The Corona Classic Ep. 2: The Second Wave (A nebulous Europa Universalis Game)

[Mute]

THE THIRTEEN COLONIES
-Gem of the new world-

IN OH SO GREAT 1545
GODS COUNTRY WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE OH SO GLORIOUS
NEW WORLD

OUR DESTINY IS TO FREE THE SAVAGES
OF THE NEW WORLD AND TEACH THEM OF
GODS WAYS

GOD BLESS AMERICA THE THIRTEEN COLONIES​

 

[keiiou]

when that italian feller that you helped form sardinia piedmont for free and also freely let take papal state lands and his french friendie declares sudden war on you without communication and you're dragged into a long conflict that leads to economic disarray, loss of spanish lands and the beginning of the destruction of your colonial empire by getting your crown jewel nation sieged down totally by rebels and pushed to a high liberty desire while you're left with little to no military capacity

yep we truly are gaming

first time?

exiled to Africa, bereaved of our identity and homeland
all of our attempts to crawl back to greatness was cut down
now we desperately attempt to hold onto the impoverished lands we call home, waiting for the next war to devastate our people
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[cns - he/him/his]

ghostkringe

 

[Mute]

hey guys remember poland

 

[Mendel]

January 2, 1593​

The session at a glance

Next session's schedule

 

[Dallas]

THE SAGA - PART III

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Kejserliga Hertiggången av Sverige
IMPERIAL DUCHY OF SWEDEN
1594

KARL IX SJÖBLAD
-LIBERATOR OF NORWAY-

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Imperial Duke Karl IX was forced into a territorial crisis in 1533; the failing power of the Danish crown had led to a militaristic faction seizing control of Copenhagen - this junta sought to restore their union with Norway and launched an invasion with the assistance of the Dutch Republic of Gelre.

Karl triggered a regional conflict, violating treaties with many nations to directly intervene, marching his army into Norway to secure its lands against the Danish invaders. A combined force of Danish and Wittelsbach-supporting Norwegian lords were defeated at the Battle of Romsdal, soon after the capital of Oslo would fall to the Swedish - and the Danish navy would be defeated at the Battle of Stavengar. The War of Danish Incursion ended in 1539 and, under the conditions of victory, Sweden was granted dominion over all of Northern Norway.

During this time, Karl established stronger ties to his western ally of Great Britain, granting them an embassy equal only to the Prussian consulate - and allowed a regiment of 1000 British soldiers to exercise in joint-drills with the Swedish army.

In 1540, Karl IX passed the Röstakt - the Act of Voices. This established Sweden as a constitutional monarchy, creating the Riksdag. Stockholm and the surrounding estates were given representation, along with Kalmar, Skane and Riga.

In 1544, while surveying new Norwegian territories and making alliances with local lords, Karl IX died under suspicious circumstances. He is believed to have been murdered by his brother, Prince Erik.

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ERIK XIV SJÖBLAD
-THE CONQUEROR OF CROWNS-

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Crowned in Stockholm in 1544, Erik ruled as an autocrat; his disdain for his brother's passage of the Röstakt was well known, and he attempted to dissolve the assembly several times over his reign, always coming away as unsuccessful. He spent much of his life in conflict with his ministers, and in disagreement with parliament. On many issues, he would simply hinder the Riksdag by refusing royal assent, often for years at a time.

Driven by these autocratic impulses, worsened by his natural paranoid state of mind, Erik ordered a purge of the Sami population of Lappland and Finnmark. The Samisktbrinnande, the Sami Burning, began in 1546 and lasted for 12 years. The rights granted to the Sami under Fredrick the Great were rescinded.

Determined to surpass his brother, Erik launched another invasion of his neighbours in 1549 - this time aiming to strike directly at Denmark in order to annex them completely, or to transform them into a supplicant state. The war began well; the Danish navy was soundly defeated, fleeing to the west of Jutland, while Danish forces captured Copenhagen. Convinced by the Danes that this would be a war of survival, and that the Swedes posed an existential threat to both kingdoms, the Norwegians joined with the Danes, combining their forces under the Odense Decree, a move of desperation, but one that surprised Erik. In the spring of 1553, as Swedish forces made the exposed crossing across the Danish Belts, towards Jutland, the Danish and Norwegian navies rounded on the Swedes - smashing the invasion fleet, leaving the Swedish armies split between Copenhagen and Jutland.

