INES IV: Born Yesterday
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germanicus12
First Citizen of Rome
The Rail Baron rode up on his horse, a lean man with a mean streak, he rides his men hard and his machines even harder. He has a reputation for getting the impossible done but his men hate him for the losses in human lives he has accumulated achieving the impossible. He twitches his nose, disgusted with the smell of the sea but this contract promised big bucks and a great boost to his already enormous reputation. His tough crew stands at rails end ready to lay down tracks and keep the line moving.
The Contractor rode up next, a huge muscular man who looks as if he has been in the sun one day too many. He is a caring and understanding boss who treats his men as if they were his own boys, as a result his crew loves him and would build him a stairway to hell or heaven if he asked. They now stand next to trains sitting idling behind rails end, waiting for the tracks to be laid down to their work sites.
The final man, a heavyset man who enjoys food and the sea, rode up on a wagon pulled by 4 horses. He stared intently at the sea ignoring the two men sitting on their horses. The man then looked at the rail line extending to Houston, his special train was sitting on a siding made just for his train and grunted his satisfaction. The train held his team of specially trained men and specialized equipment which would be invaluable to the project ahead. The man and his crew were a odd sort, to the rail crew and the laborers these men were not true Texans, in that they do not chew tobacco, they do not fight, they do not take in the vices that follow the rails, such as gambling, whiskey or women.
As the trio of men stood around gazing out into Galveston Bay, an old sailing ship from the days of sail slowly made its way into the bay while a modern steamship built up steam while anchored in shallow water approximately a half mile from shore. To their right was simply miles of scorching desert landscape inhospitable but for the few hard men determined to hide from the law. To the left the trio saw a port operating beyond its shipping capabilities, ever since the expansion of the rail lines and the new influx of steer and cattle from far flung ranches to Houston, Galveston's shipping capacity has tripled and the small port was bursting at the seams. These three men aim to turn the landscape to the left into a modern, high capacity port, complete with modern cranes operated by steam and moved on rails, a far cry from the old derelict stuck in place cranes of the old Galveston port. These 3 men stared at the landscape and dreamed of their plans, the first man could envision his state of the art modern rail lines filling the empty spaces with spider webs of rails and cars. The second envisions stately warehouses for everything from linen to milk, as well as custom buildings, inspection stations and the always useful cranes. The third man imagined nothing on land, his gaze only towards the sea, where he saw great ships coming straight to the docks without fear of grounding in the shallow waters, through the new science of dredging.
The 3 men, all engineers, felt giddy over their contracts and all three rushed to move men and equipment, the rail crews standing at the end of the line just a mile away ready to lay an estimated 50 miles of tracks in a small plot of land that measured 15 square miles. Beyond them stood the trains of the other two men, these trains carried the supplies and equipment, from lumber to bricks, from man to machine, these trains will follow the first laid tracks direct to the future sites of the warehouses which would be built around the trains. Finally, the dredging equipment would be assembled on a barge and sent out to sea to deepen Galveston Bay. With the huge investment from the government all three men felt confident the project would end within the year, especially with close to a million men working on the project.
The laborers and foremen were so busy in their efforts that they failed to realize that the world had gone and gotten themselves into a big war over some island most of the workers would never have found on a map. In fact the only people in Galveston Bay that knew of the war were the stevedores and port authority of Galveston Bay's old port, where ships arriving from Europe or elsewhere brought news from afar. In Houston the President remained in close dialogue with Dixie and the CSA in hopes that Texas would not be dragged into this war that appears to be right at their border. Fortunately for the President and his cabinet the war tapered off in North America as Dixie with the help of some other countries quickly subdued the CSA and the fighting moved to the Northeast. Occasionally though the laborers working on the project would see warships from Dixie, the CSA and other nations anchored in Texan waters, not one to worry about such things the tough natives simply ignored the ships and continued working. The Texan navy though has every one of those ships monitored, knowing they use Texan waters to escape from a fight or to hide safely until the threat passes, they are still watched with a wary eye and the sailors are refused into port except to gather supplies paid for.
Towards the end of the year, the port was nearing completion, several docks were operating and warehouses were being used. Already some of the largest ships in the world were docking in Galveston Bay's new port facilities and being unloaded in a far more rapid pace than the older style port which is now being delegated to servicing only the wooden merchant ships with their sails and smaller holds. Though most of their workforce has been shifted to the new modern port. Construction still goes on here and there as workers finish up the last of their sections, such as completing the last series of switch backs leading back to the main line for the rail engineers, or completing a room in one of the vast warehouses for the contractors. Though for the dredgers they become permanent employees of the Galveston Bay Port Authority and will maintain 24/7 dredging operations to keep the bay deep for their clients.
The 3 men who oversaw their sections of the great port now go their separate ways, the Rail Baron continues to expand his lines and increase productivity on busy lines. The Contractor finds other jobs in Houston and San Antonio. The Dredger stayed on with the port as Manager of Dredging Operations.
The Contractor rode up next, a huge muscular man who looks as if he has been in the sun one day too many. He is a caring and understanding boss who treats his men as if they were his own boys, as a result his crew loves him and would build him a stairway to hell or heaven if he asked. They now stand next to trains sitting idling behind rails end, waiting for the tracks to be laid down to their work sites.
The final man, a heavyset man who enjoys food and the sea, rode up on a wagon pulled by 4 horses. He stared intently at the sea ignoring the two men sitting on their horses. The man then looked at the rail line extending to Houston, his special train was sitting on a siding made just for his train and grunted his satisfaction. The train held his team of specially trained men and specialized equipment which would be invaluable to the project ahead. The man and his crew were a odd sort, to the rail crew and the laborers these men were not true Texans, in that they do not chew tobacco, they do not fight, they do not take in the vices that follow the rails, such as gambling, whiskey or women.
As the trio of men stood around gazing out into Galveston Bay, an old sailing ship from the days of sail slowly made its way into the bay while a modern steamship built up steam while anchored in shallow water approximately a half mile from shore. To their right was simply miles of scorching desert landscape inhospitable but for the few hard men determined to hide from the law. To the left the trio saw a port operating beyond its shipping capabilities, ever since the expansion of the rail lines and the new influx of steer and cattle from far flung ranches to Houston, Galveston's shipping capacity has tripled and the small port was bursting at the seams. These three men aim to turn the landscape to the left into a modern, high capacity port, complete with modern cranes operated by steam and moved on rails, a far cry from the old derelict stuck in place cranes of the old Galveston port. These 3 men stared at the landscape and dreamed of their plans, the first man could envision his state of the art modern rail lines filling the empty spaces with spider webs of rails and cars. The second envisions stately warehouses for everything from linen to milk, as well as custom buildings, inspection stations and the always useful cranes. The third man imagined nothing on land, his gaze only towards the sea, where he saw great ships coming straight to the docks without fear of grounding in the shallow waters, through the new science of dredging.
