Board of New Imperialism:
OP - Alleniana
Co-OPs - Bujahla, The Holy Dominion of Inesea
Introduction
In real life, the 1900s were the height of imperialism; massive empires spanning Europe dominated the world, while in other places, similar structures existed, like Japan, while even the large powers that weren't empires were often recently so, like Brazil, China, France and even Mexico, to an extent. The British Empire reached its height in this time, while pan-Germanism was, in a way, finally recognised with the German Empire, and even France as a republic was an imperialistic power. It was a time of empire, and though it ended with the First World War IRL, here, it doesn't have to be so.
You will control a country in this dangerous, militaristic world, just emerging into the times of mechanized warfare. Most of the nations will be particularly large empires, but you don't have to be if you want. Your goal (ICly at least) will be to promote your people and nation's power, to project your strength, to rule over your dominion like a leader befitting your age.
The countries can be as AH as you like, but they must have a basis IRL, and be realistic; Sioux Indians can't have invented cannons, a Siberian empire can't have gone communist and gone to the moon, an Aztec analogue can't have sprung up in Kazakhstan, etc. As long as it's roughly within historical and realistic bounds, and not too large, it will be allowed. Due to the large empires and fragile period of time history, this will be a fairly difficult RP to navigate, so if you are new, not to be unfriendly, it is recommended you learn RPing elsewhere, or you can TG me.
Despite having said that however, the RP is only semi-open. At present, newly generated apps won't be accepted. If you wish to join, you must either choose an NPC to take up the mantle of, be a rebel or non-national group, or TG the Op and co-ops about making an app for an unclaimed area, which may or may not be approved of; mostly likely not. The reason being is that the map is almost already full of NPCs and the like, but there are still many places without players. Though, please don't take this as a discouragement; new entrants would be very much welcomed.
Rules & Essential Info:
There are a fair few rules and guidelines for the RP, listed here. These following six are basic and should be easily understood and followed, and after that will follow more specific info that is more liable to change.
1. Obey NationStates forum rules
2. Obey the OP and those appointed as per their role
3. Make sure you are not metagaming, godmodding, numberspamming, or generally RPing in bad form
4. Have a couple of paragraphs a post and good grammar & spelling
5. Exercise common sense generously
6. Be active every couple of days at least
Apart from these six, there are also other rules, many recently added and liable to much editing, that must be followed to maintain order in the RP:
1. All wars, whether with players or NPCs, must be planned out beforehand with the approval of the other RPer/s. The plan must be posted in the OOC and approved by the OP/co-ops before it may proceed and happen ICly.
2. Before planning a war, you must declare your intention to have one. Only once this is acknowledged by the other participants and a co-op or the OP may you begin planning the war, and once you have committed in this way, you may not back out of the war, even if you lose badly. This should be brought to attention by using a "war429" tag that can be searched up.
3. All actions involving an NPC must be reported. Whether this is to a member of the board or on the OOC is optional, though reporting it on the OOC is preferable. Only once approved by the co-ops/OP may the action involving the NPC go ahead; else, it is invalidated as unfairly taking advantage of an NPC.
4. Co-ops and the OP may not conduct activities that require co-op or OP approval by telegram amongst each other; they will always report things that need to be reported OOCly, for transparency, though they may TG in addition to this if they wish.
5. All map updates are required to be approved by not a co-op, but only the OP. This is a temporary measure, as are some of the other items on this list.
Applications:
Announcements & other Info:
Time passes at the rate of 3 months a page, meaning each page is a season, and four are a year.
Random events may appear; their status is currently under deliberation. If you see a post announcing itself as one, then it is a random event; created by the OP or a co-op for flavour and realism in the RP.
The RP is affiliated with Historical RP Group: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=262570
At the moment, we are in the second half of 1906.
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