To All: My, my, so much feedback. I have been ill the last few days so have had half a week to recuperate from school. I am quite fortunate in my timings. I was at my worst state for writing when the thing I was writing about here was the msot trivial; 5 updates of war. Now I, and probably you too, am getting a little tired of war and want some cool political, economic and social updates filled with some clever rhetoric or so such. So I won't cover the war with Austria in much detail. However, in the inevitable event of me beating the new 'Sick man of Europe' (Wasn't me...), I need to decide on what to do with Germany, and I want your say to end my delaying, so it goes to a vote. Do I
a) trigger the conservative Empire event after I have won this war, therby uniting Germany under me, but perhaps unbalancing the game by having 5 years extra play as Germany or
b) do I wait 5 years for a scripted war with Austria which fires the 'Conservative Empire' event anyway? That will likely make sure I am less powerful in the long run, but may well de-stabilise Austria to a point that would make them quite useless for the rest of the game and possibly scumbug to Italian and Hungarian revolutions. I need your say. Update will be tomorrow or sunday after sufficient votes have come in.
Enewald: The border looks ok, and I couldn't get all of Poland so I took the bit that would make it look nicest with what I could get. As for Austria, educational for us both, but more logisitcally and organisationally (ie. dealing with exhaustion and knowing where to stop) for me.
phargle (1): Mostly on the Russian side though, and they don't seem to mind losses to much, but I am still not able to understand that I beat Russia with numbers more than anything...
Helmold: Indeed, I intend to begin to coerce Russia back into my camp, at least for a while. I can't hold onto them forever; I need to make that border look neater
Eöl: Hmm, if only I had the guts to stand up to Britain. Anyway, if I had ever had the intention of standing up to Britain as Prussia (not as Germany of course) I would have invaded Hanover in the opening stages. As I did not, I must go along with how I have started, especially now I have no notable allies on European soil.
comagoosie: Until I know what kind of an impact I can make and on how far I can move into Austrian territory, I can only keep my goals limmited, but further land in Bohemia would not go amiss, though Prague is worth something like 96% war score...
canonized: That'd be nice, but Russia will be looking for revenge unless I appease them, and I really feel they were only half-hearted to their commitment; hence they got a shock when I trounced them at the Vistula. Thay may not be so arrogant in their desicions next time!
rasmus40, Ahura Mazda: Not enough. You really need to be at the Urals to get Russia to hand over only Poland. I was only skirting into Belarus and Latvia. It was rare for them to offer a peace giving me three provinces I wanted; in fact, that happened with Austria as well, they offered me my planned war gains. Stange...
geek_knight: Well we hope the French will stay, but I can vouch for nothing. They might well invade soon enough. And they are a fearsome enemy. Good Generals, plenty of manpower, and divisions well experienced from warfare in Algeria. I would rather not face the French in my weakened state.
phargle, Hardraade, Helmold: I could do plenty more conquering than I am at the moment, indeed (true it would rip me apart with exhaustion but I could technically do it). War in the mid to late 1800s, in Europe at least, wasn't ever about the expansion of a territory, at least not directly. They were means to an end, for political progress, dipolmatic pressure/relief ect. I wouldn't want to do anything out of sync with what this period is about. Anyways, as I have said, more provinces mean more wars (badboy wars don't forget) and I hate writing about war. Bring on the deep 19th C. politics, economics and social reform!
Capibara: As I said just before, territorial gain is all a means to an end, and the taking of these provinces, while profitable, yes, is furthering my diplomatic power of the other Germans, something that is key to all Prussia's expansionist goals, ie. the Unification of Germany.
dublish: I certainly won't be forcing my boundries deep into Slovakia and Hungary, and I shall do my best to revitalise my realtions with Austria after Germany is united, but as of now, they are the one thing that stands in my way of my goals, and until that is not so, they are my enemy. When we no longer have anything to fight about, then they become my natural ally.