Nerevarine

Time's a Changing - a Steampunk NRP set in a Psuedo-Earth

Alright, here's the new map. @duck55223, if you would be so kind as to update your OP.

@Jotunn Draugr

Woah there mang, you forgot my colony in Brazil

Time's a Changing - a Steampunk NRP set in a Psuedo-Earth

Name of Nation:
Republic of Cruhanvor
(Poblacht na Chruithan Mhor)

Territory:

Description of Government:
The Republic is a descendant of the tribal system that the Galians had been using since before their unification, and evolved largely out of the necessity for a more organized form of governance after their expansion into the Island of Cruithan. The leader of the Republic is the Taoiseach (Chief in the Galian Language). They hold great power over all of the Galian Tribes, however, the Tribes may fight back, with the Dail na Thuatha (Assembly of the Tribes), with each tribe electing and appointing a representitive to discuss matters with each other and with the Taoiseach. The Dail has significant power, with the ability to oust a Taoiseach if they believe that they have become corrupt and work against the greater good of the people. Along with the Taoiseach and the Dail, there is the Sagart Ceann, the head of all religious affairs in the Republic, and answers only to central church officials for all nations. The Sagart Ceann is chosen by the Taoiseach.

Description of Economy:
The Power of Blue Coal was first harnesed when widescale mining began in Alba, the northern portion of Cruithan. This area had long been known for its fuel sources, such as Coal and Oil, but the discovery of vast reserves of Blue Coal had allowed Cruithan Mor to carve out a niche in selling high quality fuels.

These reserves have also nurtured a strong machinery industry, with iron deposits in Pridan and Cymru, as well as Copper and Silver in Eiren allowing the creation of great military and mining technologly.

Mining takes up the majority of the economy of Cruithan Mor, with Agriculture of Eiren's fertile plains and reselling of machinery taking up a close second.

All economic activity is regulated by the Ministry of Trade, a suboffice of the Dail na Thuatha. They keep track of all shipments going out and comming into the Republic, and enforce quotas, tariffs, and other trade regulations. They have been known to act as a kind of immigration regulators as well.

Description of Culture:
The People of Cruithan Mor are very tribal, even into the modern age. Family is very close knit, and families who comprised a tribe often live within close proximity to each other. It is not uncommon in the countrysides to find small towns inhabited by one or two tribes, and the multitude of clans that comprise them. Larger cities are less tribal but no less clannish, with close family members keeping in touch at all times, and things like blood feuds, and tribal vengeance being cited as common reasons for attacks and murders in the larger cities.

The primary language of the Republic is Galian, originally spoken by the people of Eiren and Alba, but later spread across the entire Island System after the Great Expansion

The Galians are a very warlike people, and always have been, as well as explorers. Tales tell of great Galian heros who are said to have wandered into far away lands (some say a Galian priest may have reached the New World before all else, but this is likely just folk lore). As such, the are naturally inclined to leave the shores of Cruithan and seek out new lands, such as what they've done with the strange, tropical land they call Ildathach (The Many Colored Land)

Description of Military:
The Military of Cruithan Mor had undergone massive reforms when the Republic was established. Orginally composed of Tribal Militias and levys, Taioseach Bhioctoria Matasan began the Victorian Reforms, which standardized the dress of the soldiers, provided standard issue gunpower weapons and melee weapson to replace the more traditional self-produced/bought Swords, Bows and Clubs, as well as comissioning a standardized drill to be used with all regiments, and the official registration of all military groups and all active soldiers.

The Typical vehicles of the Cruhanvorian Military are the Ean and Bean Si, with the former mostly a reconnaissance vehicle, and the later an all out assault craft, named for its horrid screeching when coming into battle.

