NES2 VI - Last Semblance of Order.
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alex994
Hail Divine Emperor!
I forsee a Russian Invasion of China as stormy never did get working down on that treaty...
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
Insane_Panda said:
Every nation of Europe has had rivalries with eachother at some time or another. I can say the same about the rest of your allies, such as the Augsburg League.
Swissempire
Poet Jester
The French could alleivate there worries by regonizing The Kingdom of Greater Basque, there by creating a buffer zone!
Insane_Panda
Deity
France is no longer concerned about the alliance. The Pope has consoled us. However, we hope that the Portugese still maintain their friendship with France.
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
Insane_Panda said:
Good, we hope the alliance will not harm our relations.
Stormbringer
The Brick and The Rose
alex994 said:
I sent Das the treaty, no invasion any time soon
Insane_Panda
Deity
Coming of Age
Jean Bonheur was marching. In the weeks following his enlistment he was thrown into conflict, as circumstance would have it. His father, once thinking that there was nothing wrong with joining the military during peacetime, now became worried, and his mother, who knew all along, shook her head in grim disapproval, saying to herself that her son would be shot in the war. Jean Bonheur, however, as not worried at all. Infact, he was excited.
Yet the army was not everything he had hoped it to be. The weeks of training which preceded his deployment had been grueling, and his drillmasters unmerciful. March after march after march had worn his boots, and firing excercise after firing excercise had tired his arms. However, Jean Bonheur was whipped up into a mood of fervent patriotism, and as every man knows, there is nothing which excites the blood as much as war. Yet there is also nothing which can scar the mind as much as war can. Thankfully, Jean Bonheur would not have to deal with such scarrings, atleast not yet.
The Generals gave speeches on the importance of this war against the basques, and on the importance of unity. These had all inspired him of course, but there was no one whom effected Bonheur as much as Saxe - Le Maréchal de Saxe, to be precise. Saxe had come to visit the troops the week before they were to begin marching towards the Pyrennes. He had delivered a rousing, thunderous speech on the duty of these soldeirs to protect their families and their property, and above all, to protect their nation. There was, thought Bonheur, never a man as great as this man, save for the King. Saxe's boisterous energy, moving speech and prodigal reputation had struck Jean in a way that nothing had struck him before, and from that day forwards he was not simply a citizen of France, he was an ardent patriot, a young man whom had made up his mind that there was no nation greater than France, and that those who sought to oppose her must be taught a lesson, and those that sought to destroy her must be themselves destroyed.
The day the troops began marching, he instantly set to his pen and paper, writing to his father his newfound enthusiasm for the service he was performing for king and country.
Dear Father,
I write to you as we march towards the Pyrennes, to smash the rebellion which has risen up against our good king. The past few weeks have been both exciting, and eye opening. The training has served me well, and now I am no longer your little boy, but a strong, young man. Furthermore, the army has opened my eyes and lifted my perspective. Le Marechal de Saxe spoke to us a week ago, and it has done more for me than anything ever has. France, my good father, is the only hope for the future, the only nation which can and must civilize the world. It is our dear France which must never fall apart, yet these traitors, these conspirators seek to destroy that all, and for that they must pay. We march swiftly, and these rebels will soon see that they cannot hope to stand up to our righteous might. Oh, how I wish you could see and feel what I feel. How is our Beaumont? Have you been getting many customers? And also, how is mother? Please tell her and my sisters that she has nothing to worry about, and that I shall be home safe, though knowing her, she will not listen.
I must go now, but I wish that god is with you and our family.
Love,
Your Son
Jean Bonheur was marching. In the weeks following his enlistment he was thrown into conflict, as circumstance would have it. His father, once thinking that there was nothing wrong with joining the military during peacetime, now became worried, and his mother, who knew all along, shook her head in grim disapproval, saying to herself that her son would be shot in the war. Jean Bonheur, however, as not worried at all. Infact, he was excited.
Yet the army was not everything he had hoped it to be. The weeks of training which preceded his deployment had been grueling, and his drillmasters unmerciful. March after march after march had worn his boots, and firing excercise after firing excercise had tired his arms. However, Jean Bonheur was whipped up into a mood of fervent patriotism, and as every man knows, there is nothing which excites the blood as much as war. Yet there is also nothing which can scar the mind as much as war can. Thankfully, Jean Bonheur would not have to deal with such scarrings, atleast not yet.
