The Century that changed Everything | OOC/Sign-ups

[The Realm of Hyrule]

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The grand country, known as:

The Austro-Hungarian Empire

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1: General Nation Information

[ 1a ] Shortened name of nation: Austria-Hungary
[ 1b ] Political Ideology: Conservatism
[ 1c ] Reigning monarch (If there is no monarch, put N/A) : Emperor Franz Ferdinand I of Austria, King of Hungary
[ 1d ] Government Type: Dual Monarchical Presidential System
[ 1e ] Head of Government: Minister-President Ernest Von Koerber
[ 1e ] Head of Government (Hungary) : Prime Minister Kálmán Széll

[ 1f ] Notable Colonial Holdings (If any) :

Legation Council of Tianjin

2: Changes to history (Remember the 25 year leeway for this, you can't change any event that's older than 25 years)

On February the 11th, 1899 the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Franz Joseph had met a similar fate to what his wife had encountered a year earlier... What is believed to be a Croatian Nationalist named Dominik Bilonić had been inspired by the assassination of Empress Elisabeth in Geneva in 1898 and had shot the Austrian Emperor with a Revolver at close range during a festival held within Vienna on the date aforementioned... Upon being rushed to the nearest hospital, Franz Joseph had been announced dead upon arrival...

Following the successful assassination, the nationalist had been sentenced to the death penalty, and for most of February the Dual Monarchy found themselves in mourning... Nevertheless, on February the 28th 1899, both Austria and Hungary came to the joint decision to coronate Franz Joseph's heir apparent, Franz Ferdinand as the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary.

3: (Optional) Discord

[ 3a ] Do you have a Discord profile? : Yeap
[ 3b ] Are you interested in joining the Discord for the roleplay (If the previous answer was yes) : I host the Discord server, you know? So yeah, I'm interested :P

[Hanovereich]

We've got 5 players, is the IC coming any time soon?

[The Grene Knyght]

Trying to decide if I have time to join another RP.....

I noticed there's already a United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland app, but would it be possible to play as Ireland under the British, maybe reworking history slightly so that home rule has been achieved. I don't have a full history worked out but maybe a slightly more successful Irish Parliamentary Party could see the Home Rule bill passing the House of Lords in 1893 (IRL it passed the house of commons but failed at house of lords). After that ICly work towards some form of real independence

You're going to have to discuss that with both myself and Hanovereich when we both find the time to be online... I'm not sure if I want to include potential independent parties or movements or the such in this though, but if we get something working between the three of us I'm always willing to make compromises.

We've got 5 players, is the IC coming any time soon?

What do you think of the idea of me playing as Ireland? Would that be ok with you or did you already have plans in that regard? It's cool if you'd rather I didn't.

[The Realm of Hyrule]

We've got 5 players, is the IC coming any time soon?

I feel like it's close, that's for sure...
However, I'd prefer to get a player for France before it's hosted, because France is most certainly our largest missing link right now.

[The Realm of Hyrule]

As for the Ireland conversation, It'd be a lot easier to do if you both joined the Discord, tbh
( Hanovereich and The Grene Knyght )

In addition, we've got quite a few developments with Germany, Japan, Russia and Austria-Hungary being discussed that would be most interesting to you Hanovereich :)

[Hanovereich]

As for the Ireland conversation, It'd be a lot easier to do if you both joined the Discord, tbh
( Hanovereich and The Grene Knyght )

In addition, we've got quite a few developments with Germany, Japan, Russia and Austria-Hungary being discussed that would be most interesting to you Hanovereich

I'm so sorry, can't for unrelated reasons. Just, uh, TG me if anything comes up, or let me figure it out myself. I'm sure an enmity/distrust between me and the rest of the world would be fun.

As for Ireland, I'm happy for it to be in an arrangement not different to a Dominion, except that dominions haven't been invented yet. The Grene Knyght can TG me and we'll work something out. You could be a self-governing puppet state, if that makes sense. Or I can change my history to turn it into a self-governing state with Edward as King.