Capalli are an elite, named for their use of horses/land vehicles, which were traditionally associated with the aristocracy, but now are widely available to any elite. The Red Dragons are a kind of elite fighting force that arose in Cymru, along with the Highlanders of Alba, and the Sons of Saxony. All three originated as partisan groups in the War of the Tribes, and evolved into special forces typically reserved for natives of the respective region (Capalli = Eiren, Red Dragons = Cymru, etc)

Each soldier is armed with a rifle, a steel club, a knife, and a bayonet. As well as a standard issue uniform

History:
The Galians had existed since before any semblance of a unified state would every begin to form in the Isles of Cruithan. Prior to their arrival, the Galians were

The History of the Republic can be said to begin with the Great Expansion; an event characterized by the mass migration of Galian tribes into Pridan, which at the time was mostly inhabited by Germanic invaders from across the sea. The Galians, a people following an early form of the monotheistic relgion that would later evolve into the distinctly galian Chriostaiocht, began missionary activity among the people they called the Sasanach.

While the Sasanach were a fierce, pagan people who followed a warlike religion at first, the Galian missionaries had a way of reaching into them, and finding how to appeal to their wants and needs. Over time, the Sasanach began converting en mass to Chriostaiocht, opening up the oppourtunity for a Galian Aristocracy and ruling class to take power in Pridan. States in Pridan, while having a Sasanach peasantry, were ruled over by a Galian nobility and clergy. Galian was promoted as the language of learning, and soon began to take root in young Sasanacha, with educated parents raising their children in the language of oppourtunity, and the Galians themselves establishing schools to educate the youth, in a Galian medium of course. Within 300 years of establishing their presence, the Sasanach were completely Galicized, with only vestigial remnants of their old ways hanging on, such as Sasanach names, old games, and some loan words. As well, the Galian states in Pridan began expansion into the areas of Cymru, conquring the Cymric Tribes, and bringing theme into the Galosphere. The Cyrmians were, however, a Celtic people themselves, and as the area had little to offer except in agricultural land, the Cymrians were left alone, and did not undergo the mass Galization of the Sasanach.

Unification would not happen for annother 200 years, in the year 1006, with the splitting of land between two brothers, Bréanainn mac Cennetig and Brian mac Cennetig, each declared the Kings of Conachta and Londain respectively. Their father, Cennetig, tecived the lands of the Kingship of Londain through the inheritence of one of his wives, and split the lands of Connachta and Londain betwen his sons, who made an agreement to pass their lands unto each other in the event of a death, and to begin total conquest of the Islands of Cruithan. The MacCennetig brothers began their 25 year conquest of the Islands, absorbing, annexing, forcing vassaliztion, and inheriting as much land as they could. By the end of it all, Breanainn had fallen to the wars of the Conquest, leaving Brian as the sole King of Cruithan.

The Kingdom of Cruithan was more a period of Stabalization. The King was necessary to shut down revolts and promote unity that would not be possible under a tribal council. The Kingdom of Cruithan lasted for another 800 years before the Republican movment began.

The Republicans, lead by the Alban born leader Bhioctoria Matasan, called for a fair, democratic system in the style of the old Tribal Councils. Thus began the War of the Tribes, lead by the Matasan Clan and other Alban Galians, and supporters from the Cymric people, and the Sasanacha, against a Royalist party primarily supported and and composed of the Eirean born Galians. The War changed favor many times, but ended with the end of the Kingdom, and the implementation of the Republic, with the first Taioseach being Bhioctoria Matasan. Her reign would be characterized by a mass endevor to modernized the military of Cruithan Mor from tribal militias to the standardized, professional militaries of the rest of Edoniras.

In 1775, Blue Coal deposits were discovered deep in the coal mines of Alba, finally allowing Cruithan Mor to compete militarily and colonially with the rest of Edoniras. By 1799, a team of explorers, lead by the ledgendary team of Padraig O'Chonchobhar and Llywelyn Terfel, discovered a land in the deep south west they refered to as "paradise", and implored the government to begin colonizing this bountiful land, to keep up with the rest of the world. As such, in 1803, the Colony of Ildathach was established along the Coastlines.

Other:
n/a

Time's a Changing - a Steampunk NRP set in a Psuedo-Earth

<Snipped quote by Nerevarine>

lol
So you're playing 700 AD England/Scotland/Wales, essentially?

