Once again, the choice was clear in 1950 – become a more open society. In the first time since the late 30’s, Americans would find themselves satisfied with their lives, travelling down the railway lines in the USA and making excursions into the lands which were building the grand rails. South America reported a record high of tourists and visitors – even people from as far as Australia and China came to see what the hubbub was all about. Of course, the government made sure to keep track of where the information was heading to…
Among the congressional acts of the new year were two very important acts:
1) To improve relations with all countries of the Americas, an influential campaign was begun, hoping to bring in allies
2) A paperclipped article to the above: Increase intelligence spending to $50 a day, roughly a third of the CIA funding. The spies were focused on Britain, Germany, and Nationalist China…
In February of that year, two very important discoveries were made – ones that would change the very face of the earth itself.
The Improved Relations and Finding Allies for RailRoad Act saw its first fruits of labor in late March, when Paraguay joined the alliance.
By late May, the conglomerate of nations was completed
In June, the money used to improve relations was delegated to the intelligence spending, increasing it by 50%
The first line of the Roosevelt Railroad Mk I would open on July 4th, 1950. In celebration, the very first train carried President Truman and a select few Americans down from the northern tip of Alaska to the Southern tip of Argentina, and back to Washington DC. The trip was completed over 2 weeks of movement (and roughly 3 days of stops). The cheers of the people were enormous. The industrialized nation would see the first train as a beacon for hope for the rest of the world – no longer would they have to be oppressed, bombed, and drive cars. They could now see the light that was railroads.
Soon afterwards, the sentiment of the country showed itself…
The mobilization for war begins.
Evils included
cars
Meanwhile Haiti left the alliance, grumbling something about “our Dear Leader doesn’t like you”.
After more Open Society, the years intelligence reports were filed, and intelligence spending increased to 100, the highest it would remain during the upcoming war.
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Will be another few months before any major battles - I need those airplanes if I want any hope of actually combating a country with an airforce or any change of staving off German breakthrough (though, that said, it seems that most of the German forces are in their homeland and that my experienced troops should be a boon against the Germans and the Chinese. I'm not sure where I'll strike next in the name of RailRoad, but the North-South section is done with its first line!
