Earth II [ARCHIVE THREAD #1]

[Dante Peak]

Well...here's what I've managed to put together:

December 7th 1904- The United States is formally formed in the north of India.

June 19h 1905- The Indian Campaigns begin as the United States begins to take control of the rest of the Indian Sub-continent, largely via a mixture of political and economic incentives, as well as providing assisstance to those under various levels of Civil oppression, largley bloodless with very few combat engagements outside of those territories controlled by brutal warlords.

November 16th 1910- Indian Campaigns officially complete as the second United States Congress is assembled, includeng Congresspeople and Senators from all the Indian territories.

Febuary 21st 1918- The 1st US-Pakistan War begins as Pakistani forces invade the Indian Territories from the northwest. During the next two years, enemy forces would penetrate as far south as Mumbi along the Western Seaboard, and to the doorstep of Liberty City.

June 1st 1920- Pakistani forces pushed back across the border and armistace signed, Pakistani's forced to pay heavy reperations, which would be used to strengthen the US Economy and provide additional funds for the US Military.

September 29th 1938- U.S.S Intrepid, a Heavy Cruiser, is attacked and destroyed by six Pakistani Battleships, how the Pakistani's purchased so much hardware without US Intelligence from discovering it is unknown. The second US-Pakistani War begins.

October 1st 1938- The US launches a massive retalitory stike at Pakistani ports and major cities.

October 25th 1938- US ground invasion begins, despite losses makes good progress.

December 31st 1945- All ground resistance is totally defeated and the Pakistani territories are officially annexed by the United States.

December 7th 1947- The captured Pakistani territories are offered the possibility of becoming a fully US State by the 12th Congress. After much discussion and a local vote, Pakistani Territories join the UNited States as a State and join the US Congress

June 11th 1956- Shaun Sinclair, future US President is born in Liberty City.

May 1st 1960- Tensions between the expanding US and the Iranian territories begans to grow.

August 11th 1974- Shaun Sinclair finishes college and enlists in the United States Army.

January 1st 1979- In responce to intelligence that indicated that the Iranian's were about to launch an attack on the US, the USAF launchs an initial assault, crippling Iranian Air Force strength.

March 18th 1979- US ground assault progresses quickly and reachs Terhan by years end, Shaun Sinclair's enters selection for the US Special Forces.

January 2nd 1980- It becomes clear that although the US has control of the land area, there are various persons who oppose US control. US Army alters it's tactics to COIN.

July 29th 1982- Twelve US Civilians are taken hostage. US Special Forces launch rescue operations, all but one member of the team are killed when they are ambushed due to a leak in the US Intelligence. The remaining member, it's team leader: Major Shaun Sinclair, out of contact with Command due to a damaged radio, continue's the mission and is able to rescue the Civilians. Is awarded the Medal of Honour for his actions.

25th September 1983- Sinclair is promoted to Colonial and assigned to lead the US in-field COIN operations.

6th May 1989- The US and Insurgency forces come to term of agreements and the Insurgency ends.

9th June 1990- Iranian Territories join the US at the beginning of the 22nd Congress.

11th June 1990- Colonel Sinclair leaves the Army with an Honourable discharge, would later run for Congress in 1992.

1st Septmember 1998- Runs successfully for US Senate.

9th August 2008- Designated as Democratic Party candidate for the Presidency.

11th September 2009- Elected as President

20th January 2010- Inaudurated as President of the United States of Dante Peak.

[Cotland]

Historical timeline of Cotland

Year 957: King Harald I Hårfagre unite Cotland into one Realm after a twenty-year campaign. The newly proclaimed Realm of Cotland encompass the present-day territories of Norway, Sweden and parts of Finland.

Year 1001: King Olav I Trygvasson introduces Christianity to the pagan Cottish lands, partially through persuasion, but primarily through violence. While Christianity will eventually cover all of Cotland, total conversion will not happen for another two hundred years.

Year 1130: King Sigurd I Magnusson dies without a legitimate offspring, thus setting into motion a series of disputes and events that lead to the eruption of the Cottish Civil War. Three different pretenders to the throne emerge and lay claim to the throne. It isn't long before violent clashes between the factions erupt. Two years later, two clear factions emerge, known as Birkebeinerne and Baglerne, respectively.

Year 1184: The Civil War rages for full when a pretender to the throne, Sverre Sigurdsson leads Birkebeinerne to victory at the Battle of Fimreite. The victory was a decisive Birkebeiner victory, and crushes Baglerne. As a result of this, Sverre can ascend to the Cottish throne as King Sverre I, and a period of relative peace follows in Cotland.

Year 1202: King Sverre I dies at Bjørgvin. In this reign, the King has led Cotland back towards its lost propsperity, but in the process he has gained mighty enemies with the Catholic Church. As a result of this, the Church excommunicated Sverre and started funding Baglerne. While Sverre's son Håkon III Sverresson succeedes his throne, Baglerne opposes this and the civil war flares back up again.

Year 1222: Two mighty armies meet at the plains of Stiklestad, Norway, to settle once and for all the disputed succession to the Cottish throne. Håkon IV Håkonsson finally defeats Baglerne and ensures that no other pretender to the throne can emerge in the future by slaughtering the defeated leaders and their entire kin. In the next ten years, a series of conquests under Håkon IV sees the Faroes, Finland, Kola, Bjarmeland, Scotland and Denmark annexed through force into the Cottish Realm, now known as the Cottish Empire.

Year 1240: The Battle of Neva on July 15 sees Cotland suffer a defeat at the hands of a superior, combined Russian army led by Alexander Nevsky. The Cottish army, led by Jarl Håvard the Brutal, is slaughtered, leaving only a handful of survivors and causes widespread uproar in Cotland. This monumental battle is seen as the beginnings of Russo-Cottish anamosity which lasts until the present day.

Year 1349: The Black Plauge arrives in Cotland, and sweeps over the Cottish lands over the next two years. An estimated 40-50% of the population die from the plague. Until the Cottish Flu Pandemic six hundred fifty years later, this was the worst population loss in Cottish history.

