Luckymoose
The World is Mine
It has been a turbulent century, Russia managed to stay out of all major European wars of the 19th century and lead the way of industrialization and modernization in the early 20th century. China, Ecuador and Romania are vassal nations under the Tsar's Reformed Empire. Japan, Austria, UK, USA and others are all potential enemies. The Prussian German state and Sardinia-Piedmont at allies of the highest caliber. A brief history lesson on the Russian state over the last 80 years is required to understand the nature of these times.
The idea of competing with the British in the far east came about for most of the century, leading to the annexation of many central Asian countries, the founding of an Indian ocean port for the Russian industrial giant and the successful entry into the Chinese wars. Leading to the vassalization of the mighty Qing, the taking of northern Korea from the Japanese threat and a stabilizing presence in the entire region.
Africa was another story entirely, the British were unable to hold on to their claims in the region due to rebellions and exhausting resources in India and China allowing the Russian government to make purchases of vast sways of land over the course of two decades. Millions of Russians were sent to live in the colonies, which now have industrial centers of their own and produce a hefty income to the Russian Empire. Losing these regions would be devastating.
Relations in Europe have mostly been focused on keeping out of wars, problems with the Ottomans have led to various close calls on the war front but no full blown wars have started in the region. Romania was released as a sign of easing tensions and now sits as a buffer between the Turks and Russian lands. The German states never unified as an early coalition led by France against the growing German threat broke them down into Federations and the original Prussian state (now known as Germany). Sweden managed to gain parts of northern Germany for the first time in centuries. France and Spain were involved in a six year war with the USA over some incident in Cuba and all sides were devastated. Mobilization cost both the USA and the French millions in casualties and eventually the French surrendered as their government faltered.
Between 1915 and 1918 the Russian military aided Sardinia in the Italian Wars. Giving the nation a much better position on the peninsula and many in Sardinia call for unification of Italy. Russia, France and Germany all support Sardinia while Two Sicilies is supported by Austria, South German-Fed and potentially the United Kingdom. We are now in April 1919 and it seems that the major war Russia had feared for decades is finally going to come.
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As the war unfolds I will be following it slowly to give you all something interesting to see. Difficulty is normal/normal and Russia is far from ready with a standing army to simply crush Austria or the UK.
Goals: Unify Italy under Sardinia-Piedmont, Conquer Hungary and annex it into Russia, Leave the Austrians completely defeated, etc.
The idea of competing with the British in the far east came about for most of the century, leading to the annexation of many central Asian countries, the founding of an Indian ocean port for the Russian industrial giant and the successful entry into the Chinese wars. Leading to the vassalization of the mighty Qing, the taking of northern Korea from the Japanese threat and a stabilizing presence in the entire region.
Africa was another story entirely, the British were unable to hold on to their claims in the region due to rebellions and exhausting resources in India and China allowing the Russian government to make purchases of vast sways of land over the course of two decades. Millions of Russians were sent to live in the colonies, which now have industrial centers of their own and produce a hefty income to the Russian Empire. Losing these regions would be devastating.
Relations in Europe have mostly been focused on keeping out of wars, problems with the Ottomans have led to various close calls on the war front but no full blown wars have started in the region. Romania was released as a sign of easing tensions and now sits as a buffer between the Turks and Russian lands. The German states never unified as an early coalition led by France against the growing German threat broke them down into Federations and the original Prussian state (now known as Germany). Sweden managed to gain parts of northern Germany for the first time in centuries. France and Spain were involved in a six year war with the USA over some incident in Cuba and all sides were devastated. Mobilization cost both the USA and the French millions in casualties and eventually the French surrendered as their government faltered.
Between 1915 and 1918 the Russian military aided Sardinia in the Italian Wars. Giving the nation a much better position on the peninsula and many in Sardinia call for unification of Italy. Russia, France and Germany all support Sardinia while Two Sicilies is supported by Austria, South German-Fed and potentially the United Kingdom. We are now in April 1919 and it seems that the major war Russia had feared for decades is finally going to come.
Spoiler World Map 1919, no Americas :
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As the war unfolds I will be following it slowly to give you all something interesting to see. Difficulty is normal/normal and Russia is far from ready with a standing army to simply crush Austria or the UK.
Goals: Unify Italy under Sardinia-Piedmont, Conquer Hungary and annex it into Russia, Leave the Austrians completely defeated, etc.
