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Hidden 9 yrs ago 9 yrs ago Post by Queen Raidne
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Speaking of which, time for a roll call. The following are all people who haven't posted in either the OOC or IC for at least a week. If you don't respond in three days, then your nations are up for NPC'ing. This doesn't preclude you from jumping back in; I just want to keep the RP going.

@Thang

Hey, that's not bad. Only one person. And he literally hasn't been on for 8 days.



Edit: @Monkeypants,
No magic, and keep tech at a near-WWII equivalent.*
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Leopard II's are a bit outside of that boundary. Blow it up (or otherwise disable it [or edit it to something else]), please.

Also, did you mean for that last segment to be in 1940?
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@Queen Raidne

That was just a fun side story. I was paying some homage to the comment I made earlier about soviet IS3's during the onset of Barbarossa. In no way is the leopard 2, a modern main battle tank.... canon.

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2890430

Guess I thought people might've picked up on that, especially seeing as it took place during an event that happened in 1940, when Germany was invading France.

sorry for not notating my intent.
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Hahaha, "canon". :D

I thought the tank-crushing sounded familiar.

But you still have butterflies, like the Germans or French getting their hands on a moder... wait. No you don't. Caliban22's nation came in on top of old Nazi Germany. Besides, there's no way the Nazis could analyze the tank, pour development into a new class, and re-tool their production lines in one year. Hellfire.

The RP solved its own problem. Good job, RP!

I hereby declare any and all butterflies from the Leopard II magicallyscientifically vanished because of the alien space bats. And that said event was canon.

Keep non-canon things to the OOC next time.


Edit: Oh, damn, you already edited it to fix it. :P
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Sorry been working a lot of shifts lately will have a post up today or tomorrow
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(A few notes before reading this sheet, the vassals referred to in the history are just backstory and are not part of the nation joining. Mhindar seems ok about me taking Mongolia, but I'll have to verify that with them again to be sure.)


(Orange)

+Nation Name:
Empire of the Great Ming

+Leader:
Zhu Keung, Son of Heaven and Lord of Ten Thousand Years

+Allegiance:
None

+Government:
Absolute Monarchy

+History:
The history of the Ming diverged from its counterpart during the year of 1407 when what was a short lived invasion and subsequent occupation of Vietnam in this world proved to be a tremendous and lasting success. With this lasting victory as well as others that followed in Mongolia lessening the Mongol threat, averting the death of the emperor, and preventing the invasions that would have occurred later the Yongle emperor was met with a long reign over a militant yet prosperous China. This more prosperous China would find itself able to permit the continuation of the treasure voyages and soon enough the liberalization of trade and exploration.

Merchant trade would bind China to Japan and Korea forging a loose alliance that would allow all the states to grow from both internal and external trade, even shortening the Sengoku period in Japan by supporting Oda Nubunaga. This loose alliance would solidify over time and soon enough it would severely weaken European interests in the region and stop attempts at colonialism, allowing nations like Japan to leave their borders without the threat of foreign interests disturbing the peace. Increased exploration would set the stage for the Chinese discovering the west coast of North America a decade after the voyage of Columbus. Colonies would grow and by the time the American colonies rebelled Chinese and Japanese territory under local vassals would stretch from the coast of the continent to the Rocky Mountains. So from the year 1800 onward the world would be increasingly divided between two powers, the British in the west and the Ming in the east. By the year 1876 these two empires each controlled sizable portions of the world and possessed colonies in the Americas. By the year 1877, these two empires would be at war.

The first World War that the Ming would know began as a dispute over the territory of Burma and would escalate into a vast conflict that divided the world between the European and Asian powers. Lasting from 1877 until 1883 the eight year conflict claimed the lives of twenty million people and resulted in very little territory change, setting the stage for inevitable further conflict. That conflict would finally come in 1928 and as of the year 1941 it would still be raging.

