Just another day on the Earth created by Allah, His name be praised.
The infidel followers of the Cross celebrate a new year today. 1492 in their calendar.
Our Wise Sultan, Descendant of the Prophet, Light of Believers, Wise ruler of the powerful Ottoman Empire is worried. Holding the skull of a long-dead Crusader baron beheaded more than 300 years before in its old parched hand, he looks for a long time in the hollow eyes.
Jihad or not Jihad, that is the question. There is something rotten in the Uma. The Community of Believers was strong, united, and it conquered more lands than the Greek Conqueror or Gengis Khan themselves. And now what ? Small kingdoms, small rulers, petty appetites of power have broken down this once grand empire built for the eternal glory of Allah, His name be praised.
At both end of the Mediterranean, Mahomet’s warriors had taken control of infidels’ lands. And now, on the West Front, the Spaniards are finishing throwing those once proud soldiers to the sea. It is only a matter of weeks, perhaps months before Granada falls. And after ? Will the Christians land in Morocco, will our Empire be the next target ? We that have conquered and submitted the proud Constantinople to our rule ? Will the Pope of the Christians raise new waves of hungry hordes to reconquer the land of their Christ ?
The Sultan had a dream. An archangel came to him and said : « as long as your sword isn’t soaked in the blood of believers, you shall be victorious against infidels ». This could have been a simple sentence, hadn’t the Sultan decided to consult the Ulemas on this. The questions coming were :
- Sword ? Hm, does this mean that we have to use guns only ? And axes, are they considered as sword ?
- Infidels and believers : that’s the main question. Are Shiites infidels ? Do peasants rebelling exclude themselves from the Uma, as revolting against the Sultant is revolting against God ?
Those difficult questions would rule the fate of the Ottoman Empire…
First 50 years : 1492-1542.
Turkey has CB against Persia and Mameluks (amongst others). It has fairly good relations with the Muslim minors (Morocco, Algiers, Tunisia, Cyrennaica, Tripolitania, Nubia, Irak, the Hedjaz, Oman, and Aden, Crimea and the Khanates). Wallachia is our vassal.
There are no strong alliance in the Muslim world, so, having decided that Shiites are infidels and that it is the duty of the Sultan to free Believers from their satanic masters, we declare war rapidly on Mameluks and their Venetian ally. We capture Allepo and Ragusa, but loses are high. (We gain Ragusa and its Shipyard from Venice. Mameluks soon offer us Aleppo against peace and we accept.)
Time to build economy, armies, fortifications and alliances. We arrange an alliance with Crimea, have royal marriage with all sunni minors. We welcome Tripolitania and Cyrenaica in the alliance. A lot of diplomatic activities are done to improve relations with all minors muslim nations. However, our generals ask for action and we find an easy target : Georgia, which is -not so easily- conquered as their mountainous provinces take a heavy toll of attrition.
Impressed by our performance and now having a long common border with Turkey, Crimea become our best friends. Our envoys soon convince the Crimean Sultan that one ruler is necessary to lead the Prophet’s sons. Crimea is annexed to Turkey : the first of a long list of pious believers that saw the light.
When our alliance expires, the Hedjaz proposes us to join theirs. They are allied with Mameluks and Tunisia. Why not, it is a strong counter-weight to Persia. The people frowns at the alliance with the despised Mameluks but aren’t they our brothers ? With this strong alliance, the Hedjaz declares war on Irak. We honour our alliance while trying to bring our brothers to reason: we don’t send any troops to Irak and accept their gold to help us in our efforts towards peace. This first war is a draw.
Less than ten years later, it begins again, and, to our surprise, Irak is fully annexed by the Hedjaz. This is clearly a sign sent by Allah, His name be praised. As our relations with the Hedjaz are really good, we begin talking of unification and they gladfully accept to become our vassal. However, annexation will be impossible if we do not have any bordering provinces. But now that they have annexed Irak, there is an uninhabited province south of their kingdom (something like Qatar) and we have some colonists. It is not long before our first trade post is established there. Some years later, after a lot more of diplomatic actions, the Hedjaz is incorporated in the mighty Ottoman realm. 20 days of celebrations are decided.
