1907: Alternative Divergence [AH][OOC-DEAD]

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1907 : Alternative Divergence OOC THREAD CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS IC//MAP – 18.08.2020//DISCORD OP Tracian Empire CO-OP's Elerian Oscalantine Novacom “Men make History, but not at the time he wishes.” – Karl Marx But for the sake of argument, what if we could? Be it a point of divergence or a whole new nation, what if we could make history EXACTLY at the point that we wish? Hello and welcome to Another Alternative Divergence, an alternative history RP where the world is yours to do whatever you wish. For the sake of continuity, the time now is 1907 C.E., and nations are teetering on the edge of a world war. What would be your vision of a world shaped by the nation that you call your own? Again, for the sake of continuity, we should set a few ground rules. All apps need a point of start and build-up – Whether you start from the stone age and build it up to 1907 or simply change a few things here and there from the 1800’s is up to you, but we would like for all nations to have an interesting history behind it… to prove you are a capable alternate history roleplayer. All nations MUST be somewhat original – Let’s try to be a bit more creative than having Great Britain at all its glory. You can keep the name and title, but you MUST have some degree of DIFFERENCE between your nation and the IRL ones. Everything can be excused with reason – We are willing to let anything be possible as long as it is stated clearly in the app with full explanation as to why it has come to be for your nation. … Similarly, we will accept NOTHING without a proper explanation. Rule on Dreadnoughts No nation will start with Dreadnoughts of any capacity Only great powers with significant maritime power will have the capacity to mention the development of dreadnought prototypes in their history. Once the roleplay starts, all the nations who are willing to start development of dreadnoughts will be added to a raffle The winner of the raffle will be the first nation with a working dreadnought in the IC. The decision as to who will be included in the raffle will be at the discretion of the OP. Nation Application Code: Select all [[Please remove all double brackets from the app before posting it, including this one]] [b]Full Nation Name :[/b] [b]Majority/Official Culture :[/b] [[What your people identify themselves with… French, Chinese, Iroquois, Touareg, etc.]] [b]Territorial Core :[/b] [[The territory that your nation actually controls]] [b]Territorial Claim :[/b] [[OPTIONAL]] [[The territories that your nation desire]] [b]Capital City :[/b] [[Its IRL location and name]] [b]Population :[/b]   [b]Government Type :[/b] [[Monarchy, Republic, etc.]] [b]Government Ideology/Policies :[/b] [[OPTIONAL]] [[Militant, Imperialist, Expansionist, etc.]] [b]Government Focus :[/b] [[Tell us a little bit about what your government’s focus is… be it military, economy, culture, legitimacy, etc.]] [b]Head of State :[/b] [[The highest-ranking individual in the nation ]] [b]Head of Government :[/b] [[If different, the highest-ranking individual who actually runs the nation ]] [b]Government Description :[/b]   [b]Majority/State Religion :[/b] [[It does not have to be IRL religion]] [b]Religious Description :[/b] [[OPTIONAL]]   [b]Economic Ideologies :[/b] [[Capitalism, Mercantilism, Socialism, Communism, etc.]] [b]Major Production :[/b] [b]Economic Description :[/b] [b]Development:[/b] [[Modern, Semi-Industrialized, or Primitive]] [b]Development Description :[/b] [[Explain further why your nation is in one of the above categories]]   [b]Army Description :[/b] [[Describe your nation's army in as much detail as you can]] [b]Army Weakness :[/b] [b]Naval Description :[/b] [[Describe your nation's navy in as much detail as you can]] [b]Naval Weakness :[/b] [b]Further Military Description :[/b] [[OPTIONAL]]   [b]National Goals :[/b] [[What are the main objectives of your nation?]] [b]National Issues :[/b] [[What needs to be fixed in order for your nation to achieve its true potential?]] [b]National Figures of Interest :[/b] [[OPTIONAL]] [[Are there any Mother Teresas or Moses that we need to know about?]] [b]National Ambition/Aspirations :[/b] [[OPTIONAL]] [[Not really set objectives, but rather the big picture that your nation is drawing towards]]   [b]History :[/b] [[Can be in paragraph or bulletpoint timeline.]] [b]RP Sample:[/b] [[Either a link to a past post, or an example written right here.]]   #AltDiv (Do not delete this, it is used to keep track of the apps) Reservations Code: Select all [align=middle][size=140][u]Reservation[/u][/size][/align] [b]Nation Name:[/b] [b]Territory:[/b] #AltDiv (Do not delete this, it is used to keep track of the apps) *Note: Reservations will last for 48 hours. The OP board reserves the right to be subjective in regards to accepting and removing reservations.

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Accepted Nations Last Updated : 10.09.2020 Intermountain States - Grand Republic of Busang (부상 대공화국) Remnants of Exilvania - Central European Empire -(Kaiserreich Zentraleuropa) Axis Asteroid - Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - (太平天囯) The Ik Ka Ek Akai - Western Roman Empire - (Il Senato e il popolo romano) Sao Nova Europa - Confederate States of South America Elerian - Russian Republic (Российская республика) Oscalantine - Most Serene Imperial States of Korea (대한제국) TENNOHEIKA BANZAI NIHON - Japan Tracian Empire - Eastern Roman Empire - (Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων) Kazarogkai - The Iron Order of Adamia Of Leben - Mexican Empire -(Imperio Mexicano) The Traansval - Republic of Canada -(République du Canada) Novacom - Empire of Babylonia Reservations Last Updated : 10.09.2020 Revlonia - Empire of Scandinavia Arvenia - Greater Colombian Republic - (República Gran Colombiana)

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Announcements Date:24.07.2020 Announcements from AltDiv Development Welcome! New OOC was launched, new players are welcome! The roleplay now has a Discord server! The link can be found in the OP.

[Draos]

relocated.

[Tracian Empire]

Hmm

[Revlona]

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Nation Name: The Empire of Scandinavia
Territory: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. (Iceland, greenland, and the open canadian territory shall be vinland.)
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[Intermountain States]

Still alive

[Remnants of Exilvania]

Zentraleuropa here and ready.

[Krugmar]

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Nation Name: Republic of India
Territory: India, Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh
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My concept for the nation is for the ruling Bhutanese monarchy (i.e. my older never completed app) to have been recently overthrown, with a few remnants holding out, and a new republic declared. Situation would be somewhat analogous to the overthrowal of the Qing.

[Tracian Empire]

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Nation Name: The Empire of Scandinavia
Territory: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. (Iceland, greenland, and the open canadian territory shall be vinland.)
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Nation Name: Republic of India
Territory: India, Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh
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My concept for the nation is for the ruling Bhutanese monarchy (i.e. my older never completed app) to have been recently overthrown, with a few remnants holding out, and a new republic declared. Situation would be somewhat analogous to the overthrowal of the Qing.

accepted!

[Revlona]

Full Nation Name : The Empire of Scandinavia {Skandinaviens imperium}
Majority/Official Culture : Scandinavian
Territorial Core : Sweden, Norway, Denmark + Holstein, Finland, greenland, Iceland, vinland (newfoundland/Labrador and Nova Scotia).
Territorial Claim : Holstein, Baltic Nations
Capital City : Stockholm
Population : 18.95 Million

Government Type : Absolute Monarchy
Government Ideology/Policies : Imperialist/Expansionist
Government Focus : The governments focus is to currently make attempts at both developing the equipment and size of the military, Industrially the Empire is only concerned with expanding the amount of industry in the nation.
Head of State : Emperor Gustav IV
Head of Government : Chancellor Peter Mcknoci
Government Description : An absolute monarchy with a royal council (lead by a chancellor) that takes care of the day to day needs of the nation.

Majority/State Religion : Reformed Norse
Religious Description : Norse beliefs but much more centralized, each monarch was thought to be the chosen voice of the Gods for their people and were respected and followed by true believers on religious matters. You don't see human sacrifice anymore due to it being made illegal in the modern age and from being taboo among reformed norse since the reformation. Valhalla remains the same as it is limited to only the greatest of warriors, however a second hall, Thorshall lays adjacent for all those warriors who didn’t do enough to enter Valhalla yet still died for their countries. The reformation of the Norse faith at first was purely a political move that was needed in order combat christianity, as time has progressed , the Reformed faith has truely become the new Norse religion and is the primary religion of Scandinavia.

Economic Ideologies : Capitalism
Major Production : Timber, Food, Clothing
Economic Description : Rather stable and very slowly progressing

Development: Modern
Development Description : Following the example of other European nations in the Industrial era, Scandinavia fell victim to it's own industrial boom and quickly became a modernized nation on par with many other around the globe.

Thanks to the Influence of several members of the influential group “Varangians for the North”. A group of former Varangians who had experienced true and proper industrialization/civilization in thanks to their tours in East Rome. When they arrived home they were struck with how little it had changed in their time away and over a period of years rallied much of the nobility, including the emperor, towards modernizing the nation. With the emperor on their side it was only a matter of time until the nation was modernized like the rest of the world. Soon enough state and privately sponsored factories were popping up everywhere, old laws were being abolished and replaced with newer more modern necessitated laws.

Army Description : Well equipped and well armed, the Royal Army of Scandinavia has for near 200 years stood ready to expand and guard all Northern interests. The army itself only hosts 9 divisions, totaling only 225,000 combat troops. however, support and other needed members of the military bring the total troop count up to 372,000.