The Generals gave speeches on the importance of this war against the basques, and on the importance of unity. These had all inspired him of course, but there was no one whom effected Bonheur as much as Saxe - Le Maréchal de Saxe, to be precise. Saxe had come to visit the troops the week before they were to begin marching towards the Pyrennes. He had delivered a rousing, thunderous speech on the duty of these soldeirs to protect their families and their property, and above all, to protect their nation. There was, thought Bonheur, never a man as great as this man, save for the King. Saxe's boisterous energy, moving speech and prodigal reputation had struck Jean in a way that nothing had struck him before, and from that day forwards he was not simply a citizen of France, he was an ardent patriot, a young man whom had made up his mind that there was no nation greater than France, and that those who sought to oppose her must be taught a lesson, and those that sought to destroy her must be themselves destroyed.
The day the troops began marching, he instantly set to his pen and paper, writing to his father his newfound enthusiasm for the service he was performing for king and country.
Dear Father,
I write to you as we march towards the Pyrennes, to smash the rebellion which has risen up against our good king. The past few weeks have been both exciting, and eye opening. The training has served me well, and now I am no longer your little boy, but a strong, young man. Furthermore, the army has opened my eyes and lifted my perspective. Le Marechal de Saxe spoke to us a week ago, and it has done more for me than anything ever has. France, my good father, is the only hope for the future, the only nation which can and must civilize the world. It is our dear France which must never fall apart, yet these traitors, these conspirators seek to destroy that all, and for that they must pay. We march swiftly, and these rebels will soon see that they cannot hope to stand up to our righteous might. Oh, how I wish you could see and feel what I feel. How is our Beaumont? Have you been getting many customers? And also, how is mother? Please tell her and my sisters that she has nothing to worry about, and that I shall be home safe, though knowing her, she will not listen.
I must go now, but I wish that god is with you and our family.
Love,
Your Son
alex994
Hail Divine Emperor!
Stormbringer said:
Hm... that means that flutterly fleeing in my stomach I got in SRC wasn't ESP telling me Russia was going to attack... Oh... so THAT'S what it was about...
Not Russia...
das
Regeneration In Process
Will DEFINITELY be finished within this hour. A nice, short (well, more like midling, but not much happened apart from the spotlight, which is what I'm working on right now) update, although I'll have to double the guard because I screwed a few nations up (or rather their rulers did, possibly with outside help, but do you expect NESers of all people to understand that? 
).
).
Kentharu
Zebra Commander
so does that mean you will be posting the update RIGHT NOW 
come on das, your runnnning our of time!
come on das, your runnnning our of time!
das
Regeneration In Process
Update 1 - Year 1741
Non-Military Events:
An economical upsurge has been taking place in French and Spanish North American colonies, specifically Caroline and Mexico. If continued and supported by the respective governments, this might result in the further economic strenghthening, especially in the areas of Charlesille [1] and Acapulco respectively.
There is a general rise of radical republican sentiments in Western Europe and the European American colonies (-1 Irish, French, Portuguese, Spanish Confidence, +1 Scottish Confidence).
King Julien-François I and his advisors codify the French civil law (+1 Confidence). Rather less popularily, a general colonial assembly was created to unite the three colonial parlements that existed in French North America until now.
The Spanish King, Alberto I, has been raising a disturbing amount of trops, causing confusion and dissent, especially among the Spanish cultural elite (-1 Confidence).
A sudden upsurge in Lithuanian separatism happened, but thus far there was no violence, as the separatists are uneager to attack their countrymen who form the Lithuanian Union garrison and government.
Sultan Osman IV of the Ottoman Empire slips up badly, having planned wide, ambitious reforms but not having commited any of the needed funds to it all; that would've been bad enough, but the reforms were still announced, particularily the military one which provided for the liquidation of the Janissary corps, which is the core of the Ottoman army. The Janissaries, despite the weakening of their position under Osman III, quite obviously resisted this and mutinied (-5 Ottoman divisions) (see military events). After the news of this mutiny spread, things got even worse as the emboldened separatists begun rioting, clamouring for independence and at times even upping their guerrila wars, particularily in the Caucasus. Greece, Moldavia, Georgia, Armenia, Turkish Persia have all seen this growth of separatism (-1 Culture); and with the radical reforms announced, the Sultan cannot count on most of the Turks themselves neither (-1 Confidence)...
In Abyssinia, the small town of Addis Ababa that has emerged in the last few years has, due to the beginning of a new stage of Abyssinia's urbanization and the related events, plus the growth of the region's economical significance, turned into a major city and a potential center of production.
Karachi, an Afghan port city at the Indus delta, has seen a general rise of trade, especially with Portugal and the Mughal Empire. This apparently has also assisted the desperate Afghan efforts to catch up with their neighbours, if not the European countries, technologically (+1 Education).
