*remembers to keep bb down*Finally, screenshots!
Looks like you need to beat up France to form a land bridge to your new territory in Iberia. Sounds like they're a pushover if Spain is beating them.
Colonize all the things!
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Naval advancements were being unraveled day by day, as the first Italian-made ironclad, the Dante Alighieri, was built in Toulon. Similar projects were under way all across Italy. In other news, Britain ends her second war with Transvaal in another white peace. Surely now would be the time to strike?
With the Wattaran War going on smoothly, the king turned to diplomatic interests--namely, the Ottomans, Austria, and Switzerland. News only arrives another month later, from the Italian embassy in the Ottoman Empire. Japan had managed to convince the Ottomans to ban their embassy. It would take a year to repair relations, but Italy never turned another eye to the Ottomans for quite a while.
Worrying developments came one day from yet another American celebration of their independence. Germany had taken a huge slice of Ethiopia, which--save for a single road between Kismayo and Sidamo--cut Ethiopia in half. The German wolf now turns its eyes to France... Even though the UK and France were allies by now, Britain stayed out of their entire endeavor.
Four months after a business in Algeria collapses, leaving the government to provide funds to restart it, Wattara is finally incorporated into Italy, finally connecting two parts of Italian Africa. As the new decade rolls around, so does the World Fair, with France--once again--hosting, dismaying Italian organizers. ((Goddammit France!
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The first Italian cruiser, the Marco Polo, comes into existence on May 10, 1890. The 1890s would also be a hotspot for rebellions: Spaniards that absolutely despise their Italian overlords would rise up two months later. Italy would next focus on the coast of Nigeria; Calabar, Warri, and Benin would consecutively fall into the fold. On the same day, a crusade across Egypt begins in a hope to stop German expansion on the horn.
The spirit of rebellion doesn't fade with the Spaniards; Jacobins also took up arms in unprecedented numbers, Bari among the cities that would fall to rebel scum. In another unforseen move, France requests military access for the umpteenth time. Italy accepts this time, knowing very well that the Germans could attack any minute. And indeed the Germans are looking to expand, the Franche-Comté being only the first of their many expansions into French land.
However, no one knew what else was coming. Switzerland, out of all countries, attacks France. The Occitans have been restless in securing a state for themselves, and Switzerland would be the one to do it. However, since about two-thirds of France was occupied by Germany at this point, and a huge stack of rebel scum was rampaging throughout Montpellier, Italy sent nothing but a couple of regiments to attack French colonial holdings.
January 16, 1891: Massina is incorporated into the Italian patrimony, linking two important halves of the continent. During our attempts at influencing Austria, German attempts at meddling with their influence are met with the German embassy running towards Prag. In other news, on the same day that Calabar falls, Germany seeks to expand their influence in France further, promising a free Occitan state--under German influence.
The Italian Steamer patrolling the waters of Calabar and now Warri for some time has been destroyed by an Egyptian fleet, albeit with French assistance. Hungary finally ends its war with Austria, an independent Slovenia filling a big niche between Italian Istria and Hungary. And yet the communists continue their crusade to Socialize(TM) the world.
Spanish separatists strike again, in greater numbers. A threshing incident on August 25 leads to greater support for reforms, particularly pensions. Two months later, the Suez canal finally opens. On New Year's Eve, France surrenders to Italy first, followed by Germany. Occitania would be a completely independent state, and Germany got the Franche-Comté.
By March the next year, all of Egypt proper has been occupied, and Italy begins meeting trouble with Sudanese partisans. To make matters worse, monarchists disgruntled with the status quo rise in protest, while Romanians lead a charge in nearby Hungary, which Italy has to send troops to.
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July 15: Austria falls to Italian influence. One month and a day later, reports begin circulating detailing a well-managed colony, although it was covered up to please the capitalists. But within months of each other, Jacobins and Communists would wreak more havoc around Italy. Yet militancy would not go down in the long term.
May 22, 1893: Egypt is annexed into the Empire. Italian influence in the Mediterranean rises with every annexation. The only potential target left is the Ottoman Empire, which our king would have gone for... had Japan not sphered it years before this. ((Japan has to love the Wailing Wall so much that they took drastic measures to control it.))
May 22, 1893: Egypt is annexed into the Empire. Italian influence in the Mediterranean rises with every annexation. The only potential target left is the Ottoman Empire, which our king would have gone for... had Japan not sphered it years before this. ((Japan has to love the Wailing Wall so much that they took drastic measures to control it.
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I'm surprised your infamy isn't through the roof with all that conquest, but I suppose it was mostly African land anyway. You're going to control all of North Africa in no time.
Looks like France is about to be a victim of a surprise anschluß.
Looks like France is about to be a victim of a surprise anschluß.
"Scramble for Africa" is a no-infamy Casus Belli, essentially no-one cares if some African country is anschlußed, what with that conference and all.I'm surprised your infamy isn't through the roof with all that conquest, but I suppose it was mostly African land anyway. You're going to control all of North Africa in no time.
Looks like France is about to be a victim of a surprise anschluß.
Güten tag, surprise anschluß
Ugh, poop. Forgot to bring savefiles with me on vacation this time.
