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Victoria 2 campaign is now finished played! 
I hope to write a new chapter soon.
I hope to write a new chapter soon. I managed to stay absolute monarchy all the way through! Although it was almost 20% population support for landed vote at the end...
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I start my Vic2 campagin only 2 days later. I want to save absolute monarchy up to the beginning of XX century.Victoria 2 campaign is now finished played!
I managed to stay absolute monarchy all the way through! Although it was almost 20% population support for landed vote at the end...
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Thank you for the updates and everything that you do on the forums. May you and your family have a joyous Christmas season and a blessed 2022.Victoria 2 campaign is now finished played!
I managed to stay absolute monarchy all the way through! Although it was almost 20% population support for landed vote at the end...
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Thank you! And may your blessings return to you tenfold.
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1897-1907
1897-1907
The last years of the 19th century saw the rise of international sports, as the idea of the Olympics of old was revived. The Wendish Empire was as the foremost power in the world naturally offered a founding role in the International Olympic Committee when it was suggested in 1898.
These last years of the 19th century also saw the enlargement of the naval bases of the Empire, as well as the building of a new and modern navy. First out was monitors, built en masse from 1898 and onwards.
As the 20th century dawned, renewed war erupted in the Balkans as the declining Byzantines together with France again declared war on the Greeks and their Ukrainian allies. At the start, the war was a disaster for the Greeks. Most of Anatolia was under Ukrainian occupation within short time.
However, by 1902 the tide had turned and Ukraine and Greece were on the verge of collapse. The worst was yet to come, though. Desperate to not be annexed by the equally exhausted Byzantines, Greece agreed to a separate peace, keeping their independence, and abandoning their long-time ally and friend Ukraine to the combined Byzantine-Franco alliance. Luckily for the Ukrainians, their enemies were tired of war and agreed to a light peace not long after. The long-standing friendship between Greece and Ukraine was ruined, however. From now on, Ukraine – a great power in their own right – and Greece, soon to experience an economic miracle catapulting them to great power status themselves, would be fierce competitors.
Over in Asia, the country of Ü had grown considerably at the tail end of the century and emerged as a new great power under the name of India. Pursuing an intense unification campaign, half of the Indian subcontinent was by 1907 under the control of India, with Delhi in a several year long struggle to withstand their might, and actually barely holding them off. Rebellions had begun to start around in the Indian state.
The big change on the world scene was connected to the Wendish Empire, however. After Emperor Janislaw III ascended the throne in 1865, merely 24 years old, Polish culture had been at the forefront and in ascendance. Polish language, culture and history was taught exclusively in school. More and more people thought of the Wendish Empire as Poland. Still and Empire, but Polish through and through.
The now 60 year old Emperor finally took the next logical step and on December 3rd, 1901 declared that while retaining the title of Emperor of the Wendish Empire, Scandinavia, Carpathia and Britannia, he would now be known first and foremost as the Emperor of Poland, leading the Polish Empire – or Poland for short.
In another big change the old Conservative party, having led the governance of the Wendish Empire since the early 1800s, were reorganized into the Royal Faction. The main difference was that the official economic policy was no longer interventionist, but rather state capitalist. The economy of Poland would continue to soar.
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Looks like Greece unification is not over yet I really hope we see United Hellada or something like that
P.S.: Big Poland is beyond even my wettest dreams XD
It's beautiful, yet cursed, but I love it ^^
P.S.: Big Poland is beyond even my wettest dreams XD
It's beautiful, yet cursed, but I love it ^^
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We have a Tibetan India? That rules.
Also it seems that Wendish absolutism is surviving because the empire is leaning more and more into reactionary nationalism.
Also it seems that Wendish absolutism is surviving because the empire is leaning more and more into reactionary nationalism.
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Byzantium is on the decline, Greece in ascendance, but reunification the other way won't happen, I'm afraid. Do watch this space for further developments in the area, though!
