Hurrah! We find ourselves at the dawn of a new age. It is the summer of 1815, and the possibilities are daunting. Conceivably, weīve just overthrown our long-standing monarchy, and through the cogent guidance of our revolutionary government (our fine selves), we shall lead Uristia out of the darkness of our ignorance and serfdom, and into the modern world!
First, a map of the world.
This is our region. We have only one continental neighbor, the (clearly Oriental) Minor Nation of Yangjun. Much of their territory is barren tundra.
Ah, beautiful Uristia! I gaze upon her with bated breath.
We have two domestic mountain ranges, one small and one large, as you can surely see gentlemen. Full of precious ore, surely. What shall we name them?
Also, we have a unique natural blessing - two mighty navigable rivers reaching deep into our interior. What shall they be called?
Iīve dispatched our Prospector to the hills west of Uristia City to find ore. Our engineer is stationed in the arid south, along a major river, where we would benefit from establishing a port to bring us these Southern resources.
We also have rich resources of timber, and plentiful arable land to feed us. Our shortcoming will clearly be textiles. Only one flock of sheep exists to the north of Uristia city, supplying us with wool. Far to the south in dusty Omie province there exists only a little land suitable for cotton cultivation. Clearly we will need depend on trade to obtain our textiles for the foreseeable future.
Our military is composed of militia regiments drawn up in the provincial capitals of our country. Uristia city is our military HQ. The current roster of enlisted regulars:
Not much to speak of.
Our internal economy is summed up on this ledger.
This is the trade board, displaying the current tradeable commodities in our world. Currently we are buying and selling nothing. You can see how much of certain resources we have in our warehouses.
The resources are, from top to bottom: clothing, furniture, tools, armaments, canned food, textiles, lumber, paper, steel, cotton, wool, timber, coal, iron ore, and horses.
Clothing and furniture sound petty, but they are the consumer goods that allow us to raise laborers from the masses. Tools are a great export for building relations with foreign countries and building up reserves of cash. Canned food is a fallback for our people when fresh foods are not available. Currently, weīre digging into our supply since our harvests of raw foods are not great enough to feed everyone. Uristia City is built around forests, mostly.
Paper is the resource that allows us to educate our Omegas and turn them into Betas and Alphas. Skilled workers lend much more power to the workforce than unskilled.
Coal and iron ore together give us steel, but I donīt need to tell you guys that...
This is our industrial outlay - Uristia city, basically. Iīve taken a few actions to get us started - educating some workers, building two new trading ships to enlarge the merchant marine, building railroad capacity, and breaking ground on a lumber mill, furniture factory, and textile mill.
Iīve used some of our cash to train a civilian brigade of mining engineers, who will be ready to extract ores (read: GOLDGOLDGOLD!!) next season.
Just thinking, according to this paper, we should appoint three government ministers. We need an Interior Minister, a Foreign Affairs minister, and a Defense minister. Any takers?
Lastly, Iīve established two trade consulates in the minor nations of Yubah and Peniah. We would do well to make friends with them, since they have a great deal of cotton to sell.
The five-year plan:
- Establish mines as soon as possible.
- Build port in Southern region to tap the resources there.
- Sell surplus lumber in exchange for textiles.
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