The 1848 Game (Map Game)

© Copyright the aourther and creator Wipsenade. Whipsnade (talk) 22:47, August 5, 2014 (UTC)

Idea
I am building a new game in about August 1st, with play commencing about the August 20th. It is the- The 1848 game (Map game). I have planned for new AvAr style game, but in mid Victorian times.

LG had reasonably claimed of a forum that the Confederacy was doomed so I tough of this game ~circa 1 month ago and may end up proving him wrong about the Confederates? :-) Can you make Texas great or lead the Confederacy to victory in ~1861? Rip zip and Mexico may lose a province? Because it's an alternative history site Texas just managed to ATL hold on (it's 1848, but they are as in the closing days of 1846).

My 1848 game would also have an all new algo.

Economics, infrastructure and trade plays a role in it to.

It has a new style algo to.

Scenario.
' It is the year 1848! '

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, working in London, had written The Communist Manifesto and published in German in London on February 21, 1848.

The world's Liberals promise change, but at what cost? Anger swells in the Italian states, France, the German states, Denmark, Schleswig, the Habsburg Empire, Hungary, Switzerland, today's Western Ukraine, Greater Poland, Danubian Principalities, Belgium, Ireland, the USA, New Grenada and Brazil!..... The first major outbreak came in Sicily, starting in January 1848. Then there was the French Revolution of 1848.

In Dresden, the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony, the people took to the streets asking King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony to engage in electoral reform, social justice and for a constitution.

Ever since the revolutionary events of 1830, Saxony had been ruled as a constitutional monarchy with a two-chamber legislature and a responsible ministry. This constitution continued to serve as the basis of the Saxon government until 1918. However the Revolution of 1848 brought more popular reforms in the government of Saxony. In 1849, other residents left for destinations across the Atlantic. Many natives of Saxony, such as Michael Machemehl, left for Texas where they joined other Germans in creating a German Texan community.

In Bavaria, King Ludwig I lost prestige because of his support for his favourite mistress Lola Montez, a dancer and actress unacceptable to the aristocracy or the Church. She tried to launch liberal reforms using a Protestant prime minister, which outraged the Catholic conservatives of Bavaria. On February 9, the conservative public of Bavaria came out onto the streets in protest. This conservative protest on February 9, 1848 was the first demonstration in that revolutionary year of 1848. However this was an exception among the wave of liberal protests in 1848. The conservatives merely wanted to be rid of Lola Montez. They had no political agenda or demands for change. Nonetheless, liberal students took advantage of the Lola Montez affair to stress their demands for political change in Bavaria.

Because of Prussia's size and economic importance, the smaller Germanic states began to join Prussia's free trade area in the 1820s. Prussia benefited greatly from the creation in 1834 of the German Customs Union (Zollverein), which included most German states but excluded Austria. Starting on May 18, 1848, the Frankfurt Assembly set about trying to find ways to unite the various German states into a single nation and to write a constitution. However, the Assembly proved to be unable to make any resolute decisions and degenerated into a mere debating club. A Prussian border war with Denmark may occur soon and a tensions now simmer with with Austro-Hungary is imminent over the ownership of Silesia. Norway, Spain and Switzerland are still neutral.

The Dutch, French, British and Portuguese Empires are fast expanding in in Asia and Africa.

The Confederate states condemn some aspects of the Union and a few calls for selection! Remember- slavery was a big issue back then! One of the things at the heart of the conflict was the question of whether Kansas would allow or outlaw slavery, and thus enter the Union as a slave state or a free state. Pro-slavery forces said every settler had the right to bring his own property, including slaves, into Kansas Territory. Anti-slavery "free soil" forces said the rich slaveholders would buy up all the good farmland and work them with black slaves, leaving little or no opportunity for non-slaveholders. An armed conflict in the territory looked imminent!

Republic of Texas is still independent (its' a Althistory site after all) and just managed to hold on (it's 1848, but they are as in the closing days of 1846), The República de Yucatán limps on in Mexico and the Caste War of Yucatán also rumbles on in the Chan Santa Cruz Maya.

The Oregon Treaty of 1846 marked the effective end of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department.

Locally responsible government established in Nova Scotia and Canada Province in 1848. First Canadian telegraph lines are also laid in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick that year.

