Theravis
A Knight for those Suffering
- Location
- West Michigan
There may be, but I don't celebrate Halloween, so they're probably unintentional.
Nations of Steel and Sabre
- Thread starter Theravis
- Start date
- OOC Fantasy Alt. History
THatWhichWillBe
The Squiddly One
- Location
- In The Darkened Deep
But why? It's a great excuse to increase your candy consumption.
/jk
Theravis
A Knight for those Suffering
- Location
- West Michigan
There's a reason I like Cromwell. We both agree on most holidays being pagan in origin.
But why? It's a great excuse to increase your candy consumption.
/jk
But before you ask, no, I'm not going to tell you the theatre is sinful.
THatWhichWillBe
The Squiddly One
- Location
- In The Darkened Deep
.... I feel like this is a reference to that old Talmudic story with Rabbi Eliezer.
It's probably just a coincidence though.
Edit: DERP.
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- Location
- not here any more
Got it in one (though it's based on a verse from Deuteronomy - 30:12, to be exact); it's intended.
- Location
- Newer England
Please tell me that Platina is actually going to invade the Papal States. That would be beautiful.
In realistic terms, of course, I expect this to involve partitioning the Papal States for French / Austrian support of the Antipope, which is close enough for me.
- Location
- Boston
Oh, this is a full on declaration of war if needed.
- Location
- Newer England
Ignoring the fact that Popeman has ~9x your population and better tech, how does one ship an invading army from Argentina to Italy?
Azecreth
Giant Monster All Out Attack
- Location
- United States of America
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Presumably with some kind of boat
- Location
- Newer England
THatWhichWillBe
The Squiddly One
- Location
- In The Darkened Deep
Need I remind you, this is the sequel to the game where I shipped a million or so Mughals directly to Italy to fight the Wild Hunt.
XD
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Theravis
A Knight for those Suffering
- Location
- West Michigan
Not directly, and also, I wouldn't allow that a second time around.
THatWhichWillBe
The Squiddly One
- Location
- In The Darkened Deep
Alas, I was so excited about Zerg-rushing the inevitable Supernatural Invasions of the Material Plane....
THatWhichWillBe
The Squiddly One
- Location
- In The Darkened Deep
@Theravis , @Havocfett , are these Theme bits of the Magic Quest system being changed? Because it would make a lot more sense for Military to be changed to fit the Peacetime-Expanded-Mobilized-Active-Emergency-Total system than the current flat EP system which favors larger nation, and Tradition be changed to match the current Fast-Normal-Slow Dev Thresholds or the Sporadic/Scholarly/etc. Progression thresholds.
Also, just a hypothetical, does this stack if you're getting it from more than one nation?
Blackout
Fed By Comments
- Location
- Who knows?
I made a draft of my new Factions:
Revanchistas: Militarist, Modernist, Monarchist, Inquisitors
Colonialists (Mandato Africano): Localist, Colonialist, Militarist, Elitist
Isolationists (Peninsulares): Isolationist, Luddites, Catholic
Reformists (Unificadores Italianos): Egalitarians, Educators, Anti-Catholic
Colonialists (Mandato Africano): Localist, Colonialist, Militarist, Elitist
Isolationists (Peninsulares): Isolationist, Luddites, Catholic
Reformists (Unificadores Italianos): Egalitarians, Educators, Anti-Catholic
THatWhichWillBe
The Squiddly One
- Location
- In The Darkened Deep
You can draft your own factions?
Nation Changes 1685
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Nation changes done as of midnight yesterday. For the love of god, tell me if I missed something important on your end.
1685 Nation Changes:
England:
With the marriage to Queen Mary, internal development, and a lack of real warfare, English population growth has been high. The 1685 French Census put its population at 6,475,000
The English education system was devastated by the civil war and then the flight of Puritans to the New World in the wake of French Victory. Reconstruction of the system remains underway, and while education in large cities, especially London, remains relatively high the countryside literacy rate has plummeted and hallowed institutions of learning have lost much of their staff and prestige in the last years. The current development level is Systemic 2/5.
Faction Revamps:
Sub-Bourbonites: Francophiles, Elitists, Modernists
Brittanics: Independents, Militarists, Mystics
Unionists: Anglophiles, Independents, Modernists
Puritans: Religious (Puritans), Francophobes, Republicans, Secessionists [Commonwealth of Oceania]
Ireland:
Ireland remains a cipher. The 1685 French Census put its population at 2,202,600.
The Irish education system has not been treated kindly by English occupation, and has arguably improved under the French. It is the least developed of the British isles, but in a position to grow and establish itself as separate from the rest of the Isles and gain recognition in its own right. Its current development level is Scholarly 4/5.
Faction Revamps:
Fianna Fail: Independents, Isolationists, Luddites
Unionists: Anglophiles, Independents, Modernists
Wales:
Recent Welsh civil wars and tension have done nothing good for its population growth. Technological development, significant economic investment, and the developments of Cardiff have helped offset this, but growth is lower than the crown would like. The 1685 French Census put its population at 735,400.
The Welsh education system was not mauled nearly as badly as the English, and investment in Cardiff and similar institutions, as well as a small population to target with literacy pushes, has helped immensely. However, political tensions and civil war has harmed otherwise solid development. The current development level is Systemic 5/5.
Faction Revamps:
Gwynedd: Francophiles, Modernists, Elitists
Cardiff: Mystics, Educators, Monarchists
Nationalists: Independents, Anglophobes, Republicans
Cornwall: Isolationists, Militarists
Scotland:
Scotland's population is booming, and despite constant rumors the King's...escapades are probably not a statistically significant part of that. Peace, industrialization, and significant french immigration have all served to deliver Scotland a potent population boom. The 1685 French Census put its population at 1,618,100.
The Scottish education system has been slowly improving despite local resistance to an English king and the chaos of the civil war of French Takeover. The current development level is Systemic 0/5.
Faction Revamp:
Royalists: Independents, Monarchists, Militarists
Francophiles: Francophiles, Modernists, Egalitarians
Covenanters: Religious [Covenanters], Mystics [Christian Mysticism]
Denmark:
While war and anger over the union with Kalmar, as well as the Swedish decimation of its own population, have severely curtailed population growth Denmark has fundamentally swelled enormously from its conquest of Sweden, gaining almost half a million new citizens even before population growth. The 1685 Nuuk Megacity Census has an estimated living population of 1,828,150, with a surging undead population due to the mass-raising of famine-dead.
Denmark's internal education system is solid, however Sweden's was devastated by the evacuation and famine. The current development level is Systemic 4/5.
Faction Revamp:
Naglfar:
Supernaturally fertile, Naglfar's Icelandic population has grown immensely, but while the conquest of Norway gained it valuable new citizens (And potent internal strife) Norway's population was dealing with a famine, the aftereffects of war, and an abortive scorched earth strategy. As of the 1685 Kalmarian census the population is 628,000, estimated to rise as magically enhanced crops and aid imports end the famine.
Naglfar's internal education system was basically nonexistent. While Norway's is better, the country is also sparsely populated and, more importantly, has had its intelligentsia evacuated as part of Sweden's scorched earth strategy. As such, there is an enormous amount of work to be done to rebuild the education system. Current development level is Sporadic 3/5.
Faction Revamp:
Naglfar has, to the best of my knowledge, done this on its own.
Austria
Largely at peace and sheltered from the economic woes plaguing France and the USE, the Austrian population has grown healthily over the past few years. There has been some backlash to new policies, including emmigration to Prussia and the Netherlands, but largely the population has grown healthily. The Inter-German Annual Census puts its current population at 9,969,800.
Austria's internal education system has gained greatly from the NATO alliance. That said, in many ways it is the junior NATO partner in scientific matters and its institutions lag behind the wealth of Grantville or the great colleges of the Netherlands. Its current development level is Integrated 0/5.
Faction Revamp:
Austria has already revamped their factions
Prussia
Rising tensions and disconnection from NATO have resulted in a degree of emigration, but Prussia's booming economy has resulted in significant population growth and immigration, something that may be vital if tension becomes war. The Inter-German Annual Census puts its current population at 3,928,800
Prussia's institutions reel from a sudden severing of their German ties, but those same institutions are strong nonetheless, albeit with glaring holes in their physics research. Now operating independently, the future only tells what it will manage or, perhaps, fail to manage. Its current development level is Systematic 4/5.
Faction Revamp:
Junkers: Militarists, Elitists, Monarchists
Constitutionalists: Republicans, Egalitarians, Educators
Panbaltics: Nationalist [German], Expansionistic, Modernists
USE
A prolonged recession, government disinterest in domestic affairs apart from technological research, and immigration pushes from the New World have driven a wave of low birthrates and rampant emigration in the USE. The population is larger than it was in 1680, but only just. The Inter-German Annual Census puts its current population at 11,975,200
The USE has controlled Grantville effectively since its conception and has been making full use of this resource since its inception. Its current development level is Grantville 5/5.
