MoreEpicThanYou
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I agree, you said we would stop then.
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What began as an ordinary session quickly became something different. In March 1680, the last of the Lancasters died in Britain, and Britain entered a personal union with the great central European power, Austria. The British were not thrilled with this happening, and nor were the other European powers, as it greatly threatened the balance of power in Europe.
And amongst the documents in the Lancastrian castles in London was a pact, inked two decades prior, between the Ottoman Empire and Britain. This pact pledged that both sides would work together to prevent further Austrian expansion via personal unions - although it had been anticipated that Austria would gain them through claims on thrones and obscure documents, not purely luck with a royal marriage. The British nobles and the Ottoman Empire agreed to invoke their pact, and preparations began.
However, Austria was keen to the threat of Britain breaking out of the pact, and not desiring this, beat Britain to the punch by a couple weeks. On July 2, 1680, Austria declared war on Britain's vassal Inca, thus causing a war with the people of Britain, despite their technically being in a personal union with Austria. This ensured that Britain itself could not declare war on Austria in order to end the personal union.
The following month, the Ottoman Empire declared war on Austria, fulfilling their part of the pact. Throughout the fall, the Ottoman and Austrian troops marched around the borders, but there was, at first, little combat. By the end of the year, the Ottomans occupied Dalmatia, Croatia, and Carpathia, but no major battles had occured.
In November, Burgundy declared war on Austria, having decided it wise to intervene to maintain the balance of power while they could. Unfortunately for Burgundy, Castille would fight on Austria's side, which would prove to be a major pain point.
At sea, meanwhile, the Austrian fleet managed to defeat the British one off the shore of Albania, and would later block the Dardanelles, slowing the Ottoman reinforcements who now had to march north of the Black Sea. The Ottoman navy, half of which was in the East Indies, was at the time unable to issue a challenge.
Burgundy and Britain would begin a slow campaign forward towards Swabia, and would be helped by Frankfurt, who declared war on Austria and brought their moderately sized but skilled army to the fight. In the south-west, Britain and the Ottomans coordinated to take Austria's center of trade in Genoa, and to start taking the Alps. However, the western front would stabilize for Austria in 1681. Frankfurt accepted white peace, and Burgundy was forced to fall back due to the advancing Castillians. By late summer, the British and Ottoman troops were outnumbered and in disarray, having lost defensively in the Alps, and the Ottoman part of the force defeated. Genoa was retaken, although at the present Britain still occupies Savoie and has their army in the region.
So it was that by early winter 1681, Burgundy accepted an offer of white peace for Austria. Despite British and Ottoman wishes, the situation with war exhaustion, the Castillians, and Burgundy's seemingly never-ending Time of Troubles was simply becoming overwhelming.
The Eastern Front, however, brought advances to the allied forces in 1681. The first major battle came in the spring, when 50,000 Ottoman forces gained a victory over 60,000 Austrians at Osijek, on the Ottoman frontier. A few months later, 100,000 Ottomans would defeat 50,000 Austrians at Szolnok, in the Hungarian part of Austria's empire, and follow that up with another victory at nearby Partium. This would allow the Ottomans to take additional provinces, including Partium, Szolnok, Ersekujvar, Somogy, and intermittently, Sopron. A northern detachment also took Sungau II (formerly Sierdraz) without opposition.
Still, Austria had forces in the area, and would bring them to bear. In the fall of 1681, the Austrians would defeat Ottoman armies at Sopron and again at Slavonia, forcing them to retreat to Osijek, where they are presently in battle with three battered Ottoman armies led by none other than Padishah Isa I himself.
Meanwhile, the Ottoman navy's challenge to Austria in the autumn of 1681 proved to be disastrous. With the other half of their navy having arrived from the East, the Ottomans engaged Austria in the Aegean. Although some minor victories were seen over Austria's small blockade detachments, in the main battle, Austria was indisputably the victor, with the Ottomans losing approximately 20 capital ships in addition to several smaller vessels. The Ottoman naval commanders have identified their large proportion of obsolete ships, such as carracks and barques, as a primary cause for their defeat despite equal to slightly superior numbers.
