Molotov

LATE 1714-EARLY 1715

Charles XII of Sweden and Ivan Mazepa after The Battle of Poltava, Gustaf Cederström.

Europe

*Major riots rock London as coronation of the Hanoverian king of Great Britain, George I, with Tories and Jacobites alike peeved at the crown passing to a German.

*Cast into suspicion for his part in secret armistice negotiations with France leading to the Treaty of Utrecht and the end of the War of Spanish Succession, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, flees Great Britain for France. Falling in with the Stuart Pretenders, he becomes secretary of state to James Edward Stuart, would-be king.

*For this act of treason, Bolingbroke is impeached by Parliament.

*Not shortly thereafter, and with a Papal appeal to bolster the Old Pretender's cause, John Erskine, Earl of March, moves with what forces the exiled Stuarts can muster upon the Scottish Highlands. Meeting at Braemar, a war council is called, and with it, His Majesty's subjects await another struggle for power between their great houses.

*Ulrika Eleonora, Princess of Sweden and sister to the present King, marries Frederick, heir to the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. The marriage begins to engender questions of relating to the line of succession, as Charles XII remains childless, with his nephew Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, the presently assumed heir.

*However more pressing issues than succession face Sweden at present, with the Great Northern War continuing to rage. The Danish Navy scores a victory against their Swedish counterparts in the Fehmarn Belt, while Russian forces continue to occupy the Swedish Baltic territories and much of the Finnish coast. Meanwhile the city of Stralsund remains under close siege, and in yet more dire news, King George I of Great Britain, in his capacity as Elector of Hanover, has signed an alliance with the Kingdom of Prussia directed against Sweden. Although Prussia remains neutral for the time being, many being to speculate it may soon enter the war.

*With war declared by the Ottomans in late December against Venice, the Turks launch a rapid assault against the underprepared Venetians. Undermanned, unable to defend their many fortifications, and isolated from the local Greek populace, the Venetian forces in Morea find themselves quickly assailed by a vast Ottoman army. Acrocorinth surrenders quickly (though its quick collapse is marred by the massacre or enslavement of most of the garrison and civilian populace), leaving the way into the Peloponnese open. They advance towards the centre of Venetian power in Morea, the city of Nafplion.

*Prompting a great stirring throughout France and indeed all of Europe, a Persian embassy arrives in Paris at the court of Louis XIV. Accompanied by a grand entourage and bearing splendid gifts, Mohammed Reza Beg begins conducting negotiations relating to trade and friendship between the Safavid Empire and France.

The Americas

*After fighting since 1711, the Tuscarora natives and their allies admit their defeat in the face of the colonial forces of the Carolinas colonies. Many of their allies move inland, away from the increasingly heavily settled coasts, whilst the Tuscarora themselves primarily move north to the Province of New York, gradually settling among the Iroquois.

*Having relied heavily on native allies to form the bulk of the armies used to defeat the Tuscarora, new exposure and ties are built between the British colonists and many of their native neighbors. However this both for good and for ill, as competition between settlers and natives over vital resources like deer and slaves bring them increasingly into conflict.

*Fighting flares up anew as the Yamasee peoples, the closest and most powerful allies of the British in the Carolinas (and also the most exposed to the vagaries of the colonists) turn against them - joined by most tribes in the region, including almost all of those who had allied with the British against the Tuscarora.

*New France re-establishes its presence on the Straits of Mackinac, building Fort Michilimackinac.

*With fighting in North America as part of Queen Anne’s War well and truly concluded, the British build a new fort, Fort George, in Brunswick, Maine. Near the boundary of disputed land between France and Britain, it proves more than a little provocative.

Islamic World and India

Far East

*The Mughal-Sikh Wars continue to rage, as the Mughals lay siege to the small fortress of Gurdas Nangal.

Player Countries

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Kingdom of Great Britain
King: George I (scorpion)
Government: Constitutional Monarchy (Moderate Crown Authority, Moderate Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Somewhat Low
Units: 5/8 [-15, 2 in South Carolina, 1 in Britain, -40 maintenance]
Reserves: 18
Fleets: 12/12 [-60 maintenance]
Economy: +150
Debt: 700
Income: +215 [+5 Kingdom of Ireland, +20 Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, +20 North American Furs, +10 North American Agriculture, +15 Caribbean Sugar, +10 Indian Trade Posts, +50 Trade, -10 Gold Coast Forts, -35 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Yamasee War, Nonconformist Unrest in New York, Anti-Hanoverian Unrest, Jacobite Rebellion
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Yamasee and allies
Units: 1
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Kingdom of Ireland (Personal Union)
Government: Constitutional Monarchy (High Crown Authority, Moderate Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Somewhat Low
Units: 2/2 [-20 maintenance]
Reserves: 2
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: Catholic Unrest, Protestant Ascendancy, Anti-Hanoverian Unrest
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Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Personal Union)
Government: Principality (Moderate Crown Authority, Moderate Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Moderate
Units: 4/4 [-20 maintenance]
Reserves: 3
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: Great Northern War, Unhappy Nobles
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British East India Company
Autonomy: High
Profitability: 3
Units: 3
Fleets: 2
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Hudson’s Bay Company
Autonomy: Moderate
Profitability: 3
Units: 1
Fleets: 0

