1890: Alternative Divergence [AH][OOC-DEAD]

[Tracian Empire]

As far as I can tell Belgium is totally unclaimed. The Netherlands is a little more tricky since the German player has requested a claim on the Netherlands but the CO-OP board hasn’t approved this yet. I’d suggest talking to the CO-OPs and German player, best way to contact the CO-OPs is our discord

I am thanking you for this Idea, I will try to make a diplomatic approach to the Situation.

I am not fully sure what you mean by this.

Now, the map and list need updating - Belgium is claimed, and will remain claimed. The Netherlands might become free, but in that case you would have to change your concept completely.

As for the islands that you've claimed, you could claim them, but there isn't that much that you could do with them. They are mostly barren, and you wouldn't have any neighbors.

[Stollberg-Stolberg]

I am thanking you for this Idea, I will try to make a diplomatic approach to the Situation.

I am not fully sure what you mean by this.

Now, the map and list need updating - Belgium is claimed, and will remain claimed. The Netherlands might become free, but in that case you would have to change your concept completely.

As for the islands that you've claimed, you could claim them, but there isn't that much that you could do with them. They are mostly barren, and you wouldn't have any neighbors.

I mean having Neighbors can be a good and a bad thing, for the problems of it being barren I will look into that and I mean I have alot of Ideas for these Islands.

[Tracian Empire]

I am not fully sure what you mean by this.

Now, the map and list need updating - Belgium is claimed, and will remain claimed. The Netherlands might become free, but in that case you would have to change your concept completely.

As for the islands that you've claimed, you could claim them, but there isn't that much that you could do with them. They are mostly barren, and you wouldn't have any neighbors.

I mean having Neighbors can be a good and a bad thing, for the problems of it being barren I will look into that and I mean I have alot of Ideas for these Islands.

Well, those islands would be near impossible to defend if a colonial power would want to take them as their own

[Stollberg-Stolberg]

I mean having Neighbors can be a good and a bad thing, for the problems of it being barren I will look into that and I mean I have alot of Ideas for these Islands.

Well, those islands would be near impossible to defend if a colonial power would want to take them as their own

I am aware of that and I agree with you but, who would want barren Islands?

[Tracian Empire]

Well, those islands would be near impossible to defend if a colonial power would want to take them as their own

I am aware of that and I agree with you but, who would want barren Islands?

Well, why did France, Spain, and Britain fight over the Falklands, and then why did Argentina join them? Geopolitics.

[Stollberg-Stolberg]

I am aware of that and I agree with you but, who would want barren Islands?

Well, why did France, Spain, and Britain fight over the Falklands, and then why did Argentina join them? Geopolitics.

Oh right.. I forgot about them...

[Tracian Empire]

Well, why did France, Spain, and Britain fight over the Falklands, and then why did Argentina join them? Geopolitics.

Oh right.. I forgot about them...

I am not saying that you can not play those islands, just take into account that it would be incredibly difficult to maintain your independence in the IC.

[The Traansval]

Oh right.. I forgot about them...

I am not saying that you can not play those islands, just take into account that it would be incredibly difficult to maintain your independence in the IC.

I mean I'm not interested, so Britain at least isn't a threat.

[TENNOHEIKA BANZAI NIHON]

As the map linked in the OP shows, the Philippines are a Korean colony, and the United States do not have any colonies or presence in Asia.

okay so can I LARP as Filipino revolutionaries?

Just an idea, but I would be willing to let you RP as Papua and Sulawesi, which are my (Japan's) puppets. The condition is for the most part no rebellion, since such by now is unlikely, and while you have freedom on smaller things, you wouldn't be able to go to war without Japan's approval and you would have to basically go with Japan's decision on the bigger things.

But if that is okay with you, you are free to play Papua and Sulawesi as my puppet.

[Remnants of Exilvania]

I am not saying that you can not play those islands, just take into account that it would be incredibly difficult to maintain your independence in the IC.

I mean I'm not interested, so Britain at least isn't a threat.

This just means that the Royal Polish Army needs to pick up the torch, chartering some ships, loading field artillery and troops on it and sailing southwards to claim those Atlantic Isles.

The colonial ambitions of theTriple Monarchy will bloom into glorious flowers!!!11!

[The Traansval]

okay so can I LARP as Filipino revolutionaries?

Just an idea, but I would be willing to let you RP as Papua and Sulawesi, which are my (Japan's) puppets. The condition is for the most part no rebellion, since such by now is unlikely, and while you have freedom on smaller things, you wouldn't be able to go to war without Japan's approval and you would have to basically go with Japan's decision on the bigger things.

But if that is okay with you, you are free to play Papua and Sulawesi as my puppet.

Sulawesi is a Chinese territory. Might wanna contact in discord if this is a mixup

[Axis Asteroid]

Just an idea, but I would be willing to let you RP as Papua and Sulawesi, which are my (Japan's) puppets. The condition is for the most part no rebellion, since such by now is unlikely, and while you have freedom on smaller things, you wouldn't be able to go to war without Japan's approval and you would have to basically go with Japan's decision on the bigger things.

But if that is okay with you, you are free to play Papua and Sulawesi as my puppet.

Sulawesi is a Chinese territory. Might wanna contact in discord if this is a mixup

I gave Sulawesi to Banzai and kept Selayar for myself.

[Empire of Techkotal]

Full Nation Name : The kingdom of Swabia
Majority/Official Culture : Swabian
Territorial Core : https://imgur.com/a/okASwsz
Territorial Claim : https://imgur.com/a/peDfXgH
Capital City : Stuttgart
Population : ca. 18.000.000

Government Type : Monarchy
Government Ideology/Policies : Imperialist
Government Focus : The goverment is focused on undermining the legitamicy of the northern German state and making propaganda against them. After having modernised their economy they seek allies in case of war to regain what was lost.
Head of State : King Wilhelm II
Head of Government : Chancellor
Government Description : His majesty king Wilhelm II rules over the grand kingdom of Swabia. His power has been a little bit compromised, due to the reforms of 1848 and the thriving Democratic forces in his realm. His position is an old constitution of dating back to the the holy empire of German nations. He is the commander in chief of the army and oversees all expenditures of the army. He is the face of the kingdom and deals with important political issues himself. In theory he still rules as rules as absolute monarch, but in practice he can no longer oversee the expenditures of the kingdom unless the kingdom is in a great danger.

