TerraNES: The Civil Experiment

If we breed as many people as the Faith breeds splinters, Keltia will hit a population cap long before the medieval era.

If.

=P

Haha, you are clearly from the region of Laconia. Are you Spartan by any chance?

To: Kaditz
From: King Deltarian Draka of Ildaris
A miscalculation by our stewards led to you receiving none of the money (3 EP) from our agreement. To remedy this, we will send twice as much coin (6 EP) in the near future (Next Turn).

Terrance888 said:

If.

=P

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Using a simple process, this is how it will work;

1. Order people to breed.
2. Throw money at them.
3. Repeat for years.
4. Boom. Overcrowding.

This plan is clearly infallible.

Lokki242 said:

To: Kaditz
From: King Deltarian Draka of Ildaris
A miscalculation by our stewards led to you receiving none of the money (3 EP) from our agreement. To remedy this, we will send twice as much coin (6 EP) in the near future (Next Turn).

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From Kaditz
This is certainly acceptable, and we note your honesty in trading affairs.

OOC: You dodged quite a bullet. . I was just getting to that part of the update.

hmm Idle though, any estimate on how much the project I started this turn will cost, and which of the 4 effects are workable?

This is what it looks like so far. Also, I am vetoing the one about the Knights. Only you can hire them and they are always under your direct control unless special circumstances. Sorta like Trinitarians and Iron Lancers.

Translation of the Aynar Face of the Ulyan Monument

[invocation] By the grace of Aynar and Nai, the first Ones, here follows an account of the lives of Aynar and Nai themselves. Listen well.

[1] Aynar, the first man and patron of the Dawar, was and is a herder. He lived on the earth by himself, thousands of years ago, according to the wise men, wandering the earth and looking after his flocks. [2] One day, he met a woman, doing the same, and he offered her food and drink and a fire to warm her feet. Nai was and is her name, the patron of the Nanbu, and she travelled with Aynar and eventually became his wife. Aynar and Nai are the ancestors of all humanity. [3] They had four sons and four daughters. [4] One son and daughter, the youngest, fathered the Dawar and the Nanbu and the other tribes of the mountains, the Arbat and Uygar and the wanderers. [5] The eldest pair wandered east, and all the east peoples spring from them, the Yi and Yueh, the Zhangat, the Man, Han, the Wei, Kato, Ainu, Xiong and the dread Lun Cheshou. [6] The other sons and daughters left across the mountains, never to be seen again. Their offspring are the other peoples and tribes that populate the world. We know not their names.

[7] When Aynar and Nai became old, the wise men say they followed their sons and daughters over the mountains. They began the Long Trek up to the roof of the world, far to our west. [8] In life, it is our duty, like Aynar did, to offer food, drink and a roof to anyone who might pass by, for the world rests on all our shoulders and not one person should ever let down their load. [9] In death, it is our duty, just as it was Nai's, to walk the Long Trek until our legs give out or we can climb no higher. [10] That is all that is asked of us, and it is what makes our lives worthy.

An overview of some Amir stereotypes:

The near western tribesman: Viewed as weak and cowardly. Seen as needing protection provided by the slightly less weak and cowardly far west tribesman.
Quotes from society members about them:
Peasant: Who?
Artisan: You mean those guys we are about to conquer? They couldn't take candy from a fish.
Merchant: Hehe, those guys are poor li'l beggars. Their kids get picked on by snails.
Nobles: They really, really, really, really need our protection ([/propaganda]).

Far Western Tribesmen:
Peasant: Who?
Artisan: Those guys sometimes get raided by southerners (a group renowned for their complete lack of prowress in battle).
Merchants: Rumor has it they're pretty rich and could put up a good fight. Just kidding!
Rich People: They are pretty rich :scoffs at merchant:, but obviously not as rich as us.

Southern Peoples:
Peasants: Who?
Artisans: They couldn't fight off a blind monkey. A pretty good navy though.
Merchants: Those guys are so gullible, I could make a fortune by telling them if they give me a coin they will get magic powers.
Nobles: Damn these jungles for not letting us conquer them! All those guys do is sail in their boats, we could crush them in an instant.

Easten Hordes:
Peasants: Oh Gods! Oh Gods! Ahhhhhhh! .
Artisans: Oh lords!
Merchants: They give me nightmares! They definitely eat humans.
Nobles: I shiver just to think about them. They are terrifying.

Northern Nomads:
Peasants: Who?
Artisans: Don't see much of them.
Merchants: They tell weird stories about lands to the far north.
Nobles: Pretty sketchy group. Always on the move, I don't like them much.

Lol.

I wonder though... who DOES the merchants trade with then?

Other merchants.

A Commentary on the Tribes of the Nanbu Shanqu and the Peoples of the East by the Yi-Dawar

The Arbat are hit-and-run raiders. They aslo don't know what a plough is and reportedly tried to feed one to a pig. This resulted in mixed reactions of hilarity, disgust and (from the pig) belching. It also resulted in complaints from the plough's (and the pig's) owners and a missive was sent to the Arbat tribe in question to collect recompense. He hasn't been seen since. We assume that they didn't know what he was and tried to use him as yak feed.

The Uygar are skilled warriors, but have no concept of government - or unity for that matter. Apparently, when a pair of identical twins was born in one tribe, the parents had a fight over who would get to hold which one first.

The Nanbu are respected among the Dawar, but jokes about them proliferate among the Dawar and vice versa. Nanbu are seen as being too uptight and serious, while Dawar in their turn are seen as too casual and heavy drinkers (!)

Also, how many Nanbu does it take to light a taper?
...I don't know, how many?
Hey, don't do that! That's a waste of tapers!

The peoples of the east who did not make the journey to Ulyan are seen as - to put it politely - soft. Reports tell that a travelling Dawar who went into one of their cities took a plough, similar to the one the Arbat fed to a pig. Apparently, the city-dweller in question took the plough in question and promptly gve it back, muttering under his breath about having 'no artistic value'.
Upon entry into the Japanese lands, the same traveller reportedly had his plough confiscated because it wasn't a weapon.

OOC: Did a little work on the Wiki. I've tried to do some categorisation of, in particular, stuff relating to Central Asia and Xilan. Any suggestions for improvement are welcome.

Optical said:

OOC: Did a little work on the Wiki. I've tried to do some categorisation of, in particular, stuff relating to Central Asia and Xilan. Any suggestions for improvement are welcome.

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I've decided to ramp up the wiki for organizations, after of course editing in a few things.

Terrance888 said:

Lol.

I wonder though... who DOES the merchants trade with then?

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They trade with everyone except the eastern nomads. They just have a low opinion of them.

I haven't named any of the Japanese cities, since I think that is up to Christos, nor the Huaiyi cities, since that is up to Azale. I haven't named the NPC cities of China, because I figured they probably have received a name in an update somewhere.
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My attempt at minigame 6:

A Polite Remark on Updating the Wiki
Check out the Leon page for a good idea of how to update the wiki, and any modern nation page on Wikipedia for what I'm planning on each. It will look the best if all nation pages on the wiki are uniform. Thanks

Not sure if I could even update my section of the wiki without taking a few days or so and working through it solidly for the Faith, Vahlshallah, duchies, etc.