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1Steam Revolution
2Players; Red: The Society/DM
3 Blue: French Empire |HoS: Emperor Louis-Napoleon
4 Teal: Union State |HoS: General John McAllister
5 Purple: German Empire |HoS: Kaiser Adalbert I von Hohenzollern
6 Yellow: Empire of Al-Qadaf |HoS: Sultan Abdulkarim V
7 Orange: Italian State |HoS: Consul Giuseppe Garibaldi
8 Green: Ottoman Empire |HoS: Sultan Abdulhamid II
9 Pink: British Empire |HoS : Queen Victoria I
10 Gray: Austria HoS: |Kaiser Franz Ferdinand I
11 LB: Denmark-Norway |HoS: King Christian XII
12 DG: Tsardom of Russia |HoS: Tsar Aleksandr III
13 Brown: Empire of Mexico |HoS: Emperor Maximillian II of Mexico.
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15Timescale: Each year will make up 12 months. 1 month = 1 income cycle.
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17http://imgur.com/a/TfRGR
18See above link for world map and nation descriptions.
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21TL;DR:
22Granada does not get annexed by Castille, proceeds to resurge and form the Empire of Al-Qadaf, annexing Northern Spain as Europe fights over the War of Spanish Succession
23Ottoman Empire defeats the Austrians in the 18th century and annexes Croatia-Dalmatia, loses territory to Russia as historically occured.
24The Austro-Hungarian compromise is not signed, and Austria continues to be wracked by rebellions and terrorism, culminating in Franz Josef's assassination
25Neo Steam Engine sees the profileration of advanced weapons, ships, aircraft and vehicles by 1890 worldwide.
26Denmark-Norway defeats Sweden and takes Finland and the Baltic, and by 1898 is on the verge of uniting Scandinavia
27Monopolisation of trade with Al-Qadaf in the early 20th century leads to Britain becoming the 2nd most prosperous nation and a golden age for their Empire.
28Electricity is discovered by Nikola Tesla, but is dismissed in favour of the Steam Engine
29Instead of Napoleon, a German general takes over and tries to unite the German people but is defeated in 1812. Anschluss between Austria and the Reich
30forbidden.
31Venice annexes several Italian states in the 1500s, annexes Genoa in the 1700s, declares an Italian Republic, and proceeds to spend the next 100 years uniting Italy, before reforming into a monarchy that is overthrown by a military coup in 1895.
32Destruction of New York City in a great accident in 1892 and sends the Union State into an economic depression
33Mexico annexes it's pre 1848 territories from the Union and establishes a Confederate puppet state with French help
34Franz Josef is killed by a Polish terrorist. Franz Ferdinand inherits in 1897 and announces plans to reform the Austrian Empire.
35Various Hyperindustrialised cities known as Engine Cities (for their extreme use of Steam Engines) form during the early 19th century in Al-Qadaf, and the Ottoman Empire. These cities soon spread to Western Europe by 1890.
36Oda Nobunaga is not assassinated, and proceeds to, with the help of Tokugawa Ieyasu win the Battle of Sekigahara and become Shogun.
37Spanish refugees fleeing the Granadan invasions of the 16th and 18th centuries see the formation of the Empire of New Spain in the West, which collapses
38in 1765 into the states of Mexico, Centroamerica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, La Plata and Brasil
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40Timeline
411468: Arab scholar and engineer Hassan bin Al-Qadaf emigrates from the Mamluke Sultanate to the Emirate of Granada on invitation from the Granadan Emir to construct fortifications within the Emirate
421482: Granada War begins in Iberia.
431485: Castillian artillery, of which the Spanish were already short of, captured at the Battle of Algeciras. Siege of Malaga repelled with captured artillery
441486: Fall of Cordoba to Granadan forces, aided by troops from Morocco
451487: Signing of the Treaty of Olvera
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4716th Century
481501: Death of Hassan bin Al-Qadaf
491523: Granadan Resurgence begins, 2nd Granadan war ensues, Toledo conquered
501525: Defeat of the united forces of Castille, Aragon-Navarra and Portugal at the Battle of Valencia.
511526: Signing of the Treaty of Cadiz
521545: The majority of Italian states, with the exception of German-ruled Tirol, leave the Holy Roman Empire
531567: Venice conquers Milan and Parma, whilst reducing Genoa to a shadow of it's former self in the Po River War
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5617th Century
571600: Battle of Sekigahara, Oda Nobunaga defeats the rival daimyos who oppose him with the support of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Japan reorganised as new fiefdoms are made and old ones partitioned. Implementation of the Sankoku policy, where Japan refuses to trade with outsiders.
581690: First use of the steam engine in the city of Toledo, which had been conquered by Granada in the Resurgence of 1523, Venice loses the last of it's Balkan holdings to the Turks.
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6018th Century
611700-1701: Great Northern War begins, alongside the War of Iberian succession. The United Crowns of Iberia, Holy Roman Empire and England would fight France and the Netherlands to determine whether a Habsburg, or Bourbon would rule Northern Iberia. Meanwhile, the Swedish Empire, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Tsardom of Russia would engage in a three way battle as the conflict spreads to Poland as well.
