Blood and Bayonets: An Alt-History RP [OOC|OPEN]

[Blassland]

I wonder if we used this RP as canon we could make a RP set in the future, except with this World. The only thing is modern technology, but the Age of Imperialism never ended,(or maybe the colonies are just beginning to gain independence in swarms.)

Does that sound appealing to anyone?

that sounds like it would be a cool thing to do, but it is too early right now
Whenever the RP starts to die out we should do that (I like this RP and see it lasting a long time).

[The Soodean Imperium]

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The OP will probably ask you to trip your population down to 30mil, add a "form of government," and add more detail to the History section.

[Photana]

I wonder if we used this RP as canon we could make a RP set in the future, except with this World. The only thing is modern technology, but the Age of Imperialism never ended,(or maybe the colonies are just beginning to gain independence in swarms.)

Does that sound appealing to anyone?

Yes. THE AZTEC EMPIRE SHALL STRETCH INTO THE HEAVENS ABOVE!
But only when this RP dies. And that won't happen for a long time.
Right?

[The Soodean Imperium]

I wonder if we used this RP as canon we could make a RP set in the future, except with this World. The only thing is modern technology, but the Age of Imperialism never ended,(or maybe the colonies are just beginning to gain independence in swarms.)

Does that sound appealing to anyone?

that sounds like it would be a cool thing to do, but it is too early right now
Whenever the RP starts to die out we should do that (I like this RP and see it lasting a long time).

Sounds interesting. Maybe we could skip ahead to the Industrial era (1860s or thereabouts) and deal with more advanced technology, larger populations, colonial wars for independence, and so on.

[Photana]

that sounds like it would be a cool thing to do, but it is too early right now
Whenever the RP starts to die out we should do that (I like this RP and see it lasting a long time).

Sounds interesting. Maybe we could skip ahead to the Industrial era (1860s or thereabouts) and deal with more advanced technology, larger populations, colonial wars for independence, and so on.

That would be interesting, at least. I'd enjoy secretly supporting those rebels.

[The Soodean Imperium]

Sounds interesting. Maybe we could skip ahead to the Industrial era (1860s or thereabouts) and deal with more advanced technology, larger populations, colonial wars for independence, and so on.

That would be interesting, at least. I'd enjoy secretly supporting those rebels.

And, even though it's not quite "modern-era," there's still a ton of new technology - railroads, steamships, breech-loading weapons, and so on.

[Photana]

That would be interesting, at least. I'd enjoy secretly supporting those rebels.

And, even though it's not quite "modern-era," there's still a ton of new technology - railroads, steamships, breech-loading weapons, and so on.

And it would allow the modernized powers to colonize inland Africa.

[The Soodean Imperium]

And, even though it's not quite "modern-era," there's still a ton of new technology - railroads, steamships, breech-loading weapons, and so on.

And it would allow the modernized powers to colonize inland Africa.

And complete all those canals we keep debating about. Even if Suez is finished in the current RP, we still need Kiel, Panama, and so on.

[Vredlandia]

And it would allow the modernized powers to colonize inland Africa.

And complete all those canals we keep debating about. Even if Suez is finished in the current RP, we still need Kiel, Panama, and so on.

This reminds me so much on Victoria II

[Fortunagen]

Also, I kind of want an excuse to turn my little settlement on Punta Arenas into a sprawling metropolis spanning multiple islands, and, if someone is nice enough, not to make a Panama Canal.

[Dires]

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The OP will probably ask you to trip your population down to 30mil, add a "form of government," and add more detail to the History section.

