Cities in the Sea of Time: Redux

[HumanityDark]

Cities in the Sea of Time:
Redux


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The year is 1899. The previous century has been a long and turbulent one, filled with political, social, and cultural upheavals. Across the globe nations race towards modernity, each trying to outdo the last. The premier state of the age, of course, being the United Kingdom, Pax Britannica still reigns supreme. This is not to say that they are not tested, though, for the balance of power in Europe has been greatly altered. The ascendancy of the German Empire and the Kaiser are of great concern to many. But alas this is a tale for another time. For when the clock struck midnight on the night of February 20th, the whole world would once more be changed, and this time not for the better. Starting from the poles of the planet strange energies would billow forth, key locations across the globe would play witness to an untold amount of peculiar events. The most common of these being the sightings of great domes of multicolored lights enveloping entire cities, and in their wakes leaving strange and exotic new lands. While scientists and theologians continue to argue about what had exactly happened, the fact of the matter is that these cities have been transported to a wholly different place.

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So after reading a bit too much of some silly S.M. Stirling fiction (Conquistador/the ubiquitous ISOT) and the 1632 series I have been inspired to attempt this undertaking.

Players are tasked with guiding the fate of a single city in these perilous times. A fifteen-mile radius, starting from the city's center, will be transported to a new Earth.

General Rules:

1. Don't be a dick
2. Please wait 24 hours after the posting of a major war result to appeal. Espionage and minor warplans can be appealed immediately.
3. We will be using the 3 claims system. (listed in order of preference)
4. Feel free to use OTL and fictional people as you please, just make sure it makes sense. I don't really mind either way and I'll be using both.

Spoiler: Turnpost

City Name In Native Language
Year

Flag if applicable​

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Name/Capital:
Majority language(s):
Majority religion(s):
Government type:
Head of State:
Population: ~
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Major Actions:

Domestic Events:

Economic/Supply Information:

Military:
Manpower Pool:
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Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements:
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Spoiler: Warplans

Warplan Format:
YOUR NATION: the name of your nation
ALLIES: any allies
COMBINED FORCES: the total number of men you are sending and however many men your allies are contributing
OPPOSING NATION(S): who you are fighting
THEATRE(S): where you are fighting
MILITARY DOCTRINE: the style of war your military is orientated towards, about a paragraph
MILITARY GOALS: what you are fighting for
STRATEGY: how you will fight on a strategic level – don't bother listing battlefield tactics, this should just be about where your men go and what they try to capture

Spoiler: Espionage

Espionage Format:
YOUR NATION: the name of your nation
TARGET: who your espionage is aimed at
MISSION: what you want to do
METHOD: how you plan to do it
MOTIVE: why you want to do this
OTHER: anything else relevant to the mission, ex: a trading company in the same city that could supply your spies with weapons

Spoiler: Colonization

Colonization Format:
YOUR NATION: the name of your nation
TARGET: where you are colonizing
JUSTIFICATION: why you are colonizing the area
PLAN: how you will take control of the area.

List of Players:
@Alex Costa - City of Faro
@Heavy W. Guy - City of Kazan
@kızıl sultan - City of Albany
@Demonic Spoon - City of Hong Kong
@tbguy1992 - City of Winnipeg
@CommandoHowizter - City of Jinan
@Azecreth - City of San Miguel de Tucumán
@Dessard - City of Kiel
@Brightflame - City of Columbus
@JbeJ275 - City of Urga
@Texan - City of Mandalay
@bigseb31213 - City of Salonica
@Secretariat - City of Johannesburg
@Sailor Midgard - City of Bristol
@Alexo - City of Trieste
@ZealousThoughts - City of Prague
@CommanderBlade - City of St. Augustine
@Watercress - Fort of Gibraltar
@Duzzit - City of Portsmouth
@KingOfPenguins - City of Vladivostok
@Kuromei - City of Los Angeles
@Murtox - City of Callao
@Comrade Jeff - City of Sari

 

[bigseb31213]

Edhem Pasha and the army take control


Edhem Pasha, the most significant commander of the Greco-Ottoman War of 1897
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After the scope of the Unfortunate Event became clear, civil order in Salonica rapidly broke down. Salonica was the second city of the Ottoman Empire, the major port of the Balkans, and perhaps one of the most cosmoplitan cities on earth. The center of the global jewish diaspora, the city boasted (though no formal census confirmed this) a plurality of jews, followed by muslims, greeks, bulgarians, romi, and others.

The initial shock of the Event did not go over well in Salonica. The city was a major trading hub, and hundreds (if not thousands) of foreign sailors and ships (greek, italian, spanish, french, british, and more) sit in the harbor. The economic supply lines that fed the city were suddenly cut and the spiritual connections to Istanbul and beyond among the city's religious elite were likewise gone.

Luckily, the Ottoman 3rd Army, as well as a significant part of the Ottoman Navy (though poorly maintained) were headquartered in the city. After two days of confusion, disorder, and disruption, Edhem Pasha moved. The Vilayet governor had been absent when the Event happened, and further delay could risk intercommunal conflict that would tear the city apart. Under the guns of several Ottoman battleships, Edhem Pasha and the Ottoman 3rd Army took over the city.


Edhem Pasha is unpopular among the city's Greek population due to the recent war, but is well received by the Jewish and Muslim populations. All ships in the harbor have been commandeered due to the situation, and scout vessels have been sent to Istanbul and Athens to see what, if anything, remains there​

 

[Alex Costa]

Visconde de Olhão takes control of the situation
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The event, as it begun to be dubbed, has lead to Faro and neighbouring towns being isolated from the rest of the Kingdom. Contact has been lost entirely with the capital Lisbon and the rest of the Empire. The Garrison in the area under Dom Joaquim Mendes de Carvalho, Visconde de Olhão, has taken full control of the situation and he is looking to establish order and keep the people of the region secure. The Mayors of Faro, Olhão and Loulé have taken full support of the Visconde's actions as efforts to recontact the Royal Family are under way.​

 

[CommanderBlade]

With the unfortunate event occurring Thomas Make (had to make a guy up since they don't indicate who was running the fort in 1899) Quickly gave his prisoners a choice they can rot in the fort or be pressed into service and after the entire fiasco ends they will be pardoned. So he managed to supplement his guard detachment of 28 Guards with upto 200 deserters. For now establishing a firm hand to keep the civilians in line was a priority as well as getting the fort ready.

 

[Dessard]

City of Kiel, 22 Feb. 1899
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General Notice to the People​

1. Rumours have been spreading about the 20-February-Event; citizens must be aware that these rumors are in most cases uninformed. This notice will contain all the information which is known to me, and the State will soon be establishing information-posts in each town or Stadtteil to keep the citizens informed as well as to collect information on food stocks et cetera. Do not give into the temptation to spread information you cannot confirm: the way of unrestrained rumours leads only to panic and anarchy.

2. We know, currently, that during the night of 20th February, the District of Kiel and the surrounding countryside became discontinuous from greater Germany, instead becoming surrounded by unknown terrain and out of all telegraph contact. Familiar lands stretch at least as far as the town of Bovenau westward, Bordesholm southward, Selent westward, and the mouth of the Kieler Forde northward. The cause, and full extent, of this miracle are beyond our knowledge, and all people are most strictly forbidden from leaving familiar lands, without a pass expressly signed by myself.

3. The majority of the people are most earnestly thanked for their good behaviour despite the great interruption in daily life. Rest assured that the State is doing all in its power to ensure a continuous supply of food and winter fuel, according to restrictions and measures being taken described below. Given the exceptional circumstances, the following measures are being taken: The Landswehr-Kommando-Sheschwig-Holstein (LWK) and Kaiserliche-Marine-Baltikum-Flotte (KMBF) are placed under my command, under my authority as the only member of royalty within contact, and as Naval-General-Inspector. The region is hereby placed under martial law for the immediate period, and the military will implement the measures described below in this notice. Local govermnental operations are NOT suspended, and all legislative or administrative bodies are ordered to go into permanent session; agents from the LWK will contact you with information and provisions. Citizens, if an issue does not fall under military authority according to this notice, please rely on your local government organs for it and provide them with full support in maintaining civil peace. I take on full responsibility for the wellbeing of the Imperial subjects in the Kiel area.

