It's not my fault
Well, things started off peacefully enough. Nov 1743 saw a trade post founded at Nouadibuh, joining the separate parts of the Dominion of the Senegal, and a colony at Sierra Madre, connecting Monteray to the rest of the Dominion of California. Yazoo and Para became cities in Feb and May of 1744, respectively, while in Aug Monteray revolted. We formed a dynastic alliance with Portugal on 1 Dec '45.
The Jacobite Rebellion of 1746 led to a brief Political Crisis, dropping our Stbility to 0, but our parliamentary form helped restore faith in the government, raising it back up in Jan, Jul, and Oct 1747. Also that year Cambodia, Rabaul [who would really name a city "New The Highlands"
], and Sierra Madre became cities, while Mississippi was upgraded to a colony. Ingermanland revolted in Sep, and in Dec we forged dynastic ties with Burgundy.
War swept across much of Europe and Arabia that same year. France, joined by Catalunya, Genoa, Lorraine, and Morocco, declared war on Austria, joined by Baden, Hungary, Moldavia, and Spain. That was on 19 Apr; a month later Venice, with Poland and Portugal, went to war with Austria et al. An Arabian war broke out on 21 Oct as Nubia, joined by Algiers, Hedjaz, and Iraq, declared war on the Mameluks, backed by Persia. This all boded well for my own alliance's prospects of peace. Sweden accepted Moldavia's offer of a white peace early in the new year, followed in Feb by the total lapse of that old war.
Now mind you, this time it most certainly was not *my* fault that this reign of peace only lasted ten months
. On 5 Dec 1748, Sweden
declared war on France
, who were joined by the usual suspects. China and England supported the Swedes, while Russia declined (although we immediately invited them back in). A fortnight later Genoa, Catalunya, and France each offered us a white peace, and we politely declined the last.
Morocco lost their entire army attacking our seige of Sahara in early Feb '49. On the 11th, Lorraine joined the rats jumping ship, and offered a white peace. Sahara fell on the 25th, and TND Morocco offered it in exchange for peace, increasing the Dominion of the Senegal. The French offer of a truce was again declined on 8 Apr, adn Flanders fell on the 12th. TND Catalunya again offered us a white peace
, which we again accepted.
Then came the BB declarations started to roll in. Austria (lacking only Spain) was first, on the 17th; all three of ours supported. Poland was next, on 9 May, but only Venice joined in while again all three of our allies came to our aid. We took advantage of the alliance break to swing Portugal into our camp. That same day France offered its trading post at Nanaimo, which we judged insufficient. The French city of Caniapisau fell on 14 May, and TND we accidentally rejected Venice's offer of a truce.
On 5 Jun Burgungy filed for divorce and declared war on us, which we graciously ignored
. On the 10th Poland (y) and Austria (n) offered truces, while France offered their Hudson's Bay colony of Nueltin (we took both HB colonies by cav) but we want cities. Posen fell on the 19th, and on the 27th Granada declared war (another one to ignore). On 12 Jul Calais fell. TND Burgundy gave up, while France offered another failure, this time both HB colonies. On the 16th we accepted Austria's offer of Posen. We would have continued if Sweden had marched back in to Karelia, but they were sitting at the border.
The war spread into the Near East in Aug, as Persia (with Astrakhan) declared on the 13th. We invited our allies in so as to walk across a Potugese trading post. France repeated its offer on the 19th, while Granada and two
envoys from Astrakhan arrived with acceptable offers for a truce. Iraq brought in its allies two days after that. During this summer the one known as Citizen Paul roused the peasants of the Hague in Jul but escaped our police to do the same in Zeeland in Sep.
Unfortunately for Iraq, our new conquistidor (now why do you suppose they're called that?
) Clive commanded our Arabian forces. Basrah fell to a four-day assault on 20 Sep, and TND their allies abandoned ship en masse. On the 29th Iraq tried joining them in a truce, but it was not to be. France offered just Nueltin on 4 Oct, though we accepted Persia's truce offer TND. Bagdad lasted three days, falling on the 21st. On 13 Nov, Iraq tried to get out easily with just Basrah, but it was not to be. Clive arrived at Kirkuk on the 16th, and the city fell three days later.
Meanwhile, Mississippi and Bushman became cities late in the year, the latter with 500 natives. Back in France, Picardie fell on 13 Dec. The new year brings new hope, and Rio Grande falls on 7 Jan 1750. TND France offers us both HB colonies (Nueltin and Attawapisket) as well as Caniapiscau, an offer we can accept. That same day Nile falls, and Iraq becomes the core of our Dominion of Arabia. We return to peace, though Sweden and China continue to fight the French war.
-Pat
