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I don't think that's probably possible with the ideas that I chose but I plan on conquering a large part of the world but then you never know.. there are still roughly 350 years to be played.
In a VeF world conquest attempt I'd definitely pick ideas that reduce core creation cost/time. There are so many provinces in VeF that I assume that it will be very difficult to conquer them all. I wonder if anybody has succeeded in a VeF world conquest :huh:
I thought I let people know how to instant core a province before you fix it
Thanks for the report! :laugh:I thought I let people know how to instant core a province before you fix it
I'll definitely try to remember that if I invade Russia or other cold places
Chapter VI - Coup d'État
The reformation was spreading like wildfire through Europe and parts of the Holy Roman Empire converted to Lutheran, leaving the Empire divided. In Paris the King was amused by the fact that the Holy Roman Empire had failed to pass a single reform in 225 years. Johan Karl I von Schauenburg of Austria became emperor after the House of Wittelsbach had ruled over the Holy Roman Empire for over 160. Johann I von Wittelsbach became emperor on March 15th 1356 and ever since his House had ruled the Empire. Not anymore.
A colonial war was in the air, after Portugal had left the anti-Angevin coalition. The Crown of Portugal had powerful allies who joined their call to arms after the Angevin Union had declared war on them. Troops laid siege on York, the last remaining English province, Lisbon, and Valencia.
The siege of Lisbon proved to be very difficult due to city's massive fortifications and a missing naval blockade. Portugal's armada outclassed the Angevin fleet.
Renowned conquistador de Dampierre led the prestigious siege of York - Dampierre had conquered countless of provinces for the Union and had crushed many opponents. Most notable where his conquests in Mali and on Iceland. His siege engineers managed to breach the wall of York and assaulted the city. After 76 days York fell and England was no more! A proud day for the House of Capet. The Union was now in control over the entire British Isles.
The Hanseatic trade league sought to expand into the Union and was looking for further investments. Ältermann Siegfried Muhl sent a diplomat to Paris who offered Henry III to build a Hansa Kontor in Neuchatel. In exchange the Hansa wanted 1698.73 ducats from the Union. "1698.73 ducats? You can't be serious!" said the King to the Hamburger diplomat. Henry III thought he was joking but after noticing that he was indeed serious about the price, he politely declined the offer.
At the battle of Algarve 24.000 Portuguese soldiers found their death. That battle had basically decided the war and from that point forward it was only a matter of occupying enough provinces before negotiations for a peace treaty could begin. More problematic were all those religious rebels - the Religious Civil War was costed many lives.
Nevertheless, the war was dragging and lasted much longer than anticipated. Aragon ceded two provinces in Iberia and one on Sicily to the Union. Castile gave up most of colonial possessions and ceded a few provinces in Iberia.
The Treaty of Lisbon regulated the control of colonial territories but also of important islands like Madeira. The Union's Colonial Empire was impressive but tariffs were too low. All three colonial nations together paid the Union only 11.65 ducats per month.
Jacques Cartier, a Breton explorer, was hired to speed up colonization (+1 colonist, +50% colonial range). He was sent to Labrador to strengthen the Angevin position in Canada.
Meanwhile in the capital, Henry III confirmed Josquin de Boisseu as governor of Nouveau Paris. He was advised by the small council to keep de Boisseu because the settlers were more or less happy with him. Because of to the Reformation, new Protestant denominations spread through Europe - Anabaptism one of them. The citizens of Utrecht converted to Anabaptism which angered the Crown.
Angevin researchers invented the spinning wheel. This invention allowed spinners and weavers to be produce 20% more goods. It took over a year to build enough spinning wheels for all the wool and cloth producing provinces. The spinning wheel played a crucial part in the Union's economic recovery and slowly all loans were repaid.
Tariffs on copper from La Capetie were issued to ensure that their copper was traded through Angevin ports.
Cartier's efforts paid off and La Louisianne was founded in Canada. Luckily no colonial competitor had established a colonial nation in Canada yet. However, the area was inhabited by Native American tribes who threatened th Angevin settlers.
Henry III named the colony after Louis XI Capet - the first Capetian monarch who converted to Hussitism.
In the February of 1533, the small council informed the King that the Religious Civil War had come to an end! The Union had finally defeated the Lutheran and Catholic rebels! In that small council meeting, the King also agreed to modernize the military. (I researched something that will allow me to improve my military units once I have enough resources)
Johan III, King of Sweden insisted that the Union reclaimed Swedish territory and so a war was declared on Scania and Finland as well as a bunch of minors on October 2nd 1533. At the same time, a war was declared on Mali to increase the influence of Nouveau Paris in Sahel. At that time, Nouveau Paris was the least profitable colonial nation and Crown hoped to conquer some valuable Malian provinces for the colony.
