1870-1920 Era War 2: The End Times (OOC) [NO MORE SIGNUPS]

[The Manticoran Empire]

Largely submarines and ambushes by me with minimal offensives actions against heavy units.

Thats really no worry to me. We shall see how things develop.

Currently my line of battle is 78 super-dreadnoughts, 131 dreadnoughts, 43 pre-dreadnought battleships, 78 battlecruisers, 51 heavy cruisers, 213 light cruisers, 550 destroyers, 409 submersibles, and 23 airships. I am building or have ordered 64 super-dreadnoughts, 61 dreadnoughts, 117 battlecruisers, 205 cruisers, 861 destroyers, 1,672 corvettes, 2,050 submersibles, and 124 airships, with the expansion scheduled to be completed by 1915.

Largely submarines and ambushes by me with minimal offensives actions against heavy units.

Well you play this RP makes mostly 25 IC years, And you had like 20 Reforms,sooo

Uh I've had two and they have been quite minor. Mostly involving reorganization, not a complete rebuild.

[The Manticoran Empire]

NATION INFORMATION

Nation name: Second Aydinirian Empire - Lawaso Khshāyarvan Aydīniru
Capital: Empire has got two equally important capitals - Ezhid and Assurhan.
National goals: To prevail enemies and secure prosperous future for Empire, divine Emperor and proud Aydinirian Nation.

Nation's Leader: Khshāyar Ravanis II Zisudrashif
*'Khshāyar' is an official tittle of Aydinirian rulers and can be translated as Emperor.

National Government: Aydinir is an Absolute Monarchy. Aydinirian Emperors, or Khshāyars as they are often named, are considered as divine beeings and direct descendants of the Gods. This dogma is a foundation of the official ideology of the state. On the government consists also 7 ministries - Ministry of War, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Intelligence and Domestic Security, Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of Trade and Economy and Ministry of Science. Council of Knowing is an advisory body composed of experts from the most important fields who advise the Emperor, whenever he asks for such help.

National history: Aydinirians are stubborn, hard-nosed, hard-working and proud people. They are also one of the oldest, if not the oldest, still existing nation.
More than 3000 years ago at the zenith of its glory was an ancient empire known today as Old Aydinir. It was a dominant power in this part of the world, with its highly culturally and technologically advanced society. Old Empire, as it is sometimes named, is widely considered to be one of the cradles of civilization, one of the oldest of ancient empires. We have no certain information about a founder of this state or exact date of it's birth because of very small amout of reliable sources which survived to this day, but this few which managed to survive give us a fascinating view at this ancient civilization.

According to some ancient texts, about 4500 Before Destruction, in the green and fertile lands of Aydinirian Plateau settled ancestors of Aydinirians. Tradition says that in the year 4382 BD proto-Aydinirian tribe, known as Arćvash, founded city of Djyazhoar, located in island in the middle of Yitrazhi River, one of the oldest known city in history. This date was so important that it became a starting date of old Aydinirian calendar and date from which they counted years.

Green and rich lands of Plateau allowed this young civilization to flourish. Few centuries later city of Djyazhoar was a prosperous city-state, but only one of seven proto-Aydynirian cities on the Plateau.
This state of affairs was not satisfactory for ambitious rulers of Djyazhoar, which from time immemorial have titled themselves as 'khshāyars' and were considered as a living gods, in a straight line childrens of Hānar̄, son of Radhevar. Legendary Scarlet Throne was a symbol of their divne power, throne made from a deep red crystal, beautifuly formed and carved.
Somewhere around the year 4000 BD semi-legendary ruler of Djyazhoar, Khshāyar Haxāmanish the Great, opened the gates of his city and unleashed his armies to conquere world. Other cities were falling one after another under the feets of his well trained and fanatically loyal soldiers. Khshāyar personally led them in battle and after a couple of years whole Plateau became part of his emerging empire.

This first centuries of history of Old Empire remains covered in the darkness of the past, all because lack of proper historical sources. Almost all we knew comes from 3 full manuscripts which survived to our times and parts of sevaral others, mostly in bad in bad condition.

First fully historical ruler of Old Aydinir was Khshāyar Curush of Haxāmanid Dynasty, who ruled since year 3833 BD. He sat on the Scarlet Throne when he was 17 years old, and he immediately began serious reforms of his country. He created first in history unified and codified law for his empire, which after him was named The Code of Curush.
Another reforms changed his military forces. He reorganized old military system, and inspired by the legandary conquests of Haxāmanish, he divided the army into infantry, cavalry and archers, reformed the command system and created three new military organizations.
First one, Patgwannaniya, or Immortals, was an elite military formation of heavy infantry, of 10,000 soldiers. When one Immortal fell on the battlefield, another immediately replaced him, which gave the impression that no matter how many imperial soldiers enemy may kill, their number was never changing. A sense that they cannot be truly killed devastated enemy's morale and that's why they were called Immortals.
The second one, Varharńaghanaya, which means Armored Riders, was elite formation of heavy cataphract cavalry, both riders and horses were armored in the best armors of those times. Varharńaghanaya were primarily used for impetuous charges to break through infantry formations.
The third one, called Anûshaya Khshāyaraz, which means more or less 'Khshāyar's All-seeing Eyes', was not a military unit but rather first in history secred police and intelligence agency. They travelled across the Empire, using network of roads built on the order of the Shah, and were Shah's eyes, ears and mouths in every corner of his domine. They were also his spies in foreign countries, infiltrating his future targets and gathering informations about rivals. They were both feared and respected, and hence comes ancient proverb "Where Emperor can't go, will send his Eyes".
Army of the Empire was different than most of others, because both men and women served in it. The same applies to Anûshaya Khshāyaraz.
He used his reformed military to expand Empire's border even further. He conquered another 33 countries and tribes, annexing their land to the Empire.

In the times of several successive Khshāyars country grew even stronger and more powerful. Rulers used to multiply the wealth and might of their country, in the same time enjoying absolute, divine power and majesty. Armies marched, fought and conquered, all this in the name of Gods and Emperors. That times were also the heyday of architecture, art and culture. Aydinirian artists, poets and writers created great works of art and epics of literature, but unfortunately we know about them mostly from remittances from second-hand, because only a small part of them have survived to our times. During this era unique Aydinirian artistic style have formed.
Aydinirian culture quickly became dominant in many parts of the ancient world, and rivalized with Romulan on the lands around Amber Road. Nations conquered by the Empire very often subjected to forced or willing Aydinirization. They abbandoned their culture, traditions, religions and languages under the might of Aydinirian high culture. They were loosing their ethnicity, but instead becoming citizens of one of the greatest empires of all times.
We have also several descriptions of imperial capital from that golden era. Djyazhoar appears as the greatest and most maginificent city in the whole ancient world, located on the great island-hill, in the middle of Yitrazhi River. It was connected with the both sides of river by two great stone bridges and sourrounded by three circles of impregnable walls, with a hundred of towers each. Huge colorful domes, slim columns, high towers and thousands of statues. On the top of the hill stood monumental Imperial Palace and The Highest Temple, with its dome made from a purest gold, which shine was visible from many kilometers around the city. City of Djyazhoar was one of the seven wonders of ancient world. Some autors give informations that in the city and its sourroundings lived unbelievable number of over one and half million inhabitants.
We don't know how much of this descriptions it is true and how much only lush fantasy of its autors.

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Djyazhoar, capital of Old Aydinir

Ancient Aydinirians were not only great conquerors and artists, but also traders and, most of all, sailors.

They traded all sorts of goods, with all, whenever it was profitable. Also, during that times the Amber Road was formed. The Amber Road was an ancient network of trade routes that for centuries were central to cultural interaction which connected western and eastern regions of world. It name came from the lucrative trade in Aydinirian amber carried out along its length. Old Empire exported its amber, and another goods west, in exchange for goods which was produced only in those far, western lands of the continent. Business flourished, and ideas traveled with caravans from east to west and from west to east. Even today many languages have Aydinirian loanwords, for terms like "gold", "currency", "trade", "bargain", "sale", "slave" or "amber".
Throughout intensive trade and thanks to constantly traveling east-west caravans, Old Empire for the first time in its history met and established diplomatic relations with distant, foreign countries which could however rivaled with its own might and glory.
The Amber Road allowed three greatest empires of the ancient times - Old Aydinir, Romulan Empire and Khyrani Dominion - to face each other.

