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United States of America E Pluribus Unum The election of 1912 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson Residence, Princeton, New Jersey, September 8th, 1912 Woodrow Wilson and his running mate Thomas Marshall stood in front of the window of Wilson’s study, looking out over the window. Marshall was in the middle of telling Wilson about his problems at home, tears in his eyes, when Wilson sighed, having had enough, he asked “Can we get back to politics?..” Marshall promptly sat down in his chair by the chess table, setting out a frustrated and somewhat depressed ‘please’. “Yo..” Wilson snapped his fingers as to grab his attention while he sat down. “Ev’ry action has an equal opposite reaction...” He said as he picked up a chess piece and moved it forth to knock over one of Marshall’s pieces. “William Taft shat the bed. I love the guy, but he’s in traction...” He grinned at Marshall, who looked a little less sad already, but frowned as Wilson picked another one of his pieces off the board. “Poor Eugene Debs? He.. Is missing in action… So now I’m facing-” Marshall moved forth one of his pieces. “Teddy Roosevelt..” “With his own faction...” Wilson concluded with a deep frown. Thomas Marshall clasped his hands “He’s very attractive in the north, New Yorkers like his chances..” Woodrow Wilson glared and set one of his pieces in place to strike Marshall’s ‘Teddy Roosevelt’ piece. “He’s not very forthcoming on any particular stances..” Marshall nodded at his “Ask him a question: it glances off, he obfuscates, he dances..” He said as he moved the piece away to a safe place again. Wilson hung his head back over the back of the chair, sighing deeply and grunting “And they say I’m a racist, at least they know I know what race he is...” Thomas Marshall stood up, pacing across the room. “Woodrow, that’s the problem, they see Roosevelt as a less extreme option..” “HA!” “You need to change course, otherwise this race is not won..” Wilson looked up to him “What did you have in mind?” “Don’t laugh..” “What?” Marshall squinted “We’re gonna write a paragraph...” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Second Reynolds Pamphlet - The Norton Pamphlet THEODORE ROOSEVELT tells the press about his big secret. An affair of which he informed the New York Times last night through a letter he delivered, much like first treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton did with the Reynolds Pamphlet from which Roosevelt presumably took inspiration. Theodore Roosevelt had a torrid affair. “The charge against me is a connection with one Richard Norton. For purposes of improper speculation. My real crime is an amorous connection with his wife for a considerable time, with his knowing consent. I had frequent meetings with her, most of them at my own house. During these visits, Mrs. Edith Roosevelt and our children, would be absent on a visit to her friend. [...] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Have you ever watched a man destroy his own life?” All over New York, Americans read the morning paper in shock… “Have you read this?” Was the most-heard thing on the streets. “Theodore Roosevelt had a torrid affair.. And he wrote it down right there!” said a man to his friend. “Damn!” the other replied after reading the article. “At his own house?!” A girl in her teens exclaimed before covering her mouth. “At his own house..” Her mother replied with slow nodding. In front of a kiosk stood a man reading the article out loud to a small crowd of passers-by. “...on a visit to her friend..” He repeated with a mumble. “Booo!” Exclaimed more and more people in the crowd. “Have you read this?!” “Have you read this?” asked Ellen Wilson to her husband as they walked through Princeton with Thomas and Lois Marshall. Woodrow and Thomas glanced to eachother with a brief smirk as Ellen Wilson read out the article. “Well he’s never gon’ be president now...” Lois muttered in disbelief. “Never gon’ be president now...” both Thomas and Woodrow said simultaneously with a grin. “Where is Roosevelt even?! Is he not around to give word to the press?” A shopkeeper in downtown manhattan asked a politician that read the New York Times. “I.. I don’t know.. He wasn’t home when people went to look for him this morning.. He probably fled the critique..” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mexico-US border, Fort Bliss, Texas, September 9th, 1912 Teddy Roosevelt had his typical grin on his face as he and his men rode into US army camp Fort Bliss. It’d been a long journey, by train to the southwest and then on horseback for the last part. But here they were. Everything had gone according to plan. Roosevelt knew that the army officials he was meeting today were sick of the government not doing anything against the Mexican bandits raiding Texas and New Mexico, so he’d taken the gamble to head to Texas, rally up a bunch of cowboys through his contacts, and meet with the army at the location they discussed, Fort Bliss. “Good afternoon folks!” Roosevelt cheered as he and his dozens of cowboys rode into the army camp. Hundreds of soldiers watched the iconic figure ride by and waved with big grins. The military had taken it upon themselves to garison the forts on the Mexican border, but they were afraid they’d get into an argument with congress. Then Roosevelt rang them and said he was on board. Now he was there, travelling from fort to fort to motivate the troops, take pictures for his campaign and rally cowboys and local farmers to his ranks to deal with those darn Mexicans like they did in the old days: with guns and horses. “Who’s ready to kick ‘em Mexicans back across the border?!” Roosevelt stayed in the southwest for a few weeks, nobody except his family, some close friends and some colleagues knew where he was, this was to be a suprise. Together with the army he made sure all the forts on the border got manned, that any bandito raid was met with gunshots straight away, that any attack on the US would be met with a counterattack and most importantly, that everyone knew it was him taking action, not Taft or Wilson, who sat around campaigning rather than protecting the nation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The White House, Washington DC, November 4th, 1912 The last speeches were given that day. Taft, Roosevelt and Wilson, all speaking to the press one last time to ask for support from the voters. Tomorrow, November 5th was election day. Taft was simply acting defeatist, his support had dwindled more and more over the last months, less Republicans supported him by the day, all switching the Progressive “Bull Moose” party, or even the Democrats. Though, not the Democrats as much anymore though. Wilson had been doing great in the polls until mid-September: The Wilson Newspaper Scandal. When Roosevelt returned from his trip to the Mexican border because he caught wind of the news of the affair that had spread about him, he was furious. He immediatly claimed it’d all been lies, and the government started an investigation. From the start, Roosevelt had had an alibi: he hadn’t been anywhere near New York when “Theodore Roosevelt” delivered his letter to the New York Times late at night. He had been in Texas, defending the states against the Mexican bandits. Within two weeks the pretender Roosevelt had been found, he truly looked like the presidential candidate. In the face of being sentenced to prison, he confessed that he’d been paid by Marshall and Wilson to deliver a fake letter to the New York Times; a measure taken by the democrats to kick Roosevelt out of the race and strengthen their position. It isn’t necessary to tell how badly said plan backfired. Now they stood in the White House, all four candidates. Most of the planned time went to Roosevelt and Wilson, with interest for Taft and thus the press’ interest for him being more moderate. There was also Eugene Debs, the presidential candidate for the Socialist party, but he had even less support, not many people wanted to hear from him all that much. The Democrats spoke out for tariff decreases, banking reforms, Philippine independence and Marshall’s “really good five cent cigar”. The Republicans spoke out for breaking up monopolies, less protectionist tariffs and “trust busting”. The Progressives spoke out for improved workers’ rights, universal sufferage for women, a social welfare programme, increased action against the Mexican agressions to protect the union, regulating monopolies and lastly, greater tapping of Alaskan resources. Then now, it is time to cast your VOTE! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actions -The military as well as a large quantity of cowboys are rallied to garison forts and outposts along the Mexico-US border to protect against the bandito's. [MOD] -Elections are held. [MOD]

