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Kaiserthum Österreich
Austrian Empire
As for other foreign-related matters, the French interference in Ottoman affairs is getting increasingly worrying and we support the British presence outside Alexandria. To show that our words can be translated into action, we shall send the frigate SMS Medea to join the British ships and provide further assistance in this affair and secure another sensible voice at the hopefully upcoming negotiations.
His Serene Highness, Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Devlet-i ʿAliyye-yi ʿOsmâniyye
His Imperial Majesty expresses sincere admiration to Those European Powers upholding their commitment to the preservation of stability within the Ottoman Empire in the face of the situation within Egypt and its self-styled government. Furthermore, His Imperial Majesty commends and fully endorses the British deployment of warships to the Port of Alexandria and the subsequent act of support from the Austrian Empire. It is evident that the actions of Muhammad Ali and his "government" have sown seeds of further chaos within the Ottoman Empire, and that the Powers of Europe stand alongside His Imperial Majesty in the pursuit of peace and prosperity.
Thus, the Ottoman Empire seconds the British call for logic and reason; this matter must be solved as gentlemen, with negotiation. It is the foremost hope of His Imperial Majesty that Muhammad Ali finds the truth in this sentiment, submitting to the righteous House of Osman and embracing diplomacy.
- Grand Vizier Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha for Sultan Mahmud II
Royaume de France
Kingdom of France
Speech from the Throne
Members of Parliament! The previous year was largely successful for the Kingdom of France seeing increased economic growth across France and continued success across the Mediterranean in Algeria. The current government of Count Molé, as with all those before it, is committed to maintaining the continued rights and privileges of the French people as guaranteed by the Charter of 1830 in addition to upholding continued French interests while increasing cooperation with the other realms of Europe in order to continue to uphold the balance of power and the agreements signed at Vienna which secure continued peace in Europe.
The efforts to promote the continued expansion of the iron and coal mining industries in the Lille area as well as Lorraine and Alsace with the construction of railroads to connect those regions to Paris were far too ambitious and it is the belief of the new government that while an expansion of said industries would substantially benefit France as a whole growth must come more slowly and in more realistic steps. As such We and the Prime Minister have fully agreed to use government funds to promote expansion of both industries across Northern and Eastern France as a first step towards the more ambitious plan proposed by Mr Adolphe Thiers.
While the efforts to improve the northern coal and iron industries did not have much success French textile industries have seen substantial growth fueled by increased trade with Egypt. We and the Prime Minister consider this event extremely beneficial to the French economy and shows the vital impact of commerce on economic growth. As such it has been agreed that the ports of Nantes, Le Havre, Marseille, Bordeaux and Dunkirk will receive funding to conduct an expansion of port and harbor facilities allowing all five ports to handle significantly increased amounts of goods allowing for further expansion in French trade.
Along with this the government will continue the policies encouraging continued investment and improvement in the textile industry itself with the goal of further growing this vital part of the French economy to emulate the success achieved in Great Britain and Belgium. Using the port improvements which will also be under construction to promote a significant expansion in exports of French textile products to nations across Europe and, indeed, the world. In addition attempts will be made to use recent innovations in textile production to significantly improve overall productivity and further increase growth in this part of the French economy.
Across the Mediterranean in Algeria continued efforts will be made to end the revolt led by Abd al-Qādir under the direct command of General Bugeaud in order to ensure the safety of French colonists as well as secure French control over the interior of Western Algeria. In the east Marshal Clausel will be ordered to proceed with the assault on Constantine with the ultimate goal of securing control of the city by the end of the year. Combined these two offensives should be able to expand the French area of influence further into the interior of Algeria and secure control of the coastal areas.
The continued expansion of the French economy through various different projects as well as the continued expansion of the French area of control in Algeria will allow for a continued growth of French power on the world stage in addition to ensuring that the Frenchmen across France will continue to reap the benefits of the continued economic growth seen by the French economy and constantly increasing the number of Frenchmen who may exercise their right by the Charter of 1830 and place their vote in the coming elections of 1839.
~His Majesty, Louis-Philippe I, King of the French
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Events of the World: 1837
William IV, King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Hanover, dies in June. Having reigned only for seven years following the death of his elder brother, King William leaves behind no legitimate children, and the royal succession passes to his niece Victoria, Princess of Kent. However, while the laws of the United Kingdom and Ireland permit female succession, the laws and traditions of Hanover demand that the crown be passed to a male heir, and so the personal union between the United Kingdom and Hanover ends. The Hanoverian crown passes to Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, who is the first Hanoverian ruler to reside in the Kingdom since George I. Queen Victoria ascends to the throne with a certain amount of grace but excites little in the way of comment or jubilation; she is, after all, a mere eighteen-year-old girl, of whom little is expected.
Queen Victoria receives news of her uncle's passing
With the demise of the reigning monarch, the British Parliament is dissolved and new elections are called. Lord Melbourne’s Whig party expects to win the election, and they do, but the margin of victory is slimmer than anticipated. The Whigs lose 38 seats to Sir Robert Peel’s Conservative party, reducing the Whig majority to a little over 30 seats.
As part of the ongoing overhaul of British government, Parliament passes the Births and Deaths Registration Act of 1837, amending the previously passed Marriage Act to require that all marriages, whether religious or civil, be recorded by the General Register Office. The General Register Office is additionally tasked with recording all births and deaths within England and Wales. While the Office is expected to take a year or two to become fully operational, it is expected to give His Majesty’s Government a far more accurate understanding of just how many people there are in England and Wales.
Late in the year, the British Parliament passes the Slave Compensation Act of 1837, which permits the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to finish paying off slave owners in the Caribbean, Mauritius, and the Cape Colony. This Act paves the way for the near-total eradication of slavery within British territories. Simultaneously, Parliament passes funding for a new naval station in the Virgin Islands to assist with expanded anti-slavery operations. The largest settlement on the island of Tortola is renamed “Williamsburg” in honor of the deceased king, and will serve as a stronghold against slave-smuggling efforts. These seemingly small measures each provide a modest boon to British commerce, as new wealth returns to the United Kingdom and Caribbean trade benefits from additional naval presence.
There is some talk from lawmakers, amidst the persistent bickering and shouting that usually engulfs the French Chamber of Deputies, that the government should commit public funds to the development of industrial resources in eastern France. Another deputy says that nothing can be spent on industry until the long-neglected ports in western France are modernized and expanded to grow French trade, which receives a modest chorus of approval. A third deputy cries out that nothing can be done with public funds until the unjust Algerian war is brought to an end, which is met with a mixed response. At this point, a slur involving one deputy’s personal habits is raised, to which another member responds with a claim that questions the legitimacy of that deputy’s particular line of descent. Another deputy casts aspersions upon the moral character of the female family members of everyone present, at which point the proceedings devolve into a general melee. Little is accomplished.
The French Chamber of Deputies
Attempts by the French government to import British and Belgian technological innovations to spur growth in the French textiles sector meet with failure. While the supply of Egyptian cotton is indeed abundant within France, allowing the French textile sector to grow substantially compared to its previous minuscule size, neither nation is particularly interested in sharing its technological secrets and the British textiles industry is still several orders of magnitude larger than those of its neighbor across the Channel.
The French government continues its efforts to forcibly pacify the armed guerilla fighters in the Algerian interior with mixed results. With reinforcements arrived, General Clausel is finally able to take Constantine after suffering horrific losses in the process, leaving him in control of a shattered ruin of a city with the tattered remnants of an army. General Bugeaud is ordered to destroy Abd el-Kader’s forces through military means; lacking any diplomatic authority from the King or Parliament, Bugeaud attempts to use his cavalry against el-Kader’s dispersed guerrillas and succeeds primarily in depleting his stock of trained cavalrymen, with numerous ambushes claiming the lives of his men and only a few successful skirmishes to show for it. French public opinion has turned substantially as the result of this unsuccessful prosecution of the Algerian war, and calls for peace echo through the Chamber of Deputies and the cafes of Paris alike.
The meetings among the Russian government conclude in early 1837 and several changes are made, mostly among the various ministries that make up the imperial government and among the military staff. The undeniable focus of the government is now on the army as a tool to promote Russia’s legitimate policy interests and to defend her borders from any theoretical foreign incursion.
To ensure that this new military focus is properly funded, the Russian Imperial Navy is required to permanently mothball three of its ships of the line for later disassembly. While these ships are not in and of themselves the main line of defense for Russia, they are a major source of prestige and their loss reflects poorly on Russia. Instead, additional room in the Imperial Army’s budget is made for further employment of semi-irregular Cossack cavalry to police the Empire’s frontiers. While undisciplined and not subject to regular military doctrine, they may nevertheless serve as a later hindrance to future invaders.
The Tsar's new cavalry
As part of the Tsar’s commitment to improving the state of Russian learning, the Imperial Academy of Sciences is granted additional funding and support with the expectation that it will produce educated graduates who can then pass their learning on to new students. The Imperial Academy begins expansion of its St. Petersburg campus and progress on a curriculum is expected soon -- though the centralized nature of the single Academy means that large-scale change is still quite a ways off.
The government-owned Danube Steamship Company, founded in 1829, undergoes a period of expansion to further bring together the disparate parts of the Austrian Empire. Additional river-going steamships are purchased from Great Britain and used to extend the Vienna-Budapest route further upstream to Linz. Unfortunately, little comes of proposals to extend the company beyond the Empire’s borders into Bavaria and Serbia. The Danube Steamship Company is an extension of the Austrian government and international expansion will require negotiating with the Bavarian and Serbian governments to continue development.
The decision by Archduke Friedrich to enter the Imperial Navy is met with mild surprise by the rest of the Austrian nobility, but his enthusiasm for shipboard life is undeniable. Prior to his entrance, the Austrian Imperial Navy is quintessentially Venetian in character, with few members from elsewhere in the Empire. However, with this high-profile decision, a slow but steady trickle of Austrians, Bohemians, Croatians, and even a few Hungarians begin applying to the Imperial Naval Cadet School. While this may just be a fad stirred up by the popular young Archduke, it may also be the beginning of a larger trend.
Archduke Friedrich, Captain of the Imperial Navy
Efforts by the Austrian government to prepare their sprawling empire for Zollverein membership hit a few stumbling blocks throughout the year. A meeting of influential financiers in Vienna concludes that the Austrian economy, divided and undeveloped, is simply unable to compete on equal terms with the homogeneous and better-developed German states, particularly Prussia. Moreover, the Hungarian Diet categorically opposes permitting direct taxation in the lands of the Apostolic Crown unless they are given an absolute veto over any taxation scheme originating in Vienna. Finally, while Austria commands the support and respect of the majority of the German states, final approval for its admission still rests with Prussia, which may consider Austrian entry detrimental to its own influence.
Ambitious plans for a railway linking the Rhineland to central Prussia are laid out in Berlin by ministers in the Prussian King’s government. Unfortunately for those hopefuls, the Kingdom is not contiguous and building a railway to link the coal-rich Rhineland Province with the rest of the kingdom is unlikely without substantial negotiations and concessions to the minor states that exist between the two sections of the nation. One of the ministers suggests to the King that support instead be given to a private concern making plans for a smaller railway linking Berlin to Potsdam, which might provide much-needed experience for the nation’s fledgling contingent of engineers.
Efforts to speed the introduction of the Dreyse needle gun meet with strong resistance by the conservative generals of the Prussian military, which is to say “all of them.” While the needle gun is an impressive technical achievement, the Prussian high command feels that substantial testing and the formulation of new doctrine is required before it can replace the tried-but-true weapons currently in service. Additionally, the complex design is difficult and time-consuming to produce in large numbers, and very few of the rifles actually exist. As such, little progress is made.
Some progress is made in Prussian agriculture when, instead of using modern equipment on the extensive Junker estates, the Prussian government instead offers subsidies on newer tools to the few smaller independent landowners in the nation. While the scale of this introduction is so small so as to provide no actual economic benefit, it does prove that British-made plows and other tools are quite useful. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that the Junker nobles will introduce them on their estates at the government’s request and will instead do so at their own pace.
Ottoman agriculture is forever changed when the Sultan enlists the aid of several British agricultural experts to modernize how crops are grown and animals raised in the sprawling polyglot Empire. Rather than have the distinctly non-Muslim experts who don’t speak Turkish go out directly into the field, they instead sensibly invite them to discuss their advancements with some of the learned scholars in Constantinople. Relatively few experts take the Sultan up on his proposal once they realize that they’ll be forbidden from drinking for the duration of their stay, but they are lavishly compensated and provide a series of excellent lectures on the necessity of enclosure and scientific breeding. This exchange of ideas will go a long way toward later reforms made throughout the Empire.
The Imperial Postal Service is inaugurated early in the year, with its first office opening in Constantinople. Commissioned by the Imperial government to unite the various regional postal services under one banner, it aspires to create efficiency and unity. While this is a noble goal, the primary beneficiary will be the Ottoman government, which gains a tighter grip on the flow of information throughout the Empire and a more efficient network through which to dispatch orders. While this may be disruptive when extended to the provinces, it shows a modest uptick in overall efficiency in the region of Thrace by year’s end.
The first meeting of the Council of Ministers is carried out in Constantinople, with the stated aim of evaluating imperial control and administration over its far-flung territories. The Tripolitanian area remains largely uncontrolled despite the pretense of its formal submission to the Sultan’s authority two years previous. Naturally, all of Egypt, Syria, and the Levant are beyond the Sultan’s control, as is the Hedjaz. Regional governors, lacking Muhammad Ali’s ambition but not his power, largely control the territories of the Empire beyond Thrace and western Anatolia. As such, while most of the Empire is nominally loyal to Constantinople, little is directly within its power. Administrative reform will be difficult; however, it is also necessary to ensure the continuation of the Empire into the modern era.
The new Spanish Constitution comes into effect this year. While touted as a progressive document within Spain, the truth is that the method of suffrage promoted only gives the vote to about five percent of Spaniards. However, it also provides for limitations on royal power and the direct election of the lower house, restoring many of the then-radical features of the previous 1812 constitution. While the vast majority of Spaniards remain disenfranchised, the constitution is popular with the loyalists’ two main power bases: progressive politicians and moderate military leaders.
The subsequent general election proves to be a strong success for the more traditional Moderate Party, which gains over sixty percent of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies, with the Progressives holding the vast majority of the remaining seats. It is suspected that the margin would have been much closer if not for the regent quietly supporting the Moderates. However, the even-handed distribution of Senate seats to Progressives and Moderates alike does much to alleviate tensions, and the result is a functional, supportive government.
The Kingdom of Portugal, having fended off its own absolutist claimant in recent years, is very receptive to overtures by Maria Christina’s Liberal regime. While Portuguese volunteers are already serving in the Spanish army alongside British and French volunteers, an additional pair of regiments are deployed across the border to begin operations in Andalucia, where they engage in several brief battles with Carlist forces there.
With the concentration of Carlist forces in Andalusia and possibly threatening Madrid, General Espartero begins a march toward central Spain, leaving a pair of regiments to garrison restive Vasconia. Guerrilla activity seems to have subsided following the setbacks of the previous year, though whether this is genuine resignation or simply biding time is impossible to tell.
Espartero arrives at the gates of Madrid with six regiments, having dispatched a substantial portion of his forces to fight in Aragon, and is confronted with a Carlist force nearly twice the size of his own army under the joint command of Generals Damas and Cabrera. While Madrid’s fortifications provide him with a substantial defensive advantage, the disparity in numbers makes any kind of offensive action impossible. While Espartero’s army does manage to bog down the Carlist army in a lengthy siege that carries the city through the rest of the year, the casualties and dwindling supplies are beginning to tell.
In Aragon, the detached Liberal forces manage to successfully evict the Carlists from the area after a series of bloody skirmishes, which results in the latter force fleeing south to Andalucia. Following this victory, the Carlist threat has been successfully contained in central and southern Spain, but the concentration of Carlist forces there will make their final defeat difficult at best.
The Battle of Zaragoza
Private attempts to build a railway from Amsterdam to Rotterdam have been ongoing since 1830, when Britain opened its first railway, but lack of financial support and opposition from shipping magnates have left the project permanently stalled. Royal intervention by King William revives the project, though several obstacles remain. Unfortunately, the Netherlands lacks the necessary technical expertise to construct a railway and the project requires the importation of British railway engineers at direct expense to the crown. Nevertheless, planning gets underway quickly enough, with a tentative completion date set for 1839.
The Dutch, perpetually in need of new land and under siege by the ocean, invest in the further polderization of low-lying coastal areas. While this program mostly provides modest increases to already-existing polder areas, it nevertheless increases the proportion of farmable terrain available to the land-starved Netherlands.
The Sillon industriel, or industrial valley, is one of Belgium’s most prosperous economic areas and the heart of its growing industry. Concentrated primarily along the River Meuse, it contains vast quantities of coal, iron, and other useful metals. In recent years, the population has exploded, with flocks of laborers and miners coming to the region to join in the booming extraction industries there. When overcrowding starts to become a problem, local investors step in (encouraged by the Belgian government), producing low-cost high-volume housing for their workers. While this doesn’t precisely alleviate the overcrowding problem, it does ensure that no one ends up sleeping on the street and that there’s plenty of room for further expansion.
The decision by the Belgian government to expand the port of Antwerpen is met with mild confusion in some circles and delight in others. While plans to expand the port have existed since Napoleon’s time, commerce to Antwerpen remains at an all-time low due to continued Dutch toll collection on all vessels prior to reaching the port. As such, while plans to deepen the once-strategic port and add additional docks go forward, it is anticipated to provide a boon primarily to the Belgians’ former masters once complete.
Attempts by the Sardinian government to reform education come to a screeching halt when it’s proposed that male and female children be required to attend schooling during their teenage years. The primary point of discontent is from landed aristocrats, who vehemently oppose having valuable labor being taken away from the fields for any period of time, and from traditionalists, who oppose female education as a matter of principle. Little is accomplished in the face of this determined opposition.
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While the Kingdom of Sardinia lacks the technical resources to build modern railways, it certainly has the knowledge and expertise to build and improve roads. The Macadam method applied so successfully in the United Kingdom and Austria is put to use here, taking the old-style road between Turin and Genoa and renovating it into a smooth, modern surface. This allows for a modest increase in commerce between the capital and the nation’s major port city.
The King of Sweden expresses a profound interest in the work of Carl Friedrich Gauss, who has been developing an electric telegraphic device in the city of Hanover. Unfortunately, Herr Gauss is already contracted to develop his telegraph in Germany and has no desire to emigrate to Sweden. Another German expert arrives in Stockholm after a substantial payment and is forced to tell the King that his desire for an entire network of telegraphs simply exceeds the capacity of the technology. As such, all that is accomplished is a direct telegraph line between the royal palace and the Riksdag building, which is moderately useful but mostly a curiosity.
The Riksdag’s ambitious plans to Macadamize the road networks of Sweden and Norway come to a screeching halt when the Norwegian Storting politely declines to contribute to what it sees as an expensive and largely unnecessary road-building program. Undaunted, the plan goes forward in Sweden, using a method which is both costly and labor-intensive. Progress is made on the road connecting Stockholm to Goteborg, but the expenses ramp up quickly, and there is little improvement in commerce when it is completed.
Rather than continue to have French advisers work solely in the field providing direct support, Muhammad Ali sets up a military school in Cairo where foreign military officers can teach his own officers theory and strategy. Many of Ali’s officers speak French after years of language training and the exchange of ideas and concepts flows easily. While it is unlikely that the Egyptian army will ever be up to the exact standards of their French exemplars, they are fast approaching that level of competence.
Having experienced profound success centralizing Egyptian agriculture, Muhammad Ali turns his attention to farms in Syria. Unlike Egypt, Syria lacks the ability to support profitable staple crops, and instead relies primarily on subsistence agriculture. Fortunately, food is never undesirable for a nation with a large army, and so Muhammad Ali confiscates large swathes of farmland and orders irrigation projects and the distribution of metal tools to the farmers. Naturally, the landowning class and the nobility are outraged and lodge their second set of protests directly with the Sultan after Muhammad Ali ignores the first set.
Three British ships of the line, accompanied by an Austrian frigate, take up patrol duties in the Eastern Mediterranean, providing a direct Western presence in a region where Eastern tensions are already quietly simmering. While the ships take no offensive action against the Egyptians or the numerous French traders in the region, their presence is an undeniable sign of support for the Ottoman regime.
HMS Queen Charlotte
Other Notable World Events
- An earthquake in Galilee kills six to seven thousand people.
- The Panic of 1837 begins in New York when banks suspend specie payments, ending the period of American economic expansion and triggering a profound recession.
- Dutch forces sack the fortress of Bonjol, ending the Padri War and further cementing their control over western Sumatra.
- Samuel Morse files a patent for the electrical telegraph.
- Rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada, motivated by frustrations with the rate of political reform and a desire for responsible government, are put down within a month of their beginning, though tensions linger.
- The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg catches fire and burns for nearly three days. Thirty guardsmen die recovering the Russian imperial treasures from the palace.
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United Kingdom
Tier: Tea Power
Government: Constitutional Monarchy (elections by 1842)
Ideology: Whigs (liberal, free trade, laissez faire, anti-military)
Population: 25.980 m.
Economy: £ 52,440 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 2,834 m.
Trade: £ 11,248 m. (35% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Good (0/5)
Administration: Adequate (4/5) [Tithe Commission, +2 in 4 years; Births and Deaths Act, +2 in 2 years]
Education: Adequate (1/5)
Income: £ 8,655 m. (23% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 5,811 m. (£ 2,844 m. surplus)
Treasury: £ -39,820 m. (3.85% interest)
Plurality: 0.28
Militancy: 1.00
Social reforms: Minimal (4/5)
Army quality: Adequate (0/5)
18 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Good (2/5)
64 ships of the line
50 frigates
Manpower: 0.069 m.
Technology: Industry (8), Commerce (9), Culture (5), Army (5), Navy* (9)
Player: Frymonmon
France
Tier: Frog Power
Government: Constitutional Monarchy (elections by 1839)
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, laissez faire, anti-military)
Population: 33.139 m.
Economy: £ 44,380 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 1,059 m.
Trade: £ 6,657 m. (20% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (3/5)
Administration: Adequate (2/5)
Education: Adequate (2/5)
Income: £ 4,520 m. (21% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 2,514 m. (£ 2,006 m. surplus)
Treasury: £ -4,305 m. (3.94% interest)
Plurality: 0.32
Militancy: 1.38
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Adequate (4/5) [Review, +1 when Algerian campaign over]
7 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Good (0/5)
33 ships of the line
30 frigates
Manpower: 0.285 m.
Technology: Industry (7), Commerce (9), Culture* (6), Army (5), Navy (7)
Player:
Belgium
Tier: Waffle Power
Government: Constitutional Monarchy (elections in 1839)
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionsim, anti-military)
Population: 4.745 m.
Economy: £ 7,568 m. (expansion) [Liege-Ostend Railway, moderate economic boost in 6 years]
Industry: £ 229 m.
Trade: £ 757 m. (30% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Good (1/5)
Administration: Adequate (3/5)
Education: Adequate (2/5)
Income: £ 573 m. (18% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 652 m. (£ 79 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -620 m. (4.10% interest)
Plurality: 0.25
Militancy: 1.00
Social reforms: Minimal (3/5)
Army quality: Adequate (0/5)
6 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Poor (3/5)
No ships of the line
No frigates
Manpower: 0.029 m.
Technology: Industry (7), Commerce (6), Culture (5), Army (5), Navy (5)
Player:
Netherlands
Tier: Land of Clogs
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionism, pro-military)
Population: 2.573 m.
Economy: £ 5,739 m. (recession)
Industry: £ 139 m.
Trade: £ 689 m. (35% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (4/5) [Railroad, +2 at industry tech 6]
Administration: Adequate (3/5)
Education: Adequate (4/5)
Income: £ 599 m. (21% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 818 m. (£ 219 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -6,259 m. (4.10% interest)
Plurality: 0.24
Militancy: 1.80
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Poor (4/5)
12 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Adequate (4/5)
2 ships of the line
8 frigates
Manpower: 0.000 m.
Technology: Industry (5), Commerce (6), Culture (5), Army (6), Navy (5)
Player:
Prussia
Tier: Future Nazi
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionism, jingoism)
Population: 17.101 m.
Economy: £ 19,315 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 322 m.
Trade: £ 1,931 m. (30% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (2/5)
Administration: Adequate (3/5)
Education: Good (1/5)
Income: £ 1,462 m. (18% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 1,828 m. (£ 365 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -3,270 m. (4.10% interest)
Plurality: 0.22
Militancy: 1.61
Social reforms: Minimal (1/5)
Army quality: Adequate (4/5)
50 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Poor (0/5)
No ships of the line
No frigates
Manpower: 0.256 m.
Technology: Industry (6), Commerce (6), Culture (6), Army* (7), Navy (5)
Player:
Austria
Tier: Little Country in the Alps
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionism, pro-military)
Population: 32.038 m.
Economy: £ 31,640 m. (recession)
Industry: £ 324 m.
Trade: £ 2,637 m. (35% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (0/5) [Macadam roads, +1 in 2 years]
Administration: Poor (2/5)
Education: Poor (1/5)
Income: £ 1,675 m. (19% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 1,423 m. (£ 251 m. surplus)
Treasury: £ -1,088 m. (4.40% interest)
Plurality: 0.23
Militancy: 1.64
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Adequate (2/5)
33 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Poor (2/5)
No ships of the line
4 frigates
Manpower: 0.296 m.
Technology: Industry (5), Commerce (5), Culture (6), Army* (5), Navy (5)
Player:
Sardinia
Tier: Pasta Power
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Reactionry (protectionism, state capitalism, pro-military)
Population: 5.159 m.
Economy: £ 6,611 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 60 m.
Trade: £ 551 m. (32% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (1/5)
Administration: Adequate (0/5)
Education: Adequate (0/5)
Income: £ 413 m. (19% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 511 m. (£ 98 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -1,454 m. (4.28% interest)
Plurality: 0.21
Militancy: 1.61
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Adequate (1/5)
11 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Adequate (0/5)
No ships of the line
4 frigates
Manpower: 0.021 m.
Technology: Industry (4), Commerce (5), Culture (5), Army* (5), Navy (5)
Player:
Sweden
Tier: Stinky Fish Power
Government: Limited Constitutional Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, state capitalism, jingoism)
Population: 3.103 m.
Economy: £ 2,882 m. (recession)
Industry: £ 18 m.
Trade: £ 240 m. (35% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (1/5)
Administration: Adequate (4/5)
Education: Good (3/5)
Income: £ 226 m. (20% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 313 m. (£ 87 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -459 m. (4.15% interest)
Plurality: 0.25
Militancy: 1.11
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Poor (3/5)
10 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Adequate (2/5)
4 ships of the line
4 frigates
Manpower: 0.016 m.
Technology: Industry* (4), Commerce (5), Culture (5), Army (7), Navy (5)
Player:
Spain
Tier: Most Former Glorious Power
Government: Constitutional Monarchy (elections in 1841)
Ideology: Moderates (conservative, protectionism, interventionism, pro-military)
Population: 13.763 m.
Economy: £ 14,454 m. (recession)
Industry: £ 89 m.
Trade: £ 1,445 m. (38% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Poor (3/5)
Administration: Poor (1/5)
Education: Poor (0/5)
Income: £ 748 m. (17% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 1,311 m. (£ 563 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -7,320 m. (4.39% interest)
Plurality: 0.29
Militancy: 1.00
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Adequate (0/5)
20 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Adequate (1/5)
3 ships of the line
5 frigates
Manpower: 0.039 m.
Technology: Industry (4), Commerce (6), Culture (5), Army (5), Navy (6)
Player:
Russia
Tier: Drunk Power
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionism, jingoism)
Population: 61.235 m.
Economy: £ 47,453 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 217 m.
Trade: £ 2,531 m. (45% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Minimal (4/5)
Administration: Poor (0/5)
Education: Minimal (4/5)
Income: £ 1,594 m. (16% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 2,506 m. (£ 912 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -13,714 m. (4.54% interest)
Plurality: 0.21
Militancy: 1.61
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Good (0/5)
57 regular regiments
36 irregular units
Navy quality: Good (0/5)
44 ships of the line
26 frigates
Manpower: 0.662 m.
Technology: Industry (5), Commerce (4), Culture (5), Army* (5), Navy (5) [Railroad innovation 1]
Player:
Ottomans
Tier: Kebab Power
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Reactionary (protectionism, state capitalism, jingoism)
Population: 19.871 m.
Economy: £ 13,198 m. (expansion) [Agriculture reforms 1]
Industry: £ 17 m.
Trade: £ 528 m. (39% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Poor (1/5)
Administration: Poor (3/5)
Education: Poor (0/5)
Income: £ 437 m. (15% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 1,048 m. (£ 611 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -5,921 m. (4.50% interest)
Plurality: 0.18
Militancy: 1.56
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Poor (3/5)
25 regular regiments
60 irregular units
Navy quality: Poor (2/5)
12 ships of the line
10 frigates
Manpower: 0.045 m.
Technology: Industry (2), Commerce (3), Culture (3), Army* (5), Navy (2)
Player:
Egypt
Tier: Sand Power
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionism, pro-military)
Population: 11.355 m.
Economy: £ 7,035 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 7 m.
Trade: £ 328 m. (35% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Minimal (4/5)
Administration: Poor (1/5) [French ideas, +1 in 2 years]
Education: Minimal (3/5)
Income: £ 234 m. (15% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 256 m. (£ 22 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -440 m. (4.50% interest)
Plurality: 0.07
Militancy: 1.00
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Adequate (0/5) [French advisers, +2 in 1 years, +1 in 2 years]
20 regular regiments
12 irregular units
Navy quality: Poor (3/5)
5 ships of the line
10 frigates
Manpower: 0.034 m.
Technology: Industry (2), Commerce (4), Culture (3), Army (5), Navy (3)
Player:
Tier: Tea Power
Government: Constitutional Monarchy (elections by 1842)
Ideology: Whigs (liberal, free trade, laissez faire, anti-military)
Population: 25.980 m.
Economy: £ 52,440 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 2,834 m.
Trade: £ 11,248 m. (35% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Good (0/5)
Administration: Adequate (4/5) [Tithe Commission, +2 in 4 years; Births and Deaths Act, +2 in 2 years]
Education: Adequate (1/5)
Income: £ 8,655 m. (23% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 5,811 m. (£ 2,844 m. surplus)
Treasury: £ -39,820 m. (3.85% interest)
Plurality: 0.28
Militancy: 1.00
Social reforms: Minimal (4/5)
Army quality: Adequate (0/5)
18 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Good (2/5)
64 ships of the line
50 frigates
Manpower: 0.069 m.
Technology: Industry (8), Commerce (9), Culture (5), Army (5), Navy* (9)
Player: Frymonmon
Canada
Population: 1.573 m.
Economy: £ 1,781 m.
Income: £ 41 m.
Military garrison: 3 local regiments
Naval squadron: 2 ships of the line and 7 frigates
Caribbean
Population: 1.040 m.
Economy: £ 659 m.
Income: £ 21 m.
Military garrison:
Naval squadron: 2 frigates
South Africa
Population: 0.506 m.
Economy: £ 274 m.
Income: £ 7 m.
Military garrison: 3 European regiments
Naval squadron: 1 frigates
India
Population: 103.617 m.
Economy: £ 54,988 m.
Income: £ 1,244 m.
Military garrison: 3 European regiments and 27 local regiments
Naval squadron:
Australia
Population: 0.469 m.
Economy: £ 510 m.
Income: £ 12 m.
Military garrison: 3 European regiments
Naval squadron:
Malta
Military garrison:
Naval squadron: 6 ships of the line and 16 frigates
Valparaiso
Military garrison:
Naval squadron: 4 frigates
Macau
Military garrison:
Naval squadron: 3 frigates
Population: 1.573 m.
Economy: £ 1,781 m.
Income: £ 41 m.
Military garrison: 3 local regiments
Naval squadron: 2 ships of the line and 7 frigates
Caribbean
Population: 1.040 m.
Economy: £ 659 m.
Income: £ 21 m.
Military garrison:
Naval squadron: 2 frigates
South Africa
Population: 0.506 m.
Economy: £ 274 m.
Income: £ 7 m.
Military garrison: 3 European regiments
Naval squadron: 1 frigates
India
Population: 103.617 m.
Economy: £ 54,988 m.
Income: £ 1,244 m.
Military garrison: 3 European regiments and 27 local regiments
Naval squadron:
Australia
Population: 0.469 m.
Economy: £ 510 m.
Income: £ 12 m.
Military garrison: 3 European regiments
Naval squadron:
Malta
Military garrison:
Naval squadron: 6 ships of the line and 16 frigates
Valparaiso
Military garrison:
Naval squadron: 4 frigates
Macau
Military garrison:
Naval squadron: 3 frigates
France
Tier: Frog Power
Government: Constitutional Monarchy (elections by 1839)
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, laissez faire, anti-military)
Population: 33.139 m.
Economy: £ 44,380 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 1,059 m.
Trade: £ 6,657 m. (20% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (3/5)
Administration: Adequate (2/5)
Education: Adequate (2/5)
Income: £ 4,520 m. (21% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 2,514 m. (£ 2,006 m. surplus)
Treasury: £ -4,305 m. (3.94% interest)
Plurality: 0.32
Militancy: 1.38
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Adequate (4/5) [Review, +1 when Algerian campaign over]
7 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Good (0/5)
33 ships of the line
30 frigates
Manpower: 0.285 m.
Technology: Industry (7), Commerce (9), Culture* (6), Army (5), Navy (7)
Player:
Caribbean
Population: 0.126 m.
Economy: £ 76 m.
Income: £ 1 m.
Military garrison:
Naval squadron:
Algeria
Military garrison: 38 European regiments
Naval squadron:
Population: 0.126 m.
Economy: £ 76 m.
Income: £ 1 m.
Military garrison:
Naval squadron:
Algeria
Military garrison: 38 European regiments
Naval squadron:
Belgium
Tier: Waffle Power
Government: Constitutional Monarchy (elections in 1839)
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionsim, anti-military)
Population: 4.745 m.
Economy: £ 7,568 m. (expansion) [Liege-Ostend Railway, moderate economic boost in 6 years]
Industry: £ 229 m.
Trade: £ 757 m. (30% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Good (1/5)
Administration: Adequate (3/5)
Education: Adequate (2/5)
Income: £ 573 m. (18% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 652 m. (£ 79 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -620 m. (4.10% interest)
Plurality: 0.25
Militancy: 1.00
Social reforms: Minimal (3/5)
Army quality: Adequate (0/5)
6 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Poor (3/5)
No ships of the line
No frigates
Manpower: 0.029 m.
Technology: Industry (7), Commerce (6), Culture (5), Army (5), Navy (5)
Player:
Netherlands
Tier: Land of Clogs
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionism, pro-military)
Population: 2.573 m.
Economy: £ 5,739 m. (recession)
Industry: £ 139 m.
Trade: £ 689 m. (35% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (4/5) [Railroad, +2 at industry tech 6]
Administration: Adequate (3/5)
Education: Adequate (4/5)
Income: £ 599 m. (21% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 818 m. (£ 219 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -6,259 m. (4.10% interest)
Plurality: 0.24
Militancy: 1.80
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Poor (4/5)
12 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Adequate (4/5)
2 ships of the line
8 frigates
Manpower: 0.000 m.
Technology: Industry (5), Commerce (6), Culture (5), Army (6), Navy (5)
Player:
Caribbean
Population: 0.158 m.
Economy: £ 95 m.
Income: £ 1 m.
Military garrison:
Naval squadron: 1 ships of the line and 2 frigates
East Indies
Population: 11.836 m.
Economy: £ 7,425 m.
Income: £ 76 m.
Military garrison: 1 European regiments
Naval squadron: 2 ships of the line and 4 frigates
Population: 0.158 m.
Economy: £ 95 m.
Income: £ 1 m.
Military garrison:
Naval squadron: 1 ships of the line and 2 frigates
East Indies
Population: 11.836 m.
Economy: £ 7,425 m.
Income: £ 76 m.
Military garrison: 1 European regiments
Naval squadron: 2 ships of the line and 4 frigates
Prussia
Tier: Future Nazi
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionism, jingoism)
Population: 17.101 m.
Economy: £ 19,315 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 322 m.
Trade: £ 1,931 m. (30% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (2/5)
Administration: Adequate (3/5)
Education: Good (1/5)
Income: £ 1,462 m. (18% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 1,828 m. (£ 365 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -3,270 m. (4.10% interest)
Plurality: 0.22
Militancy: 1.61
Social reforms: Minimal (1/5)
Army quality: Adequate (4/5)
50 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Poor (0/5)
No ships of the line
No frigates
Manpower: 0.256 m.
Technology: Industry (6), Commerce (6), Culture (6), Army* (7), Navy (5)
Player:
Austria
Tier: Little Country in the Alps
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionism, pro-military)
Population: 32.038 m.
Economy: £ 31,640 m. (recession)
Industry: £ 324 m.
Trade: £ 2,637 m. (35% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (0/5) [Macadam roads, +1 in 2 years]
Administration: Poor (2/5)
Education: Poor (1/5)
Income: £ 1,675 m. (19% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 1,423 m. (£ 251 m. surplus)
Treasury: £ -1,088 m. (4.40% interest)
Plurality: 0.23
Militancy: 1.64
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Adequate (2/5)
33 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Poor (2/5)
No ships of the line
4 frigates
Manpower: 0.296 m.
Technology: Industry (5), Commerce (5), Culture (6), Army* (5), Navy (5)
Player:
Sardinia
Tier: Pasta Power
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Reactionry (protectionism, state capitalism, pro-military)
Population: 5.159 m.
Economy: £ 6,611 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 60 m.
Trade: £ 551 m. (32% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (1/5)
Administration: Adequate (0/5)
Education: Adequate (0/5)
Income: £ 413 m. (19% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 511 m. (£ 98 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -1,454 m. (4.28% interest)
Plurality: 0.21
Militancy: 1.61
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Adequate (1/5)
11 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Adequate (0/5)
No ships of the line
4 frigates
Manpower: 0.021 m.
Technology: Industry (4), Commerce (5), Culture (5), Army* (5), Navy (5)
Player:
Sweden
Tier: Stinky Fish Power
Government: Limited Constitutional Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, state capitalism, jingoism)
Population: 3.103 m.
Economy: £ 2,882 m. (recession)
Industry: £ 18 m.
Trade: £ 240 m. (35% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Adequate (1/5)
Administration: Adequate (4/5)
Education: Good (3/5)
Income: £ 226 m. (20% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 313 m. (£ 87 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -459 m. (4.15% interest)
Plurality: 0.25
Militancy: 1.11
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Poor (3/5)
10 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Adequate (2/5)
4 ships of the line
4 frigates
Manpower: 0.016 m.
Technology: Industry* (4), Commerce (5), Culture (5), Army (7), Navy (5)
Player:
Spain
Tier: Most Former Glorious Power
Government: Constitutional Monarchy (elections in 1841)
Ideology: Moderates (conservative, protectionism, interventionism, pro-military)
Population: 13.763 m.
Economy: £ 14,454 m. (recession)
Industry: £ 89 m.
Trade: £ 1,445 m. (38% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Poor (3/5)
Administration: Poor (1/5)
Education: Poor (0/5)
Income: £ 748 m. (17% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 1,311 m. (£ 563 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -7,320 m. (4.39% interest)
Plurality: 0.29
Militancy: 1.00
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Adequate (0/5)
20 regular regiments
No irregulars
Navy quality: Adequate (1/5)
3 ships of the line
5 frigates
Manpower: 0.039 m.
Technology: Industry (4), Commerce (6), Culture (5), Army (5), Navy (6)
Player:
Caribbean
Population: 1.282 m.
Economy: £ 774 m.
Income: £ 4 m.
Military garrison: 3 European regiments
Naval squadron: 3 ships of the line and 2 frigates
Philippines
Population: 2.953 m.
Economy: £ 1,768 m.
Income: £ 7 m.
Military garrison: 2 European regiments
Naval squadron: 3 ships of the line and 2 frigates
Population: 1.282 m.
Economy: £ 774 m.
Income: £ 4 m.
Military garrison: 3 European regiments
Naval squadron: 3 ships of the line and 2 frigates
Philippines
Population: 2.953 m.
Economy: £ 1,768 m.
Income: £ 7 m.
Military garrison: 2 European regiments
Naval squadron: 3 ships of the line and 2 frigates
Russia
Tier: Drunk Power
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionism, jingoism)
Population: 61.235 m.
Economy: £ 47,453 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 217 m.
Trade: £ 2,531 m. (45% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Minimal (4/5)
Administration: Poor (0/5)
Education: Minimal (4/5)
Income: £ 1,594 m. (16% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 2,506 m. (£ 912 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -13,714 m. (4.54% interest)
Plurality: 0.21
Militancy: 1.61
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Good (0/5)
57 regular regiments
36 irregular units
Navy quality: Good (0/5)
44 ships of the line
26 frigates
Manpower: 0.662 m.
Technology: Industry (5), Commerce (4), Culture (5), Army* (5), Navy (5) [Railroad innovation 1]
Player:
Ottomans
Tier: Kebab Power
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Reactionary (protectionism, state capitalism, jingoism)
Population: 19.871 m.
Economy: £ 13,198 m. (expansion) [Agriculture reforms 1]
Industry: £ 17 m.
Trade: £ 528 m. (39% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Poor (1/5)
Administration: Poor (3/5)
Education: Poor (0/5)
Income: £ 437 m. (15% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 1,048 m. (£ 611 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -5,921 m. (4.50% interest)
Plurality: 0.18
Militancy: 1.56
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Poor (3/5)
25 regular regiments
60 irregular units
Navy quality: Poor (2/5)
12 ships of the line
10 frigates
Manpower: 0.045 m.
Technology: Industry (2), Commerce (3), Culture (3), Army* (5), Navy (2)
Player:
Egypt
Tier: Sand Power
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Ideology: Conservative (protectionism, interventionism, pro-military)
Population: 11.355 m.
Economy: £ 7,035 m. (expansion)
Industry: £ 7 m.
Trade: £ 328 m. (35% tariffs)
Infrastructure: Minimal (4/5)
Administration: Poor (1/5) [French ideas, +1 in 2 years]
Education: Minimal (3/5)
Income: £ 234 m. (15% average taxes)
Expenses: £ 256 m. (£ 22 m. deficit)
Treasury: £ -440 m. (4.50% interest)
Plurality: 0.07
Militancy: 1.00
Social reforms: None
Army quality: Adequate (0/5) [French advisers, +2 in 1 years, +1 in 2 years]
20 regular regiments
12 irregular units
Navy quality: Poor (3/5)
5 ships of the line
10 frigates
Manpower: 0.034 m.
Technology: Industry (2), Commerce (4), Culture (3), Army (5), Navy (3)
Player:
Royaume de Belgique
"L'union fait la force"
Belgians! We are a young Kingdom and I am a young king leading us and I'm proud over the people I've been given responsibility over. Only a few years old we have forged ourselves a reputation that of progress and prosperity known throughout Europe and the advances we've managed to do have inspired jealousy and desire in the Great Powers. The Railways of Belgium are our pride and connect our land together bringing the Flemish and Wallonian people together closer. However our neighbors do not view us as two different entities, we've created these grand masterpieces together as one people and that is something that is quite dear to my heart. We are not Dutch or French, we are Belgians with our own identity going all the way back to the Roman province of Gallia Belgica, we were the power base and ruling seat of Emperor and Augustus Charlemagne.
We need to unite and work harder to produce greater marvels than this world has ever seen! Together we will prevail, together we can push trough any obstacle, together we can achieve what no other nation can do. Trough unity we will be strong!
"Eendracht maakt macht"
"L'union fait la force"
"L'union fait la force"
Signed by Léopold Georges Chrétien Frédéric of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, His Majesty The King of the Belgians
Leopold I, King of the Belgians
Ottoman Empire
Devlet-i ʿAliyye-yi ʿOsmâniyye
It is with great concern that His Imperial Majesty receives a set of protests originating from the nobility and land-owners of Syria. detailing obscene infringements of their rights from the hand of Muhammad Ali, the man supposedly responsible for their well-being and due governance. This issue exemplifies the issues behind the self-styled government of Egypt and its leadership - the destabilization of the Empire and its constituent lands. Such action is controversial and devilish, a disgrace to the honor of the Syrians and the House of Osman itself. Thus, on behalf of Our Sultan, Mahmud II, it is decreed that the land stolen from Syrian landowners be, immediately and without delay, returned to its original owners, with an official apology released by Muhammad Ali for his wrongdoing, both to those Syrians affected and the House of Osman
This brings further to discussion the status of Muhammad Ali, and those lands which he administers in the name of His Imperial Majesty, within the Empire. It is clear that to bring an end any possibility of further chaos perpetrated, that a solution must be found. Thus, contact between the Sublime Porte and Muhammad Ali will be pursued this year in search of stability for the Empire.
Again, the Empire must commend those Powers that stand beside us in the quest for prosperity and righteous peace, shown by the British and Austrian Empire most prominently through the support of warships. This support shall not be forgotten, nor shall it be squandered, for it will greatly propel a suitable peace in upcoming talks.
- Grand Vizier Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha for Sultan Mahmud II