Colonialisation. A forum RP. Try not to catch Malaria. - Games

Ok assholes I am PUTTING THE TURN OUT AT LATER. I have had to rely on Wikipedia events and that to flesh out the turns.

Time to start thinking of fancy acronyms and clever words to use to re-name my Company with.

[b]Nova Orbis: Anno Domini 1548[/b] [img_thumb]http://niggaupload.com/images/UQvYG.png[/img_thumb] Players: Mr Face - England (Crown Colony) - (Red, Northeast North America, Perurvia, Manilla) * Mountainwatcher – Portugal (Private Colony) – (Green, Greater Brazil, Northern Peru) * Ruskie – France (Crown Colony) - (Dark blue, Uruguay, Northern Argentina) Canuhear – Spain (Private Colony) – (Dark Yellow, Cuba, Eastern Mexico, Florida, Jamaica, Bermuda, Western Borneo) * Van Kaeo - Denmark (Private Colony) - (Dark Orange, Southern Sumatra) (Players marked by an * indicates this is a state supported by/helped strongly by slavery) Players are represented by a variant of the base colour of their motherland. Original base colour means this is the oldest/main colony of their nation. Portugal (Green) (Catholic) France (Blue) (Catholic) England (Red) (Protestant) Spain (Yellow) (Catholic) Denmark (Orange) (Protestant) Goods in demand is removed, you can just ask me on steam how the economy is going and I shall try my best to describe it. [b]Trade and some interaction with areas and Kingdoms/nations outside the existing map is permitted.[/b] EVENTS OF 1544-1548 -The Council of Trent officially opens. -A treatise on battlefield medicine is published for the first time. -A tracheostomy is carried out successfully for the first time. -Typhus is described for the first time. -Ivan 4th of Moscowy becomes the first Tsar of Russia. -Firearms are used for the first time in large numbers in Japan. -Snaplock muskets become known somewhat throughout the world by this stage, allowing for mass production and their use. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_Milan.svg/300px-Flag_of_Milan.svg.png[/img] [b]Kingdom of England and Ireland – Mr Face[/b] -At the battle of the Solent, the English ship Mary Rose sinks during battle due to most likely an accident. A peace treaty is later signed with the French. -The Scots win a battle against the English at Ancrum moor, but the war finishes soon after. -Rebellions break out throughout England against the new Protestant church. -Henry 8th then dies a fat bloated old man. The kingdom is suffering severely from debt, with silver payments mostly managing to keep it afloat. The lenders, in the replacement of a despot with a sickly teenage boy, begin to try and get their loans back. [b][I]New England – Mr Face[/I][/b] -Colonial armies are slashed to reduce costs, which helps a bit. The deficit of the mother country is still very bad however, with interest rates and inflation making it harder to pay back debts. -Colonies are expanded, and new ones set up in the Northeast, which is slowly starting to produce its own manufactured goods and agricultural products, becoming a mini-Europe. There is a lack of slaves though, most of whom are worked to death elsewhere. -The midwest is extensively explored, suffering frequent native attacks, whom had been driven away by the colonial army when in the war with Denmark. -To help pay off loans, silver production increases even more. -Trade increases ever more with the far East, particularly Japan, who have taken a liking to English guns. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_Portugal_%281495%29.svg/320px-Flag_Portugal_%281495%29.svg.png[/img] [b]Kingdom of Portugal – Mountainwatcher.[/b] -The Portuguese mostly ignore the Chinese ban on trade, and simply smuggle in goods. Some even join the Japanese pirates. -Portuguese relations with the French begin to notably improve. [img]http://*************/u5WHm.png[/img] [b][I]Companhia das Quinas Americanas - Mountainwatcher[/I][/b] -To encourage learned men and the such to come to the New World, the first university is set up in the capital of Brazil “La Paz”. Some colleges and schools have begun to gradually appear in some numbers along with printing presses too. -The church and state begin to increasingly ask the colony to keep a watchful eye on these men. -Most of this is largely ignored, and these rational thinkers and experimenters go ahead anyways. -Colonies on the Brazillian coast have begun to come close to meeting