New Imperialism - AH RP v 2.1 [OOC, Signup]

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

Just realized how much of the Kongo area is already claimed by the Dutch, French, and Portugal, rendering it entirely useless.

Probs going for Ethiopia at this point.

Just going to point out European claims in Africa is rather excessive for a pre-Berlin Conference world.

[Lunas Legion]

You're a bunch of non-confirming heretics. Perfectly fine to conquer.

I'll settle for that plus Greece though, but can I have that one province that juts out between Pontus and the Crusader State, because border gore?

,That can be our Alsace Lorraine

I don't want an Alsace Lorraine tho. I need to go complete the task set by God of destroying birthplace of kebab religion.

[Neo-Assyrian Empire]

Probably should've phrased that better. I meant to say "Were going to be friends"

That was a curious way to phrase that....

'Twas a joke. I don't think there'll be a reason for war, since you should have Alsace-Lorraine (Unless if the Lowlands wants Wallonia)

I suppose that's fair enough. In fact, if you don't glaringly claim it too much friendly relations are very likely.

Also, I claimed southern Madagascar.

And you also claimed muh Gabon. Bloody 'ell.

Well, I hope there will be friendly relations.

And we can both claim Gabon. It'd be a good enough reason to hold a Berlin Conference in order to figure out who owns which parts of Africa.

[Marsisian]

Tag. Pretty pumped up for this.

[Bujahla]

Just realized how much of the Kongo area is already claimed by the Dutch, French, and Portugal, rendering it entirely useless.

Probs going for Ethiopia at this point.

Just going to point out European claims in Africa is rather excessive for a pre-Berlin Conference world.

Most, if not all the West African colonies (at least mine are) just trading posts. Spain/Portugal historically owned all of this land that I have atm excluding the one province in Namibia and Mauritania (and the west African colony).

[Valentir]

Just realized how much of the Kongo area is already claimed by the Dutch, French, and Portugal, rendering it entirely useless.

Probs going for Ethiopia at this point.

Just going to point out European claims in Africa is rather excessive for a pre-Berlin Conference world.

I've only claimed one province.

That was a curious way to phrase that....

I suppose that's fair enough. In fact, if you don't glaringly claim it too much friendly relations are very likely.

And you also claimed muh Gabon. Bloody 'ell.

Well, I hope there will be friendly relations.

And we can both claim Gabon. It'd be a good enough reason to hold a Berlin Conference in order to figure out who owns which parts of Africa.

You claimed New Holland.

How dare you!

[Bujahla]

That was a curious way to phrase that....

I suppose that's fair enough. In fact, if you don't glaringly claim it too much friendly relations are very likely.

And you also claimed muh Gabon. Bloody 'ell.

Well, I hope there will be friendly relations.

And we can both claim Gabon. It'd be a good enough reason to hold a Berlin Conference in order to figure out who owns which parts of Africa.

IRL Berlin conference was to establish free trade on the Congo. If it goes like IRL, I'll call it and Germany will host it.

[Valentir]

Also what is this Berlin Conference nonsense?

I only know of the Amsterdam Conference, held in the beautiful and neutral Kingdom of the United Provinces and Belgium.

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

Just realized how much of the Kongo area is already claimed by the Dutch, French, and Portugal, rendering it entirely useless.

Probs going for Ethiopia at this point.

Just going to point out European claims in Africa is rather excessive for a pre-Berlin Conference world.

I've only claimed one province.

(wasn't subtweeting you)

[Pacificana Islands]

I saw that Finland was accepted and would like to point out I already reserved it.

[Neo-Assyrian Empire]

You claimed New Holland.

How dare you!

I reserved it a couple pages in... Damn it, Allen!

Maybe we split it? You could take the North or South Island and I take the other?

[The Jonathanian States]

That was a curious way to phrase that....

I suppose that's fair enough. In fact, if you don't glaringly claim it too much friendly relations are very likely.

And you also claimed muh Gabon. Bloody 'ell.

Well, I hope there will be friendly relations.

And we can both claim Gabon. It'd be a good enough reason to hold a Berlin Conference in order to figure out who owns which parts of Africa.

Could we apply the same to madagascar, maybe one of us has a settlement in the northern part (of the conflicting areas) and one in the south, and both settlements claim authority over the whole area?

