NationStates

Background:
The basic premise of the RP is that the world, in 1628, is somewhat in an era of prosperity; or so much that it was. Steampunk and Clockwork technology are the main sources of power for the world; both in the domestic and military sense. Da Vinci was much more powerful in this timeline, due to the Gonfaloniere of the Florentine Republic noticing his mathematical and engineering skills early on in life. He went on to produce not only the works we know in our timeline, but also produce more than even he could have imagined. He was able to manufacture a tank-like vehicle, which brought him great fame. Due to Da Vinci's extended influence, the technology of the world advanced more quickly than in our timeline. With the first airships being built around 1478, and the New World being discovered shortly after in 1479. Though it was discovered only a few years before our timeline, it was enough to push the balance of power in the world.

Fast-forward to 1628, and the world is prosperous. Every nation has possession of at least a small Airship navy, and Landships are all too common. Soldiers, too, carry weaponry which is arguably more advanced than what we have today in many aspects. Domestically, factories chug out products using machinery which in our timeline was not discovered until the late 19th century. This lead to a large stale-mate between the Great Powers, and war has been uncommon. However, tensions have been rising recently. While it looks like the world will remain at peace, no one can be sure. Though, there is one thing everyone is sure of, the world has definitely changed. New Powers have risen, and old ones have fallen.

You will control one of these nations; whether it be a Great power of old, declining into the past, or a Grand power of new, progressing into the future. Your decisions will shape the course of this world, and perhaps the course of many others.

Rules:
1. Obey NS rules
2. Obey OP/OP-appointed as per their role
3. Alleniana and Fantrum are Co-ops, listen to them.
4. No metagame/godmod/numberspam/other bad RPing
5. At least a paragraphs a post please, and good grammar & spelling
6. Exercise common sense
7. Attempt to be active every couple of days at least, if you're going to be away for a while, notify me/Co-ops.
8. ERROR_404

Application Form:

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[b]Nation Name:[/b]
[b]Flag:[/b]
[b]Coat of Arms/Seal:[/b]
[b]Other Symbols:[/b]
[b]Population:[/b]
[b]Location/Claims:[/b]
[b]Capital City:[/b]
[b]Government Type:[/b]
[b]Ideologies:[/b]
[b]Leader/s:[/b]
[b]Main Imports:[/b]
[b]Main Exports:[/b]
[b]Economy:[/b]
[b]Infrastructure:[/b]
[b]Army:[/b]
[b]Navy:[/b]
[b]Aerial Fleet:[/b]
[b]Goals:[/b]
[b]History:[/b]
[b]RP Sample:[/b]
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Explanation of App:
Nation Name: Self explanatory, but please add title; e.g. Republic of X, or X Empire, etc.
Flag: Flag...
Coat of Arms/Seal; ...Coat of Arms and/or a Seal.
Other Symbols: Any other national symbols, such as personifications or whatever.
Population: Self explanatory. Use sources to help estimate; some variation is allowed
Location/Claims: Please provide extremely detailed explanation or map; latter preferred
Capital City: Obvious. Please provide location and some details if not RL city
Government Type: What is the government in your nation like? Try to use the A B C D format.
Ideologies: So, feminism? Egalitarianism? Environmentalism? What does your government/the people believe in and work for?
Leader/s: Head of State/s, Head of Government/s, the people at the top, basically
Main Imports: What does your nation produce and ship abroad? E.g Oil
Main Exports: What does your nation import the most? E.g Oil... again.
Economy: Mercantilism vs free trade, tariffs/duties, customs strictness, currency, embargoes, strength, etc.
Infrastructure: Roads, government buildings, forts, railways, factories, etc.
Army: Numbers, and a rough description of the hierarchy/armaments/tech, etc.
Navy: Same as army, but adjusted; what type of ship is necessary to be said. You'll need to provide detail on how your ships are powered, along with pictures if possible.
Aerial Fleet: Same as army, but a few differences. You'll need to provide detail on how your airships are powered, along with pictures if possible.
Technology: Technological level, approximately; describe in whatever way you can, use contemporaries as reference points
Goals: What are the goals of your government and/or people? Irredentism; reconquest of land? Converting minorities, maybe?
History: Doesn't have to be too in depth; just a rough outline of why you exist the way you do
RP Sample: If you can't find a thread, write something up; if I know you, then meh. Members of the History Group DO NOT need this.
429 - I can search this and find apps

Explanation for the Aerial Fleet part of the app:
You'll need to state how exactly your ships run. For example, you could say they use giant propellers that do things (explanation needs to be better than that, though xD). The main things would be air balloons, propellers and jet-like steam engines. Pictures are appreciated.

