Iron and Blood - Game Thread

Nah, they were socialist. AKA closet communists.

I make no distinction.

President Mac-Mahon of the Conservative party had done the impossible. He managed to get Parliament to work together, and also scored a few seats for the Conservative party. By the end of the second year of his Presidency, when Parliament could call an election at any time, the Conservatives had managed to gain enough seats that the 55% majority could not be reached for the National Liberals to call an election. Parliament was only 51% NatLib, who were close to losing the majority that they enjoyed since 1877. The Conservative Party only had 43% though. By 1883, when the president was at two years in office, problems began to arise in Spain. The Basque Rebellion had not been put out peacefully like he had hoped. However, he did manage to avoid large scale war.

The Liberty Acts of 1874 gave Spain, Italy and the Lowlands self governance, for their loyal service during the Canadian War, but they were constitutionally still part of the French Republic, and any military they raised was still part of the Grande Armee. This helped keep Mac-Mahon in power, since other parts of the Union wanted to military intervene to stop the Basques, but war was still unpopular in France. However, he had many successes domestically. The French Government was once again brought to maximum efficiency, and the near elimination of corruption kept Mac-Mahon moderately popular.

This was not his only success. The French Economy has seen a huge boom, and new industries were popping up everywhere. Many cities had managed to grow to new heights, and Paris was contemplating hosting a Worlds Fair. The growth did not come without hardship for some. The island of Sicily saw much damage to its core infrastructure by the Volcano. 20 million francs was quickly released by Parliament to help aid the Italian government in cleaning up the mess, though. All in all, Mr Mac-Mahon is still a moderately popular leader, however, if he hopes to keep his job, something must be done about the Basque rebellion, and quickly!


Recent events have shown the world how uneducated the populace is. Parliament noticed this, and in 1885, a new law was written. Every man, woman, and child living within the Republic, has the right to education. The state must provide for them if they cannot afford private lessons. Every person must remain in school until the age of 16, however, poorer students that manage to graduate with good grades will have all college expenses covered by the government. The new law aims to bring a new golden age to French thinking, and hopefully encourage more intellectuals to stay in France, with Parliaments notice that most of the greatest discoveries of the last 60-70 year have been from French born inventors and scientists, who moved elsewhere to find the tools they needed to work.


Many things have been invested in over the last few years. However, there is one key part of the Republic that has fallen behind. The Military, consisting of the Grande Armee and the Republican Navy, are both equipped with old and outdated equipment. Parliament has instituted a goal to modernize the military within 8 years. Hopefully they will be able to achieve it.

Parliament has also decided to send aid to Canada in the amount of 20 million francs, as part of a policy to help strengthen allies. Since France is obligated to protect the sovereignty of Canada, parliament decided that it would be best if Canada was given some help to protect themselves.


French Orders:

121 IC total

Great Comet Event: Option 1
Verdun Cruz: Permit it
Jewish Homeland: Provide Naval Escort
Prime Meridian: Option 1

One navy deployed to provide protection for transports of Jews

4 IC on MG Infantry
6 IC on Destroyers

7 IC to persuade Basque Rebels to rejoin the Republic

10 IC to science (including Great Comet event)
3 IC to espionage

5 IC to Canada

38 IC to build 19 factories in France
16 IC to build 8 factories in the British Isles
12 IC to build 6 factories in Italy
8 IC to build 4 factories in the Benelux
4 IC to build 2 factories in Spain
4 IC to build 2 factories in Portugal
4 IC to build 2 factories in Guinea

Claim Great Britain as a core (technically it's not supposed to be yet)

If political reform is like a fire, then Guiana was dry tinder. Long feeling neglected by the Colombian government, many young Guianans formed protests in the streets of Suriname and Paramaribo. Their main issue was that while Guiana was part of the Gran Colombian Republic, all the political power was in Bogota and the citizens of Colombia received more privileges and better public services than the Guianans.
"All we want are basic rights! This is GRAN Colombia, not just Colombia!!" screamed the protesters' leader León de Otilla.
Soon, the flames of protest spread to Colombia. The people of Venezuela and Ecuador, also feeling neglected and riots soon spread throughout the Republic. The Colombian government ordered military action and the president declared Martial Law. Though greatly outnumbering the Gran Colombian Home Army (GCHA), the rebels possessed few arms. The ones they had were from pre-Guianan War days and so the GCHA made swift work of the early rioters. But soon, their numbers began to overwhelm the GCHA. Because of the high fatality rate among rebels, they became known as the Rebeldes Roja, the Red Rebels, because of the blood on their shirts. When Fortaleza de la República, the largest military fortress in the country, declared allegiance to the rebels, the revolution pretty much ended. Soon, the Capitol Building fell to the Red Rebels and the President and his family fled the country to neighboring California. The former Republic of Gran Colombia was in Red hands. Following the example of the southern New Republic of Tawantisuyo, the Reds declared Gran Colombia to now be the People's Republic of Gran Colombia, a Communist country. The first president of the PRGC was León de Otilla.

Siamese ports will not be accepting any communist ships to trade.

60% conservative level, *****es.

The Grand Kingdom of Xi'an - 60 IC

Machine Gun Infantry - 4 IC (I have all previous upgrades)
Great Comet of 1882 - Option 1 - 5 IC
2 factories in Sindh - 4 IC
3 factories in Punjab - 6 IC
5 factories in Sinkiang - 10 IC
5 factories in Tibet - 10 IC
5 factories in Peking - 10 IC
5 factories in Mongolia - 10 IC
SCIENCE - 1 IC
Prime Meridian - Option 1 - Accept International Standard
Nominate Punjab and Sindh for core

Army orders: Entire army split evenly between Punjab and Sindh

OOC: Sorry for no RP this turn, I'm too busy with finals to do much

Next week I should have plenty of time to do fun write-ups and explore the character of my Kingdom a bit more

Orders Edited. I forgot Chile can only support 30 Factories.

ORDERS UPDATED:
Kingdom of Swaziland Orders

Events:

- Great Comet: Educate the People, 5IC directed to science
- Allow Verdun Cruz
- Jewish Homeland: 1 Navy to Provide Protected Transport
- Prime Meridian: Accept International Standard

Income: 118

- (5) Science (for comet education)
- (13) Gold Coast
- (50) 25 Factories in Chad
- (50) 25 Factories in Sudan

Shiva/Buddha/Allah damnit.

I know I'm supposed to be impartial, but I'll be sad to see the Mughals go, especially considering how long they lasted against such overwhelming firepower.

OOC- I sort of am as well, but i've sacrificed too much to simply stop without gain.

Dropping this, sorry. Life is chaotic A.T.M

can I come in?