Forge of Empires - AH RP [OOC/Open]

[Aldelxane]

Also, will Daksina ever be able to hold more than 4 non-Australian provinces? Also, does each tiny island in an island chain count a province, or are they grouped together?

[Mishmahig]

Generic Info
Nation Name: The Crown of Castile and Portugal; The Iberian Crown; The Spanish Crown; Empire of the Crowns.
Symbols: The Second Division, Iberian unity, The Iberian Flag, Iberian Crown, Hispania
Homeland Population:
12,586,800 <-- Castile
3,452,000 <-- Portugal
1,745,000 <-- Morocco (parts)
1,507,000 <-- Cuba
7,044,000 <-- Mexico
122,000 <-- Belize
702,000 <-- Gautemala
380,000 <-- Honduras
680,000 <-- El Salvador
535,000 <-- Nicaragua
178,400 <-- Costa Rica
580,000 <-- Puerto Rico

Total: 29,512,200 people
Imperial Population: Technically none, as members of the regiones are considered citizens, except for Indians. I'd say about 250,000-400,000 Indians? Not sure.
Location/Claims: Spain. Numbah 4 (should be numbah one, but whatever)
Capital City: Valladolid.

Government Info
Government Type: Technically an absolute monarchy, but are realistically a constitutional monarchy with an established parliamentary representative system (the Constitution has been under construction for the last year, worked on by representatives from all the regiones and classes in the capital itself).
Brief Explanation of Government: Each territory is divided into regions: Patria, Américas, Caribe, África, and Lejano Oriente (the newest) regiones. There are semi-democratic elections (where all of the groups above are represented) to select a proportional number of representatives to a regional-wide assembly, La Asamblea for each region, where they debate and administer the policies of the region. Governors are appointed solely from their region (not from Spain itself), and are ordered personally by the Queen to not veto policies unless there exists a very valid reason -- and even then, the Queen can overrule the governor (only to approve, not to veto, although this is her choice thus far, not legally required). Additionally, each of the regiones selects a diputado to the Queen's Council, where they put forth policies and ideas for the Queen to implement. Previous examples include the incorporation of the Hispanic Ejército and Armada (rather than a Spanish-recruited one), the reduction (and in a year, dissolution of) tariffs between the regiones and the Patria itself, the renaming of colonies to regiones of the Portuguese and Castillan Crowns, as well as Royal visits to nearly all of the regions (she has not yet visited Lejano Oriente, given the distance), and her impending marriage to a Mexican businessman.

While technically, the Queen rules with absolute power and divine authority, the people have had an increasing amount of say and input into her actions, to the point where she now acts more akin to an executive authority, rather than an absolute one. A constitution has been under construction in Valladolid for the past year, and has been publicly updated and announced by the governors in all regions. The Queen personally requires that her council (composed of the diputados from the regiones, herself, the Minister of Finance, and two military representatives, for a total of nine) approve any executive or military action, and often submits it to the approval of the Iberian parliament as well. Ideally, the Asembleas of the regions would also approve, but communication is not yet that speedy.
Ideology: Ethnic nationalism ("Iberians Together!"), Conservative Liberalism, partially Ordoliberalist (the current Minister of Finance is), while increased militancy is advocated by the military.
Leader/s: Queen Isabella II, Queen of Intrigue, She of Sad Destinies, Crowned Glory of Portugal, Castile, Granada, and of all Iberians, Queen of the Empire of the Sun and the Sea.

Doña Isabel II por la Gracia de Dios, Reina de Castilla, de León, de Aragón, de las Dos Sicilias, de Jerusalén, de Navarra, de Granada, de Toledo, de Valencia, de Galicia, de Mallorca, de Sevilla, de Cerdeña, de Córdoba, de Córcega, de Murcia, de Menorca, de Jaén, de los Algarbes, de Algeciras, de Gibraltar, de las Islas Canarias, de las Indias Orientales y Occidentales, Islas y Tierra firme del mar Océano; Archiduquesa de Austria; Duquesa de Borgoña, de Brabante y de Milan; Condesa de Aspurg, Flandes, Tirol y Barcelona; Señora de Vizcaya y de Molina, etc, etc.
Population Info
Brief Description of your people: Hispanic. Iberians. Portuguese, Castilan, and (to a lesser extent) Aragonese have been grouped under "Iberian" or Ibérico. As part of the Queen's reforms, people living in the regiones are also Ibérico, not mestizos or their racial identity.
Religion: Catholic; Fiercely loyal to the Pope.
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Iberian.
Main/Accepted Culture(s): Iberian (Castilan, Portuguese, Aragonese); African (North African and imported African ex-slaves/descendants in the regiones).
Other Cultures: Indians, Cambodians/SE-Asians (not yet).

