Provolution
Sage of Quatronia
Foreign Affairs National Interest 2150 BC/160 BI (Before Iron)
This strategic vision is within the mandate of foreign affairs, to give a vision on what is needed to match up with the militaristic Zulus and Romans, the long term nemesis the Babylonians and finally the expansionist Iriquois.
However, in order to get there, as far as I can recommend is to develop an external defensible border, the Japanatican "Limes", holding 10 (Ten) specialized cities, and setting defensive positions on good defensible ground, namely rivers and hills/mountains. In order to provide the people an appropriate intelligence analysis, I will include domestic, military, trade, science and culture issues.
In this setting, as a Foreign Affairs Minister, I also serve the President and Sarevoks War Ministry Pentagon as a national security advisor. I draft the vision, they do the planning, implementation and operation.
We are now in 160 BI (Before Iron) also -160 Anno Ferrum
Primarily, we can divide the Japanatican Term One Expanse into Two City sectors with each their long term strategic mission. This means that the 10 envisioned cities, allow me to work in priocess names later, may be divided into 5 special sectors with predefined roles in projecting local influence.
SECTOR "SOUTHERN RANGE" - THE BABYLONIAN FRONTIER /" UME PLATEAU"
Japanatican Cities
"Umeguchi" (Horseport)
"Mitsubishi" (Three Diamonds)
"Umeguchi" would be the regional Garrison City, with a port, military facilities like barracks and city walls, as well as a sizable army, combined forces, with an emphasis on siege weapons, now catapult.
"Mitsubishi", more detached from the Babylonian border, situated on a river with excellent resource benefits from diamonds, wheat, river endowment, defensible and a future scientific and economic powerhouse (I am proud of you that voted for this, now you saw the impact of little Furuyama).
The plan is to build a library, maybe a market over time here.
The Southern sector may be comparable to the Kashmir border, with absolutely no risk for cultural conversion, little economy but diamonds, a nemesis on the other side of the mountain and in general a challenging battlespace where the attacker must bleed for every single step forwards. Siegeweapons and defense units, with some archers for bombard support would be the mainstay here. I know Sarevok wants an early war, but the terrain dictates Samurai units in order to win a decisive war.
Luckliy, the vast mountain range reduce the cultural impact from the culturally strong Babylonians, so they cannot outculture us in Term one or Term 2, so I do not consider them the prime enemy at this point.
SECTOR "SOUTHERN EXPANSE "- ALL FRONTIER "GRAPES OF WRATH STEPPES"
Japanatican Cities
"Area 52 City"
"Lago"
"Area 52 City has a long term prospect for the Japanatican people, the natural of the land makes this a natural garrison state, a pure militaristic chokepoint that can project military power into both the southern and the northern theaters, as well as handling the Grapes of Wrath Steppes with an increasingly trained contigency of cavalry. In addition, when iron working is integrated into the Japanatican economy, there is also to be a standing reserve of swordsmen, that can be sent North or South, or capture Steppe cities that are infringing on the sole sovereignty of Japanatica (Sarevok and Bobby Lee would have loved this city). This city is to be built on that hill in the edge of the desert, using desert for production and grass for food.
"Lago"'s mission is simple, it is to project local influence in the race for land on the Eastern frontier, facing expansionist Zulus and Iroquois, and containing their influence in critical hotspots. A standing army of swordsmen will keep those hills intact, sheltered by a controllable lake on one side, standing on defensible river and hills, and having the left flank covered by another city.
This means potential scouting missions, raids, small scale wars and so on.
Barbarians may still be the biggest local threat, for a while.
The Southeastern Sector has a very complex mission, it has to be the very centerpiece of Japanatican defense systeme, and facing a more varied terrain than anywhere else, everything from desert, fooplains, grasslands, hills, forests, mountains, rivers and yes, even the major lake. The Japanatican cavalry force will hold this sector, or marginal use elsewhere, and will be sharpening their skills on local barbarians, scouting troop movements in the open steppelands, as well as being a strategic mobile reserve in the middle of the defenseline. These cities will be the most militarized front, in fact, comparable to the battlespace of Central Asia in the ancient times.
