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Great update, with the UK now in control of Hawaii, I guess we can justify the union jack on their flag.
By the way, hows the economy doing with all these wars, you must have built up a fairly decent army, can you afford it...
Oh yea, in your next post, can you show a map of Central America painted all yellow.
By the way, hows the economy doing with all these wars, you must have built up a fairly decent army, can you afford it...
Oh yea, in your next post, can you show a map of Central America painted all yellow.
I just caught up on this AAR, great job with Honduras Fiftypence. The South and Central American countries are my favourite to play.
And that land swap removes your land border with the UK. Very handy bit of business indeed. 
Brunei always gets a beating from me when I decide to expand. :rofl: They're weak, and they have good resources. Poor guys.
I've been lurking for a while, but I have to say I'm enjoying this AAR, it's a good read. One comment: It seems there were more than 3,000,000 people voting in the last election. Considering there are 10,000,000 people in Honduras, and I assume at least 50% have to be of voting age, doesn't this seem like a rather bad turn out?
I've been lurking for a while, but I have to say I'm enjoying this AAR, it's a good read. One comment: It seems there were more than 3,000,000 people voting in the last election. Considering there are 10,000,000 people in Honduras, and I assume at least 50% have to be of voting age, doesn't this seem like a rather bad turn out?
Henry v. Keiper said:It seems there were more than 3,000,000 people voting in the last election. Considering there are 10,000,000 people in Honduras, and I assume at least 50% have to be of voting age, doesn't this seem like a rather bad turn out?
I thought it represented a good turn out
stnylan: They only got one province.
lifeless: Yeah well, that's the Prussians for you...
Duke of Wellington: Had to stop landgrabbing for a while, as bb was getting a bit high (up to about 18). But I plan to lauch some more invasions before the century is up
anonymous4401: Don't worry, Hawaii will be well looked after by the British.
Quirinus308: My standing army is a paltry 3 divisions, with a mob pool of 12. The economy's all right, but education costs are so high that I've had to put the slider at about 80% to make any kind of cash (about £18 a day, not much at all)
Sgt. Schultz: Thanks!
Garuda: That was indeed my primary reason for doing what was a pretty lousy deal.
Henry v. Keiper: You're forgetting that women don't get the vote. The voting figures include all males over 21 (as voting is, of course, compulsory. )
Emp_Palpatine: Thanks!
I should just say that not much happened in these years, but I've made the best of it.
Honduras
Free, Soveriegn and Independent
1877 - 1885
The nation that President Dmitri Vasquez found himself in charge of was a prosperous, industrious if still slightly backwards regional power, with a larger population than their erstwhile neighbour and friend Mexico. Honduras was also the owner of colonies in northern Borneo, and Vasquez's first act of note was the completion of the conquest of the Sultanate of Brunei, the invasion beginning on December 9th 1877 with a force of 20,000 troops.
The army of Brunei was tiny but very well dug in, and it was only after several months of difficult fighting that the resistance was destroyed and the Sultanate was annexed to Honduras. The south of the island of Borneo was owned by the Netherlands, and so Honduran-Dutch relations became of great importance. It was neccesary for the Hondurans to keep the Dutch happy, and so efforts were made to improve the currently frosty relations between the two state.
The rest of Vasquez's first term was spent investing in and improving infrastructure and industry, seeing the expansion of the lumber mills in Honduras and the industrialisation of Costa Rica as a chain of furniture factories were opened in the region with government funding, leading to an immigration boom and San Jose becoming one of the largest cities in the country. The most populated city at this time was the capital Tegusigalpa, with over a million and a half inhabitants, although Guatemala City, Atitlan, Vera Paz and eventually San Jose all had over a million denizens.
As Honduras entered October of 1880, election time was looming large. Vasquez was determined to be only the second President to win consecutive terms, but faced strong opposition from Partido Liberal candidate Luis Bogran.
Bogran, Presidential hopeful.
Of course, Marco Aurelio Soto was once again stading for Liberal de Honduras. Vasquez's was hoping that his party would once again steal votes away from the Partido Liberal, and indeed Soto himself stated that he hoped that in time the Partido Liberal would die and Liberal de Honduras would rise up and replace them, and so had no regrets about what had happened at the last election.
Marco Aurelio Soto, looking a bit older.
On October 11th Hondurans went to the polls, and as the votes were counted it soon became clear that, unthinkably for the Liberals, that once again votes for Soto's party had swung it for the Conservadors, the second election in a row where no candidate was able to gain a majority of the votes.
