OptNES III: Foundry of Nations

Optical · Dec 21, 2012

I understand your excitement

Yes, you are in the stats. Problem is I hadn't foreseen that I actually have to compile the stats from scratch, and I changed the order of all the stats, so it's sort of become a copy-and-paste-and-copy-and-paste job. That's why I'm taking so long.

Arrow Gamer · Dec 21, 2012

Ah. I'll stop pestering now. I promise.

Patchy · Dec 22, 2012

OOC: @Herobrine: Sorry i have not responded to your diplomacy yet but i'd prefer to see the stats before commiting myself to the deal. However, i currently see no deal right now as Jedorra has little need for transports right now. We already have the airship and due to my RP it is a given that the armies are allways mobilized and skirmishing along the borders.

Lord_Herobrine · Dec 22, 2012

OOC: @Patchy: No problem, I've kinda been waiting for the stats as well (thats a hint to you, optical! :mischief:

). Okay then, the deal is always open though.

Optical · Dec 23, 2012

They're on their way. The time of year has been keeping me busy

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theDright · Dec 24, 2012

Etruskalba/theDright:
Capital: Etruska
Colour: 0,64,128
Location:

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Demonyms: Etruskalbi
Flag:

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Government: Other. The monarch is hereditary, but he is advised by a two councils; one of nobles, chieftains, merchants, and priests, and one popular assembly which is available to all cities and tribes; both surprisingly similar to Avirria.
Religion: Etamamasi. Most of the religious practices of the Etruskalbi are descended from those religions that fled from Masia generations ago after persecution by the Tamamasi. The Etruskalbi still have many separate cults of worship, but the 4 most important are Alba; the king of the gods, the sky, the people, and the state, Rowena; Alba's wife, and goddess of the river, crops, and fertility; Etrusk, the god of war, mountains, and the wisdom; and Etama, trickster god of the underworld and the unclean.
Engines: The Tower and the Airship.
Conventional Soldiers: Pikemen, Musket, Lancer
History: The Etruskalbi are the descendants of a combination of Masi religious refugees, Albi city-states, and various mountain clans and nomadic pastoral tribes. Since the arrival of the Masi refugees centuries ago, more and more Albi city-states and nomadic tribes are bound every year to the rule of Etruska, usually by the integration of their existing social, religious, and economic leadership. The Etruskalbi are surprisingly isolated, except for knowledge of the other peoples of the Great Kulchens, as well as limited trade with the Tunusi. The seemingly never-ceasing warfare between Etruskalbi and the few remaining Albi city-states and nomadic hordes has lead to a continuous improvement in weapons, tactics, and armor for conventional soldiers.
Description: Mix Renaissance kingdom+republic, Greek city-states, Roman polytheism syncretism, Scottish clans, and Magyar and Bedouin tribes together. Blend. Aggressive and vigorous, both in war and in trade.

Lord_Herobrine · Dec 24, 2012

Welcome to OptNES III! Glad to have some freshmeat in the fray.

Vertinari118 · Dec 24, 2012

*Licks lips*, hmm... fresh slaves and maybe even sacrifices, if we're in the mood... Perfect!

Oh and welcome to the NES and all that as well.

Optical · Dec 30, 2012

Most of the player stats are done. All stats will be up by the end of tomorrow.

Patchy · Dec 30, 2012

Finally

Optical · Dec 30, 2012

Spoiler stats part 1 :

Spoiler Inner Seas :

Spoiler Deep North :

Spoiler Greater Arexthia :

Spoiler Dust Coast :

Optical · Dec 31, 2012

Spoiler stats part 2 :

Spoiler Southern Plains :

Spoiler Hydragian Coast :

Spoiler Great Kulchens :

Spoiler Edonia :

Optical · Dec 31, 2012

Sorry that took so long. You can blame Christmas, although I admit Crusader Kings 2 probably had something to do with it as well.

Orders due 23 January, 12pm NZDT. I won't be here until the 16th to answer questions about the stats, unfortunately, but post them anyway and hopefully be able to answer them if I can get on here at some point before then.

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bonefang · Dec 31, 2012

YEAY !
The stats finally ...

