Medieval America: 1000 Years After the Apocalypse [WB OPEN]

[Ouldale]

Medieval America

1,000 Years
After the Apocalypse

Worldbuilding Thread

It has been nearly 1000 years since the collapse of industrial civilization, and the New Middle Ages are upon us.

No one really knows all the details of civilization's demise. Whether it was nuclear war, famine, taxation, plague, killer asteroids, petroleum depletion, erosion, sunspots or alien invasion is anybody's guess. The records of that period are scanty because everybody was too busy blaming everybody else to sit down and describe exactly what happened, but the world lost about 1000 years of technological development in the blink of an eye. Computers and airplanes disappeared from the face of the earth or were rendered useless. Cars were replaced by mules; guns by bows; power plants by water mills; tractors by oxen. None of the industrial tech has found it's way back to society, and probably won'the for a few thousand more years.

The catastrophe that hit the human race - whatever it was - spared the Earth. The world was not beset by radioactive mutants or anything like that. The coasts were not washed away by the melting of the ice caps. Nature is old enough and big enough to take care of herself, and she rode the crisis admirably, quickly reasserting her dominance over the planet. Wolves moved down from Canada to stalk the edges of what remained of human civilization. Weeds broke through the asphalt.

In most of the world, the New Middle Ages were merely a rerun of the Old Middle Ages. In England and Japan, the constitutional monarchies dumped their constitutions. Europeans turned again to the Roman Catholic Church for guidance. Camels plodded along the caravan routes of the Middle East, bringing silk from China and pilgrims to Mecca, just as they did a thousand years ago. In America, however, medieval times were a new experience...

This is the worldbuilding. Not a place for character apps. That will come later, if we can create a decent enough world. Just go ahead and start making stuff and I'll consider it. There is no magical aspects, this is medieval, not fantasy. Once every other day, I will introduce a new nation or faction, to keep the creative process moving.

Nation Suggestion app. Make as many as you want, no gurantee I'll use any of them.

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[b][size=150]Nation App:[/size][/b]
[b]Short Name:[/b]
[b]Full Name:[/b]
[b]Flag:[/b]
[b]Government:[/b]
 [b]Ideology:[/b]
   [b]Political Freedoms:[/b] /10
   [b]Economic Freedoms:[/b] /10
   [b]Civl Rights:[/b] /10
[b]Political Compass:[/b]
[b]Map Claims:[/b]
[b]History:[/b]
[b]Religion:[/b]
[b]Military:[/b]
[b]Society & Culture:[/b]
[b]Anything else?[/b]


Countries:

1. Deseret
2. Alta California
3. New Sioux

Map:
Blank: http://i.imgur.com/zIIsf.jpg
Nation: http://i.imgur.com/yUNApNz.jpg

[Ouldale]

Nation App:
Short Name: Deseret
Full Name: The New Theodemocratic State of Deseret
Flag:
Government:
Ideology: Theodemocracy, United Order, Decentralization, Jeffersonianism
Political Freedoms: 7/10
Economic Freedoms: 9/10
Civl Rights: 8/10
Political Compass:
Map Claims: See Map
History:
Religion: Almost exclusively LDS/Mormonism with freedom of religion.
Military: Township militias as semi-autonomous parts of the nation's military. Only swords, spears, and bows are very common.
Society & Culture: Yeomen, Self-Sufficient communities and villages, trade with each other and outsiders. Value spirituality, family and education above all else.
Anything else?

[Nuridia]

Hey, maybe I can play Japan?

[Aden Protectorate]

This looks cool. I might like to play as a nation in Manitoba though, is this exclusively in America?

[Alex Green]

Nice, tag.

[Ronandia]

Very much tagging this

[Alex Green]

Yes this rp is good , really good .

[Heraklea-]

Very much a WIP proposal, but what do you think so far? I'm trying to take inspiration from Rome and the Most Serene Republic of Venice.

Nation App:
Short Name: Columbia
Full Name: Grand Republic of Columbia
Flag:
Government:
Ideology: Oligarchic Republic
Political Freedoms: /10
Economic Freedoms: /10
Civl Rights: /10
Political Compass:
Map Claims: Map
History:
Religion: Predominantly Protestant, no official religion
Military: The Legions form the main backbone of the Columbian military. Auxiliaries formed from non-citizen subjects of the Grand Republic supplement the Legions.
Society & Culture: The Grand Republic is dominated by the great families. The Senate is the point of total political power. To become a senator, one must fulfill certain requirements, including property and a period as a magistrate (Grand Mayor, Provincial Governor, Legion Captain/General), a position granted by Senate appointment.
Anything else?

[Nuridia]

Will finish later.

