[PREVIEW Thread] LuckNES IV: Generation of Glory

[Azale]

It's likely this one:

 

[Israelite9191]

In that case I reserve the Union of Scandinavia.

 

[Grombar]

Portugal looks interesting for me, or the Incan Empire.

 

[germanicus12]

I would like the Republic of Texas, if that is what it is called.

 

[das]

As I said, the untimely appearence of this thread caused grievous confusion. Lucky, are you sure you can't just go with the above map, seeing as so many people are interested in it?

 

[Cuivienen]

I would like the Republic of Texas, if that is what it is called.

That's a Dutch colony

Also, the map has Bohemia, the HRE and Brandenburg confused; Brandenburg is labeled as the HRE, Bohemia as Brandenburg and the HRE as Bohemia.

 

[Wubba360]

I will take Venice if that is possible, if not then can I have JApan?

 

[Israelite9191]

Please do this map Lucky. Everyone is interested in it, so you'll be guaranteed to have a strong player base (somethign you complained about not having in previous NESes you've moded).

And besides, if you don't, my connections in the World Zionist Conspiracy will freeze your bank accounts.

 

[schmiddi]

I'd be interested.

How much time do you need to play a NES actively? I only lurked till now.

 

[Israelite9191]

Depends. You can let it take up hours a day, or you can take just a few minutes a day, or an hour or two every other day. once you start, however, you won't be able to help being pulled in.

 

[schmiddi]

I guess that should be feasible.

 

[Swissempire]

The Papal States if the above map is the one we are using.

Also, when copying rules, take the time to go through them and get rid of references to the other NES they were from...

 

[Luckymoose]

I will do this map. I still need to talk to Cuiv about it I guess.

@ Das, could you still work on a timeline for me for the far future?

@ Cuiv, I am not so great at writing timelines. I have no idea what the stats should even look like.

@ Swiss: Das made those rules and they are from that NES so thats why NES2 V Economy System is there. It is the more popular one after all.

 

[jeps]

Portugal. Will get reinvolved.

Sorry about last one.

Luckymoose, as part of the Jewish Banker Conspiracy, if you don't use that map, switzerland will freeze your bank accounts.

From the other thread. Just thought I should post that here.

 

[shortguy]

EDIT: Scratch that. I'd like to reserve Poland-Lithuania, please.

 

[jeps]

That's Bohemia. HRE is grey, above Bohemia. Azale did a labelled map in post 21.

 

[shortguy]

That's Bohemia. HRE is grey, above Bohemia. Azale did a labelled map in post 21.

Azale was wrong, if you read Cuivienen's comments a few posts below.

 

[Cannae]

Taking Kurdistan!

 

[carmen510]

I might join this... After two updates.

 

[Cuivienen]

@ Cuiv, I am not so great at writing timelines. I have no idea what the stats should even look like.

Well, As I said before, I don't have a timeline for the map. I do, however, have pretty extensive knowledge of the current situation, so I can give you an idea of what stats should look like. There are also a few minor problems with the map that I'd like to fix, such as the location of Thessaloniki (should be on the western side of Athos, not the eastern).


Russian America Company: Very small military, but well-organized. Politically dependent on Russia but effectively acting on its own. Its contract includes various stipulations such as that at least 70% of their colonists must be of Russian descent, and they must provide Russia the equivalent of one EP per two turns/years to continue operations.

Tarascan Empire: Semi-modernized military with Dutch aid. Population has rebounded greatly from the initial population collapse, and the military is large but poorly disciplined. Strict hierarchy makes social movement difficult but centralizes power effectively. Enemies of the British.

Quiché: Smaller and somewhat weaker and less united than the Tarascans, also friendly with the Dutch and enemies of the British. Unlike the Tarascans, who have at times gone on the offensive, Quiché prefers to stick to its mountainous holdings and repel the British.

Incan Empire: A resurgent version of the empire that nearly collapsed during a series of civil wars, the Incans are very organized and efficient and have adopted some Old World pack animals, especially donkeys, to their purposes. Still, because they have not proven as useful as the Tarascans and Quiché in foiling British plans, they have not been aided as much by the Dutch. Nonetheless, they are the strongest of the American powers.

Union of Scandinavia: The Union itself is tenuous, but Scandinavia is powerful, and its possession and occupation of overseas colonies has quieted internal dissent somewhat. They have at times allied with the Dutch and are on less-than-friendly terms with the British. Their colonies in northern South America has proven extremely rich and have given great wealth to a previously poor region. Their navy is large and well-trained, but their army is not so large and focused on colonial occupation.

