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[Mishmahig]

GoT is also England/Britain.

The North is Yorkshire, the Westerlands are Lancashire (because it's ruled by the Lannisters of Casterly Rock), Beyond the Wall is Scotland, the Crownlands are the Home Counties, Dorne is Cornwall/the West Country etc.

The Firstmen are the Celts, the Andals are the Anglo-Saxons, the Targaryans are the Normans.

OMIGURD. That's cool.

I just assumed that... yeah....the history works. The map could just be confirmation bias.

[Alleniana]

Naw...

Unless OP modernized India was also OP and had a Cold War with China, stopping each other from destroying everyone else, that's probably what'd happen.

I'd personally like an RP based around a modernised China. A huge empire, spanning from eastern Siberia to Vietnam, from Korea to Tibet, and then states all around the rest of the world; lots of broken off Chinese colonies in the Americas, modernising/tributary Middle/Near Easterns and south Asian states, and Europe and its few colonies, trying to catch up, while Africa is ever shithole and the landgrab for it has begun.

Basically, the world, except Made In China.

GoT is also England/Britain.

The North is Yorkshire, the Westerlands are Lancashire (because it's ruled by the Lannisters of Casterly Rock), Beyond the Wall is Scotland, the Crownlands are the Home Counties, Dorne is Cornwall/the West Country etc.

The Firstmen are the Celts, the Andals are the Anglo-Saxons, the Targaryans are the Normans.

OMIGURD. That's cool.

it's as easy to interpret the ASoIaF world as geopolitic situations IRL as it is to interpret Frozen as a specific political/social message.

[Aldelxane]

Unless OP modernized India was also OP and had a Cold War with China, stopping each other from destroying everyone else, that's probably what'd happen.

I'd personally like an RP based around a modernised China. A huge empire, spanning from eastern Siberia to Vietnam, from Korea to Tibet, and then states all around the rest of the world; lots of broken off Chinese colonies in the Americas, modernising/tributary Middle/Near Easterns and south Asian states, and Europe and its few colonies, trying to catch up, while Africa is ever shithole and the landgrab for it has begun.

Basically, the world, except Made In China.

OMIGURD. That's cool.

it's as easy to interpret the ASoIaF world as geopolitic situations IRL as it is to interpret Frozen as a specific political/social message.

1. I guess as long as there was something internal stopping China from killing everyone out of hand.
2. That's because GRRM was likely influenced by IRL geopolitical situations, and likely used them for inspiration.

[Alleniana]

I'd personally like an RP based around a modernised China. A huge empire, spanning from eastern Siberia to Vietnam, from Korea to Tibet, and then states all around the rest of the world; lots of broken off Chinese colonies in the Americas, modernising/tributary Middle/Near Easterns and south Asian states, and Europe and its few colonies, trying to catch up, while Africa is ever shithole and the landgrab for it has begun.

Basically, the world, except Made In China.

it's as easy to interpret the ASoIaF world as geopolitic situations IRL as it is to interpret Frozen as a specific political/social message.

1. I guess as long as there was something internal stopping China from killing everyone out of hand.
2. That's because GRRM was likely influenced by IRL geopolitical situations, and likely used them for inspiration.

1. I mean, that's the entire point of the RP. What if China got out of hand? How far could it go?
2. Or, rather, people love interpreting shit.

[Aldelxane]

1. I guess as long as there was something internal stopping China from killing everyone out of hand.
2. That's because GRRM was likely influenced by IRL geopolitical situations, and likely used them for inspiration.

1. I mean, that's the entire point of the RP. What if China got out of hand? How far could it go?
2. Or, rather, people love interpreting shit.

1. I guess. Because of the America cycle,

(as coined by myself, superpower invades other nation to make it favorable, other nation becomes less favorable again blc of anger at invaders and attacks superpower, superpower invades other nation to make it favorable)

I don't think it'd be able to take over the world.

[G-Tech Corporation]

1. I guess as long as there was something internal stopping China from killing everyone out of hand.
2. That's because GRRM was likely influenced by IRL geopolitical situations, and likely used them for inspiration.

1. I mean, that's the entire point of the RP. What if China got out of hand? How far could it go?
2. Or, rather, people love interpreting shit.

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[Alleniana]

1. I mean, that's the entire point of the RP. What if China got out of hand? How far could it go?
2. Or, rather, people love interpreting shit.

1. I guess. Because of the America cycle,

(as coined by myself, superpower invades other nation to make it favorable, other nation becomes less favorable again blc of anger at invaders and attacks superpower, superpower invades other nation to make it favorable)

I don't think it'd be able to take over the world.

Yeah. It'd be sort of an exercise to see how far we could stretch the China cacao until it tastes like sawdust and ash.

[Liecthenbourg]

So, what new RP ideas are coming up?

[Alleniana]

So, what new RP ideas are coming up?

Scandinavian colonialing (which I personally think should be North Sea Empire Plus, because hellyeah Nordic Countries + British Isles), and what if China modernised and went batshit.

[Liecthenbourg]

So, what new RP ideas are coming up?