So I'll replay from 1887 onwards (which was from the colonization period onwards.). Also, my localization is back! Huzzah!
So I'll replay from 1887 onwards (which was from the colonization period onwards.
). Also, my localization is back! Huzzah! August 1887: Italian troops cross Lake Volta into British Ghana, then cross the Volta again into Wattara territory. The Africans would be subdued in around a year.
Around two months later, in the midst of a Jacobin rebellion in France, the Malagasy Republic, under the Merina dynasty, declared independence from their colonial overlords. At around the same time, the war caused over the Maine's explosion in 1880 ended with the Treaty of Paris, in which Cuba would go to the US. The Witwatersrand Gold Rush, also around this time, drew Italian attention for the remainder of the year, and Italian relations with the Transvaalian Boer State soured near instantly, as an influx of fortune seekers flowed through Baia Balena and Gaborone to cross into Transvaal, which led to some nasty border incidents.
In the Balkans, meanwhile, Yugoslavia and Albania, both Italian client states, had tensions run high between them, Tirana laying claims to pieces of Montenegro and Sarajevo responding in kind, extending claims across Kosovo and Macedonia. Italy, however, had its eyes on a communist rebellion... and after it was quelled, on Spain. Italy immediately blockaded the Straits of Gibraltar and staged attacks on the border regions. Italian shipbuilders, meanwhile, focused on... well, shipbuilding, the first cruiser prototype coming out on the first of July.
Lol, seriously?
Only ten days later, the US and Colombia sign an agreement, later termed the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty, giving a lease on a thin strip of land for 70 or so years, while a canal was being built on that strip. Madrid fell on the New Year, while on the Black Continent Spanish soldiers razed the town of Swakopmund. A different campaign was under way, however. Fuuta Jallon, today Guinea, was being conquered, while Massinian officials requested a protectorate like the Mossi did earlier in the decade. Eventually, these two conquests led to provinces Maghreb and Sahara sharing a land border, connecting Italian West Africa together.
All while Spanish soldiers wreaked havoc on Catalonia, almost occupying it in its entirety by October 22. In the east of Africa, Germany nearly cuts Ethiopia in half, while Egypt does a blitzkrieg through Sudan. By the New Year, however, Spain is tired of war and begins offering Valencia up. Italy accepts, yet a new crisis is on the horizon...
Germany, instead of pursuing further ambitions in Africa, instead strikes closer to home, at Austria. On the same day that peace is made, a new war has begun. Meanwhile, at the Swiss rise to power, Italy bans their embassy in Austria. Switzerland, however, didn't mind, and joined the war alongside Italy the next month. In the end, they only served as a distraction for Germany, as they peaced out a few months before the war was over. All the while, Hungary was experiencing a Jacobin-Communist joint insurrection, and Italy diverted troops to assist.
Germany immediately instituted a blockade around the Mediterranean. However, each blockade was only four or five ships in size; compared to Italian fleets five times larger, they were basically cannon fodder.
While homefront troops advanced through Bavaria and Bohemia, there was no absence of targets for African regiments, either. After taking the German colony of Konakri, a rival party of the Massinians, the Bambara, mustered 6,000 men to attack Bamako and Djenne.
Outside of the war effort, a new world fair arrived with the turn of the decade, and Russia was selected to host it. The Navy had no absence of compliments, either; it was among the largest in the world. The election of 1890 saw the Right-wing Liberals stay in power, with the passing of key reforms such as naturalization and the allowance of non-socialist Trade Unions during their last term instrumental in their re-election.
Austria soon fell within Italy's "sphere" of influence, just as Italian regiments capture cities like Gorlitz within 100 kilometers of Berlin. German diplomats soon began offering peace, and while the Swiss accepted a white peace, Rome would only turn back German diplomats until they began sieging Berlin itself. A quiet peace had fallen among Europeans, with a new Slovenian state between Austria and Italy, while the Swiss lost their reputation as a Great Power to the newly westernized Qing Dynasty of China. However, most Europeans knew this peace would not last long...
(Gorlitz is south of Cottbus on the map, and east of Dresden)
Most especially...
... France and Spain. (and Portugal).
Around two months later, in the midst of a Jacobin rebellion in France, the Malagasy Republic, under the Merina dynasty, declared independence from their colonial overlords. At around the same time, the war caused over the Maine's explosion in 1880 ended with the Treaty of Paris, in which Cuba would go to the US. The Witwatersrand Gold Rush, also around this time, drew Italian attention for the remainder of the year, and Italian relations with the Transvaalian Boer State soured near instantly, as an influx of fortune seekers flowed through Baia Balena and Gaborone to cross into Transvaal, which led to some nasty border incidents.
In the Balkans, meanwhile, Yugoslavia and Albania, both Italian client states, had tensions run high between them, Tirana laying claims to pieces of Montenegro and Sarajevo responding in kind, extending claims across Kosovo and Macedonia. Italy, however, had its eyes on a communist rebellion... and after it was quelled, on Spain. Italy immediately blockaded the Straits of Gibraltar and staged attacks on the border regions. Italian shipbuilders, meanwhile, focused on... well, shipbuilding, the first cruiser prototype coming out on the first of July.
Lol, seriously?
