Greatest turning point in polish history
Well, I am back with an update after longer break. Rest assured despite possible breaks I am willing to write this AAR to the very end. In case anything stops me from doing so I let you know. However do not expect more than 1 or 2 updates weekly.
Also, I found diary type (year by year) AAR to be quite boring for me so I am back to the style this AAR started with.
Poland-Lithuania after Great BB War
P-L enters the period of rebuilding, supressing rebels and upgrading its economy.
We try to stay out of trouble for a while and watch developments in Europe, thinking about our strategy for 17th century.
We retake provinces from rebels possesion ( Bogutjar, Saratov, Novgorod, Erz, Moldavia - all in period of 2 years) and finally upgrade our Alga colony to city status.
1592 brings horryfying news - pope issues Tolerancy Act, our religion changes back to catholic.
This ruined our whole colonial strategy, as we dont get any settlers any more.
Quick review of political situation - our catholic allies proved to be usuless in case of war, OTOH our biggest pain are protestant neighbours.
Conclussion is simple - if we cant (or rather dont want to) beat 'em lets join'em.
So we convert to protestant and bahh - our stab is down to -3.
This came as surprise to me, I thought we would loose 3 stab points.
Ok, we have to live with that - lots of gold goes for improving stab.
P-L enters RM with Sweden.
Meantime two quick wars finished - France anexed Lotaryngia and Turkey took Lebanon from Mammeluks.
We continue our colonial endaviours in Siberia and slowly upgrade Emba colony.
We also invest regularly into improving relations with our new brothers in faith, especially Thuringen ( which is a leader of alliance with Bavaria, Saxony and Wintenberg).
Turkey diploannex Hidjaz.
English alliance go to war against France.
Obviously we continue to fight rebels on every day basis.
We RM Denmark and Thuringen.
In 1597 our stab raised to 0.
Next year Thuringen invited us to join their alliance. Invitation is obviously accepted.
Poland continue its colonial efforts in Siberia and ( when our landtech finally reaches lvl 11) 2 cavalry detachments of brave Cossacks slowly explore rest of Siberia and find China, Korea and Japan.
Mongols embargo us from their trade center in Delhi - ouuuuuch.
Turkey goes for another war against Mammeluks.
1690 brings stability to levl 1 and our alliance end.
This time we invited Thuringen to form our own alliance, which they accept.
English vs France ends with England ceding Oldenburg to France.
England diploannex Scotland.
Turkey takes Alexandria in peace treaty with Mammeluks.
WE enter RM with Saxony, but they decline to join our alliance. Instead they jump into English alliance.
So we concentrate our diplomatic actions on Bavaria.
We pay for another brewery in Podlasia.
In 1606 we finally RM Bavaria
to be cont....