Ninja Imperium Offtopicum I: A New Age

Ninja IOT I: A New Age

Introduction:

NOTE: SIGNUPS ARE CLOSED, HOWEVER, YOU MAY TAKE CONTROL OF AN NPC IF YOU WISH.

I remember the days of peace. It was so long ago. The year 2000 started off so well. Then acts of violence caused war. It started with small feuds and large coalitions fighting against small dictatorships. It escalated into major tensions between the major powers. The only thing that was stopping a Third World War was the power of Nuclear Missiles and the destruction that would come from their use.

Then, that fear was removed. The invention of anti-nuclear city shields in 2014 and the world wide spread of that technology allowed the warmongers in the world to start a war without having to use nuclear missiles. Some say that there would have been less bloodshed if the city shields weren’t invented. The Third World War started in 2016. It’s brutality made the first two world wars look like a walk in the park. The chaos collapsed many nations of the world. When the leaders of nations ran out of resources, peace was negotiated.

The year is 2020. An new age is dawning. You are the leaders of the world’s nations. History is in your hands. You are the ones who will nurture this new age of peace, or destroy it. It is all up to you.

Basic Rules and Welcome:

Welcome to IOT:ANA! I have aimed to make a simple(ish) IOT with a focus on storytelling.

1. Do not flame, troll, or personally insult any other player OOC or IC. At all. You may comment on certain things negatively, but don't take it further than that.
2. Stay on topic. Make sure all comments are relevant to the fictional world of the current IOT and have nothing to do with your personal religious/political beliefs.
3. Your posts should actually consist of something relevant to your nation and not just one-liner comments. Do not spam.
4. Long diplomatic discussions belong to the realms of Social Groups or visitor and private messaging, not the Game Thread.
5. No powergaming. By definition, powergaming is making your country surpass every other country by all terms including armed forces, technology, etc.
6. The GM is supreme. He reserves the right to change game rules, ignore or modify orders, impose restrictions on players, disband player nations, and so on.
7. Above all else, RESPECT THY FELLOW FORUMERS.
8. If you have an issue with the way I GM this game, PM me with your issue before making a big stink about it.
9. Posting in this thread or the claims thread, PMing a player of this game for any IOTCW-related reason, or performing ANY sort of interaction with this game WHATSOEVER is declaring that you have read and understood the rules to the letter.

I'll usually warn players first if they break the rules. If they break the rules repeatedly, then I'll apply this:

1st Strike: Player is suspended from the game for one turn.
2nd Strike: Player is suspended from the game for three turns.
3rd Strike: Player nation dissolved, and the player banned from ever rejoining.

I reserve the right to ignore this policy for players who really piss me off, and kick them out of the game instantly.

Every turn someone is inactive, I will decrease their national happiness. This national happiness will slowly return when they return, however, by then their nation may be beyond salvation. I may waiver this rule for people who tell me that they are going away. But that is a MAYBE.

Also remember that this my first IOT so be gentle

Joining the Game:

When joining the game, please use this format for joining:

Name of Country:
Name of Leader:
History of Nation (Note: Try to make this realistic as I want a solid story line with this IOT. As I am going to be posting the player stories on one of the OPs, I would like it if you tried not to contradict other player’s stories. Also, I may prompt you for more information about your nation if I don’t think you have posted enough.)
Colour of Nation:
Starting Claims:

You can claim five territories at the start of the game. I know that is a lot of territories for a map with only 91 territories, but one of my goals in this game is to have no neutral territories. Any territories not taken up by players will be run by NPCs. Notice there is a numbered map on the OP as well as a normal one. There will also be information on what amount of troops/navies there are on one tile.

Roleplaying:

Roleplaying is the essence of IOT. As this is story based IOT a certain amount of roleplay is required. Unless you put OCC in front of your posts, then it will be considered a In Character post. Also, it would be brilliant if you could make some of your IC posts have a story. I will link any posts that deserve attention for their story-telling to on one of the OPs.

Industry Points:

Industrial Points or IPs are the game's currency. Each territory produces one. Also, having a good reputation can increase it and Research Projects may help as well.

National Happiness:

National Happiness is a measure how popular you are with your people. It is influenced through diplomacy, roleplay and by some set game mechanics. Everyone starts with a National Happiness of zero.

Doing these things will decrease your National Happiness:

-Being a jerk IC.
-Declaring war without a good Cacus Belli.
-Doing diplomacy with a nation with a negative reputation.
-Being denounced by nations with a high reputation.

Also, invading a territory will decrease your reputation by one.
Doing these things will increase your Reputation:

-Being a responsible leader IC.
-Doing diplomacy with a nation that has a higher reputation or the same reputation as yours.
-Giving away territories.
-Negotiating peace between two other nations.
-Invading and toppling nations with a negative Reputation.