Only ten days later, the US and Colombia sign an agreement, later termed the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty, giving a lease on a thin strip of land for 70 or so years, while a canal was being built on that strip. Madrid fell on the New Year, while on the Black Continent Spanish soldiers razed the town of Swakopmund. A different campaign was under way, however. Fuuta Jallon, today Guinea, was being conquered, while Massinian officials requested a protectorate like the Mossi did earlier in the decade. Eventually, these two conquests led to provinces Maghreb and Sahara sharing a land border, connecting Italian West Africa together.
All while Spanish soldiers wreaked havoc on Catalonia, almost occupying it in its entirety by October 22. In the east of Africa, Germany nearly cuts Ethiopia in half, while Egypt does a blitzkrieg through Sudan. By the New Year, however, Spain is tired of war and begins offering Valencia up. Italy accepts, yet a new crisis is on the horizon...
Germany, instead of pursuing further ambitions in Africa, instead strikes closer to home, at Austria. On the same day that peace is made, a new war has begun. Meanwhile, at the Swiss rise to power, Italy bans their embassy in Austria. Switzerland, however, didn't mind, and joined the war alongside Italy the next month. In the end, they only served as a distraction for Germany, as they peaced out a few months before the war was over. All the while, Hungary was experiencing a Jacobin-Communist joint insurrection, and Italy diverted troops to assist.
Germany immediately instituted a blockade around the Mediterranean. However, each blockade was only four or five ships in size; compared to Italian fleets five times larger, they were basically cannon fodder.
While homefront troops advanced through Bavaria and Bohemia, there was no absence of targets for African regiments, either. After taking the German colony of Konakri, a rival party of the Massinians, the Bambara, mustered 6,000 men to attack Bamako and Djenne.
Outside of the war effort, a new world fair arrived with the turn of the decade, and Russia was selected to host it. The Navy had no absence of compliments, either; it was among the largest in the world. The election of 1890 saw the Right-wing Liberals stay in power, with the passing of key reforms such as naturalization and the allowance of non-socialist Trade Unions during their last term instrumental in their re-election.
Austria soon fell within Italy's "sphere" of influence, just as Italian regiments capture cities like Gorlitz within 100 kilometers of Berlin. German diplomats soon began offering peace, and while the Swiss accepted a white peace, Rome would only turn back German diplomats until they began sieging Berlin itself. A quiet peace had fallen among Europeans, with a new Slovenian state between Austria and Italy, while the Swiss lost their reputation as a Great Power to the newly westernized Qing Dynasty of China. However, most Europeans knew this peace would not last long...
(Gorlitz is south of Cottbus on the map, and east of Dresden)
Most especially...
... France and Spain. (and Portugal).
It's aliiiiiiiive!
Looks like you're only a few provinces away from forming a land bridge into Spain.
Looks like you're only a few provinces away from forming a land bridge into Spain.
After the German War, and other perpetual wars before it, the locals wanted peace over all. And peace it would be... for Europe, anyways. The rest of the year was spent putting down rebellions and Africans, as both France and Italy went for Wolof, a tiny nation on the coast of Africa. Meanwhile, Italian domestic matters were populated with rebels, especially reactionaries.
Italy officially entered an alliance with Austria, which had been its sphereling since the conclusion of the Italo-German War of 1890. Germany also had rebel problems; in 1892, the ethnic Somalis in Ogaden defected to Somaliland. Sweden was faring no better with the Amhara. Back in Europe, Hungary and Romania began squabbling over who holds Transylvania, winding up with a declaration of war. Russia came to Romania's defense, and soon the Hungarian countryside was flooded with nothing but Russians.
An Italian trader was caught smuggling opium into the port of Boma, in the Kongo, despite free trade being one of the inalienable rights of mankind. Italy would soon use this incident as a staging ground for invasion. Besides Hungary and Russia making peace (and Russia's continued attempts at influencing Hungary away from Italy), America cites "freeing French minorities in the Aquitaine" as a cause for declaring war on Spain... but the real target was actually Galicia.
An Ottoman delegate approached Italy with offers of an alliance. Although surprising at a time when Turco-Italian relations were tense (Balkans), Italy accepts anyways, intending to use this to remove the Ottomans from the Japanese sphere. On the topic of Japanese, they are continuing their imperialistic tradition, this time attacking Siam for Lan Na. Besides that and the Americans, there are the Dutch, continuing to tighten their hold on Indonesia, and Egypt, who is attempting to split Ethiopia in two.
A trivial communist rebellion in Italy proper doesn't exactly shake a country as much as an oil well does, and oil it was in the former Moroccan capital of Fez. 1893 was when the peace was finally broken... by France, who desires the (mostly French) region of Alsace (since renamed Elsaß by the German "occupiers").
The Rebellion of the Six Thousand
October 16, 1893...
Sepoys marched into Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Ahmedabad, and a host of other major Indian cities. Eleven princely states annexed by Britain prior to this day were finally independent again, and that doesn't count all the vassal states! Britain was essentially "kicked" from the subcontinent; however, there was one detail left out. Hyderabad, the largest princely state, wasn't taken from British control; the UK would use this as a staging ground to attack Kutch and Assam, two of the Indian states. Italy was having a rebellion of its own, mostly among Jacobins.
