I must admit to chuckling at the end with A-H annexing Galicia - what a merry-go-round.
Any chance of a map of what the situation is generally in the Eastern Med?
Any chance of a map of what the situation is generally in the Eastern Med?
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The situation is basically the same as in the beginning of the game, except with united Italy, independent Albania, British Levant and an expanded Greece.
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Despite Italian protests, Britain annexed another swath of land in the Middle East.
The King and most Greeks considered the idea of female suffrage to be silly, believing that husbands and fathers already represent the wishes of their wives and daughters. Still, the King indicated that he won't be completely opposed to this idea, provided his people change their mind.
The death of King Otto in 1873 was expected, but it was still mourned by his people. Otto's brother Liutpold was a dedicated Roman Catholic and refused to convert to Orthodoxy, so the Greeks had to search for another king. The Parliament offered a throne to Prince Alfred, Victoria's son, but the Queen refused to send her son so far away. The British government compensated Greece for this rejection by ceding it the Ionian Islands protectorate. Prince William of Denmark became the new constitutional King of the Hellenes with the Orthodox name of Georgios/George. One of the new king's first acts was promoting Greek cotton across the whole world - even in the faraway South Africa the Boers used cotton blankets made from Thessalian cotton.
The new king immediately had to face a major problem - the Ottomans, under the pretext of helping a minor Turkish rebellion in Thessaly and Macedonia, declared war on Greece, eager to recover Thessaloniki, the loss of which was never accepted in Istanbul. Hoping to expand its trading rights in the Empire, Spain joined the war declaration.
The Kingdom's finances were immediately switched to military state. A mass mobilization was announced.
The Turks had occupied Saloniki, but had to retreat from Dousmanis' concentration of force.
The Greek military's greatest fear was the intervention of Spainish troops - they could mean the difference between victory and defeat. That is why Greek diplomacy spent the past years improving relations with Italy.
Would these fellow ancient people help us save our compatriots from Turkish oppression? - asked the Greeks.
The King was unpleasantly surprised at Italy claiming leadership in the anti-Ottoman alliance, although this was to be expected.
The Galician Ping-Pong continued apace.
The Islands Battalion of Stefanos Vassos made an epic march from Chios to Macedonia in order to help the main Hellenic Army.
It arrived just in time.
The Greek poor sacrificed a lot during the war - surely it would not be wise to provoke them.
The war marginalized the sufragettes, as some of them supported Greek national-liberation, while others insisted that the war is a purely man's business which women should reject. Meanwhile, Italians were unloading in Asia Minor...
The Sultan decided to cede a small strip of coastal land to Greece. While many Greeks were unstaisfied with the small gains, the Great Powers persuaded Greece to accept the peace treaty.
The dissatisfaction erupted into a mass movement for supporting the Megali Idea, one that would see all Hellenes in one state.
In NNM, you need to be a Great Power to activate the Megali Idea, unlike Vanilla. In my modmod, I compromised and required merely being a Secondary Power for it.
Greek demographics after the war.
Yes, I was so involved in the war, I forgot to choose my research for a while. Involving Italy was probably a mistake, preventing me from taking more from the Ottomans. On the other hand, better safe than sorry - what if just after I defeated a Turkish stack, the Spaniards would land 30k troops nearby?
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Despite Italian protests, Britain annexed another swath of land in the Middle East.
The King and most Greeks considered the idea of female suffrage to be silly, believing that husbands and fathers already represent the wishes of their wives and daughters. Still, the King indicated that he won't be completely opposed to this idea, provided his people change their mind.
The death of King Otto in 1873 was expected, but it was still mourned by his people. Otto's brother Liutpold was a dedicated Roman Catholic and refused to convert to Orthodoxy, so the Greeks had to search for another king. The Parliament offered a throne to Prince Alfred, Victoria's son, but the Queen refused to send her son so far away. The British government compensated Greece for this rejection by ceding it the Ionian Islands protectorate. Prince William of Denmark became the new constitutional King of the Hellenes with the Orthodox name of Georgios/George. One of the new king's first acts was promoting Greek cotton across the whole world - even in the faraway South Africa the Boers used cotton blankets made from Thessalian cotton.
