silver 2039
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My orders are almost finished...I am truely shocked at the brevity. I must bring myself up to form...
NES2 VI - Last Semblance of Order.
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Insane_Panda
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Running a large empire is indeed very difficult. One has to deal with a multitude of different things accross the board every turn. I too, have, on some occasions, found that I do not have the will power to craft an immense set of orders.
This turn, however, I was able to send a nice set of two PMs.
This turn, however, I was able to send a nice set of two PMs.
Disenfrancised
Beep Beep
Lord_Iggy said:
Clever of them to do so - mess around with it and a nuke is useless
Cuivienen
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Disenfrancised said:Clever of them to do so - mess around with it and a nuke is useless
Yes, but no one in the 18th century knows what to do with radioactive material. All of the French intelligensia studies it and dies of radiation sickness. End of France.
das
Regeneration In Process
Not really. With all due respect to that particular strata, I rather doubt that intelligentsia is so vital to France's survival. Not to say that the members of the intelligentsia are useless hysterical whining parasites, but...
Insane_Panda
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That does make things easier, but money only buys you things, it does not buy you results.
That requires action.
That requires action.
das
Regeneration In Process
Update 14 - Year 1754
Non-Military Events:
With the end of the World War (or of most of it, anyway), a new world order is set up.
(see spotlight)
(+1 EUA Confidence, -1 EUA Culture, +1 Imperial Confidence, -1 Brandenburger Confidence, Civilian Leadership, Economy (to HRE), -1 Russian Confidence, Economy, +1 Islamic Confidence, +1 Xin Han Confidence, +1 Japanese Culture, Confidence)
The Lima Agreement is signed between the EUA and the Incan Empire in the aftermath of the aforementioned war, determining the southern border between the two countries, binding them in a mutual protection pact (most probably aimed agianst the rump Brazil) and variously binding the economies of the two countries together by a lowering of tarrifs and construction of American-owned railroads. Due to the economical superiority of the EUA that threatens to crush the Incan one and turn Tawantinsuyo into an economic semi-colony, this is met with much criticism in the Incan Empire itself (-1 Incan Confidence), especially as the national xenophobia is offended by the flood of American engineers and businessmen; the clause that requested prior Incan notification of the EUA as to any of the Empire's foreign policy decisions made things even worse, as the Sapa-Inca is increasingly seen as an American puppet both at home and abroad, while bandit attacks on the new railroads intensified, slowing things down there (-1 Incan Confidence). The American economical assistance does little to sweeten the pill.
In another concession to the Commonwealthists, England was renamed into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The country's ascendancy clearly continues, as the small port city of Liverpool evolves into a great center of export as the country's commerce advances by leaps (+Liverpool economic center). Meanwhile, the new colony of British Congo also begins to prosper quickly due to generous investments and competent administration, the port city of Georgeston (former Banana) quickly regaining its Portuguese-era status as center of riverine and nearby sea trade (+Georgeston economic center).
Having triumphed in the World War and taken over most of the Iberian peninsula and western Germany, France, as Julien-Francois I put it, outgrown its status as a kingdom. Over a century after the final end of the old, weak, decentralized one, a new Holy Roman Empire emerged with Papal blessing, Emperor Julien II clearly embracing the Carolingian tradition for an united Western Empire at the head of the Western Civilization. This was more than just a titular change - the empire, with its prefectural system, was more united and centralized (+1 Centralization), its administration was partially overhauled and standardized (+1 Civilian Leadership), and an Imperial Senate replaced the Parlement of Paris (while lesser regional Parlements were replaced by local State Senates). Though it had the power to choose a new Emperor upon the death of the previous one, the Emperor had the power to veto any of its decisions. These reforms inevitably drew some criticism - all reforms do - especially from regionalist circles, but most of the population gave them overwhelming support, especially the more pious Catholics encouraged by the Papal blessing (+1 Confidence). This imperial reorganization was clearly needed and thus welcomed both by hte populace and by most of the intellectual elite. Europe and France entered a new age.
French/Imperial attempts to combat inflation have only a very limited success - if anything, the situation is only getting direr, though not by much. The reconstruction programs within Rhineland, Lorraine-Alsace and coastal Caroline are somewhat more succesful, though this will require more time if these lands are to return to their pre-war state, as does the reconstruction in Spain where resistance lingers on. Best news are probably that, as the war is over, commerce, especially in the Atlantic, is picking up again. This combined with state investment stimulated the development of Brest into the primary port for trade with the United Kingdom and French Canada (+Brest economic center).
Immediately after surrendering unconditionally, Friedrich von Dunkelheit and several other GGR leaders went into the hiding and were never heard of again. Just before disappearing, von Dunkelheit had all the papers concerning top secret German military research and the medical Project Hope burned down, in violation of the Treaty of Vienna...
Several assassinations shocked the Holy League, with the death of several important Church hierarchs and military commanders, and the wounding of some others, including the Pope himself. Republican, anti-Papal agitation continues and the population is gradually being subverted (-1 Confidence, Military, Civilian Leadership).
