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The Hohenzollern Empire 3
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The Imperial Century / Iron and Blood

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Long ago, the kingdoms and empires of the world lived together in peace and harmony.
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Then, everything changed when the barbarians attacked.
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Only the Kaisers of Rome, masters of Europe and defenders of a united Christendom, could stop them. After hundreds of years of almost constant warfare, they succeeded.
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Tales were told of how they heroically put the barbarians in their place and ended the long and costly wars with Persia and the Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth.
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Friedrich the Great, Friedrich the Glorious, and Saint Wilhelmina joined the German Holy Roman Empire and Greek Eastern Roman Empire together into the Romisches Reich, a society where Christians, Germans, non-Christians, and non-Germans from all over Europe and the world can live and thrive together in peace and harmony.
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Berlin was designated the capital of this great land, in the past a shining beacon of light and civilization in a sea of squabbling pagans and bloodthirsty heathens and now the pinnacle of human social and cultural progress.
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The Kaisers accomplished many remarkable things in their lives, but sadly, one after another their times in this world came to an end, and each in turn was called to heaven. And like the cycle of the seasons, the cycle of imperial succession began anew.

However, things aren't as simple as they seem.

Only the Hohenzollerns can bring balance to the world. They most certainly did. But keeping it is another matter.

It has been 1836 years since the birth of Christ. Although the era of the Commonwealth Wars and the Sunset Invasion has long passed, the Romans are not living in a time of peace. Outside the borders of the Reich, tension and anger boil below a cover of peace and stability.

The Persian Empire convulses in the throes of revolution, weakened by centuries of war against its neighbors. The memory of the deadly but failed Persian Revolution and its radical ideas of liberalism remains fresh in the minds of the Persian people, eager to see the centuries of humiliations fired upon them by the Romans ended for good.
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Scandinavia is but a shell of its former self. Land had been lost in Denmark to the Reich, and the end of the Commonwealth Wars over Finland saw the region divided with Russia. With the help of the Reich its Eimerican colonies gained independence, reducing the empire to its core northern territories. With the invention of new weapons of war, the prestige and importance of the berserkers and Vikings, long part of the Norse military and society, waned. And despite the Fylkir being the supreme spiritual and political authority and large reforms being enacted, the Norse peoples are not immune to the forces of nationalism and liberalism, some even daring to question his authority. The Russians and Yavdi are eager to defeat their age-old enemies in Scandinavia again, despite Roman attempts to preserve the peace.
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The Romuva Kingdom of Lithuania's rise to greatness was swift and terrifying, but its decline was even faster and bloodier than anybody could have imagined. In the mid-17th century, while the Reich was distracted in the devastating Fifty Years' War, Lithuania, with assistance from Scandinavia, secured a surprising victory over Russia, annexing much of Ruthenia and proclaiming the Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth. Over the next several decades, though, as the Reich began to recover its strength it joined with Russia in chipping away at the borders of the Commonwealth, and although the Lithuanian military was among the best in the world and capable of standing up to the imperial legions, eventually the Roman and Russian forces overwhelmed the Lithuanian-Scandinavian forces. If Scandinavia in the nineteenth century was a shadow of its former self, Lithuania was a shadow of its own shadow, forced to relinquish many of its gains and retreat to its core Lithuanian territories. Its people are angry, demanding why they had fallen so far. They sought fervently the restoration of the Commonwealth to its former glory. And so, viewing the government as too reactionary to help them, they turned to revolution and liberalism as well.
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In the Far East, the Ming Dynasty has almost total control over the Asian continent, with only the Indian Empire standing in the way of complete hegemony. Two other Chinese dynasties also exist in harmony with the Ming on both sides of the Pacific, but it is only a matter of time before they succumb to the forces of nationalism.
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Empires and kingdoms dominate the continents known as the Eimericas. The once-mighty Triple Alliance has been reduced to a shell of its former glory, having lost territory to all of its neighbors. The Nahua are eager to avenge their humilation and get their revenge against the Tawatinsuyuans, Chinese, and Fox. In the north lies the only European colony to successfully gain its independence from its motherland, Kanata, which with Roman protection is in a prime position to expand against its neighbors. In the south, the Empire of Tawatinsuyu, a member of the Chinese tributary network, looks to the Reich's colonies and desires nothing more than to unite the entire continent under the banner of the Sapa Inca.
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And in Africa, only two empires have managed to escape the colonial conquests of Rome and India: the Jewish Empire of Abyssinia and the West African Empire of Mali.
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Not even the Hohenzollerns, safely in control of the largest and most powerful empire in the world, are safe from the forces of nationalism. In the next century, empires and nations will rise and fall, and new dogmas will arise to supplant older ones. Throughout this turbulent time of change and modernity, the Hohenzollerns will lead the world into a new age...or die trying.
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Hello, and welcome to "The Hohenzollern Empire 3," the third and penultimate stage of my Hohenzollern Roman Empire megacampaign!
In the CKII portion of the story, the (custom) Hohenzollern dynasty, aided by their allies and loyal vassals the Habsburgs and the real Hohenzollerns (designated in this AAR as Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) conquered, crusaded, and inherited their way to claim the imperial thrones of the Greeks and Germans, but battled for centuries against the barbarian hordes from the east and west for the very survival of Christianity and the new Roman Empire.
In the EUIV segment, the barbarian hordes have been defeated for good, and the Reich progressed into first the Age of Exploration and then into the Enlightenment. Colonies have been established all across the world, and the barbarians have been defeated and crushed in their own homelands. The Reich in 1836 is now the most powerful nation in the world, but that may change in the next hundred years. Will the Maximist movement finally make a move? Will the three Chinese empires unite into one? Will the Triple Alliance defeat its neighbors and retake what it lost over the centuries? Whatever the case, the world in 1936 will be vastly different from the world in 1836.

