Guns of Our Forefathers³: Reborn (OOC/Worldbuilding)

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

Sweden is taken and Denmark-Norway is in a union with England.

Is Vinland with more land possible ?

No bc it is largely colonized by the Anglo-Danish-Norwegians and France.

[Bujahla]

Can I get some reasoning behind this please? Honestly I feel I am owed an explanation for why my claims (along with Ling's too) are being cut by the OP when you have not seen fit to moderate or comment on most other situations. By saying to remove the Japanese Alaska are you accepting my nation as is? I'm just a little bit confused and want to sort this out.

They're being cut because I don't want China, without thorough RPing, to gain a foothold in the Americas when it has a ton of other colonies. I don't want Japan to own Alaska because, again, I'd like to have Asian nations RP colonization. I know that whether or not Asians had the capacity and ability and willingness to colonize is debatable, but I am siding with the "no" side on this one.

I have, or I have at least tried to, moderate most issue, be it on here or through TG. However, I am a junior in high school. I know Bujahla can't understand that, so please, have some leniency because I stay, on average, 2 extra hours at school and a solid 3 hours doing homework. I am trying to let peer review help me out, and I have appointed people to help me deal with the apps and stuff. So, Buj, I humbly disagree with the assertion that I don't moderate on other issues. I'm sorry I can't find the minutiae or spend time addressing issues I've already addressed.

Okay I can understand that. I just wanted some reasoning. Whether it be "RP it in the IC" or some reasoning that's fine. I was only looking for that vs. "I don't want Asian nations to have colonies." I don't care that you sided no, I just wanted to see some reasoning.

As for time, dw, I completely understand and no need to be so salty. I'm a senior in high school so dw, I know what you're going through. As for the moderation, having joined on page 12 perhaps you did moderate some claims in the very beginning, but since then I haven't seen you directly comment on any reservations to the extent you drop a lot of their land like this. I wanted a reason and I've got that so I'm fine. From what I've seen, since the OP doesn't specify who Co-OP's are, I've just seen you pop up a few times and then one time you say "Asians have no colonies" and that's it. I don't care that you've addressed it because I'm fine without Alaska (could probably focus on Siberia in that case), I just wanted some reasoning. I know how busy it is for you, I've seen you be busy with OPing before (GoOF 1 and 2). It's not that you need to readdress things, you just needed to be a bit more specific. than a one line statement.

On that note, is my app fine?:

日本国

APPLICATION
Nation Name: Nippon/Japan/日本 | Nippon-koku/The State of Japan/日本国 | The Japanese Empire
Capital City: Kyo
Claimed Territory: http://i.imgur.com/Icm2QJx.png
-- Japan -- Nippon -- Mainland
-- Korea -- Kankoku -- Colony / Annexed Dependency
-- Lands north of Korea -- Nōsu -- Settlers Colony
-- Kamchatka -- Koriyākutochi -- Whaling Outpost Colony
-- Australia -- Rikushū -- Penal Colony
-- New Zealand -- Shin Nippon -- Penal Colony Colony
-- Indonesia -- Kōryō shotō -- Merchant/Resource Colony
Population: 42,000,000
National Flag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Sun_Flag

Head of State: Emperor Otomo Higashiyama
Head of Government: (see above)
Government Type: Absolute Monarch by Divine Right.
National Ideologies: Imperialism, Modernization, Monarchism, Japanese/Kiristian Superiority, Religious hegemony (not culturally), Acceptance of Korean culture
History: In 1549, the Iberian Missionary Francis Xavier began talks with the Otomo Daimyo, he brought with him the teachings of Catholicism, which the Daiymo and his people adopted and firearms. With these new weapons, the Otomo found power. Armies of steel and sword would fall like flies to the disciplined "Samurai Gunmen" who were known as "Firewielders" by their enemies. One by one the Japanese Clans fell to Otomo rule and by 1568 war had erupted between the Shogun and the Otomo. It was a long and tiresome war, with Otomo incursions into Northern Japan to cut away at the ribs of the Shogunate, making the way to the heart easier. By 1571 the Shogunate had fallen, Japan was now ruled by the Otomo and the Japanese Empire was born. Soon, Japan had been converted to the Catholic ways of the Otomo but trouble soon followed, several Englishmen arrived but they were greeted warmly and allowed to preach to the populace. Only a few families changed their faith, their descendants all living alongside their Catholic brethren in Nōsu.