Agriculture flourishes on the Yangtze, especially around Zhongguojing, with state support (+Zhongguojing economic center).
As per the Treaty of Pusan, the Japanese Empire sold Taiwan to Xin Han China for a large sum, still retaining the developing port city of Gaoxiang (to where much of the trade shifted from Taipei; -Taipei economic center, +Gaoxiang economic center) in the southwest; it also granted Korea a certain degree of autonomy.
France gave to Japan a large fleet of its somewhat older, but still modern ships, as a part of its own military streamlining and upkeep-decreasing program, allowing the Japanese to restore their naval power after last year's decimating defeats at Tsushima and Nishinoshima. The large-scale Japanese naval expansion program had helped as well, turning Japan into the preeminent Pacific Ocean naval power. As peace is restored alongside Japanese sea power, naval commerce undergoes a boom (+Pusan economic center, +Davao economic center).
Military Events:
Having won the World War, the Imperials finally manage to cocentrate on putting down the outlasting Red Stick Rising. Even as militias (+2 Imperial irregular divisions) and American troops skirmished with Red Stick and unaffiliated Amerinds in the west along the Red River, in the east the Red Stick forces were waging a total war, destroying all in their path. Their luck finally ran out at the starting point of River Ohio. For there, the Red Stick Fusiliers accidentally bumped into General Degrelle and his vast forces sent to destroy them. Before they could retreat and waged a guerrila war as planned, the numerically-equal French forces launched an assault; though the Red Sticks fougth ferociously, they were overwhelmed and broken. The French pursued and took no prisoners, not even Tecumtha himself. Meanwhile in the west, after defeat at EUA hands, the Red Stick forces there also came near to extermination when another large French army corps threatened to crush them, although the Red Sticks there managed to retreat and spread out into the countryside before the Imperials could attack them. Still, leaderless and shaken by huge casualties, the Confederation was clearly living out its last days; and indeed, several tribes agreed to pledge loyalty to the HRE. The rest were slowly isolated and "quarantined" by the Imperials, and ultimately defeated apart from some forces that continued waging a guerrila war behind enemy lines. A colonial rising in the Appalachees was quickly quelled as well, though dissent there lingered.
(-1 EU Caballeria Core division, -Red Stick as a faction, -4 Imperial divisions, -3 Imperial Foreign Legion divisions, -1 Imperial irregular division)
A Jesuit-led Guarani and Creole[1] rebellion in Paraguay overwhelmed the surprised American troops sent to take control of the country after the Treaty of Lisbon, driving them back with many casualties.
(-2 American divisions)
The Iberian guerrila war continued, but mostly dies down throughout this turn as the Imperials take stern measures against it.
(-1 Imperial division)
George II seemed very fond of his new African colony on the Congo, commiting many troops to expand it. Though losses were numerous, mostly to disease, gains were also made.
(-2 British divisions)
The Second Caliphal Rebellion as it is called draws to an end as the forces of Dar al-Islam are concentrated against it. After defeating a rebel invasion of Palestine, the Islamic army there did not invade Hejjaz as was expected by the Pretender Caliph, but instead launched a seaborne invasion of Egypt. Caught by surprise (their forces there consisted of one-two regular divisions and badly-organized militias (+2 Caliphal irregular divisions)), the rebels were rapidly pushed out of Alexandria and the Delta; they tried to make a heroic stand at Cairo, but betrayal and a cunning Islamic maneuver through the Imperial territory of Sinai had caused Egyptian defeat there as well. Meanwhile, the Red Sea was secured by the Islamic fleet; the Caliphal one being literally nonexistant, Dar al-Islam had little trouble in achieving naval supremacy. Forces were landed at Asmara, which fell without much of a fight. Linking up with the Sennarese forces in the north, the Islamics then force-marched themselves to Upper Egypt, now attacking it from the south as well. The two armies - the northern and the southern - met up just in time for Lailat al Miraj, just to the south from Asyut. The rebellion was crushed - by then, it was crushed in Arabia as well, as the Central Arabian tribes mostly agreed to pledge allegience to the Dar al-Islam, though inevitably some dissidents remained. More importantly, the main rebel army came under attack at the small coastal village of Rabigh, after the Islamics already captured the loosely-defended port city of Jiddah and from there moved to Medina. Mohammed Ali resisted bravely, but he was in an inferior strategic position and subsequently was crushed, some of his remaining supporters retreating into the desert and there waging a guerrila war. Meanwhile, Mecca surrendered without a fight, not that it had much of anything to fight with. The Mughals reached their zenith.