The Mughal Empire signs "Treaties of Friendship and Cooperation", separately with France and with the Ottoman Empire. That wasn't too popular, and Badshah Bahadur knew it, and thus decided that, having lost the head, one mustn't cry over the loss of hair. And went on a new reforming spree, just as everybody thought the old man will let them be. He threw out ALL restrictions on civil or military service apart from those of merit, declared full freedom and equality of religions, guaranteed various civil rights, secularized education, killed every even slightly corrupt official, standardized taxation, invited European military advisors and westernized the army. Whew. Naturally, all that caused lots of short-term difficulties, such as the loss of Muslim support, deficiency of experienced officials, mutinies in the army and numerous conspiracies, the last two being put down with ruthlessness previously uncharacteristic of Bahadur (-2 Confidence, -1 Civilian Leadership, -1 Military Leadership, -3 divisions). Even after the defeat of the last conspiracy in October, Bahadur's throne remained very shaky, standing on the bayonets of his new Imperial Guard for the most part, but already, the more positive effects of the "Great Reforms" begun apeparing (+1 Education, +1 Culture, +1 Army Training).
Chinese and Japanese students were sent to study in Europe; this and other reforms done by both states, as well as the ever-growing amount of foreign advisors (particularily Spanish and French ones) have not been very popular (-1 Confidence each), but all this might in perspective compensate this unhappiness. Also, some discontent Japanese leaders have apparently decided that their cause has been lost, and begun commiting harakiri en masse, and in rather peculiar ways, sometimes slitting their own throats from behind or strangling themselves with silk wire...
Military Events:
A new wave of colonialism begun amid hopes for a bright, peaceful future... only to cause international crisis, among other things.
(see spotlight)
(+Columbia as an independent state)
(-1 Columbian Valorous Vaquero divisions, -2 Columbian irregular divisions, -3 Spanish division, -2 Portuguese divisions, -1 French Foreign Legion division)
The Basques, led by Conte Giorgio Magro, claimed independence... and immediately came under attack. In one of history's greatest overkills, over four hundred thousand men in total were dispatched to defeat the Basques - 15 divisions came from France, and 25 - from Spain. This was also a show of cooperation rather rare in our days, as two mortal enemies cooperated to squash a tiny rebellion. And squash it they did, sort of. The Basques were simply overwhelmed, their cities were taken by superior numbers from numerous directions, and the ruthlessness of the anti-rebel forces allowed them to triumph... outside of the high mountains, to where Conte Giorgio Magro and his most die-hard supporters retreated to wage a guerrila war. This resistance continues, and has begun taking its toll on the Franco-Spanish armies, more on the Spanish ones as the highest mountains of Euskara happen to be on the Spanish side of the border.
(-Basque Rebels as an independent faction, -1 Spanish division)
The Janissaries have mutinied, outraged by Osman IV's attempts to disband them, and thanks to good planning and preparations they took over Constantinople. However, Osman IV fled to Edirne, where he regroupped those forces loyal to him and with the support of the fleet besieged and assaulted Constantinople. The capital was somewhat damaged, but in the end, the Janissaries were simply overwhelmed by sheer numbers. Meanwhile, more localized Janissary rebellions still continue, though by the end of the year the Janissaries only hold parts of Bosnia and southwestern Turkey.
(-6 Ottoman divisions, -4 Janissary divisions)
Meanwhile, as separatist guerrilas in Moldavia and Georgia intensified their resistance, the Ottoman soldiers became ever more paranoid and agressive, being unable to capture the guerrilas themselves; that was probably the primary cause of the sudden rise in border incidents with Russia-Lithuania, although Ottoman authorities had claimed that there were Russian incursions into Turkish territory.
Perhaps also emboldened by the Ottoman troubles, the Abyssinians intensified their ongoing border war with the pro-Turkish Sudanese state of Sennar, although neither side is ready for an actual military campaign - thus far, the intensification was limited to some daring border raids by the Abyssinians.
And at the same time, Emperor Demek Brehane of Abyssinia dispatched an expedition eastwards, securing access to the sea for Abyssinia. The captured areas were annexed.
The Mughal Imperial Guard simply isolated and annihilated all the rebel armies, in a testament to both their own strenght and good leadership and the rather disorganized, stunned state of their enemies after the beignning of Great Reforms.
(-3 rebel divisions)
Random Events:
Emperor Qianlong's visit to Mongolia strenghthened both his prestige and the unity of his empire, as did his other various policies and visits (+1 Culture, Confidence).
There is a general rise of patriotism in France (+1 Culture).
The new Turkish national railroad project has begun surprisingly well, with the government and foreign investments (+1 project progress).
