Empire of the Mediterranean: An Interactive Hispania AAR

[Robban204]

Name: Alexander de Alvaro
Date of birth: 18th of April 1808
Class: Aristocrat
Religion: Church of Jesus Christ
House: Cortz
Party: Reconquista
Bio: Born to a long line of de Alvaros, with a rich history shaping Hispania, Alexander is ready to steer his house and Hispania in the troubled times ahead.

((Grand Duke of Sardinia, Corsica and Albenga))

 

[alscon]

Name: Lluis Faixòn
Date of birth: 11.09.1796
Class: Capitalist
Religion: Protestant
House: Assembly
Party: Fénix

Bio: As the second son of one of the early industrial leaders of Hispania, self-proclaimed "Lord of Blood and Steel" Felipe Faixòn, Lluis grew up as a privileged man in Barcelona. Yet he was yearning to continue his grandfather's tradition of a Faixòn in politics, and shared most of his views - more rights for all Hispanian citizens. His father's influence also left its mark as Lluis saw any governmental involvement where it wasn't absolutely necessary as only damaging.
When, following the riots, his uncle Arnau could no longer lead the Fénix and the faction threatened to fall apart, Lluis presented a solution which saw him elected as party leader. And as his father fought with the government shortly before his death due to raids on his goods made by guerilla organizations, the Faixòn company was split into a military part led by his brother Martí and a civil part which was Lluis' responsibility. As such, he owned a few railroads and minor steel factories.

((I'd like to take over the only steel factory we have, in Granada. The party post follows.))

 

[alscon]

Partido Fénix

Ideology: Anarcho-Liberal

Party issues:
Trade: Free Trade
Economic: Laissez-Faire
Religious: Secularized
Citizenship: Full Citizenship
War: Anti-Military

Current Leader (election every eight years): Emiliano Felipe Faixòn

Party newspaper: Le Bélvèdere​

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The name of Phoenix had been given to the attempted coup to overthrow the antiquated government and modernize it (under the leadership of Marshal Montségur, but that's beside the point). So when a political party formed under this name, its intentions were clear: To oppose the reigning oligarchy and its obviously tyrannical methods. The founder of the party, Emiliano Faixòn, proposed the name with exactly this in mind. The Phoenix would have to be a ghost, reborn to haunt those who abused their gained powers until their fall. Vigorously fighting for the goal of more democracy, more rights for the people, the back then Facció del Fénix loudly claimed the Assembly to actually have a purpose and was the most radical opposition, few of its ideas making their way into government. Always seen as the enemy of the reigning factions led by the Imperials, the tone of the Parliamentary speeches reflected that with more or less veiled insults and accusations of incompetence included in the Fénix's aggressive rhetoric. Burning with passion for their, at least at that time mostly hopeless cause, the Fénix never ceased to accuse their political enemies of all kinds of faults, demonstrating the grave mistakes each of their act entailed, the consequences this would have on the people they were responsible for.
As a new era begins, the Phoenix had to be reborn once more. With leading members presenting the most vocal opposition to the regent on the street, as well as being involved in the latest riots, there is no chance they find a way into the actual Parliament. So it needed reform.
Due to its history mainly appealing to the poor class - without suffrage - and members of the middle class actually concerned with the way of politics, that a capitalist would lead that change was somewhat surprising. But Lluis Faixòn knew very well that the party needed a rethink was it to pass the vetting process - so it split. The unofficial part continued their fight on the streets.
But the official political party would continue to fight for greater liberties, if not directly aimed at republican reforms. The government should concentrate on its only task - the safety of its people. The aim of greater rights and liberal politics persists, and more or less secretly they all know: if the government loses most of its influence on the daily lives, then a greater political reform might be possible.

In the aftermath of the 1856 election, the party elected Emiliano Felipe Faixòn to be their new leader. It reoriented itself once again - while the core ideal of freedom remained, Emiliano wished to embrace the place as fringe party, entirely unlike his great-grandfather, the party's founder sharing his first name. He was under no illusions that the Fénix' policies benefitted the industrialists the most - in his own opinion, the most deserving class - and as such, the party would now concentrate on its pro-capitalism stance, focus on the needs and advance of the wealthy class. For the rabble, the wide masses, already preferred listening to what is good for them in short term than what is good for the entire economy. Perhaps there were more votes to be gained representing the rich. The least the party would gain is an elecorate which could identify with it.

