The Forthcoming War (WW1/AH/OOC/Unfortunaly Dead)

[Benuty]

Pretty long app. Should I join? Is California available? Is this alternate history?

I mean it is availabe, but not in the context of the California that our world knows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_California

Something along the lines of this forming its own independent nation from Mexico due to administrative collapse or a variety of other reasons. That being said the primary culture in charge will not be English related so much as it might be Spanish...given there is no manifest destiny bound U.S anglicizing everything.

[Benuty]

Some basic points in Scandinavia lore :

+ In 1521, through many years of unfair treatment under the Danish rules, the Swedish and Norwegian began to raise armies and revolted against Denmark. After two years, the Danish lost the war, resulted in the independence of Norway and Sweden. The two countries were weak, especially beside them are behemoths like Moscovia or Great Britain, and decided to form a union with one another, hence the Scandinavian Union was born.

+ Scandinavia followed a different branch of Protestantism, called Rosenthalism, this religious movement is so radical and different that even other Protestants have to consider it as heresy. Rosenthalism was founded in Hohenwart, around 1342, the movement surrounded around the story of Sister Josephine Rosenthal and her "Miracles". Rosenthalism began to reach Scandinavia after their followers move to Sweden to escape inquisitions.

+ During the English Civil War, Scandinavia, under the guise to support Oliver Cromwell and his Parliamentarians, expanded its influences in the North Sea by conquer Faroe and Shetland Islands. The Scandinavian also stirred the Irish Revolution leading Ireland to break away from British domination. When the Royalists achieved victory, Oliver and his followers were transport to America by Scandinavia. Ireland later invited into the Union. The British did try a few attempts to regain their lost territories but without success.

+ In 1700, the Great Northern War broke out, the fight for domination between the alliance of Scandinavia, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against Tsardom of Russia with supports from various German states. In the end, The Tsardom emerged victorious and established themselves as the new power in Europe, while the Commonwealth was decimated and conquered, except for Lithuania, which later join the Union to escape the fate of being swallowed by Russia.

+ To be continue...

I mean in regards to the whole Irish situation a victorious Royalist military doesn't mean a strong one especially after years of war. So I can totally see a foreign power carving away territory during a civil war. That being said a cunning, and willing player leading the Kingdom of Great Britain might try to take it back from you.

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

Some basic points in Scandinavia lore :

+ In 1521, through many years of unfair treatment under the Danish rules, the Swedish and Norwegian began to raise armies and revolted against Denmark. After two years, the Danish lost the war, resulted in the independence of Norway and Sweden. The two countries were weak, especially beside them are behemoths like Moscovia or Great Britain, and decided to form a union with one another, hence the Scandinavian Union was born.

+ Scandinavia followed a different branch of Protestantism, called Rosenthalism, this religious movement is so radical and different that even other Protestants have to consider it as heresy. Rosenthalism was founded in Hohenwart, around 1342, the movement surrounded around the story of Sister Josephine Rosenthal and her "Miracles". Rosenthalism began to reach Scandinavia after their followers move to Sweden to escape inquisitions.

+ During the English Civil War, Scandinavia, under the guise to support Oliver Cromwell and his Parliamentarians, expanded its influences in the North Sea by conquer Faroe and Shetland Islands. The Scandinavian also stirred the Irish Revolution leading Ireland to break away from British domination. When the Royalists achieved victory, Oliver and his followers were transport to America by Scandinavia. Ireland later invited into the Union. The British did try a few attempts to regain their lost territories but without success.

+ In 1700, the Great Northern War broke out, the fight for domination between the alliance of Scandinavia, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against Tsardom of Russia with supports from various German states. In the end, The Tsardom emerged victorious and established themselves as the new power in Europe, while the Commonwealth was decimated and conquered, except for Lithuania, which later join the Union to escape the fate of being swallowed by Russia.

+ To be continue...

Looks good to me

[Arvenia]

Pretty long app. Should I join? Is California available? Is this alternate history?

Yes, California is available.

[Dahyan]

Pretty long app. Should I join? Is California available? Is this alternate history?

A Spanish-speaking greater California would be nice. And could be a friendly neighbour to my Louisiana.

[Arvenia]

Fucking finally done. SHEET. That took me days to finish. But the NEW ROMAN EMPIRE is finished. Ready to be judged.