Dmitri Vasquez (Partido Conservador) - 1,974,801
Luis Bogran (Partido Liberal) - 1,941,595
Marco Soto (Liberal de Honduras) - 102,365
Bogran could not believe it, and neither could Vasquez, for he had his consecutive second term. Soto was disappointed with the drop in support, but nonetheless was resolved to continue his party, which had a disproportionate amount of support among academics and the scientific community of Honduras.
To be frank, not much happened in Vasquez's second term. A colonial war broke out between Germany and France and the United Kingdom annexed Johore, that being about it overseas. Domestically, there was a few trades of technology between Mexico and Honduras, and some railways were built in Panama. Vasquez considered some more adventures overseas, but no target presented itself. Ideas of possible invasions of Madagascar and Liberia were considered, but never happened, and suddenly it was 1885 and Vasquez's two terms were up...at least, so everyone thought.
In late 1884, Congress hurried through a series of constitutional reforms, all supposedly designed at opening up the system and giving people more choice and freedom in government. However, there was a clause removing the term limit for Presidents. So when Vasquez announced he was standing for a third term there was howls from the liberal newspapers that the constitution was being horribly breached, only to find out that that was not the case. Anyway, Vasquez's support had swollen over the last four years due to improving social conditions and extra wealth from industry, and so it proved to be a wise move on Vasquez's part. The Liberal candidate was Crescencio Gómez, and of course Soto stood for the Liberal de Honduras.
Dmitri Vasquez (Partido Conservador) - 2,627,824
Crescencio Gómez (Partido Liberal) - 1,6250,839
Marco Soto (Liberal de Honduras) - 108,333
It was the first comfortable victory Dmitri Vasquez had experienced, and in his third term of office he finally had a very strong madate for rule, getting over 60% of the vote.
Coming Up - More invasions, possibly.
lifeless: Yeah well, that's the Prussians for you...
Duke of Wellington: Had to stop landgrabbing for a while, as bb was getting a bit high (up to about 18). But I plan to lauch some more invasions before the century is up
anonymous4401: Don't worry, Hawaii will be well looked after by the British.
Quirinus308: My standing army is a paltry 3 divisions, with a mob pool of 12. The economy's all right, but education costs are so high that I've had to put the slider at about 80% to make any kind of cash (about £18 a day, not much at all)
Sgt. Schultz: Thanks!
Garuda: That was indeed my primary reason for doing what was a pretty lousy deal.
Henry v. Keiper: You're forgetting that women don't get the vote. The voting figures include all males over 21 (as voting is, of course, compulsory.
)Emp_Palpatine: Thanks!
I should just say that not much happened in these years, but I've made the best of it.
Honduras
Free, Soveriegn and Independent
1877 - 1885
The nation that President Dmitri Vasquez found himself in charge of was a prosperous, industrious if still slightly backwards regional power, with a larger population than their erstwhile neighbour and friend Mexico. Honduras was also the owner of colonies in northern Borneo, and Vasquez's first act of note was the completion of the conquest of the Sultanate of Brunei, the invasion beginning on December 9th 1877 with a force of 20,000 troops.
The army of Brunei was tiny but very well dug in, and it was only after several months of difficult fighting that the resistance was destroyed and the Sultanate was annexed to Honduras. The south of the island of Borneo was owned by the Netherlands, and so Honduran-Dutch relations became of great importance. It was neccesary for the Hondurans to keep the Dutch happy, and so efforts were made to improve the currently frosty relations between the two state.
The rest of Vasquez's first term was spent investing in and improving infrastructure and industry, seeing the expansion of the lumber mills in Honduras and the industrialisation of Costa Rica as a chain of furniture factories were opened in the region with government funding, leading to an immigration boom and San Jose becoming one of the largest cities in the country. The most populated city at this time was the capital Tegusigalpa, with over a million and a half inhabitants, although Guatemala City, Atitlan, Vera Paz and eventually San Jose all had over a million denizens.
As Honduras entered October of 1880, election time was looming large. Vasquez was determined to be only the second President to win consecutive terms, but faced strong opposition from Partido Liberal candidate Luis Bogran.
Bogran, Presidential hopeful.
Of course, Marco Aurelio Soto was once again stading for Liberal de Honduras. Vasquez's was hoping that his party would once again steal votes away from the Partido Liberal, and indeed Soto himself stated that he hoped that in time the Partido Liberal would die and Liberal de Honduras would rise up and replace them, and so had no regrets about what had happened at the last election.
Marco Aurelio Soto, looking a bit older.
On October 11th Hondurans went to the polls, and as the votes were counted it soon became clear that, unthinkably for the Liberals, that once again votes for Soto's party had swung it for the Conservadors, the second election in a row where no candidate was able to gain a majority of the votes.
