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IC Thread is here!

~☦~

The Byzantine Empire was once on verge of utter destruction. But in 1451, after series of victorious skirmishes against the Ottomans, Emperor Andronikos Palaiologos brought decisive defeat upon the heads of Ottomans at the Battle of Smyrna, where Sultan Mehmed II was killed. Ottomans were in disarray and by the 1500s, Asia Minor was again under the rule of Byzantines.

The Byzantine Empire heralded the Christian faith where the Holy Roman Empire failed to do so and shriveled into several duchies mucking in betrayal and warfare amidst the minor western nations. With the new powers coming and going, Byzantine experienced periods of low and high, with 'The Great Famine of 1670' being perhaps the second time when the Empire almost collapsed, this time to revolting peasants. But the Byzantines survived that too.

In the 1800s the earthly possessions of the Emperors and Empresses varied; some could boast ruling over Baltic Coast or the Nile River, some breathed down the necks of hated Venetians and Rus of the North, whilst some unlucky ones had to satisfy themselves with only Balkans and Asia Minor. In the 1898, known as the 'Year of Calendar Emperors', a civil war engulfed the Empire, with twelve pretendents fighting for the throne. Each ruled about a month, some less than three weeks, before the scheming Theodora III Komnenos managed to win the support of the army and then murder her nephew, the adolescent Emperor Iohannes XVI Komnenos, during a coup d'etat. She then spent whole year consolidating her power - and now she has a different goal:

To help other nations embrace the love of IESUS XRISTOS.

By force, if need be!

Another EoD game! This time comes with expanded map containing the remainder of North Africa and NPC Nation being slightly more aggressive, teehee.
8 players needed!

Spoiler: Rules (click to show/hide)

NATION SHEET:

Name: Try to match it to your government, I guess
Leader's Name: Name here (username here)
Government Type: One of the four available, see 'Nation Traits'
Traits (Points left): Remember, you must have 0 or more points left. Please list your traits in this order: [government][size][development][armies][various other]
Capital Province #: Needs to have at least 2 Provinces adjacent to it (Mountain Passes/Water Crossings count), check the map link below.
National Color: Preferably bright colors
History: Purely for fluff purposes, no need to go verbose if world-building isn't your forte

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GAME PROGRESSION:

Game starts at Turn 0 (called 'Pre-1900'). During this turn, players are allowed to:
A) Set up diplomatic ties with other Players and/or NPCs
B) Deploy armies in their provinces; at least one army must remain in Capital, however.

After all Players finish pre-game diplomacy and army deployment, game starts proper with Turn 1 (Year 1900.1).

Each Year has 12 Turns (1900.1 to 1900.12, for example).

The game ends when one of these conditions is fulfilled:

A) Domination: One Nation controls 50% +1 of all Provinces (41/44 for normal-sized map) for at least 6 turns.
B) Coalition: One two-power Alliance controls 66% +1 of all Provinces (54/57 for normal-sized map) for at least 6 turns.
C) Triple Entente: One triple Alliance controls 80% +1 of all Provinces (66/69 for normal-sized map) for at least 6 turns.
D) Stagnation: Turn 240 (Year 1920.12) ends (normal map).

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MAP:

The map is divided into 79/85 Provinces. >HERE< is the link to the initial map.

9 Provinces are 'Populous' provinces, which net extra army size. These provinces are choosen at random, after Players submit their sheets.

Each Nation has Capital Province, choosen by their owners (Players) or GM (NPC Nations).

Water and Mountains are impassable, except at Water Crossings (red lines on blue) and Mountain Passes (red lines on brown).

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CAPITAL PROVINCE:

The center of every Nation, housing the seat of the government. It counts as Military HQ, and always starts with Fortifications and Academy already built in there.

When Capital Province is conquered, it reverts into normal Province. The rest, however...

LOYALISTS:

After Capital falls, new Capital is established in random, un-conquered province and then there's 50% for every unconquered province to remain with 'legitimate' government or surrender to the conquerors.
If the 'new' Capital (white roof instead of grey) falls as well, nation ceases to exist and player is eliminated from the game; on other hand, re-capturing the old Capital Province restores the Capital and secures the nation's existence once more.

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ARMY MANAGEMENT:

The max number of Armies you can have is calculated by formula: N+P+C = Max army size

N = Number of normal Provinces you control
P = Number of Populous Provinces you control, x2 (for anything but Monarchy), x3 (for Monarchy)
C = Capital province bonus of +2 (Dictatorship/Democracy), +3 (Monarchy/Republic)

All your Armies are spawned at Capital Province at the speed of one Army per one Turn.
They also spawn at each Military HQ you have built (same speed as at Capital). Capital Province always takes priority for Army spawning purposes (for example, when you're reaching Max Army limit).

When you have more Armies than Max Army size, you lose 1 Army per Turn till the number of your Armies goes down to appropriate limit.

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ARMY MOVEMENT:

You can move as many Armies as you wish; they move 1 Province per turn.
Railroads allow Armies can move 2 Provinces per turn, provided all three (starting, middle, destination) provinces have Railroads built. 'Improved Railroads' tech increases this to THREE Provinces per turn.
Water Crossings and Mountain Passes require full 1 Turn to cross.