With new technology as their fingertips and able to compete with Europeans, the Japanese invaded the Korean Peninsula in 1592. Through the implementation of western weapons, the death of Admiral Yi Sun-sin, the survival of General Hideyoshi, and European assistance. Korea was conquered by 1598 and Nippon had expanded greatly. With a foothold on the continent it would wait until the 1610's to begin sending settlers to Nōsu. They built forts and settlements and displaced the minimum local populations. Whalers set up outposts on Koriyākutochi in the 1500's. In the 1640's a Dutch explorer sailed to Australia. Word soon spread to Japan due to heavy trade ties with the dutch/Iberians. In 1647 an expedition to the land down under was sent. In the 1650 a penal colony was started on Rikushū . It grew rapidly overtime and expanded to the island of Shin Nippon (New Zealand) in the 1660's. In 1687 a treaty was signed with the local Maori and Shin Nippon was fully controlled. The century of Japanese imperialism was funded by the grow of knowledge and trade with the west, primarily Iberia. The concept of Japanese superiority and colonization was an easily attachable one and spread like wild-fire among the people. Now the nation stood with many more lands to expand into and many people willing to venture into the unknown.
429- do not remove, or else your app won't be accepted

[Liecthenbourg]

Apps accepted.

If y'all want to be co-ops, please TG me bc I am having a hard time keeping track of who's who.

Also, IC will be up later.

Also, y'all can make some family trees via http://www.familyecho.com/

Also, will try to put map in OP in a little bit.

I'm personally confused as to whom has been accepted, but I suspect light will be shed once this map appears.

[Valentir]

Sweden or Austria watn marriage with Georgia?

Austria is the most despised nation in Europe.

Sweden is a better candidate for your children.

[Lunas Legion]

Sweden or Austria watn marriage with Georgia?

Austria is the most despised nation in Europe.

Sweden is a better candidate for your children.

Spain doesn't hate you that much.

[Valentir]

Austria is the most despised nation in Europe.

Sweden is a better candidate for your children.

Spain doesn't hate you that much.

Our rivalry in Italy will only get worse.

[Prusslandia]

Is Vinland with more land possible ?

No bc it is largely colonized by the Anglo-Danish-Norwegians and France.

What land isn't taken ?

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

No bc it is largely colonized by the Anglo-Danish-Norwegians and France.

What land isn't taken ?

There's a sorta master map floating around.

Siberia is not taken, to my knowledge.

In Europe there isn't much at this point.

[Lunas Legion]

Spain doesn't hate you that much.

Our rivalry in Italy will only get worse.

But Spain is starting to regret not exploiting it's colonies more and the wealth that would flow back from them; unless someone else claims them, those Andean mines aren't yet exhausted and as such Spain will probably go colonising whilst negotiating a treaty to properly partition Italy up since Spain doesn't need to have to defend a land border there as well as the Low Countries and across the Pyrenees.

[Bujahla]

What land isn't taken ?

There's a sorta master map floating around.

Siberia is not taken, to my knowledge.

In Europe there isn't much at this point.

Shiberia shall be mine :3

[Epraria]

Our rivalry in Italy will only get worse.

But Spain is starting to regret not exploiting it's colonies more and the wealth that would flow back from them; unless someone else claims them, those Andean mines aren't yet exhausted and as such Spain will probably go colonising whilst negotiating a treaty to properly partition Italy up since Spain doesn't need to have to defend a land border there as well as the Low Countries and across the Pyrenees.

Hmm this is interesting.

[Prusslandia]

What land isn't taken ?

There's a sorta master map floating around.

Siberia is not taken, to my knowledge.

In Europe there isn't much at this point.

Hmmm. Is Russias northern coast taken ?

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

Our rivalry in Italy will only get worse.

But Spain is starting to regret not exploiting it's colonies more and the wealth that would flow back from them; unless someone else claims them, those Andean mines aren't yet exhausted and as such Spain will probably go colonising whilst negotiating a treaty to properly partition Italy up since Spain doesn't need to have to defend a land border there as well as the Low Countries and across the Pyrenees.

#freethepope1700

[Caltarania]

Our rivalry in Italy will only get worse.

But Spain is starting to regret not exploiting it's colonies more and the wealth that would flow back from them; unless someone else claims them, those Andean mines aren't yet exhausted and as such Spain will probably go colonising whilst negotiating a treaty to properly partition Italy up since Spain doesn't need to have to defend a land border there as well as the Low Countries and across the Pyrenees.

Dutch rebels be Protestants.

Gustav is Defender of the Lutheran Faith.

Hmm. Much temptation. xD

[Kryskov]

Below is a complete list of the Scottish Royal Family. Many of them are still young, but betrothals are a thing.

House of Stuart-Vasa

• Queen Margaret (35), Queen of Scots, Grand Duchess of Ulster
  
  • Prince Karl (37), Prince-Consort of Scots, Prince-Consort of Ulster
    
    • Prince Andrew (14), Duke of Rothesay, Hereditary Grand Duke of Ulster
    • Princess Margaret (12), Princess of Scotland
    • Princess Mary (12), Princess of Scotland
    • Princess Georgina (11), Princess of Scotland
    • Princess Katherine (10), Princess of Scotland
    • Prince James (8), Marquess of Lothian
    • Prince William (7), Earl of Orkney
    • Prince Robert (4), Viscount of Ayr
    • Prince Malcolm (3), Lord of Polwarth
    • Princess Donna (1), Princess of Scotland
    • Expecting

Oh look at all these children that need spouses.