SECTOR "EASTERN UNKNOWN FRONTIER" - "VODKA RIVER"
Japanatican Cities
"Kurinoto Hidarimori" (Clint Eastwood)
"Sake City"
"Kurinoto", The farthest Eastern City will have several challenges, as it in particular will face and check the Roman expansion westwards, with their legions, millitaristic skills and commercial strength. In addition they may as well be challenged by Zulu impis, Iroquios riders as well as barbarians. This high risk environment and likely battlespace require a well defended city, ideally placed on hills/river. and a solid contingent swordsmen, spearmen and archers. Yet, the ambition is national security through holding the land between Lago and Sake City, and only support scouting missions in the area as well as escorting future settlers. In addition, we need to be flexible in what this city should further have as a third speclialization beyond defense/offense.
"Sake City" would be Japanaticans Northern garden city, with all endowments for a regional major city, with Japanaticas only vineyards, hence the name.
The role of this city is to support Kurinotos future city localization duel with the Romans eastwards with settlers, projecting settler influence in competition with the Romans, as well as producing auxiliary support units.
The Eastern Frontier is a very volatile one, first of all thanks to limited intelligence. Yet, we know there is vast unsettled lands in the eastern direction, and we need some local focused effort to fill that scope. The Eastern Frontier will also be the main area of Term 2 Japanese territorial expansion, along with the Northern Frontier. Yet this frontier has a sense of immediacy about it, so sensitive diplomacy and adept city planning is necessary in facing tough competition.
SECTOR "NORTHERN UNKNOWN FRONTIER" - "ABSTANISTAN"
Japanatican cities
"Pioner City"
Pioner City will be the only city targeted initially on the Northern Frontier in term one, mass producing settlers, escort spearmen and a local colonial force of swordsmen and archers. This city also has a port, and will seek to colonize Northern potential ports along the Western coast, as well as the best sites inland. facing a potential hidden civilization next by possible Zulus, as we did not see them south or southeast, but northwest (a scout unit). The mission of this city is simple, expand Japanatican territory. One cavalry may be needed here as a local cavalry detachment dealing with the vast desert.
This strategic vision is within the mandate of foreign affairs, to give a vision on what is needed to match up with the militaristic Zulus and Romans, the long term nemesis the Babylonians and finally the expansionist Iriquois.
However, in order to get there, as far as I can recommend is to develop an external defensible border, the Japanatican "Limes", holding 10 (Ten) specialized cities, and setting defensive positions on good defensible ground, namely rivers and hills/mountains. In order to provide the people an appropriate intelligence analysis, I will include domestic, military, trade, science and culture issues.
In this setting, as a Foreign Affairs Minister, I also serve the President and Sarevoks War Ministry Pentagon as a national security advisor. I draft the vision, they do the planning, implementation and operation.
We are now in 160 BI (Before Iron) also -160 Anno Ferrum
Primarily, we can divide the Japanatican Term One Expanse into Two City sectors with each their long term strategic mission. This means that the 10 envisioned cities, allow me to work in priocess names later, may be divided into 5 special sectors with predefined roles in projecting local influence.
SECTOR "SOUTHERN RANGE" - THE BABYLONIAN FRONTIER /" UME PLATEAU"
Japanatican Cities
"Umeguchi" (Horseport)
"Mitsubishi" (Three Diamonds)
"Umeguchi" would be the regional Garrison City, with a port, military facilities like barracks and city walls, as well as a sizable army, combined forces, with an emphasis on siege weapons, now catapult.
"Mitsubishi", more detached from the Babylonian border, situated on a river with excellent resource benefits from diamonds, wheat, river endowment, defensible and a future scientific and economic powerhouse (I am proud of you that voted for this, now you saw the impact of little Furuyama).
The plan is to build a library, maybe a market over time here.
The Southern sector may be comparable to the Kashmir border, with absolutely no risk for cultural conversion, little economy but diamonds, a nemesis on the other side of the mountain and in general a challenging battlespace where the attacker must bleed for every single step forwards. Siegeweapons and defense units, with some archers for bombard support would be the mainstay here. I know Sarevok wants an early war, but the terrain dictates Samurai units in order to win a decisive war.
