This AAR will have the focus of the Ottoman Empire / Turkey as the played state.
The goals of the Ottoman state will be in order of importance:
1. Restoration of Ottoman control of the Mediterranean. Herein a control of Egypt. Dominate the entire North African coastline. This also means a restoration of the Ottomans as the foremost naval power in the Mediterranean.
2. A modernization of the Ottoman economy to an emphasis on producing 3rd tier industrial goods where the goal is to produce more steamers, artillery, luxury furniture and luxury clothes than any other state. This will ensure a stable Ottoman economy
3. A multicultural democratic state where the emphasis will be put on Ottoman culture and not Turkish. Whether the state ends up with a constitutional monarchy or full democracy is not important. However presidential dictatorship, monarchy or proletarian dictatorship is NOT acceptable.
4. The modernization of Islam in the state, so that religion is secularized and so that an Islamic country will once again contribute to the philosophical schools of the world. The Ottoman state shall once again produce the greatest thinkers of the world.
5. Ottoman dominance of the Balkans and Southeastern Europe.
6. Securing strategic resources in Persia
7. Retake the Black sea area, thereby including Crimea and the historical claim to that area.
8. Colonize Africa.
The goals of the Ottoman state will be in order of importance:
1. Restoration of Ottoman control of the Mediterranean. Herein a control of Egypt. Dominate the entire North African coastline. This also means a restoration of the Ottomans as the foremost naval power in the Mediterranean.
2. A modernization of the Ottoman economy to an emphasis on producing 3rd tier industrial goods where the goal is to produce more steamers, artillery, luxury furniture and luxury clothes than any other state. This will ensure a stable Ottoman economy
3. A multicultural democratic state where the emphasis will be put on Ottoman culture and not Turkish. Whether the state ends up with a constitutional monarchy or full democracy is not important. However presidential dictatorship, monarchy or proletarian dictatorship is NOT acceptable.
4. The modernization of Islam in the state, so that religion is secularized and so that an Islamic country will once again contribute to the philosophical schools of the world. The Ottoman state shall once again produce the greatest thinkers of the world.
5. Ottoman dominance of the Balkans and Southeastern Europe.
6. Securing strategic resources in Persia
7. Retake the Black sea area, thereby including Crimea and the historical claim to that area.
8. Colonize Africa.