When you have a reputation below zero, a negative reputation, you risk riots. Riots will decrease the amount of IPs you gain for a turn. If you have three riots within three years (12 turns), your nation will have a revolution. Revolters can only claim one territory per revolution, however, they may spawn with large amounts of units, so if you have a low reputation you better invest in your military.

For each ten reputation points you have, you will get an extra IP to spend per turn.

Diplomacy:

There are many diplomatic agreements you can make. Here is a list of them and their effects:

Peacemaking:

Peacemaking can range from anything from a white peace to a complete surrender. I am not very fussed on how the peace takes effect. There can be land exchanged, a NAP imposed ect ect. You can even get a third party to help you make peace. Making peace, or helping someone make peace, will get you a national happiness boost.

Non-Aggression Pact (NAP):

A non-aggression pact is an agreement between two nations saying that they will not invade each other. You will gain reputation from signing a NAP, even if the nation who you sign it with has a low reputation. If either nation breaks the pact, then there will be a major reputation penalty for the player who breaks it. You may cancel a NAP, however, there is a eight turn (two years) cool-down period where the NAP is still in effect and the aggressors will still have a major reputation hit. So don’t sign a NAP unless you really mean it!

Open Borders (OB):

When open borders is signed between two nations, soldiers and ships of both nationalities can move in each other's borders without causing war. Borders can be closed at any time.

Trade:

When two nations agree to trade, they invest a certain amount of IPs into the agreement. In two turns, they get three times the amount of IPs they both invested. If war is declared between the two nations, then the IPs are lost.

Defensive Pact (DP):

A defensive pact is an agreement between two nations that states that both nations will declare war on any third-party that attacks either one of them. However, if either of the two nations declare war on a third-party, they do not need to declare war on them. A defensive pact may be broken whenever.

Vassalage:

When a nation agrees to become a vassal of another nation, they gain the unconditional protection of that nation against anyone. However, they lose the ability to declare war on anyone, the ability to make peace with anyone and 2 or 20% of their IPs, whichever one is more, will be donated to their ruler. A vassalship can be broken by either party, however, vassal beware, if the vassal breaks it off, it gives the former master a valid Caucus Belli.

Alliance:

An Alliance is a merger between a NAP and a DP with some extra benefits added on top. You can have an alliance between more than two nations. The whole alliance must agree before declaring war or peace.

Alliances will give a reputation bonus every year (4 turns), the larger the alliance, the bigger the bonus. An alliance may be broken at any time, however, you will get a national happiness penalty along with losing all of the bonuses you have gained. This could mean that leaving an alliance could make you lose heaps of reputation.

Alliances can also reject a member if a majority of the other members agree to reject them. Rejecting a member with low reputation will not give the other nations a penalty, however, rejecting a high reputation member could lead to reputation penalties. A forum group where you discuss tactics in encouraged, however YOU MUST INVITE ME INTO IT!!!

War:

Warfare in ANA is similar to the Risk board game. Soldiers/ships cost 1 IP each and are represented by the number system on the map. When you buy an soldier you can place it anywhere that you own. Ships can be placed in areas that you have a costal connection to that is not blockaded. If you do not specify where you want your soldiers/ships, I will place them in the capital or some random costal tile. Information about your army and navy will be on the front page. Soldiers/ships can move two spaces A soldier/ship can only attack one territory per turn.

ANA has a caucus belli system. However, that does not mean that you cannot declare war without a valid reason. You can declare war whenever you like for whatever reason, however, if I do not see it as a valid reason, you will get a Nation Happiness penalty.

Examples of Good Caucus Bellis:

-They declared war on your friend.
-Very very very VERY good roleplay.
-They declared war on someone without a good caucus belli.
-They have an abysmal reputation.

Examples of Bad Caucus Bellis:

-ME WANT MOAR LAND!!!
-We don’t like you because you have funny hair.
-I like to kill stuff!
-Bad roleplaying excuse.

The GM reserves the right to decide what is a good caucus belli and what is not.

Battles:

When two groups of soldiers/ships go into battle, they will face off in 1 vs 1 battles. A 100 sided die will be rolled for each soldier/ship. If the attacker rolls a higher number, one of the defending soldiers will die. If the defender rolls a higher number, one of the attacking soldiers will die. If the two dice rolls are a tie, then the defender will win.

Unfortunately, in battles with more than fifty soldiers, I might have to roll the battle in rounds of 10 vs 10.

