1900: Steampunk Divergence [AH][OOC-OPEN]

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1900: Steampunk Divergence OOC THREAD IC//MAP – 15.04.2023//DISCORD OP Tracian Empire CO-OP's Oscalantine Novacom The Ik Ka Ek Akai “We can control the future, my boy, just as we wind up the mechanism in a clock. Say to yourself: I will win that race–I will come first–and you wind up the future like clockwork. The world has no choice but to obey!" ~Philip Pullman Welcome to Steampunk Divergence, an alternative history RP where the world is yours to do whatever you wish. For the sake of continuity, the time now is 1900 AD. The Industrial Revolution, powered by the unfathomable power of steam, has radically changed the face of the world, bringing with it a new era of unstoppable progress. Factories on the ground, airships in the air, trains and landcruisers, ships and walkers, all fill the air with smoke as the nations of the world race towards an ever more industrial future. Empires span the globe, clashing for territory and resources. Monarchs jealously guard their crowns, as the red specter of socialism spreads from worker to worker and from country to country. For Crowns and for Constitutions, people are killed and oppressed in a world that inches ever closer to total war. What will you do in a world shaped by a nation you call your own? For the sake of continuity, we should set a few ground rules. All apps need a point of start and build-up – Whether you start from Antiquity and build it up to 1900 or you simply change a few things here and there from the 1800’s is up to you, but we would like for all nations to have an interesting history behind them, in order to prove that you are a capable alternate history roleplayer. All nations MUST be somewhat original – Let’s try to be a bit more creative than having the British Empire in all its glory. You can keep the name and title, but you must have some degree of difference between your nation and how it was in real life at this point in time. Everything can be excused with reason – We are willing to let anything be possible as long as it is stated clearly in the app with a full explanation as to why it has come to be like that for your nation. Similarly, we will accept no changes without a proper explanation. We also need some rules for the steampunk: There will be no hard limits on steampunk tech – We wish to let people's imaginations run free, so there are no direct limits involves at the start of the roleplay. As long as your idea can be explained within a steampunk context - we are willing to accept it. Common sense and the judgment of the OP board will be final, but we encourage people to try to come up with interesting ideas. Resources still matter – Just because steampunk exists, doesn't mean that the core basic of how resources work has changed. The world is more industrialized than in real life, and steam can do a lot more than it did in the real world, but there is still a proportionality involved. Steampunk things can not be built out of nothing, and the larger or more complex something is, the more resources it would require. Coal is king – With the increased focus on steampunk tech, coal is perhaps the most important resource around. Electricity is still early in its development, and mostly focused on illumination, radio and small things, while petroleum is still a relatively unused resource. If properly explained, nations can in the IC begin to experiment with either, but we are still in the middle of the steampunk revolution and a full switch from coal to either electricity or petroleum would not be feasible. New elements will exist – In order to further support the development of interesting steampunk tech, and to try to even the odds, the board reserves the right to potentially add new elements or different types of coal to the map. If it happens, it will be properly announced and it will not be used only for people to gain unfair advantages. And there should also be a few rules set in stone for claiming: Reservations last by default for 72 hours. – The OP board reserves the right to be subjective in this matter, but generally reservations will last for 3 days and will be removed afterwards. Posting a work-in-progress app and making it clear that you are working on it can prolong your reservation, but we advise people to make shorter apps and to focus their efforts on the IC instead. Colonial claims are reviewed separately – The OP board can and often will accept nations independently of their respective colonial claims. Colonial claims will be an area of competition between players and competing claims are inevitable, so until the launch of the IC, colonial claims will be treated as requests and will be awarded after deliberation by the board, so that they are realistic and so that everyone can be content with what they have. Players can attempt to play other players’ vassals or colonies under certain conditions -In order to allow for more players to have a spot on the map, people will be able to play as the subjects of other nations, as long as they have the main nation’s player’s approval. Considering how important some territories might be for players, people can reject such claims. If they are accepted by the player in question, rules in such a situation would of course include that realism must be maintained – vassals or colonies can’t just instantly rebel against their masters, especially not in this time period, and the main nation will have the powers it realistically had over those subjects in real life. 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Accepted Nations Last Updated: 15.04.2023 Northern Socialist Council Republics – Commonwealth of Northern Socialist Council Republics -(Nordiske Socialistiske Rådsrepublikkenes Samveldet) The V O I D – Most Serene Republic of Olympus Upper Magica – Ilkhanate -(ایل خانان) Ormata – Kingdom of Hungary - (Magyar Királyság) Elysian – Kingdom of France - (Royaume de France) Asturies-Llion – Democratic Federation of Iberia and the Macaronesia Intermountain States – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sao Nova Europa – Great Shun - (順朝) Tracian Empire – Empire of the Romans - (Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων) Krugmar – Exarchate of Egypt and of the East Ralnis – Songhai Kingdom Stollberg-Stolberg – German Federal Empire/Southern Germany - (Reichsbund Deutscher Nationen) Draos – Kingdom of Navarra - (Nafarroako Erresuma) Revlona – Commonwealth of America Oscalantine – Most Serene Imperial States of Korea - (대숭한합중국) Empire of Techkotal – German Republic/Northern Germany - (Deutsche Republik) Reservations Last Updated: 15.04.2023 Novacom – Aztek Ascendancy

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Recommended Concepts Northern Germany - A northern German state could be one of the most important powers of Europe, fueled by the aggressive industrialization of the Ruhr. Italy - A powerful state in Italy could be an important power in Europe or a colonial power. The exact specifics of such state could vary greatly depending what the player wants. Poland - A Polish, or Polish-Lithuanian state could still be an important power in Eastern Europe and a counterbalance to Russian imperialism. Ethiopia - An independent and modernizing Ethiopian state could still be independent in Africa in the face of European colonialism. South American states - Most of South America is still free, and countries like Brazil or Argentina could be applied for. Northern Indian states - While important parts of India have been colonized by Europeans or Asians, native Indian states could still exist in the north and center and could be centers of power opposing foreign colonialism and trying to modernize India. Steampunk Lore History There are three major dates for everyone to know: 1850, 1870, and 1880. 1850 - The discovery of Aether in the living world (and not just the concept discussed by science) and a means to measure its presence in the immediate vicinity was invented as a result. Following this discovery, it was concluded that Aether's density in an environment seemed to be correlated with various effects on gravity, but it was still only theoretical at the time. 1870 - A team of explorers traveling through the Arabian Desert find sand not riding the wind, but rather "floating" in certain areas as if defying gravity. The investigation led to the discovery of special compounds found in the coal in the area that when put under specific pressure and heat, produced a special gas that would push away Aether from a certain area, a gas that the inventors called "An", after the Sumerian god of the sky. The reason this phenomenon had not been discovered so far was that the reaction of this new coal-like substance against Aether is only easily observed in dry air. This, combined with the rare chance of this phenomenon occurring naturally, and with previous reports having been dismissed as hallucinations provoked by the heat of the desert, means that it was fully ascertained in 1870. This new coal, named "Ki" (after a Meospotamian deity of the Earth), and its effects on aether, were a shocking discovery to the industrial world, and was a subject of intense study in all parts of the world, leading to further discoveries of it in the dry Arctic regions. 1880 - It was discovered that, through a special enrichment process, normal coal and charcoal could be turned into synthetic Ki to be used for the creation of the An gas. While such process was not as efficient as simple mining, it was easier to do when compared to the difficulties of mining for coal in the desert. This ended the short lived monopoly of Ki and further spurred the development of airships. Concept The concept of Aether is based on the concept of Luminiferous Aether. For the sake of simplicity, this RP will ignore the ripple effect of Aether actually existing as a medium for light to flow, which also influences gravity. Everything will remain the same in normal physics with exception how Aether reacts with physics in a special way. To put things simply, Aether is what fills the assumed "void" between matter through which light travels. Skipping complex science jargon, every matter has a flow of Aether towards itself, which causes matter to attract, causing gravity or gravitational potential depending on how dense the aether is. This new element discovered to be emitted as gas, An, caused by burning either the synthetic or natural Ki, mixed with steam, causes a field of "outflow of Aether" where Aether does not flow in and cause gravity, but flow OUT causing ANTI-GRAVITY. This is the fundamental basis from which all things floating is given form in this steampunk world: anti-gravity. For those who have either caught on or have studied Luminiferous Aether and would now wonder if any other property of Aether would be discussed - things like it being a medium for focusing/traveling light and electro-magnetism and even the possibility of time-travel. Those will not be within the scope of this RP, to give more purity to the steampunk era (and not making it cyberpunk or teslapunk). In general, think of them as fringe science that cannot be accessed within this RP's time period, much like theoretical physics that we have IRL.