(-Caliphal Rebels as a faction, -1 Sennarese division, -3 Islamic divisions, -1 Islamic Imperial Guard division)
As the situation grew desperate, Amurike Brehane, Emperor of Abyssinia, grew mad, ordering massacres of all Muslims that could be found even as Sennarese troops attaked from the north. Against them, however, he did manage to raise a large army, and routed the Sennarese in a very bloody battle at Debre Zeyit, even as the Abyssinians themselves were forced out of Sennarese territory. As barbarian attacks intensified in the south and Sennarese forces groupped together against the Abyssinians in the north, however, Amurike Brehane was definitely doomed. After several divisions of the Abyssinian army mutinied out of despair (-5 divisions), the Sennarese started another, multipronged invasion that fought the Abyssinians to a draw at Fiche - and in a cunning maneuver of the rest of the Sennarese army, captured Nazret, striking at the enemy rear. Nearer to the year's end Amurike Brehane was routed, and himself imprisoned by the victorious Sennarese. Even as barbarian attacks continued, Abyssinia collapsed and was occupied by the Sennarese; what they will do with it is unclear.
(-Abyssinia as an independent nation, -11 Sennarese divisions, -4 Sennarese Mountain Grenadier divisions)
After a long and rigorous journey, a British fleet sailed into the southern Pacific to claim several island chains there and establish some trade outposts.
Random Events:
The Hanhua Emperor's popularity grows further and further, as the country recovers, Macao is officially annexed, Taiwan is bought back from Japan, buerocratic reorganization takes place and the Tibetians get autonomy (though the latter move did cause some minor criticism from the Han Chinese themselves) (+1 Confidence, +1 Civilian Leadership).
Storms damage further the already-battered Russian navy, some claim that foreign sabotage is to blame for the extent of damage (-5 squadrons).
As anti-Papal agitation grows, desertion grows too (-5 divisions).
Resting in dock without any real action, the English - now British - fleet gradually decays (-1 Naval Training).
The lack of good leaders and specialists not required on the front hinders Abyssinian military advancement projects (-1 project progress).
War and semi-anarchy cause living standards in Egypt and Arabia to detiriorate (-1 Caliphal Living Standards).
Mai Idris Unama's death causes a brief civil war and general instability in Kanem-Bornu (-1 Confidence).
The general Byzantine scientific upsurge of a few years ago finally comes to a definite halt for the want of interest (-1 Education).
Spotlight:
New World Order.
"To the winners go the spoils."
- an old polar bear saying.
As 1753 drew to a close, it seemed to many that the World War - or the Four Years War, as it was sometimes called now - would go on for a long time. The main forces of France's enemies were still fighting. True, the French were winning battle after battle, and their victory in the war was probably inevitable by now, but the Portuguese still stubbornly fought on and on, the Germans still regroupped and tried to halt the Franco-Papal advance, and worse of all, the Russians remained mostly unbeaten. If anything, they were gaining ground - outside of Germany, ofcourse. Jutland was occupied, Bulgaria was up in arms against the treacherous Byzantines, and the French allies in Japan were being gradually forced back on the land and the sea.
But in truth, the war's end was slightly more than a month away (unless we count the rebellions in Egypt and North America legitimate parts of the graeter conflict). France and its allies have suffered horrible losses and their economy was badly strained by the war effort, but their enemies were in an even worse situation - and they knew it. Still, they fought on, with a dogged determination - though gradually, they were already beginning to drop out. The Byzantine Empire, for instance, switched sides succesfully and in this manner allowed the French to invade southern Germany in what was definitely one of the war's decisive moments. The first to drop out in 1754 was Portugal. As the Portuguese colonial empire was being overran by the French and their allies and as resistance in its metropole was being ruthlessly subdued, the Portuguese forces in South America were also suffering defeats at the hands of the Americans. Defeat was a matter of very little time indeed. The situation in Brazil itself, behind the lines, was detiriorating too - not as much in the terms of economy as in those of morale. The people were growing desperate and war-weary. Several big landowners wrote the Petition of Quinto Janeiro (5th of January), calling for peace to be signed, as the war was clearly unwinnable. Under the influence of the general pessimism, desperation and warweariness, King Pedro III finally made his decision and went to Lisbon for one last time - after the declaration of the truce between Portugal and the pro-French powers, to negotiate the peace treaty.
This ended the Portuguese phase of the war - and almost immediately after, the Russo-German one ended as well. With Portugal clearly out of the war, France was in the position to concentrate on finishing off Germany. There was no chance of winning in this situation at all - so Friedrich von Dunkelheit announced his unconditional surrender, accepted the terms of the peace treaty of Vienna... and disappeared, leaving Feldmarschall Franz I, commander of the Guard of the Grand Chancellary and veteran of countless Krakowian and German campaigns, to head the provisional government of the Republic of Brandenburg.
Russian armies were yet undefeated - again, not counting the defeats on the German theatre. Outside of Central Asia and the Ussuri, Russian territory remained uninvaded - or invaded, but dfended succesfully. Russia could clearly fight on for at least two more years. But even then, at the very best it could get a draw. And at worst, it could cease to exist. Even Vladimir IV had to acknowledge this, and so Russia declared truce and begun peace negotiations with France and its allies as well. These negotiations nearly broke down several times over such issues as monetary reparations (in the end, Russia didn't have to pay them), and Vladimir IV even decided that the peace terms were too crippling, ridding Russia of practically al of her gains since 1740; but he was forced to back down and abdicate by his generals and Chancellor Bestuzhev, in the favour of his more liberal brother Mikhail II. Finally, he agreed, and the Treaty of Vienna was signed.