That's fine, but:

1. Post it in the Characters tab this time.

2. What happens to the Develt?

3. Okay, Develt is an NPC. And I propose it to be a demilitarized place, where world leaders go to discuss global affairs. Basically, halfway between Antarctica, the Moon, and Geneva.

@Jotunn Draugr

Basically yeah, except Ireland is controlling it all

As for the fate of the Devlet, NPC is fine, I was imagining something like it being split up in to smaller states to free up land for new players. You could have Not-Constantiople be the UN of sorts as in the scenario you suggested above.

Time's a Changing - a Steampunk NRP set in a Psuedo-Earth

New Nation to replace the Devlet, since I can't handle a major player like that

The Republic

Name of Nation:
Republic of Cruhanvor
(Poblacht na Chruithan Mhor)

Territory:

Description of Government:
The Republic is a descendant of the tribal system that the Galians had been using since before their unification, and evolved largely out of the necessity for a more organized form of governance after their expansion into the Island of Cruithan. The leader of the Republic is the Taoiseach (Chief in the Galian Language). They hold great power over all of the Galian Tribes, however, the Tribes may fight back, with the Dail na Thuatha (Assembly of the Tribes), with each tribe electing and appointing a representitive to discuss matters with each other and with the Taoiseach. The Dail has significant power, with the ability to oust a Taoiseach if they believe that they have become corrupt and work against the greater good of the people. Along with the Taoiseach and the Dail, there is the Sagart Ceann, the head of all religious affairs in the Republic, and answers only to central church officials for all nations. The Sagart Ceann is chosen by the Taoiseach.

Description of Economy:
The Power of Blue Coal was first harnesed when widescale mining began in Alba, the northern portion of Cruithan. This area had long been known for its fuel sources, such as Coal and Oil, but the discovery of vast reserves of Blue Coal had allowed Cruithan Mor to carve out a niche in selling high quality fuels.

These reserves have also nurtured a strong machinery industry, with iron deposits in Pridan and Cymru, as well as Copper and Silver in Eiren allowing the creation of great military and mining technologly.

Mining takes up the majority of the economy of Cruithan Mor, with Agriculture of Eiren's fertile plains and reselling of machinery taking up a close second.

All economic activity is regulated by the Ministry of Trade, a suboffice of the Dail na Thuatha. They keep track of all shipments going out and comming into the Republic, and enforce quotas, tariffs, and other trade regulations. They have been known to act as a kind of immigration regulators as well.

Description of Culture:
The People of Cruithan Mor are very tribal, even into the modern age. Family is very close knit, and families who comprised a tribe often live within close proximity to each other. It is not uncommon in the countrysides to find small towns inhabited by one or two tribes, and the multitude of clans that comprise them. Larger cities are less tribal but no less clannish, with close family members keeping in touch at all times, and things like blood feuds, and tribal vengeance being cited as common reasons for attacks and murders in the larger cities.

The primary language of the Republic is Galian, originally spoken by the people of Eiren and Alba, but later spread across the entire Island System after the Great Expansion

The Galians are a very warlike people, and always have been, as well as explorers. Tales tell of great Galian heros who are said to have wandered into far away lands (some say a Galian priest may have reached the New World before all else, but this is likely just folk lore). As such, the are naturally inclined to leave the shores of Cruithan and seek out new lands, such as what they've done with the strange, tropical land they call Ildathach (The Many Colored Land)

Description of Military:
The Military of Cruithan Mor had undergone massive reforms when the Republic was established. Orginally composed of Tribal Militias and levys, Taioseach Bhioctoria Matasan began the Victorian Reforms, which standardized the dress of the soldiers, provided standard issue gunpower weapons and melee weapson to replace the more traditional self-produced/bought Swords, Bows and Clubs, as well as comissioning a standardized drill to be used with all regiments, and the official registration of all military groups and all active soldiers.

