Full Circle: 1891 [OOC, AH, OPEN]

[Reatra]

Holy shit, I just had an idea...

What if I'm France, but a pre-Marx socialist state with a communist government. Communism existed before Marx, just wasn't organized, I was thinking that the commies would revolt in 1848 and grow to be the dominant faction in France.

Possible, but would be crazy. Do you mean something like the Communards?

I just mean socialists take power in France due to oppressive industrial practices. Even without Marx they could make their own manifesto.

[Gyrenaica]

Reserve either Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican republic, lesser Antilles, Peru, Bolivia, north region of Brazil minus Tocantins, and mato grasso as the Federal Republic of Gran Colombia.

Or Pakistan, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, balochistan as Mughalistan.

I actually am thinking of either of these. Hmm. What to be...

[Tracian Empire]

Formal Nation Name:The Principality of Romania/Principatul României, also sometimes known by its older name, The Romanian United Principalities/Principatele Unite Române
Informal name: Romania/România
Population: 5,989,659
Territory: Maybe this?
Capital city: Bucharest

Government form: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State: Domnitor(Prince) Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Head of Government: Prime Minister Ion I. C. Brătianu
Description of how government works: The Principality of Romania is a constitutional monarchy, with the monarch being called a Domnitor, a title which is usually translated into English as a Prince. The powers in the state are separated, based on the Constitution of 1866. Legislative power is exercised by the Prince and Parliament (composed of an Assembly of Deputies and a Senate), while executive power is entrusted to the Prince, who is exercising it through his ministers. The political regime is liberal but not democratic; elections are held with a limited franchise (voters, all men, were divided into four colleges based on their wealth and social origins).

The Prince's constitutional powers are hereditary, "from male to male through primogeniture and perpetually excluding women and their descendants". His person is proclaimed "inviolable"; his acts are valid only if countersigned by a minister, who then becomes answerable for the act in question. The Prince is the head of the army, he names and dismisses ministers, sanctions and promulgates laws, names and confirms men to all public functions, signs treaties and conventions on commerce and navigation with foreign countries, has the right to grant political amnesty, to pardon criminals or reduce their sentences, to confer military ranks and decorations, to coin money. At the same time, he opens and closes sessions of Parliament, which he can convoke in emergency session and which he can dissolve.
Prevalent government ideologies: Romanian Nationalism, Romanian Unionism, Monarchism, Liberalism
Description of Foreign Policy: Romania's foreign policy is pretty neutral, as the country is caught between the influence zones of Russia, Austria, and the Ottoman Republic, with all of the countries trying to bring Romania into its own sphere of influence. The main objective of the foreign policy of Romania is to ensure the survival, independence, and sovereignty of Romania in this dangerous situation of the Balkans. Russia and Austria are currently considered the main dangers to the survival of Romania, so the country must play it pretty neutral between them two, and the Ottomans.

Romania is also trying to become a regional power, and its main nationalistic objective is to unite all the Romanians in the same country, meaning that it has claims over the Russian held Bessarabia and Austrian held Transylvania, both regions with an overwhelming Romanian majority. Agreements and alliances could be reached with the other Balkan states who are trying to become independent or ensure their already existing independence.

Romania is also trying to gain allies in the West of Europe, to support its independence. Prussia is the first and most obvious choice, due to the fact that the Romanian Prince is a German Hohenzollern, with a lot of connections to the Prussian and German nobility. France, although communist, may also be a choice, due to it being a Romance nation, and the Romanian population is in general Francophile.

Military Size:100,000 active soldiers, 50,000 reserve.. Many more can be conscripted in the case of a major war, and the Romanians will clearly attempt guerilla war in the case of an enemy invasion. The Principality also has five destroyers, six torpedo boats, four older gunboats, and two auxiliary cruisers.
Description of Military: The Army of the Romanian United Principalities/Armata Principatelor Unite, also known as the Romanian Army/Armata Română is the land fighting force of the Romanian Principalities. Created during the Revolution of 1822, around the core formed by the Panduri, the armed rebels of Prince Tudor Vladimirescu, the Romanian Army has continuously evolved ever since, in order to ensure the survival of the Romanian state in the case of an enemy aggression. Formed on the Prussian model, the Romanian Army has become a really strong regional force, especially compared to that of the other more or less independent states in the Balkans, although it is still inferior to that of the great powers.

The Romanian Army is formed on a core of professional and well trained soldiers, the so called Armata Generală/the General Army. This core forms the center of the army, having proved its efficacy in the First Balkan War, following the principle of quality over quantity. Most of these troops are also pretty good armed, as the Principality has continued to attempt to buy foreign weaponry ever since its creation. However, the Principality hasn't managed to maintain the same state of good equipment among all its troops, and their numbers are still highly insufficient in the case of a major enemy attack. That's why, the Principalities are mainly focusing on the Danube- Pruth-Carpathian Mountains natural borders as lines of defense in the case of a war.

Due to the dangerous situation in which the state is, the Principality has put a great effort into making sure that most of its citizens can be conscripted in the case of war. All men serve a year or two by rotation in the army, and regular training sessions are held. High schools and universities also have short military classes, so that as many able men as possible can learn how to fire a gun and fight. Of course, even if they would be conscripted, these men wouldn't be a fighting force, but mere conscripts, used to help the main army, or for guerilla warfare. The large conscripted force is known as Armata de Rezervă/the Reserve Army, and it has only been called upon in the First Balkan War, where it never actually managed to fight a lot due to the outcome of the war.

The Principality also has a small navy, split between the Danube Fleet/Flotila Dunării and the Black Sea Fleet/Flotila Mării Negre. Relatively small, the Romanian Navy would only be able at the best to defend the coastline and the Danube from an enemy attack for some while, but the Government is planning a major rearmament program.
Key strengths and weaknesses of military:
Strengths: The Romanian Army enjoys a high training, a good morale, an excellent discipline, and a large support from the government and people of Romania, making it quite a fighting force. Unfortunately though, the status of Romania as a small country hasn't allowed it to completely arm and equip all its men at the same high standards, and the fact that Romania is surrounded by larger, possible hostile states doesn't help.

Land claims: Transylvania and all the lands inhabited by the Romanians up to the Tisza river, the region of Bucovina and the region of Bessarabia.
Description of popular ideology (i.e. what do the people think) : Most of the people support the monarchy, especially since the Prince is credited for helping Romania gain its independence. Some people dislike his foreign origin, but those are currently a minority. The government itself is also fairly popular, although some people are pushing forward for a more democratic government, since currently, only the Romanian, Orthodox males can vote.
Description of economy: The economy of the Principality is capitalist, with a little state control however. Although mainly an agrarian nation, and a really good one above that, with high productions, Romania has started an industrialization program over the last few decades, starting to use its natural resources, like the oil in Ploieşti.
Goals: Maintain the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Romania, gain new allies, and finally, unite all the territories inhabited largely by Romanians in one country.
History of your nation (POD 1820):
With the weakening of the Ottoman Empire in the 1820's due to the Greek Independence War, the Ottomans have quickly lost their influence in both Bucharest and Iași. The Phanariote regime supported by the Ottomans in both Danubian principalities had become extremely unpopular, and the Ottomans only maintained a de jure dominance over Wallachia and Moldova. With the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and the start of the period known as the Ottoman Reign of Terror, the situation in the Romanian principalities became extremely tense.

What sparked the situation however was the death of the Phanariote Princes of Wallachia and Moldova at a relatively short time from one another. Both principalities created their own temporary a temporary Comitete de Ocârmuire ("Governing Committees"), while a response from the Ottomans was waited. Usually, the Sultan named the next Phanariote Princes, but with the problematic situation of the Ottoman Empire... that never happened in time. Soon enough, the anti-Phanariote and anti-Ottoman sentiment in the Romanian principalities erupted, leading to clashes between the Ottoman troops and the Romanians. One man, with Russian support however, a Romanian boyar and patriot, took advantage of the situation. Tudor Vladimirescu. Taking control of the Pandur militia rebels, he started a full fledged rebellion against the Ottomans in Wallachia. Leading his rebels from Oltenia into Bucharest, and taking advantage of the slow Ottoman response, Vladimirescu defeated the Ottoman garrison in the city, while all across Wallachia, the people rebelled. The few remaining Ottoman troops retreated over the Danube. Wallachia was free, and Tudor Vladimirescu proclaimed himself Prince of Wallachia.