Every veteran conscript is issued their rifle once discharged so can swiftly be called back to form new units in times of emergency. The armies main rifle is the Scandinavian Odin 1905 Rifle. (Swedish Mauser 1896) Another division of the army lays in the province of vinland, this division is smaller than the others at 15,000 men yet is just as well trained and equipped.

The military of Scandinavia is split in spheres where combat is most likely to occur, the current spheres are Finland, Denmark, and Norway-Sweden. The Army of Denmark is the largest sphere of the Scandinavian military as 4 divisions stand ready to defend the Northern-German border. The army of finland is the second largest with 3 divisions and is also the only sphere in the Empire that requires guerrilla warfare training for the troops under it. The final sphere is Norway-Sweden, the Army of Norway-Sweden mans the extensive coastal defenses of the sphere and also provides the garrison forces of much of central Scandinavia.
Army Weakness : Small, the Leadership Positions are mostly filled with old guard and inexperienced commanders due to the fact that the nation has not seen a major war in several decades. There are well versed commanders lower down on the command ladder but they currently have no real way of progressing upwards.
Naval Description : The Navy of Scandinavian is a mobile and hard hitting fleet that helps the Empire vie for baltic supremacy with the Russians and keep the Americas linked with the greater empire. 14 Pre Dreadnought battleships along with 8 armored cruisers make up the capital ship lines of the navy. 26 Unprotected/Protected cruisers and 52 torpeo boats/destroyers help round off the fleet.

The Royal Scandinavian Navy is split into two, the Baltic fleet host the majority of the fleet at 10 battleships and 6 Armored Cruisers, while the Vinland squadron hosts only 4 Pre-Dreadnoughts with 1 Armored cruiser along with a small support fleet.

The Naval Defenses of the empire are some of the most formidable in the world, ever city holds several batteries of modern naval guns and fortified ports to better withstand bombardment. However the true naval defenses of Scandinavia come in the Danish straights and the Skagerrak. The Skagerrak being the only entrance of the Baltic makes it a vitally strategic naval area, both the southern tip of Norway and the Northern tip of the Jutland peninsula host massive naval batteries than are intended to force any enemy force further into the center of the Skagerrak, this center to be covered by mines thanks to the efforts of the Royal Navy at the onset of war.

What applies to the Skagerrak comes tenfold for the Denmark straights, dozens of batteries I line the islands of the Straights, meaning that to force entrance to the Baltic you would have to subject yourself to hundreds of deadly defensive positions. This straight is also mapped out with pre determined mine fields by the Scandinavian navy. To force the Skagerrak and the Danish straights could spell the end of at ships.
Naval Classes
Naval Weakness : Small, lighter armor on the capital ships to allow for more speed. This thought process of lighter armor = faster ship = better ship, comes from an age old way of thinking that the more maneuverable a ship is, the better it is.
Further Military Description :

National Goals : [[What are the main objectives of your nation?]] Reduce the red block in the nation, expand the Scandinavian sphere of influence.
National Issues : [[What needs to be fixed in order for your nation to achieve its true potential?]] A sizable socialist/communist movement has been in the Scandinavian nation for years.
National Figures of Interest : Laos Gudkina is the leader of the Peoples Movement in scandinavia, he has evaded the government for several years while calling for revolution.
National Ambition/Aspirations : Baltic Supremacy, Supremacy over central europe

History : 896 - As more and more Christians migrate to Scandinavia, leaders recognize the threat to the north such people present. In a unseen move of the age most Norse rulers banded together in declaring the Christian religion illegal in Norse borders as it was a potential threat to the norse culture and its peoples way of life. Any worship of the christian god was to be punished by immediate death. With such an early start on the war Against christianity, the Norse faith was able to begin beating the other faith back before it had any real hold on the people of the north.
903-1174 - With Christianity still gaining a foothold in the North despite it being outlawed, the need for christian hunters became apparent. These hunters had access to the entire continent and the following years saw the deaths of tens of thousands of christians and non christians. Later in this period which is known as the "Wars on Christianity", the knowledge that tyranny would not defeat martyrdom and Christianity became prevalent. Instead, a movement for reform gained sway and this was the period in which it could be said the the Norse faith truly triumphed.
1240-1242 - Several meetings between religious and political leaders occurred in the city of copenhagen, this meetings later became known as the Councils of Copenhagen. These councils laid the path needed for the soon to come Norse Reformation as the leaders of the Norse realms prepared themselves for the coming change.
1254-1277 - These years became some of the bloodiest in northern history as religious civil war broke out between the reformed kingdoms and those kingdoms that clung to the old ways. This period was known as the Northern Reformation wars and pushed the Reformed faith into the spotlight as the primary religion of the north.
1240-1288- - The following years have become known as the Norse reformation. Mostly peaceful, this reformation saw the centralization of norse belief, declaring that their rulers were handpicked warriors of Odin who had the right to Valhalla from birth. This centralization of the faith is what allowed for the final push against christianity in the north.
1290-1543 - Several invasions by the Swedish kings saw the eradication of the Suomi religion that had been prevalent in Finland for years, this time period also saw the annexation of Finland into Sweden.
1690 - The Law mandating the death of any christian is abolished in Sweden, though the worship of the Christian god is still outlawed.
1697 - Charles XII is coronated as king of Sweden
1709 - Sweden and Charles are finally defeated by the russians and are forced to surrender their baltic territory after the Surrender at Perevolchna
1709 - Charles goes into exile
1714 - Charles Returns from exile and leads his armies to victory after victory against the Norwegians and Danish. With his defeat at the hands of the russians 5 years earlier signalling the end of the Swedish Imperial period, Charles was intent on reclaiming it. However, instead of smashing into the Russian giant once more he decided that he must first unite the North under one nation.
1718 - The danish king is captured at the siege of Oslo and Norway is annexed into the swedish empire.
1721 - A successful landing at Copenhagen forces the Danes to surrender and allows Sweden to complete their conquest of Scandinavia.
1722 - The Empire of Scandinavia is declared by Charles and Charles is declared the only prophet of the Gods.
1732 - The First Scandinavian colonist land in Newfoundland and establish the colony of Vinland
1736 - Vinland expands to Nova Scotia
1736-1740 - In the last 4 years of his life and reign, charles realized that the greatest threat to his nation was the sleeping giant to the east. Knowing this, he set in motion several programs that would lead to the current Finnish defensive lines and the doctrine of baltic supremacy by the Swedish fleet. These doctrines intent on keeping Russian influence in the Baltic as small as possible.
1740 - Charles passes away at the age of 43, he is forever remembered as Charles The Great
1746 - Norwegian Separatist along with Danish Separatist declare independence, the three year war that follows would later be known as the the Northern Civil War.
1752 - An attempted invasion of the Baltic lands by the Scandinavian Empire is beaten back by the defending russian forces.
1755 - Vinland attempts to add new Brunswick to the colony but is forced back by the already entrenched colonists there.
1811 - Skirmishes along the Danish-North German borders are commonly termed as the first Slesvig war. War was never officially declared even thought several thousand soldier on both sides lost their lives.
1815 - Adolf Frederick II is coronated as Emperor of Scandinavia.
1817 - The rule of Emperor Fredricks tyrannical is cut short by his con with the support of the military.
1832 - After 100 years of being in the empire the colony of Vinland is officially named a province of Scandinavia, giving its citizens the same rights as mainland European provinces. This provincial status is bestowed upon iceland and Greenland later in the year.
1866 - The Army of Denmark successfully fends off several attacks by a coalition of North German states even while heavily outnumbered, after mass casulties on the German sides and reinforcing Northern divisions arriving at the front, the North German coalition of duchies has no choice but to sue for peace. Of the many names given to this conflict, the Second Slesvig war is the most common.
1888 - The 900th birthday of the Varangian Guard is celebrated throughout the nation.
1898 - A rebellion calling for Finnish Independence is harshly put down by the Royal Army.
1905 - Gustav IV is coronated as Emperor of all Scandinavia
1906 - The first unions in Scandinavia are legalized to protect the rights of workers.
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[Lunalus]

ditched

[Arvenia]

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Nation Name: Greater Colombian Republic (Spanish: República Gran Colombiana)
Territory: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Acre
Color: Shamrock
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[Sarderia]

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Nation Name: United States of South America (Estados Unidos de Sudamerica)
Territory: Remaining of South America
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[Arvenia]

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Nation Name: United States of South America (Estados Unidos de Sudamerica)
Territory: Remaining of South America
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Will there be two South Americas?

[Tracian Empire]

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Nation Name: Greater Colombian Republic (Spanish: República Gran Colombiana)
Territory: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Acre
Color: Shamrock
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Accepted!