Faction Revamp:
Richterists: Communists, Religious [Non-Hierarchical Christians], Interventionist
Christian Democrats: Republicans, Modernists, Religious [Protestant Christian]
Sacred Republic Party: Militarist, Isolationists, Elitist
New Revolutionary Party: Interventionist, Republican, Modernists, Militarists
Spain
While peace is less than popular at home, it has been a great boon to the Spanish people. The population has skyrocketed, with most estimating that it will overtake the population of the USE if current trends remain. The 1685 Biannual Census puts the Spanish population at 11,780,000
Increased centralization and concerted technological advancement have given Spain an advanced set of scientific institutions, albeit ones obsessed with military might. Its colleges may be desultorily referred to as War Schools in much of europe, but their efficacy and effect on Spanish literacy cannot be denied. Its current development level is Integrated 3/5.
Faction Revamp:
Colonialists: Militarists, Imperialists, Expansionists
Peninsulares: Monarchists, Unifiers [Spain and Portugal], Isolationists
Revanchistas: Federalists, Inquisitors, Educators
Unificadores: Catholophobes, Egalitarians
France:
Civil war and recession have done nothing good to population growth. Emigration to Quebec and the new world-including Mexico of all places!- is rampant and those who have left include highly moneyed nobles, an awkward loss for the crown. Still, medicinal advancements and especially distribution of the wondrous Panacea have reduced childhood mortality and deaths from sickness to levels even the USE envies, which has helped to buoy the population losses. The 1685 French Census puts its population at 28,289,500
While it has brought much social trouble to France, the rise of Grantville and proximity to the USE have resulted in enormous government investments in the scientific field simply to try and maintain parity. While the technological colossus of Grantville cannot truly be contested without taking the city, French scientific institutions are still a pride of the nation. Its current development level is Integrated 2/5.
Faction Revamp:
Already done.
Byzantines:
While the short war with Poland was bloody and many citizens have emigrated, the core of Greece has remained largely untouched and birth rates remain high while death rates continue to drop. The Third Imperial Census puts the population at 7,720,000.
The Empire is a new nation, and one without noteworthy scientific institutions. While it has access to advanced technology, this is more due to the process of setting up the country than internal scientific advancement and that advancement has not been a particular focus of the new regime. Its current development level is Scholarly 2/5.
Faction Revamp:
New Byzantines: Monarchists, Turkophobes, Nationalists [Roman]
Germanophiles: Traders, Pacifists, Modernists
Orthodox: Religious [Orthodox], Mystics, Militarists
The Papal States:
The newly enlarged Papal State may be politically fragile, but it has never been stronger. Its population swells with the integration of Templar territories and wealth, as well as a growing local economy. Many from the new Mamluke lands have immigrated to the North African colonies, while economic hardships and strife in Europe have resulted in refugees taking shelter amidst the states or stopping there on their way to the New World. The Emergency Unification Census puts the post-unification population at 11,215,600.
While the institutions of state are strong, they are rigid and have not taken well to modernization, the Uptimer Pope has gone to great pains to soothe this but it is a project that will take time, especially with their new Templar territories to deal with. Its current development level is Scholarly 1/5.
Faction Revamp:
Clericalists: Religious [Catholic], Papal Supremacy, Mystics [Catholic Mysticism]
Imperiaux: Militarists, Interventionists, Imperialists
Shield of Christendom: Islamophobes, Protestantophobes, Luddites
Pure Church: Egalitarians, Monarchists, Secessionists [Undo Templar-Papal Union]
Russian Empire:
The calamitous state of the Russian economy has greatly hurt attempts to expand, however an enormous influx of Swedish immigrants, the new direction of the Tsar's rule, and integration of vast tracts of land have done much to boost the population and economy of the state. The tax records put the current population at 22,856,400.
Russia is widely spread and ill-educated, with attempts to change this being stymied by both social factors and the sheer size and spread of the population. While the great cities have institutions of learning they do not have the history or weight of other eastern nations nor the reach of smaller European states. Its current development level is Scholarly 1/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Tsarists: Militarists, Monarchists, Expansionistic
Orthodox: Religious [Orthodox], Mystics, Educators
Boyars: Imperialists, Elitists, Localists
Intelligentsia: Educators, Elitists, Modernists
Poland:
The madness of the previous Polish King and a distinct lethargy of action on the civil front have done nothing good for Poland, but a strong economy counterbalanaces many ills and population growth remains strong, especially in the still-sparse Balkans. Swedish refugees and catholics in pursuit of economic gains have bolstered a population on the rise. The Voter Registration Census puts the current population at 5,623,600, though inflated population figures are published due to nobles and landowners insisting that there are more people living on their land than their actually are to secure more votes in the Sejm.
Poland boasts a solid education system in its core reaches, but its balkan territories are sparsely populated and have nonexistent literacy rates. In addition, the nobility have a distinct incentive to keep education out of the hands of the commons, especially under the new democratic rules, and have often go so far as to stymie and lobby against education efforts in the Sejm. Its current development level is Scholarly 3/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Militarists: Militarists, Mystics, Imperialistic
Panslavists: Slavophiles, Germanophobes
Reformists: Egalitarian, Republican, Educators
Germanophiles: Inquisitors, Modernists, Germanophiles
Netherlands:
Peace, a strong economy, and access to all sorts of foreign, exotic, and magical goods traded from faraway lands has seen the Netherlands population rise in a combination baby boom and immigration wave. It's a favored spot for economic migrants from the USE and political refugees from Austria, and growth is strong enough that its ever-more-influential mystics have begun to draw up mad plans for townships among the stars. The Inter-German Annual Census puts its current population at 5,738,000
The Netherlands scientific establishment is second only to the USE, with high literacy, a compact and centralized population, and universities whose prestige only seems to grow. Its current development level is Integrated 5/5.
Faction Revamp:
Francophiles: Francophiles, Pacifists, Localists
Orangists: Monarchists, Religious (Protestants), Militarists
Republicans: Republicans, Germanophiles, Imperialists
Mystics: Mystics, TO THE MOON, Modernists [Rocketry and Aeronautics]
Portugal:
A stagnant Portuguese economy and colonial losses abroad have resulted in a wave of Emigration from Portugal. Many simply go to Brazil, but others flee to Columbia, Mexico, and even Spain despite the language barrier. Technological deveopments and a declining death rate help blunt the losses, but the Portuguese population is at risk of decline over the coming years. The Royal Census puts the population at 2,758,300.
The Portuguese scientific establishment is an impressive one, though oddly one far more ascendant in Brazil than Portugal itself. The population is small and highly literate, but foreign influence and scientific clout are still a dream to strive for. Its current development level is Systemic 1/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Royalists: Monarchists, Spanophobes, Imperialists
CNT-FAI: Communists, Anarchists, Egalitarians
Estado Novo: Educators, Modernists, Militarists
Azawad:
While war has harmed the nomadic Azawad population, new territorial gains have come with them new citizens, and a booming economy has resulted in many children, more of whom have survived to adulthood than ever before. With the establishment of a proper capital, more growth looks to be in the future of Azawad, and with it the struggles of becoming a proper state instead of an alliance of warbands. The First Azawad Census puts its population at approximately 2,851,000
The Azawad scientific establishment is non-existent. Education was an afterthought before the war, and has only begun to be considered in light of the arrival of Qadis to the new capital. Even with them, much of the population is nomadic and shall be exceedingly difficult to reach with education efforts. Its current development level is Sporadic 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Qadis: Educators, Religious [Various Muslim], Elitists
Djinn-Speakers: Mystics, Religious [Various Muslim], Modernists
Warlords: Militarists, Localists, Expansionistic
Mamlukes:
Years of expansion, aggressive terraforming, and peace have greatly increased the Mamlukate's population. While many of its newly integrated peoples are...contentiously controlled at best, they have greatly boosted the Mamluke population in these years of peace. The latest Egyptian Census puts the current population at 9,645,300.
The expansion has not treated its institutions nearly as well. Still developing at the best of times, the inclusion of vast tracts of land, new and culturally foreign peoples, and untold nomads has in practice greatly reduced the Mamluke literacy rate. The cities of Egypt and Mamlukate Arabia remain bastions of learning, but in the reaches of the empire modernity has yet to really affect the populace. Its current development level is Scholarly 5/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Royalists: Monarchists, Modernists, Militarists
Secessionists: Regional [Colonized Territories], Secessionists, Localists
Nobles: Elitists, Mystics, Modernists
Pan-Arabs: Arabophiles, Religious [Sunni Muslim], Communists
Constitutionalists: Egalitarian, Reformers, Expansionistic
Dahomey:
War has hit Dahomey hard. Territorial losses, Azawad raids, and even the sheer quantity of dead soldiers have all dearly harmed native population growth. The last Royal Census put population at 3,377,800, with a projected recover of growth thanks to the end of the war.