Vienna and Lisbon may have ended the war, but the new peace was crafted by much more than that. It was created by a myriad of other agreements, clandestine and open. Ultimately, within a few weeks the political map of the world was completely redrawn yet again. New world order came - and this one was set to last for a while, for those powers that could have opposed it were exhausted, even moreso than its defenders. For a while at least, chaos and war were put behind, and peace and order managed to snatch a temporary victory.
The world had changed several times since 1740 - changed beyond recognition, I might add. Back in 1740 the EUA didn't exist even in the wildest dreams of the then-future now-ex president Simon Armandez, but now it was one of the ascendant great powers, having taken all the Russian American holdings and captured lands in the western Amazon, Argentina, Paraguay and even the Portuguese-majority Banda Oriental. In far from all of these lands are the Americans wanted, however. Even Argentina is separatist - while the lands further east are even moreso, with Paraguay soon enough catching the fire of rebellion. But it is fairly periphereal. Aside from EUA and the increasingly dependant Incan Empire, most of Brazil remained in the hands of the Braganzas, as an independent Empire of Brazil ruled by Emperor Pedro I, who had had to abdicate his title of King of Portugal. Already, revanchist sentiments begun to emerge...
In Europe, France - or rather the Holy Roman Empire - not only confirmed its annexation of the entire Iberian peninsula (sans Euskara), but also annexed western Germany yet again. In the eastern, a successor state to the GGR appeared - the Brandenburger Republic, highly unstable due to antagonism between northern and southern Germans and Czechs and with a provisional capital in Vienna until Berlin could be rebuilt properly. The Brandenburger army was severely limited, and the Ministry of Sicherheit ceased to exist, making the maintenance of law and order increasingly difficult. Things were made even worse by the dissent-raising heavy financial reparations paid out to France and Scandinavia. Meanwhile, the Holy League annexed formerly-German Croatia. Russia was rolled back to 1740 borders back in Europe, with exceptions made for the annexations of Georgia and the various Baltic islands. In the relinquished territory, four kingdoms were created: Finland, where Frederik I was restored, Poland and Hungary, which were yet to decide on their respective dynasties and monarchs (in Poland there are Czartoryski, Radziwill, Vasa and Jagiellon candidates, in Hungary - Esterhazies, Zapolyas, Jagiellons and Habsburgs), and Romania, under Antioch I Kantemir. These states were to prevent any further Russian incursions in Eastern Europe.
In Africa, complete repartition of the great Portuguese colonial empire took place. Portuguese holdings in West Africa, Namibia and Mozambique became French/Imperial colonies, alongside the island of Zanzibar. Horn of Africa itself went to Dar al-Islam, and the Swahili city-states agreed to acknowledge Mughal power soon after. Brazil kept South Africa. Two new colonial empires were inaguarated with the birth of the colonies of Scandinavian Cameroon, Scandinavian Congo and British Congo.
Dar al-Islam, despite problems of overstretchment and the Egypto-Arabian rebellion, continued to gain in territory and power rapidly, annexing southern Central Asia and receiving most French holdings in mainland India, as well as formally annexing all the Portuguese ones.
The French colonial empire had also added to itself Ceylon, Malay and Atjeh, but, to avoid overstretchment, it had sold several territories and island chains (including the Hawaii) to Japan, alongside the various Portuguse possessions that came to the Japanese hands. Japan now had a vast Pacific colonial empire, built in less than 15 years.
Russia lost more ground in Asia, though again it was all new. Ussuri and Amur provinces, including Karafuto, were annexed by Japan, whilst Xin Han China retook parts of Sinkiang and Mongolia.
All in all, this was not too bad a peace, which also might have had something to do with the fact that ultimately it did last for some time.
NPC Diplo:
From: Paraguayan Rebels
To: EUA
You shall never conquer our lands. If you claim that you believe in the right to self-determination, why don't you live by your beliefs and let us create a free state?
OOC:
[1] In the Spanish sense of the word.
Panda, could you please clarify the present elective Imperial system? I assume that the candidates are limited to the royal dynasty (with its cadet branches) only, or at least to the aristocracy, but still, you left that rather unclear.
After thinking things over, I have decided to do a BT for this one now. Not sure about the exact duration, but I'm thinking of two-three decades at most while the world heals and rebuilds. Send in BT orders - that is, general instructions for the directions you want your country to develop in (as opposed to sending detailed tactical orders, hint hint). As a warning though, not all might go according to plans.
Btw, as usually happens when rules change in mid-game, by now the training/military size system became rather confused and messy. I iwll probably use this opportunity to revise it, unless you are all happy with it as it is.
Sorry, delays happened due to some RL distractions...