United States of America E Pluribus Unum -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Times Square, New York City, January 1st, 1912 As the new year begins, President Taft takes the stage in Times Square, giving a speech. Not many listen with a lot of interest... Taft isn't all that popular, he was when Former President Theodore Roosevelt gave Taft his approval for the next Republican candidate, but the two men had slowly descended into open rivalry during Taft's presidency, due to his policies. Now a crowd of New Yorkers and other Americans stood before him, listening to his speech, or well.. Some listened, others were just celebrating the new year in front of the stage. There were a few men quite near to the front that DID listen though, a small clique of politicians... "Hey, is that Teddy Roosevelt?!" A drunk man standing close to one of the politicians suddenly yelled. Within seconds a large amount of people focused their attention on the clique of politicians- all of them were Republican progressives, Roosevelt in their center. "IT IS! HEY FOLKS! ROOSEVELT IS HERE!" Another voice yelled. "Franklin? The Senator?!" "NO! TEDDY ROOSEVELT!" were some of the more audible exclaims. Within seconds the crowd was no longer focused on Taft, who himself had halted his speech with a deep sigh, squinting at Roosevelt who grinned up at him. Within seconds, his grin faded though as reporters had already made their way to him.. This was what happened last months whenever Roosevelt found himself outside in his home state of New York. ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrfPvuNUBg8)) "Mister Roosevelt! Mister Roosevelt! We all know it, Taft is gonna lose! He's just defeatist! And Wilson?" "He's a racist!" A drunk man shouted, interrupting the reporter, though many bystanders nodded. "Yeah he's a supremacist!" Another person shouted. "I like mister La Folette.." "I don't agree with him!" "He seems approachable.." "Aye, like you could have a beer with him..." A man said sarcastically. The reporter had given up trying to ask his question as the crowd descended into arguing and chaos, but then, the crowd asked the reporter's question: "Dear mister Roosevelt, your fellow Americans would like to know who you'll be voting..." Roosevelt glanced to his friends "We should go home.." "Dear mister Roosevelt, William Taft doesn't stand a chance so who are you promoting?" "Now we should go home..." He said again, his friends and him making their way through the crowd towards their waiting car. "La Folette or Wilson? Tell us, tell us, tell us.." "La Folette or Wilson?! C'mon please tell us!" "Dear mister Roosevelt, William Taft doesn't stand a chance so who are you promoting?" They asked one more time before Roosevelt and his friends drove off and Taft was left on the stage without a crowd. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "1800 all over again." Said the headline of the New York Times the next day. Taft read it with a glare. "Just like the New Yorkers looked to Hamilton in 1800 to decide between Jefferson and Burr and endorse either of them since Adams was sure to loose, New Yorkers now look to former President Theodore Roosevelt to support either Republican Robert La Follette or Democrat Woodrow Wilson, as Taft is sure to be out of the picture by the end of the year." "That goddamn Roosevelt is screwing everything up! First he and his progressives clique of our party make it impossible for my administration to get any bills through congress and now he's going to screw up my re-election!" Taft shouted at his butler, his wife sitting next to him and frowning. "Calm down, William.." "NO! I will not calm down! La Follette isn't one to draw votes! If Roosevelt keeps going like this he's going to make the Democrats win with Wilson! The Democrats Helen! The party that almost never wins an election! It's gonna be a landslide!" "I'm sure a democratic victory with Wilson isn't realistic.. Let alone a landslide.." She said doubtfully. As the American politicians were busy tearing eachother into pieces, they had trouble making any progress in governing. Not much could be done against the Mexican banditos that were raiding Texas, no progress was made with better workers' conditions, no progress on the railroads, no foreign actions, nothing. The Taft administration tried to keep rowing with the peddles they had, the other half of the Republican party, most notably Roosevelt and his clique of progressives did everything they could to oppose Taft, meaning no work got done. And all the while Wilson and the Democrats were busy raking in the voters. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Town hall, Columbus, Ohio, June 8th, 1912 At the beginning of the campaigning season, in June, Taft and his supporters had a rally in Columbus Ohio. All of the Republican party was there, including good ol’ Teddy Roosevelt… Taft was in his element, these were his supporters! These were the people that’d vote for him, that believed the republicans had a chance and deserved another chance. He grinned and mumbled to himself “Talk less..” “TAFT!” The crowd cheered. “Smile more..” “TAFT!” “Don’t let them know what you’re against and what you’re for...” “TAFT!” He went to shake a factory owner from Cleveland’s hand “Shake hands with him..” “TAFT!” and then proceeded to make a quick flirt with the man’s wife. “Charm her..” “TAFT!” “It’s 1912, ladies tell your husbands: ‘Vote for Taft!’” “TAFT!” The crowd cheered along with him. Not all were there for Taft though, there was also a crowd surrounding Theodore Roosevelt and his friend Hiram Johnson. And still, the people asked him the same question. "Dear mister Roosevelt, your fellow Republicans would like to know how you'll be voting..." “I wish I was home..” He muttered to Johnson. "Dear mister Roosevelt, William Taft doesn't stand a chance so who’re you promoting?" “Please just hold on...” “La Follette or Wilson?” ”We know it’s lose, lose...” “La Follette or Wilson?” “If you had to choose, if you had to choose...” “If you had to choose, if you had to choose...” "Dear mister Roosevelt, William Taft doesn't stand a chance so who’re you promoting?" Finally, after being asked the same question for months, Roosevelt was sick of it. “Well then, if it ain’t gonna be Taft, for we all know the man’s daft..” Taft walked over to Roosevelt, having heard the commotion. “Theodore.. You’ve created quite a stir, sir..” Roosevelt glared at him. “I’m talking to the people, you boor..” “Sure.. You’re openly campaigning… That’s new...” Roosevelt snorted ”Aye, honestly it’s kinda draining…” Taft grunted “Is there any way to make you stop?” Roosevelt’s joking face turned to a serious one “No. I’m chasing what I want, the top..” People’s eyes widened, were they hearing this right? Was former president Roosevelt saying he was going to be running again, right in the current president’s face? “And you know what?” Roosevelt continued. Taft replied “What?” “I’ll make you drop...” Here and there, a soft ‘oof..’ or ‘ouch’ was heard in the otherwise silent crowd. Taft was furious. “You?! OLD MAN?! You’re ‘n old grandfather!” Teddy R. squinted “But still fit like a darn bull moose...” At that, Taft and his buddies stormed away. His supporters stood silent, confused as to what just happened. Roosevelt’s supporters cheered, the man himself grinning widely under his moustache. He had made his point. And he would be running for president again… Just liked that there was another candidate for the presidential elections. Roosevelt and his supporters split from the Republican party to form the Progressive party- which everyone called the “Bull Moose Party” after Roosevelt’s metaphor. Taft’s support dwindled further as the remaining republican supporters that looked to him or those that had looked to the democrats with Wilson, now looked to Roosevelt. Good old Teddy Roosevelt. He’d been a great president! Surely he’d do a great job again, right? Vote for Teddy Roosevelt and the Bull Moose party!

