Alternate WWII RP for the Summer of 2016

THE YEAR IS 1930. Europe, and the world, is slowly devolving into chaos. Germany, who at one time had been the strongest power in mainland Europe, is now a shell of its formal self, ruined by war, raped by the Versailles Treaty, and economically destroyed by the Stock Market Crash, lays a nation divided, the aristocrats of the Wiemar Republic fighting to keep control of the government while young revolutionary Adolf Hitler grows throughout the public. Italy, once the seat of the greatest empire in Europe which stretched from the oceans of the Mediterranean to the sands of the Levant, sits a poor nation looking to colonize abroad under its fascist leader, Benito Mussolini. The UK and France, their empires still stable but slowly sliding into revolt, scramble throughout Africa and Asia to claim more land and retain what they already own.
You shall play as the leader of your country- Italy, Germany, Poland, the USSR, and so on, attempting to build up your nation. Will you build up a colonial power or focus on pushing back the other side from your borders? Will you raise the flags of war and invade another nation, or watch as the nations around you fall and pray you yourself doesn't get invaded?

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The Rules
This roleplay will take place from May 22nd to September 10th, stretching from January 1st 1930 to December 31st, 1945. Each week will cover one year, meaning the roleplay will be exactly 15 weeks long. This roleplay, while allowing player freedom to change the history of the war as liked, will be expected to follow normal history- Germany is still expected to invade Poland, Japan is expected to take on the U.S., Britain is expected to declare war on Germany, and so on. (For an example of player freedom in changing the Roleplay- Japan declares war on the U.S. by launching a full scale invasion of the Hawaiian Islands, Russia invades Germany, Britain declares war on Italy over East Africa

General Rules are as follows:
1. All nations must stay on course of normal history- as stated above, history can be changed, and both the Axis and Allies can win depending on the RP strength of the players.
2. All players are expected to keep it realistic. No Humvees driving through Poland or jet aircraft doing strafing runs on Iwo Jima(unless research is put into jet aircraft, see below).
3. Players are allowed to research advanced technology, which consist of the following: Advanced weaponry(Longer-ranged artillery, advanced scopes, rocket launchers), automatic rifles(see MP44 and MP45), rocket technology(Long ranged rockets, continental delivery systems, large payloads), jet technology(Jet fighters, jet bombers), advanced communications(better radio, radar, sonar), better medicines and medical equipment, logistical support(better vehicles, stronger wheels and tracks)
4. The total amount of soldiers a nation can have at one time is 1/5 of their nations population, which can be brought up to 2/5 if said nation has a draft. A draft can only be done once. Population of colonies also applies and is counted into the 1/5.

These rules must be strictly followed and will be strictly enforced by the roleplay's moderators, Panithia and Chumash

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Claims

All people having been on or are on the CDN official RP map are welcome to claim one country in this RP. IF you choose to claim a country mid RP, then it's assumed that all IRL decisions have been made up to that point. All other countries not listed are availible for claim, and you can also claim dominions of empires such as Australia, although you must have the owners permission to do so. If you wish to claim a country, please post it on this thread. The claiming process goes by a first come first serve basis.



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