1906: Alternative Divergence [AH][OOC-DEAD]

[The Ik Ka Ek Akai]

And I posted!

Small disclaimer though, my knowledge of Byzantine fashion is limited to a few minutes spent on Wikipedia and what I could remember from history books so what I described there might make no sense, oh well.

Bruh

[Tracian Empire]

And I posted!

Small disclaimer though, my knowledge of Byzantine fashion is limited to a few minutes spent on Wikipedia and what I could remember from history books so what I described there might make no sense, oh well.

Bruh

Comrade

[Reverend Norv]

Next post about 1/3rd up. Finished writing the first interaction between the Romans and my Empress. Will work on the trade congressmen stuff tomorrow, and hopefully the French stuff after that. Hoping to be done by Friday (my Friday - so... your Thursday evening/morning?).

Looking forward to it!

[Pasong Tirad]

Next post about 1/3rd up. Finished writing the first interaction between the Romans and my Empress. Will work on the trade congressmen stuff tomorrow, and hopefully the French stuff after that. Hoping to be done by Friday (my Friday - so... your Thursday evening/morning?).

Don't count yourself too done with the Romans yet! I've still got a senator to send over there.

Ah, alright. I'll wait for your post then, if it won't take too long.

[Reverend Norv]

Don't count yourself too done with the Romans yet! I've still got a senator to send over there.

Ah, alright. I'll wait for your post then, if it won't take too long.

In the meantime, feel free to TG me if you want to powwow about how the French might enter the picture here.

[The Felan Federation]

Finished

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You doing some insurgency in my colonies, boi?

[Kazarogkai]

Finished

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You doing some insurgency in my colonies, boi?

... Maybe...

I kinda mentioned it before sorta kinda but they've been supporting would be revolutionaries in this region of the planet for a long time. Providing bases in some of the more obscure parts of their country to said revolutionaries is par for the course and all that. Nevertheless I was planning on talking to you on the matter if you had some time setting up some sort of diplomatic incident to ratchet up a little bit of world tension and all that. Said part of post was meant to be a sort of set up for such a thing setting the scene and rational and all that but not planning on expanding on the matter until at most my 4th post. Just getting ready for all that trying to think ahead on the direction this RP is meant to go.

[Pasong Tirad]

Ah, alright. I'll wait for your post then, if it won't take too long.

In the meantime, feel free to TG me if you want to powwow about how the French might enter the picture here.

Will do, expect a message from me shortly!

[Kamchakta]

Portugal?

[Tracian Empire]

Portugal?

Your app was unfortunately rejected by Old Tyrannia last page.

[The Felan Federation]

You doing some insurgency in my colonies, boi?

... Maybe...

I kinda mentioned it before sorta kinda but they've been supporting would be revolutionaries in this region of the planet for a long time. Providing bases in some of the more obscure parts of their country to said revolutionaries is par for the course and all that. Nevertheless I was planning on talking to you on the matter if you had some time setting up some sort of diplomatic incident to ratchet up a little bit of world tension and all that. Said part of post was meant to be a sort of set up for such a thing setting the scene and rational and all that but not planning on expanding on the matter until at most my 4th post. Just getting ready for all that trying to think ahead on the direction this RP is meant to go.

Aye. I know, just teasing you there.

Perhaps we could engage in some colonial warfare before the Great War comes around?

[Kazarogkai]

Aye. I know, just teasing you there.

Perhaps we could engage in some colonial warfare before the Great War comes around?

Nothing too big, Don't want to over occupy the thread.

I was thinking like a small border skirmish involving the aforementioned guerrillas who while trying to cross get spotted and ambushed and largely killed. The most notable result of this would be the capturing of Guyanese arms which potentially would bring quite a bit of shock. The Guyanese lacking in friends and being a rather effective police state of sorts has made itself in effect an intelligence black hole with little known but rumor by most. The last time I figured the Swedes would have engaged them in a border war(probably in the 70s of 80s) they would have still been armed with single shot rolling block rifles and the revelation that the mad dog of the new world had jumped ahead so quickly(armed with maxims and smokeless repeaters) might cause a bit of an incident.