Sea Territories:

Sea Territories are claimed by the first person who puts a ship there. There is no IP value from sea territories but you can “blockade” the area, ensuring that anyone you don’t like can’t get through your sea territories. The only way you can dislodge someone from a sea territory is by taking the territory by attacking the people who own that sea territory.

Science:

Science in ANA is represented by projects. Projects can research ANYTHING. The benefits of these projects are to my discretion, though they will usually follow a structure similar to this:

Human Development Projects: Anything that benefits humanity as a whole (e.g: curing cancer). These projects will give a huge national happiness bonus to anyone working on the project.

Military Projects: Anything that increases the power of one’s military (e.g: GDRs). These projects will give a boost to the power of the militaries of nations working on the project. It will also give the said nations the ability to trade/gift the technology to others.

Weapons of Mass Destruction Projects: Any invention of a weapon that causes mass destruction (e.g: nukes). It will give the ability to build WMDs and the ability to gift the knowledge of WMDs to other nations. However, if your people learn about these projects there will be a harsh national happiness penalty.

There are two ways to form a project: publicly and privately.

Public Projects have to be announced in the thread. Anyone can join this type of project Once you are part of the project, you have to donate at least one IP per turn to the project, otherwise you will be kicked out. There is no limit on how many IPs you can donate to the project though.

IPs are converted to Research Points. However, sometimes even if you invest a whole lot of IPs into a project it will gain no Research Points. Or it could gain ten times the amount of IPs you put in. You need 1000 RPs to complete a project, so these are long term commitments.

Private Projects do not need to be announced in a thread. You can invite whoever you want to this project, or just keep it to yourself. Other than that, the same rules apply to private projects as public ones.

Nuclear Weapons:

Although the city-shields have stopped conventional nuclear warfare, many physicists believe that they can create a nuclear device that can bypass these shields. Funding these scientists will give you a national happiness penalty, however if they are successful you could become the world’s next super power…

So there you have it. Let me reserve the next two posts, then you can start claiming.

The game will start in the week or when we have at least ten players. Whatever comes first. I will try to update every 24-48 hours. Also note that in about 2 and a half weeks I will not be able to GM for about ten days. And then the updates will slow down to about once a week after that.

Enjoy.

The Map:


Map With Numbers And Information:


NATIONS:

North America:

United States of America: - Omega124

Name of Leader: Ron Paul
History of Nation:
In WWIII, the USA was on the winning side of the war, but at a phyricc victory. Texas, seceded from the Union invading and taking many other midwest states with it. Hawaii and Alaska also seceded and the United States military have been smashed up. But in order to lead America to victory, Ron Paul was elected in 2020 (Obama was relected in 2012, and 2016 Biden served one term with Clinton as VP), with his son as VP. Now, the USA is at a crossroads. Will it become a superpower yet again? Or will it be doomed by the fires of progress?

Colour: Old Glory Blue (The blue on the American flag)

Controls: 9 (Capital), 12, 10, 8, 7

South America:

South American Alliance - spaceman98

Name of Leader: John Cruz

Capital: Rio de Janeiro

History of Nation: During the great war, the South American states were united in a mutual defense alliance. This Alliance slowly turned into a centralized republic. Much of South America's infrastructure was still lost in combat, but enough remains to sustain a nation and hopefully restore its former glory.

Colour: Light Green

Controls: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

Europe:

The Holy Roman Empire - Farsight
Name of Leader: Emperor Charles I
Capital: Rome (nominal), Brussels (in practice)
History of Nation: A successor state of sorts to both the European union and the old Holy Roman Empire (as one might expect), the Holy Roman Empire was founded in 2017 by the renegade German general Karl Dietrich. Initally consisting of parts of Low Germany and the Benelux, thanks to his charisma and his formidably army of mercenaries, his empire soon swelled to consist of all of France, Germany, and Italy as well as parts of Poland. Karl was finally crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 2019 in Saint Michael's Cathedral in Brussels. The Holy Roman Empire is based upon the empire of old, and eventually aims to rule (or at least influence) all of Europe.

Colour of Nation: Gold (255/215/0)

Controls: 26, 29, 34, 35, 38,

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: -Domination3000

Claims:

Leader: Queen Elizabeth III is the Head of State, but most power lies in Parliament

HISTORY: The British People have decided, after decades of being shackled to an island, to expand into the world once more. They have elected leaders who will build ships and try to connect a naval empire worthy to stand the test of time. In these interests, the British Empire has claimed the foreign territories of Indo-Pakistan and Columbia, in the interest of making the UKGB+NI to become a WORLD power once again.

Controls: 27 (Capital), 28,76, 77, 17

Republic of Greece -chiristos200

Name of Leaders:

President of the republic: George papandreou.