Scandinavian colonialing (which I personally think should be North Sea Empire Plus, because hellyeah Nordic Countries + British Isles), and what if China modernised and went batshit.

Ahhhhh.
Interesting.

I have an RP idea bubbling in my head, but that is for later.

[Skaldia]

So, what new RP ideas are coming up?

Scandinavian colonialing (which I personally think should be North Sea Empire Plus, because hellyeah Nordic Countries + British Isles), and what if China modernised and went batshit.

I agree it should be a North Sea Empire. Maybe we could have a Southern mirror of the North Sea Empire? Maybe a resurgent Neo-Roman Empire? Heh?! Heh!? Nah, I just kid.

[Alleniana]

Scandinavian colonialing (which I personally think should be North Sea Empire Plus, because hellyeah Nordic Countries + British Isles), and what if China modernised and went batshit.

I agree it should be a North Sea Empire. Maybe we could have a Southern mirror of the North Sea Empire? Maybe a resurgent Neo-Roman Empire? Heh?! Heh!? Nah, I just kid.

It'd be nice to see some Ottoman-style empires in west/north Europe, IMO.

[Skaldia]

I agree it should be a North Sea Empire. Maybe we could have a Southern mirror of the North Sea Empire? Maybe a resurgent Neo-Roman Empire? Heh?! Heh!? Nah, I just kid.

It'd be nice to see some Ottoman-style empires in west/north Europe, IMO.

A Muslim in Rome?! How dare you contemplate such heresy!
Nah, it'd be fun to have most of Europe overrun with a few hardy European nations sticking it out to the bitter end. Also would act as a natural buffer between the Nords and Ottoman-types.

[Alleniana]

It'd be nice to see some Ottoman-style empires in west/north Europe, IMO.

A Muslim in Rome?! How dare you contemplate such heresy!
Nah, it'd be fun to have most of Europe overrun with a few hardy European nations sticking it out to the bitter end. Also would act as a natural buffer between the Nords and Ottoman-types.

Oh, by Ottoman-style, I meant empires run by a central ethnic group that doesn't assimilate the other groups in its empire. Basically a big sprawling successful blob somewhere across Europe.

[Aldelxane]

A Muslim in Rome?! How dare you contemplate such heresy!
Nah, it'd be fun to have most of Europe overrun with a few hardy European nations sticking it out to the bitter end. Also would act as a natural buffer between the Nords and Ottoman-types.

Oh, by Ottoman-style, I meant empires run by a central ethnic group that doesn't assimilate the other groups in its empire. Basically a big sprawling successful blob somewhere across Europe.

What about that AND the China idea in one RP?

[Alleniana]

Oh, by Ottoman-style, I meant empires run by a central ethnic group that doesn't assimilate the other groups in its empire. Basically a big sprawling successful blob somewhere across Europe.

What about that AND the China idea in one RP?

eebool

[Skaldia]

Oh, by Ottoman-style, I meant empires run by a central ethnic group that doesn't assimilate the other groups in its empire. Basically a big sprawling successful blob somewhere across Europe.

What about that AND the China idea in one RP?

[Monkeykind]

What about that AND the China idea in one RP?

Mindblown.

[Skaldia]

Mindblown.

Let's doooooo it.

[Caltarania]

OMIGURD. That's cool.

it's as easy to interpret the ASoIaF world as geopolitic situations IRL as it is to interpret Frozen as a specific political/social message.

Frozen is also geopolitical

It's all Scandinavia. Arendelle is Norway, Weselton is Sweden and the Southern Isles are Denmark. Kven is a Sami and Elsa is a witch.

:3

1. I guess as long as there was something internal stopping China from killing everyone out of hand.
2. That's because GRRM was likely influenced by IRL geopolitical situations, and likely used them for inspiration.

1. I mean, that's the entire point of the RP. What if China got out of hand? How far could it go?
2. Or, rather, people love interpreting shit.

2. Or because the map of Westeros is like entirely based off Great Britain and Ireland

[G-Tech Corporation]

2. Or because the map of Westeros is like entirely based off Great Britain and Ireland

"Wildlings never never will be slaves!"

[Reatra]

Unless OP modernized India was also OP and had a Cold War with China, stopping each other from destroying everyone else, that's probably what'd happen.

I'd personally like an RP based around a modernised China. A huge empire, spanning from eastern Siberia to Vietnam, from Korea to Tibet, and then states all around the rest of the world; lots of broken off Chinese colonies in the Americas, modernising/tributary Middle/Near Easterns and south Asian states, and Europe and its few colonies, trying to catch up, while Africa is ever shithole and the landgrab for it has begun.

Basically, the world, except Made In China.

OMIGURD. That's cool.

it's as easy to interpret the ASoIaF world as geopolitic situations IRL as it is to interpret Frozen as a specific political/social message.

1. I like the way you think...

2. Let it Go! Let it Go! The Guillotine'll make the family cry-y-y-y!
Let it Go! Let it Go! Cut the rope now don't be shy!

[Bujahla]

it's as easy to interpret the ASoIaF world as geopolitic situations IRL as it is to interpret Frozen as a specific political/social message.