IC

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Map:

http://i.imgur.com/a8cHbLB.png

Nation List:

Avalonian Republic - Medium Green - Gibberan
Florentine Republic - Light Blue - Caltarania
Exulis - Underwater, Mid-Atlantic Ridge near Iceland - Photana
United States of America - Medium Blue - Alleniana
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - Dark Red - Horizont
Dominion of Canada - Lighter Red - Fantrum
Oda Shogunate of Japan - Yellow - The Empire of Pretantia
Dominion of Free Argentine - Light Green - The Time Alliance
Polish Republic - Darker Red - Aldelxane
First Trans-Pyreneese Socialist Republic - Dark Blue - Lunas Legion
Kingdom of Naples - Lilac - Zenoch
Empire of Scandinavia - Medium-Dark Blue - Neros
The New Byzantine Empire - Dark Purple - Neo Byzantine Empire
Socialist Union of China - Orange - Kagawa Islands
Austro-Hungarian Empire - Brown - Arkorrnia
Empire of Germania - Gray - Halleon
New Babylonia - Golden Brown - New Babylonia
United Britonnic Republic - Light Pink - Pragia
The Dual Kingdom of Piedmont-Roma - Beige - Transoxthraxia

Reserved Areas:

Reservations will be removed after 2 days of no application.

None at this time.

Optional/Further Apps:

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[b]International Organization Name:[/b]
[b]Flag:[/b]
[b]Coat of Arms/Seal:[/b]
[b]Other Symbols:[/b]
[b]Member-states/Claims:[/b]
[b]Capital City:[/b]
[b]Organization Type:[/b]
[b]Ideologies:[/b]
[b]Leader/s:[/b]
[b]Goals:[/b]

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[b]Super-weapon Name:[/b]
[b]Picture:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b]
[b]Power Source:[/b]

Nation Name: Confederate States of America
Flag:
Coat of Arms/Seal:
Other Symbols: Eagle, pelican
Population: I would put it around 12 million due to the advances in tech
Location/Claims: My reservation plus 2 most northern provinces of Mexico and cuba
Capital City: Raleigh, North Carolina
Government Type: Confederacy (union of states under a weak federal government)
Ideologies: Freedom, States rights, and southern superiority
Leader/s: President Robert Barron
Main Imports: rubber, coal, precious metals
Main Exports: crops, pork, beef, you get where I am going with this
Economy: it is free market economy based mainly on agriculture with developing industrial sector
Infrastructure: it changes from state to state but most of the land is very rural. The cities are very urban though with most factories located within the,
Army: around 80,000 men with with bolt action rifles similar to the 1903 Springfield. The army has a well trained armored corps as well mostly using medium tanks along with light tanks. Heavy tanks are not in use much due to the fact that they do not have the speed to support infantry. The mechs within the army number at 10, all captured from their former colonial rulers but engineers are looking to make a new design for a mechs to give to the army.
Navy: around 15 war ships with 20 transports all steam powered. Personnel is around 25,000
Aerial Fleet: 6 air ships powered by jet like engine that uses Steam. Each airship carries one squadron of propeller driven bi-planes. Personnel is around 10,000

Will update this more when what tech we have is explained more
Goals: take out the north
History: in 1589, the Confederacy was formed by many different rebellions coming together as one for protection. It finally won it's independence in 1596 when the colonial powers withdrew their troops and made peace. The confederacy was rather stable after that following a path trying to modernize the country as it was made up of mainly agriculture based colonies.
RP Sample: you really need it
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Nation Name: Avalonian Republic
Flag:
Coat of Arms/Seal:
Other Symbols:
Population: About 16 million
Location/Claims: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Brazil, Hispaniola
Capital City: Avalonia (Present day city of Rio de Janeiro)
Government Type: Elective Monarchy (We elect our kings)
Ideologies: Freedom, New World superiority
Leader/s: King Manuel IV (Born Manuel Fonseca, which is what he likes to be called outside the country)
Main Imports: Machinery
Main Exports: Copper, Rubber, Bauxite, Iron, and crops (especially coffee)
Economy: Free-market capitalist economy
Infrastructure: Mining and agriculture, although industrial sector is quickly progressing
Army: Almost 80,000 troops with a large tank corps separate from the army (About 1500 men)

Navy: 10 steam-powered dreadnoughts, 18 smaller pre-dreadnought and pre-ironclad ships, 1 primitive submarine
Aerial Fleet: 4 Helium-powered Bonilla-class airships, with three more on the verge of being completed. The Bonilla class, each carrying seven AF-2 biplane fighters, measures 680 feet in length. With 2 300 hp eight-cylinder engines, they are heavily-armed with anti-aircraft cannons and machine guns, and also bombs, but this means they go slow.


