Intermountain States wrote:If Japan is open, perhaps Xath should RP as Japan since he seems to have experience as Japan.
Japan can be opened, but Ethiopia was reserved.
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by Tracian Empire » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:35 am
Intermountain States wrote:If Japan is open, perhaps Xath should RP as Japan since he seems to have experience as Japan.
by Tracian Empire » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:38 am
Alsheb wrote:So, Holy Roman Empire, any chance of cooperation with your neighbours in the Balkan?
by Tracian Empire » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:39 am
Benuty wrote:Nation Application
Full Nation Name: Grand Kingdom of the Benelux.
Short Nation Name:GKB or Greater Benelux.
National Symbols: Flag, Coat of Arms For the Kingdom, English Stuart coat of arms
Capital: Brussels.
Territory:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_State
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_South-West_Africa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinam_(Dutch_colony)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borneo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi
Form of Government: Constitutional Monarchy.
Head of State: His Majesty (trying to figure out a line of descendants here).
"Grand King of the Benelux by the Grace of God, and all its colonies. King of the English Netherlands, and Stadholder of the United Provinces. Rightful king of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, and the protector of our liberties as a united people."
Head of Government: Prime Minister below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Broqueville
Population:
1) The homeland: 7.5 million in "the English Netherlands", and 6 Million in the United Provinces.
2) Benelux East Indies : 10 million.
3) Benelux Suriname: 50,000
4) Benelux Africa: 500,000 (Benelux South West Africa), 20 million (Benelux Congo), and 8 million (Benelux Angola).
Total population: 42,050,000
Military Description:
Total active military personnel (population divided by 20%)
2,102,500 with an additional one million in either reserve or militia companies (practice carried over from the United Provinces).
Grand Army: 325,625.
Grand Navy: 80,000.
Colonial Companies: 496,875.
Militia Companies: 700,000.
Support Staff, and Services: 500,000 (may or may not be combat able).
*Includes some scouting aircraft as well.
The active military focuses on a defense doctrine especially with artillery as a means of preserving the territory it already has. Infantry, and cavalry are used when necessary. Naval warfare tends to be the stronger point of the Benelux given its position between multiple powers has forced it to carve out zones needed for defense. Colonial companies are used to provide order in the colonies during times of war, and are made, and led often exclusively of the natives living there. The military is a meritocracy having been so since the multiple war of the exiles which occurred some time back. The military is made up mostly of volunteers with a draft being a last ditch tactic.
Economic Description: Mixed capitalism in order to balance the increasing demands of the socialist influence in government, and society. The port cities of the Benelux often look the other way for what most Europeans would consider distasteful or unusual products, and as a result the coastal cities attract people from all over the world to see the black markets. In the United Provinces fishing, shipping, trading, agriculture, and banking help make up a good part of the economy there.
United Provinces also has a significant investment in electronic goods, metallurgy, and machinery with an increasing presence in factories. The government has kept a keen eye on workers rights, and strives to provide generous benefits (albeit out of pragmatic concerns). Profits have spurred major infrastructure changes, and great building projects for all to benefit from. Foodstuffs from their ventures are sold out to the rest of Europe.
The English Netherlands focuses heavily on exporting machinery, equipment related to it, food stuffs, diamonds, and other things such as chemicals. In the Benelux Suriname plantations of rice, and bananas along with the aristocracy centered around them remain strong while mining companies take advantage of the resources there such as aluminum ore, gold, and oil in the area. Lumber is provided as well, but are more restricted due to concerns primarily by the planter aristocracy than anything else.
In the Benelux East Indies textile mills, plantations, petroleum companies, and mining companies (gold, copper), and factories clash to be the dominant force there. While in Benelux Africa rubber, cobalt, gold, diamonds, and other raw materials come from the Congo. In Angola plantation agriculture, diamonds, oil, and gold play a role as their major exports. In South West Africa mining, factories, and plantations serve the majority of people living there.
Ideology: Pan-Beneluxian beliefs mixed with revanchism (aimed primarily at the British). Militarism. Egalitarianism in regards to all of its subjects, and ethnic nationalism.
Allegiance: To themselves, their people, and the continuance of the ideals which make them who they are. However given the French set the stewarts on the throne of what was originally called the English Netherlands (renamed from the Spanish Netherlands) the relations with them are cordial despite the French having lost their monarchs some time ago.
