[Forum Game] - World in Revolution: 1900

KeldoniaSkylar · Dec 5, 2012

I give my own, and the nation's condolences to the families of those who lost loved ones in the sinking of the Britannic. However, though it is indeed a great tragedy, however it is in tragedy that we can find a glimmering portent for the future. We can see a future we such accidents can be avoided, as regulations are set to proscribe adequate safety measures. Furthermore the need for an international organization to proscribe and adjudicate international maritime law is becoming increasingly clear, after both this event and that recent disturbance that brought such malice between Spain and Central America.

~JP Morgan

Syriana · Dec 5, 2012

Her Majesty's Government offers its utmost lamentations for the disaster that befell the RMS Britannic on the night of 24 February. This is a most grievous tragedy, amongst whose multitudinous victims is accounted several Dutch citizens. It is clear that current established practice in regards to maritime safety regulations, or rather the lack thereof, is a serious issue which must be immediately attended to. As such, Her Majesty's Government suggests that a conference be held in London this coming year, drafting and ratifying a set of international regulations regarding maritime safety protocols. This document would then be adhered to by all nations of the world, to ensure that a similar tragedy should never befall us.

Her Majesty, Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands

Dadarian · Dec 5, 2012

The Free State of Turkey offers the United Kingdom it's utmost support following the horrible tragedy that befell the Britannic. Concerning the creation of an international conference of maritime safety laws, the Free State of Turkey politely asks to join, as it may have a direct effect on Bosphorus trade.

President Oğlum, Free State of Turkey

Frymonmon · Dec 5, 2012

Orders are due in Two Days. Don't know your GM? Look at the Front Page.

jacob-Lundgren · Dec 5, 2012

OOC: I will post later about the naval stuff, assume I will be hosting something in london to discuss it.

MastahCheef117 · Dec 5, 2012

It is the express belief of myself and the people of Spain that there is indeed a need for national maritime law, upheld by an organization of all seafaring nations, to establish safety protocol aboard large vessels as well as regarding the treatment of wreckages of ships long lost. Delegates for the Spanish Kingdom will be sent to whatever event His Majesty of Britain chooses to hold, as Spain is a nation among many of seafaring naval powers.

~ His Royal Majesty Alfonso XIII, King of Spain

Mr. Santiago · Dec 6, 2012

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims of the RMS Britannic disaster; at least in the midst of this disaster there is a light of hope. We grant our support to a future International Convention on Sea Law, for the determination of safer practices for navigation, so that sad events like this can take place no more.

jacob-Lundgren · Dec 6, 2012

We will be hosting a conference in London to discuss the topic of maritime codes, laws and regulations. We regret to say that it remains possible this tragedy might have been partially mitigated with such having already been put into place. We will make sure the lives lost are not lost without remembrance and without meaning to their tragic ends. Actions will be taken to prevent this from occurring again to such a degree. We will put our influence to the task of insuring others go along as best as can be with the results of the talks and investigations.

OOC: I think we handle this after the looming turn end best?

unmerged(54970) · Dec 6, 2012

Watercress · Dec 6, 2012

OOC: Going to withdraw from this as Armenia. Sorry.

Dadarian · Dec 6, 2012

((OOC: Can I haz Armenia back? It is truly makes atrocious borders XD))

tyriet · Dec 6, 2012

OOC: don't you dare annex Armenia :3

Turkish Law said:
Transfer Act of 1914
1. All self denoted Armenian citizens shall be transfered to the State of Armenia
2. All self denoted Greek citizens shall be transfered to the Greek border
3. All transfers will be done at the cost of the Turkish Government

The Kingdom of Greece wishes to Inquire since when the Hellenic Government has agreed to clause 2 of this act. Should Population removals be done by force to make these men and women flee off their historic homes this would be a show of cruelty currently unmatched. We remind the Turkish Government that by no government so far such a clause has been implemented without consent of the other side of the agreement.

On the matter of China:

It saddens me that Greek men have to fall for this cause, and at what ratio. While this is most saddening, if the Qing Emperor continues his rule he will ruin his country even more. He has just paid off the German Government to keep himself at power for some more time, bleeding the country dry of both money and men. We agree to many other governments in the fact that a plan has to be developed in order to now make use of the coming reinforcements so that the Qing Empire can quickly be brought to its heels without a long and drawn out fight, which will hurt the Chinese people who have bled so badly under their empror even more.

Dadarian · Dec 6, 2012

As per clause 2, it shall not be done forcefully. We are allowing any and all Greek citizens that wish to return to Greece to do so at government cost.

jacob-Lundgren · Dec 10, 2012

Voluntary population movements are never a problem for nations to have. People should be allowed to freely move about the world in a peaceful manner. So long as the region does not get into involuntary movements others should be unconcerned. And as with before, if the government in China ever seeks to lessen its peoples suffering they can negotiate and not continue their barbaric path.

Seek75 · Dec 10, 2012

The Dominion of South Africa

This past year, I will admit, has not been our best. Mistakes have been made, and the circumstances were perhaps not the best for the actions taken. But, regardless, I believe that we, as South Africans, can come together to push on and fix our mistakes, so as to make a better and brighter South Africa for our children and their children. So let's come together, not as Boers, Brits, Germans, Poles, Zulus, or others, but as South Africans. Together, we can succeed.

First off, I would like to issue my most sincere appologies for the mistakes that were made in the process of land distribution that have ended in the suffering of those Boers who have had their lands unjustly re-appropriated. Make no mistake, efforts are being made now to make sure any land that was taken without due cause is returned, while making sure unoccupied land still makes its way into the care of those whom have decided to settle it.

Secondly, I would like to congratulate Chairman Graaff on a job well done, in regard to his efforts to reform the Dominion Reserve. Efforts to finally correct the monetary imbalance are being made, and situation should be fully resolved by next year.

Finally, I am elated at the passing of the Bill of Native Rights. There has been far too much undue punishment of Natives, and while I do not believe they are mature enough to possess the ability to rule, abuse is not the way to advance them. Only through education and proper treatment will Natives be capable of being responsible members of society.

Remain optimistic and open-minded, South Africans! We will march ever bolder on!

~Prime Minister Louis Botha

Frymonmon · Dec 11, 2012

January - December 1914

Europe

Ground is broken in 1914 for a massive sports complex and hotel capable of seating up to 10,000 people; with standing room for 60,000 more. The new facility, called Wimbleton by the builders, is a shining hallmark of British Imperial Power, decorated with captured Obelisks and artifacts from the Parthenon as part of a joint venture with the Royal Museum. The venture is jointly funded with taxpayer money and private investment, with a private management structure to handle the hotel aspect and joint government-private control of the Sports facility.
[-4,000£, +35 Prestige to UK, +200 Base Income in 1 turn]

Unfortunately for the United Kingdom, advancements into aeronautic technology is stalled by Parliamentary deadlock on new defense spending. The Liberals, Labour and even elements of the Tory party are uneasy with spending so much, even with a war against the Qing.

