Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
I am thinking the same thing here.
ICNES II: A New Order
- Thread starter Icmancin
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Icmancin
WSNR Pte
It's coming along. Ruleset is done. The map is a little over 50% done and I have yet to do the writing. By the end of the month me laddies, she'll be ready.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
Cool cant wait Ica.
Kentharu
Zebra Commander
im still here, very interested, and waiting to genocide something
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
I am so ready for this BT. I could just die, if it doesn't come. This Month.
Icmancin
WSNR Pte
BT I - 1768-1870
The Americas
The Great War of Empires was fought all over American soil. It began as French militiamen struck at Spanish targets in the area. The targets had just been transfered to the british and the atatck ended as a blunder for the French. The Spanish soon retaliated in a massive attack towards Nouveau Orléans. The attack captured much land but failed to reach the city. The war was to become decisive in the following years. The British attacked the Spanish in the coming years and captured Cuba and much of the carribean from the Spanish Bourbons. They also landed in the Yucatan. The British had plans for Mexico and the Yucatan but these plans would never come true. Soon the Mexican Republican Movement become a reality and they took up arms against the Spanish. Mexico City was taken in a hellfire of guerrilla battles all over. The Repulicans quickly made a presence all over the country and won much support quickly. As the British pushed from the Yucatan and the French pushed ever closer to California and through Texas the Republicans stiffened their campaign and began capturing town after town and city after city in the heart of Mexico. The French, ever wary of British intentions, began smuggle weapons. money and even some ships to the Mexicans who won their independence in the Treaty of Gibraltar which ended hostilities.
Likewise, Mexico was created but not as large as the Republicans would have wanted; the British retained the Yucatan peninsula and some lands to the west and east creating a buffer between the new Republic of Mexico and South America. Mexico did have a blessing which would guarentee her survival. That came from France who wished to stem the British interests in the Americas while maintaining a strong French influence without have to administer it herself. In the Carribean, Britain also captured Florida, Cuba and many over islands in the Treaty of Gibraltar. France conquered all of Spanish lands North of Mexico save for Florida. She also held onto Haiti and the Antilles. Portugal too received her share in the Carribean.
After the Great War, North America became quite dull. Rusia moved in from the West and France pushed to her West. Eventually a border was made and North America became completely bland. The French continued to move settlers to the Prairies in the West and captured the North for the Bourbon Crown. Russia began extracting furs and fish from Alaska and a boom erupted in the Russian economy. There was not everlasting peace however. The Acadians become restless and restless. The French were having enough trouble try to successfully control the great mass of North America which was nearly all hers. Therefore Le Province de L'Acadie was created. The colonial government would be able to handle her own domestic affairs and personal defense but her international voice was Paris. It did however please the Acadians and it did lower the burden on the Paris albeit only a little bit. Acadie was small. Too small to make a large difference it would seem...
South America was a different story. The Portuguese wanted it all but in the end they would nearly lose it all. Britain also was intending to bite the region. She conducted a sea-borne invasion of Uruguay whih managed to capture a fair chunk of land. Portugal however was set on the rest of the continent. Her invasions of the Spanish colonies reached some degree of success but not as much as what was planned. her plans (like those of the British in Mexico) were harried by rebellions. In New Granada particular a large republican rebellion emerged and managed not only to achieve independence of most of New Granada, but also managed to get parts of Peru and Ecuador in the Treaty of Gibraltar. What further blocked the Portuguese was the unionist rebellions of Central South America. The Estados Unidos de America as they were called broke into rebellion in Bolivia and areas of Peru and La Plata. This clearly frustrated the Portuguese but what frustrated them even further so was that these sates were allowed independence which was forced onto them by the British and French who wanted to limit the Portuguese power in the Americas.
In the end the Holy Empire of Portugal was forced to settle with La Plata, Brazil, Paraguay, some of new Granada and some of Uruguay. The worst was yet to come however. In the 1800s, neglect, inter-racial nationalism and hatred of the Emperor led to a coup to the colonial government in Brazil. The radicals installed the Emperor's son Pedro who commanded the Brazilians with amazing skill. The Portuguse were thrust into a war for which they were not prepared. Most of the Portuguese military was colonizing Africa or Oceania or preforming parades in Galicia or Lisbon. By the time forces were mobilized, the war was already over as Dom Pedro's forces had already conquered Brazil, Uruguay and the New Grenadine lands. The only thing Emperor João could do was sign a peace before his osn's military could reach La Plata. With the Peace of São Paulo, the Empire of Brazil was born and Portugal's hold on Latin America was slipping and it seemed that these Americans were fit to govern themselves afterall diplayed with much skill in Mexico, New Granada and Brazil and to a lesser extent, the Estados Unidos de America and L'Acadie.