Prime minister: Christos khan

History of Nation:

At 1821 A.D greece gained its indepedence from the ottoman empire. At the balkan wars, at 1912 A.D, greece freed macedonia from the turks. At WWII greece won the first victory over AXIS in land but it was taken over by germany and was freed at 1944 A.D. Ater a civil war between communist and anti-communist forces greece became a monarhy until 1974 when it became a republic. Greece was at the winning side of WWIII and gained muny territories but the destructions were many. Millions died. Its time for the greek republic to become again a strong nation.

Colour of Nation: Light green

Controls: 40, 41, 42, 39, 36

Middle East:

The Mesopot -General Olaf

Name of Leader: Ahmed Yusuf (self-styled Hammurabi II)

History of Nation: Ravaged by the horrors of WWIII, the area around what had been called the Fertile Crescent became a wasteland. Iraq had been perticularly hard-hit, with Baghdad, one of the few cities in the world without a shield, hit by several warheads from an unidentified state. From the ashes of the Islamic world rose a new nation, led by the charismatic Ahmed Yusuf. He quickly established himself as dictator over the region, took the 'regal name' Hammurabi, and set out to build a new Babylonia - and this time it truly would stand the test of time.
Apparently, he's been doing fairly well at it. Teams of archeologists have reputedly rediscovered the entire ancient city of Babylon, including the famous Hanging Gardens and Ishtar Gate. Egypt and Turkey have also come under "Hammurabi"'s control.
The world trembles at the first new nation to declare its existence in this new era.

Colour of Nation: Sea Green

Controls: 52, 65, 66, 67, 68

Africa:

The New Zulu -BigTin

Name of Leader: Molambu Shaka

Capital: Johannesburg

History of Nation: During WWIII, as the Western Nations, Russia, China and Japan fought, the African people retook control of Sub-Equatorial Africa and persecuted those of European ancestry. From 2016-2018 there is a massive upheaval and removal of all of these "unwanted" people. On June 18, 2018, Molambu Shaka finally declares that the "white" people have been removed, and that the New Zulu nation has been formed. Shaka controlled this new country with an iron grip, allowing a free market, but serving as "Temporary President" until an election could be held. To date there is no plan for an election, but his people are happy, and look to free the rest of Africa from the horrors of the "whites" and unite them under the New Zulu nation.
Color: Shaka's yellow from Civ 4

Controls: 59, 60, 61, 62, 63

Asia:

Heavenly Theocracy of Dai Wan -Civ'ed

Name of Leader: Shao Fong
History of Nation: After WWIII, with the collapse of the Great Damned Chinese Nation, the Taipeians came back. They formed a theocracy and then set out to unite the various cliques that made up this china. So far, the North had proven rather unruly, so they turned to the more accepting Indonesian lands...
It is a theocracy ruled by a man named Shao Fong, although it has been called a dictatorship by dissidents (don't worry, they are... safe, in an asylum). It has one religion, Fongianism, and will happily preach to the world that Shao is the only god worth following.
Colour of Nation: Red 99, Green 100, Blue 2
Starting Claims: 80, 81, 79, 84, 75

Australiasia:

Union of Australia: -Red_Spy

Name of Leader: William Hatter

History of Nation:

The Commonwealth's Role in WWIII.

The Commonwealth was throw into the war early, defending Canada from invasion from the Chinese and Koreans. But their armies were defeated, and soon Ottowa fell to the armies. A riot occured in London, leading to a revoultion. Rebels, funded by the Chinese captured large parts of Southern England and Wales, and kept fighting till they marched into Scotland. The Royal Family retreated to Australia, to avoid the murder of them that the revoultaries desired. All that remained was Australia and New Zealand, who had resisted land battles so far.

The New Zealanders and Australia came together under the Monsoon Assualt, a large scale plan to liberate the Islands of the Pacific held by the enemies. It began in Indonesia, as troops marched through jungle to cities, fighting the Chinese as they went. The war began to stagant in '19, as attacks were repelled frequently. Finally on March 21st, 2019 the Asian Alliance and Australia set down in the Hong Kong Meetings and discussed peace. Many of the Indonesian Islands were given to Australia, and finally the war ended.