Year 1444: Cotland launches a war of conquest eastwards, against the territories of Republic of Novgorod. Novgorod had killed a Cottish prince by accident the year prior, and when Cottish King Olav IV learned that his son had been slain, woved to take a terrible revenge. A mighty Cottish army, fueled by a burning rage and a desire for Novgorod's rich treasures cross from Finland into Novgorod. In a series of gigantic battles, the largest of their time with tens of thousands of men on both sides, Cotland defeats Novgorod's armies. In 1449, Novgorod itself finally falls after a two-year siege. In a humiliating defeat, the Novgorodan leaders are publically executed by the victorious Cots along with their entire families. In the five-year campaign, the Novgorodan territories (present-day Holmgard, Petersborg, western Vologda, Tvermark and Skogland) are annexed into the Realm of Cotland.

Year 1501: Cotland launches another expansion eastwards, laying under its banner the rest of present-day Vologda and Jaroslav.

Year 1533: Martin Luther's 95 theses reach Cotland, and trigger a second Civil War between Catholic and Protestant Cots. While the three year struggle is deemed a civil war, the vast majority of the Cottish population was left largely untouched, as fighting took place among the clerics and nobility. In 1536, the Protestant faction prevails and Cotland joins the growing number of Protestant kingdoms. This form of Christianity eventually evolved into Evangelical Lutheranism, and was a more liberal religion than the old Catholicism that had been the Cottish religion previously. Slavery, once a quite normal thing in the Cottish society was abolished and the renaissance emerged.

Year 1589: A two-year commerce war is waged overseas with the Layartebian Scythe Republic, which mistake a small fleet of Cottish merchant ships for Ontarian warships. As the Scythe Republic and the Ontarians are at war at the time, the Scythe warship attacks and sink two Cottish merchantmen. The surviving Cottish ship manage to escape the Scythes and, upon returning to Cotland, spreads the tale. Enraged that his trade is attacked by Cotland's Scythian trading partners, King Sigurd III declares all Scythian shipping for fair game, and issues Letters of Marque to Cottish privateers. In the next two years, a number of Scythian ships are attacked captured by Cottish privateers, who in turn are attacked by Scythian warships in what is the world's first transatlantic war. A peace is negotiated in 1591 by a Scythian envoy to Cotland.

Year 1602: Cotland begins overseas expansion. Cottish expeditionary forces begins annexing African and Pacific colonies in order to ensure access to raw materials for own consumption. This sparks the beginning on an almost four hundred year long Cottish presence in other continents.

Year 1709: Cotland moves further eastwards in Russia, annexing present-day Ivanovo and Kostroma in a brief, bloody war that sees the first real use of cavalry by Cotland.

Year 1785: Through clandestine means, Cotland achieves advanced industrial technology and plunges head-long into the Industrial Revolution. Over the next twenty years, Cotland transforms itself from a primarily agriculture-based economy to a primarily industrial economy and becomes one of the leading economic nations in the world.

Year 1814: Following a popular revolt in the capital of Oslo in 1813 and growing civil unrest which threatens to erupt into civil war, King Hallvard III is forced to accept the people's demand for a parliament and a constitution. With the adaptation of the Constitution on May 17th, 1814, the Cottish people could vote for who would rule them for the first time, although voting was restricted to males above the age of 25 in the beginning. This was altered to males above the age of 20 in 1825, and to both men and women above 20 years of age in 1905. The new parliament, called Rikstinget, also made laws forming the basis for the modern worker's laws and education policies, establishing for the first time the rights of the people. A great emphasis was put on education and technological advancement, and on the rights of workers.

Year 1844: Cotland is forced to abandon the West African colonies of Benin, Upper Volta and Ghana, under Cottish control since the early 1600s.

Year 1856: A brief border war with Russia in 1856 cements the Cottish borders in western Russia.

Year 1905: In 1905, full equality between the sexes, apart from military service, was established by law.

Year 1942: The dictatorship of Sunnmore, located in eastern Russia, launches an invasion of Cotland following rapidly deteriorating diplomatic relations. The ensuing war, known as the Cottish-Sunnmoran War, sees Cotland inflict devestating casualties upon Sunnmore and cause the collapse of that nation. In the two-year war, Cotland develops its first nuclear bomb, but the war ends before Cotland can use this new weapon. 110,000 Cottish soldiers are killed, contra 1,307,000 Sunnmoran KIAs. In the wake of the Sunnmoran collapse, the Pushkan Federation emerges.

Year 1951: First war with Nerotika and Pantheaa; 24,000 Cottish KIA, 75,000 Nerotikan and 112,000 Panthean KIA.

Year 1953: Invasion of Siberia, establishment of a Cottish Siberian colony.

Year 1957: The Realm of Cotland celebrates its first millenium, and is at its definite height with over 1.4 billion subjects in all corners of the world.

Year 1964: Second War with Nerotika; 11,000 Cottish KIA, 32,000 Nerotikan KIA

Year 1966: Oil is discovered off the coast of Norway, and triggers a new economic golden age for Cotland. Within three years, the first oil field is operational and within a few years, Cotland enjoys oil and natural gas independence. Large quantities of North Sea oil and natural gas is exported abroad, thus boosting the Cottish economy which until now has relied primarily on fisheries, farming and heavy industry. The discovery of natural gas and oil also prompts the development and refinement of offshore-related technology, and puts Cotland among the world's leading nations in petroleum and deep-sea technology.

Year 1969: Third War with Nerotika. Nerotikan collapse. 8,000 Cottish KIA, 50,000 Nerotikan KIA

Year 1973: After a four-year vaccum, Nerotika is replaced by the Southern Russian Republic. Cotland immediately declares armed neutrality and adopts a "wait and see" policy towards the new state.

Year 1976: To the east, the South Russian Republic collapses and is replaced by the Union of Soviet Socialistic States (USSR). At the same time, partially out of a fear for renewed communist aggression and due to a need to cement its relationship further, Cotland enters into the October Alliance, joining long-time ally Layarteb. Cotland reinforces its declared state of armed neutrality towards the USSR.

