Our World [OOC] [1800 AHRP]

[The New Lowlands]

Reservation:
Location: 9
Nation Name: Denmark Sweden
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Btw, I'm pretty sure Hispaniola is independent; irrelevant to my reservation but yeah.

you are the worst person

[Louisianan Confederation]

Reservation:
Location: 9
Nation Name: Denmark Sweden
635 - Do not remove. This is for tracking purposes.

Btw, I'm pretty sure Hispaniola is independent; irrelevant to my reservation but yeah.

you are the worst person

Pardon?

[Epraria]

So am I accepted?

[The New Lowlands]

you are the worst person

Pardon?

now I have to edit the map- it was just a joke, nvm

So am I accepted?

don't claim baden-wurttemberg and you're good

[Epraria]

Pardon?

now I have to edit the map- it was just a joke, nvm

So am I accepted?

don't claim baden-wurttemberg and you're good

Ok I'll remove that claim.

Edit: I've removed the claim.

[Epraria]

Generic Info
Nation Name: The United Kingdoms of Bavaria and Bohemia
Symbols:

(Image)

Homeland Population: 26 million
Imperial Population: 41 million
Location/Claims: 7. Claims: Silesia.
Capital City: Vienna

Government Info
Government Type: Absolute monarchy
Brief Explanation of Government: The king has most of the power in both Kingdoms and is only opposed by the two parliaments in Bavaria and Bohemia respectively which is made up of German and bohemian nobles. Generally though the King's wishes get through even as the Parliaments have started to gain power as influence from the revolution in France. Interestingly enough the Bohemian king is often elected even though the Hapsburg's are given to win every time given the union act of 1723.
Ideology: Monarchism, Pan-Germanism, Imperialism, Conservatism.
Leader/s: Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, King of Bohemia and Bavaria, Francis II Von Hapsburg

Population Info
Brief Description of your people: The UKBB's main population is made up primarily of Germans and Bohemians who have a reputation of hard work and being industrious. The Bohemians are also known for being drunken alcoholics. The rest of the population is made up of a mix of Italians, Slovenes and Croats with the Italians making up the most important part of those three thanks to the great city of Venice.
Religion: Catholicism
Ethnicity: Germans, Bohemians, Croats, Slovenes, Indonesians and Italians
Main/Accepted Culture(s): German and Bohemian(main). Italian (Is an accepted culture.)
Other Cultures: Croat's, Slovenes and Indonesians.

Military Info
Army: The army is generally made up of 240,000 men who uses a traditional european approach to warfare. Reforms have started in order to counter the French revolutionary armies however as the failed coalitions are still remembered sorely in the mind of the courts in Prague and Vienna. What the Kingdom has however are number and armies ready to defend their homeland to the last drop of blood as the professional and well trained armies of the Bavarian-Bohemian Kingdom prepare.
Navy: The navy is still rather new having only been seriously taken after the conquest of Venice in 1700. It is however a strong force by now being mainly based in Venice when it comes to Europe and Java in the Bavarian East Indeas ready to defend Bavarian-Bohemian interests ashore. Though no real match for nations like Britain the Hapsburg fleet will defend it's interests fiercely and is a force to be reckoned with.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: The economy is very much based around trading with the rest of Germany and the spices of the Bavarian east indies and the BEIC. The UKBB also has strong trading right with the Hapsburg brothers in Hungary resulting in large food trade. The other part of the UKBB that helps the Hapsburg's money making are the merchants of Venice as the great city is still a rich and large city witch sees much income thanks to it's position as a trade center in the Mediterranean.
Goals: Secure control over western Australia and securing the Kingdoms borders while establishing dominance over Germany.
History: In 1156 Austria instead of continuing to become an independent duchy continues to be part of Bavaria. This has interesting continuations for the area. In 1278 Rudolf von Hapsburg gains control of large amounts of territory in Austria and Styria and starts to plot for full control over the Duchy of Bavaria. Hi's plan would never be realized however and he died in 1298 giving his sons control over his areas in Austria and Styria. His Son Albert I would continue to try and take control over Bavaria but was defeated against the Wittlebachs in 1301. Albert would however manage to secure the Bohemian Crown for his son Rudolf III who however died in 1307. Albert would die one year latter giving his lands in Austria and Styria to his other son Frederick who would gain control over lower Bavaria after the Battle of Gammelsdorf.