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[Oscalantine]

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Full Nation Name: The Aztek Ascendancy
Territorial Core: [[The territory that your nation actually controls]]
Territorial Claim: Sections of South America, the Remainder of the Caribbean
Capital City: Tenochtitlan
Flag:

Flag of the Ascendancy


Seal of the Ascendancy

Demographics

Majority/Official Culture: Aztek/Nahua
Other Cultures: Various indigenous cultures undergoing various degrees of integration
Majority/Official Religion: Reformed Aztec Religion
Population: 54.9 Million

Governance

Government Type: Syndicalist Republic
Government Ideology: Ilan'zanism, Aztek Syndicalism
Head of State: Chairman Xiya Tzompantli
Head of Government: Speaker Iutil Catlza
Government Description: The Aztek system is complicated on the surface yet fundamentally simple, On a local level there exists various bodies that function to enable direct democracy, be it by worker, artist, or elderly and infirm, these bodies elect one of their number to act as representative to a regional union discussing their specific concerns and serving to provide guidance and assistance on a local level, these unions in turn elect representative's to a regional body that gives input to regional government and in turn also elects a representative or more commonly referred to as a delegate to the national level.

Each Region's boundaries were initially defined by geography, however these lines have been redrawn in line to ensure each representative and delegate is more evenly weighted population wise, in the situations where this is not the case, votes of delegates and representative's with larger populations are weighted appropriately. At all levels these delegates and representative's are subject to recall and the system offers considerable stability so that the recall of a single Delegate would not by itself cause for a wholesale re-election of the entire body, with accountability being a priority.

At the national level these representative's form the basis of the government, electing one of their number to serve as speaker, a role charged with keeping order and ensuring the following of procedure, additionally at a regional level typically, though in some areas this can extend to a local level exist the Platforms, the closest the Aztek system has to parties, groupings based on an ideology, or at least an ideological interpretation, these comprise, but are not restricted to, groups such as the Flaxen Communalists, Jade Syndicalists and Iron Totalists.

Nationally, these platforms form blocs in the National Assembly, these platforms agree a series of policy outlines to put forward to the assembly when it comes to deciding which platform should oversee the various commissaries, entities roughly analogous to ministries. It is required for each platform to set out short and long term goals and the methods and policies they seek to utilise to reach those, the Assembly then votes on which Platform is best suited for which Commissary, votes are then held until each and every Commissary is assigned with the platform that controls the majority being able to appoint the Chairman who acts as head of state for the session.

Each Commissary has it's headquarters in Tenochtitlan itself with their main buildings being set in their own large complexes housed in Pyramids set upon lone islands in lake Texcoco for maximum security with travel to and from them being strictly limited and recorded, more in the interests of security than anything else. While the National assembly itself and the delegates are housed in the old Imperial palace and it's adjoining buildings which have over the years been adapted for such uses in a manner that respects and compliments the architecture.

Economy

Economic System/Ideology: Syndicalist
Major Production: Various Agricultural Produce, Heavy Industrial Goods, Various Raw Materials Textiles, Educational Expertise, Airships and Naval Vessels
Economic Description: The economy of the Aztek’s is at present undergoing a massive expansion as it booms, in no small part thanks to the Steampunk Revolution, which has to no small degree unleashed the nascent potential. Potential held back by the small number of beasts of burden with most transport undertaken via boat, be it by sea or canal, or by foot, with the advent of Locomotives and airship it has spurred an uptick which has steadily cascaded through the various sectors.
This has been guided by healthy investments from the Central Government, but done so in a way that ensures industry develops holistically with seed funds provided by an investment bank, requiring that said seed money be returned plus a small percentage profit share in order to enable other ventures to thrive, this has at times made the political situation in Tenochtitlan somewhat tense due to the differing priorities with the various platforms.
More recently the economy has begun to push the drive to bring an end to the isolationist policies however that has also drove the demand for innovation, something which has been a natural part of Aztek culture and way of working since the times of Nezahualcoyotl of Tlacopan. It is perhaps in no small part to that city’s enduring influence that has paved the way for the future as a well-educated workforce motivated by the ideas of Gainful Employment ensures a high level of productivity.

Military

Army Description: The Aztek Army has a proven tradition of excellence, one that has been honed and adapted to remain relevant, expecting excellence in all things, this excellence requires a high level of resourcing, as a result a high level of oversight and an expectation that said resources are not wasted is present. The Army more than any other service heavily utilises Teohua, ensuring that every unit retains a fulltime core of experienced personnel and officers around which Tequital recruits, can be trained and made ready to serve. In no small part the nature of this system ensures that a high degree of practical knowledge is maintained without putting excessive strain on the state or it’s resources.
The force itself utilises mechanisation heavily, something almost eagerly embraced by those who remember how painfully slow the force could be compared to other powers lacking as it did much in the way of mounted combatants providing a rapid strike option. Instead a heavy emphasis on fieldcraft, specialisation and guile was used, marksmanship is considered to be foremost in comparison to intense volleys, although the latter is being considered as a prospect after observation of wars in Europe.
Naval Description: The Aztek Navy, a healthily resourced and developed force that it is, is divided into two forces, one above the tides and one below, the Surface force is by in large a mostly conventional force. Albeit one which is in the process of reconfiguring itself primarily from a local force to supporting efforts further afield with several new battleships and their support ships being due to enter service.
Beneath the tides the Aztek’s have developed a large and varied force of Submarines intended for two primary roles, Interdiction and Supremacy, the force is something of a well guarded secret, if not in name, certainly in capability. The Submarine force has something of a rivalry with the Aerial forces as both feel they have something to prove with the ideas behind their methods of war still largely new and unproven. Both however focus heavily playing into the superiority complex of other nations to downplay foreign expectations and through careful concealment of support facilities and the general isolationism from which the Ascendancy is emerging.
Air Force Description:With the advent of the Steampunk Age, the possibility of manned or even unmanned flight has been considered to be a great equalizer in many arenas, the military not the least, as a result an independent air arm was formed early. The service has been extremely well endowed in terms of resources and personnel, both to explore possibilities and enable what possibilities deemed possible to be explored, with a steadily growing stable of practical designs entering service.
This rapid emergence of a new military service has caused some friction between both it and the Army and Navy, however this has yet to become a major issue as the practicalities of proposed innovations has yet to be truly tested. Such innovations include large aerial battleships and mounting artillery on flying platforms with a large variety in between, with a healthy amount of the services resources being put into experimental designs, despite this the Aztek’s have made extensive efforts to position themselves as a premier power in the skies.
Further Military Description : The Aztek Military practices what it refers to as Teohua or Cadre, in which the officers and specialised individuals are considered to be full time soldiers with their own unions within the nation, they themselves are responsible for training conscripts, or Tequital. Each branch maintains a variety of specialisms with some harking back to the dawn of the Aztek state, which are considered to be of elite status, and accepting of only the finest, such as the Jaguar Pride, Eagle Pride or Panther Pride with varying degrees of historical lineage, and while the idea of a formal nobility no longer exists within the Aztek state, former members of such units are held in some regard by society as a whole for their service.

Another key feature of the military is that of frequent training and combat exercise harking back to the tradition of the xōchiyāōyōt, or Flower War in which combat units or formations are trained through various scenarios with some being as simple as simple engagement through to far more complicated manoeuvres and scenarios, this in addition to a solid corps of experienced permanent personal helps to contribute to a military that can flex into action if needed.

The Tequital System

Tequital refers to both the system and the more numerous part of the armed forces, and a system of reservists, and while it could be argued to be conscription is instead to be considered both a Service and a port of the forming of an individual as only those who have completed such service are considered to be a legal adult and then able to choose the direction of their life. This could be endeavours such as further education, long term military service, gainful employment or public service, beforehand however, they must undertake mandatory service.