The new king immediately had to face a major problem - the Ottomans, under the pretext of helping a minor Turkish rebellion in Thessaly and Macedonia, declared war on Greece, eager to recover Thessaloniki, the loss of which was never accepted in Istanbul. Hoping to expand its trading rights in the Empire, Spain joined the war declaration.
The Kingdom's finances were immediately switched to military state. A mass mobilization was announced.
The Turks had occupied Saloniki, but had to retreat from Dousmanis' concentration of force.
The Greek military's greatest fear was the intervention of Spainish troops - they could mean the difference between victory and defeat. That is why Greek diplomacy spent the past years improving relations with Italy.
Would these fellow ancient people help us save our compatriots from Turkish oppression? - asked the Greeks.
The King was unpleasantly surprised at Italy claiming leadership in the anti-Ottoman alliance, although this was to be expected.
The Galician Ping-Pong continued apace.
The Islands Battalion of Stefanos Vassos made an epic march from Chios to Macedonia in order to help the main Hellenic Army.
It arrived just in time.
The Greek poor sacrificed a lot during the war - surely it would not be wise to provoke them.
The war marginalized the sufragettes, as some of them supported Greek national-liberation, while others insisted that the war is a purely man's business which women should reject. Meanwhile, Italians were unloading in Asia Minor...
The Sultan decided to cede a small strip of coastal land to Greece. While many Greeks were unstaisfied with the small gains, the Great Powers persuaded Greece to accept the peace treaty.
The dissatisfaction erupted into a mass movement for supporting the Megali Idea, one that would see all Hellenes in one state.
In NNM, you need to be a Great Power to activate the Megali Idea, unlike Vanilla. In my modmod, I compromised and required merely being a Secondary Power for it.
Greek demographics after the war.
Yes, I was so involved in the war, I forgot to choose my research for a while. Involving Italy was probably a mistake, preventing me from taking more from the Ottomans. On the other hand, better safe than sorry - what if just after I defeated a Turkish stack, the Spaniards would land 30k troops nearby?
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Slow but steady wins the race, as it were. Continued progress against the Ottomans is good.
I truly wonder where Galicia will end up.
I truly wonder where Galicia will end up.
The small gains in war enraged the extreme Greek nationalists. One of them assassinated Prime Minister Deligeorgis, whom he believed to be responsible.
Greek Expressionism was admired all over Europe.
The new PM was an old hero of the Independence War.
Thessalonica - or, rather, Selanik - had been a major Turkish city, at least, according to a Turkish intellectual from the place. Greek authorities tried to suppress his work, but it found its readership among higher-class Turks, anyway.
King George choose to defuse the situation with growing socialist influence by coopting it. He allowed socialists in the upper house and supported their bill of minimum wage, winning public admiration.
Another humanitarian initiative of the King was signing the Geneva Convention.
Secret police tirelessly worked in Thessalonica, routing out Turkish agitators.
Creation of the Greek Royal Guard was warmly received by the people.
The humiliation France underwent at Prussian hands led to France having to cease its colonial adventures in Vietnam.
The Greek Interventionist school of economy was gaining authority over the rest.
With Greek Conservatives in power, you can't raise taxes more than 50%, can't build or subsidize factories - not good for a small country.
Novels about Inspector Demopoulos, investigator of Turkish factory sabotage, were a common reading for lower-middle class Greeks.
After the old admiral peacefully died, the Parliament choose the reformist politician Trikoupis as the new PM.
He immediately took measures against voter intimidation and debtor prisons, calling them the remains of barbaric Turkish oppression.
Germany entered the world stage with a lot of pomp.
Greece was not invited to the colonial St. Petersburg conference, despite protests.
It was a great honor for Greeks, however, that their academic politology was thriving, reminding everyone of ancient Greek political brilliance.
Greek Expressionism was admired all over Europe.
The new PM was an old hero of the Independence War.
Thessalonica - or, rather, Selanik - had been a major Turkish city, at least, according to a Turkish intellectual from the place. Greek authorities tried to suppress his work, but it found its readership among higher-class Turks, anyway.
King George choose to defuse the situation with growing socialist influence by coopting it. He allowed socialists in the upper house and supported their bill of minimum wage, winning public admiration.
Another humanitarian initiative of the King was signing the Geneva Convention.