Non-Military Events:
With the end of the World War (or of most of it, anyway), a new world order is set up.
(see spotlight)
(+1 EUA Confidence, -1 EUA Culture, +1 Imperial Confidence, -1 Brandenburger Confidence, Civilian Leadership, Economy (to HRE), -1 Russian Confidence, Economy, +1 Islamic Confidence, +1 Xin Han Confidence, +1 Japanese Culture, Confidence)
The Lima Agreement is signed between the EUA and the Incan Empire in the aftermath of the aforementioned war, determining the southern border between the two countries, binding them in a mutual protection pact (most probably aimed agianst the rump Brazil) and variously binding the economies of the two countries together by a lowering of tarrifs and construction of American-owned railroads. Due to the economical superiority of the EUA that threatens to crush the Incan one and turn Tawantinsuyo into an economic semi-colony, this is met with much criticism in the Incan Empire itself (-1 Incan Confidence), especially as the national xenophobia is offended by the flood of American engineers and businessmen; the clause that requested prior Incan notification of the EUA as to any of the Empire's foreign policy decisions made things even worse, as the Sapa-Inca is increasingly seen as an American puppet both at home and abroad, while bandit attacks on the new railroads intensified, slowing things down there (-1 Incan Confidence). The American economical assistance does little to sweeten the pill.
In another concession to the Commonwealthists, England was renamed into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The country's ascendancy clearly continues, as the small port city of Liverpool evolves into a great center of export as the country's commerce advances by leaps (+Liverpool economic center). Meanwhile, the new colony of British Congo also begins to prosper quickly due to generous investments and competent administration, the port city of Georgeston (former Banana) quickly regaining its Portuguese-era status as center of riverine and nearby sea trade (+Georgeston economic center).
Having triumphed in the World War and taken over most of the Iberian peninsula and western Germany, France, as Julien-Francois I put it, outgrown its status as a kingdom. Over a century after the final end of the old, weak, decentralized one, a new Holy Roman Empire emerged with Papal blessing, Emperor Julien II clearly embracing the Carolingian tradition for an united Western Empire at the head of the Western Civilization. This was more than just a titular change - the empire, with its prefectural system, was more united and centralized (+1 Centralization), its administration was partially overhauled and standardized (+1 Civilian Leadership), and an Imperial Senate replaced the Parlement of Paris (while lesser regional Parlements were replaced by local State Senates). Though it had the power to choose a new Emperor upon the death of the previous one, the Emperor had the power to veto any of its decisions. These reforms inevitably drew some criticism - all reforms do - especially from regionalist circles, but most of the population gave them overwhelming support, especially the more pious Catholics encouraged by the Papal blessing (+1 Confidence). This imperial reorganization was clearly needed and thus welcomed both by hte populace and by most of the intellectual elite. Europe and France entered a new age.
French/Imperial attempts to combat inflation have only a very limited success - if anything, the situation is only getting direr, though not by much. The reconstruction programs within Rhineland, Lorraine-Alsace and coastal Caroline are somewhat more succesful, though this will require more time if these lands are to return to their pre-war state, as does the reconstruction in Spain where resistance lingers on. Best news are probably that, as the war is over, commerce, especially in the Atlantic, is picking up again. This combined with state investment stimulated the development of Brest into the primary port for trade with the United Kingdom and French Canada (+Brest economic center).
Immediately after surrendering unconditionally, Friedrich von Dunkelheit and several other GGR leaders went into the hiding and were never heard of again. Just before disappearing, von Dunkelheit had all the papers concerning top secret German military research and the medical Project Hope burned down, in violation of the Treaty of Vienna...
Several assassinations shocked the Holy League, with the death of several important Church hierarchs and military commanders, and the wounding of some others, including the Pope himself. Republican, anti-Papal agitation continues and the population is gradually being subverted (-1 Confidence, Military, Civilian Leadership).
Agriculture flourishes on the Yangtze, especially around Zhongguojing, with state support (+Zhongguojing economic center).
As per the Treaty of Pusan, the Japanese Empire sold Taiwan to Xin Han China for a large sum, still retaining the developing port city of Gaoxiang (to where much of the trade shifted from Taipei; -Taipei economic center, +Gaoxiang economic center) in the southwest; it also granted Korea a certain degree of autonomy.
France gave to Japan a large fleet of its somewhat older, but still modern ships, as a part of its own military streamlining and upkeep-decreasing program, allowing the Japanese to restore their naval power after last year's decimating defeats at Tsushima and Nishinoshima. The large-scale Japanese naval expansion program had helped as well, turning Japan into the preeminent Pacific Ocean naval power. As peace is restored alongside Japanese sea power, naval commerce undergoes a boom (+Pusan economic center, +Davao economic center).