But the Sultan has received good news as well, for just last week, the Ottoman Empire captured Vienna, on the day after Christmas. Ferdinand IV Gryf of Austria will now have to fight his way to the great palaces in Vienna. However, despite the morale boost for the Ottomans, this is hardly a decisive blow to Austria, Vienna having been occupied several times previously, most recently in 1624 by Bavaria.
The Scandinavian front has been, overall, fairly quiet, despite some British and Burgundian attempts to stir it up. The Swedes and Norwegians especially have been thankful for their relative peace.
Another northern front existed in Siberia, where Novgorod declared war on the Ottomans in late 1680. Although Novgorod never posed a serious threat, they did keep a detachment of the Ottoman army occupied before accepting a white peace in 1681, once their defeat was imminent.
In North America, Burgundy occupied all of Austria's coastal provinces, but due to the situation in Europe, was unable to make much of these gains.
In South America, meanwhile, the Inca have been occupied, but elsewhere the guns have been quiet.
And in China, Qin joined the alliance against Austria. Austria, however, had respectable numbers of troops in China, and was able to exact modest tribute from Qin. During that war, the Ottomans made small advances into Austrian China, but due to superior Austrian numbers in the region, were forced to fall back once Qin left the war, and Austrian has since reclaimed their Chinese provinces.
The outcome of the war is still very much in flux. Both Austria and the Ottomans are accumulating significant war exhaustion, but both still have large armies. The Western front may be stable for Austria at the moment, but British troops are still in the area. The Austrians also enjoy naval superiority at the moment, but must keep their navy concentrated lest the Ottoman or British navy scores a victory. And while Burgundy was forced to bow out of the war, the British are the only major participants who are not currently suffering war exhaustion issues.
Although most of the world has been embroiled in this war in some way, there still have been minor events elsewhere. Oldenburg was vassalized by Burgundy, ensuring their support in Imperial elections. Morocco lost some of their North American land to Spain, in an unsuccessful trade war. And Mazovia, though keeping out of the big wars in Europe, captured Muscowy and its Center of Trade from Ryazan this turn.
All other players, please feel free to add details. I know there was more happening on the western front than I've written about here, but not having been involved in much of it myself, I am not familiar with all the details. Also, I could include a global map, but there really isn't much that's changed besides the fronts in Europe.
And amongst the documents in the Lancastrian castles in London was a pact, inked two decades prior, between the Ottoman Empire and Britain. This pact pledged that both sides would work together to prevent further Austrian expansion via personal unions - although it had been anticipated that Austria would gain them through claims on thrones and obscure documents, not purely luck with a royal marriage. The British nobles and the Ottoman Empire agreed to invoke their pact, and preparations began.
However, Austria was keen to the threat of Britain breaking out of the pact, and not desiring this, beat Britain to the punch by a couple weeks. On July 2, 1680, Austria declared war on Britain's vassal Inca, thus causing a war with the people of Britain, despite their technically being in a personal union with Austria. This ensured that Britain itself could not declare war on Austria in order to end the personal union.
The following month, the Ottoman Empire declared war on Austria, fulfilling their part of the pact. Throughout the fall, the Ottoman and Austrian troops marched around the borders, but there was, at first, little combat. By the end of the year, the Ottomans occupied Dalmatia, Croatia, and Carpathia, but no major battles had occured.
In November, Burgundy declared war on Austria, having decided it wise to intervene to maintain the balance of power while they could. Unfortunately for Burgundy, Castille would fight on Austria's side, which would prove to be a major pain point.
At sea, meanwhile, the Austrian fleet managed to defeat the British one off the shore of Albania, and would later block the Dardanelles, slowing the Ottoman reinforcements who now had to march north of the Black Sea. The Ottoman navy, half of which was in the East Indies, was at the time unable to issue a challenge.