In better news, Parliament shifts the funding proposed for aircraft to University grants, realizing the previous year’s mistakes. This increase of funding, geared directly at the London School of Economics as well as nationwide business and management programmes has helped to establish an elite civil society of accountants and bureaucrats. In a few years the UK will be able to capitalize on their sown seeds.
[-20,000£, +1,500 Base Income in 3 turn(s), +10 Industry in 3 turn(s)]

The Royal Geographic Society has offered 10,000 pounds to anyone able to find an oil well within Britain's frontier, and hundreds of prospective oilmen took up the call. They fanned out from Guyana to Sudan, Australia to Canada to India and back again. Ultimately 6 high quality claims were made, though one was immediately dismissed as infeasible due to inaccessibility (and the fact that it may have been within Russian Arctic waters didn’t help matters much, either). These oil wells, once fitted with the proper infrastructure for transport and extraction could be quite the boon to Britain’s interest, especially her Oil-Driven fleets.
[-25,000£, +8,000 Colonial Income once pumps, derricks and transport set up]

The 2nd French Empire’s dire shortage of manpower was set upon them by the victorious Vietnamese Army in the previous year. Charles XII, realizing how weak the current French Army was, ordered for 100,000 new volunteers to be brought into the military. Unfortunately for him, a sense of disgust was spreading through the French populace; they desired peace after such a disastrous civil war. The humiliation at the hands of his former subjects did nothing but rub salt in France’s wounds. Riots broke out as press gangs attempted to force able-bodied Frenchmen into the Army.
[-1 Stability to France]

By Royal Decree, Charles Maurras was granted sweeping powers to fight against the Red Hydra of Communism. Unfortunately for both His Majesty and Le Petit Roi (Maurras) the Breton Fascist movement, the Green Shirts, was picking up steam in the countryside and was openly advocating for Maurras’ overthrow and the installment of an all fascist government. The Green Shirts formed an unholy alliance with the radical Socialists and Communists in France, and began moving to incite revolution in the proletariat. Many French were upset with France’s conduct in the Far East, and riots broke out across France, from Lille to Lyon to Paris herself. The city could comfortably claim to maintain her title of ‘City of Light’ though the original dubbing most likely did not have burning buildings and torches as the source of illumination.
[-2 Stability to France]

French Green Shirts handing out newspapers to riot in Paris.

The Algerian Countryside was covered in leaflets that influenced the Algerian Farmers very strongly for Charles XII. Word spread, and now much of French North Africa is vehemently in favour of the monarchy, though they still do not identify as Frenchmen.
[-20,000 ₣, +150 Colonial Income]

Queen Wilhelmina, having learned from her country’s mistakes leading to the disastrous Amsterdam crash a few years prior, ordered for a new governmental body to oversee the Dutch financial sector. Chosen from amongst retired bankers, expert accountants and high ranking law enforcement agents, the Fiscale Odpracht van de Diensten (Fiscal Services Commission, or FOvdD) would supervise the financial sector and protect the interests of the Dutch people. While many in banking conglomerates and hedge funds groaned at the idea of government returning to their ludicrously unregulated industry, the people rejoiced a t the initiative taken by Her Majesty.
[-120,000 ƒ, +1,400 base income in 2 turn(s), +0.25% economic growth]

Drafted soldiers who had been sent off to China had now returned, and the Dutch Army seized on the opportunity to raise their fledgling forces. 50,000 men were offered enlistment in the military on a full time basis, and to entice them pensions and signing bonuses were added. The new soldiers were welcomed into the Dutch Army.
[-5,000 gold, +50,000 regulars]

Under Wilhelmina, entrepreneurship was encouraged by the government. In addition to providing tax incentives for new ventures, the government would also entice budding tycoons with low interest government loans with generous payment plans. Many young Dutchmen seized on this opportunity, and new innovations were discovered across the Netherlands. In particular, a new method for the vulcanization of rubber was patented by a Dutch Investor, who founded his own rubber plant in August 1914. More amazingly, new oil rig machinery was patented, and Royal Dutch Petroleum managed to capitalize on the breakthrough. The Dutch resource sector is becoming strong as ever.
[-2,000 base income, -60,000 ƒ, +.75% economic growth, +10 industry in 1 turn]

Attempts made at tax reform are blocked by the opposition, who see it as an affront to their constituents. The governing coalition would have to wait until the next session of Parliament for the bill to be reintroduced under a new format.

The King of Spain issued a formal apology to the people of Spain and the Parliament, and pleaded for cooperation in further bringing the Spanish State to a higher point, and out of the rut it was in. Sadly, that did not seem to be enough. While the people were still grumbling, a new election of Parliament took place, and the Royal Alliance did not secure enough seats to form a government in support of the King.

The new Spanish constitution progresses well enough, with Spain becoming the second country in Europe to offer women the right to vote. Although female voters had to be over the age of 30, while men could vote at or over the age of 21, the simple fact that women could vote suddenly thrusts Spain into the spotlight as one of the most politically progressive countries in Europe. The fact that it beat the United States to give women the vote resulted in hundreds of thousands of women hailing the progress of Spain. This new-found international prestige and internal contentedness was unlike anything seen in Spain in many years.
[+3 Stability to Spain. +140 Prestige to Spain.]

Across the mountains of northern Spain, large mines were increased in size and technology, as well as new ones drilled to try and increase the amount of mineral output Spain produced, hoping to help kick start their industrial sector as well.
[-156,500 ₧ from Spain. +1,500 Base Income to Spain.]

The Spanish National Bank is founded, with the goal of regulated currency and the printing of it, but at the end of the day, it did not change a single policy that was already in place at the time of its creation, making it more or less useless for the time being.
[-62,600 ₧ from Spain.]

The Spanish National Bank in Madrid.

Marshal de Bono requisitioned that a new ‘light tank’ prototype be constructed for use by the Italian Royal Army. The Italian General Staff looked at him in puzzlement when the added specifications were relayed to them, 1in thick armor and amazingly; a 37mm gun. The staff delegated such a task to the Royal Engineers, who came up with a strong design and built one testing ‘tank’. The tank could hold up to an astonish 200 gallons of water, and the main armament meant that it could withstand attack from thirsty enemies indeed.
[-90,000 ₤]

In 1914 the Italian government began expanding the firepower arm of the Italian Army. New Artillery divisions were created to organize these massive formations of high powered guns, ranging from 50mm light cannon to 105mm howitzers to 210mm monster guns. These new guns were not without cost, and the Italian government struggled to finance this huge expansion in the Artillery arm of its military. The Italian Army now has the most artillery per rifleman in the world, at a mindboggling ratio of 1:10, or one gun for every 10 soldiers.
[-660,000 ₤, -10,000 gold, +2 Army Level to Italy in 2 turn(s), +20% Equipment]

The Swiss Government organized an extensive business incentive programme, where new businesses would not have to pay any taxes to the government for a year. This programme helped build small business growth along, though if it maintained in practice would likely cost the Swiss government dearly.
[-3,000 Base Income, +1.5% economic growth, -500,000 S₣]

The Black Mesa’s efforts to create wireless transmission devices fared poorly, with not a single breakthrough made over the year. Indeed, the Director, Albert Einstein, called for the organization of a special panel within the institution to sort out the failures. Giacomo Marconi was invited to participate in this research, but some say the Swiss messages never reached Sr. Marconi…
[-3,000 gold]

In Scandinavia, a proposal by the Swedish Government for a border control policy is agreed upon, but the massive costs of implementing it and enforcing it, which Sweden hoped to share with the rest of the Scandinavian Countries, was placed all on Sweden, who rejected to implement it unless the rest of the countries would agree to help pay for it.

The Swedish Army Reform Act of 1914 passes, and a massive amount of new technology from abroad is purchased, all with the goal of making the Swedish Army better able to defend itself from any threats from abroad. The new Swedish Army boasts quick repeating Rifles, a portable machine gun squad, and even faster horse-drawn artillery.
[+3 Army Levels to Sweden. -1,322,00 kr from Sweden.]

In Stockholm, a Government-run Swedish Car Manufacturer is opened, with the full and complete goal being to focus development of a powerful engine, and a good car that is suitable to be used in Sweden, mostly one with the ability to enclose the driver and to have some sort of heating system. While progress was good, the first car to come out ended up bringing the cab temperature far too high to comfortably drive, and the engine was so strong, a slight acceleration brought the driver lurching forward, and causing many crashes into walls.
[-235,750 kr from Sweden.]

A crashed Swedish Car on the testing range.

The German and Danubian governments agreed to a financial aid plan. Germany would provide 500,000 Marks at an interest rate of 7.5% per annum to the Danubians, to better foster their development.
[-500,000 ℳ from Germany, +96,000 gold to Danubian Fed.]