Dmitri Vasquez (Partido Conservador) - 1,974,801
Luis Bogran (Partido Liberal) - 1,941,595
Marco Soto (Liberal de Honduras) - 102,365
Bogran could not believe it, and neither could Vasquez, for he had his consecutive second term. Soto was disappointed with the drop in support, but nonetheless was resolved to continue his party, which had a disproportionate amount of support among academics and the scientific community of Honduras.
To be frank, not much happened in Vasquez's second term. A colonial war broke out between Germany and France and the United Kingdom annexed Johore, that being about it overseas. Domestically, there was a few trades of technology between Mexico and Honduras, and some railways were built in Panama. Vasquez considered some more adventures overseas, but no target presented itself. Ideas of possible invasions of Madagascar and Liberia were considered, but never happened, and suddenly it was 1885 and Vasquez's two terms were up...at least, so everyone thought.
In late 1884, Congress hurried through a series of constitutional reforms, all supposedly designed at opening up the system and giving people more choice and freedom in government. However, there was a clause removing the term limit for Presidents. So when Vasquez announced he was standing for a third term there was howls from the liberal newspapers that the constitution was being horribly breached, only to find out that that was not the case. Anyway, Vasquez's support had swollen over the last four years due to improving social conditions and extra wealth from industry, and so it proved to be a wise move on Vasquez's part. The Liberal candidate was Crescencio Gómez, and of course Soto stood for the Liberal de Honduras.
Dmitri Vasquez (Partido Conservador) - 2,627,824
Crescencio Gómez (Partido Liberal) - 1,6250,839
Marco Soto (Liberal de Honduras) - 108,333
It was the first comfortable victory Dmitri Vasquez had experienced, and in his third term of office he finally had a very strong madate for rule, getting over 60% of the vote.
Coming Up - More invasions, possibly.
A bit of peace and quiet is always welcome to recover your strength for fighting to come later. Three terms for Vasquez. Since his popularity is increasing will it be four?
Excellent AAR, very entertaining read. Wish I could get the hang of writing humour. Also very nicely designed - the blue and white titles are a great touch.
Interesting use of elections (my favourite part of Vicky). Gotta love those third parties!
Also very nicely designed - the blue and white titles are a great touch.Interesting use of elections (my favourite part of Vicky). Gotta love those third parties!
stnylan: Quite a storm indeed!
Duke of Wellington: Probably
hasskugel: True, I would like to get the Liberals back in power, but the Conservatives have full citizenship as a policy so immigration is steady.
Henry v. Keiper: Very true.
RossN: Thanks for reading!
1885 - 1892
Vasquez, now feeling secure having comfortably won a third term, decided that now was the perfect time to expand Honduras's overseas interests. Looking at a map of the world, he pondered carefully before pointing, saying simply, "here".
The mighty *cough* Honduran fleet moved into position, and on January 5th 1886 the President of Liberia recieved a rather nasty surprise as 20,000 Hondurans appeared outside Monrovia. The USA, now having no obligations towards Liberia, shook their fists in a vaguely threatening manner but did nothing. Honduras found the war with the bankrupt failed state easier than anticipated, as they did not even have an army.
It was a quick campaign, lasting under three months. On March 26th Liberia became a new colony of Honduras, with over 1,400,000 new inhabitants, who, of course, like their counterparts in Borneo did not become citizens of the Republic of Honduras.
Boosted by the easiness of the Liberia campaign, El Presidente expanded the military, creating two new divisions, and in October declared war on the island nation of Madagascar.
The invasion begins
The Madagascans were routed outside Boina, and the rest of the the island soon fell to the four Honduran divisions involved in the invasion. By February 24th 1888 Madagascar was secured, and was annexed.
Honduras's new lands
The rest of 1888 saw an expansion of industry in the homelands of Central America, including the expansion of the steel and lumber factories. On January 18th the Honduran foreign minister contacted the British embassy, with a proposal; the exhange of Liberia for some Caribbean islands. The Britsh proved tough negotiators, but in the end a deal was hammered out whereby Honduras took over the administration of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago. The deal came about after a worrying build up of hostile French troops on the Liberian border, and both sides were left happy.
The remiander of the decade was spent continuing with the modernisation of industry and infrastructure, and as the election of April 1890 approached Vasquez was looking a good prospect for a fourth term, having done much to strengthen the economy and the military. His opponent was, once again, Crescencio Gómez, and of course Soto stood for the Liberal de Honduras. There was never really much doubt as to who would win, and indeed Vasquez was swept back into office with another landslide.