Burgundy and Britain would begin a slow campaign forward towards Swabia, and would be helped by Frankfurt, who declared war on Austria and brought their moderately sized but skilled army to the fight. In the south-west, Britain and the Ottomans coordinated to take Austria's center of trade in Genoa, and to start taking the Alps. However, the western front would stabilize for Austria in 1681. Frankfurt accepted white peace, and Burgundy was forced to fall back due to the advancing Castillians. By late summer, the British and Ottoman troops were outnumbered and in disarray, having lost defensively in the Alps, and the Ottoman part of the force defeated. Genoa was retaken, although at the present Britain still occupies Savoie and has their army in the region.
So it was that by early winter 1681, Burgundy accepted an offer of white peace for Austria. Despite British and Ottoman wishes, the situation with war exhaustion, the Castillians, and Burgundy's seemingly never-ending Time of Troubles was simply becoming overwhelming.
The Eastern Front, however, brought advances to the allied forces in 1681. The first major battle came in the spring, when 50,000 Ottoman forces gained a victory over 60,000 Austrians at Osijek, on the Ottoman frontier. A few months later, 100,000 Ottomans would defeat 50,000 Austrians at Szolnok, in the Hungarian part of Austria's empire, and follow that up with another victory at nearby Partium. This would allow the Ottomans to take additional provinces, including Partium, Szolnok, Ersekujvar, Somogy, and intermittently, Sopron. A northern detachment also took Sungau II (formerly Sierdraz) without opposition.
Still, Austria had forces in the area, and would bring them to bear. In the fall of 1681, the Austrians would defeat Ottoman armies at Sopron and again at Slavonia, forcing them to retreat to Osijek, where they are presently in battle with three battered Ottoman armies led by none other than Padishah Isa I himself.
Meanwhile, the Ottoman navy's challenge to Austria in the autumn of 1681 proved to be disastrous. With the other half of their navy having arrived from the East, the Ottomans engaged Austria in the Aegean. Although some minor victories were seen over Austria's small blockade detachments, in the main battle, Austria was indisputably the victor, with the Ottomans losing approximately 20 capital ships in addition to several smaller vessels. The Ottoman naval commanders have identified their large proportion of obsolete ships, such as carracks and barques, as a primary cause for their defeat despite equal to slightly superior numbers.
But the Sultan has received good news as well, for just last week, the Ottoman Empire captured Vienna, on the day after Christmas. Ferdinand IV Gryf of Austria will now have to fight his way to the great palaces in Vienna. However, despite the morale boost for the Ottomans, this is hardly a decisive blow to Austria, Vienna having been occupied several times previously, most recently in 1624 by Bavaria.
The Scandinavian front has been, overall, fairly quiet, despite some British and Burgundian attempts to stir it up. The Swedes and Norwegians especially have been thankful for their relative peace.
Another northern front existed in Siberia, where Novgorod declared war on the Ottomans in late 1680. Although Novgorod never posed a serious threat, they did keep a detachment of the Ottoman army occupied before accepting a white peace in 1681, once their defeat was imminent.
In North America, Burgundy occupied all of Austria's coastal provinces, but due to the situation in Europe, was unable to make much of these gains.
In South America, meanwhile, the Inca have been occupied, but elsewhere the guns have been quiet.
And in China, Qin joined the alliance against Austria. Austria, however, had respectable numbers of troops in China, and was able to exact modest tribute from Qin. During that war, the Ottomans made small advances into Austrian China, but due to superior Austrian numbers in the region, were forced to fall back once Qin left the war, and Austrian has since reclaimed their Chinese provinces.
The outcome of the war is still very much in flux. Both Austria and the Ottomans are accumulating significant war exhaustion, but both still have large armies. The Western front may be stable for Austria at the moment, but British troops are still in the area. The Austrians also enjoy naval superiority at the moment, but must keep their navy concentrated lest the Ottoman or British navy scores a victory. And while Burgundy was forced to bow out of the war, the British are the only major participants who are not currently suffering war exhaustion issues.
