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If you thought Olaf and Christian were violent, just wait until you see their descendants
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If you thought Olaf and Christian were violent, just wait until you see their descendants
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Chapter 8 (1679-1701)
Over the next few months Phillip continued to ponder the map that his brother, Christian, had been examining prior to his death, and eventually he devised a plan. When war again came to the Empire later in 1679, two hundred thousand troops were waiting on the southern tip of India, with another two hundred thousand more a short distance away in southeast Africa.
Firstly Venice's trading post in Pondicherry was burned and replaced by a trading post belonging to the Empire. Secondly the country of Mahrattis was quickly overrun. After burning Mahrattis' trading post in Goa, their trading post in Bombay joined the Empire. This expansion of borders in India led to declarations of war from Mysore and Vijayanagar. These two countries were quickly overrun as well yielding important maps.
India 1680
In 1681 Mysore was forced to give up the province of Madras. Yanam, Mangalore, Maharashira and Khandesh were obtained from Vijayanagar as the same time. These new Indian provinces led Hyderabad to declare war on the Empire in January 1682. Phillip did not wait for any further declarations of war from the rest of India, but declared war on the Mughal Empire (joined by Baluchistan and the Kaliphate) a short time later. The loss of two points of stability was temporary as Russia and the Ukraine were promptly annexed. The Empire declared war on Jodhupar (joined by Bengal and Orissa) in early 1684. The loss of two points of stability was partially redeemed with the annexation of Hyderabad the next month. Peace with the Mughal Empire in 1684 yielded Kutch, Gujurat, Malwa, Bastar, Gondwana and further maps of Asia.
Asia 1684 (Large Map)
Asia 1684 (Small Map)
The wars of 1679-1685 were quite successful. Kazan and the Golden Horde were annexed following a declaration of war on Tunisia in 1682. Portugal's (Luanda,the Azores, Lobito and Mayumba) and Spain's (Cartagena, Campeche, Costa Rica, Yaramul, Uraguay, Parana, Murcia) colonial possessions were raided. Our presence in the Mediterranean was expanded at the expense of Venice (Corfu, Cyprus, Albania, Ionia, Morea) and Aragon (Sicily, the Baleares, Iceland, Antigua). We expanded further into the Black Sea (Sochi and Kerch from Byzantium, Kaffa from Crimea), Africa (Timbuktu from Songhai and Antiatlas from Morocco), and the Russian Steppes (Arkhangelsk, Nizhgorod, Tambow from the Suzdal; Volvograd, Sadrinsk, Orenburg, Irgiz, Orsk, Kustanai, Uralsk from Sibir and the Ottoman Empire). Finland was obtained from Sweden.
An explorer joined the Empire in 1683 leading to further discoveries in the East Indies and the eastern coast of Australia.
January 1687 saw war break out with declarations of war from Byzantium, Mysore, Vijayanagar, Songhai and Morocco. Phillip responded by increasing the offensive capabilities of the Empire's armies (+1 offense, -1 stability). A short time later (in June 1687) Phillip's oldest son was murdered at the young age of seven, leaving Phillip's daughter, the five year old Friederike, as his only heir. The assasin was caught and confessed to being on a mission for the Manchu emperor, Kangxi.
Phillip swore he would avenge his son's death. Phillip immediately declared war on Manchu despite the consequences (-7 stability, -5 for ongoing peace treaty, -2 for no Casus Belli). Stability was regained over the next few months with the annexations of Byzantium, Songhai, Mysore, Vijayanagar, the Suzdal and Venice. The revolts due to the sudden loss of stability were quickly put down. The Empire's troops destroyed the Manchu armies, and soon most of the Manchu Empire was under the Empire's control. In 1689 Manchu was forced the cede the provinces of Kowloon, Gaungxi, Fujian, Zhejang, Berhampur, and Sambalpur. However Phillip was not satisfied. Phillip did not forget his grudge against Manchu and vowed to destroy the entire country if that was the only way to get to Kangxi. He passed on this hatred of Manchu to his daughter (and heir), Friederike.
