Cthulhu Sleeps (Map Game)

WELCOME TO THE FRANKENMAPGAME!!

It will henceforth be known as either CS or more likely FMG. '''The year is 1864. '''The Union armies are driving the Confederate rebels back. In Europe, tensions are rising between Prussia and France. India is under British Control. China is all but controlled by the European powers after the disastrous Second Opium War. Italy has just been unified under Piedmont, thanks to General Gabraldi.

And all the while, Cthulhu Sleeps.

Not for long. The Terror is stirring, and when he rises he will bring hordes of the undead. Vampires will rise. Werewolves will attack. Goblins, Sea Monsters, every creature that has ever inhabited Human Nightmares will come to haunt us in real life.

His Horror has chosen the date in his sleep, too. He will emerge...

on Halloween.

We start then, too.

EVERYONE SIGN UP!!

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Map


ENTER THE ILLUSTRIOUS MAP! Top one is showing Overrun areas. Bottom is for nations.

Moderators

 * Read the rules for seeing how to become a mod.
 * Me, obviously. (THE MIGHTY GUNS)  The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mode and type out his real sig (Dammit, Guns!)  22:43, October 23, 2013 (UTC)
 * CrimsonAssassin- "I have special eyes" 01:43, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Mscoree (talk) 00:50, October 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * 21:19, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
 * Daxus Inferno (talk) 03:09, October 30, 2013 (UTC) (probation)
 * Any others, just ask.

Rules
READ THE RULES OR GIANT BLOODY MONSTERS WILL CRUSH YOUR NATION AND MAKE SH!T HAPPEN.

Nations
Nations are currently under construction. Add others as needed.

North America

 * US flag 37 stars.svg United States of America -
 * CSA FLAG 28.11.1861-1.5.1863.svg Confederate States of America - CommanderOfTheFourthReich 16:16, October 27, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico - Eiplec - ಠ_ಠ (talk) 06:24, October 27, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of British Honduras.svg British Honduras (Colony of the British Empire) -
 * Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala -
 * Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras -
 * Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador -
 * Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua -
 * Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg Costa Rica -
 * Flag of Canada.svg Canada (Nation of the British Commonwealth) -
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Cuba (Territory of the Spain) -  Remedello 20:18, October 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti -
 * Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman (Colony of the British Empire) -
 * Jamaica (Colony of the British Empire) -
 * Flag_of_Greenland.svgland - (Danish Territory) - Daeseunglim (talk) 15:43, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Danish West Indies (Danish Territory) - Daeseunglim (talk) 15:54, October 29, 2013 (UTC)

