Rise of Persia

[King of Anshan]

Well, so long as you make sure to get all the military techs, you'll do fine. Eventually you'll start to erase their bonuses when you get large enough anyway I'm sure.

Ah right, I forgot, the Earth map hates anybody who's not American in terms of the Statue of Liberty! Been playing a random map so I forgot I suppose.

Not growing old I hope? You still now Alzheimer's first name?

 

[King of Anshan]

chapter 3

Spoiler :

Chapter 3 : the Dawn of Imperialism

Captain Mago, grandson of the famous Carthaginian explorer Hanno the navigator, looked to the stars that illuminated the moonless heaven. The Persian crew of the ship was finally beginning to understand the basics of sailing. Mago had preferred a more experienced crew of his own kinsmen, but he understood that only with a Persian crew his loyalty could be assured. The Seven did not want to lose their first navy, just because they had to hire foreigners to the sailing and such. The Persians were and had always been a land-based nation, leaving the sea trade to hired merchants from other nations. But now, with new technologies the seas lay open. The Seven was convinced that without proper exploration of the seas they would be in a grave disadvantage. That was why they had requested Mago to come to Parsa. He could still remember the nobility and virtue the Seven nobles had radiated. They had given him orders to sail north from Gando around Britain and than West to find the mythical Counterweight-continent. Mago had passed the channel now and began to sail north, the winds were favourable...

The Seven elected a new Eran Spahbod in 1472, his task was the conquest and pacification of Ottoman Anatolia. The Seven send a messenger to Turkey: Give us your Earth and Water as a token of submission and reverence to the might of Persia, or else...
The messenger returned from Sogut with the question: or else?
With this insulting answer the Seven declared war and Eran Spahbod Khosrou ordered his soldiers to take Bursa in Syria. Bursa fell quickly under the Persian onslaught. A settler-party was captured and put to work as slaves. The Seven renamed the city of Bursa, Hatra. Renaming conquered cities was by now tradition in the Republic and a good way to remove identification with former regimes.

Eight years later Captain Mago and his men finally found the Counterweigh-continent. The new land was named Ahriman. Ahriman was a demon god from the pagan past. He had a red skin, just like the people inhabiting the continent. Mago named the peninsula he discovered after him, Magonia. He died there and his tomb is still visible from the distant waters.

In 1488 the Iroquios confederation was met and friendly relations were set up. Not only did the sailors receive tons of maps, but also knowledge of a more powerful civilization of white skinned people, like the English, just a couple of miles south. Also military reports showed someone stole Persian military plans. As the plans would be outdated after a mere couple of years, it had to be someone close by, probably the Egyptians or Indians...

The United States of America were already quite advanced when Persians sailors laid first contact. The Americans were very happy to see people who resembled them, more than the other inhabitants of Ahriman did.
The U.S.A. have since that 4 June 1496 always celebrated the Feast of Contact. A contract was signed between the government of the U.S.A. and the Seven that for a hundred years both their people would be welcome in each other’s lands.

More red-skinned people were met eight years later. These lived upon a peninsula and called themselves the Mayans. These people were less friendly than the Americans, immediately yelling the sailors should bug off.

In 1512 yet another red-skinned people were met by the exploration force. These ¨Aztecs¨ were incredibly wealthy. They had more than 4000 gold bars in their treasury. The Seven received the concept of mercantilism from the Austrians, being only a few years away from developing it themselves. The Seven ordered the founding of a Company to increase trade with nearby India, their HQ was Shazade.

Sogut, and with that the independent Turkish nation, fell to the Persian giant. The city was renamed Sardis to honour a long deceased, but noble, member of the Council of Seven. Trade with China started to blossom. Persian merchants followed the Silk-route, trading saltpetre and wines for the precious luxury of Silk, to clad Persian maidens with. Other foreign affairs were the export of elephants for the Imperial zoo in Vienna.

The red-skinned people the Inca, according to themselves the only people in the south of Ahriman, were met in the year Allah´s 1528. The same year the Austrian scientists once again bashed their Persian counterparts and developed the idea of humanism.

In 1536 Nisean warhorses were shipped to the new world civilization of the Aztecs and the idea of Humanism was bought from the Austrians. In a bold move Persian magi started to look into the secret of Free Artistry, hoping to at last beat the Austrians.

By 1552 the Eyes and Ears reported that India had started to export spices to China as well. Now the Chinese were competiting to complete the HQ faster than Persia and monopolize the spice market. The Seven now deemed the time fit to invade the Nile-valley and it´s precious resource of men. The Eran Spahbod was appointed. A young man named Kambyses. What he lacked in experience he made good with courage and a sharp mind.

The Seven´s usual envoy to make Gifts of Earth and Water were met the usual way. Those responses were responded by the Seven the usual way too.

In 1560 A.D. the armies of Allah, led by Kambyses, marched into Africa. Also a great victory was won, for the first time in history Persians came up with an idea, first. The scientist quickly sold the idea before pursuing an improved understanding of metallurgies.

The strategic red-sea port of Memphis was captured by Cambyses in 1576, under the presence of Mars. Because of that Memphis was renamed Al-Qahira. Alexandria was quickly taken in a raid by a division of elephant archers. The Mediterranean port´s name was Persianised Iskanderum.