The German government attempted to subsidise new car manufacturers, but to do bureaucratic error, ended up subsidising the German Bureaucracy’s Pension plan. One does wonder how the bureaucrats make the darndest mistakes.
[-100,000 ℳ]

In the Danubian Federation the dire economic situation was taking its toll on commoner and aristocrat alike. Emperor Franz Joseph invested from the Royal Purse itself into new steel mills in Bohemia. Unfortunately for him, he chose a particularly unscrupolus tycoon who went by the initials SW, as the head of his new Royal Chartered Steel Company.
[-300,000K]

Low interest loans went off much better than expected for the Danubian government. A group of men trusted by His Majesty and hand-picked were tasked with reviewing plans for government loans to start-up ventures. The government took a small hit in the short term, but the expected private sector growth in the not-so lively economy of the Federation is likely to put a smile on everyone’s face this Christmas.
[-4,000 base income, +1.5% economic growth]

Unfortunately for His Majesty and the Danubian coffers, the state was swindled again when investing in railways to shoot off from the Danubian portion of the Berlin-Babylon railway. These new rail lines were supposed to be constructed at low cost to the government, however the purported ‘businessman’ in charge of the private side of the venture turned out to be none other than SW himself. A double whammy for crooked businessman across the globe.

Efforts to reform the Greek National Bank and remove it from Government control fail, as the Greek Parliament votes down such a measure, on grounds that from just emerging from a financial crisis, they should not put themselves on the Fiscal Cliff once again.

A recruitment drive across the the Kingdom of Greece was put underway, with the goal of raising a couple thousand soldiers. It is successful, and some application even have to be turned away because of the large volume of people who applied to be in the Greek Army.
[+20,000 Regulars to Greece in 1 turn.]

Across North-Epirus, propaganda and newspaper articles clamouring for unification with Greece popped up. While the government of North-Epirus denounced such things, the population grew more and more attached to their Greek neighbours to the South, considering they did help them against the Italians, who would have turned North-Epirus into a colony, and the recent news from Italy itself made it seem that North-Epirus would be a graveyard by now. Thousands came out in rallies to unify with Greece.

The Russian Empress decrees that construction must continue on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. However, due to the recent Chinese invasion such plans had to be put on hold until the regions with uncompleted railroads were recaptured from the invading Chinese. However, this left thousands of Rubles of construction materials rotting and rusting away in the yards of Omsk and Irtusk.
[-33,600 руб]

The Imperial Russian Bank eager to apply new economic theory begins to print more notes devaluing the Russian Ruble. However, contrary to the expectations of many Classical and Austrian economists, this lead to massive growth in the Russian economy, at the cost of a slightly devalued currency. The Russian Imperial Bank did caution that its current policy would likely only be sustainable in the short term.
[-83,900 руб, Printing Rate set to 60%, +1% Economic Growth, +10 Industry, +5,000 Base Income]

The Russian Geologic and Geographic Institute begins the exploration of the vast wastes of Siberia, looking for mineral deposits. The manage to find several large reserves of gold, iron, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and antimony in the region surrounding Krasnoyarsk. Of course the exploitation of these newly discovered mineral resources would require the construction of mines and spur-lines to connect the mines to the industrial centers of the West.
[-50,400 руб, +5,000 Base Income when Mines Constructed]

A new mineral deposit discovered in the Krasnoyarsk Region

1914 was also witness to another important law regarding the industrialization of the Russian Empire. The Imperial Industrialization Act of 1914, spurred on industrial development in the cities of European Russia, through a series of measures including cheap loans and tax incentives. Yet, any decrease in revenue brought by these measures was more than made up for by the increased revenue brought by the expanded industrial base and general expansion of the economy.
[-150,000 руб, +0.5% Economic Growth, +20 Industry in 3 turns, +500 Base Income]

North America

In Canada, an effort by the House of Commons was passed to increase the amount of industry in the nation. Due to the recent growth of Canada, this measure passed with relative ease, as many thought this would be the natural progression of things. However, it was because of this growth that these Government incentives were mostly ignored, and did not have the desired effect on the nation.
[-100,000 Can$ from Canada. +35 Industry to Canada in 2 turns.]

Likewise with the Industrial Act of 1914, the House of Commons rammed through the Canadian Railroad Act of 1914. This would consolidate all Canadian Railroads run by the Government into one, simple organization called Atlantic-Pacific Canadian Railroads. So much of the bill was dedicated to this organization, that little was actually done to expand the railroads. Many saw this as a frivolous government waste, but far in the future, it would help Canada in many ways.
[-120,000 Can$ from Canada. +1 Infrastructure to Canada in 1 turn. +10 Infrastructure to Canada in 10 turns.]

The Canadian Navy was given new and interesting training regimens, mostly geared towards and focused on firing a very large gun, and being able to maneuver a large ship in a small amount of time. They didn’t know what it was for, but many thought Canada was on the verge of making, or receiving, a very large ship.
[-65,000 Can$ from Canada. +2 Naval Levels to Canada.]

The Canadian Military attempts to designed a new rifle for the ground soldiers, but the eventual design that comes out of the think tank, once designed and a test rifle made, actually exploded when it was shot. The design was scrapped and the whole incident hushed up.
[-55,000 Can$ from Canada.]

President Morgan, along with the Republican Party, push through the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In it, it gives females over the age of twenty-one the right to vote. However, thinking that the Republicans would easily sail to re-election, the United States House of Representatives votes close to election day, but it does little to help their election prospects. The Amendment, however, sails through the states, and is adopted as the Law of the Land on December 18th, 1914.

The mid-term elections of 1914 were fueled by three issues. J.P. Morgan, International Involvement, and Colonies. The Republicans, thinking they could boost themselves with the 17th Amendment passing, were slaughtered at the polls. Of the 403 Seats in the House, before the election, 312 were held by the Republicans, 83 were held by Democrats, and 8 were held by the Progressives. When the election results came in, it wasn’t even close. The Progressives dominated the Upper Midwest, while the Democrats surged in the South and in the West. The Progressives and Democrats picked up seats in the Northeast, while the Republicans only gained one seat in Delaware, two in Nebraska, one in California, and two in Oregon. All in all, the new Congress had 66 Progressives, a gain of 58 Seats, 158 Democrats, a gain of 75 seats, and 179 Republicans, a loss of 133 Seats. It was far short of the 202 Seats needed to form a majority. The Progressives, which had nominally been an arm of the Republican Party, suddenly acted fiercely independent and nominated Progressive firebrand, Walter M. Chandler, a strong supporter of former President Roosevelt, vowed to work against President Morgan, and to fulfill the ideals of President Roosevelt. The Republicans nominated the former speaker of the House, and the Democrats nominated their minority leader. In all of this gridlock, it seemed that the only person who could help in this case, was the one and only Theodore Roosevelt, who was still off in the American Congo, blissfully unaware of the ongoings in the United States.

The results of the U.S. House Election of 1914, Seat Changes.

The United States also undergoes a massive effort to push for commercial radio, where the contract is given to Aperture Laboratories, a research and development company based out of Nebraska, and they promised results within a few months. However, results never showed up, and the company seemed to disappear from view, with the main offices closing, and the President and CEO never heard from again. Many suspect they moved operations underground, but the U.S. Government could not dwell on it, as they had already spent an enormous amount of money on it already.
[-$550,000 from the United States.]

The United States Government has continued to return the Union Pacific Railroad to full operation, but it was still under control of the Government. Nevertheless, trains started to run once again, helping industry and commerce across the West.
[Union Pacific fully working again. -$200,000 from the United States.]

