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@Nex; because of the wording in the Treaty of Tbilisi, all of the Caucasus voted as one. There may have been a majority pro-Russian in Georgia, but enough swung Ottoman in the rest of the region for it to not matter.
Map not guaranteed to be accurate. Trust the text before you trust the map
Europe
Britain performed various treaties with other nations around the world.
(-£480, -5 ships-of-the-line to Britain, +5 ships-of-the-line to the Netherlands, -86 sail frigates to Britain, +86 sail frigates to France, +1 navy sublevel to Austria)
Taking advantage of the new Suez Canal, the United Republic increased its trade links with the rest of the world.
(-£320, +1 resource sublevel)
Some ships-of-the-line were refitted as ironclads, however bureaucratic errors meant some shipyards did not receive the orders.
(-£3,200, -4 ships-of-the-line, +4 ironclads)
The French also began refitting their naval vessels.
(-£5,000, -10 sail frigates, +10 screw frigates)
The Suez Canal was completed, and nationalized by the French government. Cannons were placed along the canal, and only ships from select nations were allowed to pass. The canal meant trade would be cheaper, which hurt the economies of European nations not allowed to pass, with the exception of the Ottoman Empire which made use of other ports and overland links.
(-£740, increased income to France, slight increase in income to Britain, Germany, slight decrease in income to all other European nations except Ottoman Empire)
France also performed its agreements.
(-£9,000, +£8,000 to Britain, +5% equipment to Britain, +5% education rate to Austria, -£500 to Argentina, +1 resource sublevel to France, +3% equipment to Argentina, +£250 income to USA, -£250 income to France, +1 army sublevel to Argentina, increased income)
Germany proclaimed that it would be the most powerful industrial nation in the world,and embarked on an ambitious plan to fulfill this. However, progress was not as quick as hoped.
(-£1,050, +2 industry sublevels in 2 turns)
An imperial mission was launched by Germany, and quickly claimed part of the western coastline of Africa for Germany. Reserves of iron were found by German prospectors.
(-£300, +1 resource sublevel in 1 turn)
Another mission was launched by Germany, this one landing on the southern coast of Arabia. There was some discontent from the locals, but no one was willing to try anything against the German soldiers brought with them.
(-£260)
The Austro-Hungarian Empire decided to join the race to refit navies in metal.
(-£7,600, -4 ships-of-the-line, +2 ironclads, +2 ironclads in 1 turn, -8 sail frigates, +4 screw frigates, +4 screw frigates in 1 turn)
A new rifle, the M1868 Werndl-Holub, was developed and put into service by the Austrian military.
(-£400, +5% equipment)
The unique breechloading system of the Werndl
With its part in the war over, the Austrian army was disbanded and sent home.
(Austrian army disbanded)
A number of agreements were signed by the Austrian government.
(+£100, -£1200 to Brazil, +5% equipment to Brazil, +1 army sublevel to France, -£260 to Germany, +1 industry sublevel (half profits to Germany), +1 army sublevel to Britain)
With the seas of Europe now calm, Sweden set out to increase the level of trade links.
(-£330, +1 resource sublevel)
The Swedish government invested in factories in Norway, to try and lift the economic output of the region.
(-£510, +1 industry sublevel)
Using French blueprints, Swedish factories began producing better quality weapons for the military.
(-£300, +4% equipment)
A ship canal, named the Nieuwe Waterweg, was built by the Netherlands government connecting the port of Rotterdam to the North Sea.
(-£520, +1 infrastructure sublevel)
In 1867, the King of the Ashanti Empire, Kwaku Dua I, passed away. With the entire Gold Coast under Dutch command, the government sponsored the Kings grandson Kofi Karikari in return for the Ashanti becoming a Dutch protectorate. It was not a smooth plan, as other claimants to the throne used anti-European sentiment to garner support. A short but bloody civil war was sparked, and was forcibly put down by Dutch soldiers. With Karikari on the throne, the Ashanti Empire came under Dutch protection, but it would be a while before the situation would be calm enough to reap the benefits.