Aydinirians were always connected with the sea. They were ones of the first true sailors, which looked at the stars and travelled through distant waters. Their ships were seen far away from their homeland, and their foots stood on the undiscovered lands, making them discovered. Aydinirians reached the farthest corners of Pagos, they established their outposts everywhere around the sea, everywhere where they ships could get. They were the first ones circumnavigated the continent. They made the first detailed maps of the coastline. Soon after they started to colonize new territories.

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Ancient Aydinirian explorers

That was a difference between ancient Aydinirians and today's - in the old days this nation was guided by the overwhelming, uninhibited desire for exploration, lust of curiosity and now they became isolationists, afraid of the world outside their borders.

In the year 2501 BD Empire was shook by the civil war, called War of the Dragons. After the death of Khshāyar Dariush V, when his firstborn child, his daughter Cifrin was just about her coronation, her younger sister Jadis clamed the Scarlet Throne for herself, starting one of the bloodiest and most horrible wars in the history of Old Aydinir. Jadis and her supporters quickly mastered imperial capital Djyazhoar, hoping to capture Cifrin and killed her, but she was warned and escaped the city in the last moment.
Jadis crowned herself for Khshāyara at the Highest Temple and began bloody hunt for all loyalists and potential supporters of her sister. In the same time Cifrin managed to gather some forces to take back what belonged to her. Empire was torn apart for two parts and was plunged into cruel, 5 years long civil war.
It ended when Cifrin's forces arrived under the walls of the capital. After the 5 years of her reign Jadis was commonly hated, most of her supporters was dead and the rest turned away from her. She was murdered at the stairs of the Imperial Palace, probably by Grivpanûvar, elite bodyguard unit which protected rulers of Old Empire. Few hours ago Cifrin at the head of her troops entered the city and sat on the Scarlet Throne.

In the year 1998 BD Khshāyar Ardashir the Wise in his royal residences in the city of Ńanive created the greatest library of the ancient world, in which he gathered all books and scrolls which were created. It was another of the seven wonders of those times.

In the year 1103 BD Khshāyara Settareh II in great, 22 years long war, conquered Kingdom of Antea, which lay on the western slopes of Amnell Mountains, by Aydinirians named Naxrhi Ezjoni, Eastern Mountains. It is a significant event because this coincided with the annexation of the Kingdom of Resana by the Romulan Empire. In that year all three empires obtained a common border.
Ten years later, in 1093 BD, the Great War broke out, starting an era which will be named later as the Age of Blood.
For over 300 years Old Aydinir, Romulan Empire and Khyrani Dominion waged a series of great wars.
In the year 782 BD Khshāyar Zhizar concluded a treaty with Romulan Empire and Khyrani Dominion, which was solemnly named 'Eternal Peace'. Under this pact new spheres of influence for all three powers were established, which changed political shape of the world byt wich were acceptable for all parties.

In that milennium Empire was at the zenith of its might and glory, and it is sure that there days was a golden age for Aydinirians. Almost 35% of the world population lived within the borders of Empire. Generations have lived and died under the reign of the Shahs and Shahias. It seemed that nothing could threaten the power and the glory of the state, as nothing could undermine the beauty Aydinirian architecture.

All this ended about 2500 years ago, as a result of events called later "Jashor", term which means, more or less "annihilation" or "destruction". It was an invasion of unknown, barbaric nation, by Aydinirians known only as Marhmadhim, the Butchers. The Butchers came from the north-west and like a swarm, locusts rolled over the lands of Empire. Aggressors crushed Aydinirian army, captured the capital city of Djyazhoar and looted it without any mercy. Marhmadhim began campaign of terror and desolation. They committed unimaginable atrocities and mass, planned genocides. Mighty walls, which seemed to be impregnable, have fallen, palaces, libraries and temples have been razed to the ground, great cities, which had hundreds of thousands of citizens, have been slaughtered and millions Aydinirians have been burned alive. The last members of the Haxaamanid Dynasty which ruled Old Aydinir for a 4500 years have vanished from the cards of history. Jashor was a time of madness, anarchy, contempt and chaos.

This event, for obvious reasons, has left its mark on the mentality of this nation. They lost their previous boundless curiosity and became closed for everything and everyone unfamiliar. They left their old callendar and started counting years from this tragic day. From this moment there was always demarcation for days before and after Jashor. For days of their glory and days of their humiliation.

The period of time that came later is called Dark Ages, because we know nothing of this few centuries right after Destruction. It lasted for about one millenium. From the rubble of once proud empire grew hundreds of tiny city-states, which fought with each other for remnants of ancestral heritage. In the place of once green and fertile land of Aydinirian Plateau, where was the heart of Old Aydinir, appeared the Great Desert, devouring under the sand ruins of once pround cities. We don't know how or why it formed, we don't know what happened with the Butchers, we even failed to determine a direct location of Djyazhoar (although it is known that it was focated somewhere in today province of Acasdased). Most of ancient Aydinirian knowledge, collected by countless generations was burned in the mad flame of Destruction or lost during the Dark Ages which came after Destruction.

Following 1500 years was time of de facto everlasting civil war between Aydinian city-states, ruled by many minor kings. Over next centuries Aydinirian kingdoms rose and fell, usually fighting not with outsiders but against each other. This Era of Fragmentation could have ended because of king Ravan, which ruled Mazdaran, the most powerful Aydinirian Kingom of those times. He began to colonize near by territories to expand his domine but that was not enough for his ambition. Ultimately he wanted to recreate and ressurect the Old Empire. And everything was according to his will, up to the point where expedition he sent, led by Arźan Ćandrashif, came across young Aren Kingdom. During the event known as Urus War, small Mazdarani expeditionary forces were pushed back by far more numerous Arenginian forces. Despite the supreme Aydinirian military tactics, strategy and military traditions barbarians outnumbered forces of Ćandrashif. Huge defeat thwarted Ravan's plans of massive colonization, forcing him on concentration on closer areas.
10 years later he became strong enough to call a meeting of all Aydinirian kings during which he wanted to proclaim recreation of the Empire and vassalize all other rulers. Unfortunately, he was treacherously assasinated by his own power-thirsty brother, in assistance of other kings. This event is known now as the Bloody Treason. It buried hope for unification of Aydinirians for another few centuries. Several years after Bloody Treason Kingdom of Mazdaran was destroyed in series of destructive civli wars and foreign military interventions.

122 years ago, in 2013 After Destruction, young and charismatic leader, Zisudra nez-Shevdeidh lead coup d'etat and overthrew the government of the city-state of Ezhid. He declared the creation of the Shahinayan Empire, and proclaimed himself Khshāyar. He declared that he is a continuer of a great work of the Old Emperors and descendant of the Haxāmanid Dynasty.
He immediately began ellimination of political opponents, created new propagandistic tube and reorganized army, changing it on a massive scale. He based his power on 2 secret services. The first one is SAVAK, secret police and service for public order, the second - AQSA, is Aydinirian intelligence agency.
For the Khshāyar however it was only a first step in his plan. His main objective was to unite all Aydinirians in one country.
In 2015 AD, taking advantage of the difficult political situation between Aydinirian States, Shahinay invaded the State of Śranirh, beginning a campaign to reunite Aydinirian nation under one the banner and one scepter. It lasted over 5 years, during which Shahinay conquered all states except for mighty Assurhan. War was in the stalemate for both sides, so they began negociations. In October the same year truce was announced - both states were united due to royal marriage between Zisudra nez-Shevdeidh and Raohshana nez-Poûrvayą, Queen of Assurhan. Foundation of the Second Aydinirian Empire was announced the same day. Khshāyar Zisudra Éxan (Emperor Zisudra the Great) and Khshāyara Raohshana Dhiryāni (Empress Raohshana the Beautiful) led Aydinirian Nation toward the new direction of glory and prosperity, ending previous isolationist policy and opening Empire to the word.

For over next 100 years descendants of Zisudra and Raohshana ruled over the Empire in relative peace and prosperity, strengthening the state and modernising it. Until this year, 2135 AD (1905 in the foreigners' calendar) when young and ambitious Ravanis, Zisudra's grandson, entered the throne of his ancestors.

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Emperor's Palace in Ezhid
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City of Ezhid
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City of Assurhan

Territory: Bavens, Mohol, B'masi, Eksum, Ecavat, Capet, Venni, Acjaio, Vij-as, Acasdased, Valois, Fiojoi, Far Assyr, West Assyr, Lower Assyr, Upper Assyr, East Assyr, Ungvair, Mespot.

Language: Aydinirian - official language.
Persian, Hindi, Avestan, Sanskirt - more important minority languages.