((back to one-man party for now ))

 

[ManuelD'Garkia]

Name: Manuel Alejandro D'Garcia, Count of Jaén
Date of Birth: 22 of August of 1811
Class: Aristocrat
Religion: Catholic
House: Assembly
Party: Reconquista

Bio: Inheriting his title as Count of Jaén at the age of 17, Manuel comes from the D'Garcia line, a family with medium renown for their advocation to the crown and their participation in the colonization of the new world. His family fought in the Royalist side in the Hispanian Civil War, earning themselves a name as restless fighters and idealistic persons, traits that he himself inhereted. An stouch defendor of the monarchy and a little bit conservative in the matter of political reforms, he is an humanist, caring about the people in his domains and in all the Empire, reason why at the age of 22 he joined the Reconquista Party, being a great admirer of Fernando Luis Alejandro de Leon and his ideals. A great humanist and a son of the Enlightenment, he is devouted to culture, science and politics, while even if he is still a Catholic, he is not a pretty religeous man, prefering to pass the Sunday reading or debating in a Coffe House than in the church, he is a man of the new XIX century. He became an member at the age of 24, elected from the people of Jaén, not because he was their overlord, but because he was a paragon of progress and wrights in the eyes for the people, hoping that he could make a change in the social reforms of the Empire, specially in the Healthcare and Education system of the Empire, and he himself supporting the introduction of Trade Unions, showing that he was not an old reactionary nobel, but a Enlighten one, one that seeks the benefit of all above the benefit of the few.

Besides that, he is a renowed for his use of the sword, but even more for his expertise with guns, specially pistols, all these thanks from the years that he studied in the Military Academy from which he graduated with honors.

But above all else, hes greatest love and talent is in literature and politics, being an great orator he have the charisma that even despite his young age the people follow amd trust him, being a true idealistic and a sincere man, even though sometimes some could say Machiavellian as he has no fear in putting the end over the means, he also enjoys writting treaties about social reform and equality of oportunity to all, thinking with hes true hearth and with true devotion that he can make a change, for the Empire and for the people within it.



((Please tell me if everything is alright, this is my first iAAR so I may make some mistakes, hope I can learn more in the process. And sorry if there is any broken english, I'm not a native speaker))

 

[Kingpoleon]

((Well it's assumed that the only dukes in Hispania are players or Trastámaras. The only duke I know of in any of those three regions is our reigning Regent, Joan de Trastámara, who has lands in Naples. I know for a fact that Athens would have only just recently received a lord after being given to Byzantium, seeing as that was the Emperor's title before that. You could always arrange a marriage with a player's family, provided they agree to it. On the other hand I have no qualms with people marrying into foreign lines as long as they're not the reigning ones and it's clear they're not inheriting the title, so counts and dukes but no kings. You can just use a random Greek dynasty, say they're the dukes of some region of Byzantium, and then say you are married into the family. I have problem with that if you choose that as an option.

As for marrying a great-niece of the Basileus, he doesn't have any siblings and thus no great-nieces, and his granddaughters are far too young to marry yet. Are you just looking to marry a Palaiologoi? Seeing as I've been managing their family for centuries, I usually married off random members to players. If you want, I can check if I left any unmarried and you can have her as a bride? She wouldn't be from the main line, but she would be a member of the reigning dynasty. Either that or I stop being so lazy and make some new additions after ignoring it for 15 years. I make this sound like it's so official. A lot of us have been doing tons of maintenance on our own family trees. ))

((I assume you mean you have "no problem with that..."

Sure. I'll change my biography right now and await whether or not there is a Palaiologoi in the age range of 18-30 to make it more specific.))

 

[05060403]

Name: Cyprien Luc de Saint-Pierre
Date of birth: 31st of August 1800 (36 years old)
Class: Upper class; Capitalist
House: The Assembly
Party: Parta Marina
Bio:
Cyprien as a third born son of Charles Gustave de Saint-Pierre had small chances of inheriting his father's fortune, or gain a strong position in the Trans-Atlantic Trading Company, that is why he decided to gain his own wealth while at the same time benefiting the Empire.
He started a small textile business in Neapoli, joining the ranks of the first Hispanian capitalists.
However things quickly changed when his elder brother, Henri Maxime de Saint-Pierre, executive of the TATC, and de facto leader of Parta Marina was imprisoned during a period of unrest in the capital. With the second in line of succession Aurèle deciding to become a rebel Cyprien was the only one capable of carrying the burden.
When the Regent reformed the Assembly Cyprien was quick to gather support of other members, recreating the party as a "people's party", fighting peacefully for their rights, and supporting gradual implementation of reforms.