The 3 men, all engineers, felt giddy over their contracts and all three rushed to move men and equipment, the rail crews standing at the end of the line just a mile away ready to lay an estimated 50 miles of tracks in a small plot of land that measured 15 square miles. Beyond them stood the trains of the other two men, these trains carried the supplies and equipment, from lumber to bricks, from man to machine, these trains will follow the first laid tracks direct to the future sites of the warehouses which would be built around the trains. Finally, the dredging equipment would be assembled on a barge and sent out to sea to deepen Galveston Bay. With the huge investment from the government all three men felt confident the project would end within the year, especially with close to a million men working on the project.
The laborers and foremen were so busy in their efforts that they failed to realize that the world had gone and gotten themselves into a big war over some island most of the workers would never have found on a map. In fact the only people in Galveston Bay that knew of the war were the stevedores and port authority of Galveston Bay's old port, where ships arriving from Europe or elsewhere brought news from afar. In Houston the President remained in close dialogue with Dixie and the CSA in hopes that Texas would not be dragged into this war that appears to be right at their border. Fortunately for the President and his cabinet the war tapered off in North America as Dixie with the help of some other countries quickly subdued the CSA and the fighting moved to the Northeast. Occasionally though the laborers working on the project would see warships from Dixie, the CSA and other nations anchored in Texan waters, not one to worry about such things the tough natives simply ignored the ships and continued working. The Texan navy though has every one of those ships monitored, knowing they use Texan waters to escape from a fight or to hide safely until the threat passes, they are still watched with a wary eye and the sailors are refused into port except to gather supplies paid for.
Towards the end of the year, the port was nearing completion, several docks were operating and warehouses were being used. Already some of the largest ships in the world were docking in Galveston Bay's new port facilities and being unloaded in a far more rapid pace than the older style port which is now being delegated to servicing only the wooden merchant ships with their sails and smaller holds. Though most of their workforce has been shifted to the new modern port. Construction still goes on here and there as workers finish up the last of their sections, such as completing the last series of switch backs leading back to the main line for the rail engineers, or completing a room in one of the vast warehouses for the contractors. Though for the dredgers they become permanent employees of the Galveston Bay Port Authority and will maintain 24/7 dredging operations to keep the bay deep for their clients.
The 3 men who oversaw their sections of the great port now go their separate ways, the Rail Baron continues to expand his lines and increase productivity on busy lines. The Contractor finds other jobs in Houston and San Antonio. The Dredger stayed on with the port as Manager of Dredging Operations.
m.t.cicero
Good Kid
2(and-a-half) for 1 story time!
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Excerpt from Viceroy of the Philippines Rodrigo de Cisneros' Commencement Address to the Class of 1902
To begin, I would like to say that I am honored that the University has selected me to speak to you, the young men who are among the best and brightest our great United Kingdom has to offer. I see in front of me not only Castilians, Catalans, Andalusians, Galicians, and Portuguese, but also Neapolitans, Sicilians, and even youth from Formosa and my beloved Philippines, whose homelands I pray daily will soon be delivered from the evil occupiers of Cathay. What I see in front of me is the strength in diversity that will carry our United Kingdom into the future. So many different perspectives lead to an even wider variety of ideas and opinions, from which we select the best to further strengthen our great nation. A nation which you, the youth, will inherit in the not-so-distant future...
...I was en route to the homeland to make this address that I heard of the fall of Manila. I immediately felt great shame over my absence, though this shame soon turned to rage. The perfidy of Cathay truly knows no limits. A surprise attack was made with no declaration of war issued. Indeed there still has been no official declaration. Cathay has revealed its savagery, not reaching the level of civilization possessed by even the lowliest tribal peoples!...I apologize...I do not mean to turn this auspicious event into a political rally, but may "remember Manila!" become our battle cry, which will strike fear into the barbarians of Cathay. You young men in front of me should not be on the front lines however, as you must stay here to mobilize the homeland and inflame the spirits of our peoples. As you go forth from here, may the cry "remember Manila!" reverberate through your hears and through the streets of our cities. Let us inspire the masses of this nation to take up gun and bayonet to defend our greatness, our diversity! Remember Manila! Remember Manila! Remember Manila!
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Countries and Viceroyalties of the United Kingdom of Iberia and Naples
The United Kingdom of Iberia and Naples has been forced to evolve and adapt over its history. This evolution has lead to the creation of the Four Countries of the United Kingdom: Spain, Portugal, Naples, and Sardinia. These Countries have devolved Parliaments which primarily deal with local issues, though all must defer to the decisions of the Cortes Generales in Madrid. Each country has been able to maintain its own cultural identity, and Spain and Naples both contain a variety of cultures which have been preserved. What makes this system work is the crucial understanding that all of the Countries are stronger when united, and that they can keep their cultures while serving the common good.
Countries of the United Kingdom
The Viceroyalties of the United Kingdom differ from the countries in that a royally-appointed Viceroy works in a duumvirate with a locally-elected Governor to check the power of the local Assemblies, because the native cultures of the Viceroyalties have not yet reached the same crucial understanding with Madrid that unity leads to strength. Preparations have been made to integrate the Viceroyalties into countries, but it is the judgment of the Cortes that they are not yet ready. Natives earn voting rights in the Viceroyalties through service in the Viceroyal Legions or other service to the Viceroyal governments. The men who earn citizenship are prepared to lead their communities in the hopes that they might someday become full Countries within the Kingdom on par with the Four in Europe.
African Viceroyalties
Asian & Pacific Viceroyalties
Spotlight: The Viceroyal Legions
These regiments of natives serve under European officers and are trained in a style of warfare which has been created through a blending of Iberian and their respective native styles and which are therefore uniquely suited to warfare in their respective lands. The men in these units have intense pride both for their native lands and for the United Kingdom as whole, and often compete with each other in order to prove themselves. These units are widely renowned, but unfortunately the regiments in the Viceroyalties of Formosa, the Philippines, and the Pacific were caught off guard by the armies of Cathay and have for the moment withdrawn to the jungle wilderness, making occasional raids on Cathay's armies, camps, and supply lines and waiting for an opportunity to strike back...