National Religion: Aydinirianism (something like a mix of Hinduism, ancient Mesopotamia religion, Zoroastrianism with imperial cult like in ancient Rome)

National Culture/Identity: Aydinirian.
Aydinirians believe that life is a constant fight. Fight with adversities and your own weaknesses. That's why almost all population is military trained and martial arts and sword fighting are very popular. They respect also sharp tongue, from a small kid all are taught and trained in rhetoric, which made them not only great soldiers but also speakers and orators.
Different is also approach toward sex and sexuality. They are nothing tabu, no source od shame. Sexual promiscuity is quite popular here. Maybe because one of the 3 major Aydinirian gods is Ishār - godess of love, sex, beauty and fertility (but also war xd).

National Passtime: Martial Arts, horse riding, drinking contests, poetry, dancing and singing

National holiday: New Year (21 March), Unification Day (28 October), Dashanar (2 January), feasts in honor of various gods, Emperor's Birthsday.

Nation's Population: 120 million

Allies: none

Enemies: none, yet

Political issues: Emperor is young and barely sat on the throne, so his position among nobles is not well established yet. There are also increasingly violent border frictions in East Assyr. Recent AQSA reports claim that Empire of Grayman is starting mobilization of its forces on the other side of the border.

Chance of revolt: very little

Greatest Victory: Conquests of Zisudra 2015 - 2020 AD (1785 - 1790)

Most Embarrassing Defeat: Jashor - Fall of the Old Empire

MILITARY STATISTICS

Head General: Emperor Ravanis II and General Azar Chandrashif

Generals Staff: General Gohar nez-Taqazhir, General Settarxiya Elanshif, General Zartôsh Ammari, General Veas Khaśariani, General Cifrin nez-Paťarashi.

Military strength:

1. 750.000 active soldiers
140 Divisions, 5000 soldiers each
Incuding infantry, medics and cavalry

2. 50 ships
(I would like to write here a little bit more, but honestly I have no idea about 19th and 20th century war ships)

3. 2000 Artillery

+ 2 powerful intelligence services.
AQSA - from Aydinirian Amīdras Quizhinepi Sayarvazhi Aydīniru, "Intelligence Services of the Aydinirian Nation"
Number of personnel: top secret
SAVAK - from Aydinirian Sar̄eazhi Amīdras ag Vaśdahis Azhusuru Kéwachyani,"Service of Security and Conservation of Public Order"
Number of personnel: top secret

ARMAMENT

Infantry

Primary Weapon: Assaran 07, type of rifle-musket

Secondary Weapon: Bava Gharan Revolver

Melee Weapon: Chamzhir, Aydinirian national weapon. Curved, often serrated blade. Can have different forms, from sabers to knives.

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Uniform: Cotton and leather, black-white with deep red and scarlet accents. It looks a little bit like indian from the colonial era. But without the turbans.

Pack gear: Eatables and canned goods. Extra ammunition, chamzhir's sharpener, cooking equipment, bedroll, lighter, water and vodka.

Greatest Strengths: Great morale and traning, good marksmanship. Fighting in difficult terrain.

Greatest Weaknesses: Quite slow march. Bad at tundra.

Tactics: Shoot, successively reducing the distance from the enemy in the same time inflicting serious losses at his ranks. When in appropriate distance charge, tying the enemy in meele combat. If it is not possible try to flank enemy under the fire cover of friendly units.

Specialty: Especially efficient in meele combat.

Cavalry

Primary Weapon: Shaftar Rifle

Secondary Weapon: Ver̄un Revolver

Melee Weapon: szabla, chamzhir

Uniform: Simmilar to infantry but with different emblems

Pack gear: Eatables and canned goods. Sharpener, cooking equipment, bedroll, lighter, lunette, water and vodka.

Greatest Strengths: Excellent morale and charge. Very fast.

Greatest Weaknesses: Susceptible to gunfire.

Tactics: When enemy is tyied charge from the flank or back, crushing and trampling the enemy. Can quickly move, retreat and charge many times .

Specialty: Breaking enemy lines.

Artillery

I have no idea.

Ships

Same.

For ships, just simply go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_war ... orld_War_I

[Skarten]

Thats really no worry to me. We shall see how things develop.

Currently my line of battle is 78 super-dreadnoughts, 131 dreadnoughts, 43 pre-dreadnought battleships, 78 battlecruisers, 51 heavy cruisers, 213 light cruisers, 550 destroyers, 409 submersibles, and 23 airships. I am building or have ordered 64 super-dreadnoughts, 61 dreadnoughts, 117 battlecruisers, 205 cruisers, 861 destroyers, 1,672 corvettes, 2,050 submersibles, and 124 airships, with the expansion scheduled to be completed by 1915.

Well you play this RP makes mostly 25 IC years, And you had like 20 Reforms,sooo

Uh I've had two and they have been quite minor. Mostly involving reorganization, not a complete rebuild.

Same for me.

See, all i did was count the heads of my Soldiers who enlisted in the war against NSCU. Easy.

[Arengin Union]

NATION INFORMATION

Nation name: Second Aydinirian Empire - Lawaso Khshāyarvan Aydīniru
Capital: Empire has got two equally important capitals - Ezhid and Assurhan.
National goals: To prevail enemies and secure prosperous future for Empire, divine Emperor and proud Aydinirian Nation.

Nation's Leader: Khshāyar Ravanis II Zisudrashif
*'Khshāyar' is an official tittle of Aydinirian rulers and can be translated as Emperor.

National Government: Aydinir is an Absolute Monarchy. Aydinirian Emperors, or Khshāyars as they are often named, are considered as divine beeings and direct descendants of the Gods. This dogma is a foundation of the official ideology of the state. On the government consists also 7 ministries - Ministry of War, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Intelligence and Domestic Security, Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of Trade and Economy and Ministry of Science. Council of Knowing is an advisory body composed of experts from the most important fields who advise the Emperor, whenever he asks for such help.

National history: Aydinirians are stubborn, hard-nosed, hard-working and proud people. They are also one of the oldest, if not the oldest, still existing nation.
More than 3000 years ago at the zenith of its glory was an ancient empire known today as Old Aydinir. It was a dominant power in this part of the world, with its highly culturally and technologically advanced society. Old Empire, as it is sometimes named, is widely considered to be one of the cradles of civilization, one of the oldest of ancient empires. We have no certain information about a founder of this state or exact date of it's birth because of very small amout of reliable sources which survived to this day, but this few which managed to survive give us a fascinating view at this ancient civilization.

According to some ancient texts, about 4500 Before Destruction, in the green and fertile lands of Aydinirian Plateau settled ancestors of Aydinirians. Tradition says that in the year 4382 BD proto-Aydinirian tribe, known as Arćvash, founded city of Djyazhoar, located in island in the middle of Yitrazhi River, one of the oldest known city in history. This date was so important that it became a starting date of old Aydinirian calendar and date from which they counted years.

Green and rich lands of Plateau allowed this young civilization to flourish. Few centuries later city of Djyazhoar was a prosperous city-state, but only one of seven proto-Aydynirian cities on the Plateau.
This state of affairs was not satisfactory for ambitious rulers of Djyazhoar, which from time immemorial have titled themselves as 'khshāyars' and were considered as a living gods, in a straight line childrens of Hānar̄, son of Radhevar. Legendary Scarlet Throne was a symbol of their divne power, throne made from a deep red crystal, beautifuly formed and carved.
Somewhere around the year 4000 BD semi-legendary ruler of Djyazhoar, Khshāyar Haxāmanish the Great, opened the gates of his city and unleashed his armies to conquere world. Other cities were falling one after another under the feets of his well trained and fanatically loyal soldiers. Khshāyar personally led them in battle and after a couple of years whole Plateau became part of his emerging empire.

This first centuries of history of Old Empire remains covered in the darkness of the past, all because lack of proper historical sources. Almost all we knew comes from 3 full manuscripts which survived to our times and parts of sevaral others, mostly in bad in bad condition.