Following the retreat of the Ottoman troops in Wallachia, similar protests and revolts started in Moldova. With his rebels, Prince Vladimirescu crossed the Milcov river into Moldova. His forces and those of the Moldavian rebels meet the Ottoman troops in Moldova near Iași, the battle ending in a victory for the rebels. Tudor Vladimirescu also proclaimed himself Prince of Moldova. The two Romanian principalities were now free.

While the Russian influence, eager to gain a new state into a sphere of influence, stopped Austria from interfering, the reunited Governing Committees of Moldova and Wallachia, proclaimed the union of Moldova and Wallachia into a nation called "the Romanian United Principalities", their independence from the Ottoman Empire, and the inauguration of Tudor Vladimirescu as Prince of the United Principalities. The Ottomans, put in front of the independence of the two states, had nothing else to do. Romania gained its independence.

The next decades were marked by a huge progress for Romania, the country mostly shaking its feudal remains. The boyars lost more of their influence and power, the first Constitution was written. The country started to modernize, roads were built, the economy, having escaped the tribute it had to give to the Ottomans, prospered. The army was created around the core of the Pandur militia, and the Romanian United Principalities were officially recognized my most of the European states.

The death of the Great Prince Tudor Vladmirescu in 1847 was a great hit for the country, and the Regency that followed couldn't resist the popular factions wanting a more progressive approach, influenced by the European revolutions, culminating with the Revolution of 1848. The boyars were definitely defeated and disbanded, slavery was forbidden, and the country turned towards a more Western approach. The National Assembly voted the Moldavian Alexandru Ioan Cuza as the next Prince of the United Principalities.

The rule of Cuza was extremely beneficial for Romania. His great reforms, especially the agrarian reformed, repaired the economy, and his focus on the military strengthened the then existing Common Army of the Principalities. It can be said that under his rule, the Principalities completed their union, as the last anti-unionist factions died then. The first political parties, the Liberals and the Conservatives, were created. A great ruler, Cuza also followed a progressive foreign policy, maintaining Romania balanced between Austria, Russia, and the Ottoman Republic. Alexandru Ioan Cuza died in 1866, leaving the throne empty.

With the international situation getting more and more dangerous, and at the pressure of the Great Powers, Romania attempted to gain a foreign prince on its throne. The Crown was initially offered to Philippe of Flanders, but he refused, so the Romanians had to turn towards another country. And the more obvious choice was the rising power of the continent, Prussia. The crown was offered to Karl von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and he accepted, being crowned as Prince Carol I.

Although initially the Prince met a lot of hostility due to his foreign origin, he started to lead the country in an efficient, German way. He started to industrialize the country, and continued the reforms of his Romanian predecessor. But above all, he focused on the army, which was reformed by the Prussian model, making it one of the strongest forces in the Balkans. A new Constitution was ratified, and the nation officially became the Principality of Romania. And although it was criticized at the time, the decision of Prince Carol ended up as being extremely good for the nation, because of the start of the First Balkan War.

The Principality of Romania joined Russia in the war, and the reformed Romanian Army proved its efficacy countless times. As the war ended, Romania received the entire region of Dobruja, and the independence of Bulgaria ensured that at least for now, the Ottomans would stay away, leaving Romania in a fairly good position.

In the time that has passed since the war, Prince Carol has continued his reforms, in his attempts to truly make Romania an European nation. But with the situation in the Balkans getting tense once again, Romania will have to choose a side, whether it will be one of the Big Three nations surrounding it, or a Western power, like the Prince's homeland, Prussia. Whatever happens, Romania, must, and will survive.



RP sample:Yep

[The United States of American Patriots]

Can you reserve me Greece?

[Ironsbad]

Formal Nation Name: The Caribbean Free Islands
Informal name: Caribbean Confederacy
Population (including colonies separately): 2 million
Territory (map preferably): The whole Caribbean
Capital city: Tortuga, Hati( nation capital), Havana, Cuba,( Government Capital)

Government form:Confederacy
Head of State: Thomas Hugo
Head of Government: President Sandra Thatch
Description of how government works: The Islands come together in Havana to talk in the Island Assembly, each one island that is known as a legitimate state of the whole can receive one, as of right now there are only 49 representatives. The Assembly is led by the Head of State and they vote on the judicial and national legislative laws, procedures, and what the president does. The Assembly is chosen by its people by direct vote since there's not a lot of people to measure a electoral vote. The president has the same power in the executive branch, but bows to the whims of the Assembly and they can only veto twice per every two year cycle unless given a reason why. The president only has six years in office and can only have one term. After which the Assembly will vote on the next president from the representatives. The head of state can only be in power for eight years then he goes through the same process.

The Judicial branch interprets the laws of the Assembly and each gets two for every 1 representative so that they can handle both regional and federal judicial court cases. As of right now there are 98 judges on stand.
Prevalent government ideologies: States Rights, Anti-Colonialism and Imperialism
Description of Foreign Policy:They are friendly to America but they have cold relations with Europe thanks to their Caribbean Way but they still trade with them. However they have been trying to find ways to make a more open foreign policy to bring more cooperation thanks to president Thatch.

Military Size: 3,000 marines, 2,000 in navy, 1,000 in air force
Description of Military: The military is made up conscripts and very few strictly professionals that are called in to action as ships are either reconfigured to be war ships, like light ships, or built from scratch, like cruisers and battleships. The Caribbean prides itself on making use of their large merchant fleets into their navy, but they don't have many heavy hitting ships compared to the other nations, mostly because of the cost and the large amount of resources that it would take to maintain them.
Key strengths and weaknesses of military: A lot of light ships, however, takes time to raise them and can only raise them for a time, very little heavies and are mothballed unless needed.

Land claims: The Caribbean
Description of popular ideology (i.e. what do the people think) : The popular ideology as of right now is both the Caribbean Way and a spirit of free market trading and liberalism. The Caribbean Way is a series of nationalistic reforms to get rid of some of the foreign culture that didn't help the people. Slavery was the first to be outlawed, pirates were lifted as heroes and were romanticizes and many religions like Voodoo and Santeria have overtaken Christianity and has become almost extinct. The idea has also make them martial the navy as something to make their own Mare Nostrum of the Caribbean Sea to make the region theirs and only theirs. However, this clashes with the market at times and the country is now at the helm of free market and liberalism
Description of economy: Because of the spice trade, the Caribbean is still mostly agrarian and relies on cash crops but industrialization in major cities had allowed for factories and more wealth to come in the islands. Cuba and Hispaniola are the largest manufacturing centers in the Caribbean and have the richest families that are bringing the captains of industry. Much of their gunpowder and manufactured goods still have to be imported in large quantities but they have are slowly making their own goods.
Goals: To continue industrialization, Possibly take Panama or northern South America, be the world's largest Cuban Cigar exporter , Try to make better relations on the world stage and increase trade.
History of your nation (POD 1820):The Caribbean was still under control of European colonial empires until Haiti took the entire island of Hispaniola and didn't stop there. Many former African slaves have started to export their revolution by promoting piracy throughout their area and wanted to start trying to silence the slave trade in the Caribbean once and for all.

During the years 1821-1825 was known as the Minor Age of Piracy as black slaves commandeered ships across the Spanish Mane and made a ragtag pirate force that they attacked Cuba to free the slaves. They fought hard but lost and retreated to Haiti until their ideas lifted the spirits of the slaves in Cuba to make a slave revolt known as the Cuban Freedom Cry. The Haiti resurgences took advantage and invaded to support the Freedom Cry and took Cuba in 1832. Many Spanish ships and soldiers were captured or executed by the former Cuban slaves. This enraged the Spanish Empire that they sent their navy to stop this before it becomes a bigger threat.

The slaves fought hard again but the Spanish beat them but they had fought a guerrilla campaign until they gave up the colonies in 1834, allowing the Freedom Cry to spread across the Caribbean. News reached the other colonial empires and soon they had protest and attacks on plantation owners in 1835. Britain was the first one to both emancipate slavery and give up their islands to the slaves and soon others fell to the slaves until the entire Caribbean was independent by 1840. This was a spark of parades and parties across the Caribbean then they got down to business.

The first constitution was drafted in 1842 and they named themselves the Caribbean Free Islands but became known as the Caribbean Confederacy worldwide. The new government was not fairly kind to the European culture as they had many reforms like the Caribbean Way which had started to promote the idea of a new culture and either fuse of cast down the European ones. New cultures came out of this for each region and the rise of Voodoo and Santeria became the dominated religions. However, this extreme idea of theirs became moderate when the first Island Assembly was formed and tried to bring in the Industrial Revolution through America by using the spice trade and trade a lot on credit.

