Rodesia, The Senate Chamber The Senate was, and would always be, the highest authority within Ianian. The Senate Chamber itself was a large circular room, grand pillars in the center holding up the vast room. A hundred seats lined the room for all of the senators, with one more seat and desk in the middle for the Ianian leader, the Serene Doge, to be able to conduct and proceed the Senate meetings. While most of the Senate meetings remained fairly civil, today’s meeting had become a heated one.
“This funding bill is completely unnecessary! Ianian has and will always be protected by her navy and economic might, we do not need a well-funded army to protect and safeguard us.” proclaimed one senator.
“Our economic might is the exact reason we need a well funded army. Redcliffe or Edoniras could be planning to invade us to seize our economic assests now, we need this bill to better support and fund our army!” shouted one senator back, standing up and pointing at the previous senator.
The shouting back and forth continued as various senators joined the previous two and took sides. After a few vicious minutes of fighting between the two groups, the Serene Doge Donato finally stood and took a end to the action.
“Enough senators! While I will ignore the disregard to standard parliamentary procedure on the part of everyone in this room, we have exceeded our time limit for debate on this item. Submit your votes to me now.” said Donato.
After a few minutes senators came down and added small slips of paper to a ballot box. The Serene Doge made one last call for votes before an assistant took the box and counted the votes. After he was finished, he wrote something on a piece of paper and handed it to Donato.
“On a vote of 57 to 43, the Army Spending Bill of 1799 passes.” spoke Serene Doge Donato, raising is voice so that all of the room could hear.
Those of the senate that voted against the bill grumbled, before the Serene Doge moved on to the next two items, a tax bill and a proclamation from the Senate regarding the current border conflict between the Echyan Empire and the Kingdom of Sescos.
Official Name of Nation: The Three City’s Republic of Ianian Nation Leader: Serene Doge Donato De Luca Form of Government: Aristocratic Republic Nation Capital: Rodesia National Language: Milanian
Nation Claim
1. Province of Rodesia 2. Province of Milania 3. Province of Genia
Colonial Claim (If Applicable)
1. New Rodesia 2. New Genia 3. The Colony of Southpoint 4. The Colony of Linia
From this point onwards, you have 125 points to allocate between the various aspects. Good luck!
Ship of the Line Strength: 5 Ship of the Line Quality: 5 Ship of the Line Logistics: 5 Cruiser Strength: 5 Cruiser Quality: 5 Cruiser Logistics: 5 Marine Strength: 5 Marine Quality: 5 Marine Logistics: 5 Naval Commander Quality: 5
Economics
National Wealth: 15 Industrialization: 10 Development of Low Industry: 5 Development of Middle Industry: 5 Development of High Industry: 5
I apologize for the messy colonial claims. I couldn't get the fill tool to play nicely with that map.
I've successfully created the standard template of the Nation Overview, so that's the biggest hurdle down! Just need to allocate the right stats for you all now. Today or tomorrow everyone who's already applied should have their Nation Overview.
I'm going to guess the numbers we put in are roll modifiers?
edit: And green is fine, I didn't see that post till now.
Official Name of Nation: The Three City’s Republic of Ianian Nation Leader: Serene Doge Donato De Luca Form of Government: Aristocratic Republic Nation Capital: Rodesia National Language: Milanian
Nation Claim
1. Province of Rodesia 2. Province of Milania 3. Province of Genia
Colonial Claim (If Applicable)
1. New Rodesia 2. New Genia 3. The Colony of Southpoint 4. The Colony of Linia
From this point onwards, you have 125 points to allocate between the various aspects. Good luck!
Ship of the Line Strength: 5 Ship of the Line Quality: 5 Ship of the Line Logistics: 5 Cruiser Strength: 5 Cruiser Quality: 5 Cruiser Logistics: 5 Marine Strength: 5 Marine Quality: 5 Marine Logistics: 5 Naval Commander Quality: 5
Economics
National Wealth: 15 Industrialization: 10 Development of Low Industry: 5 Development of Middle Industry: 5 Development of High Industry: 5
I apologize for the messy colonial claims. I couldn't get the fill tool to play nicely with that map.
@duck55223 Are you suggesting I copied yours? If you scroll back through the RP's, I posted one called A New Age about a year ago that bears some pretty strong similarities to my new one. The map is in fact almost exactly the same. I've been working on the mechanics on and off for months. To be honest I'm genuinely baffled that you would outright suggest that I was copying your idea. I've been nothing polite to you, perhaps I was wrong to expect the same from you?
@SonOfALich It all looks good to me! Consider yourself accepted, and I'll have a Nation Overview sent your way.
I meant no disrespect, I just said it was suspicious. I had it happen on other forums so I was just making sure it wasn't the case.