(-3,400 regulars, +2 resource sublevels in 3 turns)
Offers were sent to Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, President of the South African Republic, and Johannes Henricus Brand, President of the Orange Free State, inviting them to a conference to discuss possible unification with the Dutch Cape Colony. Unfortunately, they were both far too busy to attend. Perhaps next year.
Technological specialists and innovators were brought into the Holland region, to try and improve the Dutch industrial output.
(-£520, +1 industry sublevel)
Industrial facilities in Russia were overhauled and modernised.
(-£540, +1 industry sublevel)
The Tsar did a tour of his nation to gather public support. He wished to include the Caucasus in the tour, but his advisor's made him reconsider,as there was still much anti-Russian sentiment in the region.
(-£130, +4% public support)
Officers in the Russian navy received extra training and drilling.
(-£500, +1 navy sublevel)
A campaign was run by the Greek government to encourage Greek nationalism.
(-£200, +5% public support)
Greek agents snuck into the Ottoman Empire to encourage Greek citizens to vote for joining Greece in the referendums.
An improved public schooling system was implemented by the Greek government.
(-£250, +4% education rate)
Referendums were held in the Caucasus region, to determine whether they should stay with Russia or become part of the Ottoman Empire. Muslim propaganda before the war, and the Ottoman victories in the area, led to high support for the Ottomans, and the region became part of the Ottoman Empire.
Plebiscites in Greece went a little differently. While the large Muslim population in Salonica kept the region in Ottoman hands, Janina and Manastir voted overwhelmingly to becoming part of Greece.
But it was on the island of Crete that problems arose. Slightly under half of the population of Crete was Muslim, and enough people, sick of the actions of the Greek government during the war or other reasons, voted pro-Ottoman that the island stayed. However, the vote was very tight, and the pro-Greek population was enough to divide the island, and send it spiralling into chaos. Ottoman troops stepped in to end the violence, which did little to earn their support.
(-800 regulars to the Ottoman Empire)
Ethnic map of Crete
The Americas
40,000 US troops were sent west to set up forts and negotiate treaties with Native Indians. With the West now far safer, larger numbers migrated west to set up farms and homesteads.
(-£300, +1 resource sublevel, +3% public support)
Foreign migration into the USA was encouraged, and with the Civil War now over, many took the opportunity.
(-£220, +0.15 population growth)
The treaties with Germany and France were ratified. The officer exchange program with Germany was very beneficial, with many war stories told by both sides.
(-£490 to the USA, -£480 to Germany, +1 army sublevel in 1 turn to Germany, USA)
Using his war record as propaganda, Ulysses S. Grant won the Presidential election in a landslide victory against Horatio Seymour.
A new constitution was drafted in Colombia. The new constitution was more conservative and centralist than the previous one, and brought about a name change from the Granadine Confederation to the Republic of Colombia.
(-£100, +4% public support)
With the new constitution came a change in policy and a harder line against corruption. Embezzlers were turfed out of the Colombian government, and the national income improved as a result.
(-£200, increased income)
Using techniques learnt by the force sent to fight in the US Civil War, a new military academy was set up. The fact that the force saw very little fighting and didn't lose a man was ignored.
(-£550, +1 army sublevel)
The University of Rio was set up in Brazil.
(-£300, +5% education rate)
A deal was struck with Germany.
(+£2,000, +1 army sublevel, -5 ships-of-the-line, -10 screw frigates, -5 transport ships, +5 ships-of-the-line, +10 screw frigates, +5 transport ships to Germany, -£2,500 to Germany)
Railways in Brazil were improved.
(-£510, +1 infrastructure sublevel)
Argentina introduced conscription, to raise troops to fight against Paraguay.
(+50,000 conscripts)
The Argentine government launched a propaganda campaign to increase support for the war.
(-£120, +5% public support)
Argentinian shipyards began construction on new vessels for the Argentinian navy.
(-£3,700, +4 sail frigates, +2 screw frigates)
William Brown, called the father of the Argentinian navy, who had died a decade earlier
Training of Qing generals and officers continued.
(-£530, +1 army sublevel)
The Qing government invested in agriculture, to try and repair the damage done by the Taiping Rebelllion.
(-£300, +1 resource sublevel)
Qing munitions factories began production on new and better quality weapons for the Qing army.
