By the Ballot: An Elective Succession Game

[PanzerCorps]

Alright, so I've started and the situation wasn't quite as good as I'd hoped(I haven't been reading the updates...)

0% war capacity, 15(!) War Exhaustion and -44% warscore!

Thankfully, it was really easy to retake Rome and Corsica, and white peace Portugal, Navarra and Liege out, leaving the English alone.

So I'm thinking "Cool, worth a save"

And right then as I'm saving, the game crashes!

Oh man... Well, time to dive back in!

 

[PanzerCorps]

Well, good news guys: I got you your Plutocracy early! Plus enough money to repay our loans, build mercs, a trade depot and still have 80 ducats.

God bless random events and Portugal giving war subsidies against their allies!

(Are they confusing me with England or what?)

 

[PanzerCorps]

New update: the game MUST have confused England's files with France's because those guys just keep coming!

They've annexed Siena and Peaced Naples and asked them to break their alliance with us, but I remade it.

I've already killed around 45 regiments of theirs but they've still got an army double mine just next door.

Also, France allied me. Smhw. Sadly they won't come to help(that'd have been too good...)

 

[PanzerCorps]

Joyous news: The war is officially over!

...And we are officially out of Afrika. Fully. (Colonization is not cool...)

And inflated to death. And have 19 WE. And 14 K rebels.

Still, all that should be pretty easy to deal with now.

In other news I allied monster-sweden and England claimed Hungary's throne

 

[Tabanese]

Is there any chance of you doing a more comprehensive AAR, Panzer? I feel like this is quite the epic war for Tuscany and deserves more than a gloss.

 

[PanzerCorps]

Alright, my term's up.

Final situation:

War: Over. Morocco is no longer a vassal and ceded 3 provinces to the English, while our nearby lands rebelled and I had no way of getting to them so they defected to Algiers.

Overall, this is a much better result than it sounds. Combining the cancellation of a vassal with giving away THEIR lands let me get off on much better terms than the English originally wanted. The method of "Leave lands - Let them land - Kill landed guys - Repeat" Was also terribly effective in driving their war exhaustion so high that right now they're having rebel problems! Should we get some more money, supporting revolts in Siena should do the trick and allow us to have it.

The economy: Not terribly good.

Inflation is high(around 10), but it's still early enough for this to be manageable. Plus I replaced our 5-star IR advisor by a 6-star one after the war was over(and the Discipline guy with RR reduction 4-star, which is really needed with 8 WE)

I had to take a 42 ducat bank loan near the end but it should be pretty easy to pay off.

Also, with infamy now low we can trade again, and now that we've gotten rid of those Arfican provinces we will tech-up more easily.

Oh and lastly, I moved towards centralization and only lost a point of stability which was regained the following month, and an event allowed me to move to Plutocracy.

Diplomacy: Perfect stuff here. Alliance with France and Sweden, and guaranteed by... wait for it... England :rofl:

So yeah, not a single person would date attack us now, though I've found the French and Swedish aren't too keen on getting involved in our wars either.

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So overall what I've done here is just damage control. Getting out of this easy was in no way an achievable goal but hopefully we're not too dead.

I will not be running next, though. Now all we have is peaceful re-building and that's no longer really my thing, action sequences with quick decision making was really fun, so I'll end it there.

Here's the save:

Compressed format: https://www.mediafire.com/?3oivy084n8yzwfj

Normal format: https://www.mediafire.com/?34lqj86wng0k28h

 

[PanzerCorps]

Is there any chance of you doing a more comprehensive AAR, Panzer? I feel like this is quite the epic war for Tuscany and deserves more than a gloss.

Hm... I don't have any pictures though I guess I could take some. (I have like 7 separate save files to protect against crashing)

But yeah, this was quite the war and tremendously fun to play. Games like EU aren't known for giving you adrenaline rushes but this was one of those rare instances.

I'll see what I can do...

