Nuke Nes IX: Genesis and Armageddon

[SouthernKing]

Sure, option 2.

 

[Polish Ghetto]

Nehiimet developement (hopefully):

Spoiler :

Using war against the Republic to the South, the leader of the original Nehiimet kingdom will reunite the Nehiimet people. After this, most of the effort will be placed upon developing a structured government (a non-inherited Monarchy with limited power in the other elders of the community as councils of advisors). There will be a focus on city and infastructure building and the culture will grow to admire both warriors and "scientists/teachers" highly. The Nehiimet army will continue to expand over the years but nothing as dramatic as the war of unification. Due to the history of seafaring, exploration, and cartography, the Nehiimet will map all of the west coast and as far east as the Mississippi, leading to an increase in external trade networks and a better understanding of astronomy.

 

[Mosher]

Spoiler :

Over waxes and wanes, the Nannuk will establish themselves across the Mediterranean ranging from small, Shanuka-like states to Vanukurat-style Hegemonies. Because of the way their culture works and how they have experienced the two Exiles, they will always unite locally, and even regionally, against outside foes, and their local conflict means that Nannukan militia can almost always stand up to invading guards and professionals or fight scattering skirmishes as needed.

Shannuka will go with our plan and unify with Lyba, forming a strong North African empire as well as sending waves of Nannukan/Lyban people to push out and replace the current nomads of the Sahara and control its trade routes. For the Nannukan half of the culture, they will always continue to seek new lands to settle and new people to fight, and, if respect is earned, trade. Sahara and the Trans-Sahara will be filled with loose, nomadic Nannukan tribes, living like their ancient ancestors in Palestine once did before the first Exile. The more sea-worthy Nannuks will slowly migrate into the Atlantic like sea-Gypsies, only recognizing and recognized Lybanukan ports as havens. Each ship is its own tribe. Eventually, they will make their own efforts to cross the Atlantic or round Africa, and boast of each minor achievement to their buddies back at Carthage.

Vanuka will grow to the Levant and perhaps further, but that is about the maximum a Hegemonic-style power on such a fractious people can hold. Common rebellion due to overpopulation will be fixed with a government crackdown, and mass migration of the survivers of said rebellion to various places as outlaws. They will be seen by others as a Vanukan Army (because even Nannuk Rabble are contentious foes) but by the Vanukans themselves as the rabble-rousing rebellion remnants they are. Not only will this keep pressure on any Cayun outposts left on the mainland and the Turyline frontier, and the massive bulk of the Ut Shias, this will also spread waves of migrants into and across the Caucasian Mountains, reversing the flow of migrating warriors for a time and adopting new ways of war. The government itself will stay stable in relation to their neighbors, for growing strengths will lead to a campaign, and growing weaknesses will lead to challenges by local nobles, which will either give the throne to a Prestegious Newcommer, or to the now Bloodied King sitting on his new throne of treasonous skulls. As with any news of battle, more Nannuk will swarm to join the Royal Army and it once again will return to the balance. As for trade, the Vanukans have all they need already; Steel for weapons, Food for the body, Alcohol for the soul. They might trade their superior weapons and mercenary bands for luxuries, though. (Only the most prestigious men can be seen with them; any other lesser man seen with them will be accused of weakness and challenged, often to the death; in any case, if that lesser man survives he will prove his worth to use the luxuries anyway)

Some Nannuk survived the first Exile all those years ago by migrating into the sands of the Arabian Peninsula. Their descendents are slowly revealed over time.

Confirming the Lyba/Shannuka union.

 

[Terrance888]

BTW, Lybanuka will be under Mosherian Control, although I will secure rights to any Shannukan-dominated Successors, any Nannuk-Sahara states and such.

What's your culture like anyway, mosher?

 

[Mosher]

Very warlike, very aggressive, decentralized.

 

[Terrance888]

We are lost brothers!

 

[GamezRule]

Sorry, NPC me.

I have other things I should be working on.

