User:Candiesrgood/Sandbox I

Plan
Note:  Red means the step has been done/in the process of being done.


 * Political
 * Crown Sejong earlier
 * Establish even closer ties with China, and encourage China to station troops within major Korean cities to protect their tributary state Become a protectorate of China until the nineteenth century, or at least when Korea can be by its own


 * Military
 * Build an arsenal in Hanseong, Busan, and Pyeongyang – in order of importance
 * Begin the production of key military items such as; turtleships and gunpowder weapons such as hand cannons, Korean cannons, hwacha, and fire arrows
 * Try to consolidate control over territory and presence in neighbouring bodies of water
 * Annex and incorporate Tsushima island as it is a base for Japanese pirates and a strategic point in the Korea Strait
 * Expand into Manchuria (with the casus belli being to reclaim lost Balhae territory and to pacify the northern Jurchens)


 * Socio-cultural
 * Facilitate education for the yangban through the construction of academies, universities, and schools while promoting literacy through increased movable prints
 * Allow lower castes to perform as civil servants
 * Begin the entrenchment of Confucian customs and work ethic (though try to provide a re-interpretation of Neo–Confucianism and allow a great role for women)
 * Create Hangul earlier and replace Hanja
 * Split the sangmin caste into the upper sangmin (military personnel, excluding generals and other top positions), and the lower sangmin (farmers and peasants).
 * Make merchants a separate class from the sangmin, making up the sang-in class
 * Place restrictions on the nobility to consolidate imperial rule


 * Economic
 * Adopt more modern Chinese agricultural policies to heighten agricultural productivity
 * Adopt the use of bituminous coke in place of charcoal
 * Open large-scale mining activities in North Korea, as it will provide a source of revenue and a flow of raw materials to support efforts in South Korea
 * Encourage urbanisation and ease trade and commerce through the construction of paved roads and canals
 * Construct hydraulic-powered blast furnaces that melt wrought and cast iron together, thus creating steel. Steel will be used for construction and to reinforce weaponry [first adopt it from China]
 * Establish Hanseong, Busan, Pyeongyang, and Ulsan as the main industrial centres

Reformed caste system

 * Yangban
 * The nobility, comprised most civil servants, constituting ~10% of the population
 * This caste was hereditary and held most of the wealth, the slaves and the land
 * Were exempted from national conscription, manual labor, and taxation
 * Had to participate in government exams to obtain high government positions
 * Nobles lived separately from the sangmin, in designated areas of a settlement
 * Chung-in
 * Small, but important caste, comprised ~5% of the population
 * Included; interpreters, scribes, astronomers, accountants, physicians, and musicians.
 * Small provincial officeholders also belonged to this class
 * This caste included the illegitimate children of yangban (from concubines or commoners)
 * The seo-eol (illegitimate children) not recognised as yangban and thus could not inherit land or wealth from their parents nor participate in government exams
 * Sang-in
 * Small, but also very important caste, comprised ~5% of the population
 * Included merchants and traders
 * The highest caste a commoner could ascend to
 * Upper sangmin
 * Share of population fluctuates; ~1–5% of the population
 * Military personnel, excluding top positions like general etc. (the highest positionsa re held by yangban)
 * Lower sangmin
 * Comprised ~65–70% of the population
 * Peasants, artisans, fishermen comprise this caste
 * May also participate in manual labor in industry for higher wages than normal
 * They are obliged to pay taxes,
 * Cheonmin
 * Comprised 9–14% of the population
 * Included slaves, both state and and privately owned
 * Included entertainers, professionals dealing with animal slaughter (butchers, people working with animal skins), innkeepers, gisaengs, entertainers, gravediggers, bark peelers, basket makers, shamans and ferrymen
 * A hereditary status, and children of this caste can not advance on the social ladder.

Turn

 * With Korean Queen, Yi Hyorin becoming annoyed by the Ming request to cede Seotaeman to the Japanese, Korean envoys are sent to Kyoto, offering to sell Seotaeman for a small sum of a million taels. Korean envoys also seek to reestablish basic relations with the Japanese, but if relations are established, they will be restricted, with Busan being the sole Korean city used in Korean–Japanese meetings or commerce. Yi Hyorin orders the invasion of the Nivh people, who occupy the northern half of Sakhalin. A total of a thousand troops, along with a fleet of five bigeodo are sent in the campaign, expecting a quick victory. Korea continues its long naval tradition, building new ships and replacing obsolete or worn out ships. Most new ships are bigeodo and gwaseon, with a few junks and hyeopseon being built. Patrols are done in neighbouring waters to consolidate territorial legitimacy. Arsenals are built to fit a higher capacity of weapons, while more gunpowder weapons are made. Korea begins expansion beyond Manchuria and into coastal Siberia, sending patrols through the northern waters, meeting with locals in the Kuril islands and the Kamchatka peninsula. Mahayana Buddhism under the Yi sect, which fuses Confucian doctrines and Muist rites, becomes increasingly ingrained into Korean culture. Korea continues to experience increasing affluence under a meritocratic bureaucracy. Yi Do continues the encouragement of mercantile activities and commerce. Wealthy yangban patronize the arts and literature. Buildings are upscaled in beauty and sophistication to reflect Korea's growing affluence, while more people, especially those in the yangban, chung-in, and sang-in castes, choose partake in education. Korea sends another batch of tribute, comprising of Korean deserts, a hundred concubines and eunuchs, and luxury items, to the Ming.

Algo

 * Pre-war stage
 * Korea
 * Result +25
 * Population +18
 * War exhaustion -1
 * Casus belli +1
 * Government +6
 * Nivkhs
 * Result +10.02
 * Population +0.02
 * War exhaustion +0
 * Casus belli +7
 * Government +3
 * Battle stage
 * Korea
 * Result +0.45
 * Army +0.45 (1,000 troops, 5 ships)
 * Location +3
 * Attrition +0
 * Blunder -3
 * Nivkhs
 * Result +0.75
 * Army +0.75 (2,500 troops)
 * Location +2
 * Blunder -2
 * Final stage
 * Korea
 * +24.7 (25 - 0.3)
 * Nivkhs
 * +10.02

246.5% in favour of Koreans, Northern Sakhalin is annexed into Korea.