NationStates Jolt Archive

Firstly, the basic factbook. The twin continents are known by only one name, at least by their inhabitants. Travellia. A mountainous, disagreeable country, it has long since been abandoned by the few colonists or explorers who came to it. There are only the native people, who collectively call themselves Travellians. Or rather, they call themselves Travellians in the same way that the people of Ancient Greece named themselves Hellenes - it is not an identity that suffices, except when fighting against a grand, overwhelming enemy.

Rather, the country is divided into tiny kingdoms, mainly city-states, some who smelt bronze, others that smelt iron, close enough together to make intercine warfare with neighbouring states both profitable and common. It is an area of the world untaken, though some have looked over it before. Much of the land is semi-alpine, high atop the roof of the world, and bitterly cold. There is some verdant, fertile land, but it is well-contested, and the war there makes it as unliveable as the rest.

Some one hundred and ninety millions make their home here - there are rich histories among the cities, cultures that have evolved in perfect isolation from the non-technological world. It is an anachronism, for it seems almost impossible to overlook a continent, yet it has never been exploited. None have ever considered the vast reserves of mineral wealth within the twin continents, and, as such, it has lain undisturbed.

Until now. Perhaps a simple traveller, exploring new lands, and reporting back to his people, or a warlike nation, its people needing a new target to settle them, deciding to invade - Travellia has been laid open to the world. Triremes would be no match for battleships, balloons against dedicated air superiority fighters.. the end of such a discovery seems obvious.

For millenia, the twin continents have lain alone, untouched, away from prying eyes. That is all about to change.


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OOC: Ok, so. This is, effectively, going to be my new modern-tech nation. I am, however, raising it from ancient technology by way of colonization. This isn't just a "claim territory, leave", thread. It's my nation, and so, if you want to participate, you may feel free to do so, but lack of participation will have any territorial gains in Travellia revoked. It's my nation, after all.

Secondly, these are Iron-Age people. A large part of the RP following this will be culture shock, as I expect several nations (I'm looking for around 4-8), to be part of the acquisition of Travellia, and, since you're obviously not going to adopt bows and arrows upon arriving, there's going to be a few millenia of technological innovation to adapt to.

As such, no nukes, chemical, biological weapons, or any other WMD-style shooty-thing. If you can't take on iron-age, bitterly divided people who you outnumber a hundred to one with modern conventional weaponry, you don't need to be here.

Thirdly, chances are my people are eventually going to rise up and throw off the yoke of colonialism. Eventually is a key word, but if you're not willing to eventually give stuff back (or be beaten for it), again, don't come in.

Lastly, each continent is comparable in size to one of the Americas, though not all of the continent is shown.

Oh, one more thing. I'll choose whether or not approve you before you get let into the RP.

I reserve the right to tell anyone to leave at any time - I have a specific idea of how this RP is going to work, and if you decide to round up the Travellians into camps and butcher them all, that'll throw a spanner in the works, so I'll eject you.

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Land-sea map of Travellia

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Contour Map of Travellia

So, express OOC interest, say how much land you'd be interested in conquering/how much effort you'd be willing to put into this RP, and I'll weigh it up.

OCC: I'll bite. I suppose your looking for the obligatory person who comes in and provides the most...prevalent memory of colonisation. That'll be me, or at least at first.

I'll reckon I'll put a good deal of effort into this.

ooc: I am interested in joining this as well. I am not sure about the amount of land though, my nation is not particulary militaristic (so far at least) so it wouldn't be a huge claim. I'd do my very best to be active enough.

( I'll join. First it will be found by a marathon KM trip, then I'll probably convince some of the populace to join. Not a large area would be added, yet I don't need a lot of land now.)

OOC: I would like to join, I never had the chance to roleplay exactly how a group of anarchists seeking a new home will interact with a more primitive society, and they won't bring anything besides man-portable weapons and technicals.

i would be more than willing to participate, essentially as an imperial power bent on adding territory for a burgeoning population. probably something along the lines of australia and the aborigines or new zealand and the maori as Oceania (the IC name is no longer Azazia) is itself a former British settler colony.

unfortunately, i am in my last semester at university and am going to be increasingly pressed for time. this is not to say that i would not post, but, generally speaking, i prefer quality posts over quantity: long detailed posts encompassing multiple plot lines instead of several short daily posts.

normally, the uk (united kingdom of oceania) would claim as much land as possible, but, given that this is the development of your nation and given that my available time will begin to shrink as the semester runs its course i could well understand a smaller plot of land. ICly, the uk would try to pick a land rich in resources and commanding strategically valuable property, choke points, deep harbours, those sorts of things. but again, i likely shall not be one posting dozens of posts.

as for eventually losing land, any potential revolution/insurrection/civil protest would be met with resistance–nobody really likes losing colonies; but, i would not be averse to such a development so long as it provided a good story–and i have no reason to doubt that.

hopefully that helps.

as a side note, nice contour map

OOC: Would we be able to set my arrival back, say, forty years before? Then we could actually get to the meat of the story rather than me posting what essentially are progress reports. We could still do the first contacts in a historical context, though.

OOC: I'd love to colonize you for awhile. I expect you're looking at a sort of China-esque scenario, with other, more advanced, powers taking chunks of the primitive people.

The Dominion would usually not take well to losing a colony, but as it is necessary, I shall explain it somehow. I've had three revolutions in the past twelve years, and perhaps the colony pre-dated those civil wars, and was retaken during a time of distraction. Or maybe there's some other reason, I don't know where you want the timeline to be when the colonies turn over, or shrink, then disappear, or whatever happens.

In any case, I'd be happy to participate.

OCC:I would like to join cuz I haven't been part of an RP yet.I think letting the USSN have colonies would be interesting(The USSN is being influenced by the Kiravian Empire cuz it's a member of the Kiravian Commonwealth).I'd like to claim a moderatly sized colony.I'll try to post as much as possilbe.The USSN's population is currently 243 million(hope that helps).:D

Calyn i Nosorepazzau!
Long live Nosorepazzau!

I will, unfortunately, have to cancel this - I'm leaving NS. A quick decision, but one that'll help out ye olde real life.

Ah,man.Good luck in RL dude!Remember just be yourself and keep your eyes on your prize!:D

I will, unfortunately, have to cancel this - I'm leaving NS. A quick decision, but one that'll help out ye olde real life.

OOC: Wow... I guess that works too. We could just not RP...