Goals: Prevent Old World Aggression
History: Founded by an English explorer named Anthony Avalon, who, with a number of his sailors and exploratory team, neglected to return to the Old World in 1480. An official government was set up in 1491 after repelling a Spanish invasion. The republic quickly consolidated its gains and put a strong emphasis on the military, although this was later eased with the establishments of other Pan-American Powers. In 1529 the Avalonian Civil War broke out, with the Liberals and Conservatives allying to fight the Equalists (Communists), leading to the strong, present day government. From 1600-1602, Avalionia fought against Argentina, who attempted to invade the disputed region of Charcas (Bolivia), leading to their decimation and institution of a puppet government in Argentina. This brought a period of prosperity to Avalonia. The Economy rose and the nation was modernized. Nuclear research is currently progressing, albeit, slowly, and, without much public support or interest, is in danger of being canceled.
RP Sample: 'War to End all Wars' RP, among several others
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Dibs on German Empire and Austria.

Nation Name: The Empire of Germania
Flag:
Coat of Arms/Seal:
Other Symbols: Eagles. Lots of eagles and crosses.
Population: 100,000,000
Location/Claims: German Empire, Austria
Capital City: Berlin
Government Type: Monarchy
Ideologies: Conservatism, Eurocentrism, absolutism
Leader/s: Gerhard IV von Hohenzollern
Main Imports: Metals, oil, rubber
Main Exports: Coal, industrial machinery, agricultural products
Economy: A very highly industrialized and strong economy, producing many things to power the German factories themselves. Mostly very pro-free trade.
Infrastructure: High powered railroads crisscross the nation especially in northern Germany. Roads are used mostly by peasants and poor farmers, with almost all urban dwellers and successful farmers riding and shipping goods via the high speed trains.
Army: 500,000 active duty regular soldiers, with several million reservists spread across Germania. Troops are armed with state of the art weaponry, with the old Prussian military model holding especially strong in the army. Tactics and strategy are top notch, and high ranking generals are revered like royalty. With the abundance of eligible men across the nation always willing to enlist for the good pay, soldiers are always disciplined, and they will be expressly dismissed for insolence in peacetime, and shot in wartime.
Navy: Germania was never a strong naval power historically, but they have a large enough navy to protect themselves in the North Sea. The navy consists of around two dozen dreadnoughts and around 20 smaller vessel, made possible by the behemoth of Germanic industrial might. The ships are mostly powered by coal or oil, with steam ships being phased out slowly. Electric submarines are in prototype stage.
Aerial Fleet: Germania boasts an aerial fleet of ten air dreadnoughts, which are huge blimp-like vessels equipped with heavy bombs and machine guns. There are also a dozen or so air cruisers and destroyers. Another branch of the air service is the fighter squadrons, which are similar to our RL weaponized biplanes. There are 4 squads of 4 each of these.
Goals: European domination, duh!
History: The rise of the Germanic Empire began at the end of the Dark Ages, with the rise of Brandenburg as the dominant German power. Much of northeastern Germany and Poland came under the rule of this power, culminating in the crowning of the Duke of Brandenburg as the King of Germany at the end of the Fourth German War between Bavarian forces and those of Brandenburg.

Austria came under the rule of Germania in the Second Austro-German War. After this expansion, the conquest machine ground to a halt and began building its industrial capacity to world famous heights.
RP Sample: I don't think I have too...
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Jamessonia wrote:Nation Name: The Empire of Germania
Flag:

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Coat of Arms/Seal:

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Other Symbols: Eagles. Lots of eagles and crosses.
Population: 100,000,000
Location/Claims: German Empire, Austria
Capital City: Berlin
Government Type: Monarchy
Ideologies: Conservatism, Eurocentrism, absolutism
Leader/s: Gerhard IV von Hohenzollern
Main Imports: Metals, oil, rubber
Main Exports: Coal, industrial machinery, agricultural products
Economy: A very highly industrialized and strong economy, producing many things to power the German factories themselves. Mostly very pro-free trade.
Infrastructure: High powered railroads crisscross the nation especially in northern Germany. Roads are used mostly by peasants and poor farmers, with almost all urban dwellers and successful farmers riding and shipping goods via the high speed trains.
Army: 500,000 active duty regular soldiers, with several million reservists spread across Germania. Troops are armed with state of the art weaponry, with the old Prussian military model holding especially strong in the army. Tactics and strategy are top notch, and high ranking generals are revered like royalty. With the abundance of eligible men across the nation always willing to enlist for the good pay, soldiers are always disciplined, and they will be expressly dismissed for insolence in peacetime, and shot in wartime.
Navy: Germania was never a strong naval power historically, but they have a large enough navy to protect themselves in the North Sea. The navy consists of around two dozen dreadnoughts and around 20 smaller vessel, made possible by the behemoth of Germanic industrial might. The ships are mostly powered by coal or oil, with steam ships being phased out slowly. Electric submarines are in prototype stage.
Aerial Fleet: Germania boasts an aerial fleet of ten air dreadnoughts, which are huge blimp-like vessels equipped with heavy bombs and machine guns. There are also a dozen or so air cruisers and destroyers. Another branch of the air service is the fighter squadrons, which are similar to our RL weaponized biplanes. There are 4 squads of 4 each of these.
Goals: European domination, duh!
History: WIP
RP Sample: I don't think I have too...
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WHOAH......that came out of nowhere

Explanation for the Aerial Fleet part of the app:

You'll need to state how exactly your ships run. For example, you could say they use giant propellers that do things (explanation needs to be better than that, though xD).

The main things would be air balloons, propellers and jet-like steam engines.

Pictures are appreciated.

Gibberan wrote:

Jamessonia wrote:Nation Name: The Empire of Germania
Flag:

(Image)

Coat of Arms/Seal:

(Image)

Other Symbols: Eagles. Lots of eagles and crosses.
Population: 100,000,000
Location/Claims: German Empire, Austria
Capital City: Berlin
Government Type: Monarchy
Ideologies: Conservatism, Eurocentrism, absolutism
Leader/s: Gerhard IV von Hohenzollern
Main Imports: Metals, oil, rubber
Main Exports: Coal, industrial machinery, agricultural products
Economy: A very highly industrialized and strong economy, producing many things to power the German factories themselves. Mostly very pro-free trade.
Infrastructure: High powered railroads crisscross the nation especially in northern Germany. Roads are used mostly by peasants and poor farmers, with almost all urban dwellers and successful farmers riding and shipping goods via the high speed trains.
Army: 500,000 active duty regular soldiers, with several million reservists spread across Germania. Troops are armed with state of the art weaponry, with the old Prussian military model holding especially strong in the army. Tactics and strategy are top notch, and high ranking generals are revered like royalty. With the abundance of eligible men across the nation always willing to enlist for the good pay, soldiers are always disciplined, and they will be expressly dismissed for insolence in peacetime, and shot in wartime.
Navy: Germania was never a strong naval power historically, but they have a large enough navy to protect themselves in the North Sea. The navy consists of around two dozen dreadnoughts and around 20 smaller vessel, made possible by the behemoth of Germanic industrial might. The ships are mostly powered by coal or oil, with steam ships being phased out slowly. Electric submarines are in prototype stage.
Aerial Fleet: Germania boasts an aerial fleet of ten air dreadnoughts, which are huge blimp-like vessels equipped with heavy bombs and machine guns. There are also a dozen or so air cruisers and destroyers. Another branch of the air service is the fighter squadrons, which are similar to our RL weaponized biplanes. There are 4 squads of 4 each of these.
Goals: European domination, duh!
History: WIP
RP Sample: I don't think I have too...
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WHOAH......that came out of nowhere

... what?

Jamessonia wrote:

Gibberan wrote:WHOAH......that came out of nowhere

... what?

I was just looking around, bored, nothing to do....and BAM! Huge, detailed app everywhere!

I'd like to reserve the territories of the USSR, plus Alaska and Czechoslovakia. I'll get an app up tomorrow morning.

Reserving Northern Italy/Austria Hungary/ Greece/Eastern Europe. Please tell me if that is too much land.
Hey Germany, May I please have Southern Austria?

Reserving the Ottoman Empire, Arabia and Egypt.
A.k.a http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Ottoman_Empire_16-17th_century.jpg

Axonic wrote:Reserving Northern Italy/Austria Hungary/ Greece/Eastern Europe. Please tell me if that is too much land.

Awh.

I was gonna take Florence -cry

Or Venice.

I really don't know xD

Should be fine, but it's a) Quite vague, and b) quite a spread out (and ugly on a map) claim...

I recommend that you chose something else, but it should be okay.

But if I decide on Florence, I'm taking it

Also, All above (Pak, Gib and James) are ACCEPTED.

Caltarania wrote:

Axonic wrote:Reserving Northern Italy/Austria Hungary/ Greece/Eastern Europe. Please tell me if that is too much land.