The Typical vehicles of the Cruhanvorian Military are the Ean and Bean Si, with the former mostly a reconnaissance vehicle, and the later an all out assault craft, named for its horrid screeching when coming into battle.

Capalli are an elite, named for their use of horses/land vehicles, which were traditionally associated with the aristocracy, but now are widely available to any elite. The Red Dragons are a kind of elite fighting force that arose in Cymru, along with the Highlanders of Alba, and the Sons of Saxony. All three originated as partisan groups in the War of the Tribes, and evolved into special forces typically reserved for natives of the respective region (Capalli = Eiren, Red Dragons = Cymru, etc)

Each soldier is armed with a rifle, a steel club, a knife, and a bayonet. As well as a standard issue uniform

History:
The Galians had existed since before any semblance of a unified state would every begin to form in the Isles of Cruithan. Prior to their arrival, the Galians were

The History of the Republic can be said to begin with the Great Expansion; an event characterized by the mass migration of Galian tribes into Pridan, which at the time was mostly inhabited by Germanic invaders from across the sea. The Galians, a people following an early form of the monotheistic relgion that would later evolve into the distinctly galian Chriostaiocht, began missionary activity among the people they called the Sasanach.

While the Sasanach were a fierce, pagan people who followed a warlike religion at first, the Galian missionaries had a way of reaching into them, and finding how to appeal to their wants and needs. Over time, the Sasanach began converting en mass to Chriostaiocht, opening up the oppourtunity for a Galian Aristocracy and ruling class to take power in Pridan. States in Pridan, while having a Sasanach peasantry, were ruled over by a Galian nobility and clergy. Galian was promoted as the language of learning, and soon began to take root in young Sasanacha, with educated parents raising their children in the language of oppourtunity, and the Galians themselves establishing schools to educate the youth, in a Galian medium of course. Within 300 years of establishing their presence, the Sasanach were completely Galicized, with only vestigial remnants of their old ways hanging on, such as Sasanach names, old games, and some loan words. As well, the Galian states in Pridan began expansion into the areas of Cymru, conquring the Cymric Tribes, and bringing theme into the Galosphere. The Cyrmians were, however, a Celtic people themselves, and as the area had little to offer except in agricultural land, the Cymrians were left alone, and did not undergo the mass Galization of the Sasanach.

Unification would not happen for annother 200 years, in the year 1006, with the splitting of land between two brothers, Bréanainn mac Cennetig and Brian mac Cennetig, each declared the Kings of Conachta and Londain respectively. Their father, Cennetig, tecived the lands of the Kingship of Londain through the inheritence of one of his wives, and split the lands of Connachta and Londain betwen his sons, who made an agreement to pass their lands unto each other in the event of a death, and to begin total conquest of the Islands of Cruithan. The MacCennetig brothers began their 25 year conquest of the Islands, absorbing, annexing, forcing vassaliztion, and inheriting as much land as they could. By the end of it all, Breanainn had fallen to the wars of the Conquest, leaving Brian as the sole King of Cruithan.

The Kingdom of Cruithan was more a period of Stabalization. The King was necessary to shut down revolts and promote unity that would not be possible under a tribal council. The Kingdom of Cruithan lasted for another 800 years before the Republican movment began.

The Republicans, lead by the Alban born leader Bhioctoria Matasan, called for a fair, democratic system in the style of the old Tribal Councils. Thus began the War of the Tribes, lead by the Matasan Clan and other Alban Galians, and supporters from the Cymric people, and the Sasanacha, against a Royalist party primarily supported and and composed of the Eirean born Galians. The War changed favor many times, but ended with the end of the Kingdom, and the implementation of the Republic, with the first Taioseach being Bhioctoria Matasan. Her reign would be characterized by a mass endevor to modernized the military of Cruithan Mor from tribal militias to the standardized, professional militaries of the rest of Edoniras.

