Update #9:
Turns 200 – 240 (1940 AD)
●●●●●America the Beautiful●●●●●
Swedish soldiers eventually impressed the American president with their courage, and even more so with their state-of-the-art bombers. America graciously agreed to accept the lands of Sweden as a minor American territory and to henceforth make all important decisions for the Swedes. The Swedish people of Camelot were so grateful, they commissioned the
Statue of Liberty as a gift for the American president. From that day forth, Sweden ceased to be an independent nation. The historical simulation’s interface continues to display the country of America as “Sweden,” but I’m hoping this glitch will be corrected in the fall patch. (All American cities have been conquered by Sweden).
NOTE: From this point on, I will use “America” and “Sweden” interchangeably to refer to my civilization.
●●●●●The Wonders of Swedish-America●●●●●
Aside from that interface glitch, I have detected one actual difference between the historical simulation and real history. Thankfully, it is very superficial. According to the historical simulation, the
Great Engineer Charles Stark Draper appeared on the map in 1870 AD and completed the
Brandenburg Gate in Camelot. In the real world, Mr. Draper appeared in 1960 AD and completed the Brandenburg Gate in New York City while in the employ of the Sterling Cooper firm. I have confirmed that this minor variance will not affect the rest of the simulation.
Great Engineer Leonardo Da Vinci was an inventor in the Renaissance era, but he produced many designs that were centuries ahead of their time. His inventions include the helicopter, the scuba diving suit, a cryptic code shrouded in Judo-Christian mystery, and according to this simulation, the
Hubble Space Telescope. His designs were finally used to construct and launch the telescope in 1940 AD. Sadly, Leonardo did not receive recognition for his designs during his own lifetime. He instead chose to live a life of obscurity in the sewers with three other mutant anthropomorphic turtles.
Today many Americans are justifiably angry and resentful of immigrants for working jobs, pumping billions of dollars into our local economies, and raising the standard of living for everyone. However, did you know that that some immigrants were actually responsible some of the good things in America as well? It’s true! For example,
Great Engineer Henry Ford immigrated to Swedish-America from Hanoi immediately after election fraud reduced the influence of his family’s pro-America faction. He is sometimes called the “Gift from Hanoi” in recognition of his famous assembly-line process that led to the construction of the
Pentagon (Completed Patronage Policy Tree, received Great Engineer from Hanoi).
America (including its Swedish territories) entered the Information Age and was almost [[/B]a full technological era ahead of its rivals[/B] at this point in the simulation. If I am remembering my history correctly, the US is about to reduce investments to internal development substantially in order to allocate more resources towards spreading freedom to as many oppressed people as possible.
Not all of the scientific advances of this period were for the benefit of mankind. Some twisted scientist, no doubt of ethnic Moroccan descent, perfected a technique for extracting valuable metals from a living human (a process that was certainly both agonizing and fatal). I am ashamed to admit that my own country may have performed such an unspeakable act on captured prisoners of war, but unfortunately I have no other explanation for what the historical simulation has shown me (
Completed Honor Tree, receive gold whenever an enemy unit is destroyed).
●●●●●The Horrors of Order and Autocracy●●●●●
Germany once commanded the most powerful military in the world according to the simulation’s demographics screen, and it had been supported by an alliance of several like-minded nations (dubbed “the Axis of Evil” by one of the King Lancelots). But as we all know, Germany lost badly during the World Wars. Swedish-America
bribed the Ottomans to attack Germany, and the unstoppable Turkish horde
captured Berlin after destroying the Carthaginians. The German government escaped Berlin’s fall but is unlikely to hold out much longer.
The Turk’s centuries of military victories apparently created enough popular support for the power-hungry Ottoman leader to declare himself Supreme Lord Commander of the
Ottoman Empire (Autocracy). Thankfully, the simulation’s diplomacy screen reports that all civilized nations have rejected The Empire’s oppressive ideology and their slightly homoerotic national sport of Yağlı güreş (Oiled Wrestling). Now the Empire exists as rogue nation with no friends and with many denouncements, but it is a rogue nation with a very powerful military and a special talent for conquest.
Germany’s decline paved the way for Venice to dominate the Axis of Evil. After the Proletariat seized power from the Merchant-Princes of old (
Venetian Order Ideology), Venice successfully allied with every surviving nation in the Western Hemisphere (Zulu, Babylon, and Byzantium). Well-crafted Venetian propaganda has convinced these misguided fools to denounce multiple members of the Coalition of the Willing, and the Zulu have already rebuild their government based on Communist ideals (
Zulu Order Ideology). America and its Swedish territories attempted to slow the Venetian juggernaut through diplomatic resolutions, but Venice continues to rise in power. Despite the complete
Venice Embargo and the complete
City-State Embargo, Venice has assimilated two city-states, captured half of Spain (the city of Barcelona), completely
Conquered Portugal (three cities), and now controls the majority of Asia.