This victory would establish Hapsburg dominance over Bavaria and the goal of Rudolf I von Hapsburg had been realized. The next decades would be spent establishing Hapsburg control and dominance over Bavaria and control over other realms for the Hapsburg's. The Hapsburg's would gain more notoriety however when Charles V was crowned King of Hungary and Bohemia. While Charles would relinquish his crown in Hungary in favor for his brother Ferdinand I he would keep the crown of Bohemia as it would help in his wars against France and dominance over Bavaria. When the Thirty years war and the Bohemian uprising started in 1618 few could have guessed how devastating it was as after three decades of war the Catholic league emerged battered though victorious with the Hapsburg's now controlling all of Bavaria, Austria and Bohemia. It was with this that the Hapsburg's finally started focus on achieving dominance over Germany and potentially Italy.

A product of this was the Bavarian-Venetian wars, a series of conflicts between 1682-1700 resulting in the Bavarian acquisition and annexation of the Venetian lands giving the Hapsburg's a large port in which they could finally build a fleet to expand Hapsburg interests abroad resulting in the colonization of Java in 1743 and the discovery and colonization of western Australia in 1779 by German explorer Lars Hentschel. It was hopped that this would help give money and spices to the Hapsburg realms as back in Europe the Hapsburg's had expanded north in Germany through diplomacy, war and inheritance resulting in a large dominance over southern Germany and the hope for dominance in the north as well. What many considered the most important event for the Hapsburg realms in the 18th century was however the union act of 1723 as seeing the dissent in Bohemia over the focus on Germany over Bohemia could threaten a revolt Charles VI crowned himself king of Bavaria and created the Union act which established Bohemia as an equal partner to Bavaria in internal affairs and created the United Kingdoms of Bavaria and Bohemia.

The newly united Kingdom's first test would be the wars of succession following Maria Theresa's accession in which the Hapsburg's miraculously won thanks to the determination and power of the newly united Kingdom even though areas like Silesia where lost to the Poles. The French revolution however brought uncertainty to the crown and after two failed coalitions against the French many fear what Napoleon will now do as Bavaria-Bohemia stands as the strongest nation in the way of the French.
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[Alleniana]

Well we don't want a Bonaparte on our throne saying what we should do.

All Napoleon want is few tings:

1.) He doesn't want anyone in Europe to raise an army against France.
2.) He wants to deny anyone connected to the British, trade & free commerce.
3.) Increase French Influence in the world.


Oh...I see, you're all scared of that third goal. Well tell ya' what, if you only do domestic and foreign stuff, with no intent to mess with France's day, then you're fine. As far as the Pope goes, as long as the Pope doesn't try anything against him, he can talk to god all day.

If Napoleon would invade the dirty heathens though, the Pope might even support you. We're dreadfully scared of the kebabs living a few dozen kilometres away from the See.

[Paketo]

All Napoleon want is few tings:

1.) He doesn't want anyone in Europe to raise an army against France.
2.) He wants to deny anyone connected to the British, trade & free commerce.
3.) Increase French Influence in the world.


Oh...I see, you're all scared of that third goal. Well tell ya' what, if you only do domestic and foreign stuff, with no intent to mess with France's day, then you're fine. As far as the Pope goes, as long as the Pope doesn't try anything against him, he can talk to god all day.

If Napoleon would invade the dirty heathens though, the Pope might even support you. We're dreadfully scared of the kebabs living a few dozen kilometres away from the See.

REMOOB POPA KEBAB

[Waztaskio]

All Napoleon want is few tings:

1.) He doesn't want anyone in Europe to raise an army against France.
2.) He wants to deny anyone connected to the British, trade & free commerce.
3.) Increase French Influence in the world.


Oh...I see, you're all scared of that third goal. Well tell ya' what, if you only do domestic and foreign stuff, with no intent to mess with France's day, then you're fine. As far as the Pope goes, as long as the Pope doesn't try anything against him, he can talk to god all day.

If Napoleon would invade the dirty heathens though, the Pope might even support you. We're dreadfully scared of the kebabs living a few dozen kilometres away from the See.

Free land? Sounds awesome.

[The New Lowlands]

If Napoleon would invade the dirty heathens though, the Pope might even support you. We're dreadfully scared of the kebabs living a few dozen kilometres away from the See.