[Tracian Empire]

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Nation Name: United States of South America (Estados Unidos de Sudamerica)
Territory: Remaining of South America
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By that, you mean Brazil, right? It should be acceptable

[Arvenia]

Full Nation Name: Greater Colombian Republic (Spanish: República Gran Colombiana)
Majority/Official Culture: Latin American (mix of European, African and Amerindian) with some East Asian and Jewish immigrants
Territorial Core: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Acre
Territorial Claim: Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, Amazonas (Brazil), Roraima (Brazil), Rondônia (Brazil), Moquega Department (Peru), Tacna Department (Peru), Puno Department (Peru) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
Map Color: Purple
Capital City: Bogotá
Population: 9,595,000

Government Type: Federal constitutional presidential republic
Government Ideology/Policies: Nationalism, Republicanism, Conservatism (Moderates), Liberalism (Patriots), Pan-Americanism and Anti-Imperialism
Government Focus: The government is currently focused on economic development, agriculture, modernization and international trade.
Head of State: President Rafael Basquera (M)
Head of Government: Same as above
Government Description: The RGC is a federal republic that separates power between the executive, legislative and judicial branches. The President heads the executive branch and is elected directly by popular vote. He is assisted by a Vice President and government ministers. The executive branch consists of the President, the Vice President and many executive departments (with each department being headed by a minister). The President has the power to appoint officials to government positions, command the military, present budget to the legislature and represent Colombian interests abroad. He is elected for a single term of four years. The Vice President governs the country if the President is either absent or deceased. Among executive departments is the Ministry of War (Ministerio de Guerra), who is the first of its kind to incorporate both army and naval affairs, since the country has no executive department for naval affairs. Other departments include the Ministry of Justice (Ministerio de Justicia), the Ministry of Home Affairs (Ministerio del Interior), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerio del Exterior), the Ministry of Finance (Ministerio de Hacienda), the Ministry of Agriculture (Ministerio de Agricultura), the Ministry of Labor (Ministerio de Trabajo), the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Ministerio de Asuntos Religiosos), the Ministry of Communications (Ministerio de Comunicaciones), the Ministry of Education (Ministerio de Educación), the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs (Ministerio de Asuntos Indígenas) and the Ministry of Trade (Ministerio de Comercio).

The Greater Colombian Congress (Congreso Gran Colombiana) is the tricameral legislature that consists of the upper Censorate (Censorado), the middle Senate (Senado) and the lower National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional). The National Assembly consists of legislators who are directly elected through proportional voting and represent the general population. Each MNA has an electoral district to represent and the Speaker heads the house. The National Assembly has the power to vote on most legislative matters, approve the budget and send proposed bills to the Senate. The Senate consists of senators who are indirectly elected by state legislatures and represent the individual states. Each state has one senator per province and thus the number of national senators varies (depending on the number of provinces in a state). The Senate has the power to give advice and consent to the President, ratify treaties, appoint state officials, supervise the judiciary, vote on some legislative matters (mostly constitutional ones) and debate on proposed bills that are sent from the National Assembly. The Senate is headed by a Chairman. The Censorate is a house composed of censors, who are secretly appointed by either the President or a group of politicians. They represent the national constitution and has the power to impeach the government, keep an eye on the other two houses and even act as a constitutional court. While the two lower houses were dominated by Moderates and Patriots, the Censorate is completely nonpartisan. The Censorate is headed by a High Censor (Censor Jefe).

The judiciary is composed of the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), the Appellate Courts (Tribunales de Apelación) and the District Courts (Tribunales de Distrito). It follows the European civil law and also includes other courts such as military courts and administrative courts.

The main political factions are the Moderates (Moderados) and the Patriots (Patriotas). The Moderates are a pro-European movement influenced by Miguel Carceres, who supports traditional values, economic liberalization and states' rights (decentralization). The Patriots are an anti-European movement influenced by Daniel Sulívar, who supports liberal values, economic intervention and national unity (centralization).

The country is geographically divided into first-level states (estados), second-level cantons (cantones) and third-level municipalities (municipios or municipalidades). The states have governors (gobernadores), legislatures (congresos estatales, asambleas estatales or legislaturas estatales) and courts (tribunales estatales), while the cantons have cantonal councils (consejos cantonales) and the municipalities are like those in the US (various kinds of municipal governance). The country's flag has nine white stars (eight of which represents the first-level states, while the middle one represents Bogotá). The individual states are Ecuador, Urabá, Amazonas, Orinoquía, Cordillera, Peru, Sulivia and Inca.

Majority/State Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Description: Although the RGC is a secular country, the Catholic Church still plays a major role in society. Other religions exists such as Protestantism, Buddhism, Judaism, Umbanda, Quimbanda, Candomblé, Santería, Amerindian traditional beliefs and even non-religious affiliation (also known as "Atheism" and/or "Irreligion").

Economic Ideologies: Mixed
Major Production: Livestock, wood, cotton, tobacco, coffee, rubber, wheat, oil, iron, coal, gold, silver, nickel, platinum, emerald and textile
Economic Description: Depending on which party governs the country, the Gran Colombian economy varies. If the Moderates are in control, the economy is liberal and tends to support free trade, tax exemption and private property. If the Patriots are in control, the economy is nationalist and tends to support regulation, taxation and public ownership. The Moderates tends to support trade with Europe, Mexico and the CSSA, while the Patriots only supports trade with the CSSA. The dólar (English: Dollar) is the national currency.

Development: Semi-industrialized
Development Description: The RGC is almost modern due to various issues such as some lands being still owned by indigenous tribes, corruption that has control over politics and the economy that is mostly spent on military, agriculture and education. The country still has a lot of railroads, ships, factories and some modern buildings. As such, the country is basically 39.5% urban and 60.5% rural. The country is currently working on both improving the infrastructure and even adopting aviation.

Army Description: The Greater Colombian Army (Ejército Gran Colombiano) is the land military of the RGC. It is led by a General and is organized like any army at the time. The EGC is a modern mixed force with very skilled officers and well-equipped troops, as well as efficient equipment (especially weapons), discipline, training and good amount of supplies. The EGC currently has 150,000 troops. The EGC is divided into regional commands, with each being commanded by a General and a Lieutenant General. Being a mixed force, the EGC is made up of both conscripts and volunteers.
Army Weakness: Corruption and the inability to invade larger countries (especially Mexico).
Naval Description: The Greater Colombian Navy (Armada Gran Colombiana) is the naval military of the RGC. It is led by an Admiral and is organized like a navy, albeit small. The AGC is a modern mixed force with powerful officers, experienced crews, excellent ships, discipline, training and good amount of supplies, although most sailors operating tends to be less disciplined and less experienced due to mutinies that is occasionally happening within the force. The AGC has 25,000 personnel and is divided into two fleets. These fleets are the Caribbean Fleet (Flota del Caribe) and the Pacific Fleet (Flota del Pacifíco). Each fleet is commanded by an Admiral and a Vice Admiral. Being a mixed force, the AGC is made up of both conscripts and volunteers. It also maintains a group of naval infantrymen, although there are only a few infantrymen within the force.
Naval Weakness: Corruption, mutiny, few marines and no dreadnoughts.
Further Military Description: There are other military forces in the RGC. These include the "state militias" (milicias estatales) and the "tribal warriors" (guerreros tribales). The state militias are responsible for defending their respective states and assisting the EGC, while the tribal warriors are responsible for defending both their respective tribes and the land that they own. The RGC also plans on adopting aviation. Also, the EGC seems to maintain more stability and experience than the AGC (due to no mutiny or personnel shortage within the EGC).

National Goals: Social stability, economic growth, territorial expansion and more industrialization
National Issues: European imperialism, religious sectarianism, political corruption and less industrialization
National Figures of Interest: Daniel Sulívar and Miguel Carceres
National Ambition/Aspirations: The liberation of the Americas

History: The area that makes up the Greater Colombian Republic belonged originally to various indigenous civilizations (such as the Inca Empire and the Muisca Confederation). Around the 1540s, the area was invaded and colonized by the "Conquistadors", a group of soldiers from Spain. The civilizations inhabiting the area were either eradicated or enslaved in the process. The area was divided into the Viceroyalty of Colombia (which consists of Colombia, Ecuador and possibly Panama) and the Viceroyalty of Peru (which includes the Brazilian state of Acre). Several years later into colonial rule, the Spanish began shipping their African slaves to the Americas. The colonization of this area produced many goods like tobacco, cotton, wood, textile, wheat, copper, nickel, iron, gold and silver, which would greatly benefit Spain.

However, between the late 18th century and the early 19th century, colonial uprising began to emerge in the Americas due to various factors. These factors include slavery, poverty, war and corruption. The "Libertadores" were rebels who fought for independence in the Spanish Americas. Among these rebels was a military officer named Daniel Sulívar (1774-1828). He was born to a Spanish colonel and a Wayuu woman, which makes him a "Mestizo". He was raised as a Spanish person with many privileges. He served in the Spanish Army up until the Americas began rebelling against their colonial overlords. Since he was a Mestizo, he was disgusted by the injustice that is being directed at both African slaves and Amerindian tribes (especially how his mother was treated due to her ancestry), as well as the fact that all power in the Spanish Americas belonged to the "Peninsulars" (native Spaniards residing overseas). Largely inspired by the revolts in New Spain, Daniel deserted and then organized his own rebellion against colonial oppression in Colombia. This rebellion united many Amerindians, Africans and some dissident Peninsulars in their quest for independence from Spain. One of those dissident Peninsulars was a fellow officer from the Spanish Army named Miguel Carceres (1776-1862), who also happened to be Daniel's childhood friend. Together, Daniel and Miguel greatly weakened Spanish rule in Colombia, allowing it to become independent. However, their quest was far from over as they later focused on Peru. There, they spearheaded another successful revolt against Spanish rule. This allowed Peru to also become independent. Around 1816, the Greater Colombian Republic was proclaimed after the merger of Colombia and Peru. Daniel Sulívar, who was the primary head of the revolts in Colombia and Peru, was declared President of the Greater Colombian Republic, with Miguel Carceres serving as Vice President due to being second-in-command. Under his rule, Daniel made many changes like abolishing slavery, introducing public education, implementing universal suffrage for all ethnic groups, stripping the Catholic Church of many privileges, returning all indigenous land to their respective tribes, establishing a tricameral legislature, ending corruption, nationalizing the economy, cutting all ties with mainland Spain and adopting the dolár as the national currency.