It was because of the Americans that they also started to have the ideas of free market capitalism and had a surge of wealth but at the expanse of a slowing opposition to their nationalistic ideas. It was also because of them that the Free Islands would start to trade with Europe again. This allowed industrialization to come in faster but farmers still provided a majority of the income for the Free Islands. Between the years 1850-1867 was a prosperous age for them as their technology was becoming more modern and they were able to export goods that were now manufactured. Haiti and Cuba became the centers for manufacturing in the Free Islands as the Assembly wanted to bring massive subsidies to bring more industry to the islands. In 1869, large migrant waves of African-Americans came to the Free Islands and started to clash with the ideas of the Caribbean and help support the rise of free market capitalism and it rivaled the Caribbean Way.

In the year 1873, the Free Islands moved their national capital from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Tortuga, Cuba. The very next year the political capital moved to Havana which the first two parties have been made that resemble The liberal-capitalist party and the Caribbean nationalists party. The first elections for both parties came in the following month and Caribbean nationalists have reigned supreme for the past 12 years until the liberal-capitalist got the seat via president Erin Tobsby who started to make shifts away from the Caribbean Way and be more open with allowing euro-centric cultures back in.

This was a peaceful term and was succeed by President Sandra Thatch and she has promised to reestablish ties to Europe and make significant trade agreements as well as help bring more industrialization to the Caribbean in 1891.
RP sample:http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=28837793#p28837793

[PLESSUR]

Can you reserve me Greece?

Sure. If you don't mind me adding, I plan for this RP to be slower and of better quality than the alternative WWII one from before. So no seizing a country in one post and the like

Formal Nation Name: The Caribbean Free Islands
Informal name: Caribbean Confederacy
Population (including colonies separately): 2 million
Territory (map preferably): The whole Caribbean
Capital city: Tortuga, Hati( nation capital), Havana, Cuba,( Government Capital)

Government form:Confederacy
Head of State: Thomas Hugo
Head of Government: President Sandra Thatch
Description of how government works: The Islands come together in Havana to talk in the Island Assembly, each one island that is known as a legitimate state of the whole can receive one, as of right now there are only 49 representatives. The Assembly is led by the Head of State and they vote on the judicial and national legislative laws, procedures, and what the president does. The Assembly is chosen by its people by direct vote since there's not a lot of people to measure a electoral vote. The president has the same power in the executive branch, but bows to the whims of the Assembly and they can only veto twice per every two year cycle unless given a reason why. The president only has six years in office and can only have one term. After which the Assembly will vote on the next president from the representatives. The head of state can only be in power for eight years then he goes through the same process.

The Judicial branch interprets the laws of the Assembly and each gets two for every 1 representative so that they can handle both regional and federal judicial court cases. As of right now there are 98 judges on stand.
Prevalent government ideologies: States Rights, Anti-Colonialism and Imperialism
Description of Foreign Policy:They are friendly to America but they have cold relations with Europe thanks to their Caribbean Way but they still trade with them. However they have been trying to find ways to make a more open foreign policy to bring more cooperation thanks to president Thatch.

Military Size: 3,000 marines, 2,000 in navy, 1,000 in air force
Description of Military: The military is made up conscripts and very few strictly professionals that are called in to action as ships are either reconfigured to be war ships, like light ships, or built from scratch, like cruisers and battleships. The Caribbean prides itself on making use of their large merchant fleets into their navy, but they don't have many heavy hitting ships compared to the other nations, mostly because of the cost and the large amount of resources that it would take to maintain them.
Key strengths and weaknesses of military: A lot of light ships, however, takes time to raise them and can only raise them for a time, very little heavies and are mothballed unless needed.

Land claims: The Caribbean
Description of popular ideology (i.e. what do the people think) : The popular ideology as of right now is both the Caribbean Way and a spirit of free market trading and liberalism. The Caribbean Way is a series of nationalistic reforms to get rid of some of the foreign culture that didn't help the people. Slavery was the first to be outlawed, pirates were lifted as heroes and were romanticizes and many religions like Voodoo and Santeria have overtaken Christianity and has become almost extinct. The idea has also make them martial the navy as something to make their own Mare Nostrum of the Caribbean Sea to make the region theirs and only theirs. However, this clashes with the market at times and the country is now at the helm of free market and liberalism
Description of economy: Because of the spice trade, the Caribbean is still mostly agrarian and relies on cash crops but industrialization in major cities had allowed for factories and more wealth to come in the islands. Cuba and Hispaniola are the largest manufacturing centers in the Caribbean and have the richest families that are bringing the captains of industry. Much of their gunpowder and manufactured goods still have to be imported in large quantities but they have are slowly making their own goods.
Goals: To continue industrialization, Possibly take Panama or northern South America, be the world's largest Cuban Cigar exporter , Try to make better relations on the world stage and increase trade.
History of your nation (POD 1820):The Caribbean was still under control of European colonial empires until Haiti took the entire island of Hispaniola and didn't stop there. Many former African slaves have started to export their revolution by promoting piracy throughout their area and wanted to start trying to silence the slave trade in the Caribbean once and for all.

During the years 1821-1825 was known as the Minor Age of Piracy as black slaves commandeered ships across the Spanish Mane and made a ragtag pirate force that they attacked Cuba to free the slaves. They fought hard but lost and retreated to Haiti until their ideas lifted the spirits of the slaves in Cuba to make a slave revolt known as the Cuban Freedom Cry. The Haiti resurgences took advantage and invaded to support the Freedom Cry and took Cuba in 1832. Many Spanish ships and soldiers were captured or executed by the former Cuban slaves. This enraged the Spanish Empire that they sent their navy to stop this before it becomes a bigger threat.

The slaves fought hard again but the Spanish beat them but they had fought a guerrilla campaign until they gave up the colonies in 1834, allowing the Freedom Cry to spread across the Caribbean. News reached the other colonial empires and soon they had protest and attacks on plantation owners in 1835. Britain was the first one to both emancipate slavery and give up their islands to the slaves and soon others fell to the slaves until the entire Caribbean was independent by 1840. This was a spark of parades and parties across the Caribbean then they got down to business.

The first constitution was drafted in 1842 and they named themselves the Caribbean Free Islands but became known as the Caribbean Confederacy worldwide. The new government was not fairly kind to the European culture as they had many reforms like the Caribbean Way which had started to promote the idea of a new culture and either fuse of cast down the European ones. New cultures came out of this for each region and the rise of Voodoo and Santeria became the dominated religions. However, this extreme idea of theirs became moderate when the first Island Assembly was formed and tried to bring in the Industrial Revolution through America by using the spice trade and trade a lot on credit.

It was because of the Americans that they also started to have the ideas of free market capitalism and had a surge of wealth but at the expanse of a slowing opposition to their nationalistic ideas. It was also because of them that the Free Islands would start to trade with Europe again. This allowed industrialization to come in faster but farmers still provided a majority of the income for the Free Islands. Between the years 1850-1867 was a prosperous age for them as their technology was becoming more modern and they were able to export goods that were now manufactured. Haiti and Cuba became the centers for manufacturing in the Free Islands as the Assembly wanted to bring massive subsidies to bring more industry to the islands. In 1869, large migrant waves of African-Americans came to the Free Islands and started to clash with the ideas of the Caribbean and help support the rise of free market capitalism and it rivaled the Caribbean Way.

In the year 1873, the Free Islands moved their national capital from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Tortuga, Cuba. The very next year the political capital moved to Havana which the first two parties have been made that resemble The liberal-capitalist party and the Caribbean nationalists party. The first elections for both parties came in the following month and Caribbean nationalists have reigned supreme for the past 12 years until the liberal-capitalist got the seat via president Erin Tobsby who started to make shifts away from the Caribbean Way and be more open with allowing euro-centric cultures back in.

This was a peaceful term and was succeed by President Sandra Thatch and she has promised to reestablish ties to Europe and make significant trade agreements as well as help bring more industrialization to the Caribbean in 1891.
RP sample:http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=28837793#p28837793

Accepted. I would also be grateful if you specified the exact territory, as it might be hard to determine what exactly is or isn't Caribbean.

[Ironsbad]

Can you reserve me Greece?

