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Act 2-5: Sarkozy vs. Raffarin II: Tunisia

As December rolled around, Tunisia dominated all news in France. Insurgent attacks had generally died down in the last couple of months, with reports of only 10 French soldiers being injured, with no deaths. Overall, popularity of the prospect of annexation by the French Empire was somewhat popular among the population of Tunisia. Sarkozy was still entirely against it, stating colonialism killed this nation once before and insisted a loyal government be placed in Tunisia instead. In New Paris, the Emperor gave full support for Tunisia to join the Empire as a way to indirectly support the Imperial Party.

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Pictured: Raffarin and Sarkozy at Feu Polite Hall​

On December 7th, the leaders of both parties were set to clash at the final debate before the election date itself. The debate was held at Feu Polite Hall in New Paris, built just 200 meters from the epicenter of Gerboise Bleue. The Emperor, and Prince Imperial were both in attendance of the event; this lead to the event being extremely heavily guarded and difficult for most people to gain attendance. Immediately, both Sarkozy and Raffarin began turning around all questions to somehow lead to Tunisia. Sarkozy continued to push his agenda of an Independent Tunisia, while Raffarin verbally attacked him saying they can't be trusted since the La Fayette, Sarkozy rebutted by reminding of Ben Ali's claim that Tunisia was in no way involved.

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Pictured: Emperor Napoleon V at Feu Polite Hall​

The former Tunisian President then became a source of debate himself. Raffarin made no secret that he believed he should be sentenced to the strictest punishment available for the loss of the La Fayette. Sarkozy once again disagreed, stating he should be kept in prison in France, and later be tried in Tunisia by Tunisians. Raffarin and the Emperor were furious at this, stating that what he did was a crime against France and all her people, not against the former Tunisian Republic. The population of Tunisia actually leaned towards him being tried in Tunisia as a war criminal, due to his dictator-like control of the former country.

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Pictured: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali​

The Union and Imperial Party were both nervous about the outcome following the debate, as polling showed it could very well go either way. Many foreign nations were also paying close attention to the election. Sarkozy's party had the support of Germany, Algeria, and the United States primarily because the German government really wanted France in the EU to supplement the recent loss of the the United Kingdom, while Algeria and the United States wanted to see Tunisia regain independence. Raffarin had the support of the countries of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), due to the annexation of Tunisia making the Russian annexation of Kazakhstan seem less important on a global scale. The Empire was set to go to the polls in less then a week, and it was going to be one close election.

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Ben Ali should have fleed the country when French invasion started...I guess he was naive enough to believe that he could prove that Tunisia had nothing to do with La Fayette tragedy?
 
Asalto said:
Ben Ali should have fleed the country when French invasion started...I guess he was naive enough to believe that he could prove that Tunisia had nothing to do with La Fayette tragedy?
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Maybe he's just suicidal. Who knows?
 
Act 2-6: Elections in the Empire

Sarkozy and Raffarin were both expecting to be the victor. As December came to a close, so did the election. All around the Empire, people took to voting for one of the parties. As the polls began to close in different parts of the Empire, a back-and-forth streak was rapidly becoming apparent. One for the Union, one for the Imperial. Surprisingly, the Socialist Party was gaining a large amount of seats in the southern coastal region, taking many seats formerly belonging to the Imperial Party. In a surprising and harsh blow to the Union Party, the Minister of Arms: Dominique Strauss-Khan, and only member of the Union in the Ministry lost his national assembly seat, and with it his position in the Ministry of the Empire.

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Pictured: Dominique Strauss-Khan​

With the final results coming in from the last electoral region: Corsica, it became clear that the winner of the French Imperial National Assembly's election, by just four seats was the Imperial party. The victory was bittersweet, as they lost their majority and had the strongest opposition party in years. Sarkozy was also viewing the elections as a relative success for the Union Party, due to his party having an overall gain 42 seats in the National Assembly. The Socialist Party fared well, with a gain of 23 seats, while the Republic Foundation party actually suffered an overall loss of 9 seats. Despite being the victor, the Imperial Party suffered a loss of nearly 60 seats since the last election.

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Pictured: Victorious Prime Minister Raffarin​

Upon his victory, Raffarin immediately began his attempt to pass legislation to formally annex Tunisia. By the end of January, the bill passed by an extremely close margin. In a mostly symbolic event, the Emperor traveled to Tunis and rose the French Flag above the city. With Tunisia annexed, backlash from other nations occurred, but was largely ignored. France was now in control of Tunisia; for nearly 40 years she had gone without a colonial Empire, and now it is time to undue the mistakes of the past; it is time to reestablish French rule over her rightful territories. It is time to become an Empire. Vive la France!

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Election Results: Yellow - Union, Blue - Imperial, Pink - Socialist, Red - Republic Foundation​

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Intermission: The Republic Foundation Party

Not everyone wanted a monarchy. This was still true by 2004. The Republic Reunion Party built it's entire ideology around the abolishing of the Empire for a sixth Republic. The RRP was founded in 1963 as a mostly center-left party. Initially it served as the second largest party, being official opposition to the Imperial Party from 1966-1978 and a very brief minority government from 1978-1980. In 1980 a non-confidence motion was passed, and the Socialist Party came into power for an equally brief amount of time.

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Pictured: Leader of the RFP in 2003 André Rossinot​

In 1992 the RRP split into 2 separate parties: The Republic Foundation Party, and the French Reunion Party. The split was caused by then leader Yves Galland's disagreement with André Rossinot and his party supporters on the direction of the party. Rossinot decided to fall out of the party and formed the RFP. Galland lost nearly half of his sitting members of the national assembly and 2/3 of the senators so it was decided the party would be dissolved and reformed as the French Union Party.