Free land? Sounds awesome.

inb4 ten thousands years of guerilla warfare

[Epraria]

Free land? Sounds awesome.

inb4 ten thousands years of guerilla warfare

So am I now accepted?

[Alleniana]

Free land? Sounds awesome.

inb4 ten thousands years of guerilla warfare

popa remooob gorilla

[AngloYucatan]

I'm currently working on an app for Persia, won't take much longer. Btw Persian military isn't really described sooo... I'm just gonna take numbers from the Russo-Persian war

[Alleniana]

I'm currently working on an app for Persia, won't take much longer. Btw Persian military isn't really described sooo... I'm just gonna take numbers from the Russo-Persian war

Take the numbers and adjust them. They might have pulled up large numbers of levies or only pulled up some due to instability/monetary concerns, etc.

[AngloYucatan]

Yeah I guess

[The New Lowlands]

inb4 ten thousands years of guerilla warfare

So am I now accepted?

yes

[Alleniana]

hue hue
ic plox
goodnight

[The National Dominion of Hungary]

Generic Info
Nation Name: The Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania.
Symbols: Mieszko I, Wladyslaw Jagiello, The Szczerbiec, The Banner, Coat of Arms.
Homeland Population: 19 532 979. (1790 Census. (Large food supply + no Deluge in this timeline.))
Imperial Population: N/A
Location/Claims: 16 (Homeland.) Galicia&Lodomeria (Claims.)
Capital City: Warsaw.

Government Info
Government Type: Unicameral Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy.
Brief Explanation of Government: The Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania is a hereditary constitutional monarchy. The Crown passes down the dynasty from Father to son, but in this constitutional system these Kings of Poland and Lithuania do not rule according to their whims and follies as in the crude absolutist systems. The assembly known as the Sejm, consisting of 301 members elected by the people form a government with the monarchs consent. The Monarch himself has a minor role, the 301'st seat in the Sejm belongs to the Throne and the Kings have the power to appoint the chief ministers, those ministers that determine the national policy. But unless the ruling minister faction can command the support of the Sejm, their policies, left or right, radical or conservative, will fail. The King and his ministers direct policy, but they need Sejm to agree and raise the taxes to pay for it all. Elections to the Sejm are held every five years as the people vote. "The people" meaning the aristocracy and upper classes, men wealthy and well-connected enough to have a stake in the survival of the Polish-Lithuanian state and it's system. Such men can be trusted to act realiably in the name of the Crown, themselves and the people.
Ideology: Sarmatism, Mild Nationalism, Conservatism, Imperialism.
Leader/s: JKM Waldyslaw VI Olbracht Wisniowiecki.
- Marszalek Sejmu Jan-August Potocki.

Population Info
Brief Description of your people: While on paper the two Kingdoms are to be equal in all things, the union has since it's very first day been both culturally and economically dominated by Poland and so the Catholic Poles hold the most power and influence, the Catholic Lithuanians come close second. The Latvians, Belorussians and Ruthenians have little influence and are often considered second-class citizens. Jews enjoy rather substantial rights however and jewish merchants and bankers sometime gain considerable influence.
Religion: Roman Catholicism in the West and the official religion, Large Orthodox communities in the east of the Kingdom.
Ethnicity: Poles 52%, Lithuanians 11%, Belorussians 15%, Ruthenians 8%, Jews 7% Germans 5% Latvians 2%.
Main/Accepted Culture(s): Polish (Main.) Lithuanian (Accepted.)
Other Cultures: Belorussian, Ruthenian, Jewish, German, Latvian, other.

Military Info
Army: An army of 212 000 troops with good training and quality equipment, the doctrines and tactics however are quite traditional. Upper-class has a very difficult time rising through the ranks as name and patronage mostly decides who becomes an officer. That is not to say that it is impossible for members of the lower classes to advance, it's only very uncommon. The Royal Gunnery Academy in Warsaw is a well-renowned institution in Europe and Poland-Lithuania still cultivates a proud cavalry tradition.
Armia Krolewska: 42 000, Warszawa.
Armia Lukomorska: 25 000, Krolewiec.
Armia Pomorska: 32 000, Sczeczin.
Armia Slaska: 40 000, Wroclaw.
Armia Krakowska: 31 000, Krakow.
Armia Wilenska: 23 000, Wilno.
Armia Lotewska: 19 000, Ryga.