Meanwhile the Empire expanded in Africa (Tassaret, Aures, Orania, Sahara, Mindoro, Jambi from Morocco); the Middle East (Antalya, Taurus, Adana from the Ottoman Empire; Karabogaz and Basrah from Persia; Quandahar, Kabul, Herat, Surkhandarya from Afganistan); Russia (Bouzatchi from Nogai; Nura, Kyzylkum and Khwarizm from the Khazak Horde; Kurgan, Tenghaz, Alga, Aralsk, Jalutorovsk, Ust Urt and Ichim from Sibir); India (Raipur, Bundelkhand, Sindh, Indus, Hormouz from Mughal Empire) and Southeast Asia (Riau from Atjeh). The empires of Spain (Havana, Cupica, Yucatan, Maracaibo, Canary Islands) and Portugal (Itaimas and Niteroi) suffered from the Empire's attentions as well.
Asia 1691
Universal peace was obtained in 1691. The next few years were peaceful. Revolts were put down. An excellent minster helped to run the Empire. Technology was improved. Phillip built up his troops in China waiting for revenge. In April 1694 war broke out again.
A peace deal with Manchu ceding Wehshan, Nanching, Olga, Anhui, Guangzhou was obtained in October 1695, but Phillip wanted to make Kangxi suffer. He declared war on Manchu again the next month (-7 stability). Phillip put down the expected revolts and the annexations of Aragon, Mali, Nogai, the Khazak Horde, Spain and Atjeh restored the Empire's stability. Following the annexation of Spain, Phillip was crowned Holy Roman Emperor, the first member of the Empire to be so named. As the Empire controlled all but three European provinces and had controlled all of the Holy Roman Empire for many years, Phillip felt it was long overdue.
In exchange for another peace treaty, Manchu was forced to give up Jehol, Bogorodsk, Sichuan, and Hunan in 1697. Meanwhile the Empire's rampant expansion continued unabated. In the Middle East provinces were obtained from: the Ottoman Empire (Sivas, Konya, Georgia, Angora, Trabzon, Katamonu), Oman (Sulawesi, Lindi, Al Kharam, Masirah, Namaqua), Ak Koyunlu (Dahhestan, Armenia), Mameluks (Alexandria, Delta, Lebanon, Aleppo), and Persia (Khiva, Lut, Bukhara, Turkmenistan, Birjand, Khoresan, Kara Kum, Kerman).
African expansion continued at the expense of Ethiopia (Arsi, Harerge), Algiers (Atlas, Kabylia) and Zanj (Mombasa, Kenya, Tanga, Moro Goro, Arusha, Galana, Tana).
Asian expansion included expansion in Japan (Kyongju, Tohoku, Kanto from Nippon), China (Baicheng, Liaotung, Hubei, Hebei from China), and the southeast (Guizhou, Lao Cai, Khmer, Tanh Noah from Dai Viet)
Provinces were also obtained from Portugal (Salabanka, Sumbawa, Salvador, Flores, Guangdong), the Uzbek Kaganate (Samarkand), Sibir (Astrakhan), the Mughal Empire (Santal, Tirhut, Kushka, Tadjikistan, Thar, Awadh), and Baluchistan (Kalat and Baluchistan). The Knights were annexed (+1 stability) to compensate for a change in domestic policies (+1 offense, -1 stability). Peace was temporarily obtained in October 1699. Tibet declared war in February 1700, but agreed to peace in exchange for 1500 ducats in March 1700. Phillip died soon thereafter, and on his deathbed made his heir, Friederike, promise to avenge her brother's death by destroying Manchu.
Europe 1701(Large Map)
Europe 1701 (Small Map)
Asia 1701 (Large Map)
Asia 1701 (Small Map)
South America 1701
Africa 1701
1701 Summary
Provinces
Total 719
Cities 542
European Cities 259
Colonies 158
Trading Posts 19
Support Limit 1023000
Monthly Income 1397
Census Taxes 2752
Inflation 0%
Technology
Land 28
Naval 17
Trade 7
Infrastructure 5
Domestic Settings
Aristocracy 10
centralization 0
Innovativeness 0
Mercantilism 4
Offensive 9(+2)
Land 7
Quality 9
Serfdom 8
Over the next few months Phillip continued to ponder the map that his brother, Christian, had been examining prior to his death, and eventually he devised a plan. When war again came to the Empire later in 1679, two hundred thousand troops were waiting on the southern tip of India, with another two hundred thousand more a short distance away in southeast Africa.
Firstly Venice's trading post in Pondicherry was burned and replaced by a trading post belonging to the Empire. Secondly the country of Mahrattis was quickly overrun. After burning Mahrattis' trading post in Goa, their trading post in Bombay joined the Empire. This expansion of borders in India led to declarations of war from Mysore and Vijayanagar. These two countries were quickly overrun as well yielding important maps.