4. Because, at this time of year, the surrounding area relies on food stocks and imports, as well as those of fuel, those resources are immediately placed under State control. Household stocks of food and fuels remain the property of that household, and we advise you to self-ration with iron discipline, but commercial and industrial stocks (except of wood fuel) over the prescribed quantities will be placed under the authority of the LWK Office of Supply, and recompensed with promissary notes to be reimbursed as soon as possible. Equal rations of food and heating fuel will be provided to all households. Citizens, if you see that someone is hoarding these vital resources, confront them or report them to your Stadtteiles LWK information-post; such greedy behaviour endangers all of us at a time like this. If you have surplus, please donate it to the Supply Office; all fuel and some food supplies from my own lodgings at the Kaiserlicher Yacht-Klub are being turned over as an example. Rest assured that expeditions are immediately being organized to locate sources of wood fuel and other supplies.

5. To conserve supplies, all steamships and nonvital industries such as the shipyards are to be made cold, and the workers and sailors sent home, or to barracks or camps if they have none. Electric power and piped water to the residential areas will be made available on a rolling basis, for a few hours a day: make use of that time as well as you can. Workers at state enterprises such as the Imperial Shipyard may be drafted, on a paid basis, for up to two days of labour at once.

6. Horses and other draft animals and their drays may be drafted to transport goods within the familiar area, as the rail lines and electric trams will be shut down for general use. All such drafts will be recorded at the local Stadtteiles information-post, and citizens may be assured that no private animals will be taken out of familiar lands.

7. All soldiers and sailors are restricted to barracks grounds except in the pursuance of their duties, but families may make visits to them on barracks grounds. Commanding officers have the right to restrict the number of people doing so at any given time.

8. While movement is not restricted within familiar land - outside of which noone may go without signed orders from myself - citizens are advised to remain at their homes or workplaces and not gather in the streets, so as not to interfere with the transport of supplies and information. All gatherings should be advised that they may be dispersed if they present a risk to public safety or free movement.

9. Citizens, remember: this is an exceptional situation, but the life of the city will continue, and with your cooperation it will go smoothly. Your representatives, rulers, officers, soldiers, and civil servants are all doing their best to maintain order and needed services, but we cannot be the only ones. Business owners, I ask you to do your duty in continuing to operate, and serve your city in the ways that you can; unions, I ask you to do your duty in not interfering with what is necessary to keep the city running and your fellow workers fed. If the people of Kiel have survived the decades of war in the past, you can survive a period of self-reliance: just remember that that requires a sacrifice from everyone.​

- Signed, your Prince, Albert Wilhelm Heinrich von Preußen

 

[Texan]

City of Mandalay, 1899
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The event would be quickly noticed by the people of Mandalay, and that of the surrounding area. It would be quickly noticed that the telegraph lines went down, roads and rail lines all ended 15 miles from the center of the city. Some panic ensued, and many of the locals took it as some sort of a sign. The British authorities were quick to act in trying to calm the city's populace. After a general meeting of the leading colonial authorities, it was decided that a three person commission would run the city and the surrounding area. Colonel Arthur Miller, as the highest ranking officer left, was placed at the head of the committee. The other members were Captain Marston Wallace, of the Royal Engineers, and William Rawlings, a leading merchant who will speak for the European civilians.

The committee takes quick stock of the forces at their command. The local police are understrength, with 100 men. It is decided to increase the size of the force by 50 men. As for the military, there are 1,100 officers and men. These are a mix of Burmese and Indian soldiers, all with British officers, along with some British nco's. There are also 9 royal engineers, including Captain Wallace, along with a handful of other men of rank not attached to any military units in the city. Then there are the 3 steam ships on the Irrawaddy river.

It was quickly decided, after some initial scouting, that no one will be allowed beyond the boundary of the known territory. Military posts will be established all around. Although the British are cautious to not intimidate the locals, a few military personnel join the local police on their patrols. While a stronger military presence is established in Sagaing, the only other sizable town transported with Mandalay. All the food and fuel is rationed, until new resources are gathered.

 

[Brightflame]

The City of Columbus- The Governor addresses the people

"People of Columbus, I bring grave news. As you may have heard of rumors, rumors saying that it seems the outside world has seemingly disappeared. I must sadly say that these rumors are true. We have lost all connections with the rest of the nation, entire roads and towns are no longer where they once were. Though we don't know if this is the case for the rest of these United States, we must assume that we are alone until we are able to make contact with anyone else."

"I will not lie to you, there will be trying times ahead of us, there will be chaos, confusion, and so much more. But, we are Americans, we are people who have gone through worse times with a stride! No matter what, we will stand together hand-in-hand, we will be united in order to overcome any obstacles ahead of us!"
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A few days after the city of Columbus has seemingly been transported into a new and untamed world the (former) governor of Ohio, Asa Smith Bushnell, addressed the people today confirming the people's fears and suspicions, that due to an unexplained and possibly supernatural event, that the city has lost contact with the rest of the world. At the same time he tried to assure the people that they will get through this one way or another and urge the people to stand united in these times. Regardless, what remains of the government has quickly approved the mobilization of any armed forces brought with the city along with the beginning of rationing now limited resources.​

 

[Madam Carstein]

The Sobor of Kazan



-Our Lady of Kazan
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"And thus the Sobor of Kazan rules that the occurrence that shall be presently referred to as 'The Event' shall be classified as a divine act. Its purpose is clear: to test the devotion of the Orthodox faithful. The Event, consequently, cannot be interpreted solely as a punishment, but instead as a call to the Christians of Kazan to reconstitute the holy Rus land. For carrying forth the light of Eastern Christianity has ever been the burden of the Russian faithful since the fall of Constantinople. It is thus the holy obligation of the Christians of Kazan to rebuild Russia as the Third Rome and reconstitute the Russian church as one of the great patriarchates of Eastern Christianity."

-Recorded outcome of the Sobor of Kazan, presided over by Arseny I, Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk

The Sobor of Kazan was convened swiftly after what was only known as The Event. Though the precise name of the occurrence and its theological implications were still being strongly debated within the ranks of Kazan's Russian Orthodox Church. Kazan was a city of significant importance to the history of Russian Christianity. Although Kazan was not a part of the earliest Russian state, and did not have the same great spiritual and theological primacy as Kiev, Moscow, or Kostroma, it nonetheless held a great significance as the first and largest convergence between Russian Orthodoxy and the Muslim faith of the Tatar people who inhabited Kazan and its surrounding environs. The city had been conquered by Ivan Grozny in 1552 and had thus ended Kazan's history as the seat of a Muslim khanate, the eponymous Khanate of Kazan. Kazan had subsequently shed centuries of Muslim rule and was transformed into a strong outpost of Russian power in what was then the frontier of Russian imperial expansion.

It was then that Kazan, a predominantly Muslim city, began its centuries-long transition to rule as a Russian city. The Muslim peoples of the city initially experienced a time of profound difficulty: Kazan was forcibly subjected to an intense process of Russification but also Christianized. The construction of mosques was banned and for over two centuries, Kazan's Muslim and Tatar heritage and people were repressed. The city further suffered as a result of its involvement in Pugachev Rebellion of the late 18th-century It was only in the reign of Catherine the Great that mosques were once again permitted to be built. And while persecution against Islam in the city did not fully end at this point, the Imperial government thereafter began to co-opt Muslim leaders and institutions in the city. Muslim institutions in Kazan, consequently, became intertwined with the apparatus of the Russian state.

The Sobor that followed The Event was primarily a foundational event. The Diocese of Kazan had yet to decide upon an official name for the event that could be referred to by the Church, and many of the more pressing questions of its occurrence were left unanswered: why Kazan in particular? The most prominent question that the Kazan Church did address was the question of the interpretation of the divine act. Was The Event a punishment? A fierce rebuke issued by God to a sinful Russian populace that had rejected His teachings and turned their back on Russia's Slavic heritage to embrace the godless liberalism of the West? Some in the Diocese of Kazan and Sviyazhsk did interpret The Event as such. But after much discussion and debate, the view supported by Metropolitan Arseny and his supporters prevailed. The Event was not a punishment but rather a test. God who had asked Abraham to sacrifice his only begotten son now renewed the challenge to the Orthodox faithful.