An eccentric Spanish nobleman, Diego Belizan, has assembled a mercenary army, plus lots of other volunteers and later still even some Amerind allies, (+5 irregular divisions) and set off to land-grab in North America, in the name of the Spanish Crown ofcourse (+1 Confidence).
Scottish officers seem to be increasingly out of touch with the modern ways of war, and also are becoming rather corrupt and irresponsible (-1 Military Leadership).
Russia-Lithuania is beginning to face a serious deficiency of educated cadre, especially in the rural areas (-1 Education).
Living conditions within Segu detiriorate further (-1 Living Standards).
The Danish sailors seem to be getting increasingly out of shape (-1 Naval Training)...
Droughts damage the Abyssinian economy badly (-1 Economy).
Spotlight:
The New Wave of Colonialism.
"The Sun shall never set over the French Colonial Empire."
- King Julien-François I of France, in a speech in Noveau Amsterdam [2]. Year 1741.
The first wave of European colonialism may have begun in 1415 when Ceuta was seized by Portuguese soldiers, but the date most commonly associated with it is 1492, when Christopher Columbus sailed west, seeking India and finding America. This wave has died down by the end of the 17th century, when the core American and Asian colonies were already set up.
As for the second wave, in truth it has started in 1707 when the large-scale Franco-Portuguese infiltration into innermost territories of India has begun after the death of the Mughal Badishah (Emperor) Aurangzeb. But it was 1741 that was most often associated with it, for four reasons.
Perhaps rather undeservedly, the first reason is that it was the date of King Julien-François I's "Never-Setting Sun" speach in Noveau Amsterdam. Then again, this speech has played a vital part in the formation of the ideology of this new wave, alongside with Father Dominicus' "Tractate on the Christian Burden in Africa", of 1733. It has also marked the beginning of a new era in the French relations with their American colonies, and was followed up by the order to begin a new French expedition in the Pacific Ocean.
Secondly, also rather undeservedly as this was, in the context of the time, a rather minor affair, this was the year when Don Diego Belizan, having gathered up his rag-tag army of "conquistodoros neuvos", or "Valorous Vaqueros" as he sometimes called them, set out under the royal Spanish banners to conquer. Strangely enough, rather than going for El Dorado like all the normal crackpot conquistodors did these days, he sailed to the frozen, barren north, near Rio Colombia. Bad, unfamiliar weather, logistical problems augmented by all the people that joined in along the way (Diego just didn't have the heart to throw away potential colonists), and the eventual struggles with the fierce Nez Perce tribes on Rio Colombia have taken their toll on Belizan's "army", as did diseases and desertion. But still, he has founded Porto Belizan, the capital of his new state (albeit a vassal state of Spain's), Columbia, with an "u" due to a typo in an official document.
Thirdly, this was a year in which much colonial expansion took place, especially after the lull of the last few years. France has advanced in the Gold, Ivory and Slave Coasts in West Africa, while in Oceania its forces claimed ground Borneo, Papua New Guinea and the mystirious Terra Australis, although the latter few operations were not only rather unprofitable, but also risked drawing Portuguese ire, all these territories being within the Portuguese sphere of influence. However, neither the Portuguese nor the Spaniards expanded in it - both concentrated their efforts elsewhere. Particularily, the Spaniards advanced in both Americans, and not just with Don Belizan. The expedition to Tierra del Fuego had to be recalled for pretty obvious reasons, but elsewhere - in the Malvinas, Patagonia and California (which is likely to soon grow in significane after the accidental discovery of gold by the Spanish government prospectors looking for a certain other metal) - the Spanish gained ground. Yet African was to take the spotlight as far as colonial efforts of that year went.
For that was the fourth reason for the common association of the year 1741 with colonialism of the second wave. When the second wave trully begun, there were many hopes for it, based not just on hope for economic profits or even for the carriage of the Christian ideals to the pagan savages, so agitated for by Father Dominicus. After yet another round of bloody warfare in Europe, the cultural elite of West European countries turned to a pacifistic ideology, and many expressed hope that, if the great powers go for colonial expansion rather than for more territorial gains in Europe, long-term peace could come to that good old continent. Alas, 1741 proved otherwise, for despite the Pact of Non-Agression between Portugal and Spain, the people of these two Iberian countries shed each other's blood that year after all. Both Spain and Portugal concentrated on gains in Africa that year, and as it was not in custom for those powers to trust each other, they did not make their intentions clear. Inevitably, some incidents happened. Spain was uninhibited in its expansion into the Berber lands to the southwest from Morocco, and Portugal only clashed with bloodthirsty natives in the Horn of Africa and Namibia. Yet in two areas, both Portuguese and Spanish colonial forces met - to the northeast from the Gulf of Guinea and on the Windward Coast. In both, the two armies suddenly bumped into each other; in both, one accident left to the other, although the fact that the Portuguese commander in the Windward Coast area was Francisco de Sousa, a known Hispanophobe, had "helped". And in both, fighting broke out. The furious, slightly derranged as colonial commanders tend to be and, also as the derranged colonial commanders often are, brilliant general de Sousa, having heard that the damnable Spanish pigs opened fire on the scouting party, didn't give the Spanish commander any time to even plan any sort of defenses or negotiations and simply attacked and overwhelmed his undersupplied, cowed opponent, who himself fell in battle. The remnants of his forces retreated southwards, conceding much of the Windward Coast to Portugal. Things went differently in the Gulf of Guinea, where after a few incidents everything ended and the region provisionally partitioned into equal portions. De Sousa, having withstood a violent tirade from the Portuguese governor of Arguin, agreed not to pursue the Spaniards. Peace was restored.