I will occasionally be updating with dev diaries, or modding journals, as we progress towards 1936, detailing the gameplay changes I have made to each part of the world. I will attempt to limit my own blobbing, and console commands/save reloading/save editing will be used for balance, better immersion, AI advantages, glitches, crashes, and emergency situations.

I hope you'll enjoy the next stage of our journey.

Saints Wilhelmina and Gunhilda, grant us victory in battle.
~Zen

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Note: I am playing on patch 3.04 beta, with all DLCs and unit models.
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Table of Contents

Chapters are arranged in chronological order, not posting order. To avoid spoilers, I recommend starting with "Prologue." Please let me know if the links are incorrect.
Friedrich I "the Great" (1066-1105)
Chapter 10: Bicentennial (1066-1105)

Friedrich II "the Glorious" (1105-1126)
Chapter 13: Saint Gunhilda, the Maid of Kujawy (1118-1125)

Wilhelmina I "the Saint," or Saint Wilhelmina, Isapostolos (1126-1192)
Chapter 15: Saint Wilhelmina, the Mender of the Schism (1126)
Chapter 17: Saint Wilhelmina, the Hunter (1126-1133)
Chapter 19: Saint Wilhelmina, the Poet (1135-1151)
Chapter 21: Saint Wilhelmina, the Enlightened One (1126-1151)
Chapter 23: Saint Wilhelmina, the Warrior Empress (1151-1160)
Chapter 25: Greek Fire, Part 1 (1161)
Chapter 27: Greek Fire, Part 2 (1161)
Chapter 29: Greek Fire, Part 3 (1162)
Chapter 31: Saint Wilhelmina, Gunhilda's Daughter (1162-1174)
Chapter 33: Saint Wilhelmina, the Final Years (1174-1192)

Wilhelm I "the Lionheart" (1192-1199), Wilhelm II "the Magnificent" (1199-1237), and Wilhelm III "the Hammer" (1237-1243)
Chapter 35: The Three Wilhelms Period and the Beginning of the Thirteenth Century Crisis (1199-1243)

Siegfried I "the Hunter" (1243-1261)
Prologue: First Contact (1236-1246)
Chapter 1: Enemy at the Gates (1246-1251)
Chapter 2: Worcester and Gloucester (1251)
Chapter 3: War in the Near East (1251-1259)
Chapter 4: The Wrath of (Temur) Khan (1259-1261)

Sigismund I "the Holy" (1261-1308)
Chapter 5: Protection Through Victory (1261-1275)
Chapter 6: The Holy Kaiser (1275-1300)
Update 6: The Known World in 1300
Chapter 7: The Silk Road and the Great Plague (1300-1304)
Chapter 8: The Stag (1304)
Chapter 9: Sigismund the Holy and the Dragon of Marrakech (1301)
Chapter 11: Holy, Roman, and an Empire (1305-1308)

Friedrich Augustin I "the Just" (1308-1347)
Chapter 12: The August Kaiser (1308-1313)
Chapter 14: Rise of the Ottomans (1317-1327)
Chapter 16: The Just Kaiser (1327-1347)

Reinhard I ('the Mad Kaiser') (1347-1353)
Chapter 18: Reinhard, the Mad Kaiser (without a nickname) (1347-1353)