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NAVIES:

Provinces with a port can create one fleet/turn from an army. Fleets can only move to sea provinces, or friendly provinces with Ports. Unlike armies, fleet from neutral nations can share a sea zone.

Fleets can be used to transport troops. Each fleet can be used to escort one army across one sea province. Multiple fleet can be used to ferry one army across multiple sea zone. The escorting can take place before or after a fleet move. Armies attacking from the sea takes a -1 penalty to their combat rolls.

If a fleet is in a friendly province that is taken, the fleet will flee to one of the neighboring sea zones at random, engaging any enemy fleet on the way. The displaced fleet can still move on its owner's turn.

Fleets get bonus from Explosive Shells; then, they receive combat bonuses from Nautical technologies.

You can dismantle Fleets that are docked in a Port of a Province that you control; you do not regain the Army spent on the navy, though.

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COMBAT:

When you move your Armies to enemy Province where enemy Armies are stationed, combat follows.
Attacking Armies get Attack bonuses, while Defending Armies get Defense bonuses.

If you attack through Mountain Pass or Water Crossing (or attack from a Fleet), your Armies receive -1 penalty to their rolls.
Each 3 armies more than enemy grants +1 bonus to the more numerous side; this bonus fluctuates as amount of armies changes via combat!

Combat roll itself is a 1d8+bonuses and penalties. Whichever army loses the roll, is destroyed.
In case of a draw, the Attacking army retreats to the last allied/own Province it passed through.

When a Province is captured AFTER combat, one random Improvement is razed to the ground. If Province was captured without fight, nothing is razed.

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RESEARCH:

Each Turn, your Academies produce certain amount of Research Points (RP). Normally, you receive 2 RP per Academy you own, but this can vary:

Monarchies receive only 1 RP from Academies outside Capital Province.
Republic receives 3 RP from the Academy in its Capital Province.
Democracy receives 3 RP from EVERY Academy it has.
'Advanced Theoretical Sciences' Tech increases amount of RPs you get from Academies by 1, no matter the Government type.

After this, you gain (or lose) extra RP based on certain Traits and Technologies:

'Enlightened' trait grants 3 RP, while 'Traditional' trait removes 3 RP.
'Experimental Sciences' Tech grants 3 RP.
Research Treaties generate varying amount of RP per turn.

Your Research project finishes as soon as the required amount of RP is reached. All RP that pushed the number 'over' are lost.

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PROVINCIAL IMPROVEMENTS:

You can build 2 of these in entire nation, 1 per Province in the same turn. Some government types, lots of railroads, trade treaties as well as certain research increases the amount of PI's per turn you can build.
You can also dismantle Provincial Improvements, albeit this counts into 'PI/Turn' limit. You never recover armies from a dismantled Military HQ.

Railroad (no requirements):
Armies can move 2 Provinces per turn (3 with 'Improved Railroads' tech), as long as starting, mid- and destination provinces are all connected by Railroad.

Academy (no requirements):
Provides 2 Research Points per turn (this can vary however, check 'RESEARCH' above).

Fortifications (no requirements):
Armies in the province gain +2 bonus to their Defense rolls.

Port (No requirements):
Let you create one Fleet at the cost of one Army.

Military HQ (no requirements):
Provides a 'spawn point' for your armies. As an additional construction cost, 2 Armies must be 'disbanded' in the Province to create a Military HQ there.

Airfield (requires Military Aircraft):
All friendly armies in the province and in provinces adjacent to Airfield gain +1 to their Attack and Defense rolls.

AA Batteries (requires Ground-Air Defense):
Has 30% chance to cancel enemy Bombing Action against the province. Ground armies attacking the province with AA Batteries do not gain bonuses from nearby Airfield(s) (if present).

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FORMALIZED DIPLOMACY:

War - Obviously, the two powers fight each other. Declaring war instantly breaks any treaties you have with target nation.
Non-Aggression Treaty - Borders are mutually respected between the two nations. This allows Trade Pact and Research Treaty to be conducted.
Trade Pact - Borders are open for circulation of resources, crafts, products and migration of people. Both nations gain +2 Max Army bonus and +1 PI/Turn bonus.
Research Treaty - Exchange of scientific reports and visits of foreign scientists. Both sides of the treaty gain +4 RP.
Alliance - Two nations form an alliance: armies of the two powers can cross each nation's provinces without problem. Airfields (when available) of one nation benefit both countries during Alliance.

Activation:

All treaties are officially recognized at the start of the next turn after both two powers announce the treaties publicly in Game Thread. Talks can be secret (via PM, for example) but without public announcement from both Players, the treaty is not valid.
For example, Nations X and Y announce Research Treaty and Alliance at Turn 8; at Turn 9, they can move their armies on their territories and they start gaining RP via research treaty as well.
The only treaty that is instanteous is war declaration.
A nation can have only 4 Research/Trade treaties.

Alliance nuances:

When Alliance is broken, armies are moved to respective territories of their owners IF said territories are at range (adjacent without railroads, at range 2 (later 3) with Railroads).
Armies that cannot be moved to their home country are instantenously disbanded.

Trading:

In current version of the game, you can trade Provinces, and researched Technologies as 'Blueprints'; make sure you make good deals or the trade might bring you defeat in the long run. 'Blueprints' must be researched (check RESEARCH spoiler), and Province(s) will be handed over as soon as they're free of armies of their previous owner.

