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Nations of Steel and Sabre

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Theravis said:
only deaf
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Dating to approximately the year 1550, outbreeding in Charles II's lineage had ceased (see also pedigree collapse).[6]​ From then on, all his ancestors were in one way or another descendants of Joanna and Philip I of Castile, and among these just the royal houses of Spain, Austria and Bavaria. Charles II's genome was actually more homozygous than that of a child whose parents are siblings.[6]​ He was born physically and mentally disabled, and disfigured. Possibly through affliction with mandibular prognathism, he was barely able to chew.[6]​ His tongue was so large that his speech could barely be understood, and he frequently drooled.[6]​ It has been suggested that he suffered from the endocrine disease acromegaly, or his inbred lineage may have led to a combination of rare genetic disorders such as combined pituitary hormone deficiency and distal renal tubular acidosis.[6]​
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...Thank fuck.
 
Mina said:
@Theravis
Is it increases to base econ by any source (including conquest and colonization) that's limited to once per five years or only our economic initiatives?

Like say you've got your five year plan, when suddenly you find a giant diamond on some island in the middle of no where, and also manage to take the better half of China while you're bored one day.
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So, I need to keep you from being bored. Look, adorable cats!



 
Mina said:
Pity the poles aren't vampires any more or he could get a whole lot of that blood in very quickly with a marriage. :V
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They still could be. They just don't start that way.

Hell, they only went that way last time because everyone was starting to forget Poland existed.
Azecreth said:
This does not preclude the possibility of a succession crisis occurring anyway, because random chance is always a thing so who can predict what will happen?
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True. The Netherlands never left the Stadtholderless period ITL because William II of Orange was instead born Amelia.
Raptor580 said:
1Austria

2Prussia

3United States of Europe
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Prussia, or you can wait 24 hours and if @kızıl sultan doesn't come back for his Austrians then they're yours.
Blackout said:
:cry:

Less than five minutes into the game and I'm traumatized already.
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I don't follow. Unless you mean the existence of Charles the Bewitched in general.
 
Not gonna deny I overreacted last night for real world reasons and not even over the aspect you might expect. I was not salty or angry as you might not believe but i did have an issue, I am sorry.


Mamluks
California
Russia
 
btw just a quick question. im assuming the UNE is the maroon colored one and Austria is the green colored one? or am i wrong.
 
Raptor580 said:
Really. it says the UNE is the largest of the 3 but from the map austria is bigger.
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A lot of that is Balkan lands, which.....

kızıl sultan said:
The Black Lands
formerly known as "The Balkans"


A vision of the Hungarian Plains following the Unending Storm
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The Balkans have forever been known in the annals of time as the lands soaked in blood, but when magic came to this world, a new type of war touched this sad patch of earth that would change its face so intensely it was to rival all the shifts of the migration period in a mere three years. During the War of the Holy League, also known as the Thirteenth Crusade, as well as the Great Turkish War, the Sultana of the Empire sold her soul for the power of the Archon of Citallon, an Edict, to be brought down on the enemies of her son, the Ottoman Sultan. Pictured above was the result of such a violent storm. From Zagreb in the West to the shores of the Black Sea in the East, and from the highest point of the Donau in the Pannonian Plain to the Balkan Mountains, a fierce and seemingly unending storm raged for two years, leaving marks that appeared to be permanent to the lands of the Balkan peoples. The petty squabbles of Bulgar, Serb, and Greek were made meaningless in the struggle for survival. Millions perished, and only a handful survived. The Greeks were lucky, as many fled into Greece proper and were greeted warmly by friends. The Bulgars quickly fled into Constantinople, becoming the luckiest of the initial refugees to the slowly starving city. However, the Romanians would be almost completely consumed by such a force of nature, as unnatural as it was. The Hungarians, for the most part, were very much leveled, but were welcomed into the Slovak land and into Austria proper, while many of the Serbs and Croats were hit hard and even less survived, with tales of cannibalism against the Bosniaks for survival. However, the end of war came soon, as the Sultan was captured and the spell was broken due to the stipulations of the edict. The Sultan's ring was kissed by the Romanian Princes, after being ripped from his frail hands, and the storm finally came to its end. The damage was done, and the face of the lands were changed, tarnished with dark magics and uncounted deaths, hence it's new moniker of the "Black Lands."

What could arguably be called the greatest settlement in history followed next, as millions of Germans poured across the border, thus dubbed Donauschwaben, settling the newly gained lands of the Empire. Greeks too, settled to the north, albeit still sharing lands with large Turkish settlement in places like Thessaloniki (Salonika), and the Bulgars slowly pushed back into their lands with support from their Polish benefactors. The Turks, however, have by and large become a "great minority" disliked by all but mostly remaining out of spite and tenacity. Some have treked to Anatolia, but for the most part they remained out of lack of options. Since then, a new generation has emerged, and with populations swelling, a demographic crisis looms especially within the heavily settled Kingdom of Greece.

The lands have been repaired with environmental techniques from Grantville, and in some cases improved, with slash-and-burn techniques enhanced with nitrogen-base fertilizer. Maiz fields spread across the Pannonian Plain, and biodiesel from the lands fuels the Automobils that range across the Kaiserstrasse stretching from Vienna to Constantinople. Iron roads that steel chariots race across at lightning speeds connect people and trade from Budapest and Athens, and life, for once, is good in the Black Lands.

@Theravis​
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