(( I also have a second character, purely for IC purposes. ))

Name: Aurèle de Saint-Pierre
Date of birth: 10th of Octover 1787 (46 years old)
Class: Middle class
House: None
Party: None
Bio: Aurèle was born as the second son as Fleet Admiral de Saint-Pierre, and thus only saw one way that he could make a name for himself - Politics. So he became a regular patron as his local gentlemen's club, trying to be as active as possible, causing little to no trouble to anyone.
Charismatic, likable, and with strong opinions he found himself a leader of a small group, which only grew. Eventually after reading a publication of a group calling themselves Vox Populi he decided to what he can to support their cause.
The group was a rebel organization, with dreams of establishing a Hispanian Republic and completely dismantling the Monarchy.
This caused his family to discredit and disinherit him, however he didn't care. With new goals in his mind he was ready to sacrifice everything, even his own life if needed.
He rose through the ranks of Vox Populi and eventually became a lieutenant of the Barcelona cell. After some actions, and imprisonment or murder of most of his subordinates Aurèle was plotting his next moves from hiding.

 

[05060403]

Parta Marina ( Marine party )

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{ Platform: Religious tolerance, interest of capitalists and the middle class, pro-thalassocracy ((to be expanded )) }
{ Protectionism | Laissez Faire | Pluralism | Full Citizenship | Anti-military }
{ Ideology: Liberal }
{ Current leader: Officially - None, Unofficially - Cyprien Luc de Saint-Pierre; Members: Cyprien Luc de Saint-Pierre, Takawira Mwenemutapa }
{ Party newspaper: Currently none }

The Marine party was originally created in order to represent the merchants of the country, mostly members of the Trans-Atlantic Trading Company, after the Crown continuously rejected their pleads for help.
It remained pro-Crown in most cases, however it always favoured slow reforms to grant more power to the people.
The party supported a strong navy and interventionism in order to spread the trade presence of Hispania.
It joined the political struggle fairly late, however it made some quick gains in popularity, trying to appeal to the middle class, however always keeping merchant interests, thus leading to strong aversion for free trade and anything that would bring high risks for the merchants.


However after the disbandment of the Assembly by Regent Joan, and it's reformation later on, Parta Marina, under the leadership of a Neapolitan capitalist Cyprien Luc de Saint-Pierre, changed its image and vowed to represent all the people, not just the rich merchants, thus trying to appeal to men of the middle class, even gaining support of the lower nobles. It seeked to reform the government into a more republican one, however without the removal of the monarchy.
Their main goals became the expansion of voting franchise through peaceful means, expansion of Hispanian industry without unnecessary government intervention. It promised protection to all the merchants, not giving up on their tradition.
It spread the message of tolerance, the party also proclaimed that anyone can become a Hispanian citizen, however only after proper assimilation.
It always seemed a peaceful resolution of issues, be it through diplomacy, trade and politics, strongly opposing the use of military to achieve change.​

 

[texasjoshua]

Bio:
Name: Altair Spoleto
Date of Birth: August 17, 1760
Class: Noble
House: The Cortes
Faction: Imperial Party
Religion: Catholic
Bio: The Spoleto line has long been strong supporters of the merchant class and was granted the countship following the house's support of the crown's actions in Italy, prior to the annexation of Cremona. Altair has been one of the chief members of the imperial party for nearly 50 years now, and Chamberlain for nearly as long. While he was once one of the most recognized independents in the Cortz, having been responsible for several compromises in reforms, he has since become one of the staunchest imperials. He has stayed true to the policy of avoiding overturning reforms, but in light of the events of the last few decades Altair has become more paranoid than ever about the "forces threatening to tear Hispania apart". Since Joan's rise to power, while initially suspicious Altair has rallied behind the regent and has since become one of the regents strongest supporter, and likely the cause for his heading of the Cortz for so long.