By 1542, we have doubled our size with just two small wars. We surround Mameluks and are once more allied with Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. Mameluks on the other hand stick to their alliance with Tunisia. The stalwart Ottoman colonists, ready to give their life to bring Allah's words to the world have begun to build colonies and trade posts all around Africa, competing mainly against Portuguese presence. Russia has stormed the Khanates and we are already neighbours…
1542-1602 : War and Peace against Shiites
It is now time for war. We have built up our armies and massed them at Mameluks’ borders. War is declared along with our allies whereas Tunisia, whose unfaithful ruler has been lured by some malevolent Djinn to helping the heretic Shiites, declares war on our mighty alliance. Our campaign is long but totally victorious, thanks to Allah's hand guiding our generals and insipring our men at the time of battles. Attrition in desert and mountain is hard but the Mameluks are utterly defeated on the field and their provinces fall one after the other. Cyrenaica takes control of unfortified Mameluks provinces in Egypt and Sinai, whereas Tunisia conquers and annex one Tripolitan province. Eventually, the heretic power of the Mameluks is shattered, their leaders captured and executed or fled, never to be seen again. All former Mameluks provinces are annexed by Turkey and Cyrenaica. The reign of terror of the bloody Mameluk has ended. A new era of light begins for Egypt, Palestine, Syria…
In the meantime, Oman has annexed Aden and they don’t like us. They are allied with Morocco and quickly welcome an isolated Tunisia in their alliance. No problem, we love all our neighbours and our diplomacy has been given a lot of financial power. We raise our relations to the point of making Nubia, Cyreanica and Tripolitania our vassals, then to annex them. Oman follows.
We colonise Africa and the Indian Ocean at a rapid pace.
1604 : Ahmed I become our Monarch
August 1604 : as we have trade posts in Sahara south of Morocco, this country is the next on the list to agree to be incorporated.
May 1609 : Algiers is diplomatically annexed. To prevent war against Persia, we have raised our relation with them to unseen heights and even agree to an alliance. However, Persia is not as easy as other minors and we will never have the opportunity to vassalize them. For the time being, we are the best of friends.
1617 : Mustapha 1 becomes King
1618 : Osman 2 becomes King (never saw such a mortality rate…)
1620 : Admiral Sissou on the bridge.
1622 : Murad IV is King
1626 : we steal the English sea zones. Great, we see South Pacific, including uncolonized Australia, New Zealand, etc. More lands to bring the word of Allah to.
1628 : Boosted by all our diplomatic successes, the Sultan feels it is time to show the infidels the wrath of Allah’s armies. Venice shall be the victim. Crete and Cyprus fall into our hands as our navy vastly outmatch the Venetian's. Ah, those stupid infidels make us the job even easier: Austria declares war on Venice. Desperate to sign peace, the latter offers us both isles in 1629, which we accept. A few years later, an earthquake strikes European politics : Austrian king dies suddenly without heir. The Spanish King gets to the throne and Austria is annexed to the Spanish kingdom ! It creates a Juggernaut in Europe.
1631 : Tunis becomes our vassal
1632 : Heretics ! Our good relations with Persia have bad secondary effects. Smyrna becomes Shiite.
1637 : What have we done to Allah (praised be His name) ? Our Brewery in Smyrna is destroyed in a terrible fire.
March 1638 : Africa has long turned into a Turkish-Portuguese competition. With Morocco annexed, we cannot leave Tangiers under the rule of Infidels. Two good reasons to declare war on Portugal. We storm Tangiers, land in Cap Verde and begin burning all their trade posts and assaulting their African cities. As good players, they do the same with ours but we are stronger. Eventually, in 1640 we sign peace and get Cap Verde Islands and Tangiers.
1640 : Ibrahim I is King. We have colonies in Western India and are bordering the Mogul Empire. Our diplomats begin to spin good relations with them
1641 : Relations with Mogul Empire become Neutral
1642 : First colony installed in Australia
June 1643 : our colonists successfully reach Tahiti.
1644 : Four more Australian provinces are colonised. In August, Moguls enter our alliance.
April 1646 : Scandal at the court. Our stability drops to 0 and revolts begin to flare in numerous provinces.
1648 : Mehmed IV reaches the throne. He is good and talented. Revolts quenched, save one or two. The Moguls agree to become our vassals.
July 1649 : Tunisia is peacefully annexed to our Kingdom. The Uma is nearly reunited !
1650 : General Djemal Bey arrives to lead the offensive against Poland (1651). Their French ally is beaten in Africa where we burn their trade posts and install our own.
1652 : Poland cedes us Bessarabia, all the Black sea is Turkish now.