each other, aided by a growing population and unending European demand for sugar, tobacco and other such goods. -The colony in the Honduras begins to have roads and ports established throughout the width of the land, to try and encourage traders and the such to use this route. Most Portuguese go this way, but most prefer the Spanish route which is quickest (But most expensive, and risky if non-Spanish.) -A colony is set up in Sumatra, nearby Medan. Spice plantations are set up, and this rather sudden intrusion causes some alarm. The Sultan demands that the Portuguese leave, or cut him in on the profits. A trade agreement eventually results. -A small fort, and some fortified trading posts are scattered throughout Northern Florida, which slowly push out non-Portuguese pirates and become a trading station for some nations. -6 men are send to French Argentina, where they call the people Whiny Willies. -A song and a dance is performed, and the local French people join in. The growing festival results in a holiday gradually forming, based around the creation of petty and nonsense insults. The improving relations results in the borders becoming quite open as French and Portuguese intermarry in the area. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_New_Spain.svg/200px-Flag_of_New_Spain.svg.png[/img] [b]Kingdom of Spain – Canuhearme[/b] -The Spanish finally manage to put down most rebels in Yucatan and subjugate the populace. [img]http://*************/yDuHZ.png[/img] [b][i]El gremio de comerciantes en el Nuevo Mundo – Canuhearme[/i][/b] -Hoping to drum up more support, the company goes abroad to find potential colonists. Other countries not quite so due to existing companies there, but colonists are found in places such as Scotland, Sweden, Poland-Lithuania, Ireland and especially Germany. -The Spanish colonies become increasingly mixed as people from all over Europe, West Africa and the New World interact and intermarry. Local authorities try to desperately track the creation of these peoples and what their rights and privileges are. -The Spanish ruling classes are becoming quite supportive of the company, and several of the companies members are knighted. -General exploration of Borneo and North America proceeds, discovering lovely spices to trade like Nutmeg and Clove in the process. -Cocoa, tea and spice plantations are expanded largely, and whilst sugar plantations are limited, the profits are just too high to ignore, which expand also. -Agricultural farming estates and some basic industries are set up in parts of Mexico, which helps to make the place more self sufficient. However most people find it more profitable to work in industries like sugar, rum, tobacco and the such, importing food instead. Salted French beef, Dried English cod, Pickled Danish fish, etc are popular. There is a rather large swathe of land somewhere up north in an area called the Midwest however, which would be perfect for food producing crops. -Expansion continues along the Texan coastline, until the colonists eventually meet the English and encroach on the borders to the point that the English complain. -A holiday called St Raphels day is announced, in which people find spouses. Birth rates increase slightly from what they originally were, but problems like disease, malnutrition, injuries, poor healthcare and the such keep the death rate high. -A man is sent to the London, where he moons the governor of the colonies and then calls him a “Warmongering Ninnyhead”. -Aid is given to the Danish, helping to pay them on a trip away from the extinguished colony. A good number end up going to stay in Greenland, or the Spanish colonies themselves. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Pavillon_royal_de_la_France.svg/200px-Pavillon_royal_de_la_France.svg.png[/img] [b]Kingdom of France – Ruskie[/b] -The war with England comes to a close. -Henry 2nd becomes King of France. -A marriage treaty is signed between Scotland and France, agreeing that their queen will marry the future king Francis 2nd. -The French King begins to slowly make trading and diplomatic deals with the Portuguese. Seeking to drive a wedge between England and Portugal, these deals slowly see them drift from their traditional ally. [b][i]New France – Ruskie[/i][/b] -The colony, annoyed at their counterpart, simply begin to buy shares instead until they can gain a