The rest of the Spoleto dynasty could prove interesting figures in the future, however, Altair's old age has made many speculate that at some point the burden of Politics and Press will cause him to give up the spot in the Cortz, or retire from public view entirely. His son, Alba was seen to be the likely successor up until last year when a presumed fight between Altair and Alba left Alba disinherited. The cause of the fight is unknown by all except inner family members and some speculate that a reconciliation is still possible. Others anticipate that the next in line will be Altair's grandson, Attilio. Attilio, while still young has had much success working with local governments and industrialists. He also has acted as the head of Altair's newspaper in Cremona for nearly two years now and is in a prime position to step up into Altair's place in politics as well with many of his political views falling similar to Altair's. Alba, in private, was significantly more liberal.

With the dukedom on the line, succession within the Spoleto family currently favored Alba, but anything was possible....

 

[TJDS]

Prime Minister Pedro Manuel Falcone
b. 15 May 1798
Sevilla Hispania
​

Pedro Manuel Falcone was a Hispanic conservative politician, historian, writer and small merchant and land owner. Born and raised as the third son and second child of a lower member of the landed gentry in the shadow of Sevilla, Pedro was raised without the honours of a title or the wealth of land and only a mind able to save him from falling even further than near destitute family. It was through sheer luck that the Vicar of the local parish had ties with reformed schools in Sevilla. His prospects would brighten there as he impressed the school master, who brought him to the attention of the Sevilla civil service, where he would take up work on his 16th birthday. He would spend the next four years amassing wealth and positions in the Sevilla civil service as a loyal bootlicker and good writer, until he had enough wealth to aquire a small stake in a wine trading company and some lands close to his home village. From this relative financial security, he proposed to and married Maxima Depone, the daughter of a small merchant in Sevilla, a tactical turned happy marriage that would last until his death.

With the considerable dowry and now greater financial security, Pedro effectively made Maxima the head of his various business ventures, while he, an aristocrat at heart but lacking titles, would read History at Hispania's oldest and most respected university, the University of Salamanca, to achieve the only titles left for him to recieve in this life time. It was there that the now 22 year old Falcone achieved local and academic acclaim for his writings and began to expand his old boy network, either the death or saviour of any ambitious man, from the confines of Sevilla to the greatest academic and political minds of Hispania. It was also there that Falcone became politically active as a right-leaning centrist with pragmatic and near machiavellian tendencies. After finishing his studies at the University of Salamanca cum laude, Pedro returned to what had now become an estate and small business empire, thanks to the guidence and business savvy of his wife. The next twelve years, Falcone would write political pamphlets critizing the liberal and decadent tendencies of parts of the aristocracy while completing many of his greatest academic feats, including a biography of El Cid, and becoming father of a small family.

It was on his thiry-second that Pedro Manuel Falcone decided to run for the position of Assemblymember of Sevilla on a centrist conservative ticket. Partly due to influential backing by rich donors and representatives of both large Hispanic religious denominations and partly due to a harsh newspaper campaign full of ad homine attacks on his opponents, Pedro Manuel Falcone won the seat and prepared to take his place in the Assembly of Hispania. It is in the Assembly that Falcone, an independent, rose to prominance as a conservative critic of the largely liberal aristocracy and industralists, believing that only through strong opposition in parliament to liberalism, Hispania can protect her interest, Falcone shall work to strenghten the conservative leaning Assembly of Hispania and try to establish a centrist conservative party.

General Information:
Born: 15 May, Sevilla, Hispania
Political Affiliation: Justice & Order Union
Spouse: Maxima Falcone (Née Depone)
Issue: 4 Children; 2 Sons, 2 Daughter
Class: (Violently) Middle Class
Religion: Reformed
Alma mater: University of Salamanca

Public Positions:
Parliament of Hispania​

Assemblymember 1830 - Present
President of the Assembly 1836 - Present
​

Cabinet of Hispania

Minister of the Interior 1840
Minister of Finance 1840 - Present
Prime Minister 1840 - Present

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Styles:
Doctorandus Pedro Manuel Falcone 1824 - Present

Doctorandus Pedro Manuel Falcone 1830 - 1840​

The M. Exc. Don Dr. Pedro Manuel Falcone 1840 - 1844
The Rt. Hon. The M. Exc. Don Dr. Sir Pedro Manuel Falcone MA GCS 1844 - Present

 

[Rabbit Burgher]

Name: Takawira Mwenemutapa
Date of birth: 14th July 1793
Class: Upper Class - Capitalist
Religion: Shona
House: None due to being of a currently dienfranchised religion.
Party: Parta Marina
Bio: Takawira Mwenemutapa, son of Mukembero II Mwenemutapa and briefly crown prince of the Kingdom of Mutapa, is a recent arrival to Valencia. After the shameful defeat of Mutapa by Hispanian forces, the Mwenemutapa family had been cast from their pedestal. The King - who would still refer to himself as one - had lost his kingdom to Hispania. His armies had returned home to farm fields and work Hispanian mines and farms. His throne now collected dust in his palace. He maintained his religion as defiance against the Christians, yet did little more. The king, falling to depression and drink, had died in 1832 after three decades of wasting away.

