1870 : Alternative Divergence [AH][OOC]

[Sanabel]

I hope we see a war in Europe over this.

[Rygondria]

I was not able to get on a computer yesterday and now my new Venice is gone I guess.

[The V O I D]

I hope we see a war in Europe over this.

The Great Red War. *nod.*

[Velahor]

This would be my first RP if I could apply and get in. Should I apply?

[Sanabel]

This would be my first RP if I could apply and get in. Should I apply?

Yes, please do!

[Democratic East-Asia]

I noticed Ruthenia's interest in Xinjiang. China is not amused. Will claim rightful clay when the time comes.

Also, seeing that India just made its first railway, I feel a bit more secure

[Mechanist Combine]

Full Nation Name : United Republic of the Carolinas
Flag: Le Flag
Majority/Official Culture :
Territorial Core : North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida
Territorial Claim : None
Capital City : Roanoke, NC
Population : ~31 Million

Government Type : Republic
Government Ideology/Policies : Independence, Isolationism
Government Focus : The United Republic of the Carolinas most wants to ju st establish itself as a power in the world, it does not need to be a large power, but one that can defend itself and trade on equal terms with other nations.
Head of State : President Robert E. Lee (Patriot Party)
Head of Government : The Republican Council (Party with most members: IWW)
Government Description : The government has three councils (The Republican Council (3 year terms), the Council of State Unions (8 year terms, leaders of unions), and the Democratic Assembly (Public, no terms)). There are three parties currently they are; The Patriot party (Conservative Traditionalists), The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) (Radical Socialists), and The Redemption League (Moderate Liberals)

Majority/State Religion : Celtic paganism
Religious Description : N/A

Economic Ideologies : Social-Capitalism (Heavily managed markets, some freedom)
Major Production : Cotton, Tobacco
Economic Description : The economy is very managed, with expenditures distributed to certain sectors and used there to produce for the country. (I.E. Manufacturing, Agriculture, risk/ reward (Free marketeering industry), etc)

Army Strength : Well trained
Army Weakness : Scattered and Unorganised
Naval Strength : Big powerful ships
Naval Weakness : BIG slow ships
Further Military Description : Militia Uniforms, Regular Uniforms, Marine Uniforms
National Goals : Remain Independent
National Issues : Need for imported food.
National Figures of Interest : None
National Ambition/Aspirations : Further Industrialise

History :

1585: The Roanoke Colony is established by Brían Ó Domhnaill and other Irishmen
1590: Roanoke begins to thrive as a colony
1600: More colony crop up in the Carolinas
1643: The Colonists and natives begin to have some disputes over land
1675: Virginia and Georgia are settled as more Scots-Irish begin to travel to the New world
1700: Dissenting to the crown in Britain is caused by an increase in tariffs coming into the Carolina's
1720: Florida is colonised
1725: Britain's mercantile system has caused a massive uproar in the citizenry of the colonies, the colonies revolt
1730: The colonial rebels are pushed from most coastal cities
1734: Colonial forces request assistance from Natives, some tribes agree, most that do are reluctant to
1740: The British General Lord Kenneth Hughes, pushes further into the colonies, losing many men and officers to guerrilla tactics
1745: British military forced back to coastline, majority of commissioned officers and a large number of NCOs have been killed
1755: Hughes has his men slaughter a Native tribe he believes is assisting the rebel forces, this angers many for the neutral tribes, a number side with the colonials.
1770: The battle of Charleston forces many new British captains to surrender and several British ships to be captured
1795: Lord Hughes holding out for reinforcements in Roanoke, the siege of Roanoke begins (August 23rd)
1795: Lord Hughes surrenders, and signs the Roanoke treaty, making the Colonies their own independent country (October 3rd)
1797: The United Republic of the Carolinas is officially formed, the Native Citizenship act is passed, granting equal rights to all Native tribes within the UCR's territory.
1800: UCR begins to industrialise itself
1812: Builds a fleet of ships for military purposes
1830: Many citizens cry out for social reform in the nation, due to poor working conditions
1848: Upon reading the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Presidential Candidate Fionnbharr Ó Branagáin begins to believe in socialist ideas. Fionnbharr Ó Branagáin is elected as president and begins large social reform in the country.
1850: The IWW become the dominant party in UCR politics.
1870:

Comparison Points – Political : 2
Comparison Points – Cultural/Religious : 3
Comparison Points – Economy : 2
Comparison Points – Military : 3
Total Comparison Points used (10 Points MAX) : 10/10
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[Tracian Empire]

If Italy is communist though, then there is no way to avoid it, the Imperium will be fiercely anti-communist.

The Commune and the Imperium will likely be arch-enemies.

Most probably, but the Imperium will only consider you to be barbarians

[Tracian Empire]

I was not able to get on a computer yesterday and now my new Venice is gone I guess.

Why would it be?