Goals: To preserve the empire that they have built while looking at ways to curb the influence of the vile British republicans.
Point of Divergence: Created in the long run by the French placing Charles "the exile" Stuart on the throne of the newly conquered Spanish Netherlands.
History:
Charles I "the exile" of House Stuart (1654-1660 CE)
Charles the first a man without a throne, and a family to deal with as well. The French were less than thrilled of the idea of the former English king going to the new world with a daughter from the royal family they had married off some time ago. So the captain of the ship was paid a considerable sum to dock them in Calais where they headed to the royal court. Soon the defeated royalist forces made haste to France as well taking everything they could grab with them. The English were less than thrilled, and made attempts to stop the exodus before the french navy ensured safe passage.
1648-1650 (The Exodus)
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1650-1654 (War of the Exiles)
Rather than have Charles, and much of his court stayed exiled in France the regent for Louis XIV planned for a long term strategy to invade the British Isles by taking out the Spanish Netherlands first. A sizable host had formed over the years, and with considerable support from France they moved to liberate the occupied Netherlands (what would be considered Belgium irl), and use it as a platform to launch an invasion for later. The war of the exiles despite being short scarred, and humiliated the Spanish empire for a time. With peace made a large chunk was granted for Charles to rule while French claims on the area enforced as well. Other areas that intended to stay with the HRE (in order to prevent war with them) were allowed to leave.
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1654-1660 (A New Kingdom)
In Brussels a crown made especially by the French was placed by the Pope onto the head on Charles the 1st. As a condition for support Charles, and his supporters would have to bend the knee to the true church. The prince bishopric of Liege was included in the territory Charles ruled, but still reported to the pope thanks to the large degree of autonomy it was granted. The local nobility as long as they didn't revolt or engage in certain activities were allowed to retain their titles. The Spanish who wished to stay as well were granted allowances to do so. Charles didn't see any need in being mired down in revolt in a kingdom that his family hoped would only be temporary.
Of course Charles himself would not live to see Britain again dying at the age of 59 in the year 1660.
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Charles II "the lawgiver" of House Stuart (1660-1685 CE)
Charles the II took control from his father, and was at the helm of a very different nation than the one he was raised in. The English Netherlands was a border state between France, and the United Provinces so there was severe border tension. The English Netherlands navy was in constant competition with both the Spanish, and the homelands for a zone of control. A patron of the arts, and sciences hospitals, observatories, and other accomplishments dedicated to man were built in the country. Charles II set about creating a universal law system for the country to reform the antiquated feudal law set in by the Spanish.
Colonial wise Charles the II set about funding an expedition to what is now Benelux Suriname by 1665 with the beginnings of the colony in 1667 under control of plantation aristocrats. Mercenaries fighting in the name of Charles II seized forts, and plantations around coastal Angola from the declining Portuguese who were too bankrupt to fight back. Charles was notorious for his hedonistic lifestyle, and fathered many bastards which of course the church took a dim view of. He would die bedridden at the age of 54 from what is now known as kidney failure.
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James I "the short reigned" Stuart (1685-1688)
Despite the notoriously short reign of James the first there were certain things accomplished such as a charter accepting the basic rights of people living in the English Netherlands, and acceptance of the protestants within the kingdom. He commissioned an expansion of the Grand Navy, and prepared a host for an invasion of Britain. The government was reformed as well trying to transition the kingdom out of any remaining feudal elements. James the first died of an unknown illness, and some suggest that he was possibly poisoned.
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The Regency era (1688-1701)
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The son of James had just been born, and the kingdom was placed in regency by James mother till her son proved to be mature enough to take the reigns. A french woman her influence on the court began to strip away much of the English preferences instead moving the royal government, and the people to accept a compromise of French, and Flemish in order to appease the more radical elements of society. During the regency trade wars became common with the United Provinces till a peace treaty was brokered out primarily after the massacre of a family attending a wedding in one of the colonies.
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James II "the Old" Francis Edward Stuart (1701-1766)
James II was the youngest monarch ever coronated in Beneluxian history. At the age of 13 the royal advisers forced his mother to give up as regent, and allowed him to reign mostly unchecked. He was controversial for encouraging the various cultures to meld into one culture so they could move forward, and was the first monarch to speak English as a secondary language with French, and Flemish as their primary.