During the first years of its existence, the RGC maintained friendly relations with Central America and also supported rebels in the Río de la Plata (Argentina and Chile). Although enjoying peace and stability, the RGC would soon be rocked by an internal conflict between Daniel and Miguel. Miguel, who was sympathetic towards Spain and the Catholic Church, started to disagree with Daniel, who was fiercely liberal and nationalist, over issues regarding administration, culture, economy and diplomacy. In the end, Miguel departed from his position and cut all ties with Daniel. Following this, Daniel selected a former slave named Luis Antonio Gil to serve as Vice President. At the same time, the "Free Territories" (Río de la Plata) were torn by a civil war, which disrupted their diplomatic relations with the RGC. Once that civil war died down, the RGC continued diplomatic relations with the Free Territories and even helped them with driving out the Spanish from South America. Daniel would go on to rule the RGC until he died from a disease in 1828, by which he was given a state funeral. After the funeral, the country held its very first election. Luis Antonio Gil, serving at the time as acting President following Daniel's death, won the election and became the second permanent President of the RGC (as well as its first African President). He continued Daniel's policies with the same level of efficiency. However, this continuation was disrupted by a war that broke out between Mexico and Central America. The Greater Colombian Army was sent to support Central America and fend off the Mexican invasion. Despite the hope of victory, Mexico emerged victorious against Central America and the RGC, thus fully annexing the former and also taking Panama from the latter. This defeat sent shock waves across the RGC, but it was later overshadowed by more social and economic success that occured back in the Gran Colombian homeland. Despite this sudden overshadowing, the Gran Colombian military was still recovering after being badly battered by the Mexican military. Later in the 1830s, diplomacy between the RGC and the Free Territories broke down again, this time due to atrocities that the latter allegedly committed in both Chile (against Chilean nationalists) and Bolivia (against indigenous tribes). As a result of those atrocities, the RGC cut all ties with the Free Territories, both diplomatically and commercially. This wouldn't benefit the RGC, who had no country to trade or cooperate with (since it was hostile towards both Europe and Mexico). As a result, the country began experiencing both diplomatic isolation and economic crisis (with the latter causing uprising among businessmen and villagers).

In 1840, as the country held its fourth presidential election, Miguel Carceres unexpectedly began his candidancy, which would be the first time he appeared publicly since he broke up with Daniel Sulívar. His platform included economic liberalization, social stability, reconciliation with Europe and more sovereignty to the constituent states of the RGC, while his opponent, President Ernesto Rodríguez, continued supporting Sulivarian policies (such as economic intervention, social equality, national unity and liberation of the Americas). Due to the general dissatisfaction with the current government, Miguel was able to win the election and become President of the RGC. Even more unexpectedly, he also changed the Gran Colombian Constitution so that the President only has a single term. His presidency saw the RGC supporting conservative values, tax cuts, free trade and states' rights, which helped stabilize the economy and establish diplomatic ties with Europe. Two months after election, the RGC and Spain signed the Treaty of Bogotá, which sees Spain recognize the RGC as an independent country and also end bad blood between the two countries. A year later, Miguel reinstated diplomacy between the RGC and the Free Territories (now known as the "Confederate States of South America"), after the latter also implemented economically liberal policies. Following this, the RGC also established diplomacy and trade with Mexico. Despite his successful presidency, Miguel gained many enemies, many of whom were supporters of Daniel Sulívar. This caused the RGC to operate under a two-party system, with the supporters of Miguel Carceres becoming "Moderates" and the supporters of Daniel Sulívar becoming "Patriots". Once Miguel's presidency ended in 1844, with the Moderates ultimately winning that year's presidential election, the Moderates would dominate the RGC from 1844 to 1852, when the Patriots gained power under Quentin Valentino, a radical senator from Ecuador. His presidency saw the RGC return to its liberal roots and cut off all ties with Europe, while the Patriots would dominate the country for three decades. During those decades, both East Asians and Jews began migrating to the RGC.

Around the 1880s, Mexico and the RGC went to war again (when the RGC sought out to regain Panama). As expected, Mexico won once again and eventually took the Galapagos Islands from the RGC. This tarnished the reputation of the Patriots, which led to the Moderates being elected once again. In the end, industrialization decreased and corruption increased. In 1899, President Roberto Caycedo, who was a Patriot, was impeached by the Censorate on charges of corruption after being accused of it by both Moderates and some Patriots, which makes him the first President in the RGC to be impeached by the Censorate.

In 1906, Rafael Basquera, a Moderate MNA, became the current President of the RGC. His presidency is expected to continue industrialization, eradicate corruption, achieve economic growth and expand the military. It is unknown whether he would fulfill those promises or not, since it is now 1907.
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[Sarderia]

Reservation

Nation Name: The Commonwealth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Territory: Great Britain, Ireland, Kenya, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, South Africa, Nigeria, the rest of West Africa, Tanzania
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I decided to go with this instead. Basically a Jacobite UK with a successful Republican revolution somewhere in the 1800s, but they decided to form a constitutional Monarchy (like Oliver Cromwell but the King still retains power).

[Tracian Empire]

Reservation

Nation Name: The Commonwealth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Territory: Great Britain, Ireland, Kenya, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, South Africa, Nigeria, the rest of West Africa, Tanzania
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I decided to go with this instead. Basically a Jacobite UK with a successful Republican revolution somewhere in the 1800s, but they decided to form a constitutional Monarchy (like Oliver Cromwell but the King still retains power).

Well, there is a Kingdom of Scotland reserved, so I'll accept the rest of your claims, as per Discord.

[Tracian Empire]

Reservation

Nation Name: Kingdom of scotland
Territory: Scotland, Colonial holdings: New england, Delaware, Maryland, New york, DC, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West virginia, and the maritimes
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Your claim for Scotland is accepted. As for the colonial holdings, we generally always receive players for that region, so giving it as a colony would be a little unfair. We'll keep your claim of the area as a colony in mind, and if we don't get any native players there, you'll get it. Alternatively, if you would be willing to make your colonial claim there small enough to allow a player nation to exist then perhaps that can be arranged - and at the same time, you're more than welcome to get other colonies in other parts of the world.

[Empire of Techkotal]

Reservation

Nation Name: Kingdom of Aksum
Territory: https://imgur.com/a/mHy1k4q
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[Revlona]

Naval Forces of Scandinavia

Battleships

Number in Service: 6
Lodbrok Class Battleship

Number in Service: 2
Fatherland Class Battleship

Number in Service: 5
Stockholm Class Battlsehip

Number in Service: 3
Gotland Class Battleship

Armored Cruisers

Number in Service: 19
Oslo Class Armored Cruiser

Unprotected Cruisers

Number in Service: 15
Leif Erikson Class

Number in Service: 21
Sigurd Class

[Novacom]

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Full Nation Name : The Kingdom of the Netherlands/Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
b]Majority/Official Culture :[/b] [[What your people identify themselves with… French, Chinese, Iroquois, Touareg, etc.]] Dutch
Territorial Core : ]

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Dutch Cores are in Orange Claims are in the lighter shade.
Territorial Claim :
Capital City : Antwerpen (Antwerp Belgium)
Population : 18,000,000
Government Type : Republic
Government Ideology/Policies :
Government Focus : The Dutch Crown is mostly focused on it's Economy and to keep it's tiny Empire together due to Friction between the home country and it's colonies. and Modernizing the state to be able to protect itself from it's much larger neighbors.
Head of State : Grand Duke Daniel Stolte of the House of Vaolis-Burgundy age 24
Head of Government : Minister-President (Prime Minister) Jan-Willem van Overbeek age 51
Government Description : Parliamentary Monarchy

Majority/State Religion : Dutch Reformed.
Religious Description :

Economic Ideologies : Capitalism
Major Production : Manufacturing,Agriculture,Metal and Engineering products,Fishing
Economic Description : Using it's fertile fields and mineral wealth the Dutch Economic model is still focused heavily on trade to attempt to retain it's power and position in the Global struggle for influence but is falling behind nations with larger Empires like France and Britain who can produce more goods cheaper than that of the Dutch. While the northern half is relatively poorer and more agricultural meanwhile the Southern half based on the Sillicon industry is this thriving . The Resource rich Congo is also being used to help expand the economy and get it over the slump with it's bountiful gold deposits and Rubber plants.

Development: Modern
Development Description : The Dutch Republic was one of the first European nations to industrialize thanks to the efforts to the Marquis Van Hoensbroeck the Count D'auxy and the Baron Nahuys lead the Kingdom to rapidly industrialize to protect itself from potential French and Empire aggression and prevent itself from again being a middle ground in their wars as it had for centuries . In Order to go about this end they are attempting to use the mineral wealth of it's colonies and it's network of trade hubs to sell resources to revive the state and expand and modernize both the Military and Economy looking into ways for the Dutch to diversify in case of another economic downturn.

