May I be the Commander-in-Chief of Military forces? My family has a long history of being in the military since the 16th century. :charge:
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May I be the Commander-in-Chief of Military forces? My family has a long history of being in the military since the 16th century. :charge:
That wouldn't work. We need to keep the appearance of equality. So the commonwealth countries get a seat on the council. Give it power over the foreign policy of all members. Make all armies of the member nations the commonwealth army (for the sake of ripping off Andromeda) let's call it the high guard. Every member state gets to keep a home guard, which they control directly. Then we have the monarch with much in the way if direct control of the commonwealth. Make it so the no PM from any member nation has more official power (influence is another story). That way the other nations will think they have more say in their own destiny.Quote:
Originally Posted by King Malcolm
Make it like the mafia. You can have an equal say, but don't try and leave. ~;)
3 cheers for Dixie ~:cheers: ~:cheers: ~:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by lancelot
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The Confederate flag is one of the best. A family along the road are flying one at the moment, and it is quite prettiful so I have to stop and admire it as I walk past.
Oh, I would have kept the Assembly of the Commonwealth, but it would merely be to advise the Secretary of State for the Commonwealth, like the Imperial Congresses. It would become so that each nation is a puppet nation, with the governments of each appointed by the Monarch as Head of the Commonwealth. The puppet governments would act to please HM and HM Government, otherwise they would be axed.Quote:
That wouldn't work. We need to keep the appearance of equality. So the commonwealth countries get a seat on the council. Give it power over the foreign policy of all members. Make all armies of the member nations the commonwealth army (for the sake of ripping off Andromeda) let's call it the high guard. Every member state gets to keep a home guard, which they control directly. Then we have the monarch with much in the way if direct control of the commonwealth. Make it so the no PM from any member nation has more official power (influence is another story). That way the other nations will think they have more say in their own destiny.
Aahhh god old memories. ~DQuote:
Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
But you didn't even take Canada! ~;)
Luckily we stopped the teach race in time though. Two more pages and a death-star would have been primitive. :dizzy2:
I ave decided what country i want....maybe you should all decide what ones you want cos before long the good ones will be taken and you'll be left with the U.S and then fights are gonna start out... ~D (joke)
anyway i want this country...Behold the Kingdom of Ian (patent Pending)
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Malcolm can have Scotland seeing as he's grandmaster and all... ~:cheers:
Ha! I come up with the idea of an Imperialist Club and write the doctrine and establish the formal hymn of the British Imperial Club and I don't even get a prime post! And I do not want some Naval position or the RAF. My family has a long martial tradition (My great-grandfather was at the first day of the Somme and his father did much service in India) and I expect a post accordingly. *End ranting and raving mode*
As this is a club, it must be a good, traditional gentleman's club where gentlemen go to get away from their wives ~;) . So the club regulations are as follows:
1. All club members must be members of the Imperialist Club and have taken the oath. If you don't swear to uphold God and the Queen/monarch then you can go back to that atheistic, democratic, republican place of yours which has no hope of becoming an empire. The reasons are these: if you don't believe in God then God will not help you with your empire and you can't run an efficient empire on a democracy.
2. The alcoholic beverages will be at a greatly reduced price and will include: sherry, port, scotch whisky(other types are not drunk in a gentleman's club), rum, brandy and gin and tonics. Tea will of course be provided free of charge (coming straight from our latest acquisition, Ceylon).
3. The food will be made by a first class chef and be at a greatly reduced price for our members. However fast food will not be permitted under any shape or form.
4. Their will be regulated gambling on the premises for club members. However, the club reserves the right not to allow members to play, lest they lose great amounts of money.
There will be two further hymns of the British Imperialist Club.
I Vow to Thee, My Country
I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love:
The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,
That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.
And there's another country, I've heard of long ago,
Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;
We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness and all her paths are peace.
Land of Hope and Glory
Dear Land of Hope, thy hope is crowned.
God make thee mightier yet!
On Sov'ran brows, beloved, renowned,
Once more thy crown is set.
Thine equal laws, by Freedom gained,
Have ruled thee well and long;
By Freedom gained, by Truth maintained,
Thine Empire shall be strong.
Land of Hope and Glory,
Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee,
Who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider
Shall thy bounds be set;
|: God, who made thee mighty,
Make thee mightier yet. :|
Thy fame is ancient as the days,
As Ocean large and wide:
A pride that dares, and heeds not praise,
A stern and silent pride:
Not that false joy that dreams content
With what our sires have won;
The blood a hero sire hath spent
Still nerves a hero son.