 

[Nuka-sama]

Perfect, don't need anything else from you really
Pretty Good, you could expand on some stuff, but you're good
I have some stuff on you and I can do somethings with you, but I need more
You've posted some really general things, but I have little to no idea how you want your culture to go
Please post something because I can't even work on you, or the people you border. If you need to, NPC yourself

Lord of Elves
Zelet Dude
Eltain
Luckymoose
Terrance888
Polish Ghetto
lopaz
MjM
Red Spy
General Olaf
Immaculate
Southern King
Milarqui
Mosher
Mango Elephant
Celticfury
Prospo
Cannae
germanicus

 

[Terrance888]

The Long View of History
Nannuk history seems to repeat inevitably. Victory, Exuberance... Exile. A new philosophy has arisen known as "Nuk'tekanturat", The Cycle of the People's Realm. It preaches that history is doomed to rhyme as generations wear on. Each person's duty to find happiness is to fit their piece into the puzzle, often by looking at one's own skills and one's ancestors. If one sees their role as to above their current station, their struggle to gain their true role is destined to succede. If one is destined to lead his country to doom... it is destined. It will happen.

How can one truely know what is one's true role? One must have Faith in Tekan, the Cycle, and one must live a good life, for all the ancient heros of the True Cycle have lived good lives. If one lived his life according to the Ancient Wisdoms and his role in the Tekan, his spirit will become free of the Nuk'Tekanurat and join the Tekan in eternal Bliss. Of course, those who will find their way to Tekan are destined to do so, but everyone hopes that THEY are the chosen ones to fit into their roles in life, and they struggle to let their inner Tekan to reveal itself. (A mix of Calvinsitic Predestination and Hinduistic Rebirth, with some Buddist Nirvana in it. This is added to the Confucian Filial Piety already in my 'Cultural Religion', Enjoy!)


The Nannuk Exodi
This view of history eventually lead to many Nannuk Exodi over the centuries. As each Nannukan state peaks and wanes, they accept the downfall of their country to internal revolt or external invasion, and prepare for an exodus and a rebellion; the two accepted results of a downfall. Like exploding water balloons they spread the Nannuk people to the far corners of the world. Vanukan Exodi from the Interregnum can be found riding with the Almeks. Kanukan Exodi are sometimes found in small, warlike, groups in the Blu Blathe before it's own fall. The Ancient Stories of flight by sea and by land, rebellion of slaves, reconquest and loss imprinted themselves not only by its first or second cycle, but endless cycles over the centuries. By the start of the Age of Exploration, there were Nannukan enclaves in every major city, often relied as a core of a nation's military. Nannukan Mercenaries (ala Mandalorians) wandered the countryside with their families, by Nannukan Gypsies wander the seas. They are found in strange places such as subsaharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Scontia. A tribe somehow found its way all the way to the lands of Yu, where they formed a castle of sorts, selling their expertise to the highest bidder and confident that they haven't reached their empire yet, so that they are destined to not fall.


Endless States
Some Nannukan Kings feel that they are destined to sustain their state forever, for their ancesters have done so far, haven't they? The Empire of Vanukurat and the Emirate of Lybanuka are such examples. Instead of feeling destined for failure, some kings just fought back. If they won, they claim they are destined to suceed. If they lost, the next generation claims the right of Dalak and the Vanukans, and rebels. They don't always succeed, but somehow these two states remain rather constant in their homelands, waxing and waning like the tides. Some other states caught this feeling as well, but those "Modern Endless States" are few, rare, small, and mostly ended by now "because of destiny".

 

[ZeletDude]

awesome. I'm perfect, as expected
Jk.

 

[Terrance888]

I guess Mosher just wants to follow my lead this BT... Hey! You have a great chance to do your own thing. My thing is just unification and the Lybanukan Nannuka; you can do whatever you want with Lybanuka itself!

Are we allowed to bug the people in the red?

 

[Vylinius]

Update my first post on developments till next update. I hope that's enough if you need more just ask. I could I guess go into the philosophy of the nation specifically if that is needed.
Edit: Also sorry for my poor grammar and other faults when it comes to typing large blocks of text.

 

[Milarqui]

Thought I had already put up some orders...

Spoiler :

Expand overland towards eastern Baisala (Cuba).
Expand towards all islands that are around Cuba, so that we cover all our bases.
Build bigger and better ships that can travel further.
Encourage greater reproduction.
Develop better tools.
Develop agriculture in greater levels.

 

[Terrance888]

It's a THOUSAND YEARS. Or, say, enough time to turn the fishermen of Phoenicia to the Empire of Carthage, to the Slaves of the Romans. Or enough time to turn the migrants from the forests of the Oder, into Empire-Deposing "Barbarians", to Empire builders and pious folk.
Or from head-bowed serfs who will do everything his lord say to head-bowed workers who will do everything his boss says... wait, that didn't prove my point at all.

Sorry for the outburst anyway. Now you know.

