Marians: Sons of Mars

[GhostWriter16]

Attack the Dirty Rebels.

Build one more army, put the remainder of my gold into a combination of Civics and Infra after that.

Claim the last 5 territories in Egypt.

 

[Celticfury]

Finish research into Infra Tech 2, then devote the rest of my income into Infra Tech 3. Expansion to come later.

 

[Mad Man]

I claim Sakhalin Island, Taiwan, and Iwo Jima, and I accept Kamchatka's trade agreement.

EDIT: I put all my money in military

 

[Tani Coyote]

Epic Voar

Nubia has two armies, and uses them to demolish the Sinai Revolt.

19 + 0.1 + 8% = 20.62

The rebels score a 23, forcing a Nubian retreat.

6 + 0.1 + 8% = 6.59

The rebels score an 11, forcing a second retreat. Nubia has been humiliated.

With no opposition, the rebels march freely into south Suez. If they aren't stopped, they'll be able to conquer the Delta, or worse, go upriver to Nubia proper.

The rebels possess one force due to originating in one province.

Mughal Empire

While India has three armies, they have debated giving Pakistan its independence just to focus on peaceful expansion; who cares about the Indus? The Ganges is where it's all at yo.

But first, India devotes two armies to attack Nepal.

14 + 0.6 - 2%

The rebels roll 18, repelling the first Indian force. The second attacks.

India attacks with 11... the rebels score 21.

India has been humiliated. Knowing they can't fight a two-front war, they offer the Pakistani rebels independence for peace. The rebels default chance of acceptance is 50%, and they add +21% since India has 21 more provinces than they do.

The rebels accept! Pakistan is granted independence. Due to their military experience and their choice of Military as a focus, they start with Military 2! The Indians also granted them all their gold.

India uses its last army to attack Nepal, confident.

...they score a 12.

But Nepal scores a 3! Nepal is subjugated anew, numerous traitors are gutted publicly and their remains posted throughout major cities, etc. India is re-unified, sans Pakistan.

 

[Duke Blackstone]

I take back control of the Amazon. Orders shortly, I am going to read through the rules really quickly and stratagize thankyou for your stable governance.

 

[Duke Blackstone]

Income: 25
Expenses:
-4 (completion of civics 3)
-10 (Completion of Diplomacy 1)

The rest to my treasury.

Claims and Diplomacy:

Diplomacy:
Incan Empire: Offer a Trade Agreement
Incan Empire: Debate territorial limitations, in an attempt to raise their opinion of the Amazon and avoid future conflict. The Amazon suggests that the mountains are a natural border.

Claims:

 

[Tani Coyote]

-Canada

Expands into the Midwest (3 provinces) and further south into the eastern Seaboard (2).
2 gold is spent to finish Civics 2. 17 is invested into Diplo 2.

-Vienna

Finishes off Bohemia, expands into Slovenia, and seizes more of Osterreich and Slovakia.

17 gold. 8 goes to finishing Military 2. 9 into Civics 2, which costs 20.

-Germany

Expands to conquer Flanders and the Netherlands.

16 gold. 1 to finish Infra 2. 15 into Civics 2.

-India

Expands into 3 provinces - the Indian government announces to its people the end of expansion until the country stabilises.

26 gold put towards Civics 4, which costs 36.

-Zulu Empire

22 gold acquired. Invested in Infra 2.

2 provinces colonised.

 

[Tani Coyote]

All but one player has given orders. As a result, I think we can proceed to the next update.

All orders locked pending update.

Also, if anybody could find any friends they'd like to take over Germany, Austria, or Canada, that'd be lovely.

 

[Tee Kay]

I offer to take over Canada.

What do I have to do? Can I change my country's policies?

 

[Tani Coyote]

I offer to take over Canada.

Very well then, Canada will be yours come next update!

What do I have to do? Can I change my country's policies?

Hmm. So long as you stay within the original framework(-2 to 2 for all policies but one, which can be set to any value you desire), I suppose you can, seeing as how bestrfcplayer created the country and not you. I'll just say it was a coup.

 

[Tee Kay]

Can I post this?