Nation App:
Short Name: Yamato
Full Name:  Land of the Rising Sun, The Empire of New Yamato
Flag
Government: Absolute monarchy
 Ideology: Imperial monarchy
   Political Freedoms: 5/10
   Economic Freedoms: 8/10
   Civil Rights: 10/10
Political Compass:
Map Claims: Japan. If not, than Florida.
History:
Religion:
Military:
Society & Culture:
Anything else?

[Prusslandia]

This should be lovely. How would you feel about a state of unified barbarians in the Texas area ?

[Heraklea-]

This should be lovely. How would you feel about a state of unified barbarians in the Texas area ?

Isn't that what we have today?

[Prusslandia]

This should be lovely. How would you feel about a state of unified barbarians in the Texas area ?

Isn't that what we have today?

Heh, I see what you did there.

However, I'm thinking of a horde of barbaric slavers ruled by far more cultured overlords.

[Kazarogkai]

This should be lovely. How would you feel about a state of unified barbarians in the Texas area ?

Great minds think alike. I was thinking of something similar with a horse mounted warriors united under a powerful cause run under some type of Stratocracy, inspired in part by the Cossacks.

[Prusslandia]

This should be lovely. How would you feel about a state of unified barbarians in the Texas area ?

Great minds think alike. I was thinking of something similar with a horse mounted warriors united under a powerful cause run under some type of Stratocracy, inspired in part by the Cossacks.

Perhaps we can be in the same area, for the funs ?

[Mesrane]

Ooh, tagging.

[Palonitr and Howland]

Ultra Tag

[Kazarogkai]

Great minds think alike. I was thinking of something similar with a horse mounted warriors united under a powerful cause run under some type of Stratocracy, inspired in part by the Cossacks.

Perhaps we can be in the same area, for the funs ?

My guys originally came from Oklahoma so we would probably control the north while you can have the south, fair?

[Prusslandia]

Perhaps we can be in the same area, for the funs ?

My guys originally came from Oklahoma so we would probably control the north while you can have the south, fair?

Sure.

[Heraklea-]

My guys originally came from Oklahoma so we would probably control the north while you can have the south, fair?

Sure.

And one day the Grand Republic will bring them the light of civilization. At the point of a sword.

[Kazarogkai]

Sure.

And one day the Grand Republic will bring them the light of civilization. At the point of a sword.

THE HORDE will trample upon your Grand republic with are rifles and are spears knocking you down and making of you nothing but a footnote in history

[Heraklea-]

And one day the Grand Republic will bring them the light of civilization. At the point of a sword.

THE HORDE will trample upon your Grand republic with are rifles and are spears knocking you down and making of you nothing but a footnote in history

It has been nearly 1000 years since the collapse of industrial civilization, and the New Middle Ages are upon us.

No one really knows all the details of civilization's demise. Whether it was nuclear war, famine, taxation, plague, killer asteroids, petroleum depletion, erosion, sunspots or alien invasion is anybody's guess. The records of that period are scanty because everybody was too busy blaming everybody else to sit down and describe exactly what happened, but the world lost about 1000 years of technological development in the blink of an eye. Computers and airplanes disappeared from the face of the earth or were rendered useless. Cars were replaced by mules; guns by bows; power plants by water mills; tractors by oxen. None of the industrial tech has found it's way back to society, and probably won'the for a few thousand more years.

The catastrophe that hit the human race - whatever it was - spared the Earth. The world was not beset by radioactive mutants or anything like that. The coasts were not washed away by the melting of the ice caps. Nature is old enough and big enough to take care of herself, and she rode the crisis admirably, quickly reasserting her dominance over the planet. Wolves moved down from Canada to stalk the edges of what remained of human civilization. Weeds broke through the asphalt.

In most of the world, the New Middle Ages were merely a rerun of the Old Middle Ages. In England and Japan, the constitutional monarchies dumped their constitutions. Europeans turned again to the Roman Catholic Church for guidance. Camels plodded along the caravan routes of the Middle East, bringing silk from China and pilgrims to Mecca, just as they did a thousand years ago. In America, however, medieval times were a new experience...

You may need to rethink that one...

[Kazarogkai]

THE HORDE will trample upon your Grand republic with are rifles and are spears knocking you down and making of you nothing but a footnote in history

It has been nearly 1000 years since the collapse of industrial civilization, and the New Middle Ages are upon us.

No one really knows all the details of civilization's demise. Whether it was nuclear war, famine, taxation, plague, killer asteroids, petroleum depletion, erosion, sunspots or alien invasion is anybody's guess. The records of that period are scanty because everybody was too busy blaming everybody else to sit down and describe exactly what happened, but the world lost about 1000 years of technological development in the blink of an eye. Computers and airplanes disappeared from the face of the earth or were rendered useless. Cars were replaced by mules; guns by bows; power plants by water mills; tractors by oxen. None of the industrial tech has found it's way back to society, and probably won'the for a few thousand more years.