Kingdom of France
King: Louis XV
Regent: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Serenissima)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (Very High Crown Authority, High Nobility, Very Low Commons)
Popularity: Moderate
Units: 23/24 [-5, 1 in southern Africa, -120 maintenance]
Reserves: 60
Fleets: 10/10 [-50 maintenance] — 2 under construction (E1716)
Defences: Haudenosaunee Trading Forts
Economy: +290
Debt: 800
Income: +175 [+20 French Shore Fishing, +20 North American Furs, +20 Caribbean Sugar, +10 Indian Trade Posts, +35 Trade, -5 Ivory Coast Forts, -40 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Fox War
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Fox Peoples
Units: 1
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French East India Company
Autonomy: Low
Profitability: 3
Units: 2
Fleets: 2

Kingdom of Spain
King: Philip V (Doctor of Oblivion)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (High Crown Authority, Moderate Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Somewhat Low
Units: 10/10 [-50 maintenance]
Reserves: 14
Fleets: 3/3 [-15 maintenance] — 5 under construction (4 E1716, 1 L1716)
Economy: +80
Debt: 700
Income: +155 [+20 New Spain Mining, +15 New Grenada Mining, +30 Peruvian Mining, +20 New Spain Dyes, +10 Philippine Trade, +15 Caribbean Sugar, +60 Trade, -35 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Indigenous American Unrest

Kingdom of Portugal
King: John V
Government: Absolute Monarchy (High Crown Authority, Somewhat High Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Somewhat High
Units: 6/6 [-30 maintenance]
Reserves: 16
Fleets: 2/2 [-10 maintenance]
Economy: +75
Debt: 200
Income: +100 [+15 Brazilian Mining, +10 Brazilian Sugar, +10 Indian Trade Posts, +40 Trade, -10 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Indigenous American Unrest

Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
Grand Pensioner: Anthonie Heinsius (bomie)
Government: Confederative Republic (Very Low State Authority, High Nobility, Moderate Commons)
Popularity: Low
Units: 4/4 [-20 maintenance]
Reserves: 10
Fleets: 8/8 [-40 maintenance]
Economy: +100
Debt: 1000
Income: +100 [+5 Amsterdam Stock Market, +10 Cape Route, +10 Indian Trade Posts, +25 East Indian Spices, +5 Caribbean Sugar, +55 Trade, -50 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Dutch-Kandian Tensions
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Dutch East India Company
Autonomy: Very High
Profitability: 4
Units: 5
Fleets: 6
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Dutch West India Company
Autonomy: Somewhat High
Profitability: 2
Units: 2
Fleets: 2

Habsburg Monarchy
Emperor: Charles VI (Luc)
Government: Composite Feudal Monarchy (High Crown Authority, High Nobility, Very Low Commons)
Popularity: Moderate
Units: 18/18 [-90 maintenance]
Reserves: 30
Fleets: 1 [-5 maintenance] — 7 under construction (2 L1716, 2 E1717, 2 L1717, 1 E1718)
Defences: Trieste Harbour Defences (L1716)
Economy: +120
Debt: 600
Income: +205 [+5 Adriatic Trade, +10 Neapolitan Taxation, +5 Sardinian Taxation, +10 Netherlands Taxation, +5 Danube Tariffs, +35 Trade, +10 HRE Taxation, -30 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Ottoman-Austrian Tensions

Kingdom of Prussia
King: Frederick William I (Smyg)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (High Crown Authority, Moderate Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Moderate
Units: 6/10 [-20, 4 in southern Denmark, -50 maintenance]
Reserves: 8
Fleets: 0
Defences: Berlin Fortress
Economy: +150
Debt: 400
Income: +75 [+20 Trade, -5 Gold Coast Forts, -20 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: None

Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Personal Union with Saxony)
King/Grand Duke: Augustus II (Maddox)
Government: Elective Monarchy (Somewhat Low Crown Authority, Somewhat High Nobility, Somewhat Low Commons)
Popularity: Somewhat Low
Units: 9/14 [-0, 5 aligned with Tarnogród Confederation, -70 maintenance]
Reserves: 10
Fleets: 2/2 [-10 maintenance] — 1 under construction (L1716)
Economy: +130
Debt: 200
Income: +100 [+35 Trade, -5 Indian Forts, -10 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Rebellious Confederation
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Tarnogród Confederation
Units: 5
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Polish East India Company
Autonomy: Somewhat High
Profitability: 1
Units: 1
Fleets: 1
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Electorate of Saxony (Personal Union with Poland-Lithuania)
Prince-Elector: Augustus II
Government: Principality (Moderate Crown Authority, Moderate Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Somewhat Low
Units: 4/4 [-20 maintenance]
Reserves: 4
Fleets: 0
Economy: +95
Debt: 100
Income: +85 [+15 Trade, -5 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Great Northern War