The second of the World Wars began as an attempt by the British to seize the oil rich territories of the Japanese in Indonesia and a combined attempt by the United States to size valuable western territory from the many Asian vassals in North America. The war would almost continually expand and by 1941 it would only appear to be worsening with huge British losses in India and Australia and almost corresponding United States gains on the continent.

+Culture:
The culture of Ming China has much diverged from what it was centuries ago, and the former distinctions of class have been near totally reworked. The original Four Occupations system was already in decline by the year 1500 as the scholar/officials and the Merchants increasingly became co dependant as did the farmers and artisans, and by 1567 the reigning Emperor finally ordered its dissolution. What followed was a period of floating class, where before Merchants were considered the lowest class as they produced nothing they were soon able to rise and essentially fuse with the former scholar/officials. What this created was a system where the highest class in the country were those with the most wealth, a trend that drove new policy to increase the ease of trade.

This period of floating class finally ended in 1623 when at the pressing of the merchants the new and young Emperor instituted the system of social order. Under this new system the nobility was expanded and all the wealthiest individuals in the country gained title and what came to be known as land-relationship. Those who previously held land but lacked wealth retained that land, but became technical subordinates of the new nobility while those who were wealthy and owned land were told to choose their own technical subordinates. What this meant was that the nobility held land, but that land was to be managed by its lesser owners; this greatly benefited the new nobles who had made their fortunes on trade and hadn’t the time to manage land. Those who remained were known as the common people and these individuals would fall into two distinct sub classes. First were the workers employed by the technical subordinates who fell squarely at the bottom of society. These workers were paid but often a mere pittance, however their living spaces were almost always to be provided by the merchant class on behalf of the technical subordinates. Second were the artisans and shop owners who held a rank far higher than the workers. These individuals would have generational businesses in cities or on the country side and they would provide the goods workers were unable to as well as sell the goods acquired by the merchants. Soldiers held roughly equal rank to the artisans and shopkeepers.

This system was disrupted in the Industrial revolution as the workers came to provide nearly all goods from new factories and the artisans were increasingly limited only to shopkeepers. In the revolution the conditions of workers would degrade to the point several rebellions started. These revolutions would always be crushed but they communicated the need for reform. By the modern day the standards in factories and on farms have improved, and though the workers still remain the lowest class they have gained the legal ability to refuse work if it is deemed inhumane.

+Military:
Years of warfare have shed the Ming military of many delusions, but as with all things other misconceptions have emerged in their place.

Based on prior experience battleships are totally absent from the Ming navy, having been almost totally replaced by carriers of ever expanding scale. As a result of this the Ming navy lacks large naval artillery but makes up for it with powerful dive and torpedo bombers. The ubiquitous carriers of the Ming are almost always escorted by two types of cruisers, those dedicated to surface combat to counter attackers that get too close and fend off destroyers, and those wholly devoted to anti-aircraft protection. Destroyers also play a large role for the Ming and are generally the primary surface combatants, using speed and long distance torpedoes to harass and cripple enemy formations making them easy targets for bombers.

In the air alone an emphasis has been placed on long range bombers escorted by dedicated fighter aircraft. These bombers had once been used against the British in India and to great effect. However, this focus on large bombers has often left the army with outdated ground attack aircraft or fighters that have been repurposed with large cannons or new bomb mounts.

The Ming army itself is used to the slow and gruelling combat encountered in the jungles and steep highlands of northern Burma. This has prompted an under investment in heavy armoured vehicles which was exploited by the British on several occasions. The army has been reforming doctrine in many cases as a result of these experiences, but regardless of that at current the largest Ming tank still possesses a mere 60mm gun in a forward turret configuration
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Lol, with this new china popping up, Japan is quite literally screwed. Many hardened armies in old china, Korea etc are suddenly erased from existence.

I think that if the Japanese lose their four major carriers, they'll never recover. (similar to real life but they seriously wont have the resources to build more carriers.)

Oh, and hi ISO ;)
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Heyo!