South America is squabbling amongst its self. Uruguayan Civil War began in 1839 and still goes on. Juan Manuel de Rosas was Governor of Buenos Aires Province with the 'sum of public power', thus becoming president. The Buenos Aires leader deposed by Rosas in 1829, General Juan Lavalle, also led a series of rebellions with different alliances against Rosas and the Federal Pact until Lavalle's defeat and assassination in 1841. Argentina would be a troubled lad for many years.

Several European ships have charted Australia's coast, but on a few have made short landings after 1845. Most of the land is British claimed and the rest is international assumed to be so, but it's largely not even mapped!

The Russian are after the Crimea and parts of northern China, Persia is under Pressure, Afghanistan is a different OTL shape back then and Russia is bullying the Central Asian emirates Khiva and Bukhara.

The Mighty Japanese Empire is just about to form and tensions between the Japanese shogunates and China simmer over Korea and the Ryukyu islands. Japan is thinking of opening up to the West.

At this time Africa was still a new land! Oman was trying to keep its informal grip on the Swahili Coast and Anglo-Boer tensions simmered on. Oyo, Abyssinia, Katmawzmbe, Kongo and the Ashanti could shape the region.

Some African nations were regionally potent in 1848 and good gameplay. Try to change history, save an African nation, and thus White colonialism may not win? The game won't be boring if someone plays the Boers!

Base map
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Start date.
Game starts on August 30th, if over 10 nations are taken!Whipsnade (talk) 17:28, August 1, 2014 (UTC)

Style

 * 1) American Civil War technology level.
 * 2) Realism (real life) style.

Mods

 * Head Moderator:Whipsnade (talk) 13:59, August 2, 2014 (UTC)


 * Other Moderator 1:


 * Other Moderator 2:


 * Head Mapmaker:Whipsnade (talk) 13:59, August 2, 2014 (UTC)


 * Mapmaker 1:


 * Mapmaker 2:

Mod Rules

 * 1) Mods must be plausible in their mod events and must not target any particular nation.
 * 2) Carving large empires is NOT a cause for mod targeting, unless it is implausible.
 * 3) Mods may be voted out of their modness with a popular vote from any user, supported by 50% all players, if the mod is unfair to players.

Rules

 * 1) Every 30 turns, an archive page should be created to store the game's progress. This will ensure that when the game gets very long, people don't have to scroll down for an hour, or wait for 100 images to down-load.
 * 2) No major ASBness allowed.
 * 3) Turns are 1 turn a day. 1 turn = 1 year until 1900 and 6 months after that.
 * 4) Definitely NO sockpuppets!!!
 * 5) Maintain the bit rate of the base map image. Saving images in a lower quality format or at a lower bit rate and thus results in graining and other issues that make it difficult to edit the future image. Save as a .PNG as the format tends to maintain the image quality the best. Also, every image editor now has a text tool. Using a paintbrush or pencil tool for labels is both ugly and now unnecessary.

Vassal Rules

 * 1) Unless the vassal can provide real military aid to a country, it cannot be used in an algorithm. For example, OTL Romania and Poland can provide military assistance to the USSR, but OTL Tannu Tuva and Grenada ain't gonna help much, so use your head!
 * 2) Vassals may declare war instead of the actual master nation.
 * 3) Places can be vasselated after 5 years of successful armed occupation.
 * 4) Vassals can be peacefully annexed to their occupier after 10 if they are ethnically and religiosity the same as the suzerain state that wishes to annex them, otherwise they will remain as vassals and shall fight a formal annexation plan.

Algorithm
See- War Algorithm (The 1848 game Map Game).


 * War Algorithm: Wars are resolved with the War Algorithm.
 * Simple maths: Troop numbers are related to population numbers. The Russian army is currently at ~1,500,000 and the population is at ~145,000,000. The population of Mongolia is ~2,000,000 and the armed forces number 25,000. Get it?
 * International decisions: You can't just say like "I hand ultimatum to Russia, they must join union with Poland or be crushed. They accept", well you can, but I'll delete it. No one, except mods can decide for non-player countries (NPC). Furthermore, mods must explain the decision that was made- i.e. Russia declines offer because of recent wars with your nation.