Navy: 39 Warships based out of Elblang tasked with mainly safeguarding Polish trade interests. The ships and equipment are fine quality but the navy is still seen as much less presigeous when compared to serving in the Army. That means that most sailors were rounded up in press-gangs and most officers are leftovers from the academies after the rest went to the land forces.
- 3 Men-o'-War.
- 5 Ships of the Line (Fifth Rate.)
- 26 Various frigates (6'th Rate and 5'th Rate.)
- 5 Brigs.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: The Polish economy is highly export oriented. Most is still based upon the Folwark system, and the textile industry. The last century had seen many innovations which brought much wealth to the Kingdom. The Folwarks, large estates owned by aristocrats and rich non-noble landowners called Gospodars were greatly expanded by numerous Enclosure Laws passed thoughout the previous century. Large swathes of land were effectively stolen from the peasants and incorporated into the Folwarks, while farming was effectivized as subsistence farming on the common land was replaced with cash-crops for export. Most of the poorer peasants who depended on the common land are now forced to take wages working for their new landlords, or to move to the mill-towns and industrialising cities, swapping rural poverty for urban squalor. The advent of farming machinery such as the seed planting drill, steam-pumped land drainage, selective breeding techniques and more advanced irrigation techniques contributed in keeping the saying 'Polish grain' alive and relevant. The logging industry is also a rather large sector.

The agricultural-based economy is supported by a growing mining sector as the mines of Silesia are seeing the effect of the first steps of industrialization such as, most relevantly, the steam pump. The advent of the coke blast furnace has also contributed in the birth of "Ironmaster Workshops" in the Katowice/Sosnowiec region. Using the Orda for water power to force air into the furnaces and power the machinery. Where there is water, ore and coal, the Ironmaster can make a profit. The third industry thriving in Poland-Lithuania is textile. Water-powered cloth-mills are springing up along the Wisla, Daugawa and Odra. Once the wheels are turning the individual machines take their power by leather-belt and pulley systems. Thanks to few or no safety features and speed of the machinery, the fledling Polish-Lithuanian industrial sectors are dangerous places to work. A worker caught in the machinery can be maimed or killed in seconds, the rest often getting their wages dropped for causing the factory owner to lose profit while all those body-parts are cleaned out.

The ports of Gdansk, Gdynia, Szczeczin and Krolewiecs are the main export hubs of the foodstuffs, timber, cloth and ingots are shipped for sale across the seas, mainly across the Baltic, North Sea and English Channel.

Goals: Retake Galica&Lodomeria, Establish colonial presence, Keep Status Quo with Bavaria, Vengence against Russia, Assert Controll over Livionia (Diplo-annex/Puppet them.)
History: The Kingdom of Poland was officaly born in the year of 966 when King Mieszko I was baptized, converting to the Catholic faith, and so the land of the Polan Slavic tribes entered the scene of European politics. It started to expand in the 11'th and 12'th centuries by crusading against the pagan Prussian and Pommeranian tribes to the north, incorporating new territories and reaching the Baltic Coast, gaining access to the trade upon it's waves. But that is the history of Poland, the history of Poland-Lithuania begins with Wladyslaw II Jagiello of Lithuania became the King of Poland in 1386 after marrying Queen Jadwiga of Poland, the two nations were ruled by his descendants through a personal union, and through an offical unification into a singular state after the Union of Lublin in 1569. The Last Jagiellon of Poland dies in 1581, but their legacy remains to this day. The crown was claimed by the House of Radziwill, Jan-Kazimierz II Radziwill left a legacy as a warrior King, leading a Polish army to Vielikie Luki in the Principality of Moscow, siezing Smolensk and the surrounding lands for himself.