Friedrich Augustin II "the Hammer" (1353-1378)
Chapter 20: The Last Horde; Or, The Iron Khan (1353-1357)
Chapter 22: Fire-lances and Thunder-sticks (1357-1362)
Chapter 24: The End of the Augustiad (1362-1378)
Martin I "the Noble" (1378-1418)
Chapter 26: The Wrath of Timur (Khan) (1378-1395)
Chapter 28: Persepolis (1395-1400)
Update 28: The Known World in 1400
Chapter 30: 300 (1400-1418)
Friedrich Augustin III "the Lion," or "the Reformer" (1418-1444)
Chapter 32: Friedrdich Augustin III and the Giant of Napoli (1418)
Chapter 34: The Lion Kaiser (1418-1421)
Chapter 36: Second Contact (1422)
Chapter 37: In the Beginning (c.950-c.1010)
Chapter 38: Wilhelm III's Revenge (1422-1430)
Chapter 39: The Mexica "Crusade" (1430-1435)
Chapter 40: The Pointless War and the Reforms of 1436 (1436-1440)
Chapter 41: The Last Malian Crusade and the Reforms of 1440 (1440-1442)
Chapter 42: The Reforms of 1442 (1442)
Chapter 43: Feudal Life (1443-1444)
Chapter 44: The End... (1 2 3 4 5 6) (1444)
Epilogue: ...Of the Beginning (November 10, 1444) [End of CKII installments]
Chapter 45: No Longer Necessary (1444)
Friedrich Augustin IV, "the Last Crusader" (1444-1466)
Chapter 46: Traianos's Rebellion (1444)
Chapter 47: Blood in the Water (1444-1448)
Chapter 48: The Timurid War (1448-1452)
Chapter 49: Rounding the Cape (1452-1464)
Chapter 50: The First Malaya Expedition (1464-1466)
Friedrich Augustin V, "the Explorer" (1466-1494)
Chapter 51: Heresy (1466-1467)
Chapter 52: Prospering Times (1467-1470)
Chapter 53: The Voyages of Kristoff Eimerich, Part 1 (1470)
Chapter 54: The First Lapland Krieg (1470-1472)
Chapter 55: The Voyages of Kristoff Eimerich, Part 2 (1472)
Chapter 56: Northern Chaos (1472-1476)
Chapter 57: The Spice Must Flow (Some More) (1476-1480)
Chapter 58: The Discovery of the Far East, Part 1 - The Voyages of Wolfram Ferdinand (1480-1483)
Chapter 59: The Discovery of the Far East, Part 2 - The Voyages of Heinrich Arndt (1483-1484)
Chapter 60: The Discovery of the Far East, Part 3 - The Voyages of Heinrich Arndt (1484-1489)
Chapter 61: The Kokkand War (1489-1494)
Wolfram I, "the Fair" (1494-1539)
Chapter 62: The Girl Who Heard Angels (1494)
Chapter 63: The Woman Who Killed Angels (1494)
Chapter 64: The Conquest of Malaya (1494-1498)
Chapter 65: The Known World in 1500 (1498-1500)
Chapter 66: Revolution in the Heavens and On Earth (1500-1504)
Chapter 67: The Second Lapland Krieg (1504-1507)
Chapter 68: Delenda Est Malacca (1507-1513)
Chapter 69: Disaster in Africa (1513-1518)
Chapter 70: Fairness for (almost) All (1518-1531)
Chapter 71: The Expeditions of La Malinche (1501-1525)
Chapter 72: Around the World...or Not (1531-1539)
Wilhelmina II, "Heaven-Sent" (1539-1569)
Chapter 73: Full Circle (1539-1542)
Chapter 74: The Fourth Lapland Krieg (1542-1548)
Chapter 75: Zunset (1548-1556)
Chapter 76: Out of Air (1556-1564)
Chapter 77: The Persian Menace (1564-1569)
Victoria I, "the Old," "Angel-Touched" (1569-1573)
Chapter 78: Attack of the Zoroastrians (1569-1573)
Martin II, "the Dutch-Man" (1573-1595)
Chapter 79: Revenge of the Sayyids (1573-1581)
Chapter 80: The Interwar Period (1581-1591)
Chapter 81: Vengeance (1591-1592)
Chapter 82: Ambition (1592-1595)
Chapter 83: Betrayal (1595)

Malcolm Bethune, "the Black," "the Usurper," "the Terrible," "the Tyrant," "the Cruel," "[REDACTED],"etc. (1595-1596)*
Chapter 84: Suspicion (1596)
Chapter 85: Madness (1596)
Chapter 86: Purge (1596)
Chapter 87: Chaos (1596)
Chapter 88: Anarchy (1596)
Chapter 89: Revolution (1596)
Chapter 90: Der Untergang (1596)

Sophia I, "the Restored," "the Righteous" (1596-1603)
Chapter 91: Restoration (1596-1599)
Chapter 92: The Known World in 1600 (1600)
Chapter 93: The New Century (1600-1603)

Friedrich Augustin von Arbon, "the (False) Regent" (1603)*
Chapter 94: Bloodless (March-May 1603)

Friedrich III, "the Merciful" (1603-1616)
Chapter 95: War and Peace (1603-1611)
Chapter 96: The Desert War (1611-1615)
Chapter 97: The Jungle War (1615-1616)

Otto von Habsburg, regent for Frederica Augusta I (1616-1618)*
Chapter 98: Purity (1616-1618)

Frederica Augusta I "the Absolute," "the Enlightened Despot" (1618-1668)
Chapter 99: Aristocracy (1618-1626)
Chapter 100: Inquisition (1626)
Chapter 101: The Inquisition Strikes Back (1626)
Chapter 102: The Synod, Part 1 (1626)
Chapter 103: The Synod, Part 2 (1626)
Chapter 104: The Synod, Part 3 (1626)
Chapter 105: Honor and Truth (1626-1627)
Chapter 106: Crackdown (1627-1629)
Chapter 107: The Eighth Lapland Krieg (1629-1631)
Chapter 108: War (1631)
Chapter 109: Conversion (1631-1636)
Chapter 110: Retaliation (1636-1641)
Chapter 111: Revelation (1641/1666)
Chapter 112: Civil War (1641-1643)
Chapter 113: The Devil You Don't Know (1643)
Chapter 114: More and More Rebels (1643-1646)
Chapter 115: Lublin (1646-1648)
Chapter 116: War and More War (1648-1651)
Chapter 117: Nightfall (1651-1652)
Chapter 118: Midnight, Part 1 (1652)
Chapter 119: Midnight, Part 2 (1652)
Chapter 120: Midnight, Part 3 (1652-1656)
Chapter 121: A Desert Skirmish (1656-1663)
Chapter 122: The First Commonwealth War (1663-1666)
Chapter 123: Pruthenian Hussars (1666-1668)
Chapter 124: Defeating the Undefeated (1668)