Centralization and modernization may not have sufficed in closing the technological gap, but they have managed to establish proper institutions in Dahomey. Though not acknowledged overmuch by Europe, most of Dahomey's technological development now occurs due to local research and studying basic principles instead of recreating Grantvillian miracles by rote. Its current development level is Systemic 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Xenophile: Europhile, Modernist, Educators
Imperial Line: Monarchists, Modernists, Mystics
Militarists: Militarists, Islamophobes, Expansionists
Isolationists: Isolationists, Localists, Europhobes
Mali
The one-two punch of famine and war has devastated the Malian populace The First Unified Census puts population at 7,682,600 due to massive deaths due to famine and war and segments of the population fleeing the country over its course.
While Mali once boasted a modernized education system the famine and war dealt irreparable damage to it. With its best and brightest leaving to other countries those who remain are left with the tattered remains of a good system, desperately pulling itself back together. Its current development level is Systemic 1/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Qadi: Educators, Religious [Sunni Muslim], Modernists
Revanchists: Independents, Militarists, Monarchists
Pan-Africans: Mystics, Afrophiles
Sadaqatullah: Religious [Muslim, various], Communist, Egalitarian
Morocco
The sheer amount of death was a shock to the Moroccan system, but the war did not actually touch their lands. Population growths at home have been modest but consistent, and helped by new money and guarantees of safety brought about by their new allies and a strong economy. The First Unified Census put its population at 3,835,900, and rising.
That said, Morocco's educational institutions are not remotely the equal of Mali's. The Alouites, and now the Black Guard, have done much to remedy this but their attempts remain patchwork and miss many of the Berbers and nomads who call Morocco home. Its current development level is Scholarly 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Black Guard: Militarists, Expansionists, Monarchists
Constitutionalists: Modernists, Elitists, Religious [Sunni Muslims]
Qadi: Educators, Egalitarians, Religious [Various Muslims]
Berber League: Azawadophiles, Francophiles, Mystics
Ashanti
The French invasion and Azawad raiding have devastated the Ashanti economy and butchered its population. The latest royal census, now done without an Emperor to decree it, sees the population at 5,545,200, though this is in large part due to the loss of territory that came with the treaty and is expected to recover in the next decade or so.
Ashanti's education infrastructure was in the process of modernizing before the war, but the death of the Emperor and subsequent chaos caused the push to fall apart. As such it remains a tattered thing, slowly integrating new discoveries from Grantville and Dahomey. Its current development level is Sporadic 3/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Servants of the Throne: Monarchists, Mystics, Elitists
Reclaimers: Expansionistic, Militaristic, Modernists
Pan-Africans: Mystics, Afrophiles
Bulwark: Religious [Traditional african religions], Cultural Preservers [Traditional African Religions], Isolationists
Da'wat ul-Kitaab: Religious [Muslim], Educators
Safavids
Despite light wartime casualties, the Safavid population is booming. The economy is doing acceptably well, its wars have been short and fought away from home, and the teetering powder keg of the communists have been largely disabled. The 1685 tax records estimate a population of 18,048,000
Despite some reforms in the past half-decade, much of the Safavid population is made up of far flung pastorialists and nomads, people whom education is difficult to get to even in the best of situations. this doesn't begin to account for its new population in Madagascar and recent conquests in Janid territory. Its current development level is Scholarly 3/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Done in Turnpost
Anatolian Turkey
The blockade and a stagnant economy slowed Turkey's growth, but years of peace, trade, preparation, and governmental prompting have let it rise once more. The 1685 Anatolian Census estimates its population at 11,564,000
While Turkey has lost much since the Crusade, the absurd pace of modernization under the Last Ottomans left it in a better position than many would expect. Education infrastructure was widespread and minimally mauled by the war, and has been a concerted focus by the new rulers, though some say that one of the Sultan's many insidious deals remains active, pushing the education of even this shattered rump to rival European powers. Its current development level is Integrated 0/5 but is not inherited through conquest.
Faction Overhaul
Ijtihadi: Religious (Islam, Sunni), Isolationists, Modernists
Revanchists: Religious (Islam, Sunni), Militarists, Expansionists
Tudeh: Communists, Militarists, Religious (Islam, Various)
Initiates: Citallonophiles, Mystics, Expansionist
Mughals
While the economy has done well, war and civil strife have done nothing good for the Mughal populace. Many died during the war, and more suffered as railroads they had become newly dependent on failed. The rebellion exacerbated this, with millions of Imperial citizens suddenly becoming a new state, and then wealthy and upper-caste people began to follow them. The conquest of Portuguese India has helped to stem this loss, and the sheer size of Mughalistan means it is less of a blow than one might fear. While Swedish refugees gained an enormous amount of government assistance, they were a rounding error in terms of population. The 1685 Three Indias Census put the current population of Mughalistan at 195,260,000.
While education efforts have been a personal concern of each Emperor after Grantvillian information reached the Mughals, the sheer size of their domain has proved an issue. The Nizams have little to gain from promoting the pushes, while many high-caste Hindus actively bristle at the concept and fight back against it, most quietly sabotaging efforts to educate peasants and untouchables in their own administrated regions. In addition, the sheer size of the country means that any attempt to bring in foreign aid at anything but the highest levels proves woefully insufficient as there simply aren't enough teachers to spare. This is slowly changing, but will take time and concerted effort by the Emperor and, likely, his successors. Its current development level is at Scholarly 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Pan-Bharatists: Nationalists [Indian Nationalism], Modernists, Egalitarians
Swedes: Inquisitors, Educators, Modernists. (Loyalty 4, Power 1)
Rajputs: Militarists, Elitists, Religious [Hindu]
Nizams: Localists, Expansionists, Elitists, Religious [Sunni Muslim]
Marathas: Secessionists [Marathan State], Regional [Maharashtra], Elitists, Mystics [Hindu Mysticism]
Japan:
Internal peace and a stable economy have treated the Japanese population well. Chinese and Korean refugees and internal growth have resulted in a ballooning of the population. The Chrysanthemum Census estimates the current population at 29,935,700.
Even before Grantville the Tokugawa had made Japan an educated land and the new Emperor simply reinforced this tendency. The introduction of Grantvillian text has largely simply provided more things to learn and provoked a more aggressive approach to foreign policy, rather than provoking some sort of fundamental change in the education infrastructure of the Japanese state. Its current development level is Systematic 4/5.
Factions:
Shogunates: Militarists, Imperialists, Isolationists
Teikoku Shugi-sha: Mystics, Monarchists, Religious [Shinto]
Nanban-no-tomodachi: Traders, Modernists, Reformers
Yokai: Mystics, Religious [Buddhist], Monstrophiles
Joseon:
Monsters ravaged the Joseon populace, but the return of the Emperor to power and resultant intervention of the Steel Eye on Joseon Internal Affairs has helped stem the bleeding and the realm is otherwise at peace and is blooming appropriately. The Steel Eye informs the Emperor that the population is exactly 14,144,738 as of time of writing.
The Joseon educational system is well-developed but hyper focused upon the ruling Yangban. Especially with the growing might of the Seowon system, Joseon's system is extensive yet deeply flawed and the process of fixing the rot has only now begun. Its development level is Scholarly 4/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Steel Eye: Mystics [Unceasing Eye], Monarchists, Isolationists; Loyalty 6, Power 3
Seonbi: Religious [Neo-Confucian], Modernists, Educators; Loyalty 4, Power 2
Yangban: Militarists, Elitists, Japanophobes; Loyalty 3, Power 4
Revanchists: Imperialists, Sinophiles, Mystics [Chinese magic]; Loyalty 2, Power 3
New Legendary Artifact:
The Unceasing Eye: A great metal orb from beyond the realms of the mortal plane, it seems to have bound itself to the new Joseon Emperor. It...knows things, that it should not, and seems to have ghostly agents capable of operating throughout the Korean peninsula. It has a strange affinity for odd and disturbing technology.
Yue:
The Yue population has benefited from a long stretch of peace and prosperous economy, albeit one broken by the war with Cambodia. Still, they managed to integrate significant territorial gains despite catastrophic losses near the end of the campaign, and the losses were wholly on the other side of the border and didn't hurt the country itself. The 1685 government census estimates a population of 38,200,000.
While better off than its wartorn neighbors to the North, the Yue government is still attempting to bridge the massive gaps between its core populations and has so far failed at creating an education infrastructure across both regions. Its recent conquests and new territory in Cambodia have done nothing to help, giving it more angry minds to teach and indoctrinate. Its current development level is Sporadic 4/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Cantonese Front: Modernists, Elitists, Localists, Hate the Vietnamese Front
Vietnamese Front: Mystics, Monarchists, Egalitarian, Hate the Cantonese Front
Revanchists: Expansionists, Imperialists, Traders
Ming:
The Ming are Dead. What they were is irrelevant.
Shun:
While war has affected the population of its new territories terribly, and many have been subsumed by the Qing in the north, the Shun population has grown dramatically thanks to its conquests. Current population estimates are fragmentary at best, but taxes as of the capture of the Ming Emperor estimate the Shun population to be approximately 71,000,000.