Knowledge of metallurgian was bought from British scientists. Persian sagas started to write down a military tradition to increase the Persian military potency. The knowledgeof it was sold to Austrians to refill the treasury. The same year the Eyes and Ears reported a Japanese called Magellan circumnavigated the globe.

The year 1600 Allah´s begun with the establishment of contacts with another nation of infidels. They called themselves the Zulu and they lived in the south-east of Africa. Also the Seven finally gave in to the demands of the Eyes and Ears, establishing embassies in all nations, except Egypt, and starting construction of their HQ in Parsa. The Eyes and Ears than reported that with the current speed Shahzade would monopolize the spice trade before the Chinese could. China and Persia also traded knowledge in the form of Physics, Arts and Metallurgy. Chinese physica became the dominant form of physics all around the world, pushing the Austrian version into obscurity. The British declared war on the Vikings in the same year. The Seven noted this with approval. The more they fought amongst themselves the weaker they got.

Eight years later Thebes almost fell. A bunch of fanatics attacked Thebes from one side to distract the Egyptians from the real danger from the West. The cavalry rode in and killed most of the defenders. Streets fights began as the palace guard desperately tried to defend the palace. Not wanting to waste valuable troops the Eran Spahbod postponed the attack.
In the same year the Eyes and Ears got their HQ in Parsa finished. They immediately started to make plans to infiltrate other nations, mainly China.

In 1616 Thebes, the centre of Egyptian civilization fell. The Black Stone at its centre, the direction all Muslims prayed to, was captured. The citizens all over the empire, with the exception of the weird Ganduese, were very happy they did not have to pray to an Egyptian city anymore. Thebes also housed the pyramids, massive structures, their usage long forgotten. It probably were pagan temples with additional food supplies. Eyes and Ears were put in place in China, Persia´s main military rival. The Roman Senate joined the British in their war against the Scandinavians. Rome seemed to fear a Persian attack, as they tried to infiltrate the government.

Persia developed its military tradition in 1624. It was quickly spread to other nations with interest. Now most of the world employed Persian military tactics and training, a modest scientific victory.

The Egypto-Persian war ended in 1632 with the fall of the last Egyptian toehold, Elephantine, in the Nile-valley. In the peace of Al-Qahira the lake Victoria-based Egyptian successor-state of Pi-Ramses ceded the Egyptian colonies of Libya and Ceylon to the Persian empire. The Seven ordered this time not only the renaming of the Egyptian cities, but also the forced deportment of most of the residents to other parts of the world. Thebes was renamed Kambya, Elephantine Phanta, Heliopolis Dara and Giza (Ceylon) Tanitja.

I: Anshan - Parsa
II: Satrapy of Mada - Agmatanu
III: Satrapy of Maishan - Otanes
IV: Satrapy of Paratan - Darya
V: Satrapy of Turan - Koresha
VI: Satrapy of Maka - Shahzade
VII: Satrapy of Arabistan - Allaha
VIII: Satrapy of Assuristan - Ctisphon
IX: Satrapy of Balasagan - Derbend
X: Satrapy of Yehud - Jerusalem
XI: Satrapy of Sparda - Sardis
XII: Satrapy of Kemet – Al-Qahira
XIII: Satrapy of the Western Isles (Not shown) – Gando
XIV: Satrapy of the Eastern Isles (Not shown) – Tanitja

 

[Tani Coyote]

At the rate you're going, it shouldn't be too long until you're able to keep up with the AI! Just another civ or 2 and it will become child's play.

 

[King of Anshan]

chapter 4

Spoiler :

Chapter 4 : Diverging points

The First Fleet had sailed from Europe south along the coast of Ahriman. From fragmentary messages from the motherland they received orders to search new, empty lands to settle. And Ahriman was not suited. The new world was too full already, too many Europeans. So the First Fleet had set sail East, around the Great Cape of Africa. From there they sailed to Madagascar and then straight East, to Indonesia. From there they went south again to where the rumoured Southern-Continent lay. The myths proved right. A sailor boy spotted the land first, and captain Sinbad saw it. It was not green and lush full, but arid and dusty. How awkward it might seem for foreigners the Seven thought of this as the desired lands. The dust and aridness of the new lands, greatly resembled Persia. The Seven realised that harsh conditions created harsh men. Persians were renowned for being formidable warriors, while the people in green and fertile Europe were so far less, with only the Vikings in the Cold North having some warrior-spirit. Vairya was the name for this New-Persia. Vairya meant Desirable Domain. The Seven called it so for two reasons. First it was the domain they had desired to find and second it was good PR to lure immigrants to it.

Captain Sinbad’s seven voyages were romanticised in the children’s tale “the Seven voyages of Sinbad the Sailor”. The fact that Sinbad was the first captain from Persia sparked a massive increase in Persian naval activities. Carthaginians and others were gradually pushed back by the people who had grown with the stories of Sinbad.

In 1640 the mountains west of Gando started to smoke. Scientists from all over the world gathered to watch this peculiar phenomena.

The Eyes and Ears –department India, were greatly expanded in 1656. The Indians had settled and claimed a piece of northern Vairya, perhaps with extra “care” the Indian colonists could be persuaded to join the empire.