This Service, is referred to as Tequiyotl, is considered a rite of passage for all citizens, and until it is complete, citizens are not yet considered to be responsible enfranchised adults, this service has in recent times evolved with the Ascendancy having been at war rarely. In times of peace most military units are comprised of two elements, Career soldiers, whose wealth of experience and knowledge form the backbone of the unit, and Tequital Personnel, who while serving their compulsory service also gain valuable experience in both the prosecution of war, but also in the employment and maintenance of various types of equipment. The makeup of these units are almost overwhelmingly male however there are occasions where female’s are present and even then most frequently in more supportive capacities such as medical or clerical.

The Tequiyotl or Mandatory Service is usually carried out at age 16-19 before being allowed to continue into further education or enter the wider workforce, during this period there tends to be some divergence, with Males engaging in military service for two of these years, and for a year in public service. While Females will engage in two years of public service and one year of military service and while this theoretically means that females could serve in the military it is considered to be unlikely.

This period of military service is repeated every 5 years with a 6 month refresher focusing on general fitness and use of basic service weapons, and five years after the third refresher it ceases to be mandatory and the individual is no longer considered to be suitable for immediate conscription in circumstance of hostility, this is not to say however that opportunities for such refreshers are absent, instead incentives exist for those who continue to maintain such preparedness.

History and Aspirations

National Goals: Reclamation of the Caribbean, Recognition of the Ascendancy as a Great Power
National Issues: Sustainable Economic Expansion incorporating the Steampunk Revolution, Friction between the various Ideological Platforms, Identifying Proper Allies
History :

General Time Period: 1350-1500
Description:
In the wake of the victory of Tenochtitlan over it's former overlord of Azcapotzalco, it found an increasing common cause with it's neighbouring cities of Texcoco, and Tlacopan, with each acting in a manner complimentary to the other, Tenochtitlan preeminent in military affairs, Texcoco was home to many of the great thinkers and inventors of the age, and Tlacopan while initially a lesser member made efforts to position itself as the economic powerhouse of the three.
During this period a series of Huey Tlatoani’s would rule but behind them remain one man, Tlacaelel, a man who sought not to lead himself but to build, advising many leaders and guiding affairs. He was perhaps the most influential in the establishment of the Triple Alliance, and indeed helped lay the groundwork for later success and integration efforts and helped orchestrate the first Flower War. Such an institution would remain after him however it would also result in one of his rare political defeats, with the nobles of the time balking at the idea if greatly increasing both the amount and frequency of Human Sacrifice, fearing perhaps in the future that they could in turn be sacrificed not for reason of religion, but political manoeuvring.
In the ensuing years the Alliance sought initially to expand it's influence to encompass the area surrounding Lake Texcoco, between the exertion of both hard and soft power the various cities and settlements initially establishing them as tributaries, coming into frequent conflict with the Tlaxcala and other nations. Despite the conflicts with Tlaxcala remaining mostly in a stalemate, efforts elsewhere began to bear fruit and would eventually reach the coast and before where some trade had occurred between the mainland and the Caribbean islands, efforts were made to increase it as well as the idea that these lands could be a potential future prize.

During this time reports began to circulate of strange men, in even stranger ships being sighted, this piquing the interest of many ensured that territories closest to the coast had scouting teams close to hand should the opportunity would arise. Which in time it did, what the scouting teams encountered disembarking from their unusual ships were men half mad from dehydration and exposure who attacked the scouts on sight, several of the crew were butchered on the spot, while the rest were brought back for interrogation, and their arms and armour were sent back to Texcoco, with several of their thinkers set out to study their vessels.
Major Events:

• The Triple Alliance, the basis for the future Aztek Ascendancy is formed
• The Alliance expands extensively through various means such as political, economic, diplomatic and militarily creating a system of tributaries and lesser alliances.
• The three cities clearly delineate areas of expertise amongst them, with Tenochtitlan being foremost in military affairs, Texcoco, foremost in Scientific affairs and Tlacopan rising to become foremost in economic affairs.
• The Flower Wars are established as a method of settling disputes however their prevalence is lesser due to the requirements of Human Sacrifice not being elevated.
• Intermittent conflicts yet inconclusive conflicts with Tlaxcala prevent much in the way of southern expansion, despite this expansion both north, east and west continue apace until the coast is reached.
• The Thinkers at Texcoco experiment with seagoing vessels using their experience in constructing lake going boats.
• Europeans arrive only to attack the scouting parties with several prisoners being taken to nearby settlements which subsequently report outbreaks of strange new diseases, the strange vessels and accoutrements of the strangers are studied provoking different ideas of thought in applying existing knowledge and the pursuit of new ideas.

Persons of Note:

• Huey Tlatoani Itzcoatl , the great speaker or King of Tenochtitlan, it was he who in the aftermath of the conflicts with Azcapotzalco and the subsequent freeing from their yoke, he oversaw the negotiations with the leader of Texcoco, Nezahualcoyotl and the leader of Tlacopan, Totoquilhuaztli
• Nezahualcoyotl , the great speaker or King of Texcoco, he was a noted thinker of the age and helped shape his city into a place of learning and free thought and many of the subsequent innovations of the Aztek would hail from this city, or have it’s roots there, be it from one of the cities many places of study or it’s libraries.
• Totoquilhuaztli , the great speaker or King of Tlacopan, he realised that his city in it’s current state would remain little more than a junior party in the Triple Alliance in light of Tenochtitlan’s military contributions and Texcoco’s technological contributions, sought to elevate Tlacopan and laid down the foundations for the city as the major economic contributor of the alliance.
• Huey Tlataoni Moctezuma Xocoyotzin II , the Great Speaker, or King of Tenochtitlan who gave the order for scouting parties to meet any outsiders, and is long since credited in hindsight, though he could not have known at the time, for protecting the Aztek’s from the ravages of hostile avaricious Europeans.
• Tlacaelel , the Cichuacoatl, or esteemed advisor to no less than four Huey Tlatoani, his insights and thoughts proved vital in consolidating and laying the foundations for the future Aztek nation, with his ideas on cultural integration and politics. He was a man known for his piety and militarism and advocated strongly for expansion, with his main notable achievement being the instigation of the Flower Wars.

General Time Period: 1500-1580
Description:
A Series of Plagues begin to spread out from the city where the survivors were taken, the spread is limited by distance and measures are taken to keep the infections under control with it being quickly realised that preventing travel severely restricted the spread. With this outbreak of plague in mind detractors of the late Tlacaelel began pushing for the great curtailment of sacrifices of people and animals, positing that goods and their inherent value should suffice as suitable offerings to the gods and that with people dying every day to plague and suffering that matters should not be worse with such acts. This prospect is resisted by elements of the priesthood, however their efforts to retain the institution are hindered by several of their own number being afflicted by the plague, leaving relatively inexperienced figureheads who have but no choice to concede.
As the times of plague came to an end a swift military campaign was launched against the Tlaxcala seeking revenge for their opportunism during the plagues, which by now they were also suffering through outbreaks of such disease leaving their forces weakened and thus making them easier prey, leading to the eventual conquest and allowing the Triple Alliance to continue moving southwards, albeit more slowly as the various cities and nations begin to recover to a degree from several years of rolling disease. During this period the first forays on experimental new boats into what some were starting to call the Aztlan Sea, in honour of their ancestral homeland, making landfall on Cuba and through negotiation bring several settlements into the fold from which Tlacopan begins to exert a small but noticeable measure of economic influence.
Major Events:

• A series of plagues and diseases affect much of the cities with valuable insights gained into how to manage and control outbreaks with leeway given to the thinkers of Texcoco who posit numerous ideas and are given free reign to pursue their theories and ideas particularly in the fields of dissection and medicinal herbs cultivated in their famous gardens.
• The Icnopiltlan system, a state sponsored Orphanage system first utilised for war orphans is greatly expanded in the wake of the newly orphaned children during the plagues, and incentives are given to encourage a population boom, with families finding themselves unable to support additional children able to anonymously give their children over to the Icnopiltlan, this would serve to compensate for a loss of population to disease, this would however take much time to bear fruit, and would require much expansion due to the extent of requirement.
• Tlaxcala finally falls allowing for southern expansion, however by this point the Triple Alliance is still exhausted thanks to the plagues and progress slows from it’s previous rampant pace
• Experimental watercraft adapted from scaled up versions of lake craft allow the alliance to extend their reach across the sea to Cuba.

