Nation Game 3.1 - ALL POSTS ARE TO BE IN-CHARACTER

Wait so how much gold should I have?

ashran wrote:Wait so how much gold should I have?

I already told you, you gain five gold this turn.

When asked why China had decided to go to war so early after planetfall, China offered these remarks:
"When the Japanese Communist Union envoy arrived, China was obliged to help them. They are comrades. Japan hunted them on Earth. China vowed to keep its Comrades free from harm."
"There was no love between the Japanese and the Chinese on Earth, either. Tensions were high both up to and during the war that destroyed our original planet."
"Finally, there is the matter of practicality."
The chairman brought up a map.
"It seems that the region marked '322' was a point of contention between Japan and some other unknown country."
The chairman brought up a second map.
"South American mercenaries also landed north of here. Not much in the way of diplomacy has been attempted, but they made it clear that they wanted Uranium, and..."
The chairman brought up a map of japan.
"The closest uranium to them is here."
The Chairman pointed to a region labelled 287.

So. I have an ally, in the Japanese Communist Union, who already considers them an enemy - and they've gone and made a diplomatic mess with that whole '322' fiasco. Ironically, I would not have even known that Japan was on this planet if it weren't for their love of boats - sentries in 269 reported a boat in Japanese colors arriving from the south, searching for resources along the river.
Needless to say, we will be delivering some resources to them via our military convoys now. *chuckles*

The swarm of reporters at the Chairman's announcement was made up of journalists from many nations, but the prevailing nationality was that of the French. They had a very free media. So free, in fact, that a number of the Republic's upper class had entertained thoughts of fascism strictly to keep the vultures out of their windows.

With the French now sharing a border with the Chinese and some small-scale trade beginning between them, President Montblanc was obligated to state declare France's neutrality in the conflict, stating that the balance of power will not be altered no matter who emerges victorious. Although the political right launched a withering criticism of Montblanc's "indecisive neutrality", they still largely approve of his presidency due to steady and comfortable expansion along with growth of the military.

Following current trends The Grand Caliphate of New Kaaba extends into 230 and 232 respectively.
Exert from council of the Emirs
"The heathens are nearly at our doorstep and they continue to militarize."
"While it is our holy right to decimate them for being unbelievers, may I suggest we offer them the olive branch first. Send them the word by air, by the doves."

The Grand Caliph has ordered the delivery of thousands of Qur'an to the French.

General Alexander watched from the window in his office as the newly-trained mercenaries received their gray uniforms and weapons.

He turned, eased into the chair at his desk, opened a drawer, and retrieved some files.

"Mrs. Gorshorn," he dictated to the young women standing in front of his desk, "I want you to have these maps sent to nearby nations. They depict the territories that we have claimed for our own. Any nations seen expanding in this territories shall be at my mercy."

"Yes, sir! Right away, sir!" replied Mrs. Goshorn cheerfully, walking to the door with the maps in-hand.

"Oh, and have someone tell S.A.M. that we cannot provide their nation with mercenary armies if they do not keep in touch with us," added General Alexander as he once again turned to the window.

Gold: 1 (5 gained from territories, 3 gained from China, 2 spent on army upkeep, 5 spent outfitting a new army)
Armies: 3 (2 on loan to China)
Colonies / Territories: 8
Resources: 1 coal, 1 Iron, 1 Oil, 1 Rubber, 1 Uranium

*rolling for China's use of my two armies*

The member 'Honolulu' has done the following action : Roll Dice

'Six Faces' : 1, 5

ElaborqteLove wrote:Following current trends The Grand Caliphate of New Kaaba extends into 230 and 232 respectively.
Exert from council of the Emirs
"The heathens are nearly at our doorstep and they continue to militarize."
"While it is our holy right to decimate them for being unbelievers, may I suggest we offer them the olive branch first. Send them the word by air, by the doves."

The Grand Caliph has ordered the delivery of thousands of Qur'an to the French.

The Qur'an copies are received courteously, but representatives of the Directory assert that they wish no conflict with the Caliphate. They insist that the army is being updated in response to the belligerence of nations across Mars, and the Caliphate itself fields two armies. In the president's words, "we can be agreeable infidels."

Honolulu wrote:"Mrs. Gorshorn," he dictated to the young women standing in front of his desk, "I want you to have these maps sent to nearby nations. They depict the territories that we have claimed for our own. Any nations seen expanding in this territories shall be at my mercy."

The Chairman reviewed the map.
"This is acceptable. China has no problems with this arrangement. but the rest of the document seems strange ... The Garden of Eden has 8 territories, including 1 gold resource and 1 capital. Should it not, then, receive 10 gold from territories? Perhaps PMCs do not tax their people as greatly as china."