Trompsylvania Virtus libertas est, et independentiae Spring and Summer of 1602 Current Leader: Mr. President, Cornelis Tromp The independant colony of Trompsylvania had come through the winter just fine, stronger even. The economy, the population and the colony as a whole were growing. Their envoy back to Europe hadn't returned, but whatever happened to them, it mattered not, they didn't need Europe. They were independant after all! Eerste Amerikaense Waterwercken - First American Waterworks As spring came around, the colony went into it's second year of existance. As the frost in the ground melted, some colonists in the west of the colony began doing what dutchmen do best: digging a canal and building waterworks and polders. Around New Rotterdam, dykes were started on to keep the city dry at high tide or storm. These dykes were to continuously be upgraded over the years. Across the colony, lakes were dried out by digging ditches for water disposal and constructing windmills for pumping the water out of the lakes into the trenches. This provided more farmland and better irigation across the colony. A canal with a protective waterlock was started on to cut the Delaware peninsula off from mainland North America as a way to provide quick passage to the ocean, and most notably to the West India Company colony. Opening our pockets to the New World This canal to the WIC colony was of good use, since the trade proposal from their governor had been accepted by the President last fall, trade had started to flourish between the WIC and Trompsylvania, adding to the colony's income. The WIC wasn't the only new trading partner though. White Port, a colony that was believed to be from Turkey, otherwise known as the Ottoman empire, had settled some ways to the north, a bit past Nieuw München. While the Dutch sailors had initially found White Port weird, both because of it's name- which was changed to "Wittehaven" in the books, and because it was a muslim colony, the sailors had no problem with the small Islamic territory as soon as they heard about the issue they were facing: a lack of food, something that Trompsylvania had in excess by coincidence. Quickly an agreement was made between the two colonies, Trompsylvania would ship Wittehaven large quantities of food in return for a healthy profit. "Entrepreneurship is seeing what everyone sees and doing what nobody else does." Tekeni ronkwe, enhskat kanónhsa - Two men, one house The christmas delegation up north to the Haudenosaunee confederacy was a succes! The colonists made friends with the natives, staying with them for a while to learn about their language and culture as well as way of life. One of them had focused on learning the languages of the Haudenosaunee - the people of the longhouse, also known as the Iroquois, and speaking with them in a way both sides understood had become much easier. After a few months back with their families in Trompsylvania, the President sent the delegation back north again in the summer, bringing with them some more gifts like beer, a map of all of the known world and more. This second delegation had a clear goal: they had learned about the confederacy the Haudenosaunee had formed, as well as their peaceful way of life. While the dutchmen of Trompsylvania weren't interested in joining the confederacy, they were very much so interested in peace. The delegation was to ask for a pact of non-agression, as well as to teach the Iroquois about Western civilization, and to learn from the Iroquois about life in America. Trade between the Haudenosaunee and Trompsylvania is also proposed. Protestant League The Protestant League is founded between the Protestant colonies of Trompsylvania, the West India Company, Neu Brandenburg and Vinland. This league is to preserve peace as best as possible in the American northeast coast. It is not an alliance, nor a single nation. It is an organisation of protestant colonies for mutual benefit and protection. Rules of the Protestant League: 1. No hostile actions can be taken against other members of the league. This rule is only in place while the Pax Protestantes is enacted. 2. Members of the league will respect one anothers landclaims. If a member believes claims might overlap, it will be sorted out in the form of negotiations rather than conflict. 3. Navies belonging to league members are allowed to dock whenever needed in ports of league members. Likewise, armies belonging to league members are allowed to pass through league lands whenever needed. 4. In any foreign policy, league members will always put protestants first, catholics and orthodox second and 'pagans' third. 5. League members can aid eachother if a league member is being attacked by a foreign power and is thus fighting a defensive war. They are not bound to do this, it is optional. 6. League members cannot join one another in offensive wars simply because they are in the league. Individual alliances are required for this. 7. The only religions allowed within the league or to join the league are forms of Protestantism and Reformism. Catholics, Orthodox or orther forms of christianity as well as 'pagan' religions cannot join the league. If a member of the league changes their religion to one not allowed in the league, their membership is ended immediatly by default. 8. The Pax Protestantes can only be enacted or repealed if 50% or more of the league members agree to do so. ((OOC: It can also be ended by moderator intervention in extreme cases.)) Pax Protestantes: The Pax Protestantes, or "Protestant Peace", is enacted initially. This means that rule 1 of the Protestant League is enacted and that members of the league cannot take any hostile actions against one another. This includes but is not limited to: declaring war, embargoing, stirring unrest, covert actions of any kind, spying and conspiring against. If 50% or more of the league members of the league agree to do so, the Pax Protestantes may be repealed and/or re-enacted. Member Colonies: -Trompsylvania -West India Company -Neu Brandenburg -Vinland League Patron: The current League Patron is [TROMPSYLVANIA]. The League Patron represents the league and takes initiative in actions within the league. If 50% or more of the league members decide to do so, the League Patron may change. -Actions- AP = 0 current + 5 base + 3 from settlements + 5 (market) + 2 from 1 FUR + 1 from trade + 5 (From WHITE PORT) - 0 AP army upkeep - 0 AP navy upkeep = 21 AP FS = 1 base + 2 from farms + 2 from fertile lands - 1 (selling to WHITE PORT) = 4 FS Population modifier = 5% base + 0.1% from farms + 0.1% from fertile lands = 5.2% Population = 2147 * 1.052 = 2259 1 Militia 1 Small Freighter Trade relations with West India Company are accepted. [WHITE PORT] Men are sent to the Haudenosaunee to try form a pact of non-agression as well as teach them and learn from them in return. If the Haudenosaunee are willing, an alliance is to also be formed. [IROQUOIS/HAUDENOSAUNEE] The [NEU BRANDENBURG] defensive war against [HANSEONG] is joined. An explorer is sent southward with a ship to look for more colonies beyond Tromsylvania. [MOD] A second small envoy is sent back to Europe, more carefully this time, to tell how the colony was estblished. An attempt is made at- if permitted by the Dutch Republic (which is presumable), getting immigrants to come to Trompsylvania for the peaceful life in the adventurous faraway land of Amerika, the land of opportunity. Farmland is free, possibilities are endless and wealth and fame are there for the taking. [MOD] 20 AP is invested in expanding the market (Market II: 39/60 AP) 1 Militia is raised to head to [NEU BRANDENBURG] for support. They are to fight very conservatively, with casualty reduction standing above effectiveness.