Application
NS Name: the Felan Federation
RP Name (Formal): the New Roman Empire
RP Name (Informal): Romans
Other Names: Holy Roman Empire, the Roman Empire, the Latin Imperium, the Swiss-Italian Federation

Flag: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_with_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg/1200px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_with_haloes_%281400-1806%29.svg.png
Coat of Arms: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_%28c.1433-c.1450%29.svg/800px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_%28c.1433-c.1450%29.svg.png
Other Symbol(s): https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/26/25785/Roman_empire_flag.1.jpg
Official Territory: https://imgur.com/a/6NJtU08
Territorial Claim: Southern-Germany
Population: ~34 million people
Capital City: Rome
Map Color: Yellow

Government Type: Federal semi-constitutional monarchy
Government Explanation: The New Roman Empire has a similar structure to the old Holy Roman Empire - as there exists numerous states with the Empire, whom all have their own personal King, Duke or Pope to administer the territory - while swearing loyalty to the Monarch. Some regional territories have a legislature alongside their monarch (Venice, Naples) which are elected by the people, while other regions may have an absolutism (Papalcy) which is control of all avenues of the state. The federal structure is composed of the Senate and the Emperor/Empress - the senate being made of one-hundred and one members, which are elected from the various states that make up the Empire (either by the monarch or the people) in charge of the Legislative Branch. While the Emperor/Empress is in charge of the Executive Branch of governance, having an absolute veto on any laws passed and commander-in-chief of the Imperial Armed Forces.
Ideology: Conservative-liberalism, federalism, monarchism.
Leader/s: Empress Julia Annabelle of Rome (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/02/3f/13/023f13f7f081c42d8c10e1208b9ed4be.jpg)
Relations:

• Allies: TBA
• Friends: Austro-Slavian Empire
• Trade Partners: Imperial Federation of Russia, United Kingdom of Armenia
• Neutral Countries: Kingdom of Great Britain
• Rivals: Kingdom of France
• Enemies: German Republic

Administrative Division(s): Naples, Papalcy, New Frankia (southern France), Venice, Tuscany, Helvetia (states). New Carthage (colony)

State Religion: Catholicism
Other Religion(s): Protestantism, Calvinism
Ethnicity: German, Italian, French, Berber
Main/Accepted Culture(s): Roman, German
Other Culture(s): Algerian, Morroco, Tunisia, Italian

Type of Economy: Industrial
Economy Explanation: Italy is lacking in most of the important resources that are required to fuel an industrial machine, thus most of their resources are imported from New Carthage - making them reliant upon their North African colony more than other European nations. Although, in turn of industrial power, they are match-to-match with the Kingdom of France.
Important Resources: None(home). Colony(oil, iron, lead, gas, zinc)

Military Explanation: Most of the Imperial Armed Forces had been modeled after the Swiss - a heavy focus on discipline and morale. The Regio Esercito and the Guardia Pretoriana are the only branches of the armed forces which practice the notion of unified command and uniformity. Thus making infighting a rarity. The Regio Esercito has for years been modeling their operations after the Roman, Testudo or Turtle Model - which sees the combination of artillery and foot infantry mixed alongside scouting and engineer companies. This makes the Royal Army slow to move, yet very hard on the defensive and counter-attacks.
Military Branches: Regio Esercito (Royal Army), Regia Marina (Royal Navy), Regia Anti-Aeronautica Difesa (Royal Anti-Air Defense), Ufficio di Pretore (High Command), Guardia Pretoriana (Special Forces)
Army: Around ~3 million soldiers part of the Royal Army, which have integrated artillery and support units, alongside a quality training regiment that had been modeled after that of the Swiss Army.
Navy: Around twice the amount of the ships, that had been possed by the RL Italian Kingdom - with a better quality and better leadership.
Air Force: Non-existent, replaced by the RAAD whose mission is the protection of the air space of the Empire
Other Military Branch(es): The Guardia Pretoriana, also known as the Roman Foreign Legion a volunteer-based special forces battalion - specialized in mountain, desert combat and counter-terrorism force of the Empire.

Goals: Reunification of the Holy Roman Empire (most German territories)
Domestic Issues: Religious conflict, national identity
Foreign Issues: Colonial assimilation, German Republic
National Figure(s): Niccolò Machiavelli, Julius Caesar,

History: The New Roman Empire was born from the ashes of the Holy Roman Empire - which had been completely destroyed in the German Revolution and the following Revolutionary Wars. Those few in the Imperial Army, the German nobility, or Catholics in-general fled to Switzerland which had been turned into a Calvinistic Theocracy after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire resisted only by the Catholic group the Sonderbund. Although with the surge of soldiers, the Sonderbundskrieg soon turned around for the Catholic whom slowly destroyed the Theocracy and also started cracking down on the liberal and mostly Protestant major regions - which had nominally been supportive of the Calvinistic cause.

During the Revolutionary Wars, the survivors declared the German Republic illegitimate and declared the Holy Roman Empire reborn in Helvetia and decrying the German anarchists and liberals that reigned during the Terrorherrschaft - decrying of what was the end result of liberalism and nationalism. Although, the bitter survivors wouldn't manage to regain Germany or their lands - as the eventual war would be resolved in 1820 - with the Germanic Republic keeping and maintaining hold over many german colonies and german lands. Without any hope or chance for regaining the lost territories - the Holy Roman Empire remained as it was, a reactionary rump state of bitter German nobility protected only by Austrian power and subject to languish in their old pride. Until the start of the Italian Wars of Unification around 1840.