[The Realm of Hyrule]

I'm so sorry, can't for unrelated reasons. Just, uh, TG me if anything comes up, or let me figure it out myself. I'm sure an enmity/distrust between me and the rest of the world would be fun.

As for Ireland, I'm happy for it to be in an arrangement not different to a Dominion, except that dominions haven't been invented yet. The Grene Knyght can TG me and we'll work something out. You could be a self-governing puppet state, if that makes sense. Or I can change my history to turn it into a self-governing state with Edward as King.

That's fine! I'll be making sure to post important updates here as well as Discord, so you won't be missing out.
Anyways, once The Grene Knyght and yourself find the time to discuss about the whole Ireland thing, give me a telegram and I'll come to help with it.

[Hanovereich]

I'm so sorry, can't for unrelated reasons. Just, uh, TG me if anything comes up, or let me figure it out myself. I'm sure an enmity/distrust between me and the rest of the world would be fun.

As for Ireland, I'm happy for it to be in an arrangement not different to a Dominion, except that dominions haven't been invented yet. The Grene Knyght can TG me and we'll work something out. You could be a self-governing puppet state, if that makes sense. Or I can change my history to turn it into a self-governing state with Edward as King.

That's fine! I'll be making sure to post important updates here as well as Discord, so you won't be missing out.
Anyways, once The Grene Knyght and yourself find the time to discuss about the whole Ireland thing, give me a telegram and I'll come to help with it.

Okay, so the only idea I've come up with (and the only idea I/UK is fine with) is that Ireland will be a self-governing puppet state, with more control over its politics since, you know, it's controlled by a player.

[Orostan]

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The grand country, known as:

The Great Qing

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1: General Nation Information

[ 1a ] Shortened name of nation: China
[ 1b ] Political Ideology: Absolute monarchy with Chinese characteristics.
[ 1c ] Reigning monarch (If there is no monarch, put N/A) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxu_Emperor
[ 1d ] Government Type: Absolute monarchy
[ 1e ] Head of Government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxu_Emperor
(In reference to Prime Minister, Chancellor or equivalent)

[ 1f ] Notable Colonial Holdings (If any) : None.

2: Changes to history (Remember the 25 year leeway for this, you can't change any event that's older than 25 years)

In 1898 Empress Dowager Cixi's coup against Emperor Guangxu fails after Yuan Shikai betrays the plot. This means that the hundred days' reform is fully implemented and reactionaries are sidelined in the Qing court. China at the moment is undergoing a process of immense social and economic reformation that would not have occurred until later historically.

3: (Optional) Discord

[ 3a ] Do you have a Discord profile? : Yes
[ 3b ] Are you interested in joining the Discord for the roleplay (If the previous answer was yes) : I will join if I am accepted or if it's needed to review my application.

[New Provenance]

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The grand country, known as:

The United States of America

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1: General Nation Information

[ 1a ] Shortened name of nation: United States
[ 1b ] Political Ideology: Free market capitalist democracy
[ 1c ] Reigning monarch (If there is no monarch, put N/A) : N/A
[ 1d ] Government Type: Federal presidential constitutional republic
[ 1e ] Head of Government: President William Jennings Bryan (D)

[ 1f ] Notable Colonial Holdings (If any) :

The Philippine Islands, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and all other US territories in 1900

2: Changes to history

In the 1892 presidential elections, Republican candidate and fiscal progressive Benjamin Harrison secures re-election with over 51.2% of the popular vote. Harrison's first term was largely characterized by fiscally progressive economic policies, which included the passage of the McKinley Tariff in 1890 and the Sherman Antitrust Act in the same year. Harrison pursued a protectionist economic policy for much of his first term but as it came to a close in 1891, he began pulling back on his administration's protectionist tariffs which supported Americans and the U.S. economy but damaged countries who exported heavily to the United States. Harrison, crucially, did not pull back all the tariffs and instead chose to compromise in September of 1891.