A call went out from the U.S. Naval Department to many shipyards across the nation, and a massive order was placed. Six Dreadnoughts and Twenty Battlecruisers, outfitted to the greatest advancements in technology available, with some of the most advanced and biggest weaponry, capable of smashing through almost any ship and their armour in one shot. These new series of Dreadnoughts could sink any other ship afloat in one shot of its 18 inch guns, becoming the most powerful weapon on the entire planet.
[+2 Naval Levels to the USA in 3 turns. +6 Dreadnoughts and +20 Large Ships to the USA in 3 turns. -$1,000,000 from the USA.]

An agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom over the Dreadnought incident was reached, where the United States paid to fully replace the damaged Dreadnought, and any costs associated with cleaning up the current mess.
[-50,000 Gold from the USA. +50,000 Gold to the United Kingdom.]

In Central America, a huge recruitment drive for the Union Army is set out, with great fanfare and grandeur was put into it, trying to make it a huge spectacle. However, in the end, it turned out to just be a big party, and no soldiers even joined the army. Some even deserted, and the Central American Government was stuck with the bill.
[-147,500 CAR$ from Central America.]

By decree of the Central American President, the US Army officers who were training the army were given priority over every other training exercise, and it speed up the process significantly, to the point where they were ready to use these tactics during the year.
[+3 Army Levels to Central America. +3 Army Levels in 2 turns removed.]

An order from the Central American Central Armoury to the United States Army to the North was put through, requesting a massive shipload of supplies. The price was extremely high, but equipment flowed into Central America like never before.
[-295,000 CAR$ from Central America. +100,000 $ to the United States. +50% Equipment Level.]

A wide scale Conscription and Mobilisation effort across the country was put into place, getting anyone they needed to fight against the Mexicans into the Army.
[+150,000 Conscripts to Central America. -15% Equipment from Central America.]

The ongoing fight between Central America and Mexico is buffered by the Conscription forces, who rush in to help the defenses. The Mexicans, on the other side, began another fatal assault charge against the Central American positions. Gatling Guns rang out, trenches in place, and Mexican soldiers fell one by one. They were able to break through in the North, inflicting massive casualties on mostly conscripted forces, but that was quickly plugged with trained regulars. The Mexicans, bloodied, did not seem ready to cede yet.
[-25,000 Conscripts from Central America.]

South America

Empress Isabel I rallies further support to the Brazilian monarchy with her unconfirmed but highly plausible claims that a rogue general was somehow responsible for Brazil's incoherent policy decisions over the last several years. This, in conjunction with the massive Brazilian oil strike, served to reassure the populace that their country was headed for a return to peace and prosperity.
[+1 Stability]

To further cement her popularity, Isabel I ordered the construction of war monuments commemorating the monarchists' victory in the Brazilian civil war six years previous. These marble statues and pillars go up in cities across Brazil, serving as tangible reminders of the Second Empire's enduring strength.
[-26,000 R$, +25 Prestige]

With the influx of oil money into the Brazilian national treasury, the government deems the expansion of industry to be a top priority to ensure continued prosperity after the initial rush of profits dies down. Unsurprisingly, oil refineries receive the lion's share of the allocated funds, giving Brazil limited domestic capacity to refine its own fuel from the crude oil it produces.
[-312,100 R$, +12 Industry in 2 turns]

In the Argentine Republic, attempted university reforms come to a screeching halt after a concerted effort by the elite and the clergy to block implementation of a merit-based secular system, particularly one wholly funded by the state. Little is accomplished and there seems to be a growing reactionary movement opposed to President Yrigoyen's progressive reforms.
[-5,100 ₳, -1 Stability]

Members of the Clergy that fought against the university reforms.

This reactionary movement's power is made known when Yrigoyen's second legislative effort, a wholesale reform of the hidebound Argentine legal system, is met with massive protests in the streets of Buenos Aires. These protests quickly become riots and the Chamber of Deputies itself is forcibly occupied by anti-Yrigoyen activists, leading to a three-day standoff between angry rioters and reluctant soldiers. The riots are eventually put down after a day of bloody fighting in the lower house building and any discussion of judicial reform is tabled indefinitely.
[-2,000 Regulars, -2 Stability]

The Argentine state-owned oil company, YPF, finishes its survey of the Mendoza oil fields and finds crude deposits half again as extensive as previously believed. While there are good initial returns from the shallower wells, it will take time and equipment to fully exploit the magnitude of the find.
[-30,600 ₳, +1,000 Base Income, +3,000 Base Income in 2 turns]

Efforts by the Argentine government to establish formal trade ties with the Dominican Republic are an unmitigated disaster, as chaos in the bankrupt state leads to the death of the Argentine envoy and his two bodyguards at the hands of an armed mob. While the Argentine government demands an immediate apology and remuneration for the deaths, the Dominican government is barely extant and there is little for the Argentines to do but cut ties with the struggling Republic.
[-25 Prestige]

Venezuela is far more receptive to Argentina's diplomatic outreach; with the discovery of sizable oil deposits in Lake Maracaibo, the Republic of Venezuela has a great deal of crude oil but little industrial capacity with which to refine it. As a regional industrial powerhouse and fellow oil-producing state, the Argentine Republic is more than able to provide suitable equipment and expertise for domestic refineries in Venezuela, in which YPF retains a partial ownership stake.
[Argentine-Venezuelan trade agreement, +1,000 Base Income]

Seeing the great strides in aeronautics being made in foreign countries, the Republic of Chile attempts to purchase several older-model airplanes from the United States and Germany to jump-start its own aviation program. Unfortunately, most of these outdated planes have suffered from poor maintenance and slipshod repairs; the few foreign teachers Chile manages to attract die in a series of spectacular crashes at the base of the Andes. The Chilean people have an immediate negative reaction to this highly-publicized event and trust in the government plummets.
[-32,300 Chi$, -1 Stability, Chilean people oppose aviation]

A series of tax incentives designed to spur industrial growth in Chile accomplish precisely that; several new factories begin construction within a week of their announcement, with Colt's Manufacturing Company opening a new facility for the production of their world-famous firearms. This serves to bolster the Chilean Army's overall preparedness as antiquated rifles are traded out for new Colt models sold at very reasonable prices.
[-161,300 Chi$, +8 Industry in 2 turns, +15% Equipment]

The Chilean government attempts to attract learned teachers and industrial professionals to teach at their newly-established College of Engineering, but any desire to travel to Chile is quashed by their highly-publicized failures in aviation. The few who deign to reply cite "poor safety standards" and "concern for personal well-being" in their politely-worded refusals and the College stands empty almost a year later.
[-80,700 Chi$]

The Middle-East

In the European Republic of Turkey, the Turkish Parliament attempts to bring the Political Omnibus Bill of 1914 to vote, but it gets so little support, with only three MPs supporting it, that is is slaughtered during the vote, and gains no other significant attention.

The Transfer Act of 1914 passed with a good majority, and it begins to remove Armenian and Greek nationals from Turkey proper and sends them to Armenia and Greece respectively. However, there was wide opposition to this. For many Armenians and many Greeks, they lived in this area all their lives, and all of their parents lives too. It was absurd that they should just uproot and leave. Such a commotion was made that the population became a little uneasy by this forced relocation.
[-149,500 Turk£ from Turkey, -1 Stability from Turkey.]

The Omnibus Turkish Citizens’ Bill passes the Parliament, albeit in a reduced form, and it allows any and all political refugees into their borders with full citizenship. Not much else came of this bill, except a little more tax revenue that ended up helping the national coffers a small amount.
[+500 Base Income to Turkey.]

Africa

In Spanish Africa, a huge campaign by the Spanish Government to support the Colonial Government was put underway, by raising support and holding rallies, people in the colonies began to respect and admire the Spanish Government, as the Spaniards were cast in a good light alongside their colonial brethren.
[-56,300 ₧ from Spain. +1 Stability to Spain.]

Spain attempts to ship some soldiers to Hong Kong for garrison duty, but a freak storm in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa sinks most of the convoy, with the rest limping to the shores of Africa. Unknown what colony they are in, they attempt to search for anything in the jungles. They are never heard from again.
[-10,000 Regulars from Spain.]