Military Events:
Having won the World War, the Imperials finally manage to cocentrate on putting down the outlasting Red Stick Rising. Even as militias (+2 Imperial irregular divisions) and American troops skirmished with Red Stick and unaffiliated Amerinds in the west along the Red River, in the east the Red Stick forces were waging a total war, destroying all in their path. Their luck finally ran out at the starting point of River Ohio. For there, the Red Stick Fusiliers accidentally bumped into General Degrelle and his vast forces sent to destroy them. Before they could retreat and waged a guerrila war as planned, the numerically-equal French forces launched an assault; though the Red Sticks fougth ferociously, they were overwhelmed and broken. The French pursued and took no prisoners, not even Tecumtha himself. Meanwhile in the west, after defeat at EUA hands, the Red Stick forces there also came near to extermination when another large French army corps threatened to crush them, although the Red Sticks there managed to retreat and spread out into the countryside before the Imperials could attack them. Still, leaderless and shaken by huge casualties, the Confederation was clearly living out its last days; and indeed, several tribes agreed to pledge loyalty to the HRE. The rest were slowly isolated and "quarantined" by the Imperials, and ultimately defeated apart from some forces that continued waging a guerrila war behind enemy lines. A colonial rising in the Appalachees was quickly quelled as well, though dissent there lingered.
(-1 EU Caballeria Core division, -Red Stick as a faction, -4 Imperial divisions, -3 Imperial Foreign Legion divisions, -1 Imperial irregular division)
A Jesuit-led Guarani and Creole[1] rebellion in Paraguay overwhelmed the surprised American troops sent to take control of the country after the Treaty of Lisbon, driving them back with many casualties.
(-2 American divisions)
The Iberian guerrila war continued, but mostly dies down throughout this turn as the Imperials take stern measures against it.
(-1 Imperial division)
George II seemed very fond of his new African colony on the Congo, commiting many troops to expand it. Though losses were numerous, mostly to disease, gains were also made.
(-2 British divisions)
The Second Caliphal Rebellion as it is called draws to an end as the forces of Dar al-Islam are concentrated against it. After defeating a rebel invasion of Palestine, the Islamic army there did not invade Hejjaz as was expected by the Pretender Caliph, but instead launched a seaborne invasion of Egypt. Caught by surprise (their forces there consisted of one-two regular divisions and badly-organized militias (+2 Caliphal irregular divisions)), the rebels were rapidly pushed out of Alexandria and the Delta; they tried to make a heroic stand at Cairo, but betrayal and a cunning Islamic maneuver through the Imperial territory of Sinai had caused Egyptian defeat there as well. Meanwhile, the Red Sea was secured by the Islamic fleet; the Caliphal one being literally nonexistant, Dar al-Islam had little trouble in achieving naval supremacy. Forces were landed at Asmara, which fell without much of a fight. Linking up with the Sennarese forces in the north, the Islamics then force-marched themselves to Upper Egypt, now attacking it from the south as well. The two armies - the northern and the southern - met up just in time for Lailat al Miraj, just to the south from Asyut. The rebellion was crushed - by then, it was crushed in Arabia as well, as the Central Arabian tribes mostly agreed to pledge allegience to the Dar al-Islam, though inevitably some dissidents remained. More importantly, the main rebel army came under attack at the small coastal village of Rabigh, after the Islamics already captured the loosely-defended port city of Jiddah and from there moved to Medina. Mohammed Ali resisted bravely, but he was in an inferior strategic position and subsequently was crushed, some of his remaining supporters retreating into the desert and there waging a guerrila war. Meanwhile, Mecca surrendered without a fight, not that it had much of anything to fight with. The Mughals reached their zenith.
(-Caliphal Rebels as a faction, -1 Sennarese division, -3 Islamic divisions, -1 Islamic Imperial Guard division)
As the situation grew desperate, Amurike Brehane, Emperor of Abyssinia, grew mad, ordering massacres of all Muslims that could be found even as Sennarese troops attaked from the north. Against them, however, he did manage to raise a large army, and routed the Sennarese in a very bloody battle at Debre Zeyit, even as the Abyssinians themselves were forced out of Sennarese territory. As barbarian attacks intensified in the south and Sennarese forces groupped together against the Abyssinians in the north, however, Amurike Brehane was definitely doomed. After several divisions of the Abyssinian army mutinied out of despair (-5 divisions), the Sennarese started another, multipronged invasion that fought the Abyssinians to a draw at Fiche - and in a cunning maneuver of the rest of the Sennarese army, captured Nazret, striking at the enemy rear. Nearer to the year's end Amurike Brehane was routed, and himself imprisoned by the victorious Sennarese. Even as barbarian attacks continued, Abyssinia collapsed and was occupied by the Sennarese; what they will do with it is unclear.
(-Abyssinia as an independent nation, -11 Sennarese divisions, -4 Sennarese Mountain Grenadier divisions)
After a long and rigorous journey, a British fleet sailed into the southern Pacific to claim several island chains there and establish some trade outposts.
Random Events:
The Hanhua Emperor's popularity grows further and further, as the country recovers, Macao is officially annexed, Taiwan is bought back from Japan, buerocratic reorganization takes place and the Tibetians get autonomy (though the latter move did cause some minor criticism from the Han Chinese themselves) (+1 Confidence, +1 Civilian Leadership).
