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*plays Jeopardy theme over and over* :D

Tessen, America au, and Medinan

Cascadia and columbia

Is this ever going to start up again? I mean, come on. This used to be so cool.

Cascadia and columbia wrote:Is this ever going to start up again? I mean, come on. This used to be so cool.

Yes. It will. Materials (including a new timeline, pre-1920) are being put together behind the scenes as I have the time.

I'll see if I can post, at the very least, a little nugget of that behind-the-scenes work this week, so you at least have something to contemplate as the relaunch continues.

I apologize for the lengthy time this it taking. This region/roleplay is, however, one of 5 projects being completed as I have the time. And I have to balance my available time across all of those projects.

I'll see about posting a substantial element from the behind-the-scenes work this week. It won't relaunch roleplay, but it'll give you something to work at as you prepare your nation for that relaunch.

Nearly finland and Cascadia and columbia

Nearly finland

Yep... by the way, hi, just popping by to check on nationstates. It's been a while, but I just completely lost interest without the region roleplay, so I won't be writing. Besides, I'm busy with a Kerbal Space Programme fanfic. Hopefully we're back soon, though.

Cascadia and columbia

Nearly finland wrote:Yep... by the way, hi, just popping by to check on nationstates. It's been a while, but I just completely lost interest without the region roleplay, so I won't be writing. Besides, I'm busy with a Kerbal Space Programme fanfic. Hopefully we're back soon, though.

As a matter of fact, I just completed (and finished recording) the new timeline last night (it's not online yet, but we now have a full historical timeline ready for our relaunch). Today I'm pulling out national data so that I can begin listing the updated land claims. We also have a functional world map (it needs some clean-up, but it's ready to be prepared for display).

Some notes about this map and new nation claims....

National empires is an understatement. France and the UK have HUGE empires. Germany exists since the 1870s. Russia fell on hard times, and lost most of it's eastern territories to an aggressive Japan, while Germany and Austria gobbled up a fair amount of its European border. China is about 1/4 the size of real life. It looks like there was something akin to WWI that was fought around the world. The USA is still limited at the Mississippi River by French Louisiana, although the states of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida went to French Louisiana in exchange for their assistance in the Second American War. And, the Confederate States of America no longer exists (as it was assimilated by the USA -- with French help in that Second American War).

Cascadia and Columbia starts with it's same core provinces (minus British Alaska -- which was taken from Russia this time around). C&C was released by the UK in 1920.

Nearly Finland has slightly different borders, since the real life states of Arizona and New Mexico still belong to French Louisiana (which, I believe they originally did to begin with "in the future"). Also, as a concession, Nearly Finland (California, Utah, and most of Nevada) is actually a British nation this time around, as the UK captured those areas from Mexico, largely populated it with British immigrants, and released it as a British dominion shortly before 1920.

Michigan is a long-time British satellite nation, having been released as a Great Lakes buffer nation (as Tessen was) after the War of 1812. Michigan is, therefore, much more developed this time around, although, I believe it has a slightly smaller population.

The USA state of Maine is part of British Canada, having remained so following a slightly different War of 1812.

Canada as a nation does not yet exist -- British Canada is still territorial.

Also, of note, Texas still exists, with slightly smaller borders. That land exchanged hands between Mexico and France a few times, but current exists as a satellite nation of France.

And, as a bit of a concession to these changes.....

I have decided to NOT maintain the USA moving forward. The United States (albeit WITH southern Illinois still existing as a USA state, and Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida being owned by France.... with no Dixie) is pretty much the same in terms of historical culture.

I will be letting go of the USA as a player nation (it can be claimed by anyone else who is interested), as well as their only territory -- San Cordula). Obviously, there is no Dixie this time around, and New Britanna returns to being part of British Canada (although, it may come to exist again sometime in the future).

This time around, my only American nations will be Tessen and Texas.

The rest of the world is significantly different from the previous map/timeline, however, it wasn't set up previously, so the nature of its borders this time around don't affect anyone.

So.... that's where we stand. And, like I said previously, there's been a lot going on behind the scenes. This relaunch will be fantastic.... but I, only now, have access to the 1920 full-world data to begin entering into the region.