Although most of the world has been embroiled in this war in some way, there still have been minor events elsewhere. Oldenburg was vassalized by Burgundy, ensuring their support in Imperial elections. Morocco lost some of their North American land to Spain, in an unsuccessful trade war. And Mazovia, though keeping out of the big wars in Europe, captured Muscowy and its Center of Trade from Ryazan this turn.
All other players, please feel free to add details. I know there was more happening on the western front than I've written about here, but not having been involved in much of it myself, I am not familiar with all the details. Also, I could include a global map, but there really isn't much that's changed besides the fronts in Europe.
I would like to point out, that myself and METY have fought in the past. :3
ai Burgundy might have started it, but thats really beyond the point
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Well not as large scale as this.
Quite true. Britain and myself also had a colonial war, but that was confined to a limited theater of operations, and merely led to the preservation of the status quo.
Does anyone presently have the January 2, 1682 save? I forgot to copy it over to my travel computer, so I don't have it on hand right now.
Also, Billy, can you confirm that the Reichsreform was successful? For some reason that never made it to my side of the game - maybe it's a bug in multiplayer. I saw several "The need for reform is dire" votes in the game log, but it never actually registered if it did succeed.
This is one situation where I'd vote in favor of adding that in if it isn't in the saves, provided it did indeed succeed (I agree with Austria in favor of leaving the messy PU situation as is, however).
MoreEpicThanYou
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I have the save, but it'll be a bit before it finishes uploading.
MoreEpicThanYou
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Here it is.
I believe the Reichsreform did pass.
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Are we having a session today? I am available, with IP 216.26.111.162.
I'm not sure why the "Call for Reichsreform" is visible to me; it looks like the save thinks it passed on May 5, 1681.
Maybe it's only showing for HRE countries?
Edit: I could be wrong, there's a bunch of reichsreform_yes's, only some of them as 5/5/1681...
I'm not sure why the "Call for Reichsreform" is visible to me; it looks like the save thinks it passed on May 5, 1681.
Maybe it's only showing for HRE countries?Edit: I could be wrong, there's a bunch of reichsreform_yes's, only some of them as 5/5/1681...
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Continuing from last time, Britain and the Ottomans were at war with Austria. At the end of the previous session, the Ottomans had occupied some of Austria's Hungarian lands, but Austria still had a large force, and the outcome of the war was uncertain.
Austria had threatened Britain with invasion, but a large-scale invasion never arrived. Aberdeen was taken by Austria, but Britain was quickly able to retake it. Meanwhile, the Ottoman Navy, newly rebuilt, had sailed to the Highlands via the mid-Atlantic, and prepared to duel with the Austrian navy, which was off England's southeastern shore. The battle came at Dogger Bank, where the Ottoman navy dealt a defeat to the vaunted Austrian Navy, sinking 17 of their transports and 11 capital ships, while capturing two of them. Thus, the threat to Britain itself was effectively ended.
On land, meanwhile, battle raged in Hungary. After a brief retreat to reinforce in the spring of 1682, the Ottomans advanced once more. Austria had retaken Vienna, but the Ottomans had Graz, Krain, and Sopron, and it was at Graz that the main battle took place. 70,000 Austrians attached 20-25,000 Ottomans defending Graz, and both sides quickly reinforced, until such point that there were about 105,000 Austrians and 95,000 Ottomans involved. The battle was close, and in the end, the Ottomans were forced to retreat, although the Austrians took somewhat higher casualties.
Padishah Isa I, with his 15-20,000 men, had already fallen back to Slavonia the month before, however, helping cover the Ottoman retreat. Austria pursued the Ottomans to Slavonia, but the Padishah was ready. The Austrians, nearly as worn out as the retreating Ottomans, were not prepared to fight an organized army, and the Padishah's troops managed to dissolve the entire remaining Austrian army of approximately 60-70,000 men, and over 100 regiments. This stinging blow established the tide in Europe.