Fortunately, the other nations appear to be firmly on the side of freedom.
- Polynesia has already created a bitterly feuding bicameral legislature and multiple corrupt political parties, and is almost ready to implement other, less significant elements of Democracy such as fair and free elections (Polynesian Freedom Ideology).
- The World Congress established a Universal Declaration of Human Rights that, among other things, establishes freedom as a basic human right (World Ideology: Freedom).
- Three of the five remaining nations have made a Declaration of Friendship with both Polynesia and my Americans (Ethiopia, the Netherlands, and Spain). The fourth nation, Arabia, enjoys Friendly relations with the followers of freedom.
- The last nation, the Shoshone, is difficult to predict from the information in the simulation. They have denounced all three Ideological Founders (Venice, the Ottomans, and Swedish-America). But even though the Shoshone Denounced Sweden/America, they continue to renew their Declarations of Friendship with the other members of the freedom-leaning Coalition of the Willing. [/I](Note: The exact reason that the Shoshone denounced Sweden/America after so many years of friendship has been lost to history. That said, we can make reasonable inferences based on our understanding of human nature. Since the people of today are only able to reach this extreme, uncontrollable level of rage when they discover a minor grammatical error on someone’s internet post, we can conclude that they Shoshone’s denouncement was probably also typo-induced)[/I]
●●●●●Defending Freedom from the Zulu Communists●●●●●
America and her Swedish territories were clearly committed to defending freedom in all nations, even the small independent ones. America had formally agreed to protect all 15 minor nations, and had even agreed to official alliances with 12 of them. So when the freedom-hating Zulu communists demanded tribute from our Bucharest allies (which coincidently occurred while America’s military was well-positioned for an invasion), the US had no choice but to
Declare War on the Zulu[ to protect its ally. These colors don’t run.
Unrelated: A picture of large oil deposits within the Zulu’s borders
The Americans discussed the situation with her allies and convinced the Portuguese, the Ethiopians, and the Polynesians to begin a joint military action in 10 turns. After all, American military doctrine clearly states that unilateral action is
never acceptable unless the other nations refuse to join the proposed invasion.
●●●●●A World At War: The South-American Front●●●●●
The Zulus sent one major counter-offensive by land…
And another by sea…
And their infantry units had mastered all three elite Impi fighting styles from ages past…
But none of that mattered because the Americans had eight bombers (supported by three fighters, three carriers, two battleships, a destroyer, and an embarked tank regiment). Long story short, the Zulu army is in shambles. The Americans have
Liberated the City-State of Ormus and will soon march on the other Zulu cities.
●●●●●Other Notes●●●●●
- Completed Statue of Liberty, Brandenburg Gate, and Hubble Space Telescope.
- Conquered America in South America, and at war with the Zulu (also in South America). The Zulu are not expected to survive much longer due to my superior air force. They have a few Great War Bombers but no real airpower to speak of.
- Policies: Universal Sufferage, Cultural Diplomacy. Happiness increases from -1 to 35 in one turn.
- More Policies: Completed Patronage, Completed Honor
- Ideologies: Freedom (America/Sweden, Polynesia); Order (Venice, Zulu); Autocracy (Ottomans)
- Am gradually allying more and more city-states with various quests + gold + Arsenal of Diplomacy. I have currently allied 12 out of 15.
- Convinced the Portuguese, the Ethiopians, and the Polynesians to declare war on the Zulus with me.
- Invested significant gold in upgrading military after Professional Army policy + Pentagon. Primitive units were gifted to city-states, remaining army has been modernized.
- The Shoshone denounced me, and are friends with most or all of my friends.
- Venice allied all three empires in the Americas. I believe all three have denounced me (at very least they are ‘Guarded’ with me).
- Lots of people are getting conquered by the big guys (the Ottomans & Venice). Carthage fell, Portugal fell, Germany has effectively fallen. Maybe some others that I forgot to write down or wasn't paying attention to. The game’s speed and intensity are increasing.
The World Mini-Map and South American Liberation Fleet, 1940 AD
I suppose the thread's name has become something like the Buddhist view of Nirvana: unobtainable, but with great virtue in the attempt. But I think that Suleiman and the old money man will be able to give me a run for my giant robot money yet.
No, I didn't realize that, LOL. Doing it that way would have saved a lot of travel time as well as the hassle of managing the escort troops. Very good to know.