National data collection (behind the scenes) is my primary project for the rest of today. You may, or may not, see some content added to the roleplay dispatches -- we'll see how today goes.

So, yes.... this relaunch IS happening. I greatly appreciate your patience thus far. I'm making sure we have rock-solid stats to use. It's been a challenging process, but we're going to be doing this a bit more efficiently this time. I have confidence that it'll work out splendidly!

If anyone has any questions, let me know. I'll be available at times throughout the day.

Nearly finland and Cascadia and columbia

Cascadia and columbia

Tessen wrote:As a matter of fact, I just completed (and finished recording) the new timeline last night (it's not online yet, but we now have a full historical timeline ready for our relaunch). Today I'm pulling out national data so that I can begin listing the updated land claims. We also have a functional world map (it needs some clean-up, but it's ready to be prepared for display).

Some notes about this map and new nation claims....

National empires is an understatement. France and the UK have HUGE empires. Germany exists since the 1870s. Russia fell on hard times, and lost most of it's eastern territories to an aggressive Japan, while Germany and Austria gobbled up a fair amount of its European border. China is about 1/4 the size of real life. It looks like there was something akin to WWI that was fought around the world. The USA is still limited at the Mississippi River by French Louisiana, although the states of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida went to French Louisiana in exchange for their assistance in the Second American War. And, the Confederate States of America no longer exists (as it was assimilated by the USA -- with French help in that Second American War).

Cascadia and Columbia starts with it's same core provinces (minus British Alaska -- which was taken from Russia this time around). C&C was released by the UK in 1920.

Nearly Finland has slightly different borders, since the real life states of Arizona and New Mexico still belong to French Louisiana (which, I believe they originally did to begin with "in the future"). Also, as a concession, Nearly Finland (California, Utah, and most of Nevada) is actually a British nation this time around, as the UK captured those areas from Mexico, largely populated it with British immigrants, and released it as a British dominion shortly before 1920.

Michigan is a long-time British satellite nation, having been released as a Great Lakes buffer nation (as Tessen was) after the War of 1812. Michigan is, therefore, much more developed this time around, although, I believe it has a slightly smaller population.

The USA state of Maine is part of British Canada, having remained so following a slightly different War of 1812.

Canada as a nation does not yet exist -- British Canada is still territorial.

Also, of note, Texas still exists, with slightly smaller borders. That land exchanged hands between Mexico and France a few times, but current exists as a satellite nation of France.

And, as a bit of a concession to these changes.....

I have decided to NOT maintain the USA moving forward. The United States (albeit WITH southern Illinois still existing as a USA state, and Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida being owned by France.... with no Dixie) is pretty much the same in terms of historical culture.

I will be letting go of the USA as a player nation (it can be claimed by anyone else who is interested), as well as their only territory -- San Cordula). Obviously, there is no Dixie this time around, and New Britanna returns to being part of British Canada (although, it may come to exist again sometime in the future).

This time around, my only American nations will be Tessen and Texas.

The rest of the world is significantly different from the previous map/timeline, however, it wasn't set up previously, so the nature of its borders this time around don't affect anyone.

So.... that's where we stand. And, like I said previously, there's been a lot going on behind the scenes. This relaunch will be fantastic.... but I, only now, have access to the 1920 full-world data to begin entering into the region.

National data collection (behind the scenes) is my primary project for the rest of today. You may, or may not, see some content added to the roleplay dispatches -- we'll see how today goes.

So, yes.... this relaunch IS happening. I greatly appreciate your patience thus far. I'm making sure we have rock-solid stats to use. It's been a challenging process, but we're going to be doing this a bit more efficiently this time. I have confidence that it'll work out splendidly!

If anyone has any questions, let me know. I'll be available at times throughout the day.

That's fantastic! Will Europe be opening on a nation by nation basis like you said before, or will it be up when we start?

Oh, and a new rule going into effect this time around.... most new land claims require new NS nation accounts. This is to reflect the need for new governments and national entities to build up their economy and culture.