Nation Name: The Empire of Japan
National Flag: regular Japanese Flag
Claims:Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Sakhalin
Form of Government: Authoritarian Monarchy+Advisory Council of 10 Lords (Clan Leaders of the 10 Greatest Clans)
Head of State: Emperor Kokakku
Capital City: Kyoto
Population: 52 million
Military Size: 1 million
Military Type: 300,000 Samurai (Professional warriors and military officers). 700,000 ashigaru. All armed with muskets, ashigaru have spears, samurai have swords. The samurai make up the core of the military but many more musket ashigaru may be conscripted and trained quickly. Each province is required to supply a certain amount of men to be trained for the Imperial Army.
Naval Strength: Quite strong, modernized in the last 50 years. Made up of armored and cannoned capital bune ship (floating fortresses), and European styled frigates/corvettes.
Economic Strength: Wealthy, even more so as more territory and resources are added to the empire. Rich in natural resources and artisan goods, the seeds of industrialization have bee planted in the imperial court.
Land Routes: Very well, imperial roads are all standardized, more being build in Manchuria and Northern regions.
Sea Routes Japan owns the region seas with the weakening of the Chinese emperors.
Primary Goals: To capture China, colonize the New World, Industrialize/Modernize, open up more trade routes.
History: The Tokugawa Shogunate held power for about 90 years between 1600 and 1690 but corruption and betrayal led to Royal loyalists arising. By 1685, the movement had become so great that they carried out a military coup on the Shogunate on orders from the Emperor Temmu. Civil war embroiled the nation for 20 years between 1685 and 1715, eventually leaving the Emperor the victor. Over the next 30 years, the Emperors focused on consolidating power and formed new power structures. In the end the new form of government was formed of the Imperial Family as the supreme leaders and the major clan leaders given official seats on the Advisory Council. Given small amounts of autonomy, these families competed heavily for favor and honor by conquering land on the mainland. Thus between 1730 and 1750, Korea and Manchuria were conquored and naturalized. Now the Emperor Kokakku seeks the Jade Throne in Beijing and expanding and modernizing the Japanese Empire.

I'm keeping the population the same. Japan's population at this time was 26 million, Korea and Manchuria make up the other 26 million

[FPCCOS]

That would be interesting, at least. I'd enjoy secretly supporting those rebels.

And, even though it's not quite "modern-era," there's still a ton of new technology - railroads, steamships, breech-loading weapons, and so on.

If we are going to skip ahead to the 1880's, lets do it after a few days so we have a bit of time before the time jump.

And also, I propose we have some sort of chance system whereby we have a good and bad outcomes numbered and you use a random number generator and you have to accept whatever outcome there is. This would make the RP a hell of a lot more realistic as you would have to RP your response to things outside of your control.

Of course, this idea can be refined to make it work really well.

[FPCCOS]

Oh and welcome aboard Dires. I'm Somali Caliphate.

[Kherkov]

I wonder if we used this RP as canon we could make a RP set in the future, except with this World. The only thing is modern technology, but the Age of Imperialism never ended,(or maybe the colonies are just beginning to gain independence in swarms.)

Does that sound appealing to anyone?

I think we were planning on doing such a thing once this one ends.

[Dires]

Oh and welcome aboard Dires. I'm Somali Caliphate.

lol am i accepted?

[Fortunagen]

I wonder if we used this RP as canon we could make a RP set in the future, except with this World. The only thing is modern technology, but the Age of Imperialism never ended,(or maybe the colonies are just beginning to gain independence in swarms.)

Does that sound appealing to anyone?

I think we were planning on doing such a thing once this one ends.

Yummy, so, about how long do we want this thread to go?

[Photana]

I wonder if we used this RP as canon we could make a RP set in the future, except with this World. The only thing is modern technology, but the Age of Imperialism never ended,(or maybe the colonies are just beginning to gain independence in swarms.)

Does that sound appealing to anyone?

I think we were planning on doing such a thing once this one ends.

So Aztlan can into Space?

[Kherkov]

The OP will probably ask you to trip your population down to 30mil, add a "form of government," and add more detail to the History section.