Thoughts?

[The Felan Federation]

Aye. I know, just teasing you there.

Perhaps we could engage in some colonial warfare before the Great War comes around?

Nothing too big, Don't want to over occupy the thread.

I was thinking like a small border skirmish involving the aforementioned guerrillas who while trying to cross get spotted and ambushed and largely killed. The most notable result of this would be the capturing of Guyanese arms which potentially would bring quite a bit of shock. The Guyanese lacking in friends and being a rather effective police state of sorts has made itself in effect an intelligence black hole with little known but rumor by most. The last time I figured the Swedes would have engaged them in a border war(probably in the 70s of 80s) they would have still been armed with single shot rolling block rifles and the revelation that the mad dog of the new world had jumped ahead so quickly(armed with maxims and smokeless repeaters) might cause a bit of an incident.

Thoughts?

Sure that might work in a way.

Granted, the Swedish Kingdom might be more interested in the fact - that their colonial garrison would manage to fend off such an attack from Guyana. Considering that since Sweden doesn't have either money or men to dump into New Sweden they might instead allow local forces to handle the situation.

In a way, you might grant Sweden a reason to continue funding the colonies - since it has shown to be effective and work.

[Kazarogkai]

Sure that might work in a way.

Granted, the Swedish Kingdom might be more interested in the fact - that their colonial garrison would manage to fend off such an attack from Guyana. Considering that since Sweden doesn't have either money or men to dump into New Sweden they might instead allow local forces to handle the situation.

In a way, you might grant Sweden a reason to continue funding the colonies - since it has shown to be effective and work.

Possibility

Though 120 Revolutionaries with rather basic combat training armed with previous gen guns aren't too stunning of a force in their own right. The Guyanese wouldn't be dumb enough to let their regulars get caught in the mess and with that start a large scale war hence the aforementioned would be the ones carrying the bag. The makings of a proxy conflict to put it simply, to give some plausible deniability. Just a few thoughts.

I'm heading to work but Ill be back tomorrow mourning and we can continue discussing things from there.

[Of Leben]

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Full Nation Name: Królestwo Polski-Litwa, a.k.a the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania. Also known simply as Greater Poland, or just Poland.

Not a very comprehensive review, more like just a few thoughts:

• The population. In the OTL, I believe that your population would have been at around 58 million. An increase is acceptable due to the different circumstances, but I'd like you to at least vaguely mention it, a sentence or two describing why the population is as large as it is.
• The military section. As an industrialized region, a regional power that is larger than the nearby Zentraleuropa and far more centralized and advanced than the Rus Commonwealth, you should try to describe your military much better than that. I don't expect people to write paragraphs as some players have, but you should write at least a few sentences for each field there.
• The history is alright, but I wanted to check if you have discussed it with the Rus player. You are indeed mentioning the Rus several times in it, but the mentions of Russia and the Russian Empire (that you probably just didn't change), make me have to ask that, since a confederation of Rus principalities and the Golden Horde is clearly going to be different than the Russia of OTL. You occupying Moscow as an example probably won't have quite the same effect you seem to be going for, especially by having one of your monarchs crowned there, if it's just the capital of a small principality inside the Golden Commonwealth, especially since the last mention of the city in the Rus app that I remember is it being ravaged by the Mongolians for resisting. I'm also not sure how much of a unified response the Golden Commonwealth would have been able to offer in the wars against you, and I don't remember any mentions of the PLC in the Rus app.
  If you've discussed it with the Rus player then it's certainly alright, but I have to check.

Military is in the works. I'll have something more substantial for you to chew on by the end of tomorrow.