Europe

 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain -  The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mode and type out his real sig (Dammit, Guns!)  00:35, October 27, 2013 (UTC)
 * Malta (Colony of the British Empire) -
 * Royal_Standard_of_Ireland_(1542–1801).svg Kingdom of Ireland - CrimsonAssassin- "I have special eyes" 02:11, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Romanov Flag.svg Russian Empire -
 * Duchy of Finland - 20:48, October 27, 2013 (UTC)
 * Austrian_Flag.png Austria -
 * Flag_of_Saxony.svgy- (Vassal of Austria)
 * [[Image:Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg|25px|border|link=]]Württemberg- (Vassal of Austria)
 * Flag_of_Baden.png- (Vassal of Austria)
 * [[Image:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|25px|border|link=]]Bavaria- (Vassal of Austria)
 * 600px-Saxe-_Meiningen.png-Meiningen- (Vassal of Austria)
 * Flag_of_Lippe_(1815-1880).svg- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * Flagge_Fürstentum_Reuß_jüngere_Linie.svg, junior line- (Vassal of Austria)
 * Flagge_Fürstentum_Reuß_ältere_Linie.svg, senior line- (Vassal of Austria)
 * Schaumburg-Lippe.pngmburg-Lippe- (Vassal of Austria)
 * Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Ottoman Empire - LightningLynx89
 * Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland -
 * Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg -
 * Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein -
 * Flag of France.svg France -             [[Image:Ancapflag.svg|25px|link=User:Reximus55]]     I find your lack of faith   disturbing.  22:32, October 27, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Spain - Remedello 20:18, October 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands - Rcchang (talk) 04:51, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium -
 * Flag Portugal (1830).svg Portugal -
 * Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy -
 * Kingdom of Greece Flag.svg Greece - phyrexia_symbol.png Yawgmoth, Lord of the Wastes phyrexia_symbol.png
 * Flag of Denmark.svgrk- Daeseunglim (talk) 15:35, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag_of_Iceland.svgnd - (Danish Territory) Daeseunglim (talk) 15:35, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg Islands - (Danish Territory) - Daeseunglim (talk) 15:35, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Union Jack of Sweden and Norway (1844-1905).svg Sweden -
 * Flag of Prussia 1892-1918.svg Prussia - Mscoree (talk) 00:22, October 27, 2013 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg|25px|border|link=]]Mecklenburg- Schwerin- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * [[Image:Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg|25px|border|link=]]Mecklenburg-Strelitz- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * [[Image:Flag of Oldenburg.svg|25px|border|link=]]Oldenburg- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * SaxeEisenach.png-Weimar-Eisenach-
 * Flag_of_Anhalt_(The_Kalmar_Union).svg.pngt- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * [[Image:Flagge Herzogtum Braunschweig.svg|25px|border|link=]]Brunswick- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * [[Image:Flagge Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1826-1911).svg|25px|border|link=]]Saxe-Altenburg- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * Flagge_Herzogtum_Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha_(1911-1920).svg-Coburg and Gotha- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * [[Image:Flagge Fürstentümer Schwarzburg.svg|25px|border|link=]]Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * [[Image:Flagge Fürstentümer Schwarzburg.svg|25px|border|link=]]Schwarzburg-Sondershausen- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * [[Image:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg|25px|border|link=]]Waldeck-Pyrmont- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * [[Image:Flag of Bremen.svg|25px|border|link=]]Bremen- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * Poland_Flag.pngübeck - (Vassal of Prussia)
 * Flag_of_Frankfurt_am_Main.svgfurt- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * Flagge Herzogtum Nassau (1806-1866).svgu- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * Flagge_Großherzogtum_Hessen_ohne_Wappen.svg- (Vassal of Prussia)
 * Flag_of_Hamburg.svgrg - (Vassal of Prussia)
 * Flag of Hanover 1837-1866.svg Hanover (Personal union with Great Britain) -
 * Papal States: David Rain (Sometimes...) (talk) 09:43, October 31, 2013 (UTC) (Or the Papacy... Have a word with Oct, I think I still exist...)

Asia/Oceania

 * China Qing Dynasty Flag 1889.svg - Qing Dynasty -Ninjasvswarriors (talk) 01:43, October 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Flag.svg Taiping Heavenly Kingdom- --This is UglyTurtle, Signing off. 02:25, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of Colonial Annam.svg - French Indochina (Colony of France) -            [[Image:Ancapflag.svg|25px|link=User:Reximus55]]     I find your lack of faith   disturbing.
 * British Raj Red Ensign.svg British Raj (Colony of the British Empire) -  The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mode and type out his real sig (Dammit, Guns!)  00:35, October 29, 2013 (UTC) (for now: Want it, just ask me)
 * Flag of the Alaungpaya Dynasty of Myanmar.svg -
 * Flag of Thailand.svg Siam -
 * Goa (Colony of Portugal) -
 * Macau (Colony of Portugal) -
 * British Burma 1937 flag.svg British Burma (Colony of the British Empire) - The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mode and type out his real sig  (Dammit, Guns!)  (for now, want it, just ask me.)
 * Nepal -
 * Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg Japan -Warman555 (talk) 01:19, October 27, 2013 (UTC)
 * Vietnam -
 * Bhutan -
 * Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch East Indies (Colony of the Netherlands) - Rcchang (talk) 04:56, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg - Philippines (Territory of Spain) -  Remedello 20:18, October 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * Late 19th Century Flag of Sulu.svg Sulu -
 * Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei -
 * Flag of Sarawak.svg Sarawak -
 * Flag of Portugal.svg East Timor (Colony of Portugal) -
 * Flag of New Caledonia.svg New Caledonia (Colony of France) -            [[Image:Ancapflag.svg|25px|link=User:Reximus55]]    <span style="background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, right top, left top, from(#ffffff), to(#ffffff)); -webkit-border-radius: 36px 12px; -moz-border-radius: 36px / 12px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 5px #ff0000; border:2px double #E5E4E2 border-radius:5px; border-bottom-right-radius:100px 90px; border-top-right-radius:100px 90px; color:#FFFFFF"> <font color=maroon face="Helvetica">I find your lack of faith   <font color="#ff0000" face="Helvetica" title="Blog">disturbing.
 * Flag of New South Wales.png New South Wales (Colony of the British Empire)- The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mode and type out his real sig  <font color="#000000">(Dammit, Guns!)  (for now, want it, just ask me.)
 * 1870-1876_Flag_of_Queensland.gif Queensland (Colony of the British Empire)- The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mode and type out his real sig  <font color="#000000">(Dammit, Guns!)  (for now, want it, just ask me.)
 * 250px-Flag_of_Victoria_(Australia)_svg.pngria (Colony of the British Empire)- The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mode and type out his real sig  <font color="#000000">(Dammit, Guns!)  (for now, want it, just ask me.)
 * 1870-1876_Flag_of_South_Australia.gif Australia (Colony of the British Empire)- The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mode and type out his real sig  <font color="#000000">(Dammit, Guns!)  (for now, want it, just ask me.)
 * Flag_of_Western_Australia.svgrn Australia (Colony of the British Empire)- The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mode and type out his real sig  <font color="#000000">(Dammit, Guns!)  (for now, want it, just ask me.)
 * Flag_of_Tasmania.pngnia (Colony of the British Empire)- Callumthered (talk) 05:54, October 30, 2013 (UTC) (Yay!)
 * Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (Colony of the British Empire) - The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mode and type out his real sig <font color="#000000">(Dammit, Guns!)  (for now, want it, just ask me.)
 * Malacca (Colony of the British Empire) - The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mode and type out his real sig <font color="#000000">(Dammit, Guns!)  (for now, want it, just ask me.)
 * Flag of the King of Joseon (Fringeless).svg Joseon -