General Time Period: 1580-1620
Description:
During the times of recovery discussions were held between the three principle cities of the Alliance to something more permanent, in the end an agreement is reached, and the three cities pool their resources forming a more formal nation, with each city to be equal, with the capital at Tenochtitlan which had long been realised as first among equals. In the wake of this efforts are made to exert more direct control over the tributaries beginning a slow but steady process of integration, progress is not universally successful, but between various means of pressure it manages to achieve results, usually by virtue of acceptance of the direction of travel.
Despite early successes it is accepted that the process will take time, even as it will take time for the three cities themselves to adapt to the new normal, however successes further afield would help distract somewhat in addition to news of more outsiders, this time from the opposite direction in radically different looking ships, again scouting parties, of a distinctly different makeup are assembled, being more militarily minded than the previous ones all those years ago.

This time however rather than encountering dehydrated lunatics driven mad by numerous privations, instead are visibly different from the previous outsiders both in dress and appearance. After some difficulty the two parties manage to achieve some measure of understanding and they are directed to something of a new creation for the Aztek’s a port city on the coast, home to a handful of experimental vessels that had begun exploring the seas tentatively. The strange vessel causes no small amount of trepidation and the presence of outsiders, even more so considering the effects of the last group.

In the end the initial meetings are successful and tentative trade established with a far-off nation referring to itself as Korea, with the outsiders warned of the suffering the last wave of outsiders had caused. Over the next few years explorers would begin sailing west in some cases following their new partners and trading knowledge for goods and goods for knowledge, all the while such furtherance’s were pursued in their own unique way, recognising that advancement must be done in a way that suits them.
Major Events:

• The Koreans make landfall and trading relations are established, albeit very tentatively at first.
• Explorations westward begin with a small handful of waystations established on various islands to allow for further exploration and trade, this does not go smoothly as the relative newness of the Azteks to the sea are ruthlessly demonstrated, despite this efforts are made to learn from and correct these problems, however each loss is painful as even the small amount of experience the lost sailors has is a painful and priceless loss.
• The Triple Alliance reforms into a unified nation state with it’s capital at Tenochtitlan with the cities of Texcoco and Tlacopan remaining important centre’s of the nation, in light of this phases of integration begin with the tributaries starting with the longest held before steadily moving out.
• A series of uprisings in Tlaxcala are ruthlessly put down however each uprising is drastically less supported as the local population deals with the aftermath of the plagues.
• Experiments in creating gunpowder of their own at Texcoco are finally successful after several long years of duplicating what the mad foreigners had brought with them, it will be some time however before it’s practical utilisation can be realised, however this does not deter the thinkers of Texcoco.
• Expansion reaches as far south as the Maya people's, whose fall from grace is a subject of fascination in the three centre's as a result extensive efforts are made to pacify the region as gently as possible to study the histories and learn from it and the techniques of the Mayans.

General Time Period: 1620-1700
Description:
Expansion continues a pace with the prevailing narrative being to protect both the nation and the Americas from dangerous outsiders, a category which conveniently includes all foreigners who tended to almost universally be European, a handful settlements and peoples who have themselves suffered from predations of these would be settlers and their attendant plagues join freely, while others require further means of persuasion, be it with the economic carrot or at the end of an Atlatl stick, and even when events come to blows benevolence is shown in the aftermath and extensive efforts at pacification and integration are made, no matter the differences they are now Aztek citizens first. During this period several nascent European Settlements are discovered, which are wholesale put to the torch with the intent being to prevent further outbreaks of plague, despite these efforts the Ascendancy would continue to deal with rolling outbreaks, which are kept under rigid if somewhat imperfect control.

During this time scientific endeavours continue, in regards to the understanding of the methods of the Europeans as well as the Aztek's own knowledge in general, with areas such as metallurgy as an example, with it previously having mainly been used for creations of fittings and jewellery now it was considered in other applications. It was during this period that Firearms in the Aztek nation were developed, which would initially see a small uptake in specialised units due to their initial shortcomings with a mix of bow and bullet remaining the standard throughout this period, with the reality steadily tilting in the direction of the bullet, despite this the practicalities of the bow would remain a key consideration well into later periods with development and innovation.

Aside from small scale conflicts, barely deserving the title of war, this was considered a time of peace, with an ever expanding integration effort with many of the early tributaries considering themselves Aztek, and a steadily growing and developing string of waystation outpost colonies in the pacific to support trade, this was considered something of a peaceful time almost akin to a renaissance.
Major Events:

• Outpost colonies are established across the pacific in short jumps allowing for trade with the various small island communities of the South Pacific if nothing else for the novelty, which had in times past been a feature of intercity trade merely now on a grander scale.
• As a result of the trade chain in the process of being established, initial designs proved less than ideal for plying the seas and a steady stream of newer and improved designs emerged, with each being more effective than the last, these efforts would also serve to expand the small initial pool of sailors the Aztek's had as more vessels allowed for the limited pool of experience to expand and grow.
• Despite the amount of local powers able to pose a threat to the growing nation, technological development increases at a previously unseen pace, with the threat of a second wave or worse as one reason, a desire to ensure that they remain safe from the outsiders that had caused suffering and attempted to encroach upon their territory.
• The Schooling system is overhauled, along more meritocratic lines due in no small part to many recent thinkers and scholars having emerged in Texcoco from outside the more noble families, the changes although relatively minor are significant in that the schooling of both sexes are brought closer in line with one another.
• Plagues would continue to be a concern, however given minimal contact and controlled circumstances Plague itself would be small controllable instances, this is for the most part attributed to methods of managing such outbreaks and a medical understanding, however later scholars would put forward the idea that the native populace had instead built up a resistance to such diseases, with others instead saying that a combination of the two being more likely. One more less savoury consideration are the extreme measures undertaken during each outbreak, ruthless quarantine, supplies would be delivered but those found leaving a quarantined settlement or area could face death.
• Reforms are undertaken in the caste system the Aztek's operated similar in line with schooling to be more meritocratic and opened up in general, especially in light of the heavy expansion of the Icnopiltlan system, with many families, donating their children as it were to the system anonymously, in no small part due to the extremely high birth rate of the era, this coincides with numerous works establishing new settlements farms, mines and chinampas.

General Time Period: 1620-1700
Description:
Pirates fleeing or perhaps in search of a safe haven or even in search of fresh plunder came to the island of Hispaniola and after a few years became a steady scourge to the Aztek's but thus far the Aztek's had scant experience in terms of Naval combat and their vessels, tactics and ideas for a war at sea were sorely outmatched, with only complete disaster being averted by the sheer ferocity of the defence on land. What resulted was a long drawn out conflict of cat and mouse with what remained of the Aztek Eastern Fleet, with great pains being taken to keep the pirate's away from the coast of the mainland, a game which lasted several years with each subsequent generation of Aztek warships being more effective but still outmatched, during this time the Pirate's through blockade managed to seize the eastern half of Cuba.

The breaking point of the Pirate's would be reached after a string of battle's the result of which was an uneasy stalemate, with the Aztek's seeking to expand their navy as swiftly as possible while the Pirate's sought to repair what remained of their ruined fleets, it was during this period that the latest in a line of Pirate Kings, Blood Beard, went missing, resulting in a power vacuum, which was formed by the infamous and ruthless Pirate Lord Iron Chin, who set to a frenzy of activity seeking to throw the Aztek's off balance, even going so far to launch invasions of the Aztek mainland.

His strategy bore early fruit before this served to enrage the Aztek's who with a will destroyed the invasion forces and their supporting fleet forever changing the balance, it was however during this period that elements of the Pirate's who were not so sympathetic to Iron Chin, shifted their allegiance, shifting outright to the Aztek's causing something of a schism in the previously united Pirate front. As a result of this a healthy portion of the Pirates hoisted the flag of their former foe and took up arms against their would be lord, under the banner of Bloody Mary, Daughter of Blood Beard who sought to call to her side her father's lieutenant's, Lemon Coat, Teary Eye's and the Witchdoctor, out of three only one would answer the call requiring to be herself freed from her "position" as Iron Chin's new tactician and first mate, while Lemon Coat had passed away from Scurvy and the Witchdoctor having vanished into the ether never to be seen or heard from again.