Discord Name; U got it Nation of Choice (and why?); Federal Republic of the United States of America I don't know all that much about the US history from before ww1 so I'd like to sharpen my knowledge about the topic through this. Nation’s historical background leading up to 1912 (Would like a paragraph + here giving a full account of your nation's state at the moment. Particularly important if you want to apply for one of the Greater Powers); When the United States rebelled against Britain in their war of independance, the British had seen them not as a nation, but as a 'nation'... Sadly for the Americans, this view stuck with most European powers. Even now, well over a century later, and despite growing stronger in power, fighting the British in 1812, their Mexican neighbours on various occasions and even their southern half in the middle of the last century, the USA wasn't seen as something serious. Most Europeans simply knew it as 'the place where farmland is pretty cheap'. Now though, with the American Manifest Destiny coming to a halt and seeking a new aim, the 'nation' was ready to prove itself to the world. They didn't want to meddle in the rising tensions in Europe, but if they had to, they'd be ready. They'd be ready to take on the world they started to feel. No longer did they wish to be a 'nation'. Their stand was steady, their divisions no more, their nation strengthened and rebuilt. The home of the free was ready to spread it's freedom to the rest of the world. Nation’s Government Type and Leader/Party; Mr. President, William H. Taft from the Republican Party Any special characters you made and want to introduce?; not rn Nation’s relative army/navy statistics (If you can’t find any pm me); 153k active personnel Navy: 10 Dreadnoughts, 23 Pre-Dreadnoughts, 12 Armored Cruisers, 22 Protected Cruisers, 50 Destroyers, 23 Torpedo Boats, 18 Submarines. Did you read all the information?; yes. Montana Suggestions or feedback?; - ----~<{[O]}>~----

Trompsylvania Virtus libertas est, et independentiae Fall and Winter of 1601 Current Leader: Mr. President, Cornelis Tromp Autumn came fast after the summer. By then Tromp's colony was well settled within their new environment. New Rotterdam had become a proper settlement and farmers had began settling a large part of the Tjessepieck bay region. The harvest was good for the first one, and food was plentiful, something that was also due to there being less mouths to feed than expected... A disease had swept through the region, their kin in New Amsterdam had also suffered from it they knew. 63 people in Trompsylvania had died from it, which may not seem like much, but it certainly was for a little world that only counted about 2100 people. Cornelis Tromp was one of the many individuals that suffered from the disease, but luckily didn't die. Nevertheless the brave little colony, the home of the free, lived on. The few doctors they had, had learned from the disease and set to work finding a cure. Food and supplies were hoarded for the winter, the first snow fell soon. But then came a time to set aside the worries, and celebrate. First came the Dutch feast of Sint Maarten, or Saint Martin. Children from all over the little town of New Rotterdam went outside after dark with little lanterns, going from house to house, singing songs in return for candy. Then came the 5th of December, Sint Nikolaes' feest, Saint Nicholas' birthday. In great anticipation, children and teens awaited all day while they drank warm chocolate and tea, and ate speculaas cookies. Great anticipation, because they were worried Saint Nicholas maybe couldn't come to America. Perhaps he was too busy with Europe? They sang prayer-like songs at the fireplace, wishing for Saint Nicholas not to forget them. Then they heard it. A loud bang on the front door. The children went silent while the parents smiled softly and encouraged them to go look. When they opened the door they were faced with a bag of presents and a dark individual disappearing in the cold, snowy night. "Zwarte Piet! Zwarte Piet!" The kids called after him, hoping he'd maybe come back to give them something sweet, but to no avail. The next day children all over Trompsylvania showed eachother what Sint Nikolaes and Zwarte Piet had given them, playing with their kites, dolls, hoops or playingballs, all of them telling they believe they saw the Saint himself riding on his white horse through the night. Then finally came Christmas time, the feast to celebrate their saviour's birth and to share love and presents. A small band of people left the colony and rode their horses through the snow, taking presents with them to share with the Iroquois people up north. Surely they'd appreciate the share and care in this cold and dark time of the year, perhaps they could make some good friends. --- Amidst all the celebrations, Tromp was still recovering from the disease. He was worried, the doctor had told him he'd never fully recover, and his health would most likely remain weak. He'd survived for now, but the doctor couldn't guarantee for how much longer. This got Tromp to worry about the future of their small independant colony and the future of his people. He needed to secure a peaceful future for them. To make sure they would never lose their freedom to anyone. He had to establish a proper base for their nation, a safe one. He figured he could do this by starting with limiting his own power and that of his inevitable successors. Four years, that'd be the period of time their ruler would rule for. In four years you could make some progress, but not give yourself too much absolute power. It seemed good to him. He also decided to take the Republican Experiment to the next level. Not just the council should be able to vote for their leader, all people should! (all people concerns not all people, women, children, slaves, indians, and people of other races excluded). So what should be his title? Everyone just called him mister Tromp, but that was moreso because he hadn't given himself a title yet. Some called him admiral, since he used to be one, but even that was too prestigious to him. He wanted his title to be something humble-sounding... Nothing like emperor, king, prince or even stadhouder or governor... His secretary rolled his eyes, he found the whole question of title a bit overexaggerated, "For the love of God! Why don't you call yourself 'president' if you want to be the humble guy, Cornelis?!" he said. Tromp failed to see the sarcasm in this remark, and instead found it a brilliant idea. 'President Tromp', like he was the president of a bookclub or something. -Actions- AP = 6 current + 5 base + 3 from settlements + 5 (market) - 0 AP army upkeep - 0 AP navy upkeep = 19 AP FS = 1 base + 2 from farms + 2 from fertile lands = 5 FS Population modifier = 5% base + 0.1% from farms + 0.1% from fertile lands = 5.2% Population = 2104 -63 (from disease) = 2041 * 1.052 = 2147 No Army 1 Small Freighter Trade relations with West India Company are accepted. [WEST INDIA COMPANY] Men are sent to the Haudenosaunee to celebrate Christmas there and to establish friendly relations and learn from them. [IROQUOIS/HAUDENOSAUNEE] An explorer is sent northward with a ship to look for more colonies beyond Neu Munchen. [MOD] A small envoy is sent back to the Netherlands to tell of Tromsylvania and how the experiment is a succes so far and thus to try recruit more Dutchmen that seek a life in freedom and peace in America. [MOD] 19 AP is invested in expanding the market (Market II: 19/60 AP)