Colour of Nation: Yellow

Controls: 83, 82, 86, 88, 89

Coalition of the Seven Seas (CSS) -Mayor

Name of Leaders: Francois Tavernier, Juan Garcia

History of Nation: Once Madagascar was a haven for pirates. During WWIII the population were remembered by the history of their island by all the provisionships that passed their island. Within a year several severalpiratechiefs had established themselves on the island. One of these was Francois Tavernier. He was by far the most succesfull and managed to convince the islands in the Indian Ocean to harbour his pirates. The other piratechiefs declared him Pirateking of the Coalition of the Indian Ocean in 2018. With this appointment he decided to look for more pirate eclaves to bring to this coalition. In 2019 he met with the piratechiefs of a island group in the Pacific Ocean. These chiefs asked to join the coalition and also declared Francois Tavernier the Pirateking. Now Francois Tavernier practically controlled the Indian Ocean and parts of the Pacific. He now started to look to the west, to the Atlantic Ocean.

In this same period a similiair thing was happening in the Caribean. Here it was Juan Garcia had become Pirateking. He now ruled the Coalition of Atlantic Buccanneers and controlled the Caribean as well as the Canary Islands.

When peace was declared in 2020 the two of them understood they needed to buncle their forces if there way of living was to survive. During a great congress where all piratechiefs of the two coalitions were present they signed the Treaty of Saint Helena and created the Coalition of the Seven Seas. This coalition was to be ruled by both Piratekings with Francois Tavernier being the most Senior. The Atlantic was under direct control of Garcia and Tavernier would directly control the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Now both Piratekings are trying to bring more land under control of the coalition. Taverenier was already trying to bring the unorganized pirates in the Horn of Africa into the coalition and is also in the assunmption that the Hawaii islands should be in the coalition and has started to bribe residents on these islands.
Garcia is trying somethin entirely different. He is trying te get Greenland into the coalition by settling Pirateenclaves on the coast there. He is far from controlling the land but the people at least are starting to get used to the pirateenclaves and accept them.

Colour of Nation: Black
Starting Claims: 16, 23, 64, 87, 90

NPCs:

Republic of Canada:

Canada was largely unaffected by the war. They did send their soldiers to help other countries, but they backed out of the war much earlier than most other nations. They also took Alaska as a protectorate state after the fall of the North American Independence Alliance (NAIA), a brief alliance between Texas, Hawaii and Alaska. If Canada plays its cards right, it could become a major power in this new age.

Colour: Dark Red

Controls: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Spanish Empire:

Spain was on the front line of WWIII. They needed a strong leader and they got one in the form of a king. The king disbanded the constitutional democracy in favor for a monarchist one.

The King was obsessed with the Spanish empire of old, so he turned to Spain’s most famous colony; Mexico. After Spain’s borders were secure, Spain successfully took over a fractured Mexico. Using Mexico as a beach head, Spain then attacked Texas as they were busy fighting the USA.

After WWIII was over, the King seems to have toned down his expansionist policies. However, they could become dominant at any time. Could Spain be the catalyst of another war?

Colour: Pink

Controls: 25, 11, 13, 14, 15

Portuguese Empire:

Portugal went through a similar reform as Spain, a King in place of an elected government. Was this why the two nations seemed to get along so well? Unlike Spain, Portugal turned to Africa. After conquering most of North Africa, they became one of Africa’s most powerful players.

Colour: Dark Green

Controls: 24, 50, 51, 54, 53

Scandinavian Union:

During WWIII, the Scandinavian countries combined their military efforts to defend their nations. This union of their armed forces eventually ended in the merging of the three Scandinavian countries into one powerful nation.

The Scandinavian Union took Belgium under its wing after their military was pummeled by opposition forces. The only Scandinavian country that is not part of the Union is Denmark, who sealed their fate by joining the losing side of the war. Greenland and the Faroe Islands quickly joined the Union after the fall of Denmark, making the Union a force to be reckoned with.

Colour: Lavender

Controls: 30, 31, 32, 33, 6

Federation of Moscow:

Russia was on the wrong side of the war. Allied with China and a few other nations, it was fighting most of the world. Russia managed to briefly conquer the whole of Europe (minus Iberia, Greece and the British Isles), however, they were stopped in their tracks by strong resistance and the fierce soldiers of Greece and the New Holy Roman Empire.

Then, disaster struck. Siberia went into open revolt, starting the Second Russian Civil War. Russia was being pressed on both sides. They had no choice left but to surrender.

Russia was split in half. The short lived Siberian Federation was completely consumed by the Mongolian Empire and the Korean Empire. The rest of Russia was succeeded by the newly formed Federation of Moscow, which consists of the rest of Russia and Upper Eastern Europe, which joined the Federation after pressure from the Federation.

The Federation is ruled via a democracy. They have a bitter government who is still en angered by the downfall of Russia. Will this bitterness reignite war?

Colour: Russian Red

Controls: 37, 43, 44, 45, 46

Mongolian Empire:

Initially, Mongolia joined the war on the side of the Russians and Chinese. They did this because they would have been surrounded by enemies if they had joined the other side. However, they did not contribute much to the war. Both the Chinese and the Russians knew about it, yet they could do nothing.