The population i believe is justified due to the fact that Poland-Lithuania did not suffer as much from the wars and instability that historically afflicted the land. Additionally Poland suffered greatly as a result of its frequent rebellions in the late 18th and early 19th century- lots of poles were forced to buy the farm in Siberia, diminishing the population and its growth substantially.

The history section, I was hoping would be tentatively accepted. My history is still under ongoing modifications. What that means is that he can review it by reading through it- and then we will discuss what can be changed. Insofar as the Moscow chapter is concerned- that was an oversight. I wrote it before the Russia position changed hands.

[Pasong Tirad]

So, worked a little slower than I would like, but I'm now over 2/3rds of the way done with my post. Just have to write up the meetings with the French, and I have to say I'm very excited to finish this. Backroom intrigue, politicking, labor unrest, and even a hint of a romance somewhere! I usually don't write on the weekends, so I'll pause this here until Monday.

[Tracian Empire]

So, worked a little slower than I would like, but I'm now over 2/3rds of the way done with my post. Just have to write up the meetings with the French, and I have to say I'm very excited to finish this. Backroom intrigue, politicking, labor unrest, and even a hint of a romance somewhere! I usually don't write on the weekends, so I'll pause this here until Monday.

That sounds pretty interesting xD

[Tracian Empire]

Not a very comprehensive review, more like just a few thoughts:

• The population. In the OTL, I believe that your population would have been at around 58 million. An increase is acceptable due to the different circumstances, but I'd like you to at least vaguely mention it, a sentence or two describing why the population is as large as it is.
• The military section. As an industrialized region, a regional power that is larger than the nearby Zentraleuropa and far more centralized and advanced than the Rus Commonwealth, you should try to describe your military much better than that. I don't expect people to write paragraphs as some players have, but you should write at least a few sentences for each field there.
• The history is alright, but I wanted to check if you have discussed it with the Rus player. You are indeed mentioning the Rus several times in it, but the mentions of Russia and the Russian Empire (that you probably just didn't change), make me have to ask that, since a confederation of Rus principalities and the Golden Horde is clearly going to be different than the Russia of OTL. You occupying Moscow as an example probably won't have quite the same effect you seem to be going for, especially by having one of your monarchs crowned there, if it's just the capital of a small principality inside the Golden Commonwealth, especially since the last mention of the city in the Rus app that I remember is it being ravaged by the Mongolians for resisting. I'm also not sure how much of a unified response the Golden Commonwealth would have been able to offer in the wars against you, and I don't remember any mentions of the PLC in the Rus app.
  If you've discussed it with the Rus player then it's certainly alright, but I have to check.

Military is in the works. I'll have something more substantial for you to chew on by the end of tomorrow.

The population i believe is justified due to the fact that Poland-Lithuania did not suffer as much from the wars and instability that historically afflicted the land. Additionally Poland suffered greatly as a result of its frequent rebellions in the late 18th and early 19th century- lots of poles were forced to buy the farm in Siberia, diminishing the population and its growth substantially.

The history section, I was hoping would be tentatively accepted. My history is still under ongoing modifications. What that means is that he can review it by reading through it- and then we will discuss what can be changed. Insofar as the Moscow chapter is concerned- that was an oversight. I wrote it before the Russia position changed hands.

Thank you for adding more to the military section. And the explanation is acceptable - just please add it to the app itself, in the population section and it should be alright!

As for the history, well, I am going to have to ask Benuty to read your app's history, but you could perhaps try to contact him and to personally discuss everything, it would be the fastest way to get it done.

[Benuty]

I have to apologize as work, schooling, and procrastination has taken up much of my time.

[The Felan Federation]

Sure that might work in a way.

Granted, the Swedish Kingdom might be more interested in the fact - that their colonial garrison would manage to fend off such an attack from Guyana. Considering that since Sweden doesn't have either money or men to dump into New Sweden they might instead allow local forces to handle the situation.