Takawira knew that he couldn't try to rally the people in an uprising in the colony's current state. The Hispanian army was infinitely more well equipped and numerous than the rabble that might be raised in the name of independence. It was evident that the long game would be necessary for Mutapa. Takawira sold what was left of his estates to gather enough money to invest into industry that could later strengthen Mutapa. After spending a small portion of it to take him and his small family to Valencia, he was finally ready to begin rebuilding his wealth and potentially Mutapa.

Now, only time would tell if the Takawira and his descendents would stay true to their goal and support their homeland, or if they might find the allure of the riches of industry too alluring.


((One thing I should say is that I will probably won't be available between the 19th and 23rd))

 

[Michaelangelo]

((I'd like to take over the only steel factory we have, in Granada. The party post follows.))

((I was going to have it that all factories already established were meant to be state or NPC factories, but I suppose capitalists can claim existing ones as a bonus for joining right at the start. Let me finish some setup for this iAAR and then I'll start working on what to do about the existing factories.))

((Please tell me if everything is alright, this is my first iAAR so I may make some mistakes, hope I can learn more in the process. And sorry if there is any broken english, I'm not a native speaker))

((Everything is good with your character. Don't worry about the language barrier. Many people around here don't speak English as their first language.))

((I assume you mean you have "no problem with that..."

Sure. I'll change my biography right now and await whether or not there is a Palaiologoi in the age range of 18-30 to make it more specific.))

((It seems that the Palaiologoi don't have many women left. The only one in that age range is Zoe Palaiologina, born in 1807, a very distant relative of the Basileus (She's like the great-great-great-great granddaughter of one), but that's not unexpected since the main line has been sparse over the past few generations (The last few Basileus's only had one or two children). She is, however, cousin of the King of Transdacia and Count of Madrid, her aunt being the mother of the King and her mother a member of the Madrid branch of the Trastámaras. Does she sound appropriate?))

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Name: Takawira Mwenemutapa
Date of birth: 14th July 1793
Class: Upper Class - Capitalist
Religion: Shona
House: None due to being of a currently dienfranchised religion.
Party: None currently.
Bio: Takawira Mwenemutapa, son of Mukembero II Mwenemutapa and briefly crown prince of the Kingdom of Mutapa, is a recent arrival to Valencia. After the shameful defeat of Mutapa by Hispanian forces, the Mwenemutapa family had been cast from their pedestal. The King - who would still refer to himself as one - had lost his kingdom to Hispania. His armies had returned home to farm fields and work Hispanian mines and farms. His throne now collected dust in his palace. He maintained his religion as defiance against the Christians, yet did little more. The king, falling to depression and drink, had died in 1832 after three decades of wasting away.

Takawira knew that he couldn't try to rally the people in an uprising in the colony's current state. The Hispanian army was infinitely more well equipped and numerous than the rabble that might be raised in the name of independence. It was evident that the long game would be necessary for Mutapa. Takawira sold what was left of his estates to gather enough money to invest into industry that could later strengthen Mutapa. After spending a small portion of it to take him and his small family to Valencia, he was finally ready to begin rebuilding his wealth and potentially Mutapa.

Now, only time would tell if the Takawira and his descendents would stay true to their goal and support their homeland, or if they might find the allure of the riches of industry too alluring.


((One thing I should say is that I will probably won't be available between the 19th and 23rd))

((This is probably a good moment to address characters with claims to foreign titles. In general, I'd prefer people to avoid this, particularly for any within Europe. This is mostly because I've been keeping track of a lot of the royal families there and it sort of causes difficulties for me if people's characters start contradicting what I have set up. However, I am willing to permit such claimants for those outside Europe if people truly want to make some, provided they are claimants to titles that no longer exist, so no sons of the Sultan of Najd or anything like that. It just has to be made clear that if the nations associated with those titles happened to become independent again, the player would either not be involved with that nation or lose control of their character, since due to the realities of the game we can't control a foreign nation and this is an iAAR about Hispania. I hope that clarifies things.))