India 1680
In 1681 Mysore was forced to give up the province of Madras. Yanam, Mangalore, Maharashira and Khandesh were obtained from Vijayanagar as the same time. These new Indian provinces led Hyderabad to declare war on the Empire in January 1682. Phillip did not wait for any further declarations of war from the rest of India, but declared war on the Mughal Empire (joined by Baluchistan and the Kaliphate) a short time later. The loss of two points of stability was temporary as Russia and the Ukraine were promptly annexed. The Empire declared war on Jodhupar (joined by Bengal and Orissa) in early 1684. The loss of two points of stability was partially redeemed with the annexation of Hyderabad the next month. Peace with the Mughal Empire in 1684 yielded Kutch, Gujurat, Malwa, Bastar, Gondwana and further maps of Asia.
Asia 1684 (Large Map)
Asia 1684 (Small Map)
The wars of 1679-1685 were quite successful. Kazan and the Golden Horde were annexed following a declaration of war on Tunisia in 1682. Portugal's (Luanda,the Azores, Lobito and Mayumba) and Spain's (Cartagena, Campeche, Costa Rica, Yaramul, Uraguay, Parana, Murcia) colonial possessions were raided. Our presence in the Mediterranean was expanded at the expense of Venice (Corfu, Cyprus, Albania, Ionia, Morea) and Aragon (Sicily, the Baleares, Iceland, Antigua). We expanded further into the Black Sea (Sochi and Kerch from Byzantium, Kaffa from Crimea), Africa (Timbuktu from Songhai and Antiatlas from Morocco), and the Russian Steppes (Arkhangelsk, Nizhgorod, Tambow from the Suzdal; Volvograd, Sadrinsk, Orenburg, Irgiz, Orsk, Kustanai, Uralsk from Sibir and the Ottoman Empire). Finland was obtained from Sweden.
An explorer joined the Empire in 1683 leading to further discoveries in the East Indies and the eastern coast of Australia.
January 1687 saw war break out with declarations of war from Byzantium, Mysore, Vijayanagar, Songhai and Morocco. Phillip responded by increasing the offensive capabilities of the Empire's armies (+1 offense, -1 stability). A short time later (in June 1687) Phillip's oldest son was murdered at the young age of seven, leaving Phillip's daughter, the five year old Friederike, as his only heir. The assasin was caught and confessed to being on a mission for the Manchu emperor, Kangxi.
Phillip swore he would avenge his son's death. Phillip immediately declared war on Manchu despite the consequences (-7 stability, -5 for ongoing peace treaty, -2 for no Casus Belli). Stability was regained over the next few months with the annexations of Byzantium, Songhai, Mysore, Vijayanagar, the Suzdal and Venice. The revolts due to the sudden loss of stability were quickly put down. The Empire's troops destroyed the Manchu armies, and soon most of the Manchu Empire was under the Empire's control. In 1689 Manchu was forced the cede the provinces of Kowloon, Gaungxi, Fujian, Zhejang, Berhampur, and Sambalpur. However Phillip was not satisfied. Phillip did not forget his grudge against Manchu and vowed to destroy the entire country if that was the only way to get to Kangxi. He passed on this hatred of Manchu to his daughter (and heir), Friederike.
Meanwhile the Empire expanded in Africa (Tassaret, Aures, Orania, Sahara, Mindoro, Jambi from Morocco); the Middle East (Antalya, Taurus, Adana from the Ottoman Empire; Karabogaz and Basrah from Persia; Quandahar, Kabul, Herat, Surkhandarya from Afganistan); Russia (Bouzatchi from Nogai; Nura, Kyzylkum and Khwarizm from the Khazak Horde; Kurgan, Tenghaz, Alga, Aralsk, Jalutorovsk, Ust Urt and Ichim from Sibir); India (Raipur, Bundelkhand, Sindh, Indus, Hormouz from Mughal Empire) and Southeast Asia (Riau from Atjeh). The empires of Spain (Havana, Cupica, Yucatan, Maracaibo, Canary Islands) and Portugal (Itaimas and Niteroi) suffered from the Empire's attentions as well.
Asia 1691
Universal peace was obtained in 1691. The next few years were peaceful. Revolts were put down. An excellent minster helped to run the Empire. Technology was improved. Phillip built up his troops in China waiting for revenge. In April 1694 war broke out again.