Similarly, decades of regular war and horrific combat have broken the Shun educational infrastructure. Confucians and Eunuchs do their work, but it is scattered at best and wide swathes of the country are missed entirely. Nevermind the Ming, where the Emperor stopped even attempting to maintain the current system as the war dragged to a close. Its current development level is Scholarly 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Mandate of Heaven: Militarists, Monarchists, Nationalists [United China]
Xenophiles: Modernists, Europhiles, Secularists
Heart-Mind School: Religious [Xinxue Confucian], Localists, Mystics
Cheng-Zhu School: Educators, Elitists, Religious [Lixue Confucian]
Other Stuff:
Shun Base Econ is now 7.
Qing:
The Qing population has benefited from years of quietly exploiting the northern steppe and a war fought entirely upon hostile territory. While this is likely to reverse in the near future, for now the future looks bright. The 1685 Qing Census put its population at 33,466,800.
Of the Chinas, the Qing are perhaps best placed in terms of infrastructure. Decades of warfare have hurt them far less than their southern neighbors, and much of its old education infrastructure remains intact. Its current development level is Scholarly 3/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Eight Banners: Monarchists, Militarists, Expansionists
Green Standard: Egalitarian, Modernists, Localists
Mongol Banners: Militarists, Mercenary
Mandarins: Religious [Confucian], Mystics, Nationalists [United China]
Oceania:
The Oil-Strike by New Canaan devastated the Oceanian economy and a previously reliable onflux of immigrants. While the oil wells were repaired and the economy slowly recovered, the enormous gains of 1680 and 81 were not seen again before the next census, despite a reliable trickle of increasingly inquisitorial migrants from Europe. The 1685 census put the Oceanian population at 4,521,100
Oceania is among the most technologically advanced nations in the world, and its educational institutions boast excellent connections with those of the Dutch. Slaves are, of course, kept as uneducated as possible but in the realm of people the Oceanians consider people literacy is near-ubiquitous and considered a point of pride. Its current Development level is Integrated 2/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Puritans: Modernists, Slavers, Religious [Puritans]
Levellers: Egalitarians, Abolitionists, Educators
Diggers: Religious [Puritan Christian], Mystics, Communists
Fifth Monarchists: Religious [Puritans], Inquisitors, Militarists
Mexico:
While war hasn't treated Mexico kindly, a surge of immigrants from Europe to the new world and territorial acquisitions, natives moving to a bastion of dignity and civil rights for them, and a magically secured food supply, has. The 1685 Church Census puts the current population at 5,960,000
Before the Spanish the nations of Mexico could boast of incredibly widespread education. The system was re-implemented with the ejection of the oppressors, but still struggles to make up for damage done and integrate new Guatemalan and north american native populations. Still, it is the pride of the native peoples of the new world and is expected to soon develop literacy rates to rival many European nations. Its current Development Level is Systematic 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Divine Bureaucracy: Theocrats, Educators, Religious [Mexican Catholicism]
Thirteen Heavens: Religious [Mexican Catholicism], Expansionistic, Europhobes
New World Adventists: Egalitarians, Religious [Mexican Catholicism], Traders
Military Staff: Militarists, Spanophobes, Interventionists
Nobles: Elitists, Modernists, Localists
Platina:
Peace has treated Platina well, as has an almost absurd amount of room to expand into. The occasional surge of refugees or economic migrants doesn't hurt, of course, but is tiny compared to the simple fruits of not shooting at anyone. The 1685 Orangist Census puts the current population at 1,817,900.
While most of the original colonists were at least relatively educated, the oddities of setting up the new government have resulted in a slip of standards in comparison to the rest of the world. New ideas are slow to reach Platina, and are slow to filter through the many interests of a government still working out the exact nature of its governing body. Its current development level is Scholarly 5/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Partido Orangistas: Elitists, Religious [Orthodox], Modernists
Republicanos Puros: Republicans, Egalitarians, Educators
Monarquicos: Monarchists, Expansionists, Cultural Preservers [Native Cultures]
Columbia
The past half-decade has not been kind to Columbia. A failed war in Guatemala, stymied political efforts in Guyana and Guatemala, and now a conflict in the carribean that appears to be headed south. Still, a thriving, slave-driven economy and coordinated advertisement campaign has drawn some immigration, while expansion into the interior of south america promises future wealth. A corporate census puts the population at 1,657,700, though this has been condemned as too low by El Presidente and the slaves of the record keeper involved executed as seditious elements clearly planning to subvert the state by witholding taxes from El Presidente through manufactured population numbers.
Education has never been a particular focus of El Presidente. The richest landowners are largely educated, but the poor and disadvantaged have no institutions dedicated to their improvement and, of course, no-one educates a slave. And to many in the Junta, this is for the best, for education begins to give people ideas. Its current Development Level is Scholarly 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Junta d. Gobierno Militar: Militarists, Imperialists, Slavers
Frente d. Liberación Popular Unido: Abolitionists, Egalitarians, Educators
Lobby d. Conglomerado Mineral: Slavers, Elitists, Expansionists
Guatemala
Nothing good has happened to Guatemala. A fifth of its population ceded to Mexico, an increasingly belligerent 'protector' to the south, and the precarious position of weak colonizers upon a mass of the angry colonized. Only the Canal and the hope of payoff at the end of the investment brings hope to a beleaguered and terrified government. The 1685 census reports a rough population of 750,000, with enormous errors due to current limits on government resources.
The education system is no better. The ruling Defensores party has been hesitant on extending education to a vastly more numerous native population and as such education remains a tiny edifice for the rich and powerful to maintain their power, something that may have to change in the near future. Its current development level is Sporadic 2/5.
Faction Overhaul
Partido Aztecas: Egalitarians, Educators, Cultural Preservers [Native Culture]
Frente Nacionalista: Militarists, Nationalists, Religious [Catholic Christianity]
Defensores de la Republica: Elitists, Cultural Preservers [Spanish Hegemony], Traders
Al-Taltanis
Al-Taltanis has been devastated by the destruction of farmland and constant warfare, but peace with Beit Tsiya and aid from the Safavids has eased both of those ills. Combined with consistent economic growth, means that while current growth is low future growth promises to be astronomical. According to the 1685 Census the population is 1,471,000
While the exiles to Al-Taltanis, both in the original wave and the following Persian Sunnis, were educated setting up institutions to pass on that education has been difficult. Many of the natives were resistant, and war and famine have drained government resources that could have gone to making mass education a reality. Still, many in the country are dedicated to preserving a background that is educated and have made concrete steps towards making that a reality. Its development level is Scholarly 5/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Al'aswid Almilishia: Militarists, Spanophobes, Republicans, Religious (Sunni Muslim)
Al'ayima: Spanophobes, Educators, Modernists, Religious (Sunni Muslim)
Tahaluf Almuzariein: Spanophobes, Isolationists, Native Rights, Mystics
Beit Tsiya
Though the B'nei David are not keen on admitting it, Peace has done wonders for Beit Tsiya. The population grows, the natives are less restless, and a lack of skirmishing in the Bay has allowed its harvests to truly profit the jewish people. Population growth is solid and promises to rise. The 1685 census puts the current population at 1,028,000
Like the Moors to their south, the true issue for Beit Tsiya has been re-establishing the educational systems from before their exile. They have had more luck than their neighbors, but international recognition remains constantly just around the corner. Its current development level is Scholarly 5/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Ikhud Republikani 'Amami: Nationalists [Beit Tsiya], Republicans, Conservative
Ne'emane'i Torah ve-Avodah: Egalitarians, Mystics, Religious [Jewish]
B'nei David: Expansionists, Militarists, Spanophobic/Christophobic
Canaan
The revolution grows! While warfare blunts Canaanite population growth, there are always more slaves to free and bring to safety in the swamp, and the swamp itself is a bountiful land for the magically gifted Canaanites. Estimates are inaccurate at best, but as of 1685 Canaan is believed to have 1,200,000 citizens. Well, 'citizens'.
Education doesn't mean much in a swamp. It's not nothing, sure, but pretending that Canaan's literacy rate and scientific infrastructure is anything but a theoretical does no-one any favors. This is, however, liable to change as they finally have proper land to call their own and manage. Its current development level is Sporadic 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Blackjaw Kindred: Militarists, Expansionistic, Liberators
Children of Light: Monarchists, Mystics, Protestantophobes
Red Dogs: Egalitarian, Mystics, Theocrats
Gray Veil: Educators, Modernists, Traders
USSA:
With a successful first election and a long stretch of peace, the USSA is enjoying what is being domestically referred to as the Great Population Boom. The soaring birth rate and plummeting child mortality is met by increased immigration from native peoples outside of its borders in light of a stellar native rights record and booming economy. The 1685 Census puts its population at 4,636,000.