Sophia II "the Liberator" (1668-1684)
Chapter 125: Limes (1668-1675)
Chapter 126: The Eimerican Wars of Independence (1675-1677)
Chapter 127: Freedom and Apologies (1677-1680)
Chapter 128: Devastating Peace (1680-1684)

Victoria II "the Emancipator" (1684-1714)
Chapter 129: The Third Commonwealth War (1684-1689)
Chapter 130: Eastern Chaos (1689-1694)
Chapter 131: Hegemony (1694-1699)
Chapter 132: The World in 1700 (1700)
Chapter 133: Intervention in the Eimericas (1700-1706)
Chapter 134: The Glorious War (1706-1711)
Chapter 135: Absolutism (1711-1714)

Wilhelmina III "the Victorious" (1714-1740)
Chapter 136: Yet Another Persian War (1714-1726)
Chapter 137: The Fifth Commonwealth War (1726-1731)
Chapter 138: Suez and Kiel (1731-1740)

Frederica Augusta II "the Enlightened" (1740-1760)
Chapter 139: The Sixth Commonwealth War (1740-1749)
Chapter 140: The Height of the Enlightenment (1749-1760)

Victoria III, "Nahua-Slayer" (1760-1791)
Chapter 141: The Seventh Commonwealth War (1760-1769)
Chapter 142: Sunrise Invasion, Part 1 - Blitzkrieg (1769-1772)
Chapter 143: Sunrise Invasion, Part 2 - Containment (1772-1778)
Chapter 144: Recovery (1778-1787)
Chapter 145: The Eighth Commonwealth War (1787-1791)

Frederica Augusta III "the Winter Soldier" (1791-1803)
Chapter 146: Pragmatic Sanction (1791-1793)
Chapter 147: Clash of Giants (1793-1797)
Chapter 148: East Against West (1797-1800)
Chapter 149: The World on the Verge of Modernity (1800)
Chapter 150: Musicians and Diplomats (1800-1804)

Klemens von Metternich*, Reichskanzler, and Nikephoros von Hohenzollern, Megas Domestikos of the Imperial Legions, Regents for Siegfried II (1803-1807)
Chapter 151: Revolution (1803-1807)

Siegfried II "the son of Nikephoros" (1807-1825)
Chapter 152: The War of 1814 (1807-1816)
Chapter 153: Tipping the Balance (1816-1825)
Sigismund II "the Modernizer" (1825-1847, 1854-1861)
Chapter 154: Protection Through Defeat (1825-1835)
Chapter 155: The New Augustinian Code (1835)
Chapter 156: An Imperial Century, Part 1 (1835)
Chapter 157: An Imperial Century, Part 2 (1835)
Chapter 158: An Imperial Century, Part 3 (1835)
Chapter 159: An Imperial Century, Part 4 (1835)
Chapter 160: An Imperial Century, Part 5 (1835)
Chapter 161: The Sun Never Sets (1835) [End of EUIV installments]
Chapter 162: Census (1 January 1836)
Chapter 163: The (First) Final Finland War (1 January 1836 - 13 March 1836)
Chapter 164: The (First) Last Commonwealth War (13 March 1836 - 14 August 1836)
Chapter 165: Conference (14 August 1836)
Chapter 166: Peaceful Expansion (14 August 1836 - 2 January 1838)
Chapter 167: The Siberian "Botanical" Expedition, Part 1 (1 May 1837)
Chapter 168: The Age of Liberalism and Nationalism (2 January 1838 - 8 January 1839)
Chapter 169: The Para Crisis (8 January 1839 - 22 November 1839)
Chapter 170: Insurgencies and Revolutions (22 November 1839 - 29 April 1841)
Chapter 171: Action and Reaction (30 April 1841 - 2 September 1842)
Chapter 172: The Siberian "Botanical" Expedition, Part 2 (22 June 1842)
Chapter 173: War in the Old and New World (3 September 1842 - 11 September 1843)
Chapter 174: From Siberia to the Pacific (11 September 1843 - 24 November 1844)
Chapter 175: The Pacific "Botanical" Expedition, Part 1 (12 September 1843)
Chapter 176: The Beginning of the End (24 November 1844 - 19 May 1845)
Chapter 177: The Maximist War, Part 1 - The Revolution is Here (19 May 1845 - 18 November 1845)
Chapter 178: The Maximist War, Part 2 - The Fall (18 November 1845 - 18 February 1846)
Chapter 179: The Maximist War, Part 3 - Counter-Attack (18 February 1846 - 15 October 1846)
Chapter 180: The Maximist War, Part 4 - The Last Stand (15 October 1846 - 4 July 1847)

Maximilian I "the Unready" (1847-1848)
Chapter 181: Power to the People (4 July 1847 - 3 February 1848)

Roman Civil War (disputed ruler) (1848-1854)
Maximist claimant: Maximilian I (ruling through Ministerprasident Konrad von Habsburg)
Siegfriedist claimant: Sigismund II (advised by Reichskanzler Klemens von Metternich)