Year 1987: Cotland withdraws from Siberia following popular demand, and grants Siberia full sovereignty.

Year 1989: Cottish-Spizanian War. The first "hot" nuclear exchange between nation-states sees Spizania attack a Cottish naval battlegroup transitting past Yemen with nuclear ordinance. In the retaliatory strike a few hours later, Cotland levels Yemen with nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles and renders the territory uninhabitable. As a result of this, Spizania capitulates, causing the Cottish-Spizanian War to be considered to be one of the shortest wars in history, lasting roughly 4 hours.

Year 1991: King Olav VI dies, and the eighteen-year old King Haakon VIII ascends to the throne of Cotland. King Haakon's Realm is now but a shadow of its former glory, but in the next years, King Haakon will lead Cotland to new prosperity. At the same time, Cotland's long-time adversary, the Soviet Union, collapses and is replaced by the Russian Federation.

Year 2001: The Cottish Flu Pandemic erupts and ravage Cotland. In the five months the Pandemic rages, 255 million Cots perish and plunge Cotland into a new dark age. While Cotland struggles with this pandemic, the Principality of Smolensk invades Cotland and manage to occupy large portions of the country while the Cottish military is crippled. Among the dead are Cotland's King Haakon VIII.

Year 2002: While trying to recover from the Cottish Flu Pandemic, the Cottish Armed Forces launches a counter-attack and in the course of six months liberate all occupied Cottish territories. In the course of the Cottish-dubbed Patriotic Liberation War (known internationally as the Cottish-Smolenski War), 93,000 Cottish soldiers are KIA, versus 2,168,000 Smolenski KIA. Another 1,200,000 Smolenski soldiers are captured by the Cottish as prisoners of war.

Year 2007: In five years, Cotland starts to recover from the effects of the Cottish Flu Pandemic and the Patriotic Liberation War, and after five years, the Cottish Chancellor declares Cotland for recovered. Thanks to large amounts of money drawn from various overseas funds, extensive use of forced labour in the form of convicted prisoners and Smolenski prisoners of war, and a huge combined national effort, the ravaged Cotland is rebuilt and starts on the path towards its former glory.

Year 2008: Cotland invades Scotland, following the collapse of the Third Spanish States and a Cottish ambition to both display national strength and an age-long ambiiton to recover long-lost parts of the former Cottish Empire. A four-month campaign ends with extensive use of chemical weaponry in the city of Glasgow after the outbreak of an insurgency. The massive Cottish reaction leads to the collapse of Scottish resolve, and an ongoing Cottish military occupation of Scotland follows.

Year 2010: On December 24th, the Chancellor reveals a massive secret to the people of Cotland in his annual Christmas speech. Crown Prince Sverre, the long-lost heir to the Cottish throne, is revealed to be alive and well, having been whisked away to an "undisclosed location" for his own personal safety. The Chancellor reveals that the decision to keep the Prince's survival a secret up until now has been due to concerns of national security and the need to stabilize Cotland politically and socially following the massive reshufflings in the Cottish society following the events of the past ten years. With the Prince's survival declared, any discussions over the future of Cotland's form of government are laid to rest.

[Layarteb]

Love the last two.


Cotland $_NATION was Nerotika way back when but anyone want to take place now?

[Hi No Moto]

1264: A Hi No Moton expeditionary force is forced to abandon its holdings on the Southern tip of the Korean Peninsula after a massive Mongol Army comes down through China and takes control of Korea. Lemitsu prepares the defences of the Home Islands as best he can from the impending Mongol Invasion.

1269: The First Mongol Invasion of Hi No Moto: A massive army of Mongol soldiers sails across the Korea Strait and lands at Fukuoka where they quickly set about looting and burning the city. An army from Nagasaki is able to defeat the Mongol forces at Saga and drive them back into the sea.

1271: The Second Mongol Invasion of Hi No Moto: The Hi No Moton Navy is defeated in the Sea of Japan which forces Admiral Katsura to commit Seppuku for his failure to protect the Home Islands. The Mongol Invasion fleet that comes this time is five times the size of the last and it looks certain that the defences will not be able to hold. Just as all hope is lost the majority of the Mongol Fleet is destroyed by a typhoon that the Hi No Moton people refer to as ‘Kamikaze’ and those that are able to land are quickly defeated by the jubilant Hi No Moton Army.

1545: First Hi No Moton Invasion of Korea: In an effort to make Hi No Moto the dominant power in the region, military commanders plan and launch an invasion of Southern Korea without the authorization of Emperor Saimei who almost orders the execution of the commanders until it is learnt that the invasion is meeting a lot of success.

1546: The Hi No Moton occupation of Southern Korea continues but there is much unrest amongst the people of the entire Korean Peninsula who have the backing of the Chinese. A Hi No Moton Army pushes for the Yalu River as it almost completes its foray into Northern Korea.

1547: First Korean War: As the Hi No Moton Army reaches the Yalu River; Chinese forces pour into Northern Korea and defeat the Hi No Moton’s at Nangnim and begin chasing the Hi No Moton Armies back into Southern Korea. An invasion of Weihai is attempted by the Hi No Moton Navy but they are forced to turn back after a mass mutiny is made by Koreans who were forced to fight for Hi No Moto. The vast majority of the Mutineers are beheaded or drowned but the invasion is cancelled.

1548: First Korean War: Despite the early defeats, the Hi No Moton Armies in Korea are able to hold back the Chinese and cause massive casualties but Korean civilians begin to sabotage lines of supply and communication, forcing a retreat further to the south.

1549: First Korean War: The Hi No Moton forces in Korea are routed and are forced to retreat from the Peninsula and onto the Home Islands. The ending of the war is met with much celebration by the people who had been forced to live in poverty and starvation after all supplies and produce were directed towards the military. With a supposed defeat in Korea, though many in Hi No Moto argued that it was a draw, Emperor Tenji declares that the nation will go into forced seclusion.

1789: This seclusion is ended after the British Navy enters Tokyo Bay and forces a trade agreement on the Hi No Moton people.