Education remains a cornerstone of USSA domestic policy. While the now-ruling Terraceros have reduced education spending, it remains high not merely for the region, but for the world. Of course, old wounds are hard to heal and the USSA has difficulty with both international recognition and ensuring coverage across a large country. Its current development level is Systematic 1/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Nuevo Frente Republicano: Republicans, Militarists.
Terraceros: Elitists, Europhobes, Mystics, Ruling Party.
Partido d.l. Igualdad Radical: Egalitarian, Educators, Modernists.
Lobby d. Nuevo Imperio: Mystics, Imperialists, Educators.
1685 Nation Changes:
England:
With the marriage to Queen Mary, internal development, and a lack of real warfare, English population growth has been high. The 1685 French Census put its population at 6,475,000
The English education system was devastated by the civil war and then the flight of Puritans to the New World in the wake of French Victory. Reconstruction of the system remains underway, and while education in large cities, especially London, remains relatively high the countryside literacy rate has plummeted and hallowed institutions of learning have lost much of their staff and prestige in the last years. The current development level is Systemic 2/5.
Faction Revamps:
Sub-Bourbonites: Francophiles, Elitists, Modernists
Brittanics: Independents, Militarists, Mystics
Unionists: Anglophiles, Independents, Modernists
Puritans: Religious (Puritans), Francophobes, Republicans, Secessionists [Commonwealth of Oceania]
Ireland:
Ireland remains a cipher. The 1685 French Census put its population at 2,202,600.
The Irish education system has not been treated kindly by English occupation, and has arguably improved under the French. It is the least developed of the British isles, but in a position to grow and establish itself as separate from the rest of the Isles and gain recognition in its own right. Its current development level is Scholarly 4/5.
Faction Revamps:
Fianna Fail: Independents, Isolationists, Luddites
Unionists: Anglophiles, Independents, Modernists
Wales:
Recent Welsh civil wars and tension have done nothing good for its population growth. Technological development, significant economic investment, and the developments of Cardiff have helped offset this, but growth is lower than the crown would like. The 1685 French Census put its population at 735,400.
The Welsh education system was not mauled nearly as badly as the English, and investment in Cardiff and similar institutions, as well as a small population to target with literacy pushes, has helped immensely. However, political tensions and civil war has harmed otherwise solid development. The current development level is Systemic 5/5.
Faction Revamps:
Gwynedd: Francophiles, Modernists, Elitists
Cardiff: Mystics, Educators, Monarchists
Nationalists: Independents, Anglophobes, Republicans
Cornwall: Isolationists, Militarists
Scotland:
Scotland's population is booming, and despite constant rumors the King's...escapades are probably not a statistically significant part of that. Peace, industrialization, and significant french immigration have all served to deliver Scotland a potent population boom. The 1685 French Census put its population at 1,618,100.
The Scottish education system has been slowly improving despite local resistance to an English king and the chaos of the civil war of French Takeover. The current development level is Systemic 0/5.
Faction Revamp:
Royalists: Independents, Monarchists, Militarists
Francophiles: Francophiles, Modernists, Egalitarians
Covenanters: Religious [Covenanters], Mystics [Christian Mysticism]
Denmark:
While war and anger over the union with Kalmar, as well as the Swedish decimation of its own population, have severely curtailed population growth Denmark has fundamentally swelled enormously from its conquest of Sweden, gaining almost half a million new citizens even before population growth. The 1685 Nuuk Megacity Census has an estimated living population of 1,828,150, with a surging undead population due to the mass-raising of famine-dead.
Denmark's internal education system is solid, however Sweden's was devastated by the evacuation and famine. The current development level is Systemic 4/5.
Faction Revamp:
- Absolutist Nationalists: Militarists, Imperialists, Mystics
- Lutheran Traditionalists: Inquisitors, Religious [Lutheran]
- Mercenary Modernists: Modernists, Elitists, Educators
Naglfar:
Supernaturally fertile, Naglfar's Icelandic population has grown immensely, but while the conquest of Norway gained it valuable new citizens (And potent internal strife) Norway's population was dealing with a famine, the aftereffects of war, and an abortive scorched earth strategy. As of the 1685 Kalmarian census the population is 628,000, estimated to rise as magically enhanced crops and aid imports end the famine.
Naglfar's internal education system was basically nonexistent. While Norway's is better, the country is also sparsely populated and, more importantly, has had its intelligentsia evacuated as part of Sweden's scorched earth strategy. As such, there is an enormous amount of work to be done to rebuild the education system. Current development level is Sporadic 3/5.
Faction Revamp:
Naglfar has, to the best of my knowledge, done this on its own.
Austria
Largely at peace and sheltered from the economic woes plaguing France and the USE, the Austrian population has grown healthily over the past few years. There has been some backlash to new policies, including emmigration to Prussia and the Netherlands, but largely the population has grown healthily. The Inter-German Annual Census puts its current population at 9,969,800.
Austria's internal education system has gained greatly from the NATO alliance. That said, in many ways it is the junior NATO partner in scientific matters and its institutions lag behind the wealth of Grantville or the great colleges of the Netherlands. Its current development level is Integrated 0/5.
Faction Revamp:
Austria has already revamped their factions
Prussia
Rising tensions and disconnection from NATO have resulted in a degree of emigration, but Prussia's booming economy has resulted in significant population growth and immigration, something that may be vital if tension becomes war. The Inter-German Annual Census puts its current population at 3,928,800
Prussia's institutions reel from a sudden severing of their German ties, but those same institutions are strong nonetheless, albeit with glaring holes in their physics research. Now operating independently, the future only tells what it will manage or, perhaps, fail to manage. Its current development level is Systematic 4/5.
Faction Revamp:
Junkers: Militarists, Elitists, Monarchists
Constitutionalists: Republicans, Egalitarians, Educators
Panbaltics: Nationalist [German], Expansionistic, Modernists
USE
A prolonged recession, government disinterest in domestic affairs apart from technological research, and immigration pushes from the New World have driven a wave of low birthrates and rampant emigration in the USE. The population is larger than it was in 1680, but only just. The Inter-German Annual Census puts its current population at 11,975,200
The USE has controlled Grantville effectively since its conception and has been making full use of this resource since its inception. Its current development level is Grantville 5/5.
Faction Revamp:
Richterists: Communists, Religious [Non-Hierarchical Christians], Interventionist
Christian Democrats: Republicans, Modernists, Religious [Protestant Christian]
Sacred Republic Party: Militarist, Isolationists, Elitist
New Revolutionary Party: Interventionist, Republican, Modernists, Militarists
Spain
While peace is less than popular at home, it has been a great boon to the Spanish people. The population has skyrocketed, with most estimating that it will overtake the population of the USE if current trends remain. The 1685 Biannual Census puts the Spanish population at 11,780,000
Increased centralization and concerted technological advancement have given Spain an advanced set of scientific institutions, albeit ones obsessed with military might. Its colleges may be desultorily referred to as War Schools in much of europe, but their efficacy and effect on Spanish literacy cannot be denied. Its current development level is Integrated 3/5.
Faction Revamp:
Colonialists: Militarists, Imperialists, Expansionists
Peninsulares: Monarchists, Unifiers [Spain and Portugal], Isolationists
Revanchistas: Federalists, Inquisitors, Educators
Unificadores: Catholophobes, Egalitarians
France:
Civil war and recession have done nothing good to population growth. Emigration to Quebec and the new world-including Mexico of all places!- is rampant and those who have left include highly moneyed nobles, an awkward loss for the crown. Still, medicinal advancements and especially distribution of the wondrous Panacea have reduced childhood mortality and deaths from sickness to levels even the USE envies, which has helped to buoy the population losses. The 1685 French Census puts its population at 28,289,500
While it has brought much social trouble to France, the rise of Grantville and proximity to the USE have resulted in enormous government investments in the scientific field simply to try and maintain parity. While the technological colossus of Grantville cannot truly be contested without taking the city, French scientific institutions are still a pride of the nation. Its current development level is Integrated 2/5.
Faction Revamp:
Already done.
Byzantines:
While the short war with Poland was bloody and many citizens have emigrated, the core of Greece has remained largely untouched and birth rates remain high while death rates continue to drop. The Third Imperial Census puts the population at 7,720,000.
The Empire is a new nation, and one without noteworthy scientific institutions. While it has access to advanced technology, this is more due to the process of setting up the country than internal scientific advancement and that advancement has not been a particular focus of the new regime. Its current development level is Scholarly 2/5.
Faction Revamp:
New Byzantines: Monarchists, Turkophobes, Nationalists [Roman]
Germanophiles: Traders, Pacifists, Modernists
Orthodox: Religious [Orthodox], Mystics, Militarists
The Papal States:
The newly enlarged Papal State may be politically fragile, but it has never been stronger. Its population swells with the integration of Templar territories and wealth, as well as a growing local economy. Many from the new Mamluke lands have immigrated to the North African colonies, while economic hardships and strife in Europe have resulted in refugees taking shelter amidst the states or stopping there on their way to the New World. The Emergency Unification Census puts the post-unification population at 11,215,600.