621703: Granadan conquest of the North African coast west of Tunis.
631705: Morocco submits to Granada as a vassal state
641707: Moroccan rebellion crushed by Granadan troops. Morocco annexed.
651708: Formation of the Empire of Al-Qadaf, named in honour of the man who allowed Granada to survive the Granadan War (referred to as Kadath by Europeans)
661711: Al-Qadaf invades the United Crowns of Iberia, turning the War of Iberian succession into a three way conflict.
671712: Al-Qadaf troops fortify themselves on the Pyreenes, whilst maintaining control of the Mediterranean through an uneasy pact with the Barbary Corsairs
681714: Signing of the Armistice of Utrecht between the Grand Alliance (Iberia, HRE, England) and the French and Dutch, both sides agree to a pact to drive the Al-Qadaf Empire from Iberia.
691716: Franco-Dutch-Alliance forces beaten back at the Pyreenes Miracle, beleguared Empire of Al-Qadaf sues for peace. Unsure whether victory will be possible, the signatories of the Armistice of Utrecht sign the Treaty of Bordeaux with the Empire of Al-Qadaf on December 30th
701717: Formalisation of the borders agreed upon at the Treaty of Bordeaux Al-Qadaf annexes the entirety of Iberia save Catalonia, where Louis XIV's grandson is made King of Catalonia in exchange for being disqualified from the line of succession
711721: Tsardom of Russia formally surrenders to combined Polish and Swedish forces. Sweden annexes St.Petersburg and Karelia, but pays a terrible cost in both manpower and wealth to win the war
721722: Taking advantage of Swedish weakness, and Danish dominance of the Skaggerak, the Scandinavian Conflict begins. Danish troops land in Helsinki.
731724: Denmark annexes Northern Finland, as well as the Baltic from the Swedes. Venice formally annexes Genoa, and declares a Republic of Italia.
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751751: Steam engine gains rapidly in popularity within the Empire of Al-Qadaf.
761773: Signing of the Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca between the Ottoman Empire and Tsardom of Russia.
771778: Jannisaries overthrow Sultan Selim III and replace him with 9th son from his 2nd wife, aged 13, as Sultan Abdulhamid I.
781779: Miraculous victory at the battle of Belgrade by Ottoman forces. Austrians pushed back across the Danube.
791780: Ottoman defeat in the Battle, and concurrent Siege of Sevastopol. Grand Vizier Koca Yusuf Pasha captured.
801781: Treaty of Sistova, Ottoman Empire annexes Croatia-Dalmatia from Austria.
811782: Treaty of Iasi, Ottoman Empire cedes lands East of Bessarabia to Russia. Italia annexes Tuscany, Romagna and Lucca in the Peninsular War.
821786: Steam Revolution occurs within the Empire of Al-Qadaf.
831789: German Revolution. Led by the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg-Prussia, the German states, with the exception of Baden, Wurttemburg and Bavaria
84form the German Empire.
851791: The Bruderkrieg begins, Austrians smashed by combined North German forces at the battle of Austerlitz.
861792: Austria allows Baden, Wurttemburg and Bavaria to join the German Empire. Austria itself is barred from entry to the union so long as it maintains it's non-German territories
871798: Pan-Germanism spreads throughout the newly formed German Empire
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8919th Century
901805: Pan Germanist coup led by Karl von Klausewitz sees Wilhelm I reduced to a puppet. Great German War begins as the German Reich declares war on Austria.
911806: Austrian forces repel the Germans at the Second Battle of Austerlitz.
921807: Coup within the Austrian Landwehr sees Franz II of Austria deposed and replaced by incapable son Ferdinand I. Austria and Bohemia joins the German Reich in perpetual union. Beginning of the Italian War of Unification, fought between Italia and the Kingdom of Naples
931808: Klausewitz invades France, Russia and Denmark-Norway with the intention of annexing Poland, the Baltic, Alsace-Lorraine and St.Petersburg.
941809: The Triple Alliance is formed between the defenders. Formation of the Neo Steam Engine in Al-Qadaf, the new Capital of the Empire of Al-Qadaf
951811: Russia capitulates to the German Reich
961812: Karl von Klausewitz defeated and forced to resign post as Chancellor by Franco-Danish forces at the Battle of Hannover.
971813: Karl von Klausewitz takes over as Chancellor of the German Reich yet again. French, Danish and British forces are sent to depose him yet again
981814: Karl von Klausewitz defeated by Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo in Flanders as he marches to Calais to intercept British troops before they arrive in force. Italia formally unites after the Vatican Accords are signed.
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1001815: Congress of Konstantiniyye sees the German Empire reduced to it's post 1792 borders. Austria and Bohemia are banned from anschluss with Germany in perpetuity. Danes cede Schelswig-Holstein to the German Empire but gain trade concessions in the Baltic from Russia, Sweden and Germany. Official end of the HRE. Holy Roman Emperor Franz II is restored to the Austrian throne and crowned Franz I of the Austrian Empire. The partition of Poland is renegotiated, with borders swapped, mainly between the Reich and Russia. Concert of Europe established, with the balance of power mainly put on ensuring the strength of states surrounding Germany.