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Excerpt from Viceroy of the Philippines Rodrigo de Cisneros' Commencement Address to the Class of 1902
To begin, I would like to say that I am honored that the University has selected me to speak to you, the young men who are among the best and brightest our great United Kingdom has to offer. I see in front of me not only Castilians, Catalans, Andalusians, Galicians, and Portuguese, but also Neapolitans, Sicilians, and even youth from Formosa and my beloved Philippines, whose homelands I pray daily will soon be delivered from the evil occupiers of Cathay. What I see in front of me is the strength in diversity that will carry our United Kingdom into the future. So many different perspectives lead to an even wider variety of ideas and opinions, from which we select the best to further strengthen our great nation. A nation which you, the youth, will inherit in the not-so-distant future...
...I was en route to the homeland to make this address that I heard of the fall of Manila. I immediately felt great shame over my absence, though this shame soon turned to rage. The perfidy of Cathay truly knows no limits. A surprise attack was made with no declaration of war issued. Indeed there still has been no official declaration. Cathay has revealed its savagery, not reaching the level of civilization possessed by even the lowliest tribal peoples!...I apologize...I do not mean to turn this auspicious event into a political rally, but may "remember Manila!" become our battle cry, which will strike fear into the barbarians of Cathay. You young men in front of me should not be on the front lines however, as you must stay here to mobilize the homeland and inflame the spirits of our peoples. As you go forth from here, may the cry "remember Manila!" reverberate through your hears and through the streets of our cities. Let us inspire the masses of this nation to take up gun and bayonet to defend our greatness, our diversity! Remember Manila! Remember Manila! Remember Manila!
________________________
Countries and Viceroyalties of the United Kingdom of Iberia and Naples
The United Kingdom of Iberia and Naples has been forced to evolve and adapt over its history. This evolution has lead to the creation of the Four Countries of the United Kingdom: Spain, Portugal, Naples, and Sardinia. These Countries have devolved Parliaments which primarily deal with local issues, though all must defer to the decisions of the Cortes Generales in Madrid. Each country has been able to maintain its own cultural identity, and Spain and Naples both contain a variety of cultures which have been preserved. What makes this system work is the crucial understanding that all of the Countries are stronger when united, and that they can keep their cultures while serving the common good.
Countries of the United Kingdom
The Viceroyalties of the United Kingdom differ from the countries in that a royally-appointed Viceroy works in a duumvirate with a locally-elected Governor to check the power of the local Assemblies, because the native cultures of the Viceroyalties have not yet reached the same crucial understanding with Madrid that unity leads to strength. Preparations have been made to integrate the Viceroyalties into countries, but it is the judgment of the Cortes that they are not yet ready. Natives earn voting rights in the Viceroyalties through service in the Viceroyal Legions or other service to the Viceroyal governments. The men who earn citizenship are prepared to lead their communities in the hopes that they might someday become full Countries within the Kingdom on par with the Four in Europe.
African Viceroyalties
Asian & Pacific Viceroyalties
Spotlight: The Viceroyal Legions
These regiments of natives serve under European officers and are trained in a style of warfare which has been created through a blending of Iberian and their respective native styles and which are therefore uniquely suited to warfare in their respective lands. The men in these units have intense pride both for their native lands and for the United Kingdom as whole, and often compete with each other in order to prove themselves. These units are widely renowned, but unfortunately the regiments in the Viceroyalties of Formosa, the Philippines, and the Pacific were caught off guard by the armies of Cathay and have for the moment withdrawn to the jungle wilderness, making occasional raids on Cathay's armies, camps, and supply lines and waiting for an opportunity to strike back...
Eltain
Deity
"And now we turn our eyes and ears to the Eastern Ocean, folks, where the Chinese Offensives against the Spanish Armada and Phillipines took place.
"In early February last year, the Chen Yunann fleet departed from Hong Kong en route for the Iberian Phillipines, Taiwan and the Newfoundland of New Guinea.
"Over the course of several months and well into August, many great victories were had by the hands of the Chinese fleet, but a widening gap between the nations of the East and the nations of the West exists.
"A new initiative has been taken by the Aleutian government to protect our national waters and shipping lanes known as the Equid Initiative. New naval tactics as well as designs have been put forward and are being put to the test off the bays of Song.
"Several prototypes have been put to use in guarding the off-shore assets of the Empire at large, however it is predicted that a handful of new Destrier class destroyers will be produced for full-time guarding duties this year.
"Stay tuned for French philosopher Frederico Guillarme Nietzsche's reading of his latest anectdotals regarding the Pope's recent re-assessment of Theological power over national bodies.
"In early February last year, the Chen Yunann fleet departed from Hong Kong en route for the Iberian Phillipines, Taiwan and the Newfoundland of New Guinea.
"Over the course of several months and well into August, many great victories were had by the hands of the Chinese fleet, but a widening gap between the nations of the East and the nations of the West exists.
"A new initiative has been taken by the Aleutian government to protect our national waters and shipping lanes known as the Equid Initiative. New naval tactics as well as designs have been put forward and are being put to the test off the bays of Song.
"Several prototypes have been put to use in guarding the off-shore assets of the Empire at large, however it is predicted that a handful of new Destrier class destroyers will be produced for full-time guarding duties this year.
"Stay tuned for French philosopher Frederico Guillarme Nietzsche's reading of his latest anectdotals regarding the Pope's recent re-assessment of Theological power over national bodies.
Into the Blue Waters and Green Coasts, no foreign war shall befoul Tilabaiinke's shores, and no war shall we persecute against the outside world, mad and bizarre though it may often be. This is all we shall have to say on the wars that go on beyond the broad seas.
Kinich-Ahau
#JustGoomyThings
I totally forgot about this; could you NPC me this turn? I'll retake New Deseret's reigns next turn.
ChiefDesigner
Sunset Emperor
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The Treaty of Trois-Rivieres
Preamble. This treaty concludes hostilities between Vinland and Kanata.
Article I. The border between Vinland and Kanata shall be set in accordance with the attached map.
Article II. Kanata agrees to provide Vinland with 2 ASP of reconstruction assistance in FY 1903, and 3 ASP of reconstruction assistance in FY 1904.
Article III. The rights and privileges of Vinland citizens residing in Kanata shall not be abridged.
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Signed,
Marcel Gauthier
Foreign Minister of the République du Kanata
Preamble. This treaty concludes hostilities between Vinland and Kanata.
Article I. The border between Vinland and Kanata shall be set in accordance with the attached map.
Spoiler :
Article II. Kanata agrees to provide Vinland with 2 ASP of reconstruction assistance in FY 1903, and 3 ASP of reconstruction assistance in FY 1904.
