Guns of Our Forefathers (1700s, OOC)

[Shadyrya]

Let me reserve the UK.

[Caltarania]

Yay. How will you treat the Lutherans/Anglicans that our missionaries converted to such?

I'll have them be located in Okinawa, as a minority.
They will be treated like every other citizen in Japan. One of my ideologies is going to be equality, you see.

Okay, sounds good.

Let me reserve the UK.

Already taken.

...Seriously, do people look at the maps?

[Neo-Assyrian Empire]

Shit.

What about the Baltics?

Taken, sorry. Eastern Europe is open, though, in a precarious position between Austria and Russia.

The map finally loaded, so... yeah. It looks like most of the interesting locations have already been taken, so I'll pass

(Unless if the player in France would be willing to lose its colony)

[Shadyrya]

I looked at reserved land. Where all reserved/taken land should be. -_-

[Shadyrya]

I'll take the remnants of Australia, then.

[Kryskov]

The map finally loaded, so... yeah. It looks like most of the interesting locations have already been taken, so I'll pass

(Unless if the player in France would be willing to lose its colony)

Which one?

[G-Tech Corporation]

My thoughts on Madras, Calt:

When the Mughals invaded the southern Indian states in 1698, most fell like dominos. However, when the Imperial Armies invaded Ceylon they encountered heavy resistance, and after taking about half of the island the campaign became one of attrition. The enterprising British saw this as an opportunity, and promptly the BEIC and your lad sailed together with a Mughal fleet to the south end of the island, where they landed many soldiers. The inhabitants of Ceylon, now fighting on two fronts, shortly collapsed, and were annexed in to the Mughal Empire. The Emperor, impressed by British fighting prowess and their decision to side with him instead of their enemies, allowed them a 99-year lease on the port city of Madras, and stipulated that any goods that entered the Mughal Empire via Madras were not to be taxed according to normal tariff laws.

[Emilio Aguinaldo]

Taken, sorry. Eastern Europe is open, though, in a precarious position between Austria and Russia.

The map finally loaded, so... yeah. It looks like most of the interesting locations have already been taken, so I'll pass

Chima, Persia, Incan area, Turkey, Stans area.

[Lingang]

Nation Name: New Aegyptus
Capital City: Alexandria
Claimed Territory: (preferably a map or specific territory) http://i.imgur.com/PuDrDnC.png
Population: 18,000,000
National Flag: (put in spoiler)

Head of State: Emperor Mohammed Houssad
Head of Government: (if applicable) Emperor Mohammed Houssad
Government Type: Theocratic Empire
National Ideologies: (Free Trade? Democracy? Slavophilia? etc.) Free Trade, Islam, Imperialism, Afro/Egyptian-Centrism, Anti-Arabic
History: (put in spoiler)

Aegypt was first founded after the collapse of the Roman Empire, from where Aegypt got its current name. It existed as a small city-state around the Nile, with Alexandria as its capital. The country was annexed by the Byzantine Empire, which rebuilt the country and nearly restored it to its former glory. The Byzantian rule over Aegypt was short-lived, as Arabs from the Islamic Empire invaded and conquered Aegypt and much of the surrounding North-African territory. The Arabs brought in Islam, out-placing indigenous beliefs. In this particular society, the Arabs were highly favored over the ethnic Aegyptians, who were put on a lower caste-level.

In the 15th century, the Aegyptians were able to push out the Arabic invaders, securing the nation of Aegypt. For a while Aegypt existed in relative peace, until 1502 when Turkey invaded once again. Economically weak, Aegypt lacked the strength to fight back and was conquered. Only when the year 1642 came around when the nation gained its independence. It fought back against the fading Turkish empire, and on May 12 1646, The Empire of New Aegyptus was founded. The new Islamic empire was staunchly anti-Arab, and they were expelled from the Aegyptian borders. The Emperor, ordained by God, began the process of revitalizing Aegypt. The borders of the Empire expanded further down into Africa, annexing their Nubian and Libyan neighbors into one Aegpytian Identity.

Today, the Empire of New Aegyptus stands as a strong Islamic force in the Middle East and North Africa. The Aegpytians do not favor the Imperialist Western Europeans, hoping to curb away from their power. The Emperor of Aegyptus currently has plans to expand further into Africa and Asia to bring more lands and peoples under the Holy Empire.

429- do not remove, or else your app won't be accepted

EDIT: Updated the History

[G-Tech Corporation]

The map finally loaded, so... yeah. It looks like most of the interesting locations have already been taken, so I'll pass

Chima, Persia, Incan area, Turkey, Stans area.

China would be a poor life choice.

[Neo-Assyrian Empire]

The map finally loaded, so... yeah. It looks like most of the interesting locations have already been taken, so I'll pass

(Unless if the player in France would be willing to lose its colony)

Which one?

The American colony. This is the land that I was thinking about taking from the French player

The map finally loaded, so... yeah. It looks like most of the interesting locations have already been taken, so I'll pass

Chima, Persia, Incan area, Turkey, Stans area.

I'm not a fan of/I don't know the history well enough of those areas. Plus, I enjoy playing as Northern European countries or Ex-European colonies, where I at least know what is far fetched and what isn't.