Chapter 182: The Siegfriedist War, Part 1 - Opening Moves (3 February 1848 - 20 November 1848)
Chapter 183: The Siegfriedist War, Part 2 - The Liberation of the Isles (20 November 1848 - 14 December 1849)
Chapter 184: The Siegfriedist War, Part 3 - Footholds (14 December 1849 - 9 September 1850)
Chapter 185: The Siegfriedist War, Part 4 - Relentless Advance (9 September 1850 - 24 June 1851)
Chapter 186: The Siegfriedist War, Part 5 - Anarchism and the Home Front (24 June 1851 - 13 July 1852)
Chapter 187: The Siegfriedist War, Part 6 - Circling Vultures (13 July 1852 - 22 July 1853)
Chapter 188: The Siegfriedist War, Part 7 - The Last Offensive (22 July 1853 - 5 June 1854)
Chapter 189: The Siegfriedist War, Part 8 - Charge of the Light Brigade (5 June 1854 - 12 September 1854)

Sigismund II "the Modernizer" (1825-1847, 1854-1861)
Chapter 190: Reconstruction (12 September 1854 - 16 May 1855)
Chapter 191: Absolute Power (16 May 1855 - 23 February 1858)
Chapter 192: The Miracle of the Cave, Part 1 (11 March 1858)
Chapter 193: The Miracle of the Cave, Part 2 (12 March 1858)
Chapter 194: The Miracle of the Cave, Part 3 (13 March 1858)
Chapter 195: The Miracle of the Cave, Part 4 (14 March 1858)
Chapter 196: The Miracle of the Cave, Part 5 (14 March 1858 - 22 March 1858)
Chapter 197: Evolution and Revolution (22 March 1858 - 1 May 1860)
Chapter 198: Protection in Victory, Again (1 May 1860 - 21 August 1861)

Franz Joseph I "the Enlightened," "the Cursed" (1861-1916)
Chapter 199: The Sino-Vietnamese War (21 August 1861 - 29 November 1864)
Chapter 200: Adventures in Aegyptus (29 November 1864 - 5 April 1866)
Chapter 201: Three Hurrahs for China (5 April 1866 - 2 January 1868)
Chapter 202: Rise of the Dragon (2 January 1868 - 4 January 1870)
Chapter 203: Drang nacht Suden (4 January 1870 - 17 April 1872)
Chapter 204: The Trickster (17 April 1872)
Chapter 205: The Specter of Equalism (17 April 1872 - 30 December 1875)
Chapter 206: The Great Eimerican War, Part 1 (30 December 1875 - 2 November 1876)
Chapter 207: The Great Eimerican War, Part 2 (2 November 1876 - 2 July 1877)
Chapter 208: The Great Eimerican War, Part 3 (2 July 1877 - 10 June 1878)
Chapter 209: The Great Eimerican War, Part 4 (10 June 1878 - 18 April 1879)
Chapter 210: The Trials, Part 1 (18 April 1879)
Chapter 211: New Eimerican Order (18 April 1879 - 22 March 1881)
Chapter 212: The Fall of Bismarck (22 March 1881 - 11 July 1883)
Chapter 213: Ex Occidente Lux (11 July 1883 - 11 December 1885)
Chapter 214: The Trials, Part 2 (11 December 1885)
Chapter 215: Lock up the Darkness (11 December 1885 - 31 December 1885)
Chapter 216: State of the World in 1886, Part 1 - The Roman Reich and its Neighbors (1 January 1886)
Chapter 217: State of the World in 1886, Part 2 - China, Asia, and the Eimericas (1 January 1886)
Chapter 218: Meanwhile (1 January 1886)
Chapter 219: The Second Great Eimerican War (1 January 1886 - 10 February 1888)
Chapter 220: The (Second) Final Finland War (10 February 1888 - 30 September 1889)
Chapter 221: Bismarck's Revolution (30 September 1889 - 12 February 1891)
Chapter 222: Years of Innovation (12 February 1891 - 6 January 1893)
Chapter 223: Pass the Torch (6 January 1893 - 13 July 1894)
Chapter 224: Die Wacht Am Siam (13 July 1894 - 20 January 1895)
Chapter 225: A Conspiracy (20 January 1895 - 11 June 1897)
Chapter 226: The Year of Death (11 June 1897 - 1 March 1898)
Chapter 227: The Turn of the Century (1 March 1898 - 1 January 1900)
Chapter 228: The World in 1900 - The Unabridged Story of the Roman Reich, A Critical Edition (1 January 1900)
Chapter 229: The World in 1900 - The Rise of the Dragon (1 January 1900)
Chapter 230: The World in 1900 - The Empire of Surya (1 January 1900)
Chapter 231: The World in 1900 - The "Viking Caliphate" in the Modern World (1 January 1900)
Chapter 232: The World in 1900 - The Tsardom of Russia (1 January 1900)
Chapter 233: The World in 1900 - The Dual Monarchy of Lithuania and Ruthenia (1 January 1900)
Chapter 234: The World in 1900 - Yavdi, or, 'The Aberration that Should Not Be' (1 January 1900)
Chapter 235: The World in 1900 - The Shahdom of Persia (1 January 1900)
Chapter 236: The World in 1900 - The Mayapan Kuchkabal (1 January 1900)
Chapter 237: The Destiny of Kaffa (1 January 1900 - 16 March 1900)
Chapter 238: (Relative) Normalcy (16 March 1900 - 11 September 1902)
Chapter 239: Prizes, Submarines, and Tractors (11 September 1902 - 22 February 1905)
Chapter 240: The Seven Hundred Year Reich (22 Feburary 1905 - 31 May 1906)
Chapter 241: The Shape of Things to Come (31 May 1906 - 28 August 1909)
Chapter 242: Tempting Fate (28 August 1909 - 11 December 1910)
Chapter 243: Rising Tensions (11 December 1910 - 1 January 1913)
Chapter 244: The Last Days of the Old Order (1 January 1913 - 28 June 1914)
Chapter 245: The Summer Crisis, Part 1 - A Spark Lit (28 June 1914)
Chapter 246: The Summer Crisis, Part 2 - Perfidious Lithuania (30 June 1914)
Chapter 247: The Summer Crisis, Part 3 - The July Ultimatum (30 June 1914 - 9 September 1914)
Chapter 248: The Summer Crisis, Part 4 - The Polish Incursion and the End of the Concert of Eurasia (9 September 1914 - 17 September 1914)
Chapter 249: The Summer Crisis, Part 5 - Peace's Last Chance (17 September 1914 - 28 September 1914)
Chapter 250: The Summer Crisis, Part 6 - A Fire Burns (28 September 1914 - 1 October 1914)
Chapter 251: The World at War, Part 1 - Iron and Blood (1 October 1914 - 2 November 1914)
Chapter 252: The World at War, Part 2 - Stalemate (2 November 1914 - 14 December 1914)
Chapter 253: The World at War, Part 3 - The Shadow War (14 December 1914 - 18 Februrary 1915)
Chapter 254: The World at War, Part 4 - Vilnius (20 Februrary 1915)
Chapter 255: The World at War, Part 5 - Twilight of the Gods (20 Februrary 1915 - 8 May 1915)
Chapter 256: The World at War, Part 6 - Grodno (8 May 1915 - 2 July 1915)
Chapter 257: The World at War, Part 7 - Drive to the East (2 July 1915 - 2 October 1915)
Chapter 258: The World at War, Part 8 - Graveyard of Empires (2 October 1915 - 16 January 1916)
Chapter 259: The World at War, Part 9 - Hail to the Ras (16 January 1916 - 19 May 1916)
Chapter 260: The World at War, Part 10 - The Enlightened Kaiser (19 May 1916 - 7 June 1916)