First fully historical ruler of Old Aydinir was Khshāyar Curush of Haxāmanid Dynasty, who ruled since year 3833 BD. He sat on the Scarlet Throne when he was 17 years old, and he immediately began serious reforms of his country. He created first in history unified and codified law for his empire, which after him was named The Code of Curush.
Another reforms changed his military forces. He reorganized old military system, and inspired by the legandary conquests of Haxāmanish, he divided the army into infantry, cavalry and archers, reformed the command system and created three new military organizations.
First one, Patgwannaniya, or Immortals, was an elite military formation of heavy infantry, of 10,000 soldiers. When one Immortal fell on the battlefield, another immediately replaced him, which gave the impression that no matter how many imperial soldiers enemy may kill, their number was never changing. A sense that they cannot be truly killed devastated enemy's morale and that's why they were called Immortals.
The second one, Varharńaghanaya, which means Armored Riders, was elite formation of heavy cataphract cavalry, both riders and horses were armored in the best armors of those times. Varharńaghanaya were primarily used for impetuous charges to break through infantry formations.
The third one, called Anûshaya Khshāyaraz, which means more or less 'Khshāyar's All-seeing Eyes', was not a military unit but rather first in history secred police and intelligence agency. They travelled across the Empire, using network of roads built on the order of the Shah, and were Shah's eyes, ears and mouths in every corner of his domine. They were also his spies in foreign countries, infiltrating his future targets and gathering informations about rivals. They were both feared and respected, and hence comes ancient proverb "Where Emperor can't go, will send his Eyes".
Army of the Empire was different than most of others, because both men and women served in it. The same applies to Anûshaya Khshāyaraz.
He used his reformed military to expand Empire's border even further. He conquered another 33 countries and tribes, annexing their land to the Empire.

In the times of several successive Khshāyars country grew even stronger and more powerful. Rulers used to multiply the wealth and might of their country, in the same time enjoying absolute, divine power and majesty. Armies marched, fought and conquered, all this in the name of Gods and Emperors. That times were also the heyday of architecture, art and culture. Aydinirian artists, poets and writers created great works of art and epics of literature, but unfortunately we know about them mostly from remittances from second-hand, because only a small part of them have survived to our times. During this era unique Aydinirian artistic style have formed.
Aydinirian culture quickly became dominant in many parts of the ancient world, and rivalized with Romulan on the lands around Amber Road. Nations conquered by the Empire very often subjected to forced or willing Aydinirization. They abbandoned their culture, traditions, religions and languages under the might of Aydinirian high culture. They were loosing their ethnicity, but instead becoming citizens of one of the greatest empires of all times.
We have also several descriptions of imperial capital from that golden era. Djyazhoar appears as the greatest and most maginificent city in the whole ancient world, located on the great island-hill, in the middle of Yitrazhi River. It was connected with the both sides of river by two great stone bridges and sourrounded by three circles of impregnable walls, with a hundred of towers each. Huge colorful domes, slim columns, high towers and thousands of statues. On the top of the hill stood monumental Imperial Palace and The Highest Temple, with its dome made from a purest gold, which shine was visible from many kilometers around the city. City of Djyazhoar was one of the seven wonders of ancient world. Some autors give informations that in the city and its sourroundings lived unbelievable number of over one and half million inhabitants.
We don't know how much of this descriptions it is true and how much only lush fantasy of its autors.

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Djyazhoar, capital of Old Aydinir

Ancient Aydinirians were not only great conquerors and artists, but also traders and, most of all, sailors.

They traded all sorts of goods, with all, whenever it was profitable. Also, during that times the Amber Road was formed. The Amber Road was an ancient network of trade routes that for centuries were central to cultural interaction which connected western and eastern regions of world. It name came from the lucrative trade in Aydinirian amber carried out along its length. Old Empire exported its amber, and another goods west, in exchange for goods which was produced only in those far, western lands of the continent. Business flourished, and ideas traveled with caravans from east to west and from west to east. Even today many languages have Aydinirian loanwords, for terms like "gold", "currency", "trade", "bargain", "sale", "slave" or "amber".
Throughout intensive trade and thanks to constantly traveling east-west caravans, Old Empire for the first time in its history met and established diplomatic relations with distant, foreign countries which could however rivaled with its own might and glory.
The Amber Road allowed three greatest empires of the ancient times - Old Aydinir, Romulan Empire and Khyrani Dominion - to face each other.

Aydinirians were always connected with the sea. They were ones of the first true sailors, which looked at the stars and travelled through distant waters. Their ships were seen far away from their homeland, and their foots stood on the undiscovered lands, making them discovered. Aydinirians reached the farthest corners of Pagos, they established their outposts everywhere around the sea, everywhere where they ships could get. They were the first ones circumnavigated the continent. They made the first detailed maps of the coastline. Soon after they started to colonize new territories.

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Ancient Aydinirian explorers

That was a difference between ancient Aydinirians and today's - in the old days this nation was guided by the overwhelming, uninhibited desire for exploration, lust of curiosity and now they became isolationists, afraid of the world outside their borders.

In the year 2501 BD Empire was shook by the civil war, called War of the Dragons. After the death of Khshāyar Dariush V, when his firstborn child, his daughter Cifrin was just about her coronation, her younger sister Jadis clamed the Scarlet Throne for herself, starting one of the bloodiest and most horrible wars in the history of Old Aydinir. Jadis and her supporters quickly mastered imperial capital Djyazhoar, hoping to capture Cifrin and killed her, but she was warned and escaped the city in the last moment.
Jadis crowned herself for Khshāyara at the Highest Temple and began bloody hunt for all loyalists and potential supporters of her sister. In the same time Cifrin managed to gather some forces to take back what belonged to her. Empire was torn apart for two parts and was plunged into cruel, 5 years long civil war.
It ended when Cifrin's forces arrived under the walls of the capital. After the 5 years of her reign Jadis was commonly hated, most of her supporters was dead and the rest turned away from her. She was murdered at the stairs of the Imperial Palace, probably by Grivpanûvar, elite bodyguard unit which protected rulers of Old Empire. Few hours ago Cifrin at the head of her troops entered the city and sat on the Scarlet Throne.

In the year 1998 BD Khshāyar Ardashir the Wise in his royal residences in the city of Ńanive created the greatest library of the ancient world, in which he gathered all books and scrolls which were created. It was another of the seven wonders of those times.

In the year 1103 BD Khshāyara Settareh II in great, 22 years long war, conquered Kingdom of Antea, which lay on the western slopes of Amnell Mountains, by Aydinirians named Naxrhi Ezjoni, Eastern Mountains. It is a significant event because this coincided with the annexation of the Kingdom of Resana by the Romulan Empire. In that year all three empires obtained a common border.
Ten years later, in 1093 BD, the Great War broke out, starting an era which will be named later as the Age of Blood.
For over 300 years Old Aydinir, Romulan Empire and Khyrani Dominion waged a series of great wars.
In the year 782 BD Khshāyar Zhizar concluded a treaty with Romulan Empire and Khyrani Dominion, which was solemnly named 'Eternal Peace'. Under this pact new spheres of influence for all three powers were established, which changed political shape of the world byt wich were acceptable for all parties.

In that milennium Empire was at the zenith of its might and glory, and it is sure that there days was a golden age for Aydinirians. Almost 35% of the world population lived within the borders of Empire. Generations have lived and died under the reign of the Shahs and Shahias. It seemed that nothing could threaten the power and the glory of the state, as nothing could undermine the beauty Aydinirian architecture.

All this ended about 2500 years ago, as a result of events called later "Jashor", term which means, more or less "annihilation" or "destruction". It was an invasion of unknown, barbaric nation, by Aydinirians known only as Marhmadhim, the Butchers. The Butchers came from the north-west and like a swarm, locusts rolled over the lands of Empire. Aggressors crushed Aydinirian army, captured the capital city of Djyazhoar and looted it without any mercy. Marhmadhim began campaign of terror and desolation. They committed unimaginable atrocities and mass, planned genocides. Mighty walls, which seemed to be impregnable, have fallen, palaces, libraries and temples have been razed to the ground, great cities, which had hundreds of thousands of citizens, have been slaughtered and millions Aydinirians have been burned alive. The last members of the Haxaamanid Dynasty which ruled Old Aydinir for a 4500 years have vanished from the cards of history. Jashor was a time of madness, anarchy, contempt and chaos.

This event, for obvious reasons, has left its mark on the mentality of this nation. They lost their previous boundless curiosity and became closed for everything and everyone unfamiliar. They left their old callendar and started counting years from this tragic day. From this moment there was always demarcation for days before and after Jashor. For days of their glory and days of their humiliation.

