Capto Iugulum Background Thread

[Luckymoose]

I think the phonograph was invented in Brazil, as it is mentioned in the 1900 update as a product of Rio de Janeiro. I could be wrong, though. Also, in 1903 Brazil built the first broadcast radio tower in Rio de Janeiro to send long distance voice communications and music.

 

[Terrance888]

Also, the World Conventions/Fairs of Industry/Inventions, Crystal Palace and all that good stuff?

It's in Normandy. It's ALL in Normandy. AFAIK there were no "Modern" World Fairs. I did 2 of them during the IT, planned another one when the BT rolled in, and I'd assume they would keep going for some time before they are ignored, what with their Orient Express extravaganza and all.

Also: Orient Express is much more than Paris to Constantinople. With great investment and ingenuity, Normans coordinated rail networks of several nations and companies, eventually developing a network stretching from Oporto to Constantinople, Moscow to Rouen, all with the Flemish Standard Gauge. There was also a offer to build a Swedish version of Cape to Cairo, but I don't know how that went.

 

[Blue Bacon 3]

OOC: Why did Normandy join the Confederation, with such a shining culture of its own?

 

[Terrance888]

OOC: Several Reasons

1) Orleanist Liberals fled to Normandy after the first Orleanist Revolt failed. Their influence helped lead Normandy to eventually leave Languedoc's camp into neutrality, and later from neutrality into the Paris-Burgundy's camp in time for the second Orleanist revolt, known as the Orleans War.
2) Normandy secured itself as the Gateway into France. To maintain their status, they arranged several economic agreements with Paris Burgundy, leading to a Zollverin-style tariff reduction union.
3) Their traditional ally Britain ignored them forever. (RAGE!)
4) As more states joined the Confederation, Normandy decides to bankroll the new government and became the financial-industrial heartland of the FBC.
5) Normandy feels guilt for escalating the Burgundy-Orleans war, (although this is more due to the fact that expected English support didn't show [RAGE!].). In the background, they polled the conflict as a Protestant-Catholic war. Their efforts failed because A I didn't get enough time to write adecent set of war orders and B England ignored me (RAGE!).

 

[Lord of Elves]

From what I vaguely remember of my own interest in building a Cape to Cairo railroad, being that it would run through what was primarily Scandinavian territory, is that there wasn't much expression of international interest and more importantly little expression of an intent by the other nations involved to cooperate. Even more than that though, the Great War kind of put an end to all of the discussion of multinational infrastructure projects in Africa.

 

[Terrance888]

There was little international interests.

But Normans will build it because it is there, challenging their intellect and ingenuity!

 

[Grandkhan]

There's also the Guinea to Cairo railroad, begun by Spain in the early 1900s (pre Great War) and finished in 1909. It was built, and then nobody used it. Ever.

re: technology, inustry and the sciences; I believe that the first expedition to reach the South pole was conducted by the Brazilians in 1902, and the north pole was first reached by Vinnish explorers around the same time.

 

[Luckymoose]

Yes, and Antarctica is divided between Argentina, Brazil and Britain.

 

[TheLizardKing]

*and Germany

 

[Luckymoose]

Germany has NONE of it.

 

[Grandkhan]

Germany is the Gretchen Wieners of Antarctic exploration.

 

[TheLizardKing]

I feel like Germany is as, if not distinctly more entitled to owning Antarctica than Brazil is.

 

[Terrance888]

Background thread for backgrounds and background discussions please. Just in case, you know, things get off topic.

Drekler Strikes Again!

Anyway, what would be nice is a link to Empires and Nations in this background thread. Doesn't necessarily need to be all updates, just the OP should be fine.

 

[Luckymoose]

I feel like Germany is as, if not distinctly more entitled to owning Antarctica than Brazil is.

But did you put a flag at the South Pole? No? Well, .

 

[TheLizardKing]

But did you put a flag at the South Pole? No? Well, .

Yes, well, we've never been to the South Pole, so we have no way of knowing you've actually planted a flag there either.

Also, Drekler loves playing in the snow.

Finally, I can answer German/Austrian related questions to whomever wishes for me to do so.

 

[Blue Bacon 3]

Do Chilean and Argentinian ships pass close enough to Antarctica for any 'owners' to toll them?

 

[Luckymoose]

Do Chilean and Argentinian ships pass close enough to Antarctica for any 'owners' to toll them?

Argentina owns that section, so why would they be tolled? Antarctica is not being used as a means of tolling, but of claiming fishing rights and territory for the future.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Vinland sent the first man to the North Pole!

 

[GamezRule]

Continued from the main thread.

I tried to stick as close to your names as possible. Like, for example, the state of Bayou. But I don't think there was any definitive document that stated what was named what, so I had to do my best but kind of guess.

Regarding the internal politics of the United States, I have stuck with what existed east of the Mississippi all I could, although I couldn't bear to see the Upper Peninsula of Michigan be the State of Delta, so I gave it the name Superior, which is the name it would have if it ever actually was an independent state. I know that Vinland has their own names for the Great Lakes, but as I don't know what the English versions are, I am sticking with the OTL names, except Ontario is instead named Lake Dammark.

Also, because of the presence of Detroit, I'm going to assume that there were still many French explorers present in the New World, and thus there are a lot of things with French names in the Great Lakes region.

Regarding the dropping of names in the West, I am abolishing the names that reference the Scottist era. I am rather discontented with renaming the state to Idaho. I am open to take other suggestions for naming, should any be presented.

 

[Terrance888]

You can name it after Lewis/Clark. Or this Timeline's versions anyway.

Idaho is a fake name anyway.