The French forces suffered an early defeat, and as German soldiers neared Paris, France made a desperate move and asked Italy for access to its lands, to which Italy agreed. Germany did the same, but this was turned down. In the meantime, Slovenia was finally pulled into the Italian sphere (it had been freed prior to this by Hungary) and Italy also made an alliance with Portugal.
Russia's World Fair would begin in March of 1894 and end in June, during which Italy made a respectable showing. While it was running, Italy declared war on Kongo, citing alienated trade rights in Boma (in a prior incident) as its casus belli.
In November, however, Canadian officials approached the government to inquire on the possibility of purchasing land. More specifically, the Italian colony of Nova Dalmatia in Alaska. Italy sold it immediately. Another Jacobin rebellion in Italy, but it was easily put down.
Denmark, of all countries, eventually declared war on Germany, just as the tide was turning towards France. Denmark brought in Norway; however, even this monstrous country would not be enough, as Germany made peace with France much earlier than expected, giving the Scandinavians only a month to prepare. The Germans soon demanded more land to account for the loss in France; Nordnorge from Norway, Saint Thomas from Denmark. In Hungary, a rebellion of massive proportions (Bekeszaba alone had 60,000 troops!) rang across its center.
However, there was one more thing. July 2, 1895... the Swedish philosopher and soon-to-be founder of the Sveriges Fascistiska Folkparti, Elof Eriksson, began spreading ideas of nationalism through the country. This "Third Way" spread to other countries, too; Italy's own Benito Mussolini began spreading these ideas too, just before the election. In Egypt, workers had finally finished digging from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, completing the Suez Canal. This would be the main source of Italy's income.
(Elof Eriksson was a real man)
Eventually, Portugal fell into Italy's "sphere", as did most of its colonies. Britain, meanwhile, had sent an expedition to the North Pole; other countries, Italy included, also wanted a piece of the cake, and sent expeditions. And as 1896 rolled around, the world was drastically different from what it was half a century ago...
Italy officially entered an alliance with Austria, which had been its sphereling since the conclusion of the Italo-German War of 1890. Germany also had rebel problems; in 1892, the ethnic Somalis in Ogaden defected to Somaliland. Sweden was faring no better with the Amhara. Back in Europe, Hungary and Romania began squabbling over who holds Transylvania, winding up with a declaration of war. Russia came to Romania's defense, and soon the Hungarian countryside was flooded with nothing but Russians.
An Italian trader was caught smuggling opium into the port of Boma, in the Kongo, despite free trade being one of the inalienable rights of mankind. Italy would soon use this incident as a staging ground for invasion. Besides Hungary and Russia making peace (and Russia's continued attempts at influencing Hungary away from Italy), America cites "freeing French minorities in the Aquitaine" as a cause for declaring war on Spain... but the real target was actually Galicia.
An Ottoman delegate approached Italy with offers of an alliance. Although surprising at a time when Turco-Italian relations were tense (Balkans), Italy accepts anyways, intending to use this to remove the Ottomans from the Japanese sphere. On the topic of Japanese, they are continuing their imperialistic tradition, this time attacking Siam for Lan Na. Besides that and the Americans, there are the Dutch, continuing to tighten their hold on Indonesia, and Egypt, who is attempting to split Ethiopia in two.
A trivial communist rebellion in Italy proper doesn't exactly shake a country as much as an oil well does, and oil it was in the former Moroccan capital of Fez. 1893 was when the peace was finally broken... by France, who desires the (mostly French) region of Alsace (since renamed Elsaß by the German "occupiers").
The Rebellion of the Six Thousand
October 16, 1893...
Sepoys marched into Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Ahmedabad, and a host of other major Indian cities. Eleven princely states annexed by Britain prior to this day were finally independent again, and that doesn't count all the vassal states! Britain was essentially "kicked" from the subcontinent; however, there was one detail left out. Hyderabad, the largest princely state, wasn't taken from British control; the UK would use this as a staging ground to attack Kutch and Assam, two of the Indian states. Italy was having a rebellion of its own, mostly among Jacobins.
The French forces suffered an early defeat, and as German soldiers neared Paris, France made a desperate move and asked Italy for access to its lands, to which Italy agreed. Germany did the same, but this was turned down. In the meantime, Slovenia was finally pulled into the Italian sphere (it had been freed prior to this by Hungary) and Italy also made an alliance with Portugal.
Russia's World Fair would begin in March of 1894 and end in June, during which Italy made a respectable showing. While it was running, Italy declared war on Kongo, citing alienated trade rights in Boma (in a prior incident) as its casus belli.
In November, however, Canadian officials approached the government to inquire on the possibility of purchasing land. More specifically, the Italian colony of Nova Dalmatia in Alaska. Italy sold it immediately. Another Jacobin rebellion in Italy, but it was easily put down.
Denmark, of all countries, eventually declared war on Germany, just as the tide was turning towards France. Denmark brought in Norway; however, even this monstrous country would not be enough, as Germany made peace with France much earlier than expected, giving the Scandinavians only a month to prepare. The Germans soon demanded more land to account for the loss in France; Nordnorge from Norway, Saint Thomas from Denmark. In Hungary, a rebellion of massive proportions (Bekeszaba alone had 60,000 troops!) rang across its center.