The senate
Some idiotic revolutionaries came on the stupid idea that they could rule themselves and since 1849 the power of the king is restricted through the senate. The senate makes new laws and projects. The king only has the power to veto them. They also set the taxes. Though the senate is a representation of a class society which Swabia is. The senate consits out of 100 senators and 60% of them will be elected by the the common people (only males over 20 years old may vote). The king may appoint 20 senators which represent his position. The army can fill in the other 20 senators, but they can also let the people elect some of the senator the army could fill in.

The national treasury is in charge of the economy. They oversee all state expenditures and in case of need take on debts. The national treasury will be formed by members of the senate, which the senate and the king have to decide upon. Normaly the senate doesn't care about it. As it changes nothing in terms of power, but it is a highly prestigious position.


Majority/State Religion : Catholic
Religious Description :

Economic Ideologies : Capitalism
Major Production : weapons, coffe, steel, industrial goods, ships, some electrical goods, agrar goods,textils

Economic Description : The economy of the kingdom isn't the biggest in the world, but its an effectiv one for its size. Because new technologys are being copied quickly the industry trys not to fall behind its foreign competition. Many companys are producing textils or products with quality German steel. The kingdom had brought most of the companys to safety during the war of the Rhineland and many factory were just transported along the Rhine. The best exporting goods once were steel products, but that has changed a little bit. The kingdom has to import Iron and coal to meet its demand, but the kingdom still produces steel products of great quality with a made in Germany stample. Though they aren't even all of Germany they see themselves as the only ones that can justify their claim to the stample of being a true German. Most people still work on their lands, but they aren't really that poor anymore. They are no longer bound to their feudal lords and their lands are theirs now over half a century. The university of agriculture keeps developing improvements for the peasents working on the fields. Every year many of the peasents meet at a harvesting festival to celebrate. There they can also learn the newest developments in agricultur.
The Colony in Eritrea controls parts of the coffee trade and makes relativly good revenues. The region of lower Lorraine, produces ships and fish.

Development: Modern

Development Description : The kingdom has been pursuing the development and implementation of new technologies since 1816 then Wilhelm I became King. The kingdom adapted many new technologys over the course of the century and adapted them. Since they lost most of their continental strength the kingdom pursued to make itself great again with the construction of new factorys, new railway networks, new bridges, new telegraphs, new electricity generators and bringing electric light to its industry so, that they might even work in the night. Most of Swabia has been modernised. Though there are still parts of Bavaria that lack behind. The region of lower Lorraine is seen as modern and very good developed, but it isn't connected with the kingdom.


Army Description : The Swabian professional army has a long history of bloodshed and wars and is known as the imperial army (in them the traditions of the old empire continue). After ruling the empire for a half a millenia and always trying to keep it stable and unified. The army has become a symbol of which every German can be proud of even if he isn't part of the Swabian kingdom. The army is a well structured and organised unity in the kingdom. Men from every corner of Germany can be found in it.
The king as the commander in chief personaly spends a lot of his time with the army. The general staff keeps planning, learning, teaching and organising war games. The officers and generals are well trained soldiers who rose through the ranks with the king always testing new ones. In case there are to many new ones well trusted generals will test the officers. This tradition has been established in the 17th century, during which trust worthy officers became a necessity and the army transformed from a feudal one into a standing force of Landsknechts with the pike and shot warfare.

While the soldiers have to train every day and keep themselves fit. They live relativly good lives. Many structures of old are still intact and house them. There they keep the equipment in a good shape and train themselves. large garrison quarters have been build with large training grounds to exercise the troops in and make maneuvers. They are always (not after they shot most of their rounds in a maneuver) in a good shape and well fitted with rounds. The soldires use the Gewehr 88 which the imperial arsenal makes for them. They wear olive grey uniforms instead of the blue they once weared.

The armys artillery has been updated and schools for cannoniers exist since 1803. They have been recently modernised with the maps having been updated to new standards. They now show the differnce in height as it has been measured by the cartophotagrahers of the kingdom. The light artillery had to be also updated with a small shield, due to concerns of the common class that shrapnels could hit their fathers. Though that pushed the production costs. The army operates a great amount of field cannons and some heavy artillery.

Army Weakness : The army lacks the infrastructur which it once had during its days as the empire of German nations. Now with a much smaller territory the funds for the army also had to be cut drasticly. The wealth of the kingdom has been invested into the modernisation of itself. But now after the war over the Rhineland (which the Swabian kingdom lost) the kingdom has been heavily rearming and preparing itself. As such babarity and agressiv behaviour can not and will not be tolerated by the last desendends of the empire. Though one question makes the general staff unsure. Is anyone goin to interfere and if so on which side? As it currently stands the kingdom doesn't posses the strenght to figh a war on mutiple fronts.

Naval Description : The imperial navy is relativly small, due to the kingdom never really focusing to much on it. There are two fleets in the empire one is stationed in Belgium and one is stationed in Eritrea. The one in Eritrea only has two unprotected cruisers while the one in Belgium has to guard the flow of supplys to the economy. Here the fleet has a substantial navy. The fleet has several protected and unprotected cruisers. There are several protected cruisers under consturction, but they wont be finished until 1893.
Naval Weakness : The navy is to small to actually achieve its goal of protecting trade and it is so small that it would loose to all rivaling navys in the region.

Further Military Description : The kingdoms army uses the telegraph extensivly to communicate quickly. There are also some flag towers which can direct orders if it isn't to foggy or if it doesn't rain. There are also some who use ballons to get a better view of the battlefield, but they have to be hold with a rope, that way they don't fly away.

National Goals : Regain the Rhine industrial area and reform the empire of the German nations, but this time for good.
National Issues : The kingdom has to regein the Rhine to make its economy "great again". Also many in kingdom think that the time has come to reform the empire and bring back the old (through propanganda even better looking) days of glory.
National Figures of Interest : Frederick. I, Wilhelm. I,
National Ambition/Aspirations :Rebuild Germany and reform the empire. Keep central europe stable and ensure good relations with its neighbours.