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The Empire of Canada

A coup overthrew the unpopular leaders of the old republic. In the political turmoil that followed, one tribal leader negotiated and manipulated his way to become the most powerful man in the country. In a special session of the Council of Nations, he was elected supreme ruler of Canada.

Capital: Toronto
Government: Empire (Elective Monarchy)
Religion: Pagan
Official language: None, but a dialect of Algonquin is the unofficial lingua franca.

Policies:
Land-Naval: 2
Offense-Defense: -2
Protectionism-Free Trade: -2
Centralization-Decentralization: -2
Public-Private: -2
Quality-Quantity: -5
Openminded-Closeminded: -2
National Focus: Civics

 

[Tani Coyote]

Indeed you may! All your changes will become effective come the update.

Speaking of which!

Update 6

Incidents

New Jersey is revolting! They want a New English state.
Flanders has revolted, desiring a Dutch-Flemish state

Events

Persia was hit with economic boom. They receive 1 extra gold this turn.
Germany was hit with a revolt in Bavaria, religious in motivation. They demand a change to Hinduism.
Caribbean has discovered their research was flawed. They must start all over.

Religious Events

This will be separate from regular events. The inner workings are simple: if you have contact with a certain religion, you have a chance of getting converted. If you get one conversion, you will continue with more RNG with a 25% chance of conversion. Until you don't get that chance, the conversions can continue for a long time.

Province only: +50% if the province is pagan!

National: If your state religion is of the faith, +10%. Any trading agreement increases the chance +5% due to even more contact.

Hinduism - Iberia(50% + 5% = 55%); Rome, Nubia, Germany, Austria and all countries in contact (Lombardia, France) with Carthage are at 50%.

Iberia: Hinduism spreads in Algiers and Oran.
Rome: Conversion in Crete and Thessaly.
Nubia: Conversion in Alexandria and the Delta.
Germany: Bavaria turns Hindu.
Austria: No conversions.
Lombardia: Genoa converts to Hinduism!
France: Britanny turns Hindu.

Thanks to these conversions, Carthage will now collect .9 gold per turn from its followers.

Judaism - Novgorod has a 55% chance, everyone else in contact with Kiev(Germany, Austria, Astrakhan, Novgorod, and Rome) has a 50% chance.

Novgorod: 4 provinces converted.
Germany: No conversion.
Austria: N/A
Astrakhan: N/A
Rome: Northern Anataloa converts to Judaism.

Kiev now collects 0.5 gold from its followers around the world.

Announcements:

Several minor powers have arisen:

-Lombardia - Diplomacy
-Cameroon - Military
-Patagonia - Military
-Ormus - Infrastructure
-Kiwi - Diplomacy
-Maracaibo - Infra
-Norway - Civics

Please welcome taillesskangaru. Due to bestrfcplayer being MIA, Canada has been taken over by our resident kangaroo. Omega will be happy to have a non-NPC major player in the area I'm sure...

Judaism has been founded in...

Kievan Rus. Kiev is now the holy city of the Jewish faith. Nations able to convert:

Germany
Austria
Astrakhan
Novgorod
East Rome

To prevent a gamey advantage from holy cities, instead of getting +1 gold for every province your faith nets, you get +0.1 gold instead.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

why is my income 2 and I said research civ 3 and everybody else is researching except me!

 

[Tee Kay]

What did the New Jerseyans want?

Also, what's that NPC south of the Great lakes?

 

[Tani Coyote]

why is my income 2 and I said research civ 3 and everybody else is researching except me!

Calm down. Your income is 24.

However, I _did_ miss your previous orders. You've been given 19 gold towards Civics 3.

What did the New Jerseyans want?

Fixed.

Also, what's that NPC south of the Great lakes?

The Great Lakes. Original name I know. Currently Canada's sole trade agreement is with them. Come next turn, you'll be able to have a second trade agreement(assuming you continue the research into Diplo 2), and thus will be able to get a new trade partner without PO'ing the Great Lakes.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

Spend 20 into civ (i have 19/27 civ3) and 4 into vault claims

 

[Tee Kay]

Tanicius: can I give the rebels their independence? If so, what are the consequences?