The Dominion Reserve attempts to correct the excess inflation ongoing in South Africa, but it finds it has too little control of the economy to do so, and inflation continues to sputter along like before.

Land Distribution is corrected, giving the Boers their land back, and setting aside uninhabited land that does not belong to the natives for new arrivals. People still poured into South Africa, mostly from Poland, and a trickle of immigrants from Russia and the Ukraine. The border between South-West Africa and South Africa proper soon gained the nickname of “Little Russian Empire,” due to the majority of the people there being from either the Russian Empire or German Poland. This created a unique problem in the South African Parliament, as more and more languages began to be added to the official docket.
[+1% Economic Growth to South Africa.]

Immigrants from the Russian Empire arriving in South Africa.

The South African economy exploded due to restrictions held on hiring native black people were removed from law. Soon, low-wage jobs were held by blacks, and the increased amount of people in the workforce allowed thousands of new businesses to start up. This trend seemed sure to continue over the next few years are more and more entered the labor pool. This was coupled with a tax break for anyone who set up a new business in South Africa, and some new factories and industries began to pop up across the coastal cities.
[+2,000 Base Income to South Africa. +30 Industry to South Africa. +500 Base Income Every Year for 10 Years to South Africa.]

Asia/Oceania

The Empire of the Great Qing, increasingly desperate with foreign foes on all sides, ordered the full mobilization of its army. The Qing mobilization succeeds in raising an army of three million men; however, these men were poorly armed with only one man in a hundred being issued a modern rifle, and one in twenty issued a firearm, the remaining men were armed with an assortment of swords, polearms, and sticks.
[+3,000,000 irregulars, -10 Army Levels for all Conscripts Until Better Armed]

”Well-armed” Chinese soldiers

The Qing again attempt to make use of captured European weaponry, however the only equipment captured was the French equipment captured in Indochina. The French were careful to destroy any equipment that they could not take with them when they evacuated Saigon.

The Qing Court noticing the desperate supply situation decrees that factories to better the supply situation of the army are to be constructed. However, the Chinese lacked the necessary precision machinery to manufacture modern firearms, or indeed the machinery necessary necessary to make the machinery necessary to make the precision machining necessary to manufacture modern firearms. As such, the best weaponry able to be produced by these new factories lacked interchangeable parts and had to be hand-made, yet they did alleviate the supply problem to some extent.
[-89,200 元, Supply problem partly alleviated, +3 Army Levels to Conscripts (-7 Total)]

The Qing Emperor once again attempts to rally his people against the West, however many of his people see through his pronouncements, and are angered at the course the nation is taking. This anger is particularly strong in the coastal areas of the south, where the livelihoods of many were destroyed by the Emperor's actions. Even more were angered by the unprovoked attack on Russian Empire and the expansion of the war into an attempt to grab more land as evidenced by the attempted to press further into Russia and the attack on Burma. Others were upset by the recent payments to Germany, declaring the Imperial Court was trading domination by the West for domination solely by Germany. However, what upset people the most was the Emperor's continued sacrifice of hundreds of thousands for only greater loss.
[-400,000 Conscripts, -1 Stability]

On a more peaceful note, the Chinese Court continues its efforts to invest in mines and agricultural production in China to increase self-sufficiency – something in the eyes of this newspaper is relatively unnecessary as it produced great stocks of raw materials, lacks industrial capabilities. Though unable to import mechanical equipment due to the blockade, the Chinese do make use of one resource they have in relative abundance, manpower. Thousands were put to work digging mines and readying fields, this does increase productivity but the bankrupt court is forced to make use of its recent conscripts to affect this decree.
[-44,600 元, -150,000 Conscripts for 4 turns, +5,000 Base Income in 4 turns]

The dreadnought in Hong Kong, belonging to the United States, was patched up slightly, and it was brought back to a British Naval Yard, where it was being refitted and repaired, just enough so it could limp back to the United States for a full refit.

The damaged American dreadnought, missing its bow

The Japanese Diet passed a series of reforms during the Summer of 1914. The first was a measure that united the regional stock exchanges under the roof of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. One of the first acts of the newly united Tokyo Stock Exchange was the creation of an index fund, the NIKKEI, which soared in the following months. The Diet also passed a series of tax reforms that incentivized entrepreneurship and the formation of new businesses. These reforms were also quite successful, and resulted in the in a strengthening of the Japanese economy.
[-100,000 ¥, +6,000 Base Income, +0.25% Economic Growth]

Another event of great importance for the nation of Japan was the decision by the Japanese High Command to mobilize in response to the Chinese aggression. When the people heard of this decision, being all too aware of the atrocities committed by the Chinese against Japanese people and property, met the declaration with enthusiasm and thousands flocked to join the Imperial Army.
[+750,000 Conscripts]

Japan marches to war

The Japanese also made significant progress in development of their air arm, with the completion of their first plane that made the use of a single pusher propeller, an advance that gave the pilot an unobstructed vantage point and better control as it increased the airflow over the airplane's control surfaces.
[-50,000 ¥, +1 Air Levels in 2 turns]

A significant treaty, The Treaty of German-Chinese Friendship and Understanding was signed in Berlin by German and Chinese diplomats. In it, the Chinese agreed to pay massive reparations to the German Government for damage to the German Concession Port. However, something else seemed to be in this treaty, because a Fleet of German Ships, loaded with advanced machinery, rifles, weapons, and a large number of other industrial items was bound for China, and was stopped by the blockade. Insisting it was for the German land, they were still rejected by the blockading forces. Finally, the Germans demanded entrance, and were once again stopped. No one is quite sure who fired first, but it so happened that the Dutch Navy was patrolling that area with a Japanese Battlecruiser in the distance. The Germans were able to overwhelm the Dutch quickly, and land enough blows on the Japanese ship to send it away. The Japanese Navy mustered all of its forces, and sent them to the area right away, but the German Goods were already dropped off. The payment, however, was stuck with the Germans in port.
[+20 Industry to the Qing Empire. +20 Industry to the Qing Empire in 2 turns. +2 Army Levels to the Qing Empire. Qing Empire has a weapons factory and steel factory under construction. -100,000 Gold from Germany.]

A German Ship, firing upon the blockading forces

In the South China Sea, the United States of America declares that it is the right of the United States to own and claim this as her own territory, and all the minerals, wealth, and islands that may be inside this area. However, as the military claimed this as their own, the United States Congress, in the lame-duck session, rejected such ideas and ordered the military to stand down, then President Morgan proclaimed it a Military Zone, and an extension of the Philippines, settling the issue.
[South China Sea claimed by the USA.]

In British Burma, a surprised shout rang out near a border town between it and the Qing Empire. A horde of Qing Soldiers swarmed across the border and forced themselves into the area. While many were armed with just sticks and swords, they were able to overrun the few British positions there. They quickly raided any and all guns they could, and passed them out to locals. Hoping to make a similar situation as they did in Indochina, the Imperial Court sent out a recognition of the Kingdom of Burma, and only once this happened did a few followers rise up against British Rule. As the months dragged on, the Qing moved deeper and deeper into Burma, gathering more and more people for their cause. A sizeable Burmese Army, almost twice as big as the invading Qing forces, started to roam around northern Burma, “liberating” areas from British rule. It wasn’t until October that the British Forces in Calcutta where informed of this, and they finally began to act. But the damage was already done, a large army of Burmese separatists now roamed the land, killing any British in sight.
[-10,000 Conscripts from the Qing Empire. -1,000 Regulars from the United Kingdom. Burmese Independence Army formed. Burmese Kingdom formed.]