A peace deal with Manchu ceding Wehshan, Nanching, Olga, Anhui, Guangzhou was obtained in October 1695, but Phillip wanted to make Kangxi suffer. He declared war on Manchu again the next month (-7 stability). Phillip put down the expected revolts and the annexations of Aragon, Mali, Nogai, the Khazak Horde, Spain and Atjeh restored the Empire's stability. Following the annexation of Spain, Phillip was crowned Holy Roman Emperor, the first member of the Empire to be so named. As the Empire controlled all but three European provinces and had controlled all of the Holy Roman Empire for many years, Phillip felt it was long overdue.
In exchange for another peace treaty, Manchu was forced to give up Jehol, Bogorodsk, Sichuan, and Hunan in 1697. Meanwhile the Empire's rampant expansion continued unabated. In the Middle East provinces were obtained from: the Ottoman Empire (Sivas, Konya, Georgia, Angora, Trabzon, Katamonu), Oman (Sulawesi, Lindi, Al Kharam, Masirah, Namaqua), Ak Koyunlu (Dahhestan, Armenia), Mameluks (Alexandria, Delta, Lebanon, Aleppo), and Persia (Khiva, Lut, Bukhara, Turkmenistan, Birjand, Khoresan, Kara Kum, Kerman).
African expansion continued at the expense of Ethiopia (Arsi, Harerge), Algiers (Atlas, Kabylia) and Zanj (Mombasa, Kenya, Tanga, Moro Goro, Arusha, Galana, Tana).
Asian expansion included expansion in Japan (Kyongju, Tohoku, Kanto from Nippon), China (Baicheng, Liaotung, Hubei, Hebei from China), and the southeast (Guizhou, Lao Cai, Khmer, Tanh Noah from Dai Viet)
Provinces were also obtained from Portugal (Salabanka, Sumbawa, Salvador, Flores, Guangdong), the Uzbek Kaganate (Samarkand), Sibir (Astrakhan), the Mughal Empire (Santal, Tirhut, Kushka, Tadjikistan, Thar, Awadh), and Baluchistan (Kalat and Baluchistan). The Knights were annexed (+1 stability) to compensate for a change in domestic policies (+1 offense, -1 stability). Peace was temporarily obtained in October 1699. Tibet declared war in February 1700, but agreed to peace in exchange for 1500 ducats in March 1700. Phillip died soon thereafter, and on his deathbed made his heir, Friederike, promise to avenge her brother's death by destroying Manchu.
Europe 1701(Large Map)
Europe 1701 (Small Map)
Asia 1701 (Large Map)
Asia 1701 (Small Map)
South America 1701
Africa 1701
1701 Summary
Provinces
Total 719
Cities 542
European Cities 259
Colonies 158
Trading Posts 19
Support Limit 1023000
Monthly Income 1397
Census Taxes 2752
Inflation 0%
Technology
Land 28
Naval 17
Trade 7
Infrastructure 5
Domestic Settings
Aristocracy 10
centralization 0
Innovativeness 0
Mercantilism 4
Offensive 9(+2)
Land 7
Quality 9
Serfdom 8
Originally posted by Florian
Judge
If you thought Olaf and Christian were violent, just wait until you see their descendants
ok now I know what you mean. Nice game play
Very impessive.
Are you still keeping to your rules of accepting peace on the first offer ?
Looks like you are still at 1.06 (+stab from annexations)? How much time does it take to regain stability (if you ever do it)? DO you announce your wars yourself or you get a chain of BB DoW's?
Are you still keeping to your rules of accepting peace on the first offer ?
Looks like you are still at 1.06 (+stab from annexations)? How much time does it take to regain stability (if you ever do it)? DO you announce your wars yourself or you get a chain of BB DoW's?
Judge
Thanks for the compliment. It gets worse.
Gaijin de Moscu
Thanks. I accept or decline peace offers as soon as I receive them. I started the game with version 1.06 and decided to stay with this version. I was worried a new patch would corrupt the game (either the gameplay or the save file).
I seldom declare war on anyone (98% of my wars are defensive). The most common exception is prophylactic wars (wars that are likely to happen anyways due to some upcoming conquest/expansion of borders), where my stability cost is neutral (either having a Casus Belli, or having several one province minors that need to be annexed, which makes up for the stability hit). The other exception is when I want to conquer lots of territory in a short period of time and have lots of one province minors around. I seldom intentionally keep my stability below 3 for more than a few months while I'm at war (after my -7 stability hits I usually annex at least 4 minors over the next month, and another 1 or 2 over the next 6 months).