 

[Sithlent]

Enrique Alejandro de Castellar y Villares
b. 18 October 1795 (age 41)
Member of the Upper Class; a Capitalist
Partido Reconquista

Born into a prosperous banking family of Jewish and Ashkenazi descent in the heart of València's financial district in 1795, Enrique de Castellar was cursed with a clubfooted defect that prevented him from engaging in any physical activities during his youth. Fortunately for the young Enrique, his love of sports would be overtaken by his love for books and learning, devouring tome after tome in his family's library during his adolescence. He especially became enamored with the historical tales of Ancient Rome and Alexander the Great, pondering at how only one man and a triumvirate of men could single-handedly determine the fate of millions of people across the world.

His unrealistic sense of idealism would eventually lead to him enlisting into the Armed Forces as an infantryman after graduating from university in 1816. Unfortunately for the young and ambitious Enrique de Castellar, military life wasn't as grand and adventurous as he presumed from reading the tales of Alexander the Great's campaigns in Persia or the Battle of Teutoburg Forest between the age-old rivals of the Roman Empire and the Germanic barbarians. Instead, de Castellar discovered his own flaws whilst serving in the military: he was socially awkward, frail and uninspiring, and fainted at the very sight of blood. The authoritarian life he was forced to live under during his time in the Armed Forces had also impeded him.

Despite these roadblocks, Enrique also discovered one of his many talents during his time in the Armed Forces: his natural knack for business and profit. He began selling playing cards and cigars as a means to purchase his own rifle during his time in the military, successfully dodging the authorities and earning a pretty penny with his business. However, it was this business that also cost his career in the military: in 1823, Enrique would be discovered and he would be dishonorably discharged from the Army for his explicit behavior.

This proved to be a blessing in disguise for the young Enrique, as he used his intellectual skills to help start off his emerging career in business. He began serving in his family's financial business, refining his financial skills and training himself on how to properly function in the world of business. In 1830, Enrique de Castellar purchased his first business, a small dairy farm outside of València. The business move would prove to be semi-successful, as Enrique personally used his own funds to increase publicity about the farm and helped generate a significant amount of income for the dairy farm. He then began purchasing a series of farms and agricultural plots across the Iberian Peninsula, becoming one of the youngest magnates in the country at the ripe of 37 by 1832.

1832 would also be the year wherein Enrique would venture into the world of politics, getting elected to a seat in the national Assembly as a non-partisan liberal. He promised to his constituents that he would try to implement widespread suffrage reform and greater rights for the working class and the agrarian populace, but also had a slight conservative bent and believed that the government shouldn't interfere in the affairs of businesses and corporations.

Now that it's 1836, Enrique de Castellar is determined to further advance both his financial and political career and hopes to spread awareness for the Partido Reconquista, a political party that best represents his beliefs.

Spoiler: List of Positions Held

Member of the Assembly (1832—present)
President of the Castellar Financial Group (1830—present)

 

[Dadarian]

House Etxeto, C. 1400 - ?​

Heads and notable members of House Etxeto:
Lord Sancho Maria Etxeto (1402 - 1455)

Duque Tomas Hortun Ximon Etxeto de Navarra (1428 - 1492)

Duque Bartolo Llorente Sancho Etxeto de Navarra (1451 - 1513)

Duque Tomas Maria Arias Etxeto de Navarra (1482 - 1536)

Duque Tomas Bartolo Ximon Etxeto de Navarra (1512 - 1555)
Duque Guillen Chorche Luys Etxeto de Navarra, Conte de Vizcaya (1519 - 1592)

Duque Ximon Tomas Luys Etxeto de Navarra, Conte de Vizcaya, Conte de Riojo (1546 - 1624)

Senor Barros Ximon Hortun Etxeto (1568 - 1620)

Duque Tomas Barros Luys Etxeto de Navarra, Conte de Vizcaya, Conte de Riojo (1587 - 1667)

Senor Barros Tomas Ximon Etxeto (1614 - 1658)

Duque Guillen Barros Ximon Etxeto de Navarra, Conte de Vizcaya, Conte de Riojo, Conte de Burgos (1632 - 1735)​

Senor Tomas Luys Guillen Etxeto (1620 - 1700)