In a way, you might grant Sweden a reason to continue funding the colonies - since it has shown to be effective and work.

Possibility

Though 120 Revolutionaries with rather basic combat training armed with previous gen guns aren't too stunning of a force in their own right. The Guyanese wouldn't be dumb enough to let their regulars get caught in the mess and with that start a large scale war hence the aforementioned would be the ones carrying the bag. The makings of a proxy conflict to put it simply, to give some plausible deniability. Just a few thoughts.

I'm heading to work but Ill be back tomorrow mourning and we can continue discussing things from there.

I think the mere fact you got a hundred guys armed at all is a surprising thing. Considering how small some of the colonial forces were in the early 20th Century.

[Knights Mare Nostrum]

Full Nation Name : Kingdom of Quebec
Majority/Official Culture : French/Quebecois
Territorial Core : Quebec, Laborador
Territorial Claim : Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
Capital City : Quebec
Population : 2,500,000

Government Type : Constitutional Monarchy
Government Ideology/Policies : Militiant conservatism
Government Focus : Preserving Quebec's sovereingty as a nation and resisting Canadian attempts to breach into it
Head of State : Queen Amelie Lacroix XII
Head of Government : Prime Minister Louis-Philippe Manseau
Government Description : It works quite similarly to Sweden's government, actually; executive power is exercised by the government, led by the Prime Minister of Quebec. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament, elected within a multi-party system. The Judiciary is independent, appointed by the government and employed until retirement. While the royal family has some power, they are, ideally, a figurehead, and thus are confined to an agreement which allows them to be unable to be overthrown or abdicate, be seen as a high-ranking authority and gain sovereignty over any colonies or puppets the Quebecois create, amongst other privileges.

Majority/State Religion : Roman Catholic
Religious Description : Quebec is gifted with an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic population, though now has a low church attendance. This is a legacy of colonial times when only Roman Catholics were permitted to settle in New France. At least 86% of the country is under Catholicism while 4.7% remain Protestant and a minority of 1.4% Orthodox, 1.2% Jewish and 0.9% Muslim are apparent, and with this are at least 5% of the populace who are atheist and/or do not affiliate with any religion.

Economic Ideologies : Capitalism
Major Production : Wine, fur, aluminium, airplanes, paper, airplane parts, copper and alloys
Economic Description : The economy of Quebec is diversified and remarkably modern with an average potential for growth, its' sectors producing many goods that are serviced to countries around the Americas, as well as their closely-tied brethren in France.

Development: Modern
Development Description : Quebec, having been released by Canada after its' own brief revolution in 1785 following the American Revolution, was given considerable assistance from the United States in modernising, as well as from its' forefathers in France. Later, it was tapping into resources of its' own, and with the quality of Quebecois exports today, it soon reached great heights in modernisation, achieving guns

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[Tracian Empire]

Full Nation Name : Kingdom of Quebec
Majority/Official Culture : French/Quebecois
Territorial Core : Quebec, Laborador
Territorial Claim : Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
Capital City : Quebec
Population : 2,500,000

Government Type : Constitutional Monarchy
Government Ideology/Policies : Militiant conservatism
Government Focus : Preserving Quebec's sovereingty as a nation and resisting Canadian attempts to breach into it
Head of State : Queen Amelie Lacroix XII
Head of Government : Prime Minister Louis-Philippe Manseau
Government Description : It works quite similarly to Sweden's government, actually; executive power is exercised by the government, led by the Prime Minister of Quebec. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament, elected within a multi-party system. The Judiciary is independent, appointed by the government and employed until retirement. While the royal family has some power, they are, ideally, a figurehead, and thus are confined to an agreement which allows them to be unable to be overthrown or abdicate, be seen as a high-ranking authority and gain sovereignty over any colonies or puppets the Quebecois create, amongst other privileges.