1832: Great Australian War: Hi No Moton Sailors and Naval Vessels help the British oust the Romans from Australia and mark the first time that the Hi No Moton people fought against and came out on the victorious side against a Western Nation.

1900: The powers of the Emperor are greatly increased and a period of industrialization and military prowess in begun with the Hi No Moton people aiming to carve an Empire from themselves in the Far East.

1955: The United Eastasian Republic invades the Home Islands and begins the Eastasian-Moton War. Emperor Itoku gathers the armies of Hi No Moto around him and begins a desperate defence of the Home Islands gaining a great number of victories at Hiroshima, Kyoto, Osaka and Nagasaki.

1956: Despite the early success of the Hi No Moton’s, the Eastasian armies rout the Hi No Moton’s at Nagoya and march upon Tokyo and begin looting and burning much of the Capital. One last great battle is fought at Sendai where Emperor Itoku is forced to surrender to the Eastasian Republic. The Home Islands are left in ruin with the main cities in ruins and over 1.3 Million Hi No Moton’s left dead. Emperor Itoku is forced into hiding by the Eastasian Government and the occupation of the Home Islands begins.

1998: A mass uprising begins across the Home Islands with people declaring the return of Hi No Moton rule. The Eastasian Government begins to viciously suppress the uprising, murdering hundreds of people whom they suspect of leading it.

2000: Shigefumi Mori declares himself the Shogun of Honshū and demands a popular uprising across the Home Islands, leading a number of attacks against Eastasian Military forces and taking control of Niigata and Sendai. Soon others join the rebellion across the Home Islands including two warlords who each declare themselves Shoguns of Kyūshū and Shikoku respectively. In a number of attacks the Eastasian Military is routed and attempts a retreat onto the Korean Peninsula. Thousands of Eastasian Soldiers and officials are brutally killed by the vengeful Hi No Moton’s who celebrate reclaiming their homes after 44 long years of foreign occupation. The period of foreign occupation comes to have a profound effect on the mentality of the Hi No Moton people who declare that vengeance will be had against the Eastasians and that such shameful period will never happen again.

2001: Despite the reclamation of their home, the victorious Hi No Moton’s cannot agree on who will lead nation as squabbles break out between the Shoguns of Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku while Hokkaido becomes lawless with numerous smaller warlords fighting for rule. The squabbles erupt into full blown violence and begin the Ōnin War.

2004: The Shoguns of Kyūshū and Shikoku unite to invade Honshū but they are quickly defeated and fighting between the two former allies once again breaks out.

2006: An uneasy truce is formed between the Shoguns and for almost a year there is no fighting and the Home Islands know peace. In one last act of vengeance against the Hi No Moton people, the Eastasian Government, through deceit and lies, tricks the Shoguns into fighting each other once more.

August 6th 2009: The Warrior States of Hokkaidō are united under Mimatsuhiko Kaesine no Mikoto who quickly sets about defeating the few who oppose his rule. He is crowned as Emperor Kōshō and declared ruler of the Hi No Moton people, his first act being to form the Empire of Hi No Moto.

August 13th 2009: Two Hi No Moton pilots of the Imperial Naval Air Arm are shot down by the Layartebian Navy above the Kurile Islands.

August 19th 2009: The Kurile Islands is liberated and joins the Empire of Hi No Moto.

August 25th 2009: The Empire of Hi No Moto becomes a signatory of the Quadripartite Pact along with the Federal Republic of Germany, Vaterland of Klievan and the Free Republic of Khorsun.

September 10th 2009: The Empire of Hi No Moto invades Honshū to defeat the ruling Shogun and bring the island, along with the rest of Japan, under the rule of Emperor Kōshō.

September 23rd 2009: After numerous battles the Shogun of Honshū surrenders and declares himself a subject of the Emperor. After his defeat the Shogun, Shigefumi Mori is made Prime Minister of the Empire. The Warlords from Kyūshū and Shikoku pledge their loyalty to Emperor Kōshō and the Home Islands are reunited finally bringing an end to the Ōnin War which had cost the lives of 368,000.

October 4th 2009: Under pressure from the Kempeitai and Tago Akihiko, General Yamashita orders the murder of Emperor Kōshō who wished to pursue peace with the Empire of Layarteb. The Kempeitai stage a raid on the Imperial Palace and the Emperor is murdered. The nation is informed of the Emperors death and it is blamed upon traitors left over from the Ōnin War. A week of national mourning is to be held and General Yamashita attempts to commit Seppuku but it halted by the Son of Emperor Kōshō.

October 10th 2009: The funeral of Emperor Kōshō is held.

October 14th 2009: Yamatotarashihikokunioshihito no Mikoto is crowned as Emperor Koan and declared ruler of the Hi No Moton Empire.

October 25th 2009: Taiwan enters the Hi No Moton Empire and declares themselves subjects of the Emperor.

November 4th 2009: The Empire invades and conquers Micronesia.

December 6th 2009: The Empire begins the invasion of South Korea and commences Operation Seiha.

December 18th 2009: South Korea officially surrenders to the Empire. Sakhalin is attacked and by the end of the day, most major cities are under control of the Empire.

December 25th 2009: The Empire holds a meeting with dignitaries from the Philippines, Kalimantan, Malaysia and Brunei. The latter two refuse entry into the Empire.

December 30th 2009: Hi No Moton forces from Kalimantan and the Philippines invade Malaysia and Brunei.

January 3rd 2010: The Bandar Seri Begawan Incident takes place and draws much international criticism towards the Empire of Hi No Moto.

January 16th 2010: Malaysia and Brunei surrender to the Empire and its people are declared its subjects. Singapore is also forced into the Empire.

February 22nd 2010: The Empire begins its support of General Chinn Seine in Burma who wages a campaign against the armies of East Fancainia.

May 1st 2010: The Empire invades North Korea.

May 24th 2010: North Korea surrenders to the Empire of Hi No Moto

June 17th 2010: Under influence of the Empire, Abdul Halim becomes Prime Minister of the Indonesian Republic, the first of the Empires Puppet Regimes.