Middle East

 * Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Jabal Shammar - Kytax (talk) 03:44, October 30, 2013 (UTC)
 * Ha'il -
 * Flag of Bahrain (1820-1932).svg Bahrain (Protectorate of the British Empire) -
 * Oman -
 * Kalat -
 * Flag of Persia (1910-1925).svg Persia - Captainjohnrex (talk) 13:17, October 27, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of Afghanistan (1901–1919).svg.png Afghanistan -

South America

 * British Guiana (Colony of the British Empire) -
 * Flag of the Netherlands.svg Suriname (Colony of the Netherlands) - Rcchang (talk) 04:56, October 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of France.svg French Guiana (Colony of France) - <span style="-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFFFFF 50%,#FFFFFF 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFD700 50%,#000000 50%));"><span style="border:1px solid #000000;padding-bottom:1px;padding-top:1px;-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#700000 45%,#700000 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#000000 45%,#202020 50%));border-top-left-radius:500px 400px;border-bottom-left-radius:500px 400px">           [[Image:Ancapflag.svg|25px|link=User:Reximus55]]    <span style="background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, right top, left top, from(#ffffff), to(#ffffff)); -webkit-border-radius: 36px 12px; -moz-border-radius: 36px / 12px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 5px #ff0000; border:2px double #E5E4E2 border-radius:5px; border-bottom-right-radius:100px 90px; border-top-right-radius:100px 90px; color:#FFFFFF"> <font color=maroon face="Helvetica">I find your lack of faith   <font color="#ff0000" face="Helvetica" title="Blog">disturbing.
 * Flag_of_Empire_of_Brazil_(1847-1889).svgl - Hailstormer (talk) 13:42, October 27, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina -
 * Flag of Chile.svg Chile -
 * Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia -  The Unchallenged Conqueror #FP (Talk to Me)
 * Flag of Peru.svg Peru -
 * Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador -
 * Flag of Bolivia (state).svg Bolivia -
 * Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay -
 * Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay -
 * Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falklands (Colony of the British Empire) -
 * Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.svg Saint Georgia (Colony of the British Empire) -