Poland-Lithuania managed to stay out of the bloodbath of the 30 Years War but had it's own wars to fight against their neighbour in the East. A number of wars fought between Poland-Lithuania and the newly born Tzardom of Russia between 1651 and 1697 finally ended with the former being pushed back to central Belarus. More or less the current border in the East, the lasting humiliation of the Polish-Russian still hangs over the heads of the Poles and Lithuanians. But it was in the same time that a large uheaval took place in the Kingdom. In August 1659 the realm was shaken by the largest peasant uprising to date. It began in the Wolyn Voivodeship when Ruthenian peasants marched against the local Polish aristocracy, for the heavy taxes on the population that was already exhausted by the war against Russia. The rebellion however soon spread across most of Belarus and parts of Poland and Lithuania. In july 1660 it came to the Battle of Brzesc where the Royal Army was defeated, the resulting Brzesc Resolution put and end to serfdom and gave form to the tenant system still in place today with little change.

But it was to become worse before it would become better, the War of Polish Succession in 1743 ended with the loss of the Duchy of Galicia&Lodomeria to Hungary, the installation of a new dynasty upon the Polish Throne, the Wisniowieckis and the power-shift when the old noble assembly known as the Sejm's power was raised above that of the monarch. It seemed that the new order was not to bad, as Silesia was finally retaken in 1748. The ruling stratas of Poland-Lithuania are highly concerned by the happenings on the other side of Europe, the spread of revolutionary ideas can very well topple them. But Poland-Lithuania has stayed out of the Coalitions for what if the French were to become allies... Poland is, as always, surrounded by opportunities. A Polish leader who picks his allies carefully, and his wars equally so could do much to make the Kingdom great...
RP Sample: 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question: Which year is the official POD? Would help alot with alot of things.

[The New Lowlands]

There is no real official PoD, but rather, as with Bujahla, I take in apps and try to weave a coherent background.

[The National Dominion of Hungary]

All right, hopefully my history isn't too inconsistent with other nations.

[Epraria]

All right, hopefully my history isn't too inconsistent with other nations.

Well it works with my history. Though i can totally see the Hapsburg's and Poles being on each others throats.

[AngloYucatan]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Persian Empire
Symbols:

Coat of arms http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Imperial_Emblem_of_the_Qajar_Dynasty_%28Lion_and_Sun%29.svg

Flag http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Flag_of_Persia_%281910-1925%29.svg

Homeland Population: roughly 25,000,000
Imperial Population: N/A
Location/Claims: 37
Capital City: Tehran

Government Info
Government Type: Absolute Monarchy
Brief Explanation of Government: The government is run by The Shah who has all the power, and anyone who threatens his position is killed. Because of this, sometimes assassins are sent by rivalling aristocratic families, but the chance of success is fairly small. The Shah does have several handpicked aristocratic advisers.
Ideology: Liberal conservatism
Leader: Fat'h-Ali Shah Qajar

Population Info
Brief Description of your people: Persians are multi-cultured, hard working and chauvinistic people. They mostly work as farmers though some are merchants or craftsmen. The population mainly consist of middle-class people although there's a high poverty rate and slavery is very common.
Religion plays a very big role in people's lives as the majority is very religious and priests are payed a lot and they're high in the hierarchy. However, these priests are often corrupted or driven by money.
Religion: Zoroastrianism
Ethnicity: Persian, Greek, Turkish
Main/Accepted Culture(s): Persian, Greek
Other Cultures: Turkish, Arab

Military Info
Army: The Persian army is organised yet it isn't really modern, it consists of:
· 75,000 Nezam-e Jadid troops, these are standard infantry troops armed with muskets and sabres. They're stationed in Tabriz, Tehran and Mashhad.
· 30,000 cavalrymen who are highly trained and a part of the Persian military tradition. They're stationed in Tabriz.
· 10,000 royal guards, they are the elite of the army, stationed in Tehran
Navy: The Persian navy is relatively modern and well trained, but government reforms want to make it even bigger. It consists of 70,000 men, stationed in the Bandar-e Anzali, Bushehr and Bandar Abbas.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: The Persian economy is primarily based on agriculture and livestock though it is also fairly modern because of foreign traders and many economists who work for the Shah.
The most cultivated crops are the peach, pistachios, berries and apricots; these are also the most exported crops. Because the land is not that fertile (53% of the total area is non-agricultural), a lot of people depend on livestock, particularly sheep, goats, cattle and pigs.
As trade is also a big part of the economy, there are many large markets in Tehran, Tabriz or other coastal cities.
Goals: The Persian Empire wants to restore its power in the Middle-East by becoming as large as the Empire during the Antiquity, it also wants to trade more with the Far East.
History: As Persia never became muslim, they feel a lot more connected with the ancient Persia. After Alexander The Great conquered Persia, the Persians now hold a grudge against the Byzantine Empire, as they think (or want to believe) they were responsible for what happened.
The Persian Empire was also a lot more connected with the Far East and India specifically because of trade.
The history is basically the same as IRL except that they didn't turn muslim and they stayed approximately the same size throughout the history.

