, only 13 seats shy of a majority. Ivica Dačić was furious and called the results a farce. Nevertheless, investigations proved that the elections were free and fair, so Nemanja Šarović became Prime Minister of Serbia. The rest of the year saw increased resistance to EU actions and a slight stagnation of the economy, a welcome change from the sharp decline of 2014-2015.
2017: On May 15th the Serbian government broke all ties with the EU and declared the economy to be on the rise, something which while disputed at the time economists now confirm as the truth. The next day, May 16th, Serbia began Operation Liberation, or as it is known today as the 2017 Invasion of Kosovo. Serbian tanks rolled over the border and planes bombed strategic positions throughout Kosovo. NATO sent a large force, mostly of planes, to secure Kosovo and to defeat Serbia. NATO troops had pushed the Serbian military out of Kosovo by June 21st and began an assault into Serbia the next day. The war was brutal, with Šarović calling for total war against the invaders. However on August 7th Ljubiša Diković, Chief of Staff, arrested Nemanja Šarović with almost the full support of the military and the public. Diković quickly made peace with NATO and allowed for the full independence of Kosovo. Diković promised a return to democracy with parliamentary elections to be held on May 6th, 2018.
2018: On May 4th a bomb went off in the Belgrade subway system, killing twenty people and injuring fifty. The next day Diković declared an extension of the state of emergency to May 6th, 2022. He then began an investigation into the culprits of the Belgrade attacks. His investigation proved to be unnecessary, as on May 8th a twenty-two year old man, named Miloš Obrenović turned himself in. He admitted to working with the CPC to commit an attack and provoke a crackdown by Diković on the general population. Obrenović had a change of heart and decided to spare the lives of innocent Serbs. However, the CPC did provoke a crackdown from Diković. Just not on its intended recipients. On May 10th Ljubiša Diković declared the CPC illegal and arrested all middle ranking and up members of the party. Nemanja Šarović was executed on May 21st, ten months after his imprisonment. Diković’s reign of terror ended on August 7th ironically, and resulted in the complete and total defeat of the Serbian Radical Party. The response from NATO and the UN was muted at best.
2019: The Serbian economy was beginning to recover from the destruction wrought by the Second Kosovo War under the guiding hands of Ljubiša Diković. However, things were far from perfect and with the return of democracy still far away Diković needed to add legitimacy to his rule. Thus he had himself declared Protector of Serbia, a title which granted him the de jure rights that he had held de facto since 2017. The rest of the year went by without incident and many thought that this would be a new age of peace within Serbia.
Republic of South Africa
2013: In September Nelson Mandela finally lost his battle with his lung infection and died on September 4th 2013, 95 old. Many statesman around the world attended funeral and hundred of thousands south africans were mourning after "the father of the nation". Due these events public’s focus was diverted away from economical issues in country. Economy continued to grow but poverty and inequality in country was still high.
2014:
This was the election year and parties were geared up to win the voters over. In election campaign various politics were discussed, ranging from poverty, education, health issues and AIDS. ANC won again, winning a majority in parliament. Although ACN led country badly last 5 years voters decided to give them another chance. Some political annalists attribute it to voter inertia and voting like they always have. They won less votes then ever before but it was still enough to form majority. Main opposition party DC (Democratic Alliance) retained support in cape states but failed to win over voters in east of the country. JZ (Jacob Zuma) was once again elected president by the parliament. Government announced new reforms and age economic prosperity to the nation.
2015: Government reformed the higher education and, gave more money to universities and state run research institutes wanting to improve South African chances to compete with other high tech countries. Special attention was given to astronomy and telescopes, which were repaired and improved. Also government financed research into medicament's for AIDS with the aim making them cheaper and with less sideffects. JZ has been taking economy classes on internet and he now truly understands where he made mistakes in economic policies before.
2016: Government started major health reform aiming to decrease mortality rates by AIDS. Reform aimed at improving distribution of drugs to affected populace and education of populace on prevention of infection. Construction of the new nuclear power-plants has also started due to growing need for electricity in South Africa. After many years of postponement government finally decided that it was time for this project. Along with 3 new nuclear power-plants few coal powered ones will be also built. Plants are estimated to be finished in 2020.
