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Postby The V O I D » Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:59 pm

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Blood and Iron: Age of Imperialism - IC [SOON]
Map [UPDATED 8.18.16 AT 6:00 PM EST]
Red: The Greater Anglo-Spanish Empire [Played by Void]
Yellow: The Habsburg Empire [Played by Gherrum]
Navy Blue-Green: The Viet-Korean Empire [Played by Khasinkonia]
Blue: The French Empire [Played by Jade Confederacy]
Light/Sky Blue: The Scandinavian Commonwealth [Played by Rannoria]
Pink-Purple: The Grand Duchy of Kurland [Played by Narintia]
Dark Purple: Greater Bulgaria [Played by The Union of Eastern States]
Dark Green: The Felowahken Empire [Played by Romakivila]
Light Green: The United Sultanates of Persia and Delhi [Played by The Heavenly Commonwealth]



The World is ever-changing; there is a shift in the balance of power as well as in what nations rise or fall all the time. Through blood and iron, many nations are formed; through that same blood and iron, many nations collapse. The World can be such a chaotic place; a seemingly endless stream of wars can do that. This world is different, however; new nations have risen, others have fallen. And others remain standing tall. With blood and iron, nations are forged.

With blood and iron, empires fall. This is the way of life. It is unpredictable - unknowable. If the unknown were knowable, however, it would not be unknown. The World has changed, and will continue to change. Fate shall see to who shall rise and fall through blood and iron. There is one thing for certain in all of this chaos; all of this madness. The World may change, but the story remains the same.





Hello, and welcome to my open world nation alt-history RP. It is going to take place in the 1750s. You get to decide what nation you play as. However, in this RP, things are a bit different. The nations of the world are different from our world - you can make almost anything you can think of, as long as you conform with other people's history. As more nations join, history might become more and more fixed; so I'd advise reading everyone's apps. This world is only bound by certain real life historical events. If you can give a good enough reason as to why they became rich and such, you can make any nation rich - of course, not to the degree of the larger empires. There will only be maybe four or five large empires. You can RP as real life nations or former real life nations if you wish, with a tweaked history.

I plan for this RP to be a bit of a sandbox for us to develop the world together, as well as for us to create a new timeline of sorts. Therefor, realism is at least somewhat required; but it doesn't have to be overly realistic. I hope you enjoy this RP, and without further ado, I bring to you the rules.

  1. Thy shall obey thy OP, who is of God-like will and owns this RP.
  2. Thou shalt not godmod, for godmodding will be dealt with severely.
  3. Thou shalt not metagame, for metagaming will be dealt with severely.
  4. Thou shalt not break any of the NationStates Forum Rules.
  5. Thou shalt not go above PG-13.
  6. Thou shalt not attack another player's nation without consent.
  7. Thou shalt not destroy someone's continuity.
  8. Other general RP rules; also, have fun.





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Here is my app, as an example.

Nation App


Formal/Full Nation Name: The Greater Empire of the Anglo-Spanish Commonwealth, the North American Commonwealth, the South American Commonwealth, the Icelandic-Greenlandic Confederation, the Indian State, and the Imperial African Colonies
Informal/Simple Nation Name: The Anglo-Spanish Commonwealths ; The Greater Anglo-Spanish Empire ; Anglo-Spain ; Greater Britain and Spain
National Flag: Imperial Flag.
Government Type: Constitutional Imperial-Commonwealth Monarchy.
Head of State: His Imperial Majesty, King of the Anglo-Spanish Commonwealth, Lord of the North American Commonwealth, High Lord of the South American Commonwealth, His Honor of the Icelandic-Greenlandic Confederation, His Excellency of the Indian Coalition, Monarch of the Imperial African Colonies, Emperor August V of the New Augustine Dynasty
Head of Government: His Imperial Majesty, King of the Anglo-Spanish Commonwealth, Lord of the North American Commonwealth, High Lord of the South American Commonwealth, His Honor of the Icelandic-Greenlandic Confederation, His Excellency of the Indian Coalition, Monarch of the Imperial African Colonies, Emperor August V of the New Augustine Dynasty


Map: The Greater Empire
Population: Approx. 300-400 Million.
Military Population: Approx. 7 Million.
History of Nation: Shortly after the Age of Exploration began, the British and Spanish Empires went to war over the colonies in the Americas. Eventually, the British and Spanish agreed to a truce - and eventual alliance. The two empires became one, greater empire after a Spanish Emperor and English Empress came together and had child; thus, the Greater Empire was born. It was - and still is - if not the richest, one of the richest and most prosperous nations on Earth. The Greater Empire has conquered much territory across the globe, and using has a booming industry and agriculture. The reason for the advanced industry and agriculture is because of the sheer size and wealth of the nation.