June 24th 2010: Marcus Gene is made Prime Minister of the Papua State with support from the Empire. Both Minister Gene and Halim become signatories to the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere.

July 7th 2010: General Chinn Seine achieves victory over loyalist forces in Burma and with support from the Empire becomes President of the Union of Burma and signs the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere.

July 26th 2010: Sukhumbhand Paripatra becomes ruler of the Kingdom of Thailand with support from the Empire and signs the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere.

August 13th 2010: Chhim Sothy becomes ruler of the Kingdom of Cambodia with support from the Empire and signs the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere.

September 8th 2010: The Alaskan Republic invades Primorsky Krai and in response the Empire attacks Alaskan forces and begins the Siberian War.

Thought I would post my timeline aswell. It's not finished, I plan on going back pretty far but I think for now it will do. I'm not sure how your doing the timeline but you can condense it as much as you like Lay.

[Layarteb]

FYI all you have until Feb 1 so good to get them in early but if you want to make amendments and changes feel free (just edit your old posts so I can just C&P the one thing).

[URBOV]

FYI all you have until Feb 1 so good to get them in early but if you want to make amendments and changes feel free (just edit your old posts so I can just C&P the one thing).

Feb 1....I thought it was Jan 1st. Consider my timeline prone to many edits and much expansion then.

[Layarteb]

SUPER DOOPER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Since Christmas is here and we've all got family stuff to do there's going to be a temporary block on new claims in accordance with the following.

• This takes effect immediately and will go through the first days of January (exact date TBD).
• All old claims that haven't been completed must either be completed by January 1, 2011 (as of GMT) or, if they are not completed, they must show actual, IC posts between December 26 (GMT again) and January 1.
• There are no requirements for RPing for Christmas Eve or Christmas (FYI).
• Any claims that are neither completed nor show any activity in this time period will be removed as of the new year.

Now for the good news, it's about time we had a unified, Earth II history & timeline. You've asked for it and I know you want it and it'd make things easier. Rather than carry around what nations from Jolt days did let's work on something unified and new. Something we can all agree to and something we can all use to go forward.

In order for this to happen you've got to do work on your part and I will set a deadline of February 1, 2011 (GMT) so you have a month. If it isn't in my the time the clocks switch to February 1, you're history will be disregarded and you'll have to conform to what's listed.

So what I'll need from you are these:

• Important dates when you did x, y, z
• Founding dates of your nations (even if they're on the spreadsheet send them again)
• Dates when you conquered specific portions of your territories
• Wars, casualties, etc.

If you can think of more stuff to add, do it, it's open to anything right now. Submit your individual stuff and we'll work through them to weed some things out and keep most of it. I can tell you right now the Cottish Flu Pandemic will be central in there, sorry guys but we did kickass stuff with that catastrophe. The Goodrule Third Spanish States will also be included in some fashion as he did have a positive impact on us. So think about it and submit the stuff in the thread. You can go back as far as you want too, it doesn't matter, just submit something detailed. Don't give me stupid shit like "On December 8, 1911, we invented the first toaster." After everything's submitted then I guess we'll figure out how to weed through it, I want it to be a collective effort, we can do it on our IRC channel but that's far away. Let's get through this first.


Merry Christmas folks!

No sir, Jan 1 is the RPing claims.

[Banjamos]

Somebody link me to TSS's stuff. I'm too lazy to go and find it...


EDIT: Nevermind. I found... his intro? Can somebody link some of his other threads?

[Layarteb]

Blizzard is win! Snow plow got stuck (yes) because they didn't plow at all yesterday and that's what happens when you don't plow throughout a blizzard. Douches!


LOL NYC is a joke!!! You'd think this is the first time it ever snowed here.

[Bavin]

Blizzard is win! Snow plow got stuck (yes) because they didn't plow at all yesterday and that's what happens when you don't plow throughout a blizzard. Douches!


LOL NYC is a joke!!! You'd think this is the first time it ever snowed here.

I shudder to think what would happen to LA's freeways if there was a blizzard here.

[Mount Kip]

Parisia's Tentative Timeline of Important Events

January 1, 2008: The Republic of Parisia is established.
January 3, 2008: The Constitution of the Republic of Parisia is officially adopted.
January 7, 2007: The Republic of Parisa is fully recognized as a nation.
February 2, 2008: Lance Johnson is elected as the first President of the Republic.
April 23, 2008: Parisian troops inserted into Tunisia to assist the Abruzian 12th Legionnaire Division.
June 4, 2007: Abruzian Republic collapses.
June 8, 2008: Parisian troops land in Malta.
June 12, 2008: Valleta is taken, Malta becomes a Parisian Commonwealth.
August 20, 2008: Parisia joins the European Collective Security Agreement (ECSA) as a full member.

February 13, 2009: Malta is traded to Leavatia for Sardinia, Crete, and the Ionian Islands.
April 28, 2009: Parisian-Franien border defenses increased, Parisian-Franien relations deteriorate.
April 29, 2009: Pineholtine forces allowed Brest as staging area for the invasion of the collapsed Third Spanish State.
April 30, 2009: Panderus offers full support of Parisian military actions in the Third Spanish State and for the defense against Frani.
May 1, 2009: Franien forces reach the Third Spanish State before Parisian forces, President Johnson calls off invasion.
May 3, 2009: Franien sabotage mission aborted, Parisian-Franien relations begin to recover.
May 17, 2009: The European Collective Security Agreement (ECSA) collapses.
June 14, 2009: Parisia joins the Vichy Entente alliance with the Iberian Union, the Dutch Republic and the Franien Empire.
August 21, 2009: Panderus collapses, Greece is ceded to Parisia.