Kingdom of Sweden
King: Charles XII (Gesar)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (High Crown Authority, Somewhat High Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Moderate
Units: 3/14 [-55, 5 in Swedish Pomerania, 4 in Swedish Finland, 2 in Christiana, -70 maintenance]
Reserves: 13
Fleets: 1/2 [-5, in near Aland Islands, -10 maintenance]
Defences: Oulu Defences
Economy: +140
Debt: 200
Income: +50 [+10 Swedish Furs, +10 Baltic Trade, +40 Trade, -10 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Great Northern War
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Holstein-Gottorp (minor German ally)
Units: 4 in Holstein-Gottorp

Tsardom of Russia
Tsar: Peter I (Cephal)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (Very High Crown Authority, Moderate Nobility, Very Low Commons)
Popularity: Moderate
Units: 14/26 [-60, 6 in Swedish Baltic, 6 in Swedish Finland, -130 maintenance]
Reserves: 23
Fleets: 0/1 [-5, 1 near Aland Islands, -5 maintenance]
Defences: Finland Artillery Forts, Ingria Artillery Forts, Baltic Artillery Forts
Economy: +170
Debt: 10
Income: -15 [+15 Russian Furs, +25 Far East Governate, +40 Trade, -10 Privateer Raiding, -5 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Great Northern War, Restive Nobles, Nogai Raids
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Finnish Partisans
Units: 2
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Russian Far East Governate
Government: Military/Company Rule (Very High Crown Authority, Very High Nobility, Very Low Commons)
Popularity: Moderate
Units: 10/10 [-50 maintenance]
Reserves: 0
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: Underdevelopment
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Russian Far East Company
Autonomy: Moderate
Profitability: 1
Units: 0
Fleets: 0

Sublime Ottoman State
Sultan: Ahmed III (Flamelord)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (Very High Crown Authority, Moderate Nobility, Somewhat Low Commons)
Popularity: Somewhat High
Units: 7/18 [-55, 8 in Morea, 3 in Corfu, -90 maintenance]
Reserves: 30
Fleets: 2/6 [-20, 4 near Corfu, -30 maintenance] — 2 under construction, E1716
Economy: +190
Debt: 300
Income: +85 [+10 Black Sea Trade, +15 Turkish Straits Control, +20 Imperial Tribute, +5 Minority Taxation, +5 Barbary Tribute, +50 Trade, -15 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Ottoman-Safavid Tensions, Ottoman-Austrian Tensions, Ottoman-Venetian War

Kingdom of Denmark (Personal Union with Norway)
King: Frederick IV (Andre Massena)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (Somewhat High Crown Authority, Moderate Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Moderate
Units: 2/4 [-10, 2 in southern Denmark, -20 maintenance]
Reserves: 4
Fleets: 0/1 [-5, 1 near Aland Islands, -5 maintenance]
Economy: +70
Debt: 500
Income: +55 [+50 Kingdom of Norway, +15 Sound Dues, +5 Caribbean Sugar, +30 Trade, -5 Gold Coast Forts, -25 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Great Northern War
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Kingdom of Norway (Personal Union)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (Somewhat High Crown Authority, Somewhat High Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Low
Units: 1/3 [-10, 2 in southern Denmark, -15 maintenance]
Reserves: 3
Fleets: 0/2 [-10, 2 near Aland Islands, -10 maintenance] — 5 under construction, (2 E1716, 3 L1716)
Conflicts: Great Northern War
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Danish East India Company
Autonomy: Somewhat High
Profitability: 3
Units: 1
Fleets: 1
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Danish West India Company
Autonomy: Somewhat High
Profitability: 3
Units: 1
Fleets: 1

Duchy of Savoy
Duke: Victor Amadeus II (TRC)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (High Crown Authority, Moderate Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Moderate
Units: 3/3 [-15 maintenance]
Reserves: 3
Fleets: 2/2 [-10 maintenance]
Economy: +60
Debt: 300
Income: +70 [+40 Kingdom of Sicily, +25 Trade, -15 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: None
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Kingdom of Sicily (Personal Union)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (High Crown Authority, Moderate Nobility, Low Commons)
Popularity: Moderate
Units: 2/2 [-10 maintenance]
Reserves: 2
Fleets: 1 [-5 maintenance]
Defences: Sicilian Forts
Conflicts: None