Although many theological and moral quandaries remained to be addressed by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Sobor convened after The Event would at least be a start in addressing them.

 

[Secretariat]

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Jan Smuts, as of February 19th, 1899, the third-most senior official in the government of the South African Republic, is having a very bad week.

Following last week's acquittal of Tom Edgars, the Uitlanders are up in arms, planning a protest in two days' time; the ZARP commissioner for brothels is on the take from the brothel-owners; work on the fortress on Hospital Hill is again behind schedule; the latest shipment of artillery has not arrived; and now, nothing seems to exist seven miles outside the city.

The telegraph and rail lines are sheared in a neat circle. Farms and mines exist half in, half out; the phenomenon even seems to extend underground to the mines. He commands, by order of the Volksraad, a few hundred police, the loyalty of the hundred soldiers despatched to the fortress overlooking the city, and he has three days to find enough food to feed one hundred thousand people.

 

[tbguy1992]

City of Winnipeg​

"To say that we are cursed, as the Catholics across the river say, to Purgatory, just proves that they do not have the superior morality or good education of a good mind as we subjects of the British Empire do. Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, it does not matter. While I cannot say that the British Empire exists anymore, it is our duty and privilege to stretch out across this new, untamed land all around us, build new farms, find new resources, and use it as we would have under the Union Jack."

- Frederick Jamison, Resident of Winnipeg, February 27, 1899​

In the aftermath of The Event, the city of Winnipeg (Population ~40,000) was left at a crossroads. As a center of transport to the young Dominion of Canada, the city was well served as a railway and water transportation hub, but since the rails now ended on bald prairie, and early reports that towns along the Red and Assiniboine River's were gone, replaced with nothing, created a sense of unease and dread among some of the population, but opportunity and joyfulness among others.

What was commonly known as "Winnipeg" at the time was actually several smaller cities, towns and municipalities: The City of Winnipeg on the West Side of the Red River (which flows from south to north), and on both banks of the Assiniboine west (which flows from the west and meets the Red River at the "Forks"); the Town of St. Boniface on the east side of the Red River; the Rural Municipality (RM) of Kildonan to the north on both sides of the Red River; the RM of St. Vital to the south of Saint Boniface and the City of Winnipeg: and the RM of Assiniboia to the west of both Winnipeg and St. Vital. As a general rule, when it comes to the ethnic make-up of the city(s) of the time: Winnipeg, and Assiniboia were English, English Metis and Protestant, Kildonan was mostly English, but with a large percentage of other European Immigrants, and St. Boniface and St. Vital were mostly French and Catholic.

For the future purposes of this narrative, this entire area will be called Winnipeg. But, it is important to lay out these differences, as divisions between English and French, Protestant and Catholic, Indians/Metis and European interlopers suddenly begins to boil. Up until The Event, the English-Protestants were in effective control of not only Winnipeg, but also Manitoba, backed up with the power of the Dominion of Canada. The execution of Louis Riel, leader of the ill-fated Red River Rebellion in 1870 and later the Northwest Rebellion in 1885 left a lot of bad blood between the two major nations in Canada. The Manitoba School's Question in 1890 and continued in the legal and federal spheres for half a decade more lead to French being de-classified as one of the official languages of Manitoba, which did nothing to calm tensions. It was also pretty evident that English Canadians were the economic, political and cultural elite of the new nation, even in French majority Quebec. And now, with The Event, all the bad blood between the two groups threatened to boil over. Religious differences also played a role: some devout Catholics believed that they were now in Purgatory, while evangelical Protestants proclaimed the city of Winnipeg as the survivor of Armageddon. But, sadly, some of the more closed minded, after finding out The Event took place on Chinese New Year, attacked and killed several of the handful of Chinese residents in the city. Riots, gunbattles and violence filled the city, as some believed it was the end of the world, while religious animosities came to a head.

Manitoba Premier Thomas Greenway was in Winnipeg when The Event happened, and as the highest ranking politician, took effective control of the city with the help of Winnipeg Mayor Alfred Joseph Andrews, militiamen of the 90th "Winnipeg" Battalion of Rifles (the so called "Little Black Devils) and city police. Calm was eventually brought to the city by the end of the month, and the first expeditions were sent out past the perfectly circular, 15 diamater ring centered on the Forks in Downtown Winnipeg. It would be a while before any news would return, however, so planning will have to wait until then.

At home, concerns over food stocks, coal, and other resources in light of not being in communication with the outside world thanks to the cleanly severed railways and telegraph lines, resulted in the City of Winnipeg proposing and passing the first ever peacetime rationing system in Canadian history (though, it was to be seen if Canada even existed anymore). All industries except the most vital were to be shut down, as would most schools and even churches, in order to allow hospitals, barracks and most homes to have a supply of fuel. With it being the middle of a harsh winter, food would also be restricted: all stores were closed until stocks of food could be determined, and which point rationing would begin with all haste.

Name/Capital: Winnipeg
Majority language(s): English, French.
Majority religion(s): Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic
Government type: Westminster Democracy (no change)
Head of State: Lieuteant-Governor James Colebrook Patterson
Head of Government: Premier Thomas Greenway
Population: ~40,000

 

[Sailor Midgard]

City and County of Bristol /City of Bath
Year 1899, 22 Februrar

Flag : still pending

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Name/Capital: Bristol
Majority language(s): British English
Majority religion(s): Church of England, various protestant sects
Government type:Emergency council / City councils of Bath and Bristol
Head of State: Pending/ Howell Davis, Mayor of Bristol
Population: ~299,000 in Bristol proper. Ca 40,000 inthe surrounding rural areas.. 49,000 in Bath , summa 388,000
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Major Actions:

1] The Emergency comitee immediately strts rationing of food, seed stock and fuel. The rationing is, until further notice, sheduled to last until at least next spring.
Newspapers and public proclamations are issued, public figures of all parties are holding rallies and parsons give sermons intended to explain the need for it, assuage public fears and generally unite the populace in a common effort. If needed, force is used as the last resort only

2] As soon as humanely possible arable land up to one days journey by any means [railways up to the perimeter , then horse or foot,as applicable... Coastal or inland waterway] is taken under the plow.[after scouting has assured the relative safety of doing so.]
Private enterprise is encouraged and susidarized, with new land falling to sucessful cultivators after the first harvest, but the state is taking control of unused land.Millitia and Army units are to help guard the settlements.
A fishing fleet of as big a size as can be sustained is equipped and send out.
The first and last goal is avoiding a famine.

3] Two naval groups of at least three sailing vessels each are sent on a journey acround Britain [one counter-, the other clockwisse] , trying to find any other strongholds of civilisation.
If such are found information and aid is to be shared and one ship is to be sent to Bristol with the news.
The rest is to meet at Liverpool, cross the North Sea and make its way back by the continental coast.and the Channel Islands.

Domestic Events:

-The Transition.
The Event.
That bloody disaster.

However you want to call it, it came upon the city and county of Bristol and surrounding areas about half a days walk from there like a shot out of the dark. In the case of Bristol, people literally woke up to ...being unable to use the telegraph to raise any office except that of Bath and some of the smaller towns nearby that had one .
Unrest began to ferment
The rest of Britain seemed to have been swallowed by an wilderland of forest, heath and swamp, rife with strange archaic fauna, but bereft of human life.
Fortunately cool heads in the City council, the army and naval commanders of the City and the spiritiual leaders prevailed and an five man Emergency Comittee consisting of Chief Constable Joseph Steele , Colonel George P. Bagshot , newly elected Mayors Howell Davis of Bristol and Mayor Robert Edmund Dickinson of Bath as well as Bishop George Forrest Browne of Bristol took over within three days, for now managing to unite the disparate elements of society...

Economic/Supply Information:

Military:

Manpower Pool:
-
Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements:

 

[Alex Costa]

Reino do Algarve /Cidade de Faro - 1899/1A.E​

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Capital: Faro
Majority language(s): Portuguese
Majority religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Government type: Emergency council / City councils of Faro, Olhão and Loulé
Head of State and Government: Visconde of Olhão, Dom Joaquim Mendes de Carvalho
Population: circa 67,000 people
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Major Actions: @HumanityDark

1 - Scout out neighbouring seas - It is absolutely necessary to find out what is happening. While no ship of the Portuguese Navy was present, there are some Fishing ships that are used to serve and supply Faro and nearby towns with fish. It is not uncommon for them to travel far into the sea sometimes going all the way to the Moroccan Coast. We will use it to scout around neighbouring areas, while they of course carry out there fishing to provide food and sustenance for the people.