Karl I "the Blessed," "the Peacemaker," "the Short-Reigned" (1916-1917)
Chapter 261: The World at War, Part 11 - The Turk Revolt (7 June 1916 - 2 December 1916)
Chapter 262: The World at War, Part 12 - Setbacks (2 December 1916 - 1 January 1917)
Chapter 263: The World at War, Part 13 - The Kaiser's Speech (1 January 1917 - 3 January 1917)

Chancellor Paul von Hindenburg*, Megas Domestikos Erich Ludendorff*, and Acting Chancellor Markos Angelos* (Fall 1917 - December 1922), Regents for Otto I (1917- 1929)
Chapter 264: The World at War, Part 14 - Revolution in Spring (3 January 1917 - 16 March 1917)
Chapter 265: The World at War, Part 15 - Cracks in the Wall (16 March 1917 - 22 May 1917)
Chapter 266: The World at War, Part 16 - The Summer Offensive (22 May 1917 - 31 July 1917)
Chapter 267: The World at War, Part 17 - Revolution in September (31 July 1917 - 28 September 1917)
Chapter 268: The World at War, Part 18 - Uncommonwealth (28 September 1917 - 28 November 1917)
Chapter 269: The World at War, Part 19 - The End in Sight (28 November 1917 - 16 January 1918)
Chapter 270: The World at War, Part 20 - Fall of Empires (16 January 1918 - 5 April 1918)
Chapter 271: The World at War, Part 21 - Offensive in Spring (5 April 1918 - 27 June 1918)
Chapter 272: The World at War, Part 22 - Peace with Honor (27 June 1918 - 18 July 1918)
Chapter 273: The Eleventh Hour (18 July 1918 - 3 October 1918)
Chapter 274: Brave New World (3 October 1918 - 2 January 1920)
Chapter 275: The Year 1920 (2 January 1920 - 3 January 1921) and The Turk's Dilemma (3 January 1921 - 5 November 1921)
Chapter 276: Crisis in Mitteleimerica (5 November 1921 - 13 October 1922)
Chapter 277: Poetic Justice (13 October 1922 - 22 December 1922)
Chapter 278: The Kolkata Putsch (22 December 1922 - 1 January 1925)
Chapter 279: Flower Wars (1 January 1925 - 1 January 1926)
Chapter 280: The First Winter War (1 January 1926 - 3 June 1926)
Chapter 281: The Revolutions of 1926, Part 1 (3 June 1926 - 16 October 1926)
Chapter 282: The Revolutions of 1926, Part 2 (16 October 1926 - 14 June 1927)
Chapter 283: Otto (14 June 1927)
Chapter 284: War and Peace (14 June 1927 - 4 April 1928)
Chapter 285: Eimerican Anarchy (4 April 1928 - 6 November 1928)