Erik relented following this defeat, and managed to negotiate a settlement; Copenhagen was incorporated into the Swedish realm and a treaty was signed declaring that Swedish expansion would now stop at the Belts and not advance into Jutland. Erik also promised to cease hostilities with Norway when his host was able to return to Sweden.

Upon his return to Sweden, in 1554, Erik ignored this agreement and marched north into the Norwegian kingdom. A brutal occupation would take place; Catholics in Norway were subjected to horrific persecution and torture on the personal orders of Erik, who often led his host into the countryside to raid and burn Norwegian towns and villages. After five long years of occupation, the Norwegian king fled abroad to the New World, and the War of the Crowns was over.

Without its cultural, political and economic centre, Denmark quickly found itself falling to pieces. Jutlandic nobles, fearful of a Swedish annexation, appealed to the Dutch Republic of Munster to protect their lands and titles. Munster's invasion of Denmark swiftly saw Jutland in the hands of the Dutch-Germanics, while Sweden seized the Danish crown, allowing the Danes to oversee a handful of islands in the belts, under Swedish administration. Denmark, as it had been known for centuries, ceased to exist by 1562.

After years of conflict, Erik spent the twilight of his life in the former Norwegian crown residence in Bergen, a castle from which he had directed the atrocities during the Norwegian occupation. He would die of tuberculosis in 1563.

GUSTAV IX SJÖBLAD
-THE PIOUS-

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Ascending to the throne at 12 years old, Duke Gustav II ruled through his councillors; Swedish and Prussian nobility, with ties to the Slavic court of the Russian Tsar. These puppet masters manipulated young Gustav to granting further powers to the Riksdag and to commit Sweden to the Protestant League - a move that the more isolationist Erik never would have made.

By 1565, the religious tensions in Europe has reached a boiling point; with most great Catholic powers fallen from grace, the split now appeared to run between Lutherism Protestants and Calvinists. This split divided France and Anglican Britain from the Holy Roman Empire, east from west. The empire itself was severely reduced in its ability to defend against encrounching forces from Sardinia, France and Britain as the emperorship passed between what few Catholic city states still held on to their antiquated beliefs.

It was no secret that the Prussian King Friedrich-Wilhelm I, who has usurped control of the militant Protestant League, desired control of the empire - believing that it was his sacred mission to restore authority to the imperial realm. With he support of a vast coalition of reformed and protestant states, Prussia launched a rapid invasion of Munster, Nassau, and a handful of other Catholic faithful. Spain, who was still staunchly Catholic, declined to assist the Pope's call for aid, invested in the wealth and power of the New World.

The War of Reformation would end after only one year - and would transform the landscape of the empire; Sweden was rewarded for its invasion of Munster with the lands of Jutland, finally uniting all of Scandinavia under Swedish rule. For this honour, Gustav II was granted the symbolic title of Prins av Skandinavien - the Prince of Scandinavia.

As expected, Friedrich-Wilhelm I was anointed as Holy Roman Emperor in 1569, soon to be followed by the admission of all Scandinavian land into the Holy Roman Empire.

In 1571, Gustav caved to the demands of Norwegian aristocrats and granted Oslo a seat in the Riksdag. Over the following decade, Sweden's military advisors would observe the endless Prussian Wars of Authority - a highly sophisticated series of regional interventions against kingdoms within the empire, redrawing borders, creating smaller kingdoms, and ultimately strengthening the emperor's authority.

By 1579, the need for conformity, and obedience to the emperor, demanded that Sweden make a series of changes to its religious doctrine; away from Calvinism and towards Prussian Lutheranism. The price of such a move would be high, but necessary in order to strengthen the Swedish standing in the empire. The Dyrkan Declaration made the conversion of Sweden known across Europe - and so began the War of the Cross, with Gustav fleeing with his court to Protestant Skane, fearing his assassination by zealots in the capital. News of Gustav's flight, and the internal strife within the kingdom, was suppressed - foreign trade was restricted to the south and Danish Belts, while the Swedish crown fought a campaign of brutality across the interior of the country.