majority. However due to the companies financial success and size, this is a task that is easier said than done. -Military experts from France and Spain are hired, to help reform and organise the colonial army to be an efficient killing machine. -More of Argentina is explored. Some natives are pissed for some reason and try to kill the explorers. A few snaplocks help cover a hasty retreat by the French to the nearest fort. -Expansion of the main colony is greatly extended this year, to the point that the colony is starting to resemble a nation-state with its size, production and population. Mints and banks exist in the colonial capital now as well. -A colony is established in California, which is noted to be a good place for growing crops and produce. -A statue is made to commenerate the men who called the Portuguese guv'ner a Heated Henry. [img]http://blog.justlanded.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/denmark-flag-300x200.gif[/img] [b]Kingdom of Denmark and Norway –Van Kaeo[/b] -Danish relations with Spain improve after aid is granted to them. -Naval reforms are carried out. [img]http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/uspoverty/2010/10/dcCarrotmobFlag-250x150.jpg[/img] [b]Arla Culinary – Van Kaeo[/b] -Not much happens yo. [b]Ecological/Economic/Social/etc events[/b] -Another harvest failure occurs in Henan, China. This time due to excessive rainfall. -French Protestants immigrate in increasing numbers to Southeast England to avoid persecution by French authorities. -The Chinese authorities put in a ban on all maritime trade, and close down all ports, in order to counter Japanese pirates. The silver trade still continues to some extent due to smuggling by traders and pirates. -Mathematics is becoming an increasingly taught subject in schools, colleges and universities. The spread of the printing press and books (The price of which is declining) has contributed largely to this, especially as many algebra books become translated into vernacular languages and increasingly used. -As Asians have begun to move about on the silver and Chinaware ships, they are becoming a common sight in the New World. Several samurai have been actually hired by a few merchants to help protect some roads in Mexico. -Pirates and privateers, common throughout the Caribbean, although chased by national navies, simply hide in a port which is neutral or flying their own flag. The lack of any laws on privateering or piracy, and their unrestricted use in warfare means that they are common to the Caribbean until all navies in the area work together to eliminate them. -The buccaneering age has begun to rise slowly, as money changes hands rapidly and the criminal organisations and gangs of the Old World make their way over to the New. This permanent social ill is worsened by the lack of any effective means of direct rule or control. Often companies or crown colonies run things ad hoc or use a local puppet, resulting in some mayhem and the such. -In areas that depend on plantations, the rate of development of local industries and infrastructure is notably slower than in areas that depend on other industries or trades like logging, fishing, ranching and manufacturing. -The price of silver has dropped 10% since 1500. [b]Music of 1544-1548 - Diego Ortiz - Recercada No. 1 sobre el passamezzo antiguo[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiHjoMaZyaI[/media] Send in new turns please. Use this format for commands. [Quote] Motherland actions: (Try to get investors, colonists, royal support, etc) Exploration actions: (Where to explore, how to explore, etc) Colony actions: (Establishment, expansion, economic focus, etc) Foreign affairs: (Interacting with native groups, criminals, pirates, foreign governments, etc.) [/quote] If a new player, use this in additon. [quote] Kingdom/Nation: Headquarters: Company name: Company flag: (Only private companies may have flags/names, crown colonies fly the flag of the Motherland) [/quote] Send this to me via PM. Please send in all turns titled as "Kingdom/Company name - Turn 13 – Playername" [b]Vote to be held[/b] 1. Add in India. (Note, this is not an easy place to colonise.) 2. Add Sweden as a playable country. Playable NPC colonies already existing. 1. New Spain. (Base Yellow) 2. Portuguese Company (Dark Green) 3. French Company (Base Blue) 4. Danish Company (Base Orange)