Trompsylvania Virtus libertas est, et independentiae Former Dutch Admiral Cornelis Tromp and his small fleet with followers slowly sailed into the large bay they had found. The "Chesapeake" the map said, but being Dutchmen, they soon 'corrected' the spelling to "Tjessepieck". At the start of the bay they found a river feeding into it, the land was nice for settling on and the soil seemed fertile. They anchored the ships and went to investigate this new land. The settlement had been constructed quickly and almost nobody was required to live on the ships anymore by the end of summer, something they had aimed for, as they all knew how cold life aboard could be in the fall and winter. Tromp sent out colonists to claim some of the surrounding land as well as the mouth of the Tjessepieck bay, nobody knew who or what lived around here. They had heard news of the so called "WIC" sailing off to America from Amsterdam at about the same time Tromp and his followers left Rotterdam, so who knew. There'd been rumors about people with feathers on their heads looking at the Dutch settlers from the treeline at twilight, but there hadn't been any contact yet with these strange feathered humans. Administratively, Tromp and his topmen weren't entirely sure yet what to do with this new land. They knew they wanted a republic, but how this republic would work wasn't sure yet, they also still flew under a Dutch republican flag, but that wasn't of their biggest concern currently... THERE'S THOSE FEATHERED HUMANS AGAIN. Explorers are sent out across land and sea to see if there's other humans in the region and to possibly figure out what those featherpeople are. Some are sent to scout the coasts, some are sent across land and some are sent to travel up the rivers in the region, like the Susquehanna, Potomac, James and Delaware. The town of Nieuw Rotterdam develops fairly quickly, with a market and wooden pallisade already being built. A sizeable militia of most men in the town (500) is also put up, as to serve as a means to protect the colonists if needed. Land is regulated, but handed out for free, there's plenty of it, and there could never be too many farms. The settlers were delightedly suprised when they found wild turkeys, which they thought came from the Indies rather than America, but nonetheless were quick to catch and domesticate. As the mouth of the Tjessepieck was settled, Tromp's colonists stumbled upon another settlement, much like theirs. After some distant observing they realized these were also Europeans... Maybe there were more people in America than just them... Soon one of them pointed at their flag, recognizing it as the English flag from his time in the navy. They sat around discussing what to do for a while before they simply headed for the settlement with a small band of armed men, wishing to ask why the English of all people were here too. And well, if they were here in America, might as well get some trade deals out of them... [JAMESTOWN] -Actions- AP = 2 current + 5 base + 3 from settlements + 5 (market) - 0 AP army upkeep - 0 AP navy upkeep = 15 AP FS = 1 base + 2 from farms + 2 from fertile lands = 5 FS Population modifier = 5% base + 0.1% from farms + 0.1% from fertile lands = 5.2% Population = 2000 * 1.052 = 2104 Settlers 500 militiamen No navy 3 colonists are trained and sent out. -12AP 1 small freighter is built. -2AP Leaves 1 AP.

Colony Name: Trompsylvania Nation of Origin: The Netherlands Religion (Catholic, Protestant, or Othordox): Primarily Protestant Colony History: Dutch Admiral Corenlis Tromp and many other dutchmen were fed up with the eighty years' war and simply wished for peace. In his birthplace of Rotterdam, Tromp saw chaos and overpopulation. He rallied a large group of followers, orangists, republicans, protestants, catholics and jews alike, and bought a few ships to set sail to the new world to give these people a prosperous life in peace in "Amerika" rather than a life of chaos and war in Europe. Starting Location: (fill in a square & PM to either mod) Philadelphia area Initial 200 AP investments: Buildings: Farmland (40 AP), Market (60 AP), Wooden City Walls (20 AP), Barracks (45 AP) Military: 5 Militia (5 AP) Expansion: 6 Colonists (28 AP) Leaves 2 AP. Unique Military Unit: Jagermannen Discord: You got it Suggestions: Add universities