Usually I get a string of declarations of war on me over 2 to 3 years. During this time I reject all offers of peace. When I've been at war for two or three years, I usually accept any reasonable offers of peace and bribe the few remaining countries that I'm at war with. That usually ensure 20 to 30 months of peace, which is used to decrease my war exhaustion, put down revolts and plan for the next rounds of wars.
Thanks for the compliment. It gets worse
.Gaijin de Moscu
Thanks
. I accept or decline peace offers as soon as I receive them. I started the game with version 1.06 and decided to stay with this version. I was worried a new patch would corrupt the game (either the gameplay or the save file).I seldom declare war on anyone (98% of my wars are defensive). The most common exception is prophylactic wars (wars that are likely to happen anyways due to some upcoming conquest/expansion of borders), where my stability cost is neutral (either having a Casus Belli, or having several one province minors that need to be annexed, which makes up for the stability hit). The other exception is when I want to conquer lots of territory in a short period of time and have lots of one province minors around. I seldom intentionally keep my stability below 3 for more than a few months while I'm at war (after my -7 stability hits I usually annex at least 4 minors over the next month, and another 1 or 2 over the next 6 months).
Usually I get a string of declarations of war on me over 2 to 3 years. During this time I reject all offers of peace. When I've been at war for two or three years, I usually accept any reasonable offers of peace and bribe the few remaining countries that I'm at war with. That usually ensure 20 to 30 months of peace, which is used to decrease my war exhaustion, put down revolts and plan for the next rounds of wars
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Chapter 9 (1701-1718)
Friederike was an excellent monarch. She took her promise to her father to make Kangxi (the Manchu emperor) pay for her brother's murder very seriously. She built up a huge army in the newly conquered Chinese territories. When war came to the Empire again in 1702, it was ready.
The territories of the Manchu were soon overrun and in May 1703 Manchu was forced to give up Qinghai, Shanxi, Jilin, Jinan and Shaanxi in exchange for peace. Friederike however had no intentions of honouring this treaty and was back at war with Machu within a month. The resulting loss of stability (-7; -5 for peace treaty, -2 for no Casus Belli) was partially compensated for by the annexations of the Ottoman Empire, the Uzbek Kaganate, and Afganistan (+3 stability to 0). By November 1703 Manchu again sued for peace ceding Sichuan, Hohhot, Viazemski, Xining, Henan, Nelma, and Ningxia to the Empire. However Friederike still thirsted for revenge. Although the Empire's stability was only at 0, the Empire declared on Manchu again in December 1703 (-7 stability from 0) leading to a loss of three stability points and several hundred revolts.
The revolts were dealt with by the Empire's numerous armies. Stability was partially regained by the annexations of Sibir, Orissa, Dai Viet, Jodhpur and Ak Koyunlu (+5 stability to 2). Manchu sued for peace in November 1704 offering Sikhote, Heilongjiang, Nakhaodka, Hainan, Jiansu and Shanghai. The Empire accepted and prompted declared war on Manchu again(you'd think they'd learn). The loss of stability (-7) led to the predictable revolts, but the Empire annexed Vientiane, Assam, Crimea, and Algiers within a month (+4 stability to 1). By the summer of 1705 stability within the Empire had returned to normal (+3) with the additional annexations of Makassar and the Kaliphate. By the time Manchu accepted peace with the Empire in November of 1706 yielding Liaoning, Yalu, Lanzhou and Kachin to the Empire, it had become a one province minor (losing 22 of its 23 remaining provinces in four short wars lasting a total of five years). Friederike could sense her opportunity for revenge was near. However war exhaustion was becoming a serious concern, and Friederike decided to let the Manchu Emperor squirm for a few years, while he pondered his fate.
The Empire was not idle while Friederike obsessed about revenge, and the Empire's armies had resounding victories in the rest of the world as well. In Asia provinces were obtained from Bengal (Koch, Ganges and Howrah), Baluchistan (Mekran), the Chagtai Khanate (Kirgisistan), the Mughal Empire (Bikaner, Panjab, Chandigarh), Ayutthaya (Laos, Sarakham, Cambodia, Da Nang, Phuket, Kwai and Da Lat), Nippon (Kansai), and Myanmar (Irrawady).
