NationStates Jolt Archive

Here you can post the factbooks of your nations. I recommend www.wikipedia.org for info. If you need an example for layout, you can use mine or the more official CIA style.

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Official Name: Empire of Japan
Short: Japan
Capital: Tokio
Territory: Japanese Islands, Korea (including the Chinese Region of Liaoning, with port Arthur), Formosa, Southern Sachalin and the Kurills. Sphere of Influence on the Chinese Coast, especially opposite of Formosa.
Constitution: Monarchy/Empire
Population: 50,984,844

Resources: A little minerals, food, coal

Military

480,000 active duty and 1st Reserve personnel - former Class A and B conscripts after 2 year active tour with 17 and 1/2 year commitment

75,000 Second line Reserve - Same as above but former Class B conscripts

220,000 National Army
1st National Army - 37 to 40 year old men from end of 1st Reserve to 40 years old.
2nd National Army - untrained 20 year olds and over 40 year old trained reserves.

4,250,000 males available for service and mobilization.

Dreadnoughts=10
Battlecruisers=15
2nd Class Battlecruisers=6
Pre Dreadnought Battleships=10
Coast Defence Ships=18
Armoured Cruisers=9
Protected Cruisers=15
Light Cruisers=12
Aircraft and Seaplane carriers (!!!)=5
Destroyers=65
Motortorpedo boats=105
Submarines=65
Motortorpedoboat Carriers=5

1st. Fleet-Home Fleet (HQ:Yokohama)
4 Dreadnought
2 Pre Dreadnought Battleships
3 Battlecruisers
3 2nd class Battlecruisers
10 Coast Defence Ships
2 Armoured Cruisers
5 protected Cruisers
3 Light Cruisers
20 Destroyers
35 Motortorpedo boats
20 Submarines
2 Seaplane Carriers
2 MTB Carriers

2nd. Fleet-Western Fleet (HQ:Pusan)
3 Dreadnought
4 Pre Dreadnought Battleships
3 Battlecruisers
2 2nd Class Battlecruisers
5 Coast Defence Ships
3 Armoured Cruisers
5 Protected Cruisers
3 Light Cruisers
2 Seaplane carrier
20 Destroyers
45 Motortorpedo Boats
20 Submarines
1 MTB Carrier

3rd. Fleet-Southern Fleet (HQ:Taipei)
3 Dreadnought Battleships
4 Pre Dreadnought Battleships
4 Battlecruisers
3 Coast Defence Ships
4 Armoured Cruisers
5 Protected Cruisers
6 Lightcruisers
25 destroyers
25 Motortorpedo Boats
25 Submarines
1 Seaplane Carrier
2 MTB Carriers

Voilá! The Imperial Japanese Navy! Be ready to visit Neptune soon...

Army as it stands now

1st “Formosa” Army, 37500 men, 7500 cavalry, Formosa
2nd “Osaka” Army, 40000 men, 5000 cavalry, Formosa
3rd ”Kyoto” Army, 40000 men, 5000 cavalry, Korea
4th “Tokugawa” Army, 40000 men, 5000 cavalry, Liaoning
5th “Cavalry” Army, 20000 elite cavalry, Korea
6th ”Kenji” Army, 40000 elite men, 10000 elite cavalry, Korea
7th ”Nagasaki” Army, 40000 men, 10000 cavalry, Korea
8th ”Moshi” Army, 40000 men, 10000 cavalry, Korea
9th ”Fondjo” Army, 40000 men, 10000 cavalry, Korea
10th ”Shikuoka” Army, 40000 men, 10000 cavalry, Korea
11th ”Okinawa” Army, 40000 men, 10000 cavalry, Honshu
12th ”Northern” Army 47500 men, 7500 cavalry, Sakhalin
13th Army 45000 men, Kurrills
14th Army 40000 men, 5000 cavalry, Sakhalin
15th Army 80000 men, 10000 cavalry, Formosa
16th Army 85000 men, 5000 cavalry, Siam-SEF, Siam Expedition Force
17th Army 85000 men, 5000 cavalry, Korea
18th Army, 42500 men, 7500 cavalry, Siam-SEF
19th Army, 42500 men, 7500 cavalry, Formosa.
20th Army, 42500 men, 7500 cavalry, Liaoning
21st Army, 42500 men, 7500 cavalry, Kyushu

1st Imperial Division, 12500 men, 2500 cavalry, Pusan
2nd Imperial Division, 12500 men, 2500 Cavalry, Pusan


Nipponese Airforce
Total: 480 Planes, 300 Fighters of the Suisen Class and 180 Recon Planes of the Togawa Class

The Airforce is orginized in squadrons of 15 planes, thus the airforce consists of 32 squadrons. The "fighter" aircraft are in seperate squadrons than the "recon' planes.

Suisen Class ( squadron one till twenty)

Crew: one
Range: 300 km/h
Max Speed: 175km/h
Max Altitude: 6750 meters
Weaponry: Two BI Machineguns (based on Vickers Machineguns)

Tagawa Class (squadron twenty-one till thirty-two)

Crew: two, pilot and observer/gunner
Range: 450 km
Max Speed 150km/h
Max Altitude: 6500 meters
Weaponry: One BI Machinegun in the backseat.

1st Airfleet-Korea/Liaoning
'
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th fighter squadrons
21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th recon squadrons

2nd Airfleet-Formosa/Rykyu Islands

10th, 11th, 13th and 14th fighter squadrons
27th and 28th recon squadrons

3rd Airfleet-Japan

15th and 16th fighter squadrons
29th and 30th recon squadrons

4th Airfleet-Sakhalin

17th, 18th, 19th and 20th fighter squadrons
31st and 32nd recon squadrons



Arms

Sidearm:
Nambu pistol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nambu_pistol

Rifles:
Type 38 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_38_Rifle
Lee Enfield http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Enfield

Machinegun:
Type 3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_3_Heavy_Machine_Gun

More if I find more info :)

BANZAIIIIII!

Map:

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/sw-map.gif

Flag:

http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/SWDN1001.GIF

Political Information:

Conventional Long Name: The Kingdom of Sweden

Conventional Short Name: Sweden

Type of Government: Constiutional Monarchy

Seat of Power: Stockholm

Head of State: King Wilhelm I (http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs3/wilhelmsweden1884-13.jpg)

Head of Government: Arvid Lindman (http://members01.chello.se/dier/arvid%20lindman.jpg)

Social Information:

Population: 3,500,000 citizens

Ethnic Groups: Swedes and Finnish and Sami minorities, along with Danes and Norwegians

Religions: Lutheren, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist and Jewish

Offical Language: Swedish (de facto)

Economic Information:

GDP-Total Purchasing Power: $55.1 Billion USD

GDP-Per Capita: $4101 USD

Currency: Das Krona (SEK)

Exchange Rate: 1 SEK = .78 USD

Major Products:

- Barley
- Wheat
- Sugar beets
- Meat
- Milk
- Iron and Steel
- Precision equipment
- Wood pulp and Paper products
- Motor vehicles

NS Economic Rating: Thriving

Military Information:

Swedish Royal Army

Introduction

The Swedish Armed Forces, or Försvarsmakten, is a Government agency responsible for the peacetime operation of the armed forces of Sweden. The primary long time task of the agency is to prepare for the defense of the country in the event of war, with the short-term task of training. The Armed Forces is branched into army, and navy. As a Government agency, it reports to the Swedish Ministry of Defence. The head of armed forces is the Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces (Överbefälhavaren, ÖB), the most senior officer in the country.

Ranks

Swedish military ranks, essentially corresponds to those used by the armed forces of the English speaking world. Swedish ranks correspond even more closely to those in German usage due to linguistic similarities.

There are two different systems of rank for commissioned officers, depending on whether one is commissioned according to the system used in the Army, or the one in the Navy.

- Officer Ranks (Army)

Fältmarskalk
Generallöjtnant
Generalmajor
Överste
Överstelöjtnant
Major
Kapten
Löjtnant
Fänrik

- Enlisted Ranks (Army)

Fanjunkare
Sergeant
Överfurir
Furir
Korpral
Vicekorpral
Menig

All officer's ranks below commissioned officers use the same system of rank independent of their branch of service and are divided into two classes. The higher class, "underofficer", has a status comparable to that of a warrant officer and often carries a responsibility comparable to that of a lower ranking commissioned officer. The lower class, "underbefäl", are the non-commissioned officers of the armed forces. Cadet's hold a rank equivalent to that of a WO "Sergeant", but wear different insignia. The ranks of fanjunkare, överfurir and vicekorpral are rarely used in the regular service. They are however used in volunteer and auxiliary forces.

Organization:

- Infantry Regiments

* 1st Life Grenadier Regiment, Första livgrenadjärregementet
* 2nd Life Grenadier Regiment, Andra livgrenadjärregementet
* Blechingia Battalion, Blekinge bataljon
* Foot Life Guard Regiment, Livregementet till fot
* Göta Life Guards, Göta livgarde, also 2nd Life Guards, Andra livgardet
* Gotlandia Infantry Regiment, Gotlands infanteriregemente
* Highland Regiment, Bergsregementet
* Jemtia Field Ranger Regiment, Jämtlands fältjägarregemente
* Karlskrona Grenadier Regiment, Karlskrona grenadjärregemente
* Laponia Ranger Regiment, Lapplands jägarregemente
* Life Garde du Corps, Livdrabantkåren
* Life Grenadier Regiment, Livgrenadjärregementet
* Nericia Regiment, Närkes Regemente
* Norrbotten Regiment, Norrbottens regemente
* Northern Scanian Infantry Regiment, Norra skånska infanteriregementet
* Northern Smalandia Regiment, Norra Smålands regemente
* Queen's Foot Life Guard Regiment, Drottningens livregemente till fot
* Southern Scanian Infantry Regiment, Södra skånska infanteriregementet
* Svea Life Guards, Svea livgarde, also Foot Life Guards, Livgardet till fot
* Swedish Foot Life Guard Regiment, Svenska livregementet till fot
* Västernorrland Regiment, Västernorrlands regemente
* Vaxholm Grenadier Regiment, Vaxholms grenadjärregemente
* Wermelandia Regiment, Värmlands Regemente

- Calvary Regiments

* Bahusia Regiment, Bohusläns regemente
* Carriage Company, Enspännarkompaniet
* Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment, Kronprinsens husarregemente
* Görtz' Dragoon Regiment, Görtz dragonregemente
* Horse Life Guards, Livgardet till häst
* Life Dragoon Regiment, Livdragonregementet
* Life Guard Regiment's Hussars, Livregementets husarer
* Meijerfelt's Dragoon Regiment, Meijerfelts dragonregemente
* Norrland Dragoon Regiment, Norrlands dragonregemente
* Scanian Cavalry Regiment, Skånska kavalleriregementet
* Scanian Dragoon Regiment, Skånska dragonregementet
* Scanian Hussar Regiment, Skånska husarregementet
* Stenbock's Dragoon Regiment, Stenbocks dragonregemente

- Artillery Regiments

* Artillery Regiment, Artilleriregementet
* Bergslagen Artillery Regiment, Bergslagens artilleriregemente
* Boden Artillery Regiment, Bodens artilleriregemente
* Boden-Karlsborg Artillery Regiment, Boden-Karlsborgs artilleriregemente
* Finnish Artillery Regiment, Finska artilleriregementet
* Göta Artillery Regiment, Göta artilleriregemente
* Gotlandia Artillery Regiment, Gotlands artilleriregemente
* Karlsborg Artillery Corps, Karlsborgs artillerikår
* Norrbotten Artillery Corps, Norrbottens artillerikår
* Norrland Artillery Regiment, Norrlands artilleriregemente
* Smalandia Artillery Regiment, Smålands artilleriregemente
* Stationary Artillery Regiment,

- Engineer Regiments

* Boden Engineer regiment, Bodens ingenjörregemente
* Göta Engineer Regiment, Göta ingenjörregemente
* Svea Engineer Regiment, Svea ingenjörregemente

- Signal Regiments

* Göta Signal Regiment, Göta signalregemente
* Norrland Signal Regiment, Norrlands signalregemente
* Uplandia Signal Regiment, Upplands signalregemente

- Logistic Regiments

* Göta Logistic Regiment, Göta trängregemente
* Norrland Logistic Regiment, Norrlands trängregemente
* Ostrogothia Logistic Corps, Östgöta trängkår
* Scanian Logistic Regiment, Skånska trängregementet
* Svea Logistic Regiment, Svea trängregemente
* Westmannia Logistic Corps, Västmanlands trängkår

- Divisions

* 1st Division, I. Fördelningen
* 2st Division, II. Fördelningen
* 3rd Division, III. Fördelningen
* 4th Division, IV. Fördelningen
* 5th Division, V. Fördelningen
* 6th Division, VI. Fördelningen
* 7th Division, VII. Fördelningen
* 8th Division, VIII. Fördelningen
* 9th Division, IX. Fördelningen
* 10th Division, X. Fördelningen
* 11th Division, XI. Fördelningen
* 12th Division, XII. Fördelningen
* 13th Division, XIII. Fördelningen
* 14th Division, XIV. Fördelningen
* 15th Division, XV. Fördelningen
* 16th Division, XVI. Fördelningen


Swedish Royal Navy

Overview

The Swedish Navy (Marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It consists of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet (Flottan) – as well as marine units, the so-called Amphibious Corps (Amfibiekåren).