Until the news reached Europe. The Spanish court was immediately thrown into outrage, and the people also cried for Portuguese blood. In Portugal, despite the government's hostile stance towards de Sousa, the man immediately became a hero without even coming back yet. And the Portuguese, as fate would have it, also cried for blood, only for Spanish one, claiming that the Spaniards, having opened fire first, broke the NAP. The second colonial wave often had colonial incidents by now, but never such large-scale ones, or ones so well-known. Thankfully, after the first few weeks the passions quieted down. The Portuguese remembered that if a large-scale war begins, the Spanish will be in position to march on to Lisbon, and not even a thousand de Sousas will stop them. The Spaniards, for their part, remembered that if they pursue revenge, they will almost definitely defeat Portugal... and that the French also realize this, and that, Basques or no Basques, NAP or no NAP, Julien-François just couldn't allow his southern neighbours to grow THAT strong. And besides, there was that little matter of a NAP still existing between Spain and Portugal... so the diplomats begun agressively stalling and procrastrinating, while waiting for the higher-ups to decide what to do with all this. But this was quite a rude awakening for Europe as a whole...
NPC Diplo:
OOC:
[1] Charleville=~OTL Charleston, SC.
[2] Noveau Amsterdam=OTL New York.
Don't forget to pay for logistics in colonial efforts, otherwise the gains are unlikely to be lasting...
conehead234, and anyone else, the technology being more advanced than in OTL the Watt engine equivalent has already been invented, so there's no need to research it.
Non-Military Events:
An economical upsurge has been taking place in French and Spanish North American colonies, specifically Caroline and Mexico. If continued and supported by the respective governments, this might result in the further economic strenghthening, especially in the areas of Charlesille [1] and Acapulco respectively.
There is a general rise of radical republican sentiments in Western Europe and the European American colonies (-1 Irish, French, Portuguese, Spanish Confidence, +1 Scottish Confidence).
King Julien-François I and his advisors codify the French civil law (+1 Confidence). Rather less popularily, a general colonial assembly was created to unite the three colonial parlements that existed in French North America until now.
The Spanish King, Alberto I, has been raising a disturbing amount of trops, causing confusion and dissent, especially among the Spanish cultural elite (-1 Confidence).
A sudden upsurge in Lithuanian separatism happened, but thus far there was no violence, as the separatists are uneager to attack their countrymen who form the Lithuanian Union garrison and government.
Sultan Osman IV of the Ottoman Empire slips up badly, having planned wide, ambitious reforms but not having commited any of the needed funds to it all; that would've been bad enough, but the reforms were still announced, particularily the military one which provided for the liquidation of the Janissary corps, which is the core of the Ottoman army. The Janissaries, despite the weakening of their position under Osman III, quite obviously resisted this and mutinied (-5 Ottoman divisions) (see military events). After the news of this mutiny spread, things got even worse as the emboldened separatists begun rioting, clamouring for independence and at times even upping their guerrila wars, particularily in the Caucasus. Greece, Moldavia, Georgia, Armenia, Turkish Persia have all seen this growth of separatism (-1 Culture); and with the radical reforms announced, the Sultan cannot count on most of the Turks themselves neither (-1 Confidence)...
In Abyssinia, the small town of Addis Ababa that has emerged in the last few years has, due to the beginning of a new stage of Abyssinia's urbanization and the related events, plus the growth of the region's economical significance, turned into a major city and a potential center of production.
Karachi, an Afghan port city at the Indus delta, has seen a general rise of trade, especially with Portugal and the Mughal Empire. This apparently has also assisted the desperate Afghan efforts to catch up with their neighbours, if not the European countries, technologically (+1 Education).
