[@Willy Vereb]

I wrote in my history ~40 years ago. I wanted to base their modernization off Japan, who modernized very quickly and could field a first-rate modern army within about 40 years of modernization. And of course they won't be given away without a fight! But at least at the start of the game Bvaltlund is going to be ready for vernichtungsschlacht

Ulf is currently staying in power thanks to propaganda, wealth and revanchism. Anything that casts him as the defender of tradition and the destroyer of elves would be good for him. I should probably flesh out Bvalt religion, it's got some weird moralist tendencies which will be fun to play with.

[@Lauder], this is somewhat important: what is the state of non-magic technology. The 19th century is pretty broad. I assumed the late period or the turn of the century, but I could be wrong. I'd hate to have factories fifty years too modern, or to think the standard armament of armies is muzzleloading muskets when "they have got the maxim gun and we have not".