A long awaited peace.
The Nation rejoiced over the news that the Spainish had been defeated! Many looked towards peace and hoped the delegates continuing to try to find a solution to the Portugesse war. While final negotiations continued the council rushed to get settlers off to the Andes, before the overland route, via Mexico would be closed.
Guaquhill's Castilian community was joined by Shamanist Iroquois who quickly took over, and Quijos was settled.
Peace was finally arranged with the Portugesse:
The Iroquois gained the most valuable provinces, containing the old Aztec gold mines, she also took Tenesse, Alabama and Catawba in the north. These were the Iberians richest provenices in SE USA. The peace came with 5000 ducats and the revocation of Portugesse cores.
The council met to discuss ow to spendthe money. Fortification would immediately take place on all new territories. Those bordering Great Britain would be built up to the largest the Nation can. Other vital provenices would be too; Lima for its strategic importance, along with Mexico and Haustec for their gold mines.
Coastal provs would then follow starting with the Catholic provs as the forts would aid fututre missionary work.
Workshops and Market places would follow. The council could still not decide what would follow them, courthouses, temples or Custom houses.
To celebrate our great victories a Fine arts Academy was ordered to be built this would help protect the Republic's culture from the effects of war.
The council set the executive a mission of fortifying Haustec as an acknoledgement of govrnment policy.
Election time came round once more and Theyanoguin Oquaga held off all comers; being so popular after his victories!
Just one month of peace before a new foe stepped up to the plate:
Spies were sent to Wein to infiltrate the enemy and they were immediately effective. The navy followed this good start up, in the atlantic, where they soon caught some of the Austrian transports.
Whille the enemy Galleys rushed to take revenge, the diplomatic work with Burgundy bore fruit and she gave the Republic military access, giveing the navy ports fromwhich to opperate a Blockade.
News of this only intesiied the population of Mexico who's patriotic sentiment rose enormously.
A new Master of the mint (lvl5) was also appointed replacing the encumbant and making the Republic deflationary aims more fruitful.
The enemies Galley fleet chased the navy a litte too hard, their impetuous Admiral Ferdinand Wenzel von Hoenburg was desperate for revenge and to make a name for himself. This he did as he allowed his fleet to be drawn out into the open sea, the Republic's fleet's native environment, and were utterly crushed.
The last few transports were hunted down and the war entered an interesting stage. The enemy was landlocked. The navy split up to blockade the whole of Austria.
The council met back in Onedonga to discuss another matter! It was desired that the interior should be colonised and so he nation focused on the area around Missouri for colonialisation. Apart from the slow growth of colonies up the west coast this area now had priority.
As the forts completed so did the taks set Theyanoguin, and the council advised that we build big ships to out shine the world.
While this should not be hard it was also the traditional policy of Great Britain, once they had heard that the Republic's shipyards had been ordered open, hey responded in defence of their 'wooden wall'
This was expected, spies again left the safety of home to infiltrate the enemy and reveal her positions. Well it was estimated that they had around a 50/50 chance of sucess the first few failed completely.
GB's fleet was a threat and so a peace with Austria was needed, despit a war score of around 20% when fully blockaded the best the diplomats could manage was to conceed defeat through not so heavily veiled gritted teeth.
A detachment of the fleet fought and sunk a British Transport, while on thier way back to Republican waters. The nation was angry and forced a debate upon the nature of military policy.
The defensive position still held the day but it was onvious that this could not last for ever. In the south, in the foothills oof th Andes the first battles had started. Things were running Iroquois' way. However the remnts of Spains old stack had moved to Choco and so the whole foce of the republics forces could not be order out. In case the Spainish should take advantage.
Just after news of this victory arrive news of defeat followed:
If these ships had moved on, as ordered, after defeating a lone British transport, this could never have happened. However for some reason they had not and the Home fleet from Anglia had caught them.
Battles continued to go the natives way in south America and the British forces slowly fell back.
In a desperate attempt to seek gain the desseperate Irish declared their intentions:
They had so little forces in Norh america their holdings were besieged within a few weeks. Something must be done about these upstarts.
As the shipbuilding completed and as the Royal Navy took losses the mission completed. The armies in the soth celebrated with another total victory.
At this stage the sixth attempt to infliltrate the Brits had been successful and it could be seen that there was little left in South America. The enemy had a squadron of 12 Galleos on station, these were drawn out and destroyed piecemeal.
By the new year all the wars were looking good, as usual!
and the British theatre was moving forwards:
However, in the last few months there had been a breakthrough in army reform. this prompted a debate within the military as to wichformation was best suited for the republic's purposes. The reformed Terico infantry or the awesome in offence Gustovian formation. This debated had spilled over into the wider council despite the reformed Terico being field tested in the current wars.
The council also raged with itself over war aims. It was agreed that little but maybe money could be expected from Britain, although plans to seize or burn GB's colonies in africa were drawn up. But the Irish question needed settleing. On one side was the long view of conquest and annexation on the other a more daring policy of full immeiate conquest and hopeful vassaliation after some years, to let the europeans calm down from Portugal's humiliation!
(any advice on these chaps?)
1682 would be an interesting year.