Conversion of towns and cities across Sweden would be carried out by armed hosts - who would first attempt to convince locals, then deploy force if they were met with resistance. Thousands died in the years that followed the Dyrkan Declaration, all to strengthen the power of a continental ruler. In return for this act, Gustav was rewarded by the emperor and made Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

Over the course of the religious troubles, Sweden had expanded its military substantially; creating a vast system of levies and command based on the Prussian model. These tactics had been tested on the peasants and minor rebel houses of Finland and Norway, and across the Swedish heartland, but by 1583 the army was deemed ready to face continental forces - and so Sweden committed 40,000 troops to the Imperial punitive interventions against rogue princes across the west of the empire - delivering swift victory and standing as an advanced and steadfast ally to Prussia, who was now feared and respected across Europe.

A decade on, and by 1593 the Prussians had fought to a stalemate against France and the newly formed Italy in the War for Spanish Naples, and Sweden now found itself no longer able to cater to both east and west. A decision was made by the court - Britain's permanent ambassador in Stockholm, along with the embassy and its garrison, would be dismissed. Time and time again, the ideals, interventions and practices of the western alliance had upset the rightful balance of power in Europe, and the English Empire now stood as global hegemon, threatening the tsar, the emperor and all who bow to them. The kings and dukes of Sweden had seen the decline of France, and knew what become of those who found themselves indebted to Great Britain - such a fate would be avoided for Sweden, and fought however possible.

The time had come to commit, as a kingdom, as a people, to the continental interests of Sweden and her allies. At the cost of so much, Sweden now stands on the brink of greatness.

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[afric]

decline of France

the Prussians had fought to a stalemate against France

 

[Dallas]

baby france needs italy's help otherwise it would have been franco-prussian war 200 years early

 

[afric]

baby france needs italy's help otherwise it would have been franco-prussian war 200 years early

one on one me dallas let's see what happens

 

[Dallas]

one on one me dallas let's see what happens

im not a great power

but italy and france are 2 great powers against 1 great power in prussia smh

 

[afric]

im not a great power

but italy and france are 2 great powers against 1 great power in prussia smh

spain and prussia against northern italy and france

hoes mad

 

[Mendel]

THE BRITISH EMPIRE
1593

The Thirteen Colonies
1533 - 1542​

With his ascension to the throne seventeen years prior, Henry VII Lancaster set out to forge a colonial empire across the Atlantic. Starting with the founding of a united colony in Eastern America, which came to be named "The Thirteen Colonies" after its original members, Henry began to spread British domain along the coasts of this new land. Adopting a largely democratic system of government only subject to the crown, the first colonies in New York and Virginia saw widespread success at providing valuable raw materials and goods back home in England.

Henry's aspirations and pragmatic colonial policies would bring the nation into conflict with its former ally Portugal, which had been rendered to a Spanish rump state a decade prior. Sensing a weakness within the Portuguese administration and an unwillingness to intercede from Spain, Henry began a year-long blockade of the Portuguese colonies in the Caribbean, along with a military expedition into the province of Porto. Annexing the Portuguese colonial charter and declaring it part of the British West Indies, Spain agreed to hand over the province of Gibraltar, stipulating that British influence remained outside of mainland Portugal.

The king encouraged colonization amongst his subjects, offering copious titles of land and charters for individuals and companies that agreed to sail to the New World. Crown colonies continued to expand along with British trade influence on the continents, opening vast markets to the new Triangular Trade the Age of Exploration had sparked.

Henry the Navigator
1542 - 1551​

With virtually no navy to challenge its hegemony over the seas, Britain continued to enjoy a period of interest in exploration into the unknown. Henry VII, known amongst the people as Henry the Navigator, spearheaded this movement, wishing to challenge the British people to discover the true depths of the unknown. Seeking a "Northwest Passage" westward to India, the king dispatched Sir Walter Raleigh, a renowned explorer, and a fleet of modified caravels to find this fabled body of water. Coming back empty-handed, the king was furious, commanding a new fleet to head south around the Cape of Good Hope.

This voyage, led by Raleigh and other now famous explorers, set sail in 1545 and was eagerly awaited back home. However, the ships were never sighted again. Although it was eventually discovered that the ships had established communications in Japan, China, and India, and even to the British port of Cape, it was lost at sea somewhere inbetween the southern tip of Africa and the British islands of Cape Verde. It is believed that a group of hostile Moroccan privateers attacked the fleet, marooning the first true circumnavigators of the globe for death.