Africa

 * Cape Colony (Colony of the British Empire) -
 * Merina -
 * Flag of France.svg French Equatorial Africa (Colony of France) - <span style="-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFFFFF 50%,#FFFFFF 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFD700 50%,#000000 50%));"><span style="border:1px solid #000000;padding-bottom:1px;padding-top:1px;-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#700000 45%,#700000 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#000000 45%,#202020 50%));border-top-left-radius:500px 400px;border-bottom-left-radius:500px 400px">           [[Image:Ancapflag.svg|25px|link=User:Reximus55]]    <span style="background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, right top, left top, from(#ffffff), to(#ffffff)); -webkit-border-radius: 36px 12px; -moz-border-radius: 36px / 12px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 5px #ff0000; border:2px double #E5E4E2 border-radius:5px; border-bottom-right-radius:100px 90px; border-top-right-radius:100px 90px; color:#FFFFFF"> <font color=maroon face="Helvetica">I find your lack of faith   <font color="#ff0000" face="Helvetica" title="Blog">disturbing.
 * Flag of the Orange Free State.svg Orange Free State -Daxus Inferno (talk) 03:10, October 30, 2013 (UTC)
 * Flag of Transvaal.svgvaal -
 * Flag of Portugal.svg Mozambique (Colony of Portugal) -
 * Flag of Portugal.svg Angola (Colony of Portugal) -
 * Flag of the Gold Coast.svg Gold Coast (Colony of the British Empire) -
 * Dahomey (Colony of France) - <span style="-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFFFFF 50%,#FFFFFF 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFD700 50%,#000000 50%));"><span style="border:1px solid #000000;padding-bottom:1px;padding-top:1px;-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#700000 45%,#700000 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#000000 45%,#202020 50%));border-top-left-radius:500px 400px;border-bottom-left-radius:500px 400px">           [[Image:Ancapflag.svg|25px|link=User:Reximus55]]    <span style="background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, right top, left top, from(#ffffff), to(#ffffff)); -webkit-border-radius: 36px 12px; -moz-border-radius: 36px / 12px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 5px #ff0000; border:2px double #E5E4E2 border-radius:5px; border-bottom-right-radius:100px 90px; border-top-right-radius:100px 90px; color:#FFFFFF"> <font color=maroon face="Helvetica">I find your lack of faith   <font color="#ff0000" face="Helvetica" title="Blog">disturbing.
 * Liberia -
 * Gambia (Colony of the British Empire) -
 * Senegal (Colony of France) - <span style="-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFFFFF 50%,#FFFFFF 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFD700 50%,#000000 50%));"><span style="border:1px solid #000000;padding-bottom:1px;padding-top:1px;-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#700000 45%,#700000 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#000000 45%,#202020 50%));border-top-left-radius:500px 400px;border-bottom-left-radius:500px 400px">           [[Image:Ancapflag.svg|25px|link=User:Reximus55]]    <span style="background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, right top, left top, from(#ffffff), to(#ffffff)); -webkit-border-radius: 36px 12px; -moz-border-radius: 36px / 12px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 5px #ff0000; border:2px double #E5E4E2 border-radius:5px; border-bottom-right-radius:100px 90px; border-top-right-radius:100px 90px; color:#FFFFFF"> <font color=maroon face="Helvetica">I find your lack of faith   <font color="#ff0000" face="Helvetica" title="Blog">disturbing.
 * Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia -
 * Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco -
 * Sierra Leone (Colony of the British Empire) -
 * Toucouleur -
 * Sokoto -
 * Bornu -
 * Quaddai -
 * Darfur -
 * Dahomey -
 * Oyo -
 * Benin -
 * Bunyoro -
 * Buganda -
 * Zanzibar -
 * Rwanda -
 * Burundi -
 * Yeke -
 * Lunda -
 * Kazembe -
 * Dendi -
 * Ashanti -

1864
''' Guess what guys? This is the only turn you'll get without them monster hordes. The year of 1864 has started, and the world is consumed in it's own interest, little knowing that a vast intelligence watches their every move, preparing to strike.... '''

''' America is consumed by Civil War. The Union has finally gained the upper hand over the rebels, and is now advancing against rebel lines to reannex the nation; losing, however, a ridiculously high number of men. Men they may now need... '''

''' Britain is one of the most powerful nations on Earth, controlling India, much of Africa and the Carribean, and of course Australia, which at the moment is divided into 6 colonies. '''

''' Italy has recently been unified. But troubles still face the fledgling nation; and Rome is still in the hands of the Vatican... '''

''' France and Mexico have signed the Treaty of Miramar, limiting French power in that nation. But how long will these accords last? Meanwhile Tensions are also rising with Prussia, who wish to unify Germany under themselves; a move that would damage France's standing in Europe to no end. '''

''' China is still reeling from the Opium Wars, and is basically under European Control at the moment. But already there are those who wish to fight back... '''

''' A Prussian-Austrian ultimatum to repeal the Danish Constitution, which says that Schleswig-Holstein is part of Denmark, begins to reach its end. Denmark is pressured to consider relinquishing its claims. '''

'''The Invasion of Waikato continues as the New Zealand government engages Rewi Maniapoto, Wiremu Tamihana, and Tāwhiao of the Māori King Movement. The British finish devising a plan to curb this flow of support to the enemy from the North Island, by sending an expedition to Tauranga, a major harbour in the Bay of Plenty, some 100 km east of the conflict in the Waikato.'''