Glad you enjoy Poland's rise to dominance! At the end I think Polish is ca 25% of the populace with Greek in second place with around 9%. Yeah, it's really cool!
You might be into something with the reason for survival. I managed to keep it absolute until the end. But had the game lasted a year or two more, I would probably have had to give in... Consciousness was on a huge rise and demand for electoral reform went from 2% to the 20s in only a few years.- 2
Mighty Poland Rules! Poland into Space. A Pole on Mars by 1930! Thank you for updating
On that note... I'm not sure I will do a HoI conversion. HoI games never really agreed with me. But perhaps I can do a Stellaris run with The Wendish Empire aka Poland?
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In Victoria 2? No, I kept out of major wars as was my wish. The Wendish Empire is the world's peace keeper man.
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Will you do a timeskip before Stellaris or will you play additional 100 or so years in Victoria?
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1908-1918
1908-1918
Coming into 1908, Poland was getting unrestfull. People got ideas that the Emperor thought unreasonable, but with a better school system introduced, things calmed down again – for now. The average consciousness in the Empire was getting higher, and in some areas it was whispered that the time of absolutism could soon be over. Not if the Emperor got the final word, though.
In 1910 the Imperial ally of Andalusia called for help with the war she warred with the now tiny Castille. It was in reality not needed, and the Empire’s help was minimal, but in any case the war was over before Christmas.
The year 1911 would see the largest rebellion ever in Poland, as the Communists rose in very large numbers all over the continent. The fight was especially hard in Germany, but after about a year the last remnants were beaten and the country returned to peace.
The Emperor was scared though, and ordered an enlargement of the standing army that when it was finished would increase the troops numbers by approximately 70%. With this, the Empire was more and more militarized, as rebelliousness were seeding.
With 1912 came much international prestige, as Polish adventurers were the first to reach the South Pole – and come back to tell anyone, at any rate. This glorious accomplishment made the world in awe of Polish magnificence – or so the Emperor told the adventurers upon return in an audience.
Four years later, in 1916, Poland declared war on Ireland again. The war on the Emerald Island went exceedingly well, but a rogue army of Irish got through the blockage and wrecked havoc in England for months before chased down by returning Polish troops.
With that, the entirety of the Irish army was gone, and their country under total occupation. It would cost too much infamy for even the Polish to stomach to subdue the entire country and annex it wholeright, though. As such only two states were annexed to the Empire.
With the war had come an increase in militancy, and the Emperor again satisfied the populace with social reforms. This time, a minimum wage was introduced to the country, to jubilation for the poorest.
The Emperor also encouraged forces in the country working for pension raise, as he then assumed he could keep his absolute power even longer.
In 1918 another war erupted, as the Emperor decreed that Bohemia-Moravia had to be brought low again. As we know, the Emperor did not give political rights of any kind lightly, but during the war he allowed non-socialist unions to be formed, under tight survilance, of course.
The war would end by July 1918, with Toscana ceded to the Polish Empire.
In 1918 the great powers of the wotld was diverse. In Europe, Poland reigned supreme, but militarily France was not far behind anymore. Ukraine was a pushover military wise, but her economy was soaring. Greece had replaced the Byzantine Empire as a great power in the south of Europe, with Vormont the sole great power in the New World. In Asia India and Delhi competed for dominance on the Indian subcontinent, with the Heavenly Kingdom in China getting stronger each day.
The Polish Empire by 1918 constituted of 66.02 million men, not counting women and children. Almost 30% of her populace worked in the industry and a ever bigger amount of the populace identified as Polish.
Still an absolute monarchy, the Emperor was a father figure to most, but many were discontent with the status quo.
Poland was world leading in technologies:
And even with the immense increase in a standing military, still operating at a great profit.
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That's a lot of Communists. (And true to form, the organized left is split into at least two factions and I assume probably many many many more.) It would be interesting to imagine what happens to Poland right after the AAR ends.
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