In 1775, Blue Coal deposits were discovered deep in the coal mines of Alba, finally allowing Cruithan Mor to compete militarily and colonially with the rest of Edoniras. By 1799, a team of explorers, lead by the ledgendary team of Padraig O'Chonchobhar and Llywelyn Terfel, discovered a land in the deep south west they refered to as "paradise", and implored the government to begin colonizing this bountiful land, to keep up with the rest of the world. As such, in 1803, the Colony of Ildathach was established along the Coastlines.

Other:
n/a

Against The Devil (Polytheistic Gods v.s The Devil)!

Are Celtic and Germanic Deities fair game?

Time's a Changing - a Steampunk NRP set in a Psuedo-Earth

Okay so, I'm finding myself short on time due to personal reasons.

Unless it would throw a total spanner in the mix, would I be able to take a smaller nation, such as Ireland, and turn the Ottomans into an NPC nation? I'd rather not have a massive, transcontinental empire with great importance to deal with when I can barely find time to post.

Time's a Changing - a Steampunk NRP set in a Psuedo-Earth

Hey everyone, im still here. I'll get a post of asap

American Dream: A Shattered Union

@NerevarineSomething I'm already seeing as an issue is what you ahve listed under resources of bio fuel and farm machinery with weaponry also being a slight concern.

As I've stated in the past along with [@Dihn AaronMK], any hope of producing anything close to modern machinery on a level which you can trade with it is pretty much gone and whatever is still working is not traded by anyone. Unless you happen to mean stuff like plows which is more fesable.

For weapons its not as much of a concern as melee weapons are not hard too make and muskets and bolt actions aren't complicated to gun nuts. Semi-auto might be a bit harder but its still reachable. Reconstructing a machine gun on the other hand is a very, very difficult process but can be done assuming you have the time, resources and skill to do it.

The biggest concern is the bio-fuel, I know I've talked to someone else about this with the help of Dihn, but bio-fuels in significant quantities are an unfeasible idea. The primary reason we can develop bio-fuels today is that we have enough food to feed ourselves and farming no longer takes dozens of people to do. However, after the end, people now have to farm by hand and food is much more scarce; people don't want fancy bio-fuel, they just want to be fed.

However, I am willing to give you some leeway with food production, just not the bio-fuel stuff, and let the soil of the land you own be less irradiated and more fertile (given you're basically on a river) thus letting you have surpluses of food for trade. And seeing some places routinely go through famines and food shortages, that's nothing to sneeze at in terms of trade opportunities.

@ClocktowerEchos

Thanks for the feedback, i'll make the edits asap

@Nerevarine Oh, I need to buy your wheat please. Would you like sugar?

Obviously, you're inland and I'm an island, so we may need to negotiate with... is it the Badyoyo Tribes, at the mouth of the Mississippi?

@Iluvatar

Oh definitely, i'm sure I can work out some kind of port access deal with them.

American Dream: A Shattered Union

WIP

Kingdom of Riflany

Nation Type: Feudal Kingdom
Claims:

Orange Area
Terrain: The lands that make up Riflany have a humid continental climate though out their entirety. The northern portion of the country consists mostly of flat plains, that are perfect for farming and grazing land. To the south, the land becomes more elevated, eventually rising up in the Ozark Mountains in the Southwest. Most of the country's lumber comes from this mountainous region, which is covered in forests. The most striking feature of Riflany is the Mississippi River, which cuts through the land and divides the nation between the west and east.

Government Type: Feudal Monarchy consisting of a Royal Family, Nobility, Aristocracy, and Military class in positions of power.
Capital: Kingsport - Located in the center of the nation, split in half by the Mississippi.
Head of State:
His Majesty, King Rashawn II of House Caldwell, King of Riflany

A new king, Rashawn II ascended to the throne following the death of his predecessor and brother, Gaspar; who was found dead under unusual circumstances. Rashawn II has been in power for little over 2 years now, and finds himself faced with the fate of an infant nation, an anxious population, displease nobility and riotous commoners. If he is to make a name for himself, Rashawn must pull Great Mississippi from obscurity into greatness. Following in his father's, Rashawn I, footsteps, the new king looks to trade as an option, building off of Gaspar's centralization of the farmers and expansion towards other major rivers.