Article III. The rights and privileges of Vinland citizens residing in Kanata shall not be abridged.
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Signed,
Marcel Gauthier
Foreign Minister of the République du Kanata
Tambien
Theseus, Duke of Athens
The anandmoorti [1] cruised serenely over the rolling hills and plains of the Deccan Plateau, the peaks of the Eastern Ghats shrouded in mist far in front of the airship. It was called Airfleet Prime, and was the personal anandmoorti of the Chairman of the United States of Greater India. The Chairman himself sat in a plush chair, staring out at the landscape below. Farmers moved about their work, stopping occasionally to look at the marvel of technology floating overhead. If it had been even a few months earlier, the anandmoorti would have held the attention of the farmers until it floated out of view. Recently, however, the marvelous things had replaced the Russian War Drakons that had made up the Indian Airfleet, and had begun to patrol the skies above India. The anandmoortis had even begun to create a civilian market for air travel, and the airships had become common sights in the skies between the major cities. Some were even seen going to the larger or more important towns.
He was brought out of his musing by the entrance of High General James Holt, commander of all land forces of the USGI. The General began to speak without waiting for the Chairman to turn around. "Chairman, I am here to brief you on the military situation in Europe and the Pacific."
"Yes yes, go ahead General."
"We'll start off with the Pacific, the easier of the two to describe. The Dragon Republic seized the Iberian possessions of Taiwan, which they call Formosa, and the Philippines. The Iberians have impotently raged at the Dragons, and there is not expected to be much more action in that theatre before the Iberians are forced to accede to Dragon terms."
"Very succinct, General. Thank you. Now if you could explain the situation in the Northern Hemisphere."
"Of course, Chairman. The Union of Britain began the large scale conflict simply enough. They seized the Vinlandic possession of Iceland, but the situation soon spiraled out of control. Soon, the entirety of the League of Free Nations was at Britain's throat, but Kanata and the CSA became allies of Britain in the war. The Vinlandic forces managed to push into the CSA, but Kanata took almost all of Vinland through a masterful strategy they called Operation BLANC. However, it appears that the North American theatre is winding down, as Kanata and Vinland have managed to secure a peace treaty. Kanata made significant gains in territory at the expense of Vinland. No word of the European theatre yet, but it is expected to escalate. Until we hear more, I cannot brief you further."
"Thank you General, you may leave." That is just what Holt did as the Chairman sank back into his thoughts. What has the League unleashed? Are they aware that they may have created just what we always feared, a Great War that would threaten to engulf most of the world?
*This, minus the US Navy part.
He was brought out of his musing by the entrance of High General James Holt, commander of all land forces of the USGI. The General began to speak without waiting for the Chairman to turn around. "Chairman, I am here to brief you on the military situation in Europe and the Pacific."
"Yes yes, go ahead General."
"We'll start off with the Pacific, the easier of the two to describe. The Dragon Republic seized the Iberian possessions of Taiwan, which they call Formosa, and the Philippines. The Iberians have impotently raged at the Dragons, and there is not expected to be much more action in that theatre before the Iberians are forced to accede to Dragon terms."
"Very succinct, General. Thank you. Now if you could explain the situation in the Northern Hemisphere."
"Of course, Chairman. The Union of Britain began the large scale conflict simply enough. They seized the Vinlandic possession of Iceland, but the situation soon spiraled out of control. Soon, the entirety of the League of Free Nations was at Britain's throat, but Kanata and the CSA became allies of Britain in the war. The Vinlandic forces managed to push into the CSA, but Kanata took almost all of Vinland through a masterful strategy they called Operation BLANC. However, it appears that the North American theatre is winding down, as Kanata and Vinland have managed to secure a peace treaty. Kanata made significant gains in territory at the expense of Vinland. No word of the European theatre yet, but it is expected to escalate. Until we hear more, I cannot brief you further."
"Thank you General, you may leave." That is just what Holt did as the Chairman sank back into his thoughts. What has the League unleashed? Are they aware that they may have created just what we always feared, a Great War that would threaten to engulf most of the world?
*This, minus the US Navy part.
Terrance888
Discord Reigns
Hey Imago, I am sending you my full orders. I sent them yesterday, but they are not in my sent folder.
Consider these a mix of "just in case" and "inconsequential changes"
Consider these a mix of "just in case" and "inconsequential changes"
Terrance888
Discord Reigns
We launch our bravest soldiers with catapults. They have wings. Seems to work.
EDIT: This is because the enemy is too busy laughing to fire back.
EDIT: This is because the enemy is too busy laughing to fire back.
Lord of Elves
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Only acceptable result of the development of airship tech.
Spoiler :
)1903
Non-War Events
The Aleut Empire made good headway on various hydroelectric projects, including the Sungh Dam midway along the Aleut section of the Vunut (Yukon) River. Aleut press projects “the dam will provide power for up to 50,000 factories and business in Alaska and Vinland,” and that Sungh Dam is set “to be the tallest in the world; 380 feet tall.” Rumors of exaggeration aside, the construction project may well be finished early next year, and the Aleut people are filled with national pride.
(+1 Aleut ASP, +Aleut government approval)
The Treaty of Trois-Riviers brought a severe defeat to the League of Free Nations. Vinland accepted frontlines at the end of 1902 as a starting point for peace negotiations, and ultimately handed over a Nova Scotian corridor and a small amount of far northern territory to Kanata in exchange for Liefstad and environs. The great coup for the République du Kanata’s foreign minister Marcel Gauthier was a political sledgehammer to the head for Vinland’s President Ingvar, who gave over the Presidency to Fleet Admiral Bjorn Andersen, who immediately declared a state of emergency. The capital was relocated to insular Eriksborg until Leifstad was ready at the end of the year, Andersen announced civilian elections would again be held in 1906, and Andersen declared that the war with the Combined Syndicalists of America would be won. The payment of admittedly sizable reparations from Kanata to Vinland took some of the edge off, but only some.
(-Vinlandic government approval)
(See Military Events)
Bolstered by the elite and luxuriously well funded Texas Rangers, Texan units took up watchful positions along the borders with Dixie and the Combined Syndicalists of America.
The navy based on Shengzhou’s Great Eastern Ocean coast (in the southwest) conducted extensive exercises. Shengzhou’s membership is the Sinosphere was also played up—local newspapers are very pro-Republic of Greater China and very anti-Iberia. Shengzhou’s diplomats also achieved practical results—Miskito has finally agreed to become a formal protectorate of Shengzhou, letting the larger nation take the lead in foreign policy, though Miskito’s leaders still resist the idea of renewing the tradition of tribute. More distantly, Shengzhou signed a free trade agreement with Netherlands-Indie, though a similar deal with Dixie fell through.