2 - Restrict Movement outside of known borders - In order to make sure, public calm and containing is done, the movement of people and goods will be restriced for the forseable future to within the known radius of land that is known to still be there after the event. To make sure this is completely enforced, Outposts and Towers will be established across the known limits of the region. We will rely on the local Militias to also keep guard and guard known roads and where they supposdly end.

3 - Restrictions on Food, Fuel and other supplies - For the forseable future, food reserves, fuel and other key resources necessary to keep the state functioning will be restricted by the Authorities. Quotas will be established for all Farmlands and the Fishing Industry. The Vineyards that came within the radius of the Event will be converted to the production of Basic Food like Vegetables, Potatos and Wheat. While a small quota of Wine will be kept on production, by those who can afford it, we will restrict such production to encourage other products to be produced.

Domestic Events:

The Visconde de Olhão, after quickly converging with the Mayors of Olhão, Loulé and Faro, immediatly set to work trying to keep order within the region. Many turned towards the Church for Guidance, on how to proceed. The Bishop of Faro, António Mendes Bello, has stated "that is a test by the All-Father himself to test the mantle of our most righteous people of Faro and that we are blessed to have been transported to this new Garden of Eden." A couple days later, these words would be changed to also include a neighbouring region that seems to have been blessed as well. Because well the people of Faro would soon find out they, thankfully are not alone. @Watercress

Economic/Supply Information:
TBD

Military:

Manpower Pool:
- TBD
Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements:

TBD​

 

[Azecreth]

San Miguel de Tucumán - 1899/1A.E
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Capital: San Miguel de Tucumán
Majority language(s): Spanish
Majority religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Government type: Emergency government, Republic under martial law
Head of State and Government: Intendante Próspero Mena
Population: ~36,000 people
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Major Actions: @HumanityDark

1. Exploration. To figure out what has occurred we must see the surrounding land. Primarily focus on our east where the Gran Chaco flatlands are. Try to determine if there was anyone else taken by this event what the state of the land is, and if it can be easily used for farming. Better safe than sorry.

2. Institute rationing. Until the situation normalizes and we can ensure safety and security, rationing will be implemented in order to guarantee that food lasts. Theft will be dealt with in an appropriate manner, while the government tries to ensure equal and fair distribution so there are no unnecessary deaths.

3. Organization. While the peoples militias have been useful in maintaining order, we must work to make that a long term solution. Begin efforts to incorporate the militia groups into a formal command structure and to provide them with some training and discipline at the hands of veterans from the Praguayan War as well as anyone who has training in that. If we are to survive we cannot have rag tag militias running around with impunity.

Domestic Events:

The first that the city realized of the change was when messages stopped coming from the rest of Argentina. Then investigation revealed that the train line had not simply been sabotaged by external foes such as Chile, but that the line beyond a certain point was just flat gone. Needless to say this caused quite a stir, some claiming that it was Armageddon as foretold in the Bible, others convinced that there was some otherworldly explanation.

While initially just as confused as everyone else, Intendante Próspero Mena soon acted to restore order. Military units and the police would be called out to work in conjunction with peoples militias, in order to preserve society and prevent the breakdown of law and order. Even the Churches would help out, and soon enough things would begin to calm down. Tense, but calm.

In the absence of the government in Buenos Aires, Intendante Próspero Mena has declared martial law for the province of Tucuman, or what of it remains anyways. Surviving without the capital is going to be difficult, but he is determined to see them succeed anyways

Economic/Supply Information:

-Not great. To put it mildly. Tucuman had been industrializing, but that has obviously been put on hold by the emergency. Infrastructure is not that developed, and unfortunately Tucuman is in a transition zone. So things could be better.

Military:

Manpower Pool:
- TBD

Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements:

None

 

[kızıl sultan]

State of New York - 1899/1A.E​

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Capital: Albany
Majority language(s): English
Majority religion(s): Protestantism, Roman Catholicism
Majority demographic(s): Dutch, English, German, Irish, Italian, Polish
Government type: Constitutional Republic
Head of State and Government: Governor Theodore Roosevelt
Population: circa 200,000 inhabitants
Major Cities:
-Albany: 95,000
-Troy: 60,900
-Schenectady: 30,000
-Watervliet: 14,000
-Rensselaer: 7,500
Minor Towns:
Rexford, Rotterdam, Cohoes, Latham, Colonie, Westmere, Delmar, Glenmont, and assorted villages


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Major Actions: @HumanityDark

1 - Survey the surrounding area - Shortly after the event, which occurred sometime in the middle of the night, people began their days like normal, however the first sign of trouble came when the morning train of the NYCRR completely derailed at 8:00 am a few miles south of its Terminus at Albany. The rail had been completely cut, and it came to be understood that something terrible had occurred while New York slept. The neighboring cities of Rensselaer, Troy, and Schenectady were the first to report to Albany, their local mayors deferring to Governor Roosevelt on how to handle the situation. While contact was made with the major neighboring cities, the smaller villages eventually made contact as well, with Rotterdam and Rexford reporting to Schenectady, and half of Glenville reporting to Rexford. Glenville was seemingly cut in half, and its City Hall was lost in the event, resulting in the Mayor of Schenectady making the command decision for it to be folded into Rexford for the time being. Cohoes and Latham also reported to Troy, relatively close enough to the city for it to be within visible sight, while Colonie, Westmere, Delmar, and Glenmont reported to Albany within the day. With all the local villages reported for, a secretary of the Governor estimated that an approximate 15-mile radius was all that remained of the State of New York. Eventually, Altamont would report to Albany as well, but word from anything further out such as Glass Lake, Nassau, or Knox has not been received.

Three parties are to be assembled and to survey South East to Nassau, East to Glass Lake, and West to Knox. W & E Gurley, Co. is to directly supply the high precision instruments to survey the new lands.


2 - Organize proper control of the area - The Governor's office immediately established a state of emergency once it was understood that telegraph lines out of the radius were basically non-existent, and no contact would be made with Washington D.C. let alone New York City. Mayors were instructed to report directly to Albany, and all on-hand resources were to be inventoried and rationed until a new system could be replaced. For the most part, Albany was relatively self-sufficient due to the farms of the local towns in great abundance in the area, including the many ports scattered along the Hudson that could be used for fishing. Looking for local support in the area, Roosevelt gathered 5 groups of people to assist him in organizing the area and bringing order back to the Capital District. Mayors of the respective cities and towns of the area are to be given full authority for

Intellectuals from the Union University, such as Parker Corning, as well as influential industrialists like the Vanderbilts, Thomas Edison, and the Rensselaer's are among the many invited to assist.

Mayors, Police Chiefs, Local Industrialists, Veterans, and Intellectuals are to be gathered before Roosevelt to be organized into a proper response system.

3 - Form a proper militia and unify the local police forces - Teddy, not one to waste time, immediately called for a makeshift emergency militia to be formed to assess the situation. Veterans from the Civil War were called forth, and the Watervliet Arsenal was inventoried and utilized. New 16-inch guns are to be produced with fresh supplies from the wrought-iron production centers in Albany. The New York Guard is to be properly reformed, equipped, and organized by the veteran of the Spanish-American War himself: Colonel Roosevelt. The New York Hussars, formally know as Squadron A of Troop A of the New York State National Guard, would be heavily utilized here and expanded upon if possible. Headed by Captain Charles F. Roe, a thirty-year veteran of the US Army Cavalry, they are to be the mobile arm of the New York State Militia. The New York 3rd Brigade is to be assessed (as many of its individual units were stationed across the state) and reconfigured at Albany. Up until the event, the Brigade consisted of a number of individual units, however the only ones to be accounted for at the 4th Artillery Battery, 12th Company, and 21st Company at Troy, and the 10th Infantry Battalion and 31st Company at Albany. There are also approximately 160 Police Officers in Albany, with much smaller amounts in the neighboring cities. The customary Sheriff position that exists in the smaller towns and villages to maintain the peace will be maintained.