History : Under Otto I the east francian kingdom was reformed into the holy empire of Germania. He himself was crowned as emperor by a newly elected pope in Aachen. He later crushed the Magyars to the east and stabilised the eastern border. Under his reign the eastern dukes slowly pushed to the east and brought christianity to the Barbarians in the east. After Ottos death the empire continued on its path. The empire became a stable and relativly secure place to live in. Citys were founded and castles were build to the west.
In 1152 Frederick I became king of the empire and in 1153 he was crowned emperor in Aachen just like Otto before him. Frederick gave his cousin Heinrich the lion Bavaria back and let him oversee the north of the empire. After several years of peace and stability Frederick gathered his knights and the knights of Heinrich to attack the Capetian dynasty the current rulers of the western francian kingdom. They took the fortresses and gathered all their knights for one battle. In 1159 Frederick won a great battle in the Alps. He annexed all of northern Brugundy into his own dukedom of Swabia and declared it a kingdom. Later his son Heinrich IV became king, while he went on the first crusade. There he died, while taking a bath in a river.
His son Heinrich consilidated the power of the emperor and strengthend his gripp on the empire. New laws were passed and new citys were founded.
After him the Swabian kingdom couldn't bring their next king on the throne of the empire, but it did survive.
During the 13th century the kingdom of Bohemia became a major player in the empire. Even with the emperor meddling in the war and forbidding a war the kingdom of Bohemia didn't listen and conquered all of Hungary forming the double monarchy. They later expanded further east.
The teutonic Order was tasked with bringing faith to the heretics in the east and to convert them with force.
In the 15th century the empire saw many conflicts with the the kingdom of France and had to give up some territorys in Lorraine. Later in the 15th century during a war over the lower dukedom of Lorraine the kingdom of Swabia pushed the french knight back and after the family of Lorrain had nearly ceased to exist as many of their sons had been slain in battle. The kingdom of Swabia annexed Lorraine. This caused an civil war in the empire in which the position of the emperor had been heavily weakend as he couldn't do much. The dukedom of Saxony was defeated in battle by the kingdom of Swabia and forced to accept the loss of territory. The saxonian territory was given to minor swabian nobles, while Saxony became a smaller dukedom. The dukedom of Franconia and the dukedom of Bavaria put up a better fight. They fought with honor for their cause and forced the kingdom of Swabia back. Later in a treaty between Bavaria and Swabia the king of Swabia promised the imperial crown to the duke of Bavaria.
Ensuring their support the swabian knights defeated the fraconian knights. The war ended and Swabia was in control of Lorraine.
In the 16th and 17th century the empire grow ever more weaker as the former kigdom of Bohemia caused many wars. During this time the new firearms and the Landsknecht made the knights nearly useless. Due to that the kingdom of Swabia together with other dukedoms created a new army of the empire the imperial army. It was a well structured and disciplined force and the first and only attempt to make something else out of the mess the empire had become.
In the 30 years during the 17th century, in which the empire ripped itself appart, the former kingdom of Bohemia was cornered by many forces and the emperor tried to force his position upon Bohemia. After the treaty in 1648 the fprmer kingdom of Bohemia and all its other kingdoms and the Dutch left the empire. The empire lost nearly half of its size and was reduced to piece of rubble.

During the age of exploration some Swabian ships sailed around the world and brought new goods from the world, but the empire had been so severly devastated that it couldn't afford to start any colonization attempts. During the 17th century the Swabian kigdom saw the rise of Brandenburg. At the end of the century Brandenburg had gained the territory of Schleswig. At the Beginning of the 18th century the kingdom of Swabia succesfully backs up Brandenburg in a war against Sweden and recaptures some northern territorys. Brandenburg seized the territorys and became known as Prussia.
The swabian king later realized he had helped to destroy the empire with this action.
During a long and bloody war over hegemony in the empire the Prussians won and pushed the swabians back, but the Swabians defeated the allie of Prussia Bavaria and annexed it. The Prussian however gained Hannover and Saxony.
At the end of the 18th century the kingdom of Swabia had to construct many fortifications at the Rhine against the revolutionary France and some against the new superpower Prussia. During the early 18th century the kingdom of Swabia build up the imperial army to a new army. His son Wilhelm I later began the modernisation of the kingdom. The kingdom invested a lot into modernisation and did everything it could to prevent Prussian hegemony.
In 1848 rebellions broke out in citys. Through the industrilisation and the modernisation the subjects of the crown had slwoly began to see themselves as more. The peasents and other subjects demanded more freedom and political rights. In 1848 the king had to recognize the Senate and the national treasury as part of his kingdom and that he would have to share his power with them.
Later the imperial army increased its size and became one of the largest standing forces of the empire. The military buidlup in central europe caused the war every had seen coming between northern Germany and Swabia. In 1862 the war over the Rhineland began. both sided mustered the first truly massive armys of europe. They engaged on the hole frontline. With several great battles taking place between them. But the kingdom of Swabia soon realised, they would loose. While it wouldn't be a crushing defeat. The Prussian had a lot more stable borders and could throw everything they had into the war, while Swabia had to guard the Border to the triple monarchy, to France and to Rome. During the war the swabians deconstructed the factorys in the Rhur as good as they could and moved them either to their northern or their southern territory. The massiv steelmills and factorys of Meißner, who had defeated his rival Krupp and bought him, were tranported to the Neckar.
Then Prussia marched into the Ruhr territory it had lost most of its industrial complexes and railways, due to deconstruction or a simple "burned earth tactic".
The kingdom later rebuild its economy and swore they would regain control over the once lost territorys.
The kingdom started to modernize again and developed the capabilitys of its military further.
In 1878 a swabian company near the horn of Africa requested protection and that it was made a colony. The king of Swabia during this time Karl I saw no potential in the colony. But his son Wilhelm II saw the lucrative coffee trade. Then he was crowened as king of the empire, the first thing he did was build up a navy which could protect it overseas possesions. Afterward he made contact with the local king of Ethiopia. A deal was made, the kingdom of Swabia would build several textil factorys, some modern steel mills and a few railway lines. To pay for it the kingdom of Swabia got the rights to the coffee trade. Though the coffee had to be bought by the natives and the kingdom of Ethiopia would collect the taxes.
After having secured a small gain in his oversees possessions, king Wilhelm II invested large amounts of capital into a new military build up. But this time he would start searching for allies, as he knew a war in Germany is good for all its neighboors and one side of them too would have to win anyway, so it would be best to be on winning side. Also the nationalistic senate, while not really being in favor of it, proposed the possibility of territorial gains in northern German territory.
Germany is splitt between two heavily armed states which are at each others throats and this century might be the end of the conflict.