Both wars were fought for years, especially the one against Mali was dragging; a first peace agreement was reached with Finland which returned eight provinces to Sweden.
The settlers in Colombia sought more independence from the Union and Henry III agreed to give them more liberties - Bretonia was founded. The colonial nation was surrounded by hostile countries like Castile and Glere. Bretonia's room for expansion was quite limited and it was rumored that the King was going to war against Castile in the near future.
Heir Edward disagreed with Henry III's decision and the majority of the citizens wanted him to take over the country. In a cold January night, Edward and loyal soldiers attacked the King's palace. Several royal guards were faced but after a short battle Henry III got shot by a putschist.
Edward I coronation ceremony took place on January 19th 1537 in the cathedral of Paris. Even though the country was still fighting on multiple fronts, that day was used to drink fine wine and eat delicious dishes. The King ordered the small council to ensure that every inhabitant of Paris received something to drink. Every Parisian celebrated their new King.
Reports from other cities came in which said that in Toulouse, Firenze and London magnificent festivities were held. The King's new-born son Edward ensured that the succession was safe.
Edward I's education had paid off and his diplomatic skill improved. Furthermore, he was said be a a patron of the arts who admired frescoes and statues.
To be continued...
I just noticed that L'État, C'est Moi has attracted more than 10.000 views in a little over two weeks! I want to take a moment and thank everyone of you for reading this AAR.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Thanks Scott!
The effects of the event are nice but the event fired for every single province that produces woolen goods so it's a little bit spammy. I've asked Penguin to reduce the event spam of the Spinning Wheel event and I think he said it will be in one of the next versions
Chapter VII - Reclaiming Territory
The coronation festivies came to an end and the newly crowned King received an update on the going on wars: Scania was almost defeated but the war was Mali was not going so well because Moroccan forces had managed to occupy Tlemcen. As a reaction, Edward I immediately sent a 25.000 men strong army to support Tlemcen.
In case of his death, Edward I decided that his wife Joan should rule in his son's name until he comes of age. Edward I also hired new members for the small council. Missionary Egar Dampier replaced Sir Thomas More, who had tragically passed away, and field marshal Ambroise Brock was hired to reduce the maintenance cost of the army.
In Malaga, a Moroccan and Angevin delegation met after the Moroccan Sultan cried for peace: He ceded three provinces to the Union which missionaries converted to Hussitism with the intention to 'sell' them to Tlemcen. Victory was also achieved over Scania. Their King agreed to return four provinces to Sweden. Johan III of Sweden was incredibly happy in how little time the Union had managed to reclaim most his territory.
The tariffs of Maryana and La Capetie were raised above 30% and finally the colonies started to be worth the investments but the high tariffs upset the colonists of La Capetie and they formed a colonial assembly! This was quite suspicious and some believed that this was the first step towards independence but not Edward I - The King was convinced that the settlers would remain loyal to the Crown.
Even though missionary Dampier had only recently joined the small council he was fired again because a seer called Nostradamus offered his service to the King. His book Prophecies was published a few months later. (+0.50 yearly prestige)
Shocking news arrived from Bordeaux: The latest vintage was of extremely poor quality! All the barrels of Bordeaux wine were worthless - The Union's reputation suffered since it was known for its exceptional wines. The winemakers of the vineyards in Bordeaux were replaced.
On February 10th 1541 the war with Mali came to an end after they ceded six provinces to the Union which were handed over to Nouveau Paris. A cartographer completed a map of the world on December 9th of the same year. Edward I noticed while taking a look at the map that Serbia still controlled many cities that once belonged to the Byzantine Empire. He positioned two armies on the Byzantine-Serbian border and declared war on them. Venice, the Wittelsbach of the Palatinate and Beloozersk sided with the Serbs; Hamburg joined the Union.
A Venetian armada blockaded the straits between Venezia and Ferrara and defeated the Angevin fleet in the battle of the Gulf of Venice. Many ships were lost but eventually their fleet moved to Corfu and Angevin troops laid siege on Venezia.
Another Angevin army was supporting Byzantine troops who were trying to retake Thrace which was under Serbian occupation. Meanwhile in the capital, the small council informed Edward I that some of the realm's diplomats had ruined his reputation. He thought about executing them but the small council convinced him not to. Even the good news that the Union had completed Grand Fleet ideas, which granted it a casus belli against less advanced nations in Asia, did not raise the King's mood. Maybe it would have been better to execute those diplomats?
