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I have a list of fun lunatic rulers!

Charles VI of France thought his bones were made of glass.

Ferdinand I of Austria: Was the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. The only issue was that he was so inbred he could not speak or do basic tasks. The only full sentence he ever said was “I am the Emperor, and I want dumplings.” Gotta love the Hapsburgs!

Caligula: Declared war on the sea. That is all.

Joanna, Queen of Castile AKA Joanna La Loca (the Mad): Lost her husband early in their marriage and then had a mental breakdown that was most likely schizophrenia. She kept opening her husband's crypt to see him and lay with him.


Joanna... was that the one who also refused to let even the nuns near her husband's body?

There was another queen from the Iberian Peninsula who went mad and spent most of her time locked in her room screaming. I think she was Portuguese though I could have that wrong.
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Or another invasion of Russian! They usually go well!

@HaleyTheRandom
Why spin-off? ;-; If we take darkwolf and I, our nations could quite easily have a lot of friction due to clashing ideals of sovereignty and who owns what. These dilemmas would add a whole new dimension to the RP and instead of just awkward royal teenagers trying to get laid, it would be awkward royal teenagers trying to get laid while trying not to start a war! It would be great!

You guys have to remember that the 21st century has been mainly peaceful and that is primarily down to democracy. Going to war is awkward as fuck in a democracy and you need a good reason for it (ermagherd de wmds). That awkwardness doesn't stretch to monarchies.

Colonial ties and border disputes would be rampant, I imagine, so it's fairly likely that certain countries wouldn't get on great with other countries!

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Also what do you mean that is all? Did you not see all that sick loot Cali-g got? Like... All those sea shells he stole!
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@darkwolf687
Or another invasion of Russian! They usually go well!

@HaleyTheRandom
Why spin-off? ;-; If we take darkwolf and I, our nations could quite easily have a lot of friction due to clashing ideals of sovereignty and who owns what. These dilemmas would add a whole new dimension to the RP and instead of just awkward royal teenagers trying to get laid, it would be awkward royal teenagers trying to get laid while trying not to start a war! It would be great!


YESSSSS!

I'm so with this idea!

What I meant with more dimension than just the romance.

Do it you two!
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I also support this, @narcissisticpotato and @darkwolf687. You guys go kill each other. Except not really, because well. I'd be very sad if anyone took my Wolfie. *cling*

*Goes questing through sheets for other nations that could be at each other's throats*

Off the top of my head, it's rather possible that Britannia and Lusitania could go at each other a bit cause, let's be honest here, the Britannians are basically crusaders and Lusitanians are still hopelessly primitive people who do not accept christianity - or monotheism at all for that matter - in any form...

I'll continue poking through character sheets and coming up with potential conflicts...
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@RomanAria Umm, I feel like everyone else would have at least a slight dislike towards my guys kingdom. The literal translation of the name is War Kingdom.(I'm not very clever with names) And from what I've seen a good majority of the other characters dislike war alot.
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YES!! Bring on the war!!
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@alexfangtalon I haven't done the writeup on Lusitania but I'm not sure if they'd like you and want an alliance or feel threatened by you. Military powers don't tend to get along well with other military powers, I'd think.
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I am going to work on a relations sheet later. But first, I must unfortunately pry myself away to go do schoolwork. Blech.
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Or another invasion of Russian! They usually go well!

@HaleyTheRandom
Why spin-off? ;-; If we take darkwolf and I, our nations could quite easily have a lot of friction due to clashing ideals of sovereignty and who owns what. These dilemmas would add a whole new dimension to the RP and instead of just awkward royal teenagers trying to get laid, it would be awkward royal teenagers trying to get laid while trying not to start a war! It would be great!

You guys have to remember that the 21st century has been mainly peaceful and that is primarily down to democracy. Going to war is awkward as fuck in a democracy and you need a good reason for it (ermagherd de wmds). That awkwardness doesn't stretch to monarchies.

Colonial ties and border disputes would be rampant, I imagine, so it's fairly likely that certain countries wouldn't get on great with other countries!

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Also what do you mean that is all? Did you not see all that sick loot Cali-g got? Like... All those sea shells he stole!