I'm willing to consider existing NS accounts only for the large imperial mother nations (UK, France, Russia, etc). Territories, however, need to be new accounts.

Cascadia and columbia wrote:That's fantastic! Will Europe be opening on a nation by nation basis like you said before, or will it be up when we start?

I'm hoping to make the other regions nation-by-nation, so that players waiting for a claim over there don't have to wait until the whole thing is ready to go. Obviously, getting the land claims ready here in the AU will come first.

Tessen wrote:Oh, and a new rule going into effect this time around.... most new land claims require new NS nation accounts. This is to reflect the need for new governments and national entities to build up their economy and culture.

I'm willing to consider existing NS accounts only for the large imperial mother nations (UK, France, Russia, etc). Territories, however, need to be new accounts.

Obviously, if you already have a nation account in this region, this new account rule won't apply to your existing AU claim. :)

Cascadia and columbia

Tessen wrote:I'm hoping to make the other regions nation-by-nation, so that players waiting for a claim over there don't have to wait until the whole thing is ready to go. Obviously, getting the land claims ready here in the AU will come first.

Awesome! Just know, I've got France set and ready, as well as all her American colonies.

Oh, and our resources system will be significantly parred down. I may have mentioned this before, but available trade-capable resources (the resources our roleplay will be build around) will not be real-world researched. That was just far too tedious. We're back to more of a Victoria format -- centered around primary resources. For those who are concerned, though, worry not.... it actually works out pretty well in terms of trade and international roleplay.

Industries will be entirely determined by NS game stats, especially since, at some point, NS plans to add more in-game industries. We'll work with what the game provides, until NS finally fills out the resources as they've said they will.

Keep in mind too.... your NS National Policies will have a MAJOR impact on your nation's roleplay capabilities. Start enacting the ones that reflect your nation's politics and culture, and get rid of the ones that you don't want to have representing you. Your national policies, just like in real life, WILL define your nation within our roleplay. ;)

Alright... time for a late lunch.... then some national data collection. ;)

Cascadia and columbia

Cascadia and columbia

So I guess that makes us both commonwealth nations Nearly finland. Rule British Pacifica!

Nearly finland

Nearly finland

Cascadia and columbia wrote:So I guess that makes us both commonwealth nations Nearly finland. Rule British Pacifica!

Hooray!
I'll miss you, New Mexico, but I'm happy with any kind of the-story-actually-resuming.

I've thought about it a bit more, and I think the story director needs to retain control of the United States in our roleplay. It's a core nation in world history, and I could see it being greatly abused (by some nefarious players) if left open to claim. And that could twist a realistic view of history in dangerously unrealistic directions. I'm not saying any of you would be those nefarious players, but, I do think its probably safer if I keep the USA close to the vest.

For the record, the USA in our story -- at least as of 1920 -- has 19 states.

Cascadia and columbia

Tessen wrote:I've thought about it a bit more, and I think the story director needs to retain control of the United States in our roleplay. It's a core nation in world history, and I could see it being greatly abused (by some nefarious players) if left open to claim. And that could twist a realistic view of history in dangerously unrealistic directions. I'm not saying any of you would be those nefarious players, but, I do think its probably safer if I keep the USA close to the vest.

For the record, the USA in our story -- at least as of 1920 -- has 19 states.

Alright. I think you are right that just with how politically charged the US is right now, and how most NS players are from the US, People might use the United States to do some dumb, politically charged, and unrealistic stuff with the country, and then get mad when we react to it like reasonable people. I'm thinking specifically here of past players like Calostile. It's probably for the best.

Cascadia and columbia wrote:Alright. I think you are right that just with how politically charged the US is right now, and how most NS players are from the US, People might use the United States to do some dumb, politically charged, and unrealistic stuff with the country, and then get mad when we react to it like reasonable people. I'm thinking specifically here of past players like Calostile. It's probably for the best.

Agreed. Those past players were on my mind when I made this decision. That, and I've actually had recent requests (one of them from one of those past players) who wanted to control parts of the USA (despite it being listed as unavailable). I declined their requests because I wasn't a fan of their USA breakup ideas.