May 9th 1546 was a proud day for Byzantium - the Union had won their war against Serbia and Komotini, Macedonia, Serres, Vardar and Plvdid were once again under Byzantine control! Basileus Andreas I was in awe of Edward I. He admired him and was most grateful. The Byzantine festivies were interrupted by massive rebellions within the Empire. Armenian and Pontian Patriots were troubling the Byzantines and Andreas I didn't know what to do so he did what he did best: nothing. Angevin forces took care of the rebel problem.
Upon the Edward I's returned to the capital after visiting Constantinople where the Royal Admiralty informed him that new naval tactics had been researched which increased the navy's moral by 25.0%.
Hamburg, the Union's faithful ally, offered Edward I the province of Heidelberg for the sum of 100 ducats. The generous offer was accepted and Heidelberg became a part of the Union. Nobody knew for sure why Hamburg had to sell one of its provinces but the small council believed that Hamburg was not able to integrate Heidelberg into its realm. Others believed that the Hanseatic league was in financial troubles. Maybe their trade suffered?
Two campaigns were launched to reconquer more land. One against Osman with the intention to restore the Byzantine Empire and one against Norway with the intention to return more provinces to Sweden.
Denmark and Prussia sided with Norway. A massive muslim coalition consisting of Injuids, Tunisia and a few other countries supported Osman.
Norway lost battle after battle and after a soon they settled for peace. The terms were: Sweden received control of Lule Lappmark, Medelpad, Värmland , Västerbotten and Angermanland. Finnmarku and Jämtland were ceded to the Union.
The Union chose Merchant Adventures as its eight set of ideas with the intention to steer trade from the Americas back home. The Iberians stole too much of the Union's trade. This had to end!
Reports reached the capital that Rhodes fell after 1249 days - this was one of the longest sieges in the history of the House of Capet. More sieges were won and enough war score was reached to force Osman to return Bithynia, Göynük, Safranbolu. Rhodes and Troas.
The Byzantine Empire was almost restored - one or two more wars with the Osman was all that stood in the way.
(In the previous two chapters, I've conquered almost no provinces for myself - I hope to conquer more for myself again in in the future.)
To be continued...
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'Babbling Buffoons' is the greatest event name ever. So, planning on making the Mediterranean an Angevin sea?
Definitely! Might take some time but controlling the Mediterranean would be nice and I could then unlock the Thalassocracy decision
Chapter VII - Castilian Colombian Anti-Reformation War
Life was good in Paris after the recent reconquests in the name of Byzantium in Anatolia and the generals wanted to know from Edward I what his next target was. After all, the manpower pool was full - more than 320.000 men were willing to serve the army if necessary. The King told them that he needed some time to think about it and that he was going to inform them when he made up his mind.
Just like his father, young Edward admired the arts and his teachers were use that he would dedicate lots of time to the arts once he rises to the throne. (Heir gained trait Patron of the Arts: -1% prestige decay once he becomes king)
Diplomats completed the integration of Padua in the August of 1551 - after decades the small Italian republic finally became a part of the Union.
Merchants were sent to Lisboa to steer trade towards Bordeaux - the Iberians were still stealing too much of the Angevin overseas trade. Edward I wanted to declare a colonial war on Portugal but his advisors convinced him not to - nobody likes collation wars. Castilian Colombia was formed by Castilian settlers and in La Plata Portuguese colonists created a colonial nation called Rio da Prata.
The medical profession was highly regulated within the Union and becoming a medic was difficult because local administrators decided who should become a medic and who was 'unfit' for the job. But there was still room for improvement because from time to time a not so qualified medic was chosen by some foolish administrator. Therefore Edward I instructed the members of the small council to take matters into their own hands. From now on, every medic was appointed by either directly by the small council or by one of its representatives.
Half a year later, Edward I informed the generals to position the armies in North Africa - it was time conquer some more provinces from Morocco. The King planed to 'sell' the land to Tlemcen and Nouveau Paris after the war. Luck was on the Union's side when the Mamluks joined Morocco. This gave the Union the opportunity to expands its holdings in Egypt and Palestine. Mali, defender of the Sunni faith, became the leader of the defensive forces.
News spread through Western Europe that the Hansa Union was no longer composed of independent city states, namely Hamburg, Lübeck and Bremen - the cities reorganized themselves as one strong merchant country - the Hansa.
Edward I died unexpectedly while attending an archery contest. He ruled over the Union for almost 16 years and much was accomplished during his reign - especially the Byzantines remembered him well. His sixteen-year-old son Edward II became new King of the Union. He had no legal heir so the succession was not safe. Edward II's training in the arts of war paid off - his military skill improved. He was also said to be an excellent diplomat (+6 diplomatic reputation) and a patron of the arts (-1% prestige decay)
The Mamluks were having trouble fighting the Angevin forces back, in Morocco the war was going well as well. Now the Union had only to take care of Mali.