Asia 1707 (Large Map)
Asia 1707 (Small Map)
In the Middle East the Hedjaz (Jordan, Arabia, Medina, Aden, Hadrumut), Mameluks (Azerbaijan, Nuyssaybin, Quattara, Cataract, Syria, Sinai, Judea, Samaria), Persia (Meched, Elbruz, Hamadan, Awaaz, Fars, Tabaristan), and Oman (Jaffna, Columbo, Zanzibar, Mogadiscio) suffered from the Empire's attentions. In Africa both Nubia (Nile, Nubia, Batn Al Hajar, Bisharin) and Ethiopia (Welo, Gonder, Kefa, Balu) were reduced to one province minors.
Africa/Middle East 1707 (Large Map)
Africa/Middle East 1707 (Small Map)
As the Empire was running a large surplus (1000 ducats/month) and its manpower was largely depleted, the remaining countries (Tunisia, Brunei, Aden, Malacca, Sweden, Zanj, Arakan, Champa, Tibet, Portugal) were paid off with 1000 to 1600 ducats each, to save the armies for the aforementioned conquests.
Peace from 1707 to 1710 gave the Empire time to focus its attention of various ongoing revolts. An explorer was commissioned by the Empire to explore the Pacific Ocean in 1707. By early 1710 war had returned and the Empire was ready. The Empire immediately adopted a fully offense stance in its armed forces (+1 offense,-1 stability).
The Mughal Empire was quickly annexed in July of 1710 restoring the Empire's stability (to +3). Early gains against the Mameluks (Kirkuk), Persia (Tabriz), the Hedjaz (annexed) and Oman (Bahrein, Dofhar) allowed the Empire to temporarily focus elsewhere. The Empire declared war on Mataram (-2 stability), and annexed Baluchistan and the Chagtai Khanate (+2 stability).
The Empire declared war on Mameluks again in 1712 (Persia joined with Mameluks, Oman dishonouring the alliance) leading to temporary stability problems (-7 to -3 plus 50 revolts). The stability issue was quickly resolved with the annexations of Zanj, Ethiopia, Nubia, Ayuatthaya, China and Manchu. With the annexation of Manchu in late 1712, Kangxi was finally captured. The appropriate revenge was extracted from Kangxi, but its description is not suitable for this forum.
Further provinces were obtained over the next several years from Sweden (Gotland), Malacca (Perak, Johor), Myanmar (Shan, Lampang, Bago, Chin, Yunnan), Tunisia (Cyrenica, Tripolitania) and Nippon (Ezochi, Shikoku). Following a peace treaty with Malacca, Ri ayat Shah, ruler of Malacca, insulted Friederike and the Empire declared war on Malacca again in 1713 (-7 stability and the usual 50 revolts). This lowered stability did not last long as Arakan, Malacca, Persia, Champa, Portugal, Bengal, Aden, Mataram and Mameluks were annexed by early 1714. The annexation of Mameluks led to a surprising jump in manpower (from 520000 to 632000) as with a land connection to Africa, all the African provinces of German culture suddenly yielded some manpower. The diplomatic situation in 1714 was as follows (with all remaining countries existing as one province minors):
Diplomatic Situation in 1714
1712 was an exceptional year, allowing the Empire to increase the nobles pensions early in 1713. A peasant revolt (-2 stability) in 1715 occupied Friederike attention briefly, but she mainly spent the next few years rebuilding the Empire's armies and preparing for the upcoming annexations of those remaining to oppose the Empire.
Oman and Brunei declared war on the Empire in the fall of 1716. They were annexed within several months (+2 stability to 3). Tibet and Nippon declared war in the fall of 1717. They too were quickly annexed. Sweden, the last European province not belonging to the Empire, declared war in June 1718 and the Empire was ready:
Sweden 1718
When Myanmar (in October 1718) and Tunisia (in November 1718) declared war on the Empire it was similarly prepared:
Myanmar 1718
Tunisia 1718
On December 21, 1718 the Empire annexed Tunisia, and the world was at peace under the benevolent control of the Empire.
Diplomatic Situation in 1718
1718 Summary
Provinces 866
Cities 677
Colonies 195
Trading Posts 14
Support Limit 1751000
Monthly Income 2338
Census Taxes 4001
Inflation 1%
Technology
Land 35
Naval 18
Trade 8
Infrastructure 6
Domestic Settings
Aristocracy 10
Centralization 0
Innovativeness 0
Mercantilism 4
Offensive Doctrine 10 (+1)
Land 7
Quality 9
Serfdom 8
Friederike was an excellent monarch. She took her promise to her father to make Kangxi (the Manchu emperor) pay for her brother's murder very seriously. She built up a huge army in the newly conquered Chinese territories. When war came to the Empire again in 1702, it was ready.