Now, the Greater Anglo-Spanish Empire has one of the largest influences on international politics; most nations will bend the way of the Anglo-Spanish. The Anglo-Spanish take great pride in their apparent Germanic, British and Roman heritage; having some cultural influences from each, but keeping a proud difference from it all. The Anglo-Spanish Empire is governed under a constitutional imperial-commonwealth monarchy. What this means is that the Emperor has absolute executive authority, being both domestically, militarily and internationally the most powerful man in representation of the Anglo-Spanish Empire. The Parliament, however, holds all legislative power; each territory has been given some autonomy, each having their own Parliament. However, all of them must eventually answer to the Anglo-Spanish Parliament, which is bicameral - the Imperial Senate, wherein Senators are elected from both Spain and the British Isles, as well as the House of Representatives - which have representatives from close to home and abroad, across the territories of the Empire; so everyone has equal representation in Parliament. The sun never sets on the Anglo-Spanish Empire.
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Accepted Nations:
The Anglo-Spanish Empire - VOID
The Habsburg Empire - Gherrum [Map-Maker]
The Viet-Korean Empire - Khasinkonia
The Grand Duchy of Kurland - Narintia
The Scandinavian Commonwealth - Rannoria
Greater Bulgaria - The Union of Eastern States
The French Empire - Jade Confederacy
The Felokwakhen Empire - Romakivila
The United Sultanates of Persia and Delhi - The Heavenly Commonwealth [Secondary Map-Maker]
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List of Powers:
Nation CategoryBasic InformationNations
Minor Nation
A Minor Nation is a nation that is usually influenced by other, more powerful nations. Their military and economy is small, and they can't really boast of a large navy, if they have a navy.
  • None, yet.
Moderate Nation / "Small" Power
Moderate nations, or 'small' powers are stronger than minor nations, and have a small amount of influence in their general area rather than an entire region. They have a stronger military and economy, and they likely have a few allies. Small powers are nations just beginning to enter a stage of some minor influence with the world around them.
  • None, yet.
Regional Nation / Great Power
Regional nations, or Great Powers, are nations who influence their region in socio-economic culture and such. Their military and economy tends to be one of, if not the, strongest of the region. Their influence over the region, over 'small' powers and minor nations is decently large. The Great Powers are the ones generally speaking a region's nations try to be allies with for their own protection.
  • The Viet-Korean Empire [Khasinkonia]
  • The Habsburg Empire [Gherrum]
  • The Scandinavian Commonwealth [Rannoria]
Isolationist Nation / Power without Force
Isolationist nations, or Powers without Force, are nations that are roughly between small and great powers, or they roughly equate the great powers of the region. The only difference is they are isolationist, preferring to not use their power or forces of their military, causing their military to seem small and their economy to seem slightly smaller than those of other regional powers.
  • None, yet.
World Power / Superpower
World Powers, or Superpowers, are the nations of the world that influence global events, politics and socio-economic status. Their militaries and economies are unable to be matched by small powers or minor nations, and great/regional powers look up to them as what they wish they could be. Superpowers tend to be nations that own vast empires; although, there are a few exceptions to this rule.
  • The Greater Anglo-Spanish Empire [Void]
  • The Habsburg Empire and the Scandinavian Commonwealth's alliance [Gherrum and Rannoria, respectively]
  • The French Empire [Jade Confederacy]
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Postby Trotza » Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:56 pm

*looks at map*

Christ what's even the point of resisting at this point.
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Postby Khasinkonia » Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:58 pm

Spain and Britain? Looks like there's only one option. A Union between France, Portugal, and Germany, and Austria!
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Postby Trotza » Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:59 pm

Khasinkonia wrote:Spain and Britain? Looks like there's only one option. A Union between France, Portugal, and Germany!

So basically this rp is going to have room for 3-4 players...
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Postby Khasinkonia » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:00 pm

Trotza wrote:
Khasinkonia wrote:Spain and Britain? Looks like there's only one option. A Union between France, Portugal, and Germany!

So basically this rp is going to have room for 3-4 players...

Yep. Unless there are revolutions like, everywhere. Oh, and we mustn't forget the Russian Empire-now with more Nords, and the Sino-Japanese Union.
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Postby Trotza » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:02 pm

Khasinkonia wrote:
Trotza wrote:So basically this rp is going to have room for 3-4 players...