However, there was one more thing. July 2, 1895... the Swedish philosopher and soon-to-be founder of the Sveriges Fascistiska Folkparti, Elof Eriksson, began spreading ideas of nationalism through the country. This "Third Way" spread to other countries, too; Italy's own Benito Mussolini began spreading these ideas too, just before the election. In Egypt, workers had finally finished digging from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, completing the Suez Canal. This would be the main source of Italy's income.
(Elof Eriksson was a real man)
Eventually, Portugal fell into Italy's "sphere", as did most of its colonies. Britain, meanwhile, had sent an expedition to the North Pole; other countries, Italy included, also wanted a piece of the cake, and sent expeditions. And as 1896 rolled around, the world was drastically different from what it was half a century ago...
State of the World update next.
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Soon the bridge will be.It's aliiiiiiiive!
Looks like you're only a few provinces away from forming a land bridge into Spain.
No DLCs. Can't be bothered to know how CB fabrication/crises work anyways.Your none- DLC Victoria II makes me sad...
Good to see this back!
How dare Kongo turn your traders away from the ports of Any/All! The gall of them.
So the Americans declared the war of "French Freedom" against the Spanish. Someone should get them an atlas.
Selling Alaska to Canada sounds like a great idea.
So the Americans declared the war of "French Freedom" against the Spanish. Someone should get them an atlas.
Selling Alaska to Canada sounds like a great idea.
Warning: text walls ahead.
North America (does not include Mexico, Central America, or the Caribbeans)
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Canada independent, spans from Nome to Halifax
- Canadian Oregon
- Guadelupe-Hidalgo
Notable Countries:
CANADA
Place: 10th
Population: 9,870,000
History: Britain has had a presence in Canada since the empire started. As of 1836, Britannia had cemented power over the East and was slowly expanding to the west... They acquired Alaska in the aftermath of the first Sakhalin War, and the Oregon Territory after a border dispute with the US resulted in all-out war. In the Constitution Act of 1867, Canada (save Newfoundland) gained independence. They bought the rest of Alaska from Italy in 1894.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE
Place: 2nd
Population: 56,970,000
History: After independence from Britain in 1783, the US has nearly doubled in size since then. Buying Louisiana, adding Texas to the Union, and the Mexican-American War were all factors into this monstrosity. Britain, however, forced them to give up Oregon. During one Spanish-American War, they got Cuba (which is currently in revolt), and they have three main African colonies: the Coast of Ivory, Togoland (also includes Damagaram), and Namaqualand. They are currently at war with Spain over who really owns Galicia.
Mesoamerica (also includes a piece of South America)
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Mexico lost Yúcatan
- USCA broken up
- Independent Suriname
- Revolts in Cuba
Notable Countries:
MEXICO
Place: 30th
Population: 9,660,000
History: Post-Spanish independence, Mexico held vast swathes of territory in the north... until Texas broke free and the US, desiring a Pacific port, took the rest of it. Another revolt in the south saw the Yúcatan secede, and to this day it remains independent.
CUBA (US)
Place: N/A
Population: No Data
History: Ever since wrested from Spain by the US, Cubans have openly protested, which led to all-out revolt on the island. The US has neglected the island nation for now... but it may very well break free.
COLOMBIA
Place: 38th
Population: 2,250,000
History: It was Gran Colombia before, but Venezuela and Ecuador have broken free. The three countries have been idle for a long, long year... until the US approached Colombia with an offer to lease Balboa for 99 years to build a canal. Colombia first rejected it with outright hostility, but eventually accepted it. The project continues to this day.
South America
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Brazil takes Alto Paraguay
- Andean Republic broken up
- Patagonia colonized... by France
Notable Countries:
BRAZIL
Place: 22nd
Population: 11,420,000
History: Former Portuguese colony past Tordesillas. It eventually expanded into the rather empty Amazonas, and with a large military, it invaded Paraguay, demanding Upper Paraguay. It is currently undergoing a Jacobin Rebellion.
ARGENTINA
Place: 34th
Population: 5,580,000
History: Argentina has been a hotbed for rebellious activity since independence. Jacobins, then Socialists, then Jacobins again have ruled the country. Its expansion into Patagonia was stopped by a French colony, Port Deseado. It currently has a Socialist rebellion.
Europe
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Italy and Germany both formed
- Dual Monarchy broken up
- Russian überexpansionism
- The Sick Man of Europe
- And at least a million other changes...
Notable Countries:
BRITANNIA
Place: 5th
Population: 79,740,000
History: A very large empire that is beginning to fall apart. Having lost India to sepoys, Britain is no longer the power it was and is now only a shell of its former glory. It still owns Australia and South Africa, as well as possessions in Russia, however who knows how long it will last. It is currently at war trying to Restore Order to India.
FRANCE
Place: 4th
Population: 46,170,000
History: Sworn enemies with Britain, it has established an empire of its own, ruling across some ports in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. It used to own basically half of Europe until Russian winter beat it back.
ITALY
Place: 3rd
Population: 79,800,000
History: Ever since... eternity, Italy was a mess of small states... until the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies reunified it. Its empire includes: most of Africa, some islands in the Pacific, the Kuril islands off of Japan, and Catalonia. It maintains a dense sphere network across the Mediterranean.