The territories of the Manchu were soon overrun and in May 1703 Manchu was forced to give up Qinghai, Shanxi, Jilin, Jinan and Shaanxi in exchange for peace. Friederike however had no intentions of honouring this treaty and was back at war with Machu within a month. The resulting loss of stability (-7; -5 for peace treaty, -2 for no Casus Belli) was partially compensated for by the annexations of the Ottoman Empire, the Uzbek Kaganate, and Afganistan (+3 stability to 0). By November 1703 Manchu again sued for peace ceding Sichuan, Hohhot, Viazemski, Xining, Henan, Nelma, and Ningxia to the Empire. However Friederike still thirsted for revenge. Although the Empire's stability was only at 0, the Empire declared on Manchu again in December 1703 (-7 stability from 0) leading to a loss of three stability points and several hundred revolts.
The revolts were dealt with by the Empire's numerous armies. Stability was partially regained by the annexations of Sibir, Orissa, Dai Viet, Jodhpur and Ak Koyunlu (+5 stability to 2). Manchu sued for peace in November 1704 offering Sikhote, Heilongjiang, Nakhaodka, Hainan, Jiansu and Shanghai. The Empire accepted and prompted declared war on Manchu again(you'd think they'd learn). The loss of stability (-7) led to the predictable revolts, but the Empire annexed Vientiane, Assam, Crimea, and Algiers within a month (+4 stability to 1). By the summer of 1705 stability within the Empire had returned to normal (+3) with the additional annexations of Makassar and the Kaliphate. By the time Manchu accepted peace with the Empire in November of 1706 yielding Liaoning, Yalu, Lanzhou and Kachin to the Empire, it had become a one province minor (losing 22 of its 23 remaining provinces in four short wars lasting a total of five years). Friederike could sense her opportunity for revenge was near. However war exhaustion was becoming a serious concern, and Friederike decided to let the Manchu Emperor squirm for a few years, while he pondered his fate.
The Empire was not idle while Friederike obsessed about revenge, and the Empire's armies had resounding victories in the rest of the world as well. In Asia provinces were obtained from Bengal (Koch, Ganges and Howrah), Baluchistan (Mekran), the Chagtai Khanate (Kirgisistan), the Mughal Empire (Bikaner, Panjab, Chandigarh), Ayutthaya (Laos, Sarakham, Cambodia, Da Nang, Phuket, Kwai and Da Lat), Nippon (Kansai), and Myanmar (Irrawady).
Asia 1707 (Large Map)
Asia 1707 (Small Map)
In the Middle East the Hedjaz (Jordan, Arabia, Medina, Aden, Hadrumut), Mameluks (Azerbaijan, Nuyssaybin, Quattara, Cataract, Syria, Sinai, Judea, Samaria), Persia (Meched, Elbruz, Hamadan, Awaaz, Fars, Tabaristan), and Oman (Jaffna, Columbo, Zanzibar, Mogadiscio) suffered from the Empire's attentions. In Africa both Nubia (Nile, Nubia, Batn Al Hajar, Bisharin) and Ethiopia (Welo, Gonder, Kefa, Balu) were reduced to one province minors.
Africa/Middle East 1707 (Large Map)
Africa/Middle East 1707 (Small Map)
As the Empire was running a large surplus (1000 ducats/month) and its manpower was largely depleted, the remaining countries (Tunisia, Brunei, Aden, Malacca, Sweden, Zanj, Arakan, Champa, Tibet, Portugal) were paid off with 1000 to 1600 ducats each, to save the armies for the aforementioned conquests.
Peace from 1707 to 1710 gave the Empire time to focus its attention of various ongoing revolts. An explorer was commissioned by the Empire to explore the Pacific Ocean in 1707. By early 1710 war had returned and the Empire was ready. The Empire immediately adopted a fully offense stance in its armed forces (+1 offense,-1 stability).
The Mughal Empire was quickly annexed in July of 1710 restoring the Empire's stability (to +3). Early gains against the Mameluks (Kirkuk), Persia (Tabriz), the Hedjaz (annexed) and Oman (Bahrein, Dofhar) allowed the Empire to temporarily focus elsewhere. The Empire declared war on Mataram (-2 stability), and annexed Baluchistan and the Chagtai Khanate (+2 stability).