Europe
France continued her war against the Spanish with amazing success. The French pushed on from Bilbao and with the help of the Portuguse, crushed the Spanish garrison outside Madrid. That did not end the war entirely as forces in the Americas contiued to fight on, not knowing that they had lost in Europe. But as the French and Portuguese entered the city they were astounded to see that King Charles III had been hung by republicans who had taken over the city as the garrison had departed to fight the Portuguse and French. The Republicans were quickly installed by the French, despite the ire of the Portuguese. With the Crown defeated at Madrid, the rest of the empire in revolt and being attacked from all sides, it was time for an end to the war. Representitives from all factions met at Gibraltar which end in the total dissolution of the Spanish Empire into many new states. The changes in Europe were quite significant. The Kingodm of Navarre was created as well as the Kingdom of Catalonia. Galicia was ceded to the Portuguse; the Canary Islands, Malta and the Central Pyrenees inbetween Navarre and Catalonia to France. Gibraltar was re-given to the British. What was left of former Spain was given to the new Republic of Castille. A truely demoralising end to a demoralising empire.
In Germany, there was to be even more strife. Denmark was the new target of aggression. The battle was swift. Imperial forces capture Copenhagen Island, the Swedish pushed into Norway and the British pushed into Island. It took only a year to break the Danes back. The Danish King, promised a peaceful, undisturbed life, ceded Norway, Greenland and Denmark proper (minus Copenhagen) to Sweden. The Holy Roman Empire was to receive Copenhagen. Britain received Iceland. Oldenburg was given to the Rhine and Saxony received Schleswig-Holstein. It was a small war and an almost unnoticed aftermath. For war was still brewing elsewhere. The Imperial Navy and Army crushed the Kingdom of Naples in a ferocious battle up the Boot. The Italians resisted bravely but it was not enough. The might of multiple Imperial Armies bore down on them and soon Napes was to exist no more.
Europe was to remain in peace for the many years after. Notably, the Rhineland began a program of industrialization and is the most industrialized nation on the planet if her powerful cities are included.
The Balkans was calm despite being under the Turkish yoke. The Greeks were put down mercilessly, year after year by the Janissery Corps which the Sultan became dependent on. In Warsaw, the Poles became extremely restless and riots ensued. The Russian Military tried to put them down but soon found themselves fighting the entire population of the city. The Tsar gave in to reason and relinquihed warsaw as a Free City, completely independent albeit with Russia protection, most certainly directed towards the Imperials. It was a period of peace and developement for Europe. The Imperials sold Albania to teh ottomans for much more than it was worth. It was practically useless to them anyway, serving only as a beacon of corruption for the Empire. The corruption practically ceased as the Janissery Corps moved into action.
One notable, very notable, event in Europe was the Italian Revolt. It was well planned, it was dangerous and it was successful. All over former Naples, at first only Sicily, the Italians peasants ceased paying their taxes. They ceased to work for Imperial agencies and strikes began in all major cities. Then the guerrilla war began. Thousands of militia and italians in the Imperial Army took arms and went into the countryside, disrupting trade and damging Imperial Military and Police institutions countrywide. Combined with the civil disobediance and the Imperials had a problem that even they could not countrol. After years and years of warfare and civil disorder the Emperor finally gave way and the Kingdom of Italy was born. In lieu of giving her Northern Italian posessions, France created the North Italian Autonomous Region which would handle her own domestic affairs while France dictated the foreign policy of it.
Africa and the Middle-East
Africa and the Middle-East had a time of events much like the Americas. The Franco-Portuguese attack on her colony of Morocco was swift and soon she was expelled from the Dark Continent. The Treaty of Gibraltar did little to the political geography of the region. The Portuguse and French received portions of Spanish Morocco. The Great war of Empires had little effect on the continent of Africa, rather the aftermath would affect it much more than any other event of previous history.