The Republic of Sudafrika gained its independence under the auspices of Nieuw Holland. The Oceanic Dutch refused to help the Sudafrikans exert authority much past the coast, stirring anger, but the African Dutch socialist government based in Kaaptown is of yet far too weak to do anything but smile fitfully at the Nieuw Hollander soldiers still making themselves at home in the core of what was once British South Africa.
(+Republic of Sudafrika)
The Empire of Malinke annexed the various CSA and British territories in Africa it conquered last year, though all the new trade routes and new people suddenly expected to be seen as equal have caused considerable disturbance to the Empire’s culture. More mundanely, the Malinke colonies enjoyed some minor expansion, and tariffs were lowered with Iberia.
(+2 Malinke ASP, -Malinke government approval)
The United Kingdom of Iberia and Naples began drafting in Iberia and the Viceroyalty of Mozambique.
The Baltic Council continues to subsidize ever more factories, and the local steel production is finally put to good/severe use.
(See Military Events)
The Papal State nationalized various local companies, adopting elements of communism into the ruling platform. With socialist France an influential neighbor, such actions brightened as many people as they alienated—the country is relatively stable for now.
Mugala and the United States of Greater India worked together on a great railroad crossing the subcontinent from northeast to southwest. It is now mostly completed. Over the USGI parts, great anandmoorti glide overhead.
Some elements of the semi-secret Ptolemaic-Kingdom of God joint industrialization initiative were noticed in transit between the two countries.
The Republic of China organized the Philippines and New Guinea into separate semi-autonomous national protectorates. Taiwan was annexed, and Chinese soldiers in all these sectors maintained order and seized Spanish property.
(+1 Republican Chinese ASP)
Nieuw Holland’s phenomenal commercial growth seems second only to Tilabaiinke.
War Events
Fleet Admiral Andersen of Vinland started off his campaign against the Combined Syndicalists of America rather annoyed. An invitation for New York City to surrender to the Vinlandics was undercut by Malinke Farari commandos infiltrating the city’s harbor, seizing some docked CSA vessels, and using cannons to wreak havoc. The city fell into Malinke hands, though portions of the CSA fleet that were not destroyed surrendered to Vinland. The rest of the year went better for all the allies in the coalition against the CSA: Vinland, air-heavy Russian expeditionaries, the Malinke Empire, and Dixie were joined by Kanata and their Amerindian ally Cheyenne. The grand alliance fielded roughly a million troops between them, and Premier Jack Reed of the CSA could not stand. Some of his units fought, others disintegrated, and every front from the Atlantic to Iowa to the Great Lakes pulled closer to Chicago. With great casualties, Kanata earned the honor of storming the CSA capital Chicago, and Jack Reed committed suicide with a cadre of diehards. The former CSA is occupied or in anarchy.
(+1 Kanata ASP, -8 Kanata divisions, -3 Kanata groups, -2 Cheyenne divisions, -2 Cheyenne groups, -2 Vinlandic divisions, -1 Vinlandic group, +11 Vinlandic squadrons, -2 Malinke divisions, -1 Malinke Farari division, -2 Malinke groups, -3 Dixie divisions, -1 Dixie group, -8 Russian irregular divisions, -4 Russian groups, -Combined Syndicalists of America)
While Tilabaiinke’s policy is to adopt refugees and maintain a system of Peace Fleets (funded by New Deseret taxes) to keep ‘Tilabaiinke Island’ far from the troubles of North America, Asia, and Europe, immigrants from places like the Holy Roman Empire and Vinland have been settling into the indigenous interior faster and more roughly than earlier generations of migrants, provoking a series of harsh confrontations both tribes and the government, and straining the Tilabaiinke army. At least the politicians in Zanuyeba and other major cities are enjoying phenomenal commercial wealth.
(-Tilabaiinke government approval, -3 Tilabaiinke divisions)
The Napoleonic Communes of France continued to pound at the remaining native resistance in East Africa. Rumors that the Malinke Empire was set to help the rebels caused a great deal of stress amongst French generals, but in the end, no such danger materialized. The fall of Mogadishu mid-year brought the main fighting to an end, though some parts of the claimed inlands are not quite ruly.
(-3 French divisions)
1903 was a better year for the United Kingdom of Iberia and Naples than the one before. Gibraltar fell with a very underwhelming whimper; it had been defended by a mere handful of men for a year, and had no chance to hold out against the large Iberian Home Army. A smaller Albion Expeditionary Force took Dublin and eastern Ireland but couldn’t quite overwhelm the reasonable British contingent on the island.
(-2 Iberian divisions, -2 Iberian squadrons, -1 British ASP, -1 British division, -2 British squadrons)
The Angevin Empire stomped the Union of Britain. The only allied League forces left in the area were the Iberians around Ireland and a sizable Vinlandic naval fleet, but Britain had been so mauled the year before it hardly mattered. The Angevins crossed into Scotland in overwhelming numbers, bombing military bases and industrial yards to force Britain’s hand. Morrisburgh fell, as did the rest of the Great Britain isle—the remnants of the proud British fleet, now in quite poor repair, hide out along the coasts of Ireland and in the coves of the islands to the north, away from the Vinlandic and Iberian navies. The communards of Morrisburgh are effectively defeated.
(-9 Angevin divisions, -1 Angevin group, -3 Vinlandic squadrons, -3 Iberian squadrons,-1 British ASP, -11 British divisions, -4 British squadrons, -1 British group)
The Holy Roman Empire deteriorated into civil war, with republican and communist regions in the de facto independent south turning on each other. More troops defected, much blood was spilt, and the monarchy in the east seemed increasingly marginalized. Some papers wrote that the Emperor had become little more than a mayor. Then, in May, simultaneous with more headline-grabbing events further east, the remaining Imperial military was purged of non-monarchist (here largely meaning anti-Baltic) officers, and the northern cities, which had stayed aloof from the year’s power struggles, now raised militia. The communards and republicans, locked in mortal combat, continued to fight each other even as Imperials and some militia units took back considerable territory. The republicans collapsed, and the communist-pledged states of the HRE are now considerably hard-pressed by both Imperials and Balts. During the course of the year, the bulk of the northern cities of the HRE shifted their official allegiance over to Stockholm, and the Emperor’s recovering rump state is now little more than a Balt puppet.
(+8 Balt divisions, +10 Balt squadrons, -1 Holy Roman ASP, -21 Holy Roman divisions, -10 Holy Roman squadrons)
In May, the Baltic Council declared war on the United States of Russia.