The period of time that came later is called Dark Ages, because we know nothing of this few centuries right after Destruction. It lasted for about one millenium. From the rubble of once proud empire grew hundreds of tiny city-states, which fought with each other for remnants of ancestral heritage. In the place of once green and fertile land of Aydinirian Plateau, where was the heart of Old Aydinir, appeared the Great Desert, devouring under the sand ruins of once pround cities. We don't know how or why it formed, we don't know what happened with the Butchers, we even failed to determine a direct location of Djyazhoar (although it is known that it was focated somewhere in today province of Acasdased). Most of ancient Aydinirian knowledge, collected by countless generations was burned in the mad flame of Destruction or lost during the Dark Ages which came after Destruction.

Following 1500 years was time of de facto everlasting civil war between Aydinian city-states, ruled by many minor kings. Over next centuries Aydinirian kingdoms rose and fell, usually fighting not with outsiders but against each other. This Era of Fragmentation could have ended because of king Ravan, which ruled Mazdaran, the most powerful Aydinirian Kingom of those times. He began to colonize near by territories to expand his domine but that was not enough for his ambition. Ultimately he wanted to recreate and ressurect the Old Empire. And everything was according to his will, up to the point where expedition he sent, led by Arźan Ćandrashif, came across young Aren Kingdom. During the event known as Urus War, small Mazdarani expeditionary forces were pushed back by far more numerous Arenginian forces. Despite the supreme Aydinirian military tactics, strategy and military traditions barbarians outnumbered forces of Ćandrashif. Huge defeat thwarted Ravan's plans of massive colonization, forcing him on concentration on closer areas.
10 years later he became strong enough to call a meeting of all Aydinirian kings during which he wanted to proclaim recreation of the Empire and vassalize all other rulers. Unfortunately, he was treacherously assasinated by his own power-thirsty brother, in assistance of other kings. This event is known now as the Bloody Treason. It buried hope for unification of Aydinirians for another few centuries. Several years after Bloody Treason Kingdom of Mazdaran was destroyed in series of destructive civli wars and foreign military interventions.

122 years ago, in 2013 After Destruction, young and charismatic leader, Zisudra nez-Shevdeidh lead coup d'etat and overthrew the government of the city-state of Ezhid. He declared the creation of the Shahinayan Empire, and proclaimed himself Khshāyar. He declared that he is a continuer of a great work of the Old Emperors and descendant of the Haxāmanid Dynasty.
He immediately began ellimination of political opponents, created new propagandistic tube and reorganized army, changing it on a massive scale. He based his power on 2 secret services. The first one is SAVAK, secret police and service for public order, the second - AQSA, is Aydinirian intelligence agency.
For the Khshāyar however it was only a first step in his plan. His main objective was to unite all Aydinirians in one country.
In 2015 AD, taking advantage of the difficult political situation between Aydinirian States, Shahinay invaded the State of Śranirh, beginning a campaign to reunite Aydinirian nation under one the banner and one scepter. It lasted over 5 years, during which Shahinay conquered all states except for mighty Assurhan. War was in the stalemate for both sides, so they began negociations. In October the same year truce was announced - both states were united due to royal marriage between Zisudra nez-Shevdeidh and Raohshana nez-Poûrvayą, Queen of Assurhan. Foundation of the Second Aydinirian Empire was announced the same day. Khshāyar Zisudra Éxan (Emperor Zisudra the Great) and Khshāyara Raohshana Dhiryāni (Empress Raohshana the Beautiful) led Aydinirian Nation toward the new direction of glory and prosperity, ending previous isolationist policy and opening Empire to the word.

For over next 100 years descendants of Zisudra and Raohshana ruled over the Empire in relative peace and prosperity, strengthening the state and modernising it. Until this year, 2135 AD (1905 in the foreigners' calendar) when young and ambitious Ravanis, Zisudra's grandson, entered the throne of his ancestors.

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Emperor's Palace in Ezhid
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City of Ezhid
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City of Assurhan

Territory: Bavens, Mohol, B'masi, Eksum, Ecavat, Capet, Venni, Acjaio, Vij-as, Acasdased, Valois, Fiojoi, Far Assyr, West Assyr, Lower Assyr, Upper Assyr, East Assyr, Ungvair, Mespot.

Language: Aydinirian - official language.
Persian, Hindi, Avestan, Sanskirt - more important minority languages.

National Religion: Aydinirianism (something like a mix of Hinduism, ancient Mesopotamia religion, Zoroastrianism with imperial cult like in ancient Rome)

National Culture/Identity: Aydinirian.
Aydinirians believe that life is a constant fight. Fight with adversities and your own weaknesses. That's why almost all population is military trained and martial arts and sword fighting are very popular. They respect also sharp tongue, from a small kid all are taught and trained in rhetoric, which made them not only great soldiers but also speakers and orators.
Different is also approach toward sex and sexuality. They are nothing tabu, no source od shame. Sexual promiscuity is quite popular here. Maybe because one of the 3 major Aydinirian gods is Ishār - godess of love, sex, beauty and fertility (but also war xd).

National Passtime: Martial Arts, horse riding, drinking contests, poetry, dancing and singing

National holiday: New Year (21 March), Unification Day (28 October), Dashanar (2 January), feasts in honor of various gods, Emperor's Birthsday.

Nation's Population: 120 million

Allies: none

Enemies: none, yet

Political issues: Emperor is young and barely sat on the throne, so his position among nobles is not well established yet. There are also increasingly violent border frictions in East Assyr. Recent AQSA reports claim that Empire of Grayman is starting mobilization of its forces on the other side of the border.

Chance of revolt: very little

Greatest Victory: Conquests of Zisudra 2015 - 2020 AD (1785 - 1790)

Most Embarrassing Defeat: Jashor - Fall of the Old Empire

MILITARY STATISTICS

Head General: Emperor Ravanis II and General Azar Chandrashif

Generals Staff: General Gohar nez-Taqazhir, General Settarxiya Elanshif, General Zartôsh Ammari, General Veas Khaśariani, General Cifrin nez-Paťarashi.

Military strength:

1. 750.000 active soldiers
140 Divisions, 5000 soldiers each
Incuding infantry, medics and cavalry

2. 50 ships
(I would like to write here a little bit more, but honestly I have no idea about 19th and 20th century war ships)

3. 2000 Artillery

+ 2 powerful intelligence services.
AQSA - from Aydinirian Amīdras Quizhinepi Sayarvazhi Aydīniru, "Intelligence Services of the Aydinirian Nation"
Number of personnel: top secret
SAVAK - from Aydinirian Sar̄eazhi Amīdras ag Vaśdahis Azhusuru Kéwachyani,"Service of Security and Conservation of Public Order"
Number of personnel: top secret

ARMAMENT

Infantry

Primary Weapon: Assaran 07, type of rifle-musket

Secondary Weapon: Bava Gharan Revolver

Melee Weapon: Chamzhir, Aydinirian national weapon. Curved, often serrated blade. Can have different forms, from sabers to knives.

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Uniform: Cotton and leather, black-white with deep red and scarlet accents. It looks a little bit like indian from the colonial era. But without the turbans.

Pack gear: Eatables and canned goods. Extra ammunition, chamzhir's sharpener, cooking equipment, bedroll, lighter, water and vodka.

Greatest Strengths: Great morale and traning, good marksmanship. Fighting in difficult terrain.

Greatest Weaknesses: Quite slow march. Bad at tundra.

Tactics: Shoot, successively reducing the distance from the enemy in the same time inflicting serious losses at his ranks. When in appropriate distance charge, tying the enemy in meele combat. If it is not possible try to flank enemy under the fire cover of friendly units.

Specialty: Especially efficient in meele combat.

Cavalry

Primary Weapon: Shaftar Rifle

Secondary Weapon: Ver̄un Revolver

Melee Weapon: szabla, chamzhir

Uniform: Simmilar to infantry but with different emblems

Pack gear: Eatables and canned goods. Sharpener, cooking equipment, bedroll, lighter, lunette, water and vodka.

Greatest Strengths: Excellent morale and charge. Very fast.

Greatest Weaknesses: Susceptible to gunfire.

Tactics: When enemy is tyied charge from the flank or back, crushing and trampling the enemy. Can quickly move, retreat and charge many times .

Specialty: Breaking enemy lines.

Artillery

I have no idea.

Ships

Same.

Accepted. Word of advice, make a navy ASAP.

Also you can add me as an enemy. And I did mention you in my history.

We have an entire thread for National stats and one for History if you wanna post in them.