Army Description : The Dutch Army is a small conscript force mostly used in protecting far off Dutch colonies then any actual attempts to defend itself using poorly made rifles and equipment the Royal Netherlands army is in need of a major overhaul and modernization Numbering only around 50,000 men the Majority of the Military budget has gone to the Navy causing the Army to have low morale discipline and supplies as well as stagnation corruption and complacency becoming commonplace among officers and enlisted men alike .
Army Weakness : Size,poor equipment,Corruption,Morale.
Naval Description : Starting in the 1890's the Dutch began to update and modernize the Fleet adding 10 protected cruisers (basically armored cruisers) and 35 coastal defense ships to bolster the nation's defenses. Bolstering the Fleet to 6 battleships 15 cruisers 27 destroyers and 35 coastal defense ships numbering 83 hulls in strength with the majority of it being stationed at home though 15 ships are protecting it's Western Hemisphere possessions 1 battle ship 5 cruisers and 9 destroyers currently stationed at the capital of Surinam Fort Zeelandia
Naval Weakness : Small size
Further Military Description : The Main Dutch defenses are concentrated at what is known as the Waterline stretching from Naarden in Holland to the Boven-Merwede Stretch of the Merwede river near Werkendam in Northern Brabant. Starting in 1885 a secondary defense line has since started construction in the south known as the Dyle line stretching from Koningshooikt in the province of Antwerp to Wavre in Brabant both lines are defended by Forts with rounded gun towers similar to Martello towers.

National Goals : Many in the Government are interested in Self preservation against any aggression from it's much larger neighbors like Central Europe and France wary of a potential war where it will be caught in the middle. As well as the expansion and preservation of it's colonial holdings in Africa and South America
b]National Issues :[/b] In the eyes of the Dutch People there are many issues that need to be addressed corruption in the army, National Defense against potential Invasions from the CEE and France,Repairing crucial infrastructure and maintaining order in the colonies that had grown rebellious in recent years due to the actions of Colonial Militias causing friction between Antwerp and the Colonies under Jacob Van Wilpe the Previous Prime minister who was sacked for corruption.
National Figures of Interest :
National Ambition/Aspirations :

History :
In 1477 Charles the Bold Duke of Burgundy passed away leaving only his 5 year old son Jean as his successor putting the Duchy of Burgundy under Regency. Under the Regnant Henry Carbonneau who was a greedy and short sighted fool his failures ended up costing the Duchy it's French territories by siding with the ZentralEuropan Empire against the Kings of France in a war they were decimated in. Forced to Retreat to it's territory in the Lowlands and moving it's capital to the city of Antwerp after losing it's claims to the Titles of the Dukes of Burgundy they made a new one the Grand Dukes of the Netherlands. The Netherlands would become a rather unwilling member state of the empire to protect itself from French retaliation for it's impudence . Slowly but surely the Grand Duchy began to lose it's French roots and embrace the Dutch culture of it's territory.

in 1648 following the Thirty years war the new Kingdom of the Netherlands declared it's full independence from the Empire moving swiftly to form it's own colonial empire claiming the Region of Suriname in South America and a good chunk of central Africa over the next 250 years. However there is still that dread in the heart of the Dutch they again will be put in a war between the Empire and the French. In a attempt to avoid such a fate more progressive Dutch Nobles like the Marquis Van Hoensbroeck the Count D'auxy and the Baron Nahuys have pushed a plan to exploit the silicon reserves in the more industrialized southern half of the nation and the rubber resource in the Congo region and has begun to expand and modernize but the shortsightedness of some politicians of the Staten-Generaal (states-general aka the Dutch Parliament which they adopted in 1848 on the 200th anniversary of independence from the Empire) could derail the Dutch Ambitions . However the Nation still struggles with rampant corruption Being caught between dangerous neighbors and friction with it's colonies that must be resolved by a young and inexperienced monarch who will probably make more then a few mistakes along the way.


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Malmö Capital of the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia
Celebrations rang out across the United Kingdoms as the Danish Folketinget finally accepted the treaty to unite the Scandinavian nations into one for the first time since 1537 follow the dissolution of the Kalmar union after the integration of Norway by Denmark and the Swedish war of liberation ended with the Swedes leaving the union in 1523. People in the new capital of Malmö danced and celebrated in the streets after 5 years of negotiations and centuries of fighting among each other the Scandinavian people were now whole once more. Now in his new Palace simply called Förening or Union the young King Daniel I stroked his beard on how to rebuild the devastated Denmark and Norway while preventing either NATO or the Soviets from gaining too much influence in the very delicate new country.
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So a few things here:
A bit more of a description of your economy, after all one of the things the Dutch were noted for RL was the Tulip Trade, was that a thing in your history, more detail of what your development actually is would be good.
Your Navy, if you're a colonial power, a small navy is VERY unusual, while not impossible, but I'd reconsider this one.
Your Army, Corruption sounds like it would be more spread out than just you're army if it's so endemic there
Your History needs more detail a fair bit more detail.

[The Traansval]

Full Nation Name: République du Canada (English: Republic of Canada)
Unofficial/Common Nation Name: République Canadienne (English: Canadian Republic) / Canada

Majority/Official Culture:
Territorial Core: Map of the Republic and her Provinces and Territories - In Numeric Order of Admission into the Republic (And on the map): Quebec Province, Ontario Province, Acadia Province, Ojibwe Province, Michigan Province, Ohio Province, Miami Province, Illinois Province, Tecumseh Province, Minnetoba Province, and then the two Territories: the Northwestern Territory and the Cumberland Territory.
Territorial Claim: Acadia
Capital City: Montreal
Population: 23,558,371

Majority/State Religion: Catholic Church of Canada
Religious Description: Catholic missionaries have been in Canada since the founding of Quebec City. While the colony was religiously tolerant and allowed other religions, even allowing the large settlement of Huguenots and Quakers, Catholicism has been a big part of Canadian Nationalism and the national identity of Canada. The Catholic church is by far the largest in Canada, with about 72% of religious individuals being members of the Church which is based out of the Archdiocese of Quebec; the only Archdiocese north of the Rio Grande. The Church is not only big among French-Canadians but also among the native and metis peoples who are by and large Catholic along with immigrant communities, particularly the Irish-Canadians and Roman immigrants from Italy. Behind the Catholic Church are the American Reformed Churches, a federation of protestant churches generally aligned with Calvinists Reformist beliefs that are big with the communities of Huguenots. Native religions also continue to persist, particularly among the Iroquois in their Grand River reservation.

National Goals: To secure the Republic's borders, ensure her independence, and the prosperity of her citizens.
National Issues: The Chicago Reforms and the exposes on labor conditions in the cities have caused a large stir and have caused some to radical, turning to the Socialist Party and the IWW these forces have stepped up their revolutionary activity lately with strikes. Beland and the Labor Party hope to put down the flames of revolution through reform, but the fight over the National Labor Act is fierce, its passage hanging on just a few votes from the Liberal party that might fall through at any moment. If nothing is done about working conditions or the growing inequality of wealth, things may become violent.
National Figures of Interest: Joseph Beland, President, and leader of Labor; Francis Pegahmagabow, Field Marshal and Hero of the Republic.
National Ambition/Aspirations: N/A

Government Type: Unitary Democratic Republic
Government Ideology/Policies: Specifics change between administrations based on which parties get in power. The Conservative Party of Canada, Parti Conservateur du Canada or PCC, is a party-based deeply in rural Canada with its primary support coming from rich landowners and rural farmers. This base has primarily been cultivated because of the Conservative's politics of French-Canadian Nationalism including the promotion of French-Canadian as the official language and Catholicism as the "traditional" Canadian religion, along with economic policies of protectionism and protectionist tariffs in order to promote the industry, specifically agriculture as they wish to see tariffs placed on foreign grain, along with a policy of economic deregulation and tax cuts, both of those economic policies meant to benefit the Land Trusts but they also benefit the rural farmers. The traditional rival of the PCC is the Liberal Party of Canada, Parti Libéral du Canada or PLC, whose main base is with the urban middle class and industrialist upper class. The Liberals stand for more social freedoms and are generally more... well, Liberal in their social policies, which appeals to many urbanites who see the PCC as old men. The Liberals stand for free trade and capitalism, although they are willing to support moderate reforms and regulations. The newest party is the Canadian-Labor Party, or Parti Canadien-Ouvrier or PCO, which was founded as a big tent leftist party under the growing trade union movement although the party had its more radical and Marxist members leave to form the Socialist Party of Canada after the party began to shift towards more moderate Social Democratic type policies; under Joseph Beland the party is mainly based with the urban workers and with tenant farmers and stands for workers rights, regulation of the market, and social programs along with campaigning on the idea of Trust-Busting, breaking up the big Land Trusts. These three parties, four if you count the Socialists who mainly work outside of the system attempting to foment a radical Syndicalist or Marxist revolution, are the main ideologies branches of Canadian Republicanism, and while they differ all three remain committed to the idea that Canada is a Republic, whose leaders are elected by the People and are accountable to the People, and that the right to govern does not come from noble birth.

