Dixie's Triumph [A-H] [CANCELLED] [OOC]

[The Ik Ka Ek Akai]

Exactly!

Are you trying to be Italy or Venice. If your trying to be Italy and be will to be Venice and we can be close allies, If you want cause if you don't I'd get conquered in an instant.

Italy. I simply reaffirmed the historical popular support that the Kingdom of Italy had over local governance in both Rome and Venice historically, a result of long periods of Italian nationalism against foreign (Austrian/French) rulership/puppetry, as well as a few other factors.

[Sanabel]

The players of the sport competing were quite sporty. Like a spring buck, spry and virile.

My great grandpa, as I had mentioned on the other thread, owned land near Slutsk. Modern Belarus. Of course, there's probably lots of mixing between the Russians, Belarusians, and Kazakhs in my line.

Yeah, I understood that you had origins in the Russian Empire, but I never realized that from modern Belarus.

Interesting.

Slutsk. Magically not Jewish.

[Duestchstien]

Are you trying to be Italy or Venice. If your trying to be Italy and be will to be Venice and we can be close allies, If you want cause if you don't I'd get conquered in an instant.

Italy. I simply reaffirmed the historical popular support that the Kingdom of Italy had over local governance in both Rome and Venice historically, a result of long periods of Italian nationalism against foreign (Austrian/French) rulership/puppetry, as well as a few other factors.

Okay. I think I have no idea who I'm gonna play as. I kinda want to be Poland or Bulgaria, but I also want to be Venice. I have no idea.

[Alouite]

Neither was I, but I meant by descent. I'm more Italian by descent than anything else, although I am German as well.

I'm mostly Romanian, although with some German origins, and my German origins are somewhat evenly split between Transylvanian Saxons, and Austrians.

The German side of my family has quite some history with Austria and later Austria-Hungary.

I'm half Moroccan, the other half traces to Northern Europe, I know that my mother's father's mother's family came from Finland and settled in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan during the 1890s. My Mother's Father's Father is of Prussian Ancestry. My mother's mother's side is Scandinavian and Irish.

[Tracian Empire]

Italy. I simply reaffirmed the historical popular support that the Kingdom of Italy had over local governance in both Rome and Venice historically, a result of long periods of Italian nationalism against foreign (Austrian/French) rulership/puppetry, as well as a few other factors.

Okay. I think I have no idea who I'm gonna play as. I kinda want to be Poland or Bulgaria, but I also want to be Venice. I have no idea.

Poland, and we can help each other and you can get Gallicia-Podolia back.

[The Ik Ka Ek Akai]

I'm mostly Romanian, although with some German origins, and my German origins are somewhat evenly split between Transylvanian Saxons, and Austrians.

The German side of my family has quite some history with Austria and later Austria-Hungary.

I'm half Moroccan, the other half traces to Northern Europe, I know that my mother's father's mother's family came from Finland and settled in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan during the 1890s. My Mother's Father's Father is of Prussian Ancestry. My mother's mother's side is Scandinavian and Irish.

I'm mostly Mizrahi and Mexican, although I've got some vague roots with Norwegian Gaels, Lithuanians, Poles, and Russians as well. A bit of "Broad East Asian" likewise. And, of course, some Italian in there.

[Apostolic Hungary]

Italy. I simply reaffirmed the historical popular support that the Kingdom of Italy had over local governance in both Rome and Venice historically, a result of long periods of Italian nationalism against foreign (Austrian/French) rulership/puppetry, as well as a few other factors.

Okay. I think I have no idea who I'm gonna play as. I kinda want to be Poland or Bulgaria, but I also want to be Venice. I have no idea.

According to the OP, Venice is an Austrian puppet. If you do decide to be Venice, I (as Austria) will protect your independence. On the other hand, if you don't want to play as an Austrian ally, Poland hates Austria

[Sanabel]

I guess I'm the most homogenous here after Trace. Huh.

[The Ik Ka Ek Akai]

I guess I'm the most homogenous here after Trace. Huh.

Well, I can say "Mostly" and mean it, so...