Austria, however, still had some tricks ready. In southern India, about 15,000 Austrians landed, and the Ottomans were initially not ready, the local troops engaged in rebel-fighting. Several provinces were taken. Austria also attempted to take Ottoman Southeast Asia. The latter effort was less successful, as doing so left China undefended and two Ottoman armies proceeded to take much of Austrian China.
At sea, the Austrians began island-hopping and burning the Ottoman colonies, while Portugal seized a couple. With the Ottoman navy in Britain, this was initially unopposed, although later on the Ottoman navy did manage to sink a sizeable detachment of Austria's Indian Ocean navy.
Throughout 1683, the Ottomans advanced into central Europe, taking Eastern Italy and then marching towards Switzerland, and south to Abruzzi in Italy. Austria did manage to recruit a new army, which towards the end of the year was able to make marches in the east towards retaking Vienna. Another Austrian army in Franche-Comte was able to defeat two Ottoman armies, stabilizing the Swiss front. However, by late 1683, both sides were ready to consider peace. Despite the recent victories, Austria could not realistically expect to be able to retake Europe, and their economy was suffering heavily from the war. The Ottomans, meanwhile, had an astounding 23 war exhaustion that was beginning to be rather problematic. Britain, though not in as serious of trouble, nevertheless had little to gain from extending the war. So negotiations began.
And though they were lengthy, in the end a peace was agreed to. Austria would release Denmark and Venice as sovereign states, and pay 1000 ducats in reparations to Britain, and 500 to the Ottomans. Britain, meanwhile, agreed to vacate Incan lands in South America. It's also worth noting that Britain had unvassalized Ashanti to get peace with Portugal; Aragon would later make them their vassal. And so, on January 8, 1684, peace was agreed to, after 3.5 years of war.
And it's likely that peace was a sensible decision all around. The revolts the Ottomans had already seen were the tip of the iceberg, and the army was needed to restore order. Austria, meanwhile, had a greatly strained economy and little chance of improving their outlook. Continued war would likely have only weakened both sides.
The next three years were a period of recovery. Qin would fight Ming, Manchu, and Korea, but the major European powers would not fight. However, all of that would change in August 1687, when Mazovia would declare a war of reconquest on Austria, bringing in its ally, Burgundy. It being suspected that alpav and Billy would have an interest in this, it was agreed to suspend the game at this juncture.
Austria had threatened Britain with invasion, but a large-scale invasion never arrived. Aberdeen was taken by Austria, but Britain was quickly able to retake it. Meanwhile, the Ottoman Navy, newly rebuilt, had sailed to the Highlands via the mid-Atlantic, and prepared to duel with the Austrian navy, which was off England's southeastern shore. The battle came at Dogger Bank, where the Ottoman navy dealt a defeat to the vaunted Austrian Navy, sinking 17 of their transports and 11 capital ships, while capturing two of them. Thus, the threat to Britain itself was effectively ended.
On land, meanwhile, battle raged in Hungary. After a brief retreat to reinforce in the spring of 1682, the Ottomans advanced once more. Austria had retaken Vienna, but the Ottomans had Graz, Krain, and Sopron, and it was at Graz that the main battle took place. 70,000 Austrians attached 20-25,000 Ottomans defending Graz, and both sides quickly reinforced, until such point that there were about 105,000 Austrians and 95,000 Ottomans involved. The battle was close, and in the end, the Ottomans were forced to retreat, although the Austrians took somewhat higher casualties.
Padishah Isa I, with his 15-20,000 men, had already fallen back to Slavonia the month before, however, helping cover the Ottoman retreat. Austria pursued the Ottomans to Slavonia, but the Padishah was ready. The Austrians, nearly as worn out as the retreating Ottomans, were not prepared to fight an organized army, and the Padishah's troops managed to dissolve the entire remaining Austrian army of approximately 60-70,000 men, and over 100 regiments. This stinging blow established the tide in Europe.