Government Focus: The newly elected Labor government under Beland has been focusing on its campaign promises, the big fight currently being over the National Labor Act which seeks to fulfill the goal of Labor to introduce workers regulations and establish certain rights that workers shall have in order to protect them. This, and Beland's Trust-Busting battles in the courts, are the big focus of the government.
Head of State: Président Joseph Béland and Président Vice Aurèle Lacombe serve at the head of the Executive.
Head of Government: The Président is both the Head of State and Head of Government as he is in charge of the Cabinet of Ministers who run the government. If the President is unavailable or incapacitated the Vice Président can take over his duties either temporarily or permanently. The other notable government leaders are the President of the National Assembly, Président de l'Assemblée Nationale a job held currently by the Labor Deputy Joseph-Alphonse Langlois, and the Président of the Senate, Président du Sénat, who is currently Lomer Gouin of the Liberals.

Government Description:The Republic is run by two primary branches; the Executive Branch, also known as the Presidency since its led by the President, is primarily the office of the President, the Vice President as his deputy, and a cabinet of Ministers who each oversee a government department known as a Ministry; and the Legislative Branch, more commonly known as Parliament which is the sole and supreme law-making body in the Republic, although most lawmaking happens in Parliament's lower house, the National Assembly, while its upper house the Senate acts as an advisory body and a check on the Assembly. The Judicial Branch, also known as the Judiciary, is a series of multilevel and multitrack court systems all overseen by the Superior Council, that interprets laws and hands down rulings on cases of criminal, civil, or administrative law. The Republic is a Unitary state, meaning that the local and regional governments are directly responsible and in some cases appointed by the central National government.

The President, Le Président, is the Head of State, Head of Government, Chief Executive, Commander in Chief, and Chief Diplomat all in one. The president's powers include the command of the military, the ability to negotiate and represent the Republic diplomatically, and the responsibility to enforce the laws of congress and administrate the bureaucracy of the government. Obviously one man cannot do this all alone, the Vice Président assists the Président and councils him but the more important members of the Executive are the Ministers, or Les Ministres, of the Council of State, Conseil d'Etat, more commonly just known as "The Government". It is through the Ministres, who are appointed by the Président and approved by Parliament, that the Président exercises his power; for example, the Président exercises his power as Chief Diplomat through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which sents Ambassadors to be the representatives of the President. The Conseil also seats the leaders of smaller independent offices, bureaus, and departments; these leaders are often known as "Junior Ministers" but officially they are known as Secretaries, Secrétaires. These Secrétaires will either be under a Ministre, such as the Secrétaire for the Army and Secrétaire for the Navy who are under the Ministre for War, or the Secrétaire of Police who oversees the national police under the Ministre for Interior; or they will be independent, leading an office or department that isn't apart of any Ministry, such as the Secrétaire of Management and Budget which is an independent office.

One of the main duties of the Président, the duty that gives him most of his powers, is to enforce the laws of Parliament. Parliament, or Parlement, is the national legislature of the Republic. Parlement has the power to introduce, debate, and then either pass or deny bills into law, and the only restriction on what laws can be made is the constitution, specifically the Bill of the Rights of Man. All laws begin by being introduced onto the floor of the National Assembly, or Assemblée Nationale, whose members, known as Deputies or Députés, will then debate and then vote to either reject or approve the bill that was introduced. From here, the bill moves onto the upper house known as the Senate, Sénat, where the Senators, Sénateurs, will vote to either approve the bill passed by the assembly, in which case the bill then becomes a law, or will vote to reject the bill and send it back down to the Assembly for more debate and a revote. If the bill is passed again by the Assembly the Senate can approve it or send it back down again; if it passes a third time the Senate must approve it. Other roles of the Parlement include the approval of appointments made by the President, and the ability to remove appointed officials through impeachment in the assembly and then a trial in the senate.

The Judiciary of the Republic is primarily made up of three "tracks"; Civil, Administration, and Criminal tracks. Each track has three layers; the Inferior Courts also known as Instance Courts as their where cases are first brought before the court and tried, the intermediate appellate courts, and then the final court of appeal that is the Superior Council or Conseil Supérieur. The Conseil is, again, the final court of appeals for all three tracks but is also the head of the Judiciary and is responsible for appointing judges. Civil Courts handle disputes between citizens, Administrative courts handle matters of government such as resolving conflicting jurisdictions or lawsuits against the government, and the Criminal courts handle the enforcement of laws and the issuance of penal measures. As mentioned before, judges are appointed by the decision of the Superior Council, all judges serve for life and can only be removed from office by Parlement or the Conseil can remove a judge if their facing prosecution.

As said earlier, Canada is a Unitary Republic, meaning that the national government is the supreme government and all regional governments serve at the behest of the national government and only have powers delegated to them by the national government. In Canada, there are three territorial divisions down from the national government; Provinces, Departments, and Communes. Provinces are regional administrations, each is led by a Prefect, Préfet, who are appointed by the President with the approval of Parlement, and who serves as the president of each province's Provincial Council, Conseil Provincial. The Provincial government is responsible for the administration of government programs in their province, and the council has limited powers to pass bylaws relating to their role. Departments, or Départements, are equivalent to what might be called a County, and each one is administered by a Conseil Général, General Council, which is chaired by a President. The smallest political unit is the Commune, equivalent to a township or Borough, which is usually the government for a single town or city and is led by a Mayor, Maire, and a Municipal Council, Conseil Municipal. There are also some special divisions, such as the Intercommunality divisions which are groupings of multiple Communes under one united government; the most common of these is the Métropole or Metropolis which is usually the government of large or major cities and is both a Commune and Département government.

Security: Canada has three police formations; the Connétablie Nationale, National Constabulary responsible for policing in major urban areas, the Maréchaussée, Marshalcy (nickname
Montés or Mounted's) formed as a Gendarmerie that provided rural policing and military police duties, and the Connétablie Municipale, Municipal Constabulary which are local police units in municipal communes. Both the Nationale and Municipale Connétablie are civilian police forces under the Ministre of the Interior while the Maréchaussée is officially a military formation under the formal command of the Marshal of Canada, but the actual command of it falls to the Commandant de Maréchaussée. Each of the three formations also hosts an investigative department; the Nationale and Municipale Connétablie have the Nationale Sûreté and the Municipale Sûreté respectively, which are detective departments dealing with the investigation and prosecution of crimes; while the Maréchaussée has its Premier Bureau for such investigative work. Foreign intelligence is divided between the Service de Renseignements, Intelligence Service, of the Ministre of Foreign Affairs, and the Deuxième Bureau of the Maréchaussée; the SR gathers intelligence and works to spread influence while the Deuxième Bureau handles military intelligence.

Economic Ideologies: Canada believes in the freedom of commerce, that an individual can make something and then sell it for a profit on his own. Capitalism is the major economic ideology underlying the Canadian economy, currently, the Canadian economy would be described as a mixed-market as the Liberal governments have introduced regulations on industries and the government operates a state-owned mail service and railroad that competes with private business. The more laisse-faire side of the market spectrum rests with the Conservatives who campaign on deregulation and also protectionist policies such as tariffs. The Liberals campaign mostly on a policy of free trade and on promoting business with support for some regulations. Labor's main campaign is on seeking a true mixed-market regulated economy based mostly on Social Democratic policies like strengthening unions and introducing workers rights, while on the far flank the Socialists preach the words of Marx advocating for a workers revolution, mostly along the lines of the ideology of their new leader, Daniel De Leon.

Major Production: The main three sectors of the Canadian economy are Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Financial Services. The Southern Provinces are known as the Breadbasket of the Republic as they are a major agricultural producing area, include the "Corn Belt"; an area of huge corn production. Main staples of Canadian agriculture are corn and wheat along with the raising of cattle, hogs, and chickens as sources of protein, all of which are raised in surplus and thus form a large part of exports. Manufacturing, however, is the largest individual sector of the economy, as the easy access granted by the Great Lakes caused the provinces around it, including the southern provinces and Ontario, and to a lesser extent Quebec, to receive heavy investments in infrastructure. Heavy iron deposits, oil and natural gas deposits, and to a lesser extent coal deposits lead to a boom in manufacturing between 1860 and 1890 centered mostly around the previously mentioned provinces, the biggest growing cities being Detroit, Chicago, Champlain, and Ft. Frontenac. Businessess like United Provinces Steel, Standard Oil, and others set up in the region and made it a world leader in the production of steel, the refinement of oil, and the production of manufactured goods as small as tin cans to as big as the new automobiles like the brand new Model A of the General Motors of Canada, which originated as a naval company, a market they still do work in. This large manufacturing and agricultural production has led to the rise in Canadian Financial sectors, mainly based out of Quebec City, a major port and base for exporter companies, and Chicago, the heart of the southern provinces, with stock markets, banks, trust companies, etc. all working to earn a buck.

Economic Description: The Canadian economy is a market economy based on capitalist principles. Citizens have the right to own property and the economy is based off the enterprise of individuals utilizing property and capital to start up businesses. The government enforces regulations on the economy, although their mostly light and only began during the 1880's. These economic regulations are mostly focused on promoting competition, a focus of the Liberals, which they've done through regulations in the railroads and breaking up large monopolies that appeared such as the previously mentioned Standard Oil. Things like wages, working conditions, etc. are mostly unregulated and left to companies, although local communes do have limited authority to pass ordinances over these matters.