In Manchuria, recently liberated by the Qing Forces, Qing positions were quickly overwhelmed and swamped by the Russian Army, which had been building up for most of the year, and surged into Manchuria, sweeping it clear of all the forces present, which were mostly conscripts. Russian Mobile Artillery pounded away at the front lines, as the rattle of machine guns were heard, by the end of the year the fields were soaked with blood. The supreme might of the Russian Empire went unchallenged against the Qing Empire, as Russian forces reached the border of Japanese Korea by December of 1914, and were pushing hard in Western Manchuria. Surprised Japanese looked out from their fortifications to see Russian Soldiers parading around and conducting military drills.
[-650,000 Conscripts from the Qing Empire. +1 Army Level to Conscripts of the Qing Empire (-6 Total). -1,000 Regulars from the Russian Empire.]

In the South, across the strait from Hong Kong Island, the Chinese forces had to retreat to the interior a bit due to constant shelling from the Blockading forces. The recently pristine and peaceful shores of Hong Kong, on both sides, looked like a scene from hell. Large craters dotted the landscape, houses and buildings stood half destroyed. Most of the Western soldiers stayed garrison on Hong Kong Island, but a small detachment of Commonwealth forces made a landing on the mainland after a British Dreadnought cleared out a wide sector with 30 hours of constant gunfire. Along with the Commonwealth forces, some Greeks were added to the expedition, and they slowly advanced, with their goal being control of the Pearl River Delta. With British and American ships blasting anything in the way of the soldiers, they were able to get to the Pearl River Delta without fighting much. Going upriver, however, was out of the question for the allied ships, not wanting to relive the incident of getting stranded on a sandbar. As the Commonwealth forces started their way up the River, the Qing swept down upon them, laying traps and using any type of projectiles possible. The battle just about looked lost to the better-armed Westerners, until the 2nd Royal Australian Battalion, which was at the front of the action, alongside the Greek Expeditionary Force, made a valiant charge up a hill, to where the Qing forces were hiding. Setting off explosives, they were able to collapse the base and destroy it, cutting off communications and removing any form of organization of the Qing forces in the South. The Qing were forced to pull out, taking massive casualties, while at the same time giving the allies a slightly smaller bloody nose.
[-500,000 Conscripts from the Qing Empire. -9,000 Regulars from Greece. -50,000 Regulars from the United Kingdom. -5,000 Regulars from South Africa. -8,000 Regulars from Australia.]

The United States, by various means and methods, funnels a massive amount of money into Southern China towards separatist groups who claimed to be in favor a Chinese Republic. However, the military administration was sorely misled, as half the money made it to the Qing Empire, and the other half went to a man known as Xi Ha, who, after getting the money, announced the ascension of the Dynasty of the Great Wu. He told everyone who would listen that the Emperor of the Qing has lost the Mandate of Heaven and it is up to him to drive out the Western Forces and restore order to China. He gains followers rapidly, but not a lot of territory.
[- $ 800,000 from the United States. + 400,000 Gold to the Great Qing. Great Wu established.]

The Dutch continue expansion of the Pan-Indies Railway, half of Sumatra is now joined under the unified plan, with oil wells and rubber plantations increasing their throughput thanks to the increase in transport infrastructure.
[-200,000 ƒ, 3/5 Progress on Pan-Indies Rail]

Little happened in the Dominion of Australia this year, except a few soldiers decided to get drunk and get into a huge fight with British soldiers stationed in Darwin, on leave from the War in China. The resulting fight caused the death of a few soldiers, and the world looks down on Australia just a little bit more.
[-5 Prestige from Australia.]

KeldoniaSkylar · Dec 12, 2012

Stats for 1915

National Rankings

Rank Country Total Ranking
1 The United States of America 2863
2 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 2514
3 The German Empire 1635
4 The Third French Empire 1505
5 The Kingdom of Sweden 1244
6 The Empire of Greater Japan 1180
7 The Russian Empire 1041
8 The Danubian Federation 1021
9 The Argentine Republic 921
10 The Swiss Confederation 851
11 The Kingdom of Spain 723
12 The Kingdom of the Netherlands 670
13 The Second Empire of Brazil 583
14 The Kingdom of Italy 562
15 The Dominion of South Africa 530
16 The Dominion of Canada 465
17 The Dominion of Australia 447
18 The Republic of Chile 414
19 The Kingdom of Greece 360
20 The European Republic of Turkey 240
21 The Great Qing 233
22 The Union of Central American States 180
23 The Provisional Government of Western Armenia 167

International Exchange Rates

KeldoniaSkylar · Dec 12, 2012

Stats for 1915

Countries of the World: 1915

The Argentine Republic

Currency: Argentine Peso (₳)
Currency Value: 1.0623
Currency Bank: 23,488 ₳
Gold Bank: -226,495
Currency Income: 59,188 ₳
Gold Income: 62,974 [+3,000 Base Income in 2 turn(s)]
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 18,304
Loan Interest Rate: 6.75%
Prestige: 310
Stability: 5
Industry: 120 [+18 in 1 turn(s)]
Education Level: 68.00%
Economic Growth Rate: 4.50%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 20 [+2 in 1 turn(s)]
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 70%
Regulars: 40,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 20
Navy
Large Ships: 3
Small Ships: 16
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 20
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 0
At War With: NONE
Leader: President Hipolito Yrigoyen
Player: Mr. Santiago

The Dominion of Australia

Currency: Australian Dollar (A$)
Currency Value: 0.9449
Currency Bank: 157,684 A$
Gold Bank: 156,359
Currency Income: 30,881 A$
Gold Income: 29,180
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 0
Loan Interest Rate: 5%
Prestige: 95
Stability: 10
Industry: 54
Education Level: 85.00%
Economic Growth Rate: 4.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 16
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 90%
Regulars: 42,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 24
Navy
Large Ships: 4
Small Ships: 30
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 24
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 1
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: Prime Minister Andrew Fisher
Player: Spectre17

The Second Empire of Brazil

Currency: Brazilian Real (R$)
Currency Value: 0.1997
Currency Bank: 448,696 R$
Gold Bank: -501,054
Currency Income: 362,539 R$
Gold Income: 76,910
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 36,546
Loan Interest Rate: 6.75%
Prestige: 131
Stability: 7
Industry: 171 [+8 in 1 turn(s), +12 in 2 turn(s)]
Education Level: 66.00%
Economic Growth Rate: 4.50%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 23
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 63%
Regulars: 50,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 16
Navy
Large Ships: 3
Small Ships: 32
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 23
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 0
At War With: NONE
Leader: Empress Isabel I
Player: Duke of Britain

The Dominion of Canada

Currency: Canadian Dollar (Can$)
Currency Value: 1.0081
Currency Bank: 0 Can$
Gold Bank: 569,754
Currency Income: 97,332 Can$
Gold Income: 91,611 [-5,000 Base until Crisis Solved]
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 0
Loan Interest Rate: 4.25%
Prestige: 100
Stability: 10
Industry: 58 [+10 in 1 turn(s), +35 in 2 turn(s)]
Education Level: 90.50%
Economic Growth Rate: 5.50%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 18 [+1 in 1 turn, +10 in 10 turn(s)]
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 85%
Regulars: 18,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 24
Navy
Large Ships: 5
Small Ships: 5
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 21
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 4
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Player: Szynka

The Union of Central American States

Currency: Central American Real (CAR$)
Currency Value: 0.3670
Currency Bank: 0 CAR$
Gold Bank: -7,641
Currency Income: 220 CAR$
Gold Income: 75
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 0
Loan Interest Rate: 4.75%
Prestige: 25
Stability: 7
Industry: 25
Education Level: 46.40%
Economic Growth Rate: 4.50%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 5
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 105%
Regulars: 105,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 19
Navy
Large Ships: 5
Small Ships: 17
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 14
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 0
At War With: NONE
Leader: President Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Player: etranger01

