OP Board:
- OP - The Kingdom of Glitter
- Co-OP's - Liecthenbourg, The Jonathanian States
RP Description:
It is May of the year 1901, the beginning of a new era in a turbulent world. Conflict rage across the continents as nations and governments scramble to subdue one another. The latest crisis began in the Saxon capital of Dresden. A visit from the Crown Prince and Princess of Bavaria to a fellow member of the Germanic League resulted in their demise, as a Hanseatic pan-Germanic radical by the name of Hans Christian von Helsel took their very lives. von Helsel maintained close ties to the more radical members of the Hanseatic government and legislature and as a result Bavaria, the head of the Germanic League, has recently delivered an ultimatum: hand over the radicals or face war. The United Kingdom of Austria and Hungary has reassured its allies in Munich it will come to war on their behalf, bringing the onset of war much closer. The other two members of the Munich Pact: the Russian Republic - a nation forged by the medieval merchant republic of Novograd - and the Crown of Aragon have both remained silent and have yet to publicly state their intentions. However, the Russian Foreign Secretary has noticed the benefits of war with their rival, the Hanseatic League.
Across the channel the Britannic Empire rules over its global realm. Edinburgh - the capital of the nation - has become an international hub since the acquisition of the Britannic Raj. The nation was formed by Scotland - which had conquered Ulster in Ireland before the War of the Roses. During England's infamous civil war, the Scots invaded the English holdings in Ireland as well as Northern England with the help of the French. Eventually, a deal was made with Henry Tudor: the Scots would make him King of England if he would cede Cumbria, Northumberland, Yorkshire, and Lancashire. He accepted their offer and the dynasties were united with the Union of the Crowns in 1603, resulting in the House of Stuart-Tudor which still reigns today. Parliament is largely apathetic to the woes of the Continent, but the Prime Minister and much of his cabinet are not ready to let the Munich Pact dominant Europe. Meanwhile in France, another member of the Quadruple Alliance (a pact that supports the Hanseatic League), a sense of pride in the French identity remains high. Following Napoleon III's victory in the Franco-Bavarian War and the French acquisition of Alsace his rule remained unquestioned and upon his death in 1882 his son, Napoleon IV, rose to the French throne. Tensions between France and Aragon have been escalating over Algeria, with the French Minister of War posing to seize the Aragonese colony at all costs. The Italian Confederation is in a silent turmoil. An aging King and am ambitious Crown Prince have caused discord among the government. The King and the conservative factions wish for the Confederation to remain, while the Prince and the liberals support a centralized kingdom. The Iberians are faced with a problem new to them: nationalism. Riots broke out just two months ago in Madrid in support of Pan-Iberianism. The four Iberian nations are slowly faced with a large domestic challenge to their very sovereignty. The Balkans have heated up once more. The Balkan League, loosely modeled upon their Germanic counterpart, looks to the sickly Ottoman Empire once more. An uprising by the Bulgars came to an abrupt end last November, but the Serbs and their allies wish to see their Slavic brothers liberated - as do those in Moscow.
The situation in China has caused a panic among the world's premier powers. The fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1899 caused the Orient to descend into chaos as multiple factions rose from the now dead empire, each with their own agenda. The Republic of China - a powerful faction with Russian backing - seems poised to reunite the Han people. However, they face fierce resistance. The Japanese have begun their invasion of the Chinese states with the Jiangsu Republic in their search of resources their industry so desperately needs. The Japanese have received Britannic backing, as expected from their decade old friendship. The Japanese Prime Minister and the Britannic Ambassador to Japan hope to divide China between them, but the Orient will surely resist.
The Americas are far calmer than the Old World. The Mexicans have risen to dominant the hemisphere and proved they were able to contend with the European great powers following the Mexican-Castilian War. The Republic of Acadia is a industrial power in and of itself. The nation fought France in its bloody war of independence starting in 1777 and eventually received Britannic backing, ensuring their victory and inflicting such a catastrophic debt upon the French government that it lead to the French Revolution and subsequently the rise of Napoleon. The Atlantic Republic still wrestles with the issue of slavery. While slavery is de jure illegal, the enslavement of Afro-Americans is still very common and the national government does little to counter it. Tensions between the historical abolitionist government of Acadia have only increased in past years, creating a potentially hostile situation. To the south the Empire of Brazil stares across the Amazon at the Union of the Andes, a Jacobin dictatorship whose reign of terror has spanned decades.
Now it is time for you to take control. Can you guide a people through one of history's most turbulent times? Only time will tell.