Otto I (1929 - )
Chapter 286: Yellow Dragon, Purple Phoenix (6 November 1928 - 7 January 1929)
Chapter 287: Black Tuesday (7 January 1929 - 2 February 1929)
Chapter 288: The Great Depression (2 February 1929 - 2 May 1930)
Chapter 289: Left and Right (2 May 1930 - 27 April 1931)
Chapter 290: The New Normal (27 April 1931 - 2 January 1932)
Chapter 291: Bombs over Kolkata (2 January 1932 - 15 October 1932)
Chapter 292: Downward Spiral (15 October 1932 - 3 October 1933)
Chapter 293: Marching Beneath the Eagle's Wing (3 October 1933 - 28 May 1934)
Chapter 294: The Volksfuhrer and the Neta (28 May 1934 - 13 February 1935)
Chapter 295: The Close of the Imperial Century (13 February 1935 - 30 November 1935)
Chapter 296: The World in 1935 (30 November 1935 - 31 December 1935)
Chapter 297: The Investigation (25 December 1935 - 30 December 1935)
Chapter 298: The Operation (30 December 1935 - 31 December 1935)
Chapter 299: Paradise Lost (31 December 1935)
Chapter 300: Götterdämmerung (31 December 1935 - 1 January 1936)

Link to Hearts of Iron 3 AAR Thread (coming soon)

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Extra(s)
Guest post on the historiography of the Reich (courtesy @HIMDogson)
Guest post on the major military alliances/factions of the world in 1914 (courtesy @spendabuck)
The World at War casualty updates courtesy of @EmperorofMordor
 
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I'm looking forward to this section of the playthrough. Are you planning on exporting to HOI3/HOI4 after this?
Yes, I will be exporting to Hearts of Iron 3, but that will be it. I think that'll be the best place to wrap up the story. Also, I've got plans for a certain Kaiserreich AAR in the works...
 
Finally! The mightiest and proudest empire on Earth returns! So... I think, that it'll be good to see how reactionary regime turns into proper democracy...:p
Of course - I've subbed this AAR.
Aaach, I forgot to ask - what do you do with scripted migration from Europe to North America? Every time when I converted my games to V II I got a terrible population losing - due to migration.
 
Finally! The mightiest and proudest empire on Earth returns! So... I think, that it'll be good to see how reactionary regime turns into proper democracy...:p
Of course - I've subbed this AAR.
Aaach, I forgot to ask - what do you do with scripted migration from Europe to North America? Every time when I converted my games to V II I got a terrible population losing - due to migration.
Well, everybody is an absolute monarchy (except Ryukyu, which is a constitutional monarchy), so I don't think there will be any immigration to the Americas. Also, I heard there's a place where you can mod the immigration modifiers/triggers, but I haven't found it yet. So I have been unable to mod the immigration mechanics at all so far.
 
It begins! May the Reich remain at the top of the world and never change it's ways... or convert to Communism so we can see what happens. :D

Oh, and it is hilarious that Ryukyu is still independent. They are the ultimate underdogs.
 
Well, this is a reminder that I need to keep reading through the past posts of your AAR. I'll try to stay current on this thread to answer any conversion/modding questions. Feel free to summon me, as well.
 
We meet again Idhrendhur... FOR THE LAST TIME! *Shoots kitties with later eyes*
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FEAR THERE CUTENESS!
 
Well, this is a reminder that I need to keep reading through the past posts of your AAR. I'll try to stay current on this thread to answer any conversion/modding questions. Feel free to summon me, as well.
Glad you're still following the story! A quick question: do you know where and how to mod immigration mechanics? I heard NWO had modded immigration mechanics but I don't know how they did it.
 
Glad you're still following the story! A quick question: do you know where and how to mod immigration mechanics? I heard NWO had modded immigration mechanics but I don't know how they did it.

I did a quick look just before I posted, but didn't find much of anything. There's a constant of some kind in defines.lua, and that's all I found. I had assumed the USA hard coding was in the data files, but I had no luck finding it.
 
I did a quick look just before I posted, but didn't find much of anything. There's a constant of some kind in defines.lua, and that's all I found. I had assumed the USA hard coding was in the data files, but I had no luck finding it.
I did some searching on Reddit and on the wiki, apparently the immigration data is in poptypes.txt, so I'll take a look at that. Update will likely come next week after I finish some more custom events and get back from my vacation.
 
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Chapter 162: Census

"The Romans...you know how they are. Always acting like they're the good guys, upholding the status quo...but sometimes you need progress. You need a plot, darn it! There must be conflict. And I think there'll be one very soon. Sadly, it won't be me or my fellow brothers and sisters."
-Archangel Raphael

"Fight the future. You want the truth of what happens to all of you in a hundred years? It's out there. Go get it."
-Wilhelm

"Your Imperial Majesty, here are the census reports, as you asked for," said the official from the Bureau of the Interior, placing a stack of papers on Kaiser Sigismund II's desk.

Sigismund looked at the papers. "Interesting," he muttered, "Why didn't we bring back the census earlier?"

"Well, we didn't have the resources or manpower--" began the bureaucrat.

"That was a rhetorical question, but thank you for your answer," said Sigismund, "Now what do these graphs mean?"
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"Well, as you can see here, the vast majority of Romans are Germans, Christians, conservatives, and farmers," said the bureaucrat, "Despite this, the Roman population is quite diverse. You've got shamanists in Mittelafrika, Jews in Arabia, West Africans in Mauretania, Confucians in Indochina and Mittagsland, Sephardim and Norse in Hispania, and a lot of other minorities. Vienna and Berlin are the largest cities in the Reich, followed by Constantinople, Alexandria, Budapest, and Baghdad."

"I'm a bit worried that almost a fifth of all Romans are liberals, though. But anyways..." Sigismund turned to the next sheet of paper.