Naval units

* 1st Submarine Squadron (1. ubflj)
o Located at Berga
* 2nd Surface Battle Squadron (2. ysflj)
o Located at Berga
* 3rd Surface Battle Squadron (3. ysflj)
o Located at Karlskrona
* 4th Mine Warfare Squadron (4. minkriflj)
o Located at Berga

Amphibious units

* Vaxholm Amphibious Regiment (Amf 1)
o Located in Vaxholm
* Älvsborg Amphibious Regiment (Amf 4)
o Located in Gothenburg

Bases

* Southern Coast Naval Base (MarinB S)
o Located at Karlskrona
* Eastern Coast Naval Base (MarinB O)
o Located at Berga

List of Swedish steam battleships

This is a list of Swedish battleships of the period 1859-1912:

* Svea class
o Svea (1886)
o Gota (1891)
o Thule (1893)
* Oden class
o Oden (1897)
o Thor (1899)
o Niord (1899)
* Dristigheten (1900)
* Aran class
o Aran (1902)
o Wasa (1902)
o Tapperheten (1904)
o Manligheten (1904)

German Empire:

Capital: Berlin

Constitution: Dictatorship

Leader: Der Führer Mannfred Albrecht von Richthofen

Population: 64,6 million

Suffrage: 17 years of age; Men

Area: 208 690 square miles

Natural Resources-
coal, copper, lead, iron, mercury, nickel, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber

Agriculture-
Potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beet and cabbage

Military: 700 000
First Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_First_Army)
Second (later Sixth) Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Sixth_Army)
Third (later Eighth) Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Eighth_Army)

Navy:
Fleet Flagship (Admiral von Ingenohl):

Battleship Friedrich der Grosse

1st. Squadron (Vice Admiral von Lans):

(1st Division) Battleship Ostfriesland (Flagship)

Battleship Helgoland

Battleship Thuringen

Battleship Oldenburg

(2nd Division) Battleship Posen (2nd Flag, Rear Admiral Gadeke)

Battleship Westfalen

Battleship Rheinland

Battleship Nassau

2nd. Squadron (Vice Admiral Scheer):

(1st Division) Battleship Preussen (Flagship)

Battleship Hessen

Battleship Lothringen

Battleship Deutschland

(2nd Division) Battleship Hannover (2nd Flag, Commodore Mauve)

Battleship Pommern

Battleship Schleswig-Holstein

Battleship Schlesien

3rd. Squadron (Rear Admiral Funke -2nd Flag, Rear Admiral. Schaumann in Konig on completion):

Battleship Prinzregent Luitpold (Flagship)

Battleship Kaiser

Battleship Kaiserin

Battleship Konig Albert

Battleship Grosser Kurfürst (1)

4th. Squadron (Vice Admiral Eberhardt Schmidt):

(1st Division) Battleship Wittelsbach (Flagship)

Battleship Wettin

Battleship Schwaben

Battleship Mecklenburg

(2nd Division) Battleship Braunschweig (2nd Flag, Rear Admiral Alberts)

Battleship Elsass

Battleship Zahringen

5th. Squadron (Vice Admiral Grabow):

(1st Division) Battleship Kaiser Wilhelm II (Flagship)

Battleship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse

Battleship Kaiser Barbarossa

(2nd Division) Battleship Kaiser Friedrich III (2nd Flag, Commodore Begas)

Battleship Kaiser Karl der Grosse

Battleship Worth

Battleship Brandenburg

6th. Squadron (Rear Admiral Eckermann):

(1st Division) Coast Defence Ship Hildebrand (Flagship)

Coast Defence Ship Heimdall

Coast Defence Ship Hagen

Coast Defence Ship Frithjof

(2nd Division) Coast Defence Ship Agir (2nd Flag, Rear Admiral Behring)

Coast Defence Ship Odin

Coast Defence Ship Beowulf

Coast Defence Ship Siegfried

1st. Scouting Group (Rear Admiral Hipper):

Battlecruiser Seydlitz (Flagship)

Battlecruiser Moltke

Battlecruiser von der Tann

Armoured Cruiser Blucher

Battlecruiser Derfflinger (2)

2nd. Scouting Group (Rear Admiral Maas):

Light Cruiser Koln (Flagship)

Light Cruiser Mainz

Light Cruiser Stralsund

Light Cruiser Kolberg

Light Cruiser Rostock (3)

Light Cruiser Strassburg

Light Cruiser Graudenz (from 10/8/14)

3rd. Scouting Group (from 25th August 1914 4th. Scouting Group):

Light Cruiser Munchen (Flagship)

Light Cruiser Danzig

Light Cruiser Stuttgart

Light Cruiser Hela

Light Cruiser Frauenlob

4th. Scouting Group (from 25th August 1914 3rd. Scouting Group) (Rear Admiral Rebeur-Paschwitz):

Armoured Cruiser Roon (Flagship)

Armoured Cruiser Yorck

Armoured Cruiser Prinz Aldalbert (4)

Armoured Cruiser Prinz Heinrich

5th. Scouting Group (from mid August 1914 in the Baltic command) (Rear Admiral Jasper): (5)

Protected Cruiser Hansa (Flagship)

Protected Cruiser Vineta

Protected Cruiser Victoria Louise

Protected Cruiser Hertha

Torpedo Boat Flotillas. (6)

1st Flotilla, Flotilla Leader V187.

1st Half Flotilla V191 (leader), V188, V189, V190, G197.

2nd Half Flotilla G196 (leader) G192, G193, G194, G195.

2nd Flotilla, Flotilla Leader S149.

3rd Half Flotilla S143 (leader, sank 3/8/14 replaced by S138), S139,

S140, S141, S142.

4th Half Flotilla S144 (leader), S145, S146, S147, S148.

3rd Flotilla, Flotilla Leader S167.

5th Half Flotilla V162 (leader), V163, V164, S165, S166.

6th Half Flotilla G173 (leader), S168, S169, G170, G172.

4th Flotilla, Flotilla Leader G113.

7th Half Flotilla S119 (leader) S115, S116, S117, S118.

8th Half Flotilla G108 (leader), G109, G110, G111, G112.

5th Flotilla, Flotilla Leader G12.

9th Half Flotilla V6 (leader), V2, V3, V4, V5.

10th Half Flotilla G11 (leader), G7, G8, G9, G10.

6th Flotilla, Flotilla Leader V161,

11th Half Flotilla V151 (leader), V152, V153, V154, V155.

12th Half Flotilla V156 (leader), V157, V158, V159, V160.

7th Flotilla, Flotilla Leader S24.

13th Half Flotilla S14 (leader), S15, S16, S17, S18.

14th Half Flotilla S19 (leader), S20, S21, S22, S23.

8th Flotilla, Flotilla Leader G175.

15th Half flotilla S128 (leader), S121, S126, S130, S131.

16th Half Flotilla S176 (leader), S177, S179, S120, G134.

U-Boat Flotillas. (7)

1st U-Boat Flotilla, light cruiser Hamburg (flotilla leader).

1st Half flotilla V150 (leader), replaced by S122 12/8/14, U5, U6*, U7,

U8, U9, U10, U11*.

2nd Half Flotilla S99 (leader), U12*, U13, U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

2nd U-Boat Flotilla, light cruiser Stettin (flotilla leader).

3rd Half Flotilla S100 (leader), U19, U20, U21, U22, U24.

4th Half Flotilla S101 (leader) U23, U25, U26* U27, U28, U29 to join on

completion.

(* u-boats refitting)

Mine Warfare

1st Minesweeping Division D3 (leader), T24, T38, T42, T43, T44, T45,

T74, T75, T76, T77, T78, T79, T80, T81.

2nd Minesweeping Division D6 (leader), T28, T30, T39, T46, T47, T49,

T50, T51, T52, T53, T54, T55, T56, T57.

3rd Minesweeping Division D8 (leader), T25, T29, T31, T33, T34, T35,

T36, T37, T40, T41, T71, T72, T73.

1 Auxiliary minesweeper division with 8 fishing boats

Minelayers Albatross, Nautilus and Pelikhan.

Auxiliary Minelayers (9)

Auxiliary Cruisers Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and Victoria Luise converting.

Tenders (attached to fleet flagship, battle squadrons etc.), D4, D5, = S96, S98, T11, T14, T15, T20, T70, T88, T89. Diverse Auxiliary fleet support vessels.

Outpost Flotilla North Sea:

50 armed fishing boats


Coast Defence Division Ems:

Light Cruiser Arcona (leader)

Torpedo boats D9, T85, T87

14 armed fishing boats

Coast Defence Division Jade/Weser:

Light Cruiser Ariadne (leader)

Light Cruiser Berlin

Light Cruiser Niobe

Fishery Protection Ship Zieten

Tender Drache

Tender Hay

Special Duty Ship Blitz

Torpedo boats D2 (Alice Roosevelt), S103, S107, T61, T62, T66, T68.

Jade and Wilhelmshaven auxillary minesweeping divisions (30 armed fishing boats)

Coast Defence Division Elbe:

Light Cruiser Nymphe (leader)

Light Cruiser Medusa

Tender Fuchs

Tender Pfeil

Torpedoboats S92, S114, T59, T64, T67, T69

Survey Ship Hyane

Cuxhaven auxillary minesweeping division

Outpost Half Flotilla Helgoland:

Auxiliary (sea traffic control) Helga

Torpedoboats D7, T82, T83, T84, T86

Baltic

Coast Defence Group Baltic (Grand Admiral Prinz Heinrich von Preussen, Rear Admiral Mischke commanded at sea, replaced late August by Rear Admiral Behring)

Armoured Cruiser Friedrich Carl (9)

Light Cruiser Augsburg

Light Cruiser Magdeburg

Light Cruiser Amazone

Light Cruiser Lubeck

Light Cruiser Thetis

Light Cruiser Gazelle

Light Cruiser Undine

Protected Cruiser Freya (10)

Gunboat Panther

Torpedo boats V25, V26, V186, S127, S102, S97 (Sleipner), S94, S93, S91, D1 (Carmen)

U-Boat Flotilla, D10(leader), U1, U3, U4, UA. (11)

Auxiliary Minelayers (12)

Diverse fleet support auxillaries

Outpost Half Flotilla Kiel/Eider:

Tender Delphin

Torpedoboats T27, T58, T60, T63, T65

Survey Ship Hyane

Auxiliary Minelayer Primus

Kiel auxiliary minesweeping division


Overseas

East Asia Squadron (Vice Admiral Graf Spee):

Armoured Cruiser Scharnhorst (Flagship)

Armoured Cruiser Gneisenau

Light Cruiser Emden

Light Cruiser Leipzig

Light Cruiser Nurnberg

Gunboat Iltis

Gunboat Jaguar

Gunboat Tiger

Gunboat Luchs

River Gunboat Vaterland (Nanking)

River Gunboat Otter (Nanking)

River Gunboat Tsingtau (Canton)

Torpedoboat S 90

Old Cruiser Cormoran (laid up)

Auxiliary Cruisers Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Cormoran (ex Rjasan) converting.

.