Nation Name: The Empire of Japan
National Flag: regular Japanese Flag
Claims:Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Sakhalin
Form of Government: Authoritarian Monarchy+Advisory Council of 10 Lords (Clan Leaders of the 10 Greatest Clans)
Head of State: Emperor Kokakku
Capital City: Kyoto
Population: 52 million
Military Size: 1 million
Military Type: 300,000 Samurai (Professional warriors and military officers). 700,000 ashigaru. All armed with muskets, ashigaru have spears, samurai have swords. The samurai make up the core of the military but many more musket ashigaru may be conscripted and trained quickly. Each province is required to supply a certain amount of men to be trained for the Imperial Army.
Naval Strength: Quite strong, modernized in the last 50 years. Made up of armored and cannoned capital bune ship (floating fortresses), and European styled frigates/corvettes.
Economic Strength: Wealthy, even more so as more territory and resources are added to the empire. Rich in natural resources and artisan goods, the seeds of industrialization have bee planted in the imperial court.
Land Routes: Very well, imperial roads are all standardized, more being build in Manchuria and Northern regions.
Sea Routes Japan owns the region seas with the weakening of the Chinese emperors.
Primary Goals: To capture China, colonize the New World, Industrialize/Modernize, open up more trade routes.
History: The Tokugawa Shogunate held power for about 90 years between 1600 and 1690 but corruption and betrayal led to Royal loyalists arising. By 1685, the movement had become so great that they carried out a military coup on the Shogunate on orders from the Emperor Temmu. Civil war embroiled the nation for 20 years between 1685 and 1715, eventually leaving the Emperor the victor. Over the next 30 years, the Emperors focused on consolidating power and formed new power structures. In the end the new form of government was formed of the Imperial Family as the supreme leaders and the major clan leaders given official seats on the Advisory Council. Given small amounts of autonomy, these families competed heavily for favor and honor by conquering land on the mainland. Thus between 1730 and 1750, Korea and Manchuria were conquored and naturalized. Now the Emperor Kokakku seeks the Jade Throne in Beijing and expanding and modernizing the Japanese Empire.

I'm keeping the population the same. Japan's population at this time was 26 million, Korea and Manchuria make up the other 26 million

Pop in this RP is pretty toned down, but I'll let you have 45mil with rather primitive tech. This is to keep a balance.

[Dires]

I'm keeping the population the same. Japan's population at this time was 26 million, Korea and Manchuria make up the other 26 million

Pop in this RP is pretty toned down, but I'll let you have 45mil with rather primitive tech. This is to keep a balance.

Ok but how primitive we talking? Sengoku period?

[Fortunagen]

I think we were planning on doing such a thing once this one ends.

So Aztlan can into Space?

Does anyone else picture the spaceship from Futurama that was made by the natives like completely out of stone and with snake death traps?

[The Soodean Imperium]

And, even though it's not quite "modern-era," there's still a ton of new technology - railroads, steamships, breech-loading weapons, and so on.

If we are going to skip ahead to the 1880's, lets do it after a few days so we have a bit of time before the time jump.

And also, I propose we have some sort of chance system whereby we have a good and bad outcomes numbered and you use a random number generator and you have to accept whatever outcome there is. This would make the RP a hell of a lot more realistic as you would have to RP your response to things outside of your control.

Of course, this idea can be refined to make it work really well.

I like the theory behind it, and I had similar ideas for battle outcomes, but the main problem is that when everyone's behind a computer screen there's no way to tell if they're "cheating" when they roll the dice or use the RNG program.

[Kherkov]

I think we were planning on doing such a thing once this one ends.

Yummy, so, about how long do we want this thread to go?

This one to about 1780 maybe. Then we can hop on to 1830 or so, then 1865 maybe, then perhaps 1910. If everyone still wants to keep going, which I doubt, then we'll carry on into the more modern era.

[Dires]

Pop in this RP is pretty toned down, but I'll let you have 45mil with rather primitive tech. This is to keep a balance.

Ok but how primitive we talking? Sengoku period?

bump

[Photana]

I'd prefer to skip to 1900, carve out some nations from the people who ain't here and start with the revolt of North American colonies.

[Kherkov]

Pop in this RP is pretty toned down, but I'll let you have 45mil with rather primitive tech. This is to keep a balance.

Ok but how primitive we talking? Sengoku period?

Around that period yes.