1657 : a COT opens in Tahiti.
1658 : We vassalize Hyderabad
1659 : Another great diplomatic victory: Mogul are annexed.
1660 : Mysore is vassalized.
1662 : we reconduct our alliance with Persia, Mogul
1669 : Mysore refuses to be annexed
1670 : Hyderabad is annexed
1671 : The Sultan has a bad dream. A dream in which the tiny red knights build a conspiracy against Turkey and succeed ! This cannot be. The navy sails, the troops land and get defeated. Aaarg, this was a conspiracy. We land again, assault the city and annex the Knights. Impressed by this incredible performance against superior feuds, Mysore accepts to become part of the One Great Muslim Nation.
Now, we have all inner India, whereas the coasts are either Portuguese (West) or English (East). Half cities, half trade posts.
1676 : England is too active in India, when our own colonists flow has drenched to 1 per year. England refuses us trade in India… OK, this means war. « How can we colonise, when trade posts are burning ? » is the Greatest Turkish Hit of the Summer (written by a young group of Australian artists).
Moreover, we annex two English colonial cities in India. Being Reformed (zero tolerance) they revolt every other month. We quickly convert them to Islam.
1677 : War against Russia. They are the only country which still holds Muslim provinces (Krementchoug, Astrakhan, Orsk) except Persia. With our Persian ally, we declare war on them. 250.000 Turks, over 100.000 Persian against 200.000 Muscovites. Beautiful, bloody but victorious.
We annex Krementchoug and Astrakhan. Moreover, the Persian army is in Russia when peace is signed, it’s winter. It’s time to thank our allies.
Their armies cannot cross back Turkey to get back to Persia, they have to cross Russian territories then the Caucasus and their numerous and aggressive native tribes. We ban Persia from our alliance. 85.000 Persian begin a long march towards Persia. When we lose sight of them, they have done half the way and there are only 42.000 of them. Tooooo bad. Six months later, we declare war on Persia and quickly conquer their capital city, Armenia, Azerbaidjan… They refuse to cede us three provinces.
The choice we have is to accept two provinces or go to the end and try the final annexation. Persia is vast, it’s mountain and desert and attrition is very high but we have loads of armies from our previous war. So go for it.
1681 : Persia is fully annexed. We have just one army with 25k men left in Persia at this time. This campaign cost us over 300.000 dead from attrition, combat and assault. A terrible toll but it was worth it. The Uma is unified once again from Morocco to India ! Allah Akbar.
From Persia, we will send colonists in the Caucasus, up to Russia.
1684 : War against Portugal to seize Mangalore (a COT in India), burn some trade post and annex some African provinces. Peace signed in 1686.
1687 : Suleyman II is King.
1689 : New Indian war against England. Two more provinces annexed.
1691 : Ahmed II is King.
1695 : Mustapha 2 is King.
1696 : Third Indian war against England. Two Indian provinces and the one Australian province they had fall in our hands.
1703 : Ahmed III is King
1705 : General Karim Bey is ready to fight against Hungary. We have raised huge armies once again and Hungary is to be the victim. They are isolated and their armies are no match against ours. In one very well driven campaign, their armies are shattered and their provinces assaulted.
16 oct 1705 : Hungary is wholly annexed. Now, we have 4 Protestants or Reformed provinces that keep revolting. The repression is ferocious. Hunger, sieges make the population decrease year after year…
1710 : Fourth Indian war against England. Two more provinces annexed. We begin to establish our own trade posts in South-East Asia.
1714 : Banat (Hungary) is converted to Islam. 3 other provinces are near the 5.000 pop limit that will make them convertible one day or the other.
1715 : War against Venice. Corfou annexed.
1723 : Second Russian war. Our trade posts in Caucasus touch the Russian’s. An expeditionary force begin to burn them, whereas the main armies are engaged in Ukraine and Orenbourg. Eventually, Ukraine and Podolia are annexed.
For the time being, we lead the VP race with over 7000 points to 4500 for Spain…
A note on religions. With maximum stability, we have no risk of revolts in Sunni, Shiites, Orthodox and Catholic provinces. Protestant ones can revolt anytime, and do it.
When our stability drops (ie declaring war without CB), all provinces can revolt, which happened everytime. And it is a lot of work to fight them, consuming many time and resources.
Some pics tomorrow.
[This message has been edited by yndenwal (edited 27-10-2000).]