The tutors from France, and the Italian states brought him up in the ways of the enlightenment, and James II sought to get over the legacy of absolutism which had plagued the Stuarts since Charles the 1st. His reign saw the purchase of the United Provinces East India Company as they were failing. The company renamed, and with a new vision set forth to strike trade deals with the various kingdoms, and sultanates in the east indies while also carving out larger zones of interest. The final elements of feudalism were forced out in favor of a more meritocratic system (for the time anyway).
The Colleges of Estates based off a more reformed version of the French institution was used to give the people of various groups a say in government.
2nd War of the Exiles (1755-1765)
The biggest if not worst decision made by James II was to launch an invasion de facto of the British Isles. Jacobites followers of the exiled Stuarts had been waiting for this moment for quite some time, and it was immense. Catholic supporters in Ireland rose up while Stuart loyalists in Scotland among the nobility raised their militias banners. In Wales the military was in open revolt while in England itself several of the disgruntled both common, and noble raised what they could. From France launched an army of exiles along with mercenaries paid for by the French king.
Riot broke out in major cities while battles scarred the farmlands, and urban areas alike. Hundreds of thousands died as did the momentum when James II convinced by a letter from the Pope himself swore off any involvement. So the supporters of this war found themselves lacking legitimacy, and fled overseas burning anything they could along the way.
James II would go to Rome, and bow before the pope begging forgiveness for what had occurred. He would then be the first stuart to step foot in former home soil with a translator to help repair the damage done. For the rest of his life he would set about funding the rebuilding of the Union's civilian population, and caring for the widows leaving him in the end a man filled with regret.
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Charles III "The Young King" Edward Stuart (1766-1788)
An ironic name for the eldest son of King James II, but fitting nonetheless as he was often described as youthful, and spirited. Having grown up in the shadows he privately cursed his father with contempt for not taking his rightful place, and leading the charge to reclaim the throne that was theirs by right of God. Many of the social reforms went into effect to care for the widowed, poor, elderly, and sick out of pragmatism since many came back from the war just like that. Any signs of defiance from the nobility over the disaster were silenced quickly as a uniform tax code was sent out to blackmail them.
3rd War for the Exiles (1775-1785)
A contentious king he believed he could fix the mistakes of his father so he waited. He sent informants throughout Europe, and hoped to gain support from the French yet again, but this time it was much smaller as they were helping upstart colonists in the Americas. With what they had an army led by Scottish, Irish, and Welsh dissidents plan on creating a united front before pushing down south. For the first five years guerrilla warfare was used to continuously whittle away before riots began taking place in major cities.
A garrison opening fire on rioting civilians in 1783 Dublin was the spark needed, and militias began to assemble making life difficult for British authorities. The turning point seemed to have an end of the British republic in its future as the militaries gathered, and fought battles in their perspective areas. In 1785 a large armed force made its way south, but was stopped in York at the battle of the many colors as they call it now. Seasoned battle veterans from the former colonies lead the charge against a large force in support of King Charles the III. Unlike the last war this king stood among them, but fate had tricked them, and the battle was a disaster with most on both sides ending up dead among them laying the King.
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Henry I "the blessed" Benedict Stuart (1785-1807)
A man many thought would never be king, but somehow was. Upon the death of king Charles the III chaos broke out as many gave up their chance at the throne in fear of a reprisal invasion by the British. A pious priest in training was ferreted from Rome to find himself with a crown. Henry I granted an olive branch to the British, and suffered a strict treaty of peace. He was forced in London to renounce the Jacobite cause (despite having nothing to do with it), and renounce claims on the British isles. Henry wasn't allowed to let any of the Jacobites back in so they could face trial for causing such immense destruction, and was forced into long term repayments over the war.
Henry I would remain a celibate man devoting himself primarily to the realm, it's people, and the faith. Accepting the religious minorities in the realm, and its colonies while also spreading Catholicism without force. In Angola he treated the colonial natives as equal, and published several works on the religions of the natives in Benelux territories. He died a man truly devoted to humanity, and to many he is a saint for also willing to defend the natives of the colonies against brutal oppression put in place by the ruling elites there.