In 1664 Persian scientists bit the dust again, with the English coming up with the concept of an Absolute monarchy first. Luckily the English were willing to trade it in exchange for a world-map. After further spreading the concept for an incredible amount of gold, the scientists started to write down whole books of naval strategies and tactics.

In 1672 the First fleet saw a ship of similar type south-east of Vairya. They flew a strange and unfamiliar flag. After, with effort, contacts were laid, knowledge of the world and things in it were traded with the so-called Japanese.

In 1680 the Mt. Gando erupted killing thousands of foreign scientists, and no Persian ones, studying the smoking process. With that riddle solved fire-mountains were found all over the empire and yellow lines with DANGER! were put up all around those.

The naval tactics were thought out in 1696, and the Persians were...first, slightly before the British. One scientist spoke out the immortal words: “Take that, you British butts with Acne!” He was forever remembered as Fool of the Century. The naval tactics were sold for a wealth of gold.

In 1704 the first colony of Persia was founded, it was named after the Persian captain Sinbad. The discoverer of the land.

The same year the India trading Company’s HQ was finished, its goal originally was the spice-trade with India. But that quickly expanded to encompass all trade with the lands east of the Indus-river. Thanks to the more efficiently run company corruption in the entire empire decreased with more than 25%.

The Persian colonial holdings were expanded eight years later with the founding of Vairya (city). The same year people very similar to the Japanese were met in Indochina, the exploration party called them Koreans.

Persian scientist again achieved a great victory with the discovery of the flintlock. This dragged the empire and its medieval state-form into the Industrial Age, starting on 1736 Allah’s. The beginning of this era was a period of great Enlightment.

In 1744 professors of the university of Parsa started to gather all knowledge to write a massive Encyclopedia, accessible for all.

In 1760 Russian steam-engines were bought from the Austrians in exchange for Enlightenment. After generous donations of knowledge from Persia to Greece and Korea, Persia received from them knowledge of economics. With the Persian treasury filled to the brim with almost 10 000 gold pieces, the profs started to look into the concept of nationalism to increase cohesion in the empire.

Four years later the colonies doubled in size with the founding of Artashat and Nea Anshan.

In 1768 the Seven ordered in secret that the Byzantines should be conquered, Persia needed a gate to Europe. The true reason for this invasion was not logistical but it was the greed of the Seven. The greed that drove them. Slowly but certainly the nobles became less noble, and so did the republic...

Eight years later nationalism was conceptized and exported. Persia again was the first to come up with the idea and was now clear technological Hegemon of the world.

Just before the age came to a close the scientists peeped in to the Council of Seven to report they had started up a new branch in science, chemistry, and that they now started to develop replaceable parts. In Italy a fire-mountain, called the Vesuvius erupted and buried thousands of Romans under the ash.

The eighteenth century was characterized by most scholars as an age of Peace for the Persian empire. The nineteenth century by contrast would be an age of blood. It started already with a declaration of war upon the Byzantine empire. The excuse for the war was, as usual, the refusal to cede “gifts of Earth and Water”.

Because of a disunity in the council of Seven not one but two Eran Spahbods were elected. Their names were Ardashir and Drujega.
Each marched with one half of the army to Constantinople.

In 1804 Eran Spahbod Ardashir eventually was the one that lead his troops into Constantinople, renamed Ardasha. With that his rival Drujega was moved from his office and silently liquidated. In the city a massive statue of a pagan God, called Zeus, was found. To make it more Islamic, the depicted was proclaimed to be the personification of Courage and Comradeship. Shortly thereafter an order of field surgeons was founded, based close to the statue.

In 1816 Shahbanu was founded on the east-coast of Vairya. The same year Ardashir finally quelled all resistance in Ardasha. This was done partially by starving and killing the populace, but largely by deporting the people to the colonies. He ordered the army to move to Caesarea to lay claim to all of Skudra. The scientist meanwhile had fully developed replaceable parts, after cutting a deal with the English for industrialization and with the Austrians for Democracy, they started to research he industrialization of the Steel-production.

The railroad linking all Persian cities along the Nile was finished in 1820. The same year Caesarea fell to the Persian army. The city name was Persianised to Shahensha and available settler-parties were sold as slaves all over the empire. In total nine bands of slaves were captured with the fall of the city. After that peace was signed with the Adrianople-empire. The enemy ceded Smyrna in the tip of south-Ahriman to the Empire. The city was renamed Carthago Novo and donated to the Carthaginians.

By 1824 the Persians encroached into the interior of Vairya, with the founding of Nea Koresha in the heart of the dry continent. The same year the Austrian empire invaded the new Skudra-satrapy. With that the air of invincibility of the Seven started to wobble. The state was slowly but certainly approaching revolution and anarchy.

Four years later the Republic of Nobles was ended with the murder of the Seven by prominent generals, each making an attempt for power. The other Great Faction of the Persian Revolution were the people. They ended the council of nobles and liquidated all noble houses. The university of Parsa remained an island of rest amid the turmoil of those years. They finished the creation of the Great Encyclopedia and found out how to manufacture Steel and Combustion engines. The Republican era ended with a massive civil-war and external threats of Austria and Greece...