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NPCs:

Empire: An old-world power. It fills up to 15 Provinces that weren't taken by the Players. It's government type is Monarchy with 9 Armies and 3 Fleets. Half of Provinces (including Capital) will be fortified, also 4 Academies, Shipyards and HQs will be placed in its territory (no Railroads present). It is rather passive albeit KEEN ON SPREADING THE LOVE OF XRISTOS and will counterattack in full force if provoked. Controlled by GM.
Minor Powers: Single-province nations that behave like Rebels; they do not build Improvements, nor they form armies, and they do not do diplomacy beyond Peace/War. To conquer a Minor Power, you need to defeat a single army with Fortifications bonus.

Spoiler: Nations Traits (click to show/hide)

NATION TRAITS:

You start with 5 Trait Points; you can distribute these as you see fit - or you don't have to spend any points if you feel masochistic and suicidal confident enough.
The only requirements are that you must specify the type of Government, nation Size, and its Development, and that you finish making your nation sheet with 0 or more Trait points left.

GOVERNMENTS:

Each government provides different bonuses (and penalties).

Monarchy (Cost: -1):
Head of the family (King or Queen) rule over their domain, with their family members being next in line to the throne, often governing over parts of the military or small territories within the nation. Often conservative in both thinking and action, and serving mostly for the benefit of the ruling family and their supporters - the aristocracy - Monarchy is rather ill-suited for modern times where scientific progress and unity benefit the nations more.

Cheap Conscripts: Populous provinces, as well as Capital, increase amount of max armies by 3 instead of 2.
Conservatism Galore: Academies, except in Capital province, provide only 1 Research Point per turn instead of 2.
Relic of Past Eras: Monarchies cannot pick 'Modernized' from DEVELOPMENT Trait category.

Republic (Cost: 0):
The nation is governed by a 'council' of elected representatives of the people; said representatives are often experienced and/or popular individuals, with their numbers going up to few hundred - depending on internal politics and the size of the nation. They often have a representative, 'Speaker' or some such, who deals with foreign dignitaries and representatives of the citizenry.

All Roads Lead To...: Capital Province increases amount of max armies by 3 instead of 2. Academy in Capital Province provides 3 RP per turn, instead of usual 2.

Dictatorship (Cost: 2):
The nation is in the grip of one man; army is utterly loyal to the leader while the population supports him/her due to the terror politics or sheer charisma of the dictator - sometimes both. The dictator has a council of advisors, generals and ministers who run the administration for him. Centralized economy and effective bureaucracy further ensure the steady development of the nation.

For the Fatherland: Armies of the Dictatorship get +1 bonus to their defensive rolls.
Centralized Administration: Up to 3 Provincial Improvements (Fortifications, Railroads, etc) can be constructed per turn, instead of usual 2.

Democracy (Cost: 3):
The government is run by head of state, usually President or Premier of the Ministers; the Ministers themselves governing over numerous branches of the government. Both the Head of the State and the Ministers are elected by the citizens, based on the candidates' skills, experience, charisma and merits. In democratic nation, peace and prosperity are of the greatest concern to the populace.

Freedom of Thought and Action: Academies under Democracy give 3 RP per turn; Up to 3 Provincial Improvements (Fortifications, Railroads, etc) can be constructed per turn, instead of usual 2.

NATION SIZE:

Remember that 'X provinces' means 'Capital + other Provinces'.

Miniature (Cost: -3):
Your nation starts with 3 Provinces.

Tiny (Cost: -1):
Your nation starts with 5 Provinces.

Medium (Cost: 0):
Your nation starts with 7 Provinces.

Big (Cost: 1):
Your nation starts with 9 Provinces.

Huge (Cost: 3):
Your nation starts with 11 Provinces.

Enormous (Cost: 4)
Your nation starts with 13 Provinces.

DEVELOPMENT:

Remember that your Capital Province always starts with Fortifications and Academy already built, no matter the settings.

Medieval (Cost: -1):
Your backwater nation has no railroads!

Normal (Cost: 0):
Your Capital and two random, adjacent provinces have Railroads; furthermore, one random Province in the nation has Academy already built.

Developed (Cost: 1):
Up to 5 of your Provinces (including Capital) have Railroads connected in a single network; two random Provinces in the nation have Academies already built.

Modernized (Cost: 2):
Up to 7 of your Provinces (including Capital) have Railroads; three random Provinces in the nation have Academies already built.

ARMY SIZE:

Inadequate (Cost: -2):
You start with only 1 Army!

Small (Cost: -1):
2 Armies at start.

Adequate (Cost: 0):
1 Armies at start + 1 extra per 2 Provinces you start with.

Numerous (Cost: 1):
3 Armies at start + 1 extra per 2 Provinces you start with.

VARIOUS:

Note that '+' traits block their '-' equivalents and vice versa; for example, if you pick 'Militaristic' (+1 to all army rolls) trait, 'Pacifist' (-1 to all army rolls) trait will no longer be available for you to pick.