We must first look at the Union of the Rhine. The Rhine was a minor colonial power, inheriting the Dutch Colonial Empire as part of the merger. The Rhine was to commit her resources to industrialization and and colonization during the century of peace. From her holdings in the Southern area of the continent, she expanded Northwards in order to claim the land before the Portuguese could. The Portuguese were intent in claiming as much of Africa as they could and losing Brazil only fueled their resolve. In the end, the Rhine had secured much of the Southern end of the continent which infuriated the Portuguese. Light border skirmishes between the trigger happy Portuguese led to the death of nearly a dozen Rhineish colonists on their side of the border. The Rhineland retraliated by sacking a developing Portuguese across the Orange River. The governments of Lisbon and and Heidelburg met and resolved the issue before it could escalate although that did not stop all the tension down in the colonies and it didn't stop the continual disapearances of prominate colonists from both sides...
Great Britain as well was going to enter the African ring. The rich Sultanate of Oman came under fire as the British landed at Zanzibar and then move into the Horn of Africa. Portugal too was eager to enter the fray and pushed up the Omani holdings in Africa as well. Finally, the Turkish Sultan ordered the Janisseries onto Oman and all hope for the Sultanate was lost. Within a few months a conference was held in Jerusaem between the Portuguese Emperor, the Britsh King and the Turkish Sultan. Oman was to be no more. The Turks used Oman to fuel her campaign to coqnuer the entire Arabian peninsula while Britain used her base in the Horn of Africa to expand on that end of the continent while also fueling an expansion on the Western end. This base was also used to supply Abysinnia with arms and supplies which lead to Abysinnian expansion as well.
But Africa also was shrouded by war and rebellion. The Ottomans, seeking to unite as much of the Islamic World as possible, bit off more than it could chew. Her invasion of Sennar bogged down and was extremely unpopular with the Egyptians, who supplied, fed and composed the invasion force. Sennar was captured however but the Sultan had more plans. He ordered his armies onto Abysinnia as well and that was the last straw. In 1809, Viceroy Muhammed Ali rallied the police, civilians, militias and Egyptian soldiers in the Turkish Army and declared Egypt free from Turkish rule. The Egyptians in Sennar supported Ali and purged the the force of pro-Turkish sympathizers. Ali promised Abysinnia independence if they supported his government which they whole-heartedly agreed to do. With Abysinnia in check, Ali brought the Army from the South to reinforce his troops in the North. Ali quickly pushed into Tripolitania and attempted o push into the Sinai but was badly beaten at the Suez. The Turkish however, couldn't fight back against the Egyptians as well as they could as the bulk of her armies were in Persia fighting against Zand guerrillas or in Oman which they had invaded in 1806 and needed to garrison. Ali and the Turkish Sultan met in Alexandria. Ali was granted control over the new Kingdom of Egypt (which, to the ire of the Turks, included Sennar and Tripoli) that was completely free from Istanbul. Ali would introduce a program of expansion that reached minor success and the construction of a new ring of forts along the Tripolitanian coast and the border of French Tunisia.
Kanem-Bornu and Segou continued to expand but only slightly. Their low population bases could only support small impulses of expansion unlike the Europeans who gleefully absorbed the Ivory Coast and the surrounding region. In the North, the French moved in from Algeria and Tunisia while Portugal utilised Morocco as a base to fuel a war with the desert tribes who had been liberated by the Spaniards.The fighting was fierce, indeed the tribes stilled used the Spanish weapons sold to them in the 1760s, but the newer versions of Portuguese rifled-muskets pushed the desert tribes further and further away from their homeland.
The Caucasus was also a scene of fighting as Russia moved in towards Azerbaijan, claiming it a threat to Orthodox subjects in the region and into Georgia claiming that this kingdom was disrupted the Orthodox leadership. Needless to say, the bear was victorious. Russian regulars pounded the snot out of the Azerbaijani and Georgian soldiers easily annexing the entire region for the Tsar. Persia also met her end in the 1760s as the Turks and Russians bore down on them. Russia acquired Northern Persia and used this as a base to conquer Turkestan while The Turks received the Central-Southern area.