Sweden

Won't be able to give out a post until later tonight, around 9:00 PM GMT -4; at home from college.

Freaking imgur ban

India

2 turns in. Fucks sake, all the other threads die due to too many people overworking the admin, and this one dies because there's so few people playing.

Sorry I'm dropping out because I want to focus on WAW.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;35751671]2 turns in. Fucks sake, all the other threads die due to too many people overworking the admin, and this one dies because there's so few people playing.[/QUOTE] I sent mine. Usually I'm the last to send it.

3 turns in so far. Anybody wanna join?

Oh god, don't let the game die.

I am thinking about adding a fictional disease to this game I wrote up whilst bored. Here: [quote]Name: Lohikarmi morbus. Occurrence of pathogen: A number of governments keep some stocks of the pathogen for research purposes, with postulated use in biological warfare. Mostly eradicated from around the world, but stockpiles have been known to circulate amongst criminal gangs, and infections are usually individual and in most cases have rarely spread. Outbreaks still occur, but eradication of the pathogen is making headway with about 800 cases reported a year as of 2009. Transmission: Spreads through direct fluid contact of infected with non-infected. Includes transmission via blood, saliva, sexual intercourse and although rarer, breast milk. Symptoms: Period of time between incubation and appearance of notable symptoms may take 4 to 6 days to manifest depending on immune system of subject. Beforehand, flu-like symptoms may occur that will usually be diagnosed as another aliment. Due to the increasing rarity of the disease, many doctors fail to see the symptoms as a sign of the disease. Recovery may start to occur around this stage, where the immune system has successfully fought off the pathogen, with full recovery taking 2 or so weeks. However in 60% of cases, disease will progress further. Notably some individuals have deliberately caught this disease for various reasons. Hair will begin to fall out with dryness of the skin too. After hair removal, cells in body will begin to rapidly multiply, with the DNA within them having been severely altered by the infection. Subject will tend to seek out care in the aid of others, being usually bedridden from the infection. By the 12th day, skin of subject will begin to thicken and crack along with extensive hardening. Fingernails and toenails of subject will begin to increase rate of growth likewise. Skin will also change colour, but seems to be a random affair as to the colour that will be chosen. Bones of subject will begin to thicken on 13th day, along with muscle growth. Despite appearance of enhanced strength, subject will still be mostly immobile for up to 10 more days, and suffering from bouts of chronic pain. A keeled breastbone develops during this stage. The bones will begin to develop into a honeycomb structure. The heart will begin to increase in size. Height of subject will also increase, and subject will require larger meals of protein rich food to help maintain themselves. Subject may grow to as much as 4 metres in height, but 3 metres is usually the norm. A large amount of adipose tissue will diminish during this time likewise. Fingernails and toenails will start to harden as they grow, and eventually form into sharpened points. Some molars develop to the point of crushing rock, and also will contain trace amounts of platinum. As body undergoes rapid changes, balance will shift to the balls of the feet, meaning that if a subject is still attempting mobility, it will become near impossible by this stage. On the 15th day Extra vertebrae will start to grow outwards from the base of the spine with sharpened blade-like extrusions. There will be muscle growth here too, resulting in subject having an ability to control the recent addition. The weight and size of it balances out the subject after the balance shift of earlier, resulting in subject being able to achieve bipedal locomotion again. By this stage, most subjects will be seized by a local authority and quarantined and possibly neutralised for fears of spread of disease or damage to local environs. Some organs unique to Synapsids may vanish or undergo some change as a result of the disease, and skull shape will change to resemble that of a Diapsid over a period of time. Two bladder-like organs will develop, which will produce hydrogen, methane and contain a store of the gas inside. A fleshy palate will also develop at the back of the throat. Finally, by the 19th day if the disease is allowed to progress to final stage, the shoulders will broaden and will grow an extra pair of limbs that eventually progress into long bony extrusions with a thin membrane webbing covering it. The subject is still alive and conscious throughout, but is still left with the deformities. There is enhanced physical strength however, and the bladders of hydrogen and methane may be emptied to combine with oxygen in the mouth in the presence of the platinum. Subject is also capable of flight. In many cases social isolation occurs or they are soon hunted down and rid of by an local authority. The ones who manage to stay alive do so in secrecy. Origins: It is postulated that this disease originated as a genetic mutation from an unknown existing pathogen that has since gone extinct around the early Holocene. The earliest of the disease is that it originated in areas with the species Crocodylus niloticus around 3800 BCE. A wall painting shows a step by step progression of the disease until the advanced stages whereby the afflicted had their head caved in by a rock.[/quote]

Definitely voting no on the disease, yes on India and Sweden.

