Recent content by Cecil

Seems "the short victorious war" has gotten somewhat offtrack and is getting stuck in in the mud.

Ok so the romans are masters of optics and glass. Semaphore system incoming in 3......2....

Seconded to that. Carlton has spoiled us but this was one of the highpoints.

To quote Family Guy. "Stop trying to make Hitler work"

Actually pretty sure the Smyrna bit was a typo by Carlton. He probably ment Trebizond unless there is another Smyrna on the Black Sea coast.

The peanutgallery demand maps NAO!!! :mad: :D

Perhaps but not all that many. A minor uninvolved neutral with no strategic interests of their own against either belligerent party. Belgium is a suitable choice here.

Though my metallurgy knowledge isnt exactly up to speed IIRC Iron ore from Lorraine is not equal to the one from northern Sweden. The upside of the mines in Lappland has never been the vast amount of ore you can extract but rather the high quality of the Iron.

Well tbh its a subject I know next to nothing about but I reckon many people are a bit wary of discussing these issues as it makes me and I figure others as well a bit...uncomfortable. Anyway seeing how hard it is to quickly alter the demographic makeover of even small places without massive...

Yep pretty much par for the time in Sweden. And not so much civil war as powerful families fighting each other for de facto control over the kingdom. Its not like these sort of revolts were rare at anytime really. Read about any kings annals and you´ll see revolts by powerful nobility. The fact...

Indeed. Earlier aquisition of Karelia and Ingria represents a best case scenario and I think they´d be hard pressed to hold on to even that. A weak Novgorod might aid them in that however since most of the northern russian principalities are going to have bigger issues soon enough.

Distracted by domestic concerns is sort of an admission of how things will always be in a feudal state with a weak central power. This particular period wasnt any worse than others however. What civil war are you talking about? In 1240 the kingdom was relatively peaceful as far as I can tell.

I hope my comment wasnt taken as some sort of white power wank. I was more interested in the political implications of different immigration patterns. It was my understanding that even a higher population in europe will not lead to a radically higher immigration to the US as the push/pull effect...

General question regarding western europe after this little tussle. What will happen with all the surplus people running around? I mean the losses have been pretty brutal but its no WW1 and without the blockade the civilian front hasnt really suffered. Add to that the major powers with large...

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