new civilization: Afrikaners

Civilization: Afrikaners (aka Böers)
Bonuses: Religious and Expansionist
Title and leader: Commandant Paul Kruger
Best/shunned government: Republic and Communism
Aggression: 04 (high)
Cultural group: European
Noun: Afrikaners
Adjective: Afrikaner
Colors: Dark Yellow (Mongols) and Orange (England)
UU: Horse Commando
Civilopedia entry: RACE_AFRIKANERS



Cities:
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Vereeninging
Nelspruit
Pietersburg
Bloemfontein
Pietermaritzburg
Oos-Londen
Kaapstad
Kimberlei
Bronkhorstpruit
Benonifontein
Germisten
Nigel
Heidelburg
Vanderbijlpark
Witbank
Middelburg
Stoffberg
Groblersdal
Bethal
Morgenzon
Grootdraai
Standerten
Amersfoort
Volksrust
Piet Retief
Wakkerstroom
Ermelo
Lothair
Breyten
Belfaast
Dullstroom
Waterval Boven
Lydenburg
Barberten
Sabie
Komatipoort
Graskop
Ohristad
Akornhoek
Warmbad
Nylstroom
Vaalwater
Potgietersrus
Grootgeluk
Ellisras
Baltimoor
Bochem
Zebedelia
Haenertsburg
Tzaneen
Duivelskloof
Penge
Gravelotte
Soekmekaar
Mika
Soutpansberg
Falensburg
Sasolburg
Parys
Heilbron
Villiers
Vrede
Memel
Tweeling
Warden
Reitz
Koppies
Frankfort
Edenville
Petrus Steyn
Lindlei
Arlingten
Kestell
Ventersburg
Bothaville
Odendaalsrus
Welkom
Hoopstad
Bloemhof
Hertzogville
Bultfontein
Theunissen
Senekal
Winburg
Fouriesburg
Ficksburg
Ladybrand
Brandfort
Marquard
Wesselbron
Boshof
Petrusburg
Dewetsdorp
Reddersburg
Wepener
Edenburg
Van Stadensrus
Zastron
Smitsveld
Springfontein
Bethulie
Philippsstad
Jagersfontein
Koffiefontein
Luckhoff
Belmont
Jakobsdal
Paulpietersburg
Nieuwburg
Louwsburg
Vryheid
Dannhauser
Wasbank
Melmoth
Felixstad
Kranskop
Durban
Edendal
Weenen
Van Reenen
Bergville
Stanger
Darnall
Tongaat
Umkomaas
Skotsburg
Kokstad
Underberg
Howiek
Dordrecht
Wilgdal
Herschel
Stutterheim
Peddie
Grahamsstad
Alfredpoort
Elizabethpoort
Uitenhage
Kirkhout
Kokhus
Tarkastad
Vaalkop
Kathkaart
Sterkstroom
Hofmeyr
Rosmeed
Steynsburg
Burgersdorp
Jakobsstad
Kradok
Peersten
Klipplaat
Jansenstad
Steytlerstad
Patensie
Kruisfontein
Humansdorp
Stormsrivier
Wilgmoor
Kendreuiw
Murreisburg
Nelspoort
Beaufort
Leeu
Gamka
Oudtshoorn
Avontuur
Uniondal
Mosselbaai
Herbertsdal
Groot-Brakrivier
Stilbaai
Riviersdal
Witsand
Laingsburg
Zoar
Ladismit
Touwsrivier
De Doorns
Langeberg
Kalitzdorp
Van Wyksdorp
Keres
Swellendam
Protem
Bredasdorp
Elim
Klipdal
Stellenbosch
Aschten
Strand
Walkerbaai
Simonstad
Wellingten
Paarl
Tulbak
Malmesburg
Darlinge
Hoopveld
Moorressburg
Portierstad
Piketberg
Velddrif
Vredenburg
Aurora
Citrusdal
Lambertsbaai
Vredendal
Klawer
Lutzville
Vanrhynsdorp
Nuwerus
Bitterfontein
Nieuwoudtville
Kalvinia
Elandsvlei
Suderland
Bontberg
Bastersberg
Fraserburg
Loeriesfontein
Willisten
Sakrivier
Brandvlei
Karnavon
Garies
Hondeklipbaai
Nollothspoort
Alexanderbaai
Oranjemund
Vioolsdrif
Steynkop
Nababeep
Oklep
Springbok
Gamoep
Goedhus
Aggeneys
Namies
Pofadder
Onseepkans
Bladgrond
Kakamas
Keimoes
Grobblershoop
Kenhardt
Putsonderwater
Mariedal
Vanwyksvlei
Vosburg
Mynfontein
Noupoort
Petrusville
Hoopstad
Griekwastad
Delportshoop
Warrenten
Danielskuil
Olifantshoek
Postmasburg
Sischen
Hotazeel
Sonstraal
Van Zylsrus
Twee Rivieren
Pomfret
Vryburg
Bloemhof
Makwasie
Reineke
Stella
Sannieshof
Klerksdorp
Ottosdal
Potchefstroom
Stilfontein
Orknei
Ventersdorp
Bakkersville
Lichtenburg
Ottoshoop
Koster
Rustenburg
Brits
Beestekral
Pienaarsrivier
Swartruggens
Zeerust
Groot-Mariko
Walvisbaai
Windhoek
Swakopmund
Hentiesbaai
Luiderits
Sendelingsdrif
Karasburg
Keetmanshoop
Kalkrand
Maltahoogt
Stampriet
Witvlei
Rietfontein
Hoogveld
Fransfontein
Grootfontein
Helmeringhus
Zeeheim
Gruinen
Noordoewer
Swartrand
Witboolsvlei
Ulenhoorst
Lenartsstad
Steynhus
Willemsdal
Holoog

