Ethiopia was the first nation i played when I got EU III. And it has always been an obsession of mine. My dream is to make a mighty Ethiopian Empire, Spanning the entire world!
Well...
Since it is unlikely to happen under my rather incompetant hands, I will set the rather more modest goal of seeing Ethiopia survive untill 1821, and hopefully will have made it at least a major world power by that time.
This will be my first attempt with Ethiopia in Divine Wind. All settings are normal. Except difficulty which will be very hard, and AI agressiveness, which will be low.
I will also be using the Balance Improvement Mod, and have made all the hordes tribal despotisms.
The Known World!:
Hmm... Already noticed something different and interesting! I have a boat! Thats not something Ethiopia ever had in previous releases of the game. Its a cog. May come in handy someday.
Other than that, not much is different. The only nation i am aware of is Adal. They are sunni somalians. And they are not very friendly
Well. For the time being they are safe. I still need to build an army.
The other main concern for Ethiopia is religion. We are Orthodox Christians. But the nation is greatly divided. With large Animist and Sunni communities. Converting them will be a priority.
I look to my advisors and hire a theologan. Many of the religious decisions are worth doing now, With the mod i am using you can later rescind them. Which is something i always felt was missing from Vanilla.
I pass the Advancement of religion act. For some strange reason if i tell people they cannot read the Bible they will really really really want to read it and convert.... actually i guess thats a pretty clever bit of reverse psycology.
I also pass the blasphemy act. I feel dirty, But i need to have religious uniformity. If Ethiopia is to succeed.
I make my first slider move towards Free subjects, Still a long way to go in that department! And Unpause the game.
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