[Rygondria]

I was not able to get on a computer yesterday and now my new Venice is gone I guess.

Why would it be?

Some one reserved the land i previously reserved but ran out of time on, i guess i could move though.

[Tracian Empire]

Why would it be?

Some one reserved the land i previously reserved but ran out of time on, i guess i could move though.

The last time I checked, only you were in the reserved list in the OP.

[Malagasy Kingdom]

Full Nation Name : Kingdom of Visigothica (Latin: Regnum Visigothorum)
Majority/Official Culture : Visigoth is the majority culture in Spain with minorities of Basques and the Cantabrians living in the northern areas. Down south in Morocco there is a majority of Visigoths with most of the Moors being pushed out during the invasion. But the remaining Moors are harshly persecuted and discriminated against by the population. Many Moors fled to the colonies to avoid persecution. In the colonies in South America it is a melting pot of cultures with Visigoths being in a majority with minorities from all over Europe coming here.
Territorial Core : Spain, Morocco, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru
Territorial Claim :
Capital City : Toledo, Spain
Population :

Government Type : Absolute Monarchy
Government Ideology/Policies : Imperialist, Nationalist, Conservative, and Militarist
Government Focus : The King currently focuses on maintaining order within the colonies and expanding the infrastructure to extract more resources from them. He also attempts to maintain religious unity and persecutes heretics and heathens through the Inquisition. The King also is attempting to create a diplomatic system throughout Europe to counter the recent spread of communism.
Head of State : King Ardo III
Head of Government : Same as above
Government Description : The person of the King himself, a sovereign with absolute authority, stood at the center of the autocracy. The rights of state power in their entire extent belonged to the King. The autocrat further entrusted power to persons and institutions, acting in his name, by his orders, and within the limits laid down for them by law. The purpose of the system was to supposedly benefit the entire country of Visigothica. A metaphor existed likening the King to a father, and all of the subjects of the Kingdom, to his children.

Majority/State Religion : Roman Catholicism
Religious Description : Roman Catholicism has a long history within Visigothica and is the State Religion. There is an Inquisition in place to hunt any heretics and heathens within the Kingdom. Ever since the Pope fled from Italy after the communist takeover he traveled to Spain and rebased the Papacy in Toledo until a day that Rome is liberated.

Economic Ideologies : State capitalism, the economy is organized in various state-controlled businesses that retain a monopoly over a certain industry. The government oversees the entire economy and can therefore be described as a huge corporation, extracting the surplus value from the workforce in order to invest it in further production.
Major Production : Raw materials, Manufactured goods, and Textiles
Economic Description : The Visigothic economy is set up in the colonies to extract resources and refine so they can be sent over to the mainland where they are manufactured into needed goods. The monarchy has invested a significant amount of money into infrastructure in the colonies so resources can be extracted quickly and cheaply. Visigothica is largely self-sufficient, but it does not export many items abroad as they are mainly used up at home.

Army Strength : Male universal conscription is put into place from the age of 18, so there is a large of amount experienced soldiers available in case of war. Soldiers are well trained and adapted to many terrains as they are deployed around the Atlantic throughout the Kingdom's lands. The army is lead by a capable leadership that is experienced from the recent uprisings in South America and has learned guerilla tactics from the fighting the rebels and now will be employed by the army in future wars.
Army Weakness : The army is largely spread out throughout the Kingdom so it takes time to reach places when a crises erupts. There are also ethnic conflicts within the army from immigrants that have come to the South American colonies.
Naval Strength : The Visigothic Kingdom maintains the second largest navy on Earth after Cambria to protect its lands around the Atlantic. The navy mainly consists of torpedo boats and fast cruisers allowing it to move very fast around the ocean. The main doctrine of the Visigothic navy is based on that of advocating the use of small, powerfully equipped units to combat a larger battleship fleet, and commerce raiders capable of ending the trade of the rival nation.
Naval Weakness : The navy does not have a chance against large groups of battle ships as they can easily overwhelm them thanks to the size difference. But a single battleship has no chance against a group of torpedo boats.
Further Military Description : The leaders of the military are mainly members of the Visigothic nobility and only a few commoners are allowed among their ranks. Leaders are sent to military academies to be trained and are very well versed in battle tactics.

National Goals : Maintain the Visigothic Kingdom, Reclaim Rome for the Pope, Maintain the Absolute Monarchy
National Issues : Visigothica has been fairly isolationist only really allying with France in the past, but now since France has fallen to communism Visigothica is diplomatically isolated so it needs to look for allies. There is also a growing suffrage movement throughout the Kingdom which threatens the stability of the nation.
National Figures of Interest : King Ardo III
National Ambition/Aspirations : Reclaim the ancient Visigothic territories lost in France after the rise of the Frankish Kingdom and become the dominant world power.
History : [[Can be in paragraph or bulletpoint timeline.]]