RP Sample: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=emp ... id=1345770
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[Arvenia]

I don't want to be Germany anymore, so northern Germany is now vacant. I might go for a Chinese state in South America (if that is possible), which is similar to the Kingdom of Tungning.

[Stollberg-Stolberg]

Reservation

Nation Name: The Duchy of Saxony
Territory: Saxonies Territory from 1810;Prussia [East of Oder, might be ok if OP will accept it] without Silesia and Parts of Poznan; Lower Saxony without Oldenburg and the West; Thuringia Parts of Hessia and things between.; The Falklands; The South Sandwich Islands; The South Orkney & Shetland Islands and The Provinces of Groningen and Friesland [core]
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I know I did a reservation but, With new Territory I will rewrite my Admission a bit.

[Arvenia]

Reservation

Nation Name: Kingdom of Yuandong (远东王国)
Territory: Chile, Bolivia and Peru
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[Empire of Techkotal]

Strolly why don't you say that August der Starke defeated Prussia. I mean then you would have the coastline you need. Afterwards you could still justify overseas possessions.

[Stollberg-Stolberg]

Strolly why don't you say that August der Starke defeated Prussia. I mean then you would have the coastline you need. Afterwards you could still justify overseas possessions.

I mean, I am still not done with my History so I will add it.

[Arvenia]

Full Nation Name: Kingdom of Yuandong (远东王国)
Majority/Official: Chinese mixed with various Amerindian cultures
Territorial Core: Chile, Bolivia and Peru (all grey on the current map)
Territorial Claim: Magallanes Region, Acre, Ecuador, Colombia and the rest of Peru, as well as Amazonas and even China (see National Ambitions/Aspirations and History)
Capital City: Hecheng (Lima, Peru)
Population: 12,457,000
Map Color: Crimson

Government Type: Unitary absolute bureaucratic monarchy
Government Ideology/Policies: Sinocentrism, Traditionalism, Militarism and Pragmatism
Government Focus: Yuandong currently focuses on economic development, agriculture, stability and military buildup.
Head of State: King Dashizi (born Zhang Liu)
Head of Government: Chancellor Qian Shikai
Government Description: The King has absolute power, while the Chancellor serves as his second-in-command. The monarchy is hereditary, while the Chancellor is appointed by the King. The monarchy is run by the Zhang family, hence the name "Zhang Dynasty". Yuandong has "Three Departments and Six Ministries". The departments are directly controlled by the King, while the ministries answers to the Chancellor. The departments are the Department of War, the Department of Finance and the Department of Foreign Affairs, while the ministries are the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Examination (Ministry of Personnel), the Ministry of Worship (Ministry of Rites), the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Labour (Ministry of Works).

Majority/State Religion: Three Teachings
Religious Description: As noted, Yuandong strictly adheres to Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, which was common after China was annexed by Taiping. Other religions like Christianity are banned, although indigenous communities are allowed to follow their own religious beliefs.

Economic Ideologies: State Capitalism
Major Production: Livestock, copper, lithium, beverages, clothing, fishing, iron, gold, silver, tobacco, wood, cotton, wheat, cement, jewelry and textiles
Economic Description: Yuandong basically modeled its economy after those of the old dynasties, albeit mixed with elements of state capitalism. Yuandong is very overprotective of its own natural resources and is rarely exporting them to other countries. Also, foreign businesses are forced to follow strict guidelines set by the royal government in order to protect native interests. On the other hand, the government treats Amerindian tribes as tributary states. The King controls the economy through the Department of Finance.

Development: Semi-Industrialized
Development Description: Although the country has its economy shift from agriculture to industrialization, Yuandong is slowly industrializing. While it has inherited infrastructure from the Inca Empire and even adopted some Western infrastructure (as well as firearms), it still lags behind Korea, Japan, Taiping and Manchuria in regards to Eastern modernization.

Army Description: The Yuandong Army (远东陆军) is Yuandong's land-based military. It is led by a General and is organized into field armies, corps, divisions, regiments, battalions, companies, platoons and squads. The Yuandong Army is a modern mixed force with well-equipped troops, excellent officers, discipline, training and moderate amount of supplies. The Yuandong Army has 650,000 troops. Being a mixed force, the Yuandong Army is made up of both conscripts and volunteers.
Army Weakness: Inability to invade larger countries and continued use of outdated weapons.
Naval Description: The Yuandong Navy (远东海军) is Yuandong's sea-based military. It is led by an Admiral and is organized into fleets, flotillas, divisions and squadrons. The Yuandong Navy is a modern mixed force with skilled officers, experienced crews, discipline, training and moderate amount of supplies. The ANS has 45,000 personnel. Being a mixed force, the Yuandong Navy is made up of both conscripts and volunteers. It also maintains a group of naval infantrymen, although there are only a few infantrymen within the force. The naval vessels are mostly ironclads, frigates, corvettes and gunboats, as older ships are being decommissioned in favor of the modern ones from the West.
Naval Weakness: No battleships and a way too small infantry force.
Further Military Description: The King controls the military through the Department of War.