Just before the revolution there were fourteen satrapies. Distincly other bureaucratic divisions were the Anshan-district, tax-free home of the Aryans, and the colonies in Vairya.
Districts of the empire:
I: Anshan - Parsa
II: Satrapy of Mada - Agmatanu
III: Satrapy of Maishan - Otanes
IV: Satrapy of Paratan - Darya
V: Satrapy of Turan - Koresha
VI: Satrapy of Maka - Shahzade
VII: Satrapy of Arabistan - Allaha
VIII: Satrapy of Assuristan - Ctisphon
IX: Satrapy of Balasagan - Derbend
X: Satrapy of Yehud - Jerusalem
XI: Satrapy of Sparda - Sardis
XII: Satrapy of Kemet – Al-Qahira
XIII: Satrapy of the Western Isles – Gando
XIV: Satrapy of the Eastern Isles – Tanitja
XV: Satrapy of Skudra – Ardasha
XVI: Colony of Vairya – Vairya (city)

 

[Midnight-Blue766]

The Seven´s usual envoy to make Gifts of Earth and Water were met the usual way.

This?

 

[Tani Coyote]

Ooo. An Alliance against you! Finally a challenge to your power! (Maybe)

 

[King of Anshan]

Eventually it will be more like this:

This is Persia!

 

[King of Anshan]

chapter 5

Spoiler :

Chapter 5 : Reign of the People

The Persian civil lasted four years, roughly from 1828 till 1832. It ended on the 15th of January 1832, with the march to Parsa of Spahbod Xerxes, grandson of general Ardashir, who conquered Constantinople. Xerxes marched into the centre of the Republic in triumph. He had beaten the forces of Loyalists all across the empire, as well as warlords vying for power. The army that accompanied him was mixed, with veterans from the war with Byzantion and Austria, recruits from villages and levees from the colonies. When Xerxes entered the Square of the Republic, before the Hall of the Seven, he stopped. He dismounted and slowly walked up the stairs of the hall. Just when he wanted approached the entrance he heard someone shouting. He could hear :”Die, you tyrant! Power for the People...” Than a shot rang through the air. Xerxes’ blood showered over the stairway. The woman who shot him was an Otanist, wanting Democracy. She walked the stairs and started to orate: “People of Parsa, now the days of freedom and Democracy have begun. I will lead the elections. My name is Farah and I am from the Otanist Union.”
The people cheered at her speech but their true thoughts were about the ending of the bloodshed. Xerxes’ soldiers watched idle, most of them had not been very fond of their leader, the fat-ass.

The first act of Vizier Farah was the full-scale mobilization of the Persian economy. Farah saw it as her duty, and the duty of Persia, to bring Democracy to the world. The agreement between Persia and India would end in twelve years, and that would spark the beginning of the first “liberation”.

Austrian forces were crushed in the battle of Shahensha in 1840. The first major victory of the People. Also the first dreadnought fleet rolled from the harbour of Otanes. The fleet was named Otanes I.

In 1852 all war-preparations were complete. The treaty was terminated, the railroad was laid and the army enlarged. Vizier Zachya declared war upon the Indian proclaiming: Allah and the people want it!

After a lengthy battle Delhi fell and with the fall of Delhi more than ¼, the most advanced ¼, of the Indian army perished. Delhi was renamed Democracy-city. In the gulf of Bengal the only Indian port city was blocked by Otanes I. Four divisions of the army marched to Lahore to cut off a possible new harbour.

The elections of 1856 gave the Vizier’s seat to very popular Darya, with her new policies of social reforms and better healthcare. Her first victory was the fall of Lahore, were not a single Persian soldier died.

After Lahore the armies of democracy rush-build a railroad to the city and moved their forces within striking-distances of Madras, the port-of-India. Lahore was renamed after vizier Farah, who had died just a few months before.

Madras, renamed Democracy-port, was liberated in 1860. Again no Persian soul was lost to Allah. Also two Persian cavalry divisions ambushed the Calcutta garrison. The strong Indian resistance took a lot of Persian soldiers with them in their grave, but Calcutta was taken. The city was renamed Nea Arta, the New Order.

Wars, horrid wars, vizier Darya was shot by an Indian nationalist. The whole nation was shed into misery. Darya’s “vice-vizier” Arsaces took over the stick, promising a quick end to the Indian war. Immediately he ordered the Indian capital to be stormed. With the loss of one whole cavalry division the city was taken. It was named Nea Darya after the fallen vizier. Meanwhile Chinese forces had taken possession of Karachi in Indo-China. Now Persia’s forces marched south down the peninsula to take Bangalore. Also the First Fleet was sunk while fighting with an Indian convoy near Jaipur, Aceh.

The citizens of Nea Darya were dying because of unknown diseases, some said it was a curse from Allah.

Bangalore was captured in 1868, just after Arsaces’ re-election, he won it narrowly. Two whole cavalry-divisions were lost in the battle, the highest losses since Delhi. To further downgrade Arsaces’ popularity he named the city after himself, Arsacia, and foolishly ordered to bombards Greece, dragging Persia into a war with France. Another nail in Arsaces’ popularity coffin was the Arabs joining the Alliance against Democracy. The discovery of the radio didn’t improve his situation, despite the propaganda.
He lost the elections and was replaced by vizier Arphazan, the first vizier from a political party. His party was called the Otanist party, symbolising they followed Otanes’ idea.