2017. With investment in education and science, government finally succeed to improve the economy. While the investment from the western countries declined, South Africa saw increased investment in its industry by Chinese companies. They mostly invested in mining industry. Deal was even made for safer working conditions in mines. As Angola is both fellow member of South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone and African union, South Africa has condemd USA interfernce in civil war against legitmate goverment of Angola and gave Angola full diplomatic support in this matter.
2018. As South African economy prospered new problems arose, people from other African countries started to immigrate to South Africa. Many south africans started to riot because they were afraid that they will lose their jobs to cheaper foreign workforce. There were even clashes with police and many people were injured. Over time riots perished and situation went back to normal. Government also tried to implement use of open source OS and office in public services but implementation failed, as government officials were too accustomed to Megasoft Doors OS and its Office and policy was postponed for some other year.
2019. Election year. Due to successful economic polices and good health plan ANC had a good chance of winning this election. Only obstacle were growing immigration problem. ANC successfully won this election and new president was elected by the parliament. Her name was Angie Motshekga and she is first female south african president. New power-plants are almost finished are expected to be operational in second quarter next year.
2013: Despite the popular protests for the lowering of life conditions in Brazil, the President Dilma Rousseff keeps on with her electoral programme waiting for the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup to switch the public oppinion in her favour. However, demonstrations are a daily issue and the National Congress forces Rousseff out and elects the former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for a new term.
2014: After adopting some popular measures establishing a tourism tax and using it to lower transport prizes and to grant a new "Food and Clothing" subsidy, Lula is once again contemplated as a hero of the Brazilian workers, and the country remains calmed before the sportive events. The World Cup take place and is remembered as an example of good organization and popular support, which will help to the reputation of Brazil all over the World.
2015-2016: Due to the success of the World Cup, Brazil lives a tourism boom that, together with the growing industries and foreign investements helps to increase even more the economical growth of the country. Lula seizes the opportunity and announces his intention of running for the re-election, while he startsa South American tour to improve relations between South-American nations and establishing a firm monetary policy to be supported by Mercosur.
2016-2017: The Olympics takes place with the same success as the World Cup, which clearly benefits Lula as he is re-elected with an uncontestable popular support.
2018-2020: Once consolidated his power, Lula keeps running the state prgramms to end extreme poverty while the currency stabilizes after the devaluation policy established by Mercosur. Brazilian companies keep investigating in new energetic alternatives and increase their quota in the international bio-fuel market. Lula announces his intention, together with the BRICS and Mercosur, to enter along with India the United NAtions Security Council.
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Public speakings from Kim glorious leader give to people of the glrious kroea
[Korean:] Glorious people of Korea! Champions of freedom, liberty, and Juche! Our Eternal Chairman, Kim Jong-il, watches over us, from his watch in the high heavens above. He protects the great nation of Korea with his powers. However, as a new decade is about to dawn for us, the most glorious of nations stands before challenges, old and new. A world filled with capitalists and imperialists, revisionists and traitors, unbelievers and heretics stands against us; but the tide of history is on our side, for our nation is the most glorious and enlightened of nations, and our mission is divine. Regardless of these challenges, our divine goal is forever unchanged nor shall it ever.
Our mission to liberate the world from oppression and to illuminate every corner of it with the light of Juche is a most just and benevolent one; and we shall triumph over the forces of evil, regardless of how large they are in number, or how advanced they think themselves. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the most superior nation on this world, and with the blessings of Kim il-sung and Kim Jong-il we shall triumph over every obstacle that evil might throw in our way! People of Korea, the greatest people on this world, let us come together bring light to the dark corners of the Earth! Let us maul the imperialists into the ground! Let us destroy the corrupt throne of the capitalists! Let us liberate the whole world and bring the peace and brotherhood of Juche to all of mankind!
Long live the ancestors! Long live Kim il-sung! Long live Kim Jong-il! Long live Korea; and Long live the Great Successor!
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((I'll post Iran's history tonight, or tomorrow depending on where you live, once I get back to my proper computer.))