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Henry II "the bastard" Edward Stuart (1807-1830 AD)
Henry II wasn't even supposed to be a king by all rights the house of Stuart died with Henry I, but a bastard born of one of the sons who abdicated he was legitimized by money, and other favors to a corrupt legal official. Henry II was officially a Stadholder in the United Provinces having been born to a mistress of a hedonistic royal who fled their responsibilities. The United Provinces was on the the front of a potential invasion by Napoleonic France, but the inheritance of the throne of the English Netherlands changed things for Napoleon since the EN was traditionally French aligned.
So while Napoleon went elsewhere for their ambitions the two countries would form a new one. The bastard as they called him set about reforming the trade, and military as war ravaged Europe. Ideas of nationalism, and other less savory matters began to sprout up yet the bastard tried hard to prevent them from overtaking country. His son would take up the mantle however, and begin to see a new world.
Grand Act of Unification (1808)
The english netherlands, and the united provinces formed into one kingdom yet each kingdom could retain it's distinctive identities under this action set forth by the government. Due to the tense circumstance around the kingdom this was the best action to take.
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Charles "the imperious" IV Albrecht Stuart (1830-1901)
Another long lived monarch Charles IV saw the empire the French built crash, and burn as he went on to tutored in France, and Italy. While the Stuarts had a long tradition of taking, and bedding either french or italian women Charles IV took a german for a wife instead causing scandal at the royal court. Charles integrated dutch as one of the three big languages spoken in the Benelux, and cautioned the religious sects to respect each others areas something the United Provinces had failed to do for so long.
Railroads, and factories stretched across the Benelux as the laissez faire stance prevailed allowing industry to explode at a perhaps unhealthy rate. Of course socialism, and other far gone ideologies forced the government to compromise, and set up an intensive list of workers rights, welfare packages, and support systems to ensure a revolution didn't happen here. By the 1840s any slave found with Benelux territory was automatically freed, and granted access to the Act of rights, and responsibilities as all citizens were. This would draw the ire of the Confederacy as runner ships would often attack any ship carrying slaves.
In the 1880s either by diplomacy or military action Benelux influence in southern, and central africa expanded rapidly, but following caution from his advisers chose not to divide the natives into classes as the other European powers had done. While done partly out of pragmatism they didn't want a repeat of the revolts by native groups which had happened across India, and Africa nor anger independent native countries. Despite Charles IV devout catholic faith he refused to approve legislation's on sexual morality (he denied the existence of lesbians or homosexuals thus causing them to flourish), believed brothels were a necessary evil (yet expected them to be well checked), and believed banning alcohol was pure nonsense brought over by the British puritans.
Charles IV had outlived many of his children thanks to advances in medical technology he died in his sleep.
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Albrecht Charles Stuart (1901-present)
The 29 year old came into power as the youngest of the fifth child Charles IV had, and is struggling to take things seriously. He is also the first to start taking amongst the family to start taking native names (in this case) Flemish instead of traditional Stuart names from the english custom. Albrecht (albert) despite not speaking any english has chosen to claim the titles that his family had given up long ago either out of tradition or arrogance. They way the world is now he probably assumes being king of those places is feasible. Assuming the Benelux doesn't get torn apart by the three powers first as they fight a god forsaken war.
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by Tracian Empire » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:41 am
Zelent wrote:Nation Application
Full Nation Name: Italian Kingdom Di Sicilia, Naples, Piedmont,Toscana E Sardegna (Italian Kingdom of Sicily, Naples, Piedmont,Tuscany and Sardinia)
Short Nation Name: Italian Kingdom, Sardinian Kingdom, Italy, Kingdom of Italy, etc
National Symbols: Italian Tricolor
Capital: Naples
Territory: http://imgur.com/a/5p6FR
Form of Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State: King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Head of Government: Prime Minister Ricci Giolitti
Population:
Piedmont: 1.7 Million
Sardinia: 0.8 Million
Sicily: 5.4 Million
Naples: 8 Million
Tuscany: 3.5 Million
Total: 19.4 Million
Military Description: The Military consists of two major components. The Army and the Navy. The Army numbers about 335,000 men, and is organized to be a powerful defensive army with offensive capabilities in times of war. Soldiers are relatively well equipped, trained and standard armed with Carcano or Vetterli rifles, and well supplied with the average soldier carrying in between 150-200 rounds of ammunition. Soldiers are protected by steel helmets protected with leather, along with their standard uniform and hobnailed boots.
