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from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
"The Guard dies and does not surrender!"
-Pierre Cambronne, "Napoleon Bonaparte"
-Pierre Cambronne, "Napoleon Bonaparte"
It is the year of 1789. The antics of an incompetent King have finally grown too far on it's people. To be exact, the bourgeoisie, who for the longest time have been oppressed by the King, nobility and priests. The King, of course, was Louis XVI. The country - France.
It was a terrifying bloodshed, with murders rising up every day, as looting exploded everywhere. The songs of progress and equality were soon silenced by the sound of musket and the burning flames... It was a Revolution. Through all of France, the revolutionaries spread, eventually destroying all surviving relatives of the Bourbons who could claim the throne. This has shocked Europe - a literal witch-hunt for any and all Bourbons was something unseen. Even their eternal nemesis in the face of England, Austria and France felt angry when the last cousin of a cousin from the Bourbon line was executed to the loud cheers of the crowds.
And so, it began. The Great French Wars of Revolution, as it was later known, lasted for ten bloody years. Assaulted from all sides, in the end, despite all the victories, defenses and sacrifices, the revolution came to an end in 1799, with the treaty of Caux. That established the duke of Orleans, as the best claimant to the throne, as the King of France.
That wouldn't last long, however. A curious little book, somewhere around 150 pages, named simply "Napoleon Bonaparte", by the already distinguished Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. It told the story of a corporal from Corsica (now, sadly, independent entity), who through his skills in military rose through the ranks of the Continental Army, and soon, becoming its general. And the ruler of all France.
His soldiers marched through Europe. They were the boogeymen of Austria, England and Spain, the ones who made all counterrevolutionary elements quake in fear. It even was a wise tale of a man being beaten by it's own husk, as the Russian winter and the Cossacks destroying the so-so called "Grande Armee", and then, the sad defeat of France.
Be it fate, history, a malevolent God, but it soon became the most sought-after book in France. Where people couldn't afford food, they had a copy of "Napoleon Bonaparte". So, perhaps it was inevitable, that one day, in May, 1803 one Parisian man was.. what some might call "inspired", but others - "deluded", but we can't say, by the book. He had read it 7 times. He knew all the moments, and he could recite all of Napoleon's quotes by memory. His previous name did not matter. He knew that now, he was the man France needed.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
He rallied the people together - first in the poorer quarters, but then, all through Paris. It came as a surprise, and the government was forced to flee back all the way to Orleans, to where they came from. This, seemingly inconsequential event, had great impact through all of France. The existing authority and peace ceased, as new entities, some dead, and some brand-novel, took their place. But some, they weren't native, oh, no. They were Interventionists, and they were coming to tame the French Beast, once and forever. In the North, the English were trading blows with the revolutionary government, while the last surviving Bourbon from the Spanish line was racing through Southern France, to eliminate the unruly Orleanists and purge the revolutionary rabble in Paris.
Will you restore France, or forge a new realm? Or will you merely crush it, for all eternity? It's all up to YOU!
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Beforehand, some general rules:
1. Do not flame, troll, or personally insult any other player. You may comment on their actions negatively if they are behaving badly, but don't take it further than that.
2. Stay on topic. Make sure all comments are relevant to the fictional world of the current IOT and have nothing to do with your personal religious/political beliefs.
3. The Game Thread is not a chat room. If a conversation is only relevant to a few players, then discuss it with those players themselves. Use Social Groups or visitor/private messaging to discuss diplomatic issues. Don’t spam.
4. No powergaming. By definition, powergaming is making your country surpass every other country by all terms including armed forces, technology, etc.
6. The GM is supreme. He reserves the right to change game rules, ignore or modify orders, impose restrictions on players, disband player nations, and so on.
7. Above all else, RESPECT THY FELLOW FORUMERS.
8. RP is temporary, and it’ll expire as turns pass. Keep that in mind.
9. No zeppelins. Or steamships. The first one to try this will have a series of unfortunate events, each cascading in its bizarreness and cruelness.
10. Turns are on a seasonal basis.
11. There’s no “win” condition, beyond, say, unifying France, or alternatively, killing France and claiming it as your own. The closest thing to winning is to survive to 1830. However, since the game starts in Autumn, 1803, this means approximately 89 updates. Since I doubt this game will live that far, you’ll probably not win. You set your own goals.
12. Numbers in the ruleset might be subject to change if it turns GM is bad at Maths. In other words, yes, they will.
13. War declarations are for turn 1. Please don't declare on turn 0, pretty please OK?