[Tracian Empire]

I guess I'm the most homogenous here after Trace. Huh.

Well, the German Austrian part of my family is the only one that I can somewhat trace back. The Romanian part from my family in Transylvania is rather mysterious, and the totally Romanian sides of my family, from Wallachia, also get lost, since well, Wallachia was never good at censuses and stuff.

[Alouite]

I guess I'm the most homogenous here after Trace. Huh.

Well, the German Austrian part of my family is the only one that I can somewhat trace back. The Romanian part from my family in Transylvania is rather mysterious, and the totally Romanian sides of my family, from Wallachia, also get lost, since well, Wallachia was never good at censuses and stuff.

It's a Vampire! Burn it!

But being serious, Romania is an interesting country.

[The Ik Ka Ek Akai]

Well, the German Austrian part of my family is the only one that I can somewhat trace back. The Romanian part from my family in Transylvania is rather mysterious, and the totally Romanian sides of my family, from Wallachia, also get lost, since well, Wallachia was never good at censuses and stuff.

It's a Vampire! Burn it!

But being serious, Romania is an interesting country.

Dacians.

[Apostolic Hungary]

It's a Vampire! Burn it!

But being serious, Romania is an interesting country.

Dacians.

Vlachs

[The Ik Ka Ek Akai]

Dacians.

Vlachs

Same thing*


*Except Vlachs are Latinized, at least linguistically

[Tracian Empire]

Dacians.

Vlachs

Romanians, or Daco-Romans.

[Tracian Empire]

Vlachs

Same thing*


*Except Vlachs are Latinized, at least linguistically

And culturally, and from all points of view. We do have Slavic influences from living for centuries surrounded by Slavs, but our language, culture, and customs, are Latin.

[The Ik Ka Ek Akai]

Same thing*


*Except Vlachs are Latinized, at least linguistically

And culturally, and from all points of view. We do have Slavic influences from living for centuries surrounded by Slavs, but our language, culture, and customs, are Latin.

I'd say there's a decent cultural carryover from Dacia

[Austria and Bavaria]

Nation: Regno d'Italia; Imperio latino; The Kingdom of Italy; The Latin Empire; The Roman Empire, Neo-Byzantium
Flag: La la dee da
Coat of Arms or Great Seal: See middle of the flag above.
National Anthem: La Mantovana
National Motto: I fasci non devono scendere! (The fasces must not fall!); Unofficial- Etruria è unito! (The Etruscans are united!)
Head of State: Queen Alessandra Paleologo
Head of Government: Alessandra Paleologo
Cabinet: Maestro (Magistros/diplomacy): Luca di Napoli
Primoscudiero (Protostrator/military): Giovanni Abelli
Tesoriere (Sakellarios/finances and trade): Augusto Pusceddu
Segreto (Mystikos/judiciary and clandestine): Marco Bollai
Ruling Royal House or Dynasty: Paleologo, bastard dynasty of the Monferrat cadet of the Palaiologos dynasty of Byzantium
Capital: Florence/Firenze
Religion: Officially secular due to disagreement over ownership of the city of Rome
Main Exports: Wine, fruits, leather, luxury goods
Main Imports: Nonferrous metals, machinery
Allies: Prussia
Enemies: Apparently Austria; Turkey/Ottoman Empire
Size and Quality of Military: 590000 soldiers (Out of a population of roughly 29,500,000) serve in the Italian army, and are generally separated into ethnic squads of North Italians, South Italians, Sardinians, and Griko groups, although officers of these squads are proficient in the Lazio-Tuscan language, specifically Florentine, which they use to communicate amongst each other, and which the government of Italy uses for official purposes. Although the military is modern, well-equipped, and well-trained, the ethnic tensions between Sardinians and South Italians, as well between the Griko and the North Italians over whom the crown represents more, leaves the military disorganized, with each ethnic group acting on their own command and often failing to properly coordinate with their rival groups.