Terrorist and rebel organisation rules

 * 1) Any nation can create a proxy terrorist (OTL- IRA, etc) or rebel malitia (OTL- UNITA etc) organisation.
 * 2) Terrorists do not give any advantage in terms of algorithms, but rebel armys add 1 point to the side that they are loyal to.

Europe

 * Flag of the Netherlands.svg empire
 * Suriname (Colony of the Dutch Empire)
 * Dutch East Indies
 * Netherlands Antillies
 * Luxembourg (personal and economic union with Netherlands)
 * Belgian Empire
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svgsh Empire:Whipsnade (talk) 19:31, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Gibraltar (British protectorate)Whipsnade (talk) 19:36, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Malta (Protectorate of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:36, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * British India (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:36, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * British Indian princely state of Hydrabad (Vassals of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:36, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * British Indian princely state of Jhopor (Vassals of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:36, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * British Indian princely state of Mysor (Vassals of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:36, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * British Indian princely state of Travencore (Vassals of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:36, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * The other, lesser British Indian princely states (lumped togeather for convenience) (Vassals of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:36, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Ceylon (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:36, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falklands (Colony of the British Empire) Whipsnade (talk) 14:29, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.svg St Georgia (Colony of the British Empire) Whipsnade (talk) 14:29, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Newfoundland (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:25, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * North-Western [British North American] Territory (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:25, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * New Brunswick (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:25, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * New Caledonia (Today's OTL north and mid BC) (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:25, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Red River Colony (Today's OTL southern Manitoba, etc) (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:25, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Nova Scotia (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:25, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Province of Canada (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:25, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Rupert's Land (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:28, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Bermuda (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:28, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Bahamas (Colony of the British Empire)- Whipsnade (talk) 21:28, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * British Guiana (Colony of the British Empire)Whipsnade (talk) 14:29, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Flag of the Gold Coast.svg Gold CoastWhipsnade (talk) 14:29, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Cape Colony (Colony of the British Empire) -Whipsnade (talk) 14:30, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Sierra Leone (Colony of the British Empire) -Whipsnade (talk) 14:29, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * British Honduras:(Colony of the British Empire) -Whipsnade (talk) 14:29, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * British Jamaica:(Colony of the British Empire) -Whipsnade (talk) 14:29, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * The Mosquito Coast:(Colony of the British Empire) -Whipsnade (talk) 14:29, August 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * Hanover
 * Brunswick-Luneburg
 * Austria-Hungary:
 * Greece
 * Saxony
 * Sax-Coberg-Gotha
 * Strellitz
 * Bremen and Bremerhaven joint city state
 * The Papal States
 * Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg Bavaria:
 * Wurttemberg
 * Baden-Baden
 * Monaco
 * San Marino
 * Flag Portugal (1830).svg Portugal:
 * Flag Portugal (1830).svg Portuguese south east Africa (Colony of Portugal) -
 * Flag Portugal (1830).svg Portuguese south east Africa (Colony of Portugal) -
 * Flag Portugal (1830).svg Goa, Dili and Portuguese India
 * Flag Portugal (1830).svg Port Macau (colony of Portugal)
 * Flag Portugal (1830).svg East Timor (colony of Portugal)
 * Flag Portugal (1830).svg Cape Verde and Portuguese Guinea (Portuguese colony)
 * Flag Portugal (1830).svg San Tome and Principe (colony of Portugal)
 * The Russian Empire: (reserved for Toby2)
 * Flag of France.svgh Empire:
 * Flag of France.svg French Equatorial Africa (Colony of France) -
 * Flag of France.svg Senegal (Colony of France) -
 * Flag of France.svg French Guinea and West Africa (Colony of France) -
 * Flag of France.svg French Oblock (Colony of France) -
 * Flag of France.svg French Algiers and North Africa (Colony of France) -
 * Flag of France.svg French Guiane (Colony of France) -
 * Flag of France.svg Pondonchery and French India (Colony of France) -
 * Flag of France.svg Duchy of Rome (Puppet of France) -
 * Naples
 * Venice:
 * Piedmont:
 * Lippi
 * Saxony
 * Switzerland:
 * Denmark:
 * Iceland
 * Faro Islands
 * Greenland
 * United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway:
 * Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701-1750).svg Prussia: (reserved for Nkbeeching)
 * Hamburg city state
 * Nassau City-state
 * Flag of Russia.svg Russia: (reserved for Toby 2)
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Spain
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg City of Ifin (Territory of Spain)
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Reo do Oro (Territory of Spain)
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Reo Moni and San Phoo (Territory of Spain)
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Cuba (Territory of Spain)
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Peuto Rica (Territory of Spain)
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg The Philippines (Territory of Spain)
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Palau (Territory of Spain)
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Spanish Pacific Islands (Territory of Spain)
 * Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Spanish Pacific Islands (Territory of Spain)