Other Important People:
Lars Booker - Perhaps the holiest man in the history of the nation; Lars Booker was one of the original Wanderer Folk, who left with the 44 other families from Michigan and Illinois to wander the Middle-Lands before conquering the Riverlands. He is largely responsible for the development of Chaos Worship among the Wandering Folk, and among their descendants. Booker developed the Religion of Chaos almost entirely on his own, writing out and preaching stories and deliving mantras that he said were coming from the chaos beyond this world. Booker's teachings began in the Middle-Lands, and spread quickly among the Wandering Folk. Eventually, he was able to get the chief of the Wanderers to accept his cult, turning Booker into the High Spiritual Adivsor of the Wanderers, and his successors act as the spiritual advisers of the country to this day; his current successor is a distant relative of his matrilineraly, Anthony Wallis.
Alistar Macclery - The High General of the Warriors of Riflany.
Andre Little - High Treasurer

Population: 2 Million
Attitude Towards Evols: Largely used as an enslaved labor force.

Economic System: The Economy is primarily rooted in farming; with farmers working on land owned by a member of the aristocracy, who they pay a portion of their harvest to as a payment to continue living on and farming their lands. The rest is sold off at markets to obtain necessary goods. In these cities, the "freemen" act as a class of artisans, though their lives are often more difficult than their serf-like countrymen. Corn and Poultry based agriculture dominate over almost all other forms of farming.
Resources: Corn, Soy, Wheat, Fruits, Poultry Goods, Simple Farming Machinery, Iron Goods, Alcohols
Currency: Coins made of Brass, called Pieces. They are minted with holes of varying shapes in the center to represent their value; merchants will often string them together, and it is not uncommon for people to sew them into clothing for decoration.
Technology: The kingdom is fairly low on the technological scale, primarily consisting of farmers and other agriculturalists. Most work is done though hired laborers or though slavery. They are best compared to the american south during the 19th century in terms of technology and urbanization

Official Religion: Chaoticism
Religious Information:
Chaoticism derives from the teachings of Lars Booker, who, while in his old home in the Middle-Lands, was considered a madman, joined with the Wandering Folk in the their great crossing from Michigan to Chicago. Booker claimed that his teachings came from the very force of chaos itself, residing beyond this universe and in the unformed void. Bookers teachings resemble a syncreticism of many old world religions that would not have been uncommon in the city of Chicago; his religion contains elements of Zen, Taoism, Islam, Christianity, and even elements of non-theistic or even anti-theistic philosophies. It can best be described as the Worship of Chaos, and the submission of oneself and ones will to the uncertainty of fate, which is forged by The Random Goddess, Chaos.

Chaos is understood to be a monotheistic deity, often referred to as a Goddess, but understood to be capable of taking on whatever form, gender, sex, or other aspect she pleases. The world is her creation not through intention, but through random mistake. All things fall into place by her whim. Chaoticism is not organized, and is against centralized organization or written ritual, prefering to let things fall into place, and allow organization to form natural, along with ritual, as the goddess sees fit. As such, the structure and nature of worship can differ vastly even between temples in the same city. One temple may be a building, headed by an egalitarian congregation who worship though wine libations, while the temple down the road is nothing more than a heap of unhewn stone, upon which a priesthood restricted to girls aged 12 to 16 burn corn and chickens blood in a gunpowder oven inside the stone pile.

History: How did your nation start? Keep it simple so I'd say 3 paragraphs at max more or less. I don't care if you make it longer than that but I might just start skipping over bits and pieces
Culture: Some notable cultural traits of your people.

Military Numbers: How big is your army? Remember, keep it proportional and balanced
Military Units: What kind of units serve in your military? I personally have more of a focus on this than numbers.

American Dream: A Shattered Union

If possible I'd like to claim territory around the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, playing a feudal kingdom of agriculturalists descended from a mass migration of African-Americans out of the Michigan and Chicago areas towards the River for its value as a source of water and fertile land.