While the institutions of state are strong, they are rigid and have not taken well to modernization, the Uptimer Pope has gone to great pains to soothe this but it is a project that will take time, especially with their new Templar territories to deal with. Its current development level is Scholarly 1/5.
Faction Revamp:
Clericalists: Religious [Catholic], Papal Supremacy, Mystics [Catholic Mysticism]
Imperiaux: Militarists, Interventionists, Imperialists
Shield of Christendom: Islamophobes, Protestantophobes, Luddites
Pure Church: Egalitarians, Monarchists, Secessionists [Undo Templar-Papal Union]
Russian Empire:
The calamitous state of the Russian economy has greatly hurt attempts to expand, however an enormous influx of Swedish immigrants, the new direction of the Tsar's rule, and integration of vast tracts of land have done much to boost the population and economy of the state. The tax records put the current population at 22,856,400.
Russia is widely spread and ill-educated, with attempts to change this being stymied by both social factors and the sheer size and spread of the population. While the great cities have institutions of learning they do not have the history or weight of other eastern nations nor the reach of smaller European states. Its current development level is Scholarly 1/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Tsarists: Militarists, Monarchists, Expansionistic
Orthodox: Religious [Orthodox], Mystics, Educators
Boyars: Imperialists, Elitists, Localists
Intelligentsia: Educators, Elitists, Modernists
Poland:
The madness of the previous Polish King and a distinct lethargy of action on the civil front have done nothing good for Poland, but a strong economy counterbalanaces many ills and population growth remains strong, especially in the still-sparse Balkans. Swedish refugees and catholics in pursuit of economic gains have bolstered a population on the rise. The Voter Registration Census puts the current population at 5,623,600, though inflated population figures are published due to nobles and landowners insisting that there are more people living on their land than their actually are to secure more votes in the Sejm.
Poland boasts a solid education system in its core reaches, but its balkan territories are sparsely populated and have nonexistent literacy rates. In addition, the nobility have a distinct incentive to keep education out of the hands of the commons, especially under the new democratic rules, and have often go so far as to stymie and lobby against education efforts in the Sejm. Its current development level is Scholarly 3/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Militarists: Militarists, Mystics, Imperialistic
Panslavists: Slavophiles, Germanophobes
Reformists: Egalitarian, Republican, Educators
Germanophiles: Inquisitors, Modernists, Germanophiles
Netherlands:
Peace, a strong economy, and access to all sorts of foreign, exotic, and magical goods traded from faraway lands has seen the Netherlands population rise in a combination baby boom and immigration wave. It's a favored spot for economic migrants from the USE and political refugees from Austria, and growth is strong enough that its ever-more-influential mystics have begun to draw up mad plans for townships among the stars. The Inter-German Annual Census puts its current population at 5,738,000
The Netherlands scientific establishment is second only to the USE, with high literacy, a compact and centralized population, and universities whose prestige only seems to grow. Its current development level is Integrated 5/5.
Faction Revamp:
Francophiles: Francophiles, Pacifists, Localists
Orangists: Monarchists, Religious (Protestants), Militarists
Republicans: Republicans, Germanophiles, Imperialists
Mystics: Mystics, TO THE MOON, Modernists [Rocketry and Aeronautics]
Portugal:
A stagnant Portuguese economy and colonial losses abroad have resulted in a wave of Emigration from Portugal. Many simply go to Brazil, but others flee to Columbia, Mexico, and even Spain despite the language barrier. Technological deveopments and a declining death rate help blunt the losses, but the Portuguese population is at risk of decline over the coming years. The Royal Census puts the population at 2,758,300.
The Portuguese scientific establishment is an impressive one, though oddly one far more ascendant in Brazil than Portugal itself. The population is small and highly literate, but foreign influence and scientific clout are still a dream to strive for. Its current development level is Systemic 1/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Royalists: Monarchists, Spanophobes, Imperialists
CNT-FAI: Communists, Anarchists, Egalitarians
Estado Novo: Educators, Modernists, Militarists
Azawad:
While war has harmed the nomadic Azawad population, new territorial gains have come with them new citizens, and a booming economy has resulted in many children, more of whom have survived to adulthood than ever before. With the establishment of a proper capital, more growth looks to be in the future of Azawad, and with it the struggles of becoming a proper state instead of an alliance of warbands. The First Azawad Census puts its population at approximately 2,851,000
The Azawad scientific establishment is non-existent. Education was an afterthought before the war, and has only begun to be considered in light of the arrival of Qadis to the new capital. Even with them, much of the population is nomadic and shall be exceedingly difficult to reach with education efforts. Its current development level is Sporadic 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Qadis: Educators, Religious [Various Muslim], Elitists
Djinn-Speakers: Mystics, Religious [Various Muslim], Modernists
Warlords: Militarists, Localists, Expansionistic
Mamlukes:
Years of expansion, aggressive terraforming, and peace have greatly increased the Mamlukate's population. While many of its newly integrated peoples are...contentiously controlled at best, they have greatly boosted the Mamluke population in these years of peace. The latest Egyptian Census puts the current population at 9,645,300.
The expansion has not treated its institutions nearly as well. Still developing at the best of times, the inclusion of vast tracts of land, new and culturally foreign peoples, and untold nomads has in practice greatly reduced the Mamluke literacy rate. The cities of Egypt and Mamlukate Arabia remain bastions of learning, but in the reaches of the empire modernity has yet to really affect the populace. Its current development level is Scholarly 5/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Royalists: Monarchists, Modernists, Militarists
Secessionists: Regional [Colonized Territories], Secessionists, Localists
Nobles: Elitists, Mystics, Modernists
Pan-Arabs: Arabophiles, Religious [Sunni Muslim], Communists
Constitutionalists: Egalitarian, Reformers, Expansionistic
Dahomey:
War has hit Dahomey hard. Territorial losses, Azawad raids, and even the sheer quantity of dead soldiers have all dearly harmed native population growth. The last Royal Census put population at 3,377,800, with a projected recover of growth thanks to the end of the war.
Centralization and modernization may not have sufficed in closing the technological gap, but they have managed to establish proper institutions in Dahomey. Though not acknowledged overmuch by Europe, most of Dahomey's technological development now occurs due to local research and studying basic principles instead of recreating Grantvillian miracles by rote. Its current development level is Systemic 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Xenophile: Europhile, Modernist, Educators
Imperial Line: Monarchists, Modernists, Mystics
Militarists: Militarists, Islamophobes, Expansionists
Isolationists: Isolationists, Localists, Europhobes
Mali
The one-two punch of famine and war has devastated the Malian populace The First Unified Census puts population at 7,682,600 due to massive deaths due to famine and war and segments of the population fleeing the country over its course.
While Mali once boasted a modernized education system the famine and war dealt irreparable damage to it. With its best and brightest leaving to other countries those who remain are left with the tattered remains of a good system, desperately pulling itself back together. Its current development level is Systemic 1/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Qadi: Educators, Religious [Sunni Muslim], Modernists
Revanchists: Independents, Militarists, Monarchists
Pan-Africans: Mystics, Afrophiles
Sadaqatullah: Religious [Muslim, various], Communist, Egalitarian
Morocco
The sheer amount of death was a shock to the Moroccan system, but the war did not actually touch their lands. Population growths at home have been modest but consistent, and helped by new money and guarantees of safety brought about by their new allies and a strong economy. The First Unified Census put its population at 3,835,900, and rising.
That said, Morocco's educational institutions are not remotely the equal of Mali's. The Alouites, and now the Black Guard, have done much to remedy this but their attempts remain patchwork and miss many of the Berbers and nomads who call Morocco home. Its current development level is Scholarly 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Black Guard: Militarists, Expansionists, Monarchists
Constitutionalists: Modernists, Elitists, Religious [Sunni Muslims]
Qadi: Educators, Egalitarians, Religious [Various Muslims]
Berber League: Azawadophiles, Francophiles, Mystics
Ashanti
The French invasion and Azawad raiding have devastated the Ashanti economy and butchered its population. The latest royal census, now done without an Emperor to decree it, sees the population at 5,545,200, though this is in large part due to the loss of territory that came with the treaty and is expected to recover in the next decade or so.