National Goals: Expand the country, develop the economy, strengthen the military and preserve Chinese culture
National Issues: Slow industrialization, less free trade, semi-modern military and stronger neighbours
National Figures of Interest: Zhao Jinping (who discovered and established Hecheng) and King Laobing (who created the Kingdom of Yuandong)
National Ambitions/Aspirations: To free China from Taiping and eventually colonize all of the Americas

History: A Chinese expedition led by Zhao Jinping discovered South America in the 1520s, who then established a city named Hecheng (Chinese for "River City"), which is due to three rivers that flows through it. The Chinese got into contact with some Amerindian civilizations, including the Inca Empire. Around that time, the Inca Empire was crumbling and much of its land was later taken by the Aztek Ascendancy. As a result, the Chinese used this to their advantage and occupied what's left of the Inca Empire. The Chinese eventually inherited Inca infrastructure such as extensive road networks, incredible agricultural innovations, finely-woven textiles and the use of knotted strings. Several years later, this colony ultimately extended down to modern-day Chile and deep into modern-day Bolivia. The Chinese found great use of the colony's natural resources and even breed with the indigenous communities, creating an ethnicity that was of mixed Asian-Amerindian ancestry. The colony also started to get some ships, weapons and other stuff from the Chinese mainland. It began trading with the Aztek Ascendancy.

However, once the Great Shun was overthrowed by the Taiping Rebellion, Governor Zhang Jia declared Yuandong independent from China and renamed himself King Laobing. He modeled Yuandong after any Chinese dynasty with an assistant Chancellor, three departments and six ministries. It also became self-sufficient due to Chinese protectionism, although it still trading with the Aztek Ascendancy. Eventually, it began buying new guns and ships from the West.
RP Sample: The Modern Age Collapse

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History is still WIP.

[Novacom]

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You've flat out ignored the suggestion to take a break from the RP, you've not satisfied anybody about the Plagiarism and all your other apps have been incredibly problematic, therefore I have to tell you to please leave the thread.

[Arvenia]

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You've flat out ignored the suggestion to take a break from the RP, you've not satisfied anybody about the Plagiarism and all your other apps have been incredibly problematic, therefore I have to tell you to please leave the thread.

Okay.

[Stollberg-Stolberg]

Full Nation Name: The Duchy of Saxony
Majority/Official Culture: Saxon
Territorial Core : The Falklands; The South Orkney Islands; The South Shetland Islands, Elephant Island [Antarctica {Technically South Shetland Islands}], The South Sandwich Islands and Clarence Island [Antarctica {Technically South Shetland Islands]; Also the Territories of Saxony [1810] East Germany up to Stettin, and the Rest of Prussia.
Territorial Claim: Cameroon and Namibia
Capital City: Stollberg; The Capital is located Inside of the Erzgebirge around a Mountain called Stollenberg, which is located 76 Kilometers away from the Triple Monarchies Borders. Having an extra Layer of Forests and Mountains around it helps with its protection. The nearest Town is the Town of Niederdorf which contains a population of about 15.000 inhabitants.
Population: 17.750.000

Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy
Government Ideology/Policies: Social Democracy
Government Focus : After the New Duke of this Nation got coroneted, The Government started to Care alot about Educational, Healthcare and Cultural Development which it pursuit with great speeds.
Head of State: Sigmund The 3rd. von Schoppen
Head of Government: Horst Theodor Fuchs
Government Description: The Government which consists of The Duke and the Parliament, The Parliament is being Voted by the People of each Island were one Island has one Representative in the Parliament also called the Ländchen Committee which is the First half of the Parliament; The only Roule to get into the Ländchen [County] Committee is that the Proposed County has 10.000 or more Humans as its Population. The second half of the Parliament consists of the Representatives of each Party based on the Percentage of the Vote for Example 177.500 Votes to one Party equalls 1 % of The Representation House which equals 2 Party Members in it. While the Duke has a Place in the Legislative House as the Senior Speaker and the Senior Legislative Mayor, he is being chosen by common Succession Law.

Majority/State Religion: Bergisch Christianity
Religious Description : Even though the Bergisch Christianity keeps all of the Ideas from the Reformated Christianity, but it adds a lot of New Ides like adding New Festivals like the "Mountain Day" which occurs every Year from the 12-14 th of January; it also adds some New Supernatural Entities like the "Gevatter Tod´s Kollegium" which is a small Version of the Grim Reaper since it is not believed that the Grim Reaper can be anywhere at once, and needs Henchmen or “Regional Managers” to fulfill his Duties and his Role as his Guider to Heaven and Hell. A second Supernatural Being is called “Schlüssler” who protects blessed and cursed Keys, stopping any Person except Saint´s in getting near them.

Economic Ideologies: Bismarckian State Socialism [Mixed Economic System]
Major Production: Fish; Crystals and Ores/Metals/Coal, Wooden Decoration, Tin Figures and Glass
Economic Description:
-Location: The Locations of the Ressources is Key, the most Minerals are being mined in the Erzgebirge and The Harz which is Located near the Border to the Swabian Empire which makes them Vulnerable in an Suprise Attack
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Development: Modern
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Army Description: The Size of the The Army of Saxony consists of 15 Ranks which are as followed from lowest to highest: Gemeiner[Privat] --> Kommandant [Commander] --> Trüppchen Leiter [Corporal] --> Squadroneer [Sergeant] --> Meester Squadroneer [Master Sergeant] --> Kommandant Squadroneer [Command Sergeant Mayor] --> Unterst / Oberst [Second / First Lieutenant] --> Offizier [Officer] --> Hauptmann [Captain] --> Hauptmanns Kommandant [Colonel] --> Rauker [Major General] --> General [General] --> Truppensteiger [General of the Army] --> General Minister of the Army [Minister of Defense]. Work in Progress

Army Weakness: Severe understaffing, due to an low interest in an Military Route and no Conscription the Military of Saxony is 3 times under the acquired Manpower it can equip, while most of the Participants going the Soldier ther are alot more Medics than needed.
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National Goals: The Main Goal is to create a Free and Fair Academic System which doesn´t discriminate any Minority.
National Issues: The Nation needs to destroy any unnecessary funding to any Branches except the Educational and Health System to ensure a Free and Neutral way of Teaching and Living.
National Figures of Interest: Oliver “Ollie” Weeks [Saved the King of Saxony in 1859] Work in Progress
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[Sarderia]