After less than a year the Aztek's had bested the pirate's with many seeing which way the wind was blowing laid down their arms and surrendered, of Iron Chin however, there was no trace, having set sail to the far west, vowing to return one day and lay claim to the world's plunder, in the aftermath of this the Aztek's had managed to an extent to cultivate a naval tradition and the influx of pirate's further boosted and augmented this despite it's more than dubious origins. While this was ongoing expansion both north and south had not abated and integrations efforts continued apace, with an overwhelming success with most brought into the fold willingly having experienced a far better life under this new regime.


Major Events:

• Parts of the Caribbean become contested by a Pirate group, in the ensuing wars the Aztek's manage to bring their naval technologies, designs, tactics and technique's up to parity with that of the rest of the world through sheer necessity.
• The Aztek's solidify their hold over the southern pacific with the trading outposts flourishing into fully self sufficient holdings ruled from Tenochtitlan.
• Reforms of the government are undertaken as the primary needs of the nation begin to turn from war to prosperity.
• The various ball games of the Aztek's are formalised and codified into coherent sports.
• Overtures are made to various foreign nations through intermediaries for seeds and plantings of all types for the botanical gardens overlooking Texcoco.
• Tlacopan initiates wide ranging economic reforms with the official establishment of a central bank, with it's main body located within the city itself.

Persons of Note:

• Blood Mary, a former pirate who joined the Aztek's after a Jaguar Pride rescued her family from Iron Chins dungeons, her influence over the Pirate's caused several to wholesale join the Aztek's, she would later serve as an Admiral to the Aztek's and use her experience and influence with her comrades to greatly aid the Aztek Navy
• Xuxa "Teary Eyes", former first mate of Blood Beard, she was very much a fixer and tactician and brought her knowledge of European style tactics and methods with her when she joined at Bloody Mary's call.

General Time Period: 1700-1850
Description:
In the aftermath of the Pirate upheavals the government in Tenochtitlan sought a period of calm and stability, with the northern and southern expansions reaching their natural limits, with the main concern to the North being the predations of the inevitable, the Europeans having found the Aztek's a difficult barrier to breach, instead tried much further north and appeared to have made significant inroads, debate raged for weeks about the correct course of action, with the final decision being to continue the expansion but with an eye now for an eventual border with whatever nation they would encounter.

During this period they encountered the various native's of the land, many of whom had suffered greatly at the predations of the Europeans through displacement and clearly hollow words and broken treaties and promises, the Aztek's themselves offered words and actions, inviting them to move south, to join the Aztek Ascendancy and know safety, a small handful took them up on this offer, most refused and were eventually either wiped out by Europeans or finally acquiesced to the Aztek offer in a much reduced state.

Those who did found the only caveats being they would be under Aztek law, and while their culture and customs would be allowed to continue, their children must submit to the same education as other Aztek's or they themselves must provide an equivalent which like the Aztek's own be regularly checked and verified, over the years there would be some friction with several peoples slowly integrating and others dispersing out across the nation.

Eventually the Aztek's would clash more violently with their new neighbours, or rather their new neighbours would do so, while the Aztek's had managed to exercise all due restraint, the ensuing conflict saw the Aztek's fiercely hold their lines utilising new tactics and arms while retaining their old methods and ferocity, After several years with Aztek casualties light in comparison and European casualties considerably higher peace was achieved, with the only blemishes on Aztek Pride involving European usage of Cavalry to which the Aztek's had few ways to respond, in the end the Aztek's had their border and an extreme level of friction with European settlers being forced back by force of arms and an extreme amount of restraint to not pursue any further.

During this time a new revolution began, an Industrial revolution as technology had advanced yet further, beginning slowly in Texcoco, and swiftly adopted and refined by Tlacopan, who sought to spread this new engine of prosperity far and wide, the process was slow as Aztek society itself had to shift and adapt which it was swift to do so, with new groupings created societally to relay their thoughts and concerns to power.


Major Events:

• The Northern Aztek Borders reach their modern limits which are eventually recognised by colonial powers after a masterfully fought defensive war on the Aztek's part, during this war a heavy toll is reaped upon the aggressors by the Aztek's tactics, which are unfamiliar to the Colonials, between that and their different methods and technologies the Aztek's could have pushed past their lines, but were restrained from doing so by the political leadership, wishing to avoid overstretch.
• The Industrial Revolution begins in the Ascendancy with the three centre's working in harmony in accordance with their long established spheres and it begins to radiate out throughout the nation.
• The emergence of proto workers unions begins as a natural evolution of the guilds of old which had likewise been reformed and reorganised.
• Lake Texcoco is further dredged and the areas of brackish water reduced, with likewise efforts at lake and water management undertaken throughout the nation.
• Studies are made of methods to connect the two seas of the Ascendancy.

Persons of Note:

General Time Period: 1830-1890
Description:
During this time Aztek Society and it's politics would reach the next stage in the long direction of travel, ideas that had been previously discussed are now formalised and explored in the writings of various luminaries, foremost amongst them the young political thinker Pilne Ilan'zō, whose ideas are formalised under the banner of Syndicalism, with all aspects of Aztek life which had steadily transitioned close to what Pilne espoused were further reformed closer to his ideas, with the final change being something of a surprise to most. The last Huey Tlatoani (in a fashion), decreed that the next, would be a true speaker for the people, and ordered the reform and implementation of the last remaining steps towards a new future.

Coupled with this new order the Aztek's drew inwards to an extent, dealing with the rest of the world only minimally, aside from trade and the inevitable friction on the walled section of the northern border, this was complicated to some extent when the Canal project undertaken over the course of several years was completed and began the process of paying for itself. During this time of peace and lack of concern for issues external Aztek society was able to complete it's latest reconfiguration and adapt to the new normal.

Major Events:

• The Aztek's enter a period of reformation with their society having long been of distinctly socialist leanings by most metrics, this reconfiguration was less about radical change and more about refining and streamlining what already existed, with informal bodies and structures clearly defined and empowered.
  
• The Canal opens
• The Aztek's enter semi-Isolation which would last most of this period.
• Aztek Industrialisation continues a pace with most of the nation enjoying the fruits of this venture, with the idea of Gainful Employment foremost.

Persons of Note: [list]
[*]Pilne Ilan'zō, the first socialist ideologue whose published works before this period were increasingly favoured by the political movers and shakers in Tenochtitlan, between his works and the society the Aztek's had, his works would serve as a base for the reform of Aztek Society.

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Full Nation Name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Territorial Core: Map of the British Empire (in pink)
Territorial Claim: Orkney Island, Shetland, the rest of India
Capital City: London
Flag:

Demographics

Majority/Official Culture: British (largely Anglo and some Scottish culture)
Other Cultures: Welsh, Irish, Indian, African, Middle Eastern, South Asians, Indigenous Americans, Pacific Islander
Majority/Official Religion: The Catholic Church is the majority religion in Great Britain as there was no effort to establish an official Church of England. Britain operates on a principle of freedom of religion, allowing adherents of other faiths and religions such as Jews and Protestants to practice their religions openly with no exclusionary clauses against such religious minorities to run for office.
Population:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - 47,898,900
Australia - 3,765,700
New Zealand - 802,200
Gibraltar - 29,000
British Raj - 194,000,000
British Philippines - 3,200,000
Jamaica - 720,000
British Guiana - 300,000
Malta - 195,000
Bermuda - 20,000
Falkland Islands - 2,300
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 45,000
Dominica - 32,000
Antigua, Barbuda, and Redonda - 35,000
Tonga - 21,000
Cook Islands - 6,000
Solomon Islands - 135,000
Fiji - 125,000
Elice Islands (Tuvalu) - 2,400
Christmas Islands - 900
Cocos Islands - 650
Tokelau Islands - 500
Pitcairn Islands - 170
Phoenix Islands - 69
Northern Nigeria - 8,500,000
Southern Nigeria - 7,500,000
Uganda - 1,649,000
Mozambique - 2,239,000
Angola - 4,790,000
Namibia - 210,000
Kenya - 1,352,000
Sierra Leone - 1,027,000
Nyasaland - 717,000
Northern Rhodesia - 770,000
Southern Rhodesia - 692,000
British Somaliland - 300,000
Bahrain - 70,000
Tristan da Cunha - 95
Ascension Island - 100