Military Info
Army: The Ejército Real Ibérica consists of roughly 130,000 troops, the vast majority of which are stationed abroad in the Crown Colonies (islands not grouped into a regiones), the border with Aragon and the Dual Kingdom, or supporting the borders of a region (mainly Mexico with Russian Aleyska). Each region supports their own well-trained militia that supplements the Ejército Ibérica, but those are akin to the Swiss model; trained militia called up in a time of need, not a standing army. Local police also train with the military when possible, but are, at best, 1830s equivalent to riot police/SWAT squads, not soldiers. Recruitment for the Ejercito Iberica occurs across the Empire, with no preference as to region. While a system of meritocracy has been implemented by the Army command and the Queen, a certain degree of nepotism still exists, but diminishes every year.

Of the Ejército Real Ibérica, only 20,000-30,000 are elite, the Second Division, nicknamed División del Mar, or the Division of the Sea for the amount of time they spend aboard ships, shuttling from region to region. The Second Division is Iberia's most prominent military command, trained in nearly every environment, and is almost always the first response to a serious invasion or crisis. Although nearly destroyed in numerous occasions, most recently in the wars of independence, the Division is always rebuild, armed with the best that Iberia can muster.
Navy: The Armada Ibérica is one of the largest and most well-maintained navies in the world, spanning over one hundred and fifty ships, with nearly fifty ships of the line.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: Stuff happens. The government just prints money to make sure that the economy continues running; the Minister of Finance works with the regional assemblies to slowly bring down tariffs and encourage trade between the dominions of the Crown, but other than that, the government just makes sure that people can do their own thing without being bothered by the Crown or other governments. While earlier on in history, monopolies were granted by the government, the rise of more autonomous regions and the ideals of conservative liberalism has forced the Crown to grant monopolies in one situation: colonizing, which is done under strict supervision by the Crown.
Goals: Face down the Anglois, unify the Iberian Siblings (peacefully, ideally), hold the Empire of the Crowns together, revitalize the economy, get some tasty Indonesian colonies.

Also, take Florida, face down Aleyska over Texas, fight some proxy wars with the Anglois (*looks at Venice and Genoa*), stop Italian unification, some other odds and ends.

Invade Cambodia.
History: Stuff happened. Joanna the Mad married a Castilan nobleman under a matrilineal marriage, allowing for the House of Trastámara to continue, avoiding Habsburg attempts to gain their throne through Burgundian marriages. In the 1550s, through royal marriages, the House of Aviz was absorbed into the House of Trastámara, unifying the Crowns of Leon, Castile, and Portugal. The Spanish continued colonizing, although never made it as far into North America as they did IOTL, due to an increased Russian presence from Aleyska. Numerous attempts were made at absorbing the Aragonese Crown, but in the 1700s, a policy was instituted that forbade war between the "Iberian Siblings" unless the Patria itself was violated. While Iberia possesses numerous marriages with the Aragonese crown, the Trastamarans are content to bide their time until they can gain a personal union over Aragon and absorb it, thus finally unifying the Iberians under one throne and one Crown. Numerous wars were fought with the Anglois, and business proceeded as usual until the overly-long reign of King Ferdinand V of Castile and Portugal, who royally screwed things up, worse than Robert Baratheon, First of his name did. Fat, gluttonous, lazy, and stupid, Ferdinand thought he was a master ruler by simply delegating everything he did to a group of cronies who ran around and looted large swathes of his treasury while he wenched and drank his way into a semi-comatose state. While some wars were fought for independence during his reign, he decided to half-heartedly pursue them after making a coin toss to fight for them (but being too lazy to actually want to fight, he only put up a meager fight). Similar tosses allowed other colonies to simply go free without a fight. In 1795, at the age of 43, he fell off of his horse and into a coma, where he promptly lingered for the next 35 years, before dying at the age of 78. His daughter, a youthful 14 at the time, was under the command of the military regent imposed upon the Crown, but led a court revolution in 1802 to declare herself regent of the King. For the past 34 years, she has attempted to reverse the decline of the Crown, establish a new system of pan-Iberian beliefs and growth, but her hands have always been tied by her regency, rather than rule. Finally, in 1830, she ascended to the throne and began implementing her long-held beliefs and reforms, bringing relief and prosperity to the Crown and its people. During her regency, she married a Mexican businessman, a marriage of love for him, and of practicality for her, and began popping out kids, of which she now has six, ensuring the success of the House of Trastámara for years to come.