The Mughal Empire signs "Treaties of Friendship and Cooperation", separately with France and with the Ottoman Empire. That wasn't too popular, and Badshah Bahadur knew it, and thus decided that, having lost the head, one mustn't cry over the loss of hair. And went on a new reforming spree, just as everybody thought the old man will let them be. He threw out ALL restrictions on civil or military service apart from those of merit, declared full freedom and equality of religions, guaranteed various civil rights, secularized education, killed every even slightly corrupt official, standardized taxation, invited European military advisors and westernized the army. Whew. Naturally, all that caused lots of short-term difficulties, such as the loss of Muslim support, deficiency of experienced officials, mutinies in the army and numerous conspiracies, the last two being put down with ruthlessness previously uncharacteristic of Bahadur (-2 Confidence, -1 Civilian Leadership, -1 Military Leadership, -3 divisions). Even after the defeat of the last conspiracy in October, Bahadur's throne remained very shaky, standing on the bayonets of his new Imperial Guard for the most part, but already, the more positive effects of the "Great Reforms" begun apeparing (+1 Education, +1 Culture, +1 Army Training).
Chinese and Japanese students were sent to study in Europe; this and other reforms done by both states, as well as the ever-growing amount of foreign advisors (particularily Spanish and French ones) have not been very popular (-1 Confidence each), but all this might in perspective compensate this unhappiness. Also, some discontent Japanese leaders have apparently decided that their cause has been lost, and begun commiting harakiri en masse, and in rather peculiar ways, sometimes slitting their own throats from behind or strangling themselves with silk wire...
Military Events:
A new wave of colonialism begun amid hopes for a bright, peaceful future... only to cause international crisis, among other things.
(see spotlight)
(+Columbia as an independent state)
(-1 Columbian Valorous Vaquero divisions, -2 Columbian irregular divisions, -3 Spanish division, -2 Portuguese divisions, -1 French Foreign Legion division)
The Basques, led by Conte Giorgio Magro, claimed independence... and immediately came under attack. In one of history's greatest overkills, over four hundred thousand men in total were dispatched to defeat the Basques - 15 divisions came from France, and 25 - from Spain. This was also a show of cooperation rather rare in our days, as two mortal enemies cooperated to squash a tiny rebellion. And squash it they did, sort of. The Basques were simply overwhelmed, their cities were taken by superior numbers from numerous directions, and the ruthlessness of the anti-rebel forces allowed them to triumph... outside of the high mountains, to where Conte Giorgio Magro and his most die-hard supporters retreated to wage a guerrila war. This resistance continues, and has begun taking its toll on the Franco-Spanish armies, more on the Spanish ones as the highest mountains of Euskara happen to be on the Spanish side of the border.
(-Basque Rebels as an independent faction, -1 Spanish division)
The Janissaries have mutinied, outraged by Osman IV's attempts to disband them, and thanks to good planning and preparations they took over Constantinople. However, Osman IV fled to Edirne, where he regroupped those forces loyal to him and with the support of the fleet besieged and assaulted Constantinople. The capital was somewhat damaged, but in the end, the Janissaries were simply overwhelmed by sheer numbers. Meanwhile, more localized Janissary rebellions still continue, though by the end of the year the Janissaries only hold parts of Bosnia and southwestern Turkey.
(-6 Ottoman divisions, -4 Janissary divisions)
Meanwhile, as separatist guerrilas in Moldavia and Georgia intensified their resistance, the Ottoman soldiers became ever more paranoid and agressive, being unable to capture the guerrilas themselves; that was probably the primary cause of the sudden rise in border incidents with Russia-Lithuania, although Ottoman authorities had claimed that there were Russian incursions into Turkish territory.
Perhaps also emboldened by the Ottoman troubles, the Abyssinians intensified their ongoing border war with the pro-Turkish Sudanese state of Sennar, although neither side is ready for an actual military campaign - thus far, the intensification was limited to some daring border raids by the Abyssinians.
And at the same time, Emperor Demek Brehane of Abyssinia dispatched an expedition eastwards, securing access to the sea for Abyssinia. The captured areas were annexed.
The Mughal Imperial Guard simply isolated and annihilated all the rebel armies, in a testament to both their own strenght and good leadership and the rather disorganized, stunned state of their enemies after the beignning of Great Reforms.
(-3 rebel divisions)
Random Events:
Emperor Qianlong's visit to Mongolia strenghthened both his prestige and the unity of his empire, as did his other various policies and visits (+1 Culture, Confidence).
There is a general rise of patriotism in France (+1 Culture).
The new Turkish national railroad project has begun surprisingly well, with the government and foreign investments (+1 project progress).