Austria, however, still had some tricks ready. In southern India, about 15,000 Austrians landed, and the Ottomans were initially not ready, the local troops engaged in rebel-fighting. Several provinces were taken. Austria also attempted to take Ottoman Southeast Asia. The latter effort was less successful, as doing so left China undefended and two Ottoman armies proceeded to take much of Austrian China.
At sea, the Austrians began island-hopping and burning the Ottoman colonies, while Portugal seized a couple. With the Ottoman navy in Britain, this was initially unopposed, although later on the Ottoman navy did manage to sink a sizeable detachment of Austria's Indian Ocean navy.
Throughout 1683, the Ottomans advanced into central Europe, taking Eastern Italy and then marching towards Switzerland, and south to Abruzzi in Italy. Austria did manage to recruit a new army, which towards the end of the year was able to make marches in the east towards retaking Vienna. Another Austrian army in Franche-Comte was able to defeat two Ottoman armies, stabilizing the Swiss front. However, by late 1683, both sides were ready to consider peace. Despite the recent victories, Austria could not realistically expect to be able to retake Europe, and their economy was suffering heavily from the war. The Ottomans, meanwhile, had an astounding 23 war exhaustion that was beginning to be rather problematic. Britain, though not in as serious of trouble, nevertheless had little to gain from extending the war. So negotiations began.
And though they were lengthy, in the end a peace was agreed to. Austria would release Denmark and Venice as sovereign states, and pay 1000 ducats in reparations to Britain, and 500 to the Ottomans. Britain, meanwhile, agreed to vacate Incan lands in South America. It's also worth noting that Britain had unvassalized Ashanti to get peace with Portugal; Aragon would later make them their vassal. And so, on January 8, 1684, peace was agreed to, after 3.5 years of war.
And it's likely that peace was a sensible decision all around. The revolts the Ottomans had already seen were the tip of the iceberg, and the army was needed to restore order. Austria, meanwhile, had a greatly strained economy and little chance of improving their outlook. Continued war would likely have only weakened both sides.
The next three years were a period of recovery. Qin would fight Ming, Manchu, and Korea, but the major European powers would not fight. However, all of that would change in August 1687, when Mazovia would declare a war of reconquest on Austria, bringing in its ally, Burgundy. It being suspected that alpav and Billy would have an interest in this, it was agreed to suspend the game at this juncture.
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In the interests of future peace, the Ottoman court economist would like to make known the following economic statistics from the present day, over 3.5 years after the war ended:
- The Austrian economy is down 26.6% from before the war.
- The Ottoman economy is down 23.3% from before the war.
- The less-affected British economy is down 9.6%.
- Burgundy, who left the war early, has grown their economy by 8.2%, all of that coming after they left the war.
- Mazovia has grown their economy by 19% since the start of the war, or 7% since before their time of troubles.
- Castille, who avoided devastation despite being a minor participant in the war, has grown their economy by 27% since the start of the war.
And relatively...
- The Ottoman economy is at its lowest share of the human players' economies (Castille/now Spain included) since 1583.
- The Austrian economy is at its lowest share since 1519 (although only a fraction above what it was in 1552).
- Burgundy's economy is the strongest, relatively, since 1596, and England's is the strongest since 1583. Mazovia's is its strongest ever in the little data collected for it.
All these surely were much worse during the war. It can only be expected that progress has been slowed down appreciably as a result of this strife.
- The Austrian economy is down 26.6% from before the war.
- The Ottoman economy is down 23.3% from before the war.
- The less-affected British economy is down 9.6%.
- Burgundy, who left the war early, has grown their economy by 8.2%, all of that coming after they left the war.
- Mazovia has grown their economy by 19% since the start of the war, or 7% since before their time of troubles.
- Castille, who avoided devastation despite being a minor participant in the war, has grown their economy by 27% since the start of the war.
And relatively...
- The Ottoman economy is at its lowest share of the human players' economies (Castille/now Spain included) since 1583.
- The Austrian economy is at its lowest share since 1519 (although only a fraction above what it was in 1552).
