Oh wow okay.
So, what happened:
Eastern Syffryn: First (and final here) Partition of Wyrmyn (Poland); between Gylruv, Kielmyr, Ymaryn and some scraps going to Tortun (Germans) and Styrmyr (Hungary)
Central Asia: Ymaryn and Black Sheep figure out proper coastal defenses and thus coastal bombardment by Vortuga no longer flies.
India: With Black Sheep getting tips on diplomancery and administration from Ymaryn, probably will align more with Sheep in the future.
Greater Khem: no news, presumably continued chattel slavery
New World: no news, presumably continued colonization.
Indochina & Indonesia & presumably, Australia: no news, presumably continued colonization & exploitation.
China: still old empire which throws out new ones when they presume too much
Japan:
still colonizing east coast of USA like it's my EU4 campaign (edit: no, they are not, they are apparently sitting on their guns? I am not sure what are they up to)
Did I miss anything?
Okay, notes on Gylruv:
- As long as they are less good at cultural and educational matters than us, they are both going to be a tad backward
and are going to be assimilating into Ymaryn culture;
- Administrative mess + rapid expansion is unsustainable: either they fall apart or will be hilariously inefficient with new lands
- without a good land management the rich farmland taken from Wyrmyn will be suboptimal
- they are socially backward, but see point 1 - this is somewhat useful to us, as it makes it easier to Ymarynize them...I think????
- financial reform is honestly something we all need....
Okay, with this in mind,notes on international stage:
- Eastern European border is uncertain, with Tortun and Styrmyr doubtful about the Gylruv expansion in their general direction; without our action, they will
very likely unite forces against the unholy abomination that is Kielmyr-Gylruv-Ymaryn alliance;
- Greater Khem, Indochina, Indonesia, Australia and New World keep being eatern by Vortuga and Hex-whatever; without our poking, the southern Syffrynites are liable to get a serious foothold and powerbase in these regions - enough to be extremely hard to dislodge;
- Black Sheep are internally stabilizing (with our help, ironically enough, so peeps who wanted to eat them kinda made a mistake - they would've fallen apart on their own otherwise), but still shaky internally; helping them will secure Central Asia and India against Syffryn to a decent enough degree, while stabilizing Greater Silk Route;
- alternatively, reversing course and blowing them up will get us some
rich clay, but leave us without a strong ally in the east and practically ensure Vortuga Raj and them getting fat as hell on exploitation of India
- New World is unclear and out of our ability to realistically affect; however, soon we will be able to affect Indochina and Indonesia regions
- we are currently getting mad dosh from Silk Road; this is likely to change later on with better global oceanic trade, so we...aha! we need financial reform done soon, because otherwise our overreliance on overland silk road will cause us problems!
With this in mind:
[X] [Gylruv] Administrative reform (2x)
[X] [Gylruv] Education reform (0.8x)
[X] [Gylruv] Financial reform (1x)
[X] [Gylruv] Mutual integration (1x)
[X] [Outside] Collaborate with the Khemetri on mutually strengthening measures (1.5x)
[X] [Outside] Send diplomats to Tortun and Styrmyr groups to solidify a peaceful western land border (1x)
[X] [Outside] Continue to assist the Black Sheep in having control over their internal and external policies (1.2x)
1. Start propping up our Greater Khem counterpart; also, ensures they will not take a bite out of our southern border if we are under a serious attack later on.
2. This one is basically mandatory as we do not want to get coalition'd by Central Europe - even
if we win (we likely can, but...) it won't be a war on our terms and we won't gain terribly much.
3. This one is basically ensuring strong Mughals. Kinda likely to be some trouble later on as goodwill is fleeting in international relations, but other options are even more trouble, and we
need them.
@Academia Nut , could you please clarify: what would Educational Reform (and Social one too) entail? Would it mean independent educational institutions by Gylruv or expansion of Ymaryn-cultured ones in their lands?