Donna? Really?

Who ain't been married off yet?

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

Oh look at all these children that need spouses.

Donna? Really?

Who ain't been married off yet?

Yes, it's not the most royal of names, but Maggie is a devout woman and named her after the Madonna.

Anyways, my heir is being saved for a protestant from Sweden/Germany. Princess Margaret is going off to Poland. And that's it so far, everyone from Mary down is open.

[Kamchatkalia]

Apologies for posting this late, however my schoolwork kept me rather busy last night, but I suppose better late then never?

Well this is a tad late, but I feel this needs a response:



It's the loose confederation between the Crown of Aragon and the Protestant, Occitan Pays.

Let's just say the butterflies in my history are quite lovely, especially this time of year

And how exactly did Aragon manage to force Occitan away from France?

Well, let me give you the, eh, concise answer:

The story begins in the County of Toulouse before the infamous Albigensian Crusade, when the Counts of Barcelona are able to secure a political marriage between the two counties so as to cement its influence in the region. Once consecrated, the marriage would prove pivotal in firmly bringing Toulouse and it’s vassals firmly into the sphere of the later Aragonese crown and diminishing any relationship the region had with France. Fast-forwarding some into the Hundred Years War, the Crown of Aragon (Now composed of the Counties of Valencia, Catalonia, Majorca, Aragon, Sardinia and Toulouse) would enter the war on the side of the Valois, secretly seeking to fabricate claims on English-ruled Aquitaine. The Crown would succeed in defending its ally, although at great cost; demographic decline and economic volatility would plague the nation for many decades to come. Nevertheless, the Crown succeed in winning the favor of the Valois as well as a political marriage between the two royal houses and giving Aragon the claims to Aquitaine and Guyenne it needed, although these would remain dormant for quite some time.

Campaigns in both Italy and Iberia, that is, without mentioning the era of national convalescence, which would preoccupy much of the Aragon monarchs for decades to come. However, with the onset of the French Wars of Religion, much of the Crown’s gaze would look northward. With the assassination of Henry, Duke of Guise by what had been presumed to be Henry of Navarre, the Valois King Henry III would plea with the Aragon King for assistance. Ferdinand III, the current King of Aragon happily answered his pleas, ensuring his safe passage to Toulouse as well as pledging his army in his support. Henry III and his Aragonese army would succeed in securing much of the South, however much of the north would fall easily to the newly proclaimed Bourbon King Henry IV with the Catholic League having been disbanded with the loss of their leader as well as chief supporter, Castile. Nevertheless the two sides would succeed in ratifying an armistice in Paris recognizing the gains of the other; at this point the Valois Henry was at once married to an Aragonese princess and declared the Edict of Toulouse granting Protestants limited freedoms officiating the end of the war and the rise of the House Aragon-Valois as we know it.

So yeah, I had to change a couple things here and there, I'll upload a more comprehensive history with my app of course but you at least deserved this. Anywhoooo, I'll get my app up soon, but I've also got a final tomorrow to study for which I should probably be doing now...

[Prusslandia]

Kryskov, how do you feel about Viking remnants in either Russias northern coast, or Siberia ?

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

But Spain is starting to regret not exploiting it's colonies more and the wealth that would flow back from them; unless someone else claims them, those Andean mines aren't yet exhausted and as such Spain will probably go colonising whilst negotiating a treaty to properly partition Italy up since Spain doesn't need to have to defend a land border there as well as the Low Countries and across the Pyrenees.

Dutch rebels be Protestants.

Gustav is Defender of the Lutheran Faith.

Hmm. Much temptation. xD

#freethedutch1700

[Valentir]

We Catholics gotta stick together!
Catholic League Unite!

[Caltarania]

House Vasa

Available Swedish Male Spouses of Note:
-Karl Johan (19), second son of House Vasa-Helsingfors and relative of Gustav Karl.
-Corvo Kasper (16), first son of - and now the head of - the House Attano, the primary House in the Åland Islands.
-Ragnar Melker (15), heir to one of the main Merchant-Noble House of the Riksförbund av Köpmän och Valutahandlare, House von Riga.

Available Swedish Female Spouses of Note:
-Karolina Anna (15), third and final child of Gustav III Erik Adolf and current heiress presumptive to the Kingdom of Sweden.
-Alexandra Thora (17), fourth child of the renowned House Torstensson.

We Catholics gotta stick together!
Catholic League Unite!

I foresee a second TYW. Shite.

[Lingria]

Oh....Uh to shed some light on y'all my Kings sister is a lesbian :/

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

Oh....Uh to shed some light on y'all my Kings sister is a lesbian :/

How old is she lol?

[Caltarania]

Oh....Uh to shed some light on y'all my Kings sister is a lesbian :/

Knowing Glitter I'm sure his entire Royal House will be (jk)

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

We Catholics gotta stick together!
Catholic League Unite!

France of save pls.