GERMANY
Place: 1st (despite losses to Italy and France)
Population: 55,740,000
History: Germany was a mess of tiny states as well, held tightly under the grip of Austria until reunified by Prussia. Despite all attempts at empire, rebels always dismantle it. It still has Djibouti and a multitude of islands in the Pacific, but still not exactly an empire.
RUSSIA
Place: 6th
Population: 99,300,000
History: A habit for causing disastrous winters that make invasions of it near impossible, it has nearly established an empire, just not as worldwide as other empires are. It holds nearly half of the Asian continent, as well as at least a quarter of Europe.
Africa
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Colonialism
- Colonialism
- Egyptian expansionism
- Did I mention colonialism?
Middle East and India
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Ottoman expansionism
- Sepoys
- The Great Game
(South)East Australasia
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Western Winds
- Japanese überexpansionism
- Netherlander expansionism
- Colonialism
Notable Nations:
CHINA
Place: 8th
Population: 502,000,000 and change
History: Turmoil, turmoil, turmoil, westernization, no more turmoil. Or is it...?
JAPAN
Place: 7th
Population: 67,010,000
History: Japan is obsessed with colonialism and has begun expansion in Asia, particularly Dai Nam and Siam. Potentially it could endanger European interests there, however no sign of that yet.
...And finally, our World Map.
1 - Netherlands
2 - Belgium
3 - Luxembourg
4 - Switzerland
5 - Slovenia
6 - Free City of Krakow
7 - Dahomey
8 - Bahrain
9 - Jaisalmer
10 - Bikaner
11 - Jodhpur
12 - Jaipur
13 - Gwalior
14 - Indore
15 - Bhopal
16 - Bastar
17 - Bundelkhand
18 - Sikkim
19 - Mughalistan
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Canada independent, spans from Nome to Halifax
- Canadian Oregon
- Guadelupe-Hidalgo
Notable Countries:
CANADA
Place: 10th
Population: 9,870,000
History: Britain has had a presence in Canada since the empire started. As of 1836, Britannia had cemented power over the East and was slowly expanding to the west... They acquired Alaska in the aftermath of the first Sakhalin War, and the Oregon Territory after a border dispute with the US resulted in all-out war. In the Constitution Act of 1867, Canada (save Newfoundland) gained independence. They bought the rest of Alaska from Italy in 1894.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE
Place: 2nd
Population: 56,970,000
History: After independence from Britain in 1783, the US has nearly doubled in size since then. Buying Louisiana, adding Texas to the Union, and the Mexican-American War were all factors into this monstrosity. Britain, however, forced them to give up Oregon. During one Spanish-American War, they got Cuba (which is currently in revolt), and they have three main African colonies: the Coast of Ivory, Togoland (also includes Damagaram), and Namaqualand. They are currently at war with Spain over who really owns Galicia.
Mesoamerica (also includes a piece of South America)
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Mexico lost Yúcatan
- USCA broken up
- Independent Suriname
- Revolts in Cuba
Notable Countries:
MEXICO
Place: 30th
Population: 9,660,000
History: Post-Spanish independence, Mexico held vast swathes of territory in the north... until Texas broke free and the US, desiring a Pacific port, took the rest of it. Another revolt in the south saw the Yúcatan secede, and to this day it remains independent.
CUBA (US)
Place: N/A
Population: No Data
History: Ever since wrested from Spain by the US, Cubans have openly protested, which led to all-out revolt on the island. The US has neglected the island nation for now... but it may very well break free.
COLOMBIA
Place: 38th
Population: 2,250,000
History: It was Gran Colombia before, but Venezuela and Ecuador have broken free. The three countries have been idle for a long, long year... until the US approached Colombia with an offer to lease Balboa for 99 years to build a canal. Colombia first rejected it with outright hostility, but eventually accepted it. The project continues to this day.
South America
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Brazil takes Alto Paraguay
- Andean Republic broken up
- Patagonia colonized... by France
Notable Countries:
BRAZIL
Place: 22nd
Population: 11,420,000
History: Former Portuguese colony past Tordesillas. It eventually expanded into the rather empty Amazonas, and with a large military, it invaded Paraguay, demanding Upper Paraguay. It is currently undergoing a Jacobin Rebellion.
ARGENTINA
Place: 34th
Population: 5,580,000
History: Argentina has been a hotbed for rebellious activity since independence. Jacobins, then Socialists, then Jacobins again have ruled the country. Its expansion into Patagonia was stopped by a French colony, Port Deseado. It currently has a Socialist rebellion.
Europe
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Italy and Germany both formed
- Dual Monarchy broken up
- Russian überexpansionism
- The Sick Man of Europe
- And at least a million other changes...
Notable Countries:
BRITANNIA
Place: 5th
Population: 79,740,000
History: A very large empire that is beginning to fall apart. Having lost India to sepoys, Britain is no longer the power it was and is now only a shell of its former glory. It still owns Australia and South Africa, as well as possessions in Russia, however who knows how long it will last. It is currently at war trying to Restore Order to India.
FRANCE
Place: 4th
Population: 46,170,000
History: Sworn enemies with Britain, it has established an empire of its own, ruling across some ports in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. It used to own basically half of Europe until Russian winter beat it back.