Dutch Republic Neêrlandsche Republieck Early 1750 Staten Generaal - States General Domestic Affairs: The Dutch Fortress Cities in the north of the Southern Netherlands, the region owned by Austria, that serve as a buffer against a French invasion are being upgraded in their fortifications. Some of these cities simply had medieval city walls and a small keep, but those too are now being upgraded to the Starfort design invented by Mauritz van Oranje-Nassau. Aside from new construction, the forts are being upgraded all-over in regards to organisation, manpower in the forts and supplies. [MOD] In the port district of Amsterdam, the docks are expanded with a sizeable area for the new Grote Markt, the Great Market. This is a big square with tons of places for market stalls with at the end opposing the port, a bazaar-like building called the "Specerijenmarkt", the Spice Market, where only goods from the Indies are to be sold. Surrounding the other sides of this new Great Market are warehouses for merchants to store their goods in. The aim of this sizeable new construction is to make Amsterdam even more of a center of trade than it already is. [MOD] The States General together with the Stadholder make an effort at removing the last remains of the Dutch divide of Orangists and Republicans. In this, Willem III quotes Johannes de Witt, one of the most influential Dutch politicians ever, murdered for his political beliefs in 1672: "Hasn't every one of us has lost a relative to our enemies, the Spanish and the British? And was that Republican, or Orangist blood? No. That was Dutch blood! Our blood!" [MOD] Military/Navy Affairs: Taxes are lowered for Dutch gunsmiths and other weaponry companies, thus stimulating their production and sales. The Admiralty decrees that owners of shipmodels like the Galjoot or Pinas, models that can easily be modified to house a few cannons, must have these modifications made within the next 5 years as to have these ships able to defend themselves from privateers or minor naval war combat. This'd make a sizeable portion of the giant Dutch merchant fleet able to engage or at least defend itself in combat. [MOD] The merchant fleet grows steadily due to the Republic's capitalist economic policy and the VOC having their own part of the harbor and their own shipyard. The Admiralty also has it's own shipyard, with new ships being commissioned regularly. Now the Dutch Admiralty commisions: 7 Frigates 6 Ships of the Line (50 gunners) VOC - United East-Indies Company Includes WIC (West Indies Company) New outposts: The Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, the United East-Indies Company, the first international ever, that works so independantly that it's almost it's own nation within the Dutch Republic, continues to expand it's economic and military influence. Expeditions to new lands are started. These Expeditions are to be in honour to the now long-deceased Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who explored the southern 'silent ocean' and discovered various islands and landmasses. Outposts are to be established by the VOC on these new faraway lands to establish a foothold and possibly start new colonies for the republic. These outposts are established in Nieuw-Zeeland (New Zealand), Nieuw-Holland (southeastern Australia) and Tasmanië (Tasmania) [MOD] Buton: Part of the VOC fleet and accompanied mercenary army that lays docked in Batavia (nowadays Jakarta) sails out to conquer the spice-rich island sultanate of Buton, a small nation with only simple armed forces off the main island of Sulawesi. [MOD] American Slavery: A request is sent to the Thirteen Colonies/Great Britain as well as to France for fortified port outposts in Charleston and Nouvelle Orléans to bring slaves from the Dutch Caribbean isles to the American mainland and sell them from these outposts. [GREAT BRITAIN] [MOD] Dutch Privateers: Dutch Privateers both from the VOC and WIC are sent out within their respectable zones of control, for the VOC this is primarily in Indonesia, south of India and at the African Cape. For the WIC, this is the Caribbean. Their targets are easy: any ship they can find. But the prize has always remained the same: ships belonging to their oldest enemy, Spain. [MOD] Stadhouder Willem III - Stadholder William III In regards to the ball invitation of the Tsardom of Russia: "My dearest Elisabeth Romanov, ever since your father came to our humble yet proud nation, relations between the Republic and Russia have always been friendly. It is therefore with great sorrow that I tell you I won't be coming to your undoubtedly amazing ball. My health is starting to fail me recently, and I feel that such a long journey to your cold motherland would do me more bad than good. I will send an envoy however that will represent me and the Republic may anything serious be talked about. Best of wishes, and may God look kindly upon you and your family. -Willem III van Oranje-Nassau" [RUSSIA] The Prusso-Dutch Co-Prosperity Treaty of 1750: Frederick II of Prussia, also known as Frederick the Great, and Willem III of the Dutch Republic met eachother in Palace Het Loo in the Dutch Republic along with various members of the Dutch States General. The goal of the meeting was a treaty of mutual benefit between the Republic and Prussia and said goal was achieved on the following terms: -The Dutch Republic receives Prussian military aid in being taught Prussian military doctrine to bring the Dutch land forces up to standard. -The Kingdom of Prussia receives Dutch naval aid in setting up a Prussian navy with Dutch ship models, naval maps and naval combat strategies. -Trade between the two nations is being promoted, with Dutch companies acting as suppliers to Prussian regions such as Brandenburg and Silesia. -The Dutch Republic gains the territory of East-Frisia from Prussia. -The Dutch Republic gains the territory of Limburg from Prussia. -Prussia retains the right to station troops in the Fort Saint Peter, just south of the Limburgian provincial capital of Maastricht. -The Kingdom of Prussia receives a sizable loan for government spending with a long paytime and reasonable interest rates from the Bank of Amsterdam. [PRUSSIA]