Ashanti's education infrastructure was in the process of modernizing before the war, but the death of the Emperor and subsequent chaos caused the push to fall apart. As such it remains a tattered thing, slowly integrating new discoveries from Grantville and Dahomey. Its current development level is Sporadic 3/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Servants of the Throne: Monarchists, Mystics, Elitists
Reclaimers: Expansionistic, Militaristic, Modernists
Pan-Africans: Mystics, Afrophiles
Bulwark: Religious [Traditional african religions], Cultural Preservers [Traditional African Religions], Isolationists
Da'wat ul-Kitaab: Religious [Muslim], Educators
Safavids
Despite light wartime casualties, the Safavid population is booming. The economy is doing acceptably well, its wars have been short and fought away from home, and the teetering powder keg of the communists have been largely disabled. The 1685 tax records estimate a population of 18,048,000
Despite some reforms in the past half-decade, much of the Safavid population is made up of far flung pastorialists and nomads, people whom education is difficult to get to even in the best of situations. this doesn't begin to account for its new population in Madagascar and recent conquests in Janid territory. Its current development level is Scholarly 3/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Done in Turnpost
Anatolian Turkey
The blockade and a stagnant economy slowed Turkey's growth, but years of peace, trade, preparation, and governmental prompting have let it rise once more. The 1685 Anatolian Census estimates its population at 11,564,000
While Turkey has lost much since the Crusade, the absurd pace of modernization under the Last Ottomans left it in a better position than many would expect. Education infrastructure was widespread and minimally mauled by the war, and has been a concerted focus by the new rulers, though some say that one of the Sultan's many insidious deals remains active, pushing the education of even this shattered rump to rival European powers. Its current development level is Integrated 0/5 but is not inherited through conquest.
Faction Overhaul
Ijtihadi: Religious (Islam, Sunni), Isolationists, Modernists
Revanchists: Religious (Islam, Sunni), Militarists, Expansionists
Tudeh: Communists, Militarists, Religious (Islam, Various)
Initiates: Citallonophiles, Mystics, Expansionist
Mughals
While the economy has done well, war and civil strife have done nothing good for the Mughal populace. Many died during the war, and more suffered as railroads they had become newly dependent on failed. The rebellion exacerbated this, with millions of Imperial citizens suddenly becoming a new state, and then wealthy and upper-caste people began to follow them. The conquest of Portuguese India has helped to stem this loss, and the sheer size of Mughalistan means it is less of a blow than one might fear. While Swedish refugees gained an enormous amount of government assistance, they were a rounding error in terms of population. The 1685 Three Indias Census put the current population of Mughalistan at 195,260,000.
While education efforts have been a personal concern of each Emperor after Grantvillian information reached the Mughals, the sheer size of their domain has proved an issue. The Nizams have little to gain from promoting the pushes, while many high-caste Hindus actively bristle at the concept and fight back against it, most quietly sabotaging efforts to educate peasants and untouchables in their own administrated regions. In addition, the sheer size of the country means that any attempt to bring in foreign aid at anything but the highest levels proves woefully insufficient as there simply aren't enough teachers to spare. This is slowly changing, but will take time and concerted effort by the Emperor and, likely, his successors. Its current development level is at Scholarly 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Pan-Bharatists: Nationalists [Indian Nationalism], Modernists, Egalitarians
Swedes: Inquisitors, Educators, Modernists. (Loyalty 4, Power 1)
Rajputs: Militarists, Elitists, Religious [Hindu]
Nizams: Localists, Expansionists, Elitists, Religious [Sunni Muslim]
Marathas: Secessionists [Marathan State], Regional [Maharashtra], Elitists, Mystics [Hindu Mysticism]
Japan:
Internal peace and a stable economy have treated the Japanese population well. Chinese and Korean refugees and internal growth have resulted in a ballooning of the population. The Chrysanthemum Census estimates the current population at 29,935,700.
Even before Grantville the Tokugawa had made Japan an educated land and the new Emperor simply reinforced this tendency. The introduction of Grantvillian text has largely simply provided more things to learn and provoked a more aggressive approach to foreign policy, rather than provoking some sort of fundamental change in the education infrastructure of the Japanese state. Its current development level is Systematic 4/5.
Factions:
Shogunates: Militarists, Imperialists, Isolationists
Teikoku Shugi-sha: Mystics, Monarchists, Religious [Shinto]
Nanban-no-tomodachi: Traders, Modernists, Reformers
Yokai: Mystics, Religious [Buddhist], Monstrophiles
Joseon:
Monsters ravaged the Joseon populace, but the return of the Emperor to power and resultant intervention of the Steel Eye on Joseon Internal Affairs has helped stem the bleeding and the realm is otherwise at peace and is blooming appropriately. The Steel Eye informs the Emperor that the population is exactly 14,144,738 as of time of writing.
The Joseon educational system is well-developed but hyper focused upon the ruling Yangban. Especially with the growing might of the Seowon system, Joseon's system is extensive yet deeply flawed and the process of fixing the rot has only now begun. Its development level is Scholarly 4/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Steel Eye: Mystics [Unceasing Eye], Monarchists, Isolationists; Loyalty 6, Power 3
Seonbi: Religious [Neo-Confucian], Modernists, Educators; Loyalty 4, Power 2
Yangban: Militarists, Elitists, Japanophobes; Loyalty 3, Power 4
Revanchists: Imperialists, Sinophiles, Mystics [Chinese magic]; Loyalty 2, Power 3
New Legendary Artifact:
The Unceasing Eye: A great metal orb from beyond the realms of the mortal plane, it seems to have bound itself to the new Joseon Emperor. It...knows things, that it should not, and seems to have ghostly agents capable of operating throughout the Korean peninsula. It has a strange affinity for odd and disturbing technology.
Yue:
The Yue population has benefited from a long stretch of peace and prosperous economy, albeit one broken by the war with Cambodia. Still, they managed to integrate significant territorial gains despite catastrophic losses near the end of the campaign, and the losses were wholly on the other side of the border and didn't hurt the country itself. The 1685 government census estimates a population of 38,200,000.
While better off than its wartorn neighbors to the North, the Yue government is still attempting to bridge the massive gaps between its core populations and has so far failed at creating an education infrastructure across both regions. Its recent conquests and new territory in Cambodia have done nothing to help, giving it more angry minds to teach and indoctrinate. Its current development level is Sporadic 4/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Cantonese Front: Modernists, Elitists, Localists, Hate the Vietnamese Front
Vietnamese Front: Mystics, Monarchists, Egalitarian, Hate the Cantonese Front
Revanchists: Expansionists, Imperialists, Traders
Ming:
The Ming are Dead. What they were is irrelevant.
Shun:
While war has affected the population of its new territories terribly, and many have been subsumed by the Qing in the north, the Shun population has grown dramatically thanks to its conquests. Current population estimates are fragmentary at best, but taxes as of the capture of the Ming Emperor estimate the Shun population to be approximately 71,000,000.
Similarly, decades of regular war and horrific combat have broken the Shun educational infrastructure. Confucians and Eunuchs do their work, but it is scattered at best and wide swathes of the country are missed entirely. Nevermind the Ming, where the Emperor stopped even attempting to maintain the current system as the war dragged to a close. Its current development level is Scholarly 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Mandate of Heaven: Militarists, Monarchists, Nationalists [United China]
Xenophiles: Modernists, Europhiles, Secularists
Heart-Mind School: Religious [Xinxue Confucian], Localists, Mystics
Cheng-Zhu School: Educators, Elitists, Religious [Lixue Confucian]
Other Stuff:
Shun Base Econ is now 7.
Qing:
The Qing population has benefited from years of quietly exploiting the northern steppe and a war fought entirely upon hostile territory. While this is likely to reverse in the near future, for now the future looks bright. The 1685 Qing Census put its population at 33,466,800.
Of the Chinas, the Qing are perhaps best placed in terms of infrastructure. Decades of warfare have hurt them far less than their southern neighbors, and much of its old education infrastructure remains intact. Its current development level is Scholarly 3/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Eight Banners: Monarchists, Militarists, Expansionists
Green Standard: Egalitarian, Modernists, Localists
Mongol Banners: Militarists, Mercenary
Mandarins: Religious [Confucian], Mystics, Nationalists [United China]
Oceania:
The Oil-Strike by New Canaan devastated the Oceanian economy and a previously reliable onflux of immigrants. While the oil wells were repaired and the economy slowly recovered, the enormous gains of 1680 and 81 were not seen again before the next census, despite a reliable trickle of increasingly inquisitorial migrants from Europe. The 1685 census put the Oceanian population at 4,521,100
Oceania is among the most technologically advanced nations in the world, and its educational institutions boast excellent connections with those of the Dutch. Slaves are, of course, kept as uneducated as possible but in the realm of people the Oceanians consider people literacy is near-ubiquitous and considered a point of pride. Its current Development level is Integrated 2/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Puritans: Modernists, Slavers, Religious [Puritans]
Levellers: Egalitarians, Abolitionists, Educators
Diggers: Religious [Puritan Christian], Mystics, Communists
Fifth Monarchists: Religious [Puritans], Inquisitors, Militarists
Mexico:
While war hasn't treated Mexico kindly, a surge of immigrants from Europe to the new world and territorial acquisitions, natives moving to a bastion of dignity and civil rights for them, and a magically secured food supply, has. The 1685 Church Census puts the current population at 5,960,000
Before the Spanish the nations of Mexico could boast of incredibly widespread education. The system was re-implemented with the ejection of the oppressors, but still struggles to make up for damage done and integrate new Guatemalan and north american native populations. Still, it is the pride of the native peoples of the new world and is expected to soon develop literacy rates to rival many European nations. Its current Development Level is Systematic 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Divine Bureaucracy: Theocrats, Educators, Religious [Mexican Catholicism]
Thirteen Heavens: Religious [Mexican Catholicism], Expansionistic, Europhobes
New World Adventists: Egalitarians, Religious [Mexican Catholicism], Traders
Military Staff: Militarists, Spanophobes, Interventionists
Nobles: Elitists, Modernists, Localists
Platina:
Peace has treated Platina well, as has an almost absurd amount of room to expand into. The occasional surge of refugees or economic migrants doesn't hurt, of course, but is tiny compared to the simple fruits of not shooting at anyone. The 1685 Orangist Census puts the current population at 1,817,900.