@Willy Vereb Thank you. It's a shame you won't be joining.
@duck55223 You mean the only difference is entirely how the game is played? It's like saying the Russell Crowe Robin Hood is 'super similiar similar' to the Disney cartoon of the same name.
I appreciate your interest, but the two RP's only share a setting, and I am sure can happily co-exist. Unless you think otherwise?
It's not necessarily that two NRPs of similiar settings cant co-exists, I just find it slightly suspicious that this one went up so shortly after mine.
Not saying this out of malus though, its a good thing this exists. Some people simply prefer stats.
The Lancian Empire is ruled by a Kaiser, or Kaiserin if the ruler is female. The full title is actually Kaiser/Kaiserin of the Lancian Peoples, but it is often shortened to Kaiser/Kaiserin for short. The Kaiser has near absolute authority over the nation, but there are several organizations that help government. Titles of former Lancian Duchies, Kingdoms, and Baronies as well as congresses and executive officers of former Republics within the Empire still exist, but most only act in a governing capacity for the Kaiser rather than having a true power to enact change. There also exists a national parliament that is elected by the nobility and decorated soldiers in the Empire that setups courts and manages other legislative affairs for the Empire, but the Kaiser has authority to override most of their decisions. There also exists a Chancellor appointed by the Kaiser who acts as his primary adviser as well as the speaker of parliament.
Colonial territories are either governed under colonial charter granted by the parliament to Lancian companies (or highly trusted foreign companies), or by colonial governors appointed by the parliament.
Territory: Grey on the map
Military:
The Lancian military is divided into two main branches, the Imperial Lancian Army and the Imperial Lanican Navy. The Imperial Lanican Army relies on shock tactics, using a mix of Calvary and artillery to soften up armies and then charges to win wars and battles quickly, mainly due to the inability of the Lancian Empire to fight sustained long-term wars. While the army is large and one of the most advanced and well organized forces in Edoniras as per Lanican culture, the navy is smaller and not as updated. The current Kaiser however considers this a travesty and has been working to expand and update it in the name of maintaining and expanding Lanica’s colonial Empire. The Navy, since it is small, acts mostly as a protection force for Lancian trade and colony ships.
Economy:
The Lancian economy is heavily industrialized, with most of the workforce now in factories, which also created large movements to the cities with Lancia. Lancia also has a large mining industry, producing the coal, iron, and other metals needed to continue to fuel the growth and expansion of Lancia’s industry. This massive industrialization, while making Lancia one of the foremost economic powers on the continent, has come at a cost. Lancian agriculture is mostly gone, and at any given point Lancian planners estimate the farms are only producing enough food to fuel the country at any given time without a stockpile. During poor growing seasons, Lancia also must rely on food imports. This is the primary reason the Lancian army plans for trying to win wars quickly, as they simply do not have the food supply to fight a sustained war. Lancia also lacks other natural resources, which is their primary reason for setting up trade ports on which to garner those resources, as well as expansion of their colonial empire.
Culture:
Lancian culture is foremost a very nationalistic one. While for the vast majority of the history of the Lancian people they were divided states, the threat of an outside power has always united them as one to fight off the threat, from the earliest known conflicts of Edoniras where the Lancianic tribes united to fight of the encroaching Norian Empire to the times of modern day with the creation of the Lancian Confederation to help organize the affairs of the Lancian states, there always has been an identity of the Lancian people as one, yet a divided people. This was the prime catalyst used by the former Kingdom of Prukin to unite the Lancians into one Empire. The nationalistic culture also often led to a reverence of the great people of the Empire, whether they be scientists, artists, writers, military leaders, or other great figures, their contributions to Lancian society are seen as advancing and strengthening the people of Lancia as a whole.
Lancian culture also both a militaristic and industrious one. The Lancian people have revered great soldiers and warriors ever since the early days of the Lancian tribes. Glory and honor to be earned through battle or military service to the Empire are considered some of the greatest things a person can do for the Lancian Empire, beyond contributing to the Empire’s research and cultural history. The Lancian people revere soldiers so much that a special award was created, known as the Iron Cross, granted to the best of Lancia’s soldiers, for deeds that go beyond the normal line of duty and represent the bravest of Lancians. The industrious of the Lancian people comes out of a desire to continue to see the Lancian Empire continue to grow and become stronger, sot that may remain among the foremost powers on Edoniras.
Religiously, Lancian is split mostly between two different religions, Lancian Viasm, which is a sect of Viasm and Old Valkyr, with Lancian Viasm representing about 60% of the country and Valkyr representing 35%, with the remaining 5% being other religions. Lancian Viasm mainly spawned as Lancia had negative experiences with the centralized church of Viasm as well as multiple Viasm crusades claiming large amounts of Lancian lives. As such Lancians view centralized religion as inherently corrupt, so Lancian Viasm retains most tenants of Viasm, but rejects any large centralized church structure.