Secret police tirelessly worked in Thessalonica, routing out Turkish agitators.
Creation of the Greek Royal Guard was warmly received by the people.
The humiliation France underwent at Prussian hands led to France having to cease its colonial adventures in Vietnam.
The Greek Interventionist school of economy was gaining authority over the rest.
With Greek Conservatives in power, you can't raise taxes more than 50%, can't build or subsidize factories - not good for a small country.
Novels about Inspector Demopoulos, investigator of Turkish factory sabotage, were a common reading for lower-middle class Greeks.
After the old admiral peacefully died, the Parliament choose the reformist politician Trikoupis as the new PM.
He immediately took measures against voter intimidation and debtor prisons, calling them the remains of barbaric Turkish oppression.
Germany entered the world stage with a lot of pomp.
Greece was not invited to the colonial St. Petersburg conference, despite protests.
It was a great honor for Greeks, however, that their academic politology was thriving, reminding everyone of ancient Greek political brilliance.
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Cooperation of liberals and socialists ensured further improvements in Greek education.
The King and the Prime Minister both sympathized with the sufragettes, albeit while the PM did it because of his political philosophy, the King, being a gentleman, sympathized with frail upper class ladies.
But most Greeks soon had other matters than the question of woman's suffrage. Many Balkan nations and Italy had united against the Ottoman empire, sending armies to protect Serbia against Turkish aggression. Obviously, Greece couldn't remain alone in that fight...
The most unexpected coalition partner were the Galicians, who joined the war in order to strengthen their relations with Serbia.
The Coalition had dreams of liberating the whole of Bulgaria.
The two generals named Odysseus repelled a small Turkish assault on Chios.
Far more decisive was the victorious battle of Southern Leskovac, where the combined Serbian-Greek force had managed to trap Turkish forces into unfavorable terrain.
Another grand, this time purely Greek, victory in the war, was the Battle of Didimotika.
The Greco-Galician victory over Turks in Bulgaria was the last of the three great victories of the war.
On sea, Italians and Greeks had chased the Turkish fleet back to its harbors.
The Ottomans' fate was sealed.
For some reason, I was able to demand Thrace right away, with the Ottoman capital moving to Skopje. Also, I probably should have waited more and allowed Serbs to take Macedonia.
The victory was celebrated in Athens for weeks. Finally, Constantinople was in Greek hands once again. However, the Great Powers, displeased at the too rapid fall of the Ottomans, prevented the Greek government from moving the capital there, insisting Thrace to be a zone merely "under indefinite Greek occupation", but not an integral part of the Kingdom.
The minimum wage of the Greek workers was increased as a part of the victory celebrations.
The King and the Prime Minister had to somewhat temper the most jingoistic elements of Greek society.
Neo-Greek philosophy was thriving, too, with several Greek treaties on Hegel's phenomenology being favorably received in European thick journals.
At the heels of the Great Victory, liberals had no trouble staying in power.
The King and the Prime Minister both sympathized with the sufragettes, albeit while the PM did it because of his political philosophy, the King, being a gentleman, sympathized with frail upper class ladies.
But most Greeks soon had other matters than the question of woman's suffrage. Many Balkan nations and Italy had united against the Ottoman empire, sending armies to protect Serbia against Turkish aggression. Obviously, Greece couldn't remain alone in that fight...
The most unexpected coalition partner were the Galicians, who joined the war in order to strengthen their relations with Serbia.
The Coalition had dreams of liberating the whole of Bulgaria.
The two generals named Odysseus repelled a small Turkish assault on Chios.
Far more decisive was the victorious battle of Southern Leskovac, where the combined Serbian-Greek force had managed to trap Turkish forces into unfavorable terrain.
Another grand, this time purely Greek, victory in the war, was the Battle of Didimotika.
The Greco-Galician victory over Turks in Bulgaria was the last of the three great victories of the war.
On sea, Italians and Greeks had chased the Turkish fleet back to its harbors.
The Ottomans' fate was sealed.
For some reason, I was able to demand Thrace right away, with the Ottoman capital moving to Skopje. Also, I probably should have waited more and allowed Serbs to take Macedonia.