The Republic of Chile

Currency: Chilean Peso (Chi$)
Currency Value: 0.2684
Currency Bank: 0 Chi$
Gold Bank: 49,850
Currency Income: 116,871 Chi$
Gold Income: 27,693
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 0
Loan Interest Rate: 4.75%
Prestige: 110
Stability: 7
Industry: 74 [+8 in 2 turn(s)]
Education Level: 50.00%
Economic Growth Rate: 4.50%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 16 [+1 in 1 turn(s)]
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 65%
Regulars: 75,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 17
Navy
Large Ships: 2
Small Ships: 5
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 14
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 0
At War With: NONE
Leader: President Pedro Montt Montt
Player: Riccardo93

The Danubian Federation

Currency: Danubian Krone (K)
Currency Value: 0.1642
Currency Bank: 0 K
Gold Bank: -251,911
Currency Income: 121,486 K
Gold Income: 18,291
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 22,717
Loan Interest Rate: 7.75%
Prestige: 355
Stability: 5
Industry: 114
Education Level: 58.90%
Economic Growth Rate: 2.50%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 35
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 80%
Regulars: 500,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 23
Navy
Large Ships: 0
Small Ships: 5
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 20
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 1
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: Kaiser Franz Joseph I
Player: Frymonmon

The Third French Empire

Currency: French Franc (₣)
Currency Value: 0.1324
Currency Bank: 521,478 ₣
Gold Bank: 415,170
Currency Income: 202,777 ₣
Gold Income: 22,316 [+6,000 Base Income in 1 turn(s)]
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 0
Loan Interest Rate: 6.5%
Prestige: 580
Stability: 2
Industry: 160
Education Level: 93.10%
Economic Growth Rate: 1.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 23
Colonial Infrastructure: 13
Army
Equipment: 95%
Regulars: 192,000
Conscripts: 200,000
Army Level: 26
Navy
Large Ships: 12
Small Ships: 65
Submarines: 15
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 21
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 2
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: Emperor Charles XII
Player: Maxwell500

The German Empire

Currency: German Mark (ℳ)
Currency Value: 0.2098
Currency Bank: 142,873 ℳ
Gold Bank: -1,064,816
Currency Income: 742,873 ℳ
Gold Income: 145,307
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 55,875
Loan Interest Rate: 5.3%
Prestige: 545
Stability: 8
Industry: 216 [+40 in 1 turn(s)]
Education Level: 89.80%
Economic Growth Rate: 3.40%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 35
Colonial Infrastructure: 11
Army
Equipment: 79%
Regulars: 697,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 28
Navy
Large Ships: 25
Small Ships: 150
Submarines: 12
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 20
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 2
At War With: NONE
Leader: Kaiser Wilhelm II
Player: Morrell8

The Kingdom of Greece

Currency: Greek Drachma (₯)
Currency Value: 0.1778
Currency Bank: 90,577 ₯
Gold Bank: -89,797
Currency Income: 90,577 ₯
Gold Income: 14,824
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 8,196
Loan Interest Rate: 8.5%
Prestige: 95
Stability: 10
Industry: 29
Education Level: 84.50%
Economic Growth Rate: 1.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 9
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 80%
Regulars: 21,000 [+20,000 in 1 turn]
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 17
Navy
Large Ships: 5
Small Ships: 17
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 16
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 2 [+1 in 2 turn(s)]
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: King George I
Player: tyriet

The Kingdom of Italy

Currency: Italian Lira (₤)
Currency Value: 0.1661
Currency Bank: 220,885 ₤
Gold Bank: 105,043
Currency Income: 576,003 ₤
Gold Income: 88,630
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 0
Loan Interest Rate: 6%
Prestige: 145
Stability: 9
Industry: 70
Education Level: 91.10%
Economic Growth Rate: 2.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 26
Colonial Infrastructure: 6
Army
Equipment: 90%
Regulars: 164,000
Conscripts: 20,000
Army Level: 25 [+2 in 2 turn(s)]
Navy
Large Ships: 7
Small Ships: 85
Submarines: 10
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 21
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 1
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: King Victor Emmanuel III
Player: Shock3r

The Empire of Greater Japan

Currency: Japanese Yen (¥)
Currency Value: 0.4982
Currency Bank: 24,213 ¥
Gold Bank: -792,177
Currency Income: 174,213 ¥
Gold Income: 83,917
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 44,688
Loan Interest Rate: 5.375%
Prestige: 355
Stability: 9
Industry: 195
Education Level: 98.60%
Economic Growth Rate: 3.25%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 24 [+6 in 2 turn(s)]
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 90%
Regulars: 246,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 22 [+4 in 1 turn(s)]
Navy 1/3 LAID UP FOR 3 TURN(S)
Large Ships: 10
Small Ships: 95
Submarines: 2
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 22 [+4 in 3 turn(s)]
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 0 [+2 in 1 turn(s), +1 in 2 turn(s)]
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: Emperor Meiji
Player: Boris ze Spider

The Kingdom of the Netherlands

Currency: Dutch Gulden (ƒ)
Currency Value: 0.2901
Currency Bank: 192,884 ƒ
Gold Bank: 405,014
Currency Income: 372,884 ƒ
Gold Income: 82,085 [+1,400 base income in 2 turn(s), -1,500 for 3 turn(s), +6,000 in 3 turn(s)]
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 0
Loan Interest Rate: 5%
Prestige: 200
Stability: 9
Industry: 95 [+20 in 1 turn(s), + 25 in 3 turn(s)]
Education Level: 94.90%
Economic Growth Rate: 4.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 20
Colonial Infrastructure: 5 [+15 when East Indies Railroad completed, 2/5 Complete]
Army
Equipment: 85%
Regulars: 85,000
Conscripts: 50,000
Army Level: 20
Navy
Large Ships: 10
Small Ships: 35
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 18
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 1 [+2 in 2 turn(s)]
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: Queen Wilhemina I
Player: Syriana

The Great Qing

Currency: Chinese Yuan (元)
Currency Value: 0.4501
Currency Bank: 0 元
Gold Bank: -444,860
Currency Income: -120,861 元
Gold Income: -47,539 [+5,000 Base in 4 turns]
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 95,716
Loan Interest Rate: 16.75%
Prestige: 20
Stability: 4
Industry: 88 [+20 in 2 turn(s)]
Education Level: 28.40%
Economic Growth Rate: 0.50%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 11
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 45%
Regulars: 350,000
Conscripts: 2,085,000 [-150,000 for 4 turns]
Army Level: 20 [-2 for 1 turn(s), +2 in 1 turn(s), -6 for Conscripts]
Navy
Large Ships: 2
Small Ships: 28
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 11
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 0
At War With: The United States of America, The United Kingdom, The British Commonwealth, The Japanese Empire of the East, The Third French Empire, The Danubian Federation, The Kingdom Spain, The Kingdom of Italy, The Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Russian Empire, The Kingdom of Greece
Leader: Xuantong Emperor
Player: Thandros

The Russian Empire

Currency: Russian Ruble (руб)
Currency Value: 0.2989
Currency Bank: 0 руб
Gold Bank: -895,531
Currency Income: 184,066 руб
Gold Income: 51,190
Printing Rate: 60%
Loan Payments (in gold): 59,500
Loan Interest Rate: 7%
Prestige: 355
Stability: 5
Industry: 142 [+2 for 1 turn(s), +20 in 3 turn(s)]
Education Level: 46.30%
Economic Growth Rate: 4.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 26
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 45%
Regulars: 278,000
Conscripts: 142,000
Army Level: 25
Navy
Large Ships: 11 [+9 in 2 turn(s)]
Small Ships: 140
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 22
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 1
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: Tsaritsa Olga I
Player: Congo