Arphazan send forces to Greece in the West, to bring democracy to Athens. He also ripped apart the right of passage-agreement with the Ethiopian king, his intend off course was to say: You are next!

In 1872 more dreadnoughts rolled from the production line. They were formed in 2 fleets, Jerusalem I in the Mediterranean and Otanes II for the Persian Ocean. Also the Vairya-district was enlarged with the foundingof Zachya, with the conquest of Chittagong, renamed Nea Parsa and with the fall of Bengal, now Scheherazade.

In 1876 the vizier declared war on the Babylonian empire-in-exile, just in revenge for all the years Persia besieged Babylon.

Four years later the Greek capital of Athens was liberated from their oppressive regime, Sparta surrendered a few months later, when cavalry divisions approached the city. So far Spartan guts. Not only in Greece were Persian forces victorious. Nineveh was captured, ending an independent Babylonia. Further the cities of Kolhapur, Hyderabad, Punjab and Dacca were captured, either by war or ceded through the peace treaty. The Indian Noble Republic of Aceh ceded Kolhapur and Dacca in exchange for half a century of non-aggression. The policy of renaming continued. This time the list of most popular female names of the year 1819 was plundered: Athens became Astar, Sparta Fatameh, Nineveh Maryam, Kolhapur Nazanin, Hyderbad Parvin, Punjab Roya and Dacca Zahra. With those victories the mobilization was temporarily lifted to rush build libraries in all conquered cities, a good doses of Persian literature would do them good. After his twelve year in charge Arphazan resigned and give way for his successor Ardeshir. Ardeshir was filled with desire and idealism, hoping to spread democracy to the rest of the world.

 

[Midnight-Blue766]

Where did you get those pictures of 'Farah', 'Zachya', 'Arsaces', etc.?

 

[King of Anshan]

Where did you get those pictures of 'Farah', 'Zachya', 'Arsaces', etc.?

farah, Zachya are from Prince of Persia, Arsaces is Iznogoud, darya is what you get when you search on Shahbanu in google, Arphazan is the vizier in PoP SoT and Ardeshir is page 7 orso from the google image search. But why did you want to know that?

 

[Midnight-Blue766]

I was just curious. Thank you for answering.

 

[King of Anshan]

chapter 6

Spoiler :

Chapter 6 : Bringing democracy

“People of Persia and the rest of the empire, Democracy has been brought to India. A great victory, yes, but only a small step to world-democracy! With India down China, Korea Ethiopia and Carthage are next. And after those, it’s up to Europe. It is not for greed or a desire of more land and wealth, but to bring Civilization and Democracy to the uncivilized and oppressed. I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free China is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Ethiopia is in this nation's interest. Persia is a friend to the people of the World. Our demands are directed only at the regimes that enslave them and threaten us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to the men, women and children of the world. Allah bless Persia!”

- Vizier Ardeshir’s speech to the people, 23 may 1884

The remainder of Ardeshir’s terms were relatively peaceful. Peace was made with the South-Arabicans. The elections of 1896 paved the way for Koresh of the Libertarian People’s Party, nemesis of the Otanist’s. He was less careful than his predecessor and immediately declared war on the second most powerful nation, China. All forces were mobilized as Persia prepared for Total War...

After the fall of Hangzou and Karachi Persian forces were ordered to press on the attack. Koresh’ plan was to quickly take Qingdau and Chengdu before the Chinese could muster an effective resistance.

Partially that was a success as Qingdau fell with ease, but the attack upon Chengdu was postponed because of the massive Qin army in the city. This data had a positive aspect as well, if the Chinese were mostly in Chengdu, then the rest of China lay open. Persian forces also landed on Crete in that very same 1898. Also Eyes and Ears were set up in Axum, showing Ethiopia was ripe for picking.

In 1900 Delphi was captured and peace talks with the Greeks-in-exile were started. The same year war was declared on Ethiopia, the reason was “bringing Democracy”. Adulis fell in a legendary battle. Spahbod Darius rose to great prominence in the Persian army. He also greatly reorganised it, founding an institution he named Spah Eranshahr, the Amry of the Realm of the Aryans. Not much later the Spahbod rode into Adulis in victory. Under Darius’ supervision construction of a military academy begun in Parsa. Despite the victories vizier Koresh was committed by the people to ink the peace treaties, after all the strikes were bad for the military production. Greek arrogance made them demand knowledge of combustion from Persia, this was refused by the Vizier. Austria was more willing and more a great foe, so peace was signed and gifts of 20 gold were given. The people for the moment were content with it. The century began with a quarter of the world population living in Persia. (compare that to the Acheamenid empire at its height: 44%!)

1902 was characterised less by the war, as the only significant events were the approach of Aksum and the last years of the siege of Chengdu. No, 1902 was characterised by the spreading of mass production. With that bigger, better, numerically stronger warships could be build to ensure Persian dominance over the waves.

The election year 1904 gave the vizier’s seat to Razi, with a narrow victory over Koresh. Despite the best efforts of the Persian cavalry and artillery, the Chinese remained in control of the Chengdu region. One cavalry division was lost battle of Chengdu. Aksum was not assaulted as well, spahbod Darius judged the his forces not strong enough to cope with the 10 division strong garrison of the city. Divisions of colonial infantry were more successful in the South, taking the Chinese colonies of Shenyang and Xianggang in New-Guinea. The same year Persia lost its scientific hegemony, with the British developing mass production as well as getting medicine from Russians.