Waiting for kob1ld's roll & HMTK's war chest before I fluff the combat.

In a particularly risky move and wanting his nation to be known as a true economic power on the mainland, Frederick sends out another, much smaller, fleet of colonizers to territory 40. He hopes to cut costs by having the controversial Territory 54 send building materials from it's rich iron mines, on maps, both territories are now labelled as the "Saphar Coast"...He has kept plans on future expansion of the coast internal...His plans as to how he will assert dominance in Territory 54 also remain a mystery even to the IRA, but, as some nations voice their support for the Settlement's claim of the land, it's fate seems to be clear.

beginning of turn=5g
annexed territory 40 for 3g
end of turn=2g
1x uranium
1x rubber
1x iron
8 territories.

Chinese R-3 wrote:War!

The Chairman gestured south.
"Japan."
"The Japanese have landed on Mars, sir?"
"Yes, they've taken up positions near the South pole. I'd have never known they were here if they hadn't sent scout boats up the river. They're a good week's march away; take the Train south to 270, and and start marching southwest through the wilderness at 275."
"Are we in this alone, sir?"
"No. The Japanese Communist Union are sending 8g to help with the War effort. The currency itself shouldn't arrive for another month, but I've took out some 'loans' with the Chinese colonies. Essentially, the currency is ready for the war effort."
"So what's the battle plan?"
"Loot and plunder, boys. loot and plunder."

1d6 * 1.2 for my resources.
2d6 * 1.5 for the 'Mercs, though considering my roll down there they win even if they somehow roll a 1 on a 2d6.

confirming the loan to the Chinese
-Comrade Shinya of the J.C.U. Treasury director

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with our current expansion of navy vessel the bold leader of the state created company, Iron Anonymous, and its leader Comrade Kyo, have been dispatched through the red river into the sea to set up an iron refinery in sector 54. with this long voyage enough supplies have been sent for two months of seclusion but within the next month they will be reunited with the main J.C.U lands via rail road through sector 55.

-5 Jew Golds to colonize sector 54
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current mapping of my Jew Golds,
+3 reserve from last month
+10 from colonies
+5 from resources
+1 from capitol
-1 from army upkeep
-8 for loans
-5 for capturing 54
5 remain reserves

His Majesty The King wrote:sector 54.

No can do. IRA got that first, then Hargoth got it second.

Also GRABBIN' DAT 8g.

My golds:
0g at the end of T2
10g in from controlling 10 territories
1g in from capital
1g in from gold resource
8g in from HMTK's loan
1g out from army maintenence
3g out to Honolulu's mercs

16g total.
Cost of grabbin' lands in war: 2g (10 / 4, rounded down), 2g (11 / 4), 3g, 3g, 3g, 3g - potentially grabbin' 6.

then i will stockpile those 10 Jew Golds until i think over what i want

In a recent press conference authorized by Chairman Frederick himself, his ajutant has officially claimed that the annexation of territory 54 and 40 was a success, going on to further claim the I.R.A.'s claim to the territory was both unfounded and unsupported, he said this, along with backing from a select few other nations (whom shall remain unnamed) lead to the full annexation. Of course, even before it was confirmed, the Settlement had already partially colonized the area and used iron ore from the mines to aid in settling territory 40, the combined land has been dubbed "the Saphar Coast". The I.R.A. has not released any official statement about the resolution yet.

The Martian Trading Company, an original investor of the Hargothian Company back on Earth, has also been given the duty of opening communication lines with the country known as Al Amarja whom claim the Settlement is intruding on their sphere of influence. As of yet, the the talks are hoped to remain peaceful and about future business oppurtunities between the two island nations.

[the topic of territory 54 was discussed in another thread]

ashran wrote:In a recent press conference authorized by Chairman Frederick himself, his ajutant has officially claimed that the annexation of territory 54 and 40 was a success, going on to further claim the I.R.A.'s claim to the territory was both unfounded and unsupported, he said this, along with backing from a select few other nations (whom shall remain unnamed) lead to the full annexation. Of course, even before it was confirmed, the Settlement had already partially colonized the area and used iron ore from the mines to aid in settling territory 40, the combined land has been dubbed "the Saphar Coast". The I.R.A. has not released any official statement about the resolution yet.

The Martian Trading Company, an original investor of the Hargothian Company back on Earth, has also been given the duty of opening communication lines with the country known as Al Amarja whom claim the Settlement is intruding on their sphere of influence. As of yet, the the talks are hoped to remain peaceful and about future business oppurtunities between the two island nations.