I wouldn't really say it's been all that peaceful nor would I say that's mainly due to democracy. I would say it's more to do with the fact that it is no longer so easy to ignore the horrors of war and play up the glory because with modern technology everyone can see the terrible, terrible parts of the world and actively want to avoid them. If going to war in a democracy is awkward then America is the king of awkward; I honestly think it was just easier to convince people to go to war in the past because you could play up the glory of war while downplaying the horror. Now that horror and it's results can be broadcast directly into your living room and it's a lot harder to remain blissfully ignorant as a result. I would say that's why war is a lot more awkward now and not really democracy;

Monarchies aren't always absolute monarchies either, that's important to remember. And decolonisation may still have occurred; Britain's decolonisation was more spurred on by the fact that it's empire stopped turning a profit after the debts of the world wars, for example.

It's very difficult to say what the world would look like because so much has changed in this RPs setting

Border disputes? Definitely. Actually it's more likely to be claim disputes; You gave a good example with mine and your characters. My characters still title themselves as Kings of England, Wales, Scotland and Lord's of Ireland when in reality they haven't held it in centuries (This is actually fairly common for monarchs. The Queen still claims to be the Duke of Normandy even though the only parts of the duchy of Normandy she has are the channel islands...)

Remember how the English kings used to think about pressing their claim on France? I imagine Britannian kings have given thought to pressing their claim on the British Isles. Also due to all the royal marriages, in a globalised feudal world it's entirely possible for a King of New Zealand to end up with a claim on the Crown Dependency of California.. and want to claim it

Also relations would be highly dependant on what the rulers thought of each other. Spain and France might get along dandy under one ruler, but then when France pops his clogs and is replaced Spain decided his son who took over in an insufferable sod and joins the Germans to invade France instead.
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I also support this, @narcissisticpotato and @darkwolf687. You guys go kill each other. Except not really, because well. I'd be very sad if anyone took my Wolfie. *cling*

*Goes questing through sheets for other nations that could be at each other's throats*

Off the top of my head, it's rather possible that Britannia and Lusitania could go at each other a bit cause, let's be honest here, the Britannians are basically crusaders and Lusitanians are still hopelessly primitive people who do not accept christianity - or monotheism at all for that matter - in any form...

I'll continue poking through character sheets and coming up with potential conflicts...


To be fair, the Britannian government and nation as a whole has moved more towards secularism and this is he reason for the Britannic union party being a thing.

That said, his Imperial majesty Harold may have become a little... odd after his wife's death
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Ay, you guys can settle your disputes in Not!Switzerland if you want. ;D

Eisengart thrives on other nations' drama while also staying an unbiased party in any national affairs.
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@RomanAria Just wondering but would her parents when setting up her marriage tell the ones they were speaking with that she was infertile? Because I can't see a royal family marrying the heir to someone infertile. Just wondering.
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@alexfangtalon Of course they wouldn't. >-> It's a nasty little surprise for whoever gets her.
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Relatively speaking, we've yet to start another world war and country vs country wars (usually the biggest wars) have dropped to an all-time low because of the potential to just wipe each other out at the press of a button.

In regards to America, it's a unique case that is sort of the same in the UK but not to the same extent. Americans are the most patriotic people in the world IMHO due to the fact that most of them are practically breast-fed with national pride. No offence to Americans but all it takes for them to go to war is a somewhat perceivable threat. Communism, terrorism etc.

But yes, what you said is very true! In the two world wars, the only things the civilians back home ever saw were the victories and the propaganda. Now, we can see nearly everything going on. Another thing about it is that in the past, if you wanted a natural resource, you invaded for it. Globalism cuts all those expensive invasion costs and does the same thing really.

But yeah, we need those cool border disputes and some sort of friction between the characters to liven things up!
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Joanna... was that the one who also refused to let even the nuns near her husband's body?

There was another queen from the Iberian Peninsula who went mad and spent most of her time locked in her room screaming. I think she was Portuguese though I could have that wrong.


That's her.

The other one was Maria the First of Portugal. Lost her mind when her husband, son, and confessor all died close together. What is with Iberia and all the crazies?
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@RomanAria Oh boy. That definitely means unless she is paired with an extremely peaceful Kingdom something bad may happen. Actually if it was Leon he would hide the fact from his father, but if his father ever found out the King would probably be very furious.
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Just talking about all the possible drama got me all excited.. :")
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@alexfangtalon That's sorta the idea! For one absurdly tiny child, Liv is probably going to manage to wreck things pretty well for at least two of our kingdoms... maybe more if other people start taking sides... xD
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lmao i don't see liang being in conflict with anyone just cause they're so isolated from the rest of the world and the old western people invading for trading access shit happened years and years ago

unless somebody decides to make pseudo-japan that is ;D
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HeyyyyyyyyyyyyYYYYYY who even cares about war? We're here to make love, not war. Let's focus on what's really important here.
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