Organize the New York Guard under Governor Roosevelt as well as forming a unified State Police Force



Domestic Events:
-Thomas J. Van Alstyne was present in Albany during the event, serving as mayor, and is assisting Governor Roosevelt.

-Due to the mayor of Schenectady not bring present, Henry S. De Forest has become de facto leader of the city during this period.

-Edward Murphy Jr. was present in Troy during the event, serving as mayor, and is assisting Governor Roosevelt.

-Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth was present in Albany during the event and is assisting Governor Roosevelt in the organization of the Capital District.

-Stephen Van Rensselaer V emerges in Rensselaer as a massive philanthropist and humanitarian, allowing much of what remains of his estate to be converted to farmlands to help feed the people of Albany following the immediate halt of grain shipments down the Erie Canal, if it even exists anymore.

-Frederick William Vanderbilt was in Albany, organizing the NYCRR from its office on the day of the Event with his nephew, Cornelius Vanderbilt III.

-American Express is nationalized and used to keep proper communications between the three major cities at all times.

-Simeon Varick De Witt, the grandson of Simeon De Witt, is in Albany during the event, working on a project as lead Civil Engineer on the Eire Canal.

-John Pierpont Morgan Jr. was present at the headquarters of J.P. Morgan in Albany

-Thomas Edison was present at his Edison Machine Works in Schenectady during the Event.

-Charles Proteus Steinmetz was present in Schenectady during the Event.

-James Connolly was present in Troy during the Event.

Economic/Supply Information:
-The Albany Basin serves as a massive port system to establish Albany's dominance of trade along the Hudson, and is supported by Port Schuyler upstream at Troy.
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-A resurgence of Albany's iron industry starts, as there is no longer competition from the new mines in Minnesota and the local demand has skyrocketed. They begin working with the Watervliet Arsenal to improve its contents and fortifications, as well as planned construction and rebuilding of Fort Orange and Fort Albany.

-Albany Lumber District also sees a renewal for the planned fort construction.

-A large increase in production of the local Breweries occurs because of the event. Beverwyck Brewery doubles its production.


Notable Resources:
Troy: Home of W. & L. E. Gurley, Co., makers of precision instruments (for surveying the American West after the Civil War), and the Burden Iron Works (housing the Burden Water Wheel, the most powerful in the world). Home of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Dudley Observatory

Rensselaer: Home of the Boston and Albany Railroad. Home to Hudson River Aniline and Color Works' Building 61 and Building 71 (Chemical and Dye processing plants).

Albany: Home to New York Central Railroad and J.P. Morgan & Co. Home to the Albany Academy, the Union University (a federation of Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany Law School, Albany Medical College, Union College and the dudley Observatory) and New York State Normal College at Albany

Schenectady: Home of Edison Machine Works. Headquarters of General Electric Company. Home of Union College

Military:

Manpower Pool:
- TBD
Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements:

TBD
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[JbeJ275]

Mongolchuud
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Name/Capital: Urga
Majority language(s): Mongolian, Russian
Majority religion(s): Buddhism, Tengri
Government type: Tribal Democracy
Head of State: Khuchar
Population: 70,000
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Major Actions:
1. To send out riders to the South and determine the nature of just what has become of the parts of Asia beyond our grassland, keep to open areas and try to follow the coast.
2. Take a full tally of those livestock we had following us and to ensure they are responsibly and reasonably managed, ensure the ordinary breeding continues track down those herders around the city and have them make contact with the city leaders.
3. Send out scouts in a wide circle around us to determine how the landscape around us has changed and if there are still the wide plains to graze our animals in
Domestic Events:
Following the sudden end of any communication between them the Russians and the Chinese, a new chief named Kurchar has rallied the people with stories of a return to the times when the Mongolians were a pound independent, people roaming the Steppes confident in their self sufficiency while many Russians in the city have objected, they are either cowed by the lack of communication from other Russians and the swarms of Mongols riding with their leader, or else seeing a chance to escape fro the Serfism and increasing tensions in their old country and be part of something great. While no formal gathering has yet taken place he is the unofficial leader.

Yet from the monasteries at the city centre the great and holy Boyd Kahn has came to speak to the people, reassuring them that while it has shown the impermanence of the world the seven suns are not yet in the sky and this is not the end, he has gained a huge amount of support from the devout citizens and while he has not yet came into conflict with Kurchar few doubt that if the two men should come to blows, whomever proves victorious would have no great amount of men left to lead.

Economic/Supply Information:
Food supply: Reliant on the huge herds of livestock that travel with us, luckily a large herd made it through the portal supplying milk, wool and other necessities.

Military:
Manpower Pool:
(No idea how to calculate this would probably be most of their male population)

Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements:
None

OOC: Please inform me if I am missing anything​

 

[ZealousThoughts]

Länder der Böhmischen Krone - 1899/1A.E​

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Capital: Prague
Majority language(s): Czech
Majority religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Government type: Emergency Military Rule
Head of State and Government: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Artur Ritter von Przyborski
Population: circa. 350,000
Major Cities:
- Prague: 201,589
- Karlin: 21,555
- Smíchov: 47,135
- Vinohrady: 52,504
- Žižkov: 59,326
Minor Towns:
Rudna, Chyne, Jenec, Hostivice, Tucohomerice, Okor, Tursko, Libcice nad Vlatavou, Libeznice, Jesenice, Pruhonice, Sterboholy


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Major Actions: @HumanityDark

1 - Survey the Surrounding Area - With the fall of the unusual dome which surrounded the city of Prague and it's environs there was much confusion regarding what exactly had occurred within the city. While the sizeable military presence within the city was such that panic could be contained it did seem that all rail, road and electrical lines were cut in a perfect circle roughly 15 kilometres from the centre of Praha Castle. Luckily, the city being equipped with large numbers of ferries from its central ferry terminal coupled with the availability of military forces means that the Feldmarschall-Leutnant could choose to send out some of these resources to scout the surroundings.

As such 8 squads from the 8th Landwehr Infantry regiment would be sent out to scout in the 4 cardinal directions each following the path to what should be nearby cities which have gone radio silent. The four main targets were the locations where the following towns should be - Kuta Hora, Ki'ivokat, Tabor and Jicin. In addition to this ferries will be sent north and south out of the city to survey the area along both banks with the aim to travel as far as half of their current stock of fuel will take them and then return with information.


2 - Assemble an Interim Government - The Feldmarschall-Leutnant will ensure to bring together local leaders of the surrounding towns and cities alongside industrial leaders such as the owners of the nearby vineyards, local mines and the Ringhoffer Industrial works. The goal is to put together an interim cabinet which can begin to organize a true government should the assumption that the city had been cut off from the outside world prove to be true.


3 - Agricultural Efforts Expanded - While Prague and its satellite settlements contain a truly huge amount of people there also exists a substantial amount of farmland which has been taken over with the city though a large swathe of it is Vineyards. As such the Emergency Government has started to gather together all public food supplies and stocks in shops and storehouses throughout the city with all perishables starting to be given out in rationing. Rationing is officially started on all important supplies.

The Vinohardy region shall for the current season produce grapes not to be turned into wine but instead dried, eaten fresh and other things to feed the city in the short term. Farm towns shall have all their produce sent to the city to be rationed back out. Farmers and people will be granted tracts of land outside of the immediate 15 mile radius to begin plowing and planting such that a harvest can be collected this year,

Domestic Events:
TBC

Economic/Supply Information: TBC
Ringhoffer Works
Imperial Vinyards
Electralised Tram Network
Rail Lines
Iron Mines
Agricultural Areas
Ferry Terminal + Ferries

Military:
8th Landwehr Infantry Regiment - 1,800 Men [3 Battalions of 600]
28th Landwehr Infantry Regiment - 1,800 Men [3 Battalions of 600]
29th Landwehr Infantry Regiment - 1,800 Men [3 Battalions of 600]
83rd Common Army Division - 12,000 Men [4 Regiments of 3,000]

Manpower Pool:
- TBC

Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements:
- TBC
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[Toastsandwich]

City of Los Angeles
Flag - TBD
Year - 1899

Events: On the 13th of May 1846, when war was declared between the United States of America, and the then United States of Mexico, the American conquest of California began. In reality, the word conquest would be inappropriate. Confirmation of a state of war was vague, and front line generals worked to prevent bloodshed. On August 13, 1846, Commodore Robert F. Stockton led a tiny force, less than 100 strong into Los Angeles. The remnants of the California army surrendered the next day.