Just realized how much of the Kongo area is already claimed by the Dutch, French, and Portugal, rendering it entirely useless.

Probs going for Ethiopia at this point.

Just going to point out European claims in Africa is rather excessive for a pre-Berlin Conference world.

Most, if not all the West African colonies (at least mine are) just trading posts. Spain/Portugal historically owned all of this land that I have atm excluding the one province in Namibia and Mauritania (and the west African colony).

I my case it is trading posts/naval bases with smaller settlements that claim the surrounding but don't really have effective power except for the week and a half of the year in which they march around to patrol things.

Well, I hope there will be friendly relations.

And we can both claim Gabon. It'd be a good enough reason to hold a Berlin Conference in order to figure out who owns which parts of Africa.

IRL Berlin conference was to establish free trade on the Congo. If it goes like IRL, I'll call it and Germany will host it.

YUS! Bismarck FTW!

Also what is this Berlin Conference nonsense?

I only know of the Amsterdam Conference, held in the beautiful and neutral Kingdom of the United Provinces and Belgium.

If we are talking neutral, then it is in the germanspeaking land of Schweiz. Suisse. Switzerland. Otherwise Berlin and finito, I say.

[Valentir]

I've only claimed one province.

(wasn't subtweeting you)

I guess we just have an extra Dutch nation lying around here.

You claimed New Holland.

How dare you!

I reserved it a couple pages in... Damn it, Allen!

Maybe we split it? You could take the North or South Island and I take the other?

Omg. It was in my original claims.

Meh, meh, meh.

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

Don't really care what it is, bc you control the entire province. A province I would lack considering my coastline is already limited. Rendering the Kongo utterly useless.

I think I will switch to either a Catholic or Reformed Ethiopia that is a protectorate of Portugal, France, or the Dutch.

@Val, Portugal, France, and intended Germany would all have parts of the area in which I would claim to make the Kongo viable.

[The Emerald Dragon]

Ok, I might just reserve Sardinia and Corsica.

[Neo-Assyrian Empire]

Well, I hope there will be friendly relations.

And we can both claim Gabon. It'd be a good enough reason to hold a Berlin Conference in order to figure out who owns which parts of Africa.

Could we apply the same to madagascar, maybe one of us has a settlement in the northern part (of the conflicting areas) and one in the south, and both settlements claim authority over the whole area?

Sounds good to me. It'll cause some tensions for a while, no actual battles will be fought (Outside of maybe a raid by some of our colonists), then we'll get the map resolved and have a Frankish-German Union. Frankriech und Deutscheland Uber Alles!

[Greater Mid West]

Next question xD

How independent are you?

Argentina is a dominion. Sorta like Canada and GB after Canada acquired dominion status

[Sveltlana]

WIP.

Application

Name: Kalmar Union of Scandinavia (Sk.: Kalmarunionen Skandinavien).
Symbols: Kalmarbaner Kalmar Arms (Vapen); Vitae lampada
Claims: Boop
Power: Secondary Power

Government Structure: Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy. Members of the Parliament are elected by county with amounts of representatives proportional to the amount of population in the given county. The Parliament is bicameral, with Upper and Lower houses modeled after Britain. In regards to administrative divisions; the Union is divided into several large provinces in turn divided into counties.
Ideology/Policy: Constitutional monarchism, Classical liberalism, Economic interventionism, Pan-Scandinavianism, Imperialism.
Leaders:
-- King Alexander IV Achilles von Wittelsbach (Head of State)
-- Prime Minister Per Isak Nordahl (Head of Government)
Capital City: Stockholm. The reasons for this election were threefold: Stockholm was previously the capital of the most powerful realm in the Union, Stockholm was considerably more prosperous and populated than Copenhagen or Kristiania and was also strategically better located.