Militaristic (Cost: 2):
+1 to all Army rolls

Pacifist (Cost: -2):
-1 to all Army rolls

Enlightened (Cost: 1):
+3 to RP per turn, no matter the number of Academies

Traditional (Cost: -1):
-3 to RP per turn, no matter the number of Academies

Military Traditions (Cost: 1):
One of Provinces adjacent to the Capital starts with Military HQ already built.

Industrial Power (Cost: 2):
One extra Provincial Improvement can be built per turn in your Nation (this stacks with government/research bonuses).

Naval Capabilities (Cost: 1):
One of Provinces (Capital takes priority) starts with a Shipyard and a single Navy stationed there.

Secret Military Project (Cost: 1):
Thanks to (previously) secret military project, you start with one of (choosen randomly) Rank 1 techs (Explosive Shells, Modern Chemistry and so on) at 45RP.

Spoiler: Research (click to show/hide)

Your nation can develop 1 Research Topic at one given time. If you switch to a new topic mid-research, you lose 100% of currently accumulated Research Points.

Blueprint Research: When you receive a Tech blueprint via diplomatic trade, you take 1+X turns to develop it, where X is the 'level' of the tech; initial technologies like Diesel Fuel have Rank 1, and the hi-tech Aircraft Carriers is Rank 5.
Once you receive the blueprint, you can work on it any time you do not work on any Research Project; the blueprints won't dissappear if you're currently researching something.

If you're slightly confused about requirements for some technologies, you can view a tech tree image here!

AERONAUTICS:

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Primitive Aeroplanes -> Military Aircraft -> Strategic Bombers -> Long-Range Airplanes
Primitive Aeroplanes (80 RP):
Construction of first aeroplanes; fragile aircrafts made of wood, linen and other such materials. Whilst of no value on their own, research and improvement of these machines will allow scientists to come up with useful, military-grade airplanes in the future.

Military Aircraft (200 RP, requires Explosive Shells from MILITARY):
Airplanes that are able to carry machine guns and small bombs. Groups and squadrons of these are operating from airfields, where specialized crew does maintenance of the aircraft. Grants 'Airfield' Provincial Improvement.

Strategic Bombers (600 RP, requires Construction Advancements from INDUSTRY):
Airplanes large enough to carry large munitions and enough fuel to strike targets behind enemy lines. Once per turn, an Airfield can launch Bombers that will destroy 1 Provincial Improvement of enemy nation as long as it is in Airfield's range.

Long-Range Airplanes (800 RP, requires Mass Production from INDUSTRY):
Recent breakthroughs in various fields allowed the development of new kind of airplanes that carry more fuel, thus increasing their range. Increases range of Airfield bonus and Bombing action by 1. This also allow aircraft cross into provinces 1 sea region apart.

MILITARY:

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Explosive Shells -> Primitive Tanks -> Advanced Tanks
                 -> Chemical Warfare
                 -> Howitzers -> Ground-Air Defense
Explosive Shells (80 RP):
Research into new kind of ammunition that is filled with material that will explode upon contact, increasing the effectiveness of the artillery. All armies and navies get +1 bonus to their Attack rolls.

Primitive Tanks (200 RP, requires Diesel Fuel from INDUSTRY):
Beasts of steel and oil, armed with machineguns and small cannons. Whilst bulky and slow, they're valuable military assets. All armies get +2 bonus to their Attack rolls and +1 to their Defense rolls.

Chemical Warfare (200 RP, requires Modern Chemistry from SCIENCES):
Recent breakthroughs in chemistry allow development of munitions that release toxic gases upon explosion. This grants +1 to Attack rolls against enemy nations that do not have Modern Medicine.

Howitzers (200 RP):
Large cannons that can propel explosive rounds at great distances and above most conventional fortifications. After this discovery, enemy Fortifications grant only +1 defense bonus against your armies, instead of the usual +2.

Advanced Tanks (800 RP, requires Mass Production from INDUSTRY):
Refinement and upgrade of first tanks allowed the scientists to come with faster, stronger and better protected vehicles that wreak havoc upon battlefield. All armies get +3 bonus to their Attack rolls and +2 to their Defense rolls.

Ground-Air Defense (400RP):
Improvement on long-range cannons so they now can shoot at airborne targets, for example, bombers. Grants 'AA Batteries' Provincial Improvement.

COMMUNICATIONS:

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Primitive Radio -> Radio Communications -> Radar
                                        -> Shortwave Communications
Primitive Radio (80 RP):
Primitive radios allowing short-range communication. Refinement of devices is required before this technology can be beneficial to the military.

Radio Communications (125RP):
Network of small radio stations operated by trained crew, allowing orders from headquarters to be delivered faster and more reliably. Armies in provinces with Military HQ get +1 to Defense rolls.

Radar (400RP, requires Military Aircraft from AERONAUCTICS):
Use of radio to detect incoming aircraft at high altitudes. Increases the 'AA Batteries' Provincial Improvement chances to cancel enemy Bombing Action by 30%. If the targeted province has Airfield, it automatically cancels 1 Bombing action of the enemy, due to interception via fighter planes.

Shortwave Communications (600RP):
Inclusion of new spectrum of radio waves for military use. The defense bonus of Military HQ now affects friendly armies in adjacent provinces as well. Armies attacking from the province with Military HQ gain +1 bonus to their Attack rolls.