Storms damage further the already-battered Russian navy, some claim that foreign sabotage is to blame for the extent of damage (-5 squadrons).
As anti-Papal agitation grows, desertion grows too (-5 divisions).
Resting in dock without any real action, the English - now British - fleet gradually decays (-1 Naval Training).
The lack of good leaders and specialists not required on the front hinders Abyssinian military advancement projects (-1 project progress).
War and semi-anarchy cause living standards in Egypt and Arabia to detiriorate (-1 Caliphal Living Standards).
Mai Idris Unama's death causes a brief civil war and general instability in Kanem-Bornu (-1 Confidence).
The general Byzantine scientific upsurge of a few years ago finally comes to a definite halt for the want of interest (-1 Education).
Spotlight:
New World Order.
"To the winners go the spoils."
- an old polar bear saying.
As 1753 drew to a close, it seemed to many that the World War - or the Four Years War, as it was sometimes called now - would go on for a long time. The main forces of France's enemies were still fighting. True, the French were winning battle after battle, and their victory in the war was probably inevitable by now, but the Portuguese still stubbornly fought on and on, the Germans still regroupped and tried to halt the Franco-Papal advance, and worse of all, the Russians remained mostly unbeaten. If anything, they were gaining ground - outside of Germany, ofcourse. Jutland was occupied, Bulgaria was up in arms against the treacherous Byzantines, and the French allies in Japan were being gradually forced back on the land and the sea.
But in truth, the war's end was slightly more than a month away (unless we count the rebellions in Egypt and North America legitimate parts of the graeter conflict). France and its allies have suffered horrible losses and their economy was badly strained by the war effort, but their enemies were in an even worse situation - and they knew it. Still, they fought on, with a dogged determination - though gradually, they were already beginning to drop out. The Byzantine Empire, for instance, switched sides succesfully and in this manner allowed the French to invade southern Germany in what was definitely one of the war's decisive moments. The first to drop out in 1754 was Portugal. As the Portuguese colonial empire was being overran by the French and their allies and as resistance in its metropole was being ruthlessly subdued, the Portuguese forces in South America were also suffering defeats at the hands of the Americans. Defeat was a matter of very little time indeed. The situation in Brazil itself, behind the lines, was detiriorating too - not as much in the terms of economy as in those of morale. The people were growing desperate and war-weary. Several big landowners wrote the Petition of Quinto Janeiro (5th of January), calling for peace to be signed, as the war was clearly unwinnable. Under the influence of the general pessimism, desperation and warweariness, King Pedro III finally made his decision and went to Lisbon for one last time - after the declaration of the truce between Portugal and the pro-French powers, to negotiate the peace treaty.
This ended the Portuguese phase of the war - and almost immediately after, the Russo-German one ended as well. With Portugal clearly out of the war, France was in the position to concentrate on finishing off Germany. There was no chance of winning in this situation at all - so Friedrich von Dunkelheit announced his unconditional surrender, accepted the terms of the peace treaty of Vienna... and disappeared, leaving Feldmarschall Franz I, commander of the Guard of the Grand Chancellary and veteran of countless Krakowian and German campaigns, to head the provisional government of the Republic of Brandenburg.
Russian armies were yet undefeated - again, not counting the defeats on the German theatre. Outside of Central Asia and the Ussuri, Russian territory remained uninvaded - or invaded, but dfended succesfully. Russia could clearly fight on for at least two more years. But even then, at the very best it could get a draw. And at worst, it could cease to exist. Even Vladimir IV had to acknowledge this, and so Russia declared truce and begun peace negotiations with France and its allies as well. These negotiations nearly broke down several times over such issues as monetary reparations (in the end, Russia didn't have to pay them), and Vladimir IV even decided that the peace terms were too crippling, ridding Russia of practically al of her gains since 1740; but he was forced to back down and abdicate by his generals and Chancellor Bestuzhev, in the favour of his more liberal brother Mikhail II. Finally, he agreed, and the Treaty of Vienna was signed.
Vienna and Lisbon may have ended the war, but the new peace was crafted by much more than that. It was created by a myriad of other agreements, clandestine and open. Ultimately, within a few weeks the political map of the world was completely redrawn yet again. New world order came - and this one was set to last for a while, for those powers that could have opposed it were exhausted, even moreso than its defenders. For a while at least, chaos and war were put behind, and peace and order managed to snatch a temporary victory.
The world had changed several times since 1740 - changed beyond recognition, I might add. Back in 1740 the EUA didn't exist even in the wildest dreams of the then-future now-ex president Simon Armandez, but now it was one of the ascendant great powers, having taken all the Russian American holdings and captured lands in the western Amazon, Argentina, Paraguay and even the Portuguese-majority Banda Oriental. In far from all of these lands are the Americans wanted, however. Even Argentina is separatist - while the lands further east are even moreso, with Paraguay soon enough catching the fire of rebellion. But it is fairly periphereal. Aside from EUA and the increasingly dependant Incan Empire, most of Brazil remained in the hands of the Braganzas, as an independent Empire of Brazil ruled by Emperor Pedro I, who had had to abdicate his title of King of Portugal. Already, revanchist sentiments begun to emerge...