Sure. If you don't mind me adding, I plan for this RP to be slower and of better quality than the alternative WWII one from before. So no seizing a country in one post and the like

Formal Nation Name: The Caribbean Free Islands
Informal name: Caribbean Confederacy
Population (including colonies separately): 2 million
Territory (map preferably): The whole Caribbean
Capital city: Tortuga, Hati( nation capital), Havana, Cuba,( Government Capital)

Government form:Confederacy
Head of State: Thomas Hugo
Head of Government: President Sandra Thatch
Description of how government works: The Islands come together in Havana to talk in the Island Assembly, each one island that is known as a legitimate state of the whole can receive one, as of right now there are only 49 representatives. The Assembly is led by the Head of State and they vote on the judicial and national legislative laws, procedures, and what the president does. The Assembly is chosen by its people by direct vote since there's not a lot of people to measure a electoral vote. The president has the same power in the executive branch, but bows to the whims of the Assembly and they can only veto twice per every two year cycle unless given a reason why. The president only has six years in office and can only have one term. After which the Assembly will vote on the next president from the representatives. The head of state can only be in power for eight years then he goes through the same process.

The Judicial branch interprets the laws of the Assembly and each gets two for every 1 representative so that they can handle both regional and federal judicial court cases. As of right now there are 98 judges on stand.
Prevalent government ideologies: States Rights, Anti-Colonialism and Imperialism
Description of Foreign Policy:They are friendly to America but they have cold relations with Europe thanks to their Caribbean Way but they still trade with them. However they have been trying to find ways to make a more open foreign policy to bring more cooperation thanks to president Thatch.

Military Size: 3,000 marines, 2,000 in navy, 1,000 in air force
Description of Military: The military is made up conscripts and very few strictly professionals that are called in to action as ships are either reconfigured to be war ships, like light ships, or built from scratch, like cruisers and battleships. The Caribbean prides itself on making use of their large merchant fleets into their navy, but they don't have many heavy hitting ships compared to the other nations, mostly because of the cost and the large amount of resources that it would take to maintain them.
Key strengths and weaknesses of military: A lot of light ships, however, takes time to raise them and can only raise them for a time, very little heavies and are mothballed unless needed.

Land claims: The Caribbean
Description of popular ideology (i.e. what do the people think) : The popular ideology as of right now is both the Caribbean Way and a spirit of free market trading and liberalism. The Caribbean Way is a series of nationalistic reforms to get rid of some of the foreign culture that didn't help the people. Slavery was the first to be outlawed, pirates were lifted as heroes and were romanticizes and many religions like Voodoo and Santeria have overtaken Christianity and has become almost extinct. The idea has also make them martial the navy as something to make their own Mare Nostrum of the Caribbean Sea to make the region theirs and only theirs. However, this clashes with the market at times and the country is now at the helm of free market and liberalism
Description of economy: Because of the spice trade, the Caribbean is still mostly agrarian and relies on cash crops but industrialization in major cities had allowed for factories and more wealth to come in the islands. Cuba and Hispaniola are the largest manufacturing centers in the Caribbean and have the richest families that are bringing the captains of industry. Much of their gunpowder and manufactured goods still have to be imported in large quantities but they have are slowly making their own goods.
Goals: To continue industrialization, Possibly take Panama or northern South America, be the world's largest Cuban Cigar exporter , Try to make better relations on the world stage and increase trade.
History of your nation (POD 1820):The Caribbean was still under control of European colonial empires until Haiti took the entire island of Hispaniola and didn't stop there. Many former African slaves have started to export their revolution by promoting piracy throughout their area and wanted to start trying to silence the slave trade in the Caribbean once and for all.

During the years 1821-1825 was known as the Minor Age of Piracy as black slaves commandeered ships across the Spanish Mane and made a ragtag pirate force that they attacked Cuba to free the slaves. They fought hard but lost and retreated to Haiti until their ideas lifted the spirits of the slaves in Cuba to make a slave revolt known as the Cuban Freedom Cry. The Haiti resurgences took advantage and invaded to support the Freedom Cry and took Cuba in 1832. Many Spanish ships and soldiers were captured or executed by the former Cuban slaves. This enraged the Spanish Empire that they sent their navy to stop this before it becomes a bigger threat.

The slaves fought hard again but the Spanish beat them but they had fought a guerrilla campaign until they gave up the colonies in 1834, allowing the Freedom Cry to spread across the Caribbean. News reached the other colonial empires and soon they had protest and attacks on plantation owners in 1835. Britain was the first one to both emancipate slavery and give up their islands to the slaves and soon others fell to the slaves until the entire Caribbean was independent by 1840. This was a spark of parades and parties across the Caribbean then they got down to business.

The first constitution was drafted in 1842 and they named themselves the Caribbean Free Islands but became known as the Caribbean Confederacy worldwide. The new government was not fairly kind to the European culture as they had many reforms like the Caribbean Way which had started to promote the idea of a new culture and either fuse of cast down the European ones. New cultures came out of this for each region and the rise of Voodoo and Santeria became the dominated religions. However, this extreme idea of theirs became moderate when the first Island Assembly was formed and tried to bring in the Industrial Revolution through America by using the spice trade and trade a lot on credit.

It was because of the Americans that they also started to have the ideas of free market capitalism and had a surge of wealth but at the expanse of a slowing opposition to their nationalistic ideas. It was also because of them that the Free Islands would start to trade with Europe again. This allowed industrialization to come in faster but farmers still provided a majority of the income for the Free Islands. Between the years 1850-1867 was a prosperous age for them as their technology was becoming more modern and they were able to export goods that were now manufactured. Haiti and Cuba became the centers for manufacturing in the Free Islands as the Assembly wanted to bring massive subsidies to bring more industry to the islands. In 1869, large migrant waves of African-Americans came to the Free Islands and started to clash with the ideas of the Caribbean and help support the rise of free market capitalism and it rivaled the Caribbean Way.

In the year 1873, the Free Islands moved their national capital from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Tortuga, Cuba. The very next year the political capital moved to Havana which the first two parties have been made that resemble The liberal-capitalist party and the Caribbean nationalists party. The first elections for both parties came in the following month and Caribbean nationalists have reigned supreme for the past 12 years until the liberal-capitalist got the seat via president Erin Tobsby who started to make shifts away from the Caribbean Way and be more open with allowing euro-centric cultures back in.

This was a peaceful term and was succeed by President Sandra Thatch and she has promised to reestablish ties to Europe and make significant trade agreements as well as help bring more industrialization to the Caribbean in 1891.
RP sample:http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=28837793#p28837793

Accepted. I would also be grateful if you specified the exact territory, as it might be hard to determine what exactly is or isn't Caribbean.

Would this help?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Map_of_the_Caribbean.png

[Elderowa]

Formal Nation Name: Osmanlıların Birleşik Cumhuriyeti (The United Republic of the Ottomans)
Informal name: The Ottoman Republic, The Ottoman Empire, Turkey
Population (including colonies separately): ~29,000,000, with ~1,300,000 in it's colonies
Territory (map preferably): http://i.imgur.com/9pSURWX.png
Capital city: Kostantiniyye (Constantinople, Istanbul)

Government form: A Federated Semi-Presidential Parliamentary Democracy. Officially referred to as a Parliamentary Republic.
Head of State: Sadrazam Mehmet Ali
Head of Government: Cumhurbaşkanı Mustafa İsmet
Description of how government works:

According to the Basic Laws of the Ottomans (Osmanlıların Temel Kanunları), the government is divided into 4 branches; An Executive Branch, a Legislative Branch, a Judicial Branch, and a Religious Branch.

The Legislative Branch is the strongest branch of the government, with most of the governmental powers vested with it. The Legislature is bicameral, with an upper house (the Senate, Senato), and a lower house (the National Assembly, Millet Meclisi). The Head of State is the Prime Minister (Sadrazam), who is chosen by the Lower House of Parliament and must come from the Lower House as well. The Prime Minister's role is to lead the Lower House of Parliament, Represent the Government and to settle disputes between the branches of Government. The Lower House holds Elections for the Representatives (Milletvekili) of 1/4th of the States (Viyalet) every year. Each state has a varying number of representatives based on that State's population. Each Lower House election uses the First-past-the-post System, in which the candidate with the most votes wins the seat. Lower House Representatives do not have term limits. Lower House Representatives must be 30 years old, must be a resident of the Republic and must not be a convicted felon. The Lower House's duties include creating laws, choosing a Head of State from members of the Lower House of Parliament, declaring war, maintaining and negotiating treaties, overriding Upper House or Presidential vetoes, maintaining the nation's finances and maintaining the nation's colonies. The Upper House holds elections every 4 years for all Senators (Senatör). Each state has 4 Senators. The Upper House elections use Party-List Proportional Representation using the Largest Remainder Method; meaning that the votes are divided by a quota and the seats are allocated based on these votes. Upper House Senators have a term limit of 4 (16 years). Upper House Senators must be 30 years old, must be residents of the Republic and must not be a convicted felon. The Upper House's duties include vetoing laws and Presidential Declarations, create new Basic Law amendments, approving Supreme Court and Governor nominees, approving Presidential Cabinet appointments, approving the creation of Federal Agencies and to hold Impeachment trials.