INDUSTRY:

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Diesel Fuel -> Improved Railroads        v> Mass Production
            -> Construction Advancements ^> Advanced Engineering
Diesel Fuel (80 RP):
Refined oil becomes more common energy source; allowing new types of vehicles to be invented and created.

Construction Advancements (200 RP, requires Experimental Sciences from SCIENCES):
Advancements in architecture, mathematics, logistics and all other fields related to construction; this increases the amount of Provincial Improvements that can be built in the Nation per turn by 1.

Improved Railroads (400 RP):
Better locomotive design and expansion of railroad system. Railroads now allow movement of Armies up to 3 Provinces per turn.

Mass Production (600 RP):
The wide industrialization of the nation allows for items to be produced much faster and in much higher quantities than ever before. You can build 2 Provincial Improvements in the same Province in one turn.

Advanced Engineering (600 RP):
Foray into techniques and synthetic materials that will allow marvelous constructions to be built, be it above ground, on water or even underground. This increases the amount of Provincial Improvements that can be built in the Nation per turn by 1. Armies can cross Mountain Passes instantenously as long as Provinces on both sides have Railroads.

SCIENCES:

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Modern Chemistry -> Experimental Sciences -> Radioactivity -> Advanced Theoretical Sciences
                 -> Modern Biology -> Fertilizers
                                   -> Modern Medicine
Modern Chemistry (80 RP):
Scientific research on new chemical compounds and their propable use in industry.

Experimental Sciences (125 RP):
The growth of industry results in wider accessibility to resources and supplies used in experiments, allowing the researchers to work more. Your nation gets +7 RP bonus, no matter how many Academies you have.

Modern Biology (125 RP):
The unveiling of chemistry secrets allow biologists to look more closely into anatomy, nature of diseases and processes that run the organism.

Radioactivity (200 RP):
Research into peculiar effects of some rare chemical elements.

Fertilizers (400RP):
Improvement of existing organic and development of artificial fertilizers to increase food output. You gain +1 to Max Army limit per every 4 Provinces you control.

Modern Medicine (200RP):
Development of new ways to combat various diseases that plague the populace. Your provinces are now safe from Typhus outbreaks. If your provinces have Typhus, they will be automatically cured at the start of the turn in which you develop Modern Medicine. This technology also protects against Chemical Warfare.

Advanced Theoretical Sciences (600 RP):
With discovery of radioactivity, strange physical effect of chemical elements, more attention is now paid to all branches of sciences, theoretical and practical. All Academies in the nation give 1 extra RP per turn.

NAUTICAL:

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Steel Hulls -> Destroyers      -> Cruisers -> Battlecruisers -> Aircraft Carriers
            -> Diesel Turbines -^
            -> Armored Transports
Steel Hulls (80 RP):
Wooden hulls of the ships are partially or completely replaced by steel armor, greatly improving the fleet capabilities.

Destroyers (125 RP, requires Explosive Shells from MILITARY):
New line of fast, armored escort vessels are now traveling along troop transports. Your navies now have +1/+1 bonus.

Armored Transports (200 RP):
Small, armored boats that allow small units to quickly cross small waters and establish a spearhead of the invasion. Your armies no longer suffer from -1 attack penalty when attacking via Water Crossings or when launching from a Fleet.

Diesel Turbines (200 RP, requires Diesel Fuel from INDUSTRY):
The old steam engines are replaced by much more powerful and efficient diesel engines. Your Fleets now can move 2 sea regions per Turn, provided they won't engage in combat during their voyage.

Cruisers (400 RP):
Larger vessels that combine agility of destroyers with powerful cannon fire. Your navies now have +2/+2 bonus.

Battlecruisers (600 RP, requires Advanced Engineering from INDUSTRY):
A step-up from cruisers; these ships are huge and powerful. Your navies now have +3/+3 bonus.

Aircraft Carriers (800 RP, requires Long-Range Aircraft from AERONAUTICS):
Specialized capital ships capable of carrying, servicing and deploying of numerous aircraft. Your navies now also count as mobile Airfields, and gain respective bonuses on top of Battlecruiser (+3/+3) bonus.

Nation List:

Spoiler: NPC (click to show/hide)

Name: Byzantine Empire
Leader's Name: Empress Theodora III Komnenos (GM; Haspen)
Government Type: Monarchy
Traits (Points left): special rules
Capital Province #: Constantinople (#25)
National Color: Dark Purple
History: At the beginning of this post!

Spoiler: 1. The Glorious Swiss Confederation (Deny) (click to show/hide)

Name: The Glorious Swiss Confederation
Leader's Name: Great Leader Phillip Von Eberlein (Deny)
Government Type: Dictatorship
Traits (5-2-1-1-0-1 = 0): Dictatorship, Big, Developed, Adequate, Military Traditions
Capital Province #: Switzerland (#60)
National Color: Dark Orange
History: in the pastebin link below, #1

Spoiler: 2. Caliphate of Cordoba (Rolepgeek) (click to show/hide)

Name: Caliphate of Cordoba
Leader's Name:  Caliph Khalik Adil Nuha ibn Rajiya ibn Abdullah al-Cordoba (Rolepgeek)
Government Type: Democracy
Traits (5-3-1+1-0-2-1+1 = 0): Democracy, Big, Medieval, Adequate, Militaristic, Military Traditions, Traditional
Capital Province #: Seville (#76)
National Color: Forest Green
History: in the pastebin link below, #2