The infidel followers of the Cross celebrate a new year today. 1492 in their calendar.
Our Wise Sultan, Descendant of the Prophet, Light of Believers, Wise ruler of the powerful Ottoman Empire is worried. Holding the skull of a long-dead Crusader baron beheaded more than 300 years before in its old parched hand, he looks for a long time in the hollow eyes.
Jihad or not Jihad, that is the question. There is something rotten in the Uma. The Community of Believers was strong, united, and it conquered more lands than the Greek Conqueror or Gengis Khan themselves. And now what ? Small kingdoms, small rulers, petty appetites of power have broken down this once grand empire built for the eternal glory of Allah, His name be praised.
At both end of the Mediterranean, Mahomet’s warriors had taken control of infidels’ lands. And now, on the West Front, the Spaniards are finishing throwing those once proud soldiers to the sea. It is only a matter of weeks, perhaps months before Granada falls. And after ? Will the Christians land in Morocco, will our Empire be the next target ? We that have conquered and submitted the proud Constantinople to our rule ? Will the Pope of the Christians raise new waves of hungry hordes to reconquer the land of their Christ ?
The Sultan had a dream. An archangel came to him and said : « as long as your sword isn’t soaked in the blood of believers, you shall be victorious against infidels ». This could have been a simple sentence, hadn’t the Sultan decided to consult the Ulemas on this. The questions coming were :
- Sword ? Hm, does this mean that we have to use guns only ? And axes, are they considered as sword ?
- Infidels and believers : that’s the main question. Are Shiites infidels ? Do peasants rebelling exclude themselves from the Uma, as revolting against the Sultant is revolting against God ?
Those difficult questions would rule the fate of the Ottoman Empire…
First 50 years : 1492-1542.
Turkey has CB against Persia and Mameluks (amongst others). It has fairly good relations with the Muslim minors (Morocco, Algiers, Tunisia, Cyrennaica, Tripolitania, Nubia, Irak, the Hedjaz, Oman, and Aden, Crimea and the Khanates). Wallachia is our vassal.
There are no strong alliance in the Muslim world, so, having decided that Shiites are infidels and that it is the duty of the Sultan to free Believers from their satanic masters, we declare war rapidly on Mameluks and their Venetian ally. We capture Allepo and Ragusa, but loses are high. (We gain Ragusa and its Shipyard from Venice. Mameluks soon offer us Aleppo against peace and we accept.)
Time to build economy, armies, fortifications and alliances. We arrange an alliance with Crimea, have royal marriage with all sunni minors. We welcome Tripolitania and Cyrenaica in the alliance. A lot of diplomatic activities are done to improve relations with all minors muslim nations. However, our generals ask for action and we find an easy target : Georgia, which is -not so easily- conquered as their mountainous provinces take a heavy toll of attrition.
Impressed by our performance and now having a long common border with Turkey, Crimea become our best friends. Our envoys soon convince the Crimean Sultan that one ruler is necessary to lead the Prophet’s sons. Crimea is annexed to Turkey : the first of a long list of pious believers that saw the light.
When our alliance expires, the Hedjaz proposes us to join theirs. They are allied with Mameluks and Tunisia. Why not, it is a strong counter-weight to Persia. The people frowns at the alliance with the despised Mameluks but aren’t they our brothers ? With this strong alliance, the Hedjaz declares war on Irak. We honour our alliance while trying to bring our brothers to reason: we don’t send any troops to Irak and accept their gold to help us in our efforts towards peace. This first war is a draw.
Less than ten years later, it begins again, and, to our surprise, Irak is fully annexed by the Hedjaz. This is clearly a sign sent by Allah, His name be praised. As our relations with the Hedjaz are really good, we begin talking of unification and they gladfully accept to become our vassal. However, annexation will be impossible if we do not have any bordering provinces. But now that they have annexed Irak, there is an uninhabited province south of their kingdom (something like Qatar) and we have some colonists. It is not long before our first trade post is established there. Some years later, after a lot more of diplomatic actions, the Hedjaz is incorporated in the mighty Ottoman realm. 20 days of celebrations are decided.