Dutch Republic Neêrlandsche Republieck Stadhouder William IV The Dutch Republic, perhaps the first nation founded on the ideals of revolution. It was founded in 1588, in the middle of the eighty years war, the war of independance that the small fletchling Dutch nation fought against their Spanish overlords. In 1648 the war finally ended, and in a Dutch victory. During the eighty years war and in the years that followed, the Dutch republic experienced a true golden age. This region of europe that once was only of minor relevance launched itself into succeeding Spain as the world's hegemonic state. The Dutch republic was the world's leading economic, scientific, naval and political power, something they in part accomplished by their republican, capitalist ideals. Stadhouder William III even became King of England, Scotland and Ireland, almost putting an Anglo-Dutch union state within reach. Things were not to last though, as the Dutch Golden age ran into the 1700's, becoming the Silver Age. Their colonial empire began to shrink, and world dominance shifted to Great Britain. The Dutch Republic was still a world power, but not the world power it once was... William IV had only become Stadhouder of all of the Dutch Republic in 1747. Previously he'd been Stadhouder of the provinces of Frisia, Groningen and Guelders, the other 4 of the 7 United Provinces, had chosen not to appoint a new Stadhouder for the time being after William III's death. In 1747 though, these provinces also recognized William IV as their Stadhouder, officially making him the next Stadhouder of the Dutch Republic. By then he had two daughters, Carolina and Anna, and during this time, his wife, Anne, the eldest daughter of George II of Great Britain, was pregnant with their third child. Life as a hard working regent was taking it's toll on William IV though, and his health was starting to fail him. ((Speech from the movie Michiel de Ruyter about the Dutch Republic:)) ((OOC: Bit of Explaination: Stadhouder (or Stadtholder in English) was the title used for the leaders of the 7 Dutch Provinces and also for the leaders of the Dutch Republic. One had to be recognized as the Stadhouder of each of the 7 provinces, or else he wouldn't be Stadhouder of the Dutch Republic. This led to the first and second Stadhouderless periods. The Stadhouders of the Dutch Republic could in theory be anyone (democracy), though in the end, it was always someone from the house of Orange-Nassau, descendants of William of Orange. This was to please the Orangists (monarchist house of Orange supports) that were present in the republic and, especially in the republic's early years, regularly opposed the Republicans.))

Dutch Republic, unless Skylord would be fine with me taking Brandenburg-Prussia

Seems rlly interesting to me! Kinda feels similar to constructs, but the whole intelligence and worm aspect makes it very different. +1!

Steerman concludes; Smooth sailin'

Might do another thingy like this in the future, there's definetily a lot more not well known commands, probably a lot I don't even know.. Never heard of /trash before for example :P

Recently, I came across some commands and features in ooc chats and I noticed many people didn't know these! (including myself :P) So here is a list of 10 commands and features you've never heard of! Let me know in the commands below which ones you didn't know and let me know what your favourites are! Let's get started with number 1! #1 - /Hidenames This command is very straight forward yet it appeared a lot of people didn't know this nonetheless. All it does is hide playernames above players' heads. A very useful feature, cuz we wouldn't want your rp immurshun ruined. 2# - /Debate Despite this chat being a global chat accessible for all players, it seems nobody knows it. The chat's purpose is quite obvious though; if you want to debate on a topic or discuss something with other community members, take it there so you don't fill up /ooc. 3# - Free descriptions and more This might seem like something fairly obvious, but experience has taught me that a lot of people don't realize this. If you have the perks of editing items, you know you only have a limited amount of 'edits' per week. However, editing the description of an item, signing it or editing the item name's color don't use your weekly edits. Only editing the name does. Something that's definetily useful to know if you didn't yet! 4# - Craftbook While most people know the features of the gate signs, a lot of people don't know most other features the Craftbook plugin offers. The most prominent ones are [Lift Up/Down] signs which create functionable elevators and also the [X] sign is very useful, as it makes the block on which's side you place it switch. Yes! You can make a hidden switch in plain sight by simply putting this sign on the back of a block and hooking redstone up to it! #5 - /Horsestats A very useful command for all breeders or simply people who own a horse! The command gives you information on the statistics of the horse you're riding at that moment. It gives you the horse's speed in percentages compared to how much faster it is than walking, it tells you how high it can jump and even it's health! #6 - /Walk Ever wanted to just take things easy, or be mechanically slower in moving because your char is hurt or whatever? Well, you can! By using /walk you get slowed down so that you can walk in a normal, slow and calm pace rather than the standard speedy gonzales walkspeed minecraft itself offers you! #7 - /Date Just a simple command that let's you know the roleplay date and year for when you forgot, are curious or need the precize date for documenting something. Seems very obvious, yet people don't know. #8 - /Sneak A very old command that was gone for a while but got added back in the late spring/early summer of 2017. /Sneak let's you sneak without having to keep the shift key pressed. It even allows you to walk normal speed, chat and open your inventory. You stop it by pressing the sneak key or sprinting. #9 - /Sing /Sing spawns a random music note sound at your location to imply you're singing... That's all it does. Where is mah bard pluginnnn?!?!?! #10 - Who's that powergaming *****?!?! Finally, /realname (whole, or part of an, rp name) gives you the username of the player(s) with the targetted charactername. Convenient for when the cool kids are talking about some irp and you want to know who this person is!

OOC: MC Name?: SanderWarrior14 Discord?(Required, can PM me.): U gawt it -=- IC: Full Name: Gilondir Oronar Amarthelon Frostbeard Race: Woodelf Age: 136 Reasoning for joining?: Researching stuff and making studies and stuff seems like it could make for some cool rp, also seems like it's gonna be a nice community :) When are you free for an interview?: Most evenings or afternoons Do you swear to follow and uphold all of the Guild's rules and customs?: My parents told me not to swear, but I'll make an exception. What position do you seek?(If an official position, let me know.): Researcher What is your favorite color?: Orange

Actually I had been thinking of a native american culture lately xD But as said, MisguidedRoyal already kicked off a culture like this and has a whole nation and everything... Check first before u make something like this bud