Spoiler: 3. Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (PowderMiner) (click to show/hide)

Name: Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Leader's Name: Queen Katsiaryna Leszczyński (PowderMiner)
Government Type: Republic
Traits (5-0-3-0-1-1 = 0): Republic, Huge, Normal, Numerous, Military Traditions
Capital Province #: Minsk (#19)
National Color: Brick Red
History: in the pastebin link below, #3

Spoiler: 4. Kingdom of Sicily (Culise) (click to show/hide)

Name: Kingdom of Sicily
Leader's Name: Queen Elena I Hohenstaufen (Culise)
Government Type: Democracy
Traits (5-3-0+1+2-2-2-1 = 0): Democracy, Medium, Medieval, Inadequate, Militaristic, Industrial Power, Military Traditions
Capital Province #: Naples (#66)
National Color: Yellow
History: in the pastebin link below, #4

Spoiler: 5. Free Representatives of France (Pencil_Art) (click to show/hide)

Name: Free Representatives of France
Leader's Name: General Adrien Qadir (Pencil_Art)
Government Type: Democracy
Traits (5-3-1-1-0-1+1 = 0): Democracy, Big, Developed, Adequate, Military Traditions, Traditional
Capital Province #: Normandy (#55)
National Color: Cyan
History: in the pastebin link below, #5

Spoiler: 6. Unified Isles of North Atlantic (Tiruin) (click to show/hide)

Name: Unified Isles of North Atlantic
Leader's Name: Aileen Hayes (Tiruin)
Government Type: Dictatorship
Traits (5-2+3+1+1-2-1-1-1-2-1 = 0): Dictatorship, Miniature, Medieval, Small, Militaristic, Enlightened, Military Traditions, Secret Military Project, Industrial Power, Naval Capabilities
Capital Province #: Edinburgh (#3)
National Color: [color=#80C00]Yellow Green[/color]
History: in the pastebin link below, #6

Spoiler: 7. Socialist-Nationalist Arab Republic of Egypt (Sheb) (click to show/hide)

Name: Socialist-Nationalist Arab Republic of Egypt
Leader's Name: Hosni-Al Arabi (Sheb)
Government Type: Dictatorship
Traits (5-2-3+1-0-2+1 = 0): Dictatorship, Huge, Medieval, Adequate, Militaristic, Traditional,
Capital Province #: Egypt (#83)
National Color: Dandy Sandy
History: in the pastebin link below, #7

Spoiler: 8. Kongeriget Nordmark (Mopsy) (click to show/hide)

Name: Kongeriget Nordmark
Leader's Name: Hardeknud IX (Mopsy)
Government Type: Democracy
Traits (5-3-0+1-0-2-1 = 0): Democracy, Medium, Medieval, Adequate, Militaristic, Military Traditions
Capital Province #: Stockholm (#7)
National Color: Nordic Blue
History: in the pastebin link below, #8

Emergency pastebin storage for National histories.

_{I reserve myself the right to reject applicants based on their activity on forums and in previous games, as well as their ability to post often.}

[Powder Miner]

You wouldn't reject me for activity, would you? I'm one of the more active EoDers
(and also getting better in your FEFs :p)

[Haspen]

:v

You can apply.

[Powder Miner]

*rolls EUIV idea group to base nation traits off of* Expansion... HMMMM
*rolls capital* 53? Well that's Belgium and I'm not Sheb soooo
*rerolls* 19... Belarus... Oh, I've got an idea you might appreciate, Hatkat.

[Powder Miner]

Spoiler: Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (WIP) (click to show/hide)

Name: Try to match it to your government, I guess
Leader's Name: Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Government Type: Republic (see History)
Traits (Points left): Remember, you must have 0 or more points left. Please list your traits in this order: Republic(0) Huge(3) Normal (0) Numerous (1) Military Traditions (1)
Capital Province #: 19
National Color: Brick Red or so
History: this comes a lil later :p

[Haspen]

"You name is Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?... well you must have had interesting parents!"

[Sheb]

I'd be in, but I'm weary of always playing Belkium. Any idea?

[Haspen]

Roll for province, roll for government, and make something up?

[Deny]

Seen quite a few of these threads before, always wanted to try one, so here I go.

Spoiler: Glorious Swiss Confederation (click to show/hide)

Name: The Glorious Swiss Confederation
Leader Name: Great Leader Phillip Von Eberlein
Government Type: Dictatorship
Traits: (Dictatorship(2), Big(1), Developed(1), Adequate(0), Military traditions(1)
Capitol Province: 60
National Color: Dark Orange (Brownish)
History: With the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire the Swiss suddenly found themselves in a position of great power, as many of the cities sought their protection from the raging wars breaking out across the old Holy Roman Empire. These new Cantons where quickly absorbed into the rapidly expanding Swiss Confederation, as the great Swiss Pikemen drove away all challengers to the new Swiss ascendance.