Mediterranean Division (Rear Admiral Souchon):

Battlecruiser Goeben

Light Cruiser Breslau

Station ship Loreley (Constantinople)

East and West America Station

Light Cruiser Karlsruhe

Light Cruiser Dresden

Auxiliary Cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm (armed by Karlsruhe 6th August 1914)

East African Station

Light Cruiser Konigsberg

Survey Ship Möwe

West African Station

Gunboat Eber (armed Cap Trafalgar 31st August 1914)

South Seas Station

Old Cruiser Geier

Survey Ship Planet

conventional long form: Kingdom of Spain
conventional short form: Spain
local short form: Espana

Government type: monarchy
Capital: Madrid
Population: aprox 22 million (1919)
Suffrage: 18 years of age

Area:
total: 504,782 sq km
land: 499,542 sq km
Coastline: 4,964 km

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm

Natural resources: coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold (will be a very larger amount of gold and iron in 1914)

Agriculture: grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish

Colonies: Morocco, Rio De Oro, Rio Muni

Military branches: Army, Navy, Airforce
Military manpower - 1,130,000

Spanish Airforce:

80 Fighters
10 Zepplines

Spanish Navy

Dreadnaughts: 2 (ready for combat 0) (built during RP 1)
Pre-Dreadnaught Battleships: 1 (ready for combat 1) (built during RP 0)
Battlecruisers: 1 (ready for combat 0) (built during RP 1)
Coast Defence Ships: 1 (ready for combat 1) (built during RP 0)
Armored Cruisers: 4 (ready for combat 3) (built during RP 1)
Protected Cruisers: 6 (ready for combat 6) (built during RP 0)
Cruisers: 6 (ready for combat 1) (built during RP 5)
Destroyers: 16 (ready for combat 4) (built during RP 12)
Torpedo Boats: 40 (ready for combat 19) (built during RP 21)
Sloops/Gunboats: 6 (ready for combat 6) (built during RP 0)
Submarines: 12 (ready for combat 0) (built during RP 12)
Minelayers: 6 (ready for combat 0) (built during RP 6)
Aircraft Carriers: 1 (ready for combat 0) (built during RP 1)

Atlantic fleet:
2 Armored Cruisers
4 Protected Cruisers
15 Torpedo Boats

Med Fleet:
1 Armored Cruiser
2 Protected Cruisers
1 Cruiser
4 Torpedo Boats

Gibraltar fleet:
1 Pre-Dreadnaught
4 Destroyers
6 Sloops

(link to anything made by myself http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9635626&postcount=749 )

Name: The Republic Of France
Common name: France
Government type: Republic
Capital: Paris
Leader: Raymond Poincare

Status: Industrialization Of Nation: Expand Influence

Military Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force

Military: 770,000 Frenchmen
46,000 Colonial Troops
Navy: 19 Battleships
32 cruisers
86 destroyers
115 torpedo boats
34 submarines

Air force: 15 observation balloons
132 Fighters
Industrial Rescources:
Coal
Iron
Ignite
Copper
Lead
Zinc
Wood
Fuel
Gold

The French Government is industrilizing the country. It is common for Armoured cars to pick up beggers off the street and send them to work in factories. Farmers are moving to the city in hopes of a better life. Young men are joining the armed forces, and a nationalistic fervor is sweeping throught the country, as they now rank with germans in idustrial might. Their air force is the envy of the world, and diplomatic relations with England are improving. Frances colonies are begining to take a more important role as well. They are building factories, and farming to fill Frances agricultural needs. The colonies love their Empire, And love that they are all Citizens Of France.

Official Name: Saudi Kingdom
Short: Saudi Arabia, Arabia
Capital: Riyadh
Territory: 70% of the Arabian Peninsula
Constitution: Monarchy;governed according to Shari'a (Islamic law).
Population: 1,749,000 (1910)

Resources:
Natural resources: petroleum(not discovered until 1933), natural gas(not discovered until 1933), iron ore, gold, copper .

Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton, chickens, eggs, milk

Religions: Muslim 100%

Languages: Arabic

Ethnic groups: Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%

Nationality:
noun: Saudi(s)
adjective: Saudi or Saudi Arabian



Area:
total: 1,960,582 sq km

Climate: harsh, dry desert with great extremes of temperature

Terrain: mostly uninhabited, sandy desert

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m

Land use:
arable land: 2%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 56%
forests and woodland: 1%
other: 41%

Military Hard Figure:87,450

'Ikhwan'(The Brotherhood of Desert Warriors): 20,000
Are the Elite Military Force of the King Abd al Aziz ibn Saud, the Ikhwan are the most devoted Wahhabists and fight for the spread and purification of Islam. They oath is to the Saud Royal line for only so long as they represent the Wahhabi reformation. it is from the Ikhwan fanatical fervor that Abd al Aziz has attained victory where the first Al Saud Empire had previously found defeat.

The remainder of the Saud Kingdom Army is is comprised of the well trained Bedouin tribal militiamen, renouned throughout the world as daring and deadly raiders. While these Bedouins forces are sharpest in there desert homelands it is unwise to under estimate their prowess on any battlefield.

While the 87,000 strong land force is very formidable, the Saud are capable of calling upon the vast Bedouin nomads to bolster their forces to immense proportions should a need to defend the triba lands arise. The constant fueding that helped to form the Bedouin culture has hardend most of the able bodied men into proficient desert fighters.

Saud Navy
The Saud Kingdom does not currently employ a navy as trade interests of the Brittish ensure that the Eastern ports under Saud control are well policed.

Bump! And noone has used present day populations.

Official Name: Kingdom of the United Netherlands
Unofficial Names: Holland, Netherlands
Population: 16 million (includes empire)
Capital: Amsterdam
Other Major Cities: Rotterdam, the Hague, Batavia
Colonies: Dutch Guyana, Dutch East Indies, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles,
Army: 30,000-strong, 60 artillery pieces, 2700 machine guns
Navy: 7 armored cruisers, 4 heavy cruisers, 16 light cruisers, 37 destroyers, 56 frigates, 45 corvettes, 1 light battleship
Resources/Products: Grain, Cattle, Wine, Cheese, Chocolate, Cotton, Coffee, Textiles, Chemicals, Steel

[NS]Kerynoria: Ceylon is British in 1910.

British Empire Factbook

Population (entire Empire including Commonwealth) - 400-500 Million (Approximately ¼ of the World Population)
Constitution - Democratic Monarchy

Nations that are part of the Empire :

• Basutoland (now Lesotho)
• Bechuanaland (now Botswana)
• British Togoland (now part of Ghana)
• Gambia
• Gold Coast (now Ghana)
• Egypt
• Kenya
• Mauritius
• Nigeria
• Northern Cameroons (now part of Nigeria)
• Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)
• Nyasaland (now Malawi)
• Sierra Leone
• Somaliland
• South Africa
• Southern Cameroons (now part of Cameroon, being 9% of the territory of Cameroon)
• Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
• South West Africa (now Namibia)
• Swaziland
• Sudan
• Tanganyika and Zanzibar (now Tanzania)
• Uganda
• Ascension Island
• British Guiana (now Guyana)
• British Honduras (now Belize)
• Canada
• Falkland Islands
• Newfoundland
• West Indies
o Anguilla
o Antigua and Barbuda
o Bahamas
o Barbados
o Bermuda
o British Virgin Islands
o Cayman Islands
o Dominica
o Grenada
o Jamaica
o Montserrat
o Saint Kitts and Nevis
o Saint Lucia
o Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
o Trinidad and Tobago
o Turks and Caicos Islands
• St Helena
• Tristan da Cunha
• South Georgia
• Aden (now part of Yemen)
• British India (now India, Pakistan and Bangladesh)
• British mandate of Palestine (now Israel without the Golan heights plus Gaza strip and Westbank
• Brunei
• Burma (now Myanmar)
• Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
• Hong Kong (now Special Administrative Region of People's Republic of China)
• Iraq
• Kuwait
• Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia, part of Malaysia)
• Maldives
• North Borneo (now Sabah, part of Malaysia)
• Oman
• Qatar
• Sarawak (now part of Malaysia)
• Singapore
• Transjordan (now Jordan)
• Trucial States (now United Arab Emirates)
• Wei-Hai-Wei (威海衞) (now city of Weihai in Shandong, China)
• Cyprus
• Gibraltar
• Malta
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• Australia
• British New Guinea (southern part of what is now Papua New Guinea)
• Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu)
• Fiji
• Gilbert Islands (now part of Kiribati)
• Nauru
• New Hebrides (condominium shared with the French Empire) (now Vanuatu)
• New Zealand
• Pitcairn
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga

Total Area covered by Empire: Nearly 36,000,000 km squared.

Natural Resources: Just about everything imaginable (Empire covers 24% of the worlds surface)

Official Language: English

Currency: Pound Sterling

Capital: London


Military Forces

The Royal Navy

Grand Fleet:

Battleships (King George V Class) : 3
Battleships (Iron Duke Class) : 3
Battleships (Queen Elizabeth Class) : 9
Battleships (Others) : 18
BattleCruisers: 9
Cruisers (all types) : 34
Destroyers: 76
SeaPlane Carriers: 1



The British Army:

Approximately 170,000 trained British Soldiers.

Colonial Troops that numbered up to 500,000 in total, although actual figure will be lower than that. (Includes South Africa, Canada, Australia, etc


Background to the Armed Forces:

The Royal Navy is widely acknowledged as the best navy in the world at the time. The Navy protects the trade routes, and also boasts powerful battle fleets using modern equipment that is always being improved and new ships introduced. This is the first line of defence for the Empire and it guards the channel between Britain and Continental Europe, ever wary of hostile eyes. It is currently in the state so that it is at least the size of the next two biggest navies in the world combined so as to maintain Britians mastery of the sea.

The Army is a well trained but relatively small force that has reasonably up to date weapons, although still very few machine guns. Cavalry forces are still emphasised as the future of warefare with the Infantry forming the backbone of the force. The colonial troops are of reasonable quality, but are mostly used garrison work although are highly skilled fighters from their own continent in their own conditions.

EDIT: Royal Navy numbers are incomplete. Ive just realised that is only the Home Fleet listed there. (Changes coming)

Official Title: The Russian Empire
Common Name: Russia
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy
Leader: Tzar Nikolas II
Population: 111 million
Capitol: Moskow
Language: Russian
Currency: Russian Rubel
Resources: Iron, Steel, People (LOL)

Army: Russian White Guard
6,553,000 men strong
4,652,000 rifles
Grand Duke Nickoli Cmndr i/c All Russian Military

Air Force: Russian Army Air Service (RAAS)
360 fighter aircraft
16 airships


Navy: Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)
4 battleships;
10 cruisers;
21 destroyers;
11 submarines;
50 torpedo boats.

Official Name: United States of America

Short: U.S., USA, America

Capital: Washington D.C.

Constitution: Democracy, Federal republic

Government type: Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic and capitalist tradition

Population: 124,937,388

Nationality: noun: American(s) adjective: American

President: Theodore Roosevelt

Immigrants: 1890-1924
Italians
Voluntary
White
Roman Catholics
Germans (My family) (Including Austrians, means Germanic people)
Voluntary
White
Protestant, Catholic, Jewish
Russian
Voluntary
White
Jewish, Eastern Orthodox Catholic
Greeks
Voluntary
White
Eastern Orthodox
Slavs
Voluntary
White
Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish
Armenians
Voluntary
Asian
Christian
Scandanavians
Voluntary
White
Christian, Jewish

Religions: Protestant 60%, Roman Catholic 22%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, other 10%, none 5%

Ethnic Groups: white 79.8%, Latin 2.2%, black 12.8%, Asian 4.1%, (American)Indian 1%
Language: English (not officialy)

47 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Dependent areas: Alaska, American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Hawaii, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, New Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island

Location: North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico

Size: About half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; almost two and a half times the size of the Europe.

Climate: Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains

Terrain: Vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m

Natural resources: (Obviously I cannot use resources like Uranium until the appropriate time, but its my resource) coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Land use: arable land: 19.13%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 80.65% (2001)

Irrigated land: 214,000 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards: tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development

Military:
United States Army
United States Marines
United States Navy
More to come I just had to put this out there.

Official Title: The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of St. Stephen
Short Title: The Dual Monarchy
Unofficial Title: Austria-Hungary

Political System: Dual monarchy and empire. The kingdoms of Austria and Hungary were united in 1867.
Maps: Political (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/Austria-hungary.png)
Ethnic (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Austria_hungary_1911.jpg)
Capitol(s): Vienna (Cisleithania) Budapest (Transleithania)
Leaders: Franz Josef I: Emperor (1830-), c. 1848, w. Franz Ferdinand: Crown Prince, formally His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph of Austria-Este (1863-) m. (1900) Countess Sophie Chotek, formally Countess Sophie Chotek von Chotkova und Wognin (1868-). Leopold Berchtold: Foreign Minister, formally Baron Leopold Berchtold von und zu Ungarschütz, Frättling, und Püllütz (1863-) Franz Conrad: Chief of Staff, formally Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852-)Population: 51 million (1910).

Army: 325,000 men in the Imperial and Royal Army (drawn from all parts of the empire), 40,000 men in the Austrian Territorial Army and 30,000 in the Hungarian Territorial Army (1914). 2.25 million men available on mobilisation.

