Australia finally succeeds in claiming the coastline for itself. They begin to exert pressure on the Geystral colony and even cause a few Geystral colonists to cross the border and become Australian. Even more impressive they begin a extensive educational reform policy. Increasing the number of smart people in Australia.
In Southeast Asia the Geystral Army does an about face and swiftly strikes the unprotected southern flank of the Davarati capital. The Thais and Vietnamese had settled in for a long siege but the swift and seemingly crazed attack of the Geystral troops overwhelmed the Davarati defenses and sacked the capital, but only after egregious losses. The plunder from the sack does stimulate the Geystral economy even more.
The inexorable advance of Canada continues! It seems no one can stop the new Canadian juggernaught. They charge northward yet again into Montagnis land. It seems the King had forgotten that while the Northern Alliance was dead the Hudson Alliance was still up and kicking, and stronger than ever. With the Canadian Invasion the Cree and Winnebago declare war on the Canadians and the Winnebagos meet with success in pushing Canada from their ancestral lands. The Ojibwa end up falling to the Cree and accept them as a protectorate. Even worse for Canada is that the Mimacs have not accepted Canadian rule and take the opportunity to assemble in open revolt of Canadian rule. With the Canadian Army up north fighting there are no troops available to put down the insurrection.
The Sicilians take advantage of a power vacuum in the Hittite kingdom to viciously turn their defense into an offense. They push from their fortifications and advance rapidly on the capital, but dont have enough troops to effectively garrison the countryside and keep their advance up. The arrival of new Hittite troops from the easternmost parts of the Kingdom also slows their advance to a halt. The Sicilians also complete their Wonder of the World the Sicilian main street, a monument to economic growth.
In the Mideast a new power emerges, the Median Empire. They are a powerful people who migrated from central Asia and within a century had subjugated a large portion of their weaker neighbors. The Persians, not content to be outclassed, and lead by a new young and very intelligent king, Cyrus, embark on a campaign for the Median capital of Hamadan. Their advance progresses well and time will tell if this is a new period in mideast history.
The Arabians are the first to find out about these new developments and it now becomes clear why the Persians refused to become a military vassal. They do little save increasing their education and expanding deeper into the deep expanses of the Arabian desert.
On the Indian Subcontinent the Aryans attack the Singhalese. Finding their new government to be an affront to the Aryan King their armies advance on a broad front against determined Singhalese resistance. The Aryans outnumber the troops from Sinhala but they had been preparing for this war for generations and doggedly hold their ground allowing only minor penetration of Aryan troops.
Spain enters a period of prosperity. For the first time in many, many years the people of Spain are at peace and they rejoice at that fact. They try to outflank the Mauritanians near Morocco, by sending their 5 most advanced triremes filled with 200 men to land further south on the coast. They succeed in beating the Mauritanians to the punch and are able to land some troops but one trireme was lost with all hands, over 40 men.
In the southernmost reaches of Africa a new nations emerges. From their capital in Johannesburg the South Africans are established under the leader Death who promises one of the smartest nations on the planet.
NPC Diplomacy
Mahada:
to Sinhala: Sure we'll be friends but we need no help with our government, our philosophers are much more advanced than you and we've known about a republic for many years now. Now go back to living in darkness.
Trade
Geystral - Vietnam (2/3)
Arabia - Persia (0/3)
Spain - Rome (0/3)
Rome - Spain (0/3)
Rules
Missed a ton of orders this time, and a lot of you have been skipping consitantly. I'm going to NPC nations who haven't given orders for 3 turns. If you like it back after that all you've got to do is ask.