EDITED A LOT
alright, i'm joining as Russia AGAIN. jason, i think it would take quite a bit to get me to the point where i dont join a new game type. especialy one that looks like its a board nes without the province borders, lol.
Russia
Player: RoddyVR
Starting Location - Moscow
Government - Despotism
Economy: 5
Army Forces: 1
Navy Forces: 0
Age: Stone Age
Villages: 1
Towns: 0
Cities: 0
Metros: 0
Confidence: Average
Notes: i thought i'd put the "starting story" here, but realized that in a while it will make no sence.
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During most of the year, the roaming hunter tribes that will become Russians were happy with their life style. However to survive during the frigid winters they were forced to build a settlement to which to come 'home' to warm up after a cold day of hunting.
By general concensus of similar grunts, the hunters decided that the best place to make the settlement was on the shores of the river (later to be know as Moscow River). A few crude huts were constructed as the first snows fell and 1 of them was quickly burned down when someone tried to get a fire going inside.
The fire was started and kept outside, with the huts being lined with as much fur as could be hunted down (literaly).
The first winter of the settlement was a success. Only 10 hunters and a few women died of cold (well one died of burning to death, but that dont count).
During following years, the Hunters' lives didnt change, they kept hunting as always. The women, however, spent the time in a large group, as apposed to the small cave families they used to live in. This new community living forced them to develop a better form of communication. The women quickly became considerably smarter then their male counterparts, and became the rullers of the Tribe. While the men taught their sons the ways of the Hunter, the women taught their daughters everything from speach, to psycological control over men, to management skills, to magic (finding stuff that made the fire burn differently).
The river the settlement was built on had a high frog population and the surrounding forests had a lot of moss, so the settlement came to be called MosKva.