Our Wonderful Republic of Florence(Tuscany), the greatest in all Italy, of course, begins the year 1492 in mediocre circumstances. Our treasury is nearly empty, with only 74 florins. Our national guard consists of 9,000 of our finest civic milita and 1,000 cavalry consisting of Florences more prosperous citizenry(level 2). Although our army is small, it is the bravest in all the world. We are allied with Parma, Genoa, and the Knights of St. John in Rhodes. The current leader of our republic is a Medici, named Piero(5/4/4.) Our traders areamong the best in the world, while our city is the most beutiful(tade and infastructure level 3).
Our first order of duty is to make our wonderful city more lawful and wonderful than it aready is(I know its hard to belive, but even the best can improve). We promote a baliff in Florence. We then set out to find suitable husbands for the many, many women of the Medeci family. Over the years we marry with France, Parma, Genoa, Savoy, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Milan, Venice, Navarr, and Russia. The Medici family is rather large by the 1500's. I also establish monopolies in Venice and Genoa, but due to constant trade fighting these do more harm than good. So Florence swallows her civic pride and settles for only 5 merchants and she moves most of her new Merchants to Spain to take trade away from those stupid Spaniards.
In 1494 there is a huge war as France, the Pope, Switzerland, Scotland, Poland and Savoy go to war with Milan, England, Lorriane, Naples, and Spain. Venice, Egypt, and Persia also go to war with the great infidel in the East, Turkey. In the European war, Milan wins and the infidel French are dirved from Italy, for a paltry sum of 250 florins. Naples annexes Romana, while Lorraine annexes Champagne. In the Eastern War, Egypt loses two province, while our Italian rivals the Ventians(whose city is inferior to Florence) take Kosovo and Macedonia from the infidel.
In 1501 after many years of dedicated service to our Republic, Piero de Medeci passes away. Piero Soderino(5/4/4) takes over our glorious city. Lots of Piero's in Florence. Sadly, our wonderful leader becomes a raving lunatic(3/3/2) and totaly screws up our wonderful city's development. Bastardo! Figlio de putana!
In 1504, the government of Lorraine is overthrown, what this means I do not know.
Our comrades the Genoese try to expand into Savoy, and of course our pride makes us, the Florentines, together with Parma and Rhodes, delcare war on Savoy. The only problem is that Savoy is allied with France, Poland and Switzerland. We get our little Medditerranean asses creamed by the big Germanic kids. Maledizione!(for those of you whose Italian is rusty, this means 'damn!')
Poor Genoa has to day 250 florins, but wonderful FLorence get of scot free, and our Pisan subjects are also untouched.
In 1511, we have Industrial progress, and we get a brewery in Pisa! Yay! Viva Fiorenzia!
In 1512 the Medici family takes over from that crazy Solderino, and somebody named Giuliano (not another Piero!) takes over. He is a good leader ofr our city(5/4/4). And he has the quality of not being a farking lunatic. From now on Solderino will be refferred to as 'the farking phyco.' The main achievement of Guilianos' reign (beside titling the farking phyco) is he vassalizes PArma to our glorious city. Sonn we will annex them... and then all of Itlay...
Guiliano's regin does not last long, the next year Lorenzo II Medici(5/5/4, these Medici's are good guys ). I'll write more on Lorenzo' reign and the glory of Florence over the next few days. Vivo Fiorenza! Vivo Itlalia!
Our first order of duty is to make our wonderful city more lawful and wonderful than it aready is(I know its hard to belive, but even the best can improve). We promote a baliff in Florence. We then set out to find suitable husbands for the many, many women of the Medeci family. Over the years we marry with France, Parma, Genoa, Savoy, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Milan, Venice, Navarr, and Russia. The Medici family is rather large by the 1500's. I also establish monopolies in Venice and Genoa, but due to constant trade fighting these do more harm than good. So Florence swallows her civic pride and settles for only 5 merchants and she moves most of her new Merchants to Spain to take trade away from those stupid Spaniards.
In 1494 there is a huge war as France, the Pope, Switzerland, Scotland, Poland and Savoy go to war with Milan, England, Lorriane, Naples, and Spain. Venice, Egypt, and Persia also go to war with the great infidel in the East, Turkey. In the European war, Milan wins and the infidel French are dirved from Italy, for a paltry sum of 250 florins. Naples annexes Romana, while Lorraine annexes Champagne. In the Eastern War, Egypt loses two province, while our Italian rivals the Ventians(whose city is inferior to Florence) take Kosovo and Macedonia from the infidel.
In 1501 after many years of dedicated service to our Republic, Piero de Medeci passes away. Piero Soderino(5/4/4) takes over our glorious city. Lots of Piero's in Florence. Sadly, our wonderful leader becomes a raving lunatic(3/3/2) and totaly screws up our wonderful city's development. Bastardo! Figlio de putana!
In 1504, the government of Lorraine is overthrown, what this means I do not know.
Our comrades the Genoese try to expand into Savoy, and of course our pride makes us, the Florentines, together with Parma and Rhodes, delcare war on Savoy. The only problem is that Savoy is allied with France, Poland and Switzerland. We get our little Medditerranean asses creamed by the big Germanic kids. Maledizione!(for those of you whose Italian is rusty, this means 'damn!')
Poor Genoa has to day 250 florins, but wonderful FLorence get of scot free, and our Pisan subjects are also untouched.
In 1511, we have Industrial progress, and we get a brewery in Pisa! Yay! Viva Fiorenzia!
In 1512 the Medici family takes over from that crazy Solderino, and somebody named Giuliano (not another Piero!) takes over. He is a good leader ofr our city(5/4/4). And he has the quality of not being a farking lunatic. From now on Solderino will be refferred to as 'the farking phyco.' The main achievement of Guilianos' reign (beside titling the farking phyco) is he vassalizes PArma to our glorious city. Sonn we will annex them... and then all of Itlay...
Guiliano's regin does not last long, the next year Lorenzo II Medici(5/5/4, these Medici's are good guys ). I'll write more on Lorenzo' reign and the glory of Florence over the next few days. Vivo Fiorenza! Vivo Itlalia!