Mughal Empire
Emperor: Farrukhsiyar (Red John)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (Somewhat Low Crown Authority, High Nobility, Very Low Commons)
Popularity: Low
Units: 30/30 [-150 maintenance]
Reserves: 20
Fleets: 3/3 [-15 maintenance]
Economy: +210
Debt: 2000
Income: +70 [+15 Chitradurga Tribute, +15 Madurai Tribute, +25 Trade, -80 Decentralisation, -100 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Mughal-Maratha Conflict, Decentralisation, Strong Vassals

Maratha Empire
Chhatrapati: Shahu (Snacks)
Government: Absolute Monarchy (Moderate Crown Authority, Somewhat High Nobility, Very Low Commons)
Popularity: Moderate
Units: 15/15 [-75 maintenance]
Reserves: 15
Fleets: 3/3 [-15 maintenance]
Economy: +165
Debt: 300
Income: +90 [+30 Trade, -15 Debt Interest]
Conflicts: Mughal-Maratha Conflict

NPC Countries

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=Europe=

Electorate of Bavaria
Government: Principality
Stability: 4
Units: 6
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

Republic of Genoa
Government: Oligarchic Republic
Stability: 4
Units: 4
Fleets: 3
Conflicts: None

Most Serene Republic of Venice
Government: Oligarchic Republic
Stability: 4
Units: 13, 1 in Corfu
Fleets: 1
Conflicts: Ottoman-Venetian War

Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Government: Duchy
Stability: 5
Units: 8
Fleets: 1
Conflicts: None

Most Serene Republic of Lucca
Government: Oligarchic Republic
Stability: 5
Units: 1
Fleets: 1
Conflicts: None

States of the Church (incl. Comtat Venaissin)
Government: Theocracy
Stability: 3
Units: 3
Fleets: 1
Conflicts: None

Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Government: Duchy
Stability: 4
Units: 1
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

Duchy of Parma
Government: Duchy
Stability: 3
Units: 2
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

Principality of Wallachia (Tributary of the Ottomans)
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 3
Units: 3
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

Principality of Moldavia (Tributary of the Ottomans)
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 3
Units: 3
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

=Asia=

Yaruba Imamate
Government: Theocratic Monarchy
Stability: 3
Units: 5
Fleets: 3
Conflicts: None

Safavid Dynasty
Government: Theocratic Monarchy
Stability: 2
Units: 20
Fleets: 2
Conflicts: Ottoman-Safavid Tensions, Hotaki Dynasty Rebellion
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Hotaki Dynasty
Units: 10

Malla Dynasty
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability:
Units: 2
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

Kingdom of Mysore
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 4
Units: 8
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: Mughal-Maratha Conflict

Madurai Nayak Kingdom (Mughal Tributary)
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 2
Units: 2
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: Mughal-Maratha Conflict

Chitradurga Nayaka Kingdom (Mughal Tributary, Maratha Ally)
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 3
Units: 4
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

Kingdom of Kandy
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 2
Units: 4
Fleets: 1
Conflicts: Dutch-Kandian Tensions

Keladi Nayaka Kingdom
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 4
Units: 10
Fleets: 1
Conflicts: None

Bundelkhand Kingdom
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 3
Units: 8
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: Mughal-Maratha Conflict

Khoshut Khanate
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 2
Units: 4
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

Dzungar Khanate
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 2
Units: 8
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: Dzungar-Qing Wars

Qing Dynasty
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 4
Units: 120
Fleets: 25
Conflicts: Dzungar-Qing Wars

Tokugawa Shogunate
Government: Feudal Stratocracy
Stability: 5
Units: 20
Fleets: 5
Conflicts: Sakoku

Great Joseon State
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 4
Units: 10
Fleets: 2
Conflicts: None

Ryukyu Kingdom
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 4
Units: 2
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: Japan-China Dual Tributary Relations

Dai Viet
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 2
Units: 10
Fleets: 1
Conflicts: Internal Divisions

Kingdom of Champasak
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 3
Units: 2
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

Kingdom of Vientiane
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 3
Units: 2
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 3
Units: 2
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

Khmer Kingdom
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 2
Units: 3
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None

Ayutthaya Kingdom
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 4
Units: 12
Fleets: 2
Conflicts: None

Toungoo Dynasty (Burma)
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 3
Units: 10
Fleets: 1
Conflicts: None

Bruneian Empire
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 3
Units: 7
Fleets: 1
Conflicts: None

Sultanate of Sulu
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 4
Units: 9
Fleets: 1
Conflicts: Tensions with Spanish Philippines

=Africa=

Alaouite Dynasty (Morocco)
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Stability: 4
Units: 10
Fleets: 1
Conflicts: None

Kingdom of Kongo
Government: Tribal Monarchy
Stability: 3
Units: 6
Fleets: 0
Conflicts: None[/quote]

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