Navy: 15 battleships, 7 cruisers, 18 destroyers, 5 submarines, 90 torpedo boats (1914).
Principal Naval Base: Pola (near Trieste in the Adriatic)

Air Force: 35 aircraft (1914).

History: With Germany and Italy, Austria-Hungary was a member of the Triple Alliance, formed in 1882, which was meant to protect its member countries against attack by Russia or France. It was renewed every five years. There was, however, underlying tension with Italy - a number of ethnic Italians lived within the empire. Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia in 1908 drew it into conflict with Serbia. The Serbs wished to see Austria-Hungary expelled from the Balkans.

Background Information: Austria-Hungary was a multi-national, multi-lingual and multi-ethnic empire. The Austrians and the Hungarians constituted the largest groups, but it also included Poles, Croats, Bosnians, Serbs, Italians, Czechs and numerous others. This ethnic and linguistic diversity weakened the power of the Austro-Hungarian military - 80% of all officers spoke German, but only 30% of other ranks.

Territories: Many texts refer to the non-Hungarian ("Austrian") half part of Austria-Hungary as Cisleithania -- because most of its territory lay west (or to "this" side, from an Austrian perspective) of the Leitha river (although Galicia to the north-east also counted as "Austrian"). This region (consisting of more than simply Austria) strictly speaking had no collective official name prior to 1915, and hence official sources referred to the "Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council". (The Imperial Council (Reichsrat) functioned as Cisleithania's parliament.) Similarly, the Transleithanian ("Hungarian") half also consisted of more than simply Hungary, and bore the official designation of the "Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of [Saint] Stephen" -- a reference to the canonised first Christian king of Hungary.

The "Kingdoms and Lands" of the Cisleithanian half of the Empire:
The Kingdom of Bohemia
The Kingdom of Dalmatia
The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
The Archduchy of Austria (as Upper Austria and Lower Austria)
The Duchy of Bukowina
The Duchy of Carinthia
The Duchy of Carniola
The Duchy of Salzburg
The Duchy of Upper Silesia and Lower Silesia
The Duchy of Styria
The Margravate of Moravia
The Princely County of Tyrol (including the Land of Vorarlberg),
The Coastal Land (including the Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca, The City of Trieste and the Margravate of Istria).
The "Lands" of the Transleithanian half of the Empire:
The Kingdom of Hungary- including Transylvania and Vojvodina
The Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia
The City of Fiume.
Bosnia-Herzegovina formed a separate part of the Empire, jointly administered by both halves.

Economy: Although weak by Western European standards, the Dual Monarchy had one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 1910. Steel production at 2 million tonnes rivaled that of France and dwarfed that of any other nation in the Balkans, including Italy (at a mere 300,000 tonnes). Over 30,000km of new railways had been built in the previous decade, opening up the nation's agrarian hinterland to economic development. Extensive canal systems were also under construction, as the nation began to ramp up for an economic takeoff (rewrite pending).

Official Title: The Russian Empire
Common Name: Russia
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy
Leader: Tzar Nikolas II
Population: 111 million
Capitol: Moskow
Language: Russian
Currency: Russian Rubel
Resources: Iron, Steel, People (LOL)St. Petersburg, actually.

And did Russia have a Constitution? If so, it wasn't much of one. Russia was the most absolutist state in the whole of Europe...

They had a parliament, but it was a puupetof the Czar. They also had a sort of constitution which was made after the unrests of 1905.

They had a parliament, but it was a puupetof the Czar. They also had a sort of constitution which was made after the unrests of 1905.As F. Zappa would say, a "Sears" constitution.

As F. Zappa would say, a "Sears" constitution.

Cool! You know Frank Zappa as well?

Cool! You know Frank Zappa as well?ROTFLMAO, yeah, me and Frank go waaaaaayyy back... ;)

Hehehehe :D

Hi people! I'm Romania. This is my preliminary factbook.

Name: The Kingdom of Romania
Governement type: constitutional monarchy
Monarch: Carol I
Area: 135 000 square Kilometers
Population: 7 million
Army: potentially over 0.5 million (700 000 soldiers in WWI, IIRC); the standing army was, of course, much smaller (50 000-100 000)
Air force: nothing much yet, but the jet airplane was invented by a Romanian in 1910 (search Henri Coanda on wikipedia if you don't believe me); in the real world, this invention was ignored for the next 30 years, but we're not in the real world here :D
Economy: largely agrarian; only 20% urban population; maybe the new prime-minister will start industrializing the nation :)
Natural resources: grain, enough for home consumption and for sizeable exports, too; considerable oil reserves, many oil fields being already discovered and in exploitation
International situation: secret alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary (the king is German, but the country is pro-French; that's why it's secret :) ); large Romanian teritories under foreign rule: Basarabia, in Russia, and Transilvania in A-U

That's all for now. If anyone has more information, please share it with me. By now!

but the jet airplane was invented by a Romanian in 1910 (search Henri Coanda on wikipedia if you don't believe me)Huh! And I always thought Coanda was Italian...

Capital: Istanbul
Territories: Turkey, the Balkans, Mesopotamia, Nothern Africa, Fertile Crescent

Exports: grain, wheat, barley, cotton, maize, tobacco, iron ore, cattle, horses, silk, wool, animal hide, lumber, mercenaries, clay, rugs, pots, textiles
Government: Feudalistic Sultanate
Leader: Meh. Med V
Map: http://www.friesian.com/images/maps/rome15.gif

Basic History
The Ottomans were first known to the west in 1227, when they fled the Mongol Empire into the Seljuk Empire in what is now called Anatolia. However, they would have a state in Western Turkey under Ertugrul Gazi, whose capital was Sögüt, near Bursa to the south of Turkey's Sea of Marmara, the body of water between the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. He established a principality as part of the decaying Seljuk empire. His son Osman expanded the principality, and for him both the empire and the people were named by Europeans. Osman's son Orhan expanded the growing empire taking Nicaea, present day Iznik, and crossed the Dardanelles in 1362. But the Ottoman empire came into its own when Mehmed II captured the Byzantine Empire's capital, Constantinople (subsequently to be known as Istanbul), in 1453.

The Ottoman empire would rule much of the Balkans, the Fertile Crescent and even Egypt over the course of several centuries, until it was replaced by the Young Turks, whose leader Enver Pasha staged a coup in 1913. After the Second World War Muhammad V was removed and in 1922 the modern Republic was formed.

Military
The Ottoman military was a complex system of recruiting and fief-holding. In the Ottoman army, light cavalry long formed the core and they were given fiefs called timars. Cavalry used bows and short swords and made use of nomad tactics similar to those of the Mongol Empire. The Ottoman army was once among the most advanced fighting forces in the world, being one of the first to employ muskets. The famous Janissary corps provided élite troops and bodyguards for the sultan. While the Payade Topçı where usually better known as being regular riflemen.

Payade Topçı- 200 ortas (orta is a regiment) 130,000 to 220,000 troops
Regimental Muskateer Infantry
Rifled Musket
* Simply lead by feudalistic warlords from each region


Janissary corps- 170 ortas, 100,000 to 180,000 troops
Elite Muskateer infantry
Smoothbore Rifle
* the jemaat (frontier troops), with 100 ortas
* the beuluks (kind of like the Pretorian Guard), with 50 ortas
* the sekban or seirnen, with 20 ortas

6 divisions of Altı Bölük (elite cavalry) 190,000 to 210,000 horsemen
Used Curiaseer type methods of attack
Weapon- curved blade called a Scimitar, also Lances and Pikes
* Spahis (From Persian, translated roughly as horsemen)
* Silahdars (From Persian, translated roughly as weaponbearers)
* Ulufejis (translated as stipendiaries), organised in two sub-divisions:
o Ulufejis of the Left
o Ulufejis of the Right
* Gurebas (translated roughly as strangers), organised in two sub-divisions:
o Gurebas of the Left
o Gurebas of the Right

Culture
Flag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Turkey_flag_large.png
Imperial leader called Sultan or the Padishah who controled an Imperial Feudalistic system of government in which feifs and individual land property was established (I intend to change this).
Basic religious belief was Sunni Islam (practiced in a Mosque)
Sunni's believed in the 5 Pillars of Islam, as 5 "must do's" for any Sunni Muslim

On the subject of titles, the Ottoman Empire was officially known in diplomatic circles as "the Sublime Porte" (in the same way that Hungary was called "the Crown of St. Stephen). In a pinch, "the Porte" will do.

And the Dual Monarchy was never called "Austria-Hungary" - rather, it was called the Dual Monarchy (as I have termed it), and this was abbreviated "k.u.k" (or "K.u.K", if that looks better on paper), a German acronym for "Imperial and Royal" (and hence, "Dual").

(k.u.k = "kaiserlich und königlich")

Diverse global movement of Socialist activists, ranging from reformers on the right to revolutionaries on the left. Currently, only the left is violent.

Leaders
Austria: Karl Kautsky (Social Democratic Party of Austria) - Vienna
Bavaria: (??????) Karl Liebknecht
Germany & Poland: Rosa Luxemburg (Social Democratic Party of Germany) - Vienna
Russia: Julius Martov (Russian Social Democratic Labour Party - Mensheviks) - Brussels, Nadezhda Krupskaya (Russian Social Democratic Labour Party - Bolsheviks) - Vienna
Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh (Viet Minh) - London
China: Mao Zedong (Chinese Communist Party) - Hunan
England: Sydney & Beatrice Webb (Fabian Society) - London

<More to be added, list will be kept up to date as needed>

Brazil

Map:http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/br-map.gif

Official Name: República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil (Republic of the United States of Brazil)

Capital: Rio de Janeiro

Population: 22 million

Independence: 7 September 1822 (from Portugal)
Republic Formed: 15 November 1889

National Anthem:"Hino Nacional do Brasil"

Flag:http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/BRAZ0001.GIF
green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue celestial globe with 27 white five-pointed stars (one for each state and the Federal District) arranged in the same pattern as the night sky over Brazil; the globe has a white equatorial band with the motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order and Progress)

Area: 8,547,404 sq km (3,300,171 sq mi)

Administrative divisions:Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Federal District, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraiba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe and Tocantins.

Goverment: Federal Republic
Constitution: Drafted in June 1890
Adopted in February 1891
Styled on US Constitution
Current President: Marshal Hermes da Fonseca
Vice President: Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes
Political Parties: Currently only the Republican, Liberal and conservative parties exist.
Participation in election: (election 1910) Elections are restricted so there were only 627,000 voters (2.85%)


Ethnic groups:Portuguese, French, Dutch, Yoruba, Ewe ,Bantu, Tupi, Guarani, Germans, Italians, Spanish, Poles, Japanese, Chinese, Lebanese, Turks and Syrians.

Agriculture:Coffee, oranges, soya beans, rice, maize, sugar cane, cacao, bananas, beef

Natural resources:Bauxite, gold, iron ore, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, copper, zinc, manganese, diamonds, uranium*, petroleum, timber and Rubber.
*currently unimportant except in the field of research

Economy: Basicly a coffee economy relying heavily on the export and production of coffee and mildly on other agricultural products grown in the south of the country

Military:
Army: Consists of about 18,000 members, Strategy influenced by both European and United States doctrines. The French influence was strongest at the end of the nineteenth century, up to World War I. In the early twentieth century, German influence grew in Brazil and in most of South America. From 1900, many junior officers spent two-year assignments in Germany.

Navy: (Source:http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/brazilian_navy.htm)
British French Brazillian
Ships Availlable: (Date built)

MARSHAL DEODORO CLASS COASTAL DEFENCE BATTLESHIPS
Marshal Deodoro (18th June 1898)
Marshal Floriano (6th July 1899)

MINAS GERAIS CLASS BATTLESHIPS
Minas Gerais (17th April 1907)
Sao Paulo(19th April 1909)

Brazilian Cruisers:
Almirante Barrozo(1882)
Almirante Tamandare(20th march 1890)
Benjamin Constant(1892)
Republica (26th May 1892)
Almirante Barrozo (25th august 1896)

BAHIA CLASS CRUISERS:
Bahia(20th April 1909)
Rio Grande do Sul(20th January 1909)

Brazilian Destroyers
Para (11 July 1909)
Alagoas(27th July 1909)
Amazonas(21st Nov 1908)
Mato Grosso(23rd Jan 1909)
Paraiba(18th May 1909)
Paiui (7th Sept 1908)
Rio Grande Do Norte(April 1909)
Santa Catherina(26th Oct 1909)
Sergipe(25th May 1910)
Parana(27th march 1910)

History:
The modern Republic of Brazil was established in 15 November 1889 by a military revolt leadership of General Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca which forced the abdication of Pedro II, who Instituted emancipation of slaves without compensation for the slave owners, alienating the powerful landed interests from the government. Moreover, sections of the Roman Catholic clergy were hostile to certain of Pedro’s policies, many leading army officers were secretly disloyal, and large sections of the populace favoured a republic.

