Time: 4:23pm
Beers: On my 12th
State: "If I happen to die, please take this hat off of my head"
Music: The Hour of the Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy
Game Time: August 1847
Well folks - it was bad...very bad. I don't use Neville, and even if I did, it would not have helped since they owned half of my bloody country. Be that as it may, I offered Oklaohoma, Colorado andmore of Texas and they finally accepted - the little bastards!
And to rub it in, they tried to buy New Mexico and Arizona after it was all over - I told them to piss off!!
Furhter, I now have no middle OR upper class. Drove them all off with my taxes, Hrmph. Had to do something to win the war.
Anyway, I balanced the budget and still fin myself as the #6 Great Power - not too bad.
I improve relations with HOnduras, finally getting them to +46
Send troops to Africa and quell the rebellion in Buea
I set poor taxes to 70% to pay for education since I am falling woefully behind
Had some wine stock spoilt - drink up (and Flavius - you can sip, no need to shoot it - that's the equivalent of one beer!)
I still find myself fighting revolt in Cali..."going back to Cali, Cali, Cali, going back to Cali...not I don't think so." (I wish that were the case.)
Thanks for follwoing gentlemen, and goodnight Ksim3000. Still more to go - I am trying to at leat get a nice 12 hour session here...ugh. Not even 5pm yet here...
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Well, at least they made peace. But I did learn a very important lesson from this session. Never tax your middle and upper class above 49% if you don't want to lose them. They will fly like the wind otherwise! And unbelievable that it was not even 5pm yet. How did I do this?