While most of the original colonists were at least relatively educated, the oddities of setting up the new government have resulted in a slip of standards in comparison to the rest of the world. New ideas are slow to reach Platina, and are slow to filter through the many interests of a government still working out the exact nature of its governing body. Its current development level is Scholarly 5/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Partido Orangistas: Elitists, Religious [Orthodox], Modernists
Republicanos Puros: Republicans, Egalitarians, Educators
Monarquicos: Monarchists, Expansionists, Cultural Preservers [Native Cultures]
Columbia
The past half-decade has not been kind to Columbia. A failed war in Guatemala, stymied political efforts in Guyana and Guatemala, and now a conflict in the carribean that appears to be headed south. Still, a thriving, slave-driven economy and coordinated advertisement campaign has drawn some immigration, while expansion into the interior of south america promises future wealth. A corporate census puts the population at 1,657,700, though this has been condemned as too low by El Presidente and the slaves of the record keeper involved executed as seditious elements clearly planning to subvert the state by witholding taxes from El Presidente through manufactured population numbers.
Education has never been a particular focus of El Presidente. The richest landowners are largely educated, but the poor and disadvantaged have no institutions dedicated to their improvement and, of course, no-one educates a slave. And to many in the Junta, this is for the best, for education begins to give people ideas. Its current Development Level is Scholarly 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Junta d. Gobierno Militar: Militarists, Imperialists, Slavers
Frente d. Liberación Popular Unido: Abolitionists, Egalitarians, Educators
Lobby d. Conglomerado Mineral: Slavers, Elitists, Expansionists
Guatemala
Nothing good has happened to Guatemala. A fifth of its population ceded to Mexico, an increasingly belligerent 'protector' to the south, and the precarious position of weak colonizers upon a mass of the angry colonized. Only the Canal and the hope of payoff at the end of the investment brings hope to a beleaguered and terrified government. The 1685 census reports a rough population of 750,000, with enormous errors due to current limits on government resources.
The education system is no better. The ruling Defensores party has been hesitant on extending education to a vastly more numerous native population and as such education remains a tiny edifice for the rich and powerful to maintain their power, something that may have to change in the near future. Its current development level is Sporadic 2/5.
Faction Overhaul
Partido Aztecas: Egalitarians, Educators, Cultural Preservers [Native Culture]
Frente Nacionalista: Militarists, Nationalists, Religious [Catholic Christianity]
Defensores de la Republica: Elitists, Cultural Preservers [Spanish Hegemony], Traders
Al-Taltanis
Al-Taltanis has been devastated by the destruction of farmland and constant warfare, but peace with Beit Tsiya and aid from the Safavids has eased both of those ills. Combined with consistent economic growth, means that while current growth is low future growth promises to be astronomical. According to the 1685 Census the population is 1,471,000
While the exiles to Al-Taltanis, both in the original wave and the following Persian Sunnis, were educated setting up institutions to pass on that education has been difficult. Many of the natives were resistant, and war and famine have drained government resources that could have gone to making mass education a reality. Still, many in the country are dedicated to preserving a background that is educated and have made concrete steps towards making that a reality. Its development level is Scholarly 5/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Al'aswid Almilishia: Militarists, Spanophobes, Republicans, Religious (Sunni Muslim)
Al'ayima: Spanophobes, Educators, Modernists, Religious (Sunni Muslim)
Tahaluf Almuzariein: Spanophobes, Isolationists, Native Rights, Mystics
Beit Tsiya
Though the B'nei David are not keen on admitting it, Peace has done wonders for Beit Tsiya. The population grows, the natives are less restless, and a lack of skirmishing in the Bay has allowed its harvests to truly profit the jewish people. Population growth is solid and promises to rise. The 1685 census puts the current population at 1,028,000
Like the Moors to their south, the true issue for Beit Tsiya has been re-establishing the educational systems from before their exile. They have had more luck than their neighbors, but international recognition remains constantly just around the corner. Its current development level is Scholarly 5/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Ikhud Republikani 'Amami: Nationalists [Beit Tsiya], Republicans, Conservative
Ne'emane'i Torah ve-Avodah: Egalitarians, Mystics, Religious [Jewish]
B'nei David: Expansionists, Militarists, Spanophobic/Christophobic
Canaan
The revolution grows! While warfare blunts Canaanite population growth, there are always more slaves to free and bring to safety in the swamp, and the swamp itself is a bountiful land for the magically gifted Canaanites. Estimates are inaccurate at best, but as of 1685 Canaan is believed to have 1,200,000 citizens. Well, 'citizens'.
Education doesn't mean much in a swamp. It's not nothing, sure, but pretending that Canaan's literacy rate and scientific infrastructure is anything but a theoretical does no-one any favors. This is, however, liable to change as they finally have proper land to call their own and manage. Its current development level is Sporadic 0/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Blackjaw Kindred: Militarists, Expansionistic, Liberators
Children of Light: Monarchists, Mystics, Protestantophobes
Red Dogs: Egalitarian, Mystics, Theocrats
Gray Veil: Educators, Modernists, Traders
USSA:
With a successful first election and a long stretch of peace, the USSA is enjoying what is being domestically referred to as the Great Population Boom. The soaring birth rate and plummeting child mortality is met by increased immigration from native peoples outside of its borders in light of a stellar native rights record and booming economy. The 1685 Census puts its population at 4,636,000.
Education remains a cornerstone of USSA domestic policy. While the now-ruling Terraceros have reduced education spending, it remains high not merely for the region, but for the world. Of course, old wounds are hard to heal and the USSA has difficulty with both international recognition and ensuring coverage across a large country. Its current development level is Systematic 1/5.
Faction Overhaul:
Nuevo Frente Republicano: Republicans, Militarists.
Terraceros: Elitists, Europhobes, Mystics, Ruling Party.
Partido d.l. Igualdad Radical: Egalitarian, Educators, Modernists.
Lobby d. Nuevo Imperio: Mystics, Imperialists, Educators.
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THatWhichWillBe
The Squiddly One
- Location
- In The Darkened Deep
Hm, I wonder.....
*Spreadsheet frenzy*
*invokes dread spirits of calculation*
*Invokes the Ritual of the Function*
*Dread Graphs*
;_;
It's impossible for me to ever get farther than the 1930-1939 bracket.
i lost about....
Huh. Well kick me in the rear and call me a Cacti, I lost 11% of my population.
;_;
YAY!
It's less of a clusterfuck now!
Though, uh, I can't tell what's the Loyalty and Power ratings for the Nizams.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
2/3, they're a conglomeration of your Muslim factions representing the Muslim nobility that supports the throne and didn't secede or move to Hyderabad.
Walker Of Chaos
Best/Worst Dynasty
- Location
- Sweden
So I got one question. It says that my Constitution faction are egalitarian and elitists. Is this correct? Because right now it seems self contradictory.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Oh, whoops, Constitutionalists are Modernists, your Qadis are Egalitarian.
- Location
- Alberta, Canada
What does the systemic 0/5 mean?
and also, that's a nice population boom right there
good job, must have taken you a while
- Location
- Wörms, the half continent
I'd not have taken Gwynedd for modernists. Thought that would be more like the Nationalists.
- Location
- not here any more
@Bismarck you should look at this threadmark.
- Location
- Italy
Putting aside the fact that Poland is Catholic and not Orthodox, someone here has got the Papal Infallibility wrong. Again.
The schism with the eastern church is mostly over the Filioque, the formula in the Creed that you recite in church that goes
I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceedeth from the Father ⟨and the Son⟩.
Who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified.
The idea that the Holy Spirit precedes from the Father AND the Son pissed off the Greeks while it was ok enough to the Latins, and that's what caused the schism.
Since the Pope is, according to Catholic dogma, infallible when speaking in matters of morals and faith ex cathedra, that is when speaking in his position as Pope and Vicar of Christ on Earth, like Hell he's going to say that he is NOT FRIGGIN SURE whether the Filioque (the main cause of friction with the Orthodox, though there's also political ones, of course. In fact it's rational enough to think that historically they just used this excuse to not become subordinate to Rome) is true or not after having affirmed it in 1054.
This is a theological question, one that was adopted centuries earlier by a previous Pope but that cannot possibly be undone, nothing theological or moral that was affirmed ex cathedra and then adopted as an official line by the Church can.
I know the way out.