By 1542, we have doubled our size with just two small wars. We surround Mameluks and are once more allied with Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. Mameluks on the other hand stick to their alliance with Tunisia. The stalwart Ottoman colonists, ready to give their life to bring Allah's words to the world have begun to build colonies and trade posts all around Africa, competing mainly against Portuguese presence. Russia has stormed the Khanates and we are already neighbours…
1542-1602 : War and Peace against Shiites
It is now time for war. We have built up our armies and massed them at Mameluks’ borders. War is declared along with our allies whereas Tunisia, whose unfaithful ruler has been lured by some malevolent Djinn to helping the heretic Shiites, declares war on our mighty alliance. Our campaign is long but totally victorious, thanks to Allah's hand guiding our generals and insipring our men at the time of battles. Attrition in desert and mountain is hard but the Mameluks are utterly defeated on the field and their provinces fall one after the other. Cyrenaica takes control of unfortified Mameluks provinces in Egypt and Sinai, whereas Tunisia conquers and annex one Tripolitan province. Eventually, the heretic power of the Mameluks is shattered, their leaders captured and executed or fled, never to be seen again. All former Mameluks provinces are annexed by Turkey and Cyrenaica. The reign of terror of the bloody Mameluk has ended. A new era of light begins for Egypt, Palestine, Syria…
In the meantime, Oman has annexed Aden and they don’t like us. They are allied with Morocco and quickly welcome an isolated Tunisia in their alliance. No problem, we love all our neighbours and our diplomacy has been given a lot of financial power. We raise our relations to the point of making Nubia, Cyreanica and Tripolitania our vassals, then to annex them. Oman follows.
We colonise Africa and the Indian Ocean at a rapid pace.
1604 : Ahmed I become our Monarch
August 1604 : as we have trade posts in Sahara south of Morocco, this country is the next on the list to agree to be incorporated.
May 1609 : Algiers is diplomatically annexed. To prevent war against Persia, we have raised our relation with them to unseen heights and even agree to an alliance. However, Persia is not as easy as other minors and we will never have the opportunity to vassalize them. For the time being, we are the best of friends.
1617 : Mustapha 1 becomes King
1618 : Osman 2 becomes King (never saw such a mortality rate…)
1620 : Admiral Sissou on the bridge.
1622 : Murad IV is King
1626 : we steal the English sea zones. Great, we see South Pacific, including uncolonized Australia, New Zealand, etc. More lands to bring the word of Allah to.
1628 : Boosted by all our diplomatic successes, the Sultan feels it is time to show the infidels the wrath of Allah’s armies. Venice shall be the victim. Crete and Cyprus fall into our hands as our navy vastly outmatch the Venetian's. Ah, those stupid infidels make us the job even easier: Austria declares war on Venice. Desperate to sign peace, the latter offers us both isles in 1629, which we accept. A few years later, an earthquake strikes European politics : Austrian king dies suddenly without heir. The Spanish King gets to the throne and Austria is annexed to the Spanish kingdom ! It creates a Juggernaut in Europe.
1631 : Tunis becomes our vassal
1632 : Heretics ! Our good relations with Persia have bad secondary effects. Smyrna becomes Shiite.
1637 : What have we done to Allah (praised be His name) ? Our Brewery in Smyrna is destroyed in a terrible fire.
March 1638 : Africa has long turned into a Turkish-Portuguese competition. With Morocco annexed, we cannot leave Tangiers under the rule of Infidels. Two good reasons to declare war on Portugal. We storm Tangiers, land in Cap Verde and begin burning all their trade posts and assaulting their African cities. As good players, they do the same with ours but we are stronger. Eventually, in 1640 we sign peace and get Cap Verde Islands and Tangiers.
1640 : Ibrahim I is King. We have colonies in Western India and are bordering the Mogul Empire. Our diplomats begin to spin good relations with them
1641 : Relations with Mogul Empire become Neutral
1642 : First colony installed in Australia
June 1643 : our colonists successfully reach Tahiti.
1644 : Four more Australian provinces are colonised. In August, Moguls enter our alliance.
April 1646 : Scandal at the court. Our stability drops to 0 and revolts begin to flare in numerous provinces.
1648 : Mehmed IV reaches the throne. He is good and talented. Revolts quenched, save one or two. The Moguls agree to become our vassals.
July 1649 : Tunisia is peacefully annexed to our Kingdom. The Uma is nearly reunited !
1650 : General Djemal Bey arrives to lead the offensive against Poland (1651). Their French ally is beaten in Africa where we burn their trade posts and install our own.
1652 : Poland cedes us Bessarabia, all the Black sea is Turkish now.