In November 1892, Benjamin Harrison secured re-election and reassumed the post of President of the United States of America. Congress also held a five-seat Republican majority in the Senate and a nine-seat Republican majority in the House, mainly thanks to the GOP's emphasis on conservatism, protecting American ideals from foreign influence, and Harrison's now-weakened protectionist tariffs which supported American workers and farmers. Although his party held a Congressional majority following the election, Harrison's popularity among Republican Senators and Congressmen waned out a bit after he started backtracking on his protectionist tariffs, and thus further reductions by the Harrison administration in 1893 and 1894 to the tariffs were blocked by conservative Congressional Republicans.

An area in which the Harrison administration succeeded, however, was black voting rights. Since the start of his administration, Harrison doubled down on the party's anti-slavery routes in the American north and campaigned in both 1888 and 1892 for black Americans to be given 'the full and utter right to vote in our democracy without restraint or discrimination'. In 1890 and 1891, the Harrison administration failed to pass legislation which would guarantee and protect black Americans' right to vote and prevent them from being discriminated against in voting centers, etc. On the eve of the 1892 elections, he stated implied that 'a vote for the Republicans is a vote for black rights'. The remark backfired, but won him the election anyway.

In August 1895, in a highly publicized event at the White House, President Benjamin Harrison signed the Voting Rights Act of 1895, officially protecting black Americans' right to vote and encouraging them to place their votes as part of their 'solemn duty as American citizens'. Harrison's approval rating and popularity skyrocketed, and in August 1896, before the elections that November, he was present at the speech of Republican presidential candidate William McKinley where in he pledged to uphold black American rights just as his predecessor did.

However, Harrison's second term was also plagued with issues, the most prominent being corruption and a slumping national economy. Democrats attributed the minor recession to the protectionist tariffs, and the Republicans couldn't contest such a well-founded accusation. Harrison's approval rating slumped along with the economy, and as the 1896 presidential elections drew closer the chance of a Republican candidate - who would almost certainly be supportive of maintaining the controversial gold standard and America's protectionist fiscal policy - winning the election got slimmer and slimmer by the day.

Some Republicans already knew they were doomed when the young, charismatic William Jennings Bryan secured the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States in August 1896, along with his running mate Arthur Sewall, the latter winning the Democratic nomination for the vice presidency. At 36 years old, Bryan was the youngest candidate to ever win a nomination by one of the major parties in the United States, and many young progressive Americans looked to him for the nation's future. He criticized the gold standard and the Republicans' protectionist tariffs in his keynote speech, and demanded that the United States open itself up to the world and allow trade to move 'unimpeded during peacetime'. He asserted repeatedly that protectionism hurt Americans more than it shielded them from foreign competition.

Although the Republicans' candidate, the controversial William McKinley, had support among black Americans for his and his party's support for black voting rights, he lacked the oratory skills and lacked the charisma Bryan possessed. And so, in a twist of fate, William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall won the presidency and vice presidency of the United States by one of the slimmest margins in history, with Bryan winning 50.1% of the popular vote compared to McKinley's 49.9%. Bryan was sworn in as America's youngest president the next year, on 4 March 1897.

During his first term as president, Bryan pursued a policy of asserting America abroad and particularly in the Pacific and the Americas, where it believed it held the right to be the sole defender of the peoples. Protectionist tariffs were lowered significantly thanks to the Democratic-dominated Senate and a rather cooperative Republican-majority House of Representatives, but were not fully abolished as support from the Congressional Republicans could not be secured by the Bryan administration.