[Skarten]

TFW Manticore created an Katyusha

That was created Irl in 1939

[The Manticoran Empire]

Currently my line of battle is 78 super-dreadnoughts, 131 dreadnoughts, 43 pre-dreadnought battleships, 78 battlecruisers, 51 heavy cruisers, 213 light cruisers, 550 destroyers, 409 submersibles, and 23 airships. I am building or have ordered 64 super-dreadnoughts, 61 dreadnoughts, 117 battlecruisers, 205 cruisers, 861 destroyers, 1,672 corvettes, 2,050 submersibles, and 124 airships, with the expansion scheduled to be completed by 1915.

Uh I've had two and they have been quite minor. Mostly involving reorganization, not a complete rebuild.

Same for me.

See, all i did was count the heads of my Soldiers who enlisted in the war against NSCU. Easy.

That isn't a reform. That is a headcount.

[The Manticoran Empire]

TFW Manticore created an Katyusha

That was created Irl in 1939

Dude...it's a rocket rack mounted on a truck. I've got 60,000 fucking trucks.

[Skarten]

NATION INFORMATION

Nation name: Second Aydinirian Empire - Lawaso Khshāyarvan Aydīniru
Capital: Empire has got two equally important capitals - Ezhid and Assurhan.
National goals: To prevail enemies and secure prosperous future for Empire, divine Emperor and proud Aydinirian Nation.

Nation's Leader: Khshāyar Ravanis II Zisudrashif
*'Khshāyar' is an official tittle of Aydinirian rulers and can be translated as Emperor.

National Government: Aydinir is an Absolute Monarchy. Aydinirian Emperors, or Khshāyars as they are often named, are considered as divine beeings and direct descendants of the Gods. This dogma is a foundation of the official ideology of the state. On the government consists also 7 ministries - Ministry of War, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Intelligence and Domestic Security, Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of Trade and Economy and Ministry of Science. Council of Knowing is an advisory body composed of experts from the most important fields who advise the Emperor, whenever he asks for such help.

National history: Aydinirians are stubborn, hard-nosed, hard-working and proud people. They are also one of the oldest, if not the oldest, still existing nation.
More than 3000 years ago at the zenith of its glory was an ancient empire known today as Old Aydinir. It was a dominant power in this part of the world, with its highly culturally and technologically advanced society. Old Empire, as it is sometimes named, is widely considered to be one of the cradles of civilization, one of the oldest of ancient empires. We have no certain information about a founder of this state or exact date of it's birth because of very small amout of reliable sources which survived to this day, but this few which managed to survive give us a fascinating view at this ancient civilization.

According to some ancient texts, about 4500 Before Destruction, in the green and fertile lands of Aydinirian Plateau settled ancestors of Aydinirians. Tradition says that in the year 4382 BD proto-Aydinirian tribe, known as Arćvash, founded city of Djyazhoar, located in island in the middle of Yitrazhi River, one of the oldest known city in history. This date was so important that it became a starting date of old Aydinirian calendar and date from which they counted years.

Green and rich lands of Plateau allowed this young civilization to flourish. Few centuries later city of Djyazhoar was a prosperous city-state, but only one of seven proto-Aydynirian cities on the Plateau.
This state of affairs was not satisfactory for ambitious rulers of Djyazhoar, which from time immemorial have titled themselves as 'khshāyars' and were considered as a living gods, in a straight line childrens of Hānar̄, son of Radhevar. Legendary Scarlet Throne was a symbol of their divne power, throne made from a deep red crystal, beautifuly formed and carved.
Somewhere around the year 4000 BD semi-legendary ruler of Djyazhoar, Khshāyar Haxāmanish the Great, opened the gates of his city and unleashed his armies to conquere world. Other cities were falling one after another under the feets of his well trained and fanatically loyal soldiers. Khshāyar personally led them in battle and after a couple of years whole Plateau became part of his emerging empire.

This first centuries of history of Old Empire remains covered in the darkness of the past, all because lack of proper historical sources. Almost all we knew comes from 3 full manuscripts which survived to our times and parts of sevaral others, mostly in bad in bad condition.

First fully historical ruler of Old Aydinir was Khshāyar Curush of Haxāmanid Dynasty, who ruled since year 3833 BD. He sat on the Scarlet Throne when he was 17 years old, and he immediately began serious reforms of his country. He created first in history unified and codified law for his empire, which after him was named The Code of Curush.
Another reforms changed his military forces. He reorganized old military system, and inspired by the legandary conquests of Haxāmanish, he divided the army into infantry, cavalry and archers, reformed the command system and created three new military organizations.
First one, Patgwannaniya, or Immortals, was an elite military formation of heavy infantry, of 10,000 soldiers. When one Immortal fell on the battlefield, another immediately replaced him, which gave the impression that no matter how many imperial soldiers enemy may kill, their number was never changing. A sense that they cannot be truly killed devastated enemy's morale and that's why they were called Immortals.
The second one, Varharńaghanaya, which means Armored Riders, was elite formation of heavy cataphract cavalry, both riders and horses were armored in the best armors of those times. Varharńaghanaya were primarily used for impetuous charges to break through infantry formations.
The third one, called Anûshaya Khshāyaraz, which means more or less 'Khshāyar's All-seeing Eyes', was not a military unit but rather first in history secred police and intelligence agency. They travelled across the Empire, using network of roads built on the order of the Shah, and were Shah's eyes, ears and mouths in every corner of his domine. They were also his spies in foreign countries, infiltrating his future targets and gathering informations about rivals. They were both feared and respected, and hence comes ancient proverb "Where Emperor can't go, will send his Eyes".
Army of the Empire was different than most of others, because both men and women served in it. The same applies to Anûshaya Khshāyaraz.
He used his reformed military to expand Empire's border even further. He conquered another 33 countries and tribes, annexing their land to the Empire.

In the times of several successive Khshāyars country grew even stronger and more powerful. Rulers used to multiply the wealth and might of their country, in the same time enjoying absolute, divine power and majesty. Armies marched, fought and conquered, all this in the name of Gods and Emperors. That times were also the heyday of architecture, art and culture. Aydinirian artists, poets and writers created great works of art and epics of literature, but unfortunately we know about them mostly from remittances from second-hand, because only a small part of them have survived to our times. During this era unique Aydinirian artistic style have formed.
Aydinirian culture quickly became dominant in many parts of the ancient world, and rivalized with Romulan on the lands around Amber Road. Nations conquered by the Empire very often subjected to forced or willing Aydinirization. They abbandoned their culture, traditions, religions and languages under the might of Aydinirian high culture. They were loosing their ethnicity, but instead becoming citizens of one of the greatest empires of all times.
We have also several descriptions of imperial capital from that golden era. Djyazhoar appears as the greatest and most maginificent city in the whole ancient world, located on the great island-hill, in the middle of Yitrazhi River. It was connected with the both sides of river by two great stone bridges and sourrounded by three circles of impregnable walls, with a hundred of towers each. Huge colorful domes, slim columns, high towers and thousands of statues. On the top of the hill stood monumental Imperial Palace and The Highest Temple, with its dome made from a purest gold, which shine was visible from many kilometers around the city. City of Djyazhoar was one of the seven wonders of ancient world. Some autors give informations that in the city and its sourroundings lived unbelievable number of over one and half million inhabitants.
We don't know how much of this descriptions it is true and how much only lush fantasy of its autors.

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Djyazhoar, capital of Old Aydinir

Ancient Aydinirians were not only great conquerors and artists, but also traders and, most of all, sailors.

They traded all sorts of goods, with all, whenever it was profitable. Also, during that times the Amber Road was formed. The Amber Road was an ancient network of trade routes that for centuries were central to cultural interaction which connected western and eastern regions of world. It name came from the lucrative trade in Aydinirian amber carried out along its length. Old Empire exported its amber, and another goods west, in exchange for goods which was produced only in those far, western lands of the continent. Business flourished, and ideas traveled with caravans from east to west and from west to east. Even today many languages have Aydinirian loanwords, for terms like "gold", "currency", "trade", "bargain", "sale", "slave" or "amber".
Throughout intensive trade and thanks to constantly traveling east-west caravans, Old Empire for the first time in its history met and established diplomatic relations with distant, foreign countries which could however rivaled with its own might and glory.
The Amber Road allowed three greatest empires of the ancient times - Old Aydinir, Romulan Empire and Khyrani Dominion - to face each other.

Aydinirians were always connected with the sea. They were ones of the first true sailors, which looked at the stars and travelled through distant waters. Their ships were seen far away from their homeland, and their foots stood on the undiscovered lands, making them discovered. Aydinirians reached the farthest corners of Pagos, they established their outposts everywhere around the sea, everywhere where they ships could get. They were the first ones circumnavigated the continent. They made the first detailed maps of the coastline. Soon after they started to colonize new territories.