Apart of the Army but distinct from the Ground Forces is the Army Air Corps, consisting of 1,400 men among 12 dregibles, 35 observation baloons, and 16 reconnaissance planes armed with machine guns.
The Navy is considered extremely vital to the Italian defense structure and is thus well developed and funded, supplied and kept up to date technologically. It consists of roughly 35,000 Sailors spread among 12 Battleships, 17 Cruisers, and 35 Destroyers with a variety of smaller patrol craft and fast moving torpedo boats.
The final, less glorious but still drastically important branch of the military is the Carabinieri, made of 225,000 sworn military aged men, Carabinieri are supposed to make up communal militias that could be easily called upon and serve as a first line of defense. Every town, neighborhood and even larger villages have Companias of riflemen who can be called up during times of war as a strategic reserve or even as guerrilla force to harass enemy functions. This doesn't have a significant impact on the budget or the economy, although every member receives a small monthly stipend depending on rank, but for the average enlisted man is only equivalent to about a laborers 4 hour wages monthly. (About the amount of time they are supposed to spend training.)
Economic Description:
Italy's economy is moving forward again, amidst a series of government liberalization of the economy and an increased ammount of public spending on things like railroads, infrastructure and the building of more factories as Italy attempts to move towards a increasingly industrialized economy amidst massive food surplus. Italian shipyards produce large numbers of ships to supply both the national merchant marine as well as to other industrialized countries. Indeed, the Italian economy has a large maritime base.
Ideology:
Nationalism, with elements of both Socialism and Classical Liberalism practiced by the current government.
Allegiance:
None at the moment really, but a natural enemy of the Austrians and their HRE.
Goals:
Unification of the Italian Peninsula
Point of Divergence:
Italian Wars of Independence
History:
Following the disastrous defeat in the Second Italian War of Independence, the Kingdom of Sardinia was now a defeated shell of it's former self for five years, before the events of 1864 in Southern Italy. A drought in Italy that year caused peasant revolts to riddle the Two Sicilies, siezing the opportunity a patriotic veteran by the name of Giuseppe Garibaldi brought over 6,000 Sardinian men for a military expedition to Sicily. Upon arriving on the Island, he found that the peasant rebels had already captured most of the countryside and were rounding on Palermo where they would meet the first real opposition, or so they thought, the large Royal Army garrisoned there at the break of dawn before the result raised the Italian tricolor in a stunning display of national unity. With Sicily more or less secured under Sardinian control, the United Italian Army led by Garibaldi crossed to the mainland and joined forces with the revolutionaries there who had been succesful in previously stopping the bulk of the Royal Troops from reaching Sicily. This coalition of Italian troops, continued it's glorious march to Naples where a battered Francis II surrendered his nation, and his army to the Sardinians. Italy was now back on the path to unification.
In 1882, the Toscan Unification Process began. The Treaty of Toscan Annexation was signed in Napoli that year by the Duke of Tuscany and Umberto I, effectively making Tuscany another region of the Kingdom.
30 Years later, Italy remains un-unified, but that is soon to change.
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by Tracian Empire » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:44 am
by Intermountain States » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:46 am
Tracian Empire wrote:Okay so, to keep things balanced, I'm thinking that since Italy, and the Byzantines will join Germany and co, Britain and France should each join an alliance. Spain should join Austria and co.
by Tracian Empire » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:49 am
Intermountain States wrote:Tracian Empire wrote:Okay so, to keep things balanced, I'm thinking that since Italy, and the Byzantines will join Germany and co, Britain and France should each join an alliance. Spain should join Austria and co.
So France and Britain decide on which German powers to align with in Europe? Just for confirmation.
by Zostra » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:50 am
Tracian Empire wrote:Okay so, to keep things balanced, I'm thinking that since Italy, and the Byzantines will join Germany and co, Britain and France should each join an alliance. Spain should join Austria and co.
by Tracian Empire » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:53 am
Zostra wrote:Tracian Empire wrote:Okay so, to keep things balanced, I'm thinking that since Italy, and the Byzantines will join Germany and co, Britain and France should each join an alliance. Spain should join Austria and co.
