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Brandenburg 1545-1572
The years from 1545 to 1572 were peaceful for the little kingdom of Brandenburg. No provinces were gained from foreign states, it was a period of inner consolidation and improving the infrastructure. The late 1540s saw the minor Duchy of Anhalt declare independence from the kingdom, depriving us of the very important gold mine in Meissen.
A swift campaign led by Marshal Casimir brought the Duke to the negotiation table, where he was forced to surrender two of his three castles, and swear loyalty to the King of Brandenburg.
The total population of the kingdom increased by a total of 33 percent, sign that times of peace benefitted the kingdom greatly. It was a time of rest and stability, causing many to compare the little German state to a Utopian society, where all the social classes get along perfectly.
Under the able leadership of Johann Georg, the economy also took off, with inflation decreasing from 6 to 3 percent, and income greatly increasing. German merchants finally decided to trade their wares abroad, encouraged by state protection and backing. Trade and production efficiency rose to unseen before levels, which made shiny golden ducats flow into the State Treasury.
Such ducats were put to good use, especialy in building manufactories and repairing and enlarging the castles' walls. A total of five new manufactories were built (2 producing weapons and three alcohol distilleries). All minimal forts were upgraded to small ones, and in few strategic places medium fortresses were erected.
Technology-wise, the time was called the "Georgian Renaissance", from the great discoveries in all fields, under the wise rule of King Johann Georg. The period saw an increase in the quality of armies, a stronger centralizing effort by the state, and a general rejection of conservatory ideas in administration, favouring an increasing influence of innovation in public life.
Brandenburg looks confident to the future.
The years from 1545 to 1572 were peaceful for the little kingdom of Brandenburg. No provinces were gained from foreign states, it was a period of inner consolidation and improving the infrastructure. The late 1540s saw the minor Duchy of Anhalt declare independence from the kingdom, depriving us of the very important gold mine in Meissen.
A swift campaign led by Marshal Casimir brought the Duke to the negotiation table, where he was forced to surrender two of his three castles, and swear loyalty to the King of Brandenburg.
The total population of the kingdom increased by a total of 33 percent, sign that times of peace benefitted the kingdom greatly. It was a time of rest and stability, causing many to compare the little German state to a Utopian society, where all the social classes get along perfectly.
Under the able leadership of Johann Georg, the economy also took off, with inflation decreasing from 6 to 3 percent, and income greatly increasing. German merchants finally decided to trade their wares abroad, encouraged by state protection and backing. Trade and production efficiency rose to unseen before levels, which made shiny golden ducats flow into the State Treasury.
Such ducats were put to good use, especialy in building manufactories and repairing and enlarging the castles' walls. A total of five new manufactories were built (2 producing weapons and three alcohol distilleries). All minimal forts were upgraded to small ones, and in few strategic places medium fortresses were erected.
Technology-wise, the time was called the "Georgian Renaissance", from the great discoveries in all fields, under the wise rule of King Johann Georg. The period saw an increase in the quality of armies, a stronger centralizing effort by the state, and a general rejection of conservatory ideas in administration, favouring an increasing influence of innovation in public life.
Brandenburg looks confident to the future.
ontime: 1% deflation
AAR: 600 ducats
core: 334
also, you said i would receive compensation for Anhalt breaking off while i was ghosted(with the gold prov
).
AAR: 600 ducats
core: 334
also, you said i would receive compensation for Anhalt breaking off while i was ghosted(with the gold prov
).
England 1545-1572
The session for England was defined by the conflict with Spain, the buildup to the war and the war itself, which has yet to be resolved. Many, many ducats went into defense toward the latter half of the non aggression pact, to such a degree that when war began, almost two thirds of the national budget was used for maintenance alone.
But that is getting ahead of things. The beginning of the session for England was peaceful. Traders returned almost every month, most with stories of success in the far east or the america's or in Russia(though many also came home in tears from Russia, monopolistic as the Tzars are). Trade tech six was on the way. In all respects, the English sun seemed to shine high.
The NAP with Spain was good until 1560. I thought it was 55 at first, my memory betrays me now and then, so I began teching naval, and after getting NT 9 a few years later, switched to land. I was a little bit anxious about a deal EGO had made with Drake, trading La Mancha(a gold prov) for Bretagne for one session, which gave him home waters in the channel. Before this exchange, I thought my 445 random admiral(modified) would have a shot against the Spanish fleet, but now I figured I was f***ed navally, so much of my planning went toward strengthening defenses on the island itself.