Outraged at this failure, the king ordered another fleet set sail, this time led by Henry Hudson, who was involved with the search for the Northwest Passage years before. After setting sail, the fleet sailed past the tip of South America, passed through the Pacific, and eventually returned to London after a short stop in Cape Verde. The prestigious "First Circumnavigation of the Globe" in 1550, as it came to be called, garnered support for Britain's claims to the seas, and established it as an ever-present colonial hegemon.

The last years of Henry's reign saw the establishment of a larger West African charter, wresting control of the gold mines of Mali from its inhabitants.

Beyond the Cape
1551 - 1560​

Succeeding his father Henry, William Henry IV ascended to the throne at the age of seven in 1551. Led largely by a regency council and the queen-regent Sandra di Savoia, this brief but eventful period saw the colonization of various islands within the Indian Sea. With his coming of age, William chartered a port in the Bengal region of India, along with annexing parts of the Majaphit sultanate in Indonesia.

Despite only having a limited presence in the East Indies, British merchants began working in the spice trade, opening a direct link between the British Isles and the Spice Islands. This, along with the gold found in West Africa, contributed to Britain's rise to economic power in this period.

The Northern Expeditions
1560 - 1569​

Wishing to continue the search for the now legendary Northwest Passage, William dispatched several expeditions led by Henry Hudson to America to find the mythical body of water. Henry Hudson's last voyage would ultimately come searching for this passage to no avail. Despite never finding a Northwest Passage, the discovery of the Bay of Hudson, named after the explorer himself, created a renewed interest in the northern frontier of North America. This interest ultimately led to the establishment of Newfoundland, a permanent colony in the Canadian region.

In 1568, Britain declared war against the Indian sultanate of Orissa, annexing its lands in the Bengal Delta and Cuttack in an attempt to expand its trade power abroad.

Times of Trouble
1569 - 1582​

Still recovering from its various wars and expansion, Great Britain was plunged into a time of turmoil following its wars in India. Dealing with a pretender to the throne back home and several nationalist rebel groups, the British Royal Army saw its forces drawn increasingly thin across its vast empire. Dealing with logistics issues, the Royal Navy saw the loss of one of its main battle fleets, devastating the relief efforts previously intended for East Asia. With no support arriving, the British settlements that had been conquered in India and Indonesia fell to separatist factions, temporarily removing them from the realm.

The situation was further complicated with a war in Europe, the War of Italian Unification against Tunis. Deciding its situation too dire to commit forces, Britain instead opted to fund the French and Italian armies against its enemy, as well as issue a diplomatic warning for the Ottoman Empire, a long-term supporter of Tunis, not to intervene. In the meantime, Britain used its funds to fight back its rebel outbreaks, slowly but surely reinstalling British control on its overseas possessions.

This period of strife would eventually come to in an end with an increase of self-governance across the empire as the king passed laws to give Parliament more powers.

Sun Never Sets
1582 - 1588​

In 1585, British colonists landed on a previously unknown land, now called "Australia." Establishing a crown colony in the region, aided by its merchants from Indonesia, the unknown continent was explored and noted for any potential resources it could provide. Making it a short-term priority to expand the colony, William also ordered for an expansion of British Bengal, adding the province of Fathabad to his domain.

On March 4, 1587, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland declared itself the British Empire. Now emperor of the Britons, William Henry began making plans for his eventual successor, given his age. By the time of his death, William had created an empire spanning across Earth, spreading so wide that the sun was always above a territory of Britain; the sun truly never set on the British Empire. Emperor Ernest I Augustus rose to the thrown on November 7, 1588, assuming the mantle of the British Empire and pledging to establish it as the greatest empire the world has ever seen.

Stronger than the Sword
1588- 1593​

The Italian Wars of Unification saw the Conquest of Naples against Spain, where Britain's allies France and Italy were plunged into conflict with its long-term colonial rival. Seeking to instill a balance of power, Great Britain assumed a publicly neutral position, but send copious amounts of arms and aid to both its allies. As the war complicated with the entry of Prussia, Britain's diplomats began to converse privately with the German emperor about a peaceful solution. Eventually reaching an agreement, the British government handed over a lump sum of money in return for a peace agreement between Prussia and Italy.