Senor Tomas Luys Tomas Etxeto (1641 - 1712)

Duque Tomas Guillen Tomas Etxeto de Navarra, Conte de Vizcaya, Conte de Riojo, Conte de Burgos (1673 - 1755)

Gran Duque Sancho Bartolo Barros Etxeto de Etxeto, Duque de Navarra, Conte de Vizcaya, Conte de Riojo, y Conte de Burgos (1701 - 1783)

Gran Duque Ximon Luys Tomas Etxeto de Etxeto, Duque de Navarra, Conte de Vizcaya, Conte de Riojo, y Conte de Burgos (1783 - 1793)

Gran Duque Guillen Tomas Ximon Etxeto de Etxeto, Duque de Navarra, Conte de Vizcaya, Conte de Riojo, y Conte de Burgos (1793 - 1836)

Gran Duque Tomas Santiago Hortun Etxeto de Etxeto, Duque de Navarra, Conte de Vizcaya, Conte de Riojo, y Conte de Burgos (1836 - Present)​

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Painting of the Gran Duque; C. 1845
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Name: Gran Duque Tomas Santiago Hortun Etxeto d'Etxeto, Duque de Navarra, Conte de Vizcaya, Conte de Riojo, Conte de Burgos
Date of Birth: 9 August 1785
Class: Landed Noble / Upper Class (Navarre)
Religion: Catholic
House: Cortz
Party: Los Campos Unión de Agrarios y Burgueses

Spoiler: Titles

4th Gran Duque d'Etxeto
13th Duque de Navarra
9th Conte de Vizcaya
8th Conte de Riojo
6th Conte de Burgos

Spoiler: Positions

Minister of the Navy and Colonial Affairs (1836 - 1839, 1840 - )
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1840 - )

 

[Michaelangelo]

((I just realized I neglected to include the current reforms enacted by Hispania. I have included them in the Laws & Reforms post on the first page. If there are any other details about Hispania I neglected to mention, feel free to ask here or by PM. Seeing as this transitioned over from another iAAR, it's likely that I might overlook something thinking that it's obvious that people know it when anyone who is new would have no clue about it.))

 

[Mach Twelve]

Faccíon Imperial (Imperial Faction/Party)

The Imperials started as the coalition forged by then Regent Sophia de Trastamara in her successful attempt to organize the loyalist forces of the Empire against traitorous Montsegur in the Phoenix War. After the war, while some of the Imperials went their own ways, others remained with Sophia to continue to ensure that the victory they had won would not be wasted. The Imperial Faction supported the privileges of the Crown including its right to influence both Parliament and State, a highly centralized Empire under a central Government, and territorial expansion overseas. The Faction tends to be cautious of change, almost always rejecting it fearing destabilization. It has proven to be the most consistent opponent of reforms, but at the same time refusing to repeal any reforms that did pass due to Sophia's influence, something that caused a rift in the faction. In recent years, the faction has been associated with the Regent Joan, as he was one of its members dating back to the Empress Dowager's days and continues to support him despite opposition to his continued place in Hispanian politics. Also, the conflict between the members of the faction rejecting repealing the liberal policies of the second half of the Alfonsian Era and those who support repeal has reached a point where the two groups have splintered into two parties, with the majority anti-repeal faction retaining the name. Regardless, the remaining Imperials still tend to be very conservative and support an involved Emperor, and strong central government, and colonial expansion.

Unlike other parties, the Imperial Faction is largely informal with no official ways to join or be removed except by proclamation. Regardless, the Faction is united behind the Regent and continues to be a very influential part of the Empire.

Policies
Trade: Protectionism
Economic: State Capitalism
Religious: Moralism
Citizenship: Limited Citizenship
War: Pro-Military

 

[Mach Twelve]

((Lots of Reconquista in here... I hope the alliance between the Imperials and the Reconquista continues @zenphoenix ))

Maximiliao Dias, Duke of Porto and Lisboa, Field Marshal of Hispania
DOB July 26 1785
Aristocrat
Cortz
Catholic (CJC compliant)
Faccíon Imperial - Disputed Leader (with Joan, and any other PC I guess...)

At 51 years of age the Portuguese Field Marshal continues to be a force to be reckoned with in the Empire. While the Empire was beset by troubles, Dias was ever vigilance against the chaos.