After the formation of the republic, with Fonseca at the head of the provisional goverment, Separation of Church and State and other republican reforms were swiftly decreed. The drafting of a constitution was completed in June 1890. Similar to the US Constitution, it was adopted in February 1891, and Brazil became a federal republic, officially styled the United States of Brazil. Fonseca was elected its first President.

Political turbulence, owing essentially to the lack of national democratic traditions and experience, marked the early years of the new republic. During 1891 the arbitrary policies and methods of President Fonseca aroused strong congressional opposition. Early in November he dissolved the congress and assumed dictatorial power. A naval revolt later that month forced him to resign in favour of Vice-President Floriano Peixoto. The Peixoto government, another dictatorial regime, survived a military and naval rebellion (1893-1894) and a series of uprisings in southern Brazil.

Order was gradually restored in the country during the administration of President Prudente José de Moraes Barros, the nation’s first civilian chief executive. Beginning in 1898, when Manuel Ferraz de Campos Salles, a former governor of São Paulo, became president, energetic measures to rehabilitate the dislocated national economy were adopted. By securing a large foreign loan, Campos Salles strengthened Brazilian finances and expanded trade and industry.

Coffee and rubber production had meanwhile increased steadily in Brazil. Between 1906 and 1910 falling coffee prices on the world market severely disrupted the national economy. The price of Brazilian rubber began to drop towards the close of this period. As a result, social and political unrest was widespread during the administration of President Hermes da Fonseca, a conservative and militarist.

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Introduction
Greece, is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. The waters of the Aegean Sea border Greece to the east, and those of the Ionian and Mediterranean Sea to the west and south.

Regarded by many as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, Greece has a long and rich history during which its culture has proven especially influential in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Basic History
A country of southeast Europe on the southern Balkan Peninsula and including numerous islands in the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian seas. Settled by Achaeans, Aeolians, Ionians, Minoans, and Dorians by 1000 B.C., the region grew as an amalgam of independent city-states, many of which established colonies throughout the Mediterranean by the eighth century B.C.. Classical Greek culture, centered around Athens, reached a high point in the fifth century B.C. before being conquered by Philip II of Macedon in 338 B.C.. The area was later controlled by the Roman and Byzantine empires before being absorbed into the Ottoman empire (1456). In 1829, Greece gained its independence and established a constitutional monarchy.

Geography

Location: Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
Geographic coordinates: 39 00 N, 22 00 E
Climate: temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
Terrain: mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m
Natural resources: bauxite, lignite (Brown Coal), magnesite, petroleum, marble, hydropower potential
Natural hazards: severe earthquakes

Geography - note: strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands

People

Population: 3,330,458 (at least I think so...)
Nationality: noun: Greek(s), adjective: Greek
Ethnic groups: Greek 98%, other 2%
Religions: Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Languages: Greek 99% (official), English, French

note: the Greek Government states there are no ethnic divisions in Greece

Government

Country name: conventional long form: "Kingdom of Greece", conventional short form: "Greece"
Government type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Athens
Head of State: King George I
Prime Minister: Eleftherios Venizelos
Independence: 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
National holiday: Independence Day, 25 March (1821)
Legal system: based on codified Roman law; judiciary divided into civil, criminal, and administrative courts
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Currency: Drachmas (Dh)
Military branches: Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force, Police, National Guard

Recent Developments (1910-1912)
The political developments which occurred in 1910 represent a turning point in Modern Greek history. On the 18th January 1910 Stefanos Dragoumis assumed the office of Prime Minister, taking over from Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis who had governed as proxy of the Military League following the Military uprising of Goudi on 15th August 1909. The priorities of the Dragoumis government were to extricate the country from the political impasse by means of a reform of the non-fundamental provisions of the Constitution of 1864 and to revive the economy. The emergency sitting of the Parliament defined the articles of the Constitution which were to be reformed and on the 17th March, in its final session, King George read the Royal Decree for the convocation of the Reforming Parliament. The next day, as had been agreed, the Military League announced its own dissolution. The dissolution of the Military League marked the end of an exceptionally fluid political period which commenced with the Military uprising of Goudi, a period which, though marked by uncertainty, rash actions and political and social retrogression, functioned as a catalyst, setting in motion the reforming activity which was undertaken with effect from the government of Dragoumis. Dragoumis at once took legislative measures for monetary reform and for obtaining a foreign loan of 240 million drachmas and, after the dissolution of the Parliament, he expedited the procedures for inviting French organizers for the army and for the reorganization of the administrative services and also set the foundations for a closer cooperation with Bulgaria.

The elections of the 8th August 1910 for the return of the representatives for the Double Reforming Parliament resulted in the disapprobation of the old "unified parties" and the triumph of Eleftherios Venizelos, then President of the Executive Committee which was governing Crete and independent candidate for the electoral district of Attica-Boeotia. The commanding personality of Venizelos came at once to dominate the political stage in Greece. With the opening of the parliamentary deliberations on the 1st September the political conflict as to the nature of its proceedings came to a head. The old parties claimed that the Parliament was a Reforming Parliament and its task was to reform the non-fundamental articles of the Constitution of 1864. The small but vocal group of radicals and socialists, on the contrary, regarded it as a Constituent Assembly and demanded the review of even the fundamental articles which defined the form of government. Venizelos put an end to the dispute when, on the 5th September, from a husting in Constitution Square in Athens, he succeeded in imposing acceptance of a Reforming Parliament by the crowd that had gathered to demonstrate in favour of a Constituent Assembly.

Nonetheless, the political map that had emerged from the elections was confused. The old parties retained the numerical majority in the new Parliament, but the triumph of the independent candidates made clear the demand from the electorate for renewal. Thus, King George, overcoming his initial reservations, entrusted Venizelos with the task of forming a government. Venizelos, however, unsatisfied with the result of a vote of confidence in the Parliament (208 out of 266 present, out of a total of 362 MPs), asked for and received from the King a decree ordering the dissolution of the Parliament and the proclamation of new elections. In the elections of the 28th November 1910 Venizelos no longer appeared as an independent candidate but as the leader of a unified party which was later to become the Liberal Party. The leaders of the old parties, G. Theotokis, D. Rallis and K. Mavromichalis, condemned the dissolution of the Parliament and chose to abstain from the elections. The complete predominance of Venizelos in the new Parliament (with 307 representatives) allowed him to proceed without great trouble to reform the Constitution and to realize the programme of reforms which he had announced.

The reform work of the first Venizelos government assimilated certain of the tendencies of a more general current of renewal which cannot be defined within the narrow framework of a four-year term of office. This current of renewal had appeared from the beginning of the century and was perceptible in the realms of political and social ideologies, of education and the arts, especially literature. Venizelos tried to advance his reform programme by adopting practically viable compromises between often conflicting tendencies. In education, for example, the dynamic current in favour of the use of the popular spoken language (demotiki) provoked conservative reactions which led to the constitutionally embedded decision (Article 107) in favour of a formal "purified" language (katharevousa) which looked back to classical precedents.

The revision of the Constitution which was completed on the 20th May 1911 was focussed on the strengthening of individual freedoms, the introduction of measures to facilitate the legislative work of the Parliament, the establishment of obligatory elementary education, the legal right for compulsory expropriation, the safeguarding of the permanence of civil servants, the right to invite foreign personnel to undertake the reorganization of the administration and the armed forces, the re-establishment of the State Council and the simplification of the procedures for the reform of the Constitution. The same Parliament extended its remit beyond the revision of the Constitution to the tasks of a regular Parliament and continued its legislative work until the end of the session towards the end of 1911. The aim of the reform programme was the consolidation of public security and the rule of law as well as the development of the wealth-producing potential of the country. In this context, the long planned "eighth" Ministry, the Ministry of National Economy, assumed a leading role. This Ministry, from the time of its creation at the beginning of 1911, was headed by Emmanuel Benakis, a wealthy Egyptian merchant and friend of Venizelos. Venizelos' immediate priority was the introduction of pro-labour legislation in 1911 - progressive for its time even by European standards. This prohibited child labour and night-shift work for women, regulated the hours of the working week and Sunday closing, and provided for labour organisations. Venizelos also took measures for the improvement of management, of justice and security and for the settlement of the landless peasants of Thessaly.

The most important achievement of Venizelos' first government, however, was in the reorganization of the army and in economic recovery. Venizelos, who himself assumed the Ministries of the Army and of the Navy, finalised arrangements for the invitation of foreign administrators for the Army, and in the middle of January 1911 General Eydoux arrived in Athens. A major achievement for Venizelos was the restoration among the armed forces of the discipline and harmony which had broken down as a result of the activities of the Military League. The crowning expression of this effort was the decision in June 1911 to reinstate the heir to the throne Konstantinos as General Inspector of the Army. As far as the rearming of the navy was concerned, Venizelos expedited a programme of naval orders. First of all he made an urgent plea for a British Naval Mission to reorganize the navy. On the 11th April 1911 Admiral Tufnell arrived in Greece as head of the British Naval Mission. The dreadnought "Georgios Averof" which had been ordered at the end of 1909 sailed into Piraeus harbour on the 1st September 1911. Venizelos' programme of naval orders was completed in the summer of 1912 with the order from Germany for two cruisers, six destroyers and a further dreadnought. The arming of the navy was made possible thanks to the remarkable recovery of the Greek economy. The political stability and economic reforms of the Dragoumis government allowed the new Minister of Finance, Lambros Koromilas, to secure a major foreign loan of 110 million francs which had been negotiated with France by the then Deputy Governor and later Governor of the National Bank of Greece Ioannis Valaoritis. Thus the year 1911 closed with a surplus. And in spite of the fact that the planned war with Turkey broke out earlier than anticipated, the Greek economy, thanks to the policy of Koromilas, was not found unprepared. The capital available in the National Bank and abroad was sufficient for the state to be able to meet the initial needs of the war without economic troubles.

Political stability, military preparedness and economic recovery were for both Dragoumis and for Venizelos the preconditions for dealing with the foreign dangers which coalesced ever more threateningly in the period after 1908. The internal turbulence in the Ottoman Empire following the revolution of the Young Turks and in particular the international crisis of October 1908 portended the imminent dissolution of the Empire. At the same time, the centralizing policy of Turkification which was put into practice by the new regime in Constantinople pushed the hitherto rival Christian national communities towards cooperation. The Balkan states were forced to seek closer understanding in order, on the one hand, to deal with Turkish nationalism and, on the other hand, to prepare for the dismemberment of European Turkey. The first contacts for Greek-Bulgarian cooperation were made by Stefanos Dragoumis in the summer of 1910, but they took on a specific form a year later following new unrest in the east.