ITALY
Place: 3rd
Population: 79,800,000
History: Ever since... eternity, Italy was a mess of small states... until the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies reunified it. Its empire includes: most of Africa, some islands in the Pacific, the Kuril islands off of Japan, and Catalonia. It maintains a dense sphere network across the Mediterranean.
GERMANY
Place: 1st (despite losses to Italy and France)
Population: 55,740,000
History: Germany was a mess of tiny states as well, held tightly under the grip of Austria until reunified by Prussia. Despite all attempts at empire, rebels always dismantle it. It still has Djibouti and a multitude of islands in the Pacific, but still not exactly an empire.
RUSSIA
Place: 6th
Population: 99,300,000
History: A habit for causing disastrous winters that make invasions of it near impossible, it has nearly established an empire, just not as worldwide as other empires are. It holds nearly half of the Asian continent, as well as at least a quarter of Europe.
Africa
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Colonialism
- Colonialism
- Egyptian expansionism
- Did I mention colonialism?
Middle East and India
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Ottoman expansionism
- Sepoys
- The Great Game
(South)East Australasia
Changes since 60 years ago:
- Western Winds
- Japanese überexpansionism
- Netherlander expansionism
- Colonialism
Notable Nations:
CHINA
Place: 8th
Population: 502,000,000 and change
History: Turmoil, turmoil, turmoil, westernization, no more turmoil. Or is it...?
JAPAN
Place: 7th
Population: 67,010,000
History: Japan is obsessed with colonialism and has begun expansion in Asia, particularly Dai Nam and Siam. Potentially it could endanger European interests there, however no sign of that yet.
...And finally, our World Map.
1 - Netherlands
2 - Belgium
3 - Luxembourg
4 - Switzerland
5 - Slovenia
6 - Free City of Krakow
7 - Dahomey
8 - Bahrain
9 - Jaisalmer
10 - Bikaner
11 - Jodhpur
12 - Jaipur
13 - Gwalior
14 - Indore
15 - Bhopal
16 - Bastar
17 - Bundelkhand
18 - Sikkim
19 - Mughalistan
*grabs atlas* Galicia's still in Polan.How dare Kongo turn your traders away from the ports of Any/All! The gall of them.
So the Americans declared the war of "French Freedom" against the Spanish. Someone should get them an atlas.
Selling Alaska to Canada sounds like a great idea.
I would come to regret that later, as I forgot there was a Precious Metal RGO in Fairbanks.
Perhaps it is referring to the Galicia right above Portugal.
Looks like Africa is going be even more green at the rate you're colonizing.
Looks like Africa is going be even more green at the rate you're colonizing.
I just perfectly modded in a decision for that!You should conquer the Roman Empire's borders
Code:
for_rome = {
potential = {
OR = {
tag = POR
tag = SPA
tag = SPC
tag = CAT
tag = ARN
tag = CAS
tag = FRA
tag = OCC
tag = ITA
}
owns = 749 #Roma
NOT = {
has_country_flag = forza_la_roma
}
}
allow = {
war = no
revolution_n_counterrevolution = 1
}
effect = {
set_country_flag = forza_la_roma
any_country = {
limit = {
OR = {
tag = POR #Portugal
tag = SPA #Spain
tag = SPC #Carlist Spain
tag = CAT #Catalunya
tag = ARN #Aragon
tag = CAS #Castilla
tag = FRA #France
tag = OCC #Occitania
tag = ITA #Italia
tag = NVR #Nafarroa
}
NOT = {
tag = THIS
}
}
any_core = {
add_core = THIS
}
country_event = 10000000 #an ultimatum ^_^
}
}
}Spain's still trying to defer America away from it.Perhaps it is referring to the Galicia right above Portugal.
Looks like Africa is going be even more green at the rate you're colonizing.
Africa will be completely
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Hail Caesar!I just perfectly modded in a decision for that!
Code:for_rome = { potential = { OR = { tag = POR tag = SPA tag = SPC tag = CAT tag = ARN tag = CAS tag = FRA tag = OCC tag = ITA } owns = 749 #Roma NOT = { has_country_flag = forza_la_roma } } allow = { war = no revolution_n_counterrevolution = 1 } effect = { set_country_flag = forza_la_roma any_country = { limit = { OR = { tag = POR #Portugal tag = SPA #Spain tag = SPC #Carlist Spain tag = CAT #Catalunya tag = ARN #Aragon tag = CAS #Castilla tag = FRA #France tag = OCC #Occitania tag = ITA #Italia tag = NVR #Nafarroa } NOT = { tag = THIS } } any_core = { add_core = THIS } country_event = 10000000 #an ultimatum ^_^ } } }
Spain's still trying to defer America away from it.
Africa will be completely green by the end of the game.
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Almost immediately after New Year's rolled around, the Communists thought it a good time to rebel. ((I'm going to omit rebellions from now on since they're so common. )) Rebellions weren't just common in Italy; in the US, Cuba took the chance from most American soldiers being in Spain by declaring independence.