13,000 American soldiers had died in the war, but it was victory.

There was a transitional period, from 1848 to 1870, during which it was under military governance before becoming fully American, and what was formerly Mexican Spanish, became American English. 1848 saw thousands of miners and their families enter the city, in hopes of making the fledgling American dream, rich with gold. Los Angeles became known as the "Queen of the Cow Counties" for its role in supplying beef and other foodstuffs to hungry miners in the north, as it's farming industry boomed under the bright Californian sun.

Los Angeles was incorporated as an American city on April 4, 1850. Five months later, California was admitted into the Union. In 1869, railway connected Los Angeles to San Pedro, soon after that, Los Angeles was connected to the Santa Fe system, linking it to the rest of the entire nation.

In the 1870s, Los Angeles was still little more than a village of 5,000. By 1899, there were over 100,000 occupants of the city. If there was one thing to be said about the city, it was growing. Fast. Yet, still in comparison to it's neighbour, San Francisco, with a population of 342,782. Yet in a scant decade, by 1910 Los Angeles would surpass San Francisco, or in our timeline at least.

Yes, in this world, such had not happened yet. Instead, on the 20th of February 1899, everything changed. It was declared as a city wide emergency, and thus it began.

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Name/Capital: Los Angeles
Majority language(s): English, Spanish
Majority religion(s): Various Christianity, Mostly Protestant
Government type: Emergency government
Head of State: Mayor Frederick Eaton
Population: ~ 102,479
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Major Actions:

1) Reconnaissance and Local information
Railway connects the city to the country. If possible, take the train to cities within California, and a medium, ~40 man expedition to San Francisco, and riders to more local towns outside the 15mile radius. San Pedro is partially within the 15mile radius, and is also a major point of interest, as we also have a shared small modern harbour.

2) Record all supplies and resources
Food would not be a issue any time soon, unless this emergency has magically killed our plentiful livestock and made our lands infertile. We will, obviously, not be exporting food anymore either however, at least for now. Our raw industrial material and many mines should also still be accessible.

3) Raise militia
While of questionable necessity, but since there are such resource surpluses, every able bodied man must know how to raise a firearm in defence of his nation, or city, if the United States are no longer quite so united anymore. Civil War surplus is in abundance, and there are also is a cache of modern firearms. Should be relatively simple, considering how many armed lynch gangs shot native Americans for sport a mere decade ago.

Domestic Events:
Inner Los Angeles River fresh all year round.
Large Agricultural Surplus
Raw Mineral Surplus

Economic/Supply Information:
Booming Agricultural Economy - Crop, Beef, Dairy, Citrus Fruit
Connected to National Rail Network
Los Angeles City Railway (Electric Tram Network)
Gold Mines
Common Metal Mines
Access to Colorado River
Small Modern Harbour
Assorted Industrial Productions

Military:
~200 Civilian Police Personnel

Manpower Pool:
- TBD

Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements:
- TBD

 

[Murtox]

Gran Lima
Year-1899

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Name/Capital: Callao
Majority language(s): Spanish
Majority religion(s): Catholic
Government type: Emergency Government
Head of State: Belisario Manrique
Population:~150,000
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Major Actions:
1.-Exploration.-We shall send ships to both north and south of Lima through the sea, we shall use sail ships in order to save coal, we will be looking for other cities and people, our main lookout points will be Pisco and Cañete, to the south , and Huacho, Barranca, Trujillo, and Chiclayo, through land we shall send people to the central Andes to see if there are any cities or settlements in existence.
2.-Food Securing: We shall start to enforce a change of crops in order to assure future food supply, so cash crops will be replaced with crops that yield food, the Callao has many fishing boats, we shall start to use most boats and ships to fish in the ocean. The fish will be then redistributed to the people. Nearby farms are also to be opened, canals are to be made and expansion of the food supply is to be made per se. There will not be a lack of labour tho. Both women and men will have to work in the government fields.
3.-Order Enforcement.- We have around 1,500 soldiers in Lima along with another thousand from the civil guard (police), they will be assigned to several posts over Lima and Callao, to make sure that rationing is done orderly and that none steals from the reserves that the government has set up.We shall start to ration most resources, especially food and water, gas lighting will be limited to certain days of the week and to earlier times in order to save it for later, same with coal and ships will be allowed to leave on under strict permission of the Emergency Government, trains will be only used if it's extremely necessary most transportation will be done by horse.
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Domestic Events:
With the sudden disappearance of the Peruvian government, the major of Callao Belisario Manrique along with General Echenique have taken into their hands the matters of maintaining the order in the city and seeking answers for the strange happening that seems to have isolated Lima and Callao from the world, as no telegraph messages or ships have arrived ever since.

Some people are starting to panic in the face of what they call an act of Satan or God, orders have been given to the Archbishop of Lima to maintain order and keep the faithful from panicking further and causing anarchy. Meanwhile, the army and police have taken positions over several points of both cities districts, setting up rationing posts and patrols.

Pedro Paulet who just had come from France to visit his family has found himself in stranded in Lima and with the restriction on ships it seems that he will not be able to go back to France.

The Rimac the river that goes through both Lima and Callao seems to have a stronger pressure and the water seems cleaner for some reason, people are already starting to stockpile themselves with water from the river.

Meanwhile, several merchant ships are also stranded in Callao, they protest but can do little against it. Some people fear that the recent industrialization of Lima and Callao will be hampered by the event , however, the Emergency government seeing that these factories are useful for consumer goods that need to keep in circulation in order to not let people starve, allow them some resources to continue their production with whatever stockpiles they have, a squad soldiers and police check those factories in order to prevent pillage.

Many professionals give their views on the matter to the Emergency government, however, not much can be done about it and with the possibility that no other cities can be found nearby , a small council is set up in order to get opinions and plans on how to handle the situation should Lima and Callao be completely alone in the world. Many "Haciendados" are looking this as the opportunity to expand their lands and one of them is the Haciendado Javier Larco.

Economic/Supply Information:
-There are many Haciendas around Lima that produce food
-There are textile , consumer goods and some metal working factories in Lima
-The Callao Dockyard
-Food is expected to become scarce
-Coal and Gas are rationed
-Trains that connect the different districts are doing 2 travels per day

Military:
-1,500 Soldiers from the Lima Military
-1,000 Police of the Civil Guard
-BAP Lima Gunship
-Santa Rosa Gunship
-5 Transport Ships
Manpower Pool:

Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements:
-N/A

 

[Dessard]

City of Kiel
1899
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Name/Capital: City of Kiel
Majority language(s): German, Danish
Majority religion(s): Lutheran Protestant
Government type: City/provincial councils under military monarchy
Head of State: Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Preußen, de facto Prinz Wilhelm Heinrich von Preußen
Population: ~110,000
~ 90,000 urban
~ 15,000 metropolitan
~ 5,000 naval sailors
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Domestic Events:
Der 20-2-Ereignis: It took several hours for awareness that something was wrong to filter into the populaton of Kiel, and longer for people beyond the outlying towns and villages to realise the extent of the problem. However, by nightfall on the 21st, panic was starting to set in, and crowds with no real objective were surrounding the local authorities. Under Prince Heinrich, who had been in the city based on his duties as General Inspector of the Navy, the military authorities managed to regroup throughout the night, producing a general plan and statements to the people, troops, and local governments by that morning - but even from that basis, the complete restructuring of the city's economy and social fabric will be a monumental task, and on a strict deadline due to limited supplies and the harsh winter climate...