Amidst the struggle, Britain's former long-term ally Sweden, which it had helped conquer Denmark and Norway with, revoked the century-old embassy in Stockholm and shut down diplomatic channels with the country. Considering himself lucky to rid his nation of a toxic alliance,

With its troubled past behind her, Britain is in a position to seize control of the lucrative trade in the East Indies, establish a British presence across the globe, and force her will upon any who object.

 

[the last man]

The Samisktbrinnande

Very cool except this one word which is very weird. Best way to describe what this means is ”(something) burning in a sami way / fashion” but a bit funky on the grammar

what you’d probably want instead is something like Samebranden or Samebrännandet which are ”the sami fire” and ”the sami burning”

 

[friendly]

oirat looking kinda thicc though

 

[Mute]

Closest day we have is wednesday I believe, where only oxy cant make it, all other days are also occupied

Its 3 more weeks until the new DLC drops and we have a new game so we prob wont make it very far

 

[Mendel]

THE STATE OF THE WORLD
1593​

THE GREAT POWERS
S+ Tier
Ottomans
Boasting the largest army in the world, the Ottoman Empire's forces are matched only by its fierce rival - Russia. With a majority of its expansion routes now cut off, it will be forced into conflict with its more powerful neighbors, inviting the conflict the Ottomans have dedicated so much toward avoiding.
Russia
Second only to the Ottomans, Russia enjoys a vast manpower pool and an extraordinary standing army. Relatively unopposed in taking Poland-Lithuania and expanding its borders into Siberia, it now finds itself wishing for more power than before.

S Tier
Great Britain
With an empire on which the sun never sets, the British Empire is truly the hegemon of the seas, wresting control of them with a navy ten times the size of any other comparable force. Trading its sword for coin, Britain will pay top dollar to avoid any unwanted conflicts and further its operations in both America and East Asia.

A Tier
Spain
Despite being diplomatically isolated, the Spanish Empire is nothing to scoff at- still reeling from its defeat at the hands of France and Italy, it now seeks for revenge. With its vast colonial empire behind it, Spain can cause considerable damage to any who stand against her.
Italy
Proving itself on the world stage in its war against Spain, Italy is truly the economic center of Europe- bringing in trade from both the merchants of Genoa and Venice, the newly created nation state seeks to further its influence in the region and complete its unification of Italy.

B Tier
France
Recovering from its harsh history, France now finds herself in a prime position to help cast their power across Europe - with the right diplomacy, it has carved itself an impressive kingdom despite its setbacks.
Prussia
With the most powerful military in the world, Prussia's size is irrelevant - punching far above its weight, it was able to take on the forces of both France and Italy to a stalemate. Now growing its power base in the Holy Roman Empire, the Prussian Emperor can cast his shadow across the entirety of Europe.

C Tier
Sweden
Resolving its conflicts primarily through diplomacy up to this point, Sweden now finds itself in an interesting position - it is surrounded on all sides by great powers, and has decided to align itself with the eastern powers. With an impressive military for its size, Sweden stands to continue to grow its the Baltic.
Japan
Relatively isolation, the Japanese state has now been unified under the shogun, and prepares itself to grow drastically. Forming an alliance with Russia, Japan can now easily carve up the former Ming Empire in its collapsed state.
Mamluks
Largely an Ottoman puppet state, the Mamluks have been assembled into a loyal ally for the Ottoman Sultan. Maintaining some independence, the Mamluks have not done much in the way of expansion since losing the Levant to the Turks, but stand to spread down the African coastline to establish a renewed power base in the region.

D Tier
Tunis
The former Genoese state succumbed to Islam, forcing it to convert and assume the identity of the previous Tunisian state. Being kicked out of Europe by the now-unified Italy, Tunis has aligned itself with the Ottomans, rendering it as a buffer state between the Turks and Europeans in Iberia.
Thirteen Colonies
Still a subject to the United Kingdom, the Thirteen Colonies has been propped up by its colonial overlord, however to much dismay. While there is still loyalty to the crown, the people grow tired of being subject to the British.​

 

[uncle kev]

I could do tonight

 

[Mute]

GOD BLESS THE USA OORAH OORAH

NUMBER ONE WORLD POWER

FUCK FRENCH FROGS FREE LOUISIANA

FUCK THE BRITS

OOOOOOOOORAAAAAAAAAAAAAH​

 

[keiiou]

 

[uncle kev]

Ew that isn’t how the game ended