IC: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=393960&p=30299925#p30299925
This is a reboot of the 1821: Raise the Tricolour RP. The starting point will be right after the death of Napoleon and the proclamation of the Second Republic. Players of the previous RP are more than welcome to join, and we can work out similar events like happened in the previous RP. New players are not to worry, as we will start anew from the beginning, and anything can happen depending on your actions.
Thus by the end of July France was all but triumphant. While plenty of coalition armies remained untouched by war and reserves where available the Waterloo and Lorraine Campaigns had drained the coalition of some of its best troops while the defection of Austria had crippled any chances of a quick victory. Throughout the rest of the summer Napoleon crossed the Rhine and penetrated deeper into enemy territory. He defeated yet a Prussian and Russian army and took Berlin, forcing Prussia to make peace, leaving only the United Kingdom and Russia left among the great powers. By the end of the year 1815 the Seventh Coalition was forced to make peace with Napoleon.
On New Year's Day, 1816, the Palace of Versailles in Paris saw the signing of the long-awaited peace agreement. France regained its territories in the Low Countries, Piedmont and Catalonia, increasing its size to almost the extent of 1812. The Coalition members United Kingdom, Austria, Prussia and Russia, all severely humiliated by the defeat, were forced to pay significant war reparations to France.
However, French hegemony was not complete. The Treaty of Paris foresaw in the self-determination right of the European powers, the fixation of borders and mutual respect for the territorial integrity of Europe's empires. France relinquished its control of Rome and its surroundings, and the Papal State was re-established. The old powers would continue to exist, be it significanly weakened, in Austria, Russia and Prussia. The spirit of revolution and modernity may be spreading from victorious France, but this would spread through ideas and discussion, no longer through force of arms.
Or at least, such was the plan.
The year is 1821, and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte I has passed away at the age of 51. His son, Napoleon François, was proclaimed Emperor at only ten years of age. However, this was not to last. Napoleon Bonaparte had been a firm ruler, his shortcomings and flaws often easily overlooked by the French people because of the fame, glory and prosperity he had brought to France. But an incapable child as Emperor of France simply because of his bloodline, that seemed too much like the old Bourbon dynasty that was overthrown in 1789.
Unrest and uproar in the streets led to the abdication of Napoleon II only months later, and by June 1821, the establishment of the Second Republic was a fact. The spirit of the French Revolution flared up in its full ferocity once again.
Plot
This RP is set in the post-Napoleonic world, right after the death of Napoleon and the proclamation of the Second Republic, in a timeline where Napoleon won in 1815. Its emphasis will be Europe, but within reason it is allowed to make certain alterations to that rule.
The timeline is explained above, and within the frame laid out here there is a certain amount of freedom for players to establish their political system and country, as long as the player-created history adds up. The setting of this RP plays shortly after a French victory in the Napoleonic Wars, meaning that the ideas of Enlinghtenment, the ideals of the French Revolution and the politicial concepts of republicanism and Jacobinism are way more widespread than the RL time period.
Rules
I. The word of the OP is law
II. No godmodding
III. No arguments, insults or inflammatory language
IV. No OOC in the IC thread
V. No oneliners in the IC
VI. Longtime inactivity without warning in advance can result in removal from the RP
VII. Try to maintain a decent level of English grammar and spelling
VIII. No WIP posts in the IC. Please only post them in the IC when they are fully done.
Application Form:
Full Nation Name:
Short Nation Name:
National Flag:
Territory:
Official Language(s):
Form of Government:
Head of State:
Head of Government: (if different)
Capital City:
Population:
Religion: (state the situation of religion or lack of it within your nation)
Army: (both size and a brief description of its quality, organisation & structure, etc)
Navy: (same as the army)
Economic Strength: (briefly describe how wealthy your nation is)
Infrastructure: (briefly describe the quality of your nations infrastructure)
Primary Goals:
History: (from point of deviation)
RP Example:
Needed nations: Austria, Russia, Ordained First Republic of Spain, Republic of Italy