The victory was celebrated in Athens for weeks. Finally, Constantinople was in Greek hands once again. However, the Great Powers, displeased at the too rapid fall of the Ottomans, prevented the Greek government from moving the capital there, insisting Thrace to be a zone merely "under indefinite Greek occupation", but not an integral part of the Kingdom.
The minimum wage of the Greek workers was increased as a part of the victory celebrations.
The King and the Prime Minister had to somewhat temper the most jingoistic elements of Greek society.
Neo-Greek philosophy was thriving, too, with several Greek treaties on Hegel's phenomenology being favorably received in European thick journals.
At the heels of the Great Victory, liberals had no trouble staying in power.
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Mmm, somewhat annoying mechanic there if I have understood it right.
But Hooray! A might victory all the same.
But Hooray! A might victory all the same.
The sound of Rotterdam ploughs working the Greek soil (Constantinople, of course, being as much Greek soil as Athens, despite what the Great Powers might have said) was certainly very expressive.
"Isn't it a shame that the nation which did what once was thought impossible and freed Constantinople still has to live in old slums and shovels?" asked the liberal deputee Theotokis. The Parliament supported his initiative to investigate the methods of urban renewal.
Nationalist rhetoric was on the rise in Greece, with politicians and orators proclaiming the Hellenic supremacy in all things.
The Ottomans attempted to recover their Balkan holdings, but their efforts were thwarted by the Second anti-Turkish coalition, which was just like the first, but without Galicia, whose Prime Minister, the Polish Pan Oslinski, owned many factories in the rapidly declining Empire.
In a quick victory, Greece recovered Smyrna and Cyprus, even if Serbian ambitions were frustrated.
However, the victory celebrations were overseen by the first Greek Socialist PM, Nikos Dimitratos. His election raised alarm in military circles, yet King George was confident that he'll manage to co-opt the Socialists and make them useful to the new Greece.
Serbia was given its compensation for receiving nothing in the war by annexing Montenegro.
Despite Dimitratos' progressive views on the Greek Turks, he was still forced to oversee the suppression of nationalist Turkish activities.
The military continued to work for the prestige of Greece, winning a minor border dispute with Bulgaria.
The League for Turkish Rights in Occupied Thrace appealed to the Great Powers to make Greece retreat from Constantinople. But the Great Powers didn't want any changes in Balkans for the moment.
King George seized on the opportunity to revive the ancient Olympic Games in Greece, despite the objections of the Orthodox Church, which ultimately agreed to bless the Olympics due to their necessity for the greater Greek glory.
When Greece again tried to limit Ottoman influence on the Balkans, President Oslinski of Galicia traitorously supported the Ottomans (Galicia had a far bigger army than you'd expect), but the heroic Romanians managed to defeat the Galicians in Moldavia, freeing the Bulgarians from Turkish oppression.
The UK attempted to transfer Smyrna back to the Ottomans, but Italy and Germany objected, to the great relief of all Greeks.
The Serbs finally received their ultimate compensation for their blood split in the anti-Ottoman wars - Bulgaria was incorporated into Yugoslavia. The Macedonian enclave remained the only pocket of Ottoman influence in the Balkans.
"Isn't it a shame that the nation which did what once was thought impossible and freed Constantinople still has to live in old slums and shovels?" asked the liberal deputee Theotokis. The Parliament supported his initiative to investigate the methods of urban renewal.
Nationalist rhetoric was on the rise in Greece, with politicians and orators proclaiming the Hellenic supremacy in all things.
The Ottomans attempted to recover their Balkan holdings, but their efforts were thwarted by the Second anti-Turkish coalition, which was just like the first, but without Galicia, whose Prime Minister, the Polish Pan Oslinski, owned many factories in the rapidly declining Empire.
In a quick victory, Greece recovered Smyrna and Cyprus, even if Serbian ambitions were frustrated.
However, the victory celebrations were overseen by the first Greek Socialist PM, Nikos Dimitratos. His election raised alarm in military circles, yet King George was confident that he'll manage to co-opt the Socialists and make them useful to the new Greece.
Serbia was given its compensation for receiving nothing in the war by annexing Montenegro.
Despite Dimitratos' progressive views on the Greek Turks, he was still forced to oversee the suppression of nationalist Turkish activities.
The military continued to work for the prestige of Greece, winning a minor border dispute with Bulgaria.