Military leaders:
Jan van Riebeeck
Christiaan de Wet
Jan Smuts
Daniel François Malan
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd

Scientific ones:
Christiaan Barnard

Civilopedia:
Thanks to Top Gun
In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck of the Dutch East India Company founded a shipping station on the Cape of Good Hope. This colony
prospered, but market and work conditions in Cape Town (most of the work being done by slaves) led to a large proportion of
the white population adopting the life of [trekboeren] (wandering farmers).When Britain took control of Cape Colony in 1806,
the Boers soon became disenchanted with British rule, and this disenchantment led to the [Great Trek] when, between 1835 and
1843, roughly 12,000 Boers left the Cape and headed for the empty spaces of the high veld beyond the Orange and Vaal rivers.
Eventually, under the terms of the Sand River Convention (1852), the British agreed to recognize the independence of these
settlers in what came to be the Orange Free State and Transvaal.
British interest in control of the Transvaal region was re-kindled by the discovery in the late 1860s of gold and diamond
deposits along the Vaal river, and in 1877 Britain succeeded in annexing the regional athough a Boer uprising regained
independence after British forces were defeated at Majuba Hill (1881).
In 1886, further extensive gold deposits were discovered in the Witwatersrand area, and this led to a massive influx of -
primarily British and German - miners and fortune-seekers. These [uitlanders], as they became known, quickly came to
outnumber the Afrikaner population and although their presence served as a great stimulus to the economy of the region, the
Transvaal government - now led by {Paul Kruger} - refused to grant them voting rights.
This disenfranchisement of the uitlanders quickly became a major bone of contention in Britain, and the tension was raised
further by subsequent events, the most notable of which was Leander Starr Jameson's infamous "raid" in Decemeber 1895 - an
abortive attempt at stirring up an uitlander rebellion. Although the issues which apparently divided the sides could have
been resolved relatively quickly had the will to do so existed, the intransigence of Kruger coupled with his (justified)
suspicions of British motives and the determination of the British to use the franchise issue as the pretext for
precipitating a crisis, meant that war was virtually inevitable.
This inevitable, but at the same time wholly unnecessary, war finally broke out in October 1899 after a demand by Kruger
for the removal of British troop reinforcements was rejected and the Orange Free State, under its president Marthinus Steyn,
joined to fight alongside the Transvaal. Although the Afrikaners achieved some early successes against not notably well-led
British forces, they frittered away much of their initial advantage (of having their troops immediately on hand) by not
following up these successes properly. Once the British were able to bring up sufficient force, sheer weight of numbers made
the final outcome inevitable and the two capitals of Bloemfontein and Pretoria fell to the British in the summer of 1900.
After the fall of Pretoria, the conflict, continued but took on the nature of a guerrilla war.
During this guerrilla war, the Afrikaners' chief weapon was the Horse Commando. Although these commandos had been used
during the more formal phase of the war,they came into their own as guerrilla units. Swift and elusive, they were a constant
thorn in the flesh of the the British forces.
Eventually, the strain of maintaining this guerrilla war proved too much for the resources and resolve of the Afrikaner
republics and in May 1902 the Treaty of Vereeniging finally ended the independence of both the Afrikaner republics.
After the war, Britain gradually restored a degree of autonomy to the republics and, in 1910, became constituent Provinces
of the new Union of South Africa, a status they retained when this Union became the Republic of South Africa in 1961.
Generally speaking, the history of Afrikaner rule in the 20th Century was not a happy one. The strict policy of apartheid,
denying almost all rights to the majority non-white population, had always been part of the Afrikaner philosophy from the
very early days of the [trekboeren], but its perpetuation led to increasing international condemnation and the consequent
political and economic isolation of the Republic.
By the late 1980s, the days of minority Afrikaner rule were clearly numbered and eventually, in 1993, the then president
F.W. de Klerk bowed to the inevitable, and called elections in which [all] the people of South Africa would be eligible to
participate, thus writing himself into the history books and consigning Afrikaner rule to the same pages.