The Executive Branch is the next important branch of the government. The Executive Branch is run by the President (Cumhurbaşkanı), who is elected every 5 years and serves 1 term. Presidential elections are First-Past-the-Post. The President must be 40 years old, must not be a convicted felon, must have been born within the Republics main border, must have lived with the Republic for 10 years, and are not allowed to be an active member of any political party during their presidency. The Presidents duties are to maintain the Presidential Cabinet and Federal Agencies, approve of laws passed by the Lower house, maintain order within the Republic, appoint Supreme Court Judges, appoint Governors of the Colonies, maintain wars, and meet and negotiate with foreign leaders and dignitaries.

The Judicial Branch is the third branch of government. The most important court is the Supreme Court (Yargıtay), which is constitutionally required to have 5 Judges (Uzman) serving at all times, but currently has 12 Judges. The Judges are appointed by the President and approved by the Upper House. Judges must be 30 years old, must not be convicted felons, must be residents of the Republic and must have had at least 5 years experience as a Secular Judge. Judges are also not allowed to be active members of any political party. The Supreme Courts duty is to maintain the secular nature of the Republic, to interpret all laws based on the Basic Laws, and to use Judicial Review to nullify any rule that violates the Basic Laws.

The final branch of government is the Religious Branch. Although the Republic is secular, two Religious positions are recognized in the Basic Laws; the Muslim Caliph and the Orthodox Christian Patriarch of Konstantiniyya. These two leaders are given special rights and powers; in addition to the power to maintain their houses of worships, they also have the right to maintain their own private school systems and their own religious courts. However, these courts can not over-rule the main government's laws or courts, nor can they violate any of the governments laws. The current Caliph and Patriarch are Abdülhamit of Mecca and Neophytus VIII respectively. Roman Catholic Christians, Jews and Baha'i's are allowed to maintain their own private school systems, and all religions are allowed to maintain their houses of worship, but none of them are allowed to have religious courts. The government is not allowed to finance any religious institution themselves, but allow individuals to finance them.

In addition to these branches of the government, the government is also federalized into 2 levels; the Federal level and the State level. The States are allowed to elect their own Governors (Valis) and to determine their own legislative and organizational structures. They are also allowed the right to make laws so long as they don't violate the Federal governments laws. There are currently 23 states. On top of these states, there is one royal Colony of the Republic: Somali. Somali is ruled by a Royal Governor, appointed by the President and approved by the Senate, who's role is to carry out the will of the Republic.

Prevalent government ideologies: Secularism, Ottomanism, Reformation
Description of Foreign Policy: The Ottoman Republic has lately been establishing stronger ties with Western European nations, due to the rapid adoption of Secularism and Democracy, as well as their resurgence as a world power. The Ottomans are still viewed with hostility in Eastern Europe, especially among the Russians who are still bitter enemies with the Ottomans, and most of the liberated states of the Balkans who loathe their influence in the region. The Ottomans are also still hostile to the Persians, and have recently gained a new enemy in the form of the zealous Saud's of Nejd. They are mostly neutral with the rest of the world, although attempts to gain alliances with other nations have been made.

Military Size: 13,000 troops, with 9,000 of them stationed in the colony of Somali.
Description of Military: The Military of the Republic is known as the National Revolutionary Army of Osmanli (Osmanlıların Ulusal Devrimci Ordusu). Both the army and navy are regulated and maintained by the Lower House of Parliament, with the President of the Republic being the Commander-In-Chief. In times of war, all male citizens in the Republic over the age of 15, but under the age of 55, are soldiers or sailors, and are drafted. Soldiers are trained with the latest military equipment from Prussian Gun Manufacturers, and use tactics created by the French Revolutionary Army, like Skirmishers and Mixed Order Battalion Columns. The army is also trained for many situations, like long periods of starvation and guerrilla combat. Ingenuity is also encouraged in the Army. The Battalions tend to be divided based on Ethnicity, but recently mixed-ethnic battalions have emerged due to growing unity within the Republic.

Meanwhile, the Glorious Navy of the Ottomans (Osmanlıların şanlı Deniz Kuvvetleri) remains the Third Largest Navy in Europe. The Navy before the Balkans War relied heavily on Wooden ships. After the Balkans War, and especially during the Somali Campaigns, the Ottoman Navy was upgraded; most of the wooden ships in the Navy were replaced with Armored Cruisers and Monitors. Although there are still Wooden Ships in the Ottoman Navy, most of the Ships in the Navy are now on-par with the rest of Europe.
Key strengths and weaknesses of military: The Ottoman Army's key strength is speed and determination; the Army will quickly push to the enemies location or reach an area it needs to defend, and with their training in all scenarios, they are able to maintain the fight for as long as they need to. However, due to the amount of training and equipment needed to maintain the army, it takes forever for the army to get ready for combat. Most first wave combat units are thus made of Veterans who may or may not have older equipment to fight, as was seen in the First Balkans War.

Land claims: Certain African Territories which may or may not be claimed by other world powers. The rest of Mesopotamia which has been conquered by the Persians. The rest of Arabia which is filled with Tribal peoples including the Zealous Sauds and the Omani Imamate. The Ottomans also claim Sphere of Influence over all of the Balkans, although only Greece and Bulgaria are within their sphere.
Description of popular ideology:

CULTURE: After the Reign of Terror in the Republic, Cities became important centers of Culture. From Konstantiniyya to Mecca, individuals became free to think and express their opinions through various art forms. The Turkish Renaissance, sparked by Playwrites such as İbrahim Şinasi and Poets like Namık Kemal, have remodeled Ottomani arts and have been popular through out Turkey and Europe. In addition, the Turkish Renaissance brought to power the Young Turks (Jön Türkler) society, as well as the splinter Renaissance Society (al-Ba'ath/Baasçı), within the major Ottoman Cities. Similar to the Sans-culottes and Jacobins, the Young Turks and Renaissance Societies help spread the ideals of the Republic. Both societies also do work in more rural areas of the Republic.

Outside of the Major Cities within the Republic, life is still dictated by farming communities, small merchants and Religious leaders who keep track of time. Most of the Republic, being Rural, is still very conservative, but most of the people in the Republic are at least supportive of the Revolution. However, within certain communities, Reactionary ideals have begun to spread due to the influence of the Salafi movement that demands for a return of Sharia Law and strict adherence to the Principles of Islam, which the Basic Law is strictly against. Other communities, primarily those of Ethnic Minorities, have begun to stir again, demanding independence from the Republic, which also violates the Basic Laws.

POLITICS: The Basic Laws guarantee the Rights to Freedom of Speech, Thought, Press, Religion, Association and Movement within the Republic. The only time any of these Freedoms may be tampered with are when the nation is at War. It is also stated in the Basic Laws that no Political Party or Politicians is allowed to endorse any Religion, nor create any law based on a Religious Document, but are allowed their right to worship as they please. These Rights are held dearly within the major cities of the Republic, but within Rural Areas, certain acts of Speech and certain Religions are viewed with suspicion, disgust or hostility.

Within the Republic, there are 5 major political parties that have been verified legal to operate within the Republic. The 2nd Largest Party, but currently the largest party in the Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament, is the Liberal Party (Liberal Parti). The Liberal Party is the official political branch of the Young Turks and Renaissance Societies, and was founded in 1833. It is a Leftist Party, that advocates for greater Industrial Paternalism (Welfare Capitalism) and loose Protectionism, Strict Secularism, and in the 1889, Women's Rights and a crack down on Devout Religiosity. Winning a near out-right majority of votes, primarily in the more populous territories, the Liberal Party has recently amended the Basic Laws to guarantee the Right for Women to Vote.