Mongolia's chance finally came with the Second Russian Civil War. Their leader, who saw himself as the next Genghis Khan, attacked China, Russia and the Siberian Union at once. They made significant progress in the West, however Siberia and Eastern China put up a harsher resistance so Mongolia left them to the Koreans.

Mongolia was one of the last nations to declare peace, wanting to gain more land in Russia. However, they eventually declared peace and gave recognition to the Federation of Moscow. WWIII transformed Mongolia from nobodies to a significant Asian power. Will this new empire survive or will it crumble like many of the pre-war superpowers? Only time will tell.

Colour: Brown

Controls: 71, 70, 69, 47, 48


Korean Empire:

Korea didn’t really choose a side during WWIII. They attacked their neighbors, whether they were on the winning side or the losing side. Eventually, Kim Jon Il was overthrown by his son in a military coup. Korea then paid reparations to countries they had damaged and focused solely on China and Russia.

Korea now owns Far Eastern Asia, as well as Papua New Guiena. Kim Jon Un also has started to give his people more freedoms, however he still rules with an Iron Fist. Will this dictatorship survive or will it be blown away by the winds of freedom and revolution?

Colour: Cyan

Controls: 73, 74, 72, 49, 85

The Burmese-African Union:

Of all the nations that emerged after WWIII, the most bizarre would probably be the Burmese-African Union. After war ravaged through of Africa, the nations that weren’t part of the New Zulu Empire or one of Portugal’s colonies formed the Central African Republic. They had a constant fear that if the very European Portugal and the very anti-European Zulu-land went to war, they would suffer the consequences, being in the center of the two. At the same time, Burma, in between British India and the Heavenly Theocracy of Dai Wan, were worried that they could become one of Britain’s colonies or one of Dai Wan’s new conquests.

Seeing that they were both in similar situations, they decided to form a union. They thought that their combined military would discourage people from invading them. Will they be correct?

Colour: Grey

Controls: 78, 55, 56, 57, 58

Independent Hawaii:

America was on the winning side of the war. However, the political instability that happened during the war damaged America. Three nations succeeded from the USA, Texas, Alaska and Hawaii, which formed the North American Independence Alliance (NAIA).

The three states succeeded from the Union succeeded because of the war. Texas was concerned about Mexico, which was on the side of Russia and China, invading Texas. Alaska was concerned about the Russians attacking them from Siberia. And Hawaii was concerned about being destroyed, as it was America’s most prominent Naval base. America’s military was so weak that they could do nothing to relieve these aliments. So NAIA was formed.

NAIA signed non-aggression pacts with Mexico, Russia and China. They were at constant war with the USA, as they were succeeded territories. Texas invaded some nearby northwestern states to put pressure on America to recognize them as a country. However, this war was a fatal mistake for Texas. The newly formed Spanish Empire, who sided with the USA, invaded and conquered Mexico. They then proceeded to invade Texas while their troops were attacking America. Once 90% of the Texan Republic was under Spanish control, the rest of Texas could do nothing but surrender to them.

Alaska, concerned about the fall of Texas, became a protectorate of Canada, which officially dissolved the NAIA. The only free former NAIA state left was Hawaii. Will they remain independent or will they become part of a bigger nation?

Colour: Orange

Controls: 91

Alliances:

The New Commonwealth:

Founder: Union of Australia.

Senior Members: United States of America

Junior Members: None.

History of ANA:

2014: Anti-Nuclear city shields invented, removing the threat of nuclear war.

2016: WWIII starts, involves most of the old world's nations.

January 2020: Peace is declared, new nations form (game starts).

Name of Country: The Mesopot
Name of Leader: Ahmed Yusuf (self-styled Hammurabi II)

History of Nation: Ravaged by the horrors of WWIII, the area around what had been called the Fertile Crescent became a wasteland. Iraq had been perticularly hard-hit, with Baghdad, one of the few cities in the world without a shield, hit by several warheads from an unidentified state. From the ashes of the Islamic world rose a new nation, led by the charismatic Ahmed Yusuf. He quickly established himself as dictator over the region, took the 'regal name' Hammurabi, and set out to build a new Babylonia - and this time it truly would stand the test of time.
Apparently, he's been doing fairly well at it. Teams of archeologists have reputedly rediscovered the entire ancient city of Babylon, including the famous Hanging Gardens and Ishtar Gate. Egypt and Turkey have also come under "Hammurabi"'s control.
The world trembles at the first new nation to declare its existence in this new era.

