A Brave New World

Portugal has been claimed already.
 
Ok i think i have the nation issue all worked out now. The stat page should be correct.

Orders due by Sunday.
 
OOC: @EQ So i take it if i used my only Public Spending IC on expanding a colony people wouldnt be happy at home?


To the Kingdom of Greece
From The Mighty British Empire:

Yes a trade pact is agreeable at this point in time.

To Egypt
From The Mighty British Empire:

We assure you we are still in a position to ensure your independance and in an effort to bring closer ties between our two nation states suggest a trade treaty along with a mutual defence agreement, if it suits you.
 
Vermont checking in, preparing to conquer the world

List of the Presidents of Vermont I created whilst notsick. They serve 5 year terms. All are wikipediaable.

Ethan Allen(1777-1782)
John Stark(1783-1788)
Matthew Lyon(1789-1794)
Moses Robinson(1795-1800)
Israel Smith(1801-1806)
Jonathan Robinson(1807-1812)
Stephen R. Bradley(1813-1818)
James Fisk(1819-1824)
Ezra Butler(1825-1830)
Joshua Bates(1830-Now)
 
Orders Sent.
 
The Chinese Emperor is searching for a Western sponsor to help it modernize. The benefits to being the sponsor to the Chinese Empire should not need to be laid out.

From: The Duoguang Emperor of China
To: Empire of the British

We seek your immediate cooperation in the cessation of the dangerous opium trade. There is no other alternative other than the complete de-legalization of this vile drug.
 
OK, now I'm mad.

I reserved Spain a good seven hours before a_propagandist in the welcome thread.

Why does he have Spain? Either you give me my rightful nation or I leave.


OK so you're spain, will you answer my IC offer? (i'm Portugal)
 
To The Emperor of China
From The British Empire:

We are willing to look into the delegalisation of the opium trade on the condition that China takes Britain as its sponsor in their movement towards 'civilization'. We see no reason why both our nations can not benefit immensly from this.
 
The Daoguang Emperor would be perfectly willing to accept such an arrangement.
 
To The Emperor of China
From The British Empire:

Very well, in exchange for our delegalisation of the opium trade within china or any of its territories and for our sponsorship we would like exclusive trade rights with china (at least to begin with) and as a sign of good will would be willing to sign a mutual defence pact in the event of conflict arising.
 
The Chinese Emperor is searching for a Western sponsor to help it modernize. The benefits to being the sponsor to the Chinese Empire should not need to be laid out.

From: The Duoguang Emperor of China
To: Empire of the British

We seek your immediate cooperation in the cessation of the dangerous opium trade. There is no other alternative other than the complete de-legalization of this vile drug.

China has fallen horribly behind the West in technology. What possible benefits could one get from sponsoring you, besides angering the rest of the west?


x-post... I started writing this right after you posted that. And isn't sponsoring China just a tad bit OOC?
 
China has fallen horribly behind the West in technology. What possible benefits could one get from sponsoring you, besides angering the rest of the west?


x-post... I started writing this right after you posted that. And isn't sponsoring China just a tad bit OOC?

I second this post. Britain isn't just going to say, off-the-bat: "Sure, China! We'll turn you into a potential rival in exchange for some exclusive trading rights which are essentially moot anyway in the age of spheres of influence!"

But whatever.
 
I'm sure EQ is smart enough to realize that they're metagaming and will take appropriate action. :)
 
Nothing to see here.
 
Well, OOC, another way to view this is the British are finding a new way to force China into its orbit. I'm sure if Azale gets out of line, the British will slap him down. Besides the rest of you can supply the Chinese opium needs now that the druggies have had their supplies cut off. All ya need is some opium.
 
To: France
From: Portugal


We would like to set up a trading pact with you, allowing trading of technologies, foods, and luxury items. Will you accept?

To: Spain
From: Portugal


Along with our trade pact we purpose a war pact, where we help one another out if one of us becomes engaged in a war.
 
OOC: It may not exactly be OTL but isnt the whole point of these games not to follow OTL? To be honest i dont actually know how the opium war ended, but lets just say in this timeline Britains leader decided on a whim that drugs were bad, i mean we lost the war of independance worse than we actually did, we arent too keen to jump into a war over a flower.
 
OOC: sorry for possible double post. In regards to the slave trade Britain outlawed that in 1807 so it should be outlawed... The act that outlaws slavery altogether wasnt passed until 1833 though so i suppose some britons could own a slave or two.. maybe :P
 
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