An eccentric Spanish nobleman, Diego Belizan, has assembled a mercenary army, plus lots of other volunteers and later still even some Amerind allies, (+5 irregular divisions) and set off to land-grab in North America, in the name of the Spanish Crown ofcourse (+1 Confidence).
Scottish officers seem to be increasingly out of touch with the modern ways of war, and also are becoming rather corrupt and irresponsible (-1 Military Leadership).
Russia-Lithuania is beginning to face a serious deficiency of educated cadre, especially in the rural areas (-1 Education).
Living conditions within Segu detiriorate further (-1 Living Standards).
The Danish sailors seem to be getting increasingly out of shape (-1 Naval Training)...
Droughts damage the Abyssinian economy badly (-1 Economy).
Spotlight:
The New Wave of Colonialism.
"The Sun shall never set over the French Colonial Empire."
- King Julien-François I of France, in a speech in Noveau Amsterdam [2]. Year 1741.
The first wave of European colonialism may have begun in 1415 when Ceuta was seized by Portuguese soldiers, but the date most commonly associated with it is 1492, when Christopher Columbus sailed west, seeking India and finding America. This wave has died down by the end of the 17th century, when the core American and Asian colonies were already set up.
As for the second wave, in truth it has started in 1707 when the large-scale Franco-Portuguese infiltration into innermost territories of India has begun after the death of the Mughal Badishah (Emperor) Aurangzeb. But it was 1741 that was most often associated with it, for four reasons.
Perhaps rather undeservedly, the first reason is that it was the date of King Julien-François I's "Never-Setting Sun" speach in Noveau Amsterdam. Then again, this speech has played a vital part in the formation of the ideology of this new wave, alongside with Father Dominicus' "Tractate on the Christian Burden in Africa", of 1733. It has also marked the beginning of a new era in the French relations with their American colonies, and was followed up by the order to begin a new French expedition in the Pacific Ocean.
Secondly, also rather undeservedly as this was, in the context of the time, a rather minor affair, this was the year when Don Diego Belizan, having gathered up his rag-tag army of "conquistodoros neuvos", or "Valorous Vaqueros" as he sometimes called them, set out under the royal Spanish banners to conquer. Strangely enough, rather than going for El Dorado like all the normal crackpot conquistodors did these days, he sailed to the frozen, barren north, near Rio Colombia. Bad, unfamiliar weather, logistical problems augmented by all the people that joined in along the way (Diego just didn't have the heart to throw away potential colonists), and the eventual struggles with the fierce Nez Perce tribes on Rio Colombia have taken their toll on Belizan's "army", as did diseases and desertion. But still, he has founded Porto Belizan, the capital of his new state (albeit a vassal state of Spain's), Columbia, with an "u" due to a typo in an official document.
Thirdly, this was a year in which much colonial expansion took place, especially after the lull of the last few years. France has advanced in the Gold, Ivory and Slave Coasts in West Africa, while in Oceania its forces claimed ground Borneo, Papua New Guinea and the mystirious Terra Australis, although the latter few operations were not only rather unprofitable, but also risked drawing Portuguese ire, all these territories being within the Portuguese sphere of influence. However, neither the Portuguese nor the Spaniards expanded in it - both concentrated their efforts elsewhere. Particularily, the Spaniards advanced in both Americans, and not just with Don Belizan. The expedition to Tierra del Fuego had to be recalled for pretty obvious reasons, but elsewhere - in the Malvinas, Patagonia and California (which is likely to soon grow in significane after the accidental discovery of gold by the Spanish government prospectors looking for a certain other metal) - the Spanish gained ground. Yet African was to take the spotlight as far as colonial efforts of that year went.