In the past decade, his most famous exploit was the bloody war with Najd, where guerrilla tactics dominated. Dias was merciless to the Arabs and his own men in his successful attempt to break the upstart Sultan and his nation earning him the name "The Butcher of Arabia" by both friend and foe. His forceful nature is well known across Europe, as is his expertise in massed artillery with which he can ensure the destruction of entire regiments in short order.

The Duke continues to be a proponent of the established order of Hispania, and backs the Regent without question, publically at least.

((School of Firepower/Resolute))

 

[Michaelangelo]

((For those who have had issues with the mod provided on the Table of Contents, I have since corrected the error causing the problem. You should be able to view the population and other screens without the game crashing.))

 

[Duke Dan `the Man`]

Name: Stefano von Politz, the 'Duke of Tuscany'
Date of birth: 1791
Class: Aristocrat
Religion: Protestant
House: Cortz
Party: Imperial
Bio: Stefano was born to the Countess of Florence, Alexandra von Politz. As a boy, he loved to read the stories of the great military campaigns of ages past. Thus, he resolved to become a soldier, to lead armies into victory and win glory and fame for his feats. However, things don't always come to plan. He did indeed become a general, but he was others always over shadowed his achievements. However, he was served Hispania well, and won battles for his nation.

In the recent troubles that plagued Hispania, he has mostly stayed quiet, being with his men and training them. But he has watched events in the capital with earnest, and interest. He is not all that fond of the regent, but he likes him for giving him more land. Poltically, he identifies more with Los Campos, but with the chaos, he decided to roll with the more powerful, Imperials.

He is married to Princess Caterina, a daughter of the Emperor himself. This union was born of the political ambitions of Aleandra von Politz, and she had no regard for their compatibility. It has been a loveless match, with both of them seeing others to satisfy them. Despite all of this, (and Stefano's 'lack of interest' in women.) the couple has three children, the eldest being ten.

(School of the Bayonet/Audacious)

 

[Nax24]

Jean-Claude Bouthillier
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DoB: May 5, 1814
Class: Officer
Religion: Roman Catholic
House: None
Party: None

Bio: The Bouthillier family on Corsica has never really been one of much notice. They were nobles, but not high nobles, and were more regarded as middle class citizens rather than members of the upper classes. As such, the Bouthilliers have tried their hardest to make their way forward as a French family on an Italian island dominated by Spaniards. Jean-Claude was such one attempt. Born on Corsica in May of 1804, he would be raised with a modest education and then shipped off to become an officer in the military. Unlike his fellow compatriots in the officer-corp whom mostly obtained their rank based on prestige, title, or simply because they were born into it, Jean-Claude came from the newer generation of trained officers educated in a military academy. He would graduate from a academy and join the army as a young Lieutenant. Perhaps young blood is what the officer corp in Hispania needed, blood that Jean-Claude was happy to fill.

 

[Michaelangelo]

((I've finished up my work I needed to do for the capitalists and factories, as well as made some adjustments to the rules for them both. I've changed it so factories have a different cost based on the ruling party's economic policy to represent the similar change in costs for the in-game capitalists. So under laissez-faire a capitalist only needs to pay 2WP for a new factory, 3WP under interventionism, and 4WP under state capitalism. I've also lowered the starting amount of WP for all capitalists, but in exchange made it so their first factory is free rather than requiring them to pay for one from their starting WP. I also added a bit on what happens under a planned economy as well.

Seeing as alscon has requested an existing factory, I've decided that I will open it up for capitalists to claim existing factories, excluding those in Valencia which I'm considering as state factories due to state investment made during the gap years. At the moment, we currently have a fabric factory and a regular clothes factory in Estremadura (Portugal), a paper mill in Emilia (Northern Italy), a steel factory in Granada, a cement factory in Leon-Castile, a lumber mill in Romagna (Central Italy), and a fertilizer factory in Sicily. We're also in a unique position in that since the game hasn't started yet, I can just add factories in the province history files so they start out already built. So all capitalists can claim any of the factories listed or build any one they want that we can currently build in any available state. If the listed factories aren't taken by the time we get the game going, they'll either become state factories or I'll remove some to prevent us from having far too many factories at the game start. @alscon has first dibs on the steel factory in Granada if he still wants it, unless he'd rather move it elsewhere or build another factory somewhere else. @05060403, @Sithlent, and @Sancronis have all made capitalists so far and may start requesting free starting factory. I'm going to hold off on allowing capitalists to build additional factories until the game actually starts.))