Spain would probably want to sit this one out, but I realize that might be boring to RP.
by Zostra » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:13 am
by Tracian Empire » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:17 am
Zostra wrote:Tracian Empire wrote:Well, with Italy joining Germany and co, we would probably also need Spain on our side, even if indirectly.
Yeah, with Franz ascending to their throne they definitely side with you. I just think that getting involved directly in a ground war would be too much of a strain considering how fragile they are.
by Zostra » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:23 am
Tracian Empire wrote:Zostra wrote:Yeah, with Franz ascending to their throne they definitely side with you. I just think that getting involved directly in a ground war would be too much of a strain considering how fragile they are.
It depends. They would only need to hold their defensive on the Pyrenees. And with a France blockaded by Britain and busy with supporting Germany and Italy, I don't see the French being able to put too much effort into it.
But, the presence of the Spanish Navy in the Mediterranean might be really helpful to the Holy Imperial Navy.
by Alsheb » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:29 am
by Tracian Empire » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:45 am
Zostra wrote:Tracian Empire wrote:It depends. They would only need to hold their defensive on the Pyrenees. And with a France blockaded by Britain and busy with supporting Germany and Italy, I don't see the French being able to put too much effort into it.
But, the presence of the Spanish Navy in the Mediterranean might be really helpful to the Holy Imperial Navy.
From what I can gather about Spanish America, even a call to arms would be enough to put it into open revolt though. Spain could no doubt be helpful in the war, but it would be very painful for them.
by Greater Aterria » Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:10 am
Union Daily: Manifest Destiny party holds national rally. 100,000 attend. | Joe Steele announces Britannian scumbags will pay.
by The New Byzantine II » Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:41 am
Kumbhalgarh wrote:Shwetang teleported out of the car. He teleported behind of the teacher, and poked a stick into his/her butt, and then Shwetang teleported back.
by Zelent » Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:47 am
Tracian Empire wrote:Zelent wrote:Nation Application
Full Nation Name: Italian Kingdom Di Sicilia, Naples, Piedmont,Toscana E Sardegna (Italian Kingdom of Sicily, Naples, Piedmont,Tuscany and Sardinia)
Short Nation Name: Italian Kingdom, Sardinian Kingdom, Italy, Kingdom of Italy, etc
National Symbols: Italian Tricolor
Capital: Naples
Territory: http://imgur.com/a/5p6FR
Form of Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State: King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Head of Government: Prime Minister Ricci Giolitti
Population:
Piedmont: 1.7 Million
Sardinia: 0.8 Million
Sicily: 5.4 Million
Naples: 8 Million
Tuscany: 3.5 Million
Total: 19.4 Million
Military Description: The Military consists of two major components. The Army and the Navy. The Army numbers about 335,000 men, and is organized to be a powerful defensive army with offensive capabilities in times of war. Soldiers are relatively well equipped, trained and standard armed with Carcano or Vetterli rifles, and well supplied with the average soldier carrying in between 150-200 rounds of ammunition. Soldiers are protected by steel helmets protected with leather, along with their standard uniform and hobnailed boots.
Apart of the Army but distinct from the Ground Forces is the Army Air Corps, consisting of 1,400 men among 12 dregibles, 35 observation baloons, and 16 reconnaissance planes armed with machine guns.
The Navy is considered extremely vital to the Italian defense structure and is thus well developed and funded, supplied and kept up to date technologically. It consists of roughly 35,000 Sailors spread among 12 Battleships, 17 Cruisers, and 35 Destroyers with a variety of smaller patrol craft and fast moving torpedo boats.
The final, less glorious but still drastically important branch of the military is the Carabinieri, made of 225,000 sworn military aged men, Carabinieri are supposed to make up communal militias that could be easily called upon and serve as a first line of defense. Every town, neighborhood and even larger villages have Companias of riflemen who can be called up during times of war as a strategic reserve or even as guerrilla force to harass enemy functions. This doesn't have a significant impact on the budget or the economy, although every member receives a small monthly stipend depending on rank, but for the average enlisted man is only equivalent to about a laborers 4 hour wages monthly. (About the amount of time they are supposed to spend training.)
