Mongolia can only spare 300 at the moment, but offers them to England as a gift.
China annexation -- 90%Korea annexation -- 65%New alloy -- 30%15 rice farms established.Mongolia offers the hand of friendship to all amicable nations.
Quote from: SecondClass on June 04, 2015, 01:42:00 AMChina annexation -- 90%Korea annexation -- 65%New alloy -- 30%15 rice farms established.Mongolia offers the hand of friendship to all amicable nations.
Any unnecessary and frivolous valuable, unless it has doubtless sentimental value, belongs to the state.
Quote from: SecondClass on June 04, 2015, 06:04:01 AMAny unnecessary and frivolous valuable, unless it has doubtless sentimental value, belongs to the state.Such a tax will be short-lived, as the consumption of frivolous goods to then be taxed will decrease rapidly.
While watching the poor farmers work the land, he notices one area has far better produce. He ask's the landowner 'ere, how'd you do that? to which a simple reply is given: "I spins 'em 'round I do and put cow shit on 'em". Dan is speechless, but thinks carefully about what he'd said.His mind is then drawn to attention by the completion of the tradevessels, and eager to figure out what's goung on in the world sends one to England, Spain and Sweden, each laiden with the assets of the country as a gift of friendship. Unfortunately, it's only Peat 'n' Wheat, but Dan will figure out what we can get out of this ground stuff for layer trades. While pondering about this, one crazy lad named Brendan who insists he's a Saint or something steals an empty one in hopes of finding new lands. Dan is angered by this, but patiently awaits his response...if he comes back. Then Dan remembers that Germany's recently published "map" thing is a bit muddled on where Ireland is, so now he's grumpy againWhat's actually happening:-Improved agricultural methods have increased food production and reduced the likelihood of over farming. -Trade ships completed-Extending diplomatic relations to ENGLAND, SWEDEN & SPAIN.-St. Brendan intends to find the new world (America), expecting a response in 3 years' time.-Initial research into MINING. Results expected soon-ish, when Dan leaves the pub.-Census of population in 2 years.-TBLOCKS, YOU DUN FUCKED UP THE MAPStats for me to keep track of:-996 dormant trade vessels-15,000 active service personnel-500,00 population (as of pg 7)
First Map Update Inbound!Spoiler(Let me know if I missed anything)
lol @ Ethiopia
Sweden builds mills around water streams to help agriculture, and also accepts Ireland into its (social) circles. Sweden shares its knowledge with IRELAND for their knowledge. The Cradle for the poop method.
What's actually going on:-LEVEL UP: Ability to mine, and forge iron weapons and armour. Coal is now a more efficient fuel resource made available.-Monthly shipments to Sweden-Improved agriculture. Food production up, allowing for more trade and population growth-Friendship extended towards ENGLAND and SPAIN still maintained. New contact with ETHIOPIA. -Permissions asked to allow trade and supply routes between Ireland and Sweden (ENGLAND), Ireland and Canary Islands, Ireland and South African Continent (SPAIN).-Ireland now lays claim to the CANARY ISLANDS. By accident.-Ireland accepts trade agreement with the Ethiopian Empire, once he figures out how to get there.
Quote from: OrbitalDesty on June 04, 2015, 08:38:25 AMSweden builds mills around water streams to help agriculture, and also accepts Ireland into its (social) circles. Sweden shares its knowledge with IRELAND for their knowledge. The Cradle for the poop method.Ireland agrees, Dan begins sharing the blueprints *hurriedly scribbles on the back of a beer mat*.He has a glance at all of Sweden's metallurgy and mining techniques, and is in awe. Of course to keep up appearances to his loyal subjects, he laughs it off as what he was gonna do anyway. Monthly shipments of cow shit and wheat grains are sent to Sweden (stored separately, of course...>_>) in return for a boatload of scythes, which will also be incorporated into the military. He sends ahead a messenger to England to ask for safe passage of said shipments through the North Atlantic, though for now just to get the ball rolling with Sweden Dan sends a 25 army longships for protection until a response is received.Dan announces his opening of the first Coal and Iron mines on the Connacht/Ulster border to boost efficiency, with iron mongering soon to follow. With advanced agricultural methods passed on by the Swedes, which means more support for his growing population. Once he gets around to counting them, he'll consider growing his army a bit, as his current lot are getting a bit on now.News arrives from crazy St. Brendan that he has found his own island, rather than the New World. He drops a few of his friends off to lay claim to this relatively pointless place, and is continuing his journey after realising he's gone the wrong way. Dan asks Spain permission to run a supply route between Ireland and "St. Brendan's Island" through the Mid-Atlantic, as well as a trade route to the South African continent (as explained below).Dan is attacked by a homing pigeon on his way home, and realises it's got a message from some place called "Africa" before he was about to use it for his dinner. Not being impolite, he returns the pigeon with a positive reply saying "Yeah that's grand, we got peat 'n' wheat to trade, but I think we're fine for stones thanks" and tries figuring out how to get to this mystical "Africa" and why the rocks are important.QuoteWhat's actually going on:-LEVEL UP: Ability to mine, and forge iron weapons and armour. Coal is now a more efficient fuel resource made available.-Monthly shipments to Sweden-Improved agriculture. Food production up, allowing for more trade and population growth-Friendship extended towards ENGLAND and SPAIN still maintained. New contact with ETHIOPIA. -Permissions asked to allow trade and supply routes between Ireland and Sweden (ENGLAND), Ireland and Canary Islands, Ireland and South African Continent (SPAIN).-Ireland now lays claim to the CANARY ISLANDS. By accident.-Ireland accepts trade agreement with the Ethiopian Empire, once he figures out how to get there.Stats to keep track of:-Census in 2 years-Army growth in 2 years-Further expansion in 3 years-Trade Allies with Swedish Empire - 100 ships to transport goods monthly, with 50 in reserve to account for any losses due to weather/attack. 25 longships alongside to provide protection, and keep the army busy.-Trade Allies with Ethiopian Empire -Trade deals TBD-Regions owned: Ireland, Canary Islands.
Umm, coal? Does the world have that kind of technology yet?
Palestine constructs a wall around Jerusalem. Finished by page 11
Quote from: OrbitalDesty on June 04, 2015, 11:22:18 AMUmm, coal? Does the world have that kind of technology yet?Well, you don't "invent" coal, you discover it. To get iron from the Bloomery method as Meta has briefly mentioned, you need charcoal (slow burnt/smouldered wood) to reach the high temperatures, and later coal was realised in China an the UK as a usable component for fuel to smelt Iron, and later Steel. (America has poor quality coals, producing shit quality steels...you'd need a Bessemer Converter to use American coal to produce any decent metal).When checking where I'd actually get Iron from Ireland (if at all), I checked this, and coal is conveniently found nearby.If this is a problem I can dial it back on the coal, but bear in mind when we get to that stage I'm calling out on certain countries for their poor coal deposits unless England develops a Bessemer converter ~800 years ahead of actual time.Quote from: Magos Domina on June 04, 2015, 11:26:40 AMPalestine constructs a wall around Jerusalem. Finished by page 11I thought you were Israel?
I was just poking a hole in you to see what you were made of.You were made of good stuff.
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