Horse Commando, the UU:
It replaces Cavalry, has 2 extra defensive points, 1 less offensive point, attack two time per turn and cost 10 shields more.

Bonus : Religious/Expansionist
Unique Unit : Horse Commando - replaces Cavalry, 5/5/3 with ZoC and Blitz


find it here
(scroll down to the Mountie. With Afrikaner civ colors, he'll morph into the Horse Commando. Unless of course Bebro will find the time to make an original Boer Horse Commando unit... )

Pedia text for the UU:

#PRTO_Horse_Commando
^
^
^The Afrikaner special unit, [Horse Commandos] take the place of $LINK<cavalry=PRTO_Cavalry>. They are fast-moving, can
[attack multiple times] in a single turn and will [withdraw] from combat if losing (unless fighting another fast unit).
^
^An Afrikaner city must have both $LINK<horses=GOOD_Horses> and $LINK<saltpeter=GOOD_Saltpeter> in its
$LINK<Strategic Resource=GCON_ResourcesS> box to build a horse commando.
#DESC_PRTO_Horse_Commando
^
^
^During the [Boer War (1899-1902)] fought between Britain and the Afrikaner republics of Orange Free State and Transvaal,
the horse commando proved itself to be a valuable guerrilla-type unit. Consisting of a relatively small group
of men, armed (typically) with Martini-Henry rifles and mounted on small horses or Basuto ponies, these commandos proved
to be swift and elusive. Ably led by men such as [Christiaan de Wet] and [Jan Smuts], they were capable of sudden, unexpected
and daring raids (Smuts' attack on the mining station at Okiep in the Western Cape is typical example) and proved to be a constant
thorn in the side of the then British commander, Lord Kitchener.

The Afrikaners are $LINK<religious and expansionist=GCON_Strengths>. They start the game with
$LINK<Ceremonial Burial=TECH_Ceremonial_Burial> and $LINK<The Wheel=TECH_The_Wheel> and build
$LINK<horse commandos=PRTO_Horse_Commando> instead of normal $LINK<cavalry=PRTO_Cavalry>.