RP Sample: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=305049&start=75 page 4. As you can see I haven't done a lot of RP'ing
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[Alleniana]

"Religion: Roman Catholicism, Orthodox communities in the east of the Kingdom."
yiss

[AngloYucatan]

In the east?

[The Industrial States of Columbia]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Union of Western Roman Republics
Symbols: Armorica http://i.imgur.com/65fpSBL.png
Hispania http://i.imgur.com/dOu5A2I.png
Hibernia http://i.imgur.com/qgNVYu4.png
Vesperia http://i.imgur.com/qsOnOmi.png
Homeland Population: 10,025,000
Imperial Population: 13,065,000
Location/Claims: 3
Capital City: Portum Tenerre (OTL Lisbon)

Government Info
Government Type: Democratic Republic
Brief Explanation of Government: (explain all the complex/unique stuff that can't be described in the type section)
Ideology: Liberty, Republicanism, Free Trade

Population Info
Brief Description of your people:The people of West Rome are a diverse people, united by their shared love of liberty and freedom, and their admiration for their state's rich heritage.
Religion:
Due to its diverse populace, Western Rome has a wide variety of recognized religions, however, if any of them actively work against the state, the Senate has no quarrel with banning the organization and reprimanding obstinate followers.
Judeochristianity: 48%
Catholicism: 13%
Balderism: 9%
Islam: 14%
Norse Pagan: 1%
Amerindian Native Religions: 5%
Eastern Orthodox: 2%
Other: 7%
Non religious: 1%
Ethnicity:The people of the Western Roman Republics are highly diverse, with ethnicity being a particular melting pot for them. It generally can be divided into four regional ethnic groups:
Western Rome-Hispania: Germano Roman
Armorica and Hibernia: Celto Roman
Vinland: Norse Roman
The Spine: Amerindian (Incan) Roman.
Main/Accepted Culture(s): Suebi, German, Roman, Hibernian, East Roman, Norse, The Dutch, Various North African Denominations.
Other Cultures: The British, various Native denominations.

Military Info
Army: The armies of West Rome are known for their rigid discipline and general excellence in combat. The army is organized into legions of 5,000 men each, which are further divided into cohorts of 500 men, and centuries of 100. They are generally stationed as follows in peace time:

Hispania: 2 Legions
(2 Legions Reserve)
Armorica: 2 Legions
(4 Cohorts Reserve)
Hibernia: 1 Legion

Vesperia: 5 Cohorts
(1 Legion Reserve)
Maxicolle (High Hills-Spine-Andes): 7 Cohorts
(6 Cohorts Reserve)
Navy: The navy of West Rome is goot, but much of its power comes from smaller ships, which limits its effectiveness in wars where more than a couple line-of-battle naval engagements occur. It has around 50,000 personal at any given time, with combat vessels being the following:

1st Rate Ship-Of-The-Line: 7
2nd Rate Ship-Of-The-Line: 14
3rd Rate Ship-Of-The-Line: 9
Long Xebecs: 62
Xebecs: 50
Corvettes: 53

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy:
The economy of Western Rome is thriving, thanks in large part to the ludicrous amounts of rare metals that it is able to obtain from the spine. Largely free market, the government holds onto a few key industries, mostly involving the military, to ensure uniform high quality in said industries.
Goals: Hold onto Vinland, maintain friendly relations with Suebi, East Rome, Russia, and various Caliphs. Create good relations with Austria-Bavaria-The teal blob as to prepare for possible conflicts with France.
History: Rome Falls. General Marcus Septimus gathers his troops and as many civilians as he could and heads to Hispania. He eventually ends up with the refugees around Emirita Augusta.

500-650: Consolidation of Hispania. Large defensive fortifications set up in southwestern Hispania, as those are the core territories. Resembles a localized Great Wall. Attempted landings in Brittania instead land in Southern Ireland. The Area is fortified, and by 636 a large fortress stands triumphant on the shore.