(Spanish-American war proceeds as in IRL)

Following the end of the Spanish-American War in fall 1898, the United States of America acquired the Philippine Islands, or the Islas Filipinas as it is called by the local Tagalogs. President Bryan signed the Manila Proclamation in San Francisco, which declared the U.S. to be the administrating power of the Philippine Islands and urged the locals and Americans to cooperate for the purposes of maintaining peace and unity. Thanks to Bryan's more moderate stance on expanding American power abroad, the United States and the First Philippine Republic, led by interim president Emilio Aguinaldo, signed the Treaty of Manila which ceased all hostilities and tensions between the two nations, and officially admitting the Philippines into the United States as an Insular Commonwealth Territory, with its own democratically-elected unicameral legislature, the Philippine Assembly.

As per the Treaty of Manila, the Bryan administration focused its financial and military efforts on building up and modernizing the Philippines through peaceful and pacifist methods, as opposed to the policy of aggressive suppression of dissidents which the Republicans and in particular William McKinley advocated. Antonio Luna, the former commanding officer of the Republic's armed forces, was appointed interim president of the Insular Commonwealth of the Philippines, with an American governor-general working in cooperation with him as dictated by the Treaty of Manila.

In September 1899, President William Jennings Bryan announced his bid for re-election to the White House in the 1900 presidential elections, as did his vice president, Arthur Sewall.

3: (Optional) Discord

[ 3a ] Do you have a Discord profile? : Yes
[ 3b ] Are you interested in joining the Discord for the roleplay (If the previous answer was yes) : Yes

[The Realm of Hyrule]

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The grand country, known as:

The Great Qing

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1: General Nation Information

[ 1a ] Shortened name of nation: China
[ 1b ] Political Ideology: Absolute monarchy with Chinese characteristics.
[ 1c ] Reigning monarch (If there is no monarch, put N/A) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxu_Emperor
[ 1d ] Government Type: Absolute monarchy
[ 1e ] Head of Government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxu_Emperor
(In reference to Prime Minister, Chancellor or equivalent)

[ 1f ] Notable Colonial Holdings (If any) : None.

2: Changes to history (Remember the 25 year leeway for this, you can't change any event that's older than 25 years)

In 1898 Empress Dowager Cixi's coup against Emperor Guangxu fails after Yuan Shikai betrays the plot. This means that the hundred days' reform is fully implemented and reactionaries are sidelined in the Qing court. China at the moment is undergoing a process of immense social and economic reformation that would not have occurred until later historically.

3: (Optional) Discord

[ 3a ] Do you have a Discord profile? : Yes
[ 3b ] Are you interested in joining the Discord for the roleplay (If the previous answer was yes) : I will join if I am accepted or if it's needed to review my application.

Good day to you Orostan, thank you for your interest in the RP!
So anyways, I did not expect for anyone to voluntarily pursue a Qing campaign, but it'll be interesting! A friendly word of warning however, Japan and Russia are eying you up like pieces of meat, and that's not to say Germany nor any other Europeans won't be interested in capitalizing as well.

But anyways, I don't see anything wrong with your application, so I might as well let you join! Don't get too attached to the Qing however, the odds are stacked against you
(Though to be fair, the same can be said for me as Austria-Hungary)

[The Realm of Hyrule]

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Hello New Provenance, and thank you for you application!

Okay, so you put a lot of work into describing your four years of change of history, though looking through it I'm quite happy to say that it's moderate and plausible enough to accept without much complaints at all! This just shows that you are interested in pursuing this RP with some careful and extensive detailing (If I'm assuming correctly, correct me if I'm wrong), and that's fine! Honestly, I want this to be somewhat casual, but I do love it when people get invested in these types of things, so don't let me knock your hustle!

Anyways, I'm going to accept this... Welcome to the club, United States of America

[New Provenance]

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Hello New Provenance, and thank you for you application!

Okay, so you put a lot of work into describing your four years of change of history, though looking through it I'm quite happy to say that it's moderate and plausible enough to accept without much complaints at all! This just shows that you are interested in pursuing this RP with some careful and extensive detailing (If I'm assuming correctly, correct me if I'm wrong), and that's fine! Honestly, I want this to be somewhat casual, but I do love it when people get invested in these types of things, so don't let me knock your hustle!