Full Nation Name : (en:) The Sublime Tatar State - (tat:) Бөек Татар Дәүләте - (kz:) Ұлы Татар мемлекеті - (uz:) Yuksak tatar davlati - (ru:) Возвышенное татарское государство

Majority/Official Culture : Tatar/Turkish (the combined culture of all Eurasian Steppe Turkic peoples)
Territorial Core : As discussed
Territorial Claim : Baltic States, Wallachia, Moldavia, Finland
Capital City : Khonşehr (Saint Petersburg)
Population : 130,840,120

Government Type : Absolute Monarchy
Government Ideology/Policies : (official:) Monarchism according to Sharia Law; (de facto:) Imperialism
Government Focus : National unity, Military (defense and expansionism), Economic growth
Head of State : Emperor Sultan Temür VII Borçiğin Khan of Tatarstan, Tsar of all Rus
Head of Government : Prime Minister Boyar Mustafa Suleyman Pasha
Government Description : The Emperor of Tatarstan is the Head of State of the Tatar Empire, serving in his capacity as Khan, Sultan, and Tsar. This responsibility however is delegated to the Prime Minister who is elected by the Kurultai (Imperial Legislature) which in turn is elected by popular vote. Any legislation is proposed either by a member of the Kurultai or the Emperor (through the Prime Minister), and all laws must be signed by the Emperor (Royal Consent). The supreme judiciary body is the Supreme Court of the Tatar Empire. There is no constitution though there are a series of written tradition and precedents which regulated how the Kurultai and the Prime Minister (and the cabinet) functions.

Majority/State Religion : Sunni Islam
Religious Description : Sunni Islam, the official state religion, is the form of Islam rthat is characterized by strict adherence to the sunnah, or the actions of Prophet Muhammad. A shura council of Ulemas, formally headed by the Caliph, issue formal fatwas (commandments) that interpret the Islamic holy books (the Quran and the Hadith) into national and religious laws. The Tatar Empire maintains cordial relationship with all other Muslim state in the world, with the Euthydemid Mughal India taking the prime position due to being the largest Muslim state in the world. The Tatar Emperor also claimed the title of Caliph - the leader of all Muslim rulers, taking the title of Amr al-Mu'minin (Leader of the Believers), although this has very little effect.

Economic Ideologies : Capitalism with Islamic characteristics
Major Production : Industrial goods, Textile, Grain, Coal, Iron, Steel
Economic Description : The Tatar economy is very strong, producing a significant amount of Europe's industrial output. It has been growing at a stable rate and the Government has always maintained a rate of positive growth through various economic incentives such as investment and land reform.

Development: Modern
Development Description :

• Infrastructure: The condition of infrastructure in the Tatar Empire is overall decent, but very spread out compared to other European states, due to its extremely massive size. A series of well-maintained roads exist which connects Ukraine, Russia, the Baltic coast, and inner Central Asian regions such as Kazakhstan and Bukhara. Likewise, railways can be found across the country connecting Tatarstan's largest cities.
• Public Order: Through balancing the two principles of secularism (with European and Turkic influences) and Islamic law in the government has proven beneficial as it maintained the stablility of the Empire. With a system of laws modelled on the British and Roman laws the Tatar Empire has managed to maintain a relatively peaceful condition.
• Industrialization: The reforms of Murad III, Tatar Emperor, introduced Western-style government, education, and laws that gradually hastened the process of westernization for the Tatar Empire. As a result Tatarstan also caught up the Industrial Revolution early, at a relatively similar time as its European counterparts. It is one of the world's largest producer of steel, timber, and coal - and manufactured goods, such as tools and vehicles.

Army Description : The modern Tatar Army was founded by Kanuni (the Lawgiver) Murad Sultan in 1690 as a part of Westernizing the Tatar Empire's government. The Army's structure is highly centralized, divided in 4 main divisions that each manage a part of the Empire's domain; the Northern Army is responsible for the Capital, Northern Russia and Karelia as well as the Baltic coast; the Southern Army in Moldavia, Ukraine, and Crimea; the Central Army in Russia proper and Belarus; and finally the Eastern Army which manages the Army operation from Central Asia to Kamchatka in the far east. Respectively the strength of each Army is 108,000 (Northern), 96,000 (Central), 128,000 (Southern), and 80,000 (Eastern) - with a total of 412,000 active soldiers and an additional reserve force of 8 million. There are five main military academies located in Khansehr (SPB), Moskow, Kyiv, Kazan, and Bukhara. Primary standard-issue rifle is the Zulfikar rifle (Mosin-Nagant). The Cavalry consisted of largely one-sixth of the Army, and is a highly effective shock troop with hundreds of years of experience.
Army Weakness : Too spread out, having to manage the vast Tatarstan territory.
Naval Description : The Tatar Navy is negligible for the most part, as it only owns 9 battleships, 6 armored cruisers, 15 protected/unprotected cruisers and 38 torpedo boats/destroyers. The Navy is split in half, the Baltic Squadron being stationed in Khanshehr and the Black Sea squadron stationed in Odessa. However the Tatar Navy also manages the coastal defenses - one of the most formidable in the world as Tatarstan is known for its quality artillery and ranged weaponry. The Navy consists of 15,000 sailors and coastal gunman, as well as 14,800 Marines (one of Tatarstan's most elite forces)
Naval Weakness : Same as the Army, too spread out and thin. The Navy, while still receiving a large amount of government spending, is allocated lesser spending compared to the Army.
Further Military Description : -

National Goals :

• Consolidate: Tatarstan is a vast, and immensely expansive country. The centralized government system as envisioned by succesive Tatar Emperors has been quite successful in practice, but for the Emperors to maintain their power, they must consolidate further.
• Defend the Frontiers: The great Tatar Empire is surrounded everywhere by enemies. To the north are the Scandinavians, a pagan country that threatens the capital with their possessions in the Baltic coast. To the west, the Triple Monarchy, an increasingly revanchist state, looks towards Tatar possessions with a hungry eye. And to the south, the ancient rival of Tatarstan, the Eastern Roman Empire, controls Constantinople - the link from the Black Sea to the world. To survive, Tatarstan must play its politics carefully and balance one threat with another, all the while increasing the size and quality of its armed forces to deter the enemies.