History of Nation: In 1861, the Kingdom of Italy was formed by the previous lords of Sardinia by a process of military conquest. The rule was not nearly as troublesome as it might've been, as the Italians had long sought unification, and having a leader to finally bring them to such a thing caused wide rejoicing across the entirety of the peninsula. By 1863, a sense of order had been properly established, although old ethnic alliances and rivalries were still present. In 1863, a man by the name of Giacomo Paleologo-Oriundi was appointed as a cultural minister to the king. Giacomo was a wealthy individual who professed extreme knowledge of the styling of the Renaissance, including the art and customs of the time. As a celebrated scholar of the field, Giacomo found his place due to a desire to restore what was seen as the peak of Italian wealth and influence in the world. He was hired to find out what was right to do, what was wrong to do, how and why ethnic tensions existed between Italians at the root, and how to dispose of them.

It worked. Giacomo served faithfully, at least by daylight. By night, he worked with the enemies of the Sardinians, specifically the old nobility of the Two Sicilies, to plan a coup. Each stage was planned meticulously and carefully, taking into account whatever possible factors may occur. There was much disagreement, exchange of promises, and re-planning, but after a total year almost to the day, Giacomo launched his coup and took the throne of Italy with his contingent of loyal, bribed, and shady guardsmen planted around the palace. Sicilian and Neapolitan officials were quick to dismiss the coup as beneficial to the non-Sardinian population of Italy, claiming that a dynasty not rooted in the Germanic enemies of Italy and without pre-existing spite for certain groups would be more favorable to one that had clear bias towards their own people. A full diplomatic effort was made throughout the kingdom to secure the loyalty of local lords, and promises were carried out as titles were redistributed, rewards and bribes given from the treasury, and simple propaganda, the new king came to be accepted. After all, who better to restore the glory of Italy than the inheritor of Rome?

Italy jumped in to help Prussia during their war with Austria. Although the war was overall a failure, the Italian pressure on Austria from the South, as well as a greater preparedness and planning, aided Italy in not collapsing in the same way their German friends had. In Italian history, the war is generally considered a success, as it wrenched Venice from the Austrian grasp they once held, setting up Italy for a potential riconquista, as well as reclaiming the Iron Crown of Lombardy as part of the peace, in recognition of the effort Italy had put forth. Despite what would be played up as a huge victory to the Italian nation, outside of Italy the Alpine front of the war was seen more as a token effort than anything, and Italy's former positive relations with France ensured that the Italians did not suffer the same fate as Prussia for this 'token effort'. Giacomo donned the crown the day after the peace was put into place, declaring himself henceforth legitimized by the crown as old as the fall of Rome itself, and by being descended from Roman emperors, he stated this meant he had reclaimed Italy for the Romans at last, and for the true Romans, the Italians, rather than the false Austrians. This started a trend wherein Giacomo properly began to reintroduce Latin culture to Italy, replacing the Austrian architects with Italian ones specializing in Romanesque and Renaissance architecture, and he began the construction of a palace within Rome to rival any built by the princes of Italy in all years past. Apart from the restoration of the Lombard Crown to the Italians, this palace was also built in celebration of the marriage, and soon child, that Giacomo found himself joyous to proclaim to his subjects.

This idea of riconquista, Italian nationalism, and Roman heritage became more powerful. Giacomo took advantage of the kingdom's being officially secular to declare a reconquest of Rome, through popular means rather than military. For four years, the message of the Kingdom of Italy was spread to the people of Rome through a mixture of spies, planted criers, and sympathizers. In 1870, a vote was held amongst the citizens of Rome, officially sponsored by the Italian government, over whether the Pope or Italy should be the holder of the city. The response was overwhelmingly in favor of Italy, although the Papal grasp on the city did not cease. Giacomo, realizing the potential for intervention from France. Instead, Giacomo would publish the results and buy out slots in foreign news to fill the results in. Seeing the success present, his attention would turn to Venice, where a similar plan would take place. Over these four years, things began to stagnate in Italy. Peace and unity was finally becoming a reality as old ethnic tensions died down in most aspects of civilian life, as the new subjects grew accustomed to a unified Italy and the new generation had known nothing else. Giacomo sponsored a meeting between the nobility of Sardinia and Naples, and under heavy guard, he asked the two to kindly make up. Although the meeting started with shouts, insults, and almost violence, the meeting, which lasted a week, ended with the two putting aside their old rivalries for the betterment of the Italian state. Despite this, however, military officers from these respective groups still demonstrate a lack of cooperation with each other.