In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck of the Dutch East India Company founded a shipping station on the Cape of Good Hope. This colony prospered,
but market and work conditions in Cape Town (most of the work being done by slaves) led to a large proportion of the white population adopting the life of [trekboeren] (wandering farmers).When Britain took control of Cape Colony in 1806, the Boers soon became disenchanted with British rule, and this disenchantment led to the [Great Trek] when, between 1835 and 1843, roughly 12,000 Boers left the Cape and headed for the empty spaces of the high veld beyond the Orange and Vaal rivers.
Eventually, under the terms of the Sand River Convention (1852), the British agreed to recognize the independence of these settlers in what came to be the Orange Free State and Transvaal.
British interest in control of the Transvaal region was re-kindled by the discovery in the late 1860s of gold and diamond deposits along the Vaal river, and in 1877 Britain succeeded in annexing the regional athough a Boer uprising regained independence after British forces were defeated at Majuba Hill (1881).
^In 1886, further extensive gold deposits were discovered in the Witwatersrand area, and this led to a massive influx of - primarily British and German - miners and fortune-seekers. These [uitlanders], as they became known, quickly came to outnumber the Afrikaner population and although their presence served as a great stimulus to the economy of the region, the Transvaal government - now led by {Paul Kruger} -
refused to grant them voting rights.
^This disenfranchisement of the uitlanders quickly became a major bone of contention in Britain, and the tension was raised further by subsequent events, the most notable of which was Leander Starr Jameson's infamous "raid" in Decemeber 1895 - an abortive attempt at stirring up an uitlander rebellion. Although the issues which apparently divided the sides could have been resolved relatively quickly had the will to do so existed, the intransigence of Kruger coupled with his (justified) suspicions of British motives and the determination of the British to use the franchise issue as the pretext for precipitating a crisis, meant that war was virtually inevitable

DESC
This inevitable, but at the same time wholly unnecessary, war finally broke out in October 1899 after a demand by Kruger for the removal of British troop reinforcements was rejected and the Orange Free State, under its president Marthinus Steyn, joined to fight alongside the Transvaal. Although the Afrikaners achieved some early successes against not notably well-led British forces, they frittered away much of their initial advantage (of having their troops immediately on hand) by not following up these successes properly. Once the British were able to bring up sufficient force, sheer weight of numbers made the final outcome inevitable and the two capitals of Bloemfontein and Pretoria fell to the British in the summer of 1900. After the fall of Pretoria, the conflict, continued but took on the nature of a guerrilla war.
^During this guerrilla war, the Afrikaners' chief weapon was the {horse commando}. Although these commandos had been used during the more formal phase of the war,
they came into their own as guerrilla units. Swift and elusive, they were a constant thorn in the flesh of the the British forces.
Eventually, the strain of maintaining this guerrilla war proved too much for the resources and resolve of the Afrikaner republics and in May 1902 the Treaty of Vereeniging finally ended the independence of both the Afrikaner republics.
After the war, Britain gradually restored a degree of autonomy to the republics and, in 1910, became constituent Provinces of the new Union of South Africa, a status they retained when this Union became the Republic of South Africa in 1961. Generally speaking, the history of Afrikaner rule in the 20th Century was not a happy one. The strict policy of [apartheid], denying almost all rights to the majority non-white population, had always been part of the Afrikaner philosophy from the very early days of the [trekboeren], but its perpetuation led to increasing international condemnation and the consequent political and economic isolation of the Republic.
By the late 1980s, the days of minority Afrikaner rule were clearly numbered and eventually, in 1993, the then president F.W. de Klerk bowed to the inevitable, and called elections in which [all] the people of South Africa would be eligible to participate, thus writing himself into the history books and consigning Afrikaner rule to the same pages.

Leader: Commandant-General Paul Kruger
Best/Shunned Government: Republic/Communism
Aggression: High
Colors: Khaki and Orange
Culture Group: European

Great leaders:
Jan van Riebeeck
Christiaan de Wet
Jan Smuts
Daniel François Malan
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Paul Botha
Fredrik Willem de Klerk

wouldn't there culture group be european?

