Empires & Revolution 1836 - 50% More Punctual Edition

[Thelurker1234]

[b]Welcome all to E&R Victoria 2 - 50% more punctual edition. You probably know how it goes, play as any nation or revolutionary you want, with the starting date being 1836. Each in-game turn will be a year long, however if there’s a good reason, it will slow down (so turns would be done in 6 month increments in say, a war.). Having knowledge of this era will help but it’s certainly not required as these games are for fun.[/b]

[b]Oh look it’s the current map![/b]
[t]http://i.cubeupload.com/B8z28V.png[/t]
I’ll leave the watermark since it’s not intrusive and I didn’t make the map, unless it really pisses people off.

[b]Introduction and some information:[/b] If you aren’t aware, you can consider this game to be starting when industrialization is really beginning to kick off in Europe, and then just a little bit later, North America. When nations are being picked, first come first serve, first person to post a claim in the thread [b]OR[/b] send me a PM will get whatever they picked first (If you send me a PM post in the thread too please, just so people know.). On the map occupied territory (By rebels or in a war) will be labeled with horizontal stripes. Colonies that aren’t definitively owned by a country will be marked with vertical stripes (If france sends a colony to nigeria or something, there will be blue bars for a bit. and if there’s no competition, it’ll be theirs in a turn or two.).

[b]Rules:[/b] Just try not to be a straight-up dick to other players, alright? Get ya turns in. [b]Here’s how to get your turns in on time easily. Send me a very basic turn as soon as possible so your country at least does SOMETHING if you can’t get anything else in. When you’re sending me a turn scroll down below the text box and check “Save a copy of this message in your[URL="http://facepunch.com/private.php?folderid=-1"] [/URL]Sent items folder.”. This way you won’t have to ask me to send you your turn back because you didn’t save it.[/b] If you want you can also check the read receipt field, that way you’ll know that I read your turn.

[b]How to join[/b]

You PM me this form, with information filled in

Title your PM “ER Turn 1: COUNTRYNAME” to keep things nice and organized for me <3<3
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FLAGLINK (Flag should be 250x150. I will make one for you if you don’t supply one. You can also ask me to make one.)

Military Actions: Constructing forts, movement of troops, etc.
Diplomatic Actions: Making an alliance with somebody (Make sure [b]BOTH[/b] people have the alliance in their turns, I might ask them if they accept it via steam or PM. but I might not.). Trade deals, etc.
Economic Actions: Constructing industry, railroads, taxation, etc.
Internal Actions: Passing laws, restructuring government, managing colonies, etc.
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For the first turn. Please get your turns in by Saturday, I'll post the first turn on Sunday.

[b]Player List:[/b] I'll update this so people can know who has and hasn't sent in turns.

[Native Hunter]

Rossiyskaya Imperiya &#1044;&#1072;

[LoganIsAwesome]

USA go

[Mr. Face]

Prussia vill unite Germany into stronk Reich

[LoganIsAwesome]

Someone needs to be the UK

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE=LoganIsAwesome;45953894]Someone needs to be the UK[/QUOTE]

Tbh I'm surprised the USA would want someone to play as UK lmao.

[Mr. Face]

Should totally have an ARMA II OA game night sometime soon.

[Satansick]

Joining as Voortrekkers, I will write my turn after school.

[Thelurker1234]

Just a reminder, anyone can sign up and send in a turn until Sunday morning. If you want to join I'd recommend sending it in today or tomorrow. Because the deadline is whenever I write it on Sunday.

[Thelurker1234]

Get your turns in today, the only one who has sent it in is satansick.

[Thelurker1234]

I'm posting it at 10 PM my timezone unless Mr. Face gets his turn in earlier, I have all the others besides his.

[LoganIsAwesome]

The US will get stronk

[Snoberry]

Egypt go!

[[Seed Eater]]

Texas hooooooooo!

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE='[Seed Eater];45980627']Texas hooooooooo![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Telepethi;45980298]Egypt go![/QUOTE]

You two wanna get your turns in before I post this one in 6 hours. Or are you gonna wait til next turn?

[[Seed Eater]]

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;45980662]You two wanna get your turns in before I post this one in 6 hours. Or are you gonna wait til next turn?[/QUOTE]

Sent mine.

[Snoberry]

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;45980662]You two wanna get your turns in before I post this one in 6 hours. Or are you gonna wait til next turn?[/QUOTE]

I'm playing Archeage so I'll send my turn in in like a few hours or something.