February 15, 2010: Leavatia falls, Corsica is ceded to Parisia.
March 22, 2010: The Vaterland of Klievan falls, the German Region invades.
April 24, 2010: Parisian strike force leaves Crete to take Tripoli (a Klievan territory).
April 28, 2010: Parisian strike force reaches Tripoli, is completely destroyed. Worst loss of life in Parisian military history to date.
May 31, 2010: Vichy Entente alliance collapses, the Franien Empire collapses.
June 2, 2010: Parisia begins two-pronged invasion of Frani, sending forces to Basse Normandie and Pays de la Loire respectively.
June 3, 2010: After a Parisian blitz into Franien territory, mainly the capital, the King surrenders.
June 4, 2010: Parisian capital is ceremoniously relocated to Paris from Rennes.
September 12, 2010: Parisian research teams claim the Crozet Islands, Heard Islands, McDonald Islands, Île Amsterdam and Île Saint Paul.
October 13, 2010: Remaining Franien territory not relinquished in June is finally captured by Parisian forces.
November 20, 2010: Antoine Morizet of the Conservative Party is elected as the second President of the Republic.

[Layarteb]

Alright went through my naval vessels and fixed them all up to make some of them a bit more realistic. The navy now has 1,810 warships (2,250 if you include LSTs and LCACs which I don't count in this total since they aren't used all the time). Of them 708 are logistics (39%), 318 are submarines (17.5%), 29 are aircraft carriers [incl. light, medium, heavy], 28 are amphibious assault carriers, 28 are helicopter cruisers, 106 are strictly artillery support for Marine landings, 467 are escorts (26%), 28 are minesweepers, 84 are amphibious dock landing ships, and the last 14 comprise 8 battleships and 6 battle cruisers.

For the Maritine Defense Forces they went the same change. Total of 678 warships, of which 136 are straight coast guard rescue & utility ships (20%), 80 are air defense frigates [these might probably go since I have the cutters], 80 are submarines [40 are midget], 100 are cutters that do a bunch of different roles from rescue to escort to patrol (15%), 30 are coastal minesweepers, 22 are fast attack missile boats, 170 are patrol corvettes, and 60 are fast attack craft (these things displace like 118 tons a piece).

Here are some highlights:

• Arsenal class ship replaced one-for-one by cruisers
• Machas & Overburdeneds in full deployment (that's the bb & bc above)
• Washington class CVN replaced 4 Ynogas and added a fifth
• 4 Ynoga's sold to North Germania (these are light carriers)
• Heretic frigate gone, it's role is basically the Verrazano DDEN ASW Destroyer
• Azazel & Acheron destroyers replaced by the Voodoo class DDGN
• Unforgiven cruiser actually got some more VLS (not many) just by looking at the layout
• A lot of support ships were replaced by their RL counterparts (goes for the ILDF Coast Guard too [i.e. Legend class instead of Canarie for main cutter])
• The Doomsday lives still ( )
• Aircraft now have to be reworked and they should decrease a bit actually

[Layarteb]

Blizzard is win! Snow plow got stuck (yes) because they didn't plow at all yesterday and that's what happens when you don't plow throughout a blizzard. Douches!


LOL NYC is a joke!!! You'd think this is the first time it ever snowed here.

I shudder to think what would happen to LA's freeways if there was a blizzard here.

I'd expect that since snow isn't your thing but here it is a yearly occurrence.

[Edvardus]

1895 October 25: The First Republic of Sinae is established in Nanjing after Sinaean revolutionaries and foreign missionaries in the country overthrew imperial rule

1896 January 1: Albert Marino is crowned as the first monarch of the First Republic

1896 March 11: The Provisional Articles of Sinaean Confederation is ratified in the National Assembly

1904 October 25: The Democratic Party is re-named the Christian Democratic Party of Sinae and thus formally established in Hong Kong

1906 July 1: The Socialist Democratic Party of Sinae is formally established in Shanghai

1910 March 12: Emperor Albert dies in Beiping at the age of 60

1910 April 3: Albert’s two sons, Senator Jonathan and Deputy Henry, are made the heads of their respective legislative chambers; the title of “Emperor” is transferred to Jonathan

1913 April 12: Emperor Jonathan suspends democratic reforms and begins to purge the government of his brother’s supporters in the Socialist Party; this marks the beginning of a decade-long, mass industrialization effort and de facto civil war

1914 January 1: Sinae begins transition from confederation to unitary state after Emperor Jonathan consolidates power in the central government

1917 June 1: The Provisional Constitution of the Republic of Sinae is established, calling for a semi-presidential system, elective monarchy, separation of powers, and government approval of all political parties

Summer 1917: Sinae enters into a recession as news breaks of widespread government corruption and crushing public debt

Fall 1917: Central government begins sweeping crackdown on corruption, major overhaul of banking and currency systems, and massive infrastructure projects

1919 November 10: Intense intra-party conflicts in the CDP between the Catholic majority and Protestant minority regarding the role of government leads to the Protestant caucus being expelled from the party

1920 February 14: Emperor Jonathan embarks on concerted social engineering programme (“The Redemption of the Human Race Movement”) to spread Catholicism to the rural poor as well as promoting the faith more rigorously among existing Catholics

1923 December 8: Socialist guerilla rebels ambush Emperor Jonathan’s convoy after he attended Mass, sending widespread panic across the nation; bank runs plunge the anemic economy into a depression

1923 December 23: Socialist guerilla rebels release the Emperor on conditions of unconditional pardon for the kidnapping as well as implementing socialist economic policies in efforts to boost the economy

Summer 1929: Sinaean economy sees first signs of sustained economic growth since the downturn twelve years ago

Fall 1933: Membership in the outlawed-Socialist Democratic Party outnumbers that of the CDP for the first time

1934 December 25: After Emperor Jonathan reinstated democratic reforms earlier in the year, the National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of the Republic of Sinae to take effect on Christmas Day of 1935, which provided the framework for a parliamentary democracy

1936 September 12: Mongolia, Tibet, Qinghai, Xikang, and Xinjiang declare independence from the Republic

1936 November 6: Yunnan, Gansu, Ningxia, Suiyuan, and Chaha’er declare independence from the Republic

1936 November 29: Xing’an, Heilongjiang, Hejiang, Songjiang, Jilin, Nenjiang, Andong, Liaoning, Liaobei, and Rehe declare independence from the Republic

1937 April 21: Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, and Sichuan declare independence from the Republic; Emperor Jonathan and the central government relocate to Guangzhou