Major Actions:
1. Establish order. Proclamations, like Prinz Heinrich's notice to the general public, are quickly issued and distributed, presenting what information is known and explaining some of the measures which will be taken in response, and appealing to everyone to remain calm and do everything they can to contribute. Squads of soldiers from the 1. Seebattalione, the only non-administrative army unit present, are sent to each town, local government and city district to establish policing/communication posts, and the naval Office of Supply is granted authority over the transportation systems and the distribution of the vital supplies of food and fuel. Meanwhile, the city, Land, and town councils are ordered into permanent session to be able to react to the other issues which are sure to come up. Martial law is instituted, but on the understanding that some chaos is to be expected and incidents not interfering with the vital business of the city should be treated leniently. Looting or riots on the other hand, or labour agitation, should not.

2. Gather information. Contingents of horsemen will be sent out along all the major roads, and four light cruisers sent out along the coasts - two to the North, two to the East - to scout. The first priority will simply be to locate and contact any other people, looking for both information and possibilities of acquiring food. The second will be to figure out whether the landscape is still as it was before the Event and look for clues as to what happened, and the third will be to identify good hunting/fishing areas or potential sources of coal, peat (a historical fuel in the area) or other notable features. If any of these groups run into trouble, they will try to avoid it; contact with any non-hostile locals will be followed up with to try to establish relationships and potentially trade.

3. Supply of food and fuel. While the shipyards and naval base at Kiel have a sizable supply of coal, food is already short, and within a few weeks starvation would set in. Immediate rationing of food and all non-wood fuels is imposed, the state taking up all commercial stocks on promissory notes and tasking the naval Office of Supply with distributing rations to households. Additionally, to conserve fuel, steamships and heavy industry will be made cold except for uses of special importance (like the scouting ships, or fishing should food become critical). Labor freed up from those sources - either naval conscripts or state industrial workers - will be used following news from the scouting teams to implement foraging expeditions launched if that seems useful, and more likely to fell trees for heat and cultivate good agricultural land to the extent possible (preferably within the 15-mile radius). If no other claimnants on the land are found, homesteads outside the familiar area will be offered to families who can demonstrate some experience with farming - reversing some of the recent immigration from the countryside could be useful. Fishermen, hunters, or other food producers will still be able to sell their produce privately or to the state, and sailing ships are encouraged to put out for fish.

Economic Information:
Shambles. The Kiel area previously had an economy based on the ports/canal, military expenditures, and fishing - none of which are in good shape, as there is no commerce or Empire to be found, the shipyards and their supporting industries are shut down except to produce goods of immediate necessity, coal-burning ships are restricted in use, and at least for a while sailing ships won't venture beyond familiar waters. The naval coal stockpile is enough for a decent period of (restricted) usage, but food is already short and will become critical within weeks. Beyond the shipyards and naval shops are a whole host of smaller and cottage industries which may or may not be able to operate under fuel restrictions, and small farmers are spread throughout the area (not enough to adequately supply it though).

Military:
2500 men active, 3800 inactive
Navy:
8 cruisers (4 active, 4 mothballing)
13 destroyers/torpedo boats (mothballing)
1,200 men (active)
3,800 men (inactive - labor, mothball, or policing duties)
Army:
Schleswig-Holstein Landwehr-Kommando - 500 men (mostly administrators and officers)
1. Seebattalione - 800 marines
Manpower Pool:
All men 17-45 are reservists with at least some training due to a tradition of conscription.

Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements: None

 

[Duzzit]

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland/The City of Portsmouth
Year 1899
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Name/Capital: London (De Jure)/Portsmouth (De Facto)
Majority language(s): English
Majority religion(s): Church of England
Government type: Parliamentary Representative Constitutional Monarchy (Normally)/ Currently Emergency Wartime Government
Head of State: George, Duke of York
Head of Government: Sir John Baker, MP (Liberal) for Portsmouth (De Facto PM right now)
Population:
Portsmouth: 190,000~
Surrounding Areas: 40,000~ (Will look up exact numbers later)
Military: 24,000
Other (Ships/Tourists/Travellers in Portsmouth at the time): 15,000-20,000~
Overall: 269,000~
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Major Actions:

1:Stabilising the situation

-Martial law is enforced, food and fuel are rationed.

-The Portsmouth Police and Royal Marines are to work together to secure supplies and depots, the administrators from the city government and from the military administration are to take a detailed census of supplies.

-The Duke of York (future george V) is to give a speech to the public encouraging them to keep calm, and work together during the crisis. (Hospital wing is opened as soon as possible)

-Battleships and most of the other military vessels are to be mothballed at the port to save fuel and supplies.

-An emergency government is established.

-Nobody is allowed to leave without permission, for obvious reasons.

2:Supply Situation

-All fishing ships in the harbour are to sail out immideately, if need be navy personnel can be loaned out to crews to assist in using their vessels.

-Any fishing vessels in the harbour that are not manned, or their crews had been outside the event area, are to be siezed by the state for the duration of the emergency, and is to be filled out by volunteers and naval personnel. Sailing boats etc can also be used to help fishing.

-Several naval vessels ( 4 Squadrons, 2 Escort vessels each) are to patrol the seas around, to guard the fishing vessels.

-A Battalion of Marines is to head out into the nearby forests outside the Transitioned area, and start hunting for wild animals if possible, but are to stay within thirty miles of the city and its neighbours.

-Any agriculture students, farmers at the market, people who have farming experience, etc are to figure out the best areas in terms of arable/fertile land nearby and present to the government a plan where best to place farms, both sustainable ones and otherwise.

-Programs echoing future ww2 ones, are to encourage growing own vegetable plots, etc.

3:Exploration

Given the number of ships under our command, I'll want to send several expeditions out, using the more fuel efficient cruisers and destroyer escorts.

Standard Expedition will look like this:
1 Protected or Light Cruiser
2 Escort Vessels

-One expedition is to sail east along the coast to Dover, and land a party of marines there to scout around. After a few days, they are to sail along the coast, and the escorts are to attempt to navigate the Thames and get to London. (additional fuel ship to travel with this group)

-The second expedition is to head towards the french coast, and explore the coast around normandy and brittany.

-One expedition to head to southern wales, as there are massive coal fields present there. While Bristol and Bath area have some coal mines, southern wales is far more massive, and slightly closer by sea.

Other Stuff:

-Anything not being produced locally that's critical to city existance, a workshop is set up to make, if possible. Generally, things previously imported. (Not sure what, but say if we lack, say, a glassmaker because it was cheaper to import from southhampton, then subsidise one)

-Naval engineers are to build parts that can be made into several radio towers to replace the ones lost on isle of wight, and that can be shipped to coal colony (or other cities if discovered)

-Naval engineers are to go over the plans we had from [that italian engineer i forget] and put together plans for radios to go onto vessels.
-HMS Turbinia HMS Viper plans are to be looked at, for turbine vessels, though we aren't building new vessels right now.

-Thomas Morton, who was part of the US Army Baloon Corps during the civil war, plans to build several baloons for observation purposes, looks also into german experiments with 'Zepplins'.

-Telegraph stations and guard posts are to be built on several points at the edge of the transition zone.

Domestic Events:

-Radio is used to try to contact any other towers within range (Around 100 Miles)

-Government is temporarily made into emergency committee

Economic/Supply Information:

Economic:

Large Fishing Fleet - Insufficient for long-term food supply on its own, but will keep things stable for some time
Farming - Extremely small scale when compared to population
Other Food Gathering Methods (Hunting, etc) - Very small scale


Supply:

Significant Coal Reserve - Drained Daily due to massive naval presence
Significant Reserve of Building Materials
Significant Reserve of High Quality Steel
Significant Reserve of Specialised Materials (Rubber, etc)

Military:

Naval Forces:

Massive Royal Navy Presence (Exact Numbers Pending)

At least 2 battleships, 10-20 Cruisers all types, significant number of escorts and torpedo boats.

Ground Forces:

6000 Royal Marines (Including Royal Artillery) and assorted ship companies (another 1000-2000)

1000 Men in Companies 1-5, 8 and ten of the wessex artillery volunteers.

Coastal Batteries

Other:

500~ Portsmouth Police Officers


Manpower Pool:
TBD


Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements:
None right now

 

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Mandalay
1899
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Capital: Mandalay
Majority language(s): Burmese, English
Majority religion: Buddhist
Government type: A special commission
Head of State: None currently
Population: 200,000
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Major Actions:

1. Rationing of food and fuel
This is an important task, considering the isolation of Mandalay and the surrounding towns. The purpose is to keep the city fed, while coal and fuel are to be used on for necessary purposes.