Asia and Oceania
Asia had a different story than the rest of the World. With the Treaty of Pyongyang, China officially lost the war to Russia and Japan. The Empire of Korea was created under the Joseon dynasty and the Lamanate of Mongolia was created (but was nothing more than a Russian protectorate). But this Treaty was not to bring everlasting peace to Asia. Japan seized her chance and retook Sokkoku, Cheju Island and the Ryukus from the Spanish and was rewarded with them at the end of that war. Hainan did not return to the Qings of China though but rather to Portugal who lost only a dozen lives taking the island back from the Spanish. Also added to the Portuguese Empire was the Philipines which were promptly sold to Japan.
But even this did not stem the flow of violence. The Koreans obviously were displeased under Russian authority and took up whatever arms they could get their hands on to fight off the Romanovs. King Yeongjo contributed to the revolt by smuggling weapons and funds to the rebellions populace and after a few years the Koreans prevailed. Korea was much too far from the Winter Palace to be governed and the Russian portion of Korea was handed to the Empire of Korea. Asia entered a period of peace... At least in East Asia.
The British, fuled by the Scott's Brigades, quickly destroyed the Maratha Confderacy and pushed the Kingdom of Mysore out of existance. Rajpuntana, which had aided the British, quickly turned against them as they soon saw it to be George III's intent to annex all of India. The combined arms of Rajputana and Punjab were not enough to stem the British and the deadly Scotsmen which proved to be excellant marksmen. India was entirely British. But it was not the end of British conflict in the region and soon the British redcoats were to be found in the jungles of Myanmar fighting a war of attrition against the Myanmar forces. They were aided by an unlikely ally- the Siamese. The Siamese (with Qing backing) had annexed Annam and moved into Myanmar. At the Battle of Rangoon the British found themselves in a three-way battle against the Myanmar militias and Siamese regulars. If the Siamese and British had known about eachothers involvment, the casualties would have been minimal. But none-the-less the three-way battle ended when the Siamese recognized the British uniforms and contacted their field commander. Siam would conitnue her agression, capturing Singapore from the Rhine who simply couldn't react in time. Indo-China was unified.
The period that followed was a lazy peace. The Rhine and Great Britain began colonizing Terra Australis and by 1870 the entirety of Terra Australis was settled by the two powers. What was to happen next was greatly shocking and would (possibly) jumpstart the first Asian world power. In 1867 the samurai overthrew the Tokugawa regime and installed Emperor Meiji. The Shogunate would not go down without a fight however and fighting was conducted all over the World for months. Emperor Gojong of Korea was to seize his chance and capture the Japanese held Korea, which was under the control of the Shogunate. Emperor Meiji was forced to leave Korea and focus on driving the Shogunate from the Philipines and Haiwaii. Haiwaii, which had been colonized jointly by the Romanovs and the Tokugawa Shogunate served as a major conflict zone as Shogunate leaders fled into the Russian Islands. The Meiji forces pursued, capturing the Islands from a small, startled Russian garrison and executing the Shogunate leaders The Romanovs were about to retaliate but were forced to withdraw as Great Britain announced her support for Meiji Japan. Emperor Meiji's rule is entering it's second year of complete control of all of the Japanese Empire. Great Britain has already shown signs of friendship while Russia has lost her greatest ally.
The Americas
The Great War of Empires was fought all over American soil. It began as French militiamen struck at Spanish targets in the area. The targets had just been transfered to the british and the atatck ended as a blunder for the French. The Spanish soon retaliated in a massive attack towards Nouveau Orléans. The attack captured much land but failed to reach the city. The war was to become decisive in the following years. The British attacked the Spanish in the coming years and captured Cuba and much of the carribean from the Spanish Bourbons. They also landed in the Yucatan. The British had plans for Mexico and the Yucatan but these plans would never come true. Soon the Mexican Republican Movement become a reality and they took up arms against the Spanish. Mexico City was taken in a hellfire of guerrilla battles all over. The Repulicans quickly made a presence all over the country and won much support quickly. As the British pushed from the Yucatan and the French pushed ever closer to California and through Texas the Republicans stiffened their campaign and began capturing town after town and city after city in the heart of Mexico. The French, ever wary of British intentions, began smuggle weapons. money and even some ships to the Mexicans who won their independence in the Treaty of Gibraltar which ended hostilities.