History:
The origins of Lancia and her people traces back years. The first known Lancia peoples were the Lancianic Tribes that existed in what would later become the Lancian region. They are one of the few peoples of Edoniras to have never fallen under the rule of the ancient Norian Empire, as the tribes united were able to hold back and stop the advance of the Norian Empire.
Later on, as the tribes evolved and became Lancian, adopting many of the cultural practices as well as technologies of other Edoniras nations. During this early period of Lancian history, the first of the divided Lancian states popped up, from free cities that were trading capitals of the region to the quarrels between the various republics, kingdoms, and duchies of the Lancian region. Powers began to exploit this, with one in particular, Kzechverin, becoming the puppet master of several Lancian dukes along the border. The other Lancian states began to resent this encroachment of foreign powers, and at the behest of the Wilhelm Dynasty, who at the time were rulers of the Duchy of Pomtin, formed the Lancian Confederation, an organization of the Lancian states committed to the common good of the Lancian people and holding off any foreign invaders into Lancian territory. The Confederation ended the vast majority of conflict between the Lancian states and slowly began growing Lancia into a political and economic force on the continent.
Shortly after the formation of the Lancian Confederation is when the Wilhelm dynasty made it next big political move. Several Dukes died without successor, leaving the Wilhelms as the only possible successors to those duchies. With the permission of the wider Lancian Confederation, the Wilhelms unified their own duchies as well as the duchies into the Kingdom of Prukin, which overnight became the most powerful state within the Lancian Confederation. They however still had to deal with Kzechverin, and along with the rest of the Confederation signed a non-aggression pact to prevent the then super-power from interfere in Lancian affairs.
It was however when the decline of Kzechverin that the Wilhelm Dynasty saw it’s next big move.
The Kingdom of Prukin, with the non-aggression pact having expired years ago, declared a war and led the Lancian Confederation in an effort to remove Kzcheverin’s hold over the Lancian duchies. While the Kzechverin army still was strong and at force, the combined efforts of the Lancian Confederation were able to beat back Kzechverin and force them into a deal granting the duchies to the Confederation. The Wilhelm Dynasty managed to convince the Lancian Confederation that since the Dukes had submitted to a foreign power, they were unfit to rule Lancian anymore. Thus, the duchies were granted to the Wilhelm Dynasty and incorporated into the Kingdom of Prukin.
The further decline of Kzechverin declined through the ages the Lancian Confederation continued to grow stronger, especially now that the era of industrialization had arrived. This was also around the time that the first proposals for a United Lancian State were drawn up. The vast majority of Lancian rulers didn’t take the proposals seriously, as such a union would be viewed as a disgrace till the remaining Lancians under Kzechverin rule could be brought under the control of a Lancian state. This is where the Kingdom of Prukin would rise once again.
Queen Alena Wilhelm, who had ascended to the throne of the Kingdom of Prukin, would go on to write several political works on a secret pen name that were spread throughout the Lancian Confederation, one in particular, entitled simply “Lancia United”, stated the only way for the Lancian people to continue to prosper would to be unite as one, as as the last few lines of the book read “If such a union entails a war with a failed state that the armies of Lancia would swipe aside, then let it be. Let Kzechverin bow to Lancian dominance.” As the book’s message spread like wildfire throughout the confederation, Queen Alena convinced the other states of the Lancia Confederation to go to war in the name of liberating the Lancian peoples there. The forces swept aside Kzechverin’s military, as little had changed about it in the decades since the last war. The Lancian forces met outside the capital with the leader of Kzechverin, who was forced in negotiations, forcing them to cede the territory. Victory was celebrated as the people created the Duchy of Rostov out of it, giving the title to Queen Alena as their liberator, which was swiftly approved by the confederation.
With the liberation of the territory the people of Lancia demanded that a United Lancian state be formed. As the Confederation voted, only one choice was obvious, that of Queen Alena and the prestige of the Wilhelm Dynasty being what propelled Lancia forward towards this great union. She was crowned in the capital of Primus, former capital of the Kingdom of Prukin and now capital of the United Lancian Empire.
Kaiserin Alena set out to start expanding the navy and negotiated for the first few trade ports now under Lancian control, but she passed away shortly after, as a long life of politics had made her weary. Kaiser Otto von Wilhelm was crowned the new ruler, with his eldest son, Erich Wilhelm, becoming the new heir to the throne of the United Lancian Empire. His agenda has become focused on expanding Lancia’s navy and colonial holdings, much like his mother before him, but he also seen the situation in Kzechverin, and is hoping to exploit it to his own ends.
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