National Issues :

• Communism: The rise of Socialism has been particularly prevalent in Tatarstan - several successive wars and internal conflicts brought even more and more resentment among the worker classes. The Tatar Empire must manage cautiously the threat of a Communist revolution if it wants to survive well into the 20th Century.
• Swords on all sides: Tatarstan is surrounded by enemies everywhere. As such it is in the Empire's needs to maintain a sufficiently large force to deter the invaders, or expand to neutralize the threat.

National Figures of Interest : Fatih Batuhan Khan, Kanuni Suleyman Khan, Kanuni Murad Sultan, Genghis Khan
National Ambition/Aspirations : To secure the borders and integrity of the country; to advance the industrialization and increase economic productivity; to claim the Baltic coast and estabilish hegemony in the Baltic State for the Tatar Empire

History : The history of the Sublime Tatar State can be traced back into the Mongol Empire, which Tatarstan claimed continuation from. At his death in 1227, Genghis Khan divided the Mongol Empire amongst his four sons as appanages, but the Empire remained united under the supreme khan. The westernmost lands occupied by the Mongols, which included what is today southern Russia and Kazakhstan, were given to Genghis' grandson, Batu Khan, who eventually became ruler of the Blue Horde, and Orda Khan, who became the leader of the White Horde. In 1235, Batu with the general Subutai began an invasion westwards, first conquering the Bashkirs and then moving on to Volga Bulgaria in 1236. From there he conquered some of the southern steppes of present-day Ukraine in 1237, forcing many of the local Cumans to retreat westward. The Mongol campaign against the Kypchaks and Cumans had already started under Jochi and Subutai in 1216–1218 when the Merkits took shelter among them. By 1239 a large portion of Cumans were driven out of the Crimean peninsula, and it became one of the appanages of the Mongol Empire. The remnants of the Crimean Cumans survived in the Crimean mountains, and they would, in time, mix with other groups in the Crimea (including Greeks, Goths, and Mongols) to form the Crimean Tatar population. Moving north, Batu began the Mongol invasion of Rus' and spent three years subjugating the principalities of former Kievan Rus', whilst his cousins Möngke, Kadan, and Güyük moved southwards into Alania.

After Öz Beg Khan assumed the throne in 1313, he adopted Islam as the state religion. He built a large mosque in the city of Solkhat in the Crimea in 1314 and proscribed Buddhism and Shamanism among the Mongols in the Golden Horde. By 1315, Öz Beg had successfully Islamicized the Horde and killed Jochid princes and Buddhist lamas who opposed his religious policy. Under the reign of Öz Beg, trade caravans went unmolested and there was general order in the Golden Horde. The Golden Horde Khan Berdi Beg, who ascended the throne in 1357, was killed in a coup by his brother Qulpa in 1359. Qulpa's two sons were Christians and bore the Russian names, Michael and Ivan, which outraged the Muslim populace of the Golden Horde. In 1360, Qulpa's brother Nawruz Beg revolted against the khan and killed him and his sons. In 1361, a descendant of Shiban - a son of Jochi - was invited by some grandees to seize the throne. Khidr rebelled against Nawruz, whose own lieutenant betrayed him and handed him over to be executed. Khidr was slain by his own son, Timur Khwaja, in the same year. Timur Khwaja reigned for only five weeks before descendants of Öz Beg Khan seized power. In 1362, the Golden Horde was divided between Keldi Beg in Sarai, Bulat Temir in Volga Bulgaria, and Abdullah in Crimea. Meanwhile, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania attacked the western tributaries of the Golden Horde and conquered Kiev and Podolia after the Battle of Blue Waters in 1363.

The Blue Horde Khan Toktamysh, who ruled from 1381 to 1395, faced several attacks from the Turkish warlord Tamerlane (Timur) in what would be called the Toktamysh-Timur War. Tokhtamysh attacked Mamai, who had recently suffered a loss against Muscovy, and defeated him in 1381, thus briefly reestablishing the Golden Horde as a dominant regional power, and executed him. Tokhtamysh sent an envoy to the Rus' states to resume their tributary status, but the envoy only made it as far as Nizhny Novgorod before he was stopped. Tokhtamysh immediately seized all the boats on the Volga to ferry his army across and commenced the Siege of Moscow (1382), which fell after three days under a false truce. The next year most of the Rus' princes once again made obeisance to the khan and received patents from him. Tokhtamysh also crushed the Lithuanian army at Poltava in the next year. Tokhtamysh invaded Transoxania and reached as far as Bukhara, but failed to take the city, and had to turn back. Timur retaliated by invading Khwarezm and destroyed Urgench. Tokhtamysh attacked Timur on the Syr Darya in 1389 with a massive army including Russians, Bulgars, Circassians, and Alans. The battle ended indecisively. In 1391, Timur gathered an army 200,000 strong and challenged Tokhtamysh at the Battle of the Kondurcha River, but this time Toktamysh had prepared a grand army composed of German mercenaries, Poles, Russians, Bulgars, Circassians, Alans, and even Mongols from the east. Timur was soundly defeated in he battle, and was driven out of several parts of Central Asia. Toktamysh and Timur then signed an agreement that gave Toktamysh control of Bukhara and several parts of Transoxiana, but allowed Timur to keep the rest. With his incursions to Central Asia a failure, Timur re-focused his efforts to India instead.