Daedwartin · Dec 31, 2012

The High General after reviewing the lastest reports on the Simmdals and reviewing the blueprints, and at the same time wondering how they managed to develop the understanding of engineering, the scientific method, though a crude one at that, muskets, pikes, lances, and the sorts when the military, and therefor the government, was such a disorganized mess for so long. He knew the other reason he was popular with the people was how he had forged true order in the military. Instead of bands pressed with money for a certain time, and those with money evolving into generals, he had created a system of regemints, Sergants, general staff, and the likes. The officer was trained to lead effectively, the enlisted trained to be a soldier, the general their because he was a good enough strategist and tactician on the battlefeild he deserved to be one. A pay grade system established, making it a career. His rivals had questioned the logic of his thinking, and indeed, it's a rather primitive system currently. Then, 19 years ago, Hasla had tried to raise open rebellion against him. The Simmdals had decided to support the fool. The Simmdals had always been Feared. The Current King's dynasty had ruled since it had started the Kingdom. Ironically, they had been more aggressive expanders than us. they originally had a larger population then us, and fielded a larger army. Sometimes, we owned half their territory. Others half of ours was occupied. at the time, it was one of those. There was a large resistance ongoing, but the Simmdals wanted to control the Island. the King always tended to miss the fact his nation had for some explicable reason been a rather unstable land. When the average reign of a High General was 8 years, and their was a period of 40 in a single year one. That year was the one that lost us half our nation. He did not last long, the last one. I made certain of it. My reign started with quite the bane. I proceeded to defeat the rebel generals who had failed their bids and now controls small sections of the State. The only reason they hadn't been conqeured was the rebellion in occupied territory. They could not go and invade us any more...and we were still at war. it didn't help that despite all that happened, the grainary of the State, Edinbrow County on the other side of the impregnable Fort Niles. This point was always where the invasions of our territory stopped. It was also the reason Edinbrow was the granary of the State. It was also the second most loyal county behind Imperial Center, as a result. Honestly, in the end, it seems that we are more alike than different, for we always stopped at the same points. Their impregnable fort was Fort Lasoia. Just they had most their food production spread out, unlike us. Still on the other side though. Also the parts that are fought over are relatively sparsely populated, as a result. I decided to make peace after that issue was solved. Then I began my reinvention of the military. Then came the Halsa Rebellion. It was quickly ended...only for Fort Niles to be attacked when half the entire army was someplace else. The new system payed off. While it had taken 4 years of war to take that territory, it took 4 months for us to retake. We once we had control of the current borders made peace. This had made it more stable than ever here. And those rivals I hadn't killed eliminating, died during the war anyways. This allowed us to stand up to Simmdal on a level like never before. Though we knew they only lost because they weren't expecting our major increase in organization.

After thinking about past events, he concluded one thing. The infighting had always been the bane of the State. It would have been able to have conquer the island long ago if not for that. We had always been the better soldiers. We had to fix this. We needed to change our government system to a more stable one. the people need to be able to trust that the nation will not fall into the infighting I ended. The Avviran Repulblic had a flaw: Corruption. We have infighting. But they also had stability. Infighting was rare. Maybe a fusion. The High General Could perhaps be a executive position, appointed when the previous one is no longer High General by a Co...no...too risky. Too corrupt able. A represntive democracy. A Imperial Repulic...yes...that might work. ( we are changing to a US like government over the next turn. Terms are 10 years long, but the rest is the exact same. New name is Imperial Republic of Colomestrisa. The first one in charge is the current leader...starting at the beginning of turn 1.) also...he realized the stability of his neighbor was his own advantage...

As he was thinking, he didn't notice someone enter the room, or at least he didn't seem too. he procceeded to be ambushed and jumped on. "RARRW"...
As I was pounced on I laughed at my 4 year old son. His smile was probably the most important thing to me. I knew that this applied to all my subjects as well. My wife procceeded to come and get my son...only to double over in pain...it was time. Time to change that to 5 kids.

OOC: most high generals die before they can have a family...

Optical · Dec 31, 2012

The front page is now fully updated with all stories up to this point and this map:

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which includes theDright and Arrow's nations.

bonefang · Dec 31, 2012

GM care to write down the names of the nations ? I cant figure out the nations beside me.

Optical · Dec 31, 2012

Hassir is the sort-of lightish brown one, Tastang is the blue-green one and Massak is the light yellow one. The colours are in the stats.

bonefang · Dec 31, 2012

Oh yeah .. i missed that ... :blush:

Optical · Dec 31, 2012

Not a problem. I'd do a named map, since that's probably easier for all involved, but I don't have the time until I get back. Still, it'll happen at some point.

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