 

[Tani Coyote]

Tanicius: can I give the rebels their independence? If so, what are the consequences?

They are New England nationalists; to make peace, they will want New Jersey, Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, and Delaware. Probably better to just squash them given their tiny size.

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Formula for Power:

[1/4 (Treasury + Net income)] + (Land morale * number of armies) + (value of tech + current research)

Stats as of the end of Update 5

Nubia (9.5) + (0.2) + (129) = 138.7
Austronesia (7) + (-0.2) + (113) = 119.8
India (7.75) + (1.8) + (106) = 115.55
Amazon (12.5) + (-0.2) + (100) = 112.3
Iberia (8) + (0.6) + (101) = 109.6
Rome (8.5) + (0.7) + (80) = 89.2
Singapore (8.95) + (-0.2) + (79) = 87.75
Zululand (6.25) + (4) + (72) = 82.25
Deseret (6.1) + (2.4) + (71) = 79.5
Japan (5.25) + (1.8) + (70) = 77.05
Canada (6.5) + (0.3) + (67) = 73.8
Na-Na-Nine (8.75) + (0.6) + (64) = 72.35
Germany (5.75) + (0.9) + (65) = 71.65
Austria (5.75) + (1.2) + (59) = 65.95
Albion (3.75) + (0) + (45) = 48.75
Caribbean (4.75) + (-0.5) + (40) = 44.25

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The balance of power casus belli has changed slightly. Instead of being 25% greater than any opponent worldwide, they must be 33% greater than anybody they're in contact with. You can only get this if your current knowledge leads you to believe they dominate, as well, i.e. if you know two great powers that could challenge eachother but know not of eachother, you don't get a casus belli on either.

As a result, the following powers are now in the crosshairs of their neighbors:

Nubia - While the top leader worldwide, Rome, Ethiopia, and Axum now have a casus belli on them, believing them to be hegemonic.

Iberia - 5th place worldwide. All people in contact with Iberia now have a casus belli on them.

Amazon - 4th place worldwide. The Amazon dominates South America like a monster, and so all neighbors have a casus belli on it.

Deseret - 9th place. The Aztecs have a casus belli on them, but nobody else in North America does since everyone else knows of Canada, which can challenge Deseret.

Zulu - 8th place. Everyone they know has a CB.

Austronesia - 2nd place. Everyone - including Singapore - has a CB on them.

India - Everyone they know has a CB.

Na-Na-Nine - Novgorod has a casus belli.

Sounds like states that kept a low profile will be grateful!

This is as good a time as any to clarify the AI's likelihood to go to war. The AI will not declare war if their opinion is -1 or above, so these casus belli aren't anything to be feared, as if even protectionists right now will have -1 at the least with all AI. Now, as for opportunistic humans...

Some misc. rankings, for fun:

Top 3 by Wealth (Treasury)

1 - Amazon (21)
2 - Rome (14)
3 - Singapore (11.8)
The closest runner up has 4 gold - Na-Na-Nine.

Top 3 by Economy Size (Gross Income after bonuses but before maintenance)

1 - Nubia (39 per turn)
2 - India (34 per turn)
3 - Iberia (32 per turn)

The closest runner up is Na-Na-Nine, with 31.

Top 3 by Productivity (Base Income)

1 - Nubia (33)
2 - Iberia (28)
3 - Na-Na-Nine and India (27)

The runner up is Singapore, at 25.

Top 3 by Economic Growth (Net Income)

1 - Nubia (38)
2 - Iberia and India (32)
3 - Na-Na-Nine (31)

The runner up is Amazon, at 29.

Top 3 by Training (Morale)

1 - Austria and Deseret (1.2)
2 - Rome (0.7)
3 - Iberia, India, Japan (0.6)

Zululand has the largest army.

Top 3 by Most Advanced (Research)

Nubia
Austronesia
India

The runner up is Iberia

 

[Abaddon]

This game is nonsense. You update at such a rapid pace, making mistakes turn and turn again!

 

[Mathalamus]

right. as per tradition i claim first, make all the necessary padding later. now since i cant claim but i can take over one NPC, im taking over the one that has ST petersburg.