I want to be military commander in chief! My family is militaristic, has been since the 1500's on both sides!! :charge: ...please? ~:)
I reserve the following positions: Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards and of Her Majesty's Life Guards, Earl of Dorset, Chief Minister of Her Majesty's Government and Commander-in-Chief of all Her Brittanic Majesty's forces in the European Theatre.
Okay, but you gotta report to me prior to any action so we may approve strategies. I am the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of all Her Brittanic Majesty's Forces in the World. So any military action goes to me, then to King Malcom. ~:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by King Henry V
My positions;
(Client) King of England, Wales and Ireland, Colonel of the Royal Manx Regiment of Foot, Colonel of the 16th Ian's Regiment of Light foot and Governor of Fiji
:)
I solemly swear to my Lord/Lady that i will uphold All mannerisms and practices of the Imperialist Club and i swear by the oath to be a good client king/colonel/governor...
now lets get drunk and play Backgammon
p.s Scotland is given most graciously to King Malcolm, as a present for any celebration he might have coming up
But I am the Queen's first minister and councillor, so only a few words in her ear will allow me to do what I want.
Thankyou for Scotland, ian.
Right, I shall stick some new titles up on the first post...
So many titles, so confusing... right, one title per person
Cool i'm a colonel, and i didnt need to do anything ;) hmmmm i thnk i'll take my regiment to Europe with Henry, no nasty deseases or Grapefruit-wielding natives here i can be sure of that!
Ok then, first stop Ireland. We must bring back those rebellious Paddies into the Commonwealth.
The we shall repay the Danes with Fire and Sword for the terror they brought down on these islands.
This thread looks like the AJC Crusade.....
The AJC means only to remove the evil Frog. The Imperialist Club means to restore Britain to its natural supremacy.
I think that the Royal Irish Regiment can probably convince the Irish to come to the Commonwealth. But I say it is a better idea to take over the former British possessions before going onto the continent.
Very well. The first British possesion which we must restore must be the Suez Canal. Either the Egyptian government gives our full share of the canal back or we invade!
Then i think you should invade/nuke the us before to start this as they have an old tradition of betrayal of their allies concerning suez.Quote:
Originally Posted by King Henry V
You wouldn't like to find yourself with a two front war, on of the front being into the british isles, wouldn't you?
The Commonwealth shall come to our aid if ever we are invaded -- look at the First and Second World Wars. Canada and Australia and New Zealand were hardly threatened, but still they came fighting the good fight for the glory of the Empire. If the US invades these isles, then Canada would surely help us, and attack the US.
Yes, the suez would be an ingenius idea, then we would have control over all shipping into the Mediterranean, so we could stop supplies to a good many nation, starve them, and make it somewhat easier to attack...
As long as you don´t touch Sweden you filthy litle imperialistic anglo-saxons! ~;) We have never, and will never surrender to an enemyforce. Arghh! Arghh!
For Sweden, if you help us, we will help you "unify" Scandinavia, ok?
I doubt all the socialst in Sweden will help you, but I certainly will! ~:cheers: The North shall rise again...Quote:
Originally Posted by King Henry V
Ok I'll lead the attack on the Scandinavia, but i'll need a couple more regiments than my own ok? and maybe some artillery....
I can uphold all of that but the monarch they are a bunch inbred scum. My country had to kick you brits to get rid of the monarch.....If you let me in though I get dibs on Yugoslavia.
But you better keep those inbred monarchs and the people that like them the hell out of the US.
And if you are going to get the USA(which you CAN'T) how do you plan to do it......we have the best army and another 80 million gun owners to back it up, many people have assault rifles here also. I only know a few gun owners that don't have an "assault rifle"
So if you couldn't stop the IRA for years and years in a small place like the uk/ireland how are you going to occupy america.
Ian are you thinking to Start an Invasion on Scandinavia?Just make sure you guys have a compass,with you.Otherwise you guys might get lost in the forest and well....die. :evilgrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by ian_of_smeg16
May I join the Imperialist Club?!
Ah, the United States won't last for much longer. We'll just watch as you slog it out with the Chinese. The once the great Union has crumbled into different states (we shall of course once again back the southerners for independance), Britain will step into protect the original 13 colonies.Quote:
Originally Posted by ceasar010