The League for Turkish Rights in Occupied Thrace appealed to the Great Powers to make Greece retreat from Constantinople. But the Great Powers didn't want any changes in Balkans for the moment.
King George seized on the opportunity to revive the ancient Olympic Games in Greece, despite the objections of the Orthodox Church, which ultimately agreed to bless the Olympics due to their necessity for the greater Greek glory.
When Greece again tried to limit Ottoman influence on the Balkans, President Oslinski of Galicia traitorously supported the Ottomans (Galicia had a far bigger army than you'd expect), but the heroic Romanians managed to defeat the Galicians in Moldavia, freeing the Bulgarians from Turkish oppression.
The UK attempted to transfer Smyrna back to the Ottomans, but Italy and Germany objected, to the great relief of all Greeks.
The Serbs finally received their ultimate compensation for their blood split in the anti-Ottoman wars - Bulgaria was incorporated into Yugoslavia. The Macedonian enclave remained the only pocket of Ottoman influence in the Balkans.
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One hopes that Macdeonia won't be a source of conflict between the Greeks and the Serbs.
Demographics and world map will be at the end 
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"Some of the European snobs still underestimate the culture of modern Greece", the pro-government press insisted. "Therefore, we should promote all our achievements, no matter whether we agree with them or not".
The Communist party of Greece denounced the Socialists as collaborators with the government, provoking agitations and minor riots.
The greatest riot of all was the Riot of Constantinople, in which the Turkish population played an important role. However, it was suppressed by general Mouskos who led the mixed-ethnicity Greek and Turkish troops. Mouskos was given highest distinctions for ensuring the loyalty of Turko-Greek soldiers.
The slow and steady campaign for women's suffrage finally resulted in its success. The Parliament ratified it without much controversy, with only a minority objecting.
The peaceful transfer of power between the Socialists and the Liberal New Party underlined the prevailing parliamentary character of Greek socialism.
A great war was raging, with many Germans, Russians, Chinese and Japanese dying for their rulers' folly.
While in Greece, art and culture prospered.
Russia was forced to cede territory to China, but escaped greater dismemberment.
However, Japanese armies managed to defeat large Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest carnages of the beginning XX century.
Horrific events taking place on the East diminished China's influence further. Political scientists over the world now classified Greece, and not China, as a Greater Power, even if they considered it to be the "least among the greatest".
This, plus continuing Greek control of the Straits, finally allowed King George to move capital to Constantinople and to officially proclaim his son Constantine to be the future Constantine XII, continuing the line of the old hellenized Eastern Roman Emperors.
Greek soldiers also appreciated their fabulous new purple uniforms.
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"Some of the European snobs still underestimate the culture of modern Greece", the pro-government press insisted. "Therefore, we should promote all our achievements, no matter whether we agree with them or not".
The Communist party of Greece denounced the Socialists as collaborators with the government, provoking agitations and minor riots.
The greatest riot of all was the Riot of Constantinople, in which the Turkish population played an important role. However, it was suppressed by general Mouskos who led the mixed-ethnicity Greek and Turkish troops. Mouskos was given highest distinctions for ensuring the loyalty of Turko-Greek soldiers.
The slow and steady campaign for women's suffrage finally resulted in its success. The Parliament ratified it without much controversy, with only a minority objecting.
The peaceful transfer of power between the Socialists and the Liberal New Party underlined the prevailing parliamentary character of Greek socialism.
A great war was raging, with many Germans, Russians, Chinese and Japanese dying for their rulers' folly.
While in Greece, art and culture prospered.
Russia was forced to cede territory to China, but escaped greater dismemberment.
However, Japanese armies managed to defeat large Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest carnages of the beginning XX century.
Horrific events taking place on the East diminished China's influence further. Political scientists over the world now classified Greece, and not China, as a Greater Power, even if they considered it to be the "least among the greatest".
This, plus continuing Greek control of the Straits, finally allowed King George to move capital to Constantinople and to officially proclaim his son Constantine to be the future Constantine XII, continuing the line of the old hellenized Eastern Roman Emperors.
Greek soldiers also appreciated their fabulous new purple uniforms.
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Roma aeterna.