Only by 1906 was it that Chengdu fell. With that done all available forces marched to Axum, to pave the way for democracy in all of Africa.

Vizier Razi was surprised when in 1908 the Vairya coastguard reported to him British soldiers had landed near Scheherezade. Angry he dialled Queen Victoria’s number. He politely asked her to up from Vairya. He received no answer, as the queen had hung. Krazi realised this meant war with the other superpower of the world. Okay, so be it. Immediately Otanes III was withdrawn from the Java sea and ordered to sink a British dreadnought fleet hanging around Christmas. The victory clearly showed Britannia ruled the waves, with a large population of “man-over-board” but that Persia ruled the seas. Four cavalry divisions were lost in the battle of Axum, but Darius took the city. With the fall of Axum the Kuhorsehockeyes, as Axumites were now called, had lost well over half their army. Shortly after that Darius’ forces marched on to Massawa, splitting Kush in two. The Kuhorsehockeye government fled to Gondar in the West and local warlords took over in Puntland. In Vairya two cavalry divisions pushed the British into the sea. Koresh proclaimed: “No, Brit shall bring rabbits or other European species to the fragile environment of Australia, I really hate rabbits.” Not much later the Greeks came with a reasonable proposal for peace. Just before 1910 started the British landed a massive force near Nea Parsa, just south of Scheherazade. It seemed the first attack was a surprise attack. They were aided by some French horse archers. Not much later the vizier received news of a British landing in Greece as well. That off course was a military act of the greatest stupidity, there were railroads.

In 1910 with the loss of one cavalry division the warlord of Lalibela bit the dust. The soldiers immediately started to sing: “Another bites the dust, another one and another one down, and another one bites the dust!” The British were again pushed into the sea, but this time it balanced on the edge of a bayonet. Two colonial infantry divisions perished in this enterprise. The British were pushed from the Peloponnesus as well, bombed to ruins by artillery. On the scientific area military costs (417 gp of 1200-600 corruption!) severely pressed research costs. After 60% off the budget in 1860 it now was down to 10%. A year later the British landed a crusader party on Ceylon and Darius’ dream of a military academy was fulfilled. Persia’s armies would now crush the world.

By 1912 the ever increasing costs of the army made vizier Razi attempt a bold move. All Persian workforces were fired and send to their homes, only slaves would now work the lands. The fifteen disbanded construction divisions greatly boosted the economy in the settled cities. With that done orders were given to hunt the British from Ceylon and to start the invasion of China again. Also Jerusalem I sunk a British cruiser fleet before Carthage. And British troops landed on Crete...

Just before the elections of 1916, where Razi would be replaced by peacemongerer Ahmed Shah, Guangzhou was conquered, opening the way in to the Chinese heartland. Persian cavalry divisions quickly swarmed out to Xi’an. Polls showed already one third of the populace desired nothing more than peace....

 

[CELTICEMPIRE]

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[King of Anshan]

chapter 7

Spoiler :

Chapter 7 : Peace is for the weak!

¨People of Britain, kinsmen and fellow Christians. The infidels of Persia are waging war across the globe, speaking about spreading democracy. I say this is false. They come to suppress Christianity, the One True Faith. So not only will we wage war with them, we will convince our brothers in the faith to aid us. We will convince the Christians in Persia to aid our brothers with all they can give. Even their life. From now on Persia should be our only target, our only enemy. Persia and it´s decadence, it´s Atheism, it´s Islam, it must be brought to an end. There can be but one religion and that is Christianity. Do not let yourself be lured into believing vizier Ahmed Shah´s peace talks. Even in peace they will keep trying to force us. To bend us. I say we should wage total war against Persia. God wants it!¨

- Lloyd-George of Dwyfor , prime-minister of Britain (1916-1922)

Ahmed Shah’s first action as vizier was making peace with Ethiopia. After that he lifted the mobilization, allowing some entente. He also gave permission to the university of Parsa to write a heroic epic about the legendary Prince of Persia. His fourth great action was renaming the conquered cities. Adulis became Ahmad, Axum Albolfazl, Massawa Davoud, Lalibela Eskandar, Ulundi Ghasem, Dese Javad, Delphi Yasmin, Shenyang Mahshid, Xianggang Zaynab, Hangzhou Zakaria, Chengdu Kamran, Karachi Saeed, Qingdau Jahya and Guangzhou Qaisar.

In 1918 Xi’an was captured by the armies of Democracy, losing two cavalry divisions. The emperor’s Palace there, once Forbidden, was now opened for the masses. The city was renamed Nea Khorasan. Darius immediately ordered the remainder of his army, fourteen cavalry-divisions strong to attack Shanghai. The Eyes and Ears had reported it was defended by two riflemen divisions only. Polls showed 30% of the people still opposed the wars, despite the successes.

Two years later the Spahbod took the city of Shanghai, gaining the eye-attractor of the terracotta army. The battle was heavy thanks to Shanghai being reinforced by two whole machine gunner divisions. Four cavalry divisions were lost in the fight. Somewhat south Otanes III cut off Chinese access to one of their rubber plants. In the Atlantic Otanes IV was sunk in fight with a British transport convoy. Also the Dutch made a grave diplomatic error, signing a pact of Mutual protection with Britannia.