Comparison Points – Political : 3
Comparison Points – Cultural/Religious : 4
Comparison Points – Economy : 1
Comparison Points – Military : 2
Total Comparison Points used (10 Points MAX) : 10/10
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[Rygondria]

Reservation

Nation Name: United Republics of America (URA)
Territory:

Florida, Georgia, both Carolinas, both Virginias, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, Southern Wisconsin, Kansas, and Eastern and Southern Nebraska.

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*Note: Reservations will last for 48 hours. The OP board reserves the right to be subjective in regards to accepting reservations.

This is what I mean

[Tracian Empire]

Reservation

Nation Name: United Republics of America (URA)
Territory:

Florida, Georgia, both Carolinas, both Virginias, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, Southern Wisconsin, Kansas, and Eastern and Southern Nebraska.

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*Note: Reservations will last for 48 hours. The OP board reserves the right to be subjective in regards to accepting reservations.

This is what I mean

Yeah, American states aren't my strong point.

He can have everything that you didn't claim, your reservation has precedence.

[Cymrea]

This is what I mean

Yeah, American states aren't my strong point.

He can have everything that you didn't claim, your reservation has precedence.

No worries, Trace, this North American side of the globe is one of my strong points.

None of Ry's territorial claims overlap with Novanglia. It's still good. Post your app today, Ry!

[Tracian Empire]

Yeah, American states aren't my strong point.

He can have everything that you didn't claim, your reservation has precedence.

No worries, Trace, this North American side of the globe is one of my strong points.

None of Ry's territorial claims overlap with Novanglia. It's still good. Post your app today, Ry!

Well, I only know where Florida, Texas, and California are, and my American states' knowledge kinda ends there.

I can point out all post-Soviet separatist states on a map though.

[Atreidya]

At the risk of being upstart, i have to say that isnt very fair as the reservations last 48 hours unless extended with good reason. My app will be finished tonight within the extension granted to me due to the fact i had to cover an extra shift at work. The reservation for new venice was set on 2/24/17 120 hours ago.

[Cymrea]

At the risk of being upstart, i have to say that isnt very fair as the reservations last 48 hours unless extended with good reason. My app will be finished tonight within the extension granted to me due to the fact i had to cover an extra shift at work. The reservation for new venice was set on 2/24/17 120 hours ago.

True enough. And a fair point.

Rygondria gets a bit of leeway because he's been active in this RP before. It would be great if we could squeeze you both in, though. My first attempt at resolving this is to ask you: would you be willing to allow Ry's claims in exchange for some other states in the interior?

I have a proposal mapped here for you guys. By the way, Ry - you claimed Georgia and Mississippi but not the Alabama between them. I've tweaked it in the proposal here. And for Atreidya, I've added the rest of Wisconsin and Minnesota, a pretty decent claim once you look at it.

What do you guys think?

^^^Just a fancy name I slapped on it.

[Velahor]

Gray on the map is unclaimed, correct?

[Cymrea]

Gray on the map is unclaimed, correct?

Correct. Bear in mind, the stuff in Accepted Reserved is not mapped, but is set aside. We could use a good Brazil, or a good app for Scandinavia.

[Velahor]

align=middle]Reservation[/align]
Nation Name: Blackfoot-Salish Federation
Territory: US: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Northern California, Montana, Western side of both Dakotas, Northern Wyoming.

And the basic idea,which I will elaborate on in the app, is that in this alternate reality, a major European nation armed the Native Americans of the Rocky Mountains to prevent the British or Americans (URA i guess?) from expanding there.

Please let me know if this conflicts, because I have several other ideas that might not.

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[Cymrea]

align=middle]Reservation[/align]
Nation Name: Blackfoot-Salish Federation
Territory: US: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Northern California, Montana, Western side of both Dakotas, Northern Wyoming.

And the basic idea,which I will elaborate on in the app, is that in this alternate reality, a major European nation armed the Native Americans of the Rocky Mountains to prevent the British or Americans (URA i guess?) from expanding there.

Please let me know if this conflicts, because I have several other ideas that might not.

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*Note: Reservations will last for 48 hours. The OP board reserves the right to be subjective in regards to accepting reservations.

No conflicts I can see.

[Velahor]

Awesome, starting app as of now.

[Cymrea]

Awesome, starting app as of now.

Very good! Take a peek at some of the accepted apps for an idea about the quality we're looking for. Your premise already sounds pretty cool.

[Tracian Empire]

At the risk of being upstart, i have to say that isnt very fair as the reservations last 48 hours unless extended with good reason. My app will be finished tonight within the extension granted to me due to the fact i had to cover an extra shift at work. The reservation for new venice was set on 2/24/17 120 hours ago.

The guilt is mainly mine, I simply have no sort of ability to make the difference between various American states, and me being partially busy irl lately has stopped me from properly googling both of your claims.