^ A million times what canuhearme said. A billion times

Rrerr!

I intend to have the turn out this evening, and will also create a historical summary of the first half of the 16th century with undergoing events and effects as the world crawls towards the modern age. Also I will be adding India soon and reforming the world map, due to the size of it being a bitch to handle.

If you add India, i will join.

[b]Nova Orbis: Anno Domini 1552[/b] [img_thumb]http://www.niggaupload.com/images/f1EQd.png[/img_thumb] Players: Mr Face - England (Crown Colony) - (Red, Northeast North America, Perurvia, Manilla) * Mountainwatcher – Portugal (Private Colony) – (Green, Greater Brazil, Northern Peru) * Ruskie – France (Crown Colony) - (Dark blue, Uruguay, Northern Argentina) Canuhear – Spain (Private Colony) – (Dark Yellow, Cuba, Eastern Mexico, Florida, Jamaica, Bermuda, Western Borneo) * Dr Insy - Portugal (Private Colony) – (Dark Green, Baja California, Costa Rica, Nicaragua ) (Players marked by an * indicates this is a state supported by/helped strongly by slavery) Players are represented by a variant of the base colour of their motherland. Original base colour means this is the oldest/main colony of their nation. Portugal (Green) (Catholic) France (Blue) (Catholic) England (Red) (Protestant) Spain (Yellow) (Catholic) Denmark (Orange) (Protestant) [b]Trade and some interaction with areas and Kingdoms/nations outside the existing map is permitted.[/b] EVENTS OF 1548-1552 -The Netherlands are reorganised into one political entity by the Habsburgs, the increasing centralisation causes dissent to rise in this area significantly. -The counter-reformation begins in Bavaria. -Gerolamo Cardano publishes his comprehensive survey of the natural sciences, De subtilitate, in Nuremberg. -The Ottoman Empire conquers Tripoli. -Publishing of books relating to botany and mathematics occur largely during this year. -The inner ear and heart are explored and detailed by Bartolomeo Eustachi, although due to fear of persecution it is not published. -Tapeworms and syphilis is described for the first time in detail. -Shit son, France, the Habsburgs AND England are all at war. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_Milan.svg/300px-Flag_of_Milan.svg.png[/img] [b]Kingdom of England and Ireland – Mr Face[/b] -The prayer book recently introduced, along with the enclosure movement, have resulted in large disturbances throughout the country as civil unrest flares up and destabilises the Kingdom. -The spire of Lincoln Cathedral collapses, leaving St Olaf's Church in Estonia as the tallest structure on earth. -England and France go to war. Then it goes to war with the Habsburgs. -There is a final outbreak of sweating sickness, which from now on completely vanishes from the history books. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes a contemporary description in tasteful detail. -War debts and inflation mount up to serious levels, and one day the Kingdom declares bankruptcy due to this. -The country spirals into chaos, with zealots on both sides of the religious matter causing problems. -To make things worse, Edward becomes ill and has no heirs, precipitating a succession crisis. [b][I]New England – Mr Face[/I][/b] -The colony suffers from economic shock as the motherland undergoes some stress. Growth and expansion slows massively. -A colony is started in Delaware, with explorers heading westwards to try and map the interior. This task has become exceedingly difficult with the thick forests, cooling climate and some native hostility. Long island also becomes settled. -The colonial army mobilises to fight the Spanish, but due to attacks from many sides are forced to retreat to the Northeast colonies. -English Peruvia is invaded by both France and Portugal, with some losses as the local populations rise to take revenge against their former masters. Nonetheless all sides take a brutal beating in the war. -Native uprisings lead to a full blown rebellion that starts to retake their old lands. -The English colony of New Orleans is blockaded, and the English navy engages in numerous battles with the French and Portuguese. The English navy fights well, but is forced into ports or to retreat against superior numbers. The waters around the North American colonies are maintained, but Peru is left completely to the mercy of the enemy. -New Orleans is eventually lost to a Spanish force. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_Portugal_%281495%29.svg/320px-Flag_Portugal_%281495%29.svg.png[/img] [b]Kingdom of Portugal – Mountainwatcher. Dr Insy.[/b] -A Portuguese explorer, setting out from Zanzibar, maps the East coast. However only a few mauled men return. The unexplored region is left marked as hc svnt dracones. -The Portuguese economy suffers badly due to silver inflation and several crashes throughout Europe. War debts put increasing pressure on the country. -Portugal declares war on England. -The Ciena of Niesmiertelni company is taken over by a number of nobles. [img]http://www.niggaupload.com/images/n0EQb.png[/img] [b][I]Companhia das Quinas Americanas - Mountainwatcher[/I][/b] -The company buys a large number of troops and ships, and convinces the monarchy to declare war on England. -Blockades are enacted on the English in the New World, with many naval battles taking place. -Trade routes with the French expand quite extensively during this period as the hostilities with England increase. The two countries end up improving relations more and more, putting pressure on the Habsburgs to maintain their hedgemony of Europe. -Expansion inland continues, though very slowly due to the plant growth. -Portugal finally lays claim to the last of the Brazillian coastline. -The company mobilises against England, blocking off trade via the Honduras and invading Northern Peru. The English soldiers are treated somewhat fairly when captured, but the resulting destabilisation results in many native opportunists rising that results in many deaths. -Fortifications are erected in existing colonies to protect against pirates, and most likely the English. -In a nod to the 6 whiny willy men, a statue is erected to honour their memory. -Maroon kingdoms in the Brazillian interior begin to attack the Portuguese towns and trading posts when encroachment comes too close. These entities, composed of natives, runaway Europeans and slaves, are formidable and fierce, being armed with European weapons and using guerilla tactics. [img]http://www.niggaupload.com/images/YnSlx.jpg[/img] [b][I]Cienia of Niesmiertelni - Dr Insy[/I][/b] -Exploration of South America and the Pacific East coast is conducted. -Investors come to put some more cash into the company, hearing of good news for California. -The company starts to expand once more, and the Baja colony expands north into California. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_New_Spain.svg/200px-Flag_of_New_Spain.svg.png[/img] [b]Kingdom of Spain – Canuhearme[/b] -Silver is discovered in Zacatecas. [img]http://www.niggaupload.com/images/EKPGT.png[/img] [b][i]El gremio de comerciantes en el Nuevo Mundo – Canuhearme[/i][/b] -The Habsburgs declare war on England. -The Spanish crown suffers mounting debts, exacerbated by war and silver inflation. The country is barely able to pay the interest. -The company military rushes into New Orleans, shelling the fort with a naval bombardment and then capturing the port. -Colonists from Spain and some explorers begin to move up and down the Mississippi river, noting the fertile land. Farms have begun to be set up, and are proving to be very productive. -A company newspaper is established, and farms are set up to try and produce paper. Nonetheless, it is a costly affair that barely breaks even on profit. Cotton has been discovered to be made into a good paper, but the only reliable source of it at the moment is in India. -Sugar, spice and everything nice is greatly expanded on, with tea and cocoa finally breaking through into the Upper Middle Classes of Europe. -An edict is passed, forcing all those who involve themselves in business or land ownership must pass a basic literacy test for purposes of tax collection. The number of literate begins to rise to around 15%. -Husbandry is practised amongst the Spanish, with the intention of creating stocks of cattle that are fatter, produce more milk, and are more docile. -New agricultural techniques begin to be slowly applied. -With some of the policies enacted, various technological advances begin to crop up, mostly with regards to agriculture. -The Spanish invade, and capture Manilla, driving out the English and pissing off the Ming government in the process whose silver shipments have been halted. -Spanish ships raid the English ones, looting them of silver and selling it for profit. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Pavillon_royal_de_la_France.svg/200px-Pavillon_royal_de_la_France.svg.png[/img] [b]Kingdom of France – Ruskie[/b] -England and France go to war. -One of the first French Grammar books is published. -The French and the Habsburgs decide to have another war to break up the monotony of peace. [b][i]New France – Ruskie[/i][/b] -In another act of reckless disregard for colonial safety, the colony buys more ships. By this stage, the colonial navy is the biggest in the Americas, once the English one is destroyed. -They go to fight the nasty English, invading from the South and working northwards. Native rebellions keep breaking out however, and put strain upon logistics and military advance. -Further expansion is attempted in the Californian colony. However due to logistics and the ongoing war with England, very few colonists arrive there. -Expansion into the Argentinian interior continues much like it did beforehand though, with vast flocks of European animals helping to feed, clothe and fuel the growing French Empire. -7 men are sent to the capital of Brazil, calling the governor an “Irate Irene” before setting off a number of fireworks much to the celebration of locals. A large festival takes place, and has now become an annual occurrence in both capitals. The only people not celebrating are maroons and natives. -Natives begin to attack various French settlements, armed with bows and on horseback. They are becoming increasingly hostile. [img]http://blog.justlanded.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/denmark-flag-300x200.gif[/img] [b]Kingdom of Denmark and Norway[/b] -Due to no players, this will become an NPC nation, with two competing companies. One is a whaling company in Greenland, and another is a spice trading one in the Malays. [b]Ecological/Economic/Social/etc events[/b] -In Henan province, China, a severe frost in the spring destroys the winter wheat crop. Torrential rains in mid summer cause massive flooding of farmland and villages. In the autumn a large tornado demolishes houses and flattens much of the buckwheat in the fields. Famine victims either flee, starve, or resort to cannibalism. -Tower clocks have become so common that nearly everybody in Europe or America now has access to a clock, with the upper and middle classes often buying them for domestic use. Increasing accuracy means an improvement in timekeeping and allowing for astronomy to advance. -Some people begin to live based off the motions of these strange machines. No longer people wake or sleep or eat or drink when they feel like it, but instead more people are synchronising these times to do specific actions with each other. You eat dinner at 3 in the afternoon now. -Europe undergoes a short-term economic crisis after the English declare bankruptcy, with some banks collapsing and a couple of anti-Semitic pogroms taking place. -The natives of the New World have have begun to adapt with the adoption of firearms and horses, which is making European encroachment harder. -Some Protestant sects are beginning to emphasize reading of the bible as fundamental to their religion, and as a result literacy amongst these groups begins to rise. [b]Music of 1548-1552 - European Courtly Music circa 1550 - David Munrow[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P0z2Va_yzE[/media] Send in new turns please. Use this format for commands. [Quote] Motherland actions: (Try to get investors, colonists, royal support, etc) Exploration actions: (Where to explore, how to explore, etc) Colony actions: (Establishment, expansion, economic focus, etc) Foreign affairs: (Interacting with native groups, criminals, pirates, foreign governments, etc.) [/quote] If a new player, use this in additon. [quote] Kingdom/Nation: Headquarters: Company name: Company flag: (Only private companies may have flags/names, crown colonies fly the flag of the Motherland) [/quote] Send this to me via PM. Please send in all turns titled as "Kingdom/Company name - Turn 14 – Playername" Playable NPC colonies already existing. 1. New Spain. (Base Yellow) 2. French Company (Base Blue) 3. Danish Company (Base Orange) 4. Danish Company (Dark Orange) 5. Portuguese crown colonies (Light Green)