By 1874, the referendum in Venice had begun. Italy, as usual, had used plants and spies to hold the votes, promising each individual that they would be incognito, but the results would reach the world around. Once more, the vote showed support for the Kingdom of Italy over Austrian lordship, and Italy once more published the results anywhere the officials could find. To Giacomo, this was a sign of progress, a sign of good things to come. Seeing his only child, his daughter Alessandra, grown old enough to be educated, he took the next decade to educate her. For the past five years, a combination of her mother and the king's council had been doing the job, although from age ten onward he would be the only tutor she would receive. He shared with her his vision, his idea of what Italy, the Roman Empire reborn, should be. He told her that although Greece held the title of Byzantium, she was the heir to the real Romans, the dynasty that had died in Greece and barely survived in Italy only through the connection of a bastard. The next ten years were filled with this rhetoric, and Alessandra was educated on the classics. Latin, Greek, history, architecture, Renaissance art, the whole lot. She was to be what Giacomo pictured as the perfect Roman girl, and she would be the queen in due time.

In 1880, Giacomo abdicated to his 14-year-old daughter who, by popular idea, was roughly of age. He acted as her regent until she turned 16, although he stated the purpose of his abdication was simply that he was getting too old, and wanted to enjoy the remainder of his life. In 1882, Alessandra took power officially. During her coronation speech, she assured teh whole of Italy that she would keep up her father's legacy, and reaffirmed the popular support in Venice and Rome for unification. She has not done much militarily, although in her 3 brief years of independent rule, she has proven herself a major sponsor of the arts, founding a new academy in Florence dedicated to folk poetry, global literature, and of course Italian regional painting styles. Despite the relative peace and inaction during her brief period of rulership, she promises everyone that, when the time is right, Italy shall see an end to its struggles, and its people shall be united at last.

Accepted, because I clearly have no control of this RP anymore.

[Alouite]

Nation: Regno d'Italia; Imperio latino; The Kingdom of Italy; The Latin Empire; The Roman Empire, Neo-Byzantium
Flag: La la dee da
Coat of Arms or Great Seal: See middle of the flag above.
National Anthem: La Mantovana
National Motto: I fasci non devono scendere! (The fasces must not fall!); Unofficial- Etruria è unito! (The Etruscans are united!)
Head of State: Queen Alessandra Paleologo
Head of Government: Alessandra Paleologo
Cabinet: Maestro (Magistros/diplomacy): Luca di Napoli
Primoscudiero (Protostrator/military): Giovanni Abelli
Tesoriere (Sakellarios/finances and trade): Augusto Pusceddu
Segreto (Mystikos/judiciary and clandestine): Marco Bollai
Ruling Royal House or Dynasty: Paleologo, bastard dynasty of the Monferrat cadet of the Palaiologos dynasty of Byzantium
Capital: Florence/Firenze
Religion: Officially secular due to disagreement over ownership of the city of Rome
Main Exports: Wine, fruits, leather, luxury goods
Main Imports: Nonferrous metals, machinery
Allies: Prussia
Enemies: Apparently Austria; Turkey/Ottoman Empire
Size and Quality of Military: 590000 soldiers (Out of a population of roughly 29,500,000) serve in the Italian army, and are generally separated into ethnic squads of North Italians, South Italians, Sardinians, and Griko groups, although officers of these squads are proficient in the Lazio-Tuscan language, specifically Florentine, which they use to communicate amongst each other, and which the government of Italy uses for official purposes. Although the military is modern, well-equipped, and well-trained, the ethnic tensions between Sardinians and South Italians, as well between the Griko and the North Italians over whom the crown represents more, leaves the military disorganized, with each ethnic group acting on their own command and often failing to properly coordinate with their rival groups.