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"Our four brave generals are still with us, even as the Indian and Chinese generals all retired simultaneously yesterday," said the bureaucrat, "They'll serve us well in the next few years. Based on this information the legions are still arguably the best in the world, though our fleets may need some overhauls."

"And how do I read the trade data?"

"I have no idea...let's just skip that for now."
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"So I take it that the Concert of Eurasia is holding?" said Sigismund.

"Yes, your Highness, the people over at the Bureau of Foreign Affairs have compiled a list of the eight most powerful nations in the world and the next eleven nations, ranked based on military and industrial strength. Our sphere of influence stretches around the world, and the Kingdom of Kanata are our allies in the Eimericas, helping to keep the Jin and Fox in check."

"Why is the Alliance still a Great Power? And why does it have the Arapaho tribe in its sphere of influence? Didn't the Fox annex the Arapaho some time ago?"

"I'll make a note to tell the Foreign Minister that."
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"On to politics, sir," said the bureaucrat. "Our schools and safety regulations are the best in the world, and we are one of a handful of nations that have banned slavery. Romans can hold public meetings, as long as they do not advocate for revolution. The Imperial Diet is currently dominated by your family members, though there are other factions seeking to gain your favor, including the German and Greek dynatoi. Our policies and values of equality so far are preventing the Maximists from making moves, but we must be careful in dealing with them. Bear in mind that they have a liberal-leaning faction in the Diet, and some Habsburgs and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringens have Maximist and liberal sympathies.
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"And to finish it up, Your Imperial Majesty, here is last year's budget and a list of our factories. For some reason the Bureau of Finances has taken out loans from the AOG, Socotra, Hanseatic League, and itself. You should repay them soon. And the Bureau has projected that the current tax rates won't be enough to maintain our expenses, so you should either raise tax rates or decrease funding in several areas. Perhaps finance more factories to balance out the costs?"
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"Thank you for your time," said Sigismund, "I shall take your advice into consideration for drafting up the new budget. You may go now."

The bureaucrat turned to leave the room, but at that moment the doors flew open, revealing a servant--holding a kitchen knife. The servant blinked, and his eyes became completely pitch black.

It was a demon, Sigismund realized.

By the time he had finished formulating the thought, the demon had already slashed the bureaucrat's throat and was advancing on the Kaiser. Remembering his Inquisition training, however limited it was because of budget cuts, he grabbed a vial of holy water which he always kept on his desk and flung it at the demon.

The glass shattered against its head, and the demon screamed, its skin burning away where the holy water made contact.

Sigismund chanted an exorcism liturgy in Greek as he reached for his Kurdish anti-demon knife. The demon fell to his knees and began thrashing around, black smoke foaming in his mouth.

"You can't stop us," said the demon, "We are many. With the angels in isolation in Heaven, there's nothing stopping MacLeod and us from rampaging across Earth and claiming as many souls as possible!"

"In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, begone, servant of Lucifer!" shouted the Kaiser, and black smoke--the demon's true form--erupted from the servant's mouth.

Sigismund advanced quickly, and before the smoke had fully escaped from the servant's body, he placed the knife over the man's mouth, directly in the path of the smoke. As the smoke billowed out of the mouth, it hit the knife, giving off sparks of red energy which grew in intensity with time. Eventually, no more smoke emerged from the servant's mouth, and what had escaped sank the the floor, coalescing in a single spot near the fomerly possessed man. Sigismund walked over and plunged the knife into the middle of the smoke cloud, and it dissolved into fine particles of sulfur.

"Your Highness!" shouted the Varangians. "We ran up here as quickly as we could! Are you in need of assistance?"

"Yes, help me take out the body and take this man to the nearest chapel," said Sigismund, "He was possessed by a demon."

The lead Varangian nodded. "As you wish, my lord."

The Varangians picked up the bureaucrat's remains and helped the servant to his feet. As they turned to leave, Sigismund said, "One more thing."

The lead Varangian turned.

"Get them to stop mothballing the Inquisition."

"Yes, sir." The Varangians left the room.



Inquisition Headquaters, Berlin

Theodoros Shah Mukhtar threw open the doors to his ancestor's office. Everything was where he had left it several days ago. On the desk lay anti-angel weapons and books on angels and their weaknesses. Theodoros sat down in the chair and put away the books and weapons. He took out a book titled "How to Fight Demons" and began writing down orders to mobilize the thousands of Inquisitors who had been discharged from service over the years.

"So the Inquisition is back, huh?" he muttered. "I guess nobody expected that."
 
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"So the Inquisition is back, huh?" he muttered. "I guess nobody expected that."

No one expects the Spanish Roman Inquisition!

Looks like the Reich is going to have to move quickly to balance the budget. That's one nasty deficit.
 
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As always in Vicky II you begin with vast deficit and limited way to prevent it. But - what are decisions, which you can choose currently, as Romisches Kaiser?
 
As always in Vicky II you begin with vast deficit and limited way to prevent it. But - what are decisions, which you can choose currently, as Romisches Kaiser?
There are two prestige-giving decisions that I can take, but they won't do much else. One is the German Walhalla decision and the other is an Italian "Royal Order" decision.
 
Well, the deficit is quite nasty, but you're also the richest nation in the world. It won't do to let it stay like that, but you're not in desperate need to change things either.