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Ancient Aydinirian explorers

That was a difference between ancient Aydinirians and today's - in the old days this nation was guided by the overwhelming, uninhibited desire for exploration, lust of curiosity and now they became isolationists, afraid of the world outside their borders.

In the year 2501 BD Empire was shook by the civil war, called War of the Dragons. After the death of Khshāyar Dariush V, when his firstborn child, his daughter Cifrin was just about her coronation, her younger sister Jadis clamed the Scarlet Throne for herself, starting one of the bloodiest and most horrible wars in the history of Old Aydinir. Jadis and her supporters quickly mastered imperial capital Djyazhoar, hoping to capture Cifrin and killed her, but she was warned and escaped the city in the last moment.
Jadis crowned herself for Khshāyara at the Highest Temple and began bloody hunt for all loyalists and potential supporters of her sister. In the same time Cifrin managed to gather some forces to take back what belonged to her. Empire was torn apart for two parts and was plunged into cruel, 5 years long civil war.
It ended when Cifrin's forces arrived under the walls of the capital. After the 5 years of her reign Jadis was commonly hated, most of her supporters was dead and the rest turned away from her. She was murdered at the stairs of the Imperial Palace, probably by Grivpanûvar, elite bodyguard unit which protected rulers of Old Empire. Few hours ago Cifrin at the head of her troops entered the city and sat on the Scarlet Throne.

In the year 1998 BD Khshāyar Ardashir the Wise in his royal residences in the city of Ńanive created the greatest library of the ancient world, in which he gathered all books and scrolls which were created. It was another of the seven wonders of those times.

In the year 1103 BD Khshāyara Settareh II in great, 22 years long war, conquered Kingdom of Antea, which lay on the western slopes of Amnell Mountains, by Aydinirians named Naxrhi Ezjoni, Eastern Mountains. It is a significant event because this coincided with the annexation of the Kingdom of Resana by the Romulan Empire. In that year all three empires obtained a common border.
Ten years later, in 1093 BD, the Great War broke out, starting an era which will be named later as the Age of Blood.
For over 300 years Old Aydinir, Romulan Empire and Khyrani Dominion waged a series of great wars.
In the year 782 BD Khshāyar Zhizar concluded a treaty with Romulan Empire and Khyrani Dominion, which was solemnly named 'Eternal Peace'. Under this pact new spheres of influence for all three powers were established, which changed political shape of the world byt wich were acceptable for all parties.

In that milennium Empire was at the zenith of its might and glory, and it is sure that there days was a golden age for Aydinirians. Almost 35% of the world population lived within the borders of Empire. Generations have lived and died under the reign of the Shahs and Shahias. It seemed that nothing could threaten the power and the glory of the state, as nothing could undermine the beauty Aydinirian architecture.

All this ended about 2500 years ago, as a result of events called later "Jashor", term which means, more or less "annihilation" or "destruction". It was an invasion of unknown, barbaric nation, by Aydinirians known only as Marhmadhim, the Butchers. The Butchers came from the north-west and like a swarm, locusts rolled over the lands of Empire. Aggressors crushed Aydinirian army, captured the capital city of Djyazhoar and looted it without any mercy. Marhmadhim began campaign of terror and desolation. They committed unimaginable atrocities and mass, planned genocides. Mighty walls, which seemed to be impregnable, have fallen, palaces, libraries and temples have been razed to the ground, great cities, which had hundreds of thousands of citizens, have been slaughtered and millions Aydinirians have been burned alive. The last members of the Haxaamanid Dynasty which ruled Old Aydinir for a 4500 years have vanished from the cards of history. Jashor was a time of madness, anarchy, contempt and chaos.

This event, for obvious reasons, has left its mark on the mentality of this nation. They lost their previous boundless curiosity and became closed for everything and everyone unfamiliar. They left their old callendar and started counting years from this tragic day. From this moment there was always demarcation for days before and after Jashor. For days of their glory and days of their humiliation.

The period of time that came later is called Dark Ages, because we know nothing of this few centuries right after Destruction. It lasted for about one millenium. From the rubble of once proud empire grew hundreds of tiny city-states, which fought with each other for remnants of ancestral heritage. In the place of once green and fertile land of Aydinirian Plateau, where was the heart of Old Aydinir, appeared the Great Desert, devouring under the sand ruins of once pround cities. We don't know how or why it formed, we don't know what happened with the Butchers, we even failed to determine a direct location of Djyazhoar (although it is known that it was focated somewhere in today province of Acasdased). Most of ancient Aydinirian knowledge, collected by countless generations was burned in the mad flame of Destruction or lost during the Dark Ages which came after Destruction.

Following 1500 years was time of de facto everlasting civil war between Aydinian city-states, ruled by many minor kings. Over next centuries Aydinirian kingdoms rose and fell, usually fighting not with outsiders but against each other. This Era of Fragmentation could have ended because of king Ravan, which ruled Mazdaran, the most powerful Aydinirian Kingom of those times. He began to colonize near by territories to expand his domine but that was not enough for his ambition. Ultimately he wanted to recreate and ressurect the Old Empire. And everything was according to his will, up to the point where expedition he sent, led by Arźan Ćandrashif, came across young Aren Kingdom. During the event known as Urus War, small Mazdarani expeditionary forces were pushed back by far more numerous Arenginian forces. Despite the supreme Aydinirian military tactics, strategy and military traditions barbarians outnumbered forces of Ćandrashif. Huge defeat thwarted Ravan's plans of massive colonization, forcing him on concentration on closer areas.
10 years later he became strong enough to call a meeting of all Aydinirian kings during which he wanted to proclaim recreation of the Empire and vassalize all other rulers. Unfortunately, he was treacherously assasinated by his own power-thirsty brother, in assistance of other kings. This event is known now as the Bloody Treason. It buried hope for unification of Aydinirians for another few centuries. Several years after Bloody Treason Kingdom of Mazdaran was destroyed in series of destructive civli wars and foreign military interventions.

122 years ago, in 2013 After Destruction, young and charismatic leader, Zisudra nez-Shevdeidh lead coup d'etat and overthrew the government of the city-state of Ezhid. He declared the creation of the Shahinayan Empire, and proclaimed himself Khshāyar. He declared that he is a continuer of a great work of the Old Emperors and descendant of the Haxāmanid Dynasty.
He immediately began ellimination of political opponents, created new propagandistic tube and reorganized army, changing it on a massive scale. He based his power on 2 secret services. The first one is SAVAK, secret police and service for public order, the second - AQSA, is Aydinirian intelligence agency.
For the Khshāyar however it was only a first step in his plan. His main objective was to unite all Aydinirians in one country.
In 2015 AD, taking advantage of the difficult political situation between Aydinirian States, Shahinay invaded the State of Śranirh, beginning a campaign to reunite Aydinirian nation under one the banner and one scepter. It lasted over 5 years, during which Shahinay conquered all states except for mighty Assurhan. War was in the stalemate for both sides, so they began negociations. In October the same year truce was announced - both states were united due to royal marriage between Zisudra nez-Shevdeidh and Raohshana nez-Poûrvayą, Queen of Assurhan. Foundation of the Second Aydinirian Empire was announced the same day. Khshāyar Zisudra Éxan (Emperor Zisudra the Great) and Khshāyara Raohshana Dhiryāni (Empress Raohshana the Beautiful) led Aydinirian Nation toward the new direction of glory and prosperity, ending previous isolationist policy and opening Empire to the word.

For over next 100 years descendants of Zisudra and Raohshana ruled over the Empire in relative peace and prosperity, strengthening the state and modernising it. Until this year, 2135 AD (1905 in the foreigners' calendar) when young and ambitious Ravanis, Zisudra's grandson, entered the throne of his ancestors.

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Emperor's Palace in Ezhid
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City of Ezhid
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City of Assurhan

Territory: Bavens, Mohol, B'masi, Eksum, Ecavat, Capet, Venni, Acjaio, Vij-as, Acasdased, Valois, Fiojoi, Far Assyr, West Assyr, Lower Assyr, Upper Assyr, East Assyr, Ungvair, Mespot.

Language: Aydinirian - official language.
Persian, Hindi, Avestan, Sanskirt - more important minority languages.