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE=Telepethi;45981462]I'm playing Archeage so I'll send my turn in in like a few hours or something.[/QUOTE]

got like an hour left where is it boy

[Mr. Face]

Writing turn now, sorry about the delay.

[editline]14th September 2014[/editline]

Sent

[Thelurker1234]

Turn will be posted in just a sec, finishing it up.

[Snoberry]

Sending my turn now.

Sorry I lost track of time

[Thelurker1234]

[b]Dis be turn one guys, I swears it. Send turns in with same format, don’t include a technology tab. The thread music symbolizes Texas’s escape from mexico, as Texas sprouts wings and flies away.[/b]
[video=youtube;c-3vPxKdj6o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-3vPxKdj6o[/video]

[t]http://i.cubeupload.com/x0tuRs.png[/t]

[b]Events of 1836:[/b]
Darwin returns to England-land with his information to write his theories and shit
Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico, they’re about 15 years late, but better later than never right?
The Rio-grandense republic declares independence from Brazil. Nobody cares, not even brazil. They aren’t a country, I, as GM am crushing their shitty dreams by not putting them on the map.
Controversy happens on the Ottoman-Russian border as some over-zealous turks open fire on a small group of Russian soldiers. The officer who initiated it attempted to justify it by saying that “They needed to be taught a lesson to not be so liberal near our border.”.
Time is linear, so after 364 days it becomes 1837, who'da thunkit.

[b] Turns! [/b]

[b]Texas - [Seed Eater][/b]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38678023/texas.png[/img]
-The battle of the Alamo happens, lending texas a battle cry; “Remember the alamo!”. While Mexico won the battle, they lost approx. 600 troops to about 200 texans.
-A couple months later, Texans catch the Mexican army during a siesta. Antonio López de Santa Anna is then captured. He then exchanges prisoners, and promises not to attack texas again and is released. He had his fingers behind his back for the last part tho.
-Forts are established on the southern border.
-Trails are built for cattle ranchers
-Texas acknowledges US ownership of Oklahoma.
-The military begins to be built up, about doubling in size.
-A declaration of friendship is declared with the USA, along with free movement between the two states.
-A census on the state of affairs is taken however they’re unable to gather data in the disputed territory. However within controlled territory things are relatively stable.
-Some texans say that with the Mexican government’s weakness that Texas should push for at the very least a border on the Rio Grande.
-Stephen F. Austin dies in December.

[b]Prussia - Mr. Face[/b]
[img]http://i.cubeupload.com/5HQKCX.png[/img]
[URL="http://i.cubeupload.com/WiafDm.png"]Here’s a different flag, I like it better, if you tell me you prefer it I’ll edit this post.[/URL]
-More trade is done between Russia and Prussia
-Military training is intensified, this leads to some soldiers being removed, however the remaining become a much more efficient and elite force.
-Starts making an idea of a unified germany float around the german kingdoms, bringing up the myth of Mr. “I’m going to drown in a river like a fucktard while on my way to a crusade and return when germany is unified”. The idea is met with enthusiasm by those of whom prussia already has a strong grip on.
-Works to increase relations with Austria begin, with an alliance being put on the table. Austria accepts.

[b]The Russian Empire - Native Hunter[/b]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/JHv2Ld2.jpg[/img]
[b]Why did you let your flag carrier drop your flag in mud[/b]
-The military is reformed in many ways, officers & drill masters are trained differently, along with harsher training for soldiers. Some officers disagree and are let go, while their replacements are better trained, they also don’t have the same experience.
-The cossacks are employed as bodyguards.
-Weapons manufacturing kicks up throughout major cities, some ponder the point of having them in so many cities, but nevertheless the factories begin spitting out weaponry.
-Alliances are offered to china and the Austrian empire, Russia is told to fuck off by china, but on the plus side, Austria accepts.
-The capital is moved to the heart of the “Third rome”, moscow.
-Farmers in Ukraine are offered grants to help develop farms and “farming techniques”(Whatever the fuck you mean by that), prop yield improves however.
-A new city called Vladivostok is built on the border of china&korea.
-The military is put to use on Infrastructure projects while not at war.
-Taxes are lowered on the poor, this reduces the national budget by a bit, because while the poor lack much money, they make up a vast majority of people.
-St. Basil’s cathedral is renovated and expanded to show off the splendor and wealth of russia.
-Thermal clothing is designed, it aids somewhat in keeping troops warm during autumn.