Majority/State Religion : Roman Catholic
Religious Description : Quebec is gifted with an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic population, though now has a low church attendance. This is a legacy of colonial times when only Roman Catholics were permitted to settle in New France. At least 86% of the country is under Catholicism while 4.7% remain Protestant and a minority of 1.4% Orthodox, 1.2% Jewish and 0.9% Muslim are apparent, and with this are at least 5% of the populace who are atheist and/or do not affiliate with any religion.

Economic Ideologies : Capitalism
Major Production : Wine, fur, aluminium, airplanes, paper, airplane parts, copper and alloys
Economic Description : The economy of Quebec is diversified and remarkably modern with an average potential for growth, its' sectors producing many goods that are serviced to countries around the Americas, as well as their closely-tied brethren in France.

Development: Modern
Development Description : Quebec, having been released by Canada after its' own brief revolution in 1785 following the American Revolution, was given considerable assistance from the United States in modernising, as well as from its' forefathers in France. Later, it was tapping into resources of its' own, and with the quality of Quebecois exports today, it soon reached great heights in modernisation, achieving guns

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The claim in itself is alright, but in terms of history, you should discuss it with Reverend Norv, who is the French player, and pay some attention to the world in general. France in this timeline is overwhelmingly Reformed, a nation created through conflict with Catholic powers. At the same time, we have no United States, we have a Spanish-American monarchy created from the remains of the Bourbon Spanish monarchy that fled to the Americas during the Revolutionary Wars.

[Kazarogkai]

I think the mere fact you got a hundred guys armed at all is a surprising thing. Considering how small some of the colonial forces were in the early 20th Century.

You can say a lot of things about Guyana but not having a lot of guns is something you can't say of them. I think I mentioned it but something around 40% of the secondary sector is classified as state industries and the bulk of that is pretty much just arms manufacturing.

Also I just figured 120 was a reasonable number considering the size of the population within your colony. I was thinking the entire rebel army would number around 1-2000 strong with the 500 directly in Venezuela in various small local camps and the remainder in Guyana in various revolutionary base areas using the border regions of Guyana as a staging point. Overall a vaguely Maoist style insurgency in a manner similar to that done by ZANU (ZANLA) during the Rhodesian bush war focused on direct confrontation with the state via infiltrating combatants into the country, politicizing the peasantry, and participating in 'hit-and-run' ambush operations. To hammer some details down the way I figured this would go down is the 120 revolutionaries in question who are making this attempt to infiltrate are going in with the principle goal being to link up with the existing rebel camps. Along the way, due in part to information gained from a raid on an already existing rebel camp, they get ambushed by a large group of Swedish colonial troops a little while after crossing the border. Most are killed but a handful(around 20) escape into the bush after launching a semi successful breakout which nonetheless causes them to lose the bulk of their supplies which is captured by the Swedish colonial who make sure to send some of the weapons back to Sweden under the suspicion that they might be Guyanese in origin.

What you think, sounds like a reasonable way for things to go?

[Tracian Empire]

Alright, I'll take care of cleaning the list and the map of inactive players over the following days.

Let me just clarify what I mean by this - we fully understand that most people are more or less busy in real life right now, it's a bad point in time for many, and we even have people in the OP board who have been unable to finish their apps due to real life intervening, so that's not an issue.

What is an issue is when people are too busy to do anything but they don't say anything about it. We're more than willing to extend reservations and wait for people when it comes to apps and posts, once again, just look at our own board xD

But I'll have to start removing the players who haven't been saying anything. I always send a TG first and wait for an answer, and only remove people if I have to, but it will happen.

For those who don't know what to post in the IC, we'll try to come up with events at some point in the near future.

And we have quite a lot of free spots on the map, and we will try to further advertise the roleplay around NS, so if you guys know people who might be interested, spread the news! This roleplay is certainly still open

[Fascist Republic Of Bermuda]

Sorry for not posting any, tis the season of finals and graduation where I am. I'll definitely get a post up by next week.