However once the immediate danger had passed and stability began to emerge in the rest of the old Holy Roman Empire, the threat of foreign foes lessened and the many Cantons soon began to press for their own interests and inevitably, civil war broke out. Eventually however the original thirteen cantons where able to defeat these rebels and formed a new, more centralized government built on more republican ideals, each Canton given a seat in the new Swiss Senate, and the creation of a national Swiss army.

Forty years ago however the Von Eberlein family launched a military coup in the capitol of Zurich, seizing control of the senate and declaring themselves the dictators of the Swiss Confederacy, a position they cemented in a short but brutal civil war. After the death of his father, and a short power struggle with his siblings, Phillip Von Eberlain managed to place himself as dictator of the Swiss, renaming his position to one of Glorious Leader. Finally the Swiss are properly united and happy with the stability of the Von Eberlain Dictatorship, which has finally allowed them to look outwards to international affairs once again.

[Rolepgeek]

Well, that decides it for me, I suppose. Iberia it is. Bit late for Swiss, then. Ah well.

Spoiler: In The Name Of The Moorish People (click to show/hide)

Name: Caliphate of Cordoba
Leader's Name: Caliph Khalik Adil Nuha ibn Rajiya ibn Abdullah al-Cordoba
Government Type: Democracy
Traits (0): Remember, you must have 0 or more points left. Please list your traits in this order: Democracy [3] Big [1] Medieval [-1] Adequate [0 ] Militaristic [2] Military Traditions [1] Traditional [-1]
Capital Province #: 76
National Color: Forest green
History: In the late 15th century, King Ferdinand was pressured on all sides by forces, as the growing muslim movement within Spain's borders threatened his sovereignty, and France testing how far they could push Spanish goodwill in Basque. Unable to pursue the war in Granada which he desired, as a result of a unified movement in northern Africa lending support to the Emirate at the time, he instead solidified his position. A few years later, he sent a small fleet to America to follow up on Columbus' findings. Unfortunately, England had had a very similar idea, and the struggle for control would be long and arduous, leaving little room for other matters save where aid could be obtained from others. And so, over the next three hundred years, the Spanish share of the peninsula slowly and unsteadily shrunk, while the Moorish share grew, border dispute by border dispute. Portugal gave way first, revolutionary spirit inspired by France and America leading to a long and bloody civil war in the 1840s that ended with Islamic control over the region. The area never quite stabilized, tensions between Portugal and Spain only intensified by this new change in cultural viewpoints. It was only in 1862,  nearly four hundred years after the originally planned Reconquista, that Spain found itself at war with Granada, scarcely a year after trying to invade Al-Andalus, the newly Islamic Portugal. Fifteen years later, the results: a devastated countryside, an overwhelmingly Islamic population filled with a spirit of righteous fury at persecution, and a sense of unity found only through shared cause and hard struggle. The years after were very informative, and, basing their government on a revised form of traditional Fiqh, they established a state looking inwards, to rebuild, and outwards, to protect what they had worked so hard for.

I'd be in, but I'm weary of always playing Belkium. Any idea?

Be Macedon
Or New Highlands Empire

[Tiruin]

Moving a bit north from Ireland since that can't be my capital!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Unified Isles of the North Atlantic
Leader's Name: Aileen Hayes
Government Type: Enlightened Absolutism Benevolent Dictatorship Dictatorship
Traits:
[Miniature; Small; Medieval]
[Militaristic; Enlightened; Military Traditions; Secret Military Project; Industrial Power; Naval Capabilities]
Capital Province #: #3
National Color: Yellow Green!
History: Alternate History occurred in brevity which changed the political and general state of affairs in Europe. Significant agricultural disasters in the mid-19th century did not occur, and several changes of unification and social progress was the focus of the century until the present, utilizing the industrial power of the British Isles towards social understanding and stability rather than military power and control. Decades of nationalism and secular progress created an independent but unified people, secure in their own identity and stable with the changes and ideas of the times.

[Haspen]

The Swiss and the Caliphate check out so they're now on playerlist.

[Rolepgeek]

Oh! Haspen, have you considered doing an East Asia one of these at some point? Plenty of Islands and history there to use, too.

[Powder Miner]

Spoiler: EPLC Resubmission (click to show/hide)

Name: Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Leader's Name: Queen Katsiaryna Leszczyński
Government Type: Republic (see History)
Traits (Points left): [Republic (0)] [Huge (3)] [Normal (0)] [Numerous (1)] [Military Traditions (1)]
Capital Province #: 19
National Color: Brick Red or so
History: In the fifteenth century, Poland defeated the Teutonic Order once and for all (a step that would contribute to the later failure of the Holy Roman Empire by preventing Brandenburg from taking its place and forming Prussia), and with Lithuania its vassal and no heathen Ottomans to bother it, this paved the way for Poland to surge nearly atop the world. It absorbed Lithuania, forming the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and even with its odd form of government (sporting an elected king and a congress of nobles known as the sejm) it found many easy targets. Bohemia-Hungary was the first target of the PLC, and with the Holy Roman Empire as it was, Bohemia was in multiple wars anyway -- the Commonwealth swept in and conquered, even proceeding further into Germany over the next century. Then Russia and the Baltic lands over the next two... eventually, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a massive empire.