Likewise, Mexico was created but not as large as the Republicans would have wanted; the British retained the Yucatan peninsula and some lands to the west and east creating a buffer between the new Republic of Mexico and South America. Mexico did have a blessing which would guarentee her survival. That came from France who wished to stem the British interests in the Americas while maintaining a strong French influence without have to administer it herself. In the Carribean, Britain also captured Florida, Cuba and many over islands in the Treaty of Gibraltar. France conquered all of Spanish lands North of Mexico save for Florida. She also held onto Haiti and the Antilles. Portugal too received her share in the Carribean.
After the Great War, North America became quite dull. Rusia moved in from the West and France pushed to her West. Eventually a border was made and North America became completely bland. The French continued to move settlers to the Prairies in the West and captured the North for the Bourbon Crown. Russia began extracting furs and fish from Alaska and a boom erupted in the Russian economy. There was not everlasting peace however. The Acadians become restless and restless. The French were having enough trouble try to successfully control the great mass of North America which was nearly all hers. Therefore Le Province de L'Acadie was created. The colonial government would be able to handle her own domestic affairs and personal defense but her international voice was Paris. It did however please the Acadians and it did lower the burden on the Paris albeit only a little bit. Acadie was small. Too small to make a large difference it would seem...
South America was a different story. The Portuguese wanted it all but in the end they would nearly lose it all. Britain also was intending to bite the region. She conducted a sea-borne invasion of Uruguay whih managed to capture a fair chunk of land. Portugal however was set on the rest of the continent. Her invasions of the Spanish colonies reached some degree of success but not as much as what was planned. her plans (like those of the British in Mexico) were harried by rebellions. In New Granada particular a large republican rebellion emerged and managed not only to achieve independence of most of New Granada, but also managed to get parts of Peru and Ecuador in the Treaty of Gibraltar. What further blocked the Portuguese was the unionist rebellions of Central South America. The Estados Unidos de America as they were called broke into rebellion in Bolivia and areas of Peru and La Plata. This clearly frustrated the Portuguese but what frustrated them even further so was that these sates were allowed independence which was forced onto them by the British and French who wanted to limit the Portuguese power in the Americas.
In the end the Holy Empire of Portugal was forced to settle with La Plata, Brazil, Paraguay, some of new Granada and some of Uruguay. The worst was yet to come however. In the 1800s, neglect, inter-racial nationalism and hatred of the Emperor led to a coup to the colonial government in Brazil. The radicals installed the Emperor's son Pedro who commanded the Brazilians with amazing skill. The Portuguse were thrust into a war for which they were not prepared. Most of the Portuguese military was colonizing Africa or Oceania or preforming parades in Galicia or Lisbon. By the time forces were mobilized, the war was already over as Dom Pedro's forces had already conquered Brazil, Uruguay and the New Grenadine lands. The only thing Emperor João could do was sign a peace before his osn's military could reach La Plata. With the Peace of São Paulo, the Empire of Brazil was born and Portugal's hold on Latin America was slipping and it seemed that these Americans were fit to govern themselves afterall diplayed with much skill in Mexico, New Granada and Brazil and to a lesser extent, the Estados Unidos de America and L'Acadie.
Europe
France continued her war against the Spanish with amazing success. The French pushed on from Bilbao and with the help of the Portuguse, crushed the Spanish garrison outside Madrid. That did not end the war entirely as forces in the Americas contiued to fight on, not knowing that they had lost in Europe. But as the French and Portuguese entered the city they were astounded to see that King Charles III had been hung by republicans who had taken over the city as the garrison had departed to fight the Portuguse and French. The Republicans were quickly installed by the French, despite the ire of the Portuguese. With the Crown defeated at Madrid, the rest of the empire in revolt and being attacked from all sides, it was time for an end to the war. Representitives from all factions met at Gibraltar which end in the total dissolution of the Spanish Empire into many new states. The changes in Europe were quite significant. The Kingodm of Navarre was created as well as the Kingdom of Catalonia. Galicia was ceded to the Portuguse; the Canary Islands, Malta and the Central Pyrenees inbetween Navarre and Catalonia to France. Gibraltar was re-given to the British. What was left of former Spain was given to the new Republic of Castille. A truely demoralising end to a demoralising empire.