Pretoria
Johannesburg
Vereeninging
Nelspruit
Pietersburg
Bloemfontein
Pietermaritzburg
Oos-Londen
Kaapstad
Kimberlei
Bronkhorstpruit
Benonifontein
Germisten
Nigel
Heidelburg
Vanderbijlpark
Witbank
Middelburg
Stoffberg
Groblersdal
Bethal
Morgenzon
Grootdraai
Standerten
Amersfoort
Volksrust
Piet Retief
Wakkerstroom
Ermelo
Lothair
Breyten
Belfaast
Dullstroom
Waterval Boven
Lydenburg
Barberten
Sabie
Komatipoort
Graskop
Ohristad
Akornhoek
Warmbad
Nylstroom
Vaalwater
Potgietersrus
Grootgeluk
Ellisras
Baltimoor
Bochem
Zebedelia
Haenertsburg
Tzaneen
Duivelskloof
Penge
Gravelotte
Soekmekaar
Mika
Soutpansberg
Falensburg
Sasolburg
Parys
Heilbron
Villiers
Vrede
Memel
Tweeling
Warden
Reitz
Koppies
Frankfort
Edenville
Petrus Steyn
Lindlei
Arlingten
Kestell
Ventersburg
Bothaville
Odendaalsrus
Welkom
Hoopstad
Bloemhof
Hertzogville
Bultfontein
Theunissen
Senekal
Winburg
Fouriesburg
Ficksburg
Ladybrand
Brandfort
Marquard
Wesselbron
Boshof
Petrusburg
Dewetsdorp
Reddersburg
Wepener
Edenburg
Van Stadensrus
Zastron
Smitsveld
Springfontein
Bethulie
Philippsstad
Jagersfontein
Koffiefontein
Luckhoff
Belmont
Jakobsdal
Paulpietersburg
Nieuwburg
Louwsburg
Vryheid
Dannhauser
Wasbank
Melmoth
Felixstad
Kranskop
Durban
Edendal
Weenen
Van Reenen
Bergville
Stanger
Darnall
Tongaat
Umkomaas
Skotsburg
Kokstad
Underberg
Howiek
Dordrecht
Wilgdal
Herschel
Stutterheim
Peddie
Grahamsstad
Alfredpoort
Elizabethpoort
Uitenhage
Kirkhout
Kokhus
Tarkastad
Vaalkop
Kathkaart
Sterkstroom
Hofmeyr
Rosmeed
Steynsburg
Burgersdorp
Jakobsstad
Kradok
Peersten
Klipplaat
Jansenstad
Steytlerstad
Patensie
Kruisfontein
Humansdorp
Stormsrivier
Wilgmoor
Kendreuiw
Murreisburg
Nelspoort
Beaufort
Leeu
Gamka
Oudtshoorn
Avontuur
Uniondal
Mosselbaai
Herbertsdal
Groot-Brakrivier
Stilbaai
Riviersdal
Witsand
Laingsburg
Zoar
Ladismit
Touwsrivier
De Doorns
Langeberg
Kalitzdorp
Van Wyksdorp
Keres
Swellendam
Protem
Bredasdorp
Elim
Klipdal
Stellenbosch
Aschten
Strand
Walkerbaai
Simonstad
Wellingten
Paarl
Tulbak
Malmesburg
Darlinge
Hoopveld
Moorressburg
Portierstad
Piketberg
Velddrif
Vredenburg
Aurora
Citrusdal
Lambertsbaai
Vredendal
Klawer
Lutzville
Vanrhynsdorp
Nuwerus
Bitterfontein
Nieuwoudtville
Kalvinia
Elandsvlei
Suderland
Bontberg
Bastersberg
Fraserburg
Loeriesfontein
Willisten
Sakrivier
Brandvlei
Karnavon
Garies
Hondeklipbaai
Nollothspoort
Alexanderbaai
Oranjemund
Vioolsdrif
Steynkop
Nababeep
Oklep
Springbok
Gamoep
Goedhus
Aggeneys
Namies
Pofadder
Onseepkans
Bladgrond
Kakamas
Keimoes
Grobblershoop
Kenhardt
Putsonderwater
Mariedal
Vanwyksvlei
Vosburg
Mynfontein
Noupoort
Petrusville
Hoopstad
Griekwastad
Delportshoop
Warrenten
Danielskuil
Olifantshoek
Postmasburg
Sischen
Hotazeel
Sonstraal
Van Zylsrus
Twee Rivieren
Pomfret
Vryburg
Bloemhof
Makwasie
Reineke
Stella
Sannieshof
Klerksdorp
Ottosdal
Potchefstroom
Stilfontein
Orknei
Ventersdorp
Bakkersville
Lichtenburg
Ottoshoop
Koster
Rustenburg
Brits
Beestekral
Pienaarsrivier
Swartruggens
Zeerust
Groot-Mariko
Walvisbaai
Windhoek
Swakopmund
Hentiesbaai
Luiderits
Sendelingsdrif
Karasburg
Keetmanshoop
Kalkrand
Maltahoogt
Stampriet
Witvlei
Rietfontein
Hoogveld
Fransfontein
Grootfontein
Helmeringhus
Zeeheim
Gruinen
Noordoewer
Swartrand
Witboolsvlei
Ulenhoorst
Lenartsstad
Steynhus
Willemsdal
Holoog