1657 : a COT opens in Tahiti.
1658 : We vassalize Hyderabad
1659 : Another great diplomatic victory: Mogul are annexed.
1660 : Mysore is vassalized.
1662 : we reconduct our alliance with Persia, Mogul
1669 : Mysore refuses to be annexed
1670 : Hyderabad is annexed
1671 : The Sultan has a bad dream. A dream in which the tiny red knights build a conspiracy against Turkey and succeed ! This cannot be. The navy sails, the troops land and get defeated. Aaarg, this was a conspiracy. We land again, assault the city and annex the Knights. Impressed by this incredible performance against superior feuds, Mysore accepts to become part of the One Great Muslim Nation.
Now, we have all inner India, whereas the coasts are either Portuguese (West) or English (East). Half cities, half trade posts.
1676 : England is too active in India, when our own colonists flow has drenched to 1 per year. England refuses us trade in India… OK, this means war. « How can we colonise, when trade posts are burning ? » is the Greatest Turkish Hit of the Summer (written by a young group of Australian artists).
Moreover, we annex two English colonial cities in India. Being Reformed (zero tolerance) they revolt every other month. We quickly convert them to Islam.
1677 : War against Russia. They are the only country which still holds Muslim provinces (Krementchoug, Astrakhan, Orsk) except Persia. With our Persian ally, we declare war on them. 250.000 Turks, over 100.000 Persian against 200.000 Muscovites. Beautiful, bloody but victorious.
We annex Krementchoug and Astrakhan. Moreover, the Persian army is in Russia when peace is signed, it’s winter. It’s time to thank our allies.
Their armies cannot cross back Turkey to get back to Persia, they have to cross Russian territories then the Caucasus and their numerous and aggressive native tribes. We ban Persia from our alliance. 85.000 Persian begin a long march towards Persia. When we lose sight of them, they have done half the way and there are only 42.000 of them. Tooooo bad. Six months later, we declare war on Persia and quickly conquer their capital city, Armenia, Azerbaidjan… They refuse to cede us three provinces.
The choice we have is to accept two provinces or go to the end and try the final annexation. Persia is vast, it’s mountain and desert and attrition is very high but we have loads of armies from our previous war. So go for it.
1681 : Persia is fully annexed. We have just one army with 25k men left in Persia at this time. This campaign cost us over 300.000 dead from attrition, combat and assault. A terrible toll but it was worth it. The Uma is unified once again from Morocco to India ! Allah Akbar.
From Persia, we will send colonists in the Caucasus, up to Russia.
1684 : War against Portugal to seize Mangalore (a COT in India), burn some trade post and annex some African provinces. Peace signed in 1686.
1687 : Suleyman II is King.
1689 : New Indian war against England. Two more provinces annexed.
1691 : Ahmed II is King.
1695 : Mustapha 2 is King.
1696 : Third Indian war against England. Two Indian provinces and the one Australian province they had fall in our hands.
1703 : Ahmed III is King
1705 : General Karim Bey is ready to fight against Hungary. We have raised huge armies once again and Hungary is to be the victim. They are isolated and their armies are no match against ours. In one very well driven campaign, their armies are shattered and their provinces assaulted.
16 oct 1705 : Hungary is wholly annexed. Now, we have 4 Protestants or Reformed provinces that keep revolting. The repression is ferocious. Hunger, sieges make the population decrease year after year…
1710 : Fourth Indian war against England. Two more provinces annexed. We begin to establish our own trade posts in South-East Asia.
1714 : Banat (Hungary) is converted to Islam. 3 other provinces are near the 5.000 pop limit that will make them convertible one day or the other.
1715 : War against Venice. Corfou annexed.
1723 : Second Russian war. Our trade posts in Caucasus touch the Russian’s. An expeditionary force begin to burn them, whereas the main armies are engaged in Ukraine and Orenbourg. Eventually, Ukraine and Podolia are annexed.
For the time being, we lead the VP race with over 7000 points to 4500 for Spain…
A note on religions. With maximum stability, we have no risk of revolts in Sunni, Shiites, Orthodox and Catholic provinces. Protestant ones can revolt anytime, and do it.
When our stability drops (ie declaring war without CB), all provinces can revolt, which happened everytime. And it is a lot of work to fight them, consuming many time and resources.
Some pics tomorrow.
[This message has been edited by yndenwal (edited 27-10-2000).]