2. Cooperation with the locals
It is also important for the colonial authorities to cooperate with the leading members of Burmese society. For the most part this includes members of the local nobility, but also prominent merchants, both of Burmese and Chinese ethnicity. They will have a greater say in the governance of the territory, while they are to ensure that no rebellion occurs against the colonial government.

3. Recruitment drive
Reliable locals are to be recruited to fill the vacancies of the local police force.

Domestic Events:

The government commission has begun passing several ordinances that are meant to ensure things in the city, and in the countryside, continue to run effectively.

All construction that was occurring in the city is halted. Some of the materials are to be used for other purposes, while construction will continue on those buildings deemed necessary.

Economic/Supply Information: Weak

Military:

1,200 men

3 steamboats

Manpower Pool:

If necessary, a further 2,000 locals and British citizens could be conscripted.

Current Alliances/Treaties/Trade Agreements:
- A part of the British Empire

 

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Edhem Pasha and the army take control


Edhem Pasha, the most significant commander of the Greco-Ottoman War of 1897
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After the scope of the Unfortunate Event became clear, civil order in Salonica rapidly broke down. Salonica was the second city of the Ottoman Empire, the major port of the Balkans, and perhaps one of the most cosmoplitan cities on earth. The center of the global jewish diaspora, the city boasted (though no formal census confirmed this) a plurality of jews, followed by muslims, greeks, bulgarians, romi, and others.

The initial shock of the Event did not go over well in Salonica. The city was a major trading hub, and hundreds (if not thousands) of foreign sailors and ships (greek, italian, spanish, french, british, and more) sit in the harbor. The economic supply lines that fed the city were suddenly cut and the spiritual connections to Istanbul and beyond among the city's religious elite were likewise gone.

Luckily, the Ottoman 3rd Army, as well as a significant part of the Ottoman Navy (though poorly maintained) were headquartered in the city. After two days of confusion, disorder, and disruption, Edhem Pasha moved. The Vilayet governor had been absent when the Event happened, and further delay could risk intercommunal conflict that would tear the city apart. Under the guns of several Ottoman battleships, Edhem Pasha and the Ottoman 3rd Army took over the city.


Edhem Pasha is unpopular among the city's Greek population due to the recent war, but is well received by the Jewish and Muslim populations. All ships in the harbor have been commandeered due to the situation, and scout vessels have been sent to Istanbul and Athens to see what, if anything, remains there​

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From: Greek/Bulgarian Populations

We demand access to our rightful naval vessels!

From: "Frankish district"

We must admit we are quite displeased with the nature by which you attained your power.

 

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The City of Columbus- The Governor addresses the people

"People of Columbus, I bring grave news. As you may have heard of rumors, rumors saying that it seems the outside world has seemingly disappeared. I must sadly say that these rumors are true. We have lost all connections with the rest of the nation, entire roads and towns are no longer where they once were. Though we don't know if this is the case for the rest of these United States, we must assume that we are alone until we are able to make contact with anyone else."

"I will not lie to you, there will be trying times ahead of us, there will be chaos, confusion, and so much more. But, we are Americans, we are people who have gone through worse times with a stride! No matter what, we will stand together hand-in-hand, we will be united in order to overcome any obstacles ahead of us!"
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A few days after the city of Columbus has seemingly been transported into a new and untamed world the (former) governor of Ohio, Asa Smith Bushnell, addressed the people today confirming the people's fears and suspicions, that due to an unexplained and possibly supernatural event, that the city has lost contact with the rest of the world. At the same time he tried to assure the people that they will get through this one way or another and urge the people to stand united in these times. Regardless, what remains of the government has quickly approved the mobilization of any armed forces brought with the city along with the beginning of rationing now limited resources.​

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From: Samuel Jackson Swartz, Mayor of Columbus

Why I do believe that the fate of our dear city, Governor, should rest in the hands of its duly and quite recently elected Mayor.

From: The Columbus Buggy Company
Perhaps we could be of some assistance in these troubling times?

 

[HumanityDark]

The Sobor of Kazan



-Our Lady of Kazan
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"And thus the Sobor of Kazan rules that the occurrence that shall be presently referred to as 'The Event' shall be classified as a divine act. Its purpose is clear: to test the devotion of the Orthodox faithful. The Event, consequently, cannot be interpreted solely as a punishment, but instead as a call to the Christians of Kazan to reconstitute the holy Rus land. For carrying forth the light of Eastern Christianity has ever been the burden of the Russian faithful since the fall of Constantinople. It is thus the holy obligation of the Christians of Kazan to rebuild Russia as the Third Rome and reconstitute the Russian church as one of the great patriarchates of Eastern Christianity."

-Recorded outcome of the Sobor of Kazan, presided over by Arseny I, Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk

The Sobor of Kazan was convened swiftly after what was only known as The Event. Though the precise name of the occurrence and its theological implications were still being strongly debated within the ranks of Kazan's Russian Orthodox Church. Kazan was a city of significant importance to the history of Russian Christianity. Although Kazan was not a part of the earliest Russian state, and did not have the same great spiritual and theological primacy as Kiev, Moscow, or Kostroma, it nonetheless held a great significance as the first and largest convergence between Russian Orthodoxy and the Muslim faith of the Tatar people who inhabited Kazan and its surrounding environs. The city had been conquered by Ivan Grozny in 1552 and had thus ended Kazan's history as the seat of a Muslim khanate, the eponymous Khanate of Kazan. Kazan had subsequently shed centuries of Muslim rule and was transformed into a strong outpost of Russian power in what was then the frontier of Russian imperial expansion.

It was then that Kazan, a predominantly Muslim city, began its centuries-long transition to rule as a Russian city. The Muslim peoples of the city initially experienced a time of profound difficulty: Kazan was forcibly subjected to an intense process of Russification but also Christianized. The construction of mosques was banned and for over two centuries, Kazan's Muslim and Tatar heritage and people were repressed. The city further suffered as a result of its involvement in Pugachev Rebellion of the late 18th-century It was only in the reign of Catherine the Great that mosques were once again permitted to be built. And while persecution against Islam in the city did not fully end at this point, the Imperial government thereafter began to co-opt Muslim leaders and institutions in the city. Muslim institutions in Kazan, consequently, became intertwined with the apparatus of the Russian state.

The Sobor that followed The Event was primarily a foundational event. The Diocese of Kazan had yet to decide upon an official name for the event that could be referred to by the Church, and many of the more pressing questions of its occurrence were left unanswered: why Kazan in particular? The most prominent question that the Kazan Church did address was the question of the interpretation of the divine act. Was The Event a punishment? A fierce rebuke issued by God to a sinful Russian populace that had rejected His teachings and turned their back on Russia's Slavic heritage to embrace the godless liberalism of the West? Some in the Diocese of Kazan and Sviyazhsk did interpret The Event as such. But after much discussion and debate, the view supported by Metropolitan Arseny and his supporters prevailed. The Event was not a punishment but rather a test. God who had asked Abraham to sacrifice his only begotten son now renewed the challenge to the Orthodox faithful.

Although many theological and moral quandaries remained to be addressed by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Sobor convened after The Event would at least be a start in addressing them.

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From: Muslim Community of Kazan

We wish to send a group on Hajj to see if our holy city is still in existence. Would this be acceptable?

 

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From: Samuel Jackson Swartz, Mayor of Columbus

Why I do believe that the fate of our dear city, Governor, should rest in the hands of its duly and quite recently elected Mayor.

From: The Columbus Buggy Company
Perhaps we could be of some assistance in these troubling times?

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To: Mayor Samuel Jackson Swartz
From: Governor Asa Smith Bushnell

The city of Columbus has been the capital of the state of Ohio and the seat of its Government, which by the Constitution is above the local governments within the state. With the state government largely present when we were transferred into this new world this is still the case.

Mayor, we're now in uncharted territory now quite possibly the only people in this new world. We're facing a crisis of the greatest proportions. Now it is not the time for a power struggle.

To: The Columbus Buggy Company
From: Governor Asa Smith Bushnell

Any help would be gladly accepted. What can you do to help?