(See Spotlight)
(-11 Balt divisions, -1 Balt group, -3 Russian ASP, -Russian government approval, -4 Russian divisions)
A local Iberian-led revolt in the Philippines was brutally crushed by the Chinese. Lots of executions.
(-3 Chinese divisions)
Japan declared war on the Republic of Greater China.
(See Spotlight)
(-1 Republican Chinese ASP, -Republican Chinese government approval, -7 Republican Chinese divisions, -9 Republican Chinese squadrons, -10 Republican Chinese groups, -14 Aleut squadrons, +Japanese approval rating, -5 Japanese divisions, -6 Japanese squadrons, -5 Japanese groups)
Non-War Events
The Aleut Empire made good headway on various hydroelectric projects, including the Sungh Dam midway along the Aleut section of the Vunut (Yukon) River. Aleut press projects “the dam will provide power for up to 50,000 factories and business in Alaska and Vinland,” and that Sungh Dam is set “to be the tallest in the world; 380 feet tall.” Rumors of exaggeration aside, the construction project may well be finished early next year, and the Aleut people are filled with national pride.
(+1 Aleut ASP, +Aleut government approval)
The Treaty of Trois-Riviers brought a severe defeat to the League of Free Nations. Vinland accepted frontlines at the end of 1902 as a starting point for peace negotiations, and ultimately handed over a Nova Scotian corridor and a small amount of far northern territory to Kanata in exchange for Liefstad and environs. The great coup for the République du Kanata’s foreign minister Marcel Gauthier was a political sledgehammer to the head for Vinland’s President Ingvar, who gave over the Presidency to Fleet Admiral Bjorn Andersen, who immediately declared a state of emergency. The capital was relocated to insular Eriksborg until Leifstad was ready at the end of the year, Andersen announced civilian elections would again be held in 1906, and Andersen declared that the war with the Combined Syndicalists of America would be won. The payment of admittedly sizable reparations from Kanata to Vinland took some of the edge off, but only some.
(-Vinlandic government approval)
(See Military Events)
Bolstered by the elite and luxuriously well funded Texas Rangers, Texan units took up watchful positions along the borders with Dixie and the Combined Syndicalists of America.
The navy based on Shengzhou’s Great Eastern Ocean coast (in the southwest) conducted extensive exercises. Shengzhou’s membership is the Sinosphere was also played up—local newspapers are very pro-Republic of Greater China and very anti-Iberia. Shengzhou’s diplomats also achieved practical results—Miskito has finally agreed to become a formal protectorate of Shengzhou, letting the larger nation take the lead in foreign policy, though Miskito’s leaders still resist the idea of renewing the tradition of tribute. More distantly, Shengzhou signed a free trade agreement with Netherlands-Indie, though a similar deal with Dixie fell through.
The Republic of Sudafrika gained its independence under the auspices of Nieuw Holland. The Oceanic Dutch refused to help the Sudafrikans exert authority much past the coast, stirring anger, but the African Dutch socialist government based in Kaaptown is of yet far too weak to do anything but smile fitfully at the Nieuw Hollander soldiers still making themselves at home in the core of what was once British South Africa.
(+Republic of Sudafrika)
The Empire of Malinke annexed the various CSA and British territories in Africa it conquered last year, though all the new trade routes and new people suddenly expected to be seen as equal have caused considerable disturbance to the Empire’s culture. More mundanely, the Malinke colonies enjoyed some minor expansion, and tariffs were lowered with Iberia.
(+2 Malinke ASP, -Malinke government approval)
The United Kingdom of Iberia and Naples began drafting in Iberia and the Viceroyalty of Mozambique.
The Baltic Council continues to subsidize ever more factories, and the local steel production is finally put to good/severe use.
(See Military Events)
The Papal State nationalized various local companies, adopting elements of communism into the ruling platform. With socialist France an influential neighbor, such actions brightened as many people as they alienated—the country is relatively stable for now.
Mugala and the United States of Greater India worked together on a great railroad crossing the subcontinent from northeast to southwest. It is now mostly completed. Over the USGI parts, great anandmoorti glide overhead.
Some elements of the semi-secret Ptolemaic-Kingdom of God joint industrialization initiative were noticed in transit between the two countries.
The Republic of China organized the Philippines and New Guinea into separate semi-autonomous national protectorates. Taiwan was annexed, and Chinese soldiers in all these sectors maintained order and seized Spanish property.
(+1 Republican Chinese ASP)
Nieuw Holland’s phenomenal commercial growth seems second only to Tilabaiinke.
War Events
Fleet Admiral Andersen of Vinland started off his campaign against the Combined Syndicalists of America rather annoyed. An invitation for New York City to surrender to the Vinlandics was undercut by Malinke Farari commandos infiltrating the city’s harbor, seizing some docked CSA vessels, and using cannons to wreak havoc. The city fell into Malinke hands, though portions of the CSA fleet that were not destroyed surrendered to Vinland. The rest of the year went better for all the allies in the coalition against the CSA: Vinland, air-heavy Russian expeditionaries, the Malinke Empire, and Dixie were joined by Kanata and their Amerindian ally Cheyenne. The grand alliance fielded roughly a million troops between them, and Premier Jack Reed of the CSA could not stand. Some of his units fought, others disintegrated, and every front from the Atlantic to Iowa to the Great Lakes pulled closer to Chicago. With great casualties, Kanata earned the honor of storming the CSA capital Chicago, and Jack Reed committed suicide with a cadre of diehards. The former CSA is occupied or in anarchy.
(+1 Kanata ASP, -8 Kanata divisions, -3 Kanata groups, -2 Cheyenne divisions, -2 Cheyenne groups, -2 Vinlandic divisions, -1 Vinlandic group, +11 Vinlandic squadrons, -2 Malinke divisions, -1 Malinke Farari division, -2 Malinke groups, -3 Dixie divisions, -1 Dixie group, -8 Russian irregular divisions, -4 Russian groups, -Combined Syndicalists of America)
While Tilabaiinke’s policy is to adopt refugees and maintain a system of Peace Fleets (funded by New Deseret taxes) to keep ‘Tilabaiinke Island’ far from the troubles of North America, Asia, and Europe, immigrants from places like the Holy Roman Empire and Vinland have been settling into the indigenous interior faster and more roughly than earlier generations of migrants, provoking a series of harsh confrontations both tribes and the government, and straining the Tilabaiinke army. At least the politicians in Zanuyeba and other major cities are enjoying phenomenal commercial wealth.