Roster:
List of Nations:
1. Britannic Empire - The Federation of Democratic Regions
2. Kingdom of Brittany - Southern Babylonia
3. Crown of Portugal
4. Sultanate of Andalusia
5. Crown of Castile
6. Crown of Aragon
7. Second French Empire - Bering
8. Kingdom of Flanders
9. Dual Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
10. Hanseatic Republic - The Jonathanian States
11. Kingdom of Saxony
12. Duchy of Saxe-Weimar
13. Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
14. Grand Duchy of Hesse
15. Grandy Duchy of Baden
16. United Principality of Hohenzollern
17. Kingdom of Württemberg
18. Kingdom of Bavaria - Zelent
19. Swiss Republic
20. Italian Confederation - The Kingdom of Glitter
21. United Kingdom of Austria and Hungary
22. Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania - Jaslandia
23. Russian Republic - New Neros
24. Kingdom of Rumania - Krugmar
25. Ottoman Empire
26. Kingdom of Serbia
27. Principality of Tirana
28. Kingdom of Greece
29. Emirate of Saud - Terminus Alpha
30. Sudanese Empire
31. Kingdom of Ethiopia
32. Sublime State of Persia
33. Emirate of Afghanistan
34. Sikh Empire
35. Kingdom of Nepal
36. Kingdom of Sikkim
37. Kingdom of Bhutan
38. Thai Empire
39. Republic of Yunnan
40. Divine Tibetan State - Altito Asmoro
41. Uyghur Khanate
42. Kingdom of Chengdu
43. Kingdom of Guizhou
44. Cantonese Republic
45. Fujian State
46. Republic of China - Senkaku
47. Wang Empire
48. Jiangsu Republic
49. Kingdom of Jinan
50. Republic of Tianjin
51. Kingdom of Korea - Japanese Puppet
52. Japanese Empire - Kisinger
53. Tsardom of Alaska
54. Transmidwestern Confederation
55. Union State of Mexico - Lunas Legion
56. Republic of Acadia - Inesea
57. Confederated Commonwealths of the Atlantic - Caltarania
58. Republic of Cuba
59. Kingdom of Haiti
60. Republic of Nicaragua
61. Costa Rican Republic
62. Republic of Panama
63. Federal Republic of Colombia
64. Klein-Venedig Confederation
65. Empire of Brazil - Liecthenbourg
66. Union of the Andes - Baja California y Sonora
67. Federation of Le Plate
Rules and Regulations:
There are a fair few rules and guidelines for the RP, listed here. These following seven 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. Date your posts - Secret Phrase: I will always date my posts
6. Exercise common sense generously
7. Be active every couple of days at least - OOCly and ICly
Alliances and Portfolios:
Please note that in order to keep the world we want balanced and active the alliances between major powers are largely predetermined. The world is split largely into two factions, a Pro-Hansa bloc known as the Quadruple Alliance and a Pro-Bavaria bloc known as the Munich Pact. These and other important alliances are listed below. Please note these are largely set in stone and will not be changed. Likewise, each great power and significant secondary or minor power has a country profile of some degree. Please read these before applying for said nation.
Applications:
If you want to reserve land, you must use the following reservation. Reservations will last for 24 hours though you can appeal to the OP to make it last fora maximum of 36 hours. These reservations are meant to give you time to make your application or keep your area safe while AFK. These are not meant to be used to keep other waiting. You will not be able to have a second reservation (for the same area) unless you provide significant reason why. NOTE: this is more or less a person's intent to RP a certain nation and reservations are not set in stone. Multiple people can apply for the same nation, just be civil and most importantly courteous about it.
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[size=150][b][color=#400040]Reservation:[/color][/b][/size]
[b]Location:[/b] *choose number*
[b]Nation Name:[/b] *will correct if wrong*
635 - Do not remove. This is for tracking purposes.
For applications, use the following app.
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[box][size=150][b]Generic Info[/b][/size]
[b]Nation Name: [/b]
[b]Symbols: [/b] (ex. Flag, Coat of Arms, National Anthem, personifications, etc.)
[b]Homeland Population: [/b] (population of everyone considered a citizen)
[b]Imperial Population:[/b] (include population of colonies)
[b]Location/Claims: [/b] (include number)
[b]Capital City: [/b]
[size=150][b]Government Info[/b][/size]
[b]Government Type:[/b] (ex. The USA is a [i]Presidential Constitutional Federal Republic[/i])
[b]Brief Explanation of Government:[/b] (explain all the complex/unique stuff that can't be described in the type section)
[b]Ideology:[/b] (Refer to [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies]this[/url])
[b]Leader/s:[/b] (Head of State, Head of Government, etc.)
[size=150][b]Population Info[/b][/size]
[b]Brief Description of your people:[/b]
[b]Religion:[/b]
[b]Ethnicity:[/b]
[b]Main/Accepted Culture(s):[/b] (ex. IRL-UK would be English, Scottish; only cultures that are dominant and the gov't favors)
[b]Other Cultures:[/b] (ex. IRL-UK would have been Irish, Welsh, etc ; cultures that aren't accepted by the gov't/people)
[size=150][b]Military Info[/b][/size]
[b]Army: [/b] (branches, number of troops, quality of army, etc,)
[b]Navy: [/b] (branches, number of troops, quality of navy, etc,)
[size=150]Other Info[/size]
[b]Brief Description of your Economy:[/b]
[b]Goals: [/b]
[b]History: [/b]
[b]Code Word:[/b]
[b]RP Sample:[/b] (required)
429 - Do not remove. This is for tracking purposes.[/box]
Up side I guess is that there's less indian land to steal