Sounds like a great war to be able to sit on the sidelines for. However, I wonder now you are a GP (presuming you maintain that) if you will be able to do the same for the next.
Sounds like a great war to be able to sit on the sidelines for. However, I wonder now you are a GP (presuming you maintain that) if you will be able to do the same for the next.
While Constantinople, with its Patriarch and Imperial prestige, was the keeper of traditions, Athens, freed from the necessity of being the capital, became the center of intellectual and artistic experimentation in the new Empire.
Turks in Asia Minor continued to cause tensions, but this time, the world just wasn't willing to listen to them, fixated on the majesty of Imperial Constantinople.
Obviously, the restored Hellenic Empire needed to recover ancient Greek seafaring and exploring reputation.
The first expedition failed, but the second one was a success. The same flag that was now flying over Constantinople, now flew over the South Pole.
Japanese occupation of Beijing resulted in the China breaking up.
The Empire could afford generous unemployment subsidies.
The new Emperor Constantine XII attempted to remove the Ottomans from the Balkans once and for all, picking an opportune moment of wars between Ottoman protectors.
Unfortunately, Turkey got to keep the enclave immediately around Skopje, even if it didn't get to keep the Sultan.
Never realized what's going on with taking/liberating capitals in this game.
Italy suffered a humiliating defeat at the Franco-American hands.
The Emperor seized the opportunity of Yugoslavian coup and the resulting Bosnian secession to install a puppet government in Yugoslavia, which proclaimed both the King in Belgrade and the Emperor in Constantinople to be Yugoslavian co-regents.
Seeing that the Empire now controls everything around the Skopje enclave, Turkey decided to abandon it.
The only time I used the console. After me puppeting Yugoslavia, the Turkish enclave was just too incogrous. I then actually went to mod files and coded so that the Ottomans move the capital to Asia Minor if it happens to be in Skopje, just in case.
Turks in Asia Minor continued to cause tensions, but this time, the world just wasn't willing to listen to them, fixated on the majesty of Imperial Constantinople.
Obviously, the restored Hellenic Empire needed to recover ancient Greek seafaring and exploring reputation.
The first expedition failed, but the second one was a success. The same flag that was now flying over Constantinople, now flew over the South Pole.
Japanese occupation of Beijing resulted in the China breaking up.
The Empire could afford generous unemployment subsidies.
The new Emperor Constantine XII attempted to remove the Ottomans from the Balkans once and for all, picking an opportune moment of wars between Ottoman protectors.
Unfortunately, Turkey got to keep the enclave immediately around Skopje, even if it didn't get to keep the Sultan.
Never realized what's going on with taking/liberating capitals in this game.
Italy suffered a humiliating defeat at the Franco-American hands.
The Emperor seized the opportunity of Yugoslavian coup and the resulting Bosnian secession to install a puppet government in Yugoslavia, which proclaimed both the King in Belgrade and the Emperor in Constantinople to be Yugoslavian co-regents.
Seeing that the Empire now controls everything around the Skopje enclave, Turkey decided to abandon it.
The only time I used the console. After me puppeting Yugoslavia, the Turkish enclave was just too incogrous. I then actually went to mod files and coded so that the Ottomans move the capital to Asia Minor if it happens to be in Skopje, just in case.
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The Macedonian enclave was delightfully quirky, but all good quirks must come to an end.
Looks like a good opportunity taken with those interlocking wars.
Looks like a good opportunity taken with those interlocking wars.
The Empire pursued the policy of non-intervention for a while, which significantly damaged its prestige.
The falling prestige was used by PM Sofoulis to limit the powers of the Emperor.
However, both the Emperor and the PM agreed on the need to interfere agaist the Fascists in Italy, especially since Italian fleet had recently been destroyed by the Austrians.
The independent republic of Venice, established when Italy had been defeated by the Franco-American alliance, was quickly defeated and submitted to the Empire, who thus avenged the Fourth Crusade.
Both the Liberals and the Socialists agreed that the government needs to prevent the excesses of capitalism on the stock market.
The Italians were unable to cross over to Sicily, having to accept Imperial occupation of it as a fait accompli.
The Russian Revolution shook the world, and the Empire worried about Soviet Union troops in the Balkans - what if they attempted to "smash the reactionary regimes of the Balkans?"