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NAVY
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Naval Summary
Pre-dreadnought battleships 2
Coast defence ships 3
Armoured battleships 2
Armoured cruisers 1
Protected cruisers 1
Destroyers 14
Submarines 2
Torpedo Boats 17
Gunboats 11
Sloop 1
TOTAL 51

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Greek torpedo and gun calibres in inches

Torpedoes: 53.3cm - 21in; 50cm - 19.7in; 45.7cm - 18in; 45cm - 17.7in

Guns: 30.5cm - 12in; 23.4cm - 9.2in; 20.3cm - 8in; 19cm - 7.5in; 17.8cm - 7in; 15.2cm - 6in; 15cm - 5.9in; 10.2cm - 4in; 8.8cm - 3.4in; 7.6cm - 3in (12pdr); 5.7cm - 2.2in (6 pdr)
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PRE-DREADNOUGHT BATTLESHIPS
KILKIS and LEMNOS, KILKIS (ex-US 'Mississippi'), LEMNOS (or 'Limnos', island and sea battle of the 1912-13 Greek-Turkish war, ex-US 'Idaho') - 13,000t, 17 knots, 4-30.5cm/8-20.3cm/8-17.8cm, 750 crew, 1908

COAST DEFENCE SHIPS
HYDRA class, HYDRA, PSARA, SPETSAI (three Aegean islands prominent in early 19th century war of Independence), 3 ships - 4,890t, 5-15cm, launched 1889/90

ARMOURED BATTLESHIPS
Basileos Georios, Launched 1867
Basilissa Olga, Launched 1869

ARMOURED CRUISER
GEORGIS AVEROF, (Named after a Greek patriot who donated quarter of the cruiser's cost) - 9,960t, 22 knots, 4-23.4cm/8-19cm, 670 crew, 1911

PROTECTED CRUISER
HELLE (Cape and sea battle of the 1912-13 Greek-Turkish war) - 2,600t, 18 knots, 2-15.2cm/4-10.2cm, 230 crew, 1913 (to be completed)

CRUISER
NAUARCHOS MIAOULIS Launched 1879

DESTROYERS
NICKI class, ASPIS (shield), DOXA (glory), NIKI (victory), VELOS (arrow), 4 ships, - 350t, 30 knots, 2-7.6cm/4-5.7cm/2-45.7cm tt, 58 crew, launched 1906-07
THYELLA class, LONCHI (spear, lance), NAFKRATOUSA (name of an ancient ship), SPENDONI (sling),THYELLA (storm), 4 ships - 350t, 30 knots, 2-7.6cm/2-5.7cm/2-45.7cm tt, 70 crew, launched 1906-07
AETOS class, AETOS, HIERAX (or 'Ierax'), LEON (lion), PANTHER (panther), 4 ships - 980t, 32 knots, 4-10.2cm/4-53.3cm tt, 90 crew, launched 1911

Note - Initially ordered by the Argentinean Navy and were to be named San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago and Tucuman. but were bought by Greece in 1912.
Smyrni (ex Austro-Hungarian)

KERAVNOS class, KERAVNOS (thunder, ex-German 'V-5'), NEA GENEA (new generation, ex-German 'V-6') - 570t, 32 knots, 2-8.8cm/4-50cm tt, 74 crew, launched 1912

SUBMARINES
DELFIN class, DELFIN, XIFIAS - 310/460t, 13/8 knots, 5-45cm tt, 24 crew, 1912

TORPEDO BOATS
Delas 1879
Sappho 1879
Sphinx 1879 (Stricken 1901, now used as a water barge)
Ionia (NF 18) 1879
KALITHEA CLASS TORPEDO BOATS
Kalithea, Launched 1881
Pherinika, Launched 1881
Persephone, Launched 1881
Terpsichore, Launched 1881
Terpsithea, Launched 1881
Vulcan Built V Class Torpedo Boats
V11 (NF 11) Launched 1885
V13 Launched 1885
V14 Launched 1885
V15 Launched 1885
V16 Launched 1885
ALFA CLASS TORPEDO BOATS (GUN BOATS)
Alpha 1880
Beta 1880
Delta 1880
Gamma 1880

SLOOPS
Hellas Northfleet 1861

GUN BOATS
Ambrakia, 1881 rebuilt in 1910
Akteon, 1881 re-built in 1910
ACHELAOS CLASS GUN BOATS
Achelaos, 1884 Rebuilt 1895-1897
Alpheos, 1884 Rebuilt 1895-1897
Eurotas, 1884 Rebuilt 1895-1897
Peneos, 1884 Rebuilt 1895-1897
KISSA CLASS GUN BOATS
Kissa 1884
Aidon 1884
Kichli 1884
PLIXAVRA CLASS GUN BOAT
Plixavra 1857
Syros (ex Panopi)



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ARMY
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According to the 1912 Mobilization Plan the Greek Army consisted of two General Headquarters: the Thessaly Army General Headquarters and the Epirus Army Headquarters...

Greek Military Unit Descriptions
Each Division consisted of : Staff, three Infantry Regiments and one Field Artillery Regiment. The Divisions' artillery came from the following Field Artillery Regiments : 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. I, II, III and IVth Divisions were pre-war Divisions ( organised under the Army Organisation in January 7th, 1912 ).

The Infantry Regiment consisted of : three three-company battalions and two machine-gun platoons.

The Field Artillery Regiment consisted of three two- or three-battery squadrons.

Each Evzones Battalion consisted of : four companies and two machine-gun platoons.

Each Mountain Artilley Squadron consisted of : two or three batteries.

The Cavalry Brigade consisted of : two regiments of four companies and two platoons each.

* * *

GREEK EPIRUS ARMY
Epirus Army composition as of October 3rd, 1912

Infantry

15th Infantry Regiment
3rd Evzones Battalion
3rd Independent Evzones Battalion
7th Evzones Battalion
10th Reserve Evzones Battalion
2nd National Guard Battalion

Artillery

III/4 Field Artillery Squadron
II Mountain Artillery Squadron
II Siege Artillery Squadron of 150mm

Cavalry

4th Troop / 2nd Cavalry Regiment

Engineers

Engineer Company
Telegraphists Platoon

Other

One Stretcher-bearers Squadron
Three Operating Theatres
Three Medical Units
One Ammunition Supply Column Squadron
One Supply Column
L.O.C. Service

Ionian Naval Squadron

2 Gunboats with one cannon ( ' Aktion ', ' Amvrakia ' )
3 Gunboats ( ' A ', ' B ', ' C ' )
4 Steamships ( ' Alfeios ', ' Evrotas ', ' Pineios ', ' Aheloos ' )

Volunteer Corps

3/10/1912 Various units of Epirotan and Cretan Volunteers
31/10/1912 Cretans Militia Company, Volunteer Company of Greeks living in New York USA, Redshirt and Garibaldi Corps

Aviation

23/11/1912 Squadron of four airplanes (Maurice Farman with a Renault 70hp motor)


Composition of Epirus Army formations


Army Group Right

VI Division
Epirus Division


Army Group A'

VI Division ( without 1st Evzones Regiment and the I/17 Battalion )
VIII Division ( without 15th Infantry Regiment )
Metsovo Brigade ( ex-Metsovo Detachment, renamed in February 8th, 1913 ) , including two Field Artillery Squadrons - five batteries -, 105mm Heavy Artillery Troop, Special Engineer Detachment


Army Group B'

1st Column: from IVth Division units ( minus two 9th Infantry Regiment battalions and one 11th Infantry Regiment battalion ).

2nd Column: 1st Evzones Regiment, 3rd Infantry Regiment ( minus one battalion ), 15th Infantry Regiment, I/17 Battalion, Mountain Artillery Squadron (two batteries ), half Engineer Company.

3rd Column: 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Regiment ( minus one battalion ), one Independent Battalion, Olitsikas Detachment ( three battalions ), two Mountain Artillery Batteries, half Engineer Company.


II Division

1st Infantry Regiment
3rd Infantry Regiment
7th Infantry Regiment
I Squadron / 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
II Squadron / 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
Sappers Company
Optical Telegraph Platoon
Cavalry Half-squadron


III Division

6th Infantry Regiment
10th Infantry Regiment
12th Infantry Regiment
I Squadron / 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
II Squadron / 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
III Mountain Artillery Squadron
Sappers Company
Telegraphists Company
Cavalry Half-squadron


IV Division

8th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
I Squadron / 4th Field Artillery Regiment
II Squadron / 4th Field Artillery Regiment
I Mountain Artillery Squadron
Sappers Company
Telegraphists Company
Cavalry Half-squadron


VI Division

1st Evzones Regiment
17th Infantry Regiment
18th Infantry Regiment
III Squadron / 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
Sappers Company
Telegraphists Company
Cavalry Half-squadron


VIII / Epirus Division

Indpendent Cretans Regiment
15th Infantry Regiment
3rd Evzones Regiment
7th Evzones Regiment
10th Evzones Regiment
3rd Independent Evzones Regiment
Two Independent Battalions


IX Division

24th Infantry Regiment
25th Infantry Regiment
26th Infantry Regiment
5th Field Artillery Battery
Cavalry Half-squadron


Gribovo Detachment

15th Infantry Regiment (minus II/15 Battalion )
10th Evzones Battalion
II Mountain Artillery Squadron


Kiafa Detachment

7th Evzones Battalion
Troop 12/15 Company
2nd Mountain Artillery Battery


Sector of the Plains Detachment

II/15 Battalion
3rd Evzones Battalion
10th Evzones Battalion
1st Mountain Artillery Battery


Left Sector Detachment

15th Infantry Regiment
One Mountain Artillery Battery
One Field Artillery Battery


Right Sector Detachment

3rd Evzones Battalion
7th Evzones Battalion
10th Evzones Battalion
1st Mountain Artillery Battery
2nd Mountain Artillery Battery


Botsari Detachment

Evzones Company from the camps in the Arta Area
Western Epirus Volunteer Corps


Spiliadis Detachment

III/15 Battalion
7/15 Company
Area Troop
Epirotans and Cretans Volunteer Corps


Metsovo Detachment

Two Companies
Cretans Volunteer Corps
Epirotans Volunteer Corps
4th Infantry Regiment - from February 6th, 1913 -
Battalion from the Athens Area - from February 6th, 1913 -
Garibaldi Corps
Redshirts corps
Fast-firing Mountain Artillery Battery - from February 6th, 1913 -


Malamos ( Olitsikas ) Detachment

I/11 Battalion
Evzones Company from the Arta Area
6/15 Company
Three National Guards Companies
Western Epirus Volunteer Corps
Mountain Artillery Troop


A' Mixed Detachment

3rd Evzones Battalion
7th Evzones Battalion
10th Evzones Battalion
3rd Independent Evzones Battalion
1/II Mountain Artillery Battery
Engineer Troop


B' Mixed Detachment

Independent Cretans Regiment
15th Infantry Regiment
Field Artillery Squadron (three 4th Field Artillery Regiment batteries)
3/II Mountain Artillery Battery
Cavalry Troop
Engineer Troop


Agioi Saranta Detachment

1st Infantry Regiment (minus one battalion )
One mountain Artillery Battery
Company from Heimarra


Grevena Detachment

Four Infantry Battalions
Cretans Volunteer Corps


Pramanta Detachment

1/3 Evzones Company
Engineer Company Section
Volunteer Scouts Corps


Epitos ( Aheron ) Detachment

Two Battalions (minus two companies ) from the Epirus Army reserves
1st Independent Infantry Battalion
II/17 Battalion
Infantry Company
1/3 Evzones Company
Two Mountain Artillery Troops
Three Krupp howitzers
Aherontas Volunteers Troop


Heimarra Landing Detachment

200 Cretan Volunteers
One Company ( 100 men ) from Corfu.
One Company from camps in the Athens Area.

Notes:
1. Heimarra is in Albania
2. Became part of VIIIth Division on March 13th, 1913




* * *

THESSALY ARMY
Thessaly Army consisted of :

A' Army Corps ( I and II Infantry Divisions )
B' Army Corps ( III and IV Infantry Divisions )
C' Army Corps ( with the mobilized V and VI Infantry Divisions )
VII Infantry Division ( independent )
Cavalry Brigade
1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th Evzones Battalions ( organised in two detachments )
1st and 3rd National Guard Battalions
1st Siege Artillery Squadron
Seven Sapper Companies ( organic to Divisions )
Two Bridgelayers Companies
Two Telegraphists Companies
Two Stretcher-bearers Squadrons
Eight Operating Theatres
One Supply Column
L.O.C. Service
One Flotilla with four airplanes


During its existence Thessaly Army created various tactical formations includings various of the units and formations mentioned here. For example, it was divided into three Groups for tactical reasons from 23/10 - 7/11/1912:

Central Group ( I, II, IV and VI Divisions )
Left Group ( V Division, Gennadi Evzones Detachment, II/24 Battalion )
Right Group ( II and VII Divisions, Konstantinopoulos Evzones Detachment, 1st Cavalry Regiment )


Composition of Thessaly Army formations

I Division

2nd Infantry Regiment
4th Infantry Regiment
5th Infantry Regiment
I Squadron / 1st Field Artillery Regiment
II Squadron / 1st Field Artillery Regiment
Sappers Company
Optical Telegraph Company
Cavalry Half-Squadron


II Division

1st Infantry Regiment
3rd Infantry Regiment
7th Infantry Regiment
I Squadron / 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
II Squadron / 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
Sappers Company
Optical Telegraph Company
Cavalry Half-Squadron


III Division

6th Infantry Regiment
10th Infantry Regiment
12th Infantry Regiment
I Squadron / 3rd Field Artilley Regiment
II Squadron / 3rd Field Artilley Regiment
III Mountain Artillery Squadron
Sappers Company
Telegraphists Platoon
Cavalry Half-Squadron


IV Division

8th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
I Squadron / 4th Field Artillery Regiment
II Squadron / 4th Field Artillery Regiment
I Mountain Artillery Squadron
Sappers Company
Telegraphists Platoon
Cavalry Half-Squadron



V Division ( Mobilized 17/9 - 4/10/1912 )

16th Infantry Regiment
22nd Infantry Regiment
23rd Infantry Regiment
III Squadron / 1st Field Artillery Regiment
Mountain Artillery Squadron
Sappers Company
Telegraphists Platoon
Cavalry Half-Squadron


VI Division ( Mobilized 17/9 - 4/10/1912 )

1st Evzones Regiment
17th Infantry Regiment
18th Infantry Regiment
III Squadron / 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
Sappers Company
Telegraphists Platoon
Cavalry Half-Squadron


VII Division ( Mobilized 17/9 - 4/10/1912 )

19th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
Machine-gun Squadron
III Squadron / 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
Sappers Company


Cavalry Brigade

1st Cavalry Regiment
3rd Cavalry Regiment


Gennadi Evzones Detachment

1st Evzones Battalion ( Transferred to the 23rd Infantry Regiment from October 29th )
4th Evzones Battalion ( Transferred to the 22nd Infantry Regiment from October 29th )


Konstantopoulos Evzones Detachment

2nd Evzones Battalion
6th Evzones Battalion


Siatista Detachment ( On November 11th renamed Western Macedonia Detachment )

Two Infantry Battalions
A2-company of the 24th Infantry Regiment of the Thessaly Army L.O.C. Service
6/2 Battery
Greek Redshirt Corps ( part of the Garibaldi Corps )
Garibaldi Corps Units
Scouts Corps


Notes :

1. The dates for the composition of the various units and formations is October 3rd, 1912 - two days before the army crossed the borders with Ottoman Turkey -.