Development: Modern
Development Description: Canadians sometimes like to prop up the image of the self-sufficent farmer as the true Canadian, an image that has been popular in the national myth of Canada since the time of the War of Independence, but its true origin is in trading; the majority of colonial Canada's population was urban, mainly artisans, merchants, or those involved in the fur trade. The basis of Canada has always been with the urbanites, and more importantly with business, as for almost a century the basis of the entire economy was on the trapping and selling of American furs. The same has always been, the boom in agriculture post-independence was soon snuffed out by the replacement of furs; Steel. Even before the manufacturing boom, the settlers and farms of the southern provinces lead to the rise of great cities which acted as ports on the lakes to allow for the export of excess product. The Republic is a highly industrialized modern state, mostly thanks to the easy accessability given by the lakes and rivers that connect virtually the entire Republic together. Even so, the manufacturing boom and second industrial revolution saw towns and cities turn into metropolitian areas, connected to each other by paved roads or railroads, speaking to one another by telegraph, their streets lit with first a system of gas and then electric lamps, their buildings made first with concrete then with steel and glass, spilling outward and then upwards towards the sky when there was no more room, and their sewage no longer dumped onto the street but into pipes and systems made by raising entire cities on jacks. What a wonderous modern age we live in.

Army Description: The origin of the Republican Army, or Armée Républicaine, lies with the Colonial Milita that formed the backbone of de Rigaud's Army of Canada, the force that fought the War of Independence and drove the French into the sea. The Militia remained the main armed force besides armed native allies until the creation of the Army in the beginning of the 19th century; the Army was created as a professional force after the Canadian militia would regularly see defeat in open battles during the Ohio War. The Army is an odd one as its formed, organized, and trained along contemporary european lines with officers instructed in the conventional ways of European war, but also the tactics and training of the army are heavily influenced by Canada's native americans, who have perfected the art of guerilla war in the dense forests of the American northeast; tactics that the Canadian army has fully embraced and regularly use in the border skirmishes along the Cumberland with Iron Order raiders.

The Army is a Volunteer force. The latest official report puts the amount of active servicemembers at 120,751 total within the army. These are spread over four major formations; Infantry, Cavalry, Voltigeurs, and Support formations. Infantry is... well infantry, the regular riflemen on the ground taking positions and winning the fight. Cavalry are a force of mobile mounted skirmishers, oriented more like Mounted Infantry than conventional cavalry as cavalry charges aren't that feasible of a tactic, although they can and are done in specific circumstances. The Voltigeurs are a more specialized formation, their name means "Leaper" and originates as the name of light infantry in service to the French crown. Voltigeurs originated in Canada as militias raised specifically of hunters and fur trappers during the Independence War, and after the formation of the Army these militias would become the Voltigeurs, a specialized recon and skirmishing unit whose role would adapt over the decades to their modern role as recon and special forces. Supporting all three are the various dispersed support formations, such as the Artillery, Supply, etc. Each Brigade has its own internal Artillery and a Headquarters Office which contains all of these, although when Brigade are massed together under Corps they'll have attached independent Artillery units and supply. There are also the Gendarmes of the Gendarmerie; the Gendarmerie are a state run police force that policies rural areas and also acts as military police for the Army; they police and guard all military bases and each brigade has its own company of Gendarmes.

In total there are eight Infantry Brigades and four Cavalry Brigades in active service. These are grouped into three Corps; I Corps also known as Western Corps is primarily stationed in Manitoba and Wisconsin along the Busang border, it has two infantry brigades and one cavalry brigade; II Corps, also known as Southern Corp is primarily stationed on the southern frontier at the Cumberland, it has four infantry brigades and two cavalry brigades; and III Corps, also known as Eastern Corps is stationed mostly in Ohio. Quebec and Ontario along the border with Columbia, it has two infantry brigades and one cavalry brigade. There are also seven independent Artillery Regiments which get moved around depending on their need and really never stay in one place.

Army Weakness: Primary weakness of the army is its size, equipment, and experience. The army is, compared to many European armies, quite small, mostly due to the fact that its an all volunteer force thats also pretty selective in who it choses. Soldiers utilize relatively older equipment, about the only thing thats up to date with European progression would be the main line rifle. But the biggest weakness is the experience and tactics; the Army has spent almost a hundred years fighting Native bands, colonial militia, and Iron Order raids. While Canadian soldiers might be trained in conventional warfare, the past century of war for them has been forest ambushes and skirmishes. This makes them less than effective at more convention type battles with fully stacked European armies in flat open ground, and they'd have a hard time if deployed abroad.

Further Military Description: The Army wears a standard uniform based on European patterns of Khaki clothing; these were introduced during the mid-1890s during a modernization program which sought to replace the seven different uniforms with one standard pattern, although some did throw a fuss at changing from the old Green uniforms which had become a national symbol to the new Khaki beige ones, however, practical concerns drowned these people out. The uniform is relatively simple with leather shoes, wrapped puttees adopted from the Indians, pants, and a tunic with combat webbing to carry ammunition and other tools and a campaign hat, all of which are shown in this illustration.

The primary rifle of the Army is the FN M1895/1903, which was originally a Mauser design adopted in 1895 utilizing the new, at the time, 7.65×53mm cartridge. The rifle underwent a refit and remodel by Fabrique Nationale de Montréal, a semi-state run arms company, in 1903 which saw the action generally strengthened and the rifle shortened into a universal short rifle pattern to get rid of the need for separate long and carbine rifles. The primary handgun for the troops is the Savage M1903, a design chambering a new 9mm cartridge from Savage Arms of Ohio, which was adopted to replace the old FN M1892, a revolver design that's been mostly phased out and sees use with rear line and Gendarmerie forces. In limited use is the Springfield Armory Model 1904 Machine Gun, which is used primarily as a fortification gun and treated like an artillery piece, with a few hundred in use. A bit odder, although not from the perspective of those living in the American nations, is the inclusion of the FN M1899 shotgun, an alteration of the 1898 model to include lugs for a bayonet; the shotgun is a very useful weapon in the southern Cumberland or Appalachians where fighting is close within the dense tree brush.

Speaking of artillery, the army is somewhat light on it, but the 76.2mm Model 1902 Field gun, 115mm Model 1905 Howitzer, 152mm Model 1904 Howitzer, and the 55mm Mortar form the majority of the stockpile.

The primary combat unit of the Army is the Brigade, which is comparable to the European Division in size as a Canadian Brigade has an authorized full strength of 11,365 men. Each Brigade has three Infantry Regiments, one Artillery Regiment, and one Voltigeur Battalion along with support units such as supply, engineers, etc. An Infantry Regiment is subdivided into three Rifle Battalions and one Field Artillery Battalion, not counting noncombatants such as the Headquarters and Support units. Artillery Regiments are subdivided into two Medium Howitzer Battalions and one Heavy Howitzer battalion.

In total each Infantry Regiment is authorized a full strength of 3,380 men, although actual sizes vary depending on circumstance and possible casualties. Rifle and Voltigeur Battalions are subdivided into four Companies of around 265 men each, which are themselves then divided into the smallest cohesive unit the Platoon, five of them for each Company with 51 men per Platoon.

Field Artillery Battalions, which have a authorized full strength of 275 men, are subdivided into two Field Batteries, each with six M1902 Field guns, three M1905 Howitzers, and eight M1895 Potato Diggers. Medium and Heavy Howitzer Battalions are also organized into two Batteries, with six M1905 Howitzers each (Medium) and six M1904 Howitzers (Heavy) respectively, with the same amount of men in each battalion as the Field Artillery.

The Cavalry of the Army are, like the infantry, organized into Brigades of three Regiments of cavalry and two independent field artillery battalions, which in total is about 4,318 men for each brigade. Cavalry Regiments are organized into four Squadrons of Cavalry; their total authorized strength is 1,256 men. Each cavalry squadron, which has around 258 men, is divided into the basic cohesive unit of the cavalry, the Troop, six per squadron with around 43 men in each Troop.

Brigades will often be grouped together under a Corps, usually, these corps will be mixed formations with infantry and cavalry units along with attached independent artillery in order to mass troops for a specific offensive or front. In wartime, two or more Corps can be grouped together to form a Field Army under the commander of a Field Marshal.

Naval Description: The Republican Navy, or Marine Républicaine, is a small force and not very prestigious, it's really a side concern for the administration that doesn't receive much attention and even less funding. In the face of this, the Navy tries to conserve resources as much as possible, maximizing as much firepower as possible for the lowest cost possible. While this doesn't produce the world's best Navy, the Navy maximizes its advantages, such as the fact that its low recruitment rate means that the men it does get are of relatively good quality, mostly former merchant sailors needing work. The main force of the Navy is seven Battleships + two battleships under construction, most of which were built during the 1890s, and six Monitors. Supporting them are eleven Armored Cruisers, twenty Protected Crusiers, three Scout Cruisers, twenty-eight torpedo boat destroyers, and twenty-six torpedo boats, along with accompanying service and support ships. Canada uses NC or Navire Canadien which translates as "Canadian Ship", as their prefix on warship names.