History of Nation: In 1861, the Kingdom of Italy was formed by the previous lords of Sardinia by a process of military conquest. The rule was not nearly as troublesome as it might've been, as the Italians had long sought unification, and having a leader to finally bring them to such a thing caused wide rejoicing across the entirety of the peninsula. By 1863, a sense of order had been properly established, although old ethnic alliances and rivalries were still present. In 1863, a man by the name of Giacomo Paleologo-Oriundi was appointed as a cultural minister to the king. Giacomo was a wealthy individual who professed extreme knowledge of the styling of the Renaissance, including the art and customs of the time. As a celebrated scholar of the field, Giacomo found his place due to a desire to restore what was seen as the peak of Italian wealth and influence in the world. He was hired to find out what was right to do, what was wrong to do, how and why ethnic tensions existed between Italians at the root, and how to dispose of them.

It worked. Giacomo served faithfully, at least by daylight. By night, he worked with the enemies of the Sardinians, specifically the old nobility of the Two Sicilies, to plan a coup. Each stage was planned meticulously and carefully, taking into account whatever possible factors may occur. There was much disagreement, exchange of promises, and re-planning, but after a total year almost to the day, Giacomo launched his coup and took the throne of Italy with his contingent of loyal, bribed, and shady guardsmen planted around the palace. Sicilian and Neapolitan officials were quick to dismiss the coup as beneficial to the non-Sardinian population of Italy, claiming that a dynasty not rooted in the Germanic enemies of Italy and without pre-existing spite for certain groups would be more favorable to one that had clear bias towards their own people. A full diplomatic effort was made throughout the kingdom to secure the loyalty of local lords, and promises were carried out as titles were redistributed, rewards and bribes given from the treasury, and simple propaganda, the new king came to be accepted. After all, who better to restore the glory of Italy than the inheritor of Rome?

Italy jumped in to help Prussia during their war with Austria. Although the war was overall a failure, the Italian pressure on Austria from the South, as well as a greater preparedness and planning, aided Italy in not collapsing in the same way their German friends had. In Italian history, the war is generally considered a success, as it wrenched Venice from the Austrian grasp they once held, setting up Italy for a potential riconquista, as well as reclaiming the Iron Crown of Lombardy as part of the peace, in recognition of the effort Italy had put forth. Despite what would be played up as a huge victory to the Italian nation, outside of Italy the Alpine front of the war was seen more as a token effort than anything, and Italy's former positive relations with France ensured that the Italians did not suffer the same fate as Prussia for this 'token effort'. Giacomo donned the crown the day after the peace was put into place, declaring himself henceforth legitimized by the crown as old as the fall of Rome itself, and by being descended from Roman emperors, he stated this meant he had reclaimed Italy for the Romans at last, and for the true Romans, the Italians, rather than the false Austrians. This started a trend wherein Giacomo properly began to reintroduce Latin culture to Italy, replacing the Austrian architects with Italian ones specializing in Romanesque and Renaissance architecture, and he began the construction of a palace within Rome to rival any built by the princes of Italy in all years past. Apart from the restoration of the Lombard Crown to the Italians, this palace was also built in celebration of the marriage, and soon child, that Giacomo found himself joyous to proclaim to his subjects.

This idea of riconquista, Italian nationalism, and Roman heritage became more powerful. Giacomo took advantage of the kingdom's being officially secular to declare a reconquest of Rome, through popular means rather than military. For four years, the message of the Kingdom of Italy was spread to the people of Rome through a mixture of spies, planted criers, and sympathizers. In 1870, a vote was held amongst the citizens of Rome, officially sponsored by the Italian government, over whether the Pope or Italy should be the holder of the city. The response was overwhelmingly in favor of Italy, although the Papal grasp on the city did not cease. Giacomo, realizing the potential for intervention from France. Instead, Giacomo would publish the results and buy out slots in foreign news to fill the results in. Seeing the success present, his attention would turn to Venice, where a similar plan would take place. Over these four years, things began to stagnate in Italy. Peace and unity was finally becoming a reality as old ethnic tensions died down in most aspects of civilian life, as the new subjects grew accustomed to a unified Italy and the new generation had known nothing else. Giacomo sponsored a meeting between the nobility of Sardinia and Naples, and under heavy guard, he asked the two to kindly make up. Although the meeting started with shouts, insults, and almost violence, the meeting, which lasted a week, ended with the two putting aside their old rivalries for the betterment of the Italian state. Despite this, however, military officers from these respective groups still demonstrate a lack of cooperation with each other.