However, these fears proved to be baseless, as the Soviet regime fell due to being massively unpopular in the countryside. The Russian liberals, who briefly seized power, were unable to maintain it agaist the Fascist pressure of Russian ex-emigre officer corps.
Meanwhile, the Empire established an African colony in Western Sahara.
Inspired by the Russian example, the fascist groups attempted to seize power in the Empire, but the PM and leading generals were against the fascists and prevented all their attempts at a coup.
Italian colonists from overpopulated Sicily (it accounted for almost a third of Imperial population) migrated to the Balkans, especially to Constantinople itself, where they were well received by the Imperial government, who attempted to "de-turkify" the city further.
Unfortunately, Imperial control over Sicily lasted only nine years. In 1935, the resurgent Italian Fascists poured over the straight of Calabria and easily smashed the numerically inferior Imperial forces. The Empire had to quickly end the war in order to prevent the loss of its Venetian protectorate. The only remnants of the second Imperial ownership of Sicily were the Italian immigrants in the Empire proper.
The humiliation of the Empire and the resurgence of Nationalist China, who managed to recover Northern China from a Japanese puppet, meant a drastic loss in Imperial influence worldwide. Even the installation of friendly regime in Transylvania and the Hungarian remnants on the Danube failed to prevent that.
The weakened Empire could, however, rely on the patronage of other democratic powers, alarmed at the rise of fascism in Russia, Italy and Austria.
The Fascists, however, were making alliances of their own.
It was clear that the upcoming decades might be decisive for the world's future... but the restored Empire was entering the new world as only a secondary power.
The falling prestige was used by PM Sofoulis to limit the powers of the Emperor.
However, both the Emperor and the PM agreed on the need to interfere agaist the Fascists in Italy, especially since Italian fleet had recently been destroyed by the Austrians.
The independent republic of Venice, established when Italy had been defeated by the Franco-American alliance, was quickly defeated and submitted to the Empire, who thus avenged the Fourth Crusade.
Both the Liberals and the Socialists agreed that the government needs to prevent the excesses of capitalism on the stock market.
The Italians were unable to cross over to Sicily, having to accept Imperial occupation of it as a fait accompli.
The Russian Revolution shook the world, and the Empire worried about Soviet Union troops in the Balkans - what if they attempted to "smash the reactionary regimes of the Balkans?"
However, these fears proved to be baseless, as the Soviet regime fell due to being massively unpopular in the countryside. The Russian liberals, who briefly seized power, were unable to maintain it agaist the Fascist pressure of Russian ex-emigre officer corps.
Meanwhile, the Empire established an African colony in Western Sahara.
Inspired by the Russian example, the fascist groups attempted to seize power in the Empire, but the PM and leading generals were against the fascists and prevented all their attempts at a coup.
Italian colonists from overpopulated Sicily (it accounted for almost a third of Imperial population) migrated to the Balkans, especially to Constantinople itself, where they were well received by the Imperial government, who attempted to "de-turkify" the city further.
Unfortunately, Imperial control over Sicily lasted only nine years. In 1935, the resurgent Italian Fascists poured over the straight of Calabria and easily smashed the numerically inferior Imperial forces. The Empire had to quickly end the war in order to prevent the loss of its Venetian protectorate. The only remnants of the second Imperial ownership of Sicily were the Italian immigrants in the Empire proper.
The humiliation of the Empire and the resurgence of Nationalist China, who managed to recover Northern China from a Japanese puppet, meant a drastic loss in Imperial influence worldwide. Even the installation of friendly regime in Transylvania and the Hungarian remnants on the Danube failed to prevent that.
The weakened Empire could, however, rely on the patronage of other democratic powers, alarmed at the rise of fascism in Russia, Italy and Austria.
The Fascists, however, were making alliances of their own.
It was clear that the upcoming decades might be decisive for the world's future... but the restored Empire was entering the new world as only a secondary power.
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Demographics and map. I got the opinion to invite Albania into Yugoslavia, which I did, but apparently it also meant the cession of Janina to Albania. Still, Yugoslavia, Hungary and Venice remain my puppets. Also notable is Colombia conquering Venezuela. Madagascar is actually American, not French - France had a period of weakness and instability that also explains a bunch of former French colonies gaining independence.
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