650-690ish: Large campaigns. Western Rome attempts to regain its former territories, with most of the western Mediterranean under its control by 670, including Rome itself. However, much like Justinian, Western Rome was unable to consolidate its control over these territories, and by 690, had withdrawn to Hispania, a Fortress in Armorica, Southern Ireland, and North Africa. (The superior navy of Western Rome keeps the Northlanders from raiding Ireland, leading many Irish to move to Roman protected territories there.)

690-780: Moorish invasions. All of North Africa is lost, but due to the fortifications on the Iberian mainland, Western Rome does not face the moors in its heartland. A peace is eventually brought into being, with the Western Romans recognizing the Caliphs in North Africa in return for them not attempting invasion of Hispania.

820: The Hispanian League is formed.

850s: Internal pressures force the Emperor of the West Romans to pass laws allowing equal religious protection for Muslims under the law. Northern and Eastern provinces do not appreciate this, and a holy war is declared against Western Rome by seperatist states and their allies. The caliphs side with the Western Romans. The war is short and bloody, resulting in the creation of The Western Roman Republics In Southern Iberia, including integrated Hibernia and Armorica, and the Christian kingdoms in Northern and Eastern Iberia. Further political turmoil lead to the pope excommunicating the Imperial family in 858.

859: The death of the former emperor and the coronation of his more heavy handed son leads to the assassination of the royal family. Civil war seems inevitable, until General Andreas Polvo marches his legions into Agosa and declares marshal law. Other commanders, weary of the bloodshed of the past many years, work together with Andreas to keep order and rebuild Rome after her many years of conflict.

895: Andreas, after holding emergency powers for 36 years, dies quietly in his sleep. However, his legacy lives on. Power is smoothly transferred to the first elected senate in Western Rome, based upon the ancient governments of Greece and Rome.

1000-1100: The great peace. Her borders secure, Western Rome works together with the Muslim and Suebi world to make great leaps forward in the sciences. Agosa (Augusta) by this time is known as a great city of learning, with thousands of books in its great library. (By now, their ships are like a combination between a viking longship and a xebec)

1207-1210: A series of naval operations are undertaken by West Rome to eliminate a pirate threat near North Africa.

1300s: W.R and the Caliphs suffer less from the black death than the rest of the world, as years of study have lead them to have a rudimentary understanding of the spreading of disease, and they are able to close borders to try to prevent infection.

1500s: Wars with the Christian states in Iberia leads to a refugee crisis and a mass panic should food run out. This is solved by the settling of viking found 'Vinland' by the refugees.

1530: Sensing what they believe to be weakness, the English attempt invasion and subjugation of Hibernia. However, the fortifications of Cordalum (Cork) hold strong, and after one year of war by attrition, England sues for peace.

1560s: Continued settlement of Vinland, and colonization of the Spine (Andes).

1580s: Conflicts with the Inca over the colonization of their lands leads to all out war. The hostilities are brutal, but in the end, Rome triumphs and sets up harsh dictatorial management over the indigenous people.

1605-1632: Introduction of new world crops to West Roman territories. These new foods lead to population booms, especially notable in Hibernia and Armorica

1653: The Naval Reformation act is passed by the senate, which begins the process of expanding and upgrading the older West Roman navy with more modern ship models.

1676: A series of essays and short papers are put into print by distinguished political and social thinkers throughout Western Rome. They call for greater rights for the people, and more equality throughout Western Rome, some of which are granted in the 1684 Charter, which also recognizes Vinland as the Roman Republic of Vesperia with full citizenship for all within.

1750s: Pushing by the colonials forces Western Rome to grant political concessions to the South American colonies. However, the are not still not recognized as a constituent republic, leading to large amounts of anti-government sentiment in these areas.

1790-1793: Though the West Romans initially support the revolutionaries in France, as the conflicts continue, Rome is forced to close her borders to prevent the conflict spilling over into Armorica. Limited amounts of refugees are allowed sanctuary and resettlement in Roman lands until 1796.

1798: An atmosphere of paranoia regarding the French problem leads to the secret drafting of a variety of battle plans, from conflicts in the new world to Hispania itself. Naval and army drills are tripled, and forces in Armorica are kept in a state of semi-mobilization to ensure preparedness if and when war breaks out.



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