The Dominion of South Africa

Currency: South African Pound (SA£)
Currency Value: 5.3012
Currency Bank: 22,764 SA£
Gold Bank: 70,940
Currency Income: 12,022 SA£
Gold Income: 60,940 [+500 Base Income Every Year for 10 turn(s)]
Printing Rate: 60%
Loan Payments (in gold): 0
Loan Interest Rate: 6%
Prestige: 85
Stability: 9
Industry: 59
Education Level: 47.90%
Economic Growth Rate: 2.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 24
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 90%
Regulars: 53,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 24
Navy
Large Ships: 6
Small Ships: 10
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 26
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 0
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: The Viscount Gladstone
Player: Seek75

The Kingdom of Spain

Currency: Spanish Peseta (₧)
Currency Value: 0.1352
Currency Bank: 0 ₧
Gold Bank: -856,796
Currency Income: 39,929 ₧
Gold Income: 5,894 [+200 Base Every Year]
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 82,049
Loan Interest Rate: 11%
Prestige: 215
Stability: 6
Industry: 148 [-60 until General Strike over]
Education Level: 86.40%
Economic Growth Rate: 2.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 16 [+7 in 1 turn(s)]
Colonial Infrastructure: 4
Army
Equipment: 85%
Regulars: 126,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 20
Navy
Large Ships: 62
Small Ships: 129
Submarines: 10
Dreadnoughts: 5
Navy Level: 24
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 0
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: King Alfonso XIII
Player: MastahCheef117

The Kingdom of Sweden

Currency: Swedish Krona (kr)
Currency Value: 0.3187
Currency Bank: 0 kr
Gold Bank: -228,707
Currency Income: 389,202 kr
Gold Income: 124,043 [+500 for 3 turn(s)]
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 0
Loan Interest Rate: 6.25%
Prestige: 480
Stability: 10
Industry: 84
Education Level: 92.00%
Economic Growth Rate: 1.50%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 22
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 90%
Regulars: 35,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 28
Navy
Large Ships: 25 [+2 in 1 turn(s)]
Small Ships: 65 [+40 in 1 turn(s)]
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0 [+2 in 3 turn(s) once Naval level is equal to 25]
Navy Level: 22
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 1
At War With: NONE
Leader: King Gustaf V
Player: Hashoosh

The Swiss Confederation

Currency: Swiss Franc (S₣)
Currency Value: 0.1923
Currency Bank: 264,131 S₣
Gold Bank: -760,757
Currency Income: 764,131 S₣
Gold Income: 146,977
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 47,166
Loan Interest Rate: 5.5%
Prestige: 215
Stability: 10
Industry: 185
Education Level: 97.81%
Economic Growth Rate: 3.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 30
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 100%
Regulars: 145,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 21
Navy
Large Ships: 0
Small Ships: 0
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 0
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 0
At War With: NONE
Leader: President Robert Comtesse
Player: Spitfire5793

The European Republic of Turkey

Currency: Turkish Lira (Turk£ )
Currency Value: 0.1536
Currency Bank: 0 Turk£
Gold Bank: 34,276
Currency Income: 960 Turk£
Gold Income: 128
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 0
Loan Interest Rate: 6.25%
Prestige: 40
Stability: 5
Industry: 48
Education Level: 54.84%
Economic Growth Rate: 1.50%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 11
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 55%
Regulars: 225,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 19
Navy
Large Ships: 0
Small Ships: 0
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 17
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 0
At War With: Ottoman Empire
Leader: President Ozgur Oğlum
Player: Dadarian

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Currency: British Pound (£)
Currency Value: 4.4027
Currency Bank: 39,578 £
Gold Bank: -2,121,803
Currency Income: 83,785 £
Gold Income: 368,880 [-2,000 until RR's Solvent, +200 Base in 1 turn, +1,500 Base in 3 turn(s), +8,000 Colonial Income once pumps, derricks and transport set up]
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 143,812
Loan Interest Rate: 6%
Prestige: 915
Stability: 10
Industry: 231 [+75 in 1 turn(s), +10 in 3 turn(s)]
Education Level: 90.90%
Economic Growth Rate: 2.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 30 [+1 Infrastructure each turn for 1 turn(s)]
Colonial Infrastructure: 17
Army
Equipment: 100%
Regulars: 419,000
Conscripts: 350,000
Army Level: 25 [+1 in 1 turn(s)]
Navy 1/2 LAID UP FOR 1 TURN(S)
Large Ships: 65
Small Ships: 295
Submarines: 20
Dreadnoughts: 15
Navy Level: 28 [+3 in 3 turn(s)]
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 5
At War With: The Great Qing, Ottoman Empire
Leader: King Edward VII
Player: jacob-Lundgren

The United States of America

Currency: United States Dollar ($)
Currency Value: 1.0000
Currency Bank: 10,407 $
Gold Bank: 467,678
Currency Income: 1,293,764 $
Gold Income: 1,293,764 [+1,000 Base Every Year, +20,000 Base in 1 turn(s)]
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 15,217
Loan Interest Rate: 2%
Prestige: 865
Stability: 10
Industry: 725
Education Level: 97.30%
Economic Growth Rate: 6.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 48
Colonial Infrastructure: 17
Army
Equipment: 110%
Regulars: 65,000
Conscripts: 17
Army Level: 27
Navy
Large Ships: 56 [+20 in 3 turn(s)]
Small Ships: 255
Submarines: 20
Dreadnoughts: 7 [+6 in 3 turn(s)]
Navy Level: 30 [+2 in 3 turn(s)]
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 3
At War With: The Great Qing
Leader: President Theodore Roosevelt
Player: KeldoniaSkylar

The Provisional Government of Western Armenia

Currency: Armenian Dram (AMD)
Currency Value: 0.1111
Currency Bank: 0 AMD
Gold Bank: -39,767
Currency Income: -22,246 AMD
Gold Income: -2,287
Printing Rate: 50%
Loan Payments (in gold): 4,854
Loan Interest Rate: 16%
Prestige: 45
Stability: 5
Industry: 6
Education Level: 23.78%
Economic Growth Rate: 2.00%
Mobilization Penalty: 100%
Home Infrastructure: 5
Colonial Infrastructure: 0
Army
Equipment: 45%
Regulars: 118,000
Conscripts: 0
Army Level: 13
Navy
Large Ships: 0
Small Ships: 0
Submarines: 0
Dreadnoughts: 0
Navy Level: 9
Air Force
Fighters: 0
Bombers: 0
Air Level: 0
At War With: Ottoman Empire
Leader: Chairman Aram Manukian
Player: Watercress

jacob-Lundgren · Dec 12, 2012

Due to the looming threat to the position of the Commonwealth in and around India, the government has decided to mobilize the British Raj. We will not allow these citizens to be threatened anymore or harmed further by the extreme fanatics inside China that have co-opted that land. The Commonwealth will defend itself against this threat as it has against all threats and we will prevail. Once the latest crisis is over steps will be taken to improve the balance and spread of power across the Commonwealth. We are only as strong as our weakest link and any such will be found and strengthened.

Syriana · Dec 12, 2012

Her Majesty's Government notes with distress the serious and serial violations of the German Empire in regards to the conduct of international law and diplomacy. We have been severely misled by the German Foreign Office, which blatantly omitted a secret protocol from the Sino-German document and then sanctioned an attack on the Netherlands Far East Flotilla in order to execute this protocol. Worse, this deception was in order to facilitate the aiding and abetting of the Chinese Empire - an entity which the Kingdom of the Netherlands, amongst many others, is currently at war - with armaments to be used against the enforcer states of the Treaty of Shanghai. That the German Government would furnish the very Boxer rebels who have dispatched 50,000 Dutch citizens since this conflict began is simply abhorrent and intolerable, and a betrayal of the amity and friendship that has historically existed between our sovereign states.

As such, Her Majesty's Government hereby suspends diplomatic relations with the German Empire, until a full apology is received for the unlawful assault on our naval assets and this scandalous, subversive alliance with the Qing tyrant is terminated.

Her Majesty, Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands

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