In Germany, there was to be even more strife. Denmark was the new target of aggression. The battle was swift. Imperial forces capture Copenhagen Island, the Swedish pushed into Norway and the British pushed into Island. It took only a year to break the Danes back. The Danish King, promised a peaceful, undisturbed life, ceded Norway, Greenland and Denmark proper (minus Copenhagen) to Sweden. The Holy Roman Empire was to receive Copenhagen. Britain received Iceland. Oldenburg was given to the Rhine and Saxony received Schleswig-Holstein. It was a small war and an almost unnoticed aftermath. For war was still brewing elsewhere. The Imperial Navy and Army crushed the Kingdom of Naples in a ferocious battle up the Boot. The Italians resisted bravely but it was not enough. The might of multiple Imperial Armies bore down on them and soon Napes was to exist no more.
Europe was to remain in peace for the many years after. Notably, the Rhineland began a program of industrialization and is the most industrialized nation on the planet if her powerful cities are included.
The Balkans was calm despite being under the Turkish yoke. The Greeks were put down mercilessly, year after year by the Janissery Corps which the Sultan became dependent on. In Warsaw, the Poles became extremely restless and riots ensued. The Russian Military tried to put them down but soon found themselves fighting the entire population of the city. The Tsar gave in to reason and relinquihed warsaw as a Free City, completely independent albeit with Russia protection, most certainly directed towards the Imperials. It was a period of peace and developement for Europe. The Imperials sold Albania to teh ottomans for much more than it was worth. It was practically useless to them anyway, serving only as a beacon of corruption for the Empire. The corruption practically ceased as the Janissery Corps moved into action.
One notable, very notable, event in Europe was the Italian Revolt. It was well planned, it was dangerous and it was successful. All over former Naples, at first only Sicily, the Italians peasants ceased paying their taxes. They ceased to work for Imperial agencies and strikes began in all major cities. Then the guerrilla war began. Thousands of militia and italians in the Imperial Army took arms and went into the countryside, disrupting trade and damging Imperial Military and Police institutions countrywide. Combined with the civil disobediance and the Imperials had a problem that even they could not countrol. After years and years of warfare and civil disorder the Emperor finally gave way and the Kingdom of Italy was born. In lieu of giving her Northern Italian posessions, France created the North Italian Autonomous Region which would handle her own domestic affairs while France dictated the foreign policy of it.
Africa and the Middle-East
Africa and the Middle-East had a time of events much like the Americas. The Franco-Portuguese attack on her colony of Morocco was swift and soon she was expelled from the Dark Continent. The Treaty of Gibraltar did little to the political geography of the region. The Portuguse and French received portions of Spanish Morocco. The Great war of Empires had little effect on the continent of Africa, rather the aftermath would affect it much more than any other event of previous history.
We must first look at the Union of the Rhine. The Rhine was a minor colonial power, inheriting the Dutch Colonial Empire as part of the merger. The Rhine was to commit her resources to industrialization and and colonization during the century of peace. From her holdings in the Southern area of the continent, she expanded Northwards in order to claim the land before the Portuguese could. The Portuguese were intent in claiming as much of Africa as they could and losing Brazil only fueled their resolve. In the end, the Rhine had secured much of the Southern end of the continent which infuriated the Portuguese. Light border skirmishes between the trigger happy Portuguese led to the death of nearly a dozen Rhineish colonists on their side of the border. The Rhineland retraliated by sacking a developing Portuguese across the Orange River. The governments of Lisbon and and Heidelburg met and resolved the issue before it could escalate although that did not stop all the tension down in the colonies and it didn't stop the continual disapearances of prominate colonists from both sides...
Great Britain as well was going to enter the African ring. The rich Sultanate of Oman came under fire as the British landed at Zanzibar and then move into the Horn of Africa. Portugal too was eager to enter the fray and pushed up the Omani holdings in Africa as well. Finally, the Turkish Sultan ordered the Janisseries onto Oman and all hope for the Sultanate was lost. Within a few months a conference was held in Jerusaem between the Portuguese Emperor, the Britsh King and the Turkish Sultan. Oman was to be no more. The Turks used Oman to fuel her campaign to coqnuer the entire Arabian peninsula while Britain used her base in the Horn of Africa to expand on that end of the continent while also fueling an expansion on the Western end. This base was also used to supply Abysinnia with arms and supplies which lead to Abysinnian expansion as well.