Frozen is also geopolitical

It's all Scandinavia. Arendelle is Norway, Weselton is Sweden and the Southern Isles are Denmark. Kven is a Sami and Elsa is a witch.

:3

1. I mean, that's the entire point of the RP. What if China got out of hand? How far could it go?
2. Or, rather, people love interpreting shit.

2. Or because the map of Westeros is like entirely based off Great Britain and Ireland

Map of mega-nords:
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Nordic-Em ... -394933869

Map of mega-ottomans:
http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2 ... 6j41cl.png

[Caltarania]

From Dust to Gold:

The year is 1900 CE; it has been 86 years since the infamous 'Treaty of Florence' was signed, formally ending the Napoleonic Wars on the terms that Napoleon stepped down from the title of Emperor, France remained a republic and it's best guarded secret that which had near won it the war - Alchemy - was to be distributed among the other great European powers. Perhaps it did not occur to Paré in the 1500's, when he discovered the power of Alchemy on a battlefield as a surgeon, that his discovery would allow France to overcome the combined might of Europe in order to hold the line in the final hours of 1814. Indeed, without the Alchemical power of the French Alchemist guilds, it's debatable whether the French Republic would have been able to push for the favourable terms that the Treaty of Florence offered.

But, either way, the Science of Alchemy had now been released to the world; it's power and splendor dwarfing the British achievement that was the Industrial Revolution. This, however, was not to continue, as in 1816 the now-famous Scottish 'Father of Alcho-Industry' Robert Davidson built on James Watt's theories and finally made the connections between Alchemy, Chemistry and Industry allowing for the British to utterly dominate in the colonial theatre, and allowing vast expansions into science and technology that had not been seen since that of the Renaissance. It also lead to Davidson's knighthood and entrance to the 'Royal Alchemical Guild of Britain'. The Royal Guild had long since competed with the French 'Ligue Française des Alchimistes', along with other Guilds such as the Dutch 'Organisatie van de Nederlandse en Vlaamse Alchemisten'. Indeed, the guilds of Europe - and, soon, of the Far East and of the Americas - would continue to compete and drive competition between themselves to drive the advancement of Alchemy.

However, Alchemy was not the only science that had been unleashed by Paré. His new-founded field of thought spurred on the advancement of many other sciences, such as Astrology and Psychokinesis. Alchemy, as aforementioned, has also expanded beyond Europe. The Federated States of America, the Empire of Amazonia and the Mexican Republic in the Americas too have Alchemical Guilds, along with the Japanese Empire and Chinese Confederacy in the Far East. They have long since begun to catch up with the European Powers, and now they hunger for the Pacific and Asian territories held by the European invaders...

So where will you stand? In this world where Alchemy is both a Science and an Art of War, where Telekinetics can change the course of battle and where Astrologists can predict the future? Where will you stand in this world where dust can turn to gold?

[Reatra]

From Dust to Gold:

The year is 1900 CE; it has been 86 years since the infamous 'Treaty of Florence' was signed, formally ending the Napoleonic Wars on the terms that Napoleon stepped down from the title of Emperor, France remained a republic and it's best guarded secret that which had near won it the war - Alchemy - was to be distributed among the other great European powers. Perhaps it did not occur to Paré in the 1500's, when he discovered the power of Alchemy on a battlefield as a surgeon, that his discovery would allow France to overcome the combined might of Europe in order to hold the line in the final hours of 1814. Indeed, without the Alchemical power of the French Alchemist guilds, it's debatable whether the French Republic would have been able to push for the favourable terms that the Treaty of Florence offered.

But, either way, the Science of Alchemy had now been released to the world; it's power and splendor dwarfing the British achievement that was the Industrial Revolution. This, however, was not to continue, as in 1816 the now-famous Scottish 'Father of Alcho-Industry' Robert Davidson built on James Watt's theories and finally made the connections between Alchemy, Chemistry and Industry allowing for the British to utterly dominate in the colonial theatre, and allowing vast expansions into science and technology that had not been seen since that of the Renaissance. It also lead to Davidson's knighthood and entrance to the 'Royal Alchemical Guild of Britain'. The Royal Guild had long since competed with the French 'Ligue Française des Alchimistes', along with other Guilds such as the Dutch 'Organisatie van de Nederlandse en Vlaamse Alchemisten'. Indeed, the guilds of Europe - and, soon, of the Far East and of the Americas - would continue to compete and drive competition between themselves to drive the advancement of Alchemy.

However, Alchemy was not the only science that had been unleashed by Paré. His new-founded field of thought spurred on the advancement of many other sciences, such as Astrology and Psychokinesis. Alchemy, as aforementioned, has also expanded beyond Europe. The Federated States of America, the Empire of Amazonia and the Mexican Republic in the Americas too have Alchemical Guilds, along with the Japanese Empire and Chinese Confederacy in the Far East. They have long since begun to catch up with the European Powers, and now they hunger for the Pacific and Asian territories held by the European invaders...

So where will you stand? In this world where Alchemy is both a Science and an Art of War, where Telekinetics can change the course of battle and where Astrologists can predict the future? Where will you stand in this world where dust can turn to gold?

I will take over the world as Switzerland.

We have dust AND gold to start out with.