For that was the fourth reason for the common association of the year 1741 with colonialism of the second wave. When the second wave trully begun, there were many hopes for it, based not just on hope for economic profits or even for the carriage of the Christian ideals to the pagan savages, so agitated for by Father Dominicus. After yet another round of bloody warfare in Europe, the cultural elite of West European countries turned to a pacifistic ideology, and many expressed hope that, if the great powers go for colonial expansion rather than for more territorial gains in Europe, long-term peace could come to that good old continent. Alas, 1741 proved otherwise, for despite the Pact of Non-Agression between Portugal and Spain, the people of these two Iberian countries shed each other's blood that year after all. Both Spain and Portugal concentrated on gains in Africa that year, and as it was not in custom for those powers to trust each other, they did not make their intentions clear. Inevitably, some incidents happened. Spain was uninhibited in its expansion into the Berber lands to the southwest from Morocco, and Portugal only clashed with bloodthirsty natives in the Horn of Africa and Namibia. Yet in two areas, both Portuguese and Spanish colonial forces met - to the northeast from the Gulf of Guinea and on the Windward Coast. In both, the two armies suddenly bumped into each other; in both, one accident left to the other, although the fact that the Portuguese commander in the Windward Coast area was Francisco de Sousa, a known Hispanophobe, had "helped". And in both, fighting broke out. The furious, slightly derranged as colonial commanders tend to be and, also as the derranged colonial commanders often are, brilliant general de Sousa, having heard that the damnable Spanish pigs opened fire on the scouting party, didn't give the Spanish commander any time to even plan any sort of defenses or negotiations and simply attacked and overwhelmed his undersupplied, cowed opponent, who himself fell in battle. The remnants of his forces retreated southwards, conceding much of the Windward Coast to Portugal. Things went differently in the Gulf of Guinea, where after a few incidents everything ended and the region provisionally partitioned into equal portions. De Sousa, having withstood a violent tirade from the Portuguese governor of Arguin, agreed not to pursue the Spaniards. Peace was restored.
Until the news reached Europe. The Spanish court was immediately thrown into outrage, and the people also cried for Portuguese blood. In Portugal, despite the government's hostile stance towards de Sousa, the man immediately became a hero without even coming back yet. And the Portuguese, as fate would have it, also cried for blood, only for Spanish one, claiming that the Spaniards, having opened fire first, broke the NAP. The second colonial wave often had colonial incidents by now, but never such large-scale ones, or ones so well-known. Thankfully, after the first few weeks the passions quieted down. The Portuguese remembered that if a large-scale war begins, the Spanish will be in position to march on to Lisbon, and not even a thousand de Sousas will stop them. The Spaniards, for their part, remembered that if they pursue revenge, they will almost definitely defeat Portugal... and that the French also realize this, and that, Basques or no Basques, NAP or no NAP, Julien-François just couldn't allow his southern neighbours to grow THAT strong. And besides, there was that little matter of a NAP still existing between Spain and Portugal... so the diplomats begun agressively stalling and procrastrinating, while waiting for the higher-ups to decide what to do with all this. But this was quite a rude awakening for Europe as a whole...
NPC Diplo:
OOC:
[1] Charleville=~OTL Charleston, SC.
[2] Noveau Amsterdam=OTL New York.
Don't forget to pay for logistics in colonial efforts, otherwise the gains are unlikely to be lasting...
conehead234, and anyone else, the technology being more advanced than in OTL the Watt engine equivalent has already been invented, so there's no need to research it.
das
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Kentharu
Zebra Commander
bloody hell mate *winces* i think i just got poked in the gut with a rather sharp tooth pick
anyway, lovely update as per usual das
anyway, lovely update as per usual das
das
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If its any relief, not all is what it seems. 
Kentharu
Zebra Commander
im thinking, spend 1 point on compensation of the Janissaries and a smooth transition for them back into the army... plus a story here and there will that burn the wound shut? or at least help the healing
das
Regeneration In Process
More like put the empire on fire even more, because that's completely inconsistant (first you move with the Westernizers, and now you turn around and go in the opposite direction. All historical attempts to pull such stunts just antagonized everybody from whoever tried it.).
Kentharu
Zebra Commander
*sigh* crap... i didn't know much to start with about the Ottoman Empire... and google can only do so much. Ill jsut push the reforms harder then, try and get the support of religious leaders... march my military into the rebelious places and beat the crap out of them
im reading about Janissaries (i hadn't even thought about till the update) it seems getting rid of them is a really good idea, and seeing as they are mostly christians converted to islam, or slaves then getting the support of the hardline clerics should be easy right? and then hence getting the support of the majority of the Ottoman Empire (it being majority Muslim) i should be able to get conscripts or something and crush the rebelion
EDIT-yea... i added as i read
im reading about Janissaries (i hadn't even thought about till the update) it seems getting rid of them is a really good idea, and seeing as they are mostly christians converted to islam, or slaves then getting the support of the hardline clerics should be easy right? and then hence getting the support of the majority of the Ottoman Empire (it being majority Muslim) i should be able to get conscripts or something and crush the rebelion
EDIT-yea... i added as i read
das
Regeneration In Process
Problem is, the Muslim leaders tend to be a bit conservative, and your reforms, well... weren't.
You do have support among the fleet, and among the Turkish cultural elite. The parts of the arm that didn't defect will probably not defect now neither.
You do have support among the fleet, and among the Turkish cultural elite. The parts of the arm that didn't defect will probably not defect now neither.
das
Regeneration In Process
Just remembered something (those who need to know anything will).