In Europe, France - or rather the Holy Roman Empire - not only confirmed its annexation of the entire Iberian peninsula (sans Euskara), but also annexed western Germany yet again. In the eastern, a successor state to the GGR appeared - the Brandenburger Republic, highly unstable due to antagonism between northern and southern Germans and Czechs and with a provisional capital in Vienna until Berlin could be rebuilt properly. The Brandenburger army was severely limited, and the Ministry of Sicherheit ceased to exist, making the maintenance of law and order increasingly difficult. Things were made even worse by the dissent-raising heavy financial reparations paid out to France and Scandinavia. Meanwhile, the Holy League annexed formerly-German Croatia. Russia was rolled back to 1740 borders back in Europe, with exceptions made for the annexations of Georgia and the various Baltic islands. In the relinquished territory, four kingdoms were created: Finland, where Frederik I was restored, Poland and Hungary, which were yet to decide on their respective dynasties and monarchs (in Poland there are Czartoryski, Radziwill, Vasa and Jagiellon candidates, in Hungary - Esterhazies, Zapolyas, Jagiellons and Habsburgs), and Romania, under Antioch I Kantemir. These states were to prevent any further Russian incursions in Eastern Europe.
In Africa, complete repartition of the great Portuguese colonial empire took place. Portuguese holdings in West Africa, Namibia and Mozambique became French/Imperial colonies, alongside the island of Zanzibar. Horn of Africa itself went to Dar al-Islam, and the Swahili city-states agreed to acknowledge Mughal power soon after. Brazil kept South Africa. Two new colonial empires were inaguarated with the birth of the colonies of Scandinavian Cameroon, Scandinavian Congo and British Congo.
Dar al-Islam, despite problems of overstretchment and the Egypto-Arabian rebellion, continued to gain in territory and power rapidly, annexing southern Central Asia and receiving most French holdings in mainland India, as well as formally annexing all the Portuguese ones.
The French colonial empire had also added to itself Ceylon, Malay and Atjeh, but, to avoid overstretchment, it had sold several territories and island chains (including the Hawaii) to Japan, alongside the various Portuguse possessions that came to the Japanese hands. Japan now had a vast Pacific colonial empire, built in less than 15 years.
Russia lost more ground in Asia, though again it was all new. Ussuri and Amur provinces, including Karafuto, were annexed by Japan, whilst Xin Han China retook parts of Sinkiang and Mongolia.
All in all, this was not too bad a peace, which also might have had something to do with the fact that ultimately it did last for some time.
NPC Diplo:
From: Paraguayan Rebels
To: EUA
You shall never conquer our lands. If you claim that you believe in the right to self-determination, why don't you live by your beliefs and let us create a free state?
OOC:
[1] In the Spanish sense of the word.
Panda, could you please clarify the present elective Imperial system? I assume that the candidates are limited to the royal dynasty (with its cadet branches) only, or at least to the aristocracy, but still, you left that rather unclear.
After thinking things over, I have decided to do a BT for this one now. Not sure about the exact duration, but I'm thinking of two-three decades at most while the world heals and rebuilds. Send in BT orders - that is, general instructions for the directions you want your country to develop in (as opposed to sending detailed tactical orders, hint hint). As a warning though, not all might go according to plans.
Btw, as usually happens when rules change in mid-game, by now the training/military size system became rather confused and messy. I iwll probably use this opportunity to revise it, unless you are all happy with it as it is.
Sorry, delays happened due to some RL distractions...
Disenfrancised
Beep Beep
opps......
das
Regeneration In Process
Kentharu
Zebra Commander
great update, though it kinda sucks that i screwed up with my nation oh well, i guess ill have to get more... involved
Disenfrancised
Beep Beep
Sorry about the post das, I was replying to the Paraguayans and didn't see the map was not posted.
Incidently you forgot to advance my project, though if its going to be a BT it doesn't really matter.
OOooo! do IT awards!
Incidently you forgot to advance my project, though if its going to be a BT it doesn't really matter.
OOooo! do IT awards!
das
Regeneration In Process
Yes, I'll have to do that as well, later this week.
Kentharu
Zebra Commander
i think you should end this nes and start a new one
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Hell no, everything I have been working for has finally come to fruitation. Now it is time to revel in my glory for some time.
Symphony D.
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OOC: Aha. I had a feeling it was coming. Good thing I put most everything into order. Very nice update. Oh, and yeah:das said:
BOOYAH!ThomAnder said:
das
Regeneration In Process
Great minds think alike. I also noticed that post while editing the stats. 
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Its hard to believe how much the map has changed from the first turn...truely remarkable.