Governance

Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy
Government Ideology: Classical liberalism, one nation conservatism, social democracy, anti-socialism, progressive-conservatism
Head of State: Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, Empress of India
Head of Government: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Government Description: The United Kingdom operates under a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a Westminster system. Queen Victoria is the monarch and head of state of the United Kingdom and its territories, and while many colonies and territories may have enough autonomy to establish its own governance and military, they all recognize the British crown as their ruler. That being said, while the Crown is formally vested with all executive authority as the sovereign, power is generally exercised only on the advice of ministers of the Crown responsible to Parliament. The British monarch has various rights such as the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, and the right to warn, along with reserve powers, although such powers are to uphold responsible government and prevent constitutional crises (ie appointments of Prime Ministers, enactment of legislations, and prorogation and dissolution of Parliament).

The Parliament of the United Kingdom is sovereign and is made up of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The House of Commons is headed by the Prime Minister, whom is appointed by the Crown but has always been the leader of the ruling party in the House of Commons. The Prime Minister holds a lot of power as the head of government and acts as the chief advisor to the Crown.

Great Britain tends to have a hands off approach to its colonies and territories, largely leaving local rulers and governments to maintain sufficient levels of autonomy.

Economy

Economic System/Ideology: Capitalism
Major Production: Manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals, food and beverages, tobacco, steel, vehicles, armament,
Economic Description: The British Empire has one of, if not the, largest and most advanced economies in the world, even as its economic advantage had lessoned with the rise of other powers. It is the first western country to industrialize and was described as the "Workshop of the World" in 1851. Manufacturing, agriculture, and service play key roles in the British economy, and the city of London maintains itself as the financial and commercial capital of the western world, if not the world. Britain was one of the first countries to abandon mercantilist trade policies in favor of free trade and lower tariffs and restrictions, bolstered by the Royal Navy to protect British commercial interests, shipping, and international trade. The British legal system also plays a role in British economy by providing a rather inexpensive system for resolving disputes between parties.

The territories and colonies also play major roles, providing resources and trade to not just the British economy but also the global economy at large. Quality of life of the territories, however, may differ compared to the British isles with some colonies having just as advanced economies as Britain while others still having rather primitive, but still growing markets, especially in Africa.

Military

Army Description: The Royal Army of the British Empire is largely a volunteer force, with the public having a strong distaste for conscription. Even with a volunteer system, the Royal Army is still quite large with active duty size being as many as 520,000. More can be called up in full mobilization without the need of conscription as many willingly answer the call to serve the Crown and her Empire with great patriotic fervor, from Dublin to Calcutta to Sydney. Territorial armies are often called into battle to assist Britain's foreign endeavors and it wouldn't be out of place to see the Royal Army supplanted by colonial forces, although many colonial militaries are usually a step behind the British military in terms of military technology (such disparities also depend on the colonies as well). As technologies move forward, Britain ensures that the Royal Army would be on top of new military developments such as the use of walkers and tanks to support the ground forces.
Naval Description: The Royal Navy is the pride of the nation, arguably one of the largest and the greatest fleet in the world. Many would recognize Britain's sea power across the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean. The Royal Navy has 37 battleships, 34 armored cruisers, 16 coastal defense ships, 36 destroyers, 12 monitors, 75 torpedo boats, and 97 auxiliary vessels within it fleets and 73,000 active personnel, including 23,000 marines.
Air Force Description: The Royal Air Force plays a major role in protecting Britain's interests in the skies with aerial vehicles made for information gathering and as mobile artillery platforms. While airships are still dominant in the Royal Air Force, forward thinking officers and engineers in the Empire are always eager to test new technologies for service. From regular zeppelins to flying cruisers and battleships, to gyrocopters serving as fighter roles; all aerial vehicles play their own roles in maintaining aerial superiority of the United Kingdom and the British Empire.
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History and Aspirations

National Goals: Maintaining a stable balance of power in Europe, ensure open international trade.
National Issues: Territories in Asia and Africa's desire for independence, potential growth of the Americans at the expense of Britain, fear of socialist encroachment from the Reds.

History:
In March 1502, Arthur, Prince of Wales and Princess Catherine of Aragon were afflicted with an unknown illness at Ludlow Castle. Fortunately for King Henry VII, both Arthur and Catherine were able to recover fully and Arthur succeeded Henry VII as King Arthur of England in 1509. The reign of King Arthur had to deal with the fallout of the Protestant Reformation in which Arthur remained fully committed to the Catholic Church, receiving the title of "Defender of the Faith" by Pope Leo X in 1521. Despite Arthur's best efforts, Protestantism had steeped into the British Isles and a number of the English population had turned to various Protestant faiths. Arthur was given authority by Pope Clemmons VII to tax monastic incomes and grew the power of the English crown under the reasons of combating heresies. Conflicts with various European powers, be it for geopolitical or for religious reasons also lead to him investing heavily in the Royal Navy, establishing a standing English fleet from seven to fifty ships with a functioning command structure during his reign. Arthur had attempted to mend relations with Scotland under James V with both kings showing willingness to stand together as faithful Catholic monarchies against Protestant heresies but many efforts had failed. Arthur I passed away in 1541 and was succeeded by his son, Arthur II, Prince of Wales. The reign of King Arthur II was largely a continuation of Arthur's policies with the continuation of naval buildup and conquests against the Irish. George made steps to improve relations with the Scots under King James V and later Queen Mary (a Stuart born to a Tudor mother) with efforts to combat the growing powers of Protestant lords with mixed results. George passed away in 1564 and was succeeded by his sickly son, Arthur III whom passed away in 1567. As Arthur III passed away with no suitable heirs, he was succeeded by his cousin Elizabeth, the daughter of Prince Henry, Arthur I's younger brother and his wife Anne Boleyn.

Queen Elizabeth I was rather moderate compared to her predecessors in the issues of religion, she was relatively tolerant and avoided systemic persecutions. It was under her reign that saw the highest growth of Protestant activities, even though the majority of the population remained Catholic and with Elizabeth publicly supporting the Pope. Her reign saw a flourishing of English drama with renown playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. Since 1583, the English would join the Age of Exploration and establish colonies across the New World starting from now New England to Virginia (named after Elizabeth's virginity) with permanent settlements soon established. In 1600, the East India Company would be chartered to trade with entities in the Indian Ocean and East Asia. Her reign wasn't entirely peaceful however, the English engaged in costly and ineffective wars with conflicting European powers and Queen Elizabeth faced conspiracies after conspiracies from various groups. As Elizabeth was never wed to a prince or a king, nor had she given birth to any successor, she was the last of the Tudors and the English court scrambled for a suitable successor after her passing in 1603, eventually coronating King James VI of Scotland as King James I of England, Scotland, and Ireland; changing the royal throne of England from a Tudor to a Stuart and unifying the crown of Britain for the first time.

King James I stylized himself as "King of Great Britain and Ireland" and moved from Scotland to England in 1617. He was a major advocate of a single parliament for England and Scotland and desired a closer union between the two countries. However, Scotland and England remained individual sovereign states with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws only together in a personal union under James I and VI. England's cultural golden age continued under his reign and James I was strongly committed to a peace based foreign policy, refusing to have England and Scotland engage in Europe's religious wars. James even continued Elizabeth's policies on religious tolerance (for the time) between Catholics and Protestants. Colonization of the Americas continued under his reign with the establishment of the colony of Jamestown in Virginia. James I was a prolific writer and authored books such as the Daemonologie, The True Law of Free Monarchies, and Basilikon Doron. However, James would grow the power of the monarchy and embraced a Catholic interpretation of the diving right of kings, soon conflicting with the English Parliament over the roles of King and Parliament and instilling his views on his heir, Princes Charles. Despite his character flaws, he was widely mourned after his passing in 1625.