So, I was working on creating a family tree for my woodelf character Gilondir today. It can still be expanded quite a bit with further relatives, but already I have made an ancestors part. I briefly made up numerous characters for this and kept a few open for others to play if they wished. This will give you the opportunity to play a woodelf, high elf or human with name, family and brief backstory. To start off, a picture of the family tree for good measure: As you can see there's two main parts to this family at this point, Oronar (which already has several played characters) and Amarthelon, which comes from Cilivren Amarthelon who was a high elf and thus brought 'aheral blood into the primarily 'ame family. The names that are in black are alive characters and the ones in lighter gray are deceased characters. Gilondir, Nynaeve and Hiylu are already being played, but Filvendir, Thaola, Vuln'Wyn, Alwin, Cassandra, Sil'Maehr and Okarn are open for people to play. If you're interested in playing any of these, send me a pm! Brief descriptions: Filvendir Amarthelon: Age can be decided (between 50 and 200 yrs old). Is the second child of Tayna (woodelf) and Celibren (half woodelf half high elf). Big brother to Vuln'Wyn and little brother to Thaola. He stands at 6'3 and looks like a woodelf just with a slightly more pale skin. Alwin Oronar: 10 year old human (1621), became the son of Gilondir when he and his mother Juliana got married, he was a toddler at the time and doesn't remember his biological father. Twin brother of Cassandra, big brother of Hiylu. Mother has been killed in 1630 and became an undead. Sil'Maehr Oronar: Age can be decided (between 50 and 200 yrs old) but must be the same as Okarn. Twin brother of Okarn and the oldest of the two. Very close to his brother since he spent almost his entire childhood by his bro's side. He's a pure woodelf and looks very similar to his brother. Okarn Oronar: Age can be decided (between 50 and 200 yrs old) but must be the same as Sil'Maehr. Twin brother of Sil'Maehr and the youngest of the two. Very close to his brother since he spent almost his entire childhood by his bro's side. He's a pure woodelf and looks very similar to his brother. Thaola Amarthelon: Age can be decided (between 50 and 200 yrs old). Is the first child of Tayna (woodelf) and Celibren (half woodelf half high elf). Big sister to Filvendir and Vuln'Wyn. She stands at 6'1 and looks mostly like a woodelf despite having a more pale skin and blue eyes. Vuln'Wyn Amarthelon: Age can be decided (between 50 and 200 yrs old). Is the third child of Tayna (woodelf) and Celibren (half woodelf half high elf). Little sister of Thaola and Filvendir. She stands at 5´5 and looks like a woodelf with a slightly more pale skin. Cassandra Oronar: 10 year old human (1621), became the daughter of Gilondir when he and her mother Juliana got married, she was a toddler at the time and doesn't remember her biological father. Twin sister of Alwin, big sister of Hiylu. Mother has been killed in 1630 and became an undead.

Gilondir blinks and sighs, shaking his head "For Aspects sake.. realleh now, Nyn?! Jeesh.." He mumbles in disapproval

Nope not at all, though women in that time thought it looked kewl so thats what you see a lot on paintings xD

Well, it's happening! District of Batavia will soon be a thing in Sutica! :)

Ayy that's pretty freaking good! +1

*sigh* Seems alright but I kinda agree with Mattys, Forsaken and probs quite some others... We don't need more things like this...

___________________________________________________________________________ Batavian Culture Note: This topic is a WIP and may be added onto/changed in the future. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GU2LRniPIDvFZ_YblovJLJL2slfDJKcHS2ESJt7_CGU/edit): Google Doc Version By: Sander (SanderWarrior14/SandergamerNL) Index: ---------- Governing/Leadership Language Homelands Clothing Religion Feasts -------------------- Governing/Leadership --- The Batavians are ruled in a bit of an odd way. One could put their leadership between that of a monarchy and that of a republic. This is because they have a single leader, called the Stadtholder and a parliament-like council, called ‘De Raad’. The odd thing is that the council doesn’t generally make decisions but rather acts as a group of advisors to the Stadtholder. In certain occasions they do make the decisions. This is either when the Stadtholder has given them permissions to deal with a certain situation or when the Stadtholder is ill/deceased. In the last case, the council is the ones making decisions for the Batavians until the new Stadtholder is installed, which must happen as quick as possible. The term Stadtholder is a bit of a weird one in itself. ‘Stadtholder’ comes from the official Batavian word ‘Stadhouder’ and means something along the lines of ‘keeper of the city’. The term originated as the title of the Batavian high steward but through time it became how the leading person of the Batavian community/Batavian lands was called. Current Stadtholder and first official one in Axios is Willem Hagelijn I (in common: William Hagelin I). Language --- The Batavian language isn’t particulary well known due to it only being spoken by few people and generally every native speaker being able to handle himself in common. The language is a sub-language of common and the native speakers originate from Lorraine, Haense and Alras. Currently the only place in Axios where it is commonly spoken is the district of Batavia, located in Sutica. Commonly used words/notable words in Batavian: Goedendag = Good morning Goedenavond = Goodnight/ Good evening Hallo = Hello Vriend = Friend Stadhouder = Stadtholder En = And De/Het = The Van = Of Ork = Orc Mens/Mensch = Human Dwerg = Dwarf Halflieden = Halflings Druïde = Druid Stad = City Bos/Bosch = Forest Schip = Ship Zee = Sea Eiland = Island Handel = Trade Raad = Council Oorlog = War Koning = King Hertog = Duke Koninkrijk = Kingdom Republiek/Republieck = Republic Hertogdom = Duchy Prinsdom = Princedom/Principality Federatie = Federation Sultanaat = Sultanate Lotharingen = Lorraine Savoje = Savoy Harië = Haria Domijn van Malin = Dominion of Malin Suutika = Sutica Grootkoninkrijk Urguan = Grand Kingdom of Urguan Hanze = Haense Westerlanden = Westerlands Noorland = Norland Homelands --- The Batavian people originate mainly from Heartland territories though also have some roots with the Highlander race. Despite their varying origins, they tend to be drawn to flat, grassy or woodland areas close to water, mainly the sea or rivers. Clothing --- (Average workmaid) (Military formal/Fleet formal) (Average man) (higher class) Religion --- The Batavian religion is quite the loose concept. This is because they, as a people who value freedom and tolerance highly, allow most religions. Any religion that doesn’t worship a dark power is allowed in fact, as long as it doesn’t try to influence people who do not wish to be affected by it. For example, aspectism is allowed as long as the aspectist in the situation doesn’t try to force his religion onto others or bothers others with it. The Batavians themselves are largely followers of canonism and the ‘True Faith’ yet they tolerate any religion and are required to respect other’s beliefs. This sometimes leads to Batavians wishing to follow another religion and this is completely allowed. Within Batavian lands everyone is free to believe what they want to believe in, even if it makes no sense to others. Atheism is also not really frowned upon, as long as atheists try not to convince others about God not existing. Feasts* --- *More may be added over time.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHARACTER DESCRIPTION: RACE: Highlander GENDER: Male SKIN COLOR: pale BODYMASS: 6 ft HAIR COLOR: Brown HAIR STYLE: Halflong, FACIAL HAIR: slight beard and moustache EYE COLOR: light blue CLOTHES: Long brown jacket, red scarf, white shirt, belt, diagonal belt (quiver like, not with a quiver though) over chest, gray pants, black shoes Skin should be slightly based on this (relative of): https://mcuuid.net/?q=ImperialRoyalist

Great Resource Pack! Already in love with it ;) Maybe a nice idea to add textures for the diff herbs?