[Caltarania]

My thoughts on Madras, Calt:

When the Mughals invaded the southern Indian states in 1698, most fell like dominos. However, when the Imperial Armies invaded Ceylon they encountered heavy resistance, and after taking about half of the island the campaign became one of attrition. The enterprising British saw this as an opportunity, and promptly the BEIC and your lad sailed together with a Mughal fleet to the south end of the island, where they landed many soldiers. The inhabitants of Ceylon, now fighting on two fronts, shortly collapsed, and were annexed in to the Mughal Empire. The Emperor, impressed by British fighting prowess and their decision to side with him instead of their enemies, allowed them a 99-year lease on the port city of Madras, and stipulated that any goods that entered the Mughal Empire via Madras were not to be taxed according to normal tariff laws.

Hmm. Can we have semi-exclusive trading rights in the Mughal Empire?

I'll take the remnants of Australia, then.

Can you not? It doesn't exactly make sense... like at all. I was planning to colonize it; it would have been in my original claims but it wasn't colonized for time after now, so I left it.

[Emilio Aguinaldo]

Which one?

The American colony. This is the land that I was thinking about taking from the French player

Chima, Persia, Incan area, Turkey, Stans area.

I'm not a fan of/I don't know the history well enough of those areas. Plus, I enjoy playing as Northern European countries or Ex-European colonies, where I at least know what is far fetched and what isn't.

You are talking to the French player.

[Kryskov]

I'm not a fan of/I don't know the history well enough of those areas. Plus, I enjoy playing as Northern European countries or Ex-European colonies, where I at least know what is far fetched and what isn't.

Poland? You'd be just a province or two away from the Baltic.

[G-Tech Corporation]

The American colony. This is the land that I was thinking about taking from the French player

So, almost all of the French colonies in the world?

Perhaps you should establish a Cascadian Republic.

Hmm. Can we have semi-exclusive trading rights in the Mughal Empire?

What do you define as semi-exclusive? No tariffs would give a large leg up to your traders, only limited by how many goods you can unload in Madras.

[Prusslandia]

Would a resurgent Roman Empire be possible, or a Catholic Theocracy based in Italy ?

[Caltarania]

The American colony. This is the land that I was thinking about taking from the French player

So, almost all of the French colonies in the world?

Perhaps you should establish a Cascadian Republic.

Hmm. Can we have semi-exclusive trading rights in the Mughal Empire?

What do you define as semi-exclusive? No tariffs would give a large leg up to your traders, only limited by how many goods you can unload in Madras.

Yep, no tariffs is exactly what I meant.

Also, how would a Cascadian Republic even work? The indigenous tribes aren't very numerous. Plus I was gonna colonize there goddamnit xD

Would a resurgent Roman Empire be possible, or a Catholic Theocracy based in Italy ?

Someone has reserved Italy I believe.

[Lingang]

Have I been/Who has been accepted?

[Emilio Aguinaldo]

The American colony. This is the land that I was thinking about taking from the French player

So, almost all of the French colonies in the world?

Perhaps you should establish a Cascadian Republic.

Hmm. Can we have semi-exclusive trading rights in the Mughal Empire?

What do you define as semi-exclusive? No tariffs would give a large leg up to your traders, only limited by how many goods you can unload in Madras.

The ship building peoples of Espana would love to trade with you for....I want to say spices. Do you have spices?

[Kryskov]

Would a resurgent Roman Empire be possible, or a Catholic Theocracy based in Italy ?

Italy is reserved right now, but there's always a resurgent Byzantium.

@Neo: Actually, if you don't want Poland, I can give you some land west of the Mississippi that I can say I've colonized.

Have I been/Who has been accepted?

I think so. Are you Egypt?

[Prusslandia]

Would a resurgent Roman Empire be possible, or a Catholic Theocracy based in Italy ?

Italy is reserved right now, but there's always a resurgent Byzantium.

@Neo: Actually, if you don't want Poland, I can give you some land west of the Mississippi that I can say I've colonized.

Have I been/Who has been accepted?

I think so. Are you Egypt?

Hmmm. Would be interesting.

[Caltarania]

Would a resurgent Roman Empire be possible, or a Catholic Theocracy based in Italy ?

Italy is reserved right now, but there's always a resurgent Byzantium.

@Neo: Actually, if you don't want Poland, I can give you some land west of the Mississippi that I can say I've colonized.

Have I been/Who has been accepted?

I think so. Are you Egypt?

I believe Paketo reserved Greece.

[G-Tech Corporation]

The ship building peoples of Espana would love to trade with you for....I want to say spices. Do you have spices?

But of course.

Yep, no tariffs is exactly what I meant.

Ah, that's what I said would apply to trade goods that pass through Madras.

[Neo-Assyrian Empire]

Would a resurgent Roman Empire be possible, or a Catholic Theocracy based in Italy ?

Italy is reserved right now, but there's always a resurgent Byzantium.

@Neo: Actually, if you don't want Poland, I can give you some land west of the Mississippi that I can say I've colonized.

I'll think about Poland. I'm conflicted between a destabilized Ex-Colony that will likely be a punching bag for empires or a vast Empire which will also likely be a punching bag by Prussia and Russia. I'll think about it and will get back to you in an hour or so. Also, sorry, I didn't realize that you were the French player

[Kryskov]

I believe Paketo reserved Greece.

Except for Greece, of course