But Africa also was shrouded by war and rebellion. The Ottomans, seeking to unite as much of the Islamic World as possible, bit off more than it could chew. Her invasion of Sennar bogged down and was extremely unpopular with the Egyptians, who supplied, fed and composed the invasion force. Sennar was captured however but the Sultan had more plans. He ordered his armies onto Abysinnia as well and that was the last straw. In 1809, Viceroy Muhammed Ali rallied the police, civilians, militias and Egyptian soldiers in the Turkish Army and declared Egypt free from Turkish rule. The Egyptians in Sennar supported Ali and purged the the force of pro-Turkish sympathizers. Ali promised Abysinnia independence if they supported his government which they whole-heartedly agreed to do. With Abysinnia in check, Ali brought the Army from the South to reinforce his troops in the North. Ali quickly pushed into Tripolitania and attempted o push into the Sinai but was badly beaten at the Suez. The Turkish however, couldn't fight back against the Egyptians as well as they could as the bulk of her armies were in Persia fighting against Zand guerrillas or in Oman which they had invaded in 1806 and needed to garrison. Ali and the Turkish Sultan met in Alexandria. Ali was granted control over the new Kingdom of Egypt (which, to the ire of the Turks, included Sennar and Tripoli) that was completely free from Istanbul. Ali would introduce a program of expansion that reached minor success and the construction of a new ring of forts along the Tripolitanian coast and the border of French Tunisia.
Kanem-Bornu and Segou continued to expand but only slightly. Their low population bases could only support small impulses of expansion unlike the Europeans who gleefully absorbed the Ivory Coast and the surrounding region. In the North, the French moved in from Algeria and Tunisia while Portugal utilised Morocco as a base to fuel a war with the desert tribes who had been liberated by the Spaniards.The fighting was fierce, indeed the tribes stilled used the Spanish weapons sold to them in the 1760s, but the newer versions of Portuguese rifled-muskets pushed the desert tribes further and further away from their homeland.
The Caucasus was also a scene of fighting as Russia moved in towards Azerbaijan, claiming it a threat to Orthodox subjects in the region and into Georgia claiming that this kingdom was disrupted the Orthodox leadership. Needless to say, the bear was victorious. Russian regulars pounded the snot out of the Azerbaijani and Georgian soldiers easily annexing the entire region for the Tsar. Persia also met her end in the 1760s as the Turks and Russians bore down on them. Russia acquired Northern Persia and used this as a base to conquer Turkestan while The Turks received the Central-Southern area.
Asia and Oceania
Asia had a different story than the rest of the World. With the Treaty of Pyongyang, China officially lost the war to Russia and Japan. The Empire of Korea was created under the Joseon dynasty and the Lamanate of Mongolia was created (but was nothing more than a Russian protectorate). But this Treaty was not to bring everlasting peace to Asia. Japan seized her chance and retook Sokkoku, Cheju Island and the Ryukus from the Spanish and was rewarded with them at the end of that war. Hainan did not return to the Qings of China though but rather to Portugal who lost only a dozen lives taking the island back from the Spanish. Also added to the Portuguese Empire was the Philipines which were promptly sold to Japan.
But even this did not stem the flow of violence. The Koreans obviously were displeased under Russian authority and took up whatever arms they could get their hands on to fight off the Romanovs. King Yeongjo contributed to the revolt by smuggling weapons and funds to the rebellions populace and after a few years the Koreans prevailed. Korea was much too far from the Winter Palace to be governed and the Russian portion of Korea was handed to the Empire of Korea. Asia entered a period of peace... At least in East Asia.
The British, fuled by the Scott's Brigades, quickly destroyed the Maratha Confderacy and pushed the Kingdom of Mysore out of existance. Rajpuntana, which had aided the British, quickly turned against them as they soon saw it to be George III's intent to annex all of India. The combined arms of Rajputana and Punjab were not enough to stem the British and the deadly Scotsmen which proved to be excellant marksmen. India was entirely British. But it was not the end of British conflict in the region and soon the British redcoats were to be found in the jungles of Myanmar fighting a war of attrition against the Myanmar forces. They were aided by an unlikely ally- the Siamese. The Siamese (with Qing backing) had annexed Annam and moved into Myanmar. At the Battle of Rangoon the British found themselves in a three-way battle against the Myanmar militias and Siamese regulars. If the Siamese and British had known about eachothers involvment, the casualties would have been minimal. But none-the-less the three-way battle ended when the Siamese recognized the British uniforms and contacted their field commander. Siam would conitnue her agression, capturing Singapore from the Rhine who simply couldn't react in time. Indo-China was unified.