Population: 9,259,200
Sverige: 4,703,600
Norge: 1,922,900
Danmark: 2,030,400
Island: 72,400
Grönland: 9,900

Gold Coast: 90,000
West Indies: 120,000
East Indies: 310,000
Primary Ethnic Group: Scandinavian (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian).
Minority Ethnic Groups: Sami, Finnish, Inuit
Description of Ethnicity: Scandinavians are a group of ethnic groups native to Scandinavia, mostly inhabiting the country or other Nordic countries. The Union has caused some amount of internal migration, and thus culture in certain urban areas and otherwise has become somewhat diffused. The government is pursuing policies to show the common bonds between Scandinavians.
Language: Scandinavian. Following the establishment of the Union, the Monarchy took measures in order to standardize the various dialects spoken in the realms, and the Scandinavian language was the product of such work. Scandinavian is encouraged by the government and taught in public education; nevertheless, large amounts of Scandinavians speak their former native languages, such as Swedish or Danish, without knowing Scandinavian.
Religion:
-- Protestantism/Lutheran/Church of Sweden: 93%
-- Roman Catholicism: 4%
-- [Russian] Orthodoxy: 1%
-- Judaism: 1%
-- Other: 0.1%
-- None: 0.9%

Foreign Relations: Scandinavia holds diplomatic relations with most civilized nations around the world. Scandinavia has presently been attempting to establish her neutrality in European affairs, as the Treaty of London has done for other countries. This has proved ineffective, as several nations compete to secure Scandinavia in their 'sphere of influence'. Scandinavia has historically held friendly relations with the British and the Germans.
Military Information: The Kalmar Armed Forces form the entirety of the military component of the Scandinavian country. The Kalmar Army is rapidly reforming, almost like Prussia's reformation except without the Moltke factor (not as effectively, that is), in order to reach standards such as the British. Currently, the army is on-par with most of the other armies in Europe, although, of course, the Scandinavian army remains small.
Army Size: 1x0,000 active, 3x0,000 reserve
-- Army of Jylland: 40,000 men; Aarhus
-- Army of Sundsvall: 40,000 men; Sundsvall
-- Army of Stockholm: 20,000 men; Stockholm
-- Army of Norbrötten: 50,000 men; Töre
-- Army of Bergen: 10,000 men; Gothenburg
-- Colonial armies TBD
Navy Size:
-- TBD

Economic Policy: Protectionism (limited); Interventionism
Economic Situation: Following the depression of the 1870s, Scandinavia is experiencing another 'boom' period in the 'boom-and-bust' cycle. Kalmar Scandinavia experienced its industrial revolution in the 1850s (in Vicky 2 terms), making use of its ample reserves of coal and timber.
Infrastructure: The Kalmar infrastructure is rather advanced, although the large and diffused nature of Scandinavia limits the effectiveness of such infrastructure. A large part of the country's railroad length follows the coastline, such as the Stockholm-Töre line.
Imports & Exports:
-- Imports: Varied foodstuffs, machinery, processed parts
-- Exports: Timber, iron
Currency: Kronar (plural: kronor; sign: kr)

History:
Miscellaneous:
RP Example:
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[Bujahla]

Could we apply the same to madagascar, maybe one of us has a settlement in the northern part (of the conflicting areas) and one in the south, and both settlements claim authority over the whole area?

Sounds good to me. It'll cause some tensions for a while, no actual battles will be fought (Outside of maybe a raid by some of our colonists), then we'll get the map resolved and have a Frankish-German Union. Frankriech und Deutscheland Uber Alles!

I actually have always wanted to see a Franco-Germanic Alliance in a RP. Portuguese-British alliance defend liberty!

[Carathon]

Reserve Egypt and Nubia for me.

[Epraria]

Could we apply the same to madagascar, maybe one of us has a settlement in the northern part (of the conflicting areas) and one in the south, and both settlements claim authority over the whole area?

Sounds good to me. It'll cause some tensions for a while, no actual battles will be fought (Outside of maybe a raid by some of our colonists), then we'll get the map resolved and have a Frankish-German Union. Frankriech und Deutscheland Uber Alles!

Franco-German friendship in the 19th century? What heresy is this!

[Valentir]

Franco-German Alliance, Anglo-Portuguese Alliance. Fuck, I'm caught in the middle of this.

[The Holy Dominion of Inesea]

,That can be our Alsace Lorraine

I don't want an Alsace Lorraine tho. I need to go complete the task set by God of destroying birthplace of kebab religion.

Then worry about Kebab, not Nestor.

[Sveltlana]

Franco-German Alliance, Anglo-Portuguese Alliance. Fuck, I'm caught in the middle of this.

Clearly a Dutch-Kalmar axis is the best option for our southern friends.

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

Well there goes non-typical Ethiopia.