Well, here goes:
<FONT size="6">The Glorious Rule of Vladmir Illych Lenin I</FONT s>
525 BCE ----- 150 BCE
It was a time of great prosperity, but alas, the wise and most respected ruler Cedric Greene passed away to a better place. Then came a time of great disturbance. The heir to the throne, Fry002, has apparently been kidnapped and anal probed by stranged, green skinned creatures. No one knows where he is now. However, a defiant young man named Vladmir Illych Lenin couragously restored order in the capital and rose to become the glorious leader of the Great English Empire.
A short biography:
Born and raised in the distant colony of Malard's Haven, Vlad was of a noble family, and had warrior blood running in him. His great great grandfather's uncle was on of the original pioneers in this brave new world. Vlad's father served in the great Swamp War of Mallard's Haven, where he sacrificed his arm to protect the general from the charging barbarians. Ever since he was a little boy, Vlad was always ambitious. The discovery of the Northern Peat Swamp was made by this adventurous man. When Vlad was 17, he travelled to Hastings to study at the great, newly built library. By the time he graduated at the age of 23, the King Cedric Greene ordered 10,000 able bodied men from Malard's Haven to serve in the Construction Settler Corps. Just as they're contigent set out to construct a road, Cedric passed away, which cause great unrest among the settlers. Vlad's leadership shined through, and earned the thrown as the King of England.
525 BC:
Being new to the throne, King Vlad decides to take a stroll around his beautiful kingdom. His first visit was to the capital, London. After a brief inspection of the Board of Education, London is deemed unfit for the construction of the great project, Colossus. The effort is diverted to Marco Polo's Embassy. The next target was York, the scientific and commercial center of all of England. After seeing several serfs slacking off, Vlad ordered the work force to work off of the roaming buffalos nearby and the silk forests to the south west. That way, not only will the phalanx be completed in one turn, but the science rate is now lowered from 11 turns to 10 turns. Nottingham seemed to be faring well, but Cimfindriel, a great city founded by the glorious ruler Cimfindriel, is growing awfully fast. Effort is diverted from library to temples. A brief inspection of the rest of the empire satisfies the new govenor.
500 BC:
One night, while "fooling around" with his wife, King Vlad is alarmed when his personal guards tell him that strange and distant Germans have commenced the construction of the Hanging Gardens. But after he calmed down for a while, Vlad concluded "Oh well, I can just conquer them later.
The bustling city, York, is set to build the abandoned project, Colossus, after another unit of Phalanx is comissioned. The education and grade average in York is extremely high (6 beakers), and the Colossus will bring extra revenue and science into the city.
Meanwhile, the overseas colony of Stonehenge whips up a unit of Phalanx, making the previous defenders, a groups of warriors, obsolete. They are disbanned, and ordered to be trained into settlers.
A construction project of a road connecting the two colonies of Malard's Haven and Stonehenge is ordered by King Vlad. The 5th Setter Corps is set to begin construction.
3000 kilometers away, a regiment of chariots race across the open grasslands, discovering new lands, but are stopped abruptly by an endless stretch of cursed swampland. The soldiers stop to pee.
Another 1000 kilometers away, the Concord is sailing on the high seas. The sea men spot a gigantic school of salmon, which stink up the entire 5 km radius. During a camp on the shore, a group of sailors discover a special plant, which can be put in boiling water and drunk. They christen this plant tea. However, beside the tea, there is another plant, then entire crew gets high smoking it.
475 BC:
While the Concord is continuing exlporation, chariot regiment "Leninskiy" is exploring further inland, and spot an ocean in the distance. Alas, their hopes of a supercontinent is thwarted.
Irrigation construction is completed at Cimfindriel. Settler Corps #4 is sent to construct roads connection PinkyGen and Cimfindriel.
King Vlad orders the coffers of his kingdom to remain closed, and the stored cash will be used for the great projects at York and London just in case.
450 BC:
The town wizard reports of the ugly Celtic civilization starting the project of the Colossus as well. Now it will be a race to see who completes it first!
Settler Corps #3 is sent to build the long and tedious road connecting York with Hastings.
There are two subjects wisemen and philosophers are pondering: why is there so much wasted space in the countryside of mainland England (poor placement of York), and why we are not republic yet.
425 BC:
OH NO! TERRIBLE NEWS!