The catastrophe that hit the human race - whatever it was - spared the Earth. The world was not beset by radioactive mutants or anything like that. The coasts were not washed away by the melting of the ice caps. Nature is old enough and big enough to take care of herself, and she rode the crisis admirably, quickly reasserting her dominance over the planet. Wolves moved down from Canada to stalk the edges of what remained of human civilization. Weeds broke through the asphalt.

In most of the world, the New Middle Ages were merely a rerun of the Old Middle Ages. In England and Japan, the constitutional monarchies dumped their constitutions. Europeans turned again to the Roman Catholic Church for guidance. Camels plodded along the caravan routes of the Middle East, bringing silk from China and pilgrims to Mecca, just as they did a thousand years ago. In America, however, medieval times were a new experience...

You may need to rethink that one...

Unlikely guns will be gone completely, sure the more modern things like assault rifles would of long since rusted way but things like flintlocks and the like would still be umping around occasionally. Once an idea is out there it is virtually impossible to remove, Fire arms are an idea and as such wont die so easily. They may be uncommon but they wont have permanently disappeared, remember this is america.

[Caloberia]

Nation App:
Short Name: Alta California
Full Name: Confederated Republics of Alta California
Flag:

Government: Decentralized Republic
Ideology: Republicanism, Decentralization, self rule, anti-Federalism, libertarianism, capitalism
Political Freedoms: 8/10
Economic Freedoms: 10/10
Civil Rights: 6.7/10
Political Compass: 8.88, 2.13
Map Claims:

History: Caucasian-Hispanic people came together in Los Angeles, the capital of the Republic of San Gabriel, to discuss a plan of unity to protect each other from further Native American invasions south of Oregon. They agreed to create a strong union based in Los Angeles, called the Union of California. Eventually, the union fell apart due to conflict of ethnicity, power, and poor communication, and nations in California were left to fend for themselves. However a group of republics met in Oakland and signed a treaty creating a decentralized confederacy in which member republics would aid each other in food and weaponry, as well as a complex system of paved roads and a capitalist system of commerce. A central legislature in Oakland would meet to discuss relations between republics and foreign relations, however republics within the confederacy decided everything else. The young confederacy quickly grew in power and began expanding into neighboring states, taking most of northern California and encouraging Caucasian settlement deeper into Sierra Nevada and southern Cascadia.
Religion: Although the majority of the population is protestant, there is a strong following of Roman Catholic in the south due to descendants of Hispanic-American immigrants of the previous millennium.
Military: Being decentralized, there is no official trained military, however a large army of armed volunteers is called up to the nation capital in Oakland if the time calls for it. Most Republics within the confederacy have their own trained forces and typically assist each other when defending from other nations or the greatest threat to the Confederacy, Native Americans.
Society & Culture: Descending from a liberal culture, Californian people are much less traditional then other nations. It isn't that uncommon for women to have part time jobs outside of home, or homosexual couples to exist, and although not shunned in most regions, in the countryside, families stick to traditionalist values and strict moral codes. The nation is built on a capitalist economy, and private trade is actively encouraged. Californians in urban communities are catered with extensive entertainment, in exquisite theaters and opera houses or in large stadiums where popular sports such as Pallam, a sport similar to Association Football, are played.
Anything else? The de facto capital is Oakland, and other major cities include The Golden Gate (San Francisco), New Toledo (San Jose), Humboldt (Eureka), Jefferson (Medford), Russ (Sacramento), Niles (Fremont), Napa, Ausinus (Monterey), Fresno, and Carrillo (Santa Rosa).

[Heraklea-]

You may need to rethink that one...

Unlikely guns will be gone completely, sure the more modern things like assault rifles would of long since rusted way but things like flintlocks and the like would still be umping around occasionally. Once an idea is out there it is virtually impossible to remove, Fire arms are an idea and as such wont die so easily. They may be uncommon but they wont have permanently disappeared, remember this is america.

Hey, I'm just quoting the OP. If your barbarians still have guns, the Columbians will still have guns.

[Kazarogkai]

Unlikely guns will be gone completely, sure the more modern things like assault rifles would of long since rusted way but things like flintlocks and the like would still be umping around occasionally. Once an idea is out there it is virtually impossible to remove, Fire arms are an idea and as such wont die so easily. They may be uncommon but they wont have permanently disappeared, remember this is america.

Hey, I'm just quoting the OP. If your barbarians still have guns, the Columbians will still have guns.

I'm cool with that.

My guy aren't barbarians really, were pretty civilized. Think of us sorta like Caesar's legion an all encompassing horde sent to conquer and assimilate all in it's way, but run in a somewhat republican fashion instead of a military dictatorship.

To us you are the barbarians.