King Frederick Augustus, the son of Maria Theresa of Austria (Queen Consort of Saxony) and Anthony of Saxony - the strongest leader among the German Princes, soon proposed the idea of unification of Roman heritage. As the Italian peninsula, at the time was embroiled in bitter civil war as liberal and nationalist elements sought to eliminate Austrian rulership - as around the same time the Kingdom of Sardinia was seeking the notion of Risorgimento. Utilizing this to their advantage, the HRE around the time began supporting the southern kingdoms against the 'Savoy Dictator' - painting the attempts of Risorgimento as an Italian Region of Terror waiting to happen. This would eventually lead to conflict between the Holy Roman Empre and Venice against the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont. The monarch of the time, Victor Emmanuel II would be defeated and his lands would be annexed alongside his French conquests into New Frankia - it would take another two years, before his forces would be defeated on Sardinia and Corsica.

King Augustus would follow this victory by also annexing Naples - after the former had fallen to nationalist rebellions in the hope of joining Sardinia in Risorgimento. Following these two victories, the rest of Italy would be unified either by force or persuasion - as the resulting situation in Europe allowed a one a in a lifetime chance for those in the Italian Peninsula. Uniting under a shared Roman identity and future - the New Roman Empire would be formed in 1859 with the signing of the Imperial Compromise - which would keep the largest states in Italy intact with their own monarchs with their own local governance in exchange for uniting under the New Roman Empire and it's Emperor. Taking advantage of this new rise, the New Roman Empire proved their might as they destroyed the Barbary Pirate States which had been in a state of decay since the defeat of the Ottoman Empires almost three years ago. Annexing them as New Carthage - the first colonies for the New Roman Empire. Although, soon enough after that - the NRE turned attention North and began a massive industrialization and reform campaign to catch up to the Germanic Republic and Austro-Slavian Empire. While military spending also increased, as many feared a coming conflict with the northern Germans.

RP Sample: (optional, yet still important regarding experience)
Franz Ferdinand - DO NOT REMOVE

Looks pretty great, but I wonder how the Royal Anti-Air Defence operates like a fleet of airships or an army of anti-aircraft cannons. Accepted anyway.

[Arvenia]

Pretty long app. Should I join? Is California available? Is this alternate history?

A Spanish-speaking greater California would be nice. And could be a friendly neighbour to my Louisiana.

What a good idea!

[Grand Indochina]

So which part of Canada you haven't touch yet ?

You might be able to get away with carving rupers land out from New France due to its status as a valuable trading area.

I say that in part since New France doesn't seem to have a player yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert%27s_Land

Obviously there will have to be some negotiation, but most likely you will be able to get the coastal areas of the region.

New France should belong to France right ?

Does the technology level of this alternate history identical to our world in the 19th and 20th or more advance than that ? Do we got torpedos, radars, tanks or computers yet ? I’m getting a steampunk / clockwork / dieselpunk vibes right now.

[Savojarna]

Finally working seriously on my app and raising a question about Latin America: How would Brazil have developed in this timeline? Does it still become a republic in the late 19th century? Because if it doesn't, I should probably either have it in personal union or at least have extremely close ties, but if it develops like in RL Brazilian-French relations are probably very tense.

EDIT: Louisiana, are we friends? (I envision a relationship like US-UK in 1914, but that would obv require your okay)

[Arvenia]

You might be able to get away with carving rupers land out from New France due to its status as a valuable trading area.

I say that in part since New France doesn't seem to have a player yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert%27s_Land

Obviously there will have to be some negotiation, but most likely you will be able to get the coastal areas of the region.

New France should belong to France right ?

Does the technology level of this alternate history identical to our world in the 19th and 20th or more advance than that ? Do we got torpedos, radars, tanks or computers yet ? I’m getting a steampunk / clockwork / dieselpunk vibes right now.

I think it is normally somewhere between WW1 and WW2. It is not PMT yet.

[Arvenia]

Finally working seriously on my app and raising a question about Latin America: How would Brazil have developed in this timeline? Does it still become a republic in the late 19th century? Because if it doesn't, I should probably either have it in personal union or at least have extremely close ties, but if it develops like in RL Brazilian-French relations are probably very tense.

EDIT: Louisiana, are we friends? (I envision a relationship like US-UK in 1914, but that would obv require your okay)

Well, since Portugal was absborbed into the Spanish-dominated "Iberian Union", Brazil seceded under Pedro I, so Brazil is still a monarchy. However, it is a federal monarchy with the same kind of federalism as moder-day Brazil, except the Emperor is the symbolic head of state and the Prime Minister is the executive head of government. Both Brazil and France could be friends.