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Pictured: Yves Galland​

In the 2000 election, the RFP won all seats occupied by the French Reunion Party. The Reunion Party financially collapsed a year later with funding rapidly diminished as companies with money invested in the party, began to pull out fearing a loss of investment. With a lack of funds, and the newly formed Union Party taking away a large amount of public support, the party formally dissolved on March 10th, 2001 as the Republican Foundation Party quickly took over what was left. What started as one of the largest parties in the early days of the Empire, was now drifting into obscurity.

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Act 3-1: Meanwhile, in Asia

In Asia stood one of the worlds two superpowers: The People's Republic of China. China had a GDP of 11 384 753 USD by 2004 (the second largest), and processed a military budget of roughly 542 billion USD. China fielded 6 super-carriers, the second most in the world behind the United States; the PLAAF was the largest airforce in the world, and also was one of the few to have 5th generation fighters in full service. China was known for it's controversial force projection, with one Carrier Strike Force based in northern Brazil, and another based in Alexandria, Egypt. As powerful as the PRC was, she was certainly not without allies.

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Pictured: J-20 Stealth LR Fighter​

The Committee to a Peaceful Future and Economic Co-prosperity, more commonly known as BRIC (which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China) is a military alliance created in 1996 in response to the European Union's spread into Ukraine. BRIC is seen by most analysts as a counter balance to NATO, initially only consisting of Russia and China; Brazil joined in 1998, and India in 1999. While only four nations strong, BRIC maintains most of mainland Asia and South America in it's sphere of influence. BRIC nations are economically reliant on one other, with all four nations dealing very little with NATO or non-aligned nations. BRIC nations are all heavily industrially developed, primarily through mutual assistance; BRIC maintains around 40% of global consumer goods exports.

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Pictured: Commonly used unofficial logo for BRIC​

As good as it all seemed for BRIC, the fact remained that relations with the rest of the world was poor. Russia had little diplomatic connections with the EU due to Ukraine's membership, while India was seemingly always on the verge of war with Pakistan. Relations between Brazil and Argentina also seemed to be ready to boil over due to the latter's recent acquisition of a small, seemingly useless strip of land on the Brazilian border. China and the United States were also in no way friends. China's claims to Taiwan had left relations with the United States poor at best due to the US's heavy military support for the nation.

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I'm enjoying this - with the US in Iraq, Russia in Kazahkstan and France in Tunisia I'm seeing worrying parrallel with major powers ignoring the League of Nations in the 1930s. I fear a greater conflict may be brewing.
 
so by the end we are going to see world under french monarchy? :p
i would preffer such outcome where france joins bric (bfric? read: be freak? :D ) puppets germany, spain uk and italy, occupies half of africa and canada? sweet plz, it would look cool :)
 
@Dr. Gonzo: Glad you're enjoying it, and oh yes, there will be a greater conflict. :)
@Deus Eversor: There will be probably at least two world wars in this AAR, and joining BRIC or (less likely) the EU for the first is still a viable possibility...although sadly it'd ruin the acronym (BRICF? FIBRC? Although, I like BFRIC xD)

Currently writing the next update, expect it within the hour.
 
Act 3-2: Tensions in South America

Brazil was large, had both an abundant population, and plenty of resources. Brazil's economy was the third largest in the world, and had the fifth largest military budget at 101 Billion USD. The Brazilian Military primarily consisted of imported Chinese weaponry, with the J-10 being the primary fighter, and the Type 98 being Brazil's primary MBT. Brazil's military had tripled in size since 1998, causing instability in the region as some neighbors didn't believe the official claim that this was to secure Brazil's "large land mass".

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Pictured: Brazilian Type 98​

South of Brazil stood the other major regional power: Argentina. While not nearly as powerful as Brazil, it had the backing of the United States, with 20 000 US troops stationed in the nation, mostly near the Brazilian border. Argentina wasn't extremely powerful; it's military was small, albeit well funded. Argentina's major trump card was it's airforce, having most of it's military budget focused around it. Argentina also maintained a defensive pact with Paraguay, which saw that if either nation came under attack by a foreign power, they would jump to the defense of the other.

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Pictured: Argentine Soldiers​

A small strip of land on the Brazilian-Argentine border (referred to as the Tira Baixo in Brazil) had led to less then great relations between the nations in recent times. Until 1998 the land belonged to Brazil; this changed during the summer of that year. A shooting occurred in a small southern Brazil village, a small Brazilian detachment of 50 soldiers chased the gunmen across the border into Argentina. Early warning systems in Argentina mistakenly spotted this as nearly 10 times the the actual force size. The Argentine-American forces launched what they thought was a counter to a large incursion. The 50 men were slaughtered, and Argentina decided to move into Brazilian territory in response.

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Pictured: Raptors over Brazil​

As diplomats immediately went to work attempting to calm the situation, Argentine forces crossed the border with Brazil. After advancing just one mile, the call came through to immediately ceasefire. The United States demanded Brazil be punished with sanctions for what they saw as "a clear violation of international law". Russia and China both claimed the US and Argentina were responsible for this, with little to nothing being down wrong by the Brazilian military. The Argentine Armed Forces, assisted by American forces maintained the occupied region to "monitor the situation" and "secure peace". The continued occupation led to Brazil joining the alliance with Russia and China. By 2004, it was no secret that Brazil's military was always on standby, preparing for the order to begin an invasion of Argentina.

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