Cyclone

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Hrm. Yes, I can work with this. Not what I anticipated, but I can make plots and schemes for this just nicely.

GM, to what extent may we re-roll or adjust our rolls? Can we decide to take a hit in one area to do better in another? Or does accepting a reroll in one spot neccessitate knock-on changes in other areas?

Not asking for rerolls right now, need to brainstorm some nation concepts before deciding if thats needed, but would be nice to know for reference.

@Skylar

I'll allow you a few choices:

1. Trade your entire set of rolls for someone else's if you're both up for that
2. Reroll everything
3. Reroll one section (military, demographics, or economy)
4. Rewrite a few things with my permission. I'm fine with you changing minor stuff (especially the flavor details) if it will make for a better story.

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@Brithwyr

Rolls 18

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
4. Your nation has an average sized expanse of land. There's enough for agriculture, cities, and then some wilderness. Your border is large enough that smugglers can sometimes make it through, but by and large it's still defensible.
Population:
3,500,000 (average)
Urbanization:
2. Aside from your capital and perhaps one or two urban centers, you have a very highly rural population. There is likely some system such as serfdom, in which knights or other minor nobles inhabit estates that oversee a region and its people.
Government Type:
8. Your nation is still a tribal society. The various chieftains or patriarchs of their clans rule individual settlements, and there may or may not even be a central figure that all the others owe fealty to. If there is some sort of high king, he probably wields much less power than a feudal king and your tribes are probably mostly autonomous. Tribes also have a tendency to develop rivalries, so there's a good chance that the occasional bit of infighting cripples your nation as a whole.
Political Stability:
3. There's some mild urban unrest with criminal gangs and corruption, but nothing threatening to overthrow your country.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
4. Your nation has a solid and rather stable economy. You have the means to finance most of the projects that your government wants to undertake, and most of your people enjoy a good standard of living.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
10. Your government is constantly minting new currency. Maybe they directly control a gold mine or have a group of secret alchemists always at work transmuting more lead into gold, but either way they just make some more money whenever they need to buy something. There's a fair amount of inflation, but hopefully you actually are using coinage that is backed by the worth of its own composition.
Technology:
1. Slow Modernization, your nation does somewhat lags behind the rest of the world, with many of your people stubbornly clinging to traditions and conventions.
Agriculture:
8. Your nation has ample farmland but also has many ranches. Overall your people have a good variety of food and with your surplus you can afford to export some.
Natural Resources:
Tobacco, wool, cloth, small deposits of gold

Military

Military Size
6. Medium-sized core of professional soldiers that mainly serve to keep order in peacetime and direct vast (but unreliable) armies of slave soldiers in wartime.
Military Focus
7. Powerful navy; large and well rounded army; small but decent core of magic users. No real strategic weakness here.
Military Leadership
4. Generals are incompetent; often appointed without military experience; largely decadent
Military Reputation
6. Considered indifferently domestically; considered very effective and formidable by foreigners

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Sure, here's a discord channel.

discord.gg/6avqV2F

I'll go put it on the OP too.

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@Cyclone So about that map does this mean it is open to claims with some modification or decision based on your approval?

@Commodore

Eh, wait until I get out the template for nation sheets and then on your sheet maybe you can try calling dibs on somewhere. But I'll echo once more,

It's okay to get a rough idea of where you'd like to be, but again, this is subject to change. I make no guarantees that you'll get exactly what you want since we're going to have to work to make this all fit together whilst keeping in mind the territorial sizes of everyone's nations as determined by their rolls.

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Might it be that I have a salt monopoly? Or least the only major current producer? Does this mean I can be the saltiest nation? Are my salt mines unmatched? Am I asking too many rhetorical questions? Can I literally send people to the salt mines?

So many opportunities. :P

@Commodore

Sadly not, but yes (currently), yes, yes (unless you have sea salt O-o), yes, and yes.

Call me the

Hider

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Hmm, a theocratic city-state.

