EPILOGUE
Part 1: Pretty Charts
I figure we'll take a look at some game stats ranking the different powers, then some maps of the world and speculate what would have happened if the game kept going.
First, let's look at our big winners:
I told you 200 years ago that this world belonged to the Ottos, Spain and Russia. For the most part that held true, but two more nations made late runs.
First, Portugal quietly colonized their way to the highest income in the world and a frightening looking fleet to protect their empire with. They have colonies on every continent. A handful of powers could probably burn them to the ground, but it would be a long and tedious process.
The Mughals..I'm not sure where they came from in the second half. They've made a few successful runs deep into India, which must have been enough to boost their income. They now have the third highest manpower behind Russia and the Ottos.
Despite the beating we gave Spain at the end, there's no permanent damage. Third in income, largest treasury, fourth in manpower. Losing most of Lithuania was probably good for them, as it let them focus their armies better.
I consider Russia and the Ottos the big winners, with the final nod going to the Ottomans: Russia can throw a larger army together, but they're so far spread out the Turk can win local superiority. Does the game agree?
Close. Spain has more points over the course o the game then Russia, but the Russians are in a stronger current position. Even our Netherlands didn't do badly, slipping comfortably into fourth total score 36 points ahead of Portugal.
Let's take a look at religion:
No surprise here: The Catholics beat the Proddies soundly, with the Sunni a distant second. The only reason Orthodox Christianity comes in third is due to Russia's huge performance.
You also know that military and economic prowess are closely linked, so this chart won't surprise you either:
As we did last time we looked around, I sorted by 'force limit' since armies can be rebuilt. The Ottos have the largest potential army despite Russia having much more manpower. Spain's army is already rebuilding from our last war, though as you can see they're heavily dependent on mercenaries right now. Notice Florida, one of Spain's colonies, can put together the eighth largest army in the world.
Spain COULD have the largest navy, but instead they have none. Given Spain's money, I don't know why they aren't trying to fix that. Portugal's strength lies in their fleet, which helps explain why they're in third and near maximum force limit. I'm a little surprised Russia's as high as sixth given their lack of ports.
Lastly, who is actually using those armies and navies as we wrap up?
Caraibas should win unless Netherlands wanted to roll the dice with Portugal. I checked to see what Caraibas would want for peace right now: A handful of islands.
Similarly, Ming is so badly destroyed that even Tibet's wrecking it. Tibet could take eight provinces in a peace right now.
The two Orissan wars are really too close to call right now. They're all weakening each other with a hungry Mughal Empire right next door.