Anyways, I'm going to accept this... Welcome to the club, United States of America

Thank you and I look forward to RPing with y'all!

When can we expect the IC threat to come up if there's an ETA on that?

[The Realm of Hyrule]

I'm working on it right now, actually!

On that note, are you interested in joining the Discord? Members like Japan and Russia are a part of it and we're discussing quite a few things that most certainly the USA would find interesting...
No pressure by any means, though. I'll make sure that this RP functions with or without Discord participation.

[New Provenance]

I'm working on it right now, actually!

On that note, are you interested in joining the Discord? Members like Japan and Russia are a part of it and we're discussing quite a few things that most certainly the USA would find interesting...
No pressure by any means, though. I'll make sure that this RP functions with or without Discord participation.

Oh yes, of course! I'll join right away!

[The Grene Knyght]

That's fine! I'll be making sure to post important updates here as well as Discord, so you won't be missing out.
Anyways, once The Grene Knyght and yourself find the time to discuss about the whole Ireland thing, give me a telegram and I'll come to help with it.

Okay, so the only idea I've come up with (and the only idea I/UK is fine with) is that Ireland will be a self-governing puppet state, with more control over its politics since, you know, it's controlled by a player.

Sorry, I've been a bit busy, I can work out a proper detailed history with you. It would hinge, I think, on the Parliament Act 1911 passing 20 years earlier, so that the Government of Ireland Bill 1893 would be able to pass the house of lords by 1896 (instead of failing at the house of lords like it did IRL)

[The Realm of Hyrule]

I'm really happy to say that the roleplay is up!
Whenever you are ready, you can post for your nations on the IC thread.

[Arvenia]

Reserve me for the Ottoman Empire.

[The Realm of Hyrule]

I can try to keep your interest in roleplaying the Ottoman Empire in consideration, Arvenia

[The Pearl River]

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The grand country, known as:

Kingdom of The Netherlands

(Please fill in the full name of the nation you are interested in RP'ing in the blank space marked with the underscores)

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1: General Nation Information

[ 1a ] Shortened name of nation: The Netherlands
[ 1b ] Political Ideology: Conservativism
[ 1c ] Reigning monarch: Wilhelmina
[ 1d ] Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy
[ 1e ] Head of Government:Nicolaas Pierson
(In reference to Prime Minister, Chancellor or equivalent)

[ 1f ] Notable Colonial Holdings (If any) : The Dutch east indies, Dutch Guyana, and The dutch caribbean

2: Changes to history (Remember the 25 year leeway for this, you can't change any event that's older than 25 years)

N/A (same as irl)
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3: (Optional) Discord

[ 3a ] Do you have a Discord profile? :yes
[ 3b ] Are you interested in joining the Discord for the roleplay (If the previous answer was yes) :no

[The Realm of Hyrule]

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Hello to you, The Pearl River, and thanks for your interest in this RP... If you don't want to join the server for this, that's completely fine!

However...
I do not see enough of a justification for the Netherlands to be handed over any land in Africa, especially one of Britain's most profitable colonial subjects and I sincerely believe that the United Kingdom would not agree on the simple pretense of avoiding war with Portugal, when both the UK and Portugal have been friendly and share a defense agreement in the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 which is still in effect during 1900 a.d...

In addition to how unreasonable the history change you claim to want is, you'd have to discuss this with the roleplayer of the United Kingdom, which is Hanovereich... And on that level, I'm not going to claim their answer for them, but I'm sure we both know what the likely one is...
Thanks for your interest nonetheless... If you're still willing to participate we can work with you to come to an acceptable application for the Netherlands or perhaps another country you're interested in.

[Hanovereich]

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Hello to you, The Pearl River, and thanks for your interest in this RP... If you don't want to join the server for this, that's completely fine!