At the age of 55, she now rules one of the most powerful European countries, and her experience in court intrigues has earned her the label "Queen of Intrigue," although her sad fate -- serving as regent for 28 years, always under the shadow of her comatose father -- and her inevitable lack of mention in histories, led some to call her "She of Sad Fates". Due to her paranoia and ruthless practicality, she has long since discarded any private idealism, and now only works for the glory of her people -- and through them, herself. Beloved by the people through carefully managed public relations, she frequently makes royal visits to every corner of her domain, and is always careful to have a coin for the local street urchin or beggar.
RP Sample: Hah.
429 - Do not remove. This is for tracking purposes.

[Bujahla]

Although, I object to the massive historical size subtractions in order to make people less powerful on purpose.

Well suck it up. You are the only nation to have a subtraction beyond -2. As explained, the HS allows me to make the colonizing aspect fair. If you don't like it, tough biz. I am trying to make it a balanced. The fact that it's not "lol I claim all this" and that all of indonesia isn't taken should be a good thing for you.

[Caltarania]

Also, will Daksina ever be able to hold more than 4 non-Australian provinces?

Yes, but they will have to be non-colonies by that point... sorta.

Buj, explain pl0x?

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

Bitch please I'm allied to everything under the sun that despises you.

You'd have an easier time warring Spain than you would warring me.

Scottish plans for colonization in this post:
-New Caledonia
-Malaysia

The lighter blue is what we plan on colonizing next.

Gonna assume I have the go ahead for this?

[Bujahla]

Bitch please I'm allied to everything under the sun that despises you.

You'd have an easier time warring Spain than you would warring me.

Scottish plans for colonization in this post:
-New Caledonia
-Malaysia

The lighter blue is what we plan on colonizing next.

Gonna assume I have the go ahead for this?

Yes.

[Aldelxane]

Although, I object to the massive historical size subtractions in order to make people less powerful on purpose.

Well suck it up. You are the only nation to have a subtraction beyond -2. As explained, the HS allows me to make the colonizing aspect fair. If you don't like it, tough biz. I am trying to make it a balanced. The fact that it's not "lol I claim all this" and that all of indonesia isn't taken should be a good thing for you.

You have to admit though, the way you are using historical size subtractions is completely arbitrary and not "mechanical" (the way the system is supposed to be) at all. Also, Burgundy and Scotland are likely to snap up the rest of Indonesia anyway, I'm just hoping to grab at least Papua.

[Mishmahig]

Queen Isabella II, the Queen of Intrigue and She of Sad Destinies.

Ah! My former colonial oppressor! Not really though, La Plata just up and decided to become more Republican and ditch monarchism and the previous system for a totally new one.

How are relations with the mother country? I'm sure we can be an outlet for the less-than-desirable elements of Castilian society.

You really could have just left during King Ferdinand VII's rule, given that he was a disgusting lout who just lolled around in the palaces, drank and whored himself into an early grave, and decided what policies to implement by a flip of a coin. Not even joking, you could declare independence, and he would flip a coin to see whether to fight you or to let you go. In terms of CK2, he's about as gluttonous, craven, and stupid as you can get.

The Queen is much more practical (did you read the description of the regiones?) so she'd want to bring you back under the influence of the Empire of the Crowns, ideally as a satellite state, if not joining a..... British Commonwealth-style entity.

[Bujahla]

Well suck it up. You are the only nation to have a subtraction beyond -2. As explained, the HS allows me to make the colonizing aspect fair. If you don't like it, tough biz. I am trying to make it a balanced. The fact that it's not "lol I claim all this" and that all of indonesia isn't taken should be a good thing for you.

You have to admit though, the way you are using historical size subtractions is completely arbitrary and not "mechanical" (the way the system is supposed to be) at all. Also, Burgundy and Scotland are likely to snap up the rest of Indonesia anyway, I'm just hoping to grab at least Papua.

Fine. I will remove it so that it's only -2 that way you are at 6. And yes, there is a bit of subjectivity to it. Calt and I tried to make a completely mechanical system and what it did was allow for people who already had empires to get bigger while hardly helping smaller nations. It also made nations like Scotland much stronger than others. In one case, I think Spain had more potential for colonies than the Anglois.

[Liecthenbourg]

I'm going to point out that Russia's Claim, the Orthodox Majority in Courland is being oppressed as Bullshit.
There has never been an Orthodox Majority in that area, even today it has a Luthern Majority.

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

I'm going to point out that Russia's Claim, the Orthodox Majority in Courland is being oppressed as Bullshit.
There has never been an Orthodox Majority in that area, even today it has a Luthern Majority.

Duh, of course it's bullshit.

[Caltarania]

Ah! My former colonial oppressor! Not really though, La Plata just up and decided to become more Republican and ditch monarchism and the previous system for a totally new one.