1937 May 19: Emperor Jonathan declares a state of emergency, thus suspending much of the democratic components of the 1935 Constitution

1937 October 15: The remaining provinces declare independence from the Republic, now garrisoned in Guangdong Province

1937 December 8: Emperor Jonathan declares Guangzhou as the Republic’s provisional capital in his “Edwardian Address” to the Sinaean people, which emphasized the legitimacy of the central government and invoked the intercessions of St. Edward the Confessor, who is known for his commitment to purity, peace, and prosperity for all while he ruled as King of England

Summer 1938: Emperor Jonathan and his brother’s armed forces in neighbouring Fujian Province exchange artillery fire and air raids resulting in a slatemate

1938 July 1: Henry Marino announces in Xiamen that the Socialist Democratic Party of Sinae is re-named the Socialist Party of Sinae

1938 August 4: The other provinces of the First Republic declare the establishment of the United Eastasian Republic, which claimed both Fujian and Guangdong Provinces

1939: Latin becomes the official language of the Republic of Sinae

Winter 1941: The United Eastasian Republic completes conquest of Taiwan, Hainan, Tibet, Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Manchuria

1942: The Republic of Sinae began the first phase of rapid industrialization through the adoption of import-substitution

Fall 1943/Winter 1944: The United Eastasian Republic completes conquest of Indochina and the Philippines

1947 October 6: Unofficial ceasefire agreed to by both the governments in Guangdong and Fujian

1949: The Republic of Sinae began the second phase of industrialization through the adoption of export-orientation

Spring 1955: The United Eastasian Republic completes conquest of Japan

1956: The Empire of Henry, as the Fujian-based government was known in Sinae, began a massive social engineering programme to extinguish any remnant of “The Redemption of the Human Race Movement” with its “May Day Movement,” which emphasized individualism and atheism; the United Eastasian Republic carried out a similar programme beginning 1947 that led to the execution of millions of Christians

late-1950s through mid-1960s: Economy of Sinae saw unprecedented growth while those of Fujian and the United Eastasian Republic stagnated or declined

1967 April 5: Emperor Jonathan dies of cardiac arrest in Hong Kong at the age of 89; his son, Vincent Marino, accedes to the throne four days later

1968 September 2: Henry Marino dies of a heart attack in Fuzhou at the age of 83; Edward Luther succeeds him as President of Henrican Sinae

1968 December 10: The Progressive Party is illegally founded in Mongolia, which aimed to decentralize power from the central government to local provinces

1970 March 5: Henrican Sinae announces that it will be liberalising its markets as Guangdong had done years earlier

1971 December 10: The Progressive Party organises a mass demonstration in Macao to demand the abolition of the monarchy and full democratisation

1980 July 15: Emperor Vincent declares an official end to the state of emergency and begins rapid implementation of democratic reforms

1981 January 13: Emperor Vincent dies of a massive brain haemorrhage at the age of 78; James Ginevra succeeded him two days later

1982 July 1: Edward Luther’s term as President of Henrican Sinae expires; Mary Brown succeeds him

1983 November 21: Emperor James announces that peace talks will begin with the Fujian-based government

1985 May 1: Emperor James legalises opposition parties to the CDP for the first time in nearly 70 years as well as direct election of Assemblymembers

1986 November 11: Representatives from both Sinaean governments in Guangdong and Fujian sign a peace treaty ending all hostilities between the two and initiating semi-annual meetings to discuss further exchanges

Summer 1987: The Governments of the UER, Fujian, and Guangdong jointly announce the establishment of the Asian Space Programme Office (re-named the National Space Organisation in 2010) and the launch of the Sinaean space programme

1989 July 21: The government based in Guangdong discovers submarines from Fujian conducting military exercises off the coast of Hainan Island and cancels all future talks; both seek better relations with the United Eastasian Republic, which liberalised its economy the same year

1991 February 19: Edward Luther dies of Parkinson's disease at the age of 92

1994 October 25: Tianxia 1 is launched to kick off the centenary of the Republic of Sinae as well as the Sinaean human spaceflight programme

1995 October 25: The Republic of Sinae celebrates its centenary with a massive parade displaying Sinaean culture, technological achievements, economic prosperity, and military might

Spring 1996: Brief recession hits Guangdong for the first time in a generation, which leads to intraparty conflicts about the competency of Emperor James

Summer of 1998: Major demonstrations for democracy break out in Fujian and across the United Eastasian Republic

1998 July 1: Mary Brown announces that the Socialist Party of Sinae will be re-named the Democratic Socialist Party of Sinae

1998 October 10: Václav Pantaleon Kirwitzer becomes the first Sinaean to orbit the Earth

Spring 1999: Reports begin circulating about government cronyism and suspicious transactions from the Imperial Treasury, some implicating the Emperor himself

1999 July 1: Mary Brown’s term as President of Henrican Sinae expires; Elizabeth Smith succeeds her

2003 November 5: The Yutu 1 is the first Sinaean object to enter lunar orbit

2004 March 20: Emperor James dies of “heart failure” at the age of 81; conspiracy theories abound regarding actual cause of death; Damian Marino, youngest brother of the late Emperor Vincent, succeeded Emperor James two months later at the age of 75

2004 May 20: Emperor Damian announces that talks with Fujian will continue semi-annually and trade between the two will be expanded to counter the worst recession Guangdong has ever seen

Fall 2005: Recession ends as Guangdong and Fujian agree to preferential trade agreements with each other as well as the former Sinaean provinces of the United Eastasian Republic

Fall 2006: Guangdong and Fujian become a monetary union with each other and the former Sinaean provinces of the UER

Fall 2007: Guangdong and Fujian become a customs and monetary union with each other and the former Sinaean provinces of the UER; official dissolution of the UER

Fall 2008: Guangdong and Fujian become a fiscal union with each other and the former Sinaean provinces of the UER

Fall 2009: The First Republic of Sinae once again is completely integrated economically