Luckliy, the vast mountain range reduce the cultural impact from the culturally strong Babylonians, so they cannot outculture us in Term one or Term 2, so I do not consider them the prime enemy at this point.
SECTOR "SOUTHERN EXPANSE "- ALL FRONTIER "GRAPES OF WRATH STEPPES"
Japanatican Cities
"Area 52 City"
"Lago"
"Area 52 City has a long term prospect for the Japanatican people, the natural of the land makes this a natural garrison state, a pure militaristic chokepoint that can project military power into both the southern and the northern theaters, as well as handling the Grapes of Wrath Steppes with an increasingly trained contigency of cavalry. In addition, when iron working is integrated into the Japanatican economy, there is also to be a standing reserve of swordsmen, that can be sent North or South, or capture Steppe cities that are infringing on the sole sovereignty of Japanatica (Sarevok and Bobby Lee would have loved this city). This city is to be built on that hill in the edge of the desert, using desert for production and grass for food.
"Lago"'s mission is simple, it is to project local influence in the race for land on the Eastern frontier, facing expansionist Zulus and Iroquois, and containing their influence in critical hotspots. A standing army of swordsmen will keep those hills intact, sheltered by a controllable lake on one side, standing on defensible river and hills, and having the left flank covered by another city.
This means potential scouting missions, raids, small scale wars and so on.
Barbarians may still be the biggest local threat, for a while.
The Southeastern Sector has a very complex mission, it has to be the very centerpiece of Japanatican defense systeme, and facing a more varied terrain than anywhere else, everything from desert, fooplains, grasslands, hills, forests, mountains, rivers and yes, even the major lake. The Japanatican cavalry force will hold this sector, or marginal use elsewhere, and will be sharpening their skills on local barbarians, scouting troop movements in the open steppelands, as well as being a strategic mobile reserve in the middle of the defenseline. These cities will be the most militarized front, in fact, comparable to the battlespace of Central Asia in the ancient times.
SECTOR "EASTERN UNKNOWN FRONTIER" - "VODKA RIVER"
Japanatican Cities
"Kurinoto Hidarimori" (Clint Eastwood)
"Sake City"
"Kurinoto", The farthest Eastern City will have several challenges, as it in particular will face and check the Roman expansion westwards, with their legions, millitaristic skills and commercial strength. In addition they may as well be challenged by Zulu impis, Iroquios riders as well as barbarians. This high risk environment and likely battlespace require a well defended city, ideally placed on hills/river. and a solid contingent swordsmen, spearmen and archers. Yet, the ambition is national security through holding the land between Lago and Sake City, and only support scouting missions in the area as well as escorting future settlers. In addition, we need to be flexible in what this city should further have as a third speclialization beyond defense/offense.
"Sake City" would be Japanaticans Northern garden city, with all endowments for a regional major city, with Japanaticas only vineyards, hence the name.
The role of this city is to support Kurinotos future city localization duel with the Romans eastwards with settlers, projecting settler influence in competition with the Romans, as well as producing auxiliary support units.
The Eastern Frontier is a very volatile one, first of all thanks to limited intelligence. Yet, we know there is vast unsettled lands in the eastern direction, and we need some local focused effort to fill that scope. The Eastern Frontier will also be the main area of Term 2 Japanese territorial expansion, along with the Northern Frontier. Yet this frontier has a sense of immediacy about it, so sensitive diplomacy and adept city planning is necessary in facing tough competition.
SECTOR "NORTHERN UNKNOWN FRONTIER" - "ABSTANISTAN"
Japanatican cities
"Pioner City"
Pioner City will be the only city targeted initially on the Northern Frontier in term one, mass producing settlers, escort spearmen and a local colonial force of swordsmen and archers. This city also has a port, and will seek to colonize Northern potential ports along the Western coast, as well as the best sites inland. facing a potential hidden civilization next by possible Zulus, as we did not see them south or southeast, but northwest (a scout unit). The mission of this city is simple, expand Japanatican territory. One cavalry may be needed here as a local cavalry detachment dealing with the vast desert.