How are relations with the mother country? I'm sure we can be an outlet for the less-than-desirable elements of Castilian society.

You really could have just left during King Ferdinand VII's rule, given that he was a disgusting lout who just lolled around in the palaces, drank and whored himself into an early grave, and decided what policies to implement by a flip of a coin. Not even joking, you could declare independence, and he would flip a coin to see whether to fight you or to let you go. In terms of CK2, he's about as gluttonous, craven, and stupid as you can get.

The Queen is much more practical (did you read the description of the regiones?) so she'd want to bring you back under the influence of the Empire of the Crowns, ideally as a satellite state, if not joining a..... British Commonwealth-style entity.

Tyranny! Imperialism! Yada-yada!

But, seriously, I'm sure that La Plata would prefer to ally with Spain's main rival... I mean.. oppression... and... erm... stuff... right? Sorry, we Anglois never got the hang of this 'colonies' business...

I'm going to point out that Russia's Claim, the Orthodox Majority in Courland is being oppressed as Bullshit.
There has never been an Orthodox Majority in that area, even today it has a Luthern Majority.

Mhm

[Aldelxane]

Also, am I fully accepted yet? Aden accepted me, but said not to post IC yet.

[Bujahla]

I'm going to point out that Russia's Claim, the Orthodox Majority in Courland is being oppressed as Bullshit.
There has never been an Orthodox Majority in that area, even today it has a Luthern Majority.

You can fabricate claims. They may be shit fabrications, at which point you tare them apart.

[Caltarania]

Also, am I fully accepted yet? Aden accepted me, but said not to post IC yet.

I'd say ja.

[Bujahla]

Also, am I fully accepted yet? Aden accepted me, but said not to post IC yet.

Why? If a co-OP accepts, you're accepted. No second hand approval necessary.

[Aldelxane]

Accepted. I like the app. Though I am not sure what Buj thinks. I would hold off posting IC until another Co-Op gives a green light.

Idk why, that's just what Aden said.

[Mishmahig]

In one case, I think Spain had more potential for colonies than the Anglois.

Clearly, we must return to the old system immediately!

Nah, I'm good with this. Spain's just going to putter around, do some sphering, maybe colonize parts of Africa or Indonesia.

I could expand into America I guess, go after Florida or Texas..... *inb4 Russian Aleyska *

[Aldelxane]

Are WIP posts IC allowed?

[Caltarania]

Are WIP posts IC allowed?

Yes, but full posts are encouraged.

EDIT; But I wanna post a newspaper on the next page so feel free xD

[Bujahla]

In one case, I think Spain had more potential for colonies than the Anglois.

Clearly, we must return to the old system immediately!

Nah, I'm good with this. Spain's just going to putter around, do some sphering, maybe colonize parts of Africa or Indonesia.

I could expand into America I guess, go after Florida or Texas..... *inb4 Russian Aleyska *

Texas is my sphere. Don't you dare touch them. Or do we need an Alamo?

And pls take Florida.

[Aldelxane]

Also, will Daksina ever be able to hold more than 4 non-Australian provinces? Also, does each tiny island in an island chain count a province, or are they grouped together?

[The imperial canadian dutchy]

Clearly, we must return to the old system immediately!

Nah, I'm good with this. Spain's just going to putter around, do some sphering, maybe colonize parts of Africa or Indonesia.

I could expand into America I guess, go after Florida or Texas..... *inb4 Russian Aleyska *

Texas is my sphere. Don't you dare touch them. Or do we need an Alamo?

And pls take Florida.

Didn't the Alamo kill like everyone on the Texan side?

[Bujahla]

Also, will Daksina ever be able to hold more than 4 non-Australian provinces? Also, does each tiny island in an island chain count a province, or are they grouped together?

Show me what you are planing to take. I have to decide based on each case.

Texas is my sphere. Don't you dare touch them. Or do we need an Alamo?

And pls take Florida.

Didn't the Alamo kill like everyone on the Texan side?

Yes, that's why I don't want one, lol.

[Mishmahig]

Clearly, we must return to the old system immediately!

Nah, I'm good with this. Spain's just going to putter around, do some sphering, maybe colonize parts of Africa or Indonesia.

I could expand into America I guess, go after Florida or Texas..... *inb4 Russian Aleyska *

Texas is my sphere. Don't you dare touch them. Or do we need an Alamo?

And pls take Florida.

Speaking frankly, though, Aleyskan annexation of Texas would scare the Americas Regiones, so the Crown can score some brownie points by standing against the Aleyskans or negotiating an exchange between the two (unopposed Texan annexation for <some concession>).