Swissempire
Poet Jester
Okay, as for the age thing, being in that age means they have ACESS to that technology. If we do ages purely based on capacity to produce, China and India wouldn't be in the Early Industrial Age until the 1900's and Africa would never reach it. But those countries have the guns and can get the infrastructure. Its Globalization spurred by European Colonialism, following the trends of the times. Especially with the polices of Mercantilism or Imperialism, exports to non-european countries are huge, exporting everything from guns to works to supervise projects. This is one of the main reasons the Powers forced open ports.
That said, there is a Uber-Secret Formula for determining Battle Outcomes, and so the Wests expertise is taking partially into account. Global Trade is an invisible force that can have huge effects on any NES. I hope this clears everything up.
Plus, Mysore drove back Britain, so anything is possible.
As for you Luckymoose, The Italian Republic is recently formed, so they have no formal allainces yet, and countries are still forming there opinon of them.
That said, there is a Uber-Secret Formula for determining Battle Outcomes, and so the Wests expertise is taking partially into account. Global Trade is an invisible force that can have huge effects on any NES. I hope this clears everything up.
Plus, Mysore drove back Britain, so anything is possible.
As for you Luckymoose, The Italian Republic is recently formed, so they have no formal allainces yet, and countries are still forming there opinon of them.