The Largest party, but 2nd Largest Party in the Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament, is the Revolutionary Party (Devrim Partisi). The first party of the Republic, founded by Revolutionary leader Mustafa Reşid in 1831, it has been the most influential party in the Republic, only recently having lost its majorities in both houses. The current President, Mustafa İsmet, was a member of this party before gaining the seat of President. It is a Center-Left Party, which advocates for limited regulations on the Economy and strict Protectionism, strict Secularism, and in 1889, stressed the importance of improving the economy and subsidizing important industries like Railroads. The Revolutionary Party and the Liberal Party tend to work together in Parliament, even though the Revolutionary Party has lost it's Parliamentary majority to the Liberal Party.

The 3rd Largest Party is the Party of Ottoman (Osmanlı Partisi), also known as the Party of the Caliphate (Halifeliğin Partisi). Founded by Caliph Mahmud "The Reformer" after his pardon in 1836, the Party of Ottoman has always been seen as the tie-breaking party, but is viewed with suspicion in cities and rarely wins any votes. Formerly headed by the Caliph, it has since split off from them, but the Caliph still wields considerable influence in the party. It is a Center and Center-Right Party (Formerly a Center-Left Party), that favors limited regulations in the Economy and loose Protectionism, Freedom of Religion (but not Strict Secularism), and in 1889 was against giving Women Rights. The party mostly gets it's votes from rural Arabia and Egypt, and sometimes wins the States of Mecca and Medina.

The 4th Largest Party, but fastest growing Party is the United Workers Party (Birleşik İşçi Partisi). Founded in 1860 by a Radical splinter from the Cairo Renaissance Society, the United Workers Party is heavily inspired by the 1848 French Revolution that brought about a Socialist Government. Some people believe that this Party has monetary ties with France, but this has not been proven in a court of law. It is a Leftist and Hard-Left Party which advocates for Marxist Socialism, State-Enforced Atheism, and in 1889, Women's Rights and Equality. They are mainly popular in Cairo and Konstantiniyya.

The 5th Party, the smallest party, is the Independent Party (Bağımsız Partisi), also known as the Merchant Party (Tüccar Partisi) and the Business Party (İş Partisi). Founded in 1845 by influential Business men, the party has never really been big in the nation due to the large rural population. It's bases tend to be Cairo and Konstantiniyya, which is already home to the largest parties in the nation. Sometimes it wins Baghdad. It is a Center and Center-Left Party which advocates for Laissez-Faire Capitalism with strict Protectionism, Freedom of Religion (not Strict Secularism), and in 1889, took no definitive position on Women's Rights.

RELIGION: Religion plays a vital role in a majority of Ottoman citizens. According to the 1890 census, 75% of all Ottoman Citizens are Religious or Deeply Religious, with only 20% saying they were only slightly religious and only 5% claiming to not be religious at all. 90% of all Ottoman Citizens said they believed in a God, with only 10% either not caring about the existence of God, doubting the existence of God, or outright denying the existence of God.

Islam is the largest religion in the Ottoman Republic, with over 75% of all citizens being Muslims. Within the Islamic Community, 70% of Muslims are of the Sunni Branch, while 25% are of the Shi'ite Branch, and 5% are a part of other branches, including the Salafi and newly formed Ahmadiyya Sects. Sunni Muslims are majorly Turkish, Arabic and Kurdish, and have a presence in almost all the Middle East. There is also a large amount of Sunni Muslims in the states of Arnavutluk and Bosna, comprised of Albanians and Bosnian Slavs. Sunni Muslims in the major cities tend to be more Liberal then their Rural counterparts. Most Muslims adhere to the Reformed Mu'tazila Islamic School of Theology, but parts of the country also adhere to the more traditional Maturidi and Ashari Islamic Schools. Shi'ite Muslims are mostly Turks with a large Arabic Shi'ite presence in Baghdad, south of Mecca, and around the Mediterranean, and an Albanian Presence in Arnavutluk. Most Shi'ites in the Republic are of the Imami Twelver branch of Shi'a, except for the Shi'ite Arabs south of Mecca who are of the Zaidi Fiver Branch of Shi'a. The Title of Caliph, as well as the Islamic Holy Cities of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem reside within the Republics borders.

Christianity makes up 15% of the faithful in the Republic. 80% of the Christians are of the Orthodox Branch, 10% are of the Roman Catholic Branch, 5% are of the Coptic Branch, and 5% are of Protestant/Revivalist Branches. The Orthodox Church is the largest Branch of Christianity, comprised of mostly Greeks of the Anatolian States and Kıbrıs, the Slavs of Trakya and Sırbistan, and Turkish Converts also in the Anatolian States. The Ecumenical Patriarch resides within the Capitol City of Konstantiniyya, and is the ultimate spiritual leader of the Orthodox Church. Catholics are mainly Arabs and Slavs. The Catholic Arab Maronites are the population majority of the state of Sidon, while Catholic Slavs make up the majority of the state of Hersek. Coptic Christians are a minority of Arabs in the state of Mısır, and the majority of Armenians in the state of Ermenistan. The Republic houses both the Coptic Pope within Alexandria and the Armenian Patriarchs of Konstantiniyya and Jerusalem.

Irreligion makes up 5% of the Republic. The Irreligious are divided between the 90% Agnostics, and 10% of Atheists. Turks, Arabs and Greeks make up the majority of irreligious. Irreligion is frowned upon in Rural parts of the Republic, and a number of Agnostics and Atheists have faced assaults and deaths at the hands of Religious. Irreligion is more tolerated within the Major cities, with the exception of Mecca and Baghdad.

5% of the Republic are made of various miscellaneous religions. The Arab Unitarians (Druze) make up 2% of the Republic, and reside mainly in the state of Dürzi Dağları, and are also in the state of Filistin. Jews make up 1% of the Republic, and are mainly concentrated in Northern Filistin and in the Major cities in the Republic. The Jews are both a mixture of Arabs and Foreigners, mainly from Russia, who believe in an ideology known as Zionism. >1% of the Republic are Kurdish Yazidis mainly found in Kürt Dağları. Baha'i's, a new Religious Faith, makes up >1% of the Republic, but is a growing religion due to the influence of Mírzá Husayn `Alí Núrí and `Abbás Effendi, the founder of Baha'ism and his eldest son.

Description of economy: The Ottoman Economy is a Welfare Capitalist economy. For the most part, Businesses and Capitalists are allowed to do whatever they want, but certain economic safeguards, such as minimum wage laws and minimal labor laws, exist to protect workers and consumers. Anti-Monopoly laws currently do not exist, but have been proposed since the 1870's. Guilds are legal and operate freely to help protect their members. The Ottoman Economy is also somewhat Protectionist, with moderate Tariffs on foreign goods keeping Ottoman Businesses safe from competition. The Ottoman Republic has a Centralized Banking System that uses both Paper Money and Gold Coins. Money in the Republic is known as the Lira. Most of the Ottoman Economy is based in major cities, such as Konstantiniyya, Cairo, Baghdad, Jerusalem, Mecca and Damascus. Although Industry varies between these cities, they are all heavily industrialized and urbanized areas. Railroads connect these major cities. Outside of these Urban Areas, however, most of the Republic is poor and rural.

The Major Industries of the Republic are Manufacturing, Tourism and Agriculture. Major Exports of the Republic include Cotton, Textiles, Food Products, Manufactured Products and Valuable Minerals. The Republics Imports include Food Products and Manufactured Products. Although the Republic had accrued large amounts of Foreign Debt during and after the Revolutionary Period, much of this Foreign Debt has been paid off.
Goals: To keep the glory of the Ottoman Empire alive, and to increase their prestige globally.
History of your nation (POD 1820):

The Ottoman Empire had collapsed into a backwards, humiliated state. Already Europeans had questioned the fate of the Empire, dubbing it "The Sick Man of Europe" and wondering of the nation should it collapse. The Humiliating defeats in the Balkans angered many of the elite in the Empire. When Greece liberated itself in 1821, many of the nobility and upper class began a plan to coup the Sultan of the Empire, Mahmud the Second. A Coup against the Caliph, the supreme leader of all Islam, hadn't occurred since 750, but the members all agreed that a Revolution was needed. On December 31st, 1824, the Coup members, led by Muhammad Ali Pasha and Mustafa Reşid, invaded the Topkapı Palace with an army loyal to Muhammad Ali and captured many of the Servants and Harem members. The Sultan had no choice but to give in to the demands of the Rebels. The Janissary Corp, in an act of desperation, launched a short-lived war in Konstantiniyya in an attempt to put the Sultan back in charge, but other then killing Muhammad Ali on January 7th, the Janissary were rounded up and killed.

