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[Imperialisium]

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Nationstates Name Segmentia
Nation Name The British Empire
Flag
National Anthem God Save the Queen
Capital London
Type of Government Constitutional Monarchy, with the Crown holding broad and absolute privileges it can invoke at will
Head of State(s) Her Imperial Majesty Anne III, of House Stuart. Queen of Great Britain, Queen of Ireland, Queen of America, Protector of all British Peoples and Realms, Her Grace High Chancellor of the British and American Parliament, Supreme Governess of the Church of England
Image of Leader Queen Anne II
Political Faction or Party in Power [Basically the powers that be in your nation] The Tories
Population Roughly thirty eight million
Religion Breakdown 60% Hindu 20% Anglican, 12% Presbyterian, 5% Protestant, 3% Other
Public Goals Maintain its position as the strongest naval power of the world

Continue industrial expansion across the Empire

Continue expanding the Empire

Private Goals Map and claim the rest of the North American continent
Map Claims

Total military size
Breakdown of army 100,000, not counting militia
Broken down into Armies and Garrisons, the British Army in times of relative peace is one of exceptional professionalism, with the finest equipment

The Royal Army: Fifty Thousand strong and comprising of the most elite regiments of the British Army as a whole, the Royal Army is garrisoned throughout the British Isles. The Royal Army also deals with garrisoning the African holdings, with two thousand soldiers, and a few hundred soldiers in Australia.

The Colonial Army: Thirty thousand strong, the Colonial Army is comprised of both locally raised Colonial Regiments and proper British Regiments, the Colonial Army is tasked with securing and expanding the frontier, protecting settlers, and otherwise garrisoning the American colonies. The Colonial Army is noted for excellent light infantry formations.

The South American Garrison: At roughly five-thousand strong, the South American Garrison is tasked with securing British possessions in South America. They are primarly a defensive force, manning an impressive array of fortresses.

The Indian Army: As the Crown continues to gain more control over the East India Trading Company, one of the first things it took control of was the EITC military forces. Numbering roughly twenty thousand in total, the Indian Army is a combination of former EITC men and local troops.



Breakdown of navy Four-hundred and fifty warships, broken down into various fleets and squadrons.

Home Fleet
20 First Rate ships of the line
6 Second Rate ships of the line
14 Third Rate ships of the line
40 Fifth Rate Frigates
54 Sixth Rate Frigates

Atlantic Squadron
6 Fifth Rate Frigates
30 Sixth Rate Frigates
54 Sloops of war

North American Fleet
3 First Rate ships of the line
3 Second Rate ships of the line
7 Third Rate ships of the line
4 Fourth Rate ships of the line
16 Fifth Rate ships of the line
60 Sloops of war

South American Squadron
2 First Rate ships of the line
4 Third Rate ships of the line
12 Sixth Rate Frigates
40 Sloops of war

Africa Squadron
2 Third Rate ships of the line
10 Sixth Rate Frigates
20 Sloops of war

India Squadron
1 First Rate Ships of the line
12 Sixth Rate Frigates
30 Sloops of war

Currency British Pound Sterling
Major import/export partners Russia, the Maratha Confederacy
Major Domestic Issues
Native Integration
The American Colonies have been steadily pushing west, with the crowns blessing and support. Native tribes have been given the chance to assimilate into the Empire. Some agree, some don't, but either way it tends to cause some trouble.

Slavery in the Americas
Slavery has always been a touchy issue in the American colonies, and as the Empire moves to halt the slave trade, it has rightfully been called out for its hypocrisy of wanting to end the slave trade and allowing natives to integrate while slavery is still an on-going issue in America.

The Gentry
While the Industrial Revolution is catapulting the British economy to even grander heights, the drive for more and more has seen a sharp increase of people moving from rural areas into cities and towns, seeking and finding work in factories that seem to go up overnight. The landed Gentry, largely relying on the rents brought in by workers on their land, have been facing something of an economic crisis.

Major Foreign Issues
The Pirates
The loss of the Caribbean to a coalition of pirates, and the failed attempt to reclaim them, has been a national humiliation. While Queen Margaret tended to ignore the issue, Queen Anne II's mind is not known on the issue, but something must be done to right the humiliation

The Marinid
The Marinid Caliphate is one of the chief competitors on the world stage to the British, with their zones on interest overlapping across the globe.

Naval Supremacy
The battle for naval supremacy is a never ending one. Being an island nation, Britain relies on having the largest and most powerful navy in the world not only to secure their empire, but the Isles themselves. Warships are also expensive, and alliances with nations must be formed to try and limit just how massive of a navy Britain needs to defend itself.

History The History of the British Isles makes a major divergence at the invasion of Scotland by Oliver Cromwell in 1650. Rather then achieving a miracle of shattering the Scottish forces, Oliver Cromwell suffered defeat at the hands of the Scots. Oliver Cromwell was captured, tried, and executed. Hose Stuart continued to rule England, Scotland, and Wales up to the Acts of Union 1707, where Scotland and England were merged to become Great Britain. Queen Anne had a child that survived, and thus House Hanover was never made the royal House.

Queen Anne died in 1714, leaving the throne to her son. Charles III rule is noted for having been fairly successful in the British Isles, but very poor abroad. The greatest set-back being in 1718 when the Caribbean pirates formed a coalition and drove British presence from the Caribbean. An unwillingness to send ships and troops to reclaim the islands, as well as a few political events at home, saw Charles III simply allow the pirates to form their 'Libertalia'. Britain invested heavily into other colonial ventures after the loss, including North America. A poorly planned attempt was made in 1735 to retake the Caribbean, and while the British fleet did achieve some notable success, the campaign was ultimately a failure. Charles III's health would decline after the failed campaign, and in 1740 he would die, leaving the crown to his eldest daughter Margaret.

Queen Margaret was quite the firebrand, expanding the empire in Africa, India, and settling Australia. She had a powerful political following in Parliament that allowed her to to grant the crown more absolute privileges, tilting the balance of power firmly in the crowns favor. Half way through her reign, in the 1770s, a movement began to form and gain traction in America that called for American Colonists to be treated as true British citizens and be granted seats at Parliament. Parliament was reluctant to do so, dragging its feet, and Queen Margaret eventually used her authority to force Parliament to accept Colonial Members of Parliament, with some reports saying she even threatened to send the Royal Highlanders to dissolve Parliament if she heard another word of complaint. Thirteen colonial representatives were allowed seats in Parliament.

However, considering the considerable time it took to cross the Atlantic, Queen Margaret also allowed the establishment of a smaller American Parliament to deal with immediate issues in the American colonies, and also formed a landed nobility there as well, to serve as an upper level of the Parliament, however the amount of titles were quite limited, and the lands granted to them rather small. Royal representatives were also sent to oversee the American Parliament, with a Great Office of State, the Steward of America, being established. The first Steward of America was named as Benjamin Franklin, who had been serving in Parliament, and had before hand been the agent to the crown for several of the colonies, as well as having established himself in the scientific community of London for years. Steward Franklin still serves to this day.

Queen Margaret's last decade on the throne, 1774-1784, saw an expansion of the British navy and preparing her daughter Anne for the throne.

Anne II was crowed at the age of 18, in mid-January 1784. Although young, Anne II is noted as having sound political acumen, and is a firebrand like her mother, even more so, and she is noted as having a fierce temper.

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[Benuty]

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Nationstates Name Benuty.

Nation Name The Angevin Union.

Flag

National Anthem (optional)

Capital Rouen, Normandy.

Type of Government Constitutional Monarchy.

Head of State(s) King of Normandy, Brittany, and the Royaume His Majesty Henry Somerset the IV.

Image of Leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Som ... f_Beaufort

Political Faction or Party in Power [Basically the powers that be in your nation]

The Anglo-Gallicans: The anglicized Gallican nobles, and their supporters descended from the settlement policy of the Royaume.



Population

Religion Breakdown

Public Goals Reconciliation between the Angevin Union, and the British.

Private Goals To deal with France by ensuring its claims on territories of the Angevin lands are formally renounced.

Map Claims

Total military size
Breakdown of army
Breakdown of navy

Currency The Angevin Sterling.

Major import/export partners The British, the Caliphate, and other European partners.

Major Domestic Issues The Cultural divide between the Anglo-Gallicans, and the others who lived within the kingdom becomes a cultural flashpoint from time to time.

Major Foreign Issues The Marinids to the south due in part to the religious status of the Caliphate being in opposition to Christianity. The British due in part to some dynastic issues which have been in place since the separation of the territories.

History (where you put the history/alt history of your nation)

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[Reverend Norv]

I might be interested in a surviving Kingdom of Jerusalem. I've always been fascinated by how quickly many crusaders adapted to life in the Levant just between 1099 and 1187: speaking fluent Arabic, wearing a mixture of Arab and European clothes, eating mostly local food, and learning to respect local religions; there's a wonderful account in a European pilgrim's chronicle about how he saw a fellow pilgrim who shouted at Muslims praying on the Mount get beaten up by Templar knights to teach him some manners. That process would likely only intensify over an additional six centuries of survival, making the Kingdom of Jerusalem an ideal bridge between East and West, and one of the world's more notably tolerant and cosmopolitan societies. Plus, it'll let me do some fun writing with GCCS.

To that end:

Nation Name: The Kingdom of Jerusalem
NS Nation Name: Norv
Map Claims: The three provinces in the Levant, in pale gold.

[Reverend Norv]

App is making progress. James, could I ask you to give me the small provinces you have claimed just to the east and west of the Dead Sea? I have no trouble with Egypt keeping Gaza, but that particular area - Judea and Oultrejordain - is about a third of the traditional territory of the Kingdom of Jerusalem; it would make my concept much more viable if it remained in Crusader hands. Is that all right with you?