The Navy has one official "Fleet"; the Atlantic Fleet, which is divided into the North Atlantic Command and the Saint Lawrence Command. The other two major formations are the Great Lakes Flotilla, an independent unit based in the lakes, and the Reserve Fleet, not a formal fleet but a formation where ships that are held in reserve and aren't on active duty are kept. Each fleet utilizes such groups; Divisions are used for groups of one type of ships, almost always used for Battleship units, Squadrons are the naval equivalent of a Corps and are mostly groupings of Cruisers and supporting light craft that can act semi-autonomously from or in support of the Command, and Flotillas are mostly groupings of lightships.

Ship Classes of the Canadian Republican Navy

Capital Ships
(Battleships are named after Provinces, Monitors after rivers)
Illinois Class BB - One of three classes laid down in the 20th century, Illinois were large ships meant to emulate the large seagoing battleships of contemporary European navies. It had an armor belt of 11inches and an armament of four 12 in (305 mm)/40 caliber guns, eight 8 in (203 mm)/45 cal guns, twelve 6 in (152 mm)/50 cal Mark 6 guns, twelve 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns, twelve 3-pounder guns, and four 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. The class has four ships; the NC Illinois, and the NC Manitoba, NC Miami, and the NC Michigan all laid down between 1900 and 1901.

]Quebec Class BB - The most recently complete class, the class is armed with four 12 in (305 mm)/45 cal, eight 8 in (203 mm)/45 caliber guns, twelve 7 in (178 mm)/45 caliber guns, twenty 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns, twelve 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns, four 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns, and four 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with the main armor belt of 11 inches. The class has three ships; NC Quebec, NC Ontario, and NC Ohio all of which were laid down between 1903 and 1904.

Tecumseh Class BB - The Tecumseh Class, named after the Indian chief, began construction in 1904 and the two ships of the class, NC Tecumseh and NC Prophet, are slated to enter service in 1908. They'll be armed with four 12 in (305 mm)/45 caliber guns (2×2), eight 8 in (203 mm)/45 cal guns (4×2), eight 7 in (178 mm)/45 cal guns (8×1), twelve 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns (12×1), six 3-pounders, and two 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes.

The NC Saint Lawrence MO - Was a single ship laid down in 1889 and launched into service in 1893, originally as the lead ship in a new class of Monitors but the rest were scrapped and only the Saint Lawrence constructed; it is now considered the Flagship of the Saint Lawrence Command. Shes armed with two 12 in guns, two 10 in guns, and six 6-pounder guns, with a main armor belt of eight inches.

Wabash Class MO - The last monitors ever constructed by the Canadian navy, all five ships of the class were built between 1900 and 1902 and commissioned into service between 1902 and 1904. Each carries an armament of two 12 in (305 mm)/40 caliber breech-loading rifles (1×2), four 4 in (102 mm)/40 cal guns (4×1), three 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns, and four 1-pounder rapid fire guns, and with a main armor belt of 11inches. The class has five ships; NC Wabash, NC Cumberland, NC St. Croix, CN Le Grande, and CN Saguenay.

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Cruisers
(Cruisers are named after towns and cities)
Détroit Class ACR - Built as a apart of a navy modernization program, the Détroit's began construction in 1901 and were all commissioned between 1904 and 1905. Their armed with four 8 in (203 mm)/40 caliber, fourteen 6 in (152 mm)/50 cal, eighteen 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal rapid fire (RF) guns, twelve 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) RF guns, two 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) saluting guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. The ships have a main armor belt of six inches. The class has six ships; NC Toronto, NC Détroit, NC Laval, NC Gatineau, NC Montreal, and NC Champlain.

Trois-Rivières Class ACR - Built between 1903 and 1904 and commissioned mostly in 1906, these are the most recent of the ACRs to enter service, although their quickly being outmatched by European advanced in the Battlecruiser. The ships are armed with four 10 in (254 mm)/40 Mark 3 guns in twin turrets, sixteen 6 in (152 mm)/50 Mk.8 guns in single casemates, twenty-two 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns in single mountings, twelve 3-pounder guns, and four 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. Her main armor belt is lighter than the Detroit at around 5 inches but this allows the ship to be faster, and her better armament hopefully makes up for the lighter armor. The class has five ships; NC Trois-Rivières, NC Ft. Frontenac, NC Mississauga, NC Odawa, NC Ville de Quebec.

NC Milwaukee PC - Built between 1890 and 1893 and commissioned between 1894 and 1899, the Milwaukee's are the oldest Protected Cruisers still in service, they saw a refit in 1905 which modernized them some. Their armed with one 8 in (203 mm)/40 caliber, two 6 in (152 mm)/40 caliber guns, six 4 in (102 mm)/40 caliber rapid fire (RF) guns, ten 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) RF guns, four 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) RF guns, and four .30 cal. (7.62 mm) machine guns. The class has six ships; NC Milwaukee, NC Toledo, NC Terrebonne, NC Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, NC Saint-Jérôme, and the NC Blainville.

Châteauguay Class PC - The first protected crusiers of the 20th century, most were finished and commissioned between 1903 and 1904. Their armed with ten 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 5 rapid firing (RF) guns, six 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) RF guns, two 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) RF guns, and four .30 cal. (7.62 mm) machine guns. The class has eight ships; the NC Châteauguay, NC Sherbrooke, NC Saint-Hyacinthe, NC Saint-Georges, NC Sept-Îles, NC Baie-Comeau, NC Rivière-du-Loup, and the NC Dolbeau-Mistassini.

Matane Class PC - The most recent class of protected cruisers, they were commissioned into service between 1905 and 1906, their sometimes referred to as "Semi-Armored Crusiers" due to their heavy armament being more than the usual protected cruiser. Their armed with fourteen 6 in (152 mm)/50 caliber Mark 6 guns, eighteen 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal rapid fire (RF) guns, twelve 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) RF guns, four 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) automatic guns, eight 1-pounder (37 mm) RF guns, and two .30 cal. (7.62 mm) machine guns. The class has six ships; NC Matane, NC Lachute, NC Amos, NC Sainte-Adèle, NC Prévost, and NC Sainte-Marie.

Joliette Class SC - A special class of three ships, the Joliettes were created as "scout cruisers", fast ships meant for recon which had light armor and armaments. Each had a speed of 24 knots, and are armed with two 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 6 guns, six 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber rapid fire (RF) guns, two 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns, two 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. The class hass three ships; NC Joliette, NC Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, and NC La Tuque.

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Destroyers and Torpedo Boats
(All destroyers and torpedo boats are numbered, any names are unofficial)
Dolphin Class DDs - The Dolphins were similar to the Turtles, the first now decommissioned class of destroyers, only the Dolphons mounted an extra 6 pounder gun along with some layout changes. The class has eight ships; DD-14 through DD-21.

Whale Class DDs - The Whale Class was the first ocean-going class of destroyers, the most notable upgrade from the previous class being steam turbines instead of reciprocating engines, along with generally being an upscaled larger design from the previous Dolphins. The Whale's are armed with five 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns, three 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, and some .30 caliber machine guns. The class has twelve ships; DD-22 through DD-33.

Shark Class DDs - The most recently class, the Sharks began construction around 1903 and began entering service between 1905 and 1906. The ships feature twin mounted torpedo tubes allowing for double the torpedo capacity and are the first ships of the navy to utilize oil-fired boilers. Their armed with five 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns, three twin 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, and .30 caliber machine guns. The class has eight ships; DD-34 through DD-41.

Jean-Pierre Class TBs - Ordered in 1896, the Jean-Pierres were the third class of torpedo boats commisisoned into the navy; the previous two classes have been decommissioned due to their age. The Jean-Pierre's are armed with three 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns and three 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (3x1). The class has seven ships; TB-01 through TB-07.

Champlain Class TBs - The Champlains are very similar to the Jean-Pierres, and were ordered at about the same time, the primary difference between the layout of the ships and the Champlains have one more 1-pounder gun than the Jean-Pierres, a total of four. The class has four ships; TB-08 through TB-11.

François Class TBs - Ordered a couple years after the Jean-Pierre and Champlains, the François are armed with three 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) gunsand three 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (3x1).The class has eight ships; TB-12 through TB-19.

Taschereau Class TBs - The most recently built torpedo boats, and also the last ever built torpedo boats, the Taschereau's entered servine between 1900 and 1901. Their armed with three 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns and three 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (3x1). The class has seven ships; TB-20 through TB-26.

The Navy also has the Fusiliers Marins, Naval Fusiliers, an infantry formation whose primary task is providing protection for naval bases, providing compliments of armed soldiers who serve on ships and enforce order, and are special infantry who train for naval deployements and naval landings. The Fusiliers have one independent Brigade with four full regiments of the same size as Infantry regiments, and the rest of their men are in detachments either guarding naval bases or serving on ships as said previously.

Naval Weakness: Mostly the use of outdated tactics and equipment. The entire navy is about four years behind the rest of the world in naval technology and development, and most of its battleships are outclassed by the newest innovations from Europe. In a one on one fight with even odds, the Canadian navy would be sunk into the sea, so they mostly attempt to pick their fights and raid enemy commerce, although this also leaves the Canadian commerce lanes mostly unguarded.

RP Sample: South the Mason

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