[the topic of territory 54 was discussed in another thread]

If you land on my brothers shores I will take it as hostile and show no mercy.

irishman wrote:

ashran wrote:In a recent press conference authorized by Chairman Frederick himself, his ajutant has officially claimed that the annexation of territory 54 and 40 was a success, going on to further claim the I.R.A.'s claim to the territory was both unfounded and unsupported, he said this, along with backing from a select few other nations (whom shall remain unnamed) lead to the full annexation. Of course, even before it was confirmed, the Settlement had already partially colonized the area and used iron ore from the mines to aid in settling territory 40, the combined land has been dubbed "the Saphar Coast". The I.R.A. has not released any official statement about the resolution yet.

The Martian Trading Company, an original investor of the Hargothian Company back on Earth, has also been given the duty of opening communication lines with the country known as Al Amarja whom claim the Settlement is intruding on their sphere of influence. As of yet, the the talks are hoped to remain peaceful and about future business oppurtunities between the two island nations.

[the topic of territory 54 was discussed in another thread]

If you land on my brothers shores I will take it as hostile and show no mercy.

((Irish, please read my PM))

HMTK- First, my comments from last turn: Unless you have are trading some of your resources for gold and I missed it, you should have only 1 gold left. 8 from territories, 2 from Turn 1 leftovers, -1 upkeep, -8 colonies. Then I got to this turn, and the messed-up-edness exponentiated. You started with 1, receive no gold for resource colonies, or resources themselves. You income is 8 for this turn. If you loan 8, you only have enough gold to maintain your army and nothing else.

Irishman- Last turn you claimed a non-adjacent landlocked territory. If you would like, you can take the colony next to it, 52, and buy 51 this turn. You also miscounted your gold on this turn, you should have ended with 2 gold (counting the army purchased a bit later). The day-later-edit fluff was nice and fluffy though.

ithinkididthisalready- Last turn you miscounted your gold, territories with resources don\'t generate gold normally, unless it\'s your capitol, in which case in generates 1. And your army upkeep was 2 because you start with an army and then purchased one. 293 is yours, but you couldn\'t also afford 454 yet.

Monique- Last turn you tried to take 3 and 4. The Hargothian Settlement controls those lands. Feel free to take others that aren\'t taken instead.

Freyakus- Last turn, you forgot your leftover gold from the turn before. You have 2 more than you thought.

Poseidon- Last turn, you forgot to pay your maintenance on your army you received on the first turn. You have 1 less than you thought. Then on the next turn, you counted your resource colonies as giving you gold. They don\'t, so 1-2+7=6. When you annexed 130 and built an army, you could only afford to do one or the other. I gave you the colony in the chart, but I\'ll switch it to the army if you prefer.

ashran- You ended the last turn with 5 gold, and then generated 5 more this turn. The two nodes don\'t generate gold.

China- You and HMTK seem to have the same misconceptions about gold generation. Both of you should reread the OP, but the important part is resource territories don\'t generate gold. You generate 10 this turn. -1 maintenance, -3 mercs. You have 6, 14 if HMTK goes through with the loan and does absolutely nothing this turn. (potentially grabbin 5.)

kobo1d wrote:HMTK- First, my comments from last turn: Unless you have are trading some of your resources for gold and I missed it, you should have only 1 gold left. 8 from territories, 2 from Turn 1 leftovers, -1 upkeep, -8 colonies. Then I got to this turn, and the messed-up-edness exponentiated. You started with 1, receive no gold for resource colonies, or resources themselves. You income is 8 for this turn. If you loan 8, you only have enough gold to maintain your army and nothing else.


China- You and HMTK seem to have the same misconceptions about gold generation. Both of you should reread the OP, but the important part is resource territories don't generate gold. You generate 10 this turn. -1 maintenance, -3 mercs. You have 6, 14 if HMTK goes through with the loan and does absolutely nothing this turn. (potentially grabbin 5.)

i wrote that down in OOC, and yes i still wish to go through with the loan

kobo1d wrote:China- You and HMTK seem to have the same misconceptions about gold generation. Both of you should reread the OP, but the important part is resource territories don\'t generate gold. You generate 10 this turn. -1 maintenance, -3 mercs. You have 6, 14 if HMTK goes through with the loan and does absolutely nothing this turn. (potentially grabbin 5.)

Understood.

Dai Kasei Teikoku, if you ever get around to rolling your defense dice, I'd like to pick up:
274, 2g (my entry point)
284, 2g (Golds!)
290, 3g (Grabbin' a capital)
281, 3g (to avoid Disjointing your country)
EDIT: No longer taking 275 now that Goucho has entered the fray.
Taking 289 instead, 3g.
Total comes to 13g, leaving me with 1g remaining. =)
That'll raise my GPT to 15, before the start of Turn 4.