Charles I was an unpopular ruler who believed in the divine rights of kings and sought to govern based on his own conscience, without the Parliament standing in his way. Surprisingly, the English Parliament was opposed to Charles' views on absolutism and sought to curb royal prerogative. Many of Charles I's policies were opposed by Parliament, particularly his levying of taxes without Parliamentary consent. He was opposed by both Catholics and Protestants alike and tensions were mounting as some Catholic dissenters attempted to petition Pope Urban VIII to excommunicate Charles for his views of the divine right of kings being antithetical to the doctrine of papal supremacy, without much success. Charles I saw multiple small scale rebellions across England, Scotland, and Ireland; eventually culminating into the War of the Three Kingdoms in 1639 between the Royalists loyal to Charles, the Parliamentarians in favor of a constitutional monarchy, Republicans supported by English Puritans and Scottish Covenanters, and Irish Confederates agitating for greater self-rule. The war was a messy affair with the Parliamentarians aligning with the Republicans in fighting the Royalists while sending aid to the Confederates in repelling the Republicans. During the war, Republicans lead by Oliver Cromwell seized the Royalist city of London in 1649 and captured King Charles, executing him a few weeks later. Of his two sons, Princes Charles was able to flee to Scotland while Prince James fell in battle. Much of England would fall in Republican hands under Cromwell but the Republican position became tenuous as Puritan support dwindled due to many restrictions against the public. The remaining Royalists joined the Parliamentarian cause or fled to Ireland in support of the Confederates. Parliamentarians crowned Prince Charles as King Charles II of Scotland after making him profess support for a constitutional monarchy and the war in Britain would be between the growing Parliamentarians and the weakening Republicans. The war would eventually end in favor of the Parliamentarians in 1655 with Charles II coronated as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. In hopes of bringing the war torn country back into peace, Charles II and Parliament proclaimed amnesty for any remaining Royalists, Confederates, and Republicans whom recognize the coronation of Charles II, although options were also given to Republicans in moving to the New World. The reign of Charles II, although initially tumultuous due to him dealing with the fallout of the civil war, would soon be marked by the liveliness and hedonism of his court, including the siring of at least 12 illegitimate children with various mistresses. Despite acknowledging at least 12 bastards, Charles II died with no suitable heir and the throne was passed on to his sister, Mary.

Mary II would rule until 1694, with her reign overseeing the passing of the English Bill of Rights which laid out various responsibilities of Parliament, curtailing the power of the monarchy, prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments, and listed individual rights such as religious freedom, right to bear arms, and right to free speech and assembly. She was succeeded by her younger sister, Anne. Queen Anne oversaw the Acts of Union that officially unified the English and Scottish Throne, having her as Queen Anne of Great Britain and Ireland instead of Queen Anne of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Her reign saw the rise of the two political parties, the Whigs and the Tories as the dominant factions in British politics. In foreign policy, Britain would continue its expansion into the New World and in India. Britain would also seize Gibraltar in the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula in support of the Navarres against the Spanish, a piece of territory that Britain would hold on to this day and would also be a center of possible British-Spanish hostilities. As Anne also died with no suitable heir, Parliament would designate heirs to Princess Sophia of Hanover (born to Stuart blood) as part of the crown's succession; officially replacing the Scottish Stuart dynasty with the German Hanover dynasty with the ascension of George of Hanover as King George of Great Britain in 1714.

George didn't really connected well with the public. He was a Protestant king in a majority Catholic nation; he is of German birth and speaks very little English. It was under his reign that the power of the monarchy diminished greatly in favor of Parliament with the leadership of Whig leader Robert Walpole being instrumental to the modern cabinet system and the creation of the office of the Prime Minister. George I was succeeded by his son, George II in 1727 as George I passed away in Germany. Like his father, George II also had trouble connecting with British society as a German born Protestant and excised little control over domestic policies. However, he was much more successful in influencing British foreign policy and military action, leading the country against France in the first few years of the Seven Years War. He was succeeded by his grandson, George as King George III in 1760. Unlike his predecessors, George III was born in Britain, spoke English as his first language, a Catholic convert, and never visited Hanover in his reign. George's life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving Great Britain in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Britain's victory against the French in the Seven Years enabled Britain as a major power in the Americas and India. Great Britain also faced a colonial crisis when tensions in the American colony grew violent. However, a peace commission lead by Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, was able to meet the demands of the American colonists. Britain also experienced the Industrial Revolution in 1760 at the end of George II and the beginning of George III's reign. George III passed away in 1820, succeeded by his son George IV whom was later succeeded by George IV's brother William III in 1830. William III was succeeded by his daughter, Victoria as Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland in 1837.

The reign of Queen Victoria was a long period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within Great Britain and Ireland, including expansion of the British Empire. The British government instituted major policies such as improving working conditions, abolishing child labor, and the abolishing slavery across the territories that later saw minor British intervention in the American Commonwealth between the government and anti-abolition rebels known as Jenkin's Rebellion. The Victorian Era saw greater liberalization in politics with gradual political reforms, improved social reforms, and greater enfranchisement. The population of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland grew rapidly along with emigration from Britain to its colonial territories in Oceania, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa. Literacy also grew to near universal rate near the end of the century due to educational reforms with the British public becoming increasingly more educated. Britain's relations with other Great Powers are driven by increasing cooperation with France, antagonism with the Nords after the 1870s, and competition with the Koreans. While the Whigs/Liberals and Tories/Conservatives remained as dominant forces, the Labour Party grew as a distinct entity in British politics.

RP Sample:
- Generic late 19th century Alt-history RP again (1904: Dawn of a New Era)
- Fantasy RP with guns (Empire of Steam)
- Alternate history gone mad in 1618 (Alternate Divergence 1618)
- Alternate World War 2 (War of Blood and Steel)
- Fantasy Sword Throwing (A Dance of Chaos)
- Alternate history gone mad in 1812 (Alternate Divergence 1812)
- It's like Alternate Divergence but made by the Cobalt Network and has set nations (Tales of Two Horizons II)
- War, what is it good for? (Back to 1935)
- Rednecks and post-apocalyptic America (Fallout: Damn Dirty South)
- NS Red Dawn (Crane Ascendent)
- Generic late 19th century Alt-history RP (Voice of a New Age)
- War, war never changes (Fallout: Republic of Dusts)
- Alternate history taken all the way (1900: Alternate Divergence)
- Anime Vietnam Flashbacks (Operation Gatelord)
- When the Spanish Flu wiped off 50% of the world population (All Quiet on the Front)

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[Arvenia]

I will look forward to this RP.

[Draos]

Full Nation Name: Kingdom of Navarra
Territorial Core: Navarra,the Basque Autonomous Community (minus Biscay),La Rioja (called Errixoa, Aragon,Catalonia,Valencia,the Balearic Islands, The rif region of Morocco (the Rif Dependency) and the island of Borienken (Puerto Rico)
Territorial Claim: the Remainder of Morocco,Cabo Verde. The rest of Iberia (de jure) Cabo Verde,The Gambia river territory
Capital City: Pamplona (Irunea) Navarra
Flag: https://imgur.com/iEcy3dV

Demographics

Majority/Official Culture: Basque
Other Cultures: Aragonese Catalan Bedouin Arab (in the Rif dependency) Boriken (Crown Dependency of Boriqua)
Majority/Official Religion: Roman Catholic
Population: 7.3 Million
Kingdom of Navarra-6.3 million
Rif Dependency 22,000 estimated
Crown Dependency of Boriqua 980,000

Governance

Government Type: The Current Government is a Parliamentary Monarchy
Government Ideology:
Head of State: Errega (King) Danel I Sainz of the house of Irunea
Head of Government: Prime Minister Munio Gardile
Government Description: As it stands presently the King is largely a ceremonial figure with parliament doing most of the day to day running of the kingdom though the King's input is weighted heavily in decision making. The ability to vote for members of the parliament is given to men over the age of 20.