The King married a young girl, Elizabeth, from an English noble family to combine the peace in the Union. Elizabeth delivered a boy which was named Arthur (4/2/2). The succession was safe.
By March of 1555, the Mamluks were defeated and consequently ceded Damascus, Al Karak, Sidon and Hawran. A month later, the war came to an end when Mali agreed to Edward II's terms which stated that Nouveau Paris gained control over Guelmim and Ifni, and the Union over Meknas and Casablanca. These two provinces were then converted to the true faith and afterwards given to Tlemcen which had refused to convert the provinces. Furthermore, Mali also paid war compensations worth 100 ducats.
Over 40 galleasses and 35 brigantines were positioned in the Gulf of Venice to prepare an invasion of La Serenissima. It was time to advance into Northern Italy! In September the King announced to the world that the Union was now at war with Venice, Bulgaria and Serbia. The Venetian merchant fleet was caught by surprise and their entire trade fleet was sunk! This allowed Conquistador de Galard to lay siege on Venezia.
Days later, the Hansa declared war on Holstein and seven other countries and asked the Union to support them. Edward II agreed and Angevin troops were transported to Pommerania and also helped taking care of the Papal forces.
After 529 days Venezia fell and the focus shifted on Serbia and the Venetian holdings in the Balkan - especially Ragusa as valuable. Meanwhile, the Hansa made peace with Holstein - after all this turned out to be a short war. Nevertheless, Velletri and Ancona were integrated into the Union and Mato Grosso and Sao Vicente were given to La Capetie. The Hanseatic Ältermann was generous and Edward II thanked him with some excellent Angevin wine. Young Arthur became very ill and died of a fever. Once again, the Union was without a legitimate heir.
It turned out that Castilian Colombia was clearly ruled by fools - they declared war on Bretonia!! Edward II was outraged and enforced peace on them. The result was the first ever major colonial war. The aggressors were Castile, Castilian Colombia, Portugal, Naples, Toldeo and Rio da Prata. Defending where the Union, Byzantium, Sweden, Tlemcen and all Angevin colonial nations.
All but one of the armies that were fighting in Serbia and Venice were sent to Iberia and the New World and soon peace was made with the Venetians who lost control over Ragusa, Treviso and Friuli.
The Colonial War went ok-ish - but sides made gains - Castilian troops occupied Burgos, Logrono and a Navarra but they were eventually retaken. In La Plata the situation was much better where soldiers from combined forces of La Capetie and the Union sacked ever single town of Rio da Prata.
Thomas was the new son of Elizabeth and Edward II who ensured that the succession was safe. Everybody in the realm hoped he would live longer than Arthur.
Portuguese and Angevin diplomats met in Avignon where the Union proposed the Portoguese to cede Lisboa, Porto and Tehuelmapu. The Portuguese delegation refused and made a counter offered Lisboa, Tehuelmapu as well as 739 ducats. This offer was acceptable and the Portuguese left the war. The Union finally controlled the important center of trade in Lisboa - most of the overseas trade was steered through Lisboa.
Tehuelmapu and the other Angevin colonies in La Plata formed a colonial nation. Edward II named it Belle Elizabeth after his young, attractive wife.
On March 23rd 1563, the Castilian Colombian Anti-Reformation War came to an end when Castile accepted unconditional surrender: Napoli ceded Naples, Bari and Pescara to the Union and Bretonia received four provinces from Castilian Colombia. The Union returned to peace after a long war and Edward II was hoping that the fools in Castilian Colombia were going to declare on Bretonia again!
A number of new maps were drawn by a couple of skilled cartographers.
The World in 1563
To be continued...
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Oh god that's almost beautiful.
Clean up Iberia, then it'll be beautiful. Love the colony names, BTW.
Clean up Iberia, then it'll be beautiful.
Love the colony names, BTW.
Iberia is a tough nut to crack - Lisboa cost over 90% War Score.. It will take a lot of wars to conquer all of Iberia and the problem is that all three Iberian countries are in a coalition against me. So declaring war on them is difficult.. I see what I can do though - I might come up with a planOh god that's almost beautiful.
Clean up Iberia, then it'll be beautiful.
Have you considered the option of charging head-first into Iberia, muskets a'blazing, seiging down every last town, village, and hovel, vassalizing/annexing whatever you can, and laughing in the face of the odds and aggressive expansion malus?
I don't care about AE and I have considered attacking the coalition but I don't know if it's worth it really. I have around 120.000 more men than the entire enemy coalition if I include the troops of my vassals and colonial nations so my odds wouldn't be the worst.. I might declare an anti-coaltion war on the Iberians once I'm a bit stronger. Anti-coaltion wars generates lots of AE (200%) but in exchange lets you annex lots of provinces (40% cost for all provinces).