OOC: But they are still effective now. Just add more armaments to it as the years go by and I'll be fine. Sweden is being neutral in this game, again.OOC: Brazil could rename themselves Lotharangia if they felt like it.
Those forts would become obsolete pretty soon...
I figured it would take more to make Lotharingia, but as long as you have Lothringen, it's still a viable name change.
My nations has sailed longer than your country's existence Bavaria, and for you to lecture us on our navy is laughable. It might be small, but with hundreds of years of experience, we can work well with very few ships. Your only experience with ships is fishing and fetching King Ludwig's corpse.