Dmitri Vasquez (Partido Conservador) - 4,00,8686
Crescencio Gómez (Partido Liberal) - 2,344,813
Marco Soto (Liberal de Honduras) - 113,165
It was a black day for the Liberal movement in Honduras, the only light being that Liberal de Honduras won their first couple of seats in the national Congress. Vasquez was now without doubt the most influential man in Honduras's history, easily surpassing even the late, great Francisco Morazan. In March of 1891, under his leadership, the population of Honduras passed 20,000,000, and in early 1892 Vasquez ordered the invasion of Haiti, with the excuse that lawlessness in that country made some kind of fireign military intervention neccesary for the stability of the region. This was nonsense of course, but nonetheless the invasion happened as planned on March 30th 1892.
The Haitians were easily beaten outside of Port-au-Prince by two Honduran divisions, as another division was deployed into the eastern section of the island to occupy Santo Domingo. Port-au-Prince fell in mid- May, and Santo Domingo was liberated on June 9th. Haiti accepted unconditional surrender, and the island became a part of the Republic of Honduras.
The Republic, sans colonies.
Duke of Wellington: Probably
hasskugel: True, I would like to get the Liberals back in power, but the Conservatives have full citizenship as a policy so immigration is steady.
Henry v. Keiper: Very true.
RossN: Thanks for reading!
Honduras
Free, Soveriegn and Independent1885 - 1892
Vasquez, now feeling secure having comfortably won a third term, decided that now was the perfect time to expand Honduras's overseas interests. Looking at a map of the world, he pondered carefully before pointing, saying simply, "here".
The mighty *cough* Honduran fleet moved into position, and on January 5th 1886 the President of Liberia recieved a rather nasty surprise as 20,000 Hondurans appeared outside Monrovia. The USA, now having no obligations towards Liberia, shook their fists in a vaguely threatening manner but did nothing. Honduras found the war with the bankrupt failed state easier than anticipated, as they did not even have an army.
It was a quick campaign, lasting under three months. On March 26th Liberia became a new colony of Honduras, with over 1,400,000 new inhabitants, who, of course, like their counterparts in Borneo did not become citizens of the Republic of Honduras.
Boosted by the easiness of the Liberia campaign, El Presidente expanded the military, creating two new divisions, and in October declared war on the island nation of Madagascar.
The invasion begins
The Madagascans were routed outside Boina, and the rest of the the island soon fell to the four Honduran divisions involved in the invasion. By February 24th 1888 Madagascar was secured, and was annexed.
Honduras's new lands
The rest of 1888 saw an expansion of industry in the homelands of Central America, including the expansion of the steel and lumber factories. On January 18th the Honduran foreign minister contacted the British embassy, with a proposal; the exhange of Liberia for some Caribbean islands. The Britsh proved tough negotiators, but in the end a deal was hammered out whereby Honduras took over the administration of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago. The deal came about after a worrying build up of hostile French troops on the Liberian border, and both sides were left happy.
The new Caribbean territory
The remiander of the decade was spent continuing with the modernisation of industry and infrastructure, and as the election of April 1890 approached Vasquez was looking a good prospect for a fourth term, having done much to strengthen the economy and the military. His opponent was, once again, Crescencio Gómez, and of course Soto stood for the Liberal de Honduras. There was never really much doubt as to who would win, and indeed Vasquez was swept back into office with another landslide.
Dmitri Vasquez (Partido Conservador) - 4,00,8686
Crescencio Gómez (Partido Liberal) - 2,344,813
Marco Soto (Liberal de Honduras) - 113,165
It was a black day for the Liberal movement in Honduras, the only light being that Liberal de Honduras won their first couple of seats in the national Congress. Vasquez was now without doubt the most influential man in Honduras's history, easily surpassing even the late, great Francisco Morazan. In March of 1891, under his leadership, the population of Honduras passed 20,000,000, and in early 1892 Vasquez ordered the invasion of Haiti, with the excuse that lawlessness in that country made some kind of fireign military intervention neccesary for the stability of the region. This was nonsense of course, but nonetheless the invasion happened as planned on March 30th 1892.
The Haitians were easily beaten outside of Port-au-Prince by two Honduran divisions, as another division was deployed into the eastern section of the island to occupy Santo Domingo. Port-au-Prince fell in mid- May, and Santo Domingo was liberated on June 9th. Haiti accepted unconditional surrender, and the island became a part of the Republic of Honduras.
The Republic, sans colonies.
Yeah, what is that light green thing in the north, anyways? They look like they could use a beating!
Personally I vote for Spain. By now that would include some nice African holdings as well as the usual suspects of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Phillipines.
Honduras is becoming quite the bully picking on those little states. Oh well they make nice colonies