But that only intensified its own latent internal struggles. Often had the sejm and the king clashed, but power had been shifting to a much more precarious balance even as the Commonwealth looked outwards and conquered, the king's power over his own lands decreasing and his grip weakening, stifled by the rules of the sejm. In the late 18th century, the Commonwealth's odd governmental system finally reached a breaking point, as a brutal civil war broke out between several of the nobility and the king, Benedykt Leszczyński. Though he won, he looked at his nation and realized it risked ending up like the Roman Empire in the end... and he realized he ought to take the same solution as the Romans -- it had worked out for the Byzantines. So he split his Commonwealth, retaining the German, Polish, and most of the Lithuanian parts in the Western half (for they were the core), and placing the Belarusian, Baltic, and Russian parts of his Commonwealth, along with parts of Lithuania under weaker nobles into the Eastern half, centered in Minsk, and gave it to a Belarusian relative.

Said noble, Benedykt Leszczyński, immediately sprang to reform his new nation before any of the much weaker Belarusian or Russian nobles could gather together. In a swift move, he snatched the sejm directly out of the hands of the nobility and instead had the heir to the throne elected by the people, inspired by the Americans... out of his dynasty, of course. This had the effect of largely destroying the power of the nobility, therefore centralizing his rule, and of giving the people representation... although the Polish had long been ahead of their time, anyway. Now, in 1900, the Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth isn't Polish at all anymore (the Western half never reformed and ended up crumbling to pieces), it's barely Lithuanian, and it's more Belarusian than anything... in fact, it even switched its religion to Orthodox during the early 19th century. Now, with the death of her father, Katsiaryna Leszczyński has been elected Queen of the Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and it is up to her to decide the next chapter of this oddly historied land.

[Culise]

Spoiler: Kingdom of Sicily (click to show/hide)

Name: Kingdom of Sicily
Leader: Queen Elena I Hohenstaufen (HoS); Prime Minister Vittorio Cardone, Count Olivadi (HoG)
Government: Democracy (+3)
Traits:

• Size: Medium (+0)
• Development: Medieval (-1)
• Army: Inadequate (-2)
• Miscellany: Militaristic (+2), Industrious Industrial Power (+2), Military Traditions (+1)

Capital: 66
National Color: Yellow
History:
The history of the Hohenstaufen line in Italy has been one of survival on the battlefield of the Mediterranean.  A victory barely eked out by Conrad II the Younger at Tagliacozzo in 1266 cemented Hohenstaufen rule in Sicily and Naples, and his ceremonial submission to the Pope of Rome secured an end to Papal animosity, at least temporarily.  The landing of an Aragonian army at Trapani twenty years later to press the claims of King Peter III, brother-in-law of Conrad by an illegitimate Hohenstaufen line, was driven back into the sea by a combination of a Sicilian irregular force and a hastily-raised army brought into Messina.  The Hohenstaufens navigated the diplomatic mires of the Italian Wars of the early 16th century, where the mainland, like most of the Italian peninsula, was ravaged by alternately the French, Byzantine Greeks, or Papacy.  Their princes fought for the honor of the flag and survival of the kingdom to a daring naval victory at Epachtos in 1571, desperately struggling against superior numbers as the Holy Roman Empire was distracted by its own growing domestic pressures but successfully stymying a second attempt by the Byzantine Empire to claim southern Italy as a springboard for a Roman reunification by force.  The Revolutionary Wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, where the Kingdom expanded to overtake the Papacy and its northern neighbors. Such battles defined a dynasty that had spanned centuries and the kingdom they ruled, one of stubborness and determination, a center of production, trade, and development that rivalled its northern peers.

The greatest threat of the 19th century to the Hohenstaufens, however, would not come from external threats. Growing domestic unrest grew under the latifunda system, economically shackling the Kingdom in peonage to a fading era and trapping its politics in a moribund cycle of self-destruction under a powerful noble aristocracy that dominated both the court in Naples and the people of the Neapolitan and Sicilian hinterlands. When her father died after a 72-year reign, Queen Gisela was only 14 and bound under not only the power of the aristocracy she nominally ruled, but also a domineering, arrogant regency that only countenanced a female heir because its alternative was a foreign king not beholden to them. What resulted was an unholy alliance, formed by a Queen seen by the nobles as no threat, between the petit nobility who owned no great stretches of land themselves, the growing middle-class of merchants of Naples and Messina, and a powerful agrarian class of serfs and tenured workers desirous of their own land. When she reached her age of majority, she revealed her political backing to her regnal council and the House of Lords by compelling them to accept a new Constitution with sweeping economic reforms, dismantling the latifundia and the very basis of their economic and political strength and transferring that to her own supporters.  She followed up with the organization of new laws and a regular national constabulary answerable to her.  The price for this was to shackle her own power within those same constitutional limits, which she viewed as a small price to pay given the broad base of her support and the chance to make the Kingdom great once more.  The premature death of Queen Gisela to illness has since left a gap in the Kingdom's highst echelons of power. She had no son, leaving the succession unsure, but the precedent set by Gisela's ascendance has helped smooth the ascension of her own daughter Elena.  Herself young at 22, and inheriting a land that has economically taken its first steps towards a renewed prosperity but still remains both relatively undeveloped and militarily anemic as international storm clouds gather on the horizon, it remains to be seen whether Queen Elena will succeed in following in the footsteps of a great dynasty, or if she will be its final hurrah.