[center][h1]THE AGE OF NATIONS[/h1][/center] [center][u][b]TURN 2. March, 1815 to October, 1815.[/b][/u] [hider=NATION PENALTIES] [b][u]Unified Kingdoms of Veldlands[/u][/b] ([i]No Post[/i])[/hider][/center] [b]March 15th[/b] A delegate sent by the [b]Empire of Vornehm[/b] request a trade agreement with the [b]Marnish Kingdom[/b] is rejected on the grounds that the Vornehm only ever visit the Norstran nations looking to make a coin. [b]March 21st[/b] While they offer their discontent, workers in the [b]Kingdom of Azreka[/b] are forced to repave a road between Livonia and Ordomil in the Dallin Kingdom. The road, cobbled to near perfection--was in no disrepair and several local nobles cite bureaucracy as the reason why the road was forcibly re-cobbled. [b]April 2nd[/b] Cato, the known as the Tyrant, publishes his memoirs. It's first line: [i]Glory is fleeting and without victory I will soon be forgotten[/i]. Copies begin appearing all over the Continent, as far west as Gilbradia and south as the Lavarattian states, and as far east as the Tsardom's most illiterate provinces. Since his defeat, Cato has been held prisoner in the isolated town of Austurby, Aontas. [b]April 3rd[/b] Six months after the end of the War, the [b]Concordat in Agreement of the Congress of Nations[/b] is officially ratified by the governments of [b][color=red]Empire of Gilbradia[/color][/b], [b][color=lightblue]Osladian Empire[/color][/b], [b][color=gray]Empire of Vornehm[/color][/b], [b][color=lightgreen]United Territories of Civitas[/color][/b] and the [b][color=blue]Kingdom of Azreka[/color][/b]. These five Great Powers, unified in their defeat of the Tyrant agree to the following: [quote][b][u]Article I.[/u][/b] The signatory nations will promise to maintain peace within their bordering states for no less than ten years. [b][u]Article II.[/u][/b] The Civitan colonies of Verrukt and Saint Savaras--seized during the war--will be rightfully returned to the United Kingdoms of the Veldlands. [b][u]Article III.[/u][/b] The sovereignty of every nation currently in existence will be honored for no less than ten years. [b][u]Article IV.[/u][/b] The establishment of a ..[[i]continued on Page 2[/i]] [/quote] [b]April 17th[/b] Without ships assigned to escort them in along the Veldlandic coast, two merchantmen of the [b]Gilbradian Merchant Fleet[/b] are stopped by local smugglers, their goods seized and their ships sunk. The goods were mixed glassworks en route to the Veldlands. While seemingly minor, the Veldlandic government requests to be reimbursed for the paid goods, while the Gilbradian Merchant Marine requests an inquiry as to why the Veldlandic fleet was not performing coastal patrols to halt piracy on their shores. - [Combined worth of goods lost was 3 Economic Rating, subtracted from Veldlandic treasury.] - [-1 Relations with Gilbradia if no money is reimbursed.] [b]April 18th[/b] Sordognian thinker Rupert Albert publishes [i]L'art de conserver pendant plusieurs années toutes les substances animales ou végétales[/i], the first description of modern food preservation using airtight containers. [b]April 25th[/b] Off the coast of Tierrachà, the first steam powered vessel ever, the [i]Santísima[/i] makes it's first ever voyage, traveling 16 miles down the coast with thirteen bewildered passengers on board. [center][img]https://briandosborne.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/comet.jpg[/img] [i]Santísima setting sail, April 25th, 1815[/i][/center] [b]April 30th[/b] Mount Tapur in Civitan East Faresia blows. Among the 96,000 dead are Civitan colonists, Gilbradian political surveyors, a topographical expedition from Kalpia and over three dozen Azrekan merchants. The explosion launches thousands of tons of aerosols (Sulfide gas compounds) into the upper atmosphere. - - - [u][b]MAY[/b][/u] [b]May 11th[/b] Dockyard workers in Squall's End, Gilbradia go on strike over late wages from their employer. The strike begins with around 450 workers outside the dock itself. [b]May 16th[/b] The [b]Second Takervian Uprising[/b] begins in the [b][color=beige]Empire of the Seljuks[/color][/b] when 1,200 Takervians raid the local garrison and kill it's small detachment there. The Takervians declare an insurrection of independence against the Seljuks under the leadership of 71 year old Kava Tavasha, a Takervian nationalist dating back to the 1770's. [center][img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Paja_Jovanovic-Takovski_ustanak.jpg[/img] [i]Kava Tavasha speaking to his followers in Tavolo, Seljuk, now Takervia, 1815[/i][/center] By the end of the month they recruit several thousand nationalists to their cause, though many of them do not even have weapons to equip themselves. [+7 Unrest in [b]Takervia[/b] in the [b][color=beige]Seljuk Empire[/color][/b].] [[b]Takervian Nationalists[/b] rise up. [12,000 Infantry] [b]May 19th[/b] The dock strike in Squall's End intensifies when the families of those affected also show up. The crowd, now 1,100 strong. Several leading workmen at the Squall's End dockyard plan to meet with the crowd to attempt to disperse them. [b]May 20th[/b] The [b]Squall's End Riot[/b] begins. The 1,100 strong begin by setting alight the dockyard there and moving out into the street, looking to turn their anger elsewhere. Gilbradian militia are summoned to the area immediately, though what their orders are remain unspecified. [b]May 21st[/b] The Gilbradian 77th Irregular's are ordered to halt the rioters at all cost, an order that comes from a Captain Wyndeg in charge of the local garrison, who chose not to wait for orders from the Squall's End garrison. The rioters don't stop. The 77th opens fire. Seventeen are killed, more than thirty are wounded, but the rioters break up. [+1 [b]Unrest[/b] in [b]Squall's End[/b].] - - - [u][b]JUNE[/b][/u] [b]June 16th[/b] Diplomatic talks in several Lavarattian states begins in Sanctorum of the Sanctum States regarding a universal political agenda of the [b]Old Faith[/b]. [b]June 18th[/b] The High Servant of the Old Faith releases the [i]Dictorum Majora[/i], which states that nations of the Old Faith should befriend other fellow nations of the faith and avoid wars. While an official dictation from the High Servant, it's reminded that this isn't an official political confirmation. - - - [u][b]JULY[/b][/u] [b]July 1st[/b] The [b]Diet of Palovia[/b] meets in Morintia, Zeelian Empire. Palovia, a former kingdom of some repute during the 12th to 16th centuries has long been under the heel of the Vornehm and Zeelians. The Diet meets in an open forum, and the Zeelian government has yet to comment on it's legality. [hr] [[b]POST TURN 2[/b]]