'''The tiny Confederate hand-propelled submarine H. L. Hunley sinks the USS Housatonic using a spar torpedo in Charleston Harbor, becoming the first submarine to sink an enemy ship, although the submarine and her crew of eight are also lost. The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia (the 500 prisoners had left Richmond, Virginia seven days before). '''

'''Abraham Lincoln begins considering appointing Ulysses S. Grant to commander in chief of all Union armies. In the south 5,500 Union forces under Nathaniel Banks begin moving toward Alexandria, Louisiana.'''

'''The Russian Empire commits the Circassian Genocide. More than 1.5 Million Circassians are murdered and surviving Circassians were driven from their homeland to the Ottoman Empire, ending the Russian-Circassian War.'''


 * Austria: Begins to stablise, and propaganda is used to increase the support we have throughout the empire. We begin to increase the size of the army.
 * Colony of Tasmania: The Governor, Lieut-Colonel Sir Thomas Gore Browne (KCMG) inspects the military of the colony which, in the absence of a British regiment, is solely responsible for the protection of this far-flung reach of the glorious British Empire. All eight infantry companies (of 150 men each) march on Hobart to take part in the inspection. The Hobart Town Artillery Company fire salutes into the air, and there is a general celebratory atmosphere in the air. Many businesses use the inspection as a day off, and many pople come to watch the fledgling army parade around in its dark blue uniforms. The Launceston Volunteer Artillery Company is not present, as it was deemed too difficult to move the cannon from Launceston to Hobart just for the celebrations. In the aftermath of the celebrations, the colonial parliament meets to discuss the future of the colonial military. Premier Whyte proposes that one company of mounted infantry be raised, and that the colony purchase one small steamship (with naval guns and mine-laying capabilities) to protect the coast. He argues that such arrangements are necessary in the event of an atack by the dreaded Russians (boo, down with the evil Russians and their Tsar!). However, there is some oppsition within the government due to the costs of such a venture. Nothing much else happens, this is Tasmania after all.

Ottoman Empire: We begin to start to try and unify the very multi-cultured Ottoman Empire, to hopefully unify and strengthen our country.

Prussia: With the ultimatum toward Denmark reaches its end, we begin to mobilize our reserves for war. The Danish army is estimated at about 38,000 men in four divisions, including the 8th Brigade consisting of the 9th and 20th Regiments (approximately 1,600 soldiers each), mainly soldiers from the middle and west and north of Jutland. Of that group about 36,000 men are believed to be defending the Dannevirke, a job which it is said to need 50,000 men to do properly. Prussian forces are placed under the command of Field Marshal Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, commanding a Prussian army of 37 battalions, 29 squadrons and 110 guns, totaling approximately 38,400 men and an Austrian army of 20 battalions, 10 squadrons and 48 guns, totallingapproximately 23,000 men. During. Additional forces begin to be raised from the reserves. Prussian and Austrian forces are ordered to cross into Schleswig, beginning the Second War of Schleswig. The Austrians are ordered to advance towards the refortified Dannevirke frontally while the Prussian forces struck the Danish fortifications at Mysunde, located on the Schlei coast of Schwansen east of Schleswig town, trying to bypass the Danevirke by crossing the frozen Schlei inlet, but after six hours of fighting make little gains and retreat. In the Battle for Königshügel (Danish Kongshøj) near Selk on 3 February 1864, Austrian forces commanded by General Gondrecourt push the Danes back to the Dannevirke, forcing the Danish to make a final stand there. After a lengthy battle (will post algorithm soon) the Danish commander-in-chief, lieutenant general Christian Julius De Meza is forced to abandon the Dannewirke and withdraw to Flensberg. '''Ask for an alliance with Sweden. b'''