With Mustafa Reşid and the Revolutionaries firmly in control of Konstantiniyya, their army began to enforce their rulership over the land outside of Konstantiniyya. They had many successes, such as rallying the Turks and bullying the Greeks in Anatolia to their side, keeping a solid hold in Egypt, Arabia and the Balkans they held, and killing off many of the enemies of the Revolution. However, they did suffer defeats; the Ottoman Revolutionaries had to borrow foreign debt, the first time the nation ever had to, and they borrowed a lot. On top of that, certain provinces were taken by Foreign Powers; The French, who had recently re-installed their king, took Cezayir and Tunus in the West, while the Persians took Eastern Irak, just barely losing the Battle of Baghdad. The suzerainties of Wallachia and Moldavia also gained independence and formed Romania. The Revolutionary rules simply had to take these losses in order to succeed. The Days of Blood (Kan Günleri) describes this general period, especially since hundreds of thousands of people were killed.

After the Days of Blood, the People of the Lands were given a new name: The Ottoman Republic, and a New Constitution, the Basic Laws, in 1831. The Revolutionaries, under the new Revolutionary Party, would go on to dominate Ottomani politics until the 1880's. Although the first election only had a few names to choose from, and only 10% of the population voted, the Revolutionary Party went to work immediately; reforming the Army and Navy, reforming the Economy, creating a national school system that encouraged the ideas of the Revolution. Over time, more and more people embraced the ideas of the Revolution, including the Sultan Mahmud the Second, who was pardoned in 1836 and was allowed to keep the title of Caliph. The Youth, once traumatized by the Revolution, were especially keen to pick up on it, and set up Organizations that supported the success of the Revolution. By the 1850's, a Cultural Renaissance in the Major cities brought European-esque art and culture to the Republic, while still maintaining distinct Ottoman styles. Railroads were finally built, connecting major cities by train for the first time, in the 1860's. In the 1880's, the Nation also launched it's first completely successful conquest in ages; the Somali Campaigns conquered the Horn of Africa, that combined with the Suez Canal, gave the nation complete control of both ends of the Red Sea.

Not everything was great with the Revolution, however; a period of troubles occurred between the 1840's and 1880's. The Maronites and Druze had a minor civil war that ended up splitting the state of Suriye into 4 in the 1840's. A series of Wars with Russia shrank the Ottoman Republic until the Ottomans finally had success in the 1870's Balkan War, and even then they lost territory. Europeans, although no longer considering the Republic the Sick Man of Europe, still wonder if it can survive if it were in a serious war with a serious enemy. A major Recession in the 70's also hurt the Ottoman Economy, and only now is the Economy recovering.

Now the Republic sits at a Cross Roads. On the one side, lies a Utopian Future where the Ottomans are treated as equals to the rest of Europe, because they have the ability and strength to be seen as such. On another side, sits a nation in ruins, divided and conquered by outside forces that subjugate and belittle the people of the nation. The Nation is recovering, both in economic and military terms, but one foul misstep will send it into collapse. What shall the future of the Republic be?

RP sample: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=364085

[PLESSUR]

Would this help?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Map_of_the_Caribbean.png

I know where the Caribbean is! What I meant is are all the islands included? Even Trinidad, Curacao, or Aruba? Please draw borders on that map

[Sanabel]

Formal Nation Name:Republiek Hawaï
Informal name:Hawaï
Population: ~100,000. [45,000 Natives, 20,000 Suikerkind(Dutch-Hawaiian missionary/planter class), 5,000 Vuils(mixed White and Native), 20,000 East Indians, 3,000 Portuguese, 2,000 Italians, 1,000 Germans, 1,000 Jews, 1,000 Japanese, 1,000 Dutch/Belgian, 1,000 Other]<approxomations
Territory (map preferably): Hawaii
Capital city: Parelhaven(Honolulu)

Government form: Aristocratic/Ethnic Hamiltonian democracy
Head of State: President Hans Robles
Head of Government: See above
Description of how government works: There is suffrage for the male Suikerkind populace, who elect a Council of Ministers and President. Direct democracy is used on many policy decisions. However the political rights of everyone but this group are repressed more than a bit.
Prevalent government ideologies: Liberal-conservatism, ethnic nationalism, pro-business, etc
Description of Foreign Policy: As a small, relatively weak state, neutrality is relied on. All states have rights to dock and trade with Hawaï. It remains neutral through international recognition and guaranteement of independence so long as free trade is allowed. It uses the fact that it is the single largest tropical fruit and sugar producer for Europe to its advantage.

Military Size: 1,000 Suikerkind regulars, active duty. 2,000 irregulars from various non-native ethnic groups, also active duty.
Description of Military: VERY small. Due to neutrality and guaranteed independence, it is used mostly to keep the Natives repressed. That said, it is well armed with the latest technology and training, using LOTS of gatling guns. Navy has one ship of the line and various patrol craft.
Key strengths and weaknesses of military: Strengths included being relatively un-needed, training, and weapons. Biggest weakness is size.

Land claims: Hawaii.
Description of popular ideology) : Liberal-conservative. Many non-white groups want suffrage rights. Non-land owning Suikerkind also want rights.
Description of economy: Reliant entirely on sugar, pineapple, and other similar exports, with small shipping and industrial sectors. Fairly strong due to the large demand for products in Europe and N. America combined with large production. Economy is totally free market.
Goals: Be independent. Keep them natives repressed. Keep shipping the cash crops. Maybe import more cheap labor from Asia and Southern Europe.
History of your nation (POD 1820):
1840- Dutch Sandwich Islands Company established in Batavia/Jakarta by merchants from the former VoC.
1842- Calvinist missionaries arrive on Oahu. Soon after buying land for the Sandwich Islands company. Upon realizing the local name, the company is renamed to the Dutch Hawaï Company.
1843- First Dutch planters arrive, beating Americans, Brits, Germans, French, and Russians to the punch, buying up a shit load of land from the monarchy.
1845- More Dutch arrive from Batavia as the Natives die from disease and being forced off their land. The Suikerkind class is born, meaning "sugar children" as the kids of the growing planter class began to call themselves.
1846- Parelhaven grows into the biggest city on the archipelago, taking advantage of Pearl Harbor for shipping.
1850- Native population is even more marginalized as cheap labor is imported from other Dutch colonies and southern Europe.
1851- First Vuil is born from an affair between a planter and his maid. The class would continue to grow.
1852- Suikerkind begin to take total control of the economy, and demand power in the government. The monarchy is strong armed into banning American merchants and missionaries.
1855- Suikerkind militias storm the monarchical palaces and establish their own republic, with their class in charge.
1856- Treaty of Parelhaven establishes the Republic as a neutral and free state, guaranteed by various European state backers on the grounds of free trade.
1857- Military established.
1860- Becomes biggest provider of tropical crops to Europe.
1865- Native Revolt is put down by military. 500 Natives dead on Kauai's West Side.
1870- Trans-Oahu Railroad begins construction.
1875- Railroad completed.
1876- Trans Maui and Trans Kauai railroads started.
1880- Both rail roads completed.
1890- Second Native Revolt put down, 250 dead natives. More machine guns are bought as a result, and the Navy is created.

RP sample:NO.

[Ironsbad]

Would this help?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Map_of_the_Caribbean.png

I know where the Caribbean is! What I meant is are all the islands included? Even Trinidad, Curacao, or Aruba? Please draw borders on that map

Draw a crude border line to show the Caribbean Confederacy borders as of right now.
http://imgur.com/uqfZIdf

[PLESSUR]

I know where the Caribbean is! What I meant is are all the islands included? Even Trinidad, Curacao, or Aruba? Please draw borders on that map

Draw a crude border line to show the Caribbean Confederacy borders as of right now.
http://imgur.com/uqfZIdf

Thanks. It will help with the big mapmaking

[Togeria]

You mind reserving me Brazil?

[Kosovo12345]

This takes place in 1891 correct?

[Sanabel]

I'm making a Dutch Hawaii. As in, Kingdom overthrown by Dutch merchants rather than Americans.

[Conchabira]

Tagged but honestly too busy.