2009 October 15: The Empire of Hi No Moto invades Taiwan

2009 December 15: The Empire of Layarteb invades Hainan

2010 January 1: The Second Republic of Sinae is established in Nanjing, with Damian Marino as Provisional President and Elizabeth Smith as Provisional Premier

2010 March 20: Joseph Marino, great-grandson of founder Albert Marino, is inaugurated as the First President of the Second Republic of Sinae and Elizabeth Smith is inaugurated as the First Premier of the Second Republic of Sinae

2010 May 4: The Empire of Hi No Moto threatens to sink all non-military Sinaean vessels passing through Hi No Moton territorial waters; the Sinaean Republic severs all diplomatic ties with the Empire of Hi No Moto four days later

2010 July 23: King Chang of Fancainia announces his abdication in Nanjing allowing Sinaean influence over the new Fancianian State

2010 November 6: Sinaeans go to the polls to elect members of the streamlined National Assembly and Legislative Court; the Christian Democrats win an outright majority in the legislature while they secure a plurality in the National Assembly

[Cotland]

Love the last two.


Cotland $_NATION was Nerotika way back when but anyone want to take place now?

Yeah, someone need to take responsibility for that (Abruzi, I'm looking in your direction)...

[Layarteb]

So yeah, I have 3 billion people.

I am 8,050,119 KM including Belarus claims (Afghanistan should be dropped so total is off a bit but w/e)

Bits of Siberia I don't own:

2,339,700 km
767,900 km
351,300 km
431,500 km

Total: 3,890,400

8,050,119
3,890,400
------------
11,940,519 KM

3 Bill People means I can has: 10,359,952 KM

So fuck, I have 1 mill some other numbers over. So guess what?

Zabaykalsky Krai is now out of my reach.

which should bring me back down to good levels since I'm relying on the give or take power of awesome to mean I just barely squeeze in.

Yay, waited 6 months to be able to claim a larger part of Siberia, now I just need to wait another 8 to finish the job.

YAY. (means FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU)

For the record, I claim all of Siberian Federal District minus Zabaykalsky Krai and the Oblast Ed holds.

I did the math on this and you're quite a bit over:

It's close to 200,000 mi² over 4,000,000 and you're only allowed to go 50,000 mi² over the limit.




Claim can't be approved until it fits.

[Abruzi]

Wow, I apologize for my mathematics fail.

So yeah, claim will be held until it fits, if I continue RP-ing it until then it'll stand right?

[Layarteb]

Wow, I apologize for my mathematics fail.

So yeah, claim will be held until it fits, if I continue RP-ing it until then it'll stand right?

Negative. It doesn't actually stand or count until it fits in the land-area requirement.

[URBOV]

Ah, well then I will determine which territories put me over and relinquish them ASAP.

EDIT: Resolved over IRC with Lay. In eight months Russia will be re-united!

Buryatia and Minsk

Dropped.

[Earth_ Two]

Updates

Last Official Update: Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:34 pm

Post Updates

Intro: No
Claims & Maps: Yes
RPs: Yes
Spreadsheet: Yes

General Updates

• Bavin: Spreadsheet updated.
• Dante Peak: Welcome to Earth II, spreadsheet updated, thread added.
• Gratislavia: Welcome to Earth II. You haven't been added because no RP has been posted yet.
• HNM: Contestation added.
• Leavatia: Contestation added.
• Mount Kip: Spreadsheet updated. Claims updated.
• New Rhovanion: Welcoem to Earth II, spreadsheet updated, thread added.
• RomeW: Thread added.
• Tiurabo: Welcome to Earth II. You haven't been added because no RP has been posted yet.
• The Union of Tetrika: Egypt claim & thread added.
• Urbov: Spreadsheet changed. Belarus claim adjusted, Siberian claims added.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Since Christmas is here and we've all got family stuff to do there's going to be a temporary block on new claims in accordance with the following.

• This takes effect immediately and will go through the first days of January (exact date TBD).
• All old claims that haven't been completed must either be completed by January 1, 2011 (as of GMT) or, if they are not completed, they must show actual, IC posts between December 26 (GMT again) and January 1.
• There are no requirements for RPing for Christmas Eve or Christmas (FYI).
• Any claims that are neither completed nor show any activity in this time period will be removed as of the new year.

Now for the good news, it's about time we had a unified, Earth II history & timeline. You've asked for it and I know you want it and it'd make things easier. Rather than carry around what nations from Jolt days did let's work on something unified and new. Something we can all agree to and something we can all use to go forward.

In order for this to happen you've got to do work on your part and I will set a deadline of February 1, 2011 (GMT) so you have a month. If it isn't in my the time the clocks switch to February 1, you're history will be disregarded and you'll have to conform to what's listed.

So what I'll need from you are these:

• Important dates when you did x, y, z
• Founding dates of your nations (even if they're on the spreadsheet send them again)
• Dates when you conquered specific portions of your territories
• Wars, casualties, etc.

If you can think of more stuff to add, do it, it's open to anything right now. Submit your individual stuff and we'll work through them to weed some things out and keep most of it. I can tell you right now the Cottish Flu Pandemic will be central in there, sorry guys but we did kickass stuff with that catastrophe. The Goodrule Third Spanish States will also be included in some fashion as he did have a positive impact on us. So think about it and submit the stuff in the thread. You can go back as far as you want too, it doesn't matter, just submit something detailed. Don't give me stupid shit like "On December 8, 1911, we invented the first toaster." After everything's submitted then I guess we'll figure out how to weed through it, I want it to be a collective effort, we can do it on our IRC channel but that's far away. Let's get through this first.


Merry Christmas folks!

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[Earth_ Two]

FYI the map won't be uploaded right now because I am working on my work laptop and don't have Fireworks installed on it.

[Banjamos]

Question, I'm waiting on North German man for my claim, so what should I do? I've already posted, I'm waiting for his response.

[Layarteb]

You've still got some time left and what not I'll remind him when I talk to him next you don't exactly have to stop posting.

[Layarteb]

FYI the map won't be uploaded right now because I am working on my work laptop and don't have Fireworks installed on it.

^ done

[Amigard]

Running with the Devil

Made another post, the claim should be done by January 1st.