And if you don't roll any defense dice, you only have 1 standing army, letting you roll (at most) a 6.6. Give territories kthx.
No admin cheating by refusing to generate the results of a war.

Also, how come you only have 2g?
You started with that much this turn -before- taking in taxes from your lands.
You should be at 14 now, enough to make 2 armies.

At the capital city of Khislav, New Lvov...

President Somonov of Khislav met with his cabinet in the morning, discussing the various options which lay before their esteemed nation now. Many had come to Mars seeking fortune and this was most distressing. The capital was a fortified position, at least, but the Amazonians were just across the river, and to make matters worse, the only land connection to their heartland was through Free Men territory.

It seemed that there was much to be done.

"I suggest we dispatch envoys to our neighbors and at least attempt to secure our flanks," state minister Malkin offered.

"Yes, this would be a most prudent move at this time. We are in a strong position to control access from the east," defense minister Holender tapped on the map upon the table before the gathering. "Our armies would be better suited defending those regions if we knew our rear was secure."

"Then I shall go at once to the Free Amazon Republic," foreign minister Tatarin, a lovely woman betrayed by her plain manner of dress, said with finality. "A communique to the Free Men will have to suffice for the time being."

"Very good," the president spoke up, military regalia shining. "Let us hope our neighbors are not overeager for conflict."

With that, the meeting adjourned, and the group dispersed to their duties.

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TURN 2 MOVES
Treasury: 9 gold

Armies: -2 gold
Expanding: 378 (2 gold), 379 (3 gold)

Final Treasury: 2 gold (surplus)

Chinese R-3 wrote:

Also, how come you only have 2g?
You started with that much this turn -before- taking in taxes from your lands.
You should be at 14 now, enough to make 2 armies.

I haven't looked at the game from my nation's perspective yet. When I make my official "My Turn" post, I'll update my status chart.

I have until 23:59 to roll my dice. I need to conclude all of my behind-closed-doors communications before I decide what to do. Don't wait up for me.

kobo1d wrote:HMTK- First, my comments from last turn: Unless you have are trading some of your resources for gold and I missed it, you should have only 1 gold left. 8 from territories, 2 from Turn 1 leftovers, -1 upkeep, -8 colonies. Then I got to this turn, and the messed-up-edness exponentiated. You started with 1, receive no gold for resource colonies, or resources themselves. You income is 8 for this turn. If you loan 8, you only have enough gold to maintain your army and nothing else.

Irishman- Last turn you claimed a non-adjacent landlocked territory. If you would like, you can take the colony next to it, 52, and buy 51 this turn. You also miscounted your gold on this turn, you should have ended with 2 gold (counting the army purchased a bit later). The day-later-edit fluff was nice and fluffy though.

ithinkididthisalready- Last turn you miscounted your gold, territories with resources don\'t generate gold normally, unless it\'s your capitol, in which case in generates 1. And your army upkeep was 2 because you start with an army and then purchased one. 293 is yours, but you couldn\'t also afford 454 yet.

Monique- Last turn you tried to take 3 and 4. The Hargothian Settlement controls those lands. Feel free to take others that aren\'t taken instead.

Freyakus- Last turn, you forgot your leftover gold from the turn before. You have 2 more than you thought.

Poseidon- Last turn, you forgot to pay your maintenance on your army you received on the first turn. You have 1 less than you thought. Then on the next turn, you counted your resource colonies as giving you gold. They don\'t, so 1-2+7=6. When you annexed 130 and built an army, you could only afford to do one or the other. I gave you the colony in the chart, but I\'ll switch it to the army if you prefer.

ashran- You ended the last turn with 5 gold, and then generated 5 more this turn. The two nodes don\'t generate gold.

China- You and HMTK seem to have the same misconceptions about gold generation. Both of you should reread the OP, but the important part is resource territories don\'t generate gold. You generate 10 this turn. -1 maintenance, -3 mercs. You have 6, 14 if HMTK goes through with the loan and does absolutely nothing this turn. (potentially grabbin 5.)

Then how did you get to 322?

kobo1d wrote:I have until 23:59 to roll my dice.

Let me confirm a few things.
If you roll your dice at the -end- of turn 3, do I get to use the money I earnt during turn 3 (10 GPT) to annex 24g's worth of territories? Or, can I only annex 14g's worth?
Additionally, territories won through battle - can the gold generated from those be used to claim more territories, or not?