Yep. Unless there are revolutions like, everywhere.

Which I can imagine there would be.
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Postby Khasinkonia » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:15 pm

I think I'll reserve Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Taiwan, and Sakhalin, if that's possible.
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Postby Trotza » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:19 pm

Reserve me as either the Ottomans or Portuguese I suppose, though I'd like to discuss the current situation before committing if that's all right.
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Postby Conchabira » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:22 pm

Trotza wrote:Reserve me as either the Ottomans or Portuguese I suppose, though I'd like to discuss the current situation before committing if that's all right.

Yeah, creating a massive red globe spanning blob is a great way to kill an RP, what's even he point of playing.

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Postby The Northernmost Americas » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:29 pm

I thought alternate history had to be somewhat plausible?

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Postby Trotza » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:31 pm

The Northernmost Americas wrote:I thought alternate history had to be somewhat plausible?
Conchabira wrote:
Trotza wrote:Reserve me as either the Ottomans or Portuguese I suppose, though I'd like to discuss the current situation before committing if that's all right.

Yeah, creating a massive red globe spanning blob is a great way to kill an RP, what's even he point of playing.

Okay guys, I think he'll get the idea, just give him a chance to respond when he's on.
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Postby Zostra » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:44 pm

Conchabira wrote:
Trotza wrote:Reserve me as either the Ottomans or Portuguese I suppose, though I'd like to discuss the current situation before committing if that's all right.

Yeah, creating a massive red globe spanning blob is a great way to kill an RP, what's even he point of playing.

Definitely a bit off-putting.
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Postby Western Pacific Territories » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:50 pm

That blob is indeed OP AF but I'll just discreetly reserve the Imperium Romanum aka all of the Roman Empire's territory at its greatest extent not owned by the BRB.

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Postby SUNTHREIT » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:52 pm

I'm gonna reserve the HRE and Prussia minus the Posen area
we need a Krautwank in here bois
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Postby Trotza » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:53 pm

Trotza wrote:Reserve me as either the Ottomans
Western Pacific Territories wrote:That blob is indeed OP AF but I'll just discreetly reserve the Imperium Romanum aka all of the Roman Empire's territory at its greatest extent not owned by the BRB.
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Postby Western Pacific Territories » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:54 pm

Sunthreit wrote:I'm gonna reserve the HRE
we need a Krautwank in here bois

>HRE
>just reserved the Imperium Romanum
gg no re, 10/10 would literally wreck Europe again

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Postby Arana » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:55 pm

I'd like to take part in this, but yeah... it's unbelievably stacked in the OP's favor. It would honestly take an alliance of every nation in the world to MAYBE take down an empire like that.
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Postby SUNTHREIT » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:55 pm

Western Pacific Territories wrote:
Sunthreit wrote:I'm gonna reserve the HRE
we need a Krautwank in here bois

>HRE
>just reserved the Imperium Romanum
gg no re, 10/10 would literally wreck Europe again

fite me
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Postby Western Pacific Territories » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:56 pm

Trotza wrote:
Trotza wrote:Reserve me as either the Ottomans
Western Pacific Territories wrote:That blob is indeed OP AF but I'll just discreetly reserve the Imperium Romanum aka all of the Roman Empire's territory at its greatest extent not owned by the BRB.

Okay, all of the Empire not including previous reservations and Portugal.
Arana wrote:I'd like to take part in this, but yeah... it's unbelievably stacked in the OP's favor. It would honestly take an alliance of every nation in the world to MAYBE take down an empire like that.

Revolutions. Revolutions everywhere.

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Postby Arana » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:57 pm

Western Pacific Territories wrote:
Trotza wrote:

Okay, all of the Empire not including previous reservations and Portugal.
Arana wrote:I'd like to take part in this, but yeah... it's unbelievably stacked in the OP's favor. It would honestly take an alliance of every nation in the world to MAYBE take down an empire like that.

Revolutions. Revolutions everywhere.

Actually... reserving a rather large Arab revolutionary movement.

EDIT: With support from a unified Arabia
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Postby SUNTHREIT » Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:03 am

Oh my god this RP's gonna be beautiful.
I can't wait to invent technology early just to add to the immense wankfest.
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Sunthreit wrote:
Western Pacific Territories wrote:>HRE
>just reserved the Imperium Romanum
gg no re, 10/10 would literally wreck Europe again

fite me
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Postby Western Pacific Territories » Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:08 am

Sunthreit wrote:Oh my god this RP's gonna be beautiful.
I can't wait to invent technology early just to add to the immense wankfest.

Somebody go invent the steam engine

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