[The Traansval]

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Nationstates Name: The Traansval
Nation Name: Official name is Regnum Poloniae (Kingdom of Poland) which is used in official diplomacy. The more common name used within the nation is Najjaśniejsza Rzeczpospolita Polska (the Most Serene Commonwealth of Poland), or just Rzeczpospolita (the Republic or the Commonwealth).

Capital: Warsaw
Type of Government: Elective Monarchy with an Aristocratic Parliament.
Head of State(s): Stanislaus II Augustus, by the grace of God and the will of the people, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Duke of Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Kiev, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlasie, Livonia, Smolensk, Severia and Chernihiv.
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Political Faction or Party in Power: The primarily political power in Poland is the Szlachta, the Nobility. The very existence of the parliamentary system in the Polish government has been guaranteed by the nobility in order to ensure their continued use of the Golden Freedoms, a collective list of rights and privileges enjoyed by the Szlachta. Their main instrument of power has been the Free Veto, a political rule whereby the proceedings or laws of a Sjem (parliament) can be nullified by the objection of one of its members, allowing any attempt at reform or change to be shot down be only one member. They are mainly represented by the Stronnictwo hetmańskie (Hetmans Party), so-called because it is led by two of Poland's Hetmans (Military commanders); Franciszek Ksawery Branicki and Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki. Chancellor of Poland Jacek Małachowski is allied with the Hetman's while his own kin, Stanisław Małachowski, the Marshal of the Sejm, is associated with the Patriots Party, a Reformist party centered around opposition to the Szlachta, their extreme privileges, and the antiquated and corrupt politics of the Commonwealth. While Stanislaw acts as a more moderate voice, radicals centered around influential enlightenment thinker Hugo Kołłątaj agitate for revolution and an end to the Szlachta. The King, for his part, seems caught in between the large influence of the Szlachta and his own personal beliefs in Reform, and for now, has given his blessing to the Sjem.

Population: Around 5 million citizens.
Religion Breakdown: Poland is a dominantly Roman Catholic nation with major Orthodox and Jewish communities.
Public Goals: Maintenance of the Independence of the Commonwealth.
Private Goals: Opposition to the influence of Russia's agents and a resolution of the conflict between the Szlachta and the Reformers.
Map Claims: Rzeczpospolita Polska circa 1785

Total military size: Roughly 65,000 men
Breakdown of army: The Commonwealth Army has for a long time been in great decline, with only recent actions seeing it's expansion. Since the loss of the Lithuanian Duchy, the Commonwealth has relied on two main forces for its defense; the Crown Army of Poland, a professional force of soldiers hired for service by the Polish Crown, and the Pospolite Ruszenie or "Nobles Host", forces raised by the nobility. The reliance on the nobility was a key goal for them, as a key part of their identity involved the exchange of military service in order to justify the lavish freedoms granted to them. These noble levees are increasingly amateur and ineffective in comparison to the professional soldiers of the Crown Army, and the loyalty of the troops and their commanders are at best questionable, particularly in matters of politics or when there are no funds to provide their pay. In response to the Polish defeat in the Russian War, the Crown Army was expanded to near 30,000 men, almost equal to the rough 35,000 noble troops, although further efforts to reform the Crown Army have been hindered. A few cities, such as Poznan, Gdansk, and Czestochowa also have, much like the Nobility, paid for and fielded their own regiments to provide for the defense and garrison of their town. These, along with various militias and some foreign mercenary troops, provide irregular auxiliaries for the army.

The Crown Infantry are very loosely organized and non-standardized, but generally, they are one battalion strong (between 8-12 infantry companies), although some, like the Royal Guards, the Foot Guards, and the five "elder" regiments have two battalions. The best soldiers from each regiment will be assigned to the Grenadier or Rifleman company of the regiment, and a separate Rifleman Corps also exists and serves the Crown by fielding hunters and foresters as expert riflemen. In battle, regiments can be put under Brigades or Divisions for command purposes. Uniforms are varied, the most common being ones of red, although for identification most soldiers wear Cockades either of pure white or with a red center circled by a fringe of white. The guns of the infantry most consist of the standard smoothbore musket, with rifles used by sharpshooters. Crown Artillery has roughly two hundred field artillery pieces of various caliber for use in support of the infantry.

The various heavy and medium cavalry units of the Commonwealth were reorganized and put under the National Cavalry; eight brigades of cavalry trained and equipped in the manner of European Uhlans. The exceptions to this reorganization were the Dragoon, Front, and Vanguard cavalry regiments, along with the irregular 1st and 2nd Cossack regiments. These all together form the Crown Cavalry, roughly eight to nine thousand cavalrymen strong.
Breakdown of navy: Poland does not officially have a navy, not since the 17th century has there been a Commonwealth Navy. Some of the nobility own ships and the Crown as well own ships that can be used for transport, but aside from armed merchant ships, there are no warships in Poland.

Currency: Polish złoty
Major import/export partners: Russia and Friesland-Sachsen are the two major trade partners of Poland, but Polish merchants operate all across the Baltic sea.
Major Domestic Issues: Conflict between the Nobility and the Reformists.
Major Foreign Issues: Influence of Russia in Poland and the erosion of Polish independence.

History: The story of modern Poland begins not with Poland but with Germany, as no one intends to listen to a lengthy synopsis of Polish history without alteration from the timeline the reader lives in. The success of the Teutonic Order, an order of German knights, in their crusade to rid the north of Pagans resulted in the order becoming one of the largest realms in northern Europe for a time. With the inclusion of the Livonian Order, they controlled much of the southeastern Baltic coast; from Prussia to Livonia they ruled. But their strength would wane with the rise of other powers, namely the Kingdom of Poland and the Duchy of Lithuania, which would later join in a union known as the Commonwealth or the Republic of Two Nations; in the west known as Poland-Lithuania. Between 1519–1521 the Teutons and Poland-Lithuania would fight their final conflict, resulting in the destruction of the Order's military and their capitulation. Much of the order's lands would be annexed into the Commonwealth, leaving the order with only east Prussia. The Grand Master of the Order, Albert, briefly considered conversion to Catholicism, but due to the strong influence of the church did not convert. This left the Crown with a small order of knights loyal to the Holy Roman Empire within Prussia, which the Commonwealth's King claimed as his own Duchy. Ultimately the threat of the Teutons outweighed peace, and the order would be crushed once more and kicked out of Prussia, with its remaining Knights retreating to their smallholdings in Germany, and their former lands becoming Royal Prussia (officially the Duchy of Prussia, with the King of Poland-Lithuania as it's Duke).

For centuries, Poland-Lithuania was the dominant power in the east. It was the largest land power in Europe, holding lands ranging from the Baltic to Ukraine. But much like how Poland-Lithuania supplanted the Teutonics, so too would a new power supplant the Commonwealth; Russia. With the unification of the Rus by Moscovy under the Romanovs, a new giant land power threatened the Commonwealth. Under Tsarina Anna, Russia would fight one of its first wars with the Commonwealth in 1742, resulting in the annexation of much of the Ukrainian and Baltic territories save for Courland. By this time, the Commonwealth had entered into a state of advanced decay, as low taxation and heavy noble influence led to the shrinking of the army and an increase in civil conflicts as nobles fought. Politics had all but ground to a halt thanks to the Free Veto, which gave every noble individually the ability to completely halt and nullify the actions of the Sejm. Agents of Russia would exploit this and had its diplomats and agents establish economic and personal relationships with Polish noblemen, often issuing large bribes to get them to shut down businesses that opposed Russian interests.

This decay, along with the decay of the Commonwealth in general, led to a growing sense of disaffection among many. Right at a time when Enlightenment ideas began to spread, actions were taken in an attempt to reform the politics of the Commonwealth and attempt to modernize it. This reform effort was mainly led by King Stanisław II Augustus, who ascended to the throne in 1764. While he had been a lover of the Russian Queen and was elected thanks to Russian assistance, Stanisław II personally believed in the need for reform and so championed it. The nobility opposed reform greatly, and in 1768 formed a Confederation of their holdings based in the Fortress Bar, giving this confederation its name. The Bar Confederate raised their Pospolite Ruszenie levees and soon after received assistance from the Russian army which invaded in support of the confederation. The Crown Army, numbering only 17,000 at the start, was no match despite the heroism of many of its commanders.

The end of the War of the Bar Confederation saw many reforms rolled back, the rights of the nobility reaffirmed, and most importantly, the annexation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by the Russian Empire. A subsequent "treaty of friendship" established Poland as an effective protectorate of the Russian Empire, keeping its sovereignty in mostly name only. The loss made the nobility happy as it meant upholding their freedoms, but it left much of the population shell shocked. Poland now continues on as if nothing had happened, acting as if the nation was still a Commonwealth, a Republic of Two Nations. The King still claims the title of Grand Duke of Lithuania despite no such state existing anymore, and the Sejm still issues laws in the name of the Commonwealth of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Despite the reassertion of the nobility's control, the fury of the defeat has invigorated an opposition. Reformists, known as Patriots or Hugoniści, have rallied around national figures such as Hugo Kołłątaj or Stanisław Małachowski who advocate for political and social reforms. The patriots seek to organize the middle class of free men with large support in urban cities like Krakow and Poznan. Their demands have become increasingly militant, even calling for the abolition or lynching of the nobility at times, although moderates such as Malachowski seek political reform through the current Sejm, which he has recently been elected Marshal of. Poland sits on a knife's edge, with power in the hands of the nobility and an organized opposition wanting to take it from them, all while Russia watches from across the plains. Time will only tell what resolution shall come to the Polish question; shall reform prevail and Poland once again become a strong independent nation, or shall it become the newest province of the Tsar's empire?