[Savojarna]

Finally working seriously on my app and raising a question about Latin America: How would Brazil have developed in this timeline? Does it still become a republic in the late 19th century? Because if it doesn't, I should probably either have it in personal union or at least have extremely close ties, but if it develops like in RL Brazilian-French relations are probably very tense.

EDIT: Louisiana, are we friends? (I envision a relationship like US-UK in 1914, but that would obv require your okay)

Well, since Portugal was absborbed into the Spanish-dominated "Iberian Union", Brazil seceded under Pedro I, so Brazil is still a monarchy. However, it is a federal monarchy with the same kind of federalism as moder-day Brazil, except the Emperor is the symbolic head of state and the Prime Minister is the executive head of government. Both Brazil and France could be friends.

So no Brazilian revolution and the French Queen probably being the Empress of Brazil (or at least closely related). Nice!

[Kelmet]

Who wants to be Germanys freind?

[Danceria]

Who wants to be Germanys freind?

*waves hand* Me! Me! Me! Teach me goosestep-fu!

[Kelmet]

Who wants to be Germanys freind?

*waves hand* Me! Me! Me! Teach me goosestep-fu!

And what nation are you my good freind?

[Dravida Nata]

You could rp as a dominion of my nation, sort Canada or Australia situation but for Ceylon.

How about you control some portions instead?

[Grand Indochina]

*waves hand* Me! Me! Me! Teach me goosestep-fu!

And what nation are you my good freind?

He is Korean Empire.

Hey, can I be your friend too ? Your friendly neighbor in the north, Scandinavia ?

[Kelmet]

And what nation are you my good freind?

He is Korean Empire.

Hey, can I be your friend too ? Your friendly neighbor in the north, Scandinavia ?

Absolutly to both of you. The republic welcomes its freinds

[Dahyan]

Finally working seriously on my app and raising a question about Latin America: How would Brazil have developed in this timeline? Does it still become a republic in the late 19th century? Because if it doesn't, I should probably either have it in personal union or at least have extremely close ties, but if it develops like in RL Brazilian-French relations are probably very tense.

EDIT: Louisiana, are we friends? (I envision a relationship like US-UK in 1914, but that would obv require your okay)

That's more than okay for me! I envisioned something similar, and have even put in my application that despite Louisiana being a breakaway former colony with a revolutionary republican history and system, relations with France have become much closer in recent decades, especially with the democratisation of France.

[Dahyan]

Who wants to be Germanys freind?

Louisiana is always keen to be friends with fellow Republics with a revolutionary history.

[Benuty]

You might be able to get away with carving rupers land out from New France due to its status as a valuable trading area.

I say that in part since New France doesn't seem to have a player yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert%27s_Land

Obviously there will have to be some negotiation, but most likely you will be able to get the coastal areas of the region.

New France should belong to France right ?

Does the technology level of this alternate history identical to our world in the 19th and 20th or more advance than that ? Do we got torpedos, radars, tanks or computers yet ? I’m getting a steampunk / clockwork / dieselpunk vibes right now.

I mean from what I understood New France operates as a dominion of France, but that being said border conflicts over trade used to happen quite a lot...so borders may have shifted. Now having a portion of coastal ruperts land as a trade colony would make for decent income, but you do run the risk of the New French being a bit aggressive in reclaming their "sphere of control". Same thing with the British, and Ireland so its really up to you.

[Kelmet]

Who wants to be Germanys freind?

Louisiana is always keen to be friends with fellow Republics with a revolutionary history.

[Grand Indochina]

New France should belong to France right ?

Does the technology level of this alternate history identical to our world in the 19th and 20th or more advance than that ? Do we got torpedos, radars, tanks or computers yet ? I’m getting a steampunk / clockwork / dieselpunk vibes right now.

I mean from what I understood New France operates as a dominion of France, but that being said border conflicts over trade used to happen quite a lot...so borders may have shifted. Now having a portion of coastal ruperts land as a trade colony would make for decent income, but you do run the risk of the New French being a bit aggressive in reclaming their "sphere of control". Same thing with the British, and Ireland so its really up to you.

I will go for Nunavut and Northwest Territories ! Make Vinland great again !

[Grand Indochina]

He is Korean Empire.

Hey, can I be your friend too ? Your friendly neighbor in the north, Scandinavia ?

Absolutly to both of you. The republic welcomes its freinds

From now on I will call you Volksreich instead of Deutschesreich, more cool right

[Revlona]

Absolutly to both of you. The republic welcomes its freinds

From now on I will call you Volksreich instead of Deutschesreich, more cool right

Means we are friends too!

You get to be apart of me and kelmets secret and totally fake TGs now!

Oh and I’m gonna drown our enemies in rubber