Has anyone worked out a map or a religion yet? Albion doesn't need to all follow the same faith, obviously, but it'd make sense for some of us to share a religion. Perhaps my theocratic city-state could be the Rome of our analogue of the Catholic Church.

@The Nexerus

Speaking of that, I have bit of an

ANNOUNCEMENT

Thanks to @TheArhive we have a map. Keep in mind that this is a rough draft and is still subject to change over the next few days, but feel free to have a look.

Map

The continent to the east is controlled by the Commonwealth and the continent in the southwest is the New World. The central one is of course Albion. There are some surrounding islands and they aren't off limits for your nations either.

It's okay to get a rough idea of where you'd like to be, but again, this is subject to change. I make no guarantees that you'll get exactly what you want since we're going to have to work to make this all fit together whilst keeping in mind the territorial sizes of everyone's nations as determined by their rolls.

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@silver or lead

Rolls 17

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
2. Your nation is certainly small and could use some breathing room. Land is an expensive and highly sought after commodity here.
Population:
3,000,000 (slightly below average)
Urbanization:
3. Your nation has the typical ratio or rural folk to city dwellers: that is, there's probably about 8 or 9 in the countryside for every one in the cities. What is there to say? It takes a lot of farmers to support those craftsman and merchants in the city!
Government Type:
8. Your nation is still a tribal society. The various chieftains or patriarchs of their clans rule individual settlements, and there may or may not even be a central figure that all the others owe fealty to. If there is some sort of high king, he probably wields much less power than a feudal king and your tribes are probably mostly autonomous. Tribes also have a tendency to develop rivalries, so there's a good chance that the occasional bit of infighting cripples your nation as a whole.
Political Stability:
1. Your country is suffering quite a bit of inner turmoil and is on the brink of having an outright rebellion. No doubt your neighbors are aware of this and perhaps looking to exploit your status for their own benefit!

Economy

Overall Wealth:
4. Your nation has a solid and rather stable economy. You have the means to finance most of the projects that your government wants to undertake, and most of your people enjoy a good standard of living.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
3. Your various churches regularly gather money from those in attendance (for some reason, under this system church attendance tends to be mandatory) and then the temple passes some along to the government. In this way, your clergy essentially act as tax collectors.
Technology:
1. Slow Modernization, your nation does somewhat lags behind the rest of the world, with many of your people stubbornly clinging to traditions and conventions.
Agriculture:
9. Your nation relies heavily upon orchards and fruit plantations. Coconuts, dates, or perhaps even bananas are your main crops. For some reason all this fruit seems to make your sailors a lot less likely to get scurvy.
Natural Resources:
Citrus, tea, lumber, hardwood

Military
Military Size
4. A school of battlemages, but little else to serve as a standing army. Levies and mercenaries both utilized during times of war to create an army of average size.
Military Focus
6. Poor navy; small and rather poor army; lots of magic usage in battle and a few very powerful wizards.
Military Leadership
3. Generals are pretty competent; however, they are corrupt and play at politics
Military Reputation
6. Considered indifferently domestically; considered very effective and formidable by foreigners

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Is there still room for another player? I'm interested and would like a roll

@silver or lead

I'm going to hand out as many rolls as I am asked for. I'm not naive enough to expect everybody with a roll to actually make a sheet and end up joining the RP, so we probably aren't as crowded as this looks.

Have a roll!

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Rolls! Get yer rolls here!