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[Sarderia]

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Nationstates Name: Sarderia
Nation Name: Marinid Caliphate (ar: الخلافة المرينية/Al Khilafat al-Marinia), commonly: Cordoba Caliphate (ar: خلافة قرطبة/Khilafat un-Qurtuba)
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National Anthem None
Capital: Cordoba (قرطبة/Qurtuba)
Type of Government
Head of State: Khalifa Sultan Abd' al-Rahman Sulayman II ibn Abu Said Uthman IV al-Mariniun, Amr ul-Mu'minin
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Sultan Sulayman II in uniform

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Sultan Sulayman II (right) and Wāli of Algeria (left) Abd' al-Karim ibn Amin ud-Din Al-Mariniun conversing

Political Faction or Party in Power: Majlis al-Ulama/مجلس العلماء (independent legislative body of clerics/representatives)
Population: 32,702,116
Religion Breakdown:

Sunni Islam: 74%
Catholic Christianity: 19%
Protestant Christianity: 5%
Others: 2%

Public Goals:

• Support the Dar ul-Islam (Islamic world, states or nations outside of Europe) against other European imperial powers
• Embrace the Industrial Revolution and open new mines of coal, iron, silver and gold
• Establish Marinid sovereignty over South Africa, and Islamize the native kingdoms
• Establish alliance with the Protestant German states

Private Goals:

• Preserve the Marinids' position as one of the world's dominant naval powers

Map Claims: The Marinid Empire

Total military size - WIP
Breakdown of army - WIP
Breakdown of navy - WIP

Currency: Dinar (دينار)
Major import/export partners: Qing Dynasty, Maratha Confederacy, Holy Roman Empire, Denmark-Norway, Sweden, Malay states
Major Domestic Issues:

• Algerian Independence: After more than six hundred years under Marinid rule, from its origins in Morocco to the global Empire it presently is, there is a growing movement within Algeria that petitions for the independence of Algeria, breaking from the Marinid Caliphate as a sovereign state.
• Industrialization: The Marinid Empire is on the verge of the Industrial Revolution. The Marinid government is preoccupied with the daunting task of preparing enough infrastructure to embrace fully the Industrial Revolution.

Major Foreign Issues:

• Conquest of Indonesia: The Marinid Empire saw its far-flung and sporadic possessions in Indonesia as threatened by other European imperial powers. It should focus on uniting the Archipelago as soon as possible to prevent other Imperial powers hopping down the Indonesian islands, challenging Marinid domination over the South China Sea.
• France: France has long been the nemesis of all Muslim states in Iberia, from the Umayyad Caliphate to the Marinid Empire. As a Catholic power, France is traditionally at odds with the largest Muslim power in Europe to their south. The Marinids has a history of supporting France's enemies; the British, the Huguenots, the Calvinists, and various German states, even including the Catholic Habsburg Empire. While no major conflict has broken out between France and the Marinids for several decades, peace is as feeble thin strand of hair. The Marinids must seek to isolate their deadly nemesis if they were to keep their dominance.

History:

The Re-Reconquista

With the city of Algeciras secure in Nasrid hands, the two Islamic kingdoms in Iberia and Northern Africa established an even closer relationship with the goal of recovering lands lost to Castille and Aragon by the Cordoba Caliphate. Marinid Sultan Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, responding to the plea for help sent by Muhammad IV of Granada, and captured Gibraltar. Abu al-Hasan himself was present in the capture, and to seal the alliance between the Marinids and the Nasrids, married the daughter of Muhammad IV - as well as arranged the marriage between major Moroccan and Granadan nobles. Abu al-Hasan invited Granadan nobles to his capital in Fez, and as a result of these arrangements, Muhammad IV was not assassinated by resentful nobles.

In Granada, Abu al-Hasan and Muhammad IV declared a firman (command), to restore the lost territories of Andalusia, and to unite all of Iberia under Islam. Shortly afterwards, this commitment was put into test when Abu al-Hassan received an appeal from the Muhammad IV to help drive back the Castilians. The assembly of a large Marinid invasion force in Morocco prompted the Castilian king Alfonso XI to bring to an end his quarrel with Afonso IV of Portugal. The Marinid fleet under the command of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Azafi destroyed the Castillian fleet, and also prevailed against the Portuguese and Genoese hired fleets, clearing the Moroccan supply line and allowed more soldiers to join the battle. The Marinids were victorious in the Battle of Rio Salado, eventually capturing Tarifa. With the Portuguese and Castillian navies suffering crippling defeat, and in land - their combined armies were defeated - the path was clear for a new Islamic conquest of Iberia.

Abu al-Hasan succeeded in uniting Morocco, Tlemcen, and Ifriqiya (Tunis) in 1347. Instead of spending his time imposing authority over Arab tribes, Abu al-Hasan assembled another army composed of auxiliaries and soldiers from Tlemcen, the Atlas Mountains, and Tunisia. This force, which landed on Tarifa two years after the conquest of Tunis, was even larger than the force he assembled in Rio Salado. The combined Marinid and Granadan (Nasrid) armies defeated a combined Portuguese-Castillian army near Seville, and managed to capture the city. Abu al-Hasan celebrated his victory in the Alcazar of Seville - the former Moorish fortress turned palace - a century after the city was taken by Castillian forces, it was returned into Moorish hands. Abu al-Hasan expelled the Catholic priests and divided Andalusia between the Arab tribes, his subjects in North Africa.

Later years would see further Marinid incursion into Castillian and Portuguese territory. Abu al-Hasan's successor Abu Inan Faris launched three campaigns against Portugal, which succeeded in capturing the Alentejo region and the city of Lisbon. The Marinids sponsored the mass migration of Arab-Berber tribes into Iberia, even going as far as inviting Egyptians and Arabs from the Levant to settle there. The population of Iberia increased significantly because of this policy.

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Did you need help with military sizes?

I'm sorry for being absent over a couple days. I'll try to finish this as soon as possible - if my claim has been erased, I'd like to re-claim what's left of it that hasn't been taken by later players.

Also, help would be appreciated (because I'm afraid of "god-modding" the military section, considering Spain is comparably weaker than England in this era IRL, but this isn't Spain - the Marinids is more stable and financially sound, having been largely uninvolved in European wars and spending their American wealth in Asia to discover new trade routes and bulid forts)

[Imperialisium]

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Nationstates Name: The Traansval
Nation Name: Official name is Regnum Poloniae (Kingdom of Poland) which is used in official diplomacy. The more common name used within the nation is Najjaśniejsza Rzeczpospolita Polska (the Most Serene Commonwealth of Poland), or just Rzeczpospolita (the Republic or the Commonwealth).

Capital: Krakow
Type of Government: Elective Monarchy with an Aristocratic Parliament.
Head of State(s): Stanislaus II Augustus, by the grace of God and the will of the people, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Duke of Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Kiev, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlasie, Livonia, Smolensk, Severia and Chernihiv.
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Political Faction or Party in Power: The primarily political power in Poland is the Szlachta, the Nobility. The very existence of the parliamentary system in the Polish government has been guaranteed by the nobility in order to ensure their continued use of the Golden Freedoms, a collective list of rights and privileges enjoyed by the Szlachta. Their main instrument of power has been the Free Veto, a political rule whereby the proceedings or laws of a Sjem (parliament) can be nullified by the objection of one of its members, allowing any attempt at reform or change to be shot down be only one member. They are mainly represented by the Stronnictwo hetmańskie (Hetmans Party), so-called because it is led by two of Poland's Hetmans (Military commanders); Franciszek Ksawery Branicki and Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki. Chancellor of Poland Jacek Małachowski is allied with the Hetman's while his own kin, Stanisław Małachowski, the Marshal of the Sejm, is associated with the Patriots Party, a Reformist party centered around opposition to the Szlachta, their extreme privileges, and the antiquated and corrupt politics of the Commonwealth. While Stanislaw acts as a more moderate voice, radicals centered around influential enlightenment thinker Hugo Kołłątaj agitate for revolution and an end to the Szlachta. The King, for his part, seems caught in between the large influence of the Szlachta and his own personal beliefs in Reform, and for now, has given his blessing to the Sjem.

Population: Around 5 million citizens.
Religion Breakdown: Poland is a dominantly Roman Catholic nation with major Orthodox and Jewish communities.
Public Goals: Maintenance of the Independence of the Commonwealth.
Private Goals: Opposition to the influence of Russia's agents and a resolution of the conflict between the Szlachta and the Reformers.
Map Claims: Rzeczpospolita Polska circa 1785

Total military size: Roughly 65,000 men
Breakdown of army: The Commonwealth Army has for a long time been in great decline, with only recent actions seeing it's expansion. Since the loss of the Lithuanian Duchy, the Commonwealth has relied on two main forces for its defense; the Crown Army of Poland, a professional force of soldiers hired for service by the Polish Crown, and the Pospolite Ruszenie or "Nobles Host", forces raised by the nobility. The reliance on the nobility was a key goal for them, as a key part of their identity involved the exchange of military service in order to justify the lavish freedoms granted to them. These noble levees are increasingly amateur and ineffective in comparison to the professional soldiers of the Crown Army, and the loyalty of the troops and their commanders are at best questionable, particularly in matters of politics or when there are no funds to provide their pay. In response to the Polish defeat in the Russian War, the Crown Army was expanded to near 30,000 men, almost equal to the rough 35,000 noble troops, although further efforts to reform the Crown Army have been hindered. A few cities, such as Poznan, Gdansk, and Czestochowa also have, much like the Nobility, paid for and fielded their own regiments to provide for the defense and garrison of their town. These, along with various militias and some foreign mercenary troops, provide irregular auxiliaries for the army.

The Crown Infantry are very loosely organized and non-standardized, but generally, they are one battalion strong (between 8-12 infantry companies), although some, like the Royal Guards, the Foot Guards, and the five "elder" regiments have two battalions. The best soldiers from each regiment will be assigned to the Grenadier or Rifleman company of the regiment, and a separate Rifleman Corps also exists and serves the Crown by fielding hunters and foresters as expert riflemen. In battle, regiments can be put under Brigades or Divisions for command purposes. Uniforms are varied, the most common being ones of red, although for identification most soldiers wear Cockades either of pure white or with a red center circled by a fringe of white. The guns of the infantry most consist of the standard smoothbore musket, with rifles used by sharpshooters. Crown Artillery has roughly two hundred field artillery pieces of various caliber for use in support of the infantry.

The various heavy and medium cavalry units of the Commonwealth were reorganized and put under the National Cavalry; eight brigades of cavalry trained and equipped in the manner of European Uhlans. The exceptions to this reorganization were the Dragoon, Front, and Vanguard cavalry regiments, along with the irregular 1st and 2nd Cossack regiments. These all together form the Crown Cavalry, roughly eight to nine thousand cavalrymen strong.
Breakdown of navy: Poland does not officially have a navy, not since the 17th century has there been a Commonwealth Navy. Some of the nobility own ships and the Crown as well own ships that can be used for transport, but aside from armed merchant ships, there are no warships in Poland.

Currency: Polish złoty
Major import/export partners: Russia and Friesland-Sachsen are the two major trade partners of Poland, but Polish merchants operate all across the Baltic sea.
Major Domestic Issues: Conflict between the Nobility and the Reformists.
Major Foreign Issues: Influence of Russia in Poland and the erosion of Polish independence.

History: The story of modern Poland begins not with Poland but with Germany, as no one intends to listen to a lengthy synopsis of Polish history without alteration from the timeline the reader lives in. The success of the Teutonic Order, an order of German knights, in their crusade to rid the north of Pagans resulted in the order becoming one of the largest realms in northern Europe for a time. With the inclusion of the Livonian Order, they controlled much of the southeastern Baltic coast; from Prussia to Livonia they ruled. But their strength would wane with the rise of other powers, namely the Kingdom of Poland and the Duchy of Lithuania, which would later join in a union known as the Commonwealth or the Republic of Two Nations; in the west known as Poland-Lithuania. Between 1519–1521 the Teutons and Poland-Lithuania would fight their final conflict, resulting in the destruction of the Order's military and their capitulation. Much of the order's lands would be annexed into the Commonwealth, leaving the order with only east Prussia. The Grand Master of the Order, Albert, briefly considered conversion to Catholicism, but due to the strong influence of the church did not convert. This left the Crown with a small order of knights loyal to the Holy Roman Empire within Prussia, which the Commonwealth's King claimed as his own Duchy. Ultimately the threat of the Teutons outweighed peace, and the order would be crushed once more and kicked out of Prussia, with its remaining Knights retreating to their smallholdings in Germany, and their former lands becoming Royal Prussia (officially the Duchy of Prussia, with the King of Poland-Lithuania as it's Duke).

For centuries, Poland-Lithuania was the dominant power in the east. It was the largest land power in Europe, holding lands ranging from the Baltic to Ukraine. But much like how Poland-Lithuania supplanted the Teutonics, so too would a new power supplant the Commonwealth; Russia. With the unification of the Rus by Moscovy under the Romanovs, a new giant land power threatened the Commonwealth. Under Tsarina Anna, Russia would fight one of its first wars with the Commonwealth in 1742, resulting in the annexation of much of the Ukrainian and Baltic territories save for Courland. By this time, the Commonwealth had entered into a state of advanced decay, as low taxation and heavy noble influence led to the shrinking of the army and an increase in civil conflicts as nobles fought. Politics had all but ground to a halt thanks to the Free Veto, which gave every noble individually the ability to completely halt and nullify the actions of the Sejm. Agents of Russia would exploit this and had its diplomats and agents establish economic and personal relationships with Polish noblemen, often issuing large bribes to get them to shut down businesses that opposed Russian interests.

This decay, along with the decay of the Commonwealth in general, led to a growing sense of disaffection among many. Right at a time when Enlightenment ideas began to spread, actions were taken in an attempt to reform the politics of the Commonwealth and attempt to modernize it. This reform effort was mainly led by King Stanisław II Augustus, who ascended to the throne in 1764. While he had been a lover of the Russian Queen and was elected thanks to Russian assistance, Stanisław II personally believed in the need for reform and so championed it. The nobility opposed reform greatly, and in 1768 formed a Confederation of their holdings based in the Fortress Bar, giving this confederation its name. The Bar Confederate raised their Pospolite Ruszenie levees and soon after received assistance from the Russian army which invaded in support of the confederation. The Crown Army, numbering only 17,000 at the start, was no match despite the heroism of many of its commanders.

The end of the War of the Bar Confederation saw many reforms rolled back, the rights of the nobility reaffirmed, and most importantly, the annexation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by the Russian Empire. A subsequent "treaty of friendship" established Poland as an effective protectorate of the Russian Empire, keeping its sovereignty in mostly name only. The loss made the nobility happy as it meant upholding their freedoms, but it left much of the population shell shocked. Poland now continues on as if nothing had happened, acting as if the nation was still a Commonwealth, a Republic of Two Nations. The King still claims the title of Grand Duke of Lithuania despite no such state existing anymore, and the Sejm still issues laws in the name of the Commonwealth of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Despite the reassertion of the nobility's control, the fury of the defeat has invigorated an opposition. Reformists, known as Patriots or Hugoniści, have rallied around national figures such as Hugo Kołłątaj or Stanisław Małachowski who advocate for political and social reforms. The patriots seek to organize the middle class of free men with large support in urban cities like Krakow and Poznan. Their demands have become increasingly militant, even calling for the abolition or lynching of the nobility at times, although moderates such as Malachowski seek political reform through the current Sejm, which he has recently been elected Marshal of. Poland sits on a knife's edge, with power in the hands of the nobility and an organized opposition wanting to take it from them, all while Russia watches from across the plains. Time will only tell what resolution shall come to the Polish question; shall reform prevail and Poland once again become a strong independent nation, or shall it become the newest province of the Tsar's empire?

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[Sao Nova Europa]

Nation Name: Shun Dynasty
NS Nation Name: Sao Nova Europa
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Will be making an app soon, but long story short: Shun Dynasty survives and manages to repel Manchu, expands like Qing in rl in much of Tibet, Xinjiang and Manchuria in order to create 'space'/buffer to protect Han heartland from barbarians/nomads. Unlike Qing it does not control outer Manchuria but it has managed to subdue Vietnam (excluding tropical south). There will be some other changes too due to native Han dynasty, for more wait a bit until the app.

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Nation Name: Shun Dynasty
NS Nation Name: Sao Nova Europa
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Will be making an app soon, but long story short: Shun Dynasty survives and manages to repel Manchu, expands like Qing in rl in much of Tibet, Xinjiang and Manchuria in order to create 'space'/buffer to protect Han heartland from barbarians/nomads. Unlike Qing it does not control outer Manchuria but it has managed to subdue Vietnam (excluding tropical south). There will be some other changes too due to native Han dynasty, for more wait a bit until the app.

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Nationstates Name Sao Nova Europa
Nation Name Great Shun
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Capital Beijing
Type of Government Absolute Bureaucratic Monarchy

The Emperor (Huáng Dì) is the Son of Heaven and the autocrat of All Under Heaven. He is the supreme ruler of the entire civilized world. The Shun Dynasty does not recognize any other governments as legitimate entities, viewing them instead as tributary states or unruly barbarians. All must submit before the heavenly-ordained ruler of the world. Tributary states are expected to annually submit tribute to the Emperor. The unruly barbarians are excused for their lack of decorum before the Emperor as they know no better. Tributary states are allowed to trade with the Empire but barbarians are kept out.

The Emperor rules with the aid of the Chancellor. The Chancellor is always an eunuch, a precautionary measure to prevent the domination of the office by powerful political dynasties. The Chancellor heads the Six Departments and Six Ministries. The Six Departments are:

The Secretariat, responsible for drafting policies.
The Chancellery, responsible for reviewing policies.
The Department of State Affairs, responsible for implementing policies.
The Department of Palace, responsible for the upkeep of the imperial household.
The Department of Books, responsible for maintaining the Imperial Library.
The Department of Service, responsible for staffing the palace with eunuchs.

The Six Ministries are:

Ministry of Personnel, in charge of appointments, promotions & demotions of officials and the granting of honorific titles.
Ministry of Rites, in charge of state ceremonies & rituals and the maintenance of palace protocol.
Ministry of Revenue, in charge of collecting taxes, handling state revenues and gathering census data.
Ministry of War, in charge of appointments, promotion & demotion of military officers, maintenance of military installations and equipment, supply of the military and leadership in times of war.
Ministry of Justice, in charge of the judicial and penal process.
Ministry of Works, in charge of government construction programs and maintenance of infrastructure.

The Office of Barbarian Affairs is an independent agency responsible for diplomacy. It is mostly concerned with nations that are not tributary states of the Shun Dynasty. Relations with the tributary states are handled by the Ministry of Rites.

The Imperial Household is staffed entirely by eunuchs and servant ladies. The number of concubines is in the hundreds while the number of eunuchs and servant ladies in the thousands. The Imperial Household is a large, complex bureaucracy of its own, a miniature government of sorts handling the women and offspring of the Emperor. Concubines are chosen both in merits of political expediency and of beauty. They are trained by eunuchs to adhere to a strict protocol.

Below the Ministries are the Bureaus, government departments staffed by bureaucrats chosen in accordance to their rank in the Imperial Examinations. The scholar-officials dominate thus the bureaucracy. The maximum tenure in office is twelve years but every three years officials are evaluated and can be promoted or demoted.

The administrative division of the country is:

Viceroyalty, comprising of several provinces.
Province
Prefecture
County

Head of State(s) Xianfeng Emperor
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Political Faction or Party in Power [Basically the powers that be in your nation]

Currently there is balance between two court factions, with the Emperor favoring either group on occasion.

Pragmatists: Faction comprised of eunuchs and Governors of coastal provinces - they seek limited trade with Western powers and a focus on economic infrastructure.
Traditionalists: Faction comprised by Confucian scholar-bureaucrats and army generals - they seek to limit contact with the West and focus on military spending to counter perceived Russian threat.

Population 271,300,000
Religion Breakdown A syncretism of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Ancestor Worship. Other religions are tolerated, as long as religious beliefs do not undermine imperial rule. Muslims form the only significant minority in Xinjiang.
Public Goals

Dominance Under Heaven - The Shun Dynasty does not recognize other states as legitimate entities and considers itself the ruling power of the entire world.

Private Goals

Peace and Stability - Privately, the Shun ruler and his court are more pragmatic, and their major focuses are on maintaining the current borders, preventing any costly external wars with Western powers and achieving domestic social harmony.

Map Claims

Total military size

900,000 men-at-arms (land forces)
300 Chinese naval junks

Breakdown of army

The military is divided into two main groups: the Standard Army and the Guard Battalions. The 300,000 men strong Standard Army is the professional force of the Shun Dynasty. It is equipped with the best weaponry available and has the most training and discipline. It is meant to undertake offensive operations and conquer land for the Emperor. The Guard Battalions, numbering 600,000 men, are hereditary soldiers stationed in the provinces. They are granted military farms (tun tian) and are supposed to be self-sufficient. Their main objective is to defend provinces and act as a policing force too, undertaking operations against bandits and rebels. They are less well equipped and disciplined than the Standard Army soldiers and cannot be counted on in a serious military engagement. The military is under the strict supervision of the civilian Ministry of War to avoid the danger of ambitious generals turning against the central government. The Ministry is responsible for the maintenance of military installations and the supply of the troops. It maintains bureaus in the various provinces in order to undertake this task. A large network of roads, bridges and canals enables a steady and relatively fast (for the standards of the time and the size of the empire) supplying of the military. The number of bureaucrats employed to undertake this logistical support is almost half the size of the military.

Breakdown of navy

The Heavenly Fleet is the naval arm of the Shun military but despite its impressive name, it is small in size and mainly acts as a policing force to keep coasts clear from pirates. It is comprised of 300 Chinese naval junks. The Shun Empire focuses on land warfare and thus the navy is underfunded.

Currency Tael
Major import/export partners The Shun Dynasty maintained limited trade with some Western powers at the port cities of Macau and Hong Kong, strictly supervised under tributary protocol, but is mostly self-sufficient. Its major exports to the West are silk, tea and porcelains.
Major Domestic Issues

Growing population: Shun has the greater population in the entire world and it keeps growing. Overpopulation can lead to high joblessness rate, increased poverty and social discontent. Although China hasn't reached that point yet, it is at its limits as far as population growth is concerned.

Vast empire: The vastness of the empire - from Bhutan to Manchuria and from Vietnam to Mongolia - means that the provinces have a significant degree of fiscal independence. This decentralization ensures smooth control over a vast subcontinent but also prevents the central government from making full use of China's vast resources.

Isolationist sentiment: Chinese have little desire to get to know the outside world, and this can make negotiations and deals with foreign powers difficult to sell domestically. On the other hand, even symbolic shows of tribute and respect for Chinese customs can allow the Emperor to convince his countrymen of the need to tolerate foreigners in certain (strictly regulated and safeguarded) port cities such as Hong Kong and Macau.

Major Foreign Issues

Westerners: Western powers are viewed with unease by the Shun Dynasty. It is willing to allow them to participate in tributary relations, assuming they remain confined in designated port cities, but there is fear that they might use their naval superiority to move against the empire.

Russia: Russian expansion in Outer Manchuria has been seen as a provocative move against the Shun Dynasty. In the Shun Court, Russia is viewed as a dangerous rival. While there is no mood for war, there is uneasiness and calls for bolstering the northern defenses.

History

By the late 1600s, the once mighty and rich Ming Dynasty was in terminal decline. Widespread natural disasters and famines, banditry and military defeats at the hands of the Manchus in the north meant that the prestige of the dynasty had plummeted. Everyone was certain that the dynasty had lost the Mandate of Heaven and that the Ming Emperor was no longer fit to rule. In the 1630s a number of peasant revolts broke out. Among those rebelling was Li Zicheng, a man of obscure origins who joined one of the peasant revolts in 1633. Thanks to his cunning and martial prowess, by 1637 he was leader of the revolt. His armies marched forward, crushing Ming resistance and in 8 February 1644 he proclaimed in Xi'an, the old Han Dynasty capital, the establishment of the Shun Dynasty.

In April 1644, Beijing was captured and the last Ming Emperor hanged himself in shame. Li Zicheng managed to impose discipline on his troops, preventing a plunder of the city. Instead, he recruited many of the former Ming officials and sought to come to an accommodation with the Ming political establishment. In early June, Li proclaimed himself Yongchang Emperor. Realizing that the Manchus in the north could take advantage of the situation to launch an invasion of the Middle Kingdom, Yongchang came into a secret agreement with Wu Sangui, the Ming military officer in command of the vital Sanhai Pass, the eastern terminus of the Great Wall. Yongchang arrested his family and publicly declared Wu Sangui a traitor. Wu contacted the Manchu regent Dorgon, offering him his submission and a clear path to China. Dorgon accepted and a sizeable Manchu force arrived to the Sanhai Pass. Instead of aiding them, though, Wu and his men ambushed the Manchus and eliminated them almost to the last man. This clever scheme is now remembered in China as one of the most brilliant stratagems in Chinese history.

Wu Sangui became Marshall of the North, essentially supreme commander of the Shun military forces. His first task was to launch an invasion of the Manchu heartland, taking advantage of the crushing defeat the Manchus had suffered. By 1647 much of Western Manchuria was under Shun rule. This region had a sizeable Chinese population and was more urbanized, and thus easier to control. On the other hand, the eastern part of Manchuria was left outside Shun control and remained under nomadic Manchu rule. While Wu was busy subduing the Manchus, in the south things for Shun did not look good. A Southern Ming regime had been established by a fleeing Ming prince, who rallied Ming loyalists to his cause against the 'bandit pretender'. The regime was based on Nanjing and ruled much of the Chinese South. The Shun suffered a series of defeats but managed to maintain Northern China under their rule.

In 1648, Wu Sangui led an invasion of the South. A force of over 350,000 men invaded and fought a series of pitched battles and drawn-out sieges against the ramp Ming regime. By 1652, the South had been pacified but at the cost of over 120,000 soldiers dead on both sides and 400,000 civilian casualties. Wu, responsible for the pacification of the South, chose to show clemency towards the defeated and recruited South Ming officials into the new Shun administration. He reestablished the old Ming system of Guard Battalion, giving hereditary land to men in exchange for military service. Those new troops would ensure the establishment of long-lasting peace in the South.

In 1660, a Shun army of 150,000 men invaded Yunnan and pacified the region, establishing Shun control. In 1662, the Shun army managed to take over Taiwan, the last remaining Ming loyalist stronghold. The Ming loyalist Koxinga was executed publicly. With the reunification of the whole of the Middle Kingdom under Shun rule, the dynasty was able to stabilize its hold over China as it was now evident to all that the Yongchang Emperor enjoyed the Mandate of Heaven. Wanting to showcase the prestige of the dynasty and expunge China from devious foreign influence, the Yongchang Emperor proclaimed a policy of 'closed doors'. Only tributary states would be allowed to trade with China while trade with the barbarian tribes was forbidden.

Yongchang died in 1663 and was succeeded by his eldest son, who took the title of Taizong Emperor. Primogeniture had been established by Yongchang as the succession principle of the dynasty. Taizong, sharing the same name as the great Tang Emperor Li Shimin, wanted to compete with his namesake in terms of military conquest and sagacity. In contrast to his father, Taizong was dreaming of expanding the borders of Chinese civilization, a Chinese version of the European 'civilizing mission'. Taizong was only twenty-three years old when he came to the throne and, unlike his peasant father, had been educated by the best scholars of the Empire. He was a poet, calligrapher and painter. Energetic, he showed an unwillingness to let the court control him. In 1664, he managed to assassinate Wu Sangui, getting himself rid of a possible opponent. He appointed fellow-minded young officials in high positions of governance. His Chancellor, Zhang Yudi, was only thirty-four years old while his Marshall Guo Jing was forty-four years old. A new era had dawned.

Just like the Taizong Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had imposed his will on the nomadic tribes of the north, the Shun Taizong Emperor wanted to impose his own will on the Mongol tribes. Taizong found his chance when in 1668 the Khorching Mongols requested his assistance against the advances of the Khalkha and Chahar Mongols. A Shun army was dispatched and managed to inflict a series of defeats on the hostile Mongols. This was in large part thanks to the Mongol cavalry provided by the Khorching Mongols. Guo Jing made clever use of that cavalry to compensate for the weakness of the largely infantry-based Shun military. By 1672, Mongolia had been pacified, as had the part of southern Xinjiang controlled by the Khalkha Mongols.

Taizong headed in person to the north and in a public ceremony in 11 March 1672, he was proclaimed Khagan of the Mongols. Guo Jing was left responsible for the continued pacification of the region. With cunning diplomacy, he managed to gain the friendship of many in the Mongol nobility. Instead of ruling the vast plains of Mongolia in a Chinese manner, Guo Jing chose instead to retain the traditional Mongol administration. He merged disloyal defeated tribes with the tribes of his Mongol allies and left the actual administration in the hands of the Mongol tribal leaders. Aside from paying a yearly tribute, providing a levy of cavalry and not engaging in tribal warfare, the Mongols were left to their devises.

At the same time, Chancellor Zhang Yudi implemented an ambitious reformist agenda. He enacted a broad land redistributing program to give farm to tenants and landless peasants, much to the dismay of many large landowners. Regional revolts in the 1660s were crushed by the Shun military, allowing the reform to go ahead. Zhang undertook the first population census since the collapse of the Ming. The 1671 census gave an accurate picture of the population of the Empire and allowed a revision of the tax assessment to make taxation fairer. Monopoly on salt was established, roads, canals and bridges were either updated or constructed and series of granaries were built in the provinces to allow steady supply in times of natural disasters.

The conquest of Mongolia brought the Shun Dynasty in conflict with the Dzungar Khanate. An Inner Asian Khanate of Mongol origins, it controlled parts of Outer Mongolia and much of northern Xinjiang. In 1683, a Shun invasion was launched, led by the brilliant Guo Jing. A mixed army of Chinese infantry and Mongol cavalry pushed deep into Dzungar territory. The Chinese infantry was garrisoning conquered land while the Mongol cavalry was undertaking the offensive. In a decisive battle in 12 August 1685, the Dzungar army was crushed and the Khan himself was killed. A civil war broke out between his two sons, allowing the Shun to overwhelm the remaining Dzungars. Although the Dzungar Khanate was fully conquered by 1686, it was not fully pacified. Two widespread revolts broke out in 1688 and 1691, which led to widespread massacres of Dzungar civilians. In order to completely pacify the region, the Taizong Emperor ordered the mass emigration of landless Chinese to the region. By 1700, the region had a Chinese ethnic majority.

In 1695, the Shun Dynasty intervened in Tibet on behalf of the Dalai Lama, after a riot in Lhasa had driven out the Tibetan religious leader. A 50,000 men strong Shun army conquered Tibet by 1698 and established Dalai Lama as its ruler. Shun garrisons were established in vital strongholds of the country and the Dalai Lama was nothing more than a figurehead meant to keep the Tibetans in line. While the Empire was expanding, Taizong had constructed the Grand Library in Beijing, a gargantuan pagoda that housed thousands of books, almost the entirety of Chinese literature. Taizong was a patron of arts and he financed many artistic projects.

In 1699, the Taizong Emperor died and was succeeded by his second son, as his eldest son had died from disease two years earlier (although there is speculation that he had been poisoned by the second son). The Kangxi Emperor, in his thirties when coming to the throne, was far less austere than his father and more willing to indulge in carnal pleasures. He was a competent ruler however, entrusting key offices of the state in the hands of capable officials. He established in 1701 the Secret Memorandums, allowing direct communication between him and local officials without the court or ministries getting in the way. This allowed far greater imperial oversight of the public administration.

In 1711, the Kangxi Emperor launched an invasion of the Lê Dynasty of Vietnam. An ambitious Vietnamese general, Nguyen Xi, had launched a coup in 1710 that overthrew the rightful Dụ Tông Emperor. Dụ Tông managed to escape to China and asked the Kangxi Emperor to intervene. An army under the Mongol general Tögs-Ochiryn invaded Vietnam and by 1712 it had managed to conquer much of the north of the country. The tropical conditions though and the irregular attacks by Vietnamese peasants forced the Shun army to retreat. Almost 20,000 men had perished. A second invasion was launched in 1714 that also ended in disaster.

Finally, in 1717, a third invasion was launched under general Huang Dao. This time, it was a combined land and naval invasion. The number of land troops mobilized reached 160,000, the largest Shun invasion force since the war against the Dzungar Khanate. By 1720, Vietnam had been pacified. Instead of restoring Dụ Tông, Kangxi chose to annex Vietnam into the Shun Dynasty. After hundreds of years of independence, Vietnam was finally once again a Chinese dominion. Dụ Tông was strangled and three revolts in 1721, 1725 and 1729 were brutally put down. Widespread massacres were followed by Chinese colonization of the region, as Kangxi found a chance to solve social problems caused by an ever increasing population. During those revolts, Shun armies would regularly cross into Laotian territory on the pretext of hunting down rebel remnants and by 1731 Lan Xang had to accept Shun domination.

Lan Xang was the final Shun conquest. The Empire had already gotten too vast and neither the Emperor nor the bureaucracy had any interest in further expansion. Instead, the Shun Dynasty chose to enforce a strict system of tribute by the neighboring states. In 1735, the Kangxi Emperor died and was succeeded by the Tongzhi Emperor. The Tongzhi Emperor largely left matters of state to his Chancellors, spending most of his time in pursuing various literary efforts. His Chancellors followed a policy of lowering taxes and keeping the peace. A White Lotus revolt in 1745 was the only instance of war. A quasi-religious movement, it managed to gain many followers in central China. Rising up in revolt, it managed to defeat local garrisons but by 1746 it had been crushed by the Standard Army.

In 1756, Tongzhi was succeeded by the twenty-four years old Jiajing Emperor. A more energetic ruler, the Jiajing Emperor took a more active role in everyday governance. His reign focused on large-scale infrastructure projects to update the road network and expand the canals and bridges of China. He also opened up the ports of Hong Kong and Macau to limited foreign trade with Western powers, but under strict regulation and with imperial envoys overseeing the whole process. In the 1760s and 1770s China clashed with Russia in outer Manchuria. Those clashes were mostly informal between Chinese and Russian merchants and settlers and led to Russian expansion in the region. Jiajing, wanting to focus on internal improvement, avoided entangling the Shun Dynasty in an open conflict with Russia.

Xianfeng Emperor came to the throne in 1783. Much like his father, he is an energetic monarch. He has tried to counter the expanding Russian influence in Manchuria, keep a close eye on the Western powers in the coasts of China and maintain social harmony as the population keeps increasing. For the time being China is rich and powerful, but it is also surrounded by potential enemies and its vast size means it has little room for further expansion.

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[Imperialisium]

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Nationstates Name Sao Nova Europa
Nation Name Great Shun
Flag

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National Anthem (optional)
Capital Beijing
Type of Government Absolute Bureaucratic Monarchy

The Emperor (Huáng Dì) is the Son of Heaven and the autocrat of All Under Heaven. He is the supreme ruler of the entire civilized world. The Shun Dynasty does not recognize any other governments as legitimate entities, viewing them instead as tributary states or unruly barbarians. All must submit before the heavenly-ordained ruler of the world. Tributary states are expected to annually submit tribute to the Emperor. The unruly barbarians are excused for their lack of decorum before the Emperor as they know no better. Tributary states are allowed to trade with the Empire but barbarians are kept out.

The Emperor rules with the aid of the Chancellor. The Chancellor is always an eunuch, a precautionary measure to prevent the domination of the office by powerful political dynasties. The Chancellor heads the Six Departments and Six Ministries. The Six Departments are:

The Secretariat, responsible for drafting policies.
The Chancellery, responsible for reviewing policies.
The Department of State Affairs, responsible for implementing policies.
The Department of Palace, responsible for the upkeep of the imperial household.
The Department of Books, responsible for maintaining the Imperial Library.
The Department of Service, responsible for staffing the palace with eunuchs.

The Six Ministries are:

Ministry of Personnel, in charge of appointments, promotions & demotions of officials and the granting of honorific titles.
Ministry of Rites, in charge of state ceremonies & rituals and the maintenance of palace protocol.
Ministry of Revenue, in charge of collecting taxes, handling state revenues and gathering census data.
Ministry of War, in charge of appointments, promotion & demotion of military officers, maintenance of military installations and equipment, supply of the military and leadership in times of war.
Ministry of Justice, in charge of the judicial and penal process.
Ministry of Works, in charge of government construction programs and maintenance of infrastructure.

The Office of Barbarian Affairs is an independent agency responsible for diplomacy. It is mostly concerned with nations that are not tributary states of the Shun Dynasty. Relations with the tributary states are handled by the Ministry of Rites.

The Imperial Household is staffed entirely by eunuchs and servant ladies. The number of concubines is in the hundreds while the number of eunuchs and servant ladies in the thousands. The Imperial Household is a large, complex bureaucracy of its own, a miniature government of sorts handling the women and offspring of the Emperor. Concubines are chosen both in merits of political expediency and of beauty. They are trained by eunuchs to adhere to a strict protocol.

Below the Ministries are the Bureaus, government departments staffed by bureaucrats chosen in accordance to their rank in the Imperial Examinations. The scholar-officials dominate thus the bureaucracy. The maximum tenure in office is twelve years but every three years officials are evaluated and can be promoted or demoted.

The administrative division of the country is:

Viceroyalty, comprising of several provinces.
Province
Prefecture
County

Head of State(s) Xianfeng Emperor
Image of Leader

([url=https://i.postimg.cc/d3wDYjQH/800px.jpg]Image)[/url]

Political Faction or Party in Power [Basically the powers that be in your nation]

Currently there is balance between two court factions, with the Emperor favoring either group on occasion.

Pragmatists: Faction comprised of eunuchs and Governors of coastal provinces - they seek limited trade with Western powers and a focus on economic infrastructure.
Traditionalists: Faction comprised by Confucian scholar-bureaucrats and army generals - they seek to limit contact with the West and focus on military spending to counter perceived Russian threat.

Population 271,300,000
Religion Breakdown A syncretism of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Ancestor Worship. Other religions are tolerated, as long as religious beliefs do not undermine imperial rule. Muslims form the only significant minority in Xinjiang.
Public Goals

Dominance Under Heaven - The Shun Dynasty does not recognize other states as legitimate entities and considers itself the ruling power of the entire world.

Private Goals

Peace and Stability - Privately, the Shun ruler and his court are more pragmatic, and their major focuses are on maintaining the current borders, preventing any costly external wars with Western powers and achieving domestic social harmony.