National Religion: Aydinirianism (something like a mix of Hinduism, ancient Mesopotamia religion, Zoroastrianism with imperial cult like in ancient Rome)

National Culture/Identity: Aydinirian.
Aydinirians believe that life is a constant fight. Fight with adversities and your own weaknesses. That's why almost all population is military trained and martial arts and sword fighting are very popular. They respect also sharp tongue, from a small kid all are taught and trained in rhetoric, which made them not only great soldiers but also speakers and orators.
Different is also approach toward sex and sexuality. They are nothing tabu, no source od shame. Sexual promiscuity is quite popular here. Maybe because one of the 3 major Aydinirian gods is Ishār - godess of love, sex, beauty and fertility (but also war xd).

National Passtime: Martial Arts, horse riding, drinking contests, poetry, dancing and singing

National holiday: New Year (21 March), Unification Day (28 October), Dashanar (2 January), feasts in honor of various gods, Emperor's Birthsday.

Nation's Population: 120 million

Allies: none

Enemies: none, yet

Political issues: Emperor is young and barely sat on the throne, so his position among nobles is not well established yet. There are also increasingly violent border frictions in East Assyr. Recent AQSA reports claim that Empire of Grayman is starting mobilization of its forces on the other side of the border.

Chance of revolt: very little

Greatest Victory: Conquests of Zisudra 2015 - 2020 AD (1785 - 1790)

Most Embarrassing Defeat: Jashor - Fall of the Old Empire

MILITARY STATISTICS

Head General: Emperor Ravanis II and General Azar Chandrashif

Generals Staff: General Gohar nez-Taqazhir, General Settarxiya Elanshif, General Zartôsh Ammari, General Veas Khaśariani, General Cifrin nez-Paťarashi.

Military strength:

1. 750.000 active soldiers
140 Divisions, 5000 soldiers each
Incuding infantry, medics and cavalry

2. 50 ships
(I would like to write here a little bit more, but honestly I have no idea about 19th and 20th century war ships)

3. 2000 Artillery

+ 2 powerful intelligence services.
AQSA - from Aydinirian Amīdras Quizhinepi Sayarvazhi Aydīniru, "Intelligence Services of the Aydinirian Nation"
Number of personnel: top secret
SAVAK - from Aydinirian Sar̄eazhi Amīdras ag Vaśdahis Azhusuru Kéwachyani,"Service of Security and Conservation of Public Order"
Number of personnel: top secret

ARMAMENT

Infantry

Primary Weapon: Assaran 07, type of rifle-musket

Secondary Weapon: Bava Gharan Revolver

Melee Weapon: Chamzhir, Aydinirian national weapon. Curved, often serrated blade. Can have different forms, from sabers to knives.

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Uniform: Cotton and leather, black-white with deep red and scarlet accents. It looks a little bit like indian from the colonial era. But without the turbans.

Pack gear: Eatables and canned goods. Extra ammunition, chamzhir's sharpener, cooking equipment, bedroll, lighter, water and vodka.

Greatest Strengths: Great morale and traning, good marksmanship. Fighting in difficult terrain.

Greatest Weaknesses: Quite slow march. Bad at tundra.

Tactics: Shoot, successively reducing the distance from the enemy in the same time inflicting serious losses at his ranks. When in appropriate distance charge, tying the enemy in meele combat. If it is not possible try to flank enemy under the fire cover of friendly units.

Specialty: Especially efficient in meele combat.

Cavalry

Primary Weapon: Shaftar Rifle

Secondary Weapon: Ver̄un Revolver

Melee Weapon: szabla, chamzhir

Uniform: Simmilar to infantry but with different emblems

Pack gear: Eatables and canned goods. Sharpener, cooking equipment, bedroll, lighter, lunette, water and vodka.

Greatest Strengths: Excellent morale and charge. Very fast.

Greatest Weaknesses: Susceptible to gunfire.

Tactics: When enemy is tyied charge from the flank or back, crushing and trampling the enemy. Can quickly move, retreat and charge many times .

Specialty: Breaking enemy lines.

Artillery

I have no idea.

Ships

Same.

Accepted. Word of advice, make a navy ASAP.

Also you can add me as an enemy. And I did mention you in my history.

We have an entire thread for National stats and one for History if you wanna post in them.

No rifle picture?

[Arengin Union]

Accepted. Word of advice, make a navy ASAP.

Also you can add me as an enemy. And I did mention you in my history.

We have an entire thread for National stats and one for History if you wanna post in them.

No rifle picture?

They can do that at the stats thread

[The Manticoran Empire]

Accepted. Word of advice, make a navy ASAP.

Also you can add me as an enemy. And I did mention you in my history.

We have an entire thread for National stats and one for History if you wanna post in them.

No rifle picture?

It's a rifle musket. There aren't many decent examples and we would all laugh at him if he did provide a picture.

[Shahinay]

No rifle picture?

Is rifle picture really that important?

Accepted. Word of advice, make a navy ASAP.

Also you can add me as an enemy. And I did mention you in my history.

We have an entire thread for National stats and one for History if you wanna post in them.

Allright, enemies like in good old White Meadow XD
Can you give me a link to those threads?

[Arengin Union]

No rifle picture?

Is rifle picture really that important?

Accepted. Word of advice, make a navy ASAP.

Also you can add me as an enemy. And I did mention you in my history.

We have an entire thread for National stats and one for History if you wanna post in them.

Allright, enemies like in good old White Meadow XD
Can you give me a link to those threads?

You can find them in the first page of this thread.

[The Manticoran Empire]

No rifle picture?

Is rifle picture really that important?

Accepted. Word of advice, make a navy ASAP.

Also you can add me as an enemy. And I did mention you in my history.

We have an entire thread for National stats and one for History if you wanna post in them.

Allright, enemies like in good old White Meadow XD
Can you give me a link to those threads?

A rifle picture is helpful, though you will soon find yourself on the bottom foot. Everyone here uses bolt action repeating rifles, self-loading pistols, revolving pistols, breechloading guns, and machine guns.

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

I have the feeling that Manticore will be the death of the GDU, with this threat I might have to retract my Civil War Idea

[The Manticoran Empire]

I have the feeling that Manticore will be the death of the GDU, with this threat I might have to retract my Civil War Idea

Wow.

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

I have the feeling that Manticore will be the death of the GDU, with this threat I might have to retract my Civil War Idea

Wow.

What?

[The Manticoran Empire]

Wow.

What?

I thought you guys were good

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

What?

I thought you guys were good

Some of us are, but you seem to out smart, out gun, and out tech us at every turn

[Arengin Union]

I thought you guys were good

Some of us are, but you seem to out smart, out gun, and out tech us at every turn

Yeah... Manticore is like that. Is not so much that he has all of that is just that hes good at coming up with explanations and shit.

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

Some of us are, but you seem to out smart, out gun, and out tech us at every turn

Yeah... Manticore is like that. Is not so much that he has all of that is just that hes good at coming up with explanations and shit.

And none of this would have happened if Traansval had just decided to stay within the time period, and not decide to make an engine and car

And we could have had actual line battles and shit, DAMN YOU!

[Olthenia]

Yeah... Manticore is like that. Is not so much that he has all of that is just that hes good at coming up with explanations and shit.

And none of this would have happened if Traansval had just decided to stay within the time period, and not decide to make an engine and car

And we could have had actual line battles and shit. DAMN YOU!

Agreed.

[The Manticoran Empire]

Some of us are, but you seem to out smart, out gun, and out tech us at every turn

Yeah... Manticore is like that. Is not so much that he has all of that is just that hes good at coming up with explanations and shit.

You make me sound so evil.

I thought you guys were good

Some of us are, but you seem to out smart, out gun, and out tech us at every turn

But you guys always sound so confident.

Yeah... Manticore is like that. Is not so much that he has all of that is just that hes good at coming up with explanations and shit.

And none of this would have happened if Traansval had just decided to stay within the time period, and not decide to make an engine and car

And we could have had actual line battles and shit, DAMN YOU!

That would have been interesting.

[Ruskland-Preuben]

Yeah... Manticore is like that. Is not so much that he has all of that is just that hes good at coming up with explanations and shit.

You make me sound so evil.

Some of us are, but you seem to out smart, out gun, and out tech us at every turn

But you guys always sound so confident.

And none of this would have happened if Traansval had just decided to stay within the time period, and not decide to make an engine and car

And we could have had actual line battles and shit, DAMN YOU!

That would have been interesting.

We would still be dicking with rocketry though... And the war that fucked us up might have been butterflied away.

[Rannoria]

still need to update map to page.

soz guys

[Rannoria]

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