 

[Mosher]

Lybanuka - continue the war with the Cayun. Continue to seize territory all along North Africa, and expand down the West African Coast. Try and seize Mediterranean islands, and invade Spain. Lybanuka will continue to remain a very barbarous country, but try and adopt strategies and technologies from other nations/tribes invaded. Develop iron as a currency - it's use as a weapon is imperative, and a symbol of strength to the Lybans. Constantly seek out iron as if it were gold.

Develop a homegrown Lyban religion - Catra-kan - with pious followers throughout Lybanuka. The central figures of Catra-kan being the Great God of War, Catra, and the Lesser God of Peace, kan. Spread this throughout North Africa and to the Med. Coast.

Develop the naval part of our empire, led by the Shannuka branch of Lybanuka, so that we can at least repel naval invasions and invade some islands. Allow the Lybanukan flag to fly high over the Med! Triremes and galleys, and then caravels and galleons and frigates, shall be produced in increased fashion.

The government will mostly stay the same, with Lybanuka being very reactionary in its political thinking.

 

[MjM]

Nuke, I can give you more stuff on IRC tomorrow if need be.

 

[Milarqui]

It's a THOUSAND YEARS. Or, say, enough time to turn the fishermen of Phoenicia to the Empire of Carthage, to the Slaves of the Romans. Or enough time to turn the migrants from the forests of the Oder, into Empire-Deposing "Barbarians", to Empire builders and pious folk.
Or from head-bowed serfs who will do everything his lord say to head-bowed workers who will do everything his boss says... wait, that didn't prove my point at all.

Sorry for the outburst anyway. Now you know.

Ah, OK, I thought we were doing a normal turn before the BT...

Spoiler :

Expansion
Finish taking over Cuba.
Expand into the whole Caribbean.
Try to expand into North America from Florida.
Take over Bahamas.
Reach Central America at top haste.
Expand into South America.
Technology
Develop many better ships to aid in our expansion through the Caribbean.
Develop many tools and weapons that help us mantain the expansion and better exploit the resources nature gives us.
Foreign Relations
Any tribe we find, invite them to join us. Slowly introduce our culture to them until they finally become part of our culture, too.
If we find any nation like ours, try to engage in peaceful relationship with them, with trade, while we slowly infuse them with our culture and religion.
Military
Develop a standing army, which is to grow as our nation grows. It has to defend us from internal rebellions and external enemies that attack us.
Equally, develop a standing navy, that will become the wooden wall that will defend our islands and coast from seaborne enemies.
Develop weaponry that can help us improve our soldiers' strength and cover our weaknesses.
Economy
Make sure there is nearly constant trade between all cities, to insure communication and economy improvement.
Constantly work on making improvements to our resource extraction abilities, always trying to keep it in consonance with Nature.

 

[SouthernKing]

I'll have my orders in yet! Give me a few hours maybe.

 

[Immaculate]

Cayun

Spoiler :

The years have not been kind to the Cayun as they, as a nation, were first forced from North Africa, then Anatolia, then finally continental Europe leaving Çekirdeksel to wither with only their island holdings across the Mediterranean and along the western coast of Africa (a reflection of their low aggression score; our focus on naval advancement being the only thing preventing our nation from destruction but ultimately forcing us to control only islands- though hopefully all of them)

Their continued existence is dependent almost solely on trade and contractual service to larger nations. They continue to be on the forefront of naval innovation, engineering, and medicine, as well as law and finance, and music and art (building on liberty and high sophistication).

Despite their nation being forced from Anatolia, North Africa, and continental Europe, there remains sizeable cultural and ethnic populations of Cayun throughout the Mediterranean basin. These, depending on the nation they occur in and their numbers may form into isolationist, embittered ghettoes speaking their mother tongue, continuing their own cultural traditions, and serving mostly as conduits for trade and banking within the nation they find themselves in- and largely abused by the local rulers. In other nations they are found in smaller numbers where their connections with the trading and banking communities, as well as their propensity to professional careers makes them invaluable and they can rise to significant positions of power and authority. Ultimately, regardless of if the Cayun individual finds themselves amidst the remnants of the Çekirdeksel islands or living in a Cayun ghetto within a larger mainland nation or in a position of authority and respect in another nation, their very strong cultural and ethnic identity will always mean that they consider themselves Cayun first and above all else, worshipping their polytheistic gods and maintaining contacts both for trade and professional reasons as well as personal friendships with Cayuns from across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (based on a cohesion score of five/five)

 

[Optical]

I'll do a writeup tomorrow, but I have little--->no time tonight.