Toktamysh died in 1395, and was succeeded immediately by his nephew, Batu Khan - Batuhan Akbar - which is considered one of the greatest Khans of the Golden Horde and the founder of the modern Tatar State. In 1395, Batuhan led a 90,000-strong army to attack the Timurid Empire, finishing what is uncle had started. The Timurid Empire, led by warlords Temür Qutlugh and Edigu, has raided the White Horde portion of the Golden Horde. They declared themselves rival Khans and placed the White Horde firmly under his control. He then marched to Bukhara, defeating Barak Khan, the grandson of Urus Khan, and killed the entire House of Urus and their supporters in what would be known as the "Massacre of the Khans". Batuhan ordered half of Bukhara's inhabitants to march with him into Sarai Batu, alongside their warriors, and placed a garrison loyal to him to govern Bukhara. In 1405, Batuhan again marched east to Sibir, killed the Khan Taibuga, and razed Chimgi-Tura. Batuhan was particularly tolerant for a Khan of the Golden Horde, and his court was composed of Muslims, Buddhists, Tengri Shamanists, and also Christians. He invoked the same treatment in Sibir as he did in Uzbek. In 1426, Batuhan utilized the civil war between Vasily II, Grand Duke of Muscovy, and his uncle Yuri of Zvenigorod to back Vasily. He destroyed cities loyal to Yuri, and made Vasily II his vassal. Batuhan also initiated the policy of "Western Settlement", bringing thousands of Turkic tribes east into traditional Rus lands and intermixed with the local population. He moved the Golden Horde capital from the tent-city of Sarai Batu into the city of Sary-Su at the Volga (Volgograd), with defensive walls and towers. Here, he proclaimed himself as the "Khan of all Tatars, Turks, and Mongols" - and dissolved the Kurultai. Anyone who wished to challenge Batuhan would see their domains razed, pillaged, and their families killed. While never converting to Christianity himself, Batuhan funded the construction of the famous Sarysu Cathedral of the Immaculation, and sent an ambassador to the Eastern and Western Roman Emperors alike, estabilishing cordial relations. Shortly afterwards, Batuhan's son Temur Khan attacked Muscovy, and forced Vasily II to integrate Muscovy into the Golden Horde. From now on, Vasily II only rules in name in his city, merely giving legitimacy to Temur Khan to rule over all Muscovite domains.

The conquest of Russia is finished with the defeat of the Novgorodian Republic in the Battle of Shelon, where the armies of Süleyman Khan soundly defeated the Novgorodian army. At this period the Golden Horde emerged as one of the strongest states in Eastern Europe, having conquered all Russian principalities under Tatar rule. In 1512, Agha Muhammad Khan, the ruler of the Golden Horde, attempted an invasion of Lithuania. Despite making heavy gains in the start, the Golden Horde's advancements were halted by the arrival of the Bohemian Army, and Agha Muhammad decided to turn back into Moscow to quell a Russian rebellion. Things more or less stayed the same, with the graduall Turkicization of Russian lands ongoing under the reign of successive Khans. The reforms of Murad Khan in 1520 implemented a Byzantine-style system of government in the Golden Horde. Known as Murad Kanuni (the Lawgiver), he dissolved the Golden Horde and replaced it with a centralized, imperial Tatar state, and made the Khanates in Bukhara, Samarkand, and Siberia territorial governorates under the rule of the Tatar Emperor, reigning in Sary-Su (Volgograd). There are several consequences of this reform; most notably the Bloody Kazan incident where a coalition of two dozen nobles created their own Kurultai in response of the ever-centralized style of administration by the Emperor. They were soundly defeated in battle two years later, and from now on, the Emperor instituted a military reform wherein feudal levies would only comprise half of the Tatar Army (the rest are troops loyal to the Emperor). This ratio would be gradually shifted in favor of the Emperor in the next decades. Only in 1654 did the rules change for a moment, since the Cossack Khan Bohdan Khmelnytsky turned to Emperor Mehmed II and begs for his support in return for his allegiance. Thus starts the next Tatar-Commonwealth War, with Tatar Forces flooding across the Commonwealth's eastern holdings. The Tatar-Commonwealth War concludes with a Tatar victory, much of Ukraine as well as Bessarabia and Moldavia being lost and vast parts of Lithuania being ceded to the Tatars.

In 1685, the brief Tatar Civil War happened out of a dynastic succession dispute. The two branches of the Borjigin family, the branch of Murad III and that of his cousin, Mehmet, each claimed the throne themselves. This happened because of the vague succession laws, as well as the outdated (according to Western standards) Kurultai system allowing vassals and nobles to extend influence over parts of the central government. The civil war, albeit brief, was one of the bloodiest chapter of Tatar history, with the forces of Mehmet even burning the city of Saratov in one of the war's engagements. Murat and the nobles who supported him was defeated in the Battle of the Volga (1689) and subsequently executed. This made the government, especially Murad (now crowned Murad III) realize that Tatarstan's system of government is extremely outdated and in a dire need of reform. The Tatar Emperor Murad III sent ambassadors and diplomats across Europe in hopes of implementing a Western system of government in the Tatar Empire. Known as Murad the Great, he abolished the institution of vassal khanates, replacing them with territorial governors; he instituted a system of public education, of mixed Western-style schools and the Islamic madrasa system, and he reorganized the Turco-Mongol nobility to follow Western-style feudal rules. Murad III dissolved the traditional clan-based Kurultai and replaced it with a democratic assembly of elected representatives, and centralized power even more in the hands of the Emperor. However, many does not favor this policy, and at least a dozen massacres happened under Murad's rule; such as the Slaughter of Bukhara, wherein Qutlugh Beg, a vassal of the Khan, was murdered alongside with a hundred member of his family, his palace torched, and the Emperor set up a democratic government in the style of German city-states in the city. Nobles who were not willing to follow the reforms are purged alongside the entirety of their family, and their possessions confiscated by the state. The Kurultai's dissolution also prompted several uprisings throughout Tatarstan, though none did ever garner huge popular support - it seems centralization was way more popular in the eyes of the peasants. Though this earned him the ire of the nobles, Murad III was heavily popular and respected by the peasantry - Turkic or Slavic alike - because of his secular reforms and religious tolerance, and curtailing of the nobility's power. The effort of industrialization still pertains until now - in the 18th century - through several programs focused on developing Tatarstan's industrial output, such as coal and steel mining, tools production, and others.

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[The Manticoran Empire]

So I haven't actually decided if I'll try to make an app for this or not. Tenno mentioned this one to me and I looked at the map and some of the apps. What all hasn't been taken?

[The Manticoran Empire]

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Nation Name: The Confederation of Germany
Territory: North Germany and the Ruhr
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If this isn't available, I'll figure something else out.