@Pyromaniacwolf

Rolls 13

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography
Territory Size:
2. Your nation is certainly small and could use some breathing room. Land is an expensive and highly sought after commodity here.
Population:
6 million (large population)
Urbanization:
4. Your nation is unusually urbanized. You might have a lot of towns or a few really big cities, but either way a fair amount of your people have migrated to the population centers. This opens the door to much more industry and commerce but also leaves more of your people vulnerable to the dangers of city life: organized crime, filth, and disease.
Government Type:
6. Your nation has this strange thing called democracy. Get this: the people actually vote to elect their rulers, and a ruler might only reign for a fixed period of a few years! Of course, there's probably countless slaves, women, and poor people that don't partake in this political process, but your republic is still quite radical and progressive for its time.
Political Stability:
4. Your country has the occasional highwaymen, but they mostly hide in the hills and forests far out in the countryside. By and large, your realm is stable.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
2. Your nation was once in good enough shape, but recent events have caused a large recession and now your economy is shrinking. If this isn't resolved soon, major issues will arise. The people are used to a higher standard of life than they are currently experiencing, and as food supplies contract there may be mass starvation and the collapse of industry, commerce, or even government.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
1. Your government employs a system of tax collectors. Acting almost like thugs, they gather money from families and businesses on a somewhat regular basis. Those that do not pay are...punished.
Technology:
4. Technological Parity; you're keeping up with the rest of Albion pretty well.

Agriculture:
4. Your nation has its farmlands, but you aren't blessed with particularly fertile land nor regular rainfall. As such, seasonal famines are a common thing.
Natural Resources:
Slaves, glassware, quicksilver

Military
Military Size
6. Medium-sized core of professional soldiers that mainly serve to keep order in peacetime and direct vast (but unreliable) armies of slave soldiers in wartime.
Military Focus
3. Poor navy; emphasis on light infantry and guerilla warfare in the army; a fair amount of magic users for battle.
Military Leadership
8. Generals are often hired foreigners; very competent but not necessarily loyal
Military Reputation
8. Feared domestically; foreigners have heard rumors of atrocities committed by this military

@The Nexerus

Rolls 14

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
3. Your nation is smaller than average but there's still plenty of territory to work with. While the lack of endless farmland might prove an issue, you do at least enjoy the benefits of relatively small and easily defended borders.
Population:
1,800,000 (a small population)
Urbanization:
5. Your nation is the very epitome of urbanization: within your borders lies a jewel of the world, one of the largest settlements in the known world. In this way your entire nation is basically just one city that is grand and powerful enough to exert its influence over the surrounding region. A city-state!
Government Type:
1. Your nation is ruled by a theocracy. Perhaps you have a secular king is nothing more than the puppet of a powerful church, or perhaps your king is the head of the religion and acts as more of a high-priest than an administrator. Or perhaps the clergy rule as an oligarchic caste. In any case, deus vult!
Political Stability:
2. Your people are growing increasingly discontent, but so far it hasn't boiled over to the point of violence. Or if it has, your government has found a way to suppress it before it erupted into anything major.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
4. Your nation has a solid and rather stable economy. You have the means to finance most of the projects that your government wants to undertake, and most of your people enjoy a good standard of living.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
2. A levy system exists throughout your nation. Every family is expected to contribute in some form to society, be it in the form of working for part of the year on construction projects, to giving a certain amount of food to supply the military, to even sending off a son or two to join the local army.
Technology:
3. Rapid Modernization, your nation does not lag behind the rest of the world, and even sets the standard on some levels. No doubt there's some Commonwealth influence behind this.
Agriculture:
4. Your nation has its farmlands, but you aren't blessed with particularly fertile land nor regular rainfall. As such, seasonal famines are a common thing.
Natural Resources:
Coal and peat, niter, oils, lumber

Military
Military Size
8. Powerful nobles or merchants maintain private armies even in times of peace. These are effective and don't cost the central government any money, but aren't terribly reliable as they owe their loyalty to their masters rather than the nation itself.
Military Focus
7. Powerful navy; large and well rounded army; small but decent core of magic users. No real strategic weakness here.
Military Leadership
1. Generals are very loyal to the government but gained the position by hereditary status and not necessarily merit
Military Reputation
3. Popular domestically; considered capable by foreigners