- Burgundy's economy is the strongest, relatively, since 1596, and England's is the strongest since 1583. Mazovia's is its strongest ever in the little data collected for it.
All these surely were much worse during the war. It can only be expected that progress has been slowed down appreciably as a result of this strife.
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At the conclusion of the session, I'll jot down a few statistics in a spreadsheet, most notably the economy size and technology levels, from the ledger and map views. Then I can compare and see how much of an impact various events had.
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Tomorrow we're due to have the next session. Hopefully, alpav and Billy will be there. If possible can you confirm/deny that you'll be able to make it?
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The server is now up at 216.26.111.162. I'm not sure if we should play without Mazovia (leaning towards no) but that can be decided in-server.
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The warlike previous two sessions had taken their toll all around, and no one was in a hurry for a repeat. Although there still were European wars, there were no gigantic ones as before, and much less devastation.
Maps:
Mazovia had started a war against Austria at the end of the previous session, bringing in their Burgundian friends as well as various minor allies, while Castille teamed up with Austria. Before long, Frankfurt and their ally Bohemia joined the anti-Austrian alliance. The big loser of these wars was Frankfurt, which was transformed into Hesse. Mazovia and Burgundy both received white peaces, thus leaving the non-present human players intact.
Some years later, Austria would reconquer Denmark and Venice, which had been surrendered as part of the peace deal. Though displeasing to the Ottoman-British alliance, it was not surprising, and it was decided that it was not worth it to counter this at the time. Austria would also begin conquering the German minors with her realm, including Salzburg and, very late in the session, Ulm.
Abroad, Austria would conquer the Huron
(), as well as some Qin lands (though Qin itself gained some against Wu, and lost a bit to Manchu). This would signal the renewal of an expansion-abroad phase.
The Ottoman Empire was still recovering from the wars of yesteryear early on, but by 1695, shortly after Padishah Abdulaziz came of age, the internal situation was looking much sunnier. Revolts were few and far between, and internal projects were progressing, with the Imperial Road from Constantinople to Jerusalem being completed, and later linked up to Alexandria, forming a road from Athens to Carthage. The remaining issue was the still-abysmal Ottoman prestige. The first step to addressing this came in taking three provinces that the Ottomans had a claim to from Oman. Next, a Nationalistic War against Morocco came, gaining all of Morocco's coastal provinces in North Africa, and with them 80 prestige. The Ottomans were thus no longer at risk of becoming a lesser partner in a personal union with the one-province Jalayarids.
Abdulaziz also completed the long-awaited military modernization in 1711. This would eliminate for good the +50% stability cost that the Ottomans had endured for nearly 160 years, at the cost of -6 stability at the time plus 6% more revolt risk for 5 years (a swing of +15 revolt risk all-in-all). Though the reaction to the move is ongoing, the Ottomans are glad to have made the move.
Britain began the turn, while still in the personal union with Austria, in a time of economic rebuilding, and was eventually able to turn a profit while decreasing inflation for the first time in a while. And they would be rewarded with their independence in the 1690's, when George Dudley, a 3-4-3 monarch, came to the throne in a much-celebrated ceremony. A few years later, Dudley would begin Britain's first independent war, for Brittany, with France and Alençon helping Brittany. Dudley had underestimated his French foe, however, who proved to have very rich provinces. This problem was solved when France joined Morocco against the Ottomans, and subsequently the Ottoman ally of Burgundy crushed France's army. Still, George Dudley proved to be a dud of a general, albeit careful to not be injured himself, and the progress was slow. Eventually, however, Britain would prevail, picking up several nice provinces in north-west France.
Burgundy would continue their colonization of eastern Siberia, adding several nice, warm provinces to the realm. A Berry-nice province was also gained for their help in the Ottoman-Moroccan war. Finally, Burgundy annexed Provence in a very questionable move, seeing as Provence was an elector. Despite this, Burgundy would win two HRE elections, and Trier, another Burgundian vassal, would become one of the new electors (the other spot, previously for Salzburg, remains unfilled).