By 1874, the referendum in Venice had begun. Italy, as usual, had used plants and spies to hold the votes, promising each individual that they would be incognito, but the results would reach the world around. Once more, the vote showed support for the Kingdom of Italy over Austrian lordship, and Italy once more published the results anywhere the officials could find. To Giacomo, this was a sign of progress, a sign of good things to come. Seeing his only child, his daughter Alessandra, grown old enough to be educated, he took the next decade to educate her. For the past five years, a combination of her mother and the king's council had been doing the job, although from age ten onward he would be the only tutor she would receive. He shared with her his vision, his idea of what Italy, the Roman Empire reborn, should be. He told her that although Greece held the title of Byzantium, she was the heir to the real Romans, the dynasty that had died in Greece and barely survived in Italy only through the connection of a bastard. The next ten years were filled with this rhetoric, and Alessandra was educated on the classics. Latin, Greek, history, architecture, Renaissance art, the whole lot. She was to be what Giacomo pictured as the perfect Roman girl, and she would be the queen in due time.

In 1880, Giacomo abdicated to his 14-year-old daughter who, by popular idea, was roughly of age. He acted as her regent until she turned 16, although he stated the purpose of his abdication was simply that he was getting too old, and wanted to enjoy the remainder of his life. In 1882, Alessandra took power officially. During her coronation speech, she assured teh whole of Italy that she would keep up her father's legacy, and reaffirmed the popular support in Venice and Rome for unification. She has not done much militarily, although in her 3 brief years of independent rule, she has proven herself a major sponsor of the arts, founding a new academy in Florence dedicated to folk poetry, global literature, and of course Italian regional painting styles. Despite the relative peace and inaction during her brief period of rulership, she promises everyone that, when the time is right, Italy shall see an end to its struggles, and its people shall be united at last.

Accepted, because I clearly have no control of this RP anymore.

What's wrong? Why are you being so aggressive to Akai? I was going to join but if you're just going to be rude to people...

[Austria and Bavaria]

Accepted, because I clearly have no control of this RP anymore.

What's wrong? Why are you being so aggressive to Akai? I was going to join but if you're just going to be rude to people...

I don't enjoy being blackmailed into accepting apps.

[PLESSUR]

Wouldn't the anthem be God save the Queen?

A rather good point, I'll change that. Here's a cookie

[Alouite]

What's wrong? Why are you being so aggressive to Akai? I was going to join but if you're just going to be rude to people...

I don't enjoy being blackmailed into accepting apps.

Is anyone blackmailing you? If that's the case that's very wrong.

[Austria and Bavaria]

I don't enjoy being blackmailed into accepting apps.

Is anyone blackmailing you? If that's the case that's very wrong.

Not in a strictly literal sense; it's more of an "accept his app or we quit", which is irritating, given that people continuously keep trying to muck with the history I've written to a near-excessive degree, and I'm seriously considering abandoning this RP.

[PLESSUR]

Is anyone blackmailing you? If that's the case that's very wrong.

Not in a strictly literal sense; it's more of an "accept his app or we quit", which is irritating, given that people continuously keep trying to muck with the history I've written to a near-excessive degree, and I'm seriously considering abandoning this RP.

Please don't

[Alouite]

Is anyone blackmailing you? If that's the case that's very wrong.

Not in a strictly literal sense; it's more of an "accept his app or we quit", which is irritating, given that people continuously keep trying to muck with the history I've written to a near-excessive degree, and I'm seriously considering abandoning this RP.

Is that happening a lot? I haven't read all the OOC. Regardless it just looked like you were hating on Akai when her app only really effects the country she is apping for. I mean, for heavens sakes she put more into it than there is in the OP. Which isn't to denigrate the OP btw, but instead to just show how much thought she clearly mustve put into it.