 

[vidmizz]

Although I am sad that we have lost our Afrika living space, I am still glad that we weren't destroyed completely. I still hope that we will be able to regain Afrika in the nearest 200 years and have the greater Tuscany or hopefully unified Italy by then

 

[Andre Massena]

English were such huge dickheads

I was afraid to land on Corsica because of the English fleet.

 

[Tabanese]

(concerning AAR's)
I'll see what I can do...

Awesome.

As Panzer's term is up, we again have another election/slider cycle. Voting opened on the 3rd at nine. An additional 72 hours would push us to 6th at nine and therefore the final push to eight means the deadline for both is

7th of June, 20:00 GMT.

Tuscany is at a major crossroads. Rebuilding needs to be done after the wars and those who control the country during these years will shape the nation for decades to come. Begin the debates and politics!

 

[AsdfeZxcas]

I'll decide my vote for the next canidate, but for now...

SLIDER: PLUTOCRACY

This is obviously the way to go, and has been since this game started!

 

[Andre Massena]

SLIDER: Free subjects

Freedom for the Tuscan people! They deserve more liberties after the sacrifices they committed for the Great Patriotic War.

 

[Gnorf]

One should call things by their right name. What the English did to the Republic of the Tuscan people was a form of torture.
There was no military motives for these aggressions. Military informants in Geneve have denounced the claims of rearmament from the Tuscans. The opposition to Tuscan independence and colonial ambitions comes directly from the English king.
What they did was inflicting great pain upon the Tuscan people, to inflict pain on a nation to humiliate it, force it to submission.

That is why the war was an atrocity.

Of such, there are many in our history. The barbarian sacks of Rome. The fourth crusade. The sack of The Queen of Cities. There, aggression and devious madmen have triumphed. Both Kings and Popes have rightly renounced these actions as perversions of our faith and the decree by which we all rule. If you put your trust in me, I will be the one leading the resurrection of a proud,strong and independent Tuscan people. I will lead Tuscany to enact our gruesome revenge on the perfidious English. I will once more restore Tuscany to glory.

 

[Andre Massena]

Election: Gnorf

 

[vidmizz]

Election: Gnorf
But remember, rebuilding our reich comes first and revenge later

 

[1anrs]

ELECTION: Gnorf
SLIDER: Free Subjects


Free subjects because I like the tech boost and the morale increase for armies. I agree with Andre Massena, the people deserve a bit more freedom.

...But remember, rebuilding our reich comes first and revenge later

Agree 100% with this. First we need to crush the revolt in Corsica, but after that is done, here a few observations based on viewing the save:

1. we are still minting - perhaps we should start to reduce inflation somewhat instead?
2. if 1. is done, we could maybe get to the next level of Naval fairly quickly for the Barque and then put the Land slider up for Galloglaigh Infantry since Government is currently too far in the future.
3. We are over our support limits for both army and navy - now that the war is over, perhaps we should reduce both? Ditch two galleys and a cog? Ditch one men at arms?
4. Turn the army and navy sliders down for some modest money boost.

 

[Tabanese]

(ELECTION: GNORF)

Et Fridianus would be proud to back the ambitions of Di Helsingur; who better to fight the Northern foe than Northern blood? However, I am a wee bit curious as to what tactics your ruler shall employ. Will you be requesting authorisation for war within the next eight years?

(SLIDER: QUALITY)

We cannot allow Tuscan men to fight an avalanche of foreign power again without adequate provisions. I request that this council offer its treasury to Et Fridianus' forges and we will ensure that, when the flesh and spirit are weak, our steel remains strong.

 

[Scipio808]

I have reached the mountain top and finished reading this whole thread in 1 sitting!

Will be voting on things(if allowed) and keeping up with it since I love the flavor.

 

[Andre Massena]

Death to the English


They ruined my term

 

[1anrs]

...Will be voting on things(if allowed) and keeping up with it since I love the flavor.

Yes, as far as I understand we welcome new people. I am a spectator voter myself.