I'm not against the USA breaking up at some point in our story, but I think it should be on the terms of someone dedicated to the story, rather than a wants-to-return player, or a new player, who have crazy "wouldn't it be great if" USA ideas.

I'm contemplating whether to just return San Cordula ("Virgin Islands") to Denmark (the USA purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark in the pre-1920 history), as if the sale to the USA never happened, or pursue some other story angle. I'd rather not have the USA holding onto the islands, thus requiring me to manage them as a territorial account.

Controlling Tessen, Texas, and the USA seems like a reasonable limit for me here in the AU, especially since I have the founder nations in our other regions as as well.

Sell 'em to Mexico instead, maybe? Just a thought.

Tessen wrote:Michigan is a long-time British satellite nation, having been released as a Great Lakes buffer nation (as Tessen was) after the War of 1812. Michigan is, therefore, much more developed this time around, although, I believe it has a slightly smaller population.

Out of curiosity, does that mean there are more Native Americans in my population this time around (or were they not recorded by the simulation)?

Also, more developed, but not as populated. Not sure how that manages to work out. :D

Michigan AU wrote:Out of curiosity, does that mean there are more Native Americans in my population this time around (or were they not recorded by the simulation)?

The simulation doesn't record all Native American cultures. Tessen/"Wisconsin" should have a community of Native American cultures as well. I was actually thinking about this the other day; I was debating the addition of a small percentage to represent the real life native minorities in Tessen. I don't want to get into a position where I research this for every land claim, however, if this is something you want to have reflected within Michigan, I think I can be persuaded to add a percentage of real-world Native Americans in Michigan -- especially if I add them into Tessen as well.

Michigan AU wrote:Also, more developed, but not as populated. Not sure how that manages to work out. :D

Advanced railroads and factories. Michigan didn't have this sort of thing last time around. They have less people, but a more forward-thinking perspective this time around. ;)

There, I managed to get rid of that ridiculous ID chip policy.

Tessen and Cascadia and columbia

Cascadia and columbia

Michigan AU wrote:There, I managed to get rid of that ridiculous ID chip policy.

Fun new flag you got there.

Cascadia and columbia wrote:Fun new flag you got there.

Thanks. Decided to change it since Michigan in this timeline never got to be an American state.

Michigan AU wrote:Thanks. Decided to change it since Michigan in this timeline never got to be an American state.

Although, you don't have to go as far as making Michigan a monarchy. As a satellite nation of the UK (at least as of 1920), you're basically just a smaller Canada as far as your politics go. As far as the historical simulation established, Michigan was a constitutional monarchy -- meaning, they have their own democratic parliament, and can manage their own local laws, they just have the King of England as their head of state (just like Canada did). ;)

As a little bit of insight into this status....

At the end of the War of 1812, the UK released Tessen and Michigan as independent nations, to serve as a buffer between the United States and the territory of British Canada. The USA and UK had fought the War of 1812 -- these two buffer nations were a treaty condition that made sense to both sides.

Tessen was given full independence (not a satellite of any nation) due to the fact that it was a stopgap between the French who owned all land west of the Mississippi River, the United States to the south (via the future state of Illinois), and the UK to the north in British Canada. Full independence appeased all three nations, as none of those nations would have any control of that Wisconsin/UP corridor through the Great Lakes.

Michigan, on the other hand, was granted independence as a satellite of the UK, since it was only a buffer between the UK and the USA.... and was, technically, still British territory at the end of the war. Michigan did not have to worry about sharing borders with the French Empire (as Tessen did/does).

You're welcome to be a local monarchy of your own, if you wish.... but you still have to revere the King of England as your head of state, as long as you remain a satellite of the UK.

It's a real world political thing.

Tessen wrote:You're welcome to be a local monarchy of your own, if you wish.... but you still have to revere the King of England as your head of state, as long as you remain a satellite of the UK.

It's a real world political thing.

I personally would semantically define "satellite" as merely a nation whose politics are constantly interfered with by the British, but whatever. Consider that a Soviet satellite did not officially have the Soviet Premier as their heads of state, just as their unofficial boss.

But that's semantics. I'll figure something out here.

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