![]() Over in Europe, the Bundesrepublik’s federal experiment has proven less than stable, but the Amatican view seems to be that it only failed due to reactionary elements and foreign invasion, both of which the Free Nations are sure they can avoid. All in all, it seems almost a little too intricate to last, clearly just cobbled together in such a way that no one would have anything to complain about. ![]() Together with an independent judiciary, they form a loose federal system where every settler and native state is on near-equal terms with the central government. The Congress is a bicameral legislature, one house having proportionate representation and the other two senators from each state to protect the more rural regions. The three-person Trojka, representing the former voivodeships, serves as co-equal heads of state. Their answer to all of these questions is the Free Nations of Amatica. How will the three voivodeships, each with fewer people and less industry than, say, Bohemia, protect their precious independence against foreign powers like Asturias? How do they expect their (intentionally) lopsided economies to function without the colonial network? And do they really expect their own alliance to last once they no longer have a common enemy, seeing how often they used to squabble even with Poland keeping them in line? The idea of a New World colony, settled and built from the ground up over several centuries, breaking free is unprecedented. The only “negotiation” to be had is for Poland to decide whether it wants to do this the easy way – or the hard way.īut even if a number of small colonies in Africa and Asia have declared independence just recently, those are different. As far as Buyania, Lukomoria and Jeziora are concerned, they’re already independent, and it’s only out of common courtesy that they’re giving Poland the opportunity to pull out its armies before they’re thrown out or worse. After the past century or so, they would put little faith in any Polish promises anyway. Turns out that the Colonials realize all this too, and when they said “declaration”, they meant it. (This option leaves our influence at Cordial rather than outright Hostile) For a number of reasons, the time when the Crown Army could simply land anywhere in the world and sweep through all resistance is long gone, even if not everyone realizes it. The logistical issues would only be exacerbated by the fact that, in this age of citizen armies, the Colonials would have the home field advantage and plenty of patriots to draw from – plus their population has grown and they’ve learned from last time’s mistakes. Slowly ferrying armies back and forth across the Atlantic would be inconvenient at the best of times, and simply unimaginable when they’re urgently needed to maintain peace in Europe. Another conflict against the voivodeships, even if they could morally stomach it, is a daunting prospect. Though the Royalists, true to their name, seem to be aching for a repeat of the Royal-Colonial war, the other deputies are more clear-sighted. The news is received in the Sejm with a cacophony of shock, anger and resigned “told you so”. The grandchildren of the revolutionaries from 71 years ago have risen up to take their revenge. But now, with the entire colonial empire being swept by waves of liberalism and nationalism, the three voivodes – actually installed in a series of coups to replace their Krakow-assigned predecessors – have once again come together to declare their independence with overwhelming popular support. The blight of the Colonials has been likened to that of Poland’s various minorities and “Amatican” turned into a nationality of its own (muddling the fact that they’re actually European settlers in Native lands). The grueling oppression and occasionally flaring up brutality of Polish rule before, during and after the previous Amatican Revolution hasn’t been forgotten, and recently, the martyr Bozydar Radziwill’s famous Eagle’s Claw Speech has been more popular than ever. Only a few months into its term, the more moderate Sejm led by Mariusz Nowak is put to the test.
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