Economy

Economic System/Ideology: Capitalist
Major Production: automotive,aeronautics,finance,chemicals,wheat,barley,rye,wine,
Economic Description: The major Industrial heart of Navarra is in the northern portion of the country in the capital region of Navarre while Catalonia is in a close second in terms of manufacturing output. Regions like Aragon, Valencia and Errixoa are largely agricultural, focusing more on wine and wheat production.

Military

Army Description: the Royal Navarrese Army is probably the smallest in continental Europe. Standing at 50,000 men the force makes up for its lack of size with technological sophistication, Being one of the earliest adopters of walkers including the S-1500 Sugaar class walker named after the ancient Basque God of thunder and husband of mari. The S-1500 stands at approximately 45 feet tall and is quadrupedal in design, with 25 mm heavy guns attached under its forward cockpit to obliterate enemy positions so the infantry can advance.
Naval Description: Like the army the Royal Navarrese Navy is smaller than its European contemporaries consisting of only 2 cruisers, 5 destroyers and 10 frigates.
Air Force Description: The Royal Navarrese Sky-guard is the newest branch of the Navarrese military, thanks to Navarrese expertise in aeronautics their skyships are second to none, led by the Irunea class cruiser which measures about 500 feet in length and is armed with approximately 30 guns of various sizes. Then comes the Zaragoza class destroyers each measuring in about 200 feet in length, with 10 guns each. Finally comes the Palma class frigate measuring about 150 meters with about 5 guns.
Further Military Description :

History and Aspirations

National Goals: The Navarrese Crown has several objectives,the first of which is to retake Bizkaya a basque region taking by its Iberian neighbors centuries earlier, and conquer the basque regions in France. Its next order of business is the expansion of its colonial holdings in Morocco and West Africa.
National Issues: Due to the revolution in its next door neighbor, many are calling for a more democratic form of government as opposed to the parliament which largely caters to the upper classes. There is also the threat of the Aztec attacks on Borinken which the government knows it will not be able to repulse.
History:
In 1231 Sancho Vii of Navarra and James I of Aragon agreed to a treaty at the Navarrese city of Tudela, where whoever died first would inherit the other's realm. Following James I assassination in 1233 by a rogue Catalan knight named Roderic Bayarri, Sancho VII inherited the Crown of Aragon including the recently added Kingdom of Mallorca though died the next year and was succeeded by his nephew Theobald of the house of Blois.
After nineteen years of consolidation Theobald set his eyes southwards, marching a force to the gates of the moor stronghold of Valencia intending to finish what James I had started in 1232. Following a year-long siege the Navarrese troops captured the city and marked the end of the Taifa of Valencia.
Upon agreeing to the border that would mark the border between the Castilian and Navarrese thrones, Theobald supported one of the sides in a Dynastic conflict in Castile.
In 1389 16 years after a similar treaty was signed England approached Irunea with an offer a treaty of alliance Navarra would help defend Aquitaine while England would swear to defend Navarra from any attempts of the Leonese to expand further into their lands.
Two and a half centuries of relative peace during this period the Navarrese conquered the islands of Sardinia in 1348 and Sicily 1405, happened until 1508 when the Navarrese established their lone colony in the new world, Borinken naming the first city and future capital Abasolo after one of the founders Ibane Abasolo.
Following a series of wars in the Italian peninsula the Navarrese were driven out of first Sicily in 1642 then Sardinia in 1687, successive attempts to regain the territories all ended in failure.
In 1723 Berber piracy against Navarrese shipping in the straits of Gibraltar had finally gotten to the point that a direct military intervention was declared, starting the first Navarro-Barbary war which resulted in the capture of the cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
In 1763 the last king of the house of Foix, a cadet branch of the house of Blois and a civil war broke out, with the House of Irunea backed by France on one side and the House of Zaragoza backed by the Spanish on the other. Lasting for about three years the House of Irunea finally emerged victorious after the battle of Lograno saw Oskar the head of the House of Zaragoza captured as he tried to siege the city by a relief force.
After healing the wounds caused by the War of Succession the new King Sancho turned his eyes back to the Rif where the pirates based there were once again preying on Navarrese shipping, Officially declaring war on the local rulers one by one starting on October 1st 1790, Navarrese troops began pouring into the region defeating the final warlord after ten years of fighting. Though Irunea’s headache had only just begun as revolts to drive the Navarrese out would persist on and off for nearly seventy years, General Zesar Iturbe approved the deployment of the brand new toy in his arsenal, the Irunea class sky cruiser which was used to scout rebel positions and destroy their encampments.
RP Sample:
Harpori,Harpori system,Druess sector
Fein woke up with his hand reaching for his rifle,which was in it’s normal place he blinked and groaned as he stretched out. Taking a quick look around he saw the youngling in her bed and sighed in relief, this wasn’t a great life but he was doing what he could and following his orders at all costs, protecting the Jedi. The temple guard may have ended but his Oath had not. Shaking his head he moved to the secret room in his small hovel which held his holocom as he tried to contact the main Jedi rendezvous point through an encrypted frequency this was only his second attempt in the three months since the founding of the empire and his greatest failure , he knew trying to often would alert the empire of his location so he sent out a brief 25 second burst transmission to Mek Sha. Zal to Sha package is ready for pickup.

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[Revlona]

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Nation Name: United States of the Baltic
Territory: Poland, Prussia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
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[Krugmar]

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Nation Name: Exarchate of Egypt
Territory: Barbarigo Empire - Happy to negotiate any claims
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[Arvenia]

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Nation Name: Russian Empire
Territory: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan
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[Elysian Kentarchy]

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Nation Name:Kingdom of France/Royaume de France
Territory: What is on the attached map plus Chad and Niger.
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[Revlona]

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Nation Name: Russian Empire
Territory: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan
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Heyo, if you're in the discord I'd love to discuss our two nations shared history, if you're not in there we could do it here instead.

[Upper Magica]

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Nation Name: The Huleguid Caliphate/The Ilkhanate
Territory: Persia, Azerbaijan, Mesopotamia, Transoxiana, Khorasan, Baluchistan(lemme know if this conflicts with anything!)
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[Obrela]

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Nation Name: Al-Najd
Territory: Eastern Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE
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[Tracian Empire]

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Nation Name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Territory: British Empire
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Nation Name: The Central European Empire
Territory: Northern Germany with the border along the Saarland, Frankfurt am Main and Bavaria, excluding the regions of Prussia and Poznan. Eastern Netherlands. Luxemburg.

Belgian Congo. South Africa without the Dwarf States. Suriname. Dutch Virgin Islands. Saint Helena. Suratte. German New Guinea
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Nation Name: Most Serene Imperial States of Korea
Territory: Korean Peninsula (including Jeju Island, Ulleungdo, and Dokdo), Southernmost section of Vietnam (Mekong River Delta), Cambodia, Southern Laos (provinces including and lower than Bolikhamxai province), Thailand, Southern Myanmar (Tenasserim Hills), Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and surrounding isles, Java and surrounding isles, Borneo and surrounding isles, Sulawesi and surrounding isles Northern Philippines (Luzon except Bicol Region), Sri Lanka, Socotra, Andaman Islands
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Nation Name: Aztek Ascendancy
Territory:https://imgur.com/a/TFqWRSw
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Nation Name: Western Roman Empire
Territory: Italy, Southern France, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya
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Nation Name: Kingdom of Navarra
Territory: Lower Navarre,Gipuzkoa,Araba,Aragon,Catalonia,Valencia,The Balearic Islands,La Rioja, Puerto Rico, the Rif region of Morocco.
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Nation Name: Reichsbund Deutscher Nationen [Federated Empire of German Nations]
Territory:

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Nation Name: Democratic Federation of Iberia and the Macaronesia
Territory: The remaining Iberian peninsula, Canary islands, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau
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Nation Name: United States of the Baltic
Territory: Poland, Prussia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
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Nation Name: Exarchate of Egypt
Territory: Barbarigo Empire - Happy to negotiate any claims
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Nation Name:Kingdom of France/Royaume de France
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Accepted, with the notion that as per the rule, colonial claims will be settled later.

[Tracian Empire]

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Nation Name: Al-Andalus
Territory: The Iberian Peninsula, the bits of Morocco that aren't French, Algeria, as well as parts of current southern France that don't belong to RP France
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I am sorry but we already have two separate claims for Iberia.