The Egyptians have almost completed the Colossus! There is no way to beat them to it: even if we resume the Colossus at London, and disband the two units, we still don't have enough money to buy it. New game plan: discover flight.
400 BC:
News is announced that the Colossus is completed in the cursed Egyptian city of Memphis. Thousands are about to be unemployed in the York construction yard, but the workforce is being diverted building a temple, since the Colossus project has barely started.
The King emerges from his palace with a slap mark on his face, and a black eye. The end of his reign seems imminent.
375 BC:
0800, Zulu time. The unsanitary sewer dwelling peasants of Cimfindriel are about to throw a bloody revolt, but, the plan fell through. As King Vlad had planned, a temple was already well into construction, and before they could throw a temper tantrum, the temple is rush bought. Citizens rejoice.
Hastings also builds a temple, and since it has a high production output, construction of caravans are commenced to help with the construction of the wonders.
Displeased with the thin population concentration, a settlers unit between Cimfindriel and PinkyGen is sent on a journey to find a suitable city site.
The second trireme of the English Navy is about to come out of port at Nottingham, and the settlers that just completed irrigation is ordered to board the ship as soon as it is completed. The King waits anxiously.
350 BC:
At last, the weary band of settlers reached a suitable city site. These intrepid pioneers name this settlement Tea Time! Now settled down, the townfolk dance happily in the newly paved roads of Tea Time, and "Diarhea kid" can finally go.
Bagpipes played patriotic music while King Vlad smashed a bottle of wine on the hull of the newly built RSF Lenin at the Nottingham harbour. This sleek vessel can carry up to two units of soldiers or settlers, and can travel at the racey speed of 3 tiles. There's a rendevous at the "River of England" where 10,000 settlers are loaded onto the ship, and set sail for new lands. Production in Nottingham changed to settlers.
Meanwhile, the regiment of chariots scouting out the large continent east of England spots a village in the distance along a wide river. As they approach the inhabitants, they appear to be friendly, and agrees that unity is the key to success. Liverpool is now part of the English Empire. However, this village is in a poor position, too far away from a large school of tuna. The dissidents are scheduled to be relocated as soon as funds are sufficient.
The mayor of the town, York, reports that there will be much population growth soon, and riots will break out from insufficient amnenities. King Vlad orders the rush payment of the temple construction in York.
325 BC:
Temple in York completed, just in time to controll the uncontent citizens. Project started on the oracle, for now.
A specialist was hired by the King personally to check on the population of our glorious empire. Results conclude that it's just barely peaking 900,000. The local town gypsies say that it is much better than the other civilization that also inhabited this island in another dimension, called the "Classic Team". They only reached 900,000 well into the AD's.
Land ho! Another continent is discovered south-west of England. The King has a sudden change of mind, and that is to inhabit this continent instead of the previously explored one instead. The settlers jump into the water happily as the prepare to build their homes.
The chariot regiment enters a swamp village...and discovers an ancient tribe that need not be supported by a city, and agree to become the 6th settler corps. (what luck!) Now the King faces a difficult decision. Whether the settlers will be use for construction work because they need not to be supported, or to found another city. The latter choice is taken after careful consideration.
300 BC:
One day, a English philosopher in Cimfindriel recieved a hard blow on the head from the town drunk, and when he regained conciousness, and suddenly acquired the knowledge of scientific, moral, and metaphysical systems which endure for centuries to come! This eventually leads to the discovery of a wonderful idea, the Republic. King Vlad immediately decides to convert his kingdom into a Republic, but not just yet.. Horseback riding is considered and later confirmed to research by King Vlad. Travellers say this knowledge eventually leads up to Polytheism, and Monotheism, and finally, Michalanglo's Chapel.
Civil disorder in York! King Vlad blames his perverted town mayors for this dastardly deed of not notifying him earlier! Temple is rush bought. Cash reserves low!
Even though there is not much cash left, King Vlad boldly invested money to persuade the townspeople of Liverpool to move northward, where a better city location is.
The leader of a settler unit near Hastings reports that the Trans Continental road between Hastings and York is COMPLETED! Thousands rejoice as information is exchanged faster and transportation is an ease!
The pioneers which landed on the new continent earlier settle down, christening this town fondly "Fort Vladmir". The townspeople rejoice as tourists visit this town, which is surrounded on three sides by water. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, another group of settlers are prepared to build their homes near a deep harbour where many scouts claimed they saw whales. This town is called East Lenin.