The Empire declared war on Mameluks again in 1712 (Persia joined with Mameluks, Oman dishonouring the alliance) leading to temporary stability problems (-7 to -3 plus 50 revolts). The stability issue was quickly resolved with the annexations of Zanj, Ethiopia, Nubia, Ayuatthaya, China and Manchu. With the annexation of Manchu in late 1712, Kangxi was finally captured. The appropriate revenge was extracted from Kangxi, but its description is not suitable for this forum.
Further provinces were obtained over the next several years from Sweden (Gotland), Malacca (Perak, Johor), Myanmar (Shan, Lampang, Bago, Chin, Yunnan), Tunisia (Cyrenica, Tripolitania) and Nippon (Ezochi, Shikoku). Following a peace treaty with Malacca, Ri ayat Shah, ruler of Malacca, insulted Friederike and the Empire declared war on Malacca again in 1713 (-7 stability and the usual 50 revolts). This lowered stability did not last long as Arakan, Malacca, Persia, Champa, Portugal, Bengal, Aden, Mataram and Mameluks were annexed by early 1714. The annexation of Mameluks led to a surprising jump in manpower (from 520000 to 632000) as with a land connection to Africa, all the African provinces of German culture suddenly yielded some manpower. The diplomatic situation in 1714 was as follows (with all remaining countries existing as one province minors):
Diplomatic Situation in 1714
1712 was an exceptional year, allowing the Empire to increase the nobles pensions early in 1713. A peasant revolt (-2 stability) in 1715 occupied Friederike attention briefly, but she mainly spent the next few years rebuilding the Empire's armies and preparing for the upcoming annexations of those remaining to oppose the Empire.
Oman and Brunei declared war on the Empire in the fall of 1716. They were annexed within several months (+2 stability to 3). Tibet and Nippon declared war in the fall of 1717. They too were quickly annexed. Sweden, the last European province not belonging to the Empire, declared war in June 1718 and the Empire was ready:
Sweden 1718
When Myanmar (in October 1718) and Tunisia (in November 1718) declared war on the Empire it was similarly prepared:
Myanmar 1718
Tunisia 1718
On December 21, 1718 the Empire annexed Tunisia, and the world was at peace under the benevolent control of the Empire.
Diplomatic Situation in 1718
1718 Summary
Provinces 866
Cities 677
Colonies 195
Trading Posts 14
Support Limit 1751000
Monthly Income 2338
Census Taxes 4001
Inflation 1%
Technology
Land 35
Naval 18
Trade 8
Infrastructure 6
Domestic Settings
Aristocracy 10
Centralization 0
Innovativeness 0
Mercantilism 4
Offensive Doctrine 10 (+1)
Land 7
Quality 9
Serfdom 8
Wow, I get really dizzy after reading about all that annexing. Soon the world is yours I believe
Congratulations Florian!
I'm skim reading, since I'm really busy, and only just realised you'd completed the quest. Which country will you pick for the 1.07 challenge? The changes to rebels should mean it doesn't take you so long.
I'm skim reading, since I'm really busy, and only just realised you'd completed the quest. Which country will you pick for the 1.07 challenge? The changes to rebels should mean it doesn't take you so long.
Judge, Owen, Amric
Thanks. I'm not sure I'm going to try to repeat the conquest with version 1.07. I might wait until 1.08 or EU3 depending on when it comes out. World conquest is pretty time consuming and if don't take some time off, I think my wife may kill me. As is evident by the low quality the last few chapters of my AAR, I was getting pretty tired of writing by the end.
Thanks
. I'm not sure I'm going to try to repeat the conquest with version 1.07. I might wait until 1.08 or EU3 depending on when it comes out. World conquest is pretty time consuming and if don't take some time off, I think my wife may kill me. As is evident by the low quality the last few chapters of my AAR, I was getting pretty tired of writing by the end.
Well done. At the very beginning I was trying to count the number of countries you conquered or annexed, but I was lost quickly. It is world conquest without trying to hide it, go for it and take it. Unbelivable number of revolts and conquest every month.
Makes the other AARs seem Christmas' tales.
Makes the other AARs seem Christmas' tales.
Judge
And I thought you were just being sarcastic (in your original post).
Folc de Cardona
Thank you. Your comment is much appreciated.
And I thought you were just being sarcastic (in your original post)
.Folc de Cardona
Thank you. Your comment is much appreciated
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Originally posted by Florian
Judge
And I thought you were just being sarcastic (in your original post)
Sarcastic
No but when I read at work I was in a hurry and did not notice your completed world conquest. Another AAR on its way now maybe???
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