I had some time though and continued to send missionaries around, standard stuff with Henry VIII, then Edward took over and then Mary, and I got a historical religious event, where I took the option that gave me +2 inno and a random heretic(which could have given me a conversion if it had triggered in the right province, but my luck didn't hold out. Wessex ended up getting converted to reformed). That gave me 7 inno, which was enough to trigger two neat events giving 10 merchants in all, a couple explorers and a naval manufactury(although, the naval manu appeared in an iron prov, so I wasn't really that thrilled when I got it).
Income increased pretty successfully, just about all in trade. From about 175, it jumped to almost 300 by 1560. A cot appeared in Delaware, and later one appeared in St Helena, a colony I'd just created, so I had 3 cots, enough to get 12 mercs a year. After my historical -5 inflation event, I minted for a while and built my fleet up, in anticipation of the NAP ending in 55. When I heard from EGO that it ended in 60, I switched to trade tech and finished lvl 6, then teched land a bit until I was at CRT parity with EGO, LT 14, then alternated between naval and minting.
EGO had built a very large fleet, of about 2000 galleys, and had two 150-200 ship fleets in NA and India. I had 1200 galleys in England and 70 warships for colonial action. The defense of England itself was strong though. In Cornwall, Bristol and Wessex, where I expected the blow to fall, I'd built medium forts. All the coastal forts in England were expanded. Scotland I figured to be a less likely target. Ireland I didn't bother with. Better to leave minimal forts that are easy to retake.
In 1559, I sent my colonial fleet with 35k under my 345 conquistador to the far east, where EGO held two cots and a spatter of colonies in India. I attacked Assam and took Ayatula cot(something like that), at about the time Spain embargoed and attacked me.
THE WAR:
It commenced with Spanish forces under his random conq invading New England, which I'd left virtually undefended. A force of 11k was raised in New York and elsewhere to try to push back the invaders, but Delaware and 3-4 colonies south of it were captured.
Bazan's attack on England was less successful. His 2000 galleys were of course unopposed, so he had no trouble landing cav armies of 30k in England from Liverpool, but they were leaderless armies. He feared losing Alba.
I had 130k cav in England, and a 345 or 445 general. The waves of invaders managed to loot three provinces, and then were cut to pieces in three main battles. About 30k out of 100k made it off the island, and they were the last Spaniards seen in England itself.
An attempt was soon made to conquer Ireland, however. The remnants of that army dropped in Munster, and nearly captured the prov but for the relief of my 5 shocker, who'd been ferried over from the north by the main English fleet. Spain's ships were too far south to intervene, and couldn't tell where mine were anyway. Thus, no way to prevent these sorts of maneuvers. The besieging force was destroyed. Another Spanish army landed in Ireland after this, a much larger one, but it too was wiped out. Again, no leaders were present.
Raising reinforcements was very difficult. As I said above, my maintenance costs were so high they eclipsed 2/3 of my income. So, minting was generally a bad idea. I had to rely on loans from other nations. I also lowered my naval maintenance once it became apparent that the fleet in England would not need to be used.
Meanwhile, the eastern expedition made headway, capturing Ganges, a few colonies on the east of India and part of Sri Lanka before Spain's mostly galley fleet could respond with reinforcements. My ships made a clean getaway. I left my army in Sri Lanka to hold down what I'd captured there, hoping Spain would try to attack it, but they passed it by to recapture the other colonies and Ganges. My conquistador had died a natural death, so it still wasn't a big deal if I couldn't evacuate the army in Sri Lanka for a while.
The garrison forces in Ayatula had to be increased though. Spain's warship fleet had now arrived, of an unknown number. Since I had a 563 explorer, I was pretty confident that my warships could beat his on my home waters, whatever his numbers were. And it was proven justified, as his fleet of 160 warships was soundly defeated off my coasts, and pursued all the way to Macao.
I made an attempt to invade the Spanish Low Countries. They were mostly minimal forts, with no leaders. The garrisons weren't particularly strong, and Spain's fleet was probably in Iberia. So I marched troops from France, assaulted and captured one of them, lost an assault in the other and was forced out by Spain, but landed my cav army under my leader in Geldre and used it to annihilate the other army coming from the east. After this, Spain's fleet was seen sailing through the channel, so I quickly moved the leader and my cav army out, leaving just the infantry who made a gallant last stand in Amsterdam.
The war in New England went back and forth. My recruits outnumbered them, but could not quite push his conquistador out, and Spain just recently landed an army unopposed in St Helena. Warscore stands at +30 or +32 for Spain. If he takes St Helena without me taking something back of my own, it will give him stabhitting warscore. But if I can somehow liberate North America, I will be back in the clear. On the other hand, there is new leadership and Spain, and the new monarch may decide to give Alba a shot in England, now that Farnese is available as a backup(and Alba's only got another 10 years anyway).