Economic Description:
Italy's economy is moving forward again, amidst a series of government liberalization of the economy and an increased ammount of public spending on things like railroads, infrastructure and the building of more factories as Italy attempts to move towards a increasingly industrialized economy amidst massive food surplus. Italian shipyards produce large numbers of ships to supply both the national merchant marine as well as to other industrialized countries. Indeed, the Italian economy has a large maritime base.
Ideology:
Nationalism, with elements of both Socialism and Classical Liberalism practiced by the current government.
Allegiance:
None at the moment really, but a natural enemy of the Austrians and their HRE.
Goals:
Unification of the Italian Peninsula
Point of Divergence:
Italian Wars of Independence
History:
Following the disastrous defeat in the Second Italian War of Independence, the Kingdom of Sardinia was now a defeated shell of it's former self for five years, before the events of 1864 in Southern Italy. A drought in Italy that year caused peasant revolts to riddle the Two Sicilies, siezing the opportunity a patriotic veteran by the name of Giuseppe Garibaldi brought over 6,000 Sardinian men for a military expedition to Sicily. Upon arriving on the Island, he found that the peasant rebels had already captured most of the countryside and were rounding on Palermo where they would meet the first real opposition, or so they thought, the large Royal Army garrisoned there at the break of dawn before the result raised the Italian tricolor in a stunning display of national unity. With Sicily more or less secured under Sardinian control, the United Italian Army led by Garibaldi crossed to the mainland and joined forces with the revolutionaries there who had been succesful in previously stopping the bulk of the Royal Troops from reaching Sicily. This coalition of Italian troops, continued it's glorious march to Naples where a battered Francis II surrendered his nation, and his army to the Sardinians. Italy was now back on the path to unification.
In 1882, the Toscan Unification Process began. The Treaty of Toscan Annexation was signed in Napoli that year by the Duke of Tuscany and Umberto I, effectively making Tuscany another region of the Kingdom.
30 Years later, Italy remains un-unified, but that is soon to change.
Have You Read, Understand, and Agree with the OP Posts & Rules In Detail? Si
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Italy in real life only had six battleships.
by Tracian Empire » Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:52 am
Zelent wrote:Tracian Empire wrote:
Italy in real life only had six battleships.
Where are you getting those numbers from?
According to this, 12 would be well within reason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regia_Marina#Battleships
by Zelent » Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:56 am
Tracian Empire wrote:Zelent wrote:Where are you getting those numbers from?
According to this, 12 would be well within reason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regia_Marina#Battleships
From the very place from where you do.
These six dreadnoughts formed the core of the Italian fleet during World War I, as a further four-ship class was cancelled.
Before 1914, the Kingdom of Italy built and maintained six dreadnought battleships: (Dante Alighieri as a prototype; Giulio Cesare, Conte di Cavour and Leonardo da Vinci of the Conte di Cavour class; and Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio of the Andrea Doria class), but they did not participate in major naval actions in World War I, as they were positioned to intercept a major sortie of the Austro-Hungarian Navy which never came.
Now, if an actual united and working Italy only managed to build six, if you would have had the entirety of Italy you might have been able to build the four ship class that was canceled. However, since you're not as strong as Italy was in the real timeline, I don't see you having the necessary requirements to even build six battleships, let alone 12.
by Tracian Empire » Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:59 am
Zelent wrote:Tracian Empire wrote:
From the very place from where you do.
These six dreadnoughts formed the core of the Italian fleet during World War I, as a further four-ship class was cancelled.
Before 1914, the Kingdom of Italy built and maintained six dreadnought battleships: (Dante Alighieri as a prototype; Giulio Cesare, Conte di Cavour and Leonardo da Vinci of the Conte di Cavour class; and Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio of the Andrea Doria class), but they did not participate in major naval actions in World War I, as they were positioned to intercept a major sortie of the Austro-Hungarian Navy which never came.
Now, if an actual united and working Italy only managed to build six, if you would have had the entirety of Italy you might have been able to build the four ship class that was canceled. However, since you're not as strong as Italy was in the real timeline, I don't see you having the necessary requirements to even build six battleships, let alone 12.
By battleships, I don't mean just dreadnoughts.
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