(-£330, +5% equipment)
Can't believe I haven't made this clear already, but you cannot use war orders to attack and take over neutral countries that are not involved with the conflict at hand.
The war in the far east reached a height, as Russian troops arrived at the front lines and enemies piled up against the last two remaining members of the Allied Powers. The lull in the fighting the previous year was forgotten as huge armies and navies manoeuvred clashed in the snows and frigid seas.
The Russian army wintering at the city of Omsk was mobilised to make the final push to the front lines. The Russian forces had been on the defensive on the eastern front since 1865, and they were determined to finally launch a counterattack. They were facing difficult odds - although the Russians were perhaps better trained and drilled, the Qing army had taken huge leaps forward in the last decade, and the technological gap was not as large as the Russians had expected. Worse, the smaller Russian army had marched for miles along the Siberian highway, and it would be difficult for reinforcements to reach them, while the Qing army had much smaller distances to travel. Still, the Russians had God on their side, and they were determined to defeat the godless Qing troops.
Dividing into two forces, a Russian army of 200,000 troops launched an attack in Xinjiang. Opposing them was nearly half a million Qing soldiers. The attack began early one cold morning, with Russian artillery firing upon dug-in Qing positions. Qing defences held, and the Russians were forced to send in infantry. The battle quickly fell into chaos as the two sides clashed, with neither side having any clear idea of what was happening. As night fell, the two sides disengaged. A massive loss of life had resulted, with heavier casualties felt by the Qing troops, but the defenders remained supreme on the battlefield, as the Russian forces withdrew back to camps deeper in Siberia.
(-7,800 regulars, -32,700 conscripts to Russia, -10,500 regulars, -54,400 conscripts to Qing)
The second force of Russians attempted to take back Vladivostok. However, the battle was short lived, as the Russian army of 120,000 was dwarfed by the combined Qing-Japanese army guarding the coast. Russian forces attacked bravely, but there was little hope of them achieving victory.
(-2,400 regulars, -45,500 conscripts to Russia, -4,100 regulars, -37,200 conscripts to Qing, -10,300 conscripts to Japan)
While the Asian troops had held their own on land, on the water it was a different story. The Japanese was the only power in the region with a decent fleet, and even that was smaller in comparison to the meanest Coalition fleet. A naval engagement took place, as the Japanese fleet had been warned of the approaching Coalition fleet by a fisherman. Japanese ships were heavily outgunned, and were forced to rely on the fickle wind, whereas the Coalition was mostly steam driven. Using a thick fog as cover, the Japanese fleet manoeuvred themselves upwind of their enemy, and attacked. Japanese ships scored a few lucky hits, sending Coalition ships to the bottom, and even badly damaging a Dutch ironclad. But the skilled European sailors responded viciously, and won the day. The surviving Japanese fleet retreated to ports on the home isles, and with naval supremacy gained, the Coalition enforced a blockade upon Japan.
(-3 sail frigates, -1 screw frigates to Russia, -1 ironclad, +1 ironclad in 1 turn, -2 screw frigates to the Netherlands, -2 screw frigates to Germany, -3 screw frigates, -5 sail frigates to Japan, Japan blockaded)
A small German force landed on the Japanese island of Shikoku. There were few Japanese troops in the area, and the Germans managed to gain a foothold on the island. However, it was a precarious foothold, and they would be hard-pressed to defend themselves against the Japanese for long.
(-1,200 conscripts to Germany, -2,000 regulars to Japan)
The British, former allies of the Qing, had now turned against them. British officials in India attempted to raise an army in order to attack the Great Qing. However, there was not as great a patriotic sentiment amongst the locals as the British had hoped.
(+120,000 conscripts to Britain)
@Nex; sorry, will fix it for the next map.
Cheers solame.
Don't suppose anyone could post something in the IC, could they? Some half-ass response to the Paraguayan War or something. Not too crucial, but I'm writing up the Asia War update and I don't want to double post.
@Pepper; yes and fixed.
Sorry to see you go, Aegon. It takes guts to keep positive when your nation is falling to shit around you, but you pulled it off without a hitch.
Anyway, updated the treaties page. Y'all gotta stop making treaties.
Anyway, updated the treaties page. Y'all gotta stop making treaties.
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