Colour of Nation: Sea Green
Starting Claims: 52, 65-68

Name of Country: United States of America
Name of Leader: Ron Paul
History of Nation:
In WWIII, the USA was on the winning side of the war, but at a phyricc victory. Texas has seceded from the Union, invading and taking many other midwest states with it, and the military have been smashed up. But in order to lead America to victory, Ron Paul was elected in 2020 (Obama was relected in 2012, and 2016 Biden served one term with Clinton as VP), with his son as VP. Now, the USA is at a crossroads. Will it become a superpower yet again? Or will it be doomed by the fires of progress?
Color: Old Glory Blue (The blue on the flag)
Starting Claims: 9 (Capital), 12, 10, 8, 7

We can claim 5 territories - I put 65-68 not 65 AND 68

General Olaf said:

We can claim 5 territories - I put 65-68 not 65 AND 68

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7 and 10, then. Thanks

General Olaf said:

We can claim 5 territories - I put 65-68 not 65 AND 68

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Yep, that's correct.

X-post with Omega: I'll go add those then...

EDIT2: I’ve posted both your nation stats and stories on the OP.

@Omega: I’ve changed you nation story slightly (How the southern states didn’t seceded and how Alaska and Hawaii did). Is that okay?

Name of Country: Union of Australia
Name of Leader: William Hatter
History of Nation: Will add later
Colour of Nation: Yellow
Starting Claims: 83, 84, 86, 88, 89

Red_Spy said:

Name of Country: Union of Australia
Name of Leader: William Hatter
History of Nation: Will add later
Colour of Nation: Yellow
Starting Claims: 83, 84, 86, 88, 89

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Are you making a reference to the mad Katter?

Name of Country: Heavenly Theocracy of Dai Wan
Name of Leader: Shao Fong
History of Nation: After WWIII, with the collapse of the Great Damned Chinese Nation, the Taipeians came back. They formed a theocracy and then set out to unite the various cliques that made up this china. So far, the North had proven rather unruly, so they turned to the more accepting Indonesian lands...
It is a theocracy ruled by a man named Shao Fong, although it has been called a dictatorship by dissidents (don't worry, they are... safe, in an asylum). It has one religion, Fongianism, and will happily preach to the world that Shao is the only god worth following.
Colour of Nation: Red 99, Green 100, Blue 2
Starting Claims: 80, 81, 79, 84, 75
So I felt like playing a theocratic warmonger. Problem?

Name of Country: The Holy Roman Empire
Name of Leader: Emperor Charles I
Capital: Rome (nominal), Brussels (in practice)
History of Nation: A successor state of sorts to both the European union and the old Holy Roman Empire (as one might expect), the Holy Roman Empire was founded in 2017 by the renegade German general Karl Dietrich. Initally consisting of parts of Low Germany and the Benelux, thanks to his charisma and his formidably army of mercenaries, his empire soon swelled to consist of all of France, Germany, and Italy as well as parts of Poland. Karl was finally crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 2019 in Saint Michael's Cathedral in Brussels. The Holy Roman Empire is based upon the empire of old, and eventually aims to rule (or at least influence) all of Europe.
Colour of Nation: Gold (255/215/0)
Starting Claims: 26, 29, 34, 35, 38

NinjaCow64 said:

Yep, that's correct.

X-post with Omega: I'll go add those then...

EDIT2: I’ve posted both your nation stats and stories on the OP.

@Omega: I’ve changed you nation story slightly (How the southern states didn’t seceded and how Alaska and Hawaii did). Is that okay?

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You forogt the part where Texas took some of the midwest states, but everything else is okay.

NinjaCow64 said:

Are you making a reference to the mad Katter?

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I just put a random name, so references are not planned.

Name of Country : The New Zulu
Name of Leader: Molambu Shaka
Capital: Johannesburg
History of Nation: During WWIII, as the Western Nations, Russia, China and Japan fought, the African people retook control of Sub-Equatorial Africa and persecuted those of European ancestry. From 2016-2018 there is a massive upheaval and removal of all of these "unwanted" people. On June 18, 2018, Molambu Shaka finally declares that the "white" people have been removed, and that the New Zulu nation has been formed. Shaka controlled this new country with an iron grip, allowing a free market, but serving as "Temporary President" until an election could be held. To date there is no plan for an election, but his people are happy, and look to free the rest of Africa from the horrors of the "whites" and unite them under the New Zulu nation.
Color: Shaka's yellow from Civ 4
Starting Claims: 59-63

Name of Country: South American Alliance
Name of Leader: John Cruz
Capital: Rio de Janeiro
History of Nation: During the great war, the South American states were united in a mutual defense alliance. This Alliance slowly turned into a centralized republic. Much of South America's infrastructure was still lost in combat, but enough remains to sustain a nation and hopefully restore its former glory.
Color:See Map
Starting Claims:

"America has finally chosen sanity in a world filled with chaos. It is too late for us to control the damages caused through the Third World War, but America will recover, and a second golden age age will sprout out like a phoenix from the ashes. That is my goal as President. That is the goal of America as a whole. That is the goal of freedom and liberty.