Ahmed Shah’s politics were not “liked” by all. The extreme rightwing party NSPAA (National Socialist Part of All Aryans) and the left CPI (Communist Party of Iran) were growing increasingly resentful against the Liberal government. In the East spahbod Darius successfully cut of the Chinese rubber supply. Now they could muster only riflemen. By 1922 all artillery divisions were in range of Beijing. With the vizier’s grip on the state weakening Darius moved many of his forces to the unruly capitol. Polls showed now well over half the populace was against the war. To make things worse Britain convinced Portugal, Carthage and Korea to join their cause.

The fragile political situation in the empire broke with the dead of the vizier. Ahmed Shah and most of his ministers were taking the train back to Parsa when Christian-fundamentalists blow up the train with explosives. With the government eliminated the state fell into anarchy. Communist and fascist groups started to vie for control (although I haven’t researched totalitarianism yet).

The crisis lasted till 1924 when spahbod Darius, with support of the army, took control of the empire and crowned himself King. Darius took the Royal title Padishah emperor (Padishah means “master of kings&#8221 and started to rule with absolute power over the thankful people.

The emperor was pleased to see the Chinese government flee to the former Korean city of Pyongyang. He then renamed Beijing Padishah and Shanghai Shaddam. He also marched to Nanjing in the mountains in person. Diplomatically the British met two victories, Egypt and Scandinavia joined in.

By 1926 A British lancer division approached undefended Javad. The Padishah emperor ordered to burn the city, rather than letting the British have it. He himself rode into the city of Nanjing shooting at the machineguns of the Chinese. The city fell and was renamed Shakkad. Darius now saw fit to punish the Koreans and five divisions rode to Wonsan. The British involved the Maya in their wicked schemes. Not much later all nations agreed not to trade with Persia, embargoing all its products. British soldiers continued to attack Yasmin in vain and some more of them landed near Scheherazade again...

In 1928 a wonder happened on the Mediterranean, a British transport fleet defeated a Persian destroyer fleet. “Surely, those Persians don’t have sea legs!” the British sailors said. Their laughing was ended soon after the Persian dreadnoughts came upon them. The same year a new era began in Britain, the modern era. Also a Chinese riflemen division attempting to cut supply-lines was routed, albeit at great cost in Aryan lives. It was renamed Aryana. The Padishah emperor in all his wisdom decided peace with France would be a good thing. His wish is the people’s commands. After scientists discovered how to make good motorized transport. This was traded and yielded the empire medicine and knowledge of flight. The knowledge was immediately used to make blue-prints for bombers. The Padishah ordered to make a fleet of those. The scientists now started to look into the secret of Fission.

Pyongyang fell two years later, after a hefty artillery bombardment. In the city a peculiar tower stood. It was a true example of Chino-Korean engineering. It was leaning... There also was a Massive wall around the city, but it was largely useless in this time of guns. After that the peace of Shaddam was signed between Persia and China. China would cede all their territory outside Insulinde. Persia on the other hand would not exterminate them. Haerbin was donated by Persia to the Inca empire as a token of friendship and because of the unwillingness of Persians to live in Ahriman. Shandong was renamed Khosra and Pyongyang Armadur.

 

[Specialist290]

He then renamed Beijing Padishah and Shanghai Shaddam.

Am I right in guessing that you're a fan of Dune? (I do know that Padishah is a genuine Persian royal title, but it's a pretty convenient coincidence.)

I like the way you divide your territory up into satrapies for the story. It reminds me of something I used to do when I was playing games of Civ2 and my empire got especially large. I'd pull up Notepad or something similar and make lists of all my cities broken down into imaginary geographical provinces.

 

[Historybuff]

Nice story I enjoy it

 

[King of Anshan]

Am I right in guessing that you're a fan of Dune? (I do know that Padishah is a genuine Persian royal title, but it's a pretty convenient coincidence.)

I like Dune, read all books, but if you look at the story , and my other one, you'll find lots of references(?) to other things as well.

And besides theIranian given names were used so I had to plunder another source of names.

 

[King of Anshan]

You know why not make it a contest.
The person who finds the most references in the story will become Padishah emperor!

Good luck searching.

 

[King of Anshan]

Chapter 8

Spoiler :