There will be hard times for England if the war is lost, and the embargo is maintained(and I can't imagine at present why it wouldn't be). A defeat may simply be followed by another invasion, who knows? What physical force could prevent that from happening? A "victory" could retain the status quo, perhaps result in a reopening of Spanish trade. But I don't think it will be possible to achieve anything like that until Francis Drake arrives to lead the fleet, which is not for another 5 years.
AAR: money, whatever the current rate is
Ontime: scaled gifts
Core: 90
The session for England was defined by the conflict with Spain, the buildup to the war and the war itself, which has yet to be resolved. Many, many ducats went into defense toward the latter half of the non aggression pact, to such a degree that when war began, almost two thirds of the national budget was used for maintenance alone.
But that is getting ahead of things. The beginning of the session for England was peaceful. Traders returned almost every month, most with stories of success in the far east or the america's or in Russia(though many also came home in tears from Russia, monopolistic as the Tzars are). Trade tech six was on the way. In all respects, the English sun seemed to shine high.
The NAP with Spain was good until 1560. I thought it was 55 at first, my memory betrays me now and then, so I began teching naval, and after getting NT 9 a few years later, switched to land. I was a little bit anxious about a deal EGO had made with Drake, trading La Mancha(a gold prov) for Bretagne for one session, which gave him home waters in the channel. Before this exchange, I thought my 445 random admiral(modified) would have a shot against the Spanish fleet, but now I figured I was f***ed navally, so much of my planning went toward strengthening defenses on the island itself.
I had some time though and continued to send missionaries around, standard stuff with Henry VIII, then Edward took over and then Mary, and I got a historical religious event, where I took the option that gave me +2 inno and a random heretic(which could have given me a conversion if it had triggered in the right province, but my luck didn't hold out. Wessex ended up getting converted to reformed). That gave me 7 inno, which was enough to trigger two neat events giving 10 merchants in all, a couple explorers and a naval manufactury(although, the naval manu appeared in an iron prov, so I wasn't really that thrilled when I got it).
Income increased pretty successfully, just about all in trade. From about 175, it jumped to almost 300 by 1560. A cot appeared in Delaware, and later one appeared in St Helena, a colony I'd just created, so I had 3 cots, enough to get 12 mercs a year. After my historical -5 inflation event, I minted for a while and built my fleet up, in anticipation of the NAP ending in 55. When I heard from EGO that it ended in 60, I switched to trade tech and finished lvl 6, then teched land a bit until I was at CRT parity with EGO, LT 14, then alternated between naval and minting.
EGO had built a very large fleet, of about 2000 galleys, and had two 150-200 ship fleets in NA and India. I had 1200 galleys in England and 70 warships for colonial action. The defense of England itself was strong though. In Cornwall, Bristol and Wessex, where I expected the blow to fall, I'd built medium forts. All the coastal forts in England were expanded. Scotland I figured to be a less likely target. Ireland I didn't bother with. Better to leave minimal forts that are easy to retake.
In 1559, I sent my colonial fleet with 35k under my 345 conquistador to the far east, where EGO held two cots and a spatter of colonies in India. I attacked Assam and took Ayatula cot(something like that), at about the time Spain embargoed and attacked me.
THE WAR:
It commenced with Spanish forces under his random conq invading New England, which I'd left virtually undefended. A force of 11k was raised in New York and elsewhere to try to push back the invaders, but Delaware and 3-4 colonies south of it were captured.
Bazan's attack on England was less successful. His 2000 galleys were of course unopposed, so he had no trouble landing cav armies of 30k in England from Liverpool, but they were leaderless armies. He feared losing Alba.
I had 130k cav in England, and a 345 or 445 general. The waves of invaders managed to loot three provinces, and then were cut to pieces in three main battles. About 30k out of 100k made it off the island, and they were the last Spaniards seen in England itself.
An attempt was soon made to conquer Ireland, however. The remnants of that army dropped in Munster, and nearly captured the prov but for the relief of my 5 shocker, who'd been ferried over from the north by the main English fleet. Spain's ships were too far south to intervene, and couldn't tell where mine were anyway. Thus, no way to prevent these sorts of maneuvers. The besieging force was destroyed. Another Spanish army landed in Ireland after this, a much larger one, but it too was wiped out. Again, no leaders were present.
Raising reinforcements was very difficult. As I said above, my maintenance costs were so high they eclipsed 2/3 of my income. So, minting was generally a bad idea. I had to rely on loans from other nations. I also lowered my naval maintenance once it became apparent that the fleet in England would not need to be used.