(-Tilabaiinke government approval, -3 Tilabaiinke divisions)
The Napoleonic Communes of France continued to pound at the remaining native resistance in East Africa. Rumors that the Malinke Empire was set to help the rebels caused a great deal of stress amongst French generals, but in the end, no such danger materialized. The fall of Mogadishu mid-year brought the main fighting to an end, though some parts of the claimed inlands are not quite ruly.
(-3 French divisions)
1903 was a better year for the United Kingdom of Iberia and Naples than the one before. Gibraltar fell with a very underwhelming whimper; it had been defended by a mere handful of men for a year, and had no chance to hold out against the large Iberian Home Army. A smaller Albion Expeditionary Force took Dublin and eastern Ireland but couldn’t quite overwhelm the reasonable British contingent on the island.
(-2 Iberian divisions, -2 Iberian squadrons, -1 British ASP, -1 British division, -2 British squadrons)
The Angevin Empire stomped the Union of Britain. The only allied League forces left in the area were the Iberians around Ireland and a sizable Vinlandic naval fleet, but Britain had been so mauled the year before it hardly mattered. The Angevins crossed into Scotland in overwhelming numbers, bombing military bases and industrial yards to force Britain’s hand. Morrisburgh fell, as did the rest of the Great Britain isle—the remnants of the proud British fleet, now in quite poor repair, hide out along the coasts of Ireland and in the coves of the islands to the north, away from the Vinlandic and Iberian navies. The communards of Morrisburgh are effectively defeated.
(-9 Angevin divisions, -1 Angevin group, -3 Vinlandic squadrons, -3 Iberian squadrons,-1 British ASP, -11 British divisions, -4 British squadrons, -1 British group)
The Holy Roman Empire deteriorated into civil war, with republican and communist regions in the de facto independent south turning on each other. More troops defected, much blood was spilt, and the monarchy in the east seemed increasingly marginalized. Some papers wrote that the Emperor had become little more than a mayor. Then, in May, simultaneous with more headline-grabbing events further east, the remaining Imperial military was purged of non-monarchist (here largely meaning anti-Baltic) officers, and the northern cities, which had stayed aloof from the year’s power struggles, now raised militia. The communards and republicans, locked in mortal combat, continued to fight each other even as Imperials and some militia units took back considerable territory. The republicans collapsed, and the communist-pledged states of the HRE are now considerably hard-pressed by both Imperials and Balts. During the course of the year, the bulk of the northern cities of the HRE shifted their official allegiance over to Stockholm, and the Emperor’s recovering rump state is now little more than a Balt puppet.
(+8 Balt divisions, +10 Balt squadrons, -1 Holy Roman ASP, -21 Holy Roman divisions, -10 Holy Roman squadrons)
In May, the Baltic Council declared war on the United States of Russia.
(See Spotlight)
(-11 Balt divisions, -1 Balt group, -3 Russian ASP, -Russian government approval, -4 Russian divisions)
A local Iberian-led revolt in the Philippines was brutally crushed by the Chinese. Lots of executions.
(-3 Chinese divisions)
Japan declared war on the Republic of Greater China.
(See Spotlight)
(-1 Republican Chinese ASP, -Republican Chinese government approval, -7 Republican Chinese divisions, -9 Republican Chinese squadrons, -10 Republican Chinese groups, -14 Aleut squadrons, +Japanese approval rating, -5 Japanese divisions, -6 Japanese squadrons, -5 Japanese groups)
Story Bonus Events
The Aleutian Empire manages to roll out some cheap, fast destroyers despite not properly funding their construction.
(+20 Aleut Destrier class destroyer squadrons)
The Galveston Bay Port Authority oversees booming business.
(+8 Texan squadrons)
Shengzhou has strange names for its neighbors.
(+5 Shengzhou divisions)
Malinke had a great year with lots of vigor.
(+5 Malinke divisions)
The United Kingdom of Iberia and Naples also boasts a Country of Portugal, a Country of Sardinia, and various viceroyalties.
(+Iberian government approval)
Harim Cooper describes breaking and breathtaking events on Indian radio.
(+1 USGI Air Force tech level)
The Dragon nests upon the bauble of the earth, and its head protects China.
(+5 Republican Chinese divisions)
Spotlight: On Both Sides of Asia
“The Bear and the Dragon fight back to back. When was the last time that happened?”
-A Siberian Company shareholder
Last year, the world’s focus was on the seeming twilight of two nations. Now, papers and radio are riveted by fighting in the United States of Russia and along the Pacific. The Balt Confederacy struck the Russians while their forces were helping the Vinlandics in America, while the Japanese did their best to hamstring the Republic of Greater China and their Aleutian Empire allies while both devoted considerable material to the former Iberian Pacific.
Both the Balts and the Japanese met considerable objectives. The Balts did better.
The United States of Russia, it seemed, had left only a very small organized force at home to ward off invaders, and the Balts struck with half a million soldiers. The follow of combat after war was declared in May followed Balt timetables, and the Balts, through wounded by attrition, met practically all of their objectives. Arkhangelsk was seized by the Army of the North, which then marched to the Volga, while the Army of the East plowed in said direction from Lithuania straight towards Moscow, which, denuded of soldiers, fell within months.
This provoked Stockholm into declaring victory, but the war is certainly not over yet. The United States of Russia is a vast place, and the snaking line of Balt control that reaches Volgograd (the Army of the North really wanted to head south) really does not stretch much beyond the river. It is not inconceivable by any means that the Balts could be thrown out, though for now, the Russian government is in chaos; the League of Free Nations headquarters in Moscow is being picked over by Balt investigators.
As for the Pacific blaze: earlier in the year, Japan launched a surprise attack on the Republic of Greater China and some Aleut fleets caught up in the South Pacific. The greatest Japanese victory was naval—caught unawares or in port, the small Dragon navy was all but wiped out, while the stronger Aleuts took a considerable mauling before steaming home to regroup. Roughly three hundred thousand Chinese soldiers are blockaded on Formosa and the Philippines and running out of supplies amid a not-entirely-trustworthy populace.
The Japanese ground offensive was less overwhelming. In Operation Toryu, their soldiers attempted to break through Manchuria and reach Beijing, but a web of Chinese fortresses stalled the strike, and the capital of the Dragon Republic holds out, though barely. Leaflets dropped by the superior Japanese air force across the Pacific provoked another rebellion in the Philippines, but such was put down, and Japanese admonitions that Chinese themselves should rise up in the name of “freedom and independence” have really not had much impact, especially given the heavy bombing campaigns.