Africa

 * Segu
 * Adamaua
 * Zande (feacly ant-French, British or Arab)
 * Benin
 * Madika
 * Tukolor Empier
 * Oyo Kingdom
 * Wadai
 * Luanda kingdom
 * Shshonaland
 * Touat
 * Whindhoke Grinqonaland
 * Thoa
 * Baghirmi
 * Bornou
 * Kingdom of Imerina
 * Sultanate of Hobyo
 * Dervisher Somali State
 * Majeerteen Sultanate
 * Flag of the Orange Free State.svg 1st Boer Republic  (reserved for Daxus Inferno)
 * Liberia (American client state) -
 * Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Abyssinia -
 * Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco -
 * Quaddi Tribal Federation
 * Darfur Sultanate
 * Islamic Sultanate of Sokoto (fiercely anti-British)
 * Islamic Sultanate of Kanem-Borneo (fiercely anti-British/French)
 * Kingdom of Buganda (oro-British)
 * The 19 Federated Mossi Kingdoms (led by the king of Ouagadougou)
 * Kingdom of Ashanti (fiercely anti-British)
 * Dendi Kingdom
 * Kingdom of Barotseland
 * Kingdom of Mwata Kazembe
 * Bemba Kingdom -
 * Kingdom of Nyamwezi
 * Kingdom of Luba
 * Kingdom of Mawata Yamvo
 * Kingdom of Empire of Kitara
 * Kingdom of Ankole Kingdom
 * Kingdom of Burundi
 * Kingdom of Rwanda
 * Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
 * T'Chokwe Kingdom
 * Kingdom of Benin (fiercely pro-French)
 * Tureg Emirate of Timbuktu (fiercely anti-French)
 * Kingdom of Gao

South America

 * Flag_of_Empire_of_Brazil_(1847-1889).svg Empire of Brazil  -
 * Flag of Argentina.svg Republic of Argentina -
 * Flag of Chile.svg Republic of Chile -
 * Flag of Colombia.svg Republic of Colombia -
 * Flag of Peru.svg Republic of Peru -
 * Flag of Ecuador.svg Republic of Ecuador -
 * Flag of Bolivia (state).svg Republic of Bolivia -
 * Flag of Paraguay.svg Republic of Paraguay -
 * Flag of Uruguay.svg Republic of Uruguay -

Central America

 * Honduras:
 * Guatemala:
 * El Salvador:
 * Nicaragua:
 * Costa Rica:
 * Haiti:
 * Dominican Republic:

North America

 * The United States of America: (reserved for Scarlet Outlaw)
 * Texas (reserved for Eastest566)
 * Mexico

Middle East

 * Persia
 * Oman
 * The Swahili Coast
 * Ottoman Empire:
 * Serbia (Ottoman Vassal)
 * Montenegro (Ottoman vassal)
 * Walachia (Ottoman Vassal)
 * Moldavia (Ottoman Vassal)
 * Khedivate of Egypt (Colony of the Ottoman Empire)
 * Cyrenica-Barcer(Ottoman vassal)
 * Tripolitania (Ottoman vassal)
 * Fezzan tribal confederacy (Ottoman vassal)
 * Bey of Tunis (Ottoman vassal)
 * Emirate of Kuwait (Ottoman vassal)
 * Durani Empire

Asia

 * Nepal
 * Bhutan
 * Sikkim
 * Punjab
 * Kashmire
 * China:
 * Empire of Japan:
 * Siam
 * Joson Korea:
 * Asom
 * Burma
 * Emirate of Kunduz
 * Kiva
 * Bukhura
 * Kockand
 * Vianitane
 * Sikkim
 * Balochiatan