ISM takeover of Emeria

"<Vami>: I said I would leave if I got banned for enforcing grammar.

<Vami>: I meant it.

<Scratch>: and we've only taken 1/4th of Emeria

<Theblackdog>: So, you're leaving?

<Scratch>: leave what?

<Scratch>: chat?

<Theblackdog>: also what?

<Scratch>: or brikwars?

<Scratch>: and when did you say that?

<Vami>: Scratch. You now control Emeria until I see fit to return."

In G.R. 2014, 9/25 at 9:33 PM, in an unprecedented move by the VAMI council, Emeria officially ceded complete control of their territory to the Space Mafia. The one dissenting voice, Major Romano, fled into exile. In the absence of strong leadership, the military stood down. Sicilian born VAMI III, Briggs was named President of the newly restructured nation conducted several changes of the military and bureaucracy, replacing the already mafia-dominated system with a now fully mob-filled system and promoting Mob-supporting Emerian generals and officers (Even more than Emeria already did).

In several controversial moves, Pres. Briggs had sent a conditional surrender terms to Bavaria, entailing Emeria as becoming a territory occupied by the Police State of Venice. Now possessing complete control of the Emerian hierarchy, Emeria saw a revolution like no other, seeing the nation rise from the Pseudo-Cuban backwater to a major Latin power in the area. With Emerian (Spanish) and Venetian (Italian) leaders, political and Military in charge, the renovation began.

The new government has since successfully mixed both cultures, leading to a unique blend of Spanish / Latino American Fascist Dictatorship and Venetian Police State and a splash of theocracy. Casinos and speak easys dot the Emerian metropolises, hidden from sight by new Pizzerias and Italian Butchers shops are on every street corner.

The Emerian Black and Green sectors have quickly become tourist traps on the level of the Las Vegas system in the USA.