@TheArhive

Rolls 15

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
5. Your nation is "blessed" with a significantly larger than average amount of land. While you may have a great deal of opportunities to utilize both your ample farmlands and wilderness, your borders are hard to defend and your settlements are spread out which can impede communications.
Population:
5,300,000 (above average)
Urbanization:
4. Your nation is unusually urbanized. You might have a lot of towns or a few really big cities, but either way a fair amount of your people have migrated to the population centers. This opens the door to much more industry and commerce but also leaves more of your people vulnerable to the dangers of city life: organized crime, filth, and disease.
Government Type:
4. Your nation is ruled by one great emperor with functionally unlimited power. Beneath him is a large bureaucracy, but under this imperial system there is a meritocracy. Your magistrates and administrators have been tested and found competent; therefore, they earned their position unlike some noble that simply inherited it from his father.
Political Stability:
5. You enjoy the benefit of having a serene and peaceful nation. There's barely any crime and you don't have a rebellion brewing, so rejoice!

Economy

Overall Wealth:
1. Your nation is very poor. Perhaps you've been ravaged by constant war or plague, or perhaps your people lack the resources or drive to create the foundations for a solid economy. In any case, homelessness and hunger are issues for many people. At least your people are used to this sorry state.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
10. Your government is constantly minting new currency. Maybe they directly control a gold mine or have a group of secret alchemists always at work transmuting more lead into gold, but either way they just make some more money whenever they need to buy something. There's a fair amount of inflation, but hopefully you actually are using coinage that is backed by the worth of its own composition.
Technology:
3. Rapid Modernization, your nation does not lag behind the rest of the world, and even sets the standard on some levels. No doubt there's some Commonwealth influence behind this.
Agriculture:
2. What your nation lacks in the way of farmland is made up for in the sheer bounty of its wilderness. Fishing, hunting, and plant gathering support your population. Unfortunately, this system doesn't support quick population growth or large food surpluses, so gathering food is always something on your peoples' minds.
Natural Resources:
Diamonds, hemp, furs

Military
Military Size
7. Relatively large noble warrior caste. Very effective, quick to mobilize, and fairly numerous, but difficult to replace if they suffer heavy losses.
Military Focus
8. Almost nonexistent navy that just serves to transport the army and perhaps ward off rogue pirates; very large and effective army; average amount of magic users.
Military Leadership
3. Generals are pretty competent; however, they are corrupt and play at politics
Military Reputation
6. Considered indifferently domestically; considered very effective and formidable by foreigners

@Chenzor

Rolls 16

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
4. Your nation has an average sized expanse of land. There's enough for agriculture, cities, and then some wilderness. Your border is large enough that smugglers can sometimes make it through, but by and large it's still defensible.
Population:
4,000,000 (about average)
Urbanization:
2. Aside from your capital and perhaps one or two urban centers, you have a very highly rural population. There is likely some system such as serfdom, in which knights or other minor nobles inhabit estates that oversee a region and its people.
Government Type:
9. Your nation is effectively a magocracy - that is to say, it is under the rule of magi. Whether this just means that one mighty wizard in a great tower effectively rules as a dictator or that there is an entire ruling caste of magic-users is up to you, but make sure to include unicorns.
Political Stability:
3. There's some mild urban unrest with criminal gangs and corruption, but nothing threatening to overthrow your country.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
1. Your nation is very poor. Perhaps you've been ravaged by constant war or plague, or perhaps your people lack the resources or drive to create the foundations for a solid economy. In any case, homelessness and hunger are issues for many people. At least your people are used to this sorry state.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
7. Your government doesn't really spend money. It basically just demands whatever it wants, and since all the people are effectively slaves to the state they are compelled to obey. What material wealth you have stashed away is probably used only for foreign trade.
Technology:
2. Antiquated, your nation lags behind the rest of the world, and stubbornly clings to ancient traditions.
Agriculture:
5. You grow a variety of grains and vegetables and your farmers have developed a system of crop and field rotations. As such, they create a food surplus and your people are generally well nourished.
Natural Resources:
Slaves, small deposits of very rare metals, amber

Military
Military Size
2. Small core of elite soldiers, supplemented by some mercenaries in wartime. Overall not a very large force.
Military Focus
6. Poor navy; small and rather poor army; lots of magic usage in battle and a few very powerful wizards.
Military Leadership
7. Generals are wealthy citizens that purchased their positions from the government; they are somewhat competent but often inexperienced; decadent
Military Reputation
2. Considering terrifying oppressors domestically; considered barbaric by foreigners

And now I believe that I'm caught up. So if you asked me for rolls and haven't gotten any yet, please remind me.