The period that followed was a lazy peace. The Rhine and Great Britain began colonizing Terra Australis and by 1870 the entirety of Terra Australis was settled by the two powers. What was to happen next was greatly shocking and would (possibly) jumpstart the first Asian world power. In 1867 the samurai overthrew the Tokugawa regime and installed Emperor Meiji. The Shogunate would not go down without a fight however and fighting was conducted all over the World for months. Emperor Gojong of Korea was to seize his chance and capture the Japanese held Korea, which was under the control of the Shogunate. Emperor Meiji was forced to leave Korea and focus on driving the Shogunate from the Philipines and Haiwaii. Haiwaii, which had been colonized jointly by the Romanovs and the Tokugawa Shogunate served as a major conflict zone as Shogunate leaders fled into the Russian Islands. The Meiji forces pursued, capturing the Islands from a small, startled Russian garrison and executing the Shogunate leaders The Romanovs were about to retaliate but were forced to withdraw as Great Britain announced her support for Meiji Japan. Emperor Meiji's rule is entering it's second year of complete control of all of the Japanese Empire. Great Britain has already shown signs of friendship while Russia has lost her greatest ally.
Icmancin
WSNR Pte
Here is your map. I bet that some stuff that happened pissed off some people but you know what? I can't maintain the status quo for an entire century.
The new thread will come when I finish stats. Possibly tomorrow. Maybe not
I'm pretty sure I covered everything...
The new thread will come when I finish stats. Possibly tomorrow. Maybe not
I'm pretty sure I covered everything...
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Swissempire
Poet Jester
Where is map?
Icmancin
WSNR Pte
It's coming.... Paintshop Pro is being an ass....
Kentharu
Zebra Commander
oh... umm oops?
do i still control japan?
do i still control japan?
Icmancin
WSNR Pte
Yes you do. But it is now Meiji Japan. Russia does not like you for what happened to Haiwaii (IE taking it from them). But Meiji Japan is friends with Britain so you aren't alone. Like I said I couldn't maintain the same status quo for an entire century so things like Brazilian independence and the Meiji Restoration happened although they did occur before their OTL counter-parts.
Icmancin
WSNR Pte
I believe that
Segou
Navarre
Catalonia
Acadia
Italian Autonomous Region
Italy
Egypt
Brazil
New Granada
Mexico
Brazil
Korea
Siam
Warsaw
Kanem-Bornu
Abysinnia
Estados Unidos de America
Tibet
Mongolia
Nepal
Bhutan
Castille
are free. All the nations players from the previous IT have three days from the posting of the new thread to reclaim their previous nation.
Segou
Navarre
Catalonia
Acadia
Italian Autonomous Region
Italy
Egypt
Brazil
New Granada
Mexico
Brazil
Korea
Siam
Warsaw
Kanem-Bornu
Abysinnia
Estados Unidos de America
Tibet
Mongolia
Nepal
Bhutan
Castille
are free. All the nations players from the previous IT have three days from the posting of the new thread to reclaim their previous nation.
Icmancin
WSNR Pte
Map fixed, thank you GIMP!
That went ok, I guess. About as well as could be expected, really.
I reclaim Saxony.
May I suggest that you use a different color for Egypt? It's too similar to that of the Ottomans.
EDIT: BTW I'm referring to my country, not the update, which was very good.
I reclaim Saxony.
May I suggest that you use a different color for Egypt? It's too similar to that of the Ottomans.
EDIT: BTW I'm referring to my country, not the update, which was very good.
Kentharu
Zebra Commander
just so you know isrealite i didn't do that whole policy change and gov't change intentionally at all so... yea. i would still be your ally if not for... me not being your ally... if that makes any sense at all, probably doesn't
Wubba360
Emperor
great update, I am really glad to see this still happening, oh yah claiming great britain still
Icmancin
WSNR Pte
Kentharu said:
Like I said the status quo could not be maintained for such a length of time. Things like this happened and history and they happened in this NES as well. It would be less realistic and incredably boring if everyone got their way with n obstacles.