Chapter 8 : Ocean to Ocean

Diplomats from all over the world were standing in the throne room. The ambassadors of the hostile states of Britannia and her allies were present, surprisingly. Most of the ambassadors were tired from the long standing and waiting. But it was not allowed to sit down until the Padishah emperor had done so. Luckily finally the Royal Herald entered the room. He took out a long scroll and started to read. With a loud voice he almost shouted: “Darius I, King of Persia, King of Anshan, King of Media, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the four corners of the World...” The herald took a deep breath and continued. “Caliph of the Ummah, Pharaoh of Egypt, Pharaoh of Axum, Lord of the Holy Land, Emperor of the Romans, Hegemon of Greece, King of Singhasari, Khan of Machuria, Emperor of India and Ceylon, Emperor of China, Emperor of Korea, Emperor of the Khmer, the Light of the Aryans, the Padishah Emperor!” With that the Herald fainted because of a breath shortage. Darius stepped through the doors, followed by his Guards of Immortals. Calmly he seated himself on the Lion’s throne and stared a moment to the ambassadors who eagerly seated themselves. Then the Padishah emperor addressed the ambassadors of the Britain and allies: “Britain has declared war long ago, with an unjustified sneak attack and without grounds. More evil has been done when they convinced you, their allies, to fight us. I cannot allow that to happen… Surrender now or be destroyed.” Immediately the ambassador of Carthage shouted: “We will never give up our Freedom to a tyrant like you!” “Then you will give up the lives of your people… and yourself. Kill him!” Two immortals drew their ceremonial swords and charged at the Punic ambassador. His blood turned the floor and the surrounding diplomats red. Quickly maids rushed in to clean the carpet. The emperor continued: “Okay now, more comments?”

By 1930 the Persian airforce was the largest in the world. Four bomber squadrons could be send in the air against nil in the rest of the world. They were send to Dara, Libya to bring Havoc to the betrayers of Islam; Carthage. Meanwhile the land army marched to Seoul, to take complete control of the satrapy. Immediately the Koreans sued for peace, in vain. The Padishah emperor told their diplomat a tale. Once, he said, there was a flute-player who saw fish in the sea and played upon his flute, thinking that they would come out on to the land. Disappointed of his hope, he cast a net and gathered it in and took out a great multitude of fish; and seeing them leaping, “You had best,” he said, “stop your dancing now; you would not come out and dance before, when I played to you.”

By 1932 the British made another attempted at Yasmin, in vain, and landed some more troops in Vairya. Also the Dutch settled the city of Holwerd in Vairya. The emperor was pleased as a settling party was very expensive and now the Dutch did it for nothing.

Two years later Egypt backed the Padishah emperor for peace and the Arabs raised their middle finger and joined the Allies. The British made more futile attempts to break Persia’s lines and the Padishah Emperor laughed at Queen Elizabeth, who still had to deal with nobles in her feudal monarchy.

Seoul fell in 1936. The emperor now seated himself on the long vacant Imperial Seat, finally he had the throne he had claimed for six years in his possession. Now his twenty year reign was celebrated, grandly. He renamed the city Athanadur. With the East firmly in Persian hands, Europe was up next. Also Darius send a lonely cavalry division to Leptis Magna. It was killed but it proved Carthage was more powerful than previously assumed. Also Mongol horsemen invaded China six-centuries late.

By 1938 the Mongols were evicted from China. Also Darius, now 81, demanded Pompeii from the Romans. Surprisingly they obeyed, giving Persia control over half Madagascar. The city was renamed Atananarivo.
This time the emperor marched to Carthage in person, his patience, as well as his lifespan, was growing thin. The British bribed Spain to join their side and then demanded from the Emperor advanced flight in exchange for peace. Their false-pocked face of treachery was now as bright as glass for the emperor.

At the dawn of 1940 the Persian airforce counted 12 squadrons and was still the uncontested Heavenly ruler. With aid of ground artillery they obliterated Leptis Magna’s garrison. Now the road to Carthage itself lay open for the Padishah emperor. He renamed the city Ar-raqis, the dancer in Arab, just because he wanted it to be so. The English finally managed to bring in the Dutch, who had not, despite their pact with Britain, declared war previously. The Dutch on their behalf convinced the Romans their sacrifice of Pompeii was a waste and that Persiam Delendam est (Persia must be destroyed).

Old Darius still rode firm in the saddle, by 1942 his personal army marched into Carthage. With that the Carthaginian government fled to South-West Africa, forming the Mali-Carthaginian republic. The rest of the army marched on to Theveste, taking Utica while hanging around in the neighborhood. Darius renamed Carthage Afriqa and Utica Algiera. Also Britain tricked the poor Iroquois confederation into war with Persia and landed some troops at Algiera in a -fake- attempt to liberate Carthage. In Vairya a Kuhorsehockeye encampment was rolled up, netting 25 gold pieces from the spies living there. And a Carthaginian cavalry division captured 16 POW bands and send them to Theveste.

Two years later the first Persian attack on British soil pushed the Greeks to declare war again. In Vairya colonization continued after a long pause with the founding of Ahmed. The Carthaginian POW POW´s were recaptured and put to work again. Not much later Colonial Infantry divisions from Vairya (left one turn ago) took Malta, renaming Leptis Minor Vallas. The army then vanquished the British ¨liberators¨ and took Theveste. The Padishah Emperor was ridden to the city so he could see the Atlantic. Darius whispered softly:¨Oh, Atlan´s Sea, so great are thee. But yet only one Ocean does thee be in my Jewel crown of three.¨ With those words the Padishah emperor past away. The City was renamed Atlan´s Sea after the emperor’s last words.

Positive feedback and comments would be appreciated, thank you!

 

[Specialist290]

Small technical note about the Latin: It should actually be "Persia delenda est" to be grammatically correct.

Also, on this particular line:

...and seeing them leaping, “You had best,” he said, “stop your dancing now; you would not come out and dance before, when I played to you.”

I'd probably put the "he said" before the actual quotation; it just flows a little better that way.

That said, overall it looks pretty good. Keep at it! I want to see how this ends.