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1021822: Neo Steam Engine spreads from Al-Qadaf to the rest of Europe, save Russia and the Balkans.
1031831: Establishment of the Engine City of Algiers. The capital of Al-Qadaf moves from the Iberian Peninsula to North Africa accordingly.
1041844: First contact between the West and the Island Nation of Japan. Sankoku trade laws broken after Treaty of Peace and Amity between the Oda Shogunate and the Kingdom of France. Hungarians under Gyula Andrassy attempt to secede from Austria.
1051854: Establishment of the Engine City of Baghdad, as well as the Auspicious Incident.
106Auspicious Incident of 1854 leads to the disbandment of the Jannisary corps after Abdulhamid I's death at the age of 88 in 1853. Engine weapons smuggled in from Al-Qadaf see the Young Ottomans and their Cedit forces massacre the last Jannisaries in Istanbul.
1071855: Abdulmecid I officially coronated as Ottoman Sultan. Italian referendum leads to the establishment of the Doge of Venice as King of Italy.
108The Crimean War begins as Abdulmecid I, with Al-Qadaf support, attempts to revoke the Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca, as well as reconquer the Crimea.
1091857: Great Britain manages to be the first non-Muslim country to establish an Engine City as well as make diplomatic contact with Al-Qadaf over the Pyreenes for the first time in 100 years. A Scandinavian customs union begins, and talks of Scandinavian unification occur, though little progress is made. Crimean war ends with the Siege of Sevastopol. The Tsardom of Russia begins to be called the Sick Man of Europe due to it's inability to industrialise and adopt the Neo-Steam Engine.
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1111860:Bourbon Monarchy overthrown by Bonaparte General Louis-Napoleon who establishes the French Empire. Limited trade over the Pyreenes between Al-Qadaf
112and France see the slow implementation of Engine weaponry. Beggining of the American Civil War after attempted coup by Southern Senators to overthrow Lincoln end in him proclaiming himself Dictator.
1131861: France intervenes in Mexico and installs Maximillian I as Emperor of Mexico to ensure payment of debts owed by the Republic to Britain, Al-Qadaf and France are paid. Budapest riots occur, Franz-Josef refuses to negotiate, and sends in the troops
1141864: Engine weapons smuggled to the Confederacy from Al-Qadaf see the American Civil War turn in favour of the Confederacy. France begins conversion of Paris into an Engine City. Young Ottomans issue the Unity Proclamation, promising equal rights to the Greek, Slavic and Caucasian sections of the Empire
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1161865: The Treaty of Gettysburg sees the South secede from the Union. The Emperor of Japan issues a decree to expel all foreigners from the state. The Oda Shogun agrees, with the Europeans brutally expelled to cries of "REVERE THE EMPEROR, EXPEL THE BARBARIANS". Implementation of Reactionary policies by the Oda Shogunate begins, to great fanfare by the Northern Daimyo.
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1181868: With French and Austrian backing, the Empire of Mexico annexes the territories west of the Missisipi River from the Confederacy
119and annexes the West Coast of the Union. Beginning of the Boshin War. Reformist Daimyo in the South attempt to overthrow the Oda Shogunate. Without Imperial backing however, it is for naught as the general populace do not dare oppose the Son of Heaven that is the Emperor.
1201870: The Six Nations Alliance, consisting of Russia, Denmark-Norway, Germany, France, Britain and the Empire of Mexico intervenes in the Boshin War. A puppet Shogun is established and Japan's most prosperous coastal territories are split between the Great Powers.
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1221872: Baden-Wurttemburg designated as an Engine Industrial District known as the Black Forest. Engine weaponry becomes widespread, with France, Al-Qadaf and the Ottoman Empire maintaining the edge in weapons technology. French protectarate over Korea is established.
1231892: A secret engine experiment by American capitalists in New York City end in the Great Disappeareance. New York City and it's population of one and a half million are wiped off the map. Destruction of the New York Stock Exchange sends the North into a Great Depression.
1241893: Plans for conversion of Berlin into an Engine City is delayed due to protests from the constituent states of the German Reich. Tsar Nicholas II is assassinated.
1251895: The West India Company is established by the British Empire, for no discernable purpose whatsoever. The Italian Monarchy is overthrown by a clique of nationalist army officers after the Great Depression leads to the closing of several major American-based Italian firms.
1261897: Rumours begin to spread of a secret society of revolutionaries within the Darkest Corners of Europe, who hold considerable influence within Europe and are rumoured to havecaused the Great Disappeareance. Assassination of Kaiser Franz-Josef and his son by a Polish terrorist during a state visit to Lwow. Franz Ferdinand is crowned Kaiser Franz Ferdinand I, who promptly announces the reformation of Austria into a Danubian Confederation
1271898: Disagreements break out between the Six Nations Alliance over the question of annexing Japan. Italian and Polish Nationalists attempt to sabotage the formation of the Danubian Confederation. Nikola Tesla discovers how to harness electricity. His ideas are discouraged by Industrialist Thomas Edison in favour of Steam Technology