The Union will never die, it will never weaken, and it will never break. America is more than a nation, it is an idea, and ideas will weather anything. In time, the rump states will fall back to fold, and the Union will survive, and grow. That is why I refuse to take any stars off the flag; the agreements of the states is in a perpetual binding Union. The Federal government has grown too corrupt, yes, but that doesn't mean we will abandon it, either.

I give a call to my homestate in Texas. I give a call to Alaska and Hawaii. The drums of freedom will never stop beating. It is in my authority for me to protect all Americans, including those who live in Texas, or Alaska, or Hawaii. Rejoin now, and we can secure our freedoms together with no questions asked. But if need be, the fate of America will be solved in another Civil War. But whether the pen, the sword, or even the gold piece that reunites the nation, it will be reunited.

But America also has a fate thrown upon us. In a new world where despots rule with an iron fist, we remain standing as a testament of freedom of democracy. This happened in 1776, it happened in 1948, and it happens now yet again. Over in the Middle East, Yusuf rules with an iron fist, oppressing those who disagree with them. In China, it is Fong, and in Africa, Shaka. But as long as I and the Libertarians are in the Oval Office, America will serve the forces of liberty, and not oppression.

The recession 10 years ago was caused by the Washington of old being careless, seeing only what was immediately in front of them and not what is behind that. The Third World War has got us back from the recession, but who knows when hyperinflation will strike again? We must go back to the gold standard if the Dollar is to be internationally respected in world trade again. The advantage we have now is that most of the world currencies also went to hell during the war, so we aren't worse off than any other nation.

My countrymen, America is again the the crossroads. We will move forward, we will push, and we will go to the brighter future, even if it means blazing our own path. But I will perish from this Earth before I see America and the traditions of liberty, freedom, and equality that she was founded upon disgraced in the eyes of the world. America: fate will smile upon us."
-Ron Paul, Inauguration Day 2020, January 20th, 2020

Omega124 said:

You forogt the part where Texas took some of the midwest states, but everything else is okay.

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Sorry, fixed.

MAP ERRORS:

@Civ'ed: Australia already claimed tile 84. Please choose another territory.

@Farsight: You claimed tile 38 twice. Please choose another territory.

The Commonwealth's Role in WWIII.

The Commonwealth was throw into the war early, defending Canada from invasion from the Chinese and Koreans. But their armies were defeated, and soon Ottowa fell to the armies. A riot occured in London, leading to a revoultion. Rebels, funded by the Chinese captured large parts of Southern England and Wales, and kept fighting till they marched into Scotland. The Royal Family retreated to Australia, to avoid the murder of them that the revoultaries desired. All that remained was Australia and New Zealand, who had resisted land battles so far.

The New Zealanders and Australia came together under the Monsoon Assualt, a large scale plan to liberate the Islands of the Pacific held by the enemies. It began in Indonesia, as troops marched through jungle to cities, fighting the Chinese as they went. The war began to stagant in '19, as attacks were repelled frequently. Finally on March 21st, 1999 the Asian Alliance and Australia set down in the Hong Kong Meetings and discussed peace. Many of the Indonesian Islands were given to Australia, and finally the war ended.

That is the History.

Prime Minister: William Hatter.
King: King William

I meant to take 82 instead of 84 anyway, Civ'ed can have it.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:

Claims:

27 (Capital), 28,76, 77, 17

HISTORY: The British People have decided, after decades of being shackled to an island, to expand into the world once more. They have elected leaders who will build ships and try to connect a naval empire worthy to stand the test of time. In these interests, the British Empire has claimed the foreign territories of Indo-Pakistan and Columbia, in the interest of making the UKGB+NI to become a WORLD power once again.

Leader: Queen Elizabeth III is the Head of State, but most power lies in Parliament

Some Comments:

The Union will never die, it will never weaken, and it will never break. America is more than a nation, it is an idea, and ideas will weather anything. In time, the rump states will fall back to fold, and the Union will survive, and grow. That is why I refuse to take any stars off the flag; the agreements of the states is in a perpetual binding Union. The Federal government has grown too corrupt, yes, but that doesn't mean we will abandon it, either.

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This isn't something Paul, who supports the right of secession, would say

Also, how is Paul POTUS in 2020!