Also they still have Korea!
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Map is so small on my phone....
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So uh, can I make Japan invade me a little bit. You know, just to spice things up.
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I'm sure its doable, Japan would most likely be scrambling for resources at this point.
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It's mostly the navy that remains intact for Japan at this point, so I'd wager you'd be the first person they'd go after.

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Now I'm really tempted to go Axis just to even somethings out...
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Sgteasy, according to real history, Japan really started pushing south in 41-42. So in all actuality, you're pretty much obligated to be invaded.

Granted they will be in for a surprise when they get there and discover there's more than just a few us bases and stretches of undefended oceania.

With that said, Japan may fare a little better if china is a solid nation due to not wasting troops fighting the British in Hong Kong etc. But it depends on how it plays out.

A Japan player would be nice but sadly it would change my intended pacific theatre plotline due to not knowing where the war will ultimately end.

Regardless as to if clock tower takes Japan, this is shaping up to be interesting. I just hope the European theatre lights up soon.
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Well, I'm perfectly willing to engage with a German player, but none exists yet.
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Should I make another post now?
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@Iluvatar You can,

Also.. if you want, we can start our war in Africa. Seeing as I'll be deploying forces in Africa soon (a little faster than IRL but I wanna get some NPC-perspective boots on the ground.)

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I think I'm gonna go ahead and post again. Objections?
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+Nation Name:Empire Of Japan
+Leader:Emperor Showa(Hirohito)
+Allegiance:Axis
+Government:constitutional monarchy
+Military: The Imperial Japanese Military work wonder in there are of deception and skill they showed antiquated and dated equipment in their expansion into china in a clear and skillful ruse against the world, Until Dec,7,1941 the attack on pearl harbor with a large fleet of Aircraft Carriers and Modernized Aircraft and their surprise attacks all across the Pacific. Japanese Military forces are prosecuting their Country’s territorial with honor amongst the military forces and has ,a hands off policy when it comes to noncombatants and to pay for what possessions you take from others during expedition trying to avoid more unneeded hatred towards them.

Imperial Japanese Army is filled with combat experienced veterans from the campaigns in china that display a near fanatical mindset in displaying the strength of japan and show the world they are and equal to the rest of the world. The imperial Japanese army has a large inventory of equipment but their primary weapon is the Type 38 Bolt action rifle. The Japanese have a high number of tanks most are deployed in China. Most of Man power of the Army is from the conscription act that was formed in the late 1800 providing them with a large well trained , armed and supplied reserve to draw from for reinforcing their combat troops and to defend main land japan.

Imperial Japanese Navy is vast and among one of the largest naval forces in the world, using its interwar period to continuously ignore naval treaty acts and build up their fleet to large numbers. The navy designed their navy to combat the United States knowing they would eventually draw America into the war with them to cease their Country expansion. They did this amongst many challenges of being an Island nation. Japan continued to attribute considerable prestige to battleships and endeavored to build the largest and most powerful ships of the period. Yamaoto, the heaviest and most heavily armed battleship in history, was launched in 1941. Japan put particular emphasis on Aircraft Carriers. The Imperial Japanese Navy started the Pacific war with 10 aircraft carriers; the largest and most modern carrier fleet in the world at that time. Destroyers included some of the most formidable destroyers of their day. This came as a nasty surprise to the Allies, who had generally underestimated Japanese technical capabilities.

Imperial Japanese Army/ Navy Air Service has two different air services one for the Army and one for the Navy in place a single standing Aviation arm that provide and Aerial support to either Japanese troops or Their navy. They contain a wide and diverse modernized Aircraft inventory spread across their pacfic that that can be land based or sea based fighter, bomber, and reconnaissance.
+Current Deployment of Forces: Mainland China, French Indo China, Philippine Islands, and Pacific Islands
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So I guess I can't really make Japan invade me anymore because it isn't an NPC nation XD.
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I'll invade you buddy
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