2. The Garibaldi Corps was a volunteer force first created by the Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 to fight with the '...ones fighting for their freedom. ' His son, Ricioti Garibaldi took part in the Balkan Wars, on the side of Greece, in command of about 2300 Philelenes and Greek volunteers. This Corps was also called The Redshirts. The Greeks in the Garibaldi Corps were about 1100.

3. The Scouts Corps was composed of volunteers not liable to conscription. They gave the soldier's oath and were organised in Corps. 77 Cretan Scouts Corps ( 3556 men ), 9 Epirotans Scouts Corps ( 446 men ) and 9 Macedonians Scouts Corps were organised. Volunteer Scouts from other parts of Greece were 1812 men.

In peacetime the Greek Army contained about 32,000 men. However, during the Balkan Wars (1912-13) this was increased to 210,000. Senior officers were strongly royalist and like King Constantine I tended to support Germany in its disputes with Britain.


.......and lastly,

NATIONAL ANTHEM (Sing with me)

We knew thee of old,
Oh, divinely restored,
By the lights of thine eyes
And the light of thy Sword

From the graves of our slain
Shall thy valour prevail
As we greet thee again-
Hail, Liberty! Hail!

Long time didst thou dwell
Mid the peoples that mourn,
Awaiting some voice
That should bid thee return.

Ah, slow broke that day
And no man dared call,
For the shadow of tyranny
Lay over all:

And we saw thee sad-eyed,
The tears on thy cheeks
While thy raiment was dyed
In the blood of the Greeks.

Yet, behold now thy sons
With impetuous breath
Go forth to the fight
Seeking Freedom or Death.

From the graves of our slain
Shall thy valour prevail
As we greet thee again-
Hail, Liberty! Hail!

Great factbook, New Dracora. I could post a ton of stuff on the Dual Monarchy (I have the entire 1914 land and naval OOB!), but I wanted to keep it short and sweet; if people need more, I'll add it incrementally [for example, I think I'll add the number of infantry and cavalry divisions/corps and independent brigades, and maybe their peacetime depot locations).

I even have lists of commanding officers for each regiment! :D

Repear after me: Google is your friend!

(BTW, great job with the national anthem. I'll have to find mine [I probably have two of them, like everything else - or maybe three :p ]. The Austrian anthem was written by Mozart, if I'm not mistaken... :cool: )

lol, all I did was fiddle with the info in the links...

Oh right, *ahem* "Google is your friend"....

:p :D ;)

Anywho, thanks for your help again I should now be posting in the Balkans soon... ish.

Dreadnoughts=8
Battlecruisers=10
2nd Class Battlecruisers=6
Pre Dreadnought Battleships=10
Coast Defence Ships=18
Armoured Cruisers=9
Protected Cruisers=15
Light Cruisers=12
Aircraft and Seaplane carriers (!!!)=1
Destroyers=50
Motortorpedo boats=105
Submarines=40


Sorry to be a questioning person so soon, but does this include ships you are currently constructing? Since this RPG starts in 1910(unless the date has progressed and I didn't notice), the Japanese navy by 1914 was smaller.
Check out this website:
Japan's Navy in 1914 (http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyJapanese.htm)

he has been building his navy the way he wanted it and at the rate he can based on the RPed Japan for 4 years

The Empire of Mexico
(El imperio de México)

Government: Monarchy
-Ruler: Emperor Agustín II
Main Language: Spanish 99%; Other 1%

Other political input: At this time the ruling Dons, or Haciendas, are the richest feudal-like rulers over a wide amount of land. The Emperor has made them into a council amounting to 23 Dons. While the National Army is the country’s main source of soldiers, each Don has his own private army as well. For some time the Emperor has courted them in hopes that one day he may usurp their influence over the common people they have land over.

Economy: Intra-industrializing
-Infrastructure: Intra-constructing
-Arms Manufacturing: Post-Industrialized
-Naval Manufacturing: Post-Industrialized

Agriculture: Heavily Developed
-corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products

Mining/Other Operations
-petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, timber

Imports: Textiles, Weapons material, Foreign military experts, Alcohol, etc.
Exports: Petroleum, silver, lead, zinc, timber

Currency: Dólar Imperial (Imperial Dollar)
-Current Exchange: 2 DIs to 1 USD

Total Land Area: 1,972,550 sq km
Capitol: Mexico City
Population: 23,780,000
-47% men under 30
-33% women under 30
-20% men and women under 18 and above 50


Military

Yearly Military Spending Budget: 10,000,000,000 DIs

Standing Army: 550,000 men
Standing Navy: 45 vessels, 45,000 men
Experimental Air Corp: 10 Bi-planes

Uniform of the Mexican Army Regulars: Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/1800s%20Army/Soldieruniform-Mexico.jpg)
Standard Infantry Rifle: Dante Model 1910 (copied version of the German Mauser)
Special Heavy Weapon: Maxim model 1904 Machine Gun

Command Structure

Squad Nine to 10 soldiers. Typically commanded by a sergeant or staff sergeant, a squad or section is the smallest element in Army structure.

Platoon 16 to 44 soldiers. A platoon is led by a lieutenant with an Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) as second in command, and consists of two to four squads or sections.

Company 62 to 190 soldiers. Three to five platoons form a company, which is commanded by a captain with a first sergeant as the commander's principal NCO assistant. A artillery unit of equivalent size is called a battery, and a comparable armored or air cavalry unit is called a troop.

Battalion 300 to 1,000 soldiers. Four to six companies make up a battalion, which is normally commanded by a lieutenant colonel with a command sergeant major as principal NCO assistant. A battalion is capable of independent operations of limited duration and scope. An armored or air cavalry unit of equivalent size is called a squadron.

Brigade 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers. A brigade headquarters commands the tactical operations of two to five organic or attached combat battalions. Normally commanded by a colonel with a command sergeant major as senior NCO, brigades are employed on independent or semi-independent operations. Armored cavalry, ranger and special forces units this size are categorized as regiments or groups.

Division 10,000 to 15,000 soldiers. Usually consisting of three brigade-sized elements and commanded by a major general, divisions are numbered and assigned missions based on their structures. The division performs major tactical operations for the corps and can conduct sustained battles and engagements.

Corps 20,000 to 45,000 soldiers. Two to five divisions constitute a corps, which is typically commanded by a lieutenant general. As the deployable level of command required to synchronize and sustain combat operations, the corps provides the framework for multinational operations.

Army 50,000+ soldiers. Typically commanded by a lieutenant general or higher, an army combines two or more corps. A theater army is the ranking Army component in a unified command, and it has operational and support responsibilities that are assigned by the theater commander in chief. The commander in chief and theater army commander may order formation of a field army to direct operations of assigned corps and divisions. An army group plans and directs campaigns in a theater, and is composed of two or more field armies under a designated commander.



National Army Organization

Guardia Imperial
Commander: Consul Venesqui
Men: 20,000
Combat Designation: Heavy Shock Assault

1st Army
Commander: General Micheal de Aqui
Men: 180,000

1st Corp
Men: 30,000
Combat Designation: Heavy Assault
Heavy Weapon: 200 Maxim model 1904 Machine Guns

2nd Corp
Men: 30,000
Combat Designation: Heavy Assault
Heavy Weapon: 200 Maxim model 1904 Machine Guns

3rd Corp
Men: 30,000
Combat Designation: Assault

4th Corp
Men: 30,000

5th Corp
Men: 30,000
Combat Designation: Artillery command, medical command, supply command
Number of Artillery: 30 Tequila-class 75mm field cannons

6th Corp
Men: 30,000
Combat Designation: Fast Assault/ Defense
Heavy Weapon: 40 Maxim model 1904 Machine Guns


2nd Army
Commander: General Mandez de Rafeal
Men: 100,000

1st Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Assault

2nd Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Assault

3rd Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Assault, Supply command, medical command

4th Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Shock Assault
Auxiliary: 1,000 Guardia Imperial Lancers (Imperial Guard)

3rd Army
Commander: General Manuel de Behar
Men: 100,000

1st Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Assault

2nd Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Assault

3rd Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Assault, Supply command, medical command

4th Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Shock Assault
Auxiliary: 2,000 Guardia Imperial Lancers (Imperial Guard)

4th Army
Commander: General Cavera de Doma
Men: 100,000

1st Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Assault

2nd Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Assault

3rd Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Assault, Supply command, medical command

4th Corp
Men: 25,000
Combat Designation: Shock Assault
Auxiliary: 2,000 Guardia Imperial Lancers (Imperial Guard)

Supply Commissariat
Men: 70,000
Commander: Lieutenant General Rodriquez
Combat Designation: Transport command and supply


Navy
Commander: Grand Admiral Buena de Grassier el Muando

Atlantic Fleet:
Sub-Commander: Admiral Alma de Agua

2 Dreadnoughts
8 Torpedo Boats
4 Cruisers
1 Battle cruiser; Flagship ‘Gracia de Dios’

Pacific Fleet:
Sub-Commander: Admiral Miguel de Vida

3 Dreadnought
10 Light-cruisers
10 Cruisers
4 Pre-dreadnought era battleships
3 Battle cruisers; old model Lion-class copies

no way you have 28 Dreadnaughts! Mexico had almost nothing for a fleet (i know your not using normal Mexico) but most of your fleet is listed as Dreadnaughts. we are only like 8-10 years from when the HMS Dreadnaught was built! i would think you have a smaller navy and less Dreadnaughts (2-5 max) a few old Battleships and more Torpedo Boats/Cruisers

I'll deal. I will shorten the Dreadnoughts to 5, and up the number of small cruisers. That agreeable to you? I even lowered the number of my ships from 47 to 45, and instead of more cruisers addedlight frigates to my Gulf fleet. Hopefully thats not threatening enough for you?

Since the forum is so conjested, I think the head Admin of this RPG should make a seperate website to play this game on.
He can make one from www.proboards.com

That way, we can more easily perform needed RPG tasks.
Does anyone agree?

we tryed that, it didn't work to well, the thing died befor it started


Thrashia, the fleet looks good, but Frigates? they didn't exist in the 1910s, they became light ships after WW2 when missiles came into existence and the British had Frigate class ships in the early 1800s they should be Torpedo Boats or Torpedo Boat Destroyers if your looking for light ships.

Well, it is too conjested on the NS forum.
Unless someone wants to write a detailed summary of what has happened, all noobs will be left in the dark, since you can't expect us to read 32 pages of RPing. I implore the Admin of this RPG to attempt to move to a site again.

I think the current year in the RPG is 1914(correct me if its not). I have here a list of battleships(dreadnoughts) in service for each nation in 1910. This way, its easier to judge expansion of navies.
Austria: 4(all 12 x 12inch guns)
France: 4(all 12 x 12inch guns)
Italy: 4(1-12 x 12inch, 3-13 x 12inch)
Brazil: 3(1-14 x 12inch, 2-12 x 12 inch)
Spain: 3(8 x 12inch)
Russia: 8 battleships
Britain: 18 battleships, 8 battlecruisers(too many to bother with gun sizes)
Germany: 13 battleships, 4 battlecruisers
Japan: 2(12 x 12inch), 2(8 x 14inch)
USA: 10 battleships
Site: http://www.friesian.com/dreadnot.htm

that seems to be based on when the ships construction began (Spain didn't have a complet Dread till 1912

Indeed. I thought it was more relevant.
But do tell me, kind sir, what is the year?

1914 mabye 1915

OOC: This will be updated in a bit. Also, from what I gather, the Tsar is injured from a grenade blast, and it is 1915.