Mazovia had a largely uneventful session aside from the early war with Austria, though it was noted that their personal union with Polotsk dissolved at some point (perhaps early in this session, perhaps in a previous session).
A continuing theme was the decline of Russia, and in particular, Novgorod. They suffered an embarrassing defeat to Sibir during this session, and were at risk of a defeat to the Oirat Horde. It is no longer expected that anyone could be recruited to play Novgorod.
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Mazovia had started a war against Austria at the end of the previous session, bringing in their Burgundian friends as well as various minor allies, while Castille teamed up with Austria. Before long, Frankfurt and their ally Bohemia joined the anti-Austrian alliance. The big loser of these wars was Frankfurt, which was transformed into Hesse. Mazovia and Burgundy both received white peaces, thus leaving the non-present human players intact.
Some years later, Austria would reconquer Denmark and Venice, which had been surrendered as part of the peace deal. Though displeasing to the Ottoman-British alliance, it was not surprising, and it was decided that it was not worth it to counter this at the time. Austria would also begin conquering the German minors with her realm, including Salzburg and, very late in the session, Ulm.
Abroad, Austria would conquer the Huron
(), as well as some Qin lands (though Qin itself gained some against Wu, and lost a bit to Manchu). This would signal the renewal of an expansion-abroad phase.The Ottoman Empire was still recovering from the wars of yesteryear early on, but by 1695, shortly after Padishah Abdulaziz came of age, the internal situation was looking much sunnier. Revolts were few and far between, and internal projects were progressing, with the Imperial Road from Constantinople to Jerusalem being completed, and later linked up to Alexandria, forming a road from Athens to Carthage. The remaining issue was the still-abysmal Ottoman prestige. The first step to addressing this came in taking three provinces that the Ottomans had a claim to from Oman. Next, a Nationalistic War against Morocco came, gaining all of Morocco's coastal provinces in North Africa, and with them 80 prestige. The Ottomans were thus no longer at risk of becoming a lesser partner in a personal union with the one-province Jalayarids.
Abdulaziz also completed the long-awaited military modernization in 1711. This would eliminate for good the +50% stability cost that the Ottomans had endured for nearly 160 years, at the cost of -6 stability at the time plus 6% more revolt risk for 5 years (a swing of +15 revolt risk all-in-all). Though the reaction to the move is ongoing, the Ottomans are glad to have made the move.
Britain began the turn, while still in the personal union with Austria, in a time of economic rebuilding, and was eventually able to turn a profit while decreasing inflation for the first time in a while. And they would be rewarded with their independence in the 1690's, when George Dudley, a 3-4-3 monarch, came to the throne in a much-celebrated ceremony. A few years later, Dudley would begin Britain's first independent war, for Brittany, with France and Alençon helping Brittany. Dudley had underestimated his French foe, however, who proved to have very rich provinces. This problem was solved when France joined Morocco against the Ottomans, and subsequently the Ottoman ally of Burgundy crushed France's army. Still, George Dudley proved to be a dud of a general, albeit careful to not be injured himself, and the progress was slow. Eventually, however, Britain would prevail, picking up several nice provinces in north-west France.
Burgundy would continue their colonization of eastern Siberia, adding several nice, warm provinces to the realm. A Berry-nice province was also gained for their help in the Ottoman-Moroccan war. Finally, Burgundy annexed Provence in a very questionable move, seeing as Provence was an elector. Despite this, Burgundy would win two HRE elections, and Trier, another Burgundian vassal, would become one of the new electors (the other spot, previously for Salzburg, remains unfilled).
Mazovia had a largely uneventful session aside from the early war with Austria, though it was noted that their personal union with Polotsk dissolved at some point (perhaps early in this session, perhaps in a previous session).
A continuing theme was the decline of Russia, and in particular, Novgorod. They suffered an embarrassing defeat to Sibir during this session, and were at risk of a defeat to the Oirat Horde. It is no longer expected that anyone could be recruited to play Novgorod.