United Netherlands: In truth, the Netherlands are in a similar situation to Scandinavia. Their navy is powerful, possibly the most powerful worldwide, and their overseas colonies have made them rich. They have been hindered of late by British control of South Africa, which they resent, and are generally rivals and enemies of the British. Many of their colonial possessions speak French and not Dutch as the colonists come mostly from Burgundy, a continental power with a strong army but no overseas possessions. The Dutch and Burgundy are fast friends and tied together with marriage alliances between Dutch noble houses and the Burgundian royalty. They have tended to ally with native powers against the British to combat their relative weakness when fighting on land.

United Kingdom of Great Britain: The chief rival of the Netherlands and probably the most powerful single nation in the world, the British were the masters of the Western Europe for centuries. The collapse of their influence in Burgundy left Britain less than dominant, so Britain sought an overseas colonial empire, one of the largest. Their navy consists of larger but slower ships than the Dutch, and their navy is slightly smaller, though this is easily made up for by the extreme centralization and organization of British command and their relatively large population, which can support as large an army as any other nation in Europe (save perhaps Poland-Lithuania).

Kingdom of Aquitaine: A British puppet until recently, the Aquitanians have flexed their independence somewhat of late. Still, they are close and steadfast allies of the British and know that their colonial power is due primarily to British naval power. Their army is larger than their navy, and, unlike the British, they rely as heavily on home production as on colonial production to fit their needs. This has led to some neglect of their colonies, but benign neglect that has led to flourishing industry and cattle ranching in Aquitanian South America and diverse agriculture and industry in Aquitanian North America. Militarily, they are reasonably strong, but less so than the other major powers.

Kingdom of Portugal: One of the non-aligned major colonial poers, portugal suffered the depredations of the British and Dutch upon their colonies long ago, but they have since stabilized and control a small but steady amount of the Indian Ocean trade. Their colony in Brazil is much the same as OTL, full of sugar plantations that use slave labor to its fullest. Their navy and army are somewhat smaller than the other great powers, but they make up for it by not being involved in the constant petty wars of Britain, Aquitaine, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

Kingdom of Spain: They have focused primarily on the Western Mediterranean, which was once and still mostly is a Spanish lake. Their culture is more Aragonese and sea-oriented than OTL, and their navy is rivalled only by Venice within the Mediterranean, though it is ill-suited to combat in the open ocean. An "agreement" with the Venetians has allowed the Spanish to keep control over all Mediterranean trade coming through Venetian lands into western Europe, which has made them wealthy and allowed them to compete with the trans-African voyages of the other European powers. They are also easily the most devoutly Catholic Christian nation and have been named as one of the two great Defenders of the Faith by the Pope (the other being the HRE). Their zealotry has led them to convert many of the Muslims in their North African colonies, either voluntarily or by force, though Islam is still somewhat more common than Christianity there.

Most Serene Republic of Venice: A nation of traders, Venice has deftly manipulated the other Christian nations until it became masters of the Mediterranean, then, in a series of crusades against the Ottomans with the ostensible purpose of saving the Byzantine Empire, managed to sieze control of the Nile Delta and coastal Egypt. They soon constructed a Red Sea fleet able to navigate the Indian Ocean and used the Red Sea as another base of operations against African, Arabian and India powers. Their trade route to India is the shortest geographically, but the need to cross the Isthmus of Suez slows them down; an extensive overland conveyance system has speeded the process, and their is strong resistance from all levels that benefit from the conveyance system, including the Doge himself, to the idea of a canal. Venice and her Italian and Greek holdings are also the intellectual hub of Europe.

(more later)
Kingdom of Burgundy (Kingdom of the French)
Swiss Confederacy
Union of Hanover
Kingdom of Brandenburg
Kingdom of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Papal States Swissempire
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania
Kingdom of Finland
Kingdom of Romania
Empire of Bulgaria
[Eastern] Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire)
Empire of All Russias Azale
Kingdom of Georgia

Middle East and Africa
Ottoman Empire
Sultanate of Egypt
Sultanate of Sennar
Kingdom of Abyssinia
Union of Hejaz
Kurdistan
Zand Shahdom of Persia
Sultanate of Zanzibar
Kingdom of Kanem-Bornu
Sultanate of Timbuktu

India
Sultanate of Lahore
Sultanate of Delhi
Kingdom of Rajputana
Kingdom of Mysore
Kingdom of Nepal
Kingdom of Sikkim
Kingdom of Bhutan

East and Southeast Asia
Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan Wubba360
Qing Empire of China Silver 2039
Kingdom of Ayutthaya
Konbaung Empire of Burma
Empire of Dai Viet
Sultanate of Brunei