Meanwhile, the eastern expedition made headway, capturing Ganges, a few colonies on the east of India and part of Sri Lanka before Spain's mostly galley fleet could respond with reinforcements. My ships made a clean getaway. I left my army in Sri Lanka to hold down what I'd captured there, hoping Spain would try to attack it, but they passed it by to recapture the other colonies and Ganges. My conquistador had died a natural death, so it still wasn't a big deal if I couldn't evacuate the army in Sri Lanka for a while.
The garrison forces in Ayatula had to be increased though. Spain's warship fleet had now arrived, of an unknown number. Since I had a 563 explorer, I was pretty confident that my warships could beat his on my home waters, whatever his numbers were. And it was proven justified, as his fleet of 160 warships was soundly defeated off my coasts, and pursued all the way to Macao.
I made an attempt to invade the Spanish Low Countries. They were mostly minimal forts, with no leaders. The garrisons weren't particularly strong, and Spain's fleet was probably in Iberia. So I marched troops from France, assaulted and captured one of them, lost an assault in the other and was forced out by Spain, but landed my cav army under my leader in Geldre and used it to annihilate the other army coming from the east. After this, Spain's fleet was seen sailing through the channel, so I quickly moved the leader and my cav army out, leaving just the infantry who made a gallant last stand in Amsterdam.
The war in New England went back and forth. My recruits outnumbered them, but could not quite push his conquistador out, and Spain just recently landed an army unopposed in St Helena. Warscore stands at +30 or +32 for Spain. If he takes St Helena without me taking something back of my own, it will give him stabhitting warscore. But if I can somehow liberate North America, I will be back in the clear. On the other hand, there is new leadership and Spain, and the new monarch may decide to give Alba a shot in England, now that Farnese is available as a backup(and Alba's only got another 10 years anyway).
There will be hard times for England if the war is lost, and the embargo is maintained(and I can't imagine at present why it wouldn't be). A defeat may simply be followed by another invasion, who knows? What physical force could prevent that from happening? A "victory" could retain the status quo, perhaps result in a reopening of Spanish trade. But I don't think it will be possible to achieve anything like that until Francis Drake arrives to lead the fleet, which is not for another 5 years.
AAR: money, whatever the current rate is
Ontime: scaled gifts
Core: 90
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spain 1598
reediting of the bancrupcy...some details later
action_a ={ #Declare State Bankruptcy#
name = "ACTIONNAME3158A"
command = { type = treasury value = -500 }
command = { type = loansize which = 100 }
command = { type = inflation value = 5 }
command = { type = stability value = -3 }
command = { type = losemanufactory which = -1 }
command = { type = losemanufactory which = -1 }
command = { type = losemanufactory which = -1 }
command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 9892 }
command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 5841 }
command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 5613 }
}
-> + 3500d for lost money and stability, got +3 stab already...
- 5 inflation
+ 1 fine arts academy + 2 refs
+ 20000 inf
+4500d to naval for lost tech income due to higher infla
+ 7*120=840d for lost ref income
could be more exact, but i think its ok...
dont forget to sleep the 2nd spanish bancrupcy!
reediting of the bancrupcy...some details later
action_a ={ #Declare State Bankruptcy#
name = "ACTIONNAME3158A"
command = { type = treasury value = -500 }
command = { type = loansize which = 100 }
command = { type = inflation value = 5 }
command = { type = stability value = -3 }
command = { type = losemanufactory which = -1 }
command = { type = losemanufactory which = -1 }
command = { type = losemanufactory which = -1 }
command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 9892 }
command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 5841 }
command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 5613 }
}
-> + 3500d for lost money and stability, got +3 stab already...
- 5 inflation
+ 1 fine arts academy + 2 refs
+ 20000 inf
+4500d to naval for lost tech income due to higher infla
+ 7*120=840d for lost ref income
could be more exact, but i think its ok...
dont forget to sleep the 2nd spanish bancrupcy!
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EarendilHE said:spain 1598
reediting of the bancrupcy...some details later
it was because of a stupid mistake of me, that you got the events, i forgot to edit the events and send them to all
. might be a problem for brandenburg to
martmol said:it was because of a stupid mistake of me, that you got the events, i forgot to edit the events and send them to all
the frence bancrupty should be slept to tbh if spanish 1 is slept
well spain would get inflation edited but ego found a way around it, pretty gamey imo
edits for oe: core on tripoli (... will come) ontime deflation and offcourse finaly a core on timbuktu, - some bb
edit for france -1 land
infla edits: oe +3.81
spain +5,46
russia +2,89
france+0,79
austria +7,10
england 0,59
edit for france -1 land
infla edits: oe +3.81
spain +5,46
russia +2,89
france+0,79
austria +7,10
england 0,59
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edits france 1630
-1inflation
venice vassal from spain to france
friesland vassal from austria to france
-1inflation
venice vassal from spain to france
friesland vassal from austria to france