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Before anybody else can ask for rolls I'm throwing these up! Phew.

@Dark Light

Rolls 8

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
6. Your nation sprawls across Albion as it dominates the map with its sheer size. But the dog's bark is louder than its bite; there simply aren't enough people to exploit all of your land and its resources, defending your borders or stopping smugglers is probably a futile task, and communications from one end to the other might very well be a major issue. At least you can retreat back almost endlessly when defending your nation, and you can probably count on your enemies lacking the manpower to occupy all of your land.
Population:
2,500,000 (a smallish population)
Urbanization:
1. Your people are so dispersed that barely any settlements are large enough to be called "cities". There might be the occasional small town of a few thousand, but the people mostly inhabit hamlets with populations of a few hundred, on small villages of a single clan or large family, or are otherwise scattered about on homesteads entirely separated from one another. This rural nature allows you to utilize much more of your land than you otherwise would, but though you may have plenty of agriculture you lack the concentration of infrastructure needed to develop industry on a large scale.
Government Type:
5. Your nation is ruled by the sword, and the cogs of its "political system" are oiled with blood. Though they might put it more eloquently in order to conjure an image of legitimacy, your nation is quite frankly ruled by whatever warlord(s) are currently at the top of the food chain. This chaotic military dictatorship has the potential to perhaps transform into something more like a monarchy, but for now birthright means nothing and the man with the most soldiers at his back is always the man that lays out the law.
Political Stability:
4. Your country has the occasional highwaymen, but they mostly hide in the hills and forests far out in the countryside. By and large, your realm is stable.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
3. Your nation is rather weak economically, but you're developing. With a rapidly growing economy and likely a transition towards urbanization and industrialization, your people are happy. While you may not be an economic superpower yet, it's looking like you're beginning to enter a golden age that just might catapult you there.

Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
2. A levy system exists throughout your nation. Every family is expected to contribute in some form to society, be it in the form of working for part of the year on construction projects, to giving a certain amount of food to supply the military, to even sending off a son or two to join the local army.
Technology:
1. Slow Modernization, your nation does somewhat lags behind the rest of the world, with many of your people stubbornly clinging to traditions and conventions.

Agriculture:
1. Your people don't farm much, probably a result of having land of poor quality. Instead you depend heavily upon ranching and dairy. This allows for a stable and perennial source of food so long as your herds stay healthy and you protect your many grazing lands.
Natural Resources:
Leathers, furs, ivory, incense

Military
Military Size
8. Powerful nobles or merchants maintain private armies even in times of peace. These are effective and don't cost the central government any money, but aren't terribly reliable as they owe their loyalty to their masters rather than the nation itself.
Military Focus
6. Poor navy; small and rather poor army; lots of magic usage in battle and a few very powerful wizards.
Military Leadership
7. Generals are wealthy citizens that purchased their positions from the government; they are somewhat competent but often inexperienced; decadent
Military Reputation
7. Popular domestically, considered unremarkable by most foreigners

@Bright_Ops

Rolls 9

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
2. Your nation is certainly small and could use some breathing room. Land is an expensive and highly sought after commodity here.