Factbook of Russia
Official Name: the Russian Empire
Short: Russia
Capital: St.Petersburg
Territory: most of eastern Europe and northern Asia
Constitution: Autocracy, with limited Parliament(called the Duma, with the Upper House: The Assembly of Nobles, and a Lower House: The Assembly of Commons)
Population: approx. 167 million
Currency: Ruble

Resources: salt, coal, iron, peat, naphtha, gold, silver, platinum, copper, tin, mercury, emeralds, topazes, rubies, sapphires, amethysts, porphyry, marble, granite, graphite, asphalt, phosphorus, wheat, corn, various livestock, oil, barley, oats, rye, etc. (Just so you know that Russia had many resources)

Military
Army: 1.3 million active, 4 million reserve; divided into several districts: The most prominent are the Warsaw District and the Kiev District. 4 Armies(19 corps) are stationed on the western border.

Navy-includes vessels in final stages of construction.
Dreadnoughts= 10
Battlecruisers= 4
Pre Dreadnought Battleships= 16
Armored Cruisers=9
Protected Cruisers= 7
Light Cruisers= 10
Destroyers= 82
Motortorpedo boats= 70
Submarines= 30

The Fleets
Baltic-
4 Dreadnoughts
2 Battlecruisers
5 Pre-Dreadoughts
6 Armored Cruisers
4 Light Cruisers
4 Protected Cruisers
30 Destroyers
25 Motortorpedo Moats
12 Submarines
Black Sea-
4 Dreadnoughts
2 Battlecruisers
10 Pre-Dreadnoughts
2 Armored Cruisers
2 Light Cruisers
1 Protected Cruiser
32 Destroyers
25 Motortorpedo Boats
12 Submarines
Far East-
2 Dreadnoughts
1 Pre-Dreadnoughts
1 Armored Cruiser
2 Protected Cruisers
20 Destroyers
20 Motortorpedo Boats
6 Submarines

Army as it stands now
N/A- Still searching for accurate posting of Russian military units. Estimate: at least 200,000 in Far East, 130,000 in Caucuses.

Russian Air Force
320 aircraft; 16 airships

Arms
Sidearm:
M1895 Revolver; 7rnd, 7.62 caliber
Rifles:
M1891 Mosin-Nagant Bolt-action rifle; 5rnd box magazine, 7.62 caliber
Machinegun:
PM1910 machine gun; 250-cartridge belt, 7.62 caliber

OOC: This will be updated massivly. I have almost no info, on the Zionists. Well i do, but know sure, really, how i shoudl rp them, but he's my factbook...
IC: Fact Book of the Zionists
Offical Name: The Zionist State of Israel
Short Name: The Zionists
Location: Fighters in modern-day Israel. Zionists are all over the world.
Leader; Theodore Herizal (spelled wrong, forget how to spell it.
Population: In Palestine, 78,000 Jews, all Zionists. Total Jewish population of World: About 12.5 million. Unknown number of Jewish Zionists, and some Christian ones too.
Capital: Soon to be Jerusalem; right now, in Palestine: Tel Aviv. World HQs in London, and NYC. Herzial is in london.
Army: About 1400 men who were trained by various grops. They have trained others. Up to 20,000 really fight. Women and chilidran, are trained to shoot and fight in self-defense.
Weapons: Most people have different weapons. Some are Russian made, others British, orther American, and still others German, Austian, Spanish, French and almost every nation of Europe.
Economy: Not much, some farming.
Language : Hebrew, Yeddish, some Russian, ENglish, German, etc.
Currency: None. USe whatever you have.

Blackledge, you're right actually. Four years is way to little to build the amount of ships I did. We agreed at the start of the RP with 1RL week=2IC Years. If we follow that schedule we should be in the early 1920's.

The proposal:
The ambassadors in Russia, France, Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy and the United States made their way to the Foreign Departments with the hope of speaking to a minister or a higher person. It was 9pm in Tokyo, two hours before the war would start. They all had documents in which an order was written down to ask the following questions:

1. In case of war between the Japanese Empire and China, what will the reaction of your country be?
2a (If the reaction would be negative) Would you intervene on the Chinese side against the Japanese Empire?
2b (If the reaction would be positive) And what would your reaction be if a foreign nation intervened at China's side?
3a (If 2a is answered "positively") In that case I must inform you that Japan will severe ties with your nations. I hope this affair won't take long.
3b (If 2b is answered positively) Would you give your countries support to Japan, if not via arms, men or sanctions against China or any other hostile nation via diplomatic support?
4a (Ending conversation after question 3a) Goodbye.
4b (If 3b is answered positively either way) In name of the Emperor and the Regents, I thank you. Japan will not forget this.

The ambassador in Petrograd also had a document, signed by General Fukuoka. It contained a proposal in which Russia would give active support to Japan in return they will "get" Outer Mongolia and Xinjiang. The document was to be given after the "regular" questions were answered positively. He prayed that the Russians at least wouldn't act hostile, something he thought was very possible.

Sharina (China) and I agreed to wait till the Balkan wars are over and they've catched up with the normal time schedule (Yes, they are behind too, I think they're in 1913 or something. It is indeed a big mess).

To solve the problem with time, why not declare the Balkan War over; declaring its victors, then start off again with a vote on wether it is 1914 or 1915 to kick-start things again. Also I will be looking into getting a newer, more detailed, map of the world; no offense to the person who made the other one.

*Update*
Would just like to mention that I updated my military section of my factbook; I managed to find a uniform that will be used by my army. :D Enjoy.

To solve the problem with time, why not declare the Balkan War over; declaring its victors, then start off again with a vote on wether it is 1914 or 1915 to kick-start things again. Also I will be looking into getting a newer, more detailed, map of the world; no offense to the person who made the other one.

I don't think Norodna Odbrana will like that proposal. I would really appreciate it if you could make another map.

I found some nice maps of the world in 1914. Tell me if there is anything that needs to be changed. Whaddya think of it?

This is based off of the idea that everything in the Balkan Wars follow real history.
http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/map01eu.htm

This one has a key.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/images/afri1914.gif

In case you can't tell, the lighter shade of a nation's territory in China indicates that nation's 'Sphere of Influence'. If you don't know what that is, just ask.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/images/chin1910.gif

The Swedish-Norwegian union ended in 1905, Germany returned Alsace and Lorraine to France, Albania has been formed and the Turks no longer have any possessions in the Balkans.

To solve the problem with time, why not declare the Balkan War over; declaring its victors, then start off again with a vote on wether it is 1914 or 1915 to kick-start things again. Also I will be looking into getting a newer, more detailed, map of the world; no offense to the person who made the other one.Let's continue the time discussion in the OOC thread.

I found some nice maps of the world in 1914. Tell me if there is anything that needs to be changed. Whaddya think of it?

This is based off of the idea that everything in the Balkan Wars follow real history.
http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/map01eu.htmWe're way outside history in the Balkans.

It didn't really sound like it. From what I read, all the Balkan nations grabbed pieces of European Turkey, and Austria propped up Albania.
And thats what these maps show.
Or are there other land changes?

It didn't really sound like it. From what I read, all the Balkan nations grabbed pieces of European Turkey, and Austria propped up Albania.
And thats what these maps show.
Or are there other land changes?Our Albania is half again as big, and separates Montenegro from Serbia. Serbia is missing its southern half, and Greece is bigger. There will also be a Macedonian autonomous zone (or maybe state - not sure on that, yet). Turkey didn't lose as much in Europe, either.

Pretty nice maps Blackledge. But I think quite a few people withdrew from China, at least Austria-Hungary did. The Africa map is great.

Navy: 15 battleships, 7 cruisers, 18 destroyers, 5 submarines, 90 torpedo boats (1914).
Principal Naval Base: Pola (near Trieste in the Adriatic)

Austria-Hungary's fleet in 1914
They had: four dreadnoughts,
nine pre-dreadnoughts,
three armoured cruisers, and
five light/protected cruisers.

I didn't find the number of destroyers and motortorpedo boats, but I assume they had many.
3 of the pre-dreadnoughts were actually mini-battleships, more powerful than regular pre-dreadnoughts.
Austrian vessels tended to be smaller than their Italian rivals, but had more armor.

Italy's fleet in 1914: three dreadnoughts,
eight pre-dreadnoughts,
ten armoured and light cruisers,
Couldn't find numbers of other ships.

Just thought that since they were always big competitors, it'd be nice to have their actual fleet sizes, for reference.

Guess who finally got around to posting his factbook.

Factbook of Italy
Official Name: The Kingdom Of Italy
Short: Italy
Capital: Rome
Territory: The Italian Peninsula
Constitution: Constitutional Monarchy [Though the King has exersized quite a bit of power as of late.]
Population: approx. 35 million
Currency: Lira

Military
Army: 300,000 men active.

Navy
5 dreadnoughts
8 pre-dreadnought battleships
21 cruisers
49 destroyers
85 torpedo boats
25 submarines

Italian Air Force
166 Aircraft

Arms
Sidearm: Lugar
Rifles: Carcano Mod. '91 bolt-action.
Machinegun:Schwarzlose M07/12 machine-gun

Austria-Hungary's fleet in 1914
They had: four dreadnoughts,
nine pre-dreadnoughts,
three armoured cruisers, and
five light/protected cruisers.

I didn't find the number of destroyers and motortorpedo boats, but I assume they had many.
3 of the pre-dreadnoughts were actually mini-battleships, more powerful than regular pre-dreadnoughts.
Austrian vessels tended to be smaller than their Italian rivals, but had more armor.I'll post my own military information as needed, thank you. I do have it, but given the changing nature I am holding back on posting it.

Factbook of Russia
Official Name: The Empire of Russia
Short: Russia
Leader: Tzar Nikolas II
Capital: Moscow
Territory: Vast expanse of Europe and Asia
Constitution: Constitutional Monarchy [Tsar Nicholas ]
Population: approx. 143,420,309
Currency: Ruben

Resources
oil
natural gas
some reserves of every industrially valuable nonfuel mineral
iron ore
nickel
platinum
titanium
copper
tin
lead
diamonds
gold
timber

Military
Army: 1,000,000 men active.

Navy
5 dreadnoughts
8 pre-dreadnought battleships
21 cruisers
49 destroyers
85 torpedo boats
25 submarines

Russain Air Force
166 Aircraft

why is your navy and airforce copyed off Italy, try using other Russian players Factbooks

navy based on last Fact-book

Navy-includes vessels in final stages of construction.
Dreadnoughts= 10
Battlecruisers= 4
Pre Dreadnought Battleships= 16
Armored Cruisers=9
Protected Cruisers= 7
Light Cruisers= 10
Destroyers= 82
Motortorpedo boats= 70
Submarines= 30

and the airforce was listed at 320 aircraft

Just some comments as to your factbook, Karaska:

- The Captiol of Russia at this time was St. Petersburg (Petrograd). It was not until after the 1917 Revolution that it was changed back to Moscow.

- The Russian Army could mobilize up to nearly 5,000,000 conscripts (Russia used a Levee en Masse technique instead of a Reserve system).

- Russia is still considered as an absolute monarchy, despite the formation of the Duma (which was dissolved in 1905).

Besides that, it looks pretty good.

Hi. I'm the new USA. Hope everyone likes my factbook. Its really just an adopted version of a previous US player's factbook, but it applies.

Official Name: United States of America
Short: U.S., USA, America
Capital: Washington D.C.
Constitution: Democracy, Federal republic
Government type: Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic and capitalist tradition
Population: 124,937,388
Nationality: noun: American(s) adjective: American

President: Theodore Roosevelt(till early 1913)
Religions: Protestant 60%, Roman Catholic 22%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, other 10%, none 5%

Ethnic Groups: white 79.8%, Latin 2.2%, black 12.8%, Asian 4.1%, (American)Indian 1%
Language: English (not officially)

47 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Dependent areas: Alaska, American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Hawaii, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, New Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Cuba, Nicaragua(occupied), Haiti & Santo Domingo(occupied)

Natural resources: coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Land use: arable land: 19.13%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 80.65% (2001)

Military:
United States Army
Army - 98,000 men (45,000 overseas)
National Guard - 27,000 men

United States Marines
Corps: 14,000 men

United States Navy
300+ ships. 3rd largest in world
pre-dreadnoughts - 25
battleships - 8 (8 more under construction)
aircraft carriers - 1
armored cruisers - 15
protected cruisers - 25
destroyers - 74
submarines - 39
river monitors - 10
torpedo boats - 28

More to come.

Welcome! Norodna told you everyyhing? If you got questions, just shoot!

:rolleyes: