1800 World Update
Now for the final world update before we have some fun with France and this AAR ends. Of course there’ll be one last world update, but that one’s special. Plenty happened over the past half-century, so maybe I’ll actually have some interesting stuff to talk about.
Romania
We’ll start with our special rare friend, Romania. They’ve had some difficulties, but they’ve struggled on through and continue to live on. They have managed to annex Crimea at least, so their size has improved. Of particular interest is the newly seized province of Antioch from the Ottomans. Remember that, since it’s important.
First the history of Romania. After we left them, Romania took on some of their neighbours. They wiped out Kiev and added some of Georgia’s provinces to Crimea before annexing their vassal. Then came the Hungarian Succession War and they lost three of their provinces. They later tried to make up for this by beating up on everyone’s favourite punching bag, the Ottomans. They only took one province, Antioch, but it was still a success. They also got drawn into Russia’s war with Ming after we left Ming. Most recently they experienced a five-year regency, and now we’ve caught up.
If you can remember way back, Romania lost their alliance with Russia during the Hungarian Succession War. Well their big brother has got their back once again. It just feels right this way. Eastern European pals. They also have an alliance with Bohemia, which could be useful against Hungary at some point, although that also means France will be involved. Maybe France will be generous to Romania after 1800.
Their economy is doing fine, although it’s hard to judge with low maintenance. The five loans also say otherwise. The AI never learns. Maybe they need the funds for their full-sized army or to make up for their abysmal religious unity at 67%.
Did you remember to keep Antioch in mind? I can recall questioning why they took this specific province; well now I know why. Romania has made it their mission to restore the Pentarchy. An ambitious goal, but one that isn’t as difficult as it once was with the Middle East in chaos and Rome in the hands of 2pm Urbino. Constantinople is actually already Orthodox. The Ottomans clearly don’t have their shit together. I doubt they have a chance to covert the remaining four provinces to Orthodox before the game ends, but points for trying.
Colombia
Colombia also takes a special place in this AAR as our only colonial nation and one that we achieved independence for. They’ve done well for themselves since we last left them, but see for yourself.
They got involved in a few wars, all successes, although not much benefit to Colombia until we helped them. They first targeted Mali for conquest, but Haiti screwed them over by taking Mali’s only coastal province. We’ll get into Haiti’s African ambitions later. They also helped the Incans against England, and received a single province in the process. In the last decade, they of course benefitted greatly by fighting alongside Great Scotland against England, where they received several provinces. My only regret there was not being able to give them England’s capital to make the border perfect. They’re now at war with Kilwa, helping Haiti with their African ambitions. I have no idea why these former colonial nations want to take provinces in Africa. Europe colonized the Americas, so now the Americas colonize Africa.
Now for some little details. All of Colombia’s alliances have lasted since independence. Brazil, Haiti, and Inca are all loyal friends. Of course Great Scotland has been added to that list now. Economically, Colombia is doing well like everyone else, even with an oversized army and a few Protestant provinces taken from England to convert. Obviously they’re doing well overall. I’m glad to see them flourish. It seems that all the former colonial nations are quite strong. The Europeans haven’t been on game this time.
Hindustan
The last of many Indian nations, Hindustan was surely the strongest and most successful. Now they serve as guardian of the Indian subcontinent. Europeans beware, and Asians, and well everyone else. Don’t tangle with Hindustan.
Hindustan has been quite loyal to Mewar since we left. They helped Mewar beat up the Timurids, which surely strengthened their position. The Indians have been slowly expanding north as a result. United, they are unstoppable. Now they’re helping Mewar yet again, this time against Ming. Apparently I started a downward spiral for Ming, but we’ll get into that later. For now you can just see how the war is going for Hindustan and the carpet sieging going on.
At the moment Hindustan has alliances with all three of the Indian powers. They’ve also cozied up to Manchu, probably since they now have a common enemy in Ming. With trade agreements with all the Indian nations, they have a trade income that would make the Europeans jealous. This funds their almost full army and navy. 171 regiments is nothing to laugh at. They have some serious military power. You saw it in action against Ming too. I’d be interested to see how they handle Russia. May as well mention that some snooping revealed that Russia has a mission to get a presence in India, so we may well see a confrontation. But that’s beside the point. On to the next nation.
Magdeburg
To the HRE for our next nation, Magdeburg. We left them in a coalition war that decimated a nation and they haven’t failed to deliver since. You’ll see soon enough.
If you can remember back to our time with Magdeburg, Sweden made the mistake of starting a coalition war against me. Well that didn’t end well for Sweden since it practically set them back to their 1444 borders. At least Magdeburg got a province out of it. They apparently got involved in a war involving Portugal, probably a war France dragged them into. They also helped the French against the Italians when Italy attacked Savoy, sealing their doom. Now Magdeburg has started a war of their own against the Teutons. This war has taken on an epic scale, since it has forced France and Russia to go to war once again. I’m pretty sure I know who will win this one. Magdeburg should grow in size after this war.
For relations, Magdeburg can call upon the strength of Lithuania, Bohemia, Saxony, and France. Or rather they can call upon France and let the others have a nap.
For once, we find a country with a tanking economy. Their army maintenance is through the roof, since they’re half again over their force limit. At least they can revel in the fact that they’re way ahead in tech, with a +200% penalty for both admin and diplo tech. Building that university must have helped then. Stability +3 is a plus too. I’m sure once the war is over, they can let their economy repair.
Ming
Now the final nation, Ming, since Great Scotland gets the shaft. You should certainly know what happened there. If you don’t, consider consulting your doctor if your memory doesn’t return in four hours. Or maybe that was for erections…. Either way, Ming isn’t doing well. Totally not my fault. Actually, it isn’t. It’s the AI’s fault for being so incompetent. I could have won that war with Russia.
Well the war with Russia started a chain reaction. After getting crushed by Russia, Mewar attacked with the help of Hindustan, which is why they’re such a lovely shade of ugly right now. Then Manchu wanted revenged and pounced. Not to be left out, Shan declared war next. Have some decency! It’s rude for so many vultures to pick at the same carcass. Ming is technically winning two of the wars, but only because their enemies have few provinces to occupy and the capital remains free. Take a look.
Hey, remember when I made all those alliances with random Europeans? Yeah, well, those are all pretty much gone. All but Georgia have abandoned us. Lithuania is involved in at least one war, but they ditched Ming when someone else ganged up on them. Europeans might have been a good distraction for Russia, but they’re absolutely useless when you’re being attacking by Asians nowhere near them.
On the plus side, Ming is making a surplus. Only having 23 regiments makes paying the army so much easier. At least the navy has survived. This is small consolation for the +10 revolt risk and almost 9 war exhaustion. I suspect things may not end well for Ming. Like I said, totally not my fault.
The World
Shall we move onto the world now? Well I don’t care what you want, we’re doing it anyway. Prepare yourself for some insanely long charts. Don’t worry, I’ll be gentle.
And for our totally unbiased scores…
Now wasn’t that exciting. You want the maps though; you always want the maps. Well here’s Europe right to your face!
Well first we have the cleansing of the British Isles with Great Scotland claiming the main isle and vassalizing Ireland. If we look down to Iberia, Portugal has increased in size, with Spain having lost territory all over Europe. Not only is Galicia and Navarra free, but they’ve lost Roussillon to France and all of Austria has broken free as Tirol. France has polished off a bit more of the Netherlands. We have some minor expansions in the northern HRE, but Scandinavia has the biggest difference. Sweden once controlled most of the region, but now Denmark and Norway have received their old land back. Eastern Europe has cleaned up a bit with the Teutonic Order consolidating and Lithuania recovered. Then we have Italy. Sardinia-Piedmont is a new addition, along with Urbino, Pisa, Sicily, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece. All those lost provinces... so sad. I cry for their loss and the ugly borders. Venice has also taken Provence, while Romania has lost some provinces to Hungary while expanding east with some provinces randomly scattered in the south. Russia has also been crippled a bit with Finland, Perm, and others strengthened or set free at their expense.
For the Middle East, we can see the collapse of the Ottomans, which Greece seems to be taking advantage of at the moment. Iraq, who was doing quite well for themselves recently, seem to have gotten themselves into a bit of a pickle with their neighbours all over them. We also have the appearance of Egypt, formed by the Mamluks, as they benefitted from the Ottomans’ collapse. Persia is still strong and able to do some damage.
Central Asia is a mess as everyone struggles to survive. You may notice that Chagatai has risen from the dead. I didn’t entirely doom them then.
For India, Mewar has clearly benefitted the most. They’ve finally come out on top against Kathiawar and have expanded well into the north. Berar has also been able to grow. Hindustan has remained around the same size, with minor expansion north and east, but has always been a threat. With Ming falling apart, maybe they’ll grow even more. Speaking of Ming, they did expand at the expense of Manchu and Zhou, but those gains may well be reset. Manchu has beaten down Korea, while Japan made some gains and then were knocked back down. Forgive the messed-up looking Japan and Pacific there. I couldn’t quite fit Japan in one image, so I had to combine two and they weren’t cooperating.
Southeast Asia has remained mostly unchanged. The colonies are practically the same. Ayutthaya has taken out Aceh, and Majapahit has grown with the help of the Europeans. Not much else to say.
Africa has changed quite a bit. Morocco has had provinces nibbled away, while Mali has lost its entire coastline. Tripoli has made a resurgence by gaining Egyptian provinces, most likely through revolt. Ethiopia has probably done the best. They’ve crushed Ajuuraan and are in a good position to wipe them out. The only other significant change is the addition of Haiti’s random province in Mali and Nova Hispania taking a province from Kilwa. Silly New World nations. You don’t belong here.
The North American natives have done an excellent job at surviving. However, a few of them have been wiped out or seen their borders purged. It’s actually looking a lot cleaner now. I like it. The interior has mostly seen the westernized nations taking out those that fail to catch up. Assiniboine is an interesting one. They are a single unwesternized nation with no border with anyone. The other native nations have formed a border keeping the Europeans from colonizing towards them. As for new additions, we have the Swedish provinces in Canada, as well as the formation of Canada itself. Central America is starting to clean up, but not as much as I’d like. There’s still work to do. The Caribbean is looking good with Haiti set free and in charge there.
Clearly the biggest difference is all the independent nations here. We have Colombia and Brazil tasting freedom at last, as well as Nova Hispania who refuses to change their name. Most likely their only choices were Brazil and La Plata, which were both taken. England has been knocked down a peg. I’m also surprised that Morocco’s colonial nation continues to survive. Good job by them.
Well that’s the last piece of the world. All that’s left is the official world map and religion map. Peruse it a little and tell me if you see anything particularly interesting.
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Sorry for posting this a bit later than usual. I have a new job for this month on Fridays and Saturdays, so I can't post until the evening. As for the France update, which I know everyone is eagerly anticipating, I'm going to post the first part next Saturday. I need the entire week to try to finish it off and start working on screenshots. I was wondering something though. Since I've never done an AAR before this one, I don't know how to end one. Is there anything special people would like to see for the end of the world update. or would you rather I just do a larger scale version of this world update? I was thinking of comparing every nation I've played at the end of the game to the last time I played them. Just tell me what you'd like to see and I'll keep it in mind.