I'm sorry, face, it's just business, you were being too pushy with your claims on all of Northern America.

It's just business? Well fuck you too.

Sent in a turn, as well as an offer of peace to Mr. Face. You have bigger problems on your plate, I didn't exactly want anything more then just New Orleans.

You took one of my best fishing ports? Well shit. I'm just going to rebel now, England is fucked economically. I'm going to create America.

I'm willing to throw in military and financial support if you need it.

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;35775992]I'm willing to throw in military and financial support if you need it.[/QUOTE] That would be lovely. Even a weakened England is a dangerous England. [editline]30th April 2012[/editline] Also, as the United States I will expand a bit but I'll ask other what they think of any further expansion before I continue. I aim to avoid confrontation after the rebellion is done.

I'm taking back Canada. Woo! Don't worry babies I'm coming home.

I like writing summaries and ongoing events, then watching people not really read them, and then their country goes down the toilet for some reason and they are perplexed as to why.

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Summary of 1500 - 1550. -The west has begun to rise, catching up to the advanced civilisations of Asia, and in some cases have begun to supercede them. -China has abandoned the coastal areas as pirates plague the seas, and trade begins to be mostly based around the purchase of silver. -In Europe, the Protestant Reformation gave a major blow to the authority of the Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church. European politics is becoming increasingly dominated by religious conflicts. -In the East, the Ottoman Empire has become the most powerful Empire on Earth. The Sultan rules an empire that is starting to deal with increasing problems. -The Kalmar Union has broken up, with the Kingdom of Sweden becoming an independent entity. -Russia has also formed from the earlier Muscovite city-state, and the Golden Horde is losing power. -Poland-Lithuania has grown to dominate Eastern Europe, with a rather decentralised power structure and religious tolerance that is maintaining stability and economic growth in the area. -England has risen to become a major power by 1550, helped by silver imports. -Portugal, Spain and France are just behind, rising and slowly overtaking their neighbours in terms of economic power. Agriculture has made massive strides as new techniques and machines are developed. Animals have become heavier and larger, giving a greater output. The introduction of new crops ranging from potatoes to maize has allowed for greater diversification and reducing the risk of famine. Education is gradually improving along with literacy and numeracy. Although the vast majority do not know much, a farmer today is more likely to provide more information than a man a century prior. Local improvements spread more rapidly, and the printing press has helped contribute to this extensively. Ploughs are becoming heavier, using iron, and wheels. Kelp, manure, fertilisers are being gradually adopted. Wheat Output of average farm. (Bushels produced per acre) 1500 6.48 1550 7.88 The four field crop rotation system (wheat, turnips, barley and clover) has been recently developed in the Netherlands, but has yet to spread significantly. The spread of the spinning wheel has allowed for textile production to improve, and now a proto-capitalist system has emerged whereby a merchant buys raw wool, gives it to a cottage, and then takes it off them and sells it, giving the cottagers a share of the profit. Metalworking has taken strides as guns continue development, getting gradually lighter and more useful. The finery forge has spread throughout all of Europe by this stage, and blast furnaces are also popular. Despite improvements, infant mortality is still high. Disease spreads due to poor understanding of it. Quarantines have been utilised for centuries, and are improving. Doctors now are understanding the body better. Patients are given alcohol before surgery, to reduce pain. Doctors still do not keep good hygiene however. Europe is appearing to becoming secular, but do not be fooled one bit. The monasteries dissolved, the state removing the pope as head of the church and the such may indicate this. However people are becoming more fanatical over religion. Whereas a century ago, people had religion as a strong part of their lives, now it is becoming a matter of life or death for some. The Iberian peninsula is gradually slowing down population growth due to emigration to the new world, war, disease and the such. Peasants are powerless to prevent noble and clerical incursion. In England, land is becoming enclosed and run as single units. The collaspe of feudalism means wage seekers now drift across the land to work on farms. Capitalism is arising in the west as revolts erupt over enclosed land. Poverty is becoming a problem, and many mitigate it by emigration. Brazil has around 50,000 inhabitants, a third of which are slaves. French Argentina amounts to around 40,000 with a crucial difference being it mostly French in its makeup. (It also produces disproportionally more food than any other colony) Spanish possessions amount to around 30 million subjects, although this number is rapidly declining. Before the war, England had possibly between 3 and 30 million subjects in the Incan empire. The destruction of records is not very helpful. Nonetheless the population is declining here. English possessions in the Northeast amount to around 40,000 inhabitants.

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