Awh.

I was gonna take Florence -cry

Or Venice.

I really don't know xD

Should be fine, but it's a) Quite vague, and b) quite a spread out (and ugly on a map) claim...

I recommend that you chose something else, but it should be okay.

But if I decide on Florence, I'm taking it

Also, All above (Pak, Gib and James) are ACCEPTED.

Great, please excuse if I seem a little noobish in this RP at first. RL is my specialty and not steampunk

Caltarania wrote:

Axonic wrote:Reserving Northern Italy/Austria Hungary/ Greece/Eastern Europe. Please tell me if that is too much land.

Awh.

I was gonna take Florence -cry

Or Venice.

I really don't know xD

Should be fine, but it's a) Quite vague, and b) quite a spread out (and ugly on a map) claim...

I recommend that you chose something else, but it should be okay.

But if I decide on Florence, I'm taking it

Also, All above (Pak, Gib and James) are ACCEPTED.

It's basically a Danubian Federation, Northern Italy utilized Leo's military inventions to go for recourse rich land before anyone else caught up.

Axonic wrote:

Caltarania wrote:
Awh.

I was gonna take Florence -cry

Or Venice.

I really don't know xD

Should be fine, but it's a) Quite vague, and b) quite a spread out (and ugly on a map) claim...

I recommend that you chose something else, but it should be okay.

But if I decide on Florence, I'm taking it

Also, All above (Pak, Gib and James) are ACCEPTED.

It's basically a Danubian Federation, Northern Italy utilized Leo's military inventions to go for recourse rich land before anyone else caught up.

Italy cannot beat Ottomans.

Axonic wrote:

Caltarania wrote:
Awh.

I was gonna take Florence -cry

Or Venice.

I really don't know xD

Should be fine, but it's a) Quite vague, and b) quite a spread out (and ugly on a map) claim...

I recommend that you chose something else, but it should be okay.

But if I decide on Florence, I'm taking it

Also, All above (Pak, Gib and James) are ACCEPTED.

It's basically a Danubian Federation, Northern Italy utilized Leo's military inventions to go for recourse rich land before anyone else caught up.

Is it all connected land wise?

And will it include Florence? Because.. I want it. I think.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT. AHWAHWGRAHGWRAWRHGAWRH

(Okay, you can make an App. I think I'll settle for a City-state somewhere else)

Axonic wrote:Reserving Northern Italy/Austria Hungary/ Greece/Eastern Europe. Please tell me if that is too much land.
Hey Germany, May I please have Southern Austria?

No, Austria is mine! All I need is Austria proper, you can have the rest of the empire.

Lunas Legion wrote:Reserving the Ottoman Empire, Arabia and Egypt.
A.k.a http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Ottoman_Empire_16-17th_century.jpg

Can you drop the European possessions? It looks a bit much, in my honest opinion. The rest should be fine... but I expect there will be an awful lot of rebellions in an empire that large.

Lunas Legion wrote:Reserving the Ottoman Empire, Arabia and Egypt.
A.k.a http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Ottoman_Empire_16-17th_century.jpg

I already reserved some of that- most notable the Ukraine, Crimea, and the Caucasus.

Does this look like a good heavy tank of the few I will use

Caltarania wrote:

Lunas Legion wrote:Reserving the Ottoman Empire, Arabia and Egypt.
A.k.a http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Ottoman_Empire_16-17th_century.jpg

Can you drop the European possessions? It looks a bit much, in my honest opinion. The rest should be fine... but I expect there will be an awful lot of rebellions in an empire that large.

I need the manpower, bearing in mind that the Ottos will have been largely left behind by the technological revolution.

Lunas Legion wrote:

Caltarania wrote:
Can you drop the European possessions? It looks a bit much, in my honest opinion. The rest should be fine... but I expect there will be an awful lot of rebellions in an empire that large.

I need the manpower, bearing in mind that the Ottos will have been largely left behind by the technological revolution.

Which means that you would have lost a lot of that land

Lunas Legion wrote:

Caltarania wrote:
Can you drop the European possessions? It looks a bit much, in my honest opinion. The rest should be fine... but I expect there will be an awful lot of rebellions in an empire that large.

I need the manpower, bearing in mind that the Ottos will have been largely left behind by the technological revolution.

Yes but other people want that land also. Seems a bit unfair to just let it be under a massive hegemony, and plus, they wouldn't be very loyal soldiers. The opposite in fact.

You can have a technological boost if you want.

Paketo wrote:(Image)

Does this look like a good heavy tank of the few I will use

I guess.

Finished editing...Hold on, I'm going to add my tanks