[PLESSUR]

Reserving Sweden-Norway. Want to make a Sweden stay in power politics and not become neutral

[Sichem]

Would it be possible for me to have a Mexico that still holds the southwest United States?

Say, the Mexican government does not liberalize it's immigration policies and decides to rely on it's own local settlers in Texas. The US does not gain as much interest in the territory as in real life, no manifest destiny, and perhaps any wars that may happen are won by Mexico.

I'm mainly asking because there is a US claimant and I don't know what his plans will be.

[The United States of American Patriots]

Im going to have my app for Greece up tonight or tomorrow morning.

[Cabana]

Tagging for interest

[Elderowa]

Im going to have my app for Greece up tonight or tomorrow morning.

Hey Greece, what's your position on my nation; the Ottoman Republic? I'm thinking either way you're essentially in our Sphere of Influence, so, your government should probably like us regardless.

[Cabana]

Im going to have my app for Greece up tonight or tomorrow morning.

Hey Greece, what's your position on my nation; the Ottoman Republic? I'm thinking either way you're essentially in our Sphere of Influence, so, your government should probably like us regardless.

Isn't Ottoman Republic an oxymoron? Ottoman referred to the dynasty.

[PLESSUR]

Would it be possible for me to have a Mexico that still holds the southwest United States?

Say, the Mexican government does not liberalize it's immigration policies and decides to rely on it's own local settlers in Texas. The US does not gain as much interest in the territory as in real life, no manifest destiny, and perhaps any wars that may happen are won by Mexico.

I'm mainly asking because there is a US claimant and I don't know what his plans will be.

You could do. This is an AH after all.

Hey Greece, what's your position on my nation; the Ottoman Republic? I'm thinking either way you're essentially in our Sphere of Influence, so, your government should probably like us regardless.

Isn't Ottoman Republic an oxymoron? Ottoman referred to the dynasty.

I was thinking similar. Presumably, there'll be some historical twist to it. It would be hard to bungle all those nationalities together otherwise.

[PLESSUR]

Sweden-Norway....? Heck, I've changed my mind. I'm apping Russia. We need more Great Powers!


Formal Nation Name: Россійская Имперія / Russian Empire
Informal name: Russia
Population (including colonies separately): 125 million
Territory (map preferably): Same as IRL, except Ottoman Armenia
Capital city: St Petersburg

Government form: Absolute monarchy
Head of State: Tsar Alexander III
Head of Government: Nominally no one, de facto Konstantin Pobedonostsev and D A Tolstoy
Description of how government works: Tsar is as autocratic as can be, with no significant political boundaries. Presides over an informal Council of Ministers, at which ministerial factions vie for the Tsar's attention. Local zemstvii, though severely subdued, still exist.
Prevalent government ideologies: Russian and pan-Slav nationalism, strict Orthodox Russian religious observance, strict religiously related autocracy
Description of Foreign Policy: Russian foreign policy is extremely multi-faceted, with the traditional conflict between European and Asiatic foreign policy plans. The current administration favours continued Asiatic expansion, including into the Caucasus against the Ottomans and Persia, as well as sustained weakening of the Ottoman hold on the Balkans.

Though Turkey is certainly the main bogeyman of Russian foreign policy, Britain is viewed as an enemy Russia may have to face one day in conflict in Central Asia and the Far East (with the Japanese-British development). Above all, Russia views the overturning of the Crimean settlement as the ideal in its European and Turkish foreign policy, so any actions to counter British (and to a lesser extent, French) influence are welcome. Germany and Austria are viewed with mostly mild neutrality, though tensions over the Balkans are starting to appear with regards to Austria.

Military Size: 900,000 regulars, 250,000 irregulars and Cossacks
Description of Military: The Imperial Russian Army, while large, lags behind European standards in equipment and organisation. Soul searching after the Crimean debacle led to critical reforms that the army more flexible and easier to mobilise. The Army and Navy strength in the Far East is poor but constantly being improved through various measures, centrally through the Trans-Siberian Railway. The Navy's main area of operation is the Black Sea, Baltic and Pacific.
Key strengths and weaknesses of military: The Army is best suited to full pitched battles and battles of attrition, and has been frustrated by more guerrilla styles of warfare exhibited in operations in the Caucasus. However, the Army is quick at covering ground against retreating troops, with sweeping operations in Batumi and Romania examples of this. Coordination between different branches of the Army is poor, and also between Army and Navy.

The greatest strength of the Army is its sheer size. European powers have always been prone to treat Russian military power venerably, occasionally with good reason. In terms of territory controlled, the Army is also able to strike in many places. Recently, reform has been urged to help the Army be able to operate on multiple fronts.

Land claims: Always busy looking at a map of Manchuria to see where the right border with China ought to be, as with Central Asia in the Great Game, and in the Caucasus against Turkey and Persia. Nothing specific really, most claims based on what the Tsar thinks he can get. Big focus currently on Ottoman Armenia.
Description of popular ideology (i.e. what do the people think) : The nobility mostly support the Tsar, though the more liberal-minded are wary of the current administration. The very religious of the peasantry revered the Tsar and government as endorsed by the Orthodox Church, though most harbour some anti-government feelings. Newly freed serfs with no land in particular are restless, with most favouring a non-communist liberal government. However, the vast majority are not revolutionary minded. The growing proletariat, along with others across the spectrum, are looking towards Communism.
Description of economy: The economy is still primarily agricultural, though in a bit of a chaos ever since the emancipation of serfs. The industry of St Petersburg, Moscow and surrounding towns has been developing well though is not nearly proportionally as large as those in Europe. The economy is even more primitive further East, in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Finland, the Baltic and Poland is doing better, with a developed agriculture and many industrialised towns. Ukraine remains the good breadbasket of the empire, with agriculture doing better than Russia. Private enterprise is becoming easier and freer, allowing foreign investment to help grow the economy.
Goals: End any threats from the Ottomans, take the southern Caucasus, support clients in the Balkans, counteract British influence in Central Asia and decisively end Japanese expansion in Manchuria. Also, develop good relations with German states to prevent any threat from Europe. Ultimate goal: Constantinope and the Straits.
History of your nation (POD 1820): The Russian Empire after the Vienna Settlement was more European-oriented than it had ever been before. Almost immediately, the foreign department shifted its focus to confronting the Ottomans in the Balkans and maintaining the monarchical order of Europe. 1848 was very distressing in this regarded: Tsar Nicholas I watched with dismay as the previous European order was swept away and new republics were founded. The preservation of the Ottoman territorial unit following a revolution there was also disappointing, and led to further wars with Turkey. This eventually provoked the Crimean war, a debacle for the Russian autocracy who lost to the new European liberal order. Russia has been treading carefully since Crimea, though eager to overthrow the Crimean settlement and grow rapidly again. Further wars began with Turkey, leading to the establishment of the new Balkan kingdoms and firmer Russian control in the Caucasus. Expansion in the East has led to small-scale conflict with Japan, and the Great Game is still going strong as the Tsar's army rolls forward in Central Asia only to be slowed by British warnings.

Russia has also seen great internal reform: in the Army, in the emancipation of serfs, in general political liberalisation by Tsar Alexander II, and in crackdown on ethnic minorities and Jews. The current administration sees no more need for liberalisation, despite growing domestic tensions. There have even been some reverses under Alexander III.
RP sample: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=369384

[Elderowa]

Hey Greece, what's your position on my nation; the Ottoman Republic? I'm thinking either way you're essentially in our Sphere of Influence, so, your government should probably like us regardless.

Isn't Ottoman Republic an oxymoron? Ottoman referred to the dynasty.

Well, it's the Republic of the Land of the Ottomans. Yeah, the Osmanli dynasty no longer rules the Republic, but they still hold the Keys to Mecca and Title of Caliphate. Plus, most of the territory the Republic currently has was territory the Osmanli's owned. So it's not really that much of an Oxymoron.

Isn't Ottoman Republic an oxymoron? Ottoman referred to the dynasty.

I was thinking similar. Presumably, there'll be some historical twist to it. It would be hard to bungle all those nationalities together otherwise.

My AH involves an immediate coup following the defeat in Greece, an Ottomani Reign of Terror, the immediate loss of Muhammad Ali in Syria, and rapid modernization that allows them to keep the Russians out of Bulgaria and the Ottoman-held Balkans (although I'm still thinking Bulgaria gains its independence). This success also allows them some influence in the Berlin Conference allowing them to hold (or reclaim) Libya and Sudan. I can remove my claim on Somalia, though.