Population:
2,000,000 (a small population)
Urbanization:
4. Your nation is unusually urbanized. You might have a lot of towns or a few really big cities, but either way a fair amount of your people have migrated to the population centers. This opens the door to much more industry and commerce but also leaves more of your people vulnerable to the dangers of city life: organized crime, filth, and disease.
Government Type:
3. Your society is a feudal monarchy. Quite typical, there is a king who inherited the throne from his father, and then there are all manner of other aristocrats: dukes and barons and knights all swear fealty to one another in exchange for control of land, all in a complicated system of legal obligations...
Political Stability:
2. Your people are growing increasingly discontent, but so far it hasn't boiled over to the point of violence. Or if it has, your government has found a way to suppress it before it erupted into anything major.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
5. Your nation is struggling and somewhat poor. The government and upper class are doing well enough, but the middle class of merchants and tradesmen are small and most of your people still occupy themselves with subsistence activities. That being said, at least they aren't starving in the streets.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
9. Your government controls the central bank, which just so happens to be the only bank allowed in your nation. This allows them to make most of their money through shameless usury.
Technology:
4. Technological Parity; you're keeping up with the rest of Albion pretty well.
Agriculture:
9. Your nation relies heavily upon orchards and fruit plantations. Coconuts, dates, or perhaps even bananas are your main crops. For some reason all this fruit seems to make your sailors a lot less likely to get scurvy.
Natural Resources:
Citrus, hardwood, iron

Military
Military Size
2. Small core of elite soldiers, supplemented by some mercenaries in wartime. Overall not a very large force.
Military Focus
10. Strong navy with small but very effective corps of marines, a small army that is noticeably lacking in cavalry, a few magic users
Military Leadership
2. Generals rose to their positions through experience and battlefield exploits; competent, but also decadent
Military Reputation
3. Popular domestically; considered capable by foreigners

@Lauder

Rolls 10

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
5. Your nation is "blessed" with a significantly larger than average amount of land. While you may have a great deal of opportunities to utilize both your ample farmlands and wilderness, your borders are hard to defend and your settlements are spread out which can impede communications.
Population:
7,000,000 (an exceptionally large population)
Urbanization:
4. Your nation is unusually urbanized. You might have a lot of towns or a few really big cities, but either way a fair amount of your people have migrated to the population centers. This opens the door to much more industry and commerce but also leaves more of your people vulnerable to the dangers of city life: organized crime, filth, and disease.
Government Type:
10. Your country is in something of an anarchy. There is no central government to speak of, probably because it recently crumbled. For now you're in quite the quagmire and regions might be tempted to splinter off and form their own new nations. But hey, at least this gives you the opportunity to reestablish order and found a new government of your choosing!
Political Stability:
2. Your people are growing increasingly discontent, but so far it hasn't boiled over to the point of violence. Or if it has, your government has found a way to suppress it before it erupted into anything major.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
4. Your nation has a solid and rather stable economy. You have the means to finance most of the projects that your government wants to undertake, and most of your people enjoy a good standard of living.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
1. Your government employs a system of tax collectors. Acting almost like thugs, they gather money from families and businesses on a somewhat regular basis. Those that do not pay are...punished.
Technology:
1. Slow Modernization, your nation does somewhat lags behind the rest of the world, with many of your people stubbornly clinging to traditions and conventions.
Agriculture:
8. Your nation has ample farmland but also has many ranches. Overall your people have a good variety of food and with your surplus you can afford to export some.
Natural Resources:
Leathers, honey, lead, some precious metals

Military
Military Size
8. Powerful nobles or merchants maintain private armies even in times of peace. These are effective and don't cost the central government any money, but aren't terribly reliable as they owe their loyalty to their masters rather than the nation itself.
Military Focus
3. Poor navy; emphasis on light infantry and guerilla warfare in the army; a fair amount of magic users for battle.
Military Leadership
6. Competence of generals varies greatly; they are usually powerful sorcerers; decadent
Military Reputation
7. Popular domestically, considered unremarkable by most foreigners

@Pirate

Rolls 11

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
3. Your nation is smaller than average but there's still plenty of territory to work with. While the lack of endless farmland might prove an issue, you do at least enjoy the benefits of relatively small and easily defended borders.
Population:
2,200,000 (small population)
Urbanization:
3. Your nation has the typical ratio or rural folk to city dwellers: that is, there's probably about 8 or 9 in the countryside for every one in the cities. What is there to say? It takes a lot of farmers to support those craftsman and merchants in the city
Government Type:
7. There might have once been some semblance of true government, but now it's either gone or reduced into a mere puppet. The true rulers of your nation are the crime lords: gangs, guilds of assassins and thieves, and/or smuggler cartels run the show in your "nation".
Political Stability:
4. Your country has the occasional highwaymen, but they mostly hide in the hills and forests far out in the countryside. By and large, your realm is stable.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
6. Opulence and obscene wealth define your nation. Your streets might not be paved with gold, but great monuments, beautiful works of art, and a large variety of public works stand testament to your economic power. Your government of course has the funds to do almost whatever it wants.

Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
8. Your government requires tributes from the various nobles or cities, which leaves them up to their own discretion in finding a way to procure these taxes. In some manner, it's probably the peasants that actually end up paying for these taxes, but at least the job of collecting all that is delegated to a handful of people so that your central government doesn't have to worry about it.
Technology:
4. Technological Parity; you're keeping up with the rest of Albion pretty well.

Agriculture:
8. Your nation has ample farmland but also has many ranches. Overall your people have a good variety of food and with your surplus you can afford to export some.
Natural Resources:
Opiates or other "medicinal substances", tea, porcelain

Military
Military Size
8. Powerful nobles or merchants maintain private armies even in times of peace. These are effective and don't cost the central government any money, but aren't terribly reliable as they owe their loyalty to their masters rather than the nation itself.
Military Focus
5. Powerful navy; small but decent army; fair amount of magic users; capable corps of siege engineers and sappers.
Military Leadership
4. Generals are incompetent; often appointed without military experience; largely decadent
Military Reputation
1. Unpopular domestically; considered devious by foreigners

@Lone Wanderer

Rolls 12

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography
Territory Size:
3. Your nation is smaller than average but there's still plenty of territory to work with. While the lack of endless farmland might prove an issue, you do at least enjoy the benefits of relatively small and easily defended borders.
Population:
3,600,000 (about average)
Urbanization:
4. Your nation is unusually urbanized. You might have a lot of towns or a few really big cities, but either way a fair amount of your people have migrated to the population centers. This opens the door to much more industry and commerce but also leaves more of your people vulnerable to the dangers of city life: organized crime, filth, and disease.
Government Type:
7. There might have once been some semblance of true government, but now it's either gone or reduced into a mere puppet. The true rulers of your nation are the crime lords; gangs, guilds of assassins and thieves, and/or smuggler cartels run the show in your "nation".
Political Stability:
1. Your country is suffering quite a bit of inner turmoil and is on the brink of having an outright rebellion. No doubt your neighbors are aware of this and perhaps looking to exploit your status for their own benefit!

Economy

Overall Wealth:
3. Your nation is rather weak economically, but you're developing. With a rapidly growing economy and likely a transition towards urbanization and industrialization, your people are happy. While you may not be an economic superpower yet, it's looking like you're beginning to enter a golden age that just might catapult you there.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
10. Your government is constantly minting new currency. Maybe they directly control a gold mine or have a group of secret alchemists always at work transmuting more lead into gold, but either way they just make some more money whenever they need to buy something. There's a fair amount of inflation, but hopefully you actually are using coinage that is backed by the worth of its own composition.
Technology:
3. Rapid Modernization, your nation does not lag behind the rest of the world, and even sets the standard on some levels. No doubt there's some Commonwealth influence behind this.
Agriculture:
7. With mighty rivers, vast lakes, and/or a sizeable coast on the bountiful seas, your people primarily rely upon fishing for their food. As such, your port cities are unique in that they don't necessarily depend on the countryside to feed them at all.
Natural Resources:
Cocoa, spirits, sugar, lumber

Military
Military Size
2. Small core of elite soldiers, supplemented by some mercenaries in wartime. Overall not a very large force.
Military Focus
1. Decent navy; decent and well rounded army with some cavalry. Very well rounded, but lacking in the magic department.
Military Leadership
8. Generals are often hired foreigners; very competent but not necessarily loyal
Military Reputation
10. Feared both domestically and by foreigners