The Japanese themselves are still filled with war fervor, but their insistence on attempting for Beijing in 1903 saved considerable areas of the Chinese interior from occupation. End result—the frustrating but largely successful Japanese offensive might not have been decisive enough. If, in 1904, the Republican Chinese and the Aleuts band together, and the Japanese do not find peace or allies, they will be in deep trouble.
NPC Diplomacy
To: United States of Vinland, World
From: Dixie
We are proud to have destroyed the Combined Syndicalists of America. We suggest an open discussion on the fate of the dead nation’s lands.
To: League of Free Nations
From: Union of Britain
We surrender.
To: The Napoleonic Communes of France
From: Harried Communists of the Holy Roman Empire
Socialism is on the wane everywhere, and we are set to be its next loss. Save us!
The Aleutian Empire manages to roll out some cheap, fast destroyers despite not properly funding their construction.
(+20 Aleut Destrier class destroyer squadrons)
The Galveston Bay Port Authority oversees booming business.
(+8 Texan squadrons)
Shengzhou has strange names for its neighbors.
(+5 Shengzhou divisions)
Malinke had a great year with lots of vigor.
(+5 Malinke divisions)
The United Kingdom of Iberia and Naples also boasts a Country of Portugal, a Country of Sardinia, and various viceroyalties.
(+Iberian government approval)
Harim Cooper describes breaking and breathtaking events on Indian radio.
(+1 USGI Air Force tech level)
The Dragon nests upon the bauble of the earth, and its head protects China.
(+5 Republican Chinese divisions)
Spotlight: On Both Sides of Asia
“The Bear and the Dragon fight back to back. When was the last time that happened?”
-A Siberian Company shareholder
Last year, the world’s focus was on the seeming twilight of two nations. Now, papers and radio are riveted by fighting in the United States of Russia and along the Pacific. The Balt Confederacy struck the Russians while their forces were helping the Vinlandics in America, while the Japanese did their best to hamstring the Republic of Greater China and their Aleutian Empire allies while both devoted considerable material to the former Iberian Pacific.
Both the Balts and the Japanese met considerable objectives. The Balts did better.
The United States of Russia, it seemed, had left only a very small organized force at home to ward off invaders, and the Balts struck with half a million soldiers. The follow of combat after war was declared in May followed Balt timetables, and the Balts, through wounded by attrition, met practically all of their objectives. Arkhangelsk was seized by the Army of the North, which then marched to the Volga, while the Army of the East plowed in said direction from Lithuania straight towards Moscow, which, denuded of soldiers, fell within months.
This provoked Stockholm into declaring victory, but the war is certainly not over yet. The United States of Russia is a vast place, and the snaking line of Balt control that reaches Volgograd (the Army of the North really wanted to head south) really does not stretch much beyond the river. It is not inconceivable by any means that the Balts could be thrown out, though for now, the Russian government is in chaos; the League of Free Nations headquarters in Moscow is being picked over by Balt investigators.
As for the Pacific blaze: earlier in the year, Japan launched a surprise attack on the Republic of Greater China and some Aleut fleets caught up in the South Pacific. The greatest Japanese victory was naval—caught unawares or in port, the small Dragon navy was all but wiped out, while the stronger Aleuts took a considerable mauling before steaming home to regroup. Roughly three hundred thousand Chinese soldiers are blockaded on Formosa and the Philippines and running out of supplies amid a not-entirely-trustworthy populace.
The Japanese ground offensive was less overwhelming. In Operation Toryu, their soldiers attempted to break through Manchuria and reach Beijing, but a web of Chinese fortresses stalled the strike, and the capital of the Dragon Republic holds out, though barely. Leaflets dropped by the superior Japanese air force across the Pacific provoked another rebellion in the Philippines, but such was put down, and Japanese admonitions that Chinese themselves should rise up in the name of “freedom and independence” have really not had much impact, especially given the heavy bombing campaigns.
The Japanese themselves are still filled with war fervor, but their insistence on attempting for Beijing in 1903 saved considerable areas of the Chinese interior from occupation. End result—the frustrating but largely successful Japanese offensive might not have been decisive enough. If, in 1904, the Republican Chinese and the Aleuts band together, and the Japanese do not find peace or allies, they will be in deep trouble.
NPC Diplomacy
To: United States of Vinland, World
From: Dixie
We are proud to have destroyed the Combined Syndicalists of America. We suggest an open discussion on the fate of the dead nation’s lands.
To: League of Free Nations
From: Union of Britain
We surrender.
To: The Napoleonic Communes of France
From: Harried Communists of the Holy Roman Empire
Socialism is on the wane everywhere, and we are set to be its next loss. Save us!
Notes
Sonereal, <nuke>, and Kozmos did not send orders.
SouthernKing, goou, and ZeletDude did not send orders twice and are dropped, through ZeletDude explained and is perfectly welcome to reclaim or choose a new nation, as are the other two if they show up again.
For that matter, new players welcome, etc…; take Great Iran, Xingguo, Mugala, Dixie, or Ethiopia if you want to be pointed in a direction.
Because of how far along I was with the update, I followed Terrance’s preliminary orders rather than his late ones. Oh well. Not like winning a war is terrible for bum orders. And Dixie isn’t terribly mad about the delay in official land turnover.
Eriksborg is OTL St. John’s.
What’s going on with the trend of thread silence followed by massive, well thought out invasions?
Sonereal, <nuke>, and Kozmos did not send orders.
SouthernKing, goou, and ZeletDude did not send orders twice and are dropped, through ZeletDude explained and is perfectly welcome to reclaim or choose a new nation, as are the other two if they show up again.
For that matter, new players welcome, etc…; take Great Iran, Xingguo, Mugala, Dixie, or Ethiopia if you want to be pointed in a direction.
Because of how far along I was with the update, I followed Terrance’s preliminary orders rather than his late ones. Oh well. Not like winning a war is terrible for bum orders. And Dixie isn’t terribly mad about the delay in official land turnover.
Eriksborg is OTL St. John’s.
What’s going on with the trend of thread silence followed by massive, well thought out invasions?
Omega124
Challenging Fate
So, I crush the Picts in every possible way, but don't gain any territory on the map? What madness! 
To: Union of Britian
From: Angevin Empire
We uunderstand and accept your surrender. We shall present our terms as soon as we covene as a group
To: The Traitiorius Balts
From: Angevin Empire
We're coming for you
To: Union of Britian
From: Angevin Empire
We uunderstand and accept your surrender. We shall present our terms as soon as we covene as a group
To: The Traitiorius Balts
From: Angevin Empire
We're coming for you