Well, I posted all the information I had. Maybe if I come across a good picture of the HorseCommando I'll post it here. ('cause I still harbor hopes that maybe Bebro could make a real nice unit for us so that we don't haev to recycle the Mountie - which has already been recycled as the US Cavalry).

But anyway, I an't wait to see your LH art, CivArmy!

Awesome informations Top Gun, thanks!!!
- do u still have that leader image? I can't find it, post again
- about the leaders: I choice the firt five ones to military and the two last ones to scientific, did I do a good choice?

The Third Generation of Civarmy leaderheads begins with the Boer and the Mapuche!

1st Generation: ..... is Coming to War!!!

2nd Generation: Increase the Emotion

3rd Generation: The Hordes do not stop with ......

first post, the first arts, I need some feedback to continue.

Sword, thge "3rd generation" will stop soon, when I finish this one and Mapuche leader, the units will come to war!

Paul Kruger is here


I think your first try at him looks a little too young. Make him more middle aged with dirty blond, grayed hair...

CivArmy.. your great leader assignments are fine - even though all of them are political/military leaders. One truly scientific "leader" from South Africa (who is also of Boer/Afrikaner descent) would be Christiaan Barnard, the cardiologist who performed the first open-heart surgery back in 1968.

this will do great for a boer war scenario i'm thinking a about

TopGun69 said:

CivArmy.. your great leader assignments are fine - even though all of them are political/military leaders. One truly scientific "leader" from South Africa (who is also of Boer/Afrikaner descent) would be Christiaan Barnard, the cardiologist who performed the first open-heart surgery back in 1968.

Click to expand...

Do u know more one or two? Maybe three scientifc leaders could be good.
When I have new arts of industrial age (with changes), I'll post

I did some changes in the leaderhead, they are in the first post

Christiaan Barnard
Philip Blaaiberg
Gerard Moerdyk
Vincent Oliphant


Note: All the other leaders posted earlier are military/political leaders!

Yeah, the leaderhead looks more and more like him. The facial features (wrinkes etc) and his expressions are perfect.

But I have a few additional suggestions:

I posted a contemporary portrait of him in here.
Even though I don't think he should be as old as in this portrait, I think he could use a couple more years of aging. It will probably be enough if you lightened up his beard quite a bit (make it greyish) and also a little less well-manicured (in other words: make it longer and a little wilder.)

What do you think?

Considering that much of the Afrikaners were farmers and what have you, shouldn't the Afrikaner civilization have one of their traits be Agricultural? I'd say religious can stay, but the Transvaal and Oranje Vrystaat never expanded beyond their borders first established by them in the interior and then by the British in 1910.

Not as new as you think (see here...)

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=39860

This was done for PtW which is why they weren't/aren't Agricultural. And the
Civilopedia entry looks very familiar...