Urgent news from Britain came in October: Russia was intending to invade. All of her other allies had abandoned them: Portugal wanted to imperialize more, Sweden was focusing on domestic affairs, and relations with Canada has soured since they became a Great Power (and even more so after their fall from that status). Italy accepted, but did not make an offensive until the next year. By that time, Russia had seized the Kuril islands. To the west, meanwhile, the US imposed harsh terms on Spain, taking Galicia and also forcing them to return the Aquitaine to Spain.
After imposing a naval blockade from the Black Sea, Italy soon began demanding terms of its own, among them the return of Slovakia to Hungary. Britain also soon demanded compensation by attempting to expand its own empire. The Qing Dynasty of China soon joined in this charade, as did Austria. In domestic matters, meanwhile, the census of 1897 finished filing the results, Italy having reached 100 million just prior. Besides the attacks on Russia, the Netherlands intends to free Wallonia from the Belgians, the Portuguese expand their empire into Arabia, and America reclaims Cuba from the rebels. Prior to that, Hungary declared war on Romania and dragged Italy in, Russia being too busy with both Qing and Britain to intervene.
Italy eventually bowed out of the war, taking Slovakia along the way. Five months later, Italy secured a peace with Romania, giving Hungary the eastern half of Transylvania. The British eventually secured a peace with Russia, taking Nerchinsk, which was also under occupation by the Qing at that point. Italy sent another expedition to the North Pole, just as Gabu declares independence from Portugal--and Italy restores the order there.
Egypt found itself in the Italian sphere shortly after; to prevent rebellions protesting the new Italian order, the Khediv of Egypt asked to make a protectorate out of the African country; soon Italy had an African empire stretching from Tlemcen to Timbuktu to Tsabong (Botswana) to Tabora (Tanzania) to Tanta (Egypt), controlling 3/4 of the Black Continent. With the Olympics coming with the turn of the century, and a mass-westernization attempt by multiple Indian countries, Tibet, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Dai Nam, Burma, Johor, Kutai, Yemen, and Brunei, the world looked peaceful as ever...
Yet everyone knew that there was a storm brewing. January 1st, 1900:
King Victor Emmanuel III proclaimed the Kingdom of Aragon reborn, complete with a recognition of the Catalan people and a moving of the capital to Valencia. Europe's storm has just begun brewing... and the Great Wars shall never end. The age of Mass Politics has begun.
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Here's your special preview of Aragon.
)) Rebellions weren't just common in Italy; in the US, Cuba took the chance from most American soldiers being in Spain by declaring independence.
Urgent news from Britain came in October: Russia was intending to invade. All of her other allies had abandoned them: Portugal wanted to imperialize more, Sweden was focusing on domestic affairs, and relations with Canada has soured since they became a Great Power (and even more so after their fall from that status). Italy accepted, but did not make an offensive until the next year. By that time, Russia had seized the Kuril islands. To the west, meanwhile, the US imposed harsh terms on Spain, taking Galicia and also forcing them to return the Aquitaine to Spain.
After imposing a naval blockade from the Black Sea, Italy soon began demanding terms of its own, among them the return of Slovakia to Hungary. Britain also soon demanded compensation by attempting to expand its own empire. The Qing Dynasty of China soon joined in this charade, as did Austria. In domestic matters, meanwhile, the census of 1897 finished filing the results, Italy having reached 100 million just prior. Besides the attacks on Russia, the Netherlands intends to free Wallonia from the Belgians, the Portuguese expand their empire into Arabia, and America reclaims Cuba from the rebels. Prior to that, Hungary declared war on Romania and dragged Italy in, Russia being too busy with both Qing and Britain to intervene.
Italy eventually bowed out of the war, taking Slovakia along the way. Five months later, Italy secured a peace with Romania, giving Hungary the eastern half of Transylvania. The British eventually secured a peace with Russia, taking Nerchinsk, which was also under occupation by the Qing at that point. Italy sent another expedition to the North Pole, just as Gabu declares independence from Portugal--and Italy restores the order there.
Egypt found itself in the Italian sphere shortly after; to prevent rebellions protesting the new Italian order, the Khediv of Egypt asked to make a protectorate out of the African country; soon Italy had an African empire stretching from Tlemcen to Timbuktu to Tsabong (Botswana) to Tabora (Tanzania) to Tanta (Egypt), controlling 3/4 of the Black Continent. With the Olympics coming with the turn of the century, and a mass-westernization attempt by multiple Indian countries, Tibet, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Dai Nam, Burma, Johor, Kutai, Yemen, and Brunei, the world looked peaceful as ever...
Yet everyone knew that there was a storm brewing. January 1st, 1900:
King Victor Emmanuel III proclaimed the Kingdom of Aragon reborn, complete with a recognition of the Catalan people and a moving of the capital to Valencia. Europe's storm has just begun brewing... and the Great Wars shall never end. The age of Mass Politics has begun.
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Here's your special preview of Aragon.
Ironic that you finally formed Aragon since the Aragonese part of Aragon is still held by Spain. At least you got the Catalan part.
That's a lot of westernization all at once.
That's a lot of westernization all at once.
Heresy! You still talk of a unified Spain?Ironic that you finally formed Aragon since the Aragonese part of Aragon is still held bySpain. At least you got the Catalan part.
That's a lot of westernization all at once.
LOL, just kidding. But seriously, it's Castile now.