275 BC:
After the latest estimate on population, King Vlad announces proudly in London Square that the non-contraceptive using English Empire reaches 1,000,000 people!
Order's restored in York, and Mallard's Haven completes a temple. Also, the road between PinkyGen and Cimfindriel is completed! Immediately, authorities begin cleaning up road kill.
250 BC:
Arrgghh! The King is enraged! The now elderly and wise king throws a fit and smashes his throne room. The Mongols have nearly completed the lighthouse! His later thoughts were: Oh well, I won't need it that much. I'll discover navigation soon.
Settlers purchased in Nottingham. The King's bishop plans to send the overseas.
The construction crew at London predicts Marco Polo will complete his round the world journey in just 7 more turns.
225 BC:
Arrgghh! Samarkand completes lighthouse, as told by the chief intelligence minister. King says that they can shove it up their arse.
NEW REPUBLIC DECLARED! LUXURY RATES SET TO AN ALL TIME HIGH OF 20%, BUT WE ARE GAINING A TECH EVERY 4 TURNS!
Luckily, there was only one case of civil disorder at Cimfindriel
Poverty reaches an all time high in Stone Henge! Thousands demand a better life, so 10,000 settlers leave the city to clear the northern swamps and build a city.
PinkyGen opens its new public library. Readers engross themselves in books about contraceptives.
Nottingham also completes settlers. This group boards the RSF Lenin to build another city near Fort Vladmir. This mass wave of migration has lowered the national population to 990,000.
The relocation of Liverpool successful! The new Liverpool is founded near the tea and the hallucination plants and the fishies. Thousands rejoice as marijuana becomes part of the English flag and insignia!
Our rowdy scientists have finally been able to strap their nerdy bodies on horses and ride them now their next goal is elephants!
200 BC:
The god forsaken Persians have started construction of the Great Wall! The King's mouth if full of curses.
The RSF Lenin unloads 10,000 adventurous settlers on new soil south of Fort Vladmir! They prepare to build a town right here next turn.
Because of the absence of enemies on the Eastern Island, the unsupported regiment of Chariots is called to guard East Lenin for the time being, as East Lenin needs to train settlers to quickly colonize this continent.
175 BC:
Once again, the frail old King throws an outrageous fit! The detested German race has nearly completed the Hanging Gardens! But this time, he was too old to care. Screw it. So what? Two happy citizens, so?
The first caravan in the English Empire is ready in Hastings, and it is loaded with silk, but King Vlad does not plan to establish a trade route, but to help build the Oracle in York (for now, because as soon as our empire discovers monotheism or astronomy, we will switch to either Mike's or Cope's).
The small, struggling community of Leeds is founded. Once again, thousands rejoice. On the other side of the ocean, King Vlad plans to populate the mainland's countryside, because there are large gaps with no cities. A group of settlers build the city of Reading on the East Coast.
150 BC:
Arrgghh! The puny city of Leipzig miraculously managed to complete the Hanging Gardens! Oh well, we're almost done Marco's Embassy.
The caravan from Hastings arrives to help the building of the wonder at York. With about 50 shields added, this project will be finished in no time.
Conclusion:
While the two ships, the Lenin and the Concord have been tediously exploring, exposing the new continent, not much work has been going on, on the mainland. There's been a couple of roads constructed, and six cities during the reign of King Vladmir Illych Lenin I. Another settler is in position to build another city as soon as the swamp is cleared.
The glorious ruler Vlad I rests on his deathbed, now at the ripe old age of 417. Over 1,200,000 citizens mourn his death, and his last words before parting were:
"Weed man!"
Statistics:
One wonder: Pyramids
Over a third of the way through Oracle, but please switch to Mike's or Cope's. Marco Polo's is almost complete (3 turns).
Leipzig is the number one city now! (3 happy citizens from the Hanging Gardens). London is number 2, and Cimfindriel, is now equal to London with 6 citizens, is number 6.
First in everything in demographics except approval rate (unhappiness in Republic) and military service!
14 cities.
Tax: 20%---18 gold----cost: 10 gold
Science: 60%----5 turns
Luxuries: 20%
Well, there you have it. Should I just send it the Thunderfall to keep it going?
anyway its all sent, waiting for you vlad.