[b]The Boers - Satansick[/b]
[img]http://i.cubeupload.com/PlS9vs.png[/img]
[b]I have no idea what flag would go with you, but since you’re shooting black people I’ll just give you this because it was on my hard drive[/b]
-The boers begin to migrate north, frustrated with british rule. They begin to form republics. (I’ll color them all one color but they are pretty much autonomous).
-The militia is split into commandos, with one assigned to each town. They are led by commandants who are appointed by a central cabinet.
-Indigenous Africans are to be shot, this doesn’t make the africans very happy, and there are multiple skirmishes, with the africans losing a majority.
-They begin to search for fundraising and sponsors for the great trek in Europe, the netherlands in particular. Migrants and funding are found but they aren’t too plentiful.
-Mines are established, with multiple companies sharing the cost and profit of each mine, allowing for low-risk potentially high yield business ventures.
-High-Quality farming equipment is imported from Europe allowing for improved crop yields to sustain higher population growth.
-A constitution is drafted very similar to the US constitution.
-Natives are raided for cattle and hostages for diplomacy to pretty decent success.

[b]USA - LoganIsAwesome[/b]
[img]http://i.cubeupload.com/TcB2Ia.png[/img]
-War is declared on Mexico, manifest destiny time
-The war is going swimmingly, with the west taken, and the US Army pushing into mexico from the north, and the side. Mexico city is taken by the end of the year however the Mexican army is still trying to hold on. The mexican government is moved to mazatlan.
-A treaty is offered to prussia where US factories would manufacture what they want if they’ll invest in it.
-The US declares military it doesn’t want to be involved with europe, however it is interested in trade treaties, which are forged between the US and a few nations.
-Taxes are lowered on small businesses, this encourages small startups.
-The homestead act is passed, encouraging westward expansion.
-To further encourage westward expansion, it is advertised that there are GREAT RICHES IN THE WEST, the result is several boomtowns which spring around areas where resources like gold are found.
-Companies are asked nicely to create jobs for immigrants by building railroads and factories, the general response from companies is that they’ll do whatever they feel is profitable.
-Laws are passed to gradually give slaves some more rights, not any specific rights.. just rights, with DC telling the south it simply exists to make slaves more manageable. However the laws are ignored by a majority of plantations who don’t want to be told what to do.
-Civil rights are granted to hispanic americans and immigrants, with the US claiming it’s a safe haven for those who have been hurt and oppressed. Tumblrites flock to the United States (Not really.). Already strong immigration rates are improved.

[b]Egypt - Telepathi[/b]
[img]http://i.cubeupload.com/eZIb6k.png[/img]
-Hedjaz is invaded, the small military of hedjaz is easily overwhelmed by egypt. However the invasion is met with vitriol from the rest of the muslim world.
-A railroad is built along the nile up to jerusalem.
-Colonists are sent east, presumably into hedjaz ????

[LoganIsAwesome]

USA USA USA USA

[Griff]

Why are Boers using a Neo-Nazi symbol from the 21st century with English text?
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Transvaal.svg/500px-Flag_of_Transvaal.svg.png[/IMG]
Just use this, seriously its not that hard to find flags on wikipedia instead of having to use a travesty like Natives.

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE=Griffster26;45988934]Why are Boers using a Neo-Nazi symbol from the 21st century with English text?
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Transvaal.svg/500px-Flag_of_Transvaal.svg.png[/IMG]
Just use this, seriously its not that hard to find flags on wikipedia instead of having to use a travesty like Natives.[/QUOTE]
I didn't really get much indication what kind of flag he specifically wanted so I just threw that in there as a placeholder.

And really the flags don't matter too much anyhow, they're really just there to make it more readable and easier to find what you want.

[Native Hunter]

[QUOTE=Griffster26;45988934]Why are Boers using a Neo-Nazi symbol from the 21st century with English text?
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Transvaal.svg/500px-Flag_of_Transvaal.svg.png[/IMG]
Just use this, seriously its not that hard to find flags on wikipedia instead of having to use a travesty like Natives.[/QUOTE]

Not everyone wants to use the flags used at the time, get over it

[Thelurker1234]

Get your turns in guys, today is the last day you should get them in.

Also we have a UK player now.

[[Seed Eater]]

things arent going to go well for me

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE='[Seed Eater];46032139']things arent going to go well for me[/QUOTE]
USA just might mess with texas with his manifest destiny boner

[Snoberry]

Why isn't there a technology section?