However...
I do not see enough of a justification for the Netherlands to be handed over any land in Africa, especially one of Britain's most profitable colonial subjects and I sincerely believe that the United Kingdom would not agree on the simple pretense of avoiding war with Portugal, when both the UK and Portugal have been friendly and share a defense agreement in the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 which is still in effect during 1900 a.d...

In addition to how unreasonable the history change you claim to want is, you'd have to discuss this with the roleplayer of the United Kingdom, which is Hanovereich... And on that level, I'm not going to claim their answer for them, but I'm sure we both know what the likely one is...
Thanks for your interest nonetheless... If you're still willing to participate we can work with you to come to an acceptable application for the Netherlands or perhaps another country you're interested in.

Confirming that the UK will not be agreeing to this buffer state.

[Hanovereich]

Okay, so the only idea I've come up with (and the only idea I/UK is fine with) is that Ireland will be a self-governing puppet state, with more control over its politics since, you know, it's controlled by a player.

Sorry, I've been a bit busy, I can work out a proper detailed history with you. It would hinge, I think, on the Parliament Act 1911 passing 20 years earlier, so that the Government of Ireland Bill 1893 would be able to pass the house of lords by 1896 (instead of failing at the house of lords like it did IRL)

I can see no problem with that, you can feel free to add that in your app now.

As for how the player-player relationship is meant to work, I think it means that you control the Lord Lieutenant, since the bill states the Lord Lieutenant will head the new executive.

[The Pearl River]

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Hello to you, The Pearl River, and thanks for your interest in this RP... If you don't want to join the server for this, that's completely fine!

However...
I do not see enough of a justification for the Netherlands to be handed over any land in Africa, especially one of Britain's most profitable colonial subjects and I sincerely believe that the United Kingdom would not agree on the simple pretense of avoiding war with Portugal, when both the UK and Portugal have been friendly and share a defense agreement in the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 which is still in effect during 1900 a.d...

In addition to how unreasonable the history change you claim to want is, you'd have to discuss this with the roleplayer of the United Kingdom, which is Hanovereich... And on that level, I'm not going to claim their answer for them, but I'm sure we both know what the likely one is...
Thanks for your interest nonetheless... If you're still willing to participate we can work with you to come to an acceptable application for the Netherlands or perhaps another country you're interested in.

oh alright, i'll just remove the history changes then

[Chrystle]

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The grand country, known as:

Indochinese Union

(Please fill in the full name of the nation you are interested in RP'ing in the blank space marked with the underscores)

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Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering.

1: General Nation Information

[ 1a ] Shortened name of nation : French Indochina.
[ 1b ] Political Ideology : Not Available.
[ 1c ] Reigning Monarch : Not Available.
[ 1d ] Government Type : Colonial Administration.
[ 1e ] Head of Government : General Governor Jean Marie Antoine Louis de Lanessan.

[ 1f ] Notable Colonial Holdings (If any) :

• Indochina.
• Zhanjiang.

2: Changes to history (Remember the 25 year leeway for this, you can't change any event that's older than 25 years)

While Indochina has never been reclassify from a colonie d'exploitation to an oversea settlement before, yet somehow thousand of immigrants still flooding this colony each year. They are Frenchmen and Europeans mostly form the lower stratum that prefer to seek opportunity in a strange land rather than living in a continent that is growing gloomy each day. By the late 1890s, there were at least 14,000 White Indochineses in the colony, which is about 0.35% of the total population.

(This is your cue to right down anything that you wish to change about the history of your nation, within reason of course... Please refer yourself to the section that explains the limits on historical changes under the heading of How Alternate History can this RP get?)

3: (Optional) Discord

[ 3a ] Do you have a Discord profile : Yes.
[ 3b ] Are you interested in joining the Discord for the roleplay : Also yes.

(Remember that you can delete anything that's in brackets, and that it is actively encouraged that you do so for a streamlined application... Historical changes are completely optional)