Map Claims

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Total military size

900,000 men-at-arms (land forces)
300 Chinese naval junks

Breakdown of army

The military is divided into two main groups: the Standard Army and the Guard Battalions. The 300,000 men strong Standard Army is the professional force of the Shun Dynasty. It is equipped with the best weaponry available and has the most training and discipline. It is meant to undertake offensive operations and conquer land for the Emperor. The Guard Battalions, numbering 600,000 men, are hereditary soldiers stationed in the provinces. They are granted military farms (tun tian) and are supposed to be self-sufficient. Their main objective is to defend provinces and act as a policing force too, undertaking operations against bandits and rebels. They are less well equipped and disciplined than the Standard Army soldiers and cannot be counted on in a serious military engagement. The military is under the strict supervision of the civilian Ministry of War to avoid the danger of ambitious generals turning against the central government. The Ministry is responsible for the maintenance of military installations and the supply of the troops. It maintains bureaus in the various provinces in order to undertake this task. A large network of roads, bridges and canals enables a steady and relatively fast (for the standards of the time and the size of the empire) supplying of the military. The number of bureaucrats employed to undertake this logistical support is almost half the size of the military.

Breakdown of navy

The Heavenly Fleet is the naval arm of the Shun military but despite its impressive name, it is small in size and mainly acts as a policing force to keep coasts clear from pirates. It is comprised of 300 Chinese naval junks. The Shun Empire focuses on land warfare and thus the navy is underfunded.

Currency Tael
Major import/export partners The Shun Dynasty maintained limited trade with some Western powers at the port cities of Macau and Hong Kong, strictly supervised under tributary protocol, but is mostly self-sufficient. Its major exports to the West are silk, tea and porcelains.
Major Domestic Issues

Growing population: Shun has the greater population in the entire world and it keeps growing. Overpopulation can lead to high joblessness rate, increased poverty and social discontent. Although China hasn't reached that point yet, it is at its limits as far as population growth is concerned.

Vast empire: The vastness of the empire - from Bhutan to Manchuria and from Vietnam to Mongolia - means that the provinces have a significant degree of fiscal independence. This decentralization ensures smooth control over a vast subcontinent but also prevents the central government from making full use of China's vast resources.

Isolationist sentiment: Chinese have little desire to get to know the outside world, and this can make negotiations and deals with foreign powers difficult to sell domestically. On the other hand, even symbolic shows of tribute and respect for Chinese customs can allow the Emperor to convince his countrymen of the need to tolerate foreigners in certain (strictly regulated and safeguarded) port cities such as Hong Kong and Macau.

Major Foreign Issues

Westerners: Western powers are viewed with unease by the Shun Dynasty. It is willing to allow them to participate in tributary relations, assuming they remain confined in designated port cities, but there is fear that they might use their naval superiority to move against the empire.

Russia: Russian expansion in Outer Manchuria has been seen as a provocative move against the Shun Dynasty. In the Shun Court, Russia is viewed as a dangerous rival. While there is no mood for war, there is uneasiness and calls for bolstering the northern defenses.

History

By the late 1600s, the once mighty and rich Ming Dynasty was in terminal decline. Widespread natural disasters and famines, banditry and military defeats at the hands of the Manchus in the north meant that the prestige of the dynasty had plummeted. Everyone was certain that the dynasty had lost the Mandate of Heaven and that the Ming Emperor was no longer fit to rule. In the 1630s a number of peasant revolts broke out. Among those rebelling was Li Zicheng, a man of obscure origins who joined one of the peasant revolts in 1633. Thanks to his cunning and martial prowess, by 1637 he was leader of the revolt. His armies marched forward, crushing Ming resistance and in 8 February 1644 he proclaimed in Xi'an, the old Han Dynasty capital, the establishment of the Shun Dynasty.

In April 1644, Beijing was captured and the last Ming Emperor hanged himself in shame. Li Zicheng managed to impose discipline on his troops, preventing a plunder of the city. Instead, he recruited many of the former Ming officials and sought to come to an accommodation with the Ming political establishment. In early June, Li proclaimed himself Yongchang Emperor. Realizing that the Manchus in the north could take advantage of the situation to launch an invasion of the Middle Kingdom, Yongchang came into a secret agreement with Wu Sangui, the Ming military officer in command of the vital Sanhai Pass, the eastern terminus of the Great Wall. Yongchang arrested his family and publicly declared Wu Sangui a traitor. Wu contacted the Manchu regent Dorgon, offering him his submission and a clear path to China. Dorgon accepted and a sizeable Manchu force arrived to the Sanhai Pass. Instead of aiding them, though, Wu and his men ambushed the Manchus and eliminated them almost to the last man. This clever scheme is now remembered in China as one of the most brilliant stratagems in Chinese history.

Wu Sangui became Marshall of the North, essentially supreme commander of the Shun military forces. His first task was to launch an invasion of the Manchu heartland, taking advantage of the crushing defeat the Manchus had suffered. By 1647 much of Western Manchuria was under Shun rule. This region had a sizeable Chinese population and was more urbanized, and thus easier to control. On the other hand, the eastern part of Manchuria was left outside Shun control and remained under nomadic Manchu rule. While Wu was busy subduing the Manchus, in the south things for Shun did not look good. A Southern Ming regime had been established by a fleeing Ming prince, who rallied Ming loyalists to his cause against the 'bandit pretender'. The regime was based on Nanjing and ruled much of the Chinese South. The Shun suffered a series of defeats but managed to maintain Northern China under their rule.

In 1648, Wu Sangui led an invasion of the South. A force of over 350,000 men invaded and fought a series of pitched battles and drawn-out sieges against the ramp Ming regime. By 1652, the South had been pacified but at the cost of over 120,000 soldiers dead on both sides and 400,000 civilian casualties. Wu, responsible for the pacification of the South, chose to show clemency towards the defeated and recruited South Ming officials into the new Shun administration. He reestablished the old Ming system of Guard Battalion, giving hereditary land to men in exchange for military service. Those new troops would ensure the establishment of long-lasting peace in the South.

In 1660, a Shun army of 150,000 men invaded Yunnan and pacified the region, establishing Shun control. In 1662, the Shun army managed to take over Taiwan, the last remaining Ming loyalist stronghold. The Ming loyalist Koxinga was executed publicly. With the reunification of the whole of the Middle Kingdom under Shun rule, the dynasty was able to stabilize its hold over China as it was now evident to all that the Yongchang Emperor enjoyed the Mandate of Heaven. Wanting to showcase the prestige of the dynasty and expunge China from devious foreign influence, the Yongchang Emperor proclaimed a policy of 'closed doors'. Only tributary states would be allowed to trade with China while trade with the barbarian tribes was forbidden.

Yongchang died in 1663 and was succeeded by his eldest son, who took the title of Taizong Emperor. Primogeniture had been established by Yongchang as the succession principle of the dynasty. Taizong, sharing the same name as the great Tang Emperor Li Shimin, wanted to compete with his namesake in terms of military conquest and sagacity. In contrast to his father, Taizong was dreaming of expanding the borders of Chinese civilization, a Chinese version of the European 'civilizing mission'. Taizong was only twenty-three years old when he came to the throne and, unlike his peasant father, had been educated by the best scholars of the Empire. He was a poet, calligrapher and painter. Energetic, he showed an unwillingness to let the court control him. In 1664, he managed to assassinate Wu Sangui, getting himself rid of a possible opponent. He appointed fellow-minded young officials in high positions of governance. His Chancellor, Zhang Yudi, was only thirty-four years old while his Marshall Guo Jing was forty-four years old. A new era had dawned.

Just like the Taizong Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had imposed his will on the nomadic tribes of the north, the Shun Taizong Emperor wanted to impose his own will on the Mongol tribes. Taizong found his chance when in 1668 the Khorching Mongols requested his assistance against the advances of the Khalkha and Chahar Mongols. A Shun army was dispatched and managed to inflict a series of defeats on the hostile Mongols. This was in large part thanks to the Mongol cavalry provided by the Khorching Mongols. Guo Jing made clever use of that cavalry to compensate for the weakness of the largely infantry-based Shun military. By 1672, Mongolia had been pacified, as had the part of southern Xinjiang controlled by the Khalkha Mongols.

Taizong headed in person to the north and in a public ceremony in 11 March 1672, he was proclaimed Khagan of the Mongols. Guo Jing was left responsible for the continued pacification of the region. With cunning diplomacy, he managed to gain the friendship of many in the Mongol nobility. Instead of ruling the vast plains of Mongolia in a Chinese manner, Guo Jing chose instead to retain the traditional Mongol administration. He merged disloyal defeated tribes with the tribes of his Mongol allies and left the actual administration in the hands of the Mongol tribal leaders. Aside from paying a yearly tribute, providing a levy of cavalry and not engaging in tribal warfare, the Mongols were left to their devises.

At the same time, Chancellor Zhang Yudi implemented an ambitious reformist agenda. He enacted a broad land redistributing program to give farm to tenants and landless peasants, much to the dismay of many large landowners. Regional revolts in the 1660s were crushed by the Shun military, allowing the reform to go ahead. Zhang undertook the first population census since the collapse of the Ming. The 1671 census gave an accurate picture of the population of the Empire and allowed a revision of the tax assessment to make taxation fairer. Monopoly on salt was established, roads, canals and bridges were either updated or constructed and series of granaries were built in the provinces to allow steady supply in times of natural disasters.

The conquest of Mongolia brought the Shun Dynasty in conflict with the Dzungar Khanate. An Inner Asian Khanate of Mongol origins, it controlled parts of Outer Mongolia and much of northern Xinjiang. In 1683, a Shun invasion was launched, led by the brilliant Guo Jing. A mixed army of Chinese infantry and Mongol cavalry pushed deep into Dzungar territory. The Chinese infantry was garrisoning conquered land while the Mongol cavalry was undertaking the offensive. In a decisive battle in 12 August 1685, the Dzungar army was crushed and the Khan himself was killed. A civil war broke out between his two sons, allowing the Shun to overwhelm the remaining Dzungars. Although the Dzungar Khanate was fully conquered by 1686, it was not fully pacified. Two widespread revolts broke out in 1688 and 1691, which led to widespread massacres of Dzungar civilians. In order to completely pacify the region, the Taizong Emperor ordered the mass emigration of landless Chinese to the region. By 1700, the region had a Chinese ethnic majority.

In 1695, the Shun Dynasty intervened in Tibet on behalf of the Dalai Lama, after a riot in Lhasa had driven out the Tibetan religious leader. A 50,000 men strong Shun army conquered Tibet by 1698 and established Dalai Lama as its ruler. Shun garrisons were established in vital strongholds of the country and the Dalai Lama was nothing more than a figurehead meant to keep the Tibetans in line. While the Empire was expanding, Taizong had constructed the Grand Library in Beijing, a gargantuan pagoda that housed thousands of books, almost the entirety of Chinese literature. Taizong was a patron of arts and he financed many artistic projects.

In 1699, the Taizong Emperor died and was succeeded by his second son, as his eldest son had died from disease two years earlier (although there is speculation that he had been poisoned by the second son). The Kangxi Emperor, in his thirties when coming to the throne, was far less austere than his father and more willing to indulge in carnal pleasures. He was a competent ruler however, entrusting key offices of the state in the hands of capable officials. He established in 1701 the Secret Memorandums, allowing direct communication between him and local officials without the court or ministries getting in the way. This allowed far greater imperial oversight of the public administration.

In 1711, the Kangxi Emperor launched an invasion of the Lê Dynasty of Vietnam. An ambitious Vietnamese general, Nguyen Xi, had launched a coup in 1710 that overthrew the rightful Dụ Tông Emperor. Dụ Tông managed to escape to China and asked the Kangxi Emperor to intervene. An army under the Mongol general Tögs-Ochiryn invaded Vietnam and by 1712 it had managed to conquer much of the north of the country. The tropical conditions though and the irregular attacks by Vietnamese peasants forced the Shun army to retreat. Almost 20,000 men had perished. A second invasion was launched in 1714 that also ended in disaster.

Finally, in 1717, a third invasion was launched under general Huang Dao. This time, it was a combined land and naval invasion. The number of land troops mobilized reached 160,000, the largest Shun invasion force since the war against the Dzungar Khanate. By 1720, Vietnam had been pacified. Instead of restoring Dụ Tông, Kangxi chose to annex Vietnam into the Shun Dynasty. After hundreds of years of independence, Vietnam was finally once again a Chinese dominion. Dụ Tông was strangled and three revolts in 1721, 1725 and 1729 were brutally put down. Widespread massacres were followed by Chinese colonization of the region, as Kangxi found a chance to solve social problems caused by an ever increasing population.

Vietnam was to be the final Shun conquest. The Empire had already gotten too vast and neither the Emperor nor the bureaucracy had any interest in further expansion. Instead, the Shun Dynasty chose to enforce a strict system of tribute by the neighboring states. In 1735, the Kangxi Emperor died and was succeeded by the Tongzhi Emperor. The Tongzhi Emperor largely left matters of state to his Chancellors, spending most of his time in pursuing various literary efforts. His Chancellors followed a policy of lowering taxes and keeping the peace. A White Lotus revolt in 1745 was the only instance of war. A quasi-religious movement, it managed to gain many followers in central China. Rising up in revolt, it managed to defeat local garrisons but by 1746 it had been crushed by the Standard Army.

In 1756, Tongzhi was succeeded by the twenty-four years old Jiajing Emperor. A more energetic ruler, the Jiajing Emperor took a more active role in everyday governance. His reign focused on large-scale infrastructure projects to update the road network and expand the canals and bridges of China. He also opened up the ports of Hong Kong and Macau to limited foreign trade with Western powers, but under strict regulation and with imperial envoys overseeing the whole process. In the 1760s and 1770s China clashed with Russia in outer Manchuria. Those clashes were mostly informal between Chinese and Russian merchants and settlers and led to Russian expansion in the region. Jiajing, wanting to focus on internal improvement, avoided entangling the Shun Dynasty in an open conflict with Russia.

Xianfeng Emperor came to the throne in 1783. Much like his father, he is an energetic monarch. He has tried to counter the expanding Russian influence in Manchuria, keep a close eye on the Western powers in the coasts of China and maintain social harmony as the population keeps increasing. For the time being China is rich and powerful, but it is also surrounded by potential enemies and its vast size means it has little room for further expansion.

Roleplay example link

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=37422571#p37422571

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OP updated with new map and roster.

[Arvenia]

NS Nation: Arvenia
RP Nation: Greater Colombian Republic (Spanish: República Gran Colombiana)
Map Claims: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana and Northern Brazil
Map Color: Orange

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NS Nation: Arvenia
RP Nation: Greater Colombian Republic (Spanish: República Gran Colombiana)
Map Claims: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana and Northern Brazil
Map Color: Orange

https://imgur.com/e6FKAYf

This accurate for the map claims?

[Arvenia]

NS Nation: Arvenia
RP Nation: Greater Colombian Republic (Spanish: República Gran Colombiana)
Map Claims: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana and Northern Brazil
Map Color: Orange

https://imgur.com/e6FKAYf

This accurate for the map claims?

Yes.

[Arvenia]

[DO NOT REMOVE : Voltaire]

Application
NS Name: Arvenia
Nation Name: Greater Colombian Republic (Spanish: República Gran Colombiana)
Flag: National Flag
National Anthem: A Spanish version of Star-Sprangled Banner
Capital: Bogotá (formerly known as "Baqata")
Type of Government: Federal Constitutional Presidential Republic
Leader: President Omar Sulívar (formerly known as "Omar al-Saliwa")
Image of Leader: WIP
Political Faction or Party in Power: N/A (at this moment)
Population: 3,700,000
Religion Breakdown: 50% Atheist, 25% Muslim, 15% Catholic, 4% Amerindian, 3.5% African and 2.5% Protestant
Ethnicity Breakdown: 40% Multiracial, 24.5% Amerindian (indigenous), 15% Arab, 9.5% Berber, 9.5% Black (African) and 1.5% White (European)
Public Goals: Remain independent, oppose colonialism, expand the military and gain new territories
Private Goals: Liberate the Americas and seek foreign allies
Map Claims: Orange

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Currency: Dolár
Major import/export partners: British Empire
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History: (where you put the history/alt history of your nation)

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[Of the Quendi]

Nation Name: Mughal Empire
NS Nation Name: of the Quendi
Map Claims: All parts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan not already claimed by others.

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Nation Name: Mughal Empire
NS Nation Name: of the Quendi
Map Claims: All parts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan not already claimed by others.

Reservation noted

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Application
NS Name: Arvenia
Nation Name: Greater Colombian Republic (Spanish: República Gran Colombiana)
Flag: National Flag
National Anthem:
Capital: Bogota
Type of Government: Federal Constitutional Presidential Republic
Leader: President Daniel Sulívar
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Just keep in mind that there is no "Spain" in this timeline.

[Arvenia]

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Application
NS Name: Arvenia
Nation Name: Greater Colombian Republic (Spanish: República Gran Colombiana)
Flag: National Flag
National Anthem:
Capital: Bogota
Type of Government: Federal Constitutional Presidential Republic
Leader: President Daniel Sulívar
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Just keep in mind that there is no "Spain" in this timeline.

Then who is taking Spain's place in this RP?

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Just keep in mind that there is no "Spain" in this timeline.

Then who is taking Spain's place in this RP?

Sarderia, who is playing the Marinid Caliphate.

[Sarderia]

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Application
NS Name: Arvenia
Nation Name: Greater Colombian Republic (Spanish: República Gran Colombiana)
Flag: National Flag
National Anthem:
Capital: Bogota
Type of Government: Federal Constitutional Presidential Republic
Leader: President Daniel Sulívar
Image of Leader:
Political Faction or Party in Power: N/A (at this moment)
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Map Claims: Orange

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You can take a look at my history section to craft the app.

Just keep in mind that there is no "Spain" in this timeline.

Then who is taking Spain's place in this RP?

The Marinid Caliphate. The concept of "Spain" itself does not exist as the Marinids have ruled the Iberian Peninsula at least a century before the Iberian Wedding (in real life) happened, which historically unified Castile and Aragon into "Spain".

[Arvenia]

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Application
NS Name: Arvenia
Nation Name: Greater Colombian Republic (Spanish: República Gran Colombiana)
Flag: National Flag
National Anthem:
Capital: Bogota
Type of Government: Federal Constitutional Presidential Republic
Leader: President Daniel Sulívar
Image of Leader:
Political Faction or Party in Power: N/A (at this moment)
Population:
Religion Breakdown:
Public Goals:
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Map Claims: Orange

Total military size:
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Currency:
Major import/export partners:
Major Domestic Issues:
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History: (where you put the history/alt history of your nation)

Roleplay example link:

You can take a look at my history section to craft the app.

Then who is taking Spain's place in this RP?

The Marinid Caliphate. The concept of "Spain" itself does not exist as the Marinids have ruled the Iberian Peninsula at least a century before the Iberian Wedding (in real life) happened, which historically unified Castile and Aragon into "Spain".

Does the Spanish language exist?

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You can take a look at my history section to craft the app.


The Marinid Caliphate. The concept of "Spain" itself does not exist as the Marinids have ruled the Iberian Peninsula